"Ummmm, guys, did we miss something?" Virginia asked standing in the door. Chris just looked at her then went upstairs to Justin's room. He knocked on the door.
"Justin?"
"What do you want Chris?" Justin yelled through the door.
"Ten minutes." He answered. Justin opened the door.
"Five, start talkin'."
Chris sighed.
"Look, im sorry. I didn't know you had been through all that. It looked like you had just dropped the girl and moved on. Lilly's like a little sister to me, I didn't want to see you do the same thing to her too."
"Chris you know me. I would never do that to Lilly, something about her is special. I would never intentionally hurt her." Justin said sitting on the bed.
"Are you the reason she's been so scared of me?" Chris nodded.
"Thanks Chris, now you may have her to scared to actually give me a chance."
"Im sorry Justin." He said softly.
"Well, I think 'Im sorry' might be a little bit to late." Justin said sarcastically. He stood up and walked over to the window seat and sat down.
"I'll talk to Lilly-" Chris started but Justin cut him off.
"No Chris. Don't screw things up anymore than they already are. Just leave me and Lilly alone." He turned back around and gazed out the window. Chris sighed and walked out the door.
~*~ Meanwhile ~*~
"What's going on with Chris and Justin?" Virginia asked setting down the make-up case.
"They were arguing about Lil-" Joey started before Lance elbowed him.
"They got into an argument." He said correcting Joey.
Virginia grabbed Lilly's hand and the make-up case and went into the kitchen.
"Did you hear Joey?"
"Yeah." Lilly said softly.
"Why would they be arguing about you?"
"Because Chris doesn't want me to get involved with Justin because he doesn't treat girls right."
"Oh my God. He must've told them.
"Told them what?"
"About his ex-girlfriends. He caught them all cheating on him. He never told them. He told me cause I saw him crying." Lilly looked at her in disbelief, she couldn't believe someone would mistreat Justin like that.
"Maybe you should go talk to him." Virginia said pulling Lilly out of her thoughts.
"Me? Go talk to him?"
"Yes. Go talk to him."
Lilly nodded but didn't move. Virginia pushed her through the door and towards the stairs, she went to Justin's door just as Chris was coming out.
"Oh. Hey Lilly." He said quietly.
"Oh….ummm…hey….Chris." She said.
"Justin's inside…." He started. "Look, Im sorry about the thing's I said about Justin. There not true."
"Thanks Chris."
He opened the door and Lilly went past him into the bedroom. She softly closed the door behind her.
"Now what do you want Chris? Just go away." Justin said not turning around from the window.
"Justin?" She asked.
He turned around to see Lilly standing there.
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