Chapter 21 Justin quickly changed into uniform. He could feel Joey's hateful gaze on his back. Closing his locker, he moved down the aisle practically running to the door that led into the arena. Stepping out into the crowded arena, he looked for any sign of his friends. He wanted to see Lance. That would make him feel somewhat better. He knew that Joey finding out about the two of them wouldn't be a good thing. Britney was the first to spot Justin standing beside the court as he scanned the crowd. She nudged Lance in the ribs, and he turned away from his conversation with Josh. She pointed down at the court at Justin. "He doesn't look too good, Lance." Both and Josh and Lance looked down at the court. Josh sighed as Lance stood up in order to make his way down to the court, but Justin shook his head, and pointed at Britney. He motioned for her to come down courtside. Lance sat back down with a sad expression on his face. Justin tried to smile, but it turned into a frown when he heard the door behind him open. He turned just in time to see Joey as he ran by him pushing him slightly out of the way. "Oops, so sorry, Timberlake." Joey ran over to the bench sitting down. Justin turned around when he felt Britney tap him on the shoulder. "Juju, you okay?" He shrugged his shoulder and shook his head as he looked up and caught Lance's gaze briefly. "Joey knows, and he isn't taken it very well." Britney glanced over at the Italian sitting on the bench. giving him a dirty look. She returned her gaze to her friend before her. "I saw that, Justin. Is he going to be trouble?" "Don't know yet. " Justin saw the team's coach exit the locker room, and he reached down and hugged Britney. "It'll be okay, Justin.," she whispered. Stepping back, she looked up at Lance over her shoulder. "Because I can tell he loves you, and that is all that matters, right?" "Yeah. Look I gotta go." Justin took off running towards the bench sitting as far from Joey as he could. Britney made her way back up the bleachers and over to Lance and Josh. Before she could even sit down, they were both firing questions off at her. She raised her hand for them to stop and pointed at Lance. "What happened with Joey? We saw him push by Justin." "He knows, Lance, and he isn't happy." The whistle blew and the three friends turned their attention back down to the court. Justin and Joey were both starters. It was obvious Joey was ignoring Justin on the court. Even when he was wide open, Joey wouldn't pass the ball to him. By the time halftime rolled around, Justin was frustrated and the coach was pissed. "Fatone! Timberlake! I don't know what your problem is, but keep it off the court. We are down by ten, and we wouldn't be if not for you two." Both boys looked down at the ground mumbling sorry.  The second half was somewhat better, but the team still do not play as good as the had during practices. They barely pulled out a win. As the last whistle blew, Justin made his way to the locker room so that he could shower and change quickly. After his shower, he walked back to his locker and grabbed his clothes. Joey was across the way tying his shoes. Without a word Joey stood up, and left the aisle. Justin sighed. He put on his shorts and a tank top shoving his other things into his gym bag. Running his fingers through his wet curls, he put a cap over his unruly curls. Shutting his locker, he grabbed his bad and walked out of the locker room. As he walked away, he heard someone call out, "Hey, Timberlake, good game." Turning around, he saw Lance leaning against the wall with his hands in his pockets. "It could have been better if not Joey." Lance walked over to Justin, and put his arm around his waist. "You know I love you. We will get through this, Justin. Together." Justin nodded. Glancing behind Lance, he noticed Joey standing by the locker room watching them. changes 20 menu changes 22