Eve was lying in Josh’s arm, waiting for him to fall asleep. When his breath gone even and slow, she released herself from his embrace carefully and left the bed. Then she put on her bathrobe and sneaked out of the room. 

She went to the guest room on her tiptoes and knocked at the door quietly. There was no response. She tried again but still, Justin didn’t react. 

„Damn it.“ She thought and opened the door slowly.  

Still on her tiptoes she went to Justin’s bed, seeing him sleeping peacefully on his back. 

„Justin…“ She whispered.

He didn’t wake up.

„Justin…“ 

As he continued sleeping, she sat down next to him in his bed and touched his shoulder. 

„Justin…“

Suddenly he opened his eyes. He frightened as he saw her sitting there and raised his upper body. 

„What the hell, Eve!“ He blamed her.

„Shhhhh!“ She said. 

„What are you doing here? This is so creepy!“ 

„I knocked at the door but you didn’t respond.“

„And then you decided scaring the shit out of me or what?“

„Stop complaining, T. We need to talk.“

Justin took a deep breath. His heartbeat returned back to normal slowly. 

„About what?“ 

„About how we gonna tell Josh what we did…“

He grabbed his face and sighed. 

„You really think this is necessary? You really want that drama?“

„Of course I don’t. But we can’t risk that Jess changes her mind some day and tells him.“ 

„Look. Jess and I have serious problems but still, I know my wife and I trust her when she says, she’s not gonna intervene.“ 

„But I can’t live with that guilt any longer. I really tried. But look what happened! It took you just one damn week to break our deal!“ 

Justin stared at her for a moment. 

„Okay. I understand. But… could we wait until the end of the week?“

„Why?“

„Because I can’t go home before Jess leaves for Montana…“ 

Eve closed her eyes and took a deep breath. 

„Fine. But promise me, you won’t chicken out of it.“

„I promise.“

She looked at him and got lost in thoughts for few seconds. 

„Can I sleep now?“ He asked. 

„No…“

„Why not?“

„Because I have more questions.“ 

„Which questions?“

„About Coachella.“ 

Justin gave her a serious look.

„Did you spy on our conversation, M?“ 

„It happened accidentally.“ 

Justin frowned. 

„Accidentally?“

„Yes.“

„Eve. I told you once, this reunion topic is something you need to discuss with him, not me.“

„But you owe me.“

„For what?“

„For kissing me and bringing me into trouble.“

„But you liked it!“ 

Eve turned outraged.

„You don’t know that!“ 

He smiled shady now. 

„M. Stop denying that you enjoyed what I did to you…“ 

She bit her lips, not knowing how to respond. 

„I knew it…“ He said self satisfied. 

„Still, you owe me!“ She claimed. 

„I don’t!“

„You do!“ 

„M! That’s not fair and you know it.“

„I don’t care.“ 

Justin was officially annoyed from her.

„Go to bed and leave me alone.“

„I do, when you answered my questions.“ 

„You are nothing else but trouble.“

„YOU are nothing else but trouble!“

Justin tried to stay serious but he lost the fight and started smiling. 

She smiled back. 

„You’re impossible, M…“ 

„But you like it…“ She said cockily. 

„Ya… however… so what do you want, troublemaker?“ 

„I want to know, why Josh said Coachella was a disaster.“ 

„Did you see the gig?“

„I did.“

„And did you like it?“

Eve wasn’t sure. She saw other gigs on YouTube from *NSYNC, which she definitely liked more. Josh seemed not to be in his best shape during Coachella. But still, it was entertaining and surely an amazing surprise for the audience when the guys suddenly showed up on stage. 

„It’s hard to tell, to be honest. I mean, the vocals weren’t perfect. The choreography was okay but not that good as back in those days. Josh seemed to be out of breath…“ 

„So, you noticed it wasn’t their best performance. But still it was enjoyable, right?“

„Of course.“

„For C this was the worst gig of his life. He was completely devastated when he saw the show afterwards.“

„But it wasn’t a disaster, Justin. It’s far away from being called like that.“ 

„I know. Imagine, the dudes had less than one week to organize that gig. Everything happened way too fast with no time left for any preparation. It’s no surprise that things weren’t perfect.“

„Well, I understand if he wasn’t satisfied with the result. But is this truly the reason why he doesn’t wanna reunite?“ 

„Look. After this gig he completely lost his self-confidence as a performing artist. You must know, he was always struggling with self-doubts and fears of failure. No matter how good he was on stage, he always found something to criticize in the end. Of course this self-criticism pushed him to get better with every further gig. But if you’re never satisfied with the result, it becomes a problem at some point. After Coachella he made the decision never performing on stage again because he simply believes he’s not good enough. We tried to convince him this wasn’t the case. But there was no way to break through him. From that point the idea to reunite was gone, as there is no way doing this without C.“ 

Eve was sorting her mind. She understood what Justin said. But what she didn’t understand was, why Josh refused talking to her about that topic. 

„Why he’s not talking to me about this, Justin? Does he believe I won’t understand?“

„He’s simply sick of it, that everybody tries to convince him to agree to the reunion.“

„But I already told him that I wouldn’t do that. There is no reason for me wanting *NSYNC back.“

Justin frowned. 

„There isn’t? I thought you were a fan.“

„I was, but it doesn’t matter. All I want is a normal life. I can’t imagine being with someone who’s in the spotlight. Honestly it was a shock when I found out who he really was. That’s why I’m grateful that he’s happy with what he’s doing today and keeping himself away from public.“ 

„Eve, if this is the case, I can’t explain why he refuses talking to you about this.“

Eve was lost in thoughts once again. Justin just looked at her, while she was still sitting in front of him. It was almost completely dark in the room, but he noticed that she must be completely naked under her bathrobe. His mind started drifting away when his eyes met her cleavage. Her nipples were shining through the light fabric. 

„M…“ He whispered softly. 

„Hm?“ She said, still being distracted from her thoughts. 

„If you want me to behave, go to bed…“ 

She looked at him with her eyes wide open. 

„Are you staring at my boobs?“ She blamed him.

„Your boobs are staring at me. I just looked back.“ 

„Justin. You can’t talk to me like this. It’s completely awkward.“ 

„You have no idea how long I didn’t have sex…“

„Justin!“ 

„Go, Eve.“ 

She was shocked about his behavior and stood up from his bed. In the same moment she stepped on something lying on the floor and stumbled. 

„Oh shit!“ 

Immediately she lost her balance and fell down on. Then she noticed his clothes were lying on the floor and that she just stepped on his belt. 

Justin chuckled.

„Is that a trap for burglars or is there another reason why you leave your clothes on the floor?“ She complained. 

Justin came out of bed and took her hands to help her up. He was just wearing boxer shorts. 

„I’m lazy.“ He explained, still laughing. 

She was standing close to him now and could smell his scent. 

„Damn it, Timberlake. Why the hell you must always smell so good…?“ She was thinking. 

„So?“ He said.  

„So, what?“ 

„Did you just change your mind…?“ He asked temptingly and grabbed the belt of her bathrobe to pull her even closer. 

„Don’t you dare!“ She warned him and pushed his hand away. 

He smiled cheeky while she made herself on her way outside. 

„Hey, M…“

„What?“ She replied annoyed.

„Will you visit me again the next night?“

„Stop it T!“ 

He laughed again and enjoyed bringing her out of her comfort zone. Eve shook her head and left the guest room.

When she closed the door, she deeply sighed. Why was he acting like this? Was he just making fun or was he gaming for anything?