Natalia POV

"Talia! It's done! I did exactly what you told me to do!"

I hear a familiar voice call out to me and soon felt slender arms embrace me in an excited hug. The sudden force knocked off my balance as I grabbed onto the nearest thing in order to stop myself from falling face-first onto the ground.

"Oops. Sorry. I didn't mean to do that." The voice quickly offering an apology and then positioned herself in front of me.

"Calm down Cynthia. I know you're thrilled about it but that doesn't mean you go around knocking people to the ground." I huffed in annoyance, straightening myself and fixing the crooked collar of my plaid Burberry shirt.

"Yeah well, technically I didn't knock you off. Since you didn't fall you know." she replied with a cheeky smile, showing off her pearly smile.

This here is Cynthia, the bubbly optimist of the group.

I swear nothing can bring this girl down.

Oh, my bad. Lady Cynthia Alden. Since that's how you announce the royalty, you know with her being the only child of Duke Alden. Yeah, she's basically a princess. I'm not kidding when I say that they have a castle to their name. Several castles, actually. With flowing brown hair and a body that most models will kill for, she is almost every teenage dude's wet dream.

And girls. Hah.

"So did you give her the first clue for the treasure hunt?" I asked hoping that she achieved the simple task. You see, Cynthia has a very particular trait.

"The what?" She asked me, looking genuinely curious as if we didn't spend hours and hours on this plan.

Please tell me I'm wrong, for once let my gut instinct be wrong.

"The first clue. The one that leads her to the garden and then eventually to the main foyer of your house?" I asked my voice laced with panic and maybe a bit of frustration.

"Oh. Yeah, we were supposed to do that weren't we?" she says with a nervous laughter and then looks down at her feet falling completely silent.

Why am I always right?

"Okay. I swear I won't get mad at you."

I said, like a liar.

"Really?"

"Really."

"Really, really?"

"Yes! Now can you please tell me what exactly is it that you did?" I asked, slowly gritting out the words.

"Yeah, I was really excited, right? So I.....ItoldRebeccatogostraighttomyhouse!" She exclaimed.

"I'm sorry, what? Can you say that again? Slowly this time?" I said in a frustrated tone.

My patience is running out I swear.

"I-I told her to go to my house...." slowly forcing out the words, she looked back up at me with her signature puppy eyes and a small pout.

I let out a long sigh and slicked back my hair and pinned it down to prevent it from falling all over my face.

Today is going to be a long day.

"And exactly when was this?" I asked, in an irritated tone, frustration probably written all over my face judging from Cynthia's frightened face.

This is her trait. She's a ditzy airhead. That doesn't mean she's dumb. Quite the opposite actually. Always scoring within the Top 10, she has no lack of intellect, I mean she is next in line you know. As hard as it may be to earn a title, she's determined to earn it. Without her father's help. She would have been a Countess by now considering how her father had pulled some strings to allow her to become one, she promptly refused, however.

"Uhm.....about twenty minutes ago..." She mumbled, fidgeting with the hem of her Chanel dress shirt.

Twenty minutes ago. Wow. Considering Becca's protective nature she probably rode her bike there. Which means she would reach in about 5 mins from now. Shit.

Grabbing her firmly by her shoulders and looking her straight in the eye, in a very serious tone I said,

"Cynthia. I swear one day you're gonna land all of us in some deep shit."

"Talia! Language!" she exclaimed, slapping away my hands.

"Oh! Of course my lady! My humblest apologies!" I said swishing my hand in a ridiculous motion and doing a mock bow.

Suddenly, I heard the loud bang of the doors to my dorm opening.

That was really loud. Who the hell is it just barging into my damn dorm?

I sent a glare toward Cynthia mentally telling her that this isn't over yet and stormed out from my bedroom my Louboutins clicking loudly as I made my way down the stairs and into the foyer of my dorm.

"Hey Bitches! How's shit?" another familiar called out. The melodious voice indicating that at least someone with an ounce of common sense was nowhere. And that was Dante McConaughey. The rebellious child of George McConaughey, and the only heir to the McConaughey wealth. Not to be insensitive but he does have the daddy issues thing going on, like almost every other kid. I hit it off with Dante pretty quick due to our shared love for fashion. He's the diva of the group.

The other diva being me of course. Hah.

"You're looking pretty annoyed there, everything alright?" A concerned voice came from behind Dante. It was Nate stepping out of his car. He walked up to Dante greeting him with a small peck on his cheek.

These guys are goals I swear. Probably the only couple I would consider calling sweet.

This is Nathaniel Winston. The nerd jock of the group. He may have a built body and the position of the star Quarterback but don't let that fool you. He's a huge softie and a Potterhead at heart. Blessed with sandy blonde hair and ocean blue eyes that can easily mesmerize anyone who looks at him. No doubt due to his excellent genes considering that he's the son of the most sought after actor Oscar Winston, and the world-famous musician Elsie Winston.

The whole gang's here I suppose.....with the exception of two people. WHERE the hell is this guy?!

"Our Lady Cynthia over here has skipped several steps of the plan and decided to send Becca straight to the mansion," I said with an exasperated sigh while pointing towards Cynthia.

"I'm sorry! I was just so excited! I mean it's her seventeenth birthday!" she apologised with tears starting to form in her eyes making her puppy dog face more effective.

I need to stop letting her puppy dog eyes affect me. Ugh.

I let out another huff of annoyance and walked towards Cynthia and awkwardly hugged her.

I'm not much of a hug person, to be honest. That's Becca. Where is she when you need her? Ugh.

"I'm like not even surprised," Dante said in a dry tone, causing Cynthia to become tearier.

"You're not helping~" I said in a sing-song voice while giving him a death stare.

"Whatever." he said clicking his tongue and looking at his phone in disinterest.

"Guys please calm down. Let's just think about getting there okay?" Nate said stepping in knowing if someone doesn't stop it, it would blow out of control.

And well because he's the only one who can control Dante's pottymouth.

"He's right you guys let's get going. Knowing her she's already there, and considering all the time we just wasted she's probably waiting for us at this point." I said as a matter of fact.

"Are we taking our own cars or what?" I asked looking for the keys to my Rolls Royce.

"Oh wait. I came here in my limousine. Daddy wouldn't let me go otherwise. And think of it as me making up to you, please?" Cynthia spoke up looking hopefully towards all of us.

So long my baby. Won't get to ride you today.

I quickly grabbed my Dior 30 Montaigne bag, stuffing all my essentials into it and quickly made my way outside, to find everyone seated and waiting for me.

I sat myself down beside Cynthia and helped myself to some cold water from the mini-fridge, and decided to doze off for a while. Cynthia's place was pretty far away from our school dormitory so it would've taken us about an hour or so to get there.

Sketching all night was not a good idea considering how fucking tired I feel right now and it isn't even noon. But knowing myself I'll probably do this again.

"Talia! Hey Talia! Wake up! We're here!" Cynthia squealed trying to wake me up from my nap.

My ears gosh.

"Knowing Becca she's probably pretty fucking pissed right now. I mean she's probably been there for like what an hour now?" Dante said while strutting past all of us and making his way towards the door.

This guy is such a drama queen. Bet he's gonna open the door with a bang again. How has he not broken any doors yet?

As I predicted he banged open the door to reveal Becca sitting on the table with a royally pissed expression ready to whoop our asses.

Yo, it ain't our fault. I pointlessly thought knowing she's gonna be pissed at all of us.

"Finally made it here huh?" 

Rebecca POV

Sharpening these guys was one of the favourite things to do. I had 6 knives in total, the only ones who were with me in all my missions. I don't know how many people have been hurt by these but they probably deserved it.

My ringtone blasted through my earphones.

Now, who is it?

Annoyed, I picked it up and her panicked voice made me stand up. "Can you please hurry and come to my place!!"

"Um wait what happened!?" I asked, hurriedly shoving the keys of my Black Suzuki AEM and putting the knives back in my boots.

She didn't answer, the call was disconnected.

Well shit. I wasn't in a mood to hit somebody.

Picking up my leather jacket I rushed towards the door. "Love? Where are you going?" the concerned voice asked me.

"I'll be back by evening mum. Don't wait for me" I replied, putting my helmet on, I took the shortest way to Cynthia's castle.

As I reached the adrenaline rush was high, my body was preparing itself to.. well I don't know what.

I pushed the giant doors of the mansion and walked in the usual scenario that came in front of my eyes. The guards, the servants, the huge garden. I loved this garden so much, we had many memories here. The guards on duty were giving me odd looks. Huh .....

My eyes were searching for two people either Thia or Eliza. Eliza was the head cook here and she was the only one who could tell what the **** was going on.

As I spotted her, I yelled "Eliza, come here please" wide-eyed as she walked towards me . "um.. You shouldn't be here..?"

"Where's Thia? I need to see her right now ,she sounded panicked" No reply. She was in her world thinking about something. There was no time to waste. I had to hurry.

I ran towards the main foyer and opened the doors.

Wait a min...

WoAh. This was beautiful. The whole foyer was decorated with rose gold, helium balloons. A big Happy birthday Becca was hanging from the ceiling.

Aww these guys

The love that flowed through me for them was unconditional. "Umm guys I'm here"

My voice echoed in the empty foyer. Was I early? Were they late? Well, it didn't hurt to wait a few minutes.

30 minutes later...

"WOW!! These guys are unbelievable" I thought to myself. I've been waiting here for more than 20 minutes. The love I felt when I entered the foyer was long gone. How could they be so late? I'm so fucking pissed by these dumbfucks.

I Heard footsteps shuffling and some groaning came next. The large doors opened with a bang and a big box came in

wait what

Two legs were attached to it. "I'm so sorry guys I'm late, I had to get this gift wrapped for Becs." The only guys I had eyes for had been hidden by this giant box which had a cute blue ribbon on it. I didn't reply as I was busy guessing the items in the box. Archer tried to look around the room and spotted me. Oh, the look on his face changed from excitement, a shock to fear. "Oh hey..umm haha hey Woah..." he tried to speak but was not able to because of my pissed off face.

"Are they not here yet? Since when are you here?" he summed up the courage and asked me.

"30 minutes," I said.

"Holy shiitt!!" he gasped. I checked him out as I always did and oh my god he was looking damn good.

With wavy brown hair and a Korean face which most Koreans wish for, every time I see him there is this warm feeling I get which instantly brings a smile to my face. Wearing the Gucci t-shirt I gifted him and ripped jeans still he managed to look good. His hair was not styled and was let down. He sometimes coloured his hair temporarily but I loved his dark brown hair. "Just sit here and wait with me, Dare you call them.., I want to see when they come" he just nodded.

He pulled out his phone and opened Instagram and I plugged in my earphones. Laying my head on his shoulder I listened to God knows how many songs. Yeah, we had that sense of intimacy between us, we had known each other for more than 5 years.

He probably doesn't know it but he is pretty close to my heart and I don't know what I would do without him. I could do all the weird things around him without the fear of being judged, my whole group would never judge each other. Staying by each other's side for 5 years we were like family more than friends.

Archer occasionally took me out for dinner, I don't know when we started this but then it became our thing, we might not be dating or anything but we always had dinner together.

Talia and I lived in our school dorm together. Every weekend we would go to each other's home. Her dad would treat me like his daughter and I loved going to their place, it was always so fun.

My mom and dad loved and cherished her as their own daughter too. Whenever we went to my place, my mom would always cook her favourite meals and I would be left out. I had no problem with that, seeing Talia happy with my mom was a heavenly sight to see.

My dad would prepare small outings for us, and we all would go out as one family. Talia treated my family as her own and I treated her's as mine.

Natalia Vasquez the one and only daughter of Jason Vasquez, the founder of the biggest designer brand in the world 'Caelum'.The girl with the body of a Greek goddess which she worked her *** off for, her skin and beautiful locks of hair no doubt inherited from her mother.

She had her father's eyes though, and it always seemed to show the truth. The second richest man I've ever met and he adores me. Talia inherited his genes and is on her way to becoming the best designer in the world. I've seen her designs and OH MY LORD, looking at her sketches one cannot tell that they were made by a high schooler. Her mom is a bitch though, I'd rather not talk about her.

Jason would always design a dress just for me and would give me as a gift for my birthday, every year. I always looked damn sexy in those, I wonder what he would give me this year.

Almost another 30 minutes must have passed and we were just sitting like that. Me laying my head on his shoulder and him supporting mine. I stood up and started walking towards the table.

"Hey, by the way, I wanted to talk to you about something.." Archy spoke up as I sat down on the table. "Yeah go on... What is it about.?" I checked my phone and saw the time. His voice blurred as anger engulfed me.

"WHAT THE ****! THEY ARE ONE HOUR LATE!!" I yelled in disbelief. Archy came at my side trying to calm me down. The door opened with a bang.

Oh, Dante.

"Finally made it here, huh?" I asked, making sure they understood how fucking pissed I was right now.

"See? I told you she'd be pissed." Dante said and looked behind him where our group was slowly making their way into the foyer, taking their sweet time.

"Don't look at me, my plan was flawless." Talia said raising her hands in mock surrender while letting out a sigh.

As she raised her hands, I saw Cynthia shyly peeking from behind Talia.

I have a feeling I know what happened here.

"Cynthia, you know she can see you right? I mean I know I'm pretty tall but I can't hide you, you know." Talia said as she moved away from Thia and took a seat on one of the tables. This girl I swear, there are chairs around here and she decides to sit on a table. And takes a muffin from it and starts eating. Great.

"Uh Hey, Becca! I'm not hiding, not at all." She reluctantly said. Yeah right.

"Okay you guys calm down, let's not forget what we're here for." Nate said calmly, stepping in to ease the tension.

"Guys can I please at least get a 'surprise' or a 'Happy Birthday' maybe?" I made a calm request.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYY" They all yelled unanimously. Except for Talia, she just said it in a low voice. She looked tired though, definitely pulled an all-nighter. Yeah, she's about to get an earful for that.

Watching my smile grow they all heaved a sigh of relief. I wasn't going to yell at them, they at least tried and by looking at their faces they were expecting something from me, some words or something my mind was frozen so I just did what I wanted to do.

I pulled Talia towards me and hugged her and the group. "I love you all" I silently said. Cynthia heard me and she too silently said: "us too".

We all sat down and Dante went to inform the staff about something. "Where's Brandon?" I had noticed that he wasn't here from the beginning.

"He's going to come at 5. He is with his family right now." Nate informed me.

"Ahh okay." Brandon had joined the school in 10 grade so we were friends for only 2 years but he was one of the people who would lighten the mood easily and I liked him for that.

We decided that we would cut the cake after Brandon is here. I walked up towards Dante and Nate and gave them each a peck on the cheeks.

"Did you like the decoration?" Nate asked me with a look of curiousness. "Of Course she did, my amazing brain knows what my baby girl likes" Dante stated. He knew every like and dislike of mine and Nate knew every one of my secrets, well not every secret.

Thia appeared beside me and leaned against me. "Thank the almighty that you were not THAT angry or else Talia would have buried me alive."

yeah, she would have.

I laughed and said, "It's okay, You guys tried and don't worry Thia you can always win me back by offering me food". She smiled because she knew that I couldn't even be mad at them for a long time. My anger might take a day or two to calm down but no longer than that.

The clock ticked 4:45 as I heard him pull up his Mercedes-Benz g63 amg. The doors opened and he ran towards me to give a bear hug. "Brandon!! Slow downnn!" I gasped as he hugged me. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!" he yelled in my ears.

"Thank youuuu" I yelled back. "AAhh my ears!" he held his ears as he pretended to be hurt. "Now do you know how it feels?" I asked him as I pulled him towards the group. He sat down on one of the chairs closest to Cynthia and started hitting on her.

OH MY LORD, Not Today!! This guy is unbelievable.

My phone vibrated from my pocket, it was Dante. I guess he is hungry

Dante <3: I'm hungry

Hah...

Me: You're always hungry.

Dante <3: Because I'm amazing and being amazing requires work and after a lot of hard work I'm hungry.

I looked up and he was smirking.

Me: What do you wanna eat? There are sweets here....

Dante <3: I'm going to sneak into the kitchen. I wanna eat something spicy. Cover for me.

My stomach growled at that idea.

Me: Wait! I'm coming too!

We stood up quietly and started walking towards the kitchen where dinner was being prepared.

"Where are you guys running off to?" Archy questioned as we were swiftly making our way to the kitchen. I pulled Dante towards the main door.

"We are... um just going out for a walk and uhh chat you know .. walking and pouring our hearts to each other.. Talk" why am I like this? We just smiled at them.

"I bet they were trying to get into the kitchen" Talia smirked as she stated THE TRUTH!

"Talia, Honey shut up" They all burst out laughing. "It's okay, go on eat something, we can hear your stomachs growl till here," Nate said between each laugh. We smiled sheepishly and went into the kitchen.

Eliza looked up at the sound of us entering. She pushed a dish of spicy fried prawns in front of us. "Thanks!" We chorused.

She knew we would be coming for something .....haha I love her

After finishing two dishes of those fried prawns and discussing Jeffree's new palette, we went back to the foyer.

The most delicious looking cake was on the table. It was covered with blue icing and glazed with pink which dribbled down the sides. The top was covered with sprinkles and marshmallows.

Cutting it was the sad part, but eating it..ooooooohhh. The apple cinnamon flavour was my favourite flavour other than hazelnut chocolate. They made a good choice with the cake.

While we were waiting for dinner to be served, My phone vibrated again and this time it was Rome.

Roman Evans, my 'lovely' brother who had inherited all the good looks of my dad and who pampered me like I was still a baby, My whole Dad's side of the family did.

Ask why? I was the first baby girl that was brought into the family. So my aunts and uncles all showered their love on me and still do.

Rome wasn't the protective kind because he knew that I could take care of myself but would cut anyone into pieces if they even tried to hurt me. I loved him for that but he wouldn't leave me alone right now and that was annoying. Thia saw his name on the screen and her eyes lit up.

Aw, cute.

Picking it up, "what?" I asked him. "Are you alone?" he sounded serious.

I got up from my place and went towards the garden. "Yup I am now, what's the matter?"

"Two of our men were murdered last night."

Natalia's POV

As I sat on the table munching on the muffins, I saw the door open and saw Brandon enter with a sickeningly happy grin on his face as he rushed towards Becca and enveloped her in a bear hug.

How the hell can people be so chirpy all the time?

I glanced back down at the muffin I was currently stuffing my face with. It was a simple chocolate chip muffin but I wondered how many I ate. Two? Three?

How many calories are there in a chocolate chip muffin anyway? 400? 500?

I finished the muffin and wiped my mouth with a handkerchief and climbed down from the table and decided to sit on a chair and distance myself from all the food.

I saw Brandon make his way towards the group where Archer and Nate were talking and sat himself down next to Cynthia.

Oh boy, here we go again.

I thought as I made my way towards them. Knowing Cynthia she won't be able to reject Brandon's sloppy attempt at trying to seduce her.

"Knock it off Brandon." I said taking a seat next to Cynthia.

"Oh is our little Talia jealous? Don't worry there's enough of me to go around." He said with a smug smirk.

This is what happens when you're hot and you know it. But really he's not my type.

"You wish. Besides Lady Cynthia already has her heart set on someone. Isn't that right, Cynthia?" I shot a teasing smile toward Cynthia, chuckling at her flustered reaction.

"I don't know what you're talking about." she huffed as she fidgeted with her brown locks.

"Really?! Who?! How could you hide something like this from me, Thia?!" Brandon said with a fake gasp and dramatically wiped his eyes to prove his point.

"We'll tell you when you grow up," I replied in a dry tone.

"Well since Cynthia's busy, how about you?" He asked, focusing his attention on me with a mischievous glint in his eye.

"No," I said, as I saw Becca and Dante making their way towards the doors that led to the hall outside the foyer, which connected to the main house.

"You didn't even-"

"Where are you guys running off to?" Archer asked, cutting off Brandon.

"We are...um...just going out for a walk and...uh...chat you know.....walking and pouring out her hearts to each other....uh talk." She said with an unsure look followed by a nervous laugh.

Yeah, right.

"I bet they were trying to go to the kitchen." I said with a smirk.

"Talia, honey shut up." She replied in an overly sweet tone.

I chuckled along with everyone as we shared a laugh over well Becca being Becca I guess.

"It's okay, go on eat something, we can hear your stomachs growling till here." Nate said while trying to control his laughter and failing miserably.

The foyer was lined with mostly sweet things and knowing Becca she likes her fried, protein-rich food more than this. Well, we had arranged for the food too of course but that was after the cake arrived. It would take some time for it to arrive considering how we skipped over the treasure hunt that took so long to prepare.

Speaking of, I should get the locations cleaned up.

I pulled out my phone from my bag and messaged the cleaning team to clean up the clues and everything else.

"Okay, back to what I was saying." Brandon continued.

"We don't care." I replied while staring down at my phone.

"Geez Talia, give the guy a chance." Archer said while chuckling, knowing this is pissing me off. Especially since I'm tired as shit.

"Archer, my man!" he said as he hooked an arm around Archer's shoulder.

"So, there's a party tonight." He announced excitedly.

"School starts tomorrow dumbass, I don't wanna wake up with a hangover." I said looking back down at my phone and browsing through my Instagram.

"Please! I need you to be there! Come on!" He complained and started sulking.

"Isn't it fine if you go alone? I mean you always go to these things anyway regardless of who's with you." Nate said, making an attempt to get Brandon off my ***. I shot him a grateful smile and he nodded back

"Exactly. And who won't let you in right?" Archer said in a matter of fact tone.

Don't stroke his ego, Archer.

I thought, shaking my head.

"That's not it! It's being hosted by the cheerleaders and I figured since Talia is going out with Gabriella they'll let me in, you know." he explained.

"Why won't they let you in?" Cynthia asked curiosity, lacing her voice.

Archer shot me a smirk and continued,

"Don't tell me..."

"You slept with the whole squad and they all found out." I smirked.

"Hey! Stop assuming!" He said, trying to defend himself.

"Why? Are we wrong?" I asked, faking an innocent tone.

"No, but-"

"Geez Brandon, learn to keep it in your pants would you?" Archer said shaking his head, as Cynthia and Nate both shared a disappointed look.

"Can you really blame me? They're all hot." he said raising his hands in a surrender motion.

"Yeah, I can agree with you there but that doesn't mean I go around sleeping with all of them. Besides, with an attitude like that, I wouldn't touch them with a ten-foot pole." I said, playing with my nails.

"Says the one who's dating one of them." He shot back.

"She's different." I said in a clipped tone.

"Yeah, so different that she either sends us dirty looks or ignores us altogether." Cynthia replied bitterly.

Yeah, Gabriella is probably the only person who can actually make her angry. Well, she has her reasons for acting like that. I'm not trying to justify her actions but what else can I do in this situation? They are all important to me and I can't choose one over the other.

Feeling guilty and tired, I stretched for a bit and looked up at the ceiling in order to tune out the conversation.

Carmen, huh?

My phone vibrated in my hand indicating I had a notification. I clicked on it and saw that I had a message from her, asking if I was going to accompany her to the party tonight.

Why is everyone talking about the same damn thing?

I replied back saying I still wasn't sure. I might've had my party animal phase but that's pretty much over now, I seldom attended them now. I'm still unsure though, it is Becca's birthday but at the same time she might want to attend a party.

She's the most unpredictable person, I swear.

The doors to the foyer opened revealing the patissier's bringing out the cake on a dessert trolley. It was an apple cinnamon cake with blue icing and pink glaze dribbling down the sides. It was decorated with sprinkles and marshmallows.

As soon as they transferred the cake onto the main table, Becca and Dante walked through into the room, making their way towards the main table where we were all standing.

As she began cutting the cake, we all belted out singing Happy Birthday in the most off key tune ever. Brandon and Archer sang in an animated way with the most exaggerated tones ever, while Dante sang like an angel shooting judgemental looks towards them both, Cynthia and Nate sang, or tried to at least, as they struggled to hold in their laughter looking at the others.

Well, I guess none of us will make it into The Voice. With the exception of Dante, of course.

I looked around the room that was filled with contagious laughter and happiness, radiating pure bliss. These are the kinds of moments which made me wish I could stop time, and enjoy this moment forever.

Alas.

I saw Becca carrying two plates filled with cakes and other sweet stuff and walking towards me.

"Here." she said, forcefully pushing a plate onto my hand.

"I'm not hungry though. Besides all that is way too sweet for me." I said as I put down the plate on the table beside me.

"Yeah, because you totally weren't busy arranging this whole thing that you forgot to eat breakfast and only had one or two muffins from the table earlier."

"How do you know that?" I asked dryly. I was half-expecting this to happen.

"Dante." she replied with a smirk.

"Of course." I scoffed.

"I'm gonna smack him later."

"Yeah, eat something before that." She said as she pushed a piece of the cake in my mouth.

Cake.

Cream.

Calories.

"Keep on stuffing your face with those sweets and soon enough there would be no difference between you and an elephant."

No, stop. Don't go there. Today's supposed to be a happy day, no negative thoughts.

Breathe. Calm down.

I decided to focus on slowly chewing the cake, and getting it down my throat before I puked all over the expensive carpet.

****, it shouldn't be affecting me this badly now. It's been years for ****'s sake.

I heaved out a long sigh, and took a seat near Becca.

"Oh, that reminds me, are you up for a party?"

"Party? Today? I-" Before she had a chance to reply her phone rang loudly. She quickly got up from the chair and swiftly made her way towards the garden.

"It's been a while since we've seen Roman hasn't it?" Cynthia asked shyly while playing with her hair.

"Aren't you eager to know?" Dante said with a devilish smirk, to which she retaliated by smacking his head.

"Last I heard, he's abroad right? Speaking off, where did you guys go this vacation?" Nate asked as he sat down with a glass of juice.

"I went to Italy"! Brandon and Cynthia said in unison. They stopped and looked at each other for a second before Cynthia exclaimed,

"Hey you should've told me! It would've been so fun!"

"How would I know? The last I remember is you saying it was an emergency work for your dad or something and you took off!"

"Okay, my bad."

I heard the sound of the door opening and saw Becca making her way towards us with a deep, thoughtful look on her face.

Did something happen?

(A/N): Hey guys! Tsubi and Tysha here! Just a few announcements.

So, Natalia calls Gabriella by her middle name, Carmen. Don't get confused there!

We are really happy to tell you guys that from today we will be posting on every Saturday and Tuesday.

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