2013

"Will, where did you leave that box?" asked Jill as she walked into the main room.

Will sat on the velcro couch watching the plasma screen TV. A live hockey game was playing. It was being filmed somewhere in upper Ontario. "Umm... didn't I leave it in the dining room?"

Jill shook her head. "I don't see it... dammit, this is not good. Jessica and David are coming over in two hours."

Will shrugged. "That's plenty of time. Come on. I'll help you find it."
Will stood up and followed his sister into the dining room. He walked over to the cabinets above the sink and opened them and pulled down a fairly large cardboard box. "See? What'd I tell you?"

Jill rolled her eyes. "Well, you said in the dining room. You didn't say where, jerk."

Will smirked and set the box down on the table. Jill's cell phone on the counter went off. She went over to answer it. "Hello?"

"Aimee!" Jessica Rollins cooed on the other end. "How's it going?"

"Just preparing for dinner," Jill (or Aimee) replied. "You guys are still coming, right?"

"Yep," Jessica replied. "Oh, and we're bringing two special someones."

Jill raised an eyebrow. "Oh, really? Who?"
"It's a dude for you and a chick for Blake," Jessica replied. "Yours is named Justin Thomas and Blake's is Ellie Conrad."

"Jessica... why?" asked Aimee. "I told you I was seeing-"

"The guy from the slushie place," Jessica finished. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. No offense, Aimee, but he sounds like a hungover Adam Lambert when he speaks. And you're not seeing him."

"Yet!" Aimee said. "I was gonna ask on Friday."

Jessica chuckled. "You've been saying that for the past two months. Move on already. Look, Justin's a great guy. I'm sure you'll like him. Come on, please?"

Aimee rolled her eyes. "Ugh, fine. But if it doesn't work out, I'm gonna feel obligated to say 'I told you so'."

"Yes!" Jessica cooed. "By the way, David says hi."

"Uh-huh," Aimee said, hanging up.

"What did she say?" Will (or Blake) asked.

Jill replied, "They're bringing dates. One for you, one for me."
Will's eyes widened. "Oh, no. After last time?"

Jill raised an eyebrow. "What happened last time?"

"Oh, yeah," said Will. "You weren't a part of that."

"But you can still tell me."

Will shook his head. "Nahhhh... you'll never date again."

"Hey, guyyyyys!" Jessica cooed, pulling in her boyfriend, David Foxx. She was dressed like a Playboy bunny, as usual. Neither Aimee nor Blake understood how she walked around in three inches of snow like that, but she did. David was dressed like a Canadian boy. He wore a flanel shirt, and with his hair styled like it was, he looked like a 2010 Justin Beiber.

"Hey!" Aimee squealed, wrapping her best friend in a hug. "Jeez, you look like a naughty stripper."
"Ain't they all?" Jessica smirked and gestured toward the door. "Aimee, this is Justin Thomas, your date."

In walked a handsome ma- okay, he was really handsome, and h- okay, he was REALLY handsome, and he was dressed like a frikkin' decent HOTTTTTT guy. He was really handsome... are you comprehending how handsome he was? REALLY HANDSOME. Aimee nearly started drooling. He flashed her a charming smile, and she literally fell back into Jessica's arms.

"Hey," he greeted. "Your name is Aimee?"

Aimee nodded excitedly. "Aimee Kessler. Nice to meet you... Lustin? I mean JUSTIN!"

Jessica chuckled. Aimee was totally digging this guy.

Justin laughed. "Yeah, I'm lustin' Justin." There was that smile again.

Jill squeaked. "Ain't that the truth... do you like... salad?"

"We're having spaghetti," Blake cut in.

"HUSH!" Aimee snapped, then turned back to Justin. "So do you?"

Justin laughed again. "Spaghetti sounds nice."

"But what about salad? Like as in coming to get a salad with me on Friday night?" Aimee winked.

"Wow, you tiger!" Jessica squealed.

Justin nodded. "Yeah, that sounds nice. You don't waste time, do you?"

Aimee shook her head. "Nope. Come on! Come see the kitchen!" But she really just wanted to grab his hand, which she did. Did she hear wedding bells ringing...?

Jessica, David, and Blake all laughed. David wrapped his arm around Blake. "Okay, man, and this is the beautiful Ellie Conrad."
In walked a very pretty young woman with long black hair. She wore a short sparkly red dress (again, how do they wear that stuff in winter?) and black heels. She smiled at Blake warmly. "Hi, I'm Ellie. Who are you?" She may have looked all nice, innocent, and responsible, but she had one of the most sensual voices you'd ever hear.

"I'm Blake." He smiled and shook her hand. "Very nice to meet you."
Ellie nodded. "Likewise." She looked over at David. "Wow, David, you never told me Blake was so damn sexy."

Blake blushed. "Awe, shucks." What the hell was that? !

David nodded. "Yep, he's the sexiest man I know."
"Whoa there, horsie," said Jessica. "Just because you're bisexual doesn't mean you get to agree with me on sexy men. You're mine now, big boy."
Blake smirked. "So, Jessica, you think I'm sexy?"

"Please, have you ever even seen your abs?" Jessica winked.

David's eyebrow arched. "Hey!"

At dinner, Aimee couldn't help but gawk at Justin's gorgeousness. She would marry this man someday if it was the last thing she ever did. He was sexy, smart, sexy, funny, sexy, fun to talk to, sexy, sexy, and did she mention sexy?

Ellie sat very close to Blake. At one point during the meal, she had even wrapped her arm around his and laid her head on his shoulder. Of course, he didn't mind.

"Let's play a game!" Jessica suggested, looking at Aimee and Justin. "What do you say... Spin the Bottle?"

"Sounds fun," Aimee replied, still staring at her date. He sensed this and looked over at her. She blinked a couple times and looked down. "Sorry... you had a fly in your hair. I stared it away." What. The. Hell.

Justin nodded. "Yeah... I swear, I've seen you before. But... where?"

Aimee shrugged. "I don't know. I don't think we've met, have we?"

Justin shook his head. "I don't think so... I'll tell you who you look like! You look like that American girl... Jill... what's her name... Roberts!"

Aimee's eyes widened and she glanced over at Blake, who had dropped his fork. She turned back to Justin. "Who?"

Justin replied, "She was this crazy girl who like went crazy and killed all her friends and then covered it up apparently really well, then she was attacked like a year later, but she escaped and has been missing. She's always on the news along with some Joey guy."

"Oh, yeah!" Jessica cut in. "I heard about that!" She looked at Aimee. "You do sorta resemble that chick, you know."
"I-I haven't heard anything about that," said Aimee, looking down nervously. "Now, how about Spin the Bottle?"