In the beginning there were five of them. Two girls and three boys. Holly Robinson, Johnny Depp, Peter DeLuise, Dustin Nguyen and Michelle DeMorra.

They were all part of '21 Jump Street', the favourite tv show of America's youth. For everyone else they were all teen idols. But when there were only the five of them in the small house they shared together, they were nothing more than five young ordinary people.

They were a family.

And then he came.

The person who walked into their lives and changed their world. The new addition to the '21 Jump Street' cast and also their new housemate.

Richard Grieco.

It was a usual thursday evening at their house. Holly and Michelle had come back from a double date that hadn't gone quite as expected but at least they'd had some good laugh. Holly's boyfriend had a friend who was single so she had suggested introducing him to Michelle who wasn't dating anyone at the moment either. However things didn't go exactly as planned and the night was a bust. After taking a hot shower both girls had told the others about their disastrous double date.

"I told you." Johnny said from the couch were he, Peter and Dustin were reading the lines they were supposed to learn for the next day. "It won't be easy to find a boy for a girl like Michelle."

The truth was he had a secret crush on Michelle but he couldn't bring himself to tell her because he knew she considered him just a friend. Still when he heard about the double date he got a little jealous and that's why he was glad to find out it didn't go as planned.

"I have to agree with him on this." Dustin nodded in agreement. "She's got a tough character."

"Well, the night hasn't ended yet. Who knows what surprises fate holds for us." Holly said cheerfully.

Michelle rolled her eyes but before she could respond the doorbell rang loudly.

"I'll get it." She said and hurried to open door.

Only to find herself face to face with the most handsome man she'd seen in her life.

Dark unruly hair fell heavily over two dark, cinnamon-colored eyes. Soft tan skin covered exquisite bone structure that was shaping an extremely handsome face. Ripped jeans, random t-shirt and black leather jacket hugged firm, muscular body.

Staring right into his piercing brown orbits Michelle felt like she was drowning into the ocean that was his soul and she went speechless.

"Excuse me is this the house where the actors from '21 Jump Street' are staying?" The man finally spoke and she got lost into his deep, soft voice.

Realizing he was expecting her answer Michelle nodded.

"Yes, it is."

He then stretched his hand towards her.

"My name's Richard, Richard Grieco. I'm the new addition to the series."

She took his hand and shook it.

"And I'm Michelle DeMorra. Come on in."

And she moved to let him in the house.

"Guys, this is Richard Grieco. He'll be joining us in the show." Michelle told the others when Richard walk inside.

Everyone looked at him. Holly was the first one to walk towards him and greet him.

"Hi, I'm Holly. Nice to meet you, Richard." She said and they shook hands.

One by one the boys followed her and greeted Richard. He then looked around the house.

"Well, I had a long trip so I'd like to take a shower and settle in." He said and Michelle hurried to nod.

"Ok, come with me, I'll show you the spare room." She said and motioned for him to follow her.

"These rooms are the boys' rooms." She pointed at each of the doors they walked by. "Johnny's, Peter's and Dustin's. This is Holly's room, this is my room and this..." She opened the last door to let him in. "...is your room now."

He put his backpack on the ground and looked around.

"It's very nice." He said.

"Well you're probably tired from your trip so I'll leave you to settle in and get some rest." She said. "The bathroom is right across the hallway. Unfortunately it's only one for all of us."

"That's ok." He said and gave her a smile. "I've got two sisters and a brother so I'm used to sharing."

"Ok, good." She smiled. "I'll go back to the others. If you need anything just ask."

With that she walked out of his room and back into the kitchen. She grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and took a large sip before going to the couch and sat down, the thoughts in her head running wild.

"Earth to Michelle."

"Huh?" She turned to look at Holly confused. "I'm sorry, did you say something?"

Holly chuckled.

"No, I didn't. But you were smiling and I was wondering what was the reason."

Michelle rolled her eyes, but her smile remained.

"No reason." She shrugged her shoulders but the other girl didn't buy it.

"It's because of the new guy, Richard, isn't it?"

This caught Johnny's attention and he looked up from his script to look at the two girls discreetly.

"I just...I don't know...I mean you saw him too, didn't you?" Michelle said leaning her head against the back of the couch.

"Yeah, he's gorgeous." Holly grinned.

"Mhmm. But what he really is, is nice." The other girl said dreamily.

Johnny's lips set into a firm line but he tried to keep his face expressionless as he continued to listen.

"Do you think he's single?" Michelle asked, lifting her head to look at the other girl.

"Such a handsome young man like him?" Holly asked incredulously. "No way. I'm pretty sure he's taken."

"Yeah, I guess you're right." The other girl nodded in agreement. "It's a shame though. I'd kill to have a chance with him."

Johnny tried not to react to the ache he felt in his heart when he heard Michelle's words.

"Who wouldn't?!" Holly said and both girls chuckled.

"Ugh, just look at us. We don't know anything about the guy and we're already talking about if he's taken or not!" Michelle said and chuckling she stood up from the couch. "I think I need something stronger to drink. Do you want something?"

"Just water, thanks."

Taking a bottle of water for Holly and a bottle of beer for herself from the kitchen Michelle turned to go back to the living room when with the corner of her eyes she spotted Richard walking out of the bathroom followed by a cloud of steam. He had only a short white towel wrapped around his waist, hanging low. Droplets of water were rolling all over his face and tanned muscular chest and the muscles on his arms were beautifully accented while he was brushing his wet hair with another towel. The sight was so breathtaking that the bottle of beer slipped from the girl's fingers and hit the floor, breaking into pieces. Cursing under her breath she quickly bent down to gather the broken glass. Reaching to grab one bigger piece she felt it cut her skin.

"Ugh!" She groaned.

Before she could say or do anything else a warm hand took her own and she was gently pulled upwards. Lifting her eyes she stared at Richard who quickly grabbed a napkin and pressed it against her wound.

"Hold that." He said and turning around he started opening the drawers. Her eyes secretly travelled all over his tan body, observing the way the small drops of water were trailing beautifully over every muscle, every firm curve.

Realizing what he was searching for, Michelle was quick to speak up.

"The second drawer on your left."

He quickly opened it and took out the first aid kit. He grabbed what he needed and started disinfecting her wound before putting a bandage on it.

"Thanks." She said and he looked up at her, her hand still in his.

They stared at each other's eyes; green in brown. Michelle felt like she was swallowed in his cinnamon orbits, drowning into their soulful depths and she couldn't look away. His body was still radiating heat from the hot shower he had taken and she was engulfed by the comfortable warmth his skin was exuding. She felt her cheeks heating up and finally pulled her hand out of his.

"I uh, I should clean up the mess I made." She said and turned around breaking their eyes contact.

He stopped her with a hand on her shoulder.

"No, leave it to me, you already cut your hand, you don't have to get hurt again." He said and grabbing a couple of tissues he quickly bent down to gather the glass and wipe the spilled beer.

Once ready he threw everything into the bucked and turned to smile at her.

"See? All done."

She felt lost into his beautiful smile and couldn't help but smile back.

"Thanks. For helping me with my hand and for cleaning the mess I made."

"It's nothing." He shook his head in response, the smile never leaving his face.

"Well I uh...I should go back to Holly and the others." She said and busied herself with taking another bottle of beer from the fridge.

Taking the bottle of water and the beer she started to walk away before pausing and turning to look at him.

"Working on '21 Jump Street' made all of us really close. And you're one of us now. So, welcome to the family." She said, giving him a warm smile.

"Thank you." He smiled back.

With a nod she walked back to the living room. Holly and Johnny were still there but Peter and Dustin were gone. Handing the bottle of water to the other girl Michelle dropped on the couch with a dreamy look in her eyes and took a sip of her beer.

"What took you so long?" Holly asked and the other girl turned to look at her.

"Nothing. I just dropped the bottle of beer and had to get another one."

"Is that how you cut your hand?"

Holly's words caused Johnny to look at Michelle's hand and his eyes widened. He was about to say something but she beat him to it.

"Yeah, but it's fine. Plus Richard helped me bandage it." She grinned and Holly smirked.

"That explains everything. I'm pretty sure that he was the reason for you to drop the beer in the first place, am I right?"

"Yeah, well I saw him walking out of the bathroom with only towel on." Michelle smiled, thinking back to what happened. "You have no idea what a hot, muscular body he has. If he has girlfriend then she's the luckiest girl in the world because he's not only incredibly handsome but super nice too. So anyway seeing him like that kind of took me off guard and I dropped the bottle. Then I bent down to gather the glass and cut myself. Before I knew it he was by my side pulling me up and searching for the first aid kit. Next thing I know he's disinfecting my wound and bandaging it. Then he didn't allow me to clean up the broken glass and spilled beer and he cleaned it all himself instead."

"Wow." Holly said.

"Mmm." The other girl nodded before finally snapping out of it and burying her face in her hands. "But what the hell am I even thinking?! The guy's probably taken and besides we're going to work together."

"So what?!" Holly asked confused.

Michelle lifted her head from her hands abruptly.

"So, I have to keep my distance from him. Otherwise I'm afraid I'll fall for him and this can never happen."

"You heart doesn't have an on and off button. You can't just switch off your emotions and forbid your heart to feel."

"Maybe. But I'm going to have to do it. For both my and Richard's sakes."

With that she stood up and ran to her room. Leaning her back against the door she closed her eyes breathing hard.

'I have to stop thinking about Richard and not let myself fall for him', she told herself firmly.

However what she still didn't know was that it was a bit too late for that. And she had yet to realize it.