Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:51:07 -0400
From: Shazam <shazam96@ureach.com>
Subject: Pop Secrets

Disclaimer: The following is a work of fiction and not meant to be taken
seriously, it is for entertainment only and the people and places
represented are in no way affiliated with this work.  I do not know the
sexual orientation of any of N SYNC, Britney, or Christina, any
similarities is purely coincidental.


It had been a long grueling month for the guys of N Sync. They had just
finished a major tour of the UK with special guests Britney Spears and
Christina Aguilera. Britney and Lance had been dating for about a week
now. They decided to hook up after going out on a date as friends. They
knew each other real well anyway so they both said why not? JC and Bobbi
were having relationship problems like always. They fought over each and
every little thing.

Finally the night of the MTV Movie Awards was upon them. They had waited
for this night ever since filming 'It's Gonna Be Me'. This was the night
they debuted the song for the first time live. JC, Chris, Justin, Lance,
and Joey were all in the back getting dressed for their performance. Justin
had already gotten ready and sat down, not noticing he was staring at JC as
he was dressing. Britney was making sure Lance had gotten his costume
perfect as a mother would her child.

Joey couldn't help but think how much he missed his date for the night,
Christina Aguilera. They had agreed to come as friends because they had no
one else to go with. They were so pumped up they was bumping into
everything in site. It was JC's turn to do the introductions for the guys
so he was standing by the curtain when Justin walked by. All of a sudden
Justin started snickering. JC looked at him and asked him what was so
funny. Justin reaches down and zipped up JC's pants and then looked back at
him. JC turned red from embarrassment but also due to the fat that his
best friend had just zipped up his pants. Justin said "Don't want to have a
repeat like that concert in Switzerland do you?" "Thank you Curly", JC
replied and smiled at him. Justin gave JC a big hug before JC headed out
onto the stage.

JC felt a surge of energy after being embraced by Justin. He had known for
awhile that he liked Justin more than a best friend but had always tried to
hide it. Recently though it became a problem in his relationship with Bobbi
because she thought he was spending more time with Justin than he was
her. After the introductions JC and the gang ran back while the curtains
closed. When they opened again the lights were dimmed and the stage was
decorated like a toy store. The background music of 'Pop goes the Weasel'
played. When it got to the pop sequence all five guys busted out of their
boxes. The crowd began going wild!

All through the performance the guys' concentration was on everything
except what they should have been. Justin's mind was on JC as he realized
the feelings he had for JC. He has been best friends with him for years and
he recently realized he liked him more than friends. He had a crush on JC
since MMC. JC's mind was on his problems with Bobbi and what he was going
to do about them. He pushed that out of his mind to keep him from feeling
down. All of a sudden his thoughts were now on Justin. For the first time
that night he smiled as he watched every dance step that Justin took.

He watched his every move until the end of the performance. When all the
guys ran to the back Chris asked why everyone wasn't concentrating on the
performance. Lance said, "I couldn't keep my mind off Britney. She was
sitting right there watching me." Joey said and I still can't believe a
babe like Christina 'Miss Genie in a Bottle' agreed to go out on a date
with me tonight. I'm so lucky Brit set me up with her. Joey knew he had a
crush on Christina for a long time. Sure he had flirted with her playing
around but only he knew the secret that he really liked her.

JC said, "I just have a lot on my mind and all. Nothing big." Justin said,
"Same here, I'm sorry." They all went back and took their seats beside
their dates. Chris and Justin sat at the end of the row because they were
the only ones without dates. As soon as JC sat down Bobbi was all over him
kissing him in front of everyone. This really embarrassed JC because she
was all over him like she was in heat or something. JC always hated when
she done this. Britney and Lance were off in their own little worlds as
they were in a big lip lock. Justin just sat there a little hurt as he
watched Bobbi all over JC, the one person he had a crush on. Chris noticed
Justin and asked, "You alright dude?" "Yeah, just need to hit the
bathroom." He got up and headed out. JC noticed and looked at Chris and
mouthed the words "Where is he going?" "Bathroom" Chris mouthed back. About
twenty-five minutes went by, JC began to get worried about Justin. He
looked at Bobbi and said, "You know what, I'll b!  e right back, I have to
go check on Justin." "He's a big boy Josh, he can take care of himself. Let
Chris go check on him or something, you spend to much time with him." "Are
you jealous of him" JC asked? "No, just you act like you have a crush on
him or something" she replied. That got JC ticked off and he got up and
headed to the bathroom without looking back. Bobbi just sat there and
puffed because she didn't get her way.

As JC walked into the bathroom he couldn't help but think how much he hated
Bobbi. She had become a pure bitch the past couple of days. He walked in
and looked around and saw that only one person was in the bathroom and was
in a stall. "Justin, is that you?" JC received no answer so he pecked on
the door. He swore he heard sobbing come out of the stall and started to
worry and peck again. Before he could peck the door to the stall
opened. "Just, you okay man" JC said worried now. "Yeah, I'm fine JC" he
said. "Why are you crying? I didn't do anything to upset you did I" JC said
as he brushed back a curl out of Justin's face. JC went over to the main
bathroom door and locked it from the inside so no one else could get in. He
went back over to the stall and kneeled in the floor between Justin's legs,
resting his arms on Justin's thighs. "Want to tell me what's bothering
you?"

"Nothing really...it's just I'm lonely is all. Lance has Britney, Joey has
Christina, and you have Bobbi, and I have no one." "Well I would rather be
alone than with the girl I'm with so you're lucky." Justin giggled for a
little bit before looking into JC's eyes. He started daydreaming and before
he realized what he was doing he was pressing his lips against JC's. he
pulled back when he realized what he had done and bolted past JC making a
run for the door. He fumbled with the lock but couldn't get it to open. He
fell to the floor and put his arms on his knees and covered his head.

"Please don't hurt me" Justin said in between sobbing, "I didn't mean to do
that...please don't hurt me." JC placed a hand on Justin's chin and pulled
it up to face him. "Justin, what gave you the idea I was going to hurt you,
I could never do that to you." Justin looked into JC's eyes as he kept
crying, "Well I did just kiss you and it was a mistake." JC started wiping
the tears from Justin's face. "Justin, so you kissed me, big deal." "You
mean you don't hate me?" "Of course not Curly...you're my best friend,
nothing could ever make me hate you!" "Okay" Justin said still
saddened. "Well we better go Just, they're going to get worried." "I don't
want to face the guys like this though Josh...I'll have to explain why I
look like this and everything." "Well you could sit inside the press box
cause they aren't in there. They're out taking photos of all the
celebrities." They walked out of the bathroom and JC walked Justin to the
press box. He looked down at where he was sitting with Bo!  bbi and then
looked back at Justin.

"Let me through Just" JC whispered. "Why, you not going back up front?"
"I'm going to sit with you." "You sure?" Yeah, you won't be all over me
like Bobbi would" JC said while laughing. Justin immediately began
imitating Bobbi and placed sloppy kisses all over JC's face. JC laughed so
hard he could be heard below. He pushed Justin away as Justin also bust out
laughing. Chris, Joey, Lance, Britney, Christina, and Bobbi looked up at
the press box to see who was laughing.

Bobbi scowled when she saw JC sitting in the press box with Justin. After
the awards show everyone piled into the limousine. JC and Bobbi didn't
speak a word to each other the whole trip. JC places his hand down in the
seat next to him and noticed his had had just covered someone else's
hand. He followed the hand up to the arm as he now stared into Justin's
eyes. Neither one of them made a move, instead was keeping their hands as
are. Lance and Britney were kissing the whole ride and Christina was
napping as Joey was napping with his head in her lap.

They arrived to the hotel finally and everyone got out of the limo.
Everyone went to his or her rooms except Christina and Joey. They stayed
outside and were goofing off as Joey does best. JC went to Justin's door
and knocked. Justin opened it and was standing there in his boxers with
nothing else on. Justin noticed several tears flowing down JC's face. "JC,
is something wrong?" Justin asked worried. "Bobbi just broke up with me and
she kicked me out of my room." Justin took JC's hand and led him into the
room. JC laid face down on the bed and continued to cry. Justin sat beside
him running his hand up and down JC's back. "It'll be okay Josh, you
deserve better than her anyway." JC soon drifted off to sleep. Justin
leaned down and kissed JC's forehead. "I just wish instead of some other
girl it could be me." Justin laid his head on JC's back as he fell asleep
himself.

Joey and Christina finally came upstairs. "Thank you for a nice evening
Joey", Christina said. "My pleasure, and thank you for being a wonderful
date." "I really had fun tonight." "I did too girl!" Christina stood up on
her tiptoes and pressed her lips to Joey's. They stood there kissing before
they broke away and Christina went to her room. A few days later it was the
annual 4th of July celebration so all the guys and girls got the night off
and didn't have to do any concerts or photo shoots. Everyone was on the
tour bus relaxing and just talking to each other.

Lance and Britney was on the couch cuddled together. Joey and Christina was
on the other couch kissing away now that they had agreed to go steady.
Chris sat there in the recliner watching a movie as he petted his dog
Busta. Justin was sitting on the couch that let out into a bed. JC was
stretched out on the same couch with his head lying in Justin's lap
snoozing away. Justin was absentmindedly running his fingers through JC's
hair. Lance and Britney looked down and noticed what Justin was doing.
"Justin" Lance whispered, "Can I ask you a personal question without you
getting upset?" "Yeah I guess, you are like a brother to me." Lance looked
over and saw that everyone was asleep but himself, Justin, and Britney.