Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 00:55:38 -0800 (PST) From: Billy Burrew <billy_burrew@yahoo.com> Subject: Love-Thru-Chat-8 Love Thru Chat By Billy Burrew Legal Disclaimer: This story is totally fictional and not meant to imply anything about the sexuality of the guys of the BSB or NSYNC. If you are under the age of 18, offended by homosexual material, or it is illegal to view such materials in your area, please leave now. Otherwise, go grab a nice mocha or some chai tea, or hot cocoa, get comfy and get ready to suspend your disbelief. Have Fun and Enjoy the Story. Chapter 8: Reminiscing Over Mud Masks and Judy Garland Records... Lance: <rubbing his stomach> So I wonder what time they'll be getting back? I am starved! Justin: No kidding....I think my stomach is sticking together. Joey: Let's give them some time, OK? They're getting to know each other face to face...I am sure they're fine. ----------------------------------------------- Bill: Josh....did we walk this way on the way here....I don't seem to remember passing thru the 'hood on the way here....I hope you've got your "thug appeal" with you as I am just fresh out of mine. Thug #1: Yo....Faggot boys! Josh: Let's hail a taxi! NOW! Thug #2: Dude....you a faggot?!?! C'mere faggot!! Josh: Any other fuckin' time of day there'd be a thousand cabs...until you REALLY need one! JEEZ!! Thug #1: Yo...I am TALKIN to YOU, you blond frickin' pansy! Bill: Well...At least we know he wasn't addressing you, eh Josh....keep walking! Thug #2: Yo...muthafucker....you better stop....we're talkin' to yo ass! Bill: Hang on a second Josh....lets see what they want...just be still and stay behind me... Josh: Are you CRAZY! RUN! Bill:<turning to face the two thugs> NO....just stand a little bit behind me. Bill: Yes.....what you want? Thug #1: Yo....you disrespectin' me? Bill: <shaking head> I guess so...I don't know you so I obviously have absolutely no respect for you. Josh: <hissing> BILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thug #2<advancing>: Yo...faggot.....lets see how you talk after I'm thru witcha! <the thug advances forward and swings, Bill feints and throws a hard punch to the lower chest of the thug, connecting hard right at the bottom of the ribcage. The thug doubles over in pain as an audible snap of his ribcage is heard. Bill then brings a hard elbow down to the back of the neck of the thug, dropping him to the ground, unconscious.> Thug #1: <opening a knife> Yo.....Clarence! Goddamn!!! All right motherfucker....you wanna dance?!? C'mon man....lets dance. <The thug advances towards Bill and Josh with the knife in front of him. As he lunges towards Bill, Bill sidesteps, grabbing the wrist of the attacker with his right hand. Bill then pulls the arm of the attacker towards himself and smashes the butt of his left hand into the face of the startled man. The man drops the knife and falls backwards on his ass, grasping his nose which began to gush blood onto the ground. Bill shakes his head and picks up the knife by the tip and turns to the thug. He throws the knife with all his might and the point hits and buries itself in the ground between the thugs legs, a millimeter from the his crotch. The man stares down at the handle of the knife, looking up in shock just in time to see Bill charging towards him, throwing one final punch, landing it right to his temple. Fortunately for him, unconsciousness came immediately and the pain he felt was only minor by comparison to what awaited him when he regained consciousness.> Josh: Holy SHIT! Bill.....Whoa! Bill: Let's go....walk quickly, OK? Josh: <nodding> That was some amazing shit....our bodyguards can't even fight like that! Where did you learn that? Bill: <smiling> Kickboxing class at the SPA....I took a few months of it...I have to go back and thank them when I get home! Josh: No Kidding! I'll send them a thank you card! We'd be dead if you hadn't known how to do that. Bill: Well...congratulations...that was your first gay bashing. Josh: Lets just get back to the hotel! I'm still scared! Bill: Me too! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Justin: Ahh....here they come now.....Oh GOD...what happened?!? Josh: We got attacked! By two guys....Bill fought them off...he kicked their ASSES!! Joey: You DID?!?! JEEZ....what if they would have had a gun? Lance: You could have gotten Josh killed.....what were you thinking? Bill: Listen here you little fucks...I wasn't grandstanding! I was fighting for my life! We were in serious trouble...Those guys were gay bashers....they were gonna beat the hell out of us anyways....I am glad I stood up to them! Chris: Oh god! Josh is not even barely out of the closet and he's already got guys bashing him! Bill: I think its cause we were walking together thru a REALLY bad neighborhood. I wasn't paying attention to where we walked to on the way and Josh here, Mr. "Leader of the Donner Party" Chasez got us a little lost on the way back. Justin: The Donner Party? Chris: Forget it Justin...it was WAY before your time. Bill: The important thing is that we're all OK! Josh: <nodding> Yeah. We're all ok now. Bill...come into the bathroom and lets wash your knuckles there...you bled a little there after you clocked that guy. Justin: Can we go eat? I'm about ready to fall over! Josh: How about we just get some take-out and go back to your place and watch some movies. I am still kinda shaken up about everything. Joey: That sounds cool! Josh and Bill can stop and get us all food and we can head by the Blockbuster and get some videos to watch. Bill: That sounds like a plan....let's do it! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- <later...back at Justin's place> Justin: Ohhhhh...that was SO good! I am stuffed!!! Josh: You should be stuffed...you ate all yours as well as half of mine and Bill's. Bill: He's cool....I was full anyhow. Josh: Still....its like...table manners! Bill: <grinning> But we aren't sitting at a table, Josh...we're sitting on a couch. Josh: <smiling> Don't be smart...you know what I mean. Bill: Yes dad! Josh: Hey....you've got 3 years on me there old man! Chris: HEY! OLD MAN?!? EASY THERE!! I'm OLDER than he is! Josh: Oops!! Bill: OK....well...that was fun...I hadn't seen Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me yet. You guys up for another movie?? What else do we have? Justin: I am gonna go to bed...It's been a long day! Lance: Me too! Can I crash over here tonight, Justin? Joey: Me too? Can I stay? Chris: Me Three? Can I sleep over? Bill: Uh oh...sounds like a slumber party...better break out the mud masks and the Judy Garland albums. Justin: WHAT?!?!?!? Bill: Oops....forget it...it's a gay thing....you wouldn't understand. Lance: Try us! Bill: The last time I had a bunch of friends over when I lived in Washington, DC., we had a slumber party and ended up giving each other facials and watching old movies and listening to Judy Garland records. It was fun....in a totally gay sorta way... WHAT??... quit staring at me....it WAS fun!! Joey: Uh-huh! I am sure it was...I am gonna head up to my room now...and try not to think about a bunch of grown men giving each other facials in the dead of night or I'll just have nightmares ALL night!! Chris: Me too! That's just.....so... Bill: Gay? Yes. I got it!!...Next time I am with a group of mostly straight men, I'll try to think up something more manly....like an all night showing of the top ten adult videos of the year while snacking on cocktail weenies and cheese balls. Joey: Now THAT'S more like it!! Josh: I think Bill was being facetious...but I can't tell! Bill: OK...Goodnight. Justin? Where's your phone book so I can call a cab back to my hotel. Justin: Why? Just stay over here. We'll take you back tomorrow. Bill: Is there enough room here for all of us? Justin: Yeah! Joey and Chris can share a room, Lance can share mine and you and Josh can share a room. Bill: Oh...OK. Is that OK with you Josh? Josh: We've talked about how you can sleep like the dead...that's fine by me! Justin: OH NO!! Another person that sleeps like Josh? How IS that possible?!?! Bill: I have him beat! I slept thru a whole day once! I woke up after about 26 hours of sleep and had to wait for the blood to go back into my arms and legs before I could go to the bathroom. Chris: Unbelievable! That's sick! I didn't think anyone could out-sleep Josh here! Justin: C'mon Lance...let's head for bed...I'm nodding off right here! Lance: K. Night you guys. G'night Bill. Bill: Goodnight Lansten. Joey: Goodnight guys...night Bill. Bill: Goodnight Joey...goodnight Chris. See you in the Hay-hem! Chris <laughing> : God...you've been in North Carolina too long...you sound SO country! Josh: Well. Lets go to bed. Bill: Lead on...I have NO idea where the bedroom is. Josh: OK....Here it is....second room on the right at the top of the stairs. Remember that so you don't come back into the wrong room and find yourself between Justin and Lance. Bill: I'll try to keep that in mind...seeing as Lance might not be too comfey if I accidentally spooned up against him during the night. Josh: <giggling> That would be a KODAK moment tho...I'd pay good money for a shot of that! Josh: Aren't you gonna get undressed for bed? Bill: I'm gonna sleep in my boxers and my t-shirt. I'll go change in the bathroom. Josh: OK. See ya in a few. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- <outside Josh and Bill's room> Justin: <whispering> Have they hooked up yet? Lance: Shhhhhhh! No! But Bill's really shy...he went into the bathroom to take off his pants and shirt, jeez! Joey: Keep listening....I hope they get together.... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- <back inside the room> Josh: I can't believe this. I don't think I can get to sleep. I guess that whole fight thing today has me shaken up more than I thought. What if you had gotten hurt? I would have felt like it was all my fault! Bill: <shuts out the lights and opens the door a crack> Just relax. We're all OK. No need to worry about what never happened. Josh: I know that. But....I guess I am just scared. I've never felt threatened like that before. They wanted to hurt us....for no reason. Bill: Some people are like that. But you're 24 and this is the first time something like that happened to you. If you look at the statistics, it'll be a long while til it happens again, if only because you are ready for it and your eyes are open to it and you'll avoid it. Josh: I know. I'm just scared. Bill: <grabbing Josh into a hug> Come here Josh, lets see if I can get you to sleep. I may not make a living off my voice like you, but lets see if it can at least sing you to sleep. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <outside the door> Justin: <whispering into Lance's ear> He's gonna sing to JC? Open the door a little more...I gotta hear this! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Bill: <singing> We have cleared off the table, the leftovers saved, washed the dishes and put them away. I have told you a story and tucked you in tight at the end of your knockabout day. As the moon sets its sail to carry you to sleep Over the midnight sea Well I will you a song no one sang to me May it keep you good company You can be anybody that you want to be You can love whomever you will You can travel any country where your heart leads And know I will love you still You can live by yourself, you can gather friends around You can choose one special one And the only measure of your words and your deeds Will be the love you leave behind when you're gone Some girls grow up strong and bold, Some boys are quiet and kind Some race on ahead some follow behind Some grow in their own space and time Some women love women and some men love men Some raise children and some never do You can dream all the day never reaching the end Of everything possible for you Don't be rattled by names By taunts or games But seek out spirits true If you give your friends the best part of yourself They will give the same back to you You can be anybody that you want to be You can love whomever you will You can travel any country where your heart leads And know I will love you still You can live by yourself, you can gather friends around You can choose one special one And the only measure of your words and your deeds Will be the love you leave behind when you're gone Oh the love you leave behind...when you're gone. Bill: <Looks down at JC, snuggled up against his chest, fast asleep, and smiles as he falls asleep himself.> Wow...that worked...Goodnight Josh. --------------------------------------------------------------------- <outside the room> Justin: <whispering> Awwww..........that was so sweet! Lance: <crying> Oh God....I was so wrong to treat them like I did! Joey: <whispering> Let's go back to bed guys! <Joey, Chris, and Justin head back to their bedrooms leaving Lance alone standing by the doorway, tears still falling from his eyes, staring silently inside at the sleeping forms of Bill and Josh.> --------------------------------------------------------------------- *Everything Possible, as taken from the Flirtations album, Out on the Road Emails to billy_burrew@yahoo.com and check out my website: www.geocities.com/billy_burrew