.:Patrick Stump:. Love for Sale |07|

"Thanks again for the wonderful opportunity. See you soon."
"So?" Zach asked excitedly, as soon as Tavi hung up the phone.
"I got the internship!" She sang doing her victory dance.
"Oh, Tavi," Zach squealed, throwing her arms around her. "I'm so happy for you! Our dreams are coming to life! So when? Where? How long?" Zach chirped excitedly.
"In two weeks. The City of Angels. For the entire summer."
"That's great!"
"You realize that means we'll be apart for three months? You'll need a temp roomie to help with rent. And what about -?"
Zach laughs. "You think I would let you to go to LA without moi? There's no way."
"But what about -?"
"Sil and Adair are looking for a temporary place to stay so there isn't any worries on that."
"What about your job?"
"Don't worry about it. I'm pretty much done with Jess, besides Fauve has a LA based headquarters. So we won't be hurting for cash."
"And Mich?"
"I'm sure it will be understood."
"I love you."
"I love you, too."
California here we come
A week later, the girls were looking at apartments in LA, but so far, there was no luck.
"Tavi, what are we going to do if we can't find one today?"
Tavi simply stared at Zach, and just realized that they would have no place to stay.
"Uh...well we can always sleep at the hotel another night, or something." Tavi was at lost for any other ideas.
"Do we have enough? I mean, we need for gas, and then for food I haven't gotten in contact with Fauve yet, either." Zach said, suddenly worried.
"And I don't know anyone that lives around here or anything" Tavi said, mind rushing.
"Neither do I." The girls sat in silence in their car, and thought.
"Well, let's just go put gas. Here, you go pay the guy, and I'll put the gas." Tavi said, pulling a 20-dollar bill out of her purse, handing it to Zach.
They pulled into a Shell station and Zach got off, and went to go wait in the long line. She huffed, and pulled a random magazine off the shelf next to her. She looked at the cover, and saw a familiar face on the front.
"Fall Out Boy Pete Wentz Buys House In LA!" The headline said, a clear picture of the house was next to it. Zach smiled, and decided to purchase the magazine to show to Tavi.
Once she made her purchase, she sauntered towards the pump and placed the magazine far too close to Tavi's face.
After Tavi let out an agitated groan, she pull the magazine to a readable distance. A smile crawled onto her face. "I love you more and more each day."
"Damn right you do!"
Tavi pulled out her cell and scanned her address book, before pressing the call button. "Hey Pete. Mind if I ask a favor?"
Driving down the 101
"Thank you so much for letting us say on such sort notice!" Tavi said hugging him as she entered his home.
"No problem." He reassured her after he greeted you. "I hope you don't mind, but today I having Cribs over."
"Really? That's awesome."
"Yeah, never thought that this would happen to me." He replied as he walked down hallway to a spare bedroom, setting down one of the bags helped with. "Well, I hope you guys don't mind sharing, but I only have one guess room open right now."
"We don't mind. Who else is staying?"
"Well, everyone for the band." He said timidly.
"Oh." Tavi cringed. They both glanced at Zach giving her an awkward smile.
"What?"
"Um, you've heard Pete's CD: Under the Cork Tree."
"Yeah?" Zach questioned, not understanding the connection.
"Well, the singer is, err... Patrick?"
"You're not serious." Zach scoffed looking at her friend in disbelief.
There is no way.
On the stereo listen as we go

"Afraid so." Tavi turned to Pete. "Can you excuse us for a second?"
"Sure. When you're ready, we'll be in the back."
Once Pete was away from hearing range Tavi turned back to Zach. "Look, I know this is going to be hard for you, but we're in a tight spot right now."
Zach took a deep breath. "I know. I can manage. I know how important this is to you and I will do anything to make sure that it goes smoothly, even though it means dealing with Stump."
"Thank you so much! You have no idea what this means to me. It won't be for long. I promise." She shouted wrapping her arms tight around her bestie.
"Don't mention it. Just promise me to keep me tipsy the whole time."
Zach sighed loudly after digging through her various bags.
"I don't want to be in the same house as Patrick." She stated in a petite voice, pushing over her bag in frustration.
"I know you don't, but you my friend, are going to have to live with it." Tavi said, throwing a pair of socks at her.
"I know but,"Zach shrugged, and looked at Tavi. "At least you have someone in this house that you like!"
Tavi shot a death glare at Zach, but could tell that there was a smirk somewhere under her cover.
"And who on earth would that be?"
"Don't play dumb! You make it so obvious!" Zach smiled, flipping her hair.
"So? And everyone knows that you're simply ga-ga over Patrick!"
If looks could kill, then Tavi would have her head blown off.
"Darling, you know it. Don't deny it." Tavi reached for Zach's iPod, and glanced at the screen. "See? A Fall Out Boy song!"
"So? I didn't even know it was Patrick until five minutes ago!!" Zach defended. "Besides I only added it cause I like Kanye."
"Sure" Tavi smirked, throwing herself on the bed. "Gawd, this is so boring!"
"Thanks for stating the obvious!"
"Pool?"
Zach shrugged her shoulders. "What about MTV?"
"What? They can blur us."
"True."

Right back where we started from
Both girls, once attired in Zach latest creations (despite her protests), strolled down the spiral staircase and towards the pool.
"Excuse me, but you guys can't be here." A big buff security guard said as he saw the girls walking towards the pool. The girls looked at each other.
"But we're staying here with Pete." Tavi stated, looking up at the tall muscular man.
"I understand, but we can't have you around here while we're filming."
Pete strutted from the pool area and back toward the scene. "Hey, it's fine. That's my girlfriend and her friend." The security guard nodded and let them pass.
"Girlfriend, huh?" Tavi teased, poking Pete's side.
"Yeah, if you like." He said slyly with his sideways smiled.
"Sure." She said giving him a side of the mouth kiss.
Nothings gonna stop me now

The three of them met up with a group of people that were well situated near the side of the pool.
"Tavi, Zach, this is Andy, his girlfriend Circe, Joe, his girlfriend Shandi, and you guys know Patrick, and that's his girlfriend Raina." Pete explained motioning as he said each name.
Zach felt uncomfortable, for she was the only one not coupled up. Homesickness suddenly engulfed her as she remembered her three month relationship that she left at home. And now in front of her, her ex is practically parading some blond bimbo in front of her.
He doesn't even like blonds. Zach snarled as she watched him pull Raina closer to his body, knowing it was getting to her.
"Nice to meet you all." She managed to spew out as she successfully suppressed her undeniable jealousy.
This was going to be a lot more difficult then she imagined.