Epilogue

Francine

"Hey guys, it's your boy, Sam!" Sam cheerfully said as he recorded his introduction in front of his camera. Devyn stood beside me out of the frame, Corey stood on the other side out of the frame as well, and we were all grinning in excitement while Sam explained what was going to happen in the duration of the video. "As you guys know, the house just started a prank war-"

"A MEGA PRANK WAR!" Corey interrupted as he stepped into the frame. Sam turned to him and chuckled before continuing.

"Yeah, we are in the middle of a mega prank war and from the title of the video, you can guess what is going to happen." He grinned to the camera before he turned it and pointed it towards Devyn and I. We both gave our excited greetings to the camera. "I am with Corey, Devyn, and Francine, and today, we will be pranking Colby."

"Also, to those of you who haven't watched Colby's video last week, Francine here is officially Colby's girlfriend!" Sam said as he stood beside me and included me in the shot.

"Hey, guys!" I greeted once again before making a funny face. "I made a separate video about what happened after the John and Cassidy incident. I'll have Sam put the link down at the description so if you haven't watched it and you're curious, go check it out. Leave some questions and I might do some Q and A. Now, Sam, back to the prank!"

"Right!"

"I'm excited!" Devyn cheered and Corey agreed.

"We all are, but I'm already feeling a bit anxious," Sam said. "Disclaimer, to those of you who know Francine's story, I asked her about the prank before everything and she already approved so no one is being offended or being played here."

"Except for Colby," I added then we all laughed.

"Yeah, except for Colby." Corey agreed.

"So, today, we will be pranking Colby and what we're gonna do is create bruises and cuts all over France here with the help of Devyn's magic skills." We exaggerated on 'presenting' Devyn to the camera as she held up a bunch of makeup. "She will be in on this prank and will be making those cuts and bruises on France using makeup."

"What if we just beat her up, you know?" Corey jokingly suggested. "To make it more realistic."

"You could..." I jokingly agreed. "And Colby's gonna go after your ass for years." We laughed as he dropped his smile and shook his head.

"No thanks." Then he laughed as well.

"Anyway," Sam continued his explanation once again. "Colby is out today and he will be back in two to three hours. What we're gonna do is, France will be texting him that the four of us are going out to get something to eat. When he texts her that he's coming home, we're gonna get in my car and drive around the neighborhood until he says that he's back home.

"What we'll do after is, we are going to drive back to the house, France is going to 'pass out' because someone tried to kidnap her and she tried to fight but she got beaten. We got to her on time before the 'kidnaper' took her."

"That's the back story?" Corey asked.

"Yep. That's the back story." I answered with a grin. "I came up with it."

"Ooooooohhhhhhh! Really?" He asked in surprise again. "Man, he's going to be traumatized after this!" I laughed and shrugged.

"Yeah, he's going to need a lot of reassurance that you're safe." Devyn wriggled her eyebrows as she spoke. Our eyes widened at her hint.

"OH MY GHOOOOOOHHDD, Devy!" Corey reacted. "TMI!!"

"DEVYN!" I poked her side as I felt my face heat up at the thought. "Just cut that out Sam." He grinned and nodded.

He didn't cut it out.

"Let's move on, guys," Sam said. "So we are going to start with the makeup. I'll just set the camera down and do a time-lapse as the girls do their thing to make it a bit realistic and we'll proceed with the prank."

*video timelapse*

"And the makeup is doooooonnnneee!" He pointed the camera towards me and zoomed in on the fake bruises and cuts on my arms, neck, and face. "Dayum, Devyn! It looks so real!"

"It definitely looks like someone was trying to grab her!" Corey said as he pointed on the fake hand-shaped bruise on my arms and neck. "He's going to be so mad about this."

"He's gonna blame us for not protecting her," Sam said with a chuckle. "Or the guy who follows France around in the shadows, in curtesy of Officer Logan."

"Oh," I turned to the camera and pointed out, "Patrick is in on the prank as well. He's the guy who follows me around as a guard or a friend because Logan and Marie wanted to make sure nothing like what we are going to do really happens."

"Yeah, he's chilling downstairs while waiting," Corey said.

My phone buzzed so I pulled it out of my pocket and grinned when I saw the name. Colby Brock ❤️

"Guys, he said that he's 30 minutes away from the house." We all grinned. "Let's go." Sam continued to film as we drove around the neighborhood in his car with Patrick's car trailing behind us.

Colby: I'm home... Bring me some pizza when you get back? 😂

"Guys, he said he's home and he wants some pizza," I told them.

"At least we know what he wants as a peace offering for the prank we're about to pull," Devyn said.

"Yeah, let's go buy him some pizza so he's not gonna suspect why we were back just as he said he's home," Corey suggested.

"Good idea." Sam drove to the nearest pizza place as I texted Patrick about the plan. I also replied to his message.

Me: we'll get you your pizza 😂😘

"Guys, tell him that this kidnap thingy happened when I went to go grab some pizza for him." We all laughed as Sam pulled over to a pizza place.

*video cut*

"We got the pizza and we are almost there," Sam said to the camera. Devyn sat in front with Sam while I sat at the back with Corey because he was going to carry me out of the car. After all, I 'passed out'. "You guys ready?"

"Yeah!" The three of us cheered in unison.

"Alright, we're here! Start acting."

I took a deep breath and pretended to sleep. As soon as the car stopped, Sam and Devyn jumped out of the car and screamed for Colby in the house. Corey got out and carried me out of the car, screaming for Colby as well. There was a pair of footsteps behind us so I figured that it was Patrick.

"What? What happened?" I heard Colby ask as he rushed down the stairs. "Yo- France? What the f*ck happened to her?!" I felt his shaky arms take me from Corey's then he rushed to lay me in a comfortable place. He then set me on a soft surface, probably on a couch.

"Colby," Sam started with a shaky tone. "Someone- someone tried to kidnap her." Colby's cold hands gently pushed away my hair from my face as he checked the fake cuts and bruises on me.

"She told us that she was going to get you some pizza before we head home but after a while, we heard her screaming," Corey explained in a panicked tone as well. "We- we didn't see the guy but she passed out as soon as we got to her."

"What was Patrick doing?!" Colby angrily yelled. "You were supposed to prevent things like this from happening to her!" He raged.

"I told her that I was going to the toilet and I warned her not to go out on her own man!" Patrick reasoned. I decided to cut the yelling and the prank before it got worse so I made a small groaning noise.

"France, France can you hear me?" Colby was back to my side in an instant. "Who did this to you?"

I muttered some nonsense but he didn't hear me so he moved closer to me, probably placing his ear closer to my mouth. My eyes were still closed so I couldn't see anything yet.

"Devyn," I whispered to his ear before slowly opening my eyes, only to meet his confused ones.

"Devyn?" He turned to Devyn, who hid behind Corey, and back to me. Slowly, my lips curled into a grin.

"Welcome to the prank wars baby," I whispered again. When he realized what I just told him, his eyes widened.

"WELCOME TO THE MEGA PRANK WARS!" Corey declared as he started dancing to an imaginary song as if mocking him. Everyone cheered as Colby plopped down the ground next to the bed in relief. I grinned and sat down beside him. He instantly pulled and set me on his lap then wrapped his arms around me from behind. I laughed as he buried his head into my neck and I turned to Sam who was holding the camera.

"I think we need to leave them alone for a bit," Patrick told the gang with a grin and they all agreed. They left and most probably got the pizza to munch on.

"Baby..." I lightly tapped his hand. He loosened his hug but he lifted me like I weighed nothing and turned me to face him. I was basically straddling him.

"You scared me." He told me as he played with my hair. I chuckled and placed a small kiss on his lips.

"I'm fine. These are just makeup." He ran his hand across the fake cut on my cheek before trailing down to trace every single fake bruise and cut on my skin, sending a shiver down my spine. "I'll go take it off." Before I could even stand, he pulled me back down and locked his hands on my hips, not allowing me to move from my position.

"Colby?"

"Let's just stay like this for a while." He sighed tiredly and rested his head against the bed. I smiled and ruffled his hair.

"We can't." I placed another kiss on his nose before pushing myself up. "I really got you some pizza and the others are going to finish that if we don't go to the movie night." His eyes lit up at the sound of pizza and he scrambled to get up.

"My pizza!" I laughed as he rushed to the kitchen while screaming for his food.

I really love this boy.