Shaun's P.O.V

I saw Nevaeh and Zack walking up to the house holding hands. I start scowling. Yes, I have a crush on Nevaeh. She is just so … perfect. She likes to draw, she has beautiful blue eyes, and she is a good person. I don't known how Zack got her. I mean he is a stereotypical jock. A girl like her wouldn't be with a guy like him... right. I need to come up with a plan and quick before I lose her to Zack for good.

Maybe I can ask her if she wants to go to the park and draw. Yeah we go to the park and complement each others art. She relizes a guy like me with a sole and a sense of art is way better than a guy who wants her for her title. I need to make a move and I need to make one quick. There is no one better than my best friend Even to help me. I walk over to the kitchen were Even is eating a banana. I hate it when he opens it from the wrong end. If monkeys open it one way we should too. I tap even on the shoulder and say, "Nevaeh and Zack our back and holding hands." He looks over to me with a shocked look on his face and says, "You like Nevaeh."

I look down to hide my blush and say, "Well, is it that obvious." He smirks and say, "Well it is when you waltz in here complaining about her holding another boy's hand." I lightly punch him in the arm and he over exaggerates and throwing self off the chair and roles on the ground in 'pain'. I smile and help him up while explaining my earlier plan. "Well I suggest you ask her tonight and introduce it as a friend outing since she is probably dating Zack. She is too nice of a person to cheat on him, but when they break it off because they can't stand each other you will swoop in a make her feel better while her dad is beating Zack to a pulp." I smile and go to the living room where Zack, Rebecca, and Nevaeh are talking about the game. I sit down and feel butterflies in my stomach. What if Zack beats me up. What if she smacks me. What if her dad finds out. I hope none of those happen especially the last one.

I bring up the subject, "Hey Nevaeh you said you like to draw right." Her eyes light up and she says, "Yeah, I love it. I don't known where I would be without it." I smile so far so good. I continue, "Well, I'm going to the park tomorrow to draw would you like to join me." Zack shoots daggers at me from across the room. I just smiled cheekily and give him a look so he knows what I'm doing. "Yeah how about we have picnic," I saw hopefully. She shares a look with Zack. She says while trying to make this the least disappointing, "I don't know if you wanted this to be just us, but could Zack and maybe Even come with us." Zack gives me a challenging look. "Um yeah I guess, but maybe we could spend a little time just you and me," I stutter. Thankfully she does not look at Zack and anounced, "Sure thats okay. Zack, Even you up for the park tommow. While Shaun and I are talking you two can throw a football around." They both nod. Zack seems satisfied.

Jenny who just walked into the room says, "Jayden said we need to get to bed." Nevaeh looks at her and says, "It's so weird hearing my dad's first name. It makes me feel like he is a real human." We all laugh knowing she is joking. That's another thing. She is funny. The only thing that bugs me is she is so stubborn and lets Zack make her decisions. She is the leader!

I walk into our room and do a flip into my bed just to show off to Zack. I have to admit he shows me up and uses a power symbol to flying into his bed. After he does this he copies my cheeky smile from before. He uses another symbol power to turn the light off.

I wake up in the morning and hear rustling in the kitchen. I look around my room and everyone is here except Zack. I walk into the kitchen and see both Nevaeh and Zack covered in flour and eggs laughing. Nevaeh blushes while still laughing and exclaims, "We tried to make pancakes. Yeah, I have the cooking skills of my mom. Why did Maddie have to get all our parents good traits." I was going to complement her, but Zack beat me too it, "I think you're perfect." She smiles and leans into him. "Well I'm going to go take a shower," she says and turn toward the girls bathroom. As soon as she leaves Zack turns to me and says, "I don't know what you are trying to do, but dudes it's not cool. She is MY girlfriend. I think you're cool, but doing this isnt. Just leave the flirting to a minimum." I shyly nod. I go change into my training close and go to the training room and start warming up.

Everyone finally gets hear and Jayden walks in. Okay today we are working on gymnastics. "As far as I known only Nevaeh and Rebecca have training in this. Anyone else?" says Jayden. I raise my hand and he says, "Okay how about we have a little fun today. We have two teams. You have 2 hour to come up with a routine. The team leaders will be Nevaeh and Rebecca because they have the most training. Shaun you can be on Nevaeh's team because she has less experience than Rebecca. Rebecca's team will be her, Zack, Maddie, Jenny, and Even. Nevaeh's team will have her, Shaun, Elizabeth, and Beau. I tried to put most siblings on opposite team so we stay competitive. Nevaeh's tea in the dojo. Rebecca's outside."

The other team leaves and Nevaeh starts, "Okay I want to see our best quality when it comes to gymnastics. For example, I am best at flips on the ground and in the air. If you can't do something then you won't do it in the routine. I can't use a trampoline or balance beam. We will start by me doing a flip then you trying." She starts will a simple round off, transfer's into cartwheel, then does a summer salt. Nevaeh,Beau, and I can do it, but Elizabeth is not very good at round off's. Nevaeh notices and say, "Okay everyone but Elizabeth can do the basics. Lizzie it's okay can you do flips in the air?,"She nods, "Okay thats what we will do next. If you need a boost you can use a trampoline or someone with help you into the air."

Jenny walks over to the trampoline and does some complicated tricks in the air. We applaud and it's my turn. I do a frontflip and a back flip, but can't do anything else. Nevaeh still has her traditional smile on her face and encourages me to keep going. I try one more time and do it! Not as crisp as I would like, but i did it. Beau goes next. He does okay doing moderate flips nothing to complicated. It's Nevaeh's turn but she does not go to the trampoline she ask Beau and I for a boost. We toss her up in the air and does a very complicated trick and lands perfectly. "Don't feel bad if you can't do that yet. I was in gymnastics for 8 years and cheerleading for 5," Nevaeh says.

We do a few more test than start on the routine. I have a lot of flips and things on the ground. We also throw the girls (primarily Nevaeh) in the air. Finally the 2 hours is over and we go outside for the competition. I see Jayden, Mia, Emily, Dad, and Antonio. Jayden starts talking, "Okay we will be judging you individually and as a group we will add up your totals. Rebecca's team will go first." We all nod and they get into positions. They are doing great besides Even and Jenny have a few slip ups. They are doing there finally and Zack is a few moves behind. The finish while breathing heavily. The parents huddle together and Emily stands up, "Okay Rebbeca you get a 9.3, Zack you got a 6.9, Jenny and Even you both got a 5.8 and Maddie you got a 7.3. As team you got 7.02. You total score is 42.12. They all nod and congradulate each other and wish us good luck. We do our routine. We nail it. Nevaeh did great. I loved watching her hair flow behind her. After we are done we are all jumping around. We quiet down as Dad stands up, "Alright. Nevaeh you got a 9.7 you are the highest overall score. Shaun you got an 8.9. Beau you got an 8.6 and Jenny you got an 7.9. Your over all group score is 8.775. Your total score is 43.875. You win. As a prize you don't have to run a mile. The rest of you get start after lunch.

We walk into the kitchen and start eating. "You guys want to meet us at the part," asks Nevaeh. The nod and Nevaeh and I start toward the park. We get there and she sits down and gets out her sketch book. I set my easel in front of the lake. She is leaning against a tree wearing big nerd glasses. Her nose is scrunch the tiniest bit as she focuses on her drawing. I start painting getting lost in each stroke. I take a step back and I see it's done. Nevaeh is still sitting there in her sweatshirt that is way too big. The arms lightly graze her fingers and she draws.

I replace my canvas and start painting her. I feel so powerful while painting her. I finish just as she does. I sit next to her and see her drawing it's of me painting. I smile and show her the painting. Her eyes well up in happy tears and she hugs me, "This is amazing. I notices the secret word with in the tree bark." It's true a hide the word muse in the bark. Zack walks up with a rude look on his face. Yet, not even Zack's sour mood could change mine.

So hope you guys like it finally updated. Who would you rather have Nevaeh date Zack or Shaun?