"Because I haven't felt like it." JC said, his face void of emotion.
"Because you're scared," Justin corrected. "You should have invited her to the VMAs."
"Well, we were fighting!"
"Yeah, I guess." Justin said with a shrug, "all I know is that Taylor's flying in tonight and Mikayla's not."
"There she is!" Justin yelled excitedly to himself when he saw Taylor exit the terminal. He ran up to her excitedly, grabbing her into a hug and twirling her around.
"Just-IN!" She exclaimed, laughing happily. "You're making a scene!"
"I don't care." Justin answered, setting her down so he could kiss her. "I've missed you so much."
"It's only been a week!" Taylor reminded him, "you didn’t miss me this much when you were gone for a whole month."
"Of course I did, I'm just rabid for you right now." Justin answered, wiggling his eyebrows as she punched him in the arm.
"Great, now I feel like I'm a dog," She said, rolling her eyes as they laced arms and headed out of the airport.
"How's Mikayla doing?" He asked her.
"She's doing great," Taylor answered, her expression giving her away. "She's pregnant."
"Are you serious?" Justin asked, shocked. He stopped walking just to look at her to see if she was bluffing.
"Yes!" Taylor answered, "but it's horrible, since she and JC aren't talking."
"God, that must suck. Where is she?"
"I insisted she go to the VMAs with Brian." Taylor said, a glint in her eyes. "We're going to get her to talk to JC again, I already arranged it with Brian."
"Why, you wicked thing, you," Justin teased, gazing at her fondly as they got into his car.
"How was you're flight?" Brian asked Mikayla, looking at her worriedly. "Did you feel comfortable?" They'd just gotten to Brian's New York apartment after he'd come to pick her up at the airport.
"Brian, it was first class, of course I did." She assured him, "and don't look so panicked, I won't be going into labor for another two months." She reminded him, hitting his worry spot right on the dot.
Brian's expression relaxed, "I feel as if this whole mix up between you and JC is my fault," He said to her earnestly. "I didn't mean to break you guys up."
"it wasn't you're fault, Bri." Mikayla told him, "If you were a girl, JC wouldn't have reacted the way he did, and that's completely wrong because he has no control over who I'm friends with."
"I guess." Brian answered with a shrug, opening one of the bedroom doors, "here's the guestroom." He said, gesturing in. "How long do you think you'll be staying?"
"Well, I was thinking maybe a week?" She said, "but if that's too long-"
"No, a week's fine. We're in New York to do some recording anyway," He answered quickly.
"Okay," She said, smiling as she went into the room.
"Are you ready yet, Taylor?" Justin asked exasperatedly. "The guys and the limo are going to be here any minute!"
"Hold on!" She called from the master bedroom. She finally came out of the room, and Justin's eyes nearly bugged out of their sockets when he saw her. Her hair was pulled up stylishly, and the dark green dress she wore accented her body perfectly.
"Wow." Was all he could say, causing her to giggle.
"C'mon, there's the limo," She said, pulling his hand towards the door when she heard several car honks. He only stared at her wordlessly.
"Wow, you look hot," Chris commented, smiling at Taylor.
"Thanks," She answered, "where's your date?"
"I don't have one," Chris said, almost defensively.
"He got turned down too many times," Lance said, chuckling. Elisa punched his arm jokingly. Her midnight blue dress clung to her body, and her green eyes glowed whenever she laid eyes on Lance.
"Tay, this is my sister, Carli," Joey said, gesturing towards the girl who sat next to him. They both shared the same brown eyes, and she was smiling nervously. "it's her birthday gift from me." Joey explained.
"Aww, that's so sweet," Taylor said, smiling back at Carli.
"He's just cheap," Justin retorted, making Chris guffaw.
"Shut up, Justin." Joey retorted.
"Wow, you look great!" Brian remarked loudly, studying Mikayla's appearance.
"You don't look so bad yourself," She answered, smiling as she admired Brian's tuxedo.
"We make the perfect 'couple'" Brian said, grinning as he made quotation marks with his hands as he said couple. "At least that's what the press will say when they see us together."
"I know," she said with a sigh. She'd never had to put up with the press when she was with JC, they hadn't even known about her.
"Don't worry about it, it only gives me another excuse to take out a gorgeous model several times to squelch the rumors," He said with a wink as she slapped his arm teasingly. "ready?" He asked, extending his arm to her as they walked out of the apartment to meet the rest of the guys in the limo.