Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 01:57:11 CDT From: Jason Randall Subject: JC & Jas Part 7 Disclaimer: I am not assuming anything about the lives of anyone in this story. Many may wish things to be true, but who knows so don't be offended, just enjoy. If you're UNDER 18, stop reading this, and all that other legal stuff. This is my first attempt, and I know this story lacks sexual adventures, give it time, I want them to get to know eachother first, okay? `What just happened here? I can't believe he just made me get out of his car!' JC started to roam around aimlessly, lost in his thoughts and his tears. `Why can't any guy I think is great at least like me back!?' He looked up to see he was at a bus stop as the bus arrived. "Where does this go?" he asked the driver as he got on. "Como Zoo." "Oh, how fucking ironic." JC said out loud, as he got on anyways. "What's that?" "Nothing." In the Jeep: "Ok, I wasn't going to say anything, but, do YOU know where a chinese place is?" Lance said, laughing as he continued to drive around. It had been at least a half an hour. "Not really, I don't know where anything is.Oh WAIT! Look! I see chinese decor! It's gotta be one! Pull in quick!" Justin yelled. "Ok ok, geez, I'm sitting right here Curly!" Lance said, laughing as he crossed two lanes of traffic to pull in. "Alright, whaddya want?" "Um, I dunno." Lance said, looking at the menu. "Either do I!" "Hmm.what if we." "ordered a bunch and mixed?" Justin finished for him. "Exactly, but quit finishing my sentences!" Justin started laughing as they looked over the menu and decided on two different entrees apiece. "Hmm, four different meals should be enough for me, but what are your going to eat Scoop?" In Jason's car: `What the hell did I just do!? I cannot even believe I just let the sweetest, greatest guy I've ever met in my entire life just get out of my car and walk away. You stupid son of a.Well what if Sarah is..Screw Sarah, I just had a great guy and I let him walk out of this car because I once again let someone else make my decisions for me. Who cares if I get hurt? He has done nothing but treat you absolutely perfect since you met him, if he does end up leaving you, at least you'll know what it's been like to love someone so sweet. And you know deep down he could never just be using you for sex damnit, if he had been he would have taken you the first night but he didn't even remove your clothes!!' Jason turned his car around as he frantically pushed buttons on his cell phone. On the bus: `Oh absolutely wonderful. I should have known it wouldn't be just any zoo but OUR zoo!' JC got out of the bus. `May as well go to OUR bench, I mean, what the hell I couldn't feel any worse, right?' JC walked over to the picnic table he had been at with Jason the day before and sat down, only to burst into tears seconds later. In Jason's car: `Where is he? Oh god, you better just pray you haven't lost him for good!' Jason pulled into the caf‚ parking lot to turn around. `Check the hotel, he probably went back!' His reason was catching up with him, and it was about time! He stopped thinking for a second as the phone started to connect his call. "Hello?" "Sarah!" "Yeah Jay?" "Ok, listen. I know you think JC is out to hurt me and everything." "Jay I told you I don't wanna talk to you about this until you realize how careless you're.." "NO! You listen to me! JC has not even once tried to make me do something with him. He barely wanted us to start seeing eachother, he doesn't know what he's feeling either.no wait, I KNOW I love him, I can't deny it to myself anymore, and I don't know if he feels the same way or not, but I know I NEED to find out for myself whether or not I'm being stupid about this, and I don't need you acting worse than my mother. I love you Sarah but you're not being a friend and right now I could really use one!" "Jay, I told you, this isn't what it seems." "And I told you I'll be the judge of that. Can't you just support me and my decisions?" "I'm sorry Jay, I just can't handle being your mother. You think I'm being that way now, but when he steps all over you like Alex I can't take off all that work again to make sure you don't kill yourself!" "Sarah, please I need your friendship, don't make me choose between you and love?" "Jay, I'm not making you choose sweetie, you know deep in your heart that I'm right here or we wouldn't be discussing this." "Then I'm sorry, because Sarah this time you are wrong, and I need to have this love. I need it more than I even know, so I have to let you go now, and if it comes to what you said, than I will be sorry, but not that I didn't listen to you, only that when I thought I had a best friend to support me through it all I was wrong." And with that, Jason hung up the phone, wiped his eyes and continued to the hotel. At the chinese place: "Geez, $30 and I don't even think we got that much food!" "You've got to be kidding me Curly, there's enough food here to feed a small African country!" "I guess you're right, it's just all that shopping REALLY made me hungry!" "Well let's go back to the hotel then so we can eat. We'll rent a movie or something?" It was more of a question then a statement. Though Lance had been having a great time all day hanging with Justin, he didn't know if he was having as much fun and if he wanted to keep hanging out with him. They never really had been that close. "Of course, whaddya wanna rent?" Lance smiled. `Well, it's good to know Justin's still talking to you. Geez, it's almost as if telling him the truth brought you guys closer together, since when do you spend this much time with Curly?' "I don't care, whaddya you wanna see?" Lance said, as they headed towards the hotel. At the hotel: "Oh come off it, I know JC Chasez is in this hotel, I'm a friend of his, won't you PLEASE just ring his room and see if he knows who I am?" Jason was getting frustrated. The hotel clerk wasn't taking any of his bribes and he needed to talk to JC. "I'm sorry sir, there's no one here under that name so I cannot help you." "Ugh! It's on like.the sixth floor or something? I don't remember!" Jason was about to really make a scene when he heard teenage screams behind him. "Justin! Justin! Lance! I love you!" As the doors swung open two guards rushed Lance and Justin into the lobby, much to Jason's surprise. "Thank god! Justin! Lance! Tell this, CLERK, you know me, will you PLEASE!?" Lance and Justin were busy laughing at their own personal joke when they realized Jason was before them. "Oh, sure thing man, sure thing!" Justin said, heading over to the clerk. "This guy's with us. Write his name down. Jason, um, hey Jason, what's your last name so I can put you on the list?" "Randall." "Whoa, as in Randall Software?" "Um, yeah." "Oh, cool, ok miss, please put Jason Randall down on the list, and if he ever wants to come up I expect whoever he wishes to see to be called immediately!" "Yes, sir." The clerk replied as Justin walked away. "So Jason, my man, what's going on? Where's Josh?" "Um, I was hoping here. I wanted to come see him." Jason looked around nervously, not knowing how to say he had screwed up. "Oh, that's cool, we thought he was out with you?" "No, um, we split up a while ago." "Oh ok," Justin said, heading towards the elevators as Lance followed. "So we going to get our tour soon?" Lance said, trying to enter the conversation. "You bet, how about later tonight?" "Sounds great," Justin and Lance said at the same time as they walked toward Lance's room. "We were just about to grab some of this take out we got here and a movie, probably enough for us all, wanna join us?" Justin asked. "Nah, think I'm going to see what JC's up to for a bit." Jason said, looking nervous as he stopped by JC's room. "Ah, cool. Catch you later." Justin said as Lance waved and they both headed into the room. `Well that didn't go so bad, here goes nothing!' *Knock, Knock, Knock* -No answer- `Geez, where is he?' After five minutes of off and on knocking he stopped, not wanting Lance and Justin to come back out and ask what was going on. He started to walk towards the elevator. `Where are you going?. . .What do you mean, "where are you going?" I'm going home. . .and why is that?. . .because he's not home. . .well if you honestly want to right things with him, don't you need to talk to him as soon as you can?. . .' "Crap!" Jason said out loud as he walked back to JC's room and sat down on the floor outside the door. At the zoo: JC finally had cried himself out and looked up at his watch to find it was 4pm. `Geez, I better find my way back to the hotel soon, the guys are going to worry.' He found a phone book and called himself a taxi to get him back. As he pulled into the hotel he had the taxi take him around back and he sneaked in through one of the side doors. He slowly got into the elevator and punched in his floor. `I can't even believe he would. . .no, just let it go, take a shower and forget about it.' He turned the corner and started walking to his room, but saw a figure hunched against his door. As he looked more closely he realized who it was and just as he was about to turn around, Jason lifted his head up from his knees. "You're back! I've been so worried!" JC just regarded him coolly. "What do you want?" Jason flinched at JC's harsh tone. He knew he was going to have a hard time apologizing but JC seemed down right angry at his even being there. "I was, was," Jason was having a hard time choking the words out, "um, wondering if maybe we-could-just-talk-for-a-couple-of-minutes?" The last part came out in a rush as he exhaled. "I don't think we have anything to discuss." JC said, looking anywhere but into Jason's eyes. Jason slowly got up and touched JC's arm, only to feel JC quickly jerk it away. He put his hand up again, this time turning JC's cheek so there eye's met for the first time since he had kicked him out of his car. "Please JC, I need. . .I need you. And I need to tell you that. And, oh just so much more, I'm just, PLEASE? I need to apologize and I need to tell you. . ." He started to cry, and JC lost his control as he took Jason's arm and led him into his hotel room. In Lance's room: "Good movie Scoop, who coulda thunk that you would pick one out!" "Very funny fool, just remember who still has food on their plate, and a perfectly capable fork with which to fling!" "Oh, don't go doing that or a maid may leak out that N'sync likes to make weird ritualistic paintings on the walls with food!" They both looked at eachother and burst out laughing, collapsing from their upright positions against the headboard of the bed to a pile on the bed. "Oh, oh, geez, I can't breathe!" Lance said as he struggled to regain his composure. "Couldn't you, couldn't you just see it?" Justin sputtered out, trying to get himself in control as well. "The sad thing is it would probably be printed on the front page!" This just sent them into hysterics all over again and it took another five minutes for them to settle down again. As Lance sat himself up, he noticed Justin was watching him, and they made eye contact. Lance smiled. "Hey Curly, I'm glad. . .well this is going to sound stupid since we're together all the time, but I'm glad we got to hang out today." "No Scoop, I know exactly what you mean, we hang out, but never just you and me like today, this was too cool!" "Alright, well it's going on 4:30pm, you wanna check and see what the other guys are up to?" "Um, sure!" Justin replied, feeling strangely disappointed. `Geez, it's like when Jonathan gets upset that JC or Chris is going to join and play third person on a video game. I want to go find out what's going on, but I kinda want to just chill with Lance some more. . .' "and then we'll go down to Joey's room, kay?" "I'm sorry, what?" "I said I feel like showering, so what if we both did that and then I'll pick up and we can go down to Joey's room to find out what's going on? You're not getting out of helping me clean up this mess Curly!" "Oh, yeah I feel like a shower, too! And don't worry, I won't be helping with the mess!" Justin said, laughing as he got up to leave. "Oh yes you will!" Lance said, heading into his bathroom as he heard Justin shut the door. Justin walked out into the hallway and decided to check on Jason and JC first. As he headed towards the room he heard crying and immediately walked up to the room, about to start knocking when he heard two voices and knew he shouldn't intrude. "JC, I'm so sorry, I just, I don't even have a good excuse. Sarah said something to me and I was stupid and actually. . ." Justin slowly backed away from the room and headed into his own. `Geez, first fight already, it must be love!' Justin started laughing to himself and quickly got in the shower. In JC's room: "JC, I'm so sorry, I just, I don't even have a good excuse. Sarah said something to me and I was stupid and actually listened and I've just always been controlled by what other people tell me but I've been sitting outside your room since 1:20pm because you had already left the caf‚ and I needed to talk to you and. . ." Jason looked up to see JC with tears in his eyes. "Oh JC, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you, I didn't know what I was doing!" "It's just, I just thought you may actually like me and then you totally turned around and yelled at me and told me to get out of your car and. . ." JC was sitting in a chair by the tv and Jason went up and kneeled in front of him. "I know, it was stupid and awful and many other words I can't think of right now of me to do that, but you have to forgive me, JC, I," he grabbed both of his hands in his and looked directly into his eyes, "I love you, and I don't just `think' I might or `wonder if' I do, I KNOW I love you, and I need you, so you have to forgive me?" "You, you love me?" "Yes, with all of my heart, I realized it the second I pulled away from that curb and I felt my heart rip in two to think that you were upset and as I pictured the look on your face as you got out of my car. I love you." "I, I don't know what to say! I love you too Jason!" "Can you ever forgive me for being so stupid and starting a pointless fight with you?" "You hurt me. I thought you didn't like me at all and you were sick of me so you just came out of nowhere and blew up at me, I didn't understand Sarah had said something to you, what DID she say?" JC said, starting to get angry. "She, she said stupid shit, trying to convince me you weren't in love with me, that you were using me, and I've been so confused lately I was hiding my feelings for you from myself, and I didn't even know for sure if you liked me or not so I started to believe them. . .but don't worry, I told Sarah off on the way over here, once I realized I do love you. . ." "I love you too, and of course I forgive you." "Really?" "Yes, you have been through hell, getting stepped on by Alex, you have every right to be nervous seeing as it's so soon, but promise me next time we'll talk before you believe what's being said?" "Of course! And JC, I know it's only been a few weeks since Alex, but I swear, what I feel for you I never felt for him, so I know it's not anything about a rebound or. . ." "I know." JC cut him off. "Ok." JC pulled on his hands until Jason was standing, then sitting in his lap. "I love you Jason." "I love you too Joshua." "Hey, why are you being so formal?" "Well you were too!" "Was not! I was just calling you Jason, that's what I've always called you!" "Well, my closest friends and family call me Jay, unless they're trying to be serious." "Well what if I want to be different?" "Jason's not different, it's just not as friendly." JC laughed. "Ok, how about Jas?" Jason started laughing, too. "If you'd like!" JC leaned over slowly. "I'd like anything that has to do with you, or that you would like, Jas." Jason smiled and leaned towards JC at the same time. "Well then I would like if you would kiss me JC." "I think I can manage that." JC laughed as he placed his lips on Jason's. In Lance's room: Lance got out of the shower and began pulling on some new clothes. `Wow, a whole day without obsessing over JC and wondering what he was up to! You should be proud of yourself.' He heard knocking at his door. "Geez, Curly, the last two times you've used the key you somehow managed to get off the desk clerks, but when I'm actually trying to get ready you have to have me let you in!" Lance said, opening the door. "Well of course Scoop, I mean, opening it for myself would require me going all the way across the hall to my room and digging through my stuff to find your card, I mean, you are already IN the room, I didn't think it'd be that big of a deal. . ." "Oh shut up!" Lance said, walking back across the room with his jeans still unbuttoned. Justin watched as his jeans sagged low on his hips as he walked back towards the bathroom with his hair only partially finished in it's spikes. `What are you doing? That's Lance. Why are you staring at his jeans hanging low?' "you may as well start, you know?" "What?" "I said considering I'm still getting ready but you're finished and there's still a big mess in my room, needing to be cleaned, you may as well start. Geez, Justin, you should really start paying attention when people are talking to you." "Yeah Lance, I just didn't wanna hear you telling me to clean like my mom again!" "Ha. Ha. You're so funny Curly!" "I know, I try my best." "Well, c'mon, the faster we get outta here we can see if the guys wanna go out. Wonder if Jason and JC are still in JC's room? That way Jason can give us that tour!" "Um, I stopped by JC's room, they said they just wanna chill in for tonight, Jason had a big meeting this morning." `God, how did I remember that?' "Oh, ok. Say Justin, don't you find it weird that JC isn't hanging out with us as much these last few days? I mean he usually loves going out and about a new town? Especially with you?" "Oh, well he kinda wants some down time before the concert, he's been tired lately, so we're kinda just getting some rest." "Well you went out with me all day, did that bother your rest?" Lance suddenly felt bad. `Great, he just wants to chill but he took you on as some sort of charity case.' "No, no, Lance I had too much fun today! Been forever since I've shopped hard-core like that. It's just even me and JC need time apart, besides, I wanted to go out with you today, so JC probably just latched onto Jason, and now they're busy. But that's cool anyways, cuz we should really see what Joey and Chris have been up to, I haven't heard from them since yesterday!" `Oh good, he did want to go out with you! You're getting paranoid now Lance, just chill, Justin's gonna be there for you.' "Yeah, good point, let's clean up so we can go." In JC's room: JC and Jason had been kissing and holding eachother for almost 35 minutes when JC slowly pulled back for some air. "So do you feel like going anywhere tonight?" JC said, hoping he didn't. "I'd rather just stay in with you?" "Perfect, that's exactly what I wanted to do." JC said, kissing at Jason's neck again. "Good, let's go sit on the bed, order some room service, and kinda spend some time getting to know eachother, alright? You said earlier you like that I don't know anything about you, right? Well I don't, I want to know everything, so we can start now!" JC laughed. "Sounds great, I want to know all about you too!" In Lance's room: Lance and Justin quickly picked up and headed down to Joey's room. As they knocked it became apparent they weren't in there, and as they tried Chris' room they discovered nothing as well. "Hmm, looks like we're not going exploring after all." Lance said, turning away from Chris' door. "Says who? I wanna see the town, so do you, let's go! Who needs them anyways!" Lance looked shocked. "Sounds great to me Curly, let's go drop by the front desk and see if they have a map or something." And with that they were off, exploring all the high and low life points of the town. Mostly just the clubs and bars, but it was lots of fun. `I can't believe how great it is spending time with Scoop, who woulda thought he could be this outgoing and fun, he's usually so shy!' Justin laughed as Lance waved madly behind the girl's back who he was dancing with. Justin felt a bit jealous as he sat alone at the table and Lance danced with a girl. He walked up and tapped the girl on the shoulder. "Excuse me, can I take your partner away for a second?" He asked politely. "Of course," the girl said, thinking he was asking Lance, as she grabbed onto Justin's hand. "Oh, I'm sorry miss. I meant I needed to talk to YOUR partner here, he's a friend of mine." "Oh, ok." The girl said, embarrassed as she quickly walked away. "Thanks, she was an awful dancer!" Lance laughed. Justin started to laugh as well. "Well I just wanted to ask if you were ready to leave, this place is dull and I'm getting tired after our day of shopping." "Yeah me too, let's go." Lance said, heading out to the jeep. "Hey Curly, head's up!" he yelled, tossing the keys to Justin. "No way!" "Well I figure if I'm going to die to your driving, it best be after a fun day, rather than before it had started." Justin laughed. "You ain't seen good driving til you ride with me!" "Justin, you forget I've rode with you before, you're a horrible driver!" "Nuh-uh, besides, I get better all the time!" he said, cruising out of the parking spot. "Sure thing." Lance said, strapping his seat belt on and pulling it tight. "Oh knock it off!" They started heading back to the hotel but stopped for a quick cup of coffee at an all night place real quick. They only stayed their for about 25 minutes but Justin had started flirting with the pretty waitress and Lance gave him crap about it the rest of the way home. "You shoulda just asked for her number Curly." "Give it a rest Lance." He said, as he pulled up behind the hotel, they'd called for a bus boy to pick up the car and park so they weren't mobbed by the few really dedicated fans. "Well, it has been fun today." Lance said to Justin as they walked towards their rooms. "You bet Scoop, I had a blast! I mean I don't think you and I have hung out for an entire day like this in. . .well ever!" "I know, it was fun. And Justin?" "Yeah?" he said as he pulled the key from the pad and held the door with his foot. "Thanks for everything. I mean like earlier today. I needed to open up, and I'm glad it was you I did open up to. Thanks for being there." "Anytime man." Justin said, leaving his doorway to give Lance a hug. "I'll catch you tomorrow, kay?" "You bet." Lance said, entering his room. Justin walked into his room and quickly took a shower before climbing into bed in his baby blue silk boxers. As he felt the silk slide against himself he began to be slightly turned on and he realized it'd been days since he'd relieved himself. He slowly slid his hand into his boxers and lifted them away from his waist a bit, running his hand along his shaft. He immediately began to moan and he knew it'd been more than a few days. As he started to stroke his hand up and down faster and faster, he began to picture the waitress from earlier, being sent into even deeper of a frenzy. He was starting to moan and knew he was getting close and just then the image of the girl turned into Lance from earlier, his jeans slung low on his hips, unbuttoned, and his hair wet and only slightly fixed up. As he thought of this it pushed him over and he exploded all over himself, reaching almost his neck. `What was that? Why did I just picture Lance?' He quickly used a tissue to wipe himself off and rolled over. `God, it's been a long day, I'm exhausted. Just go to sleep.' And with that Justin closed his eyes and drifted off. Send all comments/suggestions/what not to jas_stories@hotmail.com as always! Sorry about the longer delay, work and life, what can I say, they're all excuses. I will try my best as always to keep churning out more installments, but this is a hectic period, so don't get too frantic. As it is I tried to make this a bit longer to make up for so much time.