Within 10 minutes we had the gym fully garnished and ready for the next day. I got in my car and he got in the van and we drove back to my house and left the van. I moved to the passenger side and let him drive my car. We drove downtown and parked the car and just walked around and went in the different stores. The two of us were enjoying the opportunity to be out by ourselves the only time we were alone since the guys came was the night everyone left and every night when we go to bed, so we made sure to savor each and every moment. After about 2 hours of walking in and out of all the stores from, antique stores, to toy stores, to jewelry stores we decided to head back home.
That night I knew I had to get some sleep so as soon as we got home I ate dinner, got a shower and went to bed. It was only 6:30 p.m. but I needed plenty of energy for the next day. Tiffany, Erica, and I were leaving around 9 am to go get breakfast, followed by getting our hair and nails done.
I laid in bed trying to get to sleep. I was almost asleep till I felt my bed move followed by laughter.
“What the hell is going on?” I asked in a groggy voice.
“We got bored out of our mind and Tiff and Erica left like 15 minutes ago. Can we chill with ya for a few?” Justin asked.
“Yeah sure make yourself comfy, where did they go?”
“I dunno they just said they were going out and we couldn’t come.” JC replied.
“Well where’s Lance at?”
“Oh he went with them. So I dunno, they should be back soon.”
Justin and JC got into the bed. I was sandwiched between the two. The guys fell asleep instantly and their snoring filled the room I covered my ears and fell asleep.
Around 8 p.m. Erica, Tiffany, and Lance returned home. Tiffany and Erica went to their rooms expecting to see Justin and JC but they weren’t there, so they looked downstairs. The guys were nowhere to be found. All that they had found was Joey and Chris asleep in the living room but they continued to look. Lance walked into my pitch black room and came over to the bed and bent over to kiss me on the cheek.
“Hey baby, we’re home.” He whispered.
“Oh Lance I didn’t know you loved me so much” Justin said in a girlish voice followed by a kissing noise.
“What the ...” he said as he turned on the light only to find me in bed with Justin and JC fast asleep. “What is going on here?” he yelled.
“You just kissed me hot stuff” Justin said as he laughed.
“Huh? What? Lance sweetie is that you?” I asked as I yawned.
“Yeah it’s me what’s up with this?”
“What’s up with what?” I asked as I looked around the room.
“JC and Justin in bed with my girlfriend that’s what.”
“Oh” I laughed. “After you ditched them they got bored and decided to come bug me and they fell asleep in here.”
“Well that’s not what it looks like.”
“OH my god, don’t you trust me Lance? Do you honestly think I’d sleep with these two?” Justin and JC shot me a look. “You’re the only one for me babe! Maybe next time you shouldn’t leave these guys alone with me if your so worried!”
“Of course I trust you but I didn’t expect to walk in here and see you in bed with these two that’s all.”
Just then Erica and Tiffany walked into my room
“Have you seen JC and Justin? We can’t find them any...” Tiffany asked as she looked over to the bed.
“Oh my god. Justin Timberlake you have a hell of a lot of explaining to do!” Tiffany yelled in astonishment.
“You fucking whore!!!” Erica screamed.
“Hey you two it’s ok! I was equally as shocked. The guys got bored while we were gone and came up to bug Jen and fell asleep.”
“Ah I see, sorry Jen didn’t mean to jump to conclusions but you know me!” said Erica.
“No problem. But if we want to be all nosey about this situation then maybe I should take my turn. Where have you two girls been with my man?” I said with a smirk.
“Umm nowhere just out.” Erica said glancing over at Tiff.
“Yeah just out not doing anything, we’re losers like that, you know us.” Tiffany added.
“Ok whatever. Now can all of you please get the hell out of here I need some sleep!” I said as I swooshed them out of my room. Lance started to leave too.
“No, not you mister. Your staying right here with me where you belong” I said as I gave him a long passionate kiss.
He got into bed with me and I finally fell asleep.
“BEEP, BEEP, BEEP”. It was 7:30 and my alarm clock was blaring. I quickly turned it off and got up and got a quick shower, and through a pair of jeans, a tee-shirt, and just a little make-up. At 8:30 I met Tiff and Erica downstairs. We grabbed our purses, headed out the door and piled into my car. After we got a bite to eat we went to Broadway hair and nail salon.
I had gotten my hair all loosely curled, on each side a few strands of my hair were pulled up into some small black clips. Erica had gotten her hair curled also but hers was pulled half up and held in with a black barrette along with a few pieces or baby’s breath that was stuck in her hair. Tiffany just had her hair simply curled. As for our nails, we all decided that French manicures would look good. After a long 3 hours Erica, Tiffany, and myself, were all beautified and ready for a night of fun. We arrived home and quickly ran up the stairs before the guys saw us, we didn’t want them to see us till we were ready to go.
It was only 3 p.m. so we decided to watch something on TV for awhile. After scanning the stations we decided on MTV, they were having a Real World marathon so we watched 2 episodes. Then 4 p.m. came around and we decided to start getting ready, we had told the guys to be ready to jet out of here at six because I needed to be there early. Me, Tiffany, and Erica got our dresses on and did each other’s make-up properly. Then we added the body glitter and perfumes.
“OK are we ready ladies?” I asked as we looked at each other and nodded.
“Almost, shoes and purses and we’re ready to go.” Erica replied.
Just then there was a knock at my door.
“Yes, who is it?” I yelled.
“It’s me, are you girls ready? It’s almost 6.” Lance answered.
“Yeah honey we’re just getting our shoes on and our purses. Stay right there.”
“I’m not going anywhere.”
Within a 5 minute period we were fully clothed. We did a quick make-up and hair check and took a deep breath.
“Let’s party!” Tiffany said.
I opened the door and was greeted by Lance’s gorgeous eyes.
“You look remarkable.” he commented.
“Thanks, you look quite handsome yourself” I said giving him a quick kiss.
“We’re ready to...” Justin said as him and JC exited the rooms. “..go...wow you look gorgeous” Justin said as he spun Tiffany around looking at her from each angle.
“You’re so beautiful” JC said to Erica.
Each of us locked arms with our boyfriends and headed down the steps where we were met by Joey and Chris.
“Ladies, aren’t we looking mighty fine this evening.” Joey said kissing my hand.
“Save the moves for some single girls Romeo.” Justin joked.
We quickly arrived at the school. There were only 4 car in the lot but when we walked into the gym there was no one around except the DJ. We all walked up to him to make sure he had everything he needed. Lance told him when his break would be for their performance later this evening. I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned around, and there was Ben standing there before my eyes.
“Hey Jen, so where’s your little ‘boyfriend’ at tonight?” he asked
“Oh kiss my ass dickhead.” I yelled as I turned my head back towards Lance who was still talking to the DJ. “Lance, sweetie come here.” I said. Lance walked over to me and took my hand. “Lance I’d like you to meet Ben, Ben this is Lance, my boyfriend.” I said with a smile.
“Nice to meet you Ben, I heard about the incident with you kissing my girlfriend yesterday. And what’s this about her being a liar?” he asked.
“OH, her? a liar? No, no, I’m just joking around with her. And uh that kiss, yeah, umm I thought she was someone else, wait no, umm she umm.. I dunno man.” he said in a nervous manner.
“Quit the lame excuses Ben get a grip. Let me tell you this one time and one time only, the next time you think about talking to me or anything where you need to come near me I highly suggest that you keep your distance, is that understood?” I said in a rational tone.
“Yeah, listen Jen I’m sorry, can’t we be friends or something still?” he asked. I thought for a moment. It wouldn’t hurt me to just be friends with him so I agreed and we shook hands to show peace amongst ourselves. After we finished in the gym I guided everyone to the auditorium so the guys could do a quick dry run for their performance tonight. We watched them warm-up and run through their routine once then we proceeded back to the gym, where by this time was packed with people. Once we were inside I met up with some of my friends who were amazed with Lance. I was enjoying this too much, it seemed like I was bragging about him but I wasn’t, I was just glad that once and for all everyone saw that Jennifer Hunter was not a liar.
Lance and I walked over to 2 of my friends, Beth and Kristin, while everyone else stayed by the DJ so I wouldn’t lose them in the packed room.
“Hey guys, what’s up?” I asked.
They turned around and looked at me.
“Hey Jen, who’s this... oh my god” Beth said as she realized who I was with.
“Who’s this?” I asked pointing to Lance. “Oh I guess I haven’t introduced you have I?” I said in an arrogant manner. “Well Beth, Kristin, this is my boyfriend, Lance.” They stood there shocked. Watching their faces was one of the most enjoyable things that had happened so far that evening. They never believed me before and now they couldn’t help but believe me. I waited for a response but there was none so I continued to talk.
“Well I just came over here to ask you two if you’d mind dancing with two of my friends. Cause I don’t trust them out there alone! God only knows how many times they’d get smacked with their shitty pick up lines. So would you?” I asked.
“Umm... well where are they? I don’t wanna be stuck with some lame dude all night.” Kristin said with an attitude.
“Follow me and I’ll introduce you, but you have to promise me you won’t ditch them.”
“Uh, ok whatever, show us these two loners.” Beth said. At that moment I wanted to smack them both. I started wondering why I was friends with such total airheads. We finally made our way through the crowd and came across Erica, JC, Tiffany and Justin first.
“Wait Kris and Beth I wanna introduce you to some of my buddies first.” I said walking up to them. “These are my best friends in the world, Tiffany and Erica. And their boyfriends as well as my good friends, Justin and JC.”
“Oh my god Jen, why didn’t you tell us that you knew these people.” Kristin asked.
“Cause you never asked and anyways not like you’d believe me, right. Ever since you didn’t believe me about my baby right here I figured why tell you anything else. Anyways are you two ready to meet these two guys or what?”
“Yes” they both said in unison.
“Lance, be a dear and go get the losers for me.” I asked with a smile.
Kristin and Beth’s faces dropped when I said that. I had them truly worried.
Lance returned in a matter of seconds with Joey and Chris.
“You guys I’d like you to meet my friends, Joey and Chris. These are the two I want you to keep your eyes on, think you can do that much for me?” I asked them.
Kristin danced with Joey while Beth danced with Chris. Now that I had them taken care of we could all finally have a little fun. We all went on the dance floor and got our grooves on. They played a ton of upbeat music at least 6 fast songs in a row, I decided we needed to slow down a little so I approached Kenny, the DJ and asked him to put on a slow song, I told him I didn’t care which one as long as it was slow. So after “Ray of Light” by Madonna was over. The lights went low and there was a pause while Kenny found a slow song.
“May I have this dance Miss?” Lance asked me.
“Why of course you may.” I replied.
Just then the music started. A smile graced my face and I giggled.
“Oh no, don’t go freaking on me now.” Lance laughed.
“Hey let me be I’ll be a good little girl, I promise.” I said putting a puppy face on. Lance knew this song was one of my weaknesses. It was “I will come to you” by Hanson, my favorite band beside ‘N Sync of course. I rested my head on his shoulder as we swayed back and forth to the music. Near the end of the song I felt a tap on my shoulder but I ignored it I was too caught up in the moment to be bothered. The song ended and I stood there, my head still resting on his shoulder. He didn’t seem to mind that everyone else was speed dancing and we were just standing there.
“Jennifer” I heard someone say as they continued to tap me. I wondered who it could be cause almost everyone called me “Jen”.
I turned around to see who it was. It was Stacey and Amy. Stacey was my ex-best friend who I refused to talk to because to sum it up she was the biggest bitch I knew. And Amy was Stacey’s new best friend and lesbian lover for all I knew. Those girls were around each other 24/7. Everyone in the school hated them except for the preps.
“Oh hey, umm.. umm.. what’s your name again? Sorry I forgot.” I said playing dumb.
“Funny Hunter, real funny. I’m Stacey, remember? ha ha ha!”
“Oh yeah I remember now! What can I do for you?”
“Well we just came over to say you did a great job on this dance.” Amy said.
“Thanks Amy, glad you like it.”
“Yeah well I don’t think it’s all that great. Anyways I just wanted to know who this hottie you’re with is and why he’s with you.”
“I’m her boyfriend, and she’s the best thing in my life and that’s why I’m with her. She’s sweet and caring and she definitely is not like you. Any more questions? If not I suggest you make your way back onto the street corner.”
“Hey Jen, can you show us where the bathroom is at?” Tiffany asked as she walked from behind me.
“Tiffany? Is that you?” Amy asked.
“Yeah I’m Tiffany. Who are...oh my god Amy, what the hell are you doing here?”
“I go to school here. Hello! What are you here for?”
“I’m staying here a month with Jen.”
“Woah, wait a second. You two know each other?” I asked them.
“Unfortunately, Amy and I use to be best friends.”
“Yeah well it’s all your fault you whore.”
“Don’t you call me a whore ever again you bitch.” Tiffany said as she slapped Amy across the face. A crowd started to form around us.
“Oh wow, nice to see you can do something, too bad you can’t get your sorry ass a boyfriend.” Amy yelled. I ran over and got Justin.
“Well if you’d like the 4-1-1 I do have a boyfriend.” she then yelled “Justin come here.”
“Listen Tiff, dildos don’t have legs so don’t bother yelling for it, ok?”
JC and Justin ran over. Justin wrapped his arms around Tiffany’s waste and kissed her neck. “What is it babe? What’s going on.”
“Well I believe this slut right here use to go to school with me and now she’s saying I don’t have a boyfriend and I think she just called you a dildo.”
“Listen bitch, why don’t you back your sorry ass away from my girl, and go fuck your little friend.” Justin yelled to Amy.
Amy and Stacey didn’t know what to say. They just rolled there eyes and walked away. A few minutes later someone had told me they ran out of the dance crying. Serves them right.
“Tiffany, Erica, follow me I’ll show you to the restrooms. Anyone else need to go?” I asked escorting them down the hall.
“Yeah where’s the guys bathroom at?” JC asked.
“To the right of the girls bathrooms. You guys go in I’ll wait out here for you.”
After about 5 minutes they were all done and we headed back to the dance. When I walked into the gym I went to the balcony and looked down at everyone having a blast and dancing. It was off to a good start and I wasn’t going to let Amy and Stacey ruin it.
I looked out to the upper corner of the gym and saw this girl in my grade Diane, dancing with her boyfriend near Beth and Chris. I was just about to make my way down to see them when I heard a loud gun shot. Beth fell to the ground. I glanced at Diane who was holding a small gun in her hand, she had just shot Beth right in the chest. Kristin ran over to her but she was the only one. Everyone else stood there silent. They didn’t know what to do. Kristin checked her heartbeat and checked for signs of breathing . She was had neither. Kristin yelled out that Beth was dead.
The quietness was soon destroyed by the loud laughter of Matt, a guy who she use to stalk. He must have caused a chain reaction cause once he began laughing so did everyone else, including myself. I don’t know why I was laughing but it was funny. She was really annoying and there she laid, dead. Everyone kept on dancing and I went up to the office to notify the principal about what had happened. The police came and interviewed a few people but everyone kept their mouths shut about Diane killing her because they all liked her so much. Chris was dancing with a group of freshmen now that Beth was dead, and he was having a blast.
Despite the tragedy the dance had to go on. I figured it was time to put the guys on stage so I walked up to the stage and grabbed the microphone.
“Excuse me everyone can I have your attention.” I said and everyone’s eye’s were fixed on me “Thank you, well usually the music at these dances is all put on by a DJ, and we have one of the best here with us tonight, I’d like to thank him for the great selection he’s given us tonight, but at this time I would like to introduce you to our live band. Here they are to perform a few songs of their self-titled album, ‘N Sync!!!” The crowd applauded and I stepped off stage. The lights went down and they kicked things off with “I want you back.” Everyone was dancing and getting their performance, this by far was the most successful dance we had ever had. Once I saw everything was under control I walked outside of the gym and just sat on the floor against the wall and closed my eyes. Everything started catching up with me all at once in the form of a giant migraine. The pressure was building up and my head was throbbing. Within the course of 2 days I had set up a whole dance, showed up my worst enemy, and lost one of my friends who I laughed at when she got shot, what kind of a person was I? As I sat there tears poured down my cheeks like waterfalls. I felt a gust of wind blow my hair I lifted my head and wiped my eyes as I looked to the gym doors.
“Jen, what’s wrong?” Kristin asked.
“Nothing, I’m fine.” I replied.
“Well it sure the hell doesn’t look like nothing to me, come on you can tell me.”
“Oh it’s nothing really, everything is just catching up to me. I mean I threw this whole dance together and I was worried it wouldn’t turn out and then Beth getting shot in there. I sat there and I laughed Kristin, what’s wrong with me? I mean sure she was annoying but I could trust her, the more and more I think about it she was one of the only people in this school besides you that I could confide in, and I laughed.” I said inbetween sobs.
“Jen, it’s ok, stop crying please. You were probably just laughing at all the things we’ve done together that were so unbelievable.” she said trying to comfort me.
“Maybe that’s it but I just feel guilty, can you just leave me alone for a little while please?” I kindly asked her.
“Well I came out here cause the guys told me to come find you. So I really think you should come in.”
“I’ll go in and see what they want then I’m coming right back out here and crying some more. Ok?”
“Yeah sure.” she said extending her hand to help me up. I wiped my eyes and took a deep breath. I didn’t want to face the entire school with mascara smeared all over my face. I opened the gym door and I heard the DJ playing which was odd because they guys were set to play more than 3 songs. I walked down the steps to the gym floor and approached Joey who was the only one I saw around.