(~) Chapter 1 (~)
"Stefanie!! Turn that damn music down now!!" Melissa yelled from her bed.
The music only went up louder.
"Damnit, I'm gonna kill her one of these days." Melissa grumbled, getting out of her bed and walking down the hall to Stef's room. As she was walking down the hall, JC came out of his room grumbling also. Melissa started laughing at the sight of him. They both walked into Stef's room where she was looking through her closet.
"Umm, excuse me. I'd like to make a complaint." JC said rubbing his face tiredly.
Melissa walked over to her stereo and shut the music off.
"Stef, there are people that would like to get a few hours sleep around here without being woken up by your music!" Melissa stated with her hands on her hips.
Stef opened her mouth to defend herself, when Justin came out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist. Justin walked over to Stefanie and pressed his lips lightly against hers.
"I'm not EVEN gonna ask." Melissa said while rolling her eyes and retreating back to her room with JC close behind her.
Stefanie looked at Justin with a smile stretched across her face.
"Should we tell them that we're officially hooked up?" she asked.
"I think they already get the idea." Justin replied wrapping his arms around her waist.
*~Melissa's room~*
Melissa was almost asleep when JC started knocking on her door.
"What do you want???" She yelled.
JC peeked into her room and smiled cause her back was turned to the door. He crept into her room quietly and jumped in the middle of her bed.
"What in the....Joshua Scott Chasez, you're fixing to die!!!" She yelled jumping out of bed and running after him.
She jumped on his back and they both tumbled to the ground and rolled around wrestling, before finally stopping with JC on top of Melissa.
Neither of them said a word, but only looked deeply into each other's eyes. They leaned closer to each other, and were mere centimeters apart, when someone knocked on her door.
They both jumped up just in time as Stef and Justin walked in.
"Well well well, what do we have here?" Stef smirked.
"What a way to ruin the moment guys." Melissa said to herself. But what she didn't know, was that JC was thinking the same thing.
"We just came in here to tell you guys that we're going out to lunch later, and wanted to know if ya'll wanted to go with us." Justin said.
"That's fine with me. What do you think Melissa?" JC stated, looking over at her.
"Yeah, that's fine with me too." she sighed, still disappointed that she was so close to kissing JC.
Justin smiled and wraped and arm around Stefanie's waist, and looked at her with a happy glint in his eyes.
Melissa raised an eyebrow and looked at JC. He smiled and nodded to her, letting her know that he saw exactly what she saw.
"Well, it seems like there's love in the air in this house." Melissa stated while walking past them.
"More than you know." JC said under his breath.
For the rest of the morning, both JC and Melissa were moaping around the house. Justin and Stef were sitting on the couch watching TV, and noticed how funny the other two were acting.
"Hey Stef?"
"Yeah J?" Stef asked, looking at him.
"What's wrong with them?" He said pointing to Melissa and JC who were staring off into space, oblivious as to what was going on around them.
"I have no idea. They've been acting funny all morning."
Justin's lips stretched into a wide grin.
"I think I know what it is." He said smiling.
"What is it?" Stef asked.
"They obviously both like each other, but they're both too shy to admit it."
Stefanie smiled and stood up and grabbed Justin's hands and helped him up. "You take JC, and I'll take Melissa." she said smiling.
"Wait, I have a better idea. Follow me." He said, running up the stairs.
Melissa finally snapped out her daze, and noticed that Stefanie and Justin were no longer on the couch. She just shook her head and sighed. She wished that she could be as open with JC as Stef was with Justin. If she had that ability, she wouldn't be sitting there worrying about whether or not JC liked her.
Melissa got up and walked to the kitchen to fix something to drink. Then she went up to her room to go get ready to go out to lunch with everyone.
While Melissa was in the shower, Justin scribbled a note on her notepad and placed it on her bed with a rose. Stef was doing the same thing in JC's room. Melissa's note said: "Melissa, meet me out by the pool in 30 mins. I really need to talk to you about something. Love, JC"
JC's note was somewhat similar:"JC, please meet me out by the pool in 30 mins. I need to talk to you about something that I feel needs to be out in the open. Love, Melissa."
Stef and Justin met in the hallway and smiled.
"Well, we helped them as much as we can. Now the rest is up to them." Stef said smiling as Justin wrapped his arms around her waist. He looked deep into her eyes and kissed her softly while running his hand through her hair. When they heard JC and Melissa walking around in their rooms, they ran down the stairs before they got caught.
Melissa picked up the note and read it to herself. And at the same time, across the hall, JC was doing the same thing. They both quickly got ready while making assumptions as to what was going on.
JC was the first outside. He was sitting in a chair staring at the water, when Melissa walked up.
"Ok JC, what's going on?" she asked.
"What's going on? How am I supposed to know? You're the one that left me the note." He said looking up at her.
"No no no sweetheart, you left ME the note." she said laughing.
"Let me see yours." He asked, as Melissa handed him the note.
"I should've known." he laughed as he stood up.
"What?" Melissa asked, confused.
"This is Justin's handwritting."
"What?? Let me see yours then."
Melissa skimmed over the note and couldn't help but smile.
"This is Stefanie's writing." She said quietly.
They both looked up at each other and smiled.
"That's really cute. They're trying to play matchmaker." Melissa laughed nervously, not sure of what to say.
"Well, why don't we do it ourselves?" JC asked, stepping closer to Melissa, as he tilted her chin up to him and kissed her softly.
Justin and Stefanie were watching from a nearby window and were clapping. JC and Melissa pulled apart and looked over at the window to see Justin and Stef giving them thumbs up.
They both walked back into the house and Melissa hugged Stef and whispered into her ear, "I owe ya one girl."
Stef laughed and whispered back, "You'll be getting my bill."
"Well, now that all of that is out of the way, why don't we all go out to lunch now?" Justin said pulling Stefanie closer to him.
"Yeah, let's go." JC said, while reaching for Melissa's hand.
Justin and Stef smiled at each other in approval, as they walked out of the house and got into Justin's car, while JC and Melissa were close behind them getting into JC's jeep.
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(~) Chapter 2 (~)
*~At the restaurant~*
Justin and Stef sat at the table smiling, while watching JC and Melissa whispering back and forth to each other, and sneaking glances at each other.
"Well, what do you think?" Stef whispered into Justin's ear. Justin looked over at them and saw JC whisper something into Melissa's ear that made her eyes widen, as she turned her head and placed a sweet, soft kiss onto his lips.
"I give them one day before they begin to take out their sexual frustrations out on each other, every hour of the freakin' day." Justin stated laughing.
"Oh you give them THAT long? I say that it starts today when they get home" Stef replied with a smirk.
JC and Melissa finally came up for air long enough to start making a converstation with Justin and Stefanie.
"So, what are our plans for tonight?" JC said while pulling Melissa closer to him.
"Well, Joey called earlier today, and he mentioned something about the guys wanting to meet us at the club tonight. So I guess we could go there, if that's okay with you guys." Stefanie said.
"That sounds good to me....what do you think?" JC said looking at Melissa.
"I'm all for it, it's been a while since I've been clubbin." She answered back.
"Okay, well I'll call the guys when we get back home and tell them that we'll meet them there." Justin replied.
After everyone had finished eating, they were all talking about their plans for the night.
"You know what? I say we get out of here and let them have some time to themselves, and we can also have some time alone." Stef whispered into Justin's ear, while moving her hand under the table and starting at his knee, and slowly running her hand up his thigh.
"Ummm....you guys? We're....we're gonna go ahead and leave and let you two have some time to yourselves. We'll meet you back at the house." Justin stated jumping up and pulling Stef behind him.
Melissa raised an eyebrow at the running pair before turning to JC. "Hmmmm...wonder what's up with that?" Melissa said sarcastically.
"I'll give you three guesses, but you're only gonna need one." JC said, while locking eyes with hers.
They sat there for a few more minutes, just talking and getting closer by the minute. JC leaned towards Melissa and kissed her lips softly before standing up and pulling her up with him.
"I guess we could just drive around and kill some time. Enough time to give those two nymphos time to finish up their extra-cirricullar activity for the day." JC laughed.
"Oh yeah...those two are perfect together" Melissa replied smiling.
"They're not the only ones that are perfect for each other." JC said softly while looking down at Melissa as he pulled her closer to him. He stared into her soft green eyes, for what seemed like eternity, before slowly pressing his lips against hers.
Melissa's heart fluttered as the kiss ended, as she looked up at JC.
He took her hand as they walked to his jeep and opened her door for her. He walked over to the driver's side and got in and turned to smile at her before starting the car and taking off.
*~Back at the house with Justin and Stef~*
"For cryin' out loud Justin! You're gonna kill me before we get up the stairs!" Stef laughed.
"I wouldn't let you die. Besides, what would I do then? I'm all turned on, who would help me?" Justin replied with a smirk.
Stef tried to keep a straight face while saying, "Well, you have two hands, put them to good use."
"Oh, I'll put them to good use alright." He replied slyly as he pulled her close and onto the bed with him, while pressing his lips firmly against hers in an intense kiss. They rolled over so that Stef was on top of him, as she began unbuttoning his shirt. She leaned down and placed kisses all over his well shaped stomach and chest. Justin closed his eyes and drew a ragged breath as he squirmed from the feeling of Stef's soft lips on his blazing skin. Stef took her tongue and started on his lower stomach, and slowly slid her way up, causing Justin to squirm a little more and more each time she moved. She moved up to his neck and started sucking softly causing Justin to let out a soft moan. She loved the reaction it was getting, and decided to crank it up a notch as she moved up to his ear and started placing light kisses just below his earlobe, which she knew drove Justin crazy.
The sudden ringing of the phone startled them.
"Justin, don't you dare think about answering that." Stef said.
"I won't, I'll let the machine get it." Justin smiled.
After the 5th ring, the machine finally picked up. "Hey! You've reached the house of Stefanie, Melissa, Justin, and JC, we can't come to the phone right now, so leave us a message, and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.........beep beep beep"
"Justin....Stef, if you're there pick up NOW!" it was JC's voice on the other line. And Justin and Stef looked at each other in panic. They could tell from the tone of JC's voice, that he was crying and upset.
Justin jumped up and ran for the phone.
"JC?? What's wrong? What happened??.....JC calm down and tell me what happened." Justin said, trying to get JC to calm down.
"WHAT?! Oh my god is she okay?......we'll be there in 10 mins." Justin replied slamming the phone down and running to grab his clothes.
"Justin, what's going on?" Stef asked getting worried.
"Stef get up now, we have to get to the hospital." Justin replied getting worried himself. "JC and Melissa were in a car accident. JC's fine, just shaken up....Melissa on the other hand....." he stopped himself.
"Melissa?? Is she okay??" Stef said jumping up with tears in her eyes.
Justin too had tears in his eyes, "They don't know if they can save her or not."
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(~) Chapter 3 (~)
Exactly 10 minutes later, Justin and Stefanie were running through the ER doors, with Stefanie latched tightly onto Justin. The ER was unusually crowded, and Justin glanced around worriedly looking for JC. The ran into the waiting room to see JC hunched over in a chair with his head in his hands, and his shoulders racking violently as the sobs were overtaking his body.
Justin and Stefanie ran over to him. He looked up to see them coming towards him with worried looks on his faces. They both stopped dead in their tracks when they saw JC's face. The man that was looking at them didn't look like JC. His face was cut in various places that had been stiched and his eyes were red and swollen from crying, as more tears continue to roll down his face. His once radiant blue eyes were now clouded over and had lost the sparkle they once had.
Justin and Stef snapped back to their senses, and continued walking towards JC. He stood up as Justin pulled him in for a hug. JC wrapped his arms around his best friend, as the sobs once again took control over him.
"Justin, I can't lose her. We just got together, after all this time!! I've loved her since the first day I layed eyes on her!" By this time, JC had pulled away and was looking Justin directly into the eyes.
"If I lose her now, I don't know what I'll do. A part of me will be gone. I should've let her know how much she meant to me, and how much I love her." JC sighed as he collapsed back into his chair.
Stefanie sat down beside JC and started rubbing his back soothingly. "I'm sure she knows Josh." Stef replied softly.
JC turned his head towards Stefanie as more tears spilled over his eyes. "And if she doesn't?"
"She'll make it Josh. She's a fighter. And then you will have the chance to show how much you love her." Stef said while giving him a reassuring smile.
A doctor approached the group with a clipboard in his hand.
"Mr. Chasez?" he asked looking at JC.
JC only looked up at the doctor and nodded.
The doctor glanced around at the three worried friends. Stefanie was studying his face for some kind of answers, but got nothing.
"Is......is.....she going to be alright? JC asked, his voice cracking.
"Well, at this point, it's hard to tell. We've stablized her. She came in with some very serious injuries. She has a concussion, and she also has a punctured lung from some of her ribs being broken. But she's also a very lucky young woman. If the rib would've moved 1 more mere centimeter, it would've punctured her heart. But there's also some more bad news about her condition." He paused to glance at JC before continuing. He cleared his throat uneasily and continued, "But, she lost the baby."
"Oh shit..." Stef mumbled under her breath.
JC felt like someone had just punched him in the chest, like the wind had been knocked out of him.
"Wha....what did you just say?" JC shook his head in disbelief, as if trying to clear it of confusion.
"I'm sorry Mr. Chasez, but she lost the baby in the accident. She is currently in ICU, and you'll be able to come see her first thing in the morning. In the meantime, I suggest you go home and get some rest." The doctor stated before walking off.
"She was pregnant?" JC asked quietly.
Stefanie and Justin looked at each other worriedly, both knowing what was going on.
"Yes Josh, she was." Stef answered uneasily.
"Who is the father?" JC asked, not lifting his eyes from the ground.
"You are." Justin answered quietly
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(~) Chapter 4 (~)
The words repeated over and over in JC's head like a broken record, "You're the father....you're the father." JC shook his head and jumped up in frustration.
"That is NOT possible Justin! We JUST got together. There is just no way, no way at all." JC said angrily as he paced around the waiting room.
Stef sighed and knew that they needed to tell JC what was going on, and what had happened the night of the party.
"Josh, why don't you calm down, and have a seat. We have to explain something to you." Stef said quietly.
JC sat down and drew a deep breath, unsure of what was going on.
"Okay, remember that night of the party?...." Stef trailed off into the story...
*~Flashback~*
"Chris, I don't think that's a good idea." Stef said uneasily.
"Oh sure it is Stef! Come on! Live a little! What's it gonna hurt? They never drink that much, and I'm sure they're hilarious when they're drunk!" Chris replied laughing.
"Okay, just don't give them too much." Stef replied walking away, unsure of if letting Chris spike Melissa and JC's drinks was a good idea.
Chris fixed up their drinks and gave them to Melissa and JC, making sure to keep the drinks coming. About 30 minutes later, JC and Melissa were totally drunk and acting a little wild, and were all over each other, both not knowing what they were doing.
As the party continued, everyone kinda forgot about JC and Melissa, figuring they were too drunk to move.
JC leaned over and started to nibble on Melissa's ear, making her totally hot. She tilted her head to the side to give him better access as she closed her eyes.
He stood up and staggered a little, as he grabbed Melissa's hands as they both trudged up the stairs to JC's room. Everyone was too drunk and too busy dancing to notice the drunk pair heading up the stairs.
*~The next day~*
"Oh shit." Stef gasped as she walked into JC's room to see JC and Melissa lying in bed together.
She ran out of the room and got Justin and explained to him what had happened and what she saw. They both decided that the best thing to do, was to carry Melissa back to her room and pretend nothing ever happened. They both knew how much they liked each other, and knew what kind of problems it could cause them if they found out what had happened. They only did it in order to look out for their friends. They didn't think any harm would come out of it.
*~two months later--the present~*
Melissa woke up and felt extremely sick to her stomach. This had been going on for a few days, and her period was late. But she knew that she couldn't be pregnant. She told Stef what was going on with her, and Stef about passed out when she heard Melissa's symptoms.
"Melissa, I love you, and you're my best friend. And I think you need to have a pregnacy test done." Stef stated quietly while looking away from her confused friend.
"Stef, I don't understand. There is no way I can be pregnant." Melissa stated with a confused look on her face.
"Yes there is Melissa, and it's all our faults." Stef replied as tears spilled over her eyes.
"Stefanie, I DO NOT understand! There is no way I could be pregnant!" Melissa yelled with tears in her eyes.
Stefanie sighed and wiped the tears away from her face, knowing she had to fess up and tell Melissa everything that had happened.
"Well, that night we had the party here, Chris spiked yours and JC's drinks, he didn't mean any harm by it, but ya'll got really drunk. And you guys must've snuck up to JC's room when we were all dancing. Cause the next morning, Justin and I found you in JC's bed with him. We freaked out, knowing how much you both liked each other, and we were scared that it might effect your relationship, so Justin carried you back to your bed, and we pretended nothing happened. We didn't think anything would happen!! Oh my god Melissa, I am so sorry...." Stef finished as she started crying harder.
Melissa suddenly felt very dizzy and sick. She didn't know how this could happen to her. Now she understood why Stef wanted her to get a pregnancy test. Chances were, she was pregnant with JC's baby.
*~2 hours later~*
"Oh my god Stef...what am I going to do?" Melissa cried as tears fell down her face as they looked at the blue stick in Melissa's hand. Stef wrapped her arms around her best friend.
"We'll work this out, everything will be fine. We need to let JC know though." Stef said quietly while rubbing Melissa's back.
Melissa only nodded. Scared to think of what this might do to her and JC.
*~End Flashback~*
JC sat there in shock. Melissa was pregnant with his baby, and he never knew it. Tons of emotions pounded through his body, hurt, anger, frustration, fear, but most of all, his love for Melissa.
"When were you guys planning on letting me know about this?" JC questioned, his tone of voice harsh.
"JC, we didn't get a chance to even tell you. She just found out yesterday." Justin said looking at his friend.
JC sighed and placed his head in his hands, as his mind began to be flooded with thoughts and questions. What if she wouldn't have lost the baby? Would Melissa even look at him the same again? Would she have let him be a part of it's life?
JC was confused as to why he was thinking of all of this. Any other time, he would've been furious that they did that to him. But this involved the girl that he loved, and he now knew that he would always love her.
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(~) Chapter 5 (~)
Later that night, JC layed restless in his bed, tossing and turning. His mind was reeling with thoughts. He finally gave up on sleeping, as he reached up and turned his light on. He sat there and rubbed his eyes for a few seconds trying to let his eyes adjust to the sudden change in light. He glanced over at his clock.
"Only 8 hours and 23 minutes before I get to see her." JC muttered to himself.
He got up and walked over to his dresser and looked at the picture of him, Melissa, Stef, and Justin together. Justin was holding Stef in his arms, and JC was doing the same with Melissa. He picked up the picture and ran his fingers over Melissa's face softly as his eyes welled up with tears.
"Why did this have to happen to her? Why wasn't I hurt? Why was it her?" He cried. He sighed and walked over to a nearby chair. He sat down and stared at the picture, getting lost in memories of Melissa. She looked so delicate and fragile in the picture. He felt guilty for never admiting his feelings earlier. They lost so much time. He looked at himself in the picture, and again realized how long he had been in love with her. Before long, JC was fast asleep in the chair, while still clutching onto the picture tightly.
*~The next morning~*
"Justin? Come here." Stef whispered in JC's doorway. "What is it Ste....." Justin stopped when he saw JC sleeping in the chair. He looked like hell. His hair was all ruffled and he had black circles under his eyes, indicating what a rough night he had.
"Damnit Justin, I wish that we would've told him. I feel so awful." Stef said quietly.
"Stef, stop beating yourself up over this. She just found out yesterday." Justin whispered as he pulled Stef into his arms.
"What has he been holding all night?" Stef asked.
"I don't know, I'm assuming it's that picture of all four of us under the big tree outside that he had on his dresser."
"Justin, he really loves her alot." Stef replied as her eyes filled up with tears.
"I know baby....I know." Justin said soothingly.
*~back at the hospital~*
Melissa woke up and immediately got scared when she saw where she was. She looked around at all the machines around her. Her heart rate quicked, and three nurses rushed into her room to see what had set her heart monitor off.
"Quick, go get Dr. Klepper and tell him that Miss Morgan is awake." one of the nurses hurriedly ordered the other as she rushed over to Melissa.
"Why am I here?" Melissa choked out. She immediately regreted talking, as she clutched her head in pain.
"Miss Morgan, you and Mr. Chasez were in a car accident." Melissa felt like her breath was caught in her throat. She felt very dizzy and scared.
"Where is JC? Is he okay?" Melissa whispered with tears in her eyes.
"Mr. Chasez is just fine. He was admitted, and then released with a few stitches. He should be here any minute to see you." the nurse said while looking at her watch.
Melissa had a strange, empty feeling for some reason. But she couldn't exactly understand why she felt that way. Then it hit her.
"Did I lose the baby?" she choked out, part of her knowing that she did.
"Yes you did. I'm very sorry." The nurse said quietly.
Melissa layed back and closed her eyes, and let her emotions wash over her. She knew she wasn't ready for a baby, especially JC's, but now that she had lost it, it was like a part of her was missing. She was carrying JC's child, a man she truly loved, and she had lost it. She still thought that JC didn't know, and she felt awful for keeping it from him. She didn't know how she was going to face him. They had a long talk one night how trust was the key point in a relationship. "If you don't have trust, you have nothing." JC's voice ran through her head as a tear ran down her cheek.
"Melissa?" she heard his voice call softly.
Her eyes remained closed, still thinking that it was just his voice running through her head. Her eyes flew open when she felt someone gently wipe one of her tears away. She looked up to see JC looking down at her worriedly.
"JC?" she whispered shakily.
"Yeah baby, I'm here." he whispered back as he stroked her hand. Melissa sat up slowly as JC sat down on the bed beside her. She took his hand and intertwined her fingers with his, as she looked into his eyes.
"JC, there's something that you need to know." Melissa began, but was silenced as JC softly put his finger up to her lips.
"I already know." JC said quietly.
"JC, I'm so sorry." she replied as another tear rolled down her cheek.
"Shhhhh...don't cry." he whispered softly as he pulled her carefully onto his lap, being sure not to hurt her, as he cradled her. She buried her head in his chest and cried as JC held her tightly and rocked her.
"I wasn't ready to have a baby. But it was a part of me, and it was a part of you. And I love you so much, and that made everything okay." she whispered as she looked up at him with a tear-stained face.
He looked down at her and ran a hand across her cheek softly, as he wiped away her tears.
"We'll get through this. And we'll get through it together, and that's because I love you Melissa." He quietly murmured, as he leaned down and placed a soft, sweet kiss on her lips.
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