Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 19:15:32 EDT
From: DigGetDownNSYNC@aol.com
Subject: WAKING UP WITH A VENGEANCE 9

MY FAITHFUL FANS! Thank you (yes, you!) for being a faithful fan! It means
so much. Really! Well, I am only allowed to go online 30 minutes online
everyday now.  :-( Don't ask why, cause I really have no clue why!

Anyway, you under 18? BYE BYE BYE! You don't like the fact that in this
story some boy band members are being portrayed as gay guys? BYE BYE BYE!

Ok anyway, enjoy! and BYE BYE BYE!

Shout out to Jane, a closet Backstreet Boys fan!

And my friends and faithful readers, Gillian, Steve, and
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SOOO much for your advice!)  SEND ME MAIL AND MAYBE YOUR NAME WILL BE ON
THAT LIST!'  SO THERE!

Ok, recapping chapta 8: Back To Your Heart...

We arrived at Brandy's house. I went into me and Brandy's bed and fell
asleep crying.

The next morning, I woke up to the smell of coffee brewing and AJ, Kevin,
JC, Brandy, Nick, and Lance laughing. I rushed out of bed, forgetting I had
no shirt on, and ran down the stairs.

When I walked in, everyone stared at me (or at least my boxers) and started
laughing, as if nothing had happened last night.

"Nice breakfast attire, Justin," Nick said to me with a smile. Since when
was he so chipper?

"What do you want for breakfast, Justin?" Brandy asked as she flipped over
a piece of French toast. I noticed JC and Kevin were munching on eggs,
while AJ and Nick were chowing down on pancakes.

"Uh, nothing. Not hungry." I responded. I sat down, "So what happened last
night?"

The whole room tensed up.

"Nick was just upset about something. Thats all. Everythings fine now,"
Kevin told me.

"If why he was upset had ANYTHING to do with me, tell me NOW." I said
sternly.

"Well, it had something to do with Brandy. But not you, no."

"Does it affect me anyway?"

"Yes."

"Does it benefit anyone?"

"Yes. But not you."

"Does it hurt anyone?"

"Yes, but who knows? You might not be hurt."

"Let me guess...Brandy, your going out with Nick?"

She stopped cooking the French toast, looked me straight in the eyes, and
nodded.

I fell over crying.

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Oh, looks like she chose Nick! Tell me your feedback...should she have
chosen Justin, or do you like her with Nick? Email me at
ILive4BoyBands@aol.com or DigGetDownNSYNC@aol.com. Thanx!

~Erica~

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CHAPTER 9: THE TOUR

"Brandy...you," I said, amidst the tears I was shedding

"What Justin?"

"YOU CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS TO ME!" I yelled. I ran upstairs and fell back
into bed. I accidentally woke up Brian, who ran to my room. I lay on my
stomach, crying into the pillow.

"Justin, what's wrong?" Brian asked me. I stopped crying and looked up for
a minute, then burried my head back into the pillow and sobbed even more.

"Ok, if you don't wanna talk about it...I guess I'll just leave you alo-"

"WAIT!" I yelled, interrupting him, "Stay!"

"Alright...what's up?" He sat down on the chair in my room.

"Brandy, she's...going out with Nick again!"

"Ooooh!" he nodded. I was expecting that he already knew, considering he
was there last night, "I knew that...listen, don't upset yourself too
much. I know you guys both love Brandy, but its Brandy's decision."

"I hate being at war with Nick, but I love her more! And JC was talking
with a psychic, and she said me and Brandy were soulmates!"

"Well, maybe you are, but for right now, she's with Nick. I know for a fact
she wants to remain close to you, but like a friend, not a boyfriend. Thats
as close as your going to get to her. Its better than her hating you,
right?"

"Yeah, thats true. Thanks for the advice Brian."

"Your welcome," he helped me up, "Now lets go get some breakfast. Shall
we?"

"We shall!" (author's note- Jane! ODKB!)

I got up. I was almost..happy..now.

I sighed. Almost.

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Well, The week was hard, but Brian, AJ, and JC stuck well by my side. JC
was beginning to realize how much I missed Brandy, and he cheered me up as
much as possible. And I took Brian's advice. Brandy and I became friends,
and we were pretty close. I still wanted her as a girlfriend, but I guess
that would never happen again.

"Why don't you just start dating other girls?" said JC to me. "It'll help
you get your mind off of her."

"I can't. I'm not ready." I responded.

"Why not? Its been a month already!"

"I love her so much that not having her has scared me for life!"

Let me fill you in. Its been a month. We planned the tour in 2 weeks, and
started it a month later. It was us and the Backstreet Boys.

You would think I would HATE Nick after what he's done to me. But I
deserved it. He's been a lot stupider since I hit him. And I'm not trying
to be funny. We're friends now; and I think its important that I'm friends
with him. He's making the one I love happy, and I'm happy she's happy.

We were all best buds. This tour has made me so close. I have 5 new
brothers. And I love it. Only one thing would make me happier, and you know
what it is!

Sitting on the NSYNC tour bus on our way to Washington, DC for our first
concert was hell. JC and Lance were cuddling (as usual) and Chris and Joey
were too (as usual). And I just sat there. Lonely. Trying to get JC to stop
droning about how I should go out with Britney Spears.

Not like Brit was bad...ok, she was bad. But we were going to see her
today, and the next 3 weeks as she opened up for our tour. I think I could
deal with it for 3 weeks. Brandy would be WAY better, but maybe dating
other girls WOULD take my mind off her...but then again, its Britney. She's
not "another girl". She's...Britney.

Whatever. It's done.

RIIING! JC's phone rang.

"Hello? Brian, whats up? That's great! Of course we'll go! Yeah, duh! Heh,
bye!" JC said to whoever was on the phone (Brian, apparently)

"What was that all about?" I questioned.

"Oh, Brian finalized his date." JC answered.

"What date?"

"You didn't know Kevin and Brian are getting married?"

"To each other?"

"NO DUMB ASS! THERE COUSINS!"

Damn Did I feel stupid! "Well, that could happen in Mississippi!"

"YOU DISSIN MISSISSIPPI?" Lance butted in.

"No, just saying."

"I WOULD NEVER MARRY MY COUSIN!" Lance blurted out. "Nuh uh, no way, no
how!"

"Yeah, but what about JC?" I asked him.

"Well, uh, me and JC...I don't know." We both turned to JC to see his
reaction, but we just found him dead on Lances shoulder. Well, not dead,
but a heavy sleep.

"Oh well." I walked away into my bunk and fell asleep. I guess looking at
JC made me tired.

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We arrived in Washington, DC about 2 hours later. Everyone went into the
hotel and fell asleep immdediately...well, everyone but Lance and JC, who
got their naps on the tour bus.


JC used his key to open up the mini-bar. He grabbed a mini-bottle of
whatever champagne was in there, and poured it into two bottles on a table,
with the room service he ordered for him and Lance laid out beautifully,
complete with candles and 3 white and 2 pink roses. JC scanned everything,
making sure nothing was out of place or MIA. He hid and waited for his love
to get back from his meeting with Johnny about updating the NSYNC web
page. 15 minutes later, he finally came.

Lance struggled to open up the door with his normal key instead of the
cards they were used to.

"Hey Jc, you have to hear about the web..huh?" Lance observed the room,
looking for JC. Lance saw the candlelit dinner and walked over.

"Well, this is dinner for two...but where's JC?" JC knew it was the right
moment, and got out of the closet.

"Right here!" JC said as he tapped Lance on the shoulder and pulled him in
to the kiss of his life. JC pulled away, unwillingly. He showed Lance to
his "seat".

"You did this all for me?" Lance put on his cutest poofu face. JC couldn't
resist crying at his cutness.

"Yeah, I <sniffle> sure did!" JC burried his face in his hands and started
crying.

"Whats wrong? What did I do?" Lance was horriffied!

"Nothing! Your just <sniffle> so cute!" Lance began to cry at the cuteness
of JC.

"We'll <sniffle> cry together!" They got up and held each other in there
arms.

"I wanna stay like this forever!" Lance told JC, enjoying the moments of
their warm, yet subtle embrace.

"'Until the sky falls down on me." JC began to sing Savage Garden.

"Has anyone ever told you you sing like an angel?" Lance told his
undoubtedly talented lover.

"Yes, but I like hearing it from you the best."

"God, JC, I love you sooo much! I don't think you've realized how much
you've done for me! I've gone out with people before, and I thought I was
love with them, but now I know I'm not, because it can't compare to how I
feel with you. You mean the world to me...no the universe, because it just
keeps on expanding!" (author note: that was incredibly cheesy, but I think
you would agree that Lance would say something like that!)

"Don't even get me started on you, Lance. I love you..and only you...and I
don't even know what to do I love you so much! My heart is going to explode
with love!"

There was a breif silence, but it was interrupted by the growling of the
two sex symbols stomachs.

"I think that means we should eat." JC told Lance.  "Yeah, I agree!"

JC took Lance's hand and lead him, like a gentleman for a lady, to his
seat. Lance begin to eat his dinner of pasta, as did JC his dinner of
chinese food. The room was quiet, but there was a conversation going with
the way they looked at each other, saying how much they loved each other.

JC placed his finished plate on the tray that the food arrived on, as well
as Lance.

"Time for course 2!" JC said, his voice kind of shaking. Lance thought of
the possibilites of what JC had ordered next. JC took the last covered dish
and placed it infront of Lance.

Lance expected some form of a delicious desert placed before him, but as he
took off the lid, he didn't see one. His confused look severed as he picked
up the box sitting there on the plate. He opened the box, gasped, put down
the box, and started crying.

"Lance...will you marry me?" JC popped the question as Lance burried his
hands and cried. JC hoped this was a good thing, and watching Lance cry
made him a little teary eyed.

Lance swallowed and caught his breath. He knew his response.

"Never in a million years, JC," Lance swallowed once more, and then
continued, "would I say no!"

This is when JC REALLY began to ball out tears. He grapsed his lover and
held him in his arms.

All night.

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Well, I think I'll skip a little in to our story...like, 5 months. Brandy
got a record deal (duh) and guess what? They told her to switch her name to
Brandy Rock cause there was already a Brandy in the music business. She
started opening for our tour. Her record, I Got Rythym, went 8 times
platinum after 6 months, and her first singles were always topping the
charts and TRL. In polls, she was voted top pop princess, beating Britney
Spears, Christina Aguilera, Mandy Moore, and Hoku...next in line was
Britney, but Brandy recieved twice as many votes.

Oh yeah, my relationship with Britney? Lasted about 2 days! I was still
missing Lauren...she put lots of scars in my heart.

The tour was the usual...shows every other night, that damn bus...etc. We
hadn't gotten any freaky messages, and we still had no idea about the whole
Atlantean thing..but there had been no incidents...until Jason came to us
with mail.

Jason called us into his hotel room for a random meeting. Hmm..I wonder
why. He usually never calls random meetings. The Backstreet Boys, us
NSYNC'ers, and Brandy piled into his room. I sat down next to brandy,
shared a greeting smile with her, and looked at Jason, and sighed. If she
only knew how much i would kill to be with her. I noticed her still looking
at me after I looked at Jason, but she soon sighed and looked at Jason,
like me.

"Ok, we received the following letter in the mail," Jason put on his
glasses and lifted the paper to his eyes. He cleared his throat. "Dear
Members of *NSYNC & the Backstreet Boys, and Brandy Rock...we would like
you to invite you to kick off your upcoming tour with a TV special, filmed
at our resort, Atlantis, in Paradise Island in the islands of the
Bahamas. Please respond quickly, we would like to film it in about 6
weeks. Thank you. Atlantis resort"

The first person I looked at was Brandy. And she looked right back at
me. We knew this was going to start up again.

I felt a real connection with her. And based on the look on her face, she
was too. Like we were in this whole fucked up business together.

I liked the word together. Especially when it was in the same sentence as
Brandy.

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Sorry chapter 9 is so short and that it took me SOOO long to write. I had a
busy weeked!

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Love Erica