It was a Tuesday when it happened. I was just leaving school, walking out its double doors and waiting for my mom to come pick me up. Being picked up by her sucks but I'm 15 years old, too young for a car. But that doesn't mean I don't know how to drive since I would drive my older brother's mustang.

Technically Luke Mason wasn't my brother just a brother figure. Since my baby brother was only 4 he wasn't much fun to be around. So when Luke would come around to help mom with the yard or renovating I would talk to him a lot. The 16 year was annoyed by my talking I knew but I didn't care at all. In fact it was harmless fun because then he would try to annoy me and from then on our relationship grew and we became like brother and sister. But at 18 years old he joined the army with my friend, Selene's, brother, Brandon. I remember how I cried like a baby when he told me. He was going to die and there was nothing I could do about it. And when he saw the tears running down my face when he found me on his door step, he just laughed and promised me that he would come back.

He's now 20 years old and my brother, James, is 13.

I broke out of my thought when a horn honked, making my jump and almost drop my books. My face heated up as I heard a group beside me snicker loudly. I rushed to the car, almost tripping, and jumped in, and then turned to give my mother a glare. She stared back at me with a smile before she turned her attention back to the road and pulled out onto the highway.

I pouted and leaned back into my mother's Ford truck seats "Did you have to honk the horn?"

She glanced at me and nodded "Well I wasn't going to wait for you all day and besides I got a surprise for you when we get home"

I raised an eyebrow at her, my blue eyes gave her a piercing stare "Oh honey, don't look at me that way! It's a good surprise, I promise"

"Yeah that's what you said last time" I grumbled, fiddling with my blonde hair

"It wasn't my fought you punched Cole in the face. Lord! It was funny though, I never knew you were so easily frightened" She laughed

"It's not funny mom!" I mock scolded her because in a way it was "Besides I had to get lectured by Cole for a whole hour on why I shouldn't punch his god-like face and I am not easily frightened…I just don't like scary surprises and things that pop out at me."

Then I noticed something "Hey mom where's James?"

"Oh, he's at his friend's house spending the night, since there moving and everything. Their supposed to be hanging out before Charlie and his family moves"

I frowned remembering how they had been friends for "That's not good, those two are like brothers"

Mom nodded "I know your brother was really depressed"

"James will get over it besides he's a strong kid and I'm sure the both of them will keep in contact"

She just shook her head and continued watching the road while I got comfortable and listened to my MP3 player.

It was 10 minutes later when we arrived at my two-story home. I looked outside my window and to my surprise I saw my two best friends sitting on my porch swing eating ice-cream cones both talking and laughing. They usually never come to my house unless they are bored and it's too hot to go outside to the abandoned park we found in the woods.

I stepped out of the truck with a grin on my face "Hey guys!"

Both of their heads turned to me and looked at each other before they got up and meet me on the porch steps.

"Ava how are you doing girl?" Selene said with a smirked but it was quickly wiped off when I hit her on the head.

Selene was a tomboy at heart since she was little, when I first met her in 4th grade. Long curly black hair, coal black eyes, a nice figure, and pale skin made her beautiful to the eyes of many. She had tough look to her though that made many stay away except me of course, since she made herself my protector after finding me being picked on. That's one of the many things that made me look up to her, her need to protect everything and her stubborn and sarcastic attitude. She was also a dancer, a very good one at that.

She grabbed her head and yelped "What the hell you abusive women! What on earth was that for?"

"For skipping school!" I told her, and then I started scolding her "You need to stop skipping class Selene, it's bad for your grades and there already low enough!"

She rolled her coal black eyes and started smoothing her long black hair "God, Ava you're going into mommy mode" She muttered and walked into the house after my mother.

"What was that?" I yelled.

"Nothing, just your beautiful imagination" She called back quickly before rushing into the house.

Cole clapped me on the back and laughed "Come on sweet cheeks, let's go inside. Your mom said she had a surprise for you"

Cole was another friend of mine, a good looking one to be exact. Short dark brown hair, brown eyes, lightly tanned skin, and a fit body. But after a few months of him trying to have a conversation with my shy self I had finally gotten use to his looks and began to see him a brother. Selene, on the other hand, gave him the cold shoulder until he told his football friends to stop messing with me. After that he gained her respect and I befriended some of the football team.

I nodded and walked into the house with him "Do you know what it's about?"

He shook his head and gave me one of his gorgeous smiles "Nope but I wish I did, your mom seems ecstatic"

"Yeah, I wonder what's got her so bubbly" I said softly

He shrugged "Don't know lets go and find out shall we"

We then headed in the kitchen where we found Selene standing in the door way with her mouth hanging open. Worried, I rushed up to her and asked what's wrong, while Cole just kept his steady pace still walking towards us, probably thinking 'Women' with a bored look on his tanned face.

Selene gaped then pointed in front of her "He-he's here! Brandon!" she then pushed me off and ran to give her only brother a hug.

I froze with one thought going through my mind. That if Brandon's here then that means! I turned to the refrigerator that was on my right and stiffened. Right there in front of me was Luke, leaning coolly against the counter that was beside refrigerator with a stupid smirk on his face.

He had changed! His skin was nicely tanned, well muscled, short dirty blonde hair, had gotten even more handsome, and looked like a real army man, dressed in a black T-shirt and cargo pants. I rolled my eyes at the thought of him being chased by a herd of fangirls.

"Like what you see" Luke teased. Heck even his voice got somewhat deeper!

I shook my head and ran to him, hugging the life out of him "Of course I do you Idjit! When did you get home?"

"Just this morning and really? Idjit? No more Supernatural for you young lady" He informed me with a grin. I gasped in mock horror "No! Anything but that, you can't take my Sam and Dean away from me I won't be able to survive without them."

He waved me off "You'll live and you have ton of salt in the top cabinet if any demons show up"

I agreed "Yep especially demons, those things don't know how to lie down and die"

"Well neither do Sam and Dean, so that's something both groups have in common"

Selene interrupted "Dude really we just found out that the two idiots finally come home and all you two want to do is talk about Supernatural?"

"Yep" We said in unison, grinning like idiots while everyone else just stared at us with weird looks.

Cole groaned and covered his dark brown eyes with his hand "Great they're starting to talk in unison. Hello weird twin thing"

Brandon raised an eyebrow but didn't comment. He was always the silent one, his actions speaking louder than words. Brendon had changed a lot to. His black hair was styled like Luke's, his skin was a little tanned making his dark blue eyes seem even darker, he also grew taller, and had a lot more muscle mass. All in all both Brandon and Luke would look yummy to the eyes of girls.

Selene, on the other hand, gasped "No way are they twins! Ava is so much hotter than him"

"That's not true right Miss. Spencer?" Luke whined, looking over at mom who was setting the table with all kinds of Brandon's and Luke's favorite foods.

"Of course it's not honey and how many times must I tell you to call me Dianna, Miss. Spencer makes me feel old" She said then pulled her long curly blond hair up in a hair bow and looked at us with her pretty green eyes. After saying that she turned to back to the large table and sat down in her usual seat, which was at the end of the table. "Ok everyone dig in!"

And with that we all raced to the table, even trying to trip each other which lead to all falling in a heap on the floor with mom doing her best to ignore us as she took a bite of string beans.

After dinner we all hung out it my room, Selene, Brandon, and I taking the bed while Luke and Cole took the floor. We were currently watching Pirates of the Caribbean that took us an hour to pick out because we were all fighting over what movie we should watch. The only reason we're even watching the movie right now is because Brandon was tired of our fighting and just put in a random movie that was lying around on the floor. By that time Cole and Luke were wrestling to get to the DVD player and Selene and I were just yelling threats at each other, waving our favorite movies in the air.

It wasn't until later, probably around 9, when Cole told us about a party that Jackson Jones or as I call him Jonny-boy, was having at his place. We all knew that Selene's and Brandon's parents would never allow them to go but since their working late…, Cole's would because they knew who Jackson was, mine would only if the boys come and keep a good eye on me, and Luke's…well they died so technically he wouldn't have to ask as well as Brandon but they still answer to their mothers/mother figures, in this case my mom is Luke's mother figure so she would let him go.

Selene thought it was a 'grand' idea, so she shooed all the boys out and began looking through my closet for clothing that she liked, which was thrown on to the bed. I shook my head at her and went to the bed, sorting through the clothes. It took me only a minute to pick out a pair faded out blue jeans, a red V-neck t-shirt, and a thin black jacket. Selene seemed to disagree with my choice but when I reminded her of the mosquito's that's nears Jonny-boy's house she quickly shut up and tried finding something to cover up with so she wouldn't get bitten.

I laughed at her and got changed in the bathroom. After pulling on a pair of red and black checkered socks and put on a pair of converses, I pulled my blonde hair out of it pony tail and let it fall down, almost reaching half way down my back. Last I put on some mascara that brought out my greenish blue eyes as it always did.

Before I could do anything else Selene had walked into my bathroom dressed in a blue v neck shirt, black skinny jeans, black knee length high heeled leather boots, and a blue and black jacket wrapped around her waist. She looked very beautiful since calling her pretty is an insult to her.

"Come on Ava" She whined, pulling on my coat sleeve to downstairs where the boys were at "The guys are getting impatient"

"Eh? How can the boys change so fast?" I asked

Selene shrugged "I wish I knew maybe they didn't change at all and besides girls take longer because we like to look impressive" She let out a long sigh "Beauty is such a pain, right Ava?"

I hummed in agreement as our talk was cut short when we meet the boys at the front door. Whatever conversation they had, had also stopped as each of them gazed at us. Selene was right with her theory, the boys hadn't changed. Cole was still wearing his long sleeved grey shirt with baggy blue jeans and grey running shoes, Brandon in his white T-shirt with his khaki pants and combat boots, and Luke with his black shirt, cargo pants, and combat boots.

Selene huffed "What are block heads staring at? Shouldn't we be going?"

Brandon nodded and turned away from us in the direction of the door "Sorry we just wanted to make sure you both would wear something appropriate for the party"

"Yeah, we had to make sure you wouldn't wear something that shows a lot of skin" Cole said with a bored expression on his face, his arms behind his head.

"You mean skanky?" I asked

Luke nodded as we walked out the door and to his truck "That's not how we wanted to put it but yes, we wanted to make sure-"

Selene cut him off "So you're calling us wannbe skanks?"

"What no! Selene tha-"

"Fine if that's what you think" I said in a low tone, inwardly smirking at the guys guilty face expressions. I grabbed Selene's hand and got into the truck, slamming the door before the guys could say anything else. Once in, Selene and I laughed like crazy as the guys slowly got into the truck. They must've realize that we were playing because Luke began scolding us about making him feel guilty, Cole was just laughing at our small joke, while Brandon's lips quirked up in a smile as he turned the ingion on and pulled out the drive way.

TBC…

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