Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 19:48:01 EDT
From: Dale E Wright <bwicub@hotmail.com>
Subject: "The Lottery Winner" Chapter 4

Hi everyone...

Wow...people are actually reading my stuff.  Thanks for the positive
responses. -- As always, Gabriella and Mike are my main cheerleaders.  I'm
a bit nervous--so if people could please e-mail me at
bwicub@hotmail.com--I'd really appreciate it. I love e-mail!!!

Now the sex will be coming in further chapters, remember, all good things
come to those who wait!  GRIN

DISCLAIMER: This is a fictional story that came right out of my own mind. I
have no knowledge if any member of N Sync are gay or whatever. That being
said, please enjoy the story and remember-- write me!!! (Especially write
me if you're a member of the group! GRIN)


--The Lottery Winner Ch 4--


Joey's jaw dropped when he saw who was in the room...and started
stammering.  I looked over his shoulder and saw the infamous Britney
Spears.  She squealed and threw her arms around Joey.  I couldn't believe
it...I was actually feeling a twinge of jealousy because she kissed Joey.
Not a good sign!

"Hey guys!!! Long time no see."  Her smile dropped when she saw me.  I gave
her a little smile and wave.  She just glared at me.  "Who the hell is this
and why is he here??"

uh-oh...look out.

I put my most ingratiating smile on my face...and replied. "Gee Miss
Spears.  I'm just one of your older fans.  You know...the ones that you
think are creepy."  I heard a few gasps from the guys around me.  Britney's
face got really red, and she looked like she was going to start yelling at
me.  I actually was amazed to see her arm whip up like she was going to
smack me.  My eyes became slits and my voice had a steel edge to it.  "I
swear if you hit me the world will be out one bubblegum diva."  I looked
down at her chest.  "Nice tits, how much did those bad boys set you back?"
I took off towards the elevator at a brisk walk.

I heard a door slam behind me, and the sound of three footfalls running
after me.  Someone grabbed me and whirled me around.  Joey looked at me
with anger in his eyes.

"Dale, what the hell did you say that for?  Don't you think you should
apologize to Britney???"  I noticed that Chris and Lance were both waiting
for my reply.

"Joey, I'm sorry.  I just hate people who act like that. Is she always that
full of herself?"

Chris replied.  "Usually.  Hey, Britney can be okay though.  Maybe after
she calms down we can try introducing you again."

The elevator arrived and no more was discussed about the bitch upstairs
(sorry, but people like that work my last nerve!).

We went into a roped off section of the dining area of the downstairs
restaurant.  We ordered a whole bunch of REALLY good food that was bad for
you, then sat around laughing like we'd known each other for years.  Our
juices had arrived, and Lance was relaying a story about a harness snafu at
their first concert using them when he stopped talking.  I looked at where
he was staring, and noticed Justin, JC, and Britney.  Just perfect...

As the 3 of them walked over to join us, the waiter magically appeared and
took their orders.  They sat down, all 3 of them looking at us.  I felt
like a damn frog spread open in a biology lab.  Finally Justin broke the
silence.

"Dale, I want to apologize for acting the way I did towards you last night.
Now, I understand that you haven't been formally introduced to my friend
yet."  He turned to face Britney.  "Britney, this is our friend Dale, he's
paying for a charity concert to be put on.  Dale, this is Britney Spears,
former mousketeer, best friend to some of the group, and sometimes yes she
gets a little too full of herself, like we all do.  That's why I help keep
her grounded."

Britney's head snapped around to say something to Justin, but he pinched
her butt to shut her up.  She squeaked and was silent.

Well that did it.  I busted out laughing.

"Hi Miss Spears.  It's a pleasure to meet you."  She murmered a reply and
Joey leaned in.

"What's that Brit?  We can't hear you!!!"

Her eyes got sharp, and she glared at Joey for a second before moving her
eyes to me.  "Dale.  If you apologize for what you said earlier I'll
forgive you and we can start fresh."

I felt Lance kick my leg.  I glared at him and could tell he was trying to
tell me something with his eyes.  Letting out an exasperated sigh, I looked
at her.

"Britney, if I can call you that, I do apologize for flying off the bitch
scale earlier.  First impressions mean a lot to me so I hope that you don't
hold my first impression against me.  Let's start over."  I extended my
hand.  "Hi, I'm Dale Wright.  I won an obscene amount of money and now am
trying to find something good to do with it.  Oh yeah, I tend to be
somewhat of a smartass.  Nice to meet you."

She looked at me through slitted eyes for a moment or two.  Then she
extended her hand to grasp mine.  I heard Lance giggle softly.

"Wow...no bloodshed.  Claws aren't out.  It's a good start."

I turned to fix my death glare on him.  "Be good blondie...or I'll put some
dye into your shampoo!"  His smile fell and he looked at me for a second
like he didn't know how to take it.  Then he lost it...giggles were just
flying out of him, and Joey and Chris joined in.

What followed was actually pretty nice.  The five guys of the band and
Britney asked me all kinds of questions about myself.  Britney's eyebrows
shot up when I told her just how much money I'd won.  She then cracked a
smile as she asked why I wanted the `five stooges' to do a show when I
could have had her.  As the random "hey's" and "excuse me?" comments came
from the guys...I felt myself smile.

"Well gee Britney.  I would have loved to except for one small problem.  I
don't own one of your CDs while I own all of theirs.  Besides, five cute
guys dancing on stage definitely beats a single female.  No offense."  I
then flashed a smile at all the guys in turn.  I lingered on Joey though.
He noticed me smiling at him and winked.

She laughed.  "So guys, what are you and Dale doing today??? I'm only in
town through tonight for a photo shoot.  Then it's back to touring."  She
let out a loud sigh, and looked pointedly at Justin.  He began blushing and
looking like a deer caught in the headlights.

I stood up and stepped away from the table.  "Gee, Britney.  We have a
meeting with Johnny Wright at noon.  I'm trying to finalize with these guys
the details for the charity concert.  In fact guys, it's already 11:30.  We
really should hit the road.  It was a pleasure meeting you Britney.  Sorry
I acted up towards you earlier."

The breakfast broke up and we all went out the back door to get to the
limo.
  Word had gotten out that the band was staying at the hotel, so the front
was now officially packed with screaming fans.  As the limo left the
parking lot, and the crowd of fans came into view, I began snickering.
Joey asked me what was so amusing.

"Nothing Joey, just wondering how long it is before the breakfast leftovers
get put up on Ebay."  All five guys turned to look me.  Then the laughs
couldn't be contained.  "Guys, doesn't it disturb you that these people are
THAT obsessive?  I mean, do you ever worry that someone may cross that line
and do harm to either you or things that you care about?"

They all sat for a moment, pondering the question.  Finally, JC of all
people broke the silence.  "Yeah, it concerns us.  That's why we protect
each other so much.  I'm sure you got that yesterday in Johnny's office.
We have to watch over each other!  We have our families, but they're so far
away from this.  So we have to make sure that no one hurts any of us.  It's
not an easy life.  God knows there's nights that I've laid there crying my
eyes out.  But we're in this for one reason and one reason only.  We all
love what we do.  The entire process is so special!  From writing songs, to
recording, to getting on that stage and showing the world how much we love
it.  If we can impact even one person with our music, then it's all worth
it."

The guys were all silent as JC's words sank in.  I turned and looked out
the window, watching the traffic go by.  The guys noticed that I was lost
in thought.  Joey (who was sitting next to me) reached over and lightly
squeezed my shoulder.  "Dale, are you okay?"  I turned my head to look at
him, and I saw his eyes get wide as he realized that I had tears streaming
down my face.  "Oh Dale, what's wrong?"  His hand felt good as it rested on
my shoulder.

Wiping my eyes with the backs of my hands, I let out a sigh.  "That's my
dream.  To have something that I care about so much that it makes my soul
ache.  I've always had to put work and financial considerations first.  Now
that I have this money I don't know what to do.  I have the means to do
whatever I want, to put my HAPPINESS first.  I guess it's finally starting
to sink in."  I lapsed into silence again, and was shocked when I felt Joey
take my hand in his and give it a squeeze.

I looked over at him and smiled softly.  I noticed Lance across from me.
He mouthed "you'll be fine" to me.  Strangely, that helped as much as
Joey's hand did.

The last few minutes had pretty much killed the happy-go-lucky conversation
for the rest of the trip to the office.  We all made it up to Johnny's
office, and sat back down in the same chairs we were in the day before.  We
all sat down and hammered out final details for the charity concert.  There
were three charities that were going to receive funds.  My choice was Youth
Guardian Services, the boys wanted some of the money to go to the Justin
Timberlake Foundation, and then I was shocked with they told Johnny that
they also wanted some of the money to go to GLAAD.  The meeting was pretty
tame after we finalized the charities.  I contacted my accountant to get
the process started for paying for the venue and the band cost.  All told
it'll set me back nearly $25 million.  But he said I could get a huge tax
break for doing it as a donation for a charity.  I was thinking about these
issues and a few other things, and got lost in thought.

"So Dale.  How do you like Orlando?"  I came back to reality to notice that
Johnny had just asked me a question.

"Well, it's a great town.  When do the guys head back out from their long
weekend to finish this leg of the tour?"

"They'll be flying out to Denver day after tomorrow.  This part of the tour
finishes up 5 weeks later.  Then there's going to be a nearly three month
down-time so everyone can rest and recover."  He leaned back in the chair,
then swiveled to face the guys.  "Okay gang, we have to figure out if you
want to lose one of your break days or if you want to squeeze an extra date
into the tour."  The grumblings that came out of the guys kind of scared me
at first.  Then when I saw that Joey was smiling at me.  After a few
minutes, they decided to just add an extra day to the tour because as Chris
put it.  "There is no way in hell I'm giving up a day of my vacation with
Busta if I can help it."

I told Johnny that I wanted to stay down there until the guys went back
out.
  He looked at me without saying anything for a few minutes...then told me
that it was fine with him.  He then recommended a few good restaurants and
tourist attractions around the area that I'd probably like.  As the meeting
broke up, Joey and Lance stayed behind for a few minutes to talk to
Johnny...then caught up with us at the elevator.

"Okay guys.  Now that we're all on better speaking terms.  What now?
You'll be taking off in two days, but I don't want you to feel that you
have to stick with me.  I'm perfectly content to explore Orlando on my
own..."

I felt someone swat the back of my head.  I turned to glare at Joey,
because somehow I just knew it was him.  "Well, you and I are going to go
do something early evening.  We'll probably meet up with the guys and head
out to a club or something."

Nothing more was said as we went back to the hotel.  Only four of us got
out there.  Justin said that he and JC were going shopping, so would meet
up with us that evening before going out.  Chris and Lance went off to go
look over some ideas for Chris' clothes line.  He was getting ready to meet
with his designers and wanted a few things to show them.  As they walked
away, Lance looked over his shoulder, and he looked a little hurt.

"Hey guys, wait a second."

They stopped walking and turned around.  I ran to them and pulled Chris
into a hug.  "Thanks for being so nice."  He murmered that it was no
problem and patted my back.  Then I pulled Lance into a tight hug and
whispered into his ear.  ""Thanks for being you Scoop.  You're truly a
sweet and handsome man.  Want to come by my room later for a nightcap?"
His ear turned red as he began blushing.  I broke the hug and stepped back.
"See you guys later!"

As I walked back to Joey, he looked so cute.  I pulled him into a tight
embrace, and since no one could see my face, I nuzzled his neck.  He
shuddered as he took me in his arms.  Breaking the hug, I turned and looked
into his gorgeous face.

"Dale, what was that for?"

"Oh no reason.  Let's go upstairs."  As we headed into the elevator, and
the door closed...he made his move.  Grabbing me and propelling me until my
back was in the wall, he planted a passionate kiss on my lips.  Gladly
feeling his lips touching mine, and his tongue entering my mouth, I moaned
and wrapped my arms around him.  Coming up for air, he looked into my eyes.
Suddenly the bell dinged.  Our floor!  SHIT!!

Breaking away from each other, we did a check to make sure there was
nothing incriminating about how we looked.

We made it down the hall with nothing happening, and I was just unlocking
my door when my cell rang.

"Hello?"

"Hey Honey!  How's my favorite son doing?"

"Oh, hey mom.  How's things in Montana?  Do you like your new jeep?"  I
walked in and shut the door, then felt it hit my arm as it was flung back
open.  "OUCH!  Sonofabitch!!!"  Joey came through the door, looking
contrite at pushing it too hard.

"What Dale?  What is it?"

"Nothing mom.  Just hit my arm by accident on the door.  I'll be fine."
Glaring at Joey, I told her I loved her and hung up the phone.

"Dale, I am SO sorry!!! I didn't know I pushed the door that hard."  I just
sat there for a second, then sat back on the bed.  He came up to me and
wrapped his arms around me.  Gotta admit it, it felt damn nice.

Turning to look at him, I took his face in my hands and gently kissed his
lips.  As our kiss deepened, we fell back onto the bed and he ended up on
top of me.  Wrapping my tongue around his, I ran my hands down his body,
one of them stopping to cup his ass.

I broke away after a few minutes, panting from the situation.  Turning him
over onto his back, I was on top.  "So Joey, what did you have in mind for
tonight?"

"Tonight?? Um, yeah.  Almost forgot.  That was a damn nice kiss Dale!"  He
leaned his head up to try and kiss me again, but I pulled back.  I smiled
at the frown on his face.

"Nuh uh hon, if you want any more sugar you gotta woo.  Remember?  Now,
about tonight?"

Joey sat back so his back was against the headboard.  I snuggled up between
his legs and he wrapped his legs around me.  "Well, I think that we could
go to dinner and then a movie.
  Or would you rather just drive around?"

I sat there, running my hands on his arms, enjoying the feel of his arms
around me.  "HHM...how about both?  We could do dinner, then drive around
for a bit.  Then if it's not too late a movie?  If it runs too late we can
always skip a movie and meet up with the guys."

We sat there, enjoying the closeness of each other for a few minutes.  When
I finally had to break away from him.  "Honey, I have to shower.  I'll be
right back."

I got up reluctantly and headed to the bathroom.  I looked back and winked
at the gorgeous man I saw staring at me.

I was in the shower, relaxing under the water...when I heard the door
opening to the bathroom.  I didn't say anything.  Just started singing the
words I knew to "I Drive Myself Crazy"

I felt arms start lightly running up and down my back, and slowly wrap
around my waist.  I stopped singing and turned around.  There, looking
quite handsome in the buff...was Joey.  "Surprise Dale".  He leaned in to
kiss me, but the look on his face was uncertain, like he didn't know how
I'd react.

I leaned against the shower wall, and placed my arms around his waist.
Lightly kissing him.  "Honey, if you wanted to join me all you had to do is
ask."  A radiant grin appeared on his face.  "But nothing major is going to
happen yet.  I'm sorry if that upsets you Joey.  But my mom taught me to
take things slow.  When it does happen I want it to be special."

He leaned in, and as his tongue entered my mouth, and his hand went down to
gently run down my thigh and grab my ass.  I reveled in the sensation.  At
last...we're together.