Accepting Hannah’s
death had taken a while. As weeks passed and Lance was in the studio with
his friends recording their first album, it got more tough. Sometimes Lance
would refuse to eat, and sometimes he would even refuse to sing. It took
them longer than they had expected to finish the final cuts for the album,
but because they knew just how much Lance was hurting, they didn’t say anything.
No matter how long the days were, or how many times they had to resing the
same song because Lance would lose his focus, no one ever said anything.
There was no use bringing everyone more down than they already were.
And when they went on their first tour
to promote their album, everyone began to notice an even more severe change
in Lance. He just didn’t seem to care about anything. All his life music
had been his one hope, his one dream. And now that it was real, he didn’t
want any part of it.
When they stayed in hotels, Lance always
wanted one by himself. He had cut himself off from everyone and everything.
There was nothing that could bring his spirits up. Not even when his parents
or his friends visited him on tour did he bother to give a smile.
But when their first album went double
platinum and the band became very popular throughout the world, Lance finally
began to open up once again. But he was never the same again. Lance never
went back to being that man that walked onto the Titanic in 1912.
Though Hannah’s relatives and friends
back home in England were informed of her death, none of them really gave
her a proper burial. Lance didn’t think he was ready to say goodbye to her
by giving her a funeral. But he did it because he knew he had to say goodbye.
He had to let her rest in peace.
NSYNC became one of the most successful
music groups in their time. They remained a group, recording nine albums,
before they separated in 1924. The group remained best friends, but went
on to lead their own lives. They knew it had been time to end their music
careers when the time came. The success and the madness had been a hell of
a ride, but there were other things they wanted to accomplish in their lives.
Joey never married, but adopted a young
girl from China whose family had been killed in a tragic boating accident.
He had many girlfriends, but as his daughter got older, he kept his
personal relationships with women down to minimum, afraid his daughter might
get too attached with one.
Chris married a woman five years younger
than him in 1923. They had met while he was in NSYNC, and later he found
out she just used him for his money. When he found this out, he divorced
her right away and married a long time friend who had been his supporter
after the Titanic disaster.
After the Titanic incident, Justin
buried himself in his music, and wrote many songs that were included on all
their albums, including a song he wrote for Lance, about losing a loved one
and not being able to accept the loss. After NSYNC broke up, Justin went
on to marry a girl Lisa had set him up with. Justin had been the one, other
than Lance, that had the hardest time getting over the sinking. Justin and
his wife later had twin girls.
Right away they got off the Carpathia,
JC married Lisa and he soon after adopted Johnny, and they became a family.
They went on to have two more children.
Right after the burial of Hannah, Lance
went on with his music, writing songs and working on feature films. He even
lent his voice to some cartoon shows. He did anything that kept him mind
off of his pain. Though he was tempted several times, Lance never had any
female companions. He went back to his old ways for a while, sleeping with
anyone that would have him. But after realizing he was destroying the love
that he had shared with Hannah, Lance stopped that and never married. He
adopted two children, one boy and one girl.