Olivia walked up to JC and poked him in the back playfully.

"You awake?" She asked him, coming around and sitting next to him.

"I'm here!" He grinned, kissing her on the cheek.

"Rent Rent Rent Rent REEEEEEEEEEENT! We're not gonna pay REEEEEEEEEENT!!!!!!!" Becca bellowed.

"She's giving me a headache." JC said, scowling at Becca as she bopped to the music.

"Aw. I have a headache too." Liv told him, "I've been feeling crappy all day."

"Aww, poor thing. Want me to rub your temples?" He asked her.

"That'd be nice." She said, offering him a smile.

JC began to rub Liv's temples, as Justin walked into the room.

"Puh-lease!" Justin cried, "Liv wants me!"

"In your dreams, solo-boy!" JC said, pushing Justin aside by the head.

Becca came dancing through the room, and JC looked at her in amazement.

"Why isn't she dizzy yet?" He asked of no one in particular.

"Hey JC!" Justin said, flopping down into a chair across from Liv and him, "If I recall, you were nowhere to be found on her birthday. So who did she spend it with?" He adjusted his hat cockily.

"Was she happy about it? No! Did she come home and tell Becca she would have rather spent it with me or Chris? Yes!" JC retorted.

Justin turned to Liv.

"Admit it, you liked it!"

Becca was singing loudly from the other room, and JC yelled in to her.

"NO! I WILL NOT LIGHT YOUR CANDLE! SHUT UP!"

"You don't have to be a jerk about it, BUDDY!" She yelled back.

Olivia shook her head at JC and Becca, and turned to Justin.

"I didn't say I didn't like it, but I would have preferred spending it with Josh, because I love him. Or Chris, because we share a birthday and I miss him..."

As if on cue, Chris came through the door.

"HERE I AMMMMMM!" He cried, throwing his arms open for Liv.

Olivia squealed, and ran to Chris, jumping into his arms and giving him a tight hug.

"You're ALIVE!" She giggled as he hugged her back. She hugged him even tighter and exclaimed, "I missed you!"

JC coughed playfully from the couch as if this scene bothered him.

"Shut up, JC...go light your sister's candle." Chris said with a grin.

"Yeah. Shoo. Run along, little boy." Justin piped in.

"Little boy???" JC asked incredulously, he went on under his breath, "Kermit's right, you are a douchebag..."

Becca yelled from the kitchen. "JUSTIN! YOU'RE A DOUCHEBAG!"

"Nuh-uh!" Justin protested, "I'm AWESOME!"

Becca came running in from the kitchen, and stopped right in front of everyone. "Where's Lance?" She demanded.

"Who cares where Lance is?" Justin asked bitterly.

"I do!" Becca exclaimed.

"She won't shut up about Lance..." Chris told them.

Joey wandered in from the other room, "Did somebody say chips?" he asked.

Chris looked at him strangely, "No Joe, nobody said chips..."

Liv offered Joey a Ho-Ho and Joey took it happily, "Thanks Liv!" He grinned as he trotted back out of the room.

"Where's Lance?" Becca repeated.

"Yeah, where is Rocket Man?" Liv echoed.

"Justin, aren't you going to fight for Becca's honor? Or do you not care that she dumped your punk ass?" JC asked.

"She'll be back." Justin said smugly, "She always comes back."

"Not this time, douchebag..." Becca said under her breath.

JC laughed, and Justin just sat there and smirked.

"Hey..." Becca said, walking up to Justin, "I have a bone to pick with you! Because of YOU, my Buddy can't release his album!"

"Uh oh..." JC said, shaking his head.

"Ooooh! J's busted!" Chris cried.

Justin shrugged.

"Jace will have the same opportunites I had, as soon as I leave for Europe." He told her, "I mean, it's business man. It's very simple, and the most logical move JIVE could make. Seeing as we're from the same group on the same label. They don't want to pit us against each other, that wouldn't be FAIR." Justin told her.

"They should launch you into space with Lance," Becca said cuttingly, "I'm sure there's someone on MARS who hasn't heard 'Cry Me A River' yet..." Suddenly what he had said struck her, "FAIR!?!?! Lemme at `im! Lemme at `im!"

Becca rushed at Justin and Chris grabbed her around the waist and held her back.

Justin shrugged, "Hey, that's showbiz kid."

"Eat me, Justin." Becca said, straightening out her shirt as Chris let her go.

"You'd like that, wouldn't you?" He retorted.

"Not on your LIFE!" She spat.

"Enough you two!" Chris warned.

"Hey, I backed Jace up on TRL!" Justin defended.

"That he did." JC agreed.

"You got the date wrong, idiot." Liv said.

Liv sat back down and pulled her Lunchables tray into her lap, smiling happily.

"WHERE'S LANCE!?!?" Becca yelled, making everybody jump.

"Please stop yelling." Liv winced, rubbing her temples. She stacked bologna and cheese on a cracker and popped it into her mouth.

"Liv, is Lance around? Becca's going to blow a gasket." JC said, exasperated.

"I haven't seen him." Liv said between munches of her crackers, "But Stever stopped by. He left after he saw that I was just sitting here, eating like a seven year old. I guess I'm not interesting enough for him."

Joey, seeming to come from nowhere at all came running into the room.

"I smell bologna!" He called.

Liv, having already prepared for this to happen tossed Joey a Lunchables tray and a Capri-Sun. Joey took them greedily and sat on the floor with his legs crossed, opening the tray of lunch meat and crackers with a happy grin on his face.

Liv, in between munches of her crackers, began to sing.

"My bologna has a first name..." She sang.

"It's O-S-C-A-RRRRRRRRR!!!!" Joey finished for her.

"My bologna has a second name..." Liv continued.

"It's M-A-no...M-E...no, that's not right either..." Joey stammered.

"It's M-A-Y-E-R!" Lance finished, strolling into the room in his usual slow, southern fashion.

"LANCE!" Becca cried, running to him.

Justin snickered bitterly, hiding his smirk behind his hand.

"Hi Becky." Lance said, smiling at her.

Becca became dreamy-eyed and smiled back. "Hi Lance..."

JC gagged, and Liv winked at him playfully.

"You think it's cute when I'm oogling at you." She reminded him.

"You don't drool." He retorted, "She does."

" Yeah, she does." Justin agreed.

"Shut up, Justin." Becca snapped at him.

"Did I miss something?" Lance asked.

"No Lance, you didn't miss anything..." Becca said sweetly.

Chris laughed and mocked her.

"No Lance...you didn't miss anything!!!" He made googly eyes at JC, and he and Liv laughed.

"Oooo-KAY!" Lance said, still confused, but shaking it off. He looked around the room and then at Liv and Joey with their Lunchables, "Some party!"

"Hey! Don't be knocking the Lunchables!" Liv warned him, shoving another cracker with meat into her mouth.

"Ever since Becca saw you shower, she's been a changed woman..." JC told Lance.

"Yes, you were quite sexy on Sharon's show," Liv agreed, "She's been raving ever since."

Lance flexed his bicep and grinned.

"Well, it's good to know the training came in handy for SOMETHING!" He said.

Becca swooned, and Chris fell over onto his side laughing.

"Hee!" Liv giggled, "That's pretty good!"

Lance flexed the other arm, and Becca, unable to resist reached out and squeezed his muscle.

"AND I'm smart!" Lance added.

"AND you're showing off!" Justin chided.

In response, Becca threw a shoe across the room at him.

"LOOK, WOMAN!" Justin yelled at her.

"ENOUGH WITH THE YELLING!" Liv yelled back. She reached up and put her fingers to her temples, "Ow!"

"Look what you did!" JC said to Justin, rubbing Liv's temples for her.

"Yeah! Look what y'all did!" Justin echoed.

"You're the one that yelled, stupid." Chris responded.

Becca stood there, staring at Lance with a lost puppy-dog look on her face. Lance, however looked oblivious.

"She threw the shoe at me first!" Justin protested, making sure not to yell. He adjusted his hat, and nodded toward Becca, "She'll be back."

"Don't count on it." Chris said, watching the way Becca was staring at Lance.

Justin shrugged casually.

"Even if she doesn't, I still have Liv." He said, winking at Olivia.

JC growled protectively and Liv rolled her eyes.

"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that." She said.

Joey walked up next to Lance, and elbowed him in the side gently.

"I think someone likes you." Joey whispered. Lance grinned, and looked over at Joe.

"You know, some people just can't handle competition!" He said with a smirk.

Liv burst into hysterical laughter, and Lance looked at her with a smile behind his green eyes.

"Yes, I read it." Lance nodded.

"Read what?" Justin asked, confused.

Olivia whistled the tune to "Cell Block Tango" from the movie Chicago.

Becca beamed and burst out into song.

"He's got it comin'!!!!" She sang.

"He left a pop group in its prime..." Liv continued for her.

"Bastard." Chris added, under his breath.

"Tried to amuse us, with his excuses..." Lance joined in.

"Or should I say, astard-bay?" Chris laughed.

"That going solo was not a crime!" Olivia sang before doubling over in laughter at Chris' comment.

Justin looked around at all of them with their amused faces and scowled, "What the hell language is that?" He asked, "Y'all be trippin, yo."

JC, who was already laughing at the song everyone had sung, started laughing even harder. He was soon joined by Lance, whose face turned red.

"Word UP, Boy-ieeee!" Lance cried.

Becca walked up to Lance and pulled him aside so that no one could hear their conversation. "So...Lance..."

Lance's chuckle faded, but the smile remained on his face. "Yeah?"

From the other side of the room, Justin glared at Becca and Lance coldly.

"Now that I'm the sixth member of Nsync..." She stated, pointing down at her ankle and the Nsync flame that had been tattooed there the past spring.

"The WHAT!?!?" JC yelled, having overheard what she said.

"She feels bonded with y'all now..." Olivia told JC, taking both of his hands in hers, "Especially since you didn't get one."

"Well, she can just take my place then!" JC said, half-joking.

"Dude, NO!" Lance said emphatically, "Not after all the trouble we've had getting back together since Justin fled."

"We're getting back together next year." Justin told them, as he had told SO many other people.

"Can I take HIS place?" Becca asked, pointing to Justin.

"Yes." Chris said immediately.

"HA!" Justin laughed.

"Hey now!" Becca said, coming to her own defense, "I do a GOOD goat impression."

"I do not sound like a goat." Justin said.

Joey looked at Justin with a mouth full of lunch meat.

"She got you, J!" He mumbled.

"Joe!" Liv cried, "That's from MY tray!"

"Sorry..." Joey said, looking truly regretful.

"Don't worry about it." Liv told him. She reached behind her and pulled out a box of Girl Scout Cookies. Joey scooted closer to Liv, but Becca headed him off at the pass.

"C'mere Joe...I'll give you some leftover barbecued chicken from tonight's dinner." She promised him.

"CHICKEN!!!" Joey cried happily, following after Becca into the kitchen.

"Where did you get the Girl Scout cookies?" Lance asked Liv.

"I bought a couple boxes last year and I froze ‘em. I took them out earlier." She told him.

"Isn't she inventive?" JC said proudly, "That's what I love about her."

"Actually it has instructions on the box saying you can freeze them." Lance said, inspecting the cookie box.

"I thought you said she was good in..." Joey started, munching on his chicken leg.

"JOEY!" JC yelled to shut him up.

Liv looked at JC with a raised eyebrow.

JC smiled sweetly and shook his head.

"Nothing, dear." He said, giving Joey the evil eye.

Justin pretended to gag, and Liv reached over and smacked him upside the head.

Becca pulled Lance aside again, and tried to talk as quietly as she could.

"As I was saying..." Becca started.

"Uh...yeah?" Lance answered, "You can't be the sixth member...Steve would be crushed...He's really sensitive...A cameraman, y'know?"

"I know! But this has nothing to do with that." Becca assured him, "I was kinda wondering if we could..." She kicked the carpet nervously.

"Fuck?" Joey perked.

Becca shot Joey a dirty look, "No!"

Lance looked at Becca, amused, waiting for her to go on.

"He said fuck..." Chris laughed, "Becca and Lance are going to fuck."

JC, who hadn't been paying attention up until now, only heard Chris' comment.

"WHAT!??" He cried.

"Your sister wants to fuck Lance." Justin said pointedly, a scowl on his face.

JC turned to Becca with a shocked look. "Becca!"

"That is NOT what I was saying!" Becca defended herself.

"I don't know why you're so freaked out...Liv did." Justin added.

"HEY!" Liv cried.

Justin shrugged, and JC spoke up to defend his woman. "That was a long time ago...And Liv is not my little sister!"

Becca was blushing for all she was worth. She planted her hands on her hips firmly. "That is NOT what I was trying to say, people!"

"Still, we've got this 90210 thing going here..." Justin said barbedly, "We fuck and trade."

Liv bit her lip and looked away.

"I can honestly say I've never fucked anyone in this room...and for that fact I am truly greatful." Chris said.

Joey was still munching on his chicken, and he spoke up as well. "Me neither!"

"That's a GOOD thing, Joe." Lance said to him. Wanting to change the topic of conversation he went on, "So Joe, has Brianna said her first word yet?"

"She's almost three..." Joey said, giving him a strange look, "What do you think?"

"Well, sorry if I missedoutpeace." Lance said sadly.

"Some godfather YOU are..." Justin said. "Doesn't even know about his own goddaughter..." Becca threw the other shoe at him and Justin ducked. "HA!" He cried. "So, you were just about to ask Lance if he wanted to fuck?"

Becca walked up to Justin and kicked him hard in the shin.

"DAMN, woman!" Justin cried, grabbing his leg.

Liv sat down on the couch and put her hands over her face.

"I was just going to ask Lance if he wanted to go out and have a drink sometime..." Becca said finally, looking at Lance.

"When DOESN'T Lance want to have a drink?" Chris joked.

"Truer words were never spoken, Chris." JC laughed.

"Ha ha." Lance said, after a moment of thinking about it he looked back at Becca, "Well...it seems harmless enough..."

Becca waited a moment before going on, "THEN we can talk about fucking..." She grinned, wiggling her eyebrows suggestively.

Justin raised his hands in the air triumphantly.

"FUCK AND TRADE!" He cried.

"I was kidding, douchebag." Becca said to him.

"Right," Justin said, "And Joey dislikes food."

"Leave me outta this!" Joey told him.

"You better come sit over here where it's safe." Liv said to Joey.

Joey looked at her under a raised eyebrow.

"That depends..." He said, eyeing her cookies.

Liv tossed Joey a cookie and he caught it in the air before going over to sit by her on the couch.

JC leaned over to Lance and growled, "Fuck my sister and you're MINE!"

Lance raised his hands in the air in defeat and said, "I couldn't do that to ya man!"

Justin spoke up in a voice that was just a little too loud. "Especially not after you previously fucked his girlfriend..."

"Leave me out of this!" Liv cried.

"Justin, you're asking for it." JC warned him.

Lance walked up to Justin and draped an arm over his shoulder.

"J, let me put this into terms I know you'll understand..." He said, slouching a bit, "Chill. Ah know she be yo kool aid."

Liv snickered. "Lance, that was so lame. You are NOT street."

"No Lance, it's like this..." Chris told him, putting his hand on Justin's shoulder, "Listen up dawg, we know what dat bitch did to ya was wack and shii...but you gotsta slow yer roll, aiight?"

Liv burst out into hysterical laughter.

"She aintcho sho'ty no mo...play on playa...ya'knoimsayin?" Chris went on.

Joey leaned in to Liv.

"What'd he say?" He whispered.

"I'll explain it to you later." Liv whispered back.

"Thanks." Joey nodded.

"Like I said..." Justin stated, "She'll be back...And for now. I gots otha options. I mean, who WOULDN'T want a piece of this? Right Liv?" He winked at Olivia, and she groaned and rolled her eyes at him.

JC reached over and grabbed hold of Liv, pulling her into his lap protectively.

"Aren't you the one who's so against this fuck and trade thing?" Liv asked Justin in a sweet tone. "It ain't happenin' yo."

"Besides," Chris said, "What about Cameron?"

Justin shrugged.

"She obviously likes what I have to offer..." He said.

"So did I until you turned into Uber-Ego!" Becca retorted.

"What does Uber mean?" Joey spoke up.

"Super, Joe." Chris told him.

"SuperJoe...I like the sound of that!" Joey grinned.

Liv groaned again and passed Joey another cookie.

"ANYWAYS!" Lance cried.

Becca rolled her eyes and let out a sigh and went out the front door to smoke a cigarette on the porch.

Chris watched after her. And then shook his head sadly.

"Will she listen to me about the smoking? No!" He said, throwing up his hands.

"I keep tellin' her!" Liv said.

"Hey Lance...tell her you won't fuck a girl who smokes..." Chris suggested.

"That oughta work.." JC nodded.

"This is why we shouldn't date within the circle." Lance said in exasperation.

"Why's that?" Joey asked.

"I'll explain it to you later." Liv told him, handing him a juice box.

"Lance...she wants you...what's your deal man?" Chris asked him.

Lance eyed JC and Liv, and then glanced over at Justin with an unsure look on his face.

"The fuck and trade theory?" Liv asked him, "That didn't stop us before."

"Maybe Lance doesn't like second-hand pussy..." Joey said thoughtfully, sucking on his juice box straw.

"Joe! Jesus!" JC cried.

"And besides...she's your sister." Lance said with a sigh.

"I'm not stopping you from dating her man," JC told him, "She's 21 years old."

"And don't worry about J," Liv said to Lance, "This'll be a good lesson for him. He needs to keep his ego in check and learn how to treat women better."

"I have NO problem treating women!" Justin defended himself.

Liv returned his cry with an ice cold glare.

"What do you care anyway, Justin?" She asked him, "You said it yourself, you could get any girl you wanted!"

"That's really sad..." Joey said.

"What is, Joe?" Chris asked.

"That he would say something like that after all the time Becca spent supporting him." Joey went on.

"You know what your deal is Justin? You only want what you can't have. And when you do have something as good as Bex caring for you, it doesn't matter to you. What good is it if you already have it?" Liv confronted him, staring him down, eyes ablaze.

Justin stared back unblinking.

Just then, Becca came back in the front door.

"What'd I miss?" She asked.

"Nothing." Liv told her, "In fact, Lance wants to talk to you outside."

Becca shrugged.

"Sure..." She said, heading back out the front door.

Without breaking eye contact with Justin, Liv motioned for Lance to follow her.

"GO Lance!" She said, "You have JC's blessing...what more do you need?"

Lance looked nervously between Justin and Liv and then after a long moment finally went outside after Becca.

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