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Stevie walked into the band room to see her friends and greeted them. "Band Meeting!" Zander said just as Stevie sat down. Stevie got up from her comfortable position and went over to the group. "Alright, we all know that the gig is tonight, right?" Zander asked. Everyone one nodded. "Right Stevie?" Zander asked. She thought she had nodded, but she complied and nodded. "Where are we going to meet?" Nelson asked. "I don't know I'm not sure about that yet" Zander told his band mates. Then a short pause followed. "Is Mat going to be coming with us?" Kacey asked, and nudged Stevie. Zander adverted his eyes elsewhere while the group continued to chatter.

"Why would Mat come with us?" Kevin questioned. "Why wouldn't he?" Kacey shot back. "If you want, I'll just call him and ask" Stevie said. You have got to be kidding me Zander thought to himself. Wait what, okay so he has her number and she has his, big deal...Right? Zander was unsure and pondered on that thought.

"Hello?" Stevie asked, and Zander returned to the reality. "It's Stevie" Stevie said. A short pause "Oh, nothing much" and then she earned a hard jab to the rib from Kacey. "Actually yeah, I just wanted to ask if you want to come with us to the gig" another pause, "I mean together, with the band of course" Stevie said. "Oh...Um.. Alright then" Stevie answered. Inside Zander was jumping up and down with joy. "Wait are you serious?" Uh-oh what now? Stevie covered the microphone on the phone and told her friends, "He said he could pick us up with his dad's limo" Stevie said. "His dad has a limo?" Kacey asked. "Yes or what?" Stevie asked. "Yes!" Kevin and Nelson said. "Of course" Kacey said. "Zander?" Zander heard. He looked up at Stevie, who stared at him awaiting an answer. "Um...-he then looked at his band mates surrounding him-"Sure, why not" Zander answered. Stevie smiled and told Mat the answer. "Kay, see you tonight" Stevie said and hung up.

And the band practiced one more time before their big night. It was a short one though, Gravity 5 kept in mind that they needed their energy for tonight. Everyone went off in their own directions, even Stevie and Zander. Zander walked left, Stevie right.

The front door closed behind her and Stevie shrugged off her backpack and put it next to the couch. Then she made her way to the kitchen and found herself a snack. Then after a little while, she began looking at her homework. Soon enough, she fell asleep.

Kacey walked into the house smiling and was first greeted by her dog. "Hey there, little girl. How are you today?" Kacey baby talked to as she brought the dog into her arms. The small dog woofed softly in replied and Kacey set her down to the ground. The little dog ran down the hallway. "Hi Mom!" Kacey said as she entered the kitchen and put her book bag down on the table. "Hi Kacey" her mom answered, as she stirred something in the pot. "I'm so happy. Phase 1 of the mission is in action!" Kacey said happily. "Phase One of what mission?" her mother asked her suspiciously. "Oh, me playing match maker. I'm trying to set up my friend Stevie with this cute guy named Mat" Kacey explained. "Interesting" her mother answered. "I'm going to go get ready for the gig tonight" Kacey said and raced up the stairs.

Zander walked walked into the house. After greeting his parents simply he walked up the stairs. Closing the bedroom door behind him, Zander walked over to his bed and laid on it, thinking. Something he had been doing often lately. Why did I just suddenly start caring so much about Stevie? I mean of course I care about her, it's just that, I care about her more... Is that just a normal phase in our friendship? Wait a second does this mean that I like her? No way! She doesn't think of me that way...Does she? Zander closed his eyes as he let out an annoyed sigh. Every answer that he got was unsure and more questions kept on piling up. Zander said up and looked around the room, What am I going to wear for the gig?

Something awoke Stevie out of her slumber and she bolted up. Rubbing the sleep away from her eyes, Stevie looked around the room. "I'm Late!" Stevie exclaimed as she caught sight of the clock. Running up to her room, she found a black Racerback Lace Top with Bandeua, put on some Bleach Acid Leigh Jeans and a pair of Converse All Star Hi Comic Athletic Shoes. She then added a Time Pocket Watch Necklace and finished it off with a dark navy blue beanie. Stevie took a deep breath as she stared at her outfit in the mirror. Simple but stylish. Stevie smiled to herself, grabbed her guitar case and walked out of the house.

Stevie fished her phone out of her pocket as she walked to the end of the block. Looking around she saw that it was in walking distance. Why'd we need a limo if we could just walk there? Stevie thought. She was going to ask her friends that later.

Zander sat in the living room, playing around with his phone. He was already dressed for the gig even though it was early. Zander leaned back on the chair, he wasn't expecting the bell to ring a few moments later. Zander stood up and walked to the door. As he opened it, "Hey Zander" Mat said. Zander's first instinct was to slam the door in the boy's face, but he controlled himself. "Sup Mat" Zander said coolly. "Ready to go?" Mat asked. "Yeah" Zander answered. "Just let me grab my guitar case".

So now Zander sat in the car with Mat alone. Awkward. "So.." Mat began Zander looked towards him, finally making eye contact in the long ride. "About Stevie-" "What about her?" Zander asked. Mat stared at Zander before continuing, "She's a nice girl and everything but I don't want to get pushed to going out with her you know? I can tell Kacey was trying to set me up with her" Mat said honestly. Zander's hard gaze softened as he understood. "And plus I wouldn't want to get in the way of your love life" Mat added. "What?" Zander asked, staring at Mat. "You like Stevie" Mat answered. "What? No, I've know her for a long time" Zander said, "That just supports my reasoning" Mat replied. "But we're just friends" Zander protested, "You get jealous" Mat added. "No I don't" Zander said. Mat shook his head, finding no way to convince his new friend of the truth. "Alright fine then. But you'll understand some day" Mat told Zander as the limo came to a stop.

And this chapter has come to an end. I hope you all enjoyed this one. I really did mean to update sooner, but the site wouldn't let me manage my story. :( So I had to update so late. I'm really sorry for the delay. Till the next chapter, LOVE, PBL