I hope this chapter is as good as the first three. I have a lot of it already written, but then I went through and took out a huge chunk because it didn't feel real so I'm having to rewrite most of the middle to tie the first three chapters into the rest of the story AND continue writing the rest of it. It's really frustrating and the rewritten part almost feels a little forced to me, so I apologize if it's a little boring or not as good. Soon it'll be back to what's already written, and I promise it'll get better!

If anyone has a suggestion for a better title, please review and tell me! I really hate the title, but it was the best I could come up with. Titles are really not my strong point. All suggestions are MUCH appreciated!

Oh, and reviews without title suggestions are still appreciated too :-)

Mikaela, Sam, and Leo stood outside the laser tag building talking and laughing as they took a break from the childish activities. The go karts and the miniature golf had definitely done the trick because they were all in good spirits and Leo's mood had improved from the funk he'd been in that morning.

"Guys, I'm hungry. Can we go eat?" Mikaela asked and stuck out her bottom lip in a pout.

"You hungry Leo? I was thinking we should race go karts some more," Sam smiled teasingly at his girlfriend.

"Nah, bro, we should play some more mini golf," Leo caught on to what Sam was doing. "But we could always do both…"

They walked off towards the miniature golf course and started laughing when they turned around and saw Mikaela standing there with her arms crossed on her chest and a full-fledged pout on her face. Sam jogged back over to where she was standing and picked her up and spun her around. Mikaela was smiling when he put her down and he leaned in to kiss her.

"Like I'm really going to keep you from food? You're my little piggy," The smile fell off his face when he saw the look on her face and her hand on her hip.

"Are you saying I'm fat?"

"Wh-what? No you're…I wasn't calling…that's not what I meant!" Sam sputtered and tried to reach for her but she stepped back out of his reach. "You're gorgeous, 'Kaela."

"You called me your little piggy!" Mikaela was trying as hard as she could not to laugh. She just liked to tease him and watch him shove his foot farther in his mouth.

"You are my little piggy," He smiled sweetly but she rolled her eyes and turned around. "Damn it. Baby, I'm just teasing you."

Mikaela was laughing when she faced him. "You're so easy, Sam."

"That wasn't nice."

"Oh, and calling me your little piggy was?" She threw her jacket at him.

"Okay, fine, so that wasn't the smartest thing I've ever said," Sam shrugged sheepishly.

"You wouldn't be you if you didn't stick your foot in your mouth all the time," She tilted her head up and kissed him.

"Hey, guys, I'm here remember? Leo, Sam's roommate?" Leo quipped.

"Oh hey when did you get here?" Mikaela asked jokingly.

"Funny. What're we eating?" Leo asked.

The trio decided on a little hole in the wall pizza place a couple miles from campus. They ran into Andy, Balie, and Rachael and the six of them got a table together. It was a lighthearted atmosphere and thankfully nobody mentioned anything about the fight between Christian and Leo from the night before. Instead, Rachael was telling a story about a drunk guy that tried to hit on her at a wedding.

"Reaghan and I were outside smoking, and this drunk guy comes out the front door and takes one look at me and was all like "hey baby how you doin'" and just looking at me like a piece of meat. His friend just kinda laughed it off and apologized to me before dragging him off to the car. Reaghan and me started laughing about it because we'd been having this serious conversation and all of a sudden here is this drunk guy hitting on me. We watched them trying to get to the car, and next thing you know this guy trips and falls and lands flat on his back. His legs flew up in the air so hard I thought he was gonna flip over backwards!" The whole table was laughing and Rachael just shrugged her shoulders as if to say "what can you do?"

"I've got one better," Mikaela sent Sam an evil smile. "The day Sam and I first met."

"Oh no," Sam groaned and banged his forehead on the table.

"This definitely sounds interesting," Balie laughed when Sam raised his hand and flipped her off.

"The guy I was dating was being a jerk, so I was walking home from the lake we were at. Sam and his friend had shown up and when Sam saw me walking, he drove after me. He'd even kicked his friend out of his car because he wanted to impress me. So he pulls up next to me and was all like "I was wondering if I could ride you home…I mean give you a ride home in my car to your house". It was the most adorable thing ever. He was so obviously trying to be smooth and impress me and he got all tongue tied," Everyone laughed harder when Sam banged his head against the table again.

"Aww poor wittle Sammy poo," Leo teased which made Sam throw a balled up napkin at him.

"Then to make it worse, on the way to my house his radio went haywire and started playing "Sexual Healing" and the car stalled. We're on this old dirt road and nobody's around, and his freakin' car goes nuts. He got all embarrassed and starts going on about how it was a romantic thing and he wasn't trying to do it. He said something about how we weren't romantic friends and then pops off with "we could be". It was so cute; I probably would've laughed at him if I hadn't been so pissed off at the guy I was dating."

"Hey I may have been a bumbling idiot, but I still got the girl didn't I?" Sam said defensively.

"You sure did," Mikaela smiled flirtatiously at him and kissed his cheek.

"You two are impossible," Andy said laughing.

"Should've seen them earlier at the go kart place," Leo muttered. This time it was Mikaela who threw a napkin at Leo.

"I happen to think they're cute," Rachael piped up.

"I'm so glad you guys are having so much fun at my expense," Sam said petulantly.

Luckily for Sam, the rest of lunch went by without anymore of his embarrassing stories. Leo had decided to hang out with Andy since Balie and Rachael were going to get their hair done so the six friends all went in three separate directions when they left the pizza place. Sam laughed when Mikaela jumped on his back but he piggybacked her to the car anyway. Rather than put her down, he maneuvered her so that he was holding her to his chest and leaned them against the car and kissed her. Neither was a fan of making out in public, so she broke the kiss before it got too intense.

"Well, I was thinking we should go do something, but if you're going to kiss me like that," Mikaela looked at him seductively. "We should go home."

"Nuh uh, that's all you get," Sam grinned wickedly. "That's what you get for making fun of me."

"Sam," She whined drawing out his name into two syllables. "It's a cute story!"

"Nope. It's too late now," He laughed when she gave him a dirty look and stuck her tongue out at him. "You're just digging yourself into a bigger hole, darlin'."

"You can't resist me," She looked at him arrogantly. "I bet you don't even last ten minutes."

"Oh, you're on," They got in the car and left the parking lot, but neither could decide where to go so Sam just drove around. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see her try to tease him by stretching so her shirt rose up and showed her flat stomach. He clenched his jaw and kept his eyes on the road, determined not to let her win.

Mikaela loved needling Sam like this and was glad that even after two years, it still hadn't gotten old. She knew his stubbornness would keep him from breaking down, but there was no way she'd make it easy for him. Her movements became deliberate when she realized he was watching her in his peripheral vision, and he gulped when she scooted down in her seat and ran her hand down her chest slowly. So intent in teasing him, Mikaela didn't even notice where they were until Sam turned the car off.

Sam had decided to give her a taste of her own medicine by taking them to the mall because it was bound to be busy on a Saturday afternoon which made it easier to resist her teasing. He helped her out of the car, but after that the only time they touched was when they accidently bumped shoulders as they walked through the mall. There wasn't anything particular either of them needed, but Mikaela drug him into all of the major clothing stores and made him sit there while she tried on as many clothes as she could. Everything she picked out was revealing in some way or another because it would drive Sam crazy. He hated the mall and the only reason they were there was that he thought it was safe. In the last store she dragged him to there had been this sexy little black dress that she'd grabbed without him noticing. Mikaela had picked it more because he'd have to zip it up which meant Sam would have to come into the dressing room than because she liked the way it looked.

"Sam?" She poked her head out of the dressing room. "I need your help."

His jaw dropped when he stepped into the tiny room and saw what she was wearing. Mikaela smirked triumphantly and showed him the undone zipper to let him know what she needed his help with. Sam stepped behind her and the fire in his eyes was palpable when he looked at her in the mirror. He took his sweet time zipping the dress, letting his knuckles brush over the skin that was soon hidden by the zipper. For a moment they both stood still staring at each other in the mirror.

"You know, I could rip that dress off of you right here right now," His eyes stayed locked on hers as he whispered in her ear and they both saw the shudder that ran through her body.

"Who says it has to come off?" Mikaela watched as his eyes followed her hands to the hem of the dress and started pulling it up and heard the sharp intake of breath when it was high enough to show her panties.

"Nope. You're not winning that easily, baby," Sam stepped back to clear his head.

"Okay, seriously, do you like it?" All flirting aside, Mikaela loved the dress and really wanted to get it.

"I think we both know the answer to that," He chuckled until he saw the expectant look on her face. "I love it. You look gorgeous, 'Kaela."

"Thanks, baby," She smiled at him lovingly. "Now can you unzip me?"

Sam did as she asked and leaned against the wall as she slipped out of it. He couldn't help but admire her standing there in her underwear, but neither of them said a word as she got dressed. The sexual tension already had them teetering on edge, and one wrong move would set them off. Not that Sam had any problem fantasizing about having sex with her in a dressing room, but in reality neither of them was that risqué.

Sam paid for the dress and they made their way out of the store. He slipped her hand into his and pulled her to him protectively when a group of guys started whistling and flirting with her. Mikaela smiled at him gratefully because she hated the provocative attention. With the guys still staring at her, he leaned down and kissed her deeply. She gave him a dazed smile when he ended the kiss and wrapped an arm around his waist. They walked to the car without anymore incidents.

"You know what I love most about you?" She asked after he shut his door.

"My Witwicky charm? Or that I'm irresistible?" Sam laughed when Mikaela playfully slapped him.

"Because I know when you look at me, you see me and not the way I look."

"Mikaela, you're beautiful to me because of who you are," He said softly and touched her face.

"I love you," She leaned across the center console and kissed him.