Chapter 4: Confession
Taylor's P.O.V.
Today is Wednesday October 31st and it is Halloween! When I was little I used to love dressing up in costumes and go trick-or-treating with my friends, but after all these years I stopped doing all that but I still love Halloween nonetheless. I walked into school seeing nearly everyone dressed up and I saw some people in costumes that were really inappropriate and I kept questioning why in my head. I looked into the cafeteria and saw my group talking and laughing together in their costumes. I knew that they were waiting for me to see if I dressed up or not. I walked away from the cafeteria and walked up to Mr. Carter's room and saw him there with his 4 year old nephew Blake. "Hi guys!" I said happily. "Hello Taylor!" said Mr. Carter happily. Blake looked and saw me and gave me a big hug. "What're you dressed up as little man?" I asked him. "I'm a pirate who steals candy!" said Blake happily. "You're a cute little pirate." I said happily.
"How come you didn't dress up Taylor?" Blake asked me. "Well if my arm and leg weren't broken I would've dressed up just for you my little buddy." I said. "What did you want to be for Halloween?" said Blake. "I wanted to be a Pokémon Trainer." I said. "You like Pokémon Taylor?" said Mr. Carter. "I love Pokémon! I play the games all the time." I said. "Hey Blake, looks like someone likes Pokémon just like you." said Mr. Carter happily. Blake and I smiled at each other. "Hey Taylor, you're not on crutches anymore?" said Mr. Carter. "Oh yeah, my wounds are healing faster and better than they expected. So now I'm in a walking boot for now and I can fully move my left arm again, so by next week I should be fully healed!" I said. "That's fantastic news! Hopefully soon you'll be back on the dance floor again!" said Mr. Carter happily. "I hope so too." I said. "Alrighty then Blake let's get to your class. Taylor can you watch the room until I get back?" Mr. Carter asked me. "Sure." I said. "Bye Taylor." said Blake. "Bye my little candy pirate." I said.
After they left, I sat down at my desk knowing that I got ten minutes to relax before class begins. I opened up my bag and took out a sketch book and decided to draw for a few minutes. I also took out my phone and headphones to listen to music to help me concentrate. Drawing is one of my ways to relieve stress and it helps me alot. "Taylor?" said a voice. I looked up for a few seconds and saw no one in the room and I looked back down and began drawing again. "Hi Taylor." said the voice again. I felt someone pinch my arm and massage my shoulders. I looked to my left and saw Aerith and Selina look at me smiling and waved at me. I smiled a little bit and waved at them and then I saw two hands on my shoulders, I looked up and saw it was Cloud massaging my shoulders. I took off my headphones and rubbed my eyes a little bit and looked at my group. "How long were you guys in here?" I asked. "Five minutes." said Reno. I stared at them like a confused puppy wondering how they got here quicker than usual. "Looks like you got some competition there Zack." said Reno. "For what?" Zack asked him. "She can do the puppy face better than you." said Reno. Zack's eyes widened in shock. "No way! Everyone knows that I can do the puppy face better than anyone!" Zack yelled. "Yeah sure." said Reno.
Zack and Reno growled at each other and we laughed a little bit. "Come on you two, save it for our candy exchange tonight." said Selina. They stopped growling and instantly grew smiles on their faces. Every Halloween my group does a candy exchange. We basically just trade candy until everyone gets their favorite candies. "So… what are you guys supposed to be?" I asked them. "I'm a werewolf." said Zack. "I'm a vampire." said Reno. "Do you sparkle?" I said with a smirk on my face. Selina, Aerith, Zack, and Cloud laughed as they saw Reno's face looking confused. "Since when do vampires sparkle?" he asked me. "Ever since Twilight was a thing." I said. "That was good." said Selina. "Yeah, says the girl who tried to force me to watch the stupid films of the damn book." I said. "I thought you would like it." she said. "Hell no." I said. "Ok back to the costumes." said Zack. "I'm a queen." said Selina. "I'm Harley Quinn." said Aerith. "Dammit I should've been Joker." said Zack. "And I'm Green Arrow." said Cloud. "From the show?" Selina asked him. "Yep I am." said Cloud. "Nice!" said Selina. "Thanks!" said Cloud happily.
I smiled at the group happily. As they talked to each other, I looked back at my sketch book and found my hidden folder inside. I took it out very quietly, opened it up and saw my secret letter I started writing a couple weeks ago. This letter is my only chance to tell Cloud how I really feel about him. After a quick look at it, I closed the folder and sketch book and put it back in my bag hoping that no one noticed. Mr. Carter walked back into the room and class had begun. As we were taking notes I noticed that Reno was acting a little different. "What is going on inside that head of his?" I said in my thoughts. "You ok?" Aerith asked me. "Yeah I'm fine. Hey, have you noticed that Reno has been acting different these past two days?" I asked her. "Yeah I have noticed that actually." she said. We turned and saw Selina walk up to Mr. Carter asking him a question and we looked at Reno looking at her with a smile, eyes half closed, and blushing a little. We looked back at each other surprised. "He likes her!" I whispered. "When did this happen?" Aerith whispered. "I have no clue but now I really want to know." I whispered.
Selina walked back to her desk and she didn't know what just happened. As class nearly ended, we heard a knock on the door. We looked and saw Callie walk in and I got up, grabbed my bag, and left with her. "She can walk again!" Selina said happily. As Callie and I walked through the hall we saw a group of freshmen and a group of sophomores about to start a dance off. "This I gotta see." I said. I love watching dance offs from time to time just to see some good dance moves. Callie and I took out our phones to record the dance off. Both groups put on a show with their flips, spins, drop kicks, and playing really good music. After five minutes the bell rang and the dance off ended. I was all hyped up from it. "Holy shit that was sick!" I said. "Wait until you do those at the battle of the classes in a few months." said Callie. "Aw hell yeah I'll do those moves." I said happily. I walked into my english class as the bell rang and had to do a test which was pretty boring but it had to be done sooner or later.
After I finished my test I was allowed to leave so everyone else could finish. I walked down to the guidance office and hung out there for a bit. I looked around the room and I saw my guidance counselor Mr. Rhapsodos with my gym teacher Mr. Hewley and Principal Sephiroth talking to each other in his office. They looked out his door and saw me talking with the head of the guidance department. "Excuse me but may I borrow this student for a few minutes?" said Mr. Rhapsodos. "Yes you may." said the head of the guidance department. We walked into his office and I saw posters of LOVELESS on the walls knowing that he is obsessed with the story. "Hello Taylor." he said. "Hello Mr. Rhapsodos." I said. "How are you doing today?" he asked. "I'm doing well today, how about you?" I asked. "I'm doing well today as well. How are your injuries there?" said Mr. Rhapsodos. "They are healing very well and I'm progressing really well too. The doctor said because of the injuries healing faster than she thought, I could be fully healed by tomorrow!" I said happily. "That's great to hear." said Mr. Hewley. "Is anyone giving you problems in any of your classes Taylor?" Principal Sephiroth asked me. "Nope, no problems whatsoever." I said. "That's good news." he said. I nodded my head to his response. After our little chat, I left for music and saw Cid and Cissnei holding hands while walking to class. They got together four days after the "party" at Reno's.
"Hey lovebirds." said Reno. "Oh God a sparkly vampire." said Cid. "I hate you." said Reno sarcastically. "Hate you too." said Cid sarcastically. I walked in and sat down. "She walks!" said Cid happily. "Yep no more crutches!" I said happily. "How about your arm?" Cissnei asked me. I took it out of its cast and layed it on my desk. "It looks good." said Reno. "That's a nasty scar there though." said Cid. I moved my arm around seeing the scar on it. "Hey! Since when you can fully move your arm again?" said Reno. "Since Sunday why?" I asked. "I thought it would take three more weeks to fully heal." said Reno. "Well when I had the surgery I had the best surgeon in Midgar there in the surgery room and his procedure made my wounds heal faster than they expected. Apparently they call him the miracle doctor for things like that." I said. "Was he hot?" said Yuffie as she walked in. I nodded my head yes to her question. "You lucky bastard." she said. "Do you remember his name?" Cissnei asked me. "I don't actually." I said. We looked and saw Cid texting someone. "Who are you texting?" said Cissnei. "The rest of our group. I'm telling them about Taylor's wounds are fully healed now." said Cid. "What are they saying?" Reno asked. "They're all really happy about it. Especially Cloud." said Cid.
My face blushed pink after I heard Cid say Cloud's name and my heart began racing for a few seconds. "Taylor? You ok?" Cid asked me. "Y-yeah I'm ok." I said. After that class ended, Reno, Cid, and I walked to our next classes. I sat down at my desk in math class seeing the four guys next door taking a test. I took out my phone and headphones again to listen to music for the hour. I also took out a spare notebook just to draw too.
Selina's P.O.V.
I looked around the room and I saw Taylor drawing and listening to music. Her eyes were slightly closed and her left foot was tapping quietly on the floor. I smiled at her but she didn't notice (she was in her zone). Aerith looked at her too seeing her doing that and she smiled too. "She's in her little world now isn't she?" Aerith asked me. "It sure looks like it." I said. We looked next door seeing the boys look at us and they waved at us. We waved back happily seeing them smile. They looked and saw Taylor snapping her fingers, tapping the desk with a pencil, and showing a little smile while her eyes were closed. I heard my phone vibrate in my bag, took it out, and saw a text from Reno. "She's in the zone huh?" he texted me. "Yeah she is but hey at least she's not getting into trouble right now." I texted him. "That's true." he texted me back. I looked back at her seeing her eyes open and looking at the clock. She gave out a sigh after seeing that we have fifteen minutes left of class.
I looked at one of her drawings and saw a sketch of her, me, Aerith, Cissnei, Yuffie, and the guys sitting down together like they're in a group photo and another sketch showing all of our faces doing different expressions and I gotta say, she made us all look really cool and cute at the same time. I took quick pictures of the drawings and sent them to Aerith and the guys to see what they think. "God damn she's talented. We look so good!" Zack texted me. "Ikr! I love the way she did our expressions too! Especially her's and Cloud's." I texted back. "Yeah we look really cool!" Cloud texted me. I looked and saw another few pages of drawings which were wolves, hawks, foxes, and alot of Pokémon. I looked again and saw a drawing of her with a full Pokémon team. I took a picture of the Pokémon sketches and sent it to the group. We all like Pokémon and play the games and cards from time to time. "Damn those are way too good!" Reno texted me. "I'm scared to battle her now." Cid texted me. "You know how competitive she is guys." I texted. Aerith and I looked at Taylor as she looked at us confused of what just happened. She packed up her stuff and left on her own. "Is she alright?" I asked Aerith. "I don't know come on." she said. We packed up our stuff and followed her.
As we walked out of the room, we saw the guys follow us too. We walked all the way to the baseball field and saw Taylor with her softball team seeing them play against each other for fun. When we saw her she had her walking boot off and her cast off her arm! She stood on third base ready to run. Once we saw someone hit the ball, Taylor ran and slid to home plate. "Safe!" one of her teammates yelled. "Oh yeah! Speedy's back baby! Whoo!" Taylor yelled happily. "She's back!" Callie yelled happily as she ran up to Taylor and hugged her. "Good job ladies." said a voice. They turned around and saw Mr. Hewley walk up to them and talk to them. We decided to sit on the grass to watch them play until our next class. As we watched Taylor play, I noticed Reno looking at me a little differently. I looked at him and he quickly looked away from me while blushing. "What is going on with you Reno?" I said in my thoughts.
The bell rang and I walked to gym class with Taylor, Aerith, and Zack and we played badminton against each other. It was me and Taylor against Zack and Aerith. Zack and Taylor were competitive against each other throughout the whole game and it was fun to watch especially when they do little dance offs against each other when they score. The bell rang again and Aerith, Taylor, and I walked to choir and practiced for an hour. We practiced songs for our Christmas concert coming up on December 18th. After the final bell rang for the day we all went back home to prepare for our candy exchange at Taylor's house tonight.
Reno's P.O.V
About five hours had passed since school ended for the day. I finished my homework pretty quick which is something I never do, ate dinner, grabbed my candy stash and my car keys, walked out the door, and drove to Taylor's house. As I walked up to the door I saw Cloud and Zack walk up. "Hey guys." I said. "Hey Reno." said Zack. I knocked on the door and saw Cid as he opened the door. "Dude how did you get here early?" I asked him. "I came with Cissnei and Yuffie. Selina and Aerith got here an hour ago." said Cid. We walked in, said hi to Taylor's parents, and walked downstairs to her basement. Her basement is one of the coolest basements that I've ever seen. She has a billiards table, an air hockey table, a poker table, and very comfortable couches. She's also got a 65 inch HDTV down here. I looked and saw Selina talking with the girls and I began to blush and felt my heart race a little bit. "You ok Reno?" Cloud asked me. "Uh y-yeah I'm ok." I said. The girls looked and saw us. "Ok everyone's here!" said Yuffie. "Wait a minute, where's Taylor?" Zack asked. "Oh my God, Taylor get down here!" Selina yelled. "Don't yell at me! You're not my Mom! I'll be down in a minute." Taylor yelled.
Me and the guys couldn't help but laugh for a few seconds. We grabbed our candy stashes and sat down on the floor leaning back to the couches. We heard the door open and Taylor walked down with a huge bag. When she put it down we all saw that she was dressed up for the first time in years. "Finally!" Selina yelled. "She finally has a costume!" said Cissnei happily. "About time Lazarus." said Cid. "Thanks." said Taylor happily. "Don't look at her in the eyes! Instant Pokémon battles will happen." I said. "Oh hush you sparkle boy." she said. Zack and Cloud laughed. "Are you Red from the games?" Selina asked her. "Yep." said Taylor happily. "Damn girl you look good!" said Selina. "Thanks!" said Taylor. "Alright! Let's get this party started!" said Zack happily.
We grabbed our bags and poured out the candies little at a time so that no ones piles get mixed up. "Ok before we start, I got us all a little something." said Taylor. "If it's a candy necklace I will love you for the rest of my life." said Aerith. Taylor pulled out nine candy necklaces and gave them to all of us. "I love you." said Aerith. "Love you too." said Taylor. We put on our candy necklaces and then Taylor and I saw Yuffie and Selina make dirty smirks on their faces as they looked at all of us. "What's with the faces you two?" Aerith asked them nervously. Taylor and I jumped behind the couch all scared of what they would do. We poked our heads out to see what was going on. "Come on you two, we won't bite." said Yuffie. We got back to the group slowly all nervous. "Ok who here has pop rocks?" Selina asked us. "I do." said Taylor. "I'll trade you my cookies 'n crème bars for five bags of pop rocks." said Selina. "Done deal." said Taylor. They traded their items happily.
"My turn! Ok Aerith I'll trade you my Kit Kats for your Airheads." said Yuffie. "Deal." said Aerith. The guys and I groaned in agony knowing how much we wanted the Airheads. "They desperately wanted them." said Selina. I looked at Selina seeing her green eyes shine brighter than starlight in my mind, felt butterflies in my stomach and lungs, my heart race faster than a racecar, and felt my face blush slowly. As everyone was still trading candy, I put my head a little low shyly wanting no one to notice my face. "Reno?" said Selina. I looked up at her for a couple seconds and then looked back down. "Hey Reno, are you ok?" said Selina concerned. She walked up to me and sat down in front of me and she saw my eyes look away from her. "What's the matter?" she asked me. The rest of the group looked at us wondering what was going on.
"Reno talk to me. What's wrong?" Selina asked me with a sad tone. I finally looked at her into her eyes as she looked into my light blue eyes. "I can't hide it anymore." I said. "Hide what?" she asked me. "This." I said. I leaned in front of her and finally kissed her. Her eyes widened in shock at first, but then she closed her eyes accepting the kiss. I could hear the group gasp all surprised and shocked. Our lips let go and we looked into each other's eyes and I saw her blush and smile as I did the same. "I've been in love with you for the past 5 years Selina. At first I didn't know what this feeling really was and how it felt. But now I finally know what this feeling is and how it feels. When I first looked into your eyes they were brighter than emeralds in the darkest caves of the world. When you smile it makes me smile just to be happy to be with you. You make my heart sing everytime I'm with you. I always saw you as my best friend but now you mean so much more to me. I love you Selina Storm, I love you." I said. Selina was shocked to hear what I just said to her. She looked down for a few seconds and then looked back up at me into my eyes. "Reno, I love you too." said Selina shyly. "You do?" I asked. "I do." said Selina. "What?!" Aerith and Taylor said in unison. "I've had a crush on you since we were in kindergarten. I've told nobody about it until now. I guess you can say that you're my childhood crush. I love everything about you. Your smile, eyes, hair, face, and everything else about you." said Selina. I smiled happily at her and then kissed her again.
"So? Will you go out with me?" I asked her. "Yes." she said happily. I hugged her tightly in my arms filled with happiness as we smiled knowing now we are official. "Congratulations you two lovebirds." said Zack. We looked at the group seeing them smiling at us happily. "Thank you guys." I said. After about two hours, we left Taylor's house and I took Selina to her house, kissed her goodnight, and I went back home ready to be at school with my new girlfriend.
Thank you for reading Chapter 4 of the series! So… a surprise couple just happened, Reno and Selina are now a couple! They are just meant to be together. This chapter was mostly a Reno and Selina chapter because they needed sometime to shine in the story. The costumes that everyone was wearing in this chapter I do not own the rights to them and their franchises respectively! I know that Pokémon is a Nintendo franchise, but I wanted to include it as something the group would play the games and cards from time to time just for fun.
Next time, Chapter 5: The Letter. On the day of school before Christmas break, Cloud finds a letter on his desk. Once he recognizes the handwriting on it what will he do?
