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Sam's POV

Today's the fall festival. I'm pretty excited, I mean, it's mine and Brooke's first time. I'm with her in the kitchen making some soup. It's one of her recipes, actually, and she said it was her dad's favorite. Ian and Kate are also in the kitchen, but they're making some cake.

"Alright… where's the noodles?" she asks, looking around the kitchen.

"Third cabinet on the bottom!" I reply, trying to focus on the boiling broth.

"Thanks!" she grabs the small cardboard box and opens it, and I step out of the way so she can pour it in. The small brittle noodles sink to the bottom and immediately start to soften. An aroma that smells of cheese, onion, and chicken fills the house, making everyone's stomachs growl. I keep telling myself to wait, not tasting, must. Wait. Till. Festival.

The struggle is real.

A ding goes off, and Ian rushes over to the oven. When he opens it, a cloud of smoke erupts in the kitchen, and I can barely see the cake he just pulled out.

"Is it burnt?" Kate coughs, waving some of the smoke away with her oven mitt.

"Nope! Perfect as always!" he chuckles, setting down the treat and staring at it with satisfaction. Brooke and I laugh, until we realize our own soup is about to bubble over the pot. She quickly turns down the heat, and the bubbles of broth recede back to its normal height.

"What smells so good?" asks a dreamy Mitch, who stumbles into the kitchen, nose in the air.

"It's the soup." Brooke responds, and I nod with her. He comes over and peeks into the pot, and I can see hunger fill his chocolate eyes. He puts his hand above the pot. "Just one taste…"

"NO!" Brooke and I shout, startling him. He jumps back and then a small smile curves onto his lips.

"Fine. At least the festival's only in fifteen minutes."

"Fifteen minutes?! I thought we still had an hour!" Kate and I synchronize. We still had to pack the food up and get ready.

"Erm…no, we're leaving in fifteen minutes." he scratches the back of his head, smiling. Brooke and I turn back to the soup and pour in the last of the carrots, then turn the burner off and put the cover on. Ian and Mitch were left to pack the food up, cause Kate, Brooke and I are off running upstairs, scrambling to get to our rooms. It's western themed, so we are all just gonna wear some boots, jeans, and plaid. I already have my normal green plaid, so I'm fine. Tia and Brooke are gonna borrow some shirt from me, Tia gets the purple one, Brooke the blue. Once I got my stuff on, I pulled the two shirts out and ran over to Tia and Brooke's room. They share one now. I knocked on the door.

"Who's there?" I heard their voices say together.

"An angel from above bringing you the magical gifts of plaid." I responded in an elegant voice, and thy opened the door to see me striking a pose.

"Alright, miss drama queen, come on in." Tia replied sarcastically, opening the door wide enough for me to come through. I tossed the two plaids on the bed, and then we settled down for a quick chat.

"So, how did the soup turn out?" Tia questioned, buttoning up the shirt.

"Good…I think. We didn't taste it." I mumbled, realizing we didn't know if it turned out good or not.

"Well, we just better hope." Brooke concluded.

10 minutes later,

Jason's POV

We stepped out of the car, Kate carrying the cake and Brooke carrying the soup. Most of the (small) neighborhood was already there, but still a few cars showing up. Like the invitation said, there were bounce houses and games for kids, and a small dance floor with some hay bales and pumpkins for decoration.

Sky spotted the table full of food, so we went over and placed the goodies there. Brooke turned to me when she set down the soup.

"You excited?" I asked with a smirk. She nodded her head.

"Yup. Excited for the soup. And those muffins…" she trailed off, her gaze wandering to the banana muffins next to the rest of the food.

"Ah, I see. But aren't you gonna dance with me?" I smiled, wrapping an arm around her waist.

"Eh… I can't dance, Jason." She looked up at me with her beautiful stormy blue eyes. I sighed and brought her into a hug.

"Of course you can, you just move to the beat. It's easy!" I pushed her back and kept my hands on her shoulders. I stared at her seriously until she gave in.

"…Fiiiiine."

"Yay!"

Pretty soon, everyone was there (and when I say everyone I mean not a lot of people) had showed up, and there were kids playing games, people of all ages dancing, and even more people eating. I myself was with Brooke eating some of those banana muffins she had pointed out earlier, and I have to admit, they were really good. We were just chatting, and then three guys came up to us. I could feel Brooke tense beside me.

"Hey Brooke, I didn't know you lived in this neiborhood!" One of them asked. He seemed like he was trying to be… I dunno, bold or something.

"Oh, uh, hey Tosh. Yeah, I do. Who are your friends? Oh, and this is Jason." She gestured to me, and I smiled with a nice wave. I'm not sure I liked these guys though.

"Hey Jason. I'm Tosh, this is Dylan and Brady." He smiled and we shook hands.

"Nice to meet ya. So, how do you know Brooke?" I questioned curiously, trying to sound friendly.

"Oh, we went to high school together." He mentioned, looking back at Brooke. She smiled warily.

"Well, uh, see ya around!" I chided, trying to get them to leave. I had to talk to Brooke about this.

"So, who are they really?" I asked, turning to face her.

"Oh, like he said, some people from high school. Well, only Tosh. We were mutual friends. There's nothing to worry about." She added quickly. I smiled, and embraced her in a hug.

"I'm not worrying."

…

"Com'on, you said you would!" I joked, pulling her onto the dance floor. There was an energetic song playing, and everyone was now dancing.

"Fine, ok, ok, I'll dance!" She laughed. I put one hand on her hip and with other guided her hand to my arm.

"Alright, Lezzgo!" I shouted, starting to skip and spin in a circle with all the other couples. She laughed, I laughed, and after about five minutes of dancing, we settled down and walked back to the food table. Tia and Alize were standing there with Jerome and Ty, and we joined them. I got myself some more soup, while Brooke went and stood with Tia.

Brooke's POV

I laughed with Tia, and then I saw Tosh jogging over.

"Hey Tosh, what's-"

"Com'on!" He jokes.

"What are you doing?" I gasp as Tosh pulls me out to the dance floor. I try to pull away, but he's got a hand on my waist, and I don't want to make a scene.

"Dancing with you," he smiles. Oh, God. He's got an adorable smile.

But that doesn't mean I want to be dancing with him. "Stop," I tell him, my voice quivering slightly. It's terrifying to have someone else's hands on me, even though he's not really being… rude. I try to back away again, and he steps with me, perfectly in time with the music.

"Come on, can't I have one dance? For old time's sake?" Tosh is still beaming at me. He spins me around easily, and then steers me through a few more dance steps.

"Tosh, we… we were never together." I don't know what he's thinking!

He twirls me around again, leaning me back, and then pulling me up again. "But…" Now Tosh blushes. "I always liked you, you know, Brooke."

"What?" I say, gaping at him. My feet are moving on their own now, stepping along with his.

I feel someone's eyes on me, and turn my head around. Oh no. It's Jason. What are you doing? he mouths.

Help! I mouth back. Except, Tosh spins me around, and I don't think Jason saw.

"Yeah," Tosh says, as though he hadn't noticed anything. "I've had this huge crush on you since… since…I can't remember."

"Tosh… please stop," I beg. I need to talk to Jason, and get away from here. All these people…

Tosh doesn't exactly start smiling, because he already is, but he grins wider. "If he didn't exist, would you dance with me?"

"I…"

Just then, the song ends. Tosh leans me back suddenly.

And kisses me.

Out of the corner of my eye, I see Jason's look of shock, and then he disappears into the crowd, running away to… I can't see where he's going.

I push Tosh away from me and dart away into the crowd. "Jason!" I shout. "It's not what it looks like!"

I can't see him anymore. Tosh finally loosens his grip, and I tear away from him and run out into the night air. It's cold, and a brisk wind is biting at me. It makes my tears feel even colder.

Ahhhhhh snap. Yup. That just happened.

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