Carmel Stuart's brown eyes widened in surprise. "NO!"
"Oh, come on, Mel. You can stand JC Chasez for one night, can't you?" Serena Taylor said, her hazel eyes challenging Carmel's.
"No!" Carmel repeated. "Absolutely not! I can't stand him and you know it!"
"Pleeeaaase?" Serena pleaded.
"Serena! I can't believe *you*-my best friend-would plan a night with JC Chasez for me," Carmel said.
"It's not just JC. It's Justin and Joey and Chris..."
"Rina, you *know* I absolutely cannot be in the same room-much less the same *car* as JC!" Carmel exclaimed.
"For me? Please? Just come along, Mel. It'll be fun."
Carmel looked at Serena, then sighed. "Okay. I'll come, but if JC dies tonight, it's not my fault."
"So who's coming with us?" JC asked Lance.
"Um, Serena and-" The rest was covered by a cough.
"Who? I didn't get that last name," JC said.
"Uhh, Carmel," Lance answered quickly.
JC stared at him in disbelief. "You've gotta be kidding me."
Lance looked down at his feet. "Seriously."
"Carmel Stuart."
"Come on, JC. How many Carmels do you know?"
"Lance!" JC yelled. "I can't stand her and all of you know that!"
"Oh, geez, JC. It wouldn't kill you to hang out with her for one night," Lance said.
"Yes it will! She's gonna kill me or I'm gonna kill her-whichever comes first," JC replied.
"I think you'll kill each other." Chris entered the room, munching on Doritos.
"Ah..we don't need you anyway, JC," Joey joked.
"Well, plans are already set. Too late to back out now," Justin said with a casual shrug of his shoulders.
"Great," JC muttered.
"I cannot *believe* I'm doing this," Carmel said to herself as she fixed her hair.
"Doing what?" Serena asked as she entered the bathroom and began brushing her perfect brown hair.
"Going to hang out with JC," Carmel replied.
"Oh hush up, Carmel. It'll be fine," Serena said and the doorbell rang. "Time to go."
"Woo hoo. I can't wait," Carmel commented dryly.
"Shh!" Serena hissed and opened the door. "Justin! Lance! Hi, all of you! Come in."
The five guys entered Carmel's and Serena's apartment. "Hey Serena. Where's Carmel?" Joey asked.
"Getting her shoes on." Carnek came into the room and sat on the couch, untying the shoelaces on her shoes.
"Remember TGIF," JC said.
Carmel glared at him. "I know it's Friday, thank you very much."
"No, I meant toes go in first," JC replied.
"Ha ha, very funny. Have you always been that funny? Cuz I'm laughing really hard right now," Carmel said sarcastically.
Serena, Joey, Justin, Chris and Lance exchanged "uh oh" looks with each other.
"Have you always had this wonderful sense of humor?" JC shot back.
"Uh, can we go now?" Lance asked.
"Mine's better than yours," Carmel said.
"Okay, let's go!" Justin yelled and clapped his hands.
Carmel and JC walked out the door, giving each other hate looks.
"It's gonna be a looong night," Chris murmured to Serena, who nodded her head in agreement. |
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