Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 19:00:02 EDT From: DigGetDownNSYNC@aol.com Subject: WAKING UP WITH A VENGEANCE CHAPTER 13 HHhhhheeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Everyone! Whats up? Didja miss me? Oh I know you did. Ok instead of rambling like usual i'm gunna go straight to the bizz... Wassup to: Lee, Allen, Steve, Jodi...you guys rule! Ok everyone, visit my web page! Its http://hometown.aol.com/ilive4boybands. Sign the guestbook! Recapping Chapter, erm, 12.... "Well, I guess thats good night Brandy." I said to her as I gave her a hug and began trotting to my room 2 doors down. She grabbed my hand and pulled me back. "Justin, I need to tell you something. I know your thinking, 'oh, bye bye bye to Brandy!', but I just want to tell you, 'I drive myself crazy'. I really love, I really miss you, and being with nick has shown me the meaning of being lonely. Please don't say 'don't want you back', i just wanted to tell you that 'i want you back' and that without you its 'tearin up my heart'." "Brandy, I love you too. I've missed you since the day you started going out with Nick for the second time. I love you, with all my heart, and I would love to have you back." I kissed her...bad timing...Nick walked out as we finished. "Why Brandy, your finally back. Let's go to sleep, shall we?" Nick said as he pulled her firmly into the room and slammed the door. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 12: Wash Away Those Years KNOCK KNOCK! I yawned and looked at the time. "6:30? I thought wake up was at 9:30...." i whispered to myself, half asleep KNOCK KNOCK! "I'm coming!" I whispered loudly. I forgot about AJ and Brian sleeping next door (there were two rooms in our macho suite, each one with two beds, and they took the two beds in the other room and I was all alone in this one), so I made sure be quiet. I opened the door. "Jason, its only 6...OH MY GOD!" I yelled. I think I woke up the entire floor (ok, I didn't, but i yelled loud enough...) I started crying at the sight. Brandy stood there, with two black eyes, clutching her swollen arm. Her shirt was ripped in the front, and I noticed the scratch marks. Her face was black from crying with eyeliner and mascara on. She fell into my arms and started hysterical crying. She told me the story. He saw her kiss me. Got very tempermental. Took everything out on her. How he could he hurt her? She's so...innoccent. I guess crying for an hour makes you tired. She fell asleep on my shoulder. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Pretty boys! Wake up!" Jason entered our room. He noticed Brandy sleeping in my arms. He tapped her. "Brandy, what are you doing-" she turned around. He continued. "What happened to you?" She immediately broke out into tears. "Nick got a tempermental last night." He stormed of the room. In Nick's room......... "Nick, open up!" Jason pounded on the door. The door opened. Nick gazed out. "Oh, hey Jason." Nick noticed the totally pissed off look on Jason's face. "What's wrong?" "Your contract doesn't cover bad temper. Would you like to explain why you caused our best-selling female artist to be in so much pain and tears?" "Jason, I-" "No, Nick. You can't explain. I'm moving in here and Brandy is moving in with Justin. If your ignored by everyone in all of Jive records, it's not my fault. Its yours. Consider Midol for guys." Jason slammed the door in Nick's face. There was a period of silence. We heard Nick crying next door, occasionally screaming, "What have I done?" or "What the fuck is wrong with me?" I gathered up ice, applied band-aids to Brandy's wounds, and held her in my arms until 12. We were than instructed to wake up the guys and tell them what happened over lunch. Lunch really cheered Brandy up. She was still hurt, but that would never change. Nick was still in his room, and I don't think anyone missed him. Except Brian. He seemed really affected by this. He knew Nick wasn't a bad person or anything. He needed to talk to him. "Hey guys, I'm going to Nick's room. Meet up with you later. The stage for the concert is starting construction tonight, right?" Brain asked. He stood up and pushed in his chair. "I think so." JC answered. "We're going resting on the beach. We'll meet up with you later." "Sounds good." We payed and headed to our usual lounge spots on the pool area. Brandy kept her shirt on and wore a hat and sunglasses to hide the bruises. She was still a little shaken up, and me and AJ comforted her as much as possible. We ordered her a pina colada, which cheered her up. Lance and JC talked to her for bit. Everyone was really trying hard for Brandy to feel ok, and Brandy was really appreciating it. No one knew her experience, but they knew it was painful. No one would forgive Nick. I know I said that about when I hit Nick, but this was different. Brandy didn't deserve a thing like this. I deserved everyone hating me for a while. Nick is going to get that too. "So, Brandy, I guess this means your single?" AJ asked her. She was leaning against him. She sighed. "Yep. I am." "Well, its better than being with someone like Nick." "Defiently!" "And there's always Justin. Don't forget Justin." JC added. He looked at me and winked. I smiled back. "Yeah, JC's right!" AJ said to Brandy. She smiled at them both, then looked at me with the most innocent looking face i've ever seen in my entire life. She grinned at me. I grinned back. She got up and pulled me into her arms. I released her, gazed into her eyes, and then our lips met. Note to self: Thank AJ and JC later. Meanwhile, in Nick's room... Brian knocked on Nick's door. He could hear Nick pacing back on forth, then coming to the door and opening it. Brian gazed in. He saw Nick was a reck: face red from crying, tears all over his shirt. "Sit down Nick, we have to talk." Brian told him. "I thought you didn't care anymore. After all, your knew best friend is Justin." "He is not! You listen to me Nick...you will ALWAYS be my best friend. No matter what happens. If you kill a man, rape my mom...well, i'd be pissed, but I will always be your best friend." Nick fell into his arms crying. "I...I don't know why I did it Brian...I was just, so jealous, I loved her so much, and seeing her kiss Justin just made me so angry." "Well Nick, you treated Brandy pretty horribly. You can't treat someone like that; and you need to control your temper. You have great verbal skills, use those, don't get physical." "I need help. Just admit me into an asylum, NOW!" He got up. He was terribly shaken up. "Nick, your fine. You just need to control your temper." "I'M NOT OK! I'M A HORRIBLE PERSON! YOU SHOULD KILL ME! I'M DANGEROUS!" Nick tensed up and leaned against the wall, crying into his arms. "You've always had temper problems Nick. Remember when you beat up AJ because he sang off key? You just need to control your anger. Your not dangerous; you just need to learn." Nick relaxed. "Will you help me Brian?" Nick looked so helpless and innocent into Brian's eyes. "I will Nick. But remember, I can't do everything for you. You need to work hard, too." "I will...and, will tell Brandy I'm sorry? She's not going to be talking to me for awhile. Tell her I love her, and I'm getting help, I'll be ok." "I will be more than happy to. Now, you get some sleep, take a shower and whatever. I'll be downstairs." Brian shut Nick's door as he walked out. Nick fell asleep on his bed upon contact. Just then, Brandy walked by with Justin. "Brian, how is he?" Brandy asked. "Pretty bad. He wants me to tell you that he's sorry, that he loves you, and he knows he needs anger mangement training and I'm going to help him through it." "Tell him I'll forgive him, but he will always leave a scar in my heart." Brandy ran away crying. Just then, Nick opened the door. "Hello, Justin." Nick said in a sarcastically friendly tone. I remembered Brandy's bruises when she came into my room. I know she's a lot smaller and couldn't defend herself that much, but they were big. So there are really only 2 words left for me to say. Oh....shit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WILL JUSTIN BE FINE BECAUSE NICK IS CONTROLLING HIS TEMPER? OR WILL JUSTIN BE ATTACKED BECAUSE OF THE JEALOUS NICK? FOUND OUT NEXT WEEK (OR WHENEVER I GET MY LAZY ASS TO WRITE THE NEXT SEGMENT) ON..... ~WAKING UP WITH A VENGEANCE!~ email me! DigGetDownNSYNC@aol.com BYE! ~Erica~