I couldn't believe they were actually home. I heard my brothers laugh before I'm lifted to my feet and wrapped up in Ryan's arms.

"You're really here right now?" I feel tears well up in my eyes as I look up at both of them

"We're both here Baby Ski" Lance grins

I see Lance Just pull Caleb in for another hug as even Caleb starts to cry. Caleb almost never cry's but when he did, it was for a damn good reason.

"You weren't supposed to be here" he says "I thought it was only Ryan?" Caleb mumbles

"I was bullshitting you the whole time" Lance smirked at me

I pull away from Ryan rapidly to look at Caleb. He knew about all of this?

"You knew?" I question incredulously

"Happy birthday Princess" he chuckles as tears stream down my face, before I basically jump into his arms

"You fucking planned this?!" I cry while looking up at him before smacking his shoulder rapidly "You asshole why didn't you tell me?!"

"Well Princess, there's this thing, it's called a suprise" he says slowly and sarcastically making everyone laugh

"You two are really here right now?" I can't help the tears streaming down my face

"Yes ma'am"

I hadn't even noticed until now, all the people around us clapping. Some were even crying with us.

"This was the big suprise" I say as Beck and I both grin at Caleb

"It was originally just supposed to be Ryan, but apparently jackass came along too" Caleb laughs gesturing to a very proud looking Lance.

"I had no idea" Beck says, tears falling from his eyes "I thought you were just getting their dog tags"

"I knew you were listening the whole time so I made that shit up" Caleb just grins as Beck hugs him

"Okay y'all!! Now that were all done sobbing our eyes out, let's party!" Em laughs into the microphone before returning it to the dj. He instantly starts the music back up and everyone continues the fun they were having.

"Come on let's go inside" Beck says to them as the rest of our siblings, cousins, and friends all join us.

All 32 of us gather around the living room and essentially just stare at the two in disbelief. It was still surreal that they were actually here.

"Did all of you know about this?" Beck questions, looking around at them

"Well the little ones didn't" Mal says

"And neither did Colton or Arya" Kate gestured to the our two younger sibling who were both crying as they hugged Ryan and Lance "He told everyone else though, we are in until January sixth" he grins at a very proud looking Caleb

"So I do good?" He smiles proudly at Beck and I.

"Yes very good" I laugh as I lean my head on his shoulder "Thank you so much" I say while watching my brothers who are now all laughing at something Lance said

"Anything to make you smile princess" he says wrapping his arm around me

"Hey!" I say popping my head up so I can look at him "Come on, Do you want your present?"

I stand up and hold my hand out to him before pulling him up. We both sneak up to my room so I can get his guitar and sit out on the balcony so he can unwrap it.

"So what did you get me princess?"

"You see, theres this thing called a suprise," I grin before handing him the giant box and sitting across from him "open it!"

"You know I told you not to get me anything big...I think this qualifies as big" he comments looking at the box

"Bitch you got me my brother, open your damn present" I order making him laugh before tearing the wrapping on the box, only to reveal another cardboard box.

"Oh my god it's a cardboard box!" He says excitedly

"Kazer I swear to fuck if you don't open this present right now I'm going to kill you" I laugh at him as he takes out his pocket knife to cut the tape down the side

"Okay before I open this" he says holding the flaps of the box down "Is a rabid raccoon going to jump out and kill me?"

"5...4...3..." I start counting down as he scrambles to open it

His eyes go wide as he pulls the guitar out of the box "the red special" he whispers quietly as he looks down at the guitar

"Holy fuck is it signed?" he jumps up as he spots the signature

I just slowly nod with a grin. "It's the actual guitar Brian May played, I-"

I can't even finish my sentence before I being literally picked up and spun around.

"You are fucking insane" he grins at me "How much did this cost you? Princess I can't accept this I-" He starts to ramble on before I clamp my hand over his mouth to make him shut up

"Don't even say that Kazer. I drove to San Antonio to get this, don't worry about the cost. I knew you love this, just please, take the damn guitar. Think of it as a joint gift from all of us, just my idea" I say, not bothering to remove my hand as he continued to lick it "You've licked my hand before, this isn't anything new" I shrug looking at him before giving in and quickly removing my hand.

"Princess I-" he stops mid sentance as he looks back at my goofy grin "I-I just- god you're fucking amazing " he hugs me again making me laugh before he runs back into my room and plops on my bed. He'd have to hook it up to his amp as it is electric but it didn't stop him from silently strumming songs. "How did you know?"

"About the guitar? Dude you've loved that guitar since we were kids."

"I would've thought you'd forgotten by now, I haven't played in years" he shrugs simply

"I remember the small shit" I say simply with a grin "So I do good?" I imitate his words from earlier

"Far better than good" he laughs

"Good, now I believe we have our party to get back to" I grin at him and say as I pull him off my bed

"Thank you so much, really" he says before carefully placing he guitar bag in its box and sliding it back in my closet

"Don't thank me, Happy birthday Kazer" I say as I wrap my arms around his waist. Regardless of how pissed I was after my fight with Dallas, I'm happy now. Really happy.

"Happy birthday Kalanski" he say before gently kissing the top of my head

The two of us quickly make our way back downstairs, just before our parents were going to leave. They were all saying their goodbyes but instead of them by the door I see Lexi and her little sister Kelsey.

"Hey, leaving already?" I smile at her

Kelsey just huffs as he continues putting her shoes on while Lexi struggles to zip Kelsey's Jacket "Yeah, it's already eleven and I should really get her to bed"

"No the party's just getting started! Please stay!" I plead

"Please Lexi! I wanna stay with my friends" Kelsey joins me

"No K, you're ten," she says to Kelsey before turning to me "I can't, I know the parties your brothers throw, and I can't have her here"

"Oh god no, none of the kids are going to be here, all the adults are leaving as soon as they're done saying goodbye actually, and they're taking the younger ones over to Kazers house. They already have a giant fort set up in their living room" I tell her "If it's alright with you, I don't think my parents would mind if Kelsey tagged along at all."

"That would be so fun!" She smiles at her sister "Can I please go?"

"They'll be right across the street?" Lexi says as her eyes shift to Caleb and I

"Yep! My parents will be there, Adam and Cheri will be there, Kerry I think so going over there and Jordan's mom and dad, Katy and Jay, will be there" Caleb tells her with a smile "Oh and they're also bringing Tiny over so they'll have a dog to play with"

Lexi stops for a minute, just looking back and forth from our pleading faces to her sisters before finally letting out a loud sigh.

"Fine, you can stay with them tonight. But I hear one word that you were being a bitch and you're grounded for two weeks, no xbox, no movies and no softball." Lexi tells her sister sternly just as mine and Caleb's parents both approach with Max and Bexley.

"Wow Kelsey did you convince her?" My dad grins down at the mini Lexi

"I did!" She jumps up and down excitedly giving my dad a high five

"Than you so much for watching her" Lexi says politely to my dad

"Oh of course! We all love watching the little ones" Kay smiles at Lexi

"If she's any trouble please let me know" Lexi tells them as Julia soon joins them. "And I'm serious, you will have to tell coach why you're benched for two weeks if you misbehave" she says to Kelsey who just nods excitedly before running out the door after the other three.

"Okay, parents have left" I grin at my brothers and friends

"Let's have fun"Arrex smirks as he goes over to the Dj and yells something at him. The next song came on and made me jump about ten feet in the air.

"EM! EM IT'S OUR THROWBACK PLAYLIST!" I tell automatically recognizing one of my favorite songs from when I was like six.

The playlist continued to go throughout all of our favorite songs until the best one of all came on. Em and I even had our own choreographed dance to it.

"I HOPPED OFF THE PLANE AT LAX WITH MY DREAM AND MY CARDIGAN" Em screams through the crowd in the backyard as she runs over to me, Arrex and Caleb "C'mon boys we're dancing to this one" they both just laugh as we start doing our dance in front of them. Eventually Arrex gets up and runs off with Em while I stay in front of Caleb trying to get him up.

"This is all so crazy everyone seems so famous! My tummy's hurtin' and I'm feelin' kinda homesick

Too much pressure and I'm nervous

It's when the taxi man turned on the radio

and the Jay-z song was on

And the Jay-z song was on

And the Jay-Z song was on!" I sing the next lyric trying to get Caleb up, he just laugh before quickly taking my hand and pulls himself up.

"I put my hands up

They're playing my song

The butterflies fly away!

Nodding my head like yeah" I start to move my head, whipping my hair around in the process

"Moving my hips like yeah

Got my hands up they're playing my song

They know I'm gonna be okay

Yeah, it's a party in the USA

Yeah, it's a party in the USA"

"Look at you go princess, who knew you didn't have two left feet" he says close my ear so I could hear him as he dances against me.

"You too Kazer" I grin as I turn around to face him "Nah never mind you've always been able to dance" I say making him laugh

"Get to the club in my taxi cab

everybody's lookin at me now" I sing while grinning up at Caleb

"Like who's that chick who rocking kicks

She's gotta be from outta town" Caleb laughs slash sings the next line along with me

"So hard with my girls not around me

Definitely not a Nashville party

Cause all I see are stilettos

Guess I never got the memo

My tummy's hurtin and I'm feelin kinda homesick

Too much pressure and I'm nervous

That's when the DJ dropped my favorite tune

And a Britney song was on

And a Britney song was on

And a Britney song was on!" I can't help but laugh as Caleb twists me around before pulling me back in with a goofy grin on his face

"This is always a fun song" he laughs

"Oh always" I grin up at him just before he twirls me around one again just after the next song came on.

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I stayed surprisingly sober the whole night. The same can't be said for my brothers. At one point Arrex started giving Em a lap dance to Bad Romance by Lady Gaga.

"How are we the only sober ones?" Ace questions with a grin as he and Caleb walk over to me.

The Dj left around 1:30 so we just had the low hum of the house speakers playing. Most people had left already too, only about twenty remained, not including my brothers, friends and cousins.Tyler and Wes were both passed out somewhere in the basement while Jordan was somewhere around here.

"I wanted to stay sober tonight, I've only had like two beers? If that. I haven't had a crown and coke today either" I say simply. I had a weirdly high tolerance for those things, it was really only these drinks too. My dad always drinks crown royal, it's his favorite whiskey. Whenever we'd have our fun weekend at home or on the beach, our parents would just sit back, relax and drink. So I wanted to learn how to make their drinks for them. My dad always drink crown and coke, Cheri drinks sweet tea vodka and lemonade, Kay like mango margaritas, and Arron likes straight Tito's.

"Here" Caleb says as he places another cup filled with coke in my hand.

"Did you-" I start to say before he cuts me off

"Filled cup with ice, just under half with crown, the rest coke. Yes I remember how to make it" he rolls his eyes at me as he leans on the counter beside me

I glance around, my eyes landing on the presents table that was practically overflowing with presents. We all decided not to open presents tonight and leave them for the morning.

"We should probably start cleaning up, it's almost four" Ace says, reading my thoughts. At this point everything had relaxed significantly.

"Hey Belle" I hear someone call from behind me. Dallas.

I'd found him earlier, he wasn't as drunk as he had been. But just as soon as I found him, I lost him. I can't really be mad at him for that though, there were so many people here that's it was easy to get lost.

"I'll meet you guys out there in a few" I say to Ace and Caleb before turning back to Dallas "Yeah what's up?"

"Are you still mad at me?"

"Oh a little yeah" I give him a tight lipped smile "You have no fucking right to be commenting on what I wear. My brothers don't even say shit let alone you." I snap at him. That comment just really pissed me off earlier. He has no right to be a possessive controlling dickhead.

"The only two people who are allowed to comment on my outfits in that sense are Cheri and my dad. I know I didn't look trashy, sure the shorts are a little shorter than what I'd normally wear, but they were by no means showing my whole ass off. And I'm sorry that I actually have boobs, so yeah when I wear some shirts, my cleavage will be visible" I say to him in a cold tone. I can't help what I am. I have an ass that fills out shorts more than the average girl, I have boobs that, yeah, will show clevage even when I'm not wearing a push-up bra. I can't help it.

"Yeah but-"

"Dallas is just stop talking now dude" Ace chimes from the kitchen

"You can't justify it" Caleb comments as he tosses a few cans in the garbage can before Back walking out

Dallas rolls his eyes at Caleb before his eyes once again fixated on me. Immediately infuriating myself even more.

"That's another thing. You do not get to talk about Caleb nor any of my friends like that. He is not a dick, he is not an asshole. He is my best friend and if you can't fucking accept that, then you can leave." I add. Caleb's always been in my life, and has always stuck up for me. He always been there for me, through everything, no matter how much I'd pissed him off. I don't care what passed drama they've had, Caleb's been respectful of him and I expect the same out of Dallas.

"Belle, look, I'm sorry. I was drunk and I was jealous. I didn't even realize what I was doing"

"Yeah well drunk words are sober thoughts" I say quietly

"Belle please. I didn't mean any of it. I-I fucking love you okay?" He blurt out quickly

My head snaps up to look at him so fast I'm suprised I didn't just break my neck. I've never said I love you when I didn't mean it. I couldn't do anything besides sit there and just look at him in shock.

"You what?" I finally fine words as I look at him

"I love you." He states finally

After moments of quiet his eyes meet mine "say something because you're making me really fucking nervous"

"I- Just- I-" I feel myself let out a sigh of relief when I hear the doorbell ring

"Belle! Door!" Arrex yells, well, more like groans, from the living room

"Got it" I say quietly before beelining to the door instantly letting a sigh of relief out when away from Dallas.

I couldn't say it back.

I quickly throw the door open, ready to thank whoever was there for interrupting that whole ordeal with Dallas. That was before I hear the voice that could literally turn me to stone or course. Just like the Medusa bitch she is.

"Hello Bailey"