| Chapter 36 |
| "...In other news *NSYNC band member JC Chasez has been involved in a car accident there is no news on his injuries but we do know he was unconscious as he was placed into the ambulance..." "Oh God." Lance dropped the remote and just stared at the tv. "James?" Diane asked worried Lance was just staring into space. As soon as Lance heard his mom's voice he started trembling and his body was wracked with sobs, "Oh God! Oh God! Josh...Josh is hurt, Josh is hurt and I'm not there." Diane knew when she saw her son breakdown that he really does love Jc [[Maybe it's not wrong, maybe the Bible was written so long ago that beliefs change. I will not turn away my son and he and Jc do look like their a couple]] Diane thought as she went over to Lance and put her arms around him. Lance held his mom tight and sobbed into her shoulder, "Oh God! I-I gotta call J! I gotta, I gotta call the guys." "James you've got to calm down first!" Diane said trying to calm Lance down. Lance took a few deep breaths and pulled away from Diane and with a trembling hand picked up the phone and called Justin's number. "Hello?" Randall; Justin's dad, answered. "Hi Mr Timberlake, is Justin there please?" Lance asked, trying to sound cheerful although he felt like he was dying inside [[God please let him be alright, I can't live without him.]] "Sure Lance, I'll go get him for you," Randall said then yelled, "Justin?" "Yes?" Justin yelled from the living room. "Phone." Justin picked up the cordless and yelled, "I got it." Then he asked, "Hello?" "J turn on the tv NOW!" Lance ordered. "Lance why are you calling me?" Justin asked in disbelief; Lance never called him. "J just turn on the fucking tv!" "James!" Diane exclaimed, Lance never swore in front of them. Lance turned pained eyes on his mom and said, "I'm sorry." "Ok Lance." Justin grabbed the remote and asked, "What channel?" "CNN." Justin turned CNN on and then when he heard about Josh, he dropped the remote and almost dropped the phone, "Oh God! Oh my God Josh!" "J I'm gonna drive to Tennessee and then hopefully charter a plane for us. Can you call Joe and Chris for me?" "I-I er, yes." "Thank you. J you know he'll be fine." "Yeah." Justin said as he hung up. Lance hung up the phone then called Memphis airport and asked if he could charter a plane. "Yes we can do that." The man said. "Would it be alright to fly to Orlando to pick someone up, then fly to Pittsburgh to pick someone up, then land in Maryland." Lance asked. "Erm, I'll have to check." "We'll pay you $10,000." There was silence on the other end for a minute then, "When do you want to leave?" Lance let out his breath in relief, "In 2 hours." "Ok." "Thank you." Lance said then hung up the phone and went upstairs and got changed. When he went downstairs he hugged Diane and Jim and said, "I'll see you guys in a couple of days." Lance got in his car and drove down Route 55 to Tennessee; an hour and a half later Lance pulled into Justin's drive. Lance knocked on the door and Justin answered. "J have you called Joe and Chris." Lance asked. "Yes." Justin answered. Lance smiled slightly, "Go wait in the car and I'll call Joe and Chris and tell them to wait at the airport." "OK." Justin said then went in and sat in the car. Lance took out his cell and called Joey. "Scoop is there any word?" Joey asked as he answered the phone. "No. Joe I've got us a plane so wait at Orlando airport and we'll pick you up and then we're going to pick up Chris then go to Maryland." Lance said as he walked to the car. "You got a pilot who would do that?" "Yeah after I offered to pay him $10,000." "Ok, when will you be here." "Less then an hour probably." "Alright I'll be waiting." "See you then." Lance said as he hung up and dialled Chris's number. "Hello?" Chris asked. "Chris it's Lance. Go to the airport and we'll pick you up in about 2 hours." Lance said. "You got a plane to fly us?" "Yeah and your last 'cause you live closer to Josh." "Ok, bye." "Bye." Lance said as he hung up and got in the car and drove to the airport and got on the plane. "First stop is Orlando, then Pittsburgh, and the last stop is Maryland." Lance told the pilot. "OK." The pilot said and as Lance and Justin were seated and buckled up; he took off. Lance and Justin were both quiet the entire plane ride both thinking of Josh. "We are now entering Orlando; we will be landing shortly." The pilot said over the intercom. As they landed Lance said to Justin, "Stay here I've got to get off and find Joe, alright?" Justin just nodded. Lance got off and called Joey's cellphone. "Hello?" Joey answered the phone. "Joe are you at the airport?" Lance asked. "Yeah." "Well were here and you have to go to gate C and you'll see me, ok?" "Alright see you in a minute." Joey said as he hung up and 5 minutes later he found Lance and they were boarding the plane. "Hey Ju, you ok?" Joey asked. "As long as Josh is ok; I'm ok." Justin said, smiling slightly as they buckled in for the flight to Pittsburgh. In Pittsburgh Lance did the same thing phoned Chris and met him and came back to the plane, but now they were on their way to Maryland. To find Josh. Lance started making calls to hospitals asking if Josh was there, Lance found him at Memorial. "I found him." Lance stated as he snapped his phone shut. "Where is he?" Chris asked. "He's at Memorial, it's a 15 minute drive from the airport." Lance said. Half an hour later Lance, Justin, Joey and Chris were driving to Memorial each holding hands praying Josh is ok. They walked inside the hospital and Chris asked the desk clerk, "Hi may we see Josh Chasez please." "I'm sorry it's family only." She said. "Could you let us inside please." Chris asked as nicely as possible. "I'm sorry it's against hospital policy. Family only." "We are his family!" Justin, Chris, Joey and Lance shouted at the same time. "Look lady I'm sure you know who we are and who Jc is, but our brother is in there hurt from a car accident and we can't see him 'cause your fucking telling us we're not allowed too." Chris said pissed. "I'm sorry but it's family only." She said. "His family won't come and if they do; don't let them in. We're his family, his real family. Could you please let us in?" Justin asked. "Justin why won't they come?" Lance asked. Justin turned to Lance, "You know what he was gonna do?" Lance just nodded, "They didn't take it too well." Lance raised an eyebrow, "How well?" "Bad." Lance closed his eyes, "And he drove upset and got hurt and we don't know how he is 'cause you won't fucking let us in." Lance screamed at her. Justin hugged Lance, "Calm down, I'm freaking too but scaring the shit outta people won't get us any closer to him." "Yeah but 4 pissed off postars might." Lance said. The guys all laughed relieving the tension, Joey asked, "I'm sorry some of us screamed at you, I know your just doing your job. But it's different with us, y'know the 'family only' thing - we are his family. I've known him for 10 years, Justin for 8, Chris for 6 and Lance for 5. He's our big brother," Joey chuckled, "Except for Chris. Can we see him please, you can call management and ask if you'd like to make sure?" |