I DON'T OWN LEMONADE MOUTH!
RAY:
"Oh…um...we're all leaving." I sigh and open my eyes to see a blushing Scott and a smiling Mo.
"Are you two coming or do you want us to just…go?" Mo mumbles through her grin.
"Mo it isn't what you think." Stella mumbles and places her necklace around her neck.
"Far from it." I say and slip on my shirt.
"well um…we'll be…over there." With that Scott closes the door and Stella sighs in relief.
"I'm never going to hear the end of Mo's prying." She mumbles and crosses her arms.
"Why? Just tell her the truth; you were so excited about seeing me that you purposefully slammed yourself into me to get my attention and we miraculously ended up in the supply closet together." I say and smirk when her eyes widen.
"You are such a…urg! I can't even think of a word bad enough to describe you." She grumbles and huffs angrily.
"Would you calm down? If there's one thing I've learned from growing up at Mesa, it's deny, deny, deny. She says she knows what she saw? Deny it. She accuses of you blushing when they found us deny it and say that this room isn't air conditioned." I explain and smirk when she stares at me for a second. "sweetie it's rude to stare." With that I finish buttoning my shirt and walk out.
"jerk." I hear her grumble.
When I walk out fot he church I see that everyone else is gone and the only people still in the church are those that are waiting for the 1:30 mass to start.
"You need a ride?" I ask when Stella walks out into the parking lot and freezes.
"Are you being serious right now or is this one of your stupid jokes?" she asks and places her hands on her hips with an eyebrow raised.
"I'm being serious." I say and roll my eyes when she hesitantly glances at my car.
"thanks." She mumbles and walks over to the passenger side.
SCOTT:
"Do you think that maybe they're finally…feeling?" Mo asks and smiles widely.
"I honestly have no idea." I say and smile slightly when we reach the small dirt road that lead to the lake side house where the small party was going to be held.
"I hope so. They've been attracted to each other since Stella first moved in. everyone sees it but them." She says and smiles.
"you really want them to end up together don't you?" I say and take her hand.
"yes! You don't get it I've been trying to get them together since the sixth grade! They're both so stubborn though!" she grumbles.
"Mo it's their relationship on the line. Please don't meddle. If it's meant to be then it'll happen by its self." I say and pull her hand up to kiss the soft skin.
"But…"
"No meddling. Promise me." I say and squeeze her hand gently. She sighs before nodding reluctantly.
"Okay I promise." I smile and pull into the drive way. Rays parents had rented the small cabin like house for us to hold a small get together. It would just be Mo, Stella, Olivia, Charlie, Ray, Wen and I. we would spend the night here and then in the morning Mo and I are leaving to Spain for our honeymoon while the others stay here for the rest of the summer.
"Good. Now come on Wen, Olivia and Charlie beat us here and knowing Charlie's klutziness he'll probably break something soon and I don't want to get in trouble." With that we both get out and walk in.
"Hey! Back here!" we follow the sound of laughter to see Wen along with Olivia standing on the balcony looking out at the lake, faces red form laughter.
"Where's Charlie?" I ask and look around the living room.
"look!" Olivia gasps between laughs and points down at the lake. I lean over and let out a chuckle at the sight of Charlie fumbling in the lake, trying to get himself to float on a pool noodle while desperately flailing to keep his head over the water.
"Why is he already in there?" Mo asks and chuckles softly.
"We tried to get him to wait but he wouldn't listen." Wen answers and sighs.
"Guys?" we all look up to see Ray and Stella walking in.
"Hey." Mo smiles and walks over to Stella. With one small motion Olivia smiles and follows them to one of the rooms.
"so dude tell me the truth, what were you two doing?" I mumble as Ray comes and stands next to me.
"nothing happened okay?" with that he leaves and heads towards what I guessed was the kitchen.
"ok really? Nothing happened while you were in a supply closet with the girl you've been crushing on since you were ten?" I smile when his ears become a bright red.
"She's not my crush since I was ten!" he hisses and yanks open the refrigerator door.
"Uh-huh. Yeah right sure."
RAY:
"I'm serious." I say and grab one of the many apples that have been tucked into the drawers of the fridge. It was stocked to a point where every available inch was occupied.
"Why are you in denial huh?" I throw the apple at Scott and watch as he catches it with a laugh.
Calm down Beech. Take your own advice and put it to use…Deny Deny, Deny. I think to myself before grabbing another able and sitting on the counter.
"I don't know what you're talking about." I say and bite into the green skin of the fruit.
"God help him." I hear Scott mumble with a smile.
"You're an idiot you know that?" I say and watch as he chuckles. I remember the day that I learned that whole 'Deny' technique. It worked back then and it sure dide work right now.
FLASHBACK:
I was standing in line facing two men that were supposed to be the soccer coaches this year for Mesa's boy Soccer team. In line along with me were Scott, Charlie, and about half of the boys that live here in Mesa.
"Alright Boys. I'm Coach Wiseman, this is Coach Veldari. Thos of you that make the team this year will be seeing a lot of us. Today you'll be showing us your skills in a series of Activities we've set up. Sort off is our goalie Activity. Everyone will take a turn at kicking a ball to another boy. This will show us how well your aim is and how well the goalie stops the up to the net is…Raymond Beech."
With a sigh I drag my feet ver to the batter goal and position myself in the middle.
"Alright Boys. First up to kick is…Devan Bigano." A kid around the age of eleven steps forward to the net and kicks it. I chuckle when it rolls slowly towards me.
"Alright Bigano end of the line. Next up is Charlie Delgado."
Charlie steps forward and looks at goal for a few seconds before stepping forward and letting his foot come forward. I watch as his foot misses the ball entirely and he falls onto his butt. We all let out snickers and chuckles as he sighs and goes to the back of the line with a grumble.
"Alright Delgado you'll get another shot later. Next is Blake Dominguez." Wiseman says and smiles slightly as a brown skinned boy steps forward with a smirk.
" you sure you want me to take a whack coach? You know I'm gonna make the team." He says and places the ball a few feet in front of him. Before anyone can blink, he runs forward and kicks the ball. I can to run and jump just so that the tips of my fingers can graze thing. Luckily that's all it takes to send it towards the left a bit more and it bounces off the post.
"Alright, good job Beech!" Wiseman screams and nods before continuing to call kids up. But the time everyone's kicked the ball only two kids have gotten it past me. they would be Drake Pickaloni and Junie Morales. They're both the same age as me but have been on the soccer team since they were around eight. Of course they'd get it past me.
"okay Beech, get in line for your turn to kick, Bigano step up to the goal." Veldari says and hands me a ball once I'm in line.
"Check it out." I look up at Scott who's in front of me and notice he's pointing to the door that leads into the community center which just happened to be between two sets of bleachers that face the field where we're at.
"What?" I say and frown. My frown turns into a glare hen the door opens and Stella walks out with Olivia and Mo.
"Your girlfriend might get to see you kick.
"She's not my girl friend!" I hiss and watch as the three of them giggle without even noticing that we're within hearing distance.
"Hey Stella, look." I hear Mo say and nods towards us. The three of them stop and stare for a second before Mo and Olivia start waking again.
"Beech quit daydreaming! You're up." I look away from Stella and step forward.
"Come on Ray!" I hear Charlie call out before he chuckles. I take three steps back before running forward and kicking the ball. I soars into a high arch before it swoops down and lands in the next.
"Nice Beech!" Veldari compliments in awe as I walk to the back of the line. Looking up I see that Stella is running to catch up with Mo and Olivia. For some reason I feel my smile disappear and a sharp pull in my chest when I realize she didn't see the goal that I had made.
"looks like someone is sad because they're girlfriend didn't see the goial he made just for her." Scott mumbles to Charlie.
"for the last time she isn't my girlfriend!" I grumbles and looks up as some other kid gets intot he goal.
"Yeah right." they mumble together.
"Hello? Earth to Beech, come in Beech." I look up when two hands clap in front of my face.
"What?" I say and look up to see Charlie in swim trunks. He's soaked and I frown when I notice his hair is still dry.
"Are you coming or what? Everyone's already down in the lake!" he says before walking out.
"Yeah I'll be right there." I call out as I walk to the door where I had put my duffle.
STELLA:
"Do you remember the first time we saw the guys playing soccer?" i smile at the memory Olivia brings up.
"yeah, it was the day Charlie's parents dragged him to soccer tryouts even though he begged them to let him take drum lessons." Mo says and smiles as she finishes getting ready to go for a swim.
It's also the day you were first impressed by Ray. I think and blush at the clear memory.
FLASHBACK:
Mo, Olivia and I were walking out from the art class we were taking at the community center when we came across the Boy's soccer team tryouts. While Mo and Olivia walked away uninterested I stayed when I noticed Scott was up to kick the ball. He kicked the black and white ball just barely hard enough for it to get past the goalie but the Coach didn't say anything to congratulate him for the good kick. Ray was called up and I started to back away just as he was getting ready to kick.
"Come on Stella!" I heard Mo call out. I nod and turn around to start running but not before I watch as ray kicked the ball. I was in awe as I watch the ball curve in mid air before launching its self into the net. After the ball hit the white rope of the net I turned around ran to Mo and Oliva. I only heard the sound of one of the coaches complimenting Ray before I was too far to be within hearing distance.
"Come on Stell." I look up and smile slightly before walking out of the room.
"Coming." I say and grab a towel on my way out before catching up to Mo and Olivia as we walk out of the small house and to the long dock.
"Is ray coming?" Olivia asks when we see that the only people at the lake are Charlie, Wen, and Scott.
"I don't know." Mo says as she drops her towel on the dock and starts removing the over sized T-shirt that hid her swim suit.
"I doubt it." I mumble and do the same with my T-shirt and shorts.
"I'm gonna go get a drink." I hear Charlie say as he gets out fo the water.
"Get Ray while you're at it!" Scott calls out as Charlie runs to the house.
Fifteen minutes later:
I'm watching as Wen and Scott try to wrestle in the water when I hear footsteps behind me. Instead of getting in water right away, I had decided to sit on the dock for a bit. When I turn to see who the footsteps belong to I can't help but stare for a few seconds at the sight of a tanned six pack along with Navy Blue trunks over strong looking legs.
"It's rude to stare Stella." I roll my eyes to hide my embarrassment when Ray snickers and sits next to me.
"come on! The lake it here for a reason and it's not to just around." With that Charlie grabs my hand and pulls me in.
"Charlie!" I scream when I come up from the water. I'm about to start swimming towards him when I'm interrupted by a big splash.
"Whoa!" Wen and Scott chuckle and before I can react a laughing Ray pops out of the water…just a few inches from me.
Okay so I just want to point out that this story is mostly going to be about ray and stella but there will be some Wen/Olivia and Scott/Mo. Charlie will be more like the glue that originally got them all to meet. Wen will appear in the flash backs soon maybe in the next chapter and if not the one after that. Once again thank you to my sister who gave me the idea and thank you all for reviewing!