If there was a nice way to put what was going on, I still wouldn't have put it. Although the cruel punishment of what was happening was still pretty much my fault. Not completely, but some what it was.

I was currently in the cafeteria, with Mercy, Eve, Emma and Emilie. Jaxon wasn't at school today, because he was really sick, according to his cousin, Emma. I know I've mentioned how much I hate this place, but what had happened was worse than anything that had happened before.

Mercy was screaming.

But damn, for a mute girl she sure was loud. I had just told my friends that Coach Smith was going to let me run on the cross country team. That had caused a major scream from Mercy. Now she was just starting to calm herself down, thank God!

Then she started signing.

Oh my God! She signed in her frantic way. We totally need to celebrate your victory!

I agree with Mercy. Eve signed.

"Ashley, what are they saying?" Emma asked.

"Yeah, what?" Emilie questioned.

"They want to celebrate me making the cross country team." I said, "Any ideas?"

"I have one!" Emma shouted.

"What is it?" I asked.

"How about a sleepover?" She asked.

"Sounds fun!" I said.

I quickly relayed the message to Eve and soon we were all plotting. We were going over to my house at Friday after school if my Mom was okay with it. She probably would be. She was always pretty cool with friends coming over. Now all we had to do was wait.

. . .

Friday seemed to take forever to get here, but when it finally did, I was overly excited. My friends and I walked home as fast as we could, without actually running. Unlike me, none of them were really into the whole running thing.

Ricky, my little brother, was going to be staying at Nick's house, and Mom stayed far away from us crazy teenaged girls. So it would be like having the house all to ourselves. I smiled widely as I gave Emma and Emilie the grand tour, ending in my room.

"This is my room." I said, not needing my eyesight to know the room that I'd lived in for fifteen, almost sixteen, long years. "Also known as Party Central." I said, smiling. "This is where we shall sleep, eat junk food, and do other stuff we'll probably regret tomorrow."

"Coolio, bro!" Emma said.

I walked into my room and laid on my bed, which was kind of hard since Eve and Mercy were already sitting on it. We had nothing to do, until Mom got home from the place where she had her breast cancer treatments, and got pizza, along with other snacks, in about an hour or two.

"What do you guys want to do first?" I asked.

"Can we just watch TV, until your Mom comes home?" Emilie asked, and I shrugged.

About twenty minutes later Emma and Emilie were completely into some show, I've never even heard of. Eve was watching, trying to understand what was going on. I, however, hated TV. So Mercy was keeping me entertained, mainly so I don't pull any pranks, by talking to me, but I could tell she, too, was watching the TV show.

Then the unicorns barfing up rainbows and sung about how many pranks are going to be pulled on you tonight. I signed, seeing if she was paying attention.

What? Mercy signed back. I guess she was paying better attention than what I had thought...

I thought you had died. I signed innocently.

Haha. If I died, you would find my grave and dance on it, rejoicing having one less annoying friend. Mercy teased, me.

Ahh, rude! After I invited you to my party and everything. I teased back.

Mercy on my poor soul! Mercy signed.

No mercy for Mercy! I signed back. Then we both started laughing like maniacs. I could practically feel the weird looks pointed in my direction. That made me laugh even harder. When Mercy and I finally stopped laughing, we were gasping for air.

What was that all about? Eve signed into my hand.

I have no idea. I signed back, still smiling. I was now sure that this was going to be a night to remember.  

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AN:

WE HAVE GOTTEN OVER 600 READS!!!!!!! I KNOW IT ISN'T AS GOOD AS SOME BOOKS BUT THIS IS THE BEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SORRY THAT THIS IS ALL IN CAPS BUT I'M JUST SO EXCITED I NEEDED TO EXPRESS IT!!! REMEMBER TO VOTE AND COMMENT!!!! BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Big thanks to GayleGirl19 for inspiring me over the school year and through a text message from sometime in the past!

Also this book is officially entered in the 2016 Wattys!!!!!