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I watch Jack G flip through the TV channels while trying to find something good on. Jack J, Matt, Jack G, and I are all just hanging out in the living room. Everyone else is in their rooms.

"Do you care what I put on?" he asks.

I shake my head, but then stop. "As long as it's not too scary."

"Lexie, you have scary-phobia," Jack J jokes and I roll my eyes.

"Hey, if you got as scared as I do then you wouldn't want to be scared," I laugh.

Jack G puts on Red Band Society and then a text comes through my phone.

I see that it's from Matt and I look over at him and he raises his eyebrows. I turn back towards my phone and read the message.

Matt:Did you tell Shawn about what happened at the mall the other day?

Lexie:Erm... No. I wasn't planning on telling him. Why?

Matt: You should tell him. Do you remember what happened the last time you didn't tell him that you ran into Nate?

I sigh, remembering how we stopped talking.

Lexie: yeah.. Should I?

Matt: it's the right thing to do

Lexie: even about the fake dating?

Matt: yes

Lexie:do you think he'll get mad?

Matt:he might. But Shawn has common sense. Even if he does get mad, he'll be mad for less long then he was before. The sooner you tell him the better

It's only been two days since the mall, so hopefully I didn't wait too long. I shoot Matt a quick smile before running upstairs and knocking on Shawn's door.

"Hey," Shawn answers while giving me a big cheeky smile.

"Hey... I have to tell you something," I sigh.

"Okay," he frowns. We walk into his room and I start to poor everything out.

"Matt and I went to the mall two days ago and when we were there we bumped into Nate and he was being mean. Then I told him Matt was my boyfriend because Nate wouldn't leave me alone and then he told Matt about how I used to be depressed," I explain.

"Okay," he breaths. "So you're dating Matt?"

"No," I quickly respond. "I just told Nate that but he know we were lying."

"Did you think I would be mad when I heard this?" he asks and I slightly nod. "Lex, I can barely every get mad at you," he laughs before pulling me into a tight hug. I smile and hold him close.

"Shawn, you are the best," I giggle.

"I know," he smirks. "Oh and... did you say that you used to be depressed?"

"Yeah, but I'm fine now. I never did anything bad to myself like cutting or anything," I answer and he nods.

"So what do you want to do now?" Shawn asks.

"I think we should all hang out and do something," I suggest before he agrees and we both go downstairs.

Everyone is already downstairs watching TV.

"Hey guys, let's go do something fun," I suggest.

"Like what?" Cameron asks.

"I don't care. I just don't want to sit around all day," I laugh.

"I have an idea!" Jack J speaks up.

"Jack, you don't have any in between ideas. This will either be a great idea or the worst idea ever," I add and then everyone starts laughing.

"We should go paint balling!" he explains.

"Okay, Jack had a great idea," Shawn chuckles.

"Of course I did," Jack J rolls his eyes. "When did I ever have a bad idea?"

After he answers, everyone starts to shout out all of his bad ideas he's had in the past.

"Okay, okay, maybe I have had a few bad ideas in the past," he admits.

"So should we split into teams to make this more eventful?" Carter smirks.

"Yeah!" Aaron agrees. "How many people should be on each team?"

"Hm," Lox thinks. "We should have three people on each team, but there will be four people on some teams because we don't have an exact number."

"Okay," Lauren nods. "Should we invite Shea too?"

"Yes!" Nash blurts before his face turns red.

"Ooh does little Nashy have a crush?" Matt teases.

"So let's split into teams now," he exclaims, changing the subject. "On the count of three, go and find your partners."

"What about Shea?" Jacob questions him. "She's not here yet."

"She can just be on my team," Nash tells him before starting to count. "One. Two. THREE!"

Jack G grabs my hand and pulls me over towards him and Jack J. "You're on our team."

"Wow, thanks for the option," I laugh. "Why do you want me on your team?"

"Because you are sneaky," Jack J adds. "Even though you are the loudest person I know."

"Thanks?" I laugh, not sure if that was a compliment or not.

After everyone figures out their groups, I speak up.

"When are we going to go?" I ask- it's already six o'clock.

"We should go at like seven-thirty. Then it'll be darker out and it'll be more fun," Aaron suggests.

"Sounds good," Shawn nods.

"I have to go somewhere anyways so that's a great time," I agree.

"Where are you going?" Carter questions me.

"I have to go and get a few things from Walmart," I explain and then everyone goes back to what they were doing before.

I tip toe (in my Jordans) over to Jack G and Jack J and tap on their shoulders. Then I motion for them to follow me outside. They give me a weird look, but they come.

"What?" Jack G asks.

"Let's go to Walmart and get into character," I smirk and they look at me blankly. "We can get black clothes so we'll blend into the darkness and we'll be harder to hit. Also, it'll make us feel like ninjas."

"Lexie Madison, you are a genius," Jack J laughs and I bow.

"Okay, so do you want to go right now?" I question them.

"Yeah," Jack G agrees and then we get into my car.

When we're there, we get out and go to get a cart.

I climb into the cart and the guys start laughing.

"Are you going to stay in there the whole time?" Jack J asks me and I nod. "Aren't you afraid that people will judge you?"

"One thing I'v learned is to not care. If someone judges me then I don't care. If someone hates me, I don't care," I explain. "It just makes life easier."

"True," he agrees.

When we get to the clothes isle, I reach out of the cart and grab black skinny jeans, a black long sleeve shirt, and a black beanie.

"Was the beanie necessary?" Jack G laughs.

"Duh," I smirk. "It's super cute!"

The guys get their clothes, which happen to be just like mine (including the beanie too because I made them get one), and then we all check out.

I check my phone and it's already seven-fifteen.

"Hey, let's just change in the bathroom and then head to the paint balling place," I suggest. "I don't want to be late."

"Okay," they nod before going to the guy's bathroom and then I go to the girl's bathroom.

I quickly change into the already purchased clothing and then I wait outside of the bathrooms.

"What took you so long?" I giggle when both of the Jacks come walking out of the bathroom.

"Jack put his pants on backwards," Jack J explains and I start laughing.

"Shut up," Jack G smiles while playfully elbowing me in the ribs.

When we get into the car, I turn towards Jack G who is sitting in the passenger seat. "Should we draw black lines under our eyes to make us look more serious? More like ninjas?"

"Sure," he laughs and then I pull out eyeliner from my purse. I carefully draw two thick black lines on his face and then I do the same to Jack J.

"Hey, the guys just texted me," Jack J speaks up.

"What did they say?" I ask curiously.

"Oh they just don't know where we are. Should I just tell them that we decided to come with you?" he questions me.

"Yeah," I agree. "And also tell them that we'll meet them there."

At exactly seven-thirty, we pull into the parking lot and see everyone.
(Author's note: I'v never been paint balling so I have no idea how it goes so just go with it lol)

"SHEA!" I yell before giving her a big hug. "I haven't seen you in forever!"

"I know right, it's been like three weeks-" she starts to say but my phone starts to ring.

"Sorry, hold that thought," I apologize while answering the call. "Hello?"

"LEXIE! You haven't been to the studio for a week in a half!" Angela yells on the other line of the phone.

"You never told us when to come," I explain.

"You're suppose to come on your own a few times a week. And what were you doing that was more important than recording music?" she snaps.

"Um, hello, I was in Boston," I retort.

"BOSTON!?" she screams frantically. "MASSACHUSETTS?"

"Nooo, Boston, Minnesota," I say sarcastically. "We had a small concert there."

"Why?" she spits. "I never told you guys you could."

And then with that, I snap and start yelling into the phone. "YOU DONT
CONTROL MY FREAKING LIFE WHY WOULD I HAVE TO ASK FOR YOUR PERMISSION-"

Shawn runs over to me and gently takes the phone out of my hand.

"I'v got this," he whispers and i gratefully smile at him.

"Who was that?" Taylor asks. "And nice costume."

"Thanks," I grin. "And it was Angela, one of the record label people."

"Oh that stinks," he frowns.

A few minutes later Shawn walks back over to me and hands me my phone.

"Thank you," I laugh. "I was getting so mad."

"I can tell," he chuckles. "And they just said tomorrow we have to come in. They were mad that we are going paint balling because they wanted us to come to the studio right now."

"Gosh," I sigh. "I just don't understand them."

"Neither do I," he agrees.

The speakers start to buzz and then it starts to speak. "Anyone who is playing in the next round, put on their chest pad and then head out to the field."

"Chest pads?" I laugh. "What are those?"

"We had them in football," Matt adds. "They protect your chest. Since paint ball is kind of painful, it just makes it so it'll hurt less."

"Oh," I nod before putting on the chest pad and then heading out to the field.

I go over to Jack and Jack, who hand me a paint gun.

"I'm so excited!" I exclaim. It's already pretty dark out so it'll be even more fun.

The speaker starts to say the instructions and then a blow horn goes off, signifying that the game just began.

I grab Jack G and Jack J's arm and we start to sprint towards the props.

"There's Nash," Jack J whispers. "Let's try to hit him."

I focus on Nash and then I shoot the paintball. I can tell he's really surprised when he gets hit in the arm because he starts to rub where he was hit and look around.

Luckily, Jack G grabs my arm and pulls me closer to the prop so he doesn't see me.

"Hm. I want to find Matt and get him," I giggle.

"Should we split up?" Jack G asks.

"Yeah," Jack J agrees.

I sprint towards another prop and then do a somersault, just to release my inner ninja.

I see Matt creeping towards Jacob so I try to shoot Matt with a paintball. The first few times I miss, but on the fourth try I hit him. He jumps up and then looks around, trying to see who hit him.

I grin before seeing Cameron pointing his gun at me. I quickly point mine at him too and we both stop. I give him a thumbs up and he does the same before we both run away.

I look around and see props across the whole field. It had a whole bag of ammunition. I check my gun and see that I only have three more paint balls left. It would be a risk, but I have to get to the other side of the field.

I jump up and then start sprinting to the other side. I get hit in the back a few times with paintballs, causing my back to tingle in pain.

When I finally get to the other side, I grab the bag and get behind a prop. I start to reload and then I feel someone beside me. I look over and see Taylor pointing the paint ball gun at me while smirking.

"Share some of the ammunition or I'll shoot," he tries.

"Put the gun down first," I command. He does just that and then we start splitting the paint balls up.

"Thanks," he grins before standing up and getting ready to sprint away.

"Well, you used some of my ammunition so I think it would be wrong if I didn't shoot you," I smirk before shooting a paint ball at him and running away.

I bump into someone and then automatically point my gun, but then I realized it was just Jack G.

"Gosh, don't shoot me!" he laughs while raising his hands in defense.

"Sorry," I quietly giggle. "Who are you looking for?"

"Lauren, Aaron, and Carter," he explains. "Do you know where they are?"

"Um. I think they're on the other side of the field," I tell him. "Do you know where Shawn is?"

"I think he's in the middle," he says before sprinting to his destination.

I start to lurk around the field until I see Shawn.

I hold up my gun and start aiming, but then he does the same thing. I drop my gun and he starts laughing.

"Wow, that's such a great thing to do," Shawn chuckles. " 'Wow, I'm getting ready to get shot so I should drop my gun!' "

I blush and then quickly pick up my gun. "Hey, I just didn't want to shoot you so you should be thanking me."

"Mhm," he smirks and I roll my eyes. Before I can do anything else, the speakers announce that the game is over and the lights around the field turn on.

"That was so fun!" I laugh while walking back inside.

"Yeah!" Lox agrees.

"I totally got into the game. I felt like I was in the Hunger Games," I admit and everyone laughs.

"That was fun," Shea agrees, "but I think we should go home and finish this night off by eating some pizza."

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