*Third Person: No One's POV*
"What do you guys have planned for this weekend?" Vern asked Gordie, Chris, and Teddy as the four of them squeezed into a booth at Blue Point Diner.
"Nothing," Chris pouted. "Jayme's mad at me."
"Oh yeah. That fight that Maddie provoked," Teddy said, smugly.
"Provoked? I'm surprised you even know what that means," Chris replied and Teddy shot him the finger.
"What about you guys?" Vern asked, looking from Teddy to Gordie.
"Paige has to hang out with her mom's friend's kids all weekend, so…no," Gordie said.
"I'm taking Willow down to Togus with me and my mom this weekend. I'm re-introducing her to my dad since she's my girlfriend now," Teddy explained, proudly.
"Okay. So, if you want, Vern, Chris and I will hang out with yo—" Gordie started, but Vern cut him off.
"Can't! I have a date!" he chirped.
"Dude. Cindy dumped you, what? Two weeks ago?" Chris guessed.
"One and a half, actually."
"Dude."
"What? It's not like she's gonna find out."
"Castle Rock is a small town. She'll find out."
"Alright, assholes, here's your food," Willow said, putting it in front of them.
"Thanks, Wil," they all chimed before digging in.
"Anyway, so what?" Vern continued their conversation. "She dumped me! Her loss!"
"What are you talking about?" Willow asked, putting her hands on her hips.
"Vern-o has a date," Gordie explained.
"Damn, dude. Didn't Cindy dump you like, yesterday?" she asked.
"A week and a half ago, thank you very much."
"Whatever. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go back to listening to Jayme bitch about what a douchebag Chambers is," she said and walked back to the counter.
"Crap," Chris grumbled, receiving smirks from Gordie, Teddy, and Vern.
"Chambers, what'd you do?" Teddy asked, smirking.
"So? What happened? Were they talking about me?" Jayme asked, eagerly as Willow walked back to the counter.
"No, freak. They were talking about Vern's date," the redhead replied.
"Oh," Jayme replied, frowning.
"What? Do you want Chris to be talking about you behind your back?"
"Well…no. But he should be miserable about our fight!"
"Oh My God," Willow said, sighing. "You do not understand relationships at all, do you?"
"Look who's talking!" Jayme cried.
"What does that mean?"
"All you and Teddy do is hang out as friends and fool around and stuff. I bet you guys haven't even had your first real fight yet."
"We have too," Willow replied, defensively.
"Petty little arguments that last five minutes don't count, Wil," Jayme pointed out.
"Well so what if me and Teddy don't fight? Doesn't that mean our relationship is going well?"
"I just think it's not normal if couples don't fight. Fighting is healthy. Fighting with the one you love brings you closer together."
"Whatever, Jayme. All I know is that you're on your own now. Go pick up Chris's check like a big girl instead of sending your friends to do it for you," Willow snapped and went to take a young couple's order.
*Paige's POV*I walked into the Blue Point Diner and saw Willow and Jayme cold-shouldering each other. Yikes. Don't want to get in the middle of that drama, I thought and made my way over to the booth where Gordie, Chris, Teddy, and Vern were sitting.
"Hey, guys," I said, shoving Teddy over (who squashed Vern against the wall) so I could sit.
"Hi, Paige," they all said, Teddy and Vern glaring at me.
"What's going on?"
"Chris was just telling us about his and Jayme's fight," Vern explained.
"Really? What happened?" I asked.
"Jayme came over to my house to make up after our first fight but my dad's been on a mean streak lately and I said some things I shouldn't have," Chris grumbled.
"Liiiiiike?"
"Like that I was sick of having to deal with Maddie drama because they're cousins."
"Ooh, that's bad," I said.
"That's not even the worst part," Teddy added, smirking.
"I might've also said…that Jayme is more like Maddie than she thinks she is and that sometimes I think it's not worth being together if Maddie's always going to be there, sabotaging everything."
"Damn, Chris. You messed up big time," I stated, trying not to show how amused I was.
"Something else happened…that I didn't tell you guys…" Chris murmured.
"What happened?" Gordie asked.
"This is gonna be great," Teddy cried, grinning.
"Jayme sort of brought up when I cheated on her with Willow," Chris's eyes darted over to Teddy, who was glaring at him now. "and I told her that I wasn't sorry."
All eyes were on Teddy, who crossed his arms over his chest and was glaring daggers at Chris. Oh shit, I thought, remembering all the trouble I caused that day. Or rather, the trouble that Chris and Willow caused but I exposed. It's still party my fault.
"Oh, you're not?" Teddy snarled.
"Of course I am, Teddy. Come on, man, I just said that to Jayme cuz I was mad. I wasn't even gonna say anything but…" Chris trailed off.
"But what?" Teddy pushed.
"I don't know. I just thought that Jayme might say something to Willow and that might cause problems…between you two. And I know that this weekend is really important to both of you, with your dad and everything—"
"Willow and I are fine!" Teddy snapped, standing up. "Okay? Any problems we have are our problems and it's none of your business, Chambers. I don't need your help." I quickly got out of the booth, giving Teddy room to leave. He stomped out the front door, slamming it so hard that the little bell broke off.
"What the hell was that?" Willow asked, coming up to our table as I slid back into the booth.
"Chris was being a dumbass and reminded Teddy of when you guys kissed," Gordie said and I rolled my eyes at my boyfriend. What a delicate way to put it.
"Chris…" Willow mumbled, sadly. "You know he gets upset when people bring up the kiss. Especially you."
"I know, Wil, I'm sorry. I don't even know why I brought it up," Chris replied.
"Well…I guess I could go talk to him after my shift is over," she said, smiling tightly and then quickly walking back to the counter.
"Great," Chris grumbled.
"Well you shouldn't have brought up the kiss. You know how Teddy is," I said.
"Yeah, thanks, Paige. I think I got it," Chris replied, snarkily.
"Hey, hey, hey, you guys," Gordie said, holding his hands up. I could tell that he wasn't sure who he should be sticking up for. "calm down."
"Yeah!" Vern chirped. "Quit worrying about Teddy and Willow! Let's go back to talking about my date. None of you even asked me who it's with." Everyone laughed at that.
"Who are you going out with this weekend?" Chris asked, grinning.
"Alison Dale! Can you believe that? I can't believe I bagged another cheerleader after Maddie!"
"Wow, Vern, I'm impressed. Alison's hot," Gordie remarked and I kicked him under the table.
"I liked Cindy better. She was sweet. I just know that Alison's going to be exactly like Maddie," I said.
"Proves what you know. Maddie was the head cheerleader but Alison's one of the lesser cheerleaders. You know, the kind that popular cheerleaders won't talk to," Vern explained and we all stared.
"It's scary, really, that you know that. And sad," Chris said while everyone smirked at Vern.
"Shut up! Maddie told me all kinds of things like that when we were dating."
"Yeah, sure, Vern."