I padded down the carpeted basement stairs, expecting to see the guys playing video games or lounging around, resting up for tomorrow's games. But instead I was met with the sight of the quarterbacks and my brother all gathered around a large cork board. The board was covered in notes and red string. What the hell were they doing? I studied the board closer, reading the notes and looking at the photos. They were all about the Jersey Girl. So to answer my earlier question, they were being detectives... apparently.

"What's going on?" I asked, interrupting their organization of the notes and red string.

"Shhh." Baylor shushed me. "Were thinking Bailey."

I ignored him, turning to the others for an answer.

"Were trying to figure out who the Jersey Girl is." Wyatt informed.

"Hmmm," I hummed, walking closer to the board, my hands shoved deep in the pockets of my sweatpants. "So what do you guys have figured out so far?"

"Ohhhhh boyyyyy." Vylad drawled.

"Well," Ethan started, resting a hand on my shoulder and motioning to the large board. "So we've come up with a few theories, I'll start with the first one. So The Junior Bowl Instagram is run my your mom right? Well we checked the times all the posts about the schools that were accepted went up. Your mom posted the updates a few hours before you delivered the letters, meaning that if somebody was keeping track of all the posts they could easily figure out where to go to steal the jerseys. The reason the jerseys are being returned is likely because this girl found out that she could possibly face criminal charges if they aren't given back."

"Hmmm," I hummed nodding my head. "That's quite possible. Tell me about your other theories."

"Theory number two is that somebody hacked the Junior Bowl website and was able to see what schools were supposed to receive letters and planned the attack months in advance. This would explain how she was never caught."

"I guess, but don't you think it'd be hard to hack the website?" In reasoned.

"But it wouldn't be that hard if she knew what she was doing." Dean pointed out, giving me a knowing smile.

"True." I stated, returning the look.

"Is that all your theories?"

"No we have one more. We were thinking that it could be very possible that this is a group of people working together to steal the jerseys and return them without getting caught."

"Alright," I nodded. "Well you guys have so pretty solid theories."

Dean gave me an amused smile that no one else could see. As the guys chatted about their theories I began to wonder what their plan of action was.

"So are you guys going to try and catch the Jersey Girl?" I asked.

"Of course." Evan scoffed.

"How though?"

"We'll figure it out." Wyatt shrugged.

I guess I don't have much to worry about for now. Not that they would be able to catch me anyway. I'm always one step ahead of them at all times.

"My brain is starting to hurt. Can we give this a break for now?" Ethan stated, collapsing down on the couch.

"Wanna bet on some video games again?" I suggested, grabbing the controllers off the playstation.

"Let's bet on Mario Kart." Dylan smiled, sitting down on the couch.

"Yeahhhh!" Smith excitedly agreed.

I put the play station controllers back and plugged in the Wii. Putting the Mario Kart disc in the console, everyone gathered around the tv, some sat on the couches others on on the ground.

"Who's up first?" I held the controllers out in front of me.

"I'll take one." Jaiden said.

"Me too." Keenan took a controller.

"I'm up." Owen stated.

"I'll kick all your asses." Wyatt smirked.

"Who's betting?" Dean questioned, opening up his wallet.

"Ten on Jaiden." I said, pooling my money on the coffee table.

Everyone pooled money on the coffee table, most putting money on Owen or Keenan, but I believed that Jaiden could beat them. Keeping my eyes focused on the tv I laughed when Keenan decided to play as Princess Peach. 

"I don't even remember the last time I played Mario Kart on the Wii." Keenan metered, reassuring me that I made the right choice by betting on Jaiden.

"Oh fuck off!" Owen cried as Jaiden struck him with lightning.

In turn Jaiden only let out an evil chuckle. Keenan was extremely focused on the game, and was leaning closer to the tv from his spot of the couch.

"YES!" He cried, jumping up from the couch and trowing his arms up in the air.

"Noooo." I grumbled tilting my head back.

There goes my ten bucks. And Jaiden was so close to winning, but he unfortunately he came in second. I took a chance and bet five dollars on Smith for the next round, and was pleasantly surprised when he won. After all the guys had gotten a chance to play, I pocketed my total winnings of thirteen dollars.

"Wanna play?" Baylor offered, holding out a controller.

"Oh it's on." I teased, taking the controller.

"Brother versus sister, this should be interesting." Ethan commented, betting fifteen bucks on Baylor.

The fact that almost everyone placed their bets on Baylor drove me to want to win even more. Picking out Princess Peach, and pressing A, I shot Baylor a playfully evil glance. We decided to play Rainbow Road, since we both knew it so well. I'd spent my whole childhood playing Wii with my brother, so I was more than prepared to crush him.

The first two laps I spent trailing behind Baylor, but when I hit him with a shell, he spun out and I manages to pass the finish line a split second before he did. Most of the guys let out upset grumbles, but Jaiden and Vylad were more than happy to take the money.

Passing the remote off to someone else, I collapsed on the couch next to Dean. I found myself not paying attention to the game since I hadn't bet any money. As my eyes wandered the room, they fell on the conspiracy board the guys had made.

Dean landed down and whispered in my ear. "Watch out Jersey Girl, we're coming for you."

A/N: AHHHHHHHHHH!!! Sorry if there's some typos, I'm exhausted but I also wanted to get this chapter up for you all <3

~Grace