Disclaimer: I do not own JONAS.

A/N: Writer's block is lame. And so is getting up at 5:45 every day. So my solution is a series of episode tags which I am going to post as a collection of stories. This is the first one, and it is for "Cold Shoulder". The episode is a bonus on the Season One DVD but can also be viewed on-line. I think it will make sense if you haven't seen the episode – I tried not to give away too much.

Macy stood next to her best friend in the Lucas' kitchen waiting for the popcorn to finish popping so that their CSI marathon could begin. The show had become one of their inside jokes after the big hunt for the secret inside paparazzi.

"Hey Stella?" Macy asked hesitantly as she pulled paper napkins out of the pantry. "How's Kevin doing? Without Anya, I mean."

The blond looked up in surprise, "Oh, he got over that days ago. I set him up with the president of their French fan club."

Macy felt her stomach clench as she tried to process this new information. "Wait, Kevin went out with the presidents of the Scandinavian and French fan clubs?"

Wrinkling her nose, Stella replied, "I'm not sure if he and the French girl ever made it out of their imaginary box and actually went on a date, but they seemed to hit it off."

"Oh," Macy replied flatly. "That's nice."

"She was weird, but at least it cheered him up," her friend said before holding out a bowl of fluffy, buttered popcorn and announcing. "It's done."

Macy followed Stella into the family room and collapsed onto the couch. After giving a small smile to the three brothers, she took a handful of popcorn and tried to concentrate on the show. To the casual observer it looked like she was watching the first episode along with everyone else, but she was too busy being miserable to actually process what was happening on the screen. She had always told herself no matter what they said to the press, the guys would never want to date some crazy fan girl – it would just be too weird for them. She tried to be happy with being their friend knowing they could never see her as a potential date since she was such a huge fan. But apparently they did fall for fans.

Just not her.

Those girls probably didn't maim the guys with sports equipment or dress their dates up like Nick. They were probably prettier and smarter and more together than she was.

But they didn't actually know the Lucas brothers as people. They didn't know that behind that serious demeanor, Nick had a wicked sense of humor. They didn't know that cocky, arrogant Joe was insecure about girls. And they didn't know that goofy Kevin was the sweetest guy on the planet.

It hurt that she knew all these things, and that they knew her – but Kevin would still rather date some fish-stew drinking blond or a French mime that he had just met.

It wasn't that he wasn't attracted to fans; he just wasn't attracted to her.

About three-quarters of the way through the episode, she had finally had enough. She had to get out of there. Leaning over, she whispered in Stella's ear, "I'm not feeling well. I think I'll head home."

"Are you sure?" her friend whispered back.

"Yeah. I'll talk to you later."

Getting up quietly so not to disturb everyone else, she tip-toed to the door and slipped out of the house.

When the episode ended, Kevin glanced around the family room and asked, "Hey! Where'd Macy go?"

"She said she wasn't feeling well and went home," Stella replied.

"Is she okay? What was wrong?" He replied, obviously worried. He hoped she didn't have a tummy ache. He hated those.

"I don't know. She didn't say." Stella paused a moment in thought before hitting her forehead and exclaiming, "I'm an idiot. That wasn't an 'I'm sick' not feeling well; that was an 'I'm upset about something' not feeling well. How could I have missed it?"

"Huh?" Nick asked, looking confused. Kevin was glad that his younger brother had asked because he didn't get it either.

Rolling her eyes, the stylist explained, "Haven't you ever been upset about something and wanted an excuse to get away?"

"Sure," Nick replied. "But one of the benefits of being the serious, artistic one is that I can just sort of glower and pick up a guitar and everyone leaves me alone."

"Nice," Stella said appreciatively. "I wonder if that would work for me with a sketch pad."

"Why was Macy upset?" Kevin asked, trying to get everyone back on topic. Sick Macy was bad, but upset Macy was even worse. He didn't like it when Macy was sad.

"Yeah, she seemed fine when you guys got here," Joe observed.

"Nothing happened," Stella insisted. "We went into the kitchen and made popcorn." She paused and her eyes went wide. "And I told her about the mime girl."

"She was pretty upsetting," Nick agreed. "I've been trying to block out the memory myself."

Stella rolled her eyes again, "She wasn't upset about the miming – I think that she was upset that Kevin had another girlfriend."

"Wait?" Kevin asked in confusion. "I have a girlfriend? When did that happen?"

"Are you dating the French fan club president?" Stella asked.

"No. We're just mime buddies," Kevin said. "You'd be surprised how difficult it is to find someone to mime with."

"I'm surprised you found anyone to mime with," Nick muttered.

"Wow. I was sure you two were dating," Joe said. "You looked pretty cozy in that box."

"Miming is a great way to build a friendship, but it just isn't enough of a foundation for a meaningful relationship," Kevin explained. "It lacks romance and stability."

After a stunned silence, Nick placed a hand on his oldest brother's shoulder. "Those are words to live by," he deadpanned.

"So should I call Macy and tell her I'm not dating the French mime?" Kevin asked. He really didn't want Macy to be upset with him. She was one of his best friends – plus her smile made him feel all bubbly inside. And just thinking about her crying made him want to eat lots and lots of ice cream.

"I don't think you should mention anything," Stella said. "I'm sure she never meant for you to find out she was upset about it."

"And we don't actually know for sure that's what's bothering her," Nick observed.

Kevin was vaguely aware that Nick and Stella were arguing in the background, but he was too busy thinking about Macy. If she was upset he dated those other girls, did that mean she liked him? And how did he feel about her? He had been so caught up in Anya that he had never really thought about Macy like that. But she was pretty and funny. Plus she was sort of like their knight in shining armor – swopping in to help protect them from other crazy fan girls and outsmarting that scary Fiona chick. And it was cool how she never worried about looking weird or made fun of him for his animal ideas.

And as an added bonus, she went to his school. He wouldn't have to move to Scandinavia or France to date her.

Without saying a word to anyone, he got up and headed to his car. A few minutes later he found himself standing in front of Macy's front door. Without hesitating, he quickly rang the doorbell and waited for someone to answer. He heard someone unlocking the door, which opened to reveal a red-eyed Macy. He could tell she had been crying, and his heart hurt just looking at her.

"Want to go to the zoo with me?" He blurted out.

Macy blinked in surprise before responding, "I don't think it's still open, Kev."

"Right," he said and tried to regroup. "How about this weekend? Would you like to go to the zoo with me on Saturday?" He realized that the invitation was probably still a little vague. "On a date," he added.

Her eyes went wide, "I thought Stella said you were dating the French fan club president." Then as an afterthought, she added, "Whose site isn't nearly as good as mine, by the way."

He shook his head, "Once we got out of the box, we had nothing to say to each other."

Macy got a puzzled look on her face, "Isn't that the point of miming – not saying anything."

"Sure, but you can't mime an entire relationship," he pointed out. "You have to talk too. Can you imagine trying to mime over the phone? It would never work." After a pause he added, "So do you want to go to the zoo with me?"

"Do you really want to go with me or are you just working your way through the fan club presidents?" She asked sounding a little bitter.

"I really want to go to the zoo with my friend Macy from school," he said earnestly. "I think I'm going to stop dating fans – they're too unpredictable."

"Kevin, I'm a fan."

He shook his head. "You used to be a fan," he pointed out. "But now you're way more than that."

"Really?"

When he nodded, Macy's face lit up with the most beautiful smile he had ever seen.

"I'd love to go on a date with you," she said happily.

He grinned at her, thrilled that she had said yes. Then he leaned over and wrapped his arms around her, picking her up and spinning her around in the air. As she giggled, he decided it was even more fun to be the one whose feet were on the ground.

And he wondered if Macy would let him give her piggyback rides to class.