New Year's Eve
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Paige got out of the car closed the door. She went up to the door and knocked.
Connie answered with a "Hey"
"Hi" Paige greeted as she entered and took off her winter coat.
"Is that what you are wearing?" Connie asked looking at Paige's jeans, black sweater and black runners.
"No I just thought that I shouldn't wear my partying clothes in front of Charity," she answered following Connie up the stairs and into her room. Paige had convinced Charity to let her sleep over at Connie's house for New Year's Eve but what she didn't tell was that they were going to a party.
"Right" Connie remembered and went over to her closet "We can get ready together"
"You mean you aren't going to wear your sweat pants and tank top?" Paige asked in fake shock.
"Do you want to borrow something of mine?" Connie asked ignoring Paige's question "How about this?" she pulled out a black dress "Oh wait I forgot you don't like dresses" she put the dress back into her closet
"Who said I didn't like dresses?" Paige asked unzipping her bag
"Fulton, he said that you hate dresses because you used to be made fun of when you were little" Connie answered looking at her wardrobe
"I don't hate dresses I hate gowns there's a difference and that isn't the only reason why" Paige corrected
"Huh?" Connie asked giving Paige a confused look "What's the difference between gowns and dresses?"
"Gowns is what you would wear to a formal, a dress you would wear to a party, date etc.," Paige answered
"Ok then what is the other reason you hate wearing gowns?" Connie asked pulling out different tops and flinging them onto her bed
"Something bad always happens when I put one on" she shrugged and ducked to avoid being hit by a hanger
"Which top should I wear and with which skirt?" Connie asked taking out different skirts and laying them out onto her bed.
"I like that one" she pointed to a red sparkly tank top "and that" she pointed to a short black skirt
"Not a bad match" she nodded looking at her clothes as Paige started to change into her other clothes. Connie turned to see what her friend was wearing. A dark green halter, tight black leather pants and black boots.
"Wow" Connie said taken aback. "You do know how to dress for a party for someone who I recall said she was never really a girl"
"I said that I never did the whole makeup thing and I had never been to a slumber party I didn't mention anything about the way I dressed, also I've been to a lot of parties" Paige added "Do you see any makeup on this face?" she pointed to her beautiful face.
"Not yet" Connie smiled as she decided to go with Paige's choice.
"What is that supposed to mean?" she asked taking out her hair from the elastic it was in.
"It means it's about time you start to wear some makeup" Connie answered and saw Paige pull out lip-gloss from her bag "Besides lip-gloss"
"Here" Connie walked over to her dresser and took out brown eye shadow and mascara "try this"
Paige obliged and went over to Connie's dresser "But only this" Paige said.
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Russ and Luis said goodbye to Luis' parents as they headed out the door.
"Ok there are three parties that I. I mean we must attend then there are two other parties that are optional" Luis said taking out sheet of paper that had different addresses and names on it.
"Oh but you simply must make an appearance at all of them. What will your fans think if you don't?" Russ asked sarcastically.
"Very funny Russ really I'm laughing" Luis said reading the paper in his hand.
"So is that why we are leaving so early because we have to go to so many different parties?" Russ asked, it was still light out and the parties that Russ usually went to happened during the night like most parties.
"That and we need time to get there" Luis answered taking his eyes off the sheet and nodded towards a bus stop that was on the street corner
"You are a very scheduled person Mendoza"
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Guy, Paige, and Connie arrived at the party that was being held in a house that was even larger then Banks'.
"Ok when you said the party was going to be in the rich part of town you should have said mansion" Connie told Guy as they entered the noisy house.
"All I got was an address from Cake Eater" Guy said, "speaking of which we should probably try to find some of the other guys"
They walked into the doorway of a big room with all of the furniture pushed to the side and a DJ against one of the walls. It was filled with people dancing.
"Wow it's loud!" Connie screamed
"What did you expect?!" Paige yelled back
"What?!" Guy shouted
"How are we supposed to find anyone in this?!" Connie screamed
"Look!" Paige answered, "I'm going in!" she yelled and disappeared into the mass of people.
"What?!" Guy shouted
She pushed her way through the bodies. She spotted a patch or orange curly hair bobbing up and down beside a skulls bandanna. She squished herself in between two people and forced her way towards the bandanna.
"Hey!" she shouted
Fulton and Averman turned and saw Paige coming towards them and she saw that Goldberg was with them as well but hadn't turned.
"Hi!" Fulton smiled
"Come on" she waved her hand motioning for them to follow. Averman grabbed the back of Goldberg's shirt and followed behind Fulton.
Connie saw Paige emerge from the crowd with Fulton, Averman and Goldberg.
"Hey did you find the house alright?" Fulton asked
"What?!" Guy shouted
Connie rolled her eyes and took Guy's hand leading them to a quieter room that had less people.
"Now can you hear?" Connie asked
"Pardon?" Guy turned his ear towards her "No just kidding I can hear"
"Where are Charlie and Banks?" Connie asked looking at the group that Paige had found.
"Haven't gotten here yet" Averman answered then looked around "at least I don't think so"
"And to think it was little Adam who told us about this party" Goldberg pointed out
"That's because he was the only one of us who was invited. What things you get when you have the status of being a preppy" Fulton told him
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Portman entered a different but equally loud house in Chicago. He stood up straight and craned his neck looking for someone he knew at the party.
"Portman!" a male voice shouted from behind him
"Dave" Portman said turning around seeing who had called his name
"Do you want to know where the real party is?" Dave asked his friend whom he hadn't spoken to since he left to go to that preppy school
"Ok" he answered slowly not quite sure what he was talking about.
"Follow me" Dave led Portman up the stairs and to a closed door. He opened the door and the smell of marijuana hit Portman as he entered the smoky bedroom.
"Portman" said a guy sitting on the floor holding a joint "where have you been man?"
"Minnesota" Portman answered looking at one of his oldest friend. "What about you Harris?"
"Just chillin'" he answered nodding his head and looked up at his friend through the slits in his eyes "it's all good"
Dave had already started to smoke up and frowned at Portman "Dude here" he tried to hand him the drugs.
Portman grimaced "No thanks man I'm not into that anymore"
"Have you gone soft?" Harris asked
"No it's just I'm not into that shit" Portman shook his head
"I get it. You think because you are going to some prep school you are too good for us," Dave said poking him.
"No man" Portman objected
"You think that you are above it don't you?" Dave asked, "Well let me tell you something Portman you aren't"
Portman didn't understand what happened to his friends over the time he hadn't been there. They had changed so much or was it him who change? "I don't have to put up with this crap" he exited the room and went down stairs
"Portman! What's up?" a girl asked him holding a bottle of beer
"Not much Gisele" Portman smiled.
"Want a taste?" she asked
"Nah" Portman looked at the beer, usually he liked to have a couple of drinks but he just wanted to leave.
"No I meant of me. Rekindle the old flame for one night" she said walking up closer to him "Just like old times"
"I don't think that's such a good idea," he said looking down at the girl who was pressing herself up against him.
She pouted then she pulled his head closer to hers and whispered into his ear "You know that you want to" she licked his earlobe and then nibbled on it. She slid her hand down to his crotch and rubbed.
"We really shouldn't" he stepped away from her.
"But that is what makes it that much more fun" she grinned and began to kiss him this time he didn't resist.
"Gisele!" a big teenage boy came and pulled her off of Portman and pushed him "What the fuck do you think you are doing to my girl?"
"I didn't know that she was your girl" Portman backed away from him
"You should have thought of that before you shoved your tongue down her throat," he yelled. Portman looked at him confused 'That didn't make any sense' but before he could say anything he was punched in the stomach.
Portman bent at his waist and put a hand to where he had just been punched. "I don't want any trouble"
"Too bad because you've got it" he punched Portman again who in turn punched him back.
They fell to the floor fighting each other and Portman pinned the other guy down. "I didn't want to get into this"
The other guy responded by kicking him roughly and the fight continued. Eventually they were pulled apart. Portman shrugged the people who were holding him back off and left the building while his opponent's holders tightened their grip so he wouldn't chase after the Bash Brother.
Portman sat down on a bench at a bus stop and looked at his watch and saw that a bus would be coming by any minute. He examined his arm there was scrape on it and he gently put a hand to his eyebrow and when he retracted it he saw blood then he touched his stomach knowing that was going to be where the biggest brush was going to form.
"Just like old times" he mumbled Gisele's words dreading waking up tomorrow knowing that was when the real pain was going to start.
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Charlie went up to Banks' house and rang the doorbell. Adam answered the door holding the phone.
"Charlie just got here"
"I don't want to hang up on you Julie," Adam complained as Charlie entered the house
"Why do I have to hang up?" he asked as his Captain rolled his eyes.
"I think that you should" Adam continued. Charlie tapped his watch and Adam frowned at him.
"Because you are the more mature one of us so you should" Adam laughed. Charlie took the phone away from Adam.
"I will" he put the phone to his ear "Adam has to go now Julie so bye" he clicked the 'end' button on the phone and handed it back to Adam.
"Charlie what did you do that for?" he scowled as he put on his winter coat.
"Because if I hadn't you would still be talking about who was going to hang up you sounded like a little catholic school girl" he answered and pushed Adam outside and closed the door "Let's get a move on"
Charlie and his little catholic school girl friend arrived at the party.
"Let's split up" Charlie suggested "so we can find them quicker" as he went into the room that held the DJ
"But how are we going to find each other?" Adam yelled after him.
Charlie pushed his way through the crowd and when he reached the other side he saw Paige. 'Wow she looks hot' he thought, she was leaning against a wall looking at the DJ who had just put on a slow song.
He went up to her and she smiled. They looked at each other and then Charlie took her hand and pulled her into the crowd. He stopped and scanned the area around him to see if there was anyone he knew but there wasn't so, he put both of his hands onto her waist and pulled her closer to him as she put her hands onto his biceps and ran them up onto his neck sending Goosebumps down his spine.
She looked into his blue eyes the one place she had tried to avoid. He closed the gap between their lips and kissed her softly, she kissed him back passionately letting the heat grown between them. Suddenly she pulled away and whispered, "I can't do this" and broke their embrace and made her way through the crowd.
She broke out of the mass of people and found the staircase and climbed. Charlie watched her go up the stairs and followed. He saw her go down the hall and into a room.
He entered the dark room; it was only lit by the glow from the windows. She was standing looking out of one of them, Charlie walked up behind her.
"Paige?" Charlie said as he reached her side.
"I'm sorry Charlie I can't go through with this . . . what ever this is" she told him still glaring out the window. It was like someone had taken the air out of his lungs and his heart stopped.
"What? Why?" he asked 'What had changed so quickly?' he wondered it wasn't believable.
"Can't you just except it without any questions?" she asked bowing her head he was making this so difficult.
"No I need to know" he refused she couldn't just drop this on him without an explanation.
"That doesn't mean I'm going to tell you," she whispered finally looking into his eyes.
"I deserve to know" he objected raising his voice. She looked at him blankly as all sorts of emotions were stirring inside of her. "Why are you shutting me out?" he asked angrily he just couldn't figure out this he knew that there had to be a reason, she didn't actually want to break them apart.
"Would you believe me if I told you it was to protect you?" she asked keeping her calm appearance even though it was ripping her apart inside.
"Protect me from what your step mom?" he asked lowering his voice frowning, he didn't understand what she was talking about.
"Partly but mostly from me" she answered keeping her voice steady "I have to end it now before it goes too far. I shouldn't have even done this to begin with. There was always that voice in the back of my head" she brought her hand shakily up to her temple "that told me that I shouldn't but I ignored it in till now" she dropped her hand.
"Why would you need to protect me from yourself?" he inquired
"I just know that if we continue then you will get hurt. It would be better for you if we were just friends" she answered her voice quivering slightly.
"You know what I think? I think that you aren't trying to protect me at all you are trying to protect yourself because if you were trying to protect me then you wouldn't be doing this to me" he said hurtfully. "You said it yourself you need 'to end it now before it goes to far' you are afraid of us or what we could have"
Paige eyed him with a mixture of hurt and fury. "What now that we've made out you suddenly know all about me what I'm thinking how I'm feeling? Well let me fill you in Charlie you don't know . . . you have no idea"
"So you don't like me you were just using me to get some kicks?" he asked crossly trying to get the truth out of her.
"Of course I like you Charlie. I like you so much that I can't even comprehend it and I don't want to let you go. I don't want to let go the way you make me feel as if I could actually trust you and know that you would never hurt me intentionally," she confessed. Charlie's expression softened
"Then don't let it go Paige because I know that you wouldn't hurt me I trust you too" he told her
"Charlie it's not that simple" she told him "it can't be, nothing is ever that easy"
"We'll make it that easy" he said reassuringly taking her into his arms. She let herself be held feeling protected in his embrace.
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Connie and Guy were sitting on a couch in one of the many rooms watching the party in silence.
"Cons what is it?" he asked taking her hand into both of his.
She turned to him; it had been a while since the last time he had asked her what had been bothering her. He had backed off hoping that she would eventually just let him know but now he was truly worried.
'Just tell him' she ordered herself 'who cares what he says back?' she prepared herself to speak 'wait I care what he says back. But he should know'
"Come on Connie you can tell me I am your ever faithful boyfriend. Always has been always will be" he tried to coax her into to opening up.
Suddenly the group of people around them started to count down. 'Ok Connie brace yourself and just tell him'
"Five!"
'But are you sure you are ready for that or if he is?' she began to fight with herself.
"Four!"
'It's just better to get it all out in the open'
"Three!"
'Who said that getting it out in the open was good? Keep it inside'
"Two!"
'No I won't I will tell him'
"One!"
"I love you" she spoke out loud.
"Happy New Year!"
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End of Chapter
Oh my Connie has finally told but what will Guy say back? You will just have to wait and see! *hee hee hee* I hope that you liked this chapter. I know there was hardly any Julie and Adam stuff but I did the phone thing!
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Paige got out of the car closed the door. She went up to the door and knocked.
Connie answered with a "Hey"
"Hi" Paige greeted as she entered and took off her winter coat.
"Is that what you are wearing?" Connie asked looking at Paige's jeans, black sweater and black runners.
"No I just thought that I shouldn't wear my partying clothes in front of Charity," she answered following Connie up the stairs and into her room. Paige had convinced Charity to let her sleep over at Connie's house for New Year's Eve but what she didn't tell was that they were going to a party.
"Right" Connie remembered and went over to her closet "We can get ready together"
"You mean you aren't going to wear your sweat pants and tank top?" Paige asked in fake shock.
"Do you want to borrow something of mine?" Connie asked ignoring Paige's question "How about this?" she pulled out a black dress "Oh wait I forgot you don't like dresses" she put the dress back into her closet
"Who said I didn't like dresses?" Paige asked unzipping her bag
"Fulton, he said that you hate dresses because you used to be made fun of when you were little" Connie answered looking at her wardrobe
"I don't hate dresses I hate gowns there's a difference and that isn't the only reason why" Paige corrected
"Huh?" Connie asked giving Paige a confused look "What's the difference between gowns and dresses?"
"Gowns is what you would wear to a formal, a dress you would wear to a party, date etc.," Paige answered
"Ok then what is the other reason you hate wearing gowns?" Connie asked pulling out different tops and flinging them onto her bed
"Something bad always happens when I put one on" she shrugged and ducked to avoid being hit by a hanger
"Which top should I wear and with which skirt?" Connie asked taking out different skirts and laying them out onto her bed.
"I like that one" she pointed to a red sparkly tank top "and that" she pointed to a short black skirt
"Not a bad match" she nodded looking at her clothes as Paige started to change into her other clothes. Connie turned to see what her friend was wearing. A dark green halter, tight black leather pants and black boots.
"Wow" Connie said taken aback. "You do know how to dress for a party for someone who I recall said she was never really a girl"
"I said that I never did the whole makeup thing and I had never been to a slumber party I didn't mention anything about the way I dressed, also I've been to a lot of parties" Paige added "Do you see any makeup on this face?" she pointed to her beautiful face.
"Not yet" Connie smiled as she decided to go with Paige's choice.
"What is that supposed to mean?" she asked taking out her hair from the elastic it was in.
"It means it's about time you start to wear some makeup" Connie answered and saw Paige pull out lip-gloss from her bag "Besides lip-gloss"
"Here" Connie walked over to her dresser and took out brown eye shadow and mascara "try this"
Paige obliged and went over to Connie's dresser "But only this" Paige said.
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Russ and Luis said goodbye to Luis' parents as they headed out the door.
"Ok there are three parties that I. I mean we must attend then there are two other parties that are optional" Luis said taking out sheet of paper that had different addresses and names on it.
"Oh but you simply must make an appearance at all of them. What will your fans think if you don't?" Russ asked sarcastically.
"Very funny Russ really I'm laughing" Luis said reading the paper in his hand.
"So is that why we are leaving so early because we have to go to so many different parties?" Russ asked, it was still light out and the parties that Russ usually went to happened during the night like most parties.
"That and we need time to get there" Luis answered taking his eyes off the sheet and nodded towards a bus stop that was on the street corner
"You are a very scheduled person Mendoza"
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Guy, Paige, and Connie arrived at the party that was being held in a house that was even larger then Banks'.
"Ok when you said the party was going to be in the rich part of town you should have said mansion" Connie told Guy as they entered the noisy house.
"All I got was an address from Cake Eater" Guy said, "speaking of which we should probably try to find some of the other guys"
They walked into the doorway of a big room with all of the furniture pushed to the side and a DJ against one of the walls. It was filled with people dancing.
"Wow it's loud!" Connie screamed
"What did you expect?!" Paige yelled back
"What?!" Guy shouted
"How are we supposed to find anyone in this?!" Connie screamed
"Look!" Paige answered, "I'm going in!" she yelled and disappeared into the mass of people.
"What?!" Guy shouted
She pushed her way through the bodies. She spotted a patch or orange curly hair bobbing up and down beside a skulls bandanna. She squished herself in between two people and forced her way towards the bandanna.
"Hey!" she shouted
Fulton and Averman turned and saw Paige coming towards them and she saw that Goldberg was with them as well but hadn't turned.
"Hi!" Fulton smiled
"Come on" she waved her hand motioning for them to follow. Averman grabbed the back of Goldberg's shirt and followed behind Fulton.
Connie saw Paige emerge from the crowd with Fulton, Averman and Goldberg.
"Hey did you find the house alright?" Fulton asked
"What?!" Guy shouted
Connie rolled her eyes and took Guy's hand leading them to a quieter room that had less people.
"Now can you hear?" Connie asked
"Pardon?" Guy turned his ear towards her "No just kidding I can hear"
"Where are Charlie and Banks?" Connie asked looking at the group that Paige had found.
"Haven't gotten here yet" Averman answered then looked around "at least I don't think so"
"And to think it was little Adam who told us about this party" Goldberg pointed out
"That's because he was the only one of us who was invited. What things you get when you have the status of being a preppy" Fulton told him
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Portman entered a different but equally loud house in Chicago. He stood up straight and craned his neck looking for someone he knew at the party.
"Portman!" a male voice shouted from behind him
"Dave" Portman said turning around seeing who had called his name
"Do you want to know where the real party is?" Dave asked his friend whom he hadn't spoken to since he left to go to that preppy school
"Ok" he answered slowly not quite sure what he was talking about.
"Follow me" Dave led Portman up the stairs and to a closed door. He opened the door and the smell of marijuana hit Portman as he entered the smoky bedroom.
"Portman" said a guy sitting on the floor holding a joint "where have you been man?"
"Minnesota" Portman answered looking at one of his oldest friend. "What about you Harris?"
"Just chillin'" he answered nodding his head and looked up at his friend through the slits in his eyes "it's all good"
Dave had already started to smoke up and frowned at Portman "Dude here" he tried to hand him the drugs.
Portman grimaced "No thanks man I'm not into that anymore"
"Have you gone soft?" Harris asked
"No it's just I'm not into that shit" Portman shook his head
"I get it. You think because you are going to some prep school you are too good for us," Dave said poking him.
"No man" Portman objected
"You think that you are above it don't you?" Dave asked, "Well let me tell you something Portman you aren't"
Portman didn't understand what happened to his friends over the time he hadn't been there. They had changed so much or was it him who change? "I don't have to put up with this crap" he exited the room and went down stairs
"Portman! What's up?" a girl asked him holding a bottle of beer
"Not much Gisele" Portman smiled.
"Want a taste?" she asked
"Nah" Portman looked at the beer, usually he liked to have a couple of drinks but he just wanted to leave.
"No I meant of me. Rekindle the old flame for one night" she said walking up closer to him "Just like old times"
"I don't think that's such a good idea," he said looking down at the girl who was pressing herself up against him.
She pouted then she pulled his head closer to hers and whispered into his ear "You know that you want to" she licked his earlobe and then nibbled on it. She slid her hand down to his crotch and rubbed.
"We really shouldn't" he stepped away from her.
"But that is what makes it that much more fun" she grinned and began to kiss him this time he didn't resist.
"Gisele!" a big teenage boy came and pulled her off of Portman and pushed him "What the fuck do you think you are doing to my girl?"
"I didn't know that she was your girl" Portman backed away from him
"You should have thought of that before you shoved your tongue down her throat," he yelled. Portman looked at him confused 'That didn't make any sense' but before he could say anything he was punched in the stomach.
Portman bent at his waist and put a hand to where he had just been punched. "I don't want any trouble"
"Too bad because you've got it" he punched Portman again who in turn punched him back.
They fell to the floor fighting each other and Portman pinned the other guy down. "I didn't want to get into this"
The other guy responded by kicking him roughly and the fight continued. Eventually they were pulled apart. Portman shrugged the people who were holding him back off and left the building while his opponent's holders tightened their grip so he wouldn't chase after the Bash Brother.
Portman sat down on a bench at a bus stop and looked at his watch and saw that a bus would be coming by any minute. He examined his arm there was scrape on it and he gently put a hand to his eyebrow and when he retracted it he saw blood then he touched his stomach knowing that was going to be where the biggest brush was going to form.
"Just like old times" he mumbled Gisele's words dreading waking up tomorrow knowing that was when the real pain was going to start.
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Charlie went up to Banks' house and rang the doorbell. Adam answered the door holding the phone.
"Charlie just got here"
"I don't want to hang up on you Julie," Adam complained as Charlie entered the house
"Why do I have to hang up?" he asked as his Captain rolled his eyes.
"I think that you should" Adam continued. Charlie tapped his watch and Adam frowned at him.
"Because you are the more mature one of us so you should" Adam laughed. Charlie took the phone away from Adam.
"I will" he put the phone to his ear "Adam has to go now Julie so bye" he clicked the 'end' button on the phone and handed it back to Adam.
"Charlie what did you do that for?" he scowled as he put on his winter coat.
"Because if I hadn't you would still be talking about who was going to hang up you sounded like a little catholic school girl" he answered and pushed Adam outside and closed the door "Let's get a move on"
Charlie and his little catholic school girl friend arrived at the party.
"Let's split up" Charlie suggested "so we can find them quicker" as he went into the room that held the DJ
"But how are we going to find each other?" Adam yelled after him.
Charlie pushed his way through the crowd and when he reached the other side he saw Paige. 'Wow she looks hot' he thought, she was leaning against a wall looking at the DJ who had just put on a slow song.
He went up to her and she smiled. They looked at each other and then Charlie took her hand and pulled her into the crowd. He stopped and scanned the area around him to see if there was anyone he knew but there wasn't so, he put both of his hands onto her waist and pulled her closer to him as she put her hands onto his biceps and ran them up onto his neck sending Goosebumps down his spine.
She looked into his blue eyes the one place she had tried to avoid. He closed the gap between their lips and kissed her softly, she kissed him back passionately letting the heat grown between them. Suddenly she pulled away and whispered, "I can't do this" and broke their embrace and made her way through the crowd.
She broke out of the mass of people and found the staircase and climbed. Charlie watched her go up the stairs and followed. He saw her go down the hall and into a room.
He entered the dark room; it was only lit by the glow from the windows. She was standing looking out of one of them, Charlie walked up behind her.
"Paige?" Charlie said as he reached her side.
"I'm sorry Charlie I can't go through with this . . . what ever this is" she told him still glaring out the window. It was like someone had taken the air out of his lungs and his heart stopped.
"What? Why?" he asked 'What had changed so quickly?' he wondered it wasn't believable.
"Can't you just except it without any questions?" she asked bowing her head he was making this so difficult.
"No I need to know" he refused she couldn't just drop this on him without an explanation.
"That doesn't mean I'm going to tell you," she whispered finally looking into his eyes.
"I deserve to know" he objected raising his voice. She looked at him blankly as all sorts of emotions were stirring inside of her. "Why are you shutting me out?" he asked angrily he just couldn't figure out this he knew that there had to be a reason, she didn't actually want to break them apart.
"Would you believe me if I told you it was to protect you?" she asked keeping her calm appearance even though it was ripping her apart inside.
"Protect me from what your step mom?" he asked lowering his voice frowning, he didn't understand what she was talking about.
"Partly but mostly from me" she answered keeping her voice steady "I have to end it now before it goes too far. I shouldn't have even done this to begin with. There was always that voice in the back of my head" she brought her hand shakily up to her temple "that told me that I shouldn't but I ignored it in till now" she dropped her hand.
"Why would you need to protect me from yourself?" he inquired
"I just know that if we continue then you will get hurt. It would be better for you if we were just friends" she answered her voice quivering slightly.
"You know what I think? I think that you aren't trying to protect me at all you are trying to protect yourself because if you were trying to protect me then you wouldn't be doing this to me" he said hurtfully. "You said it yourself you need 'to end it now before it goes to far' you are afraid of us or what we could have"
Paige eyed him with a mixture of hurt and fury. "What now that we've made out you suddenly know all about me what I'm thinking how I'm feeling? Well let me fill you in Charlie you don't know . . . you have no idea"
"So you don't like me you were just using me to get some kicks?" he asked crossly trying to get the truth out of her.
"Of course I like you Charlie. I like you so much that I can't even comprehend it and I don't want to let you go. I don't want to let go the way you make me feel as if I could actually trust you and know that you would never hurt me intentionally," she confessed. Charlie's expression softened
"Then don't let it go Paige because I know that you wouldn't hurt me I trust you too" he told her
"Charlie it's not that simple" she told him "it can't be, nothing is ever that easy"
"We'll make it that easy" he said reassuringly taking her into his arms. She let herself be held feeling protected in his embrace.
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Connie and Guy were sitting on a couch in one of the many rooms watching the party in silence.
"Cons what is it?" he asked taking her hand into both of his.
She turned to him; it had been a while since the last time he had asked her what had been bothering her. He had backed off hoping that she would eventually just let him know but now he was truly worried.
'Just tell him' she ordered herself 'who cares what he says back?' she prepared herself to speak 'wait I care what he says back. But he should know'
"Come on Connie you can tell me I am your ever faithful boyfriend. Always has been always will be" he tried to coax her into to opening up.
Suddenly the group of people around them started to count down. 'Ok Connie brace yourself and just tell him'
"Five!"
'But are you sure you are ready for that or if he is?' she began to fight with herself.
"Four!"
'It's just better to get it all out in the open'
"Three!"
'Who said that getting it out in the open was good? Keep it inside'
"Two!"
'No I won't I will tell him'
"One!"
"I love you" she spoke out loud.
"Happy New Year!"
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End of Chapter
Oh my Connie has finally told but what will Guy say back? You will just have to wait and see! *hee hee hee* I hope that you liked this chapter. I know there was hardly any Julie and Adam stuff but I did the phone thing!