| Chapter 4 |
| The five guys walked into their manager Johnny's office, two of them completely unaware of what was going on around them. Chris and Lance walked head of the group, Lance unaware of Justin's eyes on the back of his head, Justin unaware of JC's smirk directed at his back, and JC unaware of Joey's eyes lingering on his ass. They all sat around a large table, Lance, Joey and Justin on one side, and JC and Chris on the other. After a few silent minutes of waiting, Johnny entered the room. "Hello there boys," he smiled cheerfully. "Good to see you all again. I take it you've all been enjoying your time off?" He smiled again at the chorus of "yes's" and sat down in a large chair. "Good, good. Now, this week, you'll all be starting up again with promoting the tour and album. For now, you mostly just have a bunch of radio and television interviews, and next week you'll be starting blah blah blah..." All but one of the guys tuned Johnny's words out, each one caught up in his own thoughts. ~*~ LANCE'S THOUGHTS: Okay, so we've got an interview with 103.3 KISS FM today, and tomorrow we fly out to New York for Rosie's show and the Tonight Show. Shit, I wish I had a pen and some paper so I could take some notes. Let's see here, radio interview on Saturday at 7:00 ... note to self, request three or four wake up calls for JC. ~*~ JUSTIN'S THOUGHTS: God, he's beautiful. And he doesn't even realize it, that's what really gets me confused. How could a person look like Lance and *not* know they're perfect? Everyone thinks I'm the golden boy, but I have to disagree. My nose is too big, my voice is nasally, and my hair looks like Shaft was attacked by a rabid dog and a bottle of peroxide. *sigh* Note to self, shave head as soon as possible. ~*~ JC'S THOUGHTS: I wonder how long Justin's been in love with me. The note says since forever, but really, how long is forever? Since the Mickey Mouse Club? Since we started 'N SYNC? Justin's always been sort of a drama queen about everything. Inside, he's still the dorky little eleven year old I met ten years ago. But on the outside, holy shit has he changed. No, he's *matured*. Matured into a very handsome, and, dare I say, sexy young man. But do I have feelings for him? Do I *love* him? I'm not sure. Note to self, talk to Lance as soon as possible. ~*~ JOEY'S THOUGHTS: Fuck, fuck, fuck. What the hell am I supposed to do? A day ago, JC was just my platonic, straight best friend and today he's in *love* with me? What the fuck? And lets not even mention what *I've* been thinking lately. *shiver* I feel dirty. Dirty, and *extremely* turned on. Note to self, talk to Lance right away. ~*~ CHRIS'S THOUGHTS: Johnny talks too much. Damn Joey straight to hell and back! *pout* He gave me rug burn on my back. And speaking of that whole kitchen fiasco, what was with JC? Maybe it's just my horny imagination here, but it looked like he was seducing somebody. It better as hell not have been me! *shiver* That's just plain wrong. I love my boys and all, but not like *that*. If they ain't got boobs, I don't want them. And if they do, well, that's just gross. *pause* Damn, I'm hungry. Note to self, get a pizza as soon as this meeting is over. ~*~ "Okay boys, meeting's adjourned," said Johnny finally. 'Thank God,' thought Justin, as he faked a smile. "Hey guys, anyone up for pizza?" The response was three "yes's" and one "hell yes" from Chris. Justin laughed and led the way back to the tour bus. 'I wonder if I could sit next to Lance,' he thought. 'I wonder if I should said next to Justin,' thought JC. Joey scratched his head and watched JC discreetly. 'I wonder if I should sit by him or something.' Chris hummed loudly as he skipped towards the bus ahead of his band mates, blissfully unaware of everyone else's thoughts. 'I wonder if I can get a pepperoni pizza with anchovies on it.' |