Chapter 5 Justin pulled up at the little coffee shop and was debating weather or not to get out of his car. He looked at his watch: 3:11. He couldn't keep her waiting, he had come this far, so why not go in there and talk to her. He slowly got out and straightened out his shirt. He took a deep breath and walked inside. The place wasn't very full. A few elderly couples. A few teenagers. But at one table, there was just one girl who was staring at him, smiling. 'Here goes nothing.' He walked up and sat down on the seat across from her. "Hey Justin." "Hey Manda." "Wow, ok, man, I thought you looked good in the pictures but damn!" She laughted. God had he missed her laugh, it was somewhat just like Brittni's. Justin blushed. "So why are you in town, I don't think you ever told me." "Oh well I moved out to LA when i was 13 and then one day, I decided to came back home to Memphis and get a hold of Randy and Lisa, and then decided to come out here and see you Mr. Popstar!" She smiled and flipped her dirty blonde hair over her shoulder. Doing this caused Justin to get a whif of her scent. He couldn't believe that he was so worried about meeting up with her. Worried about how she looked. She was gorgeous. "God, being with you sure brings back a hell of alot of memories." Amanda said staring deeply into his eyes. Justin couldn't help but have a feeling come over him when he saw how she was looking at him. He then realized this and became scared. Was was he feeling this way? He loved Brittni, not Amanda. He shook the feeling off and continued in their conversation. ~*~ Brittni and Joey were walking through the mall with Joey's bodygurad Pete. Everytime they walked past a store with baby clothes, Brittni just wanted to run up and look at them, but she couldn't because still, no one knew about her 'situation' other than her and the doctor. She started to feel a little dizzy and she remembered that she hadn't eaten lunch yet. "Um, Joes, i'm really hungry, would you mind if we ate?" "Of course not Bumble B, let's go." Joey said using the nickname that he had givin her as a child. They had known each other ever since Brittni moved next door to Joey's family's home when she was 7. He was the brother she never had. She owed him everything, for he was the one who introduced her to Justin. They were always there for each other, and told each other everything. The trio made their way to the foodcourt, ordered, and sat down. Brittni almost litterally inhaled two Mc Chicken meals and the two men stared at her in amazement. "Damn girl! You ate more than me and i'm 245 pounds! Where do you put it all?" Pete exclaimed looking over her 5'7, 120 pound figure. Brittni blushed. 'Uh oh' "Oh um, I didn't eat lunch, and I only had a muffin for breakfast." Which was partially true, she had a muffin and two pancakes. She laughed remembering Justin's face as he watched her eat. Joey glared at her and returned to his Big Mac. When they were all finished, Pete got up to throw out the garbage, and Brittni and Joey started to get up when Brittni's purse fell off the side of the table. "Oh here, let me get that for you." Joey offered bending over to pick up the small bag. What he saw that had fallen out of the bag, half suprised him, half scared him. Pregnancy paphlets. 'Becoming a mother' 'What to expect in your first fews months' He didn't know what to do. Were these really her's? Or maybe she was holding onto them for someone else? Brittni had turned away seeing that Joey had found her out. 'What am I going to do? What am I going to do? Oh my god! It wasn't supposed to be like this!' "Um, Brit, uuh, is there something you didn't tell me?" He asked nervously. "Oh god Joe, you weren't supposed to find out yet! Not even Justin knows! Oh lordy, shit! How could I let this happen!?" She said more to herself than to Joey. "So what are you saying? Your going to be a mother? Oh my god Brit, your going to be a mom?" He asked getting excited. Brittni looked around them at the few people who had taken notice to their converstion. "Joey! Shhhh!!! People happen to know who I am in this mall, you know. I really don't want to have the papers knowing about this even before the father does." "Holy shit! The father! Justin's going to be a dad! Oh my god! I can't believe this I-" He was cut off by Brittni's hand cupping his mouth. "I told you, shhh!! Damnit Joseph! I don't want people finding this out yet." "Ok, i'm cool. Ok, but damn man. I can't believe this baby! Oh wow, congradulations." He said pulling her into a hug. "Wow, but Justin? He and Chris are like, the two most immature people i've ever met in my life, are you sure it's his? You didn't like, go with JC or anything. I mean cause if you want to have a nice baby, go with JC, or Lance-eww! What did I just say? Oh man, that's just nasty!" Him and Brittni both laughed and joined up with Pete, who had seemed to be off in his own world. Brittni thanked god, because although Pete wasn't allowed to tell any outside sources about what went on with NSYNC and their families behind closed doors, he could still tell one of the guys, and it would eventually leak to Justin. They continued to walk through the mall and Joey had questions just waiting to pour out of him. "Brit, when are you going to tell him?" "Well I don't know. I know that he'll be excitied about it, but i'm afraid of what this might do to his, and your careers. You know how the fans are. They don't want to hear that their 'future husband' even has a girlfriend, let alone going to have a child." "Brit, don't think about any of that. It's yours and Justin's life, not everyone elses. They'll get over it, and even if they don't then who cares you know? Justin loves you so much, that he wouldn't care that if tomorrow he would become some bum on the street, because he would have you. He loves children, and has always wanted to be a dad. He'll be thrilled!" Brittni thought about everything that Joey had talked to her about. He was right. 'It has to be tonight'