Chapter 16
December 31
The past 5 days, Meredith and
Justin had spent together. Either at her place or at his. She had only spent Christmas Night with him
and the night before. But that was
because she was helping him take down his Christmas tree and other
decorations.
It was
So he called his friends.
Justin dialed JC's
number and informed him on the situation at hand. After he hung up the phone, Justin smiled
evilly to himself and went to his room to take a shower.
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Meredith squinted
her eyes open. She thought she heard
someone enter her room. But, when she
looked around all she saw was comforter.
She giggled when she realized she was completely submerged under the
covers. She yawned and contemplated
getting up. But she was WAY too
comfortable.
Suddenly she was consumed by the
covers and being lifted and carried off.
"HEY!!! What is this??
Justin. I swear I WILL kill you Timberfake. Oh my
Gosh. What if I'm being kidnapped? PUT ME DOWN!" She screamed and wiggled around. She felt the blood rush to her head and
realized she was upside down. She tried
to rid herself of the covers but it was impossible. She kept hearing muffled laughs. Laughs she knew by heart. But not Justin's laugh.
"JOEY FATONE!!! I know your laugh!!!" He chuckled and she listened some more.
"Chris?? I thought we were buddies!! I cannot believe
you. I hate both of you!" She yelled and finally gave up.
She heard a door
open and running water. Then she heard JC's voice.
"Hey,
Justin. Is your pool heated?"
"OH MY
GOSH!
JOSHUA CHASEZ I SWEAR YOU ARE FREAKIN DEAD! IF I GO IN THAT POOL YOU WILL NOT LEAVE THIS
PLACE ALIVE!!!!" She screamed to the
person carrying her. Her voice echoed
through the large marble shower walls. Meredith then heard Justin's voice
coming from the running water kinda muffled and
echoing.
"The pool is PERFECTLY
warm. Honey, this is what you get for
sleeping in!" Justin laughed.
"I hate you all. I really do." She huffed and went limp.
"I thought you said you don't
use the word hate. I thought you said it
was too strong of a word." Justin's laughing voice came muffled again from
the water.
"EXACTLY!" She profoundly said
echoing off the walls.
The next thing she knew she was
moving again. A door closed and the
sound of water dissipated. She started
bumping on JC's shoulder. She was going down the steps. After about a minute, another door was opened
and Meredith could tell she was outside by the sound of birds and insects.
"Meredith, we love you. But we have to do this. Justin's
orders." Chris said.
She was thrown and suddenly was
soaking wet and splashing around in a very cool pool.
-Yeah, real heated Justin-
She submerged and gasped for air,
finally removing herself from the comforter.
She swam to the steps of the pool to see 3 laughing faces. She was EXTREMLY mad.
Then Justin ran outside only in
sweatpants that hung low at his waist.
His curls were lightly towel dried and his torso was a little damp. Meredith tried not to smile but it came
anyway. She couldn't help but gawk at
her boyfriend.
-I must be THE luckiest girl
alive. LOOK at him. Oh my goshhhhh. Defiantly doable. SHUT UP! -
He began laughing at the sight of
her wet clothes sticking to her body.
That broke the spell Justin had over her.
She saw JC and Chris at the edge
of the pool laughing hysterically, oblivious to her approaching body. It didn't take much for her to push them
in. Once they were shocked and in the
water she made her way to Joey. She
ringed out her hair and gave him an incredible sexy grin. She stuck out her chest making him fully
aware of her. But he didn't realize she
was backing him to the edge. Before any of the other guys got out a, "Watch out Joe!" she had pushed him
in with her other kidnappers. She
crossed her arms over her stomach and smiled smugly at them. She heard a distinctive laugh from a few feet
away and turned to him.
Justin put his hands in front of
him and stepped back as she moved to him. "No, Meredith! I just got out of
the shower!"
"I know. I just want to give you a good morning
kiss." She smiled sweetly and
approached him.
He bent down staying away from her
body and kissed her gently on the lips. She brought her arms around his neck
and he backed away.
"I don't want to smell like
chlorine, angel." He said
firmly. She pouted something she RARELY
did and he of course gave in.
"But you DO look good in
those clingy wet pjs." He gave her his infamous
sexy half smile and stepped forward.
He wrapped his arms around her wet
body and she moved her hands up from his chiseled chest to his shoulders and to
the back of his neck. She massaged his
neck like she knew he loved and kissed him roughly. She was trying to be a seductress, and was
succeeding. She wrapped her legs around
his and Justin took this as a notion to be lifted. He lifted her up and she straddled the front
of his waist as he put his arms under her for support. She kissed him as forcefully as she could. He was oblivious to the screams of "GOOO
JUSTIN!!!!" and
"YOU ARE GETTING NEAR THE EDGE!" Meredith did hear and pulled away
bring his top lip with her and finally releasing it.
"Good morning
Justin." She said monotone and put
all her weight on the direction of him.
He couldn't balance himself and fell backwards into the pool. Meredith was already wet so she didn't
care. She swam fast out of the pool and
grabbed a towel from the bathhouse. As
she wrapped herself in the towel, she sprinted back into the house and ran
upstairs. She immediately ran into
Justin's shower. The water was already
warm so she discarded her clothes and got in.
She smiled at how she had gotten her boys back. That will teach them.
After about five minutes of
standing under the water she turned to look at all of Justin's products. She didn't even know half of the shampoo and
hair stuff he had.
-Cant he
have just like normal pert plus or something-
Just as she thought that,
something was thrown at her. She looked
at it and saw it was a bikini.
"What?" She said looking
at it then heard Justin's voice.
"Put it on. WE have to take a shower TOGETHER! JC is in the bath house shower. Joey is in the Guest Bedroom one, and Chris
is still playing in the pool like the 5-year-old he is. I have to, M.
I gotta go pick up my clothes in an hour and
tell you all the details about today. I don't have time to play around."
"Whatever...." She
mumbled and put on the bathing suit.
"OK."
Justin peeked behind the marble
wall that separated the shower with the rest of the bathroom. He smiled and she glared at him.
"You know I should be the one
glaring at YOU!" He stepped further
in the shower and immediately picked up a bottle of...something.
"I'm pissed off at you, J. I
can't believe you let them do that. I
was fully awake by the time they picked me up off my bed." She said annoyed. She watched him as he started massaging his
hair with some product.
-Why does he have to look so good?
-
"Well, that was quite rude to
throw me in the pool after I JUST showered." He pushed her out of the way and got under
the running water to wash out the stuff.
-Good, now I can't see her and be
tempted. -
"What can I say? Payback is a
bitch. By the way. What should I use? I'm use to
"What is this? If this is hair dye I swear I will kill you Timberfake."
She said snobbishly. He groaned
and rolled his eyes. He turned his back
to her and finished taking his shower quickly.
She had put the French stuff reluctantly in her hair and rinsed it
out. When she opened her eyes she saw
Justin, leaning against the marble wall, staring at her, adoringly. She frowned and glared.
"What,
is my hair blonde now, or something?"
"No, no. It's was shampoo. I just am admiring my girlfriend all wet and
sexy in the shower." He smiled
sexily and she groaned and turned around.
"Anyways, do you have any
conditioner? Normal
conditioner." She said
looking at all the products. Justin came
up behind her and wrapped one arm around her, bringing her back to his body and
resting his hand firmly on her exposed stomach. He reached with the other in
front of her and picked up a bottle.
"I'll do this for
you." He squeezed the substance in
one hand in front of her body. She
leaned back against his bare chest and smiled.
Yeah, he could be a pain, like this morning. But she loved him. She would ALWAYS love him. He brought the stuff to her hair and started
massaging it into her scalp and throughout her hair. She groaned as his long fingers and strong
hands ran through her hair.
"I like the way this stuff
smells." He whispered in her
ear. He pushed her a little so she stood
under the running water and he helped the water get to all the places as he
lifted and tilted her head. He smiled at
her tightly closed eyes. When he was
done he pulled her back out of the water and wrapped her in a hug.
"I'm sorry about this
morning. But I'm glad I got to take a
shower with you. We should do this again
sometime." He snickered and kissed
her wet cheek.
"I'm sorry I pushed you in,
actually I'm not sorry. It was a whole
lot of fun kissing you. And I'm glad you
put on swim shorts before coming in here and actually giving me a bathing
suit. That was thoughtful. Of course, I do see you pick out the
skimpiest one I have." She faked
smiled and left the shower, patting his shoulder on her way. She picked up a towel and started drying
herself off. Justin followed her actions
and smiled grandly at her wrapped snugly in a white towel.
"A boy can dream cant
he. Why don't you ever wear the bikini,
anyway?"
"Because I
feel like a slut in it. By the way, how did it get here?" She said stepping out of the bathroom and
entering his bedroom. She looked
around. The big sleigh bed was so
tempting. She hadn't slept in it
yet. She had slept on his couches in the
living room and game room and in the Guest bedroom bed, but never in his
bed. She shrugged off the thought when
he spoke.
"I stole it from your house
in case of emergency. Like if you came
over and we wanted to go swimming. I
know you would NEVER want to skinny dip so I just figured I would get one of
your bathing suits for you."
"Oh, and of course being the
kind, yet perverted Justin that you are, you picked the one that shows the most
skin." She smiled snugly and left
his room to enter the guest bedroom and put on some more suitable clothes.
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Justin pressed in the code to the
downstairs door of Meredith's apartment building. The door unlocked and he stepped inside the
building. He walked up the steps and
came to her door. He smiled to himself
before knocking.
-I wonder what she is
wearing. Oh I cannot WAIT to see her. -
Ms. Grenard
interrupted his thoughts. "Hello, dear!"
"JUSTINNN!" Samantha ran up and hugged his leg.
"Hi. How are you two doing?" Justin said returning the little girls hug.
"Oh just
fine.
We are going back to her parents house for a
New Year's eve party." Ms. Grenard spoke kindly.
"Yeahhh. You look nice Justy. Are you going to a party? Is Mere going with you?" Samantha asked wide-eyed.
"Yes, Sam. I'm going to a party and Meredith is my
date." Justin made a funny face and
she giggled.
"I think she really likes
you. She baby-sitted me one time and there were a lot of pictures of you
and her in her house." She brought her hand to Justin's ear and cupped her
mouth. She whispered. "There was one of you kissing
her." She erupted into giggles and
Ms. Grenard grabbed her granddaughter's hand.
"Come on, dear. Justin has things to do and we need to get
you back."
"OK. Bye Justy. Happy New Year." Samantha waved and followed her grandmother
out of the apartment. Justin
smiled.
-That girl is too cute. -
He knocked on the door and heard a
muffled voice.
"It's unlocked, J."
He opened the door and stepped
into her apartment. He looked around but
didn't see her. Justin quietly walked to
her bedroom and saw her in her bathroom applying a bit of mascara. He leaned against the frame and stared at the
girl he was in love with.
She had on a tight black skirt
that cut off above her knees and had random patches of leather and velvet on
it. Her top was a sexy black leather
tube top and she had on a black shoulder shirt.
Her feet were clad with high rectangle heels with silver mirror beads on
the black straps over the toe and ankle.
One strap curved over her foot and it sparkled in the light. Her olive skin had something on it,
glitter, it glowed and sparkled. A thick, yet simple onyx and silver necklace
hung highly on her neck. Her hair was
very, very curly and brushed against her shoulders. Her brown eyes shone through the smoky eyeshadow. Her lips
were glossed over in a natural but different purplish color. Justin thought there was one word to describe
her.
All out, SEXY.
"You look, DAMNNNNNN
FINE!" Justin said still against
the doorframe.
She turned around and her eyes
went wide at his appearance. He had on
black shoes, tight black leather pants, a white silvery shirt and a long black
leather jacket. His hair was tamed and
shorter than usual. And the curls had no gel in them so they were still soft.
She turned off the bathroom light
and walked towards him. She stopped when
they were a foot apart.
"You look...I cant even describe it.
Just...umh...I lovvvee you."
She strained the word love and made a goofy face. He giggled and gently placed his hands on her
shoulders.
"Can I kiss you?" He asked leaning down, staring into her eyes.
"You don't have to ask that
Justin. You ARE my boyfriend,
remember?" She smiled fully and he
smiled back.
"Yeah, sometimes I think that
it's just a dream, that I don't really have you." He cocked his head to one side, bit his
bottom lip and leaned closer.
"Just kiss me
already." Meredith stepped closer
and their lips met. Justin wrapped his
arms around her and arched her back. He leaned
over her and deepened the kiss, but she pulled away.
"What?" He asked still centimeters away from her
lips.
"I don't want to have to
re-do my lip stick and we need to go. We
are already late." She leaned in
for one more sweet kiss and stepped away from
him. Meredith held out her hand and he
took it. She walked into her living room
and grabbed her purse and headed to the door.
"You know what? We match,
perfectly, with the leather and all."
Justin said looking at himself and then her.
"Yeah, but we don't need the
clothes for that." She smiled
sweetly and they walked out of her apartment.
"I saw Sam and Ms. Grenard before I knocked." He said swinging her arm with his as their
hands were locked together.
"Oh really? What were those two
party animals up to?" She laughed
quietly.
"Well, They
were going to their own little party.
Sam told me she thought you had a crush on me. She said she saw lots of pictures of us in
your house and that she saw one of us kissing." He whispered in a little kid's voice.
Meredith giggled and kissed his
cheek. "She's right! I do have a
crush on you." She smiled and he
turned and kissed her lightly on the lips.
"You have lipstick on your
cheek, sweetie." She rubbed it off
and he opened the car door for her.
"Thanks. My lady..." He motioned grandly at his
car and helped her into his Roadster. Once she was in, he shut the door and
jogged past the front of his car and into the driver's seat.
"This is going to be a fun
night." She said looking out of the
car.
Justin turned on to the highway.
"Yeah, I wish we could put the top down, but I don't want your perfect
curls to mess up. I really, REALLY like
your hair like that."
"MY perfect curls? What about yours?" She giggled and ruffled his hair.
"Heyyyyy.." He swatted
her away.
"You got a hair cut didn't
you?"
"You noticed!" He said surprised.
"Well, I take notice when the
'fro is under control. Besides it's not
really an afro any more. It's a little
short. But I'll still call it an
afro." She smiled smugly as he
groaned.
"I did not, and do not have
an afro."
"Oh really? Do NOT make me
break out the photos from the end of the summer. That thing was like 4 inches. Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia."
She grinned and turned up the radio.
He gave her a look that said
'don't touch MY radio' and began singing along.
"Since when did you start
listening to soft rock stations?"
Meredith giggled and it turned into a laughing frenzy as soon as she saw
the look of disbelief on Justin's face.
"This is a good song right
here! Don't crack!" He pointed to the radio as Sting's
"Field's of Gold" filled the speakers.
She let the gentle music take over
her senses and mind and she hadn't even realized they had parked, and Justin
had got out and opened her door until he spoke.
"You gonna sit here, or come in with
me?"
She smiled sheepishly and put her
hand in his letting him pull her out of the car. They were at a huge white mansion with limos
and luxurious cars a lined on the curb and circle driveway of the house.
Justin and her
walked up the driveway and towards the front door. She squeezed his hand tighter. This was her first big executive meeting and
she was quite nervous. Justin looked
over at her and smiled, reassuring her confidence just a bit.
The door swung open and Justin was
immediately put into his charming meet and greet attitude. "Why Justin, so good
of you to make it." Said an older looking man with a tux on.
"Why thank you Mr. Suzas, it was so kind of you to invite us."
"Sure,
sure.
Who is this beautiful woman you have with you?" The man motioned to Meredith who was halfway
hiding behind Justin.
Justin pulled her out in front of
him. "Oh this is Meredith
Willis. She's Nsync's
personal assistant. She's also my
girlfriend." Justin winked at
her. "Meredith this is Mr. Suzas." Meredith
timidly shook hands with the older man.
"He is the Vice President of Jive records."
Meredith's brown eyes immediately
widen.
"We are going to go on in and
mingle a bit. Bye Mr. Suzas." Justin
charmingly said.
"All right, you two have
fun. Good meeting you Miss
Willis." He called after them.
Before she got a chance to say
anything else Justin had pulled her through the foyer. "Wow, this is a NICE house." Meredith breathed in awe of the crystal
chandeliers and exquisite paintings.
"Yeah, ohh
I see JC." Meredith allowed Justin to pull her through a crowded living
room towards a corner where JC, Joey and a girl she had never seen were
standing.
"Hey guys, whoa M, you look
FINE!" JC said in shock, as he
looked her up and down.
Meredith blushed and hugged
JC. "So do you."
He motioned to a short, plain, yet
elegant looking girl beside him.
"Meredith this is Rachel, my date."
Meredith smiled and greeted the
girl. She was kinda
shy and very quiet, but seemed very nice.
Joey swung his glass of champagne through the air. "MEREY!! Looking TOO
Good." He hugged her side,
pulling her away from Justin, who shot him a look. "If Justin gives you any problems you come STRIAGHT to me!
I'll handle it."
Justin pulled Meredith back to
him. "In that outfit, she'll be
giving me problems. And Joe, its not
even 10 yet, lay off the alcohol for a while, bud." Justin chuckled as Joey waved him off as a
flock of girls passed by, and he of course followed them.
Meredith giggled at his antics and
wrapped her arm around her boyfriend and snuggled to him close, as they began
mingle and party into the New Year.
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Meredith and Justin were on the
dance floor grinding away, like normal.
They had been there for about an hour just dancing and having fun. Then Justin got a tap on his shoulder.
"Yes?" Justin turned his head but kept his smiling
eyes on the girl in front of him, Meredith.
"Justin, I've been at this
party all night and you haven't even spoken to me." A country squeak came from behind him. He turned fully around and smiled.
"Hey, Brit. How's it
going?" He gave her a short hug and
moved out of the way so he could introduce the two girls.
"Is this her?" Britney asked looking at Justin but pointing
to Meredith. Meredith looked confused
but just shrugged it off. Justin simply
nodded.
"Oh my gosh. Whenever I speak to Justin, all he does is
talk about you, and how much he wants me to meet you. I'm Britney Spears." Britney stuck out her hand and Meredith took
it.
-Duh, I know who you are. Who doesn't? -
"I'm Meredith. It's great to
finally meet you." Meredith smiled
almost surprised that her outfit actually covered her body.
-Shut up. Be nice. -
"Same here. Justin told
me-" She got interrupted.
"HEY GUYS!! Ten minutes until the REAL millennium." Chris ran up and shouted to the 3
people. "Oh hey
Brit."
"Hi, Chris. How are
you?" Britney asked.
"Great,
great. Joey was looking for you
earlier. He wants to dance with you, I
think."
"Oh gosh. Well I better go
see if I can find him. Bye Guys. Great meeting you
Meredith."
"You too,
Britney." With that Britney walked away.
"So, I see you guys have been
breaking it down as usual." Chris
commented as Justin pulled Meredith in front of him and wrapped his arms around
her.
"Yeah, you know
us." Justin kissed her temple.
"Hey, J. I'm going to go request a song. I'll be right back." Meredith pulled away.
"What are you going to
request?" Justin shouted after her.
"It's a surprise." She winked and turned to walk away.
A few minutes later she returned
and smiled brightly at Chris and Justin who were in the middle of some
conversation.
"Well?" Justin asked.
She just smiled and started giggling.
Then the DJ's voice came over the speakers.
"WE have a special, last
request before the ball drops. It's to J
from his Angel. This goes back a few
years, but it is a GREAT one to dance to."
Just then the sounds of an
electric guitar came on and a beat with Blackstreet
talking in the background filled the room.
"I LOVE THIS SONG!" Justin opened his mouth excited.
"I know." Meredith started walking to him and he gave
her a sexy grin back as the rock remix to Blackstreet's
"If you need a fix" blasted in the speakers. She poked at his chest and wrapped her arms
around his neck. He slung one arm around
her waist and rested the other on her hip.
He two started dancing extremely close to each other. They were getting stares and whistles from
whoever was around. Meredith caught
Britney pointing at her and yelling.
"She
dancing better than ME. And I do
it for a living!"
Meredith just smiled and turned
around so her back faced Justin. Lance who was nearby yelled.
"OH NO! He's going to unleash it!" The *Nsync guys
laughed while everyone else was clueless.
They all started chanting "Go BOOTY, Go Booty, go go, Go Booty."
Meredith rolled her eyes and started moving her waist and hips to the
music as everyone stood in shock. Except for those who had seen it before and were cheering at the
couple in the middle of the dance floor.
"Sorry folks, we gotta stop the music to tell you all that we have 1 more
minute until the year 2001" The DJ announced.
Cheers and yells came from all
throughout the house. Justin stopped
dancing and turned Meredith around so that she was facing him.
"Well, the last minute of
2000 is upon us." He said grandly
bending down close to her face.
"You are so cheesy."
Meredith shook her head at his puppy dogface.
"Justin..."
He came as close as possible to
her lips without touching them. "Mmm huh?"
Meredith wrapped her arms around
his neck and he arched her back with his hand.
She whispered against his mouth.
"Your not supposed to kiss me until
He smiled and moved his mouth to
her ear, kissing it softly. "
In the background the countdown
was at 15.... then 10.
Justin kissed Meredith's lower neck at 10 making a trail of kisses up to
her jawline as every number was said.
"5...." He whispered and
kissed her cheek.
"4..." He kissed her
nose.
"3..." He kissed her
chin.
"2..." He kissed the
side of her mouth. And
pulled away to look at her face.
"1...HAPPY
NEW YEAR!" Just as that was said, Justin pressed his
mouth against hers in a very sensual kiss.
He pressed his body firmly against hers and explored her mouth with his
tongue. She could only mumbled against his mouth.
The music had started back up and
everyone was oblivious to the two making out on the middle of the dance floor
because they were busy celebrating the New Year.
Meredith and Justin had moved away
from the dance floor and to a set of large steps that led to the upstairs. Justin pulled away and took her hand, leading
her up the stairs. They passed a few
couples, mostly who were drunk. But they
didn't care.
Justin knocked on a door and
cracked it open. He saw it was empty and
pulled Meredith inside. He slammed the
door shut behind them by pressing his body against hers and pinning her between
the door and him. He devoured her
mouth. He left no spot of it untouched
by his own. Meredith clawed at his back
and pulled up on his shirt, untucking it from his
pants. He quickly picked her up to where
her legs were wrapped around his torso.
She began to unbutton his shirt, fast.
Justin moved over to the large bed
in the room and laid her down on it, crawling on top of her and shrugging off
his shirt in the process. He kissed her
forcefully then pulled back. She grabbed his wifebeater
and pulled it over his head. He licked her lips with his tongue then pushed his
tongue past her lips and back into her mouth.
She clawed his shoulders with her fingernails and broke the skin a few
times as he thrusted his tongue back and forth into
her mouth. Justin groaned against her
mouth when she did this.
Meredith pushed her body up off
the bed and he rolled over on his back bringing her with him. She straddled his stomach; both of her knees
were bent by his sides. She never parted
with his lips as she pulled off her shoulder shirt. Her hands then moved to his hair. She ran her fingers roughly through his curls
and as she consumed his lips. Every now and then she would pull at his hair
causing him to whimper.
Justin's hand rested on her back
and found the zipper to leather top. He
slowly unzipped it as Meredith kissed her way down his neck and to his chest.
The tube top fell into one long piece of leather just lying between Meredith
and Justin. His hands ran through her
curly brown hair and massaged her head as she practically made out with his
defined chest. She sat up on his stomach
and took the undone leather top from his bare chest and threw it over her shoulder.
But then she stopped.
She slowly brought her hand down
to her side and stared at Justin. He
stared right back at her.
He was lying still on the bed with
just his pants on. His shoes had been
kicked off and his hands were now resting on her butt. His lips were pinkish from the kissing and
her lipstick, and slightly opened, breathing deeply. His chest, which shone in the dim light from
his own sweat and her saliva quickly, heaved up and down. His once tamed and short curls stuck out in
every direction.
She was no better. She still had on her sparkly shoes. All of both of her legs were exposed as her
skirt was bunched up around her waist.
It had rode up and now stopped right above her belly button. Her black underwear was showing underneath
her. Her top was only adorned with a
black tube bra than hung low and heaved up and down with her breathing. It was
in desperate need of being pulled up before too much was shown. Her once curly hair had falling limp from his
touch. And her lipstick was no longer in
existence but her lips were extremely red and swollen. They were a lot poutier
than usual and she was trying to catch her breath as best as she could.
Finally Justin spoke.
"Whoa..." He said in a
low voice his eyes widening even more.
She just simply nodded. He let
out a long breath. Justin closed his
eyes and took his hands from her to run his fingers through his wild hair. Meredith sat there on his stomach, still
stunned.
"Come here..." Justin
finally, said pulling her down on top of him.
Her cheek rested on his sticky chest and she closed her eyes.
"We were REAL close there,
J." She whispered against him.
"I know. TOO close."
"I told you I wouldn't be
able to control myself." She
quietly giggled.
"No, I think it was those 2
1/2 glasses of
She rolled her eyes. "I think
it is our attraction to one another."
Justin sighed, shook his head and
pushed her off of his chest. "No,
Meredith. I'm supposed to be able to control myself. This got way out of hand. God, I'm so sorry. I wish I could just respect your wishes and
control my feelings and emotions. But
sometimes they overwhelm me and I don't know what to do. I'm so so so very sorry." He looked at her for forgiveness and she
looked away at the comforter.
"Justin...I'm NOT sorry. And I'm NOT fighting with you. I don't need an apology. We stopped ourselves. That shows that we can do this. We CAN control ourselves. If we weren't able to, you and me, well, we
wouldn't be talking right now." She
snickered and leaned back down on his chest.
"You'd be rockin' my world right about
now, baby." She tried not to laugh
but it came anyway. Soon he was
chuckling right along with her.
"Happy New
Year Justin." Meredith said moving her head and kissing him
sweetly on the lips. She pulled away and
he sighed happily.
"Happy New
Year, angel." He pushed his head off the pillow and pressed
his lips quickly to hers and sat up on the bed.
"We need to get dressed. I
don't want anyone to come up here and get any ideas, especially Joey."
Meredith laughed and pushed
herself off the bed and pulled up on her bra.
She grabbed their clothes and threw his at him. They quickly dressed and stood up facing each
other. He took both of her hands and
brought them to his lips. He kissed them
and led her to the door.
"If anyone asks..."
Justin spoke.
"...We were just
TALKING." Meredith finished
laughing.
The couple walked downstairs hand
in hand. No one noticed them. But soon JC approached them with Rachel in
his arms.
"Hey you
two.
Where did you run off? And
Meredith wasn't your hair curly?"
He slurred a bit, obviously he had been drinking like most of the people
there.
"Oh well we were
upstairs...talking." Meredith looked at Justin and he leaned down and
kissed her.
"Oh yeah,
sure.
You guys are ALWAYS "Talking"." He made the quotation symbol with his hands
and busted into giggles.
"We are going to head
home. That OK?" Justin looked at Meredith and she nodded.
"Well, have fun." JC and Rachel walked away.
Meredith and Justin made their way
out of the house, thanking the owner and stopping to say goodbye to Britney and
Chris who they saw on their way.
Meredith leaned on Justin's
shoulder as they walked to his car. They
got there and he opened the door for her.
"Let's put the top down. My hair is already a mess, so it won't
matter."
"Alrighty." He shut her door and got in on his side. Justin pushed a button and the top popped
open and folded behind them. Meredith
stretched and put on her seatbelt as Justin pulled off the curb. He turned on his radio and increased the
volume. Meredith slid down in her seat
and closed her eyes as Justin's voice and Richard Marx's “Now and Forever” filled
her ears
Minutes later, Justin looked over
at Meredith breathing heavily with her eyes closed, smiling. He sighed and grinned as he turned off the
highway and on to the long deserted road that led to his house.