Chapter 4

"You did not," Lulu choked out between fits of laughter, her head tilted to the side as she looked to Johnny for confirmation.

"Oh, I so did," Johnny confirmed, laughing along with Lulu. "I yelled, 'Mom, the meatloaf' and everyone in the diner looked at me like I had three heads or something. So, not only did we get kicked out of the club, but we got kicked out of the diner too. I guess the waitress wasn't a fan of The Wedding Crashers ."

"Maybe she just wasn't a fan of you," Lulu giggled, holding her stomach as she once again doubled over in laughter.

Her stomach ached and her cheeks hurt from the never-ending laughter she had encountered over the last two hours. She and Johnny had traded story after story about anything and everything, often laughing and gasping in disbelief about the different situations each had gotten into.

There hadn't been a moment of silence between them as Lulu told Johnny about the time she had got arrested for indecent exposure after she had been caught skinny dipping and Johnny told Lulu about the time he had gone streaking across campus on a dare. In addition to sharing their favorite memories, they also talked about their favorite hobbies and pastimes. They talked about their favorite movies and music, often laughing over things they had in common and playfully arguing over the things they didn't.

"Oh, come on, who wouldn't be a fan of this face?" Johnny asked, holding his chin with his hand and turning his head from side to side.

"Whatever," Lulu snorted, trying to cover the fact that she agreed with him. She couldn't think of one single human being who wouldn't absolutely adore Johnny's gorgeous face. And to Lulu's unwanted pleasure, not only was his face beautiful, but so was everything else about him. His body was flawless, his eyes would make any girl swoon, and his personality was unbelievably amazing, which only added to his attractiveness.

Since Johnny had accused her of throwing herself at him, Lulu had wanted to dislike him in the worst way. But for reasons unknown to her, she found herself more attracted to him than she ever had been to any other guy and it frustrated her beyond belief. Even when he was being a jerk and accusing her of being hot for him, she had been turned on. He got to her, igniting a fire in her that she had never before felt, and she had been determined to write him off as a complete jerk just to make herself forget about him. But then Jen had told her why Johnny was so upset and she couldn't help but feel for him. She felt the only option she had was to apologize to him and let herself sympathize with his situation. However, she hadn't planned on meeting up with him again so soon or, worse yet, getting to know him better. She found herself thoroughly enjoying his company and was disappointed that the plane would be landing soon, cutting off her contact from Johnny.

"So, don't you find it funny that we're from the same town and we go to the same school, but we never met each other until last night?" Johnny asked, interrupting her thoughts.

"Yeah, and now I can't seem to get rid of you," Lulu joked.

"Haha, you are so funny," Johnny said sarcastically. "But seriously, isn't that kind of weird that we practically grew up in the same place and have spent almost two years living on the same campus, but we first met under awkward circumstances and ended up sleeping in the same bed. And now, after not even knowing each other for 24 hours, we end up sitting next to each other on the same flight to our hometown for Christmas break?"

"Yeah, I guess that is kind of weird," Lulu agreed. "But Crimson Point is just outside of Port Charles, so…"

"I guess your right. I've only been to Port Charles once or twice and campus is pretty big, so maybe it isn't all that weird that we hadn't met…." he trailed off, a comfortable silence descending over them.

After a few moments, Lulu asked, "So, you have any exciting plans for break?"

"Eh, nothing really. Just hanging out with friends and trying to figure out my school situation, but that's about it. How about you?"

"My plans are just about as exciting as yours," Lulu laughed. "Port Charles is no where near as exhilarating as LA." Not that she didn't love Port Charles and the people in it, but there was something about the nightlife of LA and the different people she encountered that kept her intrigued and made her feel as if she could be anyone she wanted to be.

"You can say that again," Johnny agreed. "There's always something going on or something to do at school, but it's a different story back home."

"I know. But it'll be good to see my family and friends and catch up on what I've missed since I've last been home. Besides, I feel like there's at least one exciting thing bound to happen while I'm here. Some drama is definitely going down. Hey, maybe I'll even get wasted and need some stranger to give me a ride home and then I'll end up in the same bed as him…"

"Please, do not put another poor soul through that," Johnny laughed. "But I have to admit, if I had known you when I was in high school, I bet I would have had a lot more fun in this town."

"Why do you say that?" Lulu asked, curious as to what he meant.

"I just have a feeling that you would have made things more interesting," Johnny admitted.

"Oh, so what you're really saying is that you were a loser with no friends in high school and if you had met me, I would have felt sorry for you and pretended to be your friend, making your life a little more exciting than the boring one you led?" Lulu joked.

"Hey, I resent that. I'll have you know that I was extremely popular in high school. I was captain of the football team, student body president, and valedictorian. I threw the best parties and had the best ride. All the guys wanted to be me and all the girls wanted to be with me."

"Wow, you're not full of yourself at all," Lulu muttered.

"I'm just stating the facts. Anyways, the point I was trying to make is that I had some really good times in high school. I even shared some of them with you before, remember?" At seeing Lulu nod, he continued, "But I just have a feeling that despite all the fun times I had, if I had known you, I probably would have had even funner times."

"Funner? Are you kidding me? That's not even a word. And I thought you were the valedictorian," Lulu giggled, secretly pleased that Johnny thought so highly of her.

"See, that's what I mean! Instead of following me around like a lost little puppy or agreeing with every damn word I said, you would have run your mouth when you didn't agree with me or didn't like something that I did. You would have put me in my place, unlike the rest of my fans." Johnny explained.

"Damn straight I would have," Lulu exclaimed. She had always been a leader and not a follower. She spoke her mind and didn't care what people thought of her.

A voice came over the intercom, interrupting Lulu from her thoughts. "Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelts as we will be landing in the next ten minutes. Thank you."

"Wow, this flight seemed really fast," Johnny said, surprised at how the time flew by.

"I know, but thank god it's over. I won't have to put up with you for much longer," Lulu said, her eyes sparkling.

"Oh, don't think you're getting rid of me that easily," Johnny stated, "Seth tells me that things went extremely well with Jen and he plans on seeing a lot more of her…which, unfortunately, means I'll probably be seeing a lot more of you once we get back to school."

"Geez, don't sound so excited about it," Lulu laughed. "And you never know, maybe we'll be seeing each other sooner than you think. There is a possibility that we could run into each other over break," she said, secretly hoping that she'd run into Johnny somewhere along the line.

"That's always a possibility and I'm sure I'll being going to Port Charles a couple of times, so I'll keep my eyes open for any glimpse I might catch of you," he smiled, causing Lulu's heart to skip a beat.

She didn't know why her body was reacting to him this way. Plenty of guys had smiled at her before, but none of them had the effect on her that Johnny had. The simple sight of his lips twitching upwards made her feel like melting into a puddle of mush right before his very eyes. "And I guess I can keep my eyes open for any glimpse I might catch of you," Lulu smiled back.

"What's your number?" Johnny asked, taking Lulu by surprise.

"Huh?" Lulu asked in confusion.

"Your phone number?"

"Why do you want it?" Lulu asked, taking Johnny's phone from his outstretched hand and punching her name and number into it.

"Because Jen and Seth are going to be in LA together over break and I might need to text you and make fun of them if Seth tells me any more nauseating facts about them. Seriously, they haven't even known each other for 24 hours and Seth has already told me, like, 20 times, how they really connected last night."

"Oh my god, I know! Before I left, Jen kept telling me how lucky she was to meet such a great guy. I was going insane!" Lulu proclaimed, handing Johnny back his phone and holding hers out for him to take.

"Glad to know I'm not the only one ready to vomit if I hear anymore about their relationship. Therefore, I might need to text you so you can vomit with me," Johnny joked, handing Lulu back her phone after he had programmed his number into it. "Well, that and I just wanted you to have my number in case you get drunk and need a ride home. I wouldn't want some random guy to give you a ride home and get more than he bargained for when you crawl in bed with him during the middle of the night."

"Aww, it's so sweet that you care, Hot Shot," Lulu glared at him.

"You know, it's probably a good thing that we didn't meet earlier," Johnny stated.

"And why is that?"

"Because you and that attitude of yours are just too much to handle sometimes."

"Excuse me? Me and my attitude? What about you, Mr. All That? You think you're so cool just because-,"

"Just kidding," Johnny said in a sing-song voice.

"What?" Lulu huffed.

"I like it when you get all hot and bothered around me…and I think you like it too."
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Please review! :)