Chapter Six
JC checked his messages; there was one from Krista,
“Hey
Joshy! What’s up yo?” She joked, “Anyways, sorry I didn’t catch
you. We were in the studio. I think the song we wrote is going to make
the album! Isn’t that great! The guys went ballistic when they heard
it! Haven’t told them that you co-wrote
it with me, but I will! Will they ever
be surprised! So anyways give me a ring
when you’re free! Ciao!” Krista managed to say all in one breath. He had to laugh at all her energy. It was too bad that she was in California
recording; he really wanted to hang out with her some more before they went on
tour.
He
called her up, “Hello?” Krista
answered,
“Hey
gorgeous.” He smiled over the phone,
“Glad I finally pinned you down.”
“JOSH! Hey!
Man, am I so excited to hear from you!”
“Me
too Krissie. How did the studio go
today?”
“Oh
so awesome! Man, you wouldn’t believe
the shit we did! It was insane!”
“Do
I get a listen, before it comes out?”
“Oh
yeah totally! Next time I see you I’ll
bring some demos and you can get a listen.
And the song we wrote? Man, is
it great! It screams Number One on the
charts. Like it was total magic in the
studio today with that song. Everything
was just, wow. I really can’t explain
it. But the guys really got into it and
then, I mean I just was like wow!”
“That
good huh?” He smiled, enjoying her
enthusiasm. “I can’t wait to hear it.”
“It’s
so good, we added some wicked beats and moved the tempo up. I think you’ll really like it.”
“I
like anything you write, Krissie.”
“Stop,
you do not. You haven’t heard
EVERYTHING I’ve written. Some of it was
really bad, especially in the beginning.”
She laughed, “I kind of went through this whole nursery rhyme remake
phase. Let’s just say the guys nearly
made me burn those journals.” She
teased making him laugh. Krista sighed,
she loved hearing JC laugh. It still
whacked her out a little to know that she was friends with JC of Nsync!
“Uh
Krissie?” JC called out to her and she
blushed thanking God that he couldn’t see her,
“I’m
here, sorry I went into my own thoughts for a moment. How’s the tour prep going?”
“Not
too bad, we just had to rearrange a few things and such, you know. It’s not like we’re learning new
choreography or anything. It’s pretty
laid back from what we’re used to, you know?”
“I
guess. I don’t know what you’ve been
through, so I don’t know what to compare it too. For all I know, you guys could have prepared for a tour by
drinking every night and watching videos all day.” She teased and he groaned,
“Yeah
that’s exactly how we pulled off learning all that choreography. By watching videos of it.”
“Hey
I don’t know. It could be very well how
you do that. I’ve never seen how you
prepare for a tour.” She teased, “Well except for that making of the tour
video.”
“Then
maybe you need to come out and visit me.
You can see what we really do.”
“Oh,
sure Josh, here let me just tell my band mates that I can’t record our new
album because I need to go visit you so that you can prove to me that you work
hard when you prep for a tour. Yeah
that’ll go over well. Dan’ll kill me.”
“Nah,
then he’d have to get a new drummer and find someone else to write songs for
the group. It’s too much of a
hassle. It’s much easier to just put up
with you.” He teased,
“Put
up with me, huh? Is that what you
do? Put up with me?” She scoffed,
“No,
not at all.” He joked and they both
laugh,
“Okay,
Mr. Chasez. I’ve got to go, but I can
call you back later.”
“Yeah,
that would be cool. I might be out on
the town, but call anyways.”
“Oh
aren’t we just the shit?” She teased,
“I might be out on the town.” She
mocked him and he smiled,
“I
am the shit.” He replied,
“You’re
a dork.”
“So
are you.” He joked,
“I
never claimed not to be.” She retorted,
“Talk to you later.”
“Bye
Krissie.”
JC picked up his mail from the mailbox and noticed a
thick envelope. He smiled at the return
address “Krissie ‘The Bomb’ Journey, East Bumble Fuck, Middle of Fucking No
Where, USA…I think’
He opened the envelope to find a CD case and a note. He walked back into his house as he read the note.
“Hey
Josh! I really don’t think I’m going to
see you before we meet up for the tour, which sucks because you know how much I
love seeing that fine Nsync ass of yours, but anyways. I sent you a copy of our song that we
finished in the studio. Tell me what
you think of it, ignore the title and the label, the boys were being dicks,
which is nothing new, and I didn’t have time to make a new one.” JC paused to look at the CD that had a label in the case. It
read, ‘Pansy boy’s song aka Harder’. Written by Krissie ‘I want to fuck JC’
Journey and JC ‘Pansy’ Chasez, produced by Krissie ‘I masturbate to Nsync’
Journey. Lead Vocals by Dan ‘I can’t
believe that fucking pansy wrote such an awesome song’ Houghton.
JC
chuckled at the label as he went back to the note. “It’s fucking awesome,
though and I think we’ve decided to release it as our first single off our next
album, it’s still up in the air a little bit, but we all love the song soooooo
much. Even I can’t believe how good it
came out. So enjoy and give me a call.
Krissie”
JC
shook his head at the note and the CD as he slipped it into his stereo.
“Hey
Josh!” Krista’s voice came through the
system. Choruses of kissing noises and taunts followed in the background, “Can
all of you shut up? I’m trying to do
something here!” She shouted,
“Trying
to do Jo-o-o-o-sh?” Pauley taunted,
“You
guys are so immature, it’s like working with monkeys.” She retorted and the boys began to make
various primate noises. “Dear Lord, why do I do this to myself?” Krista muttered, “Josh, I apologize for the
imbeciles I am forced to work with on a daily basis.”
“Hey, you’re not FORCED to work with us!” Dan pointed out.
“Yes,
I am because no one else on this planet would work with you sorry losers.”
“Uh
huh, okay Krissie.” James scoffed, “I
thought we weren’t doing shout outs till after we were done recording.” He sighed,
“It’s
not a shout out, I’m just introducing the song to him.” She protested,
“Yeah,
like he wouldn’t know what song it would be by hearing it.” Pauley said sarcastically,
“Will
you all just let me do this? Dear Lord,
it would have taken like two seconds if you all would have just kept your
fucking mouths shut!”
“Angry
Bitch ON!” James teased and then there
was scrapping of a chair, “Oh shit! I
didn’t mean it!” James exclaimed before
he screamed like a little girl. More
scuffling was heard in the background that sounded like a fight.
“Kris! OW! STOP!
I NEED THAT!” Pauley screamed,
“Come
on guys-HEY! You BIT me!” Dan shouted, “That’s not-STOP BITING
ME! You’re breaking the skin!”
“Put
the knife DOWN Kris!” Pauley shouted
and then screamed, “Not in my arm!
Shit! Stop Stabbi-”
“Kris,
come on.” Dan pleaded with her, “We
didn’t mean it. We were kidding-” A
loud crash made JC wince as the background went silent. Suddenly an out of breath Krista came back
to the mic.
“Well,
now that that’s taken cared of, I can talk in peace. Geez, the things a girl has to do to get some peace and quiet
around here.” She laughed lightly,
“Well, as I was saying before. We
finished the song, it fucking rocks. We’ve
been shut up in the studio, somewhere in the country, I really couldn’t tell
you where, because no one will tell me! So anyways here it is. I miss you, call me soon!” JC just shook his head at their antics, this
tour was going to be VERY interesting with Krista and her band mates.
The
CD switched to the next track and JC heard Krista counting off in the
background. A drum beat grew louder quickly as Dan began to sing,
“How dare you say that my behavior is unacceptable,
So condescending unnecessarily critical,
I have the tendency of getting very physical,
So watch your step cause if I do, you'll need a miracle!
You drain me dry and make me wonder why I'm even here.
This double vision I was seeing is finally clear.
You want to stay but you know very well I want you gone.
Not fit to funkin' tread the ground that I'm walking on!
When it gets cold outside and you got nobody to love,
You'll understand what I mean when I say,
There's no way we're gonna give up!
And like a little girl cries in the face of a monster that lives in her dreams,
Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe.
Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe.
What you are doing is screwing things up inside my head,
You should know better you never listened to a word I said.
Clutching your pillow and writhing in a naked sweat,
Hoping somebody someday will do you like I did!
When it gets cold outside and you got nobody to love,
You'll understand what I mean when I say,
There's no way we're gonna give up!
And like a little girl cries in the face of a monster that lives in her dreams,
Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe.
Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe.
Does it kill,
Does it burn,
Is it painful to learn,
That it's me that has all the control.
Does it thrill,
Does it sting,
When you feel what I bring,
And you wish that you had me to hold.
When it gets cold outside and you got nobody to love,
You'll understand what I mean when I say,
There's no way we're gonna give up!
And like a little girl cries in the face of a monster that lives in her dreams,
Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe.
Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe.”
*Harder
to Breathe by Maroon 5*
It
was a hard rock beat and Krista was right, it fucking rocked. By the second chorus, JC found himself
singing along with the chorus he had written.
He had meant the song to be more of a bitchy ballad, but what Krista had
done with the song, was nothing short of amazing. He didn’t realize how talented she was at producing; in fact he
didn’t even know she could produce. He
called her up,
“Krissie’s
Brothel, where the prices and girls are cheap.” She answered her phone causing a chuckle from JC,
“Hey
Kris, it’s Josh.”
“Hi
Josh! Did you get my package?”
“Yeah,
I did. You’re right it fucking
rocks. You’re such a good producer, it
sounds like you’ve done it forever!”
Krista
laughed lightly, “Well that’s because I have done it forever.”
“Really?” He said completely surprised.
“Yeah,
I figured it out way back in the day, you know mixing beats and shit. I did the last album, most by myself and Dan
help out on a couple of tracks. I love
it.”
“You
can tell. I can’t believe that I didn’t
know that about you.”
“Just
when you think you know everything, bam!
She comes back with something new!”
She exclaimed laughing, “I’m actually going into the studio with Avril
again to produce with her this week.”
“Again?”
“Yeah,
she liked the last song I wrote and produced for her and she wanted me to work
on some other stuff she had.”
“Awesome,
dude, we have to get into a studio together and just mess around some time.”
“That’d
be awesome, maybe when we go on tour we can find an off day and do that.”
“Yeah,
it’s a date.”
“Okay,
Mr. Chasez, are you bringing flowers and picking me up at my door?” She teased,
“Maybe
I will, what would you do about it?”
“Go
right along with it, I love getting flowers.”
“I’ll
remember that.” He smiled, “So how are
they boys recovering from their beating/stabbing?”
“Oh,
just fine, they’re such babies.” She
laughed, “Man, are they going to be disappointed that you didn’t fall for it.”
“Like
you would really maul your band mates.”
“I’ve
been tempted to, many times, trust me.”
She sighed contently, “Man, I used to send those tapes to my mom and she
would flip out each time.”
“You
guys should make a video of it.”
“Already
done, many times over. The boys have a
flair for the dramatics, especially slasher films. If I had a nickel for every ounce of fake blood that has been on
my body, I’d be a millionaire. Bored
guys with a camera and time to kill is a dangerous combination.”
“I
know, trust me. We’ve had our share of
crazy videos.”
“Really? Care to share?” She asked, the smile apparent in her voice.
“You’re
such a big fan, you probably bought illegal copies off of ebay.” He teased,
“Please,
I don’t buy bootleg shit. I download it
from the internet.” She teased back,
“Watch
it I may call the cops on you.” JC
teased back,