"Kaysha! Charmaine! Cassie!" Jade exclaimed as she ran over to the trio and gave them a huge hug.
"Hey kid!" Cassie said with a smile, "Good to see ya!"
"Girls! What are you doing here? You didn't tell me you were coming to visit again!" Lydia said excitedly.
Charmaine grinned. "Well duh! We wanted it to be a surprise! So surprise!"
Tag laughed. "Oh it's just like you girls to do something like that! But I'm okay with it!" he added as he hugged them.
MC Cobra smiled big as he approached Charmaine. "Hey cutie!" he said.
Charmaine hugged him instantly. "Hey handsome" she replied before they shared a passionate kiss. Cassie and Kaysha greeted Ice and Fist the same way.
"For heaven's sake, you guys, we have children here!" Tag teased which made the whole class laugh.
Cassie laughed as she smacked him playfully. "Yeah, and you're one of them!" she joked back.
Lydia smiled. "Well goodness this is gonna be even more fun! Let's head on over to the gym!"
As the class was walking over to the gym, the McPeek girls walked hand in hand with their Ice Crew sweethearts.
"I still can't believe you're here!" DJ Fist exclaimed, "You should have told me you were coming!"
Kaysha grinned. "We wanted to surprise everyone, not just Liddy! There's a pretty big reason why we're here, actually, but that's a surprise as well!"
"Oh really?" DJ Fist replied, "Would a dinner date convince you to tell me your little secret?" he asked as he kissed her cheek.
Kaysha giggled. "Perhaaaaaps" she squealed which made them both laugh and share another kiss.
"Alright guys! For starters I'll pick two team captains and number you guys off so that we have a randomized team" Lydia instructed her class. "Let's see...aha! Oh this will be fun! Cassie and Tag, I'll have you guys be the team captains because seeing you two compete against each other is hilarious!" she joked.
Cassie laughed. "I like your style, Liddy! Get ready to get yo butt kicked, old man" she said to Tag with a mischievous smile.
Tag laughed. "Right back at ya, blondie!"
After Lydia divided up the class onto both teams, she walked past Tag with a playful grin, as she got assigned to Cassie's team.
"Cassie ain't the only one who likes to compete against you, ya know" she teased her best friend.
Tag laughed. "Oh Liddy! This is wonderful because I can take you both down at the same time!"
The game began! The ball went back and forth on both sides. With an even distribution of tall people on both sides, the competition was fairer but more fun. Each side kept typing up. It came down to the final point. Each team captain was meeting with the four other people they rotated in.
"Alright guys" Tag said to Kaysha, Charmaine, MC Cobra, and DJ Fist, "You're the most athletic ones! Kaysh and DJ, you go up front since you're the tallest and have the best chance to spike the ball. Charmaine and Cobra, you go in the back. Let's do this! And please, focus, not flirt" he teased.
Charmaine laughed. "Please tell me you don't think we're that stupid!" as she took the ball and prepared to serve.
Bam! She served it over the net. The ball went back and forth between Lydia and Tag for a while before Cassie tried to spike it over. DJ Fist quickly combated it and spiked it back, hitting the floor and winning the entire match!
"Woooo! Great job babe!" Kaysha cheered as she kissed his cheek.
"Way to focus, big man!" Tag added. He grinned playfully as he turned towards Lydia. "Now who said they would take both you and Cassie down at once? Oh that's right! I did!" He laughed out loud as Lydia rolled her eyes.
"Yeah yeah, put a sock in it why don't ya?" she teased back as she pinched his butt.
"Man that was a lot of fun!" Charmaine exclaimed as the group was walking away from the gym.
"For sure!" MC Cobra replied. He held Charmaine's hand tighter. "So when are you gonna tell me your little secret?" he asked.
Charmaine grinned. "Eventuaaaally" she replied, "But I promise you'll be the first one I tell!"
Lydia caught up with the six youths. "So girls, do you have your stuff with you so we can move it to my place?"
Kaysha smiled. "Nope we found a place to crash at!" she replied.
Lydia looked at them somewhat suspiciously. "Really? You're gonna make me wait like three more hours before you tell me why you're here, aren't ya?"
The three girls looked at each other and giggled. "Yeeeeep!" they said at the same time.
Lydia laughed. "Oh fine! But gosh I hate suspense!" she whined.
"Oh grow up, Liddy!" Cassie teased. "Listen, we're going out with the guys for a while but we'll swing by your place later!"
"Alright!" Lydia replied, "Valmont and Tag will be over so we'll see you little rascals then!"
"I know this great restaurant I can take you too, cutie" MC Cobra said to Charmaine once they separated from the rest of the crew, "Bit of a walk to the cable car but it's right by the Bay!"
"Ooh!" Charmaine squealed, "That sounds great! I would walk all the way across San Fran with you any day" she added flirtatiously, which made Cobra blush.
"I'll be right back with your orders!" the waitress said at the Pizza Shack.
"Perfect! Thank you, ma'am!" Charmaine replied. "Man it's a beautiful night!" Charmaine said to Cobra after the waitress left.
Cobra smiled. "Not as beautiful as you" he said romantically, kissing her hand and holding it in his.
Charmaine squealed with excitement. She couldn't keep her eyes off of Cobra. His handsome face was illuminated by the single candle that brightened their table, which Cobra specifically requested when making a reservation to impress his sweetheart. Cobra was nearly hypnotized by her natural beauty as well. He was so lucky to like and be liked by such an attractive girl!
"So cutie, now will you tell me why you and your sisters are back?" Cobra asked teasingly.
Charmaine laughed. "Okay okay, I won't make you wait any longer! Alright. So after me, Kaysha, and Cassie left San Fran before, we agreed that we really liked the city and missed it tremendously. We missed you and Ice and Fist more than anything and hated that we had to be hundreds of miles away from you! So when we got back home, we put in an application for Stanford University for the spring semester and got accepted. We found a great condo to live in and drove up here. So to make a long story short, we moved up here!"
MC Cobra looked at her with complete shock at first and then smiled huge. "You...you live here now? No way! That is off the hook!" he exclaimed as he got up and hugged her tight.
Charmaine smiled. "I know! I'm so excited!"
Cobra let her go and looked at her beautiful face. "You must miss your family and friends and stuff down in LA though" he said with some concern.
"Yeah, being farther away from my parents is kinda hard but I would rather be near you to be honest!" Charmaine replied, "You really mean a lot to me and I'm happy that I get to see you more often now!"
Cobra beamed. "Me too, cutie" he said as he pressed his lips against hers.
After dinner, MC Cobra and Charmaine took a walk along the San Francisco Bay and then on the Golden Gate Bridge. As Charmaine was looking at the view of the city at night, Cobra came from behind and wrapped his strong arms around her waist, pulling her close and kissing her cheek.
"Mmm now this is much better than when the Enforcers took me here!" Charmaine exclaimed.
Cobra laughed. "I hope so, yo!" After a few minutes of silence, Cobra spoke again. "You know you're something real special to me, Charmaine. Now that you're here to stay, I think it'd be great if you became my official girlfriend."
Charmaine turned around to face him with the brightest smile on her face. "You...you want me to be your girlfriend?! Oh my gosh, yes please!" she squealed as she hugged Cobra so hard she knocked him over.
Cobra laughed. "Well I'm glad you're just as excited about it as I am! Thanks for coming back for me, Charmaine" he added romantically as the two shared another romantic kiss.
"I can't believe you guys moved up here!" DJ Fist exclaimed over his dinner with Kaysha at LoDo's Steakhouse after she told him "her little secret". "That's the best surprise ever!"
Kaysha grinned. "I know! Cassie has to wait until she graduates before she can move up here but since she is graduating a semester early Ice won't have to wait to so long!"
DJ smiled. "That's good! Won't moving up here delay your graduation though, babe?" he asked.
"Yeah, but only by a semester!" Kaysha replied "Good thing about it is that Stanford's letting me play for the women's basketball team since I was so successful down at CU. So I get to play one more season before graduating, which I couldn't have done down in LA because of the internship I have to do! Plus being closer to you makes it all worth it" she added.
DJ Fist brightened. "You're such a doll! If you find a job it can help fill your time!"
Kaysha grinned. "I already did! I got a great offer to DJ on my own radio station and at sports events around the city, so DJ Kay will be back in action up in San Fran!"
"Sweet!" DJ replied, "Maybe you and I can mix it up together, it's been a while but I was a DJ in high school."
Kaysha looked at him with wide eyes. "You DJ too?! Get outta here! Why didn't you tell me before?!"
DJ smiled "Cuz you never asked" he replied, which made them both laugh. "But for reals, I DJ'd under the same nickname I have now and would like to do it again! And you know it'd be a lot more fun to do if you became my girlfriend."
Kaysha's mouth gaped with complete excitement. "For reals?! I would love to be your girlfriend, DJ! Oh man I love it here!" she exclaimed as she got up from her chair, wrapped her arms around his shoulders, and kissed him.
"Hah won again, yo!" Strikemaster Ice boasted after beating Cassie at Robo Mercs 2 for the fourth time in a row at the local Game Shack arcade.
"Geez you've gotten better since I last saw you!" Cassie exclaimed, "I shouldn't have given you the secrets book, darn it!"
Ice laughed. "My gain, yo loss, girl!" He then took her hand into his and escorted her out of the arcade.
"So, you wanna tell me why you and yo sisters are back here in San Fran?"
Cassie grinned. "I'll tell you once we get to Liddy's. I like making people wait in suspense" she teased.
Strikemaster Ice laughed. "Oh fine! Imma get you back for that someday though!"
The Ice Crew and McPeek girls met up outside Lydia's condo. "Come on in!" Lydia called out once Charmaine knocked on the door. The six walked in to see Tag, Lydia, and Valmont sitting in the living room, with Lydia sitting comfortably on Valmont's lap.
"Eww love birds, get a cage!" Cassie said teasingly when she saw the couple.
Lydia laughed. "Oh shut up!" she said as she threw a decorative pillow at her.
"So, you crazy kids have a fun time tonight?" Tag asked.
"You bet! More than you'll ever know" Charmaine replied as she looked at Cobra, excited about having her first boyfriend.
"Well good!" Tag replied, "So now it's time for you girls to tell us what the heck you're doing here!" He, Lydia, Valmont, and Ice all looked at the girls anxiously.
Cassie grinned. "Charmaine and Kaysha already told Cobra and Fist so I'll talk! See, when we got back home, we realized that we really loved it up here and missed all the people we met, some more than others" she began as she winked at Ice, "We talked for a while and talked to mom and dad about our vacation. We asked them if it'd be cool if we could apply to Stanford and they said "Go for it! It's a great school, and you'll be close to Lydia again!" Mom and Dad are gonna be transferred down to San Diego after I graduate anyways since the Navy wants Dad to work directly on the military base. So the three of us put in the applications and we got accepted for the spring semester. So our new home will be up here" she ended with a huge grin.
The four burst out with excitement right away. "Get outta here!" Lydia exclaimed, "Oh girls that's the best surprise ever!"
"For reals, yo!" Ice exclaimed as he gave Cassie and huge hug and kiss.
"This is wonderful! Now you and I can tease each other more often, Cass" he teased.
Cassie laughed. "You're on, old man! Kaysha and Charmaine found a place to live and jobs but what sucks is that I have to wait until I finish up my last semester of high school before I can move in" she said with less enthusiasm.
Ice smiled as he put his arm around her waist. "The time will fly, yo! Plus I'll wait for you" he added as the two gave each other a sweet kiss.
"Awwwwwww" everyone in the room said at once. They started laughing when Cassie and Ice stopped kissing and rolled their eyes at them. "Psh" they both said at the same time, though they were blushing profusely.
"So where are you girls gonna work?" Tag asked Kaysha and Charmaine.
"Kaysh is gonna keep DJing up here on the radio and at sports events while I'll be working as a personal trainer at one of the big rec centers in the city" Charmaine replied.
Lydia smiled huge. "This is gonna be so much fun having you girls around all the time!"
Cassie stayed in San Francisco for two weeks before returning back to LA, helping her sisters deck out their new condo and decorating the room she would have once she was finished with high school. She also spent as much time as she could with Strikemaster Ice. She was sad to leave him and her sisters behind in San Francisco but looked forward to reuniting with them again.
"We're gonna miss you, Cass!" Charmaine said while Cassie was saying her goodbyes at Section 13, "It's gonna be really boring up here without you!"
"Yeah, can't wait till you're done with high school" Kaysha replied. "Finish strong and try not to pull too many pranks."
Cassie laughed as she hugged her sisters. She then turned towards Ice and got sad. She hated that she had to say goodbye again!
"Imma miss you, girl" Ice said, "But I promise we'll talk everyday!"
Cassie gave him a small smile. "I'm glad. Gosh I'm really gonna miss you, Ice, I won't get to see you again until the end of the year" she said as she forced back tears.
Ice pulled her close and gave her a hug. "Like I said before, the time will fly, yo" he said as he kissed her head. "You know, it might be tough but I really wanna be yo boyfriend. I'd rather have a long distance relationship with you than no relationship at all" he said.
Cassie looked up at him with a bigger smile. "Aww for reals? Man I would really like that! Oh that makes things a lot better! Thanks for being different, Ice. And I guess it ain't goodbye, it's see ya later" she added as they shared one last kiss.
Cassie then turned towards Lydia, who was waiting to take her to the airport, and smiled. "You were right when you said it before Liddy", she said as the two were walking towards the parking, "This ain't the end- it's the beginning."