He squinted his eyes to try to get a better look at him. "Hmmm." He took a few steps closer until he saw that the boy wore glasses. "Oh! That's Max. You remember him, right?"

Steven breathed a sigh of relief, before adjusting his tie. He inched over towards Wallace, tapping him on the shoulder. "How do I look?"

"Like a hot bod!" He grinned, patting his friend on the shoulder. "Go get 'em tiger!" He pushed his friend over towards May.

Smiling, he straightened out his tie for the last time before heading over towards May. She was saying her last goodbyes to her brother before he left on a flagon. May wore a sheer lace wine red dress that went down to her mid upper thigh. It had a scoop neck, exposing just enough of her collarbone to see. There was a thin black belt around her waist, her dress sleeves went down to her elbows. She wore black stockings or tights, he wasn't sure, on her legs and had red heels on that had a bow knot. She really has grown a lot since he last saw her. To think that she would have turned into such a stunning woman. Wow, Steven felt under dressed compared to her, even though they were both equally well dressed. He suddenly understood what Wallace meant by changing it up. She went out of her way to wear something that isn't what she normally wears. Instead of comfortable sneakers or flats, she opted for high heels - which he has heard, hurts like hell at the end of the night. He knew she only wore dresses for special events or if she's in a particularly good mood. He remembered her telling him that she prefers shorts or pants since it feels awkward to her when she tries to run in a dress. And this wasn't just any plain dress. He reminded May raving over lace dresses, but also telling him the ones she actually likes have to hand washed. Wow, she really tried hard for him. He felt horrible for even thinking of wearing his usual formal wear.

Gulping, he finally managed to stop staring and continue walking over towards her. He wasn't sure what to say. Slowly, he made her way over towards her as he continued to ponder on what he should say to this lovely lady in front of him. Turn on your charm, Steven. You can do this. Just stay calm, don't stare at her for too long. Keep your cool. Don't be stupid. Don't look like a creep.

"Good evening May." He stood behind her, waiting for her to turn around.

"Steven!" She embraced him immediately, catching him off guard.

He felt her grip on him tighten, her head snuggled against his shoulder. As her head moved back and forth, he felt her hot breath against his neck making a shiver go down his spine.

"Oh! I'm so sorry." She immediately released him from her grip, shuffling back a bit to give him some space. "I just really missed you."

Was that a blush he saw across her cheeks? His eyes grew wide at the sight. He couldn't help but to feel a redness in his cheeks as well, she was just too cute for her own good. "I-it's okay." Damn, he stuttered. Calm, cool and collected Steven. He had to keep giving himself little pep talks otherwise he'll just be a nervous wreck, a mess. "I missed you too." He gave her a soft smile, thinking about patting her on the head. How would she interpret that if he did? Would she think that he only views her a friend if he did? He really wanted to pat her on the head. Well, he just wanted to touch her. Oh no, not in a perverted way! No, no! He just wanted to hold her in his arms, intertwine his fingers into her hair and get lost in her scent.

"Shall we go in, Steven?" She grabbed his arm and tugged it, pointing towards the entrance.

Before Steven could even reply, someone grabbed their attention by shouting out, "YO! Scamp and nerd!"

They turned their heads over to see a dark skinned male with a black "X" on his face making their way towards them. He wore a white tank top underneath his dark blue fleece jacket. As for bottoms he had dark blue jeans on and navy sneakers with white lace. He also had a blue bandana over his head that concealed his thick brown locks.

"Oh, Archie! I'm surprised to see you!" May clasped her hands together and dashed over, embracing him in her arms. He hugged her back, tightly, picking her up and swaying her from side to side.

Steven walked over, chuckling. He extended his hand for a formal handshake, even though he nearly destroyed the world they didn't cause any more trouble. "Good to see you again Archie."

"Awh, come here nerd!" With May in one arm, he grabbed hold of Steven and pulled him in for a big warm hug. "I haven't seen ya both for a real long time!" He hugged them tighter. "So much has changed for both of our teams! You wouldn't believe it! We opened up a restaurant!"

"Oh! So that was why you kept shooing me away and kept telling me that you were busy!" She looked at him, smiling with bright eyes.

"What?" Confused, he looked at Archie then back at May. "What's going on?"

Archie loosened his grip on the both of them, letting their feet touch the ground again. He was significantly taller and definitely more muscular than Steven. "Maxie and I put aside our differences to work together!"

"Yeah, I know that. May told me about that." Steven interjected, nodding as he straightened out his suit since it had been wrinkled by Archie.

"Well we decided to get together and open up a high class restaurant!" Archie told them, holding up a high head. He puffed out his chest with pride before gesturing over towards it. "We built a new building close to the sea, just right over there! You guys should come over and have dinner at our place!"

"Wow! We'd love to!" She smiled brightly at Archie before looking over at Steven and taking his hand into hers. "Right, Steven?"

How in the world could he say no to that face? "Of course!" It would also mean that they wouldn't have to face Drew.

"Great! Let's head on over. It's this way!" He started to make his way towards the beach, motioning for them to follow him.

"Come on, Steven! Let's try out their food! We can always go to Anderson's later on another day." She grabbed his wrist and tugged it, dragging Steven along to follow Archie.

He chuckled, letting her hold onto his wrist. He kind of liked it. However, looking over to the side, he saw Wallace putting his arms up in the air and shrug them. Steven motioned for him to follow them which he ended up doing so.

"Here we go!" Archie stopped and gestured to the restaurant in front of them. It was two stories high with a balcony view option as well. The building was colored white with a picture of a mightyena growling, next to it were the words "Mightyena's Bite" written in dark grey, the letters seemed to be italicized with jagged edges. "I really wanted to name it "Jewels of the Sea", but no. Maxie wanted name it, "Treasure Isle". We went back and forth, back and forth," he said, rolling his eyes. "We finally came to a compromise, since we both have a mighyena we decided to name our restaurant this."

"I like it!" May smiled, releasing Steven's hand from her grip since they had arrived.

"We actually require reservations to ensure a table, but we'll have an exception for you two." Archie winked at them both, ushering them towards the entrance. He opened one of the double doors for them, letting them in first before he went in. The floor was hardwood and the place was dimly lit. Mightyenas with bow ties around their neck and top hats walked around, leading people to their tables.

"May?"

There was a small table directly in front of them where two former team magma members acted as hosts. Tabitha was the one who spoke out, the other, Courtney was busy gesturing a couple towards a mightyena would direct them to an empty table.

"Oh hi! It's really nice to see you again after all this time!" May smiled brightly, giving him a big hug before hugging Courtney as well.

"What? Steven's not going to join in?" Tabitha whined, gesturing for him to come on in for a hug.

Wow, turning over a new leaf really made them super friendly. There were just way too many hugs going on. He reluctantly went in for a hug, only because May motioned him to.

After a few brief seconds, Archie broke it up by saying, "Alright, alright! These two kids are probably starving right now. What do you say that we give 'em a table under the stars?"

The two ex-magma members nodded their heads. Courtney motioned for a mightyena to come over, saying, "Lily…star." Then she pointed to May and Steven. The mightyena nodded her head, walking over towards the two. She sat down on all fours then bowed her head before standing on her paws and turning around. She looked back and used her head to motion for the two to follow before walking over towards the staircase, occasionally looking back to make sure the two were following.

"Enjoy your dinner!" Tabitha waved bye to them, Courtney did the same.

As the silver haired male and brunette female followed the mightyena upstairs to the balcony, a teal-haired fellow with a cowboy hat had been watching from the sidelines. Even though he probably wouldn't be needed since they weren't eating at Anderson's, he still wanted to spy on them. He cleared his throat before walking over towards the reception.

"Howdy. I'd like a table fer one at the balcony." Wallace said, sporting a southern accent.

"Oh? That is the our most popular request. I'll have to check the system to see if we have one open." Tabitha flipped through the pages of the notebook in front of him. "Hmm, I'm sorry. There's a twenty minute wait for the next available table up there."

"How'd them two get up there then?" He posed, still using his accent.

"They are old friends. I'm sorry. If you don't want to wait, you can reserve a table for tomorrow," he kindly informed him, flipping over one page to the next day in preparation while Courtney talked to others who also wanted to be seated.

"Oh there's no need for that sweet cheeks."

Wallace turned around to see a man with medium length wavy purple hair walk over. That man had a pointy green hat on his head with a purple tee shirt and a green coat over it.

"Reserved table for Harley. I usually eat a lone, but I'll help this poor man out. I can always use some eye candy." He wiggled his eyebrows as he pinched Wallace's upper arm. "Mhmm, me like. What do you say cowboy? It's a balcony seat!"

Ugh, the things I do for Steven. He nodded his head, tipping his hat to the strange fellow. "Yessir! I sure would love to join you."

Tabitha checked the reservation notebook to see if his reserve was there. Sure enough, it was. "Oh well, alright then. The table already has another chair there so uhm." He paused to gesture for a mightyena to come over. "Dakota dear, please show them their table under the stars. Table 21." The mightyena nodded before gesturing for the pair to follow him.

"Mhmm, cowboy you do make excellent eye candy! I just might even buy you dinner!" Harley winked at him. "What's your name, wrangler?"

"Wa-" He paused, deciding not to use his real name. He thought about it quick second before saying, "Walter."

"Walter! You don't look like a Walter, sugar. But whatever, tonight you're my babe." His arm snaked around Wallace's waist, pushing them closer together as they made their way to their table.

Great, I have to deal with him and carry around these formal shoes. He suppressed a sigh, wanting to be pleasant company. After all, the man was nice enough to let him in. Well, maybe it won't be so bad. Don't get him wrong, Wallace does like men, but he wants someone nice and strong! Oh maybe like Brawley, but Wallace also wants someone who appreciate the arts. Someone strong, but also into beauty. Maybe someone a bit mysterious as well.

The mightyena let out a low bark, sitting down at all fours to signal that they had arrived at their table.

The two sat down across from each other, Wallace searched around to look for May and Steven. To his luck, they were at the table diagonal to them. He could see them at the corner of his eye. Smiling, he picked up the menu that was already there on top of the plate and shuffled through the selections.

"Drew! Where are you going?"

The green haired male looked back to see his older brother look at him with curiosity.

"Got plans for the night?" His brother walked over towards him, wearing a white dress shirt and black dress pants. His hair was the same shade of green as his younger brother's, but shorter and gelled back. "Going out with May?" He smirked.

"No, I'm going to see Solidad." He placed on a dark denim jacket over his dark green v neck tee. "I'm thinking of asking May out on a date once the contest is over, but I don't know how to go about it so I'm meeting up with her to talk about it."

"Ooh, little brother finally making a move! Good for you!" He grinned, patting him on the back.

Blushing, Drew scoffed and shook his head "S-shut up!" He looked down to hide his blush. "I'm leaving now, don't make me dinner."

"Hahaha, alright. Have fun little bro!" Drew's brother waved him bye, watching him leave the restaurant through the backdoor.

Since Drew's denim jacket had a grey hood attached to it, he used to hide his face from people who could possibly recognize him. He already told Solidad what he was wearing so she could spot him. They had agreed to meet in front of a restaurant called Mightyena's Bite. Apparently Solidad managed to get a good deal there by advertising them at a contest she won.

He managed to get to the restaurant without anyone recognizing him, fortunately. He didn't want to rude to any fans who might ask him for autographs or anything, but he also didn't want to be late! So it was best to avoid the whole ordeal in the first place. Slipping through the doors, he took off his hood and walked up to the front where he found Solidad chit chatting with a host. He got her attention by tapping her on the shoulder.

"Oh! He's here now." She smiled at the host who motioned for a mightyena to come over.

"Perfect. Please follow Zeus, he will lead you to your table." The host, who was named Tabitha patted the mightyena on the head. "Table 22 on the balcony, dear."

"Thank you." Solidad and Drew said in unison before following the mightyena up the stairs.

"OH, DREWY-KINS! YOO-WHOOO!" Harley shouted when saw Solidad and Drew head over towards the balcony. He brought his hands close to his chest and squealed. "Now if only May-may was here!"

Since Harley had shouted that out, May turned around in her seat to see that Harley was there in the restaurant. Following Harley's gaze she saw Solidad and Drew as well.

Steven looked in the same direction as May, seeing that arrogant grass head head in with a woman next to him. You have got to kidding me. He groaned, sitting back in his seat with a hand to his forehead. Why? And to think that he just escaped this.

Wallace cupped his mouth, trying his best to hold in his laughter. Oh this was just too good, what were the chances of that? He stuffed his mouth with bread to keep him from breaking out into laughter.

A/N: Again, thank you for the reviews! c:. I hope you enjoyed this chapter ~ When I played the game, I always imagined Archie and Maxie coming together to open up a restaurant that's a surf & turf, haha.