A small smile formed on her face as she placed his hand in his, and he pulled
her to him. She placed her left hand on his shoulder and he put his right arm around her waist pulling her dangerously close
to him. As they started to dance to the song that played, Joce rested her head on his right shoulder and closed her eyes.
A feeling of peace moved through her body from his and she felt that she was asleep and awake all at the same time. She didn't
need to keep her eyes opened to know the surroundings, she felt them. Alex turned his head down nuzzled the side of her head
and took in a slow breath. The scent of her perfume filled his head and he felt more intoxicated from it then he had ever
felt from alcohol.
"Hhhmmm,"She sighed contently as she turned her head so that her face was
toward his neck.
"What is it, Joce?"
"Hhmm? Nothing..."
Suddenly the song changed, and both of them couldn't help but laugh. The
voices of all 5 of the Backstreet Boys filled the room. Alex sang the chorus softly in her ear, "Can you see me? Here I am,
standing here where I've always been. And when words are not enough, I climb inside you heart and still find, you're my favorite
place to hide."
He looked down at her face, her eyelashes fell above her cheekbones, he
couldn't tell if she was asleep or awake. Licking his lips he raised their en-clasped hands up so that he pulled her into
a spin then back in his arms. He chuckled deep in his throat as he dipped her backwards and saw her eyes still closed. As
she arched back with the dip, her cross necklace slid up her throat and Alex found himself leaning into her and traces his
lips from the top of her cleavage to the middle of her throat then pulled her back into a standing position while kissing
her neck.
He released her right hand, and maneuvered her to walk backwards toward
the bed, where he slowly laid her on down with him on top of her. Jocelynn's eyes started to open slightly but Alex brought
his hands to her eyes and with two fingers closed them again, "No, keep your eyes closed. I want you to feel this, I want
us to feel this." he breathed heavily as he stood up from the bed and turned off the lights except for main light which he
just turned down the dial to a soft humming glow. For a brief moment he just looked down at her as she laid there in the shadows.
Placing his hand on his waist he quickly took off his shirt then slide
on the bed with her, he placed it so they were side by side facing each other. Closing his own eyes he lets his hands roam
her body, sending chills through out it. Memorizing all her curves, smooth sloped and soft skin, a mental picture of her formed
in his mind that was as enchanting as it was in reality. Joce's breath was caught in her throat as she reached for him and
ran her fingers on his chest, the contours of his muscles, the soft hairs on his chest, everything about him was male. Strong
and hard, but she was not afraid of it, she welcomed it.
He moved his leg in between hers and laid her on her back, kissing her
face, memorizing every detail. "I don't want this to end. I want to make this the most memorable night of our lives." He sighed
as he pulled the shoulder straps of her dress down her shoulders.
Joce sighed, "For the memory" as she pulled at the buckle of the belt.
Alex took his left hand and ran it up her thigh, slowly hiking her dress
up to her waist as he kissed her on the lips deeply. He whispered against her mouth, "For more then tonight..."
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Nick pulled into the parking lot of the CowBoy bar, and got out of the
Escalade. As he walked into the bar he lite up another cigarette, taking in a deep inhale. As he exhaled he sat down at the
bar, and looked for the bartender. Her back was to him, all he saw was her brown hair in a high ponytail, her black tank-top
and her fitted- low ride blue jeans. The left side of his mouth lifted up in a half evil smile as he watched her from behind,
as his mind conjured up images of lust. Nick looked down as she turned around, he watched her legs move towards him as he
thought of what he would do to 'entice' her into his bed for the night.
"Well, howdy there. Didn't think you would be back here alone, Nick."
Looking up quickly at her, he smiled widely as he saw China standing
in front of him, "Hey there, China isn't it? I didn't expect to run into you here."
China brushed back a loose strand of her long brown hair behind her ear,
"Yeah well, a girl's gotta make a living. Plus, it's good money as a female bartender. What do you want to drink, then you
can tell me what is wrong." She slightly smiled as she wiped her hands on the towel.
"I'll take a Corona,"nodding she pulled one out of the bar and handed it
to him. Nick took a long drink of beer and felt the cold liquid flow down his throat and into his stomach. Setting down the
bottle after nearly drinking half of it, he looked at China square in the eye and raised his eyebrow. "Thanks, so what makes
you think something is wrong?"
"1st of I am a bartender, people don't come in here alone to celebrate.
2nd, I don't see Jocelynn here with you, nor that other guy.--"
"AJ?" he filled in.
"Yeah, AJ. Look, I know that you like Joce and I know that Alex does as well. I am assuming that since neither of them are here, is the reason why you ARE here. Or you can call
it a maternal intuition."
"Maternal? Oh yea, that is right, last night you and Joce were talking
about your sons playing together."
"Yeah, my son is Brennon, he is a year and a half. So you wanna talk about
it?"
Nick took another long swig of the beer, nearly polishing it off. "Ah,
I dunno, it's really fucked up."
"Try me, I may be only 21 but that doesn't mean I can't listen or use common
sense."
Nick threw up his hands in front of him smiling, "Fine, you win. I give
up to your peer pressure. Ok, yesterday morning AJ and I were at the studio working on laying down our vocals on this one
track for our final single. Anyway the door opens and in walks Jocelynn. I don't know what it was about her but minute I saw
her all these images of me and her in my head. Both, AJ and I did. All I could think about was her the rest of our time at
the studio. So when everyone got together for dinner and found out that SHE was HIS blind date I was so pissed off. I mean
all I could think about was her and getting her into bed and after Alex's lil blow up, it was like it was going to be too
easy. It worked out so well, she even spent the night with me -"
"Wait-wait-wait, Jocelynn? Jocelynn spent the night with you right away?"
China asked in shock as she handed Nick another beer.
"No not like that. We just shared the bed, nothing sexual happened between
us. It was nice we talked about our families, made jokes about Gina. Even talked about stupid things, and after a while we
just fell asleep next to each other. I mean, I thought that we made a connection, we even spent all today together. After
our studio session she and I went shopping. I even managed to convince her to buy a beautiful black dress that she wore to
dinner tonight. And at dinner we sat next to each other talking and laughing, I really thought we were going somewhere with
this, more then friendship you know. So I gave her a cross necklace to match her ring. But before I came here, I was at the
hotel bored. I decided to go driving around, but when I got to the vehicle I saw her car was still there. And without even
thinking I looked directly up for Alex's balcony and saw the light on in the room."
"That doesn't mean that she was there." China pointed at his beer, "Ya
wanna 'nother one, or coffee."
Nick looked down at beer in his hand, he didn't even remember drinking
it, but there it was, empty. "Naw, I'm okay. But I know she was there. I could see not only his silhouette but hers as well.
I know that I shouldn't be mad, but I am."
China started whipping down the bar as the last customer left. "Nick, I
can't really tell you what to do or anything. But, I don't think that Jocelynn would bounce between you and Alex. It's just
not the Jocelynn that I know, I mean granted she mouths off allot, she is allot of fun, but she wouldn't do something like
that. Nick,"She sighed as she walked away from him, "maybe you should just back away until it is more clear of what is going
on. I mean it's been not even 3 days."
Nick nodded, "Yeah, I guess so. Thanks for listening to my bullshit though."
He stood up and laid down two $20's on the bar. "Well I should get going. Hey, we are still going to be in town for another
week or so, you should come and hang out with us at the hotel sometime..."
"Yeah, here's my cellphone number."She said as she wrote it down on a piece
of paper and handed it to him, "Give me a call anytime, if you wanna hang out or talk while you are out here."
Nick put the paper in his pocked and nodded. "Do you want me to stay and
walk you to your car?"
China smiled, "Thanks but Brent, he owns this place and is in the back
room right now finishing up some paper work. He's my ride back to his house so I can pick up Brennon. Trish babysat him tonight,
so I'll just pick him up, hop into my car that is parked there and drive back to our apartment."
"Ok, well give me a call when you get to your apartment, so I know your
ok." He suggested to her as he headed out the door. "Night China, and thanks again."
"Anytime, Nick. Anytime."
