Eventually, Greyson and I found our way back to where Alli and Taylor were. “I totally beat you!” Greyson yelled at me, out of breath.
“Nuh-uh! I beat you and you know it! I was ahead by almost a foot.”
“Lies,” he said while shaking his head at me in mock disapproval.
I rolled my eyes. “You just don’t like being beat by a girl.”
“You being a girl has nothing do with it. I won, fair and square.”
I was about to reply, when Alli stepped in. “Anna won. You lost. Matter solved.” She turned around and continued her conversation with Taylor.
I smiled at greyson. “Ha! Even Alli thinks I won. Two against one.”
“Well, we haven’t asked Taylor what she thinks.”
We both turned to Taylor. She looked uncomfortable on the spot like this. “Um, my ride’s here. See ya.”
Greyson looked at me. “That’s not fair.”
“Aw. I’m sorry. We can have a rematch later, okay?”
He smiled. “I won’t forget.”
Alli looked at us with a blank expression. “You guys flirt with each other a lot.”
We both looked at her and rolled our eyes.
“Come on,” Greyson said. Let’s go find Cody and Maize.”
We made our way back to the room where we left them. Before we even opened the door, we could hear them fighting. I looked at Greyson with a surprised look on my face. “Do you think they’re fighting?”
He hesitated. “It sounds like it. Come on.” He opened the door and what was revealed would make anybody cringe. Cody and Maize were on opposites sides of the room and were throwing inanimate objects at each.
“YOU CHEATED!”
“HOW DO YOU CHEAT IN MARIOCART?” I looked at Greyson. He had the same look on his face as I did: confusion.
Maize had a glass vase in her hand getting ready to throw it at Cody when we decided it was time for us to step in.
I ran over to her. “Maize! Stop throwing things. Put it down, now!”
She looked at the vase, then at me. I looked at her with raised eyebrows. She sighed and handed me the vase. “You and Cody sit on the couch. Now.” Greyson said obviously irritated. He hadn’t seemed like the kind of guy that got angry easily. I looked at him, surprised. He just shook his head and looked at and Maize and Cody on the couch. “What the hell was that about?” he looked back and forth at the two. No one answered. They just looked down.
“You guys could have killed each other.” I piped in.
Cody was the first to speak. “Ok, well we were in here playing Mariocart, when I won, cause I always win.”
Maize interrupted him. “No you don’t! The only reason he won is because he cheated.”
“How do you cheat in Mariocart?” Greyson asked.
“Exactly!” Cody agreed.
“It’s easy.” I said.”
Cody and Greyson turned to me. “See.” Maize said. “You know you can do it. So stop pretending you can’t.”
Cody and Maize started yelling at each other really loudly. Greyson was about to yell at them to stop, when Alli stepped in.
“Both of you shut up!” They stopped screaming and looked at her. “You guys flirt as much as these two do.” All at once, we all started laughing. Alli was the only one just standing there without a smile on her face. The rest of us couldn’t breathe. She rolled her eyes at us and yelled, “I’m going over to Austin's house."
Cody immediately stopped laughing and shot up from the couch. “No! You can’t.”
She raised her eyebrows at him. “Oh I can’t, can I?”
“No. He’s not a good person. You shouldn’t hang out with him.”
Greyson chimed in. “Who’s Austin?”
“My boyfriend.” Alli said.
“Like hell he is!” Cody screamed at her.
“Whoa, Cody it’s ok man just chill. I’ll go with her.”
Alli looked at Greyson. “No you’re not. I’m going alone. He’s having a party, and I want to go. You weren’t invited, I was.”
Cody looked like he was going to blow a fuse. I decided to help him. “Alli, come out here for a minute.”
She followed me outside. “Why does Cody hate this guy so much?”
She sighed. “They used to be friends. When I first started modeling here, they would hang out all of the time. Well, he started liking me, and Cody got all pissed off about it. They got into a huge fight, and haven’t spoken since. I really like him though. Cody doesn’t get that.”
I smiled at her. “I have a plan, ok? Just play along.”
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