AN: Hello, my two wonderful readers! I know this took a while, and it's short, but I hope it's worth it!

*Mouse*

"What?" I asked, mildly annoyed, throwing the door open after the first knock.

"Hey, Mouse," Granyt said, smiling far too wide. Jewels, Honey, and The Duke were behind her.

I slammed the door shut.

"Mouse, open up!" Granyt yelled, pounding on the door.

"Why?" I asked, not moving.

"Just open the door!" Was that Lace?

I opened it just a crack only to see Whistle staring up at me. I sighed and swung it all the way open. "What do you want?"

"You!" Whistle chirped, obviously having no clue what that implied and making everyone with the exception of Lace and me laugh. However, I cracked a smile, as opposed to Lace's barely-disguised horror.

"Wanna hang out with us?" Honey asked, still giggling.

"Please?" The Duke mouthed, half-begging with his eyes, which confused me. He normally liked hanging out with the girls. "Please, please, please?"

Honey turned around, seemingly following my eyes, and he immediately closed his mouth.

"What?" he asked innocently when she raised an eyebrow.

I smirked. "Alright, fine." I stepped out and locked the door. "Where are Sand and Quill?" I asked, wondering why The Duke and I were the only guys.

"Gay tent party," Lace, Jewels, and The Duke said in unison.

"Gay what now?" I asked, confused.

"They're staying in their room all night, playing video games, eating three boxes of pizza, and sleeping in a tent on their floor," Lace explained. "I would know; my room's right next to theirs. Which is why I left and ran into this motley crew."

"And made us bring Whistle," Granyt added, starting to walk.

"What's wrong with Whistle?" Lace asked, frowning and wrapping a protective arm around the younger girl, who didn't look offended in the least.

"Nothing!" Honey said a bit too quickly, catching up with Granyt.

"So, where are we going?" I asked before Lace could respond.

"Depends," Granyt started. "Should we grab Flower and Yin?"

"No," the rest of us – minus Whistle – said in unison, already thinking of the insane things those two would do.

"How about Panda and Crossbones?" Honey asked, not wanting everyone to forget and giant and the self-proclaimed Ravenclaw.

There was another chorus of "No"s.

"What about Tails and Melody?" Jewels asked.

I stiffened at the idea alone, staring at my feet and trying to clear my head.

"Mouse?" Jewels asked. I glanced up and saw her and The Duke looking at me meaningfully.

I shrugged, my eyes on the ground again. "Whatever you guys want."

I looked up without moving my head and saw Jewels turn her attention to Granyt and shake her head, making the older girl raise an eyebrow, but shrug.

"Alright then, I guess it's just us," the apparent leader said.

I rolled my eyes. "'Just'? There are seven of us, Granyt."

"Hey, there are a lot more people we could've gotten!" she pointed out.

"True," I muttered.

"Hey, where are we going, anyway?" Honey asked, looking at Granyt as we reached the front door. That surprised me a bit. Honey was usually on top of these things.

"You'll see," the older girl said, grinning and opening it to the freezing night air.

"Well, that can't be good," I thought out loud, following her out.

AN: Oh, Mouse. Always such a party animal. XD We all understand why The Duke felt the need for there to be another guy in the group, right? We all get it?

Quill and Sand's gay tent party. True story. XD Th-those two are, uh... Yeah. ^^; Speaking of that group, I get to stay an extra 7 hours with Flower over the weekend. Lucky, aren't I?

On a slightly more serious note, we have some Mouse/Tails awkwardness... Always a good thing...

I shall wait until next month to do the next chapter, despite the fact that I wanna do it now, simply because I'm so far behind on everything else. But it shouldn't be too long!

Until then, review!