Forcefully squeezing her arm, Justin proceeded to lead her down the hall and up the small flight of stairs. He certainly couldn't let her just get away with acting that way. Especially in front of his friends.

"I'll just catch up with you later J."

"No man, come back here." Justin said, motioning towards the bedroom. "I told her to apologize and that is exactly what she is going to do."

Once JC joined in the procession, Reini started to get nervous. What did Justin have in mind for her? He would dare do anything drastic with JC around would he?

"Get in there!" Justin yelled, forcefull pushing Reini in to the room as JC took a seat in the corner of the room. "I thought we had an understanding Ray. Do you think I should just let you run your mouth like you did a few minutes ago? That it is acceptable to talk to my friend like that?" he yelled, slamming the door shut behind him.

"Some friend." Reini mumbled, momentarily glancing at JC.

Completely furious over the fact that she wasn't letting up, Justin withdrew his hand and forcefully backhanded her to the ground.

Although JC was temporarily stunned by her small frame hitting the floor in front of him, he couldn't help but be amused by the fact that he was going to witness Justin put her in her place first hand. He just coudln't help it. It was how they were raised, and in his twisted little mind, keeping women in line wasn't only a neccessity...it was a pleasure.

"Have anything else you want to say Ray?"

Holding her now tender cheek, Reini looked up at Justin and allowed the tears to fall from her eyes. She just didn't understand why Justin wouldn't even let her try and explain why she was acting the way she was.

"I'm sorry."

"What was that?" Justin asked, his eyes cold as ice as he glared down at her.

"I said I'm sorry."

"Oh you're going to be. I guarantee it Ray."

As Justin stared down at Reini, the guilt he had felt over hurting her last night was nowhere to be found. Obviously, she still had a lot of "training" that needed to be done before she would be worthy of the name "Timberlake". He just hoped for her sake that it would sink in sooner than later.

"Now don't you have something you need to say to JC?" he asked, grabbing her by the back of her arm to pick her up.

Taking a deep breath, Reini glanced over at JC who was casually leaning back in the chair loving the sight before him. She knew that he was going to savor every minute of her apology and hated the fact that Justin was forcing her to do it. If he only knew what JC had done, he would be singing a different tune. After all, she knew Justin was more than thrilled by the fact that he was going to be her first. Having JC anywhere near something he considered to be his would undoubtedly cause some serious tension between the two if nothing else.

"Ray."

"What?"

"Now!" he yelled, forcefully pushing her over to JC.

Adjusting his position in the chair, JC looked up at her and smiled. Obviously by the way she was looking at him, the look of complete satifaction had to be plastered all over his face. If truth be told. He was satisfied. Having Reini there foced to do something she didn't want to do was a turn on it all sense of the word.

"I'm sorry." she mumbled, half-heartedly and full of sarcasim.

She just couldn't bring herself to apologize to him the way Justin wanted her to, when clearly it was him that needed to be doing the apologizing. Especially after what he did to her only moments ago in the kitchen. It made her sick to her stomach just thinking about it.

After the words came out of her mouth, JC looked up at Justin with a look of disbelief on his face. Was that it? Was that her apology? A half ass, 'I'm sorry.' laced with contempt and disgust?

Now furious that she was making him look like a complete fool in front of JC, Justin quickly walked over to where she was standing and grabbed her by the back her of hair.

"Are you trying to be funny Ray? Because trust me when I say that this is not the time to try and test the waters with me!"

As Justin forcefully worked to get her in an upright position, JC moved his legs so that he was not hindering Justin's movement in anyway. It had come to the point now that JC wanted to see Justin discipline her as much for himself as it was for his friend.

"Justin, stop. It's not what you think! Just let me explain."

"NO! You let me explain! You were told to do something and I expect you to listen to me.

When you don't do as you're told, it's a sign of disrespect. A sign of disloyalty and I won't have that from you or anyone else around me? Do you understand me?" he said, slamming her against the wall a few feet away from JC. "This is your last warning. You either do it right or I will politely ask JC to leave the room and finish this the hard way. It's your choice" he growled in her ear, his teeth now clentched as tight as his grip was in her hair.

Looking on with absolute amusement, JC lowered his head slightly before looking back up at her as an evil smirk danced across his lips. Everything she was going through right now was because of him and he loved it. This was definetly way better than anything he could have been partaking in outside Justin's bedroom door.

"I'm sorry man. This is not how I expected the party to turn out when I came up with the idea." Justin said, releasing his hold on her before strongly motioning her to head over to JC.

"Don't worry about it. I mean, we all have bad days."

"Yeah well, this definetly has the potential to turn out to be her worst one ever if she doesn't get her shit together."

After Reini looked back over her shoulder at Justin, she slowly walked over to where JC was sitting and regretfully gave the apology that Justin had been waiting for.

"I'm sorry JC. I didn't mean to jump all over you like that. I know you were just tryin to cheer me up." she said, nervously tucking the small piece of hair that had fallen forward back behind her ear.

"Don't worry about it. I'm sure the time will come when you can make it up to me." he laughed, clearly trying to get under her skin while keeping everything under Justin's radar.

"Alright, I think we've wasted enough time dealing with this mess. It's time to go back out there and show everyone a good time." Justin said, straightening out as shirt as he looked over at Reini. "Clean yourself up and then meet me in the livingroom."

Nodding her head, Reini watched as Justin did one last check of his appearance in the mirror before opening the door.

"And Reini, I dont expect to be waiting long either."

After Justin walked out of the bedroom door, Reini turned around and headed in to the bathroom. She knew that Justin meant what he said about this having the potential to be one of her worst days ever and she didn't want to give him any reason to make that thought a reality.

Looking at her reflection in the mirror, Reini momentarily closed her eyes and said a quick prayer that the rest of the night would go a lot smoother. She just didn't see her having the strength to deal with anything else tonight.

"Just listen to your heart. Trust in the fact that he loves you and only wants what's best for you." she whispered to herself, gently wiping away the mascara stained tears that had collected beneath her lower lashes. "It will get better. It has to." she whispered, so softly that it was barely audible to even herself.

After pulling herself back together, Reini turned off the light in the bathroom and headed back out the door and in to crowd of Justin's closest friends and supporters. She had to try her best to let what had just happened slip to the back of her mind. If she didn't, she would undoubtedly upset Justin even more than he already was and that was the last thing she wanted to do.

Finding herself in need of a drink, Reini headed over to the bar and prepared to make herself the strongest drink she ever had. If nothing else, the powerful effect of the alcohol would have to help numb the feeling of emptiness she felt inside.

Grabbing a glass from underneath the bar, Reini placed it on top of the counter and added a few ice cubes to the bottom. After scanning the numerous bottles that were lined up in front of her, Reini found one she liked and removed it from the others.

"Here's to hoping you work wonders" she said, filling the cup to the top with it's crystal clear liquid before placing it back in it's place.

"Are we drowning our sorrows or celebrating things to come?" JC said, walking up beside her to fill his own glass.

"Stay away from me JC. I'm not kidding. Don't think for one second that just because I didn't tell Justin what happened back there that I won't hesitate to go to him the second you try anything else."

"Yeah, that would go over well I'm sure. I can just see his thought process now as he goes over and over in his mind the reasons you kept the other time a secret from him."

Realizing that he had a point, Reini gave him an evil glare and attempted to walk away from him. Unfortunately, JC wasn't done with their conversation and grabbed her by her forearm to stop her from going any further.

"You know I can still feel your warm softness on my fingers Ray." he whispered seductively, leaning in closer to her. "I just hope that I won't have to wait too long before I can feel it again."

Feeling complete distain wash over her, Reini forcefully pulled her arm away from him.

"You make me sick. I hope you rot in hell!"

Laughing as she knocked past him, JC sat his glass down on the bar and filled it back up with his own liquor of choice. As he swirled the liquid around in his glass to chill it, JC felt an eerie feeling wash over him that he was being watched. Chalking it up to his nerves getting the best over him, JC shook it off and placed the glass to his mouth to swallow a large mouthful of the carmel colored liquid. Unfortunately as he looked over the rim of his glass, he saw that in fact he was being watched. Problem was, how much did Channing actually see.

Quickly sitting his glass back down on the bar, JC stared back at Channing and wondered what the hell he was thinking. Clearly by the look of disgust on his face, he had to have witnessed at least some of his interaction with Reini. Now it was just a matter of whether or not he felt the need to confront him about it.

As the two continued to stare each other down, Justin walked up to the bar and nudged JC in his arm.

"Scoping out tonight's lucky lady?" he laughed, pouring himself a drink as he surveyed the guests in attendance.

Knowing that the last thing he wanted to do was make Justin suspicious of his relationship with Reini, JC finally turned his glare away from Channing and looked out in to the crowd.

"Yeah, you know me. Got to get them while the getting is good." he said, raising the glass back up to his lips to take a large swig.

"You know, what you need to do is find someone you can get serious with. Not these "in and out of your bed in record time" bitches. You need to find someone to settle down with. Someone like Ray."

Only offering Justin a slight nod in agreement, JC nervously swirled what was left of his drink around in his glass.

Although Justin was being sincere when he said it, JC couldn't help but worry that Justin might simply be setting him up to take a fall. That was how he handled things. He would simply put enough information out there so you would eventually hang youself. He wouldn't confront you to your face unless he had to.

After a few quiet minutes had passed, Justin sat his drink back down on the bar and turned to face JC.

"Hey, I'm really sorry for earlier man. Ray was really out of line. I thought I had things taken care of with her. I guess I was wrong."

"You don't have to apologize or explain anything to me man. Like I said, we all have bad days. I'm sure things are cool with her now. Don't even worry about it." JC replied, thankful that Justin was obviously unaware of his indiscretions with his girlfriend.

"Where did Ray go anyway? Wasn't she over here talking to you a minute ago?"

Feeling a lump growing in his throat, JC worried that he may have jumped the gun. Was this one of Justin's interrogations? What if had he already spoken to Ray and knew everything that had happened between them?

"Umm...yeah she was for a second. She filled her drink back up and then pretty much went on her way." he said, casually glancing back over to where he had last saw Channing. Noticing that the space was now being occupied by another guest, JC used the opportunity to switch Justin's train of thought. Just in case.

"Actually, I saw Channing not that long ago in the living room. Since he is now conveniently missing as well, my guess is that she is with him."

After watching Justin's expression change from one of relaxation to one of complete irritation, JC knew that Justin's next move would be to locate Reini.

"Well then, why don't we take a little walk and see what the lovely couple is up to. Besides, I think it's time me and Channing had a man to man talk. Don't you?"

Knowing exactly what Justin's "man to man" talk meant, JC let out a slight chuckle and followed his friend as he proceeded to search the party for Reini. This was something he definetly wanted to see.