Chapter Twenty-Five

"Twist…where exactly are we supposed to sleep?" Dutchess asked cautiously standing at the doorway. "Are you even in here?"

I popped out of the bathroom while jumping and dodging snacks and sleeping bags covering the floor. "Where to you think? There are sleeping bags on the floor. Do you honestly think we're going to sleep?"

"Well, I see the sleeping bags on the floor, but I also see all the crap on top of them. I know we aren't planning on sleeping for most of the night, but Twist, you need to remember that we have 'school' tomorrow," Dutchess said, still standing at the doorway.

"OH…yeah, I was trying to forget about that little agenda. Although, it is at my house, so that seems to balance out any sleep deprivation issues you may have."

"DUTCHESS! How long are you going to stand there? I want to drop all my stuff before my arms fall off," a very annoyed voice that sounded vaguely like Hype but was actually coming from a moving mountain of suitcases.

"Hype? Am I hallucinating or did you actually pack all of that for one night?" I said unbelievingly to the girl that used to pack a change of underwear and a toothbrush.

"What? I wanted to be prepared," she said peeking out from the side of her column of suitcases.

"Prepared for what? A burglar who decided that he doesn't approve of Twist's things? Well, then he's in luck because you brought anything and everything he might have wanted that belongs to a teenage girl," TC said taking half of Hype's luggage and setting it in the bathroom.

"HA. HA. HA….not. TC your wit is astounding," Hype said coming out of the bathroom sans suitcases.

"Well, Hype, I love you no matter how much crap you decide to tote around with you," Princess said strolling into my room with a following Stranger.

"Thank you," Hype said triumphantly in TC's direction.

"No problem. Now you can never complain about how much I bring to places because you do the exact same thing."

Hype lost the gloating expression. Stranger was trying not to laugh.

"I'm glad you find my torment funny Isabella because we will soon be making fun of you and Hector," Hype said with an air of annoyance.

Stranger lost her smile when this was pointed out.

"Aw, you guys! I've missed this," I said falling back onto my bed.

"What? Us trying not to kill each other while making fun of each other simultaneously?" Dutchess piped up.

"Well that, and us being together without the boys," I said with a smile, "That way we can talk about them without them knowing."

"Speaking of which, what's up with you and Squid?" Stranger asked out of the blue. She just wanted the attention off of her and Zero. Good luck with that.

"Fine, but he's been acting weird lately. We're going on a date Friday, and we'll probably talk about it then," I rambled through that quickly. "Now, the real reason why you all are here: for me to snoop into your love lives. Stranger, let's start with you and Zero because I know you want to get this over with as quickly as possible."

"We're good," Stranger said bluntly and without feeling.

"Oh come on, you have to give us more than that," Dutchess whined from a sleeping bag she had already designated as her own.

"No."

"Stranger, if you don't we could just call Zero and ask him ourselves," TC said menacingly.

Stranger eyed up TC to see if she would actually follow through with that threat.

"If she doesn't, I will. Spill it," I said in my no nonsense voice.

"Fine," Stranger said giving in. She knows that I would. "Zero and I are perfectly content with each other. And he…he…um…"

"He…what, woman?!?!?" Hype screamed from behind me.

"He told me he loved me a couple weeks ago," Stranger said. Then the unimaginable happened: she blushed.

"That's the cutest thing I've ever imagined him saying," Princess cooed from an area unbeknownst to me.

"Okay, we'll move on now. I know that's all you'll tell us…for now. Hype, it's your turn," I said spinning around to face her.

"Oh, Twitch is…twitchy. There's really nothing to tell. We hang out at school…well, here. We've gone on a date or two. But, we aren't in the 'love' stage yet," Hype said in a bored tone, which is unlike Hype.

"Hype, do you still like Twitch?" TC asked bluntly, apparently she noticed the tone too.

"Yeah, but more effort needs to be put into our relationship from both of us. I'm hanging out with him tomorrow, so it's a good starting point," Hype said. I could tell she was done talking about Twitch and herself.

"Okay, last real relationship. TC, care to share?" I asked.

"Caveman and I are going strong. We're still trying to balance each other out. I'm very outspoken and independent, and he's…not. 'We trying to be more understanding other each other' as he puts it," TC said while rubbing her temples. "It's very exhausting, but it's worth it."

"Good. Next: Princess. I saw you and Ziggy walking up to the house together the other day," I said inquisitively.

"Yeah, we're making progress on that front. At least, I hope we are. I never know with ZigZag. He's always focused on something else, but I'm sure he likes me back. If I wasn't I wouldn't wasted my time," Princess sighed. "I mean one minute we're having a conversation, and the next he's avoiding me."

"I don't think Ziggy really knows how to react around a girl who's seriously interested in him," I said comfortingly. "Just be patient."

"I made a move on Magnet," Dutchess blurted out.

There was a collective pause in the room and we all turned to look at Dutchess.

"When?" Hype asked. She even added in the cocked head to the side.

"A couple of days ago," she sighed. "We were leaving your house, Twist, together. We were talking about what we did for 'school' that day, when I just kissed him."

"What did he do?" TC asked genuinely interested.

"He kissed back."

"So, are you two…together?" I asked cautiously.

"I don't know! He just said 'Goodbye' and left. We haven't talked about it since it happened," she said.

"You should probably talk to him. He probably likes you, but isn't used to the attention," Stranger said. "He seems like he's used to making the first move and you already did that."

"Yeah, he's had a few days to think about it; you need to talk about it," Princess said.

"I guess," Dutchess sighed.

"Okay, now that we're all caught up on that stuff. Let's watch a movie," I said hopping off the bed and over to them.

"Where? The living room? Is your brother here?" Hype asked at rapid speed.

"No, he isn't here. He told me that the guys are having a similar event to ours at Caveman's house," I said walking out of the room. "What do y'all want to watch?"

"I'm in the mood for a movie that isn't scary, but is trying to be. Although it comes off as angst," Stranger said walking over to the movie collection at my house. I had a bad feeling of what she was going to choose. She always chooses the same movie. "The Covenant good for y'all?"

My eye started twitching. "Stranger, as much as we all love that particular movie. How about we watch something else?"

"Well, what did you have in mind?" Stranger said putting the DVD case back onto the shelf.

"How about instead of angst wanting to be horror, we watch a comedy," Hype said from the couch. "I know just the movie: Superbad."

"Fine."

We spread ourselves out around the room, but within good TV viewing distance. I was in the middle of the couch with Hype and Princess on either side of me. TC, Stranger, and Dutchess were using the front of the couch as support for the backs. We soon fell asleep watching McLovin' and his feisty redhead. Hype had curled up and was using the arm of the couch as her pillow. My head was in her lap and my feet were in Princess' lap. Princess was the mirror image of Hype. TC, Stranger, and Dutchess were just lying on the floor sleeping away.

Tomorrow morning would be interesting.

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