Chapter 5
Max dropped it immediatly, got changed, grabbed his bag, and started to leave the room. But he opened the door to find Jake.
"Who are you?"
"Huh?"
"Who are you?" Max repeated.
Jake spotted the bra. "Oh, no." Jake laughed. "Ugh, I was in such a hurry to pack I must have accidentally packed one of my sister's bras." Jake looked at Max. "You didn't actually think this was mine, did you?"
"Nevermind." Max left.
Jake sighed.
Max met Kyle at the room and the two of them went to the lake. They found a spot where it wasn't very crowded, but where there were enough people so it wouldn't look weird. Kyle watched Max until he noticed.
"What?" Max asked.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Hey, I heard that there's a dance in the middle of October, sorta fancy."
"The Catilian."
Kyle and Max looked up to see Lena and Gwen looking down at them.
"The Catilian, is that what it's called?" Kyle asked.
"Well, actually it's called the Fall Catilian, cause there's one in the summer, too." Lena explained.
Kyle raised an eyebrow at Gwen.
"Don't look at me, I'm new like you two." Gwen said.
"Hey, can I take some pictures?" Max asked, suddenly remembering the camera in his hand.
"What kind of pictures?" Lena asked, giving Max a flirtaous smile.
"The kind I can sent home to mom." Max replied.
"Sure."
Max handed the camera to Kyle. Max and Lena hugged. ((click)) Then Lena sat in his lap. ((click)) Then they laid their heads on each other. ((click))
"Okay, Gwen, Kyle, your turn." Max said.
First they hugged, like Max and Kyle had done. ((click)) Kyle and Gwen sat down next to each other. Gwen put her arm around Kyle sholder, but before Max could take the picture Gwen gave Kyle bunny ears. ((click)) In the last one, they gave each other bunny ears. Max and Lena starrted laughing.
"Eight left," Max said. Then he saw Paige, Scout, Caroline, and Will pass by.
"Hey guys, can I get a picture?"
He took pictures of Will & Scout, Will & Caroline, Scout & Paige, and then one with all four of them.
After they left, Max looked at the camera, "four more."
How about Jake and Ham?" Kyle said. "You know Maria will complain if we don't get our roommates." So they set out to find them.
They found them by the boat house. Max took two pictures of Jake and Ham, and used the last two on him and Kyle. Lena gave Max a ride into town, to develop his pictures.
A week later in Roswell, Isabel woke up and went downstairs to check the mail.
"Morning, Izzy."
"Morning, mom." She walked over to the table and picked up the stack.
"Anything good?"
"A letter from Max!" Isabel tooke it open and picture spilled out onto the table.
Dear Mom, Dad, and Izzy, I miss you guys so much. But it's so cool here. My classes are okay. I really like my poetry class though, and my teacher Finn is awesome. As you can see I've sent pictures. Isabel, don't feel left out, but I sent a bunch of pictures to Maria for all of you guys as well. The back of the picture tells who he/she is in relation to me.
Love
and miss you all,
Max
Isabel looked at the pictures.
Later at the crashdown, everyone is in the back looking at the pictures.
"Max has a girlfriend?" Liz asked. Then she noticed Tess had the same look on her face.
"I think she's pretty." Michael said.
"Yeah, so is Kyle's girlfriend." Alex said.
Maria and Isabel looked at them, "we're going to forget you said that."
Maria said. "By the way, Max sent personal letters to each of you. He sent them to me cause the postage was too much to sent individually." She said, as she pulled out the letters. After everyone had a letter, except Tess, she spoke up. "What about me?"
"Oh, Kyle, just sent this." Maria handed her an envelop. There was a small piece of paper inside. It said:
Dear Tess,
Here's something else to look at other than my room. Enjoy!
Kyle
Tess pulled out seven pictures of a blonde guy, who was obiviously older than Kyle. On the back of one of the pictures Kyle had written: Isn't my british roommate cute? He's also a senior.
"Oh, Tess he's so hot!" Maria squealed.
"He's Kyle's roommate."
"Oh, I so have to visit them." Maria said, looking at the picture of Max and his girlfriend.
"I have to meet this roommate." Tess added, with a smile.
Meanwhile in New Rawley, Sean and Bella joined the Rawley kids to see Kyle's football game.
"Woo-hoo! Kyle!" Gwen yelled, cheering him on.
Kyle tackled the kid with the football.
"Yea, Kyle!" Max screamed.
As the players started to line up again, Kyle waved to Gwen, who waved back.
"So Gwen, you really like Kyle?" Will asked.
"Yeah, most jocks have a hugh attitude problem, Kyle doesn't seem like that." She replied.
"You should have known him last year." Max said. "He was the typical jock then."
"Wonder what made him change." Gwen thought a loud.
"That's still a mystery." Max replied.
"Well, I'm sure rooming with Ryder has given him some perspective." Scout added.
The crowded cheered as Rawley scored another touchdown.
"Hey Gwen, you should consider becoming a cheerleader." Paige said.
"No way. I can't do all those flips and stuff. Plus I could never act that happy."
Will laughed at the thought.
After the game the whole group minus Sean and Bella went back to school. They sat in the TV room and talked. As they talked a member of the student council came in and taped up a flyer for the Catilin.
"Wow, only two weeks away." Will said. "I hope it will be better than the last one."
Paige looked at Scout. "Me too." Scout said.
"What exactly is the Catilin. I know it's a dance, but?" Kyle asked.
Will turned to Scout. "You explained it to me, so why don't you do the honors."
"Okay well. It's a fancy dance, everyone wears white, and the music isn't today's pop. It's like old jazz or swing. Don't worry it's still really fun."
"Okay." Kyle said.
"I hope this means you guys want to go." Lena said.
"Absolutely." Max replied.
"What about you two?" Kyle asked.
"Us?" Ham asked.
"Yeah."
"Well, I guess we'll have to find dates."
Will and Scout gave him funny looks.
"My dad called me into his office the other day, to tell me that he heard rumors. That I'm gay. So I thought if I went to the Catilin with a date, he would leave me alone."
"Yikes." Will answered. "So who's the lucky girl?"
"Not a clue."
Will looked at Jake, he realized that she was clueless. But before he could say anything, Ryder walked in.
Ryder smiled to himself as he walked in and sat between Jake and Ham.
"Hello, well isn't this a gathering of sorts."
"What do you want, Ryder?" Jake asked, squirming away from him and closer to Will.
Ryder put his arm around Jake. "Aren't you happy to see me?"
"Of course not."
Before Ham could say anything, his dad walked by. Ham and his father watched each other until the dean was gone. Jake watched them, when the dean was gone, she jumped up and ran out of the room. Ham followed, then the others turned and glared at Ryder. Who walked out.
"Jake!" Ham called after her.
She stopped and leaned against the wall. When he caught up, she spoke.
"Look I know you just said that for show, but I can't take this anymore."
"So that's it you're leaving?"
"No, first I'll try to transfer or whatever to Rawley girls. But this is just much."
"You can't just give up and leave if you don't get into Rawley Girls."
"I can't stay here. If Max or Finn don't find out, Ryder will. Will and you know Ryder will try to blackmail me or something."
"Look we'll get through this."
"Okay, look you go with the guys to the diner. I'll meet you later."
"Okay."
Ham left and Ryder peeked out from a closet where he was hiding. Ryder smiled as he followed Jake. When she got to her room, he kneeled down and looked in the keyhole. She sat down in front of her laptop. Ryder watched as she put her head down. He stood up, looked around, and opened the door. He went in, and closed the door quietly behind him, Jake hadn't moved. He snuck up quietly behind Jake, suddenly the computer beeped. Ryder sat on the bed as Jake's head popped up. She then saw his reflection in the window. Jake spun around.
"What the hell are you doing in here?"
"I would ask you the same."
"This my room, now get out."
"No, cause I don't think you belong here."
"Ryder, you're insane, get out!"
"No."
"Now!"
"No!"
"Ryder, if you want a broken nose, I swear."
"Kiss me."
"What?! No."
Before Jake could stop him, Ryder jumped up and kissed her. She pulled away almost immediately.
"Get out!"
Ryder stared at her in shock and then he ran out of the room.
Jake stood there a minute, then she grabbed her jacket, and left the room.
She went to the garage, got out her bike, and headed toward the diner.
Max dropped it immediatly, got changed, grabbed his bag, and started to leave the room. But he opened the door to find Jake.
"Who are you?"
"Huh?"
"Who are you?" Max repeated.
Jake spotted the bra. "Oh, no." Jake laughed. "Ugh, I was in such a hurry to pack I must have accidentally packed one of my sister's bras." Jake looked at Max. "You didn't actually think this was mine, did you?"
"Nevermind." Max left.
Jake sighed.
Max met Kyle at the room and the two of them went to the lake. They found a spot where it wasn't very crowded, but where there were enough people so it wouldn't look weird. Kyle watched Max until he noticed.
"What?" Max asked.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Hey, I heard that there's a dance in the middle of October, sorta fancy."
"The Catilian."
Kyle and Max looked up to see Lena and Gwen looking down at them.
"The Catilian, is that what it's called?" Kyle asked.
"Well, actually it's called the Fall Catilian, cause there's one in the summer, too." Lena explained.
Kyle raised an eyebrow at Gwen.
"Don't look at me, I'm new like you two." Gwen said.
"Hey, can I take some pictures?" Max asked, suddenly remembering the camera in his hand.
"What kind of pictures?" Lena asked, giving Max a flirtaous smile.
"The kind I can sent home to mom." Max replied.
"Sure."
Max handed the camera to Kyle. Max and Lena hugged. ((click)) Then Lena sat in his lap. ((click)) Then they laid their heads on each other. ((click))
"Okay, Gwen, Kyle, your turn." Max said.
First they hugged, like Max and Kyle had done. ((click)) Kyle and Gwen sat down next to each other. Gwen put her arm around Kyle sholder, but before Max could take the picture Gwen gave Kyle bunny ears. ((click)) In the last one, they gave each other bunny ears. Max and Lena starrted laughing.
"Eight left," Max said. Then he saw Paige, Scout, Caroline, and Will pass by.
"Hey guys, can I get a picture?"
He took pictures of Will & Scout, Will & Caroline, Scout & Paige, and then one with all four of them.
After they left, Max looked at the camera, "four more."
How about Jake and Ham?" Kyle said. "You know Maria will complain if we don't get our roommates." So they set out to find them.
They found them by the boat house. Max took two pictures of Jake and Ham, and used the last two on him and Kyle. Lena gave Max a ride into town, to develop his pictures.
A week later in Roswell, Isabel woke up and went downstairs to check the mail.
"Morning, Izzy."
"Morning, mom." She walked over to the table and picked up the stack.
"Anything good?"
"A letter from Max!" Isabel tooke it open and picture spilled out onto the table.
Dear Mom, Dad, and Izzy, I miss you guys so much. But it's so cool here. My classes are okay. I really like my poetry class though, and my teacher Finn is awesome. As you can see I've sent pictures. Isabel, don't feel left out, but I sent a bunch of pictures to Maria for all of you guys as well. The back of the picture tells who he/she is in relation to me.
Love
and miss you all,
Max
Isabel looked at the pictures.
Later at the crashdown, everyone is in the back looking at the pictures.
"Max has a girlfriend?" Liz asked. Then she noticed Tess had the same look on her face.
"I think she's pretty." Michael said.
"Yeah, so is Kyle's girlfriend." Alex said.
Maria and Isabel looked at them, "we're going to forget you said that."
Maria said. "By the way, Max sent personal letters to each of you. He sent them to me cause the postage was too much to sent individually." She said, as she pulled out the letters. After everyone had a letter, except Tess, she spoke up. "What about me?"
"Oh, Kyle, just sent this." Maria handed her an envelop. There was a small piece of paper inside. It said:
Dear Tess,
Here's something else to look at other than my room. Enjoy!
Kyle
Tess pulled out seven pictures of a blonde guy, who was obiviously older than Kyle. On the back of one of the pictures Kyle had written: Isn't my british roommate cute? He's also a senior.
"Oh, Tess he's so hot!" Maria squealed.
"He's Kyle's roommate."
"Oh, I so have to visit them." Maria said, looking at the picture of Max and his girlfriend.
"I have to meet this roommate." Tess added, with a smile.
Meanwhile in New Rawley, Sean and Bella joined the Rawley kids to see Kyle's football game.
"Woo-hoo! Kyle!" Gwen yelled, cheering him on.
Kyle tackled the kid with the football.
"Yea, Kyle!" Max screamed.
As the players started to line up again, Kyle waved to Gwen, who waved back.
"So Gwen, you really like Kyle?" Will asked.
"Yeah, most jocks have a hugh attitude problem, Kyle doesn't seem like that." She replied.
"You should have known him last year." Max said. "He was the typical jock then."
"Wonder what made him change." Gwen thought a loud.
"That's still a mystery." Max replied.
"Well, I'm sure rooming with Ryder has given him some perspective." Scout added.
The crowded cheered as Rawley scored another touchdown.
"Hey Gwen, you should consider becoming a cheerleader." Paige said.
"No way. I can't do all those flips and stuff. Plus I could never act that happy."
Will laughed at the thought.
After the game the whole group minus Sean and Bella went back to school. They sat in the TV room and talked. As they talked a member of the student council came in and taped up a flyer for the Catilin.
"Wow, only two weeks away." Will said. "I hope it will be better than the last one."
Paige looked at Scout. "Me too." Scout said.
"What exactly is the Catilin. I know it's a dance, but?" Kyle asked.
Will turned to Scout. "You explained it to me, so why don't you do the honors."
"Okay well. It's a fancy dance, everyone wears white, and the music isn't today's pop. It's like old jazz or swing. Don't worry it's still really fun."
"Okay." Kyle said.
"I hope this means you guys want to go." Lena said.
"Absolutely." Max replied.
"What about you two?" Kyle asked.
"Us?" Ham asked.
"Yeah."
"Well, I guess we'll have to find dates."
Will and Scout gave him funny looks.
"My dad called me into his office the other day, to tell me that he heard rumors. That I'm gay. So I thought if I went to the Catilin with a date, he would leave me alone."
"Yikes." Will answered. "So who's the lucky girl?"
"Not a clue."
Will looked at Jake, he realized that she was clueless. But before he could say anything, Ryder walked in.
Ryder smiled to himself as he walked in and sat between Jake and Ham.
"Hello, well isn't this a gathering of sorts."
"What do you want, Ryder?" Jake asked, squirming away from him and closer to Will.
Ryder put his arm around Jake. "Aren't you happy to see me?"
"Of course not."
Before Ham could say anything, his dad walked by. Ham and his father watched each other until the dean was gone. Jake watched them, when the dean was gone, she jumped up and ran out of the room. Ham followed, then the others turned and glared at Ryder. Who walked out.
"Jake!" Ham called after her.
She stopped and leaned against the wall. When he caught up, she spoke.
"Look I know you just said that for show, but I can't take this anymore."
"So that's it you're leaving?"
"No, first I'll try to transfer or whatever to Rawley girls. But this is just much."
"You can't just give up and leave if you don't get into Rawley Girls."
"I can't stay here. If Max or Finn don't find out, Ryder will. Will and you know Ryder will try to blackmail me or something."
"Look we'll get through this."
"Okay, look you go with the guys to the diner. I'll meet you later."
"Okay."
Ham left and Ryder peeked out from a closet where he was hiding. Ryder smiled as he followed Jake. When she got to her room, he kneeled down and looked in the keyhole. She sat down in front of her laptop. Ryder watched as she put her head down. He stood up, looked around, and opened the door. He went in, and closed the door quietly behind him, Jake hadn't moved. He snuck up quietly behind Jake, suddenly the computer beeped. Ryder sat on the bed as Jake's head popped up. She then saw his reflection in the window. Jake spun around.
"What the hell are you doing in here?"
"I would ask you the same."
"This my room, now get out."
"No, cause I don't think you belong here."
"Ryder, you're insane, get out!"
"No."
"Now!"
"No!"
"Ryder, if you want a broken nose, I swear."
"Kiss me."
"What?! No."
Before Jake could stop him, Ryder jumped up and kissed her. She pulled away almost immediately.
"Get out!"
Ryder stared at her in shock and then he ran out of the room.
Jake stood there a minute, then she grabbed her jacket, and left the room.
She went to the garage, got out her bike, and headed toward the diner.