Chapter 21

Gabe's POV

Ginger and I were on the swings talking about our crazy, hectic week and the turn of events that happened yesterday…thanks, to me, I guess. I was still feeling a little guilty about that, especially because I got a girlfriend out of it and Teddy was still cooped up in her room. But, I never feel guilty. So, why should I start now? I turned to Ginger, "Want to go on the swirly slide?"

"Hmm," she glanced at me, "Sure, I guess."

We headed over to the swirly slide and slid down.

"Hey, check this out," Ginger said, calling to me, "This is fun. I used to do this all the time."

She sat at the top of the slide, but then stood up holding onto the sides.

"Ginger, what're you doing?" I called up to her, shocked, "You might get hurt."

"Nah," she shook her head, "I'll be fine, I've done this trillions of times."
She walked a few feet down the slide until the swirl was closest to the stairs. She then reached up one hand up to the stair's railing and once she was balanced, she reached up her other hand to the railing as well.

She lifted her foot up to the stairs. But, as she lifted her other foot, she began to slip. I readied myself in case I needed to catch her, but she regained her balance.

"I'm okay," she called down to me.

"All right, just be careful," I replied.

She pulled herself up and tucked her head under the railing and righted herself. Then, she began walking up the stairs as if she hadn't just done that and slid down the slide normally.

"Well, that was…interesting," I began.

"It's fun, trust me."

"I'll take your word for it. I'm just not planning on dying today."
"Yeah, yeah," she laughed, and nudged me with her shoulder.

Teddy's POV

I woke up and rubbed my eyes. I swung my legs over the side of my bed and headed out of my room.

I called, "Mom! Dad! PJ! Gabe!"

There was no answer.

"Hmm," I began to look around. I quietly pushed open PJ's room and found him fast asleep.

"Oh," I whispered to myself, closing the door as gently as possible, "He must have gotten in late."
I headed to Gabe's bedroom to find it empty. He probably went out; no matter how late that boy stays up he always gets up first.

I headed over to my parent's bedroom and found my parents asleep, and Charlie asleep beside them. I looked at my mom's sleeping form and immediately felt bad. Because of my guy problems, my mother was forced to stay up with me. I felt bad for taking away some of her rest.

I sighed. I was all cried out. I was still upset, but I had to get over it. I went back to bed. Although I had thought I was cried out, another wave of sadness swept over me and I could feel my eyes start to fill up with tears once more.

"No Teddy," I told myself, "Enough."
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

I wiped my eyes and tried to make myself look more presentable. I headed down the stairs and opened the door. Standing at the door was: Olivia, Mo and Stella.

"You guys," I said, surprised, "What're you doing here?"

"To talk to you," Mo said.

"Right," I replied, "Well, I'm fine."
"No, you clearly aren't," Stella said, guiding me up to my room, "You've obviously been crying."
The four of us headed up the steps and into my room.

Stella sat me down on my bed. I leant back against my pillows, breathing deeply, trying to fight the tears that I'm sure were still trying to get out.

"We need to talk," Olivia said.

"All right," I stared at my look-alike, letting her know to continue.

"We're here to explain what happened with Luther last night."
I lifted my hand up to stop her in response, "There's nothing to explain. I know what happened. I was there."

"Well, tell us what you saw," Mo asked me.

I sighed, I really didn't want to relive this again, "Fine," I breathed, slightly irritated and upset.

"Well Luther and I were talking. And, this girl came up. She came up to Luther, said hi to him, and then kissed him. When I asked her who she was, she said she was his girlfriend. After that, I turned to Luther for an explanation. But, he didn't say anything. Clearly he had no excuse for what happened. So, I just left."

"Wait," Olivia interrupted me, "Who is this girl?"
Olivia's POV

"Um, Morgan, I think," Teddy answered.

Morgan…why did that sound so familiar?
"What did she look like?" I questioned.

"Well she was blonde, around our height, green eyes, she was wearing a pink shirt, I think."
Suddenly, I knew who it was.

"I got it!" I yelled, jumping up and interrupting Teddy.

Mo, Stella, and Teddy gave me funny looks.

"What did you get, Olivia?" Stella asked.

"I think I know who that girl is. She isn't Luther's girlfriend. Luther's only girlfriend is you, Teddy. He already told us this, and I believe him. Morgan is the girl who locked me in the closet. She just set you up."
"She what?" Teddy stood up, annoyed.

"Oh my goodness," Mo said.

"Talk about drama," Stella added.

"I have to go talk to Luther," I said, beginning to rush out of my room.

"Oh no you don't," Stella said, grabbing my arm and pulling me down.

"You will talk to him," Mo said, "Just not in your pajamas. Besides, your hair is a bit of a mess and I don't think you've brushed your teeth yet."
Teddy began to blush.

"Details," she said, sitting back down on the bed.

That was Chapter 21! I hope you all enjoyed that! Please read and review, you know you want to!

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