June 13th, 2 days before Briar's party and the last day of school

"Hey, pass this to Dexter, would you?"

Hunter handed a small piece of notebook paper to Duchess Swan, who happened to sit right next to him- Dexter was on the other side of her.

"Note passing? Isn't that a bit… Babyish?"

Duchess teased.

"Duchess, just do it."

"Fine, but I get to read it first."

"Ugh, Duchess! It doesn't involve you!"

But Duchess had already unfolded the paper and read it's contents. It said:

Dex-

r u packed yet for after b's party?

lol i am- im 2 hexcited lol. did u hear she rented a suite?
u kno what this means ;)

-Hunter

"Ok, first of all, EW! No one wants to know if you're getting laid. Second, what are you talking about? After Briar's party?"

Duchess turned to Hunter.

"I TOLD you, it doesn't involve you!"

Hunter whispered, and snatched the note from her. He ripped it up into shreds and stuffed the pieces of paper into his notebook. Duchess laughed at him and turned back to what the teacher was saying. Hunter sighed and returned to his work.

After class, Dexter met Hunter at the door and they walked to their lockers together.

"Hey, what was Duchess saying in class? I heard 'After Briar's party.' She doesn't know, does she?"

Dexter asked, unlocking his locker.

"I asked her to pass you a note and she read it."

Hunter sighed.

"She seemed suspicious but I didn't tell her anything."

"Oh. Well, we should keep a heads up. You know Duchess, if she hears about something, she'll either keep prying until she's invited too, or she'll sabotage it."
Dexter said.

"Yeah. I'll let everyone know she has an idea that we're doing something."

Hunter stuffed his books in his locker and headed to the dorms.

"Hey, wait!"

Dexter called, slamming his locker shut and chasing after Hunter.

June 14th, The day before Briar's party and the last day of school

Ashlynn was relaxing on her bed, listening to music on her mirror phone when Briar suddenly barged in. She went right up to Ashlynn and tore her headphones out.

"Hey!"

Ashlynn exclaimed.

"Girl, you're STILL not packed! You know we leave tomorrow, right?!"

Briar said, a hand on her hip.

"I was gonna pack after my last class…."

"Well you can get started now! We are gonna need a lot of stuff!"

"I guess you're right. I have to decide which shoes to bring!"

Ashlynn hopped up and put her mirror phone away.

"Thats my girl. I gotta go, I said i'd meet Apple and Raven at the coffee shop for hocus lattes. They wanted to ask about the trip or something. Gotta run!"

Briar threw her wallet into her purse and scrambled out of the dorm.

"Um, bye..?"

Ashlynn's voice trailed off, as Briar was long gone. She giggled to herself, then pulled out her suitcase and began tossing clothes and shoes into it.

Meanwhile, at the coffee shop…..

Raven and Apple found a small table to sit at, and ordered 3 large hocus lattes. They turned as Briar walked in and sat with them.

"Hey girls! I'm here!"

"Yay! We already ordered you a latte."

Apple greeted her with a smile.

"Awesome. What was it you guys wanted to ask about?"

"Oh, we just needed more details about the trip! Like what should we bring?"

Raven asked.

"3 LARGE HOCUS LATTES WITH WHIP CREAM!"

The bartender shouted from the counter as she placed the girl's lattes at the pick up area.

"Be right back."

Raven dashed to the counter and balanced all 3 lattes in her arms. She sat back down and handed Apple and Briar their lattes.

"Mmm, thanks. Anyway, I'm not telling you guys any more! Just pack lots of clothes."

Briar said, taking a big sip of her latte.

"Gee, that helps."

Raven said sarcastically. She removed her straw from her cup, licked the whipped cream off the bottom, the proceeded to put it back in the cup before taking a small sip, tasting the temperature of the latte.

"Sorry, but my mouth is shut! I can't give away anything. The only thing I can say is, it will be awesome, and start packing if you haven't already."

Briar got up from the table and started to leave, taking her latte with her.

"Um… Briar?"

Apple looked at her.
"What?"

"You're leaving? I thought we were gonna chat more."

"Sorry girls, but I have to get ready for tomorrow! I'm not JUST taking you guys somewhere cool, I'm also hosting the biggest bash of the year, remember? AND I have to finish packing. You should too. Bye!"

Briar continued to walk out of the shop. Raven and Apple glanced at each other, shrugged, then took big sips from their cups.