****This chapter is fairly short and it's the first chapter I've posted since May. I've been bad. But I've decided to continue. I don't think was very well written, but again, I'm trying to get back off the ground. Enjoy.****
"Max!" Charlie called her name as she walked down the front stairs of Eden Hall. "Max! Hold up!" She turned around and smiled as she saw Charlie running towards her. He stopped as he caught up with her and she stopped with him.
"How's it going, Charlie?" She asked, her cheeks blushing a little.
"Everything is going fine." He grinned. "I just wanted to know if you have your dress yet? Because I was going to buy you flowers to match your dress." The slight blush on Max's cheek turned into a full blown fit of embarassment.
"I haven't even bought my dress yet, but I'll let you know as soon as I do."
"Alright. Well, I've gotta go. I've got a test to study for." He groaned.
"Okay. I'll talk to you later."
"See ya." Charlie started to walk away.
"Charlie..." Max called his name. He turned around, a questioning look on his face. "Thanks." Charlie grinned.
"Thank you." He smiled and continued on his way to the dorm.
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"Where are you two going?" Stacy asked Becky and Carly as they each looked into the mirror, fixing their hair.
"Out with Fulton." Carly turned to Stacy and smiled.
"You really like him, don't you?" Stacy asked, sitting down on the edge of her bed.
"He's so sweet." Carly sat down beside Stacy.
"Too bad you live in Philly."
"I know!" Becky grinned, turning towards Stacy and Carly. "You could move here, then everyone would be happy." Carly laughed. There was a knock on the door and Carly stood up to answer it. She smiled when she opened the door to find Fulton standing there. He leaned in and hugged her.
"That was nice." Carly giggled and let Fulton go past her into the room.
"So, where are we going?" Becky asked Fulton.
"I figured we'd go grab a burger or something. If that's okay with you girls?" He looked from Becky to Carly and they both nodded in agreement. "But there's a catch." Carly looked apologetically at Becky.
"I have nothing to do with this." Carly insisted.
"Nothing to do with what?" Becky asked rolling her eyes and staring at Carly.
"Well, I was talking with Dean and he didn't have anything to do, so I invited him to come with us." Becky eyes shifted to Fulton.
"You're kidding me, right?" Fulton laughed a little.
"Um... no?" He smiled.
"Come on, Beck. We'll have a good time!" Carly insisted, putting an arm around Becky's shoulder. "It's not like a date or anything. It's just four people, hanging out."
"He's been depressed lately and I'd feel bad leaving him home by himself." Fulton said, wanting sympathy from Becky.
"Please Beck." Carly tightened her grip on Becky.
"FINE!" Becky surrendered. "But JUST as a group of people. Not even as friends and especially not as a date."
"Not even as friends?" Carly whimpered.
"Maybe... maybe..." Becky shrugged Carly away from her.
"YAY!" Carly threw her arms around Becky and squeezed her tightly. "Thank you."
"You owe me." Becky hugged her back.
"I'll go get Portman and then we'll head out."
"Alright. We'll just come with you." Carly insisted. She and Becky grabbed their coats. "See you later Stace."
"Bye." She laughed. "Have fun!" She looked at Becky. "Especially you." Becky rolled her eyes and they left the room. As they were leaving, Dwayne stuck his head through the doorway.
"Can I come in?"
"Certainly." Stacy said excitedly. "I didn't expect to see you."
"I figured I'd stop by to see how you're doing." Dwayne smiled, stepping inside and closing the door. He laughed when he looked up to see the pink cowboy hat he had given her hanging from her bed post.
"I'm doing great. Better now that you're here." She patted the bed beside her. "You can sit down if you like." Dwayne sat down beside her and cleared his throat.
"You sure are a sweetheart. That's one of the many things I like about you."
"Awww! You're a sweetheart, too. You're so thoughtful. And you're adorable as hell. Your ears get all red when you're embarassed." She gently touched his right ear and it quickly began turning shades of pink. "Awww!" She leaned in quickly and kissed him on the lips just long enough to feel his timid lips pressing against her own. Their eyes locked for a brief second and each of them turned away in embarassment. Dwayne took Stacy's left hand in his right and she turned again, allowing their eyes to meet. This time, he leaned in to kiss her. Their kiss was longer and deeper, but was broken when the door swung open. Dwayne quickly pulled away and the two sat there as Connie and Julie walked into the room.
"I should be going." Dwayne said, standing up. "I'll see you later." He walked out of the room. Julie and Connie stared at Stacy.
"Shut up!" Stacy insisted before either or the girls could speak.
"I wasn't going to..." Connie was interupted by Stacy.
"Shut up."
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The walk to the diner was quiet aside from some chit chat between Becky and Carly. When they arrived they were seated near the corner. The waitress took their orders and they sat their quietly for a few moments before Fulton broke the silence.
"So, I'm really looking forward to the dance on Friday." He glanced over at Carly and smiled.
"So am I." She agreed. "It's gonna be a lot of fun."
"Ha!" Becky laughed sarcastically. "It'll be fun for all of you. I'm stuck in some bizarre love triangle with Connie and Guy or something."
"It was your choice." Dean spoke for the first time since they left the dorms.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Becky asked.
"Don't get testy. I just mean that you could have said no. You knew about the two of them before you agreed."
"Look, it's not my fault that Guy asked me to go to the dance with him before you had the chance." Her remarked sounded cockier than she had planned.
"You wouldn't have said yes even if I asked you first." There was a long pause.
"You're right." Becky said calmly. "I wouldn't have." She picked up her glass and took a long drink of her soda. She could feel three sets of eyes staring at her and she felt as if she needed to say something. "Okay, I haven't been exactly fair. I admit that, but you've never tried to be my friend. You've tried to be more than that since the first time we met."
"I'm sorry if that's the way I came off, but I'd love to be your friend."
"That's it?" Becky was confused. "After the way I treated you, you're willing to put it all behind you and be my friend?" Dean nodded. "You're a lot nicer than I thought you'd be." She laughed a little. "Hell, maybe I am going to the dance with the wrong person." Carly and Fulton looked at each other and then back at Becky. "That didn't come out right. Can we change the subject?"
"Sure we can." Fulton tried to fight back his laughter with no success. In no time at all his friends had joined him and they were all laughing uncontrollably.
"Max!" Charlie called her name as she walked down the front stairs of Eden Hall. "Max! Hold up!" She turned around and smiled as she saw Charlie running towards her. He stopped as he caught up with her and she stopped with him.
"How's it going, Charlie?" She asked, her cheeks blushing a little.
"Everything is going fine." He grinned. "I just wanted to know if you have your dress yet? Because I was going to buy you flowers to match your dress." The slight blush on Max's cheek turned into a full blown fit of embarassment.
"I haven't even bought my dress yet, but I'll let you know as soon as I do."
"Alright. Well, I've gotta go. I've got a test to study for." He groaned.
"Okay. I'll talk to you later."
"See ya." Charlie started to walk away.
"Charlie..." Max called his name. He turned around, a questioning look on his face. "Thanks." Charlie grinned.
"Thank you." He smiled and continued on his way to the dorm.
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"Where are you two going?" Stacy asked Becky and Carly as they each looked into the mirror, fixing their hair.
"Out with Fulton." Carly turned to Stacy and smiled.
"You really like him, don't you?" Stacy asked, sitting down on the edge of her bed.
"He's so sweet." Carly sat down beside Stacy.
"Too bad you live in Philly."
"I know!" Becky grinned, turning towards Stacy and Carly. "You could move here, then everyone would be happy." Carly laughed. There was a knock on the door and Carly stood up to answer it. She smiled when she opened the door to find Fulton standing there. He leaned in and hugged her.
"That was nice." Carly giggled and let Fulton go past her into the room.
"So, where are we going?" Becky asked Fulton.
"I figured we'd go grab a burger or something. If that's okay with you girls?" He looked from Becky to Carly and they both nodded in agreement. "But there's a catch." Carly looked apologetically at Becky.
"I have nothing to do with this." Carly insisted.
"Nothing to do with what?" Becky asked rolling her eyes and staring at Carly.
"Well, I was talking with Dean and he didn't have anything to do, so I invited him to come with us." Becky eyes shifted to Fulton.
"You're kidding me, right?" Fulton laughed a little.
"Um... no?" He smiled.
"Come on, Beck. We'll have a good time!" Carly insisted, putting an arm around Becky's shoulder. "It's not like a date or anything. It's just four people, hanging out."
"He's been depressed lately and I'd feel bad leaving him home by himself." Fulton said, wanting sympathy from Becky.
"Please Beck." Carly tightened her grip on Becky.
"FINE!" Becky surrendered. "But JUST as a group of people. Not even as friends and especially not as a date."
"Not even as friends?" Carly whimpered.
"Maybe... maybe..." Becky shrugged Carly away from her.
"YAY!" Carly threw her arms around Becky and squeezed her tightly. "Thank you."
"You owe me." Becky hugged her back.
"I'll go get Portman and then we'll head out."
"Alright. We'll just come with you." Carly insisted. She and Becky grabbed their coats. "See you later Stace."
"Bye." She laughed. "Have fun!" She looked at Becky. "Especially you." Becky rolled her eyes and they left the room. As they were leaving, Dwayne stuck his head through the doorway.
"Can I come in?"
"Certainly." Stacy said excitedly. "I didn't expect to see you."
"I figured I'd stop by to see how you're doing." Dwayne smiled, stepping inside and closing the door. He laughed when he looked up to see the pink cowboy hat he had given her hanging from her bed post.
"I'm doing great. Better now that you're here." She patted the bed beside her. "You can sit down if you like." Dwayne sat down beside her and cleared his throat.
"You sure are a sweetheart. That's one of the many things I like about you."
"Awww! You're a sweetheart, too. You're so thoughtful. And you're adorable as hell. Your ears get all red when you're embarassed." She gently touched his right ear and it quickly began turning shades of pink. "Awww!" She leaned in quickly and kissed him on the lips just long enough to feel his timid lips pressing against her own. Their eyes locked for a brief second and each of them turned away in embarassment. Dwayne took Stacy's left hand in his right and she turned again, allowing their eyes to meet. This time, he leaned in to kiss her. Their kiss was longer and deeper, but was broken when the door swung open. Dwayne quickly pulled away and the two sat there as Connie and Julie walked into the room.
"I should be going." Dwayne said, standing up. "I'll see you later." He walked out of the room. Julie and Connie stared at Stacy.
"Shut up!" Stacy insisted before either or the girls could speak.
"I wasn't going to..." Connie was interupted by Stacy.
"Shut up."
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The walk to the diner was quiet aside from some chit chat between Becky and Carly. When they arrived they were seated near the corner. The waitress took their orders and they sat their quietly for a few moments before Fulton broke the silence.
"So, I'm really looking forward to the dance on Friday." He glanced over at Carly and smiled.
"So am I." She agreed. "It's gonna be a lot of fun."
"Ha!" Becky laughed sarcastically. "It'll be fun for all of you. I'm stuck in some bizarre love triangle with Connie and Guy or something."
"It was your choice." Dean spoke for the first time since they left the dorms.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Becky asked.
"Don't get testy. I just mean that you could have said no. You knew about the two of them before you agreed."
"Look, it's not my fault that Guy asked me to go to the dance with him before you had the chance." Her remarked sounded cockier than she had planned.
"You wouldn't have said yes even if I asked you first." There was a long pause.
"You're right." Becky said calmly. "I wouldn't have." She picked up her glass and took a long drink of her soda. She could feel three sets of eyes staring at her and she felt as if she needed to say something. "Okay, I haven't been exactly fair. I admit that, but you've never tried to be my friend. You've tried to be more than that since the first time we met."
"I'm sorry if that's the way I came off, but I'd love to be your friend."
"That's it?" Becky was confused. "After the way I treated you, you're willing to put it all behind you and be my friend?" Dean nodded. "You're a lot nicer than I thought you'd be." She laughed a little. "Hell, maybe I am going to the dance with the wrong person." Carly and Fulton looked at each other and then back at Becky. "That didn't come out right. Can we change the subject?"
"Sure we can." Fulton tried to fight back his laughter with no success. In no time at all his friends had joined him and they were all laughing uncontrollably.