Joey sat in the dark of Kaycee's apartment, his mind was running a hundred miles a minute. He had been pondering his question all day, now all he had to do was find the strength to ask. It wasn't as earth shattering as a marriage proposal, it was far to soon for that, but he knew when they headed off for a second leg of their tour he had no intention of having to find time for Kaycee. He wanted her with him, and he would find a way to make it possible, even if he had to hire her as a personal assistant.

"Very personal" he thought in a very Joey manner.

He wandered into the bedroom and laid in the bed with her, taking her in his arms and kissing her softly. It didn't take much affection from Joey for her to wake up.

"I am so glad you are here" she said sleepily.

"Me too Bella.. me too" Joey said into her hair.

Kaycee loved being wrapped up in Joey's arms, it felt so good to feel his body against hers, but mostly she felt safe and loved. She rubbed his arms that was located around her body. She could feel that he had something on his mind. "Joey, what's wrong?" she whispered.

"Nothing is wrong..... I just have something on my mind"

"oh. Work?"

"Sort of Bella"

"oh. Us?"

"Bella.. sweetheart.. "

Kaycee went to pull out of Joey's arms, she was thinking this had to be bad. He was so serious, and serious this early in a relationship was bad. Joey pulled her back in his arms.

"Bella...don't move out of my arms.. I have something I need to talk to you about"

Kaycee turned in his arms to face him, she struggled to see him in the darkness of the room, she placed her hand against the side of his face, he took her hand to his lips and kissed it.

"Kaycee, being away from you, is like not having air to breathe. What I want to know... is if you would consider...."

"Joey!"

"Bella, please let me finish before I lose my nerve ok baby?"

Kaycee laughed. "I am sorry go on."

"Sweetheart, when we return to the tour, will you go with us?"

Kaycee sat staring at Joey, her mind was running, did he mean it? was she going to wake up and find herself completely alone?

"Kaycee.. answer me... you are killing me"

Kaycee stifled out a small cry "Oh Joey" was all she could say.

"Is that a yes?"

"I am stunned Joey! I am afraid to say yes but I am also afraid to say no"

"Ok baby doll, promise me you will think about it ok?"

"Count on it love. I am not sure how I will think of anything else" she kissed Joey and crawled up close to him ready to go to sleep. She laid her head on his chest and sighed, she had forgotten how wonderful Joey felt against her.

Across the country Hayley was getting ready to crawl into bed, knowing she had to be up early she decided she needed to head to bed early. She pulled her night clothes out and got ready for bed, when she went into her bedroom she found JC already in there. She slid into bed next to him, hoping not to wake him . She rolled on her side and closed her eyes, trying to find sleep. JC reached for her and pulled her into his arms. "I am sorry I woke you sweetheart" Hayley whispered.

"you didn't wake me, I was waiting for you" JC responded.

"JC.. love.. you were snoring." Hayley said giggling.

"yea well.. Hayley what are you wearing?" JC asked her feeling her arms

"What this old thing?" she said giggling.

"Hayley did you take another man to bed with us?"

Hayley started to laugh uncontrollably, she tried to pull away from JC but he tightened his grip, all the time laughing with her. JC felt for the bottom of her T-shirt and went to pull it up over her head, finally she said "WAIT! WAIT!" and jumped out of bed. She stood up and turned on the light next to her.

"sure you want me to take this off?" she said giggling.

JC looked up and was stunned not to see another man on his girlfriends chest but a T-shirt of him! He giggled and said to her "Now that’s hardly fair, I don't have one of you to wear to bed".

"ok but neither does any other man.. can you say the same thing about other women?" Hayley said still laughing.

"good point.. take the shirt off. we need to be fair"

Hayley looked at him with mock surprise "What?"

"Take it off Hayley, I don't have one of you, so we have to be fair".

"you want it off Joshua. YOU take it off"

JC pulled her to him and gave her a look and removed the shirt in one fail swoop. Hayley sat there laughing and giggling, JC pulled her to him and kissed her.

"what is so funny Hayley?" He asked

"You. You are even jealous of your own image touching me"

"I am not. I just like this outfit better."

"Yea ok uh huh."

"Seriously.. I do!" he said and with that he proved it, he lowered his mouth to hers hungrily. Letting things explode to a level that was far beyond what she had or could anticipate. As they let things settle down, JC pulled her back into his arms, the feel of being wrapped up in his strong arms were as close to heaven as she could get. She closed her eyes and in no time found a restful sleep. JC watched this angel sleep in his arms, wondering how he moved through his daily life without her for so long, he kissed her lightly on the head and tucked himself into her, finding the same dreamful sleep as she had and very possibly the same dream.

Hayley sat at the table peeling an apple, It was what she referred to as "Oh my God" in the morning. She and JC had a six AM flight to NYC and even then she hoped that would be enough time to get in and get ready. He had already made phone calls ahead to everyone he could think of to help them get her ready, turning in favors and begging for someone to have a few dresses there for her. Hayley laughed at him and picked up the phone, she dialed Kaycee and just told her to pick something nice. As she held the apple in her hand, she began to twist off the stem.

"A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I.." and on J the stem broke off in her hand, she smiled and looked at the stem. She had been doing this since she was a child and had always seemed to have the stem break on "J" for the longest time it meant nothing, but at least to her heart right now it meant so much. JC walked in and put his hand on her shoulder, she reached up and gave it a gentle squeeze. He leaned down and placed a kiss on her lips.

"Are you ready baby?" he asked

"yea I am, how about you?" she asked him

"I am all set. I have called everyone I had to, we have a car on the way now" he replied.

Hayley stood up and he pulled her into a hug, squeezing her tightly but not so tight that she could not breathe. "I love being with you" He said with a serious tone.

"Me too. Six months ago if someone told me that I was going to be homechatting on the computer and prince charming was going to waltz into my life I would have told them to have their head examined"

JC smiled at her, and just kept his arms around her loosely as she finished "But now, I could not be more grateful that someone up there is looking out for me and thought I  was deserving of you" She said.

JC tilted her face to his and lightly kissed her lips "Sweetheart, I feel the same way. I am lucky to have you and I know it" He held her close and swayed with her to music that was absent to the ear but present to their hearts.

The dance was broken only when there was the sound of a horn beeping. Max let out an annoyed bark, and Hayley pulled away from JC, she went and patted him on the head telling him goodbye. JC followed suit rubbing him behind his ears, his tail wagged in grateful appreciation and right then Hayley knew Max liked JC, and it made her smile. They grabbed their bags and headed to the door, both turning to look at Max "He looks sad" Hayley said "I keep leaving him"

"So don't leave him this time" JC said matter of factly.

"What?" Hayley asked looking hurt.

"Let's bring him"

"What?!?! have you lost your mind?"

"He's sad, and you are miserable. Come on you know I am right"

"What planet are you from?? cause you are not a normal male"

JC smiled at her and kissed her, he went down to the car with their bags as she threw together Max's stuff as fast as she could, the dog realized quickly he was not sitting home this time and his tail wagged a mile a minute. They got everything and headed for the door, Hayley blessing the fact that she had listened to her mother and crate trained her dog.

The three of them headed to the car, Hayley stepped in and her beloved Golden retriever followed her and then JC. They headed to the airport and then to NY. JC was not sure who was happier Max or Hayley but either way it really didn't matter.

Kaycee woke up to the smell of breakfast cooking, she started to put her feet on the floor when she heard Joey. "Don't think about it KATHERINE! This is breakfast in BED"

Kaycee smiled and yelled back "Alright darling, I am staying"

About five minutes later Joey yelled to her "How would you like your eggs?"

"Are we talking from the chicken or my personal set?" Kaycee said fightingto stifle her laugh

"From the chicken smart ass." Joey said smiling not knowing what she would have said, if he said "yours"

"Over easy. Can I do anything to help??"

"NO, you can sit and enjoy I like spoiling you" Joey replied

"Ok sweetheart" Kaycee said sliding into her pillows, she heard the phone rings and grabbed it.

"Hello?" she said.

"Hi honey, how are you this morning" her mother said

"Good morning mom. .I am fine . Waiting on breakfast" she yelled for Joey to hear.

"he cooks?" she asked with evident shock.

"Apparently mother..."

"Sweetheart when he pops the question, say yes right then"

"MOTHER!"

"Honey, if he can cook and treat you well, you got a gem, and rememberI want grandbabies"

"I'll talk to you later MOTHER!"

Her mother laughed and hung up the phone "yes dear talk to you later"

As Kaycee hung the phone up, Joey walked in carrying a tray with the perfect breakfast, two over easy eggs, some bacon and a strawberry, made into the shape of a face. On the tray sat a single red rose in a bud vase, and orange juice that appeared to be freshly squeezed. She smiled at Joey and the thought of what her mother just said went through her mind. He leaned down and kissed her lightly settling onto the bed next to her. Kaycee turned her face towards Joey and placed her hand on his cheek, she didnt say a word, there wasn't any necessary.