Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 16:42:17 -0700 (PDT) From: AJ Shukla Subject: Josh and Just 33 **** Hye you all, I'll give you guys a quick message this time cause I really don't feel like talking. Hehe. Uhm thanks to everyone for reading and all. I'm glad people like the story. Oh and BoyBand Nominations just ended so that means awards are coming up. I want all of you to vote. It doesn't have to be for me, but just vote. Cause thees awards boosts the author's spirits. So I encourage all of you to vote for your favorite author and stories. Good luck to everyone. And that's about it. Story Recommendation: HEY MICKEY!!!! Haha it's quite good! I'm telling you that you should read it cause first off you'll hate Dan and then you'll yell at JC for not realizing Justin likes him. can he be that dense?? Haha anyways. Go read it. Josh and Just 33 It seemed almost instantly the gang fell back into their normal routine. They all prepared furiously for their upcoming tour which was less then a week away. It wasn't long until they found themselves in a dance studio waiting for their choreographer to come. Britney sat at the side, going through a giant pile of papers while the guys prepped for practice. JC was stretching on the floor while Justin was taking off his sweatshirt. Lance and Chris was going through the set list while Joey placed on his shoes. "Hey you guys? Are we have any openers this tour?" Justin asked, as he threw his sweatshirt to the side where Britney sat. "Yeah, just one. It's JC's group. Wild Flowers or something like that." Lance replied before looking back at the list. "Wild Orchid." JC corrected. "I don't like them. Wait correction, I don't like Stacey." Justin said as he started to stretch. "Justin, it's okay. I'm not engaged to her. I'm engaged to you." JC replied as he finished stretching. "She's still a bitch and why didn't you ever tell me they were going on tour with us?" Justin asked. "Cause I knew you'd get mad. I was just hoping to keep them away from you the whole tour." JC replied. Justin gave JC a small kiss before getting into his spot for a song. "Okay everyone let's pick it up from where we left off yesterday. Today, Justin don't give JC any of them mushy looks, JC stop kissing Justin every two seconds. Lance keep with the beat. Joey, slow down. And Chris don't start too early." Wayne said as he walked into the room. He popped the tape into the boom box and got in front of the mirrors. As the music picked up the guys began to start their dance. Justin and Lance were in the front while JC, Joey and Chris were in the back row. Justin and Lance moved back while the other three moved forward. Chris and Joey moved to the sides and pretty soon the guys formed a V with JC at the front in the middle. "Chris slow down!. Justin step forward a bit more. Joey pay attention to JC's feet and make sure you don't step on them." Wayne said as he watched the guys closely. The guys quickly did an eight count which ended in Justin bumping into Joey. Wayne stopped the music and thought for a second. "Justin your supposed to go left on the sixth beat and do the knee thingy." Joey said. "No it's go right on the seventh. And then the arm thing." Justin said showing everyone. "No it's left with the sixth and then the knee." Lance replied. "That comes later after the chorus after the second verse." Justin pointed. "Well let's just ask Wayne." Chris said. "Joey was right." Wayne replied. Everyone turned to look at Justin. "Oops. My bad." Justin said as he shrugged his shoulders up. It was five hours later and the guys were still practicing. Britney sat by the side napping on Justin's sweatshirt as the guys continued their grueling practice. Justin sat on the floor tiredly with his legs crossed and his elbow resting on his knee. He looked up at Wayne tiredly with his head propped up with his hand. JC stood behind him watching Wayne intently. His white wife beater could reveal his shoulders and neck area which were coated with a thin layer of sweat making it shiny. Joey sat on the floor with his legs sprawled out and his arms propping up his body behind him. Chris watched Wayne dance while standing as Lance tried to imitate the moves. "And then it's one, two, three and four. Snap, Snap. Fire. Blow, Five Six seven eight." Wayne said as he did the dance move. "Wait Wayne, do that again. that was way too fast." Justin said. "I don't see how you guys can be missing this. There is no reason you should be." Wayne replied as he got into position to do the move again. "I got it. It's just Justin that doesn't." Joey replied. "Fuck off." Justin replied as he turned his eyes toward Wayne. Joey was going to respond but he noticed JC shaking his trying to tell him to let Justin be. Joey nodded at JC and looked back at Wayne. "You know what you guys. Go take a break and we'll finish the verse for the last verse for this song and we'll work on the ending chorus." Wayne replied, seeing everyone's tired state. Justin got up and walked out of the room. "What the hell is his problem?" Chris asked. "You guys. He's just frustrated. You know Justin. He always gets like this when he can't get the choreography down." Lance replied. "He's getting it down. It's just he's confused." Joey replied. "JC why don't you go talk to him?" Chris said. JC nodded and walked out of the room. He stepped out into the hall and looked both ways. He couldn't see anyone in both directions. "God, Justin if I didn't love you so much, I wouldn't be doing this." JC said as he chose a side to go down. He came across the Men's room and decided to check it out. He peeked inside to see Justin sitting on the counter with his back propped against the mirror. He stared blankly down to his fingers where he was shredding a paper towel. "Baby? Are you okay?" JC asked as he walked into the bathroom. He locked the door behind him and made his way to the counter. Justin didn't answer, instead he continued to shred the remnants of the paper towels. "Just. Do you want to talk to me?" JC asked. Justin didn't reply. JC stepped in front of him and crouched so he could look up into Justin's face. "I'll pay you to talk to me." JC said. Justin cracked a small smile. "What's wrong Baby?" JC asked as he stood once again. "I'm just frustrated. That move is easy and I'm the only one that can't get it. and it's less then one week to the day of the concert. And we're going on tour with a bitch which I can't stand. We have to start acting straight everyday again. I don't want to go on this tour." Justin replied. JC took Justin's hand from his lap and allowed both of his hands to caress it softly. He brought it up to his lips and placed a small kiss on it. "Justin I'm sorry. I should of told you that Wild Orchid was coming on tour with us. I just didn't want you to be upset with me." JC replied. "It's okay Josh." Justin replied, softly. "You know tonight. If you're still having trouble with that move we can practice it." JC replied. "Thanks." Justin responded slightly. "So do you feel like going back in and trying it out?" JC asked. Justin raised his eyes to JC's and smiled. He placed a small kiss on JC's lips before hopping off the counter and following JC out the door. "Hey Mom." JC said as he followed Ozzie into the kitchen. JC walked to the cabinet and pulled out the bag of dog food. He held the phone against his shoulder as he made his way to Ozzie and Leo's food bowls. "Josh! How was Hawaii." Karen asked, surprised to hear her son on the line. JC poured the food into their bowls causing Ozzie and Leo to chow down on their food hungrily. "It was fun. A little too short but fun. Did Tyler get home safely?" JC asked. "Yes he did. Actually he's delivering the stuff you bought for Heather right now. And thank you for getting us the clothes. You Father won't take the Hawaiian shirt off." Karen replied. "I thought he'd like it. So Mom you know how you said you always wanted Grandchildren? Well you're one step closer to them." JC said. As he took a seat on the counter. He heard Justin walk in behind him and open the fridge. Justin pulled out a drink and smiled at JC before taking a seat at the counter and pulling a magazine from the side "Josh , Honey I don't seem to understand. Did you guys file for adoption or something?" Karen asked. "No Mom, Justin and I are engaged." JC replied. Justin looked up from his magazine at JC and took a sip of his drink before looking back at his magazine. "Oh!! Joshua!!! Congratulations!!! Oh my lord! Why didn't Tyler tell me?" Karen said excitedly. "What wrong Honey?" JC heard his father ask his Mother. "Joshua and Justin are getting married!!" Karen said excitedly. JC started laughing to himself as he looked down at Justin. Justin rested his head against Justin's knee as he continued to flip through the magazine. JC's hand began to brush through Justin's curls as he waited for his Mom to calm down. "Mom, are you okay?" JC asked with a small laugh. "Hey Son! Congratulations! I'm happy for you. Give it to Justin." His Dad said as he came on the line. JC pulled the phone away and brought in Justin's vision. "They want to talk to you." JC said as he continued to run his fingers through Justin's hair. Justin sat up and took the phone into his hands. "Hello?" Justin asked. JC tried to listen in on the conversation. "Oh thank you." Justin replied talking to his future father-in-law. "Uhm not yet. But we will after everything calms down." Justin replied. "Well Thank you. I Will." Justin said into the phone. JC watched as Justin said his good-byes and hung up the phone. "I love your parents." Justin said as he put the phone back on it's receiver. "Yeah me too." JC replied. "So they want to know if we're having an engagement party." Justin said looking up at his fiancé. "I wouldn't mind. Maybe after the tour or something. What do you think?" JC asked as he took Justin's hand within his and rubbed his thumb up and down the back of the hand. "I think after the tour is fine." Justin replied. "Okay so your okay on that dance move right? Do you want me to still teach you how?" JC asked. "No, I got it at the end of practice. I think I'll do. I just want to chill. Out. Not think about anything but you." Justin said as he leaned up and placed a kiss on his soft lips. "Well let's go then." JC said as he arched an eyebrow. "You know Britney it's not that big of a deal." Lance said as he stepped out of his car. Britney climbed out of the passenger seat and closed the door loudly. "Yes it is a big deal. This is your next video we're talking about. And I think that you should cut your hair. You'd look cute with your short spikes again." Britney replied. "I finally got my hair to where I like it. Leave it alone." Lance said as he walked up the path to the front of the house. He opened the door and walked into the kitchen. He opened the door to the fridge and pulled out the fixings for a sandwich. "But you'd look sooo cute with the short one again. In the morning you just look all nasty with a fro." Britney said as she helped Lance make a sandwich. After they finished their snack making, Lance started to walk out of the kitchen with Britney following. "Brit let it go." Lance said as he climbed the stairs. Britney scurried up behind him. Lance opened the door and walked into the room to see Justin and JC making out on the bed. "Hey guys." Lance said with his mouth full with his sandwich. Britney followed Lance to the Futon and took a seat with him. Britney picked up the remote and turned on the TV. Justin and JC separated for a second to look at Lance and Britney. JC got off of Justin and took a seat next to him. "How'd you guys get in here? We didn't hear a doorbell." Justin said as he wiped his lips. "It was unlocked." Lance said as he took another bite of his sandwich. "You know the whole reason we moved is to get some privacy not for you all to come over and use our house as a hang out spot." JC said. "You got privacy. Go ahead and make out me and Brit won't look we swear." Lance said watching the TV." Lance replied. Justin rolled his eyes and sighed as the phone rang through the house. He reached over and pulled the phone off it's receiver. "Hello?" Justin asked. "Hello? Justin?" Someone asked. "Yeah Chrissy. What are you doing calling here? I thought you were one of them counselors at summer camp." Justin asked. "I am, I promised the girls that if they would go to sleep on time tonight I would call you guys for them. So we're all here in the office. They are waiting for you and guys to talk. Who's there?" Christina asked. "Well Josh, Me, and Lance and Brit. Joey's probably at home sleeping. And Chris is either with Sarah or doing some final shopping before the tour." Justin said. "Okay well I'm going to put you on speaker phone and you do the same so they can talk to you." Christina said. "Okay hold on." Justin said. "Hey you guys. Christina has her bunk on the line and they want to talk to us. Do you mind?" Justin asked. "Nope go ahead." Brit said as she got up and plopped onto the bed as Justin pulled the receiver onto it. He pressed Speaker Phone and heard Christina's line click on too. "Hey Everyone. I'm Justin." Justin said into the phone. "I'm JC." JC replied as he peered over Justin's shoulder to the phone. "I'm Britney." Britney said into the speaker. "And I'm Lance." Lance said as he walked over to the phone. "OH MY GOD!!!" Was the unanimous response from the girls on the other line. "Uhm calm down. We're only human." JC laughed. "Oh my god JC I love you!!" a girl screamed. "Hey Lay off. JC is mine." Christina joked with the girls. "So do any of you all have any questions for us or has Christina totally spilled her guts about us?" Britney asked. "Well I wanted to know if you and Justin are really engaged." A girl asked. "Uhm no!" Britney and Justin responded at the same time. "But we saw pictures of you shopping at Tiffany's." another girl said. "Yeah well we we're not engaged. We did go shopping at Tiffany's but not for Britney's ring, or mine." Justin said. He looked at JC who was smiling as he looked at his ring on his finger. "Are you guys going to come here?" a girl asked. "Yeah well. We probably will. We have to pick up Christina before we go camping. Oh that reminds me Chrissy. What do you want me to get from your place?" Britney asked. Christina quickly clicked the phone which signalized that her speaker phone was off. "Oh hold on for a minute." Christina said. They heard Christina tell all the girls to go to their bunks and go to sleep. Which they all did. "Okay well can you pick up my parka, you know that cute one. Oh and some tampons." Christina said. Justin, JC, and Lance began to laugh uncontrollably. "Am I still on Speaker phone?!?" Christina asked. "Yup!" Lance and Justin rang in together. "Ugh!! I hate you guys." Christina yelled into the phone. "Anyways. Forget them Chrissy. We'll get them back sometime." Britney said into the phone while she smacked Lance. "Okay so you guys are picking me up this Thursday and then we're going to the cabin right? You guys are bringing a van right?" Christina asked. "Yeah we got a huge one that'll fit ten people. But so far it's just Chris, Sarah, Lance, Joey, Justin, JC, and you and Me." Britney replied. "Okay well you might have to spend like half an hour here cause they are all dying to see you. Oh and guess what?? Brian from BSB is in Cabin 8. Ugh! He sooo cute!!!. And then we have another celebrity counselor. His name is Bryce. He plays that Josh guy on the show Popular! He's cute too. Anyways be here sharp. Gotta go. The girls are causing trouble. Bye!" Christina said before quickly hanging up the phone. "Ha! It's going to be so much fun!" Britney said excitedly while hanging up the phone. "And now if you two don't mind I want to continue to make out with my fiancé." Justin said as he pulled JC on top of him. "You know I never liked summer camp. I always thought it was stupid. You come up here and do the whole pot making crap and then it's all over. There's always those stinking bugs everyone." Chris complained as he hopped out of the van. He looked around to see the summer camp in front of him. Everyone piled out the van and started their long walk toward the office. Britney stepped into the office and asked the person where she could find Christina. "Okay you guys, everyone is at this arena type place at the bottom of this trail for some kind of meeting." Britney said as she pointed down the trail. The group tiredly walked down the trail until they came to an amphitheater where the children were sitting in the and listening to the counselors in the front. Britney and Justin crept down the side of the amphitheater and up behind Christina. Justin looked up and saw Sarah and they rest of the guys smiling back at him. the children were staring wide-eyed at him and Britney. "Excuse me Ms. Aguilera I have to go to the bathroom." Justin said as he tugged on her sleeve. Christina turned around and looked down expecting to see a small kid. He looked up and saw Justin and Britney. "Oh my god!!!" Christina squealed as she wrapped her arms around Justin's neck. She gave him a small kiss on the cheek before huggin Britney. "When did you guys get here?" Christina asked. "Just now. So which cabin is yours?" Justin asked as he peered over her at the group of teenage kids. "Cabin 12." Christina replied. "Okay where's cabin 12 at?" Justin asked. A group of girls stood up and squealed in unison. "I want to thank you girls for taking care of our Christina here." Justin said as he wrapped an arm around her shoulder. Christina buried her face in his shirt in embarrassment. The rest of the guys came down and stood with them. Britney and Sarah watched Justin embarrass Christina as they stood together. JC walked over to Brian Littrell who was laughing at Justin's antics. Chris and Joey were talking with Bryce Johnson from Popular. "So is Justin always like this?" Brian asked JC. "Pretty Much." JC replied with a small laugh. "We love you Lance!" a group of girls yelled. "Hey he's mine!" Britney said as she pointed at them with a small smile. "I want you Britney!" A boy yelled. "Hey she's mine!" Lance replied. "Well do you guys mind if we steal Christina away from you guys?" JC asked. "Yes!" they all yelled. "Please?" Justin asked. "Can we hear you guys sing?" Someone yelled. "Uhhhh. I dunno let me ask." Justin said. He asked all the guys and Britney to come over. Christina stuck her head into the huddle and listened to what they had in mind. "So what do you say? How bout we do some a cappella songs and then leave?" Justin asked. "Okay we'll do like a verse or two of a song, then Brit can do a verse or two and then Chrissy and then we're out." Joey said. "Okay I'll have them meet in the mess hall." Christina said happily. Justin quickly ran toward the car and hopped into the driver's seat. JC threw open the passenger door in the back and helped everyone rush into the car hurriedly. He threw Christina's bag in after she got in and slammed the door. JC hopped in the front on the passengers side and slammed the door shut. "Go!" JC yelled. Justin put the car in drive and sped away when he saw the mob of teenagers leaving the mess hall toward them. "You know I knew we shouldn't have sang to them because all they are going to do is just keep us there." Chris announced. "Hey and those counselors did nothing to help us, they just sat back while they saw the mob running after us." Joey yelled. "Oh shut up Joey. You can't talk, you pushed me down so you could get away. I had to actually sign like a couple autographs. If it wasn't for Lance who scooped me up on his shoulder I still would be in there." Britney responded. "Sorry but they were pinching my ass. It hurt." Joey said adjusting in his seat. Justin continued to drive as he went along through the night. The van was the type that could fit three people in the front. Justin looked over to see JC. JC laid down on the seat and rested his head in Justin's lap as he continued to drive. "You know what if I hit a bump or something. You are going to go flying." Justin commented softly. "Yeah well as long as I can spend a little time with you I don't mind." JC replied. "Hey you know this tour is going to be fun. I can't wait to see the way Justin changes before he goes onto the stage." Chris laughed. "Changes? You better not be checking out my man while he's dressing." JC replied as he sat up to look behind him at Chris. "No. Not that. The transformation he makes like right at the start of the concert." Chris replied. "Yeah I know what you mean. The way he gets all loud and into the crowd. And how he just swivels or thrusts his hips just so the girls can scream at him." Joey chimed in. "And the way he always changes from English to Ebonics as soon as the show starts." JC laughed. "Hey leave me alone. I'm just have fun out there." Justin laughed along. "Curly, try not to grab your crotch as much. I'm beginning to think your just one horny guy out there." Lance replied. "Don't tell me. Tell JC, the way he always licks him palm and traces it down his body. His implying something to all those twelve year old girls out there." Justin said as he looked over at JC who was grinning. "No He was implying something to all those nineteen year old girls out there." Chris corrected. "No he's implying something to all the guys out there." Lance added. "No. No. No. He's implying something to the twelve year-old acting, nineteen year old guy on stage!" Joey concluded. Everyone in the car bust into immediate laughter. "Yeah well. You know. It's hard having such a nice, firm body like mine." JC said. "And that big Ego of yours too. I'm wondering Josh. How do you balance that big old head of yours when you walk?" Britney asked with a giggle. "It's an art." JC replied. "He's also a very good artist in bed." Justin giggled. "Oh! I don't want to hear that!!" Chris scowled. "That's disgusting. And plus no one is more better in bed then my Lance." Britney said as she snuggled up closer to him. Lance gave a look of pride as he held Britney closer. "Ewwww straight people having sex!! What a horrific sight." Justin cried. "Ewww I got a mental picture of Lance's albino body naked!" JC said shaking his head. Everyone burst into laughter. "Hey! That is just a myth. He is very tanned. And nice." Britney said as she ran a hand down his chest. "Yeah well Chris is an absolute god in bed." Sarah chimed in. "Yeah God of Clumsiness." Joey laughed. "Hey! When it comes to rocking the bed, everyone comes a knocking at my door." Chris replied. Sarah quickly smacked him in the arm. "But it's not like I open the door for them." Chris replied. "Anyway, how did we get on the topic of sex anyway?" Justin asked. "I don't know. Wait How do guys have sex anyway?" Joey asked in confusion. Justin was about to speak when Joey interrupted him. "Never mind don't answer that." Joey replied. "If you guys don't mind. I would much rather go to sleep then talk about sex. So I'm going to crash in the front with Justin and JC." Christina complained as she climbed from the back over the seats into the front. Christina sat at the window side of the van and curled up to the side. JC was in between her and Justin. He quickly threw an arm over the seats and searched the back for Justin's jacket. He fumbled around a bit before Lance picked it off the floor and gave it to him. "Thanks." JC said as he opened it and placed it around Christina and then shifted Christina so she was resting her head on his chest while he kept an arm around her. Christina stirred a bit before snuggling up to JC more and falling back to sleep. Justin moved his eyes and to JC and Christina and smiled. "You're too sweet." Justin said as he continued to drive. Justin kept his left hand on the wheel while his right stayed at his side. Justin's left hand soon took a hold of Justin's right. "Yeah well you're sweeter." JC replied. "You're so sweet you gave me a toothache." Justin responded. "CORNY!!" Joey and Chris yelled loudly, causing Justin to crack up. "Yeah well it's cute. So leave him alone." JC responded. You know Sarah I have no clue how you deal with Chris. Especially when he gets together with his other half of his brain, Joey." Britney laughed. "I don't know either." Sarah giggled. As the drive progressed everyone son began to fall a sleep. Sarah snuggled up with lance in the back where Joey curled up to the window and rested his eyes. In the center Britney used Lance's chest as a pillow while she slept soundly. Lance placed his head on top of Britney's and snoozed as well. Christina was curled up to JC as she was in slumber. JC stayed awake while he kept a conversation with Justin. Justin continued to drive. "Well Tyler called the other day and told me that he sold a painting and he got a bunch of money for it." Justin said as he made a turn at an intersection. "Really? I'm so proud of him. You know he was interviewed back in Maryland. I can't believe I have a famous painter for my brother." JC replied. "He can't believe he has a famous singer as his brother." Justin responded as he started to go up the dirt road. "I wanted to get him a job on the tour. Just so he can keep himself busy until college starts for him." JC replied. "That would be great. But do you think you can get one now. It seems a little too close to get him a job. He can be an assistant." Justin suggested. "I was thinking our personal assistant. Cause well we need one and the spot isn't filled." JC said. "Hey it would be great!! Let's do it. I get to boss my brother-in-law around." Justin snickered. "Well we'll see if I can get him a job first." JC laughed back. Justin pulled into a dirt drive way that was completely dark. He finally stopped in front of a cabin. He turned off the car and looked at JC. "We're here." Justin said softly. JC softly started to shake Christina. He mumbled a bit before waking up confused. "Chrissy we're here." JC whispered. "Josh. You're a nice pillow. No wonder why Justin won't sleep without you." Christina mumbled as she got up and let out a yawn. "Yeah well he's more than a pillow." Justin said as he kissed JC's hand quickly. "Okay everyone let's wake up! We're here." JC said loudly. Everyone let out a loud groan and started to walk out of the van. They began the slow process of emptying the van and bringing all food and bags into the cabin. The cabin was that out of any movie. It looked quite like a ski lodge, except the furniture was comfortable yet worn down. It was dark and musty. Justin searched for a light switch and finally found it. He turned it on and two lamps turned on in the living room area. "Wow. Cozy. Where's the rest of it?" Joey asked tiredly. "Well there are three bedrooms. Four of us will have to crash in the bigger room with two beds." Justin said. "One room has one bed, another has two beds which is a smaller room. And the bigger room has two bigger beds." JC clarified. "Okay well why don't Chris and Sarah take the one bedroom one. And Joey and Britney can take the individual beds in the smaller room. And Me, you, JC, and Lance take the bigger bed one." Britney asked. "Sounds fine to me." Chris said. He followed Sarah up to their bedroom. Joey and Christina walked up the stairs to their room. "Shall we?" Justin asked. "Let's." JC said as he walked with Justin to their room. The sun slowly began to rise, yet the cabin was protected from it's rays by the trees that grew around. Lance tiredly lifted his eyes and looked at Britney who was sleeping in his arms. He placed a small kiss on her forehead before he let out a big silent yawn and gently sat up in bed making sure not to wake Britney. "Lance are you up?" JC asked groggily. He turned his head around to face Lance who just nodded. "How long have you been up?" Lance asked. "Well I guess since those damned birds started to chirp." JC replied crankily. Lance let out a small laugh and nodded in agreement. JC pulled away from Justin gently and stood from his bed. Lance did the same. The two walked out of the room silently and walked downstairs. "So how'd you sleep?" JC asked as he scratched his bare chest. While walking down the stairs. His pajama pants were loosely on his hips as he stepped down the wooden steps. "Pretty well. Besides Britney kicking me every half hour." Lance replied. JC broke into a small laugh and walked into the kitchen with lance following. Lance reached inside the collar of his shirt to scratch the base of his neck. He ran his fingers through his hair and tiredly took a seat at the small dining room table in the kitchen. "So I guess we're making breakfast for everyone huh?" Lance asked. "Correction. I'm making breakfast. Everything you cook, you burn." JC replied with a small yawn. "It's not burning, it's called Cajun style." Lance said with his Mississippi accent. "That's cute. Real cute. Naming your burnt food." JC replied. "Hey it's better than the raw things that you serve." Lance responded. "Lance, it's not raw. It's supposed to look like that." JC laughed back. "Yeah well my food has flavor." Lance retorted. "Yeah the flavor of char." Joey said as he walked into the room. JC and Joey gave off small laughs while JC brought out a carton of Orange Juice. "Who put all this stuff in the fridge last night?" JC asked. "We did. Cause everyone else went to sleep." Lance replied. "Hey thanks." Joey said as he smacked his hand against Lance's back. "Morning all." Justin said as he rubbed his eyes while walking in. He placed a small kiss on JC's lips and went to the fridge himself. He looked inside before closing it and walking back to the guys. He stood behind JC who was leaning against the counter. He wrapped both arms around JC from behind and placed a small kiss on the center of JC's back. "So what's for breakfast?" Justin asked. "How about a nice shower?" JC asked as he stood up straight and turned to face Justin. Justin arched his eyebrows as he looked back at JC. "Sounds yummy. Let's go." Justin said as he took JC's hand and started to drag him away. Lance and Joey rolled their eyes as they watched Justin and JC walk out of the room. "That was fun. Let's do it again." Justin said as he started to go back into the bathroom as soon as he and JC got out. "You horny little boy." JC snickered as he stopped in his place and pulled JC back to him again. "No correction. I'm your horny little boy." Justin fixed. "That's right. Now let's go downstairs and get some food." JC said as he pulled Justin toward the stairs. Justin and JC walked down the stairs and led the way to the kitchen. They looked around to see everyone sitting around the table while Joey and Britney cooked. Chris was reading a newspaper while Sarah was taking a sip of her coffee. Lance rested his head against the table, while Christina was in the corner with a concerned look on her face as she practiced her dancing. "What's up everyone?" Justin asked. "Not much." Was the unanimous response. "Christina what are you doin?" JC asked. "I'm sorry guys. It's just that my tour and the whole music video stuff is coming up and I need to remember all this choreography." Christina said as she continued to dance to the silence of the room. "Well let's not stay here the whole day let's go hang out outside today. The lake is like a at the bottom of the driveway and we can chill on the shallow cove they have nearby." Justin said excitedly. "I would love to but Chris may not want to. He is feeling tired." Sarah responded angrily. "Will you lay off Sarah, it was like three o'clock in the freaking morning." Chris retorted as he continued reading his newspaper. Everyone looked at them and then at everyone else. "I think we're beginning to see the Sarah and Chris that hated each other in the beginning of the tour." Joey snickered. Justin gave a small laugh as he turned away to hide his smile. "All I wanted to do was go outside and see the stars. And you couldn't even do that. I bet if Justin asked JC to go outside with him, he would have." Sarah responded. Chris looked up at JC and Justin for an answer. Justin and JC looked at each other and then back at them. "Oh no! don't get me and Justin into this. We're just innocent people who are just watching." JC said as he walked with Justin to the fridge. "Well I bet Lance would wake up for Britney." Sarah turned to Lance. Lance looked at Chris, who was looking back at him, and then at JC and Justin. "You know I think I here my phone ringing upstairs. And I know it's my momma. So I'm going to go get it." Lance said as he ran out of the room. "Joey would do it for his girlfriend." Sarha concluded. "No I wouldn't." Joey replied quickly as he continued to cook. "Aha! See!!" Chris said as he pointed at Sarah. "Wrong answer Joey. They are going to be fight all weekend now." JC said as he patted Joey's shoulder. "I don't care, it's fun watching them fight. Sarah says the funniest things about Chris!" Joey laughed. "I can't concentrate while they are fighting." Christina said as she walked out of the room into the living room. "I think I'm going to head with Christina." Justin chuckled as he walked out of the room. It was later in the afternoon that the gang found themselves outside on the deck with the grill going. JC stood in front of the grill as he kept close watch on the food. Justin stood next to him giving him repeated kisses on the cheek. "Justin what are you doing?" Lance asked. "Following directions." Justin said pointing to the `Kiss the cook' apron that JC was wearing. Lance rolled his eyes as he took a seat on the table that was outside. "You know the weather doesn't look so good. Look at those clouds over there." Britney pointed up to a dark set of clouds that were slowly drifting their way. "They'll probably break up before it even gets close to here." Justin said as he gave JC one last kiss before he took a seat in a chair. Next to Lance. Justin quickly nudged Lance and pointed toward Chris and Sarah walking. The two chuckled at the scowl written on Chris's face, and the anger that covered Sarah's. "What's wrong with my mother?!?" Sarah asked in anger as they approached the table. "Ooh! Chris' is talking bout her Momma!" Justin snickered to Lance. The two tried to hold in their laughter as they listened. "Nothing is wrong with your mother! Why do you have this fascination of me meeting her?!?" Chris questioned back. "Because I want to show my mom that I have such a nice boyfriend!!!" Sarah yelled back before slamming the door while she walked into the cabin. "I wish I were gay!" Chris groaned as he walked in after her. Lance and Justin burst into laughter as soon as he left. "They are one odd couple." Lance chuckled while Justin placed his face in Lance's shoulder to cover his reddening face. Justin continued to laugh as he got up and walked up to JC again. Justin stepped behind JC and wrapped both arms around JC's waist while he rested his cheek against JC's back. "I can't wait until they start to duke it out." Justin snickered. He suddenly felt a drop of water smack into the back of his neck he lifted his head and looked around, no one was in sight. He felt another drop onto his head. He looked up and saw the dark clouds were now over them. With a sudden strike, the rain started to pour down heavily. The mid afternoon was now looking like the late evening. JC pulled the grill under the small over hang which didn't do much. Britney, Lance and Christina quickly gathered up all the food that was on the table and brought into the house. JC was drenched as he tried to take as much food off the grill as he could. Justin brought in the last of the food on the table and turned around to open the door for JC as he ran in. Britney, Lance, and Christina were soaking wet, yet the ones to get the most wet were Justin and JC. The sound of thunder rolled through the area sending a chill through Justin's spine. "Oh no! Joey is by the lake. I'm going to run down and get him." Justin said quickly as he remember Joey went to the lake to go for a swim. He ran out in his soaked shirt and his dripping wet shorts. It was twenty minutes later when Justin came back soaking wet with Joey running behind him. He ran into the cabin and collapsed at the doorway. JC ran to the doorway and wrapped both arms around him and lifted him up with the help of Joey. "Hey JC, he's feeling really hot. I think he caught something." Joey said. JC and Joey brought him to the couch in front of the fireplace. Justin sat up and let out a really bad cough. "Chris get the fire place working, Justin's sick." Sarah said as she crouched next to Chris who was trying to light the fire in the fireplace. "No Sarah, I'm just on my knees putting my head in this hole for my health." Chris retorted. Sarah rolled her eyes and walked away. Britney came running down the stairs with some old newpapers. "Here toss this into the fire." Britney said. Chris took the papers and placed them around and near the logs. He lit the paper sending the fireplace ablaze. "Here's a big quilt for Justin." Christina said as she ran into the room. JC took off Justin's shirt and shorts and placed them aside. He took the big quilt and wrapped it around Justin before wrapping both his arms around Justin and Rubbing his shoulders for warmth. "Josh." Justin asked in a soft voice. "Yeah Baby?" JC asked as he looked at Justin worriedly. "I don't feel too good." Justin said as he released another violent cough. "I know Sweetheart. I know. Just sit back and rest okay?" JC said as he placed a small kiss on his cheek. He grimaced when he felt Justin's hot skin against his. "Could this day get any worst?" Chris mumbled. In an instant, the lights went out. "I had to ask." Chris said in the darkness. The room was lit by faint rays of light emanating from the few candles that were placed around the fire place area. Justin laid on the couch with his head resting on JC's thigh while he was now dressed in baggy sweats as well as covered with a thick sweatshirt. JC continued to rub Justin's forehead as he ran his fingers through Justin's hair worriedly. Lance and Britney sat on the floor in front of the couch as they stayed close by to see how Justin was doing. Christina laid down in front of the fireplace near Britney and Lance while she thumbed through the only magazine in the cabin, a ten year old hunting guide. Chris sat at one end of the love seat while Sarah sat at the other leaving a great amount of room between them. The room was silent until a small shrill sounds came from a place where it seemed to be muffled. JC looked around and pinpointed the nose coming from Justin's discarded soaking pants. He reached won and pulled it up only to shuffled through the pockets and pull Justin's cell phone out. "Hello?" JC asked. "Josh Honey, are you guys at the cabin?" a familiar voice rang through the phone. She had a worried tone in her voice. "Yeah we are. Why what's wrong?" JC asked his future mother-in-law. "Well the roads up to and out of that area are closed. There's some storms coming in from the Atlantic and well they are pretty bad. How is everyone doing?" Lynn asked. "Well Justin's caught something. The power and phone lines are out. I think we're coming home tomorrow if we can." JC replied. "No Honey, don't come down tomorrow. The roads are supposed to be really terrible. It would be better if you stayed there for the weekend or until the rain lets up and then come on down. What's wrong with Justin?" Lynn asked. "He has a fever, a bad cough, and has been sneezing quite a bit." JC replied. "Well just keep him bundled up and Josh?" Lynn asked. "Yeah?" JC asked. "Please take care of him." Lynn replied. "I will." JC replied. "Okay well call me if you need to. And make sure you guys eat whatever you can. And watch out for th. . ." All of a sudden the phone went dead. JC looked at the phone and saw that the batteries were out. He sighed and closed the phone. He looked down at Justin who was stirring in his lap. Justin looked up at JC through his half-opened eyes and let out a small yawn. Justin sat up and let out a small fit of coughs. JC rubbed his back soothingly until the coughing ceased. Justin took a seat on JC's lap letting his legs move across JC's lap and onto the couch. Justin wrapped his arms around JC's neck and rested his head on JC's shoulder, as a little sick child would. JC picked up the quilt Justin left behind and wrapped it around Justin and himself before wrapping both arms around him. "Josh?" Justin asked softly with a hoarse voice. "Yeah Justin?" Josh asked as he placed a small kiss on Justin's warm forehead. "I'm sorry." Justin said softly. With a sudden burst the thunder filled the sky sending a rolling rumble over the area. Justin flinched like a child and held onto JC tighter. "For what?" JC asked as he leaned his head down to look at Justin face to face. "For getting sick." Justin replied letting out a small cough. "It's not your fault Justin. You can't help whether you get sick or not." JC whispered as he kissed Justin's ear. Justin gave a small nod before resting his head down on JC's shoulder again and closing his eyes. JC placed a small kiss on Justin's forehead before leaning his cheek against it. Justin felt a small headache as he opened his eyes to see light. He blinked a couple of times trying to let his eyes focus to the new amounts of light. He felt like he was moving along bumpy road. His eyes finally focused on JC's blue T-shirt. Justin turned in his place so he was laying flat on his back and saw that JC was driving at the steering wheel. Justin realized he was laying down in the front seat of the van with his head resting in JC's lap. JC's leather jacket was wrapped around him along with a blanket. Justin sat up in his spot at the same time the car hit a bump Justin winced at the pain he felt in his head. "Hey Babe. How are you feeling?" JC asked softly realizing Justin was awake. "I'm doing somewhat better. I feel like I have a hangover." Justin said groggily. JC gave a small laugh and continued to keep his eyes on the road. Justin scooted closer to JC and placed his weary head on the older man's shoulder. "So what did I miss?" Justin asked. "Well the power came on this morning just as we were leaving. Chris and Sarah have still been fighting. Lance walked in on Christina while she was naked in the bathroom. Britney can't get the goofy smile off Lance's face. Oh and I called the tour managers and they said we can take Tyler as our personal assistant. The guys all agreed and wanted us to bring the dogs as well. So what do you think about that?" JC asked as he lifted an arm to place around Justin while he kept the other hand on the steering wheel. "Well I can't wait until the tour but don't you think the dogs would be irritated by traveling from one airport to another?" Justin asked. "What else are we supposed to do? We can't give them to your parents cause they are always flying out of town. And we can't give it to Chrissy or Brit because they have there own things to do. It has to be someone in Orlando because we have no time to escort them to Mom and Dad's house." JC replied. "But if we're going to take them on tour with us they will be in the dressing rooms and everything all alone while we are out doing stuff." Justin responded with a small yawn escaping his lips. "That's where Tyler comes in. the dogs already know and love him. He could watch them while we're on stage or something." JC said as he lifted his arm from around Justin as the traffic began to get a little congested. "For two months Josh? Tyler does not want to do that." Justin said shaking his head. "Well what are we going to do? We can put them in the shelter but that's two whole months without anyone to help them." JC shrugged. "You know I say Mom and Paul's house. Laura will be home all summer she won't mind taking care of them." Justin said as he closed his eyes once again. "We'll ask her. So far we'll know Sarah and Tyler on the tour. I think we have new tour managers. We're going to meet Wild Orchid in London after we meet the princes." JC announced. "Whoopdidoo." Justin said sarcastically "Justin." JC said in a disapproving manner. "Sorry." Justin replied, not really meaning it. "Anyway. We're almost home and then we'll have European tour. You excited?" JC asked. "A tour where I won't have my dogs, I'll be in the eye of newspapers that I cannot even read because they are in a different language, and I'll be with a bitch named Stacey. I'm totally excited." Justin said in a monotone voice. To Be Continued. . . ****Uhm that's it. next time will be the first leg of their European Tour. Oh and Happy birthday to JC. Like he's reading. Haha. Anyways. N the next chapter I'll also have JC's b-day in there. Welp that's it. cya!