16

Brooke

"In six days we're going to decorate the gym," Renee said. It was now only a week before Scarlet would leave and not too long before the school dance.

"It's going to be awesome!" I jumped up and down excitedly.

"Hey, now that Scarlet is sick you can do that performance so we can film it," Jimmy said. We'd been planning on filming the performance for a while so we could play it on a white screen during the dance performance.

"I'll just ask if we can do it during our lunchbreak," Emma said. She walked away.

"Good idea," I said before walking off to get Auriana and Jake. Jake and Auriana were in the music room practicing their music duet. I opened the door and listened for a moment.

"So everyone can see. Fly away with me in your arms. 'Cause baby I love you, keep up your guard and put on your mask. 'Cause you really are, you really are Supergirl, Supergirl."

"The lyrics are right," Jake said. Auriana rolled her eyes. They quickly got the go ahead and everyone was in their places.

Auriana: Okay, everyone ready?

I clapped my hands to the rhythm of the music. Renee snapped her fingers. Skylar stomped her feet as she sat at the table. Jake turned on the music. Renee, Auriana, Skylar, Emma and I ran to the "stage" in the cafeteria, clapping to the beat.

"Don't let it fool you,"

"We're no ordinary teens,"

"Different worlds colliding into one,"

"Each trying to find their own place,"

"We're stubborn as hell,"

"Chasing our own dreams,"

"All for one, you know?"

"We're better together,"

"We stand united,"

"Fighting for what's right every time,"

"We're stronger together,"

"We'll make a difference,"

"All for one and one for all,"

"Nothing can stop us,"

"Not even when they try,"

"Power of ten, unbeatable,"

"And one thing is for sure,"

"When you call for us,'

"We'll be there for you,"

"All for one, you know?"

"We're better together,"

"We stand united,"

"Fighting for what's right every time,"

"We're stronger together,"

"We'll make a difference,"

"All for one and one for all,"

"Don't let it fool you,"

"We're no ordinary teens,"

"We're much stronger than we look,"

"We're here to save the day,"

"Come on, give it your best,"

"We don't give up that easy,"

"Don't mess with the friends,"

"All for one, you know?"

"We're better together,"

"We stand united,"

"Fighting for what's right every time,"

"We're stronger together,"

"We'll make a difference,"

"All for one and one for all,"

"All for one, you know?"

"We're better together,"

"We stand united,"

"Fighting for what's right every time,"

"We're stronger together,"

"We'll make a difference,"

"All for one and one for all,"

"All for one and one for all,"

"All for one and one for all,"

"All for one and one for all,"

"All for one and one for all," we all sang. Jimmy stopped the camera.

"It looks good," he said as he handed me his bottle of cassis. I gratefully took a sip.

"How is Theresa doing anyway?" Skylar asked cautiously. Everyone had been avoiding the subject of parents since the incident at Auriana's house.

"Well, the bullet was taken out of her shoulder yesterday, she'll have to stay a few days up to two weeks for observation," Auriana replied. The police had arrived just a little too late and her father had gotten away initially. Theresa was brought into the ambulance and a paramedic called the mother of the friends where Ryleigh and Rose were and asked if she could drop them off at their grandmother's. Because the bullet was in a difficult but not life threatening place, the surgeons wanted to make a good plan of action before they performed the surgery.

"Where are you staying then?" Jake asked. No one knew exactly where they were staying up until now.

"At our grandmother's," Auriana replied. The doctors had called her grandmother from the hospital, since she was their mother's emergency contact.

"And has your father been arrested yet?" Renee asked. Auriana nodded.

"He's going to jail for life." The police managed to arrest him after he thought the coast was clear and just walked down the street.

"Isn't shooting someone only ten years in jail?" Nikki asked. Auriana nodded. She had read up on the incident afterward.

"Yeah, but he also shot two officers during his arrest." We were shocked at how level-headed Auriana was about the situation, but it was probably because there was nothing she could do about it.

"Great dad," Renee said sarcastically. Auriana ignored the comment and didn't show how much it actually hurt her. We walked towards the locker rooms by the gym and put our regular clothes back on. After we were all ready, we joined the boys again.

"We're also going to record the songs of the CD today," Jimmy said. They all walked into the recording studio in the music room at school.

"What songs?" Skylar asked.

"I made a list." Jake put the list on a stand.

All for one Dance to the beat The magic inside of me Superman Stronger Faith We are one Finally me Highway Better together

"Five, six, seven, eight!"

"Don't let it fool you."

Principal Nickolas

"Yes hello, this is Tina Nickolas, I would like to order seven tiaras and three crowns, with crystals in ten different colors, on the tiaras: Rose quartz, citrine, peridot, amethyst, aquamarine, amber and ruby ​​and on the crowns sapphire, onyx and emerald, I need them in five days. Okay thanks, West Field High School. Then I'll see them in four days." I put the phone back on the cradle after hanging up.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Mrs. Preston asked.

"You've seen the kids, you can see how much they do for their friends, they're honest, kind, funny, creative, cool, smart, positive, athletic, generous and loyal," I replied.

Nikki

"I can't believe I'm never going to see you again in five days," Scarlet said disappointedly. We were sitting at our usual table under the tree, the sun shining through the glass roof.

"Hey, don't think like that! There are always vacations, then we'll come to you or you'll come to us," Auriana protested. The rest of our group nodded in agreement. Of course we would go visit her.

"We're going to miss you too," Skylar said. There was one thing that was bothering Scarlet, you could clearly read it on her face.

"Where are you all the time you're not in class?" We quickly looked at each other and each came up with a different excuse: orthodontist, physical therapy, doctor's appointment, hospital check-up, a wedding we had to practice for.

"Okay…?" Scarlet said. She didn't really believe it but decided to let it go. Renee looked at her watch.

"We have to go." The girls (except Scarlet and me) stood up and walked away.

"Do you know where they're going?" Scarlet asked me, but I shrugged.

"I have no idea," I lied. Of course I knew they were going to a classroom where the boys and the principal had been busy preparing the surprise all this time.

Renee

"We're here!" Emma announced before dropping into the desk chair and watching what the boys were doing.

"How's the video going?" Auriana asked. Jeremy gestured to the screen and pressed play.

"We've even filmed stuff three years ago?" Emma asked. The video showed moments of our friendship over the years.

"Yeah, we still have to do the "we will miss you" part," Jeremy said. He sat down too and stopped the video.

"I'll make sure Nikki comes too!" Emma ran out of the room. Brooke pulled out the basket and started decorating it. Auriana walked over to the cabinet and grabbed the cards and handed them out.

"Okay, line them up in order." We will miss Scarlet you Carson!

"Oh, wait." Auriana walked back over to the cabinet and grabbed another stack. We are going to miss Scarlet you! Carson. Emma and Nikki entered the room. She had told Scarlet that she needed to go to physical therapy to get the strength back in her arms and legs. They had been out of action for a few weeks. Auriana gave them the cards.

"Okay, Brooke and Jeremy you need to switch places, Skylar and Jake, you too and Emma and Nikki too." Auriana quickly went over to them. Principal Nickolas filmed for five seconds and then paused the camera. We threw the cards on the floor and waved while the principal filmed again. A moment later Jeremy edited the video and burned it onto a CD.

"How's the CD with our songs coming along?" Nikki asked. It was only then that we noticed that all fifty computers in the room were turned on. BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Jake and Jimmy walked over to the laptops and looked at what was going on.

"What's up with the laptops? Aren't fifty computers enough?" I asked. However, I got no answer to my question, the boys completely ignored me.

"Renee, would you go to the copy machine and get my copies?" Jeremy asked. I rolled my eyes but walked out of the room anyway. Luckily, the machine was just around the corner and out of sight of the auditorium. I was soon back in the room where Jimmy handed me a pair of scissors. Jake gave Auriana, Brooke, Nikki, Emma, ​​and Skylar a pink pen. Jeremy pulled out five stacks from the cupboard.

"What are those?" Brooke asked. She couldn't see the stack well but there were a lot of them.

"CD covers," Jimmy answered. Jimmy put out fifteen covers for Emma, ​​fourteen for Auriana, and fourteen for Skylar.

"Each CD should say: "Friendship is everything." My friends wrote the title on each CD while I cut out the covers for the cover, and a hundred and fifty CDs later we were complaining that our hands were starting to hurt.

"Come on, there's only fifty left," Jeremy said as he tied a ribbon around a stack of twenty CDs. I slid the last of the cut-outs into the sleeve. Half an hour and a lot of cramping later, Auriana wrote: "Friendship is Everything" on the last CD.

"Why are there so many CDs?" Brooke asked. She was doing finger exercises to get rid of the cramp in her hand as quickly as possible.

"So we can sell them, it was the principal's idea," Jeremy replied.