"And Then There Was You"

Prologue

"Hey Michelle, can you cover for me? My son is sick and the baby sitter doesn’t want the other kids to catch anything."

"Yeah sure Amber. You go ahead and I will catch up with you at the house."

"All right thanks so much Michelle. I will repay you someday if I ever get the money for anything."

"Don’t worry about it Amber."

That is how my life is. It revolves around my three year old son. I am only nineteen and I have a three year old. As IM sure you can already tell, my life hasn’t been that great. It all started when I was fourteen, I hung around the "bad" crowd. I was into drugs really bad. When I entered high-school that’s when I met Jason. He was the nineteen year old who I was in love with. I did everything for that boy. I lied to my father so that I could be with him. My parents had just gotten divorced and I thought that he was the only person in the world that loved me. We first had sex about three weeks after we started going out. He promised me that he would be careful and not get me pregnant. Boy, was I dumb to believe him. It turned out that I got pregnant on Thanksgiving night. He told me that it was one of those deals when it just felt so good that he didn’t want to stop. I just couldn’t believe what was happening to me. I mean I was a great softball player and I had a lot of stuff going good with my life. I was thinking about abortion but the more and more I thought about it the less I wanted to do it. I couldn’t kill an innocent life because of my mistakes. My father begged and pleaded with me to have an abortion and then we could forget everything. I just couldn’t do it.

Jason told me that he would stick by me through everything. Of, course I believed him. I was only fifteen, I thought the whole world was on my side. He acted like he was going to be the best father in world. When I went to the doctors appointments he went and he was always putting his hand on my belly feeling for when the baby moved. I remember on our one year anniversary I told him the I knew the sex of our child. He didn’t want to know what is was but then the fireworks went off and it just set the mood I guess. I remember telling him the we were going to have a boy and he ran down the hill and dropped to his knees and started to cry. I thought that he was the most sweetest man in the world.

I gave birth to my son Tyler Lee, on August 12. Jason was there through everything even though my parents hated him. He was around for about three months of my sons life then he decided that he wanted to party and screw other people. He got what he wanted, he ruined my life so he thought. Little did he know that this was only an obstacle that I was going to have to get through.

I moved to Charleston, South Carolina where I met my best friend for life, Michelle. She was there for everything. She was there when I cried because I didn’t know what I was going to tell my son when he asked, Where is my daddy? Her and I became more than best-friends, we became sisters. We moved in with each other and we both got jobs as secretaries for a local law firm. One day our lives changed for the better.

Chapter 1

"This is Mark from B-100 and who’s this?"

"This is Amber, am I caller ten?"

"Why yes you are Amber, you have just one yourself a pair of *NSYNC concert tickets and backstage passes."

"YES, I was wanting to win these tickets since the day that you started giving the tickets away."

"Well then you can come by the station and pick them up. By the way Amber who are you going to take with you to the concert?"

"I’m going to take my best-friend Michelle. She’s a big fan also!"

"Well then come by and pick them up whenever you get the chance."

"OK, I will make sure that I do that!"

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"MICHELLE.....guess what I won?"

"Gee, Amber give me a heart attack, why don’t cha. Now, what did you win that’s so important?"

"I just got us, two tickets and backstage passes to the *NSYNC concert!"

"NO YOU DIDN’T!"

"Yes, I did! Its in two weeks, so we have to go shopping and I need to get a baby-sitter for Tyler. IM sure that my mom will do it because she knows how much I love these guys! We have to go and pick out some new clothes and everything. We are going to be so busy getting ready for this concert!

"Amber, I cant believe that you got those! That means that we are going to meet them guys. What am I going to say to JC? What am I going to do? Throw myself at him and say take me now. I don’t think so. I’m going to have to get some stuff ready for this."

"Michelle, take it easy. You know that I’m going to have the same problem with Lance. You know how obsessed I am when it come to Lance!"

"Yeah guess so, so what are we going to do????"

"I don’t know Shelle, I just don’t know! "

~*~*~*~*~*~Later that Night~*~*~*~

"Mom, its Amber."

"Hey honey, how’s Tyler doing?"

"He’s fine, but I have a favor to ask you."

"What is it Amber?"

"Well you see I won these tickets to an *NSYNC concert and I was wondering if there was anyway that you could watch Tyler? The concerts in two weeks so I’m giving you a fair warning."

"Amber you know that I will watch him!"

"Mom, you don’t know how much this means to me, we even got backstage passes!"

"Well then Amber you know what you can do for me?"

"What can I do for you mom?"

"You can go out and impress them boys so that they come back here!"

"Mom, your too much, but I’m going to go now so that I can get Tyler into bed and talk with Shelle!"

"OK, I love you Amber."

"I love you too mom."

Chapter 2

"Well Amber this is the night! We are going to meet *NSYNC!" Michelle yelled to me while I was in the shower.

"Yeah I know....I almost can’t wash my hair because I’m so excited. I never ever in my life thought that this was going to happen to me."

"OK Amber, don’t you start getting all soft on me now. We want this to be a happy time for us."

"Yeah I know Shelle. By the way what are you wearing to the concert?"

" I think that I am going to wear my black mini-skirt with my pink "princess" shirt. I still haven’t picked out what type of shoes I am going to wear. I was thinking about my long black boots with the big heels but I figured that would make my outfit look "slutty"."

"Yeah I don’t know if I would go for that. Maybe you could wear my black heels with the strap around the ankle. That would look really cute. Cute is what you are going for right?" Amber said laughing as she got out of the shower.

"I really don’t know at this point. I’m about ready to go insane here. I’m going to meet the man that I have been obsessed with since they came out! I want to be cute when I meet JC right Amber?"

"I don’t know I know that I am going for cute when I meet Lance!"

"OK, then I’m going to go for cute!"

"I know that I am going to wear my pink vinyl mini-skirt and my white Angel tank-top with my white strapy shoes."

"Goodness Amber, you really are going to for cute aren’t you?"

"Well I want to look the best when I meet my dream man! Don’t you?"

"Yeah but still!"

"Shelle, shut up and lets get ready! I still have to drop off Tyler to my mom!"

"I’m hurrying gee....chill out!" Michelle joked.

~*~*~*~*~*~TWO HOURS LATER

"Well Tyler mom loves you and ill be back to pick you up in the morning. You be good for grandma OK?"

"I be good mom. Me promise!"

"Mom, you need anything I have my cell with me and on right now."

"Amber I raised four of my own kids I think that I know what to do in an emergency."

"I know mom, I was just saying."

"You and Michelle go and have a good time with the boys! Don’t think about anything while you are with them. I’m sure that I will have everything under control."

"OK then mom. Moms got to go bye bye bye, Tyler. Ill see you in the morning. Bye baby mom loves you."

"Love you too mom."

Amber hugs her mom and Tyler goodbye then hops in the car and heads for the arena where the boys are playing.

"Michelle are you ready for this?"

"Nope, You?"

"Nope...hehe...we are in so much trouble aren’t we?"

"I think so Amber."

"oh, well. Lets make this a night that we and the boys will remember forever!"

"I was already planning on that Amber!"

Chapter 3

Amber and Michelle pulled up to the arena about two hours before the concert started because they wanted to take a look at the arena.

"Michelle can you believe that we are here, going to meet *NSYNC? This is really happening I cant believe that we get to do this."

"Amber, get over it. Its true we are here and this is really happening. So lets go and get into out seats and get ready."

"All right whatever you say Shelle!"

"Will you quit calling me Shelle?"

"Sure MICHELLE! I won’t call you that anymore."

The concert started right on time with the opening act who was LFO. They were ok but not even close enough to *NSYNC! I remember during the song "This I Promise You", Lance and JC were on the side closest to Michelle and I. I noticed that they kept on looking over at us and smiling. Michelle and I didn’t think anything of it because we knew they had to do that. They performed "BYE BYE BYE," then left the stage and we knew that was out cue to go backstage to meet them. We checked our make-up to make sure that we didn’t have any smudges or anything then walked to the back of the arena where they checked our passes and led us to where the guys were at. We walked into the room where they were at and Lance and JC were the first ones to stand up and offer us a seat. Little did we know that this night would be the best night of our lives. Lance sat next to me and JC sat next to Michelle. I could tell that JC had taken a liking to Michelle by the way that he acted towards her.

"So where are you from?" Lance asked Amber.

"I’m from here. I moved here about two years ago."

"Well that’s good to hear. So do you like it here?"

"Yeah its all right. At first it sucked because I didn’t know anyone but then everything changed when I met Michelle over there. She has become my best friend!"

"Well that’s nice! So what are you two doing after this?"

"Nothing just going home I think."

"Well why don’t we change that? I’m sure that JC would love to catch a bite to eat. Wouldn’t ya Jace?"

"Yeah sure whatever Lance." JC said a little bit distracted from Michelle.

"Told you that he wouldn’t mind at all." Lance said.

"Michelle would you like to get something to eat?" JC asked her.

"Yeah sure, I don’t have a curfew. Do you Amber?"

"Nope, not that I can think of!"

"OK, then Lance and I are going to get cleaned up and you girls can go and sit in the limo and wait for us. If that’s OK with you two." JC said

"I’m sure that Amber doesn’t1 have a problem with it, do you?"

"Nope of course not."

"OK, then Mike our manager will lead you out to the limo and you two help yourselves to whatever you want."

"OK, then hurry up you two." Amber yelled back at them as they were being escorted to the limo.

~*~*~*~*With Amber and Michele in the limo~*~*~*~*~*~

"Michelle, can you believe that this is really happening to us? I mean we are just run of the mill kinda girls."

"I know Amber. These guys are real guys underneath all of this fame. They like us "ordinary" girls."

"Yeah I know that its just that I never thought that someone like Lance would even give me the time of day. I mean look at him? He’s gorgeous. That blonde hair..ohhhhhhhh..I need to quit thinking about him. I’m going to get overheated."

"Amber you are way too much....uh oh, here they come and do they look hot as hell."

"Michelle what am I going to say to Lance? I don’t know what to say. For the first time in my life I am actually speechless. You know that is practically impossible to do."

"Well obviously it isn’t because Lance did it to you."

Then the guys walked in and sat down. Lance sat next to Amber and JC of course sat next to Michelle.

"So where would you lovely ladies like to go?"

"I don’t know......our house isn’t that far from here." Amber said. " I just figured that you would like to go somewhere that you wouldn’t be noticed that much."

"That sounds like an excellent idea Amber." JC said.

"Yeah Amber, just tell the driver where you need to go and he will take us all there and we can eat and get to know each other more." Lance said.

"All right I think that sounds like a plan." Michelle chimed in.

They pulled up to Amber’s house about fifteen minutes later. They all walked inside and got the grand tour of their apartment. They all decided to watch a movie. Amber and Michelle were the only two not to fall asleep during the movie. They both walked out into the kitchen and just smiled at each other because they knew that the boys were going to end up staying the night and they didn’t know what the night would bring them. Whatever it was they knew that they were going to enjoy the time that they had with them.

Chapter 4

Lance woke up around two in the morning and became confused by his surroundings. He rubbed his eyes and woke JC up. "Leave me alone man, I'm trying to sleep," he muttered and rolled over. "Jace, seriously, wake up." Lance shook him harder. JC finally sat up and looked at Lance. "What is so important that it couldn't wait until morning?" JC griped. "We fell asleep at Amber's and Michelle's house," Lance told him. "And we didn't tell anyone where we were going!" JC rolled his eyes and reached for his cell phone. "So we just call and leave a message on Joey's voicemail. He'll tell the other guys, it's not a big deal." JC said and Lance relaxed a little bit. "All right," he looked around. "Where are the girls, anyway?" "They probably went to bed after we fell asleep, Scoop. Like what we should be doing now." JC left a message for Joey and lay back down. "Now go back to sleep." "I will, I just want to get a glass of water first." Lance told him and stood up, heading into the kitchen, where he bumped into Amber. "Oh, I'm sorry - " Amber turned with a start. She had almost forgotten Lance and JC were in her living room. She pulled her housecoat a little more tightly together and looked at him. "T-that's ok," she stuttered. "How come you're awake?" "I woke up and didn't know where I was," he grinned sheepishly. Amber smiled back. "I would think that would be an occupational hazard with you," she laughed. Lance looked at her, making her feel self-conscious. "What?" "I just think you have the most amazing laugh," he said. "It sounds beautiful." Amber blushed a deep red and was thankful it was the middle of the night so he couldn't tell. "Umm, I have a guest room that you could sleep in, if you think you would be more comfortable there," she said, trying to change the subject. "I think I'd better," Lance laughed. "JC is hogging the couch." Amber led him down the hallway and felt the butterflies in her stomach working overtime. She opened the door to the guest room and turned the light on. "Just, umm, make yourself at home." She said nervously. Lance walked up to her. "Thank you," he smiled and lightly kissed her cheek. "Goodnight." "G-Goodnight Lance," she stuttered again and closed the door. She leaned up against the wall and put a hand to her head. "What the hell is the matter with me?" She thought and laughed to herself. ~*~*~*~*~ The next morning, Michelle was up before anyone else and she walked into the kitchen to start making breakfast for herself and Amber, completely forgetting that they had guests. She got the eggs and the bacon out of the refrigerator and the bread out of the cupboard. Amber loved the way Michelle made French Toast, so she was going to surprise her. Michelle started humming to herself as she broke the eggs into a bowl and added the ingredients that made her French Toast so yummy. In a different frying pan, she added the bacon and let it start to sizzle. JC woke up to the smell of food cooking and his stomach growled. He looked at his watch and sighed. It had been a while since he last ate anything. He wandered into the kitchen and watched Michelle cook for a bit before saying anything. "Good morning," he said and sat down. Michelle jumped about a foot in the air and dropped the egg she had been holding. "Shit," she swore under her breath, hoping JC didn't hear it. She quickly cleaned up the mess and looked at him. "Good morning. No offense, but I completely forgot that you and Lance were here." "That's ok. I want to apologize for falling asleep on you last night. Usually I'm much better company than that." "You're entitled," she turned back to the stove. She felt, rather than heard JC come up behind her. "It was a great show you put on last night, I don't blame you for being tired." "Can I help with anything?" He whispered, his mouth inches from her ear. She felt chills run down her spine. "You can cook?" Michelle laughed, trying to control her nervousness. "I can do lots of things," he whispered again, but closer this time. JC was about to lean in and kiss her earlobe when Lance strolled into the kitchen. JC casually moved back. "Mmm," Lance smelled the air. "I thought I smelled French Toast. Did you make that especially for me?" "Actually," Michelle admitted. "I forgot you guys were here. JC nearly gave me a heart attack a few minutes ago. But there's lots here. Amber just really likes the way I make it." "Did I hear my name?" Amber yawned sleepily and smiled as she saw Lance and JC in the kitchen with Michelle. "I was just telling the guys how much you like my French Toast," Michelle said and Amber's eyes popped open. "Oh my God, it's so amazing! You have to try some!" Amber rubbed her hands together and pretended she was drooling, making them all laugh. "It can't be better than my mom's," Lance countered. JC glanced over Michelle's shoulder at the bread in the pan. "I don't know Poofu, it looks pretty damn good to me," he complimented. "Are you looking at the food or at Michelle?" Lance challenged. JC whipped his head in Lance's direction and Lance ducked before JC could smack him. "Too slow Jace, you need to work on your reflexes a little more." "All right, the first batch is ready if anyone is interested." Michelle said. Lance and Amber immediately dove into the French Toast, while JC chewed thoughtfully on a piece of bacon. Michelle added more French Toast to the pan to cook before turning around just in time to see Lance devouring what was on his plate. She raised her eyebrows in surprise. "Would you like a shovel for that?" JC asked and Michelle laughed. "I take it back," Lance said with his mouth full. "This is WAY better than my mom's! What do you put in it to make it different?" "It's a secret, she won't even tell me." Amber pouted. "I can't cook like she does anyway." Just then, the phone rang and Michelle reached for it. "Hello? Oh hi! Yep, she's right here. Hang on a second and I'll ask her." Michelle covered the phone and looked at Amber. "It's your mom, she wants to know what time you're going to pick up -" she stopped as she saw Amber shaking her head furiously. "Just tell her I'll be there later. Like, early this afternoon." Amber said. Michelle uncovered the phone. "Hi, Amber said she'll be there early this afternoon," Michelle paused and laughed. "I know. Talk to you later." "What was that about?" JC asked, since Lance was still feeding his face. "Oh, that was-" "My mom usually gets me to pick up her dry cleaning," Amber interrupted. Michelle turned around and looked at her, wondering what had gotten into her friend. The second batch didn't take as long as the first one, and Michelle turned off the stove, sitting down at the table with Amber, JC and Lance. They ate in silence for the most part, with an occasional comment thrown in. "Man, its been a while since I've eaten a homemade breakfast like this," JC said as he popped a piece of French Toast into his mouth. "This is really good." When they were all done eating, Lance and JC helped Amber and Michelle with the clean up and the dishes. "You do dishes too, Huh? Will wonders never cease," she teased JC. "JC can do the most domestic stuff out of any of us," Lance defended. "And he's usually pretty good at it. Although the first time he did his laundry, he washed his red Abercrombie shirt with his whites." "Shut up Lance!" JC hissed and smiled sheepishly at the girls, who were doubled over with laughter. "Ladies, we really hate to eat and run, but the others are probably wondering where we are and we have a photo shoot this afternoon." "We understand," Amber said and looked at Michelle. "We both had a really awesome time last night, even if you two did fall asleep." "We'll have to do it again sometime," Lance promised. "What? Fall asleep or get together?" Amber laughed. "Get together," he replied and kissed her cheek for the second time that day. They all said their good-byes, and JC and Lance promised them tickets and passes for that night's concert as well. When they left, Michelle cornered Amber in the livingroom. "Are you not going to tell them about Tyler?" She demanded. "I can't yet," Amber shook her head. "I don't want to scare Lance away, like I did Jason."

Chapter 5

"Mom, its Amber."

"Bout time that you call, what have you been doing?"

"Well we had Lance and JC over last night and they fell asleep here."

"No way, you had two *N SYNCers at your house last night and they fell asleep?"

"Yeppers. Mom can you believe that?

"No, actually I can't. Now where are you going to pick up Tyler?"

"Ummmmm, well there was something that I was going to ask you."

"What is it Amber?"

"The guys promised us tickets and backstage passes to tonight’s show and I was going to see if you could watch Tyler again? Please mom, you know that this is a once in a life time thing for me and it probably won't ever happen again."

"Fine, but this is the last night and I don’t care if Lance askes you to marry him tomorrow. I will not watch Tyler again."

"Mom, I love you! But I’m going to go now so that Shelle and I can get ready for tonight. You know that we have to look out best for them guys."

"Whatever Amber. You two have fun tonight."

"I will mom, tell Tyler that I love him."

"Ill do that for you babe."

"Bye mom."

"Bye Amber"

~*~*~*~*~With Amber and Michelle~*~*~*~*~*~

"Michelle what do you think that I should wear tonight? I want something that’s going to drop Lance on his ass."

"Ummmm, what about that leopard print halter top and your vinyl black mini skirt with your black knee high boots?"

"Now, Michelle I don’t want to look like a hooker."

"I don’t think that you look like a hooker. I think that you look nice in it."

"Ok, then if I lose Lance tonight then its your fault."

"Alright Amber, ill take the complete blame. What do you think I should wear tonight?"

"Well do you want to knock JC on his ass or no?"

"Of course I want to do that. What kinda girl are you playing me for Amber?"

"Nevermind Shelle. I think that you should wear your silk green handkerchief top, your short black mini and your chunky black shoes that you got last week to go to that party."

"That's the perfect outfit for tonight Amber. What would I do without you."

"I pled the fifth on that question"

"Whatever Amber. I’m going to just in the shower so that I can finish getting ready. You already are practially ready and im not even close to being ready."

"That’s not my fault that you are as slow as mollasses."

"Not true!" Michelle protested.

"Ummmm, sorry to bust your bubble but yeah its true hun."

"Whatever Amber, Im going to get in the shower now so that I can get ready."

"Ok hurry up I want to leave in like an hour and a half."

"Alright Amber."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*At the Venue~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Well here we are again Shelle. Are you ready for whatever the night might bring to us."

"Amber you know that I am always ready for whatever the night might bring."

"True, well lets go backstage and get together with Lance and the guys."

"Alrighty then."

They walked through the venue to the back where people were checking id's and everything. They walked up to a big man and looked around.

"Hi, were here to see *N SYNC." Amber said

"Now you know that you have to be on the list?"

"Yeah we know, and we are pretty sure that we are on that list."

"Whats are your names?"

"Amber Jones and Michelle Trottier."

"Ok, you two are on the lists, and there are two special notes for you two. Amber you are supposed to go to Lance's dressing room and Michelle you are supposed to go to JC's dressing room."

"Ok, thank you."

"No problem. Thats what I am here for."

Amber and Michelle walk around and find the guys dressing rooms and knock on the doors in unison. They look at each other and give each other a pat on the back before the guys come to the door to let the girls inside.

"Amber, glad that you could make it. Come on in and make yourself comfy." Lance said.

"Ok thank you Lance for inviting me."

"Its really my pleasure."

Just then Amber dropped her purse on the floor. A picture of Tyler fell out right at Lance's feet.

"Who’s this little guy?"

"Lance there is something that I have to tell you. That little guy is my son Tyler."

"What? You have a son? Why didnt you tell me last night while I was at your house?"

"I just didn't want to scare you away right at the start. I mean now im sure that you want me to go because I lied to you and you dont want to talk with someone like me." Amber got up from the chair and started to head for the door. Lance ran after her and grabbed her arm.

"Amber I think that its great that you have a son. Not many people that I have ever met could do such a thing. I think that you should have told me last night while I was at your house."

"Im sorry Lance I thought that you would hate me if I told you that I had a son at such a young age."

"Amber I couldnt hate you if I tried."

Amber turned about twelve shades of red before someone knoced on the door. Lance walked over to the door and opened it. It was JC and Michelle.

"Come on Scoop we have to get going. Its almost our turn to go out."

"Yeah I know." Lance said before turning to Amber and saying "You better be here when I get back." He leaned down and gave Amber a quick peck on the lips before walking out with JC.

"What was that about?" Michelle asked.

"Ohhhh, nothing." amber said before heading out to where they were assigned to sit.

Chapter 6

*~*~*~*~*~*~*Right After The Concert~*~*~*~*~*~

"Very nice show you guys." Michelle said as the guys were walking down the stairs to their dressing room.

"Thanks....ummm..whats your name again? I know that you are here for Jace but I dont remember your name, Im really bad at remembering stuff." Justin said turning a rosy red.

"My name is Michelle and this is Amber."

"Yeah, NOW I remember."

"Thats ok, we dont expect you to remember everyones name."

"Well I try my hardest. Now if you two lovely ladies will excuse me, I think that I am going to take a shower because I stink." Justin said laughing.

"Thanks for sharing that with all of us Bounce." Chris chimed in.

"No problem, Christopher." Justin said with a smirk

"Dont call me that JuJu." Chris shot back

"Im going to take a shower now everyone. Thank You and goodnight" Justin said as he dissapered into his dressing room.

"Well you two would you like to go out and get something to eat or go back to your place and chill? Wait I know what we could do. We can go there and sleep. Yeah that sounds good." JC said

"Jace, I think that you need to go and take a shower. We are not going to sleep the night away while we have the company of these two beautiful women." Lance said as he looked over at Amber.

"Yeah you wouldn't want to do that would you JC?" Michelle said as she looked over towards him with big puppy dog eyes.

"Well I guess that you are right. Im going to jump in the shower and get dressed and we will meet you in the lobby in about fifteen minutes. Is that ok with you two females?" JC said with a smile.

"Yeah its ok we guess." Amber and Michelle said in unison.

"Well then since it's ok, I think that I am going to second that motion and go take one myself." Lance chimed in.

"Well hurry up you two." Michelle said with a laugh.

"We will." That was the last words out of Lance and JC's mouth before they dissapered into their dressing rooms.

"Well Michelle here we go again. Lets see what this night will bring to us. Just promis me that if we drink or anything that you won't let me have that much because you know how I get when I have too much to drink." Amber said with a stiffled laugh.

"Dont worry Amber, if we go out to drink I will make sure that I am baby-siting you." Michelle said as she ducked Amber flying hand that was aimed for the back of her head. "What was that for?"

"Oh, nothing you know just saying that you are going to have to baby-sit me."

"Amber you knew what I meant, now lets quit our bickering because I think that I see two very nice looking guys walking towards by the names of Lance and JC."

"There coming already? I didnt even have time to do my make-up. DAMN."

"Well too late now because here they are."

"Hey there you two. Sorry that it took us so long. Lance HAD to gel his hair so that it looked pretty." JC said smiling.

"Screw you Jace, not my fault that I like to look good when I go out." Lance said

"Well whatever Lance. Lance and I have an idea that we came up with while I was waiting for him in his dressing room. I'm going to take Michelle out to eat and Lance said that he wants to go back to your place and chill with Amber, is that ok with you two?"

"yeah thats fine with me. What about you Amber?" Michelle asked.

"Yeah I guess thats fine with me." Amber said a little uneasy.

"Well if you don't want to that's fine with me, we can catch a bite to eat." Lance said.

"No, thats fine with me. Lets get going then."

"Alright then you two have fun and dont get into trouble." Michelle said.

"Trust me we won't" Lance said as he grabbed Amber by the waist and headed out to his 4-runner.

"Well where would you like to go out and eat at?" JC asked Michelle.

"I don't care, what do you feel like eating right now?" Michelle asked.

"Ummm how about Chinese?"

"I should have knowen that you were going to pick that!" Michelle said as she grabbed her purse and headed out to JC's Cherokee.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*With Lance and Amber~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"So, why did you want to come to our house and not out to eat with them?" Amber asked.

"I don't know, just wanted to get to know you and your son."

"Oh, well Tyler's not at my house right now."

"Well then lets go and get him. I love kids."

"Lance I dont know if thats such a good idea."

"Why not?"

"I don't know I just dont really think its that great of an idea."

"Well too bad, we are going to go and get him."

"Ok whatever you say Lance, you are the one that is driving."

"Yup thats right, now where is he at?"

"Hes at my moms on Delaware Street, which is coming up at the next stop light."

"Alright then, which way do you want me to turn?"

"Take a right turn here and it's the second house on the right."

"Alright I think that I can do that."

They pulled into the driveway and stopped the car and shut off the engine and just looked at each other for a minute before getting out and going up to the door.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~With JC and Michelle~*~*~*~*~*

"Well here we are at PeKing. I heard that this is a great Chinese resturant." JC said.

"yeah, its ok. I have ate here a couple of times."

"Well then what are we waiting for? Lets get going, I can hear my tummy grumbling."

"Alright, whatever you say JC." Michelle said with a giant smile.

They walked inside and quickly got seated. They sat in the back in a secluded area where not many people would notice them. Little did ever one know that this would be the beginning of another chapter in everyones life!

Chapter 7

~*~*~*With JC and Michelle at the resturant~*~*~*~*

"So what are you going to order Michelle?" JC asked.

"At this point I really dont know yet. I can't decide between teh chicken egg rolls or the chop sui."

"I already made up my mind. I know that I am going to have the sweet and sour chicken balls, with some rice."

"That sounds good also." Michelle said getting mad at herself because she couldn't make up her mind.

"Well how about that we do this? We can get one of what I am ordering and double it so that we can share it together?"

"That would be very nice JC. You don't have to buy me something if you don't want to. I have my own money." Michelle said.

"Michelle, this is a date. I am going to treat you like a princess because as far as I am concerned you are royalty to me." JC said turning a rosy pink.

"JC, that was very sweet of you to say. Actually now that I think of it that's the most sweetest thing that anyone has ever said to me."

"Well I try and be sweet and nice to people that deserve it."

"Thanks JC but you really don't have to."

"I know that I don't have to Michelle but I want to. It's not many people that can make me laugh like you do. I know that this seems dumb coming from me because we just met two days ago but I feel a connection with us. I'm pretty sure that Lance feels a connection with Amber and everything. Speaking of Lance, he said that he wanted to be alone with Amber so that he could meet her son?"

"Ohhh, I didn't know that she told him about that. Well you see, a couple of years ago Amber got pregnant by this guy who seemed like a natural Romeo to her and it turned out that he was nothing but a scum bag loser."

"Why didn't she tell Lance about that last night while we were at the apartment?" JC asked.

"Well because every time that she tells someone about Tyler they all run for the hills, and she was so scared about that because she really liked Lance, well you know what I mean, and then she had him in her house. If I was in her position I don't think that I would have told him either." Michelle said.

"Ok, now I get it. That must have been rough on her."

"yeah it was and it still is, but can we change the subject, lets talk about each other and not Amber and Lance, im sure that they arent talking about us right now."

"Thats true, hey are you really that hungry?"

"Well not really, I ate before I went to the concert. Why do you ask?"

"Because I want to leave and go somewhere that we can be alone and just talk. Is there a good dark park around here or something?" JC asked.

"Well there's one that is in walking distance from here. It's only about three blocks away." Michelle said softly.

"Ok lets go there, im getting bored with this place." JC said as he laughed and pulled Michelle's chair out so that she could get out and grabbed her hand as they walked out of the door out into total darkness."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~With Amber and Lance~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Amber and Lance walked up on the porch and Amber fumbled with her purse so that she could find the keys to her parents house even though they were still up watching TV. Amber could tell because she could look through the window and see in the TV room. Amber walked in quietly to where her mother was sitting as Lance followed her. Her mother looked up and saw who was with her daughter and quickly a smile formed on her face.

"Mom, this is Lance Bass." Amber said.

"Yeah I know who that is Amber. I'm really not that old hun. I know who *N SYNC is. So what brings you two to this neck of the woods." Amber's mom said with a laugh.

"Nothing we're just here to pick up Tyler. Lance wants to meet him and this is the last night that he is going to be in town, so this is like the only time that he is going to be able to see him unless he makes another trip up here to see us."

"Amber, im sure that I can arange that into my hectic schedule. Now where is that cute little man." Lance asked.

"Follow me, he's in his bedroom sleeping i'm sure." Amber said as she grabbed Lance's hand and led him to the back of the house where Tyler's room was at. She opened the door and to her surprise Tyler was still up.

"MOMMY!!!!" Tyler yelled as he jumped out of bed and ran into his mother's arms.

"Hey honey. I want you to meet a friend of mine. This is Lance." Amber said as she showed Lance to Tyler.

"Hey mommy, isn't that the guy that you have all of those pictures of in your bedroom.

"No, dear I don't know what you are talking about." Amber said as she turned tomato red.

"Amber you don't have to lie to me. I'm everyones fantasy." Lance said with a huge grin on his face.

"Whatever Lance. Tyler you want to go home with Lance and I so that you can sleep in your own bed?" Amber asked

"Yeah mommy, grandma is a meaniehead."

"No, shes not baby. Now get everything ready to go so that we can leave and let Grandma get back to sleep."

Tyler ran around his room and gathered up all of his toys and clothes and ran back to his mother as she scooped him up in her arms and carried him out to where his grandma was sitting.

"Thanks for everything mom, we are going to grab Tyler's car seat and leave ok. Love you."

"Alright dear, love you too. Now you two don't do anything that I wouldn't do." Amber's mom said with a stiffled laugh.

"Don't worry mom, we won't do anything bad, this I promis you. Oops sorry Lance, didn't mean to do that. Im sure that you have heard and sang that once to many times."

"Amber that's ok. Lets just get going im getting quite tired."

"ok, Lance, bye mom."

"Bye hun."

Amber, Lance and Tyler got everything packed up and headed up to Amber and Michelles apartment. No one had any idea what the rif"t was going to bring.

Chapter 8

~*~*~*~*~*~*~With JC and Michelle at the park~*~*~*~*~*

"Wow, this is a really beautiful park. I can't believe how big it is. We really don't have that many in Orlando. We have too much beach to have such a beautiful park like this."JC said in awe as he looked around at the beautiful crystal lake and big pine trees that surrounded the park.

"Yeah I always come here when I need to get away from everyday life. It's a very calming and soothing I think. It takes me to a land that I don't get to see that often. You know what I mean?" Michelle said.

"Yeah I know excatly what you mean. I have a place in Orlando that's a lot like this. Except it's in my house because of the fact that I am "JC" from *N SYNC. I just wish that I could go out like this during the day and enjoy the day without being bum rushed."

"I feel for you JC."

"Michelle do me a huge favor please?"

"What is it?"

"STOP calling me JC, call me Josh please. Every single one of my fans, and co-workers call me JC. I really don't allow many people to call me Josh unless they are special to me." JC said with a laugh.

"So what does that mean? Am I special to you Josh?"

"I don't know, do you think that I would have told you to call me Josh???"

"I really honesty don't know....I just started talking with you two days ago."

"I know that Michelle, you just have to believe me. I'm on the road all of the time and I think that I can tell when someone is special to me. I can tell stuff like that....thats why when I get to meet someone like you I tell you right of the bat so that I can get if off my chest. You know that I don't get to meet any real "Genuine" females like you. They all just want me because of my money."

"Well Josh I don't know how to tell you this and it might come to you as a shock but for me...money is nothing. It can't buy you love or happiness. Money means nothing to me, all that it does is cause problems with people who just want the money. I've learned that growning up. We really never had that much money when I was a child and now that I am on my own, I have just enough money for me."

"Yeah I know what you mean. Well actually I really don't but you know. Money doesn't make a good person or anything. If I had it my way I would rather be a middle class person. I honeslty hate having all of this money."

"Yeah it must be so bad." Michelle said sarcasticly.

"Come on Michelle don't be a smart ass. You have to take me seriously." Josh said.

"I know that I do, and i'm sorry about that. I just can't picture you having that bad of a life. I mean you have everything that anyone in their whole life could want."

"Yeah I do but you know something that I don't have?"

"What's that?" Michelle asked a little puzzled.

"A true love. I mean I've dated girls yeah, but I have never found anyone that didn't go for my money. Thats what I really want right now. I'm sick of finding all of the wrong girls. I should be finding the right girls, and I think that the right girl might be sitting in front of me." JC said as he leaned in for a kiss from Michelle. She met him half way and the kiss led them two into their own world, well for the time being.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~With Lance and Amber~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Well here we are. Lance will you go and unlock the door so that I can get Tyler out, he fell asleep and I want to put him straight to bed because he will be very crabby in the morning if he doesn't get his beauty sleep." Amber said with a smile.

"I don't want to unlock the door, how about I grab Tyler and you go and unlock the door?" Lance replied slightly pouting.

"Ok PooFu, you can grab Tyler and i'll get the door for you." Amber said as she smacked Lance on the butt.

"Ok two things here Amber. One, NEVER EVER CALL ME PooFu, and two what gave you the idea that you could touch my butt?" Lance said laughing.

"Oh, I dunno, let me see here? Didn't you just fall asleep at my house last night, didn't you have a home cooked meal here also?"

"Yeah I guess so, just don't do it again." Lance said as he laughed and lifted Tyler out of his car-seat and followed Amber into the apartment and straight back to Tyler's bedroom. "He's got a cute little room, Amber." He said as he laid Tyler down on his bed and covered him up. He stood back and watched Amber lean down and give Tyler a kiss. He couldn't help but smile at that little gesture because he knew that something so little meant so much to her. They both walked out into the living room and plopped down on the couch.

"So what do you want to do now, since we have Tyler and we can't leave to go anywhere?" Amber asked a little nervous because of the setting. Lance got up and grabbed a couple of candles and lit them with the lighter that was sitting right by the candles. He went over to the CD player and put in a cd that wasn't expected. It was *N SYNC's first album and he put the song on "God Must Have Spent."

"How about we dance the night away?" Lance said as he stuck his hand out for Amber. She got up and put her hand in his and they started to slow dance together. They just gazed at each other before Lance leaned in to kiss Amber. They slowly broke apart.

"Geez, that wasn't expected Mr.Bass" Amber said with a smirk.

"Let me guess this won't be either." Lance said as he laid Amber down on the couch and started to kiss her and letting his hands roam.

Chapter 9

"Wow, Josh what was that for?" Michelle asked as she looked Josh right in the eyes after that passionate kiss.

"I don’t know. I had to do it. Michelle you don’t know how much fun I have been having with you. Your so differnet than the other girls that I have met."

"Ok, now is that a good thing or a bad thing? You know that me being differnet." Michelle asked.

"Michelle, that is a very good thing. That means that I really think that I like you and i’m going to be coming here more often so that I can see you." Josh said with a smile.

"Josh, I really dont know if you want to rush into things with me. I mean *N SYNC is getting HUGE again and I really don’t think that you have time for a realtionship with all of the tours and photoshoots that you have to do."

"Michelle?"

"Hmmm?"

"Do you like me or not?"

"Yeah I mean........"

"Well then shut up and kiss me again." JC said as he leaned in and captured Michelle’s lips with his. They broke apart after a few minutes and just stared at each other. Michelle flinched when JC put his arm around her. "What was that about?"

"Ohh, nothing. I just got a little chill, thats all." Michelle said as she recalled one painful night in her life that she would rather forget but she cant.

FLASHBACK

"How could you do this to me, Matt?" Michelle yelled. "You just went out and slept with my friend."

"Yeah so what, what are you going to do about it? Are you going to beat me up?" Matt yelled at Michelle as he was packing his stuff and getting ready to leave.

"Your a fucking bastard and I hope that you and Crystal rot in hell." Michelle yelled back at him. Matt ran up to where Michelle was and smacked her and she fell to the ground.

"You want to tell me to rot in hell....ill make sure that your there before me."Matt said as he jumped on top of Michelle and started to punch her.

END OF FLASHBACK

***********

"Lance I don’t think that we should be doing this. I dont want you to do anything that you would regret doing when you leave tomorrow." Amber said as she gazed into his beautiful green eyes.

"Amber, why would I regret something like this? This is perfect for me. I’ve never ever met someone like you before. I feel like I have knowen you all of my life. It’s just so weird. But if you dont want to do anything I completly understand." Lance said brushing a piece of hair out of Amber’s face.

"Lance the last time that I did anything with someone, I got Tyler out of it. I’m not saying that is a bad thing or anything, I love him to death and everything. I just wish that I would have been smarter and waited."

"Speaking of Tyler, where is his dad?"

"Do we really have to talk about this now? This is like my freedom and I would rather not talk about the loser to you right now."

"Please Amber, I want to know everything about you." Lance said his green eyes piercing through Amber’s hazel eyes.

"Fine, I really don’t know where he is. He took off on Tyler and I on his first birthday. He was here for the party but he said that he wanted to get Tyler another present and then I never saw him again. So you know things havent been the best for Tyler and I."

"What a loser. I would never do that to ANYONE. I wouldnt care who it was or anything. If they were having my child I would be there through everything." Lance said with hurt in his eyes.

"Yeah so you know....I really don’t like to talk about."

"Thats ok...we dont have to talk about it anymore. We can chill her and watch TV or whatever." Lance said

"How about we start where we left off?" Amber suggested.

"That sounds fine to me." Lance said as he wrapped his arms around Amber and started to kiss her. He managed to get his hands under her shirt and pull it up over her head. She took his shirt off also and through it in the "clothes" pile on the floor.

***********

"Josh, why don’t we head on home now, its getting kinda chilly right now." Michelle said

"Ok, Michelle. Lets go to your place." JC said as he stood up and helped Michelle to her feet.

They walked over to JC’s car and jumped in and headed for her apartment. They walked in and looked around, the apartment was pitch black. Michelle went over and turned on the light and looked over on the couch and saw that Lance and Amber we getting busy on the couch. JC couldnt help but bust out laughing.

"GO PooFU, Go PooFu." JC said between laughs.

"Do you two mind?" Amber yelled as she poked her head out from underneath the covers.

"We were just going upstairs." Michelle said laughing as she turned off the light and guided her and JC upstairs!

Chapter 10

~*~*~*~*~With JC and Michelle~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

With his hand in hers, Michelle guided JC upstairs. To his surprise, they went into her bedroom. She sat down on the bed and motioned for him to do the same.

"Josh," she sighed. "I wasn’t completely honest with you earlier. When I said I was cold, I was… but that isn’t the whole reason I flinched."

"I’m listening," he said. Michelle took a deep breath and started her story.

"Up until two years ago, I was married to a man named Matt," she watched as the expression on his face turned to shock. "We were living in Canada and he started cheating on me. When I found out and confronted him about it, he – he hit me."

JC wrapped a comforting arm around her.

"I had told him to rot in hell… and he said he would see me there first," she shuddered at the memory. "He had hit me before, but that night he was really… it was really bad. I ended up being hospitalized for two months with a punctured lung, a concussion and several broken bones."

"What happened then?" He asked, trying to control his anger at her ex-husband.

"Matt agreed to go for counseling. He was still seeing his mistress the whole time I was in the hospital though. He got her pregnant and I filed for divorce."

"You did the right thing, Shelle," he told her taking her completely into his arms. "It wasn’t your fault."

"I know," she sobbed into his shoulder. "But I still have nightmares about it."

"Shh… come on, try not to worry about it."

"Josh," she looked at him with swollen, red eyes. "Will you stay with me tonight please?"

His only response was to kiss her. They lay down together with Michelle still in his arms. She fell asleep, feeling safer than she had ever had before.

*****

"Oh wow," Amber said afterwards. "Lance, that was incredible."

"You weren’t so bad yourself," he grinned and kissed the tip of her nose. "I wonder what JC and Michelle went upstairs for."

"I bet I can guess," Amber grinned wickedly. "Go Poofu, go Poofu."

Lance quickly covered her mouth with his hand and she gave it a little lick. She saw desire in his green eyes and he removed his hand, running his fingers lightly across her cheek and down her throat to her chest.

"We have to leave tomorrow," Lance told her. He watched as sadness entered her eyes. "But I want you to come with me Amber."

Surprise replaced the sadness in her eyes and she looked away.

"I can’t," she whispered and looked back at him. "Not with Tyler."

"I want both of you to come," he pleaded. "I need to have you with me."

Amber sat up and drew the blanket up around her shoulders.

"Lance, I would love nothing more than to come on tour with you. I’ve had a lot of fun these last couple of days, but life on the road is no life for Tyler. I’m sorry."

"Are you sure?" He asked, and Amber nodded. "All right."

"Please don’t be mad… stay with me tonight?" She requested and Lance nodded.

"Amber are you sure that you want me to stay with you? I mean this might only cause anger and hurt for you. Remember im not going to be here for only about three weeks out of the whole year. The only way that we could ever have something is if you were to come on the road with me. We can take it day by day and if you dont like it then ill send you and Tyler home on a plane. I promis you that we can make this work. I know that you do and I really want to." Lance said as Amber laid her head down on his chest and looked into his green eyes that were filled with so much emotion.

"Lance I really dont know at this moment." Amber said as one lone tear fell down her cheek. She knew that this was going to be the chance of a life time. But did she really want to leave Michelle or her parents???

CHAPTER 11

The next morning Amber woke up and quietly slipped out of bed making sure not to wake up Lance. She wandered into the kitchen surprised to see JC at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee that he must have made himself because she didn’t see Michelle anywhere.

"Hey Jace," Amber said as she walked over to the cupboard to get out a coffee mug.

"Goodmorning to you Amber." JC said with a smile.

"So how was your night?" Amber asked

"Well all that I can say it wasnt as good as yours. Michelle told me about her ex-husband."

"Ohhh." Amber said surprised.

"Amber why didnt you tell me that?"

"For the same reason why I didnt tell Lance that I have a son."

"You have a son?"

"Yup, his name is Tyler and here he comes." Amber said reaching out her arms for Tyler to come too as he rubbed his green eyes.

"Hi, mommy." Tyler said as he climmed onto his mothers lap and rested his head on her chest.

"Tyler, this is JC. He’s a friend of mommy’s and a really good friend of Shelle’s." Amber said pointing to JC.

"Hey there little guy." Josh said smiling.

"Hi." Tyler said as he jumped off Amber’s lap. "I’m going to go play with my toys mommy."

"Ok, hun just be quiet mommy’s friend and Shelle are still sleeping." Amber said.

"JC, I need to talk with you about Lance." Amber said seriously.

"What about Lance, what did he do now?" JC questioned.

"Last night after we got done with our fun that was interupted he asked me to go on the road with him. He said that we could take Tyler with us and everything but I just don’t know. What do you think that I should do and do you think that he means it when he says all of that stuff to me?"

"Amber, you have to understand famous people like us. We can tell the pure people from the people that just want our money and those people are very hard to find so when we find one we ar going to do whatever we can to keep them. It’s obvious that Lance really likes you so you do what you want to do. Actually last night while Michelle and I were upstairs in her bedroom I was going to ask her to come with us also. Do you think that she would come with us?"

"Jace I really dont know. Lets drop it right now because I think that I hear someone coming down the hall."

Amber’s prediction was right. About ten seconds after Amber said to drop it Michelle strolled into the kitchen and went to the same cupboard that Amber had just visited just moments before to get a coffee cup out.

"Hey Amber, hi Josh." Michelle said as she poured her coffee and sat down next to JC.

"Hey Michelle." JC said as he looked over at her.

"Well I think that I am going to go and wake Lance up. We have a lot of stuff to talk about right now so ill leave you two alone." Amber said as she exited the kitchen and headed out to the family room where Lance was sleeping peacefully on the pull-out bed.

"Michelle, I really need to ask you something and I want you to answer me truthfully." Josh said pulling Michelle’s hands into hers.

"Ok, what is it?" Michelle asked.

"Michelle, I-I really want you to come on the road with me. I want us to have something. I don’t want to ruin the best thing that has happened to me since my breakup with that bitch. Please do this for me."

"Josh, I dont think that I can leave Amber and Tyler. They are the only real family that i have and I dont want to ruin that."

"Lance already asked Amber and Tyler to come with him. So you dont have to worry about that."

"If Amber goes then I will go but if she doesn’t im not going to leave her side."

"Ok, I totally understand Michelle." JC said as he leaned in and gave her a quick peck on the cheek.

********

"Lance honey, wake up." Amber whispered into Lance’s ear.

"Amber, what time is it?" Lance asked as he opened his eyes a little bit.

"It’s ten thirty in the morning."

"Is JC up yet?"

"Yeah him and Michelle are in the kitched talking about some stuff."

"Ohhhh, so baby have you made up your mind about coming with us on the road. You can even take Michelle with you if you want to."

"You dont have to worry about me taking Michelle with me because JC I think is going to ask her to come with him."

"Well then you dont have any reason not to come." Lance said with a smirk.

"Yeah, i know that’s why im going to pack some stuff so that Tyler and I can come with you. But are you sure its going to be ok with the other guys and managment."

"If the guys dont like it then we will get our own bus, which im sure will happen anyways because theres not enough room and everything. As for managment they will do what I say!" Lance said with confidence.

"Ok then, Tyler and I are getting ready to go with you."

"WOOOHOOOOOOOO!" Lance screamed.

"My god what was that all about" Michelle asked as she ran into the room.

"Amber just agreed to come on the road with us." Lance said as he jumped out of bed forgetting that he didnt have on any boxers or anything. "oops" He muttered as he jumped back in bed turning about forty differnet shades of red..

"Cute Lance, but Michelle are you going to come with us then?" josh asked.

"Yeah I think that I am."

Chapter 12

"Well Michelle are you ready for whatever lie ahead of us on this road? I dont know that I am but im goign for it anyway. This is the best thing that has ever happened to me and im not letting it slip away from me. I dont care if my mom wants me to stay here or not."

"I take it that you told your mother that you were leaving?" Michelle said as she helped Amber pack the last of Tyler’s clothes into a bag.

"Yeah, she threw a huge fit because she says this might just be a set up for me to get hurt and all of the usual crap that I get from her." Amber said as she lifted Tyler’s bag and started to head downstairs to where Lance and JC were playing with Tyler and waiting for the girls to get ready.

"Are you ready now Amber?" Lance asked as he started to put Tyler’s coat on him.

"Yeah, I think that I have everything that I need. We have his car-seat in

your car don’t we Lance?" Amber asked.

"Yup, JC put it in there for me." Lance said

"Thanks Jace. So do we know what is going on yet with all the arrangements?" Amber said

"We got our own bus, and managment knows everything and they didnt protest at all. The only one that protested was Justin but thats because he cant have his bitch with him because none of us can stand her and shes on tour right now anyways. He’s just jealous because he can never find a down to earth girl like JC and I found here." Lance said

"Yup, you are going to have to get used to Justin because he’s always whining about something not going his way. So if he gets an attitude with you tell him where to shove it." Josh said with a smile as he wrapped an arm around Michelle and started to walk out the door with her bags.

"Amber are you sure that you want to do this?" Lance asked his green eyes piercing through Amber’s blue ones.

"Lance I am as sure as I have ever been, I think." Amber said as she smiled to her self and grabbed three of the five bags that we laying on the floor and started to walk out to Lance’s 4-runner.

Michelle walked over to where Amber was putting the bags and put an arm around her. "Everythings going to be fine, I promis you Amber. We have always dreamed about this since we met. This is our chance, and even if it doesn’t work out we will have all of the good memories and NO ONE can take that away from us."

"Thanks Michelle I really needed that." Amber said as she gave her friend a hug.

"Well are we ready ladies?" Lance asked as he came up and wrapped his arms around Amber.

"I think so Lance. Tylers over there with JC is see." Amber said lauging as she looked over and saw Tyler and JC wresting on the grass in front of the apartment. "Hold on I have to get a picture of this." she said as she ran over to the car and grabbed her camera.

"Hey now, I dont think that I told anyone that they could snap a picture of me." JC said as he came running and grabbed Amber and twirled her in the air. "Michelle, I can already tell that this is going to be the best thing that has ever happened to me."

"Well lets get going everyone because we have to be at the airport to meet the other guys in about an hour so we really have to scaddle." Lance said as he jumped in his car.

"Here we go Michelle." Amber said as she gave Shelle a hug and got Tyler in his car seat and jumped in Lance’s car.

"Well Amber, I hope that you dont regret anything that might happen with this. I know that this is going to be the best thing that has ever happened to you besides you having a beautiful baby boy." Lance said as he rested a hand on Amber’s thigh.

They arrived at the airport about a half an hour later and got all of their belongings onto a cart and started towards the gate where they were supposed to meet the other guys. They had to walk a ways to get to the gate.

"Hey Chris." Lance said as he saw Chris walking around.

"Man, I was just looking for you, everyone was worried sick that you wernt coming or that you were going to be late. Lets get going." Chris said

"Hi to you too." Josh said with a smirk.

"Hey everyone!" Lance said as Joey, Justin, and their bodyguards came into view.

"Yeah hey." JC said.

"Hey, its about damn time you got here, go over there and drop your bags off so that we can board the plane. We have to do a couple shows over in Europe." Joey said.

"Michelle and I will take the bags over so that you can talk." amber said.

"Alright hun." Lance said as he gave Amber a quick peck on the lips.

"Man you have fallen HARD for that girl and her son havent you Lance?" Joey asked.

"Yeah I guess that you can say that. Shes so pure and genuine, to me shes a goddess. Shes everything that I have ever wanted. Except that I wish Tyler was mine and not her ex’s." Lance said looking over at the baggage department and watching Amber with Tyler.

"Dude, dont tell me that you are wanting to addopt Tyler. You arent even married or anything and you have only knowen each other for about a week." Chris chimed in.

"I might be, and about the marrige thing were going to be together for a long time on the road so you never know what might happen." He saw Amber walking over to him and went to go and meet her half way. "So did everything go good?"

"Yep, just perfect." Amber said with a glow in her eyes that hasnt been seen by anyone for a long time.

"YOU MAY START BOARDING FOR FLIGHT 269 FOR PAIRIS FRANCE"

"Well thats us, lets get going." JC said as he grabbed Michelle and headed to the gate.

CHAPTER 13

They arrived in Paris about six hours later. They all jumped off the plane and stretched. Like usual there were about two hundred fans and paparazzi standing there wanting to talk with them and get pictures. They all walked down the ramp and immediatly the cameras started flashing and the questions were being asked. Of course everyone wondered who Michelle and Amber were and JC and Lance told them that they were their significant other. They were escorted to the limo that was awaiting them.

"Wow, I dont think that I have ever seen that many flashes go off in my life." Amber said lauging as Lance climed in the limo.

"Yeah, thats why Lance and I wear sunglasses when we get off planes and differnet stuff like that. You see that Justin, Chris and Joey are the dumb ones that dont wear anything because they think that they are manly or something." JC said as he ducked a flying pillow that Chris threw at him.

"Well so what are we going to do while we are here besides give concert and the usual stuff like that?" Joey asked

"Well I know that JC and I talked and we were going to take Amber, Tyler and Michelle to the Eiffel Tower and to a couple art museums, if they dont mind." Lance said.

"I dont know that I should take Tyler that high up, wouldnt that like hurt his ears or something." Amber said a little confused.

"Well if you dont want to take him up there im sure that we can find someone to watch him from management or one of the guys." JC said.

"Ok, that sounds good to me." Amber said as she laid her head down on Lance’s shoulder.

They drove for another hour before they got to their hotel . Amber, Lance, Tyler, Michelle and JC all agreed to share a room. Justin, Chris and Joey were going to share a room. Joey had someone from room service bring up a cot because like usual he was the one that got stuck with sleeping on it. Joey walked over to Lance and JC’s room and knocked.

"Hey Joey." Lance said as he opened the door for Joey to come in.

"Hey, I was wondering what everyone was doing over here? Justin like usual is going to sit in the room and sulk and Chris is having Dani fly in because she got someone to take over the FuMan shop for a week." Joey said as he sat on the bed next to Tyler.

"Wow, thats cool. I’ve always wanted to meet her. Ive heard from everyone that shes a real sweetheart." Michelle said as she laid back on the hotel bed placing her head on JC’s chest.

"Hey Lance and JC can I talk with you two for a minute." Joey asked.

"Sure." Lance said as he got up from the bed and JC follwed them into the bathroom.

"Ok, not to be the bad guy of the group but arent you two rushing into things a little quick? I mean JC you take michelle on tour with you when you have only knowen her for about a week AND LANCE you take Amber and her SON on tour with you. I mean everything seems a little sudden for me. You act like they are your long time girlfriends or something."

"Joey, I really dont think that you have any where at all to comment about us." Josh said.

"Yeah last time I checked I didnt bring my mother with me on tour or did I?" Lance said.

"Well ok, Ill let you two get screwed on your own. I was just trying to help you out and make sure that you know what you are getting yourselves into." Joey said as he walked out of the bathroom and stormed out of the hotel room.

"What was that all about?" Amber asked as Lance and JC came out of the bathroom together.

"Oh Joey just thinks that we are being dumb about having you guys on tour with us because we just met not to long ago and all of that dumb stuff." Josh said as he went over to Michelle and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Oh, Michelle would you do me a favor and watch Tyler for a minute because I want to talk with Lance for a minute?"

"Ok, Amber."

"Thanks hun." Amber said as she grabbed Lance and headed out of the hotel room with him.

"Whats wrong with you Amber?" Lance said as he looked into Amber’s blue eyes and saw tears forming.

"Lance I just dont think that it was that good of an idea for Tyler and I to come with you because were just starting problems with everyone. I mean I love being here with you and everything but I just think that Tyler and I should go back."

"Amber dont say that please. You know that you like it here and I really dont care what every one else says because I am going to do what I want to and no one will stop me from doing that." Lance said as he guided Amber into his arms.

"Lance I just dont know if I should stay here, I dont want to cause anyone problems. I mean and having Tyler here doesnt make it that easy on you. I just dont want to be a pest to you or anything."

"Amber. You and Tyler are practially the best things that have happened to me since the break-up with you know who. I love having you with me, it makes everything so much better. I love when I wake up and your in my arms and Tyler is all cuddled up with you. I just dont know what it is but I think that I have fallen in love with you Amber and I dont want you to take that away because I know that you feel the same way about me."

"Your right Lance I do feel the same way. I just dont know how to act with all of this fame a fortune."

"Amber I dont expect you to know how to act. I still dont know how to act with everything. I just do it day by day. Now lets get back up with Michelle, JC, and Tyler." Lance said as he walked with Amber to the room. They walked into the room and Tyler had fallen asleep and Michelle and Josh were sitting on the bed cudling and talking with each other.

"So what do we want to do tonight?" Josh asked?

"I was thinking of taking Amber to the Eiffel Tower tonight? Do you and Michelle wanna come with us? Its the most romantic place in Paris." Lance said

"Yeah I think that we will tag along for that. I have a little something planned anyway." JC said as he smirked and looked over at Michelle.

"Yeah me to." Lance said as he kissed the tip of Ambers nose.

CHAPTER 14

Michelle and Amber agreed to all of the plans and went to get ready. Lance went to go and find someone to watch Tyler and JC went to the store to get some wine.

Lance walked over to one of his good friends hotel door and knocked on it.

"Hey Meredith." Lance said as Meredith opened the door and motioned for him to come inside.

"Hey there Lance, long time no talk. So how is that new girlfriend of yours? She seems like a sweetheart. You must like her a lot to bring her on tour in such short notice."

"Yeah I do like her a lot. She makes me feel normal. Meredith, I need you to do me a huge favor."

"Lance what is it? You know that I would do mostly anything for you." Meredith said laughing.

"I would greatly appreciate it if you could watch Amber’s son for us tonight. JC and I have something planned and he cant go because of where we are going and how high up we are going to be."

"Sure Lance ill do it, but do you think that Amber is going to like having your ex-girlfriend watch her son?"

"Mere, please don’t bring that up to her. I don’t think that she knows about it and I would rather not let her know about it. We have a really good friendship right now and that’s how I want to keep it please." Lance pleaded with her.

"Ok then Lance, what time do I have to be there?"

"How about eight thirty?"

"Ok that sounds good. Ill be there. Bye Lance." Meredith said as Lance walked out of her room and down the hall to his room. He got out his key and saw that JC was coming down the hall with nothing in his hands. Lance thought for a minute and remember that he said that he was going to the store.

"Hey Jace, where are your bags?" Lance asked.

"Thats part of my surprise for Michelle. And I was wondering if you would like to join in on my surprise?" JC said.

"Well what is it?" Lance asked

"Michelle does it sound like someone is outside our door talking?" Amber asked from inside the room.

"Yeah actually it does, i’m going to go and check to see who is outside the room." Michelle said as she went over to the peep hole and looked out and started to laugh.

"Who is it Shelle?" Amber asked.

"Take a look for yourself." Michelle said as she opened the door to find Lance and JC in front of the door talking.

"What are you two doing?" Amber asked as she looked over Michelle’s shoulder and laughed.

"Nothing just talking about tonight." Josh said as he walked in the room and hugged Michelle.

"Wow, Amber you look nice." Lance said as he stared at Amber’s dress. She was wearing her new Tommy Hilfiger dress that she had gotten for the concert about a week ago but didn’t end up wearing it.

"Thanks Lance, but you need to get ready now. Actually you and JC need to get ready." Amber said as she pushed Lance playfully into the bathroom.

"I’m going to go across the hall and get ready. Justin said that I could use their bathroom for a few minutes. Lance do you want to do what we were talking about?" JC asked as he was walking out of the door.

"Yeah sure, just make sure that it is good because if its not cool, i’m going to have to beat you Jace." Lance yelled from the bathroom.

Josh walked over to Justin’s room and knocked and he was quickly let in. It took the guys about half an hour all together to get ready.

"Well are we ready?" Michelle asked.

"Yes we are, all we have to do is get Meredith down here to watch Tyler and I’ll go and get her right now." Lance said as he started to walk out the door but was stopped abruptly by JC.

"You are having Meredith watch Tyler? Dude, she’s your ex girlfriend. That’s just not right Lance."

"Jace, she was the only one that I could think of that would do it in such short notice. Please don’t tell anyone about our past that doesn’t already know about it." Lance said as he walked down the hall to Meredith’s room.

"Meredith are you ready to watch Tyler?" Lance asked as Meredith swung open the door.

"Yup. let me grab my purse and ill be ready." She went and grabbed her purse, made sure that she had her key and walked out of the room down where JC was standing.

"Well here is the room." Lance said as he opened the door and gave her a key and motioned for Amber to come on.

"Thanks a lot Meredith for watching Tyler. Im sure that he will be good. He goes to bed in about forty-five minutes and there are snacks for him on the bar." Amber bent down to give Tyler a hug and a kiss. "I love you Tyler, you be good for Meredith."

"I will mommy, I promise." Tyler said as he let go of his mom and walked her walk down the hall.

CHAPTER 15

They walked out of the hotel and straight to the limo to avoid the paparazzi and the fans. This was their night on the town and they didn’t want it interrupted for anything. They drove the fifteen minutes to get to the Eiffel tower and it was unlike anything Amber or Michelle has ever seen before. Lance and JC were the first ones out of the car to assure that the girls would have arms to grab. Amber was the first one out and she was of course followed by Michelle.

"This way madam." JC said as he grabbed Michelle’s right arm and intertwined his with hers.

"Wow, Lance this is beautiful." Amber said as Lance wrapped his coat around Amber’s bare shoulders.

"Just wait until you see it from the top." Lance said as he and Amber followed JC and Michelle to a little room where the elevator was.

"Now you guys I had to pull some strings to get us up here because it usually closes at five. So I got the key and we can go up. Were only supposed to stay here for about two hours they said. I really don’t care how long we stay here." JC said as he opened the elevator door with the key that he had.

"Up we go." Lance said as he gave Amber a little peck on the lips.

They got to the top of the tower and Lance and JC quickly put their hands over Michelle and Amber’s eyes.

"Now you two CAN’T peak." JC said laughing as he guided Michelle over to a chair.

"Yeah Amber, no peeking." Lance said as he also guided Amber over to a chair.

They slowly took their hands away from their eyes and watched the expressions on their faces and watched the tears start to fall.

"LANCE.....JC.....my god this is so beautiful." Amber managed to squeak out as she looked over at the candles and flowers that were arranged all pretty.

"JC, I don’t know what to say. No one has ever done anything like this for me before." Michelle said as she stood up and gave Josh a passionate kiss on the lips.

"Well do you two like it?" Lance asked.

"Duh, Lance what do you think we are Dumb? Of course we love it. This is so romantic. God, how long did it take you to get this set up?" Amber asked.

"I didn’t know anything about it until JC brought it up to me. I didn’t know what I was going to do for you Amber but I decided to go with JC on this because he usually knows what he is talking about." Lance said as he came up behind Amber and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"So why don’t you two lovely ladies take a seat and we can all bask in this beautiful scenery." JC suggested.

"I’m going to go and look around, is that ok Josh?" Amber asked.

"Yeah that’s fine Amber. Why don’t you take Scoop with you so that Michelle and I can have some time alone?" JC said.

"Lance, you want to come with me?" amber asked.

"Sure, I have nothing else to do and I can tell that i’m not wanted over here." Lance said with a funny pout.

"Whatever Lance, now you and Amber don’t have to much fun and don’t do anything that I wouldn’t do." JC said laughing as he sat down next to Michelle and watched as Lance and Amber disappeared into the darkness.

"So Shelle, what would you like to do or talk about? I know that there isn’t anything really going on right now but it doesn’t matter to me as long as we are here together." JC said. When she didn’t reply or turn to look at him he got a little worried. "Michelle?"

He lightly touched her arm and she finally looked at him, and he saw she was crying. "Shelle, what’s wrong? Is it something I -"

She shook her head, wiping her eyes. "It’s perfect, Josh. I’ve always wanted to visit the Eiffel Tower and you’re here with me. I couldn’t ask for anything else."

"Oh Michelle," Putting his arms around her, JC pulled her close and kissed the top of her head. "This week has been the best week of my life."

Raising her head to look at him, she searched his eyes for a moment before leaning in and kissing him passionately. He more than welcomed her kiss and before either of them knew it they were laying down with their clothes scattered around them.

"Are you sure you want this, Shelle?" JC asked, looking down at her as he propped himself up on his hands.

Nodding, she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him down to her. "I need you, Josh."

Their lips met in a frenzied kiss and remained locked until they called out each others names minutes later. Kissing her forehead, JC laid his head on her shoulder, wrapping his arms around her waist. "I love you, Michelle." he whispered softly in her ear, his warm breath tickling her bare skin.

"I love you, too, Josh." she whispered back, running her hands over his back.

"Well I think that we better get dressed and look for Amber and Lance. Our two hours are way up." Michelle said as she and JC lay there basking in the afterglow.

"Yeah I know, I just wish that we could stay here like this forever. Its so peaceful." JC said as he stood up to get dressed and helped Michelle to her feet. "Michelle tell me that you dont regret anything that just happened. I know that I don’t."

"Josh, I dont regret anything. How could I? You are perfect . Your sweet and caring and all of the above. I couldnt ask for more." Michelle said as she started to pull her underclothes on and get dressed. Only minutes later they heard the faint voices of Amber and Lance coming from the hall.

"Look like we got dressed and everything at the perfect time." Josh said as he and Michelle walked to meet Lance and Amber half way."

"Josh?"

"Yeah Michelle." JC asked as he and Michelle stopped for a minute.

"I’ll never forget this night."

"Neither will I Shelle, neither will I."

CHAPTER 16

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*SIX MONTHS LATER~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Thank you all for coming to tonights concert. This isnt a normal concert. As you all know this is the part that we usually go straight into "God Must Have Spent" but JC and I would like to do something special right now. So would you all welcome out onto the stage mine and JC’s lovely girlfriends Amber and Michelle." Lance said as he and JC walked over to the side of the stage and helped Michelle and Amber up the stairs onto the stage.

"Lance what are you doing?" Amber asked frightened.

"Amber just work with us here." Josh said as he smiled.

"Now what we are going to do is going to be a shock to everyone but it has to be done and what better time to do it then right now here in Orlando on a televised concert. We want the world to know how much these two ladies mean to us. Michelle take a seat here and Amber you sit right here." JC said pointing to two chairs that were placed in the middle of the stage.

"Amber, these last months that I have spent with you and Tyler have been the best months of my life. I never imagined that someone as perfect as you would come into my life. I worked this over in my head for months and I knew that I had to do this because I couldnt let you get out of my hands, so that is why I am here now. Amber Lynne Whiting would you please be my wife?" Lance asked as he dropped down to one knee."

Amber just shook her head as the tears started to fall. "Lance I dont know what to say."

"How about yes?"

"Yes, Lance I would love to be your wife." Amber said as she stood up and Lance enveloped her into his arms.

"Thank you Amber." Lance whispered softly into her ear.

"Now, its my turn." JC said as he also dropped down to one knee. "Michelle we have been through a lot these last couple of months. We have had our ups and downs with everything and we always managed to get through everything and work everything out together. That what I like to see. I want someone that we can do stuff together. You are the perfect woman in my eyes and I want you to always be mine. So I ask you this now, Michelle Leigh Trottier would you do me the pleasure in becoming my wife?"

Michelle stood up and jumped into Josh’s arms and bawled on his shoulder. "Yes, JC. I will be your wife." She managed to spit out as she was crying. The cries of the fans were enormous. All of the fans took it better than everyone else had imagined. The guys launched into "God Must Have Spent" with Michelle and Amber still on stage. Lance and JC walked with them on the stage and sang to them. Everyone knew that this was going to be a beautiful turn in the lives of Michelle, JC, Lance and Amber.

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