"Wake up, sleeping beauty." I hear Justin's sweet voice say.
"Oh, your back!" I exclaim hugging and kissing him.
"I've waited two weeks for that." He whispers in my ear. "I'm going to play ball with the guys."
I look at the clock and saw that it was already past five in the afternoon. I don't know why I slept so long, maybe it was the comfort of the fact that Justin would be home today. I quickly get dressed in some really form fitting clothes. I then sprayed myself in Justin's favorite perfume. I can't believe he loves the smell of green apple body splash so much. It was the second Saturday in October, and the weather was warm enough that all I needed was a spring jacket.
"The weather has been really weird lately." I say, commenting on the temperature.
"That's Ohio weather for you." Chris says.
'Man, Justin looks really good. Even though he is really sweaty.'
"Who's that?" I ask pointing to a young boy.
"That's my brother, Tyler." J.C. answered.
"Ya, I could see the family resemblance. You probably get that a lot and hate it, though."
"Ya." He says blushing.
"But, the girls at school love it, seeing as my brother is J.C. Chasez of *NSYNC and all." He said playfully punching J.C.
"Uh, Justin, you’re all sweaty!" I call to him.
"You know what?"
"No, what?"
"I'd love to give you a hug!" He says running up to me and hugging me.
"EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!! You’re really slimy! I love your hugs, but not when you are like this." I shout.
He finally let me go, only after I was almost totally covered in his sweat.
"Amanda, who's that?" I hear Tyler say, pointing at my deck.
"Oh, that's Bonnie, a friend of mine." I answer him. "Why?"
"No reason." He replied.
"Hi, Amanda." Bonnie calls as she walks from my deck to the basketball court.
"I'd like you to meet everyone." I say to her, before introducing her to Chris, Joey, J.C., Justin, and Tyler.
"Lance just got here, he wanted me to tell you he was inside using the phone." She said.
Tyler looked as though every word she spoke was precious and needed to be cherished.
"I'm hungry." Justin complained. "Amanda, what's for dinner?"
"Who says I'm making dinner?" I answer.
"Why don't we go for some take out and we eat in?" Tyler suggested.
"Then you can each have whatever you like, instead of complaining that you don't like something."
He had directed that comment towards J.C., knowing all too well how that he could be a picky eater.
"Sounds good." I say as we walk back to the house.
I ran inside and told Lance our dinner plans. He told Marta about it, and she called Michelle, Chrissy, and Krystl.
"You invited Chrissy?" Justin asked worriedly.
"Yes, she's a friend of mine. Anyway, I don't care if Joey doesn't want to see her, she wants to see him."
"Oh." He replied quietly.
"I get to drive." I say as I grab his keys from my dresser, and head for the door.
"Oh, no. You don't." He yelled following me.
We playfully argued until everyone got to my house. He started tickling me and got me down to the floor. He quickly grabbed the keys and said,
"Now, I get to drive."
"That's not fair. I have a weakness, and you don't." I say distracting him, and grabbing the keys from his hand.
I made a mad rush for the car, and ended up in the driver's seat.
"That was cheap." He said sulking in the passenger seat.
Bonnie and Tyler climbed in the back of the Benz, and I quietly told Justin,
"There's another couple to add to the list."
"Yup." He replied.
Krystl grabbed my mom's van keys and everyone piled into it, except Lance and Marta. They decided to let Chrissy and Joey have some space, and climbed into her car. It took everyone about half an hour to get back with their food. Dinner was casual, like always.
"Hey, Chrissy. Have you heard from Amber lately?" Krystl asks.
"Ya, she called me the other day. She and T.J. are having a blast touring together. They love sightseeing together, too. She says we'll have a lot of pictures to see, when she comes back."
"That's cool." I reply.
"Manda, you'll love this. She also said Britney got plastered the other night, and was so sick for her concert." I laughed for a while at the thought of Britney performing with a hangover.
Dinner ended, and since it was such a beautiful night we decided to make a fire outside and watch the stars. Chris and Krystl fell asleep out there, but everyone else decided to head inside, before collapsing.
***Next morning***
I woke up to a beautiful morning in Justin’s arms. It felt so good to have his strong and loving arms around me again. I rolled over and kissed Justin.
“Wake up my strong man. It’s about time to start moving.” He smiled and returned the kiss.
“Man, you guys start early.” Tyler said, passing by the door.
“He catches on quickly.” J.C. said from behind him. “Come on you guys, we have a long day ahead of us.”
Every thing was packed and waiting by the door for us. It took us all an hour to get ready and moving. We, well, the guys loaded up the truck.
“Aw, aren’t our strong men so cute?” I teased as the guys put their shirts back on and got a drink of water.
“Ya, let’s go. You drive, you know where it is.” He said handing me the keys.
Everyone piled into cars, and we were off. About a half hour later, we pulled into a long driveway.
“Wow, this is nice.” Justin said.
“Ya, and it’s like we have our own house.” I said, poking his stomach.
“Really good for us, then.” He said with a sly mile.
“Ha ha, get out and help me with the stuff.
***Later that afternoon***
“It looks wonderful.” I say, as I shut the door to my section of the apartment.
I walked over to him and kissed him.
“Go take a shower. Your all sweaty still. I’ll make lunch.” I say softly.
“I love you.” He replied, as he pushed me gently against the wall.
“I love you, too.” I said though kisses.
“Um, Justin go take your shower.”
‘Make it a cold one.’ I thought to myself, as I wondered why I pushed him away. He did go though, after stealing one more kiss from me. I think he felt my discomfort. I enjoyed the rush it gave me, but I feared the possible outcome of our actions. I quickly made our favorite sandwiches and waited for him to get done. ‘What’s going on? Did I really confess my love to him?’ ‘But, he said it first.’ ‘Man, what a kiss! Oh, boy! I didn’t think I could peel myself away from his lips, after that one.’
“Amanda.” I heard Marta say from the door.
“Ya, come in.” I answered.
“The rest of us are going to Krystl’s for lunch. Want to come?”
“No, I made lunch. Anyway, Justin’s in the shower.”
“Oh, ok. I’ll see you later then.” She said, as she closed the door behind her.
***Krystl’s house***
“T.J., I’m so glad your’e back. I love being with you.” Amber said, wrapping her arms around him and kissing him.
“Me, too.” He responded, returning the kiss.
“I hope Amanda’s ok. She didn’t look too good when I saw her.” Marta said.
“What about Justin?” Joey asked.
“He was in the shower.” Chrissy answered for Marta.
“Oh!” Chris said, with a hint of suspision. “Ow! What was that for Krystl?” He asked, after she smacked him, upside his head.
“No! Amanda would never do that!” She yelled back at him.
“Ok, ok. Calm down.” J.C. said.
“They wouldn’t. Justin probably just told him he loved her.”
“How the heck do you know that?” Michelle asked, in shock.
“He’s been waiting to do it since before we left, a few weeks ago.” He explained.
“Did you say love? I knew it! All she talks about is how much she loves him!” Michelle answered.
“I don’t think she could live without him either!”
“Hey guys.” Lance said, walking through the door.
“Did Marta’s plane get off alright?”
“Ya, she’s off for three weeks. Man, I’m going to miss her.” He said, sounding really upset.
***Amanda’s part of the apartment***
Justin came out from his shower in a pair of jeans and his North Carolina tshirt. His hair was still wet.
“Hey beautiful. You ready to go to Florida tomorrow?” Justin asked, as he wrapped his arms around me.
“Of course.” I answered, looking deep into his eyes.
“Amanda, I....” Just then, the phone rang.
“Are you guys coming here?” J.C. asked over the phone.
“I don’t think so. I have lunch made here.”
“Well, we are going clubbing later, cal if you want to come.” He said, before hanging up the phone.
“It was J.C.” I said to Justin, who was at the table, eating.
“What were you going to say earlier?” I ask, sitting on his lap and putting my arms around his neck.
He slwoly started kissing me, and picked me up. He walked slowly into the bedroom, and put me gently on the bed. We kissed for a long time, before he said,
“I want to stay here tonight.”
We kiss a little while longer, before long I whisper, “I love you so much, Justin.” Slowly pushing him away, I say, “But, we need to stop. I don’t want this to turn into anything.”
“Oh, I’m sorry.” He said, suddenly realizing the postion we were in. He kissed me one more time, before climbing off of me. “I wouldn’t want to push you into something you didn’t want to do. I love you too much to do that to you. If you don’t want me to stay, I understand.”
I kiss him one more time, before saying, “I trust you. I love you so much. I’ll call them and say we are staying here tonight.”
“You sure?” He asked.
“Ya.” I quickly call Krystl’s machine. “Hey guys, we’re staying here tonight. Talk to you soon.”
Justin and I sat down and watched t.v. Before long, it turned out to be dinner time. We ordered a pizza in, and we settled down in our p.j.’s in front of a fire Justin had made in the bedroom. After a while, we snuggled into bed and fell asleep.