Getting the Word Out (at least to the bosses)

(At Rocque Records the next day)

"Are we seriously going to tell them? They probably already know, from the look of the magazines I've been seeing," Logan said as the eight were walking into rehearsal for the day.

"Why not? It's not like we're going to die. I'm surprised your mom didn't kill us, Kendall." Ava added.

"Why would she? The worst she did was assume Ali was pregnant, which, come to think of it, seemed like the only logical explanation for wanting to marry her so soon," he explained.

"Riiiight... at least she's not like my dad, he would've pulled out the shot gun and demanded I give him the name of the son of a bitch so he could go kick some ass," Riley cut in, giggling at James' horrified expression.

"I'm sure he'll like you. You're not like any of the other guys I've liked. You haven't tried anything yet. See my old flames would-"

"Ok then...but seriously, do we have to tell them?" Logan asked, cutting off Riley from what would have been an interesting kiss and tell session.

"Did you really have to make her stop talking?" Ali asked him.

"Thank you for making her stop talking." James said at the same moment.

"Oh come on! Fine... I won't talk about that. But Logan's right, are we sure we even want to tell them? What if... like, Griffin decides to fire us all because he thinks the weddings and stuff will get in the way of the music?"

"That won't happen. Griffin would have split us up a long time ago if that had been the , we're telling them, and we're all going to tell them, together." Kendall said, not realizing Kelly was standing right behind them.

"Tell us what?" Kelly and Gustavo asked.

"..." Ali held out her left hand, "Notice anything?"

Kelly squealed in delight. "I knew you guys would last!"

Riley, Ava and Avery also held out their left hands.

"You're all getting married?"

"Does that surprise you?" Gustavo asked, "He," Gustavo said pointing at Kendall, "Is like fricking Moses, do one thing and everyone follows him. It's like those people that left from that country to go to that place... They talk about it in that one book in the something or other in the Catholic rule book."

"Do you mean the Israelites that left Egypt to go to the promise land, Cana. And it's talked about in Exodus in the Old Testament in the Bible?" Ali asked Gustavo.

"No... That's not it." Gustavo said waving his hand. Gustavo snapped his fingers saying, "It was the Israelites that left Egypt to go to Cana. They talked about it in Exodus in the Old Testament in the Bible."

Everyone looked form Gustavo to Ali.

"... I feel so passed over." Ali muttered.

Kendall patted Ali's shoulder. "It's okay."

"So? What are we doing today?"

"Learning." Everyone looked at Gustavo.

"Learning? Gustavo... Logan, Ava, Riley and I passed with a 5.0 GPA."

"You all must take a semester of college, as mandated by Griffin."

"You're kidding."

"Nope. You each have to apply to a school and you will spend a semester there. Oh! And Griffin's exact words were, "No couples together." So, ya."

"I call Yale Law!" Logan and Ali both shouted. The pair looked at each other smiling and hi-fiving.

"Can we go to the same school under different degrees?" Ava asked.

"No."

"Please?" Ali asked looking at Gustavo with a pitiful expression, making him sigh.

"Fine."

Everyone immediately said, "Yale."

"Kelly? Rent the dogs and girls apartments."

"How many?"

"Two."

(The next day)

"Oh! My babies are going off to college... How did you guys get in so quickly?" Mama Knight asked excitedly after Kendall had told her that we are all spending a semester at Yale.

"Mom? Katie's not going." Kendall said, looking at his mom, eyebrow raised.

"Well... We kind of used... Uh... Star... Power..." Riley stuttered. She looked at her fiance, who sitting across from her. "Will you stop?" She hissed quietly, not attracting to herself.

"I know! But you, Ali, Logan, James, Carlos, Ava, Riley and Avery are!"

The girls 'awed'. "You think of me as your daughter?" Ali asked, smiling.

"I do. And you will be soon enough."

Ali smiled at her future mother in law.

"So, how are you planning to split the apartments?" Mama Knight asked.

Ali, quickly supplying an answer said, "The girls in one and the boys in the other."

Mama Knight gave Ali the 'you-truly-expect-me-to-believe-that' look. Ali gave her a smile and Mama Knight shook her head, smiling to herself.

"So when do you kids leave?"

"Next week."

"Better start packing, then, girls."

Riley nodded, going off about something or other, to Mrs. Knight.

"Ali?" Avery asked.

"Yes?"

"Did Kendall show you the inscription on your ring?"

Ali looked at Kendall, eyebrow raised.

"There's an inscription on my ring?"

Kendall threw up his hands, "And you say you pay attention."

Ali removed her ring, to see the inscription, "Je t'aime, Ali."

She looked up at her husband. "Dork!" She shouted at him.

"What does it say?" Katie asked.

"Je t'aime, Ali."

"In American."

"It means I love you... In FRENCH." Ali stressed.

"Really, Kendall? French?" Katie asked.

"It is a romance language." Mama Knight says.

"Right, but Avery's is... What was it again?"

"It says, you're my heart and my soul in Spanish."

"Aw... Carlos! You're like the silent romantic poet!" Ava, Riley and Katie gushed. Ali rolled her eyes and Avery giggled as blood rushed to Carlos' cheeks.

"Ya, ya... He's amazing. Great." Ali deadpanned.

"You're just mad, yours isn't as good as anyone else's." Riley stated at her best friend.

"One... I love the inscription, because while it may not be anything insanely romantic, or incredibly cute, it came from the heart."

Kendall looked at Ali, "Was there a second point to that?"

"Hmm?"

"You were like... One, then you said your point and then nothing." Kendall said simply.

"What are you? The... point... police...?" Ali stuttered, thinking... "That was weak." Kendall and Katie said.

"I'm tired, don't judge me." Ali complained.

"C'mon. I'll walk you back to the apartment."

"Kendall?" Mama K called from the other room.

"Yes mom?" Kendall asked poking his head back into the dining room.

"Two hours." She said.

"Yes mom."

Kendall walked back into the hallway, grabbing his fiancee's hand.

The pair walked in amiable silence, standing in front of the elevator doors. "Do you really not like the inscription?" Kendall asked her, fiddling with the ring on Ali's hand.

"Kendall? I was just being a bitch and nit-picking. I love it. There's nothing sweeter than knowing that everyday, even if you're not there, I can see... uh... two... French words... Reminding me how much you love me." Ali said smiling, kissing his cheek.

"There was a lot of hesitation in your sentence."

"I was trying to figure out if it was two or more words."

Kendall laughed, wrapping his arms around her waist. "I love you."

Ali held up her left hand, placing it on his cheek. "I know."

He smiled and kissed her forehead. They heard the ding, signaling the doors opening. The pair stepped in, with Ali pressing the third floor button.

As the elevator doors closed and the elevator began moving, the elevator stopped.

"... Did the elevator just stop?" Ali asked Kendall.

"No... The elevator is just taking a break." Kendall said sarcastically.

"Dude... MY thunder... Not YOURS!" Ali stressed.

"Sorry... When I'm stressed the sarcasm comes into play."

"No... Really, Kendall? I didn't notice."

Kendall laughed, sliding down the wall of the elevator, placing an arm around her shoulders, bringing her down with him. She rested her head on his shoulder and he kissed the top of her head.

She reached her hand up, grabbing his beanie. "Why?"

"When my phone doesn't work, your beanie is officially my new security blanket."

"How do you know your phone doesn't work?"

"We're in an elevator. The chances of getting reception is slim to none, because we're in a metal box."

"..." Just out of curiosity, Kendall checked his phone. "... No service."

"See."

(15 minutes later)

The two sat in silence for a while, with Ali fiddling with Kendall's beanie.

"What's wrong?"

Ali continued to be silent.

"Everything's going to be okay, Ace." Ali looked up at Kendall, giving him a look of disbelief.

"Really, I promise, everything will be okay."

"Sure, because, by some miracle, the elevator will just begin to work again because I-"

The elevator jolted, causing Ali to squeak.

The elevator moved a little and dinged, opening the door.

"That's bullshit! There is no way-"

"Don't doubt it. Just go with it."

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"Can someone explain to me, why did we take the RV instead of taking a flight?" Riley asked as they passed the 'Welcome to Nevada' sign.

"For the millionth time! I don't know, Riley!"

"But you're Alice Carson... All-knowing bitch." Everyone snickered at Riley's words.

"She's right, you know, Ali..." Ava said trailing off.

"You're a bitch who knows a lot of shit." Avery tacked on, trying to be helpful.

"That could not have been less helpful, Avery."

"... I know." Avery said, grinning at Ali.

"My confidence and self-esteem are through the roof guys... Thanks."

"Anytime!" They chorused.

"So...man, there's so many cities we're not stopping at! This is kinda nice, seeing as we're not on tour. But if we were..." Ali began.

"We'd have to stop in Las Vegas. It's one of the cities that never sleeps." as Riley finished the sentence.

"Vegas? Really?" Logan asked, somewhat surprised.

"Prostitutes, drugs, alcohol, and gambling galore... Would ANYONE, that we know of who is responsible, allow us to go to Vegas in the middle of the night?" Ava asked.

"Now, see, if you hadn't said responsible, then I could have said a lot of people."

"That's the point. It would never happen otherwise. I'd just love to see the Luxor, because...I think Criss Angel did this trick and got a playing card stuck in the glass door and it's still there," Ali explained.

"Please...one hotel? I'd be cruising the strip and hitting as many of the casinos and bars as possible along the way," Riley cut in, "That's if we were old enough to drink and gamble."

"Riley? Do you honestly wonder why Gustavo trusts Kendall and I with the money?"

"Most days, I do, yes."

"It's because we don't think of all the money we could blow on alcohol and gambling."

"Unfair!"

"Totally fair!"

The two began to fight about the situation.

"Fair!" Ali shouted.

"Unfair!"

"Fa-" Ali, who was in the middle of her word, was cut off by Kendall's lips taking hers. She turned, straddling his waist, kissing him back.

"EXCUSE ME! NOT ON THE COUCH!" Riley mock-scolded at her best friend and her fiance.

Ali made a rude gesture towards her best friend, and continued kissing Kendall all the while.

Riley turned to look at the rest of the group, particularly at James.

"Well? Are you going to stop that, or do you want to show them up?" She asked, smirking.

He smiled, "Are you honestly asking that? Because I know how your mind works, you're expecting it, I just-" and without bothering to finish his sentence, James kissed her.

Ava and Avery shook their heads. if they didn't stop the other two, who knows how long they'd be stuck like that?

"Should we even try to say anything?" Ava whispered to Avery, who shrugged.

"Nah, they've got to come up for air sometime." Avery mentioned, head turning from watching James and Riley to Alice and Kendall.

"How long do you think they've got?"

"I'm giving James another sixty seconds and Kendall thirty."

"I can almost guarantee it's going to be the other way around. James may sing better but I think Kendall's got more powerful lungs."

"You're so on."

James and Riley came up for air, to see Ali and Kendall still kissing.

"Holy shit!" Riley panted.

Ali broke away from Kendall and kissed his nose.

She got off of his lap and sat next to him on the couch.

Ali smirked at Riley, who grimaced at her. "And that... My best friend... Is how it's done."

"Motherfuckers..." Riley said disbelievingly, looking at Ali and Kendall.

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"Hello, children, my name is Jeffrey Brenzel and I am the Dean of Admissions here at Yale."

"Hi, my name is Ali-"

"Alice Carson, yes, I got a letter form your father a few years ago. Told me you'd be an excellent lawyer."

"Y-you knew my father?" Ali asked quietly.

"Of course! James was one of my best friends! We were roommates in college." Jeffrey said proudly, he noticed the pained expression on Ali's face and continued, saying, "Anyway, I will let you tour the campus and tomorrow you'll start your classes."

"Thanks." Ali said, smiling as the eight began to walk.

"So...what are our classes?"

"Logan, Kendall, Ava and Ali, I believe you all have the same schedule."

"But-"

"I talked with Mr. Griffin and he said he's fine with it."

"Really?"

"Yes, that was one of the conditions."

Ali looked up at Jeffrey. He looked down at her and said, "Your mother doesn't know how to keep a secret."

"Of course not."

"Oh! And you will be staying in an apartment building adjacent to campus considering we don't have any open dorms."

Jeffrey stopped and looked at Ali.

"I expect you in my office, two hours?" Ali nodded at the man's words as he began to walk away.

"Mr. Brenzel!" Ali called, the man turned and looked at her questioningly.

"Thank you."

"Of course. You're just like your father, you know." He said, walking away. Ali felt her father's wedding band, lying against her collarbone.

"You have no idea." Ali muttered. Riley looked at her friend worriedly.

"You okay, Ali?"

"Of course! Why wouldn't I be?" she responded.

"I don't know... You just seem so out of it."

"I'm fine, I promise. Now...should we go check out the apartment? Wait, there's more then one right? Because all eight of use aren't going to fit in a two or three bedroom apartment... We'd probably all kill each other." Ali said.

"The four of us," Riley started, pointing to herself, James, Ali and Kendall, "Want to kill each other when it's a four bedroom." she said as though that were the most obvious thing in the world.

"... That's true..."

"I said it. Of course it's true."

They laughed. "You know, I probably should have gotten directions for the apartment building..."

"YOU JUST THOUGHT OF THAT?" Riley shouted, at Ali.

"Because you totally thought about it."

"I would have remembered sooner."

"NO! YOU WOULDN'T HAVE!"

"Guys, relax. We'll just find Jeffery and ask him if he can give us the directions."

"And if we can't find him?"

"Well, then we're hopelessly lost."

"If we do find him?"

"Then we get the directions and I stay behind to talk to him."