Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 00:40:33 EST
From: THRAWN5678@aol.com
Subject: You'll Never Guess Who Ran Into Me Today- Chapter 13

Disclaimer: I don't know anybody from N Sync, though I'd sure like to, and thus
this story is fiction and is not intended to imply anything about the true
sexuality of the celebrities mentioned or any personal knowledge about their
private lives. This story should not be read by anybody who is not legally
allowed to read it.. So if you're underage, leave right now!!

Author's Notes: Well, I've noticed a disturbing trend so far. With each chapter
that comes out, I get fewer e-mails. Is anybody out there reading this story?
Please, let me know. I mean, if nobody is interested in this story, I won't
bother to send this story into Nifty anymore. So there you have it. I won't
discontinue this story, but I'll only send it to those who have still expressed
interest in it.  Forgive me if I'm being whiny about this, but I need
encouragement to continue to post this on Nifty. Comments and suggestions are
more than welcome, but just a simple e-mail expressing your interest in this
story will be sufficient. And I will mention that other authors feel this way
too, so if you like a story, send in feedback!! We appreciate it!! Send all
comments, suggestions, or requests for the continuance of the story to
THRAWN5678@aol.com. Thank you.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those who have sent
feedback, or have chatted with me and told me what they thought about the story.
Ryan, my editor and confidant, I thank you very much. You're a great friend, as
well as an editor. Chris, what can I say? I am so glad I "met" ya. Lookin'
forward to it. (I love obscure thanx that only a handful of people understand!
:D) Also, I want to thank Mark, the author of a great story, Blind Date. Thanx
for the support!! Even if your away message is stalking me..heheh Thanx to Ray
for his continued support. And thanks to Jeremy, for totally making my day and
sending me not one but TWO e-mails about those last chapters!! Of course, you
were doing it just to humor me, but so what? hehe Thanx also go out to Josh for
chattin' with me and offering support..

The Squall Thrawn Book Club (much better than Oprah's)
Jamie's Romance (a great Justin story)
Millenium Love (a Brian Littrell story)
My Surprise Romance (a Lance story)
My New Life (a Lance story)
Lance in Shining Armour (umm, a Lance story?)
Lance's Story (a Lance/JC story and a spinoff of Jamie's Romance)
Twist of Fate (a Lance story)
Blind Date (a Lance story)
Nick and Ashley (a Nick Carter/Ashley from O-Town story by ND)
and many more!! But I can't remember the names of them...I'll put them down
as I remember them...

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You'll Never Guess Who Ran Into Me Today
by Squall Thrawn

Previously on Never Guess...

Ryan walked down the hallway, and knocked on Justin's door.

A voice yelled out from the room, "Who is it!?"

"It's Ryan."

The door opened. Justin stood there with a smile. "Hi, Ryan. Did you find your
car ok?"

"Yeah, Justin. What was it you wanted to talk about?"

Justin's smile vanished, and a serious look came over Justin's face. "Come in,
please." Ryan walked into Justin's room, and Justin closed the door behind them.
Ryan noticed that Justin's room was exactly like the one that he and Lance
shared.

"What is it that's so serious, Justin?" asked Ryan.

"I've got to ask you something. Something personal."

"Justin, we're friends. You can ask me anything."

"Ryan..how did you know you were gay?"

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Chapter 13

Ryan looked at Justin in disbelief. "What do you mean, Justin? Are you saying..."

"I don't know what I'm saying, Ryan!" exclaimed Justin, breaking down into
tears. Ryan rushed over and enveloped Justin in a big hug.

"It's ok, Justin," said Ryan soothingly. "Just talk to me. I'll listen."

"Thanks, Ryan," said Justin. "The guys are always there for me, but when it
comes to this... I'm just scared that they'll hate me."

"Justin, why would they hate you? As far as I can tell, none of the guys seem to
care about the fact that I'm gay. And they just met me."

"I suppose you're right, Ryan," said Justin. Ryan released Justin, and sat him
down on the bed.

"But what's making you think about this, Justin?" asked Ryan, looking Justin in
the eye. "Why do you think that you might be gay?"

"It's just... All these years, I've never found girls to be attractive. On the
other hand.... I've seen a lot of guys who I thought were hot. For a while, I
had a crush on Brian Littrell of the BSB. You can imagine how I felt when he got
married to LeighAnne."

"What about you and Britney?" asked Ryan with a frown. "Aren't you two together?"

"Nah," said Justin, smiling. "We've been good friends for years. She more of a
sister to me than anything. We always get a kick out of all these rumors that
we're a couple."

"Have you ever been with a guy? Or a girl?" asked Ryan. "If you don't mind my
asking."

"I don't mind," said Justin. He blushed slightly. "I'm a virgin."

"It's nothing to be ashamed about, Justin," said Ryan. "Too many people nowadays
have sex with people they barely know. And that's dangerous, too."

"Thanks, Ryan," said Justin. "I hope you don't mind if I ask, but have you
ever.. you know.." Justin blushed.

"Haha..," Ryan laughed. "One time, my boyfriend at the time, Mike, and I gave
each other blowjobs. That was as far as we dared go." Ryan chuckled. "It took
Mike about an hour to summon up the courage to suggest it. And the whole time,
we were worried that somebody would catch us."

"What happened to Mike?" asked Justin.

"Oh, he went away to college and met a wonderful guy named Brandon. We still
talk once in a while. He's pretty happy now. How could I begrudge him that?"
Ryan shrugged. "Besides, I'm not sure if I really had feelings for him. It was
more of an exploratory relationship. We both discovered that we liked being with
guys a lot more than girls."

"When did you figure out you were gay? Was it your relationship with Mike? Did
something happen that clinched it for you?" asked Justin.

"Yeah. Our first kiss. You see, I'd kissed a few girls. I didn't enjoy it really,
there was no attraction there. But when I kissed Mike, it was like there were
fireworks going off," said Ryan with a small smile on his face remembering that
first kiss. "That's the best way to describe it. Everything that I had been
missing when I was with girls, I felt with that kiss. I'm not sure how many
girls you've kissed, but it's different when you're kissing a guy. One day, you
may find that out..."

Just then, Justin leaned over towards Ryan and kissed him. Not a quick peck on
the lips, but a passionate kiss. Ryan broke the kiss off.

"Wow," said Justin, amazed. "I see what you mean." And then Justin looked over
at Ryan, who was still shocked at Justin's actions. "What's the matter, Ryan?"

"I..I.."

"I'm sorry for taking you by surprise, but I had to know for sure. Was there
something wrong with my kiss?" asked Justin, a worried look coming over his face.

"You might say that," said Ryan, color slowly starting to come back to his face.
"I'm.. I'm going out with someone right now."

"What do you mean? I don't remember hearing anything about that this morning..."

"That's because we weren't going out then," said Ryan.

"Wait a second... you mean," said Justin, comprehension slowly coming to him.

"Yeah," said Ryan. "James and I are going out. That's why I was coming to get
you in the first place. He was going to tell the guys about us."

"I am so sorry," said Justin, tears appearing in his eyes. "I had no idea that
you and Scoop were together.. I was hoping.." Justin couldn't finish his
sentence, because he was too choked up.

"It's ok, Justin," said Ryan. "I'm not mad at you. I'm kinda flattered. But don't
worry... there will be somebody out there for you. I guarantee it. If necessary,
I'll help you find them."

"Thanks, Ryan," said Justin.

"Well, let's get going to that group meeting," said Ryan. "The rest of the guys
don't know about me and James being a couple."

"Alright," said Justin. "I'll let Scoop tell them, I won't spill the beans."

"Great. Shall we go?" asked Ryan. He stood up and helped Justin up. Justin
started laughing. "What's so funny?" asked Ryan.

"The way we've been talking, it sounded like you were the big brother, giving me
advice, and I was the little brother. And here I'm taller than you, and older."

"Heheh," said Ryan, playfully punching Justin in the arm. "Only by a few months,
Just. But let's go." The two of them left Justin's room and entered Chris's room,
where everybody else was.

"Well, there you are," said Joey, jokingly. "I thought we were going to have to
send a search party out for the two of you."

"Haha, Joey," said Justin, sticking his tongue out. "Me and Ryan were gettin' to
know each other."

"I'm just kiddin', Curly," said Joey. "As long as you're here now, it's all
good."

Ryan headed over to sit next to Lance on the sofa, while Justin sat next to JC.

"Now that we're all here, there's something I'd like to say," said Lance,
standing up. "I wanted to tell you guys something, something important. I hope
you guys won't be mad at me for not telling you sooner."

"Tell us, Scoop," said Chris. "We won't be mad."

"Guys," said Lance, looking at Ryan for support. Ryan smiled at Lance and
nodded. "I'm gay."

Joey started to respond, but Lance indicated he had more to say.

"I'm gay," repeated Lance, turning and taking Ryan's hand, and helped Ryan up.
"And Ryan and I are going out."

"Wow," said Joey. "Looks like that's ten bucks you owe me, Chris."

"What do you mean?" asked Lance. "You bet Chris that me and Ryan were going out?"

"Scoop, I've watched you these past few years, and I've noticed how you've never
been interested in girls," said Joey, walking to the couple. "And the way you
talked about Ryan, I knew you had feelings for him." Joey turned to Ryan. "Man,
I don't know you very well, but you seem like a nice guy. But I swear, if you
hurt him, you will regret it." Joey gave the two of them a big hug.

Joey let them go, and JC walked over to them. "I guess you figured out what to
do," said JC. "Good luck to the both of you." He gave them both hugs.

"Thanks, JC," said Ryan. "I appreciate everything you've done so far."

"Please, call me Josh. All of my friends do. And you're definitely a friend."

Ryan smiled at JC and hugged him again.

Justin walked over to them. "Looks like you've been adopted into the family,
Ryan," said Justin, smiling.

"I know. Isn't it scary?" asked Ryan teasingly. "Remember, I'll always have time
to talk with ya, lil bro."

"Lil bro?" exclaimed Justin. "I'm taller and..." Justin trailed off laughing.
"You better watch out, Ryan. Since you're part of the family, that also means
its open season for practical jokes."

"I'll be watchin' you," said Ryan.

"You made a good choice, Scoop," said Justin, turning to Lance. "Don't let him
get away easily."

"Oh, I know," said Lance. "I intend to keep him around for a while."

Justin exchanged hugs with Lance and Ryan, and walked over to the window,
looking out. Lance and Ryan looked at Chris, who still hadn't responded.

"Chris?" said Lance, starting to worry.

Chris stood up and walked over to them with no readable expression on his face.
"I can't believe it," he said. And then, a big grin came over his face. "I can't
believe you made me lose ten bucks, but it was ten bucks well worth it!!"

Lance sighed in relief. "I thought that you.."

"Disapproved of the two of you? Hated you? Lance, how could I be anything but
happy if you found somebody as good as Ryan? It doesn't matter that he's a guy
instead of a girl."

But then, an evil grin appeared on Chris's face. "However, I do seem to remember
a certain person making references to a certain other boyband earlier today. He
escaped punishment earlier. But now we must carry out his punishment."

"So what are you going to do, Chris," asked Ryan with an impish grin. He didn't
notice Lance backing away from him.

"This!!" At Chris's shout, Joey and JC both threw pillows at him. Ryan turned to
Lance, only to be hit by another pillow.

"Ahh!! Help, anybody,"yelled Ryan, grinning ear to ear. Justin and Lance joined
Ryan in trying to defend against JC, Joey, and Chris. It soon turned into a big
wrestling match, with the occasional pillow throwing. Eventually, they stopped,
worn out from their exertions. Ryan laid there in the arms of Lance with a big
smile on his face. In the space of a day, he had gained a boyfriend and four
"brothers." He could not have imagined a more perfect day. And the day hadn't
ended yet.

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No cliffhanger this time!! What will happen to Justin? Will he find true love?
Will Ryan and Lance stay together forever? And will Joey get romantically
involved with Lonnie the bodyguard? We're hoping not on that last one. Send me
any comments or suggestions, or just tell me that you want to find out what
happens in the story!!

Squall Thrawn
THRAWN5678@aol.com