After that dinner at Shelby's house I didn't speak to my dads. If they would have told me that they had booked their vacation I would have signed up for the camp but being as it was the summer before senior year I was planing on spending it with them, I guess they had a different idea.
I avoided Shelby as much as possible during my last week of school. I mean I already had to spend the entire summer with her so I really didn't want to see her more than I had to which was hard being as I wanted to hang out with Kennedy but I found a way around it. I invited Kennedy over to my house and we hung out there during exam week until she had to go home and then I would drop her off or she would drive home depending on how she got to my house. My dads knew better than to bother us and we didn't have to deal with Shelby so it was a win win situation. It was the last day of exams that I was not happy about. That was the last night that I was spending at my house. My dads made me pack the night before the last day of school. My dads watched as I put all my clothes into the suitcases that they had bought me for long trips. When I was done packing they put my suitcases in my car. In the morning I drove to school and took my last final and then waited for Kennedy to finish. She met me by my car before we drove to Shelby's house.
"What's with the long face?" She she asked as we pulled into the driveway behind her Range Rover.
"I'm here, why do you think I have a long face?"
"It's not going to be that bad." She said getting out of the car.
"Are you going to help me carry in my things?" I asked opening my door and stepping out into the driveway.
"How much stuff do you have?" She asked walking back over to the car.
"Just a few things." I lied as we walked to the truck and I pulled out my four suitcases.
"This is just a few things?" She asked struggling to lift one of the bags.
"Well I am going to be here the entire summer." I complained and Kennedy rolled her eyes.
"It is not going to be that bad. I mean I am here." Kennedy said with a smile and I shoved her shoulder making her fall over from being off balance.
"That was un called for." Kennedy said laughing as she stood up.
"Help me bring my things in." I said heading towards the door carrying two suitcases and she grabbed the other two and followed me into the house.
Maria was in the living room playing with Beth when we walked in. She waved to us as we made our way upstairs and into my room. Kennedy threw my bags on the floor and then collapsed on the bed.
"Next time I am not carrying your bags." She said with her face buried in my pillow.
"Well hopefully there won't be a next time." I said throwing one of my bags onto of her.
"Get it off!" She screamed rolling over and I pulled it onto the floor laughing. "That was not funny." She said sitting up and I sat down next to her.
"I beg to differ." I said and she shoved my arm.
"Of course you would. You were not the one being crushed to death by a bag of clothes." She said pulling me off the bed as we started to un pack my things.
"So when is Shelby going to get back?" I asked folding some of my shorts that I brought placing them in my dresser.
"Are you back on this whole calling mom Shelby thing again? I thought you were over that stage..."
"I have only known her for like a month and a half and now I am living with her I don't think that is a stage that I can just get over." I said turning to her as she rolled her eyes.
"You know this was not her idea. This whole summer thing is something that your dads came up with, not our mom so don't take it out on her." Kennedy said hanging up some of my sweaters.
"I know but still, I am not happy about this." I said pouting and she threw a pillow at me.
"Pretend." She said as I threw the pillow back at her.
"Well can you at least answer my original question?" I asked.
"I don't know, it's the last day of school so it could take a while. She has to fill out paper work and stuff for next year and then she has to clean up her class room a little bit so who knows."
"Are we suppose to watch Beth or something?" I asked and Kennedy just laughed.
"Me watch Beth? You're joking right, do you remember the last time that I watched Beth? I am barely allowed by her when mom is here let alone when she isn't."
"Mom still isn't over that incident?" I asked putting the last of the clothes in one of my suitcases away.
"No, she brings it up at least once a day just to annoy me." Kennedy said placing my sweaters in the closet.
"Yeah well that is our mother for you." I said starting on my next suit case.
When we were done unpacking my things we walked into the living room where Beth was watching some cartoons and we sat down and talked for a while before Maria asked if we, mainly me, would watch Beth being as she had to leave. We agreed and she left.
"Do you think that mom is going to get mad that we are watching Beth?" I asked picking her up and putting her on my lap.
"I don't think so. I mean as long as we are actually watching her there is nothing to really get mad at." Kennedy said turning the television off.
"I hope you are right."
"Me too." Kennedy joked.
We played with Beth for a while before Kennedy took her up to her room so she could take a nap. When she was asleep Kennedy came back downstairs with the baby monitor and sat next to me on the couch.
"So she is asleep?" I asked and Kennedy smiled.
"Yes. Two songs and three stories later Beth is officially sleeping." She said tossing the baby monitor onto the table.
"You are the best big sister ever!" I said teasing her and she lightly shoved me.
"Technically you are my big sister." She said and I sat up.
"In that case make me a sandwich!" With that she tackled me and started to tickle me. "Stop, stop!" I said trying to breath while she held me down and tickled me.
"Only if you make me a sandwich!" Kennedy said and I shook my head.
"Never!" I called and she started to tickle me again.
"Say it!" She said and I just laughed seeing our mother standing behind her.
"Never!" I spat as Shelby grabbed her by the waist and pulled her back and started to tickle her.
"I give up! I give up!" Kennedy said as I joined our mother in tickling her.
"Are you going to make me a sandwich?" I asked and Shelby turned to look at me.
"Is that what this is all about?" Shelby asked laughing.
"Not exactly." I said and she just rolled her eyes and helped Kennedy up.
"So where is Beth?" Shelby asked looking around.
"Wait, were we suppose to watch her?" Kennedy asked completely serious.
"Kennedy!" Shelby yelled turning to her and we just laughed and pointed to the baby monitor.
"She just went down for her nap." I said as Shelby checked the monitor.
"What did you really think that we didn't watch her?" Kennedy said playing with her hair.
"I wouldn't put it past you." Shelby said walking into the kitchen.
"See what I have to deal with?" Kennedy said sprawling out on the couch.
"I can still hear you!" Shelby called from the kitchen and I laughed before I got up and followed her into the kitchen.
"So..." I said taking a seat at the table and Kennedy followed me.
"So what?" Shelby asked taking a seat at the head of the table.
"I don't know. I just figured that you would want to talk to me being as I am going to be staying here..." I said trailing off at the end.
"You know my rules and you know what happens if you break them. But I do want to talk to you and Kennedy about our plans this summer." She said looking at the both of us.
"Alright then talk." Kennedy said and Shelby glared at her before continuing.
"Well your grandparents called a few days ago and asked if we would come to this year's family reunion..."
"And you turned them down again right?" Kennedy said leaning across the table.
"I was going to but then your aunt called and then your uncle..."
"Mom!" Kennedy said and Shelby held up her hand to Kennedy's protest.
"We haven't gone in a few years and they all want to meet Beth and Rachel..."
"And tell them they can visit anytime they want to..."
"Kennedy we are going so get over yourself." Shelby said as Kennedy rolled her eyes and leaned back in her chair.
"So when is this?" Kennedy asked and Shelby bit her bottom lip.
"We leave in two days..."
"What?" Kennedy and I said at the same time.
"We have to fly to Florida and then we are spending two weeks there, plus we have to get back for the rehearsals I scheduled so two days..."
"That means we have like no summer." Kennedy said getting up from her seat.
"Sit." That was all Shelby said before Kennedy turned to her in defiance.
"Look I'm going to this whole reunion thing because I have to and I will leave in two days and I will be the happiest person on the plane but right now I want to be mad so I am going to be mad. Now if you will excuse me I am going to finish storming out." Kennedy said turning and storming out of the house. I watched Shelby flinch as the door slammed shut and then she turned to me.
"Well she took that better than I thought she would." I just stared at her in disbelief.
"That was taking it well?"
"You know Kennedy. Anyway what do you think?" Shelby asked biting her lower lip in anticipation.
"Well I don't know. I mean I am sort of excited to meet more of my family, I mean I don't know my other grandparents and both of my dads are only children so I would love to go." I said as a smile spread across her face.
"I am glad that one of you is excited about it." Shelby said getting up from the table.
"Well you have a one in two chance." I said joking with her and she laughed.
"And most of the time I strike out." She said back to me and I smiled. Maybe this summer wouldn't be as bad as I thought it was going to be.
I couldn't believe my mother. Of all the things that she could have planned for us to so this summer she had to choose going to a family reunion. I mean I knew that the invitation was coming, it always did but over the past few years she had declined the invitations so I wasn't expecting this.
I ran out to the curb and texted Puck to come and get me and for some reason the response I got was him pulling into my driveway with a huge smile on his face. I climbed into the car and he pulled out of the driveway and onto the road.
"So where were you that you got here so fast?" I asked as he sped down the street.
"I was waiting for you to call or text. I knew it was only a matter of time with Rachel in your house before you needed your knight in shining armor." Puck said with a smile.
"And all I got was you." I joked and he shoved me.
"So what is going on?" He asked still focused on the road.
"My mom is taking us all to Florida."
"That sounds like fun." Puck said not getting why I was upset.
"It would be if it wasn't to go to a family reunion." I said as he started to laugh. "It is not funny Puck. Imagine an entire two weeks with people just like my mother." His laughter died down as he looked at me.
"I'm sorry about that. So when do you leave?" He asked pulling into the parking lot.
"Two days."
"That soon?" He asked surprised.
"That was what I said. It is like she is trying to torture me."
"Yeah well the sooner you go the sooner you come back." Puck said with a smile and I rolled my eyes.
"It means that I will be away from you soon as well." I said as his smile fade but came back quickly.
"Maybe I could give you something to remember me by." Puck said leaning over and kissing me and I pushed him away after a short kiss.
"I'm not ready to have sex with you Puck." I waited for him to give me a disappointed look but he didn't which was nice.
"Kennedy I am not dating you just because I want to have sex with you. I mean yeah eventually I hope that you and I can do it but I get that you aren't ready and I am okay with that." Puck said stroking my face with his hand.
"You really are the best boy friend I have ever had." I said leaning over and kissing him leading to him wrapping his hands around the back of my neck and making our kiss last a long time before he broke away.
"And you are the best girl friend I have ever had." Puck said before he pulled out of he parking lot and drove back to my house.
"What are we doing here?" I asked as he turned off his car.
"Well if I am going to be the best boy friend you have ever had we might want to tell your mother so we can make this thing official." He said opening his car door and getting out.
"Wait Puck." I called walking behind him to the front door where I promptly pulled him to the side where we couldn't be seen.
"Kennedy what are you doing?" He asked pulling his arm away from me.
"I don't think that this is a good idea. I mean she knows that we have been hanging out a lot but she made it clear to me that she was not happy about this." I said gesturing to the both of us. "I don't think that us telling her that we are dating is the best thing that we can do right now. I mean Rachel just moved in and I just stormed out this might not be the best time to tell her that we are dating..."
"When is going to be the right time Kennedy? I mean there is always going to be something that is going to come up making it the wrong time. I want to be your boy friend but I don't want to have to lie about it. This is the last thing that we have to do to make this official and I really want to make this step, please Kennedy..." The look on Puck's face made me give in. I nodded and he kissed me while grabbing my hand pulling me towards the front door.
"Okay so this is how this is going to go. You follow me in there, no touching, no kissing, nothing until we get her to sit down and talk to us...in private. No Rachel, no Beth, just us. When we get her to agree to that you tell her that you asked me out and after her freakout I will tell her that we are now dating. Does that sound like a plan to you?" I asked and he shook his head.
"You just might be more insane than your sister." Puck said and I shoved him a little.
"I am not. I just want a battle plan to make sure that nothing goes wrong. We are in her territory and she is going to have the advantage..."
"Isn't this also your territory?" Puck joked and I gave him a look that made him stop with his comments.
"So do you think that you are ready?" I asked squeezing Puck's hand before letting go.
"I was the one who wanted to do this in the first place." He said pushing past me before I pulled him back and opened the door before he could knock. "What was that for?" He asked as I opened the door.
"Remember I live here? It would be a little weird if I rang the doorbell and waited for her to answer, it would be a giant red flag for her." I said pushing the door open and then I walked inside with Puck right behind me.
Rachel and our mom were sitting at the table talking about my aunt Sydney when I walked in with Puck.
"Kennedy?" My mother said in disbelief as I stood in front of her.
"Can we talk to you in private?" I asked gesturing to Puck waiting for her response.
"Yeah." She said looking at Rachel who got up from where she was sitting and went upstairs to her room. My mom waited until she was gone before she gestured to the seats at the table and Puck and I sat down. "So what is this about?" She asked straightening out her shirt.
"Well..." I started as I turned to Puck and he gave me a reassuring smile so I continued. "Puck and I wanted to talk to you about..."
"Kennedy and I are dating." Puck spat and I could see my mother's face harden.
"What?" My mother stated looking at the both of us.
I was beyond furious. When Puck asked me about dating Kennedy at nationals I clearly said no but apparently he didn't listen.
"He asked me out last week and I told him yes. I mean it isn't that serious we just started dating." Kennedy said before I held up hand up to silence her.
"You asked her out after I told you not to?" I said directly to Puck who looked scared to death.
"You told him to not ask me out?" Kennedy said clearly upset.
"Yes I told him that. I do not want you two dating, I still don't." Kennedy's jaw dropped in amazement as she shook her head slowly.
"I can't believe you!" She screamed but one look from me and she got silent.
"I have my reasons for not wanting you two to date but I guess they don't matter anymore..."
"They never mattered. This is my life!" Kennedy sneered again grabbing Puck's hand. "I am going to date Puck whether you like it or not so just deal with it." Kennedy said leaning over and kissing Puck making me cringe.
"Enough!" I yelled as they broke away from each other. "I don't know what to do right now, I mean clearly my opinion in your relationship doesn't matter but I still am not happy about this..."
"Maybe I should I leave." Puck said starting to get up before Kennedy grabbed his hand and pulled him back down into his chair.
"Why don't you like Puck?" She questioned and I wasn't sure how to answer her.
"It's not that I don't like Puck..."
"Then what is it? If it isn't that you don't like him why don't you want me to date him?" Kennedy asked leaning into Puck's chest.
"Because he is the reason I have Beth. Kennedy you had enough trouble resisting sex when you were dating Michael and Jesse and now with Puck..."
"I'm not like them." Puck said cutting me off. "I would never ask Kennedy to have sex if she wan't ready. I mean ask Rachel I never pressured her to do anything she didn't want to do when we were dating..."
"You dated Rachel?" I asked raising an eyebrow.
"For a few days at the most, it didn't work out. Look I really like Kennedy and I am not going screw that up with making her do something she doesn't want to do. And I am going to date her whether you like it or not. I am all in with Kennedy and you can't change that." He said wrapping his arm around Kennedy and she smiled.
"What are you doing for the next few weeks?" I asked Puck knowing that there was only one way to stop this madness.
"Who me?" Puck asked as Kennedy sat up and shot me a look asking me not to do this but it was too late.
"Yes you." I said with a smile.
"Nothing why?" He asked curiously.
"How would you like to go to Florida with us?" He looked at Kennedy and then turned back to me.
"I couldn't afford to go..."
"I would pay for it. I want you and Dean, Rachel's boyfriend to come with us. My treat."
"Are you serious right now?" Puck asked sitting up a little straighter.
"Puck think about what she is asking." Kennedy said but Puck wasn't listening.
"Yes I am serious, what do you say?" I asked giving Puck an offer he couldn't refuse.
"Puck!" Kennedy snapped trying to get him to say no.
"Let him make his own decision." I said looking from Puck to Kennedy and then back to Puck.
"Yes. I would love to go..."
"What about your mom and your sister?" Kennedy asked trying to change his mind.
"My sister is at camp this entire summer and my mom has to work. I mean I have to talk to her about it first but I am sure she will let me go."
"Great. I will pick you up on the way to the airport in two days, until then stay away from Kennedy." I said with a smile as Kennedy got up from the table with Puck.
She came back a few minutes later and leaned on the table.
"I cannot believe you!" She said glaring at me.
"What? Isn't this what you want?" I asked innocently.
"That was low, even for you." She said walking to the stairs and I got up and followed her up into Rachel's room.
"You will not believe what mom did." She said walking in and sitting on her bed.
"Why don't I tell her." I said leaning against the door frame.
"Be my guest." Kennedy said lying down dramatically.
"Will someone just tell me?" Rachel said putting her ipod on her desk.
"I invited Puck to come to Florida with us and I am going to extend the same invitation to Dean..."
"Seriously?" Rachel said getting excited.
"Don't get excited remember that means that they have to meet the family." Kennedy said sitting up and I saw the excitement fade from Rachel's face.
"Mom." Rachel said with a look that was similar to one that Kennedy gave to me earlier.
"Damage has already been done. I will let you talk to Dean but you will ask him. Now dinner will be in two hours and I want you both down in the kitchen with smiles on your faces." I said walking out of Rachel's room and down into the kitchen where I started dinner. All in all it was going to be an interesting summer.
A/n: So here we go, the sequel is finally here. I hope you like it because well I really do. Anyway review and let me know what you think because that would be amazing and make my day! Yep that is about it :) please review!
-Katie