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Chapter 5: High School History
Rose kept her arms crossed over her chest as her mother drove up to the daycare. "Have fun today," Lily said.
She glared at her mother. "How can I?" She snapped. "You tell me to make friends, and I do. But then you tell me I can't hang out with one, which means I can't hang out with the others since they're a unit. How can I have fun?"
"Just go," she insisted.
Rose got out and slammed her door, watching her mother go. She entered the building and found the guys in their usual corner. She walked up to them, not sure what to do. "Hey, guys," she said.
"Hey, Rose," Alex replied.
"What's up?" Justin asked.
Sam stared at the floor before looking up at her. "Rose, my dad says I can't hang out with you…"
She nodded. "My mom won't let me hang out with you either."
"This sucks."
"I know."
He paused. "You know, we shouldn't let our parents' differences get between us."
"You're right. Just because they hate each other doesn't mean that we have to."
"Exactly. So sit, play cards."
Rose did as she was told and accepted her cards.
"The game is Village Idiot," Alex announced.
That night as Rose was emptying some boxes, she stumbled across one that was label "High School Stuff." She opened it up, finding yearbooks, notes, and notebooks. She began digging through the notebooks and found one that was a diary. Although she knew it was wrong, Rose flipped to the back pages and began reading. She knew that if she would discover anything about why her mom and Ray didn't get along, it would be towards the end of high school.
Dear Diary,
I'm leaving today. There is nothing that anyone can say that will change my mind. Ray actually had the nerve to come up to me while I was packing up my car. He begged me not to go. He was actually on his knees. He is no longer the boy that I knew. He's changed and so have I. Now I need to leave him behind so I can be myself. I don't care what he says, I never want to see him ever again. I'm starting a new chapter in my life and he's no longer my leading man.
Dear Diary,
I hate Ray. As though what he did wasn't bad enough, now he has the nerve to try to tell me that I will never make it in L.A. What does he know? He's going nowhere is his life and he thinks he can tell me that I'm not going to make it big? What the hell is wrong with him? I just can't believe he's even talking to me. He know's I hate him but try getting that through his thick head.
Dear Diary,
I saw Ray at the graduation party tonight. I just wish that I never had to see him again. He asked me to dance. I said no obviously. Surprisingly, River stopped by. I don't know why. But he asked me to dance. I did. I think it was just to annoy Ray though. At least, I think that's what it was. I don't know. Oh yeah, Travis asked Parker to marry him tonight! It was so adorable! In the middle of the party, he went up onto the stage and asked her in front of everyone! I can't believe he would do that! It was amazing!
Dear Diary,
Graduation day is supposed to be the happiest day of my life besides my wedding day and the days my kids are born. But I can't stop crying. I broke up with Ray today. I just can't stop crying. He… I can't even think about it. It just hurt too much. How could he do that! How could he…
"Rose!" Lily called as she came down the hall.
Rose shoved the diary back into the box. "In here!" She called.
"What are you doing?" Her mother asked.
"Just some unpacking," she replied, calmly.
"Alright well, I'm going to make dinner."
"Okay." She waited for her mom to leave the room before grabbing the diary and racing into her bedroom. She hid the diary under her pillow before going back into the other room.
Rose ran into the daycare the next day, extremely excited. The diary was safely hidden under her sweatshirt and she raced up to the boys. "Guys, you'll never guess what I found," she said, excitement coursing through her body.
"What?" They asked simultaneously.
She pulled the small book from underneath her sweatshirt. "My mom's high school diary," she replied, a smirk tugging at the corner of her lips.
"What?" Sam said, getting up and grabbing the diary. "So did you find out what happened?"
"Not yet. I read it backwards, knowing that it would've been at the end of high school. All I know is that he kept telling her she was never going to make which bugged her. Also I know that whatever it was, happened on their graduation day. They were going out and something must've happened."
"Why didn't you read more?"
"My mom came in and I thought it'd be too risky to continue."
"Well, she's not around now."
Rose grabbed the diary from his hand and began reading as fast as she could. "Oh my god…" She muttered.
"What?" Sam asked.
She looked up at him. "You're dad cheated on my mom."
AN: Uh oh! Anyways, please R&R!