As JJ was saying her last words, A blue Volvo pulled into the parking lot and a petite, blond headed girl got out. She stopped and looked around and spotted a black Lincoln Navigator situated about 50 feet from her. She approached cautiously, and soon Leighta jumped out and said, "Sims?"
"Leighta?"
"Oh, my god, Simmons! I haven't seen you in so long! You look great!". Le said, running up to the girl and embracing her with a hug.
"Girl, I haven't seen you in so long! I've missed everybody!"
"Simmons!"
"Hey you guys!", Sims said as Zan, Alicia, and JJ came running, evidently quickly ending their make out sessions.
"Um......I hate to seem so blunt, but dammit, you guys have no manners. You plan to introduce us?"
The girls ending their 5 way embrace to see Lance, Joey, JC, Chris standing in front of the car. Justin was sitting on the front seat watching intently.
"Oh, sorry guys. I forgot. This is Sims. Sims, NSYNC."
"Hey! Nice to meet all of you. Man, I wish I had a camera. I never thought this day would come. All my best friends in Hawaii and they work for NSYNC? This is awesome. I need some medicene......"
"Well, Sims, I'm glad to see you never stopped being how you were in 9th grade. But um...you think maybe we can continue this at the hotel. It's 3:00 in the morning. Did you bring some clothes? Maybe you can stay with us? Guys, do you think Johnny would mind?", Zan said speaking up.
"No, I don't think he would. Is it okay with you, Sims?"
"Is it? You guys have no idea. I would have hated to go back to my little cold dreary house knowing you guys were here. But hell, I knew you wouldn't do that to me, so I came prepared." Sims held up a large duffle bag that seemed a bit overstuffed.
"You haven't changed one bit, Simmons. I've missed you, girl. But we can carry this convo on the way to the hotel. I'm assuming you can drive. Hell, if you can drive when you're drunk, I know you can drive when you're sober. So let's go!"
They all climbed back into the car in the exact same order, except Chris seemed to want to sit in the passenger seat for some strange reason. And it didn't seem to occur to anybody else why except Alicia.
"Why is Chris so fascinated with the passenger seat all of a sudden? Is it because Sims is up there, barely touching the pedals? Hmm....." and Alicia thought as they took the 15 minute trip back to the hotel.
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Chapter 9
The ride back to the hotel was not quiet, considering everybody in the car were beligerent drunks by that time. They had a lot of questions for Sims, including the boys, and the ride to the hotel passed by in no time. Soon, she was pulling the black Navigator into the parking garage's 2nd level.
"Everybody out! QUIETLY AND CAREFULLY! I do not need some charge of injuring a pop star", Sims said as she rushed to help Joey out of his seat belt.
"Oh, shut up, Sims. We're ok........I think. I just think we need to make sure the boys get into their pjs and into bed.", Leighta said.
"Sounds good to me.", Alicia said.
After getting everybody inside the actual hotel, everyone crowded unto the elevator and waited as all the boys were distrubuted to each of their private rooms.
"Ok, how about we girls make sure the boys get pjs and get them in bed? It shouldn't take that long. Everyone go to a room and we'll meet back out here in 15 minutes in case something goes wrong and one of us needs some extra help.",Zan said.
All the girls agreed and Leighta went to Justin's room, Zan to Lance's, JJ to Joey's, Alicia to JC's, and Sims to Chris'.
Sims knocked on Chris' door softly, peeped her head in, and said, "Hello?".
She opened the door wider, and saw Chris sitting their with his pajama pants on, and his shirt was half on, but he was fully asleep at that point.She laughed, looking at the grown man sleeping like a 9 year old kid.
"How cute......hmm, he does have that sweetness about him, doesn't he? It's something geniune, like he would be that perfect guy, if somebody would give him a chance. Maybe I'll be the one to do that......."
With that she proceeded to tuck him and left as quietly as she came, with more thoughts to attend to.
As Sims left Chris' room and sat in one of the plush chairs situated in that floors living area, she began to think about how far she had come in her life. Her father left her and her mom at the age of 2, and she has yet to see her father. He moved to Chicago and he sends child support every month. He moved to Chicago to improve his father's old business which had now become a billion dollar corporation. Not that it mattered to Sims. She had always been taught by her mother never to depend on anything because you never know when it might leave. Sims' mother was the most important thing to her. She her strength and it seemed as thought her mother lived just for her. Because of her father's absence, she had always been wary of men and how they treat women. All Sims' relationships had been abusive-verbally,mentally,emotionally, and physically. Her mother and her had moved to Florida to start over and for her mother to start her dream of building a shop by the beach and for her to start college. Sims' had just gotten her own apartment and gotten over her last relationship that had ended nearly 2 years ago. Sims thought to herself,"No, I don't think this is right for me. Maybe I should leave this be......" and at that very moment, Leighta was walking into Justin's room.
Leighta did just as Sims' did at Chris' door, and then walked into to see Justin snoring lightly in an arm chair.
Leighta decided not to wake him, because it would have taken 30 minutes just for him to do his leg and ankle excersises. She looked around the room, spotting left over room service from earlier that day. She also spotted clothes spread all over the room along with papers. Her eyes stopped upon an open laptop and she went over to close it.
As she went to close it, her eyes stopped when she saw the name, Monica. She started to read:
Monica,
Hey baby! I bet you weren't expecting this email from me were you! I hope you're keeping things in tip top shape at my house. I expect to find you and it in perfect order. Anyway, the trip is going fine. The guys and I have been working hard on the tour and our next album. I can't wait to get home to you and the baby. You know I love you guys, right? Give Mom a kiss for me!
I Love you.
J
Leighta felt her knees get weak and stumbled over to a chair. As hard as she tried to fight it, she felt burning tears begin to fall. How could this be? Justin had a girlfriend and a kid and he didn't tell her? Not that he owned anything to her, but still.......something this important........
Many questions were running through Le's brain, she could hardly think straight. But the one question plaguing her......why was her heart hurting so much when she thought she cared about nothing?
At that very moment, Justin groaned and raised out of bed. "Ugh, my head hurts.........Le? Hey......why are you here? Oh, you must have brought this drunk up to his room.......wait, baby, what's wrong?"
"Nothing , Timberlake. Go back to sleep." And with that she fled from his room with him calling out for her.
