Lance slid the room key into the door, opening it quietly. He looked around the room, trying to locate Chris' bag. He saw it and went over to it, opening it and looking for something, anything.
He found Chris' wallet and looked inside it, finding nothing but five dollars and a credit card. And... wait, what was that gold card? Lance pulled it out and a look of pure delight crossed his face. It grew when he opened the side of Chris' bag.
"God, this is perfect. Leave it to Chris to have a hidden fetish," Lance said, grinning as he took the item out of the bag and put the card back into Chris' wallet. He left and found Joey in the hall, giving back his room key.
"Thanks Joe," Lance said with a smile.
*
JC looked over at Lance, who was sleeping in the other bed, still mad at him for the joke he and Chris had pulled on him at that theater. That had been three days ago, and Lance was still giving JC the silent treatment.
JC got up out of his bed and went to his suitcase, looking around for his most favorite thing, after Lance. After looking for a moment, though, he couldn't find it and he tried not to panic. He started throwing his clothes all around, trying to find it. He couldn't.
JC looked over to Lance to ask him if he knew where it had gone, but Lance was sleeping. JC made a worried sound and kept looking, turning up empty handed.
JC didn't see it, but Lance was grinning.
*
All five guys sat in Justin's hotel room, watching the morning news, JC and Chris looking devastated.
"Who's going to steal your picture of Nick Carter?" Justin asked JC.
"My -personally autographed- picture!" JC exclaimed.
"Brian's hotter anyway," Lance muttered.
"I have to agree with him on that one, JC, Nick looks like a shaggy dog," Justin said.
"You would agree with Lance," JC mumbled.
"Well, at least you didn't lose your beanie baby with a personalized message from Ty himself inscribed on the tag!" Chris moaned.
"Yeah, because you're the most active member of the club," Joey said with a snicker.
"Did I mention the bear itself is one that they only give to employees. It's the 'Billion Dollar Bear', not just Peanut or anything," Chris defended.
They all turned their attention back to the TV just as a news reporter came on and started speaking. "And in big news today, a personally autographed picture to *NSync's JC Chasez from Nick Carter, and a rare Beanie Baby made for fellow *NSyncer Chris Kirkpatrick went for auction on eBay this morning, and the bidding frenzy was enormous. The picture sold for two thousand dollars, and the Beanie Baby for three. I'm sure eBay is loving *NSync right now. In other news..."
JC and Chris' mouths dropped open in shock and Justin and Joey started laughing at the horrified looks on their faces.
"How the hell did eBay get our stuff?" JC asked.
"See you guys at breakfast," Lance said getting up suddenly, and heading for the door. He got there and opened it, but turned around before exiting the room.
"Oh, before I forget, eBay told me to personally thank you guys for your generous contribution."
The looks on Chris' and JC's faces just made Joey and Justin laugh even harder as Lance left the room, grinning.
*
