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Nailea was the worst at keeping secrets. Everyone in the secret group chat knew it, and yet they still trusted her to keep Tierneigh's surprise under wraps. A mistake, honestly. Because in the past week alone, she had almost slipped at least three times.

The first time was during a video call with Aryan and the others. The group had been catching up, laughing about some drama from Aryan's latest night out, when Nailea casually went, "Yeah, well, Tierneigh and I were just talking about—" and then immediately slapped a hand over her mouth.

Tierneigh, who had been lying on her bed, off-camera, sprang into action. "About... how much we miss you guys," she said smoothly. "Like, so much."

Leah side-eyed the screen. "Why do you sound like you're reading off a hostage script?"

Nailea, still trying to recover, waved a hand. "No reason. No reason at all."

Aryan narrowed his eyes. "You're acting weird."

"I am weird."

"Fair point."

The second time was worse. Aryan had FaceTimed Nailea out of nowhere, which should be illegal because who just does that without warning? She had been on the floor, helping Tierneigh shove things into a suitcase, when her phone rang. Instead of answering like a normal person, she panicked, flailed, and somehow picked up while the camera was facing directly at the mess of clothes on the floor.

Aryan immediately frowned. "Why are you packing?"

Nailea froze. Her brain went into full blue-screen mode before she finally blurted out, "I'm... reorganizing?"

Aryan squinted. "Reorganizing what? Your suitcase?"

Tierneigh, quick as ever, grabbed Nevada—Nailea's beloved stuffed animal—and shoved it into the frame. "No, she was making space for Nevada," she said with absolute conviction.

Aryan sighed. "That's literally a stuffed animal."

Nailea, regaining confidence, hugged Nevada dramatically. "Excuse me? She is family."

Aryan just shook his head. "I don't even know why I bother."

The third time was in the group chat. The normal one. Not the secret one.

Nailea had meant to text Tierneigh: 'we should finalize the LA itinerary' in the secret chat. Instead, she sent it to the main group chat with Aryan in it.

Charlie immediately reacted with ten skull emojis while Leah sent a series of rapid-fire texts

the nutty nucleus 

leap frog

WTF???

leap frog

DELETE IT DELETE IT

batman

Aint no way

dumb

BROOOOO

Before Nailea could even process what she had done, Tierneigh swooped in like an Olympic-level damage control expert.

the nutty nucleus

horse

LA as in Leah Anniversary, We are planning smth for her. Nailea cant spell.

leap frog

Yup. Exactly. That's 100% what's happening. Nothing else. At all.

rolling in the deep

Why do you people act like criminals when planning normal things

batman

Idk bro, they're just built different

Somehow, miraculously, Aryan didn't press the issue. But the secret group chat was in shambles.

Street Savy

David

NOAH YOU HAVE TO STOP IT

Trevor

YOU'RE A LIABILITY

Leo

I almost had a heart attack😭

Catherine

You're like one of those NPCs in video games who gives away the villain's entire plan

Noah

WHY IS EVERYONE YELLING AT ME

Tristan

BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SHUT UP

Despite the chaos, the plan was still safe. Barely. And they still had two months to go. At this rate, Nailea might accidentally tell Aryan everything before they even boarded the plane.

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