Still not the huge update I mentioned. I promise it's coming. There's a small amount of Dacey interaction here, but it's good. Enjoy!

Joe had plans to meet up with Sarita to discuss a few things. Although she said she wanted to wait to proceed with her devious plan to break Danny and Lacey apart, she still wanted details. Her obsession with Danny is insane. He had no idea how many times she drove past his house to catch glimpses of him. Seeing him at school just wasn't enough for her. Even though she had to witness him being with another girl, she still desperately wants him. She wishes he would come to his senses and realize just how much she loved him. She was and still is devastated about him breaking up with her. That ruined everything. She had dreams of becoming Sarita Desai. And she wanted a house full of kids that looked just like him. Yes, Sarita is that crazy. Absolutely batshit crazy. And she's a horrible, cruel, mean bitch on top of it.

She wasn't at all happy with the look on Joe's face when he met her at McNally Park. Something wasn't right about Joe and she hoped that it didn't have anything to do with Danny.

Sarita eyes Joe thoroughly. "What's with you? Why are you looking like somebody just died?"

Joe lets out a breath of exasperation. "I had a minor run in with Danny yesterday and I'm still kind of messed up about it."

Sarita's face remains in its permanent scowl. She isn't in the mood for Joe's hurt feelings. This is about her getting what she wants. His hurt feelings aren't her problem, but since it involves Danny, she'll humor him for a bit. "What happened with you and Danny yesterday?"

Joe shifts uncomfortably on the bench. "Well, I told you I would try to get more info out of him later on. So while we were changing for practice, I brought it up. He still wouldn't admit to having sex with Lacey."

Sarita is unmoved. "Ok, so what's the big deal about that?" Sarita asks him, not understanding why he's acting weird because of that.

"Because when I prodded him about what it was like banging a fat chick and I told him that Lacey would be hot if she lost a few, he lunged at me and was ready to beat my ass. Cole and Archie had to hold him back."

"Are you serious?" Sarita asks incredulous. Danny wanting to beat Joe's ass was unheard of. They have been friends since childhood and like brothers.

"Yes, I'm serious. He warned me not to say anything about Lacey in front of him or behind his back. When we got on the field, he wouldn't throw any passes to me until Coach said something to him. Danny has never done that before. And when I went over there to apologize, Lacey was there."

"She was there?" Sarita asks furiously.

"Yeah. It took him a minute to open the door, then he kicked me out. I'm pretty sure they were about to have sex."

That thought and that image disgusts Sarita. He never went that far with her. Jealousy and irrationality are rearing their ugly heads in Sarita's mind.

This bitch just moved here and she's already gotten farther with him than I did. She must be a slut to sleep with him this fast. I mean, Danny is hot and such a babe, but how could HE sleep with HER? He wouldn't even let me touch him. That bitch.

"Sarita!" Joe yells to snap her out of whatever trance she was just in.

"What?!" She snaps.

"So what do you want to do now? I really don't wanna get on Danny's bad side again." Joe says nervously. After what occurred yesterday, and him really having time to think about it, he really didn't want to fuck with Danny.

"What are you, scared of him? What's he gonna do? You're like his brother."

Though Joe would never admit it, he is afraid of Danny. He tried to play it off in the locker room yesterday because he was in front of the other guys. He didn't want to think about what would have happened had Cole and Archie not intervened. He knew he talked a good game, but he hid behind the fact that his father is the Chief of Police in Green Grove. Nobody is stupid or crazy enough to mess with a cop's kid. But Danny is different. He always did his own thing and never cared what anybody thought. His father being loaded had nothing to do with it either.

"No, I'm not scared of Danny." He lies. "I just don't ever want Danny knowing I had anything to do with breaking him and Lacey up. Who knows what he will do then."

"Well, we'll just have to make sure that Danny doesn't know you're behind anything. He probably wouldn't believe that you did have anything to do with it. I know he'll assume I'm behind it, but my other ally will never rat me out. So we're cool."

"I think using Regina won't work. She'll never get close enough to Danny for that to happen." Joe says as he brainstorms ideas to make his master plan work.

"I agree. And we don't want Regina admitting to Danny that you put her up to it." Sarita responds.

Suddenly Joe has an epiphany. But he doesn't want Sarita to know what it is. Not this early. "I just got an idea. But I can't tell you what it is." Joe says.

"Why not?" Sarita asks with much attitude.

"Sarita, you're just gonna have to trust me. You'll find out what it is soon enough." Joe says as he gets up to exit, leaving Sarita sitting on the park bench alone. He decided that he would do his part and make sure that he wouldn't be caught in the end. So he had to make sure that Sarita's ass was on the line just as much as his. But Joe really didn't trust Sarita. Sarita was too much of a loose cannon. She'd probably rat him out if she had to. He couldn't chance that. Joe has a more evil plan in mind than just some bullshit about Danny only dating Lacey as a dare and a bet. No, what he has up his sleeve will take time and precision. Yeah, he is scared of Danny, but Danny would never know he was behind what he has planned. Plus, he made him look like a chump in front of the team. Nobody makes Joe Masterson look bad.

Danny pulls Lacey closer to him. He needs her as close to him as possible. He would wait until she was ready to take that next step. So until then, he would have to settle for what they were doing now.

"What do you mean by 'soon', Lace?" He says as he covers their naked bodies.

"I mean, I'll be ready to go farther soon."

"Yeah, that's what I thought. I just wanted to be sure." Danny says as he leans over to kiss her on her forehead. "But you do know there's no pressure, right?" Danny asks in concern. The last thing he wants is Lacey thinking she has to sleep with him or that that's all he wants from her. Nothing could be further from the truth.

"Yes, I know that Danny. You don't think otherwise, do you?" Lacey asks her own question in concern of what Danny might be thinking.

"Not really." As he says that Lacey turns to face him. He stares deep into her eyes as he finishes his statement. "I just don't want you to think that all I want from you is sex, or that you have to sleep with me in a hurry. I'm perfectly comfortable with waiting until you're ready. And we can stop doing the stuff we're doing now if you want."

Lacey thinks for a moment, to try to find the right words to say to him. "Danny, I don't think any of those things. I trust you and I believe what you say to me. And we don't have to stop doing...stuff." She says as she blushes.

Danny's face lights up again. "Good. Because it's almost impossible for me to not want to do things with and to you. You drive me wild, Miss Porter." Danny says as he grabs her hand and entwines her fingers with his.

"Wild, huh?" Lacey says as she starts to chuckle.

Danny rolls them over so that he is now on top of Lacey again. He leans down to kiss her on her dimple and then on the lips. He then makes his way to her neck and starts to kiss down the middle of her chest, completely ignoring her breasts, as he leaves a trail of kisses down her stomach and stops at her belly button. He stops and grins as he looks up at her. Lacey smiles down at him but is a little shook up by the look he just gave her.

He isn't about to do what I think he's about to do, is he?

Oh my god, he is!

Cole pulls up to Rico's house just as Sarita is pulling up too. Cole can't believe his bad luck. He really doesn't want to see this bitch right now. If it weren't for the fact that this is the only time he gets to see his boyfriend, he would not be here.

"Fuck." Cole mutters as he's walking to the door. There's no reason for him to ring the bell since she's here. He thinks he must be losing his mind because Sarita doesn't have her usual scowl on her face. She actually smiles at him and waves. Like they're friends.

This bitch is crazy.

"Hey Cole," Sarita says. "Here to see Rico?" She actually sounds pleasant when she says that to him.

Cole looks at her like the lunatic that she is. "You know damn well I'm not here to see you."

Sarita smiles at him again. "Why so mean, Cole?" She actually asks him that like he doesn't have a reason to be mean to her. She stops grinning at him, while she unlocks the door for both of them. Cole reluctantly steps into the house behind her.

Cole looks at her like something he just stepped in. "You can cut the fucking act, Sarita. You're not fooling me. I have no idea why you're trying to be nice to me. "

Sarita looks hurt. "I just wanted to apologize for the way I've been acting lately. I'm sorry."

Cole looks disgusted. "Lately? You're always acting like a bitch. And I really don't think it's an act, to tell you the truth. So what gives now? You actually took your medication today?"

'I'm not taking any medication, Cole."

"Well you should be." Cole says as he heads for the stairs.

"Wait!" Sarita calls to him.

Against his better judgement, Cole turns around. ''What?!" He yells.

"I heard things got pretty intense at practice yesterday." Sarita says.

"Where did you hear that?" Cole asks suspiciously. He can't begin to imagine what guy on the team actually talks to Sarita.

"It doesn't matter. I heard you had to stop Danny from kicking Joe's ass."

Cole is seriously confused about why Sarita is talking to him in such a friendly tone. He has never heard her this calm before. "Something like that. Why?"

"Well, I thought about it, and I wouldn't want Danny to snap on you for telling him not to date Lacey. So, I don't want you to do that any more."

"What are you up to, Sarita? Just like that, you're ok with Danny being with someone else?" Cole asks, though he doesn't believe it. Sarita is obsessed with Danny. She wouldn't just give up this easy.

Sarita feigns ignorance and puts her fake hurt look back on. "I'm not up to anything. I just had a talk with Phoebe, and she made me see things clearer." Sarita lies.

Cole is not that stupid to believe anything Sarita is saying, but he plays along. "Well good. Because Danny really likes her. I saw that for myself the way he was about to hurt Joe for talking about her." Cole says, trying to make that sink in to her.

Sarita smiles. "Yeah. Hopefully I'll find a guy to feel that way about me one day."

Yeah right. Don't hold your breath, Sarita.

"You will." Cole says to her, the lie barely rolling off his tongue. He heads up the stairs to Rico's room.

Sarita laughs to herself. Cole really has no idea what's going through her mind.

You'll go back to being afraid of me and doing what I say in no time, pretty boy.

"Your sister is fucking nuts." Cole says as he enters Rico's room and shuts and locks the door.

Rico is sitting at his desk finishing his homework. He quickly looks up at Cole to speak to him. "Well hello to you too, Cole."

Cole sits down on the bed facing Rico. "Oh, sorry. Hello Rico. Your sister is fucking nuts." He says again.

Rico looks at him like he's the crazy one. "Tell me something I don't know. But why do you say that?" Rico asks.

"Because she was just nauseatingly nice to me. She waved and smiled at me. And she was talking in this really calm tone. I asked her did she take her medication today."

Rico laughs. "And what did she say about the medication?" Rico asks quizzically.

Cole laughs too. "She told me she's not on medication."

Rico scoffs. "Did she say that with a straight face?" Rico asks.

"Yes. Which is why I say she's fucking nuts. Anyway, how was your day?" Cole asks.

"Great. And it just got better." Rico says as he stands up from his desk and gives Cole a hug and a kiss.

Regina and Archie are in her bedroom dressing after their latest sexual encounter. Cole and Danny are probably the only two guys on the team that Regina hasn't slept with. It's a shame that she thinks that's the way to get guys to like her. Her rich parents really should have paid more attention to her instead of letting the nanny raise her. Archie brings up what happened yesterday between Danny and Joe.

"Danny was about to beat the hell out of Joe yesterday." Archie says. Regina's ears perk up at the mention of Joe. Archie has no idea how in love with Joe Regina is. Truth be told, he doesn't care. She's just a warm body to him.

Regina can't believe her ears. Danny about to beat up Joe? Why?

"He was? Why?" Regina asks, genuinely concerned about Joe's welfare.

"Because he was talking shit about Lacey and trying to get Danny to admit he slept with her."

"Really? I wonder why?" Regina wonders.

"I don't know. But Danny was mad as hell. Cole and I had to stop him. Do you think Joe might be jealous?" Archie stupidly asks. Of course Joe is jealous of Danny, but he thinks too highly of himself to admit it.

"Why would Joe be jealous of Danny? He has Phoebe." And me.

Archie doesn't even begin to list all the reasons why Joe would be jealous of Danny, but he offers Regina something to worry about. "I don't know. I just get this feeling that he might be jealous of what Danny has with Lacey."

Regina looks like a deer in headlight. "You don't think Joe has a crush on Lacey do you?" Regina asks incredulously.

Archie thinks for a minute. "I don't know. I never thought about it before. I doubt it but he always has something to say about her though."

"I doubt he does too. She's not his type." Regina adds.

Joe couldn't possibly have a crush on Lacey. Right?