Gwen's POV

Ah, all the pee had been happily drained out of me.

I turned the hot and cold water on about midway for each and grabbed a washcloth to scrub my face with.

The Art show was tomorrow and people were actually going to be there to support me! Yay for Gwen!

Granted, it would be the extra scoop of whip cream on the hot chocolate if my parents showed up, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

Then, on Saturday, I can finally spend time with my beloved boyfriend.

Sweet David kisses are coming my way.

I folded the washcloth and turned off the water. Hair, check. Aly's clothes check. My school stuff was already downstairs, including my magnificently finished artwork, so everything was basically ready.

All these good things were coming so today had to be good right?

Down the stairs I go.

I hope Beck didn't extremely have to pee like me. "Sorry I-"

I was going to finish, but my siblings were…

Just standing there.

Aly's eyes refused to connect with Beck's, and my brother just stood there, arms crossed, like he was waiting for something.

My sister spun around. "Hey, Gwen. Did you know you talk in your sleep?"

What?

"N-no. I didn't," I stuttered, raising my eyebrow.

Do I really? Interesting.

"Oh yeah. You say some pretty weird stuff." She narrowed her eyes.

I'm all sorts of confused right now.

Beck held up his PearPhone and sighed. "Tell me you didn't know anything about this?"

I moved closer to get a better look at the picture.

It was Aly and Sean… at their party.

Beck knows. Beck knows. Beck knows!

Oh my gosh, who in their right mind would post pictures of minors drinking illegally?

"Beck, you can't prove that's me!" Aly walked over to her bag and stared into it, avoiding our brother all together.

It's odd to see her like this. Not standing her ground and whatnot. My sister gets into trouble all the time and she never seems scared.

This isn't like the upset scared she got when we were both angry at her for breaking Tori's tooth. This is the 'wow my brother is actually miffed at me for a serious reason' scared.

"Let's say this isn't you then." Beck rolled his eyes. "Should I kill Sean for cheating on you with an Aly look alike?"

"No…" She whispered, still staring into the darkness of her bag

"Why'd you lie and sneak off to some drinking party?" I watched my brother grow angrier with every word that parted from his mouth.

Right now, Beck equals livid.

She picked her bag up and threw it on her shoulder. "Look, I don't want to talk about this right now. It's the morning and I'm half asleep. Cat's giving me a ride to school, anyway." Ignoring Beck's mumbles and grumbles, Aly made for the exit and walked out.

"Allison!" He called after her.

Well duh, she's not gonna come back, Beckett.

So this day isn't going as well as I planned. School hasn't even started yet and it's already crap.

Beck leaned against the breakfast bar and placed his head in his hand.

So...I talk in my sleep, huh?" I awkwardly stifled out a laugh.

Beck looked up and shook his head. "Are you ready?"

I nodded and walked into the living room. Peering out the window, I frowned, realizing that Aly seriously had left. Way to go, sis. Leave me to sit with Beck in the car.

At least Jade will be there.

Jingling car keys indicated that Beck was ready to go, so I followed him out to the car.

I halted before getting in. "Beck…" I sighed. "I knew. I knew she went and I didn't say anything. That's the reason she compliments me when someone sneezes and that's why I'm wearing her clothes!"

I admit, he did look a little shocked but that faltered and then he just ruffled my bangs and slid into the drivers seat.

What even?

As I suspected, the car ride was extremely quiet. Even when we got to Jade's house, all my brother gave to his girlfriend as a greeting was a short kiss and a mumbled out, "Morning, babe."

Thus making Jade's ever present frown grow frownier.

"Two questions. One, where's Aly? Two, what's got your boxers in a twist?"

His eyes kept staring out on the road. "Allison is with Cat and I'm just- did you know Aly was at a drinking party?"

Jade stiffened and sipped at her coffee. "Yup."

Beck pulled into the school parking lot, put the car in park, and turned to Jade. "You knew?" His eyebrows furrowed as he took in the new information.

She nodded and I could just feel a fight coming on.

"I talk in my sleep!"

Both older teens looked back and gave me similar mini glares. Hey, I'm just trying to ease the tension.

"Well. I can see I'm not useful here. So," I opened the door and pushed it closed behind me.

I need to find Aly.

/

Andre and Tori were playing kissy face and unfortunately, Tori's locker is just a few away from mine so I get a front row show.

At least I'm used to watching teenagers make out...

"Sorry to interrupt, but have either of you seen my sister?"

Tori looked up. She was blushing and opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out.

Andre rolled his eyes and smiled, "Little O was in the auditorium when I went in there to get my keyboard."

I shut my locker and let out a "Thank you!" before running towards the Black Box Theater.

As Andre had said, Aly was still in there, sitting on the stage and texting.

I walked over and laid my bag next to hers. "Hey,"

"What up?" Aly didn't look up. Apparently whoever she was texting was more important.

I crossed my arms. "Who are you texting?"

"Sean. I had to warn him to avoid Beck at all costs."

Smart move. Beck is totally gonna murder Sean. I think he's more upset with the boyfriend than with our sister. I mean, boyfriends are supposed to make sure the girlfriend doesn't do anything stupid.

And getting drunk when you're a minor is pretty stupid.

"So I suppose your plan is to take the lecture later instead of sooner?" I grinned and my sister finally looked up and smiled.

"I'm way too out of it to comprehend the message of whatever he's going to tell me. Besides…I didn't want to get in a fight with him this morning because I knew I would say something stupid and land myself in even more trouble."

Another smart move, Allison.

The warning bell rang and we collected our things and headed for the door, trying to avoid the incoming students.

"There's, uhm, a dance field trip this Saturday. I really, really want to go." Aly looked around the corner to see if Beck was lurking about.

"Oh, really?" That's odd. Usually they post this sort of info on The Slap. It doesn't really affect me anyway, I'll be too busy squeezing the stuffing out of David at the airport.

"Yeah. We're going to see Laurieann Gibson."

I nodded like I understood. In reality, like I know who that is. Do I look dance literate?

My sister flicked my forehead before heading into her homeroom. "See you later, Gwenners."

I stuck my tongue out and kept on walking thinking about tomorrow. Aly and Sean go everywhere together, so she probably invited him. But…I don't think he and Beck should be aloud in the same room together. Poor Sean.

I wondered if she would still come if Sean couldn't be there.

What are you saying, Gwendolyn? She's your sister. Of course she'd come to your Art Show.

Maybe.

I hope.

/

Basically, the first four periods of the day were spent thinking about:

David coming home, Beck killing Sean, Aly killing Beck, Canada, the Art Show and Canadian cookies.

While walking out of Sikowitz class, I heard the janitors closet creak open a bit. "Psssst. Gwen, is Beck near you?"

Yeah, I'd know that voice anywhere. "Aly, are you seriously hiding in there?"

"Ugh! Is he?"

"Nope. He and Cat had rehearsal."

The door fully opened revealing not just my sister, but also her boyfriend. "Phew, good."

I'd hate to ask what they were doing in there waiting until I came out of class.

"Hey, Sean." I smiled.

Sean dusted himself off and grinned. "So, you talk in your sleep?"

Sheepishly, I scuffed the floor with my shoe. "I guess so. I'm really sorry for my sleep talking-ness being responsible for Beck wanting to kill you."

He lifted my bag from my hand (what a gentleman) and shrugged. "S'okay. My fault for taking Aly to that party,"

You got that right, mister.

Aly moaned and rolled her eyes. "That party was the bomb. I don't regret anything."

I smirked. "Not even calling your darling little sister singing Need You Now?"

"No, because even drunk I have a better voice then you."

Well. How rude.

We got out to the Asphalt Café, and Sean and Aly walked the long way around the Grub Truck to sit with Sean's football buddies.

I on the other hand sat with my normal group. Including my 'on the lookout' brother.

Beck looked at Sean's football table and then at me. "She's not sitting with us?"

Jade scoffed. "Babe, if someone wanted to murder me and ground you until you were old and gross looking, would you want to sit with them?"

He took a bite of his pizza, ignoring Jade's question.

"Fill the rest of us in, midget girl." Rex leaned closer to me. Midget girl? That's rather insulting.

"Rex! You can't just butt into people's personally lives!" Robbie scolded the curly headed puppet.

Tori huffed. "Robbie, you butt into my personal life all the time."

Hey, she has a point there. He hides in her bushes for Bieber's sake.

"Ugh." Jade rolled her eyes. "Since I don't think it's such a big deal, considering half of the students here went to that party, Allison went to a party and got totally chizz faced."

"Went to a party with her boyfriend," Beck added putting emphasis around the word 'boyfriend.'

Remind me never to let David take me to any parties.

At least parties with drinking.

"Aly drunk? That had to be hot," The puppet commented, making our whole table stare at him.

If Robbie is a ventriloquist, which means he's making Rex say everything. So it's creepy to think that Robbie thinks all these things about people.

Unless Rex is alive.

I had a dream about that once.

Rex was alive and he tried to chase me around with a sea bass. I don't exactly know where he got it, but I had to run halfway to Venice beach before I woke up.

It was terrifying.

"So if Aly went to a party, why are you freaking out about it just now?" Andre asked, putting his arm around Tori's thin shoulders, making her jolt a bit.

My brother threw his pizza down. "I thought she was staying at a friend's house, but it just turned out she lied."

Neil Patrick Harris' cousin or nephew, he could be either, nodded and continued eating his taco.

"That's why I'm wearing her clothes and she's giving me compliments. She didn't throw up on my sketchbook…" I hung my head in shame for lying to my friends.

Cat gasped, "You lied too! Lying sisters!" She made an angry pout, but Cat and angry just don't mix, so it ends up being an extremely cute face.

"I bet if you ask her now she'll let you borrow something."

Her face brightened up. "Yay!"

Oh, Cat.

Aly's POV

Oh, hurray. It's the end of the day.

No need to point out my mad rhyming skills, there.

But, in all seriousness, I still wasn't ready for Beck to tell me not to go to wild parties with Sean anymore.

I really hope he knows I don't like parties because of the drinking or as much as I love it, the sexy dancing.

I like them because it makes me feel free. Like, I don't have to worry about my wine happy parents, or my grades, or Tori Vega trying to steal Beck from Jade, or my overbearing brother, or my innocent little sister, or my weight, or dance practice or anything like that.

If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all. That quote fits me right now.

It's not like we had someone drive us home drunk and put ourselves in danger, so we weren't irresponsible.

… Right?