The boys arrived and everyone sat on the floor in a circle.

"I'll shuffle first." Lonnie volunteered.

Raelyn was sat between Evie and Jay.

"Remember, don't show your card to anyone." Lonnie said, walking around, telling everyone to pick a card at random. She sat back down with her card. "Who got the king?"

Carlos raised his hand, he made eye contact with Raelyn, hoping she'd tell him her number somehow.

But this wolf girl was not giving anything away.

"Um… numbers four and seven… have to…" He looked around for inspiration. I'm never good at these things. "Pick a random contact on their phones and tell whoever it is that the sky is falling, acting like a lunatic."

"Fine." Mal threw her card to the floor, which was number four.

"You owe me, Carlos." Audrey took out her phone.

"Put it on speaker phone." Jay said.

Mal went first.

The phone rang and then there was a click. "Mal, what's up?" It was Jane, the Fairy Godmother's daughter.

"Jane! Oh, thank goodness… I think… I think the sky is falling!" Mal exclaimed.

"What? Mal, are you alright?"

"Yes, just panicking because I looked outside and there's wet stuff coming from above… I think it's the sky!"

"Mal. That is the rain… do you need a doctor?"

"Oh… the rain… of course." Mal sighed. "Thank you, I thought I was going insane."

"No problem. Good night, Mal." The phone beeped.

Raelyn doubled over with laughter, burying her face into Evie's shoulder.

Carlos looked to Audrey. "Your turn."

Audrey sighed and pressed the call button.

"Audrey? What is it?" It was Chad.

Raelyn composed herself.

"Oh, Chad. Have you seen outside? I think the sky is falling!" She exclaimed. "Do something about it."

"Audrey… I see nothing but rain."

"It's not rain! I'm telling you. Sort it out this instant." She hung up. "I don't even know why his number was still saved on my phone." She added.

"Knowing Chad, he'll be dumb enough to believe you." Doug snorted.

She smiled slightly. "I guess."

"Alright, I'll shuffle this time." Carlos took the cards from everyone, shuffled and handed them out. "One, two, three… who is king?"

Ben waved his card in the air. "I'm always king." He chuckled. "Um… numbers one and eight have to hug for more than twenty seconds.

Lonnie waved her hand with the number one.

Evie stood up. "Hug it out?" She giggled.

Lonnie nodded and they hugged.

"My turn to deal." Jay picked up the cards and shuffled. "This is kinda fun."

He held out the cards and people picked one.

"I'm king… or should I say queen?" Evie giggled. "Hmmm… two… and six…kiss… it has to last longer than five seconds." She smirked, watching Raelyn's face pale.

"Sorry Rae…" She mumbled. She looked around and saw Carlos blushing roses. "Ooh…" Yes! Thank you, gut instinct! "Who's the lucky guy or girl?"

Carlos cleared his throat and stood up slowly.

Raelyn glared at her best friend.

"Could be worse, right?" Evie grinned.

"Rae… you don't have to… if you don't wanna." Carlos stepped back, ready to sit back down.

Raelyn shook her head. "Why spoil the game? Just a kiss, right?" She swallowed. She stood too.

"Yeah." Carlos bit his lip. He looked around at the group, who were hiding their phones behind their backs.

Raelyn sighed. "I'm over here." She placed her hand on his cheek and turned his face towards her, before planting a sweet, yet firm, kiss on his lips.

After a moment, Carlos melted into the kiss as he closed his eyes. She… tastes really good.

They heard a shutter noise, making them pull away.

"Who was that?" Carlos snapped.

Everyone put their hands up in defence.

He sighed and sat back down, face burning.

Raelyn sat back next to Evie.

"Aren't you the assertive one." Evie giggled.

"You're gonna pay for that one, princess." Raelyn smirked.

Evie swallowed nervously.

By the end of the night, Evie and Doug had danced around the room, Lonnie had raced Jay in eating as many doughnuts as they could in five minutes. Jay won, naturally. Mal had smacked cake into Ben's face.

"This was fun!" Raelyn laughed.

"Yeah, it was." Evie leaned against her. "Plus… I gave my ship a little nudge."

Raelyn frowned. "Ship?"

"Yeah… you and Carlos… I support you two being together. Your relationship." Evie grinned.

"How did you know we'd have those numbers? You don't have the mirror on you, do you?" Raelyn gave her a suspicious look.

"Oh, no! I wouldn't spoil a game like that. I just took a hopeful guess."

"Well, we're going to our room before we miss curfew." Audrey stood up. "We should do something like this again sometime."

Lonnie got up too. "Yeah, definitely. See you guys tomorrow. Don't forget practice tomorrow, Rae."

"I won't. See you guys." She smiled. When they left, Raelyn exhaled. "I love them a lot but they exhaust me." She leaned her head on Evie's shoulder.

"I know, right?" Mal sighed.

"Well, me and Doug are heading off too. Good night." Ben gave Mal a peck on the lips before leaving with Doug.

"You still don't have a cell phone, do you, Rae?" Evie asked, randomly.

Raelyn shook her head. "I've never had one."

Evie rummaged in her bag and handed Raelyn a shiny black smart phone. "Have this, I bought a new one yesterday. That one is just as good but I found a blue one and wanted it." She giggled.

Raelyn looked at the device. "Thank you."

Carlos watched as the brunette was clearly fascinated with the object. "Do you know how it works?"

She looked up to meet his gaze. She gave a shake of her head.

He chuckled and crawled over to sit next to her. "Give it here."

Evie watched the two. How can they act like nothing has happened?! She pouted.

"There, I've set it up. I've put my, Evie, Mal and Jay's numbers into there already, you can add more as and when you want to." Carlos said after a few minutes of showing her the controls.

"Okay, I think I understand." She smiled at him. "Thanks."

"This will make it easier to contact you." Jay stated.

"Yeah." Raelyn nodded. She stood up. "I think I'm gonna go to bed." She stretched.

"I'll walk you to your room." Carlos said, standing too.

"Good night, guys." Raelyn waved at the others.

"Good night, Rae."

Raelyn walked into her room, throwing her bag onto her bed.

Dude jumped onto the bed and made himself comfortable.

Raelyn turned to Carlos. "Thanks, I'll see you tomorrow."

Carlos stared at her a little.

"What?"

"Before… when we… you know…?" He blushed, scratching the back of his neck.

"What about it?" She felt her cheeks warm up too.

"Someone definitely took a photo."

She looked to the ground. "I know. But I doubt anyone but the people who saw it happen would see it. So, I'm not too bothered."

"Yeah, I guess you're right." He bit his lip. "Well, I will see you tomorrow." He smiled at her.

She nodded. "Sweet dreams." She closed the door behind him.

Raelyn flopped onto her bed. She felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. She pulled it out and checking her messages.

What she saw almost made her scream.

Evie had sent her a perfect snap of her kissing Carlos.

Momento.

Raelyn's hands shook a little. "Why would you do that to me?" She typed back.

*Ding*

Because… it's a good photo.

Raelyn smiled a little. It is a good photo… shame it or the kiss means nothing between me and him. She sighed.

Carlos returned to his room to find that Evie and Mal had left.

"Today has been a weird one." Jay said as his frosty haired friend walked in.

Carlos nodded. "You could say that again." His phone buzzed in his pocket. He looked at his messages and nearly dropped his phone. Evie… He stared at the photo of the beautiful girl kissing him.

"So, is she a good kisser?" Jay asked.

Carlos glared at him.

"Simple question."

Carlos rolled his eyes. "Compared to who? That was… that was my first kiss."

"Did you enjoy it?" Jay wiggled his brows.

Carlos blushed. "I guess."

"Would you do it again?"

Carlos flopped onto his bed. "Mmmhmm…"

"She was really forward, I quite like that." Jay chuckled.

Carlos looked to Jay. "Are you jealous?"

"Yes." Jay replied bluntly. "Very. Also getting very impatient."

"Impatient?"

"Ask her out before I do."

Carlos looked to his roommate. "Before you do?"

"Yes. I think you know… that I'm pretty fond of our little she-wolf too. But I've kept my distance, because you are finally interested in someone." Jay added.

Carlos stared. "What do you mean?"

"If I waltzed up and stole her from you, I know it'd crush you. So, I've buried my feelings because my friendship with you is worth more."

Carlos bit his lip. "You… are the best friend in the world, you know that?"

"If that's true… say it! Tell me you are not gonna let me steal her… tell me that you'd fight for her." Jay stood up.

"Alright, alright! I love her, okay?!" Carlos exclaimed.

Jay's jaw dropped. "Love?" I thought it was a simple crush.

"Yes, I mean… that's what I think this is." Carlos stood up.

"Okay…"

"I dunno what it's like to love someone. I mean… every time I see Rae… I want to be right next to her, I wanna talk to her every day. I'm always wondering what she's thinking about, what's she's doing… if she's happy…" Carlos trailed off. "I wanna be the one to make her smile the brightest. Her presence makes me calm and she always knows the right thing to say."

Jay sat back down. "Jeez… you're smitten! For how long?"

Carlos thought for a moment. "Since I first met her, I guess… I just never thought about the feeling until we were on the isle." He sighed. "But I wanna wait. Just a little. I wanna hold on to this feeling a little more… because I dunno what'll happen when I tell her." He looked at the photo again.

Jay sighed. "Well… for what it's worth… I won't intervene. You've told me and I accept it. I'll be rooting for you, buddy."

Carlos smiled softly. "Thanks." He crawled into bed and stared at his phone. Will she be asleep? He brought the phone screen that displayed the photo to his lips. Good night…