"Love is in the Air"

Based on "Psych"


"5, 6, 7, 8!" exclaimed Olivia Spencer as the song "It Don't Mean a Thing, if it Ain't Got That Swing" filled the apartment.

She and her father, Shawn Spencer, had been practicing their dance for months. With a week left until the wedding, they needed to get all of the practice time in that they could. Thankfully, it was July and Olivia wasn't in school anymore.

The song ended. Shawn and Olivia had danced perfectly. But, they hadn't tried it with Olivia wearing heels yet.

Olivia wasn't worried about doing the dance in her dress and heels. Sure, the dress came down to her ankles, but with the heels on, her dress wouldn't be dragging on the ground and wouldn't be stepped on during the dance.

Olivia went over and stopped the CD. Shawn grabbed a bottle of water and guzzled half of it down without taking a breath.

"That was good" Olivia said, out of breath "We just need to try it with me in heels"

"Heels?" Shawn said, practically choking on the water "You never said anything about you having to wear heels!"

"That's what I'm wearing to the wedding"

"I figured that you'd take them off before we started"

"But that would ruin the effect and the surprise" Olivia said, heading to the hallway "People will notice if I randomly change my shoes in the middle of the reception"

"Your heels are like three and a half inches high!"

"I've done this dance many, many times in heels that high. I think that I can handle it"

"What if you twist your ankle or something?"

"I won't" Olivia said as she walked down the hallway to her room to change into her heels "Don't you trust me by now?"

"What if you step on my foot or kick me or something?"

"I won't!" Olivia said as she came back into the living room "Dad, we've been practicing this dance since March! We're good! Nothing is going to happen"

"I don't know…"

"Since when did you become all worried and parental?" Olivia said, sitting down on the couch "And, if you could, please stop. That personality doesn't suit you very well"

"I've been worried about you since the kidnapping. I've been parental since I found out that you are going to commit suicide by dancing this dance in three and a half inch heels! And I'll try to stop. I don't like it either"

Olivia smiled and slipped her feet into the diamond studded heels. She stood up and walked over to the CD player. She had been practicing walking in the heels since the beginning of April, to make sure that she wouldn't trip over her own feet or anything like that. Now, 4 months later, she walked in them as if she was walking in flip flops or sneakers.

She put the song on again and walked back to Shawn. She held out her hands for him to take as the music started. Reluctantly, Shawn took her hands…

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They actually danced the dance better when Olivia was in the heels than when she wasn't in the heels. Of course, Olivia wouldn't let Shawn live down the fact that he was so worried before. That was just too priceless to not use as blackmail at some point.

They had just finished the dance when there was a knock on the door. Olivia sat down on the couch and took off the heels, so they wouldn't break or get ruined before the wedding, while Shawn went to get the door.

Olivia looked when she saw that Shawn was carrying two suitcases. A confused look spread over her face.

"What are those?" Olivia said "Are you planning on going on a vacation a week before your honeymoon?"

"No" Shawn said "A friend is staying with us until the wedding is over"

"Really?" Olivia said "Who?"

Shawn smiled and stepped back to reveal Kelly Walters, Olivia's best friend, soon-to-be-cousin, and Juliet's niece.

"Oh my God!" exclaimed Olivia as the two friends embraced "How come you didn't tell me you were coming?"

"Shawn told me not to" Kelly said "He wanted it to be a surprise. He said that it had something to do with dance lessons"

Olivia looked at Shawn. He winked at her.

"Consider this my gift to you for helping me" he said

"What dance lessons?" Kelly asked "He wouldn't tell me anything"

"Can we show her?" Olivia asked

"Sure" Shawn said "As long as she doesn't tell anybody"

"I won't" Kelly said "I am really good at keeping secrets"

Olivia quickly put her heels back on as Shawn went over to the CD player.

"Those heels are so cute!" exclaimed Kelly "They are similar to mine, except that yours have more diamonds"

"What do you expect?" Olivia said with a smile "I have to have my diamonds!"

Kelly and Olivia laughed.

"Remind me to show you my dress" Kelly said "It's awesome"

"Then I'll have to show you mine" Olivia said "It's so pretty!"

"You two ready yet?" Shawn asked "You sound like Jules and her mother have been for the past 3 days. Besides, you both have the same dress. There's nothing to show!"

Juliet's parents, Randall and Ellen, arrived in Santa Barbara 3 days before. They wanted to be here early to help get ready for the wedding in any way they can.

"Yeah" Kelly said, sitting on the couch, ignoring Shawn's comment on the dresses "We're ready"

Shawn pressed the play button on the CD player. He and Olivia got ready as the song began.

The song began. Shawn and Olivia started dancing. Kelly was amazed at how good they were together. She was especially impressed when Olivia slid under Shawn's legs.

The song ended. Shawn and Olivia made a pose, only to receive claps and cheers from Kelly.

"Oh my God! That was awesome!" Kelly said "You two should have danced in 'You Got the Moves'! That was amazing!"

"Ah! But, if we had, I wouldn't be marrying your aunt in seven days" Shawn said, with a smile, as he shut off the CD player

"True, very true" Kelly said "What's the dance for?"

"The wedding" Olivia said as she took the heels off

"The wedding?" Kelly said, as confused as Olivia had been back in March when Shawn had asked her to help him

"Yeah" Olivia said, bringing her voice down to a whisper so Shawn wouldn't hear, even though he was only 5 or 6 feet away "He wanted a special father/daughter dance. He's insane"

"I heard that!" exclaimed Shawn "I'm not insane. Just a little crazy"

"Explain later" Kelly said

"Will do" Olivia replied

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About an hour or so later, Shawn had his best friend, Burton Guster, come over for dinner, while Kelly and Olivia caught up a little bit. It wasn't like they didn't talk to each other on IM every single day, but Shawn let them skip dinner anyways. He was a very lenient guy when it came to things like that. He wasn't like one of those fathers who want their whole family eating together at the dinner table every single night. It wasn't his style.

"Shawn, what are we eating?" Gus asked as he walked into the apartment "Whatever it is, you're burning it"

"I am trying to make spaghetti" replied Shawn "But, I'm having a little trouble"

"How can you burn spaghetti?" Gus asked "How have you and Olivia eaten if you can't even cook spaghetti?"

"She does the cooking" Shawn said "She told me that her grandmother used to make her cook with her all the time, so she learned how to cook all kinds of Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and even Greek foods"

"Well, can you ask her to help you?" Gus said, sitting down on the couch "I really don't feel like eating burned food"

Just then, as if on cue, Kelly and Olivia came into the living room.

"What are you burning and do you need my help?" Olivia asked

"Spaghetti" Shawn said "And can you please?"

"Spaghetti?" Kelly said "How can you burn spaghetti?"

"My point exactly!" Gus said

"Oh, hey Gus!" Kelly said "How are you?"

"Fine thanks" Gus said "How are you?"

"Awesome!" Kelly said with a smile.

Olivia walked into the kitchen and looked in the pot.

"Dad! What the hell did you do to this?" she said, pulling some spaghetti out with a fork "It's black!"

"I can't cook" Shawn said

"How did you survive before I got here?" Olivia asked

"Take out" Shawn said with a smile

"I should have known" Kelly said "That is the only reason to explain burned spaghetti"

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Considering the fact that Shawn had burned a whole box of spaghetti, Olivia had to resort to making pizzas with the sauce that was supposed to be used for the spaghetti, some dough left over from when Juliet had made bread the week before, and some cheese.

Kelly helped. She also loved to cook. She didn't really have the extensive, grandmother-making-you-cook-with-her-every-night background that Olivia did, but she loved it.

While Olivia and Kelly were in the kitchen making dinner, Shawn and Gus had started a game of Trash Can Ball, even though Shawn was having a hard time finding things to crumple up and throw away. Finally, he resorted to stealing some paper from Olivia's room.

"First to five points wins" Shawn said, sitting back down on the couch with a pile of paper "Loser has to eat the burned spaghetti"

"But, Olivia already threw it away" Gus said

"Exactly!" Shawn said, with a malevolent smile

"No, Shawn!" Gus said "I'm not going to risk eating something out of the trash!"

"So you forfeit?"

"Yes! I forfeit!"

"Chicken!"

"No, sensible!"

"Chicken!" Shawn said "Liv, you'd take the bet, right?"

"Yeah…" Olivia said

"See?" Shawn said, cutting Olivia off

"But only because I'll win" Olivia continued

Both Gus and Kelly started laughing. Shawn turned, very slowly, from Gus to his daughter.

"What are you talking about?" Shawn said "I've beaten you like 10 times"

"Yeah, at Spit Ball!" Olivia said, wiping her hands on a paper towel "But I've beaten you at Trash Can Ball!"

"True" Shawn said, realizing the mix up "Very true"

"Pizzas are ready!" exclaimed Kelly, taking two pizzas out of the oven "Get them while they're hot!"


Here's the first chapter!! Hope that you'd like it!

I found out from my grandmother, that you can't make spaghetti black. So, I thought that it would be really funny if Shawn burned the spaghetti so that it turned black. I don't think that that could actually happen in real life, so I made it up for this story.

Next chapter, we'll see Juliet, her parents, Kelly's parents, and maybe Lassiter.

Please Read and Review!!!!