Chapter 1-Moving In

Justin stared at the beach house that stood before him. "Whoa," he said.

"Dude, this house is a tropical paradise!" Joey said. "It looks like the house out of The Real World: Hawaii."

"MTV sure knows how to hook someone up for the summer," JC said. MTV was sponsoring a contest called "The Boys Of Summer", and the winner and three guests were able to spend the summer on an island in the Florida Keys in a privately owned beach house with *NSYNC. The guys ahd just arrived on the island.

"Hey Lance, when are the girls supposed to get here?" Joey asked.

Lance pulled a copy of the schedule for the first day out of his pocket. "They should be here around noon or one."

"Well, let's go in, then!" Chris pulled the keys out of his pocket, unlocked the door, and walked in, his dog Busta behind him. "Honey, I'm home!" he yelled out.

"Man, this place is phat!" Justin yelled. He dropped his bags on the floor and ran around the house to explore.

JC walked into the living room. "Cool. Leather couch, DVD player, big screen TV, and stereo in the living room. Perfect place for taking a nap."

"Oh, I am gonna like this house," Lance said as he found the computer room.

Joey grinned broadly. "Us, the four girls, Busta, all in this house. This summer is going to be great!

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"I think I'm gonna be sick," Brian moaned.

"Just don't think about the boat moving," Nick said, "and you'll be fine."

"Yeah, try to think about the girls," AJ said.

"Don't get any ideas, AJ," Kevin said as he tried to focus the lens on his camcorder. "Aren't they sixteen or something?"

"Seventeen, actually," AJ said.

"I don't know why you're so anxious about them," Howie remarked. "We don't even know their names."

"Candice, Christy, Julie, and Shiara," AJ said, listing the girls' names in alphabetical order. "They're all seventeen, and all from Durham, North Carolina."

"I don't know how he does it," Brian commented.

"Yeah, but that still doesn't mean that you can try anything, and it sure doesn't mean that they're legal, AJ," Kevin said. "Why do you always think I'm going to 'try something'?" AJ asked.

Nick said, "Because you usually do try something."

"They all seem like interesting and enigmatic young ladies," AJ said. If his dark sunglasses had been off, the others might have seen the mischef that glittered in his deep brown eyes. "I just want to get to know them."

"AJ," Brian said, "Can it."

AJ sighed. There was just no convincing his bandmates. The five of us, and the girls, he thought. Sweet!

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Justin began to go through the cabinents in the kitchen. "What the-?" he exclaimed after opening the refrigerator. "I can't believe this!"

All of the cabinents and the refrigerator were empty. The only things that were in the refrigerator that Justin did see were a large bowl of fruit, a couple packs of hot dogs, ketchup, mustard, and a loaf of bread.

"This is unbelievable," he mumbled. Just as he began to walk out the door, he ran right into someone. "Oops, sorry," he said.

"That's okay.... Justin?" a bewildered voice said.

Justin did a double take. He'd just run into Nick Carter, the last person he expected to see on the island and in their house.

"Nick?" Justin said, just as surprised as the other blonde boy in front of him.

Then, simultaneously, they both said, "What are youdoing here?"

JC walked into the kitchen. "Hey, what's goin' on?" he asked. "And what's Nick doing here?"

"Wait, what are you guys doin' here?" Nick asked. "Me, the other guys, and our contest winners are staying here for the summer!"

Justin shook his head in disagreement. "No, wait. We're staying here with our contest winners."

"Nick! Where the hell are you?" AJ yelled. He walked into the kitchen and stopped abruptly. "What're they doing here?" he asked Nick.

"Apparently they're in our house," Nick said.

"Apparently you're in our house," Justin corrected him.

JC thought for a moment. "Wait, wait," he said. "Lance! What do those papers form MTV say about the contest winners?"

"Well, paragraph 14, sentence 1 states that 'The winner and three guests will win an all-expenses paid trip to a privately owned beach house on an island in the Florida Keys to spend the summer-respectively Memorial Day to Labor Day-with both the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC....'" Lance paused. "Hey!"

The four in the kitchen all exchanged blank glances. "You mean..." Nick began, "we'll be spending the whole summer not only with the girls but with you guys as well?"

"Nice to meet ya. We're going to have the whole summer to bond," JC said.

"Oh boy," Justin sighed. "This is going to be a long summer."

Chapter 2
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