"Where's Mama?" they asked.

"I don't know." said a passing man. He recieved strange looks from Taylor.

Jessica came up to them.

"Duh," she said. "Don't you remember? Mum and Dad took her to the cat kennels!"

"Oh," Taylor said, feeling a little stupid.

"Actually," the young girl behind the reception desk said, with a guilty look on her face. "We have just received a phone call from the kennels. The cat -"

"The cat has a name," Zac interuppted.

"Sorry," the girl apoligised sincerely.

Taylor scowled. He hated it when people were all nice to them and didn't treat them like the normal people they were. Well except Ike. He definitely wasn't normal!

"Mama has seemed to have run away," the girl continued.

"What do you mean?" Tay asked.

"Well, she's not in her kennel thingy, or anywhere near the part of the kennels she was in, since they've searched the whole place."

"Ike, it'll be okay," Tay said, just from habit.

But to his surprise Ike wasn't crying. Infact, he didn't even seem to be aware Mama was missing.

"Ike, hello? What planet are you on?' Tay asked.

Zac laughed.

"Planet 'Claire'." He laughed again, until he remembered that this was a somber time for the family, as their cat was missing.

"What?" Ike asked, finally tuned back on to planet earth.

"Mama's runaway again," Avie informed him.

"Oh," he answered, and went back on dreaming about what would happen later that night with Claire.

Mrs Hanson rolled her eyes.

The Hanson family continued up to the suite, Zac dragging Isaac along with him, except for Mr Hanson and Taylor who stayed to try and get in touch with the cat kennels.

When they reached their rooms, Zac took Ike inside and Ike collapsed onto his bed.

Mac came in and asked "What's wrong with him?"

"He's love sick," Zac answered with a giggle.

"What's that?" Mac inquired.

"It's when you love someone so much it makes everyone around you want to be sick."

"Oh," Mac said and ran off pretending to spew.

Zac leaned over Isaac and snapped his fingers over Ike's face.

Ike just lay there with a dreamy look on his face.

Zac shook his head.

"He's got it bad," he said to himself.

Taylor walked in.

"Good news," Tay said. "They found Mama, and now she's in a special cage that she can't possibly get out of. It's even got an alarm around it that will go off if she tries to escape!"

"Bad news," Zac shot back. "Ike's seemed to have fainted from pure happiness."

Taylor leaned over to have a look.

"Oh dear," he said.

Taylor grabbed the glass of water on the bedside table and poured it over Ikes face.

"Huh?" Isaac said, shocked.

"It's nearly 9:00!!! Aughhhh!! Ike, only three hours to get ready!!" Zac screamed.

"Shit!! You're kidding!!" Ike cried. He checked his watch. "Let's see... the little hand's pointing to the 6.... and the big hand's pointing to the..12... so that means it's...."

"6:00!!" Zac and Tay yelled.

"So it is. Oh my God!!" Ike yelled.

"Isaac," Taylor scolded. "Don't use the Lord's name that way!"

And with that Ike sprinted off to have a shower.

"Hey Tay," Zac said with a twinkle in his eye. "What do'ya think about tonight. Feel like doing a little spying?"

Taylor smiled. "Definitely," he said, nodding his head in agreement.

The brothers slapped a high - five.

Isaac left the Hanson's hotel room and walked down the stairs and out the door.

"Have a good night, Mr Hanson," the door man said.

"I shall," Ike said, feeling important.

Ike hoped Claire liked what he was wearing. He was pretty sure she would. He had spent all night getting ready.

As he stepped onto the pavement he heard a soft voice whisper his name.

"Claire?"

About 5 minutes after Isaac had left Taylor and Zac snuck out the door.

They took the elavater down to the bottom floor and went out the door.

Almost as soon as the boys had walked out the door Tay felt Zac pull him down.

They crouched down behind a big pot plant. There was Isaac and Claire, greeting each other.

Claire pulled Ike off towards the back of the building.

A couple of minutes later Zac pulled Tay off in the same direction.

Isaac and Claire were nestled on a little bench in the small park behind the hotel.

Zac and Taylor crouched behind a bush and watched eagerly.

"Isaac, I dream about you every night," Claire whispered.

Ike smiled. "And I dream about meeting someone like you every night. By the way, you can call me Ike."

"Oh Ike, I feel so privliged," Claire said.

"I wouldn't," Zac whispered.

"Shhhh!" Taylor shushed him.

Claire tilted Isaac's head and pashed him.

Zac started laughing.

"Shutup! Do you want them to hear us?" Taylor hissed, laughing himself.

"Aren't they moving just a little fast?" Zac asked.

The two broke away.

"Did you hear something?" Isaac asked.

"No. Why did you?" Claire answered, obviously wanting to kiss some more.

"Oh, it was probably just a squirrel."

And they pashed some more.

Zac couldn't hold his laughter in any longer.

He cracked up.

Claire and Ike jerked their heads up.

Taylor pulled Zac off and they ran off round to the other side of the hotel.

"I'm gonna get you guys!" Ike yelled and started to run after them.

Claire pulled him back.

"Get them later," she said.

Isaac stared into her eyes. "O...kay," he said slowly.

And they started pashing madly again.

Zac and Taylor ran into their hotel room puffing and laughing loudly.

Their mother was sitting on Taylors bed.

The boys looked at Mrs Hanson guiltily.

"Where have you been? Yous better not have been spying on Ike."

"No.. no... of course we haven't. We were just..." Zac said, racking his brain for a good lie.

"You were weren't you," Mrs Hanson said accussingly.

"Yeah, we were," Taylor confessed.

Mrs Hanson shook her head. Then she smiled. "So... what were they doing?"

Zac and Tay cracked up again.

"They were pashing and stuff!" Zac cried.

Mrs Hanson was shocked. "Already?! That girls coming on a bit fast, isn't she?"

"I'll say," Tay said.

"I think I'll have a small talk with Ike when he get's back," Mrs Hanson. "I know that this is a first, but he has to learn what girls to choose."

"I could have a talk with him," Taylor offered.

"I'm not sure he'll really want to talk to you Tay," Zac said. "Or me either."

Tay grinned.

"Well you boys should get ready for bed now," Mrs Hanson said, standing up.

"No!!! What if Ike comes back and trys to murder us?!" Zac cried.

"I'll listen out for him. If he's still with that girl, he won't be back for awhile by the sound of it," Mrs Hanson said.

Tay and Zac laughed.

"Okay. Night Mum," Taylor said.

"Yeah. Good night," Zac said.

"Night boys."

"Oh, Ike Ike!" Claire said. "Oh I love you so much!"

"I love you too," Ike whispered in Claires ear.

They stopped kissing and rested for awhile.

Claire leaned on Isaac's shoulder.

"I can't beleive I only met you today," Ike said.

"I know. It feels like we've known each other for ages," Claire replied.

And they kissed some more.

This was the first time Isaac had ever felt this way about a girl.

He remembered how he used to feel like this for Steve Tyler from Aerosmith. But he hadn't thought about Steve all night.

He also remembered the time that he took a girl to see '101 Dalmations'. He had kissed her and the girl went home crying to her Mum. After that Ike was heartbroken. He realized he hadn't been on a date since then - and what made it worse was that that was two years ago.

The couple broke away.

"Look at the stars. Their so beautiful. They remind me of you," Ike said, smiling at Claire, proud of his romantic line. (He thought he'd made it up himself but actually he'd heard it in a movie. Not that he could remember or anything!)

"Oh Ike, you're so sweet," Claire cooed sickly, and she kissed him tenderly.

Isaac woke up early next morning.

He had had a wonderful night with Claire.

All last night he had dreamed about her - that is once he got to bed.

That must of been the longest he had stayed up for his whole life. He had no idea what time he got home last night. He had wanted to go but Claire would say "just stay a little longer." They had agreed to meet again at 7:00 tonight for a proper date. All Ike knew was that when he got home both of his brothers were sound asleep.

Which brought him to a new subject - his two pesky little brothers who had followed and spyed on him last night.

Ike was extremely angry with his brothers.

In fact angry wasn't the word. Furious was more appropiate.

He was going to kill them.

Once they woke up of course.

And then Isaac arena drifted back off to sleep to dream about Claire some more.

Later that morning Ike woke up again.

His brothers were up and his Mum had just walked in.

"Oh, you're awake," Mrs Hanson said.

She shut the door.

"Now Ike, I want to have a talk to you about this Claire girl."

"What have they been telling you?" Ike asked with a sigh.

"That you's were kissing a lot," Mrs Hanson said. "Is this true?"

"Yeah, I guess," Isaac replied.

"Don't you think she's coming on a bit fast? I mean, you only met her yesterday."

"But Mum, I really feel comfortable with her. What doya' expect me to do, say sorry I can't see you anymore?"

"No ofcourse not," Mrs Hanson said. "Just tell her to ease off a bit. Get to know her a bit better. Don't forget you're only going to be here for another 11 days and then 2 weeks after you get home you're going on a world tour five weeks later."

"Mmm," Ike said thinking.

"Anyway, we're going to visit Mama soon, so get up now," Mrs Hanson said, and walked out the door.

Isaac thought about what his mother had said as he got dressed and ate his breakfast.

It wasn't till everyone was piled in the van ready to go and visit Mama the squabling started.

Ike suddenly remembered what his brothers had done last night.

Zac just laughed in his face when Isaac told them how mad he was about what they had done.

Luckily Mr Hanson stopped the fight before it got too bad.

"Taylor, Zachary, apoligize to Isaac right this very minute."

"Sorry Ike," Zac and Tay mumbled.

"For?" Mr Hanson coaxed, sounding like a school teacher.

"For spying on you last night," Tay said with a sigh.

"That's all right," Isaac said, who, as we said earlier, forgives people very easily.

By that time the family had reached the cat kennels.

"Kelly's Kitty Kennels," Zac read out off a sign. "Hey Ike, remember Kelly at the restaurant?"

"How could I forget? She was a babe dude," Ike said, doing his best Butthead impression, with a dreamy look in his eyes, until he remembered Claire.

The Hansons ran over to the desk.

"Where's Mama?" Isaac asked, panting.