Chapter 19 The night before the basketball game Justin was unable to sleep because he was so anxious about the game. Finally, around two o'clock in the morning, Justin gave up. Looking over at the bed across the room, he got out of bed and made his way quietly to it. Sitting on the edge of the bed, he reached over and ran his hand down Lance's arm. Lance opened his eyes sleepily smiling at the boy leaning over him. "Justin, what time is it?" Justin looked at the clock by the bed. "2:30." Lance reached up and caressed Justin's cheek softly. "What's the matter, baby?" "I can't sleep. I'm too nervous," Justin sighed, pouting. Lance moved over and patted the bed next to him. "Lay here, baby." Justin moved onto the bed laying his head on Lance's bare shoulder. Lance ran his fingers through Justin's short curls. "Tomorrow will be fine, baby. You have an awesome team." "Yeah, I guess. It's just like everything else. It's college. This isn't high school. These past few months so many changes have occurred. It's kind of scary." Lance kissed softly right above his temple. "Do you ever regret any of those changes?" Justin raised his head shaking it. "No, Lance. I don't regret them, because then I wouldn't have found you." Justin lowered his head back to Lance's shoulder closing his eyes. "Love you, Lance." "Love you, too, baby," Lance whispered as he wrapped his arms around Justin pulling him close. Soon both of them were sound asleep. The next morning Lance woke up to the sound of knocking on the door. He looked down at Justin still peacefully sleeping and slid quietly to the foot of the bed and over to the door rubbing his eyes as he opened the door.  Yawning, he smiled at the site before him. Motioning for the visitors to be quiet, he let them in. "Aww, is my little Juju sleeping?" Lance laughed softly. "Yeah, he had trouble falling asleep last night. Nervous about the big game." Holding out his hand, he smiled. "I'm Lance. You must be Britney." "Yep. Heard a lot about you from Justin." Britney turned towards the other person in the room. "Hey, Josh. Should I do it?" Josh nodded. Grabbing Lance by the arm he pulled him back. "Better move back. Justin is going to have a fit." "What is she going to do?" Before Josh could respond, Britney launched herself onto the screaming, "Up and at them, Juju. Rise and shine, and all that jazz." Britney was rewarded by a pillow to the face. "Damn you, woman. That shit ain't funny no more." Britney jumped off the giggling. "Love you, too, Justin." Justin sat up in bed and looked over at Josh. "Hey, Josh. You both made it for the game. Great. How about my mom?" "She is working, but said to wish you luck and to give you a big kiss." Josh said taking a step closer. Justin put up his hand. "Been there. Done that. Stay back." Lance finally burst out laughing. "You three are too cute together you know that." Lance sat back and watched the three friends talk and joke around. Just happy that Justin finally seemed happy too. changes 18 menu changes 20