"Check this out." Ebony said to Destiny as she threw a magazine at her. "What?" "Turn to page 34." "Umm, ok." She opened the magazine, read the article, and threw it at the wall. "God damnit! Did JC tell them too?!?" "I wouldn't doubt it." "What? You were defending him last night. What happened?" "I don't want to talk about it." "Tell me." Ebony sighed and reluctantly told her everything that had happened. "So, he hits on you, kisses you, and then goes and has sex with some slut that he's never going to see again?!? What a fucking whore!!" "No shit." "Well, are you going to do anything to him?" "What would I do?" "Anything to get him back. Using sex to manipulate him would be good." "I'm trying not to have sex with him." "Oh yeah. Well, you could tease him." "I don't even want him to think he can have me." "Well then I don't know what to tell ya."
Ebony was sprawled out across three chairs in the stadium, reading. "Hey sexy." JC said sitting down in front of her. "What do you want?" she asked not looking up from her book. "No need to get all bitchy." "Oh, I am so sorry I'm not in the best of moods, I didn't get laid last night." "Mmm hmm. Well, I don't see why you should care anyway, you had the chance to have sex with me." Ebony closed her book and looked at JC. "God, you are an asshole." she said standing up and walking away. "Ebony! Wait!" JC yelled running up to her. "Haven't you done enough?" "Why do you think I'm an asshole?" "Because you are!" "I need a better reason than that." "Ugh, fine! You're extremely insensitive, you think every woman wants to have sex with you and that you're God's gift to us, and other people are the last thing on your mind! "Is that all?" "No, but I don't feel like wasting my breath on your narcissistic ass." she said turning around and walking off. "Damn JC, she told you." Chris said as he walked by.
"So, umm, I guess I'll see you later tonight." Destiny said. "Ok. Bye, have fun." Ebony said as Destiny and Justin walked into his room. She walked back to her room and unlocked the door. She walked in and saw roses sitting on the table. She walked over to them and looked at the card.
Sorry for being such
an asshole.
JC
She smiled. "Forgive me?" JC asked laying his head on her shoulder. "Where in the hell did you come from?" "I was standing right over there. So, do you forgive me?" She smiled again. "Sure." He smiled and kissed her on the cheek. "Watch it." she said. "Sorry." "Don't think just because I accepted your apology that you're gonna get anything from me." "I know. You made that quite clear on the bus yesterday." "So, how are things between you and Justin?" she said sitting down on her bed. "We're not talking to each other. we avoid each other as much as we can." "Do you think this will affect the group?" "No, we'll be fine in two weeks." "Good... Well, I'm a little tired, so, would you mind leaving?" "Alright. I'll see ya later. I guess." JC left and Ebony laid down with the roses and smelt them and smiled.
"It was so sweet!" Ebony said to Destiny before the sound check. "He's still an asshole. And if you didn't have such a crush on him you'd feel the same way." "I do not have a crush on him!" "Whatever. So, aren't you going to ask how my night went last night?" "No." "Well, I'm gonna tell you anyway. Me and Justin were making out and-" "Again?" "He's so great though! It's the best sex I've ever had." "You've only done it with like three other guys!" "So, it's still the best." "I think you need to back up off Justin's wang." "You're just jealous!" "Trust me, if I wanted sex, JC would be more than willing." JC jumped into the the room smiling. "Did someone just say sex and JC in the same sentence?" "JC, leave." Ebony said. "Ok." he said walking away. Destiny laughed and walked out onto the stage. "Someone's a little too horny."
"Hello." Destiny said answering her cell phone on the bus. "Destiny, baby, this is Mark!" "Oh, hi. Can you hold on a sec?" "Sure." She pressed the mute button and took the phone to Ebony. "It's Mark. Will you talk to him?" she asked. "No way! I talked to him last time!" "But I hate him!" "Me too!" "Fine." she walked back to the front of the bus. "Ok Mark, I'm back." "That song you've been singing on tour, the one you're supposed to release in a week-" "Yeah, what about it?" "It's not working for me. It doesn't have enough of that rough, techno stuff that's cool now. So here's the deal hon. Next week when you get to Indianapolis there'll be a chauffeur waiting for you two in a limo. He'll take you to our Indi. studio. When you get there go to studio number two. I'll be waiting for you there with your new song!" "Ok." "Bye baby!" "Bye." "What did he say?" Ebony asked. "When we get to Indianapolis we're going to a studio to record our new single." "I thought we already did." "No, we're not using that one. It's not 'techno' enough." "Oh."
The bus stopped at a rest stop. "I cannot stand him! 'Destiny, baby, hon.' I wish he'd stop talking like that!" Destiny whined. "He's a good agent though." "Yeah, but he gets on my nerves!" "Are you talking about me?" Justin said walking onto the bus. Destiny ran to him and they immediately started making out. Ebony watched for a couple of seconds then suddenly got bored. "Ok, that's enough of that. Bye!" she said walking off her bus and onto Nsync's. "Hey babe." JC said. "Don't call me that." she said sitting down across from him. "Ok. So, what are you doing over here?" "Justin's on my bus making out with Destiny." "Oh. Sounds like fun. You wouldn't want to do that, would you?" "No." "Ok, I just wanted to see. So, what are you doing tonight?" "Sleeping." "You need to start having fun. How long have we been on tour?" "A week and a half." "Oh. But you you still need to start having fun. Maybe you could go to a club with me and Joey." "No thanks." "Aww, why not?" "Because you'd leave me to go have sex with some slut in the bathroom." He narrowed his eyes and stared at her. "I'm not like that." "Oh, yeah. Sure. Tell me, who are those girls you're with every night?" "Ok, fine, I'm a little like that. But I don't have sex in bathrooms." "Anywhere in public?" "Well......... No, I don't want to talk about this." "Uh huh."
He opened his mouth to say something when Chris walked onto the bus. "Hey Ebony! What's up?!?" he asked sitting down. "Noth-" "We're talking." JC said interrupting her. "Fine. I know when I'm not wanted." he said getting up and walking out. "What did you do that for? He just wanted to talk." "But we're talking." "What else is there to talk about? You're a whore, 'nuff said." "So I'm a whore?" "Yes. Normal people only have sex when they're in a relationship. And people who have one-night-stands don't do it every night." she said picking up her glass of water. "Well excuse me if I'm a guy and enjoy sex." "Women enjoy sex too, but we know how to control ourselves. But why would that matter to you? You only use women for sex." "That's all they're good for." Ebony glared at him for a few seconds. She picked up her water, threw it in his face, and stormed out of the bus.
She stomped into her bus and Destiny and Justin were still making out. "God, would you two stop it already?" she said angrily, sitting down. "What's wrong?" Destiny asked. "JC's an ass." "What did he do this time?" "He said that women are only good for sex." "Oh my God! He must die!" "I'm sure he didn't mean it." Justin said. "But he said it." Ebony said. "JC doesn't think before speaking. And I know that he has the tendency to say all the wrong things to you, but he doesn't mean it." "Well..." JC walked onto the bus, water still dripping from his hair. "What do you want?" Ebony asked angrily. "I'm sorry about what I said." "Oh please." "Why can't you just forgive me?" "Because I've already forgiven you once, which is more than I should." "But that was for something else." "You should have learned! Why can't you just keep your mouth shut?!?" "You guys fight like you're married." Justin said. "Justin!!" Ebony yelled. JC took Ebony's hand and took her outside. "What?!?" she screamed. "Calm down." "Calm down?!? How can I-" She was cut off by JC putting his middle and index fingers over her mouth. "Calm down." he said soothingly. The ice in her eyes thawed as he took his fingers away. "Stop trying to be all sexy and romantic." she said softly. "You like me, don't you?" "What?" "Ebony, I'm not an idiot. So just admit it." "I can't admit something that's not true." "You can honestly say that you don't like me at all?" "Well....." He smiled and kissed her. A minute later he pulled away. "Wow, no violent shove this time." She blushed and looked away. "So, why so reluctant to do anything with me?" he asked. "Because." "Because why?" "Because I refuse to become some other girl you've conquered." "What?" "You heard me. I'm not a whore and I'm not letting you make me one." she said turning around and walking away.
She woke up the next morning and hit the alarm. "The sun's not even up yet. And I shouldn't be either." she said pulling the covers over her head. Destiny stood up and stretched. "Come on. Tour life calls." "Tour life can bite my ass." "Hmm, I thought that was JC's job." she said walking into the bathroom. "Excuse me?" Ebony said sitting up. "I saw him kiss you." "That wasn't anything." "Mmm hmm." "Destiny." she whined. "What?" "There's nothing going on between us." "I know, I just wanted to see you squirm." "Ugh!"
JC paced back and forth in his room while Lance brushed his teeth in the bathroom. "I don't know what to do. I really like her and I know she likes me, but she won't be with me because she thinks all I want is sex." "Umm, JC?" "Yeah?" "Isn't sex the only thing you want?" "No!" "Well-" "I know that I act like it is, but it isn't. Anyway, I don't know what to do." "Well, you could start by not having sex with different girls every night." "It's not that easy." "Do you want Ebony or not?" He sighed. "Yeah." "Ok then. And you could also stop hounding her for sex." "I guess I could, couldn't I?" "Yeah." "Ok. Thanks Lance." he said walking out.
Someone knocked on Ebony's door. "Can you get that? I'm indisposed at the moment." Destiny said from the bathroom. "Ok." Ebony got up and opened the door to see JC standing there. "What?" she asked standing in the doorway. "Umm, I just wanted to say good morning!" "And?" "Well.... I'm trying to be a new man for you." She was silent. "Yeah. Well, I guess I'll be leaving now." he said walking off. "Bye." she said closing the door. "Don't you dare dive in to him." Destiny said. "But he said he's trying to change." "He's lying." she said closing the door, ending the conversation.
"So, when do you get the lyrics and notes for your new single?" Chris asked Ebony as they walked through the grocery store to get junk food. "Tomorrow when we get to Indi." "Oh. What's it called?" "I have no idea. Nobody tells us anything." "You know, JC hasn't had sex for like, a whole two days." "Wow. What progress he's made." "He said he's doing it for you... Or not 'doing it' for you. You know what I mean." "Yeah." "So, are you ever gonna do anything with him?" "If you're talking about sex, I doubt it." "Anything else?" "Like what?" "Well, you know, like oral sex or something." "If it has the word sex in it, no. And besides, I'd be afraid of getting an STD." "I don't think he has any." "Oh please." "I really don't think he does." "Sure, and I'm the queen of England. Do you want these?" she asked holding up a bag of candy. "Sure. I'm almost positive he doesn't have any. I think he uses a condom every time." "Since when do you know so much about JC's sex life?" "If he's as smart as he looks he uses a condom. I mean, it would be kind of bad if he got some girl pregnant. And, I've never met anyone who spends that much money on condoms in a month." She smiled as they walked to the cash register. "He's a whore."
"She said that?" JC asked Chris when they got back from the store. "Yeah. And I tried to tell her that you don't, but she wasn't listening. You don't have any, do you?" "No. God, I'm never going to get her to go out with me." "Well, I don't blame her for not wanting to." "What?" "JC, Ebony doesn't seem like the kind of girl that wants to be used for sex." "What?!? Why does everyone think that I do that?!?" "Cause you kinda do." "I do not!" "No offense or anything, but I can't see you in a relationship without sex during the first week. I actually can't see you in a relationship at all." JC gave him a nasty look and walked out of the room.
Ebony was walking through the hallway when JC angrily walked by and bumped into her. "Sorry." he said stopping. "What's wrong with you?" "Chris. So, you think I have STD's?" "Well, yeah." "Gee, thanks. I don't." "Ok, whatever you say." He started to walk away again. "JC! I'm sorry!" she yelled as he disappeared around the corner. She sighed and walked into the room Chris was in. "Thanks a lot Chris." she said. "What?" "You told JC what I said." "Well, you never told me not to." "I didn't think I had to." "Well, sorry." "And now he's all pissed off at me." "Why do you care anyway?" She rolled her eyes and walked out of the room.
Ebony and Destiny were on the stage goofing off when they heard a girl screaming at someone outside. A door slammed and the girl walked into the stadium. She walked up to the stage and looked up and Ebony and Destiny. "Which one of you is Destiny?" Destiny sighed. "Me." "Who in the hell do you think you are?!?" "Umm, excuse me. Who are you?" Ebony asked. "I'm Justin's girlfriend, Britney Spears." "Girlfriend?" Destiny said. "You heard me, you slut!!" "Oh no! If anyone is a slut here, it's you!" "NO! I don't go around stealing people's boyfriends!" "He told me that he broke up with you after we did it for the first time!" She tried to jump onto the stage, but when she realized she couldn't she walked away. "Damn." Ebony said. Destiny quickly turned around. "JUSTIN!!!!" He slowly walked onto the stage. "What did I do?" "Do you know who was just here?" "Umm, no. Who?" "Your fucking girlfriend!!" A look of panic swept across his face. "I can explain." "You better!" "Ok.... Well, I was going to break up with her, but when I called her she wasn't there." "And you didn't call back later?!?" "Well, I was going to, but I forgot." "You forgot?!?" she yelled as Britney walked out onto the stage. "Shit." Justin mumbled. "Shit is right!" Britney yelled. "Shut up whore." Destiny said. Britney jumped at Destiny but she dodged her and Britney fell to the ground. She got back up and walked over to Destiny. "I'm going to kill you for taking Justin!" she screamed as she slapped Destiny. Destiny shot her a nasty look and hit her in the face. "Stop!" Justin yelled. He looked at Ebony and she walked over to Destiny and pulled her away while Justin pulled Britney away. "Justin?" Destiny said sadly. "What?" "Nothing." she said shrugging Ebony off and walking away.
Ebony walked onto the bus looking for Destiny. She heard her crying in her bunk. "Destiny, are you ok?" she asked standing next to her bunk. "No." "What's wrong?" "He loves her........ Not me!" she said crying even harder. "No he doesn't. If he loved her, which he doesn't, he wouldn't have cheated on her." "But he told me he was going to break up with her. That he did break up with her." "I would imagine it would be hard for him to do that. It's not because he loves her, it's because of the public." She heard Destiny sniff and she opened her curtain. "You think so?" "I know so. Now come on, we have an audience to please." Destiny smiled and got out of her bunk. "Thanks Ebony." she said hugging her. "Your welcome."