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"Ya know Nick, if we keep talking we're gonna have nothing to talk about tomorrow on our date" Julia said to Nick. They'd been talking for about an hour now and they still hadn't run out of things to talk about.

"I don't think that's possible. There's so much I want to know about you Jules. You don't mind me calling you that do you?" Nick asked, making sure he wasn't going to far by calling her by her common nick name used by her friends. 'You can call me what ever the hell you want baby' she thought.

"Of course it's okay" she replied, "Nick, I hate to do this but I really should go. I've got classes tomorrow and I wanna be well rested for our date tomorrow"

"JULIAAAAAAAAAA!!! WHERE DID YOU PUT MY MAGAZINES?!?!?!"

"Oh bloody hell, that woman is gonna burst my ear drums" Nick laughed, hearing what she had said.

"The greatness of having a room mate huh?"

"More like the annoyance of having a room mate" Julia replied.

"Well, I'll let you go. I'll see you tomorrow around 8?"

"Of course you will. Is there anything specific I should wear?"

"Anything your comfortable in my dear"

"Alright. I really enjoyed talking to you Nick, I'm glad you called."

"Me too Julie, me too"

"It's Julie now is it?"

"Do you mind? That name just...suits you I guess" Nick explained.

"As long as no one else calls me that, I'm fine with it" Nick smiled on the other end when she said that.

"It'll be my secret name for you, how about that?"

"I've got no problem with that"

"JULIAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!"

"UGH, I'll see you tomorrow Nick. Goodnight"

"Goodnight Julie" Julia hung up the phone and stormed off to see what Tiffany's problem was and why she insisted on bringing her phone call to an end.

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"Would you like some coffee Miss. Wallace?" Jo asked, walking into her office. Not that she wanted to get Leigh Anne coffee but it was just polite to ask.

"No, if you don't mind I'd like to just figure out all this stuff so I can get home to Brian" Leigh Anne smiled.

'Eh Brian' Jo said in her head. What was so good about Brian anyways? So he had beautiful blue eyes, a sexy body, that sexy accent, that beautiful smile...'Oh no' Jo thought, stopping what she was doing.

"Is there something wrong Ms. Willis?"

"Huh? Oh no, nothing is wrong. If you'll excuse me, I left part of you file in the back. I'll just be a minute" Jo told her, rushing off to the back room. She closed the door behind her and began pacing.

"I like the groom, oh my god I like the groom. Am I in love with the groom? No, no I can't be in love with the groom. That's just not possible" She stopped pacing and peeked through the window, seeing Leigh Anne wondering around her office looking at the pictures she had on her wall. Jo could feel the jealousy sweep over her as she looked at the woman who would be gracing Brian's bed with her precense. She most probably already was doing that but soon she'd be doing it for life.

"Ugh, snap out of it Jo Jo. You've got a job to do, you can't be having petty crushes on the grooms"

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~THE NEXT DAY~

Jo got out of bed and knocked on Valerie's bedroom door.

"Val? I need to talk to you about something that's bugging me. Is Jacob in there?"

"Come on in Jo, Jacob isn't here" Jo opened the door and walked over to the bed where Valerie was laying. She pulled up a chair and sat down.

"What's on your mind Jo Jo?"

"Val, have you ever liked a guy you couldn't have?"

"Duh, everyone's done that at one point or another. Who is it? Do you want Jacob?"

"Ewwwww no, keep your boy toy. Listen, I think this is just infatuation with this guy. I mean, if by some miracle he broke up with his fiancee and I got a chance to-"

"FIANCEE??? IT'S THAT BRIAN GUY!!! OH MY GOD IT'S THE DUDE YOU'RE PLANNING THE WEDDING FOR!" Valerie said jumping up in her bed.

"Val, calm down. I told you it's just infatuation. I've known the guy all of what? 3 days or so? He's just hot that's all"

"Jo,if that's all it is you wouldn't be sitting here having this conversation with me now would you?"

"UGH, I just wanted some advice on the situation and you go all weird on me"

"Excuse me? Look who's flipping out here. Is it because you KNOW I'm RIGHT?"

"Oh Val I don't know. Maybe it's just lust, or infatuation but it's not love. It can't be love after 3 days."

"Love happens quick ya know. It happens quick, when and where you least expect it"

"Oh godddddd, you weren't very much help. I guess I'll have to go face him now"

"That's the best thing you can do Jo Jo. It'll help you figure things out, I'm telling you it will"

"Sure" Jo muttered getting up and heading back into her room. It was time for her to head to work and she wasn't at all looking forward to it.