Chapter Ten: Jealous 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.

She didn't even know why she was jealous in the slightest – she shouldn't be, it was Zander for goodness sake! He was her best friend. But he happened to be the certain best friend who was always on her mind; and he made it seem like she was always on his mind but according to the picture she saw in front of her now, that statement of his was not true.

Stevie sat in the cafeteria on her lonesome at the groups usual table, food in front of her, almost empty water bottle in hand as she crushed it, unbeknownst to herself. She only realised she was crushing the bottle as Kacey sat down in her line of vision, perfectly blocking the view of Zander carelessly yet obviously flirting with a blonde and brunette.

"Why are you crushing your water bottle?" Kacey questioned and Stevie snapped out of her trance upon Zander. She looked at the water bottle and cringed slightly – had she done that in spite of Zander's flirting? God, she hoped not.

Placing the water bottle down, watching as it fell to its side on the table she looked at Kacey and shook her head. "Um, no reason."

Kacey visibly raised her eyebrows before leaving the subject alone as she proceeded to move on to talk about how she needed to go to the mall this afternoon to buy a just in pair of shoes before Molly got her 'slimy' hands on them. Stevie just sighed and nodded along with Kacey's incessant rambling.

Minutes had passed and Kevin and Nelson joined the two girls at the table, innocently questioning where Zander was. "Why do we care where Zander is, huh?" Stevie had snapped before realising what she said, causing her to wince slightly.

"Okay, wow!" Nelson began, holding his arms up in mock surrender as he pursed his lips. "Someone's cranky."

Stevie sighed just at the exact moment that Kacey gasped out loud and looked at Stevie wide eyed. Stevie raised an eyebrow in confusion and concern, nodding her head encouraging her to speak her mind. But Kacey just shook her head frantically and hopped up from her seat, phone in hand as she rushed out from the cafeteria. Shaking her head, Stevie looked forward and saw Zander still flirting with the same two girls and her eyes narrowed.

Why did she have to be so jealous of this?

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Zander sat innocently in the band room after school, just casually strumming away at his guitar as he waited for the others to arrive for rehearsal. He knew he was early; he'd somehow managed to convince his last period teacher to give him a ten minute early mark. How, you may ask? Zander was convinced the teacher was into him. But who really knows.

Strumming along quietly, he heard yelling from the corridor and watched as Nelson and Kevin made their way through the door and towards the back of the room, not even regarding the fact that Zander was sat on the couch.

"Hi?" He tried, but the boys were too preoccupied with the Gameboys in their hands.

Sighing, Zander turned towards the door as he saw Kacey stroll in the room as if she were the Queen of England – knowing Stevie would be walking in after her, Zander placed his guitar down and hopped up as if he were preparing the greet her… as a friend of course. But when she walked through the door, she completely brushed him off as she walked towards the back of the room and grabbed her bass, plugging it into the amplifier.

"We ready to rehearse?" Kacey spoke, immediately shutting up the two babbling idiots in the background. They saluted her and got into place as Zander stood and looked at Stevie incredulously.
"Earth to, Zander?" Kacey spoke as Zander looked over to her, smiling sheepishly. He ran towards the back, bringing his guitar along with him. He began to plug it into the amplifier as Kacey began talking as if they were performing.

"We're Gravity 5, and we know how to rock!"

To say Zander's eyes weren't firmly planted on Stevie throughout the entire rehearsal would be a lie.

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A couple of hours past and the clock hit five o'clock, the band deciding it was quits for the day. They were all exhausted as Kacey had made them rehearse a million times over, and really just wanted to go home.

Nelson and Kevin were the first ones out as usual, grabbing their bags along the way as they sped out talking about some new video game they needed to purchase tonight. Kacey turned off the microphone before making her way to her bag and slinging it over her shoulder. She bid farewell to the remaining two band mates as she walked out of the room.

It was always like this – Stevie and Zander would be the last to pack up as they both played string instruments that required amplifiers and leads which took longer to put away. The two worked in silence, Zander's eyes occasionally wandering over to Stevie, curious as to why she was ignoring him.

Finally, after finishing his work, he walked over to Stevie and pulled her away from her actions, causing her to protest. He just ignored her and spoke over her voice. "Are you mad at me?"

Her eyes widened slightly before returning to their natural state as she shook her head, focusing back on packing up the few leads that had been left out.

"Then why are you ignoring me?"

"M'not." She mumbled just as she finished her packing up job.

"You are so." He spoke with a teasing smile; the smile he knew Stevie could not resist, but with her eyes trained on the floor, the smile was going to waste. It was wiped off of his face before he grabbed her chin, making her look up at him.

"Yes, Zander?"

"Why are you mad?"

"I'm. Not."

"You. Are."

Stevie folded her arms over her chest before sighing. She knew this was going to get nowhere, and she knew she'd end up giving in in the end anyway. Linking her fingers together she mumbled incoherently, as Zander leant down to her.

"What was that, sorry?"

"I was maybe… uh, sort of… kind of j… jealous?" She muttered, but this time it was clear and Zander was able to hear it. He couldn't help but smirk, knowing exactly what she was talking about. He'd remembered going over to sit with her at lunch when two sophomores, very pretty ones, stopped him and began to talk with him. He turned on his charm and began to carelessly flirt with them, his eyes moving to Stevie ever so often seeing her squeeze the daylights out of her water bottle.

"You were jealous, hey?" He questioned, taking a set closer to her as she took one back. He just took another step in and as she was about to step back, he encircled his arms around her waist, planting her firmly in place.

"Yes. Now please let me go." She spoke irritated, as she looked up and Zander expectantly.

But he just smirked and tightened his grip. "You look so riled up." He commented with a grin as she sarcastically smiled at him. "You're kind of hot when you're jealous." He spoke as Stevie narrowed her eyes. "Should totally do it more often." He winked.

"No."

He just smirked at her response before leaning down and capturing his lips with hers, letting her know that she was the only one he was interested in. He felt her arms snake around his neck as she deepened the kiss, obviously informing him that she was his and no one would get in that way.

Zander just smiled against her lips as she continued to deepen the kiss – he liked this side of Stevie, it was entertaining for him.

So, I have this bad habit of writing all of these stories at 11pm/12am, so that's why they're always probably got four million mistakes in them. So I apologise :) Hope you likey like this one!

I don't know how I feel about it. But I'd love to hear what you guys feel in reviews ;) haha.

Next Chapter: Goodnight Kisses

Until next time, xoxo Gossip Emily.