Previously...

Mitchie laughed and blushed as she texted him back.

To: Shane

Pfft. You wish!

Okay, okay. Gudnyt Shane! Go to sleep, too!!

I love you! So so so much! :D

From: Mitchie

Mitchie placed her cellphone on her side table and turned off her side lamp and drifted to sleep.

Alex parked her car on Mitchie's driveway and took a deep breath and got out of the car. She looked down at her outfit and smiled. Alex looked different today. She wore denim short that was an inch above her knee, a pink shirt and flip flops. She wanted to wear her chucks but she wanted to look different so she decided to wear flip flops instead. She wore her shades and walked to Mitchie's doorway. She took of her glasses and placed it on her head as she rang the doorbell. Mitchie opened the door and gave Alex a confused look.

"Hey Mitch!" Alex grinned.

"Hey….Alex…" Mitchie said slowly, looking at Alex's outfit. "Come in. Shane, Nate and Jason are in the living room."

Alex smiled and walked straight to the living room.

"Hey guys!" Alex shouted happily.

Shane, Nate and Jason's eyes shot open. They couldn't believe it was Alex. The room was so quiet, Alex started to feel uncomfortable.

"Is everything okay?" Alex asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No, no. Of course not…" Shane answered and smiled.

"Wow Alex! You look so different!" Nate blurted out. "Shouldn't you be wearing your chucks or something?"

Alex's face fell. She couldn't believe what Nate said. She was expecting him to say "Oh, Alex, you look great!" or "You look beautiful, Alex."– after all, he was the reason why Alex dressed like that – but he didn't. All he said was "Shouldn't you be wearing your chucks or something?"

The room was quiet once again. Everyone stared at Alex with a concern look on their faces. They all knew Alex was upset except for Nate.

"I'll get my bags out of the car. We should get going." Alex said unhappily. She went out and headed to her car, still looking sad.

"You're a jerk, Nate!" Mitchie said, slapping his arm.

"What'd I do?" Nate asked innocently.

"Couldn't you say something nicer like 'Alex, you look amazing'"? Mitchie shouted. "Ugh, never mind. Let's get our bags… We should get going."

Nate felt guilt coming. Alex was mad because of him. He sighed as he took his bags and brought it outside. Nate was the last one to go out so he was the one who locked the front door. They were all settled inside the van Jason bought for their vacation. Jason sat in front next to the driver, Shane and Mitchie stayed at the back and Alex stayed at the last part of the van and Nate, he had no choice but to stay with Alex.

Mitchie smiled and looked at Shane. "I can't believe we're going on a vacation! What are we gonna do when we get there? Are we gonna go swimming or island hopping or what?"

Shane laughed at Mitchie's eagerness and kissed her forehead. "I don't know. What do you wanna do, Mitch?"

"Well, I was hoping we could go island hopping, you know, just the two of us." Mitchie said.

"Sure. I would love that." Shane smiled and kissed her forehead once again.

Meanwhile…

Alex and Nate sat far away from each other. Alex stayed at the right side while Nate stayed at the left side. Nate looked at Alex and smiled. She looks so beautiful. Nate thought dreamily. Alex noticed him smiling and staring at her.

"Why the hell are you smiling and staring at me?" Alex asked, looking outside the window.

"You saw that?" Nate asked, embarrassed.

"Would I ask that question if I didn't?" Alex murmured.

Nate heard it and sighed. He didn't want Alex to be mad at him, he hates it. They should be laughing and goofing around right now but instead, they were not talking to each other. Nate couldn't stand it anymore so he scooted near Alex and placed his arm around her shoulder.

"What the heck are you doing? Get your arm off of me, Nate!" Alex whispered loudly, taking his arm off but Nate didn't take his arm off. He just smiled and pretended he didn't hear her.

"I'll take it off when you forgive me." Nate said and turned to look at Alex.

Alex turned to look at him, as well, not knowing he was looking at her. They both stayed quiet and looked into each others eyes.

"Um…" Alex started, looking away. "Okay, okay. I forgive you." Eventually, Alex still wanted Nate to put his arm around her but she didn't want to make it obvious that she liked him.

Nate took his arm off and laughed.

"What could possibly be funny?" Alex asked, annoyed. She hated it when Nate laughs for no reason, it made her feel embarrassed. It's like she was the one being laughed at.

"Nothing… Oh, and by the way Alex, I didn't mean to say those things I said back at Mitchie's place. You just looked different, that's all. But not a bad different, a good different… In fact, you look really pretty." Nate said. He meant all the things he said.

Alex blushed so hard. "Thanks, Nate. That means a lot especially from you." Alex said with a hint of sarcasm so it won't sound like she liked his comment or something when apparently, she did. She just didn't want to make it obvious.

"You're welcome. You know, I'm glad we're friends." Nate said, mustering up a smile.

"Yeah. Friends..." Alex said flatly, giving him a fake smile.

Hours later, they arrived at Santa Monica beach and headed to a hotel. Mitchie and Alex couldn't believe they were checking on one of the most expensive hotels in Santa Monica. As they entered, Mitchie began taking pictures. After they checked in, they rode on the elevator.

"So, Mitchie and I are sharing a room. There are 2 rooms left." Shane announced inside the elevator.

"I'm having a room all by myself!" Jason shouted.

"What?! I should have that room, Jason! You and Nate should share the same room! You guys are brothers. Please please please! Can I have that room?" Alex begged.

"Sorry Alex but I got it first. Come on, sharing a room with Nate isn't that bad. Nate's a great guy. He's a great brother-"

"But I can't share a room with a guy!" Alex said, cutting him off. Jason looked at her with 'Puppy dog eyes' and it worked.

"Ugh! Okay. Fine. But you owe me big time." Alex said, rolling her eyes playfully. She wasn't mad at all; she just didn't want to share a room with a guy, not even Nate. She needs her privacy, that's why she wanted her own room.

The elevator landed safely on the 5th floor, they hurried out with their bags and headed to their rooms. Their rooms weren't beside each other. Shane and Mitchie's room was in 582. Nate and Alex's room was in 544 while Jason's room was in 508.

Nate opened the door using the card-key while Alex waited beside him. Once the door was open, they were happy to see that there were two beds. They went inside ad placed their bags down on their beds. Alex sat down on her bed and looked around the room. The room was so silent.

"Sorry about this." Nate said as he sat down on his bed.

Alex laughed a little. "It's okay. At least there are two beds." She said.

"Yeah… So… I heard Mitchie and Shane are going island hopping and Jason's gonna go scuba diving. What do you want to do?" Nate asked.

Alex smiled at his sweetness. She was falling for him even more but she had to stop. She had to. "Um, I don't know. I wanted to go swimming or something but I know it's lame and boring so-"

"Okay. Go change to your bathing suit while I wait outside, okay?" Nate said, smiling. He went out, leaving Alex inside the room. She quickly changed into her bathing suit and wore her beach clothes (shorts and a shirt). She took her sunscreen out of her bag and placed it in another bag – the bag she was going to bring with her to the beach – with her towels and extra clothes. She went out and saw Nate sitting down on the carpet beside the door. Nate stood up once he saw Alex and they both headed to the beach.

Mitchie and Shane were waiting for their yacht to come. They were sitting beside each other on the sand.

"Shane..." Mitchie said, playing with the sand, "Can we just not go island hopping and just go swimming instead?"

"Um, sure... Okay." Shane said.

"But, let's go swimming somewhere far from land. Somewhere there." Mitchie pointed the ocean. "You know, so there will be no interruptions or something."

"I'd like that... I'll just tell the driver of the yacht to stay here and I'll drive the boat so he won't come with us." Shane grinned.

"Yeap." Mitchie smiled.

The yacht finally came. Shane and Mitchie stood up and walked to the driver of the boat. Shane told him what he told Mitchie earlier about him driving the yacht and he agreed. Soon enough, Shane and Mitchie were on their way to the 'middle of the ocean' (not really that far actually. :]])

As soon as Shane found a right spot, he stopped the yacht and went out. Mitchie already changed into her swim suit. Shane couldn't believe it was Mitchie. She had a really nice body. Shane went near Mitchie and intertwined her hands with his.

"You look really sexy with your outfit." Shane said, using his 'Flirty voice'

Mitchie laughed. "Come on, let's go swimming!" Mitchie said excitedly. She pressed the red button (the red button was for the stairs going to the water. I don't know how to explain it but it's something like that. Haha!). Mitchie walked down the stairs and swam.

"Come on, Shane!" Mitchie shouted.

Shane laughed and took of his shirt and jumped from the boat. He swam up and swam to Mitchie.

"Are you having fun?" Shane asked Mitchie.

"Definitely. I always have fun when I'm with you. Thank you, Shane." Mitchie said sincerely as she gave him a kiss on the cheek.

Shane smiled and kissed her passionately on the lips.

Nate and Alex arrived at the beach and looked for a nice spot to place their blanket.

"There! That's a nice spot!" Alex said as she pointed at the spot. They quickly ran so no one else would get that spot. Once they reached there, they set up the blanket and the pillows and placed their things down. Nate took of his shirt and sat down beside Alex.

Alex saw his six pack abs and stared.

"So, let's go swimming?" Nate asked.

Alex then stopped looking at his perfect abs and looked at him. "Yeah..." Alex smiled. She took off her shirt and shorts leaving her wearing her 2 piece swim suit. Nate stared at her perfect body.

Wow. I didn't know Alex had that kind of body. She looks so perfect! He thought dreamily.

"Nate! Nate!" Alex shouted, cutting his thoughts. Alex was already on the water. She was far from land. Nate stood up and catches up with her. Soon enough, they were together.

"I just love the water..." Alex said.

"Yeah, me too." Nate said as he smiled. He then started splashing water at Alex and started to swim away.

"Nate! Come back here!" Alex shouted as she catches up with him. Finally, she caught him and splashed water on his face, as well.

"Okay, okay. Stop! I'm sorry!" Nate shouted, laughing. "I give up!"

Alex stopped splashing water at him and fixed her hair. Nate stared at her dreamily again. She was just so beautiful. He went near Alex and helped her fix her hair, placing the hair that was on her face behind her ear and then he pulled her closer to him.

Alex gave him a confused look. Not long enough, Nate's lips were on hers.

WEW! I don't know if this chapter's a good one but I HOPE YOU LIKE IT. :) Please R&R :) THANKS :-*