Chapter 12

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      I wake up and then I wake everyone else up. I get us some food and we eat. "Guess we gotta leave, today." Laura says, sadly. "Yeah." I say. We pack up our things to get ready to leave. I get something sharp and go over to a tree. "Ari, what are you doing?" Laura asks. "I want to remember these few days. Who knows, maybe it will stay here for a long time?" I say. Laura smiles. "So what are you going to write?" She comes over to me. I look over at Louis who's chasing a squirrel with Harry. "Just something. You should do the same with Zayn." She says. She runs off. "Don't hurt yourself." Louis scares me. I see he's holding something. A blanket. "Is your blanket moving?" I ask. "It's mine and Harry's squirrel!" He says happily. "Let the squirrel go, Louis." I laugh. He drops the blanket and a squirrel runs out. I start laughing. I can't believe they had actually caught it.

      I carve: A.B. in the tree. "Let me see." He says. I give the sharp thing to him and he writes above where I did: L.T. in the tree. I get the sharp thing and in between where I carved and he did I put: and. He smiles. "One more thing." He says and takes the sharp thing. He carves half of a heart around the other carvings and gives the sharp thing to me. I carve the rest of the heart and I drop the sharp thing. I turn towards him. We smile at each other. Then he kisses me. "Oooh." Laura says. "Oh be quiet." I laugh. After a few minutes we all start walking back to my house. Louis walks with his arm around me. Some people take pictures on the sidewalk. It is One Direction. When we get to my house, Niall plops down on the couch. "I'm hungry." He says.

      I fix him something to eat as everyone unpacks. I give it to him. "Thanks." He says and starts eating. I help unpack. Liam finishes and comes into my room and starts helping me. "Thanks dude." I say. "Dude?" Liam asks. "Yeah." I laugh. "I'm your bro." He says. I giggle. "I'm sorry, bro." I say. I hug him. "It's okay. And you know what you are? You're my sis." He says. "Okay, so who's older?" I ask. "Uh.. oh, I know! We're twins." He says. "You're weird, bro." I say. "And you must be crazy, sis." He says. I finish and we go out and help the others. When we're all done Mya stands on the couch. "Okay, relax day." She says, and hops off my couch. She gets some stuff from my bathroom and comes back. Laura and Mya start giving each other makeovers. I hate makeovers. "Come over here, Ari. I'll do your nails." Laura smiles. "No." I say. I hate getting my nails done too. "Please!" Laura begs. "Fine. But no pink." I say.

      Laura paints my nails purple. "Oh! Maybe we should go out to eat tonight! Laura's giving me a makeover, don't want to waste it." Mya smiles. We agree to go out to eat. It's already lunch. "Can we give you a makeover too?" Mya asks me. "No way." I say. "Please, please, please!" Mya begs. I roll my eyes. "Fine." I say. "We'll do your hair and everything." Laura says. "No." I say. "You already agreed." Mya says. I glare at her. "It'll be okay, Nemo." Louis says from across the room. Mya and Laura paint their nails and finish each other's makeovers. They start making a plan on what they'll wear and what I'll wear. "Where are we going?" Laura asks. "We could go to that restaurant down the street." Mya says. "Yeah." Harry says. So we're going to a restaurant.

      Laura and Mya smile. "We've figured out what you'll wear." Mya tells me. I'm sitting with Liam so I have no idea what I'm going to wear but if I were choosing the outfit, I would go with jeans, a T-shirt, suspenders, and a beanie. It's a lot later now. "Boys, get ready. We'll be at my house." Laura says. Laura goes in my room and grabs a gray beanie and Louis's gray suspenders. Laura, Mya, and I go to Laura's house. Laura does my nails again while Mya does my make-up. "I don't want make-up. Or nail-polish." I say. "Too bad, girl! You're going on a date! Gotta look amazing." Mya says. When they finish my nails and make-up, they go to Laura's closet. They bring out a blue dress that ruffles at the bottom, a black short-sleeved bolero jacket, a black belt, the gray suspenders, my gray beanie, and black boots. "Oh, no way." I say. Mya nods and I glare at her.

      "Amazing with a touch of Ari." Laura says. "I have to admit- the suspenders, beanie, and boots are awesome." I say. Laura squeals. "Okay, get ready then we'll do your hair." Laura says. They go get ready and I get dressed. I check myself in the mirror. I still look like me, but... different. Laura comes out in a red dress and red heels. Her hair is done and everything. Mya comes out in a purple dress with black heels. She's all done too. "You guys look beautiful." I say. "And so do you." Laura says. We all hug. Then Laura and Mya fix my hair into a neat braid. I put on my beanie and then I'm done. "The boys are at the restaurant. I told them to go ahead." Mya says. "Come on, girls. We got dates to get to." Laura says.

      We all walk to the restaurant. "They said they're sitting close to the back. They'll be standing up." Laura says. "And Louis said... he's the amazing-looking boy in a tux, standing up with other dudes in tuxedos around him." Mya says. I laugh. We go in the restaurant and walk past the line to the back. I see Louis standing up. He's laughing with one of the boys. Then he turns and sees me. Louis might've been joking in his text, but he really did look amazing. We get to the table. Louis stares at me for a second with his mouth open and then smiles and pulls out the seat for me. "You look beautiful." Louis says. "Thanks, and you look handsome." I say. He smiles. He sits next to me. "That is not the Aria that I know. She's a tomboy- the girl with the awesome beanie. Not the girly girl." Liam laughs. "It's Laura and Mya's fault." I say. "You said yes." Laura says.

      We eat. "You're supposed to eat lady-like." Mya laughs. "This lady-like enough for you?" I say. I sit up a little, but still eat my spaghetti the same way as before. I twist a lot around on my fork and stick it in my mouth. Sometimes all of it doesn't go in. Laura laughs, "That's Ari." We all finish and the boys pay. "Thanks." I say. I hug Louis. "You are the bestest boyfriend ever." I tell him. "And you are the greatest girlfriend ever." He smiles. He keeps his arm around me while we walk home. Between coming home from our little vacation, getting ready, eating, and coming home from the restaurant it's late. We all take turns getting showers. Then we get ready to go to sleep in the living room. I hold Louis's hand while we go to sleep. "Night." I tell everyone. Everyone says good-night. Then I go to sleep.

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