This is my first HTR story! Love the cast AND Zevie! :D Hope y'all enjoy. I know Stevie has four OLDER brothers, but I like this storyline better.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own HTR.

Stevie's POV:

"Guys! Come on, it's time for school!" I yelled, as my three younger brothers were getting ready for school, all over the house. Damien came running out of the kitchen first, wearing jeans and a dirty red t-shirt covered with chocolate. I rolled my eyes, and looked around, spying a somewhat clean shirt lying on the stairs. I picked it up and tossed it to him. "Damo, you need change your shirt." I smiled at him, and he changed it, before throwing the dirty one on the floor. I shook my head. "Oh no you don't. Where does the dirty laundry go?" He sighed and picked up the shirt, and walked away from me to the laundry room, as Ryan walked out of the kitchen, a worried look on his face.

"Stevie?" he asked me, and I turned to him.

"Yea buddy?" he looked down at the ground nervously.

"I'm scared." I walked over to him, and hugged him.

"Ry, it's going to be fine. I promise I'll be there to pick you up after school, and then the four of us can go out for pizza, ok?" Ryan looked at me, and nodded. I ruffled his hair. "Ok, go get your backpack. And tell Finnie to get his butt down here." He ran up the stairs, and Damien came back, with his backpack firmly strapped onto his back. I passed him his sneakers, and he put them on wordlessly. Then, Ryan came back down the stairs, with Finnie in tow. I was shocked.

"Finn. What on EARTH did you do to your hair?" I asked him. His chocolate brown locks were now a vibrant royal blue. He shrugged.

"I wanted a change." I sighed, and looked at him.

"I just wish you had asked, or at least told me first. Anyways, get your shoes on, and get in the car," I said, and I gave Damien a little push towards the door, before I walked back into the kitchen to grab my bag, wallet, and school ID. I made my way back to the front door, and once making sure that everyone had everything, I shut and locked the front door.

"Ry, can you help Damien into his car seat?" He nodded, and I unlocked the doors to my old, beat-up clunker, and got into the driver's seat. Once the boys were buckled in, I started the car up, and pulled out of the driveway. As I turned off our street, Finnie, who was in the passenger seat, reached over and turned the radio on. Instantly, the sound of Owl City played through my speakers.

As we pulled into a parking space at Franklin Middle School, I got out of the car, and so did Ryan. He looked a little anxious, so I placed my hands on his shoulders and tried to look into his eyes.

"Ry. Look at me." He did. "You are going to be fine. I know you're nervous, but keep your head up, don't let anyone get in your way, and remember to hold it down," I said, doing the Gravity 5 hand motion. He smiled slightly, and I hugged him quickly, before making him walk into the school. I pulled away, watching him nervously walk into the building.

I drove for a few minutes, and pulled into the parking lot of J. Thompson Elementary School. After helping Damien out of his car seat, I grabbed his hand and walked him inside, and to the room with "234" above it. We walked inside, and I looked at him.

"I'm going to quickly talk to your teacher, ok?" He nodded, and I walked up to a young redhead.

"Miss Younger?" I asked, and she turned to me, a smile on her face.

"Yes. May I help you?"

"Yea. My little brother, Damien Baskara, is in your class. I just wanted to let you know that he, well he doesn't talk." She looked at me curiously.

"Why? Does he have a disability?" I shook my head.

"No. He has been this way for a few months now. I'm working on it, but I would really appreciate it if you could just let him write, instead of talking." She nodded.

"I totally understand. Is there a certain reason he doesn't talk, if you don't mind me asking?"

"That's kind of personal. Sorry." I said, and she nodded, smiling. I looked on her desk, and saw a pad of sticky notes and a pen. I grabbed them, and wrote down my cell number before handing her it. "This is my cell number. Please call if there are any problems."

"I will. Can I ask your name?" I smiled.

"Stevie. Now, I have to get to school too. Nice to meet you." I said, before turning back to Damien, and kneeling down to his height.

"Damo, I know that you're scared. It's the first time in a school without Finn or Ryan here with you. But the teacher has my number, and if you need me, just let her know and I'll be here," I said, and he hugged me tightly. I closed my eyes, and put my hand on the back of his head. "I love you too Damo." I let go, and stood up. "Now go make some friends." I smiled, and walked to the door. I turned to wave at him, and he waved back. I watched him run to an empty desk, and put his stuff down before I actually walked down the hall and out of the school. I got back in the car and looked at Finnie, who had his headphones in, ignoring the world. Sighing, I put the car in gear, and drove out of the school yard.

"Did you tell Damien's teacher that he is mute?" Finnie asked, and I looked at him in pure and utter shock.

"What has gotten into you Finn? You used to be so sweet to your little brothers, and now you act like you could care less about them," I said, as we drove closer to Brewster High. Finnie ignored me, and I shook my head. I pulled into the student parking lot, and shut the car off. I turned to Finnie.

"Try to behave. It's the first day. I do NOT want to hear your name, or my name on the PA today, ok?" I said, and he just rolled his eyes, and made a move to get out of the car. I grabbed his arm, and he looked at me. "Ok?" I persisted, and he reluctantly nodded. I let go of him, and got out of the car, slinging my bag over my shoulder, before locking the car. Finnie rolled his eyes, but waited for me, and we walked into the school together.

"Finn, I'm going to go find the guys. Wanna come?" He shook his head, and I shrugged. "Well, you know where the hangout is, so just go there if you get bored." He rolled his eyes, and walked away from me as we entered the school. I sighed, and headed towards the hangout, when I heard clapping coming from the lunchroom. I made my way there to find a giant crowd of kids gathered around the Perf's table. I rolled my eyes, and was about to walk away, when I heard a familiar trio of voices singing. I pushed my way through the crowd and was shocked at what I saw.

Hey now, hey now,

Everybody wanna be popular,

I said, hey now, hey now,

Everyone wanna be hot cha know,

I say hey now, hey now,

Everybody wanna be popular,

Hey now, hey now,

Everybody wanna be hot cha know.

Standing there, dancing on the Perf table was Molly, Grace, and to my surprise, Kacey. My jaw hit the floor, and I couldn't speak. They finished their song, and Molly saw me standing there, and smirked. The three of them were helped off the table by some stupid jocks, and they walked right up to me.

"What's wrong Loserberry? Cat got your tongue?" Molly spat at me, and I ignored her, staring right at Kacey. She looked shocked to see me, but she didn't say anything.

"Wh-" I started to say, but I was interrupted.

"Hey baby," I heard a familiar voice say from behind Molly. My heart started to flutter when I saw Zander, but when Molly turned around and kissed him, I wanted to throw up. After the two lovebirds finished with their PDA, I caught Zander's eye, and he looked like he just saw a ghost.

"Stevie?" I heard Nelson ask, from where he and Kevin were standing. They must have come over with Zander. "What are you doing here?"

"What am I doing here? I go to school here. What is going on?" Molly smirked and got right in my face.

"I'll tell you what's going on. Gravity 5 is history. Kevin, Nelson, and Zander are football stars, and Kacey is a Perf again. The way it should be." She smirked. "Oh yeah, and you're still a loser." She said, before smiling evilly. I looked at my ex-band mates with utter shock and confusion.

"Bu-" I started to say, but suddenly I was covered head to toe in red slushy (1). I wiped my face off, and saw Molly standing there with an empty Big-Gulp cup. She then turned to an extremely shocked Zander.

"Thanks for the slushy babe." She kissed his cheek, and then her and the rest of the Perfs, minus Kacey walked away when she snapped her fingers. I stood there shaking from the cold, and looked up at four people I used to call friends.

"Steves, I swear I didn-" I put up my hand to stop him.

"Save it Zander. I should have known. You guys are no better than any of them. I just can't believe you guys would do this to me." I said, before I ran away, from them, from all the laughing students, from the courtyard. I ran all the way to the girl's washroom, closing the door before I walked to the sink, and turned on the taps, beginning to clean myself off. After a moment, I started to cry. And Stevie Baskara does NOT cry. Suddenly, the door opened, and two unfamiliar blondes walked into the room. I stopped crying, and wiped the tears from my face. They walked over to me and without saying a word, began to clean the red gunk from my hair. Once I was cleaned up, the one wearing jean shorts and a Canucks jersey handed me some clean clothes and I quickly entered one of the stalls, changing out of the sticky, cold, wet ones, and into the dry, slightly warmer ones. I walked out of the stall, and put the ball of sticky fabric in the sink, before turning to the two girls.

"Thanks. For helping me. Are you guys new?" I asked, and the one wearing a Metallica t-shirt smiled.

"Yea. I'm Lauren, and this is my sister Lily," Lauren said, and Canuck Girl (Lily) waved at me.

"I'm Stevie. Can I ask you guys something?" The two of them nodded in sync. "Why did you help me? I was a total stranger, and even kids who have known me for YEARS were too selfish to help. So why did you?"

"This used to happen ALL the time at our old school. Stupid jocks and their preppy cheerleaders would throw them at people who weren't them," Lily said. "I know what it's like to be in your spot. We both do. And I couldn't stand to see you on your own." I smiled.

"Well, I appreciate it. So much, you guys have NO idea."

"So what happened? Why did that brunette slushy you?" Lauren asked, and I sighed.

"Well, Molly, the brunette, and Grace, the blonde, are the "Perfs", which is basically the leaders of the school. The third girl, Kacey, was a Perf, until she got braces and glasses in sophomore year. Meanwhile, Kevin, the dark-skinned guy, and Nelson, the blonde guy, were my best friends. Had been since like grade 3. At that time, Zander, the black-haired guy, was new, and he instantly formed a bond with the three of us, and we made a band, called Gravity 4. Anyways when Kacey was rejected by the Perfs, she joined our band, which we renamed to Gravity 5, and became close with all of us, even though she was one of the girls who had made fun of Nelson, Kevin and I for YEARS."

"That still doesn't explain how we got here." Lily said.

"Well, I don't exactly know. I didn't get to talk to the rest of Gravity 5 over the summer, and I guess they just turned to popularity. And Molly slushied me to humiliate me. That's just what she does.

And I can say, mission accomplished." Lauren groaned.

"That little…witch. She is so evil." I smiled. I liked these twins.

"Well, if Molly's plan was to make you a loner, then she failed." Lily said, smiling, and I raised my eyebrow at her. She chuckled, and gave me a hug. "You've got us now. You're the only one at this school that has talked to us, and you seem super cool." I hugged her back, and smiled.

"Thanks. Want a tour of the school?" I said, and Lauren shrugged, and Lily nodded. I smiled, before turning off the tap, and wringing the water out of them. I threw my clothes into the plastic bag that was holding my lunch, tied the top, and turned back to them. "Well, let's just throw this in my locker, and then I'll show you around." I picked up my bag, and the three of us left the bathroom, and walked to my locker. After I put the plastic bag in it, I shut my locker. I turned back to the twins, to find an older looking boy talking to them. I raised my eyebrow, and Lauren rolled her eyes.

"This is Cole, our older brother. Cole, this is Stevie." I smiled. Cole had blonde hair, and bright blue eyes. He seemed nice, much like his sisters.

"Hi. Nice to meet you Stevie," he said, holding out his hand. I shook it, and he held on for a moment longer than he should have.

"Nice to meet you too." Lauren smirked, and Lily was smiling from ear to ear.

"Stevie is showing us around before school starts. Wanna come?" Lily said, and Cole smiled.

"Sure." I smiled back, and began to walk towards the science wing.

"Great. Let's go." The three of them began to follow me. I showed them the chemistry lab, the library, and Mr. March's classroom, before we reached a secret nook in the hallway. I tried to not draw attention to it, hoping the three of them wouldn't see it.

"Hey. Where's that lead?" Damn. I turned to Cole standing in front of the passageway. I sighed.

"Here. Let me show you." I pushed past them, and lead them to the music room. I opened the door, and almost started crying again. Everything was the same as the last time I was in here. All the memories came flooding back, and I stood there frozen.

"Woah! This is SICK!" Lauren ran past me, and picked up Zander's black guitar, before playing a killer riff. Lily smiled and walked into the room, sitting on the green couch. Cole put his hand on my shoulder.

"You ok?" I was jarred out of my memories, and turned my head to look at him. I faked a smile, nodding my head. I walked into the room, and over to my bass, picking it up, and strapping it around me. I closed my eyes, and remembered the first time Gravity 5 played as a group.

"Is this place public? Or a secret hideout?" Cole asked, and I zoned back into reality.

"No one really knows about it. It's just, a quiet place to sit and think, or write songs."

"Cool." Lily looked at the clock on the wall. "Crap. The bell is gonna ring in a minute. What class do you have first?" I sighed.

"Science. What about you guys?"

"History."

"French." The twins said at the same time. I sighed, and forced another smile.

"Well, I'll see you guys at lunch?" The three of them nodded. I grabbed my bag, and followed them out, closing the door behind me. Once we reached the main hallway, Lily and Lauren went up the stairs, and Cole went left, leaving me to go right, in the direction of the science classroom. I walked in, and saw the devil herself, sitting with Grace, Kacey, Nelson, Kevin, and Zander. I walked past them to an empty table at the back of the room.

"Haha! Zander, you are SO funny!" I heard from across the room. I rolled my eyes at Molly, before plugging in my headphones and zoning the rest of the class out. After a few songs, the teacher walked in, and I pulled one headphone out of my ear.

"Class. I'm going to be partnering you with someone, and they will be your partner for the rest of the semester." I rolled my eyes, knowing that this class was going to suck regardless of who I got stuck with. It's not like my day could get any worse. I tuned her out, but some familiar voices drew me back in.

"Kacey Simon with Kevin Reeds."

"Grace Kelly with Nelson Baxter."

"Molly Garfunkel," Here we go. "with Andy Bartlett."

"Zander Robbins with Stevie Baskara." Damn. Spoke too soon.

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I hope you guys enjoyed! Writing Chapter 2 as you read. What's Stevie's secret? Review and tune in next time :D

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