Lauren's Shot at the Challenge

Okay.
So basically, you know how I said it was going to be a teaser?

I lied.

It is now a song about Zach moments. With a tiny teaser in the end.

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Check, Yes Juliet
by We The Kings

Check, yes Juliet, are you with me
Rain is falling down on the sidewalk
I won't go until you come outside

Carlisle told me that Zachary Creullen, one of the Quilletes, had seen Alec going nutso on me and ended fending off attacks from him for my sake. A vampire.
Yesterday, anyways, I got to meet him. HUMAN him.
And though he smells like werewolf, he keeps looking at me all strange and asking me if I'm okay.

Check, yes Juliet, kill the limbo
I'll keep tossing rocks at your window
There's no turning back for us tonight

So, okay, I probably should have started out this whole thing by telling you that I have a new best friend. He follows me everywhere, he laughs and hangs out all the time, and truthfully...
Well, he's my best friend.

Lace up your shoes
Ay Ohh Ay Ohh
Here's how we do

Oh, he's very into sports, and plays back-up quarterback in football and is one of the most amazing players ever to play baseball for Forks High.
I, on the other hand, refuse to play sports and sure as anything don't play in the sun. Biiiig no-no.

Run baby run
Don't ever look back
They'll tear us apart
If you give them the chance

Zach was going to take me home, since I was wanting a little me time while Edward took Annora back to the humble abode, but as I sat in the bleachers, watching the cheerleaders, he showed up and told me that if I was going to mope, he wasn't going to let me do it in front of a bunch of jocks.
So we went to the First LaPush beach, and hung out for a while. It was actually pretty nice.

Don't sell your heart
Don't say we're not meant to be
Run baby run
Forever will be
You and me

Inside, everyone had gone to doing their own thing, Zach carrying me up to my room. He sat me down on my bed, and just let me cry for a while, putting his jacket over me.

Check, yes Juliet, I'll be waiting
Wishing, wanting, Yours for the taking

But I don't know what to tell him, because I haven't really thought of it in that way. It's so weird, having a best friend who comes all out and tells you he's in love with you.
Of course, it doesn't help if when the devoter expresses this, the devotee laughs until she can't breathe.

Just sneak out
And don't tell a soul goodbye

“I mean, well, I’ve kind of already imprinted.”
I blinked, and said what I was thinking slowly. “...On me.”
“Right. But since I’m not totally Quiluette, it’s not a big deal. I just can’t leave you without getting worried sick."

Check, yes Juliet, here's the countdown
3...2...1... now fall in my arms

Zach looked sick from across the table, where a box sat, wrapped in mangled paper. “What the hell, Clara?” He asked slowly. “Why?”
He shook his head and left without hesitating, his hurt worse than my own.

Now they can change the locks
Don't let them change your mind

"BECAUSE I'M NOT YOUR FRIEND." I yelled angrily.
There was a minute of silence, the rain pounding on the mud and grass between us.
"You're not my friend." Zach repeated morosely.
"I can't be," I reasoned. "I love you too much."

Lace up your shoes
Ay Ohh Ay Ohh
Here's how we do

"Okay; we were both stupid. But... Can I please ask you something, and if it's too soon, okay, and if I'm being forward or back to the stupid thing, that's fine, but..." He paused, "...Would it be okay if I kissed you?"
I stood up on my toes, every part of me wet and caked in mud, and wrapped my arms around him as he kissed me.

Run baby run
Don't ever look back
They'll tear us apart
If you give them the chance

Zach looked overwhelmed for a minute, and just as I thought he would run away, reached out and wrapped me in a hug, pressing my face against his shoulder harshly.
"Clara, I couldn't not love you..." he whispered.

Don't sell your heart
Don't say we're not meant to be

It was like I was normal and in love with someone who loved me for who I was, no matter what was going to happen.
"I love you." Zach said, as if he'd heard my thoughts.
I smiled and he kissed me.

Run baby run
Forever will be
You and me

I flipped my hair. "Tempting is in my nature."
"Thank God." He kissed me. "Anyway, I'll still be able to pick you up from school tomorrow, and we'll do whatever you want... Minus the whole 'bind Zach up and torture him for leaving'."
"Very funny. Do you realize you just ruined the whole aspect of what I had planned?"

Flying through the night
We're flying through the night
Way up high,

"It doesn't matter."
He kissed me again, wrapping his arms around me. "Two more days and I'll kidnap you. Just the two of us. No worries, okay?"
I sighed, leaning into him. "Okay. I love you."
He smiled, stalling at the doorway. "I love you more."

The view from here is getting better with
You by my side...

“Happy Valentines Day
I love you Clara Elizabeth
More than you could ever know.”

Run baby run
Don't ever look back

And then, as we were both falling asleep, he sighed, and I almost couldn’t make out whether it was a dream, or if he was sleep-talking, and said, ‘if I asked you to marry me tonight, would you?’ and I said yes; that I loved him forever, and always had.

They'll tear us apart
If you give them the chance

“So I did this.” I said in revulsion, the epiphany dawning on me with a morbid taste, bile creeping into my mouth. “I almost killed him by fighting him off.”

Don't sell your heart
Don't say we're not meant to be

“He’s in a coma, Clara. They don’t know if he’s going to make it.”

Run baby run
Forever will be…

“Zach! No! Zach, stay with me! Stay with me, okay?! Fight for it!”
“I’m sorry, Clara… I’m so sorry…” he sobbed.

You and me.
You and me.
You and me.

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MORBID.
I was all depressed when I was copy/pasting/writing this.

And since I put enough freaking HTML code in here, and can now spell 'center' at a very increased rate (html...), I'm putting up the song, Check Yes, Juliet on the player for a couple days. It's still on shuffle, but the song is the first on the list (not that it has a better chance of playing, but whatever. Moving on.).

No lie, guys, I'm in love with that song right now. This will probably change in a few days, but until then, wow. And as depressing as the above may seem, it's a lot happier when the song's being played - and no, the song is NOT depressing.

Feel free to eat it/kill it/love it/delete it.

LOVE,
Lauren.