"That can't be all the videos!" Emmett whined as Alice dug through the box.

She shrugged, "That was all of them. Sorry."

I sighed. Lucky for me, Lyla hadn't sent all the videos. There was some pretty embarassing stuff in some of the videos. I grumbled, "Yay."

That earned me a glare from both Alice and Emmett. Alice finally squealed, "Wait! There's one last one, labeled Message."

I hadn't heard of that one. Alice put it in and it started.

Jess and Mary were sitting on a couch and Lyla came around, sitting between them. Lyla waved to the camera, "Hi, Bellsy! If you can see this, it means you've opened the package. We miss you girlie!"

Mary grinned, "Hey, hun. I can't believe it's been a year since we saw you. Remember when we met? It was in band class in seventh grade, where we were both attempting and failing to play clarinet. We went up to Ms. Williams, asked to go to the bathroom, and just goofed off until a couple minutes 'til the bell."

Jess broke in then, "Bellsby, I don't know if you remember when we first spotted each other, but I sure do! It was in gym in eighth grade. Remember how they did the warm-ups beforehand where we walk and jog around the gym? Well, you were walking all alone and I came up to you and we started talking. We were friends within a minute!"

Lyla spoke again, "Hey, Bells. I've known you since since sixth grade. We met in homeroom, it was Ms. Christopher's class. She gave us time to find seat partners and yours was the only one open. So I took the seat and we bonded really quickly. We had everything in common; from music, to food, to hobbies, to TV. I love ya, you weird-o."

They each echoed her statement and they all blew kisses to the camera. Then, the video ended.

When it finished, I was half-crying and half-smiling. I missed them so much. When I pulled myself together, Alice chirped, "I sense a road trip coming on!"

As much as I missed the girls, I did not want to see how Alice would wrangle a trip to Phoenix. Maybe I never would.

It's the end... I'll miss this story! Hope you liked it!
~TWC~
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It's just that yours is stupid."
"I love you, not for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you."