*Untitled..::..Chapters 4 thru 6*

When I arrived at Justin's house, Britney was there. I couldn't believe she actually was there, but that definitely was her car. As soon as I stopped the car, I ran inside the door. Justin was there and Britney was trying to talk to him.

"What are you doing here Britney? I heard about your break-up with Nick. So, what do you want with Justin?"-I asked as I stepped closer to her and Justin.

"Oh shut up! Justin has always loved me and always will, remember I told you that before. But apparently you don't. Remember, you were with Justin, but he chose to be with me."-She said. I was crying.

"But you were also with Nick, so you didn't love Justin unconditionally. Why should he even give you a second chance?"-I asked as I looked down at Justin. He looked like he didn't want to be in this situation at all. He just sat there, and that made me more upset.

"Justin, tell her how it is. Why don't you tell her?"-Jordan.

"He loves me that's why! He doesn't love you, so just give it up."-Britney spat back at me.

Justin didn't defend himself or deny any of what she was saying.-"I guess it's true then. I thought you had changed Justin. I thought you wanted back in my life. I guess it was just a lie then, just like our whole past relationship was."

"I do love you. But, I love her too. I just can't choose. Why do I have to choose? What if I don't want either of you. Can't you both just let me alone so I can figure this out on my own? I need my own time, so shut up and stop fighting over me and let me alone for a while. I'll let you know when I'm ready for another relationship, but right now I can't stand to be with either one of you. It's constant fighting."-Justin.

"Ok Justin, but I'm not promising I'll be here when you want to return. I may just move on. I can't wait for you forever."-Jordan.

"I'll be here Justin. Just forget her and come back to me. You know that's what you really want. I gave up Nick for you."-Britney said as she left.

"She also cheated around with Nick behind your back, just keep that in mind when you make up your decision."-Jordan said as she left.

Now he was all alone to decide. It was his choice. He had to make it, but who would he choose? Someone that has been his best friend practically since birth or the girl that has owned his heart for about 8 years now?

This was one of the hardest decisions to make in his whole life. With everything else he knew what he wanted, so why was this so hard? 'Why do I have to lose one of them? Can't I still have both of them in my life?'...Then, when he would be ready to make his decision and even had his hand on the phone, he'd remember what both of them said in the end...'"Ok Justin, but I'm not promising I'll be here when you want to return. I may just move on. I can't wait for you forever."' and '"I'll be here Justin. Just forget her and come back to me. You know that's what you really want. I gave up Nick for you."' Both of them were pleading with him and he knew he had to make the decision fast because what if the one he wanted, moved on...It had been a month since then already. A month of restless nights, his mind was constantly at war at itself over who to choose. It affected his life greatly. He couldn't concentrate on the most important issues, due to his restless nights, he'd be really snappy and grouchy to everyone who treated him well and cared for him, it was gradually tearing him down. He'd have to make his choice now. It was now or never.

Meanwhile, Britney had been thinking of many ways she could get Justin back over the past month, but it seemed to be a lost cause. He'd never respond to anything she did, and finally she stopped...but, she still was determined to keep him from Jordan. Britney has been touring around the country in the past month and nothing has seemed out of the ordinary. She hasn't let this 'bump in the road' slow her down. Since she hasn't displayed any disturbed or different behavior, the public isn't aware that anything is wrong as far as Britney is concerned...it's just Britney. But, the media has picked up on Justin's behavior and it has a few people speculating what's up.

On the other side of the country, in L.A, Calif., Jordan has been busy with Kait and Skylar on their next album, Changes. They were so busy with promotional work, photo shoots, interviews, and being in the recording studio, that Jordan hasn't really slowed down to analyze her situation. After she left Justin's that night, she's tried to not think about it because if she did, she'd break down and she knew it. She missed him more than anything, but she couldn't get in touch with him. He had a decision to make and so far he hasn't made it. Sometimes she thought he had probably already chosen to be with Britney and they were together, but she hadn't heard anything in the media about them recently and that was nearly impossible when they were together. There was an article nearly every week. Her only question was, 'What's taking him so long?'....

*~*~*~*Currently (with Justin)*~*~*~*

NSync has just finished a dance number at their studio in Orlando. It was an all-day thing since 'someone' kept messing up, but they went over and over it 'til each and every one of them got it right.

"Yo Justin...What's been up? You know you need to talk to someone...and have you been sleeping, cause frankly, you look like h*ll."-Lance.

"Huh? Oh, uh...yeah. I'm just tired."-Justin said as he got into his car.

"Just know I am here to talk to if you need me."-Lance said as Justin started his car.

"I can talk to you and every other person in the world 'til I'm blue in the face and it still won't solve my problem, so just leave me alone."-Justin said as he backed out and squealed away, a little faster than he meant to. He didn't mean to act that way, and immediately after saying what he did, he regretted it. It's just his life was at a complicated point right now and he had something he really needed to get done. If only he could do it without everyone giving him a hard time and trying to 'help' him. By 'helping' him, he felt they'd wanna know every single detail and he just wasn't in the mood to tell anyone, so he kept it to himself...it could only be his decision anyway, he didn't need anyone else's opinion to help persuade him right now.

*~*~*~*Currently (with Jordan)*~*~*~*

The girls are sitting down with their manager and a journalist from Seventeen Magazine answering some questions. The same kind of questions as usual...fave color, fave song, fave music group, discussing the new album, etc. Then, they got to the topic that Jordan really didn't want to discuss, but she knew it'd come up eventually.

"So, Jordan, you've been really quiet. I think I've found the shy one of the group."-The journalist, some Kellee Monahan said as she giggled, but she quickly composed herself and asked, "So, Do you have a boyfriend now?"-as she shoved the tape recorder in her face and looked at her, waiting for her to answer. All the eyes in the room were on her.

Tears almost escaped from her eyes, but she held them back.-"As for the shy part, I'm not really. I just have alot on my mind. With our new album coming out, and all. As for the boyfriend part, I haven't been dating exclusively lately...I just don't have time to devote myself to a relationship right now."-Jordan.

"Wasn't it true that you were in an exclusive relationship with teen-heartthrob Justin Timberlake, of NSync? What happened there? Plus, wasn't he with Britney after that? If you don't mind me asking..."-Ms. Monahan.

'Don't mind me asking?'--it's a little too late for that isn't it? ok, I have to calm down. I thought of an appropriate thing to say, and then I answered-"Yeah, I was with him for almost a year and a half, but it ended up not working out. We're still friends though, but I haven't talked to him in a while. And, yes, he was going with Britney after he broke up with me."-Apparently, she could sense the tension in the air and see the tears forming in my eyes, because she quickly moved on to Sky and Kait after that and asked them about their weddings that were coming up.

I wiped my eyes quickly before anyone else noticed, but I think Kait and Sky knew, cause after all, we are practically sisters, we know each other so well.

*~*~*~*Currently (with Britney)*~*~*~*

"Mom, I'm coming home this weekend. So, how's Jamie Lynn, Bryan, and Daddy doing? I can't wait to see you guys again."-Britney said. She decided to call her mother as she was on her way to the last venue of her tour. This was the last night of the tour and she could go home after this.

"Everyone here is fine. I can't wait to see you. So, how's Justin?"-Lynne.

"Oh, he's really great. He's getting ready to go on tour again right now, but we're doing well."-Britney said, totally lying to her mother, but she couldn't let her know that she and Justin were split, cause there would be questions and the media may even get ahold of it.

"That's good. Well, have a good concert. I'll see you later. Jamie-Lynn needs to go to dance class now. Love ya."-Lynne.

"Bye Bye Bye Ma."-Britney said as she clicked the 'end' button and the tour bus arrived at the venue. she could hear the chants of her devoted fans long before the bus stopped. She got out and stretched her legs and walked around a little bit, with her bodyguards close by of course. She was daydreaming about Justin, when all of a sudden she heard....

"OMG, IT'S BRITNEY!!"-a teenage boy yelled and everyone looked in that direction. It was time to run, cause she knew the barricades that were up couldn't hold back a few hundred hormone-raging teenage boys....and of course, the adoring girls....She ran into the venue and was about to sit down, but her manager walked in while she was catching her breath and told her it was time to get her hair/makeup done.

'Uh, can't I ever rest. All I do for them, and I can't even have a minute. It's always Britney this, Britney that...Hmm...wonder what Justin is doing? Oh well, time to get made up again and go out there to please the crowd.'-Britney thought as she trudged down the hallway accompanied by a bodyguard. (as you can tell, the bodyguards don't talk much, and Britney isn't in the mood to talk right now anyway....one more concert to go...and that was it....rest...thank God...and time to try to persuade Justin back...in hopes that Jordan hasn't gotten him back yet. How would she deal? HOW, GOD, HOW?)

*~*~*~*Jordan*~*~*~*

About an hour later, the interview was over and Jordan, Kait, and Skylar are currently in the limo heading for their photo shoot for Seventeen Magazine now, since they just got the interview. What a life, but the girls could deal, cause this is what they wanted and had dreamed for, wasn't it?

Jordan was looking out the black-tinted limo window, but she could feel Kait and Sky's eyes on her. They wanted her to speak and she knew it, but she had nothing to say. She just welled-up again. She felt like staying quiet...it was her nature to be the quiet one, what the heck was going on? Normally, Kait is the bawler of the group, not her.

"Jordan, are you o.k.?"-Skylar asked as she noticed another tear slide down her cheek and onto her shirt.

"No. I don't know what to do. I miss him so much. He hasn't made his decision yet. I don't even know if he still wants to be with me. I just don't know what to do."-Jordan said as she burst out in tears and both of her friends sat by her side and tried to comfort her, but there was only one person in this world who could do that…and he wasn't there at the moment.

*~*~*~*Justin*~*~*~*

When Justin got home that evening, he headed straight for his room and started writing a letter to his one and only love. It was time for this to end. He couldn't go on like this much longer. It was destroying his life, so finally…he'd have to confess…and pray to God that they wanted him back…

"Hey girls, come on over here. I have some interesting people for you to meet."-Johnny, their manager, said, as he walked into the room, where the girls were taking a break from recording.

"Does that mean we don't have any more recording to do for today?"-Kait asked, fingers crossed.

"Sorry, you're not that lucky."-Johnny said as he led them down the unusually crowded hallway.-"Stay close girls, I wouldn't want to lose any of you."

"Oh Johnny, now you're the one that's not so lucky."-Sky.

Johnny finally stopped in front of a door and when he opened it, the girls were met with many pairs of famous eyes, looking their way.

"K, now girls, here are the people I wanted you to meet. Well, they wanted to meet you too, and since you're on the same record-label, I figured it'd be good to get you all together...just so we could go over some things."-Johnny said as he left the girls standing and went to sit down at the end of the long, black table that was in the center of the room. The girls hesitantly moved forward, a little timid, walking around in front of all of these well-known stars...who were much famous than they were, or at least they thought so. They all sat down around the table. Sky and Kait looked toward Johnny waiting for him to begin, but Jordan was looking around at all the 'fly' guys in the room. There were plenty...but there were also some that she wouldn't want to be caught dead with...

She started glancing from face-to-face the whole way around the table...there was Mystikal, R. Kelly, Joe, BSB, JC and Joey from NSYNC, Aaron Carter, Jars of Clay, and Britney Spears. Ok, so there weren't terribly that many, but there was great talent in the room. Most of the guys around the room winked at her, some smiled in recognition. But there definitely wasn't a look of happiness on Britney's face, or at least it seemed that way.

"As I was saying, I wanted to get this meeting started. I know not everyone is here, but I told them beforehand. Also, I know I'm not everyone's manager here, I was just informed to give out the plans."-Johnny said as he sat back in his seat.-"How does everyone feel about doing a big charity event/concert, with all of you present, to help raise money for children with disablities...all the money will go to the major children's hospitals...Shand's Children Hospital, St. Jude Children's hospital, Shriner's Hospital for Children..., the main children hospitals across the country. It will greatly aid in their research and for the care of the children...So, what do you think?"

"If it's ok with my manager, it's ok with me."-Mystikal said as he glanced across the table to Johnny, then over to R. Kelly. Most of the people were nodding in agreement.

"Great. This is going quicker than planned. On to the next order of business."-Johnny said as he looked down at the pile of papers in front of him.-"This shouldn't be that bad."

"Could you just spit it out man, I have places to go and people to see."-Joe.

"Well, it's more of a question really. You guys/girls know that the 2001 MTV Music Awards are coming up and we wanted to know if any of you wanted to do a duet with another artist or something. It could go over really well, or really bad. Does anyone have any interests? We would like to get started right away."-Johnny.

Everyone sat motionless for a few moments, just glancing at each other, waiting for someone else to reply.

"Yo, there could a BSB-NSYNC merge...that'd be great."-Howie (BSB) said, apparently out of his mind.

"Shut-up fool. We don't want to ruin our image."-Kevin (BSB).

"What do you mean ruin YOUR image? You know, Kevin, you have to be the most annoying BSB out there...if they didn't have you, maybe your group would benefit."-Joey (NSYNC) said, he would have continued, but JC pulled him back down into his seat.

"Ok, well it's definite that you guys still haven't settled your differences."-Johnny.

"What Differences? They're just like us!"-Kevin (BSB).

That grabbed JC's attention.-"Why don't you shut-up? You definitely aren't helping the situation any."-JC.

"Yes...all quiet...Now, does anyone have any 'logical' suggestions?"-Johnny.

"I wouldn't mind doing a duet with Bliss. It would be great for publicity. Plus, I don't want the media to keep thinking that we're feuding....like they obviously already do."-Jordan looked over at the owner of this voice...who had mentioned her band's name (Bliss)...It was Britney...a person she never thought would make such a suggestion.

"Great. Girls do you agree to this?"-Johnny.

"Could we have a few moments to discuss this?"-Jordan.

"Sure thing."-Johnny said to them.-"Anyone else?"-he asked as he turned to the rest of the group.

*group huddle*

"Well, what do you guys say?"-Kait.

"Are you actually really serious about this? I don’t know if I want to."-Sky said as she turned her head and looked over at Britney, who was intently watching the group.-"Great, she saw me looking at her, now she knows we’re talking about her."

"Duh, what else would we be talking about? Anyway, Maybe this is a good thing. Maybe this will be a good way for us to settle our differences, if she is being honest about it."-Jordan.

"Have you lost your mind? I thought you hated her?"-Sky.

"Well, maybe she’s changed. People do change, ya know."-Jordan.-"We should give her a chance."

"Ok, if you’re alright with it, I am too."-Kait.

Sky looked over at Jordan’s face for a few moments, thinking about the situation.-"Alright. If you want to."

They turned back to Johnny and the rest of the awaiting crowd, who were now standing waiting to leave.-"Well?"-Johnny asked, and anxious Britney was also awaiting the answer.

"We’ll do it."-Jordan said as she took a schedule that Johnny was handing out to everyone.

"Oh, this is going to be SO fun!! I can’t wait!! We can be the best of friends!!"-Britney.