-Flashback-
Greg gets to the lobby to wait for Jo. Normally he wouldn't bother talking to Jo ever again after the things she said to him. But there is something different about Jo, something different in the way she acted when they were together. Greg only vaguely watches as Kendall and some random chick leave through the lobby because he is so wrapped up in his own thoughts.
Nobody approaches him because everybody saw what he did to Bitters. The look on his face told of the same fate for anybody who interrupted his reverie. A storm crosses his face as he remembers the humiliation he suffered by the pool. He continues to second guess himself as he sits alone. He is so preoccupied that he doesn't notice Jo walk up and sit down next to him.
He gets startled out of his remembrance when Jo lays a hand on his arm. He is wearing a cutoff shirt; so her hand is on his bare skin. He recoils from the touch when he realizes who it is. He turns to see Jo look at him with a mixture of regret and sadness in her beautiful brown eyes.
Greg sits there in stony silence waiting for Jo to break the ice. Seeing no remark forthcoming Jo sighs and brushes the hair back from eyes. She begins "Listen I know what I said was wrong. The truth is I felt a connection with you and it scared me." I know it wasn't the way that I should've acted"
Greg cuts her off with an icy glare, "Wrong? That's the word you choose? That's really rich, I mean we spent an incredible night together. I have never let myself become so invested so quickly with someone. I let my guard down and then you pull a stunt like that? Even in private it would've sucked, but in public? I thought you were different" Greg says in a voice barely above a whisper.
Jo responds "I know I don't deserve a second chance. Hell even I wouldn't give myself a second chance for the way I have treated you. But please don't throw it away; I know you felt the spark too." Just then the lobby exploded into a frenzy of people milling about. After a few minutes of frenzied fighting the two main people were restrained. All of a sudden two voices rang out above the crowd. Greg slowly turns to see Jo with a stunned expression on her face.
-End Flashback-
"I knew this was a fucking mistake" Greg hisses through clenched teeth. He gets up and strides purposefully through the crowd. Jo chases after him coming to the middle of the crowd at the same time the other girl who yelled makes it. When Kendall sees that one of the girls is Jo his face sags in relief. Cecilia yells out "No he is mine" at Jo. Jo looks distraught and runs off.
Cecilia runs up to Kendall. "Are you alright?" she asks with concern filling her grass green eyes. Kendall nods in relief, not trusting himself to speak again. She puts her hand softly on the side of Kendall's face. Suddenly both guys are released with a warning from Bitters that of course nobody paid a blind bit of attention to. All of a sudden Cecilia is spun around and slapped square on the face.
She gets back to her feet rubbing her jaw to see Taryn standing in front of her. "What do you think you are doing? Kendall is my boyfriend and I don't appreciate some random girl touching him" she yells at Cecilia. "Tell her that I'm right Kendall." Both girls turn towards Kendall and are startled to find that in all the chaos Kendall fled from the two enraged girls.
James and Carlos both start laughing helplessly because they didn't notice that Kendall slipped away because they were engrossed in the cat fight. As the girls split up to look for Kendall, James says "man these new kids are awesome. The Palm Woods was fun before but these people take it to a whole new level." He sounds impressed as he studies the departing crowd for any sign of their now departed band member.
Carlos replies "we never get to be in a good scrap like we were today." Carlos and James exchange smiles knowing that they missed Minnesota for that very reason. Suddenly a girl with very long and very straight brown hair waves to James.
"Hey man that's the girl I met up with earlier" James exclaims waving back to the pretty girl. He flashes a smile and says a quick goodbye to Carlos and hurries over to Suzanne with a contented look on his face. Carlos smiles as he watches the two people leave the lobby. He balls his fingers into a fist and back again and realizes how much it hurts him to do so.
"You look like you could use this" a soft voice says handing him an ice pack. He looks up to see Gwendolyn standing there with an amused smile on her face. "Honestly Carlos, I can't leave you alone for five minutes before I find you hurting somebody."
"How about we go hang out together so you can keep me out of trouble" Carlos suggests and easy grin creasing his tan face. Her face lights up at the prospect and she grabs his good hand and leads him out through the lobby. He is smiling at everybody watching him go by because he hasn't had much success with the ladies.
Katie watches the entire scene unfold from Greg and Jo, to the fight, to the aftermath. "This is better than pay-per-view" she exclaims passing her popcorn to Johnny. He accepts it and puts some in his mouth. "I wonder where my two timing brother went to" she says softly to herself.
"Let's go steal all of Bitters' office supplies and glue them to his ceiling" Johnny says with a stroke of inspiration. Katie doesn't waste words on a reply; she takes off running towards Bitters' office.
