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Chapter 10: Homecoming

"Where is she?" Jake thought as he nervously looked at his watch. "I hope she isn't in trouble…" The ball was about to start and everybody was entering the school. He was really worried about her.

"Spud! Trix! Did you guys see Rose somewhere?" He asked as he saw his two friends approaching.

"Sorry Jake, we didn't. She must be coming now" Spud said. "Uh… Trix… Are you sure about this?"

"I don't know Spud… I'm feeling a little…. Awkward to be honest…" She answered.

"Yeah, me too… Well… Let's get in and see what happens"

"If you say so… We will meet you inside, Jakey. She will come, don't worry"

"I hope so…" Jake answered. Then, Trixie and Spud left him alone again.

Jake continued to wait, his worry growing at each passing minute. He was about to freak out, but then, he heard a voice behind him.

"Hey" There she was, with a warm smile on her face and wearing the same light blue dress from their dream.

"Hey yourself"

"Wait… That's my line!" Rose said playfully with her hands on her hips.

"What happened? I was starting to get really worried… I was afraid the Huntsman had done something with you…"

"Sorry… It took me a while to put the make up on… Besides, I had to do something with that wonderful gash in my arm…"

"How is it by the way?"

"Ah. It's gone. I somehow managed to find a healing potion in the Huntslair" She said, showing her now healed arm. "It stings a little but works really well" She added with a laugh.

"Good to know" Jake smiled and grabbed her hand. "C'mon. Let's have some fun, shall we?"

And they entered the school just looking at each other's eyes, not noticing two shadows lurking behind the parked cars…

"Alright everyone! Let's start the party!" Sun Park spoke cheerfully into the microphone and the DJ turned on the music. Everyone started to dance. The first songs were faster and more upbeat.

"So… Now that we got all the Aztec Skulls…"

"Jake… Not now. We are here just as Jake and Rose, remember?" She said, still dancing.

"Sorry… I forgot" Jake said as he spun Rose.

"You are still the same great dancer I remember you to be" Rose remarked.

"Right back at you, darling"

And they danced on and on. That moment brought back many memories from the time when neither of the two knew about each other's identities. They remembered their first dance together, when their love really started to grow. It was amazing how many things happened since then, but now they knew that it was true, it was real: their love survived through fire and flames, the fate tried to break them apart, but failed. The Dragon and the Slayer were finally together.

They just enjoyed the dance without exchanging many words afterwards. After some songs, they were exhausted. "Jake, I need a break" Rose said when a song stopped. They were breathing hard and starting to sweat.

Jake nodded. "Want some punch?"

"Yeah. My mouth is really dry" She answered.

Meanwhile…

"Spud… Are you feeling anything yet?" Trixie asked while dancing not really enthusiastically.

"You know what? I think I am… oh… wait… No… It was just an acid reflux acting up again…"

"Look… I'm sorry… But I think this isn't going to work out…" She said as she completely stopped dancing.

Spud stopped as well, sighed and looked deep into her eyes. "Trixie… There's something I need to tell you…" He paused.

There was a long silence afterwards…

"Friends and nothing more, right?" Trixie said, noticing the gleam in his eyes.

"Amen to that, sister" Both of them sighed in relief.

They hugged and then went to the punch bowl. They found Jake and Rose sitting on the bleacher next to it. They were cheerfully talking.

"Do you remember when we were rehearsing for Anthony and Cleopatra? That little bug showed up and we had to ask each other a five minutes break to fight for it! Then we came back all messed up and asked for more five!"

Rose laughed "Wow… I wonder how we didn't even suspect about it back then! The ironic part is that we never got to do that scene in the end"

"You tell me…" Jake grimaced as he remembered who he had to kiss in the play. Rose simply giggled in response.

"Rose! You came!" They saw Trixie and Spud coming into their direction.

She smiled and waved back at them.

"So… how is it going… errr… between you two?" Jake asked.

"Well… It just won't work. We are friends for life and friends for real. Nothing more than that" Trixie answered.

Jake nodded. "Well… Good to you, because Kyle is up there all by himself" He said, pointing towards the opposite bleacher.

"What? Oh my… Wait up honey! Trixie is coming!" She said before running into his direction.

All the friends chuckled at the scene. She talked to Kyle for two or three minutes and then they were on the dance floor. Trixie was all smiles.

"Where is Stacey anyway?" Spud asked.

"Well… she is… With Brad" Rose said with the smoothest tone she could pull off.

"Oh… Maybe next time…" Spud's face dropped a little.

"I'm sorry bro… There's anything I can do for you?" Jake asked, with a hand on his shoulder.

"Nah. I'll be alright" He answered with a little smile.

Rose felt a little bad for him. "Spud, do you want to dance one song with me?"

"It's alright Rose. You don't need to…"

"It's just for you to at least don't waste the night" She said with a sincere smile. "Jake, you don't mind, do you? You trust me, right?"

That caught him off guard. He looked into her eyes and hesitated a little.

Rose kissed him on the cheek. "He is your best friend… It's just one song, don't be jealous, ok?"

Jake was indeed feeling jealous, but her warm blue eyes looking deep into his calmed him a little. "I trust you"

Rose smiled again and took Spud to the dance floor.

Jake watched as they danced. He felt his jealousy starting to grow again, but then, he remembered about the last time he let it control him. "I trust her… I trust her…" He looked at them again. Rose was worriedly staring at him.

Jake gave her a reassuring smile in response. She did the same and continued dancing. He felt a bit stupid: "Why am I so worried?" Jake finally thought. All his jealousy was finally gone. He trusted her and promised himself that he always would.

"Thanks for the dance, Rose" Spud said some minutes later.

"You are welcome" She said before returning to Jake's side. "Hey jealous boy" She said mockingly.

"I wasn't jealous!" He snapped back.

"Oh yes, you were. I could see it in your eyes"

"Ok. I was just a little bit in the beginning" He admitted. "But not anymore. I trust you, Rose" He said, looking into her eyes.

"Yeah… right" She joked. She knew he was telling the truth, but she couldn't miss the opportunity to make him annoyed.

"Oh… Please! Don't tell me that you wouldn't be jealous if you saw me talking to another girl"

"Don't even think about it! If I find out that you are cheating me, you will be a dead dragon" She threatened him.

"Ha! You are jealous too!" He said victorious.

"No… I…" Rose's cheeks were completely red. He really got her this time. "Alright… You won…" She finally said.

Jake chuckled. "Do you want some ice cream?"

"You've just found out my weakness" She said with a laugh. "Yes, please"

He came back with two ice cream cartons. He handed her the strawberry flavored and kept the chocolate flavored for himself.

"I want the chocolate one!"

"As you wish" He said and then plunged a spoon full of ice cream into her mouth without warning.

"Hey!" she coughed and then licked her lips.

"Alright. Your turn" He said before opening his mouth and closing his eyes.

Rose mischievously grinned as she opened the carton…

"That's not funny!" Jake said while trying to clean off the ice cream from his nose. Rose was laughing so hard that she almost fell.

"Are you kidding me? It's hilarious!"

"I guess it's enough… Let's finish this before it starts melting, alright?"

Some time later…

"Now it's the moment all of you have been waiting for! The crowning of the Homecoming king and queen!"

All the music had stopped and everyone was looking at the stage, where Sun was standing with a little envelope in her hands. Expectations grew as she opened it and read the names.

"And the king and queen are… Jake and Rose!"

The couple wasn't paying much attention. She was leaning against his shoulder and they were looking at each other's eyes. Then, everyone turned around and started to cheer.

"What?" Both said in unison. It took Jake some seconds to understand what was going on. He looked at Sun who was motioning them to come. He saw the two crowns in her hands and realization dawned on him. "I can't believe this!" He dragged a confused Rose through the crowd until they finally reached the stage.

"Congratulations!" Sun told them as she put the crown on Jake's head.

"Oh my…" Rose was speechless.

"Wait…" Jake told Sun as he grabbed the other crown from her hands. He slowly turned around. A tear of happiness was slipping down Rose's face.

She lowered her head and closed her eyes while he gently placed the crown on her. He then put his hand on her cheek. "You are my queen Rose. You'll always be the only one, no matter what happens"

She threw herself into him and kissed him passionately. The confetti started to fly everywhere and the crowd started to cheer again, while Jake also closed his eyes and returned the kiss.

Everything was just perfect.

That was it for now.

Until the next chapter! :)