"My family is my strength and my weakness." -Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
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POV: Corrie, Queen of Freaks
     No. No! There was absolutely, positively no way Ms. Cynthia could be here (except for the fact that she lives in New York, but whatever). I tackled her into a bear hug, then looked back at Aria. She had a small grin and softened eyes as she witnessed a reunion. She was also holding our camera, and I figured she was recording. Then, I remembered Ari's family. It must be killing her seeing me with Ms. Cynthia: part of my family. I released my hug (even though I didn't want to) and walked with her into the pizza place. As we walked in, I watch a single tear fall from those soft, blue-green eyes of Ari's.

     "So, how did you know we would be here, Ms. Cynthia?" I was still wondering how she knew. Yeah, she got our hotel rooms, but I thought that was it: that I wouldn't see her. She looked right into the eyes of a particular sandy blonde with her Panic! At The Disco t-shirt and a high ponytail. She looked off to the side.
     "I wanted to surprise you~!! I know that she's really close to you, and so, I figured you'd want to see her and eat pizza before the Big Day tomorrow!!!" Sometimes, it seems like Ari Boo-bear knows too much.
     Also, that is my new nickname for her: Ari Boo-bear. Laugh all you'd like. It's f****** cute and awesome.
     After four slices of The World's Best Pizza Ever, I was stuffed. Amelia and Alexis had three, while Ari had a measly two (probably because I told her the serving size was two. I was just kidding!). Anyway, Ari attempted to strike conversation by talking about tomorrow's events.
     "So, as you guys hopefully know, we'll be having our first show of the tour!! That will be 2 hours, max. After that, we should be looking around New York with Corrie and Ms. Cynthia, maybe." She gave Ms. Cynthia a hopeful look, which was returned with a goofy smile and nod. This made Ari beam.
     "Well, that will be exciting!!!! Let's try to make our first show one of the best, since it's one of the few ones where we'll all be together, alright?" Ari Boo-bear tilted her head slightly, but she didn't seem to notice. There was an assortment of positive answers, all meaning, 'We will!'

     I flopped onto my bed as soon as I got into the room me, Ezra, and Sammy shared. I wasn't tired: just bored. My eyes started to droop, but I forced them to stay open. That's when Sammy and Ezra came in. Ezra was bouncing off the walls, as usual, while Sammy was reading some kind of book (also as usual). I don't know why, but for the first time in a long while, I fell asleep from sheer boredom. Besides, I needed the rest; I couldn't of guested what would happen the next day.