Chapter Two
Chpt. 2
Becca had war with the voices again. He can date. I'm not his
wife or girlfriend. What are you talking about Becca, you thought
this guy was the love of your life? There he is with another new
girlfriend. The voices started right when she saw Alex.
They just wouldn't stop. She eventually stopped crying, and went
to find JC. She didn't know that he sat down on her door. She
went to open the door, to find JC or the guys she had to talk someone.
She went outside, towards the elevators...Down in the lobby, a blonde-haired
woman caught her attention, she was crying trying to convince a dark-haired
about something. Both backs were turned to her, but they still looked
familiar. She was just staring, she didn't catch site of Lou coming
up to her.
"Becca? Becca? Earth to Becca! Anyone in there?"
Lou said waving a hand in front of her face. She had to catch
herself.
"Lou, can I go back to the arena to practice?" Becca said.
Lou looked confused.
She continued to speak,"I need to practice the rest of the songs, I
just can't do *I need Love* quite right.
Lou replied, "Becca, it's almost 11:00. But if you want to work
on it, I can't stop you. I want some security with you." Becca
was confused.
"I'm not part of N SYNC, so why would I need security?"
Lou just simply said, "Trust me, no wait you can take Steve. He can
protect you both"
Becca finally hailed a cab. She couldn't help but watch the two
people in the lobby. JC felt someone staring at him and looked around.
He turned around and saw Becca and Steve getting into a cab. Was
Becca the one watching me? JC thought. JC had to talk to her,
after he left he had really hurt her. He needed to straighten some
things out with her.
"Where to Miss?" The cab driver asked.
"The Gund arena please" She responded. JC ran outside to try
and catch the same cab but it was too late and the cab had already left.
"Now how am Isupposed to find her, I need to talk to her?" JC
mumbled. Chris had been watching ever since JC had introduced Alex.
He came up from behind him and said, "Talk to Lou,"JC gave Chris
a confused look,
Chris said, "Just trust me on this one"
He managed a "thank you" to come out. All of the guys knew that
JC still had feelings for her and the only thing stopping him from
acting on the feelings was Alex and the contract for both of them.
So they did everything they could do. It wasn't enough though.
Right before Becca came on tour JC was miserable, now he was happy and
his old usual self. That is until he introduced Becca to Alex.
JC was practically running towards the elevator. He pressed the up
key and made his way up to Lou's room. He knocked on the door, and
was told to come in.
"Where'd Becca go, Lou?" He was almost yelling, he was desperate.
Lou was hesitant to tell him at first but JC got it out of him.
"She's at the arena with Steve, she said she wanted to practice her
songs." Lou responded. JC knew this was bull. So he had
to get there fast. Lou was about to protest and say that he couldn't
go without bodyguards, but JC was well out of the room. Chris also
had a part to do with that he just said
"Let him go, Lou" Lou knew what he was talking about but he didn't
want to see JC hurt. Lou noticed something was going on between
them, but decided not to say anything. JC hailed the first cab.
"Where to sir?" The cab driver asked impatiently.
"The Gund Arena, please" JC replied. The rain had started to
pour after his encounter with Alex. How ironic, it's raining.
I have screwed up big time now. After about 15 minutes of staring
out of the windows, the cab driver finally snapped him out of his gaze.
He went inside, only to find Becca playing the piano and Steve watching
her. Becca caught site of JC and immediately stopped playing.
Steve turned around to see JC standing there.
"I'll just leave you two alone." Steve said as he turned around
to leave. Why do those words sound so familiar? JC thought
to himself.
"W-w-w-hat are you doing here JC?" She stuttered. She was
so afraid of what he had to say. JC motioned for her to come sit
down. She tried not to look scared or anything so she went down and
sat next to him.
"Becca, I'm so sorry about Alex. I didn't realize how much I
hurt you, and seeing me kiss Alex didn't make it any easier," She was surprised,
he had always been able to read her well, but not this well.
"I-I-I-don't know what came over me. I think it was just jealousy.
I meanafter all we did date. I can't have these feelings, Josh.
I just can't. It could ruin both of our careers. Especially yours."
JC understood what she was saying but he just didn't want to believe it.
JC reached over and gave her a hug.
How did I ever let her go? JC thought.
"How about a dance?" JC asked. I have something special
planned.
"Ummm....Josh, there isn't any music"
He replied,"I know" She just laughed. He led her up to the stage,
and they started dancing.
She always could make situations more comfortable, so she said, "Just
don't start tickling me"
They both laughed, until JC gave her a look that said, "You just better
watch out"
After the song, JC was leading her off the stage, She tripped, JC tried
to catch her but they both fell straight down. She landed on top
of him. She looked at him and couldn't stop laughing. "What's
so funny, Becca? I mean I try to stop you from getting hurt and I
get hurt!"
This made Becca laugh even more. "OK, listen, I said I'd get
my revenge on you, looks like I did"
JC replied, "You can never get revenge on me!" He said as he
tickled her. She tried to squirm away but it was no use. He
said, "Ha! I am the master at revenge!" She tried to tell him
to stop, but it was no use either.
*FLASHBACK*
Josh! Josh, stop it! I'm running out of air, I swear
I'll get my revenge on you someday" Becca gasped as Josh finally stopped
tickling her. Josh just couldn't stop laughing.
*END FLASHBACK*
Then he stopped and tried to help her up, but she stumbled again.
They were noses apart, and he gave her a quick kiss.
She said, "Why am I so accident prone around you?" They laughed
and made their way silently back to the hotel. Not knowing how much
that kiss meant to the other.
"Where'd you go last night?" Steve asked. Becca turned
bright red. She had forgotten Steve!
"Oh I'm so sorry Steve!" She kept apologizing and Steve had to
keep telling her it was OK. Since last night Becca didn't know how
to act around JC that kiss had meant so much for her. She had always
dreamed she would see JC again. JC for the main part had avoided
her. Becca didn't usually look as cheery as she usually did.
Today she just looked nervous. So Joey asked her to come to a club.
Becca always loved going clubbing, but she knew JC was gonna be there so
she declined.
Joey went over to Justin and said, "Man, what's up with Becca?
She didn't even want to go clubbing with ME!!!" This made Justin crack
up. JC didn't feel like it either. He didn't notice that when
the guys had left Becca wasn't with them. He noticed her buying something
in the lobby.
He put his hands over her eyes and said, "Guess who?"
After all he didn't want to look suspicious.
She replied with, "Well I know it isn't Joey, he's out clubbing, Chris
knows not to mess with me, Lance wanted to go clubbing, and Justin knows
I'll mess with his bleach, so it must be JC"
He removed his hands and said, "So I don't have common sense not to
mess with you now?" they both laughed nervously. She decided it was
time to go to bed. "
Goodnight JC" She said. Wait! Don't go Becca! He
silently thought. So he jogged up to her. He grabbed her arm
and said, "We need to talk" They went up to his room. He unlocked
the door and let her go in."JC-" Becca said.
"Becca-" JC said. They told each other how they felt about the
kiss. Becca was about to leave when JC stood up and wrapped her up
in a kiss.
"JC, you don't know how much we've just screwed up, I mean if Lou finds
out, I'm fired and it will probably ruin your whole singing career.
Now that we've kissed it's going to make things really weird, and I can't
help but think this is a rebound thing." She said without missing
a breath. She left JC standing there heartbroken after what she said.
He finally understood how much he had hurt her when he left, because Becca
just did the same thing to him.
The next few day were miserable for the both of them, JC avoided
her and she avoided JC. He was so wrapped up in his singing to avoid
her, he didn't notice how miserable she became. He would only come
over to her part of the stage if he had to. He would shoot her angry
looks. All of the other guys smiled and winked. It looks like
JC hadn't told him anything that had happened. Becca couldn't focus
on what she was doing and she couldn't take it anymore. She had to get
out of there. Fast.
"Get me out of here Lou! Get me out of here as soon as possible!"
Becca screamed on the verge of tears. Being around JC drove her to
a point where she was going crazy. Although, she was sad that she
had to leave Chris, Lance, Joey, and Justin.
"Becca, whatever you want, but I'm sure we can work this out."
Lou said pleadingly. He had never seen someone with as much talent
playing the piano as she did. He knew it from the beginning.
He didn't want her to leave though, he loved her like a daughter.
"This is what I want, just transfer me or something, get me off the
N SYNC tour!" She yelled. This is when the tears started to
fall.
"If you are sure this is what you want, I will let you go home and
call you when something opens up," Lou said. No words came
out of Becca's mouth so she just nodded." Then I hereby announce
you're contract with Transcon Records null & void, however we will
hire you to another tour. You are now officially off the N
SYNC tour. Clean out your office when you get to Orlando, please.
I'll be arranging your flight."
"Lou? Could you do me a favor and not tell the guys about this? I want
to
tell them myself. In my own way. Lou nodded.Becca couldn't look at
Lou so she
went out of his hotel room, and back into hers. Chris noticed her
coming out
of his room. So he went to Becca's room.
"Beck? Are you in there? Please tell me what's wrong." Chris asked.
He was
saddened to see his best friend like this.
"Goodbye Chris" She sniffled. Becca was sitting on her bed writing
goodbye
letters to everyone. After all, Lou said he would be arranging her
flight.
She wrote everyone a goodbye note. She wrote Chris a note explaining
everything about Jeff. JC's was the longest, she apologized for everything.
"Ring! Ring!" Becca's cell phone rang. It was Lou saying that her
flight was
2 days from today. She was gonna miss everything and everybody...Becca
was
even gonna miss JC, but not the way she felt around him. She had
already lost
Chris and JC now it was her fault she would lose them again. Chris
had
overheard the conversation between Lou and Becca, now he was especially
going
to be sad.
Chris said, "Beck, I know what happened and I need to talk to you"
She was
reluctant to hear what he wanted to say, but part of her wanted to
spend as
much time with him as she possibly could,even if he was yelling at
her.
"Come in, Chris" She said drying her eyes. Chris immeditaly
pulled her into
a hug. No needs were needed to be spoken. Except Becca told Chris
not to tell
any of the guys what happened, she wanted to tell them herself. He
just
hugged her not saying a word."I just found her, why do I have to
lose her
again?" Chris thought to himself.
"When are you going to go back to Orlando, Becca?" Chris asked curiously.
She replied, "in 2 days, I have 2 days to spend with all of you guys"
She
said almost regretting she quit.
Chris said, "I have one more question"
Becca nodded
"Why did you have to go quit on us?" Chris asked sincerely.
> "I just couldn't take it anymore, I don't belong here, tension just
got to
> me." She said on the verge of tears again. Chris thought that now
would not
> be the time to ask her anymore questions.
>
> "Hey Becca, do you remember when I first met you?"
>
> *flashback*
>
> "Becca this is Chris, he works at Universal with me" Becca could
tell that
> this was no serious guy. He looked like he loved to party and
play tricks.
> How right was she?
>
> "Chris this is Becca" They both stuck out of their to shake it, but
Chris
> grabbed her hand. He dragged her all the way to the BACK TO
THE FUTURE THE
> RIDE.
>
> Chris said, "I always wanted to go on this but everyone was to chicken
to
> ride it, I'm glad you decided to ride it with me"
>
> *end flashback*
> Chris and Becca spent the rest of the night reviewing memories.
Becca made
> sure that Chris promise that he would call and visit. The 2
days sped by.
> Yet, she still hadn't told the guys she was leaving. She hugged
Chris
> good-bye, and gave him her address and telephone number. It
would just be to
> hard to tell the rest of the guys she was leaving, so she wrote them
all
> letters. She hugged Lou good-bye and said to call her if anything
opens up.
> To make sure they all got the letters she wrote. She told Lou
to give it to
> the guys if they ever wondered where she went. She said good-bye
to Nancy,
> and Marie. She was prepared for whatever happened next.
Now it was time to
> go to the airport.
>
> *1/2 hour earlier*
>
> *knock, knock* It was JC knocking on Becca's door. No one was
answering. So
> he asked a maid if he could have a key to the room. He told
her he had lost
> it and needed a new one. He was shocked when he went inside.
Nothing more
> remained of the room of Becca's. He kept thinking, Is this
Becca's room? He
> confirmed his suspicions by asking Lou.
>
> "Did Becca check out or something? Where is she?" JC
asked curiously.
>
> "Listen JC, Becca quit about 2 days ago. Her flight was for
today and she
> left. Before you get up and go chasing after her, she told
me to give this
> to you" Lou said.
>
> Dear JC Chasez,
>
> This is all my fault I'm sorry. Listen
my flight leaves at 3:00, I don't
> know what time it is when you're reading this..but if it is before
3:30 you
> could come down to the airport and we could talk...there's more so
don't go
> rushing out on Lou yet. Read the rest in the cab. By
the way its Delta.
>
> That's all it took, JC was out the door and hailing a cab.
Lou tried to stop
> him, but he realized there was nothing he could do. Those two
really care
> for each other, Lou thought. Now how am I gonna get Becca back?
Those two
> are really in love, but I won't Becca back in the Transcon Family.
>
> *In the Cab*
>
> OK so you're back! Listen I can't risk your career. I
know you can't
> understand that quite yet, but just give it time. I have spent
so much time
> missing you, but if the only way you can have a good career is by
sacrificing
> me, I am perfectly fine with it. You are probably wondering
why I quit
> Transcon....I couldn't stand to see us both so miserable. Maybe
someday we
> could be together and happy. The past few months were heaven
for me when I
> was with you, but I don't know if you feel the same way. I
was miserable
> because you were avoiding me, I don't know why you were miserable,
but I
> think I am the cause of it. I told you it would be very strange
and it was.
> I loved you JC, and I can't get into a relationship. I COULDN'T
do it. I
> loved you. I miss you. I miss us. I miss the way
we were before the kiss.
> Good-bye JC
>
> Becca Waterson
> PS S.W.A.K.
>
>
> JC was trying so hard to avoid her. Now he got what he wanted,
she was gonna
> leave and not talk to him. But how come he felt so bad?
He still had time
> to stop her and tell her how he felt. She gave him a chance
to see if he
felt the same way she did. He had to talk to Lou when he got
back. Maybe he
cold rewrite the contract or something Or maybe she didn't know that
5ive was
our opening act. No because we never ever talked to 5ive.
Yes! We get 2
months off tour! Then 5ive is our opening act! Maybe
she won't notice and
get put on the 5ive pianist. JC was jumping this was a plan
that had a good
chance of working!
"Here we go sir, that would be $23.45," Said the cab driver.
He paid him and
ran inside of the airport.
He put on his sunglasses," Excuse me but could you tell me what gate
the
> Delta 3:30 flight to Orlando is?" The kind lady told him.
He wasn't going
> to make it! He had barely 3 minutes to catch Becca before she
boarded that
> plane. He picked up the pace to a full out sprint. He
had never ran that
> fast before in his life.
>
> *meanwhile*
>
> "Last call for passengers boarding the 3:30 flight to the International
> Airport in Orlando" said the cheery flight attendant. Becca
took one last
> look around the airport lounge...No JC. See I told you he didn't
love you,
Becca. She thought. She tossed her chocolate brown hair
out of her eyes
after the tears started to fall. This was the end of her life
with N SYNC.
Part of her wanted JC to wrap his arms around her and comfort her.
Part of
her wanted JC just to get out of her life forever.
*flashback*
"Becca! Phone!" Abby said.
"All right I got it thanks Abby!!!!" Becca replied.
"Someone by the name of Mr. Pearlman of Transcon records just called
me. It
seems that he needs a pianist. Now. He said he talked
to my professors and
it's all clear for me to go on tour with some band by the name of
NSYNC"
*end flashback*
Becca gave her ticket to the stewardess, and boarded the plane.
JC ran into
the gate a split second to late.
"I'm sorry, sir but without a ticket you may not go down that hall"
The
stewardess said calmly. JC knew he couldn't do anything about
it so he sat
down brokenhearted. He decided that he blew his only chance
with her. She
confessed that she was in love with him and he had been in love with
her
since he saw her again. He hailed a cab and halfheartedly went
home. The
note kept repeating himself "I don't know if you feel the same way."
She
said she loved him! Even with Becca gone something made him
smile. She was
in love with him, for as long as JC had known Becca he had been in
love with
her. Now the only question is how to find her again.
"We are now landing in the Orlando International airport, please
turn off all
electrical appliances for safety reasons." The stewardess said
over the
intercom. What am I doing? Becca thought, If it is true love,
we'll find a
way. She sat back in her seat until it was time to get off.
She picked up
her bag, and made her way off the plane. She didn't expect
Abby to be
waiting for her. She ran up to Abby hugged and her hard.
"All right spill it all, girl" Abby saud after they went to get Abby's
bag.
Becca found herself telling everything to Abby.
"How did you know I would be here, Abby?" She said
"Lance got my number from Mr. Pearlman and told me that you quit."
She said
worriedly. She sensed that Becca didn't want to talk about it anymore
so she
changed the subject. Becca thought that Abby would go greatly
with Lance,
they were both people that could open up to people and were great
listeners.
"You don't know how lonely I've been without you! You hardly
ever called"
said Abby. Becca felt her face turn red. She gave Abby
an apologetic look.
"You'll never ever guess who called me!" Abby exclaimed
"Michael?" Replied Becca. Michael was a summer fling
she had last summer.
She spent hours sitting by the phone waiting for him to call.
"Yes!" She yelled. Becca tried hard to be happy for Abby.
She had found
someone that she really liked. She wished she had a guy like
Michael. He
was sweet, kind, great with kids, everything you could ever want.
The only
problem was that he couldn't keep one girlfriend. He usually
had 4 or 5.
They put Becca's bag in Abby's car and headed home. How great
does this
feel? She thought, to be home at last. Abby cranked up
the radio, and she
instantly remembered why she and Abby were best friends.
"Girl, what's wrong?" Abby asked, she noticed Becca just staring
out of the
window. "Is it Jeff? Is it Josh? You know you can tell
me"
Becca replied, "I know I can trust you, it's
just love in general." She
said still staring out of the window. What's going on with
her? She hasn't
acted like this since Josh moved away, Abby thought. Josh!
>
> Chris hadn't kept his promise, he never called he never wrote.
Becca didn't
> want him to end up like JC. The tour was coming to an end,
and she still
> hadn't heard from Chris or Josh. What was going on?
>
> Becca was just rushing in from her Law class. She absolutely
adored her law
> classes. Right after piano it was her favorite thing to do.
She noticed her
> light was blinking on her answering machine.
>
> Message #1
>
> Hi Becca, please don't hang up on me! I'm sorry. How
many times do I have
> to say it! Please give me another chance? Please? i'll just give
ya time to
> think about it.
>
> Jeff. Why would Jeff be calling her? O well. She thought.
>
> Message #2
>
> Hey Girl. It's Abby I just wanted to let ya know I'm not gonna mkae
it home
> for dinner tonight. Micheal's coming in, so I just wanted to warn
you. don't
> go out just order a pizza or something. Because I want to tell you
everything
> about my date with Micheal.
>
> Something about that message was odd. She trusted Abby.
She was a great
> actress though. She majored in acting so something could possibly
be up.
> She spent the night sitting by the window, she didn't feel like dinner
so she
> didn't make anything.
>
> "Knock Knock!" Someone was knocking at the door.
>
> "Who is it?" She asked
>
> "It's the UPS delivery man" She went up and opened the door, "Becca
> Waterson?" He asked
>
> "Yes, that's me" She replied.
>
> "I have a package for you, if you could just sign right there" He
pointed to
> a line with an "x" over it.
>
> "All right now where's my package?" she said. Just then she
heard music.
> Down the hall came N SYNC followed by Abby. They were singing
"I knew I
> loved you" By Savage Garden. After the guys finished serenading
her she let
> them into her apartment. She caught Chris on the way in.
>
> "I have a bone to pick with you Mr." Chris got this look on his face
that
> said, "What'd I do?"
>
> "Excuse me, but who forgot to write and call? And it wasn't
me? So hmmm
> could it have been you?" She seemed angry but Chris could see
the joke in it
> all. The rest of the night went smoothly. For all of
them except for Becca.
> She was so nervous. Lance pulled Abby aside,
>
> "OK listen 5ive is coming on tour with us, in two months. We
want Becca and
> you to come on tour with us. But Becca doesn't want to come
on tour with us.
> So don't tell her 5ive is coming on tour with us. Got
it?" Lance said not
> missing a beat. Abby just nodded.
>
> "Lance, you want me to come on tour with you to?" She asked.
She had never
> met any of the guys before so why would they be asking her to come
on tour
> with them?
>
> "Yes, it would be better is she had someone to talk to, if she feels
like she
> wants to quit again," Lance replied. Abby knew what he was
talking about.
> "Lou will call you with the details. You need to help us" How
could Abby
> resist?
>
>
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