Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:13:32 +0200
From: jerichoholic #1 <beer4myhorses@hotmail.com>
Subject: love thy will be done (a zack efron story) / chapter 2

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Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction. I do not know the
celebrities mentioned nor does this story imply anything
concerning their personal lives. This story was written for
entertainment purposes only! This story was not meant to offend
or mock any of the celebrities mentioned, nor their fans...Zac
Efron and Jesse McCartney are two talented entertainers whose
work I respect and love very much. If adult themed fiction
involving celebrities might offend you I suggest you stop
reading right now.
This story contains mild adult contents, the relevant laws,
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Love, They Will B Done
( a Zac Efron story)

Previously in Chapter one:
  ·   Zac Efron struggles with Vanessa breaking up with him, and
     her apparent involvement with Corbin Bleu
  ·   Zac runs in to old friend Jesse McCartney.



Chapter 2: with a little help from my friends



The silence was broken by Jesse's stomach quietly rumbling for
a moment.

"Hungry?" Zac asked laughing a bit.

"hey, I haven't eaten since this morning..." Jesse apologized,
although not really serious, "What do you expect?"

"We should probably get something to eat" Zac agreed, "you want
to go out or order in?" He asked.

"Let's order in..." Jesse suggested, "I'm not really in the mood
to head out right now"

"Me neither" Zac added, " Chinese sound good?"

"Yeah...sure" Jesse answered.

Zac got up from the couch and grabbed his phone. The number of
his favourite Chinese take out was on his speed dial. In no
time he had placed his order.

"So what did you get?, what did you get?" Jesse asked with
exaggerated enthusiasm.

"The usual..." Zac informed him, smiling a bit at Jesse's goofy
antics.

"the usual? What's that?" Jesse inquired.

"You'll see in a minute" Zac replied with a fake sternness to
his voice. Deliberately avoiding answering Jesse's questions,
just to mess with him a bit. On a good day they could keep this
up for hours. Today however they quickly grew tired of it.

"Shouldn't we go pick it up?" Jesse asked.

"No dude, they deliver at home..." Zac replied.

"funny...don't think you gave them the address" Jesse said a bit
confused.

"Oh they know..." Zac  helped him out of his confusion, "believe
me they know".

"Oh, You're no stranger to Chinese food, I gather" Jesse
remarked.

"Hardly..." Zac laughed, "Think I give them a call about three
times a week."

"Wow! That's a lot of Chinese" Jesse exclaimed surprised.

"well,...what can I say" Zac shrugged, " It's convenient and you
don't have to leave the house."

About twenty minutes later their food was delivered.  They
exchanged some small talk in-between bites. Recalling the good
times they had lived. Exchanging road stories from their
respective careers. It would have been hard for anyone who
could have seen them to believe they hadn't seen each other in
almost a year. In no time they had fallen back in the old
dynamics that existed between them before their careers took
them in different directions. Their stars had risen fast in the
past year and a half and the whole experience had been
crazy...but it felt reassuring to both of them that apparently,
despite their hectic lives, nothing much had changed at the
ground level. It was good to know even a long time without
contact hadn't changed their friendship in any significant way.

After they had finished eating and had cleared off the table
they sat back down in the sofa, relaxing a bit, letting  the
food go down.

"want to watch a movie or something?" Zac suggested after they
had run out of subjects to talk about.

"why not..." Jesse replied, "I'm too lazy to do anything else" he
joked.

"any suggestions?" Zac asked him.

"hmm...high school musical?" Jesse suggested, not exactly
serious.

"ANYTHING BUT THAT!" Zac murmured angrily.

* fuck * Jesse thought as he realised his mistake. "Sorry
dude,...didn't mean to hit a nerve there" he apologised, "wasn't
thinking straight"

"That's Ok Jess" Zac reassured his friend, "It's not your
fault." He paused for a moment. "I think I have a better idea"
he said as he walked to his DVD rack.

"How about this one?" he asked as he turned the DVD-cover to
Jesse.

"dances with wolves?" Jesse read out loud, "cool...I used to love
that movie, haven't seen it in ages!"

"I got it last month, " Zac explained, "haven't had a chance to
watch it yet"

He popped the disc in the DVD-player, turned on the TV...then
headed for the kitchen to get a drink before the movie started.
"You want something?" he yelled to Jesse from the kitchen.

"Water would be nice" Jesse replied.

A moment later Zac returned carrying a glass of water for Jesse
and a can of Red Bull for himself. As he was sitting down he
pressed the play button, then let himself fall back in the
couch. He had to admit he was actually having a bit of fun, and
the movie did a great job taking his mind of of things for a
few hours. During the movie they would from time to time get
engaged in conversations about anything from other great movies
to horseback riding (something they both enjoyed very much). At
the same time they enjoyed watching a movie they both
remembered seeing as a kid.

When the ending credits finally rolled over the screen, Zac
reached for the remote control and turned of the television
set.

"It's still is good as I remember..." Jesse said, referring to
the movie.

"Yeah...I hadn't seen it in ages, but I can still remember seeing
it for the first time" Zac agreed.

"so, You aren't working on anything right now?" Zac asked,
changing the subject.

"No, I just finished touring...So I gave myself a couple of weeks
to recuperate." Jesse informed him.

"Nice, Got any plans?" Zac wanted to know.

"as a matter of fact. I'm going hiking for a week or two" Jesse
answered . "I'm leaving in three days."

"Hiking?" Zac asked with amused scepticism.

"Yeah, you know...where you abandon civilisation to go camp in
the wilderness for a while." Jesse laughed, amused by Zac's
response. "Used to do it all the time when I still had the time
to."

"Besides,..." he continued, "you're not really a stranger to the
outdoors yourself. Remember when you got kicked by your horse?"
" I do " Zac laughed, as the memory came back to him. It
happened in-between taping days of the first Summerland season.

"It must have taken those make-up ladies about an hour to
camouflage the bruise on your chest. " Jesse grinned.

"yeah...I remember that" Zac recalled amused. "just when I was
supposed to do a surfing scene."

"Please don't fall of the board Zac" Jesse burst into laughter,
trying to mimic the voice of a panicky make-up lady.

"now that was pressure" Zac laughed along.

"How about you?" Jesse asked him, "what are you working on
these days?"

"I've been promoting hairspray and HM2 for the past few weeks..."
Zac answered, "but as of now I'm not scheduled or committed to
participate in anything for at least 3 weeks."

"cool..." Jesse observed, "but what about HM3, aren't you
supposed to be in that?"

"please..." Zac dismissed the thought, "they're still writing
that one...besides, as if I'm going to be in that. Let `em go
find the next `heartthrob'  Zac Efron,...let's see how long he
lasts." He thought out loud.

It was a cynical note that didn't go unnoticed by Jesse. His
friend could put up a brave cover, but from time to time he'd
give a little glimpse of what was really going on in his soul.
The blonde singer remained concerned with his friend. It was
obvious that, though the flames weren't raging like before,
there was still anger and hurt smouldering inside. Ready to
ignite again at any given moment.

"So what are you going to do with your free time then?" Jesse
tried to take Zac of his current train of thoughts.

"Don't have any plans yet...Just took some time to recharge the
batteries, you know?" He replied.

"I hear you...we all need that from time to time." Jesse
understood.

"Especially with everything that's been going on lately..." Zac
started, but he quickly interrupted himself, "sorry...don't mean
to keep bringing that up, you must really feel I'm stupid or
something."

"No, I don't" Jesse corrected him, "this is me your talking to,
don't put yourself down for my supposed sake...you know better
than that."

"thanks " zac smiled at Jesse's show of support, "so how about
you? You've been seeing anyone lately?" He asked, changing the
subject a bit to avoid another emotional episode. Something he
really wasn't in the mood for.
"Me?" Jesse asked innocently, "I've dated around a bit, but
It's not easy finding someone who can cope with a guy that's
basically married to his job, like I am. For some reason girls
aren't looking for a guy they see once a month, if they're
lucky." He tried to joke himself out of really answering Zac's
question.

"So it's all quiet on the Jess-tern front then?" Zac laughed.

"that's one way of putting it" Jesse said, laughing out loud at
Zac's stupid joke.

"Man, I've missed this..." Zac said, still not entirely out of
laughter.

"What?" Jesse asked curiously.

"This!..." Zac answered, looking directly at Jesse, "Us hanging
out, kidding around, having fun...just like old times"

"we did have some great times" Jesse sighed in agreement.
"seems like yesterday."

"It does, doesn't it"...Zac could only agree.

"But hey,..." Jesse thought out loud, "here we are again...and
seeing we're both on leave, we could probably hang out some
more."

"Sounds cool, "Zac responded enthusiastically. The thought of
spending some more time with his best friend seemed a welcome
change from the hermits life he'd been living recently.

They spent some more times reminiscing about the good old days
before Jesse finally realised the time.

"Boy, it's really gotten late fast..." He said as his eyes fell
on the clock. "I think I'd better get going."

" wow, it is late" Zac said, who also noticed the time for the
first time that evening.

"You mind if I use your phone?" Jesse asked, "I need to call a
cab"

"It's right over there " Zac nodded toward the direction of the
phone.

After Jesse had called his cab they both stood by the door
waiting for the bell to ring. They exchanged a little more
small talk while Jesse put his coat back on and made sure he
had everything he needed with him.

"Hey...you wanna swing by tomorrow?" Zac asked

"sure...don't have anything planned for tomorrow" Jesse responded
"what time?"

"say 2 O' clock in the afternoon. That way we can still get
some decent sleep." Zac suggested.

"Ok, sounds good" Jesse agreed.

Than the doorbell rang, signifying the arrival of Jesse's cab.
They said their goodbyes before Jesse finally left to head back
home. After he had gone Zac quickly cleared the plates and
glasses from the table. He grabbed another can of red bull
before finally deciding to call it a night as well. He quickly
made sure all doors where properly locked, undressed, turned of
the lights and fell on his bed.

...

The hours pass slowly when you're counting every single minute.
Zac had been lying on his bed for hours and even though he was
dreadfully tired he couldn't manage to fall asleep. He tried
every known trick to speed the process. He had count to 2564
before giving up, he had named a capital city for every letter
of the alphabet (except `X' of course)... all to no avail. It was
almost as if he was too exhausted to fall asleep.
It had been a very eventful day and both the good and the bad
replayed in his mind. It was long after daybreak he finally
managed to doze off.

Way too soon, at least in his experience, he was awoken by the
alarm clock. It was a Half past one already but it felt like he
had only been asleep for a few minutes. He woke up feeling more
tired then when he fell asleep. It took considerable effort to
crawl out of bed, but he managed. He quickly changed clothes
before heading into the kitchen, grabbing some coffee. The
headache he felt when he woke up was slowly subsiding. He
poured the remaining  cold coffee in the sink and quickly had
the machine making a new can of steamy hot coffee.

He put some rice crisps in a bowl to have at least some
breakfast. As he was eating he was suddenly interrupted by a
knock on the door. He put the bowl down on the kitchen counter,
then went to open the door.

"hey Jess..." He greeted his friend as he stepped aside to allow
him to enter the apartment.

"hey,..." Jesse greeted him back, "you just got out of bed?" he
asked as he noticed Zac's appearance which was one of uncombed
hair and a shadow of unshaven stubbles.

"Yeah,..." Zac sighed as he closed the door, "didn't sleep well
last night."

"you look like crap, man" Jesse said with a hint of concern.
Their friendship was one where this sort of candid remarks
could be easily exchanged without being insulting.

"feel like it too" Zac said as he grabbed his bowl of rice
crisps, "Mind if I finish these of?" He asked Jess out of some
weird sense of politeness.

"not at all" the singer shrugged.

"By the way, there's some coffee in the can if you want some "
Zac offered, "cups are over there" he directed Jesse at a
cupboard over next to the fridge.

" Thanks " Jesse said as he poured himself a cup. "Got some
milk somewhere?" he asked.

"Should be a carton in the fridge" Zac answered in-between two
spoons of corn flakes.

"Wow" Jesse exclaimed as he opened the fridge. "looks like the
museum of fast food" he said as he saw the packs of Chinese
take-out, the wrappers with McDonalds and burger King logo's on
them, that filled Zac's fridge.

"I know" Zac smiled a bit embarrassed, "Just haven't felt like
cooking lately" He tried to explain.

" I got an idea" Jesse suddenly said.

Zac just looked at him with questioning eyes.

"Listen, you obviously need some time to shower and shave...I got
to go get some stuff" he explained as he grabbed his jacket
hanging over a chair.  "I'll be back in an hour, don't go
anywhere" he said as he closed the door behind him.

Zac just stood there for a minute trying to figure out what
just happened. Jesse's spontaneity brought a faint smile to his
face. It was just the kind of thing one could expect from
Jesse, but he decided to take his advice and take a quick
shower. He quickly finished his poor excuse for a breakfast
then headed for the bathroom where he enjoyed a long hot
shower. As he stepped out of the steamy shower cabin he felt a
whole lot better than earlier. The streaming water had done a
better job waking him  up than the coffee did earlier. He
slowly dried of his body, as if trying to wrench out the last
remnants of grogginess. After he had put on some fresh clothes
he took some time to shave and put some hair gel in his hair.
When he left the bathroom he, for the first time in days,
looked like the guy that graced the rolling stone cover again.

It wasn't long before Jesse once again knocked on his door.

With a bit of curiosity Zac opened the door to allow his friend
entrance to his apartment.

"What's all that?" He asked referring to the two bags of
groceries Jesse was carrying.

"After seeing the mausoleum of excessive fat that is you
fridge...I think it's about time you had some decent food to
eat...so I'm cooking tonight." Jesse said with a mix of faked
sturdiness and humour.

"You really don't have to..." Zac tried to interject, but Jesse
cut him off almost immediately.

"Listen Zac..." He said, his voice now showing a bit of concern,
"From what I gather you've been living on a diet of take out
food, coffee and red bull for god knows how long...and you're
complaining from a lack of sleep. Just trust me on this, I
promise it'll do you good. Besides,...you know you love my
cooking."

There was no arguing with that. Zac did remember past occasions
when he had enjoyed Jesse's cooking. As long as he had known
the guy Jesse had been very careful and very strict about what
he ate. In that way he was the opposite of Zac who wasn't as
concerned about his nutrition habits.

"Ok..." Zac said as he playfully threw his hands up signifying
Jesse's superior argument. "so what's on the menu?" he asked
curiously.

"You'll see" Jesse kept him in the dark, "besides it's only 3
o' clock, we still got an afternoon to spend before we get to
cooking dinner." He put the groceries in the fridge awaiting
any suggestion from Zac as to what the plans were for the
afternoon.

"I'm out of idea's" Zac submitted, "what do you want to do?"

"I'm a bit short of inspiration myself " Jesse had to admit.

"what did we used to do when we ran out of idea's?" Zac thought
out loud.

Suddenly they looked at each other, both having the same idea.
"the beach" they both said with a pearly white grin on their
face.

"sounds like a plan" Zac said enthusiastically, "It's been ages
since I've had a surf board under my feat."

"Yeah, you've probably forgotten how it's done!" Jesse joked.

"as if" his friend countered, "I'll be taming the waves before
you even get in your wetsuit."

"sounds like a challenge to me" Jesse said, the fire of
friendly competition beginning to smoulder. "But,..." he suddenly
realised, "I don't have any gear with me".

"don't worry about it " Zac  reassured him "I got an extra
board and wetsuit you can borrow."

"great," Jesse said, "so what are we waiting for?"

"I don't know, let's go!" Zac said as he tapped Jesse playfully
against the shoulder as he passed him.

They quickly  grabbed the gear they needed, a couple of bottles
of soda, sun screen and other small items before they headed
downstairs to the garage. They decided to take Zac's car. After
they had loaded their stuff into the trunk they sped of for the
seashore.

 The weather outside was perfect for an afternoon at the beach.
The sun was quite generous with its golden rays. A light summer
breeze was blowing  countering the worst heat. To anyone who
saw them speed by, Zac and Jesse certainly looked the part.
Cruising in Zac's relatively new convertible across the sun
soaked boulevards. Both wearing sunglasses, both singing along
to the beach boys songs coming through the speakers. With the
wind freely blowing through their hair the drove toward the
ocean.


- to be continued -


Authors note: First of all thanks for reading the second
chapter of the story. I would like to thank everyone for the
encouraging comments I had the pleasure to receive after
chapter 1, they're much appreciated. As always feel free to
leave suggestions or comments @ beer4myhorses@hotmail.com

Again, I know this isn't the most action-packed story out
there, but believe me...give it a chance, it will be worth it.
Can't have lunch without setting the table first.

You may have noticed I've restrained from setting this story in
a specific location. I'm not planning on doing that anytime
soon since I used to get comments from readers of previous
stories who lived in the city where the particular story was
set, complaining about geographic inconsistencies. I'm sure you
all have enough imagination to enjoy the story without it being
placed in a specific city.

If you haven't had the chance to see `hairspray' yet...what are
you waiting for? It is a great movie and I encourage everyone
to go and enjoy it! (so far this shameless plug)