A/N: Hate me, but this is going to be a short chapter probably. I'm going to try to update An Unusual Tale: Through It All tonight!

Disclaimer: I do not own "Give Your Heart A Break" by Demi Lovato (LOVE the song though!)

"What is she doing here?" Molly repeats, crossing her arms and smirking at Zander. Zander rests his electric guitar against the couch and stands up, facing Molly. He shoves his hands in his pocket and says, "I invited her here. What are you doing here? You're supposed to be with Kacey." Molly smirks again, "I bet anything Kacey would love to hear about this!"

Stevie puts the bass down on the couch and stands up, turning toward Perfy's best friend. "Don't tell her, alright? I'll just leave," she snaps, curtsying at Molly facetiously. Molly's eyes twinkle now glad she can finally have advantage of something. "Why shouldn't I?" Molly says, raising her eyebrows. Her tone is exactly Perf-like. It almost like there's a layer of thick, sticky-sweet lip gloss glazed over it. It's sickening.

"Because there's nothing to tell," Stevie snaps. "Au contraire," Molly says, smirking. Zander looks at Molly confused. "What exactly can you tell her? And what exactly will keep you quiet?" Molly's eyes twinkle again and she steps closer to Zander. "You really want to keep me quiet?"

Zander nods.

"Why? Are you hiding something?" she smirks, her eyes flickering in Stevie's direction. Zander keeps his face expressionless. "Nope. Nothing at all," he says confidently. Stevie watches quietly, amazed at how calm Zander's keeping himself. Any other boy would probably be a desperate mess.

"Look, Zander, just ignore her. I'm leaving," Stevie says. Zander frowns. "Stevie, wait—" "Bye, Loserberry!" Molly smirks, waving. Stevie makes a face at her and grabs her bag. She lifts it onto her shoulder and leaves the band room, ignoring Zander chasing after her. Zander sighs and turns back to Molly. "Thanks," he snaps.

Molly smirks.

"You're welcome! Now, off to go tell Kaceeey!" Molly says in a sing-song voice. Zander rolls his eyes and follows Molly. He's already preparing for the big argument about to go down.

Stevie eventually makes it a block from her house. She passes Nelson's house and that's when she decides to check on him. She goes up to the door and knocks. Nelson answers and Stevie hugs him quickly. "Nelson! Where have you been the last two days?!" she cries nervously.

Nelson, frowning, shrugs and says nothing.

"Come on, Nelly. Tell me," she says. Nelson shakes his head. Stevie grabs his shoulders and shakes him. "Tell me! Seriously!" Nelson sighs and leads Stevie into the house, into the living room. Stevie takes a seat on the couch. "Nelson, what's wrong?" she asks. Nelson sits on the couch across from her and says, "Why are you suddenly hanging out with that Zander guy?"

Stevie freezes, surprised. Definitely not expecting that! Truthfully, she didn't have an answer. She shrugs. "I know he and I have never been on friendly terms, but I just decided to give him a chance," she says carefully. Nelson frowns. "You've blown off the last two days we were going to spend working on your song," he responds. Stevie scoffs.

"Nelson, you blew me off. I waited for you at my locker these last two days," she retorts. Now it's Nelson's turn to look surprised. "...I guess I didn't know..." he says in a small voice. Stevie relaxes her shoulders and sighs. "Just forget. Do you want to work on the song now, or tomorrow?" she asks.

"We can get started," he says. "Before we do, Nelson... why do you care if I hang out with Zander?" Stevie asks, standing up and leaving her bag beside the couch. Nelson isn't sure what to say at first. "...No reason, Stevie. Just... wondering."

Stevie nods, and follows him to his room. Everything's all set up she sees. She smiles. Gotta love Nelson, she thinks. "So, since I left my book here, did you have fun reading it?" she smirks. Nelson gulps. She laughs and says, "What song did you pick? Or am I picking one?" She ignores Nelson's panicked look. He grabs the book from his nightstand and opens up to one of the pages. "This one," he smiles.

Stevie reads the title and smiles. "So, you found that one," she says, biting her lip. "Yeah. Who'd you write it for?" he asks curiously. Stevie rolls her eyes playfully. "That is my little secret, first of all. Second, let's get to singing," she laughs. Nelson laughs with her and they spend a little while trying to find some good background music.

"Ready?" he asks. Stevie nods, and the second Nelson presses "record," Stevie gets ready to sing her heart out. This was not a song she planned on ever singing, but that didn't matter now. To the world, her voice belonged to some anonymous girl with a big dream. That's really what she was, too.

The day I first met you

You told me, you'd never fall in love

But now that I get you

I know fear is what it really was

Now here we are

So close, yet so far

How did I pass the test?

When will you realize?

Baby I'm not like the rest!

Don't wanna break your heart,

Wanna give your heart a break

I know you're scared, it's wrong

Like you might make a mistake

As she sings, she fails to notice Nelson's smile. It's not like his normal, adorably geeky Nelson smile... it's more like the smile of someone who is lost entirely in his happiness. Nelson is lost in his happiness. The fact that he's helping Stevie with something she's always wanted, and making her truly smile for once is one of the greatest things he can think of.

The next day at school, Stevie walks up to her locker ready to take on the day. Everything's better. Nelson isn't avoiding her anymore, and she got to sing one of the songs she never felt she'd ever have the courage to. She puts the combination in her locker and opens it, pulling out certain books and folders and stuffing them into her bag.

"Loserberry!" Perfy calls. Stevie doesn't even groan. Come at me Perfy, she thinks. She shuts her locker and adjusts her bag on her shoulder. She turns to Kacey. Behind Queen Perf stands Molly and Grace. "What?" Stevie smirks. Kacey rolls her eyes. "It's cute that you think you intimidate me, Loserberry," Kacey says in that Perfy tone. Stevie crosses her arms. "I don't have enough time for you right now. Make it fast, Simon," Stevie snaps.

"I have a deal for you," Kacey smirks. Stevie raises her eyebrows. "And why should I even listen to you?" Stevie retorts. Molly and Grace quietly laugh behind Kacey. She shoots them a look. They fall silent and Kacey regains her "cool." Stevie rolls her eyes. Must be nice to have all the power, she thinks sarcastically. "Just hear me out," Kacey demands, authority still mighty-high in her voice.

Stevie keeps her eyebrows raised. "Fine. Shoot, Perfy."

A/N: Lots in this chapter, right? (Probably not, but whatever lol). Anyway, let me know what you thought? Still kinda a short chapter, right? Sorry, darlings. Honors Projects and essays are PILING. x( Ugh. Anyway, I'm gonna try to update An Unusual Tale: Through It All TONIGHT. So, hopefully that'll be up! Much love darlings!