"Yo, Caveman! Good ta see ya! Man, can you believe dis place?" Magnet was looking around the mansion, eyes wide and amazed. "Man, we didn't get THIS much money in the settlement!"

"Settlement? What're you talking about?" Asked Stanley, glad to have something to take his mind off Zero. They looked at each other, but refused to meet each other's eyes.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell ya on the phone. My mom's new boyfriend's a lawyer. He said we all had the right to sue the pants off The Warden, Mr. Sir, and Mom. So we did. Then, somethin' happened at home wit' Zig. My mom took him in and we sued his 'rents for child abuse. Oh yeah. Now Zig's livin' wit us, can ya believe it?" He said this all without taking a breath, and everyone looked at he and ZigZag.

"Yeah, pretty crazy, huh? Me and the Mag livin' in a huge house in tha 'burbs. We gotta share a room, though. No biggy." ZigZag said, turning to look away from Magnet. Stanley had a feeling he could relate to Zig, for the first time since he met him.

"Yeah. My mom got extra benefits when she sued, 'cuz of my eyes." X-ray said.

"And I'm STILL outta there." Said Squid. Armpit nodded in agreement.

"That's great, you guys. Uh, the food and stuff is down stairs. We'll be down in a minute." Said Hector. They weren't very used to hearing Zero speak, so they gave him an odd look before heading down the stairs in one big troop.

There was complete silence in the room, both unwilling to look each other in the eye. They quickly bustled around each other to fix up whatever they could, and ended up standing right in front of each other. Stanley and Hector looked into each others eyes, and a silent message was heard.

I'll explain Later.

They headed down the stairs silently, and were greeted by the sight of all their friends, waiting at the bottom.

"We weren't gonna start the party without ya!" said Squid, before everyone shouted "Surprise!!" and a large cake was wheeled into the living room. It depicted what could be a mini-version of Camp Green Lake, tents, library, holes, and all. A little shovel was sticking out from one of them.

"What's this?" asked Stanley, staring at the cake.

"It's the Anniversary of the day you two got us outta there!!!" Shouted Zig, with grand enthusiasm. Every boy in the room besides Stanley and Hector erupted into a loud chorus of 'Happy Anniversary'.

After the cake was cut, everyone just walked and talked. Soon, Stanley and Hector were left alone in their own little corner. They looked at each other and knew it was time to talk.

"Hey, Hector, I'm sorry about-

"Hey, Stanley, I'm sorry about-

They laughed as they realized they had both tried to talk at the same time. Then, got serious once more.

"Uh, Hector... Listen, I've been meaning to tell you for a long-

"Yo, Stanley, man, can I talk to ya for a minute?" Stanley felt himself being dragged away from the object of his affections, by none other than ZigZag.

ZigZag had dragged him into a dark corner of the room, and began talking in a low, urgent whisper.

"Stanley, listen man, this is important, okay?" Stanley nodded and Zig talked even faster. "You know how me and Mag have been livin' together, right? Well, lately I've kinda started to... to like him. IN THAT WAY. I mean, how could I not? But anyway, I need your help. Talk to him 'bout me, find out if he likes me, PLEASE! Man this is important to me!!" Stanley nodded in response.

"THANKS MAN!!!" ZigZag hugged Stanley hard enough to crush him before running off to find his crush.

Meanwhile, Magnet had found Zero and started talking to him.

"Ya see, ever since he moved in, I've been thinkin' of him in THAT way. It's been crazy, man! Él es mi amor!" At which point, the boy began saying several things in spanish Hector could not understand. Hector nodded.

"So, I need your help. Talk to him for me, man! Find out if he's in to me that way!" Hector nodded, and Magnet smiled. "Thanks man! I owe ya one!"

Hector stood in silence until he spotted Stanley. NOW they could talk...