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Chapter 36: Reconciliation

Portman stared at Kelly the next day at breakfast where she was sitting with Linda, once Linda stood up to go talk to Charlie he walked over and sat down next to her.

"Go away," She said quietly.

"I just wanna talk to you," He said. She closed her eyes and exhaled, "What happened last night?"

"Nothing," She looked at him, "I was drunk, I did something stupid. Nothing happened."

"You kissed me," He smiled. She sighed, "And I kissed you."

"Yeah, I was there, no need to relieve it," She sighed.

"And I think you liked it," He smirked. "So, does he know about us?" She looked at him venomously.

"There is no us," She said, "And he does know, I told him. I don't know how he feels about it, but if he comes down here and the first thing he sees is me sitting here talking to you, he's going to think that there's an us." He nodded. "So um, leave!"

"But I thought," He looked at her.

"Look, I don't want you to get the wrong idea about me," She sighed, "I'm not like this, I don't screw around, or anything I mean, until a month ago, I was a virgin and, I don't normally drink or anything, and I'm sorry, for leading you on."

"Kelly," Scooter said, walking in "What's he doing here?"

"He was just leaving," Kelly said crossing her arms. Portman stood up, and walked away, Scooter sending him a glare. "Hi," She said. He sat down.

"Hi," He growled, "So, what happened? Because you sort of left me hanging last night."

"I made out with Dean Portman," She said, "I saw you with Janet, I freaked, I went to a JFK party with Cassie, and I got drunk and I made out with him."

"Nothing's going on with Janet," He said, she nodded, "I swear, except maybe in her head, but she's a nut bag and that's one of the reasons I broke up with her."

"I just wanted to get back at you," She sighed, "I probably should have just talked to you, but,"

"Yeah," He nodded, "You should have. Kelly, I don't know where to go from here."

"We could just pretend it didn't happen," She shrugged. He nodded, "Scooter, its not like I had sex with him, we kissed, that's it."

"Just a kiss?" Scooter said, "He really doesn't look like a just kiss kind of guy, Kelly."

"OK, so he felt me up a little too," She sighed, he looked down. "Scooter, I love you, OK? And I believe that nothing's happening with you and Janet, so I'm asking you to believe that nothing's happening with me and Portman."

"I want to," He said. She nodded and kissed him. "I'm sorry."

"Me too," she said, and then smiled.

"What?" He laughed.

"We just got through our first major rough patch," She giggled. He laughed.

"Yeah, I guess we did," He said softly, "So when he kissed you," she rolled her eyes, "Was it like this?" He leaned in and kissed her softly, she laughed and shook her head.

"No," She said, "It was more like this," She kissed him again, this time, much deeper and more intense. He nodded.

"Hmm," He sighed, "Well, as long as we know."

"You've been strangely quiet," Rick said, Cassie nodded, "So aside from the Kelly Scooter drama how was that party?" She shrugged. "Cass, what happened?"

"Nothing," She said shortly, "I changed my mind about the coke, that's all," He nodded.

"You're pretty defensive about it," He said.

"Look, you got what you wanted OK Rick?" She stood up and walked out. Allie looked over from where she was sitting with Luis.

"I'll be right back," She whispered.

"OK," He nodded and kissed her. She stood up and walked out into the hallway and saw Cassie standing leaned against the lockers crying.

"There was a JFK party last night right?" Allie said. Cassie nodded. "Ron?" She nodded again.

"I feel like an idiot," She sighed. "I mean, that was our deal, he gave me free drugs, I had sex with him."

"Yeah, but that was when you were together," Allie said, "He didn't really expect now that you're with someone else,"

"Oh he expected it," Cassie sighed, "He demanded it." Allie looked at her.

"He didn't?!" She gasped. Cassie shook her head.

"No, he tried though," She said quietly.

"Did you tell Rick?" Allie said, she shook her head, "Cass, you know that he won't put up with this!"

"Come on Al," Cassie laughed, "I mean, Rick's not exactly a wuss, but he couldn't," Allie sighed, "It's over, OK? I just wish I had brought you instead of Kelly," Allie looked at her. "You would have been up in that bedroom with me."

"That's true I would have been," Allie laughed. "It's hard to try to rape two girls at once." Cassie laughed. "I missed you bitch."

"Oh, I missed you too slut!" Cassie smiled and hugged her.

"Junkie," Allie giggled.

"Street walker," Cassie responded. "No more fighting?"

"Oh never again," Allie smiled. "So how was Turner thanksgiving?"

"Not nearly as much fun without you to say outrageously inappropriate things that make my mother's face turn purple," Cassie laughed, Allie smiled.

"Remember, last year when I spent the whole dinner hitting on that really hot uncle of yours?" Allie giggled. Cassie smiled, Allie looked down seriously, "I am really happy for you, I know how much he means to you."

"I'm happy for you too," Cassie said softly, "I mean, you seem happier."

"I am," Allie nodded, "It's nice, having someone who just completely adores me. He's always telling me I'm beautiful, and that he loves me, it makes for a nice change." Cassie nodded. "Do you think Rick's bored yet?"

"I'm keeping him on his toes," Cassie laughed. "Or I'm trying to."

"It's so pretty!" Tammy squealed as she Connie and Julie sat around a table at Starbucks looking at Julie's promise ring. "Uh, Fulton told me he loved me and all I got was a very poorly timed hickey."

"Why poorly timed?" Connie asked.

"Regionals coming up," Tammy sighed, "And unfortunately the skating costume is rather revealing in the neck and chest area."

"Also when did Fulton say I love you," Julie questioned.

"Last night, we were at this party," She shrugged, "Then he tried to have sex with me." The other two nodded. "Anyway, I have good news."

"Besides the very obvious fighting off of Fulton's rather clumsy advances," Connie laughed. She nodded and went into the rather large purse.

"Ta da!" Tammy held up an envelope.

"What is it?" Julie asked.

"It's my Eden Hall transfer application," Tammy giggled. The two other girls hugged her.

"I thought your mom said no," Connie said.

"Yeah, but last week's coke bust at JFK, sorta changed her mind," Tammy shrugged, "She doesn't want Tommy there either, and she said that that would be horribly unfair to let him go and not me. We don't get to board though, we have to commute."

"But you'll be in school with us!" Julie squealed.

"If I get in," She said shaking her head, "Apparently its even harder to get in transfer."

"Oh please," Connie shook her head, "You're brilliant, you'll get in."

"Sucks that you missed our only uniform free year," Julie sighed. Connie spit out her coffee and stared at her.

"UNIFORMS?" The two girls said, their friend stared back.

"Yeah," She nodded, "Jimmy told me."

"Gross," Connie mumbled.

"I don't know," Tammy smiled, "I look really good in plaid."

"Hi," Janet walked up to Portman, he looked at her.

"Do I know you?" He said.

"You could," She whispered seductively. He rolled his eyes.

"No thanks," He said moving past her.

"You want Kelly right?" She said, he turned. "Mm, that got your attention."

"What do you know about that?" He walked back over.

"Please, it would take a blind deaf retard to not see how you look at her," She laughed. He nodded.

"What does that have to do with you?" He asked. She smiled.

"You want Kelly," She explained, "I want Scooter. So we're both getting boned by them doing this whole Eden Hall's number one couple thing."

"Are you suggesting some kind of break them up alliance?" He said. She shrugged. "I'll pass."

"Look," She followed after him, "She wants you too, I've known Kelly my whole life, I know how she gets. And I also know how powerful jealousy can be."

"So what are you suggesting?" He laughed, she smiled and kissed him. "That could work."

"I know how lots of things work," She smiled, "Let me show you."

"I don't even know your name," He said, not sure if this was too good to be true or not.

"I'm Janet," She said, "You're Dean, let's move on to the good part."

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