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"Who the fuck owns the rose gold Ferrari?" Gee squinted out of Conor's apartment window.

Everyone was joining at Conor's apartment so we could tell them about the baby. The only thing though, is that, we're not telling them. We're going to wait and see how long it takes for one of them to notice that there's a fat bump on my stomach. It shouldn't be that hard, I'm wearing a light grey maxi dress and cardigan, with a nice shade of baby bump.

"Mine." I jingled the keys in my hand.

"Wow." Was all she said.

Har looked me up and down suspiciously but soon returned to her magazine in front of her. Everyone was already there, and not one of them said anything. They probably thought I was just fat.

"So Jack, where's the car come from?" Conor asked.

Jack smiled, "bought it and then had it wrapped."

Josh lowly whistled, "you payed a lot mate."

"All worth it." Jack shrugged.

After an hour of laughs, talks and gossip, it finally came to the question I knew was coming.

"How were your parents today then?" Har asked.

"It honestly went better than I thought it was going to. Turns out they're not in touch with Aspen anymore." I grinned.

"I never thought I'd see the day Lauren would be happy about her parents." Gee muttered.

"Well this times different." I muttered back.

"How did you girls even meet?" Mikey asked out of the blue.

Me, Briy, Gee and Har all looked at each other smiling brightly, "Well once upon a time there was a little girl called Lauren-Leigh." I started.

"Oh my god yes, tell the full story like that!" Mikey near enough screamed.

I laughed, "one year later Lauren Leigh had a baby sister named Briyoni. These two became ultimate best friends and were always the two sisters that stuck together. Two years and many sisters later, Lauren-Leigh started nursery where she met little Georgia! They became best friends and spent every second of the day together." Everyone kept quiet, obviously loving the way I was telling the story. Us girls were just smiling at the memories.

"One day Georgia came to Lauren-Leigh's house, with her little sister Arden. Arden and Briyoni were the same age and they went through everything together. They started school together and that's how Lauren, Briyoni, Georgia and Arden became as tight as-"

"Yeahh, don't complete that sentience." Conor interrupted me.

Everyone laughed at Conor but I turned to Har and asked, "can I tell them?"

"Course." She smiled.

"So one day the four were in the local park, when they saw a little girl crying. When they went up to the girl, they saw that she'd been hurt but that little girl was the most beautiful little girl they'd ever seen. They tried to talk to her, but the girl struggled to speak properly. They asked for her name and she replied with 'Har'."

Mikey gasped, "no way."

"The four girls told her their names but she struggled to say them, because in which, she speech development problems. Har said it wasn't her real name but that's only what she could say. She wrote her real name down on the chalkboard in the middle of the park just so they knew. It was Harper. The girls followed and wrote their names on the chalkboard in messy seven year olds writing. When they'd finished Har rubbed off the end of their names to the part of what she could say and call them."

"Briy, Laur, Gee, and Ard." Har interrupted, smiling.

"Then we helped Har get out of her abuse, help her get speech therapy and become person she is today. Years and years later, we met you lot. Made our lives complete." Briy joined in.

"It's not exactly complete though is it? My sisters not here." Gee sad smiled.

A feeling of realisation and shock ran through me, "We need Arden."

I got up and ran to the door, grabbing the keys from the table on my way.

No one can break us five apart.