This takes place when Mac and Stella are in high school and Mac is dating Peyton Driscoll at the time. Relax, this is a Smacked story. I was inspired to write this one-shot when I was driving earlier and listening to “You Belong with Me” by Taylor Swift. So the lyrics in this are by her. The song reminded me of Stella and Mac and when he was with Peyton. I don’t know I just wanted to write about those three so here it is.
You Belong with Me
“Hey Mac what are you up too? Oh sorry didn’t realize you were on the phone.”
Stella Bonasera sits down next to her best friend, Mac Taylor and waits for him to finish his conversation with the other person on the phone.
“You're on the phone
With your girlfriend
She's upset
She's going off about
Something that you said
'cause she doesn't get your humor
Like I do”
“Sorry Stella that was Peyton she’s upset about a joke I made earlier today apparently I hurt her feelings.”
“Eh Mac your jokes are always so funny what could you have possibly said to have made her so upset?”
“I don’t know she’s so sensitive I never really know what to say around her.”
Stella thinks to herself she would never behave around Mac the way that Peyton does.
“I'm in the room
It's a typical Tuesday night
I'm listening to the kind of music
She doesn't like
She'll never know your story
Like I do”
Stella sat alone in her room thinking to herself. She holds a picture of her and Mac at a basketball game. One of their friends snapped a picture of them that was really cute. This was before Peyton Driscoll came along and stole Mac away from her. Stella is listening to Van Halen, one of Mac’s favorite bands, a band she knows Peyton hates. She keeps thinking that she knows everything about Mac Taylor since she has known him for three years and been friends with him since their first meeting.
“But she wears short skirts
I wear t-shirts
She's cheer captain
And I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day
When you wake up and find
That what you're looking for
Has been here the whole time”
It’s the homecoming game pep rally and Mac is sitting down in a chair on the gym floor with his fellow football teammates. Peyton is in the middle of the gym with the rest of the cheerleading squad getting the crowd pumped up for the night’s game. She’s wearing a ridiculously short cheerleading skirt one that makes Stella think she looks like a whore. Stella sits up in the bleachers of the gymnasium with her Def Leppard t-shirt staring at her best friend in his red number twenty-three football jersey. She starts to dream about the day she and Mac will be together as a couple not just as friends.
“If you could see
That I'm the one
Who understands you
Been here all along
So why can't you
See you belong with me
You belong with me.”
Stella thinks to herself, “Oh Mac why can’t you see I understand you. I get you. You belong with me damnit, not her.”
“Walking the streets
With you and your worn out jeans
I can't help thinking
This is how it ought to be
Laughing on a park bench
Thinking to myself
Hey, isn't this easy?”
Later that night Mac and Stella walk down the street close to the football field before the big game. Mac has on his jersey and a faded pair of worn out blue jeans. He looks so sexy. They stop by a bench and sit down. Stella starts laughing at something Mac just said, something that would probably upset Peyton but she doesn’t care. She just loves being around him and thinks to herself that they make since and should be together.
“And you've got a smile
That could light up this whole town
I haven't seen it in awhile
Since she brought you down
You say you're fine
I know you better than that
Hey what you doing
With a girl like that”
Mac smiles widely at Stella laughing at him. “Whoa, is that a Mac Taylor smile? I thought you forgot how to do that!” “Funny Bonasera!” Stella looks Mac dead in the eyes and asks, “Mac why are you with Peyton I mean what’s so great about her?” “I don’t know Stella she’s smart, funny, nice and great to look at. I just really like her.”
“Just asking.” Stella says with a hint of disappointment.
“She wears high heels
I wear sneakers
She's cheer captain
I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day
When you wake up and find
That what you're looking for
Has been here the whole time”
During half-time five senior girls are nominated for Homecoming Queen and Peyton is one of them. She steps out onto the field wearing a beautiful blue dress and black high heels. She is escorted by Mac who is a Homecoming King nominee. Stella watches from the bleachers wearing her red Adidas sneakers wishing it was her down there on the field with Mac. “Why can’t he just wake up and realize that we should be together? We make sense and adore each other.”
“If you could see
That I'm the one
Who understands you
Been here all along
So why can't you
See you belong with me
Standing by and
Waiting at your backdoor
All this time
How could you not know
Baby
You belong with me
You belong with me.”
At the end of the game the crowd clears from the stands after they had won the game. Stella walks down to her car to wait for Mac to congratulate him on winning and being elected Homecoming King. “Damnit Mac why can’t you see you belong with me. I understand you and accept you for all of your flaws and your good points. I can’t help it I’m in love with my best friend.”
“Oh, I remember
You driving to my house
In the middle of the night
I'm the one who makes you laugh
When you know you're about to cry
And I know your favorite songs
And you tell me about your dreams
Think I know where you belong
Think I know it's with me”
Stella thinks back to a night not too long ago when Mac drove to her house in the middle of the night on a Saturday because he was having a hard time and needed someone to talk too. Stella invited him up to her room and cracked a joke which made him laugh and then she turned on one of his favorite songs on the radio. They started to have a conversation and Mac told her about his dreams of becoming a Marine. Stella just listened in awe and encouraged him to go for his dreams. When he left for the Marines she wanted to be the one to say goodbye to him and to see him off because she belonged with him at his side.
“Can't you see
That I'm the one
Who understands you
Been here all along
So why can't you see?
You belong with me.”
“Why can’t he just see that we belong with each other? I’ve waited for so long to be with him and it will happen he has to get rid of Peyton.”
“Have you ever thought
Just maybe
You belong with me?”
“Hey Mac, I have something very important to ask you and well err... tell you.”
“Sure, Stella what is it?”
“Well I was just…Will you go out with me dump Peyton and go out with me? Truth is I’m in love with you Mac and have been for a long time. You belong with me not Peyton. Please Mac?”
“You know Stella since you just said that everything makes sense. Peyton and me we have fun but the truth is no one gets to me the way you do. You make me laugh, you’re smart, funny, sexy, but the best part of all is you’re my best friend. I’ve never really noticed it but we do make sense.”
“So, is that a yes you will go out with me and dump Peyton, or are you just rambling?”
“It’s a yes Stella I would love to be your boyfriend and spend every day with you. You know I love you too and though I’m not sure how long I have I do know that you’re the one for me Peyton was just a distraction.”
Stella grins her mega-watt smile and Mac pulls her into a tight embrace and then kisses her passionately.
You Belong with Me
“Hey Mac what are you up too? Oh sorry didn’t realize you were on the phone.”
Stella Bonasera sits down next to her best friend, Mac Taylor and waits for him to finish his conversation with the other person on the phone.
“You're on the phone
With your girlfriend
She's upset
She's going off about
Something that you said
'cause she doesn't get your humor
Like I do”
“Sorry Stella that was Peyton she’s upset about a joke I made earlier today apparently I hurt her feelings.”
“Eh Mac your jokes are always so funny what could you have possibly said to have made her so upset?”
“I don’t know she’s so sensitive I never really know what to say around her.”
Stella thinks to herself she would never behave around Mac the way that Peyton does.
“I'm in the room
It's a typical Tuesday night
I'm listening to the kind of music
She doesn't like
She'll never know your story
Like I do”
Stella sat alone in her room thinking to herself. She holds a picture of her and Mac at a basketball game. One of their friends snapped a picture of them that was really cute. This was before Peyton Driscoll came along and stole Mac away from her. Stella is listening to Van Halen, one of Mac’s favorite bands, a band she knows Peyton hates. She keeps thinking that she knows everything about Mac Taylor since she has known him for three years and been friends with him since their first meeting.
“But she wears short skirts
I wear t-shirts
She's cheer captain
And I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day
When you wake up and find
That what you're looking for
Has been here the whole time”
It’s the homecoming game pep rally and Mac is sitting down in a chair on the gym floor with his fellow football teammates. Peyton is in the middle of the gym with the rest of the cheerleading squad getting the crowd pumped up for the night’s game. She’s wearing a ridiculously short cheerleading skirt one that makes Stella think she looks like a whore. Stella sits up in the bleachers of the gymnasium with her Def Leppard t-shirt staring at her best friend in his red number twenty-three football jersey. She starts to dream about the day she and Mac will be together as a couple not just as friends.
“If you could see
That I'm the one
Who understands you
Been here all along
So why can't you
See you belong with me
You belong with me.”
Stella thinks to herself, “Oh Mac why can’t you see I understand you. I get you. You belong with me damnit, not her.”
“Walking the streets
With you and your worn out jeans
I can't help thinking
This is how it ought to be
Laughing on a park bench
Thinking to myself
Hey, isn't this easy?”
Later that night Mac and Stella walk down the street close to the football field before the big game. Mac has on his jersey and a faded pair of worn out blue jeans. He looks so sexy. They stop by a bench and sit down. Stella starts laughing at something Mac just said, something that would probably upset Peyton but she doesn’t care. She just loves being around him and thinks to herself that they make since and should be together.
“And you've got a smile
That could light up this whole town
I haven't seen it in awhile
Since she brought you down
You say you're fine
I know you better than that
Hey what you doing
With a girl like that”
Mac smiles widely at Stella laughing at him. “Whoa, is that a Mac Taylor smile? I thought you forgot how to do that!” “Funny Bonasera!” Stella looks Mac dead in the eyes and asks, “Mac why are you with Peyton I mean what’s so great about her?” “I don’t know Stella she’s smart, funny, nice and great to look at. I just really like her.”
“Just asking.” Stella says with a hint of disappointment.
“She wears high heels
I wear sneakers
She's cheer captain
I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day
When you wake up and find
That what you're looking for
Has been here the whole time”
During half-time five senior girls are nominated for Homecoming Queen and Peyton is one of them. She steps out onto the field wearing a beautiful blue dress and black high heels. She is escorted by Mac who is a Homecoming King nominee. Stella watches from the bleachers wearing her red Adidas sneakers wishing it was her down there on the field with Mac. “Why can’t he just wake up and realize that we should be together? We make sense and adore each other.”
“If you could see
That I'm the one
Who understands you
Been here all along
So why can't you
See you belong with me
Standing by and
Waiting at your backdoor
All this time
How could you not know
Baby
You belong with me
You belong with me.”
At the end of the game the crowd clears from the stands after they had won the game. Stella walks down to her car to wait for Mac to congratulate him on winning and being elected Homecoming King. “Damnit Mac why can’t you see you belong with me. I understand you and accept you for all of your flaws and your good points. I can’t help it I’m in love with my best friend.”
“Oh, I remember
You driving to my house
In the middle of the night
I'm the one who makes you laugh
When you know you're about to cry
And I know your favorite songs
And you tell me about your dreams
Think I know where you belong
Think I know it's with me”
Stella thinks back to a night not too long ago when Mac drove to her house in the middle of the night on a Saturday because he was having a hard time and needed someone to talk too. Stella invited him up to her room and cracked a joke which made him laugh and then she turned on one of his favorite songs on the radio. They started to have a conversation and Mac told her about his dreams of becoming a Marine. Stella just listened in awe and encouraged him to go for his dreams. When he left for the Marines she wanted to be the one to say goodbye to him and to see him off because she belonged with him at his side.
“Can't you see
That I'm the one
Who understands you
Been here all along
So why can't you see?
You belong with me.”
“Why can’t he just see that we belong with each other? I’ve waited for so long to be with him and it will happen he has to get rid of Peyton.”
“Have you ever thought
Just maybe
You belong with me?”
“Hey Mac, I have something very important to ask you and well err... tell you.”
“Sure, Stella what is it?”
“Well I was just…Will you go out with me dump Peyton and go out with me? Truth is I’m in love with you Mac and have been for a long time. You belong with me not Peyton. Please Mac?”
“You know Stella since you just said that everything makes sense. Peyton and me we have fun but the truth is no one gets to me the way you do. You make me laugh, you’re smart, funny, sexy, but the best part of all is you’re my best friend. I’ve never really noticed it but we do make sense.”
“So, is that a yes you will go out with me and dump Peyton, or are you just rambling?”
“It’s a yes Stella I would love to be your boyfriend and spend every day with you. You know I love you too and though I’m not sure how long I have I do know that you’re the one for me Peyton was just a distraction.”
Stella grins her mega-watt smile and Mac pulls her into a tight embrace and then kisses her passionately.
