Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 23:52:58 -0400 From: JT Poole <jtpoole9@nctv.com> Subject: Boybands - If Ain't Got You - 23 Warnings and Disclaimers: I don't know any of the members of NSYNC or any celebrity mentioned. I don't know anything about their sexual orientation or the orientation of any other celebrities in this story (even though I wish some of them were gay). This story is fiction and you shouldn't take it for anything else but that. This is only for entertainment value only folks. Hope you enjoy the show oh I mean reading. ====================================== If I Ain't Got You Chapter -- 23 by JT Poole // Orlando, FL -- Universal Studios Orlando // "Where to next guys?" Mark asked, as he, JT and Kasai walked through the park. "Let's go check out that Batman thing." JT spoke. "Baby you are really behind the times." Mark spoke laughing. "Come on, let 's go get in line." "Can we just go home? We have been here for two hours now. I just want to go home." Kasai spoke. "Are you sure?" JT asked, turning around to face Kasai. "Yeah Daddy J I just want to go home." Kasai spoke, walking towards the exit. "Okay I guess we will go." Mark spoke, getting an angry expression on his face. "Mark stop." JT spoke, grabbing Mark by his arm. "What is it baby?" Mark asked. "Don't get mad with him. He's hurting and he wants to be by himself." JT spoke. "Oh and how do you know that?" Mark asked. "Andrew told me and I am a therapist or have you forgotten." JT spoke, following Kasai as he felt a sharp pain in his back. "Oh fuck!" "Baby what's wrong?" Mark asked as JT went down to the ground. "Daddy J, Daddy J are you okay?" Kasai asked, running back to JT and Mark, dropping to his knees in front of JT. "I'll be fine." JT spoke as there was a small crowd forming. "Can you get up baby?" Mark asked, wrapping his arms around JT's waist and helping him up. "Do you want Kai to go get your chair?" "No, no I am going to make it out of here on my feet." JT spoke, reaching for his bag. "I am going to pop a pain pill and that should hopefully help." "I hope so baby this is the second time something like this has happened today. I am starting to worry about you." Mark spoke, holding JT up as the two of them started walking again. "Come on Kai, he's alright." "Ah...okay." Kasai spoke, walking back towards the exit again. // Back at the Poole-Wahlberg Estates -- Steve's Room // "I'm ready now." Steve spoke, walking out of the bathroom as AJ opened his eyes. "Hot damn baby you look hot." AJ spoke, taking in the sight of Steve wearing nothing but a bow tie, cuffs and a bikini. Are you sure you were not one of those Chippendale guys?" "I am sure Alex." Steve spoke, blushing as he walked over to the bed and got in next to AJ. "Well you could be one if you wanted to." AJ spoke, wrapping his arms around Steve and kissing him on the cheek. "Oh stop you are not serious." Steve stated, lying his head on AJ's chest. "I am too serious. You are hot baby. You have the body and you got the look." AJ spoke just as the intercom in the room sounded. "Yes, who is this?" Steve asked. "It's Justin. Mark just called and said for you to meet him downstairs in twenty minutes." Justin spoke. "What for?" Steve asked, pressing the button on the intercom unit. "He said something's wrong with JT." Justin spoke. "What? Oh no." Steve spoke, pressing the button again. "I am going downstairs now." "Well they are not here yet, they are on their way home." Justin spoke. "Okay thanks Justin." Steve spoke, walking over to the bed and grabbing his pants and shirt. "I'm sorry Alex, but..." "But nothing. Your friend needs you go on. I will be here in bed waiting when you get back." AJ spoke, leaning up on the bed and kissing Steve on the lips. "You are so sweet." Steve spoke, kissing AJ on the cheek and walking out of the room. "I know I am, no go, your friend needs you." AJ spoke as Steve walked out of the room. // Outside in the Swimming Pool // "That was wonderful Kev." Angela spoke, kissing Kevin passionately, as the two of them embraced in the shallow end of the pool. "You were wonderful angel girl." Kevin spoke, kissing Angela on her forehead. "Don't you think we should be getting out of here now, I'm starting to turn into a prune darlin'." "I agree, let's get out of here and go back inside. I am in need of a snack." Angela spoke, stepping out of the pool. "Angela Sebastian what are you doing?" Mablean asked, peering around the side of the house as Angela and Kevin were standing at the edge of the pool in their full glory. "Oh my God, Judge Mablean." Angela spoke, grabbing one of the towels draped over the chair and covering herself with it. "What are you doing out here showing everyone your bizness?" Mablean asked, walking over to where Angela and Kevin were standing, Kevin turning red in his face, his shoulders and in other places as he grabbed a towel and wrapped it around his waist. "We are the only ones here besides Justin and Nick who are inside asleep." Angela spoke, pointing. "Well that doesn't mean you should be out here showing the whole world your business." Mablean stated, winking at Kevin, causing him to blush more. "Well as you know Judge Mablean you can't see through the fence unless you are standing right there as you were." Angela spoke. "That's right and that means anyone could come over to the fence and see what's going on." Mablean spoke. "I don't think JT and Mark has had that problem before now." Angela stated walking towards the pool house. "Well you two need to get in there and put some clothes on. You two should be ashamed of yourselves." Mablean spoke as Steve walked out onto the patio. "What's going on out here?" Steve asked as both Kevin and Angela covered there faces, more embarrassed now. "Oh God now someone else knows." Angela spoke, as she opened the door and she and Kevin walked in. "You should have seen the travesty out here. Those two were out here buck naked in the pool." Mablean stated, pointing towards the door to the pool house. "Well how wonderful, glad I wasn't out here to see that." Steve spoke approaching Judge Mablean. "Well that girl should have known better than doing something like that. I don't know what's gotten into that girl. Since she and that man got together she has been doing some crazy things." Mablean spoke. "I don't believe that Mrs. Mablean, Angie and Kevin just started dating, they have only been together I think for a few days." Steve spoke, shaking his head at Mablean. "Well regardless of that fact, she has been acting like a fool around that man. She has been doing things that she would never have done in the first place if she wasn't with him." Mablean spoke, just as Angela and Kevin returned outside fully dressed. // At Christina's Hotel // "Well they seem to be happy together." Christina spoke, sitting around with Lance and Marshall. "But are they really happy?" Lance asked. "Only God knows. All we can do is believe they are happy for now." Christina stated as there was a knock at the door. "Who could that be?" "It might be Joe, I told him we were going to be here with you." Lance spoke, leaning closer to Marshall. "What the hell are you doing here?" Christina screamed, opening the door to see JC standing there. "Chrissy please hear me out." JC spoke as Lance and Marshall stood up now. "I just want to talk." "There's nothing for me to talk to you about!" Christina spoke just as she got ready to close the door on JC and he stopped the door. "Please Chrissy, just hear me out." JC pleaded with her. "Go the fuck away Josh, there's nothing for us to talk about. Leave now or I will kick your ass again and this time I won't stop like last time." Christina spoke with malice in her voice. "Fine, I will leave. I came to you like a man looking to talk and you, but you wanted to act like a child. Fine I will leave." JC spoke, turning and walking away bumping into Joey on his way down the hall. "What the hell are you doing here?" Joey asked. "I am leaving see, I am not looking for trouble." JC spoke as Joey grabbed him by his shirt and punched him in his face. "That's for all the trouble you have caused Justin." Joey spoke, walking on into Christina's room. "Asshole." JC spoke, getting up off the floor and walking down the hall. // Back at the Poole-Wahlberg Estates // "So are you feeling better now Daddy J?" Kasai asked, sitting in JT's lap. "Yeah son I am feeling better now." JT spoke, rubbing Kasai's back. "I feel so much better now that you are home." "I feel better to Daddy J." Kasai spoke, getting up and kissing JT on the cheek. "I think I am going to go up to my room now." "Kai before you go...we have decided that you can move up to the attic room if you still want to move up there." JT spoke. "Really? Cool. That's the best news I have heard all week." Kasai spoke, hugging JT then hugging Mark. "Let me go get my stuff ready to move." "Hey kid take it easy. You don't have to move everything right away." Mark spoke, ruffling Kasai's hair. "Quit it, don't mess with the hair." Kasai spoke, running his fingers through his hair. "Oh go on child and get a move on." JT stated, rolling over to the elevator with Mark following him. "Ah JT...Mablean's here to see you." Steve spoke. "Really? How long has she been here?" JT asked. "Oh say about a good twenty minutes." Steve spoke. "And you are just now telling me...what took you so long?" JT asked. "Her and Angie were going at it." Steve spoke. "And you just got back here and we had to deal with you first." "Well you still could have told me she was here. What was wrong with her and Angie?" JT asked. "She caught Angie and Kevin in the pool naked." Steve stated, giggling as both JT and Mark's eyes went wide. "You are kidding right?" JT spoke as Mark burst into laughter. "No I am not kidding. They are still in the kitchen now discussing it very vividly." Steve spoke. "Oh great, let me go break this up. We don't need any drama around this house. This is going to be a good day and I mean that." JT spoke, wheeling into the kitchen. // Justin and Nick's Room // "Hi baby, how did you sleep?" Nick asked, caressing Justin's face, placing a kiss on his forehead. "I slept like a baby." Justin spoke, grabbing the bar besides the bed and pulling himself into a sitting position. "How did you sleep?" "It was okay." Nick spoke, kissing Justin again. "As long as I am with you, my sleep will always be wonderful." "Awww, that's so sweet." Justin spoke as Nick's phone started ringing. "Who is this?" Nick asked picking up his cell phone. "Hello?" "Yo bro, what's up man." Nick heard his brother Aaron's voice. "What's up Aaron?" Nick asked. "Well I wanted to know did you and Justin want to hang out. I want to spend some time with you before we leave to go back to Tampa, it seems mom is making me go back with her when she leaves tomorrow." Aaron explained. "Hold on. Justin would you like to go out some place today with Aaron?" Nick asked. "I am not really up to going out, but if you want to go out with him, you can go, I won't mind." Justin answered. "Are you sure Justin?" Nick asked. "Yeah I'm sure. My arms are a little bit sore." Justin said, rubbing his elbows for emphasis. "Aaron why don't you hang out with us here at the house. I am sure JT won't mind." Nick spoke. "Are you sure? I don't want to get you two thrown out of anything." Aaron spoke. "I don't think JT would throw us out for having you over." Nick spoke, getting up and walking around in the room. "Okay cool, what time should I come over?" Aaron asked. "Well I am getting up now. I will be waiting for you when you get here." Nick spoke. "I will call a taxi and be there shortly." Aaron spoke. "See you soon bro." "See you soon Aaron." Nick spoke, hanging up the phone and retrieving the clothes he had on earlier. "Baby help me up." Justin spoke, reaching for Nick. "What are you doing?" Nick asked, helping Justin over to his chair. "I'm going with you." Justin spoke. "Going with me? I am only going to the bathroom and then out to the main room to hang out with Aaron." Nick spoke. "I know, I am still going with you." Justin spoke sliding into his chair. "I need to get to know my brother-in-law." "You already know Aaron." Nick laughed as Justin followed him to the bathroom. "Yeah I do know him, but I can always know more." Justin spoke as he and Nick entered the bathroom. // Up in JT and Mark's Bedroom // "You acted like fools and if I was JT I would have you arrested too." Mark spoke, talking on the phone to his friend Joey. "We were not acting like fools, you choose your nigger husband over us, we are your friends..." Joey spoke. "You were my friends, he's my husband and always will be." Mark spoke. "I don't know what happened to you Joe. You didn't use to be like this. You have changed man and I don't like this new you. Bye man, don't call me again." "Fuck you then man. We don't need you anyway." Joey said as Mark hung up the phone. "What happened to him? Why does he act that way?" Mark asked allowed, not expecting an answer but got one anyway. "He acts that way because he's a jerk." JT spoke, scaring Mark, causing him to jump up. "Baby you heard..." Mark spoke as JT cut him off. "Yeah I heard all of that. You shouldn't talk with the speakerphone on." JT spoke. "I'm sorry baby." Mark spoke. "It's okay baby. If I can deal with the racists people in my family I surely can deal with him. It's okay." JT spoke, rolling over to Mark as Mark knelt down in front of JT and hugged him, placing a kiss on his lips. "I will always love you, no matter what happens or what people say." Mark spoke, kissing JT again. "I will always love you too." JT spoke, as there was a knock at the door. "Hi brat what's on your mind?" Mark asked as Kasai walked into the room. "I just came to see how Daddy J was doing." Kasai spoke, licking his tongue out at Mark. "I see you washed the blonde coloring out of your hair." JT spoke. "Yeah, I figured it was time for me to get back to my natural color." Kasai spoke. "It's about time. I was starting to hate the blonde hair, it just wasn't you." Mark spoke, licking his tongue at Kasai. "Will you two stop? You two are just terrible, behave yourselves." JT stated. "He started." Kasai and Mark stated in unison as all three of them laughed. "Nuff said." JT spoke. "So what time is it little man?" "It's almost time for someone to go start dinner." Kasai spoke. "Well I guess we better get down to the kitchen and whip up some food here at our little hotel." Mark spoke. "How many people are we cooking for?" JT asked. "Let's see, there's Angie, Steve, me, you, Kai, Nick, Justin, Kevin, and Alex." "No we are not. Angie has to work tonight so she should be gone already." JT stated. "So I guess it's the eight of us then." Mark spoke. "If Angie isn't here, I don't think Kevin would be here." JT stated, as the three of them headed for the elevator. "Wonder who that could be?" Kasai asked as the doorbell rang. "I hope it isn't Mablean. She was really angry when she left here." JT spoke as Nick came around the corner and answered the door to let his brother Aaron in as Kasai started blushing. "Well hello there young Mr. Carter." Mark spoke as the elevator reached the first floor and Kasai moved the gate back so they could get off. "Evenin' everyone." Aaron spoke, blushing when he saw someone that looked like Kasai but was not sure. "JT is it okay if Aaron hung out here for a bit?" Nick asked. "What are you asking me for, he's your guest." JT spoke, heading towards the kitchen. "You do live here too." "Totally cool. See I told you it was okay baby." Justin spoke, coming into the main room, stopping besides Nick. "By the way Mr. Carter are you staying for dinner?" Mark asked, peeking out of the kitchen. "Well...ah...sure." Aaron spoke, looking at Nick as he nodded. "Alright then. Dinner will be served in a few." Mark spoke as the kitchen door closed. "Hey guys. Hey Aaron what are you doing here?" Kevin asked, coming down the stairs with Angela. "Yo Kev what's up? I am here hanging out with Nick and my soon to be new brother." Aaron stated, patting Justin on the back. "What about you?" "Well since Angie is going to work, I am going back to my hotel." Kevin spoke heading towards the door with Angie. "Ah man, you ain't staying?" Aaron spoke. "I will possibly be back later." Kevin stated as Angela opened the door to see JC standing there. "What the hell are you doing here?" Angela asked, standing in the door way as Justin, Nick and Kevin all covered their faces. "I asked you a question." "Kevin you are here and Justin you are too." JC spoke. "Mark, JT!" Justin called out as Mark and Kasai came running out of the kitchen. "What's going on out here?" Mark asked, seeing JC standing in the doorway. "Hello, JC Chasez right?" "Yeah that's right." JC spoke. "Is there something I can do for you?" Mark asked. "Well not really I came here looking for Justin, I found him. "Well I don't want you here, go away Josh! Go away now!" Justin screamed, getting belligerent every second that JC stood in the doorway. "Justin please. I just want to talk to you." JC spoke. "Well apparently he doesn't want to talk to you." JT spoke as he entered the main room again. "JT get him out of here please!" Justin screamed, slamming his hands down on the armrest of his chair. "Baby calm down." Nick spoke, hugging Justin, trying to calm him down. "Come on man I think you should leave." Aaron spoke, approaching JC. "I am not leaving here until I talk to Justin." JC spoke, standing in the doorway still. "Get him away! Get him away now!" Justin screamed, starting the move around in the chair causing it to move from side to side. "Baby please calm down." Nick spoke, trying to stop Justin as tears fell from his eyes. "Come on man leave." Kevin spoke closing the door as he stepped outside with JC. "I don't want to leave here, but I will leave if you come with me." JC spoke. "I am not going anywhere with you Josh. You might as well push that thought out of your puny head." Kevin spoke. "I know you still want me Kev, I can see it in the way you are looking at me now. I bet you anything, if you were in my hotel room, you wouldn't be acting like this." JC spoke. "I wouldn't be anywhere near your hotel room. Leave me alone Josh and leave Justin alone. Don't you see the trouble you are causing him and the trouble you are trying to cause me. I am with Angie now and I am staying with her." Kevin explained. "You can't just change sides that easily Kevin." JC spoke. "It's not a matter of changing sides." Kevin spoke. "Then what is it Kev?" JC asked. "You don't wake up one day and say I am done with dick. You can't get off dick like that. Is she blackmailing you?" "No she's not blackmailing me. I like her and that's all there is." Kevin spoke. "Yeah right. I will believe that when I actually see you can no longer resist me." JC spoke. "I can resist you." Kevin spoke turning back towards the door. "Hit the road `HO' and don't show your face no mo." "What? Fucking Bitch! I'm gonna kick his ass when I see him away from here." JC spoke, walking away from the door. "At least I know where Justin is now." // Back Inside // "Is he okay?" Nick asked. "I don't think so. He looks like he's in shock." Angela spoke. "I think we better get him back to the hospital." "What? No..." Nick spoke, dropping to his knees in front of Justin, crying now, wrapping his arms around Justin's waist. "Bro let him go, they need to get him back to the hospital." Aaron spoke, trying to pull Nick away from Justin. "I have called an ambulance, they should be here in just a moment." Kasai spoke, coming back into the main room. "Oh Justin please be alright." Nick spoke, still crying. "He's going to be alright Nick." JT stated, give him some air." JT spoke, as his cell phone started ringing. "Hello?" "JT is something wrong? Are you okay?" Andrew asked, worried about JT as he heard the ambulance dispatched to his address. "Yeah I am fine, what's on your mind?" JT asked. "Well apparently something is wrong, an ambulance was just dispatched to your address." Andrew spoke. "What are you doing at work, I thought you were off tonight." JT spoke. "I was supposed to be off but asshole didn't show up for work again." Andrew spoke. "I am assuming that asshole is David?" JT asked. "Bingo, so I am working the ER tonight." Andrew spoke. "So what's the problem? What's going on?" "Well Justin's ex came by and Justin got upset and we think he's gone into shock." JT spoke. "Angie is here with him. She thinks that the case so she's going to ride along with him in the ambulance that just arrived, hmmm it only took them seven minutes to get here." "Well that's good, now all they need to do is get him here so I can see him for myself." Andrew stated. "Well Andy and Travis are here loading him up along with Angie's help." JT spoke. "Well good, I should see them soon." Andrew stated. "We will be there too." JT spoke. "Cya in a few minutes." "Alright bud." Andrew spoke as the both of them disconnected the call. "Okay everyone into the van and Mark turn off everything in the kitchen." JT spoke, rolling towards the kitchen. "That includes you two as well. Come on Kai and Aaron." "Is your dad psychic or something?" Aaron asked. "Sometimes I wonder." Kasai spoke laughing. // 20 Minutes Later -- Memphis, TN -- The Harless Residents // "Hello?" Lynn Harless answered. "Hello is this Mrs. Lynn Harless?" JT asked. "Yes this is, may I ask who's calling?" Lynn asked. "Ma'am I'm JT Poole..." JT spoke as he was cut off. "You're the person Justin is staying with right?" Lynn asked. "That's right, he moved in with me..." JT spoke, again being cut off. "I am so glad that you allowed him and Nick to stay together." Lynn spoke. "Yes ma'am..." JT spoke, not being able to get a word in edgewise. "Lynn stop it. Something's wrong with Justin!" Nick screamed out loud as Lynn stopped talking. "What's wrong with Justin? What's wrong with my baby?" Lynn asked. "I don't know Mrs. Harless. He got a visit from JC Chasez and he got really upset and went into shock." JT explained to Lynn. "Oh my God! Is he at the hospital?" Lynn asked. "We are following the ambulance now." JT spoke as they pulled into the parking garage of the hospital. "Do you think I need to come down?" Lynn asked as her husband Paul walked into the room with her. "Right now I am not sure of that Mrs. Harless." JT spoke. "After the doctor has looked at him, I would be better able to tell you what's going on." "Oh God my baby." Lynn spoke, tears running down her face. "Lynn we are at the hospital. I must go now, but I will call you back with an update on Justin." JT stated. "Oh...alright Mr. Poole. Thank you very much for calling me." Lynn spoke, as she hung up the phone. // A Few Minutes Later In the ER // "Okay Andrew what's the problem with him?" JT asked going into the ER room that Justin was in. "I can't actually say for sure. I have run all the test I can do in here. He's not in shock that I can see. Seems like he's shut himself down, his vitals are okay, but he's out to lunch if you know what I mean." Andrew spoke. "Andrew this isn't funny." JT spoke, moving around so he was on the side of Justin's bed. "I know it isn't funny but I am just saying that Justin isn't home." Andrew spoke, as JT popped him in the arm. "Okay I won't say it again." "So are you going to get him scheduled for a MRI and CAT Scan?" JT asked. "Yeah, he will get that in the morning if there is no change in his current condition." Andrew stated, just as Angela and another person walked into the room. "Hi guys, this is Dr. Benjamin Haggerty." Angela spoke, introducing the strange looking man to the two of them. "Hello I'm JT Poole and this is..." JT spoke being cut off. "I already know Andrew. It's been a while since we last talked." Benjamin spoke, shaking Andrew's hand causing him to blush. "Dr. Haggerty here is a new resident and he's going to fill in for David tonight." Angela spoke. "Well it would have been nice if someone would have told me." Andrew spoke. "Well you still have to work too Andy, Benjamin is new here and needs someone to show him around this place." Angela spoke, poking Andrew in the side playfully. "How wonderful. I guess I can give you the ten cent tour after I am down here with Mr. Timberlake." Andrew spoke as Angela and Benjamin walked out of the room. "Andrew isn't that..." JT spoke being cut off by Andrew. "Yeah that's him." Andrew spoke, turning around and facing the wall as tears fell from his eyes. "Andrew are you okay?" JT asked, moving behind Andrew. "Yeah...yeah I am okay." Andrew spoke, sniffling and then picking up Justin's chart. "I need to get back to work." "Ah...well okay." JT spoke, leaving the room and going back to the others. "If you want to talk I am here for you." TO BE CONTINUED... Comments or Suggestions Contact Information E-Mail: jtpoole9@nctv.com Website: http://12.158.100.94/hosted.htm Yahoo: johntpoole AOL/AIM: swainsboroguy2@aol.com ICQ #: 146925768