The awards show was finally here. At four the group started getting ready.
Katlyn looked at herself in the mirror. She was wearing a light blue jean mini skirt with a belt that said ‘Cowgirl’ in silver glitter, and a black tank top with the sides split and tied up with a horse outlined in rhinestones on the front. Her blonde hair was curled with little braids scattered around and her makeup consisted of a dark red lip liner with a dark lip gloss, light foundation, and light blue eye liner. She put on her tan leather boots and zipped them up.
Meredith walked out of the bathroom in her dress.
“That is really cute.” Katlyn smiled.
“Thanks...that outfit is cute too.” Meredith smoothed out her dress and put on her shoes.
There was a knock on the door. Katlyn went to open it.
“Hey!” She leaned out and kissed Justin, who was waiting on the other side.
Justin looked her over. “Wow...you look really good.”
Katlyn smiled. “Thanks. So, when are we leaving?”
“Um...in like ten minutes. Joey and Kelly are still getting ready.”
Her dad walked by. “Hey...we’re leaving soon, can you get the others?” Her dad looked at her outfit. “Isn’t that a little short?”
Katlyn looked down at her clothes. “The shirt or the skirt?”
“Both.”
“I don’t think so. Why?”
Her dad shook his head and kept walking. Katlyn laughed and went to JC’s room to see if he was ready, Justin went to check on Lance.
Katlyn knocked on JC’s door. Seconds later he opened it. “Hey! Looking good.” She greeted.
JC opened the door wider for her. “Thanks...you look cute.”
Katlyn sat down on his bed waiting for him to finish.
“So, I haven’t really talked to you all that much since your fight with Justin....Everything going ok?” JC said buttoning up his vest.
Katlyn nodded. “Yeah...things are back to normal.”
“Good. I was a little worried when I saw you crying. You couldn’t even look at him, I thought it was the end of you two...Life would have been strange without you around.”
Katlyn smiled. “Life would have been weird without seeing all of you.”
“So you never really told me what had happened.” JC put on his jacket and turned to face her.
“He was just really stressed and he took everything out on me...we’re past it though.”
JC stuck his hand out. “Shall we?”
Katlyn placed her hand in his and stood up. “Yes we shall.”
JC and Katlyn walked to the elevator and went down to the lobby, where the group was meeting. So far, the only ones down there were Katlyn’s dad, and Joey and Kelly. JC and Katlyn continued talking off to the side. Minutes later, Justin, Lance and Meredith came down.
Justin walked up to JC and Katlyn. “JC, you trying to steal my girl?” Justin wrapped his arms around Katlyn.
“I would never.”
A couple minutes later everyone was down in the lobby and ready to go. Justin held Katlyn’s hand as they walked out side. As soon as the doors opened, fans started screaming. Justin waved with his free hand and pulled Katlyn to the awaiting limo. Once everyone was in one of the limos, they drove to Radio City Music Hall. Once there, their door was opened and they got out one by one. The piercing screams started again. Justin held Katlyn’s hand as they walked down the red carpet. Reporters screamed for them and took pictures of them. Katlyn let go of Justin’s hand and stood with the others while the guys talked to different reporters.
Once seated inside, Justin put his arm around Katlyn. Lynn sat next to Katlyn talking to the two of them. The show started minutes later.
The first award they were nominated for finally came. Jessica Simpson, Mandy Moore, and the girls from Dream walked out to present the ‘Best Dance Video’. The nominees included ‘Lady Marmalade’ by Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya, and Pink, ‘Love Don’t cost a thing’ by Jennifer Lopez, ‘All for you’ by Janet Jackson, ‘Pop’ by N SYNC, and ‘Weapon of Choice’ by Fatboy Slim.
Ashley from Dream opened the envelope. “N SYNC...’Pop’!”
Katlyn smiled widely and leaned over to give Justin a quick kiss and a hug. “Congrats!”
Justin stood up and hugged his mom. The other guys stood up and joined him walking up to the stage. As each of the guys passed Katlyn, she patted them on the back and congratulated them. They jumped up to the stage and took the award.
JC got to the mic first. “Thank you.”
“Uh....” Justin tried to think of what to say.
“I think we had no idea we were going to win this.” Chris jumped in.
“I think Fatboy Slim was robbed...honestly.” Justin finally said.
“But we want to thank Wayne Isham for making a great video and most of all we would like to thank our lord above, thank you, with privilege everyday we have on this planet.” Chris started off.
Justin took this chance to jump in. “Oh man, this is kind of shocking...uh, our families, uh Johnny and Chris, who are like second fathers to us, Clive, the record company, Barry-I see you, I see you-our moms, our dads, our families. I think, like they said before, I think it’s really important, let’s celebrate the gift of life, alright, let’s celebrate the gift of life...and Wade; Wade played a big part in this video. Thank you, Wade! And I love you!” Justin pointed down at Katlyn.
The group waved and walked off the stage. Five minutes later they were back in their seats. Katlyn squeezed Justin’s hand once he was sitting. About a half an hour later, the guys left to get ready for their performance.
A couple hours later the show ended. The guys left with four awards; ‘Best Dance Video’, ‘Best Group Video’, ‘Best Pop Video’, and ‘Viewer’s Choice’.
Justin held Katlyn’s hand as the thousands of people exited.
Katlyn leaned over to him. “Congratulations.”
Justin wrapped his arm around her. “Thanks.”
As soon as they got outside, fans started screaming for them. They quickly got in the limo and headed to the after party.
“So how did you like the performance?” Chris asked in the limo.
Meredith smiled. “It was great! Very colorful.”
“The performance was great, but the clothes...wow, what the hell were you guys wearing?” Kelly commented.
Katlyn laughed. “Yeah...those clothes were, um, interesting. Other then that, the show was great. Except for the whole ‘Sexatary’ thing.”
Justin tightened his arm around her. “Jealous?”
Katlyn shook her head and then put her head on his shoulder. Twenty minutes later they were in the club that the after party was being held in. Justin and Katlyn were dancing out in the middle of the crowd.
Janet Jackson’s, “All for you” was playing loudly. Katlyn had her arms around Justin’s neck as they danced closely.
When Usher’s “U Remind Me” started playing, Katlyn pulled away looking at JC. “I’m going to dance with JC now.”
Justin looked down at her. “Why?”
“He’s been sitting over there alone since we got here. He just broke up with Bobbie...he’s hurting.” Katlyn said loudly so Justin could here.
“Who am I going to dance with then?” Justin pouted.
“I’m only going to dance with him for a few minutes...I just want to make sure he is ok.” Katlyn walked over to JC. “Hey!”
JC looked up from his drink. “Hey. Why aren’t you out there dancing?”
“I saw you over here...why aren’t you dancing?”
JC shrugged. “I don’t feel like it.”
Katlyn stood up and grabbed his hand. “Come on.”
JC stood up and followed her out on to the dance floor. “Justin won’t get mad?”
“I already talked to him, he won’t get mad.” Katlyn started dancing with him.
“So why did you stop dancing with Justin to dance with me?”
“You were there for me when I was hurting, so I’m here for you.”
JC’s face fell thinking about Bobbie.
Katlyn looked at him concerned. “Are you ok?”
“Yeah...I just....Can we talk when we get back to the hotel?”
Katlyn nodded. “Yeah. Of course.”
JC smiled. “Thanks.”
They continued dancing.
Katlyn looked around to see where Justin had gone to. She saw him standing near the bar talking with Britney Spears.
JC saw what she was looking at. “They’re just friends.”
Katlyn nodded. “I know.”
“Then why do I sense some jealousy?” JC laughed.
“I’m not jealous.” Katlyn continued to watch Justin’s every move.
“Why don’t you just walk over there?”
“Why?”
“Just go.” JC pushed her off in that direction.
Katlyn slowly walked over to them.
Justin looked up and smiled. “Hey, Angel!” He looked over at Britney. “Britney, this is Katlyn...Katlyn this is Britney.”
Katlyn shook her hand. “Nice to meet you.”
“You too.” Britney smiled.
Justin wrapped his arm around Katlyn’s waist. “Did you have fun with JC?”
Katlyn nodded.
The three talked for a couple minutes longer. After that, Justin took Katlyn back out to the dance floor. Hours later everyone left.
“Aren’t you tired?” Katlyn yawned watching Justin practically bounce to his room.
“Nope! We won FOUR awards and we partied for hours! I can’t sleep!” Justin pulled her into his room. He kissed her as soon as the door was closed.
Katlyn pulled away. “You’re going to be mad, but I promised JC I would talk to him tonight.”
Justin frowned. “Can’t you talk to him tomorrow?”
“He wanted to talk tonight.”
Justin pouted. “So JC gets you again? That’s no fair.”
Katlyn laughed. “Life’s not fair. I’ll see you tomorrow morning!” Katlyn walked down a couple doors to JC’s room. She knocked and waited for a reply.
JC opened the door and smiled. “Thanks for coming.”
Katlyn walked in and sat on the couch. “No problem...now what did you want to tell me?”
JC sat down across from her. “Well...about Bobbie.”
“What about her?”
JC sighed looking down at his hands. “She was using me. I thought she loved me, but she was only using me.”
Katlyn inhaled sharply. “Are you serious?”
A tear ran down his cheek. “Yeah.”
“How...how did you find this all out?” Katlyn said shocked.
JC looked up briefly. “She was cheating on me.”
The story was getting worse and worse. “How-“
JC cut her off. “I saw her. I saw her with another man.”
Katlyn sat speechless.
“She was having sex with another man.” JC whispered.
Katlyn heard a sniffle and looked up to see tears falling down JC’s face. She ran over to him, wrapping her arms around him. JC cried on her shoulder wrapping his arms around her.
“Why didn’t you tell anyone?” Katlyn asked rubbing his back.
“I don’t know. I was trying to avoid it.”
“JC, don’t cry over her. You deserve better then her.”
JC pulled away and wiped his eyes. “I didn’t mean to be such a bother.”
Katlyn hugged him tighter. “You’re not a bother, you’re my friend...a friend who was hurt.”
“Justin is lucky to have you.”
Katlyn pulled a chair up next to him and shook her head.
“Looking at the two of you, I just want something like that...someone to truly love.”
Katlyn squeezed his hand. “You’ll find it soon.”
JC hugged her and stood up. “Thanks for talking to me...I feel a lot better now that I got that all of my chest. It’s pretty late, you should go get some sleep.”
Katlyn stood up and walked to the door. “If you ever need to talk again, just let me know.”
JC nodded. “Night.”
“Night.” Katlyn smiled and walked to her room.
