'Here we come.'

I read the text message that popped up on my screen. I clicked the sleep button and slid my iPhone back into my pocket. I continued to make my sandwich and let my thoughts wonder. Usually when CJ says here he comes, he doesn't show up for another like five or ten minutes.

My thoughts went back to Nick. He had ditched me every day this week and I really wanted to talk to him. Homecoming was this weekend and if he wasn't going, I was gonna invite him to watch scary movies and eat pizza with me.

I finished making my sandwich and put the leftover contents back into the fridge. I grabbed my sandwich and my Gatorade and plopped onto my couch. I bit into my sandwich, my eyes on the tv.

Turkey, Havarti cheese, and lettuce on rye. My favorite.

The doorbell rang after my third or fourth bite. I sighed and got up, taking my sandwich with me, and walked to the door. I saw Nick in the window and got really excited. When I opened the door, Nick and CJ were standing on both sides of Nicks brothers Henry.

Henry was nineteen and looked like an older version of CJ. He had shorter dreads than him and was dressed in dark blue jeans and a black hoodie. CJ had on dark blue jeans and a grey hoodie I gave him that said Orlando, Florida on it and a black beanie covering his dreads with his Livestrong bag on his back. Nick had a black shirt with a silver and purple design on it with almost black jeans and a dark gray zip-up hoodie with the hood up and his blue and yellow Nikes.

"Hey." Henry said. I nodded at the three of them.

"I'll open the garage."

"Why?"

"So you can get the lawn mower." CJ shook his head.

"Henry brought ours."

"Why?"

"Because CJ said yours was broken." Henry jumped in before CJ could answer.

"Ours works fine."

"You said it was broken!" CJ jumped at his defense.

"Yeah and then my uncle fixed it."

"Oh…oops." CJ laughed nervously as Henry glared at him.

"I'll get started." I nodded, although he didn't move.

"Thanks for doing CJs dirty work Henry." Henry laughed.

"Miley!" I looked back form where my moms voice came from.

"Yeah?"

"Why is Henry doing our lawn and not CJ?" I turned back to CJ.

"My mom wants to talk to you." CJ nodded and walked past me and into my house. I looked back at Nick.

"You guys can come in."

"But then they would feel awkward." Henry said.

"Who?"

"Tammy and her sister." Nick pointed behind him to the two girls sitting on bikes in my driveway. I groaned. Not only was Tammy here, but she brought her little sister with her? Great.

"Why are they here?" Nick shrugged.

"They were at CJs house when I showed up." CJ walked back to us.

"You're hanging out with Tammy now?" He looked at me, shocked.

"Hell no! She showed up at my house when I was watching the game, man!" I laughed at his anger.

"Why'd you answer the door?"

"I didn't! My dad did!"

"Sucks to be you."

"I know man! It sucks to be this attractive." He ran his hands up and down his body. I rolled my eyes and laughed as I stepped outside with them. Damn, it was cold. I was in nothing but jeans and my bright green suburban league champs shirt with a black bandeau top underneath. The sides were cut to about my bellybutton, so my sides were exposed too.

"Damn, it's freezing." Nick poked my bare side.

"That's because you're wearing a tank top, in September."

"It's not a tank top, it's a t-shirt that I cut the sleeves off of." I loved annoying him and being a smart ass. He ditched me all this week, he can take it.

"So, a tank top."

"Nope." By now, Henry was putting gas into his lawn mower, getting ready to mow.

"We about to go up to the mall."

"While Henry mows?"

"Yeah."

"CJ! That's so mean! The least you can do is wait until he's done, since he's mowing it for you!" He laughed and nodded.

"You right, you right." I laughed and shook my head at him. Tammy and her sister walked up to us and she stood a little too close to Nick and rested her elbow (AND HIP) against him.

"What's so funny?" God, it was like nails on chalkboard.

"I'm gonna go change. I'm cold."

"I'll pick up the dog poop for Henry." I nodded at CJ before walking back inside. The screen slammed behind me as I walked up my stairs. I walked into my desk room and threw my closet open. I grabbed a black, long-sleeved under armour that had a turtleneck to it and took my suburban league shirt off, followed by the bandeau. I slid on the tight material and put my shirt back on. I slid on my brown Uggs and walked back downstairs and out onto my porch.

I sat down in one of my black lawn chairs in the front. CJ and Nick were on the swing and Tammy was sitting in CJs lap. Her sister was on the other black chair.

"Nick, why are you here? CJ picked up poop and Henry is mowing the lawn. What are you doing here?" Nick laughed, but Tammy interrupted before he could answer.

"We come in pack, ya know? Like me, Nick, and CJ all travel together." She laughed loudly. I didn't laugh, I just stared at her. I didn't want to laugh with her, I wanted to laugh at her. She was so naive in thinking that CJ and Nick actually wanted to hang out with her.

We all sat there, talking, for about a half hour while Henry mowed the lawn.

Once he was down, CJ and Henry went inside to talk to my mom and left me outside with Nick, Tammy, and her sister. Tammy was chasing her sister around my lawn, leaving Nick and I alone.

"Are you as annoyed as I am?" I whispered. He nodded vigourously. I giggled.

"Sorry about this week. My mom grounded me like everyday after school." I nodded.

"That's okay. All you did was miss your opportunity for sex on Wednesday." I laughed as he smiled, sighed, and shook his head.

"I hate my mom now." I laughed harder as CJ and Henry walked out. CJ shut my garage and jumped over the motion sensor. Once the garage shut, all four of us walked down the driveway to where Tammy and her sister were.

"Can we leave our bikes here?" Her high, pitchy voice asked. I tried not to wince and shrugged. They put their bikes in my backyard and walked back out to my driveway.

"Ethan said if we go to his house he'll come say hi." We all mumbled an okay and started heading towards Ethans house. We walked to the corner of my street and his and saw him walking out of his house towards us. Henry started walking back to his house with his lawn mower.

"Hey guys." Ethan said as he got closer to us. We all said hi and talked for almost a half hour.

"We're about to go up to the park. You coming?" Ethan shook his head at CJ.

"My dad won't let me." I laughed as Ethan shoved me lightly. I shoved him back and he swung his arm around my shoulders.

After another twenty minutes or so, Ethan went back into his house and me, Nick, CJ, Tammy, and her sister all walked up to the park.

Once we got to the park, we all sat at a picnic table; Nick and I on one side and Tammy, CJ, and her sister on the other side.

"I want Burger King." Tammy announced. I silently groaned.

"So get Burger King." Nick spat.

"I don't have money." Nick sighed.

"I'll give you money if you get us stuff." Tammy nodded, over excited. Nick handed her a twenty.

"We want two whoppers each. I don't care what you get." She kept nodding.

"Miley, what do you want?" Nick looked at me.

"Fries." Tammy nodded and got up, pulling her sister with her. We waited until we were sure she was out of hearing range.

"She was way to excited to get Burger King." We all laughed.

"What was up with the 'Nick, me and CJ travel in a pack. We come together'." I faked her high, pitchy voice and Nick and CJ laughed even harder. We spent a good ten minutes making fun of Tammy before CJs phone rang.

"Wassup…we still at the park yeah…bring a football and something to drink-"

"Is that Ethan? Tell him to bring me a hoodie!"

"And bring Miley a hoodie…yup." CJ hung up. I started shivering. Nick put his arm around my waist. I looked at him and he looked down at me.

"I know what you two are." My head snapped to CJ.

"We're nothing." I stated blankly.

"Mhmmm." I rolled my eyes as Nick laughed.

A few minutes later, Tammy and her sister came back with Burger King and we all started throwing down food.

"Yo, ETHAN!" CJ yelled to Ethan and Nick and I turned around to see Ethan walk towards us. He tossed me an orange Texas hoodie. I quickly threw it on over my head and hugged myself. Ethan was muscular and built and his hoodie was big and warm. CJ shoved the last of his burgers into his mouth.

"Lets play ball." CJ, Nick, and Ethan got up and started throwing the football around. I got up right after and went to Nick and CJs side. Tammy walked over to Ethans side.

Ethan tossed the ball to me and I threw it back, a perfect spiral.

"I didn't know you could actually throw a football." I chuckled at CJ.

"Ethans dad taught me when I was like eight." CJ nodded.

We threw the ball around for about an hour before Tammys parents came and got her and her sister. Once the car was out of our range, we all cheered. I walked over to Ethans side and Ethan gave me pointers on throwing the ball and we all threw the ball around.

A little while later, Michael, Henry, Joe, and some other kid I didn't know showed up and they all started playing football. I didn't want to play so they made Joe all day QB. I sat and the picnic table and watched them play football for over three hours.

Once they were done, Ethan, Nick, CJ, and I headed back to our street. I was always the first to depart, as my house was the first we passed. Next went Nick and Ethan, who lived on opposite sides of the same street. CJ always walked up to his house alone.

Once I got home, I went upstairs to shower and do homework, preparing for that coming Monday. I didn't do any homework all weekend, so I was gonna up until atleast midnight, probably later.