A/N: Hello! 8D Us again. And here's the next chapter. We'd like to thank everyone that added us to your faves/alerts and those who reviewed the story. Here's the next chapter! from now on we will be picking a song to go with each chapter, but we won't be making it a songfic. So that's why there's a song suggestion on each of the chapters 8D

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Song: "Objection (Tango)" by Shakira

Chapter 2: Triangle Tango

Johnny sighed sadly as he let his body thud onto the front desk for a rest. It was the first time in 3 hours he could actually breathe, and he had successfully signed in all the guests, organized all of their rooms, and had made them ALL satisfied. He panted heavily and groaned loudly, causing a sleeping Broseph to startle awake, shuffling over to the counter he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Duuuuuuudeeeee...what was that for?" he asked tiredly and Johnny sighed before getting up, rubbing his head tiredly.

"Sorry bro, I'm just really tired." He sighed and smirked weakly "I really can't wait for that day off on Monday." he breathed and Broseph's face suddenly brightened.

"Oh yeaaa! That carnival thing is on." He smirked "Sounds siiiick!" He smirked before nudging Johnny a little. "Why don't you ask your little lady to the carnival? I'm sure she'd love to go with you bro."
Johnny blushed deeply. "My l-little lady?" He asked his blonde haired best friend. "I don't have a 'little lady'." He sighed deeply. I mean sure, he WANTED a certain lady, but there was no way she'd ever look at him as anything more than a friend.

"Yeah dude, you know," Broseph shifted his eyes back and forth quickly to make sure no one nearby was listening, "Emma! She'd totally go with you!" He placed a hand on Johnny's back as if to reassure him.

Johnny shook his head, "Not a chance, Bro. She's totally bent on Ty, remember?" He looked down at his feet. It was one thing that Emma didn't see him as more than a friend; but what made it worse was that she was head over heels for his other friend, who wasn't even interested in the first place!

"I dunno..." Johnny looked back at Broseph, still slightly unconvinced.

Broseph shook his head side to side, "Don't worry about it duuude. I know this'll work. It always does in the movies!" He added excitedly. Johnny laughed slightly and nodded. It was worth a shot, right?

"Alright, alright. I'll give it a shot." Johnny finally agreed. Broseph jumped up and gave him a high five. "I just hope this works, bro."

"It's practically guaranteed!" Broseph shot back, "Look, just trust me on this one. The honeys LOVE a well dressed man. It's all in the clothes." He tugged at his collar and smiled.

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Lo Ridgemount was looking out the window of the Kahuna's 'Whale'. She sat motionless as she watched the many trees and cars pass beside her. Emma was sitting directly next to her; and was staring quietly off into space. By now, Lo was way past bored as she touched her cell phone lightly to re activate it. The screen lit up brightly and Lo looked down to read the time. 7:17 pm. "Ughhhh! How much longer?"

Emma jerked out of whatever it was she was dreaming of as glanced over at Lo. "Be patient, we're almost there, Lo." It's not that she wasn't excited, too; it's just that she was far too nervous at the moment. Impressing Ty was a BIG deal.

"Emma, How long is 'almost?'" Lo asked irritated. They had already been in this thing for about 20 minutes, any longer and she might die from boredom. Emma rolled her eyes.

"Lo, you need to just relax! Why don't you text someone or something!" She suggested and Lo looked down at her phone, and almost as if a prayer was answered she heard her phone buzz. She looked down and could see that Reef had sent her a text. Sighing slightly she tapped the screen and text opened and she could see the message was clearly written in excitement:

"Hey Lo. I totally met a girl today and I totally am stoked about it! I asked her to come to the carnival with us, is that okay?"

Lo sighed and looked down at the text, very well knowing that her surfer friend Fin would probably be miserable the whole time thanks to the "Genius" bringing some big breasted blonde with them. It's not like she minded Reef's many dates (All of them had FABULOUS fashion sense) but she still didn't like seeing Fin so upset. Lo rested her head on her hand and started out the window sighing, it wasn't like she wanted to see her friend angry, but she did have to admit that it was partly her fault for denying (and still denying) that she has any feelings for the auburn haired kook.

Lo glanced back down at her phone and tapped away on the small touch screen. She replied: "Well, sure... but what about Fin? Didn't you guys like totally have a thing back when you thought you were stranded together?" Maybe all he needs is a little reminder. She smiled at herself for playing matchmaker and pressed the send button. 'Now all I have to do is convince Ty to come to the fair for Emma; God I'm such an awesome friend'. She smiled at herself.

Emma looked up as she heard the Kahuna's voice bellow through the sound system on the bus. "Alright dudes and wahinis, we should be pulling in, in about 5 minutessss."

Lo smirked. Finally! She heard her phone buzz again, alerting her to the fact that Reef had texted her back. She tapped the screen a few times and the reply popped up. When she read it she made a face and her features hardened slightly.

"No comment." Was all it said and Fin angrily closed the text without replying. She couldn't believe how much of an idiot he could be! Lo sighed and thought to herself; 'I guess that's why they're perfect for each other. Both like, stubborn as heck.' she thought and smirked slightly before turning to Emma.

"I am SO EXCITED!" She smiled as she felt the bus come to a stop, letting them off in front of Lo's favourite woman's boutique.

Emma smiled in return, "Eeeee! I know!! This is gonna be great; I am SO glad we came!" Both girls pranced happily into the store. When they entered, the door closed and opened with the sound of a bell. A nearby staff member greeted them cheerfully and alerted them of their ongoing sale. Lo rolled her eyes, she already knew what was on sale!

Lo lead Emma further into the store, past the checkout counter, the jewellery racks, the bikinis (though she was half tempted to stop and at least browse), and finally made it to the back where all the colourful dresses were on display. Emma gasped slightly at the sight of them all. Lo smiled happily, shopping was SO her thing.

"Ooooh! Look at this one!!" Emma yelled excitedly as she pulled a beautiful burgundy dress from a rack. "It's so pretty!" She held it up against her body and looked at the full length mirror nearby. "Its-" She then noticed the price tag dangling from the side; she picked it up and looked, "-Waaaayyy out of my budget range. Lo? Don't they have anything a little... less expensive?" She carefully placed the dress back where she found it.

Lo shrugged, "Emma. Emma. Emma. That's the price we pay to look good." She continued browsing through a rack of different dresses. Emma gulped.

Lo suddenly pulled out a dark green emerald dress and gasped. "Ohhhh my God. This would look sooo hot on you." She exclaimed, shoving it into Emma's arms. "Go try it on! Go! GO!!!" She practically screamed and Emma quickly ran off to the change rooms before shutting the curtain.

Emma slipped out of her everyday clothes and carefully slid the knee length dress on. She gasped as she looked in the mirror and saw that it was in fact; the PERFECT colour on her. A small black bow was tied around the waist and ended in the back, making the dress look classy and elegant, but still extremely casual. She pranced out of the dressing room with bursting confidence, and twirled when she saw Lo.

Lo's eyes widened and sparkled slightly as she clapped once before shooting to her feet, jumping excitedly "Eeee! Oh my god. That is THE dress to impress my brother. ANNND:" Lo hinted "You know how much he loves Green!" She smiled and Emma beamed, she was positive this was the dress that was going to impress Ty. She then realized she hadn't looked at the price tag yet, and bit her lip turning it over.

She was pleasantly surprised at the price and grinned at Lo "I can afford it!"

Lo squealed and hugged her friend excitedly. "YAAAAY!!!" She paused for a second, looking down at her usual pale yellow dress "Now you have to help me!"

Emma smiled happily as she and Lo hurried through all sorts of piles, stacks, and racks of clothing for 'the perfect dress'. Emma skimmed multiple dresses of many fabrics and colours, determined not to give up. She smiled as she found a stunning blue coloured dress that happened to fall out of a pile of dresses marked: 'Clearance'. Emma looked over at Lo. "Lo!! I found 'the one'." Emma yelled.

Lo turned around quickly, and sped over to where Emma was standing, "Oh! Give it here; I'll go try it on.-" She looked at what was marked in neon letters all across the price tag: Clearance. "Emma! You can't be serious!!! I wouldn't be caught DEAD in a marked down piece of clothing. I'm like WAY to good for that."

"But it'd look perfect on you!! Just try it on, and then we'll talk." Lo sighed as Emma pushed her into the dressing room. Lo pulled of her dress and replaced it with the new one. It was a beautiful cobalt blue coloured dress that reached just above her knees. The top was strapless, and in the middle was a simple silver stripe running all the around. Lo spun in front of the mirror happily.

"EEEEE! Okay, Emma, I was wrong. This IS PERFECT!" She jumped up and down happily. Emma smiled. "Come on, let's go pay for these!" Lo said as she went back into the changing room to slip back into her own dress.

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Johnny looked and looked through the racks and sighed heavily. "Broseph man, I just can't do this! I really don't think this plan is going to work. Ty is coming with us to the carnival and he's just...better looking than me." Johnny sighed and looked in the mirror, poking and prodding various things on his form. Broseph sighed and placed his hands on his hips angrily, staring his friend down in anger.

"Dude! You need to quit it with the I'm not good enough stuff!" He scolded and shook his head. "You're a great guy Johnny and I'm sure with a little polishing you'd look completely hot!" Broseph exclaimed and continued looking through the racks of clothing.

Johnny sighed and continued to flip through, holding things up to his body over and over he just couldn't seem to find anything in his size or his colour.

Johnny sighed as Broseph continued browsing through the many racks in the little store. Broseph saw his friend sigh in defeat and he threw a shirt at his head. "You can't give up yet!" Johnny pulled the item from his face and sat down on a nearby bench. His frown deepened.

"Yes I can, look I'm starting to think this whole thing was a bad idea-" Johnny complained. Broseph rolled his eyes; he wasn't having any of this.

"NO. Now you're going to try this on, AND YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE IT." He tossed him a shirt and a pair of short before pushing him, then locking him in the closest changing room he could find.

Johnny walked out of the change room and looked at Broseph "Well, what do you think?" He asked before turning around slowly so his friend could get a better look. Broseph gave him two thumbs up and jumped up excitedly.

"Yes Bro! I told you we could totally find something!" He smirked before giving Johnny a high five. Johnny went back into the change room and took off the clothes before slipping his own back on and paid for them at the till. Broseph then put his arm around his friend and nodded down the street. "Johnny man we totally have to go get you some stylin' new shoes."

Johnny shrugged and smiled before walking down towards the shop "That's a great idea. I'm sure it will be easier to find then the clothes.

Broseph smiled and pulled Johnny inside. As he passed several shelves of shoes he skimmed through the many styles of footwear. What kind of shoes should you wear to a carnival, anyways? He shrugged as they kept walking.

Suddenly Johnny turned around when he heard a very familiar voice, "Excuse me, sir? Do you have these in bigger size?" Was that Emma? He whirled around again to try to find the source of the voice.

"Bro, look!" Johnny pointed to a brunette and a red head in the next isle. "It's Emma and Lo!" Broseph watched as the two girls turned to look at whoever was calling their names. Broseph pushed Johnny behind a stack of shoe boxes and hid. "What are you doing, dude?"

Johnny continued to hide and Broseph narrowed his eyes at him in question "What are you doing man?! They're our buddies!"

Johnny hissed and crossed his arms, still looking at the two girls browsing the woman's section happily. "I know they're our friend's man but how do I explain what we're doing here?! Guys don't shop! Girls do but we don't unless it's something special!" He explained and Broseph's expression turned quizzical as he begun to process what Johnny had pointed out to him.

"You are definitely right man. You are definitely right. But still, there's no need to hide!" He barked as he saw Emma and Lo coming closer down the racks. Johnny bit his lip as Broseph rose to his feet and waved to Emma and Lo who were on the other side of the store "Emma!!! Lo!!! Over hereeeee!" he waved and smiled, while Johnny just sunk down in embarrassment.

Emma and Lo spun quickly to see a waving Broseph and a half hidden front desk boy. The two placed their boxes of shoes down and wandered over to the two. Emma looked down at an embarrassed Johnny. "Uh... Johnny?" His face reddened. Emma continued to stare at him, confused.

Lo smirked over at Broseph, "Like, what are YOU TWO doing here?" Broseph shrugged.

"Me and Johnny here," He pointed at a still blushing Johnny, "needed some new threads for the carnival; so we figured we'd come here." Johnny grinned sheepishly then nodded. Emma helped him up clumsily.

"Then what were you doing on the floor.... hiding?" Emma asked. Johnny looked eagerly at Broseph for support.

Broseph panicked and quickly picked up the first box of shoes eh could grab, which incidentally turned out to be some white stilettos. He held them up in front of the girls and grinned sheepishly "He was helping me find...THESE!" He laughed weakly and Lo raised a brow in question before pointing at the white strappy heels.

"White...stilettos?" She questioned and Broseph looked down at the shoes before trying to act enthusiastic.

"....Yea!" He smirked and did a pose before pretending to love them.

"I've been looking everywhere! These will go great with my....new board shorts." He smirked and Emma raised a brow and looked from side to side awkwardly.

"Err....okay Broseph!" She smiled and looked down at her bags eagerly "We're getting new outfits for the carnival. Eeee! Ty's going to be so impressed!"

Emma sighed dreamily as she thought of Ty. Johnny felt like gagging. "Yeah…I'm sure Ty'll be wow-ed." Johnny replied sourly. Emma smiled, not detecting the sarcasm in his voice.

"Oh you really think so?" Emma sighed again. Johnny looked down, frustrated with himself. "..So what about you, Johnny? Are you getting anything?" Johnny shook his head.

"I haven't really seen anything i really like." He mumbles softly. Broseph was busy putting the white stilettos back in their box, as Lo yelled in excitement.

"I know! Why don't Emma and I help you out? We already picked out ours," Lo said as she held up a few bags to show their purchases, "Besides," She looked over at Broseph, "You could use all the fashion advice you can get."

Broseph looked extremely offended for a second and gasped "Hey girl! Don't be hatin' on my clothes." he whined and Lo rolled her eyes.

"Broseph! Seriously. Those shorts are like sooo 4 months ago. You desperately need my advice and me and Emma are done so we'd be happy to help you guys!" She exclaimed excitedly.

Johnny's confidence was completely shot. He couldn't believe she had gone out and spent god knows how much to impress Ty. A Guy he knew that would never be interested in her. Or...that was what he wanted to BELIEVE anyway. Sighing again he looked at Emma before looking at Broseph and Lo arguing over what looked good and what didn't.

Johnny moped, "Let's just get some shoes and go home." Emma turned and gave him a quick reassuring hug.

"Oh Johnny, it's gonna be alright; it's just a pair of shoes!" Emma tried her best to comfort her friend. Johnny smiled weakly; little did she know it was more than 'just a pair of shoes'. Emma continued trying to cheer Johnny up as she handed him several models of sandals and flip flops. "Oh wow! Those look great on you;" Emma smiled as Johnny strapped on a single brown sandal. "Any girl would be lucky to date you in those babies." Broseph tried to grin and nod.

"Emma; aren't Broseph's necklaces sooo last month?" Lo continued arguing with the blonde. He crossed his arms.

Emma just giggled, "Come on. Let's go pay for these." She picked up their shoes and walked to the checkout counter with Johnny, Broseph, and Lo trailing behind.

Johnny smiled slightly as he pulled some bills from his wallet and looked back at Emma longingly before sighing again 'Then why don't you see that I WANT you to be that one girl...' he sighed and grabbed his receipt from the woman manning the cash register and the four walked out before Johnny looked at Emma from behind staring admiringly up at the stars, probably thinking all about Ty.

'Why am I invisible to you?' he asked and silently walked with the others back towards the giant purple whale bus to go home.

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By now, the sun was slowly shrinking over the horizon. While most of the summer staff had gone out shopping, Ripper, Lance, and Reef had stayed back at the staff house to enjoy their evening off playing video games. The two senior boys were cheering loudly on the puke-coloured couch; while the auburn haired drama queen, also known as Reef, sat quietly on the opposite couch. He dialled buttons aimlessly on his phone as he sighed in boredom.

"Alright! I got you now!!" Ripper jumped up from his spot and threw his controller in the air. Lance pouted next to him.

"Not fair, you cheated!!" Ripper just stuck out his tongue in response. Lance continued to whine about losing as Fin could be seen walking up the path to the staff house; surfboard in hand. She set her board down gently on top of the others and continued up the steps to the porch.

Reef smirked as his phone buzzed and he immediately began to type out a reply on the screen. He laughed slightly and put his phone back in his pocket, which caused Ripper and Lance to stop arguing over who cheated and look at him.

Reef cocked his eyebrow at the two seniors and gave them a look "What?" he asked and Ripper and Lance scuttled over next to him, almost as if they were blurs instead of humans.

Ripper smirked and raised his eyebrow before leaning his head on his hands "Who were you textin' there mate?" He asked and Reef shrugged before giving him another weird look.

"Just a girl."

Ripper's eyes lightened and he gasped "A Sheila?! Tell us, who's the lucky little filly." He asked and Lance laughed slightly.

"Yea bud, Hehehehehe. Tell us!" He exclaimed, nudging Reef in the ribcage with his elbow. Reef smirked again and his smile grew, before puffing out his chest in confidence.

"I met her today while teaching her." he smirked and then noticed Fin slugging her feet up the worn steps of the staff house. A frown flickered across his features for a second before he continued, almost as if to ignore her completely. "She's blonde, hot, and her name is Kimmy." He smirked confidently before Ripper and Lance clapped like seals, bouncing in their seats.

"Tell me mate, does she have a sister? That isn't a dog?" He implied and Reef shrugged.

"I dunno, sorry dude!" Reef smirked before Ripper looked disappointed.

"Dang."

Lance clapped stupidly and then blurted "Does she have a brother?" He asked before Reef and Ripper gave him a disturbed, 'what the heck are you talking about' look.

Lance's eyes shifted and he thought for a second "....That's not right, is it?" And Ripper shook his head.

"Nah mate. Totally not."

Lance smiled nervously and shifted his eyes side to side, "Ehehe.. Totally Bro." Ripper rolled his eyes and went to reach for his controller to resume his game play. Reef smirked as he watches Fin out of the corner of his eye as she made a face in his direction.

"What are YOU looking at?" Fin turned at glared at him, crossing her arms in the process.

Reef folded his arms neatly behind his head and grinned, past Ripper and Lance, at an obviously angry Fin. "I'm staring at you, Ugly." Her scowl deepened.

"Shut it, Chicken legs." Fin shot back.

Reef continued to smile, "Ohh come on Fin, Don't be like that." Fin rolled her eyes; she didn't have to take this. "Oh ho ho! I know why you're so pissy. You're JEALOUS." He laughed as she huffed.

Fin's eyes shot open and she angrily shot her gaze towards the bright eyed guy that was cockily smirking in her direction and she hissed under her breath before stomping a few steps towards him. "I am NOT. JEALOUS. Of that blonde haired BIMBO." She barked and Reef furrowed his brows before pointing at her with his index finger.

"Nooope! I think little Finnigan is jealous that the old Reefster-" He puffed out his chest, closing his eyes with pride "-Has himself a date for the carnival Monday." He finished, slyly giving her an eyeful of his shining eyes.

Fin angrily clenched her fists and stomped her foot on the porch, causing Ripper and Lance to scare off their eyes from the screen, staring at the angry blonde. "I am NOT jealous! Why in the heck would I be jealous of some bubbly, idiotic...BITCH that can't even surf?" She shot back, which caused Ripper and Lance to 'ooooooh' under their breath.

Reef's face fell as he pretended to be hurt, "Why Finny, that hurt me; hurt me deeply!" He brought his hand to his chest and continued to appear offended. Fin pointed at him with an angry fist.

"Ugggh!" She stomped over to the couch and glared down at him. "I don't even know why I BOTHER to talk to you; you're the most conceited ASS I've ever met!!" She continued to stare accusingly at him. Lance and Ripper snickered nearby.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've also got the NICEST ASS out of all the guys you've ever met!" Reef replied playfully; maybe he was pushing his luck but he didn't care. This was too good to pass up.

By Now Fin was pissed. Her fists were clenched so tightly that she could feel her short nails digging into her palms, she was fuming, and her blue eyes were narrowed to slits. Before she could even stop herself to think about it, she angrily shoved Reef and then grabbed his collar, pulling him just centimetres from her face. She spoke quietly, but angrily as she hissed in his face. "You...have to be...the most annoying...brain-dead...moron...EVER." She hissed before she threw him back against the couch.

This time, it really did cut a nerve in Reef because he stood up, angrily looking her square in the eyes "Yea well...you're the most annoying, short.........SHORT PERSON!" He blurted and by now, Ripper and Lance were in hysterics as Reef flopped back down on the couch, his usually happy green eyes now burning with rage. Fin was in shock as she muttered an explicit curse before stomping into the staff house.

Lance laughed "Geeeze! What's up with her?!" He laughed and Ripper then wiped a tear leaking from his eye.

"I dunno Mate. Maybe she's on her rag or somethin'" he snickered and Reef just sighed and crossed his arms.

Reef looked down at his feet before mumbling, "Yeah…maybe." Okay, so he had crossed the line with Fin many times before, but after this time his stomach was in knots. He watched as Ripper and Lance went back to laughing loudly as they fought over a game controller. Reef sighed again and looked back at the screen door in which Fin had just slammed. 'Stupid…Stupid. Stupid!' He thought angrily to himself; the whole point of asking that chick out was to get her jealous, not totally pissed beyond reason! He scoffed, and looked back down at his phone knowing he really screwed up this time.

He sighed as he directed his sad eyes to his phone before putting it back in his pocket. Sometimes, he couldn't believe what a jerk he could be. He had never been good at having girlfriends (Sure, he's been on a LOT of dates) but only ever had a couple REAL relationships, but even they didn't last long enough. Fin was different than the rest of them...she was smarter than him (although he'd never say that to anyone) she was headstrong, and was confident in herself. He sighed and let his head roll back on the couch before beginning to rub his temples with stress.

At this rate, he was positive he'd never win her over. 'Back to the drawing board Reef...back to the drawing board.'

A/N: Well, that's it for this chapter! Hope you enjoyed and please review (: we love them!

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