“Ok, we’re pulling up to the hotel.” The bus driver announced.
Johnny and Chris jumped onto the bus. “Ok, you guys have the rest of the day off, then you have the show tomorrow.”
Everyone nodded their heads.
“It’s like eleven thirty, what do you mean the rest of the day?” Joey asked.
Everyone ignored him and kept going.
“Lance you are in room 823, Joey room 825, JC room 827, Justin room 829, Chris room 824, and Katlyn and Jackie will be in room 828. I will be in room 832 and Johnny will be in room 826. Any questions?” Chris ordered.
No one said anything.
“Great. Let’s go...oh, there are a few fans out side.”
“You guys remember the rules...if, you’re going to go out, tell us and make sure you have a guard.” Johnny said before exiting.
Everyone laughed knowing no one ever followed the rules.
Justin grabbed Katlyn’s hand as they excited the bus. Girls started screaming as soon as they saw Justin. Picture started flashing from every direction. He waved and walked into the hotel still holding Katlyn’s hand.
“A few fans?” Justin laughed.
Katlyn wrapped her arm around his waist and laughed a little. “Yeah there was a few...a few hundred.”
Justin laughed a little longer and tightened his arm around her. “Let’s go upstairs.”
They got in the elevator and went to the eighth floor.
“So, are you going to go to bed, or do you want to talk a little?” Justin asked.
“I’m not tired, so we can talk.”
Jackie walked up behind them. “Kate, wrong room...we’re this door.”
“Justin and I are going to talk for a while...we’re not tired.”
“Oh, ok. Do you have a key?”
“Yep.”
“Ok, night.” Jackie said walking into the room.
Katlyn and Justin walked in his room and sat down turning on the TV.
“Don’t you get tired of this?” Katlyn asked looking around the plush hotel room.
“Tired of what? Touring?” Katlyn nodded her head. “Sometimes. It gets hard being in a different city and a different hotel everyday, but you get use to it.”
Justin suddenly leaned down and kissed her.
Katlyn laughed as soon as he pulled away. “Where did that come from?”
“Sorry, you just looked so kissable.”
Katlyn leaned over and kissed him, wrapping her arms around his neck. Justin deepened the kiss leaning down. He crawled up the bed and laid her down on the pillow as they continued the kiss.
Katlyn woke up and looked around. She turned to look at Justin sleeping next to her and smiled. She tucked the blanket around her more and turned to rest her head on Justin’s bare chest. Justin smiled in his sleep and wrapped his arm around her. Katlyn’s eyes flew open and she turned to look at the clock.
“Shit.” She muttered seeing it was six fifteen in the morning.
Katlyn crawled out of bed and picked up the first shirt she found, which happened to be Justin’s. She grabbed her pants and pulled them on.
Justin sat up in the bed and smiled at her. “Where are you going?”
Katlyn looked up from gathering her stuff and smiled. “I need to get in my room....If my dad sees me walking out of your room this morning, he’s going to kill both of us.”
“He’s not going to kill us. We’ve shared a room before.”
Katlyn sat down on the bed next to him. “I know...it’s just now I know something happened. I’m not guilty, I just...it will feel weird explaining to my dad that nothing happened, when I know something did.”
Justin pulled her down and kissed her. “I love you.”
“I love you too.” Katlyn kissed him again and sat up. “I have to go get changed though.”
“You better come back.” Justin called before she left.
Katlyn turned around and smiled. “I’m just going to change. I’ll be back in a minute.”
Katlyn opened the door and looked in the hall. She quickly tip toed across the hall and opened the door to the room she was suppose to be in. Jackie was still sleeping, so she grabbed some clothes and started walking to the shower.
“Katlyn?” Jackie asked.
Katlyn sighed and turned around. “Yes?”
“Where were you?”
“I was here...I’m going to take a shower now.”
“You were here all night?”
“Uh...yeah.”
“So why are you wearing Justin’s shirt that he was wearing yesterday?” Jackie asked knowingly.
“Um...I don’t know, maybe he has two.”
“Are you lying to me?” Jackie sat up in the bed and turned on the light next to her.
“Why would I lie to you?”
“Because you don’t want me to know something.”
“I don’t have to tell you everything.” Katlyn defended.
“No you don’t. But you have to tell me something like this.”
“I’m going to take a shower now.” Katlyn ignored what she said and walked into the bathroom.
Thirty minutes later she walked out in her blue knee length skirt and her pink halter top.
“Are you going to tell me?” Jackie asked.
“Why? You already know....By the way, don’t tell anybody.” Katlyn slipped on her sandals and turned to Jackie.
“I can’t believe you!” Jackie said throwing a pillow at Katlyn.
“What?!” Katlyn said throwing the pillow back.
“Something this big and you won’t even give me details.”
“I’m not going to tell you everything that happened. It’s private.”
Jackie laughed.
Someone knocked on the door. Katlyn jumped up to get it. She opened it to see her dad standing there.
“Hey dad. What’s up?”
“Wow, you’re up already. Well, the guys have a radio interview in about two hours...are you two going to go?”
Katlyn turned to look at Jackie, who was nodding her head. “Yeah...we’ll go.”
“Ok, we’re leaving in an hour.” Her dad walked away and she closed the door.
Katlyn started walking away and someone knocked on the door again. She turned around and opened the door again. This time it was Justin.
“You said you’d only be gone a minute.” Justin smiled.
“Sorry. I was taking a shower and then Jackie decided she wanted to talk.” Katlyn leaned up and kissed him. “So, what did you want?”
Justin held up her shirt. “You forgot something.”
Katlyn blushed and grabbed the shirt. “Thanks.”
“Your welcome. So, are you coming to the radio thing?”
“Yep.”
Justin leaned over and kissed her again. “Ok, I gotta finish getting dressed.”
Katlyn closed the door and walked back in the room. Jackie took the shirt from her. Katlyn grabbed it back and blushed again.
An hour later they all loaded into two vans and went to the radio interview.
“We’re here with N SYNC. Say hi guys.” The DJ said.
“Hi everyone!” The guys said in unison.
“So, we’re going to take a few calls, if you have a question for N SYNC, call us now.”
Katlyn, Jackie, Chris, and Johnny were all sitting behind the guys.
“Hi, what’s your name, caller?” The DJ asked.
“Hey! My name is Jessica and I wanted to know if you guys were going to have a second leg of the pop odyssey tour?” The girl asked.
“Hi Jessica. Um...We don’t know yet for sure, but we probably will end up going out on tour again.” JC answered.
“Ok, thanks!”
“Next caller, what’s your name?” The DJ asked.
“Hey N SYNC! My name is Casey and I wanted to know what you guys look for in a girl?”
“Why don’t you guys answer that one at a time. Joey you want to start?” The DJ started.
“Well, I don’t know...my girlfriend may get mad at me. But, I just want someone who doesn’t see me as a pop star, she just sees me for me.” Joey answered.
“I think that’s what we all look for.” Lance added.
“Yeah. Just someone who is ok with what I do, and doesn’t get jealous either.” JC said.
“Justin, Chris...you have anything to add?” The DJ said turning to look at them.
Chris spoke up first. “I just need a girl. As long as I get along with her, she enjoys my jokes....I just need a girl!”
Everyone started laughing.
“Justin?” The DJ asked.
“I have my perfect girl.” Justin answered simply. “We’ll just leave it at that.”
“Ok, ok. So, who else is dating someone?” The DJ asked.
“Like I said earlier, I have a girlfriend.” Joey answered.
“I do too.” JC added.
“So Lance and Chris are the only available one’s?”
Everyone nodded.
“Ok! Next caller.”
“Hi N SYNC! I’m Jenny and I have a question for Justin.” She paused and then continued. “That girlfriend of yours, Katlyn, what do you see in her?”
Justin looked up shocked. “Um...well, she’s everything I look for. It’s like she completes me.”
“But why? She’s not that pretty and there are so many more girls who are MUCH prettier then her, like me, why do you like her so much?”
Justin was starting to get annoyed. “First, looks aren’t important to me, so I don’t care about the other girls out there. Second, I love her.”
“But-“
“Ok! I think we’ll take another call now.” He said cutting off the girl.
“Hey! My name is Stephanie and before I ask my question, I just want to tell Justin that I think Katlyn is perfect for you.”
“Thank you.”
The interview went on for another half an hour. Katlyn sat in the back almost in tears. Who was that girl? Why did she hate Katlyn so much? Justin kept turning to look at her and giving her a smile.
They went to the venue so N SYNC could do another interview with a magazine.
Katlyn watched Justin the whole time. As the day went by, he seemed to get more and more closed off. He somewhat hid it during the concert, but you could still see it...she could at least see it. She would have to talk to him later.
