"Guys, how about you order the food and Macy and I go to look for a place to seat?" Joe suggested. I smiled widely.

"Yeah, cool" Kevin smiled, but Nick didn't seem happy. Joe and I started walking towards the chairs in the sand.

"Wait, then how will we know what you want to eat?" Nick shouted.

"Just order dos fish tacos" I smiled. He kinda smiled too, but it was...a rare smile.

Joe and I walked around for a few minutes until we found an empty table far away from the restaurant and close enough to the beach.

"I can't believe how lucky we are" Joe sighed as he sat down.

"Don't be so happy, this has just begun" I reminded him.

"Relax, Mace. Everything will be fine".

"I hope so" I whispered. Right then, Kevin and Nick appeared with four fish tacos and four drinks.

"Hey" Kevin said.

"Hey" I smiled. "Mmm, smells delicious" I said.

"Totally. But they'll never beat the chocolate tacos" Kevin frowned and I giggled. We all started eating and then Kevin spoke again. "Oh, I almost forgot. Stone said he would come later to say 'hi' to you, guys" I almost spat the coke I was drinking and Joe almost chocked with his food.

"What?" I asked, my voice a few tones higher than I wanted it to be. I looked at Nick. He was the one who understood why I didn't want to see Stone (kinda) and he was the one who told me that I shouldn't worry, that I wouldn't have to face him. He sent me an apologetic look that somehow told me that it was Kevin's thing and that he hadn't been able to stop him.

"Yeah, he said he really wants to see you two" Kevin explained, not giving it too much importance.

"What surprised me" Nick started, "was that Stone wanted to see you, Joe" he said, looking at his brother. "Do you know him?" he asked. He was...furious? Nah, no way. But both brothers were looking at each other, like it was some kind of 'glare war'. It was scary.

"W-What?" I said, breaking the silence. Again, my voice was a little too high. "You know, Joe is a rock star. I'm sure he knows who he is" I explained. Joe smiled widely.

"He didn't seem to know who I was the last time" Nick defended, looking at me with a suspicious face. My smile slowly fade away.

"I'm sure that now that he knows who are you, he knows who I am" Joe said. Nick nodded, but he didn't like the answer. I sighed and silently prayed that we could go home really soon.

"Well, hello hello, Macy" a voice beside me said. Agh, he scared me.

"Stone" I tried to sound politely.

"Macy" he replied. He then looked at the boys. "Kevin. Joe" he stared at Joe for a while before he continue. "Nick" he grinned. Nick sent him a death glare. Wow. That one was frightening.

"What brings you here, Stone?" Nick asked. I looked at him. I didn't want to hear his answer.

"Since Joe and Macy here didn't home to see me, I came here to see them" he was looking at me, but I was focusing on my plate. I didn't want to look at his face.

"You've seen us. Mission accomplished" Joe said. Wow, he didn't like Stone either. I wondered who hated him more, Nick or Joe?

"Woah, woah, chillax, man" Stone said. He then took a chair and sat next to me. "I have no hurry". We all looked at each other desperately. None of us seemed to want him there.

"Actually, we do" Joe spoke.

"You do?" Stone asked, surprised. He sure didn't see that one coming.

"Yeah, we were planning to go for a...walk" I could tell he was improvising. I just hoped that Stone didn't notice that.

"Really?" the surfer asked, rising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, really?" it was Nick's turn now. Agh! I just prayed that we could get away with this without Nick and Kevin knowing about...what Stone thought that was going on between Joe and I.

"Really" I answered and smiled to them.

"I don't know about you, guys, but I'd rather stay here for a little while. You know, in the sand, listening to music" Kevin said.

"Great idea" Joe exclaimed. "You and Nick can stay here while Mace and I go for a walk. See ya laters, guys" he suddenly stood up and grabbed my hand. "Stone" he added coldly at the end.

"Joe" Stone smirked, but those two were looking at each other like they were trying to kill each other with their eyes. Boys, I thought. The last thing I saw before Joe gently dragged me with him was Kevin waving goodbye and Nick with a surprised look on his face.

In a matter of seconds we were out of sight, walking in a quiet zone of the beach. It was weird, cause just a few steps away from there, the beach was really crowded.

"Phew" Joe sighed, breaking the silence.

"Yeah, I was afraid that Stone could make any comment that would reveal us" I added.

"I know, right? I felt the same" Joe smiled, proud that we made it. "I'm good, ain't I?" I rolled my eyes and looked at him.

"Yeah, Joe, you're the best" I laughed.

"I know" he put his hands in his pockets. I punched him in the arm and he laughed.

"Wanna sit for a while?" he offered. I nodded and we sat there, staring at the sea.

"You know? As much...weird as this is, I'm having pretty fun being your girlfriend" I admitted.

"You'd have even a greater time if you were my real girlfriend" he said, not looking at me.

"Oh, really?" I smirked. "And how would that be?" I asked, as I moved a little bit closer to him.

"Well, we would go on a different date every night" he started. "And I would treat you like a princess. Literally"

"Like what?" I asked.

"Well, I would bring you breakfast to your bed every morning. I would buy you pretty things. I would take you to beautiful places. And I would bring you here every evening to watch the sun lay down" he looked at me with that face of his. That innocent yet irresistible face. I could just smile dreamily at him. That was everything I could ever dream for. I wished it could be real.

Too bad it wasn't. And it would never be. Okay, yeah, I may had had a little tiny crush on Joe since I first met him. But he belonged to Stella. Everybody knew that. And I wouldn't be the one who stood in their fairytale.

"You would really do all of those things?" I whispered.

"Of course" he didn't take his eyes off of me. We just stood there for a few minutes, looking at each other, not daring to make a move.

"I'm gonna...get something to drink" he suddenly jumped.

"Y-Yeah, okay" I murmured, but he was already gone. Great. I scared him. But hey, it was his fault too! I buried my face in my hands, trying to calm myself. Macy, forget about that, I told myself. It's never gonna happen, remember?

"Problems in paradise?" I didn't even bother in looking behind me. Ugh. Stone. Why was he there? He followed us?

"What are you doing here?" I asked, bitterly.

"Relax, Mace" he said as he sat beside me, just were Joe had been a few moments ago. I hated that he had called me Mace. That was a nickname that only Joe, Nick or Kevin were able to use. Stone wasn't even my friend! "I saw Joe walking away pretty fast and thought that you two had had a fight"

"Oh, so you came to be my shoulder to cry on?" I asked, faking enthusiasm.

"Yeah, it's a beginning" he smirked. I rolled my eyes.

"Stone, why don't you just forget about me? That beach of yours is full of girls who would kill to be with you. Stop wasting your time with me, I am not interested" I said slowly, trying to make him understand.

"I like girls who play the 'brave and difficult" type with me" he got closer.

"Can't you just get that I don't want anything with you?" I said frustrated.

"Nope. Cause I know it's not true" his smirk grew even larger. Ugh!

"Leave me alone" I tried to get up, but he grabbed my arm.

"I won't until you confess that you're crazy over me" he said in a serious and scary tone. I looked at him terrified. Was he serious?

"Leave her alone!" I heard a voice shout to Stone. I was pretty surprised that it was Nick's voice instead of Joe's, but I wasn't less thankful.

"Don't worry man, we were just chatting. Right, Macy?" I looked at him, still scared.

Nick came to us and Stone got up.

"I'll see you around" he said to me and then walked away. I stared at my feet.

"Mace, are you okay? Did he hurt you?" Nick asked, worried. He sat next to me. What was with that place? First Joe, then Stone and finally Nick.

"No, he didn't. He was just being stubborn" I tried to calm him out and maybe calm myself too. I weakly smiled at him and he smiled back.

"If you want, I can help you out with him. I don't know...I could tell him that you already have a boyfriend or something" he offered. I froze.

"Erm, you know, that won't be necessary. I can handle it, really. But thank you" I tried to sound sweet, but I was freaking out. If he only knew...

"Okay, so you wanna come back? I think we've all had enough beach for a day" he said.

"Sure, let's go" I got up. We walked to where Kevin was and we saw Joe too, holding two lemonades.

"Hey guys, how about we get home?" Nick asked.

"Sure, I rather like the pool anyway" Kevin said. Joe looked at me for a moment and then started heading to the car too, leaving the two lemonades there. I sighed.

When did the situation become so...awkward between us? I knew the answer. I just didn't want to think about it.

Thank you so so so so so so so so sooo much for your reviews! I got back on Monday from my cruise (at 5 a.m, may I add) and I thought about this story during the whole week.

So here it is :) I hope you guys like it ^^

I'm still deciding wether it should be a Nacy or a Jacy fic, but it will probably be a Jacy. That was my original idea, after all. But you can give me all of your opinions and I'll consider them gladly :)

And Macy and Nick in the show are like...THE MOST ADORABLE THING! When they were watching the fish show...OMG, they're so cute!

And now I'll stop talking. I know that author notes are always...a bore to read. So thank you so much for reading :D