•We must be sick•

Part 19 [I guess]

"Let's both try our best." I pulled away from the hug
"Yeah." He shrugged

"Wow, that was cringy."

"Tyler? We can hear you." I rolled my eyes

•Time Skip•
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"Im pretty sure I failed that midterm..." Tyler put his head in his hands. I think I did to...

"Oh yeah, my parents are coming home tomorrow." Aiden stuffed another cookie in his mouth.
"Really?" Taylor asked
"Yeah, I think it's Ben's little sisters birthday in a week." He looked at Ben and he nodded
"Oh, they're coming back? They never told me." My dad looked up
"You talk to them?" Ashlyn asked
"Yeah, I talk to them about how Aiden and Ben are doing." He shrugged

"Should we have a barbecue?" Dad looked over
"What?" I asked
"It'll be a chance to know the other parents. We could have a barbecue to celebrate both birthdays." He nodded
"What do you mean both?" Ashlyn asked. I sighed
"Our birthday." I rolled my eyes
"Yeah." Dad smiled. We all agreed about the barbecue.
"Oh! You kids should probably leave soon. It's almost 5." Dad looked down at his watch

"You sure you don't want me to drive you?" Dad asked
"Yeah, it's not a far walk. Plus the jeep doesn't have enough seats." Ashlyn rolled her eyes
"Well actually...I made a small jeep upgrade."

I ran upstairs and stuffed my knife before running out to the car and sliding in beside Aiden. The upgrade was two seats in the back that the twins were crammed into.

"You kids have fun! Call me if you need anything" Dad smiled
"We will!" Ashlyn waved
"The arcade is fun and all but...are you two gonna be okay?" Taylor asked. I just nodded.
"Well, we've never been to an arcade so it might be fun." Ashlyn shrugged

We walked in and I looked at the DDR machines
"Bet I can beat you." Aiden smirked
"How much?" I smiled. Was that blush-
"Oh! Oh! I'm pretty good at that too!" Taylor smiled
"I-I know how but I'm not good." Logan smiled slightly

I stepped onto the machine and slid my hands onto the bars. I beat Aiden by a long shot.

We played basketball, hockey, a shooter game, then Ben did a strength game.
"I think this is enough for decent prizes!" Taylor looked at Aiden who was buried in the tickets.
"I get all of Aiden's." I looked at the door
"All of them!?" He whined

I tapped Logan's shoulder and he looked over.
"Well that's annoying. Why is he here?" Tyler asked
"Who- oh...Barron." Taylor scrunched her nose
"Doubt he'll do anything." Tyler crossed his arms. Aiden covered Ben's face.
"It's still weird..." Taylor picked the tickets up
"Guys wait- that kid isn't a part of the group." I pointed
"He used to do that to us all the time." Logan sighed
"Wanna warn him...?" I asked. Logan nodded.
"Do what you need and we'll be with you." Tyler smiled

We walked out the doors
"Woah- that caught me off guard. Four eyes? Demi?" Barron laughed. I cringed at the nickname Demi.
"It's been a while pal. How ya doin?" He asked. I looked over at Logan who was shaking.

"Remember...the phantoms are scarier." I whispered
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That knife boutta get put to work