Justin Timberlake sighed as he looked at his girlfriend of nine months. He was only 14 but he loved this girl with all his heart. And here she was, telling him she couldn't be with him anymore. "I just don't understand why."

"J..." She started but he held his hand up, silencing her.

"It's because of *NSYNC isn't it? You think I won't have time for you anymore because it's finally starting to get off the ground. Girl, you know I'd make time for you."

"I don't think Justin, I know." She said and walked away from him, out into the afternoon Orlando sun and out of his life.

"Hi, I'm Justin." A now 16 year old Justin Timberlake smiled, turning on the charm as he met a pretty brunette.

"Hi, I'm Shelly." She smiled back and they shook hands.

"I'm gonna be in town for a while, and it's pretty rare to find an American girl in Germany so I was wondering if you'd like to get together tonight?" Justin asked after the two talked for a while and she smiled again.

"I'd like that, a lot."

"You're never home!" Shelly said for the millionth time.

"Well, I'm sorry if my job takes me all over Europe and MY home is in the states. I love you Shell, we can work something out."

"No, we can't Justin. I can't be with someone I never see." She looked down. "I'm sorry."

"So am I." Justin said before grabbing his jacket and walking out.

Justin sat on the beach and wondered why every girl seemed to break his heart. He figured he just wasn't meant to find love, true love as he spotted a girl walking towards him.

"Hi...you look pretty lonely...wanna talk?" She asked, sitting next to him and he looked up at the lightest shade of blue eyes he had ever seen.

"Not really."

"Aw, come on. It helps to get things out, even if it's to a stranger. I'm Andrea by the way."

"Justin..." He mumbled and eventually told her his problems.

"You've got chocolate on your nose." Justin laughed and Andrea's hand flew up to her nose but Justin grabbed her hand. "I got it." He said and leaned over, placing a kiss on her nose, taking the chocolate with him.

"Thanks." She said with a shy smile. It had been three months and *NSYNC would be back on tour in about a week so they were spending as much time as they could together.

"There's more." He said and leaned over again to kiss her cheek. He kissed her other cheek, then her chin before kissing her lips. Andrea smiled against his lips and placed her hand on the back of his head as he deepened their kiss.

Justin wiped at his eyes as he stood in front of her. His four best friends were standing behind him. lending him their support as he said good bye to Andrea. Justin's sad dark blue eyes watched as Andrea's casket was lowered into the ground. It was two days before *NSYNC was to go on tour.

Two days prior, Andrea was in a head on collision with a drunk driver, on the way to his house. She was killed instantly.

"Justin Randall! It's been how long and I get no hug?" Justin heard and he turned in his seat slowly to see Britney Spears.

"Brit!" He laughed, jumping up and made his way to hug the girl he'd known on the MMC. "You look good girl. What are you doing here?"

"I'm your opening act!" She said with a squeal and hugged him again.

"I knew you'd find a way back into the business." Justin said with a small smile and the two sat around the *NSYNC Toy Room, catching up on the old days.

"You two," Lance pointed at Justin and Britney. "Need to get together, like now. So until you do, you both will be locked here."

"Have fun!" Britney's personal assistant and friend, Felicia said, waving and Lance shut the door to the back of the bus. The two high fived each other as Lanced locked the door with his free hand and they walked away.

"So, I guess they got a bit fed up with us." Britney laughed, actually nervous as Justin sat down next to her.

"Guess so." He sighed. "I really, REALLY like you Brit. But you know I've been hurt... a lot."

"I wouldn't do that to you. You'll never hear me say "I can't be with you because you're never around" because I'll be in the same boat soon."

Justin looked at her and they leaned in slowly. Justin closed his eyes a second after Britney did and their lips finally touched.

They were still kissing when Lance and Felicia opened the door. "I guess this worked." Lance chuckled softly and Felicia grinned.

"Let's leave em in there for a little while longer." She said and Lance agreed, closing the door.

"Three years. Three years. Three years." Justin chanted and Britney laughed.

"It's about to be four almighty smart one." She said and Justin narrowed his eyes. Britney giggled as he jumped on her and kissed her sweetly on the lips.

"Fine then. Four years. Four years. Four years." He said and she laughed again.

"I really do love you J." She said, running a hand through his short curls.

"I love you too Pinky." Justin said and kissed her nose.

"This is it STINKY." Britney laughed then got serious. "You're it."

"You have no idea how much I love hearing you say that."

"Then I'll say it all the time." She said and Justin poked her side, making her giggle as she talked.

"You're it. You're it. You're it."