"It... It's Justin..." I stammered.
"Hurry up you two," my dad called.
Justin glanced over towards us. He saw me looking at him and winked. I had to practically drag Kate over to our table.
"Dad," I said excitedly. "Justin and the guys from 'N Sync are sitting over there!"
"Where?" he asked.
"Over in the corner," I said.
I fished my Cd cover out of my autograph book. "I'm going to see if they will sign my Cd cover," I told my dad as I stood up.
Only about half of the tables in the room were filled. And everyone other than 'N Sync were old people. The guys were sitting at a round table with six chairs. Justin was sitting facing me with an empty chair on his left. I walked slowly towards their table. Justin glanced up and smiled at me. He motioned for me to sit down next to him.
"Hi," he said. "I'm Justin."
"I'm Erin," I said shyly. "I... I was wondering if you could sign my Cd cover?"
"Of course," said Justin.
He tood the cover from my hand and pulled a pen out of his pocket. He signed right below his picture and passed it to Lance, who passed it to Chris, Joey and then Jc. Jc handed it back to me and smiled. "Here you go."
"Thanks," I said. I tucked the cover back into my pocket and started to get up to go back to my table.
"Wait," said Justin. "Do you want to stay here and eat with us?"
"Well," I said surprised. "My dad and sister brought me here for my birthday..."
"It's your birthday?" asked Justin.
"Yeah," I said.
"How old are you?" asked Jc.
"17."
"Ah... you two are the same age," Jc teased.
"I have to go back to my table, my dad's waiting on me." I said. "Thanks for signing my Cd cover."
"Hey, tell your dad to come join us. You haven't ordered yet, have you?" asked Justin.
"No," I said. "We just got here. I'll be right back."
I stood up and hurried over to where my dad and Kate were sitting.
"Dad," I said. "Justin invited us to sit with them!"
"Really?" asked Kate excitedly.
"Can we sit with them?" I asked. "They haven't ordered yet either."
"Well," he said. "It's your birthday."
"Thanks!" I said.
I led the way back to the guys table. Chris jumped up and put a chair on either side of him. Kate sat on his right, so she could sit next ot Lance. My dad took the other seat. Justin stood up and pulled out the chair for me. I smiled and sat down.
Lance turned to Kate and said, "Hi, whats your name?"
"Kate," she said blushing.
"Well, Kate," he said. "I'm Lance."
"What should we call you sir?" Justin asked my dad.
"You can call me Brett," he replied. "And what are all your names?"
"I'm Justin, thats Jc, Joey, Chris, and Lance," said Justin.
"Nice to meet you all," said Brett.
"Nice to meet you too," said the other guys.
The waitress came over to the table and asked us what we wanted to drink. Everyone ordered, and she wen't in the back.
"What should I order?" I asked.
"I'm just going to get a hamburger and fries," said Justin.
"That sounds good, I think I'll have that too," I said.
The waitress came back with our drinks, and asked for our orders.
"I'll have spaghetti with garlic bread," said Kate.
"I'll have the same," said Lance.
"Hamburger and french fries for both of us," said Justin.
"Steak and baked potato," said Jc.
"I'll have that too," said Joey.
"Same here," said Brett.
"I'll take a hamburger and fries," said Chris.
The waitress left. Justin leaned over to Lance and wispered something in his ear. Lance nodded and stood up. He motioned for Chris, Joey and Jc to follow him.
"What are thye doing?" I asked curiously.
"Just wait," said Justin.
Lance led the other guys back to the table. Justin stood up and joined them. They stood beside my chair, and started singing Happy Birthday. When they were done, Justin got on one knee and kissed my hand.
Everyone around us started clapping. An old woman leaned over to Jc and said, "You guys should sing professionally."
"Thanks," he replied grinning.
They all sat down again.
"Wow," I said stunned. "That was so pretty."
"Not as pretty as you," Justin saidd quietly.
"Aww, looks like our little buddy Justin's got a crush," Chris teased.
Justin blushed. "Now look what you did," said Joey. "You embarrased him."
The waitress came back with our food. Everyone started eating.
"So do you guys live near here?" asked Jc.
"We live about 45 minutes away from here," replied Brett.
"Cool," said Jc.
"Do you guys get noticed by fans everywhere you go?" I asked.
"Well, we almost always get noticed when were all together. When were apart its different." explained Justin. "We found out that they were having some kind of senior citizen special so we figured that we wouldn't be mobbed by fans here."
"Oh," I said. "Well, I'm sorry if we bothered you guys."
"No," said Justin. "You didn't bother us. You'r different from most fans. Your not overreacting"
"Well, I never imagined that I would be sitting here with you guys." I said. "This is the best birthday i've ever had."
"I'm happy to be spending this day with a beautiful girl like you," said Justin.
I blushed. "Your so sweet."
"So," said Brett. "Are you guys going to be in the area for a while?"
"Well," said Joey. "We've got some time off, so were going to visit our family and just relax."
"Oh, you guys are from here right?" asked Brett.
"Yeah," said Joey.
Everyone chatted for a while until everyone was finnished.
"Come with me," Justin whispered in my ear. "Were going to go outside for a minute." He said to everyone else.
"Okay, just don't do anything naughty," Jc joked.
"Ha ha," said Justin.
He led me out the door over to a bench in the shade.
"You know Erin," said Justin. "I have never met someone as nice, and beautiful as you."
Before I could say anything, he picked up my hand and started to sing "God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You." I stared into his gorgeous blue eyes. When he was finnished he leaned over and kissed me on the forehead. Tears welled up in the corner of my eyes. As one rolled down my cheek he reached over and brushed it away.
"Why are you crying?" he asked softly.
"That was so pretty," I said. "And thats my favorite song."
"We probably had better go back," he said.
We stood up, he leaned over and gave me a long hug. His arms felt so good around me. Big and strong, yet gentle.
When we let go, he leaned over and we kissed. He looked into my eyes and said, "I love you."
"I love you too," I replied.
We took hands and walked back inside. We got to the table and sat down.
"Are you two going out?" asked Jc.
Justin looked at me, and I smiled. He turned back to Jc. "Yep."
"You two are a perfect couple," said Kate.
The bill came and Joey paid it, ignoring my dads insisting that he pay for our share. We all walked out to the parking lot.
"Do you guys want to go see a movie?" asked Justin. "That new Chuckie movie is out."
"That's cool with me," said Jc. "Brett, can Kate see an R rated movie?"
"Well," said Brett.
"Come on dad," said Kate. "I'm old enough to not get scared."
"Okay," said Brett.
"We've got a van, so how about you guys ride with us. We can pick up your car later," said Jc.
"Okay," said Brett.
We walked over to the corner of the parking lot where their van was parked.
"Do you guys always drive a van, or do you ride in Limo's sometimes?" I asked.
"Well, most of the time we ride in our van," explained Justin. "A limo brings too much attention. And its easier for one of us to drive than having a driver."
Justin opened the doors and helped me into the backseat. There were two single seats up front and three bench seats in the back. Joey got in the drivers seat, with Brett in the passengers side. Chris and Jc sat in the first bench, and Lance and Kate sat on the second one.
Justin leaned over and put his arm around me. "So, tell me a little about you."
"Well," I smiled. "I play varsity basketball..."
"I love basketball," said Justin. "We should play someday."
"That sounds great," I said. "Can you rollerblade?"
"Well, I've got a pair of blades," he daid. "But I'm not very good."
"I'll have to teach you," I said grinning.
Jc turned around and grinned. "Hey Chris, we got two couples back here."
Everyone laughed except for Kate. She blushed.
"Don't be embarrassed," said Lance. "He's just playing around."
We pulled up in front of the movie theatre and Joey parked near the corner. He turned around in his seat.
"We better get our discuises."
Justin reached behind the seat and grabbed a light blue baseball cap and a pair of sunglasses.