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yuki.aoki time to produce a play!!

yuki.aoki shoutout to scarlett for sending me that adorable picture of rowyn
scarlettleigh pleasure is all mine 🫡
breewalsh you gotta be kidding me..... i'm so excited !!!!!! will simply be too seated
yuki.aoki and we'll be keeping ur seat warm!🤍

rileyhudson will be play of the century
bladegarcia will go down in the history books.
scarlettleigh so excited i can hardly wait!!!!
lukewilson absolutely over the moon right now.

dariuspippen Let's go!!!!
chasethatcher Hyped
novaleigh have the date set on my calendar
yuki.aoki oh how we love you ms. leigh!! :)

rowyn was chewing onto her fingernails aggressively showing signs of anxiety. she was a nervous wreck knowing report cards are being given out today. their school only mails or gives them out to teachers who attend parent teacher conference which is also going on later this evening.

she always finds herself getting scared whenever the end of the four nine weeks come around the corner. her parents expect nothing but all A's on that report card, no excuses. she felt her body turning cold thinking about the last and only time she got a B...

her eyes widened due to fear with chase calling her name out loud, he scooted closer to her. she didn't say anything, not even hearing him. his words were soundproof to her ears. chase has been worried about her the past three days noticing a change within her

ever since the first of october has came around rowyn has been more irate then normal. she had been snappy towards scarlett who is being as patient as ever with her. whenever their teachers have been asking her to answers questions, she answers with an attitude. her favorite responses currently being 'i don't know' or 'ask someone else'

if it were any other student, they would have gotten sent to the principals office. but for some odd reason, the teachers were letting it slide. chase noticed almost instantly which has him questioning things. he doesn't know what is happening but he remembers what was written in her diary

his hand touched her leg which caused her to jump out of her skin, he reacted quickly moving it instantly. she breathed heavily shaking her head coming back to the real world, chase watched her scoot away from him. "are you okay?"

"yes, i'm fine. i wish everyone would stop asking me that stupid question." rowyn fully snapped but chase didn't take offense to it

chase licked his lips glancing down at her feet that were constantly bouncing up and down against the soft carpet, "it is apparent that something is wrong." he brought up

rowyn scoffed quickly tugging near the roots of her red hair, "leave it alone." she warned quietly

"just talk to me." chase pressed her gently

"i'm stressing about my report card, happy?!!" she asked clasping her hands together tightly starting to mentally pray, she needed God to come through for her especially after today

chase nodded putting the pieces together, everything began to make even more sense to him. "because of your parents right?" he asked letting out a tiring sigh, rowyn just continued to be quiet

"look i don't mean to say this in an ugly way but fuck—-" rowyn almost broke her neck to look at him a with a dagger

chase coughed quickly fixing up his sentence, "forget them. you're literally the best student in your class, give yourself a pat on the back for once."

rowyn smacked her teeth disagreeing with him by shaking her head profusely, she gave him a saddened look. "i don't have parents like yours."

chase was confused wanting to know what she meant, "you can come home with a B and get positive remarks or feedback, that isn't how it works in my household."

"well what happens if you bring home a B on your report card?" chase asked intrigued to know but rowyn started hesitating on whether she wanted to answer his question. he could see her shifting onto the couch nervously biting her bottom lip. she started doing breathing exercises trying to stay afloat

chase spoke whispering silently, "it's okay rowyn. take your time, i'm here." he assured giving her the space that she needed

she had the courage to look over at him, her eyes were dull looking. "you get punished." she was holding back tears as strongly as possibly remembering the words that are implanted within her brain

'don't cry, it makes you look weak'

chase lowered his head seeming scared to ask his next question, "punished how?"

her eyes started to twitch aggressively, a big lump suddenly formed in her throat. her eyes were even crystal blue anymore. they were now a navy blue which chase detected with worrisome

rowyn jerked her head down then covered her mouth with her hand. she gagged leaping up off the couch to run out of the room into the bathroom down the hallway. with no time no shut the door, her knees hit the blue tiled bathroom floor.

she projected vomit into the clean toilet, chase stood up hurriedly rushing into the bathroom bending down next to her. she continued letting it out with him holding her hair up, "it's okay. let it out." chase said not hesitating to rub her back with his free hand

chase started to feel bad knowing that he triggered rowyn. that wasn't his intent. he starting thinking maybe it is best he doesn't know much about her life at home or her past. as much as he wanted to get down to the truth, it isn't worth seeing rowyn like this.

when she was done vomiting, she felt around the toilet trying to find the silver brass lever, chase refused to let her keep struggling. "here i got it." he said flushing the toilet with ease, then moved her away from it considering their toilets flush aggressively

he got up from the floor then helped her stand. when she looked in the mirror. she looked like a ghost, completely pale. chase had his hand wrapped around her waist tightly grabbing a clean face towel from the rack. he got it wet with warm water rubbing it against her mouth making sure she was clean

throwing it into the laundry hamper, he lead her back to the study room helping her fully lay down onto the couch. "just relax, okay? i'll be right back." he announced with rowyn faintly nodding

chase ran back into the room with a cup of orange juice and some saltine crackers, he leaned down getting onto his knees inching the plastic straw towards rowyn's lips. he didn't leave her with much choice but to take a sip of the orange juice which danced against her taste buds

"did you forget to eat today?" chase asked

rowyn stared at the ceiling feeling her body start to go back to normal, "with rehearsing then bible study and dance troupe practice... sometimes i genuinely just forget to eat."

there are times where rowyn won't eat until dinner time at her house. whenever she gets super busy, eating becomes her last priority. it is something that isn't done a purpose but it just unfortunately occurs in her life.

"but you can't do that rowyn. eating is essential, apart of everyday life." chase gently informed her placing half of a cracker into her mouth which caught her off guard but she began chewing then swallowed it

after dissolving the cracker fully, she yawned. "it...." her eyes began to close, "it just is a bad habit....." she exhaled loudly then completely shut her eyes starting to fall asleep

chase sighed staring at her for a few minutes, she looked so beautiful. like an angel. he got up grabbing a sherpa blanket from the closet out in the hallway, quickly draping it over her. before going to sit on the other couch sitting across from the one rowyn is in, he could see her maroon diary sticking out of her backpack

he didn't even think about it, going over to sit in his seat resuming to his math homework that was due tomorrow in class. the new two hours flew by with him getting his assignments done. rowyn was still sleeping peacefully, chase could see that she needed this more than ever

her dad walked into the room suddenly chasing chase to stand up straight, he watched as rory quickly towered over his daughter. chase walked over to him, "mr. walsh, she needs some rest. maybe just let her finish sleeping." chase suggested nicely

rory calmly glared at chase, "i'd love too let her but we have somewhere we need to be." he answered nicely bending down to gently shake rowyn of her shoulder

"sweetheart, time to wake up."

he shook her a little harder than before, rowyn started slowly opening her eyes. when they fully opened she looked terrified to see her father. she sat up in an instant getting up from the couch folding the blanket. "get your stuff, let's go." was the last thing he said before exiting the room

she crammed her stuff into her bag practically running out of the room not having enough time to say goodbye to chase. "see you tomorrow sweetheart!!" amelia yelled out watching rowyn run out of the door

quietly shutting it, chase came out walking up to the window seeing her father open the door for her. he waited for her to full be inside the truck then gently shut the door. "i hope everything is okay, did she seem off to you today?" amelia asked worriedly

she wasn't here earlier when rowyn threw up. errands needed to be ran for the church so she basically missed seeing rowyn for majority of the time she was here. chase shrugged, "i don't know." he answered heading upstairs to his room, the doorbell suddenly rang

amelia was about to ask her son if he was expecting company then she remembered that he never invites anyone over. she finished washing her hands with the doorbell ringing again, "just a minute!!" she yelled quickly drying her hands

amelia jogged over to the door opening it having a plastered look of confusion on her face, "um, hi? aren't you—-" she began to ask

"holly!" she giggled, amelia kept the door halfway open leaning onto it confused to see why the high schooler was here at her home

"can i help you?" amelia asked kindly

holly nodded, "yes ma'am. i'm looking for chase." she made known

amelia has been caught up on the history of holly constantly bullying rowyn. nova and scarlett filled her in on everythinh with them giving a fair warning to amelia and wyatt which was to steer clear of any monroe

wyatt and amelia are the kind of people who will be kind even when don't deserve it. for example, they handled the entire situation with blake shading scarlett very politely. after wyatt had a one on one talk with blake, he decided blake wouldn't be preaching the church for a long time

that decision wrecked havoc amongst church staff and members who weren't used to a pastor like wyatt. they thought wyatt would come into their church doing exactly what they wanted, thinking that things would be running smoothly having the same routine they had with the last pastor. they were way off

wyatt has come into bardstown bringing a whole new atmosphere within the church. his sermons brought in more churchgoers, many who decided after covid hit the air that watching the livestream from home was better.

he has been able to bring many of the church members together getting more people to come out to bible study and sunday school. before he came, only like eight people would show up to each. same went for youth bible study.

it took a ton of the kids awhile before they were comfortable with wyatt and amelia. they all didn't know if they would be here for awhile or not considering how their church family runs people off

amelia looked sure of herself speaking, "he's actually not here right now."

holly frowned then let out a laugh pointing towards their driveway, "but his truck is out here."

"he is out running errands with his dad, but i will definitely let him know that you came here." she promised the girl who sounded happy to here that

she nodded, "thank you, have a goodnight." with that being said, she disappeared into the wind driving off into the sunset. amelia looked at the stairs decided to go up to talk with her son

when she walked into his doorway, she saw the lights were off. it was pitch black in his room but she could see him laying on his bed while looking at the ceiling

she flickered his light switch on causing him to lift his head up. when he looked to see it was his mother, he just rolled his eyes quickly laying his head back down on his pillow.

"holly was just here. she showed up asking about you, told her you were out running errands with your dad." amelia informed him with a soft voice

chase just exhaled deeply not really reacting to what he was hearing, "so what am i supposed to say thank you? nobody asked you to lie for me." he coldly stated

"can you please just drop the attitude for two seconds?" amelia asked trying to be patient, but it just made chase grow angrier as he stood up to storm out of his room. he was agitated, amelia followed him down the stairs and into the kitchen

he was rummaging through the refrigerator angry sliding stuff around. "chase—-"

the refrigerator slamming loudly made amelia jump back, "WHAT!!! DAMN IT!!! what do you want from me?!!" chase raged

"honey... i just want to talk to you."

"about what? you constantly try forcing us to have some type of special bond that clearly isn't there!!!" chase spat turning even more hostile. he got so angry that he forgot what he came downstairs for, he quickly made his way back up to his room slamming the door so loud that amelia could hear it from the first floor of the house

amelia stood there putting on a brave face but deep down.... all she wanted to do was cry. it felt like the harder her and her husband try to form a relationship with their son, the harder it pushed him away from them. chase used to be the sweetest baby, was always smiling. he was a happy baby then transitioned into a happy toddler and soon into a bright little boy

he was a momma's boy at heart. from the time he was born in that delivery room. chase was born in carbondale, colorado. a small town that is known for outdoor adventure, that is where they resided before moving to bardstown

the move was huge decision for wyatt to make for his family. leaving family and friends behind was hard for them to do, but it needed to be done in order to save their son from the self destruction he was bringing amongst himself and the town

he was a big troublemaker back in his hometown. a typical bad boy who gave the police department the blues. history seems to be repeating itself even while chase is attending a new high school. seems like no matter where he goes, he is the star athlete.

football season has been going great for the bears. they are currently undefeated planning to be conference champs yet again and are looking to bring home some rings by the end of the season

the two have seen a change within chase moving here. still angry as hell yet full of life. is actually taking his grades seriously and is starting to participate in clubs within school. both of them were shellshocked hearing that their son is going to be apart of a play

but they are excited to see chase perform, no matter how hateful he is towards them.... they'll always be in the crowd supporting him.

when rowyn got home, she was whipped by her father with his special braided leather bull whip. he whipped her so hard that it began to draw blood onto her pale back. she had a B in one of her classes.

after she was whipped her father grabbed her forcefully by her hair dragging her into their tiny prayer room, locking her in there for hours with no water or food. the blood amongst her back started to dry aching to be cleaned with some alcohol. there were a few abrasion tearing within her skin also when her dad was done with her...

meanwhile scarlett walked outside with two mugs of hot chocolate sitting the glass pumpkin mug in front of her mother, who looked at her with a smile, "oh thank you babygirl." her mom said putting her book down to take a sip

scarlett sat down with her mother nodding, "it's delicious." she concurred

"thank you, can i talk to about something?" scarlett asked sounding nervous about something

she was fidgeting with her mug, "you know it is that time of the year...." nova gaped at scarlett hearing her say that. her mood changed quickly knowing what her kid is referring to

nova sat her mug down onto the wooden patio table sitting up straight, "i know, i know."

"mom i'm really scared." she felt her breathing begin to shudder thinking about what happened last year.

"around this time of the year, rowyn just changes like a light switch. she already is becoming irritable and even more agitated than normal. i just...." scarlett heaved a sigh of distress, "i'm scared for her. her parents plus taryn are no help during this month. they just act like everything is completely okay. i think maybe she should stay with us this month." scarlett suggested in all seriousness

"scarlett, honey..." nova went to bend down in front of her daughter grabbing both her hands, scarlett rolled her eyes beginning to scoff out of frustration. nova gripped her hands for comfort

"listen to me before you get an attitude. look at me sweetheart." nova begged

scarlett looked at her, "i would love for rowyn to stay here with us. you know i wouldn't mind at all, heck she could move in with us if you she wanted too. but you and i both know that her parents are not going to allow that."

"can you at least ask them for me? please mom! we have to try!! i don't want my bestfriend to relap——-"

"okay. okay. okay. i'll ask her parents the next time i see them, i promise." nova assured. scarlett was crying tears at this point of the conversation

"oh honey, come here." nova said with scarlett hugging her mother tightly. she began to cry harder, nova caressing her hair trying to calm her down

"it's gonna be okay." nova assured

hi guys!!! bye guys!!! keep the comments coming i love you all so much, keep the theories coming!! also why do you like reading this book and who are your favorite characters and why??🤍