Chapter 2

It Wasn't Supposed to be Like This
by: Lucki
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"really what happened? Did you meet any cute guys?" Belle said. Aurora laughed.

"I guess you could say that.” she winked at Orion. The four friends sat down at a table in Starbucks. A waitress walked over.

"do you all know what you'd like?" she asked.

"I’d like a caramel frappachino," Aurora ordered.

"tall decaf mocha latte," Belle smiled.

" regular cappuccino." Jeff nodded at the waitress.

" hazelnut coffee, cream and sugar." Orion said. The waitress nodded and walked away.

"okay, here's the deal." Aurora started, after their drinks arrived. "me and Orion were looking at clothes. I wasn’t really looking to buy, you know? I was just browsing. But anyway, after awhile that song 'There is no Arizona' came on. So I started singing it b/c it's a good song you know? Well after a while a get into." Aurora paused to take a sip of her frappachino.

"yeah, so as she's standing there, belting out this song at the top of her lungs, I walk strait into Lance, Justin, and Joey. They were heading back from the signing." Orion said. Belle's jaw hit the floor. "so I'm like 'excuse me', but Joey shushes me. He's like 'be quiet'. They were all just staring at Rory, like they'd never seen someone sing before." Orion bragged. Aurora rolled her eyes.

"anyway, so the songs almost over and I realize that Orry had stopped running his mouth. So stop and I'm like 'Orry where'd you-' and he's standing there right behind me with Lance, Justin, and Joey. I was like 'oh my god.'. Lance was so nice! He's so sweet. He was like 'you are so awesome'. They all think I'm really talented. SO they took be into a backroom to meet JC and Chris and made me sing for them too." Aurora said excitedly.

"to make a long story short. Rory gave Lance her digits and he's supposed to call our parents tonight and arrange a meeting tomorrow b/c he wants to sing her onto FreeLance, and then JC wants to take her to a studio to record a demo tape." Orion said.

"oh my god!" Belle squealed. Everyone in the coffeehouse looked up at them. Aurora and Belle blushed and the guys ducked their heads. They all laughed. "sorry," she said. "oh my god!" she said, quieter. "That is sooo kool Roar! We have to celebrate! Makeover time! We have to get you set for this meeting!" Belle squealed. They paid for their drinks then set off into the depths of the mall.

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"oh man! I am exhausted!" Aurora sighed as she and Belle collapsed on her couch.

"me too," Belle sighed.

"ya'll are exhausted? We carried all the bags!" Jeff groaned as he and Orion carried in several bags of clothes, jewelry, and shoes.

"yeah, but it's hard work, picking out clothes, trying them on, matching them, finding jewelry, trying on shoes, and getting a manicure and a pedicure!" Aurora defended her and Belle. The girls giggled.

RING RING

Aurora and Orion's home phone rang. Aurora simply looked at the phone.

"oh my god!! It's him it's him!!!" Belle squealed. She grabbed Aurora's arm. Aurora laughed tiredly.

"you answer it." Aurora sighed, she laid down on the couch.

"oh my god. ME?! I cant do that!" Belle cried out. "i'll flip! you answer it."

"i'm to tired to reach it." Aurora moaned. "Orry," she said pointedly.

"fine. I always do everything anyway." Orion rolled his eyes and Jeff laughed. Belle collapsed in the recliner and flipped on MTV.

"ooh, look! Britney Spears," she said in mock enthusiasm. She started flipping channels.

"Hello?” Orion answered the phone on the 5th ring.

"hey! I was beginning to think no one was home!" Lance laughed.

"yeah, well if you'd have called three minutes earlier we wouldn’t have been. We just got back from shopping." Orion sighed. Lance coughed.

"are you serious? It's like 7 o'clock. We left you guys at 4:30." he said, in shock.

"yep. 2 and 1/2 hours of shopping, and manicures and pedicures. What fun." Orion said sarcastically.

"sounds like a blast. Is Rory around anywhere?” Lance turned business.

"yeah, hang on. She was too lazy to answer the phone herself, but she is here." Orion said, faking a glare at Aurora. SHe laughed.

"I am so not lazy!" Aurora shouted, laughing. Orion tossed her the phone. "hello?" she answered, her voice quiet.

"hey Rory!" Lance said.

"Hey Lance."

"have fun shopping?" Lance asked. Aurora giggled.

"yeah, of course. Me and Belle had to celebrate my meeting you guys, so we went all out and pampered ourselves. We had the guys carry our bags and everything." Aurora said excitedly.

Lance smiled on the other end of the phone. The girl celebrated by going out and buying an outfit. She was so small-town it was adorable. "that's great. I hope you had fun. I've scheduled the meeting for 5 o'clock at Wherehouse music. Our signing is at 12, so meet us there at 2 and we'll all go out for food, then meet your parents back at Wherehouse to discuss things. I'll have a contract printed out for you and your folks to look over and we'll talk at length tomorrow. here's JC."

"hey girl!" JC took the phone.

"hi JC." Aurora said, quiet again. JC grinned into the phone.

"how are you? I heard you went shopping?" he asked cutely. Aurora smiled brightly.

"yeah. Me and my friend Belle went and bought new outfits with matching shoes and accessories and got manicures and pedicures. We went all out and totally spoiled ourselves." she said shyly.

"what's the occasion?” JC asked coyly.

"meeting you," Aurora said, then blushed. JC stopped. "meeting you and Lance and just meeting all of you, and for you all finding me and for..everything." Aurora stammered. JC grinned and laughed.

"well, that's nice. I hope you had fun." he said sweetly. Aurora nodded. "listen, I got a studio reserved for us. We can record a demo tonight. It may take awhile, so I'll have to talk to your folks about getting you a hotel room near the studio. It could be as late as midnight or one before we get done. Do you write any songs?" JC asked.

"uh, no not really. I'm not really a writer-type person. I was never really into music enough to write lyrics, I guess. I was always told I couldn’t sing or play so I changed my passion." Aurora shrugged.

"you play? What?" JC asked, enjoying the conversation.

"the violin, flute, and guitar." Aurora said shyly. JC coughed.

"are you serious?" he asked. Aurora giggled. "wow, that's kool. Well, if music isn’t your passion anymore, what is, if i might dare to ask," he said flirtily.

"well," Aurora paused. "i have several. I ice skate, but that's more of a hobby, so's dancing. So I guess that leaves my passion to be...." Aurora trailed off thoughtfully.

"what? You've got me on the edge of my seat Roar,” JC joked, already giving her a nickname. Aurora blushed.

"horses. I love to ride." she said, her voice going softer.

"really?" JC asked. "that's really neat," he said quietly. "i think that's kool. Why'd you say it like you didn’t want me to know?"

"b/c i'm not really that great at it. I'm about as good at riding as I am singing."

"then you must be an amazing rider." JC complimented her. Aurora blushed again.

"she rides?" Lance asked. JC nodded. "sweet!" Lance said and the guys laughed.

"well, hey, it was nice talking to you Roar. But i gotta ask, are your parents around?" JC asked.

"um, yeah. Hang on." Aurora lowered the phone onto her shoulder. "Orry, where are the parental units?"

"probably out back." Orion shrugged, glued to the TV with Jeff and Belle.

"thanks for that help, buddy," Aurora said sarcastically and walked to their parents' room. Both of her parents were sitting in their bed working on paperwork. "hey, mom?, dad?” Aurora knocked on the door as she entered.

"yeah Hon?" her mother, Irene Devine answered her.

"hey JC?" Aurora brought the phone back up to her ear.

"nope, Lance again." Lance's deep voice came back on.

"okay, just checking, Hang on for my mom." Aurora smiled, she lowered the phone again, covering the mouthpiece.

"alright. Today at the mall, you know I went with Belle, Orry, and Jeff to meet Nsync or whatever right?" Aurora asked.

"yes, who's on the phone sweetie?" her father, Kohl Devine, asked, getting down to the point.

"that's what i'm getting to." Aurora said, giving a little smile. "well, me and Orry went shopping instead and while we were looking I was singing and well, Justin, Joey, and Lance overheard me." Aurora stopped to take a breath. And now, since they think i have such a good voice, they want me to sing." Aurora stopped and smiled. "see, Lance Bass has a company; FreeLance Entertainment. He wants to sign me to his label!" Aurora finished excitedly.

"wow Honey that's great!” Irene said, getting up and walking over and hugging Aurora.

"yeah, I know. Lance is on the phone right now actually. He wants to talk to the two of you about arranging a personal meeting with him tomorrow, then JC Chasez wants to talk to you about me going to a studio to record a demo later on. Here's Lance," Aurora handed the phone to Irene and skipped out the door, back into the living room.

** ** ** ** ** ** ** "Wow," Orion said as they pulled into the parking lot of Wherehouse Music. The place was swamped with people. Most of them were leaving now though. Orion parked the jeep and he and Aurora climbed out and headed to the door. Security had the doors locked.

"hi," Aurora said sweetly.

"can we help you?" a huge guard asked.

"yeah. I'm Rory Devine. I'm here to see Lance?" she asked shyly.

"oh yeah. Sorry bout that. Here you go." the man opened the door to the store and let her and Orion in.

"Rory!" Lance called as she and Orion entered the empty store. All the guys stared. She looked gorgeous!

"damn," Joey whispered to Justin, who nodded in agreement. Yesterday she was in jeans and a tank with sneakers, hair up in a ponytail, hardly any makeup. Today she was a complete 180.

Aurora walked in, self-conscious at all their stares. She was in tight, low-rise black leather pants, a bright coral scoop neck t-shirt and black boots with a black belt that had silver loops holes all around it. She had her long sandy blonde hair with platinum highlights down, sleek and strait, to about midbiceps. She had on a simple sterling silver cross necklace. She had her makeup down perfectly, her eyes done to make her turquoise eyes stand out brilliantly. To top off her sophisticated look, she had on a knee-length black duster to match. The heels on her boots made her go from 5'4 to 5'7" She smiled at Lance and ran a hand through her hair.

"damn is right," Chris whispered. JC simply stared. She was breathtaking. She gave a shy smile to him and his heart jumped. Her smile was amazing, she had dimples and bright white strait, teeth.

"how are you, Roar?" JC asked quietly as she came and sat down between him and Lance. Orion sat directly across from her between Joey and Chris. and Justin sat on the other side of Joey.

"i'm good Jaycie, how about you?" she asked. JC's stomach knotted and he grinned at how she said his name. Justin caught the gesture and kicked him under the table. JC shot him a look.

"i'm doing good." he answered, then kicked Justin back.

"ow!" Justin cried out. Aurora looked over at him. He gave her his trademark grin and then laughed when she blushed.

"so, is that the outfit you bought yesterday?" he asked playfully.

"yeah, what's it to you?" Aurora countered, her voice still soft and quiet, but the sarcasm was evident. She winked to show she was joking and this time Justin was left struggling for words, earning a smirk from JC. "and how are you Superman?" she asked Joey, referring to the name he gave her at the mall.

"I'm doing great. You look very good today Rory," Joey complimented. Aurora blushed and smiled.

"thank you Superman." she said.

"well, it looks like we wont be able to go out for lunch or whatever, but I asked Lonny and Pete to bring us pizza, if that's okay." Chris said, as two burly security guards came in, each with three large pizzas.

"wow, that's a lot of pizza.” Aurora said.

"well, we're grown men here, we eat a lot." Joey said in a deep, gruff voice.

"yeah, where?” Aurora pretended to look around. "oh! Backstreet's gonna be here? Oh, i see." she said. All the guys looked at her. "what?" she shrugged and picked up a slice of pizza.

"that was low Rory," Joey said, then laughed.

"that was good." Lance laughed.

"sorry. I can be real sarcastic." Aurora said, studying her hands. All the guys laughed.

"That's good welcome to the club," Justin said, he reached across the table and touched her hand for a moment. Once again he laughed when she blushed.

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"Alright. So that about covers it, contract-wise.” Lance said, bringing the meeting with Aurora's parents to an end after an hour and a half of discussing contract terms and business and the way the music industry works. "and now I'd like to introduce you to JC Chasez, he's also in Nsync with me and the rest of the guys. He's produced several tracks on our albums and he's produced for the group Wild Orchid as well. He's a very talented producer, he's good in the studio too, which is why he'll be working with Rory later on tonight to go ahead and set up a demo tape." Lance introduced JC.

"Thanks for that....wonderful intro Lance. My real name is Joshua Chasez. After hearing your daughter, Rory, sing I went and found some songs I'd like for her to demo for me. I'd like to work with her though, become her vocal coach, if you want to call it that. Not like she needs one though, She's got a really beautiful voice, really strong.” JC said, talking to Irene and Kohl. Irene smiled at the young man. He seemed to know exactly what he was talking about. Kohl nodded thoughtfully.

Aurora watched as JC finished his conversation with her parents. As he was talking she noticed Justin staring at her from the corner of her eye. He'd been shooting her glances all day. She stood up and went and sat next to him, she leaned over, close to his ear.

"so," she said softly. Justin swallowed, chills going up his spine. Joey and Chris watched. Aurora ran her hand up over his shoulder then down his arm, resting it on his forearm. Justin swallowed again, harder this time.

"yeah?" he whispered, turning his head a little bit towards his, Her lips were against his earlobe now.

"how's Britney?" Aurora asked seductively, then patted his cheek and walked back to her seat, grinning. She sat back down beside Orion and they gave each other a high five. She looked back over at Justin staring at her and winked at him. Joey and Chris fell out in laughter.

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