Katy came bouncing out of the sound booth with a renewed inspiration for the video.  The song had been everything she had hoped for and more even though Chris though it needed some tweaks, that was not her area of expertise.

              “Where’s Mandy and Brandi?” Katy asked glancing around the small space.  It wasn’t like she could have over looked them.

            “They went to the store.” Kim sighed.  Kim was seated on the sofa.  She was sitting so that she could see JC out of the corner of her eye but she was trying to hard not to make eye contact with him.  Kim felt a little embarrassed about the whole situation and she wanted to talk to him about it but she couldn’t find the words to even start.

              “Okay well, I want to start shooting stuff today.  Are you and JC ready?” Katy stated as if it wasn’t that big a deal. After all to her it wasn’t.  She knew there would still be resistance.

            “No.” Kim snapped.  Katy shot her a look and JC seemed mostly unphased.  Either he was becoming immune to her or he just no longer cared.              “Come on no one is here, unless you want to do this in front of every

one.” Katy offered.  She thought she was doing Kim favor and in reality she was.  Kim felt a sudden lump in her throat and he struggled to choke it back down.

            “I am not ready.  I don’t even know what I should wear.” Kim offered, okay so she was stalling.  Katy turned to JC as if he would help her at all.  He just shrugged.

            “I am not going to rape her if that is what you are thinking.  If she says she isn’t ready then I have to say no as well.” JC explained.  He knew that he was on thin ice with Kim as it was, so she wasn’t about to push her in any certain direction.

            “Yeah well you can’t rape the willing.  You guys just suck.  Hey Lance you want to do something?” Katy asked only to be interrupted by Kim.

            “You can’t leave the house.  Remember Brandi said two of my have to be there if you take any of them outside.  And I think we should stay here until they get back.  And I am not the ‘willing’, I was tricked into this.” Kim explained.  Katy rolled her eyes; it wasn’t like any of the guys were trying to get away any more, accept JC of course.   Katy was still pretty sure that if he had a chance he would run.  And ticking Kim into doing to love scene hadn’t exactly been hard to do.

            Katy nodded to Lance to join her in the studio with the other two; she figured it wasn’t worth fighting about and hearing a lecture that she was just going to space out on any way.  She could just make do with some basic shots of the guys around the house.  Lance smiled at followed her back into the other room, leaving Joey to watch over the two love birds.

            Chris and Justin were seated at the table in there; they both turned when the door opened to see who it was.  Katy could feel something it in the air.  She was only mildly concerned about what they had been talking about.  It was kind of cute that Chris was so concerned for Justin.  But then again they could have been talking about Brandi and the date tonight.

            “Back so soon?” Justin questioned, he smiled when he saw her, even though it had only been minutes at best since she had left.

            “I am going to shoot Lance in the recording area or whatever you call it.  Then I can shoot you guys in there once you are done talking.” Katy explained.  Somehow the word ‘shoot’ when Katy says it makes Chris very nervous, even though he knew what she had meant.

              Katy didn’t linger to hear what Justin said in response to her.  She playfully shoved Lance into the other room.  She carefully explained the shot that she wanted to Lance.

            “So, I just pretend to sing?” He asked.

            “Or you can sing for real, I don’t care.  Just whatever works best for you.” Katy explained as she found one of the print outs of the lyrics on the floor and handed to him in case he wanted it.

              “So you are not at all concerned about what they were talking about?” Lance asked as Katy got her camera ready.  Katy just shrugged her shoulders.  It wasn’t like she was actually Justin’s girlfriend or anything; even if she was she wasn’t the controlling type.  And as for Chris and Brandi, she was happy for them but she didn’t want to get involved.  Katy pulled the camera away from her sight for a minute and pouted.  Lance thought maybe she wanted to say something.

            “I am going to unchain you, that looks awful and I can’t get it out of the shot.  You aren’t going to run or anything are you?” Katy asked.  Lance shook his head, he wasn’t going to run. Before entering the recording studio Kim had looked as though she was just looking for an excuse to zap someone.  He wasn’t about to put that to the test.

            His wrist was a little sore from the chain rubbing against the skin, but Lance didn’t complain.  He just took his place at the mic and began to sing for Katy while she videotaped.  He could see Justin and Chris threw the window they were still talking and Chris seemed a little flustered. 

           “I am not sure why they don’t give you more solos, you have a wonderful voice.” Katy stated causing Lance to turn to her and blush a little.  “So I am thinking we should film you on the beach, since um well you have some killer abs.”

            “How do you know that I have killer abs.” Lance questioned.

            “Hello, it’s called the internet.  I love the internet you can like stalk people from a safe distance.” She joked.

            “That’s a scary thought.  I would love to do the beach scene.  Is there one nearby?” He asked.  Katy thought for a minute, she wasn’t sure if there was a beach but there was a lake down the road.   They worked on a few more angles for this shoot.  Katy kept looking over her shoulder to see if the other two were still talking, she didn’t want to interrupt them.

            “So can I see them?” Katy asked out of nowhere.

            “See what?” Lance questioned, laughing slightly under his breath.

            “Your abs!  Duh.”  Katy said with a smile.

            Justin could hear Chris’s voice off in the distance but his eye were fixed on Katy, he wasn’t sure if it was deliberate but she kept bending over or getting down on the ground.  It was driving Justin insane.  He mind was wondering to places that he knew it should be.

            “Are you even listening to me?” Chris snapped, waving his hand in front of Justin’s face causing Justin to snap back to reality.

              “Yeah, man I got it.  Tread lightly and don’t get too attached.” Justin repeated.

              “That girl will rip your heart out and eat it for breakfast.” Chris explained, though he was kind of starting to wonder if Brandi might not do the same to him.  Justin laughed unexpectedly as a random thought entered his head.   Oh god he was starting to think like her.  “I am glad you find that funny.” Chris added.  Justin shook his head, it wasn’t funny this was serious and he was trying to take it seriously. 

           “Jesus, come on we have to save Lance.”  Just snapped, he jumped up and tapped Chris on the arm, letting him to follow him.  When Chris got in the room he quickly realized what Justin was talking about.  Katy was trying feverishly to rip Lance’s shirt off.  Both of them were laughing and cut it up, so it wasn’t like they were actually fighting.  But Katy was trying to undress the man.

            Katy let out a squeal when Justin grabbed her and lifted her into his arms.  After all she wasn’t that heavy.  Lance looked up at her still laughing and just stuck out his tongue.  She returned the gesture then looked up at Justin.  She could tell that he was a little mad at her and she felt her heart sink slightly with guilt.  She got lost in his blue eyes for a minute.

            “Man, I think that is the quietest she has been in days.” Lance commented.

              “What can I say, it’s a gift.” Justin said with a smile.  He liked that he could turn her into putty, but he sure the hell couldn’t get her to listen to him.  “I thought I told you not to touch the others?”

             “Technically, I was touching his shirt.  I just wanted to see what I had to work with for the video.  It was purely professional.” Kay lied.  She smiled at him and tried to play dumb.

            “There is nothing professional about this set up.” Chris chimed in.  Justin set her back on her feet and released her.  “Was there something you needed us for?” He added.

            “Yeah I want to shoot you.  I mean film you singing, to use with the video maybe.  I wanted to do more but Kim is being… um well Kim.”  Katy explained.  Justin just shrugged and asked her where she wanted him.

              Lance excused himself, since he was no longer needed and went back to the sitting area; Lance had no more than walked out when Katy heard Kim scream her name.  It caused Katy to cringe, which Justin had never seen her do before.

            “Damn it Katy, if you are going to unchain them then make sure you chain them back up.” Kim yelled to her.  Katy saw Lance’s chain being pulled back into the other room, most likely by Kim and just shrugged. 

           “Oops.” Katy replied.  Then she went to undo Justin flashing him a look that showed just how much she cared about what Kim was saying.

              “You aren’t afraid one of us will run?” Chris asked. 

           “If you think you can make it past Kim then go for it.” Katy said with a smile.  “But she is kind of in a bad mood.”