A/N: This is just a filler chapter. To fill in the holes chapter 11 left. Please review!

Dedicated to gypsyeyes91

"All you said was . . ." Suddenly Tess was hit with an idea. What was she doing? Tess Tyler doesn't sit and sulk in a coffee shop about a boy she has a stupid little crush on. She fights for him. And that's exactly what she was going to do. The only question was of how she going to do that.

Preston did say she needed to be friends with him again. Although she'd never admit it aloud, she agreed with him. Much easier to get him to fall in love with her that way.

But how was she supposed to achieve that difficult task?

That was one obstacle she could come over in time. Right now she had to figure out to be friends with Nate once more. So, Tess sat there and considered every different possible way to make that happen. And as she sat there, the fire returned to her dull eyes, turning them to a brilliant blue, and the corners of her mouth turned up in a half smile.

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As her heels hit the marble floor of the hotel, Tess went over the plan once more in her. Although she was ready to put said plan into action, she wasn't expecting the final member of Connect 3 to approach her. The boy walked over, more than a little hesitantly, with a goofy smile on his face. Tess's first reaction to him was to regard him a coolly as possibly so that he'd leave. That was until she saw Nate hiding in the bush's.

"Hey Tess." Jason started, a little quietly. Tess turned her gaze to him and smiled. It was weird acting all nice around a guy she normally wouldn't give a second glance to.

"Hi Jason."

"Shane and Nate sent me over to get you to stop being mad at Nate." He said bluntly. Tess's smile twitched at his name, but she managed to keep it in place.

"Is that so?" She asked, feigning shock. She raised one brow questionably.

"Yeah. I think he thinks you hate him. But I know that's not true."

"Really? How do you know that?" Now she directed her focus to Nate. Their eyes met, hers holding nothing but cold fury.

"It's simple. You guys are like Rainbow." Tess riped her eyes from Nate's and gave Jason a confused look.

"Who the hell's Rainbow."

"My pony." He stated simply. Tess's mouth was half open, ready to ask another question, but she shook it off and instead asked,

"How are we like Rainbow?"

"You're like rain. Cold, beautiful, and enchanting at the same time. A lot of people don't like rain," Tess frowned at this, but Jason didn't seem to notice because he continued gaily. "But there are a few who do like rain. And Nate's like the sun. Everybody likes Nate. He's happy and warm. But, on the few occasions that the sun shows it's face the same time as it rains, it creates a beautiful rainbow. That's what you guys are like. Your love's like a rainbow." He finished was a blank smile on his face. Somewhere during Jason's speech, Tess's mouth had fallen open.

Then she did something that both scared and shocked everyone, including herself. She laughed. She laughed in spite of everything that had happened to her recently. It felt good to laugh, she noticed. And in that moment, all of her anger towards Nate disappeared into thin air. Well, almost all her anger.