Chapter 1

I was in the band room, thinking about my life and friends when my best friend since I was born and secret crush, Zander Robbins, came in running to me. "Whoa, Z, what's going on?" I asked him.

"Stevie I need to tell you something before anyone gets here, but before I do that, I need you to listen to this song I wrote," he said before starting to sing "Lady".

"Hey baby

I know how you get

When I'm running around, without you

But darlin', just understand

Ain't nobody around, yeah

Quite like you

We're unconditional

You're my lady

Beautiful, how we click

Got me walking on sunshine

Oh my baby

We could stare at the moon

Knowing it would be alright

Oh my baby

It's a stroll in the park

Cuddle up on the couch, after dark

You're, you're my lady"

"Wow, Zander. I still love that song, but why are you singing it? I know that it's for Lady, your dog," I stated, furrowing my eyebrows.

"Actually, it isn't for Lady; I lied. That song I wrote was for you because ever since Molly and Kacey dared us to have our first kiss last year, I looked at you as more than a friend, Stevie. I fell for you, and I want you to be more than a friend to me; I want you to be my girlfriend, so, Stevie, do you accept?" he questioned.

"Of course! That's actually when I fell for you too," I told him. Then a recollection of Nelson trying to break up Kacey and Kevin flashed into my mind, and I suddenly frowned deeply. "But I think we have to keep us a secret." He looked at me in confusion, so I elaborated, "If Nelson finds out about us, he'll definitely try to break us up. I don't want that to happen. Kacey's always saying how it's a huge problem for her relationship with Kevin after all." When I finished speaking, his lips crashed onto mine, and I stumbled backwards a few steps in total and utter surprise, but Zander stepped along with me and placed a hand on my neck, so it wasn't over too soon.

"Trust me. As long as I'm with you, it doesnt matter if the world knows or not, but we do have to tell Molly and Kacey. We have a pact. Remember?" he mumbled against my lips, eventually pulling away, so it would be easier for him to enunciate what he was trying to say.

"Yeah, true. Hey, you have to go to your mom's office before class, right?" I asked him. His mom is our school councilor. She's also Molly's mom. Zander and Molly are twins, but no one knows that besides Kacey and I since we've been best friends since birth. His parents weren't married when they were born, but they were engaged a couple months before Mrs. Robbins had them. When Zander and Molly were a year older, they had the wedding and got married. Molly got their mom's last name when she was born. and Zander got their dad's. They kept it a secret though because they wanted to see how it is to keep it a secret,and when we were 7, we all moved to Los Angeles where we live now. Kacey and Molly faked the whole we're-not-friends-anymore thing when Kacey went to Gravity Five while Molly and I decided to keep our friendship a secret.

"Yeah. Why?" he asked.

"Well maybe you can ask her if she can get Kacey and I out of class, so we can tell them," I replied. He nodded and leaned in, but just as we were about to kiss again, we heard the sound of someone's yelling booming from the hallway and jumped away from one another.

"You're unbelievable! You know that?" Kacey screamed at Kevin.

"It's not my fault you got so jealous and refuse to listen to me!" Kevin yelled back.

At this, Zander and I looked at each other and then made our way over to Nelson who was twitching nervously as he watched with wide eyes. "Nelly, what's going on?" I asked as I nudged him in the shoulder.

"Well Kevin and I were talking about how I need to ask Grace out when Kevin yelled, and I quote, 'Dude, just ask her out already; she's hot!'" Nelson did a high-pitched impression of Kevin with exaggerated hand motions, which made Zander chuckle. I would have too, but I remained focused on figuring out why Kacey was so upset. Upon seeing the lack of amusement crossing my features, Nelson stood up straight again and added, "But I guess that that's all that Kacey must have heard because... Well.. here we are..."

"Okay! You know what? I'm done with you!" Kevin yelled.

"Kevin, please don't," Zander persisted.

"What do you mean?" Kacey asked.

"I have had it with how jealous you get! I'm sorry, Kacey, but I don't know what to do anymore. We're over." With that having been said, he stomped away in aggravation and dragged Nelson along with him.

"Kacey?" I hesitantly walked up and put a hand on her shoulder in an attempt to comfort her. "Are you okay?" I chewed on my lower lip gently, not sure exactly how she was going to react to the situation.

"Yup. That was a fantastic stage break up." I glanced behind me at Zander who appeared just as bewildered as I sure that I must have. Seeing this, Kacey let out a tiny laugh and led us to the couch to tell us the fill story. "See, we were tired of Nelson trying to break us up, so we came up with a plan to stage it and hide our relationship until Nelson gets with Grace," she said. "I got the idea from Molly," she added with a wide grin.

"Wait. Kev knows about Molly?" My mouth remained agape even after those words left my mouth, and Kacey shook her head immediately, denying the very idea.

"Oh God no. I went over to Zander's and Molly's yesterday when Z was out, and I asked her for advice, " she explained.

"Oh. Okay. Well, Z and I have to tell you and Molly something later, " I informed her to which she nodded, although I could tell that she was incredibly anxious to hear what we planned on telling her. She wrung her hands, gripping onto her fingers tightly and biting her lip to help keep the interrogating eating at her inside.

"Yup. Well, I better get to my mom's office, and you guys gotta go to Mr. March's class." Zander said and then left while Kacey and I gathered our books together and walked out as well, Kacey conspicuously struggling to keep her lips shut.

Zander's POV

I made my way to my mom's office where Molly already was. I was just about to open the door when I heard Molly say, "No, Mom. Can't you let us handle it?" My mouth opened slightly, but then I shut it again and stepped inside of the office, my confusion palpable as I scrunched my eyebrows at the snippet of conversation I had overheard from my sister.

"What's going on here?" I asked.

Molly seemed a tad surprised but quickly masked it and responded, "Well, Z, Mom asked me when we're telling everyone that we're twins. I told her we don't know, and she's insisting on telling everyone." As she ran a hand through her long, dark brown hair and let out a tiny huff, I could tell that the prospect of letting everyone know made her stressed and nervous. It was understandable; I felt the same way whenever I started thinking about it after all. That's exactly why we waited this long.

"Molly, we agreed to tell everyone when Nelson and Grace get together. We all know it's gonna happen soon," I reminded her, directing the last part at my mom to reassure her that she wouldn't have to wait too long.

"Okay, fine. Now you both have to go to class though," my mom said.

"Mom, can you do me a favor?"I asked, grabbing my books.

"That depends. What's the favor?" she asked.

"Well, Stevie and I have to tell Molly and Kacey something, and we want to know if you can get them out of class," I said.

My mom gave me a note and told me to go take it to Mr. March. I went to him and gave it to him. "Okay, Kacey and Stevie, you will finish your test when you come back from the Councilor's office. She wants to see you, and, Mr. Robbins, you will get the test when you get back from Councilor Garfunkel with the girls," he explained. At school, my Mom goes by her maiden name. That's why people think that my mom died, and Molly's dad died. Kacey and Stevie followed me to my mom's office. This was it. It was time to tell them about Stevie and I.

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