Declan is at Gina's house for the pictures before the dance and so the limo can take them. He leans against a counter in the kitchen as friends start to arrive, trying not to let his jealousy about Peter and Yensy get to him.
Yensy and Maria get ready for the dance together at her house before her dad drops them off at Gina’s. They say hi to the girls as they arrive and she looks around a little for Declan.
Maria looks at Yensy, "Who are you looking for?"
She raises her brows a little, “Oh, uh Peter.”
She nods her head slowly, "Alright, wanna go get snacks while we wait?"
“Sure,” she grins.
Maria leads her into the kitchen.
She smiles as they go into the kitchen and she stops a little as she sees Declan, “Hey, Declan..”
Declan looks over at her and raises his brows, "Oh, hi.."
She smiles, “How are you?”
He shrugs, “Fine. Where’s your date?”
"Um, I'm sure he'll be here soon" she shrugs and smiles. "You look nice."
Declan smiles slightly, "Thanks. You look beautiful. You too, Maria." Maria smiles shyly, "Thank you."
Yensy blushes a little and smiles at him, "Thank you. We did each other's hair and makeup."
He smiles, "You both did great." Peter comes into the kitchen and taps on Yensy's shoulder, holding the box with her corsage in his hand. Declan's smile falls and he turns away.
Yensy turns around and smiles widely at Peter, "Hey!"
Peter grins widely, "You look stunning."
She blushes as she smiles shyly, "Aw, thank you. You look very handsome."
He grins and holds up the corsage, "I got this for you.."
She raises her eyebrows and smiles widely, "Thank you, it's beautiful."
Peter takes it out of the box and gets ready to put it on her wrist for her.
She holds her hand out and grins.
Peter puts the corsage on her and smiles widely, "It looks great."
She admires it and smiles, “It’s perfect.@
Declan grabs his cup and leaves the kitchen. Peter grins at her and then smiles at Maria, "Hi Maria, you look great too." Maria smiles, "Thank you, Peter."
Yensy looks over as Declan leaves and she fights a frown.
Peter smiles, "Have you two eaten at all?"
She shakes her head, “Not yet.”
He smiles, "Okay, let's do that before it's picture time then."
“Sure,” Yensy smiles as they go to get a snack. Josh comes up to Declan and pats his back, “Guess what?”
Declan raises his brows, "What?"
He holds a flask out to him, “I brought the good stuff.”
He grins, "Thank god." He takes it and pours a little into his cup.
He laughs, “I knew you’d appreciate it.@
Declan passes it back, "Yeah, it's the only way I can stomach Peter and Yensy going together."
Josh raises his brows, “Ah, I had a feeling that’s why you were being off.”
He shrugs, "It's just weird."
“To see her with him or him with her?” He looks at him.
Declan shrugs, "Both. That's like me being here with Maria as my date."
Josh nods his head, “Yeah. It is pretty weird. But they’re just going as friends, no?”
He shrugs again and sips from his cup, "I don't know."
Josh raises his brows, “Why’d you guys break up again?”
Declan looks at him, "Better off as friends. I'm going off to college soon enough anyways."
Josh nods, “True. Don’t want to be tied down.”
He laughs, "Yeah.."
Noelle waves everyone over, “Pictures everyone!”
Declan quickly downs his drink, "Thanks for that, Joshie." Val tugs Mike over for pictures. Peter hears Noelle and offers Yensy his arm, "Shall we?"
Yensy nods with a grin, “Yeah.” They go over to the group for photos.
Declan goes over for photos and Gina waits for Josh, "Maria, why don't you go pose with Declan?"
Josh stands next to Gina and Yensy raises her brows a little.
Maria looks at Yensy, "I-I don't have to.."
Yensy looks at Maria and shakes her head, “No, go. It’s just photos.” She smiles.
Maria nods her head and goes to stand with Declan. He half smiles and stands behind her.
Yensy stands closer to Peter.
Peter smiles and moves his hands to Yensy's waist.
She smiles as they all pose for pictures, trying not to glance over at Declan too often.
Declan puts his hand on top of Maria's arm as they pose.
They take a bunch of photos as a group and then break off to do couple photos.
Declan sighs and stands off to the side and Maria stands with him so they don't have to stand alone.
Yensy and Peter take pictures together and she smiles for them.
Peter grins widely for their pictures, wrapping his arms around Yensy.
She smiles as they take pictures and then looks at him after, “I bet I’m blinking in all of them.”
He chuckles, "Awww, I doubt it."
She laughs, “I always end up blinking in all my pictures, but thank you.”
Peter laughs, "Even if you're blinking I bet you still look beautiful."
She blushes and smiles, “Thank you.”
Declan looks at Maria, "Why don't you have a date?" Maria blushes a little, "No one asked me, of course." He frowns, "High school sucks."
Yensy looks over at Maria, “Maria, let’s take pictures just the two of us,” she grins.
Maria smiles at Declan and pats his shoulder before going over to take pictures with Yensy.
Yensy smiles as they pose for photos.
Maria grins and poses with her.
Yensy smiles and hugs her.
Maria giggles and returns the hug.
She smiles and then Noella calls out, “Time to go people!”
Peter grins and goes over to Yensy, holding his hand out.
She takes his hand and smiles.
Peter leads her out to the limo. Declan gets in to sit next to Josh.
Josh looks at Declan and hands him his flask.
Declan chuckles, "Am I that predictable?"
He shakes his head and grins, "Nah, I'm just having your back."
He smiles and pats his shoulder before taking a sip from the flask. Gina, who is on the other side of Josh, "Don't drink too much, Dec. We don't want you to get kicked out of the dance before you we even get in."
Josh looks at her, "He's barely had any."
Gina smiles and shrugs, "Just saying." Declan smiles, "I'll be careful." Gina grins, "Good, then may I?" She asks Josh.
Josh raises his brows and passes her the flask.
Gina drinks some of it before passing it back.
He chuckles, “Don’t get too drunk, Gina.”
Gina sticks her tongue out at him. Peter smiles at Yensy, “Have you been in a limo before?”
Yensy nods her head, “Once, when my mom got remarried.”
Peter raises his brows and smiles, “This might be a little more fun.”
She laughs, “Guaranteed.”
Peter chuckles and smiles at her, “I’m glad you said yes to being my date.”
Yensy blushes and smiles at him, “Of course I said yes.”
He grins and puts his arm around her.
She smiles at him, “Thanks for asking me.”
Peter grins at her, "Of course.. I wanted to for a while but you were with Declan.."
She raises her eyebrows as she looks at him, “Really?”
He smiles shyly and nods, "But don't tell Dec.."
Yensy bites her lip and nods a little, “Oh, okay.” She smiles and glances at Declan.
Maria sits on the other side of Yensy, twiddling her fingers uncomfortably.
Yensy looks at Maria and smiles, “Are you having fun?”
Maria looks at her and smiles a little, "Yeah."
“You sure?” She raises her brows.
She nods her head and forces a bigger smile, "I'm sure."
She pouts, “No you’re not. What’s wrong?”
Maria shakes her head and speaks in a hushed tone, "Just feeling uncomfortable.."
“Did someone say something to you?” She frowns.
She shakes her head and laughs a little, "Not at all."
Yensy bites her lip a little, “You got me.”
Maria smiles a little at her, "I know."
She grins and hugs her, “Thanks for coming with us.”
She smiles and hugs her back, "Thanks for asking me."
“You’re welcome,” she smiles. The limo stops at the school and she grins. Josh hands Declan the flask, “Drink what you want now.”
Declan takes the flask and takes a big swig from it. Peter gets out of the limo and holds his hand out to Yensy.
Yensy glances at Declan and bites her lip before she takes Peter’s hand and gets out.
Maria follows her out. Declan hands Josh his flask back and grins, "Thanks, buddy." he pats his shoulder and waits for their other friends to get out before getting out too.
Yensy smiles at Peter, “Let’s go ahead in.” She holds her freehand out for Maria.
Maria smiles and takes her hand. Gina looks at Josh, "Ready, Joshie?"
Josh nods his head as he slips the flask in his pocket, “Yes, Ma’am.”
Gina gets out with him and Declan looks at them, "I'm not holding your hand like how Maria did."
Josh laughs, “I wasn’t gonna offer it to you.”
Declan chuckles, a little tipsy, "You're just saying that cause I said no before you got a chance." Gina laughs as goes inside with them.
Josh laughs, “Yeah. You’re right.”
He looks around once they're inside, "Why did we want to come to this again?"
Josh shrugs, “Peer pressure?”
Declan laughs and nods. Gina grins, "Noelle, Val, and I do a good job of that."
Josh nods, “You do.” Yensy smiles at Peter, “Do you like to dance?”
Peter grins, "I love to, I'm not great though."
“I’m sure that’s not true,” she smiles.
He chuckles, "It kind of is." Declan goes to the table their group is at and sits down.
“Well I’ll be the judge of that,” she laughs.
Peter laughs shyly, "I'll definitely dance with you."
“Okay, let’s dance,” she smiles.
Peter takes her hand and brings her to the dance floor. Declan watches them with a scowl. Maria bites her lip and goes to sit with Declan.
She follows him and starts to dance with him.
Peter grins as he starts to dance with her.
Yensy smiles as they dance and her eyes glance around as she looks for Declan.
Val grins at Mike, "Can we go dance?"
Mike raises his brows and nods, “Sure.”
She takes his hand and pulls to the dance floor. Gina looks at Josh, "Joshie?"
Josh chuckles, “Okaaay.”
Gina grins and brings Josh to the dance floor.
Yensy glances over at Declan and then looks at Peter, “You’re a good dancer.”
Peter grins at her, “You’re being nice.” Declan looks at Maria, “Wanna dance?” Maria looks at him with wide eyes, “I-I can’t..” Declan gives her a small look and smiles, “Maria, we’re both just sitting here when we could be having fun. We’re friends right? Friends can dance together. We’ll stay six feet a part and dance near each other if that makes you feel better.” Maria chews on her lip, “Alright..” They both stand up and go to the dance floor.
She shakes her head, “I’m being honest.”
He grins widely and takes her hand and twirls her. Declan and Maria start to dance, maintaining a good distance between them.
She laughs as she twirls and looks over and notices Declan dancing near Maria and loses her footing and bumps into Peter, "Oops!"
Peter laughs and moves his hands to her waist to gently stabilize her, “I’ve got you.”
"Sorry," she laughs a little.
Peter grins and keeps his hands on her waist as he dances with her again, “Don’t be.”
She blushes at his hands on her waist and she nods shyly, moving her hands to his shoulders.
Peter grins widely as they dance. Declan watches him and feels his jealousy get to him and he moves a little closer to Maria.
Yensy smiles and bites her lip a little, "Why didn't you tell him?"
Peter looks at her confusedly, “Sorry, what?”
"That you liked me. He's your friend, why didn't you tell him?" She looks up at him.
Peter laughs a little, “You don’t tell your friends that you’re into their girlfriends. I mean, did Maria tell you she had a crush on Declan?” He nods over to where the two of them are dancing a little closer to each other.
Yensy furrows her eyebrows, "Maria doesn't have.." She looks over at Declan and Maria dancing and frowns.
Peter watches her frown and he frowns, “Yensy?”
Yensy pulls her lips between her teeth and then looks at Peter, "Yeah?"
Peter frowns more, “You do want to be here with me, right?”
"Yes, it's just.. still fresh, I guess.." she looks at him.
He raises his brows, “Do you want me to go say something to him?”
She quickly shakes her head, “No, no.”
Peter nods his head a little, “Okay..”
She smiles a little as they dance.
Peter smiles and dances with her again.
She moves to the music and fights the urge to look over at Declan.
Peter smiles and twirls Yensy again.
She smiles as she twirls and then moves her hands to his shoulders.
Peter smiles widely at her.
She smiles and dances with him for a bit, “Wanna take a break?”
He nods and grins, "Sure."
She nods and smiles as she goes over to the table with him.
Peter sits with her and smiles, "Can I get you a drink?"
“Oh, sure. Just water please,” she nods.
Peter nods and smiles, "Sure, I'll be right back." He gets up to get them drinks. Maria sees Yensy sitting by herself so she excuses herself from Declan and he goes to dance with Gina and Josh. Maria smiles widely as she sits next to Yensy, "Seems like you're having fun out there."
Yensy looks at Maria and nods a little, “Yeah, I guess... I could say the same to you.”
Maria raises her brows and smiles, "Yeah, the music is good."
“Surprisingly, yeah,” she laughs softly.
Maria smiles at her, "Is my makeup still on?"
Yensy looks at her and nods, “Still looks great. How about mine?”
She grins and nods, "Sure is."
She smiles, “Good.” Yensy bites her lip, “I doubt it’s true, but.. I don’t know. Do you have a crush on Declan?”
Maria raises her brows and looks at Declan, "A crush? I don't think so. He's just nice to me."
Yensy nods a little and looks over at Declan, “Yeah.. he is a nice guy..”
Maria looks at her, "I'm not like... after him if that's what you're worried about. He felt bad that we were both just sitting here when we could've been having fun dancing."
“I know you’re not. You’re not like that,” she smiles a little. “Do you think I shouldn’t have come with Peter?”
Maria shrugs her shoulders, "I mean, he obviously likes you. Do you like him?"
She chews on her lip a little, “Peter is great. Really great.”
Maria watches her face, "But you don't like him back.."
She looks at Declan and then at Maria, “I still like Declan. A lot. I thought Peter asked me to the dance to be a good friend..”
She frowns a little, "I think you should be honest with Peter."
“I know. I didn’t realize he actually like liked me until we were dancing. I feel awful,” she sighs.
Maria's brows raise, "You didn't?"
“I thought he was being a good friend,” she bites her lip.
Maria smiles, "I could've told you that he liked you."
Yensy looks at her, “I feel really bad.”
She rubs her shoulder and Peter comes over with a water for Yensy and Maria cause he saw she had joined and he sets the three drinks down, "Alright, I'm back. Did I miss anything?"
Yensy looks at him and shakes her head as she smiles, “You didn’t miss anything at all. Thank you for getting us drinks.”
Peter nods and smiles, "Of course. Maria I got you a water too." Maria smiles, "Thanks, Peter." She sips some of the water and smiles at Yensy, "Gonna get back to my dance partner."
Yensy sips her water and nods her head, “Okay. Have fun.”
Maria goes back to dance with Declan and Peter smiles at Yensy, putting his arm around her.
Yensy looks at Peter and smiles a little, “Are you having fun?”
Peter grins and nods, "I am, are you?"
“Yeah,” she smiles and sips her water. “Want to go dance with our friends?”
He smiles, "Sure." He gets up and holds his hand out.
She takes his hand and follows him onto the dance floor.
Peter brings her over to where their friends are dancing and he starts dancing with her again.
She smiles as she dances with him.
Declan dances with Maria again, watching Peter and Yensy with a grimace.
Yensy glances over Declan and catches his expression.
Declan looks at Maria and smiles, taking her hand to twirl her and she giggles as she twirls around.
Yensy bites her tongue and dances closer to Peter.
Peter moves his hands to Yensy's waist again as they dance. Declan lets go of her hand after the twirl but keeps dancing.
She smiles as they dance and glances briefly at Declan.
Peter gently pulls Yensy closer to him.
She looks at him and grins.
He grins back at her as they dance. Declan tells Maria he's gonna go get a water so Maria dances over to Yensy.
Yensy looks at Maria and smiles, “Keep Peter company so I can go to the bathroom?”
Maria shrugs and nods, “Sure.” Declan goes to where the refreshments are.
Yensy smiles at Peter, “I’ll be right back.”
Peter nods and smiles, leaning in to kiss her cheek. “See you soon.”
She blushes a little and smiles before slipping away and leaving the dance floor. She sees Declan by the refreshments and goes over to him slowly, “Hey, you.”
Declan raises his brows and looks at Yensy, “Hey.”
Yensy half smiles, “Are you having a good time?”
He nods a little, “Yeah, you?”
“Yeah.. Though I’d be having more fun if you didn’t looks so disgusted every time you looked at me..” she bites her lip.
Declan frowns at her, “Jesus, Yens, go back to your date.”
She furrows her brows as she looks at him, “What’s your problem, Declan? We agreed to be friends.”
His brows furrow, “Whats my problem? Uh, I don’t know, maybe it’s the fact that you’re here on a date with one of my best friends.”
“He asked me. What was I supposed to do, say no?” She crosses her arms over her chest.
Declan gives her a look, “Yes!”
“Yes?” She raises her eyebrows at him. “It bothers you.”
He furrows his brows, “What? I’m saying yes you should’ve said no.”
“I know what you’re saying. I’m just confused. You said I was free to go with whoever. You said.. You said I’d have fun with him when I told you he asked me,” she frowns.
He frowns at her, “You had already said yes when you told me!”
“Because you said I could go with whoever! Why does it bother you so much when a guy likes me? First it’s Kevin, then it’s Peter. Am I not good enough for anyone?” She furrows her eyebrows.
Declan looks at her like she’s crazy. “What are you talking about!? I told you that I wanted to kiss you and then the next day you said yes to Peter before I could ask you to this damned thing!” Peter comes over, not hearing what they’re saying but hearing that there’s yelling, “Declan, that’s enough.”
Yensy feels tears well up in her eyes, but blinks them away and looks at Peter in surprise.
Declan looks at him, “Peter, mind your own business.” Peter looks at him, “no, I’m tired of you upsetting Yensy. You guys broke up! I think you should find your own way home tonight.” Declan purses his lips and moves away from him, going to find Josh.
Yensy bites her lip and looks at Peter and frowns, "Peter.. You didn't have to. I.." Josh raises his brows as he sees Declan looking upset and he goes over to him, "Hey, what's going on?"
He looks at him, “I need your flask.” Peter moves his hand to her shoulder, “You’re okay, I won’t let him upset you anymore.” Gina follows Josh, “Declan, you both will get in trouble if he takes that out.” Declan groans and hits his palm against his head.
Yensy frowns, “It’s not his fault...”
Josh looks at Gina, “Stop being such a party pooper.” He leads Declan out through the back door behind the gym and hands him the flask once they’re outside.
Gina goes over to Yensy, “Are you okay?”
Declan takes the flask and takes a big swig from it.
Yensy raises her brows as she sees Gina and nods a little, “Yeah, I’m fine. It’s nothing.”
Josh watches him, “Whoa. Shit must have hit the fan.”
Peter frowns, “It’s not nothing, he was making her cry again!” Gina frowns and rubs Yensy’s arm, “Thats not okay..” Val comes over with Mike, “Whats going on?” Gina looks at her, “Declan is being an ass to Yensy again.” Val’s jaw drops, “What has been going on with him!? I’m so sorry, Yens. We’ll make sure he doesn’t bother you the rest of the night.”
Declan hands him his flask back and sighs heavily.
Yensy widens her eyes and shakes her head quickly, “No, no. It wasn’t like that. We just had a mix up. He’s your friend.”
Gina scoffs, “You’re a friend. He’s been weird for weeks.” Peter nods, “I told him to find his own way home tonight.” Val hums, “That honestly might be best..”
Yensy shakes her head, “No, no. I’ll just have my dad pick Maria and I up. Let him ride with you guys.”
Josh looks at him and bites his lip, “Do you love her?”
Peter shakes his head, "No, Yensy. You're here with me, he can get his own ride. Don't worry about it.." He rubs her back.
Declan bites his lip as he thinks, "I-I don't know.. maybe.."
Yensy frowns deeply, “I feel so bad. It’s my fault. I should have just left him alone.”
Josh raises his brows, “Damn.” He takes a drink from the flask. “Do you think she loves you?”
Maria comes over and frowns, "Yens?"
Declan shakes his head, "No."
Yensy looks over at Maria, “Hey, sorry.”
Josh nods a little, “Screw her then. Let’s ditch.”
Maria bites her lip, "What's going on?"
Declan nods his head, "Let's go."
“Declan and I got in an argument,” she frowns.
Josh pats his back and leads him around the building, “Looks like we’re walking though.”
Maria frowns and holds her arms out to her.
Declan nods his head, "We'll keep our heads low and try not to let anyone smell us."
Yensy hugs her and frowns.
Josh nods and stashes his flask.
Maria rubs her back comfortingly, "Are you okay?"
Declan leads Josh back inside.
She nods, “I think so..”
Josh sighs, “Shit, I can’t ditch Gina. She’ll be so pissed. Let me tell her I’m leaving with you.”
Maria keeps her close and nods her head.
Declan clears his throat a little and nods, "Alright."
Josh pats his back and then looks for Gina. He sees her with their friends and goes over, “Uh.. hey. Don’t kill me, but I’m ditching with Dec.”
Gina frowns, "Are you serious? What if we win king and queen?"
Josh gives her a look and laughs, “I’m not gonna win king. Dec needs me. I gotta go.” Yensy pulls back from Maria as she hears him.
Gina frowns more and grumbles, "Fine. None of us wanna be see him right now anyways." Val looks at Josh, "Maybe he'll tell you why he's so into making people cry lately."
Josh furrows his eyebrows and looks at Yensy then back at Gina and Val, “Give me a break.” He shakes his head and goes back over to Declan.
Declan looks at Josh and frowns, "What the hell is going on over there?" The student president comes onto the stage with the mic, "Alright everyone, it's time to announce this years Winter Ball King and Queen!"
Josh sighs, “Gina thinks we’re gonna win this thing.”
He looks at him and furrows his brows, "Josh no, with everyone else huddled in a group?"
“Oh, comforting Yensy,” he shrugs.
Declan groans and his words slur a little, "That's such-such bull shit!" The girl opens the envelope and grins, "Yensy Moralez and Declan Jennings!"
Josh raises his brows and mumbles, “Uh oh.”
Yensy widens her eyes and looks around in surprise, “What?”
Declan lets out a loud sarcastic laugh before muttering, "bull shit." She quickly starts to make his way to the stage. Maria grins and starts to usher Yensy to the stage, "Go, go!"
Yensy bites her lip and smiles as everyone cheers for them and she gets onto the stage.
Declan doesn't look at Yensy as they're given their sashes and crowns.
Yensy looks at him and swallows thickly, forcing a small smile. “Speech!” A random kid calls out and the rest of the students repeat it.
He steps up to the mic and laughs drunkenly into it, "Yeah, I've got a speech! To everyone who voted for Yensy, congrats! You have all been successfully conned! Aren't you happy about that, Yens? Your plan worked."
Yensy’s smile quickly falls as her face starts to turn red and she looks at Declan in shock. Noelle furrows her eyebrows and looks at Maria, “What is he talking about?”
Maria looks at her with wide eyes and shrugs, "I have no idea." Declan chuckles humorlessly, "See, none of you gave a shit about who Yensy was a few months ago. Or if you knew who she was, it was because you were mean to her. I was nice to her though, and I guess that was naive of me because she turned out to not be so nice!"
Yensy feels her stomach drop, not sure what to do as she freezes in her spot, her jaw dropping open as tears glaze over her eyes.
Declan looks at Yensy with pain in his eyes and then back to the crowd, "See, Yensy caught me cheating on a test one day, and she said she'd tell on me unless l hung out with her at school, said hi in the hallways, walked with her to class, let her eat lunch with me and my friends, and gave her a ride to school every morning." Declan shakes his head, "And now my friends are over there, shit talking me because of her and I am tired of letting her get away with what she did to me!"
She looks at Declan, regret and pain in her eyes as she stands there, humiliated. She covers her mouth to cover a sob before running off the stage. She hurriedly pushes through the crowd and runs outside.
Declan looks at everyone, "I don't even care if I get suspended or expelled anymore because I'm tired of everyone turning on me when they're supposed to be my friends for a girl they didn't care about until she blackmailed me so they would finally be nice to her." He takes off his crown and sash before getting off the stage. Maria runs after Yensy.
Josh drops his jaw and looks over at the their friends and then at Declan.
Yensy runs outside as she cries and hides on the side of the building, crouching down against the wall.
Everyone starts to whisper among the crowd and Declan goes over to Josh, "Can we still go?" Gina frowns, "Dec, why didn't you tell us?" Declan frowns, "I was trying to be able to graduate with all of you assholes."
Maria approaches her hesitantly, "Yensy?"
Josh is in disbelief, “So you guys didn’t date?” Mike looks at Peter, “Looks like you dodged a bullet.”
Yensy sniffles and hides her face.
Declan shakes his head, "No." Peter frowns, "No, that.. Yensy wouldn't.." Declan frowns at him, "She did! And she doesn't like you like that."
Josh raises his brows, “Wow.” Noelle crosses her arms over her chest, “She was just using you?”
Yensy lifts her head a little, “It’s true.”
Declan nods, "Yes."
Maria frowns and sits next to her, "Why would you do that?"
Josh sighs, “Let’s go. I need a drink.”
Yensy cries and shakes her head, “I was possessed or something. I don’t know.”
Declan nods his head. Val frowns, "Should we go too?'
Mike shrugs, “Might as well.”
Maria rubs Yensy's shoulder, "Want me to call my mom?"
Gina nods, "Let's go to the limo and we can all get drunk in my basement."
Yensy nods a little and lets out a soft sob.
Josh laughs, “Sounds good to me.”
Maria frowns and puts his arm around her, calling her mom.
Declan nods, "Let's just go."
Josh pats his back and leaves the dance with them, going out to the limo.
They all file out and go to the limo.
Maria comforts Yensy and calls her mom, asking her to pick them up.
After Yensy goes shopping with the girls for Winter Ball dresses, she goes to a coffee shop to read. When she’s there Kevin shows up and starts talking with her. She wants to be polite, and also likes the idea of someone actually being interested in her, so she talks with him and they end up hanging out for the rest of the day. As she’s about to leave he invites her to a party that night, and she doesn’t know how to say no, so she says okay. He ends up picking her up at her house and the arrive at the party together. She smiles as he opens the door for her and she thanks him as she steps inside the house and looks around.
Declan is at the house party with his friends, actually drinking because Peter said that he'd drive him home. He's in the living room with his group of friends and his brows raise as he sees Yensy come in, his jaw immediately clenching when he sees Kevin behind her.
Kevin takes Yensy’s jacket for her and she grins and then sees Declan and bites her lip before waving.
He looks away from her and Val frowns, "break ups still fresh, huh?" He shrugs his shoulders and drinks from his cup.
Yensy fights a frown and then follows Kevin to the kitchen to get a drink.
Gina looks at Noelle, "Oh, she's gonna be pissed."
Noelle looks at her, “Hey, I didn’t know about this party until an hour ago.”
Val laughs, "She'll still be pissed." Declan rolls his eyes, "Well, she can vent about it to Kevin, can't she?"
Noelle raises her brows, “Who broke up with who again?”
Declan looks at her, "Since when are you her friend before you're mine?"
She gives him a look, “I’m here with you, am I not? If you want to come in shopping trips and talk about our sex lives, you’re more than welcome though,” she giggles.
He looks at her and laughs, "As if I don't already hear enough about those at the lunch table." Gina shrugs her shoulders, "Look, we're a very open group, what can we say?"
Mike sits down next to Declan, “Hey did you guys know Yensy is here with Kevin?”
Declan rolls his eyes and sips his drink. Gina laughs, "Oh, we know."
Mike shrugs, “Just saying.”
Val laughs, "Touchy subject."
Josh hands Declan a drink, “Drink the pain away, my friend.”
Declan takes the drink and takes a swig of it. Gina laughs, "Decs never does this. It's gonna be a whole new side of him."
Noelle watches him curiously and then nods her head. Yensy and Kevin come out of the kitchen and are talking as they walk by Declan.
Declan looks down at his feet, clenching his jaw.
Yensy glances over at him, not paying so much attention to Kevin.
Peter comes over to sit with them and he notices Yensy and waves.
Yensy looks at Peter and waves back with a smile.
Declan watches them and then drinks more from his cup.
She excuses herself from Kevin and goes over to them, smiling, “Hey guys.”
Peter smiles at her, "Hi, Yensy." Val smiles, "Long time no see."
Yensy nods her head and smiles a little, “Declan, can we talk for a moment?”
Declan looks up at her, "Kevin won't mind?"
She furrows her eyebrows a little, “No..”
He stands up and sighs, shoving his hands in his pockets before walking away from everyone.
Yensy walks over to a secluded area with him, “I am not on a date with Kevin. I told you I wouldn’t and I’m not.”
Declan raises his brows, "Looks like you are."
She frowns at him, “Well I’m not. He came up to me when I was reading at the cafe and then he invited me. I didn’t know how to say no.”
He shrugs, "By saying no. No. See? Easy."
She furrows her eyebrows a little, “Are you actually mad at me?”
Declan raises his brows, "You're here with the one person I can't stand. Just admit you wanted to be here with him."
She scrunches her nose a little, “I wouldn’t be here with him if you had invited me.”
He shrugs, "Didn't think you'd want to come."
“Seriously? What gave you that idea, Declan? The fact that I’ve gone to every other party with you guys or what?” She furrows her eyebrows.
Declan shrugs again, "Cause we're not pretending to be together anymore, I didn't think I had to invite you especially when you were just dress shopping with the girls."
She folds her arms across her chest, “Then maybe I should find a new ride to school.”
His brows raise, "I'm sure you've had plenty of offers."
She frowns as she looks at him, “I don’t understand what changed.”
Declan looks at her, “You changed.”
Yensy furrows her eyebrows, “Isn’t that what you wanted?”
He raises his brows and stands up straight, “You hanging out with Kevin is definitely not what I wanted. I made that clear.”
She watches him and bites her tongue, "I told you. I was at the cafe and he just started talking to me. I wasn't going to be rude!"
Declan rolls his eyes, “You can’t say no to him but you can take advantage of me, right?”
She furrows her brows, "What's that supposed to mean?
He crosses his arms over his chest, “You know exactly what it’s supposed to mean.”
Yensy swallows thickly as tears prick her eyes, "I didn't take advantage of you. I just.. wanted to be friends.."
Declan raises his brows, “You blackmailed me, Yensy. You didn’t want to be friends, you fucking used me to get popular. Now here you are with your new clothes and new look because I did that for you.”
She stares at him and wipes her eyes, "Oh you think you're a much better person than me, huh? You're not as honest as your pretend to be either."
His brows furrow and he shakes his head, “Wow.”
"Yeah. Wow," she shakes her head and rolls her eyes before walking away from him, wiping her eyes quickly as she sees Kevin approach her.
Declan goes back inside to his friends and drowns what’s left in his cup. Gina mouths, ‘Yikes.’
"Yensy, are you crying?" Kevin looks at her concerned and gently touches her shoulder and she wipes her eyes again and shakes her head. He watches Declan walk away from where Yensy had just been and he goes over to him, "Hey what the hell is your problem, Jennings?"
He rolls his eyes, “Fuck off.”
Yensy widens her eyes as she quickly goes over to them. Kevin raises his brows, "Why don't you apologize to Yensy and then you can fuck off."
Declan looks at him and laughs loudly. Peter looks at Josh and Mike warily.
Josh looks at Peter and then at Declan, "What the hell is going on?"
Declan shrugs, “Yensy made herself cry and now Kevin wants to impress her by coming to stand up for her.”
Yensy frowns and bites on her lip as she looks at Declan and shakes her head. Noelle furrows her brows as she looks at Declan and she scoffs and gets up, taking Yensy's hand and leading her away from them. Kevin laughs, "You don't have to be jealous just because she's not tethered to you anymore, Declan. Don't worry, I'll share," he smirks.
Val bites her lip and goes after the girls but Gina stays put, “You pig!” She throws her drink at Kevin.
Kevin drops his jaw, "Bitch!" Josh stands in front of Kevin, "Don't talk about my friends like that." Kevin raises his brows, "Or what?" He shoves Josh's shoulders. Josh doesn't hesitate to tackle him and they start fihting.
Declan pulls Josh off of Kevin and Peter helps to hold him back. Declan yanks Kevin up to his feet by his shirt before putting him in a headlock, “Say you’re sorry to Gina!”
Kevin tries to get out of his grasp, "Fuck you."
Declan holds him tighter and drags him to the door and throws him outside.
Kevin flips him off and storms off. Josh goes over to Declan, "I had him, man. Could've finished him."
Declan puts his hand on his shoulder, “I know you could’ve, but if anyone gets suspended from the team for this I wasn’t gonna let it be you.”
He smiles and shrugs, "Thanks."
Declan nods and lets out a deep breath, going back inside with him. Gina frowns and goes over to them before hugging Josh.
Josh hugs her and squeezes her, "I got your back."
Gina nods and squeezes him back, “Thank you.” Declan rubs Gina’s shoulder and Peter comes over, “I recorded the whole thing on my phone just in case.”
Josh laughs, "Well maybe we shouldn't show anyone or Dec and I will both be off the time."
Peter nods, “Its only in case Kevin tries to spin the story to coach.”
"Thanks, man," Josh pats his shoulder. Mike laughs, "That was wild."
Declan laughs, “It was.”
Mike raises his brows, “I hope Yensy’s alright.”
Gina furrows her brows, “Why is everyone more worried about her than Declan?”
Josh raises his brows, “I’m not.” Mike shrugs, “She was crying!”
Declan groans, “She made herself cry!”
Mike raises his eyebrows a little, "Okay, okay."
He shakes his head. Val looks at Yensy. “Do you wanna talk about it?”
Yensy shakes her head, "Declan hates me."
Val raises her brows, “Why do you think that?”
"Because.. I came here with Kevin," she bites her lip.
Gina storms over to them and groans, “Kevin is disgusting!”
Noelle raises her brows, "What happened?!"
She scoffs, “He said something disgusting to Declan about Yensy. I called him a pig and threw my drink at him! Josh stood up for me and Kevin shoved him! Then Josh tackled him and was gonna beat the shit out of him. It was nuts! Declan got Josh off, yanked Kevin to his feet and demanded he apologize to me. He said fuck you to Declan and Declan literally threw him out of the party.”
Yensy widens her eyes and drops her jaw, “Oh my god. I should have never come.”
Gina looks at her, “If you were trying to make Declan jealous it worked, but next time find someone who isn’t out to get him off the team.”
Yensy furrows his eyebrows, "I wasn't trying to make him jealous. I.. He asked me to stay away from him and I said okay. After we all went shopping I went to cafe to read and Kevin was there and we started talking, and that's it. He invited me to come to this party. I wasn't thinking. I was just happy to be invited by someone.."
Gina crosses her arms over her chest. Val bites her lip, “We were trying to give you and Declan space from each other.” Gina laughs, “And clearly for good reason.”
Noelle sighs softly, "I'm sorry we didn't invite you, Yensy." Yensy shrugs her shoulders, "It's fine. I'm not mad."
Gina looks at her, “In case you were wondering, he said, ‘You don't have to be jealous just because she's not tethered to you anymore, Declan. Don't worry, I'll share.’”
She makes a face and frowns, "Asshole."
Val’s jaw drops, “Good on you for throwing your drink on him, G.”
Yensy nods her head a little, "Yeah, thanks."
Gina nods her head.
"Well.. I'm gonna go home. Thank you, all three of you, I appreciate you coming to check up on me and for throwing a drink in Kevin's face," she half smiles.
Val raises her brows, “I’ll drive you.”
Yensy looks at her, "Really? I don't want to take you away from the party."
She shakes her head, “It’s fine. I’ll come back if I want to.”
Yensy nods her head a little, "Okay, thank you, Val," she smiles. "Want me to join you?" Noelle smiles.
Val shrugs. “If you want, No.”
Yensy bites her lip, "You don't have to. Just have fun, okay? Go hang out with your friens." Noelle half smiles, "Okay, Yensy."
Gina looks at Noelle and she looks at Yensy and smiles, “See you Monday.”
Yensy nods her head and smiles, "See you Monday." Noelle links her arm with Gina and goes back to the boys with her.
Val smiles at Yensy and brings her out to her car. Gina sits down on Declan’s leg and ruffles his hair. He rolls his eyes and laughs, “Cut it out.”
Yensy looks at Val as they get in the car, "Thank you.. I really appreciate it." Josh raises his brows and grins, "Gina and Declan sitting in a tree.."
Val smiles, “It’s no problem, I haven’t been drinking. What’s your address?” Declan and Gina both make faces.
Yensy gives her her address and looks out the window, "Do you think Declan will forgive me?" Josh shrugs a little, "Just kidding."
Val nods, “Definitely. He doesn’t hold grudges.” Declan laughs, “Okay, Rocky.”
“What if I don’t deserve to be forgiven?” She looks at her. Josh laughs and mimics boxing.
Her brows raise, “Did you cheat on him with Kevin?” Peter chuckles.
Yensy raises her eyebrows and quickly shakes her head, “Oh, no. No way. Not at all.”
Val nods, “He’ll forgive you.”
Yensy nods her head slightly.
She smiles at her, “Do you love him?”
Yensy gets butterflies and her cheeks turn red, “What? Oh, I don’t know..” She fights a frown, “I think I could have, but you don’t hurt the people you love.. and I hurt him. So.. I don’t know.”
Val frowns, “Just keep showing you’re sorry.”
She nods her head a little, “I feel so stupid.”
Her brows raise, “Why?”
“For thinking Kevin was just being nice in inviting me,” she shrugs.
Val wrinkles her nose, “He’s always been slimy.”
She shrugs, “I never really knew or talked to him.”
She nods, “It’s okay. I mean it’s easy to want someone you don’t realize is bad after a breakup.”
Yensy shakes her head and sighs, “I didn’t want him. He was nice to me.”
Val hums, “Alright.”
“I didn’t,” she looks at her.
She nods, “I believe you. It just seems weird that you said okay to coming to a party with someone you know is into you.”
Yensy sighs and leans her head against the window.
Val pulls into her driveway, “What did you do to Declan?”
She lifts her head, “He’s mad because he told me to stay away from Kevin and I didn’t.” She takes out a twenty dollar bill and hands it to her, “For gas. Thanks for the ride, Val. I really appreciate it.”
Val gives her a look, “We’re friends Yensy. I don’t want your money.” She smiles, “He’ll get over it.”
Yensy fights a frown, wanting to tell her the truth about it all, but chickens out and nods her head, “Thanks.. Goodnight, Val.”
Val smiles, “Night, Yens. Don’t be too hard on yourself.”
She nods a little and gets out of the car and waves, “Bye.” She closes the door and goes inside.
Val goes home and instead of back to the party.
Yensy gets ready for bed and tries to sleep, but has too much on her mind. She can’t stop thinking about Declan. She looks at the clock that reads 2 am and hesitant texts him. Are you up?
Declan is home, laying in his bed still drunk when he gets her text. He looks at his phone and sighs. Yeah
She bites her lip and gets out of bed and puts her boots and jacket on before sneaking out of her house and starting to walk to Declan’s as she replies Can we talk?
He stares at her text for a minute or two before replying, sur
Yensy sees his text and calls him.
He picks up the phone and breathes out, “Hello?”
She bites her lip, “Hi..”
Declan raises his brows, “Hi..”
“I’m sorry it’s the middle of the night. I just wanted to talk to you and tell you that I’m sorry,” she frowns.
His brows raise, “For what?”
“Everything,” she says softly as she gets to his house and looks up at his window. “I’m outside.”
Declan rubs his forehead, “Come to the front door.”
“Okay,” she bites her lip and goes to the front door.
He goes downstairs and opens the front door for her.
She bites her lip as she sees him and puts her phone away, “I’m.. so sorry, Declan. I should have never said anything to you when I saw you cheating on that test. I know you think I used you for popularity, and that’s fair, but it was more than that. I really did want to be friends with you and all your friends.. but I’m sorry. I won’t associate myself with you or them anymore. If you hate me, then that’s fine because I was a jerk..” She quickly rambles and then stops and looks at him.
Declan looks at her and sighs heavily, “Come upstairs.” He goes upstairs to his room.
She raises her eyebrows and follows him up to his room.
He lets out a soft breath and sits on the edge of the bed with his head in his hands.
She frowns as she watches him, “I’m sorry..”
Declan runs his fingers through his hair. “It’s too late. They want you as their friend. They ran to defend you.”
Yensy shakes her head, “It’s not too late. They’re your friends first and longer. They accepted me for you. I.. all I did was mess things up. I just want to go back to being nobody.”
He shakes his head, “It is too late, Yensy. This shit is what you wanted. You wanted the people who used to bully you to like you and they do. They consider you a best friend now, it’s too late.”
She sighs and looks away from him, “Why did you tell everyone I made myself cry?”
Declan looks at her, “Cause you did this to yourself.”
Yensy raises her eyebrows and blinks back tears, “I thought you were my friend..”
He watches her and shakes his head, “This is exactly what I meant when I said you made yourself cry. You can’t handle the guilt of what you did, and that’s not my fault.”
She furrows her brows, “You don’t even know why I’m upset, Declan. You don’t even care. Your words, they hurt. I didn’t make myself cry, you made me cry. Being short with me, not believing me when I was telling you the truth. We were on good terms,” She shakes her head. “This isn’t about you being mad that I blackmailed you or that I changed. No, there’s something more that you’re not being honest about.”
Declan groans and throws his hands up in the air, “Do you ever stop and listen to yourself!?”
She shrinks back as she looks at him with wide eyes.
He looks at her and shakes his head, “I am mad that you blackmailed me. I’m mad that my friends like you more than me. I’m mad that even though you were using me I still liked you anyways! I’m mad that I wanna kiss you right now because I shouldn’t, not after all of this shit. It’s not right.”
Yensy listens to him and her jaw drops open a little, “You want to kiss me?”
Declan rubs his forehead and lays down in his bed, “Yeah.”
She watches him and swallows thickly, hesitant to approach him, “I’m sorry I hung out with Kevin. And.. I’m sorry for hurting you.”
He lets out a soft breath, “Get in the bed, Yensy.”
She takes off her boots and lays down next to him as her heart pounds in her chest.
Declan looks at her, “I’m drunk, so I’m not gonna do anything cause that would be wrong.”
“I know you wouldn’t do anything,” she says softly and gently moves her hand to his shoulder. “You’re a good person, Declan.”
He looks at her, “No I’m not.”
“Why do you say that?” She asks softly.
Declan shrugs, “Cause I thought about beating the shit out Kevin tonight and I made you cry.”
She bites her lip as she looks at him, lightly moving her hand to his cheek, “That doesn’t make you a bad person.”
He leans into her touch, “I haven’t always been nice to you.”
Yensy shrugs a little, “I don’t know if I deserved for you to be nice to me.”
Declan looks at her, “Before all of this too though. When my friends were mean to you.”
She nods and strokes his cheek with her thumb, “Maybe we’ve evened out the playing score.”
He closes his eyes and frowns, “Don’t know if that’s how it works.”
She looks at him for a moment and studies his features before looking away in case he opens his eyes, “I’m sorry for barging over here.”
Declan breathes out softly, “S’okay..”
She nods a little and moves her hand to stroke his hair.
He relaxes at her touch and hums.
“You should sleep,” she says softly.
Declan nods tiredly.
“Goodnight,” she whispers softly.
"Night," he whispers before falling asleep.
She watches him sleep for a moment before falling asleep.
In the morning, Declan wakes up and groans, covering his head with his arms.
Yensy stirs awake and rubs her eyes.
Declan lets out a deep breath and drops his arms, slowly blinking his eyes open.
She rolls onto her side and looks at him, “Good morning..”
He looks at her, “Morning..”
“How are you feeling?” She asks softly.
Declan laughs, “Not good.”
Yensy half smiles, “I’m sorry. Can I get you anything?”
He shakes his head. “I’ll be fine.” He looks at her, “Your dad is gonna kill you.”
She sighs and covers her face, “Oh no..”
Declan half smiles, “Any chance he won’t know you snuck out in the middle of the night?”
“Only if I can sneak back into my room before he gets suspicious,” she drops her hands and shakes her head.
He laughs, “I’ll take you home.”
“You don’t have to, Declan. I can walk,” she nods and sits up.
Declan slowly gets up, “Its fine.”
Yensy bites her lip, “I don’t mind walking.”
He gives her a look, “Yensy, I’m gonna drive you.”
She looks at him and stands up, nodding her head, “Thank you.”
Declan puts on a clean shirt and then shoes before grabbing his keys.
She puts her shoes on and goes over to him, “Declan?”
His brows raise, “Hm?”
“I am.. genuinely sorry I ever blackmailed you,” she says softly.
Declan nods a little, “I know.”
She nods her head, “Okay..”
He holds his hand out to her.
Yensy takes his hand.
Declan leads her downstairs and out to the jeep.
She gets in the jeep and takes deep breath.
He gets in and starts to drive her home, “I’ll park a bit away.”
“Thanks,” she nods her head.
Declan nods his head, “Of course.”
“What are you thinking?” She looks at him.
His brows raise, “What do you mean?”
“Are you still mad at me?” She bites her lip.
Declan shakes his head, “No, I’m not mad.”
Yensy nods her head a little, “Okay.”
He hums, “I was more mad at myself than you.”
She looks at him, “Why?”
Declan shrugs, “Cause I let things go too far.”
Yensy raises her eyebrows, “How?”
He looks at her, “I let you take advantage of me and I fed into it.”
She frowns and looks out the window.
Declan looks at her, “I wanna be your friend Yensy. Naturally.”
Yensy looks over at him, “I want that too.. I.. I thought we became friends or.. I don’t know.”
He nods his head, “We did... I don’t know how to explain it.”
“I know,” she says softly.
Declan parks the jeep and looks at her.
Yensy looks at him and bites her lip, “Thank you for driving me home.”
He nods his head, “You’re welcome.”
She opens the door and gets out, “I’ll see you Monday at school.”
Declan raises his brows, “I’ll see you before school when I pick you up.”
She raises her eyebrows a little and nods her head, “Okay, see you then. Bye.”
He smiles, “See you then.”
She returns the smile before walking the rest of the way towards her house.
Declan texts her, text me when you’re inside and if you’re not grounded
She sees his text and smiles a little to herself. When she goes inside, she’s able to sneak up to her room and change her clothes, when she goes downstairs her dad doesn’t suspect anything. all good, thanks
He gets home and sees her text and he smiles. ur welcome
Yensy spends the weekend rest of the weekend doing homework. Her dad makes enchiladas Sunday night for dinner and she decides to save a few to give to Declan. Monday morning she waits outside on her porch for him.
Declan pulls into her driveway to get her on Monday morning.
When she sees him pull in she gets up and goes to the jeep, getting in, “Good morning.”
He smiles, "Good morning. You were very ready."
She nods her head a little and smiles, “Yeah, I didn’t want to make you wait.” She takes the Tupperware out of her bag, “My dad make enchiladas last night. They’re really good, so I saved some for you.”
Declan grins widely. “Thank you! I appreciate that.”
“You’re welcome,” she smiles.
He smiles and starts to drive, “So still not grounded then?”
Yensy shakes her head, “He didn’t even know I left.”
Declan laughs, “Good. I was worried.”
She smiles at him, “Don’t worry.”
He smiles at her and nods.
She smiles a little, "How was the rest of your weekend?"
Declan smiles, “It was fine, I spent the day with Dana.”
"That's good. What did you guys do?" She smiles.
He smiles, “Oh we went for a hike.”
Yensy nods a little, "That sounds like it was nice."
Declan smiles and nods, “It was.”
"I just did homework all day," she nods.
He nods his head, “Laid low.”
“Yeah,” she nods her head.
Declan smiles and parks at the school.
She looks at him and smiles a little, “Thanks for the ride.”
He nods and smiles, “Of course.”
She gets out and puts her backpack on.
Declan gets out and grabs his bag.
She goes around over to him.
He smiles and walks in with her, “If Kevin tries to give you any trouble, let me know.”
Yensy nods her head, “I will, thanks. I’ll try to skillfully avoid him.”
Declan nods. “Good, he’s lucky Josh didn’t beat the shit out of him.”
Yensy nods, “I heard.”
He nods, “Gina really had your back.”
“I thanked her,” she smiles a little.
Declan nods, “I wasn’t trying to say you didn’t or anything.”
“I know,” she looks at him and smiles. “I just meant she told me what happened and I thanked her. And.. thank you.”
He frowns, “I made you cry in the first place, don’t thank me.”
She shrugs, “Thank you in advance for coming to my defense today if need be.”
Declan nods, “Of course.”
She smiles as they walk towards the school.
He walks with her inside and leads her to the cafeteria.
She bites her lip nervously, “I actually think I’m gonna head to class early.”
Declan raises his brows, "Why?"
“I have a few questions about the homework,” she shrugs.
He looks at her, "You don't wanna come say hi for a second?"
She bites her lip, "Okay, I will."
Declan smiles at her, "It'll be okay." He brings her into the cafeteria and over to the table his friends are already at.
Yensy nods and walks with him. Noelle raises her brows as she sees them both walk over together, “Hey guys.”
He sits and smiles, “Hey.” Val smiles at Yensy, “How are you feeling?”
Yensy sits down next to him, “I’m good,” she nods with a smile.
Val smiles and looks at Declan then back at Yensy and nods, “Good.”
Noelle looks at them, “Are you guys going to Winter Ball together?”
Declan raises his brows, “No, why?”
She shrugs, “Just curious.”
He shrugs, “Yensy is free to go with whoever she wants.. except Kevin.” Gina laughs loudly.
Josh laughs, “Can’t wait to see him at practice.” Yensy bites her lip a little and half smiles.
Declan laughs, “You better behave.”
Josh nods, “Oh no promises.”
Peter smiles at Yensy, “Can I walk you to class?”
Yensy raises her brows and smiles at Peter, “Sure.”
He gets up and smiles, waiting for her.
Yensy gets up and waves to them, “See you at lunch.”
Declan waves back at her and Peter walks out with Yensy. “So I have a question for you.”
Yensy raises her eyebrows and looks at him, “Yes?”
Peter smiles shyly, “Will you go to the formal with me?”
Her eyes widen as she looks at him, “Really?”
He laughs and nods, “Really.”
She bites her lip, “Don’t you think Declan.. would be mad?”
Peter raises his brows. “Well.. he just said you can go with whoever you want.”
Yensy nods a little and smiles at him, “I’ll go with you..”
Peter grins widely. “Really?”
She nods her head, “Yeah of course.”
He smiles, “Perfect. What color is your dress?”
“It’s navy,” she smiles at him. “Why did you want to ask me?”
Peter raises his brows and his cheeks heat up, “Why wouldn’t I? I cant think of a single reason.”
Yensy blushes and smiles at him, “Peter..”
He grins shyly, “Yeah?”
“Thank you for asking me..” She smiles.
Peter smiles wider, “thank you for saying yes.”
“Of course,” she nods with a grin.
He laughs, “Umm okay. Perfect so we’ll text and talk about the details.”
Yensy nods her head, “Yeah, absolutely.”
Peter grins as they get to her class and he hugs her.
She smiles and returns the hug, “Thanks for walking me to class.
He nods and smiles, “You’re welcome.”
She grins, “See you at lunch.”
Peter nods and smiles, “See you at lunch.”
Yensy smiles and goes into her class.
He goes to class too and when it's time for lunch, Declan goes to wait for Yensy at her locker.
Yensy goes to her locker after class, surprised to see Declan, “Hey.”
Declan smiles, “Hi.”
“What’s up?” She smiles.
He shrugs, “Thought I’d check on you.”
“I’m okay,” she smiles at him as she puts her books away. “Thank you..”
Declan nods, “You’re welcome.”
She smiles and closes her locker, "So.. I have to tell you something."
His brows raise, “What is it?”
"Well.. Peter asked me to the formal," she bites her lip.
Declan’s brows stay raised and he blinks a few times, “You say yes?”
Yensy nods her head, “Yeah, I did.”
He nods a little, “Okay. You’ll have fun with him.”
She nods again and smiles, "I think so."
Declan smiles since she’s smiling. “You will. Did you tell Maria?”
"I texted her," she nods.
He nods and smiles, “Nice. I’m gonna head to lunch.”
She nods, “I’ll walk with you..”
Declan nods and fixes his bag on his shoulder, “Did you bring?”
"Yeah," she nods her head.
He nods his head, “I’m gonna save the enchiladas for dinner so I’m gonna buy. I’ll see you at the table.”
She raises her eyebrows, "Okay. See you at the table.."
Declan nods and goes to buy food when they enter the cafeteria. Peter smiles as he sees Yensy come in and waves her over cause he saved the spot next to him for her.
Yensy sits next to Peter and smiles at him, “Hey.”
Peter grins, “Hey.” Gina arches a brow as she watches them then looks at Noelle.
Noelle raises her brows and shrugs. Yensy takes her lunch out of her bag, “How were your classes?”
Peter smiles. “They were fine. Spent most of my time doing homework during them.”
“Getting ahead or catching up?” She smiles as she starts to eat.
He laughs, “Getting ahead.”
“Nice,” Yensy laughs softly.
Declan comes back after a minute and he sits between Noelle and Mike.
Mike grins, “Hey, Dec!”
He grins at him, “Hey, Mikey!”
Josh sits down at the table next to Peter.
Declan starts to eat, “What were we talking about?”
“Who?” Mike raises his brows.
He shrugs, “Anyone. I didn’t know if there was a conversation before I sat down.”
Yensy smiles, “We were just talking about class.”
Val laughs, “Noelle did you get asked to the formal yet?”
Noelle shrugs, “Yeah.”
Gina raises her brows, “Who!?”
She laughs, “Brendon from Bio.”
Val looks at Mike, “We’re going together, right?”
Mike nods his head and smiles at her, “Of course.”
Gina crosses her arms over her chest, “I need a date.”
Josh grins at her teasingly, “I’ll go with you.”
Gina looks at him, “My dress is red.”
He raises his brows and chuckles, “Noted.”
Declan teases like how Josh teased him at the party, “Gina and Joshie sitting in a tree.”
Josh rolls his eyes, “Gross.”
Gina gives him a look.
He laughs, “Just kidding.”
Val smiles, “Guess that just leaves you three!” Declan raises his brows, “Actually, Peter and Yensy are going together. So I’m the only one going stag.”
Noelle raises her eyebrows, “Really?”
Peter nods his head, “Yeah.”
Yensy smiles, “It will be fun.”
Gina arches a brow, “You don’t think it’s weird going out with two guys from the same friend group?” Peter makes a face, “You’re going to the dance with Josh even though you dated Declan.” Gina gives him a look, “Yeah, but I didn’t date Declan like a week ago!”
Yensy sighs and looks down at her food.
Declan shrugs, “I’m fine with it. It’s not a big deal.”
Yensy looks at him and smiles a little.
He smiles a little back and eats his food.
She looks at Peter and grins.
Peter smiles widely back at her.
Yensy smiles and eats her lunch.
Val smiles at Declan, “So who do you think you’ll ask?” Declan shrugs, “Dunno.” Gina laughs, “You could always ask Maria, right, Yensy?”
Yensy shrugs, “He can ask whoever he wants.”
Val laughs, “Well at least then the only outsider in our limo will be Brendon.” Declan laughs, “Yeah, No, we could’ve just gone together.”
Noelle raises her eyebrows, “Um Maria isn’t out friend, first of all. And second, I didn’t ask him, he asked me! And he’s nice,” she rolls her eyes. “Maybe if you all looked outside of the friend group for once you’d see that.” She picks up her things and walks away.
Gina raises her brows, "What's up her butt?"
Yensy raises her brows, “Maybe she likes him.”
Gina shrugs, “No one cares if she does. We were teasing.” She sighs and gets up to go after Noelle.
Yensy glances at Declan and then finishes eating, “I’m gonna sit with Maria for the rest of lunch. I’ll see you guys later.”
Peter raises his brows, “Oh, okay..”
She looks at him, “I promised her I would. Do you want to come?” She smiles.
He shakes his head, “No, it’s okay. I’m sure she’d rather just have you to sit with.”
She half smiles, “Okay. I’ll see you later.”
Peter nods and smiles, "See you then."
She waves to everyone, "Bye guys." She leaves the table and goes to hang out with Maria until lunch is over. She goes to the rest of her classes and then her locker at the end of the day.
Peter goes over to Yensy and smiles, "Hey, do you want a ride home?"
Yensy raises her brows and smiles at Peter, “Oh, um.. usually Declan gives me a ride. But he does have practice today, so I’ll just tell him he doesn’t have to.”
Declan goes to talk to Yensy at her locker but stops a while away in the hallway as he sees her and Peter.
“I can meet you at your car?” She smiles at Peter.
Peter nods and smiles, “Yeah.” He goes to his car.
Yensy finishes swapping her books at her locker, looking around for Declan.
Declan goes over to her, “Hey.”
Yensy smiles at him, “Hey.. Um Peter offered to drive me home..”
He nods his head, “Alright.”
She bites her lip a little, “So I’ll see you tomorrow?”
Declan nods again, “Sure. Um.. text me if you need a ride tomorrow.”
Yensy looks at him and nods her head, “Okay, I will.. have a good practice.” She smiles a little.
He looks at her for a moment. “Later,” he says before going to practice.
Yensy frowns as he walks away and she goes out to Peter’s car.
Declan and Yensy fake a break up for their fake relationship
Yensy finishes getting ready for school and goes downstairs to wait for Declan anxiously. She chews on her lip a little since it’s the day of the end of their deal.
Declan drives to Yensy’s house and knocks on the front door this time to pick her up.
She raises her brows as she hears a knock on the door and grabs her backpack before opening it, “Good morning.”
He smiles at her, “Morning.”
“You came to the door,” she arches a brow as she steps outside and closes the door behind her.
Declan smiles, “Thought it’d be Nice.” He holds a breakfast sandwich out to her.
Yensy looks at the sandwich and smiles as she takes it, “You’re sweet. Thank you.”
“You’re welcome,” he smiles and leads her to the jeep, opening the door for her.
She smiles at him and gets into the jeep and sets her backpack at her feet.
Declan gets into the drivers seat and smiles.
Yensy unwraps the sandwich and takes a small bite.
“Should we talk before we go or on the way?” His brows raise.
She looks at him and nods a little, hating that he remembered. “Yeah, probably.. Just so we’re on the same page.”
Declan nods a little, “So should it be like a public breakup?”
Yensy nods her head, “We can make it public.”
He hums, "But not nasty, right? Like.. I don't want it to be a fight."
“I don’t want it to be a fight either,” she shakes her head.
Declan nods, "So how should we do this?"
“At lunch? Do you want to break up with me?” She raises her brows.
He nods a little, "Okay. We probably shouldn't hold hands this morning then. If I act kinda cold, it's just acting."
She licks her lips nervously and glances at him, “Right, okay. Um and then you can just say you don’t have feelings for me anymore or something. Or you know, whatever you feel is right.”
Declan nods and then starts to drive them to school, "Okay... we'll still be friends though."
Yensy nods her head and smiles at him, “I like being your friend..”
He grins widely, "Good, I do too."
She grins and looks out the window for a moment and then back at him.
When they get to school he parks the car and lets out a soft breath, "Here we go."
She bites her lip and looks at him shyly, “Wait.”
His brows raise, "Yeah?"
Yensy leans in closer to him and gently cups his cheek in her hand as she softly presses her lips to his.
Declan tentatively returns the kiss.
She pulls back after a moment, “Thank you.. for everything.”
He smiles at her and pecks her lips, "You're welcome."
Yensy smiles a little, “Alright, let’s go.”
Declan gets out of the car and waits for Yensy at a distance, not getting her door for her.
She takes a deep breath before getting out of the jeep and going over to him.
He leads into her school, walking a little ahead of her.
She walks and tries to catch up with him as people around already start to whisper.
Declan doesn’t look at her and sits at the usual table he and all his friends do before home room.
Yensy sits next to him at the table, “Hey guys.”
He stays quiet and Peter looks at them with his brows raised, "Hey."
She smiles a little and then looks down. Noelle looks at them and tilts her head to the side, “Hi Declan.”
Declan looks at her, "Hi."
Yensy looks at Declan and then at Peter. Josh laughs, “What’s going on? You’re quiet.”
Peter looks at Yensy and mouths you okay? Declan shakes his head, "Nothing's going on. Just don't feel like talking much."
Yensy nods her head a little and half smiles. Josh raises his brows, “Okay. Well there’s gonna be a party Saturday night. You going?”
Declan shrugs a little, “Who’s hosting?”
“That kid, what’s his name? Kevin?” Josh nods his head. Yensy arches a brow and looks at Declan.
His brows raise, "Yeah, I'll go."
Noelle grins at Yensy, “Are you gonna go?” Yensy nods her head and smiles, “Sure.”
Gina arches a brow, "Together?" The bell rings and Declan gets up, "Gotta go, can't be late for homeroom."
Yensy gets up and looks at Declan, “I’ll see you at lunch.” She hesitates before leaning up to kiss his cheek then walks away.
Declan goes to homeroom and all of their friends look at each other like what the fuck is going on?
Yensy feels a little sad each time she comes out of her classes and Declan isn’t there to walk her to her next ones. Once it’s lunch time, she goes to the cafeteria and sits at their table next to Val and Mike.
He goes up to the table with his hands in his pockets and he looks at Yensy, "Can we talk?"
Yensy raises her eyebrows as she looks at Declan, not expecting him to do it so soon. “Oh, uh sure. Don’t you want to sit down?”
Declan shakes his head, "No, let's take a walk."
Val and Mike look at each other and then at Declan and Yensy, “Should we leave?” Yensy looks at them, “No, no.” She stands up and looks at Declan, “Let’s walk..”
He holds his hand out to her.
Yensy takes his hand and smiles a little.
Declan walks her away from people and looks at her, "I just wanted to check in with you, I know today is weird already."
She raises her eyebrows in surprise, “Oh. It hasn’t been weird. I’m okay,” she lies.
His brows furrow, "Really?"
Yensy bites her lip as she looks at him, “Has it been weird for you?”
Declan nods his head, "Yeah."
She looks at him curiously, “Oh.. I guess it has been a little weird for me, too..”
He nods, "I'm just so used to our routine."
Yensy nods her head, “I am too..” she looks down for a moment. “Are you.. having second thoughts?”
Declan looks at her and lies, "No, just wanted to make sure you're okay."
She fights a frown as she looks at him, “Okay. Let’s just get this over with then.”
He shakes his head, "Later."
Yensy nods slightly, “Whenever you’re ready.”
Declan bites his lip and nods, "Okay."
She looks at him and then looks down a little, “Do you want to go sit down now?”
He nods his head, "Yeah. Did you bring lunch?"
“Yeah, are you buying?” She raises her brows.
Declan shakes his head, "No, I brought."
“Okay,” she nods her head and smiles a little.
He smiles and leads her back to the table.
Yensy sits down and takes out her lunch. Mike looks at them, “Everything good?”
Declan nods and smiles, "Yeah, just wanted to go for a walk."
Josh sits down next to Declan, “Dec, your girlfriend is gonna have to start tutoring me too.” He slams a math test on the table with a D circled on the top.
His brows raise, "Damn. How many is that this week?"
Josh shrugs, “I don’t know. Three? Four?” Yensy looks at him, “I can help you. But you have to promise to actually try. I’m not gonna do it for you.” Josh grins at her, “Well I’ll try to try.”
Declan pats Josh's shoulder, "That's the spirit."
Yensy grins a little, “Then I will try to help you.”
He nods, "At least you're gonna do something about it."
Josh shrugs a little, “Thanks Yensy.” She smiles, “You’re welcome.” She glances at Declan as she eats.
Declan starts to eat and looks at her, raising his brows.
She shrugs and smiles a little as she eats.
He keeps eating and Gina watches them with a brow arched.
Yensy looks at Gina and smiles, “How’s your day been?”
Gina smiles at her, "Good. How's yours?"
Yensy grins, “It’s going well.”
She nods a little and smiles, “Good. You excited for this weekend?”
“Yeah, I think it’ll be fun,” she smiles and then looks at Declan. “Right?”
Declan nods his head, “Right.”
Yensy nods and then looks at Gina and smiles a little.
Gina smiles back at her.
Yensy finishes eating her lunch and Noelle smiles, “Yensy, you’ll have to come with us to buy dresses for Winter Ball.”
Gina grins, "Yes! We're doing, blue, silver, and white. What color do you wanna wear?"
“I like silver,” Yensy grins.
Val nods, "It's yours. I'll do navy."
“Just let me know when you guys want to go,” she smiles.
Gina smiles, "Before Kevin's?'"
Yensy nods her head, “That sounds great. I’ll just have to make sure I don’t have to watch my little brother.”
Declan stops second guessing himself and gets up from the table before he looks at Yensy, "Yens?" He nods for her to follow.
She raises her eyebrows a little and then looks at the girls, “Oh, I’ll see you guys later.” She gets up and follows Declan.
He walks her away from people but stays in the cafeteria and then looks at her, "They'll probably try to read our lips."
She takes a deep breath and nods her head, “Let them.”
Declan looks at her, "You know that no matter what, we're friends, right?"
Yensy nods her head and smiles a little, “I know that.”
He nods a little, “But we can’t keep doing this anymore as a couple. But I kinda consider you as a best friend now.”
She notices as some people are staring at them and she bites her lip, “Did I do something wrong?”
Declan shakes his head, “Not at all but I just think we’re better off as friends.”
She frowns as she looks at him, “Just friends?”
He nods a little, “Just friends.”
Yensy nods her head slightly, “Okay.. why?”
Declan shrugs, “I just.. don’t feel that way.”
She bites her lip as she looks at him, “Oh, alright..”
He frowns at her, “I’m really sorry.”
Yensy looks around and notices a few more people looking at them and whispering to each other. She crosses her arms over her chest and shakes her head, “Don’t be.” She forces a smiles and brushes passed him quickly.
Declan sighs and goes back to the lunch table. Gina raises her brows, “Uhhh what just happened?”
Noelle looks at Declan, “Did you just break up with her?”
He nods a little, “We just weren’t working as a couple.”
Josh raises his brows, “Dude, you could have warned me before I asked her for help.”
Declan shakes his head, “She’ll still help you.”
Noelle looks at Gina as the bell rings, “I’m gonna go see if she’s okay.”
Gina nods, “Want me to come?”
“Sure,” she nods her head. “Bye boys.”
“Bye,” Peter waves and pats Declan’s shoulder before Declan sighs and goes to class.
Yensy goes to her class before anyone can find her, so Noella gives up and goes to her own class with Gina.
After school, Declan texts Yensy, Can I drive you home?
Yensy is surprised to see Declan’s text, but responds, Yes.
Declan goes to the jeep and waits for her inside of it.
She starts to walk to Declan’s jeep, but halfway there she gets stopped by Kevin. “Hey Yensy. I heard about you and Declan. How are you doing?” Yensy widens her eyes and fights a small smile, “Oh, um, I’m okay. It was unexpected, but.. it happens, I guess.” Kevin nods his head, “Yeah, well, I just wanted to say that he’s really missing out. And I’m throwing a party on Saturday. I’m sure you heard, but I wanted to personally invite you. Maybe you could even come early to help me set up? We could hang out,” Kevin smiles at her. She raises her eyebrows, “Oh, thanks, Kevin. And I would, but I’m already going dress shopping before your party. But I will see you there later,” she nods her head. Kevin nods, “Okay, well, you can text me if you need someone to talk to.” Yensy nods her head, “Thanks. You’re sweet,” she says before waving and walking away. Once she gets to Declan’s jeep, she gets in, “Oh my god! Sorry I didn’t see you after lunch, but that was so believable. I think everyone is buying it.”
Declan laughs a little and starts the car, “Good, that was the point. I was worried you were upset with me at first.” He drives towards her house.
Yensy shakes her head and smiles, “No, I was just trying to make it look believable.”
He smiles at her, “Was everyone nice at least?
“Yeah,” she nods her head. “Oh! Kevin just asked me to hang out with him. I can’t believe it!” She laughs and shakes her head.
His brows raise, “You want to?”
Yensy shrugs a little as she smiles, “I don’t know. I told him I couldn’t since I’m dress shopping with the girls before his party. I wonder if he’ll ask me to go to Winter Ball with him.”
Declan wrinkles his nose, “But Kevin would flirt with you when we were together.”
She arches a brow as she looks at him, “Fake together.”
His brows raise, “Does that matter? He thought it was real and still did it.”
Yensy looks at him curiously, “He waited until he heard we broke up before asking me out, though.”
Declan shrugs, “Not any less shitty.”
She looks at him for a moment, “If you don’t want me to go out with him, just say it.”
He purses his lips, “Fine, I don’t want you to.”
Yensy raises her eyebrows a little, “Okay, then I won’t.”
Declan nods a little, “Thank you.”
She bites her lip and looks out the window, “Why don’t you like him?”
He glances at her, "He's not trustworthy."
“Why do you say that?” She looks at him curiously.
Declan looks at her, "Cause he's on the team and I know him."
“Okay,” Yensy says and looks down at her hands.
He raises his brows, "What's wrong?"
“Nothing,” she shrugs a little. “Thanks for giving me a ride. You didn’t have to you know. Since the deal is over and all.”
Declan shrugs, "I wasn't going to leave you stranded, plus.. I like it now."
She looks at her hands for moment and then at him, “You like picking me up and dropping me off?”
His brows raise, "Yeah, is that weird?"
“No, I like it too,” she nods her head a little.
He smiles a little, "Good. Can we continue to do that?"
Yensy raises her eyebrows, “Really? Won’t people wonder if we actually broke up then?”
His brows raise, "I just.. don't want you to have to take the bus."
She fights a grin and looks at him, “Thanks, I appreciate that..”
Declan nods and smiles a little, "You're welcome."
Yensy bites her lip and looks out the window, “So are you gonna ask anyone to Winter Ball? Since you’re a free man now.”
He shakes his head, “Probably not.”
“There’s no one you want to ask?” She looks at him and raises her eyebrows.
Declan shakes his head again, “Not really. Plus I don’t wanna look like a dickhead.”
She looks down a little and nods her head, “Right.”
He smiles, “Shopping with the girls sounds fun though.”
“Yeah, I like hanging out with them. Maybe I’ll ask Maria to come,” she nods her head.
Declan smiles, “I’m sure Maria would like that.”
“Yeah,” she smiles a little.
He smiles, “Maybe Petey will be my date.” He laughs.
Yensy laughs softly, “Hey, you guys would look cute together.”
Declan laughs softly, “Thank you.”
“What did they all say?” She looks at him curiously.
His brows raise, “Haven’t talked to them really.”
“They didn’t say anything when you went back to the table?” She raises her brows.
Declan shakes his head, “Not really.”
“Oh,” she bites her lip a little.
“The girls went to go check on you, and Josh got mad cause he needs a tutor but other than that they couldn’t cause the bell rang,” he says.
Yensy looks at him and smiles, “They went to check on me?”
Declan nods. “I didn’t realize they hadn’t found you.”
“Yeah, I just.. went to my class and read,” she shrugs a little.
He nods, “Have they texted you?”
“I don’t think so,” she checks her phone and shakes her head.
Declan nods, “Me neither.”
“Maybe they’re all busy talking about it to each other,” she laughs a little.
He shakes his head, “I think they’re giving us space.”
Yensy look at him and nods her head.
Declan smiles, “Little do they know we’re fine.”
She nods slightly again, “Yeah. We’re great.”
He grins at her.
Yensy looks out the window and bites her lip, “So what did Kevin do?”
Declan raises his brows, “He runs his mouth, makes up lies about people, and is a sore loser.”
She raises her eyebrows and looks at him, fighting a small smile, “Did you always dislike him before he flirted with me?”
He looks at her, “He was always a dick but I got over it for the team. He just made it worse for himself.”
Yensy nods her head a little, “Okay.”
Declan shrugs, “You deserve better.”
She smiles to herself, “Thank you, Declan.”
He nods, “You’re welcome.”
She looks out the window and hums softly.
Declan looks at her, “You okay?”
“Yeah,” she nods her head as she looks at him.
He pulls into her driveway and smiles, “I’ll see you tomorrow.”
Yensy smiles at him, “Thanks for the ride. Though you know you’re off the hook.”
Declan playfully rolls his eyes and smiles, "I know, you're welcome."
She grins and then gets out of the jeep, “See you later.”
He nods and waves to her.
She shuts the door and then heads into her house.
Declan waits til she's inside before driving home.
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