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We entered her room and we all just stood there awkwardly. Ali moved forward and ran her fingers delicatly over her bed. She sat down.
"We should get sleeping bags and pillows." Hanna spoke up.
Ali nodded. "Are they still in the hall closet?" She asked while looking at me.
"I don't know. Do you want me to ask Jason?" She nodded. "Be right back."
I went down ther stairs and into the living room where the boys all seemed to be discussing something. I stood in the entryway. Toby looked up and saw me.
"Everything ok, Ar?" He asked.
Jason turned around. Once his eyes found me, he stood up.
"You ok?" He asked.
"We were just wondering where the sleeping bags and stuff were."
"Same place they've always been." He smiled.
"Thanks." I smiled back.
He kissed my forehead. "Sweet dreams."
"Stay safe." I said. I walked away, looking back every few steps.
I walked back up to Ali's room. Hanna and Spencer had sat on Ali's bed beside her. Emily was leaning against her dresser and Paige was sitting on the chair that went to Ali's vanity. Everyone, including Ali, looked slightly uncomfortable. I leaned against the door frame and everybody looked at me.
"Same place as before." I replied. I turned around and walked down the hall to the closet. Hanna and Paige followed me. We each grabbed two sleeping bags and two pillows. We went back to Ali's room.
Once we got the sleeping bags and pillows set up, we sat in slience.
"This feels like old times, huh?" Ali asked, with a hopeful look on her face and a strain to her voice.
"Yeah." Spencer spoke up.
"Just like old times." Hanna added.
Ali smiled weakly. "Thanks for lying. I know how awkward this is."
"So..." I started.
"So..." Paige said.
"I have no idea what to say." I said.
Ali smiled. "I do. You all have grown up so much. I am so proud of all of you. Hanna, you are so beautiful. Not that you weren't before. I am so sorry, to all of you for how I treated you. I've realized how wrong I was over the years. Especially you Emily. I should have never played with your emotions. Yours either, Paige. I was wrong. I thought being beautiful gave me the right to treat people poorly. I realize how wrong I was then, and I'm so thankful that I had true friends like you four."
Hanna reached over and gave her a hug.
The next half hour was filled with apologies, tears, and hugs. We had all missed Ali. No matter how badly she had treated us, we still loved her.
We popped a movie in shortly before we all fell asleep.
