Courtney was completely shocked that Jax would ask her to move in with him.

She sat there for a few seconds digesting what just unfolded and kept glancing back between the keys in her lap and an anticipating Jax.

"So what do you say? Ready to take the plunge?"

"This is all too fast." She paused. "We just had sex for the first time and only have been on a few dates. You know I have a great time when we're together, but I think this might be a little too soon don't you think?"

"How long have we been 'together'? A few months now?"

"But that was all about the bet Jax and you know it."

"Well, when you kissed me, it sure didn't seem like you were in this just for the money."

Courtney smirked.

"Jax, this is serious. You asked me to move in with you. Are you sure you want to do this or does this happen to be just another one of your impulsive moves?"

Upon hearing the words "impulsive moves", Jax quickly turned and checked his clock and finally realized he never had the chance to check how his stocks were doing. Jax rushed over to his laptop, jumping over the coffee table in front of his couch and furiously began refreshing his screen.

"What just happened? Is everything alright?" Courtney inquired.

"I got so distracted before, a good distraction if I may add. Just some business stuff to take care off before it's too late."

Courtney leaned her hand on top of his shoulder as Jax stared intently at his computer screen.

"I knew it. I knew this would happen," he sighed.

Jax got up from his computer, walked to the other end of the room, gritted his teeth, and clenched his fist. He turned back around and approached Courtney.

"How important is it for you to be in the office today?"

"What's wrong?"

"I have to drive down to New York City as soon as possible. Do you think you can cut out for the rest of the day?"

"I have to stop by and drop off some acquisition papers but I don't think the place will fall apart without me. I can have someone fill in for me."

"Great. How long are you going to need? I'll just meet you down there."

"Probably just about 15 minutes. Should I go pack something for tonight?"

"What do you have in mind?"

"Well, I'll answer your question once you explain what the heck is going on," Courtney smirked.

"How about this? After I pick you up, we'll grab some coffee and donuts and I'll explain the whole long and sordid story on our way down to the city?"

"You drive a hard bargain but I'll let you off easy this time. And don't think I forgot about the whole moving in thing. We'll have plenty of time to take care of that."

Courtney walked towards the door when Jax stopped her in her tracks.

"What about the kiss you promised me when you first got here?"

Courtney slowly turned around, paused for a second, then walked up towards Jax and wrapped her arms around his head and pulled him in for a hot, smoldering kiss. Jax slowly caressed her hair, continued to lean in and tilted his head to the side, as they both remained in a passionate embrace. Courtney gradually pulled away, gave one last smile and turned away before opening the door.

"Don't be late." She exclaimed.

Brook was stunned to find Maxie standing outside the front door next to Lucas.

"I thought you were going to wait for us?" said a stunned Brook.

"Listen, my mom or dad isn't home right?"

"No, the coast is all clear, although my dad knows I ditched school today but I don't think he'll cause any trouble."

"Ok. Good. I don't want anyone knowing I'm back in town. Not even Georgie."

All 3 of them walked into the house, while Brook remained behind Lucas and Maxie and tried to figure out why Maxie returned home.

"So what's your deal? You called up Lucas yesterday and told him you were in trouble and he said he'd drive to Albany this morning with me. Yet, you mysteriously showed up at your own doorstep, even though you don't want anyone in your family to know what's going on."

"Here's the deal. I don't know how much Lucas told you, but last night I found my roommate Tara was getting beat up by her much older boy friend. I tried to get her to speak to me about it, but she told me to leave it alone and then stormed out of the room. About 15 minutes later, he starts banging on the door and threatened me that there was nothing going on and if I say something to anyone, he was going to make sure one of his 'boys' makes sure I pay for it."

"Once I realized how serious this was, I knew that Maxie shouldn't stay there overnight so I emailed her the train schedule and told her I would pick her up as soon as she got in. Luckily I was staying at my dads while he was working overnights this week, so I snuck out at 3:30 and we've been driving around until now," Lucas explained.

"I really need to take a shower and wake myself up. I haven't slept a minute all night. I just wanted to get as far away from there as possible. You two will be all right down here?"

"Sure thing. I do know this house as if it was my own," Brook chuckled.

Maxie picked up her overnight bag and went upstairs while Lucas and Brook sat down on the living room couch.

"So what do we do now?"

"Maxie doesn't want any of her family to know about this so I'm not sure there's much we can do."

"If she's in that much trouble, she probably should try to find a new roommate."

"I don't know how easy that is Brook. Everyone just moved in so I doubt there's going to be an open spot anytime soon."

"So maybe we just have to get her roommate to move. Let her try to find a new place."

"And how do you plan 'we' go about doing that?" Lucas inquired.

"Easy. We just have to get her kicked out."

"By we, do you mean you and I?"

"Of course," exclaimed an ecstatic Brook, as a huge light bulb went off over her head.