Arms and legs were flying and flapping around the small room. Laughter, hard and strong, low and weak rang throughout as the huff and muff of the two men were growing louder with every touch they placed on each other. The younger of the two in the ‘quarrel’ crawled on his hands and knees trying to escape the older and much wiser, man. His luck ran out as he crawled faster and faster he went no where, his head turned slightly and his eyes narrowed in on the man that was causing him to stay in one place. His smile was fighting to be let out, but wasn’t going to win the fight. Turning around and now sitting on his knees, he lunged and lunged with all the power in his body.

Justin’s body smacked into JC’s hard and strong, knocking JC backwards and bringing Justin over the top of him. With a loud laugh Justin sat up and turned around, JC was still laying on his back on the carpeted front room. His chest rose and fell with each heavy breath he took. His eyes wondered up wards and were looking at Justin up side down.

JC flipped around lying on his stomach, he rested his chin in his hands and looked at Justin. He remembered when he first met Justin, the day he walked on the set for the first time.

“Hi, I’m Justin… Justin Timberlake.” A 12-year-old Justin Timberlake smiled up at 17-year-old Joshua Chasez also known as JC Chasez.

“Hey, Welcome to the crew Justin. I’m Josh but my stage name is JC.” JC half laughed his blue eyes sparkling with humor. JC and the other crew- members planed on making the first few weeks for the new comers living hell.

Justin ran his hand through the mat of curly light brown hair and looked around the set, stands and stage. It was all too weird, and unreal at first for him. JC was going to say something to the new kid, that is until Tony slammed into his side throwing him over his shoulder and running to stage left with him.

JC’s eyes followed Justin as he stood up and reached his hand down towards him. He reluctantly took his hands and stood up off the ground. His breathing was getting back to normal now; his heart was still pounding against his ribcage.

“You should gain some weight Josh. One day I’ll be the end of your life.” Justin smirked closing the gap between the two.

Their eyes fluttered closed and just, as their lips were about to touch the shrill sound of Justin’s phone sounded to the side of them. Justin pulled away and walked over to the cordless phone, he pulled it up and listened to the other end for a few seconds before he said anything.

“Hello?” Justin’s voice was low almost a whisper

“Justin, Johnny here… us, by us I’m talking about Joey, Chris, and Lance are all waiting for the two lead singers of *NSYNC. They have been missing in action a few months, and now they have been missing in action at this very important business meeting for over an hour.” Johnny said not wanting Justin to speak too much.

Justin stood there a little confused, he didn’t know there was a meeting. His eyes traveled over to JC who had moved and was pulling on his shoes by the front door. “Man, we totally forgot, We’ll be there in a few minutes.” Justin said just about to hang up.

“In separate cars.” Johnny’s voice broke in just before Justin clicked it off.

The three words rang in Justin’s ears as he walked to the front door and pulled his own shoes on. Justin grabbed JC’s hand that was reaching for the front door. His free hand cupped the back of JC’s head and Justin brought his lips to his and they kissed for a second.

“Separate cars, that’s all he asked separate cars.” Justin said pulling open the door and walking out with JC behind him. JC watched as Justin got into his jaguar and pulled out and to the gate. He slowly got into his c-class and followed Justin to WEG.

Justin pulled open the door to WEG, he held it open for JC and the two made there way past the front desks, the people wanting to be signed the people who had worked there when the company wasn’t even on the map. Justin didn’t like the tone in which Johnny had said “In separate cars.” It actually pissed him off to some sort of degree. He walked hurriedly to the meeting room, JC was a few steps behind him not trying, and not wanting to face the whole group again.

The two months off was something he enjoyed. He visited his parents for a few weeks then went back to Orlando and just hung out with Justin the rest of the time. JC ran into the front of Justin, his head was down the whole time he had been walking, that he didn’t know Justin had stopped.

Justin looked at JC for a few seconds before he turned the doorknob and pushed the door open. His head was up and his eyes looked at each face in the room. Johnny sat in the head chair, at the head of the table. Chris to his right with Joey to his left, Lance was seated next to Joey and with a woman seated next to Chris.

A woman seated next to Chris… Justin stopped dead in his tracks and looked at the woman. Her hair was curly, but not too curly, it was a medium brown color and she had hazel brown eyes. She was wearing a tight, long sleeved pink shirt. JC again ran into Justin not knowing he had stopped.

“Jesus Justin! By this time tomorrow I’ll have no nose left! Stop stopping so fu…” JC ended his words before they really had started, his eyes fell on the woman sitting next to Chris. He would have looked at her longer, but between the door slamming shut and Johnny standing up talking to them, his eyes switched over to Johnny.

JC and Justin pulled up a chair and sat next to each other. They never had tried to hide what was going on between the two of them when they were with the guys. It was something they all would have to learn to grow used to. They couldn’t hold hands they couldn’t do anything but act like “Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez of NSYNC” when out side each other’s home or with the others, in the studio or on the tour bus.

“You two do understand, that we’ll be having a very long talk after the rest of the guys go home. And by talk I mean me talking and you sitting there blinking your eyes and listening to me.” Johnny started as he looked at each guy he grabbed to folders and walked over to Justin and JC placing the folders in front of them.

They each skimmed over the papers in front of them. Newspaper articles tabloid articles… out of the country news articles. Articles of the two of them, some had photos but they weren’t very clear of them when they went to Mexico for a week. The moment JC’s eyes looked at them, his heart sank and his stomach began to cramp up, as if he was going to throw up. They both flipped the pages to read a brief their PR had wrote up a long the side of Joey, Lance, Chris and Johnny. Justin’s head flew up anger poured out of his eyes as he looked at each guy.

JC looked at Justin and placed a hand on his shoulder, he was trying to tell his friend everything was fine, it wasn’t that big of a deal. Justin flew out of his chair knocking it flat on the ground, his breath became short and his heart was racing, pounding hard against his chest. JC stood up, grabbing Justin’s hand and pulled him out of the meeting room.

“Justin, I think it’s for the best. We weren’t careful enough, they have photos of us kissing and holding hands in Mexico. Think about what we have done to the group, think about the three men in there that have put their blood, sweat and tears into this group. Think about how we can take that all away by not doing what they want us to do. Think about the three souls in there that have given up seven years of their life. Justin, you know how I feel about you and I know how you feel about me.” JC started looking up at Justin, the anger in his eyes was slowly fading out and confusion started to fill up the space.

“It’s not only that, I don’t think I can do it. Woman are great, but they just aren’t me.” Justin stated biting his lower lip.

“It’s kind of like, you and Britney. All you two had to do was hold hands and kiss a few times, for the cameras. That’s all, I’ll back up whatever you want to do… one hundred percent. Just think about the three men in there.” JC said pushing open the door and pulling Justin into the meeting room again.

All talk that had been going on while the two had left ended the moment the door opened. Each pair of eyes were looking at the two, watching them walk in the room and sit down in their seats.

“I’ll do it, but I’m not signing anything. I’m not signing my soul and heart away to the same evilness that has came up with this. A verbal contract is what I’m offering, since my whole life and body is being given to some girl I’ve never even met before.” Justin’s voice was filled with hurt, and anger all rolled into one. Hurt because he thought JC would at least stand up for him on this, and help him out.

It was a bad idea for the whole Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake dating ordeal, and it was even worse now that he had to act like he was getting married, not dating to some girl he hadn’t even learned a first name from.

JC was a little hurt, but he knew Justin would do it, he knew Justin wouldn’t be able to let the other guys down. No matter how much he didn’t want to do it, Justin would do it for the sake of the group and himself.

Johnny had a pleased smile on his face as he stood up, Lance, Chris and Joey all stood up and shook hands with Johnny they smiled at the woman gave her a hug and walked over to Justin and JC. JC gave them each a hug while Justin just sat there glaring at the table in front of him.

JC patted Justin on the back and walked around the table. He stuck his hand out towards the woman and smiled warmly at her.

“Hi, I’m JC Scott Chasez, I’m sure you heard of me. I’m in that one little group called *NSYNC and your name would be?” JC winked trying to lighten the mood in which he and Justin were thrown into.

“Hi, JC, I’m Laura Katherine Mills.” She smiled as she shook JC’s hand chewing on her bottom lip lightly.

Johnny took a seat next to Justin and they started to converse quietly. JC and Laura stopped talking the moment Johnny’s voice was heard in the room. Their eyes looked over at him talking to Justin; Justin was looking at some new papers Johnny had handed him. JC got up and walked over to them, he sat on the other side of Justin and looked at the papers he was reading.

“So, you want me to spend a full week with this girl in Hawaii? Am I reading this right?” Justin asked looking up at Johnny, his eyes were still angry but they were cooling down. Justin’s eyes shifted to JC and his heart dropped. “I’m not going to Hawaii unless Josh goes with me. I don’t care what you say or why I’m doing this, he is coming and that is that. Hell let all the guys come if it’ll make it easier on our image, but if Josh don’t go then I don’t go.” Justin snapped slamming the folder closed and leaning back in his seat.

Johnny was about to protest, then gave up. He knew just as well as anyone that knew Justin that once he had his mind made up there wasn’t any chance in the world they could get him to change it. He looked over at Laura and waved her to sit by them. She slowly rose from her seat showing that she had on a white skirt with pink followers on them, the same color pink as her dress, and white flip-flops. She stood by JC a few seconds, before the got the hint and stood up to let her sit in the seat he had been sitting in. At that moment Justin wanted to freak out and back out of what he was getting into. No one, not even his mother would have gotten away with making JC get out of his own chair, no one in their right minds that is.