Sam and Robin stood outside of Claudia's dorm room knocking on the door. They had been knocking for fifteen minutes and she still hadn't opened the door. It was Monday afternoon and they had just finished their last classes.
"Claudia, we know you're in there," Robin said as she continued to knock.
"We're not leaving so you might as well open the door," Sam yelled at the door.
Finally Claudia opened the door, "I guess I might as well get this over with," she said on the verge of tears.
Sam and Robin walked into the room and Claudia closed the door.
"What's going on Claudia?" Robin asked concerned about her friend.
Claudia flopped down on her bed, "I feel so stupid."
"You're not stupid, Claudia," Sam reassured her. "So, you got drunk and danced on a table. It happens," Sam told her as she and Robin sat down next to Claudia.
Claudia sat up and shook her head, "That's not why I feel stupid. Well…not the whole reason anyway."
"Then what is it?" Robin asked.
"Is it confession time?" Claudia asked not wanting to tell her friends what she did.
"Yeah, but I'm guessing you don't want to go first?" Sam probed noticing her friend's nervous state.
Claudia shook her head, "Not really."
Sam and Robin looked at each other and finally Robin said, "I guess I'll go first then." She looked at Sam, "but you have to promise not to get mad or beat anyone up."
Sam looked at her curiously, "Is it that Patrick guy and that Lisa chick again?" feeling a little angry.
"Who are Patrick and Lisa?" Claudia asked confused.
Robin shook her head, "No, it's not them," she looked at Claudia who was giving her a puzzled look, "I'll explain later."
"Well, if it's not them then what is it?" Sam asked also confused.
Robin took a deep breath and looked at Sam, "I caught your sister making out with my brother," she said as she exhaled.
Sam looked at Robin and then looked up at the ceiling, "Huh…so that's who it is," she said with a little laugh.
Now it was Robin's turn to be confused, "You're not mad? You're not gonna go beat up my brother?"
"No," Sam said as she laughed and shook her head. "As long as Ethan doesn't hurt my sister then I won't beat him up."
Robin laughed. Sam's reaction was not what she was expecting at all.
"Besides," Sam continued, "it's not like it's her brother," said she as she pointed at Claudia.
"Hey," Claudia said in an offended tone. "That's-" she said as she thought about it, "yeah if I had a sister wouldn't want her to date a guy like Johnny either."
Robin and Sam laughed as Claudia leaned back on her bed.
"Molly, I need to tell you something," Georgie told her friend as she flopped down on her bed. The girls were at Georgie's house because they needed to study for tomorrow's Algebra quiz.
"Don't tell me you forgot the practice problems," Molly said panicking.
Georgie shook her head, "No, I have the problems. It has nothing to do with Algebra."
Molly sat down next to her, "What is it then?"
"Umm…okay," Georgie said tucking her feet under her, "you remember on Friday when we watching the movies and Cam and I went into the kitchen to get more popcorn?"
"Did you have to bring up watching the movies with the guys?" Molly said as she fell back on the bed, "I thought Jax was going to literally throw them out of the house."
"Sorry," Georgie said with an apologetic smile.
Molly shook her head, "It's okay. Continue with what you were going to say."
"Okay," Georgie said as she stood up and started pacing, "anyway when we went into the kitchen we started talking about our favorite horror movies and he said it was cool that I actually loved horror movies instead of screaming and hiding my face from the screen,"
Molly rolled her eyes at the obvious jab at her.
Georgie stopped pacing, "And then he kissed me."
That caused Molly to sit straight up, "He what?" she asked her friend with wide eyes.
Georgie flopped back down on the bed, "He kissed me," she repeated.
Molly smiled at her friend, "Okay, now I'm not sorry I let them stay since it got you a kiss."
"I guess I do have you to thank for that," Georgie said with a grin.
"Wait a minute," Molly said giving Georgie a suspicious look, "how did you go from kissing in the kitchen to scaring Morgan and me?"
"Well," Georgie said as she bit her lip, "we felt kind of awkward afterwards so we came up with the idea to scare you two."
Molly laughed, "Thanks a lot."
"Sorry," Georgie said also laughing. She was grateful that she had a best friend to share things like this with.
"Okay, Sam it's your turn," Robin told her as Claudia handed them both sodas.
"Fine," Sam sat her soda on Claudia's desk. "Friday night after you left and Claudia passed out I went up to the roof of Kelly's to find Lucky," she tucked a piece of hair behind her ear, "and we kind of kissed," she muttered looking down at the floor.
Claudia and Robin both looked at Sam in shock, "You kissed Lucky?" they asked at the same time.
"It was more of a mutual kiss," Sam tried to explain to her shocked friends.
"What else happened?" Claudia asked curiously.
"Nothing!" Sam exclaimed jumping up and pacing, "we pulled apart and realized that we had lost our minds and I went back down stairs to check on you," she said to Claudia. "And we just ignored it for the rest of the night."
"Wait," Claudia said holding up her hand, "that's why you two were acting so weird at breakfast the next morning. I thought it was because of something I said while I was drunk but it had nothing to do with me," she said with a satisfied smile.
"Yeah," Sam sat down on the edge of the bed, "we still haven't talked. I'd be fine if neither of us ever brought it up."
"Ignoring the elephant in the room rarely works," Robin reminded her.
"Thanks for the support," Sam said sarcastically.
"Sorry," Robin said regretfully, "I'm just being a realist."
"I know," Sam gave a weak smile, "I'm just going to try and forget about it until Lucky brings it up." She looked at Claudia, "your turn," she said with a smirk.
Claudia closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She had been dreading this moment for awhile and now found herself pondering how to tell her friends about her humiliation.
"So the British landed at Jamestown in 1607," Ethan said as he read his notes out loud. "Where's Jamestown again?" he asked Dante.
"Virginia," Dante answered. They were in his kitchen studying American History.
"Great," Ethan rubbed his forehead, "I need to learn American Geography in addition to American History."
Dante chuckled, "Well, they kind of go hand-in-hand."
Ethan glared at him, "Thanks for the tip."
"If you don't like my tutoring methods then you could always ask Kristina for help," Dante teased.
"I don't think I would get much studying done with Kristina," Ethan grinned at him, "well, not for history anyway."
Dante laughed, "Even though you totally ditched me for a girl I still have to thank you for going along with your cousin's insane scheme."
"Well, I didn't have much of choice since she blackmailed me," Ethan explained.
"So I heard," Dante said flipping through his book. "Anyway, Lulu and I have date on Friday so thanks."
"See it worked out for everyone," Ethan said as he sorted through his notes, "What were the names of those freaking ships again?"
Before Dante could answer Cameron walked into the kitchen, "How's it going little brother?" Dante asked him.
"Being grounded sucks almost as much as Algebra," Cameron said as he took a can of soda out of the fridge.
"Well, that's what you get for sneaking over and watching horror movies with my little cousin and her friend," Ethan told him without looking up from his notes.
"Come on, cut him some slack," Dante asked his friend.
Ethan looked at Dante, "If you thought some guy was putting the moves on Elizabeth would you cut him some slack?" he asked.
Dante looked from Ethan to Cameron and back to Ethan, "Okay, good point."
"Look as long as he doesn't try anything with Georgie we're cool," Ethan told both of them before continuing his search through his notes.
"You don't have to worry about that," Cameron said even though his face said otherwise which didn't go unnoticed by Dante. "Have fun with your history," Cameron told them before leaving quickly.
Dante watched his brother leave and pondered if he should worry about something going on between Cam and Georgie.
"I wonder what they are giggling about?" Lulu asked Maxie and Kristina in reference to Georgie and Molly.
"Probably about how they got away with having boys over," Maxie said as she flopped down on her bed.
"I still can't believe that my mom didn't ground Molly for that," Kristina sat down at Maxie's desk, "had it been Sam or me we would have been grounded for a month."
"Georgie has to come home everyday after school but she's allowed to have Molly over," Maxie shook her head, "and I think they are lying about nothing happening cause Georgie has been acting weird."
"They put on the 'but nothing happened' skit and our parents bought it," Kristina said while rolling her eyes.
"Dante told me that Cam got grounded for a week," Lulu said as the sat down next to Maxie. "And Carly took away Morgan's video games for a week."
"The boys get punished and the girls get away with it," Kristina laughed, "gotta love a reverse double standard."
Both Maxie and Lulu laughed.
"Speaking of Dante," Maxie said as she turned her attention to Lulu, "what happened after you two left Kelly's. Or did his aunt ruin it for you?"
"Actually, Elizabeth suggested that Dante take her home first and then take me home," Lulu smiled.
"I thought that was pretty cool of her," Kristina pulled her laptop out and sat it on the desk.
"Wait," Maxie said looking back and forth between her friends, "you already told Kristina about it?"
"Well, she told me about her and Ethan so it was only fair," Lulu said pulling her laptop out.
"You told her about what happened with you and Ethan and not me?" Maxie said hurt by her friends keeping things from her.
"Yeah, cause Ethan's not her cousin," Kristina reminded her.
"So you're one of my two best friends," Maxie said still hurt, "you can tell me anything even if it involves my family."
"Okay, fine," Kristina said defeated, "you know what you and Michael were doing on the front porch?"
Maxie grinned, "Yeah."
"That's what Ethan and I were doing on the back porch," Kristina smirked.
Lulu snickered at the strange look on Maxie's face.
"I'm happy and grossed out at the same time," Maxie confessed.
Lulu and Kristina burst out laughing.
"So that I can get that image out of my head," Maxie said while glaring at a laughing Kristina, "tell me what happened with Dante," Maxie asked Lulu.
"Well," Lulu grinned, "we decided to walk to my house since it was only a couple of blocks and it was really nice outside."
"It was really nice outside," Kristina said thoughtfully.
"Yeah, I think you enjoyed the outside a little too much," Maxie said as she pointed without looking at Kristina who was laughing again.
Lulu laughed before continuing, "Anyway, Dante walked me to the front door and said he would wait until I got inside and turned on a light. Except I didn't want to go inside right then."
"So what did you do?" Maxie asked thrilled that her plan worked so well.
Lulu grinned, "I kissed him."
"You kissed him?" Maxie asked shocked. "I'm guessing he didn't push you away."
"Nope," Lulu said as her grinned increased, "and now we have a date this Friday."
"I knew my plan would work," Maxie said satisfied, "you both are very welcome."
"Thank you Maxie," they both said in a teasing tone.
"We told you about Ethan and Dante so now it's your turn to tell us what's going on with you and Michael," Kristina said with a grin.
Maxie's smiled faded a little. She forgot that they had the ammunition to use on her. She wondered how much she could get away with not telling them without raising any suspicions.
*Thanks for the reviews. What do you think Claudia is so embarrassed about? What do you think happened with Michael that Maxie doesn't talk about?