PART 2
Hamilton saw Scout and Bella outside the gas
station. Although he had not been back,
he never lost in touch with them, especially Scout and Will. He would always make an effort to keep in
touch with them, through phone calls and most of the time through e-mails,
whenever he got a chance just to see how they were doing. They were there for him, when his life
turned upside down, and they supported him when he decided to leave Rawley.
"So, it's true, you're really are together,"
Hamilton said as he walked towards Bella and Scout while grinning
mischievously.
"Oh my God!
Hamilton!" Bella replied surprisingly, and proceeded to hug
Hamilton. "Is it really you?"
"Yes, it's really me," Hamilton answered smiling at
his ecstatic friend.
"Dude! When
did you come back?" Scout asked as he
and Hamilton gave each other a high five and embraced each other.
"Last night.
I'm back for senior year."
Hamilton glanced across the street.
"So is Will working today?"
"Yeah he is but he doesn't work at Friendly's
anymore," Scout explained. "He just got
an internship at the mayor's office this summer."
"Wow, that's great.
Well maybe I'll see him later."
"Hamilton, I cannot believe you didn't tell anyone
that you're coming back," Bella said still looking surprised. "So, you're really staying? For good?"
"Well, for senior year." Hamilton replied. "My
parents felt that I've been away for too long, so they asked me to come
back. I thought they were right so I'm
back."
"So how are you?" Bella asked. "Have you registered yet?"
"I'm fine, and yeah, I registered before I came
over. It's good to be the dean's son, I
don't have to worry about anything." Hamilton answered while grinning at Bella.
"So, I thought you have a girlfriend back at your
school in Maine?" Scout asked Hamilton.
"Yeah, actually she's here with me. That's my condition with my parents. I'm only going to move back if my girlfriend
can come."
"So, you're here with your girlfriend," Bella said
with a troubled tone in her voice.
"Yeah, is that a problem?" Hamilton asked while
looking at Bella with a confused look.
"No, no, I mean, that's great Hamilton," Bella
answered with a reassuring smile trying to cover her reaction.
"So, guys, what are you doing tonight?" Hamilton
inquired.
"Well, we're all going to meet here at the gas
station tonight around seven, and head off to Madison to see a movie," Scout
informed Hamilton. "Do you want to
come?"
"Sure thanks, I'll bring Elise so all of you can
meet her. I know you'll all like her."
Hamilton replied, and casually glancing at his watch. "Well, I have to go. I
still have to see if Elise has arrived, and settled at the dorm. My mom said she made sure that she's rooming
with a wonderful girl. Anyway,
I'll see you later."
Bella and Scout watched Hamilton walked away. Then suddenly, Bella slapped Scout on his
right arm. "Ouch!" Scout screeched
sardonically, and looking perplexed at his girlfriend. "What was that for??" Scout asked.
"I'm sorry," Bella replied sincerely and gently
patted Scout's arm. "But Scout, are you
out of your mind or something?" Bella asked while looking at Scout with
disbelief. "Do you realize what you just
did?"
"What? What
did I do?"
"Think!" Bella replied still cannot believe what her
boyfriend just did. "Hamilton, his
girlfriend, and Jake. This will not be
good. What are we going to do?" Bella
paced nervously as she thought of a solution.
"Bella, maybe it won't be such a bad thing," Scout
said as he tried to calm down Bella. "I
mean they are bound to see each other one of these days anyway. Rawley is not that big of a school you
know."
"Scout, what am I going to do with you," Bella
looked straight at her boyfriend, and tried to make him understand. "Don't you get it, it's going to be a
disaster. Jake and Hamilton still have
a lot of unresolved issues between them."
"I know but I think it will be best for both of them
to see each other again, and finally get a closure. We can't keep on trying to keep things from both of them," Scout
grabbed Bella by her hands to pull her towards him, and proceeded to wrap his
arms around her. "Don't worry, It's
going to be fine," Scout assured Bella.
"I hope you're right." Bella finally said.
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Jake arrived at Rawley Girls. She entered the building, and was greeted by
many familiar faces. She occasionally
stopped to say hi's and hello's to the people she knew. Then, Jake finally got to the floor of her
new room. As she walked towards the
room, Jake noticed that the door was opened.
Jake slowly came close to the doorway, and silently peeked through the
door. Jake saw a tall, blond girl
unpacking a suitcase, and putting clothes in the drawer by the bed. Jake could not see the girl's face, so she
decided to come in and introduce herself.
"Hello!"
Jake greeted as she entered the room.
The girl turned, "Oh! Hi!"
"I'm sorry, did I frightened you?" Jake said
apologetically.
"No," the girl answered.
"I'm Jacqueline, but you can call me J.C., I'm your
roommate." Jake extended her hands to
the girl.
Smiling the girl grabbed Jake's hands, and replied,
"Hi J.C., I'm Elise. Nice to meet you."
"So, is everything okay?" Jake asked.
"Yeah, everything's fine. Thanks. Oh wait, is it
okay that I took this side of the room?
When I got here, I assumed that this would be my side because this is
where Mrs. Fleming had the movers place all my stuff. Then, I saw all your stuff on that side of the room, I mean I
don't want to inconvenient you."
"Oh, it's fine," Jake answered. "I really don't have any preference. You see this will be the first time that I'm
having a roommate, and this is my new room assignment."
"I see, as long as it's okay," Elise smiled. "What about you? It seemed that you haven't started to unpack yet," Elise asked
looking at Jake's stuff.
"Actually, I just got back from summer vacation, and
this is the first time that I've seen this room." Jake looked around the room then walked towards the other side of
the room where her bed was located, and finally sat down. "I'll unpack later."
"Well, if you need help, don't hesitate to ask,"
Elise said.
"Thanks," Jake replied. "Maybe having a roommate would not be such a bad thing, and Elise
seemed to be a really nice girl," Jake thought.
Jake watched Elise unpack her suitcases, and decided
that Elise was definitely the opposite of her.
Elise was more of a girly-girl, very delicate-looking. Jake on the other hand was not a typical
girl, although no one would ever mistake Jake as a non-girl type. Jake was definitely 100 percent girl, who in
the last two years had become the most stylish girl, and one of the prettiest
girls in the Rawley Girls Academy.
However, she was definitely different from the other girls in the
school. Jake was more of an independent
type, a trait that made her very appealing, and attractive to other people
especially with the boys in the other school.
"So you're a senior?" Jake asked.
"Yeah, I know it's weird but I'm kind of a special
case."
"Can I ask how special, if you don't mind that is,"
Jake said.
"Well, the truth is I'm here because of my
boyfriend," Elise explained. "He's
going at Rawley Boy's Academy, and has some kind of pull with the dean. So, he asked the dean if I can come here,
and they said okay."
"So you're here with your boyfriend. I think that's cute," Jake smiled.
"Yeah, actually he should be here to help me. I don't know what's keeping him."
"What's your boyfriend's name again?" Jake asked
curiously. "Who could have that kind of
influence that could make the dean agree for Elise to come as a senior," Jake
wondered silently.
"His name is…" Elise was suddenly interrupted by a
knock on the door. "Oh, that's probably
him now."
Elise walked passed Jake, and towards the door to
open it. "Hey, you're here. I'd like you to meet my roommate."
Jake stood up from her bed to meet Elise's
boyfriend, and almost fainted when she saw him. She could not believe what she was seeing in front of her. "It's him," was all Jake could think of.
"J.C., this is my boyfriend, Hamilton Fleming. Guess you know what kind of pull he's got
with the dean," Elise said smiling then looking puzzled. "J.C. are you okay?" Then looked at her
boyfriend. "Hamilton?"
Hamilton, like Jake, was stunned, and could not
speak or move. All he could think of
was, "It's her, it's really her." Hamilton
then suddenly came back to reality and said, "Jake?"
"Hamilton," was all Jake could answer. She was still in a state of shock and
confusion.
"Wait, you know each other?" Elise asked looking
confused.
"Yeah," Hamilton said still staring at Jake
intensely. "A very long time ago."
"Nice to see you again Hamilton," Jake finally said
as she tried to compose herself. "Well,
I have to go. It's really nice to meet
you Elise, I'll see you later." With
that Jake excused herself, and immediately left the room. She ran down the hall, out of the building
towards her car. Jake immediately got
inside of her car, started the engine, and drove away. "He's back," Jake thought as she left
Rawley's parking lot. "He's back."