Disclaimer: I am not assuming anything about the lives of anyone in this story. Many may wish things to be true, but who knows so don't be offended, just enjoy. If you're UNDER 18, stop reading this, and all that other legal stuff.
This is my first attempt, and I know this story lacks sexual adventures, give it time, I want them to get to know each other first, okay?
JC and Jason spent the afternoon laying together on the couch. `This is complete happiness. . .' Jason sighed and ran his fingers across JC's cheek.
"Hmm, I love you." JC said, looking into Jason's eyes.
"I love you, too, hun. Do you want to go over our schedules now?"
"Oh yeah. Good idea."
As they sat up, both reached for their planners and set to work.
"Well, I'm free the week after you leave, which sucks, and then I'm busy the two weeks after that."
"We have strict rehearsals the two weeks after that anyway, new steps to learn, so I wouldn't be able to get away, and it'd be kind of pointless for you to meet up with us."
"Ok, well, that's at least 3 weeks then. . ." Jason started to frown. "Unless, where're you going after here?"
"Missouri, why?"
"Cuz, maybe I can come down, at least for a day or two?"
"That'd be great! But we're going to get spoiled you know. . ."
"How's that?"
"Well, it'll only be like 24 hours since we'd seen each other and we'll be together again, where as, after that point, it's going to be around three weeks. . ."
"Oh. Yeah I know, but at least if we make it through the first 24 hours, and then we get together again, we'll be stronger for the long time. I don't think I could make it that long on the first try, I'd have to fly out and see you!"
JC laughed. "Yeah, I'd probably pretend to break my leg so I could get out of rehearsal and fly back here."
"Well that wouldn't be any good, so this is perfect."
"Yep, but we're only in Missouri for three days, the first one is our concert."
"Perfect, I'll fly in early the next morning and get my flight out sometime near when yours leaves for wherever you're going next."
"Alright, and after that we can decide on when we can meet up again. I'm sorry hun, I wish I wasn't so busy, I'd rather spend my time here."
"Oh hush, you know you love being on tour. And I would never ask you to give it up for me, so don't even think it. You're going to have fun, we're going to talk on the phone every night like we promised, and we'll see each other before we even know it. Besides, in your absence you'll miss me so much maybe you'll write a song for me!" Jason smiled and winked suggestively.
"Maybe." JC gave him a deep kiss as he pulled Jason on top of him.
In Lance's room:
"Well that was a good movie, but I'm feeling truly lazy. Do you realize this dancing tonight will be the most exercise we've had since the concert?"
"What about basketball today?" Justin asked, laughing.
"Oh, that, well we kicked some ass anyways, we didn't even need to put much effort into it." He started laughing as well. "Besides, dancing burns more energy, we of all people know that! I'm surprised they're letting us get by without rehearsals for this long, we don't have to dance again until the concert in Missouri!"
"Hey, speaking of, isn't that where Melanie lives?"
"Yep, I'm going to go pick her up, she's staying at the hotel with us and coming to the show, cool, huh?"
"Oh yeah." Justin suddenly became very depressed. `God, when he's together with this Melanie chick he's going to forget I even exist. . .'
"You'll have to come out to dinner with us after the concert, she's the best, I can't wait for you guys to get to know her better!"
`Well, at least he's including me to start with, but once they're together he'll probably forget all about me. . .' Justin sighed.
"Yeah, I'm sick of laying around, too, J. Let's get dressed? It's almost 7:00pm."
"Sounds cool, Scoop." Justin got up. "See if you can't do something about this hair while I'm gone, I don't want to be embarrassed." He started laughing as he ran his fingers through Lance's hair that had dried wild and untamed.
"What? I'm going for that natural, flowing look?" Lance acted shocked and hurt, touching his hair.
"Go for the gel man, you need it!" Justin started laughing and Lance through a pillow at him, managing contact with the back of his head just before he walked out. "Thanks a lot!"
Laughing, Lance got up and walked into the bathroom, getting ready.
In Jason's apartment:
"So," Jason said, plopping down on the couch next to JC and laying his head in his lap, "what exactly is in your bag of goodies in the fridge for dinner?"
"You seriously can't be hungry already? It's only like 7. . ." JC started laughing as Jason looked at him with puppy dog eyes.
"Ok, I admit it, I'm hungry, too."
Jason laughed. "Nah, I'm not really, just curious is all. . .though I must admit since I met you I've eaten more than in the past month I think."
It was JC's turn to laugh. "Well when you tour constantly, you work up an appetite. Then the appetite never leaves you."
"Oh, I see. So what do you want to do tonight?"
"Lay here with you?" JC asked it, hoping for a quiet night in Jason's arms.
"Sounds absolutely perfect." Jason jumped up and out of JC's arms, much to his disappointment.
"Where're you going? I thought we were going to stay in?"
"We are. . ." Jason ran off and grabbed some things from the other room. Re-entering the living room he put new candles in the holder, poured each of them a glass of wine and turned his cd player on, set to soft music. For the last touch he hit a button on his remote and the lights dimmed.
"Ooh, do we entertain a lot?" JC teased, laughing as Jason sat back down next to him.
Jason chose to ignore the comment. "Now we're ready for a night in."
"I couldn't be more happy." JC kissed his forehead lightly and stroked his hair.
In the hallway:
"Yeah I know exactly what you mean!" Justin said, laughing along with Lance as they approached his hotel room door. 'God tonight's been so much fun. . .'
"Yeah, well. . .it's like 3 am. . ." Lance was kind of tired but he wasn't quite ready to wind down and go to bed yet. 'Maybe Justin will want to hang out for a little while longer. . .'
"Yeah, I know what you mean, we should get some sleep." Justin said, interpreting his comment the wrong way. 'Well, one night at a time, J. . .besides, it's silly to think he'd want to hang out at 3am. . .'
'Oh, he's tired. . .well there goes that idea. . .' "Yeah, well, see you tomorrow Justin."
"Good night Scoop." Justin said, waving as he put his key card in his door.
"Yeah Curly, sweet dreams."
'Sweet dreams? Of course I'll have wonderful dreams. . .' Justin walked into his room, letting the door slam behind him as he laid his head back against it, thinking of his evening.
*** All night long he and Lance had danced together, showing off in front of each other, and not once breaking away to dance with someone else, despite many offers on both sides. Lance had been the first one who'd been asked to dance, but he was in the middle of showing Justin a new step he'd thought of and politely declined. Every time after that Justin had declined, as had Lance, and Justin was in heaven. No one had even recognized them so they were left in relative peace to dance alone.
Justin sighed and walked into the bathroom to take a shower. When he'd finished he lay in his bed, quietly thinking about Lance and the way his goofy smile had popped on his face each time Justin was trying to make him laugh. Most of the time it was stupid, but Lance still laughed and smiled, making Justin's heart melt.
As Justin's thoughts skipped to earlier in the evening, when Lance had been wearing only a towel he'd almost lost, Justin rolled onto his back. Reaching with one hand to shut off the light, his other hand slid down his silk boxers to the growing bulge in his pants as he closed his eyes.
In Lance's room:
Lance shut the door behind him quietly and walked into the shower, stripping off his clothes as he went. 'That was fun, I haven't goofed off like that since I was kid, not caring what anyone thought of me. . .' Lance sighed, content and happy as he hummed to himself and got in the shower.
When he got out he debated calling Melanie, but realized it was way too late and despite her insistence she needed to sleep in. With nothing better to do, Lance crawled under the covers, looking at the ceiling and thinking about Justin. 'He didn't even make fun of my dancing once all night, like the guys usually do. . .he even thought my new step idea was decent. . .' Lance closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.
In Jason's apartment:
After talking for hours JC and Jason finally got up, deciding they should get some sleep. As they walked to the bedroom they had their arms wrapped around each other's waists, and Jason began undoing JC's pants. By the time they entered the bedroom, both of them merely needed to step out of their clothes and get under the covers. As Jason laid his head on JC's chest, he looked up in his eyes and gave him a deep kiss.
JC leaned his head back as Jason started to kiss his neck and lick his earlobe lightly. Moaning in pleasure, JC closed his eyes, tracing his hand in circles on Jason's bare back.
Jason stopped licking JC's ear briefly but before JC could open his eyes he felt Jason's mouth roaming down his chest and sucking on his nipples, causing JC to shudder. Noticing this, Jason moved once more, this time down to JC's stomach, his mouth kissing and sucking it while his hands traced up and down JC's sides.
JC felt Jason move once more and his eyes popped open in shock, seeing Jason with his head right above his boxers, which were straining against the bulge that he'd caused to form. Jason was looking up at him and met his eyes.
"Do you mind?" Jason asked, quietly.
"Are you sure you want to?"
"Yes, I'm sure."
"Then I don't mind."
In Justin's room:
Justin opened his door to find Lance standing there.
"Um, hey Lance. . ?" Justin said, sleepily, wiping the tiredness from his eyes.
"Oh, were you sleeping?" Lance asked, embarrassed.
"Well, yeah, but I wasn't really aware of it, I wasn't tired, must've just been a dream. Do you want to come in?"
"Well, if you were sleeping. . ."
"No it's cool, come on in."
"Oh, ok, it's just, I couldn't sleep. At least not very well."
"Yeah, exactly what I mean. Wanna watch some TV?"
"Sure thing."
"Alright, pull up a spot on the bed, it's more comfortable than the couch in this room."
"Oh, cool." Lance said, sitting on the bed and wrapping a blanket around his legs.
"So what do you want to watch?"
"Oh it doesn't really matter to me. . ."
They started flipping through stations when they came across Comedy Central and started watching a stand up comic. Laughing hysterically, they began to imitate the comic during the commercial break, causing themselves to laugh even harder.
Justin started to do a bad impression so Lance groaned, causing Justin to smack him with a pillow.
"Oh, you think you're so much better than me, Scoop?"
"As a matter of fact, yes I do." Lance started laughing again.
Justin went to shove Lance off the bed, but Lance intercepted his arm, grabbing it and pulling Justin down towards him in the process. Their eyes met once more, and this time Lance leaned in, closed his eyes and parted his lips slightly. As he felt Justin's lips touch his own Lance felt a shiver run down his spine.
Lance woke up with a start, shaking. The blankets had fallen off him in the middle of the night and the A/C was on. Grabbing the blankets close to his chin and closing his eyes, only then did Lance realize what he'd just dreamt. As it came back to him, he sat up straight once more, looking around the room.
'Whoa. . .' As Lance squinted at the clock to see what time it was, his mind wouldn't comprehend anything. When he finally recognized it to say 5:40 he laid back down on his pillow and closed his eyes, shaking his head in confusion. Eventually he forced his mind to put it at rest so he could get some sleep, and resolved to figure out what the dream meant in the morning.
As Lance opened his eyes, the sun shone right into them, causing him to groan. Rolling over and looking at the clock he sat straight up. 'Geez, JC would be proud of me, it's after noon!'
Pulling on some flannel pants over his boxers and a t-shirt, he suddenly remembered the dream from the night before. 'Alright, don't go over analyzing anything, or pretty soon you'll be like Mel. . .besides, she's probably the reason behind it anyway, always telling you that Justin is in love with you, which is hard to fathom considering he's straight, and then by telling you that you're falling for him. . .' Lance sighed and smiled. He couldn't believe he'd been so stupid in the morning to think the dream actually meant something.
In Jason's apartment:
Jason woke up and looked into JC's eyes which were staring at him.
"What did I fall asleep in something?"
"No, you're just adorable while you sleep."
"Oh, is that all. Yeah, I knew that."
JC laughed. "Good, I'm glad you knew, but I'm going to keep telling you over and over again."
Jason blushed. "Thank you, sweetie." He leaned up to give him a kiss on the cheek, but JC turned his head just in time to get a peck on the lips.
"Mmm, I've been waiting 20 minutes for you to wake up and do that."
"Oh well then by all mean, allow me to give you something that was worth waiting for," Jason stated, giving him a more passionate kiss.
"Well, not quite a ten but I suppose it was worth the wait." JC laughed and hopped out of bed before Jason could catch him.
"Hey!"
"Just kidding hun." JC turned around and wrapped his arms around Jason who'd chased him out of bed. They hugged, and then JC turned to walk toward the kitchen with Jason's arms still around him.
"Let's see, you did breakfast yesterday, but I'm doing dinner tonight?"
Jason laughed and started to walk toward the cupboard.
"No, I'm just kidding, let me make you breakfast, what do you want?"
"I dunno, surprise me."
JC decided on blueberry pancakes. As he was cooking them, Jason set the table then sat down and thought about a question he'd forgotten to mention to JC the previous night.
"Say Josh?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you, um, well think there's something going on between Justin and Lance?"
"No they seemed fine yesterday, looked like friends to me. Besides, I think Justin wouldn't have invited Lance if they're been in an argument or anything. . ." JC said, confused, then turning back to his food.
"Huh? Oh no. . .you misunderstood me. I mean do you think there's something going ON between Justin and Lance? Like something kind of like you and I?"
JC dropped his spatula. "What?" He sputtered, completely in shock.
"Well, they seem kind of close, and from what you've told me of Lance, I could definitely see him being gay. That leaves Justin, and I know how hyper he is firsthand but around Lance he's overly hyper and yet completely content and hanging on Lance's EVERY word. Not that the kid's not polite, but you can tell when he's not interested in a topic, he kind of tunes out, still listening but not really comprehending, with Lance he focuses in on every syllable."
'Lance, gay? He couldn't be. . .and neither could Justin!' "I don't think so hun, I mean they've just grown attached this past week. J and I have always been close, and so have Chris and Joey, but Lance was never really involved in a close friendship with any of us. So when Justin was kind of left out because I've been with you, and Lance was there, they kind of clicked."
'That's what I'm thinking, but I think they clicked more than you or I could imagine. . .' "I suppose." Jason decided to let the subject drop, JC looked agitated suddenly thinking about these new circumstances. "Besides, I don't see Justin being gay, he seems too hyperactive when it comes to your female fans."
JC laughed. "That's Justin alright."
In Justin's room:
Justin woke up slowly, rolling over and being struck by sunlight. He started to groan, thought of Lance, and began to smile, kicking the covers off. By the time he'd hopped in the shower he was humming to himself and smiling broadly.
'Hmm, what to do today?' Justin was getting dressed and debating whether or not to call Lance. 'If I at least have a plan it won't look too pathetic to call him. . .'
Suddenly there was a knock at his door. Smiling, Justin ran over to it, expecting Lance. As he threw the door open he was shocked to see Joey and Chris standing there. As he opened his mouth to speak, they were both pushing him back in the room and talking.
"So, we decided to go shopping, and thought to ourselves, 'Who's the one person who'd love nothing more than to join us in a shopping spree? Justin of course! So here we are, grab your shoes and your wallet and let's go!"
Justin shook his head but thought it best not to argue. 'Besides, you haven't hung out with the guys in forever. . .' Grabbing his shoes, a hat and sunglasses, Justin followed Chris and Joey out the door, asking them where they were going to shop.
The guys all piled into the limo and set off towards the mall. There was a long silence at first, Justin wasn't used to hanging around Chris and Joey alone, so he didn't know what to say.
"Um, so are you guys excited to go to Missouri?" Justin asked lamely, hating the silence.
"Definitely not excited to get back to work." Chris said, laughing.
"Yeah, I think the only one of us who's excited about going back is Lance, bet he can't wait to be with his girlfriend."
Justin almost choked. "What?"
"Yeah, what's her name? Melissa? Melody? OH! Melanie. . .yeah, that's it." Chris said, excited that he'd remembered.
"Oh, she's not his girlfriend." Justin said, relaxing.
"Says who? That's the biggest crock I've ever heard!" Joey said, laughing.
"Yeah," Chris started in, "I mean he talks to her on the phone every day almost, he sends her tons of stuff, flowers and presents all the time. He's always trying to keep the phone calls private from us, and once when I was in his room he was on the phone with her he's like, 'Yeah, I'm sorry, too, sweetie, I love you so much.' You're telling me that they're not going out, they'd just been a big fight I bet! A lover's quarrel." Chris and Joey both started laughing as Justin sat in shock, thinking about Lance.
"They're not dating, though!" Justin said, a little loudly.
"Geez J, settle down. Besides, how would you know? He's obviously trying to keep it a secret from all of us. . ." Chris said, receiving a nod from Joey.
"I just, I just know that's all. He's not going out with her."
"Well, whatever, bet he'll be the only happy one to be leaving here. You know you'll never get a happy vote from JC." Joey said.
Chris shot him a severe look, silently telling him to shut his mouth. "Yeah, we know JC's having so much fun hanging out with his new friend Jason, getting shown the town and all."
"Yeah, exactly what I meant." Joey said, a confused look on his face as he glanced at Chris.
Justin decided he'd had enough of that conversation and started talking about a movie. Glad to be out of the situation, Chris and Joey both joined in happily and soon the conversation was forgotten. Except by Justin, who was now carefully trying to remember every word he'd heard Lance say to Melanie in the past week. 'C'mon, Lance SAID he was gay, he wouldn't be lying about it. . .some gay guys can be attracted to women though, and if he is kind of just dating Melanie, then I may not get a chance with him. . .'
In Lance's room:
Lance had sat down, watching TV but partially waiting for Justin to call. 'Hmm, he must be doing his own thing. . .' Lance pulled out some paperwork, got bored fast, and decided to catch up in his book. Still dressed in his pjs he curled up in bed with a book he'd started at the last stop and started reading.
To Be Continued.
Send all comments to jas_stories@hotmail.com. Well, sorry it took longer this time, I got a little busier than I thought I would be, but I'm going to work on the next installment over Thanksgiving, if I get some spare time. I actually could have kept writing on this installment, but now even I am getting impatient. Do you realize it's been almost 6 months since I started writing, and in the story it's only been a week and a half? Not that I would've wanted to write it any other way, even if I'd planned ahead. But anyway, for those of you who e mailed me with a question of time, and just exactly what's going on, it's Thursday afternoon, where I just ended this installment. N'sync is leaving town Tuesday morning, Kelly's party is Saturday, and that's about it. For people who wanted to know exactly when it is, I'm not giving it any particular time period, but you can pretend that it's sometime near the present when all of this happening, ok? Next item of business, because I'm so damn impatient, the next installment is going to jump right into sometime Saturday (so don't get confused, alright?). So hope you enjoyed, as always let me know what you thought. And aren't I just the biggest tease? Letting you think it was actually going to start getting sexual. smile We all know what happened, but it's more fun to use your imagination then for me to describe details. Have a happy holiday, til next time. . .