Jay and Rose are slowly moving in together. Rose has this feeling to be bold and just do it,but at the same time she is being cautious. The fact of barely knowing him is playing with her emotions about the whole arrangement.
Jay and Rose are back at college and their football and Cheerleading practice started again.
Nonetless, even though they were both extremely busy, Jay took the time to hang out with her, her best friend Mia and Mia's boyfriend- Liam aswell.
Liam and Mia madr it official a few days ago and so far everything is going well. Rose still has an unsettling feeling about this, but she's happy for the both of them.
"So, guys, I was wondering if you guys want to go on a double date with us." Mia says holding Liam's hand. Wait, what?
"Well we're not really a c-" Rose says but Jay cuts her off.
"Of course we will." Jay says looking at Rose.
"You guys sure, because I know y'all not dating." Mia says carefully.
Rose tried to bite back her smile, but everyone could see it.
"We are sure, right Rose?" Jay asks her and she nods her head with no hesitation.
"Okay, cool! I can't wait." Mia says and Liam just shakes his head laughing softly.
"So we all got practice this afternoon?" Liam asks and they all sigh.
"Yeah, please remind me why I chose cheerleading." Mia says and Rose smirks at her.
"Okay, okay, okay, calm down." Mia says instantly blushing.
Jay was happy around the people he was sitting with. It was safe to say they were considered as friends.
Jay didn't see Rose as just a friend though. He saw her as something way more. It might be to early to assume his feelings, but at the other hand, she brings out that happiness he's been seeking for far too long.
The bell rings not shortly after and everyone got up except for Rose.
"You okay?" Jay asks her and she looks up at him smiling.
"Yeah, I'm okay." She says still not getting up.
Liam and Mia greated them goodbye before walking to their classes.
"You want to tell me why you're not getting up then?" Jay asks her.
"Im getting up now, I was just thinking about something." Rose says.
Jay shoots her a concerning look as she grabs on his arm for support while slowly getting up.
"Yeah I'm fine." He says mocking Rose.
"Sorry, my legs still hurts from yesterday's practice." Rose say and Jay nods.
"Well, we have class now, you can't just stay here." Jay says ane Rose frowns.
"Then carry me! My legs hurt." She says sarcastically giving him puppy eyes.
"Fine." He says and picked her up bridal style.
"Okay, I was just joking! " Rose says gigling but Jay walks them off to their class.
"Okay, okay, put me down." Rose says when they got to the classroom.
"Magic word." Jay says and she rolls her eyes.
"Please" Rose says softly and Jay puts her down, right back on her feet.
They both walked into the class and went to their designated seats.
They both have writing now and go sit close to Liam. Liam still sits next to Rose and Jay sits behind her.
Jay doesn't have an issue with Liam at all. He knows that they started becoming good friends. And he didn't need to worry about him at all because he was dating Rose's best friend.
But Liam was almost like a best friend to Jay. Yes, a week does alot. They go for drives sometimes just to catch up on their girls. Surprise, surprise, they both can't stop talking about their girls.
Even though Jay didn't ask Rose out yet, Rose was his. He wanted her to only be with him.
She couldn't even look at another guy before Jay got jealous. But Rose was also jealous.
There were always girls near Jay that wanted his attention, but he always tell them he's 'Not interested.' Not even sorry. That's what gave Rose instant butterflies. He didn't even tell her that he's not interested. Which made her feel really good about herself.
She used to be someone else. Someone that everyone else wanted her to be, but with Jay, she could just be herself.
She was happy. She didn't have to worry about anything else, because he took all her problems away in an instant.
"Okay, so we all finished our stories that was assigned last week?" Mr. Abrahams spoke.
He went around the class to collect all the stories. He gave the class a lecture on 'what and what not to write in an informative essay'. The way he explains it seems like even a toddler knows how to do it.
After what felt like years, the bell dismissed the class. Everyone left the class and Jay got up and walked towards Rose. When he stood in front of her Jay saw Rose's blood red eyes.
She got up as soon as Jay wanted to ask her what's wrong. But then he saw how tired she looked so he knew that's why.
Jay noticed that when Rose gets too exhausted then her eyes starts tearing up. It's strange. He has asked her countless of times but she claims it's for the reason that she rubs her eyes persistently.
"We have practice now." Rose says taking Jay's hand while walking them to their practice spots.
"Alrighy Girls, we starting in 10, go freshen up and meet me back here." The coach of the cheerleading team says and Rose gave Jay a hug before going to change.
"Hey, wait." The coach says to Jay, just as he was about to walk off.
"Yes, coach? "Jay asks.
"How is she doing? And don't lie to me." The coach asks referring to Rose.
"Well she is tired. She hasn't been sleeping properly because of a class assignment she's received. She couldn't skip practice to complete it. So she stays up late to finish it." Jay explains and the coach nods.
"And with what happened in the bathroom stalls?" She asks and Jay feels worried about her all over again. But also confused as to how the coach knew about it.
"She hasn't had another episode like that, but I'm scared it happens again." Jay says and the coach gives him a small smile.
"I have faith it won't happen again. But if it does, remember just talk about random stuff that would cheer her up. She just needs to focus on something other than what she's already dealing with." The coach says and Jay nods.
"Anyways off to practice you are, I'll make sure she's okay."
Jay went off to practice and imediately started with his warm up routine.
"Right, we are going to start warming up for our routine." The coach says to the girls.
"First let's start with simple stretches." She says while walking around the girls making sure they all doing it and are still okay.
After they all stretched and did a few warming up exercises they started practicing their routine.
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RomanceA girl called Rose was popular for reasons that she didnt want. she was hated and judged. Her life was decided by everyone around her. Everyone wanted her to be what they wanted. Things changed after a unfortunate event took place and that is when A...
