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7

After the diner we drove back to home and to a garden near our houses. It's so beautiful and romantic. We walked in the rose garden and sat on the bench to look around, but mostly to take a break from walking.

"So I leave tomorrow." Jacob said to break the silence. I felt a pit in my stomach.

"Oh." I said quietly.

"But I wanted to ask you if you wanted to come with maybe? Caroline is coming so you wouldn't be totally alone. And we do have one extra ticket because Carson's sister isn't coming. So if you want to you can come." He rambled on. I lit up with a big smile.

"Sure. Yeah. I'd love to go." I answered. He smiled back in response. "I'd obviously just have to run it through Melanie first." I explained.

"Yes. Should we go now? Because our flight leaves at noon tomorrow." He asked.

"Yes!" I said standing right up.

When we got to my house Melanie was in the pool with Cameron, Taylor, Nash, Hayes, Oliver, and Caroline. But she was flirting so hard with Cameron. It was so funny. I've never seen her like this.

"Hi Melly! Hi Olly! Could I talk to you guys quick?" I asked. They both got out of the pool and onto the deck.

"What's up Teags?" Oliver asked while putting his hands on his hips. I took a deep breath. I never ask for things like this.

"Um. I was wondering if I could go with Jacob on his magcon tour for this weekend? Caroline will be there and-" I said before Oliver inturrupted me.

"Yeah Caroline asked me already if I wanted to go and offered for you and Mels to go too." Oliver said.

"But I got a summer job, so I can't. But yeah, if you can get your stuff packed and whatever in time then that should be fine." Melanie said. I squealed with excitement jumping up and down. 

"Thank you thank you thank you!" I squealed and gave Melanie a big hug. She laughed as I ran upstairs to my room to pack. I then quickly realized I should probably tell Savannah. So I texted her to come over ASAP.

Meanwhile, I started to pack up all my stuff. I planned out outfits, picked out jewelry, got my toiletries together, and got all my technology stuff in line. After about 15 minutes, Savannah finally showed up.

"Teags, what's so important that I needed to rush here?" She asked while trying to catch her breath from running up the stairs.

"I'm going with Jacob on tour!" I blurted out. She got super excited for me and had a huge smile. "And we leave tomorrow." I continued. But then her face dropped.

"Oh." She said with a hurt face not making eye contact.

"What-What's wrong Sav?" I asked.

"I didn't realize it was going to be so soon. But it-it sounds fun." She said trying to not make me feel bad.

I then had the most amazing idea ever! I gasped out loud.

"Sav! What if I see if you can come?" I asked. She looked up at me with a big smile. 

"That would be freaking awesome Teags! That would be so fun. Us traveling across the country together with super hot boys!" She squealed.

"Let's go ask Jacob!" I said before we ran downstairs to all the guys who were at the pool. And thankfully Jacob was still there.

"Hi Teags. Hey Savannah." He said as we walked up to him.

"Do you think Savannah could come with? To Magcon?" I asked. He smiled and shrugged.

"Yeah, I don't see why not. As long as it's all good with her parents and stuff." He said. Savannah and I squealed, but then realized we needed permission from her parents. Which will be a little more difficult.

"Oh god. How are we going to get my parents to say yes to this?" Savannah said flopping in a chair between Melanie and Oliver.

"Maybe I could come? Be like your guys' guardian or whatever." Melanie suggested.

"Yeah, Mom and Dad won't be back for like another week and half anyways." Oliver said before taking a sip of water.

"That's genius Melanie! Can you talk to my parents on the phone about it please?" Savannah begged. Melanie nodded and Savannah immediately called her parents.

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After Savannah's parents thankfully said yes we both started packing so fast. Once we finished Melanie insisted on one last family dinner before we left for a while. So I helped her make dinner and we gossiped a little bit.

"So Lola is coming over for dinner tonight." Melanie said while mixing up a salad. I looked up at her with a smile.

"Yay! Maybe she can meet your basically boyfriends Cameron and Taylor." I said. Melanie just rolled her eyes at me.

"Whatever T. But how was your date with Jacob?" She asked. A giant smile grew on my face but my cheeks got red.

"It was good. We went to Duffy's diner and then we went to the garden in town. Like my favorite things." I explained.

"Oh that's so cute! So are you guys like actually boyfriend and girlfriend? Or what?" She asked. I just shrugged. There was then a knock at the door. 

"I got it!" Oliver called from the living room and answered the door. Him and Lola then walked into the kitchen.

"Lolo!" I exclaimed walking over to her and gave her a big hug. She giggled and hugged me back.

"Hi Teags. Now it sounds like I have missed a lot in these past few weeks." She said with a smirk while sitting down at the counter. Taylor, Cameron, Caroline, and Jacob all walked in the back door.

"Hi guys. This is Lola one of my older sisters." I said introducing her to the guys. They all waved at her before going and sitting in the living room. Caroline hung back with us.

"Hi I'm Caroline, Jacob's sister. I think we've met a couple of times." She said while sitting down next to Lola.

"Yeah I think so. It's so nice to meet you." Lola said with a smile. "So now you all need to fill me in on the past few weeks." Lola said turning back to us.

"Hey Care, can you help me set the table quick?" Oliver asked. Caroline got up and smiled while walking to Oliver.

"Okay, so basically Mel has 2 boyfriends and they are both in love with her." I explained. 

"Well Teagan is basically dating Jacob!" Melanie blurted out.

"Wow! Congrats for you guys. That's more than I've had in like forevers." Lola said. We all chuckled a little.

After dinner was finally ready we all sat around the dining room table. I sat between Lola and Jacob. Taylor was on the other side of Lola and they were getting pretty flirty.

"So are you excited for Magcon?" Jacob asked me.

"Yeah. I'm so excited, but also a little nervous if I'm going to be a little honest." I admitted.

"Why are you nervous? The guys all love you!" He said. I shrugged.

"I don't know. I just am always kinda anxious." I answered.

"Well you can always talk to me about it." He said with a smile. And my heart just melted at his smile. Oh god.

"Hi! Everyone, I'd like to make a quick little speech. So like two weeks ago we barely knew these people. But now they have become like our family and I'm so excited for well most of the Jones family to be joining us on the little part of Magcon. So to Magcon!" Cameron said holding his glass in the air. Everyone then cheeresed their glasses.

After dinner we all sat around the living room chatting. I watched as Lola was getting really close to Taylor. It was so cute. She's never had anything super serious or anything at all so I was so happy for her.

This was an absolutely perfect day.