Eight

“Guys!”  Cubby greeted us in the Z100 studio.

We all shook hands and exchanged smiles before sitting down and putting on our headsets.

“Good morning New York!” Justin yelled into the microphone.

“Man there sure is a rutcus outside for you guys.  I think they’re going to take over our studio,” Cubby joked.

“We always seem to stir up some trouble when we come here,” Chris replied.

“JC, Lance, you guys look exhausted!  Must mean recording sessions are going well,” Cubby commented.

“Yeah, the album’s a little over half done.  We were kind of going at our own pace there for a while, but we have so many ideas that we just can’t stop,” I replied.

“That’s good because we miss having you guys around.  We’re gonna play the latest from Christina Aguilera and then we’ll talk to you about what else you guys have been up to,” Cubby flipped some switches and looked over at us with a smile.

“So, y’all are over at Battery I hear,” Cubby asked.

“Yeah, we’ll be here until Saturday,” Joey yawned.

“How’s your daughter?” he asked.

“She’s good, she’s getting big,” Joey’s eyes grew wide and he smiled.

“She has a crush on Chris,” Justin laughed.

“I know, I’m irresistible to the young women…they all want me,” Chris sat back and blew on his nails.

“Well, I’m sure once she’s in preschool she’ll tell all of her friends about you,” Lance laughed.

“Hey, that’s my girl,” Chris smiled.

“How do you know she has a crush on Chris?” Cubby asked with a chuckle.

“She always finds things in the backyard like shreds of grass or rocks and every second he’s at my house she comes in and is giving something to him,” Joey replied, all of us laughing.

“That’s cute.  Okay, we’ll do one more set and I’m just going to ask you some random questions,” Cubby looked around at all of us.

“Cool,” Justin shrugged.

The ad for the station was heard and then the red recording light came on.

“In case you’ve forgotten we’re here with N Sync talking about the recording of the new album and some random junk.  So, Justin, how’s Britney?”

Justin smiled stupidly.

“Good, she just finished her tour and we did a few television spots for our new single.  It’s going well,” he nodded.

“What, no ring yet?” Cubby joked.

“Still too young man,” Justin laughed.

“How about the rest of you? JC?”  he looked at me, dammitt.  Why me?

“JC’s not as public as we are, he’s got a secret girl with no name,” Justin laughed.

Instantly my heart sank when Lance’s eyes locked with mine.  I could see the light green turning dark within seconds.

“Ooo, a secret girl, I want to hear about this,” Cubby commented.

“Yeah, I do too,” Joey and Chris replied in unison, both of them exchanging odd looks.

Lance glared at me in confusion.

“I…uh…” FUCK JUSTIN, UGH… “I’ve been seeing someone, but…it’s…” fuck what do I say?  Lance’s eyes were burning into my head.  “It’s nothing serious,” I shrugged.

“Whatever, JC’s in love,” Justin snorted.

Lance shifted in his chair, his face revealing how hurt and angry he was.  And the rest of the interview, it stayed that way.

Back At The Hotel

Lance stormed in my room as I was changing my clothes to go to the studio.

Damn, how did he always manage to get in my room, ugh.

“Who’s the girl JC?!” he screamed.

“Calm down Lance,” I tried.
”Who is she?!” he yelled.

Okay, hold on, can we back it up just a little bit?  He’s the engaged one, even if the girl is a fictional thing with Justin, does it matter?

“Wait, let me get this straight.  You’re engaged and you’re yelling at me?” I raised my voice.

“You know why I’m with Trin, now who’s the girl?”

I was completely shocked.

“Does it matter who or what I do Lance?  You’re still being a chicken shit and marrying her, which means, this…US…can’t last forever.  And you know what?  I’m willing to give you forever, but you’re not,” I snatched up some things and stormed out of the room.

Six Hours Later

We ignored each other through the entire session, neither of us really talking to anyone.

“JC, you got a sec?” Justin stopped me.

“What?” I snapped

“Sorry, gosh, I just wanted to see if you told her you loved her last night?” he asked.

Okay, so I couldn’t be pissed at him, it was me that led him into thinking I was seeing a GIRL.

“Yeah, I did, but can we talk later?” I asked.

“Uh, yeah, sure, okay,” I walked off.

“Everyone’s tired, let’s call it a night,” one of the tech’s announced.

“Fine, with me,” I angrily stormed out of the studio and flagged a cab – fuck waiting to ride in a limo with him.

“What’s his problem?” Joey asked Lance.

“How the hell should I know!” Lance yelled back and flagged a cab himself.

“They just left without security,” Justin commented.

“Oh well, it’s their own fault,” Chris shrugged.

“I wonder what’s wrong with C?” Justin looked at the other two.

“Talk to him, slap him, do something about his PMSing,” Chris snorted, “Lance too.”

“No way, I’ll talk to him tomorrow.  Anyways, let’s go,” Justin hopped in the limo.

Twenty Minutes Later

“Dammitt,” I slammed my door as I saw Lance sitting on my bed.  “How the hell did you beat me back?” I asked.

“You’re forgetting I know New York better than you,” he smirked.

I groaned and tossed my things on the table.

“So are you going to tell me about this girl, Josh?” his voice was calm.

“You’re missing the whole point Lance.  The point is, you’re engaged and you haven’t thought about where this…us…is going,” I sat in a chair and leaned forward.

“I don’t know where I’m going with this.  I mean, THIS, US, it was never suppose to happen in my mind.  I was going to live with how I felt for you and marry Trin and go on with my life.  I hoped I would make myself happy enough to forget you,” he put his head in his hands.

“But what about NOW, Lance?”

He just shook his head.

“Do you love Trinity?” I asked.

“A part of me loves her, yeah, but not deeply, not passionately, not…like…” his eyes were glossed with tears as he looked up at me “ not like you.”

I got up and sat down next to him.

“You do know that you have to figure out what to do sometime soon…” I quietly replied.

“I know…I just don’t know what…”

There were a few moments of silence.

“And for the record, Taz, there is no girl.”

He looked at me oddly, his brow furrowing.

“But Justin said…”

“When I started having all of these feelings for you I needed someone to talk to about love and stuff.  I called him late one night without thinking.  I never said whether the person was male or female, he just automatically assumed.  He kinda knows what’s been going on, but well, he thinks it’s a girl and she has no name,” I guiltily replied.

“Oh man Jayce,” Lance cracked a smile.  “I’m sorry for being such a jerk, I just got really…y’know…jealous,” he laughed.

I smiled back at him, staying mad at him was too hard.

“It’s okay, I should of told you I was talking to Justin about it,” he leaned into me and we kissed briefly, “so what do we do about Justin and Trin?” I asked.

“Right now, nothing, because you know what sounds good?” he said into my lips.

“What?” I asked, biting on his lower lip.

“You, naked, in my bed,” he smiled as I bit on his upper lip.

“Hmmm…”

“Wait, I have an even better idea,” he smiled and stood up.  His clothes made a trail down the small hall and into the bathroom.  There I heard the shower turn on.

I quickly undressed and hurried down the hall.  The glass doors were already beginning to steam when I opened the door and let myself in.

“Uh,” I was quickly knocked against the marble wall.  His wet body pressed against me as his hands roamed my body. 

“Now wouldn’t Justin just flip if he knew that this time I’ve got you up against the wall, NAKED,” he smirked.

The water began to drip off my hair and onto my face.

“What about if he knew I,” I swung him around and pinned him to the wall, “had you up against the wall doing this…” I ran a hand through my damp hair before making a trail of kisses down his chest and stomach.  I kissed the top of his length and played with it briefly with my tongue.  I heard his head hit the wall with a thud.

I looked up at him as he looked down at me.

“Now, I’m not quite sure what I’m doing, but I’ll do what feels good to me,” I quietly said.

He just nodded and watched me take him into my mouth.

His legs nearly gave out on him as I licked and sucked slowly.  I put my hand around his shaft and ran it up and down with my mouth.

“God, JC,” his voice rumbled through the shower.

I suddenly felt his fingers pulling at my hair and pushing my head.

His legs began to twitch and his body was losing control.

He pulled my head off of him and pulled my body into his.  He then grabbed my throbbing self and pressed it against his.

He grunted and ran his hand up and down both of us.  Seconds later he called out and liquid went all over me.

I moaned loudly and pouted as he took his hand away.

Seconds later he got down on his knees and took all of me inside of his mouth.

“Jesus Lance,” I couldn’t believe he just did what he did.  It was the hottest thing I’d ever seen.

It took me only a minute before I jerked into his mouth, my body exploding with an intense orgasm.

When his eyes finally met mine again he smiled and replied, “do you like the taste of you and I?”

My hand found the back of his head and I yanked him into me, my tongue darting in his mouth and my lips suckling on his bottom lip.

He reached over and flicked off the water, our kissing getting more and more passionate as we stumbled out of the shower and into the bedroom.

He fell down on top of me as we landed on the bed.

His hips and mine grinded into one another, our kisses heated and our hands caressing each other.

“God, Jayce, I want you so bad,” his voice sounded so pleading, I thought he was going to cry.

“I know, I want to feel you inside of me,” I gasped as his teeth found my nipple.

“God, JC…” he kept moaning over and over.

I squeezed my eyes tight, trying think clearly and ignoring the adrenaline that was running through my body.

“Lance,” I called, but he kept nibbling on my chest.  “Lance, listen to me,” I grabbed his head and made him look at me.

His green eyes looked distant as he stared back at me.

I held his face in my hands.

“What Jayce?”

“We can’t do this, we can’t make love, not until you tell Trin and we tell the others, it’s not right if we can’t freely love each other.  Do you understand?” I asked as I tried snapping him out of his daze.

He nodded and continued to look at me.

“Do you Lance?”

“Yeah, you’re right Jayce,” he sighed and slid on his side so he was tangled in my arms.  “Gosh, that was intense,” he took a deep breath trying to calm himself down.

“It’s just, if it does happen, I want it to be one hundred perfect right, y’know?” I asked as I kissed the mixture of water and sweat off his forehead.

“I know, I’m usually more…together than this.  I can usually be more in control of myself.  I can’t believe you make me so crazy,” he chuckled.

“I think you’ve noticed you do the same thing to me,” I replied. 

We both lay there until our bodies finally calmed down.

“Sleep?” I asked him.

“Sounds good,” his arms wrapped around my waist tightly, our legs entwined.

“I love you James Lance Bass,” I whispered.

He smiled brightly.

“I love you too Kitten.”

“Don’t get too use to calling me that,” I snorted.

“Okay Slyvester, good night.”

“Good night.”

The Next Morning

“You’re up early Jup,” Joey commented, passing him in the hall.

“Me, YOU’RE up early too,” Justin laughed.

“Kelly is suppose to bring Brianna in today and I had to go downstairs and buy some cough medicine for her, she’s got a little cold,” he shrugged.

“Awww, what a good dad,” Justin teased.

“Shut up Uncle JuJu,” Joey snorted.  “Where you going?”

“To talk to JC.  He’s suppose to tell me what happened with his secret girl and I want to see why he was so upset last night,” Justin played with the key in his hand.
”How’d you get a key?” Joey asked.

“There’s ways of getting into people’s rooms if you want to,” Justin smirked.

“Okay, I’ll have to remember that Justin,” Joey laughed.

“Besides, if I go in there and wake him up, he’ll one, be so groggy and out of it he’ll tell me anything I want to know, and two, he can’t run from me and give me some lame excuse, cause, well I won’t leave his room until he tells me,” he replied.

“You’re smart Timberlake,” Joey pointed to his head.

“I know, I know, see yah.” Justin headed down the hall to the correct room.

He slid the key in the lock and waited for it to turn green.

“JC never hears a damn thing,” Justin snorted.

At The Same Time

Lance’s eyes shot open, his legs entwined with JC’s and the sheets.  JC’s arms were tightly around him and his nose was perfectly nuzzled in his neck.

There was a clicking sound…he could of sworn.

“JC?” Lance whispered.

It was then he noticed movement and before he had one second to move he heard the loud scream.

“JOSH?  LANCE?!”  Justin yelled at the top of his lungs.

I flung up in bed at the scream, nearly knocking Lance over.

My eyes locked with Justin’s as he looked back and forth from Lance to myself.

“YOU’VE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME JC?!”  Justin screamed.

Did I ever say that waking up sucked on the road and in airports and all those tour buses?  Well, yeah, this topped off every wake up call I’ve ever had.

Nine