Here's a new chapter of What You're Worth.
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I own Phoebe, Bailey, Garrett, Rosalyn, Lily, Mason, Eric and Tommy.
I really hope you enjoy this chapter...
It had been a week since Garrett and Rosalyn had spoken. They were going to see each other today, as it was their families' annual beach party. It was a tradition that Ted and Phoebe had started when they were kids. The DiBiase family arrived just as the Runnels family were finishing setting up. There was a barbecue and some other stuff, as they usual spent a good few hours on the beach. Garrett immediately noticed that Rosalyn was avoiding eye contact with him.
He stuck on his shades and sat on a blanket as he watched his mother splashing about in the sea with Lily and Eric. Cody was in charge of the barbecue, but Ted was helping him with some stuff. Bailey and Mason were putting up a volleyball net. Rosalyn sat a few metres away, occupying herself with a small pebble that she dropped into the sand, before picking it back up and repeating the exercise.
"How's it going?" Ted asked the young man as he threw down a blanket next to him.
"You know…" Garrett shrugged.
"Rosalyn's not speaking to you." Ted raised a brow suggestively.
"I think I overstepped the line." The young man admitted.
"What did you do?" Ted asked him.
"Promise not to flip out?" Garrett asked him.
"I once asked Bailey that…I guess I can try not to flip out." Ted shrugged.
"I kissed her." The young man sighed quietly.
"You did what?" Ted frowned in confusion.
"I don't know what came over me." Garrett replied defensively.
"Well, what did she do?" Ted asked him.
"She didn't push me away, but when we broke apart she was shocked." The young man replied.
"And I'm assuming that she hasn't spoken to you since?" Ted raised a brow.
Garrett nodded and sighed. Ted patted him on the shoulder as Rosalyn walked over to them. Ted looked up at his daughter and smiled. The blonde glanced at Garrett, before looking back towards her father.
"Mom says she needs your help with something." She told her father.
"I'll go. You two need to talk." Ted told the two of them.
"Dad…" Rosalyn sighed, but was met with a knowing look.
"I guess you told him…" she said as she sat down next to Garrett.
"He knew something was up." The young man replied without looking at her.
"Do you hate me?" Rosalyn asked him.
"What?" Garrett frowned as he turned to face her.
"I know I've been a real bitch towards you recently." She shrugged.
"I can never hate you Rosalyn." He shook his head.
"I don't need you to protect me. I'm not a little girl anymore." She sighed.
"Like I said, it's only because I care." Garrett replied.
"About that…we're just friends, aren't we?" the blonde asked.
"Yeah." Garrett nodded.
"I'm glad." Rosalyn smiled and hugged him.
Garrett smiled too, as the blonde hugged him tightly. He closed his eyes and found himself breathing in the scent of her hair. He liked the way his fingers felt against her silky skin and the way her body was pressed to his. This was wrong. He wasn't supposed to feel this way about Rosalyn. They had grown up together and she was almost like another sister to him. She was so perfect that he couldn't bear for someone like Tommy to get his hands on her. Garrett swallowed the lump in his throat as he considered the possibilities. Was he falling for Rosalyn?
"Rosalyn, come play on my team!" Lily yelled across at her.
"Do you wanna play too?" the blonde asked Garrett.
"Why not?" he shrugged and stood up, helping the blonde up also.
"You two are on my team." Lily grinned as they walked over.
"Who's on the other team?" Garrett asked her.
"Mom, Mason and Eric." His younger sister replied.
"Cool." Rosalyn replied. This was one of her favourite games.
Ted was talking to Cody at the barbecue as the others played. He had been filling Cody in on what had been going on between Garrett and Rosalyn. Both men had known that something was going on between the two of them. They watched as they played volleyball together and smiled at how well they were getting on now. Ted was glad that they had taken his advice and talked things over.
"Looks like they're friends again." The older man smiled.
"Do you ever wonder…?" Cody frowned as he cooked the food.
"About what?" Ted asked him.
"Remember when they were babies and Phoebe used to say they might grow up to fall in love?" Cody asked his friend.
"I remember. You think it might happen?" he replied.
"It's just weird that there's tension all of a sudden." Cody shrugged.
"They look like they're over it now." Ted said as he watched them playing volleyball.
"Seriously though, Tommy Cena?" Cody frowned.
"I know." Ted sighed.
"The kid thinks he runs a company he doesn't even work for yet." Cody shook his head.
"I don't think we were that arrogant when we were in Legacy…" Ted mused.
"No, definitely not." Cody shook his head.
"Is that almost done?" Ted asked and pointed to a well-cooked burger.
"Oh yeah. Call them over." Cody said as he took the food from the barbecue.
After they had all eaten, they sat down and talked for a while. When it was time for another game of volleyball, Garrett and Rosalyn decided to sit it out. Ted and Bailey played instead of them. It was going to be getting dark soon, so you could see an orange coloured sky with violet coloured clouds across the still sea. Garrett and Rosalyn lay down on blankets as they discussed random moments from past beach trips. The blonde smiled as she got a message on her cell phone. Garrett had a sneaking suspicion of who it was.
"It's from Tommy." Rosalyn smiled as she read the message.
"I guessed." Garrett nodded.
"He gave me two kisses at the end, look." She said, flashing the screen at the young man.
"Will you be seeing him again?" Garrett asked, almost wishing that he hadn't.
"Tomorrow night." The blonde nodded.
"Anything planned?" he asked her.
"Maybe something. I'm not telling you though." She pouted.
"I'm hurt." Garrett pouted back at her and clutched his chest.
He just knew it. Tomorrow night Rosalyn was planning to lose her virginity to Tommy Cena. Why did it have to be that guy? There were plenty of guys who were attractive without being arrogant too. The blonde looked so happy right now, but maybe by tomorrow night it would be Garrett picking up the pieces of her broken heart. What if Tommy was going to use her and then dump her right away?
"It's getting dark. Shall we go and pack up?" Rosalyn asked as she stood over him.
"Sure." Garrett nodded.
"Were you daydreaming?" the blonde asked him.
"I guess you could say that." He shrugged.
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