Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:12:47 -0700
From: D R <shywriterboy29@hotmail.com>
Subject: Boy Bands - That Day Chapter 2

Ok everyone, here is the second chapter of my little story.
Thank you to those who have sent me feedback and
encouragement.  It means a lot.  I'm glad you all are
enjoying this story.

I would LOVE any feedback you would like go give me. I'm new
and have a lot to learn too.

Please email them to Shywriterboy29@hotmail.com

Disclaimer

This story is totally fictional and is not meant to imply
anything about the personalities of NSYNC or any other
celebrities mentioned. If you are under the age of 18,
offended by male/male material, or it is illegal to view
such materials in your area, you should be leaving now.  If
you are looking
for a story with lots of sex, this is not the story for you
then! This is a story of love and friendship.  Sure there
will be sex, but it will not be an all out orgy every story.

With that said I hope you enjoy the story!!

NOW ON WITH THE SHOW!!!
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                          THAT DAY
                       By ShyWriterBoy

Chapter 2
My head was swimming as I floated through the warm
comfortable nothingness.  Where am I? I thought as my eyes
slowly opened on fuzzy light filled world.  As everything
began to come into focus I could see nothing but light.

Suddenly the face of a man appeared before me.  He was
saying something to me but I could not understand what he
was saying.  What I did understand however, was that this
man was nothing short of breathtaking.  Beautiful blonde
hair, gorgeous eyes and as the bright light shown from
behind him he looked quite angelic...angelic? Wait, maybe I
am dead, maybe he IS an angel.  If that is the case I am
happy to be wherever I am, as long as he is there with me.

I closed my eyes to process and savor this new reality when
it all hit me like a ton of bricks.  All at once my head was
killing me, the familiar smell of the hospital filled my
senses and I could hear people shouting all around me.
Based on the voices I heard there was a room full.  I could
hear Sylvia, Gina (Oh god), my patient Josh and a new voice
that I could not recognize.  They were all shouting at once
so I could not make out exactly what they were saying.  My
eyes were still closed and I wanted to keep them that way.
I don't know whether it was because my head hurt too badly
or I did not want to see the chaos that I was hearing.

Finally I relented and slowly opened my eyes.  The warm
welcoming light I previously saw had been replaced by the
glaring and often unfriendly hospital lights.  It took some
time to come into focus again, but when I did I was welcomed
with the same beautiful face that I saw before. I sat there
for a minute just taking in his face, so flawless, so
perfect.  Noticing that I was staring, he smiled warmly and
I felt a warm tingling sensation flow like a wave through my
body.

"Hey there, how are you feeling?" He said still smiling.

His voice sent shivers through my spine.  I was completely
entranced by him. Like a moth attracted to a flame, I was
dumbfounded.  In my stupor I looked at him and asked, "Am I
dead?  Have I gone to heaven?"



It was at that time that my being conscious had dawned on
the rest of the people in the room as I heard Gina Squeal to
my right "CCCooooodddyyyyy!!!  You're awake"

Still staring at the man in front of me, I sighed and said,
"Nope, I'm in HELL!!"

In one swift move Gina was at my side pushing that angel of
a man nearly off the bed, and was fawning all over me.
Grabbing my hand she started cooing, "Oh Cody darling, I was
so scared for you.  I heard all the commotion and made my
way in here and saw the scene. Immediately I rushed in here
and to your side.  Is there anything you need, anything I
can do?"

I was aghast at her audacity and rudeness.  Not only had she
crossed the line in her actions, I could not believe her
behavior towards the blonde headed man.

With rage in my eyes I quickly snapped my hand out of hers,
"First of all, who the hell do you think you are treating
this man like that.  Second, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THIS
ROOM, why are you here? And third, the best thing for you to
do is get the fuck away from
me.  I do not need anything from you nor do I want anything
from you, AND I NEVER WILL!!"

The look on her face was priceless.  You would have thought
I slapped her.  Unmoving however, she sat there and stared
at me.

"How could you dare treat me that way after all I have done
for you?" She said with coldness to her voice. "Why do you
say such things to me? I'm just trying to be there for you.
We belong together.  I am not leaving!!"

I opened my mouth to respond when I heard, "LIKE HELL YOUR
NOT LEAVING!!"

I look over to my right and will never forget what I saw.
Sylvia, who had witnessed the whole thing, had had about
enough, and boy you could tell.  She is never the type to
get angry and yell.  She is always the calm one.  But when
she is forced to that point, you better duck and cover cause
the proverbial shit is about to hit the fan.

"I will not sit here another minute and listen to crap,
Gina.
You're acting like a complete idiot and Cody is right, you
have neither the clearance nor the need to be in this room.
You have 4.5 seconds to leave this room, or I will have a
talk with the head of Volunteer Services and discuss your
need to even be volunteering at this hospital."

Everyone, including Gina, sat there stunned.  I don't think
I have ever heard Sylvia get this enraged bout anything and
no one dare say a word.

Without a word, Gina stood up, looked at me, then over to
Sylvia, and headed for the door.  She stopped at the door
turned to me and said "This is far from over Cody.  I will
get even with you for this and I WILL get what I want."

Sylvia cleared her throat loudly and pointed towards the
door.  Gina glared at her and quietly left.

I wanted to start applauding loudly for what I had just
witnessed but the throbbing pain in my head was too much and
I let out a groan and closed my eyes.

"I can't believe her nerve," Sylvia said coming over to the
bed. "That is that last thing that you need to worry about
right now. How's your head baby-boy?"

"Can't you just kill me now?  That is how my head is" I
whined.

"Here take these for your head," said handing me some large
pills. "You probably have a mild concussion.  Dr. Edwards
wanted me to come get him when you were awake.  Sit tight
and I will go see if I can speed him up a little."

Sylvia left the room leaving me and the blonde man alone.
He moved up closer to me on the bed and I scanned the room
for Josh but he was nowhere to be found. I looked over to
the beautiful blonde, still taken by his beautiful features,
and sheepishly asked? "Um, no offense, but who are you?"

Still with that unwavering smile he very politely replied
"My name is Lance, I am a band mate of J.C.'s."

"Wait," I asked, confused. "Who is Josh?"





Lance started laughing, "Again let me apologize.  J.C. is
Josh.  He shortened his name for the group.  My real name is
James but that is reserved for good friends and family.  I
go by Lance for the band. It's actually my middle name.  It
all can get kind of confusing."

"Oh thank god!" I said with a sigh of relief.  "I thought
for a minute there that my brain really DID get scrambled
when I hit my head.  Speaking of hitting my head, where is
the new Heavyweight Champion anyway?"

"When you were knocked unconscious, he panicked.  Josh does
not do well with hospitals anyway, so when he saw you go
down and knew that he caused it, he panicked, yelled for me.
When everyone came into the room he just kind of stood
there, watching and pacing the floor. When you finally came
to, he disappeared.  I think he feels awful about what he
did."

My heart instantly broke when I heard Lance say that.  To
think that Josh was taking this whole situation so badly,
and panicked like he did, made me feel guilty.  It is just
me I thought to myself no one should get that worked up over
little old me.  Shit like this happens frequently to me.
I'm used to it.  I'm so not worth worrying about.  (Ok I
know I have issues, but when you have lived a life like
mine, some issues are harder to work through than others.
I'm surviving and that is all that matters.)

"Lance," I said trying to get up. "I have to go find him and
talk to him." The problem was, the second I tried to get up
my head told me that that was a very bad idea.  I got very
light headed and fell back onto the mattress holding my
head.

"I don't even think so." Lance said getting up.  "I will go
find him for you.  You just lay here and relax.  Are you
comfortable?  Do you need anything while I'm gone?"

"A sledgehammer or something to knock me completely out
would be heavenly. I don't know if I can stand this headache
much longer."

"Just think of something beautiful." He said with a smile.
"Take yourself to a happy place and try to concentrate on
that. It works for me when I get a bad headache.  It may not
make the pain go away, but it does make it easier to bear."

Think of something beautiful huh? Do you think it would be
too foreword to tell him that I would be thinking of him?
HELLO, WAKE UP CODY, STOP THINKING LIKE THAT.  You know
nothing about this man so stop before you make a bigger ass
of yourself.

"Thanks Lance, I will try that." I replied as Dr. Edwards
came into the room.

"Well I am going to go try and find Josh. I will be back
shortly." With that Lance smiled his hypnotic smile and left
the room.

"WOW," I said out loud, causing a confused look on Dr.
Edwards face. I have never met or seen anyone like Lance
before in my life.  I don't think that I have felt my heart
beat that fast EVER!!

Of course I could not tell any of this to Dr. Edwards, so to
alleviate his confusion I tried to play it off as casually
as possible. "Sorry Doc, I was referring to this enormous
pain in my head."

"Cody, Cody, Cody." Dr. Edwards said sarcastically. "When I
hired you on here and told you to get into your work, I did
not literally mean to have that much of a knock out time of
it."

"Oh you so funny, funny man." I said in my worst Chinese
accent. "Just do your magic and make it stop, OK."

Dr. Edwards, laughing, gave me the whatsoever, checking my
vitals, my breathing and making sure I did not break
anything on my body or in the room on the way down.  When he
was finished he looked at me and said, "Well, short of
knocking you out completely, there is not much more I can
do."

"I'm all for being knocked out completely.  Where do I
sign?" I said still holding my head in my hands.

"You know just as well as I do, Cody, that I can't do that.
You may have a concussion so I need you to be as awake as
possible. I want you to stay at least overnight for
observation.  I will give you some more medicine to dull the
pain.  You are allowed to sleep, however, a nurse will be in
to wake you up every two hours to make sure your ok"

"Oh alright doc, if you insist." I replied.

"I will send Sylvia in to get you settled and I'll be back
later tonight to check on you.  Try to get some rest."  With
that, Dr Edwards left.

I laid there and wanted to cry.  This day had been one of
the worst I have had in a long long time.  First I walk in
to a lobby full of people, I have had 3 run in's with Gina,
been knocked unconscious and now I have to spend the night
in the hospital. I closed my eyes and pleaded to myself
Please, Please, Please, let at least one thing go right
today.

It was at that moment that Lance came back with Josh in tow.
My eyes were still closed when they walked into the room and
I heard Josh gasp, "Oh My God, Lance, is he.dead?"

"No Josh, I am not dead." I said smiling and opening my
eyes. "Your punch had some power behind it, but I don't even
think that you are that powerful."

A wave of relief washed over Josh as he realized that I was
still there.  Once it sunk in that I was ok, he immediately
hung his head in shame and it, again, broke my heart.

"Josh, stop.  You in no way shape or form meant for this to
happen. People react in different ways when dealing with
shots and needles and blood.  Granted, I have never had
anyone completely knock me out before, but I hold no grudges
and I am not mad at you in any way.  I will survive and life
will go on.  So please, for my sake, stop worrying.  I'm not
the type to worry over anyway."

That last comment caused a look of confusion on both of
their faces. Maybe I shouldn't have said it, but it was one
of those things that escape the lips before you stop to
think what you said.

They came over, pulled up some chairs, and sat next to the
bed.  The confused look had left Josh's face but he still
looked hurt.  Lance, however, was quick to speak.

"You're not worth worrying about?" He said with a stern look
on his face. "I know that I don't know you at all, but I
don't ever want to hear you say something like that again.
You seem like a wonderful person and you deserve to be just
as happy as anyone."

Well, there goes my heart again.  Boy this guy is good.

"I'm sorry you guys," I said with a frown. "It has been one
of those days that seems like nothing is going right.  It's
just hard to stay positive sometimes."

"Well keep trying, because life is too short to waste it
away worrying about the small stuff." He said patting my
leg. The touch of his hand sent electricity through my body.
I could sense he felt it too cause he jumped slightly at the
touch.

Lance sat down next to Josh as Josh ask, "Cody, I still feel
really bad about what happened.  Would you allow me to make
it up to you?
I want to give you tickets and backstage passes to our show
on Thursday.  As well as take you to a nice dinner for all
the trouble I've caused."

"Josh, that is not necessary.  It was an accident and you
have nothing to apologize for.  Besides, I don't want you
spending all your money on."

The loud clearing of the throat and the stern look on Lances
face stopped me from finishing that last comment.  This is
obviously going to be harder than I thought, regarding me
higher than I have in the past, and Lance is not going to
let me get away with shit.

I rolled my eyes and replied, "Ok, Ok, I'm sorry.  I won't
finish that sentence."

"Thank You," Lance smiled.

"Look you two, it's a very thoughtful gesture, but I'm going
to be ok.  I have to stay here in the hospital overnight for
observation, and then I'm going to take the rest of the week
off.  That's plenty of time to get back into the groove of
things and be back to 100% by Monday."

"You are going to have the rest of the week off?" Lance
asked.

I nodded a yes

"Then it's settled.  Josh, Joey, another band mate of ours,
and I will pick you up for dinner tomorrow night at 7.  If I
may get your phone number so I can call you ahead of time
with the details.  We will also plan on you being in
attendance at the concert on Thursday.  Before you even
start, there is no room for discussion on this, you are
going and that is final."

Dumbfounded again at his beauty I uttered another audible
"WOW."

"What was that for?" Josh asked.

Afraid of embarrassing myself I had to again quickly come up
with some sort of answer.

"I guess I have been told." I said giggling. "And, since I
don't have any say in the matter, I would be happy to join
you guys for dinner as well as attend the concert.  It may
be a nice change to my boring life.  I thank you again."

"You're very welcome." They both said simultaneously.

We exchanged phone numbers and I promised Lance to keep his
a secret.  We talked a little while longer before I finally
gave in to the exhaustion that was setting in.

"Well boys, I hate to end our little talk but I'm getting
very very tired." I said yawning." Can we pick this
conversation up tomorrow night?"

"Sure we can," Josh said.  "We need to get going anyway."

"I'll call you tomorrow Cody with all the arrangements for
dinner and such." Lance retorted.

"I look forward hearing from you." I replied with a smile.

Josh, again, got a solemn look on his face.

"Cody, I want to say again how sorry I am.  I truly did not
mean for this to happen."

"Josh, again I ask for you to please stop worrying about it.
I'm fine and we will all have a good time at dinner
tomorrow.  I'm not mad I promise." I said that in the best
upbeat tone I could muster, considering the war going on in
my head still.

"Much Better!" Lance said with a wink.  I just smiled.

"Thank you for saying that Cody," Josh replied.  "It means a
lot to me."

We said out goodbyes and they left.  I closed my eyes and
tried to fall asleep but the pain was too strong.  I pressed
the call button and Sylvia came in.

"You ok baby-boy?"

"No, I'm not." I said as tears started welling up in my
eyes.  "I can't stand that pain anymore."

"You bumped your head rather hard my dear." Sylvia replied
"Ill give you something a little stronger to try and dull
the pain some more, but you may just have to grit your teeth
and bear it as much as you can. Ill be right back"

"Ok, I'll try. Hurry though." I said as a single tear
streamed down my cheek.

Remembering what Lance said, I tried to find my beautiful,
happy place.  I tried to find that place that was uniquely
mine, my own private happiness, but as hard as I tried, I
could not find a thing or a place that did not have him in
it.  How could a guy that I have barley met affect me this
much?  What does this mean?  Am I crazy? Am I falling for
him?  Is he gay? That was just way too many thoughts to
process on my already bruised and battered mind.  I pushed
the questions aside and concentrated on my happy place.

Sylvia came back with some stronger drugs and I took them
and lay back down to try and sleep.  Sylvia said that she
would be in every two hours to wake me up, and to just
relax.

The first few hours of sleep I got were restless.  I woke up
often and then when I finally did get to sleep, Sylvia was
waking me up.
I tried not to let it make me cranky but no sleep makes Cody
a bitter boy.  Finally, towards the end of the evening,
Sylvia came in to wake me up and let me know that Dr Edwards
had come in while I was sleeping and determined that I was
going to be fine.  He still wanted me to stay there
overnight but I could finally get a good nights rest without
the two hour interruptions.  I thanked Sylvia and rolled
over to get some well needed sleep.


By that time the pain in my head and diminished to a dull
roar.  I closed my eyes and was immediately transported to
my happy place. That place of course had Lance in it.  What?
There is nothing wrong with dreaming about a gorgeous man,
and besides, if it makes the headache less painful, I say go
with it.
I was out like a light almost instantly.  When I woke up the
next morning it was 9 A.M.  My headache was gone and as I
rolled over to stretch and finish waking up I noticed a note
on the stand next to my bed.  I picked it up and it had my
name on the front.  I opened the folded paper and read what
was inside:

          Cody,

          I hope you don't mind but I came back last night
to check on you and make sure you were ok.  You   were
sleeping soundly when I  got here so I  decided not to
disturb you.  I hope you had a     good nights sleep and I
will talk to you later   tonight with the dinner plans.

          Talk to you soon
          Lance

My heart was once again racing out of my chest. I smiled and
sighed heavily. He was here last night?  He came back to
check on me?  I wonder how long he was here.  What does this
mean?

There were so many questions that I did not have answers to.
I felt, however, that time would soon let me know exactly
what I needed to know.  I would have to what is impossible
for me to do; wait patiently for those questions to be
answered.

                     **To Be Continued**