Yeah so... here's chapter 2.

Day one: beach. A very simple word, yet a very wonderful place. The warm sunlight, the cool waves, the piping hot sand all compose the vacation hot spot of the season. CeCe was determined to tan so much that her skin tone would match that of Rocky; of course this was impossible, but it's all right to dream like that at the beach. Flynn and Ty practically cartwheeled their way to the ocean blue. Tinka dragged her brother alongside her, while Rocky took tentative steps into the freezing water.

"Eek!" she squealed. "How is it so hot in the air and so cold in the water at the same time?"

CeCe smirked at Rocky's wailing. She spread sunscreen on herself and laid herself down on her towel to tan. Her eyelids had just closed in bliss when a wave of sand crashed on her body.

"Hey!" cried CeCe as she sat up.

CeCe saw a blond boy in a fisher's hat and thick sunglasses staring at her. He seemed a little out of breath and had a red tint on his face. Despite the sweat all over his face, CeCe could tell that he was a looker. She wriggled her eyebrows in a flirtatious manner.

"Hey..." she said in a suave tone.

The boy looked right and left and grabbed her by the shoulders. CeCe was startled.

"Please hide me!" he pleaded.

"Hide you?" echoed CeCe.

A few girls' screams could be heard in the distance.

"NOW!" yelled the boy.

CeCe unzipped the tent behind her that her mom was napping in to block out the sun. She pushed the boy inside, and heard mer mom yell in surprise.

"Shhh! I'll explain later, Mom!" CeCe hushed as she zipped the tent shut again.

Just then, a mass of teenage girls ran up to CeCe in a delirious state.

"Where's Cody?" they asked unanimously.

"Uh... he went that way!" said CeCe as she pointed to the left. The girls resumed running and screaming in that direction.

Cody... No way, that guy couldn't be-

"Uh, Cody?" said CeCe. "You can come out now."

Cody sighed with relief and apologized to CeCe's mom.

"Sorry, it's just that those girls won't stop hassling me," informed Cody.

"Hey, aren't you the singer that my daughter's obsessed with?" inquired CeCe's mom.

"Mom!" protested CeCe as a blush crept across her cheeks.

Cody chuckled. "It's a'ight. I think you just saved my butt."

CeCe smiled tentatively.

"Do you think I could hang around here for a while? I'm waiting for my ride."

"Umm... Mom?"

"Sure," sighed CeCe's mom. "Just try not to give me a heart attack."

CeCe's mom resumed her nap, leaving Cody and CeCe to awkward silence.

"So..." said CeCe. "What brought you here?"

"Oh, I have a vacation house nearby. You?"

"I'm from Chicago. My friends and I came on vacation."

"Cool."

"How was it that you got chased by fan girls? Don't you have a bodyguard?"

"He took a personal day. I figured I could lay low and still enjoy a day at the beach. Apparently I was way off."

"AAAHHH! CECE!" yelled Rocky.

CeCe looked up and saw Ty and Gunther throwing Rocky into the water, drenching her from head to toe.

"Guys!" yelled CeCe.

"What? She was taking too long to get into the water!" responded Ty.

CeCe laughed and turned back to Cody. She grabbed a bag of chips and offered it to him.

"Hungry?" she said.

"Oh yeah," said Cody as he stuffed his mouth with chips.

Gunther brought his head up from under the salty water and slicked his hair back. He turned his head to see CeCe laughing with her curls bobbing up and down in mirth; she seemed very at ease with the blond boy next her. Gunther frowned and had started to trudge toward them, when a vengeful Rocky dunked him into the water. Once she did so, she noticed CeCe and Cody as well. She released her grip on Gunther and he got up to gasp for air.

"Who's that guy?" Rocky asked curiously.

"I do not know," answered Gunther. "I do not like him."

"What's not to like?" cooed Rocky.

"Vell, there's his drab clothing, his oddly shaped jaw, his dirty clump of hair..."

Gunther realized that Rocky had a faraway look in her eye. He snapped his fingers in front of her face and she blinked.

"Rocky, vhat vas I just talking about?"

"Something about his beautiful hair!"

"No."

"Oh."

CeCe noticed Rocky and Gunther staring and gestured for them to come. Rocky ran to whisper excitedly in CeCe's ear. Gunther sat across from Cody and tried not to glare.

"Sup," greeted Cody.

A flicker of a frown crossed Gunther's face.

"Guys, this is Cody," said CeCe.

Rocky giggled. "Cody Blake!"

CeCe shushed her. Cody Blake. Gunther was vaguely aware that he was famous in this country.

"Yeah, but please keep it on the DL," pleaded Cody.

Rocky only giggled some more. "Sure thing Codylicious."

Gunther and Cody stared at Rocky.

"Hehe, sorry," apologized CeCe. "She gets like that when she meets celebrities."

Cody had a crooked smile. His phone buzzed in his pocket and he picked it up.

"Hello?" he said when he picked up. "Oh, you're here, great! Yeah I'll be right there."

Cody hung up and smiled warmly at the others.

"That's my cue to go," he said.

"Okay, well it was great meeting you," said CeCe.

"Yeah, same here. Hey, we should hang out while you guys are still in So Cal."

CeCe gawked and Rocky fainted.

"Sure," choked out CeCe in shock. "Let me give you my cell number."

Gunther's right eye had begun to twitch with anger as CeCe had typed her number into Cody's contact list. Once they got rid of the celebrity, Gunther was determined to remind CeCe whom she liked. With a gleam in his eye, he swept up CeCe in his arms and promptly dumped her into the ocean water. He had to admit it was rather satisfying to see her plop into the cold water; I guess you could call it payback.

CeCe sprang up from the water and cried out, "Gunther!"

Gunther only rumbled with laughter. CeCe dragged him in with her and Gunther got water up his nose. When he sputtered the water out of his mouth, CeCe wailed again.

"Look at me, I'm hideous!" she exclaimed.

Gunther looked and saw that she had mascara on before he purposefully dropped her into the water. Her eyes were dripping with the black stuff now. Gunther was sympathetic since he'd seen that happen to his sister many a time. He affectionately rubbed her cheeks clean with his thumbs as he cradled her round face. Even with her ruined makeup, CeCe still took his breath away with her beautiful brown eyes. Gunther leaned in close to kiss her, but was interrupted by Flynn, who threw a bucket of water at him and CeCe.

"No PDA, Mom says!" bawled Flynn.

Gunther growled and wrestled Flynn into the water in annoyance. CeCe laughed uproariously.

You know, the whole My-Guy-Is-Not-Paying-Much-Attention-To-Me vibe in this story is partially inspired by my mom's stories of how she had to always work to keep my dad's attention on her instead of other girls. I think that's kind of a common scenario, where your guy has a bit of a wandering eye. My mom liked to use the jealousy card when my dad was ignoring her, and I figured that could play well with CeCe and Gunther. Not that CeCe is purposely trying to make Gunther jealous at this point, right now she just likes Cody cuz he's a celeb. ;) But FYI that may or may not change!