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Chapter Eight

Peter's P.o.V.
So, it turns out that there were not enough game pieces for all of us, so we teamed up: Jackie and I, Ben and Claudio, Hero and Bea, and Meg and John. As we partner  up she gives him a stern look and said, "This is as far as our relationship will go," and pointed a finger at him. "Keep it in your pants." We all laugh and fight over who will be SpongeBob(as Ben already got dibs on Patrick) and who gets Mr. Krabbs or Squidward. At first we did a three way rock, paper, scissors, but that fails incredibly, so we decide to do a name generator on our phones. Jackie and I got Squidward, John and Meg got Spongebob(lucky little bastards), and Hero and Bea got Mr. Krabbs. Our game consists of the Mr. Krabbs meme, the campfire song being sung way off key, the box of imagination, and ,"Can you feel it now, Mr.Krabbs?" As we near the end of the game, and we all reach Shady Shoals Rest Home, Bea and Hero win with $6,800, leaving the rest of us way behind.
"No! You can just do that! I barely have a house, I just lost my job as a fry cook, and now I can't afford my rent!" Ben yells at the girls.
"Ha! Cousins for the win!!" Bea yells back as she high fives Hero. We all just laugh at Ben as he mutters, "Patrick, how could you? You failed me." I pat him on the back as I say, "Hey, you can always redeem yourself playing hullaballoo."
"Hullaballoo?" He answers with a sly smile. "More like, hell-yeah-balloo!"
He runs up to go get the box as we all start to clean up. That is until my phone rings. I get up to answer it and I see that it's from Balthazar.
"Hello?" I answer it, unsure what is going to ensue.
"Hey, I just wanted you to know that for the past couple of days I have been really upset with you. You lied to me. And then you were going to pretend like nothing ever happened. But, as I sit in a vegan café, while my date is in the bathroom, I realize that I need to forgive you. You were a one night stand. But, don't do this to anyone else. I don't want anyone else to feel this way." I stand there, stunned.
"What?"
"I know about Jackie. I heard everything you said. I wouldn't even be that mad, but you kept texting me."
"You really think I'm that much of a jerk! I was texting you because I wanted to tell you about Jackie and not just start to ignore you like you did to me!" I yell.
"Oh," he replies softly, then pauses. "I'm sorry then. I shouldn't have judged you."
"It's okay, I shouldn't have gone to the club in the first place." I start to walk towards the door, realizing that they might hear me, yelling to them, "I have a call, I'm going outside."
"Oh my date's coming back I have to go," he says suddenly.
"No, don't go," I say.
"But-"
"Make an excuse," I cut him off.
"Um, okay," he responds hesitantly. I smile as I hear him say, "I'm so sorry, I have an emergency, but let's reschedule, here's my phone number."
"O-okay," I hear his date reply. I can practically feel his smile as he says to me, "Ok, what do you want to talk about?" I stand, leaning on the door for a second, thinking, and then reply, "Just talk to me." I poke my head in the door and say to everyone inside,"Guys, something came up, I've got to go." There is a chorus of goodbyes and then Jackie comes running out. I put the phone in my pocket, hoping Balth will hear so he will stop talking.
"Where are you going?" She says, grabbing my hands. 
"Uh, Paige wants to run lines," I lie.
"Oh, do you want me to come?" She asks.
"Oh no, stay, have fun."
"Yea, I'm good, I don't really feel comfortable with them. You know, what? I'll have a sleepover at Costa's!" She suggests.
"Sleepover? Are you in seventh grade?"
"Shut up!"
"Before, you go," I say, dragging on the o, while I lead her back into the apartment.
"Guys, we have an announcement!" I yell as I walk into the living room as I see Ben on one foot on the star purple cranium pads.
"Ha! I got the star pad-Peter? Back so soon?"
Ben inquires.
"Jackie and I have to tell you all something!" I say.
"We do?" Jackie asks, giving me a confused look.
"We are moving in together!" I declare.
"We are?" Jackie asks, incredulously.
"Yep!" I smile, popping the p. "Unless, of course, you don't want to."
"Shut up, of course I want to!" She says, before she kisses me and whispers, "I love you."
Of course, I once again forgot about Balthazar who heard the whole thing.

Balthazar's P.o.V.
Moving in? Moving in? How long have they been dating? No, stop. This is over and done with. You are over him. I let out a huge sigh as I walk towards the subway. Then why did you leave your incredibly nice date to go talk to him on the phone. I send Paige a text that says, "I left the club, you are free to also."
I put the phone back up to my ear and say to Peter, "Can I talk now?"
"Oh yeah, sorry, I didn't expect that to happen."
"It's fine."
"So I have an idea," Peter says.
"What?" I reply, instant
"I'm going to say a word and you have to say the first thing that pops into your head," he decides.
"I like it," I say.
"Color," he starts.
"Green."
"Heart."
"Soul."
"Animal."
"Dog."
"101."
"Dalmatians."
"Angel."
"Devil."
"Me."
"You."
"Peter."
"Sexy."
"Really?"
"Shit, I didn't mean to say that out loud."
"It's okay."
We spent the rest of the night talking and laughing and I knew that I had made a friend.
"Can we hang out tomorrow?"I ask. "Face-to-face?"
"Only if I can introduce you to my friends," he answers. "I think they will like you."
"It's a deal."