AN:  Cause Joey's a good guy at heart...  I think. =)  The lyrics are for a song called
"Annabella's Song" but it fits Brianna perfectly.  Nicknames are wonderful things. LOL

Feedback of any kind would be nice people.  I get few emails and the number is dwindling.



********************************* Brianna's Song **********************************


*I see you roll your eyes
 You know it makes me smile
 You are like the sun to me
 Bright as liquid fire
 I feel so powerless
 To hold you up above the world
 You are quite a lot of trouble
 Such a pretty little girl
 Such a pretty little girl*


Joey tried not to laugh as Justin continued on a tirade about his solo tour and possible
second album.  Brianna was making it extremely difficult.  The adorable imp was alternating
between rolling her eyes and trying to mash bannanas into Chris's mohawk.  She was
frighteningly successful and a snort escaped despite itself.  Justin sighed.

"You aren't even paying attention to me Joe.  I seriously don't know why I bother..."

He surrenderd to laughter.  "But J, Brianna, bannana..."  Joey trailed off as Justin turned
around and sighed again.  Brianna and Chris looked up, guilty.  A smile tugged at the corners
of his lips.

"You're one lucky man Joe," Justin said softly.  Joey Fatone nodded, solemn.

"I know and I thank God every day for blessing me with his most precious angel."  Brianna
squealed and smashed the rest of the bannana onto Chris's head.  All three *NSYNC members
winced as Joey's daughter giggled.


*You know I'm never home
 I'm always miles and miles away
 I feel I'm runnin' out of time
 Say the things I need to say
 Call you on the telephone
 You will not talk to me
 Yeah you just don't understand
 You are my everything*


"What's wrong with Joe today?  He's being a bastard..."  Chris raised thick brows at JC's 
question and answered.  

"Its Brianna's brithday."  

Jayce's blue eyes widened and he glanced at their band mate as he yelled at Justin for 
leaving his socks on the floor of the Toy Room.  "Oh" JC said softly.  

Chris nodded somberly.  "Big oh."  


*Anna, Anna
 Tell me what you want
 Tell me what you need
 Anna, Anna, you are never alone
 You are never alone*


"I miss you Brianna Anna..."

Lance tried not to listen as Joey cooed into the phone and sang to a daughter he hadn't 
seen in six months.  He shifted in his seat and tried to quell the pity that was rising 
in his chest.  Joey didn't take pity from anyone and it wasn't Lance's place to offer it.  

Lance hated that he was glad to be single and unattached.  Hated that in the fifteen 
years that *NSYNC had been together he had never had the chance of raising a family.  
Hated more that Joey had a family that he never got to see.


*Anna, Anna
 Tell me what you want
 Tell me what you need
 Anna, Anna, you are never alone
 You are never alone*


Father's Day was a bad day for Joey Fatone.  He tried to make it home when he could, 
but the years he couldn't were often bloody affairs.  A wrong word or gesture from the 
other four could send the usually laid back Joe into a rage that often resulted in black 
eyes and split lips.  

Joey got Brianna a cell phone when she was seven so that she could call him whenever she
wanted.  They talked on the phone for hours upon hours.  

The wild man had grown up and he missed his daughter desperately.  


*I like to watch you play
 When you don't know I'm there
 See you in your sleep at night
 Reach out and touch your hair
 I wanna make this world
 Be just how you want it to be
 Yeah you just don't understand
 You're my everything*


When he was home Joey was by Brianna's side constantly.  His little girl had grown up in 
leaps and bounds, from a precious baby to a beautiful child.  He spent hours on the floor 
with her, playing tag or chase or Barbie.  

He loved watching TV with her because he could watch her face without her squriming and 
wonder at the miracle of her existence.  He and Kelly never married but they were more a 
couple than many married couples they knew.  They had their differences but when the 
three of them sat on the couch with a movie on, Brianna between them, he and her could 
share a look of such complete understanding that saying vows didn't matter.  Brianna was 
their promise to each other and themselves.  

She was their forever.  She was his salvation.  She was his daughter.

*NSYNC was his life but Brianna was Joey Fatone's world.  He wouldn't have it any 
other way.     


*Anna, Anna
 Tell me what you want
 Tell me what you need
 Anna, Anna, you are never alone
 You are never alone*