Epilogue


“Have you seen this?” Chris asked holding out a sheet of paper.

Joey took the paper and skimmed it, smiling slightly at what he read. “What about it?”

Chris frowned. “Did you know?”

Joey nodded his head. “Yeah, I’d heard a few things.”

“What things?” Lance asked, closing the Quiet Room door behind him.

“Wade has announced his ‘retirement’ from choreography,” Chris said, making little quote marks in the air. “Said he wants to concentrate on music and films.”

Joey snorted.

Chris and Lance looked confused.

“Don’t mind me,” Joey said. “You know I never cared for the guy, right? Always seemed just a bit too happy to fill in for me during the ‘Pop’ video.” He shrugged. “So, I’m not sorry he’s gone.”

“What about Justin?” Lance said, nodding to the other man sitting on the couch.

Joey turned. It’s good to see that again, he thought at the site of JC and Justin intertwined on the couch. Joey smiled, remembering the hug that Justin had given him the day after he’d forced JC and Justin together. He didn’t want any explanation, Joey had told Justin. And Joey would offer none, either. But Joey had assured Justin that Wade wouldn’t be a problem anymore. He chuckled, realizing the old saying was true after all. You could take the boy out of Brooklyn, but couldn’t take Brooklyn, or its somewhat questionable connections, out of the boy. He started when Lance slugged him on the shoulder. “What?”

“I said, what about Justin?” Lance repeated. “You think he’ll be okay? They were pretty tight at one time. This could seem like a betrayal, especially since Wade’s gone to the other side,” Lance said, referring, of course, to the Backstreet Boys.

“I think Justin will be fine,” Joey said, observing a soft kiss between him and JC. “Better than fine, actually.” Joey turned to Lance and Chris. “He’s got JC, right? What more does he need?”

The three band mates turned toward JC and Justin and smiled.

JC and Justin were back together, and all was right with the world.



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