A/N: Guueeeessss who finally posted! ME! Enjoy guys. Review if you feel like it.

Chapter 15

As the day grew to its end and the hours ticked down, the girls and I formed plans, and backup plans, backup plans for the backup plans, excuses, stories, and escape routes in case things go sour. Eventually, an hour before sundown, we finally had a plan that would hopefully get us through the night. We had talked about our backstory and what little details we could worm into our lives without it being a threat to Gallagher's security, everything was to be handled very carefully.

"Alright girls, lets get ready to party!" Macey whispered at us.

"Why are you whispering?" I asked at normal volume.

"So no one overhears." She whispered again.

"Oh." Bex Liz and I whispered, drawing out the "Oh" sound as we understood.

"Remember girls, cute and functional." Bex instructed. We nodded as we walked away.

"I'm serious girls!" Bex whisper/yelled at us from the bathroom doorway. We gave a mock salute before closing our bathroom door behind us.

"Okay Liz, I don't know about you but I'm planning to spend most of my time in the water!" I said crossing to my closet.

"Same, I'd really rather avoid contact with civilians tonight." Liz said as she walked to the dresser.

"It's all fun and games until someone gets their memory erased." I mumbled.

"Isn't that the truth." Liz said pulling open a drawer.

I pulled an t-shirt and some shorts out of the closet before crossing over to where Liz stood. She pulled a bathing suit out of the dresser before crossing to the closet. I decided to wear the high waisted black shorts with the pink bandeau top, and Liz wore her matching one. We threw our shorts and t-shirts on before walking over to Bex and Macey's room and knocking on the door.

"You guys ready?" I asked as Bex opened the door.

"Just about" She said with a sigh. Macey sat in front of the mirror, doing her make-up.

"Do you guys have everything you need?" Macey asked from where she sat.

"Yeah." We replied as we patted our beach bags.

"Do you think we should bring our boards?" I asked Liz as we sat down on the bed.

"We might as well, so no matter what we can surf." She replied after only a moment of thought.

I nodded my agreement."You guys are ditching us to surf?" Bex asked.

"Yeah, sorry about that." Liz said with a smile.

Bex gave us an exasperated look before mouthing 'That means I have to stay with Macey.'

I mouthed back 'Sorry!' and gave her a pouty face.

She rolled her eyes and turned to Macey. "Looks like I'm with you Mace." She said with fake enthusiasm.

"Don't worry Bex we'll have fun!" Macey said "Liz, did you set up those surveillance cameras?"

"They're up and running. We'll be able to access them from any kind of computer." Liz informed her.

"What about the temporary security systems?" She questioned.

"Armed and ready to go." I answered for her, I doubled checked them about 20 times.

"And the bugs are recording their every move." Liz finished.

"Okay, we all know the plan right?" Macey checked again as she turned around.

We all nodded our affirmations. "Brilliant!" Bex exclaimed. "Lets go!"

Bex and Macey crossed to their window and Liz and I walked back to our room to open our window. At a silent signal, Liz and Macey started to descend. They quickly checked the back window to make sure that the curtains were closed, concealing our exit. When they gave the all clear, Bex and I slowly lowered ourselves out of our windows, closing them as much as we could before climbing down the wall and landing safely on the back porch. Liz and I crossed to where we kept the surfboards and quickly and silently grabbed one for each of us. We trekked silently from the back yard, past the pool, down the beach in the direction of the party. As soon as we were sure we were out of hearing range, we chatted quietly with each other.

"How did you meet these guys again?" Liz asked.

"They just kinda came up to us on the beach." Macey answered.
"Did they seem at all suspicious?" She asked worriedly.

"No, they seemed totally normal." Bex answered reassuringly.

"Trust me Liz, it will be totally fine." I said with a smile. "Plus, we'll be in the water the whole time"

"Not until you talk to Sawyer."

"As soon as I say hi to Sawyer." I amended with a smile and Liz laughed.

"Okay well, I guess we might as well try to enjoy ourselves tonight, right?" Liz said, the smile still present on her face.

About a half hour later, it was a lot longer when you weren't sprinting, we finally reached the stretch of beach that was clearly taken over by a party.

"Alright, first thing is first, find Sawyer, Xavier and Sam." Macey instructed as she strutted towards the group. "Remember girls, cling to your cover, its all we have."

Immediately, we adjusted our posture and facial expressions. In the blink of an eye we became rich heiresses that were looking for trouble. I had to adjust my cover slightly so I didn't seem out of character to Sawyer, but anyone could see that my friends and I were anything but innocent good girls.

A few minutes later, after the whispers had started,we found them. "I spy with my little eye…" I trailed off staring right at Sam and Xavier, Sawyer was just off to the side.

"Good eye Cam." Bex said with a small drawl to her voice.

"Come on, lets get this over with, I wanna get in the water." Liz said in an annoyed voice. I had never seen someone change so drastically to fit a cover.

"Well well well, what do we have here?" Macey said in a flirty voice as we approached the boys.

"Hey check out what the cat dragged in!" Xavier said with a wink to Bex.

"Look what the dog brought back" Bex said with a smile on her face. Anyone who knew Bex knew how dangerous that smile really was, Bex was not happy about having to spend the night with this guy.

"Hey there Cam!" Sawyer said with a grin.

I smiled right back at him. "Hey Sawyer, this is my friend Liz." I said introducing my beautiful southern belle of a friend.

"Hey Liz! I'm Sawyer." He said sticking out his hand. Liz paused for half a second before giving him half a smile and shaking his hand.

"Well Hi." Liz said with her southern accent thick.

"You guys any good at surfing?" Sawyer asked, gesturing to our boards.

"Better than most." I said cockily.

Sawyer beamed. "Great! I think we're going to have tons of fun tonight." He winked. "But first, house rules, all swimmers have to wear at least one glow stick at all times, we don't want to lose anyone." He pulled three necklace glow sticks out of his pocket and handed one to both me and Liz before putting one on himself.

Liz and I cracked the sticks and shook them to help them glow before wrapping them around our necks. "You ready for this?" I asked Liz.

"Totally." She replied as we pulled off our shirts and shorts. We threw our clothes in our bags before handing them to Bex and Macey.

"Keep an eye on these for us?" I asked them.

"Sure thing, you gonna be in the water?" Bex asked eyeing my ensemble jealously.

I nodded before leaning in to give her a hug. "Get away if you can." I said, knowing she would do everything in her power to get into the water.

"Come on guys, I plan on staying in the water until the sun rises!" I exclaimed as Sawyer Liz and I ran towards the water.

We hit the water running, the cool water felt amazing in the humid Florida air. We all swam towards the waves that were starting to build on the horizon. As I ducked under the first wave and surfaced next to my sister, I knew that this night would be one to remember.

As Liz caught the next wave and managed to surf it with more skill than anyone else there, Sawyer let out a whistle of appreciation. "You guys weren't kidding. You're almost as good as I am!" He said with a wink.

"Oh really, why not put your money where your mouth is?" I teased back.

"You're on!" He challenged and we took off into the waves.

Don't ever tell anyone this, but I lost track of time. We surfed and surfed and surfed, never leaving the water once. I was euphoric, Liz and I laughed and messed around with Sawyer, who was actually a really cool guy. We learned more about him, and he learned more about our covers as we rode the waves all across the beach. After a few hours, Sawyer left to go chill on the beach for a while, while he was gone Liz and I pulled out some wicked moves with our spy skills, but we made sure we were far enough from the beach that no one would notice. After his break, Sawyer rejoined us, refreshed and ready to go. If it weren't for our endurance training, Liz and I would've crashed ages ago. My hands and feet had long since turned to prunes when Bex finally appeared in the water near us.

"Hey! Cammie!" She yelled from a few yards away.

"BEX!" I yelled back to her, a huge grin on my face.

We started swimming towards each other, Liz hot on my heels as we met in the middle.

"Wow, what a party right?" Bex said with a smile, and I could tell that she was having as much fun as we were.

"No kidding!" I said with a small laugh, I had been out of breathe for ages and I was now fighting to catch my breath.

"Do you guys realize that you've been out here for about 5 hours already?" Bex commented. "There's only about four more until sunrise." I deflated a little.

"Only four?" I said disappointed.

"That can't be right." Liz said sounding as disappointed.

"Oh trust me, that's right. There's no other possible explanation for Macey's sudden grumpiness." Bex said exasperated.

"Uh-oh, that doesn't sound good." I said swiping a piece of hair out of my face.

"She's sleeping on the beach right now though, I think she'll be fine." Bex said with a wave of her hand.

"You left her sleeping alone on the beach?" Liz asked incredulously. "What if someone tries to hurt her?"

"Heaven help the sucker that tries." I said with a laugh and I slapped Bex's hand.

"Any way, I decided I was going to hang with you guys until it was time to go, that cool?" She asked, already knowing the answer.

"Of course!" I exclaimed loudly.

"What kind of question is that?" Liz asked giggling.

"HEY!" Sawyers voice came from a few yards away. "I thought we were here to surf!" I could practically hear his smile.

"We are!" We yelled back in unison as we took off into the waves.

The rest of the night passed in a blur. We surfed, and swam, and wiped out, and pulled crazy tricks, and even created a few games. I have never had so much fun in the water in my entire life.

Hours later, when the sky began to lighten, we finally dragged ourselves to shore.

"I must admit," Sawyer wheezed as we all tried to catch a final wave to shore. "You girls are pretty hard core."

"That so?" I said uninterested

"Yeah, I mean, I'm pretty sporty, I'm super into all different kinds of fighting. You know, mixed martial arts, any kind of karate, wrestling, basically any contact sport, but I've never seen anyone do what you can do, except for maybe my brother."

"What's so special about your brother?" I asked trying to get his attention off of us.

"He's in the marines, off fighting for his country and all that jazz." He said suddenly a little sad.

"That's rough" I said looking over at him, sympathizing. I squeezed his hand reassuringly.

"When does he get back from wherever he is?" Bex asked, a little distractedly, her eyes on the horizon. I knew she was trying not to think about the similarities between his situation and her situation with her parents away on a mission.

"Soon, hopefully." He answered, keeping hold of my hand.

"Is your brother the only one that's fought for his country in your family?" I asked, feeling there was more to the story.

"Nah, my dad's in the marines as well. He disappeared a few months back," I knew that feeling all too well. "There's currently a search party out looking for him. They got a lead on their position about a week ago. Hopefully he'll be home soon."

"He'll be proud of his son whenever he gets back." Liz said softly. "You're a really great guy Sawyer."

Sawyer's smile returned. "Thanks guys." he reached over and grabbed my arm, and Liz's before pulling us under his arms in a kind of awkward side hug that can only be achieved while sitting in the ocean on surfboards. We giggled and hugged him back.

"THERE'S ONE!" Bex screamed and well took off towards the giant waved headed our way.

We caught the wave perfectly and made it back to shore without an incident. As soon as we reached the sand, we collapsed in a heap, the waves still reaching our ankles and licking our legs. "You lied Bex." I said as I tried in vain to catch my breath and avoid falling asleep.

"I did?" She said a little confused but just as exhausted.

"You said it was only four hours until sunrise, it's been five." I commented as I prepared myself to stand up.

"My apologies." She said as she stretched.

"Okay girls, time to go." Macey's fully awake, very rested sounding voice came too loud.

"Five more minutes." Liz whined as she curled on her surfboard.

"No way, Mom and Solomon are going to flip if they find out we're gone. We can't afford to waste anymore time." Macey said as she dropped a chocolate bar on each of our chests. "Eat this, and lets go."

"Ooo! Chocolate" I said as I popped up and ripped open the package. Bex quickly followed my example while Liz just groaned.

"Come on Lizzie, it will make you feel better!" I exclaimed way too loud. Liz groaned again before rolling to a sitting position to open the package.

"I want some!" Sawyer whined looking like a kicked puppy. I broke off a piece and placed it in his mouth. "That's good stuff." He said before rolling over, looking like he had every intention of spending the rest of the day there.

"Sawyer! Bro! There you are! We thought you were a goner!" Xavier yelled way too loudly as he stalked down the beach.

We all groaned, Bex loudest of all. "That's our cue, later Sawyer." Bex said quickly climbing to her feet, pulling me with her.

"No, please don't leave me." He reach up to us like a dying man.

"I'm afraid we must" I said while giving him a salute. "We'll see you around." I promised as I picked up my board and went to help Bex and Macey get Liz up.

"Bye Sawyer" Liz mumbled as we pulled her to her feet and started walking in the direction of our house.

"Take me with you!" He called as we stumbled away.

The walk back to our house was anything but pleasant. We grumbled, tripped, groaned and complained the whole way back. After about 45 minutes of walking the house was finally in sight.

"Finally!" Bex mumbled as we walked up the stretch of beach to the back of the house.

"Shh!" I shushed her, this was the most dangerous part and not a sound could be made.

As we neared the house, our adrenaline started pumping and our instincts kicked in. We silently put our boards away and positioned ourselves beneath the windows. Bex and I climbed up first, to make sure it was safe and they weren't laying in wait. There's no need for all of us to climb the wall if they're going to catch us anyway. After we searched the rooms and bathroom, double checking that the security system was in place, armed, and nothing was out of place we gave the all clear. Macey and Liz scaled the wall into the rooms perfectly without making a sound.

We whispered our goodnights and set our alarms so we didn't sleep all day, then changed quickly and quietly. We hurried to hide all evidence of our night out before crashing onto our beds. I was asleep the second my head hit the pillow.

Let me be the first to say that after you've been awake for about 22 hours, an additional 6 hours of sleep is not enough. We fell asleep as the sun crossed the horizon, at about 6:00 in the morning, so around the time the boys left for their run. Now sleeping until noon is usually a pleasure, something to enjoy, but if you've only had 6 hours of sleep it feels more like death.

Needless to say I was not a happy Cammie when my alarm went off. After a groan from Liz, I did us both a favor and threw the clock across the room. It sounded like it shattered when it hit the wall, but all that mattered to me was that the infernal beeping stopped.

The relief, however, was short lived because a mere 10 minutes later, our secondary alarm came in. AKA Macey.

"Come on girls, up and at em!" She yelled, jumping on the bed.

We groaned in reply.

"Come on, the guys are gonna start getting suspicious." She said jumping up and down on the bed as if it were a trampoline.

We groaned again, perfectly portraying how we had zero intention of getting up.

"Bex, come help me wake up Cammie and Liz!" Macey called to her in next room.

"Oh this sounds like fun!" Bex came running into the room and immediately jumped on the bed.

Liz and I groaned louder.

"Come on girls! Today is going to be great!" This one sentence was more than enough to shake me out of my stupor and to spike my curiosity.

"Why?" I asked opening one and eye and lifting it to Bex's face.

Liz stopped grumbling and looked up at Macey and Bex as well.

"Well…" Macey said drawing out the the l sound at the end. "We may or may not have overheard certain blackthorne boys talking about their plans to apologize."

"The bugs caught something?" Liz exclaimed quickly as she shot up.

"They figured out why we're mad?" I asked incredulously.

"Yes," She said pointing to Liz "and no." Macey finished pointing to me.

"They just decided that they obviously did something wrong and they have quite the plan to fix it." Bex said excitedly.

"Well, don't leave us hanging! What is it?" I asked finally sitting up.

"We don't know." Macey said shrugging. "They caught the bugs before they made any real plans. All we saw was Zach had a great idea and that he expected us to be in love with them again by the end of the week. We got a letter about 10 minutes ago under the door saying to dress up and be ready in two hours."

"Well, then we better get ready." I sighed.

Liz and I slowly climbed out of bed, Liz sighed and scratched her head watching sand fall from her hair. Bex then copied the motion with similar results.

"Okay, that's disgusting. Liz you shower first, Bex you next, then Cam and I will." Macey said wrinkling her nose.

So the prepping began. Macey turned on her iPod and blasted it through our rooms, as Liz showered, Macey, Bex, and I started looking at outfits. We started with Macey. As we pooled our closets together, trying to find the best possible ensemble for her. We were finding absolutely nothing, we had no idea what we were doing so we didn't know what to plan for. I was about to give up when we heard a knock on the door.

"Who's there?" I called.

"It's mom." My mom replied. I went to go and open the door, almost forgetting to turn off the alarm system.

"Hey girls, I thought you might need some help picking out what to wear." She surveyed the mess of clothes everywhere. "It looks like I was right. Gee it looks like a clothing hurricane hit." She joked picking her way through the mess.

"Do you know what they have in store for us?" Bex asked.

"Yes, I do." My mom replied picking up a few shirts and holding them up before dropping them on the ground again.

"Well, what is it?" Macey asked impatiently.

"I promised not to say anything." She answered as she stared at one of Macey's tops before throwing it over her shoulder. "You girls really don't have anything to wear for what they have planned though." She said thoughtfully. She tapped her finger to her lip a few times before coming to a decision. "Okay, I'm going to go and talk to the boys, you three shower and put on something comfortable. They boys will have to push back their plans, we're going shopping. Hurry up, we've got a lot of ground to cover and not a lot of time. I'll be back to get you in half an hour." She clapped her hands and walked to the door. "You can use the shower down the hall by the way, it's safe."

She shut the door after her and I just looked at my friends in shock. Macey smiled. "It looks like our shopping trip just got pushed up a bit."

"That's an understatement." I said picking up a pair of jean cut-off shorts and one of my t-shirts.

"Liz hurry up! There's a change of plans!" Macey said marching off to talk to liz.

"Hey Cam, you should wear this!" Bex said throwing a dark floral crop top and matching pink skirt at me.

"These aren't mine" I protested holding up the items.

"The top is mine and the skirt actually is yours miss I-don't-know-what's-in-my-closet. It'll look cute I promise, just pretty please try it on?" She begged. I looked closer at the ensemble, it actually was pretty cute.

"Fine, but you have to wear this." I said throwing Macey's off the shoulder red top and some black shorts at her.

"This is Macey's." She stated holding up the top.

"I know, but it will look great on you and Mace won't mind. Wear it with those thigh high black socks and the combat boots with a tiny heel on them. It'll look great if you wear it with," I crossed to my jewelry box and pulled out the silver dog tags "this." I finished throwing the necklace at her.

She looked it over for a minute before nodding her agreement. "But as long as we're picking outfits out for each other," She said tossing me her skinny black belt to go with it.

"This works but what about shoes?" I asked her impatiently.

"Patience child!' She exclaimed crossing over to where we had set up the shoes from our combined closets. She picked out the boots she planned on wearing before examining the remaining shoes very carefully. Eventually she decided on a pair of black studded wedges.

"These will look great with that." She said leaving no room for argument.

"But-" I tried to argue but she cut me off with a wave of her hand. I stared at the ensemble carefully, spending extra time looking at the shoes. "They are kinda…" I trailed off.

"Hot?" She suggested.

"Yeah, but I was thinking more along the lines of...dangerous."

"Oh, you mean se-" I cut her off before she could finish her sentence.

"You know I hate that word!" I reminded her.

She winked at me before crossing to her jewelry box. She pulled open the lid and surveyed the contents carefully before tossing me her small gold locket, the one I gave her our first year at Gallagher.

"You sure?" I asked holding up the necklace.

"Totally." She said without a trace of doubt in her voice.

"Bex, your turn in the shower, Cam you can go get in the one down the hall." Macey said coming back into the room.

"See you girls soon." Bex said with a smile as she crossed to the bathroom.

"You can go shower first Mace," I said gesturing to the door. "I already know what I'm going to wear and I can shower fast."

"You sure?" She asked before gathering her bathroom bag.

"Definitely, go on." I said waving her off before crossing through the bathroom, (scaring Bex), to go put my clothes down.

"Cammie, thank heavens." Liz said as soon as I crossed the door frame. "I have no idea what to wear." She exclaimed throwing her arms up. She stood there in front of the closet in just her dressing robe, her wet hair dripping down the carpet.

"We made quite the compilation of clothes in Bex and Macey's room, we can find something in there. Most of your stuff is in there too, sorry about that by the way." I said a little guiltily.

"Oh thank heavens, I thought I was going crazy!" She said sighing in relief. We crossed through the bathroom, once again scaring Bex, to the mess of clothing and shoes. After a miraculous three and a half minutes we found something for Liz to wear.

We had finally decided on a pale pink skirt that hung off her delicate frame beautifully. We paired it with a light cream colored crop top that had small bits of floral pattern across it and some adorable pink heels that tied the outfit together perfectly. After grabbing her favorite charm bracelet out of her jewelry box (and getting a "Bloody-" from Bex) she crossed back to our room to change.

I ran a hand through my sandy hair resigning myself to wait, when the water shut off and a still angry Bex Baxter exited the bathroom, with a scowl on her face.

"Your turn Cam, watch your back I'm going to get revenge for all of that." She said mumbling mostly to herself.

"Thanks Bex, be out in the shake of a lambs tail."

"What does a bloody lamb got to do with anything!" She yelled after me and I just laughed.

"It's an expression Bex!" Came Liz's voice from down the hall.

"It's a stupid expression!" Bex replied continuing their conversation.

I quickly turned on the shower and faster than I thought possible, I managed to de-sand myself and moisturize myself by the time Macey made it back to her room.

"That was impressive Cam." Liz said as I finished dressing and opened the door to let the other girls in.

"Thank you, thank you, I know." I said with a smile playing on my face.

"Well, get out of the way and be impressive in your room, we've got to finish getting ready!" Macey exclaiming carting her makeup into the bathroom.

I swiftly blow-dried my hair and ran a brush through it, making it soft and shiny before going to finish getting ready with my friends. As we all stood in a line in front of the mirror, each of us passing things back and forth without even needing to say a word I couldn't help but smile at our silent communication.

I caught Bex's eye in the mirror and raised an eyebrow at her, making her laugh suddenly. As my best friends and I joined in her laughter, we all seemed to be thinking the same thing, but it was Macey who said it aloud.

"We should just forget the guys." She stated as she resumed checking her makeup

"Seriously, with friends like you guys, I won't ever need a boyfriend." I echoed her movements.

"Guys with come and go-" Liz began

"But girlfriends last forever." Bex finished throwing her arms around Macey and Liz who wrapped an arm around me, connecting us all.

We turned as we heard the click of a camera. "You girls, are so beautiful." My mom said as she pocketed the camera.

We looked over at her and smiled. "We're ready to go, but I'm just warning you the boys are downstairs in the kitchen and have no intention of moving." She warned as we moved to grab our shoes from off the bathroom counter.

"What do we do?" I asked the other girls as I leaned down to put on the heels "We said we were going to wait until today to talk to them, but I'm not quite sure thats the best move at this point."

"I think we wait to see what they do, don't openly reject them but don't go to them either. Wait to see if they come to you, and don't make it seem like we've forgiven them because I sure haven't." Macey said "It took five minutes to cover up Lizzies bruises." She held up the bottle of concealer.

"I haven't either, I mean it was liz." Bex said pulling her curled naturally curly gorgeous caramel hair over one shoulder.

"If it were me, Bex or even Macey I would say we were taking it too far, but it really just wasn't okay." I agreed as we shut off the lights and moved towards the door.

"You guys know you don't have to do this for me, I'm okay, really." Liz injected feebly, as she picked up her messenger bag.

"But we're not Liz, these are the boys that we're trusting with our hearts and they can't even see what they did thats wrong. We're not spies yet, and it will never be okay for one of them to injure our sister." Bex defended.

"I agree, this is something that should not be overlooked." My mom agreed with us.

"Come on girls, backs straight, heads high, smiles on." Macey said as we opened the door and strutted into the hallway.

Well, to be a bit more specific, Macey strutted looking absolutely amazing, Bex kind of stalked but somehow made it look feminine, Liz was gliding like a fairy that had occasional balance problems, while my roommates gracefully made their way down the hall I just kind of crept along behind them, wishing I could avoid facing the boys for the rest of my life.

As we started down the stairs, I looked over the top of the stairs to see the boys whispering. When they noticed my mom wasn't alone they all jumped to their feet. They stood in silence as we finished descending the staircase and started towards the kitchen, but before Macey, who was in the lead, could step a foot in the kitchen they decided to speak.

"Mace." Preston said, sorrow on his voice.

"What." Macey replied emotionlessly. Liz wordlessly backed up towards the wall, Bex and I followed.

"I'm sorry, I'm a jerk, and rude, and heartless, and unappreciative, and blind, and stupid because I still can't figure out why you're mad, but I need you to know that I'm sorry." He started walking towards her. "I'm sorry that I made you upset, I'm sorry that I'm not even a quarter of the guy that you need, that you deserve but I can't say I'm sorry that I'm going to kiss you right now." He surged forward and pressed his lips to hers, catching us all of guard.

What surprised the boys however was that Macey kissed him back. She held him to her for just a moment but that was all that Preston needed to push his luck a little farther and clutch her close to him. I made eye contact with Bex before surging forward and grabbing Preston by the arm, surprising him enough that he let go.

"That's enough." I said quietly. "Let's go guys." I said grabbing Macey's arm and pulling her away so we could go and squeal in the car.

Bex and Liz quickly followed us as we stalking through the kitchen. I glanced once at Macey to see a small smile playing on her lips and lovestruck look on her face.

I couldn't help but grin at my best friends fortune, she deserved to be happy.

We managed to make it out to the car without uttering a sound but the second the doors were closed, we exploded.

We joined in simultaneous screaming and squealing while my mom laughed and pulled out of the driveway. Bex turned around to face Me, Macey, and Liz in the back seat, an enormous grin on her face.

"I was not expecting that." Bex said her british accent thick with her excitement.

"I don't think any of us were!" I replied echoing her excitement. "Mace?" I asked my stunned friend. Her face was flushed and she couldn't stop smiling, I had never seen her like this and it was equal parts ridiculous and adorable.

"That was incredible! I can't believe he did that!" She exclaimed finally.

"I didn't think he had it in him!" Liz put in, fiddling on her computer.

"Lizzie, what could you possibly be doing at a time like this?" I asked her confused.

"I may or may not have planted more bugs downstairs…" she said sheepishly.

"WHAT?!" We yelled in unison, all trying to see the screen.

"Just audio, but they've been recording the whole time. Since before Preston's move." She explained turning the volume up all the way on her laptop. "Are you guys ready?" She asked, her finger hovering above the play button.

"YES!"

"HURRY UP LIZ"

"I WAS READY TEN MINUTES AGO!"

And other similar answers quickly burst from our mouths.

"Okay, okay, I'm hitting play!" She yelled hitting the button, we all leaned closer to hear.

Oh boy, we were not prepared for what came out of the speakers.