(somewhere in a white room, with thick white fog)

Lance was walking around, surround by fog. He reaches out to feel for something. �Chris?� he asked, �Joey- Justin- JC? Where are you guys?�

�Lance?� he heard his name being called out. It was Chris.

�Chris?� he heard Justin asked.

�Justin?� Joey�s voice asked.

�Joey?� JC�s voice asked.

Lance kept going forward, and saw a figure in front of him. He stood there figuring out that it was JC. �Josh, behind you.�

JC turns around, and spotted Lance. �Hey man.� They hug.

�Lance?� they both heard Justin ask.

�Over here,� Lance said.

�Follow our voices Curly,� JC added.

�Call out again.�

�Justin,� they said.

Justin went up behind them, and touched their backs, �BOO!� he said.

They screamed, turned to see Justin, and jumped seeing him.

Then they hug each other.

�Hello?� Chris called out.

�OVER HERE!�

Chris came up to them soon with Joey. �Oh man,� Chris said and they all group hug.

Just as they do, the fog was going lighter and lighter.

�Are we� dead?� Joey asked.

�I don�t know,� Justin said.

Soon, they heard, �I love you CK.�

�I love you guys too,� he said looking at the guys.

�It wasn�t me,� Joey said giving him a weird look.

�I love you Lance.� Lance looks at the guys razing his eyebrow, �I KNOW you didn�t say that.�

�I love you Joey.� JC�s eyes open wide. �I love you Justin.�

Justin looks at JC, �What?�

�We know that voice,� he said with a smile.

�I love you JC.�

They all look at each other, �It�s Nikole,� they all said, *NSYNC ~smiles~

They all see the fog disappear, sees a window looking into a room with Nikole crying, and Steven. They see themselves in the room in hospital beds.

�We�re alive,� Justin whispered softly with a grin.

�We�re together,� Lance added.

Then Chris looks at the guys, and they stare at him, �What?� he asked.

�You�re fading,� Joey answered.

Chris shuts his eyes, �Man, I don�t feel so good.�

�You�re going back,� JC told him.

�See you guys there,� he laughed and cheered, then was gone.

JC looks at the guys, starts to fade, and has one tear running down his face, �I�m going back.� Then he was gone.

Joey smiles while fading, �I�m melting� I�m melting�� then was gone too.

Lance and Justin laughed at Joey and then looked at each other. �Don�t leave me alone,� they said together laughing again, grabbed hands, and left together.

~*~*~*~

(back in the room)

Nikole finally stopped crying, and Steve just held her. �You might want to rest, it�s late, and you came over here from Idaho.�

�I don�t want to leave them Steve,� she whispered.

�You don�t have to,� he smiled, �There is another bed over there, and you can sleep on that. There�s a couch near by and I�ll sleep on it.�

She looks into his eyes, �Okay, thank you.�

They went over, she got on, and Steve covered her up with the blanket. �Good night,� they said together. He watched her fall asleep, then went over, and went to bed on the couch looking toward Joey, and fell asleep.

chapter 4