"Hey sleepy head. Wake up babe." Zac whispered lightly kissing her cheek. "Hey." Jessy said her voice cracking as she woke. "Hey." Zac whispered placing his lips to hers. "This I like. I'll have to sleep more often." Jessy teased as he pulled his lips from hers. "In my dreams." Zac teased back, nuzzling her neck. "Lay with me. I miss you so much at times." Jessy sighed as he kissed her over and over. "You miss me? We're together all the time nowbabe, how can you miss me." Zac asked laying down beside her, taking her in his arms. "We're together all the time entertaining, visiting the family, or at church, the grocery store, a party, a.." Jessy started to explain. "I get the point. You miss us being alone huh?" Zac interrupted placing a finger to her lips. "Precisely." Jessy replied after kissing his finger. "I miss that too." Zac whispered kissing her passionately as he rolled on top of her. "I feel so much better." Jessy sighed. "You're welcome." Zac teased smugly. "Because of the sleep. Well I guess I should thank you about that too. The room was a great idea Zac. I like it a lot better than going to some hotel. Like I'd ever relax enough to sleep being away from you." Jessy replied. "You don't know how long I've wanted to call you sleepyhead. You had me worried babe." Zac confessed. "I'm so sorry. With everythig you have to do, I go and add to it because I had to go nutsy on you." Jessy replied hugging him tight. "Nutsy huh?" Zac chuckled. "Well I never. You laugh. You could have disagreed, argued but nooooo not you. You have to laugh about it." Jessy squealed. "Yep." Zac replied with another chuckle. "You are so dead." Jessy squealed pushing him off before pinning him to the bed then straddling him. "Yeah I'm dying here all right." Zac teased lifting the shirt she was wearing to look at her breasts. "So you get off looking in your own tee shirt huh?" Jessy teased. "As long as you're in it I do." Zac moaned lifting the shirt up then over her head. "You okay?" Jessy whispered as he pulled her body to him holding her tighter and tighter. "I need you." Zac moaned holding her even tighter. "And I want you." Jessy moaned lightly kissing all over his face until she kissed him passionately. "I want you." Zac moaned rolling them over then gazing at her, adding, "Soon." "Yep soon." Jessy replied once again trying to figure out again why they had to wait. "What is it babe?" Zac asked the far away look in her eyes. "Huh? Oh you saw that huh?" Jessy squealed hoping to change the subject. "No you don't. You're always doing that. Tell me what's wrong." Zac insisted. "Doing what?" Jessy asked hoping to get him off track again. "Stop asking and start telling." Zac insisted. "You're not going to give up are you?" Jessy asked. "I said stop asking and starting spilling your guts woman." Zac replied glaring at her. "Okay but I want to sit up for this." Jessy whispered. "Serious stuff huh?" Zac asked rolling off her then sitting next to her at the head of the bed. "You know how one minded I am and with you on top of me..." Jessy teased slipping her hand in his, adding as she saw the worry in his eyes, "You know I love you more than anything. I'd do anything for you. I just want to make you happy." "I love you too babe." Zac replied lifting her hand to his lips and kissing her hand. "Maybe we should forget this. I don't know how to tell you without pissing you off." Jessy whispered knowing it was true. "So you want to fight huh?" Zac teased even though the look in her eyes had him worried. "No I don't want to fight. I don't like having you mad at me. It scares me Zac." Jessy replied with such concern. "I was teasing babe. Jessy it'll be okay. Just tell me." Zac asked taking both her hands in his. "Are you sure? Really sure? I mean we're not eighteen yet. I've only finished my first year of college. Who knows when the band will hit the road again? There are just so many things." Jessy rambled on. "What are you talking about?" Zac asked when she finally stopped to take a breath. "Zac you don't have to marry me just so you can make love to me. I don't want to make you do something you aren't ready for. I mean just because Tay got married doesn't mean you have to marry me." Jessy answered instantly regretting offering him a way out. "What?" Zac gasped, gazing at her to see if it was true, what she really felt. "I said you don't have to marry me just because Tay got married." Jessy replied as her voice trembled. "I can't believe you said that. Where is this coming from? Is this why you can't sleep? How long have you felt this way?" Zac asked question after question overwhelming her. "I don't know." Jessy whispered trying to remember all his questions, wondering why he asked them. "Jessy look at me." Zac asked waiting for her eyes to meet his before continuing, "My wanting to marry you has nothing to do with the fact that my brother got married. I have wanted to marry you from the moment I met you. I knew right then." "You did?" Jessy whimpered. "You know I did. What happened to make you doubt that?" Zac asked. "Nothing." Jessy whispered turning away. "Yeah like I should believe that. You won't even look at me. You can't lie to my face so you turn away." Zac insisted holding her hands tighter, trying to pull her back to him. "Nothing. Maybe something." Jessy whispered, crying the minute her eyes met his. "Don't cry babe. Just tell me wht happened." Zac whispered taking her in his arms. "I shouldn't have let it bother me. You're right I know better. I don't know why I beleived it. Maybe because Mom didn't argue with her. I guess I figured if Mom believed her it was true." Jessy shared through her sniffles. "What was said babe?" Zac asked slowly rocking her. "It seems so stupid now." Jessy shared cuddling against him. "So share their stupidity. I take it Natalie had a part in this?" Zac asked. "Duh. Who else?" Jessy replied trying hard to laugh. "So what crass thing did she say this time?" Zac asked. "I feel so stupid now letting something she said hurt me this way." Jessy shared as the tears fell again. "You going to tell me or should I guess?" Zac whispered, kissing the top of her head before adding, "How about little jealous Natalie said that I would never have asked you to marry me if she and Taylor hadn't gotten married"" "How'd you know?" Jessy gasped. "No I wasn't there. If I had been I would have laughed in her face. I would have told her I proposed because I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you. I didn't ask you to marry me out of guilt." Zac shared. "Out of guilt?" Jessy asked stunned by his words, sitting up, waiting for his answer. "Yeah I figure she laid it on thick. I'm sure once she got him to admit he thought about marriage, a family, she went on the offense. Poor Taylor probably went from admitting he wanted to get married some day, to wanting to get married, to wanting to get married to Natalie in maybe two minutes tops. Especially if she was dressed like you. Add a well placed you'll never see me again." Zac explained leaning down to kiss each breast. "So you think your brother succumed to her ways huh?" Jessy asked, whispering, "You'll never see these again if you don't marry me." "Hey not fair. Did she tell you that?" Zac squealed as Jessy placed her hands over her breasts. "Nope came up with that on my own." Jessy chuckled. "Well if Natalie said that to Taylor, we now know why within a two week time frame we went from not knowing of her to attending their wedding." Zac declared, teasing, "Boobies. Where did you go my boobies?" "Peek a boo." Jessy squealed lifting her hands. "Oh you were hiding." Zac teased leaning to kiss each breast before placing his hands on them, adding, "You won't get away now." "I still can't believe I let her get to me. She didn't even know I was there." Jessy shared relaxing to his touch. "What? You mean she got you and doesn't even know it? Ha ha ha. If she only knew." Zac chuckled before wrapping his arms around her pulling her onto his lap, adding, "Tell me about it?" "Well she was working on the wedding and had bugged me a gazillion times for an answer on another not so important something or other. Instead of calling her back like I told her, I decided to make an appearance. Bad idea." Jessy shared with a big sigh. "So what was said?" Zac asked, his hands caressing their way around her body. "Your Mom said something to the effect that I really owed her for what she'd done. Well Nat goes like she certainly does. I don't think Zac would have ever considered marriage if it wasn't for Taylor and I getting married." Jessy explained, gasping, "Thank God she stopped there, I was so afraid she was going to blurt out something like they haven't even slept together, waiting for marriage." "She'd never say that. I'm sure Mom would reply with unlike you and my other son." Zac shared. "I guess that's why I let it get to me. The fact that Mom didn't say anything." Jessy whispered clutching the arms that were holding her. "Babe you know Mom doesn't feel that way. I don't know why she didn't disagree with her Jessy but it wasn't because she agrees with her." Zac insisted hugging her tighter. "I know that but at the time I just didn't feel it." Jessy whispered as her stomach growled loudly. "Whoa. Better feed you." Zac shared rubbing her stomach. "i am hungry. What's left?" Jessy replied. "Nothing. Not a crumb left. Sorry." Zac replied, adding, "That's part of the reason I woke you up." "What? You woke me because there wasn't a crumb left." Jessy teased. "Your fault. You're just such a good cook nobody wants to eat their own cooking anymore." Zac replied winking at her. "Something wrong with your eye?" Jessy teased as she looked around the room. "What you looking for?" Zac asked. "My clothes. I know I wore something in here but I don't see them." Jessy answered crawling to the end of the bed to check the floor. "I put them in the hamper for you. You'll have to go to our room to get dressed." Zac answered tossing his t-shirt at her, adding, "I guess I could have brought some of your clothes in here too." "No you shouldn't. What for a couple more weeks you should go to all that trouble. Nah. I can get dressed in our room still." Jessy insisted pulling on the shirt then straightening the bed. "You know what you said about the hotel and not being able to relax enough to sleep without me there?" Zac asked helping her make the bed. "Yeah why?" Jessy asked looking at the questions in his eyes, adding, "What Zac?" "Well Dad got a call earlier about some benefit in New York. I guess some acts bailed on them and they want us to perform now." Zac shared. "Oh. When you going?" Jessy asked trying to remember the last time they were apart. "We need to head out tomorrow. It'll give us a chnace to check things out." Zac answered following her to their room. "Tomorrow huh. How long Zac?" Jessy mumbled as she realized they hadn't been separated since the met. "Maybe four days. Jessy what is it? Something is bothering you." Zac asked taking her hands in his. "Zac we haven't been apart. Can you believe that? I can't remember us not being together." Jessy shared shaking her head in disbelief. "You sure. Huh I gues you're right. Wow another first." Zac replied. "Yeah wow." Jessy echoed wrapping an arm around his waist, adding, "This will be good. I have so much going on with school finals and all." "It's the and all I worry about." Zac teased. "Don't worry. There is no way I'm trying out for cheerleading. I don't care who's asking." Jessy insisted. "The team wants you though." Zac argued. "So. Don't mean they get what they want does it?" Jessy answered pulling out something to wear and changing. "Not what I heard." Zac shared enjoying the show. "What's that smile about?" Jessy teased. "Maybe this being apart stuff is a bad idea." Zac moaned watching her wriggle into her jeans. "So you'll miss me huh?" Jessy teased moving seductively. "You know I will." Zac gasped, closing his eyes at the thought of their separation. "Yeah you will. Just about as much as I will miss you." Jessy whispered stepping in fron of him, kissing each eyelid before adding, "Zac I'm sure I can make arrangements at school so I can go with you." "Oh Jessy. You would, wouldn't you? I love you babe but you have that major paper to turn in and a test to take this week so no. I'll be okay. Somehow I'll manage this. Besides, Tay isn't taking Nat along. He says there's no way to get a separate room for them." Zac insisted. "Whoa the wife stays home huh? You sure I can't tag along?" Jessy squealed. "You are evil at times." Zac gasped, adding, "She sure does deserve it though." "She'd die wouldn't she? You guys letting me shack up with you but not her. To die for." Jessy squealed dancing her way out of the room.