Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 10:19:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Travis Smith & Drew Thomas <trav_and_drew@yahoo.com>
Subject: Safest Place To Hide-Chapter 5

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Safest Place To Hide

By Travis Smith and Drew Thomas


Chapter Five

JC was worried. After he and Brian had left Kevin and Lance to themselves,
they had gone off to have breakfast and catch up with each other. After a
great morning they had parted promising to keep in touch. It was about two
hours later that JC had got the call from Brian telling him how their
friend's "date" had quickly deteriorated into a shouting match. And about
the kiss. Kevin had closed himself up in his room and had refused to talk
to anyone.

That was this morning and Lance was still a no-show at the house. AJ had
called and he and Nick had offered to search for Lance while JC waited at
home. Now he wished he had gone with them. For some reason AJ seemed pretty
sure that he could find him. He said something about knowing from personal
experience where to look. JC wondered what AJ meant but didn't question it.

He was shaken from his thoughts as he heard the sound of a car pull up to
the house. He reached the front door just as the taxi pulled away and Lance
stumbled toward him. JC had never seen Lance so drunk. Lance tried to make
to the door but collapsed into JC's arms. The movement made him extremely
dizzy causing his stomach to tighten.

"Aww man!" JC whined." I just bought these shoes!"

"Sorry." Lance croaked out. The stomach acid in his throat causing it to
burn.

"Lets just get you inside and cleaned up OK?" As JC struggled to get Lance
into the house AJ and Nick arrived. They jumped out and ran up to help JC.

"Not again?" Nick complained

"What are you talking about man?" JC asked annoyed.

"This is like the third time in as many days that he's been falling down
drunk JC," AJ explained." Come on. lets get him inside before we start
getting the neighbors attention." AJ and JC each put an arm around their
necks and lead Lance into the house. With Nick following close behind to
catch him if necessary. They walked him upstairs to his bedroom and sat him
down on the edge of the bed.

"I got him from here" JC said

"You sure?" Nick asked

"Yeah. I'm just gonna put him to bed. I'll be right down if you guys wanna
wait downstairs for me. We need to talk" JC stated

"Sure thing. Yell if you need us." AJ said and the two of them left the
room.

"What the hell have been doing to yourself James?" JC asked the man passed
out in front of him. He always called Lance by his first name when he was
worried about him. Usually Lance was awake to hear it though. JC undressed
Lance and managed to get him tucked into the bed. Being sure to lay him
face down in case he threw up again. He left the small wastebasket from the
bathroom by the side of his bed too. This wasn't the first time he had put
a drunk Lance to bed. But if what AJ and Nick had said was true, things had
deteriorated to the point where it looked like Lance had developed a
serious problem. JC hoped they were wrong.

JC walked slowly and quietly downstairs. So quietly that he walked in on
the tail end of Nick and AJ's conversation without them knowing.

"But what if he won't listen?" Nick asked in a loud whisper.

"We have to make him listen. Lance has got a serious problem and he has got
to get into a program." AJ exclaimed. "JC might be the only one that can
get through to him."

"How can you be so sure he really has a problem?" JC asked, surprising the
two men

"You're asking a recovering addict if he is sure he knows another addict
when he sees one?" AJ asked incredulously. "You're kidding right?"

"Is it possible you're just over-analyzing the situation?" JC reasoned

"He's spent more time in the last three days drunk then he has sober and
you think I'm over-reacting?" AJ asked, his voice raising. " Are you
serious? Where the hell do you get off? You haven't even spoken to him in
months and now you swoop in here and act like you know what the hell is
going on with him? Well guess what JC? You don't know shit!"

With each word JC convulsed as if he was being hit. The verbal tirade
knocking him off his feet, causing him to fall into a chair. He sat there
in a stunned silence as tears slowly ran down his face. His worse fears
were realized. Lance had become an alcoholic, and he was partially to
blame. At least that's how he saw it. If he had only paid closer attention!
Maybe he could have prevented this?

While JC's mind was reeling AJ tried to calm himself. He really didn't
blame JC for what Lance was dealing with. He knew better than
that. Alcoholism is a disease. He had to make things right.

AJ felt Nick pulling on his sleeve. AJ reluctantly followed Nick out of ear
shot of the distraught JC. "Don't be so hard on JC man," Nick hissed at
AJ. "He hasn't had to deal with alcoholism before. You have to be gentle
about it."

"I know," AJ replied nodding. "But it really upsets me how they can just
ignore him like that."

"We didn't just ignore him," JC stated startling them both. "Lance cut
himself off from us. Once he found out that we were all setting out to get
on with our lives he got pissed because to him, NSYNC was the most
important thing in his life. It was important to us. But we wanted to try
other things. At first Lance claimed to be on the same page as we
were. Than he shut himself off from the rest of us."

"And you guys didn't try to get back in touch with him?" AJ asked sounding
a little harsh.

"AJ," Nick scolded him lightly.

"I'm sorry," AJ relented. "It is just that I just assumed that you were
guys were tight, you know like us."

"I would love to claim that to be true. I wish we were like you guys," JC
said sadly. "But the truth of the matter is we're not."

"Why not?" Nick asked softly. "I see Justin all the time talking about how
close you and him are."

"We are close. Justin and I are the closest of the rest of the guys. Lance
and I used to be really really close," JC looked down blushing.

"Oh my God," Nick breathed. "You and Lance were lovers?" JC nodded. "That's
hot." AJ looked at Nick and shook his head. "What?" Nick said in his
defense. "JC is hot and so is Lance. So sex has to be hot with them."

"TMI!" AJ exclaimed covering his ears.

"Listen guys," JC sighed. "Talking about my past sex life isn't what I
would call a nice time. I really need to get some rest. I've been running
on empty all day."

"Yea sure JC," AJ said softly. "Listen call me when you are rested up. I
want to talk to you about a plan."

"Sure guys," JC replied showing them the door. "Thanks again for stopping
by. I can tell you guys really care about Lance." JC hugged both Nick and
AJ. They could tell that he had a lot to think about. Neither of them put
up an argument about leaving. Soon JC was alone by himself with his
thoughts.

"So we have the rest of the evening free," AJ said to Nick as the limo
drove them back to the hotel.

"What are you planning?"

"Travis and I have plans," Nick grinned at AJ. AJ groaned loudly. "Do you
know what you're problem is AJ?" Nick asked smirking.

"No but I am sure you are going to tell me," AJ said in a sassy tone of
voice.

"You, my, brother need to get laid." Nick scolded him.

"You have sex on the brain twenty-four seven."  AJ snickered.

"I do not," Nick whined. Just a for a second the young hyper Nick was back
and truth be told AJ liked the hyper inquisitive teenage Nick better than
this one. Oh don't get him wrong Nick was a very good looking man and AJ
found him self drawn to him time and time again. All Nick Carter had to do
is was give anyone those incredible eyes and pouty lips and you fell in
love with him. This was one of those times. AJ really wished at this point
that Nick wasn't in love with Travis. "In fact Travis and I haven't had sex
in like a day or so."

"I think I have heard enough of your and Travis's sex life," AJ replied
rolling his eyes.

"You should find a boyfriend AJ," Nick prodded. Nick bounded over to the
other side of the limo and threw his arm around AJ. "Come on Alexander,"
Nick said in a softer voice. "Let me find you a boyfriend."

"You play match maker for me?" AJ asked back. "This is so funny. Our little
brother wants to find me a boyfriend?"

"I just want you happy," Nick replied looking down. "I can't help it. You
haven't been happy in a long time. I miss the old happy AJ."

"I'm here," AJ replied.

"No you're not," Nick insisted. "I mean not the old fun loving AJ that I
love and miss."

"This isn't five years ago Nick," AJ sighed.

"I know," Nick sighed back. "Some times I just want to go back and do this
all over again. It was so much fun!"

"Yeah but Nick," AJ said sadly. "All things change. And we all grow up."

"I know but that doesn't mean you can't be happy. You need to find someone
to fall in love with,"

Nick persisted. AJ refused to comment. Little did Nick know, AJ had found
his love of his life. Problem was his love was involved with another
man. They finally pulled up to the hotel. Nick went his way and AJ went
back to his room. He wanted a drink so bad but he didn't dare. He instead
picked up his phone and called his sponsor.

"Hey love," Travis purred as Nick opened the door. Nick smiled at
Travis. Travis was again stark naked and rock hard. Travis wanted to make
love. Nick was surprised that Travis had lasted this long. "You're home
early."

"Looks like you were expecting me," Nick giggled at him. He started to take
off his clothes too. Travis licked his lips in anticipation. "Did you miss
me?" Nick asked sliding down his pants. His erect cock slapped his abs with
an audible smack. Travis nodded. "I can't hear you," Nick said as he
straddled Travis's chest resting the head of his cock on Travis's
lips. Travis opened his mouth and Nick pushed his long cock into Travis's
mouth. He shivered as the feeling of pleasure raged through his
body. Travis immediately began to suck and bob in earnest. "I'll take that
as a yes," Nick grunted out as he reached behind Travis and started to jerk
Travis's cock.

Travis whimpered softly as Nick begin to bring the younger man to
orgasm. He didn't have to wait long. Travis's body tightened up and moaned
loudly while sucking on Nick's massive cock. Nick felt Travis's cum splash
on his backside. Nick smirked as he began to thrust in and out of Travis's
mouth. This is how he really liked Travis. He loved Travis submitting to
him as he let Nick use his body for Nick's pleasure.

"You like that?" Nick leered down at Travis. "You like sucking my cock like
a cock slut?" Travis whimpered again. "Oh yea take my fucking cock!" Nick
could feel Travis's cock getting hard again. He could also feel his orgasm
building. He wanted to cum down Travis throat. He loved watching Travis
swallow his cum. Nick could always cum a lot. And Travis, try as he might
could never swallow it all. "Oh shit!" Nick growled out. "Here it cums
baby!" He bucked forward again and again as his cum shot out of his cock
and into Travis's mouth. Travis swallowed as fast as he could. "Yea that's
it baby," Nick cooed down at his lover. "Swallow it all lover. Swallow my
cum." Travis continued to swallow even though Nick was thrusting in and out
of his mouth.

Finally Nick's cock stopped shooting and Travis licked him clean and
allowed Nick's now limp cock to fall out of his mouth. Nick took the time
to look down at his lover. His lips were slightly swollen and coated with
his cum. Nick smiled as he wiped Travis's cock with his limp cock. Travis
eagerly licked him clean. "God that was good," Nick breathed out. He slid
off of Travis and laid down beside him. He leaned down and kissed Travis
full on the lips. He could taste himself in Travis's mouth. He continued to
kiss Travis breathlessly until he felt Travis's cock growing again.

Soon he had Travis fully aroused and ready for more action. Nick grinned as
he dove between Travis's legs and lid his cock down his throat. All he
heard was Travis' whimpers and moans as Nick brought his lover closer and
closer to orgasm. This was turning out to be a good night in deed.

Back at Lance's place. JC swore as he slid out of bed and slid on a pair of
boxer briefs. He was having trouble sleeping. The conversation he had with
Nick and AJ weighed heavily on his mind. He made his way to Lance's
room. He walked in and looked down at the sleeping man. The scent of booze
had finally gone away. He could still smell Lance's cologne mixed with a
hint of Lance's sweat. The memories of the past literally overwhelmed
JC. In a second he was back in that hotel room so long ago.

"I'm sorry," Lance sniffled out. "I don't want to be gay JC," he
whimpered. "I can't help it."  "You have nothing to be sorry for Lance," JC
said softly as he wrapped his arms around Lance's bare shoulders. "You
can't help how you feel. You're either gay or straight. It is the way God
made you."

"How do you know?" Lance asked wiping the tears from his eyes.

"Because I'm gay too," JC whispered to him. "And I am very attracted to
you." Lance eyes lit up when JC said that. "That makes you happy?"

"Very," Lance replied grinning.

"And why is that?" JC asked grinning back.

"Well because I'm ummm I'm well," Lance started only to be stopped by JC
lips on his. His eyes shot wide open as he watched JC's face as JC kissed
him. This was the first real kiss for Lance. His whole body was on fire. JC
was gentle yet forceful. It was as if JC was starved for Lance. Lance was
hungry for JC too. Finally after a few minutes they broke away both of them
breathless. "Wow," Lance breathed out. JC blushed as he looked down. Than
an comfortable silence filled the room.

"So what now?" JC asked as he reached out and touched Lance's face. Lance
leaned against JC hand.

"Make love to me?" Lance asked. "That is all I ever wanted."

That was five years ago. Lance was so young back then. So was JC. The
lovemaking was so tender and loving. JC knew the art of lovemaking. He had
never actually done it before but he had researched it fully. He wanted to
be ready for the time when it came. The first time was heavenly. Lance was
so beautiful. When JC slid into Lance for the first time Lance made this
whimpering noise that almost made JC cum right then and there. The way
Lance's legs wrapped around JC slim form told JC that Lance loved him. The
feeling of him cumming against their sweaty bodies sent JC over the edge
and he too groaned out loudly and shot his cum deep into Lance. He had
become one with Lance.

JC allowed his mind to travel back. The intensity of his love for Lance
back then was very powerful and very loving. But than it happened. The rest
of the group had problems with their love affair. So for the group they
broke up. They remained fast friends. Lance had problems falling in
love. He had a precise idea as to what a lover should be. Loyal, loving,
gentle, and very attractive. And Lance was a bottom. JC hated using that
term.

Lance was the one who had to be made love too. He loved it when JC would
make love to him all night long. Their orgasms would mesh together. Time
would cease to exist. It was all about them and their love. JC loved to
bring Lance to the brink and than down again. JC could do that for Lance
time and time again until Lance was crazy with lust. Only than would JC let
himself go.

JC wondered if Kevin was the person for Lance. On the outside Kevin did
appear to be that person that Lance craved. Kevin appeared to be loyal and
gentle and loving. Not to mention a body to die for and very very
attractive. So the question remained. Why was it taking them so long to get
together. It was so obvious that Kevin was madly attracted to Lance and
Lance was very attracted to Kevin. But the minute they entered the room
together the sparks would fly. It was fun to watch them go at it. The
sexual tension was so intense. Lance moaned in his sleep. JC looked at the
clock and saw that it was almost three. JC sighed and slid off his shirt
and laid down beside Lance.

True to form Lance wrapped his arms around JC and snuggled closer to
him. The feelings of love returned, only this time JC didn't act on
them. "Dam I need to find me a boyfriend too," JC sighed to himself as he
kissed the top of Lance's head and allowed himself to drift into a fitful
sleep.

Back at the hotel AJ walked into the lobby and spotted a long awaited
friend. He walked up to him and hugged him. "Thank you so much for coming
to see me. I'll get right to the point. I have a friend who is an
alcoholic. He hasn't admitted it yet but all the signs are there. I need
your help in setting up an intervention for him."

Upstairs in Nick's room the two lovers continued their dance of
lovemaking. Nick's body was covered in a sheen of sweat. He could no longer
tell which sweat was his and which was Travis'. The smell of lovemaking was
thick in the room. Nick plunged into Travis like a man starved. Their
grunts and groans filled the room with a sexual music that had repeated
itself again and again. Nick finally shuddered violently as he poured his
seed deep into his lover. Travis quaked too as Nick's hot seed seared his
bowels and he too shot his seed across his rock hard abs. The two lovers
shook and shuddered as their orgasms over took them. Each of them feeding
off the other's lust. Finally Nick collapsed on top of Travis. His mouth
resting beside Travis's ear. His heavy breathing letting his lover know he
was spent. After a few minutes of rest Nick begin to cover Travis's sweaty
and tried body with feather kisses.

"I love you Travis," Nick breathed out.

"I love you too Nick," Travis sighed happily, Nick eased his limp cock out
of Travis causing him to whimper from the loss.

"Don't worry love," Nick whispered to him resting his fore head on
Travis's. "I'll put it back later. Now it is time to shower." Together the
two spent lovers walked into the shower together.

The next morning Kevin woke up and looked at the clock. It was just past
nine. He sighed happily as he realized that today he had absolutely nothing
to do for the entire day. His mind immediately went to thoughts of
Lance. He smiled as he realized that he had a hard-on. A hard -on just from
thinking about Lance. Kevin reached down and stroked it a couple of
times. He sighed and realized that he wanted to save his orgasms for the
real thing. The phone rang and he looked at the caller ID.

He smiled. He picked up the phone. "Hi sexy," he said grinning.

"Well hello to you too sexy," JC's voice sounded from the other end.

"JC what they hell do you want?" Kevin asked blushing. "I thought you were
Lance."

"Yea I know who you thought it was," JC snickered. "OK onto serious
things. I need a favor."

"And that would be?" Kevin asked.

"I heard from AJ and he wants to set up an intervention for Lance," JC
replied.

"Why the hell does AJ want to set up an intervention for Lance?" Kevin
shouted into the phone.

"Lance has been doing a lot of drinking," JC replied. It was true but Kevin
had tried not to see it. He knew from his past experience with AJ that
Lance had a serious problem and that if someone didn't step in things would
only get worse.

"What do you need me to do?" Kevin asked.

"Take Lance out today," JC said. "We need to get him out of the house so we
can get the people involved out here."

"Who is all coming?" Kevin asked.

Well I'll be there, and his folks. Joey and Justin will be there too," JC
explained. "I want you, Nick and AJ to be there too."

"How am I supposed to get Lance out of the house?" Kevin asked.

"Oh trust me," JC snickered. "Lance will go with you. All you have to do is
ask him to lunch or dinner. He will go."

"OK I'll do this. But it I need to make one thing perfectly clear. I'm
taking Lance on a real date.  I'm not part of this conspiracy you have
going here," Kevin said sternly.

"Deal," JC replied. "Try to have him back by seven this evening."

"No promises," Kevin replied before hanging up. He quickly walked to the
shower and undressed and was soon showering. Kevin had to make himself look
good. After all he had a beautiful young man to impress.

Lance woke with a killer headache. He opened his eyes to see the cheerful
face of JC staring down at him.

"You have a phone call." Jc beamed, handing the phone over. Lance groaned
and turned over. "Come on Lance," JC urged him. "It's Kevin." OK this got
Lance's attention. Lance swung out of bed and took the phone from JC's
hand. "I'll leave you two alone." JC smiled, closing the door behind him.

"Hello,' Lance said into the phone.

"Lance?" Kevin asked. "You OK?"

"Yeah," Lance croaked out. "I just woke up."

"Listen," Kevin said softly. "I was wondering if I could make up for my
behavior and take you out to lunch?"

"Today?" Lance asked waking up fully.

"Yeah today," Kevin chuckled. "That is of course if you are free."

"Yea I'm free," Lance gulped. "When do you want to come over?

"I'm outside your gates now," Kevin chuckled some more.

"What?" Lance squealed. "I'm not showered! I'm not dressed."

"Can I see?" Kevin asked laughing fully now. Even though they were on the
phone Kevin could tell that Lance was blushing. "You know I am kidding
right?" He heard Lance whimper. "I'll just keep JC company while you get
ready."

"OK," Lance replied recovering quickly. "Ummm help yourself to the
kitchen."

"Thank you I think I will," Kevin said grinning softly as the gates parted
for him. Lance in the mean time was in full panic mode. JC entered and
seeing Lance's state decided to step in to help.

"Lance calm down," JC said firmly.

"How can I calm down?" Lance yelped out. "Kevin is waiting for me
downstairs. He wants to take me to lunch! I'm not ready yet. I don't know
what to wear!"

"You go in and shower and shave and put on the cologne that I love so
much. I'll worry about the clothes and the rest of you," JC laughed
out. Lance walked to the bathroom, but stopped and looked back at JC with a
worried expression. "Don't worry," JC giggled. "I won't pick anything with
animal prints, leather or feathers." A look of relief washed over Lance's
face as he closed the door behind him. "I can pick out good clothes!" JC
muttered at the closed door. "Just my fashion tastes are a little
different."

JC looked at Lance's closet and opened the door. "Now let's see what I have
to work with."

A half hour later Lance walked downstairs dressed and ready. He spotted
Kevin drinking a cup of coffee and munching on a bagel. Lance paused and
looked hard at Kevin was dressed in very casual clothes. A pair of jeans
and dark blue polo shirt graced Kevin's well shaped form. Lance had no
problem seeing Kevin's hard pecks and abs. The way the shirt clung to his
torso left nothing to the imagination. As to his jeans well they were a
little baggy. Lance found that refreshing. After all you had to some
adventure and some mystery. Lance coughed softly. Kevin looked up and
grinned at him. Lance swallowed hard at the intense green eyes that seemed
to bore deep into Lance's soul.

"You clean up well," Kevin said standing and walking towards Lance. Lance
took in how graceful Kevin was when he walked. The years of dancing and
working out really paid off well.

"So you want to join me for breakfast?"

"Not hungry. You finish," Lance said softly. "I have to check my e-mails
for FreeLance."

"Take your time," Kevin replied. "Reservations aren't for another hour and
a half."

At the airport Justin met up with Joey. "So what kind of trouble has Lance
gotten into now?"  Justin asked Joey. Joey glared hard at Justin. "What?"
Justin whined in defense of himself. "Lance is always drinking himself into
trouble."

"Lance is an alcoholic," Joey said softly. "And we are going to stage an
intervention."

"If you ask me this is a complete waste of time," Justin snapped as he slid
into the plush leather seat of the limo.

"Well we are not asking for your opinion," Joey snapped back. "We are
asking that you step up the plate and help your friend!"

"Oh not that again!" Justin shouted. "I'm so fucking tired of hearing how I
need to step up to the plate and blah, blah, blah! I've been there for him!
I care for him. I love him just like you do!"

"No you don't!" Joey shouted back. "You only care about yourself and your
career!"

"I have to care about my career!" Justin shouted back. "It's all I have!"

"What about family?" Joey asked. "What about your best friend JC?"

"What about him?" Justin asked.

"What about when JC and Lance loved each other and you worked to get them
apart?" Joey asked.

"I wasn't responsible for what happened to JC and Lance," Justin
muttered. "They weren't meant to be."

"That wasn't for you to decide!" Joey explained softly. "Do you even
remember what happened?"

"Yes I do," Justin said blushing. "I didn't mean to walk in on them. It
just happened."

"If I remember correctly you threw a fit because they were having sex,"
Joey reminded him. "You and Chris managed to convince JC and Lance to break
it off because it was to dangerous. They might get caught. They might
expose the fact that they were gay and ruin NSYNC."

"Well they might have!" Justin shot back. "You remember what it was like
back then. We all had to be careful!"

"And for what?" Joey asked.

"So we could all be in this group!" Justin reminded him. "This was the
opportunity of a life time. We all benefited from it. You have your acting!
Lance has his business, JC has his music, I have my acting and music. Chris
well Chris has his^Ö," Justin stammered. "What does Chris have anyway?"

"He has his producing and songwriting. And he has his other band," Joey
reminded him.

"So why are we helping Lance again?" Justin asked one last time.

"Because we love him," Joey replied. "Because he is our brother." Justin
finally nodded quietly. "Driver," Joey said. "Take us to Mr. Bass' place."

Back with Lance and Kevin.

"So are you enjoying your lunch?" Kevin asked.

Lance swallowed hard to get his mouth free of the food. "Yeah it's good,"
Lance finally replied. "I wonder why I haven't eaten here before."

"Well don't feel bad," Kevin replied taking a drink from his wine
glass. "This is my first time here too. I heard good things about this
place so I decided to give it a try."

"So what else are we going to do?" Lance asked. It was at this point that
Lance notice the naughty look in Kevin's eyes. It was definitely very sexy
on Kevin. "Should I be worried?"

"Don't worry," Kevin chuckled. "It will be fun." He motioned for the
check. Lance was starting to get worried. "You like horseback riding
right?"

"Yeah I love it," Lance replied grinning."You know one of the fans actually
gave me a horse?"

"Good because that is what we are doing," Kevin replied getting up. Lance
stood too and followed Kevin outside.

At Lance's house.

"Thank you for coming," AJ said softly to the gathered crowd of people
inside Lance's living room. "This is how we should do this." For the next
few hours they hashed out just how they were going to approach Lance about
his drinking problem. Justin wanted to blame Lance for everything. Joey for
some reason had appointed himself guardian of Lance and stood up to
Justin. Reminding him of his role in Lance's past. Justin chose to keep
quiet for the remainder of the meeting. Finally the clock struck seven
thirty and JC spotted lights coming up the drive.

"They're here," JC exclaimed. "Places everyone!"

Outside the house.

"Ummm thanks for the great day," Lance said softly laying his hand on
Kevin's chest. Kevin took a sudden breath in. "Ummm can I kiss you?" Kevin
lowered his head and pressed his lips to Lance's

Lance moaned softly and allowed Kevin to have his way with him. Kevin was a
great kisser. His tongue and lips probed until Kevin finally found his way
inside. In no time at all Kevin had Lance moaning and wanting more. Finally
Kevin reluctantly broke the kiss. "You want to come in?"

Lance asked looking into Kevin's loving eyes.

"Ummm yea sure," Kevin said with a hint of fear in his voice. Lance opened
the door and let Kevin in first. At first Kevin thought maybe the
intervention was called off. The house was dark for the most part.

"Want a drink?" Lance asked picking up a decanter of brandy.

"I think you've done enough drinking for a while Lance," JC voice sounded
from behind Kevin. Kevin winced.

"What is going on?" Lance demanded. By now the lights had come on and it
revealed a room full of people. Kevin saw most of Backstreet there, all of
NSYNC with the exception of Chris. He also saw AJ's sponsor and an older
couple that had to be Lance's parents. "What is this?"

"Lance you're friends and parents are concerned about your drinking," AJ's
sponsor spoke up. Lance spun on Kevin.

"Did you have a part in this?" Lance demanded glaring daggers at Kevin.

"I did know about it but..," Kevin started only to be stopped by a very
loud slap. Everyone in the room cringed.

"James Lance Bass!" A booming voice spoke from across the room. It was
Lance's turn to cringe. He was in for it now. "I know I raised you to
behave better than that. What have you you got to say for yourself young
man?" Lance turned to see his mother, hands on her hips waiting for an
explanation.

"Momma? I--"

"Don't you 'Momma' me. Now you are gonna sit down and listen to what we
have to say. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes ma'am." Lance said meekly but still glaring at everyone, except his
mother. Diane Bass was not a woman you wanted to tangle with when you
pissed her off. And boy was she pissed. Diane nodded toward AJ's sponsor to
continue as Lance sat in his favorite chair.

"As I was saying, Lance your friends and family have gathered here because
they think you might be having an issue with your drinking. How do you feel
about that?"

"I don't think they have one damn clue what they're talking about. I don't
have a problem."

"So you think that you being almost totally drunk for three days is
normal?" JC asked Lance was surprised by that. JC had only just arrived. He
then realized that JC must have heard about the incident at the hotel. He
fixed his eyes on AJ and Nick and they both looked away embarrassed.

"So you're basing this on me having a few days of fun?" Lance accused.

"It isn't just a few days Lance" Joey spoke up. "How many times have we
gone out as a group or just the two of us and you came home completely
bombed? You were drunk at my wedding.damn it!" Before Lance could respond
AJ spoke up.

Lance when you left the hotel after your first fight with Kevin, what did
you do?"

"I came strait home."

"And?"

"And what AJ? What are you trying to say?"

"You got drunk right?"

"So?"

"So yesterday you guys went out to breakfast and got into it again right?
What did you do then?"

"I had a drink to calm my nerves. So what?

You were completely trashed when you got home Lance." JC spoke with an
accusing tone. "You practically fell into my arms and I barely got you into
the house. If AJ and Nick hadn't come along I don't know what I'd have
done."

"It seems to me that this was all orchestrated by AJ. What's wrong AJ you
don't have enough going on in your own life that you have to create some
drama?" Lance spat. His friends couldn't believe what was coming out of his
mouth. Was he really in that much denial? AJ to his credit let the comment
go. He knew that this might happen. He had lashed out at his friends too,
at first.

JC was disappointed. He had really thought the intervention would go
smoothly and that Lance would be able to realize he had a problem and want
to get help. He looked at Kevin who had been quiet since they had started.
He still seemed stunned by the slap. His eyes focused on JC's and he knew
he had to step in. Somehow he had to get Lance to face the truth. He just
wasn't sure how he was gonna do it

TBC