Hello people of fanfiction! So, I'm back for a moment and I wanted to upload this story while I have the time. This is my first Zevie fic and I was going to upload it tomorrow for National Zevie Day, but I won't get a chance to, so I'm doing it today. I really hope you all enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
An a separate note, to those of you reading this who are also reading any of my other unfinished stories, I am truly sorry. I was seriously planning to update all of stories this summer but I've been out of town for July and I just now discovered the library with computer access. I'll be back home in August so I plan to update those as soon as I can.
Until then, enjoy this story. Please.
Disclaimer: I do not own HTR. If I did, Zevie would be together as you sit reading this.
Stevie's POV
"There was once a chance I didn't take, and I have regretted it ever since."
I stared down at the words I had written on my paper, pencil in hand, hovering above the rest of the paper getting ready to write. The only problem was, I could not think of anything to write down. My English teacher, Mrs. Green, had given everyone my class a writing prompt to write about over the weekend. We were each given a starter sentence and then we had to come up with the rest of the essay.
There were a few different prompts and there were a certain number of students who were assigned to the same one. Mine just so happened to be about regretting something that I wish I could have done. Perfect. Just perfect. Well, there are many things in my life like that, that I wish I would have done but didn't, just nothing good enough for a school essay.
Trust me, I have thought long and hard about this one, but nothing comes to mind that I could actually write a good essay about. I guess my life just isn't that interesting.
After a moment of thinking again, I sat back and looked up at my laptop screen sitting on the desk in front of me. I watched as the screensaver played. It was a slideshow of pictures of me and the rest of Gravity 5 from various gigs or of us just hanging out. There were some pictures of all of us together, and then there were the ones with just two or three of us.
As I watched, one of my favorite photos showed up. It was of me and my best friend Zander Robbins on one of our monthly movie nights. I honestly don't know why it was my favorite. It just was. When I looked at the picture, it got me thinking back to something that happened just a little over a month ago.
*FLASHBACK*
"Hey Steves!"
I look up from my math homework and turn my head to see Zander walking in the, now open, doorway of my bedroom. Of course he wouldn't tell me that he is coming over. That's just like him.
"Hey Z!" I say back using the nickname I gave him when we were 5. We met in back in kindergarten and we have been best friends ever since then, right after we gave each other nicknames. Mine was Steves, and his was Z. And we were the only two people allowed to call each other those names. Simple as that.
"So what's up?" he asked me as he closed the door and took his uke case off his back placing it on the floor while he sat down on my bed putting his feet on it as well.
"Not much. Just trying to unsuccessfully do my math homework."
"Oh. What math are you in?"
"I honestly don't remember," I told him shaking my head, "you?"
"Geometry."
"Huh."
"Huh what?" Zander asked me with a confused look on his face.
I got up from my spot at my desk and went to sit down next to Zander on my bed, "It's just, math. What's with it? I'm pretty sure it could be considered as a cruel form of punishment."
"Really?" he asked me with that adorable smile on his face that I loved. Yes, I have a crush on my best friend. So sue me. But I honestly can't help it! He's just so cute! If Kacey Simon ever found out, i'd never hear the end of it.
"Yeah," I said, "the problems are too difficult and I'm pretty sure that I'm never going to use this stuff as a musician. I'm seriously thinking about boycotting math. It isn't right."
He shook his and laughed. Gosh I love that laugh.
"So why'd you come over?" I asked him wanting to know the reason for his spontaneous visit to my house. Not that I minded at all.
He shrugged, "I was bored."
"Oh, I get it," I said putting on my best sad face looking down.
"Get what?" Zander asked. I stayed silent. "Steves, come on. Please tell me." He reached forward with his hand and lifted my chin up looking straight into my eyes with his own. Those beautiful brown eyes.
"You only love me when you're bored." I said. Not more than a second later, I burst out laughing and Zander did as well.
"Wow," Zander said, dropping his hand from my chin with a smile on his face, "only you Steves."
"Only me, what Z?" I asked him curiously as I readjusted myself to where I was lying down on my bed with my head in his lap.
Thinking nothing of it and because we're always like this, Zander began to play with my hair, twisting and turning it with his fingers.
"Only you, everything." he said. I smiled to myself. "We're just so good together. I can tell you anything, and you can tell me anything. That's just how we work."
Wow. "Hey Zander?"
"Yeah?"
"Um, I need to tell you something important. Okay?" I said to him nervously.
"Alright."
Breathe Stevie, breathe. You can do it. "Well I, I um" I paused, "I need to finish my homework." I finished sitting up quickly and moving to my desk startling Zander.
"Oh," he said seeming to me like he sounded disappointed, "ok," he stood up from my bed grabbing his uke case off of the floor, "I'll see ya at school tomorrow."
I nodded my head and smiled at him.
He smiled back, "great. See ya then," and he turned to the door and left, shutting it behind him.
I sat down in my desk chair and sighed, "Smooth move Stevie. You blew it."
*END FLASHBACK*
I was going to tell Zander I liked him that day. But I chickened out and didn't do it. I was such a wimp.
I sat back in my chair once again sighing, trying to think of something to write. Then it hit me. I suddenly sat bolt upright in my chair and grabbed my pencil I had dropped moments before to begin writing my essay.
I had just had a massive burst of inspiration for my essay. Man, this was going to be an awesome essay. I was definitely hoping to get an A.
Well, what did you all think of that? Please let me know what you thought in the review section below. I would love to hear all of your thoughts, comments, questions, randomness, anything.
Also, probably should have said this at the top, but this is going to be a two-shot. Meaning there will be one more chapter after this. So stayed for that. Most likely coming in August. Unless I can get back to this computer before then.
Well, I'm going to go now. I love you all so much for reading this (and reviewing)!
Jellybean96!