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| Minutes later Justin pulled Jc�s jeep next to Cassie�s car at Sunny Village, Cassie�s apartment complex. It was dark now, and the rain was comming down harder. Justin ran to the large doors and pushed the button that would ring Cassie�s apratment. Seconds later her voice came throught the speaker. �What do you want Justin.� Her voice sounded stuffy and Justin knew that she had been crying. �Let me up.� �Just go.� �No. I�ll stand out here until you let me up there.� There was silence and then a sigh. �Fine. The doors are open. Come on up.� Justin immediatly pushed open the door and made his way up to her apartment on the third floor, taking two steps at a time. He didn�t notice the man slip in the door behind him. Soon enough he was standing in front of 3D, he knocked once lightly before entering the dimly lit room. It took a second for his eyes to adjust to the dimmer light, and when they did he immediatly began making his way through to the living room. �Cassie?� He questioned softly as he spotted the girl on the couch. She was curled up on one end of the couch, her legs pulled up against her chest and her head lowered. Slowly he walked over and sat down beside her. �You know he might be right.� Cassie began, not lifting her head. �Why don�t you listen to him.� Justin immediatly began arguing, keeping his voice soft. �He�s not though. I know that he�s not. Right now he�s just upset, we all are, only you know how Joe is. He�ll come around soon. Just give him time to see how ridclious his accusation was.� Cassie�s shook her head as she lifted it from her knees. Her hair softly falling around her face as she finally fixed her eyes on Jusitn�s face. His breath caught in his throat. Why had he never noticed how beautiful her eyes were? �What makes it so ridclious? You�ve only known me a month. What if I told you straight out that I was the one behind all this? Then what?� �I wouldn�t believe you.� He awnsered simply. �Never would I believe that.� Cassie nodded as a few tears began to fall from her eyes. �Thank you Justin.� He smiled at her and opened his arms, immediatly she leaned against him. He inhaled and the scent of her shampoo caused a smile to form on his face. �It�s not a problem, Cass. You�ve been there for me when my ass would have been grass. The least I can do is to believe you. And I do.� He pulled back, and his voice hid a hint of amusment. �Can you really see the future in your dreams?� �Not all the time.� Was Cassie�s reply. �It was always only when someone was going to be in trouble, or hurt. Like when I was ten I had my first dream. It was about my best friend, how she was going to fall out of a tree and break her leg. I thought that it was just some nightmare and then when it happened the next day,well, it was freaky.� �Wow.� Justin muttered as looked down at her. Her face was tearstreaked from crying, and her eyes were red, but she was beautiful anyway. Cassie nodded. �And now the last two dreams, they�ve been about you.� She lifted her head to look at him again, her face now lined with worry. �Justin, there�s someone out there who�s after you.� He nodded, but his mind wasn�t on her words, at least not totally. Insteed, it was on her lips and how they formed the words she spoke so perfectly. No matter how hard he tryed, for some reason, he just couldn�t seem to get his thoughts straight. Not when her lips seemed so kissable. Justin mentally shook himself and began to try and straighten out his thoughts, but they wouldn�t be straightened. �Justin?� Cassie questioned as she noticed the odd look on his face. �Are you alright?� He didn�t say anything at first, just continued to look at her with that odd facial expression. Cassie furrowed her brow and her eyes widened when he brought his hand up to her cheek. �Justin, wha..what are you doing?� He shook his head. �I don�t know, but I have to do this.� He stared at her for a moment more before beginning to move his head down towards hers. She watched as he leaned his face closer to hers, his eyes fluttering closed as he brushed his lips against hers in a whisper of a kiss. A second later he pulled back and opened his eyes.Cassie stared at him wide-eyed. Justin suddenly felt nervous and un-certin. Quickly he stood up. Why had he just done that? A voice in his head told him. �Well, ummm, I�d better get back to the guys. Their probably worrying. I�ll uhhh, see you tommorow.� �Justin?� �Gotta go! Bye Cassie!� Justin made his way to the door quickly, cursing himself under his breath. Yanking the door open he steped out into the hall. He was such an idoit! He began walking down the stairs and was still cursing at himself when he reached the door. Before he could pull it open and step outside, a cloth was shoved into his face. His eyes widened and he inhaled sharply in surprise, inhaling the chemical that the piece of fabric had been soaked in. Withen moments things went black. --------------------------------------------------- Timberlake fell limp and he caught him just before he fell to the floor. One down, now he just needed the girl. |