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Jo sighed as she followed Leigh Anne into her home again that day. Brian looked up from his position on the couch and smiled at Leigh Anne, "Your mom called." Brian replied.

Leigh Anne smiled and picked the phone up. She hung up a few minutes later and started rushing around the house, "Oh my God...I have to go home to Georgia...my Sister is in the hospital. The wedding will have to be postponed."

Brian looked up at her, "Do you want me to come with you Hun?"

"No. No. You stay here and continue to make the wedding plans...Miss Willis you help him, I will be home as soon as I can." She picked up the phone and dialed out, "Hello. I would like a ticket for the next plane to Georgia." Leigh Anne replied into the phone as Jo sat down on a chair across from Brian.

In a just a few minutes Leigh Anne quickly brought her packed suitcase into the living room, she quickly kissed Brian, "Don�t worry about me. Get as much work as you can get done for the wedding. Miss Willis," She turned to Jo who looked up at her, "Don�t let him do anything stupid."

She smiled and watched as Leigh Anne quickly left the house.

Brian and Jo stayed quiet for a moment, just looking at the other casually wondering who was going to speak first, "So...I should get going?" Jo replied as she stood up, she picked up her brief case and looked at Brian, "Mr. Littrell, when will be a good time to work on the wedding?"

Brian watched her casually, he licked his lips and stood up, "Right now."

Jo sighed and followed him out into the garden, they sat down on the patio chairs, Jo crossed her legs and looked at Brian who was watching her, "Where do we start?" He asked.

She looked at him, "Mr. Littrell I am sorry about last night. My behavior was unprofessional and it will never happen again. It might be a little easier to plan all of this if we are friends." She looked at him as he studied her face, she stuck her hand out towards him, "Or maybe we could just be acquaintances...It�s not as good as friends but it will be better then...this." She offered when he said nothing.

He smiled and took her hand, "Friends."

She smiled, "Ok. So Miss Wallace had everything picked out she just hadn�t told me everything. We were going to that now actually before she left. We will also have to postpone everything...do you think two weeks is enough time?"

Brian nodded.

"Great." She answered as she scribbled something down in her book.

~*~

Julia looked into the mirror for about the tenth time in two minutes, she sighed and played with the bottom of her shirt, making so it fell nicely over the top of her pants. She smiled into the mirror and bit her lip. Nick was suppose to be there in three and a half minutes and she was nervous though she didn�t know why. They had talked on the phone and at the club and she had got to know so much about him already, she closed her eyes trying to rid her stomach of the butterflies.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door, she quickly opened her eyes and moved to the door, she took a deep breath and opened the door, she smiled at Nick who stood before her. He smiled and handed her a dozen roses, her smile widened as she took the roses from Nick, she softly took his hand and lead him into the dorm, she quickly put the roses in a vase with water, Nick watching as she did so. When she was finished she placed the vase on her bedside table and smiled up at Nick, "Thank you." She whispered. He smiled as she took his hand and together they walked out of the dorm.

~*~

"Alright time for dinner." Brian said as he looked at his watch. Jo also did and bit her lip when she realized how late it was. She never stayed late with clients but her and Brian hadn�t gotten much work done, they were joking with each other, just talking, getting to know each other. It had gotten dark in the back garden but they still talked. Nothing had stopped them...until Brian�s stomach began growling.

He stood up and Jo followed him with her belongings in tow thinking he was going to ask her to leave until the next day. He turned around once they were in the kitchen, "How does pizza sound to you?" He asked. She looked at him a little shocked, "Uh...yeah that sounds good."
"Good." He smiled and pulled out the phone book.

~*~

Julia and Nick walked across the shore talking at ease with the other. Their shoes had been removed and were sitting outside Nick�s car as they continued to get farther down the beach. Nick looked down at her and smiled as he carefully took her hand. She smiled at him as they continued to talk about their past, present and future hopes until a large wave came crashing against their feet. Nick smiled and held her hand tighter, Julia looked up at him as he quickly started running into the water, she screamed as he pulled her into the water.

"Nick." She screamed as he playfully began splashing her. She giggled, "Alright this is war." She began to fight back splashing him as much as he was splashing her, suddenly his splashes stopped and he had her hand, he pulled her to him and looked into her eyes, he smiled and gently kissed her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her down into the water with him.

~*~

Brian and Jo sat laughing at the kitchen table as they ate their pizza. She smiled as he stopped talking to chew. He stood and went to the fridge, he pulled out two cans of soda and placed one infront of Jo, "Thank you."

He smiled as he took his seat again across from her as they continued to eat. "Are you seeing anybody Miss Willis?" He asked.

She shook her head no, "But please call me Jo." She said afraid of what his answer would be because of the last time she told him to call her by her first name.

He smiled, "As long as you call me Brian."

She smiled, "Well Brian we didn�t get much work done."

He shrugged, "I am not doing anything tomorrow you can come over when ever you would like."

"Ok." She answered as she took a drink of her drink.

Brian smiled at her as he went for another slice of pizza.

~*~

Julia and Nick immerged from the water out of breath, Julia playfully pushed Nick back into the water. He smiled when he was back above the water and splashed her, she giggled and looked at him, she shivered slightly and Nick took her hand and began leading her out of the water, "Come on I will take you to my place you can get warm and dry there, it�s only a few minutes away."

~*~

"So I will see you tomorrow Jo?" Brian asked as he walked her to the door.

She nodded and smiled at him as she left the house. Brian watched her leave and finally shut the door after he saw her car leave the drive way. He sighed and walked into the kitchen to clean up the mess they had made.

~*~

Julia handed Nick her wet clothing as she walked into the living room where he was sitting now dressed in dry clothes. He smiled at her in his clothes as he took her wet clothes and made his way to the dryer with them.
He returned a few minutes later and found her sitting on the couch flipping through the channels, "Oh no you don�t." He said as he took the remote control from her. She sighed as he sat down on the couch beside her, she looked at him and quickly stole the remote from his hand, he looked at her a little shocked but laughed as she turned on an old movie, put the remote down and smiled at him.

He put his arm around her and she snuggled into his side. He kissed the top of her head and smiled as he began to watch the movie as well.

~*~

"Stop thinking about the wedding planner." Brian said aloud as he tossed and turned in his sleep. He sighed, nothing was working. He couldn�t get Jo off his mind. How was he suppose to work with her the following day? How was he suppose to marry Leigh Anne? How was he suppose to get any sleep?