Thanksgiving had come and gone, and Christmas was quickly approaching. With two weeks until the holiday, JC was ready for some down time with his family before he started working again. He was back home in Bowie, Maryland visiting his family, and had invited his girlfriend, Bobbie to spend a few days with him.

"So Josh, I was thinking that for New Years, we could fly up to New York and watch the ball drop in Times Square!" Bobbie suggested speaking up.

"Huh?" JC asked. He was a little spaced out, his mind drifting off to other places, other people. He wasn't even paying attention to "It's a Wonderful Life", which he and Bobbie were cuddled together watching on the couch.

"Where's your head at babe?" Bobbie asked, once she realized that he wasn't even listening to a word she was saying.

"Huh?" JC replied, still not listening to his girlfriend.

"I said where's your head at?" She repeated.

"Just thinking about this last show we have coming up after New Years." JC responded.

"Okay." She replied. She knew what he was thinking about, who he was thinking about. She just didn't know how to drag it out of him without souding like the jealous girlfriend, that she was slowly becoming. Bobbie then decided to switch the subject, because she no longer wanted to think about that certain someone.

"How about we spend New Years Eve in New York?" Bobbie tried again.

"Sorry babe, can't do that." JC apologized, not actually sounding apologetic.

"Well why not?" Bobbie asked, her heart dropping.

"Because the guys and I are doing this MTV New Years Eve Special in Vegas." JC answered.

"Oh." Bobbie said simply. She dared to ask the question that was nagging at her the most. "So who's all gonna be there?"

"Well there's gonna be us, and Britney, Christina, and Leah are all gonna be there too." JC explained. "We're all slated to perform."

Bobbie's heart began to pound. "Leah. Leah's gonna be there?" Bobbie asked nervously.

"Yeah." JC confirmed. Bobbie didn't know what to say. She wanted to break out, scream and protest that he couldn't spend the entire weekend in Vegas with his drop dead gorgeous ex-girlfriend! She knew jealousy was a horrible feeling, and that JC and Leah were just friends, but sometimes she couldn't help but wonder if that's all they'd be if she weren't in the picture. She knew that Leah and JC had known each other for a very long time, and even dated at one point, and the fact that they still remained so close made her sick to her stomach. She couldn't help it. JC was the first guy that she ever truly loved. She could see herself spending an eternity with him, and she hated the thought of letting him go. "JC," was all that Bobbie could get out of her mouth, her throat feeling tight. She willed herself not to cry.

"Yeah?" JC replied, getting from his place on the couch.

"Promise me you won't do anything." She demanded, her voice now shaky.

"What?" JC asked, turning to face Bobbie, stopping in his tracks.

"You heard me." Bobbie stated.

"Bobbie, where is this all coming from?" JC wondered.

"It's coming from the fact that you're going to be spending New Years Eve in Las Vegas with your ex-girlfriend!" Bobbie yelled.

"Bobbie c'mon, I know you're not jealous." JC said in disbelief. He couldn't believe they were having this fight.

"What if I was Josh? What if I was jealous?" Bobbie tempted, she couldn't believe she was heading in this territory.

"Bobbie, you have nothing, absolutely nothing to be jealous of." JC reassured his girlfriend.

"I have everything to be jealous of!" Bobbie admitted, a tear now rolling down her cheek. "She's known you longer than me, she knows you better than I could ever hope to know you. She knows everything about you, and I don't. She knows what makes you cry and what pisses you off, and me, your girlfriend of the last four years doesn't even know that! You know why Josh? Because we never see each other. If your not halfway across the continent, then you're off visting her and tending to her needs, comforting her when she's sad and alone. What about me Josh? You know why I'm jealous? Because she's prettier than me, she's funnier than me, she's smarter than me, she's talented and the whole frickin' world just loves her, including you. She's everything you love. I can see it in your eyes that you still love her. I try and I try to ignore it, but deep down I know that I'll never be the one that you want to spend forever with because there will always be Leah. She's eveything you love, everything I'm not, and everything that I could never be." Bobbie sobbed, now in hysterics.

"Bobbie." Was all that JC could say. His heart ached at the sight of his girlfirend so broken hearted. He didn't know what to do or say in this moment that would fix things, because everything that she said had been true. He'd been trying to deny it for the longest but he couldn't anymore. He still loved Leah.

"Josh you know it's true." Bobbie accused.

"Bobbie listen," JC started, walking across the room to console his girlfriend. He sat down on the couch next to her. "You are my girlfriend, and I love you. I will never do anything to hurt you, and you have nothing to worry about. You have my word." JC promised. Once again, he spoke the words that he thought he was supposed to say to get him off the hook, not what he felt. Because in all honesty his heart wasn't there. But he couldn't just up and leave Bobbie. Sure, they had their issues but, at the end of the day he did care for her, and wouldn't just leave her like this. He wasn't heartless.

"Josh, just promise me one thing." Bobbie said seriously, looking JC dead in his eyes.

"Anything." JC replied.

"Promise me that you won't get drunk, and sleep with her." Bobbie said, with tears in her eyes.

"Bobbie, don't be ridiculous."

"Damn it! Promise me JC!" Bobbie demanded, her voice rising again.

"I promise." JC repsonded. JC had never cheated on any of his girlfriends, and he didn't want to ruin his good streak now, but a weekend in Vegas with his ex-girlfriend, who he still loved, was going to make that really hard.

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"Oh my god, no it's not!" JC replied.

"Yes it is, and we won't let you off the hook until you admit it!" Tyler, the youngest Chasez sibling teased.

"Fine! I liked Tracey Anders!" JC admitted, referring to his seventh grade crush.

"Liked? Honey don't you think you're being a little subtle?" Karen, JC's mom asked chiming in.

"Yeah, she was all you ever talked about! The first thing you did when you came home from school was call her, it was kinda borderline stalker! You even made up a cheesy song about her!"

"Knock it off Tyler." JC warned, blushing.

"Aww, look at him now!" Heather teased. Although his family was lauging at his expense, truthfully JC wouldn't have it any other way. Besides, he knew it was all in good fun! He missed his family, and was glad to be home for Christmas. To the world he may be JC Chasez, but to his family, he was just Josh, and they treated him no differently then they had before he got famous.

"Speaking of girls son," Roy, JC's father spoke up. "How are thing between you and Leah anyway, are you two going out again?" He asked.

"Dad, I'm still with Bobbie." JC answered. He hated this question.

"Still?" Karen asked. "But honey don't you think Leah's better suited for you?" Karen suggested.

"Mom, Leah and I are just friends. Our whole 'relationship phase' is over." JC explained.

"Well that's a shame, because Leah is a such a nice girl." Karen responded. "Plus, you two were so cute together."

"It was just puppy love mom." JC said, down playing his relationship with Leah.

"I agree with mom, I miss Leah." Heather concurred

"Yeah, me too. Bobbie's cool I guess, but sometimes she can seem like a real uptight bitch!" Tyler added.

"Tyler, watch your language." Roy scolded.

"Tyler, she's till my girlfriend." JC reminded. Although he did have to stick up for his girlfriend. He did agree with his family. He didn't even know why he was still with Bobbie, she wasn't even a joy to be around anymore. Sure, he and Leah had a few problems when they were a couple, but they mostly had fun when they were togther. Bobbie was becoming more and more insecure, where on the other hand Leah never took herself too seriously.

Other than the uncomfortable talk about JC's love life, the day was pretty aswesome. After dinner, the family exchanged gifts and watched old home videos of the Chasez kids, and Christmas movies. Taking a minute to excuse himself from his family, JC went back into the kitchen for a moment alone.

He decided to call Leah. Since she wasn't really all that close to her family, JC knew that she'd most likely be spending Christmas alone. There was that, and the fact that he had been doing a lot of thinking over the past couple of hours. For the past few months he'd been contemplating whether or not he should break up with Bobbie, and once again pursure his feelings for his best friend. Since he didn't want to admit to his friends what he still felt for Leah, he wondered if he were being crazy, and should just leave it alone. But the conversation at the dinner table with his family further confirmed what he already knew. He was the one for Leah, and Leah was the one for him. It was now or never; he decided to tell Leah how he felt now, before he chickened out. He would just have to deal with Bobbie later. He picked up his cell phone and dialed Leah's number, with each number he pressed, his heart pounded faster and faster. Before he knew it the phone was already ringing. It rang about four times before someone picked up.

"Hello?" The sound of a male voice took JC by surprise.

"Um... Is Leah there?" JC asked, not sure whether or not he had called the right number.

"Sorry man, she's not here." The male voice replied. It was the right number, JC's heart dropped.

"Alright, then tell her Josh called." JC responded, sounding defeated.

"Sure thing." The voice replied, before hanging up. JC set his phone down on the counter. Maybe it's the universes way of telling me we're just not meant to be. JC thought to himself, sighing.

"Who was that?" Leah asked coming from the kitchen, and sitting down on the couch next to Tyson.

"Wrong number," Tyson lied. He knew who it was, but he didn't want him talking to Leah. Now that he finally had her back, he was going to make sure that nothing was going to ruin their relationship again, not even JC Chasez.