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Hey you guys, this story is basically my imagination. I often think about the Zanessa breakup and ask myself what happened. So this is what I came up with. I have no ideo how it really was, this is just my imagination. Actually this is my first story so don't be mad if it isn't that good yet. I'm from Germany so there could also be a few mistakes, but I tried hard to avoid them . So now have fun reading my fanfic. xoxo

It was 9 am on a beautiful Sunday in LA. The beautiful 22 Years old actress woke up as the sun shined right in her face. 'Stupid sun' she groaned and turned around to hug the pillow of her ex-boyfriend. Yes, she still did that every morning. Just as a reflex. She couldn't just let go of that after 5 Years. But still, every time when she turned around and saw the empty bed next to her she got teary. 'Gosh, how long you want to do that Vanessa? Get teary every time when you see he's not there. He won't come back, you have to let go' she started to tell herself. Yes, she still loved him. Sure she did, after 5 Years being in love you can't just stop loving someone. And God, how she missed him, his touch, his beautiful smell which could always make her feel safe, his warm hugs, his amazing kisses. Everything, just everything. Now she was crying. Would that ever stop? She got ripped out of her thought by her phone ringing. She still had 'Scream' as her ringtone, she wasn't really strong enough to change it. When she saw the caller ID she immediately plastered a smile on her face and tried as hard as she could to sound happy.

'Hello?' she said with her oh so high voice

'Hey babe' She heard the 18 Year old men talking back to her.

'Josh. I was just about to call you' she lied to the man who was called her new Boyfriend. Yes, they were actually dating. Vanessa really liked him, he was the only one who could make her think of something else thank Zac. Still, she didn't dare to call him 'babe' or any nickname she once used for Zac. So she just stayed with 'Josh'

'Oh, really? Well I wanted to ask if wanna go to the Lakers game today?' He asked with his sweet teenage voice. Vanessa didn't mind the age different. Somehow it felt like Josh was much older than 18, he talked, acted and felt like a 24 Year old guy. So who cares if he's only 18?

'To ... the Lakers? 'Vanessa hesitated. She always went there with Zac. And gosh, how they always had fun there. Actually, she went there with her sister. But that was different, going there with Josh, her new boyfriend. Wouldn't it be weird?

'Vanessa? You don't have to if you don't want to' He asked concerned.

'Uh no no its okay we can go.' It just shot out of her mouth. Did she really wanna go to the Lakers? With him? She had no idea. But how was she supposed to explain him? No that was too much trouble. 'It won't be that bad' She told herself.

'Alright then, I'll pick you up at 5 pm. Be ready, sweetheart. I gotta go now. See you later.' Without hearing Vanessa's Goodbye he hung up. Vanessa stared at her phone. That was just too much for her. What was she doing? Going to the Lakers game with her new boyfriend? Why does she even have a new boyfriend when she still loves Zac so much? She let her thoughts drift away to the day it begun.

'Hey Ness, want me to bring you home' the young man asked the beautiful Lady sitting next to him. They were at the '19th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party' sitting on a table with Vanessa's best friend Ashley Tisdale.

'Uhm you don't have to Josh' she looked at the guy who was now really important to her, just like her brother.'

'I will. Let me just go get our jackets and then we can go' He stood up without waiting for any response.

'Neeess, He's soo into you, you know that right?' Vanessa heard her best friend say.

'No he isn't. He's just like my brother Ashley.' 'Yeah, but you're just not like his sister, Vanessa. Everyone can see that, the way he looks at you, cares about you. The way he watches you from the other side of the room. Open your eyes, sis.'

'Ugh. No, he's a really good friend. Not less, not more than that. So stop saying that. I like him. And btw, even if I'm more than a friend to him, who cares? I'm single now ashy.'

'I know Ness, just be careful okay? I don't want you to get hurt again' with that the 18 Year old men came back with their Jackets. 'Thanks Joshy' Vanessa smiled. 'Everything for you' He offered to help her into her Jacket.

They said goodbye to everyone, and hopped into their car. On the drive to Vanessa's house, she finally thought about the things Ashley had said. Was she right? Was she more to him than just a friend? She noticed him stare at her the whole drive. Here and there they talked about the night, who they met, who they talked to. But suddenly she felt a difference in his voice. 'I'm happy you were there with me, Nessa' He said slowly while resting his hand on her thigh. First she hesitated 'Uhm yeah it was really nice with you' she finally answered while staring at his hand.

'Miss Hudgens, we're here.' They heard the driver say. 'Alright thank you' Josh said and opened the door. 'Wanna come inside for a bit?' Vanessa already regretted that question. 'Sure, why not' Josh answered happily. They walked up the steps to Vanessa's front door. When she opened it she kinda felt weird. 'Did you just invite Josh into your house at 3 am? Gosh Vanessa you really have to think before you talk' she thought to herself. When they got into the door they were already greeted by Vanessa's dog Shadow. Vanessa lifted her into her arms and kissed her head. 'Hey girly, long time no see' she talked in a babyish voice. Shadow licked Vanessa's face happily but stopped when she noticed Josh. She tilted her head and looked at Vanessa again. 'She's probably wondering where her real daddy is' Vanessa thought. Shadow really loved Zac, and Zac loved shadow. Even Shadow had problems with him not being there anymore.

'Uhum' Josh cleared his throat. 'Oh sorry, I was just lost in the moment' Vanessa giggled. Oh how he loved that giggle, even if it wasn't the same giggled he heard when he first met her, he loved it. 'Let's go into the living room' Vanessa said while walking to her amazing big couch. Josh sat right next to her and they started talking. Josh told her about his family and how excited he was about Vanessa's upcoming movie Sucker Punch. Vanessa didn't really listened to him she just answered here and there with a few 'Yeah, uhuh, right and oh really's ' . For the first time she noticed his beautiful face. His white teeth, the bright smile and his beautiful green eyes. 'Are you okay?' He finally asked her. 'What? Uh yeah sure, sorry I was just thinking' 'oh' he answered and before Vanessa knew it she felt soft lips touching hers. She was sitting there like frozen. But at the next moment she somehow got lost in his touch. She closed her eyes and just gave into the kiss. Somehow it felt like Zac was kissing her. With that she got even more lost. There she was. Sitting in her living room, kissing a 18 Year old guy, thinking about her ex-boyfriend.'

Because of all the thinking she didn't really noticed her phone ringing for the 3rd time now. 'Hello?' she said still kind of lost in her thoughts. 'Goooosh I thought I had to call the ambulance. What the hell were you doing?' She heard her 15 Year old sister screaming into the phone. 'Calm down Stells, I was ..uh showering.' She lied to her bestes friend. 'Yeah sure you were. Whatever. Now that you're alive I wanted to ask you if you wanna come over today. Mom and dad are going out tonight so we could have the house all by ourselves. Like Sister Sleepover. How's that ?' her sister asked excited. Vanessa smiled at her sister's excitement. 'Oh really? Well I have the house by myself everyday. So we could have had that sleepover a long time ago.' 'Ugh but you know I hate sleeping somewhere else. So you coming or not?' 'I don't know sis.' Vanessa answered carefully not to hurt her sisters feelings. 'I'm going to the Lakers game with Josh today. So I could come over after. But I wanted to come anyway because I really need your Lakers shirt.' 'Going with Josh to the Lakers game? Really Ness?' Stella asked with a concerned voice. 'Stella, don't start that discussion again, I know what I do and where I go so just let it be my business. Can I have your shirt now? ' 'Ugh, yeah just come pick it up.' Stella told her sister with a quite angry voice. Vanessa didn't want to let this discussion go further so she just told her when she'd be there and that she loves her.

When Vanessa got out of the shower it was 1 pm. 'alright, 4 hours left' She thought while running into her big closet and searing for something to wear. 'Ugh I'll just search later when I got the shirt' she thought to herself and threw on some jeans and a big hoodie. She grabbed her phone, threw it into her purse and walked down the stairs. When she heard her stomach grumble she noticed that she still had no breakfast so she ran into her kitchen and opened the fridge. 'Seriously? When did I go grocery shopping the last time?' Her fridge was empty; the only thing she could see was an apple. 'Ugh nice, Vanessa. Really nice.' She grabbed the apple and made her way to her car. Since she and Zac broke up she only used her Mercedes. Well actually she did many things she would have never done a few months ago. She cut her hair, got a tattoo, changed her complete style, hung out with people she used to dislike, made a twitter account ( Zac and her always swore to each other to never get something like facebook or twitter) and she acted really different. But that was not bad at all. It helped her to get rid of the pain.

13 minutes later she arrived at her parents' house. 'Hey mom, hey dad, hey Stells' Vanessa screamed while opening the front door. 'Hey honey' her mom walked out of the kitchen and gave Vanessa a big big hug. 'Whoa' Vanessa giggled. 'Where's Daddy?' 'He's in the living room.'

When Vanessa got into the living room she saw her father as always sitting on the couch with his head behind the newspaper. 'How many newspapers do you read per day daddy?' Vanessa smiled at her dad. Greg slowly put the newspaper next to him and smiled at his daughter. 'Hello sweetie' He said while holding his arms up so that she could sit on his lap while hugging him. Greg and Vanessa shared a real intense connection. Greg was really proud at his daughter and he knew that no matter how old she is or how much of an adult she was. She will always be his little princess.

'You okay?' Vanessa asked while pulling back from his hug. 'I am.' Greg answered 'are you?' he always knew when something was wrong with his first daughter.

'I am too daddy' Vanessa smiled at her father. Even though everyone would have believed her. Greg knew how his daughter really felt. He saw the difference in her expression, her smile was so different, she didn't giggle like she did before, and she was just different. And yes, he missed his old Baby V. The family talked about it a few times already. And sure everybody knew why Nessa had changed that much. The breakup with Zac really broke her. Even though she would never admit it to anyone, the people who were really close to her could see it. She was still suffering from all the pain. Vanessa was always a strong girl. She always tried to please everyone by being the happy Ness we all know. No matter how broken she was, she always plastered a smile on her face and said the three words her family slowly hated to hear 'I am fine'. She totally wasn't. Even though Greg didn't really know what was going on with his daughter and this Josh guy, he knew that he never wanted anyone else to be with Vanessa except from Zac. He loved Zac. Sure he would never admit it. But he loved him. He was like the son he always wished for and never had. He knew that Zac was the only guy he could trust when it came to 'protecting his daughter' .He really loved her, everybody could see that. They were always so happy and comfortable with each other, well at times a bit too comfortable, but Greg always knew that nothing would happen to his daughter as long as the love of her life was with her. The day Zanessa broke up didn't just broke Vanessas and Zacs heart. It also broke their familys. Greg remembered the day he heard the news..

'Hellooo? Someone there?' Greg heard his daughter scream happily into the house. But still, something was different with her voice. 'Living room honey' Gina answered in her cute voice. Greg smiled at his wife. Even after so many years he still loved her like he did the first day they met. When Vanessa appeared in the doorway the 3 Hudgens family members stared at her. She looked really bad. She had big red puffy eyes, wore no makeup and wait, what was this? Did she cut her hair?. 'Omg Ness. Your hair what have you done?' Greg rolled his eyes at his youngest daughter, sure that this was the first thing she noticed. Vanessa was only gone for a few days. To visit the fashion week in New York, but still she felt like a complete different person, and she even looked like one. 'Cut my hair' Vanessa answered smiling. But something about her smile was different; it was too bright, brighter than her brightest. 'God, am I the only one who notices?' Greg thought to himself but when he looked at his wife he saw that he wasn't. She sat there, staring at Vanessa. And what's that? She even had tears in her eyes. Greg could tell, this weren't tears of joy. No, Gina noticed Vanessa's change too, but she might have noticed some more things. 'Mom, dad. Don't you like it?' Vanessa looked at them. When none of them answered, Vanessa finally put her smile down 'Uhm you okay?' she asked while biting her bottom lip, a gesture she always did when she was nervous.

'The better question is, if you are okay' Gina finally answered. Greg felt relieved that his wife felt the same thing. 'Uhm sure I am, why shouldn't I be?' Vanessa answered without any expression. Greg felt the bulb in his throat. He was disappointed, even though he didn't know what was wrong, he knew that his daughter was broken. And she lied to them. Her family. Finally it hit him. There's only one reason Vanessa could be broken. There's only one person who can make her feel this way, who can break her.

'What did he do?' Greg asked in an angry voice. Finally Stella got things too. She also noticed Vanessas change. Not just the hair, the person in front of her, that wasn't really her sister, was it?. 'What, who are you talking about daddy? It's nice to see you guys too, good to know that you missed me that much.' Vanessa answered also angrily. She could also feel the bulb in her throat. How could they notice already? She just cut her hair, that didn't mean anything, did it?
'Honey' she heard her mother say. 'Wanna sit down and tell us what's wrong. We are your family and we know you better than anyone else and we can also see when something is wrong. And right now we all see that something is terribly wrong. So just tell us and stop acting please' Greg listened to his wife. Normally she was always the quiet one but you could see that this was the most important thing right now, to know what happened to her daughter. Vanessa just stood there, still in the doorway with her high heels and her jacket one. Greg noticed that also her style changed. She would have never worn a jacket like this. And high heels? Just to visit her family? Never. Suddenly he heared her swallow, when he looked into her eyes all he could see was emptiness, they were empty. She sparkle she once had was gone. But now, there was something in her eyes. Pain. Hurt. And with that he saw a tear roll down her cheek. He wasn't the only one who noticed. As soon as the tear made its way down Nessa's cheek, Stella was by her side. Hugging her for dear life. Nobody dared to say anything. Only the noise of Vanessa's sniffles filled the room. Gina and Greg both felt their heart sink at the same moment. They had never seen their daughter like this. So broken, so full of pain. Gosh what happened? That was the question all 3 family member had in their head. Vanessa and Stella stood like this for almost five minutes. Now the tears just streamed down her face like someone forgot to turn the water off. Soon enough, Gina started crying too. She stood up and led Vanessa to the couch. Everyone's eyes were right at Vanessa. So no one noticed Stella grabbing her phone and running upstairs.

With Stella

'Pick up pick up' she thought to herself as she heard the beeping on the other end of the line. 'Hello?' she finally heard the voice she waited for. Just from his voice, she knew that Nessa wasn't the only broken one.

'Omg Zachary what happened?' Zac heard her girl- well now ex-girlfriends sisters' voice screaming at him.

'Stella. Is Ness with you?' 'Yes she is and she's crying her eyes out and no one knows why so can you just tell me what happened because I can hear that you're not happy too.' She said as fast as she could. 'I .. I don't know how to tell you' He started slowly. He knew that his 'little sister' was the biggest Zanessa fan. He slowly breathed in to start his next sentence 'We, we broke up'.
Now there was silence. Stella knew that there were a few problems lately, especially after the big fight they had in Hawaii, but she always thought they could handle it. They already handled so many things, fight. But they never even thought about breaking up. She knew, that this wasn't just a 'we broke up' like in' well be back together' this was a real break up. She couldn't believe it. 'Wh. What?' she stuttered into the phone with already teary eyes. 'No, but, no. you were okay. I mean you had a few problems, But you were okay right? You told me Zac, everything was going to be fine. You can't just break up. This is just a little issue you have. You'll be back together right?' Stella mostly told herself or at least tried. Now she also heard Zac sniffle 'I'm sorry Stella. It just. It wasn't right anymore. I gotta go now. I'm sure Vanessa will tell you everything. Just.. Just remember that I still love her. And I always will. And I love you too Stella, no matter what happens- Bye.

Stella just stared at her phone. Is this really happening right now? She felt the tears roll down her cheek. Zac and Ness were always so happy. They were perfect for eachother. Gosh, how she loved to watch them. Even if she commented everything with 'ew' and 'could you stop it guys?, get a room' she still loved them. Stella always wanted a big brother, and with Zac. She got him. He was like her big brother. He even came over when Vanessa was busy and went to get ice cream with Stella or go to the movies. She could talk to him about everything. He even wanted to get to know her new boyfriend. Just like a brother. She always looked up to Zanessa. When her boyfriend broke up with her she was really down, but because of them she believed in love. Sure, she was only 15. But still, she knew that one day she will be as happy as her sister.

When Stella's tears finally dried she slowly walked down the stairs just in time to hear Vanessas first sentence . 'You know, it's just.. Me.. Me..' and there they were the tears again. When Stella walked into the living room she could see; her daddy cried too. She took a deep breath as she started her sentence 'Nessa and Zac. They. They broke up' Nobody noticed Stella walking in again. Now everybody was staring at her. Even Vanessa. ' who where do you know that?' Vanessa sniffled. 'Never mind, sis. Just remember, we're here for you.' Now Stella noticed the blank look on her parents faces.

When Vanessa calmed down a bit she told them about the breakout 'It just, it didn't work anymore. There was a problem after another. We couldn't handle this relationship anymore. We just need time for us you know? Look at my schedule- look at Zacs. There is no time for us. We didn't even have time to talk things out. It's just too much. Who knows maybe when it all calmed down a bit maybe we could sit down and talk again, but right now. It's impossible' she had said.

That was the first time Greg saw his daughter like this. 'whaat up Sissy' Stella came jumping into the room. Greg smiled at his youngest daughter. Why can't Vanessa be like this? Real. 'Heeey' Vanessa said in her normal voice. 'Here's the shirt. 'Stella threw it into her sister's lap. 'Thanks honey, hope it will work huh'.

'Where are you going?' Greg asked concerned. 'To the Lakers game' Vanessa answered fast. 'Oh really. With who?' 'Uhm Josh' Greg felt the blush on his daughters cheeks as she bit her bottom lip. He didn't want to start a discussion so he just said 'oh okay.' The room was silent. 'Uuuhm well I gotta go now, get ready. Heard you're going out tonight daddy? Have fun.' She gave him a kiss on his cheek. 'Oh and Stella I'll be here after the game alright?' 'Alright, but hurry' her little sister answered. 'I will. Byeeeee 'she gave her sis a big hug, walked to her mom and gave her a kiss. 'See you guys'.

With the Hudgens.

Greg sighted. 'When is this acting ever gonna stop?' He asked out loud. He felt his wife's hand on his shoulders. 'I wish I would know sweetheart, I wish I would know.'

With Vanessa.

You could tell, as soon as she closed the door, the smile on her face faded. She didn't even notice it herself, as she got in the car. She slowly started driving along the street. As she turned the radio on she started to sing along immediately.

Baby, I have no story to be told,
But I've heard one on you and I'm gonna make your head burn,
Think of me in the depths of your despair,
Make a home down there as mine sure won't be shared,

The scars of your love remind me of us,
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all,
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless,
I can't help feeling,
We could have had it all

She didn't even notice the tears rolling down her cheeks. This song. It's so true. 'We could have had it all' she repeated to herself over and over again.

When she finally arrived at her house she noticed that it was only 2 pm. What is she supposed to do until 5 pm? She sat on her couch and turned the TV on. 'Family Guy, Perfect' She thought to herself. When Family Guy ended she zipped through the different channels.
Suddenly she froze. There he was. She had seen him so many times on the TV but that picture which she saw was indescribable. There he was. Shirtless skateboarding. She kind admitted it to herself, she missed that sight.
'So here we are, with the latest pictures of Zac Efron. But can someone tell me where he is? The Last pictures of him appeared a month ago where he went to get breakfast with his friend. It's really unusual for our popular Zac Efron not so show for almost a whole month. What is he doing? Sitting at home playing video games? 'Vanessa heard the news reporter joke around. 'Or maybe he just hangs out with his new girl here.'
Vanessa felt her eyes get teary as she saw the picture of him having his arm around a blond girl with a drink in his hands. He kinda looked drunk. That wasn't the Zac she knew. His expression, his face, everything looked so different. She didn't even think about it, she just turned the TV off. Now there she sat. Crying like a baby. Why was she crying? Because she saw him with another girl? drinking? Well, what was she doing? Hanging around with josh every day, going with him to the Lakers game. That's just the same. Finally she got herself together. 'Now stop it Vanessa. You can't just cry the whole day. You got a live. Life it now. Go to the Lakers game and have fun.' She tried to tell herself. But somehow, it worked. She stood up and decided to take one more shower.

After the shower she threw on her sisters Lakers shirt, pulled a pair of too long Jeans out of her wardrobe and went to her jewelry to put as many rings on her fingers as possible. She did that to replace the one ring on her finger that wasn't there.
When she looked at the clock, she saw that she only had 20 minutes left. She just finished her makeup when she heard Josh's motorcycle outside. She grabbed her purse and a leatherjacket and a pair of sandals when she heard her doorbell.
'Josh' she smiled as she let him in. 'hey you' he greeted her by kissing her on the lips 'you ready?' 'I sure am' she answered as they made their way down the steps of Vanessa's house.

The Game was really fun, actually more fun than Vanessa expected. They laughed the whole time and somehow Vanessa felt herself smile for the first time in months. They made sure that no one noticed that they were dating, even if anyone already guessed that but it was kinda fun to hide like this. Vanessa finally felt free again. She didn't know what happened but she knew that Josh made her feel really good. After the game they hopped into a car which drove Vanessa to her parent's home. They laughed and joked around the whole time. When they finally arrived Vanessa leaned over to kiss Josh. It was a slow sweet kiss. But still Vanessa felt herself relax and feeling good. After a while they pulled apart. 'Thank you, Josh' Vanessa said while looking into his eyes. 'Thank you, Vanessa' Josh answered. With that Vanessa hopped out the car and ran into her parents' house.

She opened the door and started screaming for her sister 'Steeeeeellaa Bellaaa where are you?' she laughed out loud, Gosh she felt so good. Stella appeared in the doorway. 'Gosh what is wrong with you?' she asked. 'What not happy for you big sis to be happy?' Vanessa giggled. 'I am. It's just. Ashley called..' Stella spoke slowly. 'Oh really what did she say' Now Vanessa noticed that her sister was serious. 'Well, it's about Zac, Ness.' …

So, hope you liked it. Little cliffhanger ;) Just comment if you want me to continue.

Xoxo Louisa