~~**~~
"I am not going over there to massage your stinky feet, I am not playing nintendo and no I am not naked, so what the hell do you want?" Freddi answered her phone with her usual greeting when she knew it was one of the boys.
"I don't have stinky feet, I hate Nintendo and damn I wish I had a seeing phone so I could see if you are lying"
"D, I'm sorry, I thought for sure it was one of the guys, so far I haven't heard from any of them and that is rare so chances were good that is was one of them kicking off the barrage of calls complaining about something or whining about being bored." Freddi laughed as she cradled her phone on her shoulder as she tried to paint her toenails. "D hold on someone is at my door" Freddi hobbled to the door, her toes separated with cotton balls. "I knew it was too good to be true, there was no way in hell that the man upstairs would hear my prayers and grace me with one evening of peace and quiet, one evening without N...S....Y....N....C"
"NSYNC?" Justin asked.
"Let me explain...No Swearing Yelling Nymphos or Nimrods and no CHRIS" Freddi laughed.
"Clever..but there is no J for Justin included in that list so it's all good sweetheart." Justin flopped on her bed and picked up the phone that was lying on the bed, "Hello is anyone there?"
"Jesus Justin" Freddi lunged for the phone.
"Hey Howie, how are things going? Great, this little lady here is keeping us on our toes. Hold on" Justin handed the phone to Freddi and smiled innocently "Howie wants to talk to you"
Freddi pushed him aside and sat on her bed "Sorry about that D, no the walking brillo pad is still here" Freddi stuck out her tongue at Justin as he protested.
Justin saw the different bottles of nail polish on her night stand and as she lay down and closed her eyes, listening to the problem Howie needed solving Justin started to paint her nails.
"Justin what the hell are you doing?" Freddi asked absentmindedly.
"Relax Red I do my mom's all the time" Justin reached for the bottle of green polish.
~~**~~
"Tell me I am not seeing what I think I am seeing" Freddi stared down at her toes, each painted a different colour. "Curly what have you done?"
"I was hungry for skittles, I guess my craving was overwhelming and I painted your nails to look like them" Justin grinned. "Before I forget the reason I am here..."
"You mean you aren't just here to make me look like a candy, aren*t just here to eavesdrop and you aren't here to test my sanity" Freddi smacked her forehead "damn..foolish girl I thought that was what you had come here to do"
Nope, but hey have I ever told you that you look adorable when you are frazzled. Razzle Dazzle Red is frazzled" Justin rapped. "Actually the guys and I are going to see Mission Impossible 2, we got the entire place to ourselves, are you coming?"
"Hell yes I am coming and after seeing Tom Cruise I will be breathing hard too" Freddi winked and went to get dressed.
~~**~~
"I want some goobers, make sure I get some goobers" Chris screamed as they crowded around the concession stand.
Freddie began to stick her finger up her nose and stopped "Oh stupid me I thought you said boogers" she grinned and ordered a small diet coke and a medium popcorn with butter half way.
~~**~~
"I want up front, I want the middle, in the back, up the side." the guys were arguing where to sit.
"Are we at an orgy or at a movie, up the front, up the back, jeez I was getting all excited" Freddi laughed as she winked at JC. "We have the WHOLE theatre to ourselves, sit where ever the hell you want" Freddi groaned, trying to make peace. She walked towards the middle and sat in one of the seats, then moved, tried it again and finally smiled triumphantly and sat down.
"What exactly are you doing?" Lance asked, amused.
"I have to sit in the exact middle of the theatre, that means exact middle seat, middle row etc."
"Well will I throw off your voodoo movie watching routine if I sit beside you?" Lance asked.
Freddi smiled and patted the seat "For you PooFu I will break my routine. You don't talk through movies do you?"
"Nope"
"That's good because I would have to put a curse on you if you did, I HATE loose lips in movies"
"Guess there goes my next idea, no porno flicks for us, those chicks' lips are so loose they clap when they walk" Justin screamed from the far corner of the theatre. "I'd try em out though"
"Curly with the size of you, you would need to tie a board across her so you didn't fall in" Freddi screamed back "Now shut up the movie is starting."
~~**~~
"That is so fake...Give me a break!" Joey screamed as he watched the bomb explode.
"Yo Crackhead the clown, PIPE THE HELL DOWN" Freddi screamed. "I saw that finger Fatone, don't wear it out too much you may need it later"
Freddi groaned as a cell phone rang "DAMMIT don't you all know about movie etiquette"
Lance nudged her "Umm Red, it's your cell that's ringing"
"Oops I did it again" Freddi grinned and walked out into the hall. "Hey D, as if...oh my god I cannot wait to see you, okay I will see you then" Freddi walked back into the theatre and sat down beside Justin.
"Ahh you missed me that much, Red I am honoured that you would choose me to sit beside at the movie, wanna rest your head on my shoulder, wanna share my popcorn, hey wouldn't it be sweet if our hands met in the butter. Aww" Justin teased.
"Curly I just found out that Howie is here, he flew in to surprise me, how do I explain this to Johnny?"
"Explain what?"
"That your biggest rival is going to be on this tour for a couple of days"
"Easy, you are the PR goddess, just sell him the idea of how good it will look to have one of our rivals touring with us, that will put the boyband wars to bed"
Freddi smiled "Thanks Curly"
"Anytime Red, anytime"
~~**~~
CURLY- I need to tell you something.
CURLYQ- What is it?
CURLY- I am beginning to have feelings for the coworker, you know the "one"
CURLYQ- That is great, have you told her, have you hinted?"
CURLY- HELL NO...I think she is seeing someone
CURLYQ- Do you know for sure that she is seeing someone? If not you need to tell her your feelings
CURLY- I can't, she is older, she probably thinks I am a stupid twerp, atleast that was she always says
CURLYQ- You aren't. I am sure that she is teasing you. Hun you need to tell her, don't keep things bottled up.
CURLY- I Know...its just hard...I have to run, thanks
CURLYQ- You are very welcome my friend
*connection terminated*
~~**~~
"Are you insane?" Johnny looked at Freddi as if she had two heads. "Howie, you want to know if Howie can be on this tour with you?"
"For a couple of days, I will keep him out of the spotlight, he can stay in my hotel room and he will take a cab or whatever to the venues."
"No Freddi I can't allow this, imagine the talk"
"Yes imagine. The media will eat this up, the boyband fued is over, think of the headlines. I think it is wonderful" Freddi stood her ground. "besides the guys have no problem with it. Howie is a great guy, had it been Nick then I would understand but Howie has been nothing but awesome to them in public and in interviews"
"We don't mind, really Johnny" Justin looked up from his Basketball Illustrated. "He's a cool guy"
"Freddi I trust that you won't cause me any headaches, keep him out of the spotlight" Johnny turned and walked out of the room.
"Told you, Johnny is stubborn but he also knows a good publicity stunt when he sees one."
"Thanks curly man" Freddi smiled and tousled his curls "Now if you excuse me I have some fun to plan for Howie"
Justin watched her walk out of the room and groaned "Why me? The woman I want is in love with a Backstreet Boy." Justin threw his magazine against the wall and walked out.
~~**~~
"D" Freddi caught sight of the curls being held captive in an elastic band and smiled, running towards him.
"RED!!" Howie hugged his friend tightly "God I am amazed. I will have to call AJ and tell him he lost"
"What? Howie what the hell are you talking about?"
"He said that after spending so much time with these guys that you would have funky hair or be dressing weird. You look normal to me"
"As normal as someone that straight laced can be" Freddi and Howie turned around and smiled when they saw Justin.
"Hey Curly" Freddi smiled at Justin "We are going to grab a bite to eat before the show, want to come?"
"And ruin your little reunion, I wouldn't dare. Wouldn't want to be the cause of you two missing quality time together." Justin turned and walked away.
"Moody is he? Jeez.... and Kevin thinks that Nick is bad." Howie and Freddi left to go get some dinner.
~~**~~
"I can't believe that he is staying on our bus" JC and the guys were huddled around the table, eating their pre concert meal and talking about their visitor and new bus mate.
"I really hope she doesn't get him to teach her the twisted sheet tango, I can't handle people around me having sex, well not with another person anyway" Chris punched Joey's shoulder "right Joe?"
Justin listened to the conversation and scowled.
~~**~~
CURLY - I know you aren't on line but I had to vent. Have you ever sat back and wished you were someone else, wished that you were older, more tanned, had a better personality?
Have you ever laid awake at night and wondered how everything you held so dear for so long vanished?
I have always said that my main focus in life was to have fun, not get tied down. I always dreamt of being a playboy, going from one beautful woman to the next. When did it all change.
I watch her, the way she interacts with people. With some people she takes on the role of the listener, sitting for hours listening to my friend talk about his fear of failing with his new venture, letting people down. With others she comes alive with laughter, snorting when my friend tells her a lame joke, the way her eyes sparkle and her lips turn up when she is about to play a joke or throw out a smart comment. With me she is everything wrapped up into one. She listens to me, she makes me laugh and most of all she lets me be myself, she keeps me grounded, no one can cut me down quite like she can.
She brought me out of the darkness and into the light where I now live. Everyone loves her, how do I tell someone that amazing that someone like me watches her from afar, craves what she shares with everyone?
"There is enough food here to feed a small army or a small group of hormone ridden, smart ass, bad haired, golden voiced young men, otherwise known as the boyband from hell" Freddi walked into Joey's room, carrying her contribution to the movie pigout buffet and laughed when she saw food spread out on every available surface.
"This a movie marathon and we need lots of food to keep us energized..really momma it takes a lot to fuel this machine" Joey patted his stomach and grinned.
"You mean broken down pimp mobile don't you" Freddi grinned and started to unpack her food. "Howie should be here shortly" she turned to face them "You are sure you don*t mind him crashing this first meeting of the 5 studs and 1 babe movie club"
"Momma we told you, we don't mind, now pipe down and hand me those jellybeans" Chris winked at her and curled up on the floor.
~~**~~
Freddi watched her friends watch the movie with amusement. Chris was the play by play guy, explaining how the scene was shot or commenting on how fake things were. Joey sat as close to the screen as possible, watching intently. JC and Howie were sitting on the bed talking quietly about recording facilities and Lance was sprawled out on the floor eating popcorn, oblivious to everything that was taking place around him.
"Can I join you?" Justin flopped down on the bed beside her and stretched his long legs, propping his head up with his hands.
"This is a really stupid movie, who the hell ordered this?" she muttered.
"Fatone it figures, so what's up Curly?"
"Bored, I hate this movie, not one of Jim Carey's best"
"Well it is almost done and then we can watch my choice"
"What's your choice?" Justin asked.
"End of the Affair" Freddi grinned as all the guys groaned.
"CHICK FLICK, SAPPY SHIT....no way!!" They all protested.
"Then it's Girl Interrupted, take it or leave it"
"Winona Ryder is hot, have you seen the lips on that Angelina Jolie chick, bet she's better than a hoover"
Justin groaned and put his head on the bed, this was going to be a long night.
~~**~~
"Don't even start what you can't finish JC" The movie marathon had somehow turned into a food fight after Joey commented that Freddi looked like the mean nurse in the movie. Freddi was crouched behind the sofa while the others were throwing popcorn, chips and skittles at one another. JC and Howie were now beside the bed, threatning to pounce on Freddi and cover her with whip cream and chocolate sauce. "D I thought you were sweet, what happened to the sweet man who used to protect me" she wailed.
"We got him, he's one of us now, you can run, but you can't hide" Joey squealed as he and Chris started to wrestle.
"I have to run to the bathroom and lock myself in" Freddi thought to herself. She peeked over the couch and grinned, Howie and JC seemed to be deep in discussion probably planning their attack, Justin appeared to be sleeping amidst all the chaos and Lance was acting as the referee in Joey and Chris' wrestling match. She took a deep breath and ran.
"THERE SHE GOES" JC and Howie jumped up but were belted with leftover ice cream. "WHAT THE...CURLY" JC screamed as he saw Justin standing above him and Howie with a huge grin.
"I had to, just call me her knight with an ice cream sundae" Justin was laughing but it was cut short when he was tackled to the bed and whip cream covered his face.
"That's for giving me attitude when we first met" Freddi grinned as she drizzled butterscotch all over his body "This is for painting my toes to look like skittles" she laughed as she sprinkled skittles in the whip cream on his face "and this is for being so damn lick a licious" she licked his cheek. Everyone bust out laughing and Freddi held up her hands "What can I say...the best cure for PMS...Putting up with Mens Shit..... is chocolate, whip cream" she stopped and grinned evily "and a hot young stud"
~~**~~
Justin watched as Freddi smeared some whip cream on Howie, squealing as he nuzzled his face in close to hers to wipe some of it on her. They were in the process of cleaning up the hotel room, because they knew that if Johnny saw that mess he would have some choice words for them. Why was it that her smile was so much wider and brighter whenever she was around Howie? Justin reached for the empty Pringles tubes and threw them away.
~~**~~
Okay Jutty, spill it" JC and the guys stood over him as he lay on his bed.
"Spill what? Come on you asses I am tired" Justin whined and pulled the covers over his head. "Jesus I said I was tired" he yelled as they pulled the covers off of him.
"Uh uh Curly boy, something is up and we are going to get to the bottom of this" Chris flopped on the bed beside him. "You have been spending a lot of time watching Red lately"
"Is there something that you would like to tell us?" Joey asked, a smirk on his face "You know about how to land an older chick"
"Chick? I am sure that Freddi would love to hear you call her after a farm animal that eats dirt" JC laughed. "Seriously Justin what's up?"
Justin looked at his friends and rolled his eyes " I can't tell you, you guys will make fun of me and you do that enough already."
"Justin we won't, come on...you need to tell us" Lance replied.
"Alright, I like her, I like her a lot and I am jealous as hell that Howie is in her hotel room with her, jealous of the way she lights up when he calls, and jealous that he is old enough to try for her heart" Justin searched his friends' faces for an answer.
"Awww pa our little whipper snapper has gone and grown up on us, when did that happen? Where was I?" Chris put on his best Kentucky accent and pretended to dab at his eyes "I remember when he was knee high to a grasshopper, pooping in his diapers and smearing it on his face."
"NOT FUNNY CHRIS" JC warned. Justin had opened up to them and he didn't want his friends teasing him. "Justin, have you told her?"
"NO...ARE YOU TRIPPIN?" Justin muttered.
"NO last time I looked he was standing on his two feet in front of you"
Chris joked and then got serious "Buddy you have to tell her how you feel. Maybe she has the same feelings for you"
"Come on...get off that wacky tabacky you are smoking. She is a woman, she is loved by everyone and her object of lust is Sweet Howie D of the Backstreet Boys..I don*t stand a chance"
"Don't cheat your heart Justin, if you want her bad enough you will go after her" They all looked up and were surprised to see Howie standing in the doorway. "I didn't mean to interrupt but Freddi wanted me to remind you that you have an early morning tomorrow so to quote her "GET YOUR SPOILED, ADORABLE, BEEFY, MUCH LUSTED AFTER ASSES INTO BED!" Howie smiled "She used to treat us like that too, if she treats you with respect then she hates you, call me crazy, call me a sucker for her cruel and unusual love but I like it" Howie grinned. "Night guys" he turned to walk out when Justin piped up
"Howie, do you think we could talk? alone?"
Howie smiled and looked at the others "There's an all night Perkins around the corner, want to go grab a pot of coffee and talk about the pain in the ass redhead that we all love?"
"Meet you downstairs in 5 minutes" Justin smiled "Thanks Howie"
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