Hi guys! It's me with another update! This chapter might be a little long. But, who cares? (:
Again, for the ones who need a brain; I don't own HTR.
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Zander's POV
After I said goodbye to Stevie, I stayed in the bandroom. I kept thinking about what happened between me and Stevie before Grace walked in. We were about to kiss! This is really weierd but, I think I might have a crush on her. And it's only my second day at Brewster High. But there's something about her that makes her so attractive, the way her beautiful hazel eyes shine in the bright sunlight. How her smile lightens up my day. How she crinkles her nose that makes her so adorable. Her soft, brown hair, I could play in it every day. I didn't know what was thinking. I groaned loudly and buried my head in one of those animal pillows. I hear another Ding! I pull out my phone from my pocket to see a text from my mom. Yes, I text my mom. It says that I have to be home, like right now. I stand up and grab my backpack and walk home.
- At the mall -
Stevie's POV
When I walk through the doors of Danny Mangos, I see that it's not really busy today. I take my jacket off and hang it on a coat rack. I grab my employee apron and walk to the counter. I start cleaning up some cups when Kacey, Molly and Grace walk in. I roll my eyes annoyed. They sit down at a table and I can see Grace glancing at me and flashing me a smile. I smile back at her. Then I see one of my co-workers, Matt, walking towards me. "Hey Stevie, can you handle those customers over there?" he points at the table where The Perfs are sitting. Instead of saying that I don't want to, I reply with a nod. When he's gone, I groan quietly. I grab a notepad from the counter and walk over to there table. "Welcome to Danny Mangos, how can I help you?" I say adding a fake smile. They always want to make my job hard. "I'll have a Strawberry Explosion, but instead of strawberry, kiwi, 16 seeds only, and instead of an explosion, a blast." Queen Perf says. I roll my eyes and write it down on my notepad. "And I'll have a Kiwi Colada, but replace the kiwi into blueberry. Please, don't make it so chunky like the last time we were here." Molly says faking a smile. "Oh, you mean yesterday?" I question jokingly. I hear Grace snicker behind me. I turn to her and smile nicely."Oh, and I want a banana blast." she says kindly.
I write down their orders and walk back to the counter, not wanting to hear Kacey and Molly yell at Grace for making her order simple instead of difficult. I start making the smoothies when I get a text. I pull out my phone and see it's from Nelson.
From: Nelson
Do U want 2 hang out my place after work? Kevin is going to be here 2
I quickly type my reply before pouring their smoothies in some cups.
To: Nelson
Sure! See you there! :)
I walk to The Perfs's table and give them their smoothies. "Here you go, hope you enjoy it." I say lifelessly. I walk back to the counter and start cleaning cups. I look at the clock to see that it's almost 6 O'clock. Just a few more minutes and then I can leave this place. I thought. I hate working here where I'm forced to make smoothies for The Perfs. I glance at them again. Their sipping their smoothies in unison. I can see Grace looking sad, she probably got in trouble. I clean the last cups and take my apron off. When I grab my jacket, I see The Perfs walking towards me. "Hey! Loserberry! Next time we come here, at least try to make the smoothies not so icky." Kacey says. I see Molly smirk behind her and Grace mouthing a 'sorry'. "Sure Kacey. Next time you come here, I'll make them taste like heaven." I reply sarcastically. "You better." she says before walking off. I roll my eyes at them for the third time this day. I put my jacket on and walk out of Danny Mangos. When I reach the parking lot, I see Zander catching up with me.
"Hey Stevie." he smiles. "Hey Z." I reply. "Z, nice nickname." he says. I laugh at his comment. "So, what are you doing here?" he asks me. "I work at the mall, at this smoothie shop called Danny Mangos." I say. "What about you?" I question. He shrugs and says, "I got a text from my mom saying that I should go home. But when I arrived at my house, I got another text from my mom saying that it was a mistake, and I could go home whenever I want to." I nod my head understanding. "And then you decided to go to the mall?" I ask him. "It's my second day, I wanna know where you guys hang out after school." he says. I roll my eyes at him. "I don't 'hang out' here, I work here. And even if didn't work here, I still wouldn't come here after school." I tell him putting airquotes saying 'hang out'. He mouths an 'oh'. "Look, I was supposed to meet Nelson after work. So if you don't mind." I say unlocking the doors of my car. He raises his eyebrows. "You're meeting with Nelson? Where?" he asks. "At his house, he said Kevin was going to be there to." I say. "You didn't know?" I ask him confused. "No, I didn't." he says frowning. "Well, it's probably because he doesn't have your number. Actually, I think nobody at Brewster High has your number. But, you can come too if you want." I suggest. "Really?" he ask me. I nod and say, "Of course, I'll just text Nelson to make sure he knows." I say. I pull out my phone from my back pocket and start texting Nelson.
To: Nelson
Hey, I'm on my way. I bumped into Zander and asked him if could come too. U okay with that?
I click 'send' and look at Zander. "Okay, you ready to go?" I ask him. He nods and opens the door of the passenger seat. We were halfway there when Zander turns on the radio. Soon, we're singing on the top of our lungs. I never did this with Kevin, or Nelson, or anybody else. But there's something about Zander. Something different. Good different. He loves music more than anyone I've ever met. And his eyes, his beautiful chocolate colored eyes, I could get lost in them for days. And his smile, whenever he smiles I see sparks fly. I forgot I was still driving. I shake my head trying to get these thoughts out of my mind. Do I really think that about Zander? I shake my head again. I can't have a crush on Zander.
We arive at Nelson's house a few minutes later. I pull my keys out and unlock the doors. I was about to step out the car when I was being stopped by Zander. I look at him confused, "What's wrong?" I ask him. He opens his mouth to say something, but quickly closes it. He sighs loudly and looks down. "Nothing, sorry." he says. I look at him weird but open my door and step out. Zander following behind. I ring the doorbell and Nelson opens it. He smiles at us. "Hey guys, whats up?" he asks us. "Nothing much." We reply. He nods and lets us in. We walk into the livingroom and see Kevin playing Furious Pidgeons. "Hey Kev. Whats up?" I ask him. He looks up from his game and puts it aside. "Nothing really." he responds. "Hi Zander!" he says. "Hey Kevin." he replies. "I think we should talk about this whole band thing." Nelson says. "Why?" I ask him confused. "That's why I invited you guys here." he says. "Oh, okay." Kevin says. We all nod in agreement. "Okay, so I wanted to ask you-" Nelson says but was interrupted by the doorbell. "I'll get it!" says Nelson's mom. "Oh, hello sweetie. What's your name?" she asks politely. "Oh, my name is Grace. I know your son, Nelson." she says. I widen my eyes. Grace? How does she know where Nelson lives? I thought. "Oh, come on in sweetie." Mrs. Baxter says. We hear the door shut and see Grace standing next to us. "I'll leave you guys alone." says Nelson's mom. We all look at Grace confused. Exept for Nelson who was looking at her dreamily. "Uh, hi Grace." Zander says awkwardly. "Hi guys!" she says happily. "What are you doing here?" Kevin asks, equally as awkward as Zander.
"Oh, I was bored. And I knew that you guys would be here." she says. "How do you know where I live?" Nelson questions. "I followed you once and saw you walking in here so often, this must be your house." she says. "Well we were actually gonna talk about stuff." Kevin says. "Yeah, stuff. Un-inportant really." Nelson says. Grace looks down. "Oh, well if you want me to leave-" she begins but is cut off by Nelson, "No! Don't leave me!" he says. We all look at him weird. "I mean, us." he adds. Then he turns to us, "Can't we just tell her?" he asks us. I roll my eyes and reply, "She already knows." Kevin and Nelson look confused. "She already knows that we're starting a band." Zander says. I nod in agreement. "Oh." I look back at Grace and see her waiting for someone to start talking. "Don't leave yet Grace, sit down." I say patting the seat next to me. She sits down next to me and smiles. "Okay, so I was wondering, who is going to sing?" Nelson asks. We all look around the room hoping someone would stand up and say, "I'll do it!" I sink back in my seat hoping I'm not going to get picked. "What about Stevie and Zander?" Grace suggest. I raise my eyebrows at her. "Excuse me?" I ask her. "Yeah, well I mean, you're really good Stevie. And I've heard Zander sing too. You guys would sound amazing together." she says smiling. I look at Zander and see that his jaw has dropped. "When did you hear me sing?" I ask her confused. "I heard you in the bandroom when you thought no one was around." she says nodding. Now I was shocked. Grace eavesdropped? "Hmmm, I'm not convinced. Sing." Kevin commands. "What?" Zander asks him. "You heard me, you two, sing." he says again. I look at Zander but he just shrugs. "How about no?" I say. "Another time, not here." I say. "Fine." Nelson huffs.
There's a moment of silence. Our silence is interrupted by Zander's phone buzzing. He takes out his phone and after a moment he speaks, "I have to go home. I'll see you guys later." he says grabbing his stuff. "Wait, how are you going to get there? I drove you here." I say. He shrugs and says, "I'll just walk." I stand up stopping him. "I have to go anyways, let me drive you." I say smiling. "You don't have to." he says. "But I want to." I start. "Besides, what kind of best friend would I be if I let you walk?" I tease. He laughs slightly. "Okay, fine." he says. I smile at him and grab my stuff. "See you guys later." I say before closing the door behind me. We walk over to my car and I unlock the door. I was about to open the front door when Zander stopped me again. "What?" I ask him. It's now that I notice how close our faces are. He smiles softly and places his lips on mine. I was shocked at first, but then I was snapped back into reality and kiss back. It was perfect. How our lips moved in sync. Like they where made for eachother. It may sound very cheesy now, but I saw sparks fly. When we pull apart I smile at him softly. "Why did you just do that?" I ask him slightly confused. He takes my hands in his. "I had to. Stevie, this may be my second day here in Brewster, but I think I'm in love with you." he says softly. "I just hope I'm not moving to fast." he says quickly. I shake my head. "No, this is the right time." I say before placing my lips on his again. We break apart when he asks me, "Stevie, will you be my girlfriend?" I smile and say, "Of course I would." He smiles back and we stand there for a minute. "Shouldn't you be home right now?" I ask him. "I'd rather be here with you than at my boring house." he answers. I look into his eyes when he kisses me again. Oh yeah, this schoolyear is going to be great.
End of chapter 6. I know what you're thinking, it's either 'OMG! They finally kissed!' or it's 'It's only Zander's second day, he's moving waaay to fast.' And I understand. But it's my sixth chapter and I thought that they should kiss. Okay, so I hope you enjoyed it! A review would be nice. Oh, and I also wanted to say one last 'Happy Zevie Month' because probably the next time I'm going to update, it's not going to be December anymore.. So, Happy Zevie Month. I really enjoyed all the stories and one-shots you guys have made. I'm gonna say it now, Happy early New Year! You probably already noticed, but I changed the title from Zevie: Love At First Sight? to Zevie: Another Love Story. Don't like it? Sorry I'm not going to change it again. Anyway, see you guys soon! And enjoy Zevie Month while it lasts. (: