Disclaimer: I don't own Rent. You know what belongs to me and what belongs to Jonathon Larson.
Kelly, Maureen, and Becca were getting ready at Kelly's house for prom.
"Becca, what are you going to do if you win prom queen and Roger wins prom king?" Maureen asked laughing. Becca rolled her eyes. Why did she have to been on prom court with her brother? That's just wrong and creepy on a number of different levels.
"I told everyone that if they vote for Roger they can't vote for me and vice versa." Becca said putting on her eye makeup. "Besides anyone who votes for Roger is most likely going to vote for Kelly."
"God I really hope they don't." Kelly groaned.
"You're telling me that you don't want to win?" Maureen asked. "It would be so cute because you won homecoming king and queen."
"I really don't. I don't need another fake crown." Kelly said putting on her shoes.
"Who'd you vote for?" Becca asked.
"Maureen." Kelly said standing up. "I know that a lot of people were voting for Roger and I thought it would be best to vote for Mo."
"Thank you." Becca said giving her a hug.
"Am I the only one that wants to win?" Maureen asked laughing.
"Yes." Becca and Kelly said at the same time. Ann came into the room and smiled at the three girls.
"You all look beautiful." She said taking a picture of them. Maureen wore a stunning dark blue dress, though it did cut a little too low in the chest area in Ann's opinion. But she had seen the other dresses that Maureen had bought and this one was tame in comparison. Becca wore a pink halter top dress, which looked wonderful on her. It was revealing but tasteful. Ann laughed, Becca never stood a chance with her father, Billy, and Roger all making sure that she had a dress that "appropriate" in their eyes. There had been many battles at the Davis house over her prom dress. Finally Ann's eyes landed on Kelly, the girl she had grown to call her daughter in the past four years. There weren't words for the way she looked. She wore a long lilac dress, it was strapless. Her blonde hair was half way pulled back and the rest fell in soft curls around her shoulders. Her make up was simple. Ann smiled as she hugged Kelly. "You look beautiful." Ann whispered with tears in her eyes.
"Thanks." Kelly said with tears in her eyes too. Ann pulled away.
"We can't ruin your makeup." Ann laughed as they wiped their eyes. "Are you girls ready? The guys are downstairs waiting." The girls nodded and followed Ann downstairs.
Roger heard the girls coming down the stairs and looked up. His breath caught and he lost all frame of thought when Kelly walked down the stairs. She looked absolutely stunning. Even saying that didn't do her justice. She stood in front of him smiling and he couldn't think of anything to say. Finally his brain started to function again.
"You look amazing." He said kissing her cheek. He pulled out her corsage and slipped it onto her wrist.
"Thanks. You look great too." Kelly said smiling. Roger looked good in his tux. His short bleach blonde hair was spiked up.
"Ok guys let's get the pictures done." Mrs. Davis said as all the kids lined up. Maureen and Mark were on one end, Roger and Kelly were in the middle, and Benny and Becca at the opposite end. Benny and Becca had agreed to go as friends though Kelly and Maureen were willing to bet money that there was something more. An hour later they were walking out the door. They had parked their cars at the hotel that prom was being held at and the limo would pick them up at the house and take them to the hotel. After prom they were going to head down to the beach for the after party in their own cars. The limo pulled up and they waved goodbye to their parents. When they got into the limo Roger popped a bottle of champagne.
"Where'd you get that?" Mark asked.
"My wonderful older brother." Roger said smiling. He poured champagne in everyone's glasses. Roger was the first to raise his glass. "To the class of 1986!" Everyone cheered and raised their glasses. Roger wrapped his arm around Kelly. She looked up at him and smiled.
"Can you believe that we're on our way to prom?" She asked.
"No. I still remember starting high school." Roger said.
"Do you remember the dance freshman year?" Kelly asked.
"How could I forget? It was when I realized that I liked you." He said leaning down and kissing her.
"Too bad it took you nearly nine months to act on it." Kelly laughed.
"Hey you can't blame me for being scared, I didn't want anything to ruin our friendship." Roger said pulling her closer to him. "And you knew you liked me months before and didn't do anything either."
"Will you two shut up?" Benny said rolling his eyes. "You two are together now so that's all that matters."
"Someone's cranky." Kelly said laughing. Soon enough they arrived at the hotel, they all piled out of the limo and made their way into the ball room of the hotel. They stood in line to get their pictures professionally taken before sitting down to eat. Roger reached out and pulled Kelly's chair closer to his.
"How about a dance?" he asked. Kelly smiled and stood up.
"Of course." She said. They got up and started dancing. They were having the time of their lives until trouble walked by.
"Roger I hope you'll save at least one dance for me." Gloria said smiling. Kelly felt her blood boil but before she said anything Roger spoke.
"Why don't you go bother someone else." Roger said. "I am not attracted to you. I never have and never will be attracted to you. So why don't you go and let me and my girlfriend get back to our dance." With that Roger turned around and continues to dance with Kelly. "What?"
"Nothing." She said as she kissed him. Roger held her tighter and they seemed to be glued to each other. Someone tapped Roger's shoulder.
"What?" He asked turning around and seeing Becca.
"We might have a problem." Becca said pointing behind Roger. Roger turned around and saw Gloria with her tongue shoved down Mark's throat.
"Shit." He said. "Where's Mo at?"
"Bathroom." Becca said. Roger breathed a sigh of relief as he started to walk over to save Mark. Before he could get there he saw Kelly go flying past him. It amazed him that she could be that fast in heels. He watched as Kelly shoved Gloria to the ground.
"Stay the hell of away from my boyfriend and Mark you filthy whore." Kelly yelled. She went to hit Gloria but Roger grabbed her and pulled her back.
"Baby she's not worth it." Roger said trying to calm her.
"Let me go." Kelly said calmly. That scared Roger. Before he could say anything else he saw brown curls go flying past him. Roger watched as Benny pulled Maureen back and a bunch of teachers ran over.
"What happened?" The principal asked.
"Gloria hit Maureen and Maureen was trying to defend herself." Becca said. Everyone else in the group nodded as the teachers escorted Gloria out of the room.
"You ok Mo?" Benny asked releasing her.
"She's so lucky." Maureen said still fuming.
"Come on Mo, let's go get you calmed down." Kelly said as she led Maureen away with Becca. Mark stood there stunned.
"Oh my god." Mark said sitting down in the nearest chair and putting his face in his hands. "I didn't do anything I swear."
"It's ok. Mo knows that. She's not pissed at you, she's pissed at Gloria." Benny said sitting down next to him.
"Yeah man. And she's also pissed for all the shit that Gloria's been doing to me and Kelly lately." Roger said. "She knows that you wouldn't have done that willingly." Mark just nodded and waited for the girls to come back.
"Maureen just take a couple of breaths, ok?" Becca said trying to calm her friend.
"Becca's right, let's all calm down and go spend the rest of the night with the guys that we love." Kelly said shooting a smirk in Becca's direction.
"Are you stupid? We've gone over this. Me and Benny are just friends." Becca said rolling her eyes. Kelly just smiled and let the subject drop as they walked out of the bathroom.
"Whatever you say Becca." Kelly said smiling as they left the batroom. Beca glared at her and rolled her eyes.
Benny looked up and saw the girls walking towards them.
"Here they come." Benny said nudging Mark. Mark jumped up and walked over to Maureen.
"I am so sorry" He said but Maureen cut him off.
"I know that you would never do that to me." Maureen said as she wrapped her arms around him and led him off towards the dance floor. Becca and Benny followed. Kelly looked at Roger and smiled. He just shook his head.
"What?" She asked laughing.
"You and Maureen are so much trouble." He laughed as he wrapped his arms around her.
"Ok, will everyone please come by the stage so we can announce the prom king and queen." Jessie McShane, the student council president, said into the microphone.
"Ok, our prom king is" she said opening the envelope, "shock of all shockers! Roger Davis!" She said. Everyone clapped as Roger made his way to the stage.
"Thank you." He said as they placed the crown on his head.
"Ok and now for the prom queen." She said opening the envelope. Kelly watched as Becca stood their praying for her name not to be called. All night people had been coming up to Becca saying that they voted for her and Roger. She didn't know if they were serious or not. Jessie looked up and found Becca in the crowd. "You can stop praying now Becca, it's not you." Everyone laughed at that. "Our prom queen is…" Jessie paused. "Kelly Keaton. Big shock guys." Once again everyone clapped as Kelly made her way up to the stage.
"Thank you." Kelly smiled as they placed the crown on her head.
"And now everyone it's the last dance of the night, so grab your date and have fun." Jessie said before stepping off stage. As Never Say Goodbye by Bon Jovi began playing, Roger took Kelly's hand and led her on to the dance floor. They just stood their in each others arms and danced silently. Roger leaned down and kissed her.
"This has been one of the best nights of my life." He whispered into her ear. Kelly looked up at him and smiled.
"It's the same for me." She said before resting her head against his chest. When the song ended everyone headed out to their cars. Benny and Becca were riding with Maureen and Mark while Roger and Kelly would be taking his car.
"I can't wait to get to the beach." Kelly said holding onto Roger's hand while they drove to the beach.
"I know. It's going to be awesome." Roger said. "You know this is going to be one of the last times that we hang out as a group?"
"Roger all of us are going to New York for the summer and Mark and Benny will be back every other weekend and for all breaks." Kelly said.
"I know but Becca's going to be in Chicago and this is one of the last times we'll hang out together and still call this place home." Roger said. Kelly and Roger were silent as they continues their drive to the beach. All of a sudden a car swirved into their lane, Kelly screamed as Roger jerked the car off the road. Roger slammed on the breaks and threw the car into park as he turned to Kelly.
"Are you ok?" He asked reaching out for her.
"Yeah. I'm fine." Kelly said trying to smile, she was a bit shaky.
"Are you sure?" He asked.
"Yes. I'm fine. Is the car ok?" She asked. Roger nodded. "Then let's get back on the road." Roger nodded and pulled back onto the road.
Kelly and Roger walked hand in hand over to where the others were. They had set up a small bond fire. Roger and Kelly had beer and blankets with them. After they got settled Kelly raised her beer.
"To us. May we always be friends and always have love." She said as everyone raised their bottles. Roger kissed her cheek and wrapped his arms around her. They spent the rest of the night drinking with their friends before falling asleep in each others arms on the beach.
When Kelly walked downstairs in her cap and gown, Ann started to cry.
"Mom please don't start this." Nick begged his mother. "If you start, then she'll start and I can't handle that right now."
"Shut up." Kelly said. Ann came up and hugged her.
"I can't believe that my other baby is graduating to day." She said.
"I know." Kelly said smiling.
"I'll be right back." Ann said leaving the room. Nick walked over to his sister and hugged her.
"Congrats, lil sis." He said. "Just think tomorrow your going to be a New York City resident."
"I know." She said smiling. "Your going to come by this weekend right?"
"I wouldn't miss it for the world." He said as their mother came back in with a small box.
"My mom gave me this on my graduation day and I want you to have it." Ann said handing her the box.
"Ann you didn't have to do this." Kelly said with tears in her eyes.
"I wanted you to have it." Ann said as Kelly opened the box. It was a simple cross with a emerald in the middle.
"Thank you so much." Kelly said hugging her.
"You deserved it sweetie." Ann said.
"Can we stop before this turns into a chick flick?" Nick said. Kelly and Ann glared at him before they headed out the door.
Kelly and Maureen were lucky enough to be sitting by each other. Roger, Mark, Benny, and Becca were all sitting by each other too. Everyone sat silently as they called the names. One by one they watched there friends recive their diplomas.
"Benjamin Christian Coffin the III" The principal called as Benny walked across the stage.
"Mark Abraham Cohen." Maureen whistled as Mark walked across the stage.
"Rebecca Michelle Davis." Becca smiled and waved at the crowd. Kelly could have sworn she heard Benny whistle.
"Roger William Davis" Roger threw his fist up in the air as he accepted his diploma. Kelly whistled. A short time later it was almost Kelly and Maureen's turns.
"Kelly Bianca Keaton." Kelly smiled as she walked across the stage. She heard Roger yell out hot mama and laughed. When she looked into the crowd her heart stopped when she saw her father standing sitting there. She hadn't expected him to show up. She smiled and waved before taking her seat.
"Maureen Catharine Johnson." Maureen walked across the stage, took her diploma, and yelled out "Fuck yeah!" waving her hands in the air. The entire student body erupted with laughter. When everyone got up Kelly's dad came up to her and hugged her.
"I'm so proud of you." He said as they both had tears in their eyes.
Kelly and Roger laid in his bed that night thinking about the next day. Their parents weren't thrilled withtheir sleeping arrangments to say the least but the next day they were moving into together and they knew that Roger and Kelly respected them enough not to do anything in the house. At least not do anything while Roger's parents were in the house as well.
"You excited?" He asked as he pulled her closer.
"I'm ecstatic." She said wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Tomorrow is going to be awesome." He said.
"I can't wait." She said.
"I love you." Roger said.
"I love you too." Kelly said leaning up to kiss him. When she pulled away she laid her head on his chest and fell asleep.
A/N: Two chapters in one day! I'm trying to make up for me not updating this weekend. This chapter marked the end of the Scarsdale era. Next chapter they will be living in the loft. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, I had a blast writing it. Thanks again to Renthead621 for helping me with my writers block. Thanks to everyone who reviewed. You are great. I should have another chapter up tomorrow. Remember to review.
Until Next Time, Lot's of Love,
BohemianGirl06