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The author's notes for this story are always so darn long. So sorry, guys! I'm kind of happy. Why, you might ask? Well, as of 8 days ago, I'm a year older! Yep, the 20th was my birthday! I've been writing fanfiction for, what? 2 years now? My gosh, I feel so old. Ha-ha! Anyways, this chapter will kind of pick up where the last one left off. Hope you enjoy!
I don't own How to Rock.
[Kevin]
"Stevie, I know you're comfortable and all, but I'm not."
Sleeping Beauty sighs and lifts her head off of my lap while muttering, "This is why I like sleeping on Zander more."
She shifts her body and lays her head down on Zander's lap, swinging her feet onto mine. Kacey quietly laughs from the chair. She props her elbow onto one of the arms and rests her cheek on her palm.
Out of the blue, Zander asks, "Who would win in a fight, me or Kevin?"
Stevie turns her head so she's looking up at the ceiling and answers, "Kevin."
With her eyes half closed, Kacey nods in agreement. "I second that."
I smile and mentally congratulate myself. Zander widens his eyes and shouts, "What?! How could Kevin beat me in a fight?!"
Letting some of his ego rub off on me, I say, "Dude, have you seen all this?"
I use my right hand to gesture to the muscle in my right arm. (A/N: Chris O'Neal has some serious muscle, no joke.)
He rolls his eyes and responds, "Yeah, well, I have plenty of muscle, too. What makes you girls think Kevin is stronger than I am?"
Kacey yawns and explains, "Both of you have a lot of muscle, obviously. It's just...Zander, other than Stevie, you're the shortest in the band. Kevin's the tallest. Plus, you'd be too scared about ruining your face."
Stevie laughs and nods with her eyes closed. Zander pouts, crosses his arms, and leans back on the couch.
I intertwine my fingers, flex them out so I crack my knuckles, and question, "Kacey or Stevie?"
Even Kacey joins Zander in on saying, "Stevie," making Sleeping Beauty smirk in her sleep.
"Kevin! Zander! Stevie! Kacey!"
I rub my eyes and look over my shoulder to see Nelson running into the band room. Stevie sits up while yawning as Kacey blinks a few times before fully opening her eyes.
Zander kicks his feet onto the coffee table and mumbles, "This better be good, Nelson, if you made us come to school at 5 AM on a Friday morning."
Out of breath, he holds onto the back of the couch, hanging his head down as he pants. I notice a small pink book in his left hand. Considering how brightly it's decorated, I'm pretty sure the other three did as well.
Stevie, almost fully awake, asks, "What do you have there, Nelly?"
Once Nelson catches his breath, he explains, "Grace dropped this book outside of my house, and I didn't know what to do with it. I think it's her diary or something. I called you guys here because I don't know what to do with it."
I furrow my eyebrows and question, "What was Grace doing at your house?"
Nelson widens his eyes, realizing his words. "Um, well, uh...She wasn't at my house. She was outside my house. Yeah, that's it. She was driving by, and it fell out of her open trunk. I don't think she noticed, though."
Eh, that sounds believable. It's not like Nelson would lie to his best friend.
Kacey squints her eyes at the book then widens. "Wait, that's not a diary. Oh my gosh, that's the Perf Book!"
She immediately bolts out of the chair and snatches the book from Nelson's hand. All of us watch as Kacey stares at the book in awe.
Zander takes his feet off the coffee table while saying, "I know I'm still kind of new, but is anyone else completely clueless as to what the Perf Book is?"
Stevie, Nelson, and I all nod in agreement. Kacey groans as if it were the most obvious thing in the world and tells us, "The Perf Book is kind of like a diary that all the Perfs share. This book contains every Perfs' thoughts, actions, everything."
I sit up straighter and ask, "How does it work? "
She sits back down in the arm chair and explains, "The Perfs get a new Perf Book every school year. Every Perf can write down any of their thoughts or stuff they did on a piece of paper, and it goes into the Perf Box. Then, all everything in the Perf Box gets written into the Perf Book by the youngest Perf."
Nelson opens his mouth, but Kacey knew his question without him saying anything. "It's always the youngest Perf because she's the one that hardly knows the other Perfs or any of their handwritings. Every entry in the Perf Book stays anonymous, so it has to be the Perf that barely knows anyone."
Zander crosses his arms and asks, "Why does Grace have the book if she's not the youngest?"
Kacey, obviously getting annoyed with the questions, answers, "At the end of every month, the head Perf or the second-in-command Perf goes through the book and reads everything in it, just to make sure that nobody's bad mouthing other Perfs or is hiding something. Since it's almost the end of October, that must've been what Grace was doing."
With a devious smile, Stevie says, "Do you know what this means? This book contains everything we can use to blackmail the Perfs!"
Kacey puts her hand over her heart and stares at Stevie with a proud expression. "Oh, how well I've taught you."
Nelson shakes his head and cuts in, "Um, no. We're not even going to open the book."
He takes the book out of Kacey's hands while adding, "I'm going to give it back to Grace as soon as I see her today."
In unison, all of us shout, "No!"
Nelson widens his eyes and takes a step back, shocked by the tone in our voices. I stand up from the couch and walk over to him.
"Buddy, imagine yourself just walking up to Grace and saying, 'Hey, this fell out of your car yesterday. It's not like I opened it or anything.' Do you think she'd believe you?"
Nelson shakes his head. I nod and continue, "How 'bout this? I'll keep the book safe in my locker until the end of the day. When everyone's gone for the weekend, I'll sneak into the Perf bathroom after school, slip the book in there, make it look like Grace dropped it, and everything will be okay. Okay?"
A little bit hesitantly, Nelson nods and hands me the book. "Okay, dude. I trust you."
Kacey stands up and questions, "Hey, why does Kevin get to keep the book?"
I roll my eyes and respond, "If Zander keeps the book, he'll open it just to see what the Perfs think of him. If one of you girls get your hands on it, who knows what you'll do?"
Zander asks, "How do we know that you won't read the book?"
I give him a 'Really?' look. "Why would I read a book that's full of girls talking about how lame, gross, and dorky I am?"
Him, Stevie, and Kacey think about it then nod.
I head out of the band room saying, "I'm going to put this in my locker."
I walk down a few halls and take a few turns before I finally reach my locker. I stop in front of it, turn the combo lock to the right combination, and nudge on the latch to open it up. Instead of immediately putting the pink book inside, I look around. Vacant.
I open up the front cover of the Perf Book while quietly saying, "One quick peek wouldn't be so bad..."
Dun-dun-dun! Wow, that was really lame. What do you think Kevin will find in the oh-so-mysterious Perf Book? And what did you think of that little bitty Zevie bit in the beginning? Sorry, guys. I'll try to put some more Zeviness in the later chapters, but that's the best I could do with this certain plot line. Oh, I almost forgot. Who watched How To Rock A Good Deed and/or How To Rock Camping? What were some of your favorite parts? Loads of Zevie in both episodes, my friends. Hope you liked this chapter, and be sure to review your thoughts!(:
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