True Loves Challenge

Chapter 17

Another Dave Days song... I really like Dave Days if you haven't noticed yet... This is one of my favorite songs. So, I hope you like this chapter! It was so hard for me to write this chapter... I hope you like it! I love you guys!!

Rosie's POV

I wake up before the sun does, like every morning. I get up and go to school. I missed one day, I shouldn't miss another. It's my senior year; I am working for that scholarship to go to the U of U.

Once I get to school, the first person that I see is the person I don't want to see. He pulls up in his blue civic at his normal parking space only a few feet away from mine. The moment he gets out of his car, he looks at me. His eyes are red and puffy. He immediately locks his car and walks over to me. I lock mine as well and walk over to the school.

"Rosie please, why can't I just talk to you?!"

"Because I don't want you to, leave me alone." I keep walking.

The moment I walk into the school, I see him, the boy who was my enemy and is now my boyfriend. How could I jump from one boy to the next with the snap of my fingers?

He grabs my hand. "Is this okay? I don't want to go to fast. Not unless you want it" says Steve.

"Don't worry its fine." I squeeze his hand to make him know that I am sure with my answer. He smiles.

Once I get into my class, I immediately feel guilty for these past few weeks. I frown at myself. I should have never treated her the way I did. She's my best friend. I go to my desk and take out a paper. I start to write.

I want to apologize for the way I have treated you. You were right. Matthew did cheat on me and he did hurt me. Everything you said is true. Is there any way that I can make this up to you? Can you forgive me?

I push the paper to her desk and start to do my starter. Once class started, the note is passed back to me.

Of course I can forgive you! Just forget that we ever fought. I love you and I don't want to hurt you and make things worse for you, I want to help you. So the only thing you can do to make things up to me is to stay my friend, and maybe even help me with Robbie. I am almost there! I promise!

I laughed a little and looked at her. We smile at each other and focus our attention more about the Revolutionary War. I am so glad to have my best friend back.

Once class is over I go to the opposite side of the hall so that I won't see Matthew. This year, when we passed in the hall, I would tell him what we did in class that day and that he had to suffer in this horrible class that he loved. I don't get how all of the men love History and Science and how all the women love Math and English... What's up with that?

Anyway, I try to stay as far away from him as possible. It was a success. He saw me but didn't try to talk to me. I guess that it is finally getting to him that I don't want to talk.

Finally it is lunch. I love lunch because that is the time when I can talk and not get in trouble. I am a talkative person. I immediately sit in my normal spot and wait for Steve to take the place of where Matthew was, but Steve was too late.

"Look Rosie, I just want to talk. Please let me" asks Matthew once he sits down. I ignore him and move to the empty seat across the table next to Sammie where Emma usually sits. She looks at me and frowns. She must really see my pain. Sammie puts her arm around me and squeezes my shoulder.

Matthew doesn't talk to me for a while. Then Steve comes out of nowhere and kisses the top of my head.

I turn to look at him. He has a little nervous look in his eyes, but other than that, he looks happy and excited. "Come here, I want to tell you something."

Steve grabs my hand and pulls me to the other side of the hall from where the table is. "What is this all about?" I ask once we get to the other side.

"I have a question to ask you" says Steve now showing his nervousness a little stronger.

"Ask away."

"Well, I umm.... I want to know if... Do you... Want to... Umm..." he says really slowly and nervously. Then he speaks faster. "Will you go to Prom with me?"

At first, all I can think about are my questions. Do I even belong with Steve? Will he hurt me? Will he turn on me? Can I trust him? All of these questions were running through my head but the only answer that came out was, "Yes, of course I will."

After my answer comes out of my mouth, Steve smiles and caresses my cheek and leans into me. I accept his kiss.

Matthew's POV

I see Rosie with Steve as they are talking on the other side of the hall where all I can hear are mumbles of their talking. Then they move closer into each other. Wait, why are they kissing? Am I really to late now? But, I tried so hard. She just kept pushing me away. Maybe she really doesn't want me in her life anymore. How am I going to make this up to her? How will I be able to stay away from her? What does it take to get her back into my life? What does it take to win back her heart? What does it take to get her back? I will keep fighting. I can't lose her, no matter how far away she is now.

Emma comes up to the table and looks at Rosie and Steve kissing and smiling. Emma at first looks shocked, and then she moves to a frown. She then turns to Sophia and says, "I still think that Matthew and Rosie were cuter!"

She smiles. At first it doesn't process what she says then I realize it and say to her, "Thanks" I am unsure if I am supposed to smile or not, so I just put on a sly smile.

I see Emma smile back at me, and she says, "Don't forget I am still mad at you." I let my smile fade away, Emma's fades a little too. She looks back at Steve and Rosie again as they are coming back to the table. She leans into Sophia again, "I still am strong on what I said earlier." I smile again ever so slightly. Maybe I shouldn't lose hope just yet.