New update yes! This week has been busy with exams, but I only have one left and don't have to study for it so I'm updating now. Anywho, this chapter has some angst, but not too bad and not the most angsty thing I've ever written (probably because it wasn't written at 1AM though ;)

Ch. 6

It had been a month since the incident with Tessa in the lunchroom and Halloween was fast approaching. As they did every year, SHIELD High was having a Halloween party. After school one day, Bucky was trying to get the courage to ask Annette to the dance. The dance was only few weeks away, and Bucky had to ask her fast. Bucky took a deep breath and walked over to Annette's locker, where she was putting her things away.

"Hey Annette," Bucky greeted, "Will you go with me to the dance?" Annette's face fell.

"Oh Bucky; I'm sorry. I-I didn't think you were gonna ask me"

"Oh." Bucky looked down.

"It's not a date so I'll see you there"

"Okay" Bucky and Annette headed their separate ways.

Meanwhile, Jade was heading to Bobbi's locker, to see if she wanted to go to the dance with her.

"Hey Bobbi," Jade greeted, "There's the uh...Halloween dance coming up and I was thinking...er...wondering if uh...maybe we could...go together?"

"I'm sorry Jade but I...I can't," Bobbi said, not meeting the other girl's eyes. Jade's face fell, "oh…" Jade ran off. Jade didn't really know where she was going to go, she just needed to get away. As she headed down the hall, Jade spotted Tessa and Annette locked in a heated argument.

"Leave me alone Tessa!"

"You stole my boyfriend!" Tessa shrieked.

"You cheated on him! Besides, we're not even dating!" Tessa shook her head at Annette, "Don't lie you b*tch."

"I'm not lying!" Annette said defensively as Jade approached to stop the argument. But someone got there before she did.

"Tessa, leave her alone! Bucky left you because you treated him like s*it!" A girl Jade recognized as being named Kaya said. Kaya had russet skin like Seth and long black hair that she had in a braid. Her mother also worked with Jade's dad. Tessa backed off and Jade went over to her cousin.

"Hey," Annette said.

"Hey," Jade replied, giving her cousin a forced smile. Annette could tell something was wrong.

"What's wrong?" She asked. Jade shook her head.

"Nothing," she lied.

"You're lying, Jade. What is it? What's wrong?"

"I asked Bobbi to the Halloween dance; she said no" Annette hugged her cousin, "I'm so sorry. Bucky asked me but I had asked Aidan to go with"

"Why'd you ask Aidan?"

"I didn't think Bucky was going to ask me."

"That sucks...but at least he wanted to go with you."

"Jade, I'm sure there's a reason she said no." Jade just looked down. Annette hugged her cousin again, hating how heartbroken Jade looked. She knew how strongly Jade had felt for her soulmate, feeling that weren't mutual. While there was a part of Annette that wanted to fight Bobbi about the feelings, she knew it wouldn't be right. Annette wouldn't want Jade to fight Bucky over rejecting the idea of soulmates, and she knew Jade didn't want her to fight Bobbi. Still, Annette wasn't happy about her cousin looking so heartbroken.

"So what are you going to do about the dance?" Annette asked quietly. Jade shrugged. "Probably go alone."

"You could ask her to go as friends, just friends," Annette suggested, nodding at Kaya. Jade bit her lip, thinking that over. Kaya was a nice girl, she was pretty and they had known each other for a while. Kaya's mom, Maylin, was partners with Kenshi, Jade's dad, on the police force. Because of this, the two had interacted at various police picnics when they were younger (once they were old enough to stay home alone, it usually stopped).

"Okay," Jade agreed. Annette smiled and gave her cousin one last hug before letting her go. Jade walked up to Kaya.

"Hey," She greeted.

"Hey," Kaya replied with a smile. "It's nice to see you around, finally."

"Yeah...So there's the Halloween Dance coming up and I was wondering if you wanted to go with me as friends, just friends," Jade said.

"Sure," Kaya agreed. "I mean we've known each other for years, and I can help keep an eye on Tessa." Jade couldn't help but smile. "Thanks Kaya, seriously."

"Of course," Kaya smiled before grabbing her bag and heading off. Jade was all smiles as she headed back to Annette.

"You think Bobbi's gonna be jealous?" Annette asked as they headed out to Jade's car. Jade shrugged.

"I did ask her, and she said no," Jade pointed out.

"Yeah...I know," Annette said, still unhappy about how sad Jade had looked. Jade shook her head at her cousin as they headed home.

A few weeks later the Halloween dance came around. Jade had ended up asking Kaya to go, just as friends. Annette was still going with Aidan. Halfway through the dance, the kids were bored.

"I'm bored," Takeda said, scowling down at his punch.

"You want to ditch this dance?" Seth asked.

"Yeah. It's kinda boring-where's Annette?"

"I am...not sure actually"

"God dammit" Jade showed a text from Annette.

Annette: Went to Mike's place with Bucky, don't be mad. JK I know you will. ;)

"Well that's where we were heading so…" Seth said.

"Let's go," Jade said. They headed out before Seth stopped.

"Shouldn't we invite the others? Jillian wouldn't mind." Something like sadness crossed Jade's face for a moment before she shrugged.

"Sure. I guess..." She said.

When they got to Mike's house they saw cars parked on every street. Seth and the others climbed out of their cars and headed in. Seth yelled" Mike, you're so selfish. You invite Annette here but don't invite your own brother?"

"Sorry Sethy," Mike said with a chuckle.

"Don't call me that, Mikey"

"Only Bobby can call me that"

"And no one can call me Sethy."

"Except your ex-boyfriend"

"Shut up"

"What about me, Sethy?" Bobbi asked, her tone teasing.

"Don't gang up on me! Bobby help!"

"Sorry Sethy" Seth scowled at them all.

"Who's your ex-boyfriend?" Takeda asked Seth. Seth shook his head.

"Anyway..." Mike said, "Drinks are in the kitchen along with food." Seth and the others headed to the kitchen to get food and drinks.

As the party raged on, Bobbi found herself feeling increasingly uncomfortable. It wasn't the alcoholic drinks or that her mother didn't know she was there. It wasn't the few guys hitting on her. No. It was something completely different.

Bobbi stared across the room from where she was in the kitchen, watching Jade talk with the girl she took to the dance, Kaya. A hot and angry feeling burst through her body. It was...jealousy. Bobbi knew she had no right to be jealous. None at all. Jade had asked her to the dance, and Bobbi had said no. So Jade went and found another date, but that didn't stop the angry jealousy from surging through her.

"I shoulda said yes to that invite," Bobbi muttered to herself as she drank her drink.

"What invite?" Seth asked, sitting next to her and frowning at the fact that she looked rather buzzed.

"Jade asked me to the dance," Bobbi said rather matter-of-factly.

"And you said no," Seth guessed.

"Yeah. I said no to the f*cking hottest person in our entire school," Bobbi said, her words slurring drunkenly.

"You think she's hot?" Seth teased.

"Very. Much. So." Seth laughed at her words. Bobbi scowled drunkenly at him.

"Why don't you ask her to dance?" Seth suggested. Bobbi shook her head.

"She has a girlfriend anyways," Bobbi said sadly. Seth patted her shoulder sympathetically.

Meanwhile, Bucky was hanging out with Annette. He was borderline drunk. Bucky grinned widely at Annette.

"Okay Barnes, you're drunk so give me that" Annette reached for the cup in his hand. Bucky laughed and shook his head, "Nu uh."

"You're drunk"

"I'm not drunk at all you're just blurry"

"You're totally drunk."

"Nope" Annette playfully poked him. Bucky kissed her. Annette let out a small shriek of surprise. Jade saw and nudged Takeda. Takeda followed her line of vision and grinned. Annette kissed back. Jade couldn't help but grin at the scene. She was happy for her cousin. Part of Jade wished, though, that she had the same. Annette pulled away from Bucky.

"Sorry," Bucky mumbled.

"It's not that, I just...is this you or drunk Bucky kissing me?"

"I'm not sure," Bucky admitted. Annette gave him a sad look. Bucky looked down.

"Sorry," he mumbled again.

"It's fine," Annette mumbled. Bucky shook his head. The two fell into an awkward silence. All around them, the party continued.

And scene! A lot has happened in this chapter, and the next will see some of the fallout/aftermath of it. Next chapter should be up on Saturday if my schedule stays as is. Until then, stay safe.

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