"I love you, Cather," said Levi. It was a typical Omaha summer. Levi was visiting Cath and they went to the bookstore to find a book to read while Levi was there.

"And I love you, too, Levi," said Cath, who was going to the Young Adult section.

"So what kind of book do you want?" asked Levi, looking around at the dozens upon dozens of books.

"Well, I think we could try looking for something along the lines of Simon Snow…but for people who are older."

"So you want the pornographic gay version? I thought you wrote that yourself?"

Cath laughed and pushed Levi, "No, more like the magic type of thing."

"So like this?" Levi showed her a book with a cloaked figure on the cover.

"That's mystery. No thank you. I don't need to get into that the week before classes start for the year."

"Please don't remind me. Oh! Here we go!" Levi showed her another book but this one had a female vampire with a little too much cleavage.

"Um…no. And not when your girlfriend is right here."

"Need any help?" asked a clerk.

"No I think I found what I wanted." Cath picked up a book with a girl in a green dress with a sword in one hand and a wand in the other.

"Oh I loved Of Wand and Sword," said the clerk.

"So would a Simon Snow fan like it?" asked Levi.

"Did you not see my Simon lanyard?" said the clerk.

"I have that exact one!" said Cath pulling hers out.

"That's awesome!"

"I remember the midnight release for the last book."

"And you and Wren cried."

"Shush, Levi."

"It's ok I cried, too."

"Hey, Cath, we have to get going."

"Right," Cath looked at her watch, "bye."

"Later! Enjoy Of Wand and Sword!"

"So how was the bookstore?" asked Cath's dad.

"I found a new book and met a guy who works there who loves Simon," said Cath.

"I don't know about him," said Levi.

"Levi, I wasn't flirting with him if that's what you were thinking."

"Mhm. Sure."

"Levi, we were just talking about Simon. Nothing flirtatious was happening."

"Alright. I still don't know about him." With that, Levi and Cath went up to Cath's room to start packing for college.

"Cath what day are we leaving?" said Wren the second Cath and Levi walked in.

"I don't know. Like 3 days?"

"Are you helping us move in Levi?"

"Yeah, absolutely!"

"Good. We don't need dad to lift all of the heavy things by himself."

"Do you think we should go out for dinner with him and grandma before we go back?"

"Of course we should. It's tradition." Cath's phone started ringing. When she looked down at it, she didn't recognize the number.

"Oh that's Reagan."

"Um…hello?"

"Hey do you think we need a bean bag chair?"

"Let me guess, your mom wants to buy us one?"

"Two actually. So yes or no?"

"I don't think we'll be able to fit them anywhere."

"I don't either. It would be cool to have them, though."

"You really want one, don't you?"

"It's possible…."

"Alright we can get them."

"Mom she said yes to the beans! Hey think of it this way, you can write your gay porn in it."

"Why does everyone call Carry On porn?" said Cath. She hung up her phone and turned toward her sister.

"What'd she want?"

She wanted to know if I wanted a bean bag chair."

"And you didn't ask her to get me one?"

"I have a feeling she'll think about getting you one." And with that, Cath, Wren, and Levi started getting things together for school. All of the books, clothes, and Simon Snow memorabilia needed to survive college.

"So should I bring the protein bars or are you going to?" asked Levi.

"Funny," said Cath.

"It is." Cath zipped up her suitcase and put it near the door. Her dad came up and looked at her and Wren.

"Um…I don't really know how to tell you this…"

"Dad, Spit it out," said Wren.

"Well…your mother's here." Cath and Wren shared confused glances. They went slowly down the stairs. Sure enough, their mother was sitting on the couch.

"Hello girls," said their mother.

"Um…hi?" said Wren.

"What're you doing here?" asked Cath.

"I want to take you out to eat…like now…is that alright?"

"Um…hang on," said Cath pulling Wren into the kitchen.

"What?"

"Did you tell her to do this?"

"Of course not! I don't know why she wants to. Maybe she's coming back?"

"Why would she leave her new perfect family for us?"

"I don't know."

"What should we do?"

"Let's just go. Maybe it's important?"

"Ugh fine." They went back to the other room. "We'll go. Any particular reason for this?"

"No. I just wanted to see you two."

"Is that all?"

"Yes. Plus you two are leaving for college soon."

"Yeah 3 days."

"Well then should we go?"

"Wait, dad, what about Levi?"

"Oh I have work for him to do."

"Great so let's go."

"Um…actually if you don't mind, can we go get dinner?"

"Yeah, sure. I'll be here at 7." And with that, their mother left.

"I don't know about this dad."

"Oh Cath, she's your mother. Just go."

"Cath, you should go." Levi's smile was gone. "I could tell it's important for her."

"Alright fine, I'll go." Cath went to go pack while Wren was trying to decide what to wear for dinner. Levi was doing work for Cath and Wren's father. What could she possibly want? thought Cath.

It was 6:30 pm and Cath and Wren were finishing getting ready to go out for dinner with their mother. Cath was still skeptical about going but Wren said it was important for them to go. Levi left to go home and start packing for college so that meant Cath had no real excuse to get out of anything for the next few days. Cath didn't mind not seeing Levi for a few days because she was starting to think of another Simon fanfiction idea that she wanted to start planning. She wanted to tell Wren about it but thought that getting the dinner out of the way first was a better idea just in case if Wren decides to tell their mother about her idea.

At 6:59 the door bell rang. It was their mother. Cath and Wren went downstairs to see that their mother was alone. Well that's strange, Cath thought. Her and Wren thought their mother would bring her husband with her but apparently she didn't.

"Ready to go, girls?" their mother asked. Cath and Wren just nodded slightly. They hugged their dad and left.