Apology

"J… Jason! Y… you!" Raven stuttered.

She rubbed her eyes- still can't believe what she saw.

"Yes, it's me," Jason replied.

"W… what do you want?" Raven asked.

"I want to meet Zendaya. Now, can you please let me in? I'm not here to steal anything or kill you," Jason being sarcastic.

"Come!" Raven made the way for Jason.

He came inside while Raven closed the door and took him where Zendaya was sitting.

"What took you so long?" Zendaya asked with closed eyes.

"I was shocked."

"Shocked? But why?" Zendaya asked.

"Someone came to see you."

"Who?" Zendaya rubbed her eyes.

"Don't rub your eyes. It will make your eyes red," a familiar voice came towards Raven.

Zendaya opened her eyes in a flash and looked towards the voice owner.

"J… Jason!" Her mouth wide opened to unexpectedly see Jason in front of her.

"Hi! How're you feeling now? I heard that you became sick because of two rude customers?" Jason smiled.

"You…!" Zendaya stood in anger.

"Who let you in my house? How dare you come to my house?" Zendaya's anger burst into Jason.

"Relax! You're sick.." Jason tried to calm her down.

"Who gave you the address?"

"It's not difficult for me, the next CEO of Musk enterprises, to find anyone's address," Jason smirked.

"Raven, why didn't you throw him out and allow him to come inside?" Zendaya angrily looked at Raven.

"He insisted," Raven got scared of Zendaya's anger.

"Hey! I said calm down. I'm here to apologize for what I did yesterday," Jason became a bit loud.

"Get out of my house… wait what? You came to say sorry??" Zendaya couldn't believe what her ears just heard.

"Now, that's new," Raven uttered.

"Yes, my friend Bill made me realize that I went too far yesterday," Jason looked down.

"So, I.. am sorry..!" Jason nervously looked at Zendaya.

This is the first time in his whole life when he said sorry from his heart.

"So, will you forgive me?" Jason looked at Zendaya innocently, his eyes full of hope.

Zendaya is still in shock like she can't even breathe.

"Zenda!" Raven called her but got no answer.

"Zenda!" Raven pressurized her name but still got no answer.

Raven came close to Zendaya and elbowed her which made her come to her senses.

"Huh!??" Zendaya looked at Raven.

"He asked for forgiveness," Raven glared at Zendaya.

"Will you forgive me?" Jason again asked.

Zendaya looked at Jason.

"Okay, I mean fine…" Zendaya spilled nonsense.

Jason looked at her confusingly, trying to understand her.

"Yes, I forgive you," Zendaya hesitatingly smiled.

"So that means you're not mad at me anymore, right??" Jason excitedly asked.

"Yes, I mean you realized your mistake and said sorry so there's no reason for me to be mad at you," Zendaya explained.

Jason sighed a breath of relief "Now, I feel better."

Raven and Zendaya nervously smiled at him.

"Umm so coffee, water or juice??" Raven tried to be good to him.

"Nothing! I am so hungry I'll eat first. Will you both know any restaurant near here?" Jason slides his hand on his abs.

Zendaya and Raven can see his abs when he massaged his belly, his shirt was moving up and down with his hand.

"I wanna touch those abs," Raven whispered.

"Abs..!" Zendaya unknowingly murmured.

"Sorry??" Jason squeezed his eyebrows.

"What?" Zendaya acted a fool.

"Did you say abs??" Jason asked but smirked internally.

She hit Raven "I said Ed's… Ed's restaurant is just one block away," Zendaya smiled.

"Yes, yes! Ed's restaurant. Why do you think she said abs? Naughty boy," Raven tried to handle the mess.

"Oh! I misheard. Wanna join me in ED'S restaurant?" Jason pressured the word 'Ed' to tease Zendaya.

"No…!"

"Yes..!"

Zendaya and Raven looked at each other.

Zendaya with her eyes tells Raven to not agree to Jason's offers but Raven being Raven she found this opportunity to make everything friendly between Zendaya and Jason.

"Yes, we gladly join you," Raven smiled.

"Then let's go! I'm waiting for you both outside," Jason left.

As soon as he left Zendaya started throwing bomb with her eyes on Raven.

"What? Stop killing me in your thoughts. I want you two to become friends and end this war now," Raven forcibly dragged Zendaya outside.

When Jason looks at them they both smile and stand properly.

"So, shall we?" Jason looked at both of them.

"Follow me. I'll show you the restaurant," Raven started walking leaving Zendaya with Jason.

Whole time Jason and Zendaya tried hard to ignore each other's eyes. But near the restaurant Zendaya looked at Jason who was already looking at her. They looked deeply into each other's eyes.

"Here we are," Raven stopped on her way.

That's when Zendaya collided with Raven's back while lost in Jason's eyes.

"Watch your step, girl!" Raven tripped because of Zendaya.

The surroundings became more awkward for Zendaya and Jason. They went to the restaurant and ordered. Raven noticed the awkwardness between Zendaya and Jason so she tried to start the conversation.

"I still can't believe Jason, the well known arrogant bully said sorry," Raven intentionally started the conversation like that.

"I know I'm an arrogant ass and a big bully but I never hurt anyone intentionally. When I think I did wrong to Zendaya and came to apologize. And I hope it's a new beginning for me and her," Jason smiled at Raven.

"New beginning??" Raven wanted Jason to explain more.

"Yes, new beginning as in being friends," Jason looked at Zendaya.

"So you asked Zendaya to be your friend, right?" Raven enjoyed this.

"No… I mean yes, Friends?" Jason moved his hand towards Zendaya.

Zendaya accepted his hand.

"Finally! We all are friends," Raven excitedly looked at Zendaya and Jason.

"Kind of!" Zendaya murmured audible enough for Raven who elbowed her after hearing her.

Waiter came with food and placed it on their table.

"Let's dig in," Jason said and the three of them started eating their food.

After paying for food they left the restaurant.

Outside the restaurant, Jason walked to Zendaya and Raven's house.

"Thanks for paying for our food as well, but you didn't have to do that," Zendaya tried to act cool.

"Think of it as my apology," Jason smiled.

They bid their goodbyes and Jason took a step towards his car but stopped.

"Umm…!" Zendaya and Raven looked back at Jason after hearing his voice.

"Yes!" Zendaya looked at him.

"Umm... if you don't mind… hmmm… umm… if you think we are friends…" Jason tried hard to say something.

"Just say it, Jason!" Raven looked impatiently at Jason.

"Will you come for dinner with me tomorrow, Zendaya?" Jason said in one breath.

"Only Zendaya," Raven acted like she was hurt.

"Oh no I meant you too. Will you both come for dinner with me tomorrow?" Jason properly asked.

"We will if we didn't make a plan with Crane and Mark," Raven sadly looked at Jason.

"Oh..! Okay, nevermind… it's alright," Jason smiled but he was sad internally.

Zendaya noticed the sadness in Jason's eyes and she couldn't bear that.

"Jason!" She called him and immediately stopped like he waited for Zendaya to call him.

"If you don't mind, you can join us tomorrow," Zendaya gave a soft smile.

"Deal. I'll be there, send me the location and time," Jason in excitement took the cell phone from Zendaya's hand and typed his number then gave it back to her.

He sat in his car and left happily while Raven was looking at Zendaya surprisingly.

"What? He looked sad and you told me to end the war.." Zendaya explained.

"Uh-huh! You learned quickly," Raven smirked.

"And I didn't expect how quickly he would snatch your cell phone and give you his number," Raven giggled at Jason's excitement.

Zenadaya also giggled at what happened earlier.

"He is like a kid," Zendaya thought and smiled.

They both went inside the house.

At night, Daniel's man found the location that Daniel ordered them to find. Daniel got a call from his man.

"Why did you call me at this time?" Daniel shouted.

"Sir! We found the restaurant," the man on the other side explained the reason why he called him.

"Did you find any information about Zendaya or did you see her near the restaurant?" Daniel asked in curiosity.

"No, we didn't see her inside and outside the restaurant," the man replied.

"And did you ask about her in the restaurant?" Daniel asked.

"No, we didn't.." the man answered.

"NO… NO!!! Whom are you waiting for? Your dead mother, HUH!!" Daniel shouted in anger.

"S… sorry, s.. sir! W… we will ask about her t… tomorrow," the man stuttered because of fear.

"You better be! If you want to live in this world," Daniel threatened him.

"We will not disappoint you, sir!" The man assured Daniel with a shaky voice.

"One more night! You don't know how painful it is for me to spend my night without you," Daniel looked at the broken photo frame of Zendaya.

He grabbed the photo frame and sat on the comfy sofa near the fireplace while moving his thumb on Zendaya's photo.

"I'll make you pay for every night I lived without you," Daniel took out Zendaya's photo from the frame and threw it in the fireplace.