CHAPTER 8

Minda was in the middle of babbling when JC leaned over and kissed her yet again and this time when she wanted to pull away he pulled her closer and she wrapped her arms around him as tightly as possible, when out of the blue her phone rang. They both tried to ignore it but it was so loud, so JC released her and he picked up the phone impatiently.

"Hello?" "JC?" "Justin? What are you calling for?" "The question is what are you still doing there?" "Um....Um.... I was just talking with Minda that's all, just having a conversation." "Uh-huh! Is Minda there?" "Yeah hold on. Minda it's Justin he wants to talk to you" "K. Hello?" "Hey Freckles!! Did I interrupt anything?" "No we were just talking" "Ok whatever you say, but when he leaves I want you to page me and tell me what really happened k?" "Ok bye Justin" "Freckles!!" "What?" "You don't even have my pager number" "Ok give it to me" "362-8174" "Ok talk to you later!" "Bye" "Bye Justin"

"So what did he ask you?" JC said. "He just wanted to talk cause he was bored so he gave me his pager number and told me to page him later" "Cool" "Yep so what do you want to do now?" Minda asked feeling awkward. "Um.... Maybe I should get going I am pretty tired" "Yeah me too"

JC started walking towards the door when Minda said something.

"Hey!" JC turned around and looked at her. "Call me tomorrow?" "Yeah I will" JC said with a smile and left her apartment.

When JC left Minda picked up the phone and started to dial Shayna and Janine's number when she looked down and saw Justin's pager number. So Minda hung up the phone then picked it up again and dialed Justin's number instead.

'Hey you've reached Justin. Leave me a message or your number and I'll get back to you asap bye' BEEP "Hey Justin it's Minda, JC just left so give me a call bye" BEEP

Minda hung up the phone and decided to take the coffee mugs into the kitchen when she was finished her phone rang.

"Hello?" "Spill it" "Excuse me?" "You heard me spill it! What happened?" "Ok well I invited him inside and then I went into my room to get changed. When I was done I went into the kitchen to make some coffee and then came back into the living room and sat down cuz he needed to tell me something he didn't get a chance to tell me when we were on the dance floor cause Janine interrupted so then he said that he felt he had known me his whole life and I said the feeling was mutual and then he said that if the feeling was mutual then you wouldn't mind if I did this and he kissed me!" "Is that it?" "No there's a whole lot more" "Ok go on" "When we pulled apart for a couple of seconds we both leaned in again and we kissed again only this time it was longer and more passionate then I jumped up and he asked me what was wrong and I said the coffee so I went into the kitchen and I brought back two mugs of coffee and we had a little discussion about his mug cause it was from Israel and then it got quiet and I started babbling about how I liked the kiss and I wanted to kiss him again but it didn't seem right then in the middle of my babbling he kissed me again and wouldn't let go until you called and interrupted!" "WOW!! what a story" "Your telling me!" "So what happened after I called?" "It got awkward and he said he was getting tired and I said I was too so he was on his way to the door when I told him to call me tomorrow and he said ok then he left and I paged you" "Cool! So did you like it?" "Yeah" "Then what's wrong with it?" "Nothing" "Then why were you complaining?" "I don't know" "Good one Freckles!" "What!?" "Well you liked it but you were complaining and you don't know why!" "So!" "Whatever at least you liked it" "Since we're bugging each other on subjects of people we like, what happened between you and Shayna?" "Nothing" "The truth now!" "Hey I'm your best friend but you're not mine" "I don't care what you say if you're my new best friend then I'm yours!! end of story!!" "Fine then but nothing happened!" "If you don't tell me I can always get it out of Shayna cause she will tell me!!! And if she doesn't I know Janine will!!" "Seriously nothing happened just we danced together a couple of times, talked, and she gave me her number." "Because you asked for her number or because she likes you and just gave it to you?" "Because I asked for it" "Do you really like her or do you just think she's hot?" "I really like her! She has a great personality" "But you also think she's hot!" "Yeah I do, she is hot, in fact she is one of the finest girls I have ever laid my eyes on!" "Really!?" "Yeah!!" "Cool so what happened between Janine and Lance?" "Oh they we're all over each other!!" "What?!!" "I'm just kidding! But they were getting really close" "Like what happened?" "Well Lance gave Janine a ride home instead of going home with Shayna" "Didn't Lance ride with Joey?" "No he brought his own car" "Oh so Chris drove you, me, and JC in JC's jeep and Joey drove his own car and Lance drove his own car?" "Yeah" "So since JC drove me home in his car you and Chris rode with Joey home and Janine went with Lance and Shayna drove home alone?" "No" "Huh? then what happened?" "I drove home with Shayna because I didn't think it was right for her to drive home by herself" "So Shayna drove you home and then went home by herself?" "No, I drove Shayna's car to her house with her in it" "Then how did you get home?" "I went home with Lance" "Huh?" "Since Lance drove Janine home and Janine lives with Shayna when he got to their house he picked me up dropped me off and then he drove home" "Oooooooooohhh ok!!" "Yeah" "So JC drove me home and Joey drove Chris home and Lance drove Janine home and You drove Shayna home then Lance drove you home and then he went home and Joey drove home after he dropped Chris off" "You got it!!" "Yeah!!" "Hey I think I better get going because JC is knocking on my door" "Ok bye" "Bye"

Minda hung up the phone then went back into the kitchen to clean up just a little more.

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at Justin's house 2:00 am
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"JC what do you want?" "Are you still on the phone with Minda?" "No I just got off why?" "Because I was trying to call her and her line was busy" "Oh sorry" "It's ok so what did she say?" "About what?" "About the kiss" "What kiss?" Justin said trying to act like he didn't know anything. "The kiss I gave her tonight" "You gave her a kiss? Go JC!" "She didn't tell you?" "No" "Aaw man!" "JC tell me about this kiss" "Well I kissed her to tell her how I feel and then we pulled apart and kissed again then she went to get coffee and she started babbling so I kissed her again and then you interrupted us in the middle." "To tell her how you feel?" "Yeah" "How did you know she felt the same?" "I didn't" "Did she kiss back?" "Yeah I think" "JC what do you mean you think?!" "Did you feel any force back when you kissed her?" "Yeah" "Then she kissed back and she feels the same" "Are you sure?" "Yeah" "How can you be positive?" "Come on I know all about chicks and stuff like this!" "I can't believe I'm asking you this stuff!" "What do you mean by that?" "Well you're 18 and I'm 22 I've been alive longer and know more" "Oh wow five years that's sooo long!" "Whatever I'm going to try calling her again." "Ok have fun"

JC walked out of Justin's room and down the hall to his own.

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back at Minda's
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Minda was sitting on the couch watching MTV when her phone rang.

Minda thought to herself then she picked up the phone.

"Hello?" "Hi Minda I didn't wake you up did I?" "Who is this?" "Oh sorry it's JC" "Oh hi!" Minda said with a little bit of playfulness in her voice. "Hi so what's up?" "Nothing I'm just watching MTV" "Cool anything interesting?" "No just your regular music videos" "Cool" "Wait something very interesting just came on!" "What video?" "Well it's this new group called Nsync have you heard of them?" "Nope, I've never heard of them before are they any good?" "Yeah their really good and there is this one guy that's really cute!" "What does he look like?" "Well he has brown hair, the most beautiful blue eyes!! and a voice that would drive anyone insane!!" "Wow! Sounds like a cool guy! Do you really like him?" "Yeah I do" "I'm sure if he met you he'd like you just as much" "Yah think so?" "Yah I do" "Did I forget to say he's a great kisser?" "A great kisser?" "Yep" "How do know?" "I have my sources" "You've met him haven't you?" "Maybe" "Yeah you did" "No I haven't met but I'd love to!" "But what you don't know is I am him" JC said in a little above a whisper. "You are?" continuing the whisper "Yep" "Why are we whispering?" "I don't know?" "Do you want to come back over?" "Yeah I do but it's 2:15 am!" still talking in a whisper "So? Why don't you bring over a movie?" "Hold on I'll be right back" "Ok"

JC put down the phone and walked down the hall to Justin's room and knocked on the door.

"Come in" "Justin I'm going over to Minda's for a little while I'll be back in about 3 hours" "Why are you telling me?" Justin looked up from the TV and looked at JC. "I was waiting for you to say something like don't wake up my mom or something like that" "My mom's isn't home she went to Judy's and stayed the night" "Oh never mind" "Ok whatever"

JC walked back to his room and picked up the phone.

"What movie do you want me to bring over?" "Anything but action" "Ok I'll be there in about ten minutes" "Ok bye" "Bye"

JC hung up the phone and got ready.

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at Minda's house
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Minda hung up her phone and smiled to herself.

Minda thought to herself

(About ten minutes later)

KNOCK KNOCK

Minda got up and opened the door and saw JC standing there with a daisy in his hand and a video tape in the other.

"Aw that's so sweet thank you!! You brought me a video!" Minda said joking around. "I know" JC said bashfully.

Minda took the flower and went into the kitchen to put in a glass of water. JC walked in and put in the video and sat down. Then Minda came and sat next to JC on the couch.

"What movie is it?" "Titanic" "You like that movie?!" "Yeah" "Wow!"

The movie started and JC put his arm around Minda and she snuggled up against his chest.

The first half of the movie ended and Minda stood up to put in the other half when JC grabbed her hand and pulled her back to the couch and wrapped his arms around her and buried his head in her neck.

"JC don't you want to watch the other half of the movie?" "Yeah in a minute though, just sit here for a second." "Ok"

Minda just sat in JC's arms for a couple of minutes in silence, then JC put his head up and kissed Minda's cheek. Minda lifted his arms and sat next to him then looked him in the eyes. Before Minda got a chance to say what she wanted to say JC spoke.

"Minda will you be my girlfriend?" Minda's eyes started to well up but she held it back "I would normally say yes but since we're going on tour and everything I don't think Lou would appreciate it" "What do you mean?" "Well with all your fans and everything do you think they would appreciate the fact that you have a girlfriend?" "If you don't want to be my girlfriend then just say so" "But I do" "Then what's wrong?" "How about this on Monday let me talk to Lou about the whole girlfriend issue and then I'll give you an answer" "Ok" "JC I really like you I just don't want to screw this up for the both of us" "I understand don't worry" "Good cause this is my dream job, I've been wanting a chance like this forever and meeting you just added to how special it is and I don't want to loose it" Minda said and since it seemed like the right moment she leaned in and kissed him.

When they released Minda stood back up and put in the second tape of Titanic and sat back down and snuggled in JC's arms again.

"What time is it?" JC looked down at his wrist. "It's 3:45 am" "Does Justin know your out?" "Yeah I told him before I left" "Ok" Minda said then focused on the movie.

When the credits started rolling JC looked down at Minda who had fallen asleep in his arms. He leaned down and kissed her head then looked at his watch and it said 5:30 am. Since he didn't want to wake up Minda he picked her up in his arms when he stood up and carried her to her room. When he put her down on the bed she opened her eyes and looked up at him.

"Is the movie over?" "Yeah, you fell asleep so I carried you in here" "Oh I guess I was really tired I usually don't fall asleep during that movie" Minda said as she sat up and JC sat down. "It's ok. You look cute when you sleep." "I do?" "Yeah but maybe I just think that cause I think your cute all the time?"

"You know what?" "What?" "You are the sweetest guy I have ever met" "Really?" "Yeah" "Well you know what?" "What?" "You are the most beautiful woman I have ever met, inside and out" Minda just sat there and smiled. "What time is it?" "Well when the movie finished it was 5:30 so it's probably 5:38 or something" "Wow! It's early. Do you want to go on the roof and watch the sun rise?" "Sure" "Ok just let me put sandals on" "K"

Minda got up and went to her closet and put some sandals on then they walked up the stairs to the roof of the building and sat down in the middle. Minda shivered a little so JC put his arms around her.

After about 5 minutes when the sun wasn't moving they decided to go back inside. When they got inside Minda went to the bathroom. When she came out JC was on the couch.

"Don't you think you should be getting home?" "Yeah I should." "Uh-huh"

They both stood up and walked to the door.

"I'll talk to you later ok?" "Ok" Minda said then JC gave her a kiss on the cheek and left.

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