Disclaimer: these are not my characters basically all I did was twist the scenarios

The Fourth Summer

Bridget looked through her closet. She was meeting Lena, Carmen and Tibby at Gilda's tonight! She must find something to wear. It was never like this for Bee. Yes, she was pretty but she never worried about her appearance as much as she did now. Maybe it was college life. Eric walked into her dorm silently. He caught her by surprise.

"Jeez hun you scared me! What are you doing here?"

"Bee ,I will be driving you home."

"And whatt makes you think that?"

"Because you can't carry all that crap," Eric said pointing to her 3 bulging suitcases.

"Only what I need," she muttered while she smiled at Eric. She was happy he was here. She was happy about everything!

Tibby walked out into the bustling New York sidewalk. NYC was quite a change from suburban Maryland. A fabulous change though. She needed to be away from Brian and Bailey. Lately Brain had been calling her every night, visiting every weekend. He was obsessed. Tibby loved him but she needed time, needed independence. She walked past 53rd street a smelled the delicious aromas coming out of Luigi's. She figured she had time to stop for a bite.

Carmen held Ryan close. She got his bottle out of the microwave and gave him to her mother, Christina. Carmen smiled at the little guy almost 1 year old already! Carmen went to get the pants. When she unfolded them, their magic, and some sand from last year, flowed out. Ahhh the wonderful pants. Gilda is waiting she thought and then called up Lena to figure out what to wear.

Lena hung up the phone. How much she missed her friends! This year had been lonely but happy. Lena sketched away without much thought; she floated into her own world. But now it was time to come down to reality. Lena loved the summer but it brought painful memories back that she tried to avoid. Anyway time to go! She got up to leave her dorm and heard a knock at the door. Lena opened it slowly and gasped in horror. "KOSTOS!" she screamed.