Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 01:58:08 +0000
From: Stephanie M
Subject: Fic: Mom Knows Best 8/?

Title: Mom Knows Best 8/?
Author: Stephanie M
Fandom: BSB/Nysnc
Pairing: Nick/Justin
Summary: Nick and Justin discover that sometimes your mom can know you
better than you know yourself.

Part 8

Justin quickly moved to catch Nick, as the blonde almost fell to the floor
in shock. What where they going to do now? It was a disaster!

"Er...Hi?" Nick aid with a grin, hoping to defuse the tension. It didn't work.

"Don't hi me. What are you doing with him?" AJ hissed, didn't they realise
what this was going to do to their groups?

"We're dating. I love him and he loves me." Nick stuck out his chin
defiantly; no one was going to take Justin from him. Not when he'd just
found the other part of his soul.

"Oh, you do realise what this is going to do to our careers if this gets
out?" AJ said, running out of steam when he saw the way Justin was looking
at Nick.

"We're not going to let it get out." Justin said quickly. He was surprised
at how calm AJ was,
he didn't seem bothered by the fact that they were gay.

"Look, you can't even manage to keep it a secret from your own friends.
Anyone else know?" AJ said as he sat down, smirking when Justin sat down
with his head on Nick's shoulder.

"Well, we didn't think you were just going to walk in." Justin said hotly,
there was no way he was going to sit there while AJ took Nick from him.

"Our moms and Kev." Nick answered his question, grinning at the way Justin
was defending them.

"Your moms? How did they find out?" AJ just hoped they hadn't walked in on
them like he had. Even for the most understanding mom that would probably be
too much.

"They set us up on a blind date," Nick laughed at AJ's shocked look.

"So, I guess they're okay with it." AJ said half to himself.

"Yeah, mom was practically jumping for joy when I told her that their plan
worked." Justin smiled at the memory.

"What are these?" AJ picked up the notepad and quickly read the songs
looking at them in worry, "You're breaking up?"

"No." Nick and Justin shouted in anger.

AJ gestured to the song, "But this song is all about breaking up with
someone."

Nick said quickly, "It was about a guy I went out with years ago."

"You still have feelings for this guy?" Justin's eyes pinned Nick to the
spot.

"I'm going to get a drink." AJ said, feeling a little uncomfortable.

Nick pleaded, "Of course not! I love you, Justin."

"Sorry for getting so jealous. I just don't want to lose you." Justin gently
kissed his Nick.

"You won't lose me. You're not going to get rid of me that easy, Justin
Randal Timberlake." Nick said sincerely.

"You promise?" Justin said, his eyes shining with hope.

Nick said seriously, "You and I forever, Justin."

"You and I forever, Nick." Justin repeated his eyes sparkling with unspent
tears.

"God, you two are so sickly sweet, it's disgusting." AJ said with a smile.

"You're just jealous that you can't find someone as wonderful as Justin."
Nick said with a laugh.

Laughing out loud AJ thought, `Maybe you're right.'

"You going to tell the others?" AJ asked wanting to know if had to keep it a
secret.

"No, we want it to be us for a while." Justin answered looking at Nick and
remembering Nick's fear that Howie would desert him.

"I guess I could help you keep it quiet. What did Kev say?" AJ knew that
Kevin's opinion was important to Nick.

"He told us that if we ever need someone to talk to he's there and warned us
to be careful." Nick answered; he couldn't believe how cool Kevin had been
about them.

"I'm here if you need to talk as well. Have you talked to D, yet?" AJ asked,
the other man had asked him to make sure Nick wasn't in a mood with him.

"No, and I don't want to." Nick said stubbornly.

"You're going to have to talk to him sometime." Justin reasoned, not liking
the thought that he was coming between Nick and his friends.

"I know but not yet." Nick said making it clear that the subject was
finished.

"I guess I'll get going and give you some alone time together." AJ said
standing and looking at them giving them a fake smile.

Justin exchanged a quick look with Nick, it just didn't feel right to leave
AJ alone when the other man was obviously unhappy.

Justin offered, "Why don't you hang out with us?"

"Yeah, I want to see if you can beat Justin at the Nintendo." Nick said
eagerly.

"I guess I could stay a while. You don't mind do you?" AJ asked pleased that
he wouldn't have to spend another day alone.

Justin said with a friendly grin, "Of course not."
******
"I won again! I'm so the best!" AJ yelled in triumph, as Justin just rolled
his eyes.

Justin said with a smirk, "Yeah, and you're so modest."

"You're just a bad loser," AJ said smirking at the younger singer.

Looking up from his drawing pad Nick said, "God, you sound like five year
olds."

"What you drawing?" AJ asked, pulling the pad out of Nick's hands.

"Just a portrait," Nick said quickly looking at Justin who just smiled at
him knowingly.

"Can't you think of anything but Justin?" AJ said as he threw the pad at
Justin in disgust.

"This is great, Nicky," Justin said as he looked at the picture. It was so
lifelike and made him look so sensual.

"You think so?" Nick looked met Justin's eyes shyly.

"Yeah, although I don't look anywhere near as sexy as that," Justin said
with a laugh.

"You're the most attractive and sexy person in the world!" Nick said, losing
himself in Justin's eyes.

"Anyone want something to eat?" Justin asked as he pulled away from Nick's
bewitching eyes not wanting to make AJ feel like a third wheel.

"Yeah, have you actually got anything edible in?" AJ said looking at Nick.

After thinking a few minutes Nick said, "I've got cereal."

"I guess we're going shopping then," Justin said with a grin.

"Who's car do you want to take?" AJ asked, it didn't really make much sense
for all of them to drive.

"We can take mine," Justin offered as he grabbed his leather jacket.

"Don't forget these!" AJ said as he threw the others a baseball cap.

"God I hate wearing these!" Nick grumbled as he put his on.
********
Meanwhile Lance was talking to one of his closest friends; and they'd never
even met in person, although they spent hour talking on the phone. All he
knew about Ben was that he was 24, lived in Boston and had just come out.

Ben had become his closest friend, the one person to whom he confessed
everything, apart from his identity. As far as Ben knew his name was James
and he worked for a record company; all of which was true even if he did
miss out a few details.

Ben said worried, "Jamie, what's wrong? You're quiet even for you."

"Nothing and everything," Lance said with a sigh.

"That tells me a lot (!)" Ben replied quickly making Lance grin.

Lance said thoughtfully, "Some said that J was gay, the others didn't take
it too well."

"What do you mean didn't take it too well?" Ben asked a sick feeling in his
stomach.

Lance replied pacing, "They acted fine when he was with us but as soon as he
left Joe and Josh started making jokes and saying that they didn't want
someone who was gay on the road with us."

"Oh, and you're afraid they'll do that to you if you come out to them?" Ben
knew it was always a possibility.

Lance sighed, "Yeah, I mean what if they hate me? I almost told Josh I was
gay a couple of days ago but I chickened out at the last minute."

Thinking back on his own experiences Ben said, "I'm probably the worst
person to be asking for advice since my coming out was a disaster. But if
you're living a lie that you're not really living."

"So I should tell them?" Lance asked, he wanted to tell his friends but he
was just afraid that he would loose them.

As he sat down in the chair Ben said, "That's really your choice. I'm here
if you need someone to talk to, I know how hard it is to come out to your
family. You want me to fly out and give you some moral support?"

"You wouldn't mind?" Lance asked hopefully, he didn't think he could cope
alone.

"Of course not. Wait a sec, Jamie." Ben replied typing on his computer,
within minutes he had booked a flight.

"You don't know how much this means to me, Ben. Don't worry about somewhere
to stay-you can stay at my place. I'll meet you at the airport, okay?" Lance
said feeling a little happier.

"My flight will arrive in LA at 11.15 tomorrow night. You sure it's no
trouble, me staying with you?" Ben said not wanting to make his friend feel
uncomfortable.

"Positive. Now I'll finally get to see if you're as grumpy in the mornings
as you always say." Lance laughed, feeling more at ease than he had been for
days.

"I'll wear a Robbie Williams T-Shirt so that you recognise me. I'll have go,
got to tell my boss I'm taking a little vacation. I'll see you tomorrow!"
Ben said hoping he wouldn't get fired over this.

"Okay, see you tomorrow. Hope everything goes okay!" Lance said putting the
phone down with a grin.
*******
"I'll have to go. I'm supposed to meet Sara." AJ said with a grin as he
looked at the clock.

"You wanna hang tomorrow? I feel like going shopping." Justin said with a
maniacal gleam in his eye.

"You always want to go shopping," Nick gave Justin an indulgent smile.

"Your point being?" Justin asked bored.

"Nothing, just stating a fact." Nick answered rolling his eyes.

Pleased that Justin was being so friendly AJ said, "That'd be good, I need
to get some clothes for touring anyway."

As he let AJ out Nick said, "We'll call you tomorrow, then."

"Okay. I'm sorry for being such an ass earlier," AJ said as he left the
house.

"That's okay, it was a shock. I understand that," Nick said as he hugged AJ.