"Hey, there, boys," Mal spoke as she walked into Ben's study where she knew that the boys were most likely all hidden. Sure enough, they were all lounged on the couches, and they tensed up at the sight of the girls that had just entered.

Evie was just behind Mal, and she eyed them all with a calm sweetness. Uma and Audrey then came in, their eyes conveying only the kindest of emotion as they looked at their respective boys.

Jane came in after Audrey and Uma, offering Carlos a huge smile. Carlos felt something between guilt and relief, but he definitely knew to be on his guard.

"Hello, dear," Ben greeted, mustering a small grin despite the fact that his demise was about to come upon him. Gil had told them all what had happened the previous night when he accidentally spilled what the boys were doing.

"Hello, Benny-Boo," Mal replied, and Ben almost felt his heart drop to his feet as he gazed upon his wife with fearful uncertainty. She never, ever called him that, and to be quite honest, he was terrified of what it meant.

Harry was somewhat afraid of what was about to happen to him, but Jay wasn't afraid in the least, despite the fact that he definitely should have been.

"So did you guys have a nice trip?" Jay questioned with a chuckle, and the other boys looked at him as if he had lost his mind. Even Harry was a little hesitant to be so laissez-faire about this situation.

"Yeah. We'd love to do it again, actually," Mal replied with a huge grin and the other girls followed along, showing smiles of happiness and gratitude. The boys were on pins and needles. They knew that the girls had to be absolutely livid if they were being this calm and sweet about everything.

"You wouldn't believe all the fun we had!" Evie gushed with an enormous grin, and Jay and Carlos looked at one another, completely bumfuzzled by Evie's overwhelming happiness.

"So many great experiences we had," Mal added. "E caught a huge fish when we went out to the lake, and me and Jane helped her."

"But that was only the second day. On our first day, we were having the time of our lives. Jane got to ride a sheep, which was totally awesome," Uma informed them with a proud smile. "I was chasing her, but she had it mostly under control."

Carlos just stared at Jane, disbelieving that she had actually had fun on the sheep. She was not usually into things like that. But judging by the look on her face, she was fully satisfied with what she had done and even a bit proud of herself.

"Yeah. That was definitely a heck of a time, wasn't it? But it didn't count at all in comparison to when we rode horses," Mal told her, and Uma's eyes immediately lit up.

"You are so right! The horses were my favorite part. Oh, gosh, I loved those horses. I so want one now. I was a little scared at first, but after I got on, it was definitely the best thing I've ever done. We got to ride all morning on them, out looking for baby cows," Uma recounted, and Harry and Gil just gaped at her. They didn't know in what world that Uma wasn't afraid of horses, but this was honestly quite disconcerting.

"And I got to help birth a calf!" Mal exclaimed excitedly, and Ben furrowed his brow, knowing Mal didn't like disgusting things that involved birthing. But here she was, seeming like it was great and grand. "It was so amazing to truly see the miracle of life right in front of you."

"Most certainly," Uma agreed, and Evie stepped forward, raising an eyebrow at Mal.

"And don't forget about the bar we went to, M," Evie pointed out with a mile, and Carlos's jaw dropped in pure surprise.

"Oh, yeah, we went to the bar and had a positively lively time there. Evie had the greatest time of all of us," Mal explained, and the boys were totally blown away by the fact that the girls had actually went to a bar. None of them would go to a bar, but especially not Evie.

"The farm was so cool," Jane praised.

"And I got to see some pigs. They were much cuter in real life than on documentaries," Evie announced proudly, and Uma laughed, propping an arm on Evie's shoulder as she nodded.

"The pigs were such sweet babies. But there were also so many other absolutely adorable animals on the farm," Audrey expressed, sharing a glance with Jane as Jane nodded emphatically.

"Especially the goose. The goose was my favorite," Evie told Audrey, and Audrey agreed wholeheartedly.

"I loved the chickens, honestly. They were so cute, and when they ran, it was hilarious," Audrey told the boys, and Ben as well as Jay were totally shocked at the fact that Audrey, someone they both knew very well for different reasons, was actually fond of the birds. They had specifically picked out that task for her just so she'd run into her overwhelming fear of birds.

"What about when I saw you guys fighting the other night when Mal called me?" Ben asked, trying desperately to get something out of this besides a week of fun without the boys. After all, the five boys had spent their days completely bored and moping around hopelessly.

"Oh, we had just got into it because Audrey went a little overboard as usual," Uma replied smoothly, and Audrey nodded, not disputing her in the least.

"Well… What about Evie's foot?" Carlos suggested, pointing at Evie, and the bluenette looked at him with one of those giant Evie grins.

"It wasn't really a big deal after I got some pain medication. Outside of that, I had the best time of my whole life."

"Hey, Evie, you haven't told them about the donkey," Uma acknowledged with a laugh as if it were some big inside joke, and Evie's eyes lit up in excitement as she started to recount her experiences with that.

"I got to ride a donkey! Which was awesome. It got away from the neighbor's house across the road, and we had to bring it back," Evie explained, and Harry looked at Uma, trying to see if there were any signs of apprehension in her form, but she was a wall of stoicism, and was in fact seemingly pleased with the whole thing.

Which made Harry feel more than a bit unhappy and uncomfortable. He wasn't sure if he liked that the girls had so much fun without the boys.

"Speaking of the neighbors, I think you need to tell 'em all about those cute, sweet boys we met that lived over there," Uma told Evie, and Evie's face lit up in a smile as she started to talk about the guys.

All five of the boys were suddenly at attention when Uma spoke that one particular phrase. Jay's eyes narrowed as he looked at his girlfriend who had gotten an even larger smile on her face as soon as Uma brought up the boys. Ben wasn't jealous really, because he knew that Mal wasn't interested in any guys except him and had never shown any interest in any other guys besides him, but he felt an undeniable little twinge when he heard Uma say it. Harry was taking it more like Jay was, and he looked as if he might go over and kiss Uma to try to take her mind off of any other guys. Carlos looked concerned and a little peeved as he watched the girls.

"After we milked cows on our fifth day, George and Anne wanted us to go have a little bit of fun, and they said to go down to the stream that crosses the road," Evie started, and Audrey picked up where the bluenette left off.

"And that's where just the kindest, most gentlemanly boys happened to stumble upon us when we were stepping into the creek," Audrey told them almost whimsically as she sighed contentedly.

"We ended up going over to their house and eating on our last night there," Uma informed the boys, and Jay and Harry looked even more ready to go and grab their girls. Carlos and Ben were bumfuzzled, and Gil was pleasantly oblivious as usual.

"They were so nice to us," Jane spoke, and Mal nodded to her.

"They said we could come back anytime. And honestly, given how much fun we had, we'll probably be heading out to the country again soon," Mal expressed, and all of the girls wholeheartedly agreed.

Jay and Harry were eyeing their girls, trying desperately to think of something to say. Carlos and Ben were looking at each other and looking back at their significant others.

"It was the best trip ever, and we are so thankful that you guys sent us there," Audrey thanked, and Jay furrowed his brow as he watched her.

"Otherwise, we wouldn't have met our sweet new friends," Uma spoke, and Harry almost stood up just at the implication of those boys getting their hands on his girl.

"So what did you guys do while we were gone? I'm sure you had lots of fun," Evie so sweetly and innocently asked them, and the boys were put on the spot as they tried to figure out how to reply.

"We had a ton of fun," Carlos spoke up, trying his best to look convincing, and Harry, Jay, and Ben nodded their heads.

"We did a lot of stuff," Ben confidently spoke with a big grin as he tried to cover up the fact that he was lying.

"We went to the Waffle Hut, out hiking, and a lot of other places," Jay told them, and the other boys except Gil agreed.

Suddenly, Gil picked that moment to put in his opinions and feelings on the subjects, and it was quite honestly and terribly the most inopportune moment that Gil could have chosen.

"No, we didn't! Harry, you remember how you were? You were all sad and mopey because Uma wasn't here. And, Jay, you wouldn't even exercise with me because you were so upset that Audrey and your sisters weren't here. Carlos, you didn't even walk Dude for your usual hour. Ben, you were so sad, and you didn't get any work done," Gil explained, officially exposing all of the males in the room for what they really were- pathetic, sad little boys. The other boys looked at Gil slowly, seriously thinking of strangling him for telling all of those things.

"Well, that's very interesting, boys," Mal acknowledged and she looked at the rest of her girl group as they smiled widely. The five of them nodded to the boys and started out the door. However, before they got all the way out, they paused in the doorway.

"Oh, and, guys?" Mal spoke, and the five boys looked at them.

"We win. And you guys can start packing your bags, because in a few weeks, you guys are going to go camping for five days in the middle of nowhere in the forest without any power sources," Mal informed them, and the girls headed out the door, shutting it behind them.

It was then that the boys realized that their plan had backfired on them entirely.

"Well, I guess they could've picked worse," Carlos spoke finally after the boys were quiet for the longest time, just reveling in the fact that the girls had successfully kicked their butts without a single bit of yelling, snarky comebacks, or physicality.

"How?"

"At least we don't have to go and shovel at a landfill and live the life of a garbage pail kid."

A/N: Well, I think the boys certainly deserved that after all the trouble they've been giving those girls. I guess the girls ultimately decided that it was worth telling the boys about their whole thing with the country boys, lol. I hope you guys enjoyed! One more chapter! :)