Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 00:55:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Billy Burrew <billy_burrew@yahoo.com>
Subject: Love-Thru-Chat-8

Love Thru Chat
By Billy Burrew

Legal Disclaimer:

This story is totally fictional and not meant to imply anything about the
sexuality of the guys of the BSB or NSYNC. If you are under the age of 18,
offended by homosexual material, or it is illegal to view such materials in
your area, please leave now. Otherwise, go grab a nice mocha or some chai
tea, or hot cocoa, get comfy and get ready to suspend your disbelief. Have
Fun and Enjoy the Story.

Chapter 8: Reminiscing Over Mud Masks and Judy Garland Records...

Lance: <rubbing his stomach> So I wonder what time they'll be getting back?
I am starved!

Justin: No kidding....I think my stomach is sticking together.

Joey: Let's give them some time, OK?  They're getting to know each other
face to face...I am sure they're fine.

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Bill: Josh....did we walk this way on the way here....I don't seem to
remember passing thru the 'hood on the way here....I hope you've got your
"thug appeal" with you as I am just fresh out of mine.

Thug #1: Yo....Faggot boys!

Josh: Let's hail a taxi! NOW!

Thug #2: Dude....you a faggot?!?!  C'mere faggot!!

Josh: Any other fuckin' time of day there'd be a thousand cabs...until you
REALLY need one!  JEEZ!!

Thug #1: Yo...I am TALKIN to YOU, you blond frickin' pansy!

Bill: Well...At least we know he wasn't addressing you, eh Josh....keep
walking!

Thug #2: Yo...muthafucker....you better stop....we're talkin' to yo ass!

Bill: Hang on a second Josh....lets see what they want...just be still and
stay behind me...

Josh: Are you CRAZY!  RUN!

Bill:<turning to face the two thugs> NO....just stand a little bit behind
me.

Bill: Yes.....what you want?

Thug #1: Yo....you disrespectin' me?

Bill: <shaking head> I guess so...I don't know you so I obviously have
absolutely no respect for you.

Josh: <hissing> BILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thug #2<advancing>: Yo...faggot.....lets see how you talk after I'm thru
witcha!

<the thug advances forward and swings, Bill feints and throws a hard punch
to the lower chest of the thug, connecting hard right at the bottom of the
ribcage.  The thug doubles over in pain as an audible snap of his ribcage
is heard.  Bill then brings a hard elbow down to the back of the neck of
the thug, dropping him to the ground, unconscious.>

Thug #1: <opening a knife> Yo.....Clarence!  Goddamn!!!  All right
motherfucker....you wanna dance?!?  C'mon man....lets dance.

<The thug advances towards Bill and Josh with the knife in front of him.
As he lunges towards Bill, Bill sidesteps, grabbing the wrist of the
attacker with his right hand.  Bill then pulls the arm of the attacker
towards himself and smashes the butt of his left hand into the face of the
startled man.  The man drops the knife and falls backwards on his ass,
grasping his nose which began to gush blood onto the ground.  Bill shakes
his head and picks up the knife by the tip and turns to the thug.  He
throws the knife with all his might and the point hits and buries itself in
the ground between the thugs legs, a millimeter from the his crotch.  The
man stares down at the handle of the knife, looking up in shock just in
time to see Bill charging towards him, throwing one final punch, landing it
right to his temple.  Fortunately for him, unconsciousness came immediately
and the pain he felt was only minor by comparison to what awaited him when
he regained consciousness.>

Josh: Holy SHIT!  Bill.....Whoa!

Bill: Let's go....walk quickly, OK?

Josh: <nodding> That was some amazing shit....our bodyguards can't even
fight like that!  Where did you learn that?

Bill: <smiling> Kickboxing class at the SPA....I took a few months of
it...I have to go back and thank them when I get home!

Josh: No Kidding!  I'll send them a thank you card!  We'd be dead if you
hadn't known how to do that.

Bill: Well...congratulations...that was your first gay bashing.

Josh: Lets just get back to the hotel!  I'm still scared!

Bill: Me too!

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Justin: Ahh....here they come now.....Oh GOD...what happened?!?

Josh: We got attacked! By two guys....Bill fought them off...he kicked
their ASSES!!

Joey: You DID?!?!  JEEZ....what if they would have had a gun?

Lance: You could have gotten Josh killed.....what were you thinking?

Bill: Listen here you little fucks...I wasn't grandstanding!  I was
fighting for my life! We were in serious trouble...Those guys were gay
bashers....they were gonna beat the hell out of us anyways....I am glad I
stood up to them!

Chris: Oh god!  Josh is not even barely out of the closet and he's already
got guys bashing him!

Bill: I think its cause we were walking together thru a REALLY bad
neighborhood.  I wasn't paying attention to where we walked to on the way
and Josh here, Mr. "Leader of the Donner Party" Chasez got us a little lost
on the way back.

Justin: The Donner Party?

Chris: Forget it Justin...it was WAY before your time.

Bill: The important thing is that we're all OK!

Josh: <nodding> Yeah.  We're all ok now.  Bill...come into the bathroom and
lets wash your knuckles there...you bled a little there after you clocked
that guy.

Justin: Can we go eat?  I'm about ready to fall over!

Josh: How about we just get some take-out and go back to your place and
watch some movies.  I am still kinda shaken up about everything.

Joey: That sounds cool!  Josh and Bill can stop and get us all food and we
can head by the Blockbuster and get some videos to watch.

Bill: That sounds like a plan....let's do it!

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 <later...back at Justin's place>

Justin: Ohhhhh...that was SO good!  I am stuffed!!!

Josh: You should be stuffed...you ate all yours as well as half of mine and
Bill's.

Bill: He's cool....I was full anyhow.

Josh: Still....its like...table manners!

Bill: <grinning> But we aren't sitting at a table, Josh...we're sitting on
a couch.

Josh: <smiling> Don't be smart...you know what I mean.

Bill: Yes dad!

Josh: Hey....you've got 3 years on me there old man!

Chris: HEY!  OLD MAN?!? EASY THERE!!  I'm OLDER than he is!

Josh: Oops!!

Bill: OK....well...that was fun...I hadn't seen Austin Powers: The Spy Who
Shagged Me yet.  You guys up for another movie??  What else do we have?

Justin: I am gonna go to bed...It's been a long day!

Lance: Me too!  Can I crash over here tonight, Justin?

Joey: Me too?  Can I stay?

Chris: Me Three?  Can I sleep over?

Bill: Uh oh...sounds like a slumber party...better break out the mud masks
and the Judy Garland albums.

Justin: WHAT?!?!?!?

Bill: Oops....forget it...it's a gay thing....you wouldn't understand.

Lance: Try us!

Bill: The last time I had a bunch of friends over when I lived in
Washington, DC., we had a slumber party and ended up giving each other
facials and watching old movies and listening to Judy Garland records.  It
was fun....in a totally gay sorta way... WHAT??... quit staring at me....it
WAS fun!!

Joey: Uh-huh!  I am sure it was...I am gonna head up to my room now...and
try not to think about a bunch of grown men giving each other facials in
the dead of night or I'll just have nightmares ALL night!!

Chris: Me too!  That's just.....so...

Bill: Gay?  Yes.  I got it!!...Next time I am with a group of mostly
straight men, I'll try to think up something more manly....like an all
night showing of the top ten adult videos of the year while snacking on
cocktail weenies and cheese balls.

Joey: Now THAT'S more like it!!

Josh: I think Bill was being facetious...but I can't tell!

Bill: OK...Goodnight.  Justin?  Where's your phone book so I can call a cab
back to my hotel.

Justin: Why? Just stay over here.  We'll take you back tomorrow.

Bill: Is there enough room here for all of us?

Justin: Yeah!  Joey and Chris can share a room, Lance can share mine and
you and Josh can share a room.

Bill: Oh...OK.  Is that OK with you Josh?

Josh: We've talked about how you can sleep like the dead...that's fine by
me!

Justin: OH NO!!  Another person that sleeps like Josh?  How IS that
possible?!?!

Bill: I have him beat!  I slept thru a whole day once!  I woke up after
about 26 hours of sleep and had to wait for the blood to go back into my
arms and legs before I could go to the bathroom.

Chris: Unbelievable! That's sick!  I didn't think anyone could out-sleep
Josh here!

Justin: C'mon Lance...let's head for bed...I'm nodding off right here!

Lance: K.  Night you guys.  G'night Bill.

Bill: Goodnight Lansten.

Joey: Goodnight guys...night Bill.

Bill: Goodnight Joey...goodnight Chris.  See you in the Hay-hem!

Chris <laughing> : God...you've been in North Carolina too long...you sound
SO country!

Josh: Well.  Lets go to bed.

Bill: Lead on...I have NO idea where the bedroom is.

Josh: OK....Here it is....second room on the right at the top of the
stairs.  Remember that so you don't come back into the wrong room and find
yourself between Justin and Lance.

Bill: I'll try to keep that in mind...seeing as Lance might not be too
comfey if I accidentally spooned up against him during the night.

Josh: <giggling> That would be a KODAK moment tho...I'd pay good money for
a shot of that!

Josh: Aren't you gonna get undressed for bed?

Bill: I'm gonna sleep in my boxers and my t-shirt.  I'll go change in the
bathroom.

Josh: OK.  See ya in a few.

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<outside Josh and Bill's room>

Justin: <whispering> Have they hooked up yet?

Lance: Shhhhhhh!  No!  But Bill's really shy...he went into the bathroom to
take off his pants and shirt, jeez!

Joey: Keep listening....I hope they get together....
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<back inside the room>

Josh: I can't believe this.  I don't think I can get to sleep.  I guess
that whole fight thing today has me shaken up more than I thought.  What if
you had gotten hurt?  I would have felt like it was all my fault!

Bill: <shuts out the lights and opens the door a crack> Just relax.  We're
all OK.  No need to worry about what never happened.

Josh: I know that.  But....I guess I am just scared.  I've never felt
threatened like that before.  They wanted to hurt us....for no reason.

Bill: Some people are like that.  But you're 24 and this is the first time
something like that happened to you.  If you look at the statistics, it'll
be a long while til it happens again, if only because you are ready for it
and your eyes are open to it and you'll avoid it.

Josh: I know.  I'm just scared.

Bill: <grabbing Josh into a hug> Come here Josh, lets see if I can get you
to sleep.  I may not make a living off my voice like you, but lets see if
it can at least sing you to sleep.
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<outside the door> Justin: <whispering into Lance's ear> He's gonna sing to
JC? Open the door a little more...I gotta hear this!

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*Bill: <singing>    We have cleared off the table, the leftovers saved, 
washed the dishes and put them away.  
I have told you a story and tucked you in tight 
at the end of your knockabout day.
As the moon sets its sail to carry you to sleep
Over the midnight sea
Well I will you a song no one sang to me
May it keep you good company

You can be anybody that you want to be
You can love whomever you will
You can travel any country where your heart leads
And know I will love you still
You can live by yourself, you can gather friends around
You can choose one special one
And the only measure of your words and your deeds
Will be the love you leave behind when you're gone

Some girls grow up strong and bold, 
Some boys are quiet and kind
Some race on ahead some follow behind 
Some grow in their own space and time

Some women love women and some men love men
Some raise children and some never do
You can dream all the day never reaching the end
Of everything possible for you

Don't be rattled by names
By taunts or games
But seek out spirits true
If you give your friends the best part of yourself
They will give the same back to you

You can be anybody that you want to be
You can love whomever you will
You can travel any country where your heart leads
And know I will love you still
You can live by yourself, you can gather friends around
You can choose one special one
And the only measure of your words and your deeds
Will be the love you leave behind when you're gone

Oh the love you leave behind...when you're gone.

Bill: <Looks down at JC, snuggled up against his chest, fast asleep, and
smiles as he falls asleep himself.> Wow...that worked...Goodnight Josh.

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<outside the room> 

Justin: <whispering>  Awwww..........that was so sweet!

Lance: <crying>  Oh God....I was so wrong to treat them like I did!

Joey: <whispering>  Let's go back to bed guys!

<Joey, Chris, and Justin head back to their bedrooms leaving Lance alone
standing by the doorway, tears still falling from his eyes, staring
silently inside at the sleeping forms of Bill and Josh.>

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 *Everything Possible, as taken from the Flirtations album, Out on the Road

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