We pulled in my driveway and everyone pilled out except for me and Lance who neglected to notice we were home. Everyone stood there watching us because I had the key to the house.
“Hate to bother you two love birds but could you stop the suction cups till we get in the house, it’s just a tad bit cold out here.” Joey sarcastically remarked.
I felt myself getting embarrassed and blushing so I just said “Hold your damn horses.”
“Damn???” Chris said putting his hand over his mouth “That’s not very lady like of you.” he said jokingly.
“Chris dear, here’s a thought to ponder... how high of a note will you be able to hit when I kick you in your balls?” I laughed.
I pulled my key out of my back pocket and opened the door.
“You guys can put any of your crap in the room over there if ya want.” I said turning on a light. The guys took their bags and put them in the room and then I guided them into the living room.
“I’m gonna go upstairs and get something more comfy on I’ll be right back.” I said heading out of the room. I quickly changed into a pair of red flannel pants and a gray sweatshirt and gathered my hair up into a ponytail. With a quick look in the mirror I turned my light out and opened the door.
“Ahhh..” I screamed when I saw Lance standing right at my door. “are you trying to give me a heart attack sweetie or what’s the deal?”
“Of course not. I just missed you, I haven’t seen you in over a month, I wanna spend every moment here with you is that so wrong?” he said putting on a puppy face.
“Uh, I hate you, why do you have to be such a cutie?” I laughed flinging my arms around him. He backed me up through my bedroom door and closed the door. We just stood there in the dark passionately kissing one another. A few minutes passed and I pulled away from him. “Lance, we better get downstairs before they find some odd way to entertain themselves.” He agreed and we went downstairs and joined the gang in the living room. *
“So who’s up for a game?” I suggested.
“Well that all depends what kind of game?” JC asked.
“I dunno... how bout a little truth or dare to get things exciting.”
“ok, but I was thinking more along the lines of strip poker.” Chris commented. We all just rolled our eyes and ignored him.
“So who’s going first?”
“I’ll go” Erica yelled.
“Truth or Dare?” I asked
“Truth, I’m not getting stuck doing something insane.”
“Ok, which of these guys would you kiss if you could.” I said knowing the answer already but asking to see her reaction.
“Oh my god, I can so not believe this, damn you Jen you know this why me!” she said running from the room.
The guys all started laughing even though they knew they shouldn’t.
“Hey Jen why’d ya do that to her? and umm who would she have said?” JC asked.
“I thought she would answer it cause she always said if she met you guys she would tell say it flat out. But ya know she is pretty sensitive like that sometimes. Oh and she would’ve said you JC.” I answered.
“Woah, really? Cool.” he said back.
“Cool huh? Are you saying you have a little interest in my friend JC?” I said slyly.
“Me? haha... yeah she seems really cool.”
“Well if she would’ve known that she would have said something I guarantee that! Whenever she comes down from embarrassment say something to her and then maybe they’ll be a little somethin’ somethin’ between ya” I said laughing. “Ok well then Justin your turn.”
“K, I take dare.” he said acting all macho.
“Well since you’re such a chicken I won’t give ya anything too hard, now lets see...” I joked. “Guys help me here we gotta get a good one.”
JC, Joey, Chris, and I huddled in a circle. Then it came to us.
“Ok Justin you ready big boy?” I said ready to bust out laughing about I was about to do.
“Bring it on” he said
“Alrighty then, Justin, follow my instructions, stand up, walk over and sit on that couch right next to Tiffany.”
“Wow Jen for a sec there I thought you had something really going. That was the worst dare ever.”
“I’m not done with you Mr. Timberlake. Give Tiffany a kiss and I’m not talking kissing granny happy birthday on the cheek kiss either, on the lips for 10 seconds and put feeling into it or you’ll be kissing something else buddy boy.” I said chuckling.
He sat there silent for awhile, Justin didn’t feel comfortable kissing on cue. Tiffany looked over at me as if her heart had dropped to her stomach, I could tell she was pretty ticked off with me at this moment but I knew deep down inside this is what that girl wanted more than anything.
Justin moved in on her pressing his warm lips against hers. After 10 seconds I yelled “ok you’re done” he kept on kissing her so I yelled again “Justin you need a hearing aid? you’re done.” They pulled apart and Justin stayed next to Tiffany sitting back on the couch.
“So much for this game.” I said knowing this game had gone just as I planned.
“I’m hungry I’m gonna grab something to eat in the kitchen anyone else want anything?” Joey said.
Chris and JC got up and followed him into the kitchen. I got up off of the floor also and headed to my room, I got to the corner where Justin and Tiffany couldn’t see me and I motioned to Lance to come with me. He more than willingly got up leaving Justin and Tiffany alone in the low lighted room.
Lance followed close behind me up the stairs.
“Go in my bedroom and wait for me I’ll be in after I check on Erica.”
“Hurry back”
I laughed and went across the hallway to Erica’s room and knocked on the door.
“Erica it’s Jen, can I come in?”
“Yeah come on in”
“Hey there are you ok?”
“I’m fine, you know how embarrassing that was, why did you do it?”
“I was trying to help you! Remember all the times you told me if you saw him you’d confess your love for him, I was giving you pathway to it. I’m sorry, really I am but when you left I really found out a lot.”
“Really? What?”
“Well you wouldn’t care, so nevermind”
“Damnit tell me, please man?”
“Alright, Alright, well when you left JC who you would’ve said and I told him you would’ve said him”
“You what? How could...”
“He said “cool” so I asked him if he had a little thing for ya and he said that he thought you seemed really cool and nice. So guess what Miss Erica, JC Chasez likes you! and I told him he should say something to ya next time he saw ya and he said he would so feel free to thank me later.”
Erica got up and gave me a hug. “Jen thank you so much, I can’t believe this, Oh my god never in my wildest dreams did I think this could happen.”
“Well you know what you have to do! Get you butt down there in the kitchen where the rest of the guys are and let him talk”
“Oh I will I’ve just gotta freshen up a little bit I mean I can’t go down there with my face all red like I’m in need of pity.”
“Ok well I’m going to be in my room for awhile so I’ll meet you down there in awhile! Bye”
“Bye, and oh Jen, thanks again!” Erica said with a smile.
I shut the door behind me and smiled. I was determined to get my two best friends hooked up with JC and Justin and so far the outlook was good.
Meanwhile downstairs Justin and Tiffany began talking about their lives they wanted to know everything they could about each other. Neither of them could think of a question to ask the other after 10 minutes of a deep conversation. Tiffany was gazing out the window staring at the moon while Justin was looking at nothing but her. He touched her shoulder and then her cheek and moved in closer to her. This time Tiffany took it upon herself to move in on Justin softly kissed Justin on the lips and Justin responded letting his tongue scroll around her mouth.
I walked back to my room and opened the door expecting Lance to be right there in front of me as usual but he wasn’t instead all around my room were about 20 candles shinning brightly. I stood there silently I couldn’t believe he did all of this. I shut my bedroom door and looked around the room for him but he was nowhere to be found, so I just walked over to my bed and sat on the edge, my eyes wandering about the room. Then my bathroom door opened and out came Lance in a pair of red silk boxers and a white T-shirt, in his hands were 2 wine glasses. He walked over to me and handed me a glass and sat beside me.
“Lance this is so beautiful, you really are amazing, but umm what’s in the glasses?” I asked smelling the beverage.
“Well since there’s no champagne in the house I found a bottle of sparkling apple cider. Just as romantic as champagne if you ask me. So cheers” he said clicking our glasses together. We sat there and drank the cider staring into each others eyes. He took my glass from me and got up and set them on my dresser and came back and sat down.
“Since the moment I laid eyes on you I knew there was something about you. You weren’t just another fan, don’t ask me how but I could tell from your smile alone that you were the caring, sweet, loving person you are. I’ve been in relationships before and not one comes close to the relationship between you and me. You’re very special to me and I don’t know where I’d be without you, and if I lost you I would just die. ‘My love for you will always stay true, cause there is no me without you.’ (Can you tell what one of my favorite songs is?) Jen, I guess what I’m trying to say is I love you and I never want to let you go.”
By the time he was done speaking I was crying uncontrollably. I felt the exact same way about him. He took the side of his finger and wiped the tears from my eyes and embracing me in a comforting hug. After he let go I got up and laid on the bed. Lance got up also and laid next to me holding me in his arms. We laid there silent enjoying just holding each other. It’s often said the silence is golden and at that moment I believed it more than anything. Out of nowhere Lance spoke up “Jen?”, “Yeah” I said softly.
“We’ve been together awhile now and I have been wondering something.” he said shyly. “
What is it sweetie?” I said turning around facing him still embraced by his loving arms.
“Well this is kind of an odd question for me to be asking out of the blue but are you a virgin?” he said reluctantly.
“Well, yeah I am, I’ve never been one to rush into things, I’ve always wanted to do it right and save myself for someone I really care for, someone I want to spend the rest of my life with. Plus I’m way too afraid of getting pregnant and being stuck alone. What about you?” I asked.
“Same here, it has to be with someone I love with all my heart. So are you waiting till you’re married or what?”
“Well I don’t know, if I was ready and mentally set I’d go before marriage.” I said feeling a bit uncomfortable about this conversation the came from nowhere.
“When you’re ready, come to me, because I know you’re someone I care very deeply for and I love you with all my heart, and I want to share it with you.”
“Ummm,Thanks Lance, I think, I’ll remember that when I’m ready.” with that I gave him a quick kiss on the lips.
Half an hour had past in my room with Lance, I had totally forgotten about the rest of the gang downstairs so we got up and headed downstairs. I went to walk into the living room and looked in and saw Justin and Tiff engrossed in a kiss. Lance was right behind me and I told him what I saw and recommended we leave them alone. So we walked into the kitchen to join JC, Joey, and Chris still eating.
“Has Erica been down here yet?” I asked
“Nope, she must still be a little shaky after that game.” Chris said
“No cause I went upstairs and talked to her and she said she would freshen up and come down here.”
“I’ll go up and check on her.” said JC
“Thanks JC, tell her to come on down and we can watch a movie or something.”
JC got to her door and knocked.
“Come in” she yelled
JC turned the handle and walked in. He didn’t see her but he talked anyways “What’s taking you so long? Come on down and we’re all going to watch a movie.”
Erica freaked she thought it was me coming in to see her, not JC! She came out of the bathroom, all freshened up at last.
“You look beautiful” JC said to her
“Gee thanks.” she replied bashfully.
JC just stood there just staring at her. Erica found herself doing the same. JC finally snapped out of it and said “Well are you coming down? Jen said we can like watch a movie or something.”
“Uh yeah sure let me just get the lights.”
Erica turned the lights to the bathroom of and then the bedroom lights and shut the door following JC back down to the kitchen where the rest of us were.
“Erica, JC, when Lance and me came downstairs I looked into the living room and Tiff and Justin were making out, and I just checked like a minute ago and they still were so Joey suggested we pull a little prank on them, how’s that sound?” I said
“Sounds like fun but what kind of a prank.”
“Well ok we’re all gonna stay here in the kitchen cause they’ll be able to hear us from here and we’re all just going to moan really loud and while you and me are doing that then the guys are gonna all yell out together “Oh Tiff, do it to me baby” and then the guys will moan while you and me yell out “Oh Justin I want you so bad” and then we keep moaning and then we’ll walk in there and start laughing and watch them get embarrassed and pissed, sound good?” I said explaining as well as I could.
“Sounds good Jen, but why does that sounds so familiar?” JC asked
“Well I don’t know JC, maybe cause back awhile ago the same prank happened to two certain people in this room, any recollection of that.” I said talking about back a few months ago when Justin and the guys pulled the same prank on Lance and I. “It was also someone named Justin Timberlake’s idea to do that so now we’ll see if it’s still so funny.”
“Ah, I remember that. Did I ever say how sorry I was about that, I really am! NOT!” JC said, I shot him an evil look
“Ok guys you ready?” Joey asked. We all nodded, “Ok on the count of three moan and put feeling into it. 1.....2.....3!”
“OoOoOHhHhH, OoOoOhHhH”
“Oh Tiff do it to me..OoOoOoHhHh...”
“Oh Justin I want you so bad.”
“OoOoOHhHh” we continued walking out into the living room laughing. Justin and Tiffany turned red.
“Taste of your own medicine Justin, did it taste yummy.” I said with an evil glance.
“Man that’s low.” he said with a look to kill.
“Tell me about it, let me just say I know how ya feel! See how it felt Justin, think before ya act cause you know me, I don’t get mad I get even.”
“So what movie are we going to watch?” I asked looking through the movie cabinet.
“Whatcha got” Justin said getting up and walking over to look in the cabinet. “Here how about this. A little Leo for the girls.” he laughed and handed me the movie.
“Oh god Justin get real Leo? I think not!” I said “So everyone ok with Romeo and Juliet?”
“I love that movie!” Tiffany said agreeing with Justin’s choice
We all quickly agreed on it so I popped it in the VCR .
Lance and I took the loveseat in the corner. He put his arm around me as I rested my head on his shoulder. Tiffany sat between Joey and Justin on the other couch. Erica and JC laid on the floor with some pillows and Chris relaxed in the recliner.
For the first half an hour we were all into the movie then I looked over and Chris was asleep in the chair. I was now laying with my head in Lance’s lap as he ran his hands through my hair. I looked over at Tiffany and she had her head on Justin’s shoulder with his arm wrapped around her. Then I looked down at JC and Erica on the floor, JC kept looking at her trying to think how to get his arm around her, I just wanted to laugh he looked so cute.
About half an hour later Lance tapped me on the shoulder and whispered “Let’s go upstairs.” I got up and we walked quietly behind all of them so they wouldn’t realize we had left. We made our way upstairs and shut my bedroom door behind us. Lance walked over and sat on my bed and motioned for me to sit beside him, so I did.
“So are you gonna stay the night in here with me or what’s the deal?” I asked quietly.
“Well that all depends.” he said.
“On what?”
“If you’re ok with it I’ll stay.”
“Of course I’m ok with it silly.” I said kissing him on the cheek. “I’ll be back I’ve gotta brush my teeth then I’ll be ready.”
Lance pulled the silk sheets down and sat on the bed. As soon as I opened the door he got up and grabbed my hand. With the other hand he pressed play on my boombox and “God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You” came on.
“How about we finish what we started earlier” he said facing me and putting his hands around my waste. I agreed and put my hands around his neck as me swayed back and forth. Within a matter of minutes it was over and with his left hand he turned the boombox off and began giving me deep passionate kisses. When it came to frenching he won the award in my book. With each kiss we inched nearer and nearer to the bed till I fell backwards on the bed with Lance on top of me still kissing me.
“Hold on a sec this is really uncomfortable get under the covers on your side and that’ll be a little better.” I said situating myself underneath the silky red covers.
“Oh sorry, hold on a sec.” he said running to the other side of the bed and getting in. “Ok, this better?”
“Yeah way better.”
“So where were we?” he said as if he didn’t know where we left off.
Kissing Lance made me forget about everything else. We laid there kissing for at least 15 minutes if not longer. Then I pulled away in need of air.
“I’m really tired honey can I go to sleep now?” I asked kindly.
“One more kiss and you’re free to.” he said leaning in for one last good-night kiss. “Night baby, I love you.”
“I love ya too, sweet dreams.” I said closing my eyes.
“Jen, one last thing!”
“What is it Lance?”
“Can I hold you in my arms all night long, this is the first time we’ve spent the night together, I don’t want to let you go.”
“Aww you’re so sweet I swear, of course you can, you do anything you want, just let me get some sleep, ok ?”
“Okay thanks. Night”
It wasn’t long before I was out. It had been a long exhausting day and perhaps the best day I had in a long time. I was with the guy who meant more to me than anything, how much better could it get?