A/N: Sorry this took so long I've had so many other papers to write and I didn't know what direction I wanted to go in for this chapter, so make sure to leave some reviews on what you want to see in the future chapters and make sure to follow and favorite and all that good stuff so you'll be updated for when I post next time.

Chapter 32

The rest of the girl's Thanksgiving break finished up pretty quickly and now they were ready to get back into the regular schedule of school. Well except for Charlotte, after Bayley went and found their mother, Stephanie had been furious with Charlotte, after finding out about her daughter's drug habits, but immediately began to worry for her eldest child. She went on a long rant followed by lots of yelling, then followed by a lot of crying which Charlotte was completely numb to because of the drugs in her system. Shane then suggested putting the girl in rehab especially since Bayley told them that this had been going on for a while. So now Charlotte Helmsley was in mandatory rehab program where she would be spending the next 3 months. The program was in a building about an hour and a half away where she would stay with other teens as she went through the 12 step program and mandatory counseling, and since Charlotte still wasn't 17 yet, she could be sent there without her consent. Hunter and Stephanie signed the girl up that night and were getting ready to take her today as the rest of the girls were getting ready for school.

Sasha was dealing with morning sickness as she leaned her head on the side of the toilet while Becky was brushing her teeth, "You know how gross that is?"

"You know how gross that is?" Sasha repeated in a high pitched voice, mocking her little sister before she continued throwing up causing Becky to roll her eyes as she finished brushing her teeth.

"You gonna be okay for school today? You could always say you're sick" Becky said as she leaned against the sink

"I'll be fine" Becky nodded at this and gave her sister a small smile before Charlotte knocked twice and entered the bathroom. Her hair was messed up and she had bags under her eyes as she slowly ran her hands down her face tiredly, "Good mornin' Sunshine...ready for yer first day of rehab?"

"Fuck you" Charlotte said as she pushed past Becky and began to brush her teeth while Sasha slowly got up and cleaned herself up.

"You know this is really your own fault" becky said simply as she leaned against the bathroom door watching her oldest sister who glared back at her, "We told ya ta stop a long time ago and now their shipping you off"

"You really wanna go right now?" Charlotte snapped, pushing Becky back roughly causing her to fall back on her butt in the hallway

"Enough, both of you. You guys are stressing me out right now" Sasha said as she moved to stand in between her sisters. After a few tense seconds Becky pushed herself up from the ground and glared at her sister before turning and heading back to her room while Charlotte rolled her eyes and finished getting ready, "You really want this to be the way you leave… arguing with Becky?"

"She started it"

"Yes I know...she does that all the time, but you're about to be gone for like three months. You don't want to leave on bad terms"

"You say it like I'm never coming back" Charlotte said in a low tone, "Mom and dad will come to their senses soon and I'll be back here in two weeks tops"

"I don't know..Bayley said mom was really mad..and she did see you high. It's not like she just heard about it, she saw you in action" Sasha commented with her arms crossed as Charlotte began brushing her hair

"We'll see" Charlotte said then made no moves to continue the conversation so Sasha nodded before heading back to her and Becky's room where the girl was looking through her closet for a top to go with the camouflage pants she had on.

"Why did you do that?" Sasha asked but got no response as becky pulled out a white top but stopped when she saw blood on the front of it. She quickly tried to put it away but Sasha noticed it, "What is that...one of the shirts from your fights?"

"I haven't had the chance to wash it" Becky said as she pulled out a new white top that was cleaned and began to put it on.

"How bad do your fights get?"

"Well..that wasn't my blood so…" Becky said with a smirk but it quickly dropped and her fist clenched at the thought of fighting.

She was no longer was allowed to fight according to her parents, not that it stopped her before, but when she tried to go for her more recent fight the day after Thanksgiving, X-Pac said she wasn't allowed to compete anymore. He said that Hunter was his friend and he would respect his wishes, so Becky was currently banned from underground fighting, and if she ever tried to fight there Dean would be fired. She and Dean both proclaimed that this wasn't fair but X-Pac just apologized and restated that he would respect Hunter's wishes. Becky had rolled her eyes at this but left anyway, not wanting to get her boyfriend fired from a job she knew he loved.

"Becks?"

"I'm fine" Becky said through gritted teeth, though on the inside her anger was bubbling under her skin. She could tell that she had problems with her anger and fighting helped her get over it but now that she wasn't allowed to she felt like she was ten seconds from snapping. She quickly grabbed a snapback and put it on over her bright orange hair before heading down stairs leaving Sasha to herself.

Sasha paused as she felt a buzz in her back pocket causing her to reach in and pull out a phone. After talking with Seth and telling him about the baby, the two reconnected and he had given her a phone. It was an extra, an old phone that he had before he got his new one, it was small and was reprogrammed to call only his new number and 911. She accepted it with a smile and thanked him and the two texted over the weekend before school. Sasha tried to text as often as she could without Becky or any of her other sisters noticing, not trusting them to kept the secret.

"Good morning"

"Good morning" Sasha responded

"I miss you"

"You're so sweet"

"When can I see you"

"I'm still grounded"

"Can you sneak out, you've done it before"

"I don't want to get in trouble"

"You'd think you'd take this more seriously, if this baby were really your concern you'd try to see me more"

"Seriously I am.."

"It's my kid too"

"I know"

"Then why are you being difficult?"

Sasha didn't respond. She looked at the phone a frowned before putting the phone away as she quietly got ready, brushing her hand over her stomach as she changed. There was really a person inside of her, a little growing baby. She felt a smile tug at the corners of her lips but stopped as dark thoughts filled her head. What if she didn't make it through labor? What if her mother disowned her? What if something bad happens to the baby? Will she have to give it up? Will they have a could home? Sasha shook her head and sighed before looking in the full body mirror that hung on the back of the closet. She was wearing a navy blue hoodie and a pair of sweats with her hair flowing down her back. She never wore sweats to school, but now she just didn't have the energy to put on the few pairs of jeans that still fit her.

Sasha soon headed downstairs where Becky was sitting on top of the kitchen island eating an apple while Charlotte had on a black leather jacket and matching leggings and sat in the island chair facing Becky's back, as she drank a bottle of water.

"You're wearing sweatpants?" Becky asked with a mouth full of apple chunks

"Yes" Sasha said simply as she went to the fridge, "What of it?"

"Nothing" Becky said in a high voice before going back to her apple

"Good morning" Stephanie said loudly as she entered the kitchen dressed in a black top and red skirt that came to her knees and a pair of black heels.

"Morning" Sasha replied, While Becky and Charlotte ignored their mother both not particularly liking her at the moment.

Stephanie walked up to them, she quickly paced her hand on Charlotte's chin and lifted it so she could examine the girl's eyes, a typical ritual that she had picked up in the few days from thanksgiving to the first day back at school to make sure she wasn't high.

"How are you feeling?" Charlotte snatched her head away from her mother's grip and stood to walk off to the living room. Stephanie sighed and watched as Charlotte left before turning to Becky who avoided eye contact, "And how are you my little firecracker"

Becky sighed and jumped down from the counter with a shrug, she wanted to yell that she was angry. She wanted to snap at her mother but bit her tongue and said nothing. With that she too left, leaving just Stephanie and her second oldest who was standing at the fridge eating a pickle, "They're just grumpy right now...they'll get over it"

Sasha closed the fridge looked at her mother. She was still dying to tell her but with Charlotte's rehab she hadn't found the right moment to tell her. She opened her mouth to say something but changed her mind and moved to head into the living room where her Becky was packing up her backpack and putting her shoes on, while Charlotte was sitting on the couch waiting. Stephanie gave a confused look at Sasha's strange behavior and went to call the girl back in but stopped when Hunter entered the kitchen.

"Hey babe" Hunter said quickly as he came in kiss her on the cheek then moved around the kitchen and got coffee and something to eat. He was already dressed for work in a white button up, black slacks and a matching tie, his hair was cut but he was letting his beard grow out again, "Are you taking the girls or am I?"

"I'll do it...you can take Bayley" Stephanie responded without looking at her husband causing him to look concerned before her moved to stand beside her and leaned his chin on top of her head as he wrapped his free arm around her waist.

"Are you okay babe?"

"Yeah..yeah I just...I don't know...things with the girls have been so complicated lately. I mean I feel like I know everything that's going on and then something else happens, then we get on top of that and then something else happens. It just feels like we can never catch a break. We busted then for the first party and then they just go to another..I mean Becky even admitted to having 10 fights Hunt….she could've been killed in any one of them and we wouldn't have known. Then Charlotte I mean...she's already developed an addiction and I feel like we cant-"

"Hey babe..calm down" Hunter set his coffee down and completely wrapped Stephanie in his arms, "It's going to be okay alright...we talked about this...you're getting too worked up. We got Charlotte into rehab and it's early...it's only been a few months, she's not a hard core addict..she'll get help and she'll be fine. Becky is also fine, there is nothing you can do about those fights, she's still alive and we want to keep her that way now. Don't think about what could have been okay?"

Stephanie nodded but sighed none-the-less, "I know...I'm just waiting for the next shoe to drop"

"Well hopefully that won't be for a while" Hunter said before kissing his wife's forehead,

However, Sasha was listening to their conversation as she leaned against the wall outside the doorway frowning. There was definitely no way she could tell her parents now. She shook her head and quickly walked over to her little sister was was sitting on the back of the couch that Charlotte was sitting on. She examined her redhaired sister, she hadn't told Charlotte about going to see Seth and she could tell that Becky hadn't told her either. It wasn't like it was a problem since she was going to go with Charlotte in the first place but she still smiled slightly at the fact that her sister kept the trip to herself just in case Sahsa didn't want anyone else to know.

"What?" Becky asked as she saw her sister looking at her

"Nothing" Sasha said quickly causing her sister to look at her with raised eyebrow before Stephanie entered the living room and called out that it was time to go.

Charlotte's suitcases were already by the door and Hunter came and put them all in the back of Stephanie's car because saying goodbye to Charlotte and the rest of the girls as they drove off. The car was silent with Sasha sitting the front because neither Charlotte nor Becky wanted to sit by their mother. Stephanie adjusted the rear view mirror so she could see her daughters' uninterested faces as she drove before saying, "So...you girls ready for school?"

No one answered, Becky was biting her nails while charlotte and Sasha were staring out the windows. Stephanie sighed before turning on the radio letting the music fill the silence of the car before she pulled up to the school saying goodbye to her middle children as they quickly left the car only getting a small 'bye' from Sasha.

"Charlotte would you like to move up front?" Stephanie asked but Charlotte said nothing, crossing her arms and looking out the window at the school, looking for Roman or any other familiar faces Her hands clenching as she saw people laughing and joking with their friends as they came back onto campus, "Honey I get you're mad at me..but this is for your best interest"

Charlotte pulled her gaze away from the window and looked at her mother with a bored expression as she flatly said, "Okay"

Stephanie was slightly shocked that the girl spoke but said nothing about it as she pulled out of the drop off line and headed down the road, "Charlotte?"

"I don't want to talk"

"I know that but can we please just try...you're going to be away for a long time"

"Who's fault is that?"

"Your own" Stephanie practically yelled before taking a deep breath as her hands clutched the steering wheel, "Charlotte I want what's best for you...and your addiction-"

"It's not an addiction" Charlotte corrected, looking out the window, "I'm not an addict, I'm not on the side of the street selling my body or my stuff just to get a fix"

"That's not the only type of addict Charlotte. You continue to use because you want to feel something right...well what happens when you don't get enough from weed...well then you move on to something more and to something more. I mean you couldn't get your hands on any weed so you took Oxy. If you weren't addicted you would have stopped after getting arrested."

"I wasn't technically arrested I-"

"Stop! Stop making excuses Charlotte, stop trying to correct me with technicalities. You are the oldest and I expect you to act as such. I expect you to be a good role model for your younger siblings"

"Well that's the problem" Charlotte yelled as she kicked the passenger's seat in front of her, "I don't want to be a role model, I don't want to be a leader. I don't want the extra pressure but you and dad kept pushing me to be perfect. I kept pushing myself to be perfect and it was all just too much. I was bound to break eventually..better now than later."

The two sat in silence and Charlotte couldn't help but let visions of her father flash through her mind. He had snapped. He was a broken man who let the pressures of the world and of his mental illness control him and overwhelm him until her snapped. Charlotte expected her life to go a lot like that. She figured that she would grow up and use drugs as a copying method until one day she was found dead in a hotel room. However she saw how much Stephanie and Hunter believed in her and how much her siblings looked up to her growing up so she wanted to change that. She pushed herself to be better...but, she just couldn't do it. She had failed. She was just like her father. Once a Flair always a Flair.

"Charlotte" Stephanie tried but got no response causing them to stay quiet for the rest of the ride. The rehab center was in Irvine, California and it was called the Right to Censor Rehab center, the building looked new and had a large gate around it where Stephanie had to pull up and press a call button to be let in.

Soon the gates opened revealing a large fountain and cobblestone path that lead straight up to the front step where two people were waiting. There was a woman, shorter than Charlotte with dark hair pulled back, dressed in a white button up shirt, black pants and a tie along with another man who towered over her dressed in the same clothes, with huge muscles. Charlotte suddenly felt nervous as her mother parked the car and moved to get out. Charlotte slowly followed after her mother and leaned against the car as she watched her mother go up and talk to the woman while the huge man came up to the car and began carrying Charlotte's stuff.

"Charlotte" Stephanie called out, motioning for her to come over, "Come introduce yourself"

"Hello" The woman said politely with her hands crossed in front of her, "My name is Ivory i'm incharge of Right to Censor...or as we call it RTC"

Charlotte nodded and looked at the building behind her, not paying attention to the woman. She wanted to get a good look at the place where she would be staying for the next three months and she didn't want to give this woman any room to analyze her, she wouldn't be staying for long.

"Your mother tells me you have developed an addiction to drugs" Ivory continued once Charlotte

Did make any attempts to speak

"It's not an addiction" Charlotte said but her mother flicked her ear, "ow….oh..okay. Yeah i'm an addict. I have a serious problem, you guys gotta help me! Honest, i need the intervention and everything"

Stephanie rolled her eyes as she listened to her daughter's sarcastic response, "She also has an attitude problem"

"I see...well, I believe I'll be keeping a very close eye on you Charlotte." Ivory said, her smile never once leaving her face before she looked to Stephanie and said, "Would you two like a tour?"

"Of Course"

"We'll show you to your room first so Val here can put your stuff down" Ivory said as she lead them up the steps and into the building which looked like a fancy cabin once inside. There was a large fountain and a two sets of steps on either side, and behind that was an area that was set up like a living room with four white couches that centered around a glass table and a fireplace built into the wall. There were glass windows all along the walls and revealed a pool outside and there were a bunch of paintings everywhere, "This is the living room where everyone can sit and relax, there is also a kitchen to the left and laundry to the right"

"Great" Charlotte said with fake enthusiasm

"All of the rooms are on the second floor"

"What if someone tries to jump out the window and kill themself?" Charlotte asked in a very dry tone causing Val to look at her with a frown

"All of the windows are locked and we have flower beds around each of the bedroom windows incase someone does make a rash and inappropriate decision." Ivory said as she took them upstairs where there was a long hallway of rooms and doors, each one with a white board on the outside. Some of them were blanks and other ones had a few names on them with stars under them, "This..is your room"

They stopped in front of a room that had a name already written on the board, "Dana? I have a roomate?"

"Yes, your mother requested it" Ivory said simply as she took a key out of her pocket and opened the door, "Dana is in group therapy right now so we can just go on in"

Charlotte turned to her mother, "you requested that I have a roommate? What you don't even trust me in rehab?"

"No" Stephanie said simply before entering the room to look at the set up.

I was a huge room almost twice the size of Sasha and Becky's room. It had to two large beds on opposite sides of the room with their own dressers, closets, lamps, fridges, mirrors and desks. Val placed Charlotte's bags on the bed with blue sheeting that held nothing on the walls. While Ivory smiled and said, "This floor is just rooms but there is a lounge at the end of the hall"

The group left Charlotte's room and headed to the lounge revealing a large room with bean bag chairs, couches, tables and a pool table as well as air hockey however there were no TVs. Ivory showed them around then took them back downstairs to show the kitchen off. It was large with white marble finish and had a island in the middle and a long bar like table with ten chairs behind it as well as two, not one, but two fridges, "What are you guys feeding a football team?"

"We hold a lot of young teens with different dietary needs so we had another fridge put in for accommodations and space" Ivory explained before turning and leading them to the glass doors that showed off the pool from the living room, "This is the pool, and on the other side is our schooling and counseling building. That's where you will be continuing your studies and attending group therapy and individual counseling"

Charlotte stepped up to the glass and looked at the rectangular building that was positioned on the other side of the pool through a garden pathway with flowers beds and vines arching over. Charlotte frowned, this place was nice, it reminded her of her home with her birth father. He was rich from his work as a politician and spent his money often. He had a huge house that Charlotte often got lost in and spent the days wandering the halls.

"Well Charlotte what do you think?" Stephanie asked but Charlotte just shrugged looking around before a tall black man with cornrows came over, towering over Ivory, with muscles much like Val's, and handed Ivory a backpack.

"This is your's Charlotte. Inside are your schedules..here at RTC we encourage young teens to get help but also continue their studies so we partner with local schools to help our teens complete their course work and credits while here. You will have classes and counseling sessions everyday except for fridays. On fridays we like to give the teens a break and then over the weekend we do group activities and bonding exercises"

"Whoopie" Charlotte said in a low tone as she took the backpack from Ivory and put it on, it was a simply straight black backpack with nothing on it

"You can decorate it if you'd like" The tall black man said with a smile but Charlotte didn't return it

"I'll make sure I do that" She said sarcastically causing Stephanie to roll her eyes

"Uh...Charlotte I believe your first individual session is in an hour and lunch is at noon" Charlotte looked to the side to see the clock on the wall read that it was almost 8, "Val can show you back to your room and we'll have your roommate take you to your first session so you're not lost. While your mother and I finish everything up...you two can say goodbye now"

Stephanie turned to her mother who gave her a sad smile before hugging her eldest daughter tightly. She was slightly worried, she knew Charlotte wasn't taking this seriously and she feared that Charlotte was take thi joke and not get better. In reality Stephanie just wanted to hug her daughter and keep her in her pocket but she knew she couldn't. She placed a kiss on Charlotte's forehead before looking to Ivory, "Can we call..do they get phone time?"

"Yes we do allow for phone time on the weekends, there are phones in the counseling buildings all she has to do is come find me and I'll get her set up"

Stephanie nodded and looked at her daughter, "I love you"

"Ok"

"I want you to get better"

"Ok"

Stephanie sighed but hugged her daughter once more before walking off with Ivory to her office, leaving Charlotte to watch her leave as her fist clenched and unclenched slightly.

Later with Bayley

Bayley was sitting in one of her classes with Alexa, smiling as she folded up a piece of paper while the teacher was talking. The two were sitting at a shared table and Alexa was quietly taking notes while Bayley was trying to do origami. The taller of the two smiled brightly as she finished the last fold and held the small crane proudly before slowly sliding it into Alexa's peripheral. The blonde smiled but nudge Bayley slightly trying to pay attention, however, Bayley placed the crane on top of Alexa's notebook before she began making another animal. Alexa picked up the crane and smiled at it before she placed it to the side and went back to taking notes, but soon Bayley was leaning against her as she moved and origami elephant across the table, pretending it was real, causing Alexa to laugh quietly. Bayley saw the blush on Alexa's face and smiled before she began making more animals, a frog, a cat, a fox, and a butterfly.

"What are you doing?" Alexa asked in a whisper as she looked at Bayley with a raised eyebrow

"Origami, my mom taught me how when I was younger" Bayley explained as she moved the paper animals around on the table like they were real

"Pay attention this is important" Alexa whispered playfully causing Bayley to smile before she crossed her arms on the table and laid her head in her arms so she was looking at Alexa, "What?"

"I'm paying attention to you...I think you're more important" Alexa blushed at this, tucking a strand of her blonde hair behind her ear, "Especially when you blush like that"

The two had been close before Thanksgiving break and now being back at school and being able to see each other again made Bayley's heart beat quickly. Alexa had even jumped into Bayley's arms when she saw her earlier that day causing Bayley to laugh before she dropped her stuff and immediately caught her. The brunette watched as Alexa began to fidget nervously while she looked over the short blond. Her hair was down to her shoulders and she was a wearing a grey mickey mouse shirt and a pair of light blue jeans and converse. Bayley smiled at the girl's shirt, Alexa had been more open to wearing things with Disney and Marvel or DC on it thanks to Bayley's encouragement. Before she was nervous and didn't want people to pick on her for her love of such things but Bayley admitted to being a fan of Superheroes and loved that Alexa still liked Disney so she was more comfortable. Bayley herself was even wearing a Captain America shirt today, which Alexa smiled at earlier.

"Bayley" Alex said as Bayley had begun to zone out again

"This is boring" Bayley whispered, "What teacher actually does work the first day back from break?"

"Our teacher" Alexa said as she wrote down the last thing that was said.

Bayley looked around the class, mostly everyone was asleep or zoning out except for Alexa. Bayley turned her head and went to say something to the short blonde but stopped when she felt a tap on her shoulder causing her to look to the side- since they were at the back of the room- and see a short black girl with black hair and red and orange dyed braids handing her a note. Bayley looked at the girl confused but she pointed to Carmella who was sitting on the opposite side of the classroom watching her. Bayley slowly unfolded the paper and read,

We need to talk. After class?

-C

Bayley looked over to Carmella and frowned but shrugged and nodded before folding the paper and sliding it into the back of her notebook. She turned her attention back to Alexa who was still taking notes, she smiled and placed her finger by the girl's pencil to stop her from writing.

"Bayley stop" Alexa said quietly but Bayley ignored her and smile and she kept moving her finger around Alexa's pencil so she couldn't write. Alexa gave out a huff and pouted slightly causing Bayley's smile to widen before she removed her hands and went back to folding her paper origami until class was over. Once the bell rang everyone immediately began to leave while Bayley and Alexa stayed seated for second, "you didn't pay attention at all"

"I was paying attention, square roots and division and graphs"

"Bayley this is social studies"

"Oh..well I'm sure you can catch me up on whatever I missed" Bayley said causing Alexa to roll her eyes before she playfully pushed Bayley as they stood from their seats and got their stuff together. Well Alexa put her books away while Bayley shoved her paper animals into her backpack except for one, "Here"

Alexa turned and looked to see Bayley standing close to her holding the elephant origami that she had made causing the short blonde to laugh as she picked it up, "What is this?"

"For you" Bayley said with a shrug, "You like elephants right?"

"Yes I do...thank you" Alexa said before the two started to walk out the room and immediately saw Carmella standing in the hallway waiting for Bayley. She was wearing a black shirt with jeans and a pair of jordans.

"Uh..I'll see you at lunch?" Bayley said hopefully to Alexa as she saw Carmella

"Yeah" Alexa agreed before walking off, waving slightly to Carmella who ignored her.

"You could at least act like you like her" Bayley said, shoving her hands into her pockets as she stepped up to Carmella and the two began walking in the opposite direction of Alexa towards their next classes which were beside each other.

"Why...she took my best friend" Carmella said bitterly

"She didn't take me" Bayley said as if that was ridiculous

Carmella stared at Bayley with wide eyes, "Really, because now you don't even talk to me anymore….I had to send a letter across the room just to get you to look at me"

"I've been preoccupied" Bayley shrugged

Carmella rolled her eyes at this, "Wow really...I'm preoccupied? Not a sorry...no apology for leaving me high and dry?"

"I'm sorry I-"

"The last thing you said to be was that I was a terrible friend who was always trying to control you and then said you'll talk to me later so I don't know what had you so preoccupied that you just left me hanging after that, but I think our friendship is more important"

"Look our friendship is important but I needed some space at the time"

"Space? Why...for what?"

"Just...cause"

"And now you're lying...you're keeping secrets and lying to me….what could you possibly have needed space for? You never even gave me the light of day for what a month?"

Bayley stopped walking as thoughts of her last conversation with Carmella ran through her head. She had admitted that she loved Carmella but then proceeded to call her out for being a bad friend and Bayley doubted the beautiful blonde took her words seriously. Besides, her feelings were slowly diminishing, they didn't go away of course but Bayley could look Carmella in the eyes without feeling as nervous and there was always Alexa. The two of them did had a connection which Alexa obviously reciprocated while Carmella did not. Not that they two ever said anything about it but they just both knew, they hugged and held hands and they were close, even though neither one of them had admitted their feelings. Bayley could tell that Alexa felt something for her, especially after what happened after the football game, and Bayley made it clear to Alexa that she cared about her a lot.

"I'm sorry…" Bayley said simply, "I've been hanging out with Alexa...but I mean...I've also been grounded for like forever"

"You're always grounded" Carmella said with a small smile to lighten the tension

"Yeah I know" The brunette shrugged, "With my sisters always in trouble it feels like I can never catch a break"

"That's still not an excuse to ditch me for Alexa...what does she have that I don't?"

"No..it's not like that...I-"

"Then what is it? Is she your best friend now?"

"I already told you I needed space"

"For what?!"

Bayley took a deep breath and stopped walking, she grabbed Carmella's hands and pulled her over to the side so they were standing against the wall out of the way of other kids. Bayley looked at Carmella with a tight lipped smile, she had to tell her. It wasn't a big deal now right? I mean she had feelings for Alexa, she had moved on from Carmella, so there's no point in avoiding the girl or not telling her.

"Carmella...I had a huge crush on you. It was so bad that I could barely hear my own thoughts whenever you were around because my heart was beating so loud. I couldn't stand that thought of being away from you and it literally made my stomach hurt. I talked to my sisters and they said that we should spend some time apart so I can get over the crush. So I started hanging out with Alexa and she's really cool and smart and funny. I'm sorry that i've been ignoring you...but I got over that crush, it was just a stupid hormonal thing. Besides you have feelings for Big Cass, so..."

Carmella's eyes widened before squinting as she listened to Bayley and everything she told her, "Wait...run that back a little. You had a crush on me"

Bayley looked around the halls to see most of the kids were laughing and talking loudly as they still had five minutes before the next period started. She took a deep breath and smiled, "Yeah I did….I um...i'm gay"

"Uh..f-for how long? Not the..gay thing, but how long have you had a crush on me?"

"Since I met you..but it was stupid. Don't worry about it...i'm over it" Bayley said casually, "So I guess we can be friends again. I'm not all nervous and love struck around you...I hope we can go back to being friends. No hard feelings for ditching you?"

"Uh...yeah...yeah...no hard feelings"

"But I really do like Alexa, and I want to keep hanging out with her...but I'll make time for you too. Well the best I can with being grounded. Okay?"

Carmella didn't respond, she just stood there frozen. Thinking. Bayley frowned at this and watched the blonde for a second before she eventually responded, "Okay"

Bayley smiled at hugged Carmella tightly whispering that she had missed her in her ear before letting go and heading off, saying a small goodbye, leaving Carmella to stand there alone. Bayley had said she had a crush on Carmella. Had, being the keyword, Carmella began to wonder what changed. Why didn't she like her anymore, I mean she could tell a little bit that Bayley was always nervous around her but Carmella thought it was just Bayley being Bayley. Now she finds out that her best friend had a huge crush on her….and now she just...doesn't, she just brushed it off like it was nothing. Carmella shook the thought from her head and watched as Bayley left with a small pain in her chest, one that she couldn't describe. Guilt maybe, for ignoring Bayley's feelings for so long? Maybe for running her into Alexa's arms? Maybe even...jealousy? Bayley had moved on from her crush because of Alexa. Did she like Alexa now? What made her better than Carmella?

Carmella let out a groan and hit her forehead as she muttered, "Stupid"

Becky

"Grounded for life...I feel like this is goin' to be your reputation for all of high school" Paige said with a smirk as she Becky and Dean sat down at the lunch table. Paige was wearing her same leather jacket and full black, gothic attire while Dean was wearing a maroon hoodie over a grey shirt and jeans.

"Ha. Ha" Becky responded sarcastically, "It sucks...they're not even allowing me to fight anymore"

"I told you babe we can sneak you in" Dean said as he ate his pizza. He had told his girlfriend on many occasions since being banned that he would sneak her in if she asked. He didn't care about his job...well he did, but he cared about Becky more. He would get fired of it meant that she was happy, and he told her this but Becky always refused.

"I don't want you to risk your job. Your boss made it very clear if I ever fight there again you'll be fired and he'll tell my parents on top of that"

"Weren't you getting paid for those fights?" Paige asked

"Well yeah...like 100 each match" Becky said with a smirk, "Never lost once...damn it!"

The idea of not fighting anymore made Becky physically angry. Fighting was her favorite thing in the world right now, it pushed her, challenged her, and calmed her all at the same time. Whenever she was in the center of the ring she felt a home, it calmed her down from her usual high energy pace and it helped her with her anger. Exercising helped her with her anger. She didn't understand why she was angry all the time, once when she was younger she got really angry at her sisters for something she couldn't remember now and she punched a hole in the wall then walked out the house and sat outside for the rest of the day, never once moving to come inside. Hunter sat with her for hours just talking, calming her down, he said that he believed that she was angry because nobody ever taught how not to be. At the time it sounded just as stupid as it does now, and Becky told him that but he just laughed it off.

Flashback

"You were taken from your parents too soon. You were in a foster care where people didn't care about you. No one ever taught you how to control your anger, and Becky..you have so much to be angry about, but if you go about it the wrong way...if you bottle it up it will kill you from the inside out. Or it will come out in the worse ways" Hunter said, staring out into the street as they sat on the porch

Becky knew that Stephanie was listening to them through the screen door, "i'm not angry...not all the time, but sometimes...sometimes i just get angry."

Hunter sighed, "What do you get angry about?"

Becky frowned in thought before she shrugged, "I don' know..anythin'..."

"Like what?"

"I DON' KNOW…." Becky yelled but then stopped and sighed with a shrug, "the sky bein' blue...people talkin'...stubbin' my toe.."

"Are you angry and me or your mother?"

"No"

"Okay" Hunter turned and looked back to Stephanie who was leaning against the screen door before looking back to Becky, "Are you mad at your sisters?"

"I don' know..I guess" Becky said starting to get frustrated, "Sasha kept makin' fun of me accent..they kept messin' with me"

"But you're not really angry with them about something that small are you?" Hunter asked with a small smile

Becky thought for a second, "No"

"Are you angry with yourself?"

Becky thought again on this question, "I don' think so"

"...Are you angry with your birth family?" Becky didn't respond, she pulled her knees up to her chest and hide her head, "It's okay to be angry with them Becky...but it will help if you talk about this"

"What's there ta talk about...they're dead…"

"Just because they are dead doesn't mean that there isn't anything to talk about"

"They left me brother and I outside for days...me father killed them and tried ta kill me...all I remember is me brother pushin' me out the door and then he fell. There was a loud shot and some screams and then I ran...and I heard another shot. There's nothin' more ta say about it...there's no point in bein' angry with 'em" Becky said barely above a whisper

"What about when you were on the streets?"

"I don' wanna talk about it"

"...did something happen while you were out there?"

Becky's hands balled up into a fist and she angrily punch the porch steps causing her knuckles to bruise, "There were a lot of people on the streets I'm not special…"

"Did any of them ever hurt you?"

"..." Becky never responded, leaving them in silence for about five minutes

Hunter looked back to Stephanie who frowned at this before he stood up and walked down the porch steps, holding his hand out for Becky, "Come on"

"Where are we goin'?"

"We're going on a run" Hunter said as he helped Becky stand up, "Whenever I'm angry about something...even things that I can't explain, I work out. So we're going to run"

Becky stood up next to her father and looked around confused, turning to Stephanie who just shrugged through the screen before saying, "Be back before dinner"

"Love you" Hunter called out

"Love you too" Stephanie called out as she turned and headed back into the house

"I don' want ta run" Becky said in a small voice

"It'll be good for you...it will help you calm down and get your head cleared. Besides it can be our thing...just you and me" Hunter said with a big smile

Becky looked up at this man and returned his smile, nodding slightly in agreement, "Okay"

"You know I heard they got more fighting arenas in California. One even close by, but it's a lot more...serious" Paige said in a low whisper, leaning over the table, gaining Becky's attention back

"What do you mean more serious?"

"Paige you're not talking about those fight clubs? Dean said seriously, setting his food down

"What?" Becky asked

"Those little run of the mill fight clubs are in like some loser's basements and car garages, they started popping up after X-pac's underground fighting, but they take fighting a lot more seriously….they fight to the death." Dean explained with a frown, "No way are you doing it"

"It's not all fights to the death…" Paige started before Dean interrupted her

"The answer is no"

"They make a shit ton more money than those regular fights. I hear that one win is like 2 grand" Paige smirked looking to Becky who gave an unsure look back. She was never in it for the money, her parents had plenty of it, she just liked to fight.

"Babe no" Dean turned to Becky, "The people that do those fights are like professionals...they will kill you"

"You don't think I can handle myself?" Becky asked suddenly causing Paige to look at Dean with a smirk

"No that's not it...I'm just saying that the people in those fight clubs are grown men with nothing to lose, the fights are to the death. Babe you could get seriously hurt"

"I could have gotten hurt at the fights at X-pac's gym, this is no different"

"Yes it is. Those girls back at the gym were rookies, small fish in the pond, these people are trying to kill you..what part of that aren't you getting?"

"You could at least check it out" Paige suggested causing Dean to glare at her, "What I'm just saying"

"Well stop just saying" Dean snapped before looking back to Becky, "You're not doing it..I'm not letting you"

"You're not lettin' me? You're not the boss of me Dean." Becky said slightly offended at Dean trying to control what she does but Dean himself was getting frustrated with his girlfriend. How could she not understand that he was trying to protect her?

"No I'm not, but I'm your boyfriend I'm supposed to protect you and I'm doing that by not letting you go to those fight clubs" Dean whisper yelled, trying to control his temper, "You're not going"

Becky rolled her eyes, "Your not my parents Dean I can do what I want...and I want t go check out those clubs"

"Becky-"

"I won't fight" Becky cut her boyfriend off, "I just want to check it out"

Dean sighed, running his hands over his face, "Fine...but I'm coming with you"

"Great it can be a group trip, they have fights every weekend, we can go some time then" Paige said with a smile

"How do you know so much about these clubs?" Dean asked

"I know a guy who does tattoos...he did some tats for a couple of those fighters who told him about the club, and he told me" Paige said with a shrug as she picked at her salad

"Isn't the first rule of fight club not to talk about fight club?" Becky asked causing paige to laugh

"You've never seen fight club before" Paige pointed out with a knowing smirk

"No I haven't but i know the quote" becky shrugged

"Well it's just a movie, people talk about these clubs to people they trust or to possible fighters in order to create some buzz, but still lay low under the cops." Paige explained

"Well, we'll have to check it out" the others nodded at this and finished their lunch before heading to their next class.

A/N: Sorry this took so long I've had so many other papers to write and I didn't know what direction I wanted to go in for this chapter, so make sure to leave some reviews on what you want to see in the future chapters and make sure to follow and favorite and all that good stuff so you'll be updated for when I post next time.