You're Not Like the Others

I was awoken by someone talking lightly and rubbing my back soothingly

"Yeah..."

then there was a pause for a second

"Of course I'm going on the lockdown Nick, why wouldn't I?"

Then I felt him shift alittle nervously

"Nick...I don't know what you're talking about"

"No I don't, so is everything set up for tomorrow night in New Jersey?"

So they're going to New Jersey? It's going to be cold up there I thought

"Alright, well I'll see you at the airport"

then there was another pause

"Goodbye Nick" Zak said with annoyance

he then ended the call and took a deep breath

Why is my head rising? I thought

I then looked up and saw Zak looking down at me with a smile

"Morning" he said

It wasn't until then that I noticed my head was on his chest

"Morning" I said blushing alittle and moved my head back to the pillow

"You were fine Kayla, you seemed comfortable"

"But don't you need to get ready? I thought you were leaving today"

"Yeah, we're going to New Jersey"

then Gracie got inbetween us and started rooting and licking Zak for him to get up. I giggled

"It looks like she wants her daddy up"

"Alright Gracie, get down"

she then jumped off the bed and ran out the bedroom door. Zak got up and then turned towards me, putting his hands on the bed and leaning towards me slowly while looking me directly in the eyes

"What?" I asked nervously

he shook his head and smiled while he was leaning towards me. His face was only a few inches from mine and I felt my eyes start to close. Once my eyes were closed I could feel his warm breath on my lips. My insides were jumping around like crazy

We're finally having our first kiss I thought

Then Zak stood up straight and I opened my eyes and saw Gracie tugging on his pants

"Alright Gracie" he said with a chuckle and they left the room

I groaned

We were so close I thought

I then got up and went to the bathroom and changed back into my dress from yesterday. And when I came out of the bathroom I saw Gracie go into the room Abby was in, so I peeked in the room and Gracie was snuggled up up to Abby with her head on Abby's stomach. I smiled and then headed to the kitchen. When I got to the kitchen I saw Zak pouring some eggs into a skillet

"Need any help?"

"Sure, can you get the plates out...there in the second cabinet from the fridge"

I then got out a few plates and put them next to the stove

"Thanks"

"So where are you guys investigating in Jersey?"

"An old insane asylum"

"Oh"

then we heard a jingling and little footsteps

"Looks like Abby's up" I said

then the footsteps stopped and Gracie came around the corner and went to her food. Zak looked around and asked

"Where's Abby?"

"She's right around the corner...she's going to try to scare us" I whispered to him

"Well she's going to get a suprise"

I looked at him confused and he went to a door that was in the kitchen and opened it and went inside and shut it behind him. Then...

"BOO!" Abby yelled

I let out a small scream and put my hand on my chest

"Abby, you scared mommy again"

She giggled and then asked

"Where's daddy?"

I shrugged and then saw Zak behind Abby giving me the 'Sshh' sign. And then there was a screech, that could bust someone's eardrum if you were to close. Zak had snuck up on her and picked her up and I started laughing

"Daddy, you scared me" she said and put her hand on her chest, mocking me form earlier, which made me laugh even more.

I turned to the stove and finished up the food and put it on the plates. Zak then put her in one of the chairs at the table

"Daddy, tomorrow's halloween"

"Really?"

"Yeah, are you going to go trick-or-treating with me?"

"I would love to sweetie, but daddy's not going to be home tomorrow"

"Why not?"

I then put a plate infront of Abby and Zak got his and I got mine and we sat down at the table

"Because daddy has to go to a place tomorrow night, and I'll be on T.V"

It's a live event? I thought

"You're going to be on T.V?" Abby asked

"Mmm Hmm"

"Daddy's famous?" she asked looking at me

I looked at Zak because I didn't really know how to answer the question

"Sweetie, I'm not really famous"

"But you're on T.V"

"Abby, mommy's on T.V and I'm not famous" I said

then there was a knock on the door and Zak got up to answer it. I picked up the dishes, rinsed them, and put them in the dishwasher

"Mommy! It's Nick and Aaron"

I closed the dishwasher and went to them

"Hey guys"

"What's up Kayla?" Aaron asked

"How was last night?" Nick asked snickering

"It was fine why?" I asked raising an eyebrow

"No reason" he said

"Alright guys, I'm ready"

Aaron grabbed Zak's bag

"It was nice seeing you again"

"You too Aaron and you guys be careful up there, I know they have some snow up there"

"Already?" Nick asked

I just nodded and Aaron groaned and went to the SUV

"Alright, I've gotta go...Kayla?" he said and looked at me in the eyes

"Yes Zak?" I asked, not able to look away from his hypnotizing blue eyes

"I was wondering if you would take care of Gracie whie I'm gone, here's the key" he said and handed me his house key

"Yeah, I'll take care of her"

"Thanks"

Abby then hugged Zak's leg

"I don't want you to go" she said with tears in her eyes

he then picked her up and hugged her

"I promise I'll be back in a few days and if you want you can call me anytime" He said looking at Abby and then me

"Okay" she said and then kissed Zak's cheek.

We all headed out the door and Zak locked it and closed it. He then turned to me and handed Abby to me, but not before he 'accidently' brushed his hand on my hand

"I'll see you guys when I get back"

"Ok" me and Abby said

we started walking down the sidewalk and Nick mumbled with his eyebrow raised and smirking

"Nothing going on huh?"

"That's right Nick, nothing" Zak retorted

I just smiled and shook my head

They fight like brothers I thought

I strapped Abby in her carseat and then got into the drivers seat. I waved to the guys and headed home to get ready for work. When I got home I got changed and then me and Abby left for the news station. When we got there, there were flashing lights in the parking lot

Why's the fire department here? I thought

I pulled into a parking space and got Abby out. And when I shut the door Scott came up to me

"Hey Kayla"

"Hey Scott, what's going on?"

"Apparently someone pulled the fire alarm"

"Why? Who?"

And we started walking to the building

"Well, some teens were in the studio talking about their school and when they were done with the interview, one of them pulled the fire alarm"

"Was it on purpose?"

"Actually no...his backpack got stuck on it and when he went to walk that's when it got pulled"

"Well maybe next time he'll think twice before standing next to a fire alarm with his backpack on...I bet the boy was scared out of his mind"

"You have no idea...I couldn't help but laugh...the poor kid lost al color and and started panicing"

We then made it to the meteroligist desk

"Well, I'll let you get to work"

"Alright Scott"

he then walked away

"Here ya go Abby" I said handing her a bag full of her toys

she gladly took it and sat in her normal spot while I got the weather information ready. While I was getting the information ready my cellphone went off. I didn't reconize the number, so I answered it

"Hello?"
"Is this Ms. Summers?"
"This is she"
"Ms. Summers, this is Tom Sellers...the detective for your daughter's case"
"Oh Mr. Sellers, have they put them in prison yet?"
"Not yet, there is a court date tomorrow at two"
"Alright, does my daughter have to go too?"
"It's recomended that she comes and talks to the judge that's doing the case"
"Alright"
"Do you have any questions?"
"No, not right now"
"Ok, I'll see you tomorrow Ms. Summers"
"You too"

we then hung up and I got ready to give the weather. I stood infront of the camera and got the go ahead

"Good afternoon, I hope everyone is having a good day on this beautiful mild day. Today it will get up to 70 and the temperatures will be falling slowly from here on out. Now I know tomorrow's halloween and you're probably wondering, how chilly is it supposed to be? Well, temperatures will be around 67 with a very mild wind when it's time for the kidos to go trick-or-treating. And it also looks like our first snow will be next week and we'll keep you posted on how much we will get and if it accumulates, back to you Scott"

I got the clear and went back to my desk and found Abby talking on my cell.

"Abby, who are you talking to?"

"Daddy"

"Now Abby, I told you not to play with mommy's phone"

"But I wanted to talk to daddy"

"I understand that, you could've asked before calling him though"

I then sat down in my chair and a few seconds later Abby came up to me with the phone extended towards me

"Daddy wants to talk to you"

I took the phone

"Thank you sweetie"

she smiled and then went back to drawing and I said

"I'm sorry, I hope you weren't busy when she called"
"Don't worry about it, like I said you two can call any time...And you know what?"
"Hmm?"
"It's freakin' cold up here"
I chuckled alittle
"I told you guys it was cold up there"
"How'd you know? You do the weather for Vegas"
"Let's just say I have friends in every state"
"Really now?"
"Yep...Twice a year all the meteroligists that have been working for the news for three years or more go to this meet and greet convention thingy"
"Ah, so that's how you know"
"Mmm Hmm"
"Well, I've got to go, we've got an interview we're about to do"
"Ok, I'll talk to you later"
"Bye Kayla"
"Bye"

We then hung up. About an hour later me and Abby headed to Zak's house and fed Gracie and then we headed home and had a relaxing night.

"Mommy are we going trick-or-treating tomorow?" she asked as I tucked her in

"We'll see, we've got some important things to do before we do that"

"What?"

"We've got to go talk to some people"

"Oh"

I then kissed her forehead

"Night Abby, and have sweet dreams"

she closed her eyes and snuggled into her tan and white cat pillow pet. I smiled and shut off the light and went to my room and changed into an over sized shirt and crawled into bed. Something felt weird though, I turned to my side and looked out the window. That's when I realized, I missed Zak, I sighed and got my phone and started texting

R u up?-
A few seconds later my phone vibrated and I opened the message
Yeah, everything ok?-Z
Got alot of things on my mind right now & I can't sleep because of it-
Wat's up?-Z
Well, me & Abby have 2 go 2 court 2morrow & I mi...

I then stopped texting and erased the last part
Well, me & Abby have 2 go 2 court 2morrow-
I hope everything goes well, anything else?-Z
No-
Well get some sleep Kayla & I'll talk 2 u l8er-Z
I'll try-
Night Kayla-Z
Night Zak-

I then put my phone down and then started dozing off. And soon after I fell into a dreamless sleep.