Chapter 56: 3 x 5

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They all walked into the Game Pavilion laughing and smiling away. The guys had no idea what was about to happen and Daisy and Olivia reveled in that. As they headed down to the rented rooms, Stefan looked around suspiciously. "We've never gone to this side of the pavilion." Daisy tried not to panic. "Oh, I know I just wanted to see what it looked like."

Olivia rushed them in before turning on the light and the girls yelled "Surprise!" Tyler and Stefan looked around at all things Star Wars and laughed. "You did this?" They both said to their respective girlfriends who nodded. They placed big kisses on them and smiled against their lips. "Thank you." Stefan said with another peck. "You're amazing." Tyler smiled with a pleasant sigh.

"Hell yeah, pizza!" Preston exclaimed diving in on the boxes. "By all means, Preston, have at it." Daisy said dryly with an eye roll. "Hey, that's my brother. This is as much a celebration for me as it is for him." They all laughed and took their seats. They talked about the guys being 19 and that much closer to 21.

"I'm not all too excited about 21 since we have fake IDs. I'm just glad I get to celebrate my birthday with you all." Tyler smiled earning him smiles in return. "You sap." Preston retorted with a snort. They continued eating their pizza and just talking, but Caleb couldn't keep his eyes off of Aria.

They were back together, but she was distant. He knew it was because she didn't trust him. It was like she was a glass ornament that he shattered and was desperately trying to put the pieces back together again.

"Give her time," Gracia said sitting next to him. Caleb sighed and looked at his best friend. "What if the damage isn't repairable?" Gracia shook her head and he could tell she was angry with him. "You knew what it was like not to have her and yet you still did something so stupid." She whisper yelled and he knew he deserved it.

"I know Gracia. I just...I've never had someone love me the way Aria does and it scares me. I don't want to let her down, but somehow, I do anyway. My fear is the reason for this whole thing and now I don't want to move under its influence anymore. I'm scared out of my mind that she just gave in to be with me and that it's not what she really wants. I will be so broken if that's the case, but I'd rather let her go to be happy than hold her beside me and watch her be distant and miserable."

They couldn't have known that Aria stood behind the column not too far from them. She heard everything and smiled sadly. "Eavesdropping, are we?" Preston said behind her causing her to jump. "Preston Reese!" She startled hitting him on the shoulder. He chuckled while moving her away. "What are you going to do? That sounded like a pretty honest and open confession."

Aria nodded in agreement. "Can I trust him again? Give him my whole heart?" Preston looked at her and smiled. "You two are the real deal. You have your issues, but you defy the odds and find yourselves back to one another. You love him, A. Listen to your heart not the fear or doubt in your mind, but your heart. It won't steer you wrong."

Aria looked at Preston and then over to Elsa. "You going to take your own advice?" Preston followed her line of sight and sighed. "My heart is dead and cold, didn't you know?" Aria shook her head with a laugh. "You have one of the biggest hearts I know. You also have a girl who is crazy about you and just wants to share hers in exchange for yours. Don't miss out on a blatant blessing, Preston Reese." He chuckled at her. "You gone stop using my government like that, little girl." They laughed and walked towards their friends as Tyler and Preston sat in preparation to open gifts.

"We get gifts too? This is too much." Stefan scolded looking around. "We didn't get you shit, so don't look at us." JT offered taking a sip of his Sprite. "The girls got you both gifts because we all knew about the surprise. We didn't trust the boys to keep it secret or to get you two anything noteworthy." Daisy smiled sarcastically. "Whatever, open up the gifts." Preston said biting into his fifth pizza slice.

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