Tyra's POV

"What did this spoiled brat do now?" Bells asks the moment the shock wears off and anger takes its place. There is no humor in her tone and I don't find it comforting.

"You are.."

"I mean what else could we have expected from.." She starts stopping me mid sentence but one look at the hurt in Tristan's eyes has me speaking up again.

"Stop! You are wrong" I say in a loud and clear voice, but the strain causes me to go into a coughing fit. This immediately prompts both of them to reach for the glass of water near my bedside but Tristan grabs it quicker and gives me to sip on it.

"I'll be downstairs making sure you are set for the night," Tristan says and leaves the room quietly. I want to make him stay, comfort him, let him know that I don't think the way Bella accused him. Although before leaving he nods in understanding at me with a small smile on his face, as if he could read my thoughts.

Yeah you need to stop reading vampire books, my subconscious taunts me, and I choose to ignore it.

"When will you stop siding with them?" Bella asks the movement he is gone, taking his seat on the chair. I notice the rage is all gone and concern has replaced it. Her protectiveness over me is heartwarming but not at the cost of happiness of my other friends.

"And when will you stop accusing them without proof?" I counter back at her.

"You don't know.."

"Bells," I began with a sigh, "You promised to give them a fair chance," I cut her before she went into her defensive mode. Her shoulders slump in defeat and mine in exhaustion as I feel the beads of sweat forming on my forehead.

"What an awful friend I am, I didn't even ask how you are feeling," she sadly murmurs while facepalming herself.

"It's alright, although it would make me feel much better if.." I start, which causes her to sit with back ramrod straight , ready to jump into action to help me in any way she can, "If you go and apologize to Tristan for your words," I finish and a sour look comes on her face.

"You know what you said was wrong and it was hurtful," I try to nudge her towards correcting her actions and she begrudgingly agrees.

A triumphant smile makes its way on my face when she leaves. The Super Seven and Bella are both my friends, but from two different spectrums. I never wished for them to become best friends, that would be like expecting a miracle, but all I wanted was them to co-exist.

"Why do you look worse than you did in the morning?" a grumpy Austen pulls me out of my inner musings.

"Way to push a girl down when she is feeling sick," I grumble to myself, all my happy high washed away.

That's what happens when you fall for people who look like Greek gods, my subconscious further depreciates me but I have no energy left to argue so I simply turn my attention back to the boy who has been the lead role in many of my daydreams.

The tired look around his eyes from morning is still there, but I notice his jaw is tense and fingers clenched in a fist, annoyance was screaming from his whole body.

I wanted to ask what was bothering him but then all of Super Seven entered my room, with Bells and..

"Hey Ty! How are you doing?" Wren asks as he enters the room. A glimmer of annoyance passes on Tristan and Austen's face.

"Hey Birdie! I am feeling better," I reply with a small smile on my face but a wide grin makes way on his face.

"Well get ready to feel the best, as I am here," he jokes as he makes himself comfortable on my bed, and a grim look passes on everyone's face this time except Bella who just rolls his eyes at him.

The rest of the evening is a tense affair. Ryan tries to involve Wren into the conversation, with them being in the same football team and Violet and Angel try the same with Bella. But I guess her tolerance meter got exhausted when she went to apologize to Tristan.

After everyone leaves, just like yesterday, Austen arrives back and stays overnight. I notice the annoyance from before has dissipated and a softer version, one which always comes up when we are alone, takes its place. And I go to sleep with small smile on my face, second night in a row.

...

"So it's you two today?" I rhetorically ask as the twins make their way in my room next morning. Austen had left as they arrived, giving them the same reason as he gave Tristan yesterday. My fever had gone down completely but weakness was still persistent.

"Well it was going to be just one of us at a time..." Hunter started.

"But then it would be lonely without the other in school.." Hayden continued.

"So we decided to take the turn together," they finished the sentence together.

"Well, I am feeling bet.."

"You can stop your excuse right away." Hayden says while trying to give pointed glare but ends up looking like he is constipated.

"We have already been warned to ignore it," Hunter adds with a similar constipated look which just ends up making me laugh.

As their faces contort in confusion, I let them in my reason for laughter and they now end up frowning.

"Well this serious business is not our forte," Hunter shrugs.

"Yeah it's more Austen's alley, do we call him?" Hayden muses and I violently shake my head no and quietly crawl under the comforter and let them take care of me, for being taken care of would be way better than being scolded by a guy you like.

Once things settle down, I see them whispering within themselves, noting something down, then crumbling the paper and finally throwing it away. By the fourth paper, their annoyance and frustration had filled up the room enough for me to pry into what they were doing.

Really? Or you are just being your nosy self, my subconscious taunts me and I mentally roll my eyes at her.

"Well what's the problem?" I ask them.

"Well as you know our birthday is coming up," Hunter begins and I nod my head in agreement remembering that it falls on Halloween, which was at the end of the month.

Gotta think about the gift Tyra, I think to myself.

"And well we want to plan an epic party!," Hayden says with a gleam in his eyes. And by epic I knew they meant, prankster epic.

"So are the kings of pranks finally losing their touch?" I tease them and the next second all a storm of paper balls attack me.

I wanted to laugh at their huffed faces but another idea popped in my mind.

"Ouch! Is this how you take care of a sick person?" I say in a low voice and bring my best sad face with pout. And my plan works perfectly as they instantly look troubled.

"Oh shit!" Hunter curses.

"We are so sorry Tyra," Hayden says as they both jump near the bed to check for any injuries. Unable to hold it anymore, I burst out into laughter and the twins realize they have been played.

"Seriously guys, just relax," I say in between my bouts of laughter. I was glad that my cough had subsided, otherwise I would have been coughing more and laughing less.

"Just think, what would you like to do the most?" I prod as I clear my bed of all the paper balls.

"Break The Rules" they answer immediately in unison.

"Well then make everyone do that as well!" I answer absentmindedly.

Ahem, what did you just say?" my subconscious asked in stern manner as before I can analyze what happened, the loud whooping and high five between the twins distracts me.

"You are the best Tyra!" Hayden says in joy and envelopes me in a crushing hug.

Oh boy! What have I done?

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Author's Note - Our bookworm is being the instigator for a prankster idea! I wonder how will that turn out. 10 chapters to go until the book ends!

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