"Justin!" Tonya said in an excited, but quiet voice because they don�t want to let anybody know that THE Justin Timberlake is here,
"Hey, when did you land?" Justin asked in a nervous voice, he didn�t even know that Tonya�s plane had landed.
"Just a few minutes ago, I missed so much!" Tonya said.
"Yeah I missed you too," somehow saying that hurt Justin, and knowing that he didn�t mean it even though he tried, just made it worse.
"So do I get to meet the guys today?" Tonya asked, and tried to sound like as if she really cared.
"Yes, and you will also meet Britney." Somehow at the mention of Britney�s name made Justin smile.
"Really? I thought she was just an opening act, how come she can be around you guys all the time?" Tonya said a little upset, not just because of Justin, but because her career hasn�t even taken off yet, but Britney is already on her way to fame.
"Oh soon enough she won�t just be an opening act, she can have her own tour," Justin is starting to get upset about the fact that Tonya is bitching about Britney before she even met her.
At the Compound�.
"Hey guys," Britney said as she sees the guys coming into the kitchen.
"Hey Brit," Chris said as he and the rest of the guys walked in and stand in front of Britney with serious looks on their faces.
"Ok, what�s wrong? You guys all look like you are ready to give a lecture." Britney asked.
"Brit, we are not gonna beat around the bushes. What is going on between you and Justin?" JC asked with a very concerned voice.
"What do you mean?" Britney said as she avoided the guys� eyes.
"Oh please Britney, we have seen the flirting and the teasing, what is going on between you two and don�t even use the we-are-just-friends phrase, because it is not working!" Lance demanded.
"But that�s all we are, why are you guys trying to read into nothing," Britney is now turned around, her back is facing the guys.
"Because Brit, you and Justin both have been avoiding anyone who asks about it, and why can�t you look into our eyes when you say that you two are just friends if you are not lying?" Chris asked.
"Chris what are you talking about, I just don�t know what to say to you," Britney said as she began to walk out of the kitchen.
"So do you think something is going on?" Joey asked after they saw Britney went back upstairs to her bedroom.
" Something is definitely up, but they just won�t say a thing, but it won�t be long until they do since Tonya is coming to visit." Lance said quietly.
"Who would thought that J would be in this kind of situation, he is always a one lady man," Chris said jokingly, the rest of the guys all started to laugh.
Twenty minutes later�..
"We are here," Justin said as he and Tonya got out of the SUV.
"Wow, it is so big here," Tonya said as she saw the mansion for the first time.
"No kidding, but you don�t get an quiet time in there either, cause the guys are everywhere." Justin smile as he remember the nights they would spend in the living room playing video games and would just laugh at each other, somehow this led him to think about Britney.
"Justin are you still there," Tonya asked after a few minutes.
"Huh?" Justin said as he snapped back into reality.
"Um yeah, just zoned out for a minute." Justin said as he and Tonya made to the front door.
"Guys are you still here?" Justin yelled as he and Tonya entered the front door.
"Yeah!" Chris yelled as he and the rest of the group including Britney went down stairs.
"Hey, this is Tonya, and Tonya this is Chris, Lance, JC, Joey, and last but not least, Britney." Justin said after they are all in the living room.
"Hey," Chris said as he gave a fake smile, the rest followed along.
" Nice to meet yall, Justin has said so many good things about all of you." Tonya said giving them an even more fake smile.
For the next few days, the guys and Tonya never talked much. Justin and Britney continue to steal kisses here and there. Tonya is getting a bit suspicious of what does Britney mean to Justin, she didn�t even care about the fact that Justin�s band mates didn�t like her that much, she didn�t even wanted to meet them if it weren�t for Justin. She tried to get along with them just to impress Justin, she has a feeling that no one around Justin wants them together, including her manager, Lynn who is also Justin�s mother.
"Hey," Justin said as he sneak up behind Britney who is reading a book in her room,
"Hey," Britney said before Justin leans down and kissed her passionately. The kiss lasted a few minutes, neither of them wanted it to end, but the heard a knock on the door, then Chris and Joey came in.
"Ok you two, consider yourselves busted," Chris said calmly, " So what�s really going on between you two, we�ve seen you two kiss a few times in the past week, and I am sure you were doing just that before we came in here."
"Why are you two lying to us, and J what about Tonya?" JC asked them.
"Guys look, first of all it is really none of your business. Second of all, we are just kissing nothing else if that�s what you are thinking. Third of all, it just happened." Britney tried to sound like she truly mean it, but she truly hoped that Justin and her had a chance, however with Tonya and Reg in the picture, that�s just not possible.
"Then what about Tonya or Reg, is it none of their business too?" Chris asked sarcastically.
"They are not gonna get hurt."
"How Justin, how are they not gonna get hurt huh?" JC said.
"Because they are not gonna find out."
"You know what�s funny, these things always have a way of coming out by themselves whether you choose to hide it or not." Chris said, "And what do you mean it just happened, it does not happened all the time if you don�t want it to happen. Now we are your friends, we just want to be happy."
"And this can�t just keep happening if both Tonya and Reg are in the picture. It is not fair to them." JC is starting to get impatient with his friends.
"Not fair to who?" Tonya asked as she came into the room.
Everybody froze as they heard the new voice, now how are they gonna answer Tonya�s question.
Chapter 4