Hi! So in this chapter, we introduce the ever-lovely Kalel Cullen! Now, I just want to say something; I don't know all too much about her and her style and how she would act in a situation like this, so I simply did what I thought would be best for her story. And I don't know if that outfit is something she would wear, but I thought it would look good on her. Also, I don't know if her hair is still black, but for the sake of the story, lets say it is. :) Ah, and there is a bit of drama in this chapta, but I don't want to reveal too much. I have Kalel's Polyvore link at the end, so... yeah. Enjoy! :D

After half an hour of messing around and singing to songs on the radio, we finally pulled into the parking lot by the beach. I could see the carnival a few minutes' walk from here, and a huge Ferris Wheel was set up on the boardwalk. I jumped out of the car, waited for Joe to lock his car, and then I ran for the carnival.

We caught up with Bridget and Sloane halfway there, walking hand in hand. When they saw us, they began running with us.

"I can already see Anthony and Kalel by the entrance!" Joe yelled and continued sprinting. We finally slowed down, and Anthony and Kalel went to meet us.

Kalel looked just like she had 5 years ago, except now her hair was black and wavier. She was wearing a light yellow summer dress and black gladiator sandals, matched with stacked, beaded bracelets. She narrowed her eyes at me, as if she recognized me but couldn't believe it. "Lexi?" she questioned.

"Kristen!" I shouted and hugged her tightly. She laughed and hugged me back. "I can't believe it's really you! I mean, after you left Ohio five years ago, I thought I'd never see you again!"

"I know, right? And I'm living my Kalel dream now!"

"Anthony told me! Isn't this a small world? I used to be friends with Anthony before I moved to Ohio, and now you're dating him!"

"Mmhm, and you're dating Joe! And... is that Sloane?"

I laughed at her surprise. She almost sounded like Bridget. "Yes, it is, but he's here with Bridget, so you have to stick to your own man."

She looked at me with shock. "I would never, Lexi, you know that! And Anthony's an amazing man, so I have no plans of leaving him or cheating on him. And I'm sure he won't ever either!"

I grinned at Kalel and turned to Anthony, who was talking to Bridget.

"Bridget?"

She sighed quietly and turned to him. "Hey Anthony! Long time, no see, right?"

He was just staring at her. "Um, yeah, haven't seen you since senior year. When we were dating, remember?"

She seemed to notice something that I didn't, for she quickly pulled Sloane to her side. "Anthony, this is Sloane, Lexi's younger brother. He's my date for today."

Anthony looked very surprised, and he turned to Sloane, who was just a bit shorter than him. "Ah, Sloane, I remember you! Lexi always told me stories about you. You're rather... young, don't you think?"

Sloane looked up at Anthony with pure admiration, clearly not hearing Anthony's entire statement. "Oh my god, I can't believe I'm standing next to Anthony Padilla! And he knows me! I'm a HUGE fan of smosh, you guys rock!"

"Oh?" Anthony questioned, and he raised his eyebrows at Joe. He shook his head lightly at Anthony and then turned to me, a grin stretching across his face.

"Shall we go, m'lady? I hear there's a cotton candy stand!"

I gasped and grabbed his hand, running to the entrance. "How did you know I love cotton candy?!"

Joe laughed and let himself get tugged along. Anthony, Kalel, Bridget, and Sloane quickly followed. "Oh, just a guess!"

Once we had paid for entrance tickets and got through, I whipped my head around wildly, trying to locate the cotton candy stand. I spotted it and started sprinting, Joe hot on my heels. When we reached the stand, Joe ordered two sticks full of the fluffy sugar.

"Blue, please!"

It seemed like Joe knew little details about me, what I liked, and so on and so forth. I absolutely hated pink cotton candy, but I was a sucker for blue cotton candy. It was almost as if he knew me... but that's impossible, of course. We met two days ago.

Taking a bite of my colored fluff, I glanced back at the rest of our group. Sloane and Bridget had their hands intertwined and were pointing at a ride, and Anthony was... staring at Bridget? Kalel stood by him, watching Anthony's gaze, and her expression seemed slightly annoyed. I instantly understood what Bridget had noticed earlier, when she had pulled Sloane to her. This wasn't good at all; Sloane liked Bridget, and Bridget liked Sloane and was clearly over Anthony since they broke up in high school. Kalel obviously liked Anthony, since they were dating, and I thought Anthony liked Kalel too, especially because of everything he told me when we had coffee yesterday, but then why would he be staring at Bridget? Was he not over her yet?

Joe pulled me out of my thoughts as he brought me over to a stand where you could win a stuffed animal if you shot the bull's-eye at least twice. Joe picked up one of the toy guns, twirled it his hands a few times to impress me before the man running the stall barked, "I don't have all day you know!" Joe rolled his eyes at the man and I giggled as Joe pulled the trigger, hitting the target right in the middle. He repeated it two more times, pretended to blow the smoke away from the gun, and raised his eyebrows at the man. He grumbled and gave Joe a stuffed peacock, who then gave it to me. I hugged Joe before admiring my new friend.

"How did you learn to shoot guns like that?" I questioned as I played with my peacock's tail feathers and took another bite of my cotton candy.

"I once shot up a container of cornbread," he responded earnestly. I turned and raised my eyebrows in a silent question, and he tried to hide a smile at my expression. "The cornbread wouldn't let me cut off a piece, so I had to shoot it. And through all that trouble, I STILL didn't get my piece of cornbread!"

I laughed at his explanation of cornbread shooting, and Joe dragged me to a ride. As we waited in line, I could see Bridget and Sloane standing next to a nearby hedge. I knew eavesdropping wasn't exactly a kind act, but I reminded myself that this was my brother. I strained to hear their conversation.

"Thanks for coming to the Carnival as my date, Bridget," I heard Sloane say. Bridget giggled in response.

"Anything for you, Sloane! And I wouldn't have come if you wouldn't."

"But what about Anthony? He seems to like you a lot."

"Sloane, Anthony and I broke up in high-school. I haven't seen him since. Not to mention, he has Kalel, and she seems to really like him."

"Mm, yeah. You know, Bridget..."

"Yes, my Sloane?"

"I like you a lot, maybe more than I should..." Sloane confessed.

I could practically hear Bridget grinning. "I like you a lot too, Sloane..." They were getting closer and closer...

"NEXT IN LINE!" the man at the ride shouted, and I jumped up in surprise.

"Are you okay, Lexi?" Joe asked, concern written on his face. I placed a hand over my speeding heart in an attempt to slow it down.

"Yeah, I'm fine," I replied, and the man let us on the ride.

When the ride was over, Joe and I walked around the carnival for a bit. We ran into Sloane and Bridget, who both seemed very excited.

"Lexi, we need to tell you something!" Sloane announced, dragging a giggling Bridget behind him.

"Hey guys, what's up?" I heard a female voice ask behind me. I turned to see Kalel and Anthony, both holding a stuffed animal.

"We have something to tell you!" Bridget continued, laughing and holding up their intertwined fingers. "We're dating!"

I squealed in delight and ran over to Bridget, hugging her tightly. She returned the hug and we jumped around in a circle, laughing the entire time. I let go and Kalel came over and hugged Bridget, despite them only having met a few hours ago. I hugged Sloane and congratulated him, and Kalel and Joe followed suit. I noticed that Anthony was simply standing there with an annoyed look on his face. Kalel stalked over to him and hissed in his ear, "You know, you could try to be happy for them. Or at least stop obviously undressing her with your eyes."

Anthony responded, "Kalel, you know I wouldn't do that!" But his eyes never left Bridget as he spoke.

I let out a frustrated sigh and glanced at the clock in my phone: 4:30. Wow, time flies when you're having fun... but Anthony was being so utterly stupid at that moment. It was obvious that Bridget had no interest in him, and Kalel was clearly pissed at him, but that didn't seem to faze him at all. I gave Bridget one last smile before grabbing Joe's hand and walking away, leaving them to hopefully sort it all out.

OOOOOOOO, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?! Mmm, guess you'll have to wait till next week end! :D Anyway, here's Kalel's Polyvore link:

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So, go there, check it out, leave comments, and make me feel good. :) And leave a review! I love you all! Oh, and also, this is my last week of Summer Break. Next week, I have Band Camp (basically like school, but you just march and play your instrument all day instead), and after that, school. Sooo... yeah. Also, I know that several chapters back, I said that I had about 5 or six chapters left? I lied. :) I now estimate that I have, in fact, about 5 chapters left from here. Sooo... yeah. :) I'll see you all next weekend! Byezers!