A/N: I know…I took forever…I don't know what happened. I was busy for a while with school ending and theatre camp starting and then my play and blah blah blah excuses. So I'm sorry. Here's chapter nine.
To Begin
Travis and Annette had become fast friends. Annette was acting like her normal self, as if nothing bad had ever happened and her family and friends quite enjoyed this. O
"So then," Lucas said Friday at lunch time. "this dude, out of complete no where, he says," he stopped to laugh. "He says, 'hey, idiot! You suck!'" And he laughed uncontrollably.
"Uh, Lucas?" Annette said after sharing a "what the hell?" look with Morgan. "Was that supposed to be funny?"
"Well…yeah." Lucas said, amazed they weren't laughing.
"Right." And Morgan and Annette began to laugh at Lucas, not at his joke.
"What's so funny?" A voice said as he sat down next to Annette.
"Just telling Lucas what an idiot he is." Annette said.
"Aww, you started without me?!" Travis grinned.
"Ha, ha." Lucas said dryly. "Hilarious."
"Yeah," Travis sighed smiling. "I like to think so." Annette looked over and smiled too. She's begun to really trust Travis. She felt like she could tell him anything, and it was as if she'd forgotten all the bad they'd gone through. Morgan looked at her watch and sighed.
"Come on, Lucas."
"Where you going?" Travis asked.
"He needs help studying for his test before next period."
"Good luck!" Annette said as Lucas stood up.
"Yeah, thanks." Lucas said and followed Morgan out.
"So." Travis said turning to Annette. "What do you say…well, wanna go out tonight? Like a date?" Annette was caught completely off guard. Sure, they'd gotten real close, real fast…but it was so sudden…so random. Yet she found that she really wanted to. So she agreed.
"You know…" She smiled. "I'd like that."
"Great." Travis smiled. "I was thinking we could go to dinner…and a movie? A little cliché, I know but —"
"That sounds great." Annette cut him off. "I'd like that." He grinned and she grinned back. The bell rang and sent them off to their different classes.
"I think Travis likes you." Morgan whispered to her in Spanish class.
"Do you, now?"
"Yes."
"Me too." Annette agreed.
"What?"
"He asked me out." Annette smiled.
"No way!" Morgan said shocked.
"Uh huh."
"You said yes, right?"
"Yes."
But Morgan wasn't the only one who heard. When Roger came home that night,
"Annette, I hear Travis asked you out."
"How'd you hear that?" She asked utterly confused.
"Lucas called me." She rolled her eyes, assuming Morgan had told him.
"Listen…" Roger said worriedly. "I know you guys are cool now…and I'm not gonna try and stop you…but just watch it, okay? Be careful."
"Don't worry, Dad." She said and went up to her room to get changed.
A few hours later found Travis walking Annette back home.
"Well?!" Lucas asked as she walked in.
"What are you doing here?" She asked.
"Felt like coming over."
"Uh huh."
"How was it?" He repeated.
"He asked me to be his girlfriend."
"Oh my G-d…did you say yes?" He asked incredulously.
"Yes." Annette smiled and went up the stairs and to bed.
A/N: So this chapter wasn't terribly amazing. I didn't feel like the date would be that important.
