Pacific Coast Academy: 10 Year Reunion
Chapter 11: Old Flames
Dana had just come back from putting Dugan down to sleep. She went back in the lounge and had seen a familiar face. She put a strand of hair behind her ear. It was the football player.
"Jake?"
He turned around. "Dana. What are you doing here?"
"Isn't it obvious? I'm here for the reunion."
"Okay. Sorry, my fault. I'm guessing you're here with… Logan?"
"Yeah, actually we're married."
"Well, congratulations. How many years?"
"Nine."
He nodded to her.
"Who are you with?"
"Can't it be possible that I'm here by myself?"
"Who are you here with?" she crossed her arms.
"If you must know, I'm here with Nicole."
"You two got together?" she pointed.
"Yeah. What's wrong with that?"
"Nothing. I'm just surprised."
"Nothing surprising about that. We're happy together. We're getting married later on this year."
"Good for you."
"Since my son is learning how to walk, he's gonna be our ring bearer. It's gonna be so cute. Nicole's really love it."
"Oh, you have a son. How old is he?"
"Two. You have any children?"
"Yeah, two. Boy and girl. Eight and nine."
He smiled and nodded.
"You happy?"
"Very. What about you?"
"Yeah, I am happy."
"It was nice talking to you, Dana, it really was. But I have to go check on my son. I hope to see you around more." He smiled and turned on his heel.
"Jake, wait."
He looked at her.
"Me and the others are going out tonight. I thought you might like to come."
"Yeah. I'd love to. What time?"
"Seven, I'll let you know about everything later."
"Cool. I'll be waiting." He smiled at her again and left. Dana sighed. Jake bumped into Quinn.
"Sorry, Quinn," he said.
"No problem. Hey, wait."
"Yeah?"
"I was wondering if you could help me with somethng."
"Like what?"
"This experiment."
"Um… I don't know."
"Come on. If you help me, I'll pay you."
"How much?"
"100 dollars."
He thought about it. "I guess it wouldn't hurt to have a little pocket change. Okay, what is it?"
She smiled and put her arm around him. "Let's talk…"
Jason ran up to Lola. "I found it," he said. Jason and Michael looked at each other. "Michael."
"Jason," Michael said. He looked at the coin he claimed he found. "I see you found a quarter. Is that all the money you're making?"
Jason balled up his fist.
"There's gonn abe none of that," Lola said stopping him from doing anything.
"He's starting it."
"Hey… it's all on you, man," Michael help up his hands.
"What's going on?" Logan asked.
"Jason was an aspring rapper, right?" Michael started to explain. "So, him being my friend, I let him get on my label. This fool here doesn't even know how to rap. He messed me up. He can't rap for his life. So I kicked him off."
"I can rap," Jason piped up.
"Really? I see nobody's picked you up. That's because they all know you can't rap."
"I've had enough of you." He jumped and grabbed Michael's neck and put him in a headlock. They fell on the ground fighting.
"Stop it, Jason," Lola said.
Logan stepped in and pulled Michael off him.
"You know what, I don't have time for this," he said. "I'm out."
He walked away panting heavily. He was walking and bumped into a woman. "Sorry, lady."
The woman looked at him.
"Michael Barret?"
He turned around and looked at her.
"You don't remember me, do you?" she smiled walking to him.
"Um… I can't say I do. Who are you?"
"It's me. Vanessa."
"As in my ex-girlfriend Vanessa?"
"Yeah."
"The Vanessa that broke my heart and left me crying for days?"
Her smile quickly turned into a frown. "Michael, I made you cry?"
"No," he quickly shook his head. "I'm just saying.. No, wait, what are you doing here?"
"I'm here for the reunion. And I figured that you would be here," she smiled. "That was my motivation to come."
"You wanted to see me? Why?"
"I wanted to see what would happen. It has been a while since we've last seen each other. Maybe we could..pick things back up?" she touched his arm.
He looked at her and at his arm. He gently took her hand off him and laughed nervously. "Well, sorry. I'm a married man. A very happy man in love. With kids."
"Oh, I see."
"Yeah. So what are you up to these days?"
"Not much really. I just broke up with my boyfriend."
"Sorry to hear that."
"Yeah, he was supposed to come to the reunion with me, but… I don't care about him any more."
"Yeah… Well, if you excuse me, I have to go," he said trying to leave.
"Wait," she said pulling him back. "You have dinner with me tonight?"
"Sorry, can't. Going out with some friends."
"Okay. Then I'll see you later?"
"We'll see," he smiled.
She kissed him on his cheek and walked away. He sighed deep as his mind started racing. If Breana ever found out about this, Lord knows he'd never be able to calm her down.