Do What Feels Right
Chapter 2
Chris
*~*~*The following Monday*~*~*
�Can you believe it?! We�re going to Orlando to meet Chris! Chris Kirkpatrick from *N Sync!� Megan screeched as she packed her final stuff to bring onto the airplane.
�Calm down Megan,� I said, zipping up my backpack, �It�s only Chris. We don�t even know what we�re gonna talk to him about.�
�Yeah we do,� she said, �Dani and FuMan Skeeto! We got tons of e-mails about those two things, not to mention our own stuff.�
�Whatever,� I replied, �Chris is suppose to give us where we�re suppose to find the rest of the guys, right?�
�I think so.�
�Here�s to an eventful day,� I said under her breath as we walked towards the front door.
*~*~*Orlando International Airport: Orlando, Florida*~*~*
�Dude, where the hell is Chris?� I said in anger as we both stood at the baggage claims area with our backpacks and suitcases.
�I know, we�ve been waiting for at least 15 minutes,� Megan said, checking her watch for the twelfth time in ten minutes.
�Way to start off the whole trip,� I said, turning on the small camcorder, facing it towards my face and pressing the record button, �We are here in the Orlando Airport, waiting for Chris Kirkpatrick from *N Sync. As of right now, he is 15 minutes late. Wasn�t he suppose to meet us at the gate?�
�Yeah MTV,� Megan replied as I quickly aimed the camera towards her, �If you were worried about security reasons, you could�ve just sent some bodyguard to pick us up.�
�Although there�s this big guy who�s been walking around this baggage claim area for the past five minutes,� I said, trying my best to indiscreetly point the camera at the guy I was talking about, �He looks like he�s looking for someone, and I�m wondering if he�s looking for us.�
The guy then looked directly into the camera. �Oh crap, he caught us,� I quickly said under my breath as I swiftly aimed the camera towards Megan, �Hi Megan!�
Megan made a frowned, ��uh, hi� what�s� going on?��
�That guy caught me filming him,� I immediately said in a low voice.
�What guy?�
�Weren�t you paying attention just like a second ago?!� I said with some annoyance.
�Oh, that guy who�s now behind you?�
I spun around and noticed the rather large man looking down on me. �Uh� hi?� I nervously said; now ignoring my still-recording camera in my hand.
�Why were you filming me?� he asked as I started to sweat, �And don�t even bother lying to me.�
Oh crap, he�s gonna pound me to the ground, I thought. �Uh� because I was just noting that you�ve been walking around this area for the past five minutes. You seem to be looking for someone, and I was just wondering that since we�re waiting for someone � if you were the one.�
�Are you two Megan Thomas and Lynne Clark?� he asked.
�Yes.�
�I�m Chase Nicholson,� he stated, extending his hand to the two
, �I�m from Wright Entertainment Group. I�m here to pick you two up.�
�What?� Megan said while shaking his hand, �I thought Chris was picking us up.�
�You were misinformed,� he said, shaking my hand, �MTV is not aware of the tight security we have with the guys. I�m here to pick you two up.�
�Is it going to be like that when we visit the rest of the guys too,� I asked as I turn off the camera, pack it away, and grab my backpack and suitcase.
�What � someone from WEG picking you two up from the airport?� he asked as he starts leading us towards the parking lot. Megan rolls her eyes at me, as we both carry our things with us and Chase walks empty-handed.
�Yeah.�
�More than likely. At least for Justin and JC anyways,� he said, �Lance and Joey may pick you up, but don�t count on it. At least that�s what I�m told.�
�So what kind of name is Chase anyway?� Megan asked.
�It means �hunter� and my mom liked it,� he replied.
�Are you taking us to Chris� house?�
�Megan � we�re not suppose to ask him questions until tomorrow,� I reminded my friend.
�I KNOW,� she retorted, �I was just wanted to know if we could just meet him tonight and say hi.�
�You�re not meeting him today,� Chase said as Megan looked disappointed, �Look � I was given specific instructions from WEG to not let you meet him until the allotted time, which is tomorrow.�
�So what is your job exactly?� I asked as we finally reached a black Chevy Suburban with tinted windows, �This is your car?�
Chase unlocked the back doors so they could put in the luggage, �It�s a company car.� He shuts the doors back again and walks towards the front.
�You wanna sit up front?� I asked Megan.
�No way, you can deal with the mean ogre,� she said.
�I heard that.�
�She didn�t mean it,� I said as I crawl into the passenger seat.
�Yeah right,� he said as he starts the car.
�Are you gonna answer my question?�
�My job is to pick you two up, take you to your hotel, make sure you check in alright, then pick you up again tomorrow morning to take you to Chris� house,� he said.
�But what�s it gonna hurt if we meet him tonight? I could�ve sworn it was customary to��
�This is an interview, not a hospitality stay,� he interrupted, �I don�t know how the rest of the guys are going to handle their ends of the deal, but taking you to see Chris tonight is not in my job description.�
�Would it hurt you to be nice or would that just sever your image of being a bastard?� I retorted.
�You hear me and you hear me well,� Chase angrily said, �Those guys are taking their time from their very limited vacation to do this lame excuse of a� program to talk to you two, so you better appreciate what is given to you!�
�You know what � FINE. We can wait till tomorrow to see Chris,� I said, trying to keep my calm.
This is gonna be a long ride, Megan thought. The rest of the ride, which lasted another half an hour, everyone rode in silence.
*~*~*At their hotel room*~*~*
�Man � I don�t believe that Chase guy!� I said out loud as soon as Megan shuts our hotel room door.
�Yeah, you�re telling me,� Megan said, �Do you mind if I take the bed near the window?�
�Go ahead,� I replied as I put my stuff on the bed closest to the bathroom, �For someone who works for Wright Entertainment Group, he really did a good job of making them look bad.�
�And I got it all on tape,� Megan said, smiling and patting the camera case next to her.
�What?�
�When we got into the car, I took out the camera to film anything exciting outside. I started taping when you asked him about seeing Chris tonight,� Megan said.
�When did you stop taping?�
�About a few seconds after the silence started. I think we should tell MTV about it � I don�t think he was suppose to treat us like that.�
�Definitely,� I said, hooking up the laptop on the round table near the window, �I wonder if we can make that part into a movie reel on the computer and send it to MTV.�
�Uh� I don�t know,� Megan said, looking at the camera, �I can definitely hook it up to the TV, but I don�t know about the computer.�
When I went to check for e-mail messages that MTV had set up for them, there were already a few dozen e-mails waiting to be read. �Oh God, damn these fans for e-mailing us in just one day,� I said as I was reading the first one.
�So what do they have to say?� Megan asked about ten minutes later.
�Same old thing � tell Chris that so-and-so loves him. Ask if he�ll get back with Dani and what she�s up to these days. When will FuMan Skeeto be in stores nationwide, will he give so-and-so a free t-shirt� blah blah blah,� I replied, taking some notes here and there, �I wish these people use their spell-check and learn some basic grammar! How it annoys me when they don�t use any punctuation or type in all caps!�
Megan laughs, �Where has the education gone, right?�
�EXACTLY!� I yelled, �Oh well, we�re not here to give them an English lesson. Oh� here�s a note from Sarah � she�s already e-mailing us?�
�What does she want?�
�Uh� how�s the flight and if our hotel room is okay. And that she�s sorry that she forgot to tell us about Chase,� I then laugh, �Yeah, how about that Chase? Let me tell you about that Chase!�
�Didn�t she say we could go on IM to talk to her if an emergency comes up or something?� Megan asked.
�Oh yeah!� Lynne said, �What was her screen name?�
�Something about mtvsarah or sarahmtv��
�Yeah, mtvsarah�� I said, logging onto Instant Messenger.
As it turned out, Sarah was online, so the next five minutes or so, I was telling her about Chase and the episode in the car. Sarah, of course, apologized and said that she would get on top of it. When I finally got off IM and checked all the e-mail, I disconnected from the Internet � only to find that there was a blinking light on the phone.
�The phone�s blinking,� I said, �I guess someone called while I was on the �net.�
�I wonder who called,� Megan said, picking up the phone and listening to the message, �Omigod, it was Chris!�
�Really?!�
�Yeah!� Megan said, hanging up the phone and scribbling a number down on a pad of paper, �He wants us to call him!�
�Well go ahead and call him!�
�I can�t call him!�
�Why not?�
�Because it�s Chris!�
�So?�
�Can you call him?�
�Me?!�
�Yeah, please?�
�Okay okay. Give me the number,� I said as I pick up the phone and started to dial, �Hello � can I speak to Chris, please � oh, hi Chris! This is Lynne Clark, you� yes. Megan�s standing next to me. �How was Chase? Ha ha, he wasn�t exactly cordial to us. He doesn�t like to do anything that�s not written in his contract, does he? �I didn�t think so� don�t worry about it. �We�re fine, thanks for asking� ha ha, I�m thuper, thanks for athking� Okay, here she is.�
I hand over the phone to Megan. �Hello?� Megan said as her legs started to tremble, �I�m doing fine, you? �Yeah, he was being a jerk � we have it on tape too� yeah, we seriously do!� Of course we�ll bring the camera, we kinda have to� okay, bye. Nice talking to you.�
�He seems pretty nice,� I said after Megan hung up the phone.
�Yeah � he wants to see the tape tomorrow. I�m gonna feel bad if Chase gets fired because of us,� Megan said, starting to feel guilty.
�Don�t worry about it,� I assured her, �He deserves whatever is coming to him.�
*~*~*The next day*~*~*
�What time are we supposed to be picked up again?� Megan asked as we stood at the front entrance of the hotel with camera in hand and our purses.
�Five minutes ago, according to my watch,� I said, looking for the Suburban, �They really don�t know the meaning of being prompt, do they?�
�Show me the meaning of being on time,� Megan sings.
�Wrong group,� I laughed.
�I know!�
A few minutes later, we saw the suburban pull up but there was a different guy in the driver�s seat. �Good morning,� the guy cheerfully said as he got of the car, �You two must be Megan Thomas and Lynne Clark!�
We both just looked at each other with astonishment and confusion. �I am so confused right now,� Megan said.
�You and me both,� I said, then looking at the guy, �What happened to Chase?�
�Chris made a few calls because of how Chase treated you two yesterday, and for that I�m sorry,� the guy said, �By the way, I�m Sean Hamilton. I also work for WEG.�
�I�m Lynne.�
�And I�m Megan.�
�I�m sorry we got him in trouble,� I said as we got into the car.
�You have nothing to be sorry for � Chase has some history of that kind of behavior, so don�t worry about it,� Sean said, driving towards the highway that was close by, �I don�t want to be such a stickler, but you two do remember the agreement about going to Chris� house, right?�
�Yeah, we can�t record our trip there,� Megan said.
�We can�t write down directions on how to get there either,� I added.
�If we�re offered a tour of the house, we can�t tape the tour.�
�And if, at any time, Chris wants us to stop recording, we have to obey his wishes.�
�Correct. And those rules apply for the rest of the guys too,� Sean said as we both nodded in agreement.
It took about thirty minutes to get to Chris� place. His house seemed pretty nice. Chris let us in and we went to the living room.
�Thanks so much for agreeing to this, Chris!� Megan said.
�Yeah, we appreciate it so much,� I said.
�It�s no problem. Do you two want anything to drink?� he asked.
A took a few minutes to get settled and everyone was laughing by the time they got started with the questions.
I turned on the camera, �Welcome, we are at Chris� house here in lovely Orlando, Florida.�
�Hi everyone!� Chris said, waving at the camera.
�So Chris, a question that everyone seems to ask is, what exactly do you do on your downtime when the group�s not touring?� I asked.
�Sleep a little, relax, and most importantly, do some major work for FuMan Skeeto,� he replied.
�Speaking of FuMan Skeeto, when will it be available nationwide,� Megan asked.
�Hopefully soon,� he said, �We�re working very hard to get it out there to the public. As of right now, we have it at Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, Von Maur, Eatons, Fast Forward and Vanity. Hopefully by the end of the year, we�ll have it in more stores. And of course, you could check us out on the web at www.fumanskeeto.com!�
�Well then!� I said as everyone laughs.
�So it�s pretty much girls� clothing right now?� Megan asked.
�Right now, yes. Eventually, we�ll expand to guys� clothing.�
�Okay � next question. Now, you guys were on Larry King Live some time ago, and you stated that you broke up with girlfriend, Dani,� I said, noticing that Chris was tensing up, �Everyone seemed to like her. Were you having some conflict?�
�If you don�t want to discuss it, we�ll understand,� Megan quickly said.
�No, that�s okay,� he said, �Yeah, it just wasn�t working out. We both still care for each other, but it was time to move on for the both of us � something a certain someone in the group should be doing too��
We both shot a look to each other, then looked back at Chris.
�What� do you mean, Chris?� I asked.
�Nothing. Never mind � forget I said anything.�
�Okay� moving on,� Megan said, �Tell us about your charity, Child Watch.�
�It�s a program to help parents gain more access to computer files and objectable websites on the Internet,� he explained, �If you go to their website, www.childwatch.com, you can get a program which helps filter out pornography and other things on the web.�
�Oh that�s helpful,� I said.
�Yeah � kids shouldn�t be exposed to that stuff,� he said.
We talked for twenty more minutes before we broke for lunch. I left the camera in the living room, and then joined the rest in the kitchen that was adjacent to the living room.
After lunch, Chris took us for a tour around most of his house. We wanted to film it, but we knew we couldn�t. When it came around to TRL time on MTV, Megan called the studios. We each talked to Carson briefly � telling him that it was going well.
We showed Chris the part where Chase blew up in the car. Needless to say, he wasn�t too thrilled. Around 3P, we decided to end the interview.
�I think I�m suppose to give you gals the addresses where Justin & JC are staying at,� Chris said as I pack up the camera.
�I think so,� Megan said, �We�re suppose to drive to Memphis from Mississippi, and we might have to drive to JC�s place when we�re in LA.�
Chris wrote down some stuff on a piece of paper and handed it to me, �Here you go.�
�Wait a minute,� I quickly said, staring at the note, �Justin does NOT live on Elvis Presley Boulevard!�
�Yeah he does!�
�I don�t believe you,� I said, �How do I know you�re trying to send us on a roundabout in Memphis?�
�How do you know where he lives?� Chris asked.
�Good point,� Megan said.
�Well, I don�t, but c�mon � isn�t Graceland in Memphis? What if you�re trying to pull my leg and send us to Graceland instead of Justin�s?� I asked.
�Why would I do such a thing?� Chris slyly said.
�Seriously, for real, Chris � are you sending us to Graceland or Justin�s?�
�I could be sending you to Dollywood.�
�Dollywood�s in Pigeon Forge.�
�So?�
�So?! That�s on the other side of the state.�
�It is?�
�Yeah! It�s near Knoxville, and Knoxville�s on the east side on Tennessee. Memphis is on the western border,� I said, �But c�mon Chris, I don�t believe that Justin lives on Elvis Presley Boulevard.�
�You can call me if you don�t find him,� he replied.
�Okay � how about the address for JC?� Megan asked.
�It�s for real � if anything, I want you guys to seriously talk to that guy. We can�t get through to him, maybe you can,� Chris genuinely said.
�About what?� Megan asked.
�Bobbee.�
�Don�t like her?�
�No one does. He�s not happy, but he still stays with her.�
�So you�ve tried talking to him about it?�
�Of course, but it doesn�t do any good. See what you can do, okay?�
�What makes you so sure he�ll listen to us if he doesn�t listen to his best friends?� I asked.
�I don�t � but it�s worth a shot, isn�t it?� he replied.
�Well, we�ll see what we can do,� I said as he walks us to the door.
�See you ladies later,� he said.
�Thanks for everything,� Megan said,
�No problem � good luck to you both.�
*~*~*Back at the hotel*~*~*
�Man, I thought it was only the fans who hated Bobbee,� Megan said.
�In a strange way, I�m glad people who actually know her hates her too,� I said.
�How so?�
�With only the fans hating her, it doesn�t really say much since none of them really know her. With Chris and them not liking her, it says a lot more about her as a person,� I said.
�Well, I guess we�ll find out when we see him,� Megan said, �In the meantime � we have to take this one person at a time. We�re leaving tomorrow morning, right?�
�Yep, then it�s Lance the following day. We should probably prepare for that one, since he�s the one we have the least questions on,� I said.
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