We all woke up in my basement the next morning, got ready for our days, and headed to my kitchen to actually eat.

"Ryan are you sure it's cool if we go?" Ben looked at him.

"Yeah." He nodded. "It's for Abby. It'll make Abby happy, and besides, Carters not a bad guy. He's clearly gonna be around, so I want you guys to make him as comfortable as possible being around, OK? Go, watch him kick some ass."

"And you'll tell us about the date with Havannah?" I raised my eyebrows.

"Yes." He nodded. "And thank the lord for Liv to actually agree to include her in things if today goes good."

"Ho-Co dress shopping?" Ben pursed his lips.

Ryan nodded.

"I'm thinking about asking Sie." Connor looked at all of us.

"Really?" We all gave him a look.

"You seem shocked?" He shook his head.

"You uh, you've never asked her on an actual date?" I shook my head.

"And, haven't look at her all week." Ryan shook his head.

"I just, I needed a bit to get over the fact that she hid, everything that was going on with Ian. And, none of it would've happened if I would've just shot my shot. So, I'm thinking, about possibly shooting my shot."

The three of us just clapped.

"Oh shut up. You two?" He looked at Ben and I.

"I don't know yet. Not sure if I'm even going to go." I shook my head.

"Ah, come on. It's our last homecoming." Connor nodded.

"I'll think about it, alright?"

"And you?" He and Ryan looked at Ben.

"I was gonna ask Tory Campbell." He shrugged.

It took everything, literally everything in us to not laugh.

"Oh shut up." He shook his head. "She's been tutoring me in geography, and she's nice OK? She doesn't make me feel stupid, or yell at me when I get something wrong, and she's actually really funny."

"Dude, she's got braces." Connor nodded.

"And Harry Potter glasses." Ryan pursed his lips.

"She wears track suits every day." I laughed.

"I dig it." He shrugged.

"And she has never once gone on a date, let alone to Ho-Co." Ryan nodded.

"Which is why I'm asking." He nodded. "You think the girls will take her dress shopping too?"

"I'm sure you can ask Liv." Connor laughed. "Come on." He threw his arm over Ben and we walked over to his house.

Olivia was in the kitchen eating at the island.

"Hello?" She gave us a look.

"I need a favor." Ben nodded.

"OK?"

"If Tory Campbell goes to Ho-Co with me, can you guys take her dress shopping next Saturday."

Olivia had the same reaction we all did. "What?" She choked back a laugh.

"Stop." He whined. "Please."

"I mean, sure. But Tory?" She laughed.

"She's nice, apparently funny, and she doesn't make him feel dumb." Connor laughed.

"At least he might have a date." She nodded.

"I might too. Thinking of asking Sienna." He shrugged.

She pursed her lips and nodded. "Oh?"

"You already know. Don't make it a big thing." He shook his head.

"OK." She held her hands up. "But, if we're going we've gotta leave now. Josh, Ab, and Sie are meeting us there."

"Wait, does this look OK?" Ryan held his arms out and spun around.

"Very much arm candy-ish." She nodded. "Let me know how it goes."

"Yes Ma'am." He nodded and left.

"So we're really doing this?" I looked at her. "We're going to go watch Carter fight today?"

"Yes. We are. I was going anyway, and he's trying. Please try too." She nodded.

We all sighed. "Alright."

We all headed out and got in her car, that she still can't drive for another 2 weeks.

We pulled right in next to Sienna's car.

Ben and I helped Ol out of the back seat.

"You look green." Olivia said as she hugged Abby.

"Seeing him get punched in the face, not exactly on my to do list." She shook her head.

"Well, if he hits everyone the way he did Ryan, I think he'll be alright." Connor nodded.

She sighed. "I know you guys didn't actually want to come, but thank you." She nodded.

"Seeing a bunch of dudes fight doesn't seem that bad." I shook my head. "He invited us, so he's trying. We're going to try too. And Ryan wants us to make him as comfortable as possible, hoping you guys will do the same with Havannah."

"Why wouldn't we?" She gave me a look.

"You know why." I nodded.

"Look, if Ryan wants to go out with Havannah, that's amazing. Havannah is great. He gets to be happy. I am too." She shrugged.

"That's our girl." Josh smiled and threw his arm around her.

"Hi Connor." Sienna looked down.

He sighed. "Hi." He nodded and started walking in to the arena.

"Well my other girl, it's progress." Josh threw his other arm around her.

Ben and I helped Olivia in, Josh walked the other two in, and we followed Connor.

We took our tickets to the admissions desk, they pointed us in the direction of back stage, which apparently, we have front row seats right by the ring.

We handed them to the large man who was blocking the door.

"Which fighter are you here for?" He looked at all of us.

"Carter Pruitt." Abby nodded.

He let out a small smile. "Are you Abby?"

She nodded.

He held his hand out. "Jared Pruitt, Carter's uncle." He nodded.

"Oh! Hi!" She shook his hand.

"Blonde." He pointed at Sie. "Sienna. Black curls." He pointed at Olivia. "Olivia. Guy attached to their hips." He pointed at Josh. "Josh. Short kid." He pointed at Ben. "Ben. Jolly Green Giant." He pointed at me. "Mason. And." He pointed at Connor.

"What'd he call me?" Connor pursed his lips.

He shook his head. "A very nice guy."

"Mhm." Connor nodded.

He let out a small laugh. "Go on in, he's at training station 6, and the walk way right next to it will lead you to your seats." He opened the door.

"Thank you." Olivia smiled.

We walked in.

"Short kid." Ben shook his head.

"Jolly Green Giant. What the fuck is that supposed to mean?" I crossed my arms.

"Dude, you're like 6'5." Sienna nodded. "And lets not forget the gonorrhea incident."

"Keep talking about it clap queen." I nodded.

"Shut up Mason." Connor shook his head.

I raised my eyebrows and smirked.

"Jesus Christ." Ben stopped walking.

"What?" Connor gave him a look.

He pointed ahead of us.

There Carter was with his dad, his mom, and two other guys, throwing hands, elbow, knees, you name it.

"He is really fucking fast." I nodded.

"This kid can actually fight fight? Not just swing?" Connor looked at Olivia and Abby.

They both nodded.

"First time I went to his house, he was choking his dad out with his legs." Olivia nodded.

Connor looked at both Ben and I.

"OK then." I nodded and we finished walking.

"Hi Abby." Carters mom wrapped her in a hug. "And Olivia." She hugged her too. "How're you feeling?"

"Better." Olivia nodded. "I'm just happy to be out of the house."

"And Sienna." She smiled and then her face automatically sunk.

"I'm OK." Sienna nodded and hugged her. "Just a misunderstanding."

"No." Carter walked over to us. "It wasn't." He shook his head. "Hi Gorgeous." He smiled and hugged Abby.

"Hi." She smiled at him.

"And you're still nervous." He nodded.

"No." She shook her head.

"Abby, I can feel your heart beating through your arms."

She sighed.

"I'm gonna be fine." He nodded. "I can handle my own."

"It never gets better." His mom shook her head. "After the 6th broken nose, I went numb at these things."

"Mom." He looked at her. "That did not make it any better." He shook his head.

"Sorry." She held her hand up. "I am gonna go sit so I don't have to see you punch your dad anymore and vice versa."

He sighed and put his face in his hand. "Please tell me I'm not the only one with a mom like that?" HE looked at Connor, Ben and I.

"Nope." We all shook our heads.

"I'm sorry, but this is actually real?" Connor looked around.

"Oh it's real boys." Dave walked over and put his arm over Carter. "Happy you guys came."

"Us too." I nodded. "Kind of looking forward to it now. "

"Well, you wont have to wait much longer. Carter's about to kick things off with the first fight of the day in about 5 minutes."

"Then I guess we should go sit." Josh looked at all of us.

Abby took a deep breath. "Dear god keep your hands up." She looked up at Carter.

"Always." He leaned down and kissed her.

Seeing Abby kissing anyone other than Ryan really freaks me the hell out.

"Good luck Carter." I nodded.

"Yeah, Carter. Good luck." Connor patted his back.

"Good luck." Ben nodded.

"Thanks guys." Carter gave us a small smile.

We walked down the small hallway, and this is not what I expected.

This whole tournament looked like an actual professional fight set up. There has to be hundreds of people here, and honestly, it's cool as hell.

Abby sat next to Mrs. Pruitt, Josh sat next to her, I sat next to Josh, Olivia sat between Connor and I, and Sienna sat between Connor and Ben.

A few minutes went by, the announcer called out the first fighter.

"Now introducing, your Fighter of the Summer, fighting out of Pruitt Prized Fighters, standing at 6ft 1in, weighting in at 216lb, Carter Pruitt!" He yelled in to the microphone.

Carter came waking out to Light It Up by NEFFEX.

The ref checked his mouth guard, the waist band of his shorts, his gloves, then the minute he took his shirt off, I understood Abby's interest.

"Holy fuck." My jaw dropped. "Where did that come from?" I shook my head.

"There is no way that's Carter." Ben looked at Connor and I.

"Oh my god, Carter Pruitt is actually ripped." Connor put his hand over his mouth.

"You guys are sounding an awful lot like me." Josh looked at the three of us.

"Shut up." We all looked at him.

"You guy are sounding a bit gay." Olivia nodded.

"Look at him." I motioned toward the ring.

She raised her eyebrows.

I pursed my lips and shook my head. "Never mind."

The bell rang.

"OW. Ow, oh my god." Josh grunted.

"What?" I looked at him.

"She's gonna break my fucking hand." He groaned.

"OW." Connor yelled. "Some one please take a hand, I have no hands." He grunted.

I looked over and both Olivia and Sienna were squeezing his hands so tight, they were turning white.

This works out. I want to actually hold Olivia's hand, and I know Connor wants to hold Sienna's and get closer, so I reached down, grabbed Olivia's hand, and whispered. "Let go, you're killing him. Hold mine."

"Really." She whispered.

"Well, he told one of us to take a hand. So." I whispered and let out a small smile.

"Dear god Carter, put your hands up!" Abby yelled.

"Ouch." Josh grunted again.

"Sorry." Abby looked at him.

It went about 2 rounds, and then out of no where, Carter jumped, basically super-man punched this kid in the face so hard, he completely dropped.

"Oh!" Ben screamed.

"Oh my god." Connor shook his head wide eyed. "His nose is cranked to the side."

"Please tell me you two are loving this as much as me right now?" I looked over at both of them.

They both smiled and nodded.

After the ref examining the other kid, he called the fight, and Carter won.

Honestly, Connor, Ben and I jumped up so fast and just started screaming.

"Yes Carter!" I screamed and clapped.

"Hell yeah!" Ben screamed.

"Out cold!" Connor yelled.

Josh, Sienna, Abby and Olivia just looked up at the three of us.

"Shut up!" We all yelled.

Carter won, every, single, fight, that he had today.

I have never seen Abby so nervous in her life. Due to previous events, Sienna and I are not to fond of fighting right now, but the guys had a blast the whole time.

To think, they didn't even want to come.

After the trophy's were given away, we all headed back stage again.

"Carter that was fucking amazing." Ben laughed and patted his back.

"Seriously this was awesome." Connor nodded.

"You kicked ass. Like 8 peoples." Mason dapped him up.

"Happy you guys had fun." Carter smiled and nodded.

"We had more than fun, oh my god." Connor laughed.

"Look if you're not busy, we're all gonna go grab a bite to eat." Mason nodded. "You coming?"

He raised his eyebrows and looked down at Abby.

She pouted and nodded.

He let out a small smile. "Yeah, sure." He nodded.

He changed out of his fight gear he rode with his parents, so he rode to Rocky's with Abby, Sie, and Josh. I rode with the boys.

We got about 4 pizza's and sat at one of the long tables.

And the boys, Josh, and Carter talked the whole time.

"OK, OK. Now the real question." Connor held a hand up. "Where did all the muscle tone come from?" He laughed.

Carter laughed. "A very strict work out routine." He nodded.

"Well now you have to show us." Mason nodded. "Because was not expecting that." He shook his head.

"Yeah. I can do that." Carter nodded.

"Are they fan girling right now." Sienna whispered to Abby and I.

We both nodded.

"So we're gonna go get more drinks." I nodded and pulled them up.

"Yeah yeah." Josh, Mason, Connor and Ben waved us off. "Now how do you get your knees that high?" Ben asked.

"Jesus Christ." Abby shook her head and pulled us away.

We got to the counter and sat down at the stools.

"Success." I smiled.

"I just lost lost him, to a group of boys." Abby looked at me and Sienna.

"It could be worse." Sienna shrugged.

"How?" Abby shook her head.

"They could hate him." She nodded.

"Now they're bro-ing down" I raised my eyebrows. "But our topic at hand, it is OK if Havannah comes dress shopping right?"

"Absolutely." She nodded. "Havannah doesn't really have many friends, for obvious reason being most girls boyfriends want her. But, if she's going out with our Ryan, she's included."

"And, uh, Tory Campbell." I pursed my lips.

"What?" Sienna and Abby raised their eyebrows.

"Yeah, uh. Ben is asking her to Ho-Co."

They both held their breath.

"I did the same thing." I nodded.

"Is he sure?" Sienna choked back a laugh.

"100%. Apparently she's really nice, and super funny, and tutoring him and doesn't make him feel dumb."

"I mean, Tory could be cute." Abby nodded. "If we got her out of the track suit."

"We'll work on it." Sienna nodded.

We walked back over, and Connor, Ben and Mason were trying to explain to Carter how to rainbow a soccer ball.

Oh my god, what did we just get ourselves in to.