2 weeks later
So things were finally back to normal at Bruster High; Molly regained her title as queen of 'The Perfs' and always found ways to torture Gravity 5. Last week Gravity 5 had a gig at the mall, but they blew it because Molly had sent them a text making it look like it came from the malls superintendent saying that they were supposed to perform at a later time. Gravity 5 was 3 hours late and boy were they pissed. Stevie threatened to punch Molly's face in, but Kacey stopped her. This was only one of the pranks Molly had pulled on the group of friends. Like the time she had a guy go in the boys locker room and take Kevin, Nelson, and Zander's clothes while they were in the showers and have them run around the school in towels which she gladly video taped and put on her blog. She also dyed half of Kacey's hair green; don't ask how she did it.
"I'm going to kill her!" Stevie exclaimed while glaring at The Perfs table. Molly specifically.
"Yeah, the green is still showing. We need a plan to get back at her." Kacey said.
"How about we follow her to the tanning salon she goes to, sneak into the back and mess with the spray tan machine so her skin could turn out orange." Nelson said. Kacey and Stevie rolled their eyes.
"That's not gonna work; Molly doesn't go to the tanning salon." Kacey said.
"And you got that idea from that chick flick, Bride Wars." Stevie said "What do you think we should do, Zander?"
"Look I'm not getting g sucked into one of your plans again; last time I did that, I got socked by girl." Zander said. Stevie sighed and Kacey rolled her eyes.
"She did not hit you that hard," Stevie said "And besides aren't you're mad that she put that video of you guys up on her blog?"
"Everyone put that video on their blog." Zander stated.
"He just forgave her because he's in love with her." Kevin teased nudging Zander. Nelson laughed and nudged Zander also. They knew Zander was annoyed, but it was just so fun to see him so sprung. Stevie tensed and kicked the two boys from under the table. Kevin and Nelson yelped in pain. She couldn't believe Zander liked Molly; she actually hoped that she and Zander were going end up getting back together, but then Molly had to come in trap Zander in her little web. What Stevie hated the most, was that Molly didn't even like Zander, in fact she hated him, yet Stevie was still losing Zander to her.
"Are you serious, Zander?" Kacey whined. "It's been two weeks; why don't you just move on?"
"I have, I don't even care about her anymore." Zander lied. Who was he lying to? He still liked Molly and everybody knew it. His friends would always catch him staring at her and notice how disappointed he gets when the teacher doesn't assign them to work together. No matter what Molly did to him, his feelings for her won't go away. He didn't know what it was about her that made him want to be around her and get to know more about her or crave her undivided attention. Everyday his feelings for Stevie began t shrink and his feelings for Molly began to grow. Was it the fact that he couldn't have her? Was that the thing making him want her so much? No. He couldn't have a lot of girls, but that never stopped him. He just felt a connection with Molly when she was with them. She made him feel like he was king of the world, and Zander loved it. He also liked how straight forward she was with her feelings, she wasn't the shy type going around being scared to show her feelings and she wasn't a tease that liked to beat around the bush and confuse you. He was tired of having a relationship where he would play childish games and argue then not knowing what he was arguing about 5 minutes later. He was 17 years old, about to be 18 and going to college soon, he didn't want to wait around playing love games with Stevie. Besides Stevie was one of the guys; yeah he used to like the easy going tomboy chick type, but now he wants a girl who actually acts like a lady (A/N: No offense to all of you cool tomboys out there) Someone like Molly.
"She is bringing down our popularity, the popularity we've worked so hard for!" Kacey exclaimed.
"What are we going to do?" Stevie asked. Kacey thought for a few minutes and then smirked.
"Wait I know that look, what's your plan? Nelson asked. Kacey took out he cellphone.
"I have this app where you can make any person look fat," The caramel skinned girl said "All you have to do is download a picture onto my phone and in one click you can make the person in the picture look so fat."
Stevie looked over Kacey's shoulder to see her phone "Are you sure this it's gonna look real?" the brunette asked. Kacey smirked and pressed the 'SUPER SIZE IT' button. Suddenly the picture of Molly did some amusing flips and turns and a few seconds later, out came a fat Molly. The rest of Gravity 5 surrounded Kacey to get a glimpse of her phone.
"Oh my god, she really does look fat." Nelson said in awe. Kacey saved the picture on her phone.
"Now all we have to do is print out a bunch of these and put them in everybody's locker after school." Kacey said.
"Wait, what are people gonna think if they just see a picture of fat Molly in their locker?" Stevie asked.
"That's the beauty of it, Stevie. The title of the picture would be 'MOLLY GARCIA BEFORE LIPOSUCTION'" Kacey said with a wide excited grin on her adorable face.
"Liposuction? Really Kacey? This is not a good idea." Zander said. Stevie turned her head toward him and raised her eyebrows at him.
"Why do you care?" The brunette asked "I thought you didn't care about Molly any more." The raven haired boy rubbed the back of his neck, a nervous habit.
"I don't; I just think that if we go through with this, Molly will come at us ten times harder now." He said. Kacey rolled her eyes, she knew Zander still liked Molly, and she hated it, but she had to put that a side for now and focus on how to break the Latina.
"Maybe Zander is right," Kevin said "Maybe it's a bad idea to go to war with Molly, she will destroy us." Kevin suddenly got a text. It said 'You are so not getting to second base tonight.' He frowned at the text then frowned at Kacey who just sent him a smile. Stevie looked at the two suspiciously before changing the subject.
"This plan is genius, Kacey; after this Molly will never show her face in school again." The brunette said. Zander frowned and continued to write some lyrics in his song book.
When will this war be over? When will it end? When can we stop
Our foolish pride and all be friends? When can I look at her at her with
True love instead of false hate? I am not Romeo and she is not my Juliet
This is not our fate. We're only teens trying to find our place, but the bad blood between our friends
Stands in the way. I take some of the blame. I hurt her true, but she's done somethings in the past too.
She may be mean, but I saw a side of her that no one has ever seen
A side that I've grown fond of and a side that is still there, I know it's somewhere
I want her to give me a chance, but she won't even send me a sideways glance
One day darling just you wait I will bring our friends together and throw away the hate.
Zander knew those lyrics were bogus, but he didn't plan on showing it to anybody anyways. He meant what he said; he was the only one in all of this that wanted to keep the peace. Well him and Kevin, but Kevin didn't have on persuasive bone in his body. Anyways He was determined to get a chance with Molly and he had to get her to trust him, but how?
*HTR*HTR*HTR*
It was 8 o'clock at night and Molly was in her room studying for final exams. She cursed her History teacher for not giving them a study guide for the exam. It was crucial to have an all A's and B's on her transcript. Molly was a smart girl who had dreams of going to a college close to home. After this year she would be going to Florida International University or F.I.U for short. The school was perfect, It was a good college and it was close to home. You have no idea how happy Molly was when she had scored a 1923 on her SAT scores. What university wouldn't want her with that? Molly also strived to go to FIU because that's where her parents met and fell in love. She had heard the story so many times and she thought it was so romantic. Molly secretly hoped that would happen to her if she went there. You'd think that Molly would want to go to a school like Julliard or a performing arts school, but to be honest Molly never wanted to be an entertainer when she grew up, she wanted to be a successful heart surgeon, like her father was. Singing and dancing was just a hobby for Molly. Her mind drifted to Grace who surprisingly got a 1539 on her S.A.T scores, Molly prayed for her to get a good score on this, she even helped her study. Now the two bestfriends got to go to the same college together. Molly sighed in happiness and thought of how perfect things would be when they got to F.I.U. Molly snapped out of her day dream and began studying again. She had to focus; nothing was going to stop her from passing her exams. Nothing. Molly was sure to get an A or a B on every final exam except history. Not that she was bad at history; it was just that her teacher was a total spaz. Molly knew her exam was going to be like 300 questions plus an essay. And she had to finish within 2 hours. How unfortunate. Final exams started Thursday and today was Monday. She was so doomed because Friday was her History exam. Molly went back to studying. Twelve minutes later Molly began to get a bit hungry, but she hadn't got far on studying. She checked the time. 8:17. Molly huffed and walked to the kitchen. She was so gonna fail that exam, but maybe it wouldn't really matter if she passed or not. Molly took a bite out of her granola bar as she thought. If she had an A- for the first semester, a B for the third quarter, and she was sure she was getting an A for the fourth quarter. That meant if she got a D on her exams she'd have at least a B-. Not bad. Molly shook her head from the thought, she was determined to ace that test, just deprive the old bat of the satisfaction of seeing everyone in her class fail. Hell she would have helped everyone in her class pass that damn exam just to see the look on her teachers ageing face. Molly let out a chuckle just at the thought of it. Molly took another bite of her granola bar when she heard her doorbell ring.
*HTR*HTR*HTR*
Zander stood outside of Molly's house nervously. He had just finished with band practice. He couldn't believe that his friends actually put those pictures in everyone's lockers, and that's why he was doing this. He wanted a way to get Molly trust him and if snitching out his own bestfriends was the way to do it then call him snitch. As Zander waited he heard footsteps coming towards the door. What if this was a bad idea? What if she didn't believe him? Before he could change his mind, the door opened and out came Molly. She so looked different. Zander noticed that she wasn't wearing her usual preppy attire; instead she was wearing blue Capri leggings along with yellow flip flops and a fuchsia sweatshirt that said 'PEACE LOVE PINK'. She had no make up on and her black hair was pulled back into a French braid. Zander still thought she looked beautiful; he would have smiled at her if it wasn't for the look on her face. She looked surprised and angry, but still excited.
"What are you doing here?" she asked. Zander winced at her sharp tone. It was obvious that she was still mad at him. It took Zander a while to find his voice and speak. He cursed Molly for being so intimidating and hot at the same time.
"I just came to say that I'm sorry." Zander said. Molly raised her eyebrows at him. Was this fool really just gonna show up and give her this lame apology?
"Oh really," Molly said.
"Molly I really do like you and what I said a couple weeks ago was completely true."
"You tricked me into being you band's assistant." Molly snapped. Zander huffed and tried another approach.
"I know and I was wrong, but it wasn't my idea; I wanted to tell you the truth, but no one would let me." Molly scoffed and crossed her arms.
"You let your own band tell you what to do?" she asked "Wow I thought the band leader was supposed to call the shots."
"I'm really sorry. I did mean what I said when I told you I liked you."
Molly shook her head and began to close her door "Goodbye Zander," she said. Zander had to think quickly; he wasn't about to let her go.
"KACEY AND STEVIE PUT FAT PICTURES OF YOU IN EVERYBODY'S LOCKER!" Zander blurted out on quick impulse. Molly stopped abruptly and looked at the raven haired boy. She wasn't sure she heard him correctly.
"What?" Molly asked. Her face showed all the confusion she was feeling. Zander pulled out one of the pictures Kacey printed out and showed it to Molly. The raven haired girl observed the picture then gasped.
"MOLLY GARICA BEFORE LIPOSUCTION!" she screamed. Molly crumpled the paper up, threw it on the ground, and stomped on it. Zander looked at her like she was crazy. Maybe it was a bad idea to come here. Molly turned her attention towards Zander. She grabbed onto the collar of his green flannel shirt and pulled him closer to her that they were nose to nose. Her voice was dangerously low
"Please…tell…me…that they didn't pressure this action yet."
Zander gulped before saying "They did it fifteen minutes ago." Molly let go of and put an exasperated hand on her forehead.
"Mierda." she murmured. Molly wanted to kill them. What was she going to do?
"Did she out this in all the lockers?" Molly asked.
"No, just the whole senior class, but I can take you to the school and help you get them out." Molly stared at Zander for a long time as in trying to see what's in his mind.
"Why are you offering to help me?" she asked suspiciously.
"Simple, because I like you." Zander said nonchalantly. Molly rolled her eyes and huffed.
"There is no way inside the school, the doors are locked." She stated. Zander smiled at her.
"Don't worry, I have everything covered." He said. Molly really should stay home and study instead of going along with something that might be a trick, but something told her to go with this guy. Maybe he was telling the truth. Besides 20 years later at her reunion, she didn't want to be known as the girl who got lipo. She really had to study though.
"I don't know." Molly said reluctantly. Zander let out an exasperated sigh. Boy was this chick obstinate.
"C'mon Molly, I'm trying to help you here." The raven haired boy said impatiently. Molly looked at him before giving in.
*HTR*HTR*HTR*
Molly and Zander quietly walked down the halls of Bruster High. Molly would never show it, but to be honest she was kind of nervous. She's never snuck into school after hours before, and she was pretty sure this was illegal. Was her popularity worth getting expelled or maybe sent to prison? Molly mentally slapped her self and told herself to calm down, besides she was with Zander. Oh no what if this was a trick? What if the rest of Gravity 5 popped out of nowhere and started taking pictures of her? She didn't see or hear anyone around, so she and Zander must be the only ones here.
"How did you get a key to the school?" Molly asked quietly. Zander looked at her.
"You know you don't have to whisper, we're the only ones here."
Molly rolled her eyes "Just answer my question." She snapped. Zander stopped in his tracks and so did Molly.
"My cousin is the custodian; he lent me the key as long I gave it back to him without anyone finding out he gave them to me." Molly gave him a weird look.
"I didn't know Alex was your cousin." She stated.
"His name is Anthony, but let's drop that subject." Zander said. Molly silently agreed.
"How did you figure out the security code?" she asked. Zander smirked and thought of how easy it was to crack that.
"It's our zip code."
Molly chuckled and realized why she was there again. "Okay what do we do now?"
"We take the flyer out of the lockers." Zander said nonchalantly. Molly groaned in frustration when she realized another thing.
"What," Zander said.
"How are we gonna open the lockers?" Molly asked. Zander could tell by her voice that she was about to panic so he grabbed onto her shoulders to keep her steady.
"Don't worry, I have this baby." Zander said showing Molly his device.
"A stethoscope," Moll said unbelievingly "That is gonna take forever." Zander just gave her a 'you'll see' smirk and began to operate on the locker. Molly put her hands on her hips expecting this to fail, but to her surprise the rave haired boy opened the locker in 5 seconds. Molly looked at him in amazement. How did he learn to do something like that?
"How did you do that?" Molly asked.
"Practice," Zander said flatly while picking up the flyer and crumpling it up.
"Remind me not to doubt you from now on." Molly said.
The two went from locker to locker. Zander actually enjoyed this time joking around with Molly, he'd laugh at how angrier and angrier she got after she saw a flyer. He had to admit Molly looked so cute when she got mad. Her lips would become tight, she would have one eyebrow raised, and her nose would twitch. Sometimes she would also say some tiny curse words in Spanish. If only she'd believe him when he tells her how he feels.
"Okay this is the last locker…wait this is my locker." Molly said "They put one in my locker?"
"That's not all they put in your locker." Zander said. Molly looked at him strangely and began to open her locker. Zander warned her not to, but Molly ignored him. When she finally got her locker open Zander pulled her out the way. Molly would have yelled at him if she didn't some type of yellow smoke come out of her locker. Despite how comfortable she felt in Zander's arms Molly wriggled out of his grip.
"What was that?" Molly exclaimed.
"Loopy gas," Zander said "My friends thought it would be funny if you walked around looking like your drunk." Molly slammed her locker door shut and was about to say something, but then they heard some footsteps and froze.
"HELLO," the two heard someone holler "IS ANYONE IN HERE!"
Zander grabbed Molly and hid behind the group of lockers. The two saw their principle at the end of the hallways. He looked as if he was expecting to see someone or something. What really threw them off was the fact that their principal was wearing one of those Scottish man skirts and had bagpipes in his arms. The principal started to walk down the hallway; he was getting closer and closer. Molly's breath hitched in her throat. She should have known this was a bad idea.
"WHOEVER YOU ARE, I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE BREAKING AND ENTERING, AND I'M CALLING THE POLICE RIGHT NOW!" The principal yelled. He took out his cell phone and began to dial 911.
Molly looked at Zander who was almost as freaked as she was. She looked into his chocolate eyes and mentally asked him 'What do we do!' Zander thought for a moment.
"Hello 911…" the principal said. Zander began to think more quickly. He took Molly's hand and the two began to tip toe down the intersecting hallway. They heard their principal telling 911 the address of the school.
"We gotta hurry." Zander whispered.
"I'M GONNA FIND YOU!" Their principal yelled. Molly and Zander began to tip toe faster. They could here their principal's shoes walking along the other hallway. They were almost to the stairwell, just a few steps.
"WHERE ARE YOU!"
Molly got startled by the angry voice and tripped before getting right back up. The two ran down the stairs where at the end was the exit. Suddenly they heard the principal coming down the stairs also. Zander and Molly opened the door and ran out slamming the door behind them. They were almost to Zander's car when they heard the door open. Molly and Zander froze, but luckily for them their principal ran the other way, thinking that they went left. Molly was let out a sigh of relief, but she was squeezing his arm.
"Molly," Zander said getting Molly's attention. She looked at him.
"You're cutting off my circulation." Molly let go of his arm and the two began to walk back to his car. As they got in the car Zander drove off in a hurry. He was expecting Molly to yell at him or call him an idiot or pendejo, but to his surprise, she just started laughing. Zander looked at her from the corner of his eye.
"What's so funny?" he asked. Molly tried to speak, but she was too busy laughing. Zander drove into Molly's drive way and soon her laughs died down.
"I can't believe we did that; we almost got caught breaking and entering." She said.
"And you think that's funny?" Zander asked. Molly looked at him. He could see the excitement in her brown orb and her grin was huge. He couldn't get enough of that smile.
"I thought it was awesome, I can't believe we actually got away with it." Molly caught Zander staring at her and blushed a little. She instantly thought of the time she and Zander almost kissed. Molly wondered what it would be like if she did kiss Zander.
"Why did you help me?" Molly asked. Zander chuckled. "What do you mean?" he asked. Molly rolled her eyes playfully.
"You know what I mean, why did you go behind your friends back to help me?"
"Because I like you." Zander said.
"You said that already." Molly said flatly
"And because I wanted to make up for taking advantage of you. I wanted to tell you the truth I swear." Zander said. Molly looked at him, she wondered if she should believe him. Zander sighed.
"I did mean it when I said I had feelings for you." He said. Molly finally gave in; she knew he was telling the truth. What he did tonight proved that, but they couldn't. It just wouldn't be right considering the fact she isn't really buddy buddy with his friends.
"I'm flattered Zander, but-"
"But nothing," Zander said "I know you feel the same way, Molly." Zander boldly reached out and shoved a piece of the Latina's black hair behind her ear.
"Well of course I do." Molly said. Then what's stopping her? Molly thought about all the reasons why she shouldn't go out with Zander, but then thought 'the hell with it'. Without warning, Molly grabbed the back of Zander's head and pulled it towards her before planting a long kiss on his lips. Zander's eyes widened the closed when he felt how soft her lips were. Much to Zander's dismay The Latina retrieved. Molly saw the frown on his face and laughed before placing a gentler kiss on his lips. Zander smiled again.
"So you wanna hang out some time?" Zander asked slyly, earning a laugh from Molly. She just nodded and planted another kiss on his lips.
A/N: Yes, Zolly is finally together c: awesome right? I had to bring them together quick because I'm a huge Zolly/Maxantha fan. I hope you Enjoyed it.
