"You went as who?" Adam asked Zach, the following Saturday at the beach,
"Yeah, I know, but I made the best Rapunzel, honestly, I looked amazing!"
"I should beat you senseless for being ridiculous but then Ness would go for me... Judging by that look anyway." He grinned "Or should I call you Jess, now?" He added with a laugh
"I don't know, do you want to live?" Ness replied, with no hint of a smile on her face. Zach pulled his cell out and flipped through the pictures until he got to those from the Halloween dance.
"Take a look for yourself, this girl was stunning!" he said handing it to Adam, Ness grinned then, it would have been difficult not to, faced with six bikers crowded rounded a tiny cell phone, all of them with their mouths dropped open.
"Fucking Hell Ness! You could be a real femme fatale if you wanted." Jake spoke for the entire group, who all snapped their mouths closed, shook their heads to clear them and nodded agreement."
"Woah, actual words from Jake? I don't think I've heard you say more than a 'hi' in all the time we've known you!" Zach said, earning himself a punch in the arm and they all just laughed for a long time, Adam watched Zach take another long look at the picture,
"You got a pic of you done up as a long-haired girly?" He asked forcing Zach to swipe through to the shot Ness had taken just after they arrived, he handed it over with a grin
"I make a better femme fatale though, admit it, you want me," he said causing another round of laughter. He left a little while later to start his shift at the store and the conversation moved onto more general bike topics for the remainder of the afternoon; it was only as they were heading for their bikes that Jake spoke,
"So where do you plan on going to College, Ness?" He asked
"Probably stay here and go to UCLA, why?" She responded
"Oh cool! It just struck me that if you were heading across country, we wouldn't have anyone to keep us in line but if you're sticking around..." He left the sentence hanging,
"I promise to whup your asses as much as always." She grinned.
Their final year at high school continued without any trouble, the rest of the school had come to the conclusion that they would rip everyone to shreds if provoked, so the younger ones steered clear and their classmates were too busy trying to get their grades up before graduation to even think about causing trouble. They both got their acceptance letters from UCLA, something that brought on an impromptu celebration on the beach the following Saturday. Then before they really knew it, it was time for their Senior Prom.
"Want to go with me again?" Zach asked Ness at lunch
"Go where?" She replied, innocently, knowing exactly what he was talking about, he raised an eyebrow at her
"Really, Vanessa Godwin, you're gonna pull that shit with me?"
"I don't know what you mean, Zachary Greene, what are you talking about?" Her grin spoilt the effect and Zach waved a fist at her
"One day Ness, we will have to fight one day, but not now, I was asking you to be my date to Prom again, or have you had a better offer?"
"Me, get a better offer than going to Prom with my best friend? What planet are you living on, if you think anyone would ask me?"
Hey! I saw the way they looked at you as Jessica, I'm surprised you didn't get asked straight after that, if I'm honest."
"I think everyone just figured we'd go together, what with me being unapproachable and you, well is there a girl you haven't dated in this school?" She grinned but felt a twinge of pain that she was that girl
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Never Say Goodbye
RomancePart of the "Jon's Bar" collection. Ness and Zach met in 9th grade, both were brawlers. They became friends because they trusted that the other would always be there to back them up, 11 years later they are still friends. Yet now it's different, can...
