"And the winner is� *NSYNC!" The crowd went wild as the five boys headed to the stage to receive their award. The crowd quieted down for the guys to give their acceptance speech. The quiet lasted until *NSYNC thanked the fans. Then the crowd was screaming and clapping once more. After a final wave, the five went backstage to the after party.

�Wow, I can�t believe we actually won Favorite group.� Lance said as *NSYNC walked down the hall to the after party. �I thought for sure the Backstreet Boys were gonna win."

�Why did you think that, Lansten?� Justin asked his friend, �Don�t you have any faith in us?�

�Not really.� Joey whacked Lance in the back of his head. �Oww! I was just kidding. I just thought BSB would win because of all the attention they�ve been getting.�

�I�m going to go get Busta out of his kennel and bring him here.� Chris said as they entered the room where the party was being held. He headed out the door to where they left Busta. As Chris entered the room, Brian from the Backstreet Boys was just leaving with his dog, Lil� Tyke.

�Hey Chris! Good thing you�re here. When I came to get �Lil Tyke, Busta sure was whimpering,� Brian said when Chris stopped to pet �Lil Tyke. �Oh, and congratulations on winning favorite group.�

�Thanks Brian, same to you on winning video of the year.� Brian gave a nod, and went back to the party. Chris kneeled in front of Busta�s kennel, and let him out. Busta thanked him by giving Chris a quick lick on the face.

�At least Brian congratulated us. Come on Busta, Let�s go party!� Chris said to the pug. Chris snapped a leash to Busta�s Collar, and they went back to the party.

People immediately surrounded Chris when he entered the party room with Busta. They all wanted to see and pet Busta. �Look at that, Busta. You�re the most popular pet in the room!�

Meanwhile, the Backstreet Boys watched the crowd thicken where Chris and Busta were. �What does that dog got that Lil� Tyke don�t got?� Nick asked.

�Nice grammar, Nick,� AJ said. �I have no idea. Whatever it is, it sure makes the people swarm.� The Backstreet Boys watched as half the room moves over to where Chris came in with his dog. Chris was making his way through the crowd to where DJ Scribble was playing the party music.

�Hey Scribble, the crowd sure likes Busta. They practically attacked us,� Chris said to DJ Scribble.

�Yeah they sure like puppies. I wonder why that didn�t happen when Brian came in with Lil� Tyke?� Scribble pondered.

�I know why, that�s any easy one,� Chris said, �Busta has pug appeal.�

�Nice, come up with that phrase yourself?� Scribble asked. Chris nodded, bouncing to the party music beat. �Hey, I heard you do some DJing, wanna give it a try on the tables?�

�I�d love to, just got to find someone to watch Busta,� Chris said, scanning the crowd for one of his bandmates. He spotted Justin near by, and quickly ran up to him. �Will you watch Busta for me? Thanks,� He said, handing Busta off to Justin before even getting an answer. Chris hurried back to the DJ booth to mix the party music.

�Yeah sure, thanks for even waiting for my reply,� Justin said to nobody. �Like I have nothing to do but stand around with a dog.� Justin looked around for someone to pass Busta to. He saw JC sitting at a table near the dance floor. �Hey JC,� Justin said walking towards his friend with Busta under his arm. �Chris is making me watch Busta and I really want to dance. Would you watch Busta.�

�Uhh-�

�Thanks buddy. I can always count on you,� Justin said, tossing Busta onto JC�s lap, running off before JC could say anything more. Lance came walking up to JC.

�Hi JC. Why do you have Busta?� He asked.

�I�m not really sure,� he answered. Just then, Sting walked by them. �Hold Busta for a second, I have to say hi to Sting.� Almost seconds after Lance had Busta, Lance passed him to Joey as he walked by, and went to join JC without saying a thing.

Joey looked down at the pug now in his arms. �Now why am I holding you?� he asked the dog. Busta answered by squirming out of Joey�s arms and took off through the dance floor. Joey started to go after him, but figured Busta would eventually find Chris. That�s what happened every other time Busta got loose. Joey continued on his way.

Later in the night, the DJing spot was switched back to DJ Scribble and Chris went to find Justin to get his dog back. He eventually found Justin, with no Busta with him. �Where�s my dog, Justin?� Chris asked.

�I uh, gave him to JC so I could dance,� Justin answered Chris.

�Where�s JC?�

�I don�t know. Good luck finding him,� Justin began walking away. Chris grabbed him by his shirt collar and pulled Justin back.

�You�re not going anywhere. You have to help me find JC.� Justin tried to get out of it, but eventually gave in and began helping Chris search for JC. After looking for nearly a half-hour, they found JC talking with Lance and Howie.

�Hey JC, where�s Busta?� Justin asked.

�I gave him to Lance,� JC answered. Everyone looked at Lance for his explanation.

�I passed Busta to Joey,� Lance said

�Great! It�s gonna take FOREVER to find Joey,� Chris sighed, sitting on the table closest to them.

�I�ll help look for him,� Howie said. JC, Lance and Justin also said they would help. So they got up and began their search. During their search, they ran into AJ and Brian from the Backstreet Boys, who also agreed to help find Joey. They eventually found Joey among all the people dancing. JC pulled him off the dance floor.

�Where�s Busta?� Chris said, starting to get worried about his dog.

�Well, um, he like, uh, got loose,� Joey said. Chris sat on the floor to pout as everyone else started talking a mile a minute, trying to figure out how to find Busta. They were all so busy talking they didn�t even hear Kevin, who had walking up to them, trying to get their attention.

�GUYS! I think I know where Busta is,� Kevin yelled for the fifth or sixth time, finally getting a reaction.

�Where? Take him to me,� Chris said jumping up from his spot on the floor.

�Well� I don�t know where he is EXACTLY,� Kevin began, getting groans from the other guys. �But, I saw Nick picking him up.�

�Okay. So how are we going to find Nick?� AJ asked.

�Why do you need to find Nick when I�m right here?� Someone said from behind. They all turned to see Nick standing near them.

�Where�s my dog?!� Chris demanded, stomping up to Nick.

�Chill dude,� Nick said to Chris. �I put him in his cage in the back room. You really shouldn�t be letting your dog run around like that.�

No one had heard the last sentence Nick said, because they had all run off to the room. Nick quickly ran to catch up. As he got to the room�s doorway, he saw Chris kneeling next to an empty dog cage.

�How could he have gotten out?� Brian asked, holding a squirming �Lil Tyke in his arms.

��Lil Tyke, what is your problem?� Howie asked as the dog he barked and tried to get down. He succeeded, and ran out the door.

�Great! Now we have two loose dogs,� Joey said as he followed everyone else out the door. *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys split up to look for both of the dogs. After looking around for what seemed forever, they came back together, empty handed.

�Where could they have possibly gone to?� AJ asked, sitting at an empty table near by.

�You think the could have gotten outside?� Lance asked, sitting down next to AJ

�Please, don�t even make me think of what would happen if they were outside,� JC remarked, sitting on the other side of AJ.

�Chris! Brian! Would you be looking for these guys?� They heard someone shout. Everyone looked up to see Carson Daly walking up to them, with Busta under one arm and �Lil Tyke under the other.

�Where�d you find them?� Chris asked as his dog jumped out of Carson�s grasp and ran up to him.

�I was starting to leave, when I saw them running around in the lobby. How come the dogs were loose in the first place?�

�LONG story.� Justin said. Carson just left it at that.

�How did Busta get out of his cage?� JC wondered as they all walked out of the building together. The only explanation was it's his Pug Appeal.

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