Zendaya's POV

Riding to school with my dad is always hit or miss. It depends on a couple of things, if there was a game yesterday, on tv or in real life, if there is some jazz on the radio, or if there is someone in the car with us. Right now we're riding in silence while he tries to find one of his go to stations for his morning music. Music in the morning to him is like everyone else's morning coffee, don't talk to him if he hasn't listened to his jazz in the morning. I know better than to talk to him right now, because it will go in one ear and out the other, so I take out my phone and headphones and listen to my music for the rest of the drive. I find my Michael Jackson playlist, hit play and relax for the rest of the ride. 

Our car rides to school weren't always like this, growing up my dad was my only friend. I was like his little road dog, we went everywhere together. Once I started getting friends my own age we kept basketball as a way to bond. I guess now that he's my coach we can't really use that anymore. See he's the coach of the girl's varsity team at my school, last year as a freshman that wouldn't matter much because freshmen aren't allowed to play varsity only sophomores and up. Now that I'm a sophomore and I'm eligible to play varsity once the season starts he'll be my coach. Having your parent work at the school you go to means you can never get in trouble, and even your friends can't get in trouble. Having him around 24/7 has put a strain on me making friends in school, and if it wasn't for the team and Mani I wouldn't know anybody at the school but the coaching staff. 

Normani is definitely the more outgoing of the pair of us, I can admit that I'm incredibly shy in group settings. I got lucky having all my classes with her last year. If it wasn't for Normani I wouldn't have even met Trevor. Trevor is my boyfriend, we've been dating for six months, and Normani introduced us at a party she dragged me to. He plays basketball too and is the captain of the boys team at school.

I look out the window and see a couple of my classmates walking on their way to school. I recognize a few of them but we aren't really friends. No one wants to be friends with the teacher's daughter. Once we get closer to the school I turn towards my dad. I wish he didn't want me at the same school that he works for. He has no idea what the other kids say about me behind my back. I try not to hear it but my headphones can only block out so much, and I can't wear them in class. I try not to let it affect me but it does hurt sometimes especially when the other girls on the team pick on me for the amount of laps they do when they mess up something in practice, like I was the one messing up in practice. He makes the turn into the teachers parking lot and pulls in. He turns the car off and looks at me.

"You ready?"

"Yeah, I might need some money for lunch though."

"Ok here."

He reaches into his pocket and counts out 20 dollars and hands it to me. It might be wrong to ask both of my parents for money separately, but it's not like I'm gonna spend it all today. I don't even have to pay for lunch, but they don't know that. The school told me that since my dad works for them I didn't have to pay for lunch. I never questioned it and just never told my parents, I thought the school would've told them. They give me about fifty dollars a week for lunch, ten dollars a day, I just pocket that and save it all until I feel the urge to buy something I really want.

"There that should be enough for the next two days, just don't spend any of it on that boy."

"I won't."

"How is it with him anyway, he make you happy?"

"It's still going good Dad, and yes he does."

My dad doesn't like Trevor, he never has, ever since the first day he met him. He thinks he's only going out with me to get in my pants, but I'm not ready for that yet. The most Trevor and I have done is making out on his bed, and when that got too much for me I stopped it. I won't say I'm a prude, but I want to be in love before I go that far.

"He not pressuring you is he?"

"No dad he isn't pressuring me."

He has pressured me in the past when we first started dating, but I shut that down real quick. Once we talked about it, and I explained where my head was at, he let it go and hasn't brought up sex since. After that one-time thing we haven't had any problems since.

"Okay, good just checking in with you."

"I get it."

"Alright get out go and join your friends."

I lean over and give him a hug. I don't have the heart to tell him the truth that I don't have any friends, just people that know I exist outside his shadow, and get out of the car.

AN: Hello people, this is chapter 2. Kinda short but I did that for a reason, if you believe that. Z's relationship with her dad is kind of messy. They don't really talk much outside of small talk. that was done for a reason. You also got a little backstory on Z's school life and relationship with Trevor. Next chapter you will met Trevor and see first hand Z's life at school. A big thank you to all the votes and love last chapter I enjoyed seeing it all. If you have any questions or comments leave them in here or find me on twitter at nayacutyonails. Vote Comment and Share and all that, and maybe I'll try not to update at two am every night.

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Meags