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Josh and Just 20
"Danielle!" Lance said in shock. He gazed at Danielle as he stood in front of her.
"Lance. I'm. . . I'm sorry. I didn't know what I was giving up. I love you. I truly do. Please take me back." Danielle asked as she began to walk forward. Lance started to inch back.
"No Danielle. You cheated on me. I thought I could trust you. I loved you. And you break my heart. I'm sorry but we can't get together." Lance said shaking his head.
"You have to Lance. I dumped the other guy. He was nothing." Danielle retorted.
"Yeah right. You were cheating on him behind my back. If he was nothing you wouldn't have cheated at all." Lance replied.
"Well you don't have to take me back Lance. I know you'll come back to me and when you do I'll be sitting their waiting for you to apologize." Danielle sneered.
"Well don't worry about that because I've moved on with my life." Lance replied.
"Who would be stupid enough to take you?" Danielle asked. Lance froze in his spot. He didn't have another girlfriend. He wished he did but he didn't. `What am I going to do?' Lance thought.
"Lance honey, try a sip of this. It's quite good." Marissa said as she waked up to lance and wrapped her arm around his waist. She handed him a glass filled with a brightly colored drink. Lance gave a surprised look to Marissa. He received a wink from her. He smiled and looked back at Danielle. He gave her a quick grin before taking a sip of Marissa's drink. Lance scrunched his nose with distaste.
"How could you drink that it's so nasty." Lance replied. Handing the drink back. Marissa let out a small giggle before resting her head on his shoulder.
"You're so cute when you scrunch up your face like that." Marissa replied. Danielle stood witnessing the whole incident.
"Who is she?" Danielle asked, throwing severe amounts of attitude at them.
"The person stupid enough to take him." Marissa replied with a smug look. Danielle's mouth fell open with shock.
"She looks like a whore. How could you date her?" Danielle asked. Lance looked Marissa over and then pulled her into a hug.
"If she's wrong, then I don't ever want to go right." Lance replied in his classic deep sexy voice. Danielle let out a scowl before beginning to walk away. She walked closely to the edge of the pool as she exited the pool area. She looked back toward Lance and watched as he waved to her while keeping an arm around Marissa.
"Hey Danielle. Don't fall in now." Joey said, pushing her into the pool as he walked by. She fell to the pool with a scream and came to the surface gasping for air. She splashed around and screamed frantically until she calmed down and stood in the three feet of water. She quickly walked up the stairs out of the pool and stormed out of the pool area.
"Here Joey try this." Lance said handing him Marissa's drink. Joey took a sip and gave a look of approval.
"You two are disgusting." Lance laughed.
"How did she get passed security?" Joey asked taking a seat at the table. He glanced over to Chris and noticed him talking on the phone and making cooing sounds. He looked back at Lance and saw Marissa had taken a seat on his lap.
"They still think she's my girlfriend I bet." Lance replied.
"Are you comfortable?" Lance asked Marissa.
"Sorry I thought that she might be around and staring at us. So I thought we should just stay like this for a while." Marissa explained.
"Fine by me." Lance replied.
The entire gang had used their day to relax, resulting in a great laid back entertaining show. Justin was amazed at how enthusiastic JC gets with the crowd. He smiled to himself, remembering the way the fours girls in the front row looked when JC had risen his shirt to reveal his chiseled stomach. He walked into the dressing room and began changing. He wasn't far along before feeling a pair of arms wrap around his waist. He smiled as he turned and faced JC.
"You were great." Justin said as he kissed JC's nose.
"And what about us?" Lance asked, taking off his shirt to change into the T-shirt he arrived in.
"You all sucked." Justin replied, before resting his head on JC's sweaty shoulder.
"Ewww he's all sweaty and sticky. He probably smells too." Joey said disgustedly. Justin let out a small snicker before kissing JC on the chin and continuing to change. The group quickly changed and they were back on the bus to their next location. Justin ducked into the bunk quickly and closed his eyes. JC peeked in and saw Justin trying to get some sleep.
"Justin? You awake?" JC whispered. He received no response. JC shrugged and placed the blankets around Justin tighter and closed the curtain. Before he could walk away, he heard a soft voice.
"Josh?" Justin asked softly. JC opened the curtain again and looked inside.
"Yeah Just?" JC asked as he moved in. he laid down next to Justin on his side.
"How do you like all this touring so much. You go from tour to tour. City to city. And then you're sooo pumped for every show. I know we are doing what we love to do and all, but sometimes it gets tiring and I need a break." Justin whispered.
"I know how you feel. But I keep this thought in my mind. I keep the thought of only two more performances and it's you and me with the rugrats at my place with our families. We'll be together as we watched the snow fall and as the tree is lit. Only two more days and then we'll be on a plane back to Virginia." JC whispered back. The two shared a small secret with each other. A secret in many that only they knew. It was something the two of them had. A special bond that allowed them to share every secret. Or all the secrets to have come along so far. JC wrapped both arms around Justin and held him close to his body.
"Hey you two? You up for a movie? I think we're watching one of the tapes that Joey brought." Lance said peeking in. He opened the curtain and took a seat on the edge.
"Excuse you! We're trying to have a private intimate moment here!" JC laughed.
"Well the moments over, Wanna watch a movie? It's just Me, Britney, Alex, Marissa, Chris and Tyler. Unless you guys are up for it." Lance said nudging them.
"Fine, we're right behind you." JC said, pushing Lance off so he could get out. He held out a hand for Justin and helped him out of the bunk. He escorted Justin to the lounge where they sat around the TV to watch a movie. JC sat on the floor with his back propped up against the front of the couch and spread his legs so Justin could sit in between them. Justin took his seat and leaned back against JC. JC looked back to see Lance and Marissa sharing the couch. On the other couch, Chris, Tyler and Britney sat scrunched together. Alex sat a good two feet or so next to the happy couple waiting for the movie to start.
"Hey there Alex. Good job tonight. I never actually watched the back-up dancers. You guys go through a lot." JC said, trying to make conversation. Justin looked back at his boyfriend talking to Alex. Justin picked up JC's hand which was resting on his leg and started to play with the fingers as JC continued to talk to Alex.
"Thanks JC. Yeah it's hard but it becomes second nature after a while. You guys were awesome out there too. I was wondering if the rig used in the `Sailing' sequence hurt or not." Alex pondered.
"Actually it does. It's doesn't really hurt until you hang from the air." JC responded. Justin listened with one ear as he continued to play with JC's fingers. He began to kiss every finger on the hand one at a time.
"Great. That really sucks because for one of Britney's sequences I have to be rigged up." Alex scowled silently.
"Well once you get used to the pain it just becomes fun. So don't worry that much." JC laughed. His attention was brought back to Justin who was kissing his fingers. A small smile crossed his face as he watched his boyfriend act so cutely. Once Justin finished kissing every finger he laced his fingers through JC's and rested both their hands in his lap. JC kissed the nape of Justin's neck softly. He rested his chin on Justin's shoulder and watched the TV. Justin let out a soft sigh before laying back against Justin and gazing at the TV.
A cell phone soon disrupted the silence that the lounge had fallen under. Lance laid on the couch as he slept while Marissa had taken his bunk. Alex slept on the other couch peacefully. The rest of the group had gotten tired and had walked back to their bunks where they slept silently. Justin and JC had stayed in their position and wrapped a blanket around themselves as they spent the silence together. The phone rang from JC's pant pocket as the two laid cuddled together. Justin turned in his spot and reach into JC`s pant pocket and pulled out the phone.
"Hello?" Justin asked as he spoke into the phone. JC softly began to kiss him on the neck, making sure to make each kiss special.
"Yeah hold on he's here." Justin said as he handed the phone back to JC. JC took the phone and placed it to his ear.
"Hello?" JC asked. Justin turned in his spot so he could face JC. He sat on his haunches while watching JC speak on the phone.
"Okay. . . Yeah. . . oh sure. . . Sure she can. . .Okay. . .no. . . no problem at all. . . okay. . . bye. . .goodnight." JC said into the phone. He turned the phone off and placed it the space between himself and Justin. He looked up to see Justin's questioning eyes.
"Well what did William want? He didn't call to tell us about what we are going to do tomorrow did he? Cause that would be totally stupid, calling us in the middle of the night to tell us that we have to work our asses off tomorrow." Justin babbled. JC sat their snickering, watching Justin rant and rave quietly, making sure not to wake Lance or Alex. Justin stopped and looked at JC.
"Well?" Justin asked. JC smiled a bit before kissing Justin on the nose.
"Well it seems that Jennie was having a hard time finding a way to get to her house for the holidays. So she is coming with us to Virginia then she's catching a connecting flight to Orlando. And if her flight is delayed her and Seth are coming home with us. William was being nice and not letting Jennie stress over it. So he called us while she was sleeping." JC explained as he rubbed Justin's thighs with his hands. Justin nodded and picked up the phone before standing up. He held a hand out for JC to help JC up. JC stood and started to walk toward the bunks. Justin slipped the phone back into JC's pant pocket and followed his boyfriend down the bus. JC stopped and quickly ran back toward the lounge. Justin waited while JC quickly did something and came running back.
"What? Did you forget something?" Justin asked resuming their walk toward the bunks.
"Yeah I forgot to cover Alex and Lance with blankets and turn off the lights for them." JC replied. Justin smiled knowing that JC was totally sweet.
"You are adorable." Justin whispered as he leaned in for a kiss. JC pecked him quickly.
"Now come on. You need you're rest. We have another show tomorrow." JC sighed. He followed Justin into the bunk where both of them would fall asleep in each others arms.
The next couple of days went by quickly. The shows were action packed which sent each performer into deep slumber when the night came around. The guys were busy practicing and taking photo shoots to think about anything else. Justin and JC barely spent anytime together due tot heir busy schedule. Both had only the Christmas break in mind, where they could spend the holidays in each others arms around family and friends. Chris called Sarah but usually could only speak for five minutes before being whisked to hair and make-up. Joey found no time for goofing around with all his preparations to head home for the holidays. Lance was right there by his side calling home and airlines to make sure his flight was confirmed. Britney rushed around with nothing on her mind besides Christmas and Freddie. She wanted nothing more than to spend Christmas with Freddie but she had already made plans with her family which was very important to her. All the events of the past two days led up to this one moment at the airport. All of them stood at the gate for the plane heading to Virginia. Justin heard the boarding call and placed the back pack onto his shoulder. JC did the same as he stood. He looked down to his side and saw Tyler sleeping in the seat. He smacked Tyler in the back of the head to wake him up.
"How could you be so tired? You didn't do anything this whole time. While we were performing you'd be sitting off the side drawing in your sketchpad. That doesn't really take a lot of work." JC said, looking at his exhausted face.
"I was up all night finishing a sketch." Tyler said rubbing his eyes.
"Why?" JC asked in stupefaction.
"Because. . .because. . . Because when creative genius hits you have to sketch it fast." Tyler replied smoothly.
"Yeah right." JC laughed.
"Bye Brit. Have fun at home. Say hi to your mom for me." Justin said kissing her on the cheek and giving her a hug.
"Bye Justin. Will do. Have fun at JC's." Britney replied. Justin nodded and moved on.
"Bye Chris." JC said as he stepped behind Justin.
"Bye you two. Call me okay?" Chris replied. Both Justin and JC nodded before moving on.
"See ya Joe." Justin said pulling him into a hug.
"Bye you guys. See you in a couple of days okay?" Joey replied.
"Okay. I'll call you too." Justin replied. They moved to the last person.
"Bye Lance. Say hi to your family for me." Justin said.
"No problem. Bye you guys. Take care okay?" Lance replied. The two quickly said other good byes and got ready to board the airplane.
"Hey you guys. If any of you end up with no place to go for the holidays, you guys are more then welcome to drop my house. You all know where it is. And if you need to you could call from the airport and we'll be there in a sec to pick you up okay?" JC said, making sure everyone understood.
"Thanks." Was the summarized response.
"Wait! Wait!" The whole group turned toward the sound of someone calling them. They saw John, Jennie's new flame, running toward them. Jennie looked up to see John and lit up with surprise. She ran toward him and gave him a big hug.
"What are you doing here?" Jennie asked.
"Catching you before you left." Justin cooed. Jennie rolled hers eyes at Justin and turned back to John with a questioning look.
"He's right." John replied. Jennie let out a laugh.
"Why?" Jennie asked as she wrapped both arms around his neck.
"To tell you he loves you." Britney cooed.
"She's right." John laughed.
"Can you guys shut up!" Jennie said to the gang. They all laughed as they watched on. JC picked Seth up who was hefting his own little backpack. Instantly Seth started to play with JC's necklace.
"Well I just wanted to say that I'm in love with you Jennie, and that I wanted to say Merry Christmas before you left." John said before kissing her. Jennie instantly pulled back.
"John. I have something to tell you. Seth. . . is my son." Jennie said taking Seth into her arms.
"Jennie. . ." John began.
"No John. . . let me explain. I know that you would have been scared away by Seth, and I'm basically telling you that if you don't like Seth then you'll have a problem with me because Seth is my life and I can't forget about him ever." Jennie said.
"But Jennie. . ." John started again.
"No John. I know this is a surprise but this is the way it has to be and i would have it no other way. Seth is the main love of my life." Jennie continued.
"Jennie! I already know Seth is your son. I know that Lance broke up with Danielle. I know Justin and JC are a couple. I know about Britney and Freddie. Know it all. You guys need to be more secretive at practice." John laughed. Everyone stood therein amazement.
"And don't worry I still love you and I love Seth. And here I got you two something." John said taking two presents out of the bag he carried. Jennie instantly ran up to him and gave him a kiss. She held Seth on her hip as she kissed John. Seth reached out and touched their locked lips causing them to go in a fit of laughter. Seth himself joined in.
"Okay he loves you and she loves you. Now can we get going?" Justin said stepping up to the two. Jennie let out a small laugh.
"Okay. Okay. I'm going. John I'll call you okay? Love you." Jennie said kissing him quickly. She ran with Seth on her hip along with Justin, JC and Tyler toward the gate.
"Bye you guys?" Britney waved. Justin gave them all a wave before running into the gate.
Justin stepped off the plane with Seth clutching his hand. Jennie had run to the counter to find out more information on her departing flight. JC held Justin's bag, his own bag, and Seth's bag on his shoulder as he walked out behind Justin. Tyler was the last to walk out trying to add a few pencil strokes into his sketchpad before putting it away. JC scanned the crowd for anyone he might know. He looked out the window as saw that snow was falling heavily now. When they had landed it was light, now it was coming down with gusts of wind.
"Attention all passengers, all flights are canceled until the storm passes over. We apologize for the inconvenience." The announcement came on through out the airport. A loud groan came from all those who were leaving to go home for the holidays. A loud sigh of relief came from the passengers that just got off the plane. Jennie walked back to Justin and the group.
"JC? Is it okay if I. . ." Jennie started to ask.
"For as long as you want." JC replied as he pulled her into a half hug.
"Thanks JC." Jennie said with relief.
"Josh. Look." Justin said pointing to a small group of people. JC looked over and saw his parents as well as all four of Justin's parents. He also saw two toddlers clutching to Lisa's pant leg. He smiled as he got closer to the group. Jennie took Seth into her arms and held him while Justin, JC, and Tyler exchanged hugs and kisses with their family members.
"Hey Tyler. You've grown since the last time I saw you." Lynn said, pulling Tyler into a hearty hug.
"Hi Aunt Lynn." Tyler replied as he hugged her back.
"Hello Justin." Karen Chasez, JC's mom, said as she pulled him into a hug.
"Hi Karen. How have you been?" Justin asked while in the hug.
"I've been good. And look at you. You get more and more handsome every day." Karen said pulling back from the hug.
"Thank you Karen. Hey Roy." Justin said, shaking his hand. Roy pulled him into a hug.
"How's my third son doing?" Roy asked as he hugged Justin.
"I'm fine. It's good to see you again." Justin replied.
"Same here." Roy replied backing from the hug.
"Hey everyone, this is Jennie and her son Seth." Justin introduced.
"Daddy." Seth said as he reached for Tyler.
"Daddy?!?" everyone asked while Justin, JC, Jennie burst into laughter.
"No he's not the Father. It was a joke we played on the road." Jennie explained. All the parents just nodded in return.
"Okay well lets get going. I can take all the adults in my car. And the children can go in Karen's." Roy thought.
"Children? We aren't children. We are grown adults!" JC laughed.
"You'll always be a child sweety." Lynn said standing next to him and placing her arm around his back. JC smiled and wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"Okay lets get to moving." Karen said clapping her hands.
JC hefted two suitcases and a backpack as he was followed by Justin who carried one big suitcase and a shoulder bag. Tyler walked in with his suitcase and backpack while Jennie carried her two shoulder bags. Seth stayed close to her leg as they entered the house.
"You know Josh! If you weren't so stubborn we could have helped you." Randall said as he watched the boys carry in their bags.
"Well I'm not stubborn Dad. You can take mine." Justin said placing the bags down at his feet and walking into the living room. Randall looked down at the bag and walked away leaving it at it's place. JC placed the other bags next to it as did Jennie and Tyler.
"No children! I expect you guys to take all this to your bedrooms right this instant." Karen said as she pulled Justin off the couch. Justin let out a groan and walked back to his suitcase. They all lifted their backpacks and walked up stairs. Jennie took the guest room, Justin and JC placed their stuff in JC's room. Tyler went to his room. They all placed their stuff down and started to head back downstairs. The group reconvened in the living room where the Seth played in the center with Jonathan and Steven while the every body sat on the seats. JC sat in the recliner while Justin sat on the arm. Tyler, Jennie, and Karen sat on the couch. Lynn and Paul sat on the futon. And Randall and Lisa took a sea on the love seat while Roy pulled up a chair from the side.
"So where's Laura?" Justin asked, noticing the absence of his sister.
"She is with Heather, picking up some groceries." Roy mentioned.
"Heather is here? So you met her boyfriend?" JC asked, wanting to know everything about this guy.
"He is a darling. So polite." Karen cooed.
"And so proper. Always knows how to act. Especially with the children." Lynn added.
"Oh no. He won over my mother." Justin whispered to JC. JC sat there with doubt in his head.
"I don't know about him. he seems fishy." Randall said scratching his head.
"Thank you Randall! Some one who has common sense." Roy chuckled.
"He's not bad at all. Leave the boy alone." Karen announced.
"That's the point. He's not bad in any way. He seems too perfect." Paul voiced.
"So basically it's the Mom's that like him and the Dad's that don't." Tyler noticed.
"You guys can't appreciate a women like he doe with Heather." Lynn said.
"Oh no. Hide me. Hide the breakables. There is gonna be a war in here." Justin said sliding off the arm of the chair and into JC's lap. He grabbed JC's arm and put it around himself as he buried his face in JC's shoulder.
"Are you saying that you'd rather have him as you're husband instead of me?" Paul asked.
"Let it drop. There are children in the room. It's a harmless argument." JC said laughing at Justin, while trying to stop World War III.
"I think we should start cooking. I'm going to need someone to chop up the vegetables. Which one will it be?" Karen asked, looking at Justin, JC, and Tyler.
"I'll be more than happy to help you." Jennie offered.
"Why thank you dear. We'd love your help. If you don't mind fellas we have a meal to prepare." Lynn said getting to her feet.
"Well I have to go finish some sketches and paint them. See ya." Tyler said jumping up to his feet and heading to his room.
"I have to do some unpacking and gift wrapping. Want to come?" Justin asked JC. JC nodded and both of them stood up.
"Bye Dads." JC and Justin said. The children played on the floor while the fathers continued to talk amongst themselves.
"Hello Everyone!! We're back!" Laura's voice could be heard all around the house even upstairs where Justin and JC were laying on the bed softly kissing each other as they figured out which person to give each gift to.
"How about for your sister's new boyfriend? Do you want to give him the gift certificate?" Justin asked.
"No. I haven't even met him. why do I have to give him something?" JC complained.
"Oh Josh. It's the spirit of giving and all that stuff. Come on. We more than enough gifts for everyone." Justin responded as he unbuttoned the top of JC's shirt. JC snickered and laid on his back.
"Fine. Now how about the kids?" JC asked.
"We'll decide that later. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve right? So we have all of tonight to decide. We'll put the gifts under the tree after tonight. Tonight is the lighting right?" Justin asked.
"Yeah. . ." JC was stopped when a branch of a tree smacked loudly into the window. JC looked toward the window and saw that the wind was blowing fiercely. The snow storm outside had gotten worst.
"It's really coming down hard out there." JC claimed as he got up to look out the window.
"Well we'll worry about that later. We have to go see our sisters and meet the mystery man." Justin said getting up and dragging JC with him. JC followed behind closely. The two hopped down the stairs together into kitchen where Heather and Laura had gone. They walked into the kitchen to see Karen at the stove while Jennie was busy chopping something on the counter next to her. Lynn was checking on something in the oven while Lisa looked through the fridge. JC's eyes were brought to his sister who was conversing with their mother as she cook. Her jacket was blotted with snowflakes as washer hair.
"Next time you need something from the store, you can send Josh. It's crazy out there." Heather said placing the bag of groceries on the counter.
"Hell no. We'll send Tyler." JC joked.
"Josh!" Heather said as she hugged him. JC hugged her back as he chuckled.
"What's up brat?" JC asked as he pulled back.
"Nothing much." Heather replied as she smacked his shoulder.
"Justin!!" Laura said running down the hall to her brother.
"Hey Laura! I missed you." Justin said scooping her up.
"I missed you too." Laura said giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Hey Laura. Go up stairs and get my backpack. Bring it down here and I'll give you a surprise from me and JC." Justin said. Laura quickly ran up the stairs.
"So where's that boyfriend of yours?" JC asked as he pushed his sister.
"He's in the living room with the kids. And how rude are you to not introduce me to Jennie!" Heather said pinching him in the stomach.
"Hey you were out. But now you two know each other. And I'm going to go grill your boyfriend." JC said.
"Good cause yours can stay here and talk to me." Heather said, pulling Justin into a hug.
"Nope I'm taking Justin with me. We're going to grill this guy together." JC said taking Justin's hand and walking towards the living room.
"Bye Heather." Justin laughed."
"So Tim! If that's your real name. Tell me about yourself." JC said as he sat on the couch and watched Tim play with Steven, Jonathan, and Seth.
"Well what do you want to know?" Tim asked.
"Where do you work?" Justin asked.
"I'm a fire fighter." Tim replied.
"Oh a firefighter. How did you meet my sister?" JC asked.
"Well we first met a conference we had go to in San Diego. I met her first on the beach. I was at the beach with my brother's family. I was staying with them while I had to go to the conference. But our final day we spent on the beach. Anyway. My nephew wanted to go to the water. I was running after him when I literally bumped into Heather. I helped her up and then she said. . ." Tim was about to finish when Heather spoke.
"Wow. I could do my laundry on your abs." Heather finished. JC rolled his eyes while Justin punched him in the arm.
"When did you start sleeping with my sister?" JC asked.
"uhm. . . uhm . . . uh. . .Last week." Tim replied.
"Excuse you Josh!" Heather said as sat on the love seat. Tim took a seat next to her and snuggled close to her.
"Kids! Dinner is ready!" Lynn called from the Dining room.
After dinner everyone gathered in the living room. They all sat around the corner in which the tree was decorated. The unlit tree stood decorated in gold and silver ribbons. Crowned from the base to the tip where gold and silver Christmas ornaments. Everything led up to the tip where an angel sat with her harp in hand. Her dressed beautifully embroidered with a silver and gold lining. The only part left were the tiny white lights to illuminate the scattered gifts resting underneath the outstretched branches. JC sat with his back propped up against the wall of the alcove that looked out onto the front lawn. The giant tree in the yard whipped around it's bare branched with every gust of wind. The ground covered with a blanket of snow that continued to rise slowly. Justin sat between his spread legs and propped his back up against JC's chest. The two covered themselves with a blanket as they look into the fireplace where a crackling fire set the holiday mood. Justin looked down at his little brothers and Seth playing at the base of the alcove. He looked at Jennie who was on her cell phone with someone, probably John. He looked toward the recliner where Tim sat with Heather half on his lap and half on the arm rest. Karen and Roy sat closely together as they took in the atmosphere. Roy wrapped an arm around Karen's shoulder and pulled her into a hug. Tyler laid on the floor as he sketched the tree elaborately onto the paper while Laura laid next to him trying to copy each stroke he took. Paul and Lynn sat on the futon taking in the beautiful tree. Randall and Lisa sat on the love seat and shared a small kiss before resting against each other.
"I wonder what the guys and Britney are doing right now?" Justin asked JC in a whisper.
"Well Lance is probably being forced to eat his desert by his mother. And Chris is probably carrying out a stupid bet he made with his sister." JC chuckled softly. He placed his chin on Justin's while wrapping his arms around Justin's waist.
"And Joey is probably. . ." Justin thought for a second.
"Eating." They both replied with a laugh.
"And I know Britney is on the phone with Freddie." Justin replied.
"It's too quiet with out them." JC whispered nuzzling to Justin's neck.
"Yeah I know what you mean. I thought of a good insult to Chris earlier and when I turned around he wasn't there." Justin sighed.
"But hey at least we're together and we'll see them in a few days. I still have to go shopping for them." JC stated.
"Me too." Justin replied.
"Hey everyone. How about we light the tree now. Cause my picture looks very boring without illumination." Tyler said rising to his feet. Tyler got into position by the outlet in the wall. JC reached back and hit the lights switch. The only light they saw was the fire crackling. Tyler place the plug in the outlet but nothing lit up. He pulled the plug back out and put it back in, but once again nothing happened. Tyler signaled to JC to turn the light switch back on so he could fix the lights. JC reached back and turned it on, but nothing happened.
"It's a black out ." Justin said noticing the lack of lights outside as well. A giant gust of wind fell over the house sending a tunnel of air down the chimney. The crackling fire soon blew out leaving the house in darkness. Steven quickly began to sob at the darkness.
"Stevey! Don't worry. I'm here." Justin said reaching down and picking up his baby brother. He hugged the child and placed the tiny head upon his great shoulder. JC placed his hand on the back of Steven's head and hugged both Justin and him close. They soon felt another child climb onto the alcove. Justin let out a groan as a child climbed into his lap and hold his arm tightly.
"Jonathan it's okay. It's only a blackout." Justin said hugging his brother.
"It's scary." Jonathan replied.
"There are candles in the drawer of that table over there. Matches should be in there too." Roy said pointing into the darkness.
"Wow thanks for pointing the direction Dad." Tyler said sarcastically. He moved around in the darkness making sure not to step on a child or anything. He soon bumped into a table. He felt around for a bit before finding the drawer. He reached inside and felt three long stick candles. He found the match box and with a little difficulty he lit the first candle. From there he lit the other two. He handed one to his sister than another one to Lynn and Paul. He sat closely to the alcove with Laura.
"Do you think Tyler was an idiot and blew out the power for the whole street?" JC asked as he ruffled his brothers hair. Tyler turned with a perturbed face and glared at JC.
"Well what should we do now?" Justin asked, leaning more into his embrace with JC.
"I say sleep. The lights should be on in the morning. Hey is it getting cold in here?" Roy asked.
"Heather did you forget to close the vent to the chimney?" Karen asked.
"I told Justin to do it." Heather replied.
"Don't look at me I told JC." Justin announced.
"Hey I told Dad." JC stated. Karen looked at her husband and saw him shying away in the corner of the couch. Karen stood up and walked to the fireplace. She searched for the crank to close the chimney vent.
"How are the kids doing?" Lisa asked.
"Well Steven is hugging the hell out of me. Jonathan is clutching onto my arm like no tomorrow. Where's Seth?" Justin asked.
"He's with me." Jennie stated.
"Okay I guess we should just relax. I'll try and start another fire." Randall said letting out a slight groan as he got up. He walked to the fire place and placed some more newspaper to the wood. He searched for the box of matches began to long process.
The group continued to sit with the power out. The fire was blazing once again sending some warmth and light into the room. Laura laid asleep on the floor while Tyler watched over her like a protective brother while trying to sketch with the light of the fire. Heather snuggled up to Tim's chest and stared at the fireplace while hugging Tim tightly. Tim held her close as he did the same. Karen snuggled with Roy on the couch as they looked to nowhere. Lynn was conversing with Jennie and Paul no the futon quietly. Randall and Lisa were sleeping lightly as they laid in each others arms. Justin leaned back against JC as the two napped. Seth slept against Justin's right shoulder while Steven slept against the left. Jonathan slept on the side as he held onto Justin's arms. JC's arms held them all tightly as he secured the blanket around the group. The lights began to flicker before their full power was blinding the people in the room. JC blinked for a minute as he saw the tree lit. He reached back and turned off the house lights.
"It's Beautiful." Heather said as she gazed upon the glowing tree.
"I can finish my drawing!" Tyler said taking his position once again. JC quickly shook Justin awake.
"Justin. Justin wake up. The lights are on." JC whispered. Justin opened one eye and saw the tree full of white lights. He sat up a little and shook the children that were on him. They al woke up and rubbed their eyes.
"Hey kids. Look." Justin said pointing to the tree. The kids all climbed out of the alcove and rushed to the bottom of the tree. They sat there as they gazed at the tree. Justin stretched a bit before pulling JC's arms around him. He let out a tiring sigh and snuggled close.
"I love you." JC whispered softly.
"I love you too." Justin replied.
"Hey you guys I think we should head to sleep. Tomorrow is a big day. We're waking up early and going to the morning mass." Karen said standing up. Everyone stood up ready to head to bed.
"Justin you can take Josh's bed. Josh you can take the floor." Karen added.
"Mom!" JC replied.
"Heather you can take the floorin your room and Tim can sleep on the bed." Karen stated.
"Mom!" Heather replied.
"Mom, No one is getting my bed!" Tyler announced as he got up.
"Help your big brother put the children to sleep downstairs in the den." Karen said.
"Mom!" JC and Tyler whined.
"Come on. I'll help." Justin said taking JC's hand.
"Seth do you want to sleep with me tonight or with the other kids?" Jennie asked her son.
"Kids." Seth replied before chasing after Justin and JC.JC scooped Seth into his arms while Justin carried Steven. Randall picked up Laura who was still sleeping. He followed his older son and JC into the den. Justin placed his baby brother down and allowed him to run to the bed. The extra beds placed in the den were regular size beds. The three children scurried into one while Randall placed Laura down on the other bed.
"Okay you guys. Go to bed. Tomorrow we have to go to church." Justin said tucking the three into the bed.
"And if you guys are go to sleep now. I'll make you chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast tomorrow. Okay?" Tyler promised. The kids nodded and closed their eyes.
"Goodnight." They all said. Justin and JC walked slowly up the stairs to their room. When they entered Justin fell back into the bed. JC climbed on top of him and gently started to kiss him. They laid together as they kissed softly. Justin's hand moved to the back of JC's head while JC's hands moved to Justin's back. JC slowly started to nibble on Justin's bottom lip.
"Ahem!" The sound caused Justin and JC to separate and look to the doorway in embarrassment. Their in the doorway was Karen, Lynn, and Heather.
"We just wanted to say goodnight." Lynn said with a smile.
"Goodnight you two. Try tog et some sleep!" Karen laughed. The two older women walked away while Heather walked into the room and sat o the bed.
"What?" JC asked.
"Just want to spend time with my brother." Heather replied with a cheesy smile.
"You chose one hell of a time to do it." JC replied. He climbed off Justin who was now laying on his side with his head propped up with his hand. JC laid on his side behind Justin and kissed his neck quickly before getting up and walking to the closet.
"So how have you two been? How's Britney? How are the guys? How is the tour?" Heather asked. They heard a knock at the door.
"Now who?" JC asked in irritation. He opened the door to see Tyler.
"Hey there Josh. Couldn't sleep so I thought I'd come talk to you." Tyler said coming into the room. JC sighed and closed the door.
"Hey Heather. Hey Justin." Tyler said crashing onto the bed. Justin laid there with a humorous look on his face as he watched JC stand angrily.
"Oh honey. They just want to talk come on." Justin invited JC to sit down next to him. Justin sat up and waited for JC. JC sighed and laid down on the bed. He rested his head in Justin's lap. Justin smiled down to him before running his fingers through JC's hair.
"So how is everyone? I want the dirt on everyone." Heather said.
"Well Britney is fine. She is dating Freddie Prinze Jr. He got into an accident a couple of days ago. So she's doing okay. Uhm. Chris is dating this girl named Sarah. At first they hated each other and now they are dating. She's Freddie's cousin, or something like that. What else?" Justin asked looking down at JC for information.
"Well Lance broke up with Danielle. She was cheating on him. and then I heard that she came back to Lance but Lance rejected her." JC stated.
"Aww poor Lance. I'm glad he got rid of Danielle though. She was a bitch." Heather replied.
"Yeah I know. OH and Joey is just Joey. Hasn't settled or anything. Don't think he wants to either." Justin finished.
"How is the tour?" Heather asked.
"It's going okay. Same thing over and over again. Practice in the day performance at night." JC replied.
"How have you guys been doing?" Heather asked.
"It's been going great." Justin replied.
"It will always go great." JC replied. Justin smiled and leaned down to kiss JC.
"Excuse me while I gag." Tyler said falling to the floor and began to make gagging noises.
"Hey just because you don't have a love your life, doesn't mean you can bring down those who have." Heather said smacking her brother on the back of the head.
"Anyway.. if you two don't mind. My boyfriend and I would like to get some sleep." Justin said as he let out a small yawn.
"No problem. Come on brat." Heather said as she got up. She dragged Tyler out of the room leaving Justin and JC alone. JC went to the floor and got into his sleeping bag. Justin laid down on the bed and stared at the ceiling for a minute. He smiled to himself before taking the sheets off the bed and laying down on the floor next to JC.
"What are you doing?" JC asked as he kissed Justin softly.
"I'm sleeping with you." Justin replied as he unzipped JC's sleeping bag and brought him under the blankets.
"But our praents said not to sleep with each other." JC said with a mischievous smile.
"No. Our parents said not to sleep in the bed together. They never said anything about the floor." Justin grinned back. JC chuckled softly before pulling Justin into a hug.
"Goodnight Sweety." JC said as he kissed the top of Justin's head.
"Night Josh. I love you." Justin replied snuggling to JC's chest.
"Love you too." JC whispered before falling asleep.
"Boys it's time to get up." Karen said as she shook JC's shoulder. JC woke up and blinked a couple of times as his eyes adjusted to the light that was coming through his window. He looked around and remembered he had fallen asleep on the floor with Justin in his arms. He looked down and saw Justin was still in his arms. He cleared his throat softly and looked up at his mother who was looking down at him.
"Morning Mom." JC said as he tightened his grip on Justin.
"Morning Sweetheart. Time to get up. We leave for church in an hour." Karen said as she stood.
"Okay Mom we'll see you downstairs in half an hour." JC said. Karen nodded and walked out. JC looked down and saw Justin in his arms.
"Justin. Baby. It's time to get up." JC whispered as he placed a kiss on Justin's forehead.
"I'm awake." Justin groaned as he pulled the covers over his head.
"Come on we have to go." JC said as he sat up. He pulled back the covers and grabbed Justin's arms. He pulled Justin into a sitting position.
"You know I'm starting to hate when you wake me up like this." Justin snapped.
"I love you too." JC said as he pulled Justin up to his feet.
"Okay. Okay. Lets go." Justin said walking toward the door. The two quickly showered and dressed. JC wore a white turtle neck while he wore a dark blue sweater on top allowing only the neck line of the turtle neck to show. His black slacks went well with the wardrobe. Justin followed in a dark blue turtle neck and a blazer as well as matching pants. They hopped down the stairs and walked into the living room.
"Bye Karen. Thank you for allowing me to stay here. Merry Christmas." Jennie said as she hugged Karen.
"Oh no problem dear. Any time. Merry Christmas to you too. Are you sure you don't want a ride to the airport?" Karen asked.
"Oh no. Thank you though. My cab is outside." Jennie replied.
"Jennie? You're leaving?" Justin asked.
"Yeah, I have a flight in an hour. Thank you so much for letting me stay here. Merry Christmas you two." Jennie said hugging Justin and JC.
"Wait I have something for you and Seth." Justin said running upstairs. He soon came back down with two wrapped presents. He handed them to Jennie and hugged her again.
"Seth come say bye to Justin and JC." Jennie said. Seth came toddling out of the living room and ran toward JC. JC scooped him up and gave him a hug.
"Bye Seth. See you in a couple of days okay?" JC said. Seth nodded. JC handed Seth to Justin who gave him a hug.
"Merry Christmas Seth." Justin said.
"Merry Christmas." Seth replied. Justin chuckled and put Seth down.
"Bye Jennie. Bye Seth." JC said as he watched Jennie and Seth walk outside in the lightly falling snow toward the cab. They waved as the two ducked into the car.
"Hey you guys lets get going." Roy said as he started to walk out the door toward his car.
"Hey there Chris. I just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas." Justin said into his cellular phone.
"Hey Joey. I just wanted to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas." JC said into his cellular phone. Both Justin and JC walked around the living room as they talked to their friends.
"How are your sisters doing?" Justin asked. He passed JC.
"How is your family doing?" JC asked.
"Great. Great. We all are great." Justin responded.
"Yeah we're great." JC said into his phone.
"Oh hold on JC wants to talk to you." Justin said into his phone.
"Hey Joe! Justin wants to talk to you." JC said into his phone. JC and Justin handed their phones to each other.
" Hey Chris! Merry Christmas." JC said into the phone.
"Hey Joey! Happy Holidays." Justin said into the phone. The finished their conversations and fell onto the couch.
"All our friends have been called. Now it's time to relax with my love." JC said as he pulled Justin toward him. Justin sighed in happiness as he snuggled into the perfect mold that was JC's body. There bodies were designed for each other. It just felt right whenever they hugged.
"Hey Dorks. Do you feel like going outside and picking some apples from the tree out back for Mom's apple pie?" Heather said leaning over the couch to ask them.
"Why don't you and Tim do it?" JC asked.
"Cause Tim and I are busy helping Mom, Aunt Lynn, and Aunt Lisa wrap presents. Mostly your presents. And we need you guys out of the house for a little while." Heather replied.
"Wait I want to see what I got." Justin said.
"So do I." JC added.
"How about this. If you go get a bunch of apples. For like four pies. When you come in I'll tell you what you guys got." Heather said.
"Deal." Justin said going to the coat wrack. He grabbed his coat and slipped it on. He handed JC his. The two walked out the back door and to the trees in the back where apples grew. JC picked up a brown paper bag from the kitchen on his way out to collect the apples in.
"Okay it's cold out here!" Justin said as he shivered slightly. JC walked up behind Justin and wrapped both arms around him. Justin leaned back and kissed JC softly.
"You know I think this has got to be the most relaxing vacation I have ever had. At least the best holiday I ever had. Cause I'm with you." Justin said as he kissed JC's hand.
"I'm just glad I can be myself around everyone here. I'm glad that my parents are okay with us. You're parents are okay with us. Hell I'm glad that Tim is okay with us." JC replied.
"You really don't like him huh?" Justin asked as he turned to face JC.
"No. He's sleeping with my baby sister!" JC replied.
"And you're sleeping with Lynn and Randall's son!" Justin replied.
"So what's your point." JC responded, not wanting to know at all.
"She's grown up. We started to sleep with each other the first day we started going out." Justin replied.
"But we've slept with each other soo many times before we even knew. We're best friends. So it's not that big of a difference. She hardly knows this guy! He could be lying about his job and family down in San Diego. He could be. . ." Justin stopped JC by kissing him softly.
"You're rambling again." Justin whispered. He took the bag out of JC's hand and started to pick the apples from the low branches. JC chuckled to himself before joining Justin.
"Hey How about a dip in the pool?" JC asked looking toward the glassy pool that laid peacefully in the winter weather with the help of a pool cover.
"JC. It's like forty degrees. I am not going swimming." Justin replied as he continued to pick apples.
"I'll keep you warm." JC said as he sneaked up behind Justin and kissed his neck.
"I know you will. But you won't keep me warm enough." Justin retorted. JC licked the back of Justin's neck before walking away to another tree.
"Disgusting!!" Justin said wiping the back of his neck. He ran over to JC and started to poke him in the stomach.
"Yeah but I'm all yours." JC replied.
"I'm not sure I want you anymore." Justin said poking his stomach. JC started to run away from Just slowly. Justin started to chase him. JC turned to face Justin as he continued to run, every once in a while looking over his shoulder to see if he was going to run into something. Justin soon caught up with him. JC grabbed a hold of Justin's arms as he started to fall back. JC fell onto his back while Justin landed on top of him. Both laid in their position in the middle of the snow covered ground. The two instantly began to kiss passionately. Justin slid his hand behind JC's neck and kissed him harder.
"Hey you two! We're waiting for those apples!" Heather called from the back doorway. They broke from their kiss and looked toward the doorway. JC gave an appalled looked before resting his head against the snow. Justin snickered and looked back at JC.
"We should get going." Justin said to JC. JC nodded in return. JC was about to get up when Justin stopped him. Justin's face contorted before letting out a sneeze in JC's face.
"Justin! That's nasty." JC said as he wiped off his face.
"That's for licking me." Justin said before kissing JC quickly and getting up. JC rose t his feet and carried the apples in as he followed Justin.
"Okay here are you apples. Now what are our gifts?" JC asked.
"I'm not going to tell you." Heather replied.
"Hey you said you would." Justin stated.
"I lied." Heather smiled before taking the bag to the kitchen. JC gave her a shocked look while Justin just laughed.
Justin and JC cuddled up by the fireside while their families were chatting amongst themselves.
"Have you heard what we are going to have to do when we head back on tour?" Justin asked. JC gave him a small kiss at the corner of the forehead.
"Well I know that we have to do a Spring Break thing for MTV. And around Easter we have to do some promotional stuff. We probably will be on the road for Easter." JC sighed.
"That totally sucks." Justin sighed.
"Yeah I know. But at least I'll be with you." JC replied.
"Thank god. When's our flight tomorrow?" Justin asked with disappointment. They never really wanted to fly out on Christmas Day but they had no choice. They had to head back on tour.
"Tomorrow Evening. Five-ish." JC said.
"I don't want to do this anymore. Why can't we just quit. It's so hard trying to keep up with everything and act like something you're not in the public eye. And I'm so sick of people trying to act like us. It's frustrating." Justin sighed.
"I know babe. I know it's hard but we're doing what we love and we're good at it. So what if we're criticized and copied. We know who we are. We aren't carbon copies created in some trend. We're us. Us five guys love to sing and be together. And if people out there want to be like us and want certain things from us, I say let them do it. It doesn't mean they'll be like us. It certainly doesn't mean that I'm giving you up for one of them. The only way to be with me is be my best friend for years." JC said as he softly caressed Justin as he spoke.
"How come you're so positive?" Justin asked.
"Because I'm with you." JC whispered. Justin laughed slightly before kissing him gently.
"So are you ready? Are you ready to go out there?" JC asked.
"Yeah I guess so. As long as I'm with you." Justin whispered.
"I'll always be there. We'll go out there together. As Josh and Just." JC whispered. The tw sat in silence as they basked in the warmth of the fire.
TO BE CONTINUED. . .
**** Hey there everyone! Hope you guys enjoyed it. I had fun writing it. All the mushy scenes! Hehe. Anyways. Thank you all once again for writing. Comments are always welcome at wipeout211@yahoo.com . until next time. CYA