“I still can’t believe that you came all the way out to Orlando just to play some basket ball.” Nick said as he climbed in to Serina’s car.
“I know! I feel so special!” Brian said, getting in the car next to Nick.
“You should. Now, come on!” Justine had told Serina what she was going to do, but had decided to wait and tell the guys later.
“The question is, is she still as good as she was the last time we played her?”
“Prepare to get your butt kicked Carter.”
“Is that a challange?”
“Ya think Nick?” Brian asked, laughing.
“Yes, now let’s go” Justine instructed and Serina pulled away from Brian’s house.
Justin took the shot. He made it. Not that it was hard or anything.
He was the only one on the court. He was just shooting hoops. The other guys were still ‘resting’ from lunch.
“OK I think I’m ready to play some Basketball!” JC said with some enthusiasm. Justin laughed and passed him the ball. He took the shot and made it.
Just then a car pulledinto the parking lot, which was not far from the court. Four figures emerged from it. Two male and two female. The five guys that were either on or sitting around the court recognised the males instantly.
“Hey guys, look it’s Nick and Brian. We may have ourselves a game after all.” JC said with a smile, knowing that the plan was going to work perfectly.
In the parking lot.....
“Um.... That’s Justin Timberlake and the rest of N SYNC, right?” Justine asked Nick and Brian.
“Yeah......”
“OK, you guys, I’m not going to tell you why right now, but while we are around them, don’t call me Justine. I have my reasons, and I’ll tell you later if you don’t blow my cover.”
“Um...What do you want us to call you then?”
“Renae. If you call me anything, it’s Renea. OK?”
Serina understood, they decided to use her middle name to see if Justin caught on. This was going to be hilarious. And she was going to watch it all from the sidelines.
“OK! We’ll call you Renea, but I want a full explination after OK?” Nick said.
“You got it! Come on, let’s play some b-ball!”
The other three laughed and they all walked over to the basketball court.
“Hey Justin, JC.” Nick said with a smile. He saw the othere three guys sitting on the sidelnes. “ Hey guys, what’e up?”
“Oh., nothing much. We were gonna play one on one, but not that you guys are here, we can play a real game!” Justin said.
“Count me out!” Lance said.
“Me too!” Joey said. “Last time I played a game with the four of you, I nearly keeled over.”
“I think I’ll stay over here too.” Serina said.
“K, Rina.” Nick said. Justin, JC, and Brian all looked at Chris.
“Hey, I’m all for playing a good game.”
“Wait, we have five people.....” Justin started.
Nick and Brian looked at Justine.
“Hey, I’m not going to miss out on this! Not for the world!” Nick and Brian smiled and turned towards the three guys.
“OK, who is on which team?”
“Well, let’s see....”
Justine walked into the middle of the cicle that the five males had formed. “It’s me, JC and Justin, and then Nick, Brian and Chris.” Nick and Brian looked at her like she had a second head. Nick pulled her over to the side.
“What are you doing?”
“It’s OK. I know what I’m doing! Believe me, this will make more sense once I give you my explination later.”
“OK....if you say so...”
"I say so, Kaos. Just trust me.”
Nick smiled at his friend. “Hug?”
“Sure, what the hell.” She gave him a hug. “We are going to kill you guys!”
“OK....Ju- I mean Renea, you’re on!” They joined the rest of the group and they decided that Nick and Justin should do the jump ball. As the two guys stood in front of eachother, Justin smiled at Nick.
“Prepare to get your butt kicked, Carter”
“Funny, that’s what Renea said right before we left to come down here.” And then the game started.
This is so weird. It’s like I know this girl, but I’ve never seen her in my life. This is just way too strange.
And then there’s that feeling again. It’s the same one I got this morning. Only it’s stonger. A LOT stronger. It’s almost like....nah...Justin, just play the game, and then....well, who knows what I’m going to do after this game is over to waist time.
Lance and that girl...Serina? Something like that. They sure are having a good time talking. I wonder why Lance looks like he’s going to explode. Serina? Isn’t that what Justine’s best friends name is? That’s weird.
“I can’t believe you made that shot!” Justin gaped, starring at ‘Renae’
“Believe it man! She is the best female player I know.” Nick said, smiling at Justine and she checked the ball to him.
“Yeah, no kidding! You should see her when she really get’s warmed up!” Brian laughed.
“Oh really?” Justin asked as he passed the ball to JC, who shot it, but missed. They were playing to 21 and the score was 17-18 in favor of the twins team.
“Yeah, really!” Nick grinned. “Besides what are you complaining about? She’s on your team.”
“I’m not complaining!”
“Good!”
“Can we shut up and play basket ball?” Justine asked, stealing the ball from Nick.
“I do believe that Justin is going to kill us.” Chris said, looking at his team mates.
“Well the girl does have a weakness....” Nick started, looking at Brian with an evil look in his eye. They had called time out, so Justine couldn’t hear what they weretalking about.
“And you wait until we are a three point shot away from loosing to tell me this?”
“Well.... yeah! We were hoping that we wouldn’t need to use it.” Brian said.
“Ok, well, I’m all ears.” Nick and Brian proceeded to tell Chris Justine’s weakness and how they were going to use it against her and to there advantage.
I wonder what they’re talking about.” Justin said.
Justine looked at the three males in a huddle. Nick looked up and glanced her way. When he saw her and grinned before returning to the conversation. “Uh-oh”
“What’s wrong?” JC asked.
“I know that look! That means he’s up to something. And if he has Brian and Chris in on it too, it could be really bad.”
“What do you mean?” Justin asked.
“I mean that they are up to something. The look means trouble and with the tree of them, I really really just don’t want to know.” Just then the three guys broke up their little pow-wow, and took the court, Justine, Justin and JC following close behind.
“I can’t believe that I just lost to N SYNC and a girl.!” Nick said, sitting next ot Serina, who was still talking to Lance.
“Believe it Kaos!” Justine smiled. “ I can’t believe that you thought that you could still pull that!” When Justine got the ball, Nick grabbed her around the waist and threw her over his shoulder. After she started kicking and screaming, he started tickling her, an attempt to get her to drop the ball to Brian who was standing right behind Nick. In the end she did drop the ball, right to Justin, when Brian had decided that tickling her was more fun then trying to get the ball away from her. When Justin got the ball he took the shot and made it. JC then made the winning shot after Chris attempted to make a basket.
“It was worth a try! And you know you liked it!”
“Oh, yeah, Nick. That was a dream come true for me. To be picked up in the middle of a basketball game, thrown like a sack of flour and tickled to death by a tall, blond giant, who reeks of sweat. Yeah, that’s exactly what I’ve always wanted.” The sarcassum dripped from her words.
“I knew it! I knew that’s what I should have given you for your birthday last year!” Brian said, laughing.
“Oh, shut up, B-Rok!”
“So, Renae, tell us a little bit about yourself.” Joey said, sitting next to her on the pavment. She was sitting in front of and between Nick and Brian, who where both sitting on the bench.
“Um....” She looked to JC for help, knowing that Serina was to busy talking to Lance about god knows what.
“Yeah, why don’t you tell us about yourself?” Chris encouraged.
“Well.....OK. What do you want to know?”
“Um.... how about....” Joey started.
“Do you have any siblings?”
Once again she looked to JC. He just gave her a look that told her to go ahead and tell them. Not everything, but a little but of the truth. “Yes, actually. I have a twin brother. I’ve never met him, but he’s out there somewhere.”