[CONTENTID1]Chapter 51[/CONTENTID1]

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Mei Li and Anne were sitting on the couch in the living room watching a movie while eating popcorn.

Ding dong!

"I'll get it!" Anne said as she got up from the couch.

She opened the door and to her surprise, all of EXO-M was standing on the doorstep. Her eyes widened. "How...?"

"Your mom ran into my mom today and they're both at my house now," Kris explained.

"So Ayi gave us your address and told us to go accompany you two," Lay added.

"Anne, who is it?" Mei Li called from the living room.

Anne moved aside to let EXO come in and closed the door behind them. They took off their shoes and followed her.

"Mei Mei noona!" Tao beamed, running over to envelop Mei Li in a bear-hug.

For some reason, Anne felt a pang in her gut when he did that. Did I eat something bad today? Hmmm, eh, it's probably nothing.

"What are you guys doing here?" Mei Li asked.

"Your mom's hanging out with Ayi so she told us to come over," Tao grinned.

"Oh" said Mei Li, "well we're watching a movie right now so just sit wherever and I'll go make some more popcorn."

"FOOD?" Xiumin beamed, understanding Chinese whenever a type of food was mentioned.

Anne laughed, "I'll go to the basement and get some bottles of soda then."

"I'll help," Kris and Tao said at the same time.

"Uhm, sure," Anne smiled.

They followed her downstairs and she opened the secret stash of junk food and drinks. Her mother didn't really like it when they ate fatty foods so they always had to hide things.

She grabbed a few mini-bottles of sprite and gave them to Tao to hold. She took two huge bottles of pepsi and gave them to Kris.

She grabbed a bag of chips as well. Hmmm, maybe I should bring another bottle just in case. She took another bottle of Pepsi and closed the cupboard.

Suddenly, her grip on the bottle slipped, but before it could hit the floor, Kris caught it with one hand while his other hand balanced the two other bottles. Phew!

"Whoa, fast reflexes!" Anne praised, reaching to take the bottle from him.

"Haha, it's fine, I got it," he replied, his two arms beneath the three heavy bottles leaning against his chest.

"Whoa," Anne mouthed, surprised he could lift so much.

"Pffft, that's nothing," Tao mumbled quietly.

"What?" Anne blurted.

"Nothing, let's go," Tao said and stormed up the stairs.

What's with him? Anne pouted.

Xiumin kept whining about his empty stomach and Luhan couldn't take it anymore, so he decided to help Mei Li in the kitchen. He walked in to see her standing on a little step-up ladder again, reaching for the top cabinet. Oh no you don't! Not again!

She suddenly lost her balance, but Luhan ran over and steadied her flailing arms before she could slip. "You still haven't learned?" he scolded her.

"You sound like Dongjun," she pouted and stepped down.

Luhan reached into the cabinet easily and pulled out the bag of popcorn. "Well clearly he hasn't been nagging you lately," he said, annoyed that Dongjun somehow came into the conversation.

She frowned, "He hasn't been talking to me at all for the past three days."

Luhan’s ears perked up. "Why?"

"He's mad at me."

Luhan scoffed, "Well too bad for him then. I don't like that guy anyways..."

"Why do you dislike him so much?" she blurted.

"Why do you like hanging out with him so much?" he countered.

"He's a nice person," Mei Li replied.

Luhan scoffed again. "Pft!"

She stared at him in disbelief. "You shouldn't be talking! You're always so rude to him!"

"What? Me? Rude? Since when?"

"Since the beginning!"

"No I haven't!" Luhan denied it. "I just don't like him! You should stop hanging out with him!"

"Why would I do that?"

"Because..." Luhan thought of something to say, "because I said so."

Dongjun stopped talking to Mei Li because he was still pissed at her for defending Luhan. And now, here was Luhan acting like a big jerk again. Mei Li was getting pissed at him for making it seem like she defended him for nothing; and, it had only been ten minutes since he came.

"Who are you to