"I wonder if this one will last any longer than the last 200", Scot joked.

"Scot. Have a little faith in your son. It's not completely his fault that he dates the dead beat ones", Ginger replied.

* * * * *

"So..what do you want to do?", Laura asked gazing into Jesse's eyes.

"I'd like to get to know you..better", he said grinning.

"How so?", she asked falling back on Jesse's bed. They got caught up in the moment and began making out. After about 5 minutes they realized what they had been doing.

"We better stop before it goes too far", Jesse advised. She nodded. "Jesse", Laura spoke. "I care about you so much. But I will be leaving in a week". He brushed her hair aside. He explained that they could always visit one another on weekends since Rochester and White Plains were only a couple hours apart. They decided to watch a couple DVD's, and snuggle on Jesse's bed.

"What movie is first?", Laura asked.

"How about.. A Walk to Remember?", he asking raising an eyebrow. She nodded. "That is such a sad movie. It made me cry. Shane West was so sweet in that movie. Especially when he said "my love is like the wind, you can't see it, but it's always there" or something like that. I wish all guys were sweet like that", she gushed.

Jesse put the DVD in and then went and sat next to Laura on his bed. Just then his cell phone rang. Laura sat up. "Who is it?", she pondered. He shrugged.

He reached in his pocket and answered it. "Hello? Yeah. Tonight. But I am spending time with my girlfriend. Okay. Alright. Can she come? Yes, I understand. Bye", he said and then hung up. "Well babe. I hate to cut our evening short. But Claudia has called a dance rehearsal. We are starting a tour next week. None of us knew about it. She wants us to brush up on our dance moves".

"It's okay, Jess", she replied. "I understand". They walked upstairs. Jesse told his parents he was going to drop Laura off and then go to the studio for a dance rehearsal. They walked outside and got in his car. It took him about 15 minutes to drive to her aunt's house. Before she got out she gave him a short, but sweet kiss.

"See you later, Jess. I love you", she said before getting out.

"I love you too", he said. She got out and he drove off.

* * * *

"Man! Claudia. Why did you have to schedule a random practice like this? Me and Laura just started going out, and we were spending time together", Jesse whined.

"Jesse. Can it. You aren't the only one in the group who has a girlfriend", Greg shouted.

"The others stood there in silence watching Greg and Jesse argue until Claudia walked in between them, breaking up the argument.

* * * *

Throughout the course of a week, Dream Street did 2 practices a day, which didn't leave much time for Laura and Jesse to hang out. But he managed to call her the day before their tour.

"Laura, we have to leave for the tour @ 8 a.m. tomorrow. Do you think you could meet me at the park?", he asked.

"Yeah. Anything for you Jess", she smiled weakly. There wasn't enough room for much conversation in his busy schedule anymore. Laura walked downstairs where her aunt was cooking dinner. She noticed Laura a bit down.

"Honey, what's wrong?", Becky asked.

"Jesse, he is leaving for tour tomorrow. How am I supposed to go out with someone on tour? I will be so lonely", she whined.

"Well, yu know the saying, hundreds of miles makes the heart grow fonder", she said continuing to stir up some salad.