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A/N: Thank you so much for all the amazing reviews, guys! Reading that y'all were checking to see if I updated really, as cheesy as it sounds, touched my heart. Love you! Remember, December is Zevie month! Prepare some one-shots, update your stories quicker, write new stories, upload Zevie pictures/videos, and spread the word! Okay, replies?

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ZevieObsessed: Do I have to bring back the "ZevieObsessed: Sweetest of Them All" chocolate bar idea back up again? ;D

AMrocks: Sunshine, you're review made my day.

PixieHeart4112: No joke, I love your username. My old name used to be Jerina-Pixie so...Coincidence?! Haha! Glad you noticed my BTR reference. Like HOA? That's an understatement. I love House of Anubis. I ship both Peddie and Patrome equally. Patrome was just amazing in Season 1, same thing for Peddie in Season 2. As for Big Time Rush, I'd prefer Kendall to be with Lucy.

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Sorry that my author's notes are always so long. I'd reply to reviews in PMs, but then I'd have four billion private messages. Name of the game, right? So, this chapter is definitely based off of a Friends episode. I changed as much as I could so it wouldn't be the exact same thing. Hope you enjoy!

I don't own How to Rock.

[Nelson]

After I storm into the band room, I throw my backpack towards the instrument section as I stomp over to the arm chair. Once I sit down, I see Zander and Stevie looking at me from the couch, both with their instruments on their laps.

Stevie puts her bass on the ground questioning, "Everything alright, Nelly?"

Not answering, I ask, "Do I look fat?"

Her and Zander share a glance before Zander answers, "Um, no?"

I cross my arms over my chest and reply, "When Grace asked me and I said that, she thought I was calling her a cow!"

Playing dumb, Zander starts, "Why would Grace ask you..."

I lean back in the arm chair interrupting, "Don't play stupid. I know that you know that Grace and I are secretly dating."

Zander narrows his eyes and turns to Stevie. She raises her hands up in surrender.

"Don't look at me, Mr. I-can't-keep-a-secret."

He rolls his eyes, turns to me, and says, "Okay, walk us through this."

I sigh and explain, "Last night when we were having dinner at her house, she asks, 'Does this skirt make me look fat?' So, I look at her and..."

Before I can finish, Stevie cuts in, "Wait, you looked at her?"

I nod. Zander groans and tells me, "Rookie mistake. You never look. You just answer, like a reflex. Do I look fat today? No. Is she prettier than I-no."

I move up to the edge of the chair, now intrigued. "You guys just know this stuff?"

Zander shakes his head and says, "I speak from 30 or 40 fights of personal experience," he points his right thumb at Stevie and adds, "and she spends way too much time with Kacey."

Stevie leans back on the couch saying, "Let's say Grace had to stay after school for some reason and she needs a ride home. She gives you two choices: Either she can get a Perf to pick her up or you, in the crazy world where you have a license, can park your car outside the school and wait for her. What do you do?"

I shrug and answer, "That's easy, wait for her outside."

Zander responds, "Beep, wrong, and now you're single. You should've chosen secret option three: Meet her inside the school and walk her out yourself. That way, she knows how much you care about her safety."

I think about it for a moment then ask, "So what do I do to make it up to her? She's still mad at me because I looked."

Zander puts his guitar next to Stevie's bass on the floor saying, "Make a date with her at your house tonight. Set up some candles, a fancy dinner, put in a rom-com movie, and you're good to go, buddy."

I get up from the arm chair and walk towards the door muttering, "I can't believe I'm taking relationship advice from the girl that guys fear and the guy that can't hold down a girlfriend."

Both of them snap their heads towards me and yell, "Hey!"

I stop in the doorway, turn back to them, and question, "Nobody else knows about me and Grace, right?"

A little too quickly, the two answer, "No."

I shrug it off since I have some making up to do and run out the door.


I shift in my seat on the couch as Grace just snuggles closer to me. She rests her head on my chests, keeping her eyes on the TV in front of us. Hoping to be a bit more comfortable, I prop my feet onto the coffee table. Nope, now my legs are asleep. I should've asked Stevie and Zander what to do when you don't want to cuddle. I look over to the right side of the couch and widen my eyes. I'm squished up in this little corner, and she's using all that space for her legs! You could fit a whole penguin here! That would be weird, though….

"Comfortable, Gracie?"

Keeping her eyes on the movie, Grace nods. Fantastic. That makes one of us. Calm down, Nelson. You have a girlfriend, that's all that matters. I sigh and breathe in the scent of bubblegum coming from Grace's hair. It smells more like strawberries though….Strawberry bubblegum?

"Is Rachel McAdams prettier than me?"

Remembering what Zander and Stevie told me, I instantly reply, "No."

"Really? She looks so gorgeous in this…"

Before she can finish, I immediately repeat, "No."

Grace lifts her head up, smiles at me, and responds, "You're such a sweetheart, Nelson."

She checks the pink watch on her wrist and starts getting up.

I stand up as well and ask, "Are you leaving already?"

She nods and picks up her purse from the table explaining, "Molly and the Perfs are coming over to my house so we can practice Rules To Be Popular for the Annual Brewster High Riff Off. I might even get a solo!"

She slides her purse down her forearm and. then starts walking toward my front door. I follow as Grace opens the door and walks out. She turns around on the doormat in front of the door, kisses my cheek, smiles, and walks towards her car in the driveway. I smile and wave while she hops into the driver's seat. Once Grace starts backing out of my driveway, I look down and see a pink, book-sized journal. I pick it up and realize that it must've fallen out of Grace's purse.

"Grace, you dropped your..."

I look up and see that her car is long gone. I sigh, look down at the book, and widen my eyes.

"Diary."

Dun-dun-dun! Ha-ha, little bit of a cliffhanger there. Hope you guys liked the Grelson! There wasn't much Zevie, though. Sorry 'bout that. Oh, by the way, notice that thing Grace said about the Riff-Off? Don't think I'm going to let that go so easily. That'll definitely be in a later chapter. Anyone see Pitch Perfect, unlike me? That's where I got it from. So, what do you think Nelson's going to do with the diary? Tell in me in your reviews!(:

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