What The Heart Wants (Stereo Kicks/ James Graham)

Chapter 26

When I woke up the next morning literally everyone else in the house was asleep. I got up and walked around for a bit until I found a game room. There was a computer, a flat screen tv, a pinball machine, pool table, dart board, foosball, and more. Oh my god this is amazing. I walked over to the computer and turned it on. Before I did anything, I noticed a box full of Nerf guns and had the best idea ever. I quickly and quietly walked upstairs and went to wake James up. This was going to be epic. I knelt down next to him and whispered in his ear. "James." I shook his shoulder and he amazingly woke up the first time. "Ari--" I clamped my hand over his mouth. "Follow me and be quiet." I grinned and stood up. He stood up and wiped his eyes sleepily. I led him downstairs and across the game room to the box of Nerf guns. "Hell yes," he smiled. I smiled back and we picked out our guns. We made sure they were fully loaded and grabbed extra bullets for when we ran out. "How do we want to do this?" He whispered as we were walking upstairs. "We'll open the doors and just take turns shooting the boys. But we should hide so they can't see us. They'll think they're going crazy." I was already trying not to laugh. "Alright." He smiled and opened his bedroom door. We crouched outside the bedroom on either side of the door so the wall hid us. "I'll take Tom and Jake, you get Reece." James whispered. I nodded my head and we cocked our guns.  James took his first shot at Jake and hit him directly in the head. Jake stirred just a little bit and I couldn't help but giggle. James let out a small chuckle too. It was my turn. I aimed my gun at Reeces head and hit the wall. James shook his head and let out a dramatic sigh but I seen him holding back a smile. I took aim again and hit Reece in the shoulder. He didn't even move. James held up his gun and hit Tom in the ear. He jumped so bad that James and I had to turn and hide behind the wall. "Fuck you Jake." Tom mumbled angrily and went back to bed. James and I gave each other a fist bump and I took aim again. This time, I hit Reece in the head and I watched his eyes fly open. "What the hell!" He was pissed. I tried so hard not to laugh but I looked over at James and seen his face turning red from his silent laughter and I couldn't help it, I caved. Reece heard me and stood up and walked over to the door. When he seen me and James he was mad at first but then he rolled his eyes and smiled. "You guys are so immature." He shook his head and shut the door in our faces. I shrugged my shoulders and crawled to Casey's door and opened it. James shuffled next to me. "I got Barclay and Casey." I whispered. That left James with Charlie and Chris. We stuck with our original plan and took turns shooting bullets at each of the boys. We were warmed up now so we ended up hitting them in the head every time. Casey, of course, didn't seem to feel anything. The rest of the boys woke up at least once by now. So me being me, I aimed my gun for Casey's eye and pulled the trigger. He felt that one. He jumped up and swung at nothing. James and I started cracking up. We didn't even try to hide anymore. We crawled into the room with tears rolling down our cheeks from laughing so hard. "Who was it?" He noticed the guns in both of our hands and glared at us. James and I both pointed at each other and began laughing even harder. "Aria, was it you?" He was trying to sound angry but I knew he thought it was funny. "No." I laughed. "Or maybe it was. I don't remember." I smiled at him and gave James a high five. "You guys are ridiculous." He shook his head at James and I making us laugh even more. Eventually the rest of the boys woke up from mine and James' laughter and we all ended up hanging out in the room for a while.

"Wait, where did you get the guns?" Tom asked me and James. "Aria found a box full of them downstairs." James looked over and smiled at me. "Oh really?" Tom raised an eyebrow at me and I knew exactly what he was thinking. "I'm so in." I smiled at him. "What are you talking about?" Barclay looked at me like I was the weirdest person he had ever met. "Nerf war." Tom answered, and gave me a devilish grin. I smiled back. Game on.

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