Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 13:46:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: AJ Shukla <wipeout211@yahoo.com>
Subject: Josh and Just-20

****Hey everyone. I'm here with a new chapter. This one is really long and
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welcome. Enjoy!

Josh and Just 20


	"Danielle!" Lance said in shock. He gazed at Danielle as he stood
in front of her.
	"Lance. I'm. . . I'm sorry. I didn't know what I was giving up. I
love you. I truly do. Please take me back."  Danielle asked as she began to
walk forward. Lance started to inch back.
	"No Danielle. You cheated on me. I thought I could trust you. I
loved you. And you break my heart. I'm sorry but we can't get together."
Lance said shaking his head.
	"You have to Lance. I dumped the other guy. He was nothing."
Danielle retorted.
	"Yeah right. You were cheating on him behind my back. If he was
nothing you wouldn't have cheated at all." Lance replied.
	"Well you don't have to take me back Lance. I know you'll come back
to me and when you do I'll be sitting their waiting for you to apologize."
Danielle sneered.
	"Well don't worry about that because I've moved on with my life."
Lance replied.
	"Who would be stupid enough to take you?" Danielle asked. Lance
froze in his spot. He didn't have another girlfriend. He wished he did but
he didn't. `What am I going to do?' Lance thought.
	"Lance honey, try a sip of this. It's quite good." Marissa said as
she waked up to lance and wrapped her arm around his waist. She handed him
a glass filled with a brightly colored drink. Lance gave a surprised look
to Marissa. He received a wink from her. He smiled and looked back at
Danielle. He gave her a quick grin before taking a sip of Marissa's
drink. Lance scrunched his nose with distaste.
	"How could you drink that it's so nasty." Lance replied. Handing
the drink back. Marissa let out a small giggle before resting her head on
his shoulder.
	"You're so cute when you scrunch up your face like that." Marissa
replied. Danielle stood witnessing the whole incident.
	"Who is she?" Danielle asked, throwing severe amounts of attitude
at them.
	"The person stupid enough to take him." Marissa replied with a smug
look. Danielle's mouth fell open with shock.
	"She looks like a whore. How could you date her?" Danielle
asked. Lance looked Marissa over and then pulled her into a hug.
	"If she's wrong, then I don't ever want to go right." Lance replied
in his classic deep sexy voice.  Danielle let out a scowl before beginning
to walk away. She walked closely to the edge of the pool as she exited the
pool area. She looked back toward Lance and watched as he waved to her
while keeping an arm around Marissa.
	"Hey Danielle. Don't fall in now." Joey said, pushing her into the
pool as he walked by. She fell to the pool with a scream and came to the
surface gasping for air. She splashed around and screamed frantically until
she calmed down and stood in the three feet of water. She quickly walked up
the stairs out of the pool and stormed out of the pool area.
	"Here Joey try this." Lance said handing him Marissa's drink. Joey
took a sip and gave a look of approval.
	"You two are disgusting." Lance laughed.
	"How did she get passed security?" Joey asked taking a seat at the
table. He glanced over to Chris and noticed him talking on the phone and
making cooing sounds. He looked back at Lance and saw Marissa had taken a
seat on his lap.
	"They still think she's my girlfriend I bet." Lance replied.
	"Are you comfortable?" Lance asked Marissa.
	"Sorry I thought that she might be around and staring at us. So I
thought we should just stay like this for a while."  Marissa explained.
	"Fine by me." Lance replied.


	The entire gang had used their day to relax, resulting in a great
laid back entertaining show. Justin was amazed at how enthusiastic JC gets
with the crowd. He smiled to himself, remembering the way the fours girls
in the front row looked when JC had risen his shirt to reveal his chiseled
stomach. He walked into the dressing room and began changing. He wasn't far
along before feeling a pair of arms wrap around his waist. He smiled as he
turned and faced JC.
	"You were great." Justin said as he kissed JC's nose.
	"And what about us?" Lance asked, taking off his shirt to change
into the T-shirt he arrived in.
	"You all sucked." Justin replied, before resting his head on JC's
sweaty shoulder.
	"Ewww he's all sweaty and sticky. He probably smells too." Joey
said disgustedly. Justin let out a small snicker before kissing JC on the
chin and continuing to change. The group quickly changed and they were back
on the bus to their next location. Justin ducked into the bunk quickly and
closed his eyes. JC peeked in and saw Justin trying to get some sleep.
	"Justin? You awake?" JC whispered. He received no response. JC
shrugged and placed the blankets around Justin tighter and closed the
curtain. Before he could walk away, he heard a soft voice.
	"Josh?" Justin asked softly.  JC opened the curtain again and
looked inside.
	"Yeah Just?" JC asked as he moved in. he laid down next to Justin
on his side.
	"How do you like all this touring so much. You go from tour to
tour. City to city. And then you're sooo pumped for every show. I know we
are doing what we love to do and all, but sometimes it gets tiring and I
need a break." Justin whispered.
	"I know how you feel. But I keep this thought in my mind. I keep
the thought of only two more performances and it's you and me with the
rugrats at my place with our families. We'll be together as we watched the
snow fall and as the tree is lit. Only two more days and then we'll be on a
plane back to Virginia." JC whispered back. The two shared a small secret
with each other. A secret in many that only they knew. It was something the
two of them had. A special bond that allowed them to share every secret.
Or all the secrets to have come along so far. JC wrapped both arms around
Justin and held him close to his body.
	"Hey you two? You up for a movie? I think we're watching one of the
tapes that Joey brought."  Lance said peeking in. He opened the curtain and
took a seat on the edge.
	"Excuse you! We're trying to have a private intimate moment here!"
JC laughed.
	"Well the moments over, Wanna watch a movie? It's just Me, Britney,
Alex, Marissa, Chris and Tyler. Unless you guys are up for it." Lance said
nudging them.
	"Fine, we're right behind you." JC said, pushing Lance off so he
could get out. He held out a hand for Justin and helped him out of the
bunk. He escorted Justin to the lounge where they sat around the TV to
watch a movie. JC sat on the floor with his back propped up against the
front of the couch and spread his legs so Justin could sit in between
them. Justin took his seat and leaned back against JC. JC looked back to
see Lance and Marissa sharing the couch. On the other couch, Chris, Tyler
and Britney sat scrunched together. Alex sat a good two feet or so next to
the happy couple waiting for the movie to start.
	"Hey there Alex. Good job tonight. I never actually watched the
back-up dancers. You guys go through a lot." JC said, trying to make
conversation. Justin looked back at his boyfriend talking to Alex.  Justin
picked up JC's hand which was resting on his leg and started to play with
the fingers as JC continued to talk to Alex.
	"Thanks JC. Yeah it's hard but it becomes second nature after a
while. You guys were awesome out there too. I was wondering if the rig used
in the `Sailing' sequence hurt or not." Alex pondered.
	"Actually it does. It's doesn't really hurt until you hang from the
air." JC responded. Justin listened with one ear as he continued to play
with JC's fingers. He began to kiss every finger on the hand one at a time.
	"Great. That really sucks because for one of Britney's sequences I
have to be rigged up." Alex scowled silently.
	"Well once you get used to the pain it just becomes fun. So don't
worry that much." JC laughed.  His attention was brought back to Justin who
was kissing his fingers. A small smile crossed his face as he watched his
boyfriend act so cutely. Once Justin finished kissing every finger he laced
his fingers through JC's and rested both their hands in his lap. JC kissed
the nape of Justin's neck softly. He rested his chin on Justin's shoulder
and watched the TV. Justin let out a soft sigh before laying back against
Justin and gazing at the TV.


	A cell phone soon disrupted the silence that the lounge had fallen
under. Lance laid on the couch as he slept while Marissa had taken his
bunk. Alex slept on the other couch peacefully. The rest of the group had
gotten tired and had walked back to their bunks where they slept
silently. Justin and JC had stayed in their position and wrapped a blanket
around themselves as they spent the silence together. The phone rang from
JC's pant pocket as the two laid cuddled together. Justin turned in his
spot and reach into JC`s pant pocket and pulled out the phone.
	"Hello?" Justin asked as he spoke into the phone. JC softly began
to kiss him on the neck, making sure to make each kiss special.
	"Yeah hold on he's here." Justin said as he handed the phone back
to JC. JC took the phone and placed it to his ear.
	"Hello?" JC asked. Justin turned in his spot so he could face
JC. He sat on his haunches while watching JC speak on the phone.
	"Okay. . . Yeah. . . oh sure. . . Sure she
can. . .Okay. . .no. . . no problem at all. . . okay. . . bye. .
.goodnight." JC said into the phone. He turned the phone off and placed it
the space between himself and Justin. He looked up to see Justin's
questioning eyes.
	"Well what did William want? He didn't call to tell us about what
we are going to do tomorrow did he? Cause that would be totally stupid,
calling us in the middle of the night to tell us that we have to work our
asses off tomorrow." Justin babbled. JC sat their snickering, watching
Justin rant and rave quietly, making sure not to wake Lance or Alex. Justin
stopped and looked at JC.
	"Well?" Justin asked. JC smiled a bit before kissing Justin on the
nose.
	"Well it seems that Jennie was having a hard time finding a way to
get to her house for the holidays. So she is coming with us to Virginia
then she's catching a connecting flight to Orlando. And if her flight is
delayed her and Seth are coming home with us. William was being nice and
not letting Jennie stress over it. So he called us while she was sleeping."
JC explained as he rubbed Justin's thighs with his hands. Justin nodded and
picked up the phone before standing up. He held a hand out for JC to help
JC up.  JC stood and started to walk toward the bunks. Justin slipped the
phone back into JC's pant pocket and followed his boyfriend down the
bus. JC stopped and quickly ran back toward the lounge. Justin waited while
JC quickly did something and came running back.
	"What? Did you forget something?" Justin asked resuming their walk
toward the bunks.
	"Yeah I forgot to cover Alex and Lance with blankets and turn off
the lights for them." JC replied.  Justin smiled knowing that JC was
totally sweet.
	"You are adorable." Justin whispered as he leaned in for a kiss. JC
pecked him quickly.
	"Now come on. You need you're rest. We have another show tomorrow."
JC sighed. He followed Justin into the bunk where both of them would fall
asleep in each others arms.


	The next couple of days went by quickly. The shows were action
packed which sent each performer into deep slumber when the night came
around. The guys were busy practicing and taking photo shoots to think
about anything else. Justin and JC barely spent anytime together due tot
heir busy schedule.  Both had only the Christmas break in mind, where they
could spend the holidays in each others arms around family and
friends. Chris called Sarah but usually could only speak for five minutes
before being whisked to hair and make-up. Joey found no time for goofing
around with all his preparations to head home for the holidays. Lance was
right there by his side calling home and airlines to make sure his flight
was confirmed. Britney rushed around with nothing on her mind besides
Christmas and Freddie. She wanted nothing more than to spend Christmas with
Freddie but she had already made plans with her family which was very
important to her. All the events of the past two days led up to this one
moment at the airport. All of them stood at the gate for the plane heading
to Virginia. Justin heard the boarding call and placed the back pack onto
his shoulder. JC did the same as he stood. He looked down to his side and
saw Tyler sleeping in the seat. He smacked Tyler in the back of the head to
wake him up.
	"How could you be so tired? You didn't do anything this whole
time. While we were performing you'd be sitting off the side drawing in
your sketchpad. That doesn't really take a lot of work." JC said, looking
at his exhausted face.
	"I was up all night finishing a sketch." Tyler said rubbing his
eyes.
	"Why?" JC asked in stupefaction.
	"Because. . .because. . . Because when creative genius hits you
have to sketch it fast." Tyler replied smoothly.
	"Yeah right." JC laughed.
	"Bye Brit. Have fun at home. Say hi to your mom for me." Justin
said kissing her on the cheek and giving her a hug.
	"Bye Justin. Will do. Have fun at JC's." Britney replied. Justin
nodded and moved on.
	"Bye Chris." JC said as he stepped behind Justin.
	"Bye you two. Call me okay?" Chris replied. Both Justin and JC
nodded before moving on.
	"See ya Joe." Justin said pulling him into a hug.
	"Bye you guys. See you in a couple of days okay?" Joey replied.
	"Okay. I'll call you too." Justin replied. They moved to the last
person.
	"Bye Lance. Say hi to your family for me." Justin said.
	"No problem. Bye you guys. Take care okay?" Lance replied. The two
quickly said other good byes and got ready to board the airplane.
	"Hey you guys. If any of you end up with no place to go for the
holidays, you guys are more then welcome to drop my house. You all know
where it is. And if you need to you could call from the airport and we'll
be there in a sec to pick you up okay?" JC said, making sure everyone
understood.
	"Thanks." Was the summarized response.
	"Wait! Wait!" The whole group turned toward the sound of someone
calling them. They saw John, Jennie's new flame, running toward
them. Jennie looked up to see John and lit up with surprise. She ran toward
him and gave him a big hug.
	"What are you doing here?" Jennie asked.
	"Catching you before you left." Justin cooed. Jennie rolled hers
eyes at Justin and turned back to John with a questioning look.
	"He's right." John replied. Jennie let out a laugh.
	"Why?" Jennie asked as she wrapped both arms around his neck.
	"To tell you he loves you." Britney cooed.
	"She's right." John laughed.
	"Can you guys shut up!" Jennie said to the gang. They all laughed
as they watched on. JC picked Seth up who was hefting his own little
backpack. Instantly Seth started to play with JC's necklace.
	"Well I just wanted to say that I'm in love with you Jennie, and
that I wanted to say Merry Christmas before you left." John said before
kissing her. Jennie instantly pulled back.
	"John. I have something to tell you. Seth. . . is my son." Jennie
said taking Seth into her arms.
	"Jennie. . ." John began.
	"No John. . . let me explain. I know that you would have been
scared away by Seth, and I'm basically telling you that if you don't like
Seth then you'll have a problem with me because Seth is my life and I can't
forget about him ever." Jennie said.
	"But Jennie. . ." John started again.
	"No John. I know this is a surprise but this is the way it has to
be and i would have it no other way. Seth is the main love of my life."
Jennie continued.
	"Jennie! I already know Seth is your son. I know that Lance broke
up with Danielle. I know Justin and JC are a couple. I know about Britney
and Freddie. Know it all. You guys need to be more secretive at practice."
John laughed. Everyone stood therein amazement.
	"And don't worry I still love you and I love Seth. And here I got
you two something." John said taking two presents out of the bag he
carried. Jennie instantly ran up to him and gave him a kiss. She held Seth
on her hip as she kissed John. Seth reached out and touched their locked
lips causing them to go in a fit of laughter. Seth himself joined in.
	"Okay he loves you and she loves you. Now can we get going?" Justin
said stepping up to the two.  Jennie let out a small laugh.
	"Okay. Okay. I'm going. John I'll call you okay? Love you." Jennie
said kissing him quickly. She ran with Seth on her hip along with Justin,
JC and Tyler toward the gate.
	"Bye you guys?" Britney waved. Justin gave them all a wave before
running into the gate.


	Justin stepped off the plane with Seth clutching his hand. Jennie
had run to the counter to find out more information on her departing
flight. JC held Justin's bag, his own bag, and Seth's bag on his shoulder
as he walked out behind Justin. Tyler was the last to walk out trying to
add a few pencil strokes into his sketchpad before putting it away. JC
scanned the crowd for anyone he might know. He looked out the window as saw
that snow was falling heavily now. When they had landed it was light, now
it was coming down with gusts of wind.
	"Attention all passengers, all flights are canceled until the storm
passes over. We apologize for the inconvenience." The announcement came on
through out the airport. A loud groan came from all those who were leaving
to go home for the holidays. A loud sigh of relief came from the passengers
that just got off the plane. Jennie walked back to Justin and the group.
	"JC? Is it okay if I. . ." Jennie started to ask.
	"For as long as you want." JC replied as he pulled her into a half
hug.
	"Thanks JC." Jennie said with relief.
	"Josh. Look." Justin said pointing to a small group of people. JC
looked over and saw his parents as well as all four of Justin's parents. He
also saw two toddlers clutching to Lisa's pant leg. He smiled as he got
closer to the group. Jennie took Seth into her arms and held him while
Justin, JC, and Tyler exchanged hugs and kisses with their family members.
	"Hey Tyler. You've grown since the last time I saw you." Lynn said,
pulling Tyler into a hearty hug.
	"Hi Aunt Lynn." Tyler replied as he hugged her back.
	"Hello Justin." Karen Chasez, JC's mom, said as she pulled him into
a hug.
	"Hi Karen. How have you been?" Justin asked while in the hug.
	"I've been good. And look at you. You get more and more handsome
every day." Karen said pulling back from the hug.
	"Thank you Karen. Hey Roy." Justin said, shaking his hand. Roy
pulled him into a hug.
	"How's my third son doing?" Roy asked as he hugged Justin.
	"I'm fine. It's good to see you again." Justin replied.
	"Same here." Roy replied backing from the hug.
	"Hey everyone, this is Jennie and her son Seth." Justin introduced.
	"Daddy." Seth said as he reached for Tyler.
	"Daddy?!?" everyone asked while Justin, JC, Jennie burst into
laughter.
	"No he's not the Father. It was a joke we played on the road."
Jennie explained. All the parents just nodded in return.
	"Okay well lets get going. I can take all the adults in my car. And
the children can go in Karen's."  Roy thought.
	"Children? We aren't children. We are grown adults!" JC laughed.
	"You'll always be a child sweety." Lynn said standing next to him
and placing her arm around his back. JC smiled and wrapped an arm around
her shoulder.
	"Okay lets get to moving." Karen said clapping her hands.


	JC hefted two suitcases and a backpack as he was followed by Justin
who carried one big suitcase and a shoulder bag. Tyler walked in with his
suitcase and backpack while Jennie carried her two shoulder bags. Seth
stayed close to her leg as they entered the house.
	"You know Josh! If you weren't so stubborn we could have helped
you." Randall said as he watched the boys carry in their bags.
	"Well I'm not stubborn Dad. You can take mine." Justin said placing
the bags down at his feet and walking into the living room. Randall looked
down at the bag and walked away leaving it at it's place. JC placed the
other bags next to it as did Jennie and Tyler.
	"No children! I expect you guys to take all this to your bedrooms
right this instant." Karen said as she pulled Justin off the couch. Justin
let out a groan and walked back to his suitcase. They all lifted their
backpacks and walked up stairs. Jennie took the guest room, Justin and JC
placed their stuff in JC's room.  Tyler went to his room. They all placed
their stuff down and started to head back downstairs. The group reconvened
in the living room where the Seth played in the center with Jonathan and
Steven while the every body sat on the seats. JC sat in the recliner while
Justin sat on the arm. Tyler, Jennie, and Karen sat on the couch. Lynn and
Paul sat on the futon. And Randall and Lisa took a sea on the love seat
while Roy pulled up a chair from the side.
	"So where's Laura?" Justin asked, noticing the absence of his
sister.
	"She is with Heather, picking up some groceries." Roy mentioned.
	"Heather is here? So you met her boyfriend?" JC asked, wanting to
know everything about this guy.
	"He is a darling. So polite." Karen cooed.
	"And so proper. Always knows how to act. Especially with the
children." Lynn added.
	"Oh no. He won over my mother." Justin whispered to JC. JC sat
there with doubt in his head.
	"I don't know about him. he seems fishy." Randall said scratching
his head.
	"Thank you Randall! Some one who has common sense." Roy chuckled.
	"He's not bad at all. Leave the boy alone." Karen announced.
	"That's the point. He's not bad in any way. He seems too perfect."
Paul voiced.
	"So basically it's the Mom's that like him and the Dad's that
don't." Tyler noticed.
	"You guys can't appreciate a women like he doe with Heather." Lynn
said.
	"Oh no. Hide me. Hide the breakables. There is gonna be a war in
here." Justin said sliding off the arm of the chair and into JC's lap. He
grabbed JC's arm and put it around himself as he buried his face in JC's
shoulder.
	"Are you saying that you'd rather have him as you're husband
instead of me?" Paul asked.
	"Let it drop. There are children in the room. It's a harmless
argument." JC said laughing at Justin, while trying to stop World War III.
	"I think we should start cooking. I'm going to need someone to chop
up the vegetables. Which one will it be?" Karen asked, looking at Justin,
JC, and Tyler.
	"I'll be more than happy to help you." Jennie offered.
	"Why thank you dear. We'd love your help. If you don't mind fellas
we have a meal to prepare."  Lynn said getting to her feet.
	"Well I have to go finish some sketches and paint them. See ya."
Tyler said jumping up to his feet and heading to his room.
	"I have to do some unpacking and gift wrapping. Want to come?"
Justin asked JC. JC nodded and both of them stood up.
	"Bye Dads." JC and Justin said. The children played on the floor
while the fathers continued to talk amongst themselves.


	"Hello Everyone!! We're back!" Laura's voice could be heard all
around the house even upstairs where Justin and JC were laying on the bed
softly kissing each other as they figured out which person to give each
gift to.
	"How about for your sister's new boyfriend? Do you want to give him
the gift certificate?" Justin asked.
	"No. I haven't even met him. why do I have to give him something?"
JC complained.
	"Oh Josh.  It's the spirit of giving and all that stuff. Come
on. We more than enough gifts for everyone." Justin responded as he
unbuttoned the top of JC's shirt. JC snickered and laid on his back.
	"Fine. Now how about the kids?" JC asked.
	"We'll decide that later. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve right? So we
have all of tonight to decide.  We'll put the gifts under the tree after
tonight. Tonight is the lighting right?" Justin asked.
	"Yeah. . ." JC was stopped when a branch of a tree smacked loudly
into the window. JC looked toward the window and saw that the wind was
blowing fiercely. The snow storm outside had gotten worst.
	"It's really coming down hard out there." JC claimed as he got up
to look out the window.
	"Well we'll worry about that later. We have to go see our sisters
and meet the mystery man."  Justin said getting up and dragging JC with
him. JC followed behind closely. The two hopped down the stairs together
into kitchen where Heather and Laura had gone. They walked into the kitchen
to see Karen at the stove while Jennie was busy chopping something on the
counter next to her. Lynn was checking on something in the oven while Lisa
looked through the fridge. JC's eyes were brought to his sister who was
conversing with their mother as she cook. Her jacket was blotted with
snowflakes as washer hair.
	"Next time you need something from the store, you can send
Josh. It's crazy out there." Heather said placing the bag of groceries on
the counter.
	"Hell no. We'll send Tyler." JC joked.
	"Josh!" Heather said as she hugged him. JC hugged her back as he
chuckled.
	"What's up brat?" JC asked as he pulled back.
	"Nothing much." Heather replied as she smacked his shoulder.
	"Justin!!" Laura said running down the hall to her brother.
	"Hey Laura! I missed you." Justin said scooping her up.
	"I missed you too." Laura said giving him a kiss on the cheek.
	"Hey Laura. Go up stairs and get my backpack. Bring it down here
and I'll give you a surprise from me and JC." Justin said. Laura quickly
ran up the stairs.
	"So where's that boyfriend of yours?" JC asked as he pushed his
sister.
	"He's in the living room with the kids. And how rude are you to not
introduce me to Jennie!"  Heather said pinching him in the stomach.
	"Hey you were out. But now you two know each other. And I'm going
to go grill your boyfriend."  JC said.
	"Good cause yours can stay here and talk to me." Heather said,
pulling Justin into a hug.
	"Nope I'm taking Justin with me. We're going to grill this guy
together." JC said taking Justin's hand and walking towards the living
room.
	"Bye Heather." Justin laughed."


	"So Tim! If that's your real name. Tell me about yourself." JC said
as he sat on the couch and watched Tim play with Steven, Jonathan, and
Seth.
	"Well what do you want to know?" Tim asked.
	"Where do you work?" Justin asked.
	"I'm a fire fighter." Tim replied.
	"Oh a firefighter. How did you meet my sister?" JC asked.
	"Well we first met a conference we had go to in San Diego. I met
her first on the beach. I was at the beach with my brother's family. I was
staying with them while I had to go to the conference. But our final day we
spent on the beach. Anyway. My nephew wanted to go to the water. I was
running after him when I literally bumped into Heather. I helped her up and
then she said. . ." Tim was about to finish when Heather spoke.
	"Wow. I could do my laundry on your abs." Heather finished. JC
rolled his eyes while Justin punched him in the arm.
	"When did you start sleeping with my sister?" JC asked.
	"uhm. . . uhm . . . uh. . .Last week." Tim replied.
	"Excuse you Josh!" Heather said as sat on the love seat. Tim took a
seat next to her and snuggled close to her.
	"Kids! Dinner is ready!" Lynn called from the Dining room.


	After dinner everyone gathered in the living room. They all sat
around the corner in which the tree was decorated. The unlit tree stood
decorated in gold and silver ribbons. Crowned from the base to the tip
where gold and silver Christmas ornaments. Everything led up to the tip
where an angel sat with her harp in hand. Her dressed beautifully
embroidered with a silver and gold lining. The only part left were the tiny
white lights to illuminate the scattered gifts resting underneath the
outstretched branches. JC sat with his back propped up against the wall of
the alcove that looked out onto the front lawn. The giant tree in the yard
whipped around it's bare branched with every gust of wind. The ground
covered with a blanket of snow that continued to rise slowly. Justin sat
between his spread legs and propped his back up against JC's chest. The two
covered themselves with a blanket as they look into the fireplace where a
crackling fire set the holiday mood. Justin looked down at his little
brothers and Seth playing at the base of the alcove. He looked at Jennie
who was on her cell phone with someone, probably John. He looked toward the
recliner where Tim sat with Heather half on his lap and half on the arm
rest. Karen and Roy sat closely together as they took in the
atmosphere. Roy wrapped an arm around Karen's shoulder and pulled her into
a hug. Tyler laid on the floor as he sketched the tree elaborately onto the
paper while Laura laid next to him trying to copy each stroke he took. Paul
and Lynn sat on the futon taking in the beautiful tree. Randall and Lisa
sat on the love seat and shared a small kiss before resting against each
other.
	"I wonder what the guys and Britney are doing right now?" Justin
asked JC in a whisper.
	"Well Lance is probably being forced to eat his desert by his
mother. And Chris is probably carrying out a stupid bet he made with his
sister." JC chuckled softly. He placed his chin on Justin's while wrapping
his arms around Justin's waist.
	"And Joey is probably. . ." Justin thought for a second.
	"Eating." They both replied with a laugh.
	"And I know Britney is on the phone with Freddie." Justin replied.
	"It's too quiet with out them." JC whispered nuzzling to Justin's
neck.
	"Yeah I know what you mean. I thought of a good insult to Chris
earlier and when I turned around he wasn't there." Justin sighed.
	"But hey at least we're together and we'll see them in a few
days. I still have to go shopping for them." JC stated.
	"Me too." Justin replied.
	"Hey everyone. How about we light the tree now. Cause my picture
looks very boring without illumination." Tyler said rising to his
feet. Tyler got into position by the outlet in the wall. JC reached back
and hit the lights switch. The only light they saw was the fire
crackling. Tyler place the plug in the outlet but nothing lit up. He pulled
the plug back out and put it back in, but once again nothing
happened. Tyler signaled to JC to turn the light switch back on so he could
fix the lights. JC reached back and turned it on, but nothing happened.
	"It's a black out ." Justin said noticing the lack of lights
outside as well. A giant gust of wind fell over the house sending a tunnel
of air down the chimney. The crackling fire soon blew out leaving the house
in darkness. Steven quickly began to sob at the darkness.
	"Stevey! Don't worry. I'm here." Justin said reaching down and
picking up his baby brother. He hugged the child and placed the tiny head
upon his great shoulder. JC placed his hand on the back of Steven's head
and hugged both Justin and him close. They soon felt another child climb
onto the alcove.  Justin let out a groan as a child climbed into his lap
and hold his arm tightly.
	"Jonathan it's okay. It's only a blackout." Justin said hugging his
brother.
	"It's scary." Jonathan replied.
	"There are candles in the drawer of that table over there. Matches
should be in there too." Roy said pointing into the darkness.
	"Wow thanks for pointing the direction Dad." Tyler said
sarcastically. He moved around in the darkness making sure not to step on a
child or anything. He soon bumped into a table. He felt around for a bit
before finding the drawer. He reached inside and felt three long stick
candles. He found the match box and with a little difficulty he lit the
first candle. From there he lit the other two. He handed one to his sister
than another one to Lynn and Paul. He sat closely to the alcove with Laura.
	"Do you think Tyler was an idiot and blew out the power for the
whole street?" JC asked as he ruffled his brothers hair. Tyler turned with
a perturbed face and glared at JC.
	"Well what should we do now?" Justin asked, leaning more into his
embrace with JC.
	"I say sleep. The lights should be on in the morning. Hey is it
getting cold in here?" Roy asked.
	"Heather did you forget to close the vent to the chimney?" Karen
asked.
	"I told Justin to do it." Heather replied.
	"Don't look at me I told JC." Justin announced.
	"Hey I told Dad." JC stated. Karen looked at her husband and saw
him shying away in the corner of the couch. Karen stood up and walked to
the fireplace. She searched for the crank to close the chimney vent.
	"How are the kids doing?" Lisa asked.
	"Well Steven is hugging the hell out of me. Jonathan is clutching
onto my arm like no tomorrow.  Where's Seth?" Justin asked.
	"He's with me." Jennie stated.
	"Okay I guess we should just relax. I'll try and start another
fire." Randall said letting out a slight groan as he got up. He walked to
the fire place and placed some more newspaper to the wood. He searched for
the box of matches began to long process.


	The group continued to sit with the power out. The fire was blazing
once again sending some warmth and light into the room. Laura laid asleep
on the floor while Tyler watched over her like a protective brother while
trying to sketch with the light of the fire. Heather snuggled up to Tim's
chest and stared at the fireplace while hugging Tim tightly. Tim held her
close as he did the same. Karen snuggled with Roy on the couch as they
looked to nowhere. Lynn was conversing with Jennie and Paul no the futon
quietly. Randall and Lisa were sleeping lightly as they laid in each others
arms. Justin leaned back against JC as the two napped. Seth slept against
Justin's right shoulder while Steven slept against the left. Jonathan slept
on the side as he held onto Justin's arms. JC's arms held them all tightly
as he secured the blanket around the group. The lights began to flicker
before their full power was blinding the people in the room.  JC blinked
for a minute as he saw the tree lit. He reached back and turned off the
house lights.
	"It's Beautiful." Heather said as she gazed upon the glowing tree.
	"I can finish my drawing!" Tyler said taking his position once
again. JC quickly shook Justin awake.
	"Justin. Justin wake up. The lights are on." JC whispered. Justin
opened one eye and saw the tree full of white lights. He sat up a little
and shook the children that were on him. They al woke up and rubbed their
eyes.
	"Hey kids. Look." Justin said pointing to the tree. The kids all
climbed out of the alcove and rushed to the bottom of the tree. They sat
there as they gazed at the tree. Justin stretched a bit before pulling JC's
arms around him. He let out a tiring sigh and snuggled close.
	"I love you." JC whispered softly.
	"I love you too." Justin replied.
	"Hey you guys I think we should head to sleep. Tomorrow is a big
day. We're waking up early and going to the morning mass." Karen said
standing up. Everyone stood up ready to head to bed.
	"Justin you can take Josh's bed. Josh you can take the floor."
Karen added.
	"Mom!" JC replied.
	"Heather you can take the floorin your room and Tim can sleep on
the bed." Karen stated.
	"Mom!" Heather replied.
	"Mom, No one is getting my bed!" Tyler announced as he got up.
	"Help your big brother put the children to sleep downstairs in the
den." Karen said.
	"Mom!" JC and Tyler whined.
	"Come on. I'll help." Justin said taking JC's hand.
	"Seth do you want to sleep with me tonight or with the other kids?"
Jennie asked her son.
	"Kids." Seth replied before chasing after Justin and JC.JC scooped
Seth into his arms while Justin carried Steven. Randall picked up Laura who
was still sleeping. He followed his older son and JC into the den. Justin
placed his baby brother down and allowed him to run to the bed. The extra
beds placed in the den were regular size beds. The three children scurried
into one while Randall placed Laura down on the other bed.
	"Okay you guys. Go to bed. Tomorrow we have to go to church."
Justin said tucking the three into the bed.
	"And if you guys are go to sleep now. I'll make you chocolate chip
pancakes for breakfast tomorrow. Okay?" Tyler promised. The kids nodded and
closed their eyes.
	"Goodnight." They all said. Justin and JC walked slowly up the
stairs to their room. When they entered Justin fell back into the bed. JC
climbed on top of him and gently started to kiss him. They laid together as
they kissed softly. Justin's hand moved to the back of JC's head while JC's
hands moved to Justin's back. JC slowly started to nibble on Justin's
bottom lip.
	"Ahem!" The sound caused Justin and JC to separate and look to the
doorway in embarrassment.  Their in the doorway was Karen, Lynn, and
Heather.
	"We just wanted to say goodnight." Lynn said with a smile.
	"Goodnight you two. Try tog et some sleep!" Karen laughed. The two
older women walked away while Heather walked into the room and sat o the
bed.
	"What?" JC asked.
	"Just want to spend time with my brother." Heather replied with a
cheesy smile.
	"You chose one hell of a time to do it." JC replied. He climbed off
Justin who was now laying on his side with his head propped up with his
hand. JC laid on his side behind Justin and kissed his neck quickly before
getting up and walking to the closet.
	"So how have you two been? How's Britney? How are the guys? How is
the tour?" Heather asked.  They heard a knock at the door.
	"Now who?" JC asked in irritation. He opened the door to see Tyler.
	"Hey there Josh. Couldn't sleep so I thought I'd come talk to you."
Tyler said coming into the room. JC sighed and closed the door.
	"Hey Heather. Hey Justin." Tyler said crashing onto the bed. Justin
laid there with a humorous look on his face as he watched JC stand angrily.
	"Oh honey. They just want to talk come on." Justin invited JC to
sit down next to him. Justin sat up and waited for JC. JC sighed and laid
down on the bed. He rested his head in Justin's lap. Justin smiled down to
him before running his fingers through JC's hair.
	"So how is everyone? I want the dirt on everyone." Heather said.
	"Well Britney is fine. She is dating Freddie Prinze Jr. He got into
an accident a couple of days ago. So she's doing okay. Uhm. Chris is dating
this girl named Sarah. At first they hated each other and now they are
dating. She's Freddie's cousin, or something like that. What else?" Justin
asked looking down at JC for information.
	"Well Lance broke up with Danielle. She was cheating on him. and
then I heard that she came back to Lance but Lance rejected her." JC
stated.
	"Aww poor Lance. I'm glad he got rid of Danielle though. She was a
bitch." Heather replied.
	"Yeah I know. OH and Joey is just Joey. Hasn't settled or
anything. Don't think he wants to either." Justin finished.
	"How is the tour?" Heather asked.
	"It's going okay. Same thing over and over again. Practice in the
day performance at night." JC replied.
	"How have you guys been doing?" Heather asked.
	"It's been going great." Justin replied.
	"It will always go great." JC replied. Justin smiled and leaned
down to kiss JC.
	"Excuse me while I gag." Tyler said falling to the floor and began
to make gagging noises.
	"Hey just because you don't have a love your life, doesn't mean you
can bring down those who have." Heather said smacking her brother on the
back of the head.
	"Anyway.. if you two don't mind. My boyfriend and I would like to
get some sleep." Justin said as he let out a small yawn.
	"No problem. Come on brat." Heather said as she got up. She dragged
Tyler out of the room leaving Justin and JC alone. JC went to the floor and
got into his sleeping bag. Justin laid down on the bed and stared at the
ceiling for a minute. He smiled to himself before taking the sheets off the
bed and laying down on the floor next to JC.
	"What are you doing?" JC asked as he kissed Justin softly.
	"I'm sleeping with you." Justin replied as he unzipped JC's
sleeping bag and brought him under the blankets.
	"But our praents said not to sleep with each other." JC said with a
mischievous smile.
	"No. Our parents said not to sleep in the bed together. They never
said anything about the floor."  Justin grinned back. JC chuckled softly
before pulling Justin into a hug.
	"Goodnight Sweety." JC said as he kissed the top of Justin's head.
	"Night Josh. I love you." Justin replied snuggling to JC's chest.
	"Love you too." JC whispered before falling asleep.


	"Boys it's time to get up." Karen said as she shook JC's
shoulder. JC woke up and blinked a couple of times as his eyes adjusted to
the light that was coming through his window. He looked around and
remembered he had fallen asleep on the floor with Justin in his arms. He
looked down and saw Justin was still in his arms. He cleared his throat
softly and looked up at his mother who was looking down at him.
	"Morning Mom." JC said as he tightened his grip on Justin.
	"Morning Sweetheart. Time to get up. We leave for church in an
hour." Karen said as she stood.
	"Okay Mom we'll see you downstairs in half an hour." JC said. Karen
nodded and walked out. JC looked down and saw Justin in his arms.
	"Justin. Baby. It's time to get up." JC whispered as he placed a
kiss on Justin's forehead.
	"I'm awake." Justin groaned as he pulled the covers over his head.
	"Come on we have to go." JC said as he sat up. He pulled back the
covers and grabbed Justin's arms. He pulled Justin into a sitting position.
	"You know I'm starting to hate when you wake me up like this."
Justin snapped.
	"I love you too." JC said as he pulled Justin up to his feet.
	"Okay. Okay. Lets go." Justin said walking toward the door. The two
quickly showered and dressed. JC wore a white turtle neck while he wore a
dark blue sweater on top allowing only the neck line of the turtle neck to
show. His black slacks went well with the wardrobe. Justin followed in a
dark blue turtle neck and a blazer as well as matching pants. They hopped
down the stairs and walked into the living room.
	"Bye Karen. Thank you for allowing me to stay here. Merry
Christmas." Jennie said as she hugged Karen.
	"Oh no problem dear. Any time. Merry Christmas to you too. Are you
sure you don't want a ride to the airport?" Karen asked.
	"Oh no. Thank you though. My cab is outside." Jennie replied.
	"Jennie? You're leaving?" Justin asked.
	"Yeah, I have a flight in an hour. Thank you so much for letting me
stay here. Merry Christmas you two." Jennie said hugging Justin and JC.
	"Wait I have something for you and Seth." Justin said running
upstairs. He soon came back down with two wrapped presents. He handed them
to Jennie and hugged her again.
	"Seth come say bye to Justin and JC." Jennie said. Seth came
toddling out of the living room and ran toward JC. JC scooped him up and
gave him a hug.
	"Bye Seth. See you in a couple of days okay?" JC said. Seth
nodded. JC handed Seth to Justin who gave him a hug.
	"Merry Christmas Seth." Justin said.
	"Merry Christmas." Seth replied. Justin chuckled and put Seth down.
	"Bye Jennie. Bye Seth." JC said as he watched Jennie and Seth walk
outside in the lightly falling snow toward the cab. They waved as the two
ducked into the car.
	"Hey you guys lets get going." Roy said as he started to walk out
the door toward his car.


	"Hey there Chris. I just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas."
Justin said into his cellular phone.
	"Hey Joey. I just wanted to wish you and your family a Merry
Christmas." JC said into his cellular phone. Both Justin and JC walked
around the living room as they talked to their friends.
	"How are your sisters doing?" Justin asked. He passed JC.
	"How is your family doing?" JC asked.
	"Great. Great. We all are great." Justin responded.
	"Yeah we're great." JC said into his phone.
	"Oh hold on JC wants to talk to you." Justin said into his phone.
	"Hey Joe! Justin wants to talk to you." JC said into his phone. JC
and Justin handed their phones to each other.
	" Hey Chris! Merry Christmas." JC said into the phone.
	"Hey Joey! Happy Holidays." Justin said into the phone. The
finished their conversations and fell onto the couch.
	"All our friends have been called. Now it's time to relax with my
love." JC said as he pulled Justin toward him. Justin sighed in happiness
as he snuggled into the perfect mold that was JC's body. There bodies were
designed for each other. It just felt right whenever they hugged.
	"Hey Dorks. Do you feel like going outside and picking some apples
from the tree out back for Mom's apple pie?" Heather said leaning over the
couch to ask them.
	"Why don't you and Tim do it?" JC asked.
	"Cause Tim and I are busy helping Mom, Aunt Lynn, and Aunt Lisa
wrap presents. Mostly your presents. And we need you guys out of the house
for a little while." Heather replied.
	"Wait I want to see what I got." Justin said.
	"So do I." JC added.
	"How about this. If you go get a bunch of apples. For like four
pies. When you come in I'll tell you what you guys got." Heather said.
	"Deal." Justin said going to the coat wrack. He grabbed his coat
and slipped it on. He handed JC his. The two walked out the back door and
to the trees in the back where apples grew. JC picked up a brown paper bag
from the kitchen on his way out to collect the apples in.
	"Okay it's cold out here!" Justin said as he shivered slightly. JC
walked up behind Justin and wrapped both arms around him. Justin leaned
back and kissed JC softly.
	"You know I think this has got to be the most relaxing vacation I
have ever had. At least the best holiday I ever had. Cause I'm with you."
Justin said as he kissed JC's hand.
	"I'm just glad I can be myself around everyone here. I'm glad that
my parents are okay with us.  You're parents are okay with us. Hell I'm
glad that Tim is okay with us." JC replied.
	"You really don't like him huh?" Justin asked as he turned to face
JC.
	"No. He's sleeping with my baby sister!" JC replied.
	"And you're sleeping with Lynn and Randall's son!" Justin replied.
	"So what's your point." JC responded, not wanting to know at all.
	"She's grown up. We started to sleep with each other the first day
we started going out." Justin replied.
	"But we've slept with each other soo many times before we even
knew. We're best friends. So it's not that big of a difference. She hardly
knows this guy! He could be lying about his job and family down in San
Diego. He could be. . ." Justin stopped JC by kissing him softly.
	"You're rambling again." Justin whispered. He took the bag out of
JC's hand and started to pick the apples from the low branches. JC chuckled
to himself before joining Justin.
	"Hey How about a dip in the pool?" JC asked looking toward the
glassy pool that laid peacefully in the winter weather with the help of a
pool cover.
	"JC. It's like forty degrees. I am not going swimming." Justin
replied as he continued to pick apples.
	"I'll keep you warm." JC said as he sneaked up behind Justin and
kissed his neck.
	"I know you will. But you won't keep me warm enough." Justin
retorted. JC licked the back of Justin's neck before walking away to
another tree.
	"Disgusting!!" Justin said wiping the back of his neck. He ran over
to JC and started to poke him in the stomach.
	"Yeah but I'm all yours." JC replied.
	"I'm not sure I want you anymore." Justin said poking his
stomach. JC started to run away from Just slowly. Justin started to chase
him. JC turned to face Justin as he continued to run, every once in a while
looking over his shoulder to see if he was going to run into
something. Justin soon caught up with him. JC grabbed a hold of Justin's
arms as he started to fall back. JC fell onto his back while Justin landed
on top of him. Both laid in their position in the middle of the snow
covered ground. The two instantly began to kiss passionately. Justin slid
his hand behind JC's neck and kissed him harder.
	"Hey you two! We're waiting for those apples!" Heather called from
the back doorway. They broke from their kiss and looked toward the
doorway. JC gave an appalled looked before resting his head against the
snow. Justin snickered and looked back at JC.
	"We should get going." Justin said to JC. JC nodded in return. JC
was about to get up when Justin stopped him. Justin's face contorted before
letting out a sneeze in JC's face.
	"Justin! That's nasty." JC said as he wiped off his face.
	"That's for licking me." Justin said before kissing JC quickly and
getting up. JC rose t his feet and carried the apples in as he followed
Justin.
	"Okay here are you apples. Now what are our gifts?" JC asked.
	"I'm not going to tell you." Heather replied.
	"Hey you said you would." Justin stated.
	"I lied." Heather smiled before taking the bag to the kitchen. JC
gave her a shocked look while Justin just laughed.


	Justin and JC cuddled up by the fireside while their families were
chatting amongst themselves.
	"Have you heard what we are going to have to do when we head back
on tour?" Justin asked. JC gave him a small kiss at the corner of the
forehead.
	"Well I know that we have to do a Spring Break thing for MTV. And
around Easter we have to do some promotional stuff. We probably will be on
the road for Easter." JC sighed.
	"That totally sucks." Justin sighed.
	"Yeah I know. But at least I'll be with you." JC replied.
	"Thank god. When's our flight tomorrow?" Justin asked with
disappointment. They never really wanted to fly out on Christmas Day but
they had no choice. They had to head back on tour.
	"Tomorrow Evening. Five-ish." JC said.
	"I don't want to do this anymore. Why can't we just quit. It's so
hard trying to keep up with everything and act like something you're not in
the public eye. And I'm so sick of people trying to act like us. It's
frustrating." Justin sighed.
	"I know babe. I know it's hard but we're doing what we love and
we're good at it. So what if we're criticized and copied. We know who we
are. We aren't carbon copies created in some trend. We're us. Us five guys
love to sing and be together. And if people out there want to be like us
and want certain things from us, I say let them do it. It doesn't mean
they'll be like us. It certainly doesn't mean that I'm giving you up for
one of them. The only way to be with me is be my best friend for years." JC
said as he softly caressed Justin as he spoke.
	"How come you're so positive?" Justin asked.
	"Because I'm with you." JC whispered. Justin laughed slightly
before kissing him gently.
	"So are you ready? Are you ready to go out there?" JC asked.
	"Yeah I guess so. As long as I'm with you." Justin whispered.
	"I'll always be there. We'll go out there together. As Josh and
Just." JC whispered. The tw sat in silence as they basked in the warmth of
the fire.


TO BE CONTINUED. . .


**** Hey there everyone! Hope you guys enjoyed it. I had fun writing
it. All the mushy scenes! Hehe.  Anyways. Thank you all once again for
writing. Comments are always welcome at wipeout211@yahoo.com . until next
time. CYA