Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 02:07:53 GMT From: Suma L <sumacumlaude@hotmail.com> Subject: The Beauty 3 The Beauty Chapter 3 By: Suma L. ****DISCLAIMER**** This story isn't supposed to imply anything about the members of Nsync or anyone else involved in the story. This is all made up. In better English, IT'S NOT REAL! If you're too young in your area or it's illegal, then leave. If homosexual themes offend you then you may want to leave as well. Chapter 3 - A Scratch On The Surface The next day's rehearsal went horrible. Nobody seemed to be able to get his part right, and Fatima's yelling and screaming was beginning to be too much. "Joey! Speed it up! Chris! Slow it down! JC! Don't slouch! Lance! Smile! Justin! Perfect as usual!" Justin grinned after hearing Fatima say this. "Fatima's favorite." Chris hissed at Justin angrily. "Your just jealous, Christopher!" Justin hissed back, trying not to be heard by Fatima. She turned to glare at the two. "Uh oh..." Justin mumbled, stepping back to his starting position. "CHRIS! Stop bothering Justin! He needs to work, and so do you! One more time! We'll run through this, and then I just give up on you boys for today!" She yelled out. The music came through the large speakers and the guys went at it one more time. When it came time for the front kick, then back maneuver, Joey thought he could speed up by kicking faster and sliding down. He was beyond wrong. The minute his leg went up in the air, he felt something pull. He slunk to the ground whimpering in pain, and grabbing at his groin. "He hurt his crotch. Ha ha." Chris said aloud making sure everyone knew of his screw up. The group erupted in laughter for a moment. Lance finally calmed down a bit, and then walked over to help Joey up. "Hey, Joey. Here, give me your hand." Lance reached forward, and grabbed Joey's hand, pulling him up slowly. "I hate you guys..." Joey said with a groan. "I really do, OW!" He grabbed at his crotch again with the first step. "Okay, well then I guess that's it boys! LEAVE NOW! Rehearsal bright and early tomorrow! 7:00!" Fatima yelled, and then strode off through the back stage door. "7:00?!" Justin shrieked, and then pretended to faint. "Oh, shut up, Curly. C'mon guys, let's go get food before I die!" Chris said, and then took off hoping the others would follow. They did, slowly, Lance helped Joey walk to the car, or more or less limp there. JC, who had just stood back behind and watched everything, stayed behind with Justin for a moment. "Hey, Curly." He said with a smile patting Justin head seeing as Justin hadn't stood back up yet. "Hey, Josh. Help me up?" "Sure." JC laughed, and reached out his hand to help Justin up. Once Justin was back on his feet, JC noticed some dust from the stage on his butt. All he could do was laugh. "What?" Justin asked worriedly. JC pointed to the spot, but it didn't help. Justin turned to try and look at the back of his pants, but he looked more like a dog chasing its tail. JC could only laugher harder. "Okay, come here." Justin walked over to JC and turned around a bit. JC suddenly realized what he was about to do, and nervously reached down to wipe off the dust. 'Oh god! I'm touching his ass!' JC's mind screamed. Justin jumped a little at JC's touch. 'That didn't feel like he was brushing something off.' Justin sighed happily. "Is it off?" He asked in a whiney voice to cover his contentment with what had happened. "Yeah... It's gone now...." JC struggled to speak out the words. "JC, I." "Justin, why don't just you and I do something tonight that way we can talk!" JC said, cutting him off. "Yeah, I'd like that." "Where do you want to go?" "Someplace quiet where we can eat and talk." "Okay, how about I get tome Thai food to go, and we can go hang out at the beach?" "Sounds good. We better go before Chris kills us." "Good idea... RUN!" He yelled, and sped off to the door. 'God, he's so sexy! Even when he acts stupid!' JC thought to himself, and took off after the younger man. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back at the hotel, Lance, Joey, and Chris were making plans. "We've been ditched!" Chris whined. "They just wanted to have a little 'best-friend' party, let them! We'll have our own." "I want to go clubbing!" Joey cried out. Lance turned and glared at him unbeknownst to Chris. "Never mind! I want to do something here. Pay-per-view movies, and Chinese food, something like that. I don't know. Lance?" Lance's face lit up again. "Yeah, I like that idea. I want to see The Mummy. I know it's old, but I kind of like it." He looked around to find Chris and Joey giving him a weird look. "Okay, fine, then you two choose." "Out of Sight!" Chris called out, running to one of his bags to get the movie. "I never leave home without it! LOVE THIS MOVIE!" Chris jumped up and down for effect. Joey groaned, and then laid back on the bed. "Fine, we'll watch it. It's been, what, a day since I've last watched that? Yeah, that's right. You FORCED me to watch it." "You KNOW Jennifer Lopez it sexy, Joey, so shut up." "Oh do I? I had no idea." Joey said, turning to give Lance a smile. "Okay, whatever." Chris popped in the video and kicked back with a container of noodles. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The waves were beautiful as they crashed against the shore. JC and Justin laid on top of a blanket spread across the sand. They had just finished eating, and empty food containers were strewn about the sand. "Justin, do you want to talk now?" "I… yeah, okay." He began to get butterflies in his stomach. He wanted to tell JC that he was gay and had feelings for him, but maybe saying it all in one night would be a bad idea. "Okay, well, go ahead. I'm listening." "JC… I… I… okay wait, no matter what I tell you, please promise me that it won't affect our friendship?" "Yes, I promise. What is it, Justin?" JC said hurriedly. "Okay." Justin took a deep breath. "JC, I'm gay." JC heart almost skipped a beat as the words left Justin's mouth. "Like me? Justin, why didn't you ever tell me? I mean, I had no idea. You and Britney, I mean, I never suspected. I mean, well, you know. I don't know what I mean." JC was so unbelievably happy, and all he wanted to do was take Justin and kiss him as deep as he could. "I've known since we were on MMC. I… I had a crush on you." He began to blush quickly. JC couldn't think of anything to say so he let his body do the talking. He sat up, turned to face Justin, and then bent down again letting his lips touch Justin's softly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris had fallen asleep on the floor halfway through the movie. "Rehearsal killed him." Joey said with a smile, and pulled Lance up on the bed with him. "Come here…" He said with a seductive smile. Lance gladly complied with the order. "Joey, will we ever tell them?" "We have to. I know they'll accept us. They love us too much not to." "I hope your right." Joey leaned in and kissed Lance deeply. "I know they will, so don't worry about it. Hey, let's go to your room for a little while, okay? To, uh, let Chris sleep." "Yeah…" Lance said knowingly. "Let's go. And this time, I'll LOCK the door behind me." Joey pushed Lance off the bed, and ran into the other room. Lance followed, quietly shutting and locking the door behind him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The kiss only lasted a second, but Justin thought he died from it. He slowly opened his eyes, a look of shock showing through. JC backed away, fearing that Justin was going to reject him. "Don't…" Justin whispered, then reached up and pulled JC's face back down to his to kiss him more passionately than any kiss he'd ever had. Finally, they released each other, both panting for breath. "JC, I've wanted that, no, NEEDED that for so long. And to finally have it, well, I don't know what to say…" "I've needed it too, Justin." JC bent his head to kiss Justin again. "I love you, Justin." "I love you too, Josh." Then he paused to think. "Are we going to explain this to the others?" "We'll have to." "No, just for a little while longer, Josh, please? I mean, we've hid the fact that we are homosexual so well; can't we just hide this for a little while too?" JC looked down at Justin's pleading eyes, and his heart softened from his conviction. "Okay, a week or so." "How about the rest of the tour?" "How about not?" Justin pulled JC down and kissed him deeply, then released him so he could just stare into his eyes. "We'll try it for a few weeks. If it goes well, then a little longer. I don't know why you want to keep us a secret." "Because if it's a secret, it's something special between you and I. Different from any other couple. Plus, it's kind of adventurous, and that turns me on." JC bent down and kissed Justin softly. "So, you're my boyfriend now?" "Of course!" "Good." He smiled, and then stood up. "Justin, we really should clean up. Dirty cartons sitting around us are disgusting." "You just ruined the mood." Justin pouted. "Hey, I'm sorry. We have to get going back anyway." JC began to gather all the containers, and folded up the blanket as soon as Justin stood up. "I know. Josh, can I sleep in your bed tonight?" "Of course, now let's get going." They both headed back to the main road to hail a cab back to the hotel. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joey pulled away finally. He and Lance had been making out for almost 2 hours. "I should get back to my room." Joey finally said with a sigh. "Don't go, please, you can stay with me tonight." "How would I explain that to Chris?" "We'll keep the doors locked, and when you go back into the room in the morning, just tell him we were talking and then fell asleep." Joey thought for a moment. "Yeah, Chris would believe that. Okay, but only on one condition." "What's that?" "I get bottom." "Huh? WHOA!" Lance cried out as Joey rolled over onto his back pulling Lance on top of him. He kissed Lance deeply, and then pulled the covers up. "Comfortable?" "God, yes!" He bent to kiss Joey again, but was stopped by a finger to his lips. "No more. 7:00 Rehearsal tomorrow, remember?" "Don't remind me." "Blame me for it." Joey laughed remembering the kick. "Oh, don't worry. I will." "Goodnight." "Goodnight." And within minutes both were asleep. ------------------------ @->-- Okay, Chapter 3, DONE! I tried to make this one longer than what I've been doing. The next chapter may be longer than this. I really like the feedback I've been getting so far. Questions? Comments? SEND EM TO ME @ sumacumlaude@hotmail.com I'm trying to reply to everyone who sends me an email, so please, let me know what you think, and if you have any ideas for the next part. Even though I've been getting mixed letters about Lance & Joey's relationship, I think I'm going to keep it going. We'll see what happens next. (Yea! I finally got Justin & JC together like you guys asked!) Also, has anyone caught N'Sync's new, "This I Promise You," video? I want to see it, but I heard it was lame. Until next chapter, ---Suma ? sumacumlaude@hotmail.com