Of Love And Hate, You Were My Greatest Mistake ~46~

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"Will you stop teasing me already?!" Laila cried in exasperation, "What are we, in kindergarten? He said I could take it with me!"

"Did he? Did he, really?" Caleb raised his eyebrows, holding back a mischievous grin. Laila sighed dramatically.

"More or less. In not so many words. Shutup!" She shoved a hand in Caleb's laughing face and they both fell off the bed, landing on his floor with a loud thud. Of course, Amanda was laughing at the entire scene.

"I think it's cute! I'm just messing with you," Caleb tried to shove Laila off but she was too busy sitting on his abs, smothering his face with the nearest pom pom. She cackled maniacally as his words turned to muffled grunts.

This was a typical sleepover for them: uncontrollable laughter, play fights, Laila knocking Caleb off the bed when she got tired of his relentless teasing, and at least one of his three siblings coming in to see what all the loud ruckus was. This time it was his fourteen year old brother Chris, who'd had a 'secret' crush on Laila for the past four years.

"Are you guys okay?" There was a loud knock before the door opened and Chris walked in. He took one baffled look at the scene and started laughing.

"Yup! I'm fine," Laila moved the pom pom to reveal a spluttering Caleb, "Your brother might not be. You might wanna check on that."

"Get off!"

She shrieked and toppled over as Caleb roughly sat up. "What?!"

"You tried to suffocate me!"

"And you won't stop making fun of me for having Jace's jacket!"

"No, we were making fun of how much you keep smelling it," Mandy put in. Laila smiled sheepishly.

"It smells really good," She defended.

"Who's Jace?" Chris asked curiously. "Is he that new guy at your school?"

"How'd you know about him?" Laila asked suspiciously.

"I may or may not be telling him daily stories about how mean he is to you," Caleb admitted. "What? It's funny!"

"And you're an asshole," She reached back to grab a pillow, throwing it at his head.

"Okay, I'm leaving now." Chris backed out of the room and shut the door. "Have fun!" His laughter floated through the door as he walked away to the sound of Caleb falling over again. Laila was putting her bare hands over his face now, putting them back every time he somehow moved them away.

"Stop talking and I'll leave you alone," She lied. She giggled when he finally managed to get her away. She glanced at Amanda, who was leaning against his large bed and sighing dreamily at a Britney Spears magazine. She flipped to a new page and her eyes lit up.

"This is what I wanna wear!" She declared, waving the page around. "Her outfit from the Slave 4 U video. Snake and all."

"I have a snake you can borrow-"

"No!" Laila cut Caleb's offer off in frustration. "I am not going! You guys can go ahead without me. I'm already in my pajamas."

"No, you're not." Amanda pointed out. She was right; Laila was still in her cheer uniform. They had only gotten to Caleb's house a mere ten minutes before, and she hadn't bothered to shower or change yet.

Right then a Broadway tune started playing from across the room. Laila eagerly climbed across a protesting Caleb to reach her phone. She grabbed the thing and hit answer.

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