From Zero to Her Hero

Chapter 1: The Gospel Truth

The bell rang indicating that the school day was finally over. Waverly Earp hurried out of her English class to get to her locker before the hallways became too crowded. She traded out the books she didn't need to take home for the ones she did and closed her locker. On her way out of the building, Waverly waved to Chrissy and Rosita and found Wynonna waiting for her at the bottom of the steps talking to Doc.

"Hey," Waverly said approaching the two.

"Waverly," Doc smiled, tipping an imaginary hat that sat atop his head.

"You ready?" Wynonna smiled and draped her arm along her sister's shoulders.

Waverly nodded and the two said their goodbyes to Doc before heading towards Wynonna's truck. They walked in silence for a few minutes and Wynonna could tell that Waverly was abnormally happy about something, she just didn't know what.

"What's got you in such a good mood?" Wynonna asked.

Waverly's smile only widened. "The school play," was all she said. "We've picked the school play. Well, I've picked it."

"Well? What is it?" Wynonna pressed.

"Hercules," Waverly grinned at her sister as they reached the blue and white pickup truck.

"Hercules," Wynonna said as she got into her car. "You had the chance to pick the show this shitty high school puts on every year, and you chose Hercules."

"What's so bad about that?" Waverly huffed as she slid into the passenger seat.

"We used to watch that movie all the god damn time when we were younger. That's what's so bad about it," Wynonna looked at her sister and placed a hand on her knee. "You know I love you, baby girl, but I think I'll be sitting this one out. No auditioning for me."

"What? Wynonna, come on! You used to run around the house quoting the film verbatim. You'd sing all of the songs, dance all of the moves," Waverly looked at her sister. "Cry when Herc sacrifices himself to save Meg," she wiggled her eyebrows at Wynonna, smirking.

Wynonna grunted and turned the key in the ignition, starting the car. "Fuck off, Waves," she said with a hint of laughter to her voice.

"I'm sure Doc would love to see you up on that stage," Waverly grinned and caught Wynonna's eye in the mirror.

"And I'm sure Tucker would love to see you up there," Wynonna fired back.

"What was that insult for? I mention your kinda-sorta boyfriend and you come back with my personal stalker," Waverly crossed her arms.

"It's what you get for making Bobo agree to do this stupid play," Wynonna said as she pulled out of the school parking lot, honking at her friends as she passed them by.

Waverly caught the eye of Nicole Haught and smiled at her, to which the redhead responded with an eye roll. Waverly bit her lower lip and shrugged. "Well he told me to choose. I thought you'd appreciate it. Guess I was wrong, huh?"

"You know it's not because that movie annoys me, right?" Wynonna continued as she felt the younger Earp's eyes on her. "It's because of a certain someone whom I choose to not mention for fear of her coming to murder me in my sleep."

"Willa isn't going to murder you. Maybe me, but not you. She loves you," Waverly kept her eyes on her sister as she spoke.

"It doesn't matter anymore," Wynonna shrugged. "She made her choice and left with daddy. Thank God for Gus, am I right?" She laughed but Waverly could tell how forced it was.

"Wynonna, I chose to do Hercules because of you. Because of the good memories of us – you and me – that movie made when we were younger. Willa wasn't even in the back of my mind when I pitched the idea to Bobo."