DISCLAIMER: I don't know any of the members of NSYNC or the BSB. I don't know anything about their sexual orientation or the orientation of any other celebrities in this story (even though I wish some of them were gay). This story is fiction and you shouldn't take it for anything else but that. This is only for entertainment value only folks. Hope you enjoy the show oh I mean reading.
"Even if you give me all your love, even if you give me all your kisses, it will be never..." Keyshia Cole
Never Too Much Chapter 17
by JT Poole
// Fernandina Beach, FL -- Baptist Medical Center -- ICU Waiting Room //
--- JT's POV ---
That bitch just slapped me, slapped me I tell you. She must be out of her mind to slap me like that and not expect for me to get up in that ass. How dare her do that to me. Here she is acting like a damn saint and still blaming me for Jamie's sinful life. Only the Lord knows how much I have put up with this bitch and I am not going to put up with her no more. Lord knows that if Chris, Dan and the doctor wasn't here, I might have commenced to beating a bitch down like a pimp on Christmas and smack the hell out of her ass and ask her where my money at. I am not young and naïve any more and I am not going to put up with her rough and disrespectful treatment of me.
"You are so lucky that these guys are here Diane. I've had enough of you treating me the way you have been over the years. I`m not going to stand for it anymore." I say, walking over to her as Chris stands up quickly in between Diane and me.
"JT stop, just let it drop man." Chris says, turning around to face me as Dan stands up this time.
"Yeah baby don't get upset all over this woman. It's not worth it baby." Dan says, wrapping his arms around me as Diane turns her nose down at me, looking as though she's disgusted with the affection we were showing.
"I am not going to drop this. You guys just don't know what this woman put me through." I say looking at her with hate and malice in my eyes.
"Yes I do JT, I know." Justin says, standing up and walking over to me.
"How would you possibly know how she's treated me and what she's done?" I ask looking at him, some of my anger transferring to him.
"I know very well. She treated me that way too. The reason why me and Lance didn't make it." Justin replied.
"So you two did date." I say, looking at him.
"Yeah we did JT, I'm sorry. We dated for a few months, but she nagged and berated the both of us so much that I just couldn't deal with her no more. After dealing with that every time she was around or we were closer to her, I decided to just let go." Justin explained, as I turned around, looking out the windows.
"You were both nothing but trouble. I'm glad you are no longer with my
boy." Diane stated, getting up as Dr. Shafter walks into the waiting area.
"Seem like if he hadn't been your boy he might of made somebody a halfway decent man." I say, as Dr. Shafter walks over to me, patting me on the back.
"Mr. Poole can you calm down please. I don't need you getting worked up." Dr. Shafter says, turning around to look at Diane and Dan.
"I'm fine Doctor, I just need to get away from her." I say, shaking as my tears finally came.
"Baby come with me. I think we need to go for a walk." Dan states, grabbing me by the hand and pulling me out of the waiting area.
"That sounds like a good idea Mr. Miller." Dr. Shafter says, looking at Diane, wishing he could toss her out of the hospital.
// Outside in the Hospital Parking Lot //
"You feeling better now?" Dan asks, holding JT's hand in his as they passed other cars and other people walking towards the hospital.
"Not really. I just need to let all this stuff roll off my back and just forget." JT says, looking down at the ground as Dan wraps his arms around him and kisses him on the cheek.
"You are going to be okay baby. You will be my husband soon and everything is going to work out fine." Dan says, leaning up against my SUV, holding me
in his arms. "I love you baby."
"I love you too Dan." JT says as he starts humming.
"What is that baby?" Dan asks JT, placing a kiss to the palm of his hand.
"Just a little something by Mariah Carey." JT replies, closing his eyes/
"I like her. Sounds like...sounds like `Fantasy'. That's one of my favorite songs." Dan says, smiling widely.
"That's what I was humming." JT answers him, smiling as he clears his throat. "Listen to this and tell me how you like it...
Oh, when you walk by every night Talking sweet and looking fine I get kinda hectic inside Oh baby I'm so into you Darling, if you'd only knew All the things that go through my mind...
But it's just a sweet, sweet fantasy, baby When I close my eyes You come and you take me On and on and on So deep in my daydreams But it's just a sweet, sweet fantasy, baby
Fantasy..." JT sang as his cell phone rings. "Hello?"
"JT we need you to come back into the building and quick." Chris responds as the phone goes dead.
"What's wrong baby?" Dan asks, looking at JT as he places his phone back in his pocket.
"We need to get back inside in a hurry." JT replies, grabbing Dan by his hand as the two of them walk back towards the building.
"Baby that's was beautiful." Dan states, kissing JT on his cheek as they walked up to the hospital doors.
"Th...thank you Dan." JT states as he and Dan walks back into the hospital, getting in the elevator, going back to the ICU.
// ICU Waiting Room //
"What's going on Chris? Why the frantic voice just now?" JT asks, walking over to Chris.
"It's Lance." Chris states, stopping before his tears overtook him.
"Oh no, is he dead?" JT asks, thinking the worst, his legs giving out, causing him to fall against the wall.
"No he's not dead, but he might as well be." Chris says, walking over to JT and hugging him.
"What's wrong? If he's not dead, what's wrong?" JT asks, hyperventilating a bit.
"Guys what's going on? If he's not dead, what's wrong with him?" Dan asks.
"The doctor just read the results of the tests that they ran on him." Chris states, looking down as Ashley walks over and hugs the both of them. "Lance is HIV positive."
"He's what?" JT and Dan say in unison.
"Lance has HIV." Chris says, separating from JT as Diane walks back into the room.
"I hope you are happy now!" Diane screams, tears running down her face as she turns to look at JT. "He's going to die now! If you never had walked him down that road in the first place, he wouldn't be in this condition."
"Diane I am not...oh what the fuck!" JT shouts, turning around and leaving the room.
"I thought I had made this clear! I see you are still a bitch!" Dan states, glaring at Diane as he leaves the room in search of his fiancé.
"Diane you have to stop treating JT that way. He's not the reason for Lance being gay. Lance was gay way before he and JT got together." Chris states, as Diane's eyes almost popped out of her head.
"Liar! That's a lie Christopher!" Diane screams, getting up from her seat, smacking Chris in the face.
"That woman sure does like to smack people." Ashley says under his breath.
"Diane!" Justin screams, standing up now. "Chris is telling you the truth. You knew Lance was gay way before he and JT got together. Why are you not accepting it? Why are you still blaming all of this on JT? If you want to blame someone for Lance being gay blame me."
"Why should I blame you for that, you are not the one responsible, JT is." Diane states, walking away from Justin, moving over to the windows.
"You are really dense Diane. You are in denial and you know it. What about the time you walked in on me and Lance having sex? That was way before he and JT got together. What about the times he was always going away with me? That was before JT. What do you say now?" Justin asks, as Diane breaks down and starts crying in the spot she was standing in.
"You were not having sex, you were just in the same bed together." Diane says, wiping her eyes on her handkerchief. "You two were in the same bed because you were closer in age and you both felt free around each other. You two were bonding."
"Oh yeah that was bonding." Justin says, turning around. "We bonded every night those first few months we were on tour."
"Don't be flippant Justin." Chris says, as Diane looks up at him, her eyes bloodshot.
"Not being flippant, just trying to make her see that she shouldn't be blaming JT for Lance being gay. He was wayyyy gay before JT came along." Justin states, walking back over to Diane. "Why don't you ask Lance who was it that he first had his way with."
"Justin!" Nick and Chris shout together as Diane looks at him and smacks the hell outta him, knocking him backwards, causing him to fall over the chair that was behind him.
"Justin!" Nick shouts, pushing past Diane, trying to get to his lover. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah I am okay, just hurt my arm a little bit." Justin replies as Nick helps him up. "Are you going to hit everybody around here Diane?"
"No Justin, only one you boys are flip with me." Diane replies as Dr. Shafter walks into the waiting area.
"Excuse me everyone, where is Mr. Poole?" Dr. Shafter asks.
"Right now I don't know where he is, but I think I will go look for him." Justin says as he and Nick walk out of the waiting area.
// In JT's Jeep //
"I feel so defenseless thinking about all this stuff right now." JT says, turning away from Dan.
"Look JT I am not going to let you wallow in this. This is all going to pass. I feel sorry for Lance too, but none of this is your fault. You can' t blame yourself for all the crap that has happened over the last few days." Dan says, holding JT's face in his hand.
"But if I hadn't..." JT says as Dan kisses him.
"But nothing baby. Lance getting kidnapped had nothing to do with nothing you did." Dan says, leaning in and kissing him again.
"Yeah I know Dan, I know. Diane is blaming me and I am quite sure Lance has some choice words to say to me too." JT says as his cell phone starts ringing. "Hello?"
"JT where are you?" Serena asks, as JT hits his head with his hand.
"Serena I am so sorry. I totally forgot about work." JT responds. "I am still at my beach house in Fernandina. Did Johnny tell you what was going on?"
"No he didn't. He's been keeping things quiet around here, but I did watch the news and I do know that Lance was kidnapped." Serena explains. "Is he still missing?"
"Not anymore." JT answers her. "We are here at the hospital and..."
"Is something else wrong?" Serena asks, interrupting JT.
"Well I don't think I need to talk about that over the phone with you Serena." JT says, looking at Dan.
"Is there something wrong JT?" Serena asks. "Tell me man."
"I can't Serena. It's not for me to tell." JT replies.
"Well fine then. You guys are late getting into the studio, it's my duty to make sure you get there. JT I'm on the next plane to Fernandina. Be looking for me." Serena states as the phone goes dead.
"Great, just great." JT says.
"What's wrong baby?" Dan asks.
"Serena is on her way here." JT answers him. "She doesn't like it when people beat around the bush with her, so she's coming here."
"Is she mean or something?" Dan asks.
"Not exactly. She's cool and all, but she can go too far sometimes." JT states, looking under the seat for something. "Serena is a cool girl, she has hung out with me and Jamie in the past and she's cool with Chris too."
"Seems like a little happy family." Dan says, smiling, looking at JT. "Baby what is it that you are looking for?"
"I'm looking for something I dropped down here earlier." JT says, opening the door now and actually stepping out of the jeep to look under the seat.
"Baby just tell me what you are looking for and I will help you find it." Dan says, getting out of the jeep too and walking around to where JT was standing.
"It's none of your business baby." JT says, looking behind the seat, he spots what he was looking for, picks the item up and turns around to face Dan.
"What are you smiling about baby?" Dan asks, looking at JT closely as he tries to see what's in his hand.
"This." JT says, grabbing Dan's hand, kissing his palm. "This is for you."
"Oh my God...it's...it's so beautiful." Dan says, looking at the ring JT placed on his finger, holding it up to the light. "Oh my God baby. When did you get this?"
"I got it the other day when I drove back to Orlando." JT answers, as Dan moves in and starts kissing him. "I was walking around through the mall when I saw it. I thought you would like it and so I bought it.
"I love it baby." Dan says, pulling back with a frown. "I haven't gotten you a ring yet."
"There's still time baby. This is just my engagement ring to you." JT replies, kissing Dan on the cheek as he starts to tickle him.
"Baby stop, you are going to make me pee my pants." Dan says, squirming in JT's arms as they stop and kiss again. "I love you JT."
"I love you Dan." JT replies, kissing Dan hard and quick as the separate. "Why don't we go back in and see what's happening now?"
"Are you sure you want to do that baby?" Dan asks, spotting Nick and Justin running towards them.
// A Few Cars Away -- 20 Minutes Earlier //
"I know that was way before I met you baby, but I feel like...like I did something wrong." Justin says, as Nick leans into him kissing him on the cheek.
"There's no reason for you to feel that way baby. I can't be made for something you did before we ever met. Besides he's your best friend." Nick says. "If it makes you feel any better. Before Brian got married to Leighanne, I slept with him."
"What? Really?" Justin says, doing a double take as he looks at Nick. "Is Brian gay or something?"
"No not really." Nick answers him.
"You slept with him?" Justin asks, not believing Brian to not be gay. "How did you manage to get a straight man into bed?"
"Well it's pretty simple really. I had a crush on Brian and he found out about it. One day I was sitting in our hotel room crying and he wanted to know what for. He later found out that I had a crush on him. At the time he didn't do anything about it, but for my birthday he changed for one night. As a birthday present to me, he gave me a night of friendly passion so to speak." Nick explains, leaning in and kissing Justin on the cheek again.
"So he went gay for one night to satisfy you?" Justin asks, looking at Nick intently.
"Well let's just say we satisfied each other that night." Nick replies, smiling as Justin caught the meaning of what he was saying.
"You shittin' me. Brian Littrell took one for the team. Go Team." Justin says, looking over Nick's shoulder, spotting JT and Dan.
"No I am not baby. Why don't we change the subject, I don't want to talk about Brian." Nick says, caressing Justin's cheek. "This is our private time right now. It's all about us, nobody else right now."
"You are right baby. I'm sorry for that." Justin replies, leaning in and placing a kiss to Nick's lips as they see what looks like a camera flash.
"What the hell was that?" Nick asks looking around, same as Justin.
"I think someone is taking pictures." Justin answers him. "This is fucking great!"
"I'd say." Nick says, as he and Justin take off running towards the hospital.
// Back at JT's Jeep //
"What's up you two?" JT asks, looking at a out of breath Justin and Nick.
"We...we think someone has been taking pictures." Justin says, panting a bit.
"Where?" JT asks, looking around. "Did you two see who it might have been or where the person was?"
"No JT, not at all. All I saw was the flash light and then we ran over here." Justin replies, standing up now.
"I think you three better get inside with the rest of security." JT replies.
"What about you?" Dan asks.
"I'm going to ask Craig did he see anything since he's right over there." JT says, pointing out Craig standing over by some other cars.
"He's been out here all this time?" Dan asks.
"Yep. He followed us out here." JT replies.
"Well I hope he saw the person and gets them." Justin says. "I can hear Johnny now and I really don't want to hear him."
"I know Justin. Bad thing is, our girl Serena is coming, so you might get chewed out by her first." JT says, as Justin looks at him with a little bit of fear in his eyes.
"What? Why is she coming?" Justin asks.
"Well you guys were supposed to be in the studio last week laying down some tracks." JT replies as Justin looks around.
"But I thought this was our vacation time." Justin says.
"It is your vacation time. Just one or two sessions." JT states, smiling when his cell phone rang. "Hello."
"Well hello mister. I will be there within the hour. I decided to drive myself there instead of catch a plane. Be on the look out for me later on. Where are you all now?" Serena asks.
"We are at the hospital Serena." JT says, looking at Justin. "Where are you know?"
"I'm at a gas station down Highway #1 right now, but I am going to make some turns and I will be there soon." Serena states as the sound of her smacking on something can be heard. "Let the guys know that when I get there we are having a meeting."
"Okay Serena, I will tell them." JT replies, making a gagging face at Justin as he smiles a bit.
"I saw that." Serena says.
"What? I didn't do nuttin'" JT says, changing his expression quickly.
"Just tell those `In the Sink' boys that they all best be accounted for at the meeting." Serena says laughing.
"That's not funny Serena, but I will tell them." JT says, smiling at the joke she made.
"Yeah it was and you know it. See you soon. Bye." Serena says.
"Yeah, bye Serena." JT says, as he places his phone in his pocket. "Well Serena will be here within an hour she said and you `In the Sink' boys best be accounted for at her meeting."
"Hey, that's not funny man. I hate that joke." Justin replies.
"Yeah I know, but she said it first." JT says, wrapping his arm around Justin's neck, making an effort to comfort him. "Come on guys, get inside while I go talk to Craig."
Author's Note: `Fantasy' Sang/Written/Copyrighted by Mariah Carey and Virgin Records and any other people that may have copyrights to the song. I didn't write it, nor did I sing it for money, not that I know of.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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