Chapter Seven: Goodmorning Kisses
Summary: All the sorts of kisses Stevie Baskara and Zander Robbins encounter over time.
Disclaimer: I don't own HTR. If I did, all of these kisses I plan on writing would've happened.
Stevie had received a text message from Zander in the early morning, five-thirty in the morning to be exact, informing her that he would be at hers to pick her up at around eight o'clock. Stevie enjoyed the days that Zander drove her to school. They were able to have a chat before they ventured off into the dreaded school day. But today, Stevie wasn't exactly as excited as she usually would be.
You see things between her and Zander had been semi-awkward for around a week now. Why? Because the idiot kissed her and of course she had to respond. Shaking her head, she quickly brushed down her curls in attempt to tame them, also trying to forget the whole event that was replaying in her mind. Deciding that her appearance was decent, she sighed and made her way from her bedroom towards the kitchen.
Upon arriving, she stopped in her tracks as she saw all four of her brothers sat around her kitchen bench. Scrunching up her face, she grabbed the orange juice carton from the fridge, a glass from the cupboard and poured herself a drink.
"Why do you look nice today?" Her oldest brother, Evan, asked as Stevie stopped her actions.
"Huh?"
"You look nicer than usual." His voice was suspicious and Stevie was utterly confused. She looked nice today? Well, she'd sure hope so – she'd hate to walk around school looking like a bag of potatoes all day long.
"Okay?"
"Is that guy picking you up?" Her head shot to the other side of the bench where a brother, Finn, sat eating cereal.
"Zander?" She questioned as Finn nodded. "Yeah, he usually does. Saves me catching the bus to school."
"But he hasn't taken you in like a week…"
Stevie silenced for a moment before taking a sip of her orange juice and shrugging slightly. Of course she wasn't going to tell her brothers the reasons Zander hadn't been taking her – they'd pummel him to the ground for even thinking of kissing his sister. "So?"
Just as Finn was going to open his mouth, a loud knock was heard on the door and all four of her brothers hopped up. Rolling her eyes, Stevie finished her orange juice before glaring at all of them and making her way for the front door. Opening it, she smiled softly at Zander as she shut the door and faced him.
"Hey!"
Zander smiled down at Stevie as he gave her a small wave. "Ready?" He asked, taking a step out of her path as he motioned for his old pick-up truck.
"Ready as I can be knowing I'm going to be sitting in that car soon." She teased as she made her way for the vehicle. She could hear Zander on her trails as he faked a gasp, causing Stevie to giggle.
"It's okay Dalia, she didn't mean that, baby." Zander spoke to the hood of the car as he rubbed it.
"You named your car Dalia?"
"Yeah! It's a nice name, I like it." He spoke causing Stevie to roll her eyes as she opened the passenger's door and hopped in. It was as if the two hadn't been avoiding each other for the past week – she'd gotten her usual morning text saying what time he'd be there, he'd arrived, and they were now on the road to school, their normal banter lingering in the air. It was perfect – because this way Stevie didn't need to worry about not talking to Zander, because not talking to him kills her.
They'd arrived at school ten minutes after leaving Stevie's at eight-fifteen am. School didn't start until nine am and they knew they would be headed straight for the band room as they did almost every morning he drove her. Grabbing their bags they made their way into the somewhat deserted school – there were the few stragglers loitering about in the hallways, or the dedicated students in the library, but other than that, it was mostly deserted at the time on eight fifteen am.
Arriving in the band room, Stevie groaned and fell down onto the couch before realising her bag was still at her side. "Ouch." She mumbled, removing the bag and chucking it to the floor. Zander chuckled, causing Stevie to glare at him. "Shoosh, you."
Her statement just caused him to laugh even further before he sat down on the coffee table directly in front of Stevie, their knees touching. "Do the Biology assignment?" He asked softly as she nodded and stretched. "And of course you'll ace it and I'll hope I can scratch by with a B maybe?"
Stevie laughed softly at his own personal grading's. "You'll do fine, Zander."
"Says the super genius."
Groaning, Stevie threw her head backwards as she laughed – she couldn't help it. "I'm not a super genius! How many times to I have to tell you?"
"Enough times for it to sink in, and it never will." He spoke as Stevie shook her head. "Cause it will never sink in as you are the smartest person I know and I will always believe you'll be a genius in whatever you do."
Stevie almost blushed at the compliment, if you could even classify it as that, and looked down at her fingers briefly before looking back up at Zander. "But I suck at Biology."
"You're so full of it." He said hopping up with a chuckle, walking towards the back of the band room where the instruments lied. Stevie's mouth dropped as she jumped up herself as she made her way towards where Zander was behind Nelson's piano.
"I am not!"
"You are too!" He retorted as Stevie folded her arms over her chest. "Aww. It's nothing to worry about. It's a good thing you're smart, unlike me." He winked, grabbing her hands softly and giving her a bit of a shake.
Stevie giggled as Zander continued to playfully shake her. But when she felt him let go of one of her hands and attach itself to her sides, she lost it with laughter.
She was extremely ticklish, so when Zander pulled his other hand from hers and began to attack her other side with his hands, Stevie couldn't help but laugh loudly and squirm about, unconsciously realising how close she was getting towards Zander. And she truly didn't notice until he had stopped tickling her and was looking into her eyes with a smile plastered on his face.
Before she knew it, or could even comprehend it, Zander had pushed himself closer to her, dropping his hands to her waist as he pressed a small kiss to her right cheek. "Morning, Steves." He spoke, pulling away to look into her eyes.
"Morning, Zander."
Her soft smile caused Zander's grip to tighten on her waist as he slowly leant down Stevie's lips. He brushed his against her, giving her the chance to pull away if she wanted to – assuming she didn't want to, he pressed his lips softly to hers, much like he did the week before and smiled into the kiss. Her hands found their way up his chest before they came to a stop around his neck, her fingers slightly toying with the strands of hair that stood on the back of his neck.
Stevie's lips were addictive, and that was noticeable as he deepened the kiss – but it was over as quickly as it started.
Yelling was heard from two different people as they stepped into the band room and Zander and Stevie sprung apart. Both taking deep breaths, Stevie smoothed her hair down hoping to God it was still somewhat in place. They both focused their attention on Nelson and Kevin as Nelson spoke to Kevin, both having Gameboys in hand of course.
"No, no, I won! You didn't ev—" Nelson trailed off as he found Stevie and Zander stood at the back of the band room. "Why are you back there?" He asked in true Nelson fashion, a hand falling to his hip as he raised an eyebrow.
"Just uh… testing out the piano." Zander lied, grinning at his friend.
Nelson nodded slowly, not really believing him, but turned back to Kevin and began arguing with him about some game yet again.
Zander's eyes wandered to Stevie's as she smiled softly in response and looked down at her shoes. A smirk appeared on his lips as he began to feel rather cocky – who knew kissing your best friend could put a smile on your face?
Lol at this chapter. Not my best, I know, I know, but eh. See what I meant by these stories are oneshots but are sort of connected? No, okay, haha.
Ps; I actually DID put the link to the image in my profile. So, it's all up now if you wanna check it
Next chapter: Happy Kisses
Until next time, xoxo Gossip Emily.
