Nathan stared out the windshield of his Ford Taurus, fingers drumming on the steering wheel, waiting for the light to turn green.  The drive to Nashville had been a long one and he was feeling just a little bit on the bad side of exhausted by that point.  Listening to the snores of his best friend Chance, sprawled out next to him in the passenger seat, didn’t help his mood at all either.  They were in the Music City because that’s where Nathan’s sister Julia lived and he’d promised her a visit at some point.  Of course, he hadn’t bothered to tell her just how soon it would be but that was the whole point after all.  Julia was his baby sister and he felt very protective towards her; she’d been living in Nashville for a while and had begun to date again after that fiasco with Ben so he was worried about her.  What better way to check in on her than a surprise visit!  It had been Chance’s idea, or at least that’s what he’d claim when they suddenly showed up at her door; of course, he hadn’t told Chance that yet.  The internet had said it would take a little over nine hours to get from his home in Jacksonville to hers in Nashville so they had left around 1:00 am and driven straight through the night, alternating shifts so each could rest a little.  Another ten minutes and they’d be there.<br/><br/>As he wound the last miles of neighborhood streets to reach her place, Nathan reached over and whapped Chance on the shoulder.  “Wake up sleepy head.  We’re almost there.”  Rounding the corner onto Julia’s road, Nathan got his first good look at her neighborhood, liking what he saw.  It’d been five months since they’d last seen each other but that had been in Florida when Julia had come down for a family visit.  This time he’d be on her turf and he couldn’t wait.  Pulling up to her place, he put the car in park and turned towards Chance.  “Alright, my friend, we’re here.  Let’s hope that my sis doesn’t have a guy in there with her or we might have to mete out a little manly justice.”  Nathan remembered Chance texting Julia last night about her date, something she’d mentioned when he’d talked to her last, and a smile slid into place.  If his sister invited the cad over for the night, this was going to be a very interesting morning.  Hurrying up the sidewalk, leaving Chance to catch up when he felt like it, Nathan quickly reached the front door and banged on it.<br/>