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Claimer: I own Chelsea, Lindsay, Abby, Chris, and Jason.

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Chapter 12

Everyone was enjoying themselves at the party, some where on the outskirts of town. Ezra and Daisy were dancing along with Auggie and Jules. Chris and Jason headed off to find some girls. David on the other hand was up on a table dancing with some girls. Scott and chelsea were in teh kitchen enjoying some "refreshments".

Chelsea: (to scott who was halfway done with his first drink) Come on I wanna dance (whinny and pulling on his arm)

Scott: (puuting down his drink) lets go (they join the rest of the group)

*The Peak*

Lindsay and Shelby were putting something behind the rocks.

Shelby: Is that all of it? (looking around)

Lindsay: yea, they're gonna be so suprised!!!! (laughing)

Shelby: (laughing) I know lets get the party. (with that they walk back to the car and head to the party.)

*Party*

Shelby and Lindsay walk through the door arm in arm adn look around to find everyone. Shelby noticing Jason by the window goes over.

Shelby: (yelling over the music) Hey, you mind if I join you?

Jason: (with out any hesitation grabs her hand and they head off to the living room where everyone else dancing was) Hell no, Sizzle, let's go show them how its done! by the way that outfit looks waesome on ya.

Shelby: (embaressed) shut up jason!

Once in the living room they started dancing really close and Jules is the first to notice she's there.

jules: (pointing at her) Do you think they're gong out?

Auggie: (noticing the closeness) I don't know, maybe, lets get a drink. (they head off towards the kitchen)

Some where else in the living room Ezra and Daisy are dancing and goofing around adn laughing at David.

Daisy: I think he planned this! (laughing)

Ezra: me too! (they continue laughing at him til Dasiy spots Shelby heading off with Jason)

Daisy: I'll be right back

Ezra: (watching her leave) k

*Kitchen*

Shelby and Jason had just walked in and saw, Jules, Auggie, Lindsay, and Chris talking. They walked over to them.

Shelby: Hey guy having fun yet? (taking the beer Chris just handed her)

Jules: this is so much fun! (smiling)

Auggie: (wrapping his arms around Jules' waist from behind) shel, though you said you didn't dance. (remembering what she said at the MORP)

Shelby: I said I'm not a dancer Aug, not I don't dance.

Daisy: (coming up to the group) hey guys.

Shelby: hey dais, I saw you and Ez dancing, something I need to know about there?

Daisy: I'll tell ya later.

Shelby:(getting serious and looking at the cliffhangers there) oh by the way I promised Peter no one would be drunk so only one drink please and spread the word, K? (Auggie and nodded an left back out onto the livingroom) Come on Dais, your gonna tell me everything (they walk off outside by the pool.)

Jason: (turning to look at Lindsay who was drinking her beer) so where were you two?

Lindsay: (plainly) Girl stuff, Do I need to elaborate? ( watching their fces turn completely uninterested)

Chris: (quickly) No, No way girl, you keep that stuff between you to,Please!

Jason: Come on lets dance (the trio heads back into the livingroom)

*Pool Area*

Daisy and Shelby are been sitting on the swings talking.

Shelby: so what's up between you and Freakin?

Daisy: nothing really, we have just been getting pretty close lately.

Shelby: and that's nothing! (dasiy looks at her friend)

Daisy: I think I like him.

Shelby: What about David?

Daisy: David, he's a jerk? Forget about him!

Shelby: So you made up your mind? (Daisy nods her head) good for you then. Lets go dance some more.

*Livingroom*

Scott and Chelsea were dancing pretty close.

Chelsea: Scotty lets go outside. I'm tired! (grabbing his hands and start walking to the pool area, once outside)

Scott: (confused) I thought you wanted to dance?

Chelsea: (seductive) Well I don't now.

Scott: (catching on wraps his arms around her waist as she wraps her arms around his neck) This better? (leaning in to kiss, her they are cenimeters from each others lips)

Shelby (seeing them come out as her and Daisy were heading back inside decided to break up their moment) hey guys having fun (she asked with Daisy by her side)

Chelsea: (dropping her arms) You had to interupt? (giving her on evil glare)

Shelby: (satisified they didn't kiss) Yup, anyways I promised Peter and Sophie none of you guys would get drunk or do druge, so only 1 drink.

Scott: Only one, got it.

Shelby: (not wanting to leave them alone) Scott, wanna dance?

Scott: Sure, I'll be right back Chels. (leaving Daisy smiling and Chelsea with a furious look on her face)

Just as they were walking back onside people started running out and flashing lights could be seen in the front. Jason saw Shelby and Scott coming in.

Jason: (grabbing her by the arm as he ran by) The cops are here.

Shelby: Where's everyone else (worried)

Jason: I told them to meet us at te car. (as they run by Chelsea and Daisy Scott grabs Chelsea and Daisy follows and they run to the car.)

By the time they reached the car David and Ezra were already there.

Shelby: Where's Jules and Auggie and Linds. (worried they got caught)

Jules: (running up behind them hlding Auggie's hand) we're here, Lindsay said she'd meet us at the peak.

They all got in the cars and drove off as fast as they could to the peak.

*Peak*

Lindsay is already there in casual clothes and the fire started with her sleeping bag rolled out. The others walking down in still in the costumes tey had already packed a bag and put it in the trunk along with some blankets.

Lindsay: (turning around) took you long enough (sarcastic)

Shelby: (sitting her blanket down next to Lindsay) I'm gonna get changed (heading around the rocks so no one could see her.)

Jason: (looking at everyone as they sat down their blankets to sit on) I'm starving, anyone else?

David: (still in his drag queen outfit) Me too! Being a girl really gives you an appeitite. (everyone burst out laughing)

Shelby: (coming back in her casual clothes and carryong her bag) Who's next?

Scott: (getting up) Me (goes to the same spot she came out of.)

Shelby: (looking at Jason and Chris) why don't you guys go get us some pizzas?

Chris: you read my mind sizzle (standing up) lets go Jay Jay.

Jason: what dressed like this? (pointing at his costume, a pharaoh, practically nothing)

Shelby and Lindsay at once: Yup!!! Now go (pushes them towards the car as Scott returns)

Scott: where are they going?

Shelby: Pizza!

Lindsay: (once she sees the car drive off) now that they're gone!

Shelby: we can get set up (looking at the group of confused faces) see they pulled this prank on Lindsay now they have to pay.

Jules: what are you gonna do

Lindsay: We went to the store and got tons of shaving cream, balloons, chocolate, honey, you name it, its messy we got it. (shelby goes off to get the stuff and comes back with buckets of stuff)

Shelby: But now we got to fill them up before they get back, then hide behind the rocks all around her and once they put the pizzas down we fire.

They all work together to fill the balloons in time as they wait for tehy two to get back. It had been 45 minutes oand everyone was in place already changed into their casual clothes and positioned around the roocks as Jason and Chris pulls up with 4 pizzas.

The two come into the clearing to find no one around, thinking it was a joke.

Jason: Oh are we playing hide and go seek now? (laughing to himself)

They set the pizzas down and walk to down to the shore line then out of nowhere everypne pops ukp throwing their balloons at them and coming out of their hiding spots with buckets in hand and still throwin them.

Chris making his way to Chelsea's buck grabs one as she hits him in the head with a chocolate filled one. He throws a chocolate filled one at her too. By now Jasonhad grabs a few balloon himselfand started throwing it at people by now they had made it into the ocean and still throwing balloon.

Shelby creeps up behind Scott, taps him on the back and pops a balloon filled with honey on his head. then tries to swim away since she was out of balloons, but he catche her and pops his last shaving cream fillled in her hair and rubbs it in.

Scott: there you go. (adding a pat on the cheek as well)

Shelby: Your dead. (she jumps on his back taking him under)

David: Dogpile on Scott (everyone jumps on Scott when he comes up)

This went on for a another 30 minutes til they finally made their way back up the beach to eat they're now clod pizza.

Shelby: So you guys have fun tonight?

Scott: this was great shel!

Jules: yeah thanx for inviting us down here to visit you! (everyone nodded in agreemen t except of course Chelsea.)

David: I don't kow about you guys but I'm tired!

Lindsay: me too, lets go to bed.

Everyone settles down on their blanket and close their eyes with sleep coming soon.

*Morning*

Its about 8 in the morning Jason is up and waking up Lindsay, Chris and Shelby.

Jason: wake up everyone else while I take tis stiff up to the car. (Shelby nods)

Shelby goes over to Daisy wakes her up then Ezra, Jules, Auggie, and David. Jules wakes up Scott and Scott wakes up Chelsea.

Shelby: come on lets get home and shower, I still smell like chocolate and shaving cream.

They pack up their stuff and head back to Shelby's house, but making a quick stop my McDonalds to pick upp breakfast.

*Merrick house*

Shelby: (walking in through the door) dad, we're home. (yelled, knowing evryone would be up)

Mike: we're in here (yelling from the den)

Shelby: I'm gonna take a shower, there's 2 other ones, one in my dad's room and you kow where the other one is. (heading to her room along with Jules and Daisy)

The rest of them head into the den to eat their breakfast and talk abuot what happened last night.

Peter: (watching them walk in) did you guys have fun last night?

Ezra: Yea we had a blast.

David: Especially the food fight!

Sophie: (interested) what food fight?

Jason: The one Shelby and Lindsay decided to pull on me and Chris.

Lindsay: It was hillarious!!!!!!!!

Mike: sounds like you guys had a long night.

Auggie: yea and I'm still tired!

Peter: well, we still have 2 more days here so rest up now, I hear Shelby's got something really fun planned tommorrow.

Scott: what?

Sophie: Can't say!

Lindsay: I know what it is! (getting the cliffhangers attention)

David: Well?

Lindsay: I can't say, anyways we won't be able to join you guys, school.

Peter: Doesn't Shelby have School, too?

Mike: (jumping in) I let her off Mon and Tues.

Chris: Lucky girl, Hey Mr. M wanna write a note for me to?

Mike: no, but if you all get an excuse from your parents you ca come too (making the three smile) and I wanna see the notes too.

Jason: Thanx Mr. M, Well I bettter go I'll be back in the morning with that note. (he leaves)

Chris: Me too, bye.

Lindsay: Love to stay but I'm beat see~ya later bye. (leaving also)

The rest of them go back to eating their breakfast and enjoy tv.

Bout a holf hour later Shelby walks out into the livingroom in her pjs.

Scott: Shel (noticing her first) how come your in your pajamas?

Shelby: (grabbing her breakfast) because we're not going anywhere today.

Scott: Oh, I got shower. (gets up leaves to take a shower)

Jules is the next to come out, in clothes, followed by Daisy. And Auggie and David take their showers.

Jules: (noticing Shelby in her PJs) shelby why are you in your pajamas?

Shelby: (rolls her eyes and repeats what she had just said) beacause we're not going anywhere today.

Jules just sits down on the floor in front of her and eats her breakfast. Daisy joins Shelby on the couch adn eats her breakfast. Abby noticing Shelby home comes up and jumps in her lap and climbs up to the shoulder.

Shelby: hey Abby, did you miss me. (Abby just hugs her necK) I guess so (then gives her a piece of her sausage bisciut)

They all just sat around all day and eventually falling asleep in the livingroom.

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-Kelly