They enjoyed the nice, brisk, breezy night. They shared a lot of things they never knew about each other before as well laughing about some of the most recent stuff they'd been though. They arrived at the pizza place and saw J.B., Riley, Jett along with their significant others. At first, Kayla was a little upset to see that no one invited her (though she would have turned them down anyway since she didn't want to be in the third wheel position). Then she realized that she told them the office was heading back to her house so she guessed that they figured she couldn't make it. For some reason, Kayla felt stronger when she saw the group. She saw that Jett and Tara were together and even though at first it made her jealous, she could bare with it a little better for some reason. Jett first spotted Kayla by the door with Jason. He was taken aback slightly that once again, they were together, but he tried not jumping to conclusions right away. Tara noticed that something and caught Jett's eye and turned her head to see that it was them. "Hey! What are you two doing here?" and upbeat Tara asked. A polite but more subdued Kayla answered, "We're...just...getting some pizza."

"Well, we have plenty left over so you can eat some of ours if you'd like."

"Umm...ok" Kayla replied. Riley and Baxter were in a booth alone while Jett, Tara, J.B. and Holly were in the same so Kayla and Jason joined Riley. "Soooo, Kay, I have to commend you and Jason on the awesome job you did this week. Everything was organized down to a tee." Said a peppy Riley.

"Thanks! We couldn't have done it without you guys though."

"Oh I dunno. I think we coulda done a lot better if Holly hadn't kept on losing her rags." J.B. said giggling.

Holly's mouth dropped. "Hey! YOU kept stealing them!" She proclaimed as she balled up a napkin and threw it at him.

"You have no proof!" He exclaimed. Holly just rolled her eyes.

"Well, rags or no rags, it was a success and we made a lot of money. We are already more than half way there to reaching our quota for next year. We were going to rest up a little over the middle of the summer but were hoping that by the end we could do one more week. Do you guys think you could help?" Jason asked.

"Sure! I'm there!" Said Riley.

"If she's there, then I'm there." added Baxter.

"You know I wouldn't miss it, and neither would Holly" added J.B.

There was a slight pause. Jett seemed distracted, almost like he wasn't even paying attention to the conversation. Tara had to snap him out of it. "Oh yeah sure! Fun times!" He said with a nervous laugh.

"Jett, were you even listening to the conversation?" Tara asked with concern.

"Oh yeah sure, you know, I mean, we were talking about the carwash and stuff. Yeah, I was listenin'."

"Well, Kayla, we'll surely be there." Tara said answering for both her and Jett, which Kayla picked up on. Oh great, now she's answering for the both of them. What's next? You know what, I need to remember what Ms. Jackson said. I am NOT losing him. I am his friend and should just be his friend. Nothing should come between that. I may not like that she's with Jett, but Tara is a nice person. Kayla thought to herself.

A couple of hours passed with idle chitchat between everyone. Kayla didn't feel at all awkward with Jason tonight. She really enjoyed herself and enjoyed getting to see a really laid-back side to him. For the first time, Kayla could sort of see herself hanging with him a little more. Jason was able to fit in just fine with everyone else too and shared several laughs with the whole gang. For some reason, Jett wasn't in the laughing mood but of course, remained nice. "Well, look at the time." started Kayla. "We need to be going. I'm glad to have ran into you guys though. Do you want to hang out sometime tomorrow?" she asked everyone.

"Okay. We'll all call each other I guess." Said J.B. We'll meet up at the store before anything goes down though.

"That's a deal." said Kay as she and Jason left.

"Ok, we have been here for a while guys. I think we should follow Jason and Kayla's footsteps here and head out." Riley said. With that said, the rest of the gang left to go home.

Jason walked Kayla to the door of her house. "I thoroughly enjoyed myself tonight. We'll definitely do this again ok?" said a cheery Kayla.

"Oh for sure!" There was a silence for a while as they stared into each other's eyes. Then, not too much later, their lips met for a gentle kiss. Kayla's parents went to bed early so most of the lights in the house were off, but she made her way to her room. She showered, got ready for bed and as she hit her pillow, she was once again alone with her thoughts. I can't believe we kissed. I guess Jason is kinda cute. He's got those deep brown eyes, nice caramel skin, a great body, great sense of style, not to mention lips that could kill. Maybe I will be alright after all. I could get used to Jason. He's a total catch and I can't believe I didn't see it before...

Back at Jett's house...

Jett walked in the door to see his dad. "You're home mighty late tonight..."

"Oh sorry. We all just met up for some pizza and then we all left and I had to walk Tara home."

"Don't do it again..."

"I won't, sir."

"You ok Jett? Ever since Tara has been in town you've been smiling from ear to ear without a care in the world. Tonight it looks like something's on your mind."

"Oh...I'm alright dad. I'm...just tired. Remember, it's been a long day with being on set, then doing the carwash, then the pizza. I'm just beat, that's all."

"Uh-huh. Well off to bed son. I will see you in the morning." Jett got ready for bed and as he laid down, he glanced over to his desk to spot a picture of Kayla. This was the first night since he laid eyes on Tara where she wasn't the last thing he thought of at night. It was nice to see Kayla a lot happier tonight. I wonder if it was thanks to that Jason kid or if it was just because of how great the carwash went. Why am I even thinking about Kayla right now? It's not like she's dating that guy and even if she were, why do I care? He seems cool I guess. He could be a pretty good friend, but I don't see Kayla dating him. He's just not her type and they wouldn't match at all...Jett was laying alone with his thoughts of Kayla and Jason until he fell off to sleep.