ohh yay i just finally caught up on all the chapters - i like this alot - i dont normally read AU stories but its nice to read something different. I'm looking fwd to seeing what is going to happen between tara and justin. post more soon!!!
New Justin Story: Something More [Updated Chapter 15] (5-26)
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you still have a reader!!!!
ohh yay i just finally caught up on all the chapters - i like this alot - i dont normally read AU stories but its nice to read something different. I'm looking fwd to seeing what is going to happen between tara and justin. post more soon!!! |
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two readers!! haha :P
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Yay! Glad you girls are still around
THANKS so much for reading and reviewing it means ALOT to me Randy is adorable I love him and so do my readers so
he'll be around more often :-P. Anyway, more is coming soon! Thanks for stickin with me on this. Glad you guys are enjoying it!
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Hey! I'm a new reader!! I just read everything you've written so far and I love it. I agree with whoever said it before, I really like your writing
style. Can't wait to see what happens with Tara and Justin!!
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Yay! I'm excited someone else is reading. Thanks SO much NsyncBabyDoll
I'm VERY glad you're enjoying the story. I have just finsihed a bunch of
school work so I have a little time off from MAJOR things so I should hopefully have an update soon. Unfortunatley I do have to work ... but I should get
SOMETHING out by the end of the week. Thanks so much for letting me know what you think!
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I apologize for yet another LONG wait on this chapter. It would have been longer as I like to wait until I get a chapter back from Christine before posting
another but she said she won't get to it for a few days (which is fine
) so I thought you guys waited long enough and deserve another chapter. So here
it is, thanks to ALL of you who have read and reviewed. I LOVE hearing from you all. I hope you're enjoying the story, please continue to let me know
what you think I do have about 2 months left of school and of course the work load is HUGE so I don't know when the next chapter will be . But I
hope you enjoy this one!
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Chapter 09:
Hannah finished running her errands around town and then headed back to the bungalows to finish setting up there. After putting the groceries away and organizing the place a little bit she settled down to eat some lunch and then set up her laptop and began filtering through her e-mails as she made some phone calls. She called Markus first filling him in on what had been going on and any information she needed to pass on to Tara. She also spoke to him about letting Teddy go back to New York because it was safe where they were, and there had been no problems since their arrival. Markus grudgingly agreed and Teddy would be taking the flight that night home. After her call with Markus, she finished working on the e-mails she had from a few family members and friends. She glanced at the clock on the bottom of her screen and noticed it was 6 o'clock. Her mind then drifted to what Trace had said about dinner that night. She hadn't been with anyone for a while, her last relationship ended badly and she really wasn't planning on being with anyone for a long time. That was why she wanted to work with Tara, knowing that her last relationship ended badly as well and she wouldn't be looking for anyone. Well she thought. But Trace was different, things didn't feel weird with him, they felt great. She felt like she could laugh again and have a good time and he wasn't judging her. After staring at the computer screen for a while, she got up and reached into her purse to grab her cigarettes, lighter and cell phone. She rarely ever smoked, usually only when Markus was driving her nuts, but she had to think about some things. She walked outside the bungalow and sat down on the top step, taking a cigarette out of the package and putting the package onto the step next to her cell phone. She took her lighter and lit her cigarette and took a long drag from it. She blew the smoke before she sighed and closed her eyes. She opened them and looked out over the lake, watching the sunset behind it and felt the small breeze running across it, causing small ripples to appear on the surface. She closed her eyes once again letting the sun warm her face. As she took another drag, her phone rang loudly next to her causing the calming atmosphere to disappear. She sighed expecting it to be Tara so she didn't bother looking at the caller ID. "Hello." "Hey, so you're not avoiding me." Hannah tried to hide her smile as she took another drag of her cigarette. "What are you doing?" she asked. "Waiting for you to call me." Hannah giggled. "I bet." "I was, why don't you believe me?" Hannah rolled her eyes and tapped the ash off her cigarette. "Seriously though, what are you doing?" he questioned. "I'm waiting for Tara to call me, so I can go pick her up." "Then what?" Hannah sighed. "Trace, this isn't-" "All I'm asking for is dinner Hannah." Hannah remained quiet and dropped the cigarette and pushed the end of her cigarette into the wood of the steps with her shoe. "I don't know what Tara is doing Trace; I'm here to help her." "Well, what if I have Justin keep her busy?" "Trace, you better not," Hannah warned. "All it will take is a phone call, let me call you back." "Trace no!" Hannah practically screamed. Trace chuckled. "So?" Hannah sighed. "All right, geez, I'll see what I can do." "Call me back." "Okay, bye." She hung up and rolled her eyes before grabbing her cigarette package and lighter, and headed inside. She shut down her laptop, packing it all up before packing her purse and getting into the waiting SUV and headed down toward the high school. They reached the high school in no time and she noticed Andrew's catering truck leaving the parking lot and figured they were done for the day. She made her way toward the rows of trailers hoping to spot Tara somewhere. She saw her step out of the costume trailer looking at her phone when she looked up and spotted Hannah. "Hey! I was just going to call you." "Are you done?" Hannah asked as they reached each other. Tara nodded. "Something happened with the lighting; tomorrow will be a long day." "Fun." "So how was your day?" Tara asked. "I talked to Markus," Hannah started. "Teddy leaves tonight," "Wow, he said it was okay?" Tara asked. Hannah nodded. "Where is he anyway?" she asked. Tara giggled. "He had to use the little boy's room," she said. "Do you think he'll be mad?" "Probably just concerned," Hannah replied. Renee came bouncing out of the costume trailer. "Hey guys!" she said with a smile. "Hey Renee, how's it going?" Hannah asked. "Oh fine," she said. "I'm so tired, Andrew's gonna come over to watch a movie." "Fun," Tara said with a wink. Renee giggled. "Hey, can I borrow your rental?" Tara asked. Hannah looked at her confused. "Got a hot date?" Renee asked. Tara smiled. "Something like that," she replied. Teddy came walking over toward them and everyone said good-bye and headed toward their cars. Tara climbed into the back seat like usual with Hannah following behind her. Teddy got into the passenger seat and they took off toward the bungalows. They reached the bungalows a few minutes later and Tara immediately went inside to her room to start getting ready for her night, while Hannah was left to talk to Teddy about the decision that was made. Tara gathered her clothes for changing before standing by the closed door trying to listen to the conversation in the living room. "Whose idea was this anyway?" she heard Teddy's deep male voice say. "It doesn't matter Teddy," Hannah replied. "Markus thinks that its okay for her to be here alone, she's been okay so far." "She's also getting involved with that guy, who I don't like," Teddy said. Tara smiled behind the door. Teddy has always been there for her since she started out, and was always there to pick up the pieces. "She's making friends Teddy, you can't stop her from making friends," Hannah said. Tara could hear Teddy sigh loudly. "I don't really have a choice do I?" Teddy asked. "Markus wants me to go." "You do a great job Teddy," Hannah said. "I know Tara appreciates everything you do for her." With that Tara opened the door and made her way toward Teddy and Hannah who were standing in the living room looking at each other. She walked over to Teddy and wrapped her arms around him giving him a big hug. He looked down at her a moment before sighing and hugging her back, rubbing her back softly. "I really appreciate everything you've done for me Teddy," she said. He looked down at her and then at Hannah before sighing once again. "Just be safe ok Tara?" he said. "That's all I ask." Tara nodded and looked up at him. "I will, I promise." She said. They broke the hug and Tara looked up at him and smiled. "I'll see you soon right?" she asked He nodded. "I'll be at the airport when you come for that interview in a month," he replied. She nodded. "Good," she said. "Tell your wife I said hi," "I will," he said. She smiled and turned heading back into her room and closing the door to finish getting ready for her night. Hannah was watching them as she pretended to be looking through her organizer. "Your flight is in two hours," Hannah replied. "The car will take you," Teddy nodded before heading toward his corner of the living room where his bags were sitting already packed because they hadn't been there long. Tara felt bad that he was leaving, but she knew that she would be safe here and things with Justin would be a lot easier since she didn't have to have Teddy tag along all the time. She searched through her suitcase for something comfortable to wear, and decided on tight fitting black v-neck shirt and some comfortable dark blue Capri's and a pair of black sandals. She knew they would probably be hanging around the house, and she was comfortable in this. She got dressed and looked at herself in the body-length mirror that was hanging up behind the door of her room and fixed her hair before putting on some make-up and reaching for her gray hooded zip-up sweater and opened her door walking out into the living room. Teddy was ready to leave and gave Tara one last hug before heading out the door and going to the airport. Hannah watched her as she walked over to her purse and began going through it before speaking up. "What are you up to tonight?" Hannah asked. Tara looked up at her, biting her lip before she smiled. "Justin invited me to dinner," Tara said. "Well, Randy did actually." Hannah watched her but before she could say anything Tara spoke again. "I know what you're gonna say," Tara began. "I won't do anything stupid." "I'm not trying to be your mother," Hannah said. "I just want-" "Me to be careful I know," Tara finished. "It's just dinner." Hannah remained quiet as she watched her take out some lip gloss and apply some to her lips. She turned back to Hannah with a smile. "How do I look?" She questioned. "Fine," Hannah replied. "Call me if you guys plan on going out, please." Tara nodded. "I will," she said and then glanced at her cell phone noticing the time. "I should probably go." Hannah nodded. Tara made her way out the door and headed next door to get the rental car keys from Renee who was already getting ready to watch a movie with Andrew. Tara got the directions from Andrew to Justin's before saying her good-byes and heading toward Justin's. -*- Hannah watched Tara drive off and sighed before looking down at her phone. She knew if she didn't call Trace he would either show up at the bungalows or he would be calling her all night. She went to sit down on the couch, before reaching for her phone and dialing Trace's number. "She called me!" Came an excited voice on the other line. Hannah rolled her eyes. "Yeah, cause you threatened me." "I would never do that." "Hah!" Trace chuckled. "So?" Hannah sighed. "Well, Tara is headed to Justin's." "Really?" "Yup." "So does that mean I can come over?" Hannah rolled her eyes. "What if I say no? Will you come over anyway?" "Yeah, pretty much." Hannah giggled. "I'll see you in a little bit ok?" "All right." They both hung up. Hannah sighed before getting up and going into her bedroom to change into something more comfortable as she waited for Trace to arrive. -*- After practice, Justin and Randall headed home. Justin was thankful that he had cleaned the house a few days ago and it still looked semi-neat. He parked outside and Randall rushed out of the backseat heading toward the front door. Justin chuckled as he followed him. "I want you to go clean the living room and your bedroom," Justin said. "Put all your toys away." "Awww, why?" he questioned with a pout. "Because, you're the one who invited Tara over," he replied. Randy huffed as he crossed his arms over his chest and continued to pout. Justin chuckled as he unlocked the door and Randy rushed inside heading toward the living room. Justin went into his bedroom to change out of his uniform into some comfortable faded blue jeans and a blue and white stripped polo shirt. Then he went into the kitchen to see what he could start for dinner. After about half an hour, he had dinner going and Randy had finished cleaning his room and the living room, and changed his clothes, he was now watching TV. Justin was busy cutting stuff for a salad when he heard a car driving down the road. He glanced out his kitchen window and saw a small Honda pull into his driveway. Randy heard the car pull up as well and he got up rushing toward the door. "She's here!" he called. Justin chuckled as he put down the cutting knife and dried his hands on the dish towel before heading toward the front door to get to it before Randy did. "Calm down kid," Justin said as he reached for the handle and pulled it open as Tara was making her way up the steps holding a big brown paper bag with her purse hung on her shoulder. "Tara! Hi!" Randy said running past Justin and hugged Tara around the waist. Tara smiled as she rested her hand on his head, "Hi Randy, how are you?" she asked. "Fine," he said with a bright smile. "Did you finish pretending?" Tara laughed. "For today I did," she said. Randy smiled and then looked up at Justin; Tara did as well and noticed Justin watching her. She smiled and held up the bag. "I got the drinks I owed you," she said with a smile and a wink. He chuckled and took the bag from her shaking his head. "I told you, you didn't have to," he said. "I know," she replied. "But I wanted too." "Did you bring me anything?" Randy asked with excitement. Tara chuckled. "As a matter of fact, I stopped by the bakery and got you some cookies," she said with a smile. "You did?" He asked. Tara nodded. "But you have to finish all your dinner," she reminded. He nodded and took her hand. "Come inside, I want to show you my room," he said. Tara chuckled as he pulled her into the house and down the hallway. Justin closed the door behind them and made his way into the kitchen to finish making dinner. He unloaded the six pack of beer into the fridge and put the small bag of cookies in the cupboard before going back to finishing his salad and other dinner preparations. Randy walked her into his bedroom which was nice and clean now that Justin made him make his bed and put his toys away. As he was showing her his collection of Lego's Justin called them for dinner, and he took a hold of her hand and they made their way toward the kitchen. Justin was setting the small table that was in the dining room, which was connected to the kitchen. "Need any help?" Tara asked. Justin looked up as she walked into the room and shook his head. "I got it, have a seat," he said. Tara went and sat down on one of the wooden chairs as Randy pulled himself onto the chair next to her with a big smile. Justin came back from the kitchen with a big bowl of salad and glass plate of grilled chicken setting them down in the middle of the table. He headed back into the kitchen and then came out once again with a bowl of corn and a plate of French bread. Their drinks were already sitting on the table next to their place settings-Tara and Justin were drinking beer while Randy had a glass of milk. Randy said a small prayer before they all dug into their dinner. They all had a great time during dinner talking about their day. Randy talked to Tara all about being able to play basketball with the boys and about his days at school. Tara listened intently watching his expression with each story he told and how he explained everything with his hands causing food to go flying off his fork more than once. Justin watched her as she watched Randy explain and ramble about his many stories and he couldn't help the smile that appeared on his face. She wasn't afraid of Randy, she wasn't afraid that he had a kid. He knew he couldn't get ahead of himself though; she was an actress and she would be leaving in three months. After dinner, Tara insisted on helping Justin with the dishes while Randy went and cleaned up. He was washing and she was drying and stacking them on the counter so that he could put them away since she didn't know where they went. "Thank you for being so nice to Randy," Justin said as he washed one of the plates they used. Tara looked over at him and she smiled. "He's a great kid," she said. "You don't have to thank me for anything." "He hasn't had a new friend in a while," he explained. "Around here, we grow up together so we know these people our whole lives so when he gets to talk to someone new he gets a little excited and because he doesn't have any brothers or sisters-" Tara shook her head trying to calm him down a little bit. "It's really not a problem Justin," she said. Justin looked at her once again, trying to think of something else to say. "Do you usually do the cooking?" Tara asked watching him run the clean water over a washed glass. Justin looked at her. "Why? Was it bad?" he questioned. Tara shook her head no. "No, it was really good actually," she said with a giggle. "I'm not much of a cook." "It's not that difficult, I could teach you," he said with a smile. Tara smiled at him. "I'd like that," she said and finished drying a plate. Justin watched her out of the corner of his eye as he finished with the last of the dishes and emptied the dirty dish water from the sink. As he was drying his hands on a dish towel the phone rang, and he reached for it on the wall where it hung. Tara finished drying the dishes before washing her hands and hanging up the semi-wet dish towel. "Hello," Justin says into the phone. "Susan, hey," Tara decided to make her way into the living room so Justin could finish the conversation on the phone. She didn't know who Susan was, but she was sure it was important. "We overslept Susan, he's not going to die if he misses one day of school, besides its summer, the kid should have some fun." She heard Justin explain from the kitchen as she walked around the living room looking at the different pictures that were hung up on the walls and the ones that sat on the mantel over his fireplace. "I'm not going to argue with you, do you want to talk to him or not?" She then heard Justin call out Randy's name and Randy made his way through the hallway and towards Justin. He reached for the phone before Justin said anything, and began to talk to the women on the phone about his day. Justin made his way into the living room watching Tara as she looked at the pictures. "Sorry about that," he said. Tara turned kind of surprised but smiled at him. "It's okay," she said. "It's Randy's mom," he explained. "My ex-wife." Tara nodded. "You really don't owe me an explanation Justin," she said watching him. "This is your house, you can talk to anyone you want." He had his hands in his jean pockets and was looking at her nervously. They both heard Randy giggle from the other room, and that brought a smile to Tara's face. "So what was Hannah doing tonight?" Justin asked. Tara shrugged. "Staying in I think," she explained. "Renee was having Andrew over I think." "And Teddy?" He questioned. "I thought maybe he would show up with you." Tara smiled. "Actually he's heading back to New York," she said. "My manager decided it was okay for me to be here without a bodyguard so," she shrugged. "Hmm," he said. "This place is pretty safe." "I thought so," Tara said with a smile. Soon Randy came bouncing back into the living room with a basketball in his hands and sneakers on his feet. "Dad, can we play?" He questioned. Justin turned to him before looking at Tara. "You up for it?" he questioned. Tara smiled and nodded. "Sure," she said. Justin slipped on a pair of his shoes before he and Randy headed out to the backyard through the screen door from their living room. There was a small basketball court in the middle of Justin's huge backyard with two hoops standing tall on each end. Justin had turned on the porch light before following Randy out who was already running up and down the court bouncing the basketball. "Tara is on my team!" Randy called as Tara made her way onto the court. "I don't know if that's fair," Justin said as he chased after him. Randy giggled as he ran away from Justin making his way behind Tara holding onto her as he peeked at Justin from behind her. Tara smiled as she looked down at him. "I'm not very good Randy," Tara replied. "I'm just warning you." He shrugged then looked at Justin once again with a smile. "All right, fine" Justin said with a chuckled. "You two against me, that seems fair." Comments? Questions? E-mail me at Spacey1141@hotmail.com |
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A new chapter? What?! I know! I'm SO extremely sorry! You guys have no idea how much I've been agonizing how long it's taken me to update. It's
been about a week since school's been out and I've been trying to write every night. Updates should be faster now for a little while until school
starts in Feb. I don't want to make any promises cause I always do, and never keep them. So I'm just tellin ya I'll make more updates
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hope you guys are enjoying the story. Please continue to let me know what you think! Thanks for all the reviews I appreciate them ALL!
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Chapter 10:
Hannah changed into a pair of jeans and a loose blue tank top. She stuck her hair up in a ponytail to keep it out of her eyes and slipped on a pair of socks not knowing if they were going out or if they would stay in. As she finished getting ready she heard a knock on the front door. She sighed looking at herself once more in the mirror before answering it. Trace was at the door holding a big brown grocery bag; dressed in a pair of faded blue jeans and a red and white flannel short-sleeved shirt that was unbuttoned and had white T-shirt under it. "She's here!" Trace said with a smile. Hannah rolled her eyes before moving out of the way for Trace to make his way into the bungalow. "I brought dinner," Trace said with a smile. "Well kinda." Hannah closed the door behind him and followed him into the kitchen where he set the bag down on the kitchen counter. She was standing next to him, standing on her tiptoes to peek into the bag. "What did you bring?" she asked. "Something simple," he replied as he started to take the contents out of the paper bag. "I saw Tara at the market, she was buying beer." Hannah looked at him. "She was?" she questioned. Trace nodded. "I don't think she recognized me though," he chuckled. "Or she was ignoring me on purpose." Hannah rolled her eyes. Trace took out a bag of ribbon pasta, a jar of garlic and tomato sauce, a loaf of fresh baked French bread and a bottle of wine. "Well you took out all the stops didn't you?" Hannah teased as she looked at the contents sitting on the counter. Trace chuckled as he folded up the paper bag, "Will Teddy be joining us?" he questioned as he looked around the room, expecting Teddy to pop out of somewhere. Hannah shook her head. "Teddy went home today," she explained. "Tara's manager thought that it was pretty safe here and she didn't need a bodyguard." Trace nodded in understanding. "Interesting," he said then rubbed his hands together before saying, "So tell me where everything is so I can get started." Hannah went behind the counter and started opening up drawers taking out a saucepan and a large pot to boil the pasta. They started making dinner together as they made small talk; they talked about jobs, favorite foods, books, anything that they could think of, except of course, past relationships. Pretty soon they were sitting in the living room at the small coffee table their plates in hand and their wine glasses sat on the coasters and they enjoyed their meal. "So does Tara have a busy weekend ahead of her?" Trace asked as he ate a piece of the buttered French bread that he grilled in the oven. Hannah nodded as she sipped her wine. "I'm pretty sure," she explained. "We're supposed to be filming at some house on Adams this weekend." "Sounds fun," Trace winked. Hannah giggled. "What about you? Long days at the auto repair shop?" she questioned. "I don't know yet, I'm usually only on call on the weekends I let the guys run the show," Trace replied. "Wow, you got it tough," she teased. Trace chuckled as he finished eating. "It's the perks of owning your own business," he said with a sigh. Hannah giggled as she finished eating. "I might be going with Justin and Randy to Millington this weekend if you want to join us," Trace said. Hannah rolled her eyes. "You know I have to stay with Tara," she explained. "That is why I'm here." "Well, just so you know you're invited," he said with a smile. Hannah sighed before finishing off her pasta and sat the plate down on the coffee table. "Well, that was surprisingly good," Hannah complimented. Trace smiled as he finished his food as well and got up picking up her plate and taking it into the kitchen. "I'm glad you liked it," he said. He finished clearing off the dishes before coming back to sit back down next to her on the couch. "So," he said clearing his throat. "Any family Ms. McCoy?" Hannah smiled as she sat back against the couch cushion with her wine glass in hand as she watched him. "I have a brother back home," she explained. "And back home is?" he questioned. "Pennsylvania," she said. "Well, it's not home really, but it was where I grew up." "Where's your home now?" he questioned. "New York," she said. He nodded. "So you have a brother, older or younger?" he questioned. "Younger," she said. "He's as spoiled as they come too." Trace chuckled. "Of course," he said. "Your parents?" he questioned. "They're both alive and well, still married," she explained. He nodded as he took another sip of his wine. "What about you Mr. Ayala?" she questioned. "Don't think you're getting out of this questioning," Trace chuckled as he told her about his family and growing up in this small town. They laughed and talked for awhile before Hannah heard a knock on the front door. Her eyebrows creased together in confusion as she got up making her way toward the front door. Tyler was standing there, dressed nicely in khaki pants and a light blue button down shirt. "Tyler?" she questioned. He looked at her and smiled. "Hey Hannah is Tara around?" he questioned. "Oh um, she's not actually," Hannah said. "Is she at Renee's?" he questioned looking at Renee's bungalow. "I'll just head over there." "No, Tyler she's-" Hannah started. "She's actually having dinner with Justin tonight." "Oh," Tyler said his face fell. "Justin was the basketball coach or something right? The one at the bar?" Hannah nodded. "I can let her know you came by," she said. He nodded before running a hand through his shaggy hair before turning to look at the rippling lake. "Um, sure let her know," he said. "Tell her to call me if it's not too late." Hannah nodded. "Will do," she said. Tyler looked at her once more before turning and walking down the steps to the ground and made his way toward his own bungalow on the other side of the lot. Hannah watched him walk away before turning and closing the door behind her and made her way back into the living room where Trace had been watching the whole thing. "Uh oh," he commented as he took a sip of his wine. Hannah went and sat back down next to him, a look of concern covering her features. "Looks like there's going to be a love triangle going on," Trace teased. Hannah chuckled before sipping her wine once more. "Maybe I should call her," she replied more to herself then anyone else. Before Trace could reply she got up and headed toward her bedroom where her purse was sitting and searched in it for her phone. Trace watched her with a chuckle, as he sighed and leaned back against the couch. Hannah came back out with the phone to her ear and glanced at him before she walked toward the kitchen. He could hear little bits of her conversation from the living room before he got up to get himself another glass of wine. Hannah glanced at him as he poured himself another glass before holding the bottle up for her to see, "You want more?" He questioned She shook her head before putting a finger over her lips signaling him to be quiet. He chuckled before finishing pouring himself a glass and put the cork back into the bottle. He walked back into the living room as he heard her explain, "No, no," she explained. "That's someone else." He chuckled as he sat back down on the couch and waited for her to come back into the living room. He heard her giggling before he rolled his eyes and took another sip of his drink. A few minutes later, Hannah walked back into the living room with her wine glass and took a sip before sitting back down on the couch. "Everything ok?" he questioned. Hannah nodded. "Drama?" he questioned. Hannah rolled her eyes. "God, I hope not." They got settled in and talked more about whatever came up as they finished off the bottle of wine. It was 10:30 when Hannah got up, yawning as she stretched out before walking into the kitchen to put her glass in the sink. Trace looked up at her and chuckled as he got up as well. "I guess that's my queue," he said as he took his wine glass into the kitchen. "Sorry, it's going to be a long day tomorrow," Hannah said watching him. "It's fine," he said. He dug into his jean pocket to get out his car keys as Hannah watched him. "Well, you have my number if you want to hang out this weekend," he said with a wink. Hannah smiled and nodded. "We'll see how things go," she commented. "You can stop harassing me now," she winked. He rolled his eyes. "You love it girl," he chuckled. He made his way toward her, and wrapped her in a tight hug. Hannah hugged him back not quite sure what to do, as she wrapped her arms around his waist. "I had a good time," he said. "I hope we can do it again soon." Hannah broke the hug, before standing back and crossing her arms over chest. "Thanks for dinner," she said. "It was really good." He chuckled and nodded. "No problem," he said then looked at the front door. "Well, I'll see you later." She smiled when he opened the door and walked out of it. Hannah stood by the door watching him walk down the steps. He reached the bottom before he turned and made his way back up the steps towards Hannah. Before Hannah could react, Trace's lips were against hers as he leaned her back against the doorway and kissed her passionately. Hannah was a bit taken back with the kiss, but when she felt Trace's tongue move against hers, her eyes closed as a breathy sigh escaped her lips and she kissed him back. They soon broke the kiss pulling away from each other slowly, Hannah opening her eyes slowly as Trace looked down at her smiling. He leaned forward to kiss her forehead before pulling away and making his way back down the stairs. "I'll see you later," he said before making his way toward his truck. Hannah closed the door and leaned her back against it with a sigh as she closed her eyes and tried to relax her breathing. She heard Trace's car pull onto the gravel road and take off before she moved and finished cleaning up the kitchen and living room before sitting and waiting for Tara to return. -*- Justin, Tara and Randy spent about 45 minutes playing. Randy all the while was trying to help Tara get a basket, as Justin continuously made one basket after another. The fact that Tara wearing sandals didn't help them too much either. So after a while they stopped to take a break and Justin went inside to get some water bottles. Tara and Randy were sitting on the basketball court next to each other as they leaned back on their hands and looked up at the starry sky. "Sorry I couldn't make any baskets Randy," Tara said. "I told you I was no good." "That's okay," he said. "I'll teach you." Tara smiled as she reached over and ran a hand over his head through his short blonde hair. He smiled as he moved himself to sit closer to her and leaned against her and his eyes began to close. Tara looked down at him, surprised but didn't move him. By the time Justin came back, Randy was dead asleep leaning against Tara a small smile on his lips. Justin stopped in his tracks when he saw the pair sitting on the floor. Tara turned to look at him when she saw his shadow move closer on the pavement. "He passed out on me," Tara said with a giggle. He smiled as he made his way over to her and handed her the water bottles before bending down and picking Randy up wrapping him into his arms. "I'm just going to put him into bed really quick," he commented. Tara nodded. Justin made his way back into the house as Tara stayed where she was on the pavement. She reached over and took a drink of one of the water bottles before leaning back and laying on her back and looking up at the sky. A few minutes later Tara heard the back door open and close, and Justin made his way toward her. He sat down next to her reaching for the other water bottle and opened it taking a drink quickly before laying on his back looking up at the sky as well. "He's gonna be out until morning," Justin said with a chuckle. Tara smiled. "Are you going to bring him to work again tomorrow?" she questioned. "No, he's got to go to school," he said. "Where's his mom?" she questioned. Justin turned to look at her, then back at the stars once again. "She lives here," Justin explained. "She's just away on business right now." "What does she do?" she asked. "She's a lawyer," he replied. "Oh," she replied. There was more silence between them as they continued to watch the sky. "Woah!" Tara said all of a sudden spotting a shooting star flying across the sky. Justin chuckled. "Did you see that?" he asked. "Yeah," she said. "Make a wish," he said looking at her. Tara closed her eyes, her wish coming to mind. Justin had been watching her as she closed her eyes, her eyebrows creasing together as she mumbled her wish. He reached down and held onto her hand, wrapping his around hers and rubbing her hand softly with his thumb. Tara opened her eyes and smiled before turning to look at him. She then leaned up, leaning on her side as she moved forward, moving closer to Justin. Justin watched her, frozen as to what to do when he noticed Tara inching herself closer to him. Before he knew what was happening, Tara's lips where on his once again as she leaned against him fully; causing him to fall on his back as she leaned against his chest her lips resting on his. Justin couldn't help the groan that escaped his lips as he leaned up to rest a hand on her cheek their kiss intensifying. Tara rested her hand on his chest, pulling a little on his shirt to bring him closer to her. His hand went from her cheek to her hair, as he ran his fingers through her soft brown hair bringing her closer to him as they moved their lips in unison. They broke the kiss some minutes later both gasping for breath and they looked at each other in the moonlight. Before anyone could speak, Tara's phone went off in her pocket. She usually left the thing in her purse, but she knew Hannah would eventually call and would freak out if she couldn't get a hold of her. She sighed closing her eyes before looking at Justin and laying back to take the phone out of her pocket before sitting up. She sighed looking at the caller ID and rolled her eyes before answering. "Yes Hannah," "Woah, was I interrupting?" Tara rolled her eyes again as she glanced down to look at Justin who was laying back, his eyes closed. "Everything ok?" Tara asked, ignoring her question. "I just thought I'd let you know that Tyler came by looking for you," Hannah explained. "He seemed pretty upset that you were hanging out with Justin." "Why did you tell him?" Tara asked. "I didn't know it was a secret," she explained. "It's not," Tara replied. "I just don't need any drama right now." Hannah sighed. "Well, you know what I want to say but I won't say it," she said. "Well I appreciate it," Tara said. "Anything else?" "No," Hannah said. Tara heard a male voice in the background, and her eyebrows scrunched together in confusion. "Is he still there?" Tara asked. "No, no" she said. "That's someone else." "Someone else?" Tara asked surprised. "Who?" "Um, Trace came over to keep my company," Hanna replied quietly. "Trace!" Tara replied in shock. With that Justin's eyes popped open and he sat up as well looking at Tara shocked. "Shhh oh my god," Hannah said with a giggle. "You so can't talk about me," Tara said as she eyed Justin who was watching her. "I had too, he was bugging me," Hannah giggled. "I bet he was," Tara said with a giggle. Hannah laughed. "All right, well I just wanted to tell you about Tyler, don't be out too late," she finished. "Okay, I'll be home soon," Tara said. "Bye." Tara closed her phone giggling and sticking it back into her pocket. She pulled her legs closer to her chest, and wrapped her arms around them resting her chin on her knees before turning to look at Justin who was watching her, waiting for an explanation. "Trace is visiting Hannah," Tara said giggling. "That's why she called?" he asked confused. Tara shook her head no. "No, she called to tell me Tyler's been looking for me," she said. "Oh, Tyler," Justin said before lying back down on the pavement to look at the stars. Tara looked down at him as a smile appeared on her lips. "Tyler was the one you were walking with the first day right?" He questioned. "And the one you were dancing with in the bar?" Tara nodded. "Do you like him?" Justin questioned. Tara smiled once again. "Look at you getting all jealous," she said moving down so that she was lying next to him facing him. "I'm not, I'm just curious," Justin explained but he continued to look up at the sky. Tara smiled before leaning forward to snuggle into his arms and rested her head on his shoulder as one of his arms wrapped around her. "Don't be jealous," Tara said. "Besides, I'm not here with him am I?" He looked down at her, resting his lips on her head as he closed his eyes before kissing it lightly then looking back up at the sky. "Are you and your ex-wife close?" Tara asked. Justin kind of shrugged. "We have to take care of Randy," he explained. "That didn't answer my question," Tara replied before turning to look up at him, her cheek still resting on his chest. "I've known Susan a lot of my life," Justin explained. "It's hard not to be close to her, especially since she had my son." Tara sensed the subject was not one they should be talking about right now, it would ruin their night. She could already feel Justin becoming tense with the simple mention of Susan's name. She decided to change the subject. "You have practice again tomorrow?" she questioned. "No, it's Friday," he explained. "I give the guys a break so they at least have the weekend." "Aww, how nice of you," Tara said with a giggle and poked him. Justin chuckled before poking her back with his other hand. "What about you?" he questioned. "Do you have a busy weekend ahead of you?" Tara sighed. "Probably," she said. "Something happened with the lights tonight, or else I would be working." "I see," he said. "So I don't know exactly what's going on," she explained. "I know this weekend I get to do scenes with my movie parents, at some house down on Adams." "Interesting." "So what are you planning to do with your weekend?" she questioned. "I don't know yet," Justin replied. "I've been promising Randy a trip to Millington, and he's been wanting to spend the day at the lake for a while," "Sounds like you'll be pretty busy," Tara said. "You know you're welcome to come with us," Justin said. Tara smiled before looking up at him as he looked down at her watching her closely. "Let me see where we are tomorrow after filming," she said. "I know Jackson wants to get a lot done." Justin nodded. "No problem, you know where to reach me," he said. Tara smiled as she leaned closer into him, and wrapped her arms around his chest and she snuggled her face into his neck closing her eyes as she took a deep breath of his woodsy scent once again. Justin held her close, his arm around her as he continued to look up at the starry sky. "I probably should get going though," Tara said finally after a few minutes of silence. Justin sighed, knowing this moment had to come. It had been so long since he had been this close to a women and it felt really good. She unfolded herself from his arms and sat up fluffing her hair to get the dirt out and wiping off her clothes as Justin sat up and adjusted his shirt. He got up and held out his hand for Tara to take. She did so and he helped her into a standing position. He reached down and picked up the water bottles and they made their way back into the house. Tara walked into the living room and Justin followed shutting and locking the door behind him and shut off the porch light. Tara made her way toward the foyer where her purse was hanging along with her sweatshirt. Justin went into the kitchen to dump the bottles before coming back out to meet her in the foyer. Tara stood adjusting her sweatshirt and digging through her purse for the car keys. She found them and looked up as Justin made his way toward her. She smiled before walking toward him and leaning into his body and wrapped her arms around him. He hugged her back tightly, kissing forehead. "I'll call you ok?" she said into his shoulder. He nodded. "Call me when you get home okay?" he questioned. "Just so I know you got home okay." Tara nodded before breaking the hug. She looked up at him as her arm reached for his neck and she pulled his face toward hers and pressed her lips lightly to his for a short intimate kiss. Justin kissed her back, his hands resting on her waist as he leaned forward causing Tara to lean back against the wall. When her back hit the wall she broke the kiss, looking up at him with a smile. "I should really go," she said. He nodded. "You're right, sorry," he said. She smiled. Justin opened the door and she walked out turning to wave at him once before making her way down the steps and toward the small Honda that was parked in his driveway. She unlocked the doors and got inside, starting it up. As she adjusted the controls she looked up and noticed Justin was still watching her from the doorway. She smiled and waved at him once more before reversing out of the driveway and then made her way toward the bungalows. It took her about 20 minutes to reach the bungalows and she parked the car in Renee's driveway slipping the keys into her mailbox as planned and then made her way toward her own bungalow. She saw no sign of Trace's car, so she walked into the bungalow and Hannah was sitting on the couch watching TV. She turned when she walked into the room and smiled. "Hey," Hannah said yawning. "Is it safe?" Tara teased as she locked the front door behind her. Hannah rolled her eyes. "It was just dinner," she replied. "He practically tricked me into it." "Hmm," Tara said with a smile as she slipped off her sandals and took off her sweatshirt. "How was your night?" Hannah asked. Tara shrugged. "We ate, played some basketball, it was nice," she said. Hannah nodded. She shut the TV off then and got up. "Well, I'm going to bed; I'll see you in the morning." Tara nodded. She shut off the lights as Hannah made her way into her bedroom and Tara walked into hers. She took out her phone and sent a text message to Justin's phone, telling him she got home safe. After that she closed her phone, setting it on her bedside table. She dropped her purse, shoes, and sweatshirt by her still packed suitcase before changing into some pajamas and getting into bed. Once she lay down and closed her eyes she was out like a light. Comments? Questions? E-mail me at Spacey1141@hotmail.com |
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I lost my readers again. LoL. It's been forever again, I'm sorry. There really is no excuse with the exception of lack of inspiration. School had
started again so my writing is pushed onto the back burner (for awhile). Thanks you all for reading and reviewing though, I really appreciate it! I hope
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Chapter 12:
Tara talked Jackson into letting her leave early for the night, after promising she would be at his beck and call during the weekend, so that meant she couldn't go to Millington with Justin and Randy. You win some you loose some. When she found out, she immediately sent Justin a text message that she would be there, and he in turn text messaged her back saying that he would be there to pick her up at 7 o'clock. Justin had told Trace about the movie night and Trace in turn got the ok from Lynn to bring Hannah. So after Tara's last scene for the day she headed to the costume trailer to change quickly and then she and Hannah got into their car and headed back to the bungalows to get ready. After about two hours, both girls were putting on their shoes and grabbing their jackets getting ready for their night. They were both sitting on the couch; Hannah was looking through her organizer as Tara was putting on more lip gloss. "Did you have a good time last night?" Tara asked as she watched Hannah out of the corner of her eye. "Yeah, it was fine," Hannah replied simply. "Trace seems pretty into you," Tara commented. Hannah looked up at her from her organizer and blinked before going back to her organizer again. "We're just hanging out," she replied. Tara smirked at her before closing her compact and packing everything away in her purse. As she was zipping it up, they heard tires running over the dirt road and the rumble of a truck coming towards them from outside. They both stood up looking out the small window next to the front door and saw Justin's truck pulling in front of their bungalow. The rumbling stopped as the car turned off and Justin began getting out of the driver's seat and Trace followed his lead from the passenger seat. Tara went to the door and opened it before Justin could knock; Justin was there with Trace standing behind him both of them with a smile on their faces. Tara smiled as she rushed into Justin's arms hugging him tightly. Justin chuckled as he took a step back to support her weight as they moved out of the doorway. Hannah stepped out of the doorway onto the porch; she had both Tara's purse and her own as well as both of their jackets. She locked the door behind her before turning towards Trace. "Good evening," Trace said with a wink. Hannah rolled her eyes. "How was your day?" she asked. He chuckled. "Good actually, how was yours?" he asked. Hannah shrugged. All of a sudden the truck horn beeped. Justin and Tara broke their hug and looked over as Trace and Hannah did as well. Randy was watching them all waving and smiling brightly at them. They all laughed and waved back, Randy then motioned for them all to come to the truck. Hannah handed Tara her jacket and purse before they headed to the truck. Randy insisted on sitting in between Tara and Justin in the front seat, as Hannah and Trace climbed in the back. Tara climbed into the passenger seat sitting next to Randy who was already talking to her about his day. Tara listened intently as Justin started the truck and they headed toward his parent's house. -*- They reached Lynn and Paul's house about a half hour later, there were already a few other cars parked on the street and laughter could be heard from behind the house. Randy practically jumped over Tara to get out of the truck and he ran off toward the house as the adults got themselves out of the car. "Be careful!" Justin called out to him as he made his way around the side of the house and disappeared. He chuckled before putting his arm around Tara's shoulders and began to lead her toward the house as she wrapped her arm around his waist leaning into his side. Hannah and Trace followed their lead, making their way toward the house as well, but they were not touching. Music and laughter could be heard from behind the house, along with people talking. Justin took his arm from around Tara's shoulder and grabbed onto her hand as he led her through the backyard toward a taller red-curly-haired woman standing by the back porch, Randy wrapped tightly in her arms. She looked away from Randy and saw Justin and Tara making their way towards her and smiled waving at them. "Wow, you look just like her," Tara whispered to him before they reached her. Justin smiled a little before they reached her, and he let go of Tara's hand to hug his mother tightly. "Hey mom," he said as he kissed her cheek. She smiled leaning her cheek toward him to receive the kiss. "How are you baby?" she questioned. "Fine," he said. He looked back at Tara, taking her hand and bringing her up next to him. "Mom, this is Tara," he said. Lynn looked at Tara and smiled, she held her out hand best she could since she was still holding onto Randy. "Nice to meet you Tara, I'm Lynn" Lynn replied. Tara shook her hand smiling. "Nice to meet you, thank you for inviting me," she said. "Oh don't worry about it," Lynn said taking back her hand and wrapping it firmly back around Randy. "Where's dad?" Justin asked, as he held back onto Tara's hand keeping her by his side. "Oh he's around here somewhere, he was trying to get the movie set up the last time I saw him," she explained. "What movie are we watching?" Randy asked excitedly, taking Lynn's attention away from Tara and Justin. "I don't know, why don't we go inside and see what we have," Lynn said looking at him. He nodded excitingly. Lynn laughed before looking at Justin and Tara, who was watching them. "Make sure you go see your Dad," Lynn said to Justin before turning to Tara. "It was nice to meet you Tara, I'm sure we'll get a chance to talk later," she winked at her. Tara nodded. "Nice to meet you," she replied. "Thanks again for the invitation." "Of course," she said before turning and began to walk toward the house totting Randy with her. Justin turned to Tara who was watching them walk away, "See that wasn't so bad," he said with a wink. Tara giggled before pinching his side playfully. He chuckled moving out of her reach and trying to reach for hers and laughing. "The scary part is when she gets you alone," he winked. Tara nudged him lightly, "Thanks, you're helpful," she replied. He laughed before leaning forward to kiss her lips lightly. "C'mon, you gotta meet my Dad before my Mom throws a fit," he said taking her hand once more. They made their way toward the projector screen where an older man was kneeling in front of it messing around with the lens. "Hey Pops!" Justin called out when they were getting close. The man lifted his head and saw Justin making his way toward him, and he smiled getting up to his feet. "Justin, how are you boy?" he questioned as he made his way toward him. Justin smiled as he reached him, letting go of Tara's hand once more to hug him tightly. As Paul hugged him, he noticed Tara standing watching them. "Who did you bring?" he asked, breaking the hug and looking at Justin winking. Justin chuckled before bringing Tara forward again, "Dad, this is Tara," Justin said. Paul took Tara's hand shaking it, "Well nice to meet you Tara, I'm Paul," he said. "I didn't know you were bringing a lady friend, usually Trace tags along." Justin chuckled. "Trace is here with his own girl," he winked. Tara smacked his shoulder playfully, knowing Hannah would not appreciate that. He looked at her, his eyes big as to question her smack before he chuckled. Paul was watching their little interaction a small smile appearing on his lips. "Have you guys eaten?" Paul asked. "No, not yet," Justin replied. "Well you know how fast food goes at these things, you better get something before it's all gone," he said. Justin laughed before he grabbed Tara hand once more, "All right, we'll try and save you some," he said. Paul chuckled as he watched them walk into the house, before going back to what he was doing. Justin made his way towards the house pulling Tara along with him. The small kitchen was crowded with people who were in a line trying to get what food they could. Randy was now talking to another older woman as she smiled down at him. Randy turned when Justin and Tara came into the kitchen and waved them over. The older women stood up straighter when she saw Justin making his way towards them and smiled. "Hey Justin," she said with a wink. "Long time no see," He chuckled as he leaned in to give the older women a kiss on the cheek. "How are you doing Sherry?" he asked. "Great," she said. "Randy was telling me about the friend you brought along." She looked at Tara who was standing behind Justin, watching them. Justin turned to her before reaching for her hand once again to bring her up next to him. "Sherry this is Tara," he said. "Tara this is Sherry, she's Randy's other grandmother," he explained. "Susan's mother," Tara smiled at the women, "It's nice to meet you Sherry," she said. "I have to say your catering at the movie shoot is fantastic." Sherry watched her and smiled politely, "Well thank you Tara I appreciate that," she said. "Are you one of the actresses then?" Randy jumped in at that point "She's a cheerleader!" he said with a smile. The three adults laughed, and Justin brought him over next to him and rested a hand on the top of his head. "Yes, I'm working on the movie," Tara explained even though she obviously didn't have too. Sherry nodded. "Well, I should get back to Mike with his beer," she said as she held up the two cans of beer she had in her hand. "We'll catch you later Sherry," Justin said as she leaned down to kiss Randy's cheek before heading out the door. Justin turned to Tara who was watching the older women walk away. "She did not look happy about me," she whispered. Justin rolled his eyes. "Don't worry too much about Sherry," he explained. "As long as Randy is happy, then she's okay." Before Tara could answer, Randy was pulling on her arm. "Tara! Are you gonna eat with me?" He asked smiling. Tara smiled as she looked down at him. "Of course I will," she said. "We better grab us a plate before it's all gone," Justin said as he ushered the two toward the line so they could grab some plates and put their food onto it. About fifteen minutes or so later, the three of them got situated on a blanket outside on the grass and began eating. A few minutes later, Hannah and Trace followed setting up their own blanket a few feet behind where Tara, Justin and Randy were sitting and began eating as well. Randy continued his constant chatter about his day with Tara as she listened intently to him and asked questions in all the right places. Justin sat back and ate in silence as he watched Tara interact with his son. He couldn't help but smile at their interaction. An hour or so later, everyone settled down to watch the movie. Randy wanted to watch it with Lynn and Paul so Justin let him go over and he stayed with Tara on the blanket as the movie began. -*- Trace and Hannah walked up the hill following Justin and Tara toward the crowd of people in the backyard. Hannah spotted Tara and Justin making their way to a tall red-haired woman and expected Trace to follow but he didn't. He grabbed her wrist and they began walking the opposite direction toward a few people who were sitting around in lawn chairs and talking amongst themselves. "What are you doing?" she questioned in a whisper. He turned to look at her with a wink before he continued his journey toward this group of people. "Trace!" she whispered louder, "seriously!" He chuckled. "You'll see," he explained. "Calm down, it's not the end of the world." Hannah sighed as she had no choice but to follow him, it's not like she knew anyone here besides Tara and Justin anyway. The group of people were talking and laughing with each other as they drank their bottles of beer and enjoyed some of the food that was spread out on some blankets. A middle-aged woman looked up from her chair after laughing loudly at a joke that an older gentlemen said. "Hey Trace baby," she said with a smile. Trace let go of Hannah's wrist before moving toward the women and leaning down to kiss her cheek. "Hey mom," he said. When Hanna heard him say mom, she immediately began to blush and turned away from the crowd scanning quickly for Tara. She spotted her talking with Justin and an older red-haired woman and sighed. "Hey mom, I want you too meet someone," Trace replied as he reached back for Hannah's hand and pulling her up next to him. Hannah smiled her best at the women, who got out of her chair and stood up and faced them. "Mom, this is Hannah," Trace began. "Hannah this is my mom Katherine." She rolled her eyes at him. "Please call me Kat, everyone does," she smiled at her before shaking her hand. "Nice too meet you Hannah." "You too Kat," Hannah said with a smile. "Hannah's an assistant for one of the stars of the movie that's filming at the high school," Trace replied. "Oh the one that's dating Justin?" Katherine replied watching them. Hannah looked at her, her eyebrows scrunching in confusion. Katherine noticed the expression on her face and she smiled before winking at Hannah. "Small town honey," she replied. "Nothing stays a secret for long." Hannah nodded trying to keep the giggle to herself. Tara will not like this. Trace began to introduce Hannah to the rest of the people that were gathered around. She met his older sisters, Susie and Monica, and a few other members of his family who were gathered around eating and talking. Hannah and Trace sat down and chatted a little bit with them. "So, do you get into all the hot clubs out there in New York since you have all the connections?" One of Trace's older sisters Susie asked her eyes big with excitement. Hannah smiled. "I could get into them," she said. "But I pretty much do what Tara wants to do." "Is she not a big party person?" Susie asked. Hannah shrugged. "She used to be," she explained. "One of the guy's she dated was in a band, so I used to be dragged to clubs where he played." "Oh was that the Roger guy?" she asked smiling. "Sus," Trace groaned warning her. Susie smiled brightly. "I'm just asking," she said. Hannah laughed. "Yes, it was Roger," she explained. Susie nodded. "So you must be dying in this little nowhere town," she commented. Hannah shrugged. "It's kinda nice actually," she replied with a smile. "Man I can't imagine leaving this place," Monica spoke up. "But it would be nice to get out every once in awhile." "No one is stopping you," Katherine said with a chuckle. "No one is twisting your arm to be here honey." Monica shrugged. "What would I do with myself?" she questioned. Hannah watched her. "Well if you ever decide to come out to New York, I would be happy to show you around." She replied. "Really?" Monica asked. "You would do that?" Hannah smiled. "Sure," she said. Monica looked from Hannah to her mother. Katherine rolled her eyes. "Do what you gotta do baby," she said with a wink. Monica squealed before leaning forward to wrap her arms around Hannah tightly hugging her close. Hannah was a bit taken back with the hug but she smiled and patted her back lightly. "I'll give you my number before I leave," she replied. "Don't let me forget." "I won't," Monica reassured her. Hannah chuckled. Monica and Susie asked her a few more questions about the industry and about the big city before Trace decided he was hungry and needed food as soon as possible. Hannah got up with him waving and smiling at everyone before they both turned and headed toward the house. Trace chuckled when they were a little ways away from his family before reaching down and taking her hand. This time she didn't pull away. He walked with her into the kitchen and stood in line with everyone else as they prepared to get their dinner. -*- After they loaded their plates they decided to find a spot for themselves instead of eating with Trace's family. Trace grabbed an extra blanket from the house and they headed outside to look for a spot. They spotted a place right behind Tara, Justin and Randy who were all gathered on a small blanket eating their dinner. Trace spread the blanket out and sat down; Hannah did the same balancing her plate and purse that was hung on her arm. They ate their food in silence for a while, just enjoying the atmosphere not saying anything before Hannah finally spoke up. "So your family seems nice," she replied. Trace turned and looked at her before taking a bite of his pizza and chuckled. "Sorry I sprung it on you like that," he replied. "I knew you wouldn't do it otherwise." Hannah shrugged. "So, you're the baby?" she questioned. He nodded. "Can't you tell?" he questioned. "I'm spoiled rotten." He grinned. Hannah chuckled. "My sister will take you up on your offer you know," he commented. Hannah nodded. "I figured she would," she said. "That's why I offered." Trace chuckled before taking a drink of his beer. "So what are your plans for the weekend?" Hannah asked as she continued eating. He shrugged. "I think I'm going with Justin and Randy to Millington," he replied. "What about you?" Hannah shrugged. "You know where I'll be," she said. "Right," he said. "I guess that means she couldn't get the time off." Hannah shook her head. "She's lucky she got to come tonight," she explained. "I see, so the schedule is pretty strict?" Trace asked. Hannah shrugged. "It can be," she replied. "She'll get some time off coming up, don't worry." She winked. Trace chuckled. "I'm not worried." He winked back. Hannah rolled her eyes. "So, am I invited to New York?" Trace asked watching her closely. Hannah looked up from her plate of food; she blushed before looking back down and eating something off her plate. "If you want too," she mumbled. Trace chuckled. He didn't mention it anymore as they continued to eat. After a few minutes, the movie started and they sat back looking up at the screen and turning their attention to the movie. -*- Justin was leaning back on the blanket, his hands supporting his weight and his legs spread out in front of him, but his feet were planted on the ground. Tara smiled as she sat in between them, resting her back against his chest snuggling into his arms. She leaned her head back against his shoulder, and turned to kiss his neck softly. The lights around the house were down, as the movie came to life on the huge screen hanging from the garage, so everyone was left in the dark watching the movie play across the night. Trace and Hannah were sitting on a blanket behind them, although they were sitting next to each other talking quietly amongst themselves not really paying attention to the movie. "What are you doing?" Justin whispered when he felt Tara's soft lips play across his neck, "You're missing the movie," he teased. He didn't need there to be any evidence left on his neck, for anyone to see. Tara smiled before leaning in to kiss his neck lightly once again, taking in his woodsy smell before she sighed and cuddled close to him. "I've seen the movie," she commented simply. Justin chuckled. "So this is why you wanted to come, so you could attack me," he asked. Tara rolled her eyes. "I don't have to sit here," she said. "I can go sit with Randy, or Trace and Hannah," she started to get up. "Oh no no no, wait a minute," he said with a laugh as he held onto her waist keeping her in between his legs. Tara laughed as she leaned back against his chest again, "Well you said-" she started. "I know what I said," he cut her off before he leaned down to kiss her lips lightly, his hand moving to her cheek as he deepened the kiss. Tara groaned as she leaned forward against him, her hands moving to his shoulders as they moved to wrap around his neck as she pulled him closer. Their kiss was broken when Trace threw a couple of small sticks at them, hitting Justin in the back. He broke it, turning to the direction it came from and Trace laughing at him as Hannah smacked his shoulder. "Hey, down in front!" Trace called with a chuckle. Justin rolled his eyes before turning to Tara who was laughing and leaned her head down hiding behind him and resting her head on his shoulder. Justin chuckled as he hugged her close, his arm wrapping around her waist as he pulled her closer to him. "Watch the movie now, before we get scolded again," he said with a chuckle. Tara smiled before leaning back against him, her eyes fixing on the movie screen once again. Comments? Quesitons? E-mail me at Spacey1141@hotmail.com |
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Spring break is here. I have a chapter for you and I hope you all are still enjoying the story. Thanks for sticking with it even though the adds are few and
far between. I plan on getting atleast one more chapter out before the end of Spring break, I hope it works out that way. Please let me know what you think
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Chapter 13:
After the first movie ended, everyone decided on the second one and settled in to watch another movie. Tara had other plans, she told Justin her butt was falling asleep and asked if she could have a tour of his childhood home instead. He reluctantly agreed and took her toward the house as everyone had their eyes on the screen watching the movie. Because the movie was playing no one was in the house, so he took her hand and they walked into the house and up the dimly lit stairs and down the long hallway. There were various pictures, collages and framed art that were obviously done by a child hanging on the hallway wall. Tara didn't get a chance to look at them before Justin dragged her toward the last door in the hallway. He poked his head in, turning on the light and taking a look around before opening the door all the way and moving out of the way so that Tara could walk into the room first. Tara smiled as she stepped into the room; Justin followed her in and closed the door behind them. Tara took in the small space as she walked in. The walls were painted a powder blue and he had a few posters hung up on the wall, an old band and a basketball player making a slam dunk. He had a full-sized bed, covered in a complete set of black and blue sheets and a comforter, and pillow cases to match. "Does Randy sleep in here now when he stays over?" Tara asked with a smile, as she walked over and picked up an old stuffed dog sitting on the bed. She looked up at him as she sat down on the edge of the bed, the stuffed dog still in her hands. He watched her from the doorway with a smile. "He does sometimes," Justin said. "I don't get him as much as I like, so I don't like to drop him off here too often." Tara nodded. "Makes sense," she replied as she played with the ears of the stuffed dog. "How often do you get him?" He leaned against the wall watching her, his arm crossed over his chest as she continued to play with the ears of the stuffed dog. "It's usually about every other day or so," he explained. "Susan and I are cordial, so it's not so bad." Tara nodded watching him. She could tell this was a sensitive subject with him, but she wanted to know. She felt he knew a lot about her, and she knew nothing about him. He watched her a minute before he made his way over to her and stood in front of her looking down at her. "How long have you guys been separated?" she questioned curiously. "Since Randy was three," he said before licking his lips. "Is this uncomfortable?" she asked him. Justin shrugged watching her again. She lifted the dog to her face, playing with his ears making it look like it was talking to him. "Are you uncomfortable?" she asked, her voice high like a cartoon character. Justin chuckled and rolled his eyes before he reached for the dog, taking it out of her hands. "Give me that," he replied with a laugh and tossing it behind her back onto the bed. Tara giggled as she looked up at him. He leaned forward his hand cupping her cheek as he brought his lips to hers in a light kiss. They broke the kiss and Tara looked up at him once again, a smile breaking out on her lips as she wrapped a hand around his neck bringing his lips to hers once again. Justin's hand moved to her cheek as he held her face and began to fall forward, she laid back slowly on the bed as he leaned over her. As she finished her descent to the bed, she broke the kiss with a gasp before arching her back and reaching behind her pulling the stuff dog out from under her. She held it out in front of her as Justin looked down at her and they began to laugh. He reached for it, before tossing it onto the floor. "Aww," she said with a giggle. "He didn't deserve that." He chuckled as he moved himself onto his side and they lay facing each other on the small bed. "So, are you having fun?" he asked as he reached over and brushed a piece of hair from her face. "I am," she said with a smile. He chuckled. "Are you just saying that?" he questioned. "No!" she replied, her eyes getting big in response. He chuckled. "I believe you," he replied. They were quiet for a minute before Justin spoke up again. "Did you get to ask Jackson about this weekend?" Justin asked hopeful. Tara looked at him, a pout breaking out on her lips before she sighed. "I can't," she began to explain. "He gave me tonight, but I'm going to be his slave for the weekend." Justin chuckled before he leaned forward to kiss her forehead. "Don't worry about it," he said. "We'll have fun without you," he joked. "It'll just be a boys' weekend." Tara chuckled shoving him lightly. "Jerk!" she exclaimed with a chuckle. Justin smiled. "Randy sure will be disappointed though," he said. "And you?" She questioned with a wink. "Maybe," he winked back. "Maybe?!" she questioned and moving forward causing Justin to lie on his back as she straddled his waist. He laughed as her hands started to tickle up his sides as she tried to find his ticklish spots or if he had any. He continued to laugh as he tried to reach for her hands to stop their assault as he lay on his back. "Okay, okay I give up" he said. Tara giggled and stopped, sighing as she sat back, still straddling his waist. "So?" she questioned. He sighed and closed his eyes. "I'm disappointed too," he said. She smiled and leaned down to kiss his lips once again. "That's more like it," she said. "Oh yeah!" he laughed as he moved himself up, not giving Tara a chance to react before he moved them as she was laying on her back now with him straddling her. He had her wrists in his hands as they rested by her head flat on the bed. He leaned over her looking down, a smirk appearing on his lips. Tara struggled against him, trying to keep the smile from her lips. "You are so mean," she said with a giggle. She pouted as she watched him but he kept her hands in place. He leaned down and pressed his lips to hers once more, in a slow kiss. As the kiss deepened Justin let go of her wrists, and she immediately wrapped them around him pulling him closer to her. In the heat of their kiss, there were footsteps outside the room, and then a light pounding on the bedroom door. They broke apart quickly, both glancing at the door. "Justin, Randy wants to see you" Lynn's voice was heard through the door. Justin quickly lifted himself off of Tara, as she sat up on the edge of the bed. He pulled down his shirt, adjusting his clothes before running a hand through his messy hair and opened the door quickly. Randy was standing in front of him, tears cascading down his red cheeks. As soon as he saw Justin he reached his arms up towards him, more tears trailing down his cheeks. Justin leaned down to pick him up, holding him tightly as Randy started to cry into his neck. Justin rubbed his back soothingly before glancing at Lynn who was watching them. "What happened?" he questioned. Lynn glanced at Tara who was sitting on the bed still watching Justin as he comforted Randy and then turned to him. "He looked for you guys and couldn't find you," she explained. "He freaked out." "I thought you left," Randy cried into his neck hugging him tightly, wrapping his little legs around Justin's waist. Justin sighed as he rubbed his back, kissing his head lightly. "I wouldn't leave you Randy," he replied. "You know I wouldn't." "I couldn't find you," Randy cried. Justin ran a hand through Randy's hair, hugging the little boy tightly. He then turned back to Tara, "Do you mind if I talk to him alone for a minute?" he questioned. Tara nodded and stood up. "Sure, no problem," she said. She made her way towards him and rested a hand against his back for a minute before moving around him. Lynn was turning to leave and Tara followed her out of the room and closed the door behind her. Tara followed Lynn down the long hall wall and back down the stairs as they left Justin and Randy to talk alone in the bedroom. "So, how are you Tara?" Lynn asked as they reached the bottom of the stairs and Lynn began walking towards the kitchen. People were moving in and out of the house since the second movie of the night was almost over and a majority of the people were preparing to head home. "Are you enjoying Tennessee?" Lynn asked. Tara nodded she followed behind her into the kitchen. "I am, it's so quiet and peaceful here," she began to explain. "I'm not used to that." "Where are you from?" Lynn asked as she began to clean up the kitchen a little. She started packing up the leftover food that was sitting out on the counter, and throwing away used plastic cups and silverware. "New York," Tara replied. "I grew up in the suburbs but moved to the city when my career took off." "I see," Lynn replied. Tara watched her for a minute as she continued to clean up around the kitchen. "Do you need any help Lynn?" Tara asked. Lynn turned to look at her for a minute, before smiling and nodding. "See if you can get this stuff into the fridge," Lynn said as she pointed to the stainless steal double door fridge that was in the corner of the kitchen. Tara made her way toward it and opened it up before reaching for some of the containers that Lynn had already packed up. "So what do you do Lynn?" Tara asked, trying to make conversation. Lynn looked at her with a smile, "Paul and I run our own construction company," she replied. "I bet that keeps you busy," Tara replied. Lynn nodded. "Pretty busy," she said. "Justin's not involved in that?" Tara questioned. Lynn shook her head no, "He wasn't interested," she replied. "It really hurt Paul's feelings when he told us, cause you know we did this for him, so he could have a good childhood." Tara turned and watched her as Lynn looked out the kitchen window at people mingling about. Lynn came out of her daze and turned back to Tara who was watching her with a worried expression. Lynn then smiled. "I'm sorry," she giggled in embarrassment. "I shouldn't be telling you these things." Tara semi smiled before going back to packing up things into the fridge. Lynn and Tara continued to chat about whatever came to mind. Tara told her a little more about the movie being shot, and things happening in the business. They had both sat down at the kitchen table with a cup of sweet tea after cleaning up the kitchen and waited for Justin and Randy to return. A few minutes later, Randy made his way into the room first, his cheeks still red from his crying fest but there were no longer tears running down his cheeks. Justin followed him. He spotted the two women sitting and laughing together and it made him stop in his tracks. Tara and Lynn both glanced up at the pair as they entered the room. "Is everything ok now?" Lynn asked, looking sympathetically at Randy. Randy nodded before making his way toward Lynn, his arms reaching out to hug her tightly. Lynn smiled as she pulled him onto her lap and hugged him tightly, and kissed his cheeks. "C'mon, people are leaving and we should go say good-bye," Lynn said as she set Randy down on his feet, and held onto his hand as they made their way out of the kitchen and into the backyard. Justin watched them walk away before he turned back to Tara who was watching him with a small smile. "You guys looked cozy," he said with a chuckle as he made his way over to her. Tara shrugged her shoulder and smiled but didn't say anything. He laughed as he sat down across from her at the table. "Everything okay?" Tara asked him. Justin nodded. "He's having these freak outs lately," he explained. "He thinks one day I'll just pick up and leave him." Tara watched him as he messed with the end of the table cloth, looking down at his hands intently. "I don't know where he gets it from," he continued to explain. "The only thing I can think of is that it has to do with his mom and me splitting up." "You think maybe he should talk to someone about it," Tara suggested. Justin looked up from his hands at her. "Sorry, it's none of my business," Tara answered quickly holding up her hands in defense Justin shook his head before looking down at his hands again. "My mom's suggested it," he explained. "He's only five." He ran a hand through his hair and sighed deeply once more. Tara watched him in silence; she didn't want to overstep her boundaries with him. "Maybe he'll grow out of it," She said simply smiling a little. Justin looked up at her and smiled slightly. "Sorry, I shouldn't be worrying about this now," he said and sat up straighter. He glanced down at his watch that was on his wrist before lifting his arms into the air and stretching them. 'Time to go?" Tara questioned with a smile. Justin shrugged. "You gotta be up early?" he questioned. Tara shrugged with a smile. Justin smirked at her response but before he could say anything else the backdoor opened and closed and Trace could he be heard laughing through the house. Footsteps could be heard as he made his way into the kitchen with Hannah following behind him. "There you guys are," he said watching them. "I thought you guys left without us; you disappeared after the first movie." "Justin was showing me around," Tara replied. "Oh yeah," Trace said with a wink. Hannah rolled her eyes and nudged his side lightly causing Trace to chuckle. "Did you guys have fun?" Tara asked them. "Tons," Trace winked. "What about you two?" Tara giggled and shook her head. "Is your mind always in the gutter Trace?" she asked. Trace opened his mouth to answer, but before he could Justin cut him off. "Pretty much," Justin replied. Trace frowned slightly, "Hey man that's not true," he said. Justin turned to him and gave him a serious look. "Really Trace?" he questioned. Trace laughed after a minute," Okay fine, it's true." He chuckled. They all laughed. They continued to chat for a while before Lynn and Randy made their way back into the house, with Paul following behind them. "We better get going," Justin replied standing up from his seat. Randy pouted holding onto Lynn's leg tightly. "How come?" he asked. Justin laughed at his expression. "We've got a big day ahead of us tomorrow buddy, remember we're going to Millington with Uncle Trace." He said. "Is Tara coming too?" Randy questioned with a smile as he made his way over towards them. Justin remained quiet as he glanced at Tara who was watching him with a smile and knelt down to be his size. "I wish I could," Tara replied. "But I have to work all day tomorrow." "Oh," he said pouting. "So just Uncle Trace is coming?" Trace chuckled. "Geez kid, don't sound so excited." He said. Randy smirked and stuck his tongue out at him. "Oh no you didn't," Trace replied before running towards him. Randy let out a shriek before taking off into the living room with Trace chasing after him. Lynn smiled watching them before turning back towards Tara and Justin. "Well it was nice meeting you Tara," Lynn said as she made her way towards her, her arms opening up in a friendly hug. Tara smiled and hugged her back. "You too," she replied. "I had a great time." Lynn smiled. "Good I'm glad," she said. "You'll have to come over for dinner soon so we can chat some more." Tara nodded. "Definitely," she replied. Paul came forward then and hugged Tara as well, as Lynn made her way over to Hannah giving her a hug as well and then hugged Justin tightly kissing his cheek. As soon as everyone said their good-byes Justin ushered everyone outside and to his truck. They all climbed in and started on their way back to the bungalows. -*- Everyone was quiet on the way back to the bungalows. Randy insisted on sitting in the front seat again between Justin and Tara and a few minutes into the drive he had leaned against Tara's side and had fallen asleep. Tara smiled when she felt his heavy weight lean against her, and moved her arm so that his head rested comfortably on her lap. "Man," Trace mumbled. "He's got the best seat in the house." They all giggled quietly. Tara rolled her eyes at his response before looking out the window at the dark night passing them by. Justin looked in his rear view mirror glancing at Trace and shaking his head as Hannah smacked his shoulder, but she too was giggling. The rest of the drive was quiet, Justin soon pulled onto the dirt road that lead towards the row of bungalows. He parked outside of Tara and Hannah's bungalow. Hannah and Trace got out first and made their way toward the bungalow as Justin turned to Tara and helped her get Randy off of her lap without waking him up. Justin opened his door getting out and leaning over to pick Randy up and put him into the back seat of the truck. Tara got out of the car as well, and stood with her arms crossed over her chest as she waited for Justin to join her. Hannah and Trace were already inside the house, giving Justin and Tara some privacy. Once Justin got Randy buckled into the back he closed the door softly before turning toward Tara who was watching him. "I had a good time tonight," she said with a smile. "Thanks for inviting me." He smiled. "I figured if I didn't then Randy would," he replied. Tara giggled. Justin smiled as he heard her giggle, and he made his way towards her and wrapped his arms around her tightly. Tara smiled as she sunk into his chest, closing her eyes as she took in his scent once more. "I hope you have a good time tomorrow," she said. "We'll try," he said. Tara laughed. She broke the hug and looked up at him as he looked down at her. She stood up on her tip toes her lips touching his lightly. Justin kissed her back softly, holding her closer to him. They broke the kiss a minute later, both breathless as they hugged each other tightly once more. "Call me on your lunch tomorrow ok?" Justin asked. Tara nodded. "I'll try and remember," she said. "I'll have Hannah write it in her organizer." Justin chuckled. "You know how funny that sounds?" he asked. Tara pouted and looked up at him. "I have a lot on my mind okay," she stuck her tongue out at him. He laughed as he reached up and brushed the loose strands of hair from her face, holding her face in his hands lightly. "I'm just teasing you," he said softly. Tara pouted once more. He chuckled and leaned down to kiss her lips once more. Tara leaned against him further as she deepened the kiss, her hand reaching up to wrap around his neck and pulling him closer. Before the kiss got any deeper there was a loud cough that echoed through the night. They both broke the kiss quickly, and looked where the noise had come from. Trace was making his way towards them from the bungalow's porch. "C'mon you two, it's late." He said with a smirk. Justin rolled his eyes before turning to Tara once more. He kissed her forehead lightly before pulling himself away from her. "Call me tomorrow," he reminded her. She nodded. "Have fun," she said. Justin made his way towards the driver side of the car, as Tara turned and made her way toward Trace who was walking towards the car. "See you later Trace," she nudged his shoulder lightly as she passed him. He chuckled as he reached the truck and got into the passenger seat. Justin started to truck as Tara reached the porch and she turned around and waved to them before going inside. Hannah was sitting at her lap top on the couch, typing furiously at something. She looked up at Tara as she made her way into the house. "Can you remind me to call Justin on my lunch tomorrow?" Tara asked as she took off her jacket and kicked off her shoes. Hannah nodded as she stopped typing and reached for her organizer, flipping to a page and began to write on it. "Thank you," Tara replied with a smile. "Did you have a good time?" "It was okay," Hannah replied before going back to typing away. "I saw you talking to a group of people when we got there," Tara commented. "Was that his family?" Hannah nodded. "He introduced me to his mom, and sisters," she said. "I met Justin's parents too," Tara replied. "And Randy's other grandmother." "How was that?" Hannah asked. Tara shrugged. "Kind of nerve wracking," she said. "It seemed like it went okay though." Tara glanced at the time on the wall clock and yawned slightly. "I should probably go to bed," Tara replied and made her way towards her bedroom. "Night Hannah, don't stay up too late." "Night." Tara walked into her bedroom and closed her door. She put her purse on her dresser before taking off her clothes and changing into her pajamas. She went into the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth and then went back into her room saying good-night to Hannah once more. She got under the covers after setting her alarm on her phone and closed her eyes. The night's events playing through her mind as she thought about how if things kept going the way they were, the next three months were going to be the best three months of her life. Comments? Questions? E-mail me at Spacey1141@hotmail.com |
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New Justin Story: Something More [Chapter 14] (4-20) | ||
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Better late then never right? I know I said I would have this chapter out during Spring Break but time got away from me. I'm sorry
Chapter 14:
The weekend passed by quickly for everyone with plenty of events to keep them busy. Justin, Trace and Randy had a good boys' weekend in Millington and spent most of the day there on Saturday. They went to a little fair where there were arcade games, and go-karts, and plenty of junk food to go around. On Sunday, the boys packed up a lunch and headed down to the lake to lounge around for the afternoon. On both days Tara got a chance to call Justin, but the conversations never lasted very long before Tara had to head back on set or do something else. Monday morning came quickly for the Timberlake men. Justin woke up on time and got Randy up and ready for school and for his mother's in an hours time. He sat him down at the bar once again with a bowl of cereal as he went about packing up his lunch for the day. "Are you going to see Tara today?" Randy asked as he spooned cereal into his mouth. Justin smiled at the question. "I don't know," he replied. "How come?" Randy questioned. Justin chuckled. "Because she has to work," he explained. "She might not have time to see me." "I bet she will," Randy said with a smile as he picked at one of the floating marshmallows in his cereal. Justin chuckled. "You do huh?" he questioned. Randy nodded. Justin looked up at him, "Stop picking at your food and eat it please," he said. Randy sighed before spooning another bite of cereal into his mouth. He continued to eat for a few minutes before looked up at Justin once more and spoke. "She's fun," he said simply with a smile. Justin chuckled. "Well I'll tell her you think so," Justin said with a smile as he finished packing up his lunch. Randy finished off his cereal, and started to drink the milk from the bowl making loud slurping noises. "So don't forget Mom is picking you up today," Justin said as he wiped his hands on a dishtowel and looked at Randy. Randy finished drinking his milk and nodded at him, licking the film off his upper lip then wiped it off with the back of his hand. "Will I get to see you?" he questioned, a small pout forming on his lips. Justin walked over to him taking his empty bowl and putting it into the sink. "I don't think so buddy," he replied. "It's your mom's turn and she's been gone all weekend don't you miss her?" "Yeah," he sighed. Justin chuckled before making his way over to him with his sack lunch and setting it on the bar in front of him. He leaned down and kissed his head lightly. "Maybe if you're good boy Tara will come over for dinner this week ok?" Justin asked. Randy's smile brightened immediately and he looked up at him. "Really?" he questioned. Justin nodded. "Really," he replied. "But you have to be good okay?" Randy nodded. "Good," Justin replied. "Now go get your shoes on, we're gonna be late." Randy jumped off the stool before rushing towards the foyer where his shoes were laying. Justin cleaned off the counter with a rag once more before grabbing Randy's lunch bag and headed into the foyer where Randy was tying his shoes. Justin got his keys out and opened the front door and waited for Randy to finish tying his shoes. Once he did he jumped up and raced out the door heading toward the truck. Justin chuckled as he watched him; he stepped out of the house and closed the door locking it before heading toward the truck as well. They both got into the truck and Justin made his way down the familiar road towards Randy's school. He got him there and dropped him off, signing him in and helped him get situated before heading out and going toward the diner to meet Trace for breakfast once again. After having breakfast with Trace, and talking to Sherry a little at the diner he headed out to his truck and made his way out to the high school for another day of practice. -*- Tara's weekend was just as busy. She spent most of the day on Saturday in a small community close by filming inside of a house with her movie parents Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton. (Coach Taylor and his wife from Friday Night Lights TV show - picture link at the end of the chapter) On Sunday she headed back to the high school to do more costume fittings with Ruby. After that she had a meeting with Jackson, he wanted to run a few scenes from the movie by her and get her opinion on some things. By the end of each day she was so tired that she couldn't wait for them to get back to the bungalows so she could get to bed. Monday morning, Tara didn't have to be at the high school until later in the morning so she got a chance to sleep in a little. Unfortunately, knowing she was going to see Justin was making her anxious and once she woke up she couldn't fall back asleep. She got out of bed and got dressed in some work out clothes; she figured a run might help her nerves a little bit. She took a small jog around the property of the bungalows with her iPod buds in her ears. She finished a few laps and made her way back onto her porch to do some stretching. As she was doing so, she noticed Tyler making his way toward her; he too was in work out clothes and had his iPod buds in his ears. She spotted him and gave him a small smile as he reached her. "Hey Tyler," she said pulling one bud out of her ear so she could hear his response. "Hey, how are ya?" he asked smiling. "Good," Tara replied. "Just decided to get a small jog in before a busy day," "Sounds fun," Tyler replied with a smile. Tara chuckled. "Tons," she said. "Where were you Friday night?" he questioned. "I expected to see you at the bar with everyone else." "Oh um, Justin had a family movie night thing and invited me to it," Tara replied biting her bottom lip watching him carefully. "Oh," he said simply. "You've been spending a lot of time with him." Tara nodded. "A little bit," she said. "Is that really a good idea?" Tyler asked a minute later. Tara stopped stretching and looked at him in shock. "Tyler, I really don't-" she started but he cut her off. "Tara, it's really none of my business," Tyler shook his head. "I just…" he bit his bottom lip before continuing. "I just don't want you to get hurt." "I'm a big girl Tyler," she explained. "I can take care of myself." Tyler nodded. "I know you can," he explained. "I just don't want to see you get hurt again." Tara remained quiet as she tried to think of something to tell Tyler, something that would explain what she was doing with Justin. Something to justify this relationship she was getting deeper and deeper into. "Justin's a great guy, I'm sure." Tyler started. "But can he be there for you, the way you need someone there for you?" Tara was still at a loss for words when she heard the front door behind her open, and Hannah poked her head out of the door. "Hey, we gotta leave in about 20 minutes." Hannah said. Tara nodded then turned to Tyler who was starting to put his iPod ear buds back into his ears. "I'll see ya on the set," he called before turning and running around the property. Tara watched him run before turning back to Hannah who was watching her intently. "Everything okay?" Hannah asked as Tara made her way into the house. "Fine," Tara replied. "What did Tyler have to say?" Hannah asked watching as Tara took off her shoes. "I don't want to talk about it," Tara replied as she made her way into her bedroom and closed the door loudly behind her. Hannah frowned before going back into her room to finish getting dressed for the day. Tara came out of her bedroom 10 minutes later, dressed and ready for another day of filming. Hannah had talked Markus into letting them rent a car for the remainder of their stay so they wouldn't have to be driven around. Hannah and Tara got into their small car a few minutes later and headed down to the high school for another busy day. -*- Tara kept to herself throughout the day; instead she put all her frustration into her work. She gave Jackson everything he wanted from the scenes that she was filming that morning and he was excited to tell her she may get out early that night. Also the fact that she hadn't heard from Justin all day, not a text message or a short phone call, and it was driving her crazy. Despite everyone's warnings, she was staring to develop deep feelings for this country boy. Because she hadn't heard from Justin, she opted to have lunch with Renee instead. They made their way towards where the Diner had set up their buffet for everyone on the movie. They stood in line with everyone else and after Renee shamelessly flirted with Andrew they went and sat down on one of the tables. "So," Renee said with a smile as she watched Tara check her phone for the millionth time that day. Tara looked up at her. "Yes?" she questioned. "You gonna see Justin tonight?" she asked as she ate a French fry off her plate. "Maybe," Tara replied with a shrug. Renee giggled. "Oh come on, are we keeping secrets now?" she asked. "Maybe," Tara replied with a smirk. Renee rolled her eyes. "Fine, keep secrets see if I care," she said. "I just won't tell you anything that's happening with me." Tara laughed. "That's fine, I don't need to know about your personal life," she said. "Well I need to know about yours," Renee said. "So tell me!" She shook her head. "There's nothing to tell," she said. "Oh come on!" Renee said. Tara sighed. "Renee, please stop," she started. "I don't want to get into this now." Renee pouted. "Fine," she crossed her arms over her chest. Tara looked at her. "You look like Randy when he pouts," she giggled. Renee continued to pout as Tara giggled and went back to her meal. She brought up Andrew and that kept Renee distracted from Tara's personal life. They were about 20 minutes into their lunch when Tara glanced down at her phone once more, and sighed once again seeing no missed messages or texts. "Expecting a call?" A voice came from behind her. Tara gasped and turned quickly, Justin was standing there in his school uniform of khaki pants and a black polo shirt. She smiled and stood up quickly wrapping her arms around him and hugging him tightly. Justin chuckled as he hugged her back, and leaned over to kiss her cheek lightly. "I hope I didn't interrupt anything," Justin asked looking at Renee. Renee shook her head. "Nope, we were talking about you anyway," she winked. He laughed. Tara turned to her. "I wasn't talking about you, she was trying to get information out of me," she stuck her tongue out at her. Renee rolled her eyes. "Well I'm gonna leave you two alone," she said and got up. They both watched her walk away before Justin turned to Tara who was watching him with a smile and leaned into to kiss his cheek lightly. They sat down at the table and turned to each other as Tara finished eating her lunch. "Talking about me?" he asked with a wink. Tara laughed. "She was being nosy," she replied. "Have you eaten?" He nodded. "I let the guys out early and had my lunch in my office," he replied. "Why didn't you call me?" she asked. "I would have joined you." He smiled. "I figured I'd wait until I saw everyone having lunch before I decided to bug you," he replied. "You never bug me," she said. He wrapped his arm around her waist, holding her to his side as she finished her lunch. "So, how's your day been?" he asked. She nodded. "Okay," she said. "Shooting seems to be on schedule." "That's good," he said. "You think you might get out in time for dinner?" Tara smiled and turned to look at him. "Do you have something in mind?" she asked. He smiled and ducked his head in shyness. Tara smiled as she snuggled closer to him, laying her head on his shoulder. He laughed as he rubbed her arm lightly. "Randy's gonna be at his mom's tonight," he commented. "I was just wondering if you wanted to go to dinner." Tara's smile brightened. "Really?" she asked. He chuckled. "Yes," he said. "But only if you want to of course." "I'd love to," Tara replied quickly. He looked up at her and smiled slightly. She watched his expression and giggled before leaning in to kiss his lips lightly. They pulled back and looked at each other for a minute. Tara smiled once again before smiling and leaning in to kiss his lips again, this time the kiss lasted a little longer. Tara groaned lightly as she broke the kiss, leaning her forehead against his and they both smiled at each other before Tara went back to eating. Tara finished her lunch as Justin told her about the weekend he spent with Randy and Trace. After about a half hour more, it was time for Tara to get back to work. She had to get her scenes done today if she wanted to have dinner with Justin. She finished off her water before standing up along with Justin. She leaned in and kissed his lips lightly once more. "I'll call you when I know what time we're done," she said. He nodded. "Have a good rest of the day." She smiled. "You too." She made her way towards where the trailers were so she could freshen up for her next scene. Justin watched her walk away, smiling to himself. -*- The rest of Tara's day went smoothly, she was able to get what she needed to done and Jackson let her go for the night. She texted Justin on the way back to the bungalow with Hannah and told him she would be available for dinner. He texted her back and told her to be ready by six and he would pick her up. She took a shower and got ready for her next date with Justin. Tara was excited to actually spend some alone time with him. Since they had started seeing each other, Randy was usually by his side, not that Tara minded him there but it was nice to be with Justin without any interruptions. Justin had told her they were going to a nice place so to dress in something that wasn't jeans. She put in a black knee-length skirt, and a red form-fitting shirt. She curled her hair and left it down, and slipped on some black flats to complete the outfit. She was putting on her make up when there was a knock on her bedroom door. "Come in," Tara replied as she looked up from her spot on the bed. The door opened and Hannah poked her head inside, spotting her on the bed and walked the rest of the way in. "Going out again?" she asked. Tara nodded. "Justin's taking me to some Italian place outside of town," she replied. "Randy going too?" Hannah asked. Tara shook her head. "No, he's at his mom's for a few days," she said. Hannah nodded and before she could say anything else, Tara spoke up again. "I'll be careful," Tara replied. Hannah pushed her lips into a straight line and stayed quiet. "Trace coming over?" Tara asked after a few minutes of silence. "Not if I can help it," Hannah mumbled rolling her eyes. Tara laughed. "He really likes you," she said. "You should give him a chance." "I'm good," Hannah replied. "Call me if you need anything please?" Tara nodded. Hannah left the room and Tara finished getting ready. A few minutes later she heard Justin's truck rumbling up the road and smiled before grabbing her jacket, and purse and walking out of her room. Hannah was typing away on her lap top again when Tara walked out and she laughed. "Hannah, you're off the clock," Tara replied. "Take a break, will you?" Hannah looked up from the computer and smiled at her before going back to typing. "Markus has some things he wants me to go over with you," Hannah said. "We can do it tomorrow though." Tara nodded. She looked out the front window and saw Justin's truck stop in front of her bungalow and he got out, making his way towards the front door. He was dressed in nice black slacks, and a dark blue long sleeved dress shirt. She smiled and walked to the door opening it before he had a chance to knock. He saw her face come into view from behind the door and smiled. "Hi," he said smiling shyly. "You look great," Tara smiled. "Thanks," she replied. "You look nice yourself." He smiled. Tara stuck on her sweater, as Justin walked behind her quickly to help her. She smiled at him before turning back to Hannah who was pretending to ignore them. "I'll see you later Hannah," Tara called. Hannah looked up at them and smiled. "Have a good night," she said. She went back to typing as Justin held his arm out for Tara to make her way out of the bungalow first. She walked out and made her way down the steps of the bungalow with Justin following behind her. He rushed to the passenger door and opened it for her, she smiled and got inside. He closed the door with a smile before rushing toward the driver's side and got in quickly. -*- They chatted easily on the way to the restaurant, never a silent awkward moment between them. They reached the small Italian place, and Justin held the door open for her as she got out and smiled. She wrapped her arm around his waist, and he had his around her shoulder as they made their way towards the small restaurant. They got a small booth in the back of the restaurant; the waitress took their drink order and then left them alone. Tara took a look around the small restaurant then looked back at Justin who was rubbing the back of his neck, and noticed that he was bouncing his leg quickly. She smiled and reached across the table, reaching for his other hand that was sitting on the table. "Justin," she said quietly, waiting for him to look at her. He looked up at her, his leg stopped moving and he sat up straight. "Are you all right?" she asked. He sighed; letting out a breath he had been holding and closed his eyes, running his hand over his forehead wiping off the sweat that was starting to glisten there. "I'm sorry," he explained. "I haven't been on a date since…" Tara squeezed his hand reassuringly. "You're fine," she said. "It's been a while since I've been on a decent date too." "This probably isn't what you're used to either," Justin sighed and bit his bottom lip. "It's great," Tara replied. "You can't go wrong with Italian food." Justin relaxed a little when Tara gave his hand a final squeeze before picking up her menu and started to look through the different items. The waitress came back with their drinks and took their dinner order before leaving them alone once again. Tara got Justin to relax a little bit more and they continued their chatter all the way through dinner. They were laughing and talking about the night they had met in the bar in town, how Hannah had one too many Long Island Iced Teas and Renee was having the time of her life with Andrew. During their conversation, Justin's cell phone started to vibrate, and even though there was no music, Tara could hear the vibrations. Justin pulled it out of his pocket and looked at the caller ID. "It's Randy," he said. Tara nodded. "Answer it," she replied quickly. Justin smiled at her, "I'll be real quick," he said. Tara nodded and she took a drink of her wine that was almost done. Justin flipped his phone open, "Hey buddy, shouldn't you be asleep?" he asked quietly into the phone. Tara smiled as she listened to his side of the conversation as she finished her drink. "Love you too buddy, go to sleep okay?" he asked. "I'll see you tomorrow." Justin then laughed. "No, you can talk to her later this week when she comes over for dinner," he explained. Tara smiled at him and held her hand out for the phone. He sighed and handed it to her, "I'm sorry," he whispered. "Its fine," she whispered then pressed the phone to her ear. "Hey buddy," she said with a smile. "Tara!" Randy's voice rang out over the line. Tara giggled. "How are you kiddo, I haven't seen you in forever!" she said. "I know!" Randy replied. "Are you coming to dinner this week?" Tara smiled. "Sure I'll come, but you gotta be good and do everything your Dad says okay?" she asked. "Okay, I have to go now," Randy said. Tara laughed. "Okay, good night Randy," she said. "Night!" he called before the phone hung up. Tara smiled as she hung up his phone and handed it back to Justin. "Sorry," Justin said taking it back and putting it back into his pocket. "Its fine," she said with a smile. "How's he been lately?" "Good actually," he replied. "No problems lately." Tara nodded. "That's good," she said. "Are you still thinking about taking him to see someone?" "I don't know," he answered. "I'm going to have to talk to Susan about that." "It might help," she encouraged. She noticed he didn't want to talk about it anymore, so she quickly changed the subject and asked Justin more questions about his parents. She learned that his parents got divorced when he was young as well, and that Paul wasn't his real father but his step father. His real father had remarried and had two sons with his new wife; they lived in the next town over. They finished off their dinner and Justin insisted on paying, Tara agreed only if she could buy the next one. The drive on the way back to Tara's was quiet; Tara watched the landscape pass by as she held Justin's hand in her lap, running her fingers across his lightly. They reached her bungalow some minutes later, and Justin stopped the truck at the front of her bungalow. "I had a really good time," Tara said as she turned and watched him. Justin looked at her, "I hope everything was okay," he said. She nodded. "Of course, it was great," she said. "I had a great time." Justin smiled. "I'm glad," he said. Tara noticed Andrew's truck was parked outside of Renee's bungalow and she gave a small giggle. Justin looked at her, then at where she was staring and saw Andrew's truck. "Someone's getting close," he commented then turned back to Tara. Tara looked at him and smiled. "They've been hanging out pretty much every night since they met," she said. He chuckled. "That's Andy," he replied. "Is Andrew really just a friend from high school?" Tara asked, she had noticed Randy's strong bond with him, stronger then his bond with Trace. Justin licked his lips before turning toward her, "He's Susan's brother," he said. "He must really hate me then," Tara mumbled as she turned and looked at his truck once again. Justin shook his head. "Susan and I tried as much as we could to save what we had," he explained. "Andy knows that, he just wants us all to be happy." He noticed Tara still wasn't looking at him and he leaned over, hooking his finger under her chin making her look at him. "Tara," he said quietly. She looked up at him, but remained quiet. It wasn't like her to be self-conscious, but something about Justin was different. "You don't have anything to worry about," Justin replied. "This place is about respect and everyone respects everyone around here." Tara smiled at him. He laughed before he leaned in to kiss her lips lightly, his hand reaching up to hold her cheek so that the kiss lasted a little longer. Tara broke the kiss; her eyes opening and she smiled at him before wrapping her arms around him tightly and hugged him. "I had a great time," she whispered. Justin smiled. "Me too," he said. "I should probably go though," she replied. "I have another early morning tomorrow." Justin nodded in understanding. "I'll see you sometime tomorrow," he replied. Tara smiled before leaning in to kiss his lips once more. She felt his hand leave her face and travel down her arm and moving to her waist. He held her waist lightly as he gently pulled her closer to him. Her hands rested on his shoulders as she leaned closer to him. They broke the kiss when they heard a car door slam shut and they both looked toward Andrew's truck as he started it up and took off. They both turned to each other and Justin chuckled as he leaned forward to kiss Tara's forehead. Tara sighed closing her eyes and then opened them again. "I should go," she said again. Justin nodded. Tara smiled as she wrapped her arms around him tightly as he did the same to her. She broke the hug and grabbed her purse before opening the door. Justin got out and walked around the side to hold the door open. Tara smiled and stepped out, Justin walked up with her to the front door where she turned and hugged him once more. She just couldn't get enough of him. "Get some sleep," Justin whispered. "You've got a long day." Tara smiled. "I'll see you tomorrow?" she asked. He nodded. She leaned up and kissed him once more before breaking the hug and walking towards the door. She opened it and turned to him smiling at him once more. "Good night Justin," She said. "Night," he replied. She closed the door, and Justin turned making his way back to his car. Tara snuck a peek at him through the curtained window and watched him hop into his truck and take off. "You're back early," Tara jumped and gasped turning around quickly to see Hannah watching her from the doorway of her bedroom. She was dressed in sweats and a sweatshirt, her hair up in a ponytail and her reading glasses on her head. "Geez Hannah," Tara replied relaxing a little. "Sorry," she replied. "I have an early day tomorrow," Tara said as she locked the front door and then made her way toward her bedroom. "Night." "Good night," Hannah replied. Tara walked into her bedroom and kicked off her flats; she took off her clothes and put on some comfy pajamas before climbing into bed. Her phone vibrated when she was putting it on the charger and she looked at it, already knowing who it could be. "I had a great time tonight. I'll see you tomorrow. Don't get any lunch "
Tara smiled and wrote him back good-night before getting under her covers and getting comfortable. She closed her eyes, the night replaying in her mind as she slept.
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So, I'm coming into my last week and a half of the semester. It feels SO good to be almost done! Anyway, I had a chance to get some writing done in between
homework so I thought I should post a chapter to tie you guys over until my summer vacation.
It's a long one, the longest I have ever written I think,
17 pages. Please continue to let me know what you think; I enjoy hearing from you all. As you have noticed as well I am nominated at the NF.net awards
I'll let you know when voting begins. Thanks for reading and reviewing!
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Chapter 15:
Weeks went by in a blur for everyone, before they knew it they had been filming in Tennessee for almost a month. Tara and Justin had been growing closer and closer by the day, along with Renee and Andrew. As much as Hannah wanted to fight it, she and Trace were hanging out quite a bit as well. Tara had been invited to a few dinners with Lynn and Paul, and also had the chance to meet Susan in passing. She didn't really sit and talk to her but she happened to be at Justin's when she came to pick Randy up one weekend. That particular weekend, the group had some time off so Justin decided it would be a good weekend to have a barbeque. Thanks to Randy's begging everyday for the past month, Justin had put in an above ground pool. It wasn't too wide or deep but it was enough for Randy to have a good time in and for the adults to relax in. Justin was standing in the kitchen cutting up some vegetables for the salad. He was dressed in long black swim trunks, a white tank top, and a pair of black flip flops on his feet. He was humming a tune when he felt arms wrap around his stomach from behind and he jumped a little, and heard a giggle. He shook his head with a chuckle after realizing exactly who it was. "Did I scare you?" Tara asked, leaning her forehead against his back. "A little," he commented before finishing chopping his vegetables. "You almost made me cut my finger off." Tara giggled. "Sorry," she left a kiss on his back before she headed toward the fridge and grabbed herself a bottle of water. She was dressed in jeans shorts with a white tank top and a black bikini underneath. She took a drink from the bottle before putting it down on the counter. "Do you need any help?" she asked. He shook his head. "I think I'm about done in here," he replied. "Can you grab some extra towels from the closet though?" he asked. She nodded and made her way back down the hallway toward the closet. She opened it and grabbed a few towels and closed the closet once again. As she was making her way back down the hallway the doorbell rang. "Tar! Can you get that?" Justin called from the kitchen. Tara smiled at the nickname he had taken to calling her for the past couple of weeks. She made her way toward the front door and opened it. Trace and Hannah were standing there. Trace was dressed in a pair of long swim trunks and a plain white t-shirt while holding a meat platter with enough meet to feed a small army. "Hey guys!" Tara said with a smile. Trace walked in, kissing Tara's cheek before heading toward the kitchen. Tara turned back to Hannah who was dressed in a baggy shirt and a pair of cloth capris. She had her laptop bag hanging on her arm. "You're not really going to be working are you?" Tara asked as she moved out of the way so Hannah could make her way into the house. Hannah shrugged as she walked into the house. Tara closed the door and made her way toward the kitchen. Trace and Justin were standing at the counter looking at the meat lying on the platter. "You marinated too much," Justin said poking at the meat with a fork. "I did not," Trace said. "You'll see it will be perfect." The boys continued their argument as they made their way outside and into the backyard. Tara watched them before giggling to herself and turning to Hannah. "Did you want a drink or something?" Tara asked. Hannah shook her head no, "I'm fine thanks," she replied. "We should head out back then," Tara said and nodded her head toward the back door. "Are you gonna swim?" she asked. Hannah shrugged. They made their way toward the backdoor and opened the sliding glass door. Trace and Justin were standing by the barbeque getting it ready. Tara went and set the towels down on a near by chair before grabbing one of them and made herself a spot on one of the lounge chairs. Hannah made herself a spot in the shade and started to pull out her laptop when Trace called out. "Oh no you don't," he joked. "You take that out and I'm going to toss you into the pool." Hannah looked up at him and gave him a dirty look before sticking out her tongue at him. "I mean it Hannah," Trace warned. She rolled her eyes and sat back in the chair crossing her arms in front of her. Tara giggled as she glanced at them before lying back in her chair. About 20 minutes later, Andrew and Renee showed up with the drinks. Andrew went right to the grill with Justin and Trace while Renee pulled a lounge chair up next to Tara and they started talking. "What is Hannah doing?" Renee asked as she slipped her sunglasses over her eyes. Tara shrugged. "She's being Hannah," she replied. "Is that her laptop bag?" Renee asked. Tara nodded. "She tried to take it out and Trace wouldn't let her," she giggled. "You should have seen her face." Renee giggled. They were quiet for a while just soaking in the sun while the guys finished cooking the meat. "So, how are things?" Renee asks with a sly smile. Tara couldn't help but smile. Things with Justin had been great, they were taking things slow and it was unlike any relationship she had ever been in. It was nice. She appreciated him for who he was and everything he did for his family. When Tara didn't respond, Renee turned and looked at her and noticed her bright smile, she giggled and shook her head. "That good huh?" Renee asked. "Things are good," Tara agreed. "How about you guys?" Renee's smile brightened and that was all the answer Tara needed. They started talking like the high school girls they were portraying in the movie they were filming. They continued their conversation until that heard, "Are you guy's ready to eat?" Trace called to them from the barbeque. Tara and Renee both got up and made their way to the picnic table that was in the shade. Everyone got a plate and served up their food and drink and sat around the small table and began to eat and talk. -*- An hour or so later everyone had finished eating and were just sitting around talking and finishing their drinks. The boys wanted to plan a day at the lake with speedboats and jet skis, as well as a day in Millington for another day at the fair. The conversation turned to the movie talk. "So, how are things with the movie coming?" Trace asked as he took a drink of his beer. "Things are good," Tara replied. "We've got a lot of the filming done at the school already." "Where else are you gonna film?" Trace asked. "I think we're gonna film a few scenes at the Diner," Tara responded. "Oh! The lake scene too," Renee jumped in. "Lake scene?" Andrew replied. "Does that mean bikini's?" The group laughed. "You're a perv," Renee replied hitting his arm. He laughed. "Yeah, but you love it." Renee stuck her tongue out at him. "I give my permission to film at the Auto Repair place," Trace jumped in causing the group the laugh. "I'm serious!" "Trace, these characters are in high school," Tara explained. "Their parent's take care of all that stuff for them." "So then have the parent's scenes filmed there," Trace replied. The group laughed again. "Give it up Trace," Justin said finishing off his beer before standing up. "I'm getting another, anyone want?" Andrew and Trace both nodded, and Tara stood up. "I'll go with you," she said with a smile as she took the empty bottles from the table and followed Justin into the house. They made their way into the kitchen, and Tara dumped the empty bottles into the recycling bin as Justin went to the fridge to get out new beers. "Are you having fun?" Justin asked her as he began to pull the tops off of the beer bottles with his opener. Tara looked at him and smiled before she nodded. She walked over to him and leaned into his side, Justin wrapped his arm around her waist pulling her closer as he kissed the top of her head. "It's too bad Randy couldn't be here," she said. "I know," Justin answered. "Believe me; I tried everything Susan wouldn't budge." "Is it because of me?" She asked. He turned her so that she was standing in front of him leaning back against the counter. His hands moved to her cheeks, as he held her face lightly before leaning down and kissing her lips softly. Tara groaned as she leaned against him, moving her arms to wrap around his neck pulling him closer. Justin broke the kiss a minute later and looked down at her before kissing her forehead lightly. "It's not you," he mumbled lightly. "Susan is very by the book, she likes a schedule." "Are you sure?" she asked. Justin chuckled before leaning into kiss her forehead lightly once again. "Yes, I promise," he replied. Tara sighed and pouted lightly. Justin laughed. "C'mon, we should head back out there." He said. Tara nodded. She reached for one of the bottles as Justin grabbed the other two and they headed back outside. The group was laughing about something as they put the three bottles on the table. "Who wants to swim?" Tara said with a smile as she handed Trace his bottle. "Oh me!" Renee said moving her chair to get out of the seat. They took off their jean shorts and tank tops before climbing into the pool. Justin and Andrew looked at each other before taking off their tank tops and heading toward the pool as well. There was a lot of chasing, tickling, and laughing going on that Hannah tried her hardest not to gag in response. Trace had been watching the group before he turned to Hannah. "Don't want to go in?" He asked her taking a drink of his beer. She shook her head, "I'm fine," she replied. "You can go in if you want to though." He shook his head in response. "I'm fine," he replied. Tara was sitting on Justin's shoulders as Renee was on Andrews and they attempted to play chicken fight. After playing a few games of chicken, the group floated around the pool to cool off. Tara had her arms around Justin's neck, and wrapped her leg around his waist from behind. Justin was holding her legs around his waist rubbing them softly as they floated around the pool. Renee had her arms around Andrew's neck, but they were facing each other. "Hannah!" Renee called. "Come in!" Hannah looked up from the book she had snuck out of her bag when Trace had left to take a business call. "I'm fine," Hannah called back. "C'mon," Renee said. "Aren't you hot?" Hannah shrugged. "Just a dip, it'll cool you off," Renee continued. Hannah sighed; she knew Renee wouldn't give up until she got in. She closed her book and stood up and pulled off her clothes that were over her one-piece bathing suit. "Woohoo!" Renee cheered. Hannah made her way toward the pool and climbed in slowly, before ducking under the water to get her hair wet. "See, isn't that better?" Renee asked once she came back from under the water. Trace came back from talking on the phone and saw Hannah swimming around in the pool. He took off his tank top and jumped into the water causing it to go everywhere. The group talked more about what was going on around town. There was going to be a big 4th of July celebration down by the lake that week with tons of games and good food. The group made plans to go together. Lynn and Paul were planning another movie night soon and the whole group was invited this time. They started to make plans for the upcoming weekends when the girls weren't filming when Hannah spoke up. "Tara, don't you have that press thing in New York next weekend?" Hannah questioned. Justin turned to look at Tara who was resting her chin on his shoulder, still hugging him from behind. He had a questioning expression on his face, and Tara started to un-wrap her arms from around him as he moved away from her. "Oh," Tara said caught off guard. "I guess I do." "Aww, you're gonna leave us?" Andrew pouted. "Just for a little bit," Tara explained quickly. "It's just some press stuff I have to do for the film." "For how long?" Andrew asked. "A weekend," Tara replied quickly, taking a look at Justin who was now on the other side of the pool. She then looked at Hannah who had realized what she said and gave Tara an apologetic look. Justin began to climb out of the pool. "Jus, where you goin?" Trace asked. "I'm just gonna clean up," he replied taking a towel from one of the chairs and started to dry himself off. "I'll help," Tara replied quickly making her way to the steps to get out. Justin didn't say anything as he wiped off the remaining water off his chest and made his way toward the picnic table and started piling up plates. Tara dried off quickly, wrapping the towel around her waist before rushing to follow him into the house. Hannah turned to the group in the pool, "I said something I shouldn't have didn't I?" she asked. "Just leave them alone for a while," Trace cautioned wrapping an arm around Hannah's shoulders bringing her close to him. -*- Tara followed Justin into the kitchen, and watched as he dumped the plates into the sink loudly. He sighed as he rested his hands on the counter, and took a deep breath. "How long have you known about this?" he asked. Tara licked her lips before answering quietly, "A couple of weeks," she replied. "So you were just gonna pick up and leave without telling me?" He questioned looking up at her. "No!" Tara replied quickly, "of course not." "Then why am I finding this out now?" Justin questioned. "When you knew a couple of weeks ago?" "I-" Tara started. "I didn't know how to tell you." Justin shook his head and began to fill up the sink with hot, soapy water. Tara remained quiet as she watched him, and began to gnaw on her bottom lip. "Is this how it's gonna end too?" Justin asked. "You're just going to pick up and leave?" "No!" Tara cried. "Justin, please, don't freak out about this." Justin scoffed before shutting off the water and starting the dishes, scrubbing the plates. "I watch you all day flirting with that co-star of yours then you come to my place to play house with my son and now you're just gonna leave without saying anything!" he argued. That caught Tara off guard. He never spoke to her that way, he was angry, and she didn't know what to do to change it. She could feel the tears starting to develop in her eyes but she blinked them away quickly. But she couldn't stop the sniffle from escaping. Justin froze when he heard it, but then went back to washing dishes. "I didn't realize I was causing you so much pain," Tara replied as she wiped her eyes quickly. He remained quiet as he added more dirty dishes into the sink. "Just so you know, I would never leave without saying anything," she started. "I care about you and Randy too much to do that." He just continued scrubbing rest of the dishes. "Whether you believe me or not is your own issue," she finished. She watched him as he finished the dishes and rinsed them before putting them on a rack to dry. She made her way over to him slowly and when she reached his side she put a hand on his shoulder, and he looked at her. He noticed how red her eyes were from trying to keep the tears at bay and that broke his heart even more then the situation. He turned and reached up to hold her face in his hands. "I'm sorry," he whispered. That caused the tears to escape from Tara's eyes and she tried to move her face away from his hands so that he wouldn't see them but he held her face firmly and wiped the tears away with his thumbs "You're important to me too," he said softly. She reached up taking his hands into hers and pulling them away from her face as she looked him in the eye. "That was really hurtful," she commented. "I'm sorry," he apologized again. "I was caught off guard." "So, every time you're caught off guard you're gonna say hurtful things to me?" she asked crossing her arms over her chest. He sighed and ran a hand through his semi-wet curly hair. He turned and looked out the window of the small kitchen. "You know I didn't mean what I said," he replied. "Then why did you say it?" she asked. "I told you, I was caught off guard," he explained. "I know it's not an excuse and I'm sorry I said those things to you, but you have to understand where I'm coming from." Tara watched him as he turned and looked at her, his eyes sad and pleading with her. "I'm dating this gorgeous popular movie star, who can have anyone in the world," he explained. "But she picked me, a single dad and basketball coach from Tennessee." "You're more then just a single dad and a basketball coach Justin," Tara replied watching him closely. He made his way toward her and stood in front of her, "I got scared I guess," he mumbled as he looked down at his bare feet. "You're going to leave, and not come back." Tara sighed before she un-crossed her arms and wrapped them around him tightly, burying her face in his chest. He sighed as he wrapped his arms around her, pulling her tight against his chest. He leaned down and kissed the top of her head lightly. "Tar, I…" he whispered. "I love you." Tara looked up at him quickly, as he looked down at her. Before she could reply, he leaned down and kissed her lips, his hand holding onto her cheek as he deepened the kiss. Tara groaned into the kiss, kissing him back as she leaned against him causing him to lean back against the kitchen counter. When he hit the counter, he broke the kiss and looked at her. When she didn't say anything he opened his mouth to say something, to explain what he said, when she shook her head and put her finger to his lips to keep them closed. He watched her, his eyes big in question. She reached up, wrapping her other hand around his neck and pulling his lips to her once again in a deep kiss. She didn't have to say the words for Justin to know that Tara felt the same way about him. -*- After Tara and Justin made up from their little fight, they made their back outside where Andrew and Trace were playing one on one while Renee was sitting out in a lounge chair tanning and Hannah was back reading a book at the picnic table. Tara went to sit with Renee while Justin joined the boys on the basketball court. No one brought up what had just happened for the rest of the night. After a few hours, the three couples said their good-byes and went on their way. Tara was going to spend the night with Justin, so Trace volunteered to take Hannah home. After a few hugs and kisses on the cheek Andrew and Renee left as well as Hannah and Trace. Tara went to take a shower to get all the chlorine off, while Justin finished up cleaning the kitchen. She came out in a pair of cloth shorts and a tank top, her hair was down and semi-wet from air drying. She walked into the kitchen once again and Justin was rinsing off the last dish. She smiled as she walked behind him and wrapped her arms around his back like she did in the beginning of the day. He didn't jump this time when he felt her arms wrap around his waist. "Feel better?" he asked. She smiled. "Much," she replied. "You should go take a shower, I'll finish up." "Are you sure?" He asked. She moved herself next to him and bumped his hip with hers so she could move him over. He laughed as he handed her the dish towel before kissing her head. "I'll be quick," he replied and made his way down the hall to take a quick shower. Tara finished up the dishes and got them dried and put away. She then made her way into the living room and sat down on his couch and turned on the TV waiting for Justin to finish his shower. He came out 20 minutes later in long pajama pants and a plain white T-shirt. He jumped over the back of the couch and landed half way on top of her on the other side. Tara shrieked in surprise when she felt Justin's weight land on top of her. He laughed as he laid on his side next to her, holding her close to him, her back against his chest as they faced the TV. "Whatcha watchin'?" he asked, as he leaned into to rest his chin against shoulder holding her close. "I don't know, just flipping through," she replied as she snuggled back into him. He moved in and started to leave small kisses on the side of her neck, causing her to shiver in his arms. "What's the plan for tomorrow?" she asked. "Hmm," he mumbled as he kissed her neck softly. "Do you have the whole day?" Tara smiled. "As far as I know," she replied. "Why is there something you have in mind?" His hand started to roam up and down her side, slipping inside the side of her tank top and feeling her soft skin. Tara giggled before reaching up to move his hand away. "You're tickling me," she said. He chuckled as he held onto her tightly. "Okay, sorry," he said. They were silent for a while as they continued to watch whatever was on TV. "So, if I invited you to New York would you come?" she asked. Justin lifted his head and looked down at her. Tara felt him shift and she turned and looked up at him as he looked down at her. "What?" he questioned his eyes big. She giggled at his expression. "You should come with me to New York next weekend," she said. "Are you serious?" he asked. Tara smiled. "Yeah, why not?" She replied. "It'll be fun; you can see my apartment and meet my sister." "Is it okay that I go?" He asked. "Of course," She said smiling brightly at him. He was considering it. "Are you sure?" He asked. She giggled. "Yes, of course," she replied. "It's only for a weekend." He didn't say anything as he continued to look at her. She laughed as she moved to face him, leaning her chest against him as she wrapped her arms around him. "So?" she questioned, as she leaned in to kiss his lips lightly. "What do you think?" "I mean you'll have to go to a few boring appearances, but at least we'll be together," she encouraged. "Is it next weekend?" he asked. She nodded. "If you have Randy I understand," she said quickly. He shook his head. "Susan owes me a weekend," he explained. She smiled and snuggled in closer to him. "So is that a yes?" she questioned. He smiled as he leaned down and kissed her lips once again, his hand reaching to move the piece of hair from her face. She groaned as she leaned closer to him and kissed him back, knowing exactly what he meant. He broke the kiss and kissed her forehead lightly. "I would love to come," he whispered. She giggled and leaned forward to kiss him once again, causing him to lie on his back as she lay on top of him. They were kissing on the couch for a while when Justin's house phone rang loudly through the silence. They broke the kiss quickly, and Justin sighed as he hid his face in her neck. Tara laughed as she moved herself off of him. "You should answer it," she replied. He sat up and jumped over the back of the couch rushing into the kitchen to grab the phone as it continued to ring. Tara smiled as she leaned back on the couch and listened to one side of the conversation. "Hello," he answered. "What? What's wrong?" he continued. With that Tara lifted her head from the couch and looked at Justin who was pacing the kitchen phone to his ear. "Is he all right?" he questioned, his expression full of worry. "Sus, I can't just-" He had been cut off. "Okay, Okay, I'll be right over," he finished hanging up the phone. "What's wrong?" Tara asked as she got off the couch and started to make his way toward him. "Randy had a nightmare," he explained. "But he won't go back to sleep, Susan said he just keeps crying and calling for me." "I need to go over there," he said looking at her apologetically. Tara nodded. "Of course, do you want me to wait here for you?" she asked. "Or should I just head back." He ran a hand through his hair before looking at her again. "Will you come with me?" he asked. She watched him closely. "Are you sure?" she asked. He nodded quickly. "C'mon, let's get changed" she grabbed his hand and walked with him to his bedroom to change. Tara changed into some sweat pants and a hooded sweatshirt, slipping on some tennis shoes while Justin threw on a sweatshirt and grabbed his car keys and wallet. They were out the door a few minutes later and heading toward Susan's. -*- Justin pulled up to a small two-story house sometime later and shut the truck off. The lights were shinning through the windows of the upstairs Tara looked at the house and then at Justin, reaching for his hand and holding onto it tightly. "Do you want me to stay in the truck?" she asked quietly. He looked at the house then turned to her. "No," he replied. "Come in with me?" Tara nodded. They got out of the car and headed to the front door holding hands. Once they reached the door Justin knocked softly and they waited. Soft footsteps could be heard on the other side of the door before the porch light turned on and the door opened slowly. Susan poked her head out, and saw Justin and she opened the door and froze when she spotted Tara standing next to him. Before Susan could say anything Justin spoke up. "Where is he?" he asked, as he pushed his way into the house grabbing a hold of Tara's hand and bringing her inside the house. "He's in his room," Susan replied as she tightened her robe around herself. Tara let go of his hand, "Go ahead," she said. He looked at her then at Susan before heading up the stairs, two at a time heading to Randy's room. Both Tara and Susan watched him walk up the stairs before turning to look at each other. "Would you like something to drink?" Susan asked breaking Tara out of her daze. "I have some coffee brewing," Tara turned to her, "Um, sure," she replied. "I'll take a cup." Susan nodded. "The living room is right through there," she said. Tara nodded and walked into the living room. Susan had her own set of pictures propped up on the mantel above the fireplace and Tara looked at them as she waited for her coffee. Susan came back a few minutes later with a tray, a small coffee pot on it with two cups, milk and sugar. "I didn't know how you liked it," Susan said as she set the tray down on the coffee table. Tara turned from the pictures and came over to sit down on the couch; they set up their cups of coffee before sitting back and began drinking. "So, have you always wanted to be a lawyer?" Tara asked taking a sip of her coffee. Susan looked at her in surprise. "Um, yes pretty much," she replied. Tara nodded. "Randy says you're playing a cheerleader?" Susan asked watching her closely. Tara smiled. "For the movie we're filming here I am," she replied. Susan nodded. "He thinks it's the best thing ever," she said. Tara giggled. "It's not an easy business," she explained. "You have to know the right people." "Is your family involved in the industry?" Susan asked. "My mom was a model," Tara explained. "My sister works on a few TV shows." "I see," Susan said. They chitchatted for a few minutes, talking about small things. Justin came down the stairs about a half hour later, both Tara and Susan stood up. "He's fine," he said quickly. "He wants to say good-night to Tara." Tara looked at Susan then at him. He nodded. "Up the stairs, second door on your left." He said. Tara walked past them and made her way up the stairs. She found the right door and knocked softly before sticking her head into the room. Randy was lying on his back holding onto a stuffed bear tightly, his thumb was tucked into his mouth. Tara could see the tear stains on his cheeks from the nightlight plugged into the wall. "Hey buddy," she said softly. He looked at her and waved at her. She smiled and walked into the bedroom and went to sit down on the edge of his bed, facing him. "Aren't you tired?" Tara asked yawning herself. "I'm exhausted." Randy shrugged, not saying anything. Tara smiled. "We're gonna go to the 4th of July party on Wednesday right?" she asked. He nodded. "By the lake?" He asked. She smiled. "Of course," He sighed and turned over facing Tara, snuggling the blankets around himself tighter. Tara leaned forward and wrapped the blankets around him tightly, tucking them under his body so he was in a cocoon. He watched her and smiled as he hugged his teddy bear tightly. "You should try and get some sleep ok?" Randy nodded. Tara smiled and leaned forward to kiss his forehead. "Will you stay until I fall asleep?" he asked. Tara nodded. Randy closed his eyes once again, and she watched him for a while as she heard his breathing getting deeper. He finally fell asleep and Tara left quietly walking down the stairs. Justin and Susan were talking quietly in the living room when Tara appeared. "He's asleep," she said. Justin stood up quickly as well as Susan. "We should head back, it's late." Justin said. Susan nodded. They made their way to the front door and Susan opened it allowing Tara and Justin to leave. "We'll talk later," Susan said to him. "Thank you for coming." Justin nodded. "Thank you for the coffee Susan," Tara said. Susan smiled. "You're welcome," she said. "Sorry I ruined your night." "It's okay," Tara replied. "Randy is more important." Justin and Tara got into his truck and headed home. The drive there was quiet, much like the drive to Susan's. Once they reached his house they got out and walked into the house. They made their way into the bedroom; Tara changed back into her pajamas while Justin took off his sweat shirt and climbed into the bed. Tara got under the covers next to him and snuggled close to him as he turned off the light. "Do you want to talk about it?" Tara asked. "Not tonight," he replied. "We'll talk about it in the morning." Tara nodded. She turned and kissed his lips lightly before closing her eyes letting sleep take over her body. He hugged her close, letting his eyes close in exhaustion, and he drifted off to sleep.
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