Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 00:56:38 EDT
From: Adam - <aci_85@hotmail.com>
Subject: Love Interest

Disclaimer - This story is about homosexuality, involving celebrities.
Including NSYNC, Brittany Spears, and Christina Aguilera. If you do not
agree with homosexuality, you don't want to read about those celebrities, or
you are under age in your area, please do not continue.

You have now been warned, if you wish to continue, then go ahead. Hope you
enjoy.

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JC wasn't a closet homosexual. His friends, and family were all aware of his
sexuality, and all of them were okay to his believes. It seemed to effect
his best friend of 8 years the least. Justin minded little if any that JC
was gay. He still loved the way the older man soothed him, or put him to
sleep. And the physical touch was something he wasn't willing to give up.

Now the whole group of friends sat patiently in the living room of Lynn
Harless's home awaiting JC to put the video they had rented into the vcr.
Chris and his long-time girlfriend Dani were seating tightly together on a
chair. Joey and Lance were sitting casually talking on a small couch,
Brittany on Lance's lap smiling. Christina was sprawled out on the floor, a
blanket over her body. Justin was waiting on the other couch, playing with
his hair. He was dreading the movie about to start.

"Alright, prepare to listen to Justin scream for days with Scream!" Joey
yelled as the movie came up on the screen. Every one broke out into laughter
except for Justin, who turned red and mumbled something under his breath.
"What was that Just? Couldn't hear you over your heart pounding." He teased
again, Justin turning red again, and not even opening his mouth to
retaliate.

"Don't worry Curly." Justin looked up and smiled. JC took a seat next to the
younger man, and knew what to expect. And sure enough within minutes
Justin's head was buried into JC's chest, already frightened from what was
going on. He knew what was ahead of him though. His parents were out of
town, and while all of the talent in the room had the week off, they decided
to sleep at the house together. Which meant torture and practical jokes for
another 12 hours or more.

The clock slowly ticked down and two hours had passed since the movie had
started. Now over, every one was still wide awake, laughing and joking about
the movie. While Justin cautiously pulled his head off of JC's chest.

"Well Just, did ya like it?" Chris asked innoncently.

"Of course he didn't, he didn't even watch it. He was too scared to even
look once." Joey teased like earlier.

"Awwwww." Christina joined in on the joke, loving that she wasn't the most
scared out of the group. Even Brittany, Dani, and herself were able to live
through the movie, after all it was just about the only movie they ever
watched, because every one knew how Justin reacted to it.  And they loved to
tease him about it.

"Maybe we should lay up off of him. I don't know about you guys, but I sure
as hell don't wanna feel the pain after we make him cry." Lance joked,
slapping Chris on the arm jokingly.

"You better be afraid, I'm bigger then all ya'll." Justin laughed, surprised
that they were going to stop.

"Don't take that to your head little man. We were talking 'bout Josh. He'd
whoop us if we made you cry." Brittany joined in, with a big laugh from the
group.

"Shut up." Justin hissed, for now he would play along with the jokes and
teasing. He always did for the beginning, until they got serious, that's
when he would insist on going to bed. JC just laughed, he liked watching
Justin get upset, he had a certain cuteness to him when he got pissed off.
"What are you laughing at?" JC was caught off guard by Justin's question.

"Nuttin'." JC lied, and it was obvious. But Justin just shrugged, and
smiled.

"Well I don't know about you guys. But I seriously think we should talk
about sleeping arrangments. Cuz I am getting a little tired myself." Lance
managed a fake yawn.

"What are you talking about? Couples get dibs. Chris you and Dani can have
Lynn and Paul's bedroom. Lance, Britt you can have Justin's. Um, Christina,
Joey, you get the living room. And Justin and I will bunk up in my room.
Since Justin would end up there with a nightmare anyways." JC chimed in on
the joking, much to Justin's displeasure. It was true, but Justin hated to
be teased for it.

"That's no fair! You two aren't a couple, so you gotta stay down here with
Crissy and me." Joey protested, he always did hate to be left alone with
just one person.

"Too bad, my room, my rules." JC said in his best tone of maturity.

"Whatever."

"Don't worry Joe, I won't bite ya." Every one got a laugh at Joey's expense
from Christina's joke. Justin was loosening up, he was thinking maybe they
weren't going to be so bad to him this time.

"Girl talk in the kitchen." Every one stopped, startled by Brittany's
interruption of the conversation going on. "We'll be back in a minute or
two." Dani and Christina followed her into the kitchen.

"Alright, let's see what this place has to drink." Brittany opened the
refrigerator, finding only a few wine coolers. "Well these will have to do
while we have this talk." She smiled, and handed the two ladies bottles of
there own.

"What is this talk about again?" Dani smiled, hoping to remind Brittany that
she had not told them yet.

"Simple, first, how are we gals gonna scare Justin this time? And then we
gotta find out who Crissy's got her eyes on." Brittany smiled answering the
question, and took a sip of the wine cooler.

"Well what if we wait till he goes up for bed and then we get some black
sweatshirts and we throw them on. We wait for about ten minutes while he
sleeping, we head outside, and throw rocks at the window. He'll look out and
freak when he sees figures dressed in black." Christina smiled, confident
her idea was a winner.

"Sorry Crissy, he won't get up to look. He'll make Josh do it, and Josh will
know it is us anyways." Brittany shot down the idea right away.

"Let's just leave him alone this time. I'm tired of making him cry, then we
just have to listen to a lecture from JC." Dani got a look of boredom on her
face, and expressed her opinion.

"Do I detect some guilt? Come on girl, you aren't serious? Are you? I mean
this is something we do every time, we gotta make the little baby cry."
Brittany laughed, and Christina followed her lead.

"Well, what if we just hide under the bed and freak him out. Nothing to
detailed, but just quick and easy." Christina hoped her idea this time would
work.

"Alright, nothing special just a scare from under the bed?" Brittany asked,
hoping for an approval from the table.

"Yep" Christina shook her head in agreement.

"Whatever." Dani agreed against her will.

"Then there we go." Brittany chimed. "Now what about you Crissy? Any love
interests lately?"

"Well, maybe just one. But he doesn't seem interested." She casually
answered the question, hoping it would be taken off of her.

"Who?" Dani requested.

"Uh, well, maybe, sorta, Joey." She whispered out, embarrassed by the
question.

"Joey!" Dani screamed out, before catching herself. "I mean Joey?"

"Yeah, I don't know. He's just, adorable." All the while Christina answered,
Brittany sat idly by.

"That's cool Crissy, what 'bout Justin?" Brittany spoke up, breaking the
topic at hand.

"He's cute and all, but not my type." Christina replied as nicely as she
could.

"No, not if you like him. But I mean, do you think he likes any one?" She
asked the question she was really thinking.

"Why Brittany Spears, you are dating a fine young man yourself. What would
Lance say if he knew you were questioning your relationship with him for
Justin?" Dani questioned, jumping into the new conversation.

"No, you're missing the point. I don't know, maybe it's just me, but I think
he might be starting to return the feelings for Josh." Brittany was
surprised she was able to say what she had been thinking.

"How's that? They are always touch feely like that." Christina asked.

"Well, I mean, usually he would complain about scary movies, even if JC is
here. But this time he just cuddled up to JC right away without an
arguement. He didn't argue about giving up his bed like he usually does. And
he didn't once yell at us for making fun of him, he just stayed close to
JC."

"He always stays close to JC." Dani interrupted trying to argue the point.

"But he talks to other people too, and he isn't tonight." Brittany
interjected.

"Whatever Britt. Sorry but I don't see it. Justin would know if he was gay.
I mean, his best friend is, and he is with him all the time. Don't you think
he would have come to that realization already?" Dani replied, keeping up
her side of the arguement.

"I don't know, theres a special some one out there for every person. And I
really think Justin's special some one is Josh, I just think he needs help
to realize it." Brittany smiled, an evil grin crossing her face.

"Oh no girl, we are not going to play match makers, and neither are you."
Christina joined in on Dani's view point.

"Come on, please!" Brittany started to innocently beg. "I know JC says he is
cool with just being Justin's best friend, but ya'll know he wants more."

"That isn't any of our business. And anyways, how would you go about getting
them together?" Dani couldn't help but roll her eyes, Christina was falling
right into Brittany's trap.

"Um, well I bet if we scare Justin, we can get him to cry. Then while JC is
comforting him, we can just hope that Justin gets the hint that he too wants
more from his friend." Brittany eyed Christina for a sign of agreement.

"I guess it couldn't hurt, it's not like we would be doing anything directly
to affect them. Just a joke turned into a love match." Dani sighed, it was
too late. Christina was into the trap, and she knew she too would have to go
along with it.

"Alright, what ever, can we go back to the guys. Before they think we are
interested in each other." Dani broke the other girl's snickers.  She walked
out of the kitchen the girls following. Brittany holding two new wine
coolers. 'These couldn't hurt' she thought to herself as she rushed through
the kitchen door.

"What took you girls so long? And who would those drinks be for?" Lance
questioned as Brittany took a seat on his lap. He went to grab one, and she
pulled it away.

"Not you baby. These are for Justin, since ya know he's scared. We thought
these would calm him down." Brittany stood and walked to Justin. She handed
him the bottles, and he took them cautiously. He made sure to turn and see
what JC was doing. The older man just smiled, it wasn't like him to let
Justin drink, but he figured what the hell. Just two bottles wouldn't hurt
him.

"Thanks" Justin smiled, and took them from her. He set the one down, and
opened the other. He took a sip, and smiled. Conversations picked up among
the group as time slipped farther and farther by. By the time 2 in the
morning rolled by, Joey and Christina were asleep on one of the couches.
Lance and Brittany had left for the bedroom, and so had Chris and Dani.
There plans of scaring Justin gone, sleep overtaking them with out even
remembering them. Justin was passed out on JC's shoulder, JC still awake
flipping through the tv channels. The tv on mute as not to wake any of his
friends still in the room. Looking up and catching the time, he figured it
would be best if he and Justin made there way to the bedroom. Hoping not to
wake the blond, he scooped him up, and slowly made his way to and up the
steps. Once inside his room, he set down Justin, and slid into bed himself.
Justin instinctively spooned up against JC's back, and without hesitation JC
wrapped an arm around the younger man, and nestled in for some sleep.

"Boo!"

"Awww!" Justin let out a small yell, before realizing the figure before him
was only that of Brittany's. "You suck."

"Yeah, but only for Lancy-Poo" She smiled, and even Justin couldn't help but
laught at the joke.

"What are you doing up?" He questioned, breaking the laughter.

"I should ask the same thing about you. You never wake up for no reason."

"I couldn't sleep, I had a nightmare and I didn't want to wake up Josh. so I
came to get a drink of water." He replied, now waiting in turn for
Brittany's answer.

"Why didn't you want to wake up Josh?" No such luck came from that hope
though.

"I don't know, just didn't feel like it. I don't like to wake him, he gets
all worried about me and ends up staying up watching me to make sure I don't
start freaking out in my sleep." Justin answered, now hoping he could get an
answer from Brittany.

"He's just looking out for ya kiddo. He loves you."

"Don't remind me." Brittany barely heard the soft voice that spoke the
words. But she caught them none the less.

"What?"

"I'm sorry that he loves me. It's not fair for him, he has all this love for
me. And I can't reciprocate it for him, I like woman, and because of that he
misses out."

"Give a shot then."

"What?" It was Justin's turn to become confused.

"Give him a shot, you two show alot of love for each other Justin. And I
really think you would probably enjoy being with him." Brittany answered the
question calmly, looking at Justin for a reaction.

"Um, I don't know Britt, it would be really awkward." Justin really didn't
know what to say. He didn't want to say yes, but at the same time he found
himself having the hardest time saying no. He wanted to hit himself for the
loss of words, and he knew that Brittany would sooner or later catch on to
his confusion.

"Well, just a suggestion." She shrugged and walked out of the kitchen,
leaving Justin speechless. He took a final sip from his water, and put the
glass in the sink. Shaking his head, he made his way out of the kitchen and
up the steps. Back in JC's room, he slid into the bed, and spooned back into
JC's body.

"Night Josh." He smiled, even through the talk that just went down, he
realized that he had one thing in life. Josh, no matter what the decision he
made they would be together some how for ever.

"Morning kiddo" Justin smiled, taking a seat at the kitchen table. JC,
Brittany, Lance, Joey, and Dani were already dy snacking away. And he didn't
really have an apetite for his usual cereal for that matter anything really.

"Where's Chris and Chrissy?" He questioned, resting his head on JC's
shoulder.

"Well, Chris is still asleep." Dani smiled, answering the question about her
man.

"And Chrissy is taking a shower." Joey replied for Christina, seemingly
annoyed that she was first in.

"I go next." Justin shouted quickly, thinking he had fooled everybody.

"Sorry boy, you are last. I'm next, then Britt, then Lance, then Dani, then
JC and finally you." Joey smiled, laughing at how the youngest NSYNCers
smile quickly faded.

"No fair, I wasn't up to call a spot." Justin pouted. "I'm not gonna get any
hot water if I go last."

"You should have thought about that, and woken up earlier." Brittany laughed
at him, not really in the mood to hear whining so early in the morning.

"Well it's my house, and I say I'm going next." Justin folded his arms with
a smile across his face.

"Just, that ain't fair and you know it. You can have my spot though, I've
got a date." JC smiled, hoping Justin would be happier to get an earlier
spot.

"What?" Brittany almost choked on her food when JC finished speaking.

"Justin can have my spot, I've got a date." JC repeated, slower then he
usually would hoping to get a laugh.

"With who? Where at? When? What sex?" Brittany questioned quickly.

"A guy Bobbie knows, and we are going to lunch and then for a walk. Around
11, and he is a guy if you didn't catch that already. Last time I checked I
was still gay." JC laughed, and he got the same reaction from everybody in
the room except for Justin and Brittany. Justin removed his head from JC's
shoulder, and JC shrugged it off, while Brittany cringed at the sight.

"Well, I hope you have fun." Dani smiled, standing. "I think Chrissy is out
of the shower, if you don't get in there Joey I'm gonna rush to beat you."
She laughed, making her way out of the kitchen and towards the living room,
Joey running up the steps to the shower.

"I should get going too, I have to pick him up in about twenty minutes." JC
smiled, and walked out of the kitchen. Brittany looked over at a more
depressed Justin. Lance was the only other person in the room, and he was
sitting right next to her, and he was obviously not paying attention to the
room.

"Lance, would you go grab me my sweats from the bedroom?" She used puppy dog
eyes to convince Lance, and with out further words Lance left, for his task.
"Justin, what's wrong?" Standing she took a seat next to him, waiting for an
answer. Instead she got a very sad pair of blue eyes, tears almost in them.

"I don't know Britt, I just really don't know."

"You were fine when you came down. Was it something some one said?" Brittany
knew what she was trying to get at.

"I don't know, I was fine. But, well...I really don't know Britt."

"It's okay Just, was it something JC said?"

"It's not Josh's fault that he's got a date, I know that. He can't go on
loving me forever, it wouldn't be fair to him. I could never return that
love, but I guess I'm just a little bit jealous. Almost like whoever he gets
will take him away from me." Justin managed to get out what he was thinking,
but was surprised by the still happy looking face of Brittany.

"Are you sure you aren't jealous for another reason Justin? I know you say
you can't love him like that. But why not? I think you can Justin, I think
you do. I just think you aren't seeing it." Brittany finally let out her
opinion, hoping not to offend Justin, but at the same time make him think
about what she was saying.

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TBC.....