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“Casey…” Justin whispered and shook her gently. “Casey, baby, wake up.”
Her eyes fluttered open and she was faced with her boyfriend in her face. She forced a smile, “Hi.”
“Hi, honey.” He smiled. “I’m gonna hop in the shower. Wanna come?”
“No!” She shrieked. “I mean, no. No, that’s ok.” She hugged the sheet closer to herself. She felt so dirty. She had no idea why she even did that. She definitely shouldn’t have done that.
“Suit yourself, sexy.”
She forced another smile. “Have fun.”
“I’ll try, but you know, after last night I’m not sure anything can be as much fun.”
She decided to just not stop smiling. She plastered that fake smile on her face and waved him into the bathroom. She shivered in disgust, and went to the other bathroom. She had to take a shower. She had his spit on her. She had him all over her. It made her want to throw up. She wrapped the sheet around her and ran to the bathroom down the hall. She fell in front of the toilet and sure enough, she did throw up. That was definitely a bad idea. No matter how bad she wanted to go out to dinner with JC, nothing was worth that. Not if she was going to be left with a feeling like that.
She sat on the floor for a while, and then stood. She dropped the sheet, and started the water. She waited until it was the right temperature and then got under the stream of water. She picked up the body wash that was in there and squirted it onto the loofa sponge. She rubbed that body wash all over herself, and again, and again. She then picked up the shampoo, and worked it into her hair. She rinsed all of the soap out of her hair and went straight for the conditioner. She worked that into her hair too, and then picked up the body was one last time. She cleaned herself again, and then rinsed completely off. She had all of the soap and conditioner out of her hair and she turned the water off. She reached for the soft pink towels that were on the rack and wrapped it around herself.
She walked back into their bedroom, and she pulled out a sky blue halter top with rhinestones on it, and a pair of white pants. Just then, Justin walked out of the bathroom with a blue towel around his waist and he caught her getting out her underwear. He walked up behind her and wrapped his arm casually around her waist. She jumped slightly, but then regained her composure. If she was really going to pull this off, she would have to really make him believe she wanted him. He lowered his head so it was hovering above her shoulder. He lowered his lips further and placed a small, but still hungry kiss on her shoulder. He followed up the back of her neck until he was by her ear. He gently sucked on her earlobe, just like he had done last night. She felt him harden against the back of her left leg, she cringed and tried to loosen up. It was a difficult task.
“You should’ve joined me.” He whispered.
She giggled nervously, and spoke, “I knew I wouldn’t really shower if I went with you.” They stood in front of her dresser. Justin turned her around, and took the clothes out from her hands. He threw them onto the bed and smiled. “Hey, J?” She asked as he kissed he neck and started going toward her chest.
“Hmm?” He asked, causing a vibration against her skin.
She giggled at the feeling and continued. “Can I go out with Belle tonight?”
“Maybe.” he said between kisses. He lifted her arms and put them on his shoulders. Her towel came a little loose, so she moved closer to him to maybe keep it up. She wrapped her arms around him because she knew that he was trying to get her to do that. “What time?”
“Um.. Around seven? I think we’ll all meet at her house.”
“Who is we?” He asked, pulling her towel a little bit. Her eyes widened, but still remembered that she had to remain relaxed. He kept kissing her. He sucked on her neck more, and then moved up to her face. He looked at her, and stopped kissing her for a moment.
“Oh, um, me, Ruby, and Tonya.”
“Probably.” He said and went back to kissing her. She tilted her head to the side, and he went back to her neck. He sucked harder, making a mark; a hickey. “Only… if….”
“Only if what?” She asked.
“Take a shower with me.”
“Justin, we both just took a shower.” She said. She really didn’t want to do that.
“Not together, though.”
“But, we don’t have time.”
“I don’t have to be anywhere until ten.” He told her. He started removing her towel. She wanted to go out that night. She really wanted to. “And either do you. Belle can take care of everything.”
“Fine, just let me tell her.”
“Tell her what?” he asked, intrigued. He let her walk away for a second, and he licked his lips as he watched her tighten her towel. “That you’ll be running late because you’re gonna go have sex in the shower?”
“Exactly.” She said. She meant for it to sound sarcastic, but it actually came out normally. Justin smiled widely. He walked beside her and kissed her lips fervently. He ran his tongue across her bottom lip and then spread her lips apart with his tongue. He darted his tongue into her mouth and swirled it around.
“Good.”
“Really, J. I gotta tell her that I’m gonna be late. I don’t want her to think I ditched her. It’ll just take a second. Hold on.” Casey called the coffee shop and Mike picked up. She was rather grateful too because she didn’t really want to tell Belle the real reason she wasn’t coming in. She told Mike that she was going to be running late.
“Oh, how come.”
“Because I just am.”
“Ohh! You’re gonna have sex.”
“No I’m not!”
“Yes you are. I can hear it in your voice. You’re gonna get nailed.”
“Ok, so maybe I am, but please… don’t tell Belle. I’ll be in by ten.” She said and remembered that JC was probably going to stop by. “And don’t tell anyone else! I’ll kill you.”
“Your secret’s safe with me. Have fun. Bye.”
“Bye, Mike.”
“Ready?”
“As ready as I’ll ever be.” She sighed.
“You don’t want to, do you?”
“No, its ok. Let’s go.”
Justin led her into the bathroom, and dropped his towel on the floor. He definitely had a hard-on, and couldn’t wait to touch her. He turned the water on and waited for it to warm up. Casey clutched her towel to herself more, and felt really terrible about what she was about to do.
***
Casey got dressed in the clothes she got out earlier. Just as she was tying her shirt Justin walked up behind her. He really couldn’t keep his hands off of her. He kissed her neck, and smiled. “You’re so amazing.” He said. She smiled back at him, and finished tying her shirt. Justin untied it. She shrugged and tied it again. Again, he untied it and started for her pants. He stuck a few fingers about three inches into the rim of her tight white pants and pulled her close to him.
“Justin…” she warned. “I’m really going to go to work.”
“I know, I just can’t keep my hands off you.”
“So I’ve noticed.” She retied her shirt for the last time, and smoothed down the front of her shirt. She pulled his fingers out from her pants. “I have to go.” She stood on her tiptoes and kissed him on the forehead. “Bye. I don’t know what time I’ll be home. If you need me just call my cell.”
“ok.” Justin pulled out his cell phone and dialed her number. She smiled slightly, and let it ring. She pulled it out of her purse and answered it.
“Hello?”
“I need you.” Justin smiled deviously.
She shut her phone and smiled at him. “Bye.” She kissed his cheek and walked out of their bedroom. Justin followed her, pulling his shirt on. He scooped her up in his arms and carried her down the stairs. He went into the living room and dropped her onto the couch. He laid down on top of her and started to kiss her passionately. She squirmed, trying to get away. “Justin,” she said sadly. “This is so not sexy.”
“All right, I’ll let you go.” He rolled off of her and let her stand up. He wrapped his arms around her one more time, and let go. “I love you. Bye.” He kissed her cheek gently.
“Bye.”
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Just as she was walking into BC Bean, she ran into JC. He stopped, and smiled brightly at her and put his hand on her shoulder. Casey felt his soft hand on her skin. She wished he was the one who had placed all of the kisses all over her body. “Hi!” She said cheerfully.
“I thought I wouldn’t see you today!”
“Oh, we’re gonna go out tonight, right?” Casey asked hopefully.
“Yeah, that’s what Belle said.” He told her with is smile never fading. “She never gave me your number or I would’ve called you.”
“Oh, well it just worked out better this way I guess.” She said very relieved. “So, you’ll just pick me up at Belle’s tonight then? I gotta get her opinion on what I should wear.” She grinned.
“Ok, I’ll be there at seven.” He pushed the door open again, and turned around. “You look great today, by the way.”
“Thank you. You do too.”
“I’ll see you tonight.”
“Ok. I can’t wait.”
“Have fun this morning, Case?” Mike smirked from behind the counter when JC was gone.
“Not at all.” She replied honestly. Luckily Belle was in the back room then. “I’ll kick your ass later.”
“I’d like to see you try.” He said smugly. “Maybe you’d do me a favor and take away all of my cravings for….”
“Oh! Casey! JC was just in here. You just missed him.” Belle said enthusiastically.
“Oh, no. I just saw him. I can’t wait until tonight! I don’t think I’ve ever been this excited.”
“I beg to differ.” Mike interjected.
“That’s about enough outta you.”
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“Hello?” Casey asked into the phone. She was doing some of the paperwork because one, she didn’t mind doing it, and two Belle hated doing it. She cradled the phone between her ear and her shoulder. She was trying to find a piece of paper that held a very important piece of information that would make this whole process a whole lot easier.
“Hey baby, working hard over there?”
“Oh, hey J.” She replied distractedly.
“What are you doing tonight?”
“I told you, remember? I’m goin’ out tonight.” She gave up on searching for that stupid piece of paper and put her elbows on the desk. She held the phone with her hand now.
“Oh yeah, well, I was thinking that maybe we could do something together tonight.”
“But J…” She half whined. “I haven’t gone out with Belle and the girls in forever.”
“Ok, well how about we do something when you get home.”
“Ok, if you’re up when I get home.”
“Just wake me up.”
“Ok.” She said simply. What exactly did he have in mind?
“So… what are you doin’ now?”
“Talkin’ to you.” She answered. “So what did you have in mind for tonight?”
“Oh, I don’t know… you know, the usual. Movie, maybe we’ll get a little carried away and end up doing a little more than expected….”
“I should’ve guessed.” She smiled. “Now that we’re all sexually active you’re happy.”
“Its not that I wasn’t happy before, its just back to the carefree, fun stuff. We’re back to the way we used to be.”
“Yeah actually, we are. I actually like it that way.”
“Me too.” He said. “Oh, Casey, I have to go. The guys are ready to record another song.”
“Ok. Bye.”
“Bye.”
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Casey went over to Belle’s house around six. She had taken her shower, and had done her hair. She brought about three different outfits that were interchangeable. Belle was beaming. She couldn’t get over the fact that Casey had actually allowed her to set them up.
“Belle!” Casey shouted from the bathroom. “Will you look at this?” Casey stood in front of the full length mirror in the bathroom.
“Oh! Casey, that looks great.” Casey had black pants on and a white, long sleeve, v-neck shirt. “You have to hurry. You’ve tried on like four outfits, and its like seven now. He’ll be here any minute now. Just wear that.”
“But does it look ok?”
“Yes! ” Belle said exasperatedly.
“Ok, I’m going to wear this.” She smoothed her pants, and shirt. She then sat down in the chair and buckled her open-toe black sandals.
Casey had just finished buckling her shoes when the doorbell rang. Casey got a cheerful expression on her face, and stood up. Belle, of course, beat her to the door, but she was still there. “Hi!” Belle said with a big smile on her face.
“Hey, Belle.” He said. “Hey, Casey.”
“Hi.”
“Ready?
“Yeah, have fun. Get out.” Belle said, pushing Casey out the door.
“Ok, thanks Belle. Bye.”
“Bye.” Belle shut the door, and looked out of the window. She watched until they got into his car, and then went into the living room to call Mike.
“So,” JC started after they had talked a while, and had ordered their dinner. “How’s the boyfriend?”
“Ugh.” She said in disgust.
“That bad, huh?”
“Its not that, its just… eww. I’m so not in love with him anymore. He makes me want to, like, throw up or something.” She said with a half smile. “Sorry.” She laughed.
“Oh, its ok.” He said with a wave of his hand. “If it is really that bad, then why don’t you just break up with him?”
“Well, our situation is a little odd, but I probably could. I mean, he thinks I’m in love with him, and I want him and stuff” She smiled. “But its so not like that. I mean we used to be so carefree and fun and stuff. He used to be fun around, but now I’m so cautious and I’m sort of afraid to ask if I can do stuff.”
“How are you out with me tonight?” JC asked. He hoped that she didn’t have to go to extreme measures.
“Well,” she sort of smiled. It was more of a nervous smile. “I told him I was going out with Belle, Ruby, and Tonya tonight.”
“So he lets you go out with your girlfriends?”
“If I ask, and don’t piss him off.”
“That’s so unfair. I know if I were in your position I wouldn’t last. That isn’t fair to you.” He looked deep into her brown eyes. She averted her gaze to the tablecloth. “You know? Its just not something someone like you should have to put up with.”
Casey’s cell phone started to ring. “Sorry.”
“Don’t worry about it.”
She picked up her phone and looked at the caller ID. “Its my boyfriend. I’m so sorry.” She flipped it up. “Hello?”
“Hey.”
“Oh, hi. What’s up?”
“What are you up to?”
“I’m out. Remember?”
“Oh yeah. Hey, um… I hate to say this, but I have to.”
“Ok, what?”
“We have to stay really late tonight to record some songs. We didn’t get all of the ones we wanted to get done last night, so we’re really behind. I’m gonna be here for a while.”
“So that means you’re not going to come home?” Casey knew he was lying. Why in the world would only he have to stay when she was out with his best friend? It was really awkward to be talking to JC’s best friend while he was right there.
“Yeah, I probably won’t be home until really late. Like I’m talkin’ close to four in the morning.”
“Wow, does that mean that you’ll have to go early in the morning again too?”
“I’m not sure, we’ll decide that before we go. So, that means that we won’t be able to watch that movie…. I’m sorry.” He was talking in a hushed voice. Casey only thought of one reason for that. He was probably with Britney. She heard someone call his name, and it was a female. He was with her.
“Oh, don’t worry about it. I have to go. Bye.” Casey shut her phone on him and put it away. “Oh my god. I’m so sorry.”
“Don’t worry about it.” He said again. “So, you didn’t sound too upset….”
“Yeah, its just easier to just take in what he said. I’m not much of a rebel anyways… well except for this little escapade….” She smiled slightly.
“I don’t mean to pry or anything, but what did he have to say?”
“He said that he wouldn’t be home tonight until four or something….” She definitely didn’t want to say too much. What if JC knew Justin’s plans?
“Oh.” He nodded. “Did he tell you why?” JC couldn’t help but ask. He wanted to know why she was still with someone like him. Why did she stay with someone who repeatedly hurt her? It didn’t make sense to him. He figured that if he could figure out why she was with him, and how he treated her, he could stop her from always crawling back to him. He wanted to save her.
“Well he made up some bogus lie, but I know where he is and what he’s going to do. I’m not stupid.”
“I wasn’t saying you were.”
“Oh, yeah. I know. I was just saying it more to myself so I could boost my confidence.” She giggled.
“Well, what is he doing?” He inquired. He felt stupid for asking so many questions, but he wanted to know.
“Actually, um…” she said uncomfortable, “He’s with another girl, but he doesn’t think I know.”
“So he’s cheating on you too?”
“Only sort of.”
“Well, if he’s with another girl and lying about it, isn’t that cheating?”
“Not exactly in our case.”
“How are you two different?”
“Can we talk about something else?”
“Yeah, sure. Sorry.”
“Its all right, I just don’t really like talking about it.”
“I don’t blame you.”
***
“Are you staying at Belle’s tonight?” JC asked as they were climbing into the car.
“Yeah, since I’m going to be home alone anyways….”
“Yeah, sorry about that.”
“Its ok. You don’t have to apologize for something you’re not responsible for. You know, if I were smart, I’d just break up with him.”
JC just nodded. He didn’t want to say, yeah you should. Its stupid to be dating a person like that.
JC and Casey continued to talk until they got to Belle’s house. It was around ten o’clock. After dinner, they had gone to a park and taken a walk. JC was a little nervous about it, because he didn’t want to be stalked or bombarded with reporters and fans, but there was actually no one around. While they were walking, JC had wanted to just take her hand in his and kiss her, but he didn’t. She took his hand when they sat down at a bench and watched the water in the river flow, and rested her head on his shoulder.
JC drove up Belle’s driveway and put the car in park and turned it off. Both Casey and JC got out of the car and stopped on the doorstep. JC felt like he was back in high school. Casey was more timid than Belle was.
“Thanks for tonight. I had a great time.”
“Oh you’re welcome. I had a great time too.”
Casey came closer to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. He instinctively wrapped his arms around her small waist and took in a deep breath of the sweet smell of her hair. She pulled away a bit and placed a soft kiss on his lips. She followed that one by another small kiss, and again. She tightened her hold on him, and he wrapped his arms around her a little more. They started engaging in some open-mouthed kisses. JC deepened the kiss by lightly licking her soft, strawberry flavored bottom lip. She gently touched his tongue with her tongue. Casey let out a faint moan, and JC continued to kiss her. His tongue circled hers and made slow, smooth movements. He let out a soft groan. After a few more seconds Casey slowly pulled away, leaving a few, delicate kisses on his lips. She smiled slightly as she opened her eyes. JC licked his lips slowly and smiled too.
Casey bit her bottom lip and said, “Well, I guess I’ll see you later.”
“Yeah, uh, bye.”
Casey embraced him again and kissed him one more time. “Bye.” She giggled.
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