Chapter 4
It was nice just to see Justin smiling again. He looked so sweet standing there with all his friends. Yet, he looked so adorable. His golden tresses laying just right, his sun-kissed smile, and there was an extra sparkle in his eye. It was the sparkle that Shannon fell in love with when she met him. She even caught him holding her locket in his hand, holding it close to his heart. The day was totally perfect, until "she" came. "She" wasn’t invited, yet, she has to show up because her special "JuJu" was turning 19. Justin didn’t even see her at first; she was too busy flirting with Joey. The disgust on his face was something else. It was certainly a Kodak moment. She made her rounds with all the guys, but seemed to last a while on Lance. The look on JC’s face gave the impression that he was praying that he wouldn’t fall trap to her spell. Justin must have heard her horrid giggle because he suddenly turned around, a look of freight sweeping across his face. He slowly walked over to Shannon, handing her the locket for safe keeping. "Keep this for a while, who knows what Britney will do with it if she sees it," he said softly to her. He walked over towards JC, still looking fearful. Finally, she caught his eye. "Juju! Baby! Happy birthday! I’ve missed you so much!!," she shouted across the yard. She smothered him with kisses while everyone looked on, their mouths dropping one by one. The look of disgust became even worse when he caught her eye. "What’s the matter Juju!? Don’t you miss your Brit-Brit?!" she said with fear in her voice. He turned away and walked towards Chris. Chris and Britney never got along. Creative differences he says. Justin thought that if he walked toward Chris, she wouldn’t follow. "Hey man! What’s up?," Justin said to Chris as he got there. "Juju! Wait!! Come back here!!" Her voice was just making him cringe with anger.
"Don’t you get the idea that maybe he doesn’t want to see you Britney?" Chris hollered in a nasty tone. "Don’t even go there Chris! You are just jealous because I want Juju, and not you!," she shouted back in her preppy tone. Chris rolled his eyes and patted Justin on the shoulder. "Good luck, bro, you’re gonna need it! I’ll keep Shannon company while you deal with this inconvenience." Britney shot him an evil glare that could have put ANYONE six feet under. "Screw you, Chris! You are just jealous because I like him and not you!!" Chris’ anger was building up as he tightened his fists. "You already said that, now go away!" Chris walked off to be with Shannon, who was just sitting back watching the show.
It seemed as if everyone was sitting back watching the show that was about to happen. JC and Joey started taking bets on the comebacks that Britney would muster up, knowing that she can’t fight her own battles very well. Lance just stood there staring at Britney. Everyone thinks that he has a thing for her, but he should know better from what Justin is going through.
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