Chapter 9

"LEXI" Gnash shouted walking through their new apartment searching for his best friend and cousin. When he couldn't find her he waited for Mei to pick him up and asked her where Lexi was, "I think she got a ride from Rin, he borrowed Gale's car and offered to drive her" Mei answered letting Gnash in. The silver-haired boy sighed and thought to himself the rest of the car ride. "GNASH" Lexi yelled surprising him, "since when do you yell Lex", "sorry, i hope you dont mind that i got a ride from Rin", she said pushing her hair back letting Gnash notice that she had straightened it. "Did nee-chan do that", Gnash pressed, "no i did, do you like it", Lexi boasted, "yeah it's nice", he responded. Gnash knew deep down that Rin was stealing his best friend from him and twisting her into someone else.

-TIME SKIP/LUNCH-

"You are sitting with me", Nashi demanded throwing her brother into Rei's old seat, "o-okay i guess" Lucas sighed. He waited for Nashi to turn her head and he slipped away to where Sylvia sat alone. "Can i sit here", Lucas asked nervously, Sylvia looked up at him and nodded when she saw it was him, "Nashi-nee told me that you wouldn't let me sit over here", "well she just wants you all to herself" Sylvia complained, "if it's okay, could we go get ice cream instead, i don't feel like letting Nashi find me yet" Lucas chuckled and Sylvia looked up from her food and stood holding her hand out to him.

"there's my amazing little sis" Nova praised, "nee-chan is great too" Mei responded truthfully. "You pretty bold Blondie" Gale stated sitting down next to his little sister, "you're talking to me again", Nova questioned, "well he has no reason to be mad anymore right onii-san" Mei pleaded. Nova simply rolled her eyes as Rose sat down, "Hey Gale, you finally agreed to sit with us" she joked while noticing the smug smirk on Nova's face, but Rose happily accepted her teasing because she knew she was wrong, or she at least thought she was wrong.

-TIME SKIP/AFTER SCHOOL-

The rest of that day had gone by normally besides Mei getting mad at her older brother for not talking to Rose about what happened. After Mei and Gale conversation they went back to classes as before, until last class. When the bell rang Gale caught Rose outside of her classroom and pulled her aside, "what the hell" she scoffed as he pulled her around the corner. "I don't have time to talk about it" Gale stated angrily, "then you don't have to" she growled back. Gale didn't want to argue any longer and could tell she wasn't going to, "can you let me go" she asked sarcastically, twitching her wrists so he would release his grip from her. He growled and crashed his lips into hers, it was brief but when he pulled away he spoke, "i dont want to talk at all". Rose was filled with confusion but really had no complaints, she didn't speak, she simply wrapped her legs around him and made a gesture towards the door next to them with her head. Gale took her hint and moved his hands from her wrists so he could pick her up and carry her to the room. They were not seen again until they left that room to a situation worse than Nova and Rei. Rin finally knew what changed in Rose and Gale's relationship, he finally knew why she sprung on him all of a sudden that night. Rin, however, turned forward and continued walking, cursing under his breath. Rose runs to chase him but he's gone when she turns the corner so she just turns around and walks to the doors but not before saying goodbye to Gale. The red head sped to her older brother's car where he and her best friend were easily passing time. She jumped into the backseat and gave Rei a pat on the shoulder. Rei was startled by Rose's sudden appearance and almost threw Nova off of him, "hey where were you" he asked, "gale needed to talk to me about something" Rose responded

Rei drove home where Mei sat with Lexi and Gnash waiting for them. "Why are you here" Rei asked as soon as he saw them, "i invited them, i told you we were gonna study", Nova pointed out in a "duh" voice. Rei scoffed and walked inside behind the blonde where Nova sat everyone. After about an hour Rei got in the shower and Nova could no longer focus. Her thoughts swirling and just wanting to go in there with him but she contained herself in the company of her friends. Nova was ecstatic when Gnash spoke, "We should get going if that's okay, its getting late", Nova looked at Rose with pleading eyes and she knew what Nova wanted. "I'll drive c'mon" Rose got up and let them out the door first, "have fun and im going to stay at Gale's house with Mei so you have tonight" Nova waved bye and ran to the bathroom as fast as possible. "Your finally here" Rei complained earning a chuckle from Nova. Before long he had her pinned against the tiled wall of the shower, they had easily been everywhere in the house after Rei learned that Rose spent the night out.

-TIME SKIP/MORNING-

Nova cracked her eyes open and looked beside her at Rei before looking to see where they were, they had somehow managed to get back to his bed before they passed out. Nova heard the front door open and got up to greet her bestie, grabbing a sheet from Rei's bed to cover herself. "You did have fun right, i didn't go to Gales house for nothing" Rose stated sarcastically reminiscing on her behavior last night.

*FLASHBACK*

"Mei, are you asleep" , Rose whispered as she got out of the bed where her friend lied. She crept out and into Gale's room, "are you awake", she asked. Gale opened his eyes and smirked, he turned around and saw she was already in his bed, she saw his open eyes and basically pounced on him. She hoped that Rei and Nova were having as much fun as she was, Rose spent her night there in his room before remembering that she wasn't supposed to be there and crept back to Mei's room.

*END OF FLASHBACK*

"Yeah i guess you could say that" Nova smirked, Rose set Rei's keys on the counter striking a reaction from Nova, "um, you might need to clean that" as she pointed to the counter. "really, we eat on this thing" Rose complained as she scooped the keys off of the counter and walked to the cabinet to grab some cleaning spray. Nova giggled and sat down, "you need a maid's outfit, maybe Gale would like that" "GAH, W-WHAT, i mean, wait, but we didn't, ugh" Rose panicked. "What about Gale" Rei yawned as he saw Rose cleaning the counter, "you told her about the counter" he questioned, Rose laughed at his remark and Nova rolled her eyes. "Well duh, she eats on the damn thing she deserves to know", Nova stated.

Mei was questioning Rose all morning before Nova ran at them happier than ever, "ROSE, MEI" she yelled as she crashed into Rose knocking her over. "Guys my mom said i could throw a party at her bar so she can see how ready i am to start running it", Nova basically screamed in Rose's face as she gt up, "nee-chan are excited about the party or about inheriting your mom's bar", Mei questioned, "there is no time to talk, i need help, if im gonna impress my mom it has to be perfect, that means, Rose don't sleep with Gale and Mei don't sleep with anyone", Nova stood up and pulled the girls with her. {I NEED U NOW, URGENT, TALK WHEN U GET HERE, AT UR CAR} Nova texted Rei as Rose and Mei got into his car. It was only a few minutes before Rei exited the building and Nova explained what was going on. "YAY ONWARD" Nova yelled standing up and pointing forward as Rei started to drive away.

Nova had been to her mom's bar multiple times since she was a child and she always awaited this day when she would get to prove to her mom that she was more than a wild trouble-child. Nova got everyone to clean up as she practiced her bar-tending just as she did every time she was there, "want something specific" she asked looking up for a split second at Rei, "no im fine, you can actually do that", "why do you think i have so much alcohol at my house" she chuckled back, "laxus" Rose chimed in making Mei laugh, "my dad doesn't drink all of it" Nova responded with emphasis on "all". They all worked to clean and Nova made them all the drink of their choice before the big decisions were made about who would come to the party. "We're finally done" Nova said as her had dropped to the table, "lets go home, we have a week so we can get lexi and mei their outfits tomorrow" she sighed as Rose slowly started to rise to her feet and stretched her arms out. "sounds good, guess we should get all the girls an outfit"

-TIME SKIP/NEXT AFTERNOON-

"Why are we here" Nashi complained, "my future is on the line and you cant look any less than fabulous when the decision is made" Nova huffed. Nova spent hours at the mall with the girls but picked out Nashi and Sylvia's dresses as fast as possible so they wouldn't be angered by the experience, for Nashi, a light pink dress with slits on the thighs a black ribbons, and for Sylvia a black high waisted skirt witha long sleeve gray shirt that will tuck into the skirt. "Now then, on to our wonderful Rose", she pulled out a few things before one caught the red heads eye, a business-esk jacket and tight mini skirt, she bought a matching hat to complete the look. "Now that I've found mine on to you guys", this is where it took a while, Lexi is monotone and afraid to try new things, while Mei is outgoing and hates anything that's to boring. In the end Mei got a orange half vest that showed her stomach and a skirt to match while Lexi got a black and white skin tight dress with leather gloves and a black jacket, Nova also encouraged her to get some thigh high boots. The day was almost over and Nova was ready to go after finding everyone their look for her party, as she started walking away Lexi spoke, "Don't you need one nee-chan". Nova cringed and turned around, "ugh fine", "here" lexi said handing her a bright red dress, "um i think this is to small" Nova said handing t back, "no nee-chan, its your size" Nova just took another look and chuckled before hanging it back. Mei sighed as she contemplated apologizing to Lexi for thinking that she was the picky one, "nee-chan here just try this" she semi-shouted grabbing a dress and throwing it at Nova, much to her surprise Nova seemed to love the dress that had been thrown and put it on without another word. When she walked out of the changing rooms everyone's jaws dropped, she was gorgeous but she needed no one to tell her if it looked good on her if she liked it. "Mei your the best thanks" Nova praised giving the green headed girl a hug, "nee-chan" Mei said slightly shocked, Nova has never hugged her or shown any general interest in her besides their conversation of Gale before she left. "What, is it weird that im hugging one of my best friends".