Becky

I stared blankly at the wooden door of room 215 and sighed. "Let's get this over with." I said and Barbie gave my hand- which I hadn't been aware she was holding- a squeeze.

"I thought you an Alex had a plan?" Barbie asked and I nodded.

"Well yeah, doesn't mean its going to work though does it?" I said and Eve nudged me.

"I'm sure it will, Zack isn't the brightest guy we know." She said and I could see where she was coming from.

"Yeah, but what if Alex can't get him out of the room?" I asked, looking from Eve to Barbie and back again. "What if-"

"Will you stop panicking?" Eve demanded, prodding my shoulder roughly.

"If Alex can't make this plan of his work then we'll get you away from Zack somehow, trust us." Barbie said, giving my hand another comforting squeeze.

"Fine." I said, I hated it when the pair of them ganged up on me, now I knew how Barbie felt yesterday. "Let's go." Eve reached out, tapping her knuckles against the wooden door.

"Hi guys!" a cheerful Zack Ryder practically shouted when the door opened a few minutes later.

"Hi Zack," Barbie said, slowly releasing my hand and slipping past him. "Thanks for inviting me." She said and Zack chuckled.

"Oh and by the way, congrats on scoring a date with Justin!" he called as she made her way into his room, Barbie turned and mouthed: you told him? I shrugged and she pursed her lips, fully entering the room and disappearing from my view.

"You're such a torment." Eve said, shaking her head at Zack and he frowned at her.

"So are you!" he said and she smiled.

"Yeah but I'm allowed," she said as she pushed past Zack. "Barbie actually likes me."

"Ouch!" I said, watching my sister disappear into the room, knowing her signature smirk would be plastered on her face.

"Hey," Zack said, pulling me into a strong hug. "How are you?" he whispered in my ear and I pulled away from the hug.

"I'm great, you?" I asked and he nodded, making no effort to stop his face from showing how upset he was at me breaking the hug so quickly.

"Um, yeah I'm good, I guess we should go inside huh?" he said rather awkwardly and I headed inside.

"Oh hey Becks." Alex said casually as I entered the room properly and I beamed at him, glad one of us was being cool about this.

"Hey Alex!" I said, walking over to him to give him a hug, he stood and granted my wish, wrapping me tightly in his strong arms.

"Everything's set." He whispered confidently in my ear, I smiled and looked up at him.

"Great." I said softly and he smiled warmly at me, making me feel weak.

"Alright guys," Zack said, finally entering. He was carrying two DVD cases. I rolled my eyes and slipped out of Alex's hug. "Pulse or the Grudge?"

"Pulse!" I cried at the same time as Barbie and Eve, we watched the Grudge when we had a sleepover together a while back and like with every horror film I see I hated it, I refused to watch it again.

"I'm guessing we're watching Pulse then?" Alex asked and I shoved him lightly.

"You bet we're watching Pulse." I said, heading over to the couch where Barbie was sat. "Unless of course, you're scared." I said and he rolled his eyes.

"I'm not scared of anything." He said and Zack turned, heading over to the couch with the TV remote in his hand.

"Um, yes you are. Do you not remember screaming like a girl when you saw a spider?" Zack asked and I smirked at Alex.

"Dude, that was meant to be a secret!" Alex whined and I could tell he was putting it on.

"I wouldn't have agreed to this if I knew you guys would talk all the way through the movie." Eve said and we all turned to her.

"Who said we're gonna talk through the movie?" Alex asked her and she rolled her eyes.

"You're acting like you're gonna."

"Ok guys shut up, the movie's starting." I said as Zack skipped the DVD along to the menu.

"Everyone ready?" Zack asked, slowly snaking his arm around me. Everyone nodded and he hit play.


Alex

I snuck a peak at my phone at saw that the time was 8.28pm, I smiled. Only two minutes to go and then I could sit with Becky. I glanced over at her, Ryder still had a firm grip of her shoulders and I could tell she was pretending she was comfortable. Suddenly a tiny alarm went off, my smile grew. It was time.

"Aww what the hell?" Zack asked, pausing the movie. Becky glanced over at me an eyebrow raised; I sent a quick wink to her before turning to Ryder.

"It's probably those sausage rolls." I said and he nodded.

"Damn, I forgot about them." Zack said standing and picking up the remote. "I won't be long." He said hitting play again and heading over to the kitchen, once he had his back to me I got up and sat in between Barbie and Becky, wrapping an arm around her.

"Hey," she whispered, snuggling up to me and I grinned down at her.

"Hi." I whispered back, reaching down and pressing my lips to her cheek, she smiled.

"So what's our excuse?" she whispered and I smiled.

"You guys," I said, nudging Barbie whose eyes were glued to the screen. "Were getting scared, so I came over to comfort you. Simple." I said and Barbie sighed.

"Fine." She said, moving closer to me so it looked like I was comforting both of them.

"I bet you're loving this aren't you?" Becky asked me. "You're like a pimp." She said and I chuckled quietly.

"No, I'm loving this 'cause I get to spend time with you." she blushed and Barbie elbowed me. I went to say something about the abuse when Zack interrupted me.

"Hey!" he said, sounding hurt. "You stole my seat!" he said and I grabbed the remote, pausing the movie so that we could get this over with without disturbing Barbie and Eve, who were actually paying attention to the movie.

"The girls were getting scared, so I came here to comfort them."

"Its just a seat Ryder." Eve drawled. "Stop being a baby." Zack glared at her and sighed, placing the plate of mini sausage rolls onto the table before sitting in my previous seat. I smiled to myself and continued the movie.


Zack

I folded my arms across my chest and glanced over at Becky and Riley. I couldn't believe him; he knew how much this night meant to me, how important it was in gaining Becky back so why the hell was he ruining my chances with her?

What if he's into her too?

I shook the thought away; Alex is my main Broski if he liked Becky he would have told me instead of playing stupid games like this. I was still annoyed at him though.

I turned my attention back to the movie, wondering if there was a way for me to get my seat back. I coughed, a dry feeling over taking my throat, letting me know I was thirsty. Suddenly an idea popped into my head. I smirked and stood.

"I'm getting a beer, want one Riley?" I whispered and he turned to me, giving me a nod. I grinned and headed into the kitchen, grabbing two beers from the fridge. I took off the tops and headed back into the living room, handing Alex a beer before taking my seat.

"Thanks." He said, taking a sip of it and I nodded at him, you won't be thanking me later Riley. I thought to myself, taking a sip of my own beer.


Becky

"Hey, you want another beer?" Zack whispered for the third or fourth time and shot a glare at him, he was really starting to get on my nerves with the whole: 'Do you wanna beer' thing. I couldn't work out whether he was trying to get Alex drunk or ruin my night or both.

"Um, sure." Alex said with a shrug and Zack grinned in a way that made me sure he was up to something. I waited until he was in the kitchen before voicing my concern to Alex.

"He's up to something." I whispered and Barbie frowned at me.

"Yeah, I worked that out myself." Alex said, shifting uncomfortably.

"Want me to find out?" Barbie whispered and Alex shook his head.

"Nope," he said, wiggling in the seat again. "I know exactly what he's doing and well, it's worked." He said and both Barbie and I frowned at him as he started wiggling again.

"Oh for Pete's sake!" Eve cried, sitting up and staring at the three of us. "What the hell is wrong with you Riley?" she asked and Alex stopped moving immediately.

"I need to pee." He whispered and I snorted while Eve rolled her eyes.

"Go then." Barbie raised an eyebrow at me.

"You sure you want him to do that?" she asked and I frowned.

"Why? What's wrong with him… oh." I suddenly realised what she was saying and cottoned on to Zack's plan. "Well I have a plan of my own." I said, looking in the kitchen to see Zack struggling to get the cap off one of the beers. Knowing that he was distracted, I stood, grabbing Alex's hand and pulling him up with me. "Pick me up." I said and all three of them frowned at me. "Just do it." I said to Alex and he reluctantly lifted me up bridal style.

"What now Miss Smarty Pants?" Alex asked me and I elbowed him lightly.

"I'm pretending to be ill." I said and Eve smiled.

"That old trick? I thought you stopped using that." She said and I shook my head.

"Desperate times call for desperate measures." I said before closing my eyes making myself go limp as I heard Zack start to leave the kitchen.


Alex

"What's going on?" Ryder shrieked, almost dropping the bottles of beer he was holding when he saw Becky lying in my arms looking like she was passed out.

"She's ill." Eve said, standing and walking over to me. "We're taking her back to our room." She said and Becky let out a low groan to strengthen Eve's point.

"Oh, ok." Zack said sadly. "So you guys are all gonna leave?" he asked and Barbie sat up.

"I'll stay! This movie is awesome!" she said and Eve nodded.

"You'll still have Barbie."

"But it won't be the same without you guys." Zack whined and I saw Becky's eyebrows twitch, almost as if she was going to frown but thought better of it.

"Fine." Eve said, pulling her room keys out of her pocket. "I'll stay here and Alex will look after Becky." A look of fear flashed across Zack's face but I could tell he knew he had no choice.

"Ok," he said reluctantly. "You better look after her Riley." He said almost bitterly and I nodded.

"Scouts honour." I said and Barbie rolled her eyes at me, Eve stood in front of me and poked Becky's arm.

"Becks, Alex is taking you to our room." She said softly. "Can you hold the keys for him?" she asked and Becky nodded, refusing to open her eyes. Eve dropped the keys into Becky's open hand and I headed off, getting Zack to open the door for me.

"Can't she walk?" he asked and I shook my head.

"She said she was feeling faint, this way if she does pass out she's safe." I said and he nodded.

"Well ok." He said and I headed down the corridor, only setting Becky down on her feet when the elevator door was fully closed.

"Nice touch with the passing out bit." She said, pulling me into a hug.

"Thanks." I said, leaning down and gently pressing my lips to hers. She smiled and wrapped her arms tightly around my neck. We stayed like that until the ping that announced the elevator doors were opening sounded.

"What was that for?" she asked, taking my hand and leading me to her room. "I thought they were only meant for the trials." I shrugged.

"We were alone, I couldn't resist, why do you have a problem with me kissing you?" I asked and her smirk vanished.

"No." she said weakly, admitting to defeat. "I was just curious that's all." She said stopping outside room 321.

"Sure you were." I teased and she slapped me.

"Quit bullying me!" she whined and I chuckled, watching her unlock the door to her room.

"I'm sorry." I said, pulling her into a hug when she turned back around. "Forgive me?" I asked and she smirked.

"Only if you do something for me first." She said, wiggling out of the hug and practically skipping into her room.

"This should be fun." I muttered as I followed after her, shutting the door behind me.