He had seen her the moment her and her shorter friend had entered the room. Although, they couldn't see him, he could see them. She was beautiful. Tall, held herself with confidence, about 5'9 he guessed. Long, wavy brown hair, it ended just past her shoulders. It shone under the lights and he wondered for a split second what it would be like to run his fingers through her hair. He couldn't tell what color her eyes were but they were dark so he was guessing brown. They lit up when she laughed and he could tell she cared alot about both of the people she had entered with. He sighed and forced himself to look away from the room.
He stood above them all, looking down on them...although they couldn't tell.
He was in a group, yet he felt so alone.
He knew it was stupid to be feeling so desolate and he knew it was stupid to feel sorry for himself. But, truely, for the first time in his life; Justin Timberlake was bitter, hurt and angry. He was any mean emotion you could think of.
The group left the room and he sighed again, time to follow.
Alexa stood off to the side while the guys showed Claire around the stage and backstage areas. Alexa sat down and put her feet up on the seat in front of her in an effort to get more comfortable. And she let out the breath she had been holding for what seemed an eternity. It wasn't that she was uncomfortable about the four guys (plus her brother)...but they made her nervous. She was wary of guys, not her brother so much, but of guys she had just met or just ran into. She was usually the strong one, the one people turned to when they had a problem and needed to talk about it. But inside, Alexa was falling apart. She glanced up at the ceiling and closed her eyes in a silent prayer. She had to be strong..and not just for herself.
Justin had wandered out onto the empty stage. He could hear the guys' faint voices and one of the girls' that Dan had brought in, but as long as they weren't that clear or loud and he couldn't see them, he was safe. He was now just Justin....not Justin Timberlake: N'Syncer. He was Justin...the 20 year old who loved to play basketball and who loved to eat cereal for breakfast..or anytime for that matter. He didn't notice her in the audience as he began to slowly move through the movements of their intricate routines of their tour. His eyes were closed and for a brief second; Justin Timberlake was free.
She had seen him as soon as he had come on stage. He was a beautiful...man. He looked about her age and she tried to remember which N'Syncer was missing. 'Jason..no, that's wrong, Claire said so. Umm..J..J..J...Justin, that's it! That has to be Justin..I remember Claire said something about him having curly hair...,' She thought as she put her feet on the floor and leaned forward to watch as he moved in complete concentration.
He was moving to only the music he could hear but was gorgeous. Tall, muscular build. His curly hair was gone and replaced with a shaved look. He looked almost as if he was going into the military or something. She smiled as he stopped and laughed at himself....but it wasn't a true smile, it was more of a sad one.
He heard laughter and his head shot up to meet her dark ones. His blue eyes darkened with anger and suspicsion..why was she here? And why was she watching him? And when and how much did she see??
She stood up and walked forward, he looked truely surprised to see someone in the room with him. "That was...that was great.."
"Who are you?," He asked testily.
"I'm Alexa, Dan's sister.."
"What are you doing out here then? Shouldn't you be with him and not wondering around unannounced??"
"I'm..I'm sorry..I didn't know I wasn't supposed to be here...I was waiting for my friend Claire to come back..with the other guys.."
"What is she, a charity case?"
"No. But who gave you the right to be so snotty to me?, " She replied getting defensive.
They both looked up as the group along with Dan came back onto the stage. "There you are J! Anyways, this is Claire, and I'm guessing you already met Alexa here..," Lance said.
Justin nodded at Claire, "Nice to meet you."
She smiled, "You too."
Dan could see Alexa staring holes into the back of Justin's head so he stepped forward. "Ok, you two ready to go grab some food?"
Claire nodded, "You know it!"
"Alexa?"
"Yeah, whatever.," She replied flatly before turning and walking towards the doors.
Dan exchanged a look with Claire, she shrugged and turned to the guys, "Thank you all so much, this totally made my life."
She then ran to go find Alexa. The other guys kind of wandered off, Justin remained standing in the same spot he had been when they all appeared. "J? You okay?"
"Fine.," He said brushing him off.
"No you're not."
"Your sister was snooping around..I just didn't appreciate it."
Dan nodded, "Uh huh..well, I'll tell her to be more careful next time."
"Whatever."
"Justin..what's happened to you?"
"Nothing has happened, why does everyone keep asking that?"
"Maybe because you've turned into the world's biggest prick in the past couple months. Look, I know you've had a rough time...with girls..ya know? I think you should get to know Alexa..Claire too. But J, if you ever do try to talk to my sister, be careful."
With that, Dan walked off to find Claire and Alexa. Justin watched him, boring holes into the back of his head as well. Be careful? What did that mean? Either she was a complete bitch and needed to be slapped or she was just as hurt as he was. Something tugged at his heart and he wanted nothing more than to protect that woman for some reason. 'Why would anyone hurt her?,' He wondered as he finally turned to go backstage.
That was Alexa's second encounter with N'Sync.
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