OH MY GOODNESS! I'm so so so sorry it took so long to update! This summer has not been what I hoped it would! Sorry this is so short! I should have a nice long one up for you sometime this week(: thanks for being the best readers ever!

Chapter 8

"Look how cute they are." my mom's voice said pulling me out of sleep. I didn't have the strength to drag my eyes open. I knew I should be awake but I also knew I needed more sleep. I could discern, however, that sometime last night I had shifted on top of Zach and his arms were protectively around my waist. My head rested on his chest and I had never been more comfortable.

"No, not cute" Joe's voice cut in "it's gross and they're too young and we should've stayed up to chaperone them." Come on Joe, like we would do anything with you two just down the hall.

"Oh leave them be! They all look adorable. Let's leave them to sleep, they look exhausted." Thank you Mama.

"Fine, but if his hands go anywhere they shouldn't be, I'm pulling them apart." I could tell his threat was not an empty one.

"Which boy are you talking about?" My mom asked.

"Any of them." He answered

"They won't do anything, come on."

The voices faded as I snuggled closer to Zachs chest. His arms tightened around me and I fell back into a blissful sleep.

I heard a sudden intake of breath and lifted my head immediately to see what was wrong. Zachs arms gently pulled me back down.

"Sorry Cam, didn't mean to wake you, it's just me." He whispered in a sleepy voice.

I laid back down on his chest. "It's okay. Are you alright?" I asked

"Better now that I know you're still here." His sleepy voice gave me chills. I smiled.

"I'm not going anywhere."

"Neither am I." I glanced across the room. The others were all in similar positions to Zach and I. "Well don't they look comfortable." I said gesturing to Macey and Preston.

He chuckled. "Come on, we don't want to wake them." He said once again pulling me closer. I placed my head against the crook in his neck as he drew lazy circles on my back, seconds later, I was asleep again.

"BLACKTHORNE, FALL IN!" A very loud Joe exclaimed. I winced at the sudden noise. Zach rolled off the couch onto the ground and I rolled the opposite way to keep myself on the couch. I sat up and looked over to see all four of the boys doing push ups. I made eye contact with Bex as we busted out laughing, Macey and Liz soon joining in.

The boys looked up at Joe and glared. Bex and I had fallen over on our sides and even Joe was chuckling.

"We got sick of watching you guys sleep." My mom said with a smile. I finally stopped laughing and wiped the tears from my eyes. I ran a hand through my tangled hair and glanced at the clock. It was 10:30 in the morning.

"Why don't you guys go get dressed, or better yet, go put on your bathing suits? There's this water park I want to check out today." Joe suggested. There was a dangerous undertone to his voice, I knew there was more than one reason we were going to water park today. I got unnecessarily excited, even though I doubted we would be participating, we were going on a mission.

We ran upstairs, all of us in rush to get ready. We parted ways with the boys and headed for our rooms.

"Who do you think Solomon's going after?" Bex asked as soon as the door was closed, we were all on the same page already.

"Someone interesting hopefully." Macey said as she dug through her drawers looking for something to wear.

"No matter what it is, we have to keep our eyes and ears open for anything." I said with emphasis on anything.

"Cam, put this on," Macey said as she threw a 2 piece bathing suit at me. I held it up to see a very revealing black boho strapless bikini.

"Mace!" I exclaimed in protest.

"Cam, you said so yourself, we have to be prepared for anything. This could come in handy!" She replied.

She threw bikinis at Bex and Liz then pulled one out for herself.

"Go change!" She ordered me and Liz, and we reluctantly went to our room to change.

I slowly put on the bikini. Liz looked as happy with her selection as I was with mine. She had on a red bikini with one over the shoulder strap.

"Girls! Come here and let me do your hair!" Macey called.

Macey french braided liz's hair and pulled it back into a bun like a pro and then called me to my doom. She mussed my hair to give it beach waves and ordered me not to touch it.

We proceeded to put on waterproof make up and macey gave us matching cover ups and matching sunglasses and headed downstairs to leave for the water park.

"Finally." My mom said as we reached the bottom stairs. "The stuff is already in the car, let's go." She said as we locked the front door and got in the car.

Joe had exchanged our suburban for a van that could seat 12, the girls and I climbed into the front row of seats and we were off.

"Alright you guys" Joe began as we began driving. "This, as you may have guessed, is not a regular trip to the water park. This is a test. You may call it a summer homework assignment." Liz immediately lit up, and Jonas cheered. "Your job is to catch a teen. As easy as this sounds, it may not be what you have in mind. I need each of you to pick a teen and convince them to do something reckless. It can be anything you want as long as its crazy." Bex got an evil smile on her face. "The park closes at sundown, you have until then to complete your mission. Everyone understand?" We all chorused our confirmations.

"Well this should be interesting." Zach whispered in my ear and I suddenly got an idea for my reckless activity.

"Yes," I agreed "Yes it should."