Sean and Collin's mouth literally

dropped to the floor is shock. It took about three and a half minutes for them to actually move and when they did ... they laughed. They laughed so hard, Sean peed his pants ... A LOT.

"C'mon guys. It's not funny. I'm being serious," Paul told them, but the laughter continued, for a while.

In Annie's room ...

Annie backed away from the wall in shock. She knew that she heard what she thought that she heard, but she never thought she would hear it from Paul. Annie backed up so far she hit the adjacent wall and slowly slid down to the ground (you know like in those Lindsay Lohan movies). She curled into a ball and just sat there.

"Annie, are you okay?" Katie gently asked while approaching Annie ever so slowly.

Step by step, inch-by-inch, Katie was walking towards Annie. When she arrived at her curled up friend, she kneeled down so the two would be at eye level.

"What did you hear?" Annie looked up at Katie in such a way that Katie knew what was up. She knew what had happened. She knew what Paul had said.

In Paul's room ...

The laughter continued. Paul sat watching them, Collin and Sean, just laughing. I have to say a good twenty minutes went by before they stopped, or was it twenty seconds? Ah, who cares.

Anyway, after the laughter and pants-peeing ceased, Sean stood up and walked over to Paul, his pants as soaked as can be.

"You and Annie?" Sean teased, "Paul are you okay? You know Annie's never gonna like you, right?"

Paul rolled his eyes, "Hey, you never know."

"Oh, I actually do know. Right now, you're talking to Professor Adventure Time. The BEST professor ever! And Professor Adventure Time only gives the truth to people like you."

"Like what?"

"McDonalds-loving-french fry-eating-donut-devouring YOUs."

"Okay Sean, that was mean," Collin said while getting up from the floor after his laugh session.

"That's PROFESSOR ADVENTURE TIME TO YOU!"

"Okay then," Collin said, "Paul? I think that what Sean ..."

"PROFESSOR ADVENTURE TIME!"

"I don't care, I think what Sean's trying to say is that you and Annie aren't really the best fit for a couple, I mean, it's just too … weird?"

"Oh, okay, I get it," Paul said trying not to cry (ISNT HE SENSITIVE), "It's late, I think we should go to bed."

"Yeah I guess so," Collin agreed.

The boys jumped into their beds, Sean alone, and Collin and Paul sharing. Collin couldn't sleep. After seeing how outward Paul was with his love of his life, Collin didn't want to be a wuss. He wanted to be a man.

"Hey, Paul?" Collin asked while staring at the ceiling.

"Yeah, bro?" Paul replied.

"I love Katie."

"I know Collin."

"How long have you known."

"Collin ... we've always known."

"We?" Collin asked himself, "What do ya mean by ... and he's asleep. Of course."

Back in Annie's room ...

Katie helped Annie get up on her feet as they both walked over to the bed they were sharing. Annie sat down, still in shock. After a long while, Annie finally talked.

"Paul loves me," Annie repeated monotonously, "He said he loves me."

Ciara's jaw dropped in shock after those words left Annie's mouth. There was a rather long and awkward silence throughout the entire room. No one talked. No one sneezed. No one even moved. They all just sat there, in silence, waiting for Annie to say something. Several minutes later, Annie began to speak.

"Why me?" she asked still trying to process what had just happened.

"So ... what about you?" Ciara asked quietly.

"What about me?"Annie turned to Ciara with a frantic look on her face almost as if she were about to have a mental breakdown.

"How do you feel about Paul ... If you feel anything for him?"

"I don't know ... I mean ... well ... never mind. I mean c'mon! We're in 8th grade! We shouldn't be discussing stuff like this until at least high school. Right?" Ciara and Katie nodded, once at Annie and then again at each other.

Just like in the other room, the idea came up that they should all go to bed since it was one o'clock in the morning. Ciara wanted her own bed, so that meant that Annie and Katie were going to be sharing. Katie was trying to make eye contact with Annie, so the two could start a conversation, but Annie turned away from Katie, to face the window.

Once Katie was asleep, Annie snuck out of bed and quietly slipped through the door without anyone noticing. She tiptoed a few feet to the left to the door of Paul's room. Annie went to knock on the door, but then realized the door was creaked open.

She snuck inside and gently closed the door. She slowly walked over to Paul and flicked his head. Before he could scream 'Ow', Annie covered his mouth with her rather large hand and mouthed the words: We need to talk.

Annie signaled Paul to come into the bathroom. Paul emerged from beneath the covers and followed Annie. Annie didn't turn around until both her and Paul were inside the bathroom and the door was locked.

She heard Paul flip the lock, so Annie turned around to speak with him, but instead found herself admiring something COMPLETELY different.