Chapter Three
Christina, Carla, Chrissy, Pam and Shannon hurried through the exit and stopped just outside the gate. They scanned the sea of people. Running up behind them Sarah and Shannon almost ran into the five girls. Them behind them came the other four laughing about how fast they had all unloaded from the plane. The group stood there looking and not talking. Shannon breathed in deeply and tapped Christina on the shoulder. Looking at her Shannon pointed to a far corner, where about twenty teenagers were gathered. Christina smiled as she saw five heads all bent down looking at the things in their hands, one curly blond, one brown wavy, one brown spiky, one un able to be missed with brown and white dreads, and finally one with short blond hair spiked up. She could tell they hadn’t saw the plane land and were busy with the fans around them. Everyone looked at Shannon and Christina then followed her still pointing finger to where they were looking. They all stood looking silently afraid to move, they knew with that many fans around that this could be hard to get their attention and not draw attention to themselves in the mean time. Chrissy finally tired of just standing, walked with determination to where the group was. As she started walking the rest followed as if order. They walked in rows of two with Chrissy leading. As neared the group, the fans had begun to clear a little. She was within 15 feet of the guys when she saw Justin look up. He saw her and Pam who was right behind and her and nudged JC who was on his left, and Chris on his right. They both looked up at him and followed his stare to the group standing near them. They smiled and nudged the other two. Chris elbowed Joey in the arm; he looked up from the photo he was signing. He smiled as he saw Jen and Sarah standing beside each other. JC elbowed Lance lightly and Lance mumbled "Huh?" but continued to look down at the pictures and papers he was signing. JC elbowed him again a little harder with out saying anything. Lance looked up this time with a puzzled look on his face. He looked at JC, who nodded his head in the direction of the group. Lance looked to where JC, had nodded and a smile broke across his face when he saw the group.
By this time the fans had noticed that the guys had quit paying attention to them and were all looking past them. The fans followed the gazes of the guys and saw the group of mostly girls standing not 15 feet away. It had been announced about 6 months ago that each of the guys had exclusive girlfriends and were happy. This had gone over well with most of the fans, but there had been a switch in the groups following. They had picked up older fans. The media did a wonderful job of keeping the girls identities a secret. There had been a few pictures of them on the Internet, but for the most part they were as normal as any couples could be. They didn’t hide when they went out but they did try to pick less populated places.
"Are those your girlfriends?" One fan, about 14 yelled into JC’s face.
"What’s their names?" Another said to Chris. The guys just stood there while the fans shouted out questions.
Finally JC said in a slightly annoyed but calm voice, "Yes, some of them are our girlfriends, but they are all our friends. I think it is time we greet our friends, and I think we are all done signing autographs for today." He handed the papers he was signing back to the girl and the rest followed his lead. The security guards began to pull the girls away from them. After most of the fans had departed, Chrissy couldn’t hold back any longer. She ran to JC, who extended his arms as she neared him. He smiled as the enveloped each other in a deep passionate kiss.
Following Chrissy’s lead, Pam slowly walked to Justin, who had not removed his eyes from her since he saw her. They met half way to each other with a hug and kiss. Not even a hello was greeted to the others, as they worked to make up the months apart with their kisses. Justin picked her up into his arms, and pulled her close to him as they kissed. Her feet dangled as they kissed and finally broke apart breathless.
Carla grinned at Chris as she walked to him. Chris took her hands as she neared and pulled her into a deep longing kiss. They stood kissing as the months apart melted away. When they finally broke apart Carla turned and wrapped his arms around her waist, then laid her head back onto his chest. Chris looked down and kissed her forehead, just happy to be holding her again.
Jen and Sarah had stood watching everyone else greet. They had not noticed Joey walking their way. Jen felt two arms wrap around her waist and pull her in close. She felt his lips inch their way from her neck to her mouth. As they found her lips she met them with her own passion. They kissed, then Joey sat her down and hugged Sarah. They stood talking as everyone else continued their welcoming.
During this whole time Christina and Lance had just stood smiling and looking at each other. Neither had moved an inch. Christina suddenly felt someone place a hand on her shoulder, and then a gentle shove forward. She tripped a little then started walking naturally. Once she had taken a few steps, Lance began to walk to her. The meet each other with open arms, as their lips met and they kissed. Slow and gently at first but it developed into a deep passion filled kiss. Not letting go of each other they broke apart and gazed into each other’s eyes. Lance wrapped an arm around Christina’s shoulder and pulled led her over to Shannon. He hugged Shannon and gave her a quick peck on the cheek then went back to put his arms around Christina. He laid his head on her shoulder and smiled as the three of them walked to where the rest of the group had gathered talking and laughing.
Everyone stood around hugging, talking and laughing. Some hadn’t saw each other in months and some had never met. "What do y’all say to getting out of here?" Justin asked.
"Sounds good" they all agreed and went to get the girls bags. After getting all the bags and the guys complaining about all the girls’ luggage, they were led out to the front of the airport where three limos were waiting.
"Three?" Chrissy said puzzled.
"Yeah, we have one going to Justin’s, one to Chris’, and one to Joey and Lance’s. Oh I guess you girls want to know who is going where with who." JC said. " Chris, Carla, Trisha, and Rusty are at Chris’ apartment, they have three bedrooms and can figure out the sleep arrangements themselves. Sarah and Jen are staying at Joey’s new place. Christina and Shannon are both staying with Lance for the first part of the vacation, and then Shannon will be joining the rest of us at Justin’s when they leave for Christina’s aunts. Justin’s mom left this morning for the whole time you all are here so we have the whole house to ourselves, with the understanding that nothing better be broke when she comes back. Anyone got a complaint about their place to stay?" JC asked. "Didn’t think so," he added after a few minutes of silence.
"Well let’s go" Pam said impatiently.
"Okay, Chris, Carla, Trisha, and Rusty take the first limo to the apartment and then meet us at Justin’s in two hours for dinner. Lance, Shannon, Christina, Joey, Sarah, and Jen you take the second one. It’ll stop at Joey’s first and then Lance’s condo. Same plan, two hours at Justin’s for a night of relaxation. The rest of us will take the third one and go start making dinner, get movies and set everything up. See you then." JC said as he opened the door to the third limo and helped Chrissy in. Everyone entered the limos and head off in three different directions.
At Chris’ apartment…
"Okay, here’s my room, and there are two guest rooms down that hall. One room has a king-size bed and the other has a regular. Both have clean sheets and full closets, with towels in them. I don’t care how you sleep or where. Here’s a spare keep to the front door, make yourself at home." Chris said as he handed Trisha and Rusty the key. Then he took Carla’s bags into his bedroom. Trisha and Rusty went into the front room and turned the TV on as Carla followed Chris into his room.
"What’s this stuff about this being YOUR room?" Carla asked as she walked over to Chris. She poked him in the chest in an attempt to act mad, but couldn’t hold her face still.
"What? It is MY room!" Chris said as he wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her close to him.
"Well…what about when I get all my stuff down here?" Carla asked.
"Then it will be OUR room. But until then it’s mine." Chris said as he leaned in to kiss her.
"Oh okay" Carla said through their pressed lips. They kissed and held each other. It had been two months since they had any real time together and they missed just being with each other. They were a cute couple that were always picking on each other or teasing. As they kissed Chris led Carla over to the bed and gently laid her down, then climbed in next to her. Pulling apart from their once again embraced lips, their eyes glimmered with love and happiness. Carla laid her head on his chest and wrapped an arm around his waist. She yawned and they talked for awhile until Chris was the only one talking and Carla was asleep.
In the living room Trisha had laid her head in Rusty’s lap and he was gently caressing her hair. They were watching a baseball game, the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Cubs. After flying for over 7 hours that day Trisha was exhausted and slowly her eye’s became to heavy to keep open. She slowly fell asleep and Rusty bent down. He kissed the top of her head and went back to the game on TV.
Chapter Four
