A lot of this chapter will be written in Laken's POV, considering a lot of it focuses on her issues.

So we all got up and ready to go, Leonie inviting Kevin which I cursed. I didn't feel like talking to him, the reason I told myself was because he was being unreasonable. The real reason? I felt guilty for snapping at him, but at least it didn't make me look mushy. Leonie sat in the passengers seat, while I drove. She had almost persuaded me to let Kevin sit there, but my ground stood, she retreated. The car ride was mostly silent, other than Leonie humming to the radio station. She was giving me looks too.

"Stop, Leo! They're not working," I didn't want to get pissed off at Leonie, but I had this problem when people cared too much. It felt like they though I couldn't fend for myself.

"Stop what?" She gave me an innocent glance, while I glared half-heartedly. I wasn't mad, just frustrated in general. We pulled up to the restaurant, Ruby Tuesdays, sweet! I smiled, was it unhealthy that food cheered me up?

"Pleased?" Leonie smirked, how'd she know that this would cheer me up?

"Obviously, Tuesdays is only my favorite restaurant," I started towards the door, excited. We all sat down to order, and I stared at the menu, contemplating. Something was tugging at me though, my appetite was rapidly decreasing, almost depleting entirely. The waiter then came over, she was young and I assumed a new worker. She stared at us for a bit, I felt awkward and even with Kevin and Nick in their disguises, I felt like our cover was blown. I'd recognized Kevin, after all. Her gaze turned to a warm smile when she looked at Kevin or Nick, but a suspicious stare at Leonie. Then she turned to me, her gaze (or should I say glare?) was intense.

"So you're," she spat the next word, "Laken." Her gaze only intensified, as I stood confusedly.

"Um, yes, that's me. Are you planning on taking our order?" I was getting pissed off, if I hated just this, I couldn't imagine how Nick and Kevin felt.

"Whatever," her gaze softened, "What would you all like?"

Then it hit me, she had seen the webcast. And from the looks of it, she was one of the hateful comments. I didn't want to order anything now, almost all of the mean comments said something about my weight, even though I knew that I wasn't overweight in the slightest. "And I'll just have a water," I said, after I noticed all eyes were on me.

The waitress shuffled away, quickly. Then Kevin turned to me.

"What the hell Laken, I thought you said you loved Ruby Tuesdays and were starving?" he prodded, he didn't even give me a chance to explain. I didn't have anything to explain, but the fact that he just jumped on the accusatory bandwagon like that pissed me off.

"I lost my appetite! I had a big breakfast, and could you cool down? You're acting like this is some huge deal, just keep quiet," my voice had risen now, and I knew the waitress was interestedly listening to our conversation, or more so argument.

Kevin backed off after that, he looked hurt and I sure as hell felt the wave of guilt heading my direction. Then the wave of jealousy, as the curvy waitress came back towards the table, eying Kevin with fake sincerity.

"Hun, are you alright?" The waitress attempted that atmosphere, where your waitress showers you in 'huns, and darlings'. It irked me in so many ways! What right did she have to call him hun! I know, he wasn't by boyfriend but he wasn't hers either! She handed my ice water across the table, barely acknowledging me while I refused to thank her.

I sipped on my straw, the bland taste wetting my mouth. I really did not enjoy water, the taste irritated me, but I wasn't surprised, because many things today did.

Nick's POV

Leonie suggested we go eat something, which I was more than glad to oblige. So we all piled into the car, awkward tension definitely existent. I sat in back, next to Kevin surprisingly, while the girls sat up front. I had my disguise, a simple hat with a pair of glasses, and so did Kevin. We were headed to Ruby Tuesdays, but I wasn't too excited. Laken had been in a mood, and it was kind of bringing down a couple of things. I liked Laken, she was a cool girl, as a friend though, but I'll tell you she wasn't hard to look at either. But I didn't get a single spark from thinking about Laken, where as Leonie made my cheeks red just thinking about her. Which apparently was happening now, because Kevin smirked at me. I heard some kind of confrontation between Laken and Leo, but I didn't press into it much.

We finally pulled up to the restaurant and got out to be seated, where some young waitress, who I prayed wasn't a fan, put on the cheesiest of smiles. I wasn't so lucky.

Then she noticed Laken, and even I could feel the hatred coming our waitress was giving off. Laken didn't seem phased though, that was a good quality of hers. She gave the ice right back, and shook off any feelings to strangle the server, I guess.

The two mumbled introductory statements, and from what I gathered, she'd seen her on Kevin's webcast. We'd been to stupid to disguise the girls, we didn't think anyone would recognize them from the webcast!

I could hear Laken's stomach grumbling, so we ordered quick. Then it was Laken's turn, and she had a distant look on her face, before we pulled her back. The waitress snickered.

"And I'll just have a water," she barely smiled, handing the waitress her menu. WHAT? Since when did Laken just want a water, she was the one all pumped about coming here. And if I'm not mistaken, I'd just heard her stomach grumble!

When Kevin interrogated her, she became defensive. I thought she was being a little bit rude, but if she was okay with being bitchy to Kevin, then I'm sure she wouldn't have a problem being the same way with me, and I don't know how I'd react. I sent Joe a text, inviting him to come out with all of us, and to bring something to disguise himself with.

Joe's POV

"Got a text from Nick, you up for Tuesdays?" I asked her, she had a distracted expression. She didn't seem to be focusing on anything, because I looked where she did and found nothing of interest.

"Yeah, that's fine," She was acting extremely casual.

I thought, well more so hoped, she'd be a little bit more vulnerable right now. I didn't mean to hope, but I couldn't help that I liked the feeling of being there to comfort her, and be strong for her. Any chance to just be in each other's warm embrace was one I'd take, willingly too.

"Are you okay, Rhiannon?" Although a smile was painted on her face, it didn't seem too real. She noticed me staring at her, and didn't loosen up like usual.

"You should watch the road, Joe," Shot down, again. Why was she being like this, I understood that she doesn't want to talk about her violent mother, but didn't I just save her life? Forgive me for thinking that a bit of gratitude was in order, this was nothing like those hero/damsel in distress movies.

"Uh, alright?" She just glared at me, I felt like she was going to burn a hole in my shoulder. Seriously, was she testing my patience or something, there's only so long a guy can go on feeling sorry for something he didn't do.

A/N: I truly apologize for this chapter going pretty much nowhere, and I've decided that in attempt to spice it up, the next chapter will be in Narration POV. This means that it will be in third person, not told through the eyes of a story character. This will just be a small section. I'll be moving through months pretty quickly, having each of the Jonas' get closer to their girls so the real drama can heat up. And I promise you I'll be explaining Rhiannon's bad mood in the next chapter, or maybe I won't and I'll let it linger as a mystery.