Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 14:23:21 -0500 (EST)
From: Jessica <nsyncness@webtv.net>
Subject: If You Only Knew 5

A little Note To Everyone:
    It's My fault that This hasn't been posted yet. Jessica wrote it
like 2 weeks ago and I just have been to lazy to type it out for her.
(That's the way it is for 99% of all my stories!) I am sorry for the
long long wait. I know it has been unfair and I BEG for your
forgiveness!

                     Candy

PS: All complaints about this being so late, just send them too
Angelusette@webtv.net (Did you know that rhymes?).

NOW.... On to the next addition of........*dramatic drum music goes
here*........

If You Only Knew
Chapter 5
By: Jessica

"Hold on a sec...." Chris gasped as he tried to catch his breath, "You
mean to tell me J.C., our bandmate/'bother'/a guy in general, is in love
with YOU!?"

"Basically, that's the idea," Lance answered with a sarcastic tone.

"No offence, Lance, but I thought J.C. had more sense than that."

"HEY!! What's that supposed to mean," lance snapped.

"I didn't mean more sense than to like you, you're not all that bad of a
guy... well.... not in that way. Oh, you know what I mean! I didn't
think J.C., ya know," Chris made swinging motions with his hand. "would
swing that way."

"I think I catch your drift. No offense taken." Lance shook his head.

"How do you know? Did something happen? Did he do, like, a strip dance
for you or something I should know about?"

"Seriously, Chris, I wonder about you sometimes, but that's beside the
point. Let's go back to the hotel and I'll show you what happened,"
Lance suggested.

"Oh, no you don't buddy boy. I might do some crazy shit sometimes but I
defiantly don't want to be shown what J.C. did to you."

"Fuck off, Chris!"

"Sorry," Chris said raising his hands up in the air, "I didn't mean
anything by it. Just trying to brighten up the mood. I was just joking."

"I'm sorry I snapped. It's just this whole J.C.-thing has unnerved me,"
Lance apologized.

"It's okay. I shouldn't have started with you. But if we are going to
get going we had better go now before we get mobbed."

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Chris and Lance stepped out of the elevator and walked toward Lance's
room. Chris reached the door first, leaving Lance further down the
hallway.

"Hey, Lance," Chris screamed. "looks like you got a message. Want me to
read it?"

"NO," Lance yelled as he ran down the hall, "Don't touch it!!" He had
ran so fast that he almost ran over a maid and a bell boy on the way to
where Chris was standing.

"Hey man, let's not kill kill anybody, okay? It's just a message, it's
not life or death," Chris joked.

"This isn't funny Chris. This is seriously serious. This is how the
whole mess go started in the first place."

"What do you mean?"

Lance fumbled to remove the small pink envelope from the door as he
opened the door to his hotel room. "Come in and I'll show you," Lance
mumbled.

Lance at down on he bed and looked at the letter. All he could think
about was how he wished the whole thing would have never happened and
now that it had nothing would ever be the same again.

As Chis watched as Lance just sat there on the bed it struck him. This
is so much more serious than he had thought. Still confused about the
situation and unsure of what to say, he finally spoke. "Lance, are you
okay?"

"Not really, but I'll try to explain." Lance reached under his bed and
pulled out the box of gifts and letters. "You see all this," He asked
handing Chris the box. This is what I have received over the past few
weeks. This and the roses over there."

"OH!!! I get it now. THAT'S why you are so upset over that message,"
Chris said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Yeah, I'm just afraid of what it might say."

"Well, you'll never know until you open it. I know that a little over
cliched but that's all I know to say, that and I'll be here for you.
Alright?"

"Okay... thanks Chris. Thank you so much."

"No prob, but there is one thing I don't under stand. If it's JC who has
been sending you these things, why are they all only signed '-J-' We
have 3 'J''s in out little boyband."

Lance opened the new letter and whispered "Oh my god."

"What's wrong?" Chris jumped, "What's it say?"

Lance just looked at the letter as Chris watched the tears form in his
eyes. When the tears began flowing Chris wished he knew what to say.

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TBC.....

Thanks to everyone for the feedback!!!

                            Jessica