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Here is chapter 3 :) THXX FOR THE REVIEWS/FAVS! :D

Once brick and Jo got to the coffee shop, they sat down at a table. There was some tension at first but it did not last long for them to get into conversation. They just talked about routine thing, like their interests, hobbies, jobs, family etc...

But then, Jo finally asked the question that had been nagging her since he invited her to go with him.

"Why are you being so nice to me?"

Brick was very confused at her question.

"Why do you ask?"

Jo thought for a minute before answering.

"Well, I wasn't exactly the nicest person to you on the island, even though you were great to me."

Brick actually started grinning when she said that last part.

"and, it's kinda my fault that you got eliminated."

Brick built up all of the courage inside him to say what he said next.

"I saw your audition tape. If you weren't like that, then I would have known something was wrong. You just wouldn't be you..."

Brick suddenly started to get nervous as he continued,

"...and I happen to like you..."

Jo, for the first time in literally years, was speechless. She blushed brightly, but was too in shock to hide it. Usually, if a guy told her that they liked her, she would get pissed, punch him and tell him to back off. But this time, she was actually...happy? So all she said was a stuttery "thank you".

Once they were both back home in their own houses Jo began to rapidly question herself.

"Why wasn't I pissed? Why did I blush? Why did he say that? Did he mean that he likes me in a friend type way?And why was I so...happy about it?!"

Jo suddenly felt all the strength fade from her body, and her knees went like jelly, so before she fell on her face, She sunk down into her couch. Then, in what was like a wave, she started to see all of the memories of her and brick. Like when they would race each other on the island, which was the only time she was actually happy while she was there, and how sad she was on the inside when brick switched teams, the guilt that she kept to herself after voting brick off, and how worried she was when brick fell into the grave.

After just sitting there in silence for a good 5 minutes she had finally gained her composure. Then, she said to herself what she had been ignoring for two whole years.

"okay, so maybe I do have a teeny crush on brick..."

She actually frowned at herself

"fine...a big crush on Brick..."

But then, a feeling of worry quickly passed through her.

"What if he doesn't feel the same way?..."

"Of course he does, he practically told you himself!"

"What if he only meant he likes me as a friend?"

Jo let out a half-Hearted chuckle when she realized she was arguing with herself.

AT BRICKS HOUSE

Brick was so disappointed in himself.

"Why did I tell her that! WHY! I am so STUPID!"

Brick needed someone to talk to that knew both him and Jo. He HAD kept in touch with one person from the island, he quickly grabbed his phone and called him. Luckily for brick, even though it was pretty late, he answered.

"Hey man! What's up?"

"Hey Sam."

Sam could hear the worry in his voice through the phone.

"What's wrong dude?"

Brick didn't even bother answering.

"Could you come over here, I need to talk to you about something important."

Sam replied cooly,

"Sure man, be over there in ten."

JO'S HOUSE

After a while of thinking, she realized that she was just making herself even more worried, so she went outside to her front porch to get some air. She was actually about to doze off until a car came and pulled up in front of bricks house. At first she didn't care, but then saw who's car it was.

"Gamerboy?!"

Sam was very confused. Who was this girl and why were they calling him that?

"Umm..And you are?"

Jo waved her arms erratically and walked over to where he was standing. Sam's jaw dropped open and his eyes widened in disbelief.

"Jo! Is that really you, you look so prett-"

Jo knew what word he was going to say so she growled at him to cut him off. Girly-girls were pretty, she was not a Girly-girl!

Sam realized his mistake and quickly tried to cover it up.

"-uhh, I mean DIFFERENT! Yeah, different was what I was going to say.."

Jo groaned at his response and asked him the obvious question.

"So, Why are you going to bricks place?"

"To be honest, I don't really know, he called and seemed freaked out so I rushed here..."

Jo just shrugged her shoulders and acted Like she didn't care. But on the inside, she was actually quite concerned.

Luckily Sam fell for her "I don't care" act and started walking to bricks door.

"Well I guess I'll see you around Jo."

"You too Gamerboy."

Jo walked back to her house, but didn't feel like going back inside, so she just went to her backyard.

She, once again, was about to fall asleep until she was awoken by voices coming from bricks yard.

"Damn, can't anyone catch some shut eye around this place?!"

Jo was just going to go inside and get some sleep but her curiosity got the better of her.

She got to her feet and put her ear against the fence so she could hear clearly.

Sam: Dude, you should just tell her you like her, that's what I did with Dakota!

Brick: It's not that simple!

Sam: It's now or never man, you NEED to tell her!

Brick: Out of all the girls out there to fall in love with, why did it have to be Jo?!

Jo's felt her face blush brighter than the sun, she had butterflies in her stomach and she could hardly even move. She was actually shaking with excitement and she had a girlish smile plastered on her face.

When Jo finally made it into her house, up the stairs, and into her bed, she fell asleep dreaming of a hot, kind, gentle yet competitive cadet that she had fallen for. And now that she knew he felt the same way about her, well that made thinking of him even better.

A/N: Hope you liked it :)

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