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(GIA'S POV)

I'm in my dad's office now, everyone is staring at me as I'm breathing heavily, hands on my knees.

"What happened?" Zach asks as if he had nothing to do with this chase.

"I lost 10 pounds from this run, but besides that..." I trail off.

"Well, this was one eventful dinner dear, but I have to go now. Thank you for stopping by and bringing great company." My dad speaks up as he rises while fixing his glasses.

"But I have to throw the question, which one is your 'sugar plum?'" He asks, full emphasis on the last two words of his question.

"No one is my 'sugar plum'." I laugh, dumbfounded by his question.

"That's what she wants you to believe." Daniel argues.

I gasp.

"How dare you!" I exclaim, glaring at him.

Daniel laughs and my dad puts his hand on my shoulder.

"Don't worry, I know which boy it is." He informs me quietly, and I see where his eyes glanced at for a split second.

"Oh. My. NO!" I nearly scream and shake my head frantically.

"No, no, no." I argue and this only amuses my dad.

"I'll be home in a few hours, drive safe to whoever is driving." My dad says loudly.

"Don't kill anyone. Literally." I holler back as he leaves.

I hear a faint laugh as I see him walk away, and then my dad is now completely gone from view.

I look up and see Ava and Jack now chatting again as they clean up their trash.

I walk towards the table I was sitting at earlier, and Zach looks up at me while holding up my phone in his hand.

"Minor differences. Don't worry, just everything that would upset you." Zach informs me with a sweet smile.

I take my phone from him and smile sweetly back at him.

"Generous." I say flatly.

He chuckled and then helps me clean up as well, since Daniel and Jonah were elsewhere in my dad's office.

Also, Corbyn was basically gone.

I throw a wadded up piece of aluminum at Zach.

"Two can play at this game." Zach laughs and opens his cup, quickly throwing ice cubes at me.

"FOOD FIGHT!" Jonah and Daniel yell in unison as I grab my cup and open it, throwing the whole thing at Zach.

"FIGHT!" Jack yells in addition.

I grab ice cubes from the floor and throw some at Daniel.

From the corner of my eye, I see Ava smother guac in Jonah's face.

Everyone was laughing, until we all freeze when we hear the door open.

"And no one invited me?" Corbyn yells and charges at Zach.