Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 13:46:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mel J <melanjea_bsb@yahoo.com>
Subject: Full Circle-Chapter 5

Disclaimer! This has no reflection on the members of
Nysnc and it is fiction!

  Sorry this took so long to update.. life has been
pretty hectic lately.. I hope you like this
chapter!-Mel


Full Circle-Chapter 5
By Mel
2001


     A kiss. It should have been easy to forget. But
it wasnt just a simple kiss. It was a passionate one,
full of tongue, lips and teeth. Lance just couldnt put
it out of his mind.
   He tried to keep his mind on Chris, helping him and
keeping all of them together, but his mind kept
straying to that kiss.
   He had no way of knowing that Jc couldnt either. Jc
hadnt spoken to him since. At least not directly. Now
on top of everything else, he was afraid he had lost
Jc's friendship.
   He could live without his love, Lance told himself,
but he couldnt live without his friendship.
  Jc felt exactly the same way. The kiss occupied his
every waking thought. So he stayed far away from
Lance, hoping that Lance would eventually forgive him.
So instead of talking, they drifted further apart.
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     "What is going on with Lance and JC?" Chris
asked, watching Justin putter around the room. Chris
had been released a couple of days ago, and Justin who
still felt guilty, had been hovering constantly.
   Justin stopped in mid motion. "Nothing. Why?"
Justin's eyes darted around the room nervously. They
had all decided without saying that they would keep
any problems far away from Chris. He had too many of
his own.
   "Justin. Tell me, I might be out of it, but I am
not stupid." Justin's anger flared.
  "Your not 'out of it' your a drug addict, Chris and
you should be thinking about rehab, NOT about the
group."
   Chris was silent, tears pricking at his eyes.
Rehab. It was a place for losers right? He wasnt one
of those.. was he? He looked at Justin's eyes, the
pain and anger there, and knew he was. Oh god.
    "Alright." his voice was soft. Justin blinked.
 "What?"
   "I'll go to rehab."
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 Joey waited. Justin was late. He frowned. More and
more Justin hung around Chris. He hated for feeling
jealous, because he knew that Justin loved him. But he
couldnt help it.
  Justin was the golden boy, the one everyone wanted.
He never quite knew what Justin saw in him.
    Then the doorbell rang. Joey opened the door,
carefully hiding his insecurities. His heart sank. It
was Jc. Plastering a smile on his face, he gave his
friend a hug. "Hey, JC, come on in." Jc smiled back,
but his eyes were sad.
   Joey sighed. He had a feeling it was going to be
another session of Jc asking what he should do. He
already thought both Lance and Jc should just fuck and
get all this out of the way.
    "So.. what's up?" Joey asked, sitting down next to
JC.
  "I miss him." Joey took a deep breath.
  "Then tell him that. You know I am just about to
throttle both of you." His own frustration about the
situation, plus his worries about his relationship
with Justin came tumbling out.
   "Just tell him your in love with him and get it
over with!!" He practically yelled at his friend. Jc
stared at Joey open mouthed.
   "Your in love with who?"
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  Both Jc and Joey turned to see Lance in the doorway.
Shit, Joey thought. He must have left the door open.
Jc went pale. Joey elbowed him. "No one." Jc said
through clenched teeth. Joey glared at him, finally
having enough.
   "He loves you. And you love him. Just stop this and
TALK to eachother, man you are such idiots!" He
yelled, throwing up his hands and stalking out of the
room.
  They could hear his footsteps pounding up the stairs
and then a door slammed.
   "Is that true?" Lance asked softly, walking slowly
toward his friend. Jc clenched his fists, a tear
sliding down his cheek.
   "Yeah. And I am gonna kill Joey." Lance's heart
beat faster.
   "Dont do that, because he is right. I love you
too." Lance put a hand on JC's shoulder. "I was scared
to tell you, I never dreamed you would feel the same
way. " Then Lance waited.
   Jc's hand came up to cup Lance's cheek. The skin
was so soft. Thier eyes met, and held, green to blue.
"Lance." It was a mere whisper. This time the kiss was
warm and soft, tender.
   It was a good beginning.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Justin let himself in to the house a couple of hours
later. He and Chris had talked late into the night
about rehab and wich one and so forth, he was
exausted.
   "So.. You did plan on coming home." Joey's voice
made Justin jump.
  "Joey." He said weakly. He knew he could have at
least called. "I am sorry. I got talking with Chris
and time just flew." Joey flipped on the light.
  "Well I am glad you two had a 'talk' he said, his
voice strangly flat.
   Justin looked at him strangly. He thought at least
Joey would be mad.. but he almost seemed that he was
indifferent. "Yeah, " he said cautously, "He is going
into Rehab on monday." Justin watched as Joey seemed
to relax, the light coming back into his lover's eyes.
    "Good! I am glad you finally talked some sense
into him." For the first time, Joey came over and
pulled Justin into a hug. "Come on.. let's go to bed.
I want to show you how much I love you." Justin
shivered, and his cock hardened.
    Much later, after Joey had brought him to the
hights of unbearable pleasure, after Joey had made him
scream, Justin watched his lover sleep. He still
couldnt put Joey's flat expression out of his mind.
   Something was up, and he was determined to find
out....tbc...