"This has to be perfect," she mumbled.

"It's not like she's leaving forever, Evs. Plus, she's trying to find a college here in California. She'll only be a few hours away," Jonathan reassured Evanee, taking the broom from her hands and sweeping the rest.

The green eyed girl took it back and shooed him to the kitchen where he had dish duty, something he had been avoiding since he got here to set up for Sydney's surprise party.

It had been a long while since she told them the news and things have been going smoothly. There was no more fighting, which Evanee was unconditionally thankful for. She and Craig were getting better. It hadn't been the same since that night, but they spent time together everyday watching a movie or playing a game to help patch things up. She couldn't lose having someone like him in her life.

"So where is Tyler and Kelly taking Sydney until the party is ready?" Jonathan asked, finally washing the dishes.

"Tyler's dad got him some extra tickets for some basketball game that Sydney was really excited about and they won't be back till around seven tonight."

It was only twelve, leaving seven hours until Sydney got here but Evanee needed everything to be ready early. Otherwise, she'd stress out. Craig and Evan were out buying party decorations and other things like that, while David and Berenice were currently on a date. That left her and Jonathan to clean up a bit more for the party.

It was more of a going away party in a sense because Sydney was accepted into a college, but she refused to tell Evanee which one until she saw her face to face. Because of that, Evanee decided to throw her a surprise party to celebrate.

"Is there anything else I have to do after I wash the dishes?"

Evanee finished up sweeping and looked around. Nothing seemed out of place.

"Well, there will probably be more dishes after we bake the cupcakes, but I'll probably let Evan wash those," she laughed.

Jonathan was beaming. Apparently, he loved cupcakes, especially vanilla with chocolate which also happened to be Sydney's favorite. He was over the roof once she told him.

The counter was clear so Evanee began covering it with different ingredients, a mixing bowl, measuring cups, and a silicone spatula.

Jonathan was rushing through the dishes, almost dropping a few plates and cups in the process. While he finished up, Evanee went to go change into an old tee shirt and some three dollar leggings that she got at Goodwill. Baking with Jonathan around was bound to end in a mess.

By the time the raven haired girl came downstairs, Jonathan was done with the dishes and found Craig's stupid navy blue apron.

"You look ridiculous," she told him.

"And so do you. Where'd you even get that shirt? It's way too big for you and it has a huge floating cat head on the front," Jonathan stared at it with a smile.

Evanee actually did begin to wonder where she got it from. Most of her clothes were contemporary and didn't have many designs, much less a floating cat head.

She shook the thought out of her head and began to pour in the ingredients they'd need. Jonathan took the liberty of stirring it and in the process, got a huge dab of batter flying through the air and landing directly on Evanee's cheek.

The blue eyed boy looked at her with a shy, yet amused smile. "Whoops."

"I will whoop your ass, Jonathan."

"Then let me clean it up," he came towards her.

Evanee seemed to automatically know that coming towards her without a towel or napkin meant that he was going to get the set batter off in a different way. Her guess was right once she saw Jonathan come closer with his tongue out like a dog.

"Don't you dare," Evanee had started running from the door and was about to open it, but it opened itself and she ran into a hard surface, falling back onto her butt.

Evan was standing at the door with several plastic bags in his hands. "Ducky, I'm sorry."

"No worries," she laughed, getting up. Evan and Craig walked in and set the plastic bags down. "I was just-"

"Wait, you have something on your cheek. Let me get it off," Craig said. He was about to grab a napkin, but Jonathan had come out of nowhere and kissed the batter off of Evanee's cheek. Not licked or wiped. He kissed it off.

The three of them stared at him wide eyed and he took that chance to run upstairs and lock himself in the bathroom. Evan and Craig had run upstairs after him, while Evanee wiped her face and continued mixing the batter.

She didn't know if it was fine for her to think that this kind of unexpected behavior was okay with her when it came to Jonathan. Evanee was just always used to him being a bit on the crazy side, but kissing her cheek wasn't really like him at all.

The shouting continued upstairs and Evanee could hear pounding on the bathroom door. She almost screamed when someone came up behind her.

"Relax, it's only me. I jumped out the bathroom window," Jonathan smiled. He had a small cut on his face and noticed that Evanee was staring at it. "It's a small cut, Evs. Nothing a band-aid wouldn't be able to fix."

"And what if it wasn't just a small cut. You jumped off the second floor. What if you had broken your ankle or something?"

Jonathan looked a bit disappointed and refused to even glance at Evanee's serious stare.

"Wow, Evs. I never realized," a smile crossed his face, "that you cared about me so much."

The raven haired girl grabbed one of the whisks from the kitchen drawer and began chasing him around with it as Jonathan ran all over the place, laughing wildly. Craig and Evan's attention were no longer focused on the door and they immediately went downstairs to see the other two running around again.

"Doggy pile?" Evan asked calmly.

"Doggy pile." Craig nodded, fist bumping Evan.

"Doggy pile!" They screamed simultaneously, running at Jonathan and tackling him.

Evanee screamed at the sudden sound and screamed even more when Jonathan disappeared under Craig and Evan's bodies.

Evan looked up at her for a moment. "Isn't that the tee shirt I gave you at the first party you came to?"

It had clicked. This was Evan's shirt, from when they had only began getting to know each other. Her cheeks flushed. She had to wear this of all shirts when Evan was here.

"Don't be embarrassed, Ducky. You look good in it."

He was suddenly pushed by Craig and tumbled down the small doggy pile, allowing Jonathan to regain some movement over half of his body.

"So, how's your day been?" Craig asked casually, laying on top of Jonathan with his leg resting on Evan.

"Eventful."

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Everything was set and almost everyone was at the house. The only people missing were Tyler and Kelly, as well as Sydney.

They would be coming in less than five minutes, from what Kelly had texted Evanee. The living room was dark, but Evanee knew that once the lights were on, it would be perfect.

The door began to open and Tyler's voice could be heard.

"They're probably upstairs, taking a nap or something," he lied. He flicked the light switch on.

"Surprise!" Everybody yelled with childish party hats on their heads.

Sydney covered her mouth in excitement and looked around the room. There was a banner above them, reading Congrats and the dining table was covered with different foods and desserts.

"You didn't?"

"We did," Evanee squealed out, tackling her best friend in a hug. "You wouldn't believe the day I had to spend with these idiots."

"I can only imagine. Thank you guys so much."

Evan came up and gave her a hug. "You deserve it. Plus, Evanee was the one who planned everything."

The green eyed girl was suddenly crushed by Sydney in a hug. She let go and revealed the packet that was in her purse, holding it up.

"Now before this party starts, I want you guys to hear the big announcement," she stopped for a second. "I got into UCLA."

Screams and cheers were shared amongst the group of friends. Sydney was the happiest she had been in quite a long time. Tears pricked at her eyes and she gave Evanee one last long hug.

"Thank you so much, Evanee. I still can't believe you did all this for me."

"You deserve the world, Sydney. Now go celebrate."

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Halfway through this entire chapter, I realized I was writing in first person and had to go back through everything to fix it, which took forever. I'm a mess.

Yes, in the story it has been a few weeks/months since it does take a while to get accepted into a college and everything. It's been really nice writing when everyone's mostly happy with each other and you can see the playful jealously between a certain group of three friends. 😉

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