"Oohh ouch my head!" El moans getting out of bed the next morning.
"Finally you're awake you snore like a lawn mower." Justin says from the other side of the room.
"I'm never drinking like that again." She moans pulling the covers over her head.
"Yes you will and you know it." He laughs
"Oohh no loud noises please." She sighs "Where's Chris?"
"He had a meeting this morning he'll be back by noon."
"Oh."
"El did you mean anything you said last night?"
"I don't even remember anything I said last night."
"Oh okay then."
"Justy?" she says pulling the covers under her chin
"Ya?"
"Am I a cute drunk?"
"The cutest El." Justin laughs
"Thank you. Can you make me feel better?" she pouts
"There's some Advil there on your stand." He smiles.
"Tanx." Justin walks over and sits beside her. "I don't feel good."
"I know Baby Girl neither do I." He says pulling her into a hug
"Morning Sunshine! How ya feeling!" Andie says loudly as El comes down stairs.
"Evil bitch." She mumbles
"Oh Hunny! Do you have a hangover?" she asks getting up and putting her arm around El. She nods her head yes. "Well I got something to fix that." She walks her into the kitchen and sits her on a chair. She starts mixing things together.
"What are you making?"
"A little something my ma taught me."
"What's in it?" she asks taking the glass Andie holds out
"Family secret." She grins, El takes a sip and gags
"EWW THAT IS DISGUSTING!"
"Drink it it'll make you feel better I promise."
"It'll prob'ly make me throw up."
"Look who it is! My little drinker baby!." Chris says happily walking into the living room
"Hiya honey." El says getting up to hug him. 'Why doesn't this feel right?' she asks herself
"Are you feeling better?"
"Ya I feel fine."
"Good coz I wanna take you out tonight."
"Where."
"Just dinner and dancing, no clubs though don't worry."
"Okay, fancy or casual?"
"Fancy very fancy." He says kissing her. "And romantic."
"Oohh sounds fun." She smiles
"I got reservations for six thirty, so be ready to leave at six."
"Sure hon."
"El come on we're going to be late!" Chris calls upstairs
"I'm coming just one more minute."
"It better be worth it!"
"It will be."
"So where are you going?" Justin asks
"Dinner and dancing at this cute little Cuban restaurant, does she like salsa dancing?"
"The forbidden dance?"
"Ya, sure."
"Oh she'll love it."
"Chris I'm coming!" El calls from upstairs. As she walks down Chris and Justin stare in awe. She is wearing a fire engine red, silk, strapless, full-length dress with a slit going all the way up the leg. The trim around the dress is sparkly and looks like diamonds. Her shoes are the same colour as the dress and are sparkly like the trim. Chris is speechless.
"God you look gorgeous Baby Girl." Justin exclaims picking her up off the last couple of steps and spinning her around. She laughs happily
"Lordy Justin you'd think I was going on the date with you." She smiles happily
"Well seeing you like this I wish I was." He stares
"Wow Peachy you…you look so beautiful…" Chris says. He breaks out of trance and looks at his watch. "We have to go, we're going to be late. Come on El. See ya later Justin."
"Bye Chris, Bye Baby Girl."
"Bye Justin." El runs and gives him a quick kiss on the lips, and then she runs to the door where Chris is waiting, but where he couldn't see the kiss.
"El you look so amazing tonight, everybody was staring when you walked in." Chris says at the restaurant
"Oh they were probably looking at you honey." El blushes
"No way." The waiter comes and they order."
"That was delicious!" El exclaims after they've finished they're dessert.
"Ya it was want to dance?"
"Later, I'm to full to dance right now, let's talk."
"Okay about what?"
"Hmm where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"You sound like a reporter." Chris laughs "Well I see myself as a forty year old balding man still trying to be cool. Okay but seriously, um still in the music scene even if I'm not singing. Definitely still working with FuMan. Maybe with a beautiful younger woman." He says taking her hand. El smiles uncomfortably.
"Um ya okay."
"So where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"Well I want to be a, and don't laugh at this, a lounge singer, and I'll probably be living here in my own little apartment, well hopefully a big apartment, I hope to at least have a boyfriend. But whatever feels right you know?" Chris Laughs, El frowns a bit.
"Ya. So why do you want to be a lounge singer?"
"Well y'know Jessica Rabbit? Well I've always wanted to be her, since the time I first saw her till now and probably forever I've wanted to be just like her. Wonderful job, cool dress, sweet funny romantic husband." She laughs softly.
"Do you ever want to have kids?"
"Oh yes of course, I love kids they're so cute and sweet and funny and innocent."
"How many?"
"Two or Four, it has to be an even number though. I hate odd numbers, I have it all planned out I want the kids to be close together so that way they can hang around with each other and be friends. I mean like me and Tyler always got along better, when we were younger at least, coz he's only two years older than me. Joshy was five years older so he would tease me more and I would bug him more."
"That sounds like a great plan. Hey El you want to get out of here?"
"You want to go home already it's only eight o'clock?"
"Well I don't want to go home, a hotel maybe?"
"Um…Chris, what do you think we'd do at a hotel?"
"Oh come on El, it'd be really romantic and I mean its pretty hard to get some privacy back at the house so I thought it'd be easier."
"Or did you think maybe I'd be easier?" El asks angrily.
"Come on El I didn't mean that. We've been going out for like what a month and I mean I've know you for a couple years, and I really like you, And I want to settle down, you feel so perfect to me. I just thought-"
"Well you thought wrong." She hisses cutting him off. "And you've known of me for a couple of years you hardly know anything about me. You know my past and you know me now. But you don't know who I am or what I like or anything about me that really counts." She walks outside angrily but trying not to make a scene. She runs down the steps of the restaurant trying not to trip and not to cry. Once she gets down the block she gets out her cell phone.
"Hello?"
"Justin?" she asks tearily
"Baby Girl is that you?" he asks
"Ya."
"What's wrong? Are you okay?"
"Its Chris he just wants to get me into bed can you come and pick me up?"
"Ya sure where are you?" El tells him where she is. "I'll be there in a couple minutes."
"Thanks Justin." El says getting into Justin's Mercedes
"It's no problem Baby Girl, I'd do anything for you. Where do you want to go?"
"Could we go somewhere and talk?"
"Well we could go get some coffee?"
"Sounds great." She sniffles
"Okay so tell me exactly what happened." Justin says handing El her Starbucks coffee. She drinks until the cup is half empty
"Okay well we were just talking, and I asked him where he thought he'd be in ten years and he says all this stuff and then he's like and maybe I'd have a beautiful younger women and he takes my hand and smiles, and I'm just like ya okay whatever, so he asks me the same question so I answer, and he's like okay do you want kids and I'm like ya and he asks me like how many and stuff so I tell him and then he's like lets go get a room, and I'm like no and he's like well we've been going out for a while and I've known you for a couple years and I'm like no you've known of me for a couple years and stuff like that then I leave and call you." She stops and drinks the rest of her coffee.
"Wow maybe talking over coffee wasn't the best idea." Justin says.
"Ya doesn't take much to get me going." She laughs
"Well I don't think he was just trying to get you into bed El, I guess he just figured that you'd feel the same way. I mean who would waste that gorgeous dress on a guy she didn't like that much."
"Well you know he said fancy so I got fancy."
"Baby Girl you went past fancy, all the way to drop dead sexy." He smiles
"Why Justin were you checkin' me out?" she pretends to be offended, but laughs
"And if I was?"
"I'd be very flattered."
"Why?"
"Coz you look so good, even in sweats." She blushes
"Really?" Justin asks surprised. El nods.
"Okay new topic, a fun one please."
"Okay so where do you see yourself in ten years?" he jokes
"Justin don't be a butthead." Justin laughs
"Okay, umm what do you want to do with your life?"
"Okay well no laughing okay? But I want to be a lounge singer"
"Why would I laugh at that?"
"Well most people I've told have laughed at it, so y'know…"
"Well I think that is the coolest idea I've ever heard."
"Ya, but it would be kinda hard cause I mean how many lounge's are really around now a days and are popular. It's all clubs and techno sounds now. So I guess I'll just have to change my dream. I can't sing worth shit anyways." She laughs
"El don't say that I've heard you sing, it's practically a religious experience. Your voice is so amazing and even if we have to start up our own little club just so you can sing in it we will."
"You don't have to humour me Justin." She smiles sadly
"I'm serious Baby Girl." She looks up at him her eyes sparkling.
"Really? You'd do that for me?"
"Of course you're one of my closest friends, I'd do anything for you."
"Oh Justin you're the nicest guy on the planet!" she gets up and hugs him. That's the way loves goes starts playing over the speakers. "Oh lets dance I love this song!" El cries. Justin laughs, and stands up. The people near by watch in awe as the beautiful girl in the red dress dances with Justin Timberlake, who seems to be in his pyjamas in the middle of a Starbucks.
"El I love you." Justin says softly so that El won't hear, but just so he could say it to her.
"Andie, hey Andie wake up." El says gently shaking her. Andie's sleeping in JC's room almost full time now.
"El? What is it? Is something wrong?" she mumbles
"Well it's a long story, and I wanna tell it to you come on get up." El drags her out of bed and their room.
"What's so important that you had to drag me out of bed at 1 in the morning?"
"I had the greatest time tonight!" she exclaims flinging herself down on her bed.
"Okay what did you and Chris do?"
"No not with Chris I think I'm going to break up with him. I had a great time with Justin." Andie looks confused.
"Okay so Chris and me had nice dinner we talked and then he tried to get me to go to bed with him and I refused and freaked out, so I left and called Justin so he came and picked me up and I was upset and all so we went for coffee so we could talk."
"I'll bet he never does that again." Andie interrupts.
"Do what?"
"Take you out for coffee."
"Shut up and don't interrupt me. So anyways we talked and I told him everything that happened and so he made me feel better and stuff." She stops for a breath
"Okay that's wonderful, I'm going back to bed, night." she gets up to leave. El grabs her and pulls her back.
"I'm not done yet sit and listen and no more interruptions or I'll kick your ass. Okay so we talked and he's like so what do you want to do with your life, and I'm like I wanna be a lounge singer, and he's like cool, and I'm like ya but like there's no lounge singer's now a days it's all like techno and stuff, and he's like well then if it comes to it we'll just start our own little club and you can sing, and I'm like you'd do that for me your so nice, and he's like your one my best friends and then a real cool song came on and we danced in the middle of Starbucks, it was so fun and then we just drove around talking for like three hours. It was amazing. Okay I'm done you can talk now." Andie grins at her.
"Well don't just sit there grinning like the Cheshire cat, say some thing!"
"You like him don't you?"
"Who Justin? I've known him forever we dated in high school; he's one of my few closest friends. Of course I like him."
"No Hunny you like-like him, as in boyfriend girlfriend like…hey hold up you dated in high school?"
"Ya I would have told you ya know but it really hurt me when we decided to be friends so I didn't like talking about it much."
"Because you still like him, actually I think you love him."
"Andie don't be absurd, we're friends." She laughs "You're just tired go to bed."
"No El I'm serious you love him and he loves you."
"And how do you figure that?"
"Well lets see I heard him talking about how gorgeous you looked tonight and other days when you're not around he talks about you, I've heard him on the phone talking to his mom about you, he took care of you when you were sick and when you were drunk and when you had a hangover. That day in the pool where you had your little scene and just the way you two act around each other." 'Plus,' she thinks 'JC already let it slip that he told him he likes you. But of course I promised I wouldn't tell, so…you'll never know that'
"Andie we're just real close friends, now go to bed you're so tired you're not making sense."
"Okay whatever, but you just think about it." Andie goes back to JC's room. El changes into her PJ's. Then she goes and knocks on Chris' door.
"Chris are you awake?"
"Ya come in."
"Hi, um y'know I'm sorry about tonight I just kinda really overreacted."
"Ya that's okay at least you didn't scream and cry and make a huge ass scene." He laughs.
"Ya I guess, but we need to talk."
"Ya we do, we're not going to work are we?"
"Probably not, I mean you probably want someone that's ready to get real serious, like marriage serious right?" Chris nods.
"Ya I'm getting old. I'm starting to want a family. But that's not what you want, is it?"
"No I'm still young I'm just lookin to have fun, I'm sorry I really do like you just only as a friend."
"Ya that's cool, so friends?"
"Ya friends." El agrees. They hug. "Well I'll go and let you sleep night bud."
"Night peachy." El crosses the hall to Justin's door.
"Justy? Are you still awake?" she asks softly peaking her head in the door.
"Ya I'm awake, come in"
"Thanks." She says sitting down on the edge of his bed.
"So what's up?" he asks sitting up and turning on a light.
"Well me and Chris talked, and ya we broke up, but it was a mutual thing, he understood what I felt and I said sorry for teeing out and we're still friends."
"Teeing?"
"Ya man I teed out at the restaurant."
"Oh you mean you freaked out?"
"Ya, that is what tee means." El makes a face at him
"Oh I always thought it was a hot beverage or something you placed a ball on so little kids could hit it, or a letter but I guess that's what it means, sorry." El laughs at him
"You're funny Justy." She giggles
"Ya I am. So what ya doing?" El laughs more.
"Sitting on your bed. Hey would you mind if I lied down, it's kinda uncomfortable sittin' on the edge." She smiles
"Oh ya sure come on." He says moving over and pulling up the blankets so she can get under.
"Oh man I got cheated my bed is hard as a rock and the sheets are like cheap your bed is so nice!" Justin laughs
"Well I had to have the best for my bed."
"Would you mind if I slept in here tonight? My room is lonely without Andie there and your bed is just amazing." El yawns
"Oh ya sure, you can sleep in here whenever you want, no problem."
"Tanks Justy." She sighs
"Ya you…you're welcome." Justin says as she cuddles up to him.
"Hey Justin, you awake yet?" JC knocks on Justin's door the next morning.
"Ya I'm up come in." JC walks in
"Hey have you seen El this morning?" he asks. Justin motions for him to be quiet and points to his bed. "Dude! She just broke up with Chris last night! Unless you were…oh man come on tell me you weren't while they were going out."
"No it's nothing like that come on, out in the hall." Justin and JC walk out. "We're not hooking up or anything like that." Justin laughs.
"Then why is she sleeping in your bed?"
"Well we were talking last night and it was late and she was tired so she asked if she could stay with me because it was lonely in her room without Andie there."
"And that's it?"
"That's it. I mean man I like her a lot but I wouldn't want to be the rebound guy, I can wait for her, she's definitely worth it."
"Man I think you're in love." JC smiles
"I know I'm in love."
"Andie lets go shopping today!" El says excitedly
"Ya sure I haven't been shopping for like 48 hours I'm dying to." She laughs
"You're such a dork, y'know?" El laughs
"I learned from the best."
"I learned from you!" they sing together
"DUDE LOOKS LIKE A LADY!" El shouts in the car singing with the radio
"Calm down you're gonna drive us off the road." Andie turns the volume down.
"Oh my gosh, guess what I did last night, Andie?"
"Hmm, smoked crack?"
"Ha, ha you're so funny, but no. I slept with Justin."
"WHAT!?"
"No oh no not that kinda of sleep like actual sleep. It's so lonely in our room with just me and Justin's bed is so much nicer than mine, so I just sleep in his room with him."
"How long has this been going on?"
"Umm like two weeks I guess."
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"I don't know I guess I just forgot, sorry hun."
"So are you two going to go out?"
"Oh Andie what's with you and that notion of yours? Me and Justin are friends that's all."
"Well don't you still have like a little flame from high school?"
"Well I don't know maybe, but I dunno he doesn't like me like that. I mean we've always been close. It's like he takes care of me. Like one time we were at the mall when I was like 14 and I spilt soda down the front of my shirt and like he gave me his shirt coz mine was white and you could totally see through it, it was so sweet."
"Was that before or after you started dating."
"Well actually the next day he asked me to the movies and that's where he asked me out and I had my first kiss. It was all so… movie-ish, and romantic."
"Oh girl you love him." Andie gasps
"I do not, not anymore than a real close friend."
"No way you love him."
"Haha, I Love Him like I love you!"
"Sorry Girl I don't get down like that!"
"Whatever lets go shop!"
"Hey Jace where's El and Andie?" Justin asks coming inside from the basketball court.
"They went shopping."
"Cool."
"Ya so what's going on with you and Ellie?"
"Uh same as usual, just friends." He sighs
"Is she still sleeping in, umm, you're bed?" JC asks awkwardly
"Ya man, it's crazy, I love her so much and we sleep in the same bed every night, and she cuddles up to me but she never shows any inclination to be in a relationship, it's all just meaningless flirting."
"Man you have to tell her how you feel, she probably doesn't have a clue. I mean you know Ellie, never to bright like that."
"I know but I feel like such an ass, I broke her heart and now I want her back. And I'm scared if I do it again she'll completely lose it, I mean you know what happened before, she went out of control."
"I know but that was the past, she was young. That wasn't you're fault."
"But it feels like it."
"Well maybe I can talk to Andie, she might be able to get Ellie's opinion."
"Thanks Jace."
"El look over here! Look at this!" Andie calls to El.
"What is it?" she asks walking over. Andie points at a tabloid 'NSYNC'S HEART THROB HAS NEW GIRLFRIEND?' the heading reads. El picks it up.
"Look they have pictures of me getting into his car , riding with him on his motorcycle, dancing at the Starbucks, and the one time we went to the water park." She laughs "I'm going to get this and then we can go home, okay?"
"Finally I thought you'd shop all night. It's quarter after six!"
"Honey's we're home!" El jokes walking in the living room with her numerous bags.
"Hey El, hey Andie." Lance says looking up from his book
"Where's JC?" Andie asks
"Him and Justin are out playing ball."
"Cool, El lets go for a swim?" Andie asks
"Ya sure I can wear my new bikini. Lance wanna join us?"
"Hmm let me think? Hot girls in bikini's? How about yes." He puts his book down and heads upstairs laughing.
"Hey you two how bout you forget the ball and come swimming with me El and Andie?" Lance asks coming outside. The girls are still inside changing.
"I will, J how bout you?" JC replies
"I'll come in later I want to practice my lay-up." He says
"Whatever man, but El will be in a bikini." Lance calls. Justin stops for a minute.
"Just let me rest a bit." Justin says putting the ball down and sitting in a chair by the pool. El comes out a few minutes later with Andie. Andie hops in the pool. El looks around for a minute, not noticing Justin staring at her. She's wearing her new baby blue bikini.
'Damn, Baby Girl's lookin fine.' Justin says to himself. "El, what are you looking for?" he asks her.
"Camera men." She laughs
"Why?" El walks over and tosses the magazine Her and Andie bought.
"Just wondering if they're still watching."
"This crazy! Look they got pictures inside! There's us on my bike when you broke up with Joe, there's you getting in my car the night you broke up with Chris, and there's us in Starbucks that same night!" he laughs
"Looks like I'm you're new girlfriend Justy." She says sitting down on his lap laughing.
"Ha, ha you wish." He jokes. JC gives him a dirty look. El just laughs.
"Oh well. Let's swim."
"Are you sure that's safe there kid?" JC asks her.
"Ya why not, it is a bathing suit."
"Well there are no straps it's gonna fall off."
"Joshy, they're called boobs they will hold it up."
"I'm getting out, I'm going wrinkly." JC says climbing out of the pool.
"Oh no Joshy that's not from the pool, it's just natural." El calls
"Eleanor." JC says sticking out his tongue
"Joshua." El does likewise
"Y'all I'm gonna shoot some hoops, any one wanna join me?" Justin asks getting out.
"Oh I will, Andie Lance?" El says jumping out of the pool
"No I'm gonna go inside, and read." Lance says
"I'm getting cold, I'm going inside too." Andie replies
"Suit yourselves, let me just dry off and put on some shorts okay?" El says grabbing her towel
"Yupp." Justin jogs to the court and does a lay-up.
"Okay Justy I'm ready!" El jogs over wearing baby blue short-shorts.
"Y'know you can always borrow some money if you need it Baby Girl." He says looking at her shorts
"What do you mean?" El asks quizzically.
"Well could you not afford a finished pair of shorts or something?"
"Justy you're such a smart ass." She giggles "And these are so cool don't ya think. They're like the pink one's J-Lo wears in her I'm Real video. I got a matching sweatshirt too, it's so cute."
"I'm sure it is." He smiles
"Okay give me the ball."
"Why?"
"Cause I wanna go first."
"No I go first."
"No, ladies always go first."
"Well that still doesn't explain why you should go first." Justin smirks
"Don't be a butthead, now please give me the ball."
"No, listen I'll throw the ball in the air and whoever gets it goes first."
"Fine, but that's not real fair I mean you're like five million feet taller than me." She pouts
"I'm only like eight inches taller than you, and I won't jump real high okay?"
"Okay, on three. One, two, three." Justin throws the ball in the air. They both jump up to catch it. Justin gets it.
"Ha I beat you baby girl."
"Oh come on, that wasn't fair. You jumped higher than I did" She reaches for it, but her top falls down. Justin drops the ball and stares.
"Justy! Turn around!" She cries, and quickly pulls it back up.
"Oh wow, sorry." He stammers
"Um sorry but do you mind if I um go inside?" El asks, embarrassed.
"Ya, um no go ahead." Justin says awkwardly.
"Tanks." El runs in the house.
"Thank you Lord." Justin says quietly looking at the sky
"Oh Andie that had to have been the most embarrassing moment of my life!"
"Oh come on he's in a boy band he's seen boobs before. He went out with Britney Spears for goodness sake! How could he have not seen a set of boobs then!" Andie laughs
"But Andie he hasn't seen mine!" El cries
"Well he has now."
"Be serious I'm so embarrassed!"
"Oh I don't know why you're freaking out about this, he would have seen them sooner or later, and it just happened sooner that you figured it would."
"Andie what are you talking about?"
"Look he likes you, maybe he even loves you, and you are so totally in love with him weather you believe it or not I can tell that you do, okay? So when two people have a love like yours they usually have sex, and when you have sex you get naked, therefore he would see your boobs." Andie explains
"Andie stop it will you, please? I already told you I love him like I love you."
"And I already told you sorry hun I'm not like that."
"Okay I do like him just a little bit, but I mean it's probably just a physical thing alright? Now Andie, I'm warning you, keep your thoughts to your self please."
"Hey Justin, man what's up? You look like you're stoned." JC asks. They are in the living room, watching TV.
"Man I'd tell you but you don't wanna hear it."
"Man I've heard just about anything, don't worry about me."
"I saw her man. We were playing ball and her top just fell down and like all I could do was stare."
"Oh okay oh God you were right, I didn't need to hear that. Hey wait you stared! That's my baby sister man, be a gentleman."
"I know I'm sorry but it was like wow."
"Umm y'know man how bout you talk to someone else about this coz I'm…I'm majorly disturbed now." JC walks up stairs
"Hey baby, what are ya doing?" Andie asks walking out of El's room.
"Man I…I just wow, no."
"Oh so Justin told you about El's peek show?" Andie laughs
"Oh ya, it was…gross."
"Okay sweetie but we have to talk."
"About what?"
"About the situation between El and Justin."
"Oh ya, we do. Justin well Justin loves her. But he's to scared to tell her. He doesn't want her to lose it like last time."
"Last time? What happened last time?"
"Well you know how she rebelled right?"
"Ya."
"Well that happened after Justin left, that's why she did it."
"Oh no wonder she doesn't want to get involved with him."
"Ya but do you know how she feels about him?"
"Well other than saying that he's just a friend, she just admitted to me like five minutes ago that she does like him, but she says its just physical. But I know she loves him."
"How can you tell?"
"She always talks about him, the way she talks about him. I mean she sleeps in his bed every night; she has to have some deeper attraction to him. She doesn't cuddle up to people that easily, I mean we're like best friends and she won't sleep in the same bed as me unless she absolutely has to."
"We've gotta do something Andie, at least get them to talk about they're feelings. Justin's torn up majorly."
"El's silently suffering I know she is. I asked her about Britney and Justin once and she like nearly cried."
"I know what we have to do."
"What?"
"We have to throw a party."
"A Party! Finally I was wondering if y'all would ever have a party! Who's coming?" El asks excitedly bouncing up and down on the couch.
"Some friends, some strangers y'know the usual." JC shrugs.
"No I don't know the usual Joshy, tell me the usual."
"Umm, Nelly and his crew, um Brit, X-Tina and their crews. Um just a whole lot of people."
"Oh you know who you have to invite?"
"Who El?"
"Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. They're yummy" El squeals
"Um ya I'll try"
"Oh JC This is so cool." El gasps checking out the club they had booked for the party.
"Man JC you did good." Says Justin
"Ya, it's huge. The bar over there, tables are over there, dance floor is pretty much everywhere, the stage is upfront, and the stairs are over there." JC points everything out.
"What do the stairs go up to?" El asks
"They go up to the rooms." JC smirks
"Rooms? Man this place has everything." Justin comments
"Ya it'll be perfect." JC smiles
"Totally."
"Damn JC! You got this place packed." El says over the noise.
"Yup, seems a lot smaller now doesn't it?" JC asks
"Ya I'm going to get a drink." El laughs
"Hey El!" Justin calls walking over to her
"Ya hon?"
"Wanna dance?"
"Oh ya sure, c'mon I can dance ya in circles again." You Don't Have To Call by Usher is playing.
"Baby Girl, love the outfit." Justin says while they dance. El is wearing a stone washed jean miniskirt, slip on mini-heel sandals, and a hot pink halter-top that shows a lot of skin.
"Thanks, lookin pretty sexy yourself." She giggles. Justin is wearing ripped blue jeans a black shirt and a suede jacket.
"Don't you know it, want a drink?"
"Ya, I'd love one."
"El go sing onstage." Andie tells El.
"No way man, there's to many people." She laughs
"Oh c'mon Baby Girl, when we start our club there are going to be even more people watching you sing." Justin says
"No I can't not by my self, I don't even know half these people."
"Well I'll sing with ya." Justin volunteers
"You will, cool but I chose the song just follow my lead you'll do fine." El takes a sip of her drink then heads up to the stage. "Hello." Everyone looks up at her. "Wow hi, I'm El, and I'mma sing for all y'all fine people here. But y'know I'mma be a brat and sing one of my brother's songs. But for y'all who don't know my brother is JC, and I'mma get my boy Justin up here and he gon help me." Justin laughs and starts walking to the stage.
"That's your last drink there Baby Girl." He says taking the glass out of her hand and putting it down somewhere. Everyone laughs
"Okay, hey Skribble spin Up Against The Wall." El calls to DJ Skribble. He gives thumbs up and the beat starts to play.
Up Against The Wall
(My Mix)
El: I was just doing my thing, hanging out at the spot
You know the place we go the music strong play hot
And everybody was feeling the DJ Smoke cleared and I saw a sexy man
The lights went low and the disco ball came down
He walked up to me slow, and you know what happens now
The guy was fine and he knew he had game
What more do I have to say
He took my hand; we never said a word at all
We started grinding Dirty had me up against the wall
Ask me about tomorrow you know that I don't care at
I just got caught up when he had me up against the wall
Justin: It's almost two o'clock time to make my move
The after hour spot is where I'm going to
Coz I gotta have some more lookin for somebody to hit the dance floor
And Lucky for me I seen a fine young lady's eyein me
With all the lights down low and her friends were all around
I walked up to her slow, and you know what happens now
She turned around and she worked in the worst way
What more do I have to say
She took my hand we never said a word at all
We started grinding shorty had me up against the wall
Ask me about tomorrow you know that I don't care at all
I just got caught up when she had me up against the wall
El: Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the finest one you saw?
He's underneath the disco ball, the disco ball, the disco ball
Justin: Standing next to strobe lights, dancin' hot lookin tight
The freaks sure do come out at night, out at night (night)
El: He took my hand; we never said a word at all
We started grinding Dirty had me up against the wall
Ask me about tomorrow you know that I don't care at
I just got caught up when he had me up against the wall
Justin: She took my hand we never said a word at all
We started grinding shorty had me up against the wall
Ask me about tomorrow you know that I don't care at all
I just got caught up when she had me up against the wall
"Damn, Dirty's girl got skills!" Nelly shouts from the floor.
"Yo the honey got talent." Usher calls. El and Justin get off stage and walk back to their table.
"Girl I had no idea you could do that!" Justin says sitting down
"Ha neither did I." El takes some ones drink and downs it.
"Girl don't be drinking like that you know what happened last time." She nods and starts singing along with the song.
"I am getting so hot I wanna take my clothes off." She sings
"Do you wanna dance?" Justin laughs
"I thought you'd never ask." She and Justin head out on the floor
"Yo Justin this your girl?" Nelly shouts walking over to them.
"No man, she my friend." Justin shouts back
"Ya, I'm El." She says to Nelly as he stops in front of her
"Do you want to dance?" he asks
"Um," she turns to Justin. "Is it okay with you if I dance with him? Coz I won't if you don't want me to."
"It's okay Baby Girl, you luv Nelly, go dance with him." He laughs. El Smiles
"Tanks Justy." She gives him a kiss on the cheek and heads off with Nelly. Justin goes and sits down again.
"Hey Baby how are you?" Britney asks sitting down beside him.
"Hi Britney." He says awkwardly.
"So is that your new girlfriend?" she asks.
"No that's JC's baby sister El, remember her she used to come on the set sometimes?"
"That's El? Wow, she's what nineteen right?"
"Twenty one."
"So um, Justin do you think we could talk?"
"Brit we already talked we talked for hours for days there's nothing more to talk about." He sighs
"But Justin I love you, I miss you, I want you back."
"Brit I'm sorry we're over, and maybe in time we can be friends, but right now there's just someone and I really like her, and she's just confusing me right now, and I think she's confused herself, and ya… I'm just taking stuff slowly, kinda keepin it down low, so ya…"
"Oh well um okay. I hope you're happy. Bye Justin."
"Bye Brit."
"Hey El you want a drink?" Nelly asks her
"Oh no that's alright, umm thanks for the dance." She says
"No problem shorty you dance like you sing."
"How do I sing?"
"Sweet, sexy, and damn fine." El laughs and heads over to her table, she runs into Britney on the way over.
"Hey El, is that you?" Britney asks
"Oh Britney hey, sorry I didn't mean to run into ya." El laughs
"Oh it's okay don't worry about it." Britney laughs
"So how are you?"
"Oh I'm fine, this party's awesome."
"Ya it is, Joshy did good."
"JC planned this?"
"Oh ya him and his girlfriend."
"JC has a girlfriend? Oh man I haven't talked to him in forever."
"I guess so, hey I love the new song. It's awesome I'm going to have to buy the CD."
"Oh hey thanks. El do you know anything about the girl Justin likes?"
"I didn't know Justin liked anyone." El says surprised
"Ya I was just talking to him and he told me there was another girl, and he was just taking things slow and not really talking about it so I was just wondering. But hey don't tell him I was asking he might get a little angry at me okay?"
"Ya that's fine, I'll talk to you later, Brit."
"Ya bye El." Britney walks away
"Oh man he likes another girl?" El asks herself "Oh get over it hon he likes someone you should be happy for him he's moving on from Britney." She scolds herself "Why am I acting like this? I've dated two different guys in like two months, I'm not falling for him again."
"Hey El what are you doing?" Lance asks coming up behind her.
"Oh Hey Lance, nothing just thinking."
"Oh well would you think about dancing with me?"
"Sure I'd love to."
"Hey man why are you sitting all alone where's El?" Joe asks sitting down.
"Just thinking."
"About what."
"No one." He sighs
"Oh so El?"
"Have you been talking to JC or something?"
"No man," Joe laughs "I've seen you with her, I've seen the way you look at her, I've heard the way you talk about her, and I don't even want to imagine the way you think about her." Justin smiles
"Joe she's driving me crazy, she flirts with me, but then she says we're just friends. When I'm with her everything just seems so perfect, but she doesn't seem to feel the same way. It is so frustrating." Justin sighs again.
"Man you have to tell her. I went out with her no offence but she can be kinda thick sometimes."
"No kidding. God when I was up there with her," he points to the stage. "It was just amazing we were just singing and dancing and having fun together."
"Ya it sure looked like fun, she was grinding with you man, hard."
"God don't even remind me." Joe laughs at him
"Listen you have to tell her, coz honestly it looks like she likes you too. When I was dating her there was always this space she wouldn't open up to me, and if you ask Chris he'll probably tell you the same thing. But when she's with you I don't see that space, you seem so right together." Joe says
"Thanks Joe."
"No prob, J" Joe gets up and leaves
"Hiya Justy." El says bouncing over to him and sitting beside him. Lance sits down across from them
"What's got you so happy?" Justin asks
"Lance bought me another drink, so I'm just a little tipsy." She giggles.
"Baby Girl if I don't know any better I'd think you liked to drink."
"Well she's got good taste made me buy the most expensive drink there." Lance laughs
"Ya they usually have more alcohol in them, and you'd love that wouldn't you sweetie." Justin says putting his arm around El.
"Justy I'm tired."
"Ya so am I wanna go home?" El nods her head 'yes'
"Hey Lance if you see JC tell him I took El home coz she was tired okay?"
"Ya sure." Lance says.
"Justy are you going to go to bed now?"
"Ya why?"
"Well I'm gonna need some help with my clothes."
"Why?"
"Coz Andie helped me get dressed coz this shirt is really hard to get on and off."
"Oh well, okay."
"Thanks Justy." They walk up stairs together.
"Okay so what do I do?" he asks when they get into his room.
"Well there's two little itty bitty buttons and they're on the strap around my neck. I could probably do it myself but I think I had a little too much to drink"
"Okay, I got them."
"Thanks Justin." El says sleepily, she turns around and kisses him on the cheek.
"El…" Justin kisses her lips. They keep kissing; he wraps his arms around her waist. She jumps up and wraps her legs around his waist. They fall into bed.
"Oh my god…" El cries to Andie the next morning.
"Oh honey calm down, it's aright. Shh everything will be okay." Andie hugs her.
"No oh Andie we had sex! I didn't even know I was that drunk I remember everything but… oh Andie we had sex!"
"Sweetie calm down it's okay. But you know you're going to have to talk to him."
"I don't want to I'm so embarrassed! Can't you do it for me?"
"No honey I can't, but come on it was just a mistake okay? People make mistakes. I'm sure he didn't mean to either."
"Oh Andie, but it's going to be weird now. And he's such a great friend I don't want to lose that!"
"You won't sweetie I promise."
"El?" Justin mumbles sleepily. He rolls over and sees that she's not there. His headache hits him and he remembers what happened the other night. "Oh shit, she's going to hate me."
"Hey Babe what's up?" JC says kissing Andie good morning in the hall outside El's room.
"Oh Josh you've got to talk with Justin." She's says worriedly.
"What? Why?"
"God him and El had a bit to much to drink last night and… and JC they slept together."
"Oh shit! You're kidding me!"
"Shh! Josh be quiet El's in there crying her heart out!"
" Oh dammit! Why is she crying?"
"Let's see she just got drunk and accidentally slept with her best friend! I wonder? She's scared that things will get weird and she doesn't want to lose him as a friend."
"Nothing more though?"
"No, maybe she's just confused. I mean I would be too. That's a lot for her to go through, and I'm sure she doesn't want to go through it again."
"Okay I'll go talk to Justin, what are you doing?"
"I'm getting El some aspirin and some toast."
"Okay." Andie goes downstairs, JC goes and knocks on Justin's door. "Justin are you awake its JC?"
"Go away!" Justin says
"Justin I have to talk to you, I know."
"Come in." Justin grumbles unlocking the door.
"How are you?" Justin lifts his head out of his hands and there are tears on his face.
"God I just screwed up the best thing in my life and I have a hangover, and you're probably mad at me. I feel wonderful." He sneers
"Listen Justin I'm not mad at you or El, but you two have got to majorly talk. She's crying in her room right now, because she doesn't want to lose you as her friend." JC explains
"Man I can't face her." Justin whispers
"Yes you can you love her, she loves you. She's just confused."
"She loves me?" Justin whispers in amazement.
"Okay well that's not a fact, but she told Andie that she does like you, she just not really sure of everything."
"Are you sure man?"
"Positive."
"Okay well I'll go talk to her."
"Okay I talk to you later." JC leaves. Justin gets up and wipes his face off.
"Hey El?" he whispers walking to her. She lying face down on her bed, she looks up when she hears his voice.
"Oh Justin I'm sorry." She cries.
"Oh Christ El don't be sorry it's not your fault, it's no one's fault." He pulls her to him.
"But Justin, you're my best friend I don't want to lose you."
"El why would you lose me?"
"It'll get weird I know it I've seen it happen all the time." She sobs
"Oh El you're one of my best friends, I'd never let anything get between us." He squeezes her. "As long as you're okay I'm okay."
"Oh Justin you're such a wonderful person." Justin wipes the tears from El's face. She smiles up at him.
"Just for you."
"Hey man how'd it go?" JC asks when Justin gets downstairs.
"It went good." He replies
"Did you tell her?"
"Man I couldn't." he sighs
"Why not! You have to tell her if you want her Justin."
"Man she was just so…so…I don't know man she seemed so scared and upset. I couldn't put that on her just then I'll have to wait."
"Okay man, I hope you know what you're doing."
"El honey, are you all better now?" Andie asks softly sitting down on El's bed.
"I'm better, a lot better. Me and Justin talked and we're just gonna you know be friends, and get over this I guess."
"El I have to ask you something."
"Okay."
"Did he, well y'know do you remember?"
"Well I guess, I don't' really remember, but he probably did he's responsible."
"Okay, well I'm gonna go in the hot tub wanna come?"
"Sure."
Hey Lance, have you seen Andie?" El asks frantically, walking into the living room.
"Ya her and JC went grocery shopping."
"Have you seen Justin?"
"No. El is something wrong? You're shaking." Lance asks setting down his book and going over to her.
"Oh a lot's wrong." She says sitting in a chair. Lance kneels beside her.
"Are you sick? What is it?" he asks worriedly
"I-I need a doctor or something, I- I'm late Lance, my period is late and oh god, I'm so scared. Lance what if I'm pregnant!" El cries
"Shit El, oh my god. I- come on I'll take you to the drug store we'll get a test okay?" El nods her head.
"El are you okay in there?" Lance softly knocks on her bathroom door.
"Oh Jesus Christ, Lance I'm pregnant. Oh God." El walks out the door and falls on her bed and starts crying.
"Hey it's alright, okay JC and Andie will be home soon and then-"
"NO! You cannot tell anyone Lance, No one! Not JC. Not Andie. And definitely not Jus-" she thinks twice about it. "No one."
"Wait El did you just say Justin?" he asks slowly.
"Lance I can't be pregnant not again!" she cries changing the subject
"Okay hold up and explain this to me what about Justin and being pregnant again? When were you pregnant and…and is Justin the father?"
"Shit Lance I got pregnant when I was fourteen, but I miscarried. Fuck! And Justin…Justin's the father. He was the time before too. But I told everybody it was the other guy so he wouldn't get in any trouble."
"What!?"
"Justin and me went out before the group started, and we had sex and then he decided to do this. When he left I lost it I fell in with a bad crowd started drinking found a boyfriend, and had sex as much as possible. Then I found out I was pregnant I figured it was my boyfriend. So I went to the doctor and found out I was already five weeks pregnant and those numbers didn't add up because my boyfriend and me had only gone out for three weeks. And Justin was the only other guy. So he was my baby's father not that other guy. But I couldn't tell anyone else that, I couldn't ruin Justin's life like I had ruined mine. Then because of my drinking I lost the baby."
"Holy shit, does he know?"
"NO! Of course not no one knows that except for you, and you're the only one who will know that."
"What about now?"
"God, me and Justin got drunk at that party three weeks ago and we didn't know we were that drunk at the time but when we were getting ready for bed, we just started kissing and then we just did it, we had sex. And I was supposed to get my period almost two weeks ago but I haven't."
"Shit El, you have to tell someone other than me. You have to tell Justin, above all else you have to tell Justin."
"No I can't I won't, he doesn't have to know." She cries.
"El! Do you hear yourself! Do you hear what you're saying! You're pregnant with his child! You have to tell him!"
"But I can't! It'll ruin his life, his career, I can't be the one responsible for that!"
"El he won't care! He loves you! Why don't you see that?"
"He doesn't love me Lance! He left me by myself! He left for this! This is what he wants this is what he loves! Not me! I won't take this from him."
"Hey Lance, what's up?" Justin says walking into the living room.
"Oh um hey, nothing." He says awkwardly
"Okay. Is El home?"
"Ya, she's upstairs, sleeping."
"Oh well I'll just go check on her."
"Hey man you should let her sleep. She wasn't feeling to well earlier."
"Oh okay then. Well I'm outside then." Justin walks outside. 'Man I hope she's okay. I gotta tell her what I got.' He thinks
"El honey, are you feeling okay?" Andie asks softly sitting down beside El, on her bed.
"Ya I'm okay." She mumbles
"Well we got supper ready do you want some? I can bring it up here if you want to?"
"Ya that'd be great, thanks Andie."
"I'll be back in a couple minutes then okay?" El nods and Andie leaves.
"El?" Lance peeks his head in side her room.
"Come in."
"How are you?"
"Fine."
"Are you going to tell Andie? Cause you know you need her she's your best friend she'll help you."
"I'm not telling anyone for at least three months."
"Why?"
"Because if I don't miscarry, before then, then the baby will most likely live."
"Okay, but what if you do miscarry?"
"I go to the hospital, get checked out, maybe stay for a day or two depending, then come home and no one has to know anything."
"El I'm sorry, but that's just not right. It sounds just…so wrong."
"God you're right, but I don't know what else I can do."
"What you can do about what?" Andie asks walking in with El's dinner.
"Oh nothing, what'd ya get me?" El smiles
"Spaghetti, what are you and Lance talking about?"
"Nothing, I'll just go down and let you eat." Lance gets up and walks out.
"El is there something going on between you and Lance?" Andie set's down the food and sits beside El.
"No, we were just talking."
"About what though."
"Nothing, just something with Lance."
"Okay well is it okay if I eat downstairs?"
"Ya that's fine."
"Okay if you need me just yell." Andie walks out
"Morning El." Justin says as she walks down the stairs.
"Morning." She says quickly
"El what's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"El, are you avoiding me?"
"No why would I?"
"Well I don't know you've just been acting pretty strange for the past two weeks. Are you positive?"
"Ya, very positive."
"Good cause I got something I want to show you." He says excitedly.
"Oh, okay, what is it?"
"Come with me, I'll take you."
"Okay look." Justin says taking his hands away from El's eyes.
"Um Justin we're at an empty building." She says
"I know but it's our empty building."
"Oh Justin do you mean you bought this?" she asks excitedly
"Yupp it's ours, it needs a little work on the inside but it's a great building."
"Oh can I look inside?"
"Ya sure come on." El bounces excitedly as Justin unlocks the door. He opens the door and she runs in excitedly and looks around.
"Justin it's perfect! I can't believe you bought it! You're the best!" She runs and hugs him.
"Baby Girl…you feel different." Justin looks at her
"Oh um sorry, I think I've like gained weight or something." She stammers
"No you, don't feel bigger you feel warmer, and you look like you…like you're glowing." He smiles
"Oh um, thank you?"
"Lance can you give me a ride?" El asks him knocking on his bedroom door
"Come in." he calls "Ya sure I can give you a ride, where to?"
"Well I need to go to the doctors."
"Oh ya sure, when's your appointment?"
"Four so we gotta go like right now."
"Okay just give me a second."
"Ya sure."
"Okay Eleanor Chasez, follow me." The nurse says to El when her and Lance get there.
"Okay. Um Lance will you come with me?"
"Ya okay." El and Lance go into the examination room. El sits on the table and Lance sits in a chair beside the door.
"Hello Eleanor, I'm Dr.Grady. So you're here for an ultrasound?"
"Yes."
"Is this the father?" Dr.Grady asks looking at Lance.
"No he's a friend."
"Okay then, lets get started. If you could pull you're shirt up over you're stomach." El pulls her shirt up, and the doctor puts the special jelly on her tummy.
"Lance come over here please?" El asks. He goes and stands beside her head.
"Okay, so I'm just going to roll this over you're belly and we'll see how far along you are." The doctor rolls the thingy over her tummy. "Okay well it's looks like you're about two and a half months." The doctor tells her.
"Um I don't see anything." Lance says
"Okay well you see that dark spot right there." The doctor points to the screen. "That's the baby."
"Wow I didn't think it'd be so big already." El says
"Maybe it's twins." Lance says
"Shut up. That's not funny."
"Well you never know actually, it is pretty big. But if you go and talk to Nancy at the front desk we'll book you an appointment for about two months they'll be more developed by then, and we might be able to tell the sex then." Dr.Grady.
"Okay thank you."
"El, are you okay? You've been in the bathroom forever." JC calls
"Ya I'm fi-" she calls. JC hears a gagging noise
"El, are you okay?" JC asks her as she walks out.
"Ya, just peachy." She mumbles
"El you've been sick every morning for the past two weeks, tell me what's wrong."
"Nothing Josh I'm fine."
"El you've been in the bathroom for over half an hour throwing up- El are you-"
"Get lost Josh!"
"Shit! El you're pregnant!"
"Wow Josh I don't think the neighbours heard could you yell just a little louder?!"
"Oh El, you… but you're pregnant! How? Who?"
"God Josh… just leave me alone." She pleads
"El…is it...oh god is it Justin." El nods her head
"You can't tell anyone Josh, no one. I'm going to tell Andie my self and…I don't know how to tell Justin…I-I…shit…" she starts crying
"Oh Ellie it's okay, don't cry, don't worry."
"But I don't know what I'm going to do Joshy! I mean I'm happy, but I'm so scared!"
"Don't be scared okay don't be scared. I'll help you and Andie, and Justin would def-"
"No, Josh I'll ruin his life! It'll ruin his career if people find out he has a child!."
"El don't be stupid, Justin would rather be with you and your child then have any of this! He loves you El, he's loved you this whole time! You are going to tell him and then you are going to decide what to do. Together."
"But-"
"No but's."
"Joshy thank you." She hugs him
"Hiya sunshine." Andie calls as El comes downstairs
"Hiya doll, can I talk to you?"
"Ya sure."
"Okay come on." El leads Andie outside
"Andie I'm in trouble."
"What is it?"
"I'm pregnant."
"Oh my gosh! El! That's wonderful! But…Oh El is it Justin's"
"Ya it's his." She smiles weakly.
"Oh El I can't believe it! Since when?"
"About umm almost four months. But-"
"I can't believe you didn't tell me!"
"I know but Andie what am I going to do?"
"Well you and Justin are going to get married and then have lots more babies and live-"
"Andie be serious, we can't live happily ever after. He's a superstar and I'm some nobody who had been living with her brother in Georgia and then was invited to live here."
"El you are going to live happily ever after. You know why? Because you love him, and he loves you."
"Andie I don't-"
"El stop lying, you love him and you know it! Now admit it."
"Andie I don't!"
"EL I'M SERIOUS! You know you'll feel so much better after you've said it."
"Oh Andie I love him! I love him so much, but I don't want to be hurt again! And Andie I'm so confused" El cries
"Wow, I didn't really expect you to say it." Andie says hugging her
"Josh! Josh! Come here quick I need to talk to you!" Andie yells running in the house.
"What? What is it?" he asks turning off the TV
"It's El!"
"Oh no is she okay is the ba-"
"Josh quiet!" Andie hisses at him "And no it's not the baby, it's El you'll never guess what she told me!"
"She told you she was pregnant?"
"Well ya obviously. But no she just told me she loves Justin! Can you believe it! I just told her she better stop lying and I wasn't really expecting her to say it but she did! But she doesn't want him to hurt her and she said she's just confused and…Josh she finally said it!" Andie takes a breath
"Too bad she said it to you and not to Justin."
"I know we have to find a way to get them to say it."
"To each other preferably."
"Hey Baby Girl I need to talk to you." Justin says knocking on El's door
"Oh hey Justin I need to talk to you to" she says putting her pencil down and taking her glasses off.
"Since when do you wear glasses?"
"Oh just for reading, nothing to big, but I was just drawing up some plans for the club."
"Really that's cool I was just going to ask you about that. But what do you have?"
"Okay well I've been drawing like a maniac, and well I came up with this. See the way I was thinking we could make this like an old fashion kinda Mobster hangout type thing, y'know what I'm talking about?"
"Ya I get ya like Bugsy Malone or that rabbit guy"
"Roger Rabbit" El laughs
"Ya, that's what I was thinking."
"So was I when I designed it." El hands the drawings to Justin.
"Wow, El these are amazing!"
"Thanks I took a course in school"
"Well it really paid off. These are really cool I love it. "
"So how are we going to pull this off?"
"Okay well I already had a guy make sure the building is safe, so we're clear there. I have all the paper work done. But we're going to have to hire a contractor, cause we cannot do all this by ourselves, but we're going to have to find staff and all that kind of thing. So I was thinking before the plans are finished we could go and start looking for waiters and bartenders and a house band and stuff."
"Sounds great, and I can design uniforms and everything! Justin this is going to be wonderful!" El hugs him.
"El I don't mean to be rude or anything but you are starting to feel a little bigger." Justin says carefully.
"Oh ya I know I'm going to have to start working out some more."
"Finally you're awake you snore like a lawn mower." Justin says from the other side of the room.
"I'm never drinking like that again." She moans pulling the covers over her head.
"Yes you will and you know it." He laughs
"Oohh no loud noises please." She sighs "Where's Chris?"
"He had a meeting this morning he'll be back by noon."
"Oh."
"El did you mean anything you said last night?"
"I don't even remember anything I said last night."
"Oh okay then."
"Justy?" she says pulling the covers under her chin
"Ya?"
"Am I a cute drunk?"
"The cutest El." Justin laughs
"Thank you. Can you make me feel better?" she pouts
"There's some Advil there on your stand." He smiles.
"Tanx." Justin walks over and sits beside her. "I don't feel good."
"I know Baby Girl neither do I." He says pulling her into a hug
"Morning Sunshine! How ya feeling!" Andie says loudly as El comes down stairs.
"Evil bitch." She mumbles
"Oh Hunny! Do you have a hangover?" she asks getting up and putting her arm around El. She nods her head yes. "Well I got something to fix that." She walks her into the kitchen and sits her on a chair. She starts mixing things together.
"What are you making?"
"A little something my ma taught me."
"What's in it?" she asks taking the glass Andie holds out
"Family secret." She grins, El takes a sip and gags
"EWW THAT IS DISGUSTING!"
"Drink it it'll make you feel better I promise."
"It'll prob'ly make me throw up."
"Look who it is! My little drinker baby!." Chris says happily walking into the living room
"Hiya honey." El says getting up to hug him. 'Why doesn't this feel right?' she asks herself
"Are you feeling better?"
"Ya I feel fine."
"Good coz I wanna take you out tonight."
"Where."
"Just dinner and dancing, no clubs though don't worry."
"Okay, fancy or casual?"
"Fancy very fancy." He says kissing her. "And romantic."
"Oohh sounds fun." She smiles
"I got reservations for six thirty, so be ready to leave at six."
"Sure hon."
"El come on we're going to be late!" Chris calls upstairs
"I'm coming just one more minute."
"It better be worth it!"
"It will be."
"So where are you going?" Justin asks
"Dinner and dancing at this cute little Cuban restaurant, does she like salsa dancing?"
"The forbidden dance?"
"Ya, sure."
"Oh she'll love it."
"Chris I'm coming!" El calls from upstairs. As she walks down Chris and Justin stare in awe. She is wearing a fire engine red, silk, strapless, full-length dress with a slit going all the way up the leg. The trim around the dress is sparkly and looks like diamonds. Her shoes are the same colour as the dress and are sparkly like the trim. Chris is speechless.
"God you look gorgeous Baby Girl." Justin exclaims picking her up off the last couple of steps and spinning her around. She laughs happily
"Lordy Justin you'd think I was going on the date with you." She smiles happily
"Well seeing you like this I wish I was." He stares
"Wow Peachy you…you look so beautiful…" Chris says. He breaks out of trance and looks at his watch. "We have to go, we're going to be late. Come on El. See ya later Justin."
"Bye Chris, Bye Baby Girl."
"Bye Justin." El runs and gives him a quick kiss on the lips, and then she runs to the door where Chris is waiting, but where he couldn't see the kiss.
"El you look so amazing tonight, everybody was staring when you walked in." Chris says at the restaurant
"Oh they were probably looking at you honey." El blushes
"No way." The waiter comes and they order."
"That was delicious!" El exclaims after they've finished they're dessert.
"Ya it was want to dance?"
"Later, I'm to full to dance right now, let's talk."
"Okay about what?"
"Hmm where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"You sound like a reporter." Chris laughs "Well I see myself as a forty year old balding man still trying to be cool. Okay but seriously, um still in the music scene even if I'm not singing. Definitely still working with FuMan. Maybe with a beautiful younger woman." He says taking her hand. El smiles uncomfortably.
"Um ya okay."
"So where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"Well I want to be a, and don't laugh at this, a lounge singer, and I'll probably be living here in my own little apartment, well hopefully a big apartment, I hope to at least have a boyfriend. But whatever feels right you know?" Chris Laughs, El frowns a bit.
"Ya. So why do you want to be a lounge singer?"
"Well y'know Jessica Rabbit? Well I've always wanted to be her, since the time I first saw her till now and probably forever I've wanted to be just like her. Wonderful job, cool dress, sweet funny romantic husband." She laughs softly.
"Do you ever want to have kids?"
"Oh yes of course, I love kids they're so cute and sweet and funny and innocent."
"How many?"
"Two or Four, it has to be an even number though. I hate odd numbers, I have it all planned out I want the kids to be close together so that way they can hang around with each other and be friends. I mean like me and Tyler always got along better, when we were younger at least, coz he's only two years older than me. Joshy was five years older so he would tease me more and I would bug him more."
"That sounds like a great plan. Hey El you want to get out of here?"
"You want to go home already it's only eight o'clock?"
"Well I don't want to go home, a hotel maybe?"
"Um…Chris, what do you think we'd do at a hotel?"
"Oh come on El, it'd be really romantic and I mean its pretty hard to get some privacy back at the house so I thought it'd be easier."
"Or did you think maybe I'd be easier?" El asks angrily.
"Come on El I didn't mean that. We've been going out for like what a month and I mean I've know you for a couple years, and I really like you, And I want to settle down, you feel so perfect to me. I just thought-"
"Well you thought wrong." She hisses cutting him off. "And you've known of me for a couple of years you hardly know anything about me. You know my past and you know me now. But you don't know who I am or what I like or anything about me that really counts." She walks outside angrily but trying not to make a scene. She runs down the steps of the restaurant trying not to trip and not to cry. Once she gets down the block she gets out her cell phone.
"Hello?"
"Justin?" she asks tearily
"Baby Girl is that you?" he asks
"Ya."
"What's wrong? Are you okay?"
"Its Chris he just wants to get me into bed can you come and pick me up?"
"Ya sure where are you?" El tells him where she is. "I'll be there in a couple minutes."
"Thanks Justin." El says getting into Justin's Mercedes
"It's no problem Baby Girl, I'd do anything for you. Where do you want to go?"
"Could we go somewhere and talk?"
"Well we could go get some coffee?"
"Sounds great." She sniffles
"Okay so tell me exactly what happened." Justin says handing El her Starbucks coffee. She drinks until the cup is half empty
"Okay well we were just talking, and I asked him where he thought he'd be in ten years and he says all this stuff and then he's like and maybe I'd have a beautiful younger women and he takes my hand and smiles, and I'm just like ya okay whatever, so he asks me the same question so I answer, and he's like okay do you want kids and I'm like ya and he asks me like how many and stuff so I tell him and then he's like lets go get a room, and I'm like no and he's like well we've been going out for a while and I've known you for a couple years and I'm like no you've known of me for a couple years and stuff like that then I leave and call you." She stops and drinks the rest of her coffee.
"Wow maybe talking over coffee wasn't the best idea." Justin says.
"Ya doesn't take much to get me going." She laughs
"Well I don't think he was just trying to get you into bed El, I guess he just figured that you'd feel the same way. I mean who would waste that gorgeous dress on a guy she didn't like that much."
"Well you know he said fancy so I got fancy."
"Baby Girl you went past fancy, all the way to drop dead sexy." He smiles
"Why Justin were you checkin' me out?" she pretends to be offended, but laughs
"And if I was?"
"I'd be very flattered."
"Why?"
"Coz you look so good, even in sweats." She blushes
"Really?" Justin asks surprised. El nods.
"Okay new topic, a fun one please."
"Okay so where do you see yourself in ten years?" he jokes
"Justin don't be a butthead." Justin laughs
"Okay, umm what do you want to do with your life?"
"Okay well no laughing okay? But I want to be a lounge singer"
"Why would I laugh at that?"
"Well most people I've told have laughed at it, so y'know…"
"Well I think that is the coolest idea I've ever heard."
"Ya, but it would be kinda hard cause I mean how many lounge's are really around now a days and are popular. It's all clubs and techno sounds now. So I guess I'll just have to change my dream. I can't sing worth shit anyways." She laughs
"El don't say that I've heard you sing, it's practically a religious experience. Your voice is so amazing and even if we have to start up our own little club just so you can sing in it we will."
"You don't have to humour me Justin." She smiles sadly
"I'm serious Baby Girl." She looks up at him her eyes sparkling.
"Really? You'd do that for me?"
"Of course you're one of my closest friends, I'd do anything for you."
"Oh Justin you're the nicest guy on the planet!" she gets up and hugs him. That's the way loves goes starts playing over the speakers. "Oh lets dance I love this song!" El cries. Justin laughs, and stands up. The people near by watch in awe as the beautiful girl in the red dress dances with Justin Timberlake, who seems to be in his pyjamas in the middle of a Starbucks.
"El I love you." Justin says softly so that El won't hear, but just so he could say it to her.
"Andie, hey Andie wake up." El says gently shaking her. Andie's sleeping in JC's room almost full time now.
"El? What is it? Is something wrong?" she mumbles
"Well it's a long story, and I wanna tell it to you come on get up." El drags her out of bed and their room.
"What's so important that you had to drag me out of bed at 1 in the morning?"
"I had the greatest time tonight!" she exclaims flinging herself down on her bed.
"Okay what did you and Chris do?"
"No not with Chris I think I'm going to break up with him. I had a great time with Justin." Andie looks confused.
"Okay so Chris and me had nice dinner we talked and then he tried to get me to go to bed with him and I refused and freaked out, so I left and called Justin so he came and picked me up and I was upset and all so we went for coffee so we could talk."
"I'll bet he never does that again." Andie interrupts.
"Do what?"
"Take you out for coffee."
"Shut up and don't interrupt me. So anyways we talked and I told him everything that happened and so he made me feel better and stuff." She stops for a breath
"Okay that's wonderful, I'm going back to bed, night." she gets up to leave. El grabs her and pulls her back.
"I'm not done yet sit and listen and no more interruptions or I'll kick your ass. Okay so we talked and he's like so what do you want to do with your life, and I'm like I wanna be a lounge singer, and he's like cool, and I'm like ya but like there's no lounge singer's now a days it's all like techno and stuff, and he's like well then if it comes to it we'll just start our own little club and you can sing, and I'm like you'd do that for me your so nice, and he's like your one my best friends and then a real cool song came on and we danced in the middle of Starbucks, it was so fun and then we just drove around talking for like three hours. It was amazing. Okay I'm done you can talk now." Andie grins at her.
"Well don't just sit there grinning like the Cheshire cat, say some thing!"
"You like him don't you?"
"Who Justin? I've known him forever we dated in high school; he's one of my few closest friends. Of course I like him."
"No Hunny you like-like him, as in boyfriend girlfriend like…hey hold up you dated in high school?"
"Ya I would have told you ya know but it really hurt me when we decided to be friends so I didn't like talking about it much."
"Because you still like him, actually I think you love him."
"Andie don't be absurd, we're friends." She laughs "You're just tired go to bed."
"No El I'm serious you love him and he loves you."
"And how do you figure that?"
"Well lets see I heard him talking about how gorgeous you looked tonight and other days when you're not around he talks about you, I've heard him on the phone talking to his mom about you, he took care of you when you were sick and when you were drunk and when you had a hangover. That day in the pool where you had your little scene and just the way you two act around each other." 'Plus,' she thinks 'JC already let it slip that he told him he likes you. But of course I promised I wouldn't tell, so…you'll never know that'
"Andie we're just real close friends, now go to bed you're so tired you're not making sense."
"Okay whatever, but you just think about it." Andie goes back to JC's room. El changes into her PJ's. Then she goes and knocks on Chris' door.
"Chris are you awake?"
"Ya come in."
"Hi, um y'know I'm sorry about tonight I just kinda really overreacted."
"Ya that's okay at least you didn't scream and cry and make a huge ass scene." He laughs.
"Ya I guess, but we need to talk."
"Ya we do, we're not going to work are we?"
"Probably not, I mean you probably want someone that's ready to get real serious, like marriage serious right?" Chris nods.
"Ya I'm getting old. I'm starting to want a family. But that's not what you want, is it?"
"No I'm still young I'm just lookin to have fun, I'm sorry I really do like you just only as a friend."
"Ya that's cool, so friends?"
"Ya friends." El agrees. They hug. "Well I'll go and let you sleep night bud."
"Night peachy." El crosses the hall to Justin's door.
"Justy? Are you still awake?" she asks softly peaking her head in the door.
"Ya I'm awake, come in"
"Thanks." She says sitting down on the edge of his bed.
"So what's up?" he asks sitting up and turning on a light.
"Well me and Chris talked, and ya we broke up, but it was a mutual thing, he understood what I felt and I said sorry for teeing out and we're still friends."
"Teeing?"
"Ya man I teed out at the restaurant."
"Oh you mean you freaked out?"
"Ya, that is what tee means." El makes a face at him
"Oh I always thought it was a hot beverage or something you placed a ball on so little kids could hit it, or a letter but I guess that's what it means, sorry." El laughs at him
"You're funny Justy." She giggles
"Ya I am. So what ya doing?" El laughs more.
"Sitting on your bed. Hey would you mind if I lied down, it's kinda uncomfortable sittin' on the edge." She smiles
"Oh ya sure come on." He says moving over and pulling up the blankets so she can get under.
"Oh man I got cheated my bed is hard as a rock and the sheets are like cheap your bed is so nice!" Justin laughs
"Well I had to have the best for my bed."
"Would you mind if I slept in here tonight? My room is lonely without Andie there and your bed is just amazing." El yawns
"Oh ya sure, you can sleep in here whenever you want, no problem."
"Tanks Justy." She sighs
"Ya you…you're welcome." Justin says as she cuddles up to him.
"Hey Justin, you awake yet?" JC knocks on Justin's door the next morning.
"Ya I'm up come in." JC walks in
"Hey have you seen El this morning?" he asks. Justin motions for him to be quiet and points to his bed. "Dude! She just broke up with Chris last night! Unless you were…oh man come on tell me you weren't while they were going out."
"No it's nothing like that come on, out in the hall." Justin and JC walk out. "We're not hooking up or anything like that." Justin laughs.
"Then why is she sleeping in your bed?"
"Well we were talking last night and it was late and she was tired so she asked if she could stay with me because it was lonely in her room without Andie there."
"And that's it?"
"That's it. I mean man I like her a lot but I wouldn't want to be the rebound guy, I can wait for her, she's definitely worth it."
"Man I think you're in love." JC smiles
"I know I'm in love."
"Andie lets go shopping today!" El says excitedly
"Ya sure I haven't been shopping for like 48 hours I'm dying to." She laughs
"You're such a dork, y'know?" El laughs
"I learned from the best."
"I learned from you!" they sing together
"DUDE LOOKS LIKE A LADY!" El shouts in the car singing with the radio
"Calm down you're gonna drive us off the road." Andie turns the volume down.
"Oh my gosh, guess what I did last night, Andie?"
"Hmm, smoked crack?"
"Ha, ha you're so funny, but no. I slept with Justin."
"WHAT!?"
"No oh no not that kinda of sleep like actual sleep. It's so lonely in our room with just me and Justin's bed is so much nicer than mine, so I just sleep in his room with him."
"How long has this been going on?"
"Umm like two weeks I guess."
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"I don't know I guess I just forgot, sorry hun."
"So are you two going to go out?"
"Oh Andie what's with you and that notion of yours? Me and Justin are friends that's all."
"Well don't you still have like a little flame from high school?"
"Well I don't know maybe, but I dunno he doesn't like me like that. I mean we've always been close. It's like he takes care of me. Like one time we were at the mall when I was like 14 and I spilt soda down the front of my shirt and like he gave me his shirt coz mine was white and you could totally see through it, it was so sweet."
"Was that before or after you started dating."
"Well actually the next day he asked me to the movies and that's where he asked me out and I had my first kiss. It was all so… movie-ish, and romantic."
"Oh girl you love him." Andie gasps
"I do not, not anymore than a real close friend."
"No way you love him."
"Haha, I Love Him like I love you!"
"Sorry Girl I don't get down like that!"
"Whatever lets go shop!"
"Hey Jace where's El and Andie?" Justin asks coming inside from the basketball court.
"They went shopping."
"Cool."
"Ya so what's going on with you and Ellie?"
"Uh same as usual, just friends." He sighs
"Is she still sleeping in, umm, you're bed?" JC asks awkwardly
"Ya man, it's crazy, I love her so much and we sleep in the same bed every night, and she cuddles up to me but she never shows any inclination to be in a relationship, it's all just meaningless flirting."
"Man you have to tell her how you feel, she probably doesn't have a clue. I mean you know Ellie, never to bright like that."
"I know but I feel like such an ass, I broke her heart and now I want her back. And I'm scared if I do it again she'll completely lose it, I mean you know what happened before, she went out of control."
"I know but that was the past, she was young. That wasn't you're fault."
"But it feels like it."
"Well maybe I can talk to Andie, she might be able to get Ellie's opinion."
"Thanks Jace."
"El look over here! Look at this!" Andie calls to El.
"What is it?" she asks walking over. Andie points at a tabloid 'NSYNC'S HEART THROB HAS NEW GIRLFRIEND?' the heading reads. El picks it up.
"Look they have pictures of me getting into his car , riding with him on his motorcycle, dancing at the Starbucks, and the one time we went to the water park." She laughs "I'm going to get this and then we can go home, okay?"
"Finally I thought you'd shop all night. It's quarter after six!"
"Honey's we're home!" El jokes walking in the living room with her numerous bags.
"Hey El, hey Andie." Lance says looking up from his book
"Where's JC?" Andie asks
"Him and Justin are out playing ball."
"Cool, El lets go for a swim?" Andie asks
"Ya sure I can wear my new bikini. Lance wanna join us?"
"Hmm let me think? Hot girls in bikini's? How about yes." He puts his book down and heads upstairs laughing.
"Hey you two how bout you forget the ball and come swimming with me El and Andie?" Lance asks coming outside. The girls are still inside changing.
"I will, J how bout you?" JC replies
"I'll come in later I want to practice my lay-up." He says
"Whatever man, but El will be in a bikini." Lance calls. Justin stops for a minute.
"Just let me rest a bit." Justin says putting the ball down and sitting in a chair by the pool. El comes out a few minutes later with Andie. Andie hops in the pool. El looks around for a minute, not noticing Justin staring at her. She's wearing her new baby blue bikini.
'Damn, Baby Girl's lookin fine.' Justin says to himself. "El, what are you looking for?" he asks her.
"Camera men." She laughs
"Why?" El walks over and tosses the magazine Her and Andie bought.
"Just wondering if they're still watching."
"This crazy! Look they got pictures inside! There's us on my bike when you broke up with Joe, there's you getting in my car the night you broke up with Chris, and there's us in Starbucks that same night!" he laughs
"Looks like I'm you're new girlfriend Justy." She says sitting down on his lap laughing.
"Ha, ha you wish." He jokes. JC gives him a dirty look. El just laughs.
"Oh well. Let's swim."
"Are you sure that's safe there kid?" JC asks her.
"Ya why not, it is a bathing suit."
"Well there are no straps it's gonna fall off."
"Joshy, they're called boobs they will hold it up."
"I'm getting out, I'm going wrinkly." JC says climbing out of the pool.
"Oh no Joshy that's not from the pool, it's just natural." El calls
"Eleanor." JC says sticking out his tongue
"Joshua." El does likewise
"Y'all I'm gonna shoot some hoops, any one wanna join me?" Justin asks getting out.
"Oh I will, Andie Lance?" El says jumping out of the pool
"No I'm gonna go inside, and read." Lance says
"I'm getting cold, I'm going inside too." Andie replies
"Suit yourselves, let me just dry off and put on some shorts okay?" El says grabbing her towel
"Yupp." Justin jogs to the court and does a lay-up.
"Okay Justy I'm ready!" El jogs over wearing baby blue short-shorts.
"Y'know you can always borrow some money if you need it Baby Girl." He says looking at her shorts
"What do you mean?" El asks quizzically.
"Well could you not afford a finished pair of shorts or something?"
"Justy you're such a smart ass." She giggles "And these are so cool don't ya think. They're like the pink one's J-Lo wears in her I'm Real video. I got a matching sweatshirt too, it's so cute."
"I'm sure it is." He smiles
"Okay give me the ball."
"Why?"
"Cause I wanna go first."
"No I go first."
"No, ladies always go first."
"Well that still doesn't explain why you should go first." Justin smirks
"Don't be a butthead, now please give me the ball."
"No, listen I'll throw the ball in the air and whoever gets it goes first."
"Fine, but that's not real fair I mean you're like five million feet taller than me." She pouts
"I'm only like eight inches taller than you, and I won't jump real high okay?"
"Okay, on three. One, two, three." Justin throws the ball in the air. They both jump up to catch it. Justin gets it.
"Ha I beat you baby girl."
"Oh come on, that wasn't fair. You jumped higher than I did" She reaches for it, but her top falls down. Justin drops the ball and stares.
"Justy! Turn around!" She cries, and quickly pulls it back up.
"Oh wow, sorry." He stammers
"Um sorry but do you mind if I um go inside?" El asks, embarrassed.
"Ya, um no go ahead." Justin says awkwardly.
"Tanks." El runs in the house.
"Thank you Lord." Justin says quietly looking at the sky
"Oh Andie that had to have been the most embarrassing moment of my life!"
"Oh come on he's in a boy band he's seen boobs before. He went out with Britney Spears for goodness sake! How could he have not seen a set of boobs then!" Andie laughs
"But Andie he hasn't seen mine!" El cries
"Well he has now."
"Be serious I'm so embarrassed!"
"Oh I don't know why you're freaking out about this, he would have seen them sooner or later, and it just happened sooner that you figured it would."
"Andie what are you talking about?"
"Look he likes you, maybe he even loves you, and you are so totally in love with him weather you believe it or not I can tell that you do, okay? So when two people have a love like yours they usually have sex, and when you have sex you get naked, therefore he would see your boobs." Andie explains
"Andie stop it will you, please? I already told you I love him like I love you."
"And I already told you sorry hun I'm not like that."
"Okay I do like him just a little bit, but I mean it's probably just a physical thing alright? Now Andie, I'm warning you, keep your thoughts to your self please."
"Hey Justin, man what's up? You look like you're stoned." JC asks. They are in the living room, watching TV.
"Man I'd tell you but you don't wanna hear it."
"Man I've heard just about anything, don't worry about me."
"I saw her man. We were playing ball and her top just fell down and like all I could do was stare."
"Oh okay oh God you were right, I didn't need to hear that. Hey wait you stared! That's my baby sister man, be a gentleman."
"I know I'm sorry but it was like wow."
"Umm y'know man how bout you talk to someone else about this coz I'm…I'm majorly disturbed now." JC walks up stairs
"Hey baby, what are ya doing?" Andie asks walking out of El's room.
"Man I…I just wow, no."
"Oh so Justin told you about El's peek show?" Andie laughs
"Oh ya, it was…gross."
"Okay sweetie but we have to talk."
"About what?"
"About the situation between El and Justin."
"Oh ya, we do. Justin well Justin loves her. But he's to scared to tell her. He doesn't want her to lose it like last time."
"Last time? What happened last time?"
"Well you know how she rebelled right?"
"Ya."
"Well that happened after Justin left, that's why she did it."
"Oh no wonder she doesn't want to get involved with him."
"Ya but do you know how she feels about him?"
"Well other than saying that he's just a friend, she just admitted to me like five minutes ago that she does like him, but she says its just physical. But I know she loves him."
"How can you tell?"
"She always talks about him, the way she talks about him. I mean she sleeps in his bed every night; she has to have some deeper attraction to him. She doesn't cuddle up to people that easily, I mean we're like best friends and she won't sleep in the same bed as me unless she absolutely has to."
"We've gotta do something Andie, at least get them to talk about they're feelings. Justin's torn up majorly."
"El's silently suffering I know she is. I asked her about Britney and Justin once and she like nearly cried."
"I know what we have to do."
"What?"
"We have to throw a party."
"A Party! Finally I was wondering if y'all would ever have a party! Who's coming?" El asks excitedly bouncing up and down on the couch.
"Some friends, some strangers y'know the usual." JC shrugs.
"No I don't know the usual Joshy, tell me the usual."
"Umm, Nelly and his crew, um Brit, X-Tina and their crews. Um just a whole lot of people."
"Oh you know who you have to invite?"
"Who El?"
"Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. They're yummy" El squeals
"Um ya I'll try"
"Oh JC This is so cool." El gasps checking out the club they had booked for the party.
"Man JC you did good." Says Justin
"Ya, it's huge. The bar over there, tables are over there, dance floor is pretty much everywhere, the stage is upfront, and the stairs are over there." JC points everything out.
"What do the stairs go up to?" El asks
"They go up to the rooms." JC smirks
"Rooms? Man this place has everything." Justin comments
"Ya it'll be perfect." JC smiles
"Totally."
"Damn JC! You got this place packed." El says over the noise.
"Yup, seems a lot smaller now doesn't it?" JC asks
"Ya I'm going to get a drink." El laughs
"Hey El!" Justin calls walking over to her
"Ya hon?"
"Wanna dance?"
"Oh ya sure, c'mon I can dance ya in circles again." You Don't Have To Call by Usher is playing.
"Baby Girl, love the outfit." Justin says while they dance. El is wearing a stone washed jean miniskirt, slip on mini-heel sandals, and a hot pink halter-top that shows a lot of skin.
"Thanks, lookin pretty sexy yourself." She giggles. Justin is wearing ripped blue jeans a black shirt and a suede jacket.
"Don't you know it, want a drink?"
"Ya, I'd love one."
"El go sing onstage." Andie tells El.
"No way man, there's to many people." She laughs
"Oh c'mon Baby Girl, when we start our club there are going to be even more people watching you sing." Justin says
"No I can't not by my self, I don't even know half these people."
"Well I'll sing with ya." Justin volunteers
"You will, cool but I chose the song just follow my lead you'll do fine." El takes a sip of her drink then heads up to the stage. "Hello." Everyone looks up at her. "Wow hi, I'm El, and I'mma sing for all y'all fine people here. But y'know I'mma be a brat and sing one of my brother's songs. But for y'all who don't know my brother is JC, and I'mma get my boy Justin up here and he gon help me." Justin laughs and starts walking to the stage.
"That's your last drink there Baby Girl." He says taking the glass out of her hand and putting it down somewhere. Everyone laughs
"Okay, hey Skribble spin Up Against The Wall." El calls to DJ Skribble. He gives thumbs up and the beat starts to play.
Up Against The Wall
(My Mix)
El: I was just doing my thing, hanging out at the spot
You know the place we go the music strong play hot
And everybody was feeling the DJ Smoke cleared and I saw a sexy man
The lights went low and the disco ball came down
He walked up to me slow, and you know what happens now
The guy was fine and he knew he had game
What more do I have to say
He took my hand; we never said a word at all
We started grinding Dirty had me up against the wall
Ask me about tomorrow you know that I don't care at
I just got caught up when he had me up against the wall
Justin: It's almost two o'clock time to make my move
The after hour spot is where I'm going to
Coz I gotta have some more lookin for somebody to hit the dance floor
And Lucky for me I seen a fine young lady's eyein me
With all the lights down low and her friends were all around
I walked up to her slow, and you know what happens now
She turned around and she worked in the worst way
What more do I have to say
She took my hand we never said a word at all
We started grinding shorty had me up against the wall
Ask me about tomorrow you know that I don't care at all
I just got caught up when she had me up against the wall
El: Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the finest one you saw?
He's underneath the disco ball, the disco ball, the disco ball
Justin: Standing next to strobe lights, dancin' hot lookin tight
The freaks sure do come out at night, out at night (night)
El: He took my hand; we never said a word at all
We started grinding Dirty had me up against the wall
Ask me about tomorrow you know that I don't care at
I just got caught up when he had me up against the wall
Justin: She took my hand we never said a word at all
We started grinding shorty had me up against the wall
Ask me about tomorrow you know that I don't care at all
I just got caught up when she had me up against the wall
"Damn, Dirty's girl got skills!" Nelly shouts from the floor.
"Yo the honey got talent." Usher calls. El and Justin get off stage and walk back to their table.
"Girl I had no idea you could do that!" Justin says sitting down
"Ha neither did I." El takes some ones drink and downs it.
"Girl don't be drinking like that you know what happened last time." She nods and starts singing along with the song.
"I am getting so hot I wanna take my clothes off." She sings
"Do you wanna dance?" Justin laughs
"I thought you'd never ask." She and Justin head out on the floor
"Yo Justin this your girl?" Nelly shouts walking over to them.
"No man, she my friend." Justin shouts back
"Ya, I'm El." She says to Nelly as he stops in front of her
"Do you want to dance?" he asks
"Um," she turns to Justin. "Is it okay with you if I dance with him? Coz I won't if you don't want me to."
"It's okay Baby Girl, you luv Nelly, go dance with him." He laughs. El Smiles
"Tanks Justy." She gives him a kiss on the cheek and heads off with Nelly. Justin goes and sits down again.
"Hey Baby how are you?" Britney asks sitting down beside him.
"Hi Britney." He says awkwardly.
"So is that your new girlfriend?" she asks.
"No that's JC's baby sister El, remember her she used to come on the set sometimes?"
"That's El? Wow, she's what nineteen right?"
"Twenty one."
"So um, Justin do you think we could talk?"
"Brit we already talked we talked for hours for days there's nothing more to talk about." He sighs
"But Justin I love you, I miss you, I want you back."
"Brit I'm sorry we're over, and maybe in time we can be friends, but right now there's just someone and I really like her, and she's just confusing me right now, and I think she's confused herself, and ya… I'm just taking stuff slowly, kinda keepin it down low, so ya…"
"Oh well um okay. I hope you're happy. Bye Justin."
"Bye Brit."
"Hey El you want a drink?" Nelly asks her
"Oh no that's alright, umm thanks for the dance." She says
"No problem shorty you dance like you sing."
"How do I sing?"
"Sweet, sexy, and damn fine." El laughs and heads over to her table, she runs into Britney on the way over.
"Hey El, is that you?" Britney asks
"Oh Britney hey, sorry I didn't mean to run into ya." El laughs
"Oh it's okay don't worry about it." Britney laughs
"So how are you?"
"Oh I'm fine, this party's awesome."
"Ya it is, Joshy did good."
"JC planned this?"
"Oh ya him and his girlfriend."
"JC has a girlfriend? Oh man I haven't talked to him in forever."
"I guess so, hey I love the new song. It's awesome I'm going to have to buy the CD."
"Oh hey thanks. El do you know anything about the girl Justin likes?"
"I didn't know Justin liked anyone." El says surprised
"Ya I was just talking to him and he told me there was another girl, and he was just taking things slow and not really talking about it so I was just wondering. But hey don't tell him I was asking he might get a little angry at me okay?"
"Ya that's fine, I'll talk to you later, Brit."
"Ya bye El." Britney walks away
"Oh man he likes another girl?" El asks herself "Oh get over it hon he likes someone you should be happy for him he's moving on from Britney." She scolds herself "Why am I acting like this? I've dated two different guys in like two months, I'm not falling for him again."
"Hey El what are you doing?" Lance asks coming up behind her.
"Oh Hey Lance, nothing just thinking."
"Oh well would you think about dancing with me?"
"Sure I'd love to."
"Hey man why are you sitting all alone where's El?" Joe asks sitting down.
"Just thinking."
"About what."
"No one." He sighs
"Oh so El?"
"Have you been talking to JC or something?"
"No man," Joe laughs "I've seen you with her, I've seen the way you look at her, I've heard the way you talk about her, and I don't even want to imagine the way you think about her." Justin smiles
"Joe she's driving me crazy, she flirts with me, but then she says we're just friends. When I'm with her everything just seems so perfect, but she doesn't seem to feel the same way. It is so frustrating." Justin sighs again.
"Man you have to tell her. I went out with her no offence but she can be kinda thick sometimes."
"No kidding. God when I was up there with her," he points to the stage. "It was just amazing we were just singing and dancing and having fun together."
"Ya it sure looked like fun, she was grinding with you man, hard."
"God don't even remind me." Joe laughs at him
"Listen you have to tell her, coz honestly it looks like she likes you too. When I was dating her there was always this space she wouldn't open up to me, and if you ask Chris he'll probably tell you the same thing. But when she's with you I don't see that space, you seem so right together." Joe says
"Thanks Joe."
"No prob, J" Joe gets up and leaves
"Hiya Justy." El says bouncing over to him and sitting beside him. Lance sits down across from them
"What's got you so happy?" Justin asks
"Lance bought me another drink, so I'm just a little tipsy." She giggles.
"Baby Girl if I don't know any better I'd think you liked to drink."
"Well she's got good taste made me buy the most expensive drink there." Lance laughs
"Ya they usually have more alcohol in them, and you'd love that wouldn't you sweetie." Justin says putting his arm around El.
"Justy I'm tired."
"Ya so am I wanna go home?" El nods her head 'yes'
"Hey Lance if you see JC tell him I took El home coz she was tired okay?"
"Ya sure." Lance says.
"Justy are you going to go to bed now?"
"Ya why?"
"Well I'm gonna need some help with my clothes."
"Why?"
"Coz Andie helped me get dressed coz this shirt is really hard to get on and off."
"Oh well, okay."
"Thanks Justy." They walk up stairs together.
"Okay so what do I do?" he asks when they get into his room.
"Well there's two little itty bitty buttons and they're on the strap around my neck. I could probably do it myself but I think I had a little too much to drink"
"Okay, I got them."
"Thanks Justin." El says sleepily, she turns around and kisses him on the cheek.
"El…" Justin kisses her lips. They keep kissing; he wraps his arms around her waist. She jumps up and wraps her legs around his waist. They fall into bed.
"Oh my god…" El cries to Andie the next morning.
"Oh honey calm down, it's aright. Shh everything will be okay." Andie hugs her.
"No oh Andie we had sex! I didn't even know I was that drunk I remember everything but… oh Andie we had sex!"
"Sweetie calm down it's okay. But you know you're going to have to talk to him."
"I don't want to I'm so embarrassed! Can't you do it for me?"
"No honey I can't, but come on it was just a mistake okay? People make mistakes. I'm sure he didn't mean to either."
"Oh Andie, but it's going to be weird now. And he's such a great friend I don't want to lose that!"
"You won't sweetie I promise."
"El?" Justin mumbles sleepily. He rolls over and sees that she's not there. His headache hits him and he remembers what happened the other night. "Oh shit, she's going to hate me."
"Hey Babe what's up?" JC says kissing Andie good morning in the hall outside El's room.
"Oh Josh you've got to talk with Justin." She's says worriedly.
"What? Why?"
"God him and El had a bit to much to drink last night and… and JC they slept together."
"Oh shit! You're kidding me!"
"Shh! Josh be quiet El's in there crying her heart out!"
" Oh dammit! Why is she crying?"
"Let's see she just got drunk and accidentally slept with her best friend! I wonder? She's scared that things will get weird and she doesn't want to lose him as a friend."
"Nothing more though?"
"No, maybe she's just confused. I mean I would be too. That's a lot for her to go through, and I'm sure she doesn't want to go through it again."
"Okay I'll go talk to Justin, what are you doing?"
"I'm getting El some aspirin and some toast."
"Okay." Andie goes downstairs, JC goes and knocks on Justin's door. "Justin are you awake its JC?"
"Go away!" Justin says
"Justin I have to talk to you, I know."
"Come in." Justin grumbles unlocking the door.
"How are you?" Justin lifts his head out of his hands and there are tears on his face.
"God I just screwed up the best thing in my life and I have a hangover, and you're probably mad at me. I feel wonderful." He sneers
"Listen Justin I'm not mad at you or El, but you two have got to majorly talk. She's crying in her room right now, because she doesn't want to lose you as her friend." JC explains
"Man I can't face her." Justin whispers
"Yes you can you love her, she loves you. She's just confused."
"She loves me?" Justin whispers in amazement.
"Okay well that's not a fact, but she told Andie that she does like you, she just not really sure of everything."
"Are you sure man?"
"Positive."
"Okay well I'll go talk to her."
"Okay I talk to you later." JC leaves. Justin gets up and wipes his face off.
"Hey El?" he whispers walking to her. She lying face down on her bed, she looks up when she hears his voice.
"Oh Justin I'm sorry." She cries.
"Oh Christ El don't be sorry it's not your fault, it's no one's fault." He pulls her to him.
"But Justin, you're my best friend I don't want to lose you."
"El why would you lose me?"
"It'll get weird I know it I've seen it happen all the time." She sobs
"Oh El you're one of my best friends, I'd never let anything get between us." He squeezes her. "As long as you're okay I'm okay."
"Oh Justin you're such a wonderful person." Justin wipes the tears from El's face. She smiles up at him.
"Just for you."
"Hey man how'd it go?" JC asks when Justin gets downstairs.
"It went good." He replies
"Did you tell her?"
"Man I couldn't." he sighs
"Why not! You have to tell her if you want her Justin."
"Man she was just so…so…I don't know man she seemed so scared and upset. I couldn't put that on her just then I'll have to wait."
"Okay man, I hope you know what you're doing."
"El honey, are you all better now?" Andie asks softly sitting down on El's bed.
"I'm better, a lot better. Me and Justin talked and we're just gonna you know be friends, and get over this I guess."
"El I have to ask you something."
"Okay."
"Did he, well y'know do you remember?"
"Well I guess, I don't' really remember, but he probably did he's responsible."
"Okay, well I'm gonna go in the hot tub wanna come?"
"Sure."
Hey Lance, have you seen Andie?" El asks frantically, walking into the living room.
"Ya her and JC went grocery shopping."
"Have you seen Justin?"
"No. El is something wrong? You're shaking." Lance asks setting down his book and going over to her.
"Oh a lot's wrong." She says sitting in a chair. Lance kneels beside her.
"Are you sick? What is it?" he asks worriedly
"I-I need a doctor or something, I- I'm late Lance, my period is late and oh god, I'm so scared. Lance what if I'm pregnant!" El cries
"Shit El, oh my god. I- come on I'll take you to the drug store we'll get a test okay?" El nods her head.
"El are you okay in there?" Lance softly knocks on her bathroom door.
"Oh Jesus Christ, Lance I'm pregnant. Oh God." El walks out the door and falls on her bed and starts crying.
"Hey it's alright, okay JC and Andie will be home soon and then-"
"NO! You cannot tell anyone Lance, No one! Not JC. Not Andie. And definitely not Jus-" she thinks twice about it. "No one."
"Wait El did you just say Justin?" he asks slowly.
"Lance I can't be pregnant not again!" she cries changing the subject
"Okay hold up and explain this to me what about Justin and being pregnant again? When were you pregnant and…and is Justin the father?"
"Shit Lance I got pregnant when I was fourteen, but I miscarried. Fuck! And Justin…Justin's the father. He was the time before too. But I told everybody it was the other guy so he wouldn't get in any trouble."
"What!?"
"Justin and me went out before the group started, and we had sex and then he decided to do this. When he left I lost it I fell in with a bad crowd started drinking found a boyfriend, and had sex as much as possible. Then I found out I was pregnant I figured it was my boyfriend. So I went to the doctor and found out I was already five weeks pregnant and those numbers didn't add up because my boyfriend and me had only gone out for three weeks. And Justin was the only other guy. So he was my baby's father not that other guy. But I couldn't tell anyone else that, I couldn't ruin Justin's life like I had ruined mine. Then because of my drinking I lost the baby."
"Holy shit, does he know?"
"NO! Of course not no one knows that except for you, and you're the only one who will know that."
"What about now?"
"God, me and Justin got drunk at that party three weeks ago and we didn't know we were that drunk at the time but when we were getting ready for bed, we just started kissing and then we just did it, we had sex. And I was supposed to get my period almost two weeks ago but I haven't."
"Shit El, you have to tell someone other than me. You have to tell Justin, above all else you have to tell Justin."
"No I can't I won't, he doesn't have to know." She cries.
"El! Do you hear yourself! Do you hear what you're saying! You're pregnant with his child! You have to tell him!"
"But I can't! It'll ruin his life, his career, I can't be the one responsible for that!"
"El he won't care! He loves you! Why don't you see that?"
"He doesn't love me Lance! He left me by myself! He left for this! This is what he wants this is what he loves! Not me! I won't take this from him."
"Hey Lance, what's up?" Justin says walking into the living room.
"Oh um hey, nothing." He says awkwardly
"Okay. Is El home?"
"Ya, she's upstairs, sleeping."
"Oh well I'll just go check on her."
"Hey man you should let her sleep. She wasn't feeling to well earlier."
"Oh okay then. Well I'm outside then." Justin walks outside. 'Man I hope she's okay. I gotta tell her what I got.' He thinks
"El honey, are you feeling okay?" Andie asks softly sitting down beside El, on her bed.
"Ya I'm okay." She mumbles
"Well we got supper ready do you want some? I can bring it up here if you want to?"
"Ya that'd be great, thanks Andie."
"I'll be back in a couple minutes then okay?" El nods and Andie leaves.
"El?" Lance peeks his head in side her room.
"Come in."
"How are you?"
"Fine."
"Are you going to tell Andie? Cause you know you need her she's your best friend she'll help you."
"I'm not telling anyone for at least three months."
"Why?"
"Because if I don't miscarry, before then, then the baby will most likely live."
"Okay, but what if you do miscarry?"
"I go to the hospital, get checked out, maybe stay for a day or two depending, then come home and no one has to know anything."
"El I'm sorry, but that's just not right. It sounds just…so wrong."
"God you're right, but I don't know what else I can do."
"What you can do about what?" Andie asks walking in with El's dinner.
"Oh nothing, what'd ya get me?" El smiles
"Spaghetti, what are you and Lance talking about?"
"Nothing, I'll just go down and let you eat." Lance gets up and walks out.
"El is there something going on between you and Lance?" Andie set's down the food and sits beside El.
"No, we were just talking."
"About what though."
"Nothing, just something with Lance."
"Okay well is it okay if I eat downstairs?"
"Ya that's fine."
"Okay if you need me just yell." Andie walks out
"Morning El." Justin says as she walks down the stairs.
"Morning." She says quickly
"El what's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"El, are you avoiding me?"
"No why would I?"
"Well I don't know you've just been acting pretty strange for the past two weeks. Are you positive?"
"Ya, very positive."
"Good cause I got something I want to show you." He says excitedly.
"Oh, okay, what is it?"
"Come with me, I'll take you."
"Okay look." Justin says taking his hands away from El's eyes.
"Um Justin we're at an empty building." She says
"I know but it's our empty building."
"Oh Justin do you mean you bought this?" she asks excitedly
"Yupp it's ours, it needs a little work on the inside but it's a great building."
"Oh can I look inside?"
"Ya sure come on." El bounces excitedly as Justin unlocks the door. He opens the door and she runs in excitedly and looks around.
"Justin it's perfect! I can't believe you bought it! You're the best!" She runs and hugs him.
"Baby Girl…you feel different." Justin looks at her
"Oh um sorry, I think I've like gained weight or something." She stammers
"No you, don't feel bigger you feel warmer, and you look like you…like you're glowing." He smiles
"Oh um, thank you?"
"Lance can you give me a ride?" El asks him knocking on his bedroom door
"Come in." he calls "Ya sure I can give you a ride, where to?"
"Well I need to go to the doctors."
"Oh ya sure, when's your appointment?"
"Four so we gotta go like right now."
"Okay just give me a second."
"Ya sure."
"Okay Eleanor Chasez, follow me." The nurse says to El when her and Lance get there.
"Okay. Um Lance will you come with me?"
"Ya okay." El and Lance go into the examination room. El sits on the table and Lance sits in a chair beside the door.
"Hello Eleanor, I'm Dr.Grady. So you're here for an ultrasound?"
"Yes."
"Is this the father?" Dr.Grady asks looking at Lance.
"No he's a friend."
"Okay then, lets get started. If you could pull you're shirt up over you're stomach." El pulls her shirt up, and the doctor puts the special jelly on her tummy.
"Lance come over here please?" El asks. He goes and stands beside her head.
"Okay, so I'm just going to roll this over you're belly and we'll see how far along you are." The doctor rolls the thingy over her tummy. "Okay well it's looks like you're about two and a half months." The doctor tells her.
"Um I don't see anything." Lance says
"Okay well you see that dark spot right there." The doctor points to the screen. "That's the baby."
"Wow I didn't think it'd be so big already." El says
"Maybe it's twins." Lance says
"Shut up. That's not funny."
"Well you never know actually, it is pretty big. But if you go and talk to Nancy at the front desk we'll book you an appointment for about two months they'll be more developed by then, and we might be able to tell the sex then." Dr.Grady.
"Okay thank you."
"El, are you okay? You've been in the bathroom forever." JC calls
"Ya I'm fi-" she calls. JC hears a gagging noise
"El, are you okay?" JC asks her as she walks out.
"Ya, just peachy." She mumbles
"El you've been sick every morning for the past two weeks, tell me what's wrong."
"Nothing Josh I'm fine."
"El you've been in the bathroom for over half an hour throwing up- El are you-"
"Get lost Josh!"
"Shit! El you're pregnant!"
"Wow Josh I don't think the neighbours heard could you yell just a little louder?!"
"Oh El, you… but you're pregnant! How? Who?"
"God Josh… just leave me alone." She pleads
"El…is it...oh god is it Justin." El nods her head
"You can't tell anyone Josh, no one. I'm going to tell Andie my self and…I don't know how to tell Justin…I-I…shit…" she starts crying
"Oh Ellie it's okay, don't cry, don't worry."
"But I don't know what I'm going to do Joshy! I mean I'm happy, but I'm so scared!"
"Don't be scared okay don't be scared. I'll help you and Andie, and Justin would def-"
"No, Josh I'll ruin his life! It'll ruin his career if people find out he has a child!."
"El don't be stupid, Justin would rather be with you and your child then have any of this! He loves you El, he's loved you this whole time! You are going to tell him and then you are going to decide what to do. Together."
"But-"
"No but's."
"Joshy thank you." She hugs him
"Hiya sunshine." Andie calls as El comes downstairs
"Hiya doll, can I talk to you?"
"Ya sure."
"Okay come on." El leads Andie outside
"Andie I'm in trouble."
"What is it?"
"I'm pregnant."
"Oh my gosh! El! That's wonderful! But…Oh El is it Justin's"
"Ya it's his." She smiles weakly.
"Oh El I can't believe it! Since when?"
"About umm almost four months. But-"
"I can't believe you didn't tell me!"
"I know but Andie what am I going to do?"
"Well you and Justin are going to get married and then have lots more babies and live-"
"Andie be serious, we can't live happily ever after. He's a superstar and I'm some nobody who had been living with her brother in Georgia and then was invited to live here."
"El you are going to live happily ever after. You know why? Because you love him, and he loves you."
"Andie I don't-"
"El stop lying, you love him and you know it! Now admit it."
"Andie I don't!"
"EL I'M SERIOUS! You know you'll feel so much better after you've said it."
"Oh Andie I love him! I love him so much, but I don't want to be hurt again! And Andie I'm so confused" El cries
"Wow, I didn't really expect you to say it." Andie says hugging her
"Josh! Josh! Come here quick I need to talk to you!" Andie yells running in the house.
"What? What is it?" he asks turning off the TV
"It's El!"
"Oh no is she okay is the ba-"
"Josh quiet!" Andie hisses at him "And no it's not the baby, it's El you'll never guess what she told me!"
"She told you she was pregnant?"
"Well ya obviously. But no she just told me she loves Justin! Can you believe it! I just told her she better stop lying and I wasn't really expecting her to say it but she did! But she doesn't want him to hurt her and she said she's just confused and…Josh she finally said it!" Andie takes a breath
"Too bad she said it to you and not to Justin."
"I know we have to find a way to get them to say it."
"To each other preferably."
"Hey Baby Girl I need to talk to you." Justin says knocking on El's door
"Oh hey Justin I need to talk to you to" she says putting her pencil down and taking her glasses off.
"Since when do you wear glasses?"
"Oh just for reading, nothing to big, but I was just drawing up some plans for the club."
"Really that's cool I was just going to ask you about that. But what do you have?"
"Okay well I've been drawing like a maniac, and well I came up with this. See the way I was thinking we could make this like an old fashion kinda Mobster hangout type thing, y'know what I'm talking about?"
"Ya I get ya like Bugsy Malone or that rabbit guy"
"Roger Rabbit" El laughs
"Ya, that's what I was thinking."
"So was I when I designed it." El hands the drawings to Justin.
"Wow, El these are amazing!"
"Thanks I took a course in school"
"Well it really paid off. These are really cool I love it. "
"So how are we going to pull this off?"
"Okay well I already had a guy make sure the building is safe, so we're clear there. I have all the paper work done. But we're going to have to hire a contractor, cause we cannot do all this by ourselves, but we're going to have to find staff and all that kind of thing. So I was thinking before the plans are finished we could go and start looking for waiters and bartenders and a house band and stuff."
"Sounds great, and I can design uniforms and everything! Justin this is going to be wonderful!" El hugs him.
"El I don't mean to be rude or anything but you are starting to feel a little bigger." Justin says carefully.
"Oh ya I know I'm going to have to start working out some more."