It was nearly eight o'clock by the time Rosie had arrived back at the Mason's house. "There you are!" Major Mason said as rosie came in through the back door and walked into the living room. He and Carter were sitting on the couch getting ready to watch a movie. Carter scooted over to the end of the couch and held up the end of her blanket, motioning for Rosie to come sit next to her. Rosie put her bag down and happily walked over and sat down next to Carter. "We saved you some pizza" Carter said pointing to the pizza box sitting on the table, "What took you so long?". "Oh, I had to wait until my teacher was finished meeting with the mathletes" rosie said. Carter just nodded and turned her attention to the tv. "Ready?" Major Mason said as he held up the remote. "Yeah" Carter and Rosie said at the same time. Major Mason hit the play button and the movie started. He reached over and turned off the lamp.
Rosie was exhausted. She forced herself to stay awak while she ate a few slices of pizza. After she finished eating, she snuggled p close to Carter, resting her head on carter's shoulder as she watched the movie. Carter reached under the covers and grabbed Rosie's hand and laced thei fingers together. Rosie never took her eyes off of the screen, she just smiled contently. "What are we watching?" rosie asked as the last preview came to an end. "Paranormal activity" Carter said, "It's supposed to be really good". Rosie felt her eye lids getting heavy but she forced herself to stay awake.
By the time the movie ended, rosie was wide awake and gripping to Carter's hand for dear life. "You didn't tell me it was going to be scary!" Rosie said looking up at Carter. "You didn't ask" Carter smirked. "Ok girls, bed time" Major Mason said turning on the lamp, "You two have school in the morning!". The girl's each gave Major Mason a hug and then climbed the stairs to Carter's room.
Both girls were standing at the sink brushing their teeth after they had changed for bed. Rosie couldn't help but smile at Carter. "Wha?" Carter said with her toothbrush in her mouth. rosie just shook her head and rinsed her mouth and walked out. Carter did the same and quickly followed her. "What are smiling about?" Carter said as she walked over to her bed and pulled the covers back. "Nothing" Rosie said as she pulled the covers back on her own bed and climbed inside. "Sure, whatever" Carter said as she climbed into her own bed, "Good night". Carter turned off the lamp and the room went dark.
As Rosie lay in her bed staring up at the ceiling, she heard footsteps crossing the room. Carter ran and jumped into rosie's bed, making both of them laugh. "What are you doing?" Rosie asked as she sat up and leaned against the headboard. "I just wanted to say thank you again, for earlier" Carter said looking up at Rosie. "Your welcome" Rosie said, smiling at Carter. Carter leaned forward and kissed Rosie quickly before running back over to her own bed. "Good night Carter!" rosie said.
The following morning was no different then the rest. Rosie woke up after the alarm went went off while Carter pressed the snooze button three times. Finally Carter got up and dressed for school and they went downstairs and quickly grabbed a bagle as they were running out of the door to catch the bus. Once they were in their seat, Carter turned and faced Rosie. "I'm dropping out of prom elections when we get to school" Carter said. Rosie's went from smiling to a frown in less then a second. "No, I'm flattered you nominated me, really I am" Carter said trying to make rosie feel better, "I just don't want another incident like yesterday to happen". Rosie just shrugged her shoulders. "I understand" Rosie said, "Do whatever you feel is best".
Once the bus arrived at school, Carter and Rosie grabbed their bags and followed the rest of the students off of the bus. The large banners of Chelsey were still hanging everywhere, as if rubbing it in Carter's face. Carter just looked at the ground as she and Rosie made their way towards the front door. Carter opened the door and walked inside with Rosie right behind her. As soon as Carter looked up, she stopped dead in her tracks. There on the wall was a giant picture of her. The banner was easily ten feet long.
"CARTER IS CHELSEY, VOTE CARTER MASON FOR PROM QUEEN! Love, the Mathletes!".
"Surprise!" Rosie said as she ran over to the sign, "What do you think?". Carter just stared, smiling but in shock. "I wasn't actually in detentio yesterday" Rosie confessed as she walked back over to Carter, "I convinced the mathletes to make a banner for you and then it just kind of spiraled up from there". "Spiraled up?" Carter asked, "You mean there's more then this one?". rosie just nodded and grabbed Carter's hand pulling her farther down the hall way. Posters with Carter's picture lined both sides of the hall.
"CARTER MASON IS A HOLE IN ONE"- The golf team
"CARTER FOR PROM QUEEN, CHECK MATE!"- chess club
"VOTE CARTER FOR PROM QUEEN!"- Glee club
"CARTER MASON ROCKS!"- Geology club
Rosie stopped when they reached the oter end of the hall. "And we also have the chemistry club, marching band, History club, and ROTC posters on the other side of the school" Rosie said as she turned to look at Carter. Carter was speechless. "Oh my God rosie" she said looking around at all of the posters, "How did you do all of this?". "As a princess I posses very strong persuasive skills" Rosie said smiling, "And it turns out, you aren't as invisible as you think!". Carter could no longer control herself and she leapt into Rosie's arms hugging her. "thank you so much!" Carter said as she huged Rosie. "So I take it this means you aren't dropping out of the election?" Rosie said. Carter just laughed and shook her head. "Good, cause I was going to have a lot of explaining to do if you did!" Rosie said, causing Carter to laugh. Carter released Rosie and just smiled as she looked around at the posters. She looked back Rosie, seeing a huge smile on her face and Carter couldn't help but fall for her just a little more.
She couldn't believe it. The rest of the day, Carter walked around in a daze. People were actually acknowledging her as she walked through the halls and for one they were not calling her bait girl. Instead they called her by her name, some waved, some gave her high fives. At lunch, it was no longer just her and Rosie sitting there. A few of the mathletes joined them along with a ROTC members, the captain of the golf team and a few chemistry club members. All of this happened because of Rosie.
Carter kept telling herself that it was all too good to be true. At some point, everything was going to turn around and it was all going to be some big, cruel joke that donnie and his friends were pulling. But soon enough the final bell rang and the day was over. She and Rosie walked out to the bus together and took their usual seat at the very back. They laughed and chatted with the people around them until the bus dropped them off at Carter's house.
"Rosie, can I talk to you before we go inside?" Carter asked as she took off her backpack. Rosie suddenly became nervous. She nodded her head and followed Carter as she walked off towards an old wooden swing that was sitting just off of the lake. The two girls sat down and placed their bags to the side.
"Thank you for what you did with the posters" Carter said as she stared nervously down at her hands. Rosie smiled. Carter felt her breath get caught in her throat again at the sight of Rosie's beautiful smile. "Did you really like them?" Rosie asked. Carter simply nodded as she stared into Rosie's eyes. "Good!" Rosie said as she leaned back against the swing.
"That was the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me" Carter said, still just staring at Rosie. "You are the only person that has ever stood up for me" Carter said as small tears formed in eyes. Rosie smiled and pulled Carter into a hug.
The screen door on the back porch opened and Major Mason stepped out. Rosie released Carter and both girls turned around to see Major Mason walking towards. "There you two are!" he said smiling at them, "Hurry up, let's go!". "Go?" carter said slightly confused, "Go where?". Major Mason smiled at the two girls. "Prom dress shopping, duh!" he said laughing and rolling his eyes, "I have to get my two favorite girls ready for the big night! Let's go ladies!". Carter and Rosie smiled excitedly and grabbed their bags, tossed them inside and joined Major Mason who was waiting for them in the car.