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Chapter 3

"It's so quiet, with everyone asleep," Chasity told Justin softly. They were the only ones up because everyone else had fallen asleep while watching City of Angels. They decided to go to Justin's room so they wouldn't wake anyone.

"Yeah, it is," Justin agreed, staring at Chasity. She looked so adorable in a pair of his boxers and an old shirt of his. The girls had decided to borrow some of the guys' clothes earlier tonight so they could be more comfortable.

"Is JC a good guy?" Chasity suddenly asked, concerned. "I mean.....he won't hurt Linzi, will he?"

Justin looked up at her, surprised. "You really care about her a lot, don't you?" he asked, softly.

"Yeah," Chasity answered, looking down. "She's always looked after me, and now I want to return the favor. I think she's falling in love with JC and I don't want her to get hurt. She's not as strong as me. If her heart gets broken I'm not sure she'll be able to bounce back up," she added simply.

Justin stared intensly at Chasity while she talked. Every time he was around her he discovered something new about her. At first he just thought she was a cute, flirty blonde. Then he discovered her great sense of humor and wonderful personality. Now he realized that she was a very caring and loyal friend. And he was positive that some guy must have heard her badly before.

"Hey, it's okay," he said gently as he cupped her chin with his hand and lifted her face eye-level to his. "JC is a good guy and he'd never intentionally hurt someone....especially not someone he loves."

"So, you think he loves Linzi?" Chasity asked hopefully.

"Yeah, I'd say that's a pretty good chance," he replied, smiling at her hopeful face.

"Yes!" she exclaimed as she threw her arms around Justin and excitedly hugged him. He laughed at her exuberance and thought again of what a wonderful girl she was......Someone he could fall in love with.

Suddenly Justin's cell phone rang, and he looked around, startled. "I wonder who would be calling me this late?" he said aloud to himself.

"I don't know," Chasity replied as she lied down on his bed. The night was finally taking its toll on her and she was getting sleepy. I'll just rest my eyes for a few minutes, she thought to herself.

"Hello?" Justin said into the phone.

"Hey man, how've you been?" he heard a familiar voice say.

"Pretty good, what about you?" Justin asked enthusiastically. It was one of his friends from his hometown. They talked for an hour, catching up with each others' lives. When he finally hung up the phone he walked over to his bed and found Chasity fast asleep. She looked even more angelic fast asleep and he gently tucked a stray lock behind her ear. He debated whether or not to sleep on the bed with her, but decided against it. There was plenty of room but he didn't want her to get the wrong idea so soon into their friendship. Instead he decided to crash on JC's bed.

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"Hey, will you wake Justin up?" JC asked Chasity. "If he doesn't get up soon he's gonna make us late for the interview."

"Okay," Chasity agreed, groggily. She, herself, had just woken up and she was in the process of fixing herself a big bowl of cereal. She slowly got up and went to JC's room, where Justin was sleeping peacefully.

"Justin...." she called softly, as she walked over to the bed. "It's time to get up."

Just as she leaned down towards him to try and wake him, his arms shot out and grabbed her by the waist.

"Justin!" she exclaimed, surprised, as he pulled her onto the bed with him.

"I'm too tired to get up," he said, as he wrapped his arms around her and snuggled against her, closing his eyes.

"Well, you shouldn't have stayed up so late," she replied as she struggled to get out of his arms. "Justin...." she pouted, when she realized her struggle was useless. "JC is gonna be mad at me if I don't get you up."

"Oh well," he said, his breath hot against her cheek. Chasity found her heart beating wildly at the closeness of him. His lips were only inches from hers....

Stop it! He's just a friend,nothing more. And you don't want him to be anything more! she tried to convince herself.

"That's the last time time I send you to do a job, Chas," JC teased, standing in the doorway of his room. Chasity quickly jumped up, embarrassed, and tried to put as much distance as possible between her and Justin. JC was surprised at the flash of guilt on her face. Hmmmm, maybe there IS something going on between those two, he thought to himself.

"Now look what you've done," Justin said to JC with a puppy dog face. "Who am I supposed to cuddle with now?"

"No one," JC said with a smile. "It's time for you to get up and I need my room back so I can change."

"Okay, okay," Justin grumbled as he got out of bed. He looked around for Chasity but she must have already left. He walked to the kitchen and found her sitting at the table with a big bowl of Oreo's.

"Umm, this is good," Justin said as he grabbed a spoon and helped himself to her bowl of cereal.

"Justin," Chasity complained. "Fix your own bowl of cereal."

"But it's so much easier to just eat out of your bowl," he said, his eyes twinkling.

"Fine," she agreed. "But if I'm still hungry after this, you have to fix me another bowl of cereal."

"It's a deal," he said, as he ate another spoonful of cereal.

"You guys look so cute sharing a bowl of cereal and looking like you just climbed out of bed," Lance teased as he walked into the kitchen.

"Yeah, well we did just climb out of bed," Chasity explained.

"JC's bed, to be exact," Justin added with a wink. He smiled even wider when he saw the dirty look Chasity gave him.

"Oh, so that's where ya'll slept," Lance said, raising his eyebrows.

"That's where Justin slept," Chasity said crossly. "I slept in Justin's room."

"I'm not even going to ask," Joey said as he walked into the room, catching the end of their conversation. They are some strange people, he thought to himself.

"So, how long are you and Linz going to be in town?" Lance asked Chasity, changing the subject. Last night he found out that they were only visiting and were staying at a hotel. They didn't say for how long though.

"Until our vacation money runs out," she answered. "What about you guys? When is your next tour?

"Not for awhile, we're taking a short break. Why don't you girls stay here with us?" Joey suggested. "I know some guys that would be very happy if you did," he teased.

"That'd be great.....if you guys don't mind," Chasity said as she looked around questionably.

"I don't mind," Justin said. "You're very cuddly," he added with a mischevious grin.

"Justin," Chasity groaned as she threw a piece of cereal at him. Lance and JC glanced at each other with their eyebrows raised. It looked like Chasity and Justin were falling for each other. And they didn't even realize it yet!