Be My Valentine!
Part XV: I Wanna Love Somebody, Love Somebody Like You
Purpledolpin05: What up readers! Happy Chinese New Year from Malaysia,so here's a chapter dedicated to one of my favorite crossover ships: Lou Hawkhauser and Josh Wilcox! They're just so perfect for each other. Lou's a country girl while Josh is a happy go lucky city boy, their preppy personalities would balance each other. This chapter was also inspired by Keith Urban's song, Somebody Like You. Back to review shout outs:
To The Dreamer With A Passion: Thanks for the review, I have to admit the Aby chapter was certainly one of the best couples so far. But we'll have to see if I can out-write the couples ship. Hope you will like this chapter.
Purpledolpin05: Josh Wilcox, do the disclaimer!
Josh: Sure! Purpledolpin05 doesn't own any of the characters from Disney or her friends' OCs, she only owns her OCs. So…enjoy!
"Hey what up, party people! We're back with a new episode for Be My Valentine! I'm Carlos De Ville!" Carlos greeted the audience.
"I'm Jay, one of your co-hosts." Jay flexed his arms in front of Tracy.
"I'm Tracy, and that's my brother Jones." Tracy nodded, before she shoved Jay to the floor.
"That was rough!" Jay groaned in pain.
"Glad to hear that." Tracy nodded.
"I like it when a girl is rough." Jay teased her with a flirty smirk.
"EWW!" Tracy quickly blushed before Jones stepped in, holding a katana.
"I was just kidding!" Jay exclaimed.
"Ok, you guys are in charge of the show. Because I need to go out for a while. See y'all in a bit." Tracy put on her shoes before she headed out.
"Beat it." Jones warned.
"Where's Evie...and Tracy?" Jay asked.
"She is giving Lou a makeover, I saw we start the show first before 4pm, I have an appointment with Cyd about Video Game Livestream! And Tracy mentioned about going out to buy some groceries." Jones stated, before he hit the play button.
~Couple: Josh Wilcox x Lou Hawkhauser~
Lou was getting ready for her outing trip with Josh.
"I am so excited for today." Lou giggled.
"Yeah, you'll look gorgeous for your date!" her friend, Evie Queen nodded. While Lou would actually seek fashion advice from her roommate Emma Ross, but Emma would usually go a bit overboard with the makeover. That and Emma is out on a date with Xander.
"Josh just makes me so happy. But what if he thinks I'm a dork?" Lou asked, nervous about embarrassing herself in front of Josh Wilcox, Hollywood's newest pop star dreamboat.
"Trust me, hon. Josh is not going to be like Jake Ryan." Evie assured her friend.
"I don't know…Josh is such a popular city hunk; and I'm just a dorky country girl…" Lou hesitated. "Remember what happened to Miley Stuart/Jake Ryan?!"
[The authoress was cheering at all the TV show characters reference from 2000s. She grew up watching Hannah Montana and was well aware of who Jake "Leslie" Ryan was.
"JOSH, YOU BETTER NOT HURT MY GIRL!" the authoress hissed at the screen]
"Lou, Josh is genuinely a nice guy. He won't break your heart." Evie told her friend, before she started to apply some blush on Lou's face.
"I don't know, Ev, I mean he dated my friend Maddie. And I don't know if it's a violation of Girl Code to date your best friend's ex." Lou hesitated. She was good friends with Maddie (since her cousin Lacy was their mutual friend) and knew that Maddie and Josh did dated a while back when Maddie and her current boyfriend Diggie were on a break.
"Don't worry. I mean even Maddie could tell you and Josh have a thing for each other. They're on friendly terms now." Evie stated, applying makeup on Lou's face.
"Easy on the strokes, Evie! The only time I've tried to use blush was when my brothers used the feather-duster on my face when I was 12!" Lou stated.
"Remind me to never use makeup in front of your brothers." Evie mentally reminded herself.
"Alright, take a look at yourself now, Cowgirl." Evie smiled as she and Lou went to the mirror.
Lou was now wearing a white lacy dress with floral patterns, a brown belt around her waist and cowgirl boots.
"Classy and simply." Evie nodded, "I am so proud of myself!"
"Wow, I look pretty!" Lou was amazed.
"You know it, girl." Evie grinned, before they heard the door knocking from the outside.
"I'll get it!" Lou offered,
"No, I will get the door." Evie went over to answer the door.
"I ran here as fast as I could. I let the guys host today's episode instead." It was Tracy.
"Are you sure it's safe to leave the guys on their own?" Lou asked.
"Eh, they can handle it. At least for the first half of the show." Evie assured. "What's the worst thing that can happen?"
[Cuts to the studio's planetarium on fire, because Jones, Jay and Carlos were keeping Caitlin and Kerry out]
"Wow Lou, you look absolutely Lou-vely!" Tracy grinned as she made a joke.
"Jokes aren't your thing, Trace." Evie forced a smile.
"Ugh fine!" Tracy chuckled, before they all heard the door knocking.
"That must be Josh, we're heading to the County Fair my family is hosting!" Lou stood up, before Tracy offered to open up the door.
"Hey, is Lou here?" Josh asked. He was dressed up like a cowboy.
"Wow, what happened to you?!" Tracy exclaimed. "You look like you ate the entire Texas' wardrobe!"
"Well, when you go to Lucas for fashion advice and Gus 'helps out', things go downhill." Josh replied.
"Ah…that explains it." Evie nodded.
"Hi Josh." Lou blushed as she went over to him.
"Lou, you look beautiful!" Josh blushed at the sight of the country girl.
"Aw!" Evie and Tracy cooed.
"Now remember, Josh, I want Lou back by 9pm." Tracy pretended to be the 'dad'.
"Just ignore Trace, go and have your fun." Evie nodded, pretending to be the 'mom'.
"See ya!" Tracy pushed Lou and Josh out.
"Tracy, I still need my ROOM KEYS!" Lou stated.
Tracy open up the door before she threw out Lou's keys and her purse.
"There's a pepper spray in there, just in case." Tracy added.
"And I got your makeup and brush in there." Evie added, before they closed the door.
"Sorry about that, they can get crazy sometimes." Lou giggled nervously.
"It's ok. We're all in the same Drama Club, remember? I am used to their craziness." Josh assured her, as they took the bus to the County Fair.
"My family are gonna be there, but they can be pretty embarrassing sometimes." Lou added.
"I've met your parents a few times, I think they're great people." Josh smiled.
"And my Uncle Arwin, he's an inventor." Lou started to tell Josh a bit about her family members.
An hour later…
The two had reached the County Fair.
"Welcome to your first County Fair, Mr. Hollywood." Lou grinned over.
"This place is amazing!" Josh was amazed by his new surroundings.
"Hey Louise!" her uncle Arwin came over.
"Uncle Arwin!" Lou waved over, "this is Josh, he's my um…"
"We're close to each other." Josh stated.
"Nice to meet you, now if you'll excuse me, I need to run to fix the rodeo bull before Zack tries to do something stupid again." Arwin nodded.
"Why do you always assumed I will do something stupid?!" The Fun-tertainment Advisor from school, Mr. Zack Martin, exclaimed.
"Because you always do something stupid!" Cody exclaimed.
"Hiya Mr. Martins, why are you here?" Josh asked.
"Bailey's family is competing which farmer grows the largest cattle corn." Cody replied.
"Awesome!" Lou smiled.
"And I'm just here for the cute country ladies." Zack was still his suave self.
"Good luck with that." The juice bar landlady, Betty La Bouff, (I Didn't Do It) snorted in response.
"I will!" Zack made it a challenge on trying to flirt with the prettiest lady. Heck, they even dragged Marcus Little and Woody Fink (Horhay's older brother) along to make it a friendly competition, but Woody decided not to go since he didn't want to be unfaithful to his girlfriend, Adison.
"Woody, I wouldn't really go on that Rodeo ride!" Betty Jane (That's So Raven) exclaimed.
"It can't be that bad!" Woody shrugged.
The Rodeo Bull (electronic, of course) hurled Jackson Stuart off and sent him flying into the pie eating tent.
"I would like to go on that ride!" Josh smiled, looking very eager to go on the ride.
"I am not so sure about that…people have been known to get really nauseous after the ride." Lou frowned.
"C'mon, this could be a great experience!" Josh nodded, before he got in line for the Rodeo Bull Challenge.
"God almighty are all men stupid sometimes." Bailey commented as they all watched Zack on his turn with the Rodeo Bull.
When it was Josh's turn, he only lasted for about 5 minutes before he was hurled out of the ring, and landed right onto the snack booth.
"Josh! Are you alright?!" Lou ran over to check on her cru-I MEAN FRIEND.
"Yeah, but I think the carrot cake broke my fall." Josh smiled weakly before he got off the stall.
"You lasted there longer than I thought you would." Lou was impressed.
"And you people owed me 100 bucks for ruining my signature carrot cake!" the owner of the snack stall frowned.
"That was so embarrassing!" Josh sighed.
"Hey, don't feel bad. You took on the Rodeo Bull and lasted about 5 minutes while most people only handled about 3!" Lou tried to make Josh feel better, before she spotted a wood whittling contest. "I won 3 years running when I was a kid!"
"Really? How about we whittle something for each other then?" Josh suggested.
"I'm warning you, Joshie, I am a pro at this." Lou stated.
"Well, I do love a good challenge, so bring it on." Josh accepted the challenge. "Also, why the nickname Joshie?!"
"Well, Tracy told me that was your nickname back when you guys were in middle school." Lou stated.
"OH COME ON?!" Josh groaned.
[Tracy: Hey, you can't expect me to just let them couple get all easy right?!
Evie: GUYS, WHY DID YOU SET THE PLANETARIUM ON FIRE?!
Jay, Carlos, Jones: CAITLIN SNUCK IN! THAT IS A CODE RED!]
A while later, Josh and Lou were done whittling their woodwork.
Josh made a wonky looking keychain of what was supposed to be a woodchuck but looks more like a naked mole-rat.
Lou made a lovely keychain of a Grizzly Bear with Josh's name.
"Ok, I'm done!" Josh nodded, before they showed each other tehir work.
"Aw, how cute, you make a naked mole rat!" Horhay exclaimed.
"Actually it's supposed to be a woodchuck." Josh stated.
"Wait, why are you here, Horhay?!" Lou asked.
"Woody took me here!" Horhay grinned.
"I made you this, Josh." Lou gave her keychain to Josh.
"Wow, it's beautiful. And compared to mine, yours is way out of my league!" Josh smiled weakly.
"Hey, that's not true. You're wonderful too, I mean I do like naked mole-rats, and I think it's the thought that counts." Lou nodded, accepting his gift.
"Seriously, how did you even managed to carve out a grizzly bear?" Josh asked, "could you teach me how to do that?"
"Sure, how about next week?" Lou nodded, "It might take a lot of practice to become as good as me."
"We'll see about that." Josh teased.
"Alright, everybody! Time for square-dancing! Grab a partner and let's hit the dancefloor, y'all!" Mr. Moseby announced.
"Uh, can someone explain to me why Mr. Moseby is here?" Josh blinked.
"Well, we asked him to fill in for the regular host for Mulch-Fest a few years back, and he's been showing up ever since." Bailey explained.
"It gets really awkward sometimes." Lou stated.
"It gets worse, now that his wife Madam Tutweiller gets into the gig." Cody added, before he, Zack, Woody, Bailey and Marcus Little all shuddered.
"You forgot the time Madam Tutweiller got into the Southern Belle getup the year after the two got married." Adison added before the former Suite Life gang shuddered.
"C'mon, wanna dance?" Josh offered his hand.
"Do you even know how to square-dance?" Lou teased.
"Well…not one bit. But it can't hurt from trying, right?" Josh stated.
"Fair point. Alright, I accept." Lou giggled as they started to dance.
Josh was a bit of an awkward dancer at first (and couldn't really kept up with the rhythm) but eventually he got the hang of the meringue.
"Not bad, I underestimated you, Cowboy." Lou smirked over.
"What can I say? I am just full of surprises." Josh teased back before they both blushed.
"I wanna love somebody, love somebody like you…
Yeah, I wanna feel the sunshine, shining down on me and you…
When you put your arms around me, baby there is nothing in this world I can't do."
Robbie Stuart started to sing to Keith Urban's 'Somebody Like You'.
"I love this song!" Josh exclaimed.
"Really? Me too! I used to dance to this song with my brothers when I was younger." Lou nodded, before they started to sing to the song.
"Sometimes it's hard for me to understand, but you're teaching me to be a better man," Josh found himself looking at Lou while he was singing.
"I don't wanna take this life, for granted like I used to do…No, no." Lou sang.
"I wanna love somebody, love somebody like you…" the two hummed.
"I'm ready to love somebody, love somebody like you…" Robbie sang out.
"Wow, Josh, that was amazing!" Lou tried her best not to squeal. "I didn't know you could sing."
"Hey, I was in a band called the Icebreakers with Kavan, Josh Florian, Holden Dunbronch, and Sebastian. It didn't really lasted long." Josh stated.
"Impressive. When I was 10 I joined the Farm Girls' Choir Club, which only consisted about a dozen cows, some chickens and the occasional pig squeals." Lou blinked. "I had a weird childhood."
"Hey Lou, I um…I think I really like you, more than just a friend." Josh confessed.
Lou blushed as she felt her heart skipping a beat.
"I like you too, Josh." Lou smiled happily, before they hugged each other.
"Wow, you have no idea how long I have been wanting to tell you how I felt." Josh chuckled, before he leaned in to kiss Lou on the lips.
[Offscreen, cues Tracyand Evie cheering on Lou]
"Eeep!" Lou tried not to squeal.
"So um…would you like to be my date for the Neon Lights Ball? (note: this story sort of took place before the Neon Lights Ball drama)" Josh asked.
"I would love to." Lou giggled.
~End Scene~
"ATTA GIRL! WOHOO!!" Tracy cheered for her friend.
"I am so PROUD of her!" Evie teared up.
"I am so happy that she and Josh got closer." Carlos nodded.
"Guys, while you're all being too perky about the Jou love scene, could you HELP US OUT?!" Jay yelled, keeping the doors close from Caitlin breaking in.
"NO! LOU SHOULD DATE EVIE AND JOSH BELONGS WITH JOEY!!" Caitlin screamed.
"CLOSE THE DOOR! CLOSE THE DOOR!" Jones panicked, before he summoned his shadow demon pups to attack Caitlin.
"Which couples are we doing next?" Tracy asked.
"Scarlett and Experion." Carlos read from a paper.
"SWEET! I ship them so much!" Evie giggled.
"Hey guys, I'm back!" Lou entered the studio with a giddy lovesick smile.
"Looks like someone had a good time." Tracy teased.
"Hey, why are Jones and Jay pushing the door shut?" Lou asked.
"CAITLIN ALERT! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! HELP US OUT!" Jay shouted over, before everyone dropped whatever they were doing to rush over to keep Caitlin out of the studios.
"That's all for now, guys! Thanks for reading!" Evie turned to the camera.
"Feel free to leave a review and tell us what you think." Carlos added, before pushing himself against the door to prevent Caitlin entering.
"Have a nice day!" everyone called out.
"At least it ain't as crappy as ours." Jones added.
"JONES!" "What?!"