Speaking of Chase, after the commercial break, he and his bandmates were all standing outside, loading equipment into an SUV. Suddenly, a vehicle approached, and Chase stated, "I smell Nick Walker!" Sure enough, driving that care was none other than Nick W.. Pretty impressive that Chase could smell him from that far away. Then again, I heard Nick hadn't showed since that intense round of Beach Bocci. Anyway, the guys all pressed Nick about his intentions for Rocky, asking if he was gonna "move on in there." Oh, he was gonna move on in there! Unless, of course, Rocky challenged him to a rousing game of miniature golf. His total lack of athletic abilities would surely leave him shamed and emasculated.

Later that night, we found Rocky and Tessa all dressed up with nowhere to go. They were sitting around Rocky's house, waiting for... well... we weren't sure who. I assumed Nick, but since no one ever said anything, I was kind of confused at first. Nevertheless, the two girls passed the time by what else? Talking about boys! Specifically: Alex.

"I'm not going to talk to Alex, by the way," Tessa revealed. Her silent treatment would surely haunt his every thought! (Especially seeing how much Tessa normally speaks to Alex.)

Rocky then asked Tessa why she was gonna give Alex the cold shoulder, and she replied, "Because I don't like him right now." She then added, "Plus, I really don't talk much in social environments anyway. Unless, of course, it involves your parents and a DVD of Amadeus."

Anyway, Nick W. soon arrived to take the girls to Chase's concert. While they were decked out in nice clothing, Nick looked like a scrub in his stupid t-shirt. Then again, they were only going to a concert. He probably was more aptly dressed than they were. Nevertheless, he quickly observed, "I don't know if that's, like, quite concert, like, attire. You're, like, look like you're ready, like, to go to, like, a debutante ball or something." I, like, don't know, like, what sort of, like, skanky, like, debutante, like, balls Nick W. has been going to, but I'm pretty sure most debutantes wear dressed that extend beyond their knees. By the way, way to make fun of your date's fashion choices. Girls love that!

Well, the gang headed over to a local venue which was pretty much as close to The OC's Bait Shop as you could get. Tessa stood alone, natch, and when Derek ambled into the club, he unsurprisingly seemed pained to talk to his near-silent girlfriend.

"When does Kelan's band go on?" Derek asked. Kelen's band??? I believe it's called OPEN AIR STEREO, neophyte!

Nevertheless, Tessa responded with, "I know! I'm waiting. Waiting, waiting." What crackling dialogue! I'm not sure Derek's been giving her the silent treatment as much as she's simply just a terrible conversationalist.

"So... have you ever been to a box store?"

As Chase took the stage, Rocky stood outside with her friend Ben, who asked her what the deal was with her and Nick W. Raquel explained that she was just playing -- dating a little bit on account of her being single. With perfect timing, Alex and Igor, I mean, Stephen just happened to show up at the club, but even though they stood on line directly behind Rocky, they completely ignored her, not even saying a civilized hello. OUCH!

However, that wasn't the biggest bombshell of the night. No, the big news was that inside the club, BREANNA HAD RETURNED FROM HER REALITY SABBATICAL! I was just about to plaster Missing Posters all over Laguna. I didn't know where she had been, but she was back with a vengeance now! She was hanging out with Alex! Actually, it didn't look like she was hanging out with him as much as he seemed to have sat down at her table. Bree-Bree couldn't have looked more bored with his presence. Of course, what was great about all of this was that Lexie and Rachel were nowhere to be found. Consider Alex DENIED! Looks like he was unable to win over THE LEXIE. (She has a clear anti-creeping policy.)

Anyway, while Chase bellowed cacophonously on stage, Alex decided that Breanna would be absolutely fascinated with his love life. "Yeah, I broke up with Rocky," he said for no apparent reason.

"I know," replied Breanna, totally bored. Alex then commented on how crazy Raquel was (you know, what with all her "Please say more than two words to me per day" demands), and Bree-Bree concurred, clearly still scarred from the whole "incident" at the café. Still, as much as anyone enjoys some old-fashioned Rocky-bashing, we could tell that Breanna looked totally unhappy with Alex's company. I half expected her to shrug and say, "I came out of reality hibernation for this? Oy vey!" In my mind, she then does a whole Jackie Mason routine, which is awesome because honestly, try to imagine Breanna doing Borscht Belt comedy. It's a match made in heaven!

"Um, can I leave now?"

Posted by B-side on October 26, 2006 1:39 AM