***Please note that this story was written in October 2001, so if something sounds
different, that�s why***

The Chosen Life

It was gone. Just like that. He was no longer a kid. He never really had a childhood as it
was. He had to grow up real fast in his line of business. He wasn�t sure if he regretted it
or not. Giving up his youthful days, to sing to a bunch of preteen girls, who dreamed of
having his baby. But then again, singing is what he loved. He loved to perform. But still,
he had to wonder what would�ve been if he never took a man named Chris Kirkpatric�s
offer, to start a singing group, which was latter labled as a �boy band�.

Now as he layed in his hotel room, the day after his 21st birthday, he couldn�t help but let
these thoughts run through his head as he tried to get to sleep.

The night before, his birthday, him and his band mates went out to a club, since he was
legally allowed to drink achol now. Not that this was his first taste of beer. Bartenders
had never said no or asked for id from him before.

Afterall he was
�the Justin Timberlake�.

Justin squeezed his eyes shut, as memories from the night before filtered into his mind.

Making out with some red head that he didn�t even know the name of. Something that his
girlfriend, Britney, would kill him for if she ever found out. Luckily Justin�s bandmates
were so intoxiated that they didn�t even remember that evening, so they wouldn�t tell her.

Thinking of Britney made Justin think that if he never had chosen to be a singer,
someone famous, he most likely never would�ve had
�the Britney Spears, pop princess�.
That�s how they met each other too, being on a tv show together. The Mickey Mouse
Club.

That seemed so long ago now, to Justin. He had only been 12 when he joined the cast.

Justin knew that even though he regretted missing out on his childhood, he didn�t regret
the decision to take Chris�s offer to join *N SYNC.

That decision gave him four life time best friends, who no matter where their career took
them in 10 years, would  still be best friends and as close as ever.

And best of all, it gave him Britney, who even though his fans hated her, was the love of
his life.

This was his chosen life.
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