Chapter 8: And Salt The Earth Behind You

Reese POV:

"Dude is fucking insane lil homie." Fez said while shaking his head as I just told him and Ash about what Nate did to Maddy. Maddy said it was okay for me to tell him.

"Putting his hands on someone who did nothing but love him, and especially a woman. I'm glad you fucked him up lil homie." Fez said while sounding annoyed at first then he sounded proud of me.

"He deserved it. He's such a bastard. I can't believe he's not in jail right now like what the hell." I state as I shake my head and scoff.

"He also tried to pin the blame on some dude that Maddy was with at a back to school party. The guy wasn't even at the carnival. He even beat the guy up for being with Maddy at the party. Luckily Rue helped to prove the guys innocence and he's not in jail anymore." I state as I shake my head at this insane psychopath.

"That little bitch came into the store the other day." Ashtray said while folding his arms and my eyes widen.

"Are you serious? What happened?" I asked them while getting curious.

"He asked for some beers and I gave it to him. Then I remembered Rue told me his ass was fucking messing with her, you and all y'all friends. I told him to leave y'all alone but then he wanted to be a fucking dickhead.

So I told him to stay away from or I'll fucking kill him." Fez said slowly and I smile at him. "I don't think he took it seriously but I'm being deadass." He adds on while fixing his laces as they untied.

"He isn't allowed to be near Maddy by the school and he better take your threat seriously. Or else I'll help you in killing that motherfucker." I say while getting serious and I take a cold coke out of the fridge. The soda not the drugs.

"He also tried to square up on me when when I pulled up my shirt and showed him the gun his ass backed away. He's a fucking pussy." Ashtray ask while laughing at Nate and Fez laughs too.

"He really is. Nate is like 5 inches taller than me and he didn't land one hit on me when I beat his ass." I state while laughing and I chug down some coke.

"He just better watch his back, because we are coming with fire if he fucks with us again." Fezco said and me and Ash nod as the three of us bump fists.

"But fuck that bitch. How are you and your girlfriend Maddy doing?" Fez asked me with a raised eyebrow and my eyes go wide as I blush.

"She's not my girlfriend... at least.. not yet." I state while trying to hide my blush.

"Oh shit lil homie is growing up." Fez said dramatically while dapping me up and I smirk.

"I've actually been thinking about asking her out for a little while now. But I wanted to wait because she was in a horrible relationship with that fucker and I wanted her to heal mentally." I informed him as I place my hands in my pockets.

"That's cool bruh. I'm proud of you. Hey whenever you ask her out, come by the store and tell me the outcome aight?" Fez told me as he grabbed a beer from the fridge and I nod my head.

"Alright I will. Let's hope she says yes when I do it." I say as I begin to feel myself already getting nervous.

"She will bruh. I've seen the way Maddy looks at you. She's heads over heels in love with you." Fez said while tapping my shoulder and I nod my head with a smile. I'm heads over heels in love with her too.
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I check my hair in the mirror to make sure it looks perfect. I pulled it back into a ponytail and has a few strands out in the front. I check my face to make sure nothing is on it. As usual, my face is clean.

I fix the collar of my shirt quickly and grab the small box that had Maddy's corsage in it.

Maddy and I are going to the winter formal together. I asked her to go with me a few days ago and she obviously said yes.

I'm currently going over to her house to pick her up. I'm doing over there with Cassie and Lexi.

"Lexi, Cassie let's go! We have to pick up Maddy!" I yelled to them as I quickly walked downstairs.

"We're coming!" They both yelled out and I hear a door open. I look at the top of the steps and see my sisters come out in beautiful pink and blue dresses. Cassie wore pink and Lexi wore blue.

"You guys look so pretty." I say as they come down the stairs and I give them both hugs.

"You look pretty too Reese." Lexi said as she buttoned up a button on my jacket for me.

"Yeah, I am really loving your outfit. It's all black but it works so well." Cassie complimented and I smile.

"Oh my god my girls look so good." We hear our mom say and we smile as we turn and look at her.

"Thanks mom." All of us say at the same time and we smile at the coincidence.

"Come on let's get some group pictures." She says with a laugh and I let out a sigh.

"Definitely!" Cassie said and of course shes happy to take pictures. She loves taking pictures.

The three of us stand next to each other. Me in the middle and Lexi and Cassie on either side of me. They put a hand on my shoulder and mom pulls out her phone and goes into her camera.

She moves back so she's a good distance from us and takes a few pictures.

"Say I'm the baddest in the world!" Mom said with a laugh and I sigh and smile.

"I'm the baddest in the world." The three of us say at the same time as she takes more pictures.

5 minutes later, we are still here taking pictures.

"Mom, come on, we have to go." I say with a sigh and she rolls her eyes.

"Fine, have fun girls." She says while coming up to hug us and she gives each of us a kiss on the cheek.

We exit the house and head to her car to drive to Maddy's house.
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I am walking up the porch to Maddy's house. Cassie and Lexi decided to wait in the car. I had the corsage in my hand. I take a deep breath in before knocking on the door.

"Reese! Hi!" Maddie's mom Camila said enthusiastically as she opened door and she smiles and opens her arms.

"Hey Camila, how have you been? I haven't been seeing you around lately." I say as I hug her with a chuckle.

"Oh I've been working all day lately. I need to start taking some time off. You and me need to catch up." She said while lightly tapping my shoulder and I nod.

"We sure do." I reply then I see Ted come up to the door.

"What's up Reese?" Ted said with a smile and he gives me a hug.

"Hey Ted, man your hair is growing." I say as I point to his hair that was once curly and short and now it's turning into longer type of curls.

"You know it. I'm to look like Jason Mamoa." Ted said while pretending to act like aqua man and I laugh and nod.

"Maddy is coming down now. Just let me call her." Camila tells me and I nod as she moves out the doorway to let me inside.

"Maddy, your date is here!" Camila yells out to Maddy and I hear a door open. I look up at the stairs and see a literal angel up there.

Maddy is at the top of the steps wearing a light purple dress. Her hair was in a bun on the top of her head but pointing towards the back. There she had some hair straightened in the front of her head and it was coming down at both sides. She had on these beautiful glittery dice earrings. Like each earring had three silver flowers on it. She slowly walks down the stairs and my jaw is on the floor.

Her makeup looked so good as usual. She had on light purple eyeliner to match her dress. She had black mascara and lipgloss on.

"Wow, you look gorgeous." I say in awe as she gets out to me and I look at Maddy like she's my whole world. Which she is.

"Oh my god your making me blush." Maddy said as she was actually blushing and I smirk and wink at her. "You look so beautiful Reese. Like I love seeing you in a suit." Maddy stated with a smirk as she places her hands on my shoulders and gives me a soft kiss, which I give back.

"I got you a corsage." I tell her with a smile as I open the corsage box and gently take it out.

"Oh my god..." she said with tears in her eyes and I blush. "It's so beautiful." She stated as I put the corsage on her wrist and she admires it.

It was a light purple corsage with small white gemstones.

"Thank you." She said as I heard her sniffling and I smile and softly wipe her tear away, not wanting to ruin her makeup.

"Don't ruin your makeup with tears love." I tell her with a soft smile and Maddy shakes her head.

"I don't care. I love you." She says as she pulls me in for a hug and I grin and hug her back. I see her mom and dad making a love heart symbol with her hands and I give them a big thumbs up.

After a few minutes, Maddy and I pull away from the hug.

"Picture time!" Camila yelled out and I wipe away another tear from Maddy's eye. Maddy stands in front of me and I wrap mg arms around her waist and rest my chin on her shoulder.

We both smile as her mom takes a couple pictures. We do different poses. One where we were standing in front of each other, I had my hands in Maddy's hips and Maddy was cupping me cheeks and giving me a kiss on the lips. Another was where we were holding hands with our back facing each other and smiling.

"Alright you crazy kids. Enjoy, but not do much." Her dad says and my eyes go wide.

"Dad, we aren't there yet." Maddy said while blushing and her dads eyes widen.

"Oopsie." He said while covering his mouth and I chuckle. Maddy and I open the front door and leave while waving goodbye to her parents.

"Finally your back. That took so long." Lexi stated and I roll my eyes.

"Mom took longer." I replied and she shrugged because she knows it's true.

"OH MY GOD YOUR OUTFIT IS SO FUCKING CUTE!!" Cassie screamed while looking at Maddie's outfit and Maddy screams too.

"YOURS TOO!!" Maddy yelled back and they start to just scream and compliment each other's outfits.

"Damn." I say while covering my ears and Lexi nods.

Once the screaming stops, Lexi says to Maddy "Your outfit is really beautiful Maddy and that's my favorite color so." Lexi said with a smile.

"Your dress is beautiful too Lex. And this is my favorite color too. Oou twins." Maddy said while looking at Lexis dress and smiling.

"Are y'all ready for this winter formal?" I asked them and they all begin to scream.

"Yes!!" They scream out and I smile and start up the car. I drive off to the formal with them playing music.
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As we enter the gym where the dance is, I linked arms with Maddy.

"Wow! This is shockingly nice decoration for the dance." Maddy said while looking around the dance and I nod.

"Last year they said they would let the football players choose a theme. I am so glad they didn't." I state because if they did, the gym would look like a football stadium and we would've gotten tackled when we first entered.

Maddy and I walk over to the punch table and grab some punch.

"You know what my favorite part of dances are?" Maddy asked me as she pours some punch into two cups for me and her.

"No, what?" I asked her with a raised eyebrow and she smiles.

"Through our childhood, my favorite part of the dances has always been when everyone gets into two lines dancing each other and does like a soul train. And also when they form a big circle and one person goes into the middle and dances." Maddy explained to me and I smile as I remember when we did that in school dances when we were younger.

"Yeah that was always so fun. And nobody would make fun of how you dance, we would just have fun and do what we wanted without a care in the world." I say as I sigh at all the memories I have.

"Do you miss being a kid?" Maddy asked me with a raised eyebrow and I sip on my punch.

"Sometimes yeah, because we were just so young and stress free and life was so good. Like I remember doing basketball when I was young and I love it." Maddy nods her head, remembering when I did basketball.

"I remember that, your shorts were always so long and baggy. It was hilarious." She states and I laugh as I remember how my mom would always buy he the baggy basketball shorts.

"I feel like she bought them baggy on purpose just to embarrass me. Because she knows I was always tripping over those shorts." I said and Maddy bursts out into fits of laughter and I playfully scoff with a playful eyeroll.

But sometimes I just remember that my future will be just as good as my past." I tell Maddy with a smile and she nods.

"I agree. I miss my childhood because remember when I would do beauty pageants?" Maddy asked me with a raised eyebrow and I nod my head.

"Of course, me and Cassie went to every single one. I would always cheer you on because you were such a natural talent." I tell her with a smile and she giggles.

"I wouldn't say all that but please, continue." Maddy jokingly said and I let out a laugh. "Every time I did a pageant, I would feel so at home. It just made me feel happy and I was so good at it. I don't even know why I'm saying all of this. I guess I just miss my youth." Maddy said with a shrug and I wrap an arm around her.

"Hey no I get it. We all miss our youth at some point. But then we look into the future and say, your gonna make my younger self proud. And that's what your gonna do. Your gonna make beauty pageant Maddy so proud, I promise you." I tell her as I give her a hug and a kiss and she smiles with a nod.

"Thank you Reese. I love you. And I love all the talks we have." Maddy said as she gives me a hug and I grin and hug her back.

"I love you too. I always love how we can just talk about anything." I tell her and we stay hugging for a little while. Just then Rue comes over to the punch table with a flask in hand. She looks around before opening the flask and putting some punch into a cup. She pours the liquid in the flash into the cup and I let out a sigh.

"Rue I thought you were staying clean. Why hate you drinking again?" Maddy said with a disappointed voice and she sounded so worried. I nod. Rue looks up at us with wide eyes.

"Yeah come on Rue. Give it here. You need to stay clean." I tell her worriedly and she sighs before handing it over to me. I smell what's inside the flask but it doesn't smell like nothing.

"What the... it has no smell." I tell Maddy in confusion as I hand her the flask and she looks at me confused and takes it. Maddy smells it as well.

"Your right. It doesn't smell like anything." Maddy said, also confused and she grabs a cup and pours it in the cup. She takes a sip of it and smacks her lips. "It taste like water. What the fuck?" Maddy said and we both hear Rue snickering.

We look up and see her laughing.

"Got you guys." Rue said while laughing hysterically and I look at her and let out an annoyed groan.

"Rue that isn't funny." I say while shaking my head and Maddy agrees.

"Yeah Rue we were like real like worried for you." Maddy said with some sass and rolls her eyes as Rue just continued to laugh.

"I just played this prank on the whole table and all you guys fell for it." She said and dumps the rest of the water into a cup and drinks it. "But hey, I'm sorry for scaring you guys. I know your concerned for me. But you gotta admit it was a good prank." She says while looking at us and we look at each other.

"I can't lie it was good." I state while slightly smiling.

"It was actually really clever and one of the only pranks that have been played on me that was an actual good prank." Maddy admitted and Rue claps for herself and walks back to the table. We laugh at Rue and follow her back to the table.

"Hey guys." We say to Jules and Kat as Maddy and I sit down at the table. Maddy sits next to Jules and I sit next to Maddy.

"Hey y'all." Jules said as she stood up and gave both of us a hug.

"Hi, guys." Kat said to us and I don't know if she and Maddy made up fully, but they just smiled at each other so they are not totally mad at each other anymore.

"What if these are like the big moments in life?" Cassie asked while looking at people on the dance floor. "My mom always talks about high school like it was this monumental part of her life." Cassie states and I raise an eyebrow.

"That's because mom is like 42 and all people in their 40s seem to think that high school was the golden years." I respond as I think about how mom love to brag about how she was the golden girl in high school.

"True. I cannot imagine being like 40 and looking back on this moment like wow, oh my god this was the best time of my life." Cassie said while mocking what middle-aged people always say.

"That's because most people peak at high school." Maddy stated while brushing some loose hair behind her ear.

"I definitely haven't peaked." Kat said with a sigh as she looks at the ceiling.

"I feel like I'm not even a person yet." Lexi commented while playing with her fingers.

"I'm definitely like 25% peakness." Cassie comments with a chuckle.

"I have barely peaked. I'm still figuring out my whole life." I state with a shrug as I am still sipping on my punch.

"I feel like I'm at a hundred percent." Jules commented as she drinks some Gatorade. "But I can definitely get to one fifty." She nods her head and closes her Gatorade.

"I never thought I'd make it think far." Rue said while staring at the kids dancing.

"What do you mean?" I asked her and I know what she's referring to but I wanted her to explain it in her way of thinking.

"I don't know, I've always had this overwhelming anxiety that something bad would happen." Rue said with a shrug and I give her a sad smile.

"In all fairness, last summer, there were 3 weeks where I actually thought you were dead." Maddy said and everyone including Rue let out small chuckles. They don't she doesn't mean any harm by it. "But I'm glad your not." Maddy said while smiling at Rue and Rue smiles back.

"She's been sober for like 3 months." Jules said and I see Maddy get confused.

"But weren't you in rehab like 6 months ago?" Maddy asked and everyone at the table looks at each other.

"Uhhhh... yeahh..." Rue said while trailing of and looking around awkwardly. "I relapsed after I came out for those first three months but Jules has been helping me and I've been doing so good for these last 3 months." Rue said proud of herself and I smile.

"That's good Rue. I'm proud of you." Maddy said with a smile and can see Rues eyes beam with happiness.

"Thank you Maddy." Rue said while smiling brightly and her smile makes me so happy. I love how proud of herself she is.

"People probably get nostalgic about high school cause it's like the last time in your life you get to dream. After this it's just bad jobs, and bills, and bad husbands or wives." Cassie said while playing with the fake flowers in the middle of the table and Jules looked down at her phone as it just buzzed.

"I feel the opposite. I feel like high schools super fucking suffocating." Jules said after looking up from her phone and I nod.

"Really?" Cassie asked in surprise and Jules nods.

"Yeah." Jules replied while sighing softly.

"I agree. High school is the most stressful time in your education level. And a lot of pressure is put on you. It's supposed to be the best 4 years of your life but it's the most draining 4 years of your life." I admitted and I hear everyone at the table hum in agreement.

Suddenly Mi Gente begins to play and Maddy looks at me with a smirk. I know this is her favorite song.

"Wanna dance?" She asked me with a raised eyebrow and I smirk back.

"You know it." I say as I grab her hand and stand up. She stands up too and we begin to walk to the dance floor.

"Oou couple goals!!" I hear Jules and Rue yell out and Maddy and I laugh as we continue to walk.

We get on the dance floor and Maddy and I begin to dance. I place my arms on her waist and she wraps her arms around my neck. We sway our body's to the beat while looking into each other's eyes. Maddy reaches behind her and lowers my hands to her butt, making me have a firm grip on them.

Maddy caresses the back of my neck and smirks as she turns around in my hold, causing me to briefly let go. I place my hands on her hips as Maddy presses her butt against my front. She she grinds back into me as she gently sways her hips to the beat.

I smirk as move my hips to the beat as well. I feel myself starting to get hard. Oh gosh.

Maddy and me continue to dance to the beat. I feel Maddy cup my cheeks and turn my face towards her. I look down at her with a smirk and she smirks back.

"Someone's happy." Maddy said while referring to my hard on and continues to seductively smirk at me, making my smirk get wider. Maddy quickly brings my lips together towards her lips, gently sticking out her tongue right as our lips touch. We kiss passionately on the dance floor, continuing to dance together.

We can feel people recording us but we honestly don't care. We are way to caught up in each other to care.
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Maddy's POV:

"This has been the best night of my life. I loved all of it." I tell Reese as we slow dance on the dance floor. It's been an hour since our grinding dance on the dance floor. The DJ started playing slow songs since the night was coming to an end.

I had my hands on her shoulders and Reese had her arms wrapped around my waist. I had my head laying on her chest as we just slowly moved to the music. I feel so safe in her arms and I love it.

A lot of other couples were dancing around us but it felt like we were the center of attention.

It felt like we were the only ones there.

"Mines too. I loved it too. Tonight was amazing. This is only the winter formal. Imagine how good prom night will be." Reese leaned down and said into my ear.

"Prom will be a magical night to remember. I'm sure of it." I reply back with a happy sigh and Reese hummed.

"I love you Reese." I tell Reese with a bright smile as I take my head off of her chest and look into her eyes.

"I love you too Maddy." Reese says while looking down at me with a just as bright smile. Reese leans down and softly presses her lips on mines.

I let out a soft moan and move my arms to wrap around her neck. Reese gently rubs my waist in a soothing manner. We both smile into the kiss as we slip our tongues into each other's mouths.

This was definitely the best school dance I've ever been too. And I really can't wait to go to prom with Reese.

























I loved this chapter! It was so cute! That's the end of season 1. Onto season 2. I am so excited for season 2 because Maddy has more scenes in it and it has more drama. Tell me what you guys think of this chapter in the comments.❤️

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