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"That's because you never did THAT before," she smiled. "This is pretty unbelievable, isn't it? Within 24 hours, we've turned from enemies to lovers."
"Well, then we better not waste any more time..." he said coyly, taking her hand and leading her up the stairs.
"Nick... you are such a guy!" Michele laughed.
Nick shrugged and gave her an innocent look. They both collapsed in the middle of the staircase in a fit of giggles. When Michele's giggling subsided, she saw Nick look at her with an intense gaze and a heartbeat later, his mouth crushed her's. Their passion was interrupted by Nick's cell phone ringing. He broke their kiss, sighed and gave her an apologetic look. He took out the ringing phone from his jacket pocket, hit the power button to turn it off and tossed it aside.
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"Hm. Weird," A.J. said as he hung up the phone.
"What?" Jamie questioned curiously.
"It rang, and then cut off..."
"That IS strange... it's like he didn't..." Jamie trailed off and A.J. looked at her.
"... want to be bothered..." he finished.
"Bothered by what?" came a voice behind them. Melissa and Howie walked into the den where A.J. and Jamie were.
"Oh, uh, nothing really... we were just..." A.J. stammered.
"C'mon, you were never good at lying," Howie pointed out.
A.J. and Jamie exchanged glances and finally A.J. said, "Okay, well, we believe there is someone else in Nick's life. BUT you can't say anything to anyone about this..."
"Wow... really? Does Jen know?" Melissa asked.
"We don't think so but she was here earlier looking for him," Jamie said.
"And she was pretty mad when she left here last night," added A.J.
"Wow..." Melissa repeated, looking at Howie.
"So, how does that relate to being bothered?" Howie asked, bringing the topic back to the surface.
"Oh! Right, so we called his cell phone to tell him Jen was looking for him and the phone rang for a while. And then clicked off. No voice mail. Nothing." A.J. explained.
"So we said it seemed that he was... busy... and didn't want to be bothered," concluded Jamie.
"Do you know who the other girl is?" Howie inquired.
A.J. looked at Jamie first, and then replied, "Believe us, you'll never guess..."
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Kevin was over at Alexandra's place and the two of them were lounging on the couch, watching T.V. when they heard the front door slam shut.
Alexandra, who had been lying down, sat straight up. "Jen...?" she called.
"Yeah," came an angry voice.
"C'mere hun... what happened?" Alex sat up to make room for Jen and Jen spilled everything that had happened so far in the day, from seeing Nick and Michele at the mall to seeing them drive by together when she was leaving his house.
"What?! Are you sure?" Kevin asked with a hint of skepticism in his voice. "This is Nick and Michele we're talking about..."
"I know..." Jen sniffed and Alex handed her a tissue.
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Orianne and Brian got home after wasting some more time at the mall. They headed upstairs and as they passed Nick's room, he realized that Nick hadn't even been back yet. Brian turned to Orianne and raised an eyebrow. "He's... not home yet...?" he noted.
Orianne shook her head, "They're going to get caught... eventually more people will catch on and then they're both screwed... at least the others don't know yet..."
Deception