Note from the author: This story is all fiction. Nothing is true except for Edmonton having the West Edmonton Mall. Some of the stores in WEM are made up too. I do not own *N SYNC, nor do I want to, but I do own Dani, Todd, Liz and others. The character, Melissa is real (she’s me!), but I’m not one of those girls who beats up their siblings. I have 2 older brothers, and in my opinion, they don’t care what type of music I like…well, they did make fun of me for liking The Moffatts at one point, but I…um…yelled at him (?) he-he! I AM a fan of *N SYNC, though. Also, I don’t mean to insult any bands in this story. This is my own story, please don’t copy it. Enjoy my story! Tiffany, this story is for you, but I’m not using your name.
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U Drive Me Crazy
Chapter One
“Danielle! Are you ready to go?” my dad asked.
“I’m coming!” I called back. My dad is driving me to my mom’s hotel. My mom is pretty cool. She is a hotel manager for a famous hotel. A hotel, which bands like Hanson, Backstreet Boys and Spice Girls stayed in before, just to name a few.
I’m one of those girls who’s not “girlish”. I’ve kissed boys before, but I don’t gush over the “first kiss” business. The last time I’ve dated was probably Bobby Williams in seventh grade. I’m 17 years old and in the 12th grade. I really wanna be a singer, but I’ve never told anyone before. I guess it’s something that will never come true, because…well, just look at me. I’m not exactly singer material, even though I sing in the shower all the time.
I don’t have a lot of close friends. I guess my best friend is Melissa. She sat next to me on the first day of seventh grade and never sat with anyone else ever since. No, she’s not a loner, she and I are pretty close. I’m surprised that she’s not sick of me yet! Anyway, I’m really blabbing so…
“Dani!” saved by my dad.
“I’m coming!” I said as I ran down the stairs. I got into his car and he drove me to the hotel.
When I reached the hotel, I went to the counter and introduced myself. They greeted me kindly and went and got my mom.
“Hello Dani!” mom greeted me with a hug. “wait till you meet the band.”
“Hey mom.” I said, returning the hug. “What band is it this time?”
“Well…it’s *N SYNC!”
I nearly fainted. “Are you serious?” I shrieked.
“Yes. Stay here, ok? Their manager is here, and I need to set up their rooms.” And with that, she left.
Oh my god! I can’t believe that I’m gonna meet *N SYNC!! All this excitement is making me really thirsty. I went to the café and as I was walking through the door, I saw five totally hot guys. Wait a minute! They look familiar! Oh my god! It’s *N SYNC! I’m gonna turn around before I make a fool out of myself. Oh, hang on, they saw me. Darn. I have to walk towards them. I went to the counter and sat down beside them. “One coke please.” I said to the guy behind the counter.
“Coming right up, Miss Ward.”
“Ward?” asked a voice.
I turned around. “Excuse me?”
“Are you related to a Mrs. Katherine Ward?” asked Chris of *N SYNC.
“Yea. She’s my mom.” I replied.
“Oh really?” asked JC.
“Yeah.”
“Well, what’s your name?” asked Joey.
“Danielle, but everyone calls me Dani.”
“Alright Dani, maybe you can help us.” Said Lance.
“Shoot.”
“Well, you know this bar called the STATION? Well, is it an all age bar?” asked Lance.
“I wish!” I laughed. “My friend Melissa and I tried to go there last week and we got kicked out cause we were underage!”
“Really? How old are you?” asked Justin, with interest.
“I’m 17.”
“Hey! Me too!” exclaimed Justin.
I smiled.
“Dani! I see you’ve met the boys.” Said my mom.
I turned around. “Yeah mom.” I replied.
My mom turned to the guys. “You guys will be staying here for 3 days. After the concert tomorrow, you’ll have some free time.” My mom and the guys chatted for a few more minutes, then she left.
“Um, Dani?” asked JC.
“Yeah JC?”
“Does this means that Justin can’t go to the STATION?”
“Yeah, unfortunately.”
“This is NOT FAIR!” cried Justin. “I’ll be spending the whole night alone in a hotel room!”
“Hey don’t be upset. I can’t go either.” I said, trying to make him feel better.
“What are you doing tonight?” asked Justin.
“I’m probably staying home and watch movies or something.”
“Can I join you, and be bored with you together?” asked Justin hopefully.
“Sure!”
“Well, I’ll come over at around 4pm, ok?”
“Ok! See you around!”
“Bye Dani!” the guys said before they left to go to their rooms.
Wow. Tonight I’ll be hanging out with Justin Timberlake of *N SYNC! This is too good to be true!!
Chapter Two
By 3:55pm, Justin came over to my house.
“I like your house, Dani. Very funky.” Funky? Who uses that kind of language?
“I like your pants, Justin.” I said. Ok, that was lame.
“Thanks, they’re JC’s pants.”
“Ok, then I like JC’s pants.”
Justin laughed.
“Well, Justin, where do you want to go?” I asked.
“I guess you can take me around Edmonton. I know it’s not all that big but…”
“Hey! Edmonton may not be that big, but it’s safer than...” I was pissed. Edmonton may be kinda plain, but it’s still a cool city, with a huge mall.
“Ok, let’s not get nasty here!” said Justin teasingly. I laughed and whacked Justin on the shoulder.
“Oww! How many boys do you usually beat up?” laughed Justin.
“Not a lot. I usually beat up the ones who bugs me.”
“Sorry to interrupt you, but nature calls. Where’s the bathroom?” asked Justin.
I sighed. “Down the hall, two doors down and turn right.”
“I’ll be back.” Justin said as he dashed down the hall.
When Justin went to the bathroom, I went upstairs into my room and put the *N SYNC Christmas Album in my stero. I closed my eyes as I listened to “Home for Christmas”. I love that song! Ok, where the heck is Justin? Did he flushed himself down the toilet?
“Dani?” called Justin. “Where are you? Come out!”
“Justin! In here!” I replied.
A few seconds later Justin’s head popped in. “Hey! Cool room!” he said as he began to look around the posters and pinups in my room. “I guess you’re an *N SYNC fan, huh?” he asked with a laugh.
“You can say that.” I replied with a smile. My eyes traveled to the Ryan Phillippe collage on the cover of my journal. OMG! I have to get rid of that! Oh crap, too late, Justin already saw it.
“Hey! Isn’t that Ryan Phillippe?” he asked, holding my journal.
“Yeah. He’s hot.”
“Really? People say that I look like him.”
Well great. I just told Justin that I think that Ryan is hot, and he told me that people say that he looks like Ryan.
“Well…” I don’t know what to say! “You don’t look that much like him, I mean, he’s hot, and you’re…”
“Gee, thanks a lot!” he cried.
“Hey, I’m not saying that you’re ugly. Um, you’re not ugly?” boy, do I sound lame!
“Well, you’re not ugly either. I guess.” Justin replied with a smile. I whacked him on the head with my pillow.
“Hey! What did you do that for?” he demanded. I answered him by whacking him again with my pillow. Justin grabbed my other pillow he flung it at me, I ducked and the pillow hits my dad in the face while he was walking by my room!
Chapter Three
“What the...?” my dad asked, surprised.
“Sorry dad!” I cried as I ran over to him, “are you ok?”
“I’m fine Dani.” He replied. Dad looked into my room. “Oh, I see you have a visitor.”
“Dad, this is Justin Timberlake from *N SYNC.”
“Oh, is he the ‘totally hot guy with the totally dreamy voice?”
“DAD!” I cried.
Justin burst out laughing. “That’s me! Nice to meet you, Mr. Ward.” He looked at me. “I’m hot, eh?”
“No, you’re not hot! Well, not that hot.” I smiled. My dad went into his room and closed the door. “We better go.” I told Justin.
“Ok.” He said and ran down the stairs.
I walked into Dad’s room to say good bye and not to stay up and wait for me. When I went downstairs, Justin was nowhere to be seen. I looked around the main floor. “JUSTIN!” Where is he? “Ok fine! I’m leaving without you!” I don’t want to brag or anything, but I’m a pretty smart girl, so I opened the door and closed it. I covered my mouth and waited. Slowly, the closet door began to open, and Justin came out!
“Dammit! That girl did left without me!”
“What girl?” I asked and Justin jumped a mile!
“Dani!” he cried, giving me a hug. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE IS GIVING ME A HUG! “I thought you left without me!”
“Justin Timberlake, were you scared?” I teased.
“No.” Justin grinned. “I thought you left me here in your house with your dad. I could ask him all about you, from birth till now, maybe see a couple of baby pictures, and read your Ryan Phillippe covered journal…”
“Justin!” I cried. I don’t believe him!
“What?” he asked innocently.
“We better go. Do you have a disguise or something? Or do you want to get trampled by thousands of girls?”
“Well, I don’t mind the girls…” he said. Then he pulled out a baseball cap, colored contacts and a pair of sunglasses. Then he took off two of his earrings, leaving one earring on his left ear lobe. Then he tucked his *N SYNC necklace underneath his blue tee. “Excuse me.” he said, then he went into the bathroom to put on his contacts. When he came out, his eyes were hazel, and it looked cool. I looked outside the window. Great, it’s snowing. I looked at Justin’s tee and pants, ok fine. Justin’s tee and JC’s pants.
“Um, are you sure you’ll stay warm in that?” I asked.
“Why?” asked Justin.
“Because it’s snowing outside.”
“What? It’s October!”
“Here, it can snow anytime. One time, it even snowed in August!”
“Great. I don’t have anything else to wear!” cried Justin.
“You can borrow something of Todd’s.” I said.
“And who may I ask, is Todd?” was it my imagination, or was Justin jealous?
Chapter Four
I sighed. “Todd is my older brother, ok? He’s my twin. He’s about your size.” I said as I pulled out Todd’s black jacket with a picture of our school mascot, a lion on the back.
“Hey, cool!” Justin said as he put the jacket on.
I was about to open the door when Todd and his girlfriend, Elizabeth (Liz) came in.
“Hey Todd, hey Liz.”
“Hey Dani.” Todd said as he gave me a hug. He looked at Justin. “Who’s he, Dani?”
“He’s?”
“You know who he reminds me of? That curly hair guy from that band you like, *N SYNC!”
“Um Todd, he is!” I said.
“He’s what?”
“He’s Justin Timberlake from *N SYNC.”
“Really!” Todd looked at Justin. “Not bad, little sis.”
“Excuse me, but what do you mean, ‘not bad’?” asked Justin. “You’re not gay, are you?”
I burst out laughing! That was hilarious!
Todd placed his arm around Liz. “What do you think?” he asked Justin. Justin blushed.
Liz took a good look at Justin, “You’re not Justin Timberlake.” She announced. “Justin Timberlake has blue eyes, not hazel, and he has three earring holes, not one and where is his *N SYNC necklace?” she demanded.
“Why do you care, Liz?” asked Todd. He looked at Justin. “Sorry man, she’s not a fan like my sister. I’m surprised that you’re going out with her! What are you doing here? Oh yeah, you have a concert tomorrow. And you probably met her through my mom, right?”
Justin nodded. He looked at Liz. “Why aren’t you a fan?”
“I like the Backstreet Boys.”
“Oh.”
Justin, moved his hand to the neck of his shirt and pulled out his *N SYNC necklace. And to be save, he pulled out his ID card too. Liz took a good look at the ID card and gasped. “You are Justin Timberlake!” she cried. Liz quickly took out a notebook and a pen. “Can I have your autograph?” she asked Justin.
Justin smiled. “Sure.” And quickly signed it.
“Sorry, but Justin, let’s go.” I said as I pulled Justin out the door.
“Hey Dani! Here are the car keys!” said Todd, throwing me the keys with an *N SYNC key chain attached to it.
Chapter Five
“That’s your car?” asked Justin as he took a look at the gray piece of crap with four wheels sitting in front of us.
“Yeah, so it sucks. Todd and I are cheap, ok? The doors often get stuck, the radio doesn’t work, the air conditioner and the heaters doesn’t work either."
Justin burst out laughing.
“Stop it!” I cried.
“Sorry. Hey, can I drive?” he asked.
“Sure.” I said, tossing him the keys.
“Um Dani? The door won’t open!” Justin said as he yanked on the driver side door.
“Well, try mine.” I said.
Justin walked over to the other side of the car, where I was standing, The snow was about 2 inches now and ice was forming underneath the snow. Justin yanked my door, but it won’t open. He grunted and pulled really hard on the door and it popped open with such force, that Justin lost his balance, slipped on a patch of ice and fell down, knocking me over and I fell on top of him.
“Oof!” grunted Justin. I knocked the wind out of him. Well he deserves it! He nearly gave me a heart attack!
“Justin! Are you ok?” I asked him. Justin nodded, so I slowly got off of him and helped him up.
“Hey at least the door’s opened!” Justin smiled a good-natured grin.
We climbed into our streets, and when we were ready, Justin pulled out of the driveway, nearly hitting the car parked across from us! This guy is a hazard on our streets!
“So, how do we get to the mall?” he asked.
“Just go down the street, and onto the freeway.”
Chapter Six
The whole ride, I listened to Justin talk.
“And then, Joey picked up the beanie baby and placed it on Lance’s head, got a can of whipped cream, and totally squirted his head with it! Then Lance woke up and him and Joey had a whipped cream fight and we got it all on tape!” Justin laughed. “And then-”
“Turn left here.” I interrupted.
“What?”
“Turn left here.” I said again.
“Why?”
“Because you have to turn left here!” I cried. Justin quickly turned left, narrowly missing the car that was cruising towards us! I screamed. Justin has pretty quick reflexes!
“Calm down girl!” Justin said as he pulled into the parking lot.
“I’m calm.” I said as him and I got out of the car. “You drive me crazy, you know that?”
Justin just laughed.
We got into the mall we walked pass a group of teenage girls around my age, or maybe a little younger. Well anyway, when we walked pass them, they all giggled and stared. Two of them came up to Justin and me.
“Hi!” one of them said perkily.
“Hi.” I replied.
“You know what? You look kind of like Justin Timberlake.” The other one said.
Justin looked down at the girl. “Everyone says that! Well, I know for one thing, is that Justin Timberlake does not have a girlfriend, but I do.” He said, taking my hand.
“Oh.” The girls said, and walked away.
“I guess I’ll just have to hold your hand from now on.” Justin said to me.
“I guess.” I repeated.
We walked over to SMITHBOOKS and I bought the *N SYNC Official Book. Justin and I also looked through some magazines like BOP and BB. I bought a couple of those magazines too because I found some good pictures of *N SYNC, and a really good picture of Justin.
“I look good in that picture, don’t I?” Justin whispered behind me.
“Oh yeah.” I said before I could stop myself.
“See? I told you I’m hot!” Justin said.
“You’re just so full of yourself!” I laughed. We left SMITHBOOKS and went over to REFLECTIONS.
“Wow, this bracelet is pretty.” I murmured. It’s a charm bracelet with hearts, stars and a small locket dangling with it.
“Yeah, it’s really nice.” Justin said, looking over my shoulder.
I looked at the price and gasped. Holy cow! $45.00! I put the bracelet back onto the rack. And went to look at some rings. Melissa and I already exchanged lots of best friends stuff already, so I don’t have to get her anything more. I looked at a set of friendship rings. They’re band rings with FRIENDS FOREVER engraved on it. Well, they’re ten dollars, so I got them. After I paid for them, I turned to Justin. “Are you ready?”
Justin nodded.
“Do you want to go to the poster shop?” I asked.
“Sure.”
We walked downstairs to the poster shop. I went over to the POP/ROCK section and looked around. After looking through Backstreet Boys, Hanson, Spice Girls, Aaron Carter and more, I found an *N SYNC poster. Unfortunately, I have that poster already. Thank you Melissa! Well anyway, I looked for Justin and guess where I found him? Where the model pictures were! HEL--LO?! He’s a guy, right? So boys will be boys. I walked up behind Justin.
“Are you ready now?” I tapped him on the shoulder, and he jumped a mile!
Justin turned red and nodded.
“Where do you want to go now?” I asked him.
“HMV.” He replied.
“Ok then, let’s go.” We walked a couple stores down to HMV. Suddenly, Justin grabbed my hand and held it.
Chapter Seven
I jumped.
“Those girls are coming.” Justin whispered to me. I nodded and leaned my head against his shoulder. For some reason, it seems like my head belongs there. When the girls walked passed us, they all gave me dirty looks. I just ignored them. We reached HMV and Justin and I went over to the posters area. As usual, it’s the same *N SYNC poster.
“Man, we really need another poster, don’t we?” asked Justin.
“Yea.”
“Do you want to go get something to eat?” I asked Justin as we walked out of the store.
He nodded. “Where?”
“Where do you want to eat?” I asked him.
“Mickey Ds?”
“Sure.” We made our ways to McDonalds, ordered, and sat down. I wasn’t all that hungry, so I just ordered a McFlurry, while Justin’s stuffing himself with a Big Mac Meal. After that, we went to the candy store.
“Hey!” Justin said when we walked pass Bootlegger. (In this store, there are guy clothes too.) Justin pointed to a baby blue jersey. “Let’s look at that.” So we walked in. Justin decided to get the jersey, and I must admit, it looks good on him. Then Justin picked out a similar jersey in dark blue for me. it’s a smaller cut, but also looks good, so I got it.
Justin wanted to go to the sports shop, so we went there too. While Justin was looking at shoes, I chatted with my friends, Jake and Kelly who works there.
We walked around for another hour or so, Justin and I played in the arcade, then we had to go home.
We walked to our car and Justin opened his door. “Hey! It opens!” I got into the car too and shut the door. Unfortunately, the car won’t start. Justin and I tried to open our doors, but they were stuck!
Chapter Eight
“Oh great!” I cried. “We’re gonna be totally trapped in here!”
“Dani, calm down! We’re gonna be fine. Let’s just keep ourselves warm.” We huddled close to each other. “So, what do you want to be when you grow up?” he asked me.
“I want to be singer.”
“Really?” asked Justin.
“Yeah, stupid, isn’t it?”
“Not really. Why do you think it’s stupid?” he asked.
“I don’t look like a singer, and never sang in front of anyone before.”
“Well, sing to me.”
“You really want me to sing?”
“Yeah. Just a little verse.”
“Ok.” I coughed a little.
I lie awake, I drive myself crazy, drive myself crazy
Thinking of you…
Made a mistake, when I let you go baby,
I drive myself crazy,
Wanting you the way that I do…
Justin clapped. “That was really good, Dani!”
“I guess.” I smiled a little. I looked at my watch, it’s 12:30pm. Great. I’m so tired. I leaned against Justin and fell asleep.
Chapter Nine
Well, what a nice day today! I shifted my head, my pillow was a bit hard though…suddenly, a pair of arms wrapped around me and I jumped. Then I heard laughter.
“Good morning Dani.” Justin said softly.
I looked outside. The snow melted a bit and the sun was shining.
I went up to the driver seat and opened the door. “Hey! I can open it!” I cried. Justin climbed into the passenger seat and sat down beside me.
“There’s a concert today. Are you coming?” Justin asked me.
“No. The tickets were totally sold out.”
“I could get you two tickets, and two backstage passes for you and a friend.” Justin said.
“Are you sure?” I asked.
Justin nodded. “I’ll meet you at the café at 5, ok? Don’t forget now!” he said, grabbing my hand and began to write on it. I drove Justin back to the hotel room and we walked inside. The time was 9:00 am, and everyone were still asleep. Justin and I walked into the hotel room he shares with Lance and JC. Lance was up and perky and JC was still asleep, snoring like a pig.
“Hey Justin, where were you yesterday?” asked Lance.
“West Edmonton Mall. We should go next time.” Justin replied.
Lance shrugged. “Ok.”
“Excuse me, but can I use your phone? I need to call my mom.” I said. Lance passed me his cell phone. “Hello mom? I’m here and I’m safe. Ok. Bye.” I tossed the phone back to Lance. “Well guys, I better go. Thanks for the tickets, Justin.”
“You’re welcome.”
I looked at Lance. “Oh Lance, I’m inviting my friend Melissa to go to the concert with me, and she’s famous for jumping on people she likes, and you’re her favorite member.”
Lance laughed. “I’m taking that as a warning.”
“You better. Melissa is 17, the same age as me. See you guys at 5.” I said with a wave. “Oh yeah, Justin? Can you come here please?” I asked. Justin followed me outside into the hallway. “Open your hand.”
Justin opened his hand, and I placed a friendship ring into him palm. Justin grinned and puts the ring on his pinky finger. He gave me a soft kiss on the lips and went back inside.
Chapter Ten
OMG! Justin Timberlake gave me a kiss! I gotta tell Melissa about this!
I got into the car, and then I noticed what Justin wrote on the back of my hand.
Dearest Dani, I’m writing on your hand so that you won’t forget about our ‘date’ tonight. Meet me at the café with your friend at 5:00pm. Look nice and I’ll look hot for you! He-he! Love Justin.
I drove my car over to Melissa’s house, rang the doorbell and got attacked by her 3 little triplet brothers. “Hey Dani!” they cried, as they wrapped their arms against my leg.
“Hey guys!” The three boys’ names were Bobby, Clinton and Dave. (Oh yeah, by the way, Melissa's brothers are named after a group of cute guys! Hehe!) Pretty cute boys. I walked up the stairs and nearly ran into Megan, one of Melissa’s sisters.
“Melissa is up in her room.” She told me.
I went to Melissa’s room and opened the door. “Hey Mel!” I said. “Guess what happened yesterday?”
“What?” asked Melissa. I told her everything that happened and showed her what Justin wrote on my hand.
“Oh my god Dani! ‘Dearest Dani’! ‘Love Justin’! He likes you! OMG! Concert tickets! I’ll get to meet Lance! The guy of my dreams! Oh and Justin kissed you! JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE kissed YOU!” cried Melissa.
“It’s just a soft kiss. I gave him a friendship ring, like this one.” I showed Melissa the ring on my ring finger.
“Who kissed you?” asked a voice. We turned to see another one of Melissa’s sisters, Julie.
“Justin.” Melissa replied.
“Justin who?” asked Julie.
“Justin Timberlake.”
“The Nick Carter wannabe? The curly hair singer of the of *N SYNC? The BSB wannabes?”
“They are not BSB wannabes! They sound different from BSB!” cried Melissa. “*N SYNC can actually dance!”
“What the heck are you talking about? *N SYNC is SO copying BSB!” screamed Julie.
“Shut up!” yelled their older brother, Scott. “Spice Girls rules!”
“Shut up Scott!” Melissa and Julia screamed. I sighed. Here’s a tip: never get into an argument between Melissa and Julie.
“Look, you leave my type of music alone and I’ll leave yours alone.” Melissa said. Good for her!
“You’re just saying that because you know that they ARE copying BSB!” oh this is not good.
Melissa turned around. When Julie wasn’t looking, she tackled Julie to the floor, in the hallway and slammed the door. Did I tell you that Melissa is strong?
Melissa turned to me and grinned, “I can’t believe that I’m gonna meet *N SYNC!”
Chapter Eleven
“Thanks for the ride, Mrs. Ward.” Melissa said.
“Your welcome, Melissa. I’m glad that you’re keeping them company. I’m sure they need some girls to hang around with.” My mom replied. “They sure like you, Dani. Especially Justin.”
“Well, we went to the mall yesterday and shopped around.”
“Oh I like your shirt, Dani! Where did you get it?” Melissa said, looking at the jersey shirt Justin picked out for me.
“Justin and I went into Bootlegger and he picked this out for me. He has one, boy style, in baby blue.” I told her.
“What a sweet boy.” My mom said.
“Mom? You spent a day with them, what do you think of them?” I asked.
“They’re all really nice. Chris and Joey are so crazy! Lance is quiet and sweet, JC is quiet too and nice to talk to. Justin is one of those crazy boys, but he can be serious at times too.”
My mom parked the car in the hotel parking lot. Melissa and I rushed out to the café, and saw them playing pool. Lance and Justin’s backs were towards us. Joey, JC and Chris saw is coming, and we motioned them to be quiet. We walked up behind Justin and Lance. Together, at the same time, Melissa and I started to tickle Lance and Justin. Lance and Justin jumped and their sticks went flying towards Joey and Chris who caught it, laughing. When we stopped, Justin and Lance turned around and saw Melissa and me.
“Hey Dani!” Justin greeted me with a hug. He turned to Melissa. “And you must be Melissa.” He said, giving her a hug. Melissa’s eyes widened.
We turned to Lance. “You must be Melissa. Dani warned me about your sudden movements.” Everyone laughed. JC, Joey and Chris greeted us and then we all went backstage. Melissa and I waited patiently as the guys changed and had their makeup done. When I saw Justin, he was wearing his baby blue jersey! I grinned at him. Justin showed me his pinky finger, he was still wearing the ring. I showed him my ring, and he smiled.
“Hey!” Chris said, looking at Justin’s and my jersey. “They’re almost the same!”
“Yeah, we went shopping together.” Justin replied. Chris walked away and joined the other guys. Melissa walked over to Lance and gave him a good luck hug, and a kiss on the cheek. Lance seems to be enjoying Melissa’s attention.
“Where do we sit?” I asked Justin, as he placed backstage passes around Melissa’s and my neck.
“Aaron will take you there. Meet me here backstage, ok?” he asked.
I nodded. Justin gave me a soft kiss on the cheek then left. Melissa eyes grew wide.
Aaron, the bodyguard took Melissa and me to the front, where there’s a fenced in area, so the other fans won’t hurt girls who has backstage passes. When we got there, 5 girls were in sitting in the front.
Melissa and I turned to see the girls behind us glaring at us.
“Ladies and gentlemen, *N SYNC!”
Everyone’s attention turned to the guys as they bounced on stage.
Chapter Twelve
"Here we go!!!
Here we go, one more time, everybody’s feeling fine, here we go now.
YES! YES! YES! HERE WE GO! *N SYNC HAS GOT THE FLOW!"
The concert continued…
“I think Justin is looking at you.” Melissa yelled into my ear.
“I don’t think so!” I yelled back. The fans behind us were totally wild and loud!
We turned our attention back to Justin who was scanning the crowd, looking for someone. His eyes focused on me and grinned.
“This is a song for a very special girl out there.” He began.
“Two very special girls.” Added Lance.
“And you know who you are.” Finished Justin.
Melissa and I looked up at Justin and Lance and they were smiling down at us!
"Can this be true, tell me can this be real?
How can I put into words what I feel?
My love is complete,
I thought I was whole,
Why do I feel like I’m loosing control?
Never thought that love could feel like this,
And you changed my world with just one kiss,
How can it be, you’re right here with me,
There’s an angel? It’s a miracle…
You love is like a river, peaceful and deep,
Your soul is like a secret that I never could keep.
When I look into your eyes,
I know that it’s true,
God must have spent a little more time on you."
The song continued and the concert ended.
Melissa and I tried to go backstage, but the fans were totally jammed at the door, and we figured that if we go in there the fans will tear us to pieces. Great, I need to go to the bathroom. Fortunately, we found one. (I’m not gonna tell you the details!) When I came out, I found Melissa peeking through a vent.
“Hey Dani!” she said to me, “I hear voices. Let’s climb in it!”
“Are you crazy?” I asked.
“Nope.” She said as she pulled the cover off and climbed in. I had no choice but to follow. What? I’m just gonna leave her there? She’s my best friend!
We climbed and guess where we found? The guys’ changing room! They were talking, so we listened.
“Justin likes Dani!” said Joey.
“Lance likes Melissa!” said Chris.
“Will you just shut up?” laughed Justin. “So what if we like them?”
“Where should we go?” asked JC.
“Why don’t we go to West Edmonton Mall?” suggested Justin. “We need disguises. Chris, wear a hat or something, you need to cover your dreads.”
“Ok.”
“Oh yeah, Joey, where are my pants?”
“I hung them out the window!” Joey replied.
“Why the hell did you do that? It's raining outside!” cried Justin as he dashed to the window. The others laughed. “AWW MAN, THEY’RE SOAKED!”
Melissa and I were laughing so hard that my shoulder leaned against the vent and fell down! Chris let out a high pitched scream, “trespassers!”
We looked up to see Chris laughing, JC and Lance looking worried, Joey eating and Justin looking embarrassed! His face were bright red because he was only wearing boxers!
Chapter Thirteen
“Oh my god!” Justin cried as he dashed into another room to get another pair of pants. When he came out, he looked fresh. When the guys changed and was ready to go, We took two cars to West Edmonton Mall, Justin’s and JC’s car.
Lance, Melissa, Justin and me took Justin’s car, and the other guys took JC’s car.
When we got to the mall, we spent an entire day at Galaxy Land. We screamed on roller coasters, and we cuddled on the train and the merry go round. Lance, Justin, Melissa and I wanted to shop, but JC, Joey and Chris wanted to go on the rides a couple more time, so we split up.
“9:00pm at the Dolphins.” JC said, and we agreed.
When the four of us were walking in the mall again, Justin grabbed my hand. “The girls are here again!”
The girls came up to Justin and Lance.
“Do you know what? You two looks like Justin and Lance from *N SYNC!”
“We have that kind of face. We’re not.” Lance said. He grabbed Melissa’s hand and we quickly walked away. The four of us went into Reflections again, where Lance and Melissa also bought friendship rings for each other. By 9:00pm, the seven of us got together and went home. Lance and Melissa shared their first kiss.
The next day, the guys had to leave, after the shedding of tears and the hugs and kisses, the guys boarded their tour bus. Lance and Melissa shared one last kiss, and Justin pulled me around the back of the bus.
“Here you go, Dani.” He said, handing me a small box. I opened it and gasped. It was the bracelet I wanted from REFLECTIONS! Also, in the box, there's a note. “Oh Justin! Thank you!” I cried and I gave him a tight hug and a kiss on the cheek.
Justin smiled, “open the locket.”
I opened it, and tears started to form in my eyes. On one side, was a picture of the guys, and on the other side was a picture of Justin. The back of the locket was engraved:
I love you Dani,
U Drive Me Crazy
I looked at the note. It says:
I'll be back for you. I promise.
Love,
Justin
I looked up to see Justin’s eyes looking back at me. He leaned towards me and we shared our last kiss.
“I promise. Lance and I will be back to be with you two…forever.” Justin said as he gave me a kiss one last time. Then he turned and followed Lance on the bus.
Melissa and I held each other tight while we watched their tour bus faded from sight, with tears streaming down our faces. We knew that they will be back.
Everyday, Justin and I e-mail each other long, long love letters. Each one making me closer and closer to him, but today, I got an e-mail that will change my life forever…
Danielle Ward, would you marry me? I love you.
-Justin Timberlake
I smiled and typed my answer:
YES!
A week later, Melissa became engaged to Lance Bass. We had a double wedding, and the last couple things that I remember, was saying “Justin Timberlake, I love you, I do.”, Joey eating cake, JC getting hit with cake, Joey, Chris and JC complaining why do the two youngest *N SYNC members got married first, and Chris complaining that he’ll never get married. Of course that was before my friend Dawn asked Chris to marry her…
The End
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