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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 16pt;"Tilly was helping her mom with the cold food for the BBQ. While her dad was outside setting up the BBQ and the pool that they had "mom" Tilly asked as she looked at her mom with a smile "yes" Spencer replied smiling back at her daughter "how did you become friends with Alison, Aria, Emily and Hanna" Tilly asked she had always wondered how her mom had met her four best friends./span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 16pt;""It's a long story" Spencer replied with a little laugh "I wouldn't know where to start" she continued as she passed her daughter the salad bowl to put in the middle of the table, "ok mom" Tilly said understanding her mom didn't want to talk about it, she went outside to her dad smiling./span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 16pt;""Hey daddy" Tilly said as soon as she had reached her dad "hey honey" Toby replied and smiled at his oldest daughter "want to help me with the rest of the BBQ" he asked her and Tilly shook her head "no thank you dad I'm going to go and get ready the guests will be here soon" she replied before kissing her dad's cheek and walking back into the house and upstairs to get dressed./span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 16pt;"Once Tilly had got dressed she went and told her younger brother and sister to hurry up as everyone would soon be here giving her brother a evil look when he said "yes mom" back to her./span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 16pt;""Sammy" Tilly quickly said she always called her brother that unless it was important then she would use his proper first name "I aren't your mom so don't call me that" she was a little angry "well stop acting like her" Sam said in his defence./span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 16pt;"Tilly shook her head before shouting to her little sister "April please hurry up it doesn't matter what you wear" Tilly laughed and went down stairs. As she walked into the living room she spotted that some of the people where already there so she went over and spoke to them./span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 16pt;""Hey auntie Melissa" she said giving her aunt a hug as Melissa hugged back "hey Tilly" Melissa replied with a smile "how's my oldest niece doing" she asked Tilly. Tilly nods "I'm doing fine thank you" she replied before shouting upstairs "April, Samuel! Aunt Melissa's here get both your backsides downstairs now!". /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 16pt;"As soon as Tilly had shouted that April ran downstairs "AUNT MELISSA!" She shouted excited and rand to her giving her a hug, five minutes later Samuel came down "hey aunt Melissa" he said casually with a smile. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 16pt;"Once nearly everyone had arrived the BBQ started and Tilly, Laycie and Summer all got into their bikinis and went into the swimming pool. Now they where only waiting for Emily and Alison to come with their family and who knew how long they would be. After all they always took ages to go anywhere. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 16pt;"All the adults where sat talking and the youngest kids running around while the kids that where in the middle just sat talking as well and Laycie's brother sat with the adults as he was the only 18 year old there. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 16pt;""So" Tilly said looking at Laycie "how was your holiday" she continued to ask her "rubbish" Laycie replied "I hated Iceland, in fact the only good thing about it was probably the things I bought do you like your bracelet my mom and dad got you both?" She asked looking at Tilly and then Summer as both girls nodded. Summer and Laycie may of hated each other but they where both friends with Tilly so they always got on well around Tilly. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 16pt;""I'm not looking forward to school Monday" Summer said "it's just going to be like it always is" she continued "me having to pretend to hate you Tilly and me hating you anyway Laycie" Laycie just nodded understanding what Summer was on about. "yeah I know what you mean Summer, I mean me and you hate each other unless we are around Tilly and Sapphire". /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 16pt;"She gave a little laugh "maybe this year could change and maybe not" Laycie finished which made Tilly and Summer laugh "I can't see Sapphire changing she's always late even to class" Tilly commented with made all three girls laugh loud as their parents looked over at them. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 16pt;""What are they laughing at" Spencer asked wondering "probably the fact that Ali and co are late like always Spence" Hanna replied "yeah Han your right that's probably it but it's good to see Laycie and Summer getting on" Aria commented "they always get on when the are both with Tilly, Ari" Spencer finally said which made all three mothers laugh./span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 16pt;"Tilly finally got out the pool to go and make her two friends a drink as Summer and Laycie followed her. "so tell me Lay any nice looking guys in Iceland" Tilly asked "nope Till none but I did meet a nice one on Friday when I went to a college bar" Laycie replied practically whispering the last part as Tilly and Summer's mouths both dropped open. Laycie looked at them as if to say what "you met a guy in a bar" Tilly whispered and Laycie nodded /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 16pt;""Yes Tilly" she said smiling "he was a nice guy and bought me a drink" she continued "what did he buy you to drink" Summer asked shocked "vodka and cola" Laycie said quietly, Tilly and Summer couldn't believe Laycie as she said this. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 16pt;""We will have to meet him" Tilly finally said she couldn't believe her friend had met a guy in a bar and had also drank alcohol "I don't know" Laycie replied "he thinks I'm a college student I think" she continued "you never told him you where in high school" Summer asked shocked and Laycie shook her head./span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 16pt;""Where the hell is Saph" Laycie said changing the subject./span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 16pt;""I have no idea" Tilly said as they walked the front window and watched for their other friend./span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"span style="font-size: 21px;"strongplease tell me what you think. And once again let me know what you think should happen to each character. Hope you are all enjoying this fanfic next up will be the introduction to Sapphire the daughter of Emily and Alison then there will be some provs. /strong/span/p