"Justin?" Tara said with a look of shock on her face.
"Tara!!!! God I've missed you soo much!" Justin said, walking past Nick to pick up Tara and gave her a large hug.
"I missed you soo much too!" Tara said, still in shock.
Nick looked at Tara and didnt say anything, Tara moved her eyes away from Nick.
"I cant believe you're back already!" Tara said to Justin, giving him a large kiss.
"I couldnt stay away from you! So i thought I'd surprise you as an early christmas present" Justin replied. Tara smiled at him as he kissed her again and held her close to him.
Nick watched this sight before his eyes and became a little mad, exiting the room to go into the kitchen. He needed a drink.
Tara listened to Justin talk about his tour and how much he had missed her. She couldnt help but think of that kiss that her and Nick had shared moments before Justin rang the doorbell. Should she tell Justin about the kiss, or should she just let it pass and he'll never find out?
"Well, what about you.. how have you been?! What have you been doing?" Justin asked, turning the attention onto Tara.
"Well, I've been working.. and spent most of the time with my friends.." Tara replied.
Justin looked at her and got the feeling that something was wrong.
"Is everything alright?" Justin asked.
"oh yeah, everythings great! You just gave me one big shock!" Tara replied. She needed to get that kiss out of her mind, so she leaned in and gave Justin a long romantic kiss, one that Justin found very exciting.
"Got any plans for tonight?" Justin asked, raising an eye at her.
"no.." Tara said with a grin.
"Well you do now! I have a big evening planned out for us" Justin replied. He gave her another kiss.
"I love you"
"I love you too" Tara replied back, giving him another big hug.
That evening after Tara had left to go out with Justin, Nick called Brian up on the phone and asked him to come over. He had some very important issues that he needed to talk to Brian about.
Brian came over to the house at around 8 that night, worried about Nick.
"Hey man.. whats up? are you alright?" Brian asked.
"I dont know Frick, Im in a real mess.." Nick said.
"Why.. whats wrong?"
"Im kind of in a realy weird situation, and I dont know what to do" Nick said, thinking about Tara "And I did something that I dont know if I should have done"
"What did you do?" Brian asked, taking a seat on the couch.
"I kissed Tara" Nick said, looking down to the ground.
"YOU WHAT?" Brian exclaimed, a little shocked.
"I kissed Tara.." Nick repeated, shifting his eyes to look up to Brian. "I have feelings for her, Frick"
"I knew it!" Brian said, he had always guessed that Nick had some kind of feelings for Tara, since he had always treated her better than he did to any of his girlfriends.
"I dont know how it happened man... it just kinda, happened! The more I started to hang out with her, the more I liked her, and then I just recently came to realize that.. I love her.."
"You LOVE her?" Brian said surprised.
"Yeah.." Nick said "and I dont know what to do, Brian! She's in love with Justin.. but deep down inside I think she has feelings for me too"
"uh huh..." Brian said, thinking.
"What should I do Brian??" Nick asked his other best friend.
"hmmmm.... wow.. I really dont know what to say, Nick" Brian said, still thinking of some advice.
"Do you really think she likes you also?" he asked Nick.
"She kissed me back, if that answers your question" Nick replied.
"But she loves Justin.. right?"
"well.. yeah..."
"fight for her" Brian said. His reply shocked Nick.
"wh.. what do you mean?" Nick asked.
"I mean, if you want her, fight for her. Im not talking about fist fighting, I'm talking about showing her how you really feel, prove to her you love her" Brian said "and if she loves you, she'll come to you"
"what about Justin?"
"maybe she is confused, maybe she loves you both.." Brian said "but maybe her feelings for you are deep down and they need to be surfaced. But be careful, shes probably scared right now, and she doesnt know what to do"
"Thanks Bri... I know what I have to do.." Nick said, giving Brian a man hug.
Justin took Tara to his house for a romantic night at home, his mom was gone for the evening because she didnt expect for Justin to be home until another week.
Justin and Tara were busy kissing on the couch, reuniting themselves since they haven't seen eachother in a long time. Tara managed to forget about the kiss with Nick that afternoon and tried to focus on Justin and her, and their relationship. She knew she needed to have a talk with Nick later, though.
Tara was feeling really vulnerable that evening, and with Justin's soft kisses, she began to think that maybe it would be a good idea to spend the night with him, afterall, she did love him.
Thinking about it for awhile, Tara decided not to, and that just continuing to make out on the couch would due just fine for now. She could, however, turn things up one notch, and that would still be perfectly fine.
"Hey Justin?" Tara said, inbetween kisses.
"yes?" Justin replied.
"I was thinking.. you know, we could turn things up a notch.. " Tara said. Justin looked up at her.
"what's the next notch?" He asked.
"I'll show you.." Tara said, kissing his neck. She lowered her hands to the bottom of his shirt and gently lifted it off of him, over his head.
"Do I get to.." Justin said, looking at Tara's shirt.
Tara nodded her head at Justin, and he grinned up at her. He gently took off her shirt, kissing her neck and then gazed at her chest.
"Can I take that off too?" Justin asked, meaning her bra.
"yes" Tara said, smiling at him. Justin's lips met hers while he ran his fingers across her back, fiddling with her bra and trying to undo it. A few moments later, the clasp undid and he slid the straps off her arms.
Justin left a trail of kisses from her mouth to her chest, and left his lips lingering at her chest, making her breathing to enhance its speed a bit faster.
They made out for awhile on the couch, and then got a call from JC and Lance, who asked them if they wanted to go hang out and see a movie. They agreed, and put their shirts back on, and then left to go meet them at the mall.
The next morning, Tara woke up and walked into the kitchen for some breakfast.
Nick was already up, and seemed that he had been up for awhile.
"awww.. your a bit early! I was going to bring you breakfast in bed" Nick said. Tara looked at him, and sat down at the table.
"Thanks, Nick... but .. I think we need to talk.." Tara said.
"Talk? about what?" Nick said, trying to act all normal.
"about what happened yesterday... the kiss.."
"it was great, wasnt it?" Nick said, smiling over at her. Tara did enjoy the kiss, but she was with Justin.
"well, yeah... but Nick, Im with Justin.."
"You're not married to him"
"I know.. but we are together... hes my boyfriend"
"You're not married to him"
Tara shook her head.
"No, I'm not.. but Nick, I'm your best friend.. you're my best friend..."
"And I also know that you have feelings for me" Nick replied.
"What?? What makes you think that.." Tara said, her voice trailing off.
"You kissed me back yesterday. If you didnt have feelings for me, you wouldnt have kissed me back, and you would have shoved me off of you"
"well... it was... spur of the moment.. a fluke.. it just happened.."
"It was meant to happen" Nick replied.
Tara looked at him and she saw the determination in his eyes. She didnt say anything after Nick spoke those last five words, because deep down she knew he was right.