Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 20:34:03 +0000
From: Dannii Ree <raindrops79@hotmail.com>
Subject: the love we have chapter 1 (following the prologue)  (boy-bands)

Disclaimer: You know it, I know it... I wish I knew them, but I don't. This
is complete fiction.

Notes: I made a mistake in the prologue -- I wrote Mississippi instead of
Tennessee. Sorry:).


Chapter 1

"Justin? Wake up, honey, we're here." Tiredly, Justin opened his eyes when
he felt his mother gently shaking his shoulders.

"Where... where are we?", he croaked and cleared his throat before he
looked outside the window of the transporter, but it was dark outside and
he couldn't see much.

"We're in Orlando, Justin. We're... home." Somehow the word "home" didn't
seem right to Justin, but he didn't say anything, just nodded and climbed
out of the car.  Just then he noticed Jim who was standing beside the car,
smiling warmly at him.

"Hey Jim", he greeted and tried to suppress his yawn.

"Hi Justin. Welcome to Orlando. How was the trip?" Justin shrugged. "Okay,
I guess. I slept most of the time." Lynn laughed.

"Trust my son to be the entertainer when I need to stay awake."

"Sorry, mom." Justin looked at her sheepishly, and she grinned. "It's
alright, hon, don't worry. Why don't we go in so that you can go to bed?
Jim can show you the house tomorrow." Justin nodded again, then grabbed his
backpack from inside the car and followed his mother and soon-to-be
stepfather into the large house. He was too tired to look around, so he
just followed them up a stairway to the next floor where Jim opened the
door to a rather large room.

"This is your room, Justin. As you can see, there isn't any furniture in it
yet, just the spare bed. We have to go shopping for you tomorrow, but for
now the bed is enough I guess. The bathroom is there", he pointed to a door
in Justin's new room, "you have to share it with Joshua, but he isn't here
at the moment. He spends the night with his girlfriend. You'll meet him
tomorrow." Justin yawned and Jim smiled.

"I know, you're tired. We'll leave you alone now. Sleep as long as you want
tomorrow, we aren't in a hurry to do anything." Lynn leaned forward and
gave Justin a kiss on the cheek

"Sleep well, sweetheart. You know, the dream you have the first night in a
new house will come true." She winked at him and waited until Jim had said
goodnight to Justin before she followed him out of the room. Justin closed
the door behind her and went straight to the bed.  For once not bothering
with brushing his teeth, he just stripped out of his clothes, put his
pyjama on and climbed into the bed. The moment his head hit the pillow, he
was asleep.




When Justin woke up the next day, he didn't know where he was for the first
few seconds. He looked around in the bare room and closed his eyes again
for a second, and then he remembered. Orlando. He was in Orlando, with his
mom. They were going to live here now, because his mom was going to marry
Jim. And this was Jim's house. Jim was going to be his stepfather. And he
would also have a stepbrother soon. What was his name? Oh yes, Joshua.
Sounded nice to Justin. He wondered how Joshua was and how it would be to
have a brother.  To share his mother with other persons. Because he didn't
have any friends back home ("wrong, this is your home now", the voice in
his head said) in Tennessee, his mother was his best friend. He could talk
to her about everything. He just hoped that wouldn't change.  Sighing, he
opened his eyes and sat up. Might as well get ready and go down, now that
I'm awake, he thought. With a bolt of energy he jumped out of the bed and
headed for the bathroom, his backpack with his toothbrush and extra clothes
in his hand.  Slowly he opened the door and looked inside.

Wow, was his first thought, and he stepped inside, impressed. This bathroom
was huge. It was as big as his old room in Tennessee, and everything was
either blue or white. There was a large bathtub that also could be used as
a whirlpool, and a large shower as well. Two wash- basins with closets next
to it, a large mirror nearly covering the rest of the wall. He looked up at
the ceiling, and his mouth opened. A black net was hanging there, covering
the whole ceiling. In some places it was pinned to the ceiling, so that it
was hanging down in small waves. In it were fake fishes, starfishes,
sea-urchins, all made of plastic, and a long chain of lights, with blue
fishes. It looked beautiful. Justin wondered if Josh had made it himself.

Probably his girlfriend helped him, he thought as he stripped out of his
pyjama. I hope he isn't mad because he has to share the bathroom with me
now. He decided to take a quick shower and searched through the closets for
a towel. When he found one, he stepped into the shower-stall and turned on
the water, relaxing when it poured down on him.

Twenty minutes later he was dressed and ready for breakfast, so he decided
to go down and search for the kitchen. He found it without problems, he
just had to follow the voices if his mother and Jim, who sat at the kitchen
table and talked.

"Good morning", he greeted them and sat down beside Jim.

"Good morning, Justin", both answered. "Did you sleep well?", his mother
asked, and he nodded.

"Like a stone. I never thought I would, because I slept so much in the car
yesterday."

"You hungry?", Jim asked. "Grab yourself something to eat."

They talked some more while Justin ate, and when he finished, Jim showed
Justin the house and everything outside. Justin was enthusiastic to see
that there was a small pool outside, as well as a place where he could play
basketball. They also had a music room in the house, with a grand piano
Justin immediately fell in love with.

"It's Joshua's", Jim said. "Sometimes he sits here for hours, writes songs
or just plays. He already said you can use it, too. Go ahead if you want to
try it."

Hesitating for a moment, Justin slowly stepped forward and sat down in
front of the piano. He never had played one like this before, they didn't
have one at his old school. Carefully he picked at some keys before sitting
up straight and beginning to play, and soon the notes of "Ballade pour
Adeline" could be heard in the house. Lynn and Jim just stood there and
smiled at each other. None of them noticed that the front door was opened
and closed, and a good- looking, dark-haired boy entered the house. When he
heard somebody play the baby grand, he stood still and listened for a
minute. Impressed by what he heard, he headed for the music room, just as
Justin ended the song. Lynn and Jim applauded.

"That sounded great, Justin", Jim said. "I didn't know you play so well."
Justin's face became red, and he didn't look up from the keys. He wasn't
used for other people than his mother and his music teacher to compliment
him. "Thank you."

"Well, he's right", a voice could be heard from behind Justin's mother, and
Justin spun around. He couldn't see the boy who had talked, but he was sure
that it was his soon-to-be stepbrother Joshua. Suddenly he was nervous.

"Joshua", Jim said. "I want you to meet Justin, Lynn's son. Justin, this is
my son Joshua."  With that, the boy stepped out behind Lynn and turned his
head to smile at Justin. He opened his mouth to say hello to Justin, but
the word got stuck in his throat. He just stood there and stared at Justin,
and Justin stared back. And suddenly he felt as if his heart was going to
stop.