Brandi had her head on the table now; she could feel Justin beside her but the excitement she had left with Chris. Justin watched her for awhile out of the corner of his eye while he tried to figure out the program on the lap top.
“You know you are a huge downer for my ego. Most girls would kill to b
e in the same room as me.” Justin stated. He finally turned to her as she glanced at him confused. Yeah okay he was completely gorgeous and talented, if you are into to that sort of thing. But Brandi wasn’t she like guys with a little more depth and that were a little goofy.
“I am sorry about your bruised ego, but you just aren’t my type.” Brandi explained. Justin shrugged, he could understand that and he really wasn’t hurt by it. He just couldn’t take the silence in the room any more.
“But Chris is your type?” Justin questioned. Everyone had seen what she had done to him the first night they were all there, her little Houdini act.
“Um yeah, I mean you know Chris better than anyone I am sure. It just seems like he would be so much fun to be around. And he is so dark and handsome.” Brandi signed her eyes fixed on Joey, who was now at the mic, trying to nail his parts for the song. But her mind was drifting elsewhere at this point.
“Define fun? He loves to play a lot of pranks on people and he probably eats just as much sugar as Katy. But he is a good friend, he’s has always had my back.” Justin explained. Brandi laughed, she wasn’t sure that anyone could eat as much sugar as Katy.
Justin watched her carefully, it was clear that her mind was where it should be. Justin smiled as he had a thought, if her mind was in the shower with Chris, and then there was no reason why she shouldn’t be in there too. “You know, the bathroom door doesn’t lock.” Justin stated out of nowhere.
Brandi shot up and looked at him, her mind racing about what he has just told her. She knew it was true, because the girls had taken the lock off so that the guys didn’t try to lock themselves in the bathroom for whatever reason. She questioned him about his seriousness.
“Chris does loves a good practical joke. You know Katy had a camera earlier.” Justin suggested. It wasn’t that Justin wanted his friend to suffer, but Chris did seam tense and this could help to lighten the mood a little.
“Well maybe not the camera, but it would be pretty funny to see the look on his face.” Brandi said, no longer able to contain her smile. But she didn’t want any photographs of Chris to get out on the internet or anything; you just can’t be too carefully with that stuff.
“It would be hilarious.” Justin said and nodded toward the door. That was all the encouragement Brandi needed and just like that she was up and on her way. Justin just shook his head; Chris was going to kill him. He secretly hoped that Katy would protect him.
Brandi made her way to the bathroom, the other guys seemed pretty distracted with their card game, and she hoped that they didn’t notice her as she entered the bathroom. She pushed the door open and slowly went inside making sure to close the door behind her. The shower was running and the small bathroom was filled with steam. She stood in front of the shower; her heart was in her throat. She was questioning in her mind what exactly she was doing there, but in one swift motion she shoved the curtain aside. Chris felt the cool air hit him like a title wave and immediately turned to her. He stood there like a deer in head lights for a minute, trying to cover himself as best as he could.
“Jesus Christ, can’t a guy take a shower?” He finally snapped. Brandi just stood there staring at him, kind of making him feel uncomfortable. Suddenly this joke wasn’t so funny. She smiled slyly as he stood there under the streaming water naked as the day he was born, thinking to herself that this was so hot.
“Well you did kiss me; you know a girl could get the wrong impression.” Brandi explained. She scanned him with her eyes again trying to take it all in; he was trapped in the confines of the tiny shower. There was nothing between them and nowhere that he could go. She could see everything accept the parts he hid with his hands and she had to admit that she really liked what she saw. He didn’t say anything; he knew kissing her had been the wrong thing to do but he had been desperate. He thought back to the make out session they had, and he felt a shiver run down his spine, she had been a great kisser.
Brandi had entered the bathroom with every intention of pulling her little prank and then walking out, with the image of him etched in her brain of course. But seeing him there in the flesh was a little more tempting that she thought it would be. She reached into the shower and turned the water off. As she got closer to him she looked at him lovingly. He pressed himself against the back of the shower, the tiles cold against his bare skin. Brandi ran her hands down his chest as she slowly dropped to her knees.
Chris wasn’t sure why but he didn’t protest or try to stop her. He threw his head back and moaned loudly. This wasn’t what Brandi had planned to do; she just wanted to scare the crap out of him. Chris’s head was spinning now, what was she doing in the bathroom in the first place, had he taken the teasing a little too far? This was insane, he should stop her, but he just couldn’t form the words.
After a minute he found the strength to pull her back on to her feet. She whimpered but before she could speak he kissed her, for real this time. There was no more pretending with her, she was hot and he knew it.
“What the hell are you doing to me?” Chris asked pressing his forehead to hers, his wet body very close to her. She paused to think about the question and was about to answer when he stopped her. “No, not that, I know what you were doing there. I am talking about all the flirting and tormenting. What is all that for? Are you trying to break me down, because I have to say that you are doing a hell of a good job?” Chris explained.
“I like you, a lot, and I just want you to like me too.” Brandi sighed, almost ashamed.
“Well for the record kidnapping a guy is not a good way to get his attention.” Chris explained, still very aware that he was her prisoner in more ways than one.
“Oh, I know it’s not but it is how you get a new song from a boy band that is being incredible difficult.” Brandi stated. Chris hung his head; he couldn’t argue with her there, the band had no real plans to get back together, even though they all knew it was what the fans really wanted. His hands where on her shoulders, he was afraid to touch her any place else at this point. Though he didn’t have the luxury of clothes to hide his apparent interest in her, he still didn’t want to encourage her.
She leaned in and kissed him again, slowly feeling the tension in his arms fade. He wrapped his arms around her and pushed her backwards out of the shower stall, until they bummed the cabinet. He pinned her against it.
“Why did you come into the bathroom?” Chris asked, getting serious for a minute.
“Because Justin said it would be funny. He said you like to prank people.” Brandi explained. Chris was kissing along her neck and he chuckled a little against her skin.
“I like to pull pranks on people not be the one that gets pranks pulled on them.” Chris explained, but in reality the joke was on her now. She was in there and was about to get more than she had bargained for. He tugged at the button on her jeans and waited for her to protest but she never did, so he lifted her out of her jeans and up onto the counter.
He kissed her and familiarized himself with her body for a minute, stopping from time to time to watch the expression on her face. He lived for that look of pure happiness that danced across a woman’s face in the heat of passion and he was already longing to get Brandi to that place.
Outside of the bathroom Katy was still on her mission to find her missing weaponry and it had finally led her back down to the basement. She searched around the basement for a minute before Joey finally stopped her to ask her what she was doing.
“I am looking for my katana.” Katy explained.
“Don’t you think if it was down here, we would have already found it?” JC asked.
“Maybe you don’t know it’s down here, and this is the last place I would look for it. So it would make sense to hide it down here.” Katy explained.
“I am pretty sure if it was down here, we would know. At least one of us has been in this room at all times.” JC said. Katy put her hands on her hips and pouted a little, she really couldn’t find it and it was started to annoy her. It wasn’t like she needed it any more but it was just driving her nuts that she couldn’t place it.
She sighed and decided that Justin could cheer her up so she headed for the recording booth. When she stepped in the door Lance waved at her from the sound booth which caused Justin to turn around. He smiled at her, seeing her still made his heart rate increase. She took a seat next to him before realizing that someone was missing.
“Where is Brandi? I thought she was down here watching you guys?” Katy asked. Justin smiled and slid his hand onto her leg, under the table so that Lance couldn’t see what he was doing.
“She went to check on Chris.” Justin said.
“Oh okay, but where is Chris? I have been all other this house and I didn’t see them.” Katy explained.
“Chris is taking a shower.” Justin said. He couldn’t hide the sly smile on his face any more. Katy jumped slightly as his hands slid closer to someplace that it probably shouldn’t be. She was forced to retaliate; she kept her eye fixed on Lance though. She didn’t want him to exit the booth without her knowledge and catch her doing something very bad to Justin.
Justin hung his head to hide the expression on his face as she worked her magic on him. He noted how nimble her hand was and how shift her movements were, it was like the night she attacked the TV all over again.
“Stop or we are going to have a mess to clean up.” Justin begged. He wasn’t about to try to explain that to the guys and the bathroom was a little occupied at the moment. Katy just smiled and then proceeded to pretend like she dropped something. His head snapped to attention, now he had to keep an eye on Lance and try to act normal.
If it was her plan to drive him insane she was doing a pretty good job. Thank goodness her torture didn’t last long; she climbed back into her chair and just grinned at him, placing a pen that she had found while she was down there on the table.
“So why is Brandi in the bathroom with Chris?” Katy asked as if nothing had just happened.
“Well I might have given her the idea that it would be funny to scare Chris.” Justin confessed.
“Why would you do that?” Katy asked, slapping his arm.
“What? I didn’t tell her to do anything. That is all on her. I just said that the door wasn’t locked.” Justin said. After all it’s not like he suggested to her that she take it further. For his part he was innocent.
“You know she has a thing for Chris, and a bathroom isn’t like a sound stage, it’s like a conductor. So if they do what I think they might do, everyone is going to know.” Katy explained.
“Oh yeah, I didn’t think about that part. Maybe they can be quiet.” Justin said. That’s when Lance exited the sound booth. They both looked up at Lance and smiled. He kind of got the vibe that he was missing something but he really didn’t want to know.
This wasn’t exactly how Brandi had envisioned things going, she was sure she had some naive fantasy about them doing everything perfectly, but she wasn’t complaining now as Chris leaned against her for support. He breathing labored and his bad knee was killing him, but he didn’t complain. “You can finish your shower now” Brandi finally whispered in his ear.
“Actually I was about done, when you so rudely interrupted.” Chris explained. He grabbed a towel and proceeded to dry off what little moisture was left on him. Brandi smiled and got the hair gel. She ran her fingers though his wet hair, she really only did it just as an excuse to touch him again. They redressed and prepared to exit the bathroom.
Brandi stepped out first, praying that on one was watching. Once into the main room again Joey looked over at her and just smiled. That was all it took, her cheek flushed red and she took off up the stairs with Katy in hot pursuit.
Chris wanted to go after her and tell her that it was alright but he knew the chain wouldn’t let him get that far. He turned and grabbed Justin by the arm, pulling him into the now vacant recording booth.
“What the hell were you thinking, sending her in there?” Chris snapped.
“What, I thought it would be funny.” Justin said.
“This is not funny, it’s serious. You always say that I date the wrong girls. Why on earth would you send her in there, how is she any better than the girls that I normally date. She kidnapped us for crying out loud.” Chris said getting in Justin’s face a little.
“Exactly, she seemed like your type. Hell she is better than most of the girls you date because she is actually smart enough to pull something like this off. The girls you date are retarded. And it looked like you could use something to relieve your stress.” Justin said.
“Stress? Justin, we are hostages, we should be stressed.” Chris explained, and that is when it hit him. He finally understood why Justin had sent her in there, and why Justin was being so nice to the crazy ninja girl. Now he wondered just how much talking the two of them had actually done the other day in the sound booth. “Justin Randal Timberlake, you didn’t do what I think you did, did you?” Chris asked.
“That is none of you business, just like what happened in the bathroom is none of mine.” Justin answered his arms folded across his chest now. Chris stood there shocked for a minute, though Justin had a point. It was none of his business and he had just done something equally as bad.
“But Justin that girl is nuts, you have to be careful with her. I have dated girls like her before and I can tell you that they are nothing but trouble. She keeps a sword in her bedroom for crying out loud.” Chris said, expressing a deep concern. Justin laughed a little, he was pretty sure he had told Chris something similar once before. The sad part was that he knew Katy was trouble and that just made him want her more.
“I’ll be careful, but you just banged her friend, so don’t think she won’t come after you too. Please don’t say anything to the others; I know JC would freak out about it. And I won’t say anything about you and Brandi.” Justin offered.
“Deal.” Chris said shaking Justin’s hand. Chris knew he would have a harder time denying what he had done, but he wouldn’t rat Justin out. “By the way, your fly is unzipped.” Chris added.
