***On the Bus***
"So...When you wanna do this?" Joey asks.
"Let them get settled in for a bit. Then we can spring it on them."
"K, love you," Joey whispers.
"Love you too. I'm gonna lay down for a bit."
"Are you feeling ok? You look a little pale."
"I'm fine, just a bit of a stomach ache."
"Well get some rest. I'll come get you in a bit."
"Hey, you two. Come on back here. Lance has a new gadget and wants to show it off," Chris yells.
"Go, tell them I'm laying down," JC shoves Joey to the back of the bus.
Justin looks up when Joey enters, "Where's Jayce?"
"He's laying down," Joey states. "So where's this new gadget?"
Justin watched Joey and Chris as Lance demonstrates the functions of his latest gadget. After a few minutes he gets up and heads to the bunk area.
"Jayce?" he whispers.
"Yeah, J?"
"You ok?"
"No, stomach hurts like a bitch."
Justin pulls the curtain back, "You should go see a doctor when we get back. This can't be a good thing."
"I'm not going to the doctor over an upset stomach."
"But Jayce, it's been a month now, every day. It could be more than a stomach virus."
"Ok, fine, J. If it will get you to back off, I'll go when we get home."
"Good."
"Now, if you would be so kind? I'd like to be alone for a bit."
Justin closes the curtain and climbs in his own bunk across from JC's.
"Hey, where'd Curly go?" Chris asks.
"Don't know," Lance mumbles.
"Hmmmm, must hunt down Curly."
"Shut up," Joey growled. "Can't you see I'm trying to sleep?"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. If you hadn't been up all night with that hot chick you wouldn't be so tired."
"Just shut up, would you please?"
"Fine, I'm gonna find Justin."
"Good."
"Humpf!"
"Justy, where are you?"
Justin pulls his curtain open, "Shhh, Jayce is sleeping man."
"He won't hear me man. You know he sleeps like the dead." Chris pulls back the curtain on JC"s bunk. "Holly shit J. Joey brought that girl from last night with him."
"What?"
"That girl from last night. What was her name?"
"Rose?"
"Yeah, she's in JC's bunk man."
"What?" Justin yells, jumping from his bunk.
"Shit, I guess Joey..."
"Joey, you better get back here now!! Chris, could you go back up front please?"
"What? Damnit, I was trying to sleep."
Chris returns to the front and Justin pulls the curtain back further on JC"s bunk, "Thought you might wanna know Rose is back."
"Huh?"
"Look man," Justin gestures to the bunk. "Jayce. Wake up." He nudges JC.
"J?"
"Yeah, wake up buddy."
"No, I don't..." JC runs a hand through his much longer hair. "What the hell?"
He gets up and runs for the bathroom.
"Shit, guess Rose 'is' back," Justin whispers.
"What the hell? This isn't possible."
"Well, I hate to point out the obvious but, yes it is possible. It happened."
"What the hell do we do now? Without JC, we're not Nsync."