“Yo Aaron! What up?!” Joel greeted Aaron after stepping inside the house. They did one of those guy hugs where you half hug and hit them on the back and then everyone else filed in.

 

“Joel! Dude! You guys brought the chicks!” Aaron spotted Roxi and Emma and gave them a seducing look, just messing around.  

 

“Chicks?!” questioned Roxi. “You are so kind Aaron. ‘you brought the chicks!’” she mocked.

 

“Is there a problem with us being here?” asked Emma with her hands on her hips.

 

“Not at all!” Aaron smirked and casually put his arms around Roxi and Emma as he led everyone into the basement.

 

“Ahem…” Joel cleared his throat louder than necessary as he stared at Aaron walking down the stairs. “Ummm… AHEM!”

 

Aaron turned around and looked at Joel. “Need a drink or somethin’ pal? You know where the cups are.” He grinned and continued down the stairs with his arms still slung over the girls’ shoulders.

 

“Actually… I want my girlfriend back.” Joel informed him.

 

“Aaron’s pimpin’!” Paul remarked.

 

“Paul, you are such a goof!” Roxi smiled at Paul.

 

In the basement there were a few beanbag chairs a bed and a blow-up couch. Aaron’s drum set was arranged in the corner. It was a shiny red CB 5-piece drum kit.

 

“Dude! That’s sweet!” Benji ran over to the set to ‘inspect’ it. Watching Benji, Emma realized that she no longer liked Benji in the way she used to. She saw him as her best friend. Not as a boyfriend anymore. ‘Glad I don’t have to choose between him and Stephen anymore.’ She thought to herself. Now she could act normal and not worry about ‘other’ feelings for him. After Aaron had played a few beats on his drums, the group headed back upstairs to get a drink and grab a snack. 

 

“You guys wanna play football?” asked Aaron.

 

“Do I look like I want to play football, Aaron?” Emma joked.

 

“Well, no… but you are going to anyway!” he informed her as he ran over and carried her over his shoulder out the front door. “Grab the football Benj! It’s downstairs by my bed.”

 

Benji went back downstairs to retrieve the football and was happy to see things were back to normal with the group. He realized that the way he felt for Emma was slowly fading away to the point where he saw her as his friend, and nothing more. Of course he still thought she was hot, but he didn’t like her in the way that he had. ‘Now things won’t feel so awkward.’ He thought as he shut the front door behind him to join the group. “Catch Aaron!” he threw the ball at Aaron and the game began. Emma and Paul were on a team and Aaron and Benji were their opponents. Roxi and Joel had decided to sit this one out and they sat together on the curb ‘cheerleading’ the other on as they played football in the street. 

 

(a/n: awww… they don’t ‘like’ each other anymore! Mwahahhahahahaa….. They are still friends though peeps, so don’t worry. Isn’t it funny how one chapter can change a lot?! I LOVE it! POWER!!!! Haha… I’m gonna go now…. Toodles! * don’t hate me too much for what I’ve done * )