Chapter 4
(For the Roswell fans: Tess did move in with Kyle, because Nesado was away.)
Two weeks later, all the couples are together, although Paige is still suspicious of Bella. Ham is trying to get his dad to let him move in with Jake and she is still avoiding Max in the morning. Which is making Max suspicious. Kyle wants to kill Ryder, but then who doesn't. Finn still thinks there's something fishy about Jake.
The Diner-night-The original gang is gathered.
"Guys," Bella started, "my mom wants me to go live with her."
"What?" Came a chorus of voices.
"What happened, Bella?" Jake asked.
"She just showed up yesterday." ((FLASHBACK))
Bella is sitting on a stool, reading a magazine. A car pulls up. The bell rings, and Bella looks up to see her mom getting out of the car.
"Mom?"
"Hi, Bella."
"What are you doing here?"
"We need to talk."
"It's mine now, see!" Bella pointed to the sign.
"It's not about the gas station."
"Then what?"
"I want you to come live with me and your father."
"What? No, you left me and now you want me back?"
"Yes, Bella we can a family."
"No, I have a family here, Grace and Charley and Sean. Sean?" Bella saw Sean walk up behind her mother.
"Bella, what's wrong?" Sean asked as he ran up.
"Please Bella, think it over."
"No, you abandoned me! So my life, my whole world is here."
"Bella, we can be happy."
"You mean "you" can be happy! No, you not only gave me the life that I now live, but you ruined lives. You told Charley that Senator Calhoun was my father and in turn messed up his son's life. For the whole summer, Scout and I thought we were brother and sister. What's wrong with you?" Bella started to cry.
"Bella, I want to make things right again."
"Well, you can't!" Bella ran away. Sean followed, then Donna saw Charley.
"How long have you been there?"
"Long enough. You ruined my life, I won't let you do the same to hers. Get out of here and don't come back!"
Donna left.
((Back to present))
"Oh, Bella." Jake said, as she leaned over and hugged her.
"Are you okay?" Will asked.
"Yeah, well I just can't believe she would do that!"
"Bella, whatever happens we'll be here." Scout promised.
"Ditto," Ham said. Everyone agreed.
"Thanks guys." Bella said.
Max and Kyle are in Max's room. Kyle tripped over some of Ryder's junk and cut his leg.
"Thanks, Max."
"Sure."
"So is this going to leave a handprint, too."
"I don't know, but if it does, I suggest you wear pants."
Kyle smiled. "Good idea." Kyle looked down at where the cut was.
"Perfect, you do great work, Dr. Max."
Max laughed.
"So I got a picture from Tess in the mail."
"Really?"
"Yeah." He showed it to Max.
"It's your room." Max was confused.
"She cleaned it! Can you believe that she touched my stuff! My dad won't even go in my room!"
"Kyle, calm down. I got an idea." Max grabbed his camera. "Is Ryder upstairs?"
"Yeah, why?"
"How about we give Tess something to look at other than your room." Max gave Kyle a mischievous smile.
"Okay." Kyle smiled back. They got up and left the room. Kyle opened the door to find Ryder laying on his bed, reading a book. "Wow, and I didn't even think he knew how to read." Kyle acted as if he was in awe.
"Do you need something?" Ryder asked without looking up.
Max smiled at Kyle and then turned to Ryder. "Do you model?"
"What? No." Ryder looked up, eyeing them suspiciously.
"You should." Max snapped a few pics.
"What are you doing?" Ryder put his hand in front of his face after the fourth picture.
"Stop it, you're ruining the picture." Kyle said, trying to hide a smile.
"Who's going to see those?"
"I have a friend." Max said, as if he was hiding something.
"Who?"
"Someone, now just two more." Kyle said.
Ryder sighed and then smiled. "Perfect, thanks." Max said as they left the room.
"Tess will love these." Kyle said as they walked down the hall.
"I have fourteen pictures left. We could take pictures of Gwen and Lena and send everyone pictures."
"Okay, well tomorrow's Saturday, so we can do it then."
Max opened the door to his room and saw something he wished he hadn't.
Jake and Ham got back from the diner early. So when they got to Jake's room, they found it empty. They figured Max wouldn't be back for a while so they started kissing. They were sitting on Jake's bed kissing, when suddenly the door opened. Ham looked to the side to see Max and Kyle staring at them. He pulled away immediately.
"What's wro..." Jake stopped when she saw them.
'Oh, great.' Hamilton thought.
Max and Kyle just stared at them and they stared right back.
For about two minutes, it was a staring contest. Scout and Will were walking down the hall. Will thought it was weird that Max and Kyle were just standing in the doorway of Max and Jake's room.
"Hey, guys. What's..." Then Will saw Ham and Jake sitting inside.
"So I guess you guys found out." Scout said.
Max blinked. "Found out what?"
"Well, Ham and Jake they're in a..."
"In a play!" Will interrupted.
"Huh?" Kyle asked.
"Yeah." Scout said.
"Are they gay in the play?" Kyle asked.
"Yeah, it's one of those new age plays." Will said.
"Um, okay, well. That's, um great and uh, I'm gonna go this way now. Bye." Kyle took off down the hall.
"I'm gonna go with him." Max said, as he ran after Kyle. "Kyle, wait up."
When Kyle and Max were gone, Jake sighed. "Thanks."
Will closed the door. "You guys have to be more careful. If they can find out, so could someone like Finn."
"Yeah, we know." Ham said.
Before anyone could say anymore, there was a knock on the door. Jake opened it to find Dean Fleming.
"Hello, Jake."
"Uh, hi, sir."
"Hamilton, your mother wants to see you."
"Ok, see you guys later."
"See ya." The rest called as the dean closed the door behind them.
"Wonder what that was about." Scout said.
"So, Jake how have you been avoiding Max in the mornings?" Will asked.
"I get up ten minutes earlier than his alarm is set, and if I need more time I fix his alarm."
"Ooo, Jake, tisk-tisk." Scout said, smiling.
"Yeah, well a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do." Jake whispered. The guys laughed.
In the TV room, Max and Kyle are in a corner talking, when Ryder walks in.
"What's wrong with you two?" Ryder sat down. "Someone has to go first?"
"We saw something that we didn't want to have seen." Max said.
"Pratt and Fleming?"
"How?" Kyle asked.
"It started during the summer, but I think it's more than it seems." Ryder said in a low voice.
"What?" Max asked.
"I don't think they're gay they don't act like it."
They watched as the dean and Hamilton walked by.
"Come on." Ryder said standing up.
"Wait, where are we going?" Kyle asked.
"To follow them, he's obviously in trouble."
Neither moved. "Well? We won't get caught."
So they followed him. The three followed the dean and Hamilton to the dean's office. Dean Fleming closed the door behind him. The three knelt down and listened.
Inside, Ham walked in to see his mom standing by the window.
"What's up?"
Mrs. Fleming turned and walked over to the dean. "Hamilton, honey, sit down."
He did.
"Son, you know that we and this school doesn't accept radical behavior, but we don't believe in getting rid of someone on those points."
"Huh?"
"Honey, what your father is trying to say is well, honey..."
"Mom, spit it out."
"Are you gay?"
Ham hid his head in his hands, and groaned.
"It's true, isn't it? I thought they were just rumors, but..."
Ham's head popped up. "Wait, this is all about a rumor? You called me in here on a rumor?!" He stood up so fast that he knocked the chair over. "I can't believe this!"
"Hamilton, sit down!" His father yelled.
"No! You can't call me in here on a rumor!" Ham stormed out.
As Ham walked by Ryder, Kyle, and Max peeked out from inside a closet next to the office.
"That was close." Ryder said.
"Too close." Max said.
From in the office they heard, "I told you it wasn't a good idea." Mrs. Fleming yelled.
"I know what I heard the boys say!" Mr. Fleming yelled back.
"People talk, they're just going to talk more about Hamilton, because he's your son." With that Mrs. Fleming stormed out.
The three popped their heads out again and snuck away.
The next morning, Kyle woke up, Ryder was still asleep. Kyle pulled the covers away, there on his leg was a silver handprint. Kyle checked Ryder again and then slipped on a pair of pants on.
Meanwhile Max woke up early, he didn't know why cause his alarm hadn't gone off yet. He looked around, Jake wasn't there. Max stood up and started to walk toward the window, when suddenly he slipped and fell. Max sat up and picked up what he had slipped on. It was a small, black bra.
(For the Roswell fans: Tess did move in with Kyle, because Nesado was away.)
Two weeks later, all the couples are together, although Paige is still suspicious of Bella. Ham is trying to get his dad to let him move in with Jake and she is still avoiding Max in the morning. Which is making Max suspicious. Kyle wants to kill Ryder, but then who doesn't. Finn still thinks there's something fishy about Jake.
The Diner-night-The original gang is gathered.
"Guys," Bella started, "my mom wants me to go live with her."
"What?" Came a chorus of voices.
"What happened, Bella?" Jake asked.
"She just showed up yesterday." ((FLASHBACK))
Bella is sitting on a stool, reading a magazine. A car pulls up. The bell rings, and Bella looks up to see her mom getting out of the car.
"Mom?"
"Hi, Bella."
"What are you doing here?"
"We need to talk."
"It's mine now, see!" Bella pointed to the sign.
"It's not about the gas station."
"Then what?"
"I want you to come live with me and your father."
"What? No, you left me and now you want me back?"
"Yes, Bella we can a family."
"No, I have a family here, Grace and Charley and Sean. Sean?" Bella saw Sean walk up behind her mother.
"Bella, what's wrong?" Sean asked as he ran up.
"Please Bella, think it over."
"No, you abandoned me! So my life, my whole world is here."
"Bella, we can be happy."
"You mean "you" can be happy! No, you not only gave me the life that I now live, but you ruined lives. You told Charley that Senator Calhoun was my father and in turn messed up his son's life. For the whole summer, Scout and I thought we were brother and sister. What's wrong with you?" Bella started to cry.
"Bella, I want to make things right again."
"Well, you can't!" Bella ran away. Sean followed, then Donna saw Charley.
"How long have you been there?"
"Long enough. You ruined my life, I won't let you do the same to hers. Get out of here and don't come back!"
Donna left.
((Back to present))
"Oh, Bella." Jake said, as she leaned over and hugged her.
"Are you okay?" Will asked.
"Yeah, well I just can't believe she would do that!"
"Bella, whatever happens we'll be here." Scout promised.
"Ditto," Ham said. Everyone agreed.
"Thanks guys." Bella said.
Max and Kyle are in Max's room. Kyle tripped over some of Ryder's junk and cut his leg.
"Thanks, Max."
"Sure."
"So is this going to leave a handprint, too."
"I don't know, but if it does, I suggest you wear pants."
Kyle smiled. "Good idea." Kyle looked down at where the cut was.
"Perfect, you do great work, Dr. Max."
Max laughed.
"So I got a picture from Tess in the mail."
"Really?"
"Yeah." He showed it to Max.
"It's your room." Max was confused.
"She cleaned it! Can you believe that she touched my stuff! My dad won't even go in my room!"
"Kyle, calm down. I got an idea." Max grabbed his camera. "Is Ryder upstairs?"
"Yeah, why?"
"How about we give Tess something to look at other than your room." Max gave Kyle a mischievous smile.
"Okay." Kyle smiled back. They got up and left the room. Kyle opened the door to find Ryder laying on his bed, reading a book. "Wow, and I didn't even think he knew how to read." Kyle acted as if he was in awe.
"Do you need something?" Ryder asked without looking up.
Max smiled at Kyle and then turned to Ryder. "Do you model?"
"What? No." Ryder looked up, eyeing them suspiciously.
"You should." Max snapped a few pics.
"What are you doing?" Ryder put his hand in front of his face after the fourth picture.
"Stop it, you're ruining the picture." Kyle said, trying to hide a smile.
"Who's going to see those?"
"I have a friend." Max said, as if he was hiding something.
"Who?"
"Someone, now just two more." Kyle said.
Ryder sighed and then smiled. "Perfect, thanks." Max said as they left the room.
"Tess will love these." Kyle said as they walked down the hall.
"I have fourteen pictures left. We could take pictures of Gwen and Lena and send everyone pictures."
"Okay, well tomorrow's Saturday, so we can do it then."
Max opened the door to his room and saw something he wished he hadn't.
Jake and Ham got back from the diner early. So when they got to Jake's room, they found it empty. They figured Max wouldn't be back for a while so they started kissing. They were sitting on Jake's bed kissing, when suddenly the door opened. Ham looked to the side to see Max and Kyle staring at them. He pulled away immediately.
"What's wro..." Jake stopped when she saw them.
'Oh, great.' Hamilton thought.
Max and Kyle just stared at them and they stared right back.
For about two minutes, it was a staring contest. Scout and Will were walking down the hall. Will thought it was weird that Max and Kyle were just standing in the doorway of Max and Jake's room.
"Hey, guys. What's..." Then Will saw Ham and Jake sitting inside.
"So I guess you guys found out." Scout said.
Max blinked. "Found out what?"
"Well, Ham and Jake they're in a..."
"In a play!" Will interrupted.
"Huh?" Kyle asked.
"Yeah." Scout said.
"Are they gay in the play?" Kyle asked.
"Yeah, it's one of those new age plays." Will said.
"Um, okay, well. That's, um great and uh, I'm gonna go this way now. Bye." Kyle took off down the hall.
"I'm gonna go with him." Max said, as he ran after Kyle. "Kyle, wait up."
When Kyle and Max were gone, Jake sighed. "Thanks."
Will closed the door. "You guys have to be more careful. If they can find out, so could someone like Finn."
"Yeah, we know." Ham said.
Before anyone could say anymore, there was a knock on the door. Jake opened it to find Dean Fleming.
"Hello, Jake."
"Uh, hi, sir."
"Hamilton, your mother wants to see you."
"Ok, see you guys later."
"See ya." The rest called as the dean closed the door behind them.
"Wonder what that was about." Scout said.
"So, Jake how have you been avoiding Max in the mornings?" Will asked.
"I get up ten minutes earlier than his alarm is set, and if I need more time I fix his alarm."
"Ooo, Jake, tisk-tisk." Scout said, smiling.
"Yeah, well a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do." Jake whispered. The guys laughed.
In the TV room, Max and Kyle are in a corner talking, when Ryder walks in.
"What's wrong with you two?" Ryder sat down. "Someone has to go first?"
"We saw something that we didn't want to have seen." Max said.
"Pratt and Fleming?"
"How?" Kyle asked.
"It started during the summer, but I think it's more than it seems." Ryder said in a low voice.
"What?" Max asked.
"I don't think they're gay they don't act like it."
They watched as the dean and Hamilton walked by.
"Come on." Ryder said standing up.
"Wait, where are we going?" Kyle asked.
"To follow them, he's obviously in trouble."
Neither moved. "Well? We won't get caught."
So they followed him. The three followed the dean and Hamilton to the dean's office. Dean Fleming closed the door behind him. The three knelt down and listened.
Inside, Ham walked in to see his mom standing by the window.
"What's up?"
Mrs. Fleming turned and walked over to the dean. "Hamilton, honey, sit down."
He did.
"Son, you know that we and this school doesn't accept radical behavior, but we don't believe in getting rid of someone on those points."
"Huh?"
"Honey, what your father is trying to say is well, honey..."
"Mom, spit it out."
"Are you gay?"
Ham hid his head in his hands, and groaned.
"It's true, isn't it? I thought they were just rumors, but..."
Ham's head popped up. "Wait, this is all about a rumor? You called me in here on a rumor?!" He stood up so fast that he knocked the chair over. "I can't believe this!"
"Hamilton, sit down!" His father yelled.
"No! You can't call me in here on a rumor!" Ham stormed out.
As Ham walked by Ryder, Kyle, and Max peeked out from inside a closet next to the office.
"That was close." Ryder said.
"Too close." Max said.
From in the office they heard, "I told you it wasn't a good idea." Mrs. Fleming yelled.
"I know what I heard the boys say!" Mr. Fleming yelled back.
"People talk, they're just going to talk more about Hamilton, because he's your son." With that Mrs. Fleming stormed out.
The three popped their heads out again and snuck away.
The next morning, Kyle woke up, Ryder was still asleep. Kyle pulled the covers away, there on his leg was a silver handprint. Kyle checked Ryder again and then slipped on a pair of pants on.
Meanwhile Max woke up early, he didn't know why cause his alarm hadn't gone off yet. He looked around, Jake wasn't there. Max stood up and started to walk toward the window, when suddenly he slipped and fell. Max sat up and picked up what he had slipped on. It was a small, black bra.