First and foremost, I wanna say thank you to all of you who voted for me in the BSB/N SYNC awards. For those of you who don't know, I was runner up for best use of Lance Bass. I also want to congratulate all of the winners. Next, to those of you who email me, I try to respond to all of my emails those that don't receive a response, that is because AOL won't let me respond. I thank all of you for your positive response to the last episode. For the future, the installments might take a little longer, this is because I'm going back to school, and also because I am working on another story with, a friend of mine. Look for it soon on Nifty. I'll shut up now. Anyway.. ON WITH THE SHOW!!
XIV
"I want to know everything!" I said pissed off.
"Calm down! Justin just tell him what you told me." JC said ushering me over to sit on the bed.
He was really scared. He started to tell me everything that happened and all through his confession, he was stuttering.
"Ok, let me get this straight." I said a little calmer, "He asked for you number, he called you, you invited him over and you were going to go out. Right?"
"Yeah..." Justin said still a little scared.
"Then, when he got here, you invited him up and you had sex?"
"Y...yeah."
"OK, now, you knew that you would regret having just sex, but, you did it anyway." I said raising my voice.
"Rob! Chill out!" JC screamed.
"Nah, fuck that! I wouldn't be pissed if you two were to have a relationship. It pisses me off that you turned it into a one night stand and now, he feels bad cause he thinks that it meant nothing to you!"
"He knows?!?" Justin asked shocked and embarrassed.
"Yeah, he knows!"
"Who told him?"
"I said that you regretted it, I never said that it meant nothing to you." JC said.
"Thanks!"
"I didn't mean for it to come out that way!"
"Don't blame him, he was just trying to calm me down, and they came out in the hall and wanted to know what happened." I said defending JC.
"Who's they?" Justin asked.
"Lance and Jay was in the doorway."
"Great! Now I'm gonna get it from Lance too!"
"Oh, I wouldn't be worrying about Lance right now, you gotta deal with me first!" I said getting pissed again.
"Damn it Rob, would you calm down!" JC said getting pissed.
"Ok, look, I'm sorry. I'm just worried about Jay."
"That's understandable, but you don't have to beat up on Justin."
"I know, I know, I'm sorry. Do you have anything to say?"
"First of all, I didn't mean to hurt Jay or any of you. I know what I did was stupid, and I'm sorry. I think that Jay and I should talk about what happened. No offense to you Rob, but this is between me and him."
"That's where you are wrong!"
"How?" JC asked.
"Jay is my best friend, whatever happens to him will affect me in some way. Not only am I going to be working with you, I would also like to establish a friendship with each of you like I have with Jay. We are all linked to each other some way or another. SO you are wrong, this is between all of us."
"He's right."
"I know, but I still have to talk to Jay, alone!" Justin said.
"You know we are all gonna have to discuss this too."
"Why?"
"Cause, the others are gonna want to know what is going on." I said.
"Yeah, and you know how we feel about secrets." JC said.
"Alright, alright! But, after I talk to Jay." Justin said.
"Alright, he's across the hall, I'll tell him to come in here." I said, "Come on Josh."
"Huh? Oh, ok!" JC said as we walked out of the room.
"What?" I asked as he gave me a weird look.
"Nothing, it's just that, you called me Josh."
"So.."
"No, nothing, never mind."
"What? You didn't think I knew your real name?"
"No, I just never expected you to use it."
"Oh, whatever...JOSH!"
"Okay...anyway, you seem calmer."
"I am."
"Why? I would think that you would still be really pissed."
"Well, one, I wasn't as pissed as I made it seem."
"What?"
"That was just to get him to tell me what I wanted to know. Trust me, when I'm pissed, you'll know it! Also, I believed him when he said he was sorry and didn't mean to cause so much damage."
"That's fucked up!"
"What?"
"What you did."
"It's called, intimidation. Plus, I don't think Jay is as hurt as I made him out to be. I'm just hoping that by talking to each other, they'll wind up finding something in common so they can get together."
"You planned on doing this didn't you?!?"
"Yup!"
"Damn!" he said shaking his head.
"What, mad that you think of it first?"
"That too!"
We laughed as we got to JC's door.
"Ok, now, put on a serious face." I said.
"Why?"
"Just do it! It'll make for a better effect!"
"Whatever, it's your plan."
We walked into the room with our fake serious faces. All the conversation that was going on immediately came to a close. They all looked at us and were wondering what happened.
"Justin wants to talk to you." I said to Jay.
"Ok." He said as he got up and left the room.
Once the coast was clear, both JC and I busted out laughing.
"What the hell are you laughing at?!?" Lance said a little ticked.
"You are a genius!" JC said.
"I know, I know!"
"What is going on?" Joey asked.
"Yeah, where's Justin, what happened?" Chris asked.
"I guess we'd better tell them." JC said.
"Yeah."
"Tell us what?" Lance asked, "ROB!"
"Ok, ok! As you already know, Jay and Justin slept together. Justin felt bad that it was only sex and nothing more. Now, Jay is just coming out and hadn't done anything before Justin, at least with a guy. I was acting all pissed so I could find out how Justin really felt about the whole thing. You know, a little intimidation to get what I needed to know, by doing so, I got him to consider talking to Jay. Now, I'm hoping that they will talk, find something in common and wind up together in the end. This way, getting Justin out of that depressed mood he's been in for the past couple of days, and also hooking my boy up with a fly guy that won't let his secret because he too has to worry about his image."
"What do you mean by that?" Chris asked.
"Well, considering Jay still lives in the ghetto' they wouldn't take kindly to one of their own' turning out to like guys. Even if he is bi, they would still see him as gay and would probably beat the shit out of him."
"Damn!"
"Yup, sad, but true!"
"Did they do that to you?" Joey asked.
"What makes you think that they know about me?"
"They don't know?"
"Nope, I'm sure they've suspected it, but won't ever say anything."
"And how long did it take you to think up this master plan of yours?" Lance asked.
"From the time we got out of the car to the time I got up here. So, I would say 5-10 min."
"What? You thought of all that in 5 minutes?" JC asked, shocked.
"Yeah, I'm a quick thinker."
"I can see that."
"I just hope that everything goes as planned. If I know Jay the way I do, he probably knows what I'm up to and will feed off of that."
"What makes you think he knows?" Chris asked.
"Cause, we know each other like that. Also, he could tell I was planning something on the way up here."
Back in Justin's room.
"Justin?" Jay said knocking on the door.
"Come in." he said looking out the window with his back towards the door.
"You wanted to talk?"
"Yeah, sit down."
He sat down on one of the couches that were facing the window.
"So, what's up?"
"Well, about today."
"What about it?"
"I want to apologize."
"For what?"
"I felt guilty just taking advantage of you like that."
"How did you take advantage of me?"
"If I had known that I was your first, I would've made it more...special."
"To tell you the truth, if you had tried to make it more `special' I probably wouldn't have done it."
"What? Why?"
"I probably would've chickened out."
"Okay..."
"Don't ask, that's just how I am. I do things on the spur of the moment, if I plan them out to much, I wouldn't do it."
"Me too! So, you don't feel bad?"
"No, why would I?"
"But, Rob said..."
"Don't you get it?" Jay said, interrupting Justin.
"What?"
"This was a set up."
"WHAT?!?"
"Not by me! By Rob."
"I..I..I don't get it! What do you mean it was a set up?"
"How did he act when he came in here?"
"He was furious!"
"I mean what did he do?"
"What do you mean?"
"Did he try to attack you? Did JC have to hold him back? Was his face all red?"
"No..."
"Then he was acting."
"WHAT!"
"There's a lot about Rob that you don't know. For example, if he's really pissed at something, his face gets really red. If he's `furious' at someone he'll try to hurt them. He doesn't get really pissed that often." He said laughing.
"I can't believe him! I'm gonna kick his ass!" He said getting up and going to the door.
Jay grabbed him by the arm and pulled him in close.
"Don't get mad, get even!"
"Huh?" he said caught up by the fact that they were so close.
"Let's get back at him."
"How?"
"Well..."
Back in JC's room.
"I wonder what's going on over there." JC said.
"They're probably thinking of a way to get back at me!" I said.
"What makes you think that?"
"Like I said, if I know Jay like I think I do, he's gonna try and get back at me."
"How?" Chris asked.
"I don't know, I'm just gonna have to keep my guard up and look out for anything out of the ordinary."
"Whatever."
"I wish they'd hurry up! I want to get to the club sometime before we leave NY!" Joey said.
"Relax, it's still early, it's only 9." Lance said.
"Yeah, you know that that club doesn't start getting hot till after 11." Chris said. Just then Justin and Jay walked in the room.
"Everything settled?" JC asked.
"Yup!" Justin said.
"Good, let's go!" Joey said.
"Not so fast Joe." JC said.
"Ugh!"
"Anything you have to say before we go?"
"Uh...yeah!" Justin said, "Well, first of all, I'm sorry for what I did, and I didn't mean to cause any trouble or stress amongst the group. We've worked everything out and we're cool."
"That's it?" I asked.
"Yeah!" Jay said, "Let's go!"
"Finally!" Joey said.
"I guess you were wrong." Lance whispered into my ear as we got up and walked out the door.
"No, the night's still young!"
"Huh?"
"I didn't expect anything to happen this soon. Just watch."
We all piled into the elevator and it was pretty quiet. Jay and I were standing all the way in the back, Lance was in front of me, and Chris was in front of Jay, Justin was in front of Chris, and Joey was next to him on his right followed by JC who was in front of Lance. Jay looked at me and mouthed the word,
"Thanks"
I just nodded my head and smiled. We got out of the elevator and walked through the lobby only getting stopped by a few fans. Again Jay and I stood to the side as they signed their autographs. Once they were finished we left.
"You said I could drive, remember!" Lance said.
"I know I know! Here!" I said throwing him the keys, "You happy now?"
"Yes, thank you!"
We got into my car and Lance drove us to the club. It turned out to be the club that one of my friends was the DJ at. We got into the club with no problem. Partly because they were N SYNC and also because I knew the DJ. Once we got in, the place was just starting to heat up.
"Ooh! Look at all the ladies her tonight!" Joey said staring at some girl's ass.
"Don't stare too hard, you'll get sucked in." I said nudging him in his side.
"Let's go get a table." Lance said.
"Aight, cool. You go get a table and I'll be right back. I'm gonna go say hi to somebody."
"Ok."
I went up to the DJ booth to see my friend from high school. His real name is Fransisco but his DJ name was DJ Slims, the sexy one.
"Sisco!"
"Oh shit Rob!" He said giving me a pound into a hug, "Wassup?!?"
"Nothing man! Just chillin with some of my friends."
"Oh word?"
"Yeah, so how's Pam?"
"She's good, still together and growing stronger. Hold on, I gotta announce the next song, sit down."
I sat down and watched him do his job. Pam was his girlfriend/fianc‚e since high school. She was also one of my good friends.
"Alright people, we got a few celebs up in here tonight! Put your hands together for none other than the sweet, sexy Mariah Carey! Go head girl shake them thangs! Also, we got...girls you'd better sit down for this...N SYNC in the house ladies and gentlemen! How bout we get into a little music from them now!" He said putting on the club mix to "I want you back".
The guys got up and started to do there dance to the song as people gathered around.
"So, yo! Bring your friends up here, we can all chill. Where are they?"
"Well, now thanks to you, it'll be impossible to get them off the dance floor."
"What do you mean? Where are they?"
"Right there." I said pointing to the guys.
"That's N SYNC."
"I know."
"Wait, those are your friends?"
"Yeah, and guess what."
"What?"
"I got a record deal and am going on tour with them."
"WHAT?!?"
"Yup!"
"You little bitch! Come here!" He said giving me a hug.
"Is Pam coming tonight? I wanna see her and tell her the news."
"Yeah, she should be here in a little while."
"Aight, cool. I'm gonna go back down there. I'll check you later, hopefully I can get them away from their fans long enough to bring them up here and meet you."
"Aight, laters!" he said giving me a pound.
I walked out of the booth and out onto the dance floor. The song was in the middle. Seeing the video so many times, I managed to memorize the dance steps. I stood next to Chris and started to dance along with them. They looked at me for a second and laughed.
"What? Yes, I memorized the dance steps, so what?" I said as I kept dancing.
They laughed again and kept dancing. After the song was over we got applause. Well, mostly they did but I did too.
"Give it up for my boy Rob and his friends N SYNC!" Sisco said over the mic.
"That was fun!" I said catching my breath.
"That's nothing, wait till you get to do it on stage!" JC said.
Just then Mariah came over and said,
"Hey guys! How's it going?"
"Hey Mariah!" Chris said.
"Hey Mariah!" Joey said in a seductive voice.
I just stood there frozen. I was such a huge fan of hers. I had all her albums and even met her once at an autograph signing.
"Mariah, this is Rob. Our friend and labelmate." JC said.
"H...h...h...h...hi! I managed to get out.
"Hi, that was some good dancing you did out there!"
"T..t..t..t...thanks!"
"It's ok, I won't bite...hard!"
"No...it's just that, I'm a really big fan and I love you so much and you are one of my biggest inspirations!" I said really fast.
"Ok...ok..slow down!" she said laughing.
"You think he's a fan?" Chris asked.
"Him? Nah!" JC said mockingly.
"Shut up!" I said in defense.
"Now guys, don't go getting into a fight over me now!" She said.
"So, you wanna dance?" Joey asked.
"Yeah, but not with you! I'll dance with Rob!" she said grabbing me buy my arm.
They all laughed at Joey and Lance had a slight look of jealousy on his face.
"Calm down scoop! She ain't gonna steal him away!" Justin said.
"Let's go get some drinks." He said a little mad.
We wen on to the dance floor and were dancing to one of her songs. It was "Don't leave me (My all remix)".
"So, you're a singer?"
"Yeah, I'm in the studio now recording my album."
"When is it due out?"
"Sometime in early spring."
"Cool!"
"I'm also going on tour with the guys!"
"Wow!"
"Yeah, hey! I was wondering? Maybe, hopefully, could I please, do a cover of one of your songs and make it a duet with you? Please?? It would mean a lot to me!"
"Yeah, sure! It's ok with me! I would love to do it! But, you gotta let me know which song and then you gotta let your record company and your producers know, then they have to contact my people. It's a whole big long process, but I'd love to do it."
"You would?!? Oh thanks!"
"No problem! Hey, what's wrong with Lance? He seemed to be giving me the cold shoulder."
"Oh him? I don't know!" I said obviously lying.
"Ooh! I get it!"
"What?"
"You and him?"
"No! That's not it!" I said obviously lying again.
"It's ok, your secret's safe with me! It's about time he got rid of that other asshole he was with and found somebody new!"
I laughed at her comment and we just kept dancing till the end of the song.
"Hey, why don't you give me your number and we can talk about the duet some more when we get a chance."
"Sure, you gotta pen?"
"Yeah, here." I said giving her a pen and paper.
Lance saw this from across the room and got upset. He got up from the table and went out to the car. I came back to the table by myself and noticed Lance wasn't there.
"Hey, where's Lance?" I asked.
"That was fucked up Rob! How could you do that?" JC said.
"Do what? Where's Lance?"
"You were flirting with her and you got her number!" Justin said.
"Yeah man, even I wouldn't do that!" Jay said.
"I wasn't flirting!" I said in my defense.
"But you got her number though, right?" Joey said.
"Yeah, but that was because I asked her if we could work together on my album. I wanted to do a cover of one of her songs and make it into a duet between the two of us!"
"Oh...shit! We're sorry! I think you should go and tell Lance that!" Chris said.
"I would...if I knew where he was!"
"He's in your car." JC said.
"Alright, I'll be right back!"
I walked outside, and I ran into Pam.
"Rob? Oh my god! Rob!" She said running to me and giving me a hug.
"Hey...Pam!" I said giving her a kiss on the cheek, "Look, I'll meet you inside, I have to take care of something real quick!"
"Oh...ok!" she said as she walked inside the club.
I walked over to my car and saw Lance in the driver's seat, he looked really pissed off. I went over and said,
"Open the door!"
But, he didn't.
"Come on Lance! Open up, it's not what you think!"
He still didn't open the door. I went around to the other side, pulled out my wallet, took out my spare key and opened the door.
"What?!?" He said his face getting red.
"Why are you so pissed?"
"Oh, if you don't know, I'm not gonna tell you!"
"Hmm, let's see. You said to be seen with as many girls as possible to avoid rumors about my being bi. And you said that you wouldn't get jealous. I do what you told me to and wasn't even trying to do that but instead trying to land a business deal, you jump to conclusions, storm out and get pissed at me. Does that about cover it?"
"What do you mean business deal?"
"I asked her if I could do a cover of one of her songs and turn it into a duet between the two of us! I was getting her number so that we could discuss it further at a better time!"
"But I saw you flirting!"
"I wasn't flirting! Look, sometimes when I'm being nice or polite to people it appears that I'm flirting! Ask Justin!"
"What do you mean ask Justin?"
"OH fuck! I shouldn't have said anything!"
"What?"
"Look, I'll tell you only if you promise not to overreact! It happened a while ago, we dealt with it and it will never happen again!"
"What?!?"
"That first night at the recording studio, when we went to get pizza, JC, Justin and I."
"Yeah?"
"Justin was coming on to me because he thought I was flirting with him when I was only just being nice."
"WHAT!"
"I told you not to overreact! He mistook my signs for those of flirting. I straightened the whole thing out and it won't ever happen again!"
"And why didn't you tell me?"
"Because, I knew you would overreact! Plus it was just when I was first meeting the guys and I didn't want them to think I was using you to get anything. Especially since Justin could've just turned it around and said that I was coming on to him. And I'm sure if he had said that you would've believed him instead of me. Am I right?"
"Yeah, I guess!"
"See, I was going to tell you, but wanted to wait for the right time."
"Then who was that girl that I just saw you kiss?"
"Who Pam? She's the DJ's girlfriend. That's who I went to go see when we came in here. They're both friends from high school."
"Oh...I feel stupid!"
"Don't, you look so cute when you're jealous!"
"Shut up!" he said blushing.
"Aawww! iAy que chulo!"
"Shut up! I don't know what you said but just shut up!"
"Now, would you come back inside so we can find a dark corner where nobody's looking and kiss and make up?"
"Ooh! Sounds good to me! Let's go!"
"Oh, and by the way, give me my keys back!"
"You'll have to come and get them!"
"Don't tempt me!"
"Grrr!"
"Ooh!"
We went back inside the club and found the guys. They saw that we had made up and were all smiling and laughing. We did manage to find a dark corner. I knew where it was from previously catching Pam and Sisco making out there. We went there and started to "make up". We were there for about 10 minutes when I heard someone coming. I turned around and there was Pam and Sisco standing there shocked.
"Rob?!?" Pam said as I turned around.
"Oh shit! Pam, Sisco! Uuhhh..."
"So this is your new boyfriend huh? I thought you said you weren't gonna try men till you got to college."
"Well, turned out a little sooner than planned." I said blushing.
"Well, sorry for interrupting! We'll leave!" Sisco said.
"Like hell we will! This is our spot!" Pam said jokingly.
"She's right, we'll leave. This is your spot and I'm sure you only have a short time before you have to get back to the booth." I said.
"Ok, whatever!"
"Make sure no one finds out what you just saw here!"
"Come on! You know me! Who is he anyway?"
"I'll tell you later, I got a lot to tell you. When do you have to be back Sisco?"
"In 10 minutes. Come up to the booth and we'll chill."
"Aight, cool! I'll see y'all later. Have fun!" I said pulling Lance along with me.
"That was close!" He said.
"Not really, they've known about me for awhile. They won't say anything!"
"I mean, anybody could've walked in there!"
"No, they're the only one's who go in there, it's their spot."
"Then how did you know about it?"
"I followed them once cause I had to tell Pam something and found them.doing it!"
"WHAT?!?"
"Shhh! Don't say anything!"
"I won't, that must have been embarrassing for them!"
"And me too!"
"Anyway, let's get back to the table."
"Alrighty!"
"So, you two kiss and make up?" Chris said as we got back to the table.
"Shut up!" Lance said.
"Where's Joey?" I asked.
"He's dancing with Mariah."
"What about Jay?"
"He went to go use the phone, and Justin went with him." JC said.
"I just hope they don't get caught."
"What using the phone?"
"No.idiot! He means doing something!" Lance said.
"Oh!"
"Here they come!" Chris said.
"Hey guys, is everything ok?" Justin asked.
"Mmmm hmm...yeah." I said giving them a suspicious look.
"What?"
"Nothing."
"Oh, Rob... I went to call my mom. I told her about your offer this morning before I left. She talked it over with my dad and they said it was ok." Jay said.
"For real?"
"Yup! I just gotta get my stuff packed and move it all out."
"You wanna do that tomorrow?"
"Sure, some of it at least."
"Cool, after I kick the guys out tomorrow, we'll go back to your house."
"What do you mean kick us out?" Lance asked.
"Well, like I told you guys before, me and Jay are gonna spend the day together, just the two of us. Then we'll meet you for dinner or something."
"Oh.." He said giving me a puppy-dog face.
"Aaww! Isn't he the cutest thing you ever saw?" I said, grabbing his face and shaking it.
The rest of the guys laughed, and just then Joey came back with Mariah.
"Hey guys, what's goin on?" he asked.
"Oh...everything's cool." I said.
"Hey Lance? Could you come here for a sec?" she asked pulling him over to her.
"Yeah?"
"Look, about before. I didn't want to give you the wrong impression."
"What do you mean?"
"If I made you jealous, I'm sorry."
"What are you talking about?" he said pretending not to know.
"Look, I saw you giving me those dirty looks while we were dancing. I'm happy for you, at least now you have someone who will treat you right, not like that other loser."
"Oh.um..ok." he said blushing a little.
"So, everything's cool between us?"
"Yeah."
"Cool!"
"Now, you wanna dance with me?"
"Sure! Why not?" he said as she dragged him out onto the floor.
"Lance, wait!" I yelled.
"What?" he said, as they stopped.
"We'll be up in the DJ booth. Meet us up there when you're done."
"Ok!"
"You too Mariah!"
"Ok!" She said pulling Lance on the floor with her.
"Come on guys, let's go!" I said as we all got up from the table.
We made our way through the crowd and got to the DJ booth. I knocked on the door and Pam opened it.
"Hey!" she said surprised to see me.
"Wassup darlin'?"
"Nothing, come in!"
"Ok, Pam, these are my friends, the guys of N SYNC, and of course, you know Jay."
"Oh...hi!" she said shocked to see them.
"Hello!" they all said.
"Hey guys!" Sisco said while changing a record.
"Hey!" they all said.
"Aren't there five of you?" Pam asked.
"Yeah, Lance, is out there dancing with Mariah." JC said.
"Mariah? Mariah Carey?"
"Yeah." I said as I pulled her close to tell her something in her ear, "I know you hate her, after the way she came on to Sisco. But she's our friend so don't say anything bad about her! She's coming up here with Lance after they're done, so try your best to stay calm."
"Fine!" she whispered.
"So, guys! What's this I here about Rob going on tour with you?" Sisco said, as he turned around and gave each of us a five.
"You're going on tour with them?" Pam asked in shock.
"I told you, I have a lot to tell you!" I said.
I told them the whole story about how we met and everything. The guys were a little surprised to hear me include the details about our relationship.
"Rob? What are you doing?" JC said pulling me towards him.
"Relax, they already know about me and Lance. They caught us kissing before. They won't say anything!"
"Your secret's safe with us!" Pam said.
Lance and Mariah just finished dancing and came up to the booth. Pam gave Mariah a dirty look when she walked in. As she did that, I then looked at her giving her a dirty look and she stuck her tongue out at me. Mariah sensing the tension between herself and Pam and said,
"I think I'm gonna go. I promised a friend of mine that I would dance with them."
"Come on, you don't have to go. Pam's just being stupid." I said walking behind her.
"No, I think I'd better. After the shit I pulled with them, it's better that I do go to avoid bloodshed. Look, if I don't see you later, I'll call you tomorrow." She said as she gave me a kiss on the cheek and left the room.
"Hey, don't look at me! I didn't do anything. She decided to leave on her own free will!" Pam said defending herself.
"I don't get it...what just happened here?" Justin asked.
I gave him a look like, I'll tell you later. He nodded and we all began talking. I finished telling them about my album and going on tour with the guys. Pam was so happy for me. Sisco was a little jealous. He had always wanted to make it as a singer. I sensed this and said,
"Hey DJ! How bout you do some backup vocals or even a duet with me? You still got that song you wrote that we sang together?"
"You know it!"
"Well, how bout I talk to my team and find out if we can do it?"
"Cool!"
"I'll get back to you about it."
"Alright!"
"Hey, I'm feeling in the mood to dance! Put on some Latin house, and Pam, you're gonna dance with me!"
"No I'm not!" she said protesting.
"You seem to think you have a choice in the matter!" I said as I dragged her off of the couch and out of the room.
The guys just laughed and followed. We all got on the floor and were having a grand old time.
"I'm gonna get you for this!" Pam said while laughing and dancing.
"Are you having a good time?" I asked.
"Yeah."
"Then what are you complaining about?"
"You know I'm just playing!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah!"
The music slowed and JC asked if he could cut in and dance with Pam. I agreed and went back to the table to sit down and rest, Lance followed and we started talking.
"What are you and Sisco doing on Sunday?" JC asked.
"Nothing, I don't think." She said wondering why.
"Good!"
"Why?"
"We are planning a surprise party for Rob at his parents house."
"Oh cool!"
"Yeah, I just need to get a hold of some of his other friends."
"Then you should get a hold of his electronic organizer. He keeps all his phone numbers in there."
"Yeah, I know, his mom told me the same thing. I have to find a way to take it and give it to her."
"Well, best of luck! What time should we be there by?"
"By 5! We'll probably get there around 5:30, 6 o'clock.
"Ok, I'll let Sisco know."
"Great! Thanks!"
"Anything for Rob!"
Meanwhile back at the table.
"That was fun!" I said wiping my forehead with a napkin.
"Yeah!" Lance agreed.
"I haven't had that much fun in a long time!"
"Scuse you! What about the other night??"
"Oh...well that's a different kind of fun!" I said winking at him.
"Later!"
"Yeah, when all the guys are sleeping!" I said sarcastically.
"Oh yeah, I forgot!"
"Don't worry, if we can hold out till Monday."
"Why, what's Monday?"
"Monday, we are going to spend all day together! Don't tell me you forgot already!"
"No, I just like hearing you say it!"
"You crazy!"
"I'd have to be to be going out with you!"
"Oh, it's like that now?!? Alright, see if you get any on Monday!"
"Ok, ok! I'm sorry!"
"Yeah, you'd better apologize!"
We started to laugh as JC and Pam walked over to the table.
"Hey, you wanna dance?" Pam asked Lance.
"Sure!" he said as he got up and they went out on the floor.
"Hope you don't mind!" she yelled back.
"Shut up!" I yelled back to her.
"She's pretty cool!" JC said.
"Yeah, but don't tell her that, her head will start to get big!"
"Ok...whatever!"
"So, how you doing with the ladies tonight?"
"Eh... I got a few numbers. I don't know if I'm going to use them though."
"Why not?"
"Cause, they only gave them to me cause they knew who I was."
"Ah, I see! You think they're only after cause of your fame."
"Exactly!"
"But, you never know. They could just want to get to know you better."
"Yeah, but I don't think so."
"Why not?"
"Cause, the way they were talking to me. There was this one girl who I thought I might give a call."
"Who, is she still here?"
"Yeah, she's... over... there!" he said pointing to a girl.
"Mmmm! Nice!"
"Yeah, she's definitely fly!"
"Oh hell yeah! She got a nice ass too!"
"Hey! Don't make me tell Lance!"
"Ah! I'm just looking! Ain't no harm in that!"
"I know, I was just kidding."
"I know!"
"Where are the rest of the guys?"
"They're all out there dancing."
He turned around and looked to see if he saw everybody.
"Where's Justin and Jay? I don't see them."
"I don't know. Want me to go look for them?"
"Yeah, check up on Justin, make sure he's not doing anything stupid."
"Like making out with Jay in public."
"Uh...yeah, like that!"
"I understand... I'll be right back."
"Ok."
I walked around the club and checked out all, of the make out spots that I knew. I couldn't find them. I checked the bathroom, the bar and even went to Pam and Sisco's secret make out place, still couldn't find them. I then went up to the DJ booth both to see if they were there and to get a view of the whole club and see if I could point them out. I got in and still nothing. I saw Sisco and asked,
"Have you seen Jay and Justin?"
"Nah man! Not since they left here with you!"
"Shit!" I said now looking out of the window down onto the dance floor.
"Why? What's wrong?"
"Nothing, it's just that they are nowhere to be found!"
"Check outside!"
"I was just about to."
"Good luck! If I see them I'll tell them you're looking for them."
"Thanks!"
"No prob! Is Pam out there?"
"Yeah, she's dancing with Lance."
"Oh, ok! If you see her tell her to come up here!"
"Ok."
"Later."
"Bye."
I walked back on to the dance floor and told Pam. She said she would go up there after the song finished. I checked back at the table with JC and told him that I couldn't find them but was going to check outside now. I grabbed my coat and went outside. I looked up and down the block, nothing. I then walked around the corner and found them in a diner having coffee.
"Hey! There you are! I've been looking all over for you!" I said walking in the diner.
"Hey!" Jay said.
"Why didn't you tell anybody where you were going?" I asked.
"Cause, we didn't plan on coming here. It just sort of happened." Justin said.
"Oh, I get it. Well, I think we're gonna leave soon. So, don't go too far."
"Don't worry, we'll be fine!" Jay said.
"Yeah, and tell JC that he doesn't have to send somebody to check up on me. I'm not gonna do anything stupid." Justin said.
"JC didn't send me." I protested.
"Yeah...ok!" he said not believing me.
"Whatever, I'll see you guys back in the club." I said walking out of there.
"Later!" they both said.
"What makes you think JC sent him?" Jay asked.
"Cause, they think that just because I'm the youngest, `the baby' that I can't take care of myself. Besides, JC's always doing something like that!"
"It's just cause he cares for you. Does he do that to the rest of the guys?"
"Yeah, but not as much as he does it to me!"
"Well, in that case you're right. It's because you're the youngest. Rob's parents used to do that to him! All the time! He hated it!"
"What did they do?"
"Well, they let his brother do things and when he wanted to do the same things they said no. It wasn't cause of his age. He would ask to do something that his parents let his brother do at the same age, but they would say no. It used to really piss him off!"
"What did he wind up doing?"
"Well, as he got older and he turned out to be the more responsible one, they lightened up."
"Well, I hope they realize that too, and soon!"
"Only time will tell...oh god!"
"What?"
"Nothing... I'm starting to sound like Rob!"
"Okay!" Justin said laughing.
"Let's get back to the club, I feel like dancing!"
"Alright! Let me pay for the check then we can go!"
"I'll pay for my food."
"No! I'll pay, after all...you are my date!"
"Date?"
"Yeah...why not?"
"OK...I guess!"
Justin paid for the food and they walked back to the club.
Back at the club.
"So, what happened? Did you find them?" JC asked.
"Yeah, they were at a coffee shop around the corner. You really shouldn't worry about Justin that much! He can take care of himself!" I said in his defense.
"I know, I know! It's just that sometimes, I feel responsible for him. Considering I've known him the longest. Plus, his mom expects me to keep an eye out for him."
"There's such a thing keeping an eye out but letting him have his freedom."
"I know, and I have to accept that he's getting older and that he can take care of himself."
"It can really get on a person's nerves when they feel that the people closest to them don't trust them."
"It's not that I don't trust him. It's that I know what he's capable of getting himself into."
"We're all capable of getting ourselves into and out of trouble. The thing is though that we need that, it's the only way we will learn how to become responsible adults."
"You're right. I do have to ease up on him, but I can't help it. It's in my nature. I do it to all of the guys."
"But do you do it as severely to the other guys as you do it to him?"
"No."
"Then."
"I don't know! You're right. I have to start treating him like an adult."
"Well, that's all up to you."
"Hey, guys! What you doin?" Chris asked as he approached the table.
"Nothin, just talking." I said.
"Well, I'm beat! I think we should get out of here."
"Yeah, I'm pretty tired too!"
"Well, let's round up everybody and head back." JC said.
"Alrighty! Well, Justin and Jay just walked through the door. Joey's at the bar talking to some chick. Lance is somewhere. Oh...there he is in the DJ booth."
"Ok, let's go get them!"
"Let's meet up in the DJ booth. I want to say goodbye to Pam and Sisco."
"Alright!" Chris said as he walked over to Joey.
I went up to the DJ booth and saw Lance working the turntables.
"DO you know what you are doing?" I asked.
"Yeah, I can do a little DJing!" He said, still paying attention to the records.
"I didn't know that!"
"Yeah, he's pretty good too!" Sisco said sitting on the couch with Pam.
"Well, we getting ready to head out!"
"Aww! Leaving already? You just got here!" Pam said while she lying down with her head in Sisco's lap.
"We've been here for a while now! Besides, it's getting late! It's almost 1."
"You suck!"
"You swallow!"
"You take it up the ass!"
"So!"
"ILL! I didn't need to know that!"
"MMMUUUUAHHH!" I said as I kissed her forehead.
"Eewww! Rob germs!" she said wiping off her head and putting it on Sisco.
"We got them!" Chris said as he walked in with the rest of the guys.
"Well then, I guess it's time to say goodbye."
"Now it's time....to say goodbye...." Pam started to sing.
"ILL NO SHUT UP!!" JC and Justin yelled covering their ears.
"Let me guess, years of torture from that song." I said cracking up.
"Hell yeah!" JC said.
We all laughed and then exchanged our good byes.
"I'll call you before I leave!" I said giving Pam a kiss on her cheek.
"Ok!"
"Here, let me give you my cell number." I said as I looked for a pen and paper.
"Here!" Sisco said handing me a pen and a piece of paper.
"Thanks!"
We all headed out of the booth, all except for Pam and Sisco that is. We walked out of the club. I tried to look for Mariah but she was already gone. We all got into the car and Justin asked,
"Can I drive?"
"No, I wanna get us back as fast as possible. You can drive next time." I said.
"Oh...ok." He said in a somewhat disappointed voice.
"Sorry!"
"It's ok."
"You can sit up front though, if you want!"
"OK!"
"Hey! I was gonna sit in the front!" Lance protested.
"Come on Lance! Pleeeeaaaassse!" Justin begged.
"Alright, fine!"
"Yes!"
"You people are like little kids I swear!" I said.
"You shouldn't be talking!" Lance said.
"Shut up!"
"He's right though!" Jay agreed.
"Now, I know that you ain't one to talk!"
We all laughed and I started the car and pulled away.
TBC... Questions, comments, suggestions always welcome. Email me at Papito6187@aol.com