"Just one more week Muzic!"Megs said getting out of bed. It was 8:00am. Muzic got out of bed looking terrible.
"Whoa, Muz, you look terrible." Megs said.
"I definitely do not feel good." Muzic mumbled. Megan came over to her friend and felt her forehead. "Whoa girl you are burning up! You think you'll make it in time for the tour next week?" Megs asked. Muzic's eyes popped out.
"Wow." she said drowsily, "It's a miracle. I'm well."she said wearily. She started singing the tune of Jungle Fever, "I got no more fever, I got no more fever...Megs?"
"Yes?"
"Catch me." Muzic said and fell.
JC and Justin came over as soon as possible.
"What happened?"JC asked.
"She's fine..." Megs said taking the thermometer out of her mouth and looked at it, "But she did beat our 103.7 fever. She got 104.0. You beat my record."
"Are you gonna be alright?"JC asked. Just then a knock came to the door. Megs came over and looked through the peephole. It was Lynda. Megs opened it.
"Hey Lynda, Muzic is-"
"Where is Muzic? She was suppose to be here promptly at 8:30am it is now 9:00!" She went inside and saw Muzic on the couch.
"Megs I need a sleeping, drowsy, fell but I can't get up medicine."
"Lisa, your going to work."Lynda said
"This is serious."Megs said. Lynda came over and looked at her.
"Come on, I really need you today,"Muzic opened her mouth.
"YUCK..Ok, Stay home! Get well Muzic." She said holding her hand. She let go and left.
"That was a touching moment"Justin said half joking. Just then the phone rang. Megs answered it.
"Do you guys mind?" Megs said looking at the guys.
"Ok, we need to do something anyway we'll be back in an hour."Justin said. Then they both stepped out. "You sure this special gift will work?"JC asked.
"It worked for Alison didn't it? Just find something in the mall."Justin said and they left.
Back in the house Megs answered the phone. "Hello?" Megs asked
"Hey Megs?"a voice asked.
"Oh, hey AJ"Megs looked at me.
"Megs don't tell him I'm sick, please...I don't want him to worry. Tell him I'm at work"
"Hey AJ if you're looking for Muzic, she's at work"
"Ok I'll call her there"
"No! I mean she's not allowed to take any phone calls anymore or she'll get fired"
"Aww...alright.. Call me when she gets home"
"Ok. Hey is Nick there?"
"Yup, he just walked in."AJ said as Megs heard a door slam from the back round.
"Hey Megs!"
"Hey Nick. I can't talk long but I just wanted to tell you that I miss you very much!"
"I miss you too. Still hanging out with Chasez& Timberlake?"he asked.
'He had to ask that', Megs thought to herself. Then Meg remembered what Muzic told her in the bedroom.
"No...We're not seeing them anymore..ever..never...yeah..."
"Good. Tell Timberlake, if you see them, that I'll kill him."
"Ok, I'll to him-I mean it!! It!!" Megs covered herself, "I'll tell IT."
Nick laughed. "Alright. See you later"
"Later"and she hung up.
Muzic looked at her. "Lucky break." she mumbled.
"Yeah, very lucky." Megs agreed.
An hour later JC and Justin were back at the girls dorm.
"Hello? Anyone home?" JC called as he walked through the front door.
"Depending on what you mean by that, you will get different answers." Megan said, walking into the kitchen from the living room. 'Muzic is asleep and unless you wanna get your ass kicked by a sick girl, I'd shut up."
"OK... yesh... someone didn't take her Midol this morning."
"No JC, I'm sorry, it's not that time of the month yet, but when it is I'll be sure to let you know." She said, grabbing a bottled water out of the refridgerator and then going back into the living area and sitting down on the couch cross legged.
Justin looked at JC and then walked into the living area. He sat down next to Megan on the couch. Muzic had gone into their room to have some quite.
"What's wrong Meg?"
"It's nothing. Really I'm fine. I'm just worried about Muz." At least that's what she was tring to convince herself of. The truth was she wasn't sure what was upsetting her so much. She was caught between it being because she missed Nick so much, or the fact that she was wondering what it was going to be like to not have JC and Justin around all the time. She had, after all, spent more time with them then she had with Nick.
Justin could tell that she was lying. He could also tell that his plan was working. He had know the minute that she had let him kiss her that she wasn't going to stick with Nick for long. Although she was taking a lot longer then Alison had, he knew that it wouldn't be much longer.
He had it all planned out. The night before they left for California to meet up with the guys he was going to give her what he had bought her at the mall. If he played his cards right she might not even get on the plane with Muzic.
"I think that Muzic will be just fine and I'm sure that she will be 100% better by the time you two leave for California." Justin said, smiling at her.
"I hope so. Cause without her I have no reason to be on the tour."
"Isn't being Nick's girlfriend reason enough?" JC asked. Justin shot him a look, which he ignored. He knew what the younger boy was thinking and in his opinion he didn't think what he was doing was right.
"I wish it was. But it's not. They are going to have to find me a job on the tour as it is so that no one freaks out cause I'm on tour."
"That's too bad." Justin said, putting his head on her shoulder.
"Yeah but there is nothing I can do about it." She closed her eyes and JC thought she looked like she was in pain.
"How about was talk about something else?"
"I say we just sit back and watch TV."
"That works for me." Justin said. He streached out on the couch so that his head rested in Megan's lap. "You don't mind do you?"
She almost said yes but figured that it wouldn't do her any good, he would stay where he was until he decided that he didn't want to be there anymore. That's pretty much the way it worked with Justin.
She grabbed the remote off the coffee table and started flipping through the channels. 'Oh, this is going to be a fun filled after noon....'
"Yes Nick, I do realise that. And I can't wait to see you and the rest of the guys. I've been so bored for the past few days."
Justin and JC had stayed away for the past few days and Muzic was recovering from the flu that she had caught. Megan hadn't really done much since all of her other friends on campus had gone home for the summer.
"Guess what we are doing today!"
"I don't know, what?"
"We are going to do a photoshoot and interveiw."
"Wow, Nick! It's not like you've ever done one of those or anything."
"I know... but AJ and I have agreed about something that is different from what we usually do in these things."
"Oh really, and what would that be?"
"I'm not telling you. You are going have to wait until the magazinecomes out next month."
"Will you at least tell me what magazine it is?"
"I'm not that mean, am I? Of couse I'll tell you. It's Seventeen. You know the one that BJ is going to be on the cover of."
"BJ? As in your sister?"
"No, the kid I went to school with... of course my sister!"
"That's great!"
"Yeah I know!" There was a puase on his end and she could hear Brian talking to him. "Hey hun, I gotta go. We have to go get a bite to eat really quick before the interview. But I will see you in less then 24 hours."
"Bye! And I can't wait!"
They hung up and Megan looked around her. She was in the bedroom, her suitcase was on her bed almost full. The only things that weren't in it were things that she was going to need in the morning and wouldn't take long to pack.
Muzic was in the living room. She had already packed, had talked to AJ and taken a shower so she wouldn't have to the next morning.
As Megan looked around her she glanced at her dresser. On top of it was a picture frame with three different pictures in it. The one on top was of her and her parents when she had just started collage. They had helped her move all of her stuff into the dorm and Muzic had take the picture for them, right in front on the library, on the steps.
The next picture was of she and Muzic at the end of their first year. They were smiling and completly oblivious to the fact that the next month that Megan would spend with her family would change her life.
She snapped out of her trance and looked at the last picture. It was of herself, Muzic and all five of the guys, and had been taken the night they had all gone out.
The sound of the doorbell knocked Megan out of her world and back into the one that everyone else was in. She heard Muzic open the door and greet the people who had invaded on their lives.
Then she heard Justin's voice. "Where's Meg?" She felt sick. She wasn't sure if it was because it was going to be one of the last times she heard his voice in real life, or because she really hadn't been feeling well, but what ever it was she didn't like it.
"She's in the bedroom. She's getting the last minute things ready and making sure she has everything."
A knock came to the door.
"Come in"Megan choked out.
"Hey Meg."Justin said coming in. It was silent.
"So....are you ready for the big trip?"Justin broke the silence.
"I guess."Megan said. Another silence.
"So I guess I'll be seeing you."Justin said walking over to her. She nodded. Justin touched her hair and gave her a soft kiss.
"I'll see you later"Justin said. She nodded and Justin left. Megs felt relieved. A few minutes later Muzic went inside.
"Well the guys are gone!"She called,"Some friends will be visiting to say goodbye"
"Cool. Who's coming?"Megs asked
"Tina and-"
"Ten Tummy Tina?"Tina was an old friend of ours. She was kind of like a mother.
"Yea, just Shh. Remember that dress I promised to make her?"Muzic asked
"Yea...2 years ago"
"I finally finished it"Muzic said,"Anyway, Jazzy and Darnel are coming"
"The ones who just got married?"Meg asked
"Yeah, not bad for someone who's been living in the hood, huh?"Muzic said
"I remember there wedding like it was just yesterday"Muzic said
"It was just yesterday. JC and Justin sang remember? But it was nice of you to give them the wedding." "It was the least I could do"Muzic said. Suddenly the door bell rang. Muzic got up and Megan followed. She opened the door and saw Tina looking the same old self.
"Hi Muzic, hi Megan!"
"Hey Tina!"Megs and Muzic said. They invited her in and they sat down.
"Still ten tummy Tina"Muzic whispered to Megs.
"More like Twenty Tummy Tina"Megs whispered back.
"Hey Muzic, where's that dress you promised me?"Tina asked
"Follow me."Muzic went in the bedroom and on the dummy was a black shirt, skirt and matching coat.
"How do you like it?"Muzic asked
"Well...well"
"Well what?"Muzic asked dully.
"Well I was thinking more of a..that"she pointed to a short red dress by the window.
"I hope you mean the drapes"Muzic said,"Now Tina, this dress was a kind of a copy made for Whitney Houston"
"Good, we're about the same age. Come on Muzic. Hey Meg won't I look, how do you teenagers say, PHAT in that dress?"Tina asked. Megs bit her lip and didn't say anything.
"When you get back I'd like that dress. I'm running late, I'll see you when you get back. Have a safe trip!"Tina said and went out the door. After we heard the door slam Megs spoke.
"Muzic, she is gonna look Toed Up from the Floor Up"
"Well that what she wants. I'll talk her out of it"Muzic said. Suddenly the door bell rang. They went to the door and opened it.
"Hey Jazzy, Darnel!"Muzic said. They had a kind of disappointed look on their faces.
"Come in. What's the matter?"Megs asked. They went in. They sat on the couch. Jazzy rummaged in her purse and took out a kind of toy. She handed it to Meg.
"What's this?"Megs asked.
"A fertility god"she said. Megs suddenly threw the thing to Muzic. Muzic put it down.
"You guys are trying to have a baby?"Muzic asked. They nodded enthusiastically.
"Any progress?"Megs asked
"No"They sighed.
"Well, its alright..I mean ya'll just got married. It's probably just stress"Muzic said.
"Excuse me"Jazzy said heading for the bathroom.
"Look, Muzic, Megan"Darnel said,"Making a baby is a blessed event"
"I think you mean HAVING a baby, Darnel"Megs corrected
"Trust me on this one"Megan and Muzic exchanged looks. Just then Jazzy came out of the bathroom.
"Look, you see why this isn't working is because...My little soldiers aren't marching"Jazzy said. It went silent for a while. "Bummer"Muzic said,"Look we'll do anything to help..in a safe distance"
"You mean that?"Darnel asked
"Why not?"Muzic sighed.
"Ok then I want your little soldiers"Darnel said. Megs started coughing.
"Darnel! I would not do that. It's absolutely out of the question"
"Ditto"Megs said
"Well..I thought it was the least you can do cuz you ain't give us a present"
"What? I gave you a wedding!"Muzic said
"Take that to the bank"Darnel said.
"Ok, we don't wanna trouble you anymore. Have fun on the trip"Darnel said. Muzic walked up to him.
"You still my boy and I still got your back, brother"Muzic smiled. He was like the little brother she never had. He smiled and nodded. After the goodbyes Megs and Muz went out for a bite and then came home excited for tomorrow.
