Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 21:39:43 -0000
From: Dannii Ree <raindrops79@hotmail.com>
Subject: The Love We Have - Prologue (boy-bands)

Summary: Justin is 16 when he moves to Orlando with his mom because she is
going to marry for the second time. What will happen when he falls in love
with his 20 year-old  step-brother Josh?

Disclaimer: You know it - don't know, don't want to imply... this is
fiction!

Author's notes: This is an AU story. NSYNC doesn't exist in it. Justin's
mom's name is Lynn, as in real; Josh's father's name is Jim.



The Love We Have - Prologue


Justin stood in the middle of the room where he had spent the first 16
years of his life and looked around. Well, there was not much left to look
at. The only thing that was still in it was his old bed, now without pillow
and comforter. All the posters and pictures where gone from the walls, his
books were packed away as were his clothes and personal stuff. His only
stuffed animal, a baby blue cat his father had given him before his parents
were divorced, clutched tightly to his chest, he sighed on last time and
left the room, never looking back. It only would make everything worse. He
walked down the stairs and went to the kitchen where he joined his mother
who was looking out of the windows to their backyard. "It's not longer YOUR
backyard", a voice in his head said, and Justin sighed again. Right. It
wasn't their backyard anymore. His mother smiled at him sympathetically and
placed an arm around his waist.

"You ready to go?", she asked, and he nodded. "Yeah. Let's go."

Together they walked down the front porch after his mother had locked the
front door and put the key in the letter box, and made their way to the
small transporter they had rented for the removal. Yes, they were moving -
leaving Tennessee and driving up to Orlando, Florida.  There lived the man
his mother loved, the man she was going to marry in six weeks. Justin had
only met him twice, and he liked him; Jim was a cool guy. He was not his
father, but he was okay. He also had a son who was 4 years older than
Justin, his name was Joshua. Justin hadn't met him before, he was studying
music and business in Orlando - at the same college Justin was going to
attend after summer break. Music and arts were his majors. He had always
been very good at school, from grade one on, the best of all. A fact that
didn't make him have many friends, he always had been an outsider, one of
those people the other kids laughed at, one who always sat alone at lunch
break. On top of that, there were his "odd looks", like he called it. A
head full of unruly dirty-blond curls that seemed to have a mind of their
own, an odd shaped nose, too big of course, and then his mouth! His lower
lip was full, his upper lip was thin. His eyes were okay, bright blue, he
liked his eyes. He was about 5'8'' and too thin for his height, but he was
going to change at least that as soon as possible. He had been wearing
glasses until last year, then he had changed to contacts.

"Justin?", his mother brought him out of his thoughts. "Are you coming in,
or what?"

"Sure, mom", he answered, opened the door and climbed onto the passenger
seat. "I think we have everything, let's drive." She eyed him a bit
concerned.

"You okay, honey? Do you regret that we are leaving Mississippi?" He gave
her a slight, but honest smile.

"No mom, not at all. I'm glad. I'll miss our house, and grandma and
grandpa, but otherwise I can't wait to move to Orlando. I think it will be
great." His mother smiled too, relieved.

"It will be fun, you'll see. Joshua is really nice, I think you two will go
along well. And you will make a lot of friends there." Justin wasn't too
sure of that, but he didn't say anything.  Instead, he looked out of the
window as his mother began to pull out on the driveway. One last glance on
their old house, then they were on the road, on their way out of Tennessee
and into their new life.

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