Zack Gets To Spend More Time With His Girls

As Zack and Gavin split, Zack quickly walked over to the center of the camp, grabbing a bottle of water and chugging it down almost desperately. The overworked teen finished the bottle and wasted no time in snatching up a second bottle, gulping down another half bottle before he heard Kurt call out to him, "Well shit, Bishop, leave some for the fucking fishes," Zack lowered the bottle and wiped his mouth as his eyes narrowed at the blonde teen, "What?" Kurt scoffed as he stopped a few feet short of Zack,

Zack's upper lip twitched, a dozen different thoughts ran through his mind. The minute that Zack met Kurt, he knew he didn't like him. The way he talked about Victoria and girls, in general, irked him, not to mention how he tried to get Chloe multiple times this weak with the clear knowledge that they were together, only seeing it as a challenge. Zack wanted to go off on him, punch that smug smile right off his face, and make him learn his place for one. Though Zack knew that in a fair fight, Kurt would more than likely beat him down.

However, Zack's brow jumped up for a moment, and a sly smile spread across his face, "Ah, you know, I'm pretty thirsty. Chloe and Ashley took a lot out of me earlier," Zack nonchalantly replied as he brought the bottle back to his lips, drinking down what was left. To his amusement, he saw Kurt's body shift, the blonde's body tensing up for just a moment before he crossed his arms. If Zack couldn't beat Kurt physically, he was going to have to do it the only other way he could, taking him down through his clear as day insecurity.

"What can't handle them? Shame, those two are so tricked into wanting you, when they don't even have a real man who could take care of them," Kurt shot back causing Zack to chuckle,

"If I recall, Chloe turned you down after seeing just how little you had to offer," Kurt's eyes flared up, and he began to grind his teeth, "And you almost had Ashley, but even after only being with me once, she still did everything in her power to end up with me over you. To me...I don't know man, seems like they either had you or had the chance but kept right on moving," Kurt's anger betrayed him, his body began to shake, and his lips peeled back revealing his teeth, "And handle them?" Zack continued with a smile, "Neither one of them have walked away unsatisfied once, it's just lucky that I can go twice in row for them. Not too many guys could do that," He tacked on with a small glare at the blonde, "Well, I gotta get going, they tend to be restless...though, it's not a bad problem to have, eh?" Kurt wet his lips and shut his eyes as Zack walked away, letting out a few sharp breaths, "Not that you would really know, right?!" Zack called out from a relatively safe distance finally causing Kurt to let out a loud grunt, storming back to his tent once again.

Zack let out a soft chuckle, walking over to Ashley's tent where Chloe and Ashley were making fast work of taking it down. The pair heard him approaching and quickly turned, their eyes lighting up like a Christmas tree, "Hey, how you two doing?" Zack happily asked as he reached them,

Ashley sprang up, rushing over to Zack and planting a warm kiss on his lips, "Mhm, I love that I get to do that now," The girl sighed before pushing back in, wrapping an arm around Zack's neck while treating him to second, but much deeper kiss with excessive tongue. Zack's brow was raised in surprise but his hands eventually found themselves wrapped around the blonde's back,

"Not to interrupt or anything but, I would appreciate some help you two," Chloe smirked causing the pair to break off the kiss. Ashley spun back around, apologizing to Chloe while Zack remained locked in place, his mind a little dazed by the fact that he just make out with Ashley Woodsen like that directly in front of Chloe's eyes and all she did was jokingly ask for some help with a tent, "Oh no, you broke him again," Chloe sighed with a jokingly dismissive headshake to Ashley, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, I'm going to have to teach you the do's and don't's when it comes to Zack Bishop,"

"I know I have a bit to learn," Ashley grinned back, "And believe me, after what we all just did I'm so ready to learn all I can from you,"

Chloe nodded and looked back at her boyfriend who was finally blinking and shifting around again, "Ah, here we go," She sighed while standing back up, "Morning, Zack," She giggled while leaning up and giving him a quick peck on the lips as well, "Now, make yourself useful and help us pack all this up," Zack let out a soft chuckle and knelt down, his confident smile returning as he began to his face. As the trio started to work in unison Chloe flicked her eyes over to the teen multiple times, picking up that something new was going through his head, "What's got you smiling?" Chloe asked with a curious look as Zack began to slip the metal rods out from the tent fabric,

"Yeah, I saw that too," Ashley grinned, "What's swimming through that big sexy mind of yours?" Chloe looked over at Ashley with a mixture of both amusement and confusion at the compliment, "What? Every part of that man is perfect, amazing, and sexy! I'm not afraid to say it!" Ashley stated with a gleaming smile,

"Thanks," Zack chuckled as he began to fold the tent, "But, honestly, I'm just thinking about our situation and it's...pretty fucking great," He warmly said causing both girls eyes to light up and their plump, kissable lips to spread into full smiles, "And I'm not talking about the sex, don't get me wrong, that's...fucking mind-blowing every time, the two fo you are so perfect," Chloe and Ashley both gave each other a near respectful glance before looking back at Zack, "But what's even better is how happy you two seem to be with me. I mean, I didn't know if I'd ever really be able to be a great boyfriend, especially after things with Lisa," Zack lowly explained, "Chloe, with you...you made me finally get fucking grounded into reality, the last thing I ever wanted to do was destroy what we already had, only build on it,"

"I know, Zack," Chloe buttery voice replied, her eyes turning dreamy as she looked at her boyfriend, "It hasn't been a perfect ride, but it's a ride I'd take again and again as long as I got to stay with you,"

Zack lowered his head, smiling to himself as he could feel his chest swell up with joy and contentment, "And Ash...I never thought that things would go this way with us. I've only fallen for a girl before you; I didn't know how to react once a girl had fallen for me." Ashley let out an understanding nod; her beautiful blonde hair lightly blew in the breeze as she listened, "I'm sorry it took so long for us to figure something out, and I hope you won't feel...like a second choice, because you're not," Zack wholly stated with sincerity,

Ashley's eyes nearly welled up as she listened to Zack, she hadn't exactly realized how much she needed to hear this. It had been days where she felt a love that was unrequited; it was terrifying to find out that what she felt with Brandon was shallow in comparison to Zack. She had even tried to compare it once or twice, thinking to the best times she ever had with her ex, yet, nothing was hitting her core like a moment with Zack. Now to hear that her relationship with Zack and Chloe wasn't just some shame, some show that was due to end soon, Ashley wanted to burst into joyful tears. "I...I love you, Zack, I don't care if it's too soon to say it, I fucking love you!"

Chloe let out a pleased hum and peered over to a silent Zack who was clearly hesitating for a moment, "Isn't there another part to that, Zack?" Chloe said with an expectant look, "Something you're supposed to say back?"

"I...I'm not sure what I should call what I feel," Zack replied with a near nervous smirk, "I know I fucking care a lot about you already, Ashley, but-"

"No, don't try to explain it," Ashley quickly interrupted, her voice full and warm, "I only want you to say it when you're sure you feel it too," She confidently stated, "We've only just got into this, I don't expect anything from you, Zack,"

Zack let out a slow, relieved exhale, "Thank you, it's just new, and love is a big thing to just say," Zack said while the blonde girl nodded before quickly crawling towards him, cupping his face while planting a fresh, deep, long, loving kiss on the teens lips. Silencing his worried babbles and calming the inner turmoil he was starting to feel, "Mhm...thanks," Zack murmured out as he shut his eyes and rested his head against Ashley's,

"Zack?" Chloe softly asked, "I just want you to know, that it's okay if you do feel something for her," The redhead began to say, "It's weird to say out loud to you but, I think it's almost childish for me to be jealous now. You loving her doesn't make you love me less," Ashley gave the girl an instant thankful look, "It's like loving your family, you love your mom, dad, sister, all the same; none of them is favorited, and you never lose the amount of love you have for any of them." Chloe continued to a thoughtful look, "I know now that you're always going to love me, and if you know that I'm not holding onto feelings of envy and jealousy anymore...I think it'll help you feel secure in your feelings,"

"Me too!" Ashley nearly exclaimed with a rapid head nod, "I did awful, awful, things this week because I was so focused on the idea that only one of us could be with the man we both loved." Ashley whispered out, "Then earlier this morning it was like a bell went off in my head, all the fighting, insults, mind games, they were pointless. I didn't hate the fact that you were with Chloe, I could see the what you meant to each other, and I understood it. I just hated the fact that I was left on the outside without you because of it. Then the thought of us sharing came to my head..." Ashley said with a grin,

"By far your best idea you've had this week, that's for sure," Chloe tacked on with a breathy laugh,

"Yeah, I know." Ashley nodded, "It felt so right, made me feel so free and relieved again. Now I can work on fixing things that I was ruining, I know I can't fix it all, but I'm going to try. That's all thanks to you and Chloe who gave this...gave me a chance," Ashley firmly stated, "So, fuck yeah, I'm with Chloe one-hundred percent. No envy or jealousy! I'm perfectly happy to be in a situation where you love her and are, hopefully, learning to love me too,"

Zack sat up, looked between the pair for a long minute before letting out a long exhale, "You two are just...fucking amazing," He stated with a laugh causing the girls to join in quickly. The trio finished their hearty laugh, letting their happiness echo through the camp before they returned to packing up both their tents and supplies. Twenty minutes later the whole group was on the beach, now all they had to decide was who was pairing up on the ride back...