"OOH THAT ONE'S hot." Vera points at the screen of her rose coloured MacBook as we lay on our stomachs, side by side on the small expanse of her king single bed.

"One small move and I'll flash the entire wedding my breasticles." I grumble as I side glance her.She pauses before she shrugs it off and continues scrolling through the online shop.

"Chase wouldn't mind." She smirks and I gasp, grabbing the pillow I was resting my chin on and hitting her on the side of the head with it, "You know it, Hay!"

I shake my head, my cheeks slightly flush as I rest the pillow back under my chin. After my little revelation in my room earlier this afternoon and the punching match with my pillows that ensued, I made a vow to myself to not let anyone know. I mean, I don't even know what the fuck those feelings are and I sure as hell don't need anyone else telling me.

"Why do girls get so hyped over dresses?" Noah question, mouth full of chocolate ice cream as he sits in Vera's fluffy desk chair. We stare at him blankly over the screen of the lap top.

"Aren't you suppose to be hanging out with Levi?" I question as he shrugs, playing with the plastic spoon shoved into his sundae. Noah stocked up after we all ate dinner together. Vera, Penn and I as well as Noah all retreated back to Vera's dorm where we were currently scouring the internet for dress for my mother's wedding.

"I'm suppose to be a lot of things, but I live to disappoint." He says casually as I laugh at him, shaking my head slightly as I glance back at Vera's screen.

"Well, you'll never disappoint me." Penn remarks as she wraps her arms around the shoulders of her boyfriend from behind and kisses his cheek. I'll never get over how happy Noah gets when Penn kisses him. His face lights up more than it does when he's fucking eating and that's saying something.

I sigh, resting my head on my hand as I glance at Vera, "How's your love life at the moment?"

"You mean lack thereof?" She questions with a small scoff.

"What about the guy from the gala?" I ask, reminding her of the certain blue eyed blonde who looked fresh out of a magazine.

"Exactly. What about him? My fucking drunk ass scared him off and I have now officially accepted that I will live alone with thirty cats in my penthouse apartment, sipping on martinis and lounging in fluffy robes." She explains dramatically, waving her hand around, "It's a happening thing."

"Hey, don't be so negative." I tell her as I wrap my arm around her shoulders, squeezing her into my side, "I'll be there too."

She grins up at me, "Even better, my love."

"I'm sure you'll be able to find him." Penn suggest as she takes a seat at the end of the bed and extends her hand, "Give me your phone."

Vera glances at her best friend weirdly before hesitantly slipping her phone into Penn's palm. I glance at Vera who mirrors my confused yet intrigued expression as we both slowly rotate our heads back to Penn.

"His name was Sam, right?" Penn questions as Vera nods. She then turns back to the phone, her fingers quickly tapping all over the screen. "Did he say what his last name was?"

"I think so, but let's just all remember the fact that I was shit faced." Vera announces, glancing at everyone in the room with wide eyes, "I know it started with an S. I feel like Sampson is screaming at me."

"Sampson always screams at me." Noah perks up from the desk chair, still spooning his way through his sundae, "But that's because I always fuck up the science experiments. Did you know I once burned his brown toupee off with a bunsen burner?"

I can't help but laugh as Vera groans and slaps her forehead, "Oh right, that's our chemistry teacher."

"You said it started with an S?" Penn question as Vera nods, "Well, what's some last names starting with S? Smith? Simons?"

"What about Stewart? Sam Stewart has a nice ring to it." I suggest as Vera continues to shake her head while looking incredibly determined to figure out this gorgeous dude's last name."

"Samson?" Noah questions as we all slowly shift our gazes to him. He shrugs with ignorance, "What? It could be Sam Samson, what's so bad about th—oh....I have now realised my mistake."

We giggle at him as we return back to discussing last names. Then all of a sudden, Vera perks up excitedly.

"Sinclair!" She exclaims loudly, "Fuck yes. I knew I'd remember it."

"Sam Sinclair, alrighty then." Penn mutters to herself while tapping away at the phone. She then tilts the screen in our direction, "Is that piece of fineness Sam?"

I glance at the familiar blonde boy smiling while holding a lacrosse stick balanced over the back of his shoulders. Penn scrolls through his Instagram profile and I was honestly in some kind of trance.

"Yup." Vera mutters, her voice cracking adorably as she does so.

"Holy shit! My girlfriend is Sherlock fucking Holmes." Noah exclaims from behind Penn, and I glance at him to see Noah holding his head as the realisation hits him.

I roll my eyes and extend my arm out to Penn, "I need to take a closer inspection." 

Penn gives me the phone and I bring it closer to my face. Then, as quickly as I could, I tap on the message button and slide into his DM's like a damn boss. 

"Hayden! No, do not fucking message him." Vera tries to take the phone from me but I pull it further out of reach, "You're going to regret it!" 

I cackle, rolling around the bed as Vera scrambles over me, trying to grab the phone, "Try me bitch!" 

I struggle but finally manage to press send and the message was sent. I happily give it back to Vera with a cocky smirk as she reads it. She pauses, drops the phone onto the bed and glances up at me. Her expression was priceless and so damn worth it. 

"Seriously, Hay? Of all fucking pick up lines." She was laughing at this point because it just couldn't be helped. I'm the best match maker of all time and there's no way he won't reply to that. Cupid who?  Vera glances at the screen before reiterating the message, "Did you sit in a pile of sugar? Because you've got a sweet ass." 

"Whoa, you're so romantic Hayden." Noah says, totally agreeing with me with a nod. Penn was just laughing at us and I nod proudly.The room falls silent, so when the high pitched ring of Vera's notification echoed through the dimly lit room, we all exploded. 

Vera's hands fumbled her phone as Penn leaped forward and Noah fell off the desk chair heavily before crawling to the bed. We were all hanging over the phone and if anyone walked in at that exact moment, they would assume some shady satanical shit was going down in Vera's dorm. 

The message from Sam, obviously, and said "I was wondering when you were going to track me down." 

"Aaaaaand, you're welcome." I point at the phone arrogantly, "No need to thank me. Just let me do the first speech at your wedding. I'm planning a power point presentation and everything." 

They all laugh at me as Vera nudges me playfully. 

Penn and Noah started arguing over replies as Vera was smiling down at her phone and I couldn't help but grin at three of the most important people in my life, realising what I would've missed out on had I not come here. 

And honestly, I'm so fucking glad I did. 

this was just a filler chapter really. which is kinda why it's a double. 

but be prepared because the next few chapters is the gang on they're winter break

it's also hayden's mom's wedding

so get excited!!!!