"Sam, here," JC said, handing her a microphone and pulling her up between him and Justin.
"Why here?" Sam asked.
"So you don't get stuck way in the back after we get through. That happened to Britney when she was our opening act. It was hilarious!" Justin explained from in front of her.
"Ok, well, let's go," JC shoved Justin out and the screaming intensified. Sam quickly followed, grabbing onto the back of his t-shirt, and JC followed, Chris, Joey, and Lance right after him.
Right when the screaming became unbearable, Justin pulled through the crowd and made it up to the front where Carson Daly was. Since Sam was still holding onto his shirt, Sam popped out of the crowd and stumbled after Justin as if she were drunk, her balance completely screwed up by so many girls pushing at her from all angles.
Justin and JC, who had also already made it through, laughed. Sam glared at them as Joey, Lance, and Chris finally caught up with them and the questions began.
"So, I hear this will be your longest tour ever?" Carson began.
"Yup," Justin nodded. "North America, Australia, and then Europe. It will last about seven months."
Loud screams.
"That's cool, will Samantha be with you this entire tour?" Carson asked.
"We hope," JC answered.
"Yeah!" Lance and Chris cheered.
"She better be," Justin said, playfully bumping Sam with his hip.
"Oof!" She grunted as she slammed into JC.
"Sowwy," Justin grinned.
"You better be," Sam said as she righted herself.
"Hey, Justin, any special reason she better be with you all tour?" Carson asked slyly.
"Yeah, she's a great singer!" Justin said.
There were a few boo's that Sam chose to ignore.
Justin, however, chose not to ignore them. "Hey," He snapped. "I know a good singer when I hear one."
"Or see it?" JC teased.
"Yeah, when I see it live!" Justin said.
"So y'all are strictly platonic?" Carson asked skeptically.
Sam grinned and pinched Lance's cheek. "What? And take away their most popular one?" She asked, gesturing at Lance. "I couldn't do that to all these girls!"
"Hey!" Chris, Joey, JC, and Justin all protested.
"Ok," Sam allowed, "I couldn't take away Joey, either. Not the other favorite! I'm too nice."
Joey smirked, knowing there was no way they'd ever get together, in this life or the next.
"So you guys are all free?"
"As a bird," Chris laughed and Sam and the other four guys groaned.
"What?" Chris asked, looking at them.
"Sweetie, you aren't funny!" Sam said.
Chris came after her and Sam hid behind Justin.
Chris paused, looked up at Justin, and then at Sam, who's head was peeking around from behind his back. "I'll get you when he's not around."
Carson sighed and said, "Ok, well, today's number four video is Britney Spears, for her newest, "Stronger"."
All the girls in the audience watched Justin carefully to see if he would do as expected and stare in awe at Britney, as it was rumored they were dating. They weren't.
The girls were pleasantly surprised when he instead went to the front row to sign autographs, the other five soon joining him.
"On in five!" A voice called.
Sam and *N Sync scurried back over to Carson to prepare for the rest of the show. After a few minutes of talk about *N Sync's latest album, "No Strings Attached", Carson turned to Sam and said, "Ok, Samantha, I bet you know this song. Number two today is Samantha's 'What You See {Is What You Get}'"
Sam grinned. "Yeah, kinda sorta know it."
"I heard that song was originally for Britney Spears, is that correct?" Carson asked.
"Yeah, but the record company thought it would suit my personality better," Sam flashed a quick, somewhat defiant grin at Carson.
"It definitely does," Justin muttered, forgetting that his microphone was hooked to the collar of his shirt and would pick it up.
"Why thank you," Sam grinned as Justin's face turned red.
They playfully bantered through the rest of the show, then were quickly escorted out of the studio. A reporter stopped the boys and asked if they would do an interview about Sam for an upcoming issue. They quickly agreed and headed for the bus, Sam, as usual, lagging behind, dreading getting on the bus. Justin hiked her over his shoulder and carried her out there so the fans wouldn't catch up with him, follow him to the bus, and mob them.