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A/N: Okay, so I guess your all guessing how Adrian will get her back. Well, please forgive me if you think the attempt is lame, but really it's suppose to be lame. So enjoy the chapter!

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Adrian couldn't believe what he had heard. Ayden was leaving, and not coming back? How could she do this to him? She didn't even give him a chance to explain himself. How can she go without hearing him first? Adrian turned to Christian.

"When is she leaving?" he asked.

"I hear that they're starting of the tour here at court. The concert's tomorrow night." Christian said. Adrian raked his hands through his hair. How is he going to convince Ayden he loves her by tomorrow? Then another thing hit him.

"Shit." Adrian let out.

"What?" Christian asked.

"Tomorrow's Ayden's birthday." Adrian said.

"Oh, that burns dude. No pun intended." Christian said. Adrian shook his head.

"What the hell am I going to do?" he asked. Christian shrugged.

"Sing happy birthday to her?" he joked.

It was like a light bulb went off on in Adrian's head. He looked at Christian with a smirk. Christian recognized that look. It showed that he was going to be part of Adrian's plan. Which always got him into weird shit. Christian shook his head.

"What ever it is. Count me out." he said.

"Come on dude. You owe me." Adrian said.

"For what?" Christian asked.

"A lot of things. Just go with it." Adrian said. Christian narrowed his eyes at him.

"What exactly am I going to have to do?" he asked.

Ayden was in her room packing the last of the things she'll need. She went over the check list in her head. Clothes, check, phone, check, toothbrush, check, hair brush, check, elastic bands, check. She was going over everything, that she didn't notice Lissa and Rose coming inside. She only noticed when Lissa knocked on a near by wall. Ayden looked up alarmed.

"Sorry, the door was opened." Lissa said. Adyden gave her a small smile. "I didn't mean to scare you." Lissa said. Ayden shook her head.

"Just haven't had much sleep." she said. Rose looked her over. Baggy eyes, slouchy and slow motions. She was right, not much sleep. Adrian was walking into her dreams again.

"Do you want any help?" Lissa asked. Ayden rubbed her eyes, and waved her off.

"No, I got everything packed already. I think." she said, stifling a yawn.

"You should get some rest." Rose put in. Ayden shook her head.

"Too much stuff to do. I've got to be headed over to band practice soon." she said, actually yawning this time.

"Then take a power nap. I'll finish any packing you need, and Rose and I'll wake you up when band practice starts." Lissa said. Ayden opened her mouth to protest, but Rose cut her off.

"Rest. You'll need it." she said. Ayden and Rose had become friends over the month. Not the best of friends, but just enough to trust each other's words. Finally Ayden looked at the two girls, and nodded.

"Okay, but promise me you wont let me oversleep." she said. The girls nodded, and Ayden walked over to her bed. She plopped down on it, and sleep came over he quicker than expected.

As soon as Ayden was out the girls went to business. They searched her place. They looked everywhere in the apartment.

"Can you find it?" Rose asked. Lissa shook her head.

"No. He said it would be easy to find." she said. Rose sighed.

"Leave it to him to have us find a needle in a haystack." Rose said. Lissa laughed. The continued to search the place. Time was closing in. Where could it be?

"Rose, I think I found it." Lissa let out. Rose walked over to her. She looked at what Lissa was holding up.

"That's it?" she asked. Lissa nodded.

"I'm sure of it. Why would Ayden have it?" Lissa asked.

"Maybe it could already be hers." Rose said. Lissa shook her head.

"No. Look. There's a note from him on it. It's defiantly it." Lissa said.

"Why hide it here. She'd definatly find it." Rose said.

"I don't think she would. It would have been out in the open. Too obvious." Lissa said. Rose shook her head.

"It was right under her nose, and she didn't even notice it." she said. Lissa laughed. Adrian was smart hiding Ayden's birthday present here.

They could hear mumbling in the other room. Ayden was waking up. Lissa stuffed the gift into her sweater pocket. They headed back into the room, just in time too. Ayden sat up, looking annoyed and out of breath. Her aura showed that she was pissed. Ayden looked up at the two girls. She shook her head, and looked at her clock.

She got up and streched herself out. She turned back to Rose and Lissa. She smiled at the both of them, like nothing happened.

"Thanks guys. You were right. I needed that." she said. The girls smiled. "I think I'll take a shower before heading down to practice. You guys going to come watch the band today?" Ayden asked. Lissa shook her head.

"We're busy." Lissa said.

"Okay. Stop by if you want to." Ayden said, and headed towards the bathroom. "Thanks again." she said. Lissa and Rose waved good bye as they left the room.

When they got out of the building, they headed towards the deli, where they were to meet Adrian. Just as planned, Adrian was sitting at a table with Christian. When he saw the girls he smiled hopefully.

"Did you get it?" Adrian asked. Lissa handed it to him. He smiled down at it. "Great, thanks." he said.

"So you going to tell them, or am I?" Christian asked, a little teasing glint in his eyes.

"Tell us what?" Lissa asked. Christian burst into laughter.

"It's not that funny." Adrian snapped. It made Christian laugh harder.

"For God's sake, just tell us." Rose said.

So Adrian told them his plan. They listened to him, as he explained how he was going to pull it off. When he was done, Lissa and Rose stared at him. Adrian waited for their reactions. Well he got them, they both burst into laughter.

"Thanks. Great to know my plan is completely comical." Adrian said. Rose shook her head.

"It's a nice plan, but it's just," she couldn't stop the second round of laughter.

"Don't worry Adrian. I think you've got this one in the bag." Lissa said, but she too was laughing.

Adrian shook his head. Who cared what they thought. He felt that it was right. He stared down at the gift, and smiled. This had to be it. Otherwise, the love of his life might be gone from him forever.

So did I get you curious? Do you really think I was going to give out the big surprise? Nah. You'll have to wait for the next chapter. To get the chapter up quickly, review! Thanks. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

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