{Day 3 of holiday}

"THE FITNESS GRAM PACER TEST IS A-"

Skyler threw Vincent's phone on the floor. He had enough of that alarm ringing. Vincent and Giselle raised an eyebrow at Skyler, while Sienna is sulking on her bed.

"Skyler....why did you throw my phone on the floor?" Vincent asked, picking up his phone. He checked to see if there were any cracks. To his relief, there was not a single crack. Vincent turned off the alarm.

"Ok let me just say that YOUR COUNTERPART really HAD to put the Fitness Gram Pacer Test as an alarm," Skyler complained, sitting on his bed.

"Counterpart?" Vincent asked.

"Mom-"

There was an awkward silence. Giselle got her hairbrush and started brushing her hair. Sienna, however, got up and walked to the bathroom. Skyler sighed, "Vivian."

"O H." Vincent and Giselle mumbled.

"Well I am going to be honest here, first of all, she may represent the female Virgo while I am the male Virgo around here, but....that doesn't  mean that Vivian is my counterpart." Vincent muttered, "Second of all, as long as I hate that test with a burning passion and we all heard it a lot, maybe it is karma?"

"Karma? I didn't do anything bad." Skyler pouted. He didn't notice Giselle and Vincent were just joking around. Skyler looked at the two (who both have solemn looks on their faces), "When was the last thing I've done something bad."

"Almost swearing?" Vincent asked.

"Be sarcastic?" Giselle added.

"Bragging about your  girlfriend."

"How are those things bad, exactly?" Skyler asked in a deadpan voice.

"You do realise we are just joking around, right?" Giselle laughed, "None of those things are bad. Almost swearing isn't bad, and sarcasm isn't bad I think. Also appreciating your love for Carol isn't bad as well."

"What's the point of love if it hurts you?" Sienna growled as she emerged from the bathroom. She already got ready for the day, "What's the point of love if you know it won't happen to you."

"Sienna, are you ok? You have been moody on this holiday." Vincent asked.

Sienna did a sigh, "I am fine."

"Are you sure?"

"Mhm."

Vincent, Skyler and Giselle exchanged glances. Then they all turned to Sienna. There was an awkward silence that followed.

"You know what, I am getting really annoyed with the alarm. Let's get revenge." Skyler suggested.

"But Vivian is unstoppable. You know her, her tricks for behaving and being organised always goes successfully. You know how she likes her things on time." Giselle mumbled.

"Then... if we can't alter the time for Vivian then.... we need to figure out a way to annoy her. We need a plan to stop the unstoppable. And I know just the plan but we need Pete, Arlen and Sam in order for this  to work..." Skyler mumbled, "But first, breakfast."

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(After breakfast)

"This is like Disneyland all over again." Lizzy sighed, "Rides, rides and more rides."

She has well as the other zodiacs were walking through Universal Studios looking for something to do. The gang were all walking as a cluster examining what the park had to offer.

"We won't ride all the rides though." Levin pointed out.

"I know that, but I really don't want to be sick again." Lizzy pouted.

"And I don't want to experience being dragged into group." Vivian frowned, "Be in my perspective for a moment here."

That's when everyone started talking, voices overlapping over others. Well ok, that was a lie there, ALMOST everyone started talking. There is only one person who is strangely in a quiet mood.

Phoebe.

Now Phoebe here is currently in focus mode. With one hand holding onto a notepad and another hand holding onto a pen, the girl was busy writing down ship theories. Since she was behind the others, she kept glancing at four specific people. Phoebe examined the four certain people and began writing down on her notepad. Levin and Tyler noticed and walked back to catch up with Phoebe.

"Hey Phoebs? What are you doing?" Tyler asked the female.

"Hey," Phoebe replied, "Just analysing something."

"Let me guess." Levin chuckled, "You are analysing a.....ship in here."

Phoebe blinked in surprise, "That is correct."

"W h a t? I just randomly guessed that."

"Levin- it's really obvious..." Tyler sighed in a deadpan voice. He turned to Phoebe, "What ship are you analysing? Lizlex? Vivlia? Skyrol? Gilbrina? Peokies?"

"Peokies?" Levin asked, "Also when did Gilbrina become canon?"

"They didn't become canon yet." Tyler pointed out, "Also Peokies is Pete X cookies."

"Wait, that's a SHIP?"

Phoebe chuckled and rolled her eyes, "As much as I love those ships, I am not analysing them." She then looked at her notepad, "This one is a bit complex."

"Complex?" Alyssa asked, who just popped out of nowhere, "I thought shipping is easy because you just grab two people and VIOLA- a ship is born."

"......How long did you listen in our conversation?" Levin asked the ginger-haired female.

"Well......that isn't important. Also, I also ship Peokies." Alyssa whispered to the small group.

Phoebe sighed. "Even though it is simple, it isn't easy. Not everything is easy in life, this also includes shipping. There are certain elements of a ship and there are also barriers." She looked at the others and gave a small yet concerned smile, "This ship is complex because it's a-"

"Love Triangle?" Alyssa interrupted, "Love Square? Love Pentagon?"

".....No. It's more like..." Phoebe sighed, "A love confusion-. And it involves Aika, Leo, Sienna and Colin."

This, of course, made Tyler, Levin and Alyssa become intrigued.

"Explain," Tyler told Phoebe.

"What?" the female replied.

"Explain the love confusion."

"Well..... I noticed Aika and Leo both like each other. They enjoy each others' company." Phoebe explained, "However I noticed Sienna has a crush on Leo, while Colin has a crush on Aika. But Aika and Leo like each other therefore it made Colin upset and Sienna jealous. You get what I saying here?"

"Hold on." Levin interrupted, "So it is a love square."

"It's not a love square!" Phoebe replied. She then said slowly, "It's...not...a....love....square! A love square would involve more confusing stuff."

The other three nodded. Tyler looked over Phoebe's shoulder, "So what is your analysis?"

"If Leo and Aika get together then it would result in Sienna and Colin getting more upset. Sienna and Colin didn't know Aika and Leo liked each other. And Aika and Leo didn't know Sienna has a crush on Leo while Colin has a crush on Aika."

"So it's either a love n or a love u." Tyler pointed out pinching Phoebe's cheek softly, making Phoebe blush. (Thanks Autumn aka -axtumn for telling me about the Love n/Love u)

"L o v e U." Levin laughed.

"LOVE U." Alyssa cracked up.

"Is it a bird, is it a plane? No it is a 'Love U'." Tyler chuckled.

That made Phoebe giggle loudly. That also made the other zodiacs stop and turn to them, making Alyssa, Levin, Tyler and Phoebe stop laughing.

"Something up?" Alex wanted to know, raising an eyebrow.

"Nope, we're just joking around as usual." Phoebe replied, plastering a smile on her face.

"Ok if you say so." Vivian shrugged, "We were all discussing about whether we should ride Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey OR Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem. So far it is a tie between ten and ten, and we need your vote to ride one of the rides first. We are only planning on two rides for today."

"Then what's the point of coming here?" Alyssa asked, "But I'd say the first one."

"Same," Tyler agreed with a nod.

"Despicable Me." Levin added.

"Harry Potter." Phoebe finished, "We can get a wand as a souvenir."

"Harry Potter it is!" Tahlia smiled causing Gilbert, Giselle, Colin, Leo, Lily, Vivian, Skyler, Sabrina, Cameron and Aika to cheer, "We can ride Minions Mayhem after that and we can grab souvenirs." She then walked off to the ride, "Let's go!"

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(Soon)

As expected, the zodiacs have enjoyed their time at Universal Studios. They have all enjoyed the Harry Potter ride and they also enjoyed Minion Mayhem. They also managed to ride a third ride (The Flight of the Hippogriff) as well as getting wand souvenirs from the theme-park.
And oh yeah, they all enjoyed the food and meeting the characters there as well (what isn't a theme park experience without meeting characters and eating food).

Now the 24 zodiacs are all spending time at one of the beaches in California, decked out in swimsuits. They all left their souvenirs in the bus (that they got in Chapter 11), got their beach bags and ran onto the beach.

Cleo dropped her beach bag at their spot and took off her sandals. She then darted to the ocean, laughing. "WE'RE HERE!" she sang loudly, making the others chuckle.

Cameron and Sam noticed the girl running to the sea. They both dropped their beach-bags at the same spot and took off their sandals. They then both ran to the sea to splash Cleo.

The others, however, did take off their sandals and put their beach bags down in a pile, but they didn't go to the water yet. Vivian had set out a deckchair and got out the book she was reading last chapter. She sat down making herself comfortable. Tahlia did the same thing as Vivian, but instead of reading a book, she was resting her eyes.

Lily, Sabrina, Sienna and Aika however, had got out their beach towels to sit on.

The others decided to roam around the beach. They all shared a brief silence together and didn't speak up. The only sounds that can be heard were the waves crashing, the seagulls crying and Sam, Cameron and Cleo laughing as they splashed each other in the water.

Aika had stood up from her towel. She noticed an ice-cream truck in the distance. She also noticed Leo near the truck, waiting patiently. The boy nodded at Aika in polite acknowledgement.

Aika looked at Leo then at the others. She turned to the male and walked to him. Leo smiled when he noticed Aika.

"Hey," the male smiled.

"Hey."

"So...how are you finding California?" Leo asked the female.

Aika bit her lip. She remembered the fun she had at Disneyland and Universal Studios. She remembered how everyone in her room was having fun. She also remembered the food that they all had. But she was confused, mainly because of her time spent with Leo. It was like a new feeling to her.
The girl plastered a smile on her face, "It was great. I would be upset when we get home."

"Me too, but we have to catch up on school and besides there are people who have jobs."

"That is true. We have to return home tomorrow for a cause."

"Mhm. You want some ice cream?" Leo asked, "I was about to buy myself one, but I can buy you one."

"Um....sure? Is there a reason why you are doing this?"

"Because you are really nice and a beach trip for me isn't complete without ice-cream?" Leo asked.

"Fair point. Can you get me the Vanilla flavoured ice-cream? That is my favourite."

Leo nodded. He eventually got Aika her vanilla ice cream, as well as getting rocky road ice cream for himself. The two decided to walk along the tides,  licking their ice-creams.

Aika turned to the waves and her eyes widened to see how beautiful the ocean looked with the sunlight reflecting on the clear ocean waves.

"The ocean looks beautiful..." Aika whispered to herself.

"Just like you."

"What?"

"Nevermind.."

Another awkward silence. Aika heard Leo make clicking noises with his tongue. For some reason, she was starting to get embarrassed. She noticed the male looking at her.

"Hey Aika, there's something I need to tell you," Leo mumbled.

"Huh?" Aika asked. She turned to Leo, "What is it?"

"You remember the time when I gave you that car for your birthday? And how I supported you through thick and thin?"

Aika nodded, "Yeah I do."

"And do you remember what happened on that ride in Disneyland?"

Aika remembered that. She then started laughing, It's probably just a platonic friendship thing...right?"

That's when Leo frowned, "...This is serious Aika. And I hope you feel the same way." He took a deep breath, "The truth is..."

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(Very soon, in the evening after the beach trip.)

After spending a while at the beach swimming, having ice-cream and doing beach activities the zodiacs are back at their hotel.

Sienna was all alone in her room. Her roommates were all out and about. Skyler had paid a visit to the room where Vivian, Sam, Arlen and Pete are while Giselle visited her best friend (Lizzy)'s room. Vincent, however, decided to go for an evening stroll.

Sienna was feeling really bored. She is already in her light blue nightgown and her hair was tied into a high ponytail. The girl was lying down on her bed watching her favourite show which was Modern Family.

After watching a couple of episodes, the girl turned off her phone and sighed. She got off the bed and walked over to the window. Opening the curtains, the girl smiled when she saw the outside scenery overlooking the pool section of the area.

Everything was fine until Sienna spotted something sitting on two deckchairs...two people to be exact.

Leo and Aika.

Sienna noticed Leo and Aika were talking to each other. Being curious, Sienna spied on the two. It's not like they would automatically become a couple, right?

Wrong.

Why? Well,Sienna had spotted Leo reaching over to Aika's hand. He held it and gazed into her eyes smiling. Sienna noticed Aika was smiling back at the male.

With hot tears stinging in her eyes, Sienna immediately closed the curtains. She then flopped onto her bed and cried. She cried so hard that she ended up falling asleep. :(

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And I got a writers' block on this chapter...yayyyy-

Just one more chapter of the holiday chapter to go, and after that you guys can start suggesting chapter ideas. :)