"You are the cutest cheerleader, I've ever seen" Junior compliments Sky, who was standing in the mirror staring at herself in her Clovers cheer costume. It was the day before Halloween, and Junior and Sky were in Sky's bedroom.
"You don't have to lie to me. I look like a cow. When I bought the costume, I hadn't exploded yet" Sky said, staring at her very obvious baby bump in the mirror
"This is the best costume option because you don't want to go with a cliché pregnant girl costume, which is usually a pumpkin or a cow. But a pregnant cheerleader? Comedic gold" Junior compliments, Sky smiled at Junior through the mirror.
"It doesn't matter how ridiculous you think you look, it's Halloween. That's what it all about, the more ridiculous the better" Junior commented
"Your ability to turn things into a positive is your superpower" Sky stated looking at Junior through the mirror. Junior stands up from her bed and walked up behind her, places his hands on her waist.
"It's a gift" Junior boasted, Sky rolled her eyes. "One of my many talents," Junior says then proceeds to plant kisses on Sky's neck. Sky melted as soon as Junior's hot lips hit her neck. For the past week, Sky and Junior had been with each other. They were hanging out like they hadn't seen each other in years. Although, they haven't hung out like this since Sky got out of the hospital.
"Junior, I thought you said we were going to take it slow, especially with our sexual history. It not like I can do what I really want to do with you" Sky said referring to her complication that doesn't allow her to have sex. Junior and Sky both decided to take things slow, and not rush things between them. Sky agreed because she rushed things with Rodney. She accepted to be his girlfriend, and he turned out to be insane.
"I know, but I couldn't resist" Junior smirked
"Well, resist. Because if my hormonal ass can resist, so can you" Sky said, and Junior backed away from her and plopped back down on her bed.
"I think it's time we got out on our first date," Junior said, Sky turned around and smiled at Junior.
"I completely agree, when are we going?" Sky asked eagerly.
"That information is on a need to know basis" Junior smiled as Sky frowned, and turned back around to the mirror.
"Is this how you ask a girl out on a date? Lying down on a bed, and then casually throwing out the fact that we need to go out on a date?" Sky scoffed
Junior sits up from the bed. "What was I thinking?" Junior starts, then he gets up and gets down on one knee. "Skylar Forster, I would like to take you out on a date" Junior continued jokingly
"You think you're funny" Sky rolled her eyes, as Junior stood up and laughed
"I'm joking, I promise our date, will make up for the crappy way I just asked you," Junior said to make up for his sarcasm. Junior stood up, then kissed Sky on the cheek
"It better" Sky side-eyed Junior.
Then Junior gets a text, taking his attention from Sky to his phone, and his smile fades. "What's wrong?" Sky asked as she noticed the change in Junior's demeanor
"They fired Cameron," Junior replied. Sky felt for Cameron. "They found out about his criminal record"
"I think it's stupid of them to fire Cameron now," Sky said. "If they had done a background check, they could've avoided having to fire a great employee. They should've just taken the L, and let Cameron keep his job" Sky said honestly.
"Facts" Junior sighed upset about the news.
"Did you invite Cameron to the Halloween party?" Sky asked and Junior nodded yes. "Good, because he could use a fun party," Sky said, adjusting her cheer uniform, and Junior nodded.
"What else screams slutty cheerleader? Then a huge baby bump" Sky said to herself, distracted by her baby bump in the mirror. Junior shakes out of feeling for Cameron and focuses his attention back on Sky.
"So how has track practices been? From the benches" Junior asked
"I'm grateful to even be able to watch the practices. Jazz is doing so well, she's going to be a superstar by the time of the Olympic trials" Sky compliments her sister, but still feels disappointed she'll miss the Olympic trials. Before Junior could ask Sky, how she felt. Jazz burst in with her eyes closed
"Are you two decent?" Jazz asked with her eyes still shut.
"You could've knocked before bursting in, to find that out," Sky asked, Jazz peeked with one eye, and saw they were fully clothed.
"Good, y'all aren't doing anything" Jazz walked over to the bed and sat down next to Junior. Sky turned around from the mirror to face Jazz. "I think Doug is seeing someone" Jazz starts, Sky's eyes widened
"I thought yall broke up?" Junior asked
"We're on a break, not broken up" Jazz corrected
"So what happened?" Sky asked
"I heard from Ana, that Doug has been spending a lot of time with Cindy-" Sky cut off Jazz
"Cindy who?"
"Mark, from the track team, his ex-girlfriend. They were all over each other last year. Remember" Jazz informed
"Right, they were disgustingly cute" Sky commented
"Yeah, before he cheated on her" Jazz reminded Sky
"Yeah. Niggas ain't shit" Sky sighed, Junior stayed silent because he knew that didn't apply to him.
"Anyway, Ana has seen Doug with Cindy a couple of times. They were seen walking together, and she was hanging out with him as he worked at the campus bookstore" Jazz groaned, visibly angry.
"Jazz, let's take a deep breath," Sky tells her sister because she knew exactly what her sister was thinking. "Before we resort to violence, I have to ask. What were the rules of y'all's break?" Sky asked
"Rules? What do you mean?"
"Like what were the conditions of this break? For example, did you tell him you expect him to stay loyal to you during the break?" Sky asked
"No, we didn't make any rules for the break. But he did say he'd wait for me, while I trained, I just assumed that it meant that we weren't going to be seeing anyone else" Jazz realized, and the anger in her face, dropped to worry.
"I guess what we have here is failure to communicate," Junior said in a southern accent, imitating a character from one of his favorite movies. Sky and Jazz both look at him very confused.
"The iconic line from Cool Hand Luke," Junior said, Jazz and Sky's faces were still drawing a blank. "Nevermind" Junior laid down on the bed and got on his phone.
"So y'all ain't talk about what taking a break entails?" Sky asked
"I thought it was common knowledge that it meant we're still together, but we just don't hang out often anymore," Jazz said
"Everyone has a different meaning for being on a break" Sky informed her. "You need to talk Doug, ASAP," Sky said, and Jazz sighed but nodded her head in agreement.
"I'll talk to him tomorrow"
"Okay, now that we've made a game plan for you. What do you think about the costume" Sky asked
"I love it. For someone who's 6 months pregnant, you look amazing. The only thing that's grown on you is the baby bump" Jazz complimented. "Ooh, and your boobs. We're all going to look so amazing" Jazz smiled
~
Sky, and the gang had finished taking pictures in their bring it on group costume. Sky, Jazz, and Zoey were the Clovers, and Ana and Nomi were the Torros. They were interacting with the guests at their party. Sky noticed Junior and Cameron both walk into the party. Junior dressed as a fireman and Cameron dressed as a policeman.
"Wow, you guys look hot" Sky compliments
"Thank you, Sky. You don't look too bad yourself" Cameron complimented back.
"How are you holding up with everything?" Sky asked concerned
"I kinda don't want to talk about it to be quite honest. I just want to get stupid drunk, and have fun with my friends" Cameron deflected, and walked away from Sky and Junior to join the party.
"I'm actually worried about him. I've tried talking to him about what's going on, and he refuses to talk about it. I mean I don't blame him, but it still worries me" Junior admits
"Maybe he just needs a fun night to distract him from his life falling apart. I can definitely relate to that" Sky said referring to her taking forever to accept the fact she was pregnant. "I'm just glad he's here to have a good time," Sky said. "On a more important note, you in this fireman costume is super sexy," Sky said trailing her finger down Junior's chest.
"Yeah, I'm definitely here to put out any fires" Junior joked
"You're the one starting the fires because I am so hot for you" Sky joked back.
"Who's the cheesy one now?" Junior teased Sky.
"I'm just tryna get like you" Sky smiled, then Junior engulfed Sky in a warm hug, and planted a kiss on Sky's forehead.
"Let's party," Junior said, walking into the party with Sky in his arms. They join the dance floor, dancing alongside Jazz, Zoey, and Aaron.
~
Sky walked into the backyard with a tray full of Jell-O shots. Joining the party full of guests in their Halloween costumes. Vivek and Aaron walked up to Sky holding the tray of Jell-O shots.
"I hope all these shots aren't for you" Vivek teased
"Dang. Can't get anything past you, Vivek" Sky said sarcastically, and Vivek rolled his eyes. "What are y'all supposed to be?" Sky asked Aaron and Vivek.
"I'm Clark Kent," Vivek said ripping open his suit to reveal the Superman costume behind it.
"I'm Smokey from the movie Friday, I look out of place because Doug is Craig, but he's running late," Aaron said
"You always look out of place" Sky teased
"I knew, I shouldn't have done a three-person costume" Aaron sighed
"Three-person?" Sky questioned confused
"Yeah, Cindy is Felicia" Aaron replied
"Cindy?" Sky repeats, and Aaron nods. "As in Mark's ex-girl?" Sky asked
"Yeah, they've been chilling for a fat minute," Vivek said without thinking, to which Aaron responded with a hit in the arm. Sky raised her eyebrow "Ow!" Vivek winced.
"Okay, well Vivek and I will just take a couple of these Jell-O shots and be on our way," Aaron said quickly grabbing the shots and leaving Sky alone.
"Oooh Jazz is going to trip, I have to tell her, before Doug's ass blindsides her by showing up with Cindy" Sky said to herself. Sky set down the tray of shots and headed into the house to look for Jazz.
Sky was searching for Jazz when she got pulled into a dark room. Sky let out a high pitched yelp. Sky quickly starts swinging in the dark. "Whoever you are, just know I'm advanced in ass-kicking," Sky said, then one of her fists finally connected with the culprit.
"Damn, Sky" Junior groaned. Sky flipped on the light switch, to reveal a wincing Junior rubbing his shoulder.
"Junior?" Sky rolled her eyes. "I know it's Halloween, but you know better than to try and scare me," Sky said
"I wasn't trying to scare you, I was trying to be spontaneous" Junior explained. "Damn, Sky you hit hard" Junior groans rubbing his side.
"Sorry, I was swinging blind" Sky apologized, rubbing the area she hit.
"I know, how you can make me feel better," Junior said
"You're so corny" Sky shook her head and laughed at Junior. "Besides, I can't right now. I'm looking for-" Junior cuts off Sky and grabs Sky's face and plants his lips onto Sky's, giving her a short, slow, sensual kiss.
"I'm looking for-" Junior cuts her off again by planting another short kiss, but this time placing his hand on her lower back.
"I don't know what I'm looking for" Sky gives up, and gives into Junior. Kissing him back with equal passion, as she deepened their kiss.
Junior pressed Sky up against the wall. Sky was quickly turned on, and her hormones made his touch feel electric. Junior lifts Sky up, shocking Sky.
"Oooh you are a strong ass fireman" Sky giggled referencing Junior's Halloween costume. He put Sky on the nearby shelf. Sky smiled as she reconnected their lips. Sky wrapped her arms around Junior's neck. He slid his hands under Sky's skirt and caressed her thighs. Sky pulls off Junior's suspenders and lifts up the bottom of Junior's white T-shirt, and Junior helps take off his shirt. Sky's hands wander down his chest, and she wraps her legs around Junior's waist.
Junior moved his lips from Sky's lips to her jawline, bites her earlobe, then her neck. Sky let out a quiet moan. As Junior continued to kiss her neck, Sky hears Zoey yell "Jazz. Stop!". Sky gently pushes Junior's head away from her neck.
"I remember why I came in the house. To warn Jazz" Sky informs Junior. "Help me down from this shelf, we needed to slow down anyway," Sky said, and Junior lifts Sky off the shelf.
Before Sky ran out of the room, she gave Junior one last hot kiss. "Thank you for this" Junior smiled at Sky.
Sky ran out of the room, looking for Jazz. When she heard the girls upstairs in Zoey's room.
Sky booked it, and swung the door open, revealing Zoey and Jazz sitting on the bed, beside a past out Ana. "Girl Aaron told me that Doug and Cindy are coming to the party together! And in group costume" Sky immediately started explaining hoping she wasn't too late.
"Sky, where have you been?! Doug showed up with Cindy" Jazz said hysterically. "If you knew why ain't you tell me he was gonna show up with her. It was so humiliating" Jazz exclaimed. Zoey continued to rub Jazz's back to calm her down,
"Jazz, I was on my way to tell you as soon as I found out, but Junior pulled me into a room, and distracted me with his soft lips" Sky trailed off thinking of their steamy make-out session.
"Sky!" Zoey yelled disgusted, snapping Sky out of her trance.
"What was I talking about?" Sky asked
"About how you were distracted," Jazz reminded
"I blame it on my pregnancy brain. I'm sorry." Sky apologizes. Then Sky noticed Jazz's ponytail all messed up. "Did Jazz kill him? Damn, I missed it" Sky kissed her teeth.
"She didn't attack him, she got all messed up because Ana and I, were restraining Jazz, so she wouldn't go up to Doug and Cindy. She was too angry to approach them at that moment" Zoey explained
"If it was you and Ana, why is Ana sleeping?" Sky asked confused, how can she sleep in a time like this.
"She's not sleeping, she's unconscious," Zoey said as she proceeded to check Ana's pulse.
"What?!" Sky said shocked and tried to hold back her laughter. "What happened?" Sky cleared her throat to stop herself from bursting out into laughter
"While Ana and I were trying to hold back Jazz, Jazz accidentally punched Ana. Next thing I knew it was lights out for Ana" Zoey explained. Sky stared at the entire situation, then burst out laughing. She couldn't hold in anymore, she hated how she always laughed in inappropriate moments.
"Sky it's not funny, I feel terrible" Jazz spoke up
"Don't feel too bad, think of it as girl-code karma catching up to her ass. She had it coming" Sky shrugged attempting to make Jazz feel better. Zoey's mouth dropped, and Jazz was holding back her laughter. Sky walked over to Jazz and sat beside her.
"Jazz, what do you want to do? Now that you've cooled off?" Sky asked
"Honestly, seeing them come to our party together made me feel sick. Mostly because it's my fault, if I hadn't asked as for a break, none of this would be happening" Jazz said
"Don't blame yourself" Zoey said
"Yeah, you had to take a break for yourself, and your future track career. And if Doug couldn't wait for you, he should have said he didn't want the break, and just broke up with you" Sky said, Zoey and Sky were going to dive deeper into why Jazz shouldn't blame herself when Nomi burst into the room.
"All I could find out about Cindy and Doug is that they're friends. Aaron introduced them to each other. I also found out that they bonded over having exes on the track team" Nomi said.
"So now I'm his ex?" Jazz exclaimed, "Okay, I've calmed down. I need to talk to him" Jazz got up, but Zoey held her hand trying to hold her back.
"Don't you want to wait till after the party?" Zoey offered
"No, I'm not waiting. I'm not going to be miserable for the rest of my party because of him. How dare he come into my party with another girl" Jazz stated clearly. Understanding, Zoey let go of Jazz's hand, and she walked around Nomi and shut the door behind her.
Nomi noticed Ana out cold. "So you guys finally knocked out Ana" Nomi shook her head disappointed.
"How'd you know she was unconscious and not sleeping" Sky asked
"Because Zoey is checking her pulse," Nomi pointed out.
"So who did it? Wait. Don't tell me, let me guess. It was Sky '' Nomi looked directly at Sky and shook her head. "I know Ana is annoying, but knocking her out? Your pregnancy hormones are out of control" Nomi jokes.
"It wasn't me. It was Jazz" Sky defended
"And you guys didn't take her to the hospital?" Nomi asked
"We're checking her pulse aren't we?" Zoey defended, Nomi gave her a look like Zoey was crazy. "There was a lot going on," Zoey said, and Nomi continued to stare at Zoey, making her feel guilty.
"Are you gonna continue staring at me, or are you gonna help get Ana to my car?" Zoey said to Nomi as she started to lift Ana up from the bed.
~
Sky rejoined the party after helping put Ana in Zoey's car, so they could take her to the hospital. Sky saw Junior talking to Cindy. Sky took that as, Jazz had taken Doug to talk about his blatant lack of respect for Jazz. But after 10 seconds of staring at Junior and Cindy, she sees Doug join them, and hands Cindy a drink. Confused, Sky looked around for Jazz. Sky found her seated on a lawn chair by herself, looking lost in her head. After seeing Jazz sitting alone, she knew Jazz didn't approach Doug. Seeing Jazz like that made Sky see red.
Sky walked up to Junior, Cindy, and Doug. "Who the hell do you think you are?" Sky said directly to Doug.
"Excuse me?" Doug replied
Junior quickly saw where this was headed and started to back away from Sky and Doug, when he noticed Cindy standing there, innocently. Junior debated if he wanted to save her, leave her there to get caught the crossfire.
Junior eventually decided to save her, and said "If you don't want to get verbally assaulted, I would come with me," Junior said as he lead Cindy away from Doug and Sky.
"Walking into your girlfriend's party, with another girl?" Sky asked sternly
"She's not my girlfriend remember" Doug said
"Well, she damn sure ain't your ex either" Sky shot back. Doug rolled his eyes. "So if you wanted to see other people, why did you tell Jazz you'd wait for her? She gave you an out, and you didn't take it" Sky asked
"What are you talking about? I'm not seeing anyone"
"I hope you don't think I'm dumb, why'd you show up with Cindy then?" Sky asked
"She's my friend, and I invited to come with me as a friend" Doug explained, acting like it was obvious to everyone that she was just a friend
"Don't act like you didn't know what Jazz would think if she saw you show up to her party with Cindy" Sky said
"How did she feel? I wouldn't know, because she hasn't said a word to me since I've been here"
"It's becoming clear that you showed up here with Cindy to hurt Jazz. And I think that is so childish" Sky sneered
"That isn't why at all" Doug responded.
"So why haven't you ever talked to Jazz about your new friend? And don't say because you're on a break. Just because you're on a break doesn't mean y'all can't communicate"
"Sky, I don't want to talk about this with you" Doug said, as he tried to walk away from Sky.
"Fine, you don't have to talk about it to me, but you will talk about it with my sister" Sky grabbed his arm, and dragged him all the way to Jazz. Then Sky pushed Doug into the lawn chair beside Jazz.
"Y'all are where you're at because you didn't communicate, so you're going to do that right now" Sky said, then left them alone. Sky walked back over to Junior and Cindy.
"I had to handle that" Sky said Junior, then exhaled.
"Sky, I didn't mean to cause all this drama," Cindy said to Sky. Junior's eyes widened when Cindy decided to speak directly to Sky. "I already warned this girl about Sky, so anything that happens now is all on her" Junior thought to himself.
"Oh so you ain't know Doug and Jazz were dating?" Sky asked her
"No, I knew. But Doug told me they were on a break" Cindy answered
"...Where he promised to wait for her while she was training for track" Sky informed her
"But don't you think that's asking a lot? Jazz is crazy to make him wait for 6 months?" Cindy said carelessly
"Crazy?" Sky cocked her head to the side. "My sister didn't force him to do anything, Doug decided all on his own. Just like your boyfriend decided to sleep with half of the volleyball team all on his own" Cindy stood there at a loss for words. "So I don't think you have any right to judge how my sister decides to conduct her relationship" Sky ended.
"Well, it was only my opinion" Cindy said defensively.
"An opinion nobody asked for" Sky sneered. "Look, I don't care to continue going back and forth with you. Enjoy the party" Sky sighed, then walked away from Cindy. Junior followed Sky, also leaving Cindy alone. Junior immediately started laughing.
"My thing is I tried to save her. But she walked right into that" Junior shook his head, Sky laughed right along with him. Junior put his arm around Sky, as they walked toward Cameron. Who busting out all of his dance moves. He was clearly very drunk.
"I want to get on Cameron's level" Sky joked, then proceeded to drag Junior on the dance floor to dance with her.