Thanks everyone for reviewing and being so patient with me. No break in sight with my school work, but I'll do my best to write more often. I'm trying, but life is getting in the way constantly. So busy in the next few weeks that I literally have no time to celebrate my birthday! Thank you nursing professors for giving me two exams and a paper due on the day I turn 20...
ENJOY!
AGE 12
As the plane touched down, Julian slipped his sweatshirt off over his head. He wouldn't need it anymore.
"Are we in Aruba now?" Avery asked from the seat next to him.
"You bet we are, baby," Julian smiled down at her.
Avery leaned over her brother to get a look out the window. Everything was 'normal' size again, rather than everything being so small from above.
"I hope it's warm out!" Davis smiled.
"It will be, bud. We left the cool air at home," Julian said, unbuckling his seabelt and standing up. He opened the overhead bin and lowered their small carryon suitcase to his seat. He then turned around and put his hand on his wife's shoulder.
"Brooke... we're here."
Brooke's head rose from it's tilted, uncomfortable position against her own shoulder and took a breath.
"Really?"
Julian smiled as she wiped off a small drip of saliva that had excaped onto her cheek. Brooke unbuckled her seatbelt and turned to Jude who just as immersed in his PSP as he was when they took off.
"Time to head out, Jude."
The boy paused his game and closed it in his backpack before getting up and waling down the aisle behind Davis.
A Welcome to Aruba sign adorned above the escalator down to baggage claim and while the girls took a bathroom break, the boys waited for their suitcases to appear on the conveyer belt.
"Hey! I wanted to get that one!"
Julian shook his head.
"It doesn't matter, boys."
They were always in competition of some kind.
"Ready to go?"
Julian looked to the three suitcases they had.
"We're still missing one."
Brooke counted. She saw Julian's, the boys', and Avery's smaller one... but not hers."
"Oh don't even tell me...!" Brooke's hands made fists. It would be her luck.
"I got it!" Davis said as he tried to pull the heavy suitcase off the belt, almost taking one woman out in the process.
Brooke let out a sigh of relief.
Julian grabbed the bag.
"Oh.. no. This isn't it. It looks like it though." Julian put it back on the belt.
"You're kidding!" Brooke rubbed her temples again. She relaxed too soon.
After twenty minutes, all but a few bags were gone and Brooke's never surfaced.
"I'm gunna have a panic attack."
Julian came back from the service desk and said he filled out a missing bag report. There was nothing more the airport could do now.
"It's gunna be okay, Mama. I'll share my dresses."
"I think your clothes are a little too small for Mom, Avery," Jude states in a DUH sort of tone.
Julian puts his hands on her shoulders.
"It's alright. We'll buy you anything you need. Don't worry about it. We'll get your stuff back soon enough."
He tries to hug the frustration out of her but it only works slightly.
She had one outfit in the carry-on, and thankfully one bathing suit, too. And like Julian said, they'd buys stuff. NBD.
She looked down to the sundress and jean jacket she was wearing. She figured she'd be wearing it a bit this vacation.
As annoying as this was, it wasn't the worst. And she had to look on the bright side. She was on vacation with her four favorite people.
And things could only go up from here...
;
"Let's go swimming!" Davis says immediately upon arriving at the hotel.
"Cool it, junior. We've got plenty of time to do everything you want."
"Oh come on! Can't we go by ourselves?" Jude asked.
"We're not babies," Davis reminded them. They were twelve now.. And in middle school now.
"You don't even know where the pool is." Brooke shook her head.
"Yeah I do! There was a button on the elevator labeded 'first floor - pool'."
"Please, Mom!"
"Please!"
Brooke hated when the boys used their charm to gang up on her. They could get her to do anything with those cute pouts. And it didn't matter that they were older, it still made her heart swell just the same.
"Fine.. but BE CAREFUL. And don't cause trouble."
"We won't, I promise." Coming from Davis, Brooke knew that was sincere. Jude, on the other hand, loved to push boundaries.
"Can I go too?" Avery asked. The boys immediately scrushed up their noses, not wanting to be held back by their little sister.
"No, me and you, Ave. We're going shopping, remember?"
"Do I get to come, too?" Julian asked.
"Maybe." Brooke winked. Of course he could come. It was his credit card she planned on using.
After changing quickly into swim trunks and grabbing towels, Julian gave the boys a drawstring backpack with sunscreen, a room key, and his cell phone in it before they left.
The boys ran down to the elevator and smiled as they rode it down the 10 flights to the bottom. They felt so much... freedom.
They walked off the elevator and through the doors to the outside pool. They ditched their shoes, towels, t-shirts, and bag on a nearby chair and raced towards the water.
"You lose!" Davis laughed, proud of himself for making it to the water first.
Jude laughed and splashed Davis. Davis floated on his back and felt the warmth of the sun beating his skin.
"I love the sun."
Jude looked up. All he saw was a blinding light and little whispy coulds.
"Me too... And I love that we're missing school."
It was technically only three days, since it was a Monday holiday and they had a Teacher's Conference Friday off, but Jude would take what he could get. He hated school. At least now he could play sports at the middle school level with his classmates.
"Yeah," Davis fake agreed. He really just didn't like the idea of doing make-up work when they got back. But he put that out of his mind for now.
Jude and Davis made their way around the big pool and spotted a big water slide emptying into the pool.
"Let's do that!"
Davis nodded in agreement and swam towards the exit. The twins made their way up the long staircase to the top of the slide. There were only a few kids in front of them in line and they waited their turn patiently.
Jude goes down first, and once Davis gets the green light, he slid down behind his brother. When the dark tunnel came out into the light, Davis laughed as he went feet first into a big burst of water. He splashed into the pool so hard that his body flew into the water and into something else.
Davis's head snapped out of the water and he backed away from the something he hit. Or should I say... someone.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Davis said as he shook the water from his face. When he could finally see, he realized he'd hit a girl... a girl who looked around his age.
"Are you okay?" Davis asked the girl, who hadn't turned around to face him yet. "I'm so sorrry," Davis repeated.
"It's okay, I'm fine." The girl laughed it off and turned to Davis.
An awkward moment of silence hung between them.
"Hi.." The boy smiled. "I'm Davis."
"Marie.." She smiled.
"I like your accent," Davis said, wondering where she was from with beautiful voice. She must have been from overseas.
"I like your accent too." The England native smiled.
"I don't have an accent," Davis shook his head.
"Sure you do.. everyone does really." Marie smiled.
"Come on, Dav! Let's go again!" Davis turned to see Jude already standing outside the water, waiting for his twin.
"That's my brother."
"Oh.. well he, and you, should meet my friend Iris... she's over there."
"Davis? Hello?" Jude had jumped back into the water when Davis didn't answer.
"Jude, this is Marie. I hit her when I came down the slide. She's from... uh."
"-England." Marie helped him out.
"Okay..." Jude was really thinking: so?
Marie waved her friend over.
"And this is my best friend Iris... Iris, this is Davis and Jude."
"Hello," the friend smiled.
When Iris swam over, Jude smiled at her. She was pretty... but he didn't think about girls like that yet... or at least he would totally deny it if anyone asked at this point. But girls were growing on him lately.
"So... we're gunna go do the slide again if you want to come, maybe?" Davis offered.
Marie looked to Iris and then back to the boys. "Oh we can't we have to wash up for our families' dinner reservations. But will we see you tomorrow?"
"How long are you here for?" Iris asked, looking at Jude.
"Uh... till next week."
Marie and Iris smiled and started swimming away from the Baker boys.
"Cool."
"See you around boys.."
Jude and Davis watched them go and neither twins realized their mouths were hanging open slightly.
Jude shook his head clear and Davis dunked his head underwater before they made their way to the top of the water slide again.
They wouldn't admit it to each other, but they both wanted to see Iris and Marie again.
;
Brooke and Avery swung their clasped hands back and forth as they walked through the harbor outdoor market with their shopping bags in hand. Brooke had gotten enough sundresses to last her the rest of her life, but she was still upset about the whole situation.
"What's daddy doing?"
Brooke looked over to see Julian haggling with a street vender. He handed some money over to the guy and walked back towards his girls.
"One for you... and one for you."
"Pretty!" Avery held the pink bracelet in the palm of her hand.
Brooke looked at her matching purple one and smiled.
"Thank you."
"Thank you Daddy." Avery let go of Brooke's hand and jumped up into Julian's arms.
"My little princess deserves the best."
Avery giggled. "Is Mommy your princess, too?"
Julian looked to Brooke. "Nah..."
"Excuse me?" Brooke put her hands on her hips, faking being offended.
"That's not nice, Daddy."
Julian laughed and shook his head, slipping that famous grin to his girls.
"No, no... You're my princess, Ave. But Mommy's my Queen."
Brooke raised an eyebrow and nodded. "Nice save."
"Yeah Daddy, good save." Avery agreed.
And with Avery on his hip and Brooke holding onto his other arm, Julian started walking along the pier again feeling like the most blessed king in the world.
;
Three days into the trip and everyone was having a blast. Brooke had successfully tanned for about twelve hours already, and the kids were having a blast at the pools and in the ocean with Julian.
Davis walked back from the water and looked for a towel to dry off himself. As he sat down in the lounge chair beside Brooke, he shook his hair like a dog.
"Hey!"
Davis laughed. "Sorry... did I cool you off?"
"I guess.." Brooke sat up a bit using her forearms, "But did you bury your head in the sand too?"
Brooke brushed off her stomach with one hand.
"Dad threw me into the water cuz I splashed him. He told us to let him get used to the water first and we didn't..."
Brooke laughed. The water must have been pretty warm, but for her husband it still took some getting used to. Unlike herself and her boys who grew up around cold Atlantic water, Julian had only been exposed to the Pacific warmth as a kid.
"So are you having fun or are you worrying about school?" Brooke asked her oldest and most studious.
"Fun... well both, but more fun."
"Good."
Brooke noticed Davis's smile turn into a blank stare right past her.
"Earth to my maiden name?" Brooke waved her hand and then turned her torso around when he didn't respond.
Coming down from the hotel were two girls in tiny little bikinis. Based on their flat figures, they were just barely hitting the puberty stage along with her sons.
"Well, well. She's cute."
When Davis heard that, a grossed out look came to his face. Brooke laughed.
"Oh come on... I'm a Mom but I'm not an idiot. You think she's pretty, huh?"
"No!"
"Don't lie to me, you're no good at it," Brooke said seriously.
Davis did not want to deal with this so he stood up to walk away.
"Davis!"
The boy stopped in his tracks, not ready to be so embarrassed in front of his mother. He turned back slowly as Iris and Marie approached.
"You know them?" Brooke asked surprised.
"We met the other night..." Davis said fast before the girls got in ear shot. "Hi."
"Hi.." the girls said together.
The girls and Davis kind of just stood there.
"Hello girls, I'm Brooke, Davis's mom." Brooke decided she'd butt in since she'd never get an introduction from Davis.
"I'm Iris."
"Marie...Nice to meet you."
"So what have you girls been up to on this fabulous vacation?" Brooke asked, watching the blush overcome her son.
"Well we were just heading down to go paddleboarding. We'll probably be no good at it, but it'll be so fun," Iris smiled.
"Do you want to come, Davis?" Marie asked.
"Aaand Jude?" Iris added timidly.
"Uhm.." Davis's glance went to Brooke. He had no money.
"That will be so fun!" Brooke leaned over to her bag and pulled out a few bills, handing them to Davis.
"Yeah. Let's go grab Jude," the boy smiled.
Brooke watched her son walk away with a girl on each side of him. Whoever thought Davis wouldn't be a lady magnet was so wrong. Even with that quirky smile, mathlete genes, his shy side, and his underdeveloped conversational skills, he was already on his way towards a girlfriend. And a real girlfriend... not just his best friend-that's-a-girl Riley.
;
When Julian made his way up to the chairs with Avery, he pointed back down to the water.
"What just happened?"
"I'm pretty sure our sons have dates.." Brooke laughed.
"With girls?" Avery asked, plopping down on a towel under the umbrella.
"Yep. Apparently they met the night the boys came down to swim alone."
"Interesting... Did you hear the accents?"
"Oh yes! They're adorable. And Davis was mortified when I introduced myself to them." Brooke smiled. She like embarrassing them once in a while.
"What are their names, Mama?"
"Iris and Marie... I think our boys have their first real crushes."
"Even Jude seemed interested," Julian laughed. Before this, his son loved throwing the ball around with his Dad way more than hanging out with girls.
"Well, I think it's good. Their dipping their toes in the whole double dating thing as we speak, and by Monday they'll be an ocean away from each other. Works for me," Brooke smiled.
Julian shook his head and laughed. That was surely the response of a mother who wanted to keep the 'most important female award' in her son's hearts for at least a few years longer.
;
That night after dinner, the boys brushing their teeth in the bathroom and whispered quietly to each other. They'd had a great afternoon with the girls and they were hoping to see them again.
"We'll never pull it off!"
"Yes! Yes we will, I promise," Jude whispered emphatically.
"I don't know, Jude..."
"Don't you trust me?"
Davis turned the water off and sighed. Iris and Marie asked the boys to come midnight swimming with them. Apparently the girls had their own separate room next door to their families and could leave anytime they wanted to, so they wanted the boys to come meet them. But for Jude and Davis, 'sneaking out' would not be easy.
"I guess.."
Jude thought his plan was fool proof. Since their parents were in the one bedroom, they wouldnt hear anything with the door closed. All they had to do was get by Avery who was sleeping on the cot next to the boys' pull out couch bed. And when Avery was asleep, not even a fire alarm could wake that girl.
"We leave at twelve."
"But they said meet at twelve," Davis reminded him.
Jude shook his head and rolled his eyes. "We gotta give them a little suspense, Dav. Don't you know anything about girls?"
"All along I thought I knew more than you... since when do you like girls, anyway?"
Jude turned away. "Since Iris, I think."
Davis laughed. His brother certainly had a quick change of heart.
"Good.. cuz I like Marie."
And at twelve on the dot, they made their escape. They had one minor heart attack each when Avery rolled over as they opened the door, but the twins made it out with no real incidents.
The boys walked quietly down the hall, into the elevator and down to the main level. Walking outside, they passed a maid lady who gave them a dirty look, but the made it to the pool without trouble.
"No one's out here. They're probably not coming," Jude said, rubbing his forearms with his hands and sitting down in a chair beside the pool.
"They'll be here, geez." Jude thought Davis was so dramatic.
Davis and Jude turned to look when they heard footsteps coming and a girl's laugh.
"Hey," Davis said, standing up.
"Hey, you're late," Jude smiled. He really didn't care.
"Sorry. Someone couldn't find her favorite swimsuit..." Marie said, raising her eyes to her best friend.
"You look really nice..." Jude said to Iris. Then he turned to be polite but Davis beat him to it.
"Ugh... both of you do," Davis smiled.
"Thank you," Marie laughed.
"So..." Iris said, dragging out the word. "Last one in's a rotton egg!"
The two girls ran towards the water and jumped right into the pool. Jude and Davis shared a glance before hurring over to the edge. Jude tried to push Davis out of the way, but the boys entered the water at the exact same time.
When the four heads came up out of the water, it didn't matter who lost. They started playing a game of Marco Polo and Marie said she'd be 'it' first. Marie caught Jude, who then hunted around the pool for his Polo. Unbenown to him, Jude backed up Iris into the corner. With his arms sweeping under the water, Jude grabbed Iris's stomach and she yelped. Opening his eyes, Jude laughed and continued to tickle Iris a bit more on purpose.
"I'm done! Stop! I hate this game," Iris yelled.
"Okay, I'm done too."
Marie and Davis were on the other side of the pool and when they heard the game was over, they just started talking.
"Shouldn't you have gotten your brother?" Iris asked Jude. "Don't you have... twin intuition or something?"
Jude shrugged. "We're fraternal... I mean, we're close and everything, but I can't read his mind or feel his presence or anything."
Iris laughed and Jude turned to see where his brother actually was... And that was nowhere in sight.
"Where'd Davis and your friend go?" Jude looked around. He and Iris were the only ones in the pool now.
"I don't know. Maybe they went to make out or something," Iris teased.
"Davis? Ha. No way."
"And you're so sure they're not? I bet you two have girls trying to kiss you all the time." Iris noticed Jude look down. "You have kissed a girl before? Right?"
Jude backed up and faked an 'of course I have, that's the silliest thing I've ever heard' kind of laugh.
"Maybe my brother hasn't kissed a girl, but I definately have..." Jude lied.
Iris smiled an adorable smile and touched his arm. "Oh yeah? ... prove it."
Jude had seen a lot of movies with his Dad, and he knew this was one of those mushy moments that made audiences melt.
He had to go for it.
As the two tween heads inched closer to one another, Iris's hands made their way from his arm to the back of Jude's neck. Jude closed his eyes as he turned his head slightly to the right and their lips met. It was a simple kiss. Nothing too major. But when they came apart both of their faces were blushed.
"Maybe I was wrong... cuz that was pretty good," Iris laughed.
"Yeah?"
Iris nodded and so Jude decided to go back in for just a bit more.
;
Marie and Davis made their way behind the pool area and grabbed towels from a bin.
"It's so nice during the day, but at night I'm still cold," Marie said, shivering within the white towel.
"Me too," Davis agreed. He sat down beside Marie on a lounge chair.
Marie sighed. "I'm glad I met you, Davis. Even if you gave me a bruise."
Davis's eyes widened. "I did? I'm so sorry. Are you okay?"
Marie liked how concerned he was. "Yes, of course," Marie moved her towel and pointed to a small purple bruise on her side. "Nothing to worry about."
"Good... sorry."
"Don't apologize, silly Davis."
The boy smiled. "You say my name funny. I like it."
"I do not! How is it wrong?"
Davis shook his head. "It's not wrong... just different. You say it 'Day-vus' with your accent. I kind of like it."
"Well... Davus," She said it with extra accent, "I like you."
Davis's blank expression gave her nothing to go by. She thought she'd scared him or something, but then his hand moved over and covered hers.
In his mind, all Davis could picture were the movies he'd seen with his family. And a moment like this always ended in a certain way.
So Davis moved in for a kiss.
;
The boys snuck back into the hotel room around three A.M. and collapsed in their beds. When the four tweens met back up, neither couple said anything about the kisses to the other. Of course Marie and Iris told each other after they left the boys, but Jude and Davis didn't mention it to each other at all. They were both on their own little 'cloud nine's to notice the other twin's excitement too. Once in bed, they wanted to sleep all day and just dream about their awesome midnight adventures with the girls. But at eight A.M. sharp, Avery was awake and excited to get the day started.
"Wake up boys!" the eight year old sang. She picked up a pillow that had dropped to the floor and threw it on Jude.
"Ugh... go away," the boys muttered.
Davis tried his hardest to keep his eyes closed and remain in his dream with Marie.
"Come on! I want to go swimming!"
"I'll take you in a minute, Avey-cakes," Brooke said, heading into the bathroom.
"Okay!" Avery looked back toward the boys. "Mommy's the only one I like."
"Oh no, I'm devastated!" Jude faked being sad, but Avery knew of his sarcasm.
"Well you better get on my good side, or I'll tell Mom that you two snuck out last night!"
The boys' eyes bulged.
"Shhh!"
"You don't know anything!"
Avery put her hands on her little hips.
"Yes I do, I saw you and I went out on the balcony and saw you swimming with your girlfriends."
"You're dreaming.." Jude tried to shrug it off.
Davis just looked down. He knew Jude assuring him they wouldn't get caught was a hoax.
"Oh yeah? Then why are you still wet?" She pointed at Davis for that part, and then to Jude. "And why are you still wearing your bathing suit?"
There was a pause before Davis stood up.
"Avery you can't tell!"
"Say pleeeeaaassseee."
"Please!" Davis nodded.
Avery looked to Jude. "And?"
Jude sighed. "Please."
"And?" Avery continued.
"We'll get you anything you want," Davis assured her. "And we'll play all the games in the pool you want, right Jude?"
"Sure thing," Jude raised his thumb fakely. But Davis was right, he didn't want to get in trouble, and if he had to be extra nice to Avery, it was probably worth it.
"Deal." Avery stuck out her hand and shook each brother's and separately. She then turned and walked to the bathroom as Brooke emerged.
"I love vacation!" Avery sang.
Brooke laughed. Avery was even more excited than usual. "Me too... Come on boys!... Julian, wake up! It's a new day! Time for some fun."
;
Brooke stepped out of the water and walked over to Julian, who met her at their chairs with a tropical drink.
"Oh I love you," Brooke beemed.
"How's the water?"
"Sooo nice. And I don't know what it is, but the boys are being super good with Avery today. They're practically her little slave boys out there."
"Maybe she's blackmailing them... she's good at that like her mother, I bet."
"Aw thanks," Brooke hit his chest and she sat down in the chair.
"So are you having a good vacation?" Julian asked.
Brooke took in her surroundings and smiled at the warmth of the sun on her skin.
"It's been almost perfect."
"...except the whole losing your luggage thing?" Julian assumed.
Brooke nodded. "Uh huh. Of course it was my bag. It's always me that gets screwed."
"Well you've certainly made my credit card very tired this week."
"Haha, yeah. Thank you, sweetie."
Brooke leaned over and kissed her husband. Whent hey pulled away, he gave her that grin.
"And I have news that you're really going to like.."
"What?" Brooke was curious.
"The front desk called and said they found your bag. I had them send it up to the room so it should be there when we get back."
Brooke sat up straight. "Really?"
Julian nodded and Brooke squealed. She thought her stuff was gone for good.
But it was just stuff... it didn't really matter. Material things could be re-purchased. The only things she really needed were her four travel companions.
The rest was just a bonus.
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In the water, Jude and Davis took turns being practically drowned by Avery. She wanted to sit on their shoulders in the water, but getting up was a super problem. Yet, they did it anyways. They didn't want her to rat them out to their parents about sneaking out.
As Jude coughed and shook the water off his face and hair, he saw Iris and Marie walking towards the pool from the hotel doors.
"Davis!" Jude called to get his attention. Davis turned and saw the girls too.
Leaving Avery in the middle of the pool, the boys swam over to the edge of the pool.
"Hey," Jude smiled.
"Want to come swim with us?" Davis asked. He was so much more confident now that he knew Marie liked him back.
"We can't," Iris frowned.
"We have to leave today... we, we came to say goodbye," Marie said sadly.
"You're leaving?" Jude asked, even though he obviously knew the answer. But he just wasn't expecting it after last night. He figured they had a few more days left.
"We're sorry. We really like you guys, but we have no choice."
Iris pulled out her cell phone. "Can we call you?"
Jude and Davis looked at each other. They didn't have cell phones, but they sure wanted to keep in touch with these girls.
"Yeah...I'll be right back." Davis got out of the pool and ran over to his parents.
"Dad, can I borrow your phone?" he asked, grabbing a towel too.
"Why? Are you gunna cost me a fortune?"
"No... uh... Marie and Iris are leaving and we wanted to, um" Davis faded out.
"You're exchanging numbers, aren't you!" Brooke said excitedly.
Davis nodded.
"Okay, well give them the house phone number, okay?" She handed the phone over to her boy.
"Thanks."
Davis hurried back and rolled his eyes when he heard his mom squeal, "That was so cute!" to his Dad. Davis handed Jude his towel before taking down Iris and Marie's cell phone numbers. Jude gave the girls their home number and his dad's cell phone number too, just in case.
"Okay, well... we have to get going." Marie smiled and stepped towards Davis. She didn't care if he'd get her a little wet... She was probably never going to see him again. "Bye," she said before hugging him tightly. Davis wanted to kiss her, but knew his parents were probably watching.
Iris and Jude did the same.
"Thank you," Jude whispered in Iris's ear. He didn't even know why he said it, but the words just spilled out. Iris giggled and kissed his cheek.
The girls walked away and Jude and Davis sat down at the edge of the pool together.
"This sucks," Davis said, banging a fist on the ground.
"Yeah..." Jude agreed.
"I really like her... and we... the other night..." Davis was hesitant to tell Jude.
"Yeah, about the other night... me and Iris..."
"Marie and I..." Davis still continued.
The boys looked at each other and blurted out simultaneously, "We made out!"
Their faces both turned confused and then they started laughing.
"No way! You kissed her too? I kissed Iris and you kissed Marie?" Jude was shocked and at the same time he thought it was hilarious.
"Not just kissed. Made out... a lot," Davis admitted.
"Us too!" Jude said. "I didn't think you had it in ya, Dav."
"Well you too little brother." The conversation paused for a second while the boys relived their first kisses.
"Wow... I love this vacation," Davis smiled.
"Me too." Jude smiled and jumped back into the water.
Davis followed with a big smile on his face, too.
"I hope Avery doesn't ruin this for us... if she rats us out..." Jude started.
"It'll be worth the punishment," Davis finished.
Jude laughed and nodded. It totally would be worth it.
The rest of the vacation was a lot of fun too, and by the end of the week, none of the five ever wanted to leave. But the real world was waiting for them. School and work were expecting them back and they had to leave.
And the boys didn't get in trouble because Julian and Brooke didn't find out.
Avery was willing to keep their secret...well, at least for now.
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~Haley :)