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At First Sight
By:  Jaimie

“Jace come on, “ Lance’s girlfriend Lily Bentley yelled up the stairs. “We’re supposed to be at the airport in twenty minutes. If we’re late picking up my sister I’ll never forgive you.”

JC descended the stairs two at a time a smile on his handsome face, “I’m coming. We won’t be late I promise. Where’s Lance anyway?”

“He got called in for a meeting at Free Lance. He said he’d be able to make dinner tonight though.”

“Is this your sister’s first trip to Florida?”

“No, she’s been down before, I just wasn’t with Lance at the time.” Lily smiled over at JC as they climbed into JC’s jeep. “Thanks for going with me JC. I really appreciate it.”

“You’re welcome sweets. You know I always do what I can for you.”

“I know. That’s why I love you so.”

JC chuckled, “Does that mean you’ll leave Lance for me?”

Lily rolled her eyes, “No silly. Two very different types of love.”

“I know. I was just joking.”

“I know you were. I really want you to find someone you can love like I love Lance.”

“So do I Lil, but I dunno. I haven’t had much luck in that department.”

“Yeah, you have made quite a few bad choices. Don’t worry I’m not mentioning Bobbie, I just want you to be with a nice girl for a change.”

“Well if you know of any send her my way.”

“I will I promise.” Lily smiled. Once they arrived at the airport, they easily found the correct gate where they sat and waited for her sister’s flight to deboard. Not ten minutes later, people began to make their way into the terminal. Lily stood, wringing her hands impatiently as she searched the crowd for her sister. Then she saw her.

“Dani!” she yelled, excitedly waving at her. The world seemed to move in slow motion the moment JC saw her. She looked a lot like Lily actually. Dani’s long brown hair was kissed with blonde highlights and fell straight down her back instead of in curls like Lily’s.

“Lil!” she yelled back embracing her sister in a warm hug. “Oh I’ve missed you.”

“I’ve missed you too.” Lily pulled away as she turned to JC. “JC this is my sister Danielle. Dani, this is JC.”

JC extended his hand towards her, his heart pounding in his chest. “Hi. It’s nice to finally meet you.” The moment they touched felt like pure magic.

Danielle blinked in confusion for a moment before smiling up at him, “Hi. It’s nice to meet you too.” Instantly her heart began to race.

“Well,” Lily looked back and forth between them. “Let’s get your bags and head home.” Lily and Danielle walked out of the airport together, their arms linked, talking about everything that had been going on since they last saw each other. JC trailed behind them, carrying her luggage content to simply watch her smile and laugh with her sister. He couldn’t believe what he felt after only knowing her for less than ten minutes.

“Where’s Lance? I was hoping to meet the man who stole my big sister’s heart.”

“He got called in at Free Lance for a meeting.”

“He’ll be joining us for dinner tonight though won’t he?”

“Of course. Hey Jace, want to stay for dinner tonight?” Lily turned to ask him.

“I don’t want to intrude. I know you want to catch up with your sister.”

“You won’t be intruding. I promise. Please stay.”

Danielle turned and gave him a heart stopping smile. JC knew he was helplessly hooked, “Sure. I’d love to.”

“Great.” Lily smiled.

JC was quiet for most of the ride home. All he could think about was Danielle and how she smiled, the glorious music her laughter made, her voice and the way it seemed to calm his soul, even the way she smelled of vanilla. Sweet and addictive. JC didn’t know what was going on in his mind. He had never been a believer in love at first sight, but after meeting Danielle his opinions had changed. When he got back to Lance’s place, JC carried her bags to the guest room.

“Thank you so much JC. It was really sweet of you to carry my bags for me.” Danielle smiled, softly touching his arm.

JC smiled and blushed bashfully, “You’re welcome. I guess I’ll see you later tonight.”

“You’re leaving?” she asked, her voice carrying the slightest hint of disappointment.

“Yeah, but I’ll be back tonight for dinner. I just have a few errands to run.”

“Oh, okay. See you tonight then.”

“You can count on it.” JC turned to Lily as she walked in the room. “I have to run Lil, but I’ll be back for dinner okay.”

“Okay. It’s at seven.”

“You got it sweets.” JC smiled as he gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. “See you later.”

“Bye Jace.” Lily laughed.

“Bye.” Danielle called out. She watched JC retreat until she couldn’t see him anymore. She looked over at Lily who had a huge smiled on her face, “What?”

“You like him don’t you?”

“Sure he seems nice.” she tried to give her a nonchalant answer.

“Oh please. I know you better than anyone. I know when you like a guy.”

“Oh shut up Lily.” Danielle said exasperated. “So what if I do.”

“Honey I never said it was a bad thing. JC is a sweetheart. He’s definitely someone Mom and Dad would have loved to see you end up with.” Lily grinned. “He’s pretty easy on the eyes too.”

Danielle laughed, “Are you forgetting about Lance?”

“No of course not, but I’m not blind either.”

“Do you think he’s interested?”

“I think so. I’ve never seen him blush when someone complimented him before. I think there’s potential.”

Danielle giggled like a little school girl, “What should I wear for dinner tonight?”

“Something sexy yet sophisticated. That’s the ultimate combo for JC.” Lily smiled as they emptied out Danielle’s suitcases trying to find the perfect outfit for dinner that night.


~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

JC ran straight to Lance’s office at Free Lance Entertainment, desperate for advice. Lance looked up from the papers in his hands. He was surprised to see JC standing in front of his desk with a completely lost expression on his face.

“Is everything okay?”

“No everything is not okay.”

“Is something wrong with Lily?” Lance asked, beginning to get nervous.

“No, no she’s fine. It’s her sister.” JC sighed heavily before throwing himself down in the chair. “I think I’m in love man.”

Lance burst out laughing, “What?”

“Dude, I’m being completely serious. I know I just met her, but I just know I’m in love with her. Do you believe in love at first sight?”

“Well, I honestly never did until I met Lily. I’m sorry I laughed at you man, but I guess when someone else says it it just seems funny.”

“What am I going to do?”

“Seeing as though I don’t even know Danielle except for what Lily has told me, I don’t think I can be of much help.”

“What did you do when you met Lily?”

“Well, I’m not always Mr. Straight-forward. When I first met her it was of course at Joey’s place when we got back from the No Strings Attached Tour. Joey and Nicole threw a party. Lily was a friend of Nicole’s. When I first saw her its like everything in the world stopped for what seemed like hours. She was the most beautiful woman I’d ever met. I actually went to Nicole to get more information on her, what kind of flowers she liked, what kind of music and stuff like that. She was really instrumental in getting us together. Once I got more confidence I was finally able to ask her out. The rest is history.” Lance smiled softly. “But you’re different JC. You’re more outspoken and outgoing. You have the confidence to really go for it.”

“I know with most girls I’m attracted to it’s easy for me to just go for it, but this time it’s different. I feel all tongue tied and clumsy when I’m around her. I’m afraid I’ll make a fool of myself.”

“If what you feel is the real thing you have to go for it JC. I know you don’t want to let your chance at finding your true love pass you by because you were afraid.”

“You’re right. I should just go for it.” JC smiled timidly over at Lance. “I hope you’re right.”

“So do I Jace. You deserve to be happy.”

“Okay, um I know you’re busy so I’ll let you get back to work. I’ll see you tonight okay.”

“Tonight? Are you coming over tonight?”

“Yeah. Lily invited me over for dinner.”

“Oh. Great. See you then. Good luck JC.”

“Thanks man. See ya.” JC quickly turned and left Lance’s office, his mind already made up. He was going to go for it no matter what. He figured Lance was right. If he really wanted to have true happiness he needed to throw all caution to the wind and go after Danielle. He just hoped she felt the same way.


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“Are you sure this is the right dress?” Danielle asked for the hundreth time. Lily had chosen her black, strapless dress with a wrap around skirt. It hugged her small waist, and flowed over every curve as if the dress was made specifically for her. It fell just above her knees.

“For the hundreth time yes. You looked beautiful Dani. JC will be speechless.” Danielle couldn’t stop the blush that crept up her cheeks at the thought of JC.

“Okay.” Once she was satisfied that her dress was appropriate, Lily began to work on her hair. She ppulled it up in a French twist, leaving a few sun kissed strands down to frame her face. Once she was ready, Lily looked at her with a bright smile on her face.

“Perfect.” was all she said before giving her a quick hug and dashing off to get ready herself.

“Lil, sweetie I’m home.” Lance called out as he entered their bedroom.

“I’m in the bathroom getting ready.” she answered. The door opened slowly till she saw Lance leaning against the door frame with a lustful gleam in his eyes. “Hey, how was your meeting?” Lily asked, ignoring the look he was giving her as she continued to clasp her earrings as she stood there clad in only her satin bathrobe that fell just above her knees.

Lance began to walk towards her, wrapping his arms around her small waist pulling her back into his warm embrace, “You smell good.” he whispered, his lips softly grazing the nape of her neck, sending chills down her spine.

“Thank you.” she smiled at him through the mirror. She laughed breathlessly as he continued to kiss her neck and exposed shoulder. “Baby, as much as I’m enjoying this, you really need to hurry if you’re going to be ready on time.”

Lance pouted, “Okay, okay. How was your sister’s flight?” he asked as he quickly undressed before stepping into the shower.

“She said it was okay. They had some turbulance when they first took off from New York, but all in all it was okay. Guess what else.”

“What?”

“You have to promise you won’t mention it to anyone that I told you.”

“I promise.”

“Okay,” Lily grinned. “My little sister has a thing for JC.”

Lance was quiet for a moment, “Are you serious?”

Yep. I got her to confess it this afternoon after he left.”

Suddenly the shower was turned off and Lance opened the door. He reached for the fluffy blue towel Lily had laid out for him. He quickly dried off before stepping out of the shower, the towel wrapped around his waist. “Okay you’re turn. Guess what.”

“What?”

“JC showed up at my office this afternoon after dropping you off. He was telling me he was in love with your sister.”

Lily dropped the applicator to the lip gloss she had been applying, “What?!? Did you say love?”

Lance chuckled, “Yep. Those are the words he used.”

“He’s in love with her?” she asked again still shocked.

“That’s what he said. He said it was like love at first sight.” Lance paused for a moment. “You know I laughed when he first told me, but I have to say I believe him.”

“You do?”

“Yeah. I believe in love at first sight. That’s the way I felt when I first saw you.”

Lily blushed and smiled, “Really?”

“Yes, so you see it’s not hard for me to believe JC when he says he’s in love with Danielle.”

Lily wrapped her arms around Lance’s neck, a content smile on her face. “Do you know how much I love you?”

Lance smiled softly, “Yes I do because I love you that much too.”

“I’m a very lucky woman.” she kissed his lips softly. “I don’t know what I’d do without you.”

“That’s something you’ll never have to worry about.” he kissed her nose softly before they each went back to getting ready for dinner. Lily was in the kitchen finishing up their dinner when Danielle made her way downstairs.

“Mmmm, it smells great Lil.” Danielle gave her a big smile. “You look great too, but I fell kinda overdressed compared to you.” Lily was wearing a lavender slip dress that fell just above her knees. The dress was fitted and really accentuated her figure.

“Oh stop Dani. You look great.”

“Thank you,” she blushed. “Is Lance home yet?”

“As a matter of face he is. He’s just finishing getting ready. As they spoke, Lance was making his way downstairs. He followed the sound of female voices to the kitchen.

“It smells wonderful Lily.” he smiled, kissing her head as he walked by her to introduce himself to Danielle. “Hi.” he pulled her in for a hug. “It’s nice to finally meet you. I’m Lance.”

Danielle smiled, “It’s nice to meet you too. I can’t believe I finally met the man who stole my big sister’s heart. You’re a very lucky man you know. Lil’s the greatest.”

“Oh I know. From what I’ve heard from Lily she feels the same way about you.”

“After our parents died we were all each other had….up until now anyway. I’m happy Lily has found someone who makes her happy. She deserves it.”

“So do you DanI. Who knows, maybe you’ve already met him.” Lily winked at her sister, laughing as a blush crept up her sister’s cheeks. Just then the doorbell rang.

“I’ll get it.” Lance said as he made his way to the foyer. When he opened the door, he saw JC standing there with two bouquets of roses. He looked so nervous, Lance couldn’t stop the chuckle that escaped. “Hey man. You’re just in time. Dinner is ready.”

“Do you think the flowers are too much?”

“I think they’re beautiful. Why did you get her two different bouquets though? Why not just two dozen in one?”

“Well, I didn’t want to be too obvious, so I got one for Lily and one for Danielle.” JC cleared his throat. “Is it still obvious?”

“JC calm down dude. I promise it’ll be okay. I’m sure she will love her flowers and I know Lily will appreciate your gesture just the same. Come on.”

“Do I look okay?” he asked as he looked down at his outfit. He was wearing a pair of khaki slacks with a navy blue button down shirt, gapped open just enough to see the top of his muscular chest.

“I’m not one to judge men, but I’m sure you’re fine. Let’s go, I’m starved.” When they entered the dining room, the girls were already there, putting the food on the table.

“Hey sweetie. You look so handsome tonight.” Lily winked over at him with a smile.

“Thanks Lily. You both look beautiful tonight.” JC smiled at Danielle. He handed her the bouquet of pink roses, and handed Lily the other bouquet of white ones. “I got you both some flowers.”

Danielle blushed and smiled as she took the flowers from his hand, “Thank you JC. That was very sweet of you.”

“I just wanted to bring you something beautiful.” he said, looking down at his hands before meeting her gaze once more.

Lily looked over at them for a moment, “Um, Lance will you help me in the kitchen for a minute.”

Lance looked at her confused for a moment, then realized what she was trying to do. “Sure. We’ll be back guys.”

JC and Danielle just stood there for a moment, neither one really knowing what to say. Finally their eyes met and they both laughed, breaking the uncomfortable silence that had filled the room. “Is this your first trip to Florida?” he asked, not really sure how else to start up a conversation with her.

“No, I’ve been here before, but this is the first time I’ve met Lance. She wasn’t with him last time I was here.”

“What do you do?’

“I’m a student at NYU.”

“What are you studying?”

“Pre-med. I want to be a pediatrician.”

JC was amazed, “Wow. I think that’s great. It takes a very special person to be a doctor. To have that kind of compassion for people and that need to help them.”

“I just love children. I want to have a bunch of my own someday.”

“I really want a family too, but in a few years. I’m not quite ready for children, but I know I’m ready to find the one I want to be the mother of my children one day.”

“What do you look for in a woman?” she asked, not sure if she wanted to know the answer to her own question. The woman he’s looking for may not be her.

JC took a deep breath before beginning, “Well, she’s smart, has a great sense of humor, ambitious. She’s someone who can live her own life and have her own career, but she still wants to share her life with me. Someone I can see myself growing old with.”

“I hope you find her.”

“I think I already have.” he whispered.

“Oh.” Danielle looked down at her hands, not wanting JC to see the disappointment in her eyes.

JC leaned towards her, gently lifting her chin so her eyes would meet his own. “I meant you Danielle.”

Danielle was speechless for a moment, “M…me?”

“I know we barely know each other, but ever since I first saw you I just feel like you were the one I was supposed to be with. I don’t expect you to feel the same way for me, but I just wondered if you could give me a chance.”

Danielle smiled as tears blurried her vision, “I would love to get to know you better JC. I felt a connection to you too, but I was afraid you weren’t interested.”

“Why wouldn’t I be interested? You’re beautiful, smart, everything I’ve ever wanted in a woman.”

“I hope you still think that way a few months from now.”

“I have a feeling I’ll feel this way for the rest of my life.” he whispered as he slowly leaned forward, softly brushing his lips across hers.

She smiled up at him, “I think I need to transfer down here as soon as possible.”

JC laughed, “I think so too. I don’t think I’ll be able to stand you being that far away.”

“After a few months you might change your mind.”

“No I won’t” he said. Danielle looked deep into his eyes and knew he meant everything he had just said.

“How can I feel this way when we hardly know each other?”

“It’s unexplainable. All I know it that I felt it at first sight.” JC leaned in and kissed her lips once more. Somehow they knew they were where they were meant to be and the time was right for both of them.

The End

 

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