She didn't expect Abby to be waiting for her. She ran up to Abby hugged and her hard.
"All right spill it all, girl" Abby saud after they went to get Abby's bag. Becca found herself telling everything to Abby.
"How did you know I would be here, Abby?" She said
"Lance got my number from Mr. Pearlman and told me that you quit." She said worriedly. She sensed that Becca didn't want to talk about it anymore so she changed the subject. Becca thought that Abby would go greatly with Lance, they were both people that could open up to people and were great listeners.
"You don't know how lonely I've been without you! You hardly ever called" said Abby. Becca felt her face turn red. She gave Abby an apologetic look.
"You'll never ever guess who called me!" Abby exclaimed
"Michael?" Replied Becca. Michael was a summer fling she had last summer.
She spent hours sitting by the phone waiting for him to call.
"Yes!" She yelled. Becca tried hard to be happy for Abby. She had found someone that she really liked. She wished she had a guy like Michael. He was sweet, kind, great with kids, everything you could ever want. The only problem was that he couldn't keep one girlfriend. He usually had 4 or 5.
They put Becca's bag in Abby's car and headed home. How great does this feel? She thought, to be home at last. Abby cranked up the radio, and she instantly remembered why she and Abby were best friends.
"Girl, what's wrong?" Abby asked, she noticed Becca just staring out of the window. "Is it Jeff? Is it Josh? You know you can tell me"
Becca replied, "I know I can trust you, it's just love in general." She said still staring out of the window. What's going on with her? She hasn't acted like this since Josh moved away, Abby thought. Josh!
Chris hadn't kept his promise, he never called he never wrote. Becca didn't want him to end up like JC. The tour was coming to an end, and she still hadn't heard from Chris or Josh. What was going on?
Becca was just rushing in from her Law class. She absolutely adored her law classes. Right after piano it was her favorite thing to do. She noticed her light was blinking on her answering machine.
Message #1
Hi Becca, please don't hang up on me! I'm sorry. How many times do I have to say it! Please give me another chance? Please? i'll just give ya time to think about it.
Jeff. Why would Jeff be calling her? O well. She thought.
Message #2
Hey Girl. It's Abby I just wanted to let ya know I'm not gonna mkae it home for dinner tonight. Micheal's coming in, so I just wanted to warn you. don't go out just order a pizza or something. Because I want to tell you everything about my date with Micheal.
Something about that message was odd. She trusted Abby. She was a great actress though. She majored in acting so something could possibly be up.
She spent the night sitting by the window, she didn't feel like dinner so she didn't make anything.
"Knock Knock!" Someone was knocking at the door.
"Who is it?" She asked
"It's the UPS delivery man" She went up and opened the door, "Becca Waterson?" He asked
"Yes, that's me" She replied.
"I have a package for you, if you could just sign right there" He pointed to a line with an "x" over it.
"All right now where's my package?" she said. Just then she heard music. Down the hall came N SYNC followed by Abby. They were singing "I knew I loved you" By Savage Garden. After the guys finished serenading her she let them into her apartment. She caught Chris on the way in.
"I have a bone to pick with you Mr." Chris got this look on his face that said, "What'd I do?"
"Excuse me, but who forgot to write and call? And it wasn't me? So hmmm could it have been you?" She seemed angry but Chris could see the joke in it all. The rest of the night went smoothly. For all of them except for
Becca. She was so nervous. Lance pulled Abby aside,
"OK listen 5ive is coming on tour with us, in two months. We want Becca and you to come on tour with us. But Becca doesn't want to come on tour with us. So don't tell her 5ive is coming on tour with us. Got it?" Lance said not missing a beat. Abby just nodded.
"Lance, you want me to come on tour with you to?" She asked. She had never met any of the guys before so why would they be asking her to come on tour with them?
"Yes, it would be better is she had someone to talk to, if she feels like she wants to quit again," Lance replied. Abby knew what he was talking about.
"Lou will call you with the details. You need to help us" How could Abby resist?
*A few days later*
Becca made herself as busy as ever. She missed N SYNC, but she understood why she left. JC would try and call her but she would either be just leaving or not there. Becca decided now would be the best time to get up early. She knew JC was gonna try and call her so she left bright and early. While Becca was out avoiding JC, Abby received a phone call,
"Hello" Abby said cheerfully. She always did get hyper in the morning.
"Yes, may I speak to Abby Morgan?" A strange voice said.
"This is she how may I help you?" She suddenly got nervous.
"This is Lou Pearlman, I think Lance Bass told you I would be calling" He said. He revealed his whole plan to her. An evil grin spread across her face. This is exactly the type of planning Abby liked. She knew Chris would have loved this. They must have really wanted Becca to come along, to play a cruel joke on her. She thought. But, she still didn't know why they wanted her to come along. Now all Abby had to do was play right into Lou's hand, and she would get to go on tour with N SYNC!
"Becca? It's Lou. I've finally caught you!" Becca was speechless. She honestly didn't think she would ever hear from Lou again.
"Did something open up, Lou?" She asked. Talking to Lou made her uncomfortable. Lou told her about the 5ive. She didn't know that 5ive was opening for N SYNC. She immediately accepted. She loved playing piano for anyone.
*When Lou called Becca*
"Becca? It's Lou. I've finally caught you!"The guys were sitting on the couch when Lou dialed a number. After the word "Becca" The guys ears perked up.
"Yes, something did. We would like you to play for 5ive" A smile crept across Lou's face.
He turned to the guys "She said yes" All of the guys were happy and talking about her return. Except for JC, he didn't know what was gonna happen next. He did want her back on the tour, but he realized he didn't know how to act around her. He needed to be alone. So he went to Practice Room "A" just sat there with his head in hands. Ever since she had returned, his life had been turned inside out. Why didn't this happen when I moved? I missed her, but I didn't feel like this.
"What's wrong? I thought you would be celebrating with us," asked a voice. He stood up to find Lance standing there. He always could sense when something was wrong.
"Lance, don't get me wrong, I want Becca on our tour more than anything, but I don't know how to act around her now." Lance didn't know what to do next. He just knew JC wanted to be alone.
