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A/N: Hey guys, sorry that it's been like two weeks since the last update but here it is, enjoy!

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"That is so sweet," Kimi cooed the morning after the party. Will was on a three-way conference call with Kimi and Emmie, discussing what had happened the night before with Ryan.

Will would've normally waited until all five in the group were together to discuss things, but Cash and Liv were on a school retreat. He was sorta glad that they weren't there, to be honest. As much as they had been "working on it," Liv and Cash still hadn't progressed as much as Will would've liked. He wanted to tell the story without any snide remarks or jabs aimed at Ryan or their relationship. Will was still in the afterglow of the first "I love you" of the relationship, and he didn't need anyone harshing his buzz. Kimi and Emmie were staunch supporters of him and Ryan, and that's what he needed right now.

"So where's Ryan now?" Emmie asked as she waved off the guy from last night who had finally finished struggling to put his jeans on and was now climbing out the window. He could've used the front door — no-one else was home — but Emmie just let him do what he wanted to do. It wasn't like she'd ever seen him again anyway.

"He dropped me off after the party early this morning and said he'd be back later this afternoon with something for our three months," Will gushed, exhilarated by how well his relationship was going. Three whole months the two of them had been dating. He knew it wasn't really that long but he was still so excited by it all. Part of him knew that the honeymoon phase would wane and they'd no longer bother with these "month-iversaries" — a name that would usually make Will shiver in disgust. When did he become such a romantic cheeseball? It was becoming embarrassing.

The three continued to chat mindlessly, moving off of boys and into the latest gossip that Kimi had just found out through her still undisclosed "connections" - Will would go to his grave certain that Kimi was the queen of the high school Asian Mafia, but that was neither here nor there. But apparently, Tyler and Ivan were going to surprise Liv and Cash with a double date when they got back from retreat. Will sort of felt like a bad friend for forgetting that his other two friends were in relationships. He'd been so wrapped up in Ryan - and Oliver too, he guessed - that he'd neglected to pay attention to his friends' love lives. But you couldn't blame him, really. Liv and Tyler, who'd been "dating" for nearly six months now, were so much of a non-couple. They'd gone on about three dates and spent so little time together, but were still dating, apparently. Meanwhile, Cash was so adamant about not defining her relationship with Ivan, Will didn't think Cash even knew what she wanted. He felt bad for Ivan, who'd been hanging on for her for months and months, waiting for her to make up her mind. Honestly, Will just hoped Cash would work things out soon, for both their sakes.

"So, what about the two of you? Any men on your radars?" Will asked. He decided that he should be more up-to-date on his friends. He'd been lacking and it was time to compensate. If they had to hear all about his relationship dramas all the time, the least he could do was listen to what was up with them. 

Man, he'd been a bad friend lately...

"Nothing for me, I'm happy being single," Kimi replied, phone cradled between shoulder and ear as she painted her nails. Pastel pink to match her outfit for the wedding she had to go to that night.

"Same here," Emmie echoed, yawning loudly as she stretched. It was about time she rolled out of bed, to be honest. "Don't need the headache."

"Yeah, I can't be bothered either. And hey, if worse comes to worse, I guess I can settle with dating Em," Kimi teased playfully.

"Bitch please. You'd be lucky to have me," Emmie countered with a scoff.

"Only if I was desperate enough," Kimi scoffed back.

Will wasn't sure if they were still teasing anymore or if the conversation was getting heated, but he decided to intervene anyway. "OK you two, settle down. You're both plenty good enough for each other," he said.

"Shut up, Will," the two girls snapped back in unison before they both hung up on him.

Will stood laid in his bed, staring at the ceiling as he listened to the end tone. He wasn't sure what he'd done wrong. Only a few seconds later, he heard a notification from their Facebook chat: a "just playing with ya!" from Emmie, followed by a love heart sticker, and a "have fun on the date, Will!" from Kimi.

"You're both assholes..." Will typed back before tossing his phone onto the other side of the bed, only for it to bounce off and thud on the carpet below. Will sighed. Of course it had to do that, why wouldn't it do that? He heard his phone vibrate several times but he really couldn't be bothered to reach over and pick it up. He'd deal with it all later, but right now he needed a shower. Or a nap. Yeah, a nap sounded good.

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Will woke up to a presence leaning over him from behind, softly whispering, "Wake up, sleepyhead." Before he could fully comprehend what was happening, his doona was whisked off of him and he was pulled up and pushed into his bathroom. "Get ready, you look like shit, babes," the voice called out once the door was closed. "And hurry it up, you're date will be here soon!"

It was only then that Will realised who it was. "How the hell did you get into my house, Dale?" he yelled, wrenching the door open to find the redhead in question.

"How'd you know it was me?" Dale pouted, whipping his arms up and down like a kid throwing a tantrum.

Will rolled his eyes, how could a 27 year old man act like such a child all the time. Actually, why was this 27 year old man in his bedroom? "How'd you get in?" he asked again, leaning against the door jamb as he crossed his arms across his chest and put on his best scrutinising interrogation face.

"I just jimmied off one of your fly screens and opened the window," Dale replied non-chalantly, shrugging his shoulders as if it were nothing big. "You should really lock them, y'know; creeps could get into your house and kill you in your sleep."

Will's mouth hung open in shock and confusion. What kind of weirdo did he befriend here?! "Wha-?" he stuttered. He was speechless. What the hell.

It was then that Dale's face cracked and he burst out laughing. "Oh my god, you should see your face!" he got out once he settled down. "Your mum let me in, dude, I didn't break into your house," Dale explained as he wiped a tear from his eye, before adding, "now get in there and get ready. Ryan will be here soon!" and pushing the younger boy back into the bathroom.

Dale, someone who apparently doesn't mind that the person probably isn't listening, continued to speak to Will through the door. The conversation was mostly one-sided; with Dale rambling on at a million miles a minute about absolutely nothing as Will showered and got ready. Will was kind of shocked at how much Dale could actually talk. He started off nagging Will about thinking he was a creep who would actually break into people's homes, went through about a thousand other topics, before ending up talking about how Teletubbies was actually an Illuminati recruitment video designed to brainwash kids into consuming whatever else the Supreme Overlords wanted them to. 

Will kind of wanted to step into Dale's mind just to see how the hell it worked but part of him knew that he'd go crazy if he spent even five minutes in there. Will would never know how Robbie dealt with having to listen to the redhead all the time. Hell, as Will was thinking about all this, Dale had moved on from Teletubbies and was now ranting about how people are liars when they say newborns are cute when really, no baby is that cute until they're at least 3 months old. Seriously, how did Robbie keep up?

"And I swear, the vegan café around the corner from my place I went to yesterday is so using eggs and milk in their food, they aren't fooling me," Dale was saying when Will exited the bathroom, hiding himself with his towel.

"Why does it matter, you're not vegan," Will chimed in as he grabbed the stack of clothes Dale had chosen and went back into the bathroom to change.

"Yes, I am," Dale replied, informing Will of his apparent lifestyle change through the closed bathroom door.

"Since when?" Will asked, adding, "I watched you chow down three Big Macs last weekend and two steaks at dinner three days ago," as he slipped into the black jeans left for him.

"Shhh, don't tell anyone that! I've been vegan with Vanya and Polly for like two weeks now and they don't know I cheated!" Dale whined.

Will rolled his eyes as he pulled on the maroon jumper before opening the door. Dale whistled in appreciation. "Man, Will, if I were 5 years younger...and didn't already have a boyfriend...and girlfriend," he said, sidling up to Will and throwing his arm over his shoulder. "We could've totally, y'know," he added, making a clicking sound and winking at the younger boy.

"You'd still be too old for me, you dinosaur," Will teased, pushing Dale off of him with a laugh. Dale was about to retort but his phone began to ring out. "It's Raining Men, really?" Will laughed.

"Oh shut it, Vanya did it to tease me and I'm leaving it to piss her off," Dale rolled his eyes before answering the call.

The immediate change in his mood was obvious and Will was worried what Dale had heard because he did not look happy at all. More a mix of anger and worry. Will bit his lip anxiously.

"What happened?" Will asked once the redhead ended the call.

"Our idiotic boyfriends got themselves into an accident and they're in the hospital!" Dale exclaimed, exasperated. "C'mon, let's go," he muttered, taking Will's hand and pulling him along as he muttered, "stupid, stupid, stupid."

What the hell is happening?

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A/N: Sorry for the shitty ending, I gotta stop with those cliffhangers, but I hope you enjoyed it! New update in the next day or two :)

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