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Owen x Sierra


Drawn by the smell of fresh cookies wafting from the kitchen, Owen began his journey from the TV room where he had been upstairs and down to the kitchen. As he entered, he noticed Sierra was already seated at the kitchen table, miserably eating the snacks Lindsay had left outside while typing frantically on her laptop.

Talking to herself, Sierra rambled, "Ugh! I've just been so busy tonight with everyone hooking up at the party. It's just been constant updates on my Tweeter account and everyone's blogs. Too bad not all of them have been happy updates!" Sierra then began frowning again as she reflected on Cody's betrayal and then started typing angrily.

"What's wrong with you?" Owen asked her, upset by seeing the usually upbeat super-fan so upset.

"Nothing," Sierra sniffed in response as she continued eating and updating Justin's blog.

"Oh come on," Owen protested as he sat down next to her. "I know I might not be the brightest or most observant guy, but even I can tell that something's wrong. Come on, you can tell me. I can keep a secret!"

"Owen, I know everything about all of you, so I know that's a lie," Sierra began as she cracked a slight smile, "But I guess I can tell you anyways. My hubby Cody is flirting with another women, that home wrecker Sadie!" Sierra began panting in rage at the mention of Sadie's name.

Owen rather callously responded due to his naïveté, "Umm, I thought that was just part of the challenge and you were never really married. I mean, Blaineley and I aren't really married, or at least I don't think so." Owen laughed nervously after finishing, especially after seeing how angry Sierra looked.

"That's not what Chris said!" Sierra angrily asserted, "But, maybe Cody doesn't see it that way, and that's why he's breaking my heart." Sierra began sobbing again as Owen attempted to unsuccessfully console her before beginning to cry himself.

Surprised by Owen's tears, Sierra turned to Owen and questioned, "It's Izzy isn't it?"

"Huh? How'd you know?" Owen inquired as his eyes grew wide in surprise as he choked back a few sobs.

"Duh, I already told you I know everything about all of you," Sierra insisted triumphantly as she began rereading what she had written on Justin's blog.

Although Owen was slightly freaked out, he still managed to eat two of the gingerbread cookies Leshawna and Harold had left behind in a single bite. "I eat when I'm upset, you know," Owen confessed to which Sierra just rolled her eyes since it was an obvious fact to her. "It's just, I can't believe Izzy ran off without me, and with my best friend no less! I've never felt so betrayed, and oh, are those chocolate candies?" Owen lost his train of thought when he noticed some of the candies Lindsay had left out and quickly ran over and began eating them.

With a slight chuckle, Sierra offered, "Can I get you some eggnog? I know I could use some."

In horror at the thought of breaking the rules, Owen gasped, "But, doesn't that have alcohol in it? Quick take it back before the police come and arrest us and-"

"Enough!" Sierra interrupted him as she brought the carton over. "I would have thought that you would know that they make non-alcoholic kinds for the holidays. I figured we could drown our troubles in it all the same though."

"Oh yeah, right," Owen recalled as he happily accepted a glass and Sierra shook her head in amusement. "Well, here's to us!" Owen cried as he raised a glass and clinked it to Sierra's.

"To us, and our terrible luck with choosing a boyfriend or girlfriend," Sierra lamented as she set her glass back down after taking a halfhearted sip. "I just can't believe Cody would choose Christmas Eve of all days to dump me! I mean, I even had sewn us matching sweaters for the party, and even lined mine with some of Cody's hair so we'd be together when we're apart! I knew I should have stitched more of my hair into his too!"

Owen made a slight face at Sierra's revelation, but she didn't notice it and instead continued to reminisce about Cody, "I mean, you'd think he'd have put a thought to our child Cody Jr. I mean, what's he going to think about all this?"

Owen, although still listening, had finished his eggnog and was attempting to steal Sierra's glass as well, but she acted quickly and stopped his attempt by scooping up her glass. "Sorry big guy, but you'll have to do better than that," she commented with a slight smile at Owen as she took another sip.

Determined to change the subject and avert the attention from his attempt at taking the glass, Owen let out a sigh and agreed with Sierra, "I know what you mean. I guess Izzy and I haven't really officially been together for a while, but I thought maybe when she saw me on Christmas Eve, she'd reconsider, especially now that she's back to normal, but no she just wanted to spend time with Noah," Owen let out a slight sob as he quickly finished off the pan of gingerbread cookies, nearly eating the pan along with the cookies.

Sierra, moved by Owen's tears, had a determined spark appear in her eyes. "You know what?" Sierra challenged Owen, "Why should we let those two ruin our holiday? There's still lots of cool stuff to do here, plenty of great food, and we have each other's company."

Owen, growing slightly encouraged by Sierra's enthusiasm nodded, and observed, "So what you're saying is, we should date each other to make them jealous!"

"Ummm, not exactly," Sierra confessed as she shot Owen a strange look. "I mean, I guess that would work, maybe, but I was thinking more along the lines of we could just spend the night together and still have fun."

"Oh, okay, that's even better," Owen concurred despite being slightly unsure of what Sierra wanted to do.

Sierra stood up to leave the kitchen, although not before eating one last miniature sandwich, and Owen followed eagerly behind her. "So, what are we going to do now?" he asked as he watched her begin peeking stealthily into the lounge.

"We're tracking down Heather and DJ. Simple logic says that they'll hook up pretty soon, and really it's pretty obvious. DJ's the only contestant Heather's ever really liked, even when you guys were all at camp. Obviously, she'd hook up with him eventually, and I have a feeling that it's going to be tonight, especially after seeing the way she was watching him earlier."

"Uh huh," Owen mumbled as he tried to understand the plan, "And I'm coming with you on this because?"

"We just agreed that we were going to do something together, didn't we? Now come on!" Sierra ordered as Owen flinched and followed meekly after her.

After the two noticed Heather resting by the fire, Sierra removed her camera and prepared to take as picture as Owen became very nervous that Heather would see them. Right as Sierra finished adjusting the zoom on her camera with a wide enough frame that she could get DJ in the picture when he arrived, Owen let out a lard fart which woke Heather up who angrily stormed over to the two.

"What exactly are you two freaks doing?" Heather snarled as she glanced between the two angrily.

Sierra was about to reply, but before she could, Owen confessed nervously, "I'm sorry but Sierra wanted a picture of you for her blog and we were waiting for DJ to come and-" Before Owen could say anything else, Sierra quickly jabbed him in the stomach with her elbow, stopping his revelation.

"Ugh! Just go away both of you!" Heather ordered as she shut the doors to keep them out and returned to the couch by the fire, grumbling to herself about the intrusion.

"Well great, now someone else might get the first story on Heather and DJ," Sierra lamented as she and Owen walked away.

"Sorry," Owen apologized, "I just get really gassy when I'm nervous, and I'm not really the best liar either."

With a slight sigh, Sierra replied, "I know. I was just hoping that maybe we'd be lucky enough to get some pictures before you gave us away. Still, I'm sure we can get some great shots of the other new couples and even just some Christmas shots of the old ones, and I guess we can ask for the picture so you don't get nervous and spoil it."

"Okay," Owen agreed readily, determined not to make the same mistake as before. The duo then went throughout the house and grounds and managed to photograph the other couples, both with a different mission in mind: Sierra was determined to update their blogs accurately, and Owen just wanted to please Sierra. The two first found Duncan and Gwen who were treating Duncan's injuries and thus refused a picture, although Sierra quickly snapped one as they left the room, nearly leading Duncan to chase the two away before Gwen calmed him down. Next, they found Leshawna and Harold who quickly complied with a picture before returning to their conversation in Lindsay's game room. On the way out, they ran into Ezekiel and Eva but were not able to take a picture due to Eva's threat to smash the camera into a million pieces if they dared. However, Sierra came up with a bright idea and quickly had herself and Owen climb into trashcans to stake out the hallway and get a shot of Ezekiel and Eva when they passed by. Before those two returned, however, Bridgette and Geoff had walked through the hallway, enabling Sierra to get a picture of them, as well as Eva and Ezekiel who followed soon after and angrily chased after Sierra once they noticed the flash. Owen struggled vainly to catch up to Sierra who was deftly eluding Eva, but ultimately had to stop to pant for air without succeeding.

When Owen finally located Sierra, he observed excitedly, "You know, you're pretty crazy, just like Izzy. I think I could really get to like you too Sierra."

"Aww, that's so sweet," Sierra admitted with a delighted sigh, "But, I don't think I could ever give my heart to anyone who's not Cody." Seeing Owen's dejected expression, she added, "But who knows. I mean, you're super nice to everyone too Owen, so maybe someday it'll happen, but as for now, I still think I can win Cody back. Oh, look, here comes Justin and Courtney! Wait up you two!" Sierra demanded as she chased after them. Eventually catching up to them, the two gracefully posed in front of the Christmas tree so Sierra could get a proper photo of them. Next she located Lindsay and Tyler, and Lindsay was also quite eager to pose for the picture while Tyler smiled awkwardly. Alejandro, although initially reluctant to be in a photo to be posted online with Beth, eventually gave into Beth's wishes and complied after Sierra explained why she wanted the photo.

Counting off the couples on her hand, Sierra observed, "Okay, so that just means we need Izzy and Noah, DJ and Heather, Katie and Trent, and-" Sierra let out a small sob before continuing, "Sadie and Cody."

As Sierra began sobbing, Owen gasped in horror, "You don't mean, Izzy and Noah are a couple now, do you?"

Through her tears, Sierra choked out, "Probably by now at least, but I suppose we can look for them later. Izzy will be nearly impossible to find later if she doesn't want to be seen."

Owen also broke down into tears at the mention of Izzy's new relationship, but eventually pulled himself together enough to suggest they get photographs of Katie, Sadie, Trent, and Cody. Sierra sullenly nodded her head, and the two found their four current targets together.

Sierra anxiously snapped one quick picture and turned to leave as she began crying again, but before she could exit, Cody called, "Wait, Sierra, listen. I thought we agreed to be best friends, but a relationship would never work. You still want to be friends, right?"

Though sobbing, Sierra confessed bitterly, "Well, yes, but this was supposed to be our first Christmas together Codykins, but then you spent it with another girl."

Sierra then took off down the hallway sobbing as Cody called nervously, "Sierra wait!" as Katie and Sadie sadly watched her go.

"Maybe it's for the best if you give her some time to calm down," Trent suggested as he gave Cody a reassuring pat on the back.

"Don't worry guys!" Owen shouted cheerfully as he watched Sierra go. "I'll go get her to feel better; you can count on me."

With a slightly reassured smile, Cody nodded and concurred, "That'd be great. Thanks Big Guy," as Owen took off after Sierra and a silence took over the room he had left.

Owen, gasping for breath when he finally found Sierra curled up and with her head between her knees crying, asked, "So, ummm, are you okay?" Merely receiving a look that screamed "are you for real" from Sierra, Owen tried again, "Ummm, I mean it obviously was hard to see Cody like that, and I don't know what I'd do if I ran into Izzy like that, but weren't we not going to let them ruin our evening?"

With a hint of a smile, Sierra agreed with a little hesitation, "Well, I guess so."

Deciding to push on a little more, Owen asked, "And really, wouldn't you want Cody to support you if you met someone else who could make you happy, I mean you two are best friends, right?"

"I guess, maybe, I would, but it's too sudden for me," Sierra confessed as she looked up at Owen.

"I know the feeling, but I guess if Izzy is going to hook up with someone else, I'd rather it be my Little Buddy since I know I can trust him to treat her right and all, and you should know that Sadie's a nice girl too if you know everything about us," Owen explained as he fumbled to find a way to make Sierra feel better.

"That's true," Sierra agreed with a final sniffle before standing up, "I guess I was being kind of selfish. Thanks for helping me see it another way Owen."

"Oh, it was nothing really," Owen responded hastily, "Say, would you like to go back to the kitchen for a bit? I bet there's lots of tasty snacks back out there now."

With a trace of a smile playing around the corners of her lips, Sierra answered, "I'd love to," and the two headed back to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, the two began snacking on some of the treats, and Owen asked Sierra an unintelligible question due to his mouth being full of food.

"Uh, Owen, I have no idea what that meant," Sierra answered as she scratched her head in confusion.

Swallowing his food, Owen repeated, "I figured I'd ask one more time and use the food to boost my confidence. Sierra, are you sure a wild and crazy girl like you couldn't find it in her heart to go out with me?"

Pausing to consider it, Sierra realized that Owen had been there for her all night, even willing to help her get pictures of others despite his reluctance and was the one who followed after he when she was upset, not Cody. "Okay, I'd love too," Sierra ultimately said as she smiled at Owen.

"Awesome! That is so cool!" Owen exclaimed as he suddenly pulled Sierra in and planted a kiss on her lips. "Man, you were so right that the two of us could have an awesome night even without Izzy and Cody."

"OMG, that is like so true! Oh but first, I need a picture of us so I can update our blogs," Sierra gasped in realization as she whipped out her camera and took a picture of her and Owen. "Perfect. Now just give me a few minutes honey, and then I'll have a surprise for you."

"Oooh, I love surprises, especially when they're food," Owen giggled excitedly as Sierra typed furiously on her computer.

Looking up from her work, Sierra replied mysteriously, "Oh, it's even better than food," and resumed updating her own blog.

Owen, confused as to what could be better than food but excited to receive it, began pacing excitedly while alternately stuffing his mouth with more food to contain his excitement. Eventually, Sierra pushed her computer away and remarked, "There, all finished!" Turning to face Owen, she said seductively, "So, want to make out?" before laughing excitedly and commenting in a rush, "OMG! I have so wanted to say that on the show since season one, of course I always thought I'd say it to Cody, but it's even more fitting to say it to you."

Owen, his eyes lighting up excitedly, readily agreed as Sierra scooped him up and flipped them both onto the couch where they began making out, forgetting entirely about Cody and Izzy for a while.


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