Hey! Here's a chapter I've been waiting to write. There's a surprise at the end. Hope you like it...

Tom's POV

"So what are we looking for?" Lee asked as he held up an old sock. I heard Lucy choke back a gag as she realised that the brown item of clothing had once been white. This wasn't a good place for her, it was too dark. She hated the dark, she said it makes her feel alone.

"Anything Alien." I grunted, looking around the dark basement. I wasn't anywhere near Lucy though, I was way to embarrassed.

I can't believe I let my jealousy coax me into climbing something ten feat tall, only to fall off, all to impress her.

"Stupid teenage hormones making me fall in love with my best friend." I grumbled as I wiped the cobwebs from my hands.

"What did you say Tom?" Lucy called over from her spot.

"Nothing!" I said a little too quickly, thanking the darkness of the basement for hiding my blush. "I'm telling you. Their map lead down here." I said, noting the fed up look on Jake's face as I walked past.

"You positive?" he asked. I was about to answer when Hannah shushed us.

"Do you hear that? Rice-crispies." she said quietly. I listened and heard it to, the sound of crackling was coming from somewhere in the room. It seemed to becoming from Art's pocket. Slowly he reached in and brought out his DS Light. He flipped it open and switched it on. My eyes widened at the bright blue screen with some kind of number sequences running up and down the screen.

I took it out of his hands to get a better look. Lucy put her chin on my shoulder, looking over to get a better look.

"What is that?" Lee asked. Tom had a dark expression.

"It's their machine. Something down here is setting it off." we all began to look around, checking everything we could. I noticed Jake was getting more and more jumpy before he grabbed a rake.

"Well whatever it is, we can't let them get to it." he said, brandishing it. "Everyone gear up. We move on my command." he stated. I raised an eyebrow and looked at Lucy, who was also giving Jake a 'are you serious?' look.

"Hold on." I said, trying to stop him. "If we run up there with a bunch of random junk we're goanna get creamed." Lucy nodded, coming to stand beside me.

"I agree with Tom. We can make something better." she said as I picked up a plastic pipe. Jake didn't look very impressed.

"We're in the middle of an invasion, and you two dorks wanna play science fair? No way, we're going back in, now!" he argued.

"You're not thinking." I tried to reason.

"Time for thinking is over. It's time for action." Jake finalised before running out, Art and Lee following. I sighed in frustration.

"He's just being a blond jock Tom. We know you're doing the right thing." Lucy said, patting my shoulder. I smiled at her.

"Thanks Luce. Hannah hand me that tape." I said confidently. Hannah smiled as she tossed it at me and I set to work, creating what I hoped could help. Soon me, Lucy and Hannah were running up the stairs, ignoring grandma Nana's offer of more mentos as we reached the large closed double doors I heard the twins shouting, asking Jake to lead them.

"Stay behind me." I instructed to Hannah and Lucy before I charged through the door.

"No! don't!" Jake yelled but it was too late. As soon as I entered I was lifted off my feet by an unknown force. Hannah and Lucy had a similar reaction, screaming in surprise as they, too, were lifted up.

"Hello humans." said a female voice.

"Enjoying the ride?" another voice, male, asked. I turned to see the girl alien and the ugly alien crawling out from the attic, clicking something on their shoes before they floated to the ground.

"They've got gravity boots. Why don't we have gravity boots?" Art whined as the aliens headed for the door. The girl mocked him, copying his voice like a four year old.

"Stop them! Use your weapon Tom!" Jake shouted.

"Bet you wished you'd listened now huh!" Lucy yelled at him.

"Bring it meat sack!" the ugly alien mocked.

I nodded and aimed my gun, firing a potato. Unfortunately, due to there being no gravity, it lost all moment I went flying backwards, slamming my back against the far wall.

"A potato gun? That's your weapon?" Jake shouted at me.

"Shut up Jake! Tom are you ok?" Lucy asked, coming to my rescue. I gritted my teeth against the pain in my shoulders and nodded. I looked around for anything to help.

"Tom the fire extinguisher!" Lucy shouted, pointing at something near me. I turned and grabbed it, turning it on and flying across the room with the momentum.

"Hurry Tommy!" Hannah called as I slammed my shoulder against the door then flicking the bolt at the top to lock it.

I then proceeded to spray what was left of the fire extinguisher on the aliens, coating them in the white foam. The coughed and spluttered as the fought to stay on their feet. Just when things were looking up, the fire extinguisher ran out.

"You ok?" the ugly one said to the girl. She nodded as he clicked off his boots.

"I'm fine. Now go!" she said as he floated up. My mind buzzed as he inched towards the lock.

"Jake get the grenade!" I shouted. He nodded before kicking off the wall and grabbing it from the floor. "Toss it here!" I ordered, readying the fire extinguisher. He threw it with all his might and I in turn swung hard, shattering the small metal device into a million pieces. Everything froze for a minute before we all crashed to the ground, me landing hard on my side. I looked up to see the others had landed similarly, except for Hannah who had landed in the bean bag chair. 'Lucky.'

The aliens glared at me. "Why you little…" the girl growled as she and the ugly one charged at me. I swung my weapon again and hit them both round the head, sending them flying with a resounding thud. They got the message because they started running, dodging the swipes the Twins made at them as they ran for the attic door. Jake did the smart thing and grabbed the paintball gun, firing at the gap in the attic door as they leaped inside.

He managed to catch the ugly one on the butt, knocking something from his belt.

"Ow! Buttocks on fire!" it screamed as the girl pulled him through the door before it closed. We all fell silent, the twins staring at the silver objects that fell from the aliens belt.

A groan made me look over at Lucy to see her cradling her wrist.

Instantly I crawled over to her, gently taking it in my hands, my mind going to Lucy mode.

"Is it broken?" I asked, squeezing it gently. She shook her head, fighting tears.

"No, I just landed funny. It's just bruised." I nodded, gently letting go but still feeling the regular tingling feeling I got whenever I touched her.

"That's the thing they used to control Rickey." Jake panted as he stood up. I nodded, recognising the shape.

"Whoa!" Lee said as he picked it up, pressing buttons on it.

"Cool. Let me see it." Art said as he snatched it from Lee. "Nice action on the toggles."

"Wait what are these?" Lee questioned, taking it back. Soon they were having an all out tug of war with the thing, treating it like a game boy they both wanted.

Jake quickly stepped in before they broke it. "Hey guys this is not a toy this is real." he said. I saw Lucy raise an eyebrow.

"Since when are you serious?" she asked. Jake glared at her in response. We all turned our heads as we heard a bang coming from outside. Art, who had the controller, pressed more buttons and we heard it again. I rushed to the closest window in time to see Rickey run into a swing, the momentum sending him flipping into the air.

"Rickey?" Jake asked. I nodded, smirking. "Grab him before somebody finds him. I'll stay on alien watch." he said. I nodded and grabbed Lucy's hand. I had been doing that a lot lately and she didn't seem to mind. I turned to look at her and I thought I saw her blush as she walked. Just when I was about to say something, she opened her mouth.

"That was really amazing how you stopped those aliens Tom." she said, smiling endearingly at me. My eyes widened and I blushed heavily.

"No problem." I said, smiling back. Our moment was ruined by Art.

"Whoa, look at Rickey's car!" he exclaimed. I turned to see it had a massive dent in the side, I smirked, running my hand over it.

"I'm sure that'll buff right out." I said smugly, earning a laugh from Lucy and Lee.

"I wonder where he went." Art asked, looking around for Rickey.

"I'll find him." Lee said with a confident smile, holding up the controller. As soon he clicked the button, Rickey appeared from behind his car.

I watched Lee click some buttons and saw Ricky move towards us.

"Cool. So these move him." he stated, fiddling with the lower toggles. "And these.." he said, making Rickey slap himself in the face with a flick of the upper toggles. "…Operate the arms." he didn't stop, just kept flicking the toggles, making Rickey keep slapping himself. We all laughed, enjoying our fun hugely.

"Talk about the ultimate game boy." Art chuckled.

"Hey what does the big button do?" I asked. Lee pressed it and Rickey's head dropped before he looked around, looking confused before he caught sight of his car.

"Whoa! What the? My caaaaaaaarrrrrrrr!" he screamed, having a worse hissy fit then Bethany when her outfit doesn't match her shoes. I glanced at Lee and he got the message, clicking the button.

"That would be the on and off button." he summarised. I smirked at Rickey's frozen face.

"Press it again." he complied. I let Rickey finish his screaming.

"Who did this to my car?" he demanded, glaring down at me.

"You did you giant idiot." I smirked. He advanced on me but with one point to Lee, he was paused in his place.

"Rickey!" I heard a new voice yell, only to be shoved aside by Bethany. "I have been walking around the lake for an hour! Where were you?2 she yelled at him, unaware he was under our control. I quickly signalled for Lee to press the button.

"Oh shut up you little…whoa Bethany?" he started, confused at why he was suddenly yelling at his girlfriend. Bethany obviously wasn't happy with this, slapping him hard. "Ow! Why are you hitting me?" he whined.

"Why are you being such a jerk?" she snapped back before storming off. I laughed as I watched Rickey chase her, trying to explain himself to her.

"Do you want me to bring him back?2 Lee asked. I shook my head and I think Lucy under stood.

"No let him suffer." she said, matching my smirk before walking back to the house. "Come on, we should meet back up with Jake and Hannah." I felt a little flare of jealously well up in me. Why was she so eager to get back to Jake?

I followed without question and soon we were back upstairs. We walked through the door to see Jake and Hannah crouching behind the couch, which had been turned upside down and against the door.

"Where's Rickey? Taken prisoner by the aliens?" he asked. I chuckled.

"Worse. My sister." Lucy laughed and I smiled before I crouched down behind the couch. "Any action up here?" I asked. Jake shook his head.

"No, it's quiet. Too quiet." he mumbled. He watches way to many war movies.

A bang sounded from the vents and we all looked up, watching a shadow pass by the grate. "What are they doing in the vents?" Jake worriedly exclaimed.

"There map. That's how they'll get to the basement." I explained.

"What do we do?" Jake asked. Lucy suddenly perked up.

"I have an idea." she said before running out the room. We followed to see her fiddling with a thermostat, turning it all the way up.

"Luce you're a genius!" I exclaimed, causing another blush to appear on her cheeks, or was it the drastic rise in heat.

"Hope this works Einstein." Jake smirked before we headed back to the room. We waited before we heard the aliens shrieking, running back towards the attic. "Nice job." Jake complemented Lucy, who's blush intensified. I narrowed my eyes at them. I was about to speak up when I heard my dads voice.

"Kids! Get down here!" he shouted. Great he was mad again. We all went downstairs, me stopping in front of my dad. "Who turned on the heat?" he demanded. I looked down and noticed that he had turned it off. Lucy looked like she was about to speak up but I beat her too it, flicking the switch back on as I spoke.

"I did. We need that on." my dads eyebrows shot up.

"Are you crazy? It's the middle of the summer." Jake spoke next.

"Yeah but it's freezing in here." he rubbed his arms, glancing down at Lucy, who copied him, giving him a 'thank you' look. I felt my anger bubble again.

"I think Hannah's coming down with something." I tried, nudging Hanna slightly. She pretended to cough.

"Alright what's going on?" my dad asked, looking unconvinced.

"We're fighting aliens. I'm pretending it's pretend." Hannah said. I glared a her. "I mean it is pretend." she covered quickly.

"Ok well I'm not pretending so don't touch the thermostat." he said, turning it off. I looked at him before turning it back on. "Tom I'm serious." he said, turning it off.

"Well so am I." I said turning it back on.

"I'm not kidding. Do you want to spend the rest of the week in your room?" he threatened, I'm facing an alien invasion and that's the best he's got.

"Why can't you trust that there's a reason I'm doing this?" I asked. I felt someone shift beside me and glanced to see Lucy, staring at my dad with hard eyes.

"A reason why you're blasting the furnace on summer vacation. Talking back to me giving me attitude. Failing your classes?" that one was the last straw. Without thinking I blurted out.

"So that's what this is about? I failed on purpose dad. Yeah I tanked my grades. I'm tired of getting picked on for being a brainyack!" I shouted at him. Lucy touched my shoulder and I turned to her.

"Tom…" she started but was cut off by my dad.

"I was a brainyack. It worked for me." he reasoned.

"I don't wanna be like you! I wanna be cool!" I shouted at him. Everything went quiet.

"But Tom…" Lucy tried again. My anger was everywhere now, blocking sensible thoughts from reaching my brain.

"And I wanna have at least one more friend besides Lucy!" I shouted, more at her then my dad. I heard a gasp and saw her staring at me, here eyes wide and filled with tears. My anger fled at the sight of her upset. "Lucy I…" I tried but she wouldn't listen, choosing to turn and run back up the stairs. "Lucy! Wait Lucy!" I shouted, running after her. I heard a door slam and knew she was in our room. I grabbed the door handle but the door wouldn't open.

"Go away!" she shouted through the door, her voice already hoarse.

"Lucy please listen to me!" I called through the door.

"No!" I knew how stubborn she could be and sighed in frustration. I leaned on the door and slumped to the floor, fighting back my own tears as I realised that I had just crushed the feelings of my best friend/secret love.

How could I have said that, with what Lucy goes through. She needs me and I need her, we literally completed each other. Not to mention she was my dream girl. She was smart, beautiful, knew about guy stuff as well as girl stuff and was always there for me. And I repay her by saying her friendship isn't good enough for me? I wouldn't blame her of she hated me. I heard footsteps and lifted my head to see Jake walking towards me.

He sat down next to me but didn't say anything. After a while of silence, where the only sound was Lucy's muffled crying, Jake spoke.

"So you really failed on purpose?" he asked. I sighed.

"No one likes a mathlete." I reminded him. His mouth went into a grim line.

"Lucy did. In fact she loves one." my head snapped up.

"Really? She said that?" I asked my hopes soaring. Jake looked away.

"Well she didn't say it, but it's really obvious." that wasn't the same. I scowled and turned away.

"Whatever. It wouldn't matter if she did. Not after what I said. You can take your shot now." I grumbled. Jake put a hand on my back.

"What makes you think I wanted to go out with her." I looked back at him.

"Are you kidding? With all the flirting you've been doing with her today I'm surprised she's not already going on a date with you." I said with disgust. Jake laughed.

"Dude that's all I do. Flirt. I'd never move in on another guys girl. That's just wrong." he said. I looked at him.

"But she's not my-" he cut me off with a plain look.

"You two might not be official, but even I can see the looks, glances and connection you two share. All you have to do is act on it." Jake said before standing up and walking away.

He was right, but first Lucy would have to open the door.

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