[color="green"]Maria bit her lip as she listened to Justin talk to Mikey, then smiled a little when he spoke to her. "Okay" she said.

Justin smiled closing the car door. "Am I the only one getting out or what?" he asked leaning against the bonnet of the car.

Ad slid out of the car and leant against it. "Nope" she responded cheekily, giggling.

Maria got out of the car and sighed. She was nervous about seeing Mikey again. She didn't know why, but she was. She was crossing her fingers behind her back that she hadn't changed too much for him and chewed on her lip.

Justin looked out onto the road and raised his eyebrows when Bradin finally pulled into the parking lot. "About time..." he said randomly crossing his arms across his chest. He tilted his head to the side with his eyebrows raised and his foot tapping on the floor. "And where did you get to?" he asked with fake anger.

Mikey climbed out of the car and immediately walked over to Maria with so much excitement he was almost bouncing over to her. He looked at Justin and shrugged pointing at Bradin. "Ask the person who can't read a road map properly" he responded before concentrating on Maria and pulling her into a tight hug. "Hey princess" he whispered.

Climbing out of the car, Bradin rolled his eyes and looked at Mikey and Maria. "So that's what we've gotta put up with?" he muttered half jokingly to Justin. But that wasn't what Justin was asking. "I read the map wrong, ended up on the wrong road" he admitted.

Ad smiled as Justin waited for Bradin, and watched the two talk , and she smiled sightly, chuckling a little.

Maria squeaked and threw her arms around Mikey tightly. "Mikey..." she mumbled as she clung to him tightly. "I missed you so much" she said into his shoulder.

Cass slid out of the car to stretch her legs, and walked over to where Bradin was standing with Ad and Justin. "No, I just think he has an awful sense of direction" she teased lightly, smiling.

Justin glanced over at Mikey and Maria and shook his head. "Were we like that at their age?" he asked turning back to everyone else. He raised his eyebrows at Bradin and shook his head disapprovingly. "I knew you couldn't read maps very well but enough to get lost? I thought you knew this place?" he responded. Looking at Cass, he giggled. "I don't disagree with that. He always was a bit of a lost pebble"

Mikey smiled holding her close to him. "I missed you too" he replied with a wider smile.

Bradin looked at Maria and Mikey and shrugged. "I dunno, ask Alex. He seems to know more about us than we do ourselves" he replied with a another shrug. Looking at Cass he shook his head. "My sense of direction is perfect thank you" he replied. Bradin narrowed his eyes at Justin's comment and smirked. "Compared to Musical Marauder?"

Ad feels so awkward with Justin, Cass, and Bray because she's youngest, she says :3
 

Ad looked over at Maria and Mikey and smiled a little, locking her fingers with Justin's on impulse. She looked back to the other three and chuckled.

Maria lifted her face from Mikey's shoulder so she could kiss him softly. "I love you" she said softly.

Cass snickered at Justin's comment and then stuck her tongue out at Bradin. "Half and half" she said. She raised an eyebrow as she listened to Bradin and Justin go back and forth between each other.

She knows Justin doesn't like her feeling awkward
 

Justin looked down at Ad and smiled. "You okay, babe?" he asked squeezing her hand slightly and pulling her closer. He looked at Bradin and pretended to be shocked. "Musical Marauder is history and I was young. It sounded cool at the time" he replied defensively. Well he was young. To him anything sounded cool. He looked at Cass and raised his eyebrows. "How far out did he actually go?" he asked curiously.

Bradin shook his head and waved his finger in front of Justin's face. "I never forget these things, Prince of Cali" he responded teasingly earning a harsh look from his cousin. He loved winding Justin up. It was like the icing on the cake to him. He looked at Ad and smiled. "Sup, Ad" he said then concentrated on Cass again. "Okay, so my sense of direction isn't perfect but it's not awful. Is it?" he responded.

Mikey glanced over at everyone else then back at Maria. "I love you too, baby girl" he smiled before leaning down and kissing her sweetly.

Ad looked up and smiled a little. "Yeah..." she smiled a little. "I'm the youngest of the four of us so I feel a little awkward is all...." she explained mentally. She looked over at Bradin and smiled. "Hey"

Cass giggled at Justin and shook her head. "Not too far" she said. She looked up at Bradin and grinned. "Of course it isn't, Bray" she told him, smiling cheekily.

Maria returned the kiss and smiled. "I hated not talking to you" she told him softly.

Justin raised his eyebrows curiously. If she felt awkward then why didn't she just break the awkwardness and join in the banter? It might stop her feeling so awkward and it'd stop everyone else feeling awkward too. "Then join in" he whispered in her ear before concentrating on everyone else again. "Okay Prince of Cali wasn't that bad. And again, I was young, naive and one of the most popular kids on the block" he responded defensively. It was all true. Those were the happiest times he had in America. And they'd continue to be happy memories. "How far is not too far?" he asked Cass curiously.

Bradin raised his eyebrows and crossed his arms. "One of the most popular kids? Justin, you went around on your skateboard with almost every kid on the block following pretty close behind. You were the ring leader of that group. Even when they all knew I was there" he replied with a shrug. Bradin had always been that little tiny bit jealous of Justin. He was the kid who everyone liked simply because of what he had. But Bradin knew beyond the exterior. There was always more to Justin than what all the kids on the block saw.

Mikey smiled and interlocked his fingers with Maria's. "Distance has never been something I can cope with. I think Bradin told me to shut up about twenty times on the trip here" he admitted.

Ad smiled a little and nodded in agreement. 'It doesn't help that I don't know what either of you are talking about' she whispered back. That was exactly it. It was their past they were talking about, something she knew hardly anything about. She listened to Bradin and Justin go back and forth and smiled a little.

Cass shrugged. "What he said. Just the wrong street" she told Justin. She listened to her cousins and chuckled. "You realize that out of the four of us, you two are the only ones who are really talking and know what it is you're talking about, right?" she raised an eyebrow.

Maria chuckled. "I know the feeling. Although, I think the portrait you drew of me when we first met helped when I was missing you" she told him, a soft smile on her face.

Justin shook his head at Bradin. "Nah! I was never followed" he replied. Well at least he wasn't being sassy! He looked at Cass and shrugged dismisively. "Probably because our past is about the only thing we can agree on and use as a secret chats" he replied with a smirk. Looking at Ad, he smiled apologetically. "We're talking about how jealous Bradin used to be" he answered shooting a smirk at Bradin.

Ad chuckled a little. She rested her head on Justin's shoulder and raised an eyebrow. "Bradin? Jealous? I honestly can't see that being possible..." she said honestly.

Cass snorted. "Secret chats? Okaaay..." she shook her head, laughing quietly. She looked up and tilted her head. "I agree with Ad. I can't see Bradin being jealous..."

Justin shrugged keeping his eyes fixed on the girls. "You'd be surprised how easy it is for Mr. Westerly over here to get jealous. It's actually quite entertaining. Though a jealous Bradin does spell some-- trouble, so to speak" he explained not daring to look at Bradin. He didn't need to look at him to know he was getting a little wound up over the current conversation. Whether it was true or not. "And as for the secret chats, Cass, well we're guys. I can't really explain it"

This is such I fail post I am so sorry-
 

"...Right..." Ad was still uncertain as to seeing Bradin jealous, until she turned to face the other brunette, and saw a gleam of envy in his eyes.

Cass looked up at Bradin and took his hand, squeezing it gently, smiling. She cast another glance in Justin's direction, an eyebrow raised. "If you say so, cousin dear..."

Don't worry about it, lovely.
 

Justin shrugged looking at Bradin. Perhaps now would be a good time to shut up. He could tell Bradin's patience was wearing thing. "Guess I hit a nerve" he muttered hoping nobody could hear him. Why could he never keep his mouth shut when he wanted to?

Bradin narrowed his eyes glaring at Justin. "Grow up, Hendricks" he said turning away to look at Cass. "Let's go for a walk" he smiled keeping his eyes fixed on her, his grip on her hand tightening slightly.

Ad touched Justin's shoulder gently. "Hey, listen. Don't get upset over it, okay? Just let him cool down and everything will be okay, okay?" she offered him a small smile.

Cass nodded and looked back at Ad and Justin, look on her face telling them that she didn't want to get stuck in the middle of all this. Frowning, she looked back at Bradin, and smiled slightly. "Bradin..." she stared quietly, looking back over at him.

Justin sighed looking down at the floor. He really did need to learn how to keep his mouth shut. "He's not annoyed at me, he's just taking it out on me" he responded folding his arms across his chest.

Bradin looked back at Justin and Ad before concentrating on Cass again. "What..?"

Ad sighed and hugged Justin's waist gently, nuzzling her face into the side of his shoulder. "I understand..." she had taken out her emotions on other people in the past, even when they hadn't done a single thing.

Cass frowned. "Are you okay?" She asked softly.