Chapter 26
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Next day, around lunch
Meredith mumbled to herself as she
plugged her TV back in.
-This is sad. I can't go 24 hours without TV. Sad Sad Sad.-
She got the cables all set and
picked up the remote lying on the coffee table.
She flipped through the channels and when it landed on Comedy Central
she smiled and put it on mute.
-THIS is what I need. Laughter.-
She set down the remote and
sauntered into the kitchen, looking down at her hand. For some reason she had put the promise ring
Justin had given her back on her finger.
She didn't deserve to wear it, but no one else was around so it was just
between her and God that she was wearing it.
She smiled, it was a beautiful ring.
And it was HER ring. Meredith
sighed loudly. How one man, young man
had turned her life around and flipped it upside down so easily, was a mystery
to her. But no matter what happened she
would always love that man. That made
her smile.
he got out everything she needed
to make a grilled cheese and made one of her infamous grilled cheeses. She got out a Pepsi and walked back into the
living room about 10 minutes later.
She sat down on the couch,
propping her feet up on the table. She
reached for the remote and unmuted it.
It was back on another commercial and she giggled at Jon Stewart's comments
about the Daily Show. The commercial
ended and a picture of Joshua Jackson entered the screen with the letters SNL
off to the side.
She stopped mid-bite. This was the episode Nsync was on.
She wanted to change the
channels. But when Josh came on stage
and said "Ladies and Gentleman, Nsync", she couldn't. She froze and
listened as they sang the one song she needed to hear. It was like God was sending her a
message.
It was a sign.
A tear fell down her smooth cheek
at the moment the song ended.
She knew.
She smiled. She actually SMILED at the TV. She then giggled and fell over on the
couch. "I'm sooooo
blind." She laughed at her
stupidity. She was laughing, and had no
idea why. She just felt like laughing.
She straightened herself and only
felt joy at that moment. She couldn't
eat anymore and put the rest of her grilled cheese on the coffee table and sat
Indian style on the couch as she channel surfed.
"What am I doing?" She laughed at herself again.
-Did I put something in my
Pepsi? What is wrong with me? Oh my gosh I am an IDIOT!!! IDIOT I TELL
YOU!! Why am I giddy? Stop stop stop.-
She stopped on Entertainment
Tonight when she saw a picture of Britney on the screen. She turned up the volume.
"It seems the rumors have
finally ended. Britney Spears and Justin
Timberlake are NOT a hot couple as everyone speculated they were. After a photographer took these pictures for
the London Times, talk about Justin's newest girl who is also *Nsync's
assistant fired up. A few weeks ago,
Justin made this statement that aired on MTV's Total Request Live:
'It's funny how your feelings and
emotions can be blown up on the screen and in a paper. They can be cheapened and exaggerated. But
one thing that I'm sure about is that no matter how much you try, you can not
cheapen or exaggerate REAL love. The
media can try to make my relationship with Meredith seem cheap, but that's one
thing it is NOT. Our relationship is
probably one of the BEST things in my life.
I'm so fortunate to have her.
I've known Meredith for a while now.
We've become best friends and I know she is someone that I see in my
life for a very long time.
I hope the fans will understand
that I am a person. And as a person I
feel things that every person does. Love
is no exception. I pray that one day
each of our fans will find someone that they care for and love as much as I do
Meredith. And all I can do now is ask
for the fans to respect my girlfriend and me.
Yes, folks I said it. I have a
girlfriend. Thank you.'
This weekend, Britney Spears was
seen being very chummy with a certain brown haired young man that has yet to be
named at the
The cast of ER...."
Meredith drowned out the rest of
the speaker and she sat there in shock.
The statement he had given was perfect.
Perfectly perfect. It was simple
yet explanatory.
-I should have gone over there to
watch it with him.- She scolded
herself.
Her eyes caught the cordless phone
on its cradle on the stand beside the couch.
It was unplugged like all the rest of her phones.
She had that need to call
him. But she couldn't.
-Later- she thought. She needed to figure out what to say,
do.
Meredith turned her attention back
to the TV and channel surfed again in a daze.
Her thoughts ran wild of how Justin would always randomly say that he
loved her. The small comforting kisses,
not the passionate make out ones, but the kisses on the cheek, forehead and
temple were the ones she missed. She wanted
more than anything to have him there with her.
Lying back on the couch with his arms around her, in front of him. And them just watching TV. Not saying anything. Just being together.
That was the best part of their
relationship. Just being TOGETHER.
Her thoughts were interrupted
though. And she was brought back into
reality when she landed on MTV.
Harsh reality.
"Justin Timberlake of *Nsync
was in an automobile accident yesterday evening in the suburbs of
Meredith stared in shock as
another tear ran down her damp cheeks. A
hand came up to her lips and she shook her head. "No."
As if planned there was a knock on
the door and JC's voice. "Meredith,
its JC. PLEASE open up!"
She stared at the door for what
seems like centuries. But it was actually
only a few seconds until she had swung open the door and flew into JC's arms,
crying out.
"No. No. No. Please, God let him be OK."
"Meredith he is OK, now. But he wants to see you. We tried calling but never got through."
"GOD I'm so stupid. I left the phones off the hook. Let's go, NOW!" She pushed him out the door, not bothering
bringing a jacket or her keys or anything with her. She sprinted past JC out to the Explorer
waiting for them. Mike was in the
driver's seat. She got in and watched as
JC jogged to the car and got in the back.
"Go go go go go
go." She chanted staring at Mike.
"Calm down G." Mike petted her shoulder as he pulled into
the street.
She took a deep breath and bit her
nails as they drove as fast as Mike would to the hospital. They got there in about 10 minutes and
Meredith was ready to hop out and sprint in there but Mike locked the doors.
"Meredith, there are a lot of
fans here. We have to be careful,
especially with you and JC in the car."
"I don't give a damn
Mike. Justin is in their DYING for all I
know and I am in here. Please..."
"OK. Just hold on." He pulled out his walkie-talkie and Meredith
turned around to give JC a worried look, he was on his cell phone. She turned back around and saw Dre jogging
towards their car.
"I've got JC, you stay with
Dre. OK?" Meredith just nodded
quickly and as soon as Dre got to them, Mike unlocked the doors and she
sprinted out of the car. Dre had to
catch her arm.
"Come on COME ON!!" She yelled pulling him to the front
entrance. Dre pulled her back and put an
arm around her.
"You are supposed to follow
ME!" He walked with her slowly into
the entrance of the hospital, letting her hear what the fans gathered outside
had to say.
"MEREDITH!! TELL JUSTIN WE LOVE HIM!!"
"WE WANT HIM TO GET BETTER!!
PLEASEEEE!"
These were just a few of the
loving cries called out to her. She just
smiled and nodded at them, before being pulled into the hospital. Dre took her straight to the elevators and
they got in and he pressed the number 4.
The doors closed just in time for her to see JC and Mike walking through
the front doors.
"How bad is it?" She finally asked Dre.
<p>"Bad. But I have no doubt in my mind that as soon
as he sees you he we start to get better.
No doubt at all." Dre was about as serious as he could be and
Meredith just stood in shock at his words.
The doors opened and Dre stepped out.
Meredith followed but froze in her tracks when she saw all the people
gathered out in the hallway.
Johnny, Chris, Lance, Joey,
Leslie, Dani, Lonnie, Randy, Gina, Lisa, Justin's step-mom, who was holding
baby Stephen, Justin's father Randall, and Jonathan. Worst of all Jonathan. He spotted her first.
"GIRLFRIEND!!!" He ran up to her and she dropped to her knees
and held the boy like he was everything to her.
"Ohh, Jonathan."
"What's wrong?" He asked pulling away. She smiled at his innocence.
"Don't worry. Justin is going to be fine. He said so himself!!" John exclaimed with a bright smile. "Come on. Let's go see him." John picked up her hand and basically dragged
her to the crowd of people staring at her.
She looked back at Dre who was laughing at "little J".
"Hey everyone." Meredith shyly said as she stopped at the
crowd. Jonathan left her and walked to a
door. She looked up and saw there was a
window beside the door, but the blinds were closed. She watched as John took charge and lightly
knocked on the door then peeked his head in. He stayed that way, halfway in the
door for a few moments before the door opened fully and Jonathan ran into the
room yelling "She's here".
She stared at Meredith and
Meredith was scared. For the first time
she was scared of this woman because she didn't know if
Meredith stared at the cracked
door, opened. Opened for her to go in
and see the man of her dreams, her heart.
Her soul.
The door opened a little more and
John stood in the doorway and looked at her.
"Well, are you coming or not?"
Meredith laughed at him and looked
at the other faces around her. They all
smiled and encouraged her to go on. So,
she took a slow step towards the door and stopped. She was too scared.
John gave her a bored look and
came out and walked behind her. He put
his hands on her butt and literally pushed her to the door. He gave one more push until she was in the
door and clicked the door shut behind her.
Meredith heard laughter out in the hallway and thanks being given to
Jonathan.
But then she looked up.
Her heart broke and was repaired
all at the same time. She looked at HIM.
With tubes going into his
arms. His leg in a cast, a bandage over
his forehead, and an arm in a sling.
She fell in love with him all over
again.
A painful but special and lovingly
and COCKY smile shone though the dim light of the room and he coughed painfully
before speaking. "I knew you'd
come."
Meredith stared at him. She couldn't do anything else. Her feet were cemented to the floor. His smiled faded and he turned his head on
the pillow. He looked at her so
seriously and she didn't know what was going on in his mind.
Her mind was screaming
"RUN."
Her heart was screaming
"RUN."
The only difference is that her
mind wanted her to run out the door and her heart wanted her to run to his
arms...or arm since the other was broken.
"Come here angel." Justin said hoarsely.
She took a deep breath and inched
towards him, he smiled then she stopped.
"I- I- can't."
"Yeah, actually you can. Get your butt over here!" She couldn't believe in the state he was in
he was joking around and smiling. She
shook her head and turned around. She
walked to the door and opened it, only to get weird looks from everyone
standing there and Justin's voice calling out to her to "wait" and
"please don't go." She saw
Lonnie eye her. He knew what she was
going to pull but she at least had to try.
The doors to the elevator opened
at the end of the hallway and she sprinted towards them.
She didn't get very far until two
built arms had thrown her over a broad shoulder. She struggled and hit his back, but it was NO
use. She dug her nails into his arms and
he slapped the back of her thighs.
"Girl, calm yourself. I'm not going to let you run away from that
boy again." By now Lonnie had taken
her back into the hospital room and she could hear Justin's laughter. She smiled.
She couldn't help it. It was what
she was use to.
The next thing she knew, her world
when spinning and she was sitting down in a chair right beside Justin's
bed. He had a smirk on his face.
"You should know better than
to try and get away from me." He
reached for her hand and she just stare at the tubes going through his
wrist. She felt like she was going to be
sick.
"L, I think you can let her
go now." Justin snickered because
Lonnie had his hands firmly on her shoulders keeping her in place.
Lonnie turned around and walked to
the door. "The things I do for you kids.
I swear I feel like I'm on Jerry Springer in this business. And I haven't gotten that Chocolate cake you
promised me Meredith for going to
Meredith had her hand finally
locked with Justin's and they were staring at each other. Justin sighed and smiled sweetly at her as
she brought his hand up to her lips.
Lonnie watched as his eyes shut in pleasure as her lips brushed against
his skin.
-Man, to think that that one
movement can give the boy THAT much pleasure.-
Lonnie opened the door and shut it
quietly behind him.
Meredith opened her mouth to say
something but Justin shushed her.
"Shhh, just let me look at you." She nodded silently as he studied her face. She bowed her head in shame and looked back
up at him with tears streaming down her face.
"Don't cry baby." He whispered.
"I'll be all right."
"I wont." She hoarsely said.
Justin put a hand on her left arm
and brought her hand to his mouth and kissed her palm. He brought her hand to his cheek and let it
be tucked between his face and the pillow.
He smiled tiredly at her.
"I don't-" He stopped mid sentence and looked deeply
into her eyes. She looked right back not
knowing what he was doing. He moved his
head and brought her hand down to right in front of his face.
The brightness of his smile could
be seen on the other side of the world.
He was beaming.
"You- you are wearing
it." He stared at the ring on her
finger and she giggled.
"Opps. That was just supposed to be between me and
God."
"No, no no. It's....I love you." He looked into her eyes and if she almost
broke in two for about he 50th time that day.
"How can you after all that I
have done to you?" She looked lost
and he took her hand and kissed her knuckles before resting her palm on his
chest. She could feel his heart beating
steadily inside of him.
"Feel that?" She nodded in response.
"Until the day you can't feel
that I will love you. And that will be
forever because that's not the vibration of an organ pumping blood through my
veins. That's the pulse of my love for
you. That's the feeling of my heart
loving you for all eternity." A
tear fell down his cheek and on instinct she lifted her body so that her lips
could take the tear away. As she did
this he shivered. She moved her body so
that her lips hovered over his and she looked right into his eyes as he spoke
the one word she needed to hear.
"Please..."
And with that their lips met. Justin let out a whimper and Meredith smiled
in return. He smiled also against her
lips before reclaiming them. With the
angle she was leaning on it didn't take much for her to deepen the kiss. Justin thought he had seriously died and gone
to heaven as soon as she brought both of her hands up to cup his face and to
kiss him more passionately.
They were so lost and happy in
their own world that didn't realize that some one had been knocking on the
door. Justin pulled away and slowly
opened his eyes.
"Did you hear that?" He
whispered against her lips.
She kissed his nose sweetly.
"No."
He let his lips touch her chin.
"Me either."
They both giggled and Justin
brought his free hand up to her face and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear.
"I missed you."
"Well, I love you. And you won't have to miss me anymore because
I'm not going anywhere."
"So you DO believe me?"
"I always did. But my brain was acting weird again."
Justin grinned a boyish grin and
lifted his face to kiss her once more.
As soon as they met someone in the room cleared their throat. Meredith stood up quickly and turned around. Justin stared at the doorway.
There stood the doctor, AND
everyone else crowded around the doorway smiling brightly.
"Justin its time for more
medicine." The doctor said kindly.
Justin smiled at the doctor and
then turned his attention to the group crowded in the doorway. "What are
yall staring at?"
"Oh, Nothing at
all." JC said sarcastically, rolled
his eyes and turned around. The rest of
the group went back outside but Randall and Jonathan came into the room.
Randall came up to Meredith and
gave her a hug as Jonathan went up to his brother's bedside and started talking
widely.
"He looks better
already." Randall whispered in her
ear.
Meredith pulled away and looked up
at Justin's father. "Well, the doctor is giving him medicine."
"That's not what I'm talking
about." Meredith gave him a
questioning face and he turned to look at Justin who was giving his brother an
interested look. "Look at him. He is beaming. 15 minutes ago he didn't look like that. Now...you're here." Meredith looked up at Randall surprisingly
and he just moved over to Justin's bedside.
"Hey Dad." Justin smiled, lazily.
"Hey, I think we are going to
go get some real food while you are knocked out."
Justin chuckled, "OK."
Randall turned to Meredith. "You want to go with us?"
"No. I'm staying here."
"Well, he's getting his
medicine, so he will be asleep in about 10 minutes." The doctor said changing the bags that were
hanging up, flowing medicine into Justin's body. "Can she stay in here with
me?" Justin turned and asked the
doctor. The doctor looked uncertain and
Justin spoke again. "Please, she's
my girlfriend. Right?" He turned and looked at Meredith. Meredith rolled her eyes playfully. "DUH!"
Everyone laughed and Jonathan
scoffed. "Well, fine then."
Jonathan stormed to the door and swung it open.
He turned around and smiled sweetly at everyone in the room and quickly
said "BYE!"
Meredith turned around and her and
Justin laughed together at Jon's little show.
Randall petted his son's head before smiling and leaving the room
also.
"All done." The doctor said, hooking the bag on the rack
and looking at Meredith. "I think
it would be OK if you stayed in here, but Justin will probably be asleep
shortly."
"That's OK. By the way I'm Meredith."
"I know, my daughter is a big
fan of Justin here. I'm Dr.
Michael. And you must me a miracle
worker because he is looking 10 times better."
Meredith blushed and the doctor
quietly left the room. She looked up at
Justin and he had an evil grin on his face.
"Whut?" She asked walking towards him.
Justin scooted over as much as he
could on the bed and pulled back the covers.
He patted the space beside him and smiled brightly.
"Justin, I don't think its
that good of an idea." Meredith
looked at the tiny space she had to fit in.
"You won't hurt me, now get
over here." He pointed to himself
and she smiled.
Meredith walked over to the bed
and cautiously snuggled under the covers after she kicked her shoes off. Justin shifted some more and he had a pained
expression on his face.
"I'm hurting you."
"No, I'm hurting
myself." He shifted once more and
relaxed, wrapping his unbroken arm around her shoulders. He bent down and kiss her head. "This is what I've been waiting for, for
about 3 and 1/2 weeks now." He
yawned.
After a few moments Meredith
spoke. "Justin, I heard the statement.
It was re-aired on Entertainment Tonight this morning."
"Well..."
She sighed. "I love
you."
"Good." He smiled and thought for a moment. "Will you do something for me?"
"Anything."
"Sing to me. Something I've never heard that will put me
to sleep." He smiled sheepishly.
She looked up at him before laying
her head on his shoulder and taking a deep breath. She started singing a song called “Never saw
blue like that.” It reminded her of her
and Justin’s relationship and how much she’s changed because of him, for the
good, in the past year.
Meredith finished and the only
sounds she heard were the beeps of the machines hooked to Justin, the heavy
breathing of Justin, and the heart beat of Justin.
A tear fell from her eye as she
realized, she was home.
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No matter how much it was given to
her, she would never get use to the star treatment. She sat there in probably one of the nicest
limos you could get and still felt out of place. She glanced outside and only saw other limos
around the uptown of
To her it was perfect.
The conversation that she was
paying attention to, the voices not the words, ceased. But never once did she take her eyes away
from the view outside of the tinted windows.
A few seconds later the sound of
fabric moving against leather was heard.
She didn't move, except to turn her lips into a smile when the side of a
body was pressed against hers, an arm was placed around her shoulders, warm air
was felt on her neck, and a low uninterested groan was heard from the seat
across from her.
"Did I mention how completely
gorgeous you look tonight?" Justin
spoke smoothly letting his lips tickle her ear.
"Several times." She finally turned to look at him. At first he just stared at her then slowly he
began to smile.
"Well, I've never seen
someone look as beautiful as you do a this very moment." He smiled as her eyebrows arched highly and
her smile shone through.
"OK, children we are almost
there. So don't get too...what do they
call it? Ravished...before you take the
carpet."
"We wouldn't do that, now
would we Lonnie?" Justin smirked as
he began to kiss Meredith's neck.
"Please just don't give me a
hickey. I'd hate to have to explain that
out there." She giggled.
"Don't worry, I've got a
better place to kiss you anyway."
Justin wiggled his eyebrows before quickly swooping his head down and
capturing her lips in a slow sweet kiss.
The limo came to a stop and Lonnie
opened the door for them and stepped out.
The crowds and reporters outside, hushed in anticipation of who was it
that was arriving.
Justin squeezed her hand and
kissed her temple. "I love you."
He said quickly before stepping out into the light and out of the car.
The crowds screamed and the
reporters yelled his name. He flashed
them a quick smile before turning around and holding his hand out.
The crowds quieted again in
anticipation.
A small, feminine hand with
French-tipped nails was placed in his smooth yet masculine one. A whitish-creamy sandal was placed on the red
carpet and a long cream colored silk dress was shown. The hand extended into a slender arm and then
a perfectly rounded shoulder. Another
sandal was placed on the carpet and the rest of the body stood up out of the
car. She was well, beautiful.
Her hair was curly, as usual when
she got dressed up. But this time it was
professionally done and half of it had been pulled up into a sloppy bun. Her Donna Karen dress made her feel like a
princess, or more like a goddess. It was
creamy-white silk that fit her well and bunched up at the neckline.
The crowds and reporters were
quiet for a while and that made Meredith nervous. Justin pulled on her hand that was
intertwined with his and whispered in her ear.
"They are staring because
they think you are an angel." He
pulled back and gave her a goofy face before looking her up and down. "Well, what do you know? You ARE an angel."
She laughed and her perfect smile
and genuine laughter made its way to the crowd, the reporters, the
photographers, and the cameramen.
The crowd cheered and the
reporters started calling his name again, along with hers.
The two walked to a platform where
people were supposed to take pictures.
Justin had informed her just to stay with him and smile. So she did just that.
After a few minutes, Lonnie
ushered them down to the first set of reporters.
"Hey Mr. Timberlake, we will
be ready to take a few questions in a moment."
"Cameron, you are older than
me, so call me Justin. And this is
Meredith, Meredith this is Cameron Coles from Entertainment Tonight." Justin said in his most flattering and
charming voice.
"Nice to meet you." Meredith shook the ladies hand.
"OK, Ready?" Cameron
asked as Justin nodded.
"In 3..2... Hi I'm Cameron
Coles with Entertainment Tonight. Of
course the biggest news in music right now is the Grammy's, which air tonight
on ABC at 8. And ladies I've got what
you've been waiting for right here with me on the red carpet: Justin Timberlake from *Nsync. Hey Justin, thanks for stopping by."
"Oh my pleasure."
"First off, we all want to
give you a huge welcome back to the spotlight.
All of us here at Entertainment Tonight are happy to see you doing well
and looking great."
"Thank you Cameron. I want to say thank you to all you out there
that gave me support and love during my time in the hospital." Justin smiled brightly.
"Where are the rest of the
guys?" Cameron asked moving the
microphone between herself and him.
"We decided to go the
independent route tonight and all go separately. But down worry this doesn't mean we are
splitting up or anything. We just need
room for us, our dates, and our bodyguards." Justin smiled into the camera.
"Speaking of dates, who is
this you got here?"
"As most of you know, this is
my girl, Meredith." Justin smiled down at her, as she gave a shy smile and
small wave to the camera.
"So Meredith is there anyone
here that you want to see perform?"
"Actually I can't wait for
Madonna to take the stage."
Meredith smiled.
"That makes two of us."
Cameron laughed then turned back to Justin.
"So, Justin, what award are you guys hoping to win the most?"
"Well, I'm not going to say
it's just an honor to be nominated. I
mean it is. But to be honest we all
REALLY want to win. Everyone knows how
we feel about this album. It's our
baby. So probably album of the year
would be the topper." Justin
grinned.
"I know you guys have to go
on, but have a great evening and good luck."
"Thank you
Cameron." Justin kissed her cheek
and Meredith shook the ladies hand again as they were scurried off to other
reporters.
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Meredith looked at Justin who was
nervously fiddling with his hands. She
smiled and grabbed one hand. "It's
OK to be nervous."
"I really hope we get
this." He whispered.
"And the winner is.....*Nsync
"No Strings Attached!" The
crowd cheered and the guys just looked at each other stunned for a moment. Then Justin took the initiative and stood
up. He immediately looked at Meredith
who had stood up with him and hugged her tightly. His kissed her quickly before he let go to
hug JC who was beside him. The guys
hugged each other and their dates and filed out of aisle towards the stage.
Meredith looked to her right and
smiled at Whitney, who was 3 seats down from her. She was really excited for JC. They were now officially dating. Meredith turned towards the left and right
beside her was Dani. She slapped hands
with her, and then clasped her hand as they watched their men in their nice
Armani suits walk to the podium.
"YEEHAWW!!" JC yelled into the microphone, before
stepping aside. Meredith laughed and
looked at Whitney who was turning red.
"Wow. This is amazing!! WE got a Grammy. YEAH!!" Justin cheered into the microphone. Then they all got serious. Lance and Joey waved to the fans a few times
as Chris spoke.
"First and foremost we have
to thank God for blessing us with our talents."
"We also want to thank all
our families and friends for sticking by us." JC said.
"A BIG thank you goes out to
Jive, our label. Johnny, Chicken, and
everyone else at WEG. Especially my
angel." Justin smiled brightly and pointed to Meredith, as she covered her
face with one hand in embarrassment.
"Our security. You guys are awesome. And you know we REALLY appreciate you
guys." Joey said.
"And finally our fans. Yall are what makes us who we are. Without you there is no Nsync. Thank
you." Lance smiled.
The guys each nodded and thank
you'd and waved to the crowd one last time before being ushered off the stage.
About 10 or 15 minutes later the
guys had returned for the rest of the show.
As Justin took his seat, Meredith leaned over and kissed his cheek.
"What's that for?"
"For giving me a shout out,
for being you, and because I'm so proud and happy for you right now. Justin,
you have a Grammy. That's a BIG
deal!" She beamed. He kissed her
hand and sighed.
"I know, angel. I know."
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June 2003
The sun created an eerie glow in
the luxurious bedroom of the expensive resort.
The French doors of the balcony were open and the sheer curtains blew in
the early morning breeze from the ocean wind. Two deep brown eyes were finally
opened to the world. They blinked a few
times to get focused and were met with intense navy eyes and a broad white
smile.
"Good Morning." A voice said dramatically.
"It is a good morning, in
deed." She responded in the same
cheesy drama.
"Damn you're sexy." He smiled taking his head off his hand that
was propped up and leaning it on a soft down feather pillow looking at her body
up and down, even though most was covered by a thin sheet.
"Well you aren't too bad
yourself Timberfake."
"You know, TIMBERFAKE, I
don't think you have the right to dish out that name, because now I can shoot
it right back at ya." He smirked
licking his lips.
She bit hers in response and
smiled devilishly. "Let's call
Joey. I know we said these next weeks
are just for us but, it would be funny."
"WHERE'S THE
PHONE!?" Justin asked excited,
reaching over to the nightstand. He
dialed a few numbers and handed her the phone.
"Hello?" A very tired groggy voice asked.
"Ohh Josephine?!" Meredith sang.
"Whos-wait...Meredith!?!"
"In the flesh baby...in more
ways than one." Meredith winked at
Justin who just giggled.
"WELL?" Joey exclaimed.
"Well what?" Meredith mocked being clueless as she turned
on her side, not facing Justin.
"Well how was it? It's been 4 days since your wedding. I want to know how big of a show my man Curly
put on for ya!" He beamed.
Justin wrapped his arms around her
from behind and she sighed contently when she felt his body press up against hers. "Let's just say it sure was a show and a
big one at that." Justin began to
kiss her neck and she slightly groaned.
"Oh my gosh!! You two are getting it on while you talk to
me?? Now THAT'S just kinky!!" Joey practically screamed.
Meredith giggled and said a quick
goodbye to him before handing the phone to Justin.
"Hey Joe." He pulled
away and rested on his back, staring at the ceiling.
"So...was it worth waiting
what...4 years? Right?"
"Oh gosh was it worth
it. She was... is amazing." Justin sighed as Meredith snuggled up to his
chest.
"Well, I appreciate you guys
thinking of me and calling and telling me this.
This has been the highlight of week.
Hearing how you guys' sex life is."
Justin laughed in shock as Joey said this.
"But if you didn't know it IS
3 in the morning here, so goodnight, sleep tight, and by GOD let the Meredith
bug bite!!" Joey hung up the phone
quickly leaving Justin in giggles. He
put the phone back on its cradle and turned to his love.
"So...What do you want to do
now, since we are awake and everything?" Meredith smiled evilly, wiggling
her eyebrows.
"I can think of
something's." He took two fingers and began slowly walking them across the
creamy white silk sheets, towards her.
"I mean you are Meredith, I'm Justin. We are married. We are in a bed. What else? Oh yes, we are both naked." Justin whispered that last part like it was
TOP SECRET and rested his 'walking' fingers on her smooth shoulder. "Yeah I can think of SEVERAL
things."
"Oh no...." Meredith
groaned and it turned into laughter as Justin tackled her and pulled the covers
over both of their heads. He leaned down
and kissed her passionately before pulling back.
They stared into each other's eyes
for a few moments before she spoke.
"I love you Justin Timberlake."
He sighed and smiled sweetly.
"And I love you Meredith...."
He paused and his sweet smiled turned evil.
"...TimberFAKE!"
"Oh that's it! You are gonna pay!" She yelled tickling him. Now SHE had tackled him.
He giggled and exclaimed. "PLEASE!!"
"YOU ANNOY ME!" They both laughed and before they new it he
was kissing her passionately once again.
Kissing her....
...His angel.