chapter28-30

Now on the the story!

CHAPTER 28 (by Dannii)

Joey went into FootLocker and looked around in search for his boyfriend. He finally found him in a corner of the store, sitting on a chair, staring on a pair of shoes he held in his hands. Joey went over to Justin and knelt down in front of him. When Justin didn�t look at him, Joey softly touched his knee, and finally Justin looked up. Joey was shocked to see tears in his boyfriend�s eyes.

He sighed inwardly and stood up again, making eye contact with one of the bodyguards who were standing at the entrance to the story. Joey gave him a sign, and the man immediately began to dial a number and talked into his cell phone. Joey knew that it would be only a matter of minutes until the limousine arrived, so he gently took the pair of shoes out of Justin�s hands and put them back on the shelf. Then he grabbed Justin by his arms and pulled him to his feet.

�Let�s drive back to the hotel,� he said, and when Justin slowly nodded, he turned around and led the way out of the store.

Only when they were in the safety of the limousine, where they knew nobody from outside could see them through the tinted windows, Joey pulled Justin into his arms and let the younger boy cry freely.

�Shhh, baby�, he cooed, �it�s all right. Nothing�s gonna happen, it�s okay. Shhh.� He was a bit concerned about how upset Justin was about this, and he knew they had to talk about it as soon as possible, but first of all Justin needed to calm down.

When they arrived at their hotel, he led the curly headed lead singer into their hotel room and told him to lie down for a while. A few minutes later, when he heard Justin�s breath calm down, he grabbed his laptop from his suitcase and plugged it in, hoping to find something on the internet that could help him, and especially Justin in their situation.

****

When Liz arrived at her home a few minutes after she left the mall, she immediately went to her computer and logged into the internet and into her email-account. She�d promised Joey to help him get people together who would support Joey and Justin�s relationship, and on her way home she had had the perfect idea how she could do it.

She was on several yahoogroups, groups of people who liked the thought of Joey and Justin being together, people who wrote stories about the two being together and talked about �moments�. And she�d decided to send Joey links to some of the groups, so that he and Justin could see that people indeed would support them in case they decided to come out to the world, especially lots of their friends.

She typed in Joey�s email address and began to write the mail.

�Joey,

As I promised, I�m sending you something to help you and Justin.
The links below are to some yahoogroups about you and Justin.
Just click on the names, they�re JoeyJustinSlash, JuJoeLove,
TimbertoneMoments, and SuperCurlySlash. You�ll have to sign
in to the groups to be able to read all the messages. I don�t know
if you�ve heard about these groups; they�re �founded� by people
who think that you two are together or simply like the idea of you
two together. But you�ll see when you are on the sites. There you
also can find several links to other websites that are dedicated
to you two.

Show them to Justin; I hope he has calmed down a bit. It really
wasn�t my intention to upset you; I just wanted to let you know
that you don�t have to keep your relationship as a secret. Of
course not everybody will be okay with the fact that you two
are together, but you will be surprised at how many people
*are* already okay with it.

I really hope that this helps at least a bit, and I hope to hear
from you. Take care!

Love,
Liz�

After she sent the mail, Liz shut down the computer and decided to take a nap. So many things had happened today, and she had to digest them somehow. And in the evening she would call Nichole and talk to her about everything, because she knew she could trust her.

****

Joey was surprised to see that he already had an email from Liz when he checked his account about an hour later. He knew it had to be the Liz from the mall, because he knew nobody else with this name. So he opened the mail and read it quickly and, curious as he was, he immediately went to the websites she�d sent him the links to and signed in as a member to the groups after he�d set up a new email-account for Justin and him. He didn�t want to give one of his private email-addresses to the group. He also knew that Justin would be very upset when he heard that Joey had given Liz his email, so he decided to wait a bit until he�d tell him. For some reason he *knew* he could trust Liz and that she�d be a great help. So for now, he�d tell Justin that he�d �stumbled� over the groups during his research through the internet.

The next two hours, Joey went from one of the groups to the next, read messages and stories, laughed about rumors and looked at pictures of him and his boyfriend. He was amazes about how many members the groups had; one of it, JuJoeLove, had over 1,500 members and about 20,000 messages on the list. And everybody on these lists seemed to suspect or at least to hope that him and Justin were together.

****

In their hotel room, JC and Lance were laying on the couch together, watching a movie, some sappy romance none of the boys really paid attention to. They were to busy looking into each other�s eyes, kissing, and talking. Lance had told JC how afraid he was to tell his parents that he was gay and in love with JC, and JC had admitted that he felt the same when it came to his parents. But both boys agreed that they wanted to tell their parents as soon as possible, which meant that the day after the Billboard awards they�d fly to JC�s parent�s home.

Lance already had a nervous feeling in his stomach, and he could see in JC�s face that his boyfriend felt the same. But nevertheless JC gave Lance a reassuring smile and leaned in to kiss him softly.

�Don�t worry too much, baby�, he said. �I�m sure they will be all right with this. And remember, whatever happens, we love each other.� Lance smiled back at him weakly.

�It�s not that easy, Josh. All the years my parents told me that being gay is a sin, against the bible, and that gay people will go to hell. And now their own son is gay! I�m so afraid about how they will react. I don�t know what I�ll do when they disown me, Josh. Maybe it�d be better I don�t tell them. I�ll just let them think that I�m straight, and pretend that I don�t get a girlfriend because I�m too busy, or something like that, and...� Lance immediately stopped when he saw the hurt look on JC�s face. �Oh, baby, it was just a joke. A bad one, I know. I�m sorry. But... Josh, I�m *petrified* when I think of it! I don�t want to lose you.� He caressed JC�s face with his hands, and JC buried his face in Lance�s neck.

�I know�, his voice sounded muffled. �I feel the same, baby, believe me. But,� he raised his head and looked into Lance�s bright green eyes, �we�ll get through it together. And who knows, maybe our parents will surprise us. Just never forget that I love you, okay?� Lance smiled at him, and this time it was an honest smile.

�Okay�, he whispered. �I love you, too. Forever.� JC rolled on top of him, and Lance wrapped his arms tightly around his boyfriend�s back and let out a content moan as they began to kiss.

****

Joey looked away from the message he�d been reading and turned around when he heard movements behind him and then, a second later, a loud yawn.

�Feeling better, baby?�, he asked and smiled when he saw how adorable Justin looked with his bed-head and the sleepy eyes.

�Yeah�, Justin replied hoarsely and cleared his throat. Joey stood up, went over to the bed and sat down beside Justin, taking the younger boy in his arms. He stroked the soft, blond curls of his boyfriend and leaned back against the headboard of the bed when he felt Justin kiss his neck.

�You want to talk about it, Curly?� he asked, and he could feel Justin�s sigh on his neck.

�Yeah, maybe...� Justin sat up, so that he could look into Joey�s eyes, and took his boyfriend�s hands in his.

�I�m afraid, Joey. I know I overreacted in the mall, I should have stayed calm, but... I was *terrified.* I still am. What if she goes around and tells it to her friends, or, even worse, to the newspaper? I mean, we practically confirmed to her that we are together. If words come out about us being together, *NSYNC could be over within a few days. I mean, don�t get me wrong, Joey, I love you and I would always put you first, and then the group, but... I don�t want this to be over because of us.� Joey leaned forward and placed a soft kiss on Justin�s lips, touched by Justin�s words.

�I love you too, baby. Don�t worry, I�m sure she won�t tell it to the newspaper or to the wrong people. I *know* it. I *know* that we can trust her. � Let me tell you something, baby. We don�t have to tell the world about us. Okay, she suggested it, and yes, I�d love to walk around with you out on the streets, hand in hand, and kiss you in front of everybody. But if you don�t feel comfortable with it, we won�t do it. As long as we�re happy together, everything�s fine. Okay?� Justin smiled at him thankfully, and they kissed for a while. Then Joey stood up and pulled Justin with him.

�But I want to show you something�, Joey continued, walking over to his laptop. �Just so you know that a lot of people will still support us if we tell the world that we love each other.� He plopped down in the chair and pulled Justin down into his lap. He wrapped his left arm around Justin�s back and grabbed the mouse with the right hand.

�I�ve searched through the internet for a while�, he explained, �in order to fond something about us, and look what I found.� He showed his boyfriend the yahoogroups, and all the other websites he�d found, and explained him a bit about how the groups worked. Then he just leaned back, watched his boyfriend look through the different sites, and let him think.

****

Lance looked at his watch and carefully disentangled himself from JC�s long limbs when he saw that they only had one hour left until they had to leave for sound check. He didn�t want to wake his boyfriend up yet, who was sleeping peacefully on the couch, laying on his back, so it took him a while before he finally stood beside the couch.

His gaze fell onto the stack of clothes on the floor, and he smiled. He was wearing only his boxers, and JC lay on the couch in nothing but his gray boxer-briefs. Lance took the opportunity to look at his boyfriend for a moment. His hair was a mess, single strands sprawled out on the pillow beneath his head. Lance loved the fact that JC was letting his hair grow out, it looked really good at him. He lay there completely relaxed, a peaceful look on his face. His mouth was open slightly, and Lance could see the small gap between his front teeth. Lance�s gaze traveled further down, over JC�s well-defined chest, the small brown nipples, the slender waist, to the navel in JC�s belly and the trail of soft hairs underneath it that led into the boxer-briefs. His gaze stopped at the not-so-small bulge there, and Lance swallowed.

He dropped down to his knees beside the couch and let his right hand follow the path his gaze had just wandered, in soft, feather-like touches. By the time he reached JC�s navel, the brunette boy had become a bit restless; he was nearly squirming beneath Lance�s touch. Lance chuckled, he knew it was only a matter of seconds until his boyfriend would be awake. He decided to help a bit by trailing a single finger over the bulge in JC�s boxer-briefs, and JC gasped and thrust his hips upwards sharply.

Lance repeated the action, and from the way JC wriggled around and moaned he knew that ha was now fully awake. He looked up and saw that JC was staring at him with glazed eyes.

�What�re you doing?� the blue-eyes singer asked hoarsely, and Lance grinned and crawled to the head of the couch.

�Waking you up�, he replied and pressed his lips to JC�s in a soft, lingering kiss, while his right hand sneaked into JC�s boxer-briefs and softly grabbed the erection that had formed there. JC opened his mouth for another moan, and Lance took the opportunity and slipped his tongue inside.

Their tongues danced erotically with each other, exploring each other�s mouth, while Lance began to gently, but steadily massage JC�s hard penis. JC�s moans were only muffled by Lance�s mouth, and he moved his hips in perfect rhythm with Lance�s hand, until he couldn�t take it anymore and finally climaxed in his briefs.

JC laid there for another minute or two, trying to catch his breath, while Lance wiped his hand on a tissue and then continued to tenderly caress JC�s bare upper body with both hands. When JC�s breath had finally returned to normal, he turned his head to look at the boy who was sitting on the floor beside him.

�Thank you�, he whispered, and Lance leaned forward and placed a soft kiss on his nose.

�I love you, Josh.�

�I love you too, baby�, JC answered and grabbed the hand Lance was offering him.

�Now come on," Lance said while he hauled JC to his feet. �We have to be at the sound check soon.� JC gave him another loving kiss and disappeared into the bathroom, and Lance went to his suitcase to look for something comfortable to wear for the next few hours.

CHAPTER 29 (by Megan)

After watching Justin for a few minutes, Joey felt his eyes start to droop. He decided to take a quick nap before they had to leave for the sound check. He told Justin and kissed his cheek before going into the bedroom and climbing into bed.

Justin smiled when Joey kissed his cheek and turned to watch him walk out of the room. �God, I love that man so much,� he thought to himself. Then he turned back to the screen and smiled at what he saw.

Joey had shown him a page that contained many pictures of them together. He was a little paranoid at first that these people could tell from pictures that they were together. But from reading some of their e-mails to the groups earlier, he learned that they didn�t really know. Most of them just hoped that he and Joey were a couple. He looked through a few more pages of pictures before clicking on �fan fiction.�

He knew that people wrote fiction about the group, but he didn�t know that *gay* fiction was written about them. He was surprised to see so many stories. He laughed when he saw a few JC/Lance ones mixed in with himself and Joey. These people had no idea just how right they were.

Joey had told him that he�d read a few of the stories and that they were really good. So Justin opened up the first story he came across and started to read.

****

After grabbing his clothes, Lance opened the bathroom door quietly, not wanting JC to know he was there. He stripped off his boxers, letting them fall to the floor, and walked towards the shower.

Lance smiled when JC jumped as he moved the shower curtain aside to join his boyfriend in the shower.

�What are *you* doing in here?� JC joked, smiling at Lance.

�I wanted to join you, is that a bad thing?� Lance asked, not catching the fact that JC was joking. He turned around, ready to step back out of the shower.

�No, no of course not. I was joking, baby,� JC cooed, wrapping his arms around Lance and bringing him under the spray.

Lance turned around in JC�s embrace and leaned in to kiss JC�s neck. JC moaned, but pushed Lance away gently. �Baby, we don�t have time to do that now,� he told Lance.

Lance blushed a little and pushed JC into the spray. �Fine, but I want to wash you,� he said.

�Sounds good to me,� JC replied with a wink, bending over a little so Lance could put shampoo in his hair.

Lance hummed as he washed JC�s hair. When Lance was done washing JC, JC did the same for him. They both stepped out of the shower, dressing each other. Then they walked down the hall, signaling to their bodyguards that they were ready to leave.

****

When Joey woke from his nap about half an hour later and yawned. He looked at his watch and realized that he and Justin only had a few minutes before they needed to leave for the sound check. He stood up slowly and walked over to where Justin was still sitting at the laptop.

�Whatcha doing babe?� Joey asked.

Justin jumped at the voice and then calmed down when he realized it was Joey. �Oh, nothing, just reading some stories,� Justin answered, blushing a little and refusing to look at Joey.

�Stories about us?� Joey asked, curious.

�Yeah,� Justin said quietly, blushing some more.

�Are they good?� Joey questioned, smiling at how cute a blushing Justin was.

�Yeah, they�re really good,� Justin mumbled, finally looking up at Joey. He stood up and wrapped his arms around Joey. �But what I have right here is so much better,� he mumbled, burying his face into Joey�s neck and kissing the skin that he found there.

�Aww, J, you�re so cute,� Joey cooed, grinning at his lover.

Justin blushed even more and then smiled up at Joey. �I love you Joe,� he whispered.

�I love you too, babe,� Joey whispered back before leaned into to capture Justin�s lips with his.

�HEY GUYS!� they heard Chris yell through the door, �FIVE MINUTES TILL WE HAVE TO LEAVE!�

�OK!� Joey yelled back after pulling away from Justin with a groan.

�Uhh, why does he always have to interrupt us?� Justin whined.

�Because he�s Chris,� Joey answered simply. That sent Justin into a fit of giggles and Joey just smiled at how cute Justin could be.

�Babe, we better get going now,� Joey reminded Justin, and the two left their room after Joey changed into more comfortable clothes.

****

The sound check, meet and greet, and concert went by way to fast for the guys. Britney and Bobbie, Justin and JC�s �fake� girlfriends were both brought on stage during the concert. It was Britney�s birthday, so the guys sang Happy Birthday to her. Joey didn�t like having to watch Justin and Britney be all mushy together, and he noticed that Lance didn�t look too happy to see Bobbie hanging all over JC. Joey knew Justin and Britney were not more than friends, but he couldn�t help but feel jealous.

After the concert, the guys piled on to the bus and headed back to the hotel.

�Man, we just finished the last concert on this tour,� Lance said, exhausted, but full of energy from the concert.

�It�s kind of depressing,� JC commented, laying his head on Lance�s shoulder, �what am I going to do with all my energy?�

�I think Lance might be able to help you out with that,� Chris joked, directing a wink at Lance who blushed and looked down at his lap.

Justin and Joey laughed along with Chris until they noticed him staring in their direction. �What are you two laughing about?� he questioned, looking very serious. �Huh?�

�Um,� Justin started, but was interrupted by Chris.

�Because every time I try to talk to one of you, you have your face buried in the other�s neck! Sheesh!� Chris exclaimed, grinning at himself.

�Oh, very funny Chris,� Joey challenged, but he had a smile on his face too.

�I�m to tired to joke around,� Justin told the group, yawning as the bus came to a stop, �let�s go, Joey.�

They all followed Justin and Joey into the hotel and up to their rooms, Lance following JC into their room.

As Joey and Justin were about to enter their room, they heard Chris yell, �damn you all! I have to sleep alone again!� from down the hall.

�Man, we really need to get Dani here. Chris needs some lovin�,� Joey joked, holding the door open for Justin.

�Yeah,� Justin agreed, laughing. But his breath caught in his throat and he stopped laughing as Joey pressed him up against the door in a crushing kiss.

�I want you,� he whispered, his eyes showing a mixture of love and lust. Justin could already feel Joey�s erection pressing against his thigh.

�Mmmm,� Justin moaned against Joey�s lips, �I want you too, baby.�

****

Lance collapsed on the bed face down when he entered his and JC�s room. JC smiled as Lance closed his eyes and laid still for a moment.

�Hey, what happened to all that energy, Lance?� JC joked.

�Shut up,� Lance mumbled, his head buried in a pillow.

�No thanks,� JC replied, sneaking over to the bed next to Lance. He grabbed Lance�s sides, tickling him.

�Noo! Stop Jace. You� know� much� hate� being� tickled!� Lance exclaimed, trying to breathe and fight JC off at the same time.

JC just laughed at the face Lance was making. �What�d the magic word?� he teased, still attacking Lance�s sides.

�Uhhhh, stoppit!� Lance shouted out, not able to think clearly enough to respond.

�Wrong answer!� JC exclaimed, laughing harder as he continued to tickle Lance.

Then Lance thought of how to get JC to stop. <I�m so smart,> he thought between giggles. Since his hands were doing nothing to shoo JC away, he brought them down and grabbed JC�s crotch. Not hard enough to hurt, but he got JC�s attention.

�Ohhh,� JC moaned, immediately stopping his attack on Lance and thrusting his hips toward Lance�s hand that was now stroking JC through his pants.

Lance pulled JC down for a bruising kiss and then attacked his ear, whispering, �I *will* get you back for that� later.�

�Ohh, I�m scared,� JC replied, and Lance could tell that there was a grin on his face.

�You should be,� Lance said, his voice deeper than normal. That comment shot a rush of desire through JC, and he grew even harder in Lance�s hand. �Oh, you like that, do you?� Lance asked, not expecting an answer.

�Mmmm,� JC moaned, thrusting harder into Lance�s hand.

Lance slid halfway down JC�s body, pulling JC�s pants down to reveal his erection. JC groaned loudly as Lance warm, wet mouth surrounded his erection. Lance smiled and swirled his tongue around before taking all of JC into his mouth. He reached a hand down to cup JC�s balls and then other hand stayed on JC�s his to control the wild thrusting.

JC moaned one last time before coming hard and attempting to catch his breath. Lance swallowed before crawling back up JC�s body and kissing him passionately. They fell asleep in a mess of legs and arms, each dreaming about the other.

CHAPTER 30 (by Megan)

The guys spent the next few days hanging out in their rooms and at the hotel pool, except for a few outings to the mall or a club. They figured that they all might as well stay at the hotel because it would be pointless to go home for a day and then have to leave again to go the Billboard awards. They were all excited about the awards because they would be co-hosting them with Kathy Griffin.

The day before the award show, they flew from San Diego to Vegas and spent the rest of the afternoon doing an interview with a magazine. The next day, the day of the show, they spent the morning hanging out together watching movies. After lunch, they started to prepare, getting their hair and make-up done. It took twice as long as it should have because the guys were always fooling around.

Finally, they all piled into the limo and headed to where the awards were going to take place. They met with Kathy and discussed what would happen. They�d been told briefly before, so they already knew what was going to happen. They also did a dress rehearsal of their performance, which would open the show.

They actual show was a lot of fun. Their little skit with Kathy was fun for all of them, and they had a good laugh about it afterwards. �Dude, we all got dumped for a ten year told,� Chris had joked afterwards.

They all had a lot of fun at the awards, but they were also very happy to be able to go home until New Year�s. When they arrived at the hotel they were staying at that night, it was almost two o�clock. They were all exhausted and fell asleep immediately.

****

When Justin woke up the next morning, he smiled immediately. �I�m going home today,� he thought to himself. And then he realized that he was going to have to be without Joey for a few days. He saddened at that thought, but then realized that he would be ok. It was only a few days.

Justin hugged Joey, who was lying with his head on Justin�s chest, close to him and sighed. He would be content to just lie in Joey�s arms all day. But he had to pack all his things and get ready to leave the hotel.

He leaned his head down to give Joey a kiss on the forehead and then shook him gently. Joey stirred and just held on tighter to Justin. �No, Joey, we need to get *up* now,� Justin said, shaking Joey a little harder.

Joey groaned and yawned as he woke. �Why�d you wake me up, Just?� he asked, his voice deeper than normal.

Justin smiled. He loved Joey�s voice in the morning. It was� sexy. ��Cause I�m leaving for Tennessee soon, baby,� Justin reminded him.

Joey groaned again when he heard that, �No, you should just stay right here.�

�We�ll see each other again in five days, Joe, it�s not that long,� Justin said, trying to convince him.

�Fine, but I�m not happy about this,� Joey mumbled, pulling himself out of bed and making his way to the bathroom. �Oh, Justin?�

�Yeah?� Justin asked from his spot on the bed.

�The other night when we� well, you know. It was� great,� Joey told him before turning around to go into the bathroom and get ready for the day.

�Yeah, Joey, it definitely was,� Justin whispered back, grinning.

****

When JC woke up the next morning, he sighed. He felt so safe and loved in Lance�s arms. But he knew that if his parents hated him for being gay, not even Lance�s love would stop the pain. He just prayed that his parents, and Lance�s for that matter, would approve of their relationship and be happy for them.

He turned his head to look at the clock and realized that they needed to leave soon. JC turned in Lance�s arms so he was facing him. He ran his fingers through Lance�s hair before kissing him lightly on the lips.

Lance groaned as he woke, suddenly aware of the lips on his. As he came out of his sleepy daze, he began to respond to the kiss. JC pulled away reluctantly a few minutes later, knowing that if they got started now, they�d never leave the hotel room.

�Lance, baby, we should get ready to go,� JC reminded him.

�Go? Where?� Lance asked sleepily.

�We�re going to Maryland today, remember?� JC asked, smiling as Lance yawned.

�Oh yeah, what time do we have to leave?� Lance questioned.

�We should probably leave by nine,� JC told his boyfriend, slipping out of bed and heading to the bathroom.

�Ok,� Lance replied, yawning one more time before dragging himself out of bed and wandering around the room, throwing his things into his suitcase in an attempt to clean the room.

****

Justin sighed, flopping back onto the bed. �God, I love Joey so much,� he thought, causing himself to smile. Deciding that he should get ready too, he stood up and walked over to his suitcase, pulling out some comfortable clothes for the plane ride home.

Joey came out of the shower a few minutes later, wearing only a towel.

�Damn,� Justin mumbled, his voice loud enough for Joey to hear him.

�You like this, J?� Joey asked with a wink, wandering over to his suitcase slowly.

�Why do you have to do this to me? You know I have to leave soon,� Justin whined, trying not to stare at Joey�s ass when he leaned down to pick out his clothes, but not being very successful.

�Justin, stop staring at my ass,� Joey said without looking over at Justin.

�How-� Justin started, but was interrupted.

�I know you, baby,� Joey replied, �you want me, bad.�

�Well, you got that right,� Justin told him, �damn you for making me want you.�

Joey laughed at that comment and proceeded to take off the towel and pull on his boxers and pants. He saw Justin staring at him out of the corner of his eye and smiled. He winked at Justin before going to the phone that rested on a nightstand near the bed to call for breakfast.

Justin just frowned, realizing that he wouldn�t get to joke around with Joey, except on the phone, for a few days. Once Joey got off the phone, we walked slowly over to Justin, seeing the sad look in his eyes.

�I�m going to miss you baby,� Joey told him, smiling sadly.

�I�ll miss you too, Joe,� Justin replied, hugging his lover tightly. �I�m so glad that we�re spending Christmas together this year.�

�Me too,� Joey agreed, reveling in the feeling of Justin�s arms around him. Joey would be spending Christmas with Justin, Lynn, Paul, Jonathan, and Steven this year. Joey was really excited that he and Justin could spend his favorite holiday together. He had a feeling that this Christmas would be the best one ever.

****

Once everyone was ready, they climbed into the van that was waiting to take them to the airport. Chris was going to Florida to visit his family, as was Joey. Justin was going to Tennessee for a few days to visit his dad, step mom, and brothers, and then flying to Florida to visit his mother and step dad. Justin and Joey�s families both lived close, so they knew they�d be able to spend a lot of time together. Their families were also spending Christmas together. Joey and Justin were both very excited about that.

JC and Lance were both flying to Maryland to see JC�s family and tell them about their relationship. Then, a few days later, they would fly to Mississippi to tell Lance�s family. Where they spent their Christmas totally depended on their parent�s reactions to their news.

When they got to the airport, they all said goodbye, promising to call each other, and then headed to their flights. JC and Lance walked side by side, each wishing that they could hold the other�s hand. But both knew that that was impossible. If it got out that they were gay, and together, *Nsync would be over for sure.

But that didn�t stop them from wanting each other.