Chapter 2

After a few minutes they got back to the bus. Justin, Joey and Chris helped Lance and JC with the girls. They put them on two beds and then they told the driver that the wanted to go to the hospital.
After an hour later, they were all in the hospital. Justin called Johnny, he was on the hallway.
“We’re late, we had an incident, just tell the press we’ll be there in about an hour...” Justin said
“Are you guys mad?! I want the five of you here in 15 minutes!!” Johnny stopped a little, “By the way… What happened?” Johnny asked
“I can’t tell you know... just… tell the press what I told you...”
“I said you have 15 minutes! No excuses!!”
“But we will not be…” he looked the other guys they were talking with the doctor.
Johnny hang up, they HAVE to be there in 15 minutes, or Johnny will be really, really mad.
“You were with the ladies?” the doctor asked.
“No, we were on the bus...” Chris said
“Ok… do you wanna see them?” the doctor asked again
“Yeah… but how are they?” JC asked
“Well, one of them have a several fracture in her right leg, she will have to wear that cast for a couple of months… And the other girl, well… I believe she hit her head with the pavement on the street… and it seems she have amnesia” the doctor explained, “But they were lucky… they could be dead… and now they are already awake…”
“Amnesia? You mean… she lost her memories?” Lance asked
“Yes, but… that’s not permanent, she could have her memory back any time, it could take hours, days… even years…” the doctor answered.
“Can we see them now?” JC asked
“Sure, come in”
When JC, Lance, Chris and Joey were about to enter, Justin spoke.
“Hey guys, wait, Johnny said we have 15 minutes to be there, you decide, we get Johnny mad or we stay here” he said
“Let’s go then… I don’t wanna see Johnny mad at us…” Chris said
“Yeah… me neither…” Joey added
“I won’t go… We almost killed these girls…” JC said
“Yeah… that’s true… let’s go see them…” Lance said to JC.
Justin sighed.
“Ok you go see them… we will go to the hotel… I’ll call a cab that will be waiting for you outside… don’t take too long” Justin said to JC
“Okay… thanks J”
Chris, Joey and Justin left the hospital, just then Lance and JC entered the room where the girls were, they stood at the door.
“But… Marion! How could you not remember?! I’m your best friend! It’s Nadine!” one of the girls said
“I don’t know you… and I don’t know them either” the other girl said pointing JC and Lance.
Nadine turned around to see who were “they”… and she stood speechless when she saw who were they…
“Say something…” Lance muttered to JC
“You say something…” JC muttered too
“Fine… Hi!” Lance said to the girls
“Hi...” Nadine answered
“I’m Lance… and this is JC”
“I know… I know you…” she said
“Who are they Nicole?” Marion asked.
“I’m not Nicole! I’m Nadine!!… And… what is this… you don’t remember them either? These guys are from the boy band Nsync… Justin was your favorite!”
“Justin? And who is that? You’re only confusing me!” Marion said.
“Uhm… we’re so sorry about all this…” JC said
“Sorry about what?” Nadine asked
“Well… your accident… it was our fault… that was our bus…” Lance said
“Really?”
“Yes, we brought you here”
“Wow… thank you both… oh… I’m sorry… We didn’t introduce us… I’m Nadine, Nadine Williams”
“Nice to meet you…” Lance said
“Yeah… me too…” JC added, “and you are?” he asked to Marion
“She says I’m Marion… but I actually don’t remember”
“You don’t remember ‘cause you hit your head against the pavement… and because of it… you lost your memory” JC explained to her softly.
“And how do you know that? Are you a doctor, my boyfriend or something?”
“Uhm… none… My name is Joshua Chasez… but, you can call me JC”
“Alright…”
“Okay… so you’re Marion…” he said smiling, “Well… we just wanna make sure you were ok… and Lance and I have to go now…”
“So soon?” Nadine asked
“Yeah… well… we had an interview before the accident… actually the other guys must be there now…” Lance said
“Yeah… we just wanted to know if you were fine, we have a cab waiting for us…” JC added, “So… we have to go…”
Lance took his cell phone and asked Nadine her number. He told them they were gonna call them soon.
They said goodbye to both girls and then they left the hospital with Loonie who was waiting for them next to the cab.
After awhile they arrived to the hotel. Johnny grumbled them before they go with the others, but the important thing was that they were there.
They joined Justin, Chris and Joey quietly, just excusing themselves for their delay.
The press asked them about his solo plans and they told one by one what they were expecting to do. After the interview, they posed for some pictures and then the talked a little in a room…
“So… this was it…” Lance said
“Yup…” Chris shouted
“I’m gonna miss you guys…” Joey said hugging them
“Oh C’mon… we’re still gonna see each other…” Justin said
“But not so often now…” JC added.
“But we’ll still be friends…” Justin said to JC
“Well… you will see each other at the VMA’s…” Lance said smiling
“But… only the four of us… you’re not gonna be there…” Chris said
“Right… well… it’s kinda late… why don’t we just go…” Lance added.

They all smiled and then left the hotel… So… that was it…

Chapter 3

Two days later…
“What?!” JC said
“C’mon, call them!” Lance exclaimed
“You said to them YOU will call them, not that I’ll do it…”
“C’mon, JC!… Please call them!” he insisted
“Fine… fine… I’ll call them…” JC said with resignation.
“Thanks, you’re such a good friend!” Lance said, “Now… call them!”
JC took Lance’s cell phone and called Nadine’s. Meanwhile…
“Where is it?” Nadine asked to Marion
“I don’t know… I think it’s coming from the kitchen” She answered
Nadia went slowly to the kitchen, her leg was still hurting her a little, though she was taking some pills for the pain. After she entered the kitchen she picked up the cell phone quickly.
“Hello?” she said
“Uh…hi…” JC looked at Lance asking him a name
“Nadine… or Marion…” he answered with a whisper
“Right… Marion?” JC asked
“No, it’s Nadine…”
“Ok… Nadine…”
“Give it to me…” Lance said
“Uhm… Nadine… someone wants to talk to you…” JC said to her
“Okay…”
JC gave Lance the cell phone.
“Nadine? It’s Lance, hi” he said
“Oh, hi, how are you?”
“I’m fine, what about you?”
“Well… I’m getting better, thanks…”
“Good… hey, well… I was calling you because I wanted to know if JC and I could go see you… you know… we still feel guilty about what happened…”
“Uhm… sure… I’ll give you my address… Its Minnesota Avenue #1106, Ronald Byrne building, Second Floor… My apartment it’s 22”
“Ok, I got it… I’ll see you there then” Lance said smiling
“But… hey!” Nadine shouted
“Yes?”
“It’s almost 9 p.m.… isn’t a little bit late?”
“Well… we can go to a club to dance a little…”
JC looked at Lance and started to say no with his hands and head. Lance didn’t understand why.
“That actually sounds awesome, but-…” she said, but Lance interrupted her
“Wait a second”
He put his hand on the cell phone and spoke lowly so she could not hear.
“What?” Lance asked
“Are you crazy or what? She has a broken leg and you’re inviting her to a club?”
“Oh man… you’re right…! I totally forgot it! What I’m supposed to say now, JC? I screw it all…”
“Give me that phone…” JC said
Lance gave JC the cell phone.
“Hi, it’s JC now” he said to Nadine
“Where’s Lance?”
“He… needed to go to the bathroom, it was an emergency…”
“Oh… is he ok?”
“Yeah… don’t worry”
“Well… just tell him that his idea sounded awesome to me… but… I can’t go dancing…”
“Uh… yeah… I’ll tell him…”
“Besides… I don’t think Marion is so well to go clubbing right now…”
“Yeah… I understand…
“Ok… then… well… we’ll talk later… See you soon…”
“Good… I’ll see you there...”
“We’ll be waiting for us”
Lance and JC left Lance’s apartment and then went to Nadia’s one. After awhile.
“So… tell me… I used to live with you?” Marion asked while Nadine put some blush on Marion’s cheeks
“No, but for now you will… at least for a few days more… until you get used to…” she looked at her, “But you have a really nice apartment… we’ll go tomorrow so you can pick up some stuffs…”
“So… why you just don’t take me with my parents? Why are you taking care of me?”
“I knew you’ll ask”
“Where are they?” Marion asked
“Well… this is not easy to tell… but… they died about two years before, Marion…”
Marion stared at her confused. How could she had lost all her memories… She was about to ask again but the ring bell sounded.
“It’s them… I’ll open the door” Nadine said
Nadia walked slowly to the door and opened it. Both guys said hello to her. Marion went out of Nadine’s bedroom and saw Lance and JC.
“Hi Marion…” Lance said
“Hi…” she said
“I’m Lance, remember me?”
“And I’m JC… we’re the guys at the hospital…”
“Right… yeah… I remember you…”
“How are you?” JC asked to Marion
“Fine… I guess…” she answered.
Lance told Nadine to sit immediately, and then they started talking about a bunch of stuffs just to know each other better.
Marion went out to the balcony. She needed to think a little, that last thing Nadine told her… what else she needed to know?… This situation was getting her sad.
“Hey… I’ll be outside with Marion…” JC said
“Okay… don’t worry… make yourself at home…” Nadine added
JC went out to the balcony too.
“Hey again…” he said
“Hey…” Marion said
“Are u ok?”
“Yeah… I think so...”
“You think?” he said siting next to her
“Is just… Nadine just told me… that… my parents are dead… they died a couple of years ago…”
“I’m sorry…”
“I don’t even remember them… I don’t remember anything about my past…” She stopped, “But Nadine told me we’re going to my apartment tomorrow so… maybe I could find something about them there...”
“I hope you do…”
“So… what did you do today?” she asked changing the subject
“Not too much… just working on some songs in the afternoon…”
“Songs?”
“Yeah… I’m from a boy band, remember?… Well… I used to be… we’re on a hiatus now…”
“And why is that?…”
“Well… all of us have some solo plans… and we’re working since 1995… so… we needed a break…”
His cell phone rang
“Uhm… excuse a minute…” he said
“Sure...”
JC answered the call without looking who was it.
“Hello?”
“Hi honey…” a woman said
“Hi Jenna, how are you, baby?”
“Fine, you?”
“Great”
“Good… hey honey, where are you? I called your apartment and the machine sounded”
“I’m at Lance’s place...” he lied, “He wanted me to check some stuffs he bought to bring to Russia”
“Oh… good… So… are we having lunch tomorrow? I have three days to spend with you…”
“Yeah, of course, I’ll pick you up at 1 p.m.”
“Ok… awesome… well… say hello to Lance” she said
“I will, baby”
“Bye honey, I love you...”
“I love you too… Bye”
JC hung up and turned off his cell phone, then he looked at Marion and smiled.
“My girlfriend…” he said.
Marion smiled too. Then they both remained quiet, until JC spoke, just to break that awkward moment.
“It is… nice to be with someone who doesn’t know who I am…”
“To you… I wish I could remember… I feel so stupid like this…” she said sadly.
“Don’t think that… you’re not stupid… you just had an accident…”
“But it’s true JC… I’m so useless… I don’t know anything…”
“You’re not useless, Marion… you should be good in a bunch of stuffs… and… everything will get better… don’t be so negative…”
She smiled. He was nice… and cute. But what was that strange feeling… Then they kept talking.
It was past midnight when they decided to go home. Lance drove first to JC’s apartment, then Lance went to his apartment.