Part 2
Chapter 5

At around 8 o' clock, Friday night, The Nsync tour bus made its way into Nevada. The guys were all taking a nap on thier bunks so that they would all be "well-rested for a night of partying". But Dani wanted to stay awake the whole time and take everything in. She had never been to Las Vegas before and she couldnt wait to see all the lights in the city. While the guys were asleep, she sat up in the front of the bus and talked to James, the busdriver



"You dont realize how glad I am that you came along with us Dani."

"Why's that?"

"Because, with a young lady around, these boys dont act up half as much as they usually do." he said chuckling.

"You mean theyre worse than this?"

"You wouldnt wanna know!...Naw Im just kidding around theyre pretty good guys. They can get a little out of hand sometimes. But theyre young so, Its understandable."

"Yeah I guess so."

"You know I think one of them has thier eye on you."

"I doubt that." Dani said surprising herself that she had said it out loud.

"Oh hey now, youre a sweet girl I dont blame any of them."

"Thank you." she said staring out the window as her mind started drifting off.
"Is he talking about Justin?? No he cant be...If Justin liked me he would've said something by now wouldnt he? Or maybe he's waiting on me to admit it first...Or OR what if its somebody else? Lance? no no..JC?? No...Chris?? Oh geez thats all I need, somebody 10 yrs older than me...."

Dani leaned her head against the window and shut her eyes. Why did the voices in her head have to be so...stupid?



"Hey." James said patting her on the knee, thinking that she was asleep.
"Wake up or youre gonna miss everything."

Dani opened her eyes and sat straight up in her seat. They were pulling into the heart of Vegas. There were lights everywhere! The street was filled with casinos and theatres. There were people all over the place. Dani couldnt wait to hit the town with the guys. She ran back to the bunks where the guys were still sleeping.



"Guys! Wake up we're here!!" She yelled only to get a few mumbles in response.

"Guys?!?!? Hello???" She said walking closer. "We're in Vegas Baby!" she then threw back the curtains on Justin's bunk.

"Mawmah I dun wanna go to school.." Justin mumbled while jerking the curtains back closed.

"Justinnnnn!" Dani said pulling him halfway off his bunk. "Come on! Look at the lights with me!"

"Ok. But only because I get to look at them with you." he said yawning as he got up.

Dani stared at him strangely. "What do you mean by that?" she asked.

"What do I mean by what?"

"Nevermind." She said shaking her head. She knew she'd only confused him if she tried to explain it to him now since he had just woke up.

"I cant wait to get out there, this is gonna be one wild weekend." he said yawning even more.

"Yeah you sound like youre ready for it."

"Hey Ill be awake here in a little bit. Youre the one thats gonna be fallin over by 10 o' clock."

"10? I dont think so."

"Oh yeah I forgot...'Dani the Party animal'." he said sarcasticly

"Thats me." she said smiling.

By the time they all checked into the hotel, it was around 8:45. Which meant there was more than enough time to go out that night. Everyone was well rested and hyped up about being in Vegas. They all decided to go down to the casino that was located inside the hotel. Chris, Joey and JC got some quarters to play the slot machines, while a security guard eyed Lance, Justin and Dani.

"How old are you three?"

"20"

"19"

"18"

"You all are not allowed to gamble in here."

"Oh I know sir." Lance said. "Im just gonna hang out with my friends." Lance wasnt too interested in gambling anyway so it didnt bother him. But Justin was getting ticked off.

"We cant even play the slots?" he whined

"NO! and If I catch you youre outta here and in deep trouble understand?" the guard said glaring at Justin and Dani.

"Yes sir." they both said

"So much for star treatment." Justin grumbled as he and Dani walked off.



"Come on...Come on...Dangit!"
"Ok one more time..come on..NO stop stop!"
"Ok ok Last time....NO NO NO NO NO!" Chris said stomping the floor in front of the slot machine. Justin and Dani were leaning up against the wall bored to death.

"Hey Chris?" Justin said

"What?"

"I bet if ya let me try you would win...Come on Ill let you have all of the quarters I just wanna play...whaddya say?"

"NO Justin youre not getting my butt kicked outta here...no way. NO NO STOP DOING THAT!"

Justin sighed and sank down in the floor. "Man this sucks."

"Yeah I know." Dani said sitting down beside him. "Hey maybe they have some sorta daycare center for us youngins." she said laughing.

"Yeah," he said cracking a smile. "since we're not allowed to touch anything."

"Ya HOO!" Chris yelled out throwing his hands in the air.
"I did it! I won!!" Justin and Dani jumped up and ran over to him.

"You got the jackpot?!?"

"Uhh..no..I got ummm...5 quarters. Dangit!" he said banging his head against the machine.

"Umm Chris maybe you should go try another game or something." Justin said

"Yeah I guess so. But just one more try."

Dani and Justin started to walk off when they heard the sound of coins pouring against the floor.



"Oh my gosh!! I did it!!!" Chris yelled, hugging Justin and then Dani. "I did it!!! Ok..Yeah STAY here ok? Let me go get some more cups or a bucket of something.." He said running off as quarters continued to fall out of the machine.

Justin and Dani stood there for a minute...Looked at the quarters, Looked at each other,Looked at the quarters, Looked at each other,Looked at the quarters, Looked at each other..

"Well.." Dani said

"Well?"

"Are you gonna grab some of those or do you want me to do it for you?" she said grabbing a handful and running to one of the slot machines in the corner.

"Hey wait for me!" Justin said laughing and grabbing some for himself.

"Oh we are gonna get in trouble..." Dani said pulling down the handle.

"Yeah if we get caught that is."

"But thats not gonna happen."

"Naw cuz we be smoooth as...uh oh..." Justin said looking up.

"Uh oh? what do you mean uh oh? Justin what do you MEAN UH OH????

"Isnt that the same security guard that..."

"Well I see you two have some trouble understanding authority."

"Dani?"

"Yea?"

"RUN!" Justin yelled grabbing her hand as they sped through the casino.

"Hey! Hey..YO!" Chris said as he saw them running towards him.
"Guys?? Where ya goin? Why aint you all with my money??"

"Cant talk..gotta run!" Justin said

"What the? Uh oh.." Chris said when he saw the guard close behind them. "Johnny isnt gonna like this."

"Justin he's catching up!"

"We gotta hide.."

"Where?"

"Here! Duck! hurry!" Justin said practically dragging Dani underneath a table as the guard ran by them.


"Is he gone?"

"I think so." Dani said peeking out from under the tablecloth.
"Uh oh."

"Im beginning to hate that word."

"Justin I think he's calling for backup!"

"What?!?" Justin said sticking his head out. "Backup, for us?!? awww man...Ok this is NOT good."

"What are we gonna do?"

"Ok ummm...Look theres a door over there..."

"But what does it lead to?"

"Who cares? its a door thatll lead us outta here...now all we have to do is run really fast over there and.."

"Without him seeing us Justin?"

"Yeah ok..What do you think we should do then?"

"Well we could crawl over there."

"Crawl?!?! Dani? are you nuts?"

"Well he wouldnt see us! He's not gonna be looking on the floor for us. I dont know. I dont know what else to do!"

"Ok ok dont panic.."

"Im not!"

"Whatever..ok we'll crawl. Ya ready?"

"Yeah."

"Ok lets go!"

Justin and Dani are on thier hands and knees crawling through the casino. They almost make it to the door when somebody steps in front of them.



"Umm..Guys?"

"Hey Joey!" they both said looking up.

"Why are you all on the floor?"

"Umm we're ummm.."

"I lost my contact."

"You wear contacts Dani?"

"Ummm..when I feel like it...?"

"Oh..ok...want me to help you all look for it?"

"NO!" they both shouted

"O..K then...Ill see yall later." Joey said staring at them strangly

"Bye Joey." Justin said

"Justin?"

"yeah?"

"I see more guards..."

"Door! Hurry!!"

"They both got up and ran to the door, got inside and quickly closed it behind them. Only to find they were standing in a dark room.



"Ok..now where are we...aaaaaaaaaa!" Dani said leaning forward and almost falling down the steps that she didnt know was there. Justin grabbed her around her waist and pulled her back up.
"..at." she said looking back at him. "Thank you."

"Are you allright?"

"Yeah. Im fine." She said as they made thier way slowly down the staircase.

"Hey we're underneath the casino." Justin said looking up through the vents in the floor above them.

"Maybe we should just stay down here for awhile, so that the guards will think we've left.

"Yeah probably should." He said sitting down on a wooden crate. "I dont wanna chance it right now."

Suddenly they heard a booming noise coming from the corner. Dani jumped and ran over to Justin.



"What was that???" She said not realizing that she was holding onto him for dear life.

"Its just the air conditioning kicking on." He said laughing at her. "I guess the pump is over there in the corner."

"Oh." she said moving away from him and jumping up on the crate to sit down.

"Are you cold?"

"A little bit."

"Youre shaking." Justin said. "Here put on my shirt." he started taking off his long sleeve button up shirt.

"No Justin thats ok..."

"No here take it. I insist"
'As always.." Dani thought to herself as Justin wrapped his shirt around her. 'Ok stupid this is when youre supposed to talk to him about it. Here?? NO no no no I cant do it right now. No I'll wait. But then again we are alone, we're gonna have to talk about something...God why Me?!?'

'Just go ahead and tell her.' Justin thought to himself. 'Its obvious that she feels the same way. Isnt it? Maybe it isnt...What if she doesnt? What if she was talking about somebody else when she was talking about having that dream. I mean why would she come and talk to me about...Me? I want to tell her though..I cant just keep this all built up inside me for the rest of the tour....'

They both sat there in silence. Neither one of them knew what to say to each other. They were both thinking about the same thing and they didnt even know it.


"Justin?" "Dani?" they said at the same time. Justin then realized that he still had his arm around her back from when he wrapped his shirt around her. But he still didnt move it.

"You first." he said

"No..no you go ahead."

"No Dani you can.."

"I..I really dont know what I was gonna say.."

"Me neither."

They sat there staring at each other. They were sitting so close...close enough to kiss. Which was exactly what Justin wanted to do. But he sat there...thought about it, started to, then stopped...started again then stopped...Finally he decided to forget about everything else and go for it. He moved closer to her, closed his eyes and gently pressed his lips against hers. It only lasted for a moment, But that one small moment was going to change both of thier lives.

Dani was motionless. She couldnt think of anything to say. She wanted it to happen..she wanted that more than anything, But what did it mean? Did he really feel the same way about her or was it just the fact that they were stuck in dark basement of a casino and there was nothing else to do?



"Maybe...m-maybe we should go on out now?" Justin said getting up.

"Ok." Dani said quietly, handing him back his shirt. They walked back up the steps and went back out into the casino.


"Do you see that guard anywhere?"

"No..I dont think so."

"mmm..k good." Justin said staring at the floor while walking a little faster than Dani.

"Hey there they are." Chris said standing with the others.
"Justin, Dani!...Hey where did yall go?"

"We hid down in the basement."

Chris started laughing. "Cool!...Dan Dan whats a matter?"

"Nothing." She said as Justin looked back at her and then back to Chris.

"Well we were gonna head on back to the hotel cause Joey's losing all his money." JC said laughing.

"Yeah and Moneybags here wont spare any."

"Hey I cant help that I was on a roll tonight!" JC said as they made thier way out of the casino and stepped into the elevator.


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