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Chapter 13--What's Best

"Oh you two look so adorable together," Mom said happily as she snapped pictures. Derek and I were sitting together on the couch, watching as our parents fawned over Erika and her date Adam-no, it was Aaron…maybe? Pfft. Who cares, he's some senior from Forks with half a brain-at least Dad's glaring at him.

"Are you almost done Mom? We wanted to get going," Erika said, pulling her date towards the door a little bit.

"Yes, I suppose. Here, take the camera with you and take some pictures of you and your friends," Mom said, handing her the camera enthusiastically.

"Thanks Mom, bye. Bye Dad," she said, giving them both a kiss on the cheek. "See you later Derek and sorry you couldn't find a date Andrea," she added with a slight smirk as I glowered at her. Oh, I have a date-and an evacuation team. So suck on that!

"Later Erika-and keep your hands to yourself," he added threateningly to the guy. He might have some issues with our sister but he's still her older brother. The kid gulped.

"I'm going to go upstairs," I muttered to my parents, standing up.

"Honey, you know why we're not letting you go," Mom said as I took a step away.

"Because you don't want me to have any fun? Yeah, I'm aware," I said plainly before walking up the stairs. Hey, I'm supposed to like I would if I wasn't going-so I am.

Seconds later Derek walked into my room. "Do you want to talk about it?" he asked mockingly as a smirk found it's way onto his face. I just rolled my eyes as he grinned. "Good job by the way, Dad sent me up here in like two seconds," he said as I grabbed my small duffle bag out from under my bed.

"You sure you can do this?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

He scoffed. "It's all taken care of," he said easily. "My bike's in the spot-I figured if Dad wanted to have one of his middle of the night engine checks he'd be less suspicious if my bike was the one missing," he said.

I let out a breath. I hadn't even thought about those-Derek can so handle this. "Thanks Derek," I said, giving him a quick hug.

"No problem, now get out of here," he said, giving me a push towards the window. I pried it open and pulled out the screen, handing it to Derek before climbing on the edge. I was so ridiculously lucky this tree was that close to the house. I put my foot carefully on a lower branch as I grabbed one of the higher ones, and I was out the window. "See you in a few hours," Derek whispered before putting the screen back on. The descent of the tree was a lot easier than I thought it would be-definitely not as bad as I'm guessing the climb's going to be. Once I was low enough I hopped to the ground and crouched low, making sure if my parents looked out any of the windows they wouldn't be able to see me. I darted into the trees and out of sight, and running the two blocks away to the spot that Derek and I had figured out earlier. His bike was nestled between a tree and a bush just according to our plan.

I hopped on, slinging my bag over my shoulder and sped through Forks and into La Push before pulling into Vi's house-she showed me where she lived the other day. I hopped off my bike and jogged towards her door and it swung open before I could even knock. "Get in," Claire said, grabbing my arm and yanking me forward. She dragged me down the hall and into a room-Vi's room obviously-and pushed me onto the bed.

"Long time no see," Vi said with a slight smirk as I rolled my eyes.

"I see you've already been tortured," I said, gesturing to her hair and make up. She looked really good actually. She was wearing this cute red dress that fit her really well and brought out the streaks of color in her hair. She looked great.

"It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be," she admitted with a slight grin,

"Hurry and change Andrea, we don't have much time until the boys get here," she said, shoving a dress bag at me before pushing me into her bathroom. I took out the dress. Wow. This dress is…gorgeous. It was blue and fitted nicely at the top and the bottom flowed out. I mentally thanked Claire for letting me borrow this dress-I could still ride my bike and not damage it if there was an emergency.

I put it on and walked out. "Wow. You look better in that dress than I do," Claire said with a grin as she looked at me. "You can keep it," she said offhandedly.

My eyes practically bugged out of my head. "Claire, I couldn't really-"

"-You so can. I never wear it anymore anyway," she said easily. "Come on, we're going to do your make up," she said before I could say anything else.

"Hold on," I said, grabbing my duffle bag and quickly putting on the shoes that I brought. "Alright, do your worst."

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"Violet!" Vi's Mom called after the doorbell rang.

Vi rolled her eyes and stood up. "Alright, the guys are here. Let's go," she said, grabbing her camera just as Claire grabbed hers and we walked out of the room.

The boys' jaws immediately dropped and practically ran over to their girls. He's such a good guy. "You look beautiful," Brady whispered to me, giving me a quick kiss.

"You don't look bad either," I said, popping the collar on his black button down shirt as he grinned at me.

"Alright, picture time!" Claire said excitedly, pulling us all outside and pushing Collin and Vi together in front of the edge of the woods before taking multiple pictures of them. "You two," she said, pointing to Brady and I. "Come on, we're going to need some evidence that this night actually happened and you weren't, in fact, up in your room pouting because you're not allowed to go," she said with a smile.

I rolled my eyes and Brady dragged me over to the spot where Collin and Vi were previously standing. I face Brady and he wrapped his arm around my waist and I put a hand on his arm and posed in that classic pre-dance kind of way that everyone does. Then we did a couple of other positions and I took some pictures for Quil and Claire. I guess the school has some kind of rule that as long as the person who does not go to the school (Quil or Aaron if you are talking about Erika too) can attend the dance as long as their parents signed a permission slip. It was kind of funny thinking that nineteen year old Quil had to ask his Mom to sign a slip of paper.

"Alright, and we're off," Claire said once she was done with picture taking-we did all girl pictures and all guys and all group once we figured out the timer on the cameras.

We all piled into Quil's little car, squishing together to fit everyone inside. Vi ended up sitting on top of Collin so we could all fit. When we pulled up to the school the last straggles of students were filing in with their dates and we all went quickly inside because it was cold out and we were wearing dresses. I was pretty disappointed that Megan wasn't going though-we all told her and Seth to go together but they wouldn't because they're both dumb. She had to go visit her great aunt tonight anyway and I guess Seth is hanging out with the rest of their friends.

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DEREK'S POV

I watched as Andy climbed down the tree and darted into the woods, running in the direction where I hid my bike and grinned. She's turning into a mini me.

I grinned and flopped on her bed, turning on my little DVD player I brought in here so I wouldn't get bored while hanging out here, making sure Mom and Dad didn't decide to come check on her. I know it's weird, the brother helping his sister sneaking out to be with a boy, but it's not. Brady's a good guy and he definitely takes care of my sister and understands better than I would have thought the situation that she's stuck in. He doesn't even seem to mind that they have to lay off the PDA in public.

As the previews turned on I stuck my head out in the hallway, making sure no one was around before running into the bathroom. I grabbed Andy's iPod and put it in the little speaker thing and put it on the sink before turning on the shower and locking the door as I walked out, listening to the muffled music and running shower on the other side of the door. I'm probably wasting a lot of water doing this but it's the best bet we have.

I sat back on her bed and continued to watch the movie. "Derek!" Dad called from the hallway.

"In here," I called back easily, like it was the most normal thing in the world to be hanging out in my sister's room. And it kind of was…for me anyways.

"What are you doing in here?" Dad asked as he walked in and noticed Andy was no where to be found. "And where's Andy, I need to talk to her," he said. Shit.

"She's in the shower. She was pretty pissed off so I told her I would hang out with her tonight," I sad in a slightly harsh tone. I was definitely mad at my Dad for doing this to my sister. It wasn't fair-if it was do you think I'd be helping her sneak out? Okay, I probably would-but that's not the point right now.

"You know it's for the best. I'm just helping her focus on what she wants-no distractions," he said. I just looked up at him, no expression on my face. He seriously thinks this is what she wants. It's the same deal with me all over again. "You know how important it is Derek," he said before walking out of the room and back downstairs. I snorted and rolled my eyes. Whatever Dad, you should be proud of her. She's working in a mechanic shop with a bunch of guys when you think she's doing free training-I know I'm proud of her. Dick.

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APOV

When we walked into the dance it was already in full swing, basically the entire student population was crowded in the middle of the gym as some rap song was playing. "Come on, let's go dance!" Claire said, grabbing mine and Vi's hands and dragging us to the floor, probably knowing that this way all the boys would follow. Brady grabbed my hands and we danced close to each other the whole, no matter what the song. It was really fun-I ended up dancing with Collin and Quil once too. Claire and Vi were constantly pulling everyone over and taking pictures, documenting our first successful sneak out and the success of Operation Chicken Fried.

About halfway through the dance though, I saw her. Erika was standing off to the side with her date, just looking around at everyone-probably making sure she has the most expensive dress here. She does. I instantly pulled Collin and Brady in front of me, blocking her view of me. "What's wrong?" Brady asked instantly, our whole little group scooting closer to us to see what's going on.

"Erika," I told them, pointing in the direction I saw her.

"Shit," Claire cursed, glancing over her shoulder. "And we were doing so good sticking to the opposite end of the gym," she muttered to herself.

"Let's go this way," Vi said, pushing us over just as a crowd of kids stepped where were previously, putting more people between us. "Alright, we're good," she said, grabbing Collin's hand and dancing with him again, everyone else doing the same.

We were dancing again for a while when Brady spun me around once as I laughed-but that laughter stopped immediately when I saw what was behind me. She was staring at me as she leaned against the wall, our Mom's camera in her hand as she smirked me. She waved before turning and walking away, a bunch of her friends tagging along behind her. Oh shit.

"She saw me," I said frantically as I turned around to face our entire group. They all immediately froze.

"Come on, we have to get you back," Brady said, grabbing my hand and pulling me towards the door as everyone followed. We ran outside and towards the car, stuffing ourselves in as Quil started the engine.

"Hurry Quil," Claire said as he pulled out, going a bit over the speed limit to get us back to Vi's house. I pulled out my cell phone and quickly text Derek. This is not good.

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DPOV

About halfway through the movie my phone buzzed and I pulled it out.

I'm dead.

That's all the text from Andy said and I immediately knew what was going on. I ran out of the room and pulled a thin nail out of my pocket and slid it into the hole in the bathroom door's handle, pushing on the lock and then pulling open the door. I grabbed Andy's long blue robe and shut off the music and the shower and ran back to her room. After grabbing my DVD player I ran to the guest room, turned it back on loudly and locked the door before I ran back into her room and locked the door behind me-as if she was changing or something-and took out the screen and waited for her to climb back up the tree. This is not good.

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APOV

We came to a screeching halt in front of Vi's house and we all ran out of the car. I ripped off my shoes and sprinted towards the bike and hopped on, Brady standing next to the bike with a tortured expression on his face. I stoop and kiss him hard, trying to apologize with my eyes before I revved the engine and pealed out of the driveway, zooming down the streets towards the house, my dress billowing behind me.

I stopped about a half a block away to the house and ran back, pushing Derek's bike with me because I knew that Dad would do a bike check if Erika got to him yet. I snuck behind the house and to the shed, leaning Derek's bike up against it where it was earlier that day before running back around to the front of the house, being careful to stay in the shadows. I quickly climbed up the tree and just as I was about to the branch level with my room Derek poked his head out of the window. "Hurry up, I don't think he knows yet," Derek whispered hurriedly, grabbing my hand and hoisting me into the window. "Here," he said, throwing my robe at me. "You were in the shower this whole time. Run to the bathroom and get your hair wet," he said quickly, shoving me out the door and into the hallway.

I ran into the bathroom and turned on the sink, soaking my head before grabbing a towel and drying it off the best I could to make it look like I've been out for a couple of minutes. I ran back into my room and sat on the end of my bed with Derek, still in my robe, and pretended to watch whatever movie he had in his little DVD player as I heard loud steps thumbing up the stairs.

I looked at Derek nervously and he met my eyes and grabbed my hand, squeezing it comfortingly. The door burst open and my Dad stood in the doorway, fuming as he held up a little pink digital camera with the word 'Erika' written on the side. "What is this?!"

Oooh, cliff hanger. I almost never give you guys these so don't be too mad. I'll probably update this again today because I'm really pumped to write this-it's going to be good. What did you think??? REVIEW!!