New Story! I decided to make it 2 chapters. So yeah. Hope you like it. I did.

SO, check out 'Reasons' if you haven't already.

~Allysa

This is gonna be a weird story I think. But towards the end it's gonna be fluffy. It's Zevie, obviously.

~Allysa

"Pirates, smugglers, blah. I- what the heck is a compass?" Stevie muttered under her breath as she frantically flipped through the pages in her history book. Kacey smirked knowingly. Zander looked up, confused.

"Um Stevie? What are you doing?"

She didn't even look up when she answered. "Doing extra-credit work for history class. Why?" she glanced up at the end of her sentence.

Zander answered with a nervous chuckle, afraid of angering her. "You're always done your work ahead of time. Why do you need extra-credit? That's like Nelson needing extra-credit for math."

"What is extra-credit to you, Zander?"

"To me… stuff you do when you don't do your other work?"

"Wrong!" Stevie announced, coming over to where Zander was sitting in the music room- on the beanie bag.

"Extra-credit work is when you are NOT DOING WELL IN A CLASS!" she was hysterical. "I hate history." Stevie wailed. Zander had seen her like this before, but Kacey stared in shock.

Zander pulled her down into his lap. "Come on- it can't be THAT bad, right?"

Soundlessly, Stevie took a slip of paper out of her textbook and handed it over.

"Hm- yes- oh- 3 C's- wow- 1 D? - The highest you got on a test was an 82?" Zander read in amazement. "Stevie, you loved history!"

"Past tense." Stevie noted. "It's been hard, what with the anniversary of mom's death and stuff." Then she noticed where she was for the first time. She blushed.

Zander, to keep the conversation going, (and yes, he admitted to himself, to keep Stevie on his lap. He was actually quite comfortable.) Said, "Steeves- you are coming over today. Yeah, I know you usually do, but today we," he pointed to himself and Kacey, "are going to help you get ready for the test Thursday." It was Monday.

Kacey said, "Um guys? Sorry to interrupt the intimate moment, but I can't do today. Or this week. I have to kinda help out my mom out." Kacey's mom worked at a salon.

"You mean work?" Stevie grinned, getting up from Zander's lap. She enjoyed watching Kacey flinch at the word 'work'.

"Yes, work." Kacey shuddered.

"Okay, it's fine by me. I'll come around later to help out, okay?" Stevie offered while helping Zander up.

"Um no thanks." Kacey replied hurriedly, but she wasn't heard over the commotion. Stevie had fallen on top of Zander while she was dragging him up by his elbow and he had started to tickle her.

Kacey, meanwhile, quietly slipped out the door, leaving the two inside. Zander and Stevie noticed when Kacey left through the front door, but what they noticed but should have noticed was that Kacey also locked the door she left through- and the back door. She had also locked the windows, but they were too busy laughing and arguing to notice that.

They were locked inside!

So. How'd you like it? Was it any good? Review me and tell! I'll answer, if I can. I'm going back to Hungary (for the summer, Baylee, only the summer ) and I don't know if we'll have internet right when we get there. It usually takes a few days.

Sooooooooooo… thanks for reading! R&R!

3 DAYS!

~Allysa