Tibby's cell phone rang from inside her pant's pocket.

"Hello?"

"Hey," Brian responded, "I miss you. You hardly said 'hi' before going to the beach. When is the female bonding over?" Brian was always understanding about sisterhood stuff.

"We'll be back Monday. Then I'm all yours until Bee leaves on Friday."

"Make sure to call when you get back."

"Will do. Gotta go. Girls are giving me dirty looks."

"Bye."

Tibby said goodbye and then hung up.

"Hey! I though the rule was to turn phones off!" Bee exclaimed.

"Sorry," Tibby turned her phone off, "Starting now."

"No fair," Bee continued whining, "I'm calling my boyfriend."

"Fine, then I'm calling mine," Carmen added.

"I think I'll try Tony then too," Lena said timidly.

"I need to give Eric an answer you guys. What do you think I should do?"

"Do you have to sleep in his bed?" asked Tibby, "That would be weird for me if I was in your situation."

"I think he said it was a two bedroom."

"Such a caring guy," Lena sighed, "You told me you don't have to pay. Why are you worrying about the housing deposit?"

"I'd say move in," Carmen suggested, "but have your own spaces for now. Separate bedrooms. Its not like that precludes you from getting in bed with him if you want to."

Tibby nodded.

"Lena, what do you think?" Bee pleaded.

"I agree with Carma. Duh, you two are destined. Call him already."

"Okay," she dialed.

"Hello?"

"Hey. Its me, Bee."

"Hi, I thought the girls' weekend rule was no calls."

"Tibby broke that rule. So we each get our one phone call. I had to tell you, I'd like to move in with you."

"Thats tremendous! I wish I could come get you, but I'm already here."

"No problem. I'll be there in a few days for team camp. School doesn't start too soon."

"Okay."

"I have to go. I have a strict time limit. Bye."

"Bye. See you soon."

Carmen almost decided to call Paul instead of Win. After all, she and Paul did have more to talk about than she and Win. But Carmen didn't want anyone –not even the sisterhood to know about that last conversation she had with Paul. She ended up calling Win.

"Hey Carma," he answered, "How was the rest of your stay at your dad's?"

"Good. Lydia had her baby the day before I left. 6 pounds 9 ounces named Albert James Lowell Jr. We're gonna call him AJ."

"Thats cool. How's Krista doing?"

"Better. I have a feeling that everything will be alright. She wants me to come from school for the birth. I probably wont make it for the actual birth, but I'll be there for moral support shortly thereafter."

"Thats great. Do you want me to pick you up for school? I'll be down next week to visit my mom before I go up."

"Yeah. When do you want to go?"

"How about the 12th?"

"Sounds good."

"I think I'm taking up more phone time than I should be," Carmen assessed due to the glares her friends were giving her, "I'll see you then. Bye Win."

"Bye Carma."

Then came Lena's moment of truth. She had to call Tony and tell him everything from the very beginning.

"Hello?" he answered.

"Hi. Its Lena. Did you get my e-mail?"

"Yeah. I just checked it."

"I owe you a huge explanation. I should have called before I left. There just wasn't time."

"I understand."

"No, you don't. You don't know anything about what happened."

"Then tell me."

"Let me start from the beginning. Three summers ago, the one before I was going to turn sixteen, my sister Effie and I went to visit our Greek grandparents. There, my grandmother tried to set me up with a nice Greek boy. At first, I resisted, but by the end of the summer, I fell for him. We carried on a long distance relationship for about four months. After that, I broke it off. He came to DC the next July, and I fell for him all over again. Suddenly he had to go back to Greece. A few weeks later, I had to go there for my Grandpa's funeral. I found out that Kostos the so called 'nice Greek boy' had gotten a girl pregnant. She died in childbirth leaving Kostos and his Grandparents to raise their daughter. He came back at the beginning of this summer. The relationship had too many strings. I couldn't deal with that. I want to be free to have a college life before settling down and having a family. I broke up with him again. Then I met you. I really like you, but I kept you at arms length because in the back of my mind, I still loved Kostos. So when he called and asked if I could come support him as his Grandfather died, I jumped on the next plane. Kostos's Bapi died minutes after I stepped into the hospital. Kostos went home for rest, but he was hit by a car on the way home. He was riding a vespa. He died right after his Grandma and I saw him for the last time. I spoke the last words he ever heard. I like you Tony, but after this, I can't deal. I'm sorry you didn't hear this sooner."

"I should have known you loved another guy. You never where that interested in me. I could see that."

"I tried to be. You're gorgeous Anthony, and a great guy. The 'its not you, its me' speech is totally cliché, so I won't say that."

"Good. I'm out with some friends. I have to go."

"I hope now, you really do understand. Goodbye Anthony."

"Bye Lena," Anthony said with a sigh, "I really did like you."