*Later that day*
Whitney read the note that she had found in her bunk and smiled at what was written on the small slip of paper. He was up to something, and she was full of curiosity, wanting to know what it was. There was no telling with Justin...he was as predicatble as the weather, just like the weather, he was ever changing.
"I wonder what he's up to," she whispered.
"You'll just have to wait and see what I'm up to," his voice answered from behind her.
She smiled before turning around. "PWEASE..come on, Justy-wusty," she playfully whinned. "You know you wanna tell me..." she said, before running her fingers back and forth across his chest.
"I don't know..its tempting to tell you," he said, leaning down about to kiss her. "But..its even more tempting to make you beg."
She pulled back from him, which got her a groan in response. "I'm not a dog, Timberlake," she said, pulling the curtain to her bunk closed and heading towards the steps to exit the bus. "Are you back for good..or do you have more 'arranging' to do?" she asked, pushing her sunglasses down to cover her eyes and waiting for him to join her on the outside of the bus.
"I have a few phone calls to make back to the guys and see how things are going, but other than that I'm going to be right at your side."
"Oh joy," she said, pulling the door open and stepping into the venue."Just what I need..you to smoother me."
He wrapped his arms around her waist, causing her to stop walking and smash into his chest. "You know you like being smothered."
She pushed against his chest, and he sighed when she got away. "What's wrong?"
"Until you tell me what you have planned...you can't touch me," she said simply, tossing her hair across her shoulder.
"That's just wrong, babe..I'm doing this for you and..."
"Careful, Justin...you're just having to do without kisses for now..I'd hate for you to have to go without something else, after whatever you have planned tonight," she said winking at him.
Justin groaned again. "Fine, be that way..I'm going to go make those phone calls and you can go do whatever you want..that way I don't have to be shut off compeletely," he said before turning around and heading back in the direction he had just came.
Whitney chuckled, before heading further into the building. She stopped when she reached the area where the photo shoot was coming to a close. After the last picture was shot, there were cheers of happiness coming from the boys. "We can stop smiling now," Erik said, rubbing his face to relax his muscles.
"I'd hate to do this for a living..I'd actually love being in a bad mood," Jacob contributed.
Whitney chuckled. "Hurry up and change you guys..after food we're going clubbin..but Lou warns and I quote him on this. 'If they behave in any way, I'll hang them' so that means be on best behavior."
Trevor threw his arm around her. "Who arranged this?"
She batted her eyelashes. "I figured you guys could use a night out on the town after all your HARD work today," she said, winking at him.
"Is it ok if Cait comes with us?" Dan asked, suddenly becoming shy.
Whitney smiled knowingly at him and nodded her head. "Yeah, you think I'd honestly be the only girl going with the six of you guys? It is ok if Justin comes, right?"
They all nodded their heads before leaving the room to change. Justin came up behind her and tapped her on her shoulder. "Since I'm not allowed to show any affection, I just want to confirm that I have your time tonight after we get back from the club?"
She nodded her head before reaching up to touch his lips gently with her finger. "I love you," she whispered, before turning and walking away from him. He just chuckled and crossed his arms across his chest. "Damn," he said simply before leaving the room.
Jacob looked at Ashley as he watched him fix his hair in the mirror. "You look fine, man. Chicks are gonna be flocking, just like usual," he reassured.
"Maybe going out is what I need. I just need to find someone to help me take my mind off her."
Jacob felt guilty about hiding what he knew from his friend, but it wasn't his place to step up and tell him something that should come from Whitney. Besides, she wasn't sure if it was anything, and he knew that Justin Timberlake wouldn't be too happy with him. "Everything will work out," Jacob said, trying to clear his minds of any thoughts of the secret he knew.
"What time are we suppose to meet everyone?"
Jacob shrugged. "Whitney just said she'd come knock on our door when it was time to go, but it should be soon," Jacob said, turning away so he wouldn't have to watch Ashley and the guilt wouldn't consume him like it was when he saw him.
Whitney studied her appearance in the bathroom mirror, and smiled with the reflection.She heard Justin whistle and turned around greeting him with a pop of her hip. "You like?" she asked, turning around so he could see.
He nodded his head and licked his lips. "You look very fine, baby...hell yeah!"
She giggled before taking the time to look him over. "Change," she said simply.
His eyesbrows raised up in shock. "I thought I looked good.."
She nodded her head. "Right..and that's why I want you to change. I don't feel like having to tell girls to back off."
He snickered. "Wait though.. no affection..so that means I can't dance with you."
She grabbed him by his shirt and pulled him roughly to her. A slight noise escasped between his lips from the contact of slamming into her body. "Affection..and play..those are two different things," she said, raising her eyebrows up so he'd catch her meaning.
"Oh, God," he murmered before capturing her lips. His hands were making their way down her back when she pulled away from him and shook her head.
"No..not until later...I wanna make you save some energy so you can show me some moves on the dance floor," she said, making sure she looked ok one last time. After she was satisfied, she grabbed Justin's hand and pulled him towards the door. The first door that they stopped at belonged to Trevor and Erik. She knocked and waited until they answered. "Be down in the lobby in five minutes," she said, before moving to the next door. She told everyone who was going to be ready to leave soon, including Jacob and Ashley. Jacob had been the one to answer the door, and hadn't seen Whitney. To Jacob, it was a good thing. Once Ashley saw her, it was going to be hard for him to focus on getting his mind off of her.
Once everyone was gathered downstairs, they split up and went into the appropriate vehicle to which they had been assigned. Whitney, Justin, Cait, Dan, and Trevor were all in the first car, while Ashley, Jacob, Erik and Ginger, the wardrobe assistant, rode in the other. They were headed for a new club that had just opened up in New York, where they currently were, and it was rumored to be one of the best clubs in the nation.
Once they reached there, all of the guys and girls pilled out of the cars and were immediately ushered inside. Once they were inside, everyone drew in a sharp breath as they took in the scene in front of them. The place was packed and it had to be one of the biggest clubs that they had all ever seen. "DAMN!"Trevor yelled above the music.
Whitney smiled with excitement. "Everyone have fun tonight. You know the procedure on getting home and behave," she said, before grabbing Justin's hand and pulling him towards the crowds of people.
Ashley just stood there in amazement as he watched her leave. He found his heart racing as his eyes took in what she had on. Her pants were red leather and very tight,accenting her toned legs, her shirt was a black halter top that exposed a fairly amount of skin, and her hair was down and wavy curled.
Jacob waved his hand infront of Ashley. "Man..are you going to stand here all night at the door or are you gonna come with me and work the ladies?"
Ashley nodded his head dumbly and follwed Jacob out into the sea of people.
"You know, Cait..I like the outfit you have on," Dan said to her over the beat of the music.
She smiled and blush slightly, but he couldn't tell because the lighting was dark. "Thank you," she said, silenting cheering inside. It was true, she had to admit she looked hot that night. Her black mini skirt was short, showing off her legs that were in shape from years of sports, her pink button up shirt only had 2 buttons buttoned, which showed off skin around her belly button and revealed a black bra that was underneath. Her hair was pulled out straight and glitter was all over her.
The music beat changed from a fast song to a slow one, and he pulled her closer. She rested her head against his shoulder and silently thanked Whitney for inviting her to come. She could feel the attraction that she had for Dan, and she guessed that he knew. She wasn't exactly shy about flirting with him, which was a first for her. She usually wasn't one to be so blunt about showing affection, but being with Dan made a side of her that she had never experienced, make itself known.
"How are you enjoying the tour?" he asked, trying to start some type of conversation.
"Its cool..considering this is my first tour."
He chuckled. "It seems to be a lot of people's first tours..ours, Whitney, and a lot of the crew." Cait chuckled softly before closing her eyes and concentrating on the feeling of him being so close.
Ashley sighed as he watched Justin and Whitney out of the corner of his eye. "Why can't that be me?" he whispered outloud.
"Where you talking to me?" a short brunete turned and asked him.
Ashley shook his head before fully looking the girl over that was standing infront of him. She was pretty but she wasn't the one that he wanted to be with tonight.But she would definately work as a distraction. "I'm Ashley," he said, extending his hand.
The girl smiled. "I'm Denise," she said smiling brightly at him. "Would you like to dance?" she asked playfully touching his shoulder.
He smiled back. "I'd love to," he said, following the girl out onto the packed dance floor. As he started to dance, his mind started to drift further from Whitney and for the first time in days, she was gone.
He smiled at her before nodding his head in agreement. "You look like you're about to pass out on me here, dear..now come on I'll show you my surprise," he said, pulling her towards the door. Once they stepped outside, the cold air hit her bare arms and she shivered. Justin placed his jacket around her, before walking down the street. "Where are we going?" she asked now awake with curiosity.
"Just like a few minutes ago you were about to crash in the floor from exhaustion and now you're full of energy wanting to know where we are going? Honestly, hunnie, you're the one with issues. I think I'll make you an appointment with a doctor..you need professional help."
She rolled her eyes at him. "No what I need is for you to tell me what the hell you have planned..."
He wrapped his arm around her. "You're fixing to find out," he said, leaning over to kiss her forehead but she pulled back before grinning. "No affection..only play.."
He stopped walking and turned her to look at him. "This side of you is killing me...just put it away until we get to where we are going.." he said, pulling out a blindfold. "Put this on and in a few minutes you'll know my big plan."
She looked at the piece of black cloth before shaking her head. "Justin, I'm not walking around New York in a damn blindfold," she said, crossing her arms over her chest stubbornly.
He sighed. "You trust me, don't you?"
She nodded her head and he reached up to touch her cheek. "You know I would never let anything hurt you, now put this on," he said, handing it to her.
She gave in and slipped it over her eyes. "There..now lets start walking," she said, pulling his jacket closer around her. He took her hand and continued walking.Five minutes later, Whitney could tell that they had entered some kind of building. Justin left her side for a few minutes to make sure everything was ok before continuing on wherever they were going.
After a short elevator ride, they must have finally reached their destination. Justin removed the blindfold and watched as she blinked her eyes a few times to adjust to the lighting in the room. She sucked in her breath and turned to smile at Justin. "What is all of this? Its not our anniversary or anything.."
He kissed her lips and smiled against them when she didn't pull back. "Don't worry about it," he mumbled, falling back on the bed that was in the hotel room that he had arranged.
He had paid some people to decorate it as if they were in France. There were small models of all the major attractions, and it was complete with wine, cheese, and any other French food that you could imagine. Justin reached up and turned off the small lamp that had been on. When his lips left hers, she took that chance to ask the last question that would be asked that night. "When do we have to be back?"
He smiled up at her before answering. "We have this wondeful room for the next two days..Lou agreed that I could wisk you away..now shut up and don't talk.."
"Yes sir," she said, pulling him back up to meet her lips.
Jacob grunted a response. "Yeah I had fun..and from the looks of the dancing you were doing with that chick..you were having fun too..."
Ashley shrugged and pulled his arms up so that they were resting behind his head. "She was nice..and it helped me keep my mind off of Whitney..speaking of her..I didn't see her and Justin leave the club."
"I'm pretty sure that she left early with Justin..in fact I heard the driver saying they wouldn't be back for the next two days..which is when Justin is suppose to leave. He arranged something for her.."
Ashley just swallowed and didn't respond. He was dying to ask questions but he pushed them out of his mind. Jacob made his mind up, deciding it was time to tell Ashley about the small conversation that he had overheard. "Man..I need to tell you something about, Whitney.."
"Just save it man..I don't feel like hearing it," Ashley said before rolling over.
"You don't understand..."
"No you're the one that doesn't understand. If I hear anything else about her I might actually go and find her and tell her all this crap that is swimming around in my head. I'd really just like to try and sleep."
Jacob gave up and laid on his back, starring up at the ceiling. 'You'd do all of that if you knew this,' he thought silently before closing his eyes and letting the matter slip from his mind.