I yawned and looked up at the buzzing alarm clock to my left.
why?
It was a Saturday morning and I was on vacation. So why was my alarm going off at 7 in the morning?
I sat up to see a pair of deep blue eyes.
"Isn't it beautiful out here?"
I screamed startled.
"Whoa dude, calm down, its just me,JC." the blue eyed brunette explained.
I sighed releaved and ran a hand through my hair.
"You scared the shit out of me! What are you doing here?" I asked.
"Well..." he began sitting down on the bed,"We have a meeting."
"What!" I cried.
but... Vacation!
"I know, I know. It seems harsh. Pulling us away from vacay. But, there's someone Johnny wants us to meet. It has something to do with writing for the new album." Jc explained.
"Do I have to go?" I moaned.
Jc nodded with a smirk on his face,"Yep. Hey Lance man what's up with you, huh?"
I sighed and leaned back in bed on my elbows. My mind drifted to the letter I had recieved a while back. It had to have been the break up that was tearing at me. Of course I could not tell JC about it.
No one even knew we were together anyway
"You've been really miserable the whole time on vacation. You don't wanna go anywhere with us, or doing anything. All you do is sleep and listen to your god damn country music.
"And your point is?" I sighed and rolled out of bed.
Shuffling to my closet I tore a white button down shirt from a hanger and a pair of khakis out of a drawer.
"When do we have to be there?" I asked as I flicked on the bathroom light, that irritated my still sleep filled eyes.
"As soon as you are ready, so as soon as possible." JC explained.
I groaned and slammed the bathroom door. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Lance when you throwing your next party?" Joey asked as the black Mercedes Benz pulled into the parking garage of the twelve story building.
I glanced at Joey, who had turned around from the front seat to ask me.
You mean the parties that you avoid helping me set up, but stroll into "fashionably late" and take up all the women with your charisma and flattery.
"I dunno, I kinda forgot about doing anything." I shrugged as JC parked.
"Guess what kiddies, the ride's over, pay up and get off." JC said opening his door.
I sighed and climbed out of my door.
"So what up 'bout the party?" Joey asked.
"I don't think I'm gonna have one in a while." I murmured.
"Awh man! You gotta! Please. I need to meet some fly senoritas man." he cried run to catch up with me and Jc as we walked toward the building enterance.
"Do you plan on helping him set it up with us this time?" JC shot. He had been the most pissed out of all of us when Joey never showed up to help out.
"He can't take any responsibility!" JC had cried.
JC was big on responsibility.
"Yeah... yeah." Joey began to respond,"I'll help this time, I told you last time the traffic to your house had been really bad man."
I could see JC roll his eyes in disgust out of the corner of my eye.
"Yeah man, I'll throw a party. Saturday okay." I gave in.
You are so weak Lance
"Oh thanks man! This is gonna be the best!" Joey laughed slapping me hard on the back.
JC glared at me for a moment and shook his head.
Jc was right... JC was always right
The three of us walked through the double doors of the JIVE building. The lobby was basically empty. Except for the receptionist and some other people walking around.
JC, who was always the leader of us steped up to the receptionist, "Hello, we have a meeting with Johnny Wright."
The receptionist looked up from Jc, to her papers, "Um, Mr. Chasez the meeting is in on the sixth floor, room 423."
"Thanks" Jc said and nodded for the two of us to follow him.
Joey winked at the receptionist as we walked by. The receptionist blushed and looked away.
does he ever stop? Woman hungry fiend
We followed JC to the elevator and went up six floors. Joey rabbled on and on about some woman he had meet. Jc and I were silent and kept flashing each other looks reguarding Joey's idiocy.
The elevator doors opened to the sixth floor. We walked down the hall to room 423. There was a pair of Black double doors with the name "Johnny Wright" written on it.
We pushed through the double doors to a room with a long black table. At it sat Chris and Justin, the complement of the group.
"What's this all about?" I asked as the doors swung behind us.
Chris shrugged and Justin laughed, "Johnny is on one of those secret operation things. Top secret until the whole band arives ya know. Hey I just hope it's nothing like the touring with Britney thing. "
Britney touring is what had started the rumors about Justin and her. Which were all true.
"How long have you guys been here?" Joey asked.
"Half an hour." Chris sighed.
Just then the double doors reopened and in walked Johnny Wright.
"Hey Johnny." all five of us said.
"Why are we here so early?" I yawned still exhausted with lack of sleep.
"Well... " Johnny began motioning for us to sit down, " it concerns the writing for the next album."
"Yeah, we're working on it." JC said, "I wrote some last night too."
Johnny shook his head, "No guys, that's not what this is about. For the next album I've found a writer who I think you will be interested in working with." he explained.
"BUt I thought we were doing all the writing ourselves." Justin said lifting an eyebrow suspiciously.
"Yeah, I thought this was gonna be like the last album." Jc said, "I don't want to write with someone else again. I thought the point of this album was to show that we could write."
Johnny sighed,"I know guys, but you will be working with her."
"Her?" Chris asked.
Johnny nodded.
"Is it Diane Warren again?" Joey asked.
Johnny shook his head, "No, she's new. She should be here soon."
"So who is it?" I asked, still concerned with why I was not sleeping.
Just the we were interrupted by the buzzing of Johnny's office phone. Johnny pressed the button.
"Mr. Wright, Miss Kent is here now." the receptionist's voice came through the litte speaker.
"Send her in." He replied.
"Speak of the devil" he smirked.
I rolled my eyes and waited until the double doors of Johnny's office slowly began to open. In peeked a brunette.
"Miss Kent!" Johnny cried greeting her as she stepped int through the door, "I'm Johnny Wright." he explained offering her his hand.
Smiling at him she accepted and shook it, "Hello, Mr. Wright. I'm sorry I am late, the traffic was awful from where I was coming from."
"That's okay. I'm glad you could make it. " He smiled pulling a seat out at the table for her to sit.
"Now, "Johnny began, "You are probably wondering why you are here. Let me explain."
"AHEM!" Justin coughed from the other end of the room.
Johnny looked up from his guest, "Oh I'm sorry, these guys over here I'm sure you have heard of, *NSYNC?"
"I'm JC, HI!" he said with a little wave.
"Sup, I'm Justin."
"Hello, lovely, I'm Joey."
"Hi, name's Chris."
"Hello, I'm Lance." I said letting my voice rumble out with a certain deep awe. Looking up at the brunette now I could see how her dark black hair framed her sharp facial features. Her brilliant blue eyes and perfect lips. And her curvy body complementing her features.
"Hi, I'm Lynn Kent. " She said.
She looked familiar
"Now that we are all acquainted..."Johnny murmured, "I'll explain why we are here."
I glanced from Johnny to Lynn. Her bright blue eyes sparkled with excitement while she watched Johnny intensely while he talked.
"Yeah, why are we here?" Chris asked leaning back in his swivel chair and twirling around once.
Johnny smiled,"Well, I don't know if any of you recognize Miss Kent, but she's a writer. A very very poetic writer. It is very beautiful."
Lynn glanced across the table at me breifly and blushed. I flashed her a quick smile, she was beautiful.
"Anyway, enough of the flattery so I don't embarass you." Johnny said patting he shoulder, "I want you guys to collaborate with Miss Kent, on a couple songs for the new album."
"Has she written before?" Jc asked as if she was not even there.
"Yes, she has."Johnny shot back.
I knew JC was hurt by the idea of having someone writing on the album again. The album was like his baby. And he had wanted the writing on this one to be independant. But, if the rest of us liked her, she would be writing anyway. And Jc knew it.
JC nodded and glanced back at her, flashing her a smile. As if to cover the ground that there were no hard feelings.
"Can we see some of your work?" I asked taking the business hand of it as usual, and trying to ease the tension JC was creating.
Lynn's eyes flashed with happiness. I guess out of acceptance and she opened up a porfolio she had.
"Orginally I'm a fiction writer. But, I also write poetry, and songs so writing is not new to me." she explained passing a folder across the table.
The four of us huddle together and opened it. Joey meanwhile nudged me in the side.
"She's hot huh."
I glared at him from the corner of my eye,"Don't do anything stupid!"
"I won't!" he assured me in a whisper.
Liar
I knew Joey, he would jump at a chance as soon as he could. And the relationship would be based on empty promises and it would be broken off so soon. Yet again with another girl hurt.
"This is really good!" Justin said looking up from the folder to her.
She smiled and blushed again.
modest
JC still sat there flipping through the folder after all of us had stopped looking. My heart felt like it was slowing as he continued to look. I was ready for him to look up from the folder and refuse to work with her or something. But what he did completely shocked me.
"This is incredible work, Miss Kent." he began.
"Please call me Lynn." she insisted.
JC smiled," Lynn, this is incredible work. I, and I am sure the rest of the guys would only be enthusiatic to work with you."
"What JC means to say," I interrupted, "Is that you got the job."
"Thank you so much, I was not even expecting this." she said taking the folder back from JC.
"Well, that went better than I thought." Johnny said, "Well, you guys can handle all the rest on your own I think. This is your album." He glanced at JC.
JC smirked,"Sorry for being so rude, I'm a little protective of our albums."
"They're his babies." the rest of us said in unison.
"Well, guys, you handle all the nitty-gritty, I got a meeting to head out to, okay." Johnny explained taking his jacket off the back of one of his chairs.
"Alright Johnny, you da man." Justin said.
And then Johnny was gone.
now the *NSYNC undoing began
"So... Lynn, where you from?" Justin asked leaning back in his chair.
"I'm from Boston." She said running a hand through her hair.
"Is everyone as pretty as you in Boston?" Chris asked.
Lynn blushed.
"Aw c'mon man don't embarass her with the obvious!" JC laughed.
I rolled my eyes,"Ignore them, when you are stuck in a tour bus for so long seeing only teenies, they go woman hungry on the first gorgeous woman they see.
"And you don't?" she asked smirking mischeviously.
"How do I know you're not some sick freak..."
"Ooooh!" the rest of them laughed from beside me.
"Hey,"Joey began,"Do you want to go out, so we can get to know each other better."
he was asking her out!
"Yeah, we can all go out to get to know you better." Jc said changing Joey's plans.
We all knew what Joey was like, and we all hated it.
"Sounds fun, where we going to go?" she asked standing up from her seat and swinging her coat on her shoulders.
"Clubbing?" Chris piped up.
"Fine." Lynn responded and pulled a pen and paper from her porfolio,"I'll be at the Sheraton, just down the street from here. This is my number." She said and slid the paper across table. "See you then."
"See ya!" the five of us chorused.
And with that the double doors swung shut behind her.
"Oh my god!" JC said sinking slowly lower in his seat.
"What do you mean, 'Oh my God'?"Justin cocked, "You're the one who frisked her like the airport security."
"I'd like to frisk her." Joey laughed.
"I think we all would." Chris sighed.
"Damn she was so hot." Justin laughed.
"Yeah, and Joey was gonna take all the action for himself."