Chapter 11
JC, Joey, and Lance were over to their house faster than lightning. Justin was once again asleep on the couch; all he ever did was sleep anymore. Maybe it was better for him to sleep, and get his mind off things. Joey had tamed down since he had last been at their house; Lance seemed to be in a trance. JC gave Shannon a hug, quickly asking questions. "What did she say? Does Justin know?" She sat down and showed them what Britney wrote, telling them that Justin didn’t know and that she didn’t want him to know. "That last thing he needs right now is to find out that I’m being harassed by her."
The four of them sat at the computer when they heard the front door open. Shannon jumped, hoping it was the guys. Chris walked into the room, looking a bit tired. "Where’ve ya been?," she asked him forcefully. "I was at the mall, I just needed to get out," he answered back, in a calm tone, "but guess who I saw?" No one gave an answer, they just stared at him. "I saw Britney. She said something like, ‘Your little friend better watch her back. I’ll get back what is truly mine.’ What does she mean by that?" They didn’t say anything again, just opened up the e-mail and motioned for Chris to read it. He just stood there with his mouth open. "What a stupid bitch! How could she do that!?" Lance just shook his head and walked out to the living room. Justin had woken up, so he figured that he would keep him company. JC was concerned for Shannon’s safety. Who knows what Britney would do to her? "Damn, with all the shit that she is pulling with Justin and the media, who knows what she can do to you!," he shouted out. She felt safe knowing that they all cared about her, and for her safety.
They all wanted to take their minds of the email, so they decided to pop in a video and just relax. The movie of choice was She’s All That, and everyone sat quietly as the video played. The movie must have gotten boring for Chris, as he got up and fixed buttered popcorn for everyone. Even so, no one said a word. Halfway through the movie, the telephone rang and Shannon went to answer it. "Hello," she said plainly. After listening for a moment, she smiled and said, "Maybe you’d like to talk to JC." JC turned around suddenly and stared at her. She handed the phone to him, and the next thing you heard was, "Jessica!! Where have you been?! I’ve missed you so much!!" Shannon stood at the doorway watching JC practically jump up and down with excitement. He hung up the phone and told her that he was going to see her, and ran out the door. She shrugged it off and walked back into the living room, cuddling up against Justin. Once again, they just sat in silence. After a while, the movie finally ended and they all went out into the kitchen to get some tea. "Where did JC go?," Joey asked, peeking behind doors looking for his missing friend. Shannon started explaining that JC had ran out when Jessica called and that he was going to go see her. "Well that’s just great!," Lance said with anger in his voice. He started cooling off pretty fast when he immediately said, "Well, since we are still here, lets go rent another flick!" Justin, Lance, and Joey were out the door as fast as lightning, leaving Shannon and Chris in the dust. They just made idle chit-chat until the trio came back. "That didn’t take long!," Chris told them as they hopped into the kitchen. Shannon took the tape from Lance’s grip. "A horror flick! Dammit you guys know I hate horror flicks! I’m just going to sit on the patio then, enjoy your movie." She took her tea and went outside, sitting down in one of the comfortable chairs that no one was allowed to sit in except her. She was just looking up at the stars when she was startled by someone opening the door. Chris walked out, saying how their choice of movie wasn’t anything for him either and sat down with her. They just sat there quietly for a minute or two until Chris started in. "I talked to Justin," he said flatly. "He says he knows about the e-mail that Britney sent." Shannon looked at Chris as if he just told her he won a million dollars; not like he needed a million dollars though. "He said not to worry about it and that Britney couldn’t hurt a fly. The most she can do is squeal to the media, but that’s really it. She’s not going to actually hurt you." Shannon breathed a sigh of relief. The last thing she wanted was Britney doing bodily harm to her or Justin.
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