Julia was looking at me expectantly. I looked back at her, confused. Eventually she sighed loudly, slumping back in her chair.

"What?" I asked.

"Why are you so calm?"

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"Don't you know what tomorrow is?" I just stared at her, as confused as ever. Her eyes widened. "Oh my gosh, you don't. Chelsea, tomorrow is Winter Thanksgiving!"

It took me a moment to realize what she said. Then it clicked. "Crap."

I jumped out of my chair. "I completely forgot."

"I didn't." She said, standing. "I've been trying to bake chocolate cookies for the last few days!"

"I need the stuff to make them, do you think Chen would have them?"

"He's probably sold out, but I have tons of supplies. I bought a lot because I knew I'd mess up."

I sighed in relief. "Okay. How much do you think I would need? Enough for all the guys… ."

"Chelsea!" Julia cried.

I looked at her, alarmed. "What?"

"You cant give every guy the same kind of chocolate. Your guy friends get just chocolate, but your special guy friend gets special chocolate. Get what I'm saying?"

"W-what? Julia, I'm just friends with all the guys on the island." I told her quickly.

"What about Mark?" Julia asked. "Or dare I say it, Vaughn?"

I felt myself blush a little. "I'm just friends with them too, you know."

She started to object, but I cut her off. "Just show me where the things are so I can hurry and make them."

"Fine, fine." She smirked and lead me to the kitchen. She piled various things into a basket and handed it to me.

"Thanks." I said, going for the door.

"You're not baking them here?" She asked.

"Nah, I'll go home. I have some things there I can use."

"Okay see you later. And remember what I said!"

I shut the door with my foot and started walking home. I was going to just make chocolate cookies for everyone. Plus, even if I did want to make special ones for someone I don't even know what I would make. I made it home and set the basket on the counter, sighing. It was early in the afternoon, so did I really need to start the cookies now? I decided to just get it over with and began baking.

Later that day I ended up back at the animal shop, bored out of my mind. In the back of my mind I knew Vaughn was on the island somewhere, but I didn't want to bother him if he was busy. I hadn't seen him at all yet.

Julia excused herself and left to go see Elliot or something. She told me to wait for her here, since it would only be a minute. I sat at the table, absentmindedly tracing outlines on the table. The bell rang and I assumed it was Julia, returning from whatever. But much to my surprise, it wasn't Julia who sat across from me, it was Vaughn. I stared at him for a moment. He stared back at me silently, and shifted his hat.

"Hey Vaughn." I finally said. "I haven't seen you today."

"I've been busy. And I was looking for you."

"Why?" I asked, confused.

He took something from his pocket. "I found this in the city last week." Then he held something red out to me. I took me a second to recognize it as a bandana.

I stared open-mouthed at it, completely blown away. A million thoughts raced through my head at one moment, successfully causing a slight headache. He went and got me a bandana? Why would he do that? I mean, I didn't ask for him to, or say anything about getting another. This was really unexpected.

"Are you gonna take it or just stare at it like some idiot?" He growled.

I quickly took it from him trying to swallow back sudden tears. They stung my eyes, causing me to blink several times. A few escaped, sliding down my face.

Vaughn became alarmed. "What? What's wrong?"

I shook my head, standing. Why in the world was I crying? I guess I was just really shocked and happy. Vaughn came around the table to face me. He looked worried.

"S-sorry." I finally choked. "I'm fine. I'm just…happy. Thank you… ."

I grabbed him into a hug, trying to express my gratitude. I expected him to push me away, but he actually embraced me back after a moment. That shock caused me to stop sniffling, and my heart to speed up a little. I couldn't believe he was hugging me back. All too soon, he gently pushed me away and held me at arms length. I gave him a huge smile and he blushed slightly, smiling softly in return. He dropped his arms and began to say something when the door suddenly burst open, startling us both. I turned to see Julia with Natalie behind her. Natalie's jaw fell open and her eyes grew dark.

She stormed up to us with Julia in tow. Then she pushed her way in between Vaughn and I, glaring at him. I was immensely confused by now.

"Why is she crying?" She snarled up at Vaughn. "What did you do?"

Vaughn's eyes widened and he backed up a bit. "Nothing."

"You-"

"Natalie!" I said, stopping her. "He didn't do anything. I'm fine."

She looked at me. "Then why were you crying?"

"Vaughn, uh…did a huge favor for me and I was just really happy. That's all." I told her.

She immediately softened and grinned at Vaughn. "Aww-"

"Shut up." He grumbled. He walked around us and started to leave. "Uh, see you later Chelsea."

After he left, Natalie turned to me, looking way too excited. "Oh my God!"

Julia sighed. "Does this mean Mark is out of the question?"

"What?" I exclaimed.

"I told you!" Natalie said to Julia, shoving a finger at her laughing. "Where's the money?"

"Hey, it's not over yet." She crossed her arms.

"What are you talking about?" I said loudly.

"Nothing." They both said.

I glared at them, but decided to leave it alone. It wasn't worth it. I said goodbye and rushed home. As soon as I got there, I ransacked my kitchen, trying to find something to make cookies with. I made up my mind. I was going to make special cookies for Vaughn and give them to him. He deserved them, with all he has done for me. And maybe it'll let him know that I…have feelings for him.

I found some mint and smiled. Bing-go. I hope he liked mint chocolate chip cookies.

A/N: Short chapter is short :( But I'm planning for the next chapter to be longer. A lots gonna go down in that one lol.

But this chapter isn't much actually. It could have been way better. To me, it's a bunch of random events. I dunno. The one thing I like is the bandana thing. Even though everyone saw that coming from chapter 12 lol.

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