Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 02:13:15 CDT
From: Jason Randall <jas_stories@hotmail.com>
Subject: JC & Jas Part 12

Disclaimer: I am not assuming anything about the lives of anyone in this
story. Many may wish things to be true, but who knows so don't be
offended, just enjoy. If you're UNDER 18, stop reading this, and all that
other legal stuff.

This is my first attempt, and I know this story lacks sexual adventures,
give it time, I want them to get to know eachother first, okay?

	`Well that was the concert from hell. . .I can't believe he kept going up
to see him during the show! Lucky thing our fans are 12 otherwise Kelly
would have noticed JC was not even close to looking at her!' Lance began to
pace in his room, starting to become agitated. He decided he needed to work
on something so he could get his mind off things and picked up a copy of
the schedule one of the managers had dropped by during the day. He started
to look through the list of upcoming shows and began to smile. `This has got
to be the best part of this entire day.' Lance picked up his cell phone and
started to dial.

In the hallway:
	"Hey J, wanna watch a movie in my room with Chris and I?" Joey
asked, waiting outside his room for Justin's reply.
	"Nah, thanks anyways guys, I'm beat! Been a while since we stayed
after hours talking with some fans like that. Need my beauty sleep and all
now. Takes work to look this good!" Justin began to show his muscles.
	"Hah!" Joey started to laugh. "Nice try shrimp, I could take ya in no
time!" Joey flexed his arm and Chris began to laugh.
	"Sorry Curly, he's got ya beat."
	"Yeah well I'm still far more gorgeous," Justin said, flipping his hair
and batting his eye lashes.
	"Oh go to bed pretty boy! That little girl Kelly's got you full of
yourself!" Joey said, laughing as he and Chris entered the room.
	`Why didn't you go watch movies with the guys?. . .I'm kinda tired. .
.You're not even close to tired. . .well they were probably just asking
anyways, Chris and Joey kinda have a thing like JC and I, asking but not
really expecting anyone to join in. . .nah, they wouldn't have cared, you and
JC never do. . .maybe Lance will want to do something. . .is that why you
turned them down? So you could hang out with Lance some more?. . .Well
he is closer to my age. He's also really funny and a blast to hang out with. .
.kind of like JC. . .well, no, completely different from JC, I mean Lance is. .
.well. . .Lance. . .and he's kind of cute. . .NO! He's just. . .well, he's. . ."
	"God, what's wrong with me?" Justin whispered to himself in the
hallway.
	`You did have that thought last night. . .' Justin shook his head. `No, I
was just thinking about things, and that had happened to me during the day,
so it accidentally popped into my head. . .right?'
	"Ugh, I must be more tired than I thought." Justin whispered again.
Just then he heard Lance's muffled voice from the other side of the hall, but
he couldn't understand what he was saying. `Who's he. . .Oh! He must be
on the phone with that Melanie chick. . .well, guess he's busy, may as well go
to sleep now. . .' Justin walked into his room and closed the door.
	After cleaning up in the bathroom and changing into some flannel pants
and a tank top he walked back into the living room part of his suite. `I'm
NOT going to be able to sleep. . .well, Lance must be off the phone by now,
maybe he'll want to hang out for a bit. . .and do what though? OH! I know,
I'll see if he wants to talk about what was upsetting him so much earlier. I
almost forgot, geez, some friend I am! I better go see if he's ok! Yeah, he
was real upset earlier, as his best friend I HAVE to go see him. . .is that the
only reason you're going? You could just as well ask him tomorrow, he's
probably tired if he didn't ask anyone to go hang out. . .of course not, he's
my friend and I want to hang out with him, too. . .kind of like Chris and Joey.
. .well I just wasn't in the mood for a movie. . .' Justin was getting agitated
by all his thoughts so he left his room and crossed the hall quickly, trying to
block his mind out. He still heard Lance's voice coming from the other side
of the door, but he knocked anyways.
	"Hey Justin, what's going on?" Lance appeared in the door with only
his jogging pants on.
	Justin was staring at Lance's bare chest when he realized Lance had
spoken and was waiting for a reply.
	"Oh, um, hey Lance. . .Want to hang out or something?"
	"Well, I'm on the phone. . ."
	"Yeah, I see that, but, um, when you're done? Want to watch a movie
or something?" `Not in the mood for a movie, huh?. . .OH SHUT UP!'
	"Um. . ." Lance was about to say no when the voice on the phone
started talking. "What?" he asked into the phone.
	"I said did you want to catch a movie?"
	"Oh, no, not you J, Melanie's talking. One second. C'mon in. Alright,
what's that Mel?"
	Justin walked into the living room and sat on the couch as Lance talked
to Melanie. He couldn't help but eavesdrop, though he didn't understand the
conversation because he only heard one side of it.
	"I said, watch the movie with Justin."
	"Why?"
	"Because, it will take your mind off things for a while. You've had a
bad day and you need time with a friend who wants to spend time with you."
	"You think that's it?"
	"Of course."
	"It's probably just because of everything else."
	"What?" Melanie was getting confused at Lance's half answers.
	"Hold on a second, Mel. Justin?"
	"Yeah Lance?"
	"I'm going to go out in the hall for a second to finish my phone call,
ok?"
	"Um, sure Lance." Justin was a bit saddened that Lance thought he
couldn't discuss whatever it was in front of him. `It's probably about why he
was crying earlier, and it's supposed to be a secret.'
	Lance went out in the hall. "It's not that I don't like hanging out with
Justin but it's probably just because JC is with Jason." Lance flinched at his
own words.
	"Says who? James Lansten Bass, Justin is your friend, he wouldn't
USE you, my god."
	"Well, I mean JC has been real busy with Jason," Lance flinched again,
"and Justin's not used to being alone. Joey and Chris are always together and
he and JC are together, so he's not used to it. I'm usually by myself, so I
don't mind it, but he's not used to that, so he's hanging out with me cuz he
knows I'm not with anyone else."
	"Oh geez Lance, didn't you tell me he caught you crying earlier? Earth
to Lance, if he was only hanging out with you when JC's busy with Jason,
god I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say it that way."
	"It's alright."
	"Ok, so if he was only doing stuff with you for that, why didn't he
spend all the preconcert time with him instead of you playing hackey sack?"
	"I dunno."
	"And you went shopping with him today, not JC."
	"Yeah, well JC probably would have said no because Jason was
there."
	"Well, Justin doesn't know they're more than friends, so he probably
would have assumed JC to say yes, but he asked you."
	"Well whatever."
	"Exactly, so hang out with the kid, you need to take time to relax."
	"He's not really a kid anymore."
	Melanie started laughing. "Well, then go hang out with that fine young
gentleman and get off the phone with me. You're keeping me up past my
bedtime."
	"Alright Mel, you do always know what's best don't you?" Lance
smiled.
	"Of course I do. Now why can't I get anybody else to realize that?"
	"They're blind. But, I'll let you get some sleep. Oh, I have a surprise
for you, too!"
	"You do? What?!"
	"Oop, I've got someone waiting to watch a movie, I'll have to let you
go for now and tell you later." Lance said, smiling again.
	"You jerk!"
	"Serves ya right, `night sweetie!" Lance started walking back into the
room.
	"G'night hun, I'm going to hurt you, but you sleep well tonight!"
	"Bye," Lance said, walking over to the couch and sitting next to Justin.
"Alright J, sorry bout that, what movie are we going to watch?"
	"Coo, you want to catch a movie?"
	"Of course, couldn't possibly sleep yet."
	"Alright, let's see what's playing."

In Jason's car:
	"Oh really?" JC asked, intrigued about Jason's plans.
	"Yep. I've just got to make a call real quick."
	"Oh, ok." JC replied, yawning as he leaned back in his seat.
	Jason dialed a number on his cell and began speaking. "Hi Chris, it's
Jay. . .yeah, so I'll be home around 2. . .exactly. . .yep on the top of the
mantel. . .perfect. . .alright, thanks again man!"
	Jason got off the phone and looked over at JC who had fallen asleep in
the seat and was softly snoring. `God, he's so damn cute.' JC looked
towards him as he thought it, almost as though he'd heard the words and
woke up smiling.
	"I can't wait to see your place."
	"Really? I think you're a bit tired, you just dozed off."
	"Did I? I'm sorry, I'm just a bit overworked. I need to relax, I'm sure
I'll be fine once we get there."
	"It's ok sweetie, I have a nice, relaxing evening set for us. But first
let's go get something to eat." Jason was glad JC didn't hear the phone
conversation so then he didn't have to think of an explanation. Chris was his
landlord and had promised to go in and light the candles for him.
	"Great, I can't wait, as long as it's with you I know it will be perfect."

In Lance's room:
	"Well. . ." Justin looked over to Lance.
	"These movies all suck." Lance finished for him.
	"Exactly my thought."
	"So whaddya want to do instead?"
	"Oh, um, I don't know." Justin didn't expect Lance to want to do
something else, he figured he would just call it a night.
	"Well, let's go downstairs and get some coffee, how bout?"
	"Um, Lance?"
	"Yeah J?"
	"Well, I guess I could go looking like this, it's just real casual, but
you're not even wearing a shirt, and I'm SURE the fans would love it but I
don't think we'd survive the crowd."
	Lance looked down and blushed. "Oh gosh, I forgot I didn't have a
shirt on." He crossed his arms, shyly, over his chest. "I should put a shirt
on." He began looking around for a t shirt.
	"Nah, you don't need to!" Justin said quickly, causing Lance to look
up.
	"I mean, why don't we just call room service and stay here for the
coffee."
	"Well, I should put a shirt on still."
	"Actually it's hot in here, I was going to take my tank off."
	"Oh, well, it is kind of warm in here." Lance said, confused. `What's
going on here? I can't believe I was just sitting there with no shirt on next to
Justin. I'm never comfortable with stuff like that, but I don't even care that
Justin's here.' Lance looked up and saw Justin taking his shirt off and
walking over to the phone to call room service. Lance shook his head and sat
down on the couch. `Geez, Justin really has grown up. I didn't notice how
strong he's gotten.' Lance was staring at Justin's muscular back.
	"What kind of coffee Scoop?"
	"Oh um, latte. Vanilla."
	"Alright."
	Lance shook his head again. `Whoa Lance, you were just staring at
Justin. . .well he is kind of cute. . .but this is Justin. . .you're just upset about
JC, don't blow things now. . .if you do something stupid Justin won't be
your friend and he'll tell the guys your secret. . .you'll be kicked out of the
group and JC won't even be your friend anymore. . .but that kiss the other
day, it was. . .NO! Justin's a friend. . .if you did anything to jeopardize that. .
.'
	"So," Justin said, sitting down next to Lance on the couch, "now that
we're getting coffee, we have to have one of those intellectual coffee
discussions, so tell me the real reason you were crying earlier."
	"What?"
	"Tell me why you were crying earlier?"
	"I already told you."
	"C'mon Lance, who am I going to tell? Is there something wrong with
Melanie?"
	"Um, yeah. . ." `Geez, think, quick now!'
	"Well. . .? Come on Lance, it'll help if you can talk about it. Otherwise
you get emotional about it, and it becomes too much. Is she sick?"
	`Perfect.' "She thought she was pregnant."
	"She thought she was pregnant so you were crying?"
	`Oh geez, didn't think that one through.' "Um, yeah, because she. .
.she thought she was pregnant and she was told when she was younger that if
she ever has a child she'll die during child birth." `Damn, I watch 20/20 too
much.'
	"Oh. . ."
	Lance could see Justin's confusion. "You see, she couldn't ever have
the child aborted, Mel's too sensitive for that, so she would have the child
and let it kill her. I was sad and was hoping the test would come back
negative." `God, shoot me now.'
	"Did it?"
	"Did it what?"
	"Come back negative?"
	"Oh, yeah it did, thank goodness."
	"Oh, well that's good."
	"Yeah, real good."
	Just as Justin was about to ask another question someone knocked on
the door. `Thank God, the coffee.'
	"I'll get it." Lance said, getting up and going to the door. "Thanks," he
said to the bell hop, giving him a five dollar bill.
	"So what about that concert?" Justin asked.
	"What about it?"
	"Well, did ya think it went ok?"
	"Sure, they always do."
	"Well did we sound ok, ya think?" `God, I wanted to come here and
now I can't think of anything to say. . .' Justin looked up from his coffee and
caught sight of Lance's lean chest again. He was studying it as he heard
Lance talking.
	"and so it wasn't too bad."
	"Yeah." Justin said, hoping that was a reasonable response to
whatever it was Lance had just said. "So how's your family doing?"
	Justin had picked a perfect question because within minutes they were
actually in a conversation about their families and laughing at old memories
they hadn't shared with each other before.
`Well, never fails, Mel was right, this is taking my mind off everything
and I'm having a great time.'
	`I'm glad I did come over here. . .this is better then just watching a
movie with the guys. . .besides, Lance and I never really had the chance to
get to know each other past simple stuff; now we're getting close like JC and
I, but still something's different then the friendship I have with JC. . .it's
almost like Lance and I are linked together on a deeper level then just goofing
off. . .'
	Lance came out of his thoughts first and realized the silence that had
been going. "So ya want to watch some TV or something Curly?"
	"Yeah, anything good on?"
	"Of course not, it's TV, but we can watch anyways." Lance looked at
his watched and realized it was past 3am. `Oh well, just a half hour longer,
Justin's presence is keeping me happy. . .'

In Jason's car:
	"Well here we are," Jason said to JC as he opened his eyes.
	"Looks great from the outside, can't wait to see inside."
	Together they walked into the building and onto the elevator, JC
wrapping his arms around Jason as they ascended.
	"Anyone else live on your floor?" JC whispered into Jason's ear.
	"No, just me and Sarah and she's usually asleep by 11 on a week
night."
	"Perfect, then I won't have to let you go."
	"You better not." Jason said, leaning back to kiss him briefly. "Alright,
watch your step and all that." He started laughing.
	JC walked with his arms around Jason's waist as he led the way and
began opening his door. As he fumbled with the key they heard the second
elevator ding and the door started to open. JC let go of Jason and stood
upright as Jason looked curious.

In Lance's room:
	Lance and Justin had both fallen sound asleep to the mindless drones
of late night TV and had ended up leaning against each other for support.
They both lay there sleeping peacefully when Lance was awoken by a noise.
He stayed still and looked with his eyes, too tired to really move, but almost
jumped out of his skin when he noticed he had been leaning on Justin, and
vice-versa. `Well, all of us have fallen asleep and just laid in a big pile before,
no big deal. . .he's so cute and peaceful while he's sleeping, just like an
angel. . .oh god, what am I saying?'
	Lance got up slowly as to not disturb Justin and walked over to his
bed, grabbing a pillow and the comforter. He lifted Justin's head slightly to
place the pillow beneath and gently covered him with the blanket. Fully
satisfied he walked over to the bed and got in, staring at the ceiling. `If I
wasn't in love with JC and if there was even the slightest chance Justin was
gay I'd. . .don't finish that sentence. . .if you even start thinking that way
you'll have a bigger problem to deal with. . .just work on one at a time, and
the current one is getting over JC enough to not go into hysterics when he
and Jason are together. . .' Lance rolled over and sighed. `What I wouldn't
give for just one peaceful night's sleep. . .' Lance soon fell into a fitful
slumber.

In Jason's hallway:
	"Sarah, hello." Jason said, looking straight into her eyes this time. It
was well past 3 and he was slightly concerned.
	"Excuse me." She said simply, walking past them and into her studio
as Jason sighed.
	JC wrapped his arms around him again, as soon as he heard the door
slam and whispered in his ear, "It's ok sweetie, she'll come around, just give
her some time. . .I'll charm her and she'll realize all I'm after is your undying
love. . .though I wouldn't mind just a little bit of these." JC began kissing him
and Jason returned the kisses. "Mmm, you taste wonderful, let's go inside, I
want to see your surprise!"
	Jason opened the door, crossing his fingers that the candles hadn't
worn out yet, it'd been over an hour since he'd told Chris he'd be home. As
he walked through the door he wasn't disappointed, every single one had
stayed lit, as though in wait for their return. JC was stuck, partially inside the
apartment, staring in shock at the candles and roses.
	"It's. . .it's. . ."
	"Do you like it? Is it too much? I just wanted to show you how special
you are to me, I love you. . ." Jason began to get worried.
	"Oh, it's absolutely wonderful, I love you so much!" JC got his
speech began and also gained a few tears in the corners of his eyes.
	"Oh, I'm glad you like it sweetheart, I just wanted you to know you
mean the world to me."
	"And you to me love, and you to me." JC whispered back, kissing
Jason lightly on the neck.
	Jason turned around and kissed JC on the lips and then grabbed his
hand. "Come sit down, there's more."
	"More? My god. . ."
	Jason led him to the couch and had him sit, handing him the lone red
rose he'd lain there earlier and walking over to the fridge to grab the wine.
Pouring two glasses on the coffee table, he sat next to JC and turned the
stereo on by remote.
	"This is wonderful! Much better then the hotel."
	"I thought you'd enjoy this, but here, the real surprise is to come."
	"Oh?"
	Jason grabbed JC's glass from him and set it on the table, then
grabbed both of his hands and kissed him on the nose. "You're so cute, you
know that?"
	"Oh is that the only reason you love me? Cuz I'm cute?" JC pouted.
	"No, you're sweet, too."
	"Oh really?" JC grinned. "I'm not that sweet." With that he leaned
over and jumped on Jason, pinning his arms down and planting kisses all
over his face.
	Laughing, Jason pleaded for him to stop. After one last kiss on the
mouth that Jason promptly returned, JC pulled up.
	"Now I believe there was one more surprise?"
	Jason laughed. "Yes," he said, pulling a box out from in the coffee
table, "here you go. I hope you like it."
	"Oh my. . ." JC opened the box to find a 24K gold ID bracelet.
"Joshua Scott Chasez," he read off the front and flipped it over, "Love
Eternal, J."
	"I love you, Joshua, as it says. Do you like it?"
	"Jason, my god, I absolutely adore it. I couldn't love it anymore
because it's a part of you and I love you more then anything else." JC leaned
over and kissed him on the cheek. "Will you help me put it on?"
	"Of course, it'd be my honor." Jason placed the bracelet on JC's arm
and kissed his hand.
	"Will you dance with me?" JC asked, a single tear rolling down his
cheek.
	"You needn't even ask, my love, I'd love to." Jason leaned up and
kissed the stray tear away, putting his hand under JC's cheek. "Don't cry
Josh, I hate seeing you cry."
	JC sniffed. "I'm just so, I can't," he sighed. "I love you so much at
this moment, and I thought I couldn't love you anymore but I do now."
	"Shh," Jason brought his finger from his jaw bone to his mouth, "Just
dance with me." And they both began to sway to the music.
	"This truly has been the best evening ever, thank you sweetheart." JC
whispered to Jason as he nibbled on his ear. "I couldn't have asked for
anything better."
	"Me either, shall we get some sleep?"
	"Yeah, I'm exhausted."
	Jason led JC into his bedroom and both of them stripped down to
their boxers, grabbed each other's hand and climbed into bed. Jason
wrapped his arms around JC"s waist and laid his head under his chin, on his
shoulder. "I love you."
	"Love you, too, sweetie, g'night." JC kissed Jason on the top of the
head and both fell asleep quickly.

In Lance's room:
	Justin woke up to darkness and realized he was in an unfamiliar room.
`Where the heck. . .oh I must've fallen asleep at Lance's. . .' As he leaned
up slowly he could hear Lance rustling around in his bed, crying out at times.
`He must be having one heck of a dream. . .'
	"NO!" Lance suddenly yelled out, causing Justin to jump. `Geez.'
	Justin got up and walked over to his bed, seeing Lance thrashing
around, looking very disturbed.
	"Shh, Lance, shhh, it's alright." Justin began stroking the blonde's
head, whispering in his ear. Lance continued to strike out, scaring Justin.
"Lance? Lance? Shh, it's ok. . ." Justin couldn't get him to calm down so he
climbed into the bed next to him, laying beside him, and held his hand.
"Lance?"
	Lance whimpered, though a bit quieter this time. Justin continued to
run his fingers of one hand through his hair and held Lance's hand with the
other. Soon Lance's had almost calmed down. Justin was beginning to relax
when Lance cried out once again.
	"Lance?!" Justin was really worried now because he wasn't waking to
his voice and he wouldn't settle down either. Leaning over he wrapped both
his arms around him and laid his head on the older boy's chest. After a few
minutes Lance had calmed down and seemed to be sleeping more peacefully,
allowing Justin to calm down himself. Considering the only thing that had
kept him awake for the past 20 minutes was his worry for Lance's well being,
he fell asleep almost instantly, without changing positions. For the second
time since their arrival in Minnesota both boys slept soundly in each other's
arms.

To Be Continued.

Send all comments to jas_stories@hotmail.com. Glad to know some of you
enjoyed the last installment, though very few wrote me! I'm disappointed,
truly. I should consider removing my story from the archive and only sending
to those who e mail me, geez, come on people I need FEEDBACK to know
if I'm putting this story in the right direction or not. If you don't like it, tell
me why, but if you do like it at least let me KNOW! *L* Anyway, for my
loyal readers who DO write (you know who you are) I say thanks, and it is
for you guys that I wrote another installment so soon. What can I say, life's
been great and time has actually been on my side! Til next time. . .