"That thing will kill you." Katie took it from his mouth and threw it to the ground. "Katie, he's got a whole pack full. Just let him smoke." Michelle reached for a cigarette as she offered one to him. Katie threw her hands up and gave Josh a look, waiting for him to add his two cents. He didn't say a thing, making her frustrated. "Fine. Smoke! Smoke all you want! Smoke until you burn a hole in your lungs! Go ahead." She paused as the others laughed at her. "Wait, gimme that!" She grabbed for the Marlboro lodged between Michelle's fingers and brought it up to her lips, ignoring the surprised looks on their faces. She cringed at the musty smell, but closed her eyes and drew in a breath of smoke. The rest of them watched as her face changed, coughing like crazy, spilling the gust of nicotine out of her mouth. She gasped for breath as she tried to rid her mouth from the nasty taste when she felt a broad chest against her face, and long arms enveloping her. "Aaww~ Poor baby." Josh crooned as he kissed her head lightly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"I can't believe that I let you talk me into this!" Josh shouted loudly, trying to talk over the sound of men whistling and the loud music blaring. "C'mon, don't tell me that you don't enjoy watching naked women dancing right in front of you." "What if someone recognizes us?" He hissed nervously. "Hello? Josh, the show hasn't even aired yet!" Laughed James, who was tucking a 10-dollar bill in Melicious Delight's G-string. She smiled appreciatively and shook her buttock inches from his face. "The girls are missing a great show." He said, shaking his head.

"Yup, they are. Too bad they were too tired." He gestured for a brunette called Staci Staxx to do a little show for his friend. "I don't think that they would've enjoyed it anyway." Josh muttered as the stripper pinched her nipples and rubbed them against his cheeks. He watched as Ms. Delight did a little move, straddling him as James hooted loudly. He gave her some money and watched as she sauntered away to another table, her hips swaying seductively.

"I prefer the real thing. Y'know, on the bed, getting it on. My left hand has gone into retirement since I turned 17." Josh gulped down his beer and wiped his chin. "So tell me, what kind of girls do you fancy?" "As long as she comes with a pair of titties then I don't care." He smiled, his hands forming a squeezing motion. "Really?" "Yup. Wouldn't mind a nice round booty either." He added, grinning devilishly. "Gee, and I thought that you weren't shallow." James said sarcastically. "I'm just fucking around." He said coolly, drumming his fingers on the small tabletop. "A beautiful face is also important as well as a beautiful mind." "Gawd, that has got to be the lamest line!" "What? I happen to dig chicks that have nice personalities. Someone, who is straightforward and honest, yet blushes at my touch. Someone who would look at me adoringly with her big doe eyes, someone who-" "Stop! I get it!" James cut him off abruptly, chuckling. "Do you?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Cut! Cut! Did I not say rock it? Hello? Is anyone actually listening to what I'm saying?" The director yelled angrily at the trio. Katie sighed and glanced at Josh who was also getting frustrated. They were shooting the opening credit for the show and things were not going well. She held her arms out, trying to steady herself, not wanting to fall into the creek. She was standing between James and Josh in a rowboat, and they were supposed to rock it playfully.

"Make him stop! Please!" She pleaded as she reached her hand out to Josh. He watched in amusement and folded his arms across his chest. "Ask me nicely." "Please!" He shook his head disapprovingly. "Pretty please with a cherry on top!" "The magic words. Come on, three words!" He gestured with his fingers. "I l...l...o.." "What?" She yelled exasperated. "Sorry too late. You're going to have to get out of this on your own hon." He stepped away from her grasp and whistled a tune. "Alright! I love you! I-love-you!" "I never knew that! Wow! So what is it exactly that you love so much about me?" "What?" She sputtered. "Um...you're gorgeous!" "That's it? My self esteem is barely lifting off the ground." "OK. You have beautiful blue eyes!" "Go on." "You are intelligent, funny, and charming." She gushed out all at once. "See? That wasn't so hard was it?" He winked at James who finally released his grasp around her, who was still struggling, causing her to fall right into Josh's arms. "I never said that I loved you back." He teased as she straightened up.

She recognized the mischievous grin on his face and quickly back peddled before he had a chance to play another prank on her. She felt someone lift her from behind and screamed as she was thrown into the creek. Seconds after, she heard another splash beside her, followed by another. The director rubbed his temples slowly. "Cut! We'll just have to go with what we have so far."

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