The five men sat in the home they were vacationing in doing various activities. Off in one corner sat two of the individuals who were occupying themselves playing poker with Candy in replace of money as the bets. Another figure sat at the desk off in another corner of the room, working hard on his laptop, on pressing business matters that just never seemed to be able to wait for another day. In the middle of the room sat the remaining two men watching some old made for television movie. Actually watching was being generous only one of them was paying any sort of attention to it and even then he wouldn�t be able to tell you what just happened if you asked him. He was to intent on checking up on the younger man who was drifting in and out of a very light sleep. The young man was doing everything he could to force himself to stay awake only desperately losing the battle to sleep.
The poor guy had been having nightmares for the last few weeks and it was now to the point that he was terrified even at the prospect of going to sleep. However he know that with the four sets of eyes of the men he considered brothers, watching him that they would never let him and alone and just not sleep. They would sooner tackle him, hold him down and force something down his throat that would eventually lead him to sleep.
JC looked at his best friend who had now given the fight to stay awake and at the moment seemed to be sleeping peacefully. Looking at his friend JC�s mind wondered to the to the nightmares, all of the different types of nightmares there were in the world Justin had had them all. Justin would describe his nightmares to the others in vivide details to the rest of the group, at their persistence of course, and it was easy to see why he would be so scared by them� they were terrifying in the least. It would even make JC cringe himself as he was being told them. Nsync thought that the nightmares Justin had been having were cause mainly by the stress and exhaustion of their busy lives. In fact that is way they came on this vacation, so they could all get away for a while (and maybe get some songs written)� and even more hopefully so that Justin�s nightmares would stop with some much needed rest. So far it had been working, even Justin himself had noted that the nightmares had become less intense and less frequent than before. The group was incline to believe him, cause not only had they noticed that but they also knew him to well so that they knew when he was lying to them� it was impossible for him to get away with it�. So most of the time Justin or any other group member didn�t even tried to lie to the others.
The group had already been there for a week and would be there for at least another 3 to come�. �Plenty of time to get Justin straightened out of this hell he is in� JC remarked to himself�. But he also knew that there would be a lot to do once their vacation ended�. Missed interviews and appearances� concerts to be rescheduled their work load would not get any easy after this�.
With JC thoughts wondering he hadn�t noticed when Justin�s sleep turned to a disturbed one�. The man looked as though he was trying to fight something or someone off, struggling against the air around him muttering things that couldn�t exactly be made out�. But sounded a lot like �No� and �Leave me alone��. All eyes had been cast upon Justin as he struggled against the imaginary creature, passing worried questioning looks amoung each other unsure if they should wake him up or not, but they wouldn�t have to, seconds later Justin jolted awake with one final scream of horror�
Somewhat breathless he looked around the room at the worried faces of his friends and then relaxed somewhat when he realized that it had been just another horrible dream. He collapsed back into his seat with a sigh of relief�.
Lance was the first to break the silence, �Want to talk about it Justin?�
�No, I�m fine� was the simple sharp answer, but he knew they wouldn�t leave it alone there�
�Come on J, you know your not going to get away that easily from us�� Chris said but was quickly cut off by Justin�.
�I�m fine� it is the same type of dream I always have, for once just leave it alone guys!� Justin�s voice had slowly risen till he was harshly yelling that last little bit. But all was doing was worrying his friends more�. Justin huffed and crossed his arms over his chest careful not to make eye contact with anyone� 3 sets of eyes then turned to JC for guidance on what to do� JC shrugged and then waved his hand signaling to just leave it alone, he would get the story from Justin later and relay it on to the other guys�
JC had always been able to get Justin to listen to him and in most cases even talk to him, he had known him the longest so there was sort of an unspoken bond between the two men� The 5 figures sat there in silence for a while till JC finally broke it�
�Why don�t you go up to bed Justin, maybe if you were more comfortable you can sleep better�� (The fact of the matter was that it was only about 8:30 at night)
�No� was the answer this time cutting JC off�. It was quickly followed by a more clam and slightly apologetic �I�m fine here with you guys�. Besides JC you will just wake me up later when you come up to go to bed��
JC knew better than that� this was Justin�s way of trying to get out of being alone in a dark room, and Justin was using him as the excuse and it sure as Hell wasn�t going to work with JC�.
�Well I�m going up to bed now and you are going to get you Ass up off that couch this minute and upstairs now! JC said half sternly half smiling� he didn�t really want to go to bed right now but if he really wanted to he could always come back down after Justin fell asleep, not that he would leave his friend alone if he didn�t want to be�
Justin knew what JC was trying to do� after all he had known JC just as long� He cast a somewhat evil eye up at the brown-haired figure, silently telling him to back off� he wasn�t a baby and sure as hell didn�t want to be treated like one� but his eyes met with an equally determined firm stare, telling he wasn�t going to win this one and that JC meant business� he would go as far as pulling Justin up off the couch and dragging him upstairs�.
Justin sighed in defeat and slowly picked himself up off the couch where he was sitting�. The pair said their goodnights to the other guys and headed upstairs� minutes later they were both in their beds�. JC on one wall Justin�s on the wall facing him�
�I�ll be right here if you need anything J, ok?�
�Ya, JC I know your there� you always are� Justin�s voice was covered with sarcasim but had a hint of appreciation to it� and with that the room went silent.
JC listened to Justin�s breathing slow and steady out and he knew that the man he considered a younger brother had fallen asleep. The last thing he remembered was listening to the soft sounds of Justin�s peaceful sleep as he himself slowly gave into sleep� but it wouldn�t be for very long�.