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Roseanne let out a small gasp and her eyes widened at the news. Even after she told Indy about Ivory's plans to play with his feelings, he still went and got himself involved with her. But she couldn't say that she blamed him. Ivory had that kind of personality, and in other conversations with the girls she told pridefully about how she had led on several other boys in her previous training group just because she could. Indy thought she was pretty. He liked her. Even after hearing that she wasn't a good person, perhaps there was a small glimmer of hope in his heart that she had taken a genuine interest in him. Roseanne knew the truth though. Ivory liked to have all the boys wrapped around her finger. 

It worked with Cedar because he was also in love with her and blind to her tricks, and it worked with Indy who thought she was pretty and wanted to get to know her better. She had also tried to get Ciel, Raven, and Mauve to be in the palm of her hand. It had worked with Mauve for a short while. But Raven and Ciel saw right through her immediately. Raven thought she was much too rude and annoying to even think about anything else pertaining to her. Ciel on the other hand saw how she treated Raven and how she was a hypocrite and later went to innocently behave around her own boyfriend. He thought she was a horrible person for that. For having a relationship with someone and then pretending like they weren't even there when other boys came in the room. 

She reached for his hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze. A small smile formed on her pink lips. She then tugged on his hand gently so that they could sit on a stone bench nearby. From their vantage point, they could see that everyone was several feet away putting away the things in the cooler or putting away the grill. Roseanne didn't see Ivory at first. That made her nervous because other than touching Raven inappropriately and doing other things she wasn't supposed to, she and Scarlet found a certain joy in making up rumors about Roseanne. She didn't have proof that it was them, but she thought so because of the things that were said. They were things Ivory had said to Raven on one occasion. She had told Raven that if Roseanne wasn't woman enough to satisfy him sexually, she could do it for him.

The very next day, there were rumors going around that since Roseanne was a virgin, she was desperate to date anyone so they could take it from her. Then there were rumors circulating that Raven and Ivory were fucking. Roseanne knew those weren't true because she spent all of her day with him and he had even confessed to her that he was a virgin too and that it wasn't a big deal. Cedar, on the other hand, didn't think the rumors were true about them. But he did hate Raven because of it. He saw the way Ivory was always around the black haired boy and thought that maybe it was because he liked his girlfriend. 

He had mentioned to Roseanne once in passing that she needed to keep her boy in check. He then laughed about it, but it seemed like a forced laugh. It was the first time she had seen Cedar Brown actually being serious about something. He was usually a boy who was all smiles and always joking around. She didn't tell Raven about it because she didn't want him to feel bad about the whole situation. It had taken the whole team months to finally warm up to him, and now there was another person on the list who didn't entirely like him. That had to be damaging to someone's self-esteem. 

He heaved a sigh as he turned his body to face her. He was now facing with his back towards the direction where everyone else was. Roseanne could easily tell that he was conflicted and that he felt bad about what he did. The mere thought about giving someone the details of that situation was gut wrenching to him. But it was also a load on his heart and he had to tell someone who would listen and not judge him. Someone he could trust and someone who could give him advice. "I was fucking pissed that she wanted to play with my feelings so I wanted to get back at her. I wanted her to feel the same pain I was feeling, or at the very least end up fucked over in all of this. No boyfriend, no nothing." He started, thinking back to several days back when Ivory and Cedar first joined the team. "So whenever she'd flirt with me or touch me, I'd do the same back, and she always let me. I wanted Cedar to catch us because then he would see the kind of person she is and ditch her ass."