Switched at Birth

Chapter 5

That night when Becky got home, Regina was sitting at the counter waiting for her.

"Why weren't you at school today?" Regina asked.

"Look, before you get mad.. I was with John and Emily." Becky tried to explain.

"You were what?" Regina asked.

"They took me on a tour of Buckner Hall. And I know it's really expensive but I actually like it there. The library is enormous and-." Becky began to say before her mother stopped her.

"We're losing the house." Regina said suddenly.

All the excitement in Becky's eyes quickly faded away.

"What?" Becky asked.

"We're a little behind on rent and the salon is going out of business so I'm not going to be able to catch up anytime soon." Regina told her.

Becky looked down unfortunately as she tried to hide her disappointment.

"When do we have to leave?" Becky asked.

"We have a week." Regina told her.

Becky shook her head and stormed off to her room.

Just a few days later, John and Emily had already heard about Becky and Regina having to move. But it didn't take long for them to come up with a solution.

"No, absolutely not." Regina said as everyone gathered in her living room.

"It's not like we ever use our guest house anyway, it's practically just for storage." Emily told her.

Regina shook her head, completely offended by Emily and John throwing their money in her face.

"We don't need any hand outs, especially from you." Regina told her.

"Especially from us? What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Emily asked.

Before Regina could further the argument, John felt the need to jump in.

"Don't think of it as a hand out. Think of it as an opportunity. With you guys living in the guest house we will be able to get to know Rebecca better and you will be able to get to know Bayley better. It's a great solution to this whole mess." John told her.

"Please, mom? For me?" Becky begged her mother.

Regina wanted more than anything to tell the Kennish's to shove their money where sun didn't shine but the look in her daughters eyes tugged at her heart strings.

That afternoon Regina, Becky, and Adriana began moving into the Kennish's guest house.

Bayley and Seth were talking in the kitchen when the u-haul pulled up.

"I can believe this is happening." Bayley said as she shook her head.

Sami was already outside, ready to help when Regina pulled up with Adriana, Becky and Sasha. Sasha was wearing high-waisted, blue jean shorts and a tight, red tank top with her hair up, showing off her signature hoop earrings.

"Go on outside and help, you two." Emily told Seth and Bayley as she passed through the kitchen.

Bayley sighed and lead the way outside. Seth saw Regina about to drop a box so he rushed over and help her carry it into the guest house. Bayley walked behind the u-haul find Sasha standing inside. She froze for a moment as she examined Sasha's long, dark legs.

"Are you gonna help me down or just stare at me all night?" Sasha asked as she held her hand out.

"Oh, right. Sorry." Bayley said as she tried to snap out of her daze.

She grabbed Sasha's hand and helped her jump to the ground. When Sasha landed a little too close to Bayley, the smell of her perfume brushed through the air. Bayley took a minute to admired her deep brown eyes. Sasha smiled to herself as Bayley struggled to speak.

"I'm Sasha." She introduced herself.

Bayley looked down at Sasha's hand and tried to get herself together.

"Bayley." She finally said.

Sasha smiled at Bayley as the two of them shook hands. Becky glanced over at the awkward interaction between Bayley and her best friend with an unsettling feeling in her stomach. As Sasha finally grabbed her box and walked off she accidentally ran into Seth.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Sasha apologized.

Seth bent down to pick up the box she dropped. As he looked up and met her eyes he immediately let out a smile.

"It's no problem." Seth told her.

Sasha let out a small laugh as Seth checked her out.

"I'm Sasha." She told him.

"Seth." He said as they now shook hands.

Bayley scratched the back of her head awkwardly and tried not to look to disappointed.

"Is this your guitar?" Sami asked Regina as he carried a guitar case into the house.

Regina have him a nervous look.

"Yeah, it's mine." She said.

"Can we get it out? Do you know how to play?" Sami asked as he trued to open the guitar case.

"No!" Regina shouted as she took the case from him.

Sami looked at her in confusion.

"This just belonged to someone that isn't around anymore. It's a momento.." Regina said as she put the case in her closet.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-." Sami began to say.

"No, it's okay. I shouldn't have blown up on you like that." Regina said.

Sami let out a polite smile.

"Um.. my friend, Finn and I have this band together. You'll have to come check us out some time." Sami told her.

"Yeah, definitely." Regina said.

Sami walked out of the room quickly, wanting to avoid any further akwardness.

Becky had walked into the kitchen of the main house to get a drink when she saw Bayley sitting at the counter.

"Hey." Becky said politely.

Bayley didn't say anything, she just stared at her. Becky continued to get herself a glass of water.

"So you show up here, you take my parents.. then you decide to enroll at my school, and now you're moving into my house. Is there anything else you want to take of mine?" Bayley asked.

Becky furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.

"I'm not taking anything from you." Becky tried to tell her.

"Really, because it sure feels that way." Bayley snapped back as she stood up.

Becky shook her head in frustration.

"Do you always have to see yourself as the victim? I mean is it completely impossible for you to think that maybe, just maybe.. there's someone else in the world hurting as much as you?" Becky asked her.

"What do you have to be hurt about? And from the of the way you were smiling at Dean yesterday it doesn't really look like you're all that hurt." Bayley said as she got in her face.

"Unlike you, I don't pout around like some kind of baby. When I'm dealing with something I handle it like an adult instead of trying to make everyone feel sorry for me." Becky told her.

Bayley's face turned red with rage as she and Becky stared each other down. Suddenly, Emily walked into the room.

"Girls? Is everything okay?" She asked with caution.

Becky and Bayley continued glaring at each other for a moment.

"Everything's perfect." Bayley said as she shoulder checked Becky and stormed out of the house.

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