*Kelly*
The phone rang as I sleepily rolled over and answered the phone still half asleep.
“Hello?”
“Hey baby. Did I wake you?” AJ’s deep voice questioned at the other end.
“Oh, hi AJ. Yes, you woke me, but it’s alright,” I said sitting up in the bed and noticing that everyone else was still asleep.
“Sorry to call you so early, but I just can’t wait to see you again,” he said thoughtfully.
“That’s sweet. Can’t wait to see you either, but what time is it anyway?” I asked thinking of his adorable face and looking for my watch.
“It’s 7:00. Go take a shower and get ready. I’m coming to get you in 15 minutes,” AJ told me.
“7:00?! “ I moaned. “AJ, you know I can’t get ready in 15 minutes…gimme 30 and I’m all yours for the day, ok?”
“Ok, babe. See ya in a few. Love you,” he said.
“Love you too. Bye.”
We hung up the phone and as I stepped into the shower I wondered what exactly AJ’s plans were for the day….
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*Gail*
I woke up around 7:15 and immediately got dressed. I curled my brown hair so that it fell very softly across my shoulders and put my make-up on and left to go to get some breakfast.
I walked into the obviously empty breakfast room and saw some muffins on a table. I went to grab one of the blueberry muffins that were just freshly baked when another hand grabbed mine.
I jumped and turned around to see Nick’s warm smile greeting me.
“Morning muffin,” he grinned.
I laughed and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
“Good morning. Did you sleep well?” I asked pouring both of us a glass of orange juice.
“Yeah, I did. What about you?” he asked not really paying attention.
“Yep, sure did! I don’t know what made me get up so early. I’m starving though!” I exclaimed biting into my muffin.
Nick gave me a funny look and said, “Oh come here…you have a little crumb on your lips.” He leaned over the table and gently brushed it away and then leaned in for a kiss.
We finished our muffins and then Nick got a little serious. “I called home last night and told my family about you. They can’t wait to meet you!” he gushed.
“Nick that’s great, but I have to leave to go home tomorrow, remember?” I said feeling a little melancholy.
“Yeah, but Gail, they’re really looking forward to meeting you. Couldn’t you arrange something?” he pleaded.
“Nick, how do you think my parents are going to feel when I tell them that I’m going to Tampa with a guy they’ve never met. Think about it.”
“Well, have you asked them?” he asked.
“No, but I already know what they’re going to say,” I said trailing off.
“Well, I’ll make a deal with ya. If I go with you back to your house to meet your family, will you come with me then to meet mine?” he offered.
I sighed and thought about it for a minute. “Alright Nick, you’ve got a deal.”
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*Claudi*
I walked into Brian’s bedroom and kneeled down on the floor beside him where he was still sleeping.
“Briiiaaannn…..” I whispered, gently stroking his forehead.
“Huh?! What?!” he yelled jumping out of bed only to topple over on top of me.
“Ouch!” I exclaimed while laughing.
“Ohmygosh…Claudi!!! What are you doing here? Are you alright?” he asked still partially lying on top of me.
“I was coming to see if you were hungry and wanted to go get some breakfast with me,” I explained, making note that he wasn’t wearing a t-shirt, only boxers.
He ran his fingers through my brown hair and I felt the intense gaze of his blue eyes. We shared a sweet kiss and then he got up and lifted me off of the floor.
“So….about breakfast….” I said, trying to continue our conversation.
“Oh yeah, breakfast. Um…you know, I’m not very hungry and I need to take a shower and everything, so why don’t you grab a biscuit or something while I get dressed?” he suggested.
“Well, I dunno…” I said walking over to him and wrapping my arms around his waist, “I kinda like you without the shirt.” I smiled and kissed him on the lips.
“Oh stop….you’re making me blush,” he said imitating a girl.
I laughed and then left to go get some breakfast.
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*Vic*
“Kevin?? Kev?” I said trying very hard to remember last night to explain where I was.
“Morning sunshine!” he smiled and brought me a big plate of pancakes.
“Where am I and what am I doing here? Did we uh, well you know….?” I asked very worried.
Kevin just smiled and kissed me lightly on the cheek.
“Kevin….” I said with a warning.
“No, Vic, we didn’t do anything. Don’t worry. I got you out of bed this morning and brought you here to have breakfast with me. You’re a very heavy sleeper ya know,” he explained while cutting up my pancakes.
“Aww…you’re such a sweetie!” I said placing my hand on his soft cheek and giving him a kiss.
He fed me a forkful of pancakes and the syrup ran down my chin.
“Mmm…these are really good, Kevin!” I said still chewing and scrounging to find a napkin to wipe the syrup off of my chin.
“No, no…I’ve got it, here…” he said gently wiping the syrup off.
We both sat there and talked as he continued to feed me the rest of the pancakes.
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*Theresa*
I had set my alarm clock for 7:30 so that I could get up in time to meet Howie for breakfast, like he had said the night before.
My alarm went off and I woke up just in time to see Kelly leaving the room with AJ. ‘I wonder where they’re going….’
I got out of the bed, took a shower, and then did the usual stuff to get ready: curl hair, put on make-up, get dressed, etc.
I sat down on the bed, flipping through a Seventeen magazine when there was a knock on the door. I tossed the magazine down, grabbed my purse, and opened the door to be greeted with a huge hug and kiss from my honey, Howie.
“You ready?” he asked grasping my hand and leading me out the door.
“Yeah, of course. We’re going to breakfast, correct?”
“Yep. I’m starved!!” he said rubbing his well toned tummy.
I laughed and we entered the room to find Nick and Gail leaning across the table kissing.
“Uh, um!” Howie and I coughed as we walked over to their table.
“Oh sorry!” they both said while Nick made a pathetic attempt to wipe the lipstick off of his lips from Gail. “Hey you guys…we were just leaving,” Nick said as he and Gail both stood up and gathered their trash.
“Oh sorry, didn’t mean to run you guys off,” I said, though I knew Howie and I were both extremely glad to be alone.
We watched Nick and Gail walk out of the room hand in hand, leaning on each other.
“They’re sooo cute together,” I said.
“Yeah, so are we,” Howie said looking deep into my blue eyes. He wrapped his arms around me and gave me a kiss. “I love you, Theresa.” I smiled and returned the kiss, “I love you, too.”
