Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 21:21:11 -0700 (PDT) From: AJ Shukla Subject: Josh and Just 24 ****Hey Everyone. Got a new chapter. Uhm. Where to start? Well thanks for all the e-mails, and sorry it took sooooooo long to reply to them. I'm down to the last two weeks of school and then I start Summer school! Haha so not much of a break but I hope to write more. We'll see. Thanks to the usuals. Jay of course because his pictures are awesome. Can't wait to send them to Hawaii. Elisheva for keeping me cracking up. Who knows maybe Christina might go that way. We'll see. Hehe. Angel. Because he's just plain cool. JT! Why aren't you online anymore!!!! Write to me! Uhm. Jessica for being my best friend and the only one of my group who is reading this story as of now. hehe. Mary Beth! Get better. Write me so I can check up on you. I replied to your e-mail a loooong time ago and it said that it didn't work. So write me because I'm worried. Other than that. That's it. so enjoy! Josh and Just 24 Justin's eyes slowly started to open as the phone rang. He looked around and saw he was cuddled close to JC's body with Sleepy in between them. Justin cautiously pulled away from JC and sat up in bed. He hugged the sleepy doll as he looked down at his lover. A smile crossed his lips as he watched how sound asleep JC was as the loud ring of the phone continued. He leaned down and placed a small kiss on JC's cheek before climbing out of bed. He tiredly stumbled to the phone on the nightstand. "Hello? Lance if this is you, I'm going to kick your pale ass butt of yours back to Mississippi for waking me up this early." Justin said crankily into the phone. He took a seat on the other bed in the room and looked at JC who slept peacefully. "Hello? Is Joshy there?" A woman asked. Justin's jaw went rigid as h heard the voice of Stacey on the other end. "Oh! Well he's sleeping right now." Justin said as he started to toy with the Sleepy doll in his lap. "Oh could you wake him up cause this is kind of important." Stacey snapped back. Justin gave a disgusted look as he put down the phone. He walked over to the other bed and took a seat at the edge. "Josh? Hun? Wake up there's a phone call for you." Justin said as he lightly shook JC. "Tell them I'm dead." JC mumbled before rolling over in bed. "I can't it's that persistent little slut Stacey!" Justin said with distaste. "Justin! Behave!" JC said. He let out a small groan as he sat up in bed. "Well she is." Justin mumbled as he fell back onto the bed while JC took the phone and took a seat next to him. "Hello?" JC asked as he brought the phone to his ear. "Hey Cutie. I was just wondering if you were busy today. We could maybe head to the mall and maybe catch a movie later on." Stacey proposed. "Oh, I'm sorry Stacey but I'm sort of dating someone right now." JC broke to her as he glanced at Justin who laid next to him. Justin cast JC a smile as he continued to play with the sleepy doll. "You have a girlfriend? How could you!?" Stacey shrieked. JC pulled the phone away from his ear as he winced in pain. "I can't believe the nerve of you Joshua Chasez!" Stacey yelled as she hung up the phone. JC pulled the phone away and stared at it for a second before placing it down on the receiver. "Why is everyone blaming me??" JC pondered. "I'm not." Justin said as he sat up in bed. JC gave him a small peck on the cheek before laying down and placing his head in Justin's lap. "Hello all." Lance said as he walked into the room. "What are you doing up so early?" Justin asked as he watched Lance lay down on the other bed. "Had to meet someone for breakfast. Some friend that lived nearby. What about you two?" Lance asked. "JC got a call from a prostitute." Justin mumbled. "Justin!." JC said as he looked up at Justin with a disappointed face. "She is!" Justin replied innocently. "That Stacey chick?" Lance asked. "Yeah." JC replied with a small nod. He adjusted himself so that he laid on the side as he rested his cheek against Justin's thigh. He lightly pulled the covered over his body and snuggled up. "Well you guys have that big reunion thing tonight huh?" Lance asked. "Yeah. It's in some fancy shmancy dinner thing. Tuxes and all." JC said. Following after his comment came a sneeze. Justin ran his fingers through JC's hair softly. "Bless you." Justin whispered. JC took Justin's hand in his and gave it a small kiss. "You guys are gonna have fun." Lance replied. "What do you mean you guys? You are going to. Britney and Christina need dates." Justin replied. JC let out a small cough. Justin looked down worriedly before running his palm over JC's forehead. "You okay?" Lance asked. "Yeah, just a little chilly. It'll pass after I take a shower." JC replied as he rubbed his face before pulling the covers up to his neck. "So what's the plan for today?" Justin asked. "Well we are going to meet for lunch at about noon. And then decide from there. Might just meet in a room and watch a movie or something." Lance replied. "Sounds goo to me." JC said. Shortly after letting out several coughs. "Hey you know what? Maybe it was all that sex last night that made you sick." Lance suggested. Justin and JC looked up sheepishly. Justin sat at the restaurant table where he looked down at the plate that was put before him. JC sat next to him lightly resting his head on Justin's shoulder. the rest of the guys sat around the table as they started to eat their food. "You know what I have to do after tonight? I have to hop on a plane and go host MTV's SoCal Summer with Carson Daly. Man I hate that guy. He's like the biggest pervert known to man. Al he can do is hit on girls that are like half his age. Could you believe the nerve of him when I hosted TRL with him. He always had some way of touching me." Britney said as she started to cut her chicken. "Oh I know! He like kept trying to caress my shoulder when I helped him host it. And like I always had to elbow him in the stomach. Then he asked me if I wanted to go out that night!" Christina added. "Oh I know! He had the nerve to touch my butt!" Justin joked. "Ha. Ha. You guys don't know how easy you guys got it." Britney replied. "Like how!" Chris argued. "PMS. You guys don't have but us girls do." Christina replied. "Oh please one thing. That's one stinking thing." Joey responded. "Pregnancy. You guys don't have to carry this five pound thing inside of you for nine months. And you don't have to squeeze something the size of a watermelon through a hole that is the size of walnut!" Britney replied. "Hello! I'm trying to eat here." JC replied as he looked down at his food. "You're not eating. You're sleeping on Justin's shoulder." Lance pointed out. "Either way I don't want to hear it." JC replied. "Hun, why don't eat a little bit it'll make your stomach feel better." Justin replied. JC sat up and picked at his food before taking a small bite. He slowly began to eat. "Okay so what movie do you guys want to watch?" Chris asked. "I don't know. Let's watch something old." Joey replied. "Fried Green Tomatoes!" Christina suggested. "That's such a chick flick." Lance replied. "How about some action." Joey suggested. "Horror!" Chris suggested. "Uhm no!" Justin replied. "How about a comedy?" JC said softly. "I guess so since we can't watch a horror movie!" Chris said cast a small glare at Justin. "Sounds good to me, but lets make sure there is happy romantic ending." Christina added. Justin snuggled up to JC as JC sat up with his back propped against the backboard of the bed. There legs intertwined while Justin's head rested on JC's chest. Both stared at the TV in front of them. Christina laid down next to them with her head at the foot of the bed and her feet at the head. He rested her chin on Joey's head who sat on the floor right in front of her. Lance crashed on the his bed, laying on this stomach as he stared at the TV. Chris snoozed lightly on the floor between the two beds snuggling up close to a pillow. All was quiet with the exception of a cough or a sneeze from JC. Every time Justin would glance up worriedly at his boyfriend who in turn would kiss Justin on the forehead before guiding his head back to it's resting place. "You feeling okay Baby?" Justin asked as he lightly ran his finger tips up and down JC's stomach. "Yeah I'm fine. Just a cold." JC replied, placing a kiss at the top of Justin's head. JC took in the smell of Justin's curls before rest his cheek against them. "Love you." Justin whispered. "Love you too." JC replied. The guys watched the rest of the movie with occasional laughing. Soon the credits started to roll over the screen causing everyone to adjust their position. "So do I really have to go to this thing tonight?" Lance complained. "Yes, I already made reservations." Britney said standing up. "Awww man!" Lance whined as he stood up. "Okay we should go change then huh?" Justin said as he sat up and stretched lightly. He looked down at JC who was starting to get up with obvious pain. "What's wrong?" Justin asked. "Oh nothing Just a little sore." JC said standing up. "Okay. Come on you can lean on me while we head back. JC walked with Justin hand in hand back to their hotel room. When they entered they started to rummage through their room trying to find their tuxedo bags. "Okay here you go. I'm going into take a shower really quick. Do you want to join me?" Justin asked. "No thanks Sweety. I had a shower after lunch." JC replied as he tiredly zipped open his bag. "Okay be right back." Justin said walking into the bathroom. He quickly took a shower and started to put on his shirt. He was in the middle of buttoning it when he walked out of the bathroom. He looked at JC who was fully dressed in his tux while snoozing on the bed. Sweat poured down his face while as he took small shallow breaths. He sniffled every now and then. "Baby? Are you okay?" Justin asked as he quickly hurried to JC's side. He took JC's hand in his and could feel the moistness and warmed. "Your burning up." Justin said as he felt JC's forehead. "No. . . no. . . I can go." JC said as he attempted to sit up. "No babe. You are staying here. We are staying home." Justin said as he started to take off JC's shoes. "No Justin. You have to go. You've been looking forward to seeing everyone. Just go without me. I'll be fine." JC said as a small trickle of sweat rolled down form his brow. "No Josh, we are going to go to the hospital and see if everything is okay then we're going to stay home. Both of us." Justin said, continuing to take off JC's shoes. "Justin, Listen to me. You have to go. You will never see half theses people for another ten or so years. Just go. I'll be fine. It's just a little fever. Go." JC said as he swallowed hard. "Just like it was a little cold this morning? No way Josh. I'm not leaving you." Justin said taking off JC's socks. "Justin, I'll be fine. Just take your cell phone. I'll call you if I feel really bad. I promise." JC said. Justin hesitated before agreeing. He helped JC undress before tucking him into bed. He made sure JC was totally comfortable before leaving. Justin stood in the large ballroom amongst everyone. Many were his former colleagues and their families. He stuck close to the gang as they made their way off the dance floor where everyone was mingling to a table where they all sat. "Hey guys." Keri said as she walked to the table with Tony clasping her hand standing right behind her. "Hey you two. Have a seat." Christina said as she pointed to the two empty seats. They gladly took a seat and watched the mingling crowd in amusement. "Where's JC?" Tony asked, noticing his absence. "He wasn't feeling to good.' Justin replied sullenly. He hadn't smiled the whole time he was there. He put on a fake smile when he talked to former coworkers but never actually felt happy. He was only happy when JC was around at least when he knew that he was okay. Justin couldn't help but worry how JC was. "Awww poor boy. Hope he fells better." Keri said. "Hey everyone." A woman said as she came up to the table. "Ilana? Is that you? Man you haven't changed a bit!" Keri said as she jumped up and quickly hugged the girl. "You have! Look at your hair. It's soo short!" Ilana said as she touched the hair. "Yeah I know." Keri said as she wrapped an arm around Ilana's waist. "Hey Justin." Ilana said as she leaned down and gave him a hug. "Hi Lana. How have you been?" he asked as he hugged her back. "Very good. And yourself?" Ilana asked. "Good, good." Justin said as he nodded. His mind went elsewhere. As Ilana said hello to everyone at the table his mind was worrying about JC. "Justin! Oh My God! You are still adorable!" Rhona said as she walked over to the table and hugged him. "Hey Rhona! Wow you look great." Justin replied. "Thanks. Now where's JC? Is he here? You two were always inseparable on the show." Rhona said as she looked around. "He wasn't feeling to good." Justin replied. "Oh I'm sorry to hear that. I really wanted to see him again. Maybe we could meet another time." Rhona replied. "Yeah maybe we could." Justin replied. He watched as she walked off. He looked around quickly before turning to Britney. "You know I should be at home with JC." Justin whispered. "He'll be fine Justin. He would want you to stay here and catch up on old times." Britney replied. "I know. But it feels wrong." Justin said as he sulked in his seat. Britney gave his hand a small squeeze before handing him her drink. "Take a sip. It's good." Britney offered. Justin took a small sip and went back to sulking. "Cheer up." Britney said as she ran her hand up and down his back softly. "You know I'm going home. If anyone asks tell them I had to take care of JC. I'll catch a cab okay? See ya." Justin said as he stood up. Justin waked into the dimly lit room and quietly made his way into the room. He took off his jacket and threw it on the back of a chair. He started to unbutton his shirt as he walked to JC's bed side. The soft light from the lamp sent little light onto JC's face which was still in slumber. Justin kneeled at the side of the bed and placed a small kiss on JC's cheek. JC quickly stirred and opened his eyes slowly. He stared at Justin for a while before looking around to where he was. "Back so soon?" JC asked with a groggy voice. Justin took off his shirt and slipped off his pants and crawled on top of the covers. He snuggled up to JC cautiously. "I was depressed there without you so I came back. I was just too worried about you." Justin whispered as he placed a small kiss on JC's chin. "How sweet. But didn't you want to see everyone?" JC asked tiredly. "I saw them. They are all the same. I got their numbers again. It's all the same. I don't care as along as I'm with you." Justin said as he rested his head softly against JC's chest. "aww thanks sweety." JC mumbled. Justin looked up and saw that JC had drifted back into sleep. He gently reached over and turned off the light before snuggling up to JC and falling a sleep himself. "Home Sweet Home!" Justin said as he walked through the door. He placed his bags down and walked into the kitchen to check the answering machine. JC walked through the door as he shuffled through the mail they got. JC closed the door behind him and walked into the kitchen himself letting out a small cough. "Hey Josh. My parents and Jonathan are coming over to bring the puppies back. Jonathan's in town for a bit so I told them that he could stay here with us for tonight. Sound good?" Justin asked looking up from the counter. "Sure. Jonathan will have fun with Leo and Ozzie." JC replied placing a pile of the mail on the countertop. "Hey look at this." JC said handing Justin a square white envelope. Justin looked down at the invitation-like envelope before opening it. Justin quickly scanned over the invitation and looked up in surprise. "Jennie and John are getting married!" Justin said with a smile. "Jennie? Our Tour Manager Jennie?" JC asked as he took the invitation from Justin's hand. "Yeah, She's gonna marry that cute set crew member, John. Remember they were like in love on the tour. Seth is going to have a father!" Justin said excitedly. "Wow! It's in Hawaii!" JC said looking at the place. "Cool. We need a vacation anyway." Justin replied. "Wow! It's in a month!" JC voiced. "We have to book tickets." Justin said as he rummaged through the fridge. He leaned in and looked through the shelves. He popped back up when he felt JC pinch his ass. He turned and looked at JC who smiled mischievously. Justin leaned forward and pecked JC quickly. "Is that all I get?" JC asked in disappointment. "Yup! You're still sick." Justin replied. The sound of the phone ringing came at the same time the doorbell rang. Justin picked up the phone while JC ran to the front door. He opened the door and saw Lynn and Paul with Jonathan standing between them. Lynn carried the cage with Ozzie in it while Leo was carried by Paul. "Hey you guys, come on in." JC said as he opened the door fully. He scooped Jonathan into his arms and tickled him slightly. "Hey Jonny." JC said as he looked at the boy in his arms. "Hello JC." Jonathan said giving a hug to JC. JC hugged the boy back before putting him down. "Can I play with the doggies now?" Jonathan asked. "Sure thing. JC said as he opened up Ozzie's cage. He walked over to where Paul placed down his cage and opened that as well. Jonathan ran into the living room while the two puppies stumbled behind him. "Thanks Lynn, Thanks Paul." JC said as he walked into the kitchen again. "Yeah Brit, come on over and tell Lance he can come over before he heads out on his date." Justin said into the phone. Justin quickly finished his phone call before hanging up. "Hello Sweety." Lynn said, giving her son a hug. "Hi Mom, Hi Paul." Justin said. Paul gave a small wave as he took a seat. "So how have you two been. How was New York?" Lynn asked. "Good, same old interviews and appearances. Josh got sick." Justin said as he stood up and picked up the pile of mail. He sifted through it to see if any were for him. "Oh poor baby. Are you feeling better?" Lynn asked as she felt JC's forehead. "Yeah, I'm fine just a little bed bug." JC replied. "My poor Joshy. Wait until your mother hears about this." Lynn said. "Oh great I get to have her calling me. At four in the morning to make sure I'm okay." JC said with a shrug. "Hello?" They all heard from the front door. "Tyler!" They all head Jonathan yell. "Tyler's here?" JC asked in confusion. Justin got up and walked out of the kitchen to the front door. there in the doorway was Tyler with one duffel bag in his hand and another strapped over his shoulder. "How did you get here? How did you know that we came home today? Why are you here?" JC asked as he took Tyler's duffel bags and threw them to the side where his and Justin's bags still laid. "Well I arrived three days ago. I dropped by the house and found out you weren't home so I crashed at a friend's house and called Joey because I didn't know the number to this house yet. He called me back like an hour ago and told me you guys are back so I headed down here." Tyler said as he hugged Lynn and Paul quickly. He scooped up Jonathan and walked into the living room. "So you're crashing here? Why? And for how long?" JC asked. "Well the wedding is in a month right? So until then, if that's okay." Tyler replied. "Sure it is." Justin said as he took a seat on the arm of the recliner. "It is?" JC asked as he sat down on the recliner. Justin slid off the arm and into JC's lap. "It is." Justin replied. "Cool thanks. And don't worry whenever you want me out of the house I'll leave and crash at a friend's or something." Tyler replied. "Does mom know you're here? And shouldn't you be in school?" JC asked. "One, mom knows I came down. Two school's over, don't you remember coming down to see my graduation during the middle of the tour. You came with Justin." Tyler responded. "Josh, you remember right? We got into that big fight with management about letting us go for that weekend." Justin laughed. "Oh yeah!" JC said in realization. "Anyways, boys we're going to head out and you guys should move all these bags before someone trips." Lynn said walking out the door. "Bye Mom." Justin called as they left. He turned back to Tyler. "Wow Ty, you look stunning, who's the girl?" Justin asked. "No girl, just looking suave for no reason." Tyler replied. "Hey how's Heather and Mom and Dad?" JC asked. "Well Heather is fine, she's still dating Tim. Mom and Dad are fine. Same old thing with them." Tyler replied. "Tyler, look at the doggy!" Jonathan pointed out as Leo scurried across the floor. Justin scooped him up and gave him a small kiss before placing him down in his lap. Leo laid down in Justin's lap while JC petted him softly. "I see, What's his name?" Tyler asked. "Leo." Jonathan answered. "Wow!." Tyler played along. "Anyway, how have you been. What have you been doing?" Tyler asked. "Josh is sick." Justin replied. "Am not." JC retorted "Are to. Why else am I not kissing you?" Justin asked. "Good point." JC replied. Justin and JC leaned in for a kiss. There lips met with the sound of Tyler groaning. "You two are still all lovely dovey. How disgusting." Tyler replied. "Wait until you see the studio portraits we got done together." Justin replied with a grin. "Hello all." Lance said as he walked into the house. He didn't look where he was walking and tripped over the bags that laid around the entrance way. Tyler sat in comfortable leather executive chair that was at the giant wooden desk. He looked over all the papers and stuff that was placed around it. He looked at the various frames that stood on the desk. The first was a picture of Justin and JC. JC sat at the top of a staircase while Justin sat on a lower step between his legs. The second frame had a picture of him in it. It was his senior portrait. He was decked out in a tuxedo and all. Tyler's eyes wandered to the third frame where he saw a picture of Laura holding Steven while Jonathan stood proudly next to her. On the other side of the desk another frame had a picture of the five guys of `N Sync with Britney and Christina. Tyler's eyes looked up at the frames that adorned the mantle piece above the fireplace in front of him. He got up and walked up to the fireplace. The first frame had a picture of his parents. Karen and Roy stood in front of a fountain as they held each other's hands while looking deep into each other's eyes. The next frame had a picture of himself and Heather from this past Christmas. The next frame had a picture of Jennie, John, and Seth. As he moved on he saw more pictures of Justin and JC together, as well as pictures of their parents, family, the guys, Britney, Christina, and some other people he didn't recognize. "Like em?" Justin asked as he walked in. he took a seat at the desk and moved from side to side on the turning chair. "Yeah they are all really cool." Tyler said turning around. He looked behind the chair for the first time. There on either side of the desk hanging on the wall was the two framed sketches he made for Justin and JC for Christmas. "You liked it? I never thought you two would hang them up." Tyler said looking at the two sketches that were hanging perfectly. "Of course we liked it. Man that was hanging on the bus in the lounge and at every hotel room. We loved it. We wanted to put it about the fireplace but there are two of them and we didn't want to put one up and not the other." Justin replied. "Wow thanks." Tyler replied. "thanks you for making them." Justin replied as he sifted through papers. "How did you take those studio pics? I mean didn't you have to tell the cameraman" Tyler asked. "Oh well the cameraman was Joey. He took them for us and developed them too. He's quite talented at it." Justin replied. "Wow." Tyler replied as he took a seat in the other chair in the room. "Justin? Can I ask you something?" Tyler asked. "Yeah sure go ahead." Justin replied. "Well we are about the same age. You are like a couple months older than me and all. Well I wanted to know when you know when you fall in love and you know that person is your true love." Tyler replied. "Well I'm not sure. I know JC is my true love and I'm deeply in love with him. But when I first found out is when he took care of me. When I knew that I could trust him with my life so I could get a good night's sleep for one. I knew it when he watched over me every night on MMC. It's a lot of things. I guess when you think about that person so much and it's basically all that you can thing of. And that person has a mutual feeling, that's true love. Am I making sense?" Justin asked. "Not really, but I think I can manage cracking the code." Tyler laughed. Justin joined in as the two continued to joke in the cozy den. "Mom I'm fine. No. I'm perfectly fine. . .no it was just a small cold. . . no Justin is taking care of me. . . don't worry Tyler is fine. . . Justin is fine. . . everyone is fine Mom." JC said into the phone. Justin snickered to himself as he overheard the conversation. He placed a small kiss on JC's cheek before hugging him from behind Justin placed small kisses on to JC's covered shoulder before moving his way to JC's neck. "Yeah hold on." JC replied. JC pointed the phone at Justin. "She wants to talk to you." JC said. Justin took the phone and placed it to his ear. "Hello?" Justin asked as he spoke into the phone. JC walked toward the fridge as Justin took a seat at the counter to talk to Karen. "Hey JC!" Jonathan yelled as he ran into the room with Tyler following. "Hey there Jonny. Feel like an ice cream sundae?" JC asked as he rummaged through the freezer. Justin snapped his fingers to get JC's attention. When JC glanced at him, Justin shook his head at the idea. He mouthed the words `you're sick.' JC pouted and brought out the supplies anyway. Tyler laughed at the way Justin and JC acted. He took a seat next to Justin and flipped through a magazine. "Karen tell your son that he should not be eating ice cream when he's sick." Justin said into the phone. Justin handed JC the phone. He put the phone to his ear and listened to his mother rant and rave. "Yes Mom. Okay Mom. Bye Mom." JC said handing the phone back to Justin. Justin smirked at JC. JC leaned in a placed a sad kiss on Justin's lips. Justin took a hold of JC's bottom lip with his lips and furthered the kiss. "Love you." Justin whispered. "Love you too." JC replied before scooping out ice cream into a bowl for Jonathan. "Okay Bye Karen." Justin said into the phone before hanging up. "You are so mean." JC said as he sadly scooped ice cream out. "Hey I don't want a coughing, sneezing, sniffling boyfriend in bed tonight." Justin said as he shook the can of whip cream. JC handed him the bowl to add whip cream. "Fine, it's okay. I don't want ice cream anyway." JC pouted. Justin got up and pulled JC into a hug. Justin kissed JC's chin before pinching his ass. JC jumped slightly as he felt the pinch. "You two are nasty." Tyler replied. "Justin! Let me in! JC! Someone!" Lance yelled as he knocked on the door furiously. Marissa looked down the pathway that led to the sidewalk. It was dark as the neighborhood street was quiet. Lance cast a look behind hm and saw a car coming down the street. "Hurry!" Lance yelled. The door burst open to reveal JC in his robe. Lance pushed himself in as he pulled Marissain as well. He shut the door and rested against the door in relief. "What's wrong?" JC asked as he tied his robe closed. Lance looked into the living room where he saw Justin, Tyler and Jonathan. "Danielle has gone nuts!" Lance claimed. To Be Continued. . . ****Hola everyone. Okay some things I gots to say. Thank everyone for reading and all that. I'm glad you all like the story. Comments and questions are all welcome at wipeout211@yahoo.com . Okay down to the bad news. I'm going to continued the story so don't worry, but I might not have a story posted by next weekend. Notice the word MIGHT. I have finals coming up and plus it's my birthday soon and there is only two more weeks of school and all. So there might not be a new chapter next week. But who knows maybe it'll be my break from studying. So we'll see. Anyways thanks for reading. Until next time. Mahalo Aloha, CYA.