"You’d better believe it," Sam said from the sink. Nicole nodded.

"See? That wasn’t that hard, now was it?" Nicole asked as she wrapped her arms around Lily. Brooke walked over to Sam.

"One thing else is for sure," Brooke said as she joined Sam on the sink.

"What?" Lily asked.

"There won’t be any shortages of dull moments," Brooke joked as Sam leaned her head on her shoulder. Everyone laughed.

"And if this ever gets out, the male population is going to be crushed," Nicole added. "Let’s face it, even Spam with her puppy dog looks is cute and the rest of us are gorgeous. The guys are going to flip that we’re all off the market." Sam glared.

"First off, her name is Sam and second, she does not look like a puppy dog," Brooke countered slightly peeved. Sam stuck out her tongue at Nicole. "She’s beautiful." Nicole sighed.

"Whatever," she said. There was really no point in arguing with someone as far gone as Brooke was.

"But for now this stays between the four of us, right?" Lily asked, knowing that it wasn’t a bridge any of them wanted to cross just yet. Three other heads, two blonde and one brunette nodded at her.

"When the time is right, if ever, we’ll say something," Sam said simply.

"Until then, I’m going to take my girl out for something to eat," Nicole said, standing up and taking Lily with her.

"You guys wanna come?" Lily asked. Nicole groaned and Lily elbowed her in the ribs. "Come on, Nic, it won’t kill you."

"OK, fine," Nicole agreed reluctantly. Sam snickered and Brooke elbowed her in the ribs.

"Knock it off, McPherson," Brooke chided. Sam looked at her innocently.

"I didn’t do anything. Besides, that was funny," she said with a smirk. She leaned over to whisper in Brooke’s ear. "Lily’s got her wrapped around her little finger. Come on, admit it, it’s funny." The answering grin on Brooke’s face was admission enough.

"Are you two lovebirds coming or not?" Nicole asked impatiently. Brooke and Sam jumped down from the sink.

"Yeah, let’s go," Brooke said, taking Sam’s hand. Sam looked at her; they were, after all still at school. Brooke grinned at her cheekily. "What? We can hide behind the `stepsister’ thing."

"That’s only going to work for so long," Sam pointed out playfully. Brooke shrugged.

"Until then," she said. "I plan to use it."