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"Hey Mack!"

Mack grabbed the rebound and looked over at the gate. She had been shooting the basketball and most of them were missing because she was putting so much force into her shot. She dropped the ball and walked over to Calum, Teagan and Adam.

"What are you guys doing here?" She asked, somewhat surprised that the three would be up at eleven on a Saturday morning. Troy, Chad, Ryan and Zeke were still sleeping in the living room.

"I wanted to see my girl," Calum said, leaning over the gate to kiss her cheek, making her smile.

"And," Teagan said. "We wanted to see if you wanted to play two on two with us."

"Not that you and Calum would actually be playing," Adam said. "If you catch my drift."

"Hey Adam," Calum said. "Why don't you catch my drift? Stop teasing, or I tell Bailey."

Adam's smile vanished and he turned oddly quiet. Mack caught on to this and asked, "tell Bailey what? I could call her right now if you want me to. She's awake."

"Believe me Mack," Calum said holding back laughter. "I don't think Adam wants you to tell her anything."

"Oh, come on! Secrets, secrets are no fun, unless you tell to everyone!"

"Then it's not a secret!" Adam said. "Can we go play now?"

"I'm going to find out, I have my sources," Mack told him.

"Yeah," Adam said looking directly at Calum, "that's exactly what I'm afraid of."

"Hi Mack!"

Adam bit his lip at the voice while Calum and Teagan chuckled. Mack gave Adam a funny look before waving to Bailey and Keisha who were walking toward them. "I am so popular today," she joked.

"I wouldn't suppose you girls would want to play three on three," Teagan asked.

"No, not really," Keisha said. "Anyway Mack, we have something important to tell you."

"Guys, you can play pig on my court until I get back. I'll be out in a second." Bailey grabbed her arm and lead her into her own house.

"Hi, Mrs. Bolton," Keisha said politely.

"Hello girls. Mack would you wake up your brother please."

Mack groaned, but Keisha answered, "sure."

"Why don't you want to wake him up?" Keisha asked as they walked toward the living room.

"I'll tell you later," Mack said. Once they got to the living room, Mack walked over to Troy and was about to scream in his ear, but Bailey pushed her back.

"No, this could be fun." She walked over to the sleeping teenager and started to whisper in his ear. "Hi Troy, my basketball boy. It's Gabriella."

Mack looked disgusted, but Keisha was giggling. Troy, in his deep slumber, didn't know the difference between Bailey and Gabriella. "Gabi?"

That got Mack laughing. Bailey looked back at the girls and Keisha motioned for her to continue. "I missed you last night. I was so cold, I wanted your arms wrapped around me. So I tried to read, but every word I saw turned into the word Troy."

"I think she is having way to much fun with this," Keisha whispered to Mack.

"Gabriella?"

"Yes Troy?" Troy leaned up in the chair, trying to kiss her. The girls' mouths dropped.

"Troy! Man, what are you doing?" Chad yelled.

Troy's eyes snapped open and his eyes widened when he saw Bailey instead of Gabriella. "Bye," Bailey said as she grabbed Keisha and Mack and ran up the stairs to Mack's room.

Mack shut the door behind her and leaned up against it. "He is so fine," Keisha said.

"Keish, Chad's taken."

"A girl can dream can't she? Besides, Keisha Danforth sounds so much better than Taylor Danforth."

"Keisha, that would be like me dating Troy," Bailey said.

"And I'm sure you'd love that," Mack sneered.

"Eww, gross! I've only know him since we were what in third grade! I'm outraged," Bailey said.

"Anyway, what's so important that you had to tell me now?"

"Guess who asked me to semi..." Bailey's voice trailed off.

Mack rolled her eyes. "Who?"

"Nick Cross."

"You mean...as in Jason's cousin?"

"Mack! How many people by the name of Nick Cross do you know?"

Mack thought about it, just to make Bailey mad. "Hmm...I guess you're right. I only know one."

"So, Mack, what's up between you and Troy?" Keisha asked.

"It seems like you guys have been fighting nonstop. Ever since Calum woke up-"

"That's just it!" Mack exploded. "I don't know what went wrong. The last time he was nice to me was the day Calum woke up. Now, I'm like a germ or something."

"It can't be that bad," Keisha said.

"Wanna bet? He told Gabriella two days ago that I didn't matter!"

"And how do you know this?" Bailey asked.

"I spied."

"Mack you probably didn't even hear the whole story."

She bit back tears. "Maybe I didn't, but do you know how that made me feel. Gabriella asked 'what about Mack' and his response was 'oh she doesn't matter.' And the only thing that seems to be coming out of his mouth is 'Gabriella this' or 'Gabi that!'" She took a deep breath, "I wouldn't be surprised if he forgot about my birthday next weekend."

"Now girl, that's one thing that Troy can't forget," Keisha said.

Mack stood at her dome shaped windows. Troy, Chad and Zeke were playing three on three with Calum, Adam and Teagan. She watched with her arms crossed as Calum broke away from Troy and got an easy shot. She was surprised, Troy didn't normally let anyone get away from him and he hated giving an opponent an easy shot. Troy was actually just standing in the middle of the court. She was about to run down to him and make sure nothing was wrong, when she saw Gabriella.

Her eyes narrowed as Troy ran over to her, his shirt off and kissed her briefly on the lips. What was so special about her? Sure she was pretty, a genius, a good singer and abnormally sweet, but there had to be one flaw.

One flaw that would turn Troy away not wanting to run back to her.

She smiled. "Girls, do you want to help me?"

"Help you what?" Bailey asked warily.

"Last time we helped you, Troy's girlfriend Claire was involved."

Mack turned around, "but they were totally wrong for each other. We were just breaking them up faster." She looked back at Troy and Gabriella. "No, I need to find some background on her. Where did she say she was from?" Bailey and Keisha shrugged. "Whatever, can't be too hard to find a genius on the Internet."

"Mack, it's not like she's an ex-con or something," Bailey said.

"I doubt there is anything wrong with her," Keisha said. "She seems so perfect."

That gave Mack an idea. "Maybe Gabriella's perfect, but I know Troy's not. And maybe if we can't get Troy to run from Gabriella, we can get Gabriella to run from Troy." Mack smiled and nodded, "and I know exactly how we could do that."

"No one's going to get hurt right Mack," Bailey asked.

"I don't know."

"Mack, we need to think this over-"

"Not know Keisha! We have to plan this." Mack walked over to the window. "And we're going to have to plan it good."

Sorry if Mack sounded a little evil, but...she's just getting really into her planning.

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