Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 16:54:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Chris <christopher_bass@yahoo.com>
Subject: "Everything I Own" part 2

DISCLAIMER:

Same Disclaimer as last time.  If you are underage from wherever country
you are in right now, please leave.  Also, if you don't like homosexual
romance and (eventually) sex, then also please leave.  Most of what are in
these stories are not real, although I wish a lot of it would happen to me
in real life.  If James Lance Bass reads this, then please e-mail me.  I
would love to get to know you REAL well.  I love you, James Lance Bass!

Before I start the next part of my story, I just wanted to thank all of the
people who e-mailed me with compliments about part one of my story, even
though the main character (me with a different last name) and Lance haven't
met yet.  Don't worry, it will happen this part.  All of your words meant a
lot to me.  If anyone who reads my story wants to give me some constructive
criticism or just compliment me, e-mail me at Mark_bass@yahoo.com.  Also,
if you have any story ideas, e-mail me at that address also.  Thanks!

I also want to apologize for one thing.  The first part got confusing
between the story being in first person and third person.  I will continue
the story in 3rd person.  If anyone thinks first person would be better,
e-mail me.  Also, I found out the hard way that having two people named
Chris was a little confusing for me, so I will be changing the name to
Mark.  Thanks for all of the support!

"Everything I Own"
By christopher_bass@yahoo.com

CHAPTER TWO

The audience could not believe how great Mark sounded.  They applauded and
cheered louder than Rosie's audience usually does.  They were shocked.
However, they were not as shocked as Mark was.  He could not believe he
made it through the whole song and not throw up.  He was floored that he
sounded so good.

He was not the only person who was shocked.  Joey, JC, and Chris sat down,
looking at the television with their mouths open widely.  Justin smiled
broadly.  Lance's business side came through immediately.  "Guys, I know
what to do about Justin's illness."

The rest of the guys were intrigued by what Lance said, with the exception
of Justin, who had fallen fast asleep on one of the couches in the dressing
room.  JC spoke first.  "What?"

Lance was very vague and would not answer Josh's question right away.  He
was a man of detail, sometimes a little too much detail.  He reminded the
group of several things.  "We all have to agree on this or we don't do it."

Chris was already getting restless and wanted to know what the idea
was. "What's your plan, Lance?"

Of course, Lance still didn't reveal his idea.  "Remember, however, that
it's just for this performance only...just these two songs."

JC had gone past restless like Chris was and went to very irritated at
Lance.  "James Lance Bass, just tell us what the fucking plan is!"  Lance
grew sad right away and looked towards the ground, frowning.  He hated
being yelled at by JC, who was his best friend.  JC didn't like yelling at
Lance either.  He was immediately sorry.  "I'm sorry, Lance.  You just have
the tendency to beat around the bush on occasion."  Lance looked up at JC
and smiled again.  "I'm sorry, too.  I know I do that.  I really should
work on breaking that.  I think to solve the problem about us being without
Justin today is get a guest singer."

Joey liked the idea, but he saw a problem.  "I like the idea, but there is
a problem.  Who do we get?  Someone from John's band?  If you are thinking
that, then we have another problem.  We haven't heard any of them sing."

"No, Joe, " Lance replied.  "It's not any of them.  I was thinking of
someone who probably knows all of our songs and maybe even some of our
moves."

Joey was still concerned.  "Can he sing?  OK, so he knows our songs and
maybe our moves.  We still need someone who can sing.  That is most
important."

Lance knew where Joey was going.  "Of course it's most important.  I know
the perfect person. We have already heard him sing."

Chris realized whom Lance was talking about.  "Him, Lance?  Are you sure
about that?" Lance had no doubts in his mind.  "Chris, I am totally sure.
I haven't been so sure about anything in my life."  Chris couldn't believe
Lance was this serious about having a total stranger singing with them.  He
thinks he knows why Lance is so adamant.  "Could the reason you want him to
sing with us this bad be that you are very attracted to him and would love
to get to know him a lot better?"

Joey finally figured out who Chris and Lance were talking about.  "Come on,
Lance!  Do you think that's safe?  What if he is some deranged fan?"  Lance
was angry at that comment.  "Joey, I don't know how I know this, but I feel
I can trust him."  Without thinking, Joey replied, "Lance, I know he is
cute, but we have to be safe.  Better safe than sorry."

The rest of the guys were in shock; Chris' mouth was agape.  "Uh, Joey..."
he said nervously, "Is there something you need to tell us?" Joey thought
about what he just said and started to cry. "I guess I don't have to say
anything anymore.  You've probably guessed what I have been hiding for so
long.  I'm bisexual."

Of course, the guys were accepting of Joey's bisexuality, considering there
was no problem with Lance being gay.  "Joey, why didn't you ever tell us?"
JC asked.  Joey had calmed down a little bit and felt like a great weight
had been lifted off his chest.  "I don't know.  I guess I was scared at
what your reactions would be.  I know you're accepting of Lance being gay,
but I have had these horrendous dreams for the longest time that you kicked
me out of the band and out of your lives.  I really need you in my life."

JC walked over to Joey and gave him a tight hug.  "Joey, we all are best
friends.  That includes you.  We love you and will always love you."  Joey
sniffed a little bit.  "Thanks, JC.  I love you guys, too.  I don't know
why I was so scared to tell you guys.  I hope you can forgive me."  JC
replied, "There is nothing we need to forgive.  We remember what it was
like when Lance came out to us.  It has to be one of the hardest things to
do.  There is always the fear that those you love the most will reject you.
Just remember that that will never happen to you, Joey.  Buddy, you are
stuck with us forever."

Lance stopped the emotional overplay before it got too much.  "Guys, as
much as I love conversations like this, we really need to get down to
business."  The rest of the guys were used to Lance acting business-like,
sometimes at the most awkward times.  "Yes, father, " Chris replied.  "I'm
serious, guys."  Lance continued, "What do we do about Mark?  Do we ask him
or what?"

Chris, Joey, and JC all agreed that Mark should be asked.  JC did have a
concern about asking Mark to sing with them.  "Lance, just don't make a
pass at him.  That could be dangerous."

Lance was embarrassed that JC noticed that he was attracted to Mark.
"What, JC?  You are so wrong!  I'm not attracted to him.  He's a wonderful
singer and I think he would blend well with the rest of us.  We would be
doing something really nice for a big fan.  That's it."

JC didn't believe Lance, but didn't want to get into it now.  He just
wanted him to be happy.  Lance hadn't been in a relationship in over a
year.  He had met a guy while they were in Europe, before they hit it big
in the United States.  They had a long-distance relationship, but things
ended badly.  Lance flew home to Orlando, wanting to surprise his
boyfriend.  However, he is the one who got the surprise when he saw his
love in bed with another man.  The guy told him that he had been sleeping
around ever since the beginning of the relationship.  Lance threw the two
men out of his house and broke down and cried.  He couldn't go back on tour
for weeks.  The rest of the guys tried to help Lance through it and tried
to get him to be happy again.  It has taken months to get Lance to even
look at another guy.  Now he is looking at Mark.

JC, being Lance's best friend, doesn't know how to feel about Lance's
attraction to Mark.  Is it genuine?  Could the target of his attraction be
gay also, or at least bisexual?  JC just didn't want Lance to get hurt
again.  He would do anything he had to to protect him.  He is barely older
than Lance.  Chris is the oldest of the five.  However, JC is almost like
the father of the group.  It's a role he treasures.

Chris appreciates how JC takes care of everyone, but knows that sometimes
he can be smothering.  "JC, don't smother Lance.  If he's ready to date
again, then it's great and he should."

JC didn't ever see that he could be smothering.  "Chris, I just don't want
him getting hurt."  He also couldn't see that being protected too much
denies that person from having happiness.

Lance finally spoke up again.  He was denying to himself that he found Mark
attractive.  "Hello, guys? I never said I was attracted to Mark.  I thought
we had dropped that subject for now.  We need to go out there and talk to
him and see if he would help us out."

"Lance is right," Joey replied.  "I think he should go out there and ask
him.  After all, he is the one who came up with the idea."

JC agreed with Joey, adding, "I don't think the audience would mind waiting
a little bit longer.  I'm just glad that this week's shows are not live.
We would have had to postpone the appearance for a day, and that's if we
could get Mark to help."

Lance was initially adamant against going out there himself, but came up
with an idea that would give him the courage to ask Mark.  "What if we all
went out there and I ask him?  It would show him that we all want him to
sing with us."

All three guys readily agreed and were about to go out when Rosie came into
their dressing room.  She was her usual energetic, bubbly self.  "Hey,
guys!  How's it going?  You about ready to come out?"

Rosie didn't know that Justin was sick and wouldn't be able to sing with
them or even go out for the interview.  JC was the person who would break
the news to her.  "We're doing good on the most part, but we do have a
pretty big problem.  Justin is sick and won't be up to performing with us.
He really did want to go out there, which is why we never told you or any
of your people.  We're really sorry we didn't notify you before."

Rosie, having a heart of gold, understood.  "It's OK, JC.  The most
important thing is that Justin gets healthy.  Will the four of you still be
able to perform without him?"

Lance answered that question for her.  "We were debating on what to do.  We
knew we wouldn't cancel totally because we owe so much to you.  We only had
two options.  One of them was to sing without him.  When I was really sick,
they did seven shows without me.  However, it was a harder decision this
time because Justin is one of the lead singers."

Rosie jokes, "Plus the fact that you just lip synch and don't really sing
at all."

Lance was jokingly hurt.  "I do so sing!  OK, it's not really heard too
much, except for a few parts.  Anyways, we had another option and that was
to sing without him, but to temporarily replace him for the two songs we
will do here.  There were more concerns about this option because where
would we find someone who could sing, know our moves, and who blends well
vocally with the four of us."

Rosie was getting a little miffed at Lance for going on and on. "Lance, we
really don't have much time.  What did you guys decide?"

Lance laughed, saying, "Was I going on and on again?"  Everyone laughed.
"Sorry.  We decided to get someone to sing with us.  Actually the decision
on whom we would get would be pretty easy.  There is someone pretty close
by."

Rosie didn't know whom he was talking about.  "Who, Lance?  Do you have AJ
McLean hidden in the closet somewhere?" Rosie said. "No, Rosie.  AJ came
out of the closet a long time ago."  It was a joke in reference to the fact
that AJ also was gay.  He had slept with many women for years, but it was
only because he wasn't yet able to accept his sexuality yet.  He eventually
was able to.  He has been involved in a very hot passionate affair with
Kevin Richardson for about a month now.  Everyone laughed hard at Lance's
joke.  "Seriously, there is someone we think would be perfect.  What makes
it even better is the fact that he's not a recorded singer, but a fan of
his.  And despite what the guys think, the reason I thought of him was not
because of any attraction they think I have to him.  It's the guy who did
the intro for you...Mark.  Can we go out and ask him on the air?"

Rosie loved the idea.  "Sure!  We're about to start the show again, so
let's go do it now.  Do you need more time to get Mark rehearsed?  That is,
if he says yes."

Lance was glad that she liked the idea and that he could go out and ask
Mark.  "If we can, Rosie.  It all depends on him.  If we can get an hour,
that would be great."

Rosie agreed to an extra hour. "I can do that.  It's possible with this
week not airing live, but on a tape delay.  I don't think the audience
minds, as much as they love you guys."

JC adds, "We love our fans, too.  We have the best fans in the world!"

Rosie says, "Just give me a few minutes and I will introduce you guys.  You
guys will sit down, speak for a couple of minutes and then I will ask Mark
to come onstage and over to you guys where Lance will ask him.  Sound like
a good plan?"

Everyone agrees.  Rosie goes back onstage.  A few minutes later, the stage
manager comes into their dressing room and asked if they were ready.  They
were.  The manager directed them to a space just off of the set.  Rosie is
ready to introduce four of the five members of 'N Sync.  "You might have
heard of my next guests.  I would definitely say at least one person in the
audience is a big fan of theirs."  She looks at Mark, who blushes deeply.
"They have a very important favor to ask someone.  Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome 'N Sync."  The audience screams loudly as the group, minus
Justin, comes on the stage and over to the sofa by Rosie.

JC spoke first.  "Thank you for having us back, Rosie!  It's always great
to see you."

"You are such a gentleman, JC." Rosie replied, after which the audience
again screamed loudly.  "I'm so glad you are back.  Those Orlando shows
were so much fun!  So I hear you have a special request to make?"

Lance replied to that question.  "Yes we do, Rosie.  As you can see, we are
without Justin.  He's actually backstage, but pretty sick.  He caught the
flu that's going around."  Many members of the audience scream, "No!" at
the possibility of one Justin Randall Timberlake sick.

Rosie asked the question the audience was thinking, "Are you going to be
singing without him?"

JC answered that.  "We were deciding what to do.  We wouldn't cancel on
you, especially on such short notice.  We ended up having two alternatives.
One was the four of us would sing without him and we would divide Justin's
solos.  The other was that we would find someone to take his place."

"Which one did you decide on, " Rosie asked.

"We ended up deciding to find someone to sing with us.  Well, actually, we
would ask someone to sing with us.  Can I go into the audience?"  Lance
replied.  Rosie agreed, and the audience screamed loud enough to rock the
house.  Lance got up and walked towards the audience.  "We heard a most
excellent singer today that we all believe will blend in well with the rest
of us."

Mark was shocked.  "There is no way in hell he means me!  I am nowhere near
as good enough to sing with 'N Sync, if only for two songs on one show!" He
says to himself.

Lance keeps walking towards the audience.  "It's also a great thing to do
for such a dedicated fan of ours.  I have to agree with something JC said
backstage.  We really do have the best fans in the world!"  There is
another scream from the audience.  Lance is starting to wonder if the
audience will scream at anything that he says.  "We were all very impressed
at how good he sang 'Everything I Own'.  It's always been one of my
favorite songs on our album."

Mark gets so shocked at that comment that he almost hyperventilates.  "Oh
my God!  He does mean me!  Lance wants me to sing with them!  I cannot
believe this is happening!"  Mark gets more and more shocked as Lance came
towards him.  When Lance got to him and sat down on the aisle next to him,
Mark started to cry.

Lance started to speak, but stopped once he saw that Mark was indeed
crying.  Mark had his head down on his hands.  Lance has seen many fans
freak out, screaming and crying pretty badly.  Sometimes he had a hard time
believing that people could be that excited to see him.  Those times, he
always said something like, "Lance, you know it's not for you.  They are
screaming for the rest of the guys."  He looked back at Mark and felt bad
for him.  "Mark, are you OK?"  he said to Mark.

Mark stops crying and looks up at Lance.  He sees him smile and he smiles
back.  However, he still cannot believe what is happening.  He asks, "You
really want me to sing with you?  All of you?"

Chris replies, "Mark, you are a wonderful singer!"

Joey adds, "We were blown away when you did our song.  It was incredible."

JC continued, "I'm surprised you aren't recording already.  You should be."

Mark asked the guys, "What songs are you doing?"

JC replied, " 'Music of My Heart' and ' Drive Myself Crazy'."

Mark asked, "I really am that good?"  One thing that Mark and Lance had in
common was bouts of self-doubt.

Lance replies, "Yes, Mark.  You are that good.  So, will you do it?
Please?"

Mark looks at Lance with incredible passion.  "For you, anything!"  He
realizes what he said and gets nervous.  "For you all, I mean."  He is
upset that he said what he did. He berates himself inside.  "God, why did I
have to say that?  I did exactly that I thought I would!  I might as well
have outed myself on national TV and told Lance how much I liked him!"

Lance became happier because what Mark said.  "Is it possible that Mark
could really like me?" he said to himself.  Immediately, his negativity
came to the surface.  "No.  It's probably Joey he likes.  He's much better
looking than I am.  Hell, all of the guys are much better looking than I
am.  Joey always gets what he wants and of course he wants Mark too."  He
grows sad after thinking that.

Chris notices Lance's sadness.  "Why is he so sad?  Mark is practically in
love with him.  It's so easy to see that on his face.  Lansten, you are
smarter than that!"  he says to himself.  Seeing that Lance was still
quiet, he continues what was said.  "Rosie, can we have that extra time to
get Mark prepared?"

Rosie readily agrees.  "No problem, as long as it's OK with the audience."
She looks at the audience, who applauds their approval.  "There is your
answer, guys."

Lance finally regains his composure after hearing the audience's approval.
"Thank you, everyone!  This means a lot to us!"

The music starts, signaling an upcoming break.  As Lance stands up and gets
Mark to also stand, Rosie speaks.  "Please stay tuned for Justin Kirk for
the new show, 'Jack & Jill', right after this.

As Rosie goes into the break, the guys of 'N Sync and Mark go backstage to
rehearse the songs.  Mark is very scared.  He is starting to have second
thoughts.  He doesn't voice them, however.  JC notices Mark's fear.  "Are
you all right, Mark?" He asks him.

Mark doesn't know whether to tell the truth.  He finally decides to, only
because of what they have already done for him.  "I think I am.  I am very
petrified, but I know I can face my fears."

Joey tries to calm Mark down.  "Don't even think about the cameras and you
will be OK."

Mark replies, "Actually, this may sound strange, but the cameras aren't
bothering me."

Joey asks, "Why are you scared then?"

Mark was feeling more at ease with the guys already.  It seemed like he had
known them forever, not just a very brief time.  "You guys have given me a
tremendous gift of singing with you."  he started to say, but began to cry
again.  "I am just so scared that I will screw up so badly that you will
regret asking me in the first place."

Lance was very concerned for Mark.  "Oh, Mark! You are going to do great!"
He hugged him tight.

Mark's insecurities stayed strong.  "How do you know that for sure?" he
asked them.

Lance replied, "I have total faith in you.  I knew that from the first note
I heard you sing that you would be great with us."

Chris thought to himself, "Of course there is also the reason that he wants
to sleep with you, Mark."  He knew that Joey and maybe even JC were also
thinking that.

Mark says to himself, "No wonder I love you, Lance!"  He realized what he
was thinking and continued, "What did I just say to myself?  I love Lance?
How is that possible?  I have known him all of maybe ten minutes.  Yes, I
have read all about him that I could, but a lot of it probably is made up
and definitely is just a small part of what he is.  I just feel some sort
of connection with him.  It's like I have known him all of my life.  Of
course, that will end if I ever tell him that I like him.  There have been
rumors for a long time that he was gay, but I never believed them.  I
wanted to, but I doubt they are true.  Even if they were true, even if
James Lance Bass was gay, he would never be interested in someone as ugly
as I am."  He think back at what he heard from a friend of his.  "What has
happened to me?  I thought Andy got me to love myself.  I know I do love
myself, but how can I if I keep bashing myself?"  He sees that everyone,
especially Lance, are looking at him with strange looks in their eyes.
"I'm sorry."  he says aloud, "I must have spaced out for a second.  Thank
you for your faith in me, Mr. Bass.  I won't let you down...ever."

"I know you won't, Mark." he started to reply.  "Also, my name is not
Mr. Bass.  That is my father.  I am Lance.  Please call me that."

Mark was grateful, even for that small thing.  "Thanks, Mr. .... Lance."

Lance laughed at that, even though Mark did not mean for it to be funny.
"Mr.  Lance....I like it!"

Chris joked, "Oh, God.  That is the last thing we need...for Lance to get a
bigger head."

Joey added, "How do you know how big his head is?  When did you ever see
it?"  Joey did not mean the head that Chris meant.  Nobody laughed at that
joke.  Joey's face reddened and he sulked.

JC knew that they didn't have much time to shoot the breeze with Mark,
though he wished he could.  Like the connection Mark felt towards Lance, JC
felt one with Mark.  He knew that Lance was gay and that Joey just came out
as bisexual, but he was still fighting with his sexuality.  For the last
few weeks, he had been having feelings towards Joey that went far past
friendship.  He had been having very graphic and erotic dreams lately, but
still didn't want to admit that three fifths of a band that teenage girls
just loved tremendously and had major crushes on was either gay or
bisexual.  He asked if they are ready.  They were, so they rehearsed.

The first song they rehearsed was "Music Of My Heart", the duet they had
with Gloria Estefan.  It was one of Mark's favorite songs, although he
wished that Lance would sing more.  He hoped that on their next CD he would
be heard more, which isn't hard, considering it's hard to hear him through
most of their current, smash CD.

Mark wondered how they would change the song, as Gloria was obviously not
there and Justin was too sick to sing.  "How are you going to change this
song?" he asked.

JC replied, "We were thinking of having you do Justin's parts and either
Joey or Chris would do Gloria's.  What do you think?"

Mark could not believe JC was asking for his advice, but gave it anyway.
"I was thinking that Joey could do Justin's part and Lance and I could duet
on Gloria's parts.  However, whatever you want is fine with me.  I don't
want to rock the boat."

JC liked Mark's idea.  "I love your idea, Mark.  In fact, I was thinking of
just that.  We'll do just that.  Anything else?"

Mark was gaining more and more confidence.  "Well, only one thing.  I think
where you have the key change towards the end of the song, you should have
two, almost right on top of each other."

Chris asked, "Where would the second one be?"

Mark replied, "I was thinking that you do the first key change, do the
chorus once the hit another change right away."  To show what he was
describing, he sings that part of the song.

Joey was simply amazed at Mark's talent.  "Lansten, I have to say thank you
so much for coming up with the idea!  This guy is incredible!"

JC agreed.  "Like I said before, Mark, I am surprised some record label
hasn't signed you yet."

Mark was grateful for the support for everyone.  "You guys are so
wonderful!  The only way I could ever thank you is to kick ass onstage!"

Chris said, "Guys, we will have time afterwards to get to know Mark.  We
don't have much time left to get him ready.  Let's get kicking!"

The guys spend the next 45 minutes rehearsing.  They walk to a point right
before the stage.  The director comes up to them and asks if they are
ready.  They reply that they are ready.  The director goes over to Rosie to
let her know that the guys are ready.  She comes over to the guys.

"So, I hear you guys are ready?" She asks the guys.

Mark is still very nervous, but he hopes that once he is onstage, the
nervousness ends.  "I'm as ready as I ever will be.  Let's do it!"

Rosie replies, "You will be fine, Mark.  There is one thing, though.  We
ended up running short on time, so you can either do both songs and no
interview, or one song plus the interview.  What do you decide?  I'm sorry
for the short notice."

Lance replies, "I think we should do just one song.  I know we put Mark
through rehearsing both songs, but I think we should do the interview so we
can all praise Mark for being great in the song."

JC adds, "I agree with Lance.  So, what song do you think we should do,
Mark?"

Mark replies, "I would say 'Music of My Heart'.  It will be your next
single."

Everyone else agrees.  Rosie goes onstage and apologizes yet again to the
audience.  After a couple of minutes of talking with the audience, she goes
to her desk and sits.  When the tape starts rolling again, she is about
ready to introduce the guys.  "Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome 'N Sync
with special guest vocalist Mark Johnson!"  The audience cheers extremely
loud as the music for "Music of My Heart" starts.

Joey starts singing the first verse.  "You'll never know what you've done
for me, put your faith in me."  He continues the first verse until JC takes
over right before the chorus.  Lance, Chris, and Mark join in for the
chorus.

"You taught me to run, you taught me to fly, helped me free the me inside
Helped me hear the music of my heart, helped me hear the music of my heart
You opened my eyes, you opened the door to something I've never known
before And your love (your love) is the music of my heart."

Mark and Lance sing the second verse.

"You were the one always on my side (always on my side) Always standing by
(always standing by), seeing me through You were the song that always made
me sing (made me sing) I'm singing this for you (singing this for you)
Everywhere I go I think of where I've been (think of where I've been) and
of the one who knew me better than anyone ever will again."

JC, Chris, and Joey join in the chorus and the rest of the song.

"You taught me to run, you taught me to fly, helped me free the me inside
Helped me hear the music of my heart, helped me hear the music of my heart
You opened my eyes, you opened the door to something I've never known
before And your love (your love) is the music of my heart.

"What you taught me only your love could ever teach me You got through
where no one could reach me before Cause you always saw in me all the best
that I could be, it was you who set me free

"You taught me to run, you taught me to fly, helped me free the me inside
Helped me hear the music of my heart, helped me hear the music of my heart

The guys do the first key change.

"You opened my eyes, you opened the door to something I've never known
before And your love (your love) is the music of my heart."

They do the second key change, the one that Mark suggested and finish the
song.  The audience claps and cheers wildly for them.  The guys look at
Mark and smile broadly.  Mark's eyes are wide in surprise that things went
by that smoothly.  Lance is the first to hug him, hugging him very tight
and whispering in his ear, "I told you that you could do it!  You were
incredible!  I am so proud of you!" JC, Joey, and Chris also hug him
proudly.

Mark smiles broadly and thinks to himself.  "Oh my God, that was so
incredible!  I knew I had a good voice, but not that good!"  However, he
thinks of how he is going to feel in less than an hour.  "This is turning
out to be the best day of my life.  If it was just being on the trip and
seeing Rosie' show in person then it still would have been great.  However,
I got to do the introduction and appeared on camera, got to talk to Rosie
and somehow was able to sing my favorite 'N Sync song a cappella.  Then I
get to meet most of the group and get to sing with them.  I cannot believe
this all has happened.  However, the best part has to be all the times I
hugged Lance.  I know he's not gay, but I think I am falling in love with
him.  I never really truly believed in love at first sight.  That's just my
luck...falling in love with someone I can never have.  It was hard enough
falling for Andy, but I knew he was in love with someone else before I fell
in love.  At least with him, he and I are friends and I know he loves me as
a friend.  After today, I will never see the guys again.  This is going to
kill me.  I know I am going to have to talk to Andy about this and hope
that he can help me get over losing the guys, especially Lance."

Rosie walks up to the guys and thanks and congratulates them.  When she
gets to JC, he stops her and whispers something in her ear.  She nods her
head, hugs him, and moves on.  When she gets to Mark, she hugs him and he
mouths the words, "Thank You" to her.  Music leading up to a commercial
break starts and the show goes on a break.  Rosie takes Mark over to the
interview area, while the rest of the guys walk over there slower.

Lance asks the other three, "So, what did you think?"

The guys were so happy that Lance came up with the idea.

JC says, "Lance, I have got to say that this was one of the best ideas you
have ever had.  I have an idea now that sounds even crazier than Lance's
did at first, but I think this might turn out just as good."

Chris asked JC, "What is your idea?  And please, do not do what Lance did
and keep us waiting forever to tell us what his idea was."

Lance gave Chris a dirty look as JC answered, "Well, I do have a couple of
questions first.  How long will it be until Justin gets better?"

Lance replied, "The doctors are saying it could be a few weeks or more.
This strain of the flu is pretty wicked.  Why did you ask that?"

"Because as long as Justin is out, we have the same situation we had today.
Do we sing without him, cancel our tour until he gets better, or get
someone to sing in his place?"

Joey knew where JC was heading.  "JC, I don't think we can ask him that
now.  We should get to know him first then decide what we should do.  I
think we should just cancel the tour until Justin gets better."

Lance started to think about what Mark had thought about earlier.  "Then
this is it.  Within the hour, Mark is going to be out of our lives.  I
don't want to lose him, though.  The guys are right.  I do like him a lot.
I just can't tell him, however.  He's not gay."

The interview continues for a few more minutes, then Rosie thanks her
guests and the show ends.  Once the show ends, the audience files out.  A
few minutes after the audience leaves, Lance runs off, crying hysterically.

JC screamed, "LANCE!! STOP, LANCE!! WHAT'S WRONG??  LANCE!!"

TO BE CONTINUED

Yes, I know that there was no sex yet again, but I want to develop the
characters and story some more.  There will be sex soon...I promise.
Meanwhile, please send in your comments (but remember that flames will be
igored) to christopher_bass@yahoo.com.