*Amelia*
The next couple of days actually went by fast, Amelia had several interviews and it seemed like they had finally realised that nothing had happened between Tom and her.

She missed Zac, even more than she would admit, mostly because she always told him to relax and now here was she, not able to be without him for a couple of days.

It helped streaming the panels she could, she loved seeing him there on stage just being himself, he was so passionate, so amazing that she couldn't help thinking that everyone had to fall in love with him instantly.

They talked every morning and every night at least and he texted her several times a day, when he had time and even when he didn't have, a couple of times he even texted her from the stage, because something reminded him of her.

There had been some small trembles after the first one, but Amelia was getting used to it and Zac had been right, they were smaller than the first one.

*Zac*
It was friday morning and Zac had just arrived at Nerd HQ, he was tired from the party the night before, but feeling happy, he had talked to Amelia just before she went on morning tv.

He missed her like crazy and he might have been talking a bit much about her on his panels, but luckily it seemed like she missed him a lot too.

The plan was that she would drive down to San Diego later the same day and he couldn't wait to have her back in his arms.

He was seriously starting to think about proposing to her, he knew it was still pretty fast, but he was just so certain and he saw no reason to wait.

He just had to figure out how and of course make sure it wouldn't spook her, that was the only thing holding him back.

He was just about to say something to David, the co-founder of The Nerd machine and one of his best friends, when it felt like the ground got pulled away from under him.

He didn't hurt himself badly, but he got quite a shock, there was no warning, people was screaming in panic and it felt like everything was falling down, when the earth bucked beneath them.

He had experienced a fair amount of earthquakes in his life, even a couple of bigger ones, but nothing getting close to this and he feared the whole building would come down.

It felt like forever, but finally it got quiet, eerily quiet and the dust started to settle, he came up on shaking legs, luckily feeling okay.

"David are you okay man ?" He grabbed his friends hand and got him up, he looked shaken, but apart from a scratch on his cheek he looked unharmed.

He coughed a couple of times and looked around, there was sirens in the distance. "I am fine Zac, that was scary".

They started helping people up and outside, luckily there didn't seem to be any bad injuries, the worst was a badly broken leg on a unfortunate guy who had been on the stairs.

Zac found his father outside, he was looking at comic con, shaking his head in despair. "We were lucky, one of the big halls have collapsed totally".

"Oh God, there might have been thousands in there". He gasped, unable to process the share scale of the disaster, feeling the tears press to get out.

His father sighed. "That was a bad one and it didn't even feel like we got the worst, I think this was only the ripple not the center".

"Ami". Zac felt like an ice hand had grabbed his heart and started to squeeze it, if they were on the outskirts, then it was very possible that LA was the center, and it would be really bad there.

He grabbed his phone, a bit shocked to see that the net was up and running, but it went directly to her voicemail.

"I shouldn't have left her, she was so nervous after the small one Tuesday, I told her it wouldn't get worse, that she would be okay". He felt panic grab him.

His father put a hand on his shoulder. "Calm down Zac, we don't know where the center was yet, maybe it was out in the ocean or farther south".

At that moment Zac's phone rang, and first he felt relieved, hoping it was Amelia, but then he saw it was Tom, he should be on a plane on his way there.

"Yes Tom ?" His voice a bit harsh, he wanted to keep the line open if Amelia called him.

There was a lot of noise in the background, Tom was apparently still on a plane somewhere, his voice sounding almost scared. "Oh thank God Zac, I am happy to hear that you are okay".

"Yeah we got of quite easy, mostly bumps and bruises and a lot of broken computer games, comic con is bad, one of the halls went down". Zac breathes in deeply.

Tom gasped, he knew how many people there was in those halls. "Is Ami with you ?"

"No Tom, she is still in LA, she had a TV show this morning, I can't get through to her". He tried keeping his voice calm.

Tom got really quiet, when he finally said something, his voice was laced with pain. "We are touching down in Las Vegas now, that is as close as any plane will land, every airport closer is closed, Zac it hit LA, it is really bad".

Zac felt the phone slide from his hand, but he didn't react, he could hear his father call his name, but it was like someone had pulled a thick pillow over his head and everything was far away.