Here is the next chapter. This chapter will be in General POV and focus on homecoming at Rosewood High school and the events that happen after.
Rosewood High Homecoming
General POV
A few weeks later it was finally homecoming weekend for the Rosewood High School teens. It was the end of September and the weather in Pennsylvania was on the cooler side. It felt and looked like Fall. The leaves had changed colors and were beginning to fall off the trees. After a few weeks of the new school year everyone was back in the swing of things.
The school day went by fast. All the students were eager to find out who was going to win Freshman court, Sophomore court, Junior court. as well as homecoming King and Queen. The winners would be announced that night during halftime of the homecoming football game. Every Rosewood high school student would be at this game. The cheer team was down one member but they still had to cheer. The high school decided to donate there proceeds from ticket sales and the concession stand to the injured cheerleaders family.
"How are you doing with your ex." Toby asked JT before he left for the game.
"I visited her a few times in the hospital. I don't know why I bothered. The way she treated me, I guess I just felt bad for her parents." JT said
"I understand that. She's in a Coma and her dad told me that he doesn't know how long or what kind of internal damage she will have when she wakes up." Toby said
"Did you know that her parents think that I'm the one that cheated." JT said
"Her dad mentioned that to me the other day at work. I wanted to tell him that she lied but I didn't think it was the right time for them to find out what actually happened between you and her." Toby said
"So since the homecoming dance is in the afternoon, Tyler and I were wondering if we could maybe spend the night at the lake house." JT said
"Just the two of you? I don't want you planing some big party." Toby asked
"No, I'm not planning a big party. I just thought that maybe Tyler and I could celebrate his sweet 16 together. It would just be Tyler, Deylia, Bella, and I. I know Tyler and I went to the Justin Timberlake concert last weekend but I would really like to spend some time with my other friends." JT said
"I would have to ask your mom because technically it still belongs to your mom's parents. If it's just the four of you then I don't have a problem with it as long as you check in with me and your mom every couple hours." Toby said
"Thanks dad." JT said
"Since you invited your cousin then maybe you should also invite your sisters." Toby said
"I don't think that's a good idea dad." JT said
At the football game all the students sat with there friends.
"I talked with my dad and he said he was alright with the four of us going to my grandparents lake house tomorrow night." JT said
"I can go but I have to be back home by my 11 pm curfew." Bella said
"Your mom's still being hard on you?" Deylia asked
"She knows what happened the last time I was with my friends without adult supervision. She's afraid that the casual hangout is going to turn into a party. My mom told me that I had to answer my cell phone when she called or she was driving up to the lake house to pick me up." Bella said
"Did Liam go home yet, He's welcome to come with us." JT asked
"My mom was taking him to the airport this morning. He should be back in London by now." Bella said
"My parents said it was fine as long as Deylia went with us." Tyler said
"So, Bella and I are just tagging along on your guys night to keep things under control." Deylia said
"Yes but all of us are friends." JT said
Halftime arrived and the winners for homecoming were announced all the nominees were on the field. Everyone clapped for all of the winners.
The Freshman court winners are: Rosie Sophie Cavanaugh and Leonardo Guzman.
The Sophomore court winners are: Katie Fitz and Tyler Alexander Rivers.
The Junior court winners are: Deylia Marie Rivers and JT Cavanaugh.
The Homecoming Queen and King are: Rochelle Cavanaugh and Branden Peterson.
Congrats to all the winners.
"I knew you would beat me." Bella said
"Your're not upset that I won right." Deylia asked
"Maybe a little." Bella said
The second half of the football game started. Deylia went to go sit with her boyfriend instead of her friends.
"So you finally decided to join me." Branden said
"Sorry, I wanted to sit with my friends for the first half." Deylia said
"You know , I think you have been spending a little to much time with you friends and not enough time with me." Branden said
"My friends are important to me." Deylia said
"I know but I'm starting to get Jealous of your friendship with JT." Branden said
"He's just my brothers friend and my BFF's cousin. There is nothing going on between JT and I." Deylia lied
"I wasn't even thinking about that. I know you would never cheat on me." Branden said
"So Mr. Homecoming king, Next weekend is nationals so we will be seeing each other a lot." Deylia said
"You got Junior court, that's impressive. 3 days in Florida sharing a hotel room with you. That sounds even better then the entire competition." Branden said
"It does but we have to focus on dancing if we want any chance of competing at worlds." Deylia said
"By the way you never told me what London was like." Branden said
"It was great, besides what happened with Bella when I was there." Deylia said
"If we make it to worlds then you and I can explore the city together." Branden said
"I promised Bella that if we made it to worlds she could come with us since the competition is over spring break. She even said that her dad would let us stay at his house." Deylia said
"How about tomorrow night after the homecoming dance, I take you out to a nice dinner and then we can hang out." Branden said
"Tomorrow night doesn't work for me." Deylia said not exactly telling Branden what her plans were.
"Well then the weekend after nationals. We need to celebrate our 3rd anniversary together as boyfriend/girlfriend." Branden said
"That sounds like a great plan." Deylia said
"I sent in my audition video for NYU. I'm still waiting to hear back. I have been checking my emails constantly. The next step if I'm chosen would be an in person audition." Branden said
"That's great, I'm sure you will be chosen." Deylia said
"Is there any way we can get an extra practice in on Sunday afternoon? I don't know about you but I really don't feel prepared." Branden asked
"My house Sunday afternoon, we can decide on what time later." Deylia said
"Probably around 2 PM, if that works for you." Branden said
"Yes, that will work. What's going to happen with us if you go to NYU next fall?" Deylia asked
"Well, I'm sure we can handle long distance for a year? NYU is only a two hour drive from here. I figure every few weekends you can drive to New York City so we can see each other." Branden said
"Branden, your're going to be going to NYU for 4 years." Deylia said
"I thought that after you graduated high school then you can join me in New York. The city has plenty of other universitys if NYU isn't where you end up going." Branden said
"I thought about Columbia University, It's only 10 miles away from NYU. I just don't know if I want to go to school in New York." Deylia said
Saturday afternoon arrived. The high school students would be spending the next two hours dancing in the high school gymnasium.
"Lets treat this as our first official date." Enzo said to Catalina
"Wow, I've had dates before but they were never official." Catalina said
"Well that's because no other boy is better for you then me." Enzo said
"I briefly dated this boy back in Denver. It turned out that he was only dating me because it looked good for his gymnastics career. He was the #3 male gymnast at Denver elite and I was the top female gymnast at the time." Catalina said
"I would never use you like that." Enzo said
"If were official now then isn't it time for me to meet your parents? You meet mine two weeks ago. You met my mom before that but it was the first time that I formally introduced you to both of my parents. " Catalina asked
"I'm not sure that's a good idea." Enzo replied
"Why, Are you afraid your dad won't approve of me?" Catalina asked
"Actually I have two moms." Enzo said
"That's cool. Sometimes my dad can be so hard on me that I wish I had two moms." Catalina said
"Sometimes it's great but other times it's not. I have to go to my uncle for guy stuff and then half the time he goes and tells his sister behind my back." Enzo said
"Anything else you want to tell me?" Catalina asked
"My twin sister and I were adopted from Greece. Neither of us know much about our birth parents." Enzo said
"I love learning more about you." Catalina said
Everyone was dancing until it was time for the homecoming King and Queen to have their special dance along with the Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman court.
"I can't stand seeing Branden dance with Rochelle." Deylia said to JT.
"It's just for a few songs and then you get to dance with him again. In the meantime you and I get to dance together." JT replied
"It's not fair, I didn't even get to go to his junior prom because we were broken up at the time. From what you told me about their friends with benefits thing, I'm sure he was with Rochelle that whole night." Deylia said to JT.
"They were Junior prom king and Queen, so I'm sure they had to dance together like they are now. It's ok to be jealous of him but I'm sure he's jealous of us right now. It's going to be the same thing at his prom expect I won't be there dance with you while Branden and Rochelle get there prom king and queen dance." JT replied
"That's if they win." Deylia said
"You are just going to have to deal with it just like Branden is going to have to deal with it if we win junior prom king and queen." JT said
"I already decided that if I win Junior prom queen, I am giving my crown and win to Bella. Don't tell her because I want it to be a surprise." Deylia told JT
"That's great but you don't have to do that." JT said
"I need to, I could see the hurt in her eyes when I won Junior court. I texted her last night and she texted me back telling me to leave her alone." Deylia said
"Bella had a rough year. Last year right around this time she lost her grandparents. I'm sure she's just grieving because it's the first anniversary of their death." JT said
"Are you trying to make him jealous right now, Branden's looking right at us." Deylia asked JT
"He needs to know that there are other guys out there that would be lucky to have you as their girlfriend." JT replied
"By other guys you mean you. I thought I told you that we could only be friends." Deylia told JT
"I get that but would friends with benefits be so bad. You told me that Branden is so focused on getting into NYU that he barley has time for you." JT replied
"I'll think about it." Deylia said back
"I think you should go talk to Bella. She's just siting over there in the corner and it looks like she could really use a friend right now." JT said
Deylia walked over to where Bella is.
"What's wrong?" Deylia asked Bella
"Everything." Bella replied
"I'm here for you and so is JT." Deylia told Bella
JT also walked over to see if everything was ok.
"Tyler came to homecoming with me and now he's kissing another girl." Bella told them
Deylia and JT looked across the gymnasium. They saw Tyler making out with Katie Fitz.
"I can't believe they are doing that in public and no teacher has tried to stop them." JT said
Deylia and Bella went outside to get some fresh air. JT walked over to where Tyler and Katie were kissing.
"You need to stop that right now." JT said to Tyler
Tyler and Katie broke apart
"Why, the teachers don't seem to care?" Tyler said
"Because you are upsetting my cousin. Bella still loves you and you don't seem to understand that." JT said to Tyler
"I'm not with her anymore so clearly this isn't cheating." Tyler said
The Deylia walked back into the gymnasium.
"Where's Bella?" Tyler asked
"Now you care, she left. She got in her car and said she wanted to go home. Bella couldn't stand seeing you stick your tongue down another girls throat." Deylia said
"I didn't mean for Bella to see." Tyler said
"If you didn't mean for Bella to see then you should have gone somewhere more private." Deylia said
After the homecoming dance Enzo went back to Catalina's house to have dinner. Both her parents were unexpectedly not home. They left a not saying they went out to dinner and would be back soon. They also told Catalina in the note to take Roxy for a walk before it got dark. Roxy was mostly Catalina's dog so she loved taking the Golden Retriever for a walk.
Bella went home and told her mother what happened. She was really understanding and sympathetic. Melissa cooked dinner for her daughter but unfortunately it wasn't the mother/daughter Bella hoped for since Ian and his son Ryan also ate dinner with them.
JT, Deylia, Tyler and Katie drove up to the Lake house. They ended up taking two cars because it would look really bad if they left one of the car as school. JT drove Deylia since she didn't have her car. Katie drove Tyler and followed JT's car since she didn't exactly know how to get there. It was an hour and a half drive and several towns outside of Rosewood. JT wasn't to happy that Tyler invited Katie but he didn't want to get in an argument with his best friend. When they were a few miles away they stooped and picked up Pizza and pop since they were hungry. The first thing they did when they got to the lake house was eat. The lake house was almost as big as the Cavanaughs house. It was built long before the Cavanaughs house was built though. It was an old house, one side was surrounded by woods and the other side was surrounded by a lake. Even though there was a lake the lake house also had an indoor pool. JT had been here plenty of times. He had a little league baseball camp out one time and instead of camping they stayed at the lake house since his dad was chaperoning the trip. JT also was here almost 5 years ago over Christmas where the Kingstons and the Cavanaughs vacationed together. Bella had just moved to the USA a few months prior to that trip. It was to bad that Bella wasn't with them tonight.
After dinner they went swimming. Everyone except Katie had a packed duffel bag with a swimsuit, pajamas, and a change of cloths for the next day. Katie got out of her dress but remained in her underwear and bra. She was sitting on the edge of the pool just getting her feet wet until Tyler pulled her in.
"Why did you do that?" Katie asked Tyler
"I wanted you to join in on the fun." Tyler replied
"I was fine just siting there, watching you three." Katie said
"Really cause it looked like you were just siting there board out of your mind." Tyler said
"I was thinking about how my parents are going to hate me if they find out that I lied to them about where I was spending the night." Katie said
"Relax, I've lied to my parents several times half of which they don't know about. Were're teenagers, lying is normal." Tyler said
"Would the two of you quit flirting already?" Deylia yelled from the other end of the pool.
"Were're not flirting." Tyler yelled back
"You kind of were flirting with me." Katie said
"My sister doesn't have to know that." Tyler said
After swimming all four of them took turns changing the the bathroom. Lucky for Katie, Deylia had an extra pair of pajamas in her bag so she had something to wear. JT was looking through the kitchen cupboards looking for his grandparents stash of drinks.
"What are you looking for?" Deylia asked
"Nothing." JT said
Then JT found what he was looking for. He couldn't believe how much he found.
"That's not a good idea." Deylia said
"Neither of our parents are here, They never have to know about this." JT said
"Fine but I'm not getting drunk. I've made enough bad decisions recently and I was sober when I made them." Deylia said
Staying sober didn't really work for Deylia. The four of them were playing a game of Never Have I Ever.
"Never have I ever crashed my car." JT said
Deylia was the only one to drink that time.
"Never have I ever gotten drunk." Katie said
This time Deylia, JT, and Tyler had a drink.
"Never have I ever cheated on a test." Deylia said
Katie, JT, and Tyler each had a drink.
"Never have I ever stolen anything. Tyler said
JT and Katie had a drink.
"What did you steal?" Tyler asked
"Baseball cards from Ryan when we first started little league." JT said
"Some lipstick." Katie said
"From an actual store?" Tyler questioned
"Yes. I didn't actually steal it because my mom caught me and gave me the money to buy it." Katie said
It was time for round 2.
"Never have I ever gotten a traffic ticket." JT said
Deylia was the only one to drink this time.
"Never have I ever traveled out of the country." Katie said
Deylia, JT, and Tyler each had a drink.
"Never have I ever kissed my best friend." Deylia said
JT and Tyler had a drink.
"Wait, you two kissed each other?" Deylia asked
"It was like 3 years ago." Tyler said
"In all fairness you dared me to kiss you." JT said
"Never have I ever failed a class." Tyler said
Only Katie had a drink that time.
It was now time for round 3.
"Never have I ever skipped a class." JT said
Deylia and Tyler had a drink.
"Never have I ever gone all the way with someone." Katie said
Deylia, Tyler, and JT all had a drink.
"Never have I ever had alcohol at school." Deylia said
No one had a drink that time.
"Never have I ever had sex in a hotel room." Tyler said
Deylia was the only one to drink that time.
After a few more rounds everyone was drunk so they decided to stop playing. It was getting late but the drunken thoughts where getting to the four of them. There was enough bedrooms that they didn't have to share but Deylia and JT ended up sharing a room. Katie and Tyler also shared a room.
"I thought about the friends with benefits thing. I'm willing to give it a try as long as no one finds out about it." Deylia said
"Really?" JT asked
"Yes, how bad can it really be, We've already had sex once anyway." Deylia said
When do you want to start?" JT said
"I really don't want to plan it but how about we start tonight." Deylia said
That's what Deylia and JT did. Deylia wasn't sure if she was only into it because she was drunk or if she really had feelings for JT. Afterwords they feel asleep in each other arms. Neither of them would admit they had actual feelings toward each other.
In another bedroom down the hall Tyler and Katie were doing the same thing. For Tyler it was just another drunken hookup although this one probably wouldn't be the start of an 8 month relationship like the one he had with Bella. For Katie it was her first time and one that she may not even remember much in the morning. Afterwords they fell asleep cuddling with each other. There was defentally some attraction between Katie and Tyler but not as much as Tyler had with Bella.
It was still fairly early for a Sunday Morning as it was only 7 AM. Bella awoke from the few hours of sleep that she managed to get. Last night instead of sleeping she trashed her bedroom of all the things that reminded her of Tyler. Photos of the two had been torn up and they were scattered all over her bedroom floor. All the gifts that Tyler had ever given Bella were in the trashcan except the charm bracelet that Tyler had given Bella for there 6 month anniversary this past April. Bella put it in the box and hid it in the very bottom of her jewelry box. She just didn't have the heart to through it away. Even though her relationship with Tyler had been over for almost three months but up until yesterday it didn't feel over forever. She left her room and went downstairs to get something for breakfast. Bella was surprised when she noticed her mom was already up and cooking food.
"I thought you didn't get up this early on a Sunday?" Melissa questioned
"I don't but I woke up and couldn't fall back to sleep." Bella said
"I know breakups are hard but I think it's time for you to move on." Melissa said
"That's easy for you to say. You moved on from dad extremely fast but I actually thought I had a chance of getting back with Tyler." Bella said
"Teenage boys can be hard to get over. Trust me When I was your age I was going through the same thing." Melissa said
"Where's your boyfriend and Ryan?" Bella asked
"Ian had to go into work and Ryan is doing a job shadow at the police station today." Melissa said
Melissa and Bella ate breakfast together. About an hour later the doorbell rang. Melissa answered it and the new neighbors were at the door.
"Is Katie here?" Ezra asked
"No." Melissa said
"That's weird, My wife and I haven't seen her since before homecoming yesterday. She told us that she was going to be sleeping over here with Bella last night." Ezra said
"Bella did you know anything about this?" Melissa asked
"No, I left homecoming early because I wasn't feeling well." Bella said
"Well we were just about to leave for church and we wanted to know if Katie wanted to join us. I have no idea where she went." Ezra said
"I think I now where she might be." Bella said
"Where do you think she is Bella?" Maggie asked
"Yesterday after homecoming my friends and I were supposed to spend some time together at my grandparents lake house. I didn't go because I was feeling sick but they might have invited Katie along." Bella said
"Where is this lake house?" Ezra questioned
"It is about 1 and a half hours out of Rosewood." Bella said
"I have a key to the lake house. If you want to follow Bella and I up there." Melissa said
When they got to the lake house Ezra noticed Katie's car in the driveway and Melissa noticed JT's car also in the driveway.
Meanwhile up at the lake house everyone was up and getting ready to go home. They all took turns taking showers and getting dressed. JT, Deylia, Tyler, and Katie were downstairs at the kitchen table eating breakfast. There wasn't much food because the lake house hadn't been occupied since the middle of the summer. They did manage to find a box of cereal, a few packets of oatmeal, and some water bottles. They would be going back to Rosewood after they ate and cleaned up from the night before. There was plastic cups as well as empty whine and beer bottles and cans that needed to be thrown away. Everything was going good until some unexpected visitors with a key walked in to the kitchen.
"What is going on here?" Melissa asked
"We were just about to leave." JT replied
"I hope you were planing on cleaning up the living room." Melissa said
"Don't worry we are going to have this place spotless before we go back to Rosewood." JT said
"I hope so. I don't think any of your parents are going to be happy about this." Melissa said
"My mom and dad where fine with us spending the night up here last night." JT said
"They won't be when I tell them that you were drinking last night." Melissa said
"Aunt Melissa, please don't tell them about the drinking part." JT said
"You are my nephew, I need to tell my sister if you get into trouble." Melissa said
"Fine, Please just tell her not to tell my dad." JT said
Katie had noticed her parents where there as well. She didn't know what to say other then she was sorry for disappointing them. They made her leave immediately. She got in the drivers seat of her own car.
"You think we're going to let you drive home." Ezra said
"Yes, it's my car." Katie said
"Not for right now. Give me the keys. I will be driving you home and your mom will follow us in her car." Ezra said
"I hate both of you. You never let me have any fun." Katie yelled at both of her parents.
"The kind of fun that teenagers have is the kind that also gets them in trouble." Maggie said
"Just because you were a teenage mother doesn't mean that I will be to." Katie yelled at her mom.
"That's enough. We'll talk about what your punishment will be when we get home." Ezra said
Back inside both Melissa and Bella where helping Tyler, JT, and Deylia clean up. Once the house was as clean as it was before they arrived they left to go home. JT drove Tyler and Deylia home before going home himself.
Melissa and Bella where back at home.
"You made the right decision for once. Deciding not to go with your friends up to the lake house." Melissa said
"Thanks mom, Maybe you can start trusting me again." Bella said
"Yes but I still want you to continue seeing that therapist. It helps to talk about your teenage issues." Melissa said
"Agreed as long as you still let me spend time with my friends." Bella said
"Well see about that, If you can stay out of trouble then yes but don't let them pressure you into doing things you know you shouldn't be doing." Melissa said
Over at the Cavanaugh house JT was home. He was just hanging out with his sisters working on his homework since he had school tomorrow and homework was due.
"Can we talk to you for a minute?" Spencer and Toby asked JT.
Can it wait, I have a lot of homework to do." JT said
"No." Toby said
JT followed his parents back into the kitchen.
"Both of us just got of the phone with your aunt." Spencer said
"She told us that she drove up to the lake house this morning and she found evidence of you and your friends drinking last night." Toby said
"I'm sorry, I know I always screw things up." JT said
"Look, we shouldn't have trusted you to go to the lake house without adult supervision." Spencer said
"You can trust me, I was just being a stupid naive teenage boy." JT said
"I get that and this time your mom and I decided to just let you off easy. So you aren't in trouble but you are not allowed to go back to the lake house again without adult supervision." Toby said
At the Rivers house Deylia and Tyler just got home. Branden was already there waiting for Deylia. He was over two hours early.
"I wasn't expecting you to be here yet?" Deylia said
"I tried to call you to tell you I was planning on coming over earlier but your phone went to voice mail." Branden said
"I need to recharge my battery. I slept over at Bellas last night and I didn't have my phone charger. I just got home from Bellas a few minutes ago and you were here so I didn't get the chance to plug it in yet." Deylia lied about being with Bella
"But you and Tyler got home at the same time and he doesn't have a car." Branden said clearly not believing Deylia.
"He was at JT's last night and I picked him up on my way home." Deylia lied
"Deylia, I don't know if I can believe you right now." Branden said
"Branden, I am telling you the truth. Who else besides you and Bella would I spend the night with." Deylia said
"You and JT have been spending more time together. I don't want to accuse you of cheating on me but you have been acting weird around me." Branden said
"I'm not cheating. JT and I have nothing more then a friendship." Deylia said
Branden gave Deylia a few minutes to change into her dance cloths. While Deylia was upstairs she plugged in her cell phone to charge. Deylia in Branden then went into the basement to rehearse. After less then an hour of dancing in Deylia had to stop. She was holding her back with her left hand. Branden could tell she was in pain.
"Deylia, What's going on?" Branded asked
"Nothing ok, I just need a few minutes." Deylia said
"What's wrong with your back." Branden asked
"I don't know it just started hurting again. It hasn't hurt this bad in months." Deylia said
"Maybe we should stop for the day and give your back a rest." Branden said
"No, we can't stop yet. I am going to take an Advil and then wait an hour to see if its any better." Deylia said
Deylia took the over the counter pain pill and used a heating pad to help with her back pain. Branden hated seeing Deylia in a lot of pain but he also knew with nationals less them a week away they couldn't waste any time that needed to be used for practicing. After Deylia rested her back for an hour it was a little better so her and Branden went back to dancing.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter because I did.
Discussion Questions
What are your thoughts on the this chapter?
Is Tyler and Bellas friendship over for good now?
Do you think Tyler and Katie start a relationship soon?
What is going on with Deylia and JT? Will their friends with benefits deal turn into an actual relationship? How soon do you think Branden will find out about it?
Who do you ship more Deylia and Branden or Deylia and JT?
How will Branden and Deylia do at Nationals? Will they win and move on to worlds? Will the truth come out before or after they dance?
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