Chapter Four
Recap: "One…two…three!"
They started to run and as they got closer to the door Skills opened it up for them. They then all ran out shouting 'cannonball' and jumped in.
Once Skills and Tim heard the girls scream they ran out and jumped in too. When they wiped the water from their eyes they saw that the girls were soaking wet and mad. Then the girls, seeking revenge, jumped in too. Then it turned into a water war between the sexes.
The next thing some people knew, it turned into a romantic war. People started making out, like Lucas and Brooke for example. Other people just started flirting. Jesse went over to Nathan. "Hey, there's a hoop on the other side of the pool. Want to play some one on one?" Jesse asked.
"What, you don't want to kiss?" Nathan said sarcastically.
"Just joking." He started, "You're on!" Nathan exclaimed.
"You're so funny." Jesse said exaggerating. Peyton moved her way towards them. "I think I'll watch." She said as they moved to the other side of the pool.
"You can play if you want." Jesse said sort of leading her on. "It's the least I can do for you for being so nice to me on my first day."
Peyton smiled. She thought about it for a minute, knowing that she really wanted to play and be on Jesse's team, but trying not to make it obvious. "Okay." She paused. "I'll play." She said slowly.
"Good." Jesse said. "Now, picked a side." He said looking at her, trying to hint her to be on his team because he was better. Peyton smiled. "I don't care." She said.
Jesse smiled and chuckled. "Yes you do." He said flirting with her.
She thought about it again trying not to make it obvious that she wanted to be on Jesse's team. "Alright. If you want to prove to me that you're better than Nathan, then I guess I'll be on your team." She said looking at Nathan and then at Jesse.
Jesse turned to Nathan smiling. "It don't matter. You're goin' down." Nathan said.
"You better keep that tutor." Jesse replied trying not to laugh.
They started playing and more people kept wanting to join in, so then it turned into two huge teams playing in the whole pool. The three that were the first ones to start it didn't like the fact that people just kept getting in their game but didn't want to be the bad guy of the party.
When Skills' parents came home some people started to leave. Most people were gone when Peyton, Jesse, Nathan, and Lucas started towards the door. But their parents invited them to stay for dinner and they accepted.
The next day at school there was a big announcement at school.
Announcer: The Big School Dance next Friday has changed; the school board thought it might be fun to have one the dances be a girls ask the guys dance! Good luck ladies!
"What's the 'Big School Dance'?" Jesse asked. "It's sort of like the prom, except it's in the middle of the school year and you don't dress up as fancy." Lucas said. Jesse nodded.
After the bell rang the new talk of the school was the dance. Everyone was talking about who their taking or who they want to be asked by. At lunch, of course, the whole table was talking about it. Brooke, of course, asked Lucas. Haley asked Nathan and he said yes. A girl that Skills had known for a while asked him and he agreed.
Brooke looked at Peyton, "So, who are you going to ask, Peyton?" Brooke said kind of hinting her to ask Jesse. "I don't know yet, Brooke!" Peyton replied trying to get her to stop.
Jesse walked up to the table. "So, Jesse, been asked to go to the dance by anybody?" Brooke asked.
"Just by a few people I didn't know," Jesse started.
Peyton looked at Brooke, like I told ya so. "But I said no." Jesse finished.
Brooke looked at Peyton and lifted her eyebrows. She had a smirk on her face, knowing she was right.
"So, if you don't mind I wanted to know, if you have a girlfriend back in California?" Brooke asked.
"Yeah, but a few months before I moved she did, but she didn't tell me where. We would still talk and everything and never broke up. I didn't get to tell her we were moving so the people in our house probably keep getting phone calls." Jesse said.
"But I doubt that we'll stay together too long. She's kinda…" He was looking for the right words, "The 'if I see a guy I like better... goodbye' type."
"So, you gonna try and hook up widt some hunnies, then?" Skills asked.
"If I meet the right one." Jesse said.
In the locker room the guys were away from girls and they had time to chat. "Okay, Jesse, I got a question." Nathan said. "Shoot." Jesse replied taking of his shirt. "If you got to pick your date to the dance, who would it be?" He asked.
Jesse thought about it.
"I don't know." He paused. "I mean, I just got here and I don't really know any of the girls that well… and I don't really plan on be asked either because no one really knows me except the people at lunch…which most of them already have dates." He said putting on his gym shirt.
"Well there's Tim. He hasn't been asked." Lucas said.
"Ha, Ha, Ha. Funny." Jesse replied.
"Actually it's not funny. I really haven't been asked." Tim said.
"You know, Anna and Peyton haven't asked anybody." Skills said.
"I hardly know Anna. Peyton I know. I don't know if she likes me but I wouldn't mind if I went with her." He paused because he saw everyone look at him interested. "As friends." He said reassuring them.
"That's cool." Lucas said. They were walking out of the locker room to go stretch when Jesse said, "Don't tell her I said that though, k."
"K." They said.
"Do you guys ever wonder why Lucas and Jesse are so much alike?" Brooke said looking at Jesse and Lucas talking while they were stretching.
"Thank goodness I'm not the only one." Haley said.
"I wonder if Dan's his father." Peyton said jokingly.
"You never know in this town." Brooke said.
The last bell rang and it was finally the weekend and Jesse walked out the doors of the school and heard a voice that sounded familiar, "Jesse, wait up." It was Peyton. He stopped to let her catch up.
Nathan, Lucas, Brooke, and Haley walked out and saw Peyton and Jesse walking and talking. "I hope she's asking him to the dance on Friday." Brooke said. "Me too." said Haley.
"So, I was wondering," Peyton started.
"Yeah." Jesse said.
"Yeah, um, do you want to go to the dance, with me, on Friday?" Peyton asked.
Jesse was already smiling. "Yeah. I would love too." He replied.
"Okay. I'll see you on Monday." Peyton said they both started to turn around. When Peyton forgot something. "Oh, Jesse." He turned around.
"Are you going to Lucas's house tomorrow with everyone?" Peyton asked.
"Yeah. But only for a few hours because I have to help move my parents in." He replied.
Peyton was confused. "Their not here yet?" She said.
"No, they had to wait to sell the house. But, they didn't want me to miss too much of school so they enrolled me and then went back." Jesse said.
"Oh, okay. Well I'll see you tomorrow." Peyton said.
"Bye." Jesse said softly.
Peyton walked back to where Nathan and the others were. "So…"Brooke said impatiently. Peyton shrugged, "I have a date on Friday." She said calmly even though she was really excited about it. They were all excited for her too, and had a girl moment of screaming slightly.
The next day at Lucas's house they were getting ready to have lunch and everyone was there except the guys. "So, Brooke, you're going to the dance with, Lucas, obviously. And Haley you're going with Nathan. So who are you going with Peyton?" Karen asked.
"Oh, I'm going with a new guy, his name is Jesse." Peyton said. "And the guys were going to get him, but I thought they would be here by now." She added.
"Wait 'til you see him…" Brooke said with enthusiasm. "He…" Karen gave her a look like, you're dating my son remember. "Well, you'll just have to see for yourself." Brooke finished
They heard the door open and they finished setting the table. Lucas showed him around first and then they went into the kitchen.
"Mom, this is Jesse, Jesse, this is my mom, Karen." Lucas said.
"Mrs. Scott." Jesse said putting out his hand to shake her's.
"Actually it's Karen Roe." She said putting her hand in his and shaking it. "Roe." Jesse replied. "Yeah." Karen said back.
"R-O-E?" Jesse asked spelling it out. "Yeah." Karen said.
"That's exactly how you spell my mother's maiden name." Jesse said.
That's it for chapter 3. If you didn't catch on to the end then you should go back to school. Just joking. If you did good for you. Plz review!