Aurora and Meagan were just as excited as Cadence was for Thursday night to finally arrive. Even though Cadence wasn't quite sure if this was an actual date--since Cale had invited all three of them and several members of his team were going as well--she was still nervous as she climbed inside the Buick Enclave he had driven to pick them up. Archie and Nick were in the way-back, and for a moment Cadence wondered if this were set up to be a triple-date, until she remembered some mention that Archie had a boyfriend.

Cale had insisted on coming up to get them, even though his friends wanted to stay...