A/N: Oki, chapter 2 [day 2] is all here and ready to go. It's really, really long. lol Not only does it cover Gwen's day at school but also a nice date. :) Now I said in the first chapter this story is finished. However, I've been playing with the idea of writing an alternative ending. Which would most likely make this story about 40-44 pages long, instead of 35. But we'll have to see how this does before I decide to write that. lol Also one last thing, I didn't know what Gwen's favorite movie was till last night--since I spoiled TDA for myself and watched about 11 episodes of it, where she says what her favorite movie is...so...just go with it. lol Enjoy~
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Morning came and Duncan's ratty drapes didn't really keep the sun out for to long. It had to be the way he managed to make it to school on time. Gwen opened her eyes some and groaned. She felt Duncan roll over onto his side to avoid the invading rays of light, and she slid off his chest and fit almost perfectly in the slight curl he was in. His arm was even around her.
"Duncan, we're going to be late for school." Gwen said trying to get him to wake up.
"No we're not. It's only 6:15."
"How do you know?"
"I woke up about 400 times before at this exact point in the day, and my body finally realized it was to damn early." He said through a yawn.
"What happened to your blinds?"
"Got mad one day when they wouldn't close and I ripped them down. I think it was last week or something." He said falling back to sleep.

Gwen slept for at least another hour, and when she felt Duncan getting up she did as well.
"Quarter till 8." He said before she could ask. Gwen nodded some. She forced herself up, and forced herself to collect her clothes from the day before and walk into the bathroom and change.

Gwen went to her Psychology class without bringing up what had happened the night before with Duncan and she was glad she didn't, she didn't think she could explain to him what made her kiss him first, and then again she didn't want to know why he continued it.

She turned in her paper at the end of class and left to Math. At least she could see LeShawna. She half wondered if she should tell her what happened. She didn't really want a tongue lasing, so she decided to keep it to herself. Thank God she had seen Courtney yet. She was going to try her hardest to act like she always did around her.

Gwen slid into her seat in math class. LeShawna smiled at her.
"Morning." She said.
"Morning." Gwen said back. LeShawna suddenly raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"What is that are you neck?"
"What is what on my neck?" Gwen asked blinking.
"That." She said as she whipped out a compact and opened it and showed her. Gwen's eyes widened. Oh. Holy Mother of God, no.
"Who was you with last night?" LeShawna asked wiggling her eyebrows some in a teasing manor.
"Um…no one." She said. Yeah, smooth.
"Gwen, that was so lame no one would believe it. Now who are you seeing? You get back with Trent?" She asked.
Gwen sighed and shook her head; "No."
"Then who gave you that hickey?"
"…you have to promise you won't say a word to ANYONE."
"Gwen, you know me, I wouldn't tell a soul any of your secrets." She assured nodding.
"Last night I spent the night at Duncan's house—"
"One of his stupid friends did that?!" LeShawna was about to go into a rage.
"No, no, no!" Gwen said flailing her hands a little.
"Then who?"
"…Duncan."

LeShawna went silent and stared at her.
"Gwen…he's with Courtney."
"I know." Gwen said biting her lip. "It was an accident."
"He came onto you. That's not an accident!"

"…I came onto him."
"Wh-what!?"
"I don't even know, LeShawna. We were goofing around and then he was face to face with me and I just…just kissed him and it didn't stop there."
"You two didn't—"
"NO." Gwen said suddenly, causing the class to look at her.
"You don't want to take your test Gwen? Alright then, go to the office!"
"No, no! I wasn't talking about tha—"
"Go to the office!!"

Gwen groaned and got up. "I'll explain more at lunch." She whispered. LeShawna nodded.

The principals' office. Yay. Gwen sighed as she sat there. The door opened and an all too familiar boy stepped out.
"Wow, Gwen, you're here?"
"Sure am." She said looking at Duncan. "What are you up here for?"
"Mr. Hill saw me shove Harold into a locker…so he sent me up here." He laughed. "What about you?"
"I "refused" to take my math test." She said rolling her eyes. "I was talking to LeShawna and accidentally shouted out the word no, and apparently Mrs. Robinson was in the middle of saying something about the test and she thought I was yelling at her and wouldn't even listen to me."
"Yeah, she's a bitch." Duncan said bluntly.
"No kidding."
"Well, you'll be up here for awhile. Principal Greenwood is swamped today with referrals."

Gwen laughed some. "Most of them probably for you."
"Probably so. I think he's given up on me." He said leaning back in the chair and putting his hands behind his head.
"I might just stay up here and wait him out so I don't have to see Trent in English."
"Gwen—you like him, just go." He said. She looked at him.
"I love how you make it sound so easy."
"It is. Yeah, I know he became kind of creepy and stuff, but that doesn't change how you really feel about him, now does it?"
"No…" She admitted. In the beginning, yeah it freaked her out, but now—now she just missed him. He could collect severed fingers for all she cared now and she'd still date him. Duncan chuckled some.
"Just go up to him and give him a kiss." He said eyeing her.
Gwen turned beat red.
"Shut up." She said getting up and leaving.
"Good luck!" He called down the hall after her.

That was just cold of him to do. Use what happened between them as a way to try to make her make up with Trent. But he had a point. Not like she wanted to see it right now though. The bell rang. She sighed. Time for English. The walk to that classroom seemed to take forever, mostly because she was thinking about Trent, and juggling what she did to Duncan the night before. She saw Courtney in the hall. She tensed up and gave a small wave and a nervous smile to the girl. Courtney didn't seem to notice though and smiled back as she hurried by on her way to class.

Her seat in her English class was cold, or maybe she was so cold because of the cold sweat she'd broken out in when Trent came into the room. She took a deep breath. She was acting like she cheated on him. She didn't. They're not together. Nothing to worry about. She looked over at him. He was looking at her. She gave him a small smile. He smiled back at her happily as he sat down in his seat next to her.
"I hope you don't mind, I started on that paper last night."
"Oh—no I don't. I'm actually really glad you did, I was swamped with homework last night." Which she ended up rushing through while she sat in the library waiting to go to Psychology. This was good though that she was talking to him like this. Usually she tried to avoid saying anything to him. She watched him pull it from his book-bag.
"I can't say it's any good, but it's my thoughts like Ms. Tiller wanted, you just have to add your own—feel free to change mine if you don't think it makes any sense." He laughed some. His feelings never changed for Gwen, even though he was jealous over her relationship and closeness with Duncan. He wished she'd take him back, but she seemed so freaked out and angry at him for the way he acted before that he doubt she'd ever even think of having him as her boyfriend again. He watched Gwen read over his paper, her pen tilted lightly against her colored lips.
"Sounds good. I'll do my part tonight and turn it in tomorrow, okay?" She asked. He nodded.

And then it was silent for the rest of class. But both of them noticed how they were basically staring at one another.
"Gwen—if you're not busy tonight would you like to go to—" The bell rang and Gwen shot out of the classroom. She wasn't sure if she was ready to go anywhere with him. She knew Duncan would chastise her for her choice, but she really just…didn't know if she could handle his jealous nature again. Her heart tugged at her brain it seemed. Maybe tugged wasn't the right word…more like roundhouse kicking it and screaming; "IDIOT!!" At her. She sighed. Her stomach growled. Good that took her mind off of everything. She made a quick stop at her locker, dumped her stuff and left to the cafeteria.

Before Duncan and Courtney could come sit with them Gwen sat down next to LeShawna, and kept a close eye on where the two were in line, so she wasn't saying something that Courtney could overhear.
"SO tell me what happened to make you and Duncan play kissy face." She said as she took a bite out of her hamburger.
"Like I said—we were just goofing around and he was hovering above me and I just…kissed him and it went from there and I ended up staying the night." Gwen said with a heavy sigh.
"Are you SURE nothing extra happened?"
"YES. I am."
"Okay good." LeShawna said.
"God, you losers, move!" Heather squawked as she tried to get out of her seat, but LeShawna was blocking her in.
She turned around;
"You need to shut the hell up, you hear me?" LeShawna hissed and turned back toward Gwen. "Anyway, before loud mouth brat over there interrupted—oh actually we're about to be interrupted again." She said as Duncan and Courtney came walking to the table.
"Hey guys!" Courtney said smiling.
"Hey." Gwen said looking down at her hamburger. The two sat down in front of Gwen and LaShawna. Duncan in front of Gwen and Courtney in front of Leshawna.
"Being a TA for government is such hard work." Courtney said with a sigh.
"Pssh. I want to be a teacher aid for anyone. Makes class damn easy." LeShawna said nodding.
"Well, don't pick that class. I basically end up doing lesson plans once a week, which was why I couldn't make lunch yesterday; I got to eat in the classroom. Completely thrilling." She said shaking her head.

Gwen was staring at Duncan. He looked up at her with a French fry in his hand, with a look of "what?" on his face. Using her eyes, Gwen motioned toward Courtney. Duncan started to stand up.
"Hey Princess, I'll be back in a second, I forgot Gwen texted me before lunch that she couldn't get her locker open, so I'm going to go get it open for her now before I forget."
Courtney looked over and smiled; "Okay, hurry back!" She said smiling.

Outside the cafeteria and somewhat down the hall by Gwen's locker they stood.
"Did you tell her?"
"What? Of course not. You think I'm stupid? I'm never telling her. That's our own personal secret."
Gwen nodded. "I know, I just…I feel terrible about it."
Duncan grabbed her hands. "Don't. It's not just your fault. Stop blaming yourself completely for it."
"I know, I know—but Courtney is my friend…"
"She's MY girlfriend."
Gwen couldn't help but laugh some at the way he said it. "Now, no more worrying about this. We're never going to bring it up again, and it's never going to happen again, so we don't have a thing to worry about, right?" Duncan said.
She nodded; "Right. Nothing to worry about."
"Mhm, one time thing."
"Right." Gwen said nodding.

Duncan paused abruptly.
"Did you hear that?"
"What?" She looked around.
"Thought I heard something…" He said trying to peer around the corner.
"Probably nothing. We're just being paranoid because well—we know we're guilty."
"Yeah you're right." Neither of them seemed to notice that he still had a hold of her hands. That is, until Gwen looked down.
"Um…Duncan…"
"What?" He asked and then saw her looking down. He glanced down as well. He looked up at her and her gorgeous eyes were looking back at him, shining brightly at him. He swore it was because of the lighting in the hall, but something else was telling him it was because of him.
"Gwen…I…we…" He was trying to figure out something to say to stop himself but he leaned closer and closer to her until their lips were touching and he had her pushed against the locker.

Finally Gwen shoved him backwards. She put her hand in her hair and paced around some.
"That was only supposed to be a one time thing! What the hell was that!?"
"I don't know! I just—I don't know! Let's just get back to the cafeteria." He said in a hurry. He didn't feel like discussing this situation any longer. Gwen nodded.
"Yeah, lets get back and—and make sure this never happens again!" She said tossing her arms up into the air. Duncan turned toward her. Gwen bit her lip as she looked at him. She wanted him to kiss her now. It was different. She knew it was wrong, but she wanted him to kiss her.
"One more time won't hurt, will it?" Duncan asked.
"No, one more time is okay." She whispered leaning back against the lockers. He came back toward her and kissed her and held her against the lockers, he squeezed her a little and Gwen let out a soft gasp. He kissed her again. She tasted wonderful. Different from Courtney. He couldn't really explain it, but Gwen was…for lack of a better word; forbidden. He didn't even know if you could taste "forbidden" but if he ever had to describe it to someone—Gwen fit it perfectly. Her arms came around him and he drew back some as her fingers ran coyly up the back of his neck, giving him a shiver. He looked down at her and smirked. She smiled and giggled and pulled him closer and kissed him.

Soon his lips were on her neck, sucking gently at the same spot he had the night before. Her head lolled backwards against the locker, the cut out area that allowed it to breathe was cutting into the back of her head but she could careless. The way he was sucking on her neck was better than Trent ever had. But she should have expected Duncan to be this good at these sort of things…
"Gwen…" He said softly against her neck.
"Mhm…?"

He nuzzled her chin some.
"I don't know if I can stop myself if I keep going."
"I know—I feel the same way. We better get back before they wonder where we are. We have to stop this before it gets out of hand. I'm supposed to be trying to make peace with Trent and you're supposed to be keeping your relationship with Courtney together."
Duncan nodded. "Okay. Now this is officially the LAST time."
"Exactly. The last time." Gwen nodded.
Duncan didn't part from her yet though; "…one last kiss?"
"Yes." She smiled as he kissed her and then once they parted, that was it. Done.

They started walking back to the cafeteria, after Gwen had grabbed her Government book to make it look like he actually had been helping her get her locker open.
"That took forever." Courtney said.
"It was really jammed, and then she forgot the combination to her friends locker that she was using in the meantime, so we fought with it for awhile." Duncan said chuckling.
"Oh, well good you got her locker working. Those old things need to be ripped out and replaced." Courtney said.
"Amen." LeShawna said. "I have to kick mine four times in this exact spot or it won't open at all, not even enough for me to wiggle my fingers into to pop it open."
"A lot needs to be changed at this school." She said nodding. "I'm trying my hardest to get things done, but they keep telling me the budget is too small, which is not true in the least bit. They just bought like six new trees to plant. Stupid, isn't it?" She asked in a huff as she pushed her tray away.

The bell rang. Gwen got up.
"Come on Duncan, class time. Woo." She said as she started off toward the exit of the cafeteria. As they left she felt her cell phone vibrate in her pocket. She pulled it out and flipped her phone open. It was from Trent;

Hey Gwen :)
, I was wondering if u were free 2night about 7:30? There's a rly cool movie coming out & I thought u might like 2 c it. Let me know. :)

Gwen bit her lip some.
"What should I do?" She asked showing the text to Duncan.
"Go. It's just a movie and if you feel uncomfortable, tell him to back off. He will. That's one good thing about him; he won't force you into anything."

Gwen nodded and text him back;

Sounds cool & yeah I'm free. I'll be home, so u can pick me up. :)

Only reason she ended it was a smiley face was to try to show herself that she really wanted to try with him and well to let him know she wasn't as bitter toward him as she most likely seemed.
"Okay—I agreed to it, you had better be right about this."
"I think I am." He said as they entered their classroom.

After school Gwen walked home thinking if she had made the right choice and also thinking about her and Duncan. She shook her head some. No more thinking about that. She had to go home and get ready for her date. She sighed a little with a smile. A date.

When she walked into the room, her Mother greeted her, her brother didn't, but then again they were engrossed in their Playstation 2. Gwen went into the kitchen where her Mother was.
"Mom?"
"Yes, dear?"
"…I have a date tonight."
Her Mother turned around with a bright smile. "Really? That's wonderful, Gwen!!"
"…with Trent."
"Oh…why is that? I thought you two broke up?"
"We did—but he texted me today and asked me to go to a movie tonight."
"Well, have fun dear." She patted Gwen's shoulder. She smiled some. She really hoped she did…

7:25. Gwen was sitting on the couch, trying to ignore her brothers loud playing of the game. She was having a small breakdown inside. He'd be there in five minutes. She took a deep breath. She'd be okay. After all it was just a movie and maybe they'd bond like they did before. Fix everything. She smiled. God did she hope so.

7:30. The doorbell rang.
"I'm leaving Mom!"
"Have fun Gwen!!"
Gwen opened the front door and Trent stood there smiling.
"Hey, Gwen."
"Hey." She said trying to hide the smile that was developing.
"Ready?"

She nodded and walked out of the door, pulling it shut behind her.

He was a real gentleman. He opened the car door for her, let her get in and then closed it, hustled to the other side and got in. She couldn't help but giggle. He flipped on the radio. He had driven there in silence practicing what he was going to say to her, over and over again.

The ride to the theater was silent. Trent wished he could bring himself to say one thing to her, but she seemed happy as she quietly sang some of the words to the song as he parked his car. He undid his seatbelt and watched Gwen reach for the door.
"No! Wait!" He said and opened his door and hurried to the other side and opened her door. Gwen smiled. He was really trying to show her he'd changed—or something. She stepped out and he extended his hand to her. She felt like a princess. Princess. NO. There will be no speaking of princesses! Gwen yelled at herself. To distract herself she took his hand which made Trent just light up, and Gwen turn a light shade of pink.

The line wasn't bad at all, as it was a Tuesday night. The only time he let go of her hand was to pay for the tickets.
"Two for Gore Mania 6."
Gwen's eyes widened. She had forgotten ALL about that movie coming out! He still remembered that she liked those movies, no matter how predictable they were. She smiled at him as he turned to her with the tickets. This time Gwen took his hand and they went inside.

He bought popcorn, drinks, and candy. He spent about twenty-five dollars, and refused to even let Gwen chip in five dollars. They went to the left side of the theater and up a staircase, they were in theater 22.

No one was in yet, but then again they had about forty-five minutes till the movie even started. The janitors were doing a quick clean up job and soon left leaving them alone. They sat all the way at the top under the projector. Gwen tossed some popcorn into her mouth as she watched the commercials they opted to show.

When the movie did start the theater was full to the brim. She was sitting next to a group of guys, and Trent was sitting next to another couple. Couple? She smiled some to herself. It was nice thinking of them like that again. After finishing off her box of DOTS she leaned on Trent's arm some, and he slid it around her. She liked how he still remembered the small things—like how if she leaned on him to put his arm around her. She ate some more popcorn and sipped on her Dr. Pepper. Then suddenly on the screen a massive knife came down into a screaming cheerleader—to which she imagined to be Heather. She cracked a smile. Blood splattered onto the screen and some of the girls in the theater screamed as if they were the ones being murdered.

She felt a cold hand on her chin. It startled her some, specially since it was right after the scene of the football captain being strangled. She let the hand turn her head. Her eyes looked up at Trent.
"Gwen…thank you for coming to the movie with me." He whispered.
"No problem." She whispered back smiling. He was still touching her chin, holding her there. If he wanted to kiss her, he needed to before her mind caught up with what was going on. He looked nervous though. "Trent if you want to—" And he kissed her. His hand came from her chin to her cheek. The kiss made her feel warm all over and recall how good their relationship had been before she called it off. When they parted Gwen was a beat red and seemed to glow in the dark room. Trent was smiling. He went to say something but a piercing scream came from the screen which demanded Gwen's attention.

She'd never seen a chainsaw so masterfully used. She smiled approvingly as blood and other things like chunks of body parts splattered on the screen. She could feel Trent playing with her hair. It was strange that he brought her to this movie wanting to…get back with her. She knew guys took girls to horror movies to get them to cuddle up—but he knew she loved horror movies.

The movie ended and Trent had a tight hold of her hand.
"Gwen…I really…miss you." He said quietly as they walked in the crowd. She looked at him.
"…I don't know Trent." She said. Didn't she have to look a little hesitant? She couldn't just admit that she missed him to and still had all their pictures and everything he'd ever given her, wrote to her, made for her in a box in her closet, just waiting patiently to be displayed again.
"…I understand." He started to let go of her hand.
"N-no!" She said suddenly and grabbed his hand. She should have known better. He wouldn't push her. Just like Duncan had said, he wouldn't push. "Trent—I…I miss you too." She admitted. She didn't want to lose him again. He looked at her and smiled.
"You mean it?" He asked smirking.
"Yes." She said blushing something terrible. He squeezed her hand and kissed her.

That was it? Everything was better now? Fixed? For two months Gwen's heart had been all over the place and now it finally felt calm and relaxed. She felt calm and relaxed. She giggled out of happiness; she just couldn't hold it back.

They walked outside and heard;
"Hey! Gwen!"

She turned around and there was Courtney and Duncan. Suddenly Gwen wasn't so calm or relaxed anymore.
"Oh um, hey Courtney, Duncan." She said smiling.
"What movie did—" Courtney paused. "Are you two back together?" She asked pointing between them. They both smiled and nodded.
"Yeah." Gwen said letting her face light up.
"Aw! That's great. I knew you two would eventually." She said nodding. "So what movie did you just come from?"
"Gore Mania 6." Trent said.
Courtney made a horrific looking face and Duncan laughed.
"I wanted to see that one but Princess over here wants to see The Truth About Religion." He sighed.
"It's a good documentary. I've heard wonderful things about it, and it might just give you some sort of faith." Courtney teased.
"…it's a documentary…" Duncan said as if that explained it all.
"Well, have fun you guys." Trent said already starting to pull Gwen off. "We're off to dinner."
"We are?" Gwen asked. That was a surprise.
"Yes, we are." He said. Gwen turned and waved to the other couple.

Back in Trent's car, Gwen turned the radio downed some.
"So where are we going to eat?"
"I'm thinking The Pagoda on Moon Street."
"The Pagoda? That's really expensive Trent." Gwen said trying to recall how much money she'd brought with her.
"I know, but it's the best Japanese food in town."

Gwen knew that all to well, she loved the place. Trent never seemed to want to go, stating that it was too expensive for him.
"…you never wanted to go before."
"Well, I want to take you—this is a special occasion. We found each other again." He said patting her hand. Gwen smiled at him. That was so—so romantic. She nodded some.

The Pagoda hadn't changed a bit since her last visit. They were quickly seated at a nice table. The thing she liked most about The Pagoda was that it was traditional. She knelt down on one of the pillows and picked up her menu. She knew what she would be getting, but liked to see if they added anything new.
"What can I get you two to drink?" The waitress asked.
"Dr. Pepper, please." Gwen said.
"Pepsi." Trent added.
"Alright, I'll be right back." She said and scurried off.
"Is there anything I can eat that won't make me—"
"Get the udon. It's just noodles." Gwen said. He nodded.
"What are you getting?"
"Probably some unagi, rice and tempura." She said nodding. Man that sounded good even saying it.
"What is…unagi?" Trent asked.
"Eel."

He made a face, that made Gwen laugh.
"Hey, trust me I looked the same way when someone told me what it was, but it's actually really good." She nodded.
"And tempura?"
"That's just shrimp."
"Oh…I'll get that too then." He said as he closed the menu.

They ordered and after the waitress had left again, they were talking as if nothing had changed between them.
"Gwen, I really missed going out with you." He said smiling as he took a drink of his Pepsi.
"I missed going out with you too." And she did. She never realized how incredibly bored she was on a Friday night until they stopped dating.
"I'm really going to try not to—you know act like I did before." He said. She smiled.
"I think the best thing for you to do then is apologize to Duncan."

Trent sighed and nodded; "I will."
"He'll let you right back into his friends circle, I'm sure." She said laughing. At least he'd better or Gwen wouldn't be too pleased.

After dinner Trent took her home, kissed her at the door and told her he'd see her tomorrow at school. As he went to walk away Gwen grabbed his hand.
"…sneak into my room?" She asked.

He grinned. "Of course. I'll be up there soon." He kissed her again and left around her house.

Gwen went inside announced she was home and ran up to her room and opened her window. She poked her head out and saw Trent climbing up the tree. Soon he swung himself inside. He grabbed her and kissed her.
"Prince Charming has arrived." He teased. Gwen laughed as she put her arms around him. He went to kiss her neck and paused. "…what's that?" He asked.
"What?" She was giggling and just feeling completely good inside.
"Who gave you that hickey?"

Mood killer.

"Um…it's not a hickey."
"What is it then?"
"A bruise."
"How'd you do that?"
"At LeShawna's on accident." She lied.
"Oh, okay." He didn't sound like he believed her, but he didn't push her on the fact. He just went to the other side of her neck. Gwen let out a content sigh as he laid her down on her bed. His hand came and pinned one of hers down. This was one thing she missed so much. When they parted she was staring up into his eyes.
"I love you Gwen." He whispered. Gwen's throat tightened and her heart pounded. This was the first time he ever said it to her. Which she liked because she hated those people who just threw those words around, but it still messed with her body.
"I love you too." She whispered back. He scooped her up and hugged her against him tightly.