Part Eight

    They all decided to play around the den, and JC and Mary Ann sat on one couch and Joey and Natalie sat on the love seat that was to the right of them. "And we are playing where you have to do a dare at least once," JC said. "I hate it when no one does a dare."
    "Fine with me," Joey said.
    "Who's first?" Natalie asked.
    Joey shrugged. "I'll go. Mary Ann? Truth or Dare?"
    MA sighed. "Hell....Dare."
    "Hmm," Joey pondered and then tapped his finger against his lips as he thought. "Since you want to get drunk....I have JUST the thing."
    "Oh no," she said as she saw him leave the room. "He's leaving to get supplies. This can't be good."
    A couple of minutes later he came back with a tequilla shot in hand. It had salt around the rim and a lime resting on the side. "What are you up to?" she asked warily as she took the shot glass from him.
    "You have to take a shot," he said with a grin.
    "A shot? That's it?"
    "Not so fast," he said. "You have to take a body shot....on JC."
    Her eyes widened. "Are...Are you serious."
    "As a heart attack," he said as he sat back down next to Natalie.
    Natalie leaned in towards Joey. "You don't know how happy you just made M.A"
    Joey chuckled. "JC, too."
    JC gave Mary Ann a cocky grin, as she nervously bit her lip while she held the shot glass in one hand and a lime in the other. "I'm waiting sexy mama."
    M.A gave him an evil eye. "You're enjoying this aren't you?"
    "Immensely," he said with a grin.
    She gave him a cheesy smile. She was determined to wipe off that cocky grin. She then shifted on to her knees, but JC didn't even bother moving. He just sat on the couch, slumped down while he rested his head against the back of it and his arms were at his sides.
    She had the joy of watching his eyes widened when she surprised him by straddling his lap.
    "This is an intresting approach," he said as he rested his hands on her hips.
    "I get better access this way," she said as she shifted her weight comfortably on top of him. She smiled to herself when she heard him groan. "Oh...did I hurt you?" she asked innocently.
    "Not at all," he said between his teeth.
    "Okay, just making sure," she said sweetly and then leaned down.
    "Damn woman..thinks she can...." He hissed between her breath when he first felt her warm tongue on his neck.
    She leaned back and looked down at him with a smile. "Sorry, did you say something?"
    "No," he said as he gripped her waist. "Continue."
    She just chuckled as she ran her finger along the rim and gathered up a pile of salt. She ran her finger down his damp neck and left a nice long salty trail. She then leaned back down and ran her tongue along the trail of salt until each grain melted against her tongue.
    JC cursed softly as he closed his eyes and arched his back off the back of the couch at feel of her tongue. He watched her between his half opened eyes as she leaned back and take the shot. She gave him a sexy smile, before she nibbled on the lime with her lips. He wanted to cup the back of her neck and pull those lime flavored lips down on his and wipe that grin of her face.
    "All done," she said cheerfully, even though her insides were still turning and it had nothing to do with the shot.
    JC looked up at her and managed a grin. "Was it good for you, sexy mamma?"
    "You rocked my world, stud muffin," she teased and then put the shot glass on the table and picked up her beer. "Okay..my turn...Natalie?"
    Natalie bit her lip nervously. "Well, I guess I'll get my dare over with."
    She grinned. "Ohh, my dear Nat...I was SO hoping you'd say that."
    Natalie's eyes widened. "Mary Ann? You got that look in your eyes and I don't like it....that EVIL look."
    She just chuckled. "Oh, I'm FAR from evil. You have to suck on Joey's earlobe for 20 seconds."
    "Oh dear lord," Joey cursed as he collapsed his head against the back of the couch.
    Natalie's eyes widened. "I do??"
    She grinned. "Yup."
    Natalie looked at Joey who was closing his eyes and then back at Mary Ann. "Okay."     JC snickered. "Joey's most sensitive spot is his earlobe," he shared. "Isn't that right?"
    "Yeah, C...thanks SO much for sharing. Why I tell you that kind of shit is beyond me."
    Natalie picked up her beer and took a long chug before she placed the bottle aside. "Okay, I'm ready."
    Joey grinned. "You sound like you're getting ready for a boxing match.
    Natalie turned red and then slapped his arm when he started to laugh. "Oh, be quiet and let's get this over with."
    He shrugged. "Whenever your ready, Nat. You know it's wierd that we are here and....holy crap," he cursed when her mouth suddenly captured his ear. "Warn me next time, Nat."
    "You were rambling," she whispered quickly, before capturing his ear again and then gave it a tug.
    Joey closed his eyes as he cocked his head to give her more access. Her tongue sent chills down his body and for him, the twenty seconds came and gone way to quickly. After Mary Ann said "Time," Natalie's tongue lingered on his earlobe and bit it gently before pulling away.
    Joey gave her a wink. "Very nice, my dear Natalie," he teased to lightened up the sexual tension in the room.
    Natalie smiled. "Why thank you my dear Joey," she said and then sat back down on her butt. "I believe it's my turn. JC? Truth or Dare?"
    "Hmm....Truth...I think I'll save my Dare for later."
    "Okay," she said as she shifted and tucked her legs under her. "Let's seee. What is the most out of control place you have messed around with a girl AND with who?"
    He laughed. "Ahh jeez, that's easy," he said with a chuckle. "Bathroom in the tour bus in the middle of the night."
    Joey's eyes widened. "Are you serious? OUR tour bus?"
    "Actually it was on someone else's tour bus," he mumbled and then took a sip of his beer.
    "Who with?" Mary Ann asked.
    JC picked at the label of his bottle. "I really can't say."
    "No, you have too," Joey said as he sat up at the edge of the seat. "Does anyone know about this mystery girl?"
    "Ahem...yeah..one of us does," he told him and then sighed. "Look, if this get's out to the press, I'm in deep shit, okay?"
    "Who is it?" Joey asked again.
    "It was a long time ago and it was during their BREAK and....."
    "JC," he said warily. "Please tell me you didn't make out with Britney Spears on HER bus in HER bathroom."
    He dropped his head with a sigh and raised his hand. "Guilty."
    Joey's eyes widened. "HOLY....SHIT."
    "Britney Spears??" Mary Ann asked in shock. "You've GOT to be kidding."
    "Okay, time-out on the game," Joey said as he stood up and went to the cooler. "JC, you're gonna drink your beer and tell us EVERYTHING that happened."
    "Man," he said with a sigh as he twisted the beer open. "Well, it was during the time Britney was opening for us, so it was awhile ago."
    "Yeah, Britney and Justy were having major problems on that tour."
    He rolled his eyes. "Tell me about it. I mean, we were both drunk and not thinking straight and...."
    "Wait a minute, back up," Joey said. "Britney drunk?
    She doesn't drink, she only drank that one night when....ohhhh," he said when he saw the look on JC's face. "It happened THAT night?"
    He nodded. "Yeah."
    "Okay, care to fill us in here?" Mary Ann asked, completely lost on their conversation.
    "Well, one night during our tour, we stopped at this club on the way to Chicago. We had a night off, so we were like what the hell and stopped to drink and have a good time. Anyways, I was having a pissy night to begin with, because I found out my girlfriend had been cheating on me."
    "Uh-oh," Mary Ann said. "That can't be good."
    "It wasn't," he said with a sigh. "I just sat at the damn bar and drank. I had never drank so much liquor in my life."
    "How come I don't remember any of this?" Joey asked confused.
    "You were too busy dancing with that redhead," JC said aimlessly.
    Joey's brows arched when he remembered. "Ohh, yeah."
    "Anyway, next thing I know I have a crying Britney sitting next to me at the bar and I knew right away that they had a fight. Because well...that's all they did on that tour. So I was drunk to begin with and she said she wanted a drink. So I kept buying her drink after drink, while she cried on my shoulder about how rude Justin was and how he hurt her..blah blah blah."
    "This is like a soap opera," Natalie said intringued.
    "That whole night was just messed up," JC said with a sigh and then took another sip. "Anyway, it was getting late and I knew that Britney needed to get to bed so I told her to lean on me and we started gracefully stumble our way to her bus. Her dancers were still in the club, so the bus was empty when we got there. I asked her if she needed to throw up and she said no, and then I was about to lay her down so she could sleep, but then we both heard Justin's voice outside."
    "And the plot thickens," Mary Ann said with a grin.
    "Not funny," he said with a roll of his eyes. "So then she starts pulling me to the back of the bus, cuz she doesn't want him to see us and then the next thing I know she's stuffing me in the bathroom and then closes the door behind us. She turns towards me and her back is against the door and I'm looming over her...the bathroom isn't very small. She started talking and then I heard Justin so I quickly covered her mouth with my hand to shut her up......

    "Shh," he had said when he closed his hand over her mouth.
    Britney muffled something against his hand, but when she heard Justin's voice she froze. Her eyes widened when she looked up at him in fear, and JC just looked at her calmly and placed his finger against his lips. She kept hearing him calling her name over and over, and she wanted to go to him, but she was too mad and most importantly she didn't want him to catch her in a small bathroom with his best friend. His very good looking best friend who was now trapping her against the door with his very hard body.
    He quickly lifted his hand away and then stared down at her. "He's gone," he finally said while he felt the room spinning. 'What the hell was he doing?' he asked himself. He was closed up with popstar Britney Spears in a bathroom and right now all he could think about is how good it felt to have a woman in his arms again. His eyes flickered to her lips and then to her eyes. "Britney, I should go."
    Her whole body relaxed against him. She had never been drunk before and right now she felt wonderful. She was drunk off the vodka tonic's JC had bought her and right now the presense of the man in front of her was too good to walk away. She looked in his eyes and noticed his head was closer to her and she took a shaky breath and breathed in. She could have sworn she smelled Justin's cologne on him and that did it for her. "J...."
    She didn't finish her sentence, because JC's demanding lips muffled her words. He moaned at the feel of her feminine body pressed against his and then grinded his body against hers as he dove his tongue in her mouth. It has been so long since he had been able to do this, to kiss a woman, to taste her and it took over all his senses.
    She wrapped her arms around his neck and brought him closer to her as she mumbled a name against his lips... someone's name. She didn't know which one she used, but at this point she didn't think JC cared. He lifted her up and she wrapped her legs around his waist as he turned her and set her on the small counter as he continued to devour her. He tore his lips away from hers as he ran them down her neck and then nibbled on her ear as she collapsed her head against the mirror. He ran a hand up her bare leg and it disappeared under the hem of the skirt. He was about to venture further when the bathroom door swung open.
    They both tore their lips away and froze when they saw Justin standing at the doorway.

    Joey chocked on his beer. "ARE YOU SERIOUS?" he said in shock. "He found you guys?"
    JC collapsed his head against the couch with a sigh. "He sure did."
    "What happened?" Mary Ann asked.
    "Britney pushed past me and started throwing up," JC said and then let out a chuckle. "Then Justin looked at me and said: 'C, why don't you go sleep it off. I'll take care of her.' I nodded and walked to our bus and passed out....end of story."
    "Was it awkward?" Mary Ann asked.
    "Next day, yeah of course," he said. "But now it's water under the bridge. The three of us talked one time and now everyone's happy. Britney is like....my sister now, I mean I don't know why it happened....it just did."
    "Wow," Mary Ann said with a sigh. "That's crazy."
    JC sighed. "Okay, my turn!"

    JC picked up his beer and propped his feet on the coffee table. "Mary Ann?"
    "Me?" she asked in shock. "Joey hasn't even gone yet."
    He shrugged. "He'll get his turn, I want to ask you."
    "Fine, Truth," she said as she tilted her body towards him and pulled her knees up.
    JC looked over at her with a grin. "Have you ever had sexual fantasies about me?"
    Mary Ann chocked on her drink and Natalie busted out laughing. "Do zebra's have stripes!" Natalie laughed. "That's an easy one!"
    "Shut up, Nat!" she said as she threw a pillow at her. "You're the one to talk."
    Natalie gasped in shock. "Oh no you didn't," she said and threw the pillow back at her.
    "Hey, hey," JC said as he held up both hands. "Stop the catfight. We're not done here. What were they?"
    Mary Ann chuckled. "Nice try, hun, but you didn't ask that. You just asked IF I had sexual fantasies, you didn't ask for specifics."
    "Damn," he cursed as he pouted.
    "Okay, Joey, truth or dare?"
    "Truth," he said after he thought about it. "Same question that Natalie asked JC."
    He grinned. "Oh, that's easy. On a TV set, in the control room."
    JC busted out laughing. "Which set?"
    "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," he chuckled as he sipped his beer.
    "With who?" Natalie asked.
    He whined. "The witch herself."
    "Oh, man, that's classic!" JC said as he fell to his side from laughing so hard.
    "Yeah, it was fun," he said with an evil grin. "Okay. JC?"
    He rolled his eyes. "Back to me already?? Damn. All right, dare."
    "Hmm, let's see. You have tooooo.....give Mary Ann a hickie on her stomach."
    Mary Ann's eyes grew wide and JC grinned like a little boy. "Can I really?"
    "She's all yours man," Joey said as he hosted his beer to him.
    "Oh, goodie," he said as he rubbed his hands together.
    Mary Ann slapped his arm. "Will you stop acting like you just won me in a stockyard." He just chuckled as he put his beer down and with one move, he went up on his knees and grabbed her ankles. She yelped when he pulled at them, causing her back to collapse against the couch. "You barbarian," she laughed, but god she loved it.
    He grinned as he leaned on one hand on the side of her hip and fiddled with the hem of her shirt with the other one. He slowly lifted her shirt up, to expose her flat stomach and then stopped when the material hit above her belly button. He then started to trail a finger over her stomach. "I think I'll leave my mark riiiiiight, here," he said as he drew a circle with his finger right above her hip bone.
    The simple touch of his finger, sent her whole body into orbit. He was doing this deliberately to drive her crazy, and he was succeeding. She closed her eyes. "If you like that particular area."
    He chuckled. "Oh, I do indeed," he said and then bent his head down toward her stomach.
    Chills went all over her body when she felt his warm breath on her skin, and then bit her lip when his lips touched her softly. He gave her a soft kiss on the designated spot, before he opened his mouth and bit her skin softly. "Oh dear lord," she mumbled when all she could feel were teeth, lips, and tounge branded that one spot above her hip.
    He then opened his mouth even wider, and sucked her tender skin before pulling away. He kissed the purple spot he had left, and then pulled his shirt back down. "All done," he said as he grinned down at her.
    Mary Ann sat up and then lifted her shirt to examine it. "Wow, not bad, stud muffin."
    He chuckled. "Thanks, sexy mamma. Joey..Truth or Dare."
    Joey just shook his head. One minute they were wrapped up in a sexual frenzy and the next they were back to their cute, harmless flirting. "Dare," he finally said with a laugh.
    "Hmm...let's see...what can Joey possibly do...oh I know...you have to kiss Natalie...on the lips...with tongue."
    "For 30 seconds," Mary Ann added with a chuckle.
    "Good one, hun," JC said with a chuckle. "Ya got that, Joe?"
    Joey eyed him. "Yeah, I got it....smart ass."
    Natalie looked over at Mary Ann to see her grinning at her. Her eyebrows danced up and down as she toasted the beer bottle to her. 'Oh, my god,' she mouthed to her and Mary Ann just chuckled.
    I think I'm gonna be sick, she thought to herself as she placed a hand on her stomach. She didn't want to, but she finally looked over at Joey and he was staring at her. When they made eye contact, the corner of his mouth lifted and gave her a little shrug. It was a cute gesture, she thought as she let out a nervous laugh.
    "Joey, were not getting any younger," JC said and Mary Ann replied by slapping him in the stomach. "Ow!
    "Woman! What was that for?"
    "Leave him alone," she said forcefully.
    Joey wasn't paying any attention to them, all he could think about was Natalie. She was sitting next to him, all nervous and flustered. She kept playing with one strand of curls, something she always did he noticed. He cleared his throat as he shifted closer to her and then turned his body towards her. She was looking down at her lap, as she continued to play with her hair.
    He smiled softly as he lifted his hand and cupped her chin and tilted her head up so she could look at him. Her eye's sparkled as they transfixed on his and her mouth was half open, just waiting for him to capture. He then lifted his other hand and cupped her face softly with his hands and casually brushed a strand of hair out of her face.
    He gave her a smile, before he tilted his head towards hers and she closed her eyes and waited. His breath fanned her lips, before they made contact with his own. He was very gentle and lingered on her soft lips, until she let out a sigh and relaxed her tensed body. He let out a soft groan against her mouth and his fingers, slowly plunged into her hair as he began to nibble on her lips. He was about to deepened the kiss, but the shrill of the phone ringing had him jump back from her.
    Joey's heavy breathing filled the room and he watched Natlie gently touch her freshly kissed lips. He looked at JC and he nodded and picked up the portable and answered the phone. "Hello?"
    "Um...Joey?" a feminine voice said.
    "Uh..no, hold on," he said and then gave Joey a wierd look when he handed him the phone.
    "Hello?" he asked.
    "Joey!" the girl squealed on the other end.
    His eyes widened. "Uhh, Kimberly," he said uneasily as he ran his fingers through his hair. "What's up?"
    Natalie scooted away from him and looked down at her lap.
    "I've missed you," she said with a sigh. "But I was calling to see what time I should be ready tomorrow?"
    Joey closed his eyes and sighed. Shit, he forgot all about her. "Oh, crap...I forgot to tell you. I'm not going to New York anymore for Lance's party."
    "What?" she asked angrily. "Why the hell not?!"
    "Well, uh..." He gazed over at Natalie, who looked up at him. "Something kind of came up."
    "Dammit, Joey, I was looking forward to going to New York."
    "Well, I'm sorry, Kim, but I can't go anymore."
    She sighed. "Well, what are you going to do?"
    "JC's having a party at his place," he said, thinking she wouldn't want to go.
    She sighed. "Well, it's NOT New York, but it'll work. I'll be ready at seven."
    His eyes widened. "Uh...seven?"
    "Yeah, and don't be late this time, hun...I hate waiting. I'll see ya soon, sweetie and I'll show you a great time."
    "Uh..yeah but..."
    "Seven," she repeated.
    He sighed. "Yeah, okay I'll pick you up at seven," he said and then hung up the phone.
    "I'm the reason your not going anymore, aren't I?" Natlie said bluntly.
    "No," he said when looked at her. "I am the reason, because it is my fault you are here."
    Her brows raised. "Fault? You sound like it's a bad thing, Joey."
    "No... that's not what I meant," he said quickly. "I'm glad you're here, but I wish it didn't have to take me putting you in a coma."
    "And because of your actions your stuck with me, is that it?"
    "Natalie, of course not," he said.
    "Joey, you could be in New York right now having fun, but instead your stuck here with me and...."
    "Who said I'm stuck here," he as he stood up and started to pace the room. JC and Mary Ann winced at each other as the laid back against the couch. "I didn't have to stay here, Nat, that was MY choice."
    "Who the hell was going to take care of me if you CHOSE to leave?" Natalie asked.
    "I dunno, the hospital?" he said as he continued to pace. "I didn't want you to spend 10 days there, so...."
    "So you took pity on me," she said and then stood up quickly. "Look, Joey I....Ahhh." Natalie doubled over as another migraine hit her.
    "Are you okay?" Joey asked as he ran to her.
    Natalie quickly moved away from him. "I'm fine," she said shortly. "Look...I need to go to bed."
    "Natalie, I....."
    She winced as the pain grew stronger and she shook her head. "Not now, I...I can't think right now."
    Mary Ann stood up. "Come on, I'll help you up. It's getting late anyways."
    JC stood up as well. "You're right it is," he said and then hugged her. "I'll talk to you tomorrow."
    She nodded. "Okay, good night," she said and then the two girls went upstairs and left the men standing there alone.
    Joey cursed as he collapsed on the couch and buried his face in his hands. "What the hell just happened?"
    JC walked over and sat down next to him and patted his back. "You had your first fight."
    Joey lifted his head and eyed him. "C, shut up."
    He lifted his hands. "What?? I'm serious."
    "But you said it like we were dating and...."
    "Joey, cut the crap. Don't beat aroud the bush with me, I know you like her."
    "Well, of course I like her," he said as he leaned back against the couch. "How could I not?"
    "What did Kim say?" JC asked. "I thought you were through with her."
    "We were," he sighed. "But then we ran into each other at a bar, and I was drunk enough to ask her to Lance's party."
    "Joey," he said in disgust.
    "I know, I know. It was stupid. But I was desperate for a date!"
    "Now your stuck with her," JC realized.
    "Yeah, I am," he mumbled. "I've been looking forward to this party, ya know? I mean I really wanted to have a good time with Nat."
    "You still will," JC assured him.
    "Are you kidding? Kim is the clingiest person ever."
    "Well, screw her," JC said and then patted his knee. "Everything will work out."
    "You leaving?" Joey asked when he got up.
    "Yeah," he said as he stretched. "Dani's picking the girls up at like ten. The girl has a whole day planned out with them."
    "God bless her," Joey said with a laugh. "We're gonna be busy as it is, and Dani will take care of them."
    "Tonight was fun," Joey said as they walked to the door. "Thanks for suggesting truth or dare."
    JC chuckled. "My pleasure. That game is wonderful."
    Joey smiled. "Have you and Mary Ann kissed yet?"
    He shook his head. "No, we almost did outside playing basketball, but then my idiotic brother paged me."
    "Ohhh, that sucks."
    "Yeah, it was embarrassing, because well... um... I was laying on top of her, cuz I tripped her and the pager was on vibrate."
    Joey busted out laughing. "Oh, that's classic."
    "It pissed me off," JC mumbled and then just laughed.
    "I'll call you tomorrow, and don't worry about Nat, it'll be okay."
    "I sure hope so," he said. "I'll see ya."
    "Bye," he said and then trotted off to his car.

Part Nine