Zipward | a bet into reality

private talk

CREDITS TO: Rand0mDin0 FOR THE IDEA OF THIS CHAPTER

(3RD POV):

Zip was getting super suspicious and curious. You know how a 5 year old gets super curious about something they shouldn't know? Well that's how Zip felt. She knew she shouldn't pry into it, but she was running out of patience.

"hey, Edward, can we talk a little bit?" Zip asks.

"uhh, yeah... Sure." Edward reluctantly agrees.

the pair walk outside, somewhere that Oliver and Alice can't see.

"okay, what the fuck is going on with you?" Zip asks directly.

"what?" Edward says, confused.

"ever since you had that talk with Oliver, you've been acting weird." Zip rolls her eyes, "and the surprise is over, so why are you still acting like this?"

"oh... Uhh." Edward sighs. "I get what you're saying, and I know exactly why, but..."

"just tell me! I wanna know!" Zip says.

"okay, so this is a huge secret... But I think I like you. Not platonically. I have a real romantic attraction to you." Edward says in one breath. "Oliver found out, so we've been talking about it ever since." Edward confesses.

Zip's silence was deafening. Her heart was racing.

meanwhile, Edward was freaking out at her silence. What if she hates me now? Did I say something wrong? Does she not like me back?

those were all the thoughts running through the boy's head. Now, Zip actually liked him, but she was just so surprised, that she just stared at him.

As a few seconds that felt like hours went by, Zip spoke up, "I like you too. You're really nice to me. It's hard to recognize feelings like this, but I now realize how I feel." Zip smiles.

Edward's face went RED. Like I tell you, RED. The two stare at each other awkwardly. It was a huge reveal. Zip doesn't know a thing about romance, and Edward was frozen. for a good 20 minutes, they stared at each other. Then, Zip pulls Edward into an empty alley nearby.

"okay, so how will we deal with this?" Zip asks. "do you want to stay platonic for a while, or should we just start dating?" Zip looks at Edward.

Edward looks back at her. "we can start dating. It would be weird if we were still friends 'cause we already confessed to each other."

Zip nods, "okay!"

then, Zip suddenly pounces into Edward's arms. Of course, Edward caught her.

"hey! Don't do that without telling me." Edward sighs.

"why not? didn't fall or anything." Zip sighs.

Edward lets go of her, "now you did."

"hey!" Zip lands on the floor. She notices that Edward was a lot more normal now. He probably needed to get that off of his chest.

"let's go back inside. It's been like 35 minutes and we haven't ordered." Edward lets out a hand for Zip.

she takes it, and walks into the restaurant again.

Oliver gave Edward a suspicious look. Oliver THOUGHT that Edward would still be too scared to confess to Zip, even in private.

"so! Are we supposed to order dinner yet?" Zip asks.

"well there's a huge wait, so not really." Oliver sighs.

"oh..." Zip nods.

why did I come here with such unbearable humans? Oh right, Oliver forced me. Alice thought.

after a while. Everyone ordered, they all got what they wanted and left (yes, nothing else happened that was very eventful).

"pookie, can I stay at your place?" Oliver asks.

"no." Alice heads back into her little dark space.

Oliver groans and walks his way home too. "see you guys tomorrow." Oliver waves

"bye!" Zip waves.

"bye." Edward says.

Zip and Edward lived close to each other, so they walked home together. Zip was as happy as ever, but Edwards was still a little overwhelmed. He wasn't complaining though. He's happy he's dating Zip now. Aaaand, he's gonna get 50$.

the next day at school, Edward and Oliver were talking. Their lockers were near each other's.

"where's Zip?" Edward asks.

"she's probably late." Oliver shrugs.

Edward sighs, "you're such a bad influence to her."

"it is not my influence!" Oliver rolls his eyes.

"where do you think she learned that? Not from me, not from Alice, so who else?" Edward chuckles.

"yeah, yeah, keep yappin'." Oliver sighs. "so like, what's new?" Oliver asks.

"nothing much." Edward lies. He'll wait until he actually needs 50$.

"did you chicken out when Zip was talking to you?" Oliver teases.

"no? We were just talking about lunch time. We planned something." Edward lies. He actually wasn't too bad at it when he wasn't a blushing mess.

"alright." Oliver sighs.

"so what about you and Alice? Did anything happen when we were gone?" Edward asks.

"well I wanted to make out with her, but she pushed me away. Isn't that so rude? I mean, we should make out before I hook her up." Oliver complains.

"I don't think Alice wants anything to do with you in general." Edward sighs.

"the fuck you mean she doesn't!? I'm amazing!" Oliver says half-jokingly.

"ugh, you're such a noisy jerk." Edward teases.

"you're a jerk too." Oliver rolls his eyes again. "wanna bully Engel?"

"why would I do that?" Edward asks.

"cause Lana, Abby, and Claire are all dead." Oliver chuckles, "why else?"

"and Claire's death is partially you and Zip's fault." Edward sighs.

Engel overheard the conversation. Oh boy, the guy wasn't happy. He loved Claire!

Edward and Oliver kept babbling and yapping, and Zip finally arrived.

"Chip wouldn't leave me this morning. He didn't want me to be at the daycare without him." Zip pants.

"the kid likes you." Edward shrugs.

"cute. Zip's like a mom. I wonder who's the dad." Oliver chuckles.

"well Chip's dad is my dad, right?" Zip asks.

Oliver laughs, and Edward sighs at Zip's innocence.

"well, anyways. Edward and I were talking about bullying Engel. You in?" Oliver asks.

"sure!" Zip smiles.

"wait, I didn't agree." Edward sighs.

"why do you sympathize with Engel so much?" Zip asks.

"because you guys killed his girlfriend. I don't think it's a good idea to make him hate us. Just in case we need him to save us." Edward shrugs.

"we won't fail before graduation." Zip smiles.

"plus, he's too much of a pushover to ignore us even if he does hate us." Oliver adds.

"fine." Edward sighs. "not my fault if he snitches on us."

"they won't care." Zip raises an eyebrow.

"the nice teachers will." Edward crosses his arms.

"oh right." Zip nods.

Oliver chuckles at the conversation. He could totally see them together.