"I feel like I'm gonna puke," Piper said as soon as Emma entered the room.
"Don't; we shouldn't waste our time on people who are going to treat us that way," Emma said as she sat down next to her friend on the bed.
"You're right...I think some retail therapy is in order," Piper said trying to cheer them both up, but they knew that the hurt couldn't be erased so easily.
"Could we also do a Starbucks run?" Emma asked hopefully.
"Of course," Piper said as they both stood and got ready to go.
Meanwhile, the boys puledl up to a local hotel thinking no one would have tracked them there, but they were wrong. It seemed as if the number of reporters had multiplied by 2.
"This day couldn't get any worse," Kevin said sadly as they checked into their hotel room.
"It's ok, I just can't believe those girls would snitch on us like that," Nick said, not letting go of his feeling of betrayal.
"I know; I never thought they would use us like that," Kevin said sadly as he sat down on the bed in their room.
"They were just so sweet and hospitable," Nick thought out loud as he sat on the other bed across from his brother.
"I guess that's why we fell for it," Kevin admitted as he laid back on the bed.
"I'm just bummed because I liked Piper so much and I just couldn't believe they would do that to us," Nick said as he ran his fingers through his curly hair.
"There was something between me and Emma, I could feel it. Do you think we were too harsh on them?" Kevin asked his brother as he stared up at the ceiling.
"No we're not the ones who should be feeling badly; they should," Nick said stubbornly.
"But did you see the look on their faces? They looked pretty hurt," Kevin tried to reason as he sat up.
"They looked upset because they got caught," Nick said shortly as he faced Kevin.
"Dude, you can't tell me you didn't see Piper cry," Kevin said, recalling the day's earlier events.
"Let's just get some sleep," Nick said, trying to drop the subject as he laid back in his bed.
Kevin sighed, "Good night, bro," he said as he, too, laid back and shut eyes.
The next morning the boys ordered room service for breakfast. It arrived quickly, but the boys were surprised when they opened the door. The person who delivered the food had a camera.
"What's going on?" Kevin asked as the man entered their room.
"I paid the the delivery guy a decent amount of money to get here to quote you guys on why your here," the reporter smiled.
The boys groaned, but decided to let the man stay because they were so hungry.
"First of all, it's an honor to meet you both, but I was wondering where Joe was?" he asked curiously.
"Ah, he's stuck back in California," Nick said, wishing he was there with his brother.
"What brings you to Birmingham? Did you just decide to come down here for some mini-golf," he joked, "because according to my source, an employee at Treetop, you were recognized there with two unknown girls," he smiled suspiciously.
Both the boy's jaws dropped open as they looked at one another; they had been wrong. Emma and Piper didn't sell them out, but an employee at the arcade had.
"Um, we need to end the interview, sorry," Nick said instantly as he realized that they had been wrong about the girls. The boys showed the reporter to the door and quickly shut it.
"Dude, we were wrong," Nick said in a panic as soon as the door closed.
"Duh," Kevin said like it was the most obvious thing in the world, "I knew it all along."
"No you didn't," Nick said sternly, "I feel awful," he confessed as he ran a hand through his curly hair.
"What can we do to make it up to them?" Kevin pondered out loud.
"I don't know, but we have to fix this," Nick said in a shameful voice. The boys thought a few more minutes until Kevin broke the silence, "I have an idea! We have to get back to their place and hope that they'll be forgiving enough to listen to what we have to say."
