At nine o’clock in the morning, everyone met at WEG studio. Katlyn went along with her dad. When they got their, JC and Lance were the only ones there. Katlyn went over to talk to them.
“Hey guys!” Katlyn took a seat next to JC on the couch.
“Hey Kate.” Lance greeted.
“Hey!” JC turned to face her.
“So, what’s up?”
“Nothing much...we’re just preparing to be tortured today.” JC responded.
“Are you changing the dance routine much?”
“Not really. We have to talk about the stage set up though.”
“Do you have anything in mind yet?”
“That’s why we’re here today.” Lance joined in.
Justin walked in the room. “Hey everyone!”
Katlyn looked up and smiled. She loved to see him in a good mood. “Hey, J.”
Justin sat next to her and pulled her over to him, giving her a quick kiss. “Hey, Angel.”
Katlyn rested her head on his shoulder waiting for the meeting to begin.
Johnny and Chris sat down with the group. Minutes later Joey and Chris (K.) walked in.
“Ok, we first need to start this meeting off with talking about the video music awards. MTV needs a final count of everyone going.” Johnny started. Everyone nodded their heads. “So, how many people are each of you brining?”
Joey started. “I’m brining Kelly.”
“I’m bringing Meredith.” Lance added.
“Just me.” JC said.
“I’m bringing one.” Chris said.
“Three people.” Justin said.
“Is Katlyn one of the three?” Johnny asked.
Justin nodded again. “Is that ok?”
“Yeah, that’s fine.”
“Ok, now we need to submit the staging layout soon. Any ideas?” Chris brought up.
“We were all talking, and we thought of doing like a comic book type layout.” JC said.
Johnny nodded his head. “We’ll need to work out details though.”
They talked for an hour and finally came up with the final project.
“Ok, Wade is in the dance studio waiting for you.” Johnny said getting up with Chris behind him. They walked back to their office.
The guys and Katlyn walked into the dance studio.
“Hey guys.” Wade greeted.
The guys groined as a reply. Katlyn sat down off to the side so she could watch. Five hours later, they were let go for the day. Katlyn got up to join them as they left.
“So, where is everyone going?” Katlyn asked.
“Home.” They all said in unison.
Katlyn laughed. “A little tired?”
They all shook their heads. Katlyn wrapped her arm around Justin’s waist as they walked to his car. Justin pulled out his keys and handed them to Katlyn.
Katlyn took the keys. “I get to drive?” Justin nodded his head. “Wait. I get to drive YOUR car?” Justin nodded again. “I get to drive your baby, the one I’m barely allowed to touch?”
“I’m too tired to drive home.” Justin grumbled.
Katlyn threw her hands up in the air. “I get to drive Justin’s car!”
Everyone turned to look at her. She opened the doors and jumped in the drivers seat to Justin’s Cadillac Escalade. She put on her seat belt and started the engine.
“Just be careful with it.” Justin said suddenly worried.
Katlyn pulled out and started driving away. Justin relaxed in his seat and closed his eyes, stretching his tired muscles. A half an hour later, Katlyn pulled into Justin’s driveway. She punched the code into the security box and the gate opened. She parked the car and got out, Justin slowly got out.
Once in the house, Katlyn went to the kitchen to find something to drink.
“I’m going to take a long shower, I’ll be down later.” Justin said walking up stairs.
Katlyn grabbed a coke and went to the living room. She sat on the plush leather couch and stretched out, turning on the TV. She flipped around for awhile, realizing nothing was on, she got up and grabbed a DVD putting it in the player and sitting back down.
An hour later, Justin came walking down in a pair of jeans and a white wife beater. He sat down next to Katlyn, who was still watching the movie. Katlyn leaned over to rest her head on his shoulder.
“Feeling better?” Katlyn asked.
Justin nodded and kissed her forehead. “Yeah...that shower really helped.”
Katlyn sat there watching the TV for a minute. “Do you want me to make some dinner?”
“I was just going to order some pizza...there is no food in the fridge.” Justin laughed.
Katlyn picked up the phone. “What kind of pizza?”
“Pepperoni.”
“Should I get a medium or a large?”
“Large.”
“You are so talkative!” Katlyn joked.
Justin just nodded his head. Katlyn called the pizza place and ordered the pizza. A half an hour later the pizza arrived and Justin gave her twenty dollars to pay the guy. Katlyn walked back in the room with the pizza.
While they were eating the phone rang. Justin picked it up.
“Hello?” He answered.
“Hey Justin. Johnny just wanted me to call you to tell you that we need to be at the studio at eight tomorrow...there is a fashion person coming with a bunch of clothes.” JC informed.
“Ok....JC? Where did Bobbie usually get her clothes from?”
“For the awards shows?”
“Yeah.”
“Just at regular clothes places...why?”
“Katlyn still doesn’t know what to wear.”
“Oh...well why don’t you have her go out tomorrow to look? We’re leaving in two days.”
“Ok. See you later.”
“Bye.” Justin and JC both hung up.
“You’re going to need to go out tomorrow.”
“I will. I just don’t know if what I’m picking is to relaxed or to dressy.”
“Just pick what ever your comfortable in. Remember it’s MTV...it doesn’t have to be too dressy. Some people show up in jeans and a T-shirt. Just pick something trendy.”
Katlyn nodded. “Got it. I’ll go out with Jackie tomorrow.”
(September 5, 2001)
The group sat waiting for their flight to be called. It was four thirty in the morning, so everyone was tired.
Katlyn was lying down with her head in Justin’s lap. Justin was leaning back with his head being propped up by his arm. Justin’s mom sat a couple feet away talking to Katlyn’s dad. Joey and Kelly were stretched out talking, Chris and JC were sleeping, and Lance was talking with Johnny.
“Flight 907 to New York City is now boarding.”
Justin nudged Katlyn to get up. She sat up and rubbed her eyes, then grabbed her back pack. Justin wrapped his arm around her as they walked onto the plane. Everyone tiredly took their seats on the plane. Katlyn put on her head phones and laid her head on Justin’s shoulder. Within minutes they were both asleep. Hours later the plane landed.
“I’m exhausted. Please tell me that we’re going to the hotel.” Katlyn yawned.
Her dad walked next to her. “In two hours the guys have to go to the studio to record their part for the All Start Tribute. If you want to go to that, you can sleep at the hotel for an hour, but then we have to leave.”
Katlyn sighed. “This is not the kind of life I wanted to live. This is crazy!”
Justin put his arm around her. “It’s not that bad. You just have to learn to live without sleep.”
Katlyn laughed. “Yeah right...not sleep.”
The grabbed their bags and took them to the awaiting limo’s. Johnny, Katlyn’s dad, and Lynn were in one limo, Justin, Katlyn, Trace (Justin’s best friend), JC, and three body guards were in another, and Chris, his date, Lance, Meredith, Joey, Kelly, and two bodyguards were in the last. They drove to the hotel.
Katlyn set her stuff down in the room she was sharing with Meredith and went to Justin’s room. She walked in the still open door, and closed it behind her. She walked up to Justin, who was looking through his suitcase, and wrapped her arms around his waist.
“Do you need something?” Justin laughed.
Katlyn closed her eyes and rested her head on his back. “No. Just tired.”
“Why don’t you go lay down, sleep for a while?” Justin suggested, still digging through his bag.
Katlyn just mumbled something, not moving.
Justin turned around in her arms and kissed her forehead, wrapping his arms around her. “Angel, you’re tired...go get some sleep. I’ll wake you up when it’s time to leave.”
Katlyn just cuddled up in his arms and stood there, eyes still closed.
Justin laughed lightly, and walked her over to his bed. “Do you want me to lay down with you?”
Katlyn nodded her head, laying down in the bed, still in Justin’s arms. They moved around so they were more comfortable and sat there quietly.
“Justin?” Katlyn said quietly.
“Yeah?” He said softly stroking her hair.
“Would you be mad if I said I didn’t want to go to your recording thing?”
Justin stopped stroking her hair. “Do you not want to?”
“I just want to sleep right now.”
“Then you can just sleep. I’ll see you when I get back.”
“How long will you be gone?”
“I don’t know...a couple hours, probably.”
The room was silent for a couple minutes. “I love you, Justin.” Katlyn suddenly said.
“I love you too, Katlyn.” He kissed the top of her head, and within minutes Katlyn was asleep.
An hour later there was a knock at the door. Justin carefully untangled himself from Katlyn and crawled out of the bed, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. He opened the door.
“We gotta start getting ready to go. Is Katlyn in there?” Chris, Katlyn’s dad, asked.
“Yeah...she’s not going though. She wants to sleep.”
“Oh, ok. Meet us out here in ten minutes.”
Justin nodded and closed the door. He quietly walked around the room, gathering everything he would need. He looked down at Katlyn, who was still sleeping, and kissed her softly, then he walked outside meeting the others, and left.
Two hours later Katlyn woke up. She looked around the room for Justin, but then realized that he had already left. She sat up and looked at the clock; almost one o’clock. She got out of bed and redid her hair, then walked back to her room. Meredith was still there.
“Hi.” Katlyn said walking in.
“Hey.” Meredith looked up from the TV that she was watching.
Katlyn sat down on her bed and looked over at Meredith. “You wanna go get some lunch, or did you eat already?”
“Actually, I was just thinking about going to get something to eat.” Meredith said with a country accent.
Katlyn smiled. “Do you wanna go somewhere, or should we get room service?”
“Let’s go out.” Meredith turned off the TV and stood up.
“Does anyone need to go with you?” Katlyn asked as they walked out the door, referring to a body guard.
“Oh no...I’m not that big yet.” Meredith laughed.
They walked down the streets of New York, talking. They found a little sandwich shop a couple of blocks away, so stopped to eat. While they were talking, two young girls walked up to them.
“Excuse me? Are you Meredith Edwards?” One girl asked.
Meredith shook her head and smiled. “Yes I am.”
The girl smiled widely. “Can I have your autograph?”
Meredith took the paper and the pen from her. “Sure. What’s your name?”
“Rachel.” The girl turned to look at Katlyn. “And you’re Justin Timberlake’s girlfriend...Katlyn, right?”
Katlyn smiled. “Yes I am.”
“Can I have your autograph too?” The girl asked excitedly.
“Um...yeah I guess.” Katlyn signed the paper.
“And what’s your name?” Meredith asked the other girl.
“Tiffany.” Meredith signed the paper and then handed it to Katlyn.
“Can we have a picture with the two of you too?” Rachel asked.
“Sure.” Meredith said standing up. Katlyn stood up too. The two girls had found someone to take the picture.
“Thank you so much.” Tiffany said after the picture had been taken.
“It was nice meeting you two.” Meredith said sitting back down.
“You too.” Rachel smiled.
“Can you tell the guys we said hello?” Tiffany asked.
Katlyn nodded. “Of course we will.”
They waved good bye and left.
Katlyn looked up at Meredith. “They wanted my autograph....I’m a nobody. Why did they want MY autograph?”
“You’re dating one of the biggest pop star’s right now...they look at you like a celebrity.”
Katlyn shook her head. “I’m no where close to being a celebrity.”
They finished lunch and went back to the hotel. The guys still weren’t back. They talked for awhile longer until the guys did come back. Justin knocked on their door.
Meredith got up to get it. “Hey Justin.”
“Hey. I think you stole my girlfriend...can I have her back?”
Meredith opened the door wider for him to come in.
Katlyn looked up and smiled at him. “Hey! How did the recording go?”
Justin sat down next to her. “It went fine...this is going to turn out really good.”
“Oh! Meredith and I went to lunch, and while we were there we met some fans of yours...they wanted us to tell you guys that they said ‘hi’.”
“Tell him what else happened.” Meredith said.
Katlyn smiled. “They asked me for my autograph....I thought the pictures were weird enough, but they asked me for my autograph.”
Justin pulled her up. “Because they love you....See you later, Meredith.” Katlyn waved to her as Justin dragged her back to his room.
