Chapter Two
"I can't believe it is Friday already!" Kimberley said as she pulled her
>bag into Lauren's room. "Thanks for inviting me to go with you." "No problem. I'm just glad you wanted to go."
"Why wouldn't I want to spend a whole weekend with the guys of 'NSYNC." "Yeah, I guess. I still can not get used to that name. It's just Justin and his friends to me." "That's so awesome, I wish I was good friends with one of them." "Yeah it is nice, but I miss him. We never see each other and whenever he calls I usually am in classes or just out. I know that part of our problem is that we both are busy with our own lives." Lauren paused to think about her friend for a second. "Okay, let's go. Grab my CD's and tapes we have two hours to get there and it takes a good hour and forty-five minutes."
Lauren said while locking her door and shutting it.
The two girls went to the car, loaded their bags, and climbed in. "Well,
what's first?" Lauren asked as she pulled her black Pontiac Grand-Prix onto the highway."Let's go with Third Eye Blind!""Okay" they put the CD in and spent the next hour and forty-five minutes driving, singing, laughing, and talking. They pulled up to the hotel to see a limo driving up to the front doors. "What do you wanna bet that its Justin and the rest of the guys." Lauren said. They grabbed their bags and locked the car."Could be them or some other famous Pop music group." Kimberley said as they head to the front of the hotel laughing at the thought of them both pulling up at the same time.Justin climbed out of the limo and smiled brightly when he saw that there were no fans around. Just as he was about to say something the other four guys climbed out and made the same realization. They were all smiling at the thought of a day without autographs, photos, hugs, or tired smiles.Justin was off thinking in his own world about how tired he was, but more about seeing Lauren. He was snapped back to reality when he heard someone approaching him.
"EEExcuse me Mr. Timberlake, but I am your biggest fan. Could I please have an autograph?" the shy voice stuttered out."Sure Hun!" Justin said, rolling his eyes before turning around to face the "fan". "How you want this made out?" Justin asked, taking her paper and a pen without looking at the girl."How about" the same shy voice started then continued and became more
mature and strong as she continued "to my dear Lauren, who I have known for 6 years. Love Justin."Looking up Justin started to laugh and the voice, which was Lauren,continued "You fell for it. I see how well you know my voice. And how loved I am"
Justin finally done laughing grabs he and gives her a hug then states in a loud voice, " I knew it was you the whole time." "Yeah right! I don't know who this is but you rolled your eyes when she came up to you." A guy Lauren did not recognize said "By, the way I am taking a guess that you are Lauren, I'm Chris." "Yeah I am Lauren. Hi Chris!" Lauren said shaking Chris' hand then turned back to her friend. "So you rolled your eyes. Ha haI did fool you, ya only roll your eyes when you're tired and don't want to deal with or do something." "Okay so maybe you did fool me a little." Justin said shyly. Then yelled,"Hey JC, Joey, and Lance come over here please." The three of them watched as three young men bounced their way. When they arrived Justin introduced them, they all shook ands and said hi.Lauren looked at the five guys in front of her. There stood four of her
>best friend's friends, and her best friend. She looked down the row; therestood in orderChris, JC, Justin, Joey, and Lance. Looking at each guy she thought of what she knew about him.
First was Chris. Justin had told her that he a crazy personality but had really started to settle down when he met a girl named Carla. They weren't dating but were good friends that could lead to more, and most likely would. Lauren remembered how she almost always heard Chris being yelled out for something by someone when she was on the phone with Justin. She could tell by his dread lock hairstyle that he would always be the one to go to, to just go out. Justin had told her many times that he was 27, but acted about 15 most of the time.Next to him was JC. He was 22 and extremely mature. Lauren had talked to him a few times when she called Justin, but they had not ever really talked. He seemed sweet and considerate. Justin told her that he was the father of the group. He was always the one trying to make sure that everyone was on time, and were where they were supposed to be. JC looked older then he was. His thick brown wavy hair was slicked back, looked to be in his late 20's, but if you talked to him long enough you could he was till young at heart. He had a never-ending amount of energy, just the ight amount; it matched Justin perfectly and made Lauren care about JC mmediately. Lauren remembered Justin telling her that these two were the two he was closest to.
Justin was standing in the middle of the group. Lauren thought of her friend and how he was always there for her. He was well built and many people had been jealous of friendship with him. She never looked at him as cute or handsome, but as a friend. When someone would say something about him being hot she would become embarrassed because she never noticed it.Lauren always liked his curly thick hair, and hated it dyed completely blonde; she liked the tips done but not all of it. His blue eyes had a way of cutting away at her and being able to see her deepest secrets. When he was around Lauren always felt safe and happy, he was one of the few guys she was close to. Lauren had missed him greatly but was happy he was doing well, and always told him to keep it up.Next to Justin, stood a tall, brown haired guy. She knew his name was Joey. Many times Justin had told her that Joey was the group flirt, which she always came back with something about that being Justin's job. Lauren thought that Joey looked to innocent to be a flirt, but anything was possible. He looked like a big friendly teddy bear, with an obvious obsession with Superman. He had the charm any 22 year-old male had. He would definitely be interesting to go clubbing with Lauren decided.The last of the guys had stood kind of quietly off to the side. He seemed shy and Lauren knew from her introduction that his name was Lance. Lauren was immediately attracted to his spiky tipped blonde hair. His green eyes drew her deeper into a trance. He had an aura around him that made her want to get to know him better. When he had shaken her hand he had held it for a second longer then normal, then lifted it and kissed her hand. It had sent chills down her back and made her want to know what those lips would feel like on her own. But she quickly snapped out of that thought because he was a friend of Justin's. She knew he was a true blue southern gentleman, and that he was always the one that knew what the group was suppose, (key word suppose) to be doing. Lauren blushed slightly as she realized she had been starring at him the longest. "Earth to Lauren!" she heard a voice say."Hmm, yeah sorry!" Lauren said."I see the aliens brought you back." Justin joked "Where were you Mars?" "Ha ha, I was just thinking about how it seems like I already know all of you. And then the last thought I had before being interrupted was that
there are about a thousand or more girls that would be so jealous of me right now." Everyone laughed. "So did I miss anything?" "No nothing to important. We are just going to go inside now. If you would like to join us" Justin said as the group started to walk towards the hotel doors, they were a little behind the others and Justin whispered "or you could stand out here and stare at Lance some more.""You so did NOT say that" Lauren said as she blushed slightly and elbowedJustin in the stomach."Ouch." Justin said rubbing his stomach, then putting his arm around her shoulder in a protective big brother way said "Ahhh, so that is what you were looking at and thinking about. The truth comes out." "Okay enough Justin" Lauren said "Yeah I was looking for a second but who couldn't look his eyes are so captivating. But I was actually thinking about a lot of different stuff." "Yeah yeah, let's go. We have a lot of talking to do." Justin said as he started to run with Lauren ahead of the rest of the group.
Chapter Three
