Disclaimer: Nope. I still don't own those Disney Channel characters … Though maybe Kona… Nah, only in my dreams.



Chapter 10


Kona followed Sydney up the stairs and down the hall, a couple of doors away from Sydney's room. She opened the door and let him walk in first.

"Here you go! The guest room," Sydney said as Kona walked in looking around at the fairly small room. The bed was a normal twin sized bed in the middle of the room, and the carpeting was a light blue. The dresser was to the right, next to the door and a window beside the bed as well as the nightstand containing a lamp and alarm clock.

A cushy arm chair with an interesting design on it sat in the other corner of the room near a bookcase. It was small and quant, but nice.

Kona nodded, putting his backpack on the bed, and his skateboard on the floor.

"Very nice," He said with a smile, turning back to Sydney.

Sydney smiled."I'm glad you like it. I actually have some pictures I want too show you. Wait here and get settled." She said, turning and walking out of the room.

Kona smiled, sitting down on the bed, glancing out the window. He couldn't understand how you could live somewhere where you couldn't see the beach. He sighed as he laid back on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. He couldn't believe that the past day he was in Hawaii daydreaming about Sydney, and now he's in the same house as her.

"The heart does strange things, sometimes," Kona mumbled to himself, closing his eyes just as Sydney came into the room with her laptop.

"Kona, are you falling asleep already?" Sydney asked him, teasingly, as she walked over to the bed.

Kona sat up, and turned to her. "Of course not. Just resting my eyes. Must be the time difference." He said, glancing at her laptop,"That's your pictures?"

Sydney smiled, sitting on the bed now beside him. "Well, I put all of my pictures from my trip too Makai before. I have some interesting ones of you." She smiled.

"Oh, really?" Kona asked her with a sly smile,"Lets see then." Sydney opened her laptop and went to the folder where she stored it all.

"There's you in your cowboy hat, remember Kaoao Loa? That was my first time riding a horse!" She said with a smile.

Kona smiled, looking at the picture. "I didn't know you took this picture of me." He said glancing at her,"Sneaky."

Sydney grinned. "Well, then I'm a talented photographer."

Kona smiled."Yes, you are." He said, looking back at her computer. The rest of the evening before dinner they reminisced and laughed together in Kona's guest room. It brought back memories which Sydney had missed. She never told anyone that the reason she hadn't showed this pictures too Nicole was she didn't want Nicole too know how much she missed Hawaii. Crazy, it seems.

An hour and a half later, Elizabeth called Kona and Sydney downstairs for dinner. Kona and Sydney sat next to each other at the dinner table, and Ben and Elizabeth each sat at the ends.

At first it was a silent meal, expecially with Ben, but toward the end Elizabeth asked started up the conversation with Kona about how his flight was.

After dinner, Ben was still silent. Sydney had a feeling she knew why, though she did not mention anything either. They all cleared the table and filled the dishwasher before retreating. Kona disappeared to the porch, sitting out on the bench. He looked out at the sky, which was dusk now.

He knew he couldn't stay too long, but he missed Sydney like crazy. "How could she do it?" He muttered just as Sydney stepped out on the porch.

"Do what?" She asked, making Kona jump.

Kona turned too face her, still sitting, though and said,"Oh, nothing. Just thinking, is all." He smiled.

"Can I sit, too?" She asked.

Kona nodded, pushing over for her.

Sydney sat beside him, looking down at her hands.

"So, how is everyone down in Hawaii?" She asked.

Kona let out a small sigh."Everyones doing well.." He said sort of hesitant.

Sydney glanced at him. "You hesitated. What's wrong?" She asked.

Kona shook his head. "Nothing."

"Kona, I can tell something is wrong, please tell me. I want too help you." She told him.

Kona glanced back at Sydney, looking into her eyes. He could never say know to her. "I'll tell you later, okay? Its really nothing, though. I'm getting tired. I think I'm going to turn in early." He said, standing up,"I have that skateboarding thing tomorrow, you know." He smiled as Sydney looked up at him.

"Night," He told her, hesitating for a moment before leaning down and kissing her cheek.

Sydney couldn't help, but smile. "Night." She said softly, watching him go inside.

Sydney sat by herself for a little while thinking over many things in her mind. How her dad seems so upset with Kona coming over to visit. About Drew and Nicole, and what'll happen at the park tomorrow. She also couldn't help, but wonder how Gia was doing. She hoped Kona's news wasn't about her. 'I hope everything is okay..' she thought, letting out a small sigh.

She stayed outside for about twenty more minutes before deciding to go back inside and take a shower. She felt she needed one. After about a half an hour, she turned the shower off, and wrapped a towel around herself and quickly and quietly made her way to her room, except when she opened the bathroom door, Kona stood there.

"Oh, hey, I, uh, thought you were done," He said, feeling his face turn red. Sydney smiled, her face flushing red as well. "Oh, um, yeah, I'm finished." She said, holding the towel closed on her. She moved to one side to let Kona in, but Kona moved to the same side. They laughed and did the same.

So, Kona stepped back letting Sydney by.

"Thanks," She said, walking quickly to her room, Kona watching her walk away with a small smile on his face.

After a few minutes, Kona snapped out of his trance, and walked into the bathroom himself, and he looked at his reflection in the mirror. "Too bad she only thinks of me as a friend," he said to himself, remembering how she introduced him to Drew. He shook his head, thinking he should not have kissed her cheek before. He ran a hand through his hair, upset with himself.
A/N:
This is just another chapter to show that Ben is not very happy, and I wanted a chapter where it shows how Sydney and Kona act when its just them. I also felt bad about the long hiatus. Sorry again! Review please?

I haven't seen this movie in quite a looong time, and I just remembered that Kona draws those cartoons. Now I am coming up with alot more ideas!