PART THREE

  Justin was in the water watching Lance try to do a good cannon ball when he heard a whistle escape Anna's lips. The four girls walked up to the edge of the pool and knelt down.
  "Hey Justin, we still have to change. Where should we go?" Cierra asked.
  "Uh, get the key to my room out of the left pocket of my shorts. They are sitting on the chair over there." Cierra turned as he was talking so that she could see which chair he was talking about.
  "Okay." Cierra got up and walked over to the chair and picked up his shorts and went through the pockets till she found the key. While she was doing this Missy went over to talk to Lance who was climbing out of the pool and heading back to the diving board. Anna and Vickie were still knelt next to Justin talking to him. It was obvious that Anna still liked him. Cierra knew that Anna told her to go for him, but she still kind of felt bad because she knew Anna liked him.
  "Hey ladies," Joey said as he swam over next to Justin.
  "Hey Joey," Vickie said with a smile so big on her face. If Cierra didn't know better, she would have thought that Vickie liked Joey. The way that her eyes lightened up when she talked to Joey was unbelievable.
  "Girls, let's go change!" Cierra yelled as she headed towards the door. The rest of the girls followed her. They went down the elevator a couple of floors and headed towards Justin's room. As they passed JC's room Cierra got a weird feeling. She used the key and went into the room. Her first thought was that this is where she kissed JC earlier. Why was this thought continually running through her head? She just wanted to forget about it.
  "Wow this is a nice room," Anna said as she took her suit out of her bag, and started to unbutton her shirt.
  "Totally is a nice room," Cierra said in return. The four girls got into their swimsuits and fixed themselves up a little bit before heading back to the pool. "Hey y'all, I'll meet you up there k?"
  "Ok," Missy knew why she wanted to be alone so she took it upon herself to get Vickie and Anna to go with her up to the pool. "Come on you guys! Lets go look at those hotties with no shirts on!" Missy knew that this would get them on the move.
  The door shut and Cierra sat on the bed. She was trying to clear her thoughts. She liked Justin, she did, but obviously she had feelings for JC too. After sitting on the bed for a little while she got up and headed for the door. She opened it, and walked down the hall. She heard a door open and out of nowhere she bumped into Tony. She had never really seen Tony anywhere in person, just seen pictures of him from the Mickey Mouse Club.
  "I'm sorry," he said as he bent over to pick up the towel that he made her drop. "I'm Tony and you are?"
  "I'm…" she got interrupted by someone coming out of the room.
  "What's all the noise out here," JC's voice trailed off as he saw Cierra standing there with Tony. "Cierra, uhm, hi."
  "JC," she nodded to say hi back.
  "Okay, so I take it that you two know each other, and I assume your name is Cierra."
  "Yeah, sorry. I'm Cierra."
  JC looked at Tony and kind of raised an eyebrow. Tony then knew who this girl was.
  "Hey I got to go. They are waiting for me up there. Are you two coming up?" Cierra asked with hope that they would.
  "Yeah, we'll be up there in a minute Cierra," JC answered. "We'll meet you up there Ok?"
  "Alright, see you two later," Cierra said as she walked off. 'Breathe Cierra,' she thought to herself as she reached the elevator. 'He's just a guy. Nothing more.' She got in the elevator and stomped her foot. "What is wrong with me!? He's so hot. If I went for him, then Anna could have Justin. Vickie would get over it! … ugh, great now I'm talking to myself." She stomped again and then the door opened. She took a deep breath and then walked down the hallway and to the pool. When she got there she saw that the others were already in the pool, and not to her surprise, Vickie was totally flirting with Joey.
  They were all playing chicken, Missy and Lance, Vickie and Joey, and Anna and Justin. All of them were trying to fight each other, and Chris stayed on the edge so that he could play referee.

  In the meantime JC and Tony were talking. "Dude, she's a cute thang now isn't she?" Tony said with a huge smirk on his face.
  "Totally."
  "So what's your problem?"
  "I don't know! I guess it's the whole thing with her and Justy. I don't want to mess it up with them. Maybe she doesn't even like me. I just don't know." JC was so confused. All he knew was that he liked her.
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  Cierra sat down and put her feet in the pool and watched the group play around. It was fun just to watch them goof off and have a good time. Vickie and Joey were the first ones to fall. After Vickie got off of his shoulders she came swimming up to Cierra.
  "Cierra, Joey is so cute don't you think?"
  With a look of awe, she said, "yeah, I think you two looked cute together."
  "Cierra, if you want JC you can have him, I think I'm going to go after Joey," she giggled and then flashed a smile his way.
  On that note JC and Tony walked in. 'Oh my word,' Cierra thought as she saw JC walk in with no shirt on. His buddy Tony wasn't hard on the eyes either.
  Vickie's eyes opened a mile wide when she saw JC, but her impure thoughts were interrupted by Joey grabbing her by the waist and pulling her under. She messed around fighting with Joey and totally forgot about the godly site of JC. That didn't mean that Cierra did though. Her eyes were fixated on him when out of no where she felt herself being pulled. She turned just enough to see Justin pulling on her.
  "Get her!" Chris said as he jumped in the water. "She's been here for more than 5 minutes and she's still dry!" Chris was bound and determined to get her in.
  Cierra grabbed a hold of the ladder and tried to stay from going all the way in. "Help me," she yelled. "Come on Missy, whose friend are you anyway?" she said as she saw Missy standing in the corner of the pool with Lance. "Anna!"
  Anna swam over there and grabbed Justin by the waist and began to pull him back. Just then Chris decided to jump in and help out Justin. All the while JC just stood there smiling. Finally he came over and grabbed Cierra by the arms and tried to help her. She looked up and smiled at him. After a lot of tugging and pulling Lance hopped in to help Justin and Chris.
  "JC you're a traitor!" Justin yelled with laughter in his voice.
  And with that Anna started to tickle Justin's sides. He was growing weaker, but Chris wasn't about to give up. Missy just sat there laughing. After a minute more of struggling they finally did it. They pulled so hard that JC had to give way and both he and Cierra fell in. Without thought, Cierra grabbed JC for support. Their eyes made dead lock and neither of them could say a thing. Tony looked over there and wondered what JC would do next. It was then that he started to tickle Cierra and it made her giggle and squirm out of his arms.
  Tony jumped into the water and went up to JC. "So, what was all that about? I thought you were gonna try to stay a little clear of her, till you know what to do about this whole thing."
  "Well, I couldn't help it. Damnit Tony, look at her. You tell ME why I am so attracted to her."
  "She's hot."
  "Yeah, well that's not all. She gives me this vibe that I just can't explain."
  "Well, lookie here. You play your cards right you just might get her after all. It looks as though her buddy Anna has the hots for Justy too," he said as he looked over and saw Anna and Justin flirting and splashing each other.
  JC looked over at Cierra to see what she was doing, and why she wasn't the one flirting with Justin. Cierra was off in the corner talking to Lance, Melissa, and Chris. Tony wasn't the only one who brought the fact that Justin and Anna were flirting to someone's attention.
  "Dude, Justin's got da flow! He's mad flirting with that Anna chic," Chris said as he started to do some funky dance in the water.
  "Hmm, looks kinda like it huh?" Lance said kind of confused. He thought that Justin liked Cierra.
  "So anyways, Missy what's your deal? What kind of friend are you? Standing in the corner instead of helping me. Afraid to get your hair wet?" Cierra said as she dunked Melissa. "Ha! That's what you get!"
  Melissa came up with her hair matted to her face. She hated to have messy hair. "Oh you dork!" she said as she splashed Cierra.
  "Ladies. Ladies," Lance said. He was trying to act like he was breaking up a fight by stepping between the two of them. They all started laughing. Justin popped up in the middle of it and asked what everyone was laughing at. After Chris told him, he too started laughing.
  Everyone spent about two hours in the pool. Doing random things such as, chicken fighting, Marko Polo, ring dives, and other dumb pool games. It was getting dark out therefore it was getting a little chilly. They all decided that it was time to get out, and go back inside. The girls got their towels and dried themselves off a little then wrapped it around their half naked bodies. Then as a big group they all walked to the elevator together.
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  All ten of them squeezed into the elevator and made their way to the guy's floor. The door opened and they stepped out and walked to their rooms. JC and Tony stopped first.
  "Hey, what are we going to do next?" JC asked as he stuck the key in the door and held the door opened.
  Everybody looked at everybody and decided that they would just meet up in the lobby on their floor. It was kind of like a living room. It had couches and all that stuff. So after everyone went to their rooms and changed they all met in the lobby area.
  Cierra, Missy, Anna, and Vickie all sat together on one couch. Chris sat in the chair, and Joey sat on the floor next to Chris. The other guys sat on the larger couch. The room was silent for the first time in a long time. The guys always had something to say, but this time, they had no clue.
  Chris busted out to save the night. "Okay, we can act like kids every once and awhile, right?" he said with a smile from ear to ear.
  "Yeah, I think so," said Anna. She was always up for doing things that could possibly make them make fools out of themselves. "What did you have in mind Chris?"
  Chris stood up and ran to his room. Every room was stocked with things that could keep anyone entertained. He opened the sliding door and reached on the third shelf from the bottom. He grabbed the box and held it behind him then walked back out to the lobby area where everyone else was. "Okay, who's ready for... TWISTER?" he said as he pulled the box out from behind him and held it high in the air.
  "Chris you are such a loser! You think everyone wants to play that? Just because you're small and can twist up doesn't mean that everyone else can," Justin said.
  All four girls cleared their throats trying to be noticed. "Ahem," Cierra said as she walked up to Chris and grabbed the box from his hand. "Chris, I think it's a great idea. It'll be fun!" she said and gave a nod to the rest of the group. Cierra knew that she, as well as the other girls, especially Vickie, could be twisted all up!
  Anna nudged Missy and whispered, "heck yeah it'll be fun. Getting all locked up and falling over these guys. Who wouldn't want that?!" Missy couldn't help but laugh. Lance looked her way and just smiled. "Like they aren't thinking the same thing," Anna added on, "look at that smirk on his face." The girls giggled.
  Cierra sat on the ground and opened up the box. She took out the mat and handed it to Chris so that he could unfold it and lay it out. She took out the spinner and held it up, "who wants to spin for this round?"
  Tony stood up and walked towards her, "I'll do it this time, but I want in on the action next round."
  "Okay," she said as she smiled. "Alright, so we need four people. How are we gonna choose?"
  "How about we put our names in the box and draw them out. Then it'll be totally random and we can't say that the 'little people' are ganging up on the others," he said with a lot of sarcasm in his voice.
  "I think that'll work just fine," Joey said as he wrote everyone's name on a piece of paper, ripped it up, and stuck it in the box. "Tony you draw since you aren't going to play this round."
  Tony leaned over and grabbed four pieces of paper. He carefully unfolded each one and read the names. "JC" JC stood up and took off his shoes. "Melissa" She looked around, smiled and then took off her shoes. "Anna" She jumped up. She was more than willing to beat everyone. "And the last lucky winner is..." he unfolded the last piece of paper, looked over at JC and said, "the lovely Cierra."
  Cierra stood up, took off her shoes and walked over to Missy. "This is gonna be interesting," she whispered.
  "Hey now, this is me and three girls!" JC yelled out in surprise.
  "What are you complaining about man?" Joey asked.
  JC looked at each girl, "not a thing," he said in a low voice. JC was about to play a game of twister with Cierra. What if he fell on her? What if she fell on him? What was Justin going to say?
  The four players went to their sides of the board and waited for Tony to spin. It landed on right hand red. That's not so hard, everyone thought. Then right foot green. Everyone fought for the same bubble, but they all got their own and were doing just fine. This next move was an interesting one. Tony looked at all of them, and then trying to be slick he stopped the spinner where he wanted to. No one saw him do it either. Lucky man, because if JC would have, he would have been a little upset. The next move called for JC and Cierra to be in a pretty weird position. With one leg stretched out, and an arm too, JC was forced to wrap an arm and a leg around Cierra in order to stay in the game.
  "JC's getting his mack on!" Joey shouted out. Cierra couldn't help but to laugh. She looked up at Justin, and he was just laughing. All four of them got into some pretty indescribable positions.
  "Talk about a Kodak Moment," Chris said.
  "Don't you dare!" JC yelled.
  Chris ran and got a camera. "Won't mom love this!" he said as he snapped picture after picture. Finally Missy fell out. The position that she was about to have to get into was one that she didn't want to experience. Now it was Anna, JC, and Cierra. They went a few more spins before Anna fell out too.
  JC and Cierra were left. Neither of them seemed very comfortable. With Cierra's head practically stuck to JC's stomach, and her left leg between his legs, it was her turn to move. She had to bring her right leg to the other side. She thought about it for a minute and then she did it. This one crucial move caused her to be right under him, with an arched back and everything. JC looked into her eyes and gave her a quick smile. The next spin was one that JC just couldn't do, but he tried it anyway. He fell, right on top of Cierra. Everyone started laughing, and they were all yelling that Cierra was the winner.
  As promised, they played another round and Tony got to play, as well as Anna, Justin, and Vickie. This was also an interesting game. Justin ended up winning this round. He ended up in some pretty unusual positions with both Vickie and Anna. Not to mention the ones that Vickie got into with Tony.
  "Chris, you definitely had a good idea when you thought of this game," Joey said. He didn't mind one bit watching all the girls get all twisted up and thrown into weird positions.
  Cierra looked at her watch and noticed how late it was getting. "Missy, we should really think about getting home. My mom will kill us if we stay out all night." Missy walked up to Lance and told him to call her tomorrow when he had some free time. He told her that he would, and then gave her a hug. Missy walked back up to Cierra and told her that she was ready now.
  "Hey Anna, Vic, are you guys coming or what?" Cierra said as she watched Vickie and Anna talking to Tony, Joey, and Chris.
  Anna looked at Vickie and then said, "nah, we are gonna stay here for a little while, we'll call you in the morning!"
  Missy got a look of disgust on her face and said, "yeah, ok. Later," and started to walk to the elevator.
  "Okay, we'll talk to you later then," Cierra said as she started to turn to follow Missy.
  "What I don't even get a bye?" Justin said and started to walk towards her.
  "I'm sorry J. Bye," she said giving him a hug. "Call me tomorrow." She looked over at JC and saw him looking right at her. "Bye JC, see you soon. Hey Tony, it was nice meeting you. Later guys," she said and then walked off.
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  Cierra and Missy got into the elevator and hit the floor button. On the way down Cierra asked Missy what was wrong with her.
  "Nothing really. It's just that I know that Anna and Vickie are totally gonna flirt around with them. I think that they should have come home with us, that's all."
  "Well, it's not like they'll really be flirting with Lance or anything."
  "That's not the point. It doesn't bother you that Anna was practically falling at Justin's feet?"
  "Miss, you knew that Anna liked him too. What am I to do? Sure, I like him, but I like JC too."
  "I guess that's true. Well, they'll call us tomorrow so we can find out what happened," Missy said. And with that, the door opened and they walked out and headed out to their car. They got in, then went home. They got to Cierra's house and were out cold within minutes.

  Meanwhile back at the hotel, the guys, Vickie, and Anna were still in the lobby. They had been talking, and just basically doing a lot of nothing. Anna and Vickie excused themselves so that they could talk. The both of them made their way into the bathroom off in the corner of the lobby. They leaned over the counter to fix their lipstick.
  "Anna, do you think I am dumb for switching from JC to Joey? I mean, he's so cute, and he totally cracks me up!"
  "Girl, I think you should just do whatever makes you feel right. If it is Joey that you want, then go for it."
  "What's this thing with you and Justin? I thought you told Cierra to go for him?" Vickie said a little confused.
  "Well, I dunno. Is it that obvious that I like him?" Anna said as she reached in her purse to get her brush.
  "Yes Anna, duh!"
  "Should I back off? I mean, and I am not saying this because I like Justin, I think that JC has the hots for Ci too."
  "Ha! You noticed that too huh?" Vickie said with a giggle in her voice.
  "I did! I know that Justin likes her and all, but I think that maybe if I flirt a little with him, he'll flirt back. Well, he was earlier at least. But if I can get him to like me, then maybe JC won't feel so threatened, and he'll go after CiCi. Ya know?"
  "I do," Vickie said as she knelt down to tie her shoe. "I think you should go for it. We just have to leave Lance out of it. Missy would totally kick both our butts if we tried anything with him!"
  "Ha! I know what you mean girl. They look so cute together too," Anna said as she picked her purse up off the counter and got ready to go back out into the lobby where the guys were still waiting.

  "Lance you are in such a daze it is pathetic!" Joey said as he kind of hit him on the arm.
  "Yeah yeah, guys, leave me alone!" he said with a smile on his face.
  "C, you don't look so hot yourself, what's with you?" Chris said, as he looked JC in the eyes.
  JC looked over at Justin, then at Tony. "Nothing's wrong with me why?"
  "You look like Lance!" Justin said jokingly.
  "Hey now, that's NOT a bad thing," Lance said in his own defense.
  "Justin what's with YOU? You are the one who spent the whole day with Cierra, then the whole evening flirting with Anna," JC said trying to come up with a good come back.

  "Anna what?" Anna said as she entered the room with Vickie.
  Justin immediately said, "Oh nothing. JC was just asking how long you ladies were staying." Justin looked over at JC to make sure that he wasn't going to say anything that would contradict with what he just said.
  "Oh, well we actually were thinking that we should get going pretty soon here. It's getting late and we have to get home before out parents freak out on us," Anna answered.
  "Do you want us to walk you down to the car?" Justin asked.
  "Yeah, I'll go with y'all downstairs," Joey also said.
  Vickie looked at Anna and then agreed. The four of them walked to the elevator and took it down to the floor level. Because it was so late, all the teenyboppers that were flooding the main lobby were now gone. It was safe for Joey and Justin to walk the girls to their car.
  "Hey, we're going to be pretty busy tomorrow, but the day after we'll have a little free time on our hands. How about we call ya and tell ya what's up. Is that alright," Justin asked, directing his question to both girls.
  "Sure thing," Anna got out a piece of paper from her car and gave Justin her number. "We're staying at my house tonight, so you can reach us there tomorrow too. We should be around."
  "Ok," Joey said. He leaned over to give Vickie a hug, and Justin did the same to Anna. The girls got into the car and drove off. Justin and Joey headed back up to their floor and everyone called it a night.

Part Four