"Dean?" Becky asked when she recognized Dean's car.

Seth closed his eyes in disappointment as Becky rushed into the apartment building. She ran up the stairs so quickly that Seth could barely keep up with her.

"Great. So everyone is replacing me with Rollins now.." Dean said in disappointment.

"He's got a lot going in at home, Dean. It's just temporary." Luke told him.

Dean looked at Luke and shook his head in disapproval.

"This is a three bedroom apartment, there is plenty of room for all of us." Luke told him.

"I'm not fucking living with him." Dean told him.

"Watch your mouth." Luke warned him.

Dean looked at Luke helplessly.

"You of all people, Luke.. I thought you were supposed to have my back?" Dean asked him seriously.

"I do have your back, son. But you're not the only one with a shitty father." Luke told him.

Dean felt a rush of anger come over him just at the reference to Will. Suddenly, Becky burst through the door with Seth.

"Dean." Becky said in disbelief.

He glanced over at her for a moment before bringing his attention to Seth. Becky's eyes filled with tears as she walked towards Dean. He looked down at her as he tried to hide his emotions. Luke and Seth watched as Becky suddenly slapped Dean across the face. Dean's cheeks turned red as he began to get angry. He hovered over Becky as a tear fell down her face.

"You left me." She said with a crack in her voice.

Seth watched Dean and Becky's exchange uncomfortably.

"Maybe we should give the two of you a minute to talk." Luke said.

Dean looked down at Becky almost emotionless.

"No. We have nothing to talk about." Dean said before turning around and walking into the guest room.

Becky stood there in frustration as Dean slammed the door shut and locked it behind him. Luke took a deep breath, not realizing how much teenage drama he had signed up for when taking Seth and Dean in.

"Becks." Seth said as he watched her stand there in shock.

He grabbed her hand as she stared helplessly at the bedroom door.

"Come on, babe. I'll take you home." Seth said.

Becky looked down at his hand in hers. It was like his touch brought her back to reality. She looked over at Seth as tears now began streaming down her face.

"Let him take you home, Becky. You're mother is probably waiting for you." Luke commented.

Becky reluctantly followed Seth as he lead her away.

In the guest room, Dean was leaning against the door with tears in his eyes. He threw his head back as he tried to shake the sharp pain in his chest. He slid down the door and fell to the ground. He buried his face in his hands as he replayed the image of Becky's standing there with a tear in her eye. Dean threw his head back against the door in frustration with himself as he began to cry.

In the hallway of Luke's apartment building, Seth was trying to get Becky outside but she was walking so slowly, still trying to comprehend what had just happened.

"Rebecca." Seth said as he grabbed her hand again.

"I have to go back inside. I have to talk to him." Becky said as she turned around.

Seth ran up the stairs and blocked her from getting back into Luke's.

"What are you doing?" Becky asked in confusion.

"Go home and get some sleep, okay? You can talk to him tomorrow." Seth told her.

"What if he leaves again?" Becky asked.

"He's back, Rebecca. He's staying this time.. I promise." Seth told her.

Becky looked at Seth skeptically.

"I won't let him leave you again." Seth told her.

Becky stood there in confusion for a moment before Seth grabbed her hand tightly and finally lead her away.

A few minutes later, after driving in silence, Seth pulled up to Becky's house.

"Rebecca.." Seth tried to say.

"He said we have nothing to talk about.. why would he say that?" Becky asked.

"I don't know.. But I'm sure you guys will talk everything out eventually." Seth told her.

"He just stared me like I was some kind of stranger." Becky remembered.

Seth looked at Becky with an unsettling feeling in his chest.

"I can stay over if you want." Seth suggested.

"No. I need to be alone right now." Becky said as she got out of the truck.

Seth took a deep breath and watched as Becky walked inside. After a few minutes he finally drove off.

Inside, Becky made her way into her bedroom and grabbed Dean's hoodie from under her pillow case. She put it on and climbed under her covers. Tears filled her eyes as she replayed the image Dean in her head.

When Seth returned to Luke's, Dean was getting himself a beer out of the refrigerator.

"You're back for good, right?" Seth asked suddenly.

Dean shut the refrigerator and opened his beer.

"Look just because we've gotta live under the same roof now doesn't mean we're gonna be friends, okay? Don't talk to me." Dean said as he tried to walk away.

Seth stepped in front of Dean and blocked him from leaving.

"You're not leaving her again. I won't allow it." Seth told him.

Dean looked at Seth furiously.

"Get the fuck outta my face." Dean told him.

Seth backed up and Dean walked back into his room.

The next day at school went by rather quickly. At lunch, Seth and Becky sat down at their usual table.

"Why didn't he come to school?" Becky asked.

"I don't know.. I guess Luke has to fill out some papers and stuff before he can come back to school." Seth told her.

Becky pulled out her phone and text Dean.

"Can we talk?"
-Becky

Seth glanced down and saw the dozens of "I need you" texts Becky had sent Dean.

"How many times did you text him?" Seth asked.

Becky shrugged her shoulders and locked her phone.

"Just a few times." Becky said.

Seth looked at her skeptically for a moment as she began to eat her food.

"Did he say anything to you last night?" Becky asked.

"Other than telling me not to talk to him? No." Seth said in annoyance.

"Well you can't really blame him, can you? I mean you treated him like shit, Seth." Becky told him.

"So that's how this is going to be? He comes back to town and I'm that guy again?" Seth asked her in frustration.

Becky quickly realized she had offended Seth.

"No.. I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that. It's just that I can't help but wonder how he feels right now. I mean coming back and finding you at Luke's.. and I don't know if he even knows about me and you being together yet.." Becky tried to apologize.

Seth looked at Becky for a moment.

"I get it.. I really do. But I can't go back to being the bad guy here, Rebecca. He's the one that left." Seth told her.

"I know.. I'm sorry." Becky said as she scooted over and rested her head in his shoulder.

"It's okay, pooky bear." Seth joked.

Becky cracked her first smile of the day and looked up at Seth.

"I'm sorry for all of this.. I know it's a lot to handle." Becky told him.

"Don't worry about it. There's nothing that is going to happen that will be too much for me. We'll get through all of this.. together." Seth assured her.

Becky got an unsettling feeling in her stomach as Seth leaned in and kissed her on the lips.

Across the cafeteria, Renee and Paige were sitting with Carmella, Corey, and Dolph.

"Here babe, you can have my cookie." Paige said.

"Thanks." Renee said.

As Renee was about to take a bite of the cookie she smelled something unusual.

"Are there peanuts in this?" Renee asked.

"Yeah. It's a peanut butter cookie." Paige told her.

Renee put down the cookie and looked at Paige in disbelief.

"You know I'm allergic to peanuts, right?" Renee asked her.

"You are?" Paige asked.

By the look on Renee's face, Paige knew she was in trouble.

"I mean of course I knew.. I just forgot." Paige tried to explain.

Corey, Dolph, and Carmella looked at each other awkwardly.

"Do you know what my favorite band is?" Renee asked suddenly.

"What?" Paige asked in confusion.

"My favorite band.. what is it?" Renee asked.

"I don't know.." Paige said.

"What about my favorite color?" Renee asked.

"Pink? I don't know. What is this is all about, Renee?" Paige asked.

Renee looked at Paige for a moment.

"It's nothing. Forget I said anything." Renee said as she got up and stormed out of the cafeteria.

Paige looked at her friends in confusion.

"Anyone know what the hell that was?" Paige asked.

Everyone just shrugged their shoulders.

Bayley had joined Kyle at his table with Bobby and Roderick.

"So are you guys like a thing now?" Roderick asked.

Bayley looked down awkwardly.

"We're just hanging out, man." Kyle told him.

Adam suddenly approached the table and sat down between Roderick and Bobby.

"Just hanging out, huh?" Adam asked.

Bayley and Kyle both looked at Adam in annoyance.

"That kiss the other night didn't look like you were just hanging out." Adam said with a smile on his face.

"Yeah, that doesn't sound like just hanging out to me.." Bobby added.

"So Kyle.. if Bayley was also hanging out with some other guy, you would be cool with that?" Adam asked.

"Why wouldn't I be? It's not like we're dating." Kyle said awkwardly.

Bayley gave Kyle and offensive look.

"And Bayley, you would'nt care if he was seeing someone, right?" Adam asked.

"Are you?" Bayley asked Kyle.

Kyle looked up at Adam in frustration.

"Oh. I guess I wouldn't be then." Bayley said uncomfortably.

"You know what, Bayley.. I think you'd outta save me a dance tomorrow night. I mean Kyle obviously doesn't care who you hang out with.." Adam said mischievously.

Bayley looked at Adam for a moment and thought over what he said. Any other time she would have laughed in his face but she couldn't help but feel offended by Kyle's remarks.

"I'll save you a dance." Bayley told him.

Kyle looked at her in disbelief.

"You will?" Kyle asked.

"Unless there's a reason I shouldn't.. I mean it's not like we're dating.. plus it's just a dance, right?" Bayley asked him.

"Right.. Yeah." Kyle said awkwardly.

Adam let out a satisfying smirk as Kyle and Bayley ate the rest of their meal in silence.

After lunch, everyone gathered in the gym for the pep rally. Becky and Seth sat in the middle section of the bleachers. A few rows above them was Kyle, Adam, Bobby, Roderick, and Finn. Closer to the right side of the bleachers was Aj, Corey, Paige, and Dolph. To the left, Roman sat with Brie, Sami and Miz. Suddenly, the lights went out in the gym. Everyone got quiet for a moment as they looked around in confusion. When the lights came back on the entire cheer squad was standing in the center of the gym. Each of the girls were wearing white crop tops with blue booty shorts. The song, "Guys My Age" by Hey Violet began to play throughout the gym as Artem walked in. Artem stood against the wall of the gym next to a few other teachers as the cheerleaders began to do their dance.

I haven't seen my ex since we broke up
Probably 'cause he didn't wanna grow up

Seth watched awkwardly as Nikki took center stage.

Now I'm out and wearing something low-cut
'Bout to get attention from a grownup

Nikki shot Artem a slight glance as she continued dancing.

"I'm gonna use the restroom." Becky said as she got up.

Seth was tempted to follow Becky to the bathroom to check on her but he didn't.

'Cause you hold me like a woman
In a way I've never felt before

Aj watched from the bleachers as Renee, Bayley, and Carmella walked to the front of the gym and gave a slightly seductive performance. The crowd cheered them on as Adam shot Bayley a  smirk. Bayley rolled her eyes. Corey was practically frozen on the bleachers while he watched Carmella dance.

And it makes me wanna hold on
And it makes me wanna be all yours

Nikki made her way make to the front of the gym and all the girls dance in sync with one another.

Guys my age don't know how to treat me
Don't know how to treat me, don't know how to treat me

Seth was trying not to stare at Nikki but she was in the center of the gym so it was fairly hard not to notice her.

Guys my age don't know how to touch me
Don't know how to love me good

Roman looked up at Mandy from the bleachers and admired how beautiful she looked. Her long blonde hair was crimped down to her waist. Even though they were just friends, Roman loved when she wore her hair like that.

Guys my age don't know how to keep me
Don't know how to keep me, don't know how to keep me

Artem let out a small laugh to himself at Nikki. As the girls in the back put Carmella and Renee into pyramids, Sasha and Alexa made their way to the front of the gym. Alexa had promised Nikki a big finale but Sasha wasn't completely in the loop.

Guys my age don't know how to touch me
Don't know how to love me good

As the music stopped, Alexa grabbed Sasha's arm and pulled her in close. Everyone watched in disbelief as Alexa leaned in and pressed her lips against Sasha's. Alexa held Sasha's face as they held their kiss for a moment. Sasha pulled away and opened her eyes in confusion. Everyone jumped out of their seats and applauded for the girls dance routine. Miz watched Alexa and Sasha as they stared at each other. He clapped slowly with everyone else, not sure what to think of the situation. Suddenly, Sasha turned and ran off the floor. Nikki watched with concern as Alexa ran after her.

"Sasha!" Alexa yelled as she ran into the empty hallway.

"What the hell was that?" Sasha asked in frustration.

"It was the big finale, Sasha. Everyone loved it." Alexa told her.

Sasha's eyes filled with tears as she stared at Alexa for a moment.

"I'm gay, Alexa.. This is who I am! My sexuality is not something for you to use to win over the damn crowd!" Sasha yelled at her.

Alexa was a little confused by Sasha's anger.

"I'm sorry. I didn't think it would be that big of a deal. It was just a kiss." Alexa told her.

"Then why didn't you ask me?" Sasha asked.

"I don't know.. I wanted to surprise you I guess." Alexa told her.

Sasha shook her head in disapproval.

"What you did out there was not okay." Sasha told her.

"I didn't think you would mind.." Alexa told her.

"I just don't understand you, Lexi. Because I guarantee that you wouldn't have done that if I hadn't just come out to you." Sasha said before trying to walk away.

As Sasha turned around she saw Becky standing in the doorway of the bathroom. Alexa got an unsettling feeling in her stomach when she saw the way Sasha looked at Becky. For a moment, Becky wanted to yell at Alexa but she didn't have the energy. Alexa watched as Becky walked torwards Sasha and fell in her arms.

"Becks?" Sasha as as she instinctively wrapped her arms around Becky.

"He's back." Becky told her.

Sasha quickly pieced together who she was talking about. She closed her eyes in disappointment and held the back of Becky's head. Alexa watched Sasha with Becky for a moment, almost regretfully. She finally turned around and walked back into the gym, leaving them alone.

"I tired to steal Seth's keys to his truck but I didn't have any luck. Can you drive me to Luke's?" Becky asked her.

Sasha looked into Becky's eyes and tucked her hair behind her ear.

"Of course." Sasha told her.

"And I might need to eat something. That was the second time I've vomited today." Becky told her.

Sasha let out a small laugh.

"Come on my beautiful, hot mess. Let's get you out of here." Sasha said as she put her arm around her.

Becky smiled over at Sasha as they walked out of the school.

Back in the gym, Miz was walking down from the bleachers when Alexa returned.

"Hey, babe!" Miz called her over.

Alexa looked back at him and forced out a smile.

"That was some kiss." Miz said.

Alexa glanced down at her feet uncomfortably for a moment.

"Yeah.. It was Nikki's idea, she wanted to do something bold." Alexa lied him.

"Well that was definitely bold. Not to mention the fact that Principal McMahon looks like she is going to have a heart attack." Miz joked.

Alexa let out a fake laugh as she glanced over at Stephanie who clearly disapproved of the girls dance.

Seth was on his way to find Becky when he saw Nikki heading to the hall way on the other side of the gym. He walked through the crowd and followed her into the hall.

"Nice dance." Seth told her.

Nikki looked back in surprise, not expecting him to be the one to have followed her out of the gym.

"Seth?" Nikki asked in confusion.

"Was that supposed to be some kind of fuck you message to me?" Seth asked.

"What? No, of course not." Nikki assured him.

"Well it kind of felt like it was.." Seth said uncomfortably.

Nikki looked up at him seriously for a minute.

"Maybe it was." Nikki said suddenly.

Seth gave her a surprising look.

"I didn't know that it was.. but yeah, maybe that was for you." Nikki told him.

"But I thought we were good?" Seth asked.

Nikki looked into his eyes and took a deep breath.

"You can be a real idiots sometimes, you know that, Seth?" Nikki asked him.

Seth was now even more confused than before.

"Do you really think I want to see you around town with some other girl? Do you think I want to hear you talk about how great she is all the time? Do you honestly think that after all we've been through we can just be fine?" Nikki asked him.

"Wait. What are you talking about?" Seth asked.

"It was supposed to be me, Seth. I was supposed to be the girl of your dreams.. I was supposed to be the one to make you into a better man.. I was the one you were supposed to change for.. not her. It was supposed to be me." Nikki said as she tried to fight back tears.

"Nicole.. where is all of this coming from?" Seth asked in confusion.

"Do you honestly think I want to be her friend, Seth?" Nikki asked.

"That was your idea." Seth reminded her.

"Of course it was my idea! I'm doing it for you, Seth! Everything I have been doing is for you." Nikki told him.

Seth looked down at her with an unsettling feeling in his stomach as a tear fell from Nikki's eyes.

"I'm still in love with you.." Nikki said with a crack in her voice.

Seth froze for a moment as he tried to search for the right words to say.

"And I know that is really stupid but I do.. I love you, Seth. I never stopped loving you, not for one second." Nikki said as she stared at him helplessly.

"Why are you telling me this?" Seth asked as his eyes filled with tears.

"Because I'm trying like hell to get over you, Seth. And I think I actually found a decent guy that isn't going to treat me like crap.. But I can't let myself be happy with him when I'm still upset that you're happy with her." Nikki told him.

"Nicole." Seth said with an ache in his heart.

"I get it, okay? I'm not her.. I'm never gonna be her. I'm not the girl that gets to save you.." Nikki said unfortunately.

"Who is he?" Seth asked curiously.

"What?" Nikki asked in confusion.

"You said there was a guy.. do I know him?" Seth asked awkwardly.

Nikki hesitated for a moment.

"No, you don't know him." Nikki said.

Seth looked down at Nikki with desperation in his eyes.

"I wanted it to be you too, you know.. I wanted you to be the one to change me. I wanted to be good enough for you." Seth told her.

Nikki gave him a skeptical look.

"You were always enough for me, Seth. I just wish you would have believed that. Maybe then you wouldn't have sabotaged us by sleeping with Sasha."
Nikki told him.

Seth looked at her in confusion.

"Sabotage? What-?" Seth began to ask.

"Come on.. I know you, Seth. Don't act like you didn't sleep with Sasha hoping I would find out and dump you." Nikki said before walking away.

Seth stood there for a moment and thought over what Nikki had just told him. Even though he was completely caught off guard, it still amazed him how well Nikki knew him.

In the square, Sasha pulled up outside of Luke's apartment with Becky.

"Are you sure you don't want me to come up with you?" Sasha asked her.

Becky looked over at Sasha for a moment.

"No.. It's okay." Becky said.

"You know I'm here if you need me." Sasha said as she grabbed Becky's hand.

Becky looked down at their hands and let out a small smile.

"Be careful with Alexa." Becky said suddenly.

"Be careful?" Sasha asked in confusion.

"I just.. I've got a bad feeling about you guys being friends again. Be careful." Becky told her.

Sasha looked into Becky's eyes for a moment with curiosity.

"Becky." Sasha began to say as she contemplated telling her about her trip to see Dean in Rosedale.

"Thanks for the ride, Sasha." Becky said as she leaned in and kissed her on the cheek.

Sasha tried to ignore the quick appearance of butterflies in her stomach. Becky got out of the car and shut the door.

Once Becky made her way upstairs she knocked on the door nervously. When Luke suddenly opened the door Becky let out a sigh of disappointment.

"I need to talk to him." Becky said desperately.

Luke looked at Becky for a moment with sympathy.

"He's not here right now.." Luke told her.

"Then I'll wait." Becky said as she let herself inside.

Luke shut the door behind her and watched as she sat down on the couch.

"Where did you say he was again?"Becky asked anxiously.

"I don't know. He didn't say." Luke told her.

Becky thought to herself for a second before getting up and running into the bathroom. She fell down on her knees and vomited in the toilet. Tears filled Becky's eyes as she held her hair back.

"Damn it." Becky said to herself as she wiped her mouth and leaned against the wall.

"Are you okay in there?" Luke asked from the other side of the door.

"Yeah.. I'm just a little.. nervous I guess." Becky told him.

Luke opened the door and saw Becky sitting on the floor with tears in her eyes.

"You're nervous?" Luke asked.

"I don't know what the hell is wrong with me. I've talked to him a million times but now that he's back.. I don't know, it just feels different. And I keep having these moments where my heart just won't stop beating... It's like it's going to burst out of my chest. And I just.. I feel like I can't breathe sometimes." Becky told him.

Luke watched her for a moment and admired the resemblance she had to her mother.

"It sounds like you are having panic attacks." Luke told her.

Becky looked up at him in confusion.

"A panic attack?" She asked.

"How long have you been having these?" Luke asked curiously.

"I don't know.. I mean last night and today they have been really bad, I guess.. Becky told him.

Luke thought over what she said and immediately connected the dots to Dean coming back.

"Have you had these before?" Luke asked.

"Maybe when I was little.. I got sick like this when my dad left." Becky told him.

"That's it?" Luke asked her.

Becky looked down uncomfortably for a moment.

"There was another time.. two summers ago.." Becky told him.

"And what happened then?" Luke asked in a comforting voice.

"Someone hurt me.. and it hurt so badly that I really thought I was gonna die. And to be honest, that was when I started putting up all these walls around me.. I wanted to protect myself from ever feeling like that again. But now.. how I feel right now is ten times worse because I don't understand why this is happening to me." Becky told him with tears in her eyes.

"You know the higher you build walls around your heart, the harder you fall when someone tears them down." Luke told her.

Becky looked up at him helplessly as she felt a sharp pain in her chest.

After school that day, Seth was on his way to Luke's apartment after getting a text from Luke letting him know Becky was there. On the side of the road he saw Dean walking slowly towards the bar. Seth really didn't want to stop but he could tell from the way that Dean was walking that

"Ambrose!" Seth yelled at him.

Dean looked back at Seth as he held his abdomen.

"What the fuck do you want?" Dean asked in annoyance.

"Are you bleeding?" Seth asked curiously.

"It's just a scratch. Mind your own business." Dean said as he tried to walk away

Seth walked up and grabbed Dean's shoulder, turning him around to face him. Dean tried to push Seth away but he had already seen his wound.

"What the fuck happened to you?" Seth asked.

"Some asshole shanked me, okay. It's not a big deal." Dean slurred his words.

"Are you drunk right now?" Seth asked.

"Not yet but if you'd get the fuck out of my way I could get started on that." Dean told him.

"Where the hell is your car?" Seth asked him.

Dean shook his head and tried to walk away again. Seth tried to grabbed Dean's shoulder again to stop him but this time Dean saw it coming. Dean turned around and punched Seth across the jaw, knocking him to the ground.

Seth spit the blood out of his mouth and looked up at Dean furiously. Dean looked like he wanted to say something but he didn't. But just as he went to walk away Seth couldn't help but say something.

"You're just like our father.. You walked out on Rebecca just like he walked out on you and your mother." Seth smarted off.

Dean turned around and kicked Seth across the face, causing blood to begin rushing from his nose.

"Fuck you." Dean told Seth as his eyes filled with tears of anger.

"She's in love with me, man. We're in love and there's nothing you can do or say that is going to change that. She's mine." Seth said as he struggled to stay conscious.

Dean laughed to himself for a moment, wanting more than anything to tell Seth about Becky and Sasha.

"Yeah.. Sure she is." Dean mumbled.

"She doesn't care about you anymore. You're nothing to her." Seth told him.

Dean felt a sharp pain in his chest as he contemplated what Seth had just told him.

"Tell me something, Seth.." Dean began to say as he crouched down to him.

Seth looked up at Dean curiously as blood continued gushing from his nose.

"Does Becks still wear the cute black lace bra? You know the one I'm talking about.. the one with the three hooks in the back? It fits her pretty nicely don't you think?" Dean tried to get in Seth's head.

Seth's face turned red as he became furious. Dean let out a smirk and got up. Seth watched as Dean held his stomach and walked into the bar.

To be continued..

What did you guys think of the chapter?

Thoughts on Dean's return?

Is Becky right about Alexa? Should Sasha be careful with her?

Thoughts on Nikki telling Seth she is still in love with him?

Do you think Renee is starting to realize Aj was right about Paige?

Thoughts on Bayley and Kyle so far?

Do you Roman might have a thing for Mandy or does he still just see her as a friend?

Why is Becky so messed up about Dean being back? What is she so afraid of?

Thoughts on the escalation in Seth and Dean's rivalry?

Next Chapter will be the season finale! The story will pick up at the homecoming game against Fulton, everyone will be going to a party after the game then the homecoming dance will end the chapter. Brace yourselves because there will be A LOT of drama unfolding in the finale.
In the finale, Becky and Dean will finally talk face to face. The love triangle between Renee, Paige, and Aj will reach a boiling point. Roman makes a revelation about his feelings for someone. Things from Brie's past will come back to haunt her. And two tragic events cause heartbreak in Arlington Heights.

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