Britney and Justin: A Passionate Love Reborn
SS by Chris

Prologue:

            It had been almost one year since Britney and Justin had walked away from each other for the last time.  They hadn’t talk to each another and hadn’t even seen the other except by accident.  They both had begun to move along with their lives as if the other didn’t exist, both hoping that it would help to ease the pain that they both felt.  They both missed the other’s touch and smell and longed, secretly, for the other to appear next to them.  Nevertheless, as Britney prepared for her new album and Justin was working with NSYNC on their new tour that was to begin they would cross paths again.  The only question would be was it for better or worse.

Chapter 1:  A Simple Bottle of Cologne (Early February 2005)

            “Britney!  Get Up NOW!”  Fe yelled from downstairs.  Britney heard Fe but was so comfortable that she didn’t want to get up.  She hadn’t been sleeping well and this was one of the few nights that she did sleep well.  “Britney, I won’t ask again.  Please get up.  You’re going to be late for your meeting with Johnny.”  Fe was almost begging Britney to get up and get ready.  Finally, Britney said, “I’m getting up, so you can quit yelling now.”  Britney did get up and she began to get ready.  She was in the middle of putting on her perfume when she found something that she thought was gone.  She had found a lone bottle of Justin’s cologne back in a corner of her bathroom.  She immediately began to think about the man that she loved so much and how he wasn’t around to hold her and comfort her anymore.  She slowly began to cry.

            Fe heard Britney crying in the bathroom and asked “Britney, What is the matter sweetie?”  She slowly opened the door to find Britney sitting up against the wall crying into her knees and with something in her hand.  Fe asked again, what the matter was that had Britney crying, but she got no response except tears from Brit. 

            Finally Fe got Britney to show her what was in her hand and when she saw what is was she took and thought ‘I thought I had found everything of his and gotten it out so she wouldn’t have to find it.  I must have missed one’.  “Hey sweetie” she said taking Britney’s head to her shoulder, “It will be okay.  It will pass with time.”  This got Britney to look up at her.  “I don’t want it to pass, I just want Justin.”  Britney said and she lowered her head back down onto Fe’s shoulder and continued to cry to her hearts content.

            A few hours later Fe, finally, got Britney to her meeting, but she was rather late and Johnny wasn’t all that happy, but after he talked to Fe he calmed down and was rather sympathetic towards Britney.  The meeting with Johnny took what seem to Britney like forever.  He talked about her new album that was due to come out in a few months and the shooting of the first single’s video off the new album, but all Britney was thinking about was Justin and the bottle of cologne that she had found earlier in the morning and how wonderful it always made him smell.  “Britney.  Britney, are you listening to me?”  Johnny said sounding somewhat agitated.  “Yes!”  Britney replied even though she knew she wasn’t.  They wrapped up the meeting and Britney went over to the dance studio where she was to begin to learn the choreography for the video.  She was there with Wade for what seemed like hours before she got a break.  When she did get her break, she went for a walk through the dance studio.  When she came upon another group of people practicing their dance moves she decided to stop and watch for a while.  Little did she know?  As she watched from secluded room above the studio, she noticed that the people in the studio look familiar to her.  Then she saw them turn around and start dancing towards her.  It was them.  “Oh my God!” she said as she watched NSYNC work on their new routine for their new tour that was about to begin in May.  Then her eyes came upon him, and she instantly began to think of all the wonderful memories that they had with each other.  “Not again” was all she could say before she instantly broke down and cried right there.  She was still crying all out when Fe, finally found her.  “There you are.  We have been…what’s the matter,” Fe asked as she found Britney sitting on the floor crying for the second time today.  All Britney did was point to the window and when Fe looked and saw Justin standing there working she immediately called for Rob.  “Rob, get the car ready.  Britney is going home right now.”  She said as she comforted Britney.  Wade came and wanted to know why Britney was going home and when he found her, she was still crying into Fe’s shoulder.  “What’s the matter pretty lady?”  He asked trying to comfort her.  “Justin is working below us.”  Fe whispered to Wade.  Wade knew what happened between the two of them and instantly began to feel sorry for her.

            Britney went home and she went right to bed.  She lay in bed and tried to get some sleep, but she just couldn’t sleep.  All she could think about was Justin and how good he looked this afternoon.  She longed for him to hold her, but he didn’t come and she cried herself to sleep that night.  What she didn’t know was that someone had taken matters into their own hands.

            After Britney had been taken care of, Fe began to think on how she could help her.  She sat and thought about it long and hard before coming up the idea of calling Justin herself and explaining to him what he was doing to her and try to talk some sense into him.  Then she thought that it would be to direct.  She needed someone that was close to both of them and would be willing to help.  That is when she thought of the mothers of both Justin and Britney.  She knew that Justin’s mother loved Britney as if she was her own daughter and the same about Britney’s mom and Justin.  So, Fe called Britney’s mother Lynne.

“Hello.”  Lynne said as she answered the phone.  “Hi, Lynne?”  Fe replied.  “It’s Fe.”  “Hello Fe.  How is my girl doing?”  Lynne replied.  “Not to well I am afraid.”  “What” Lynne said sounding frightened all of the sudden?  “Well, Britney found a bottle of Justin’s cologne and then caught him practicing in the same dance studio.  She is taking it really hard and I don’t know what to do for her.”  Fe said as she explained the day’s happenings to Britney’s mother.  “Ok, what would you like me to do” Lynne said willing to do anything to help her daughter through this tough portion of her life.  “Well, I was hoping that you would talk to Justin and tell him how much she misses him and how much she is hurting.”  Fe said stating her plan to help Britney.  “Well Fe, as much as I would love to help my daughter I don’t think that me talking to Justin is going to help.  Britney already told me not to get involved between them.  I am willing to call his mother though.”  “  Oh, that would be great.  Thank you Lynne.  If anything changes I’ll call you.”  Fe replied.  “Tell Britney that I love her and give her a hug for me.”  Lynne said before she hung up the phone.  ‘This is better that I had planned it’ Fe said to herself as she hung up the phone. 

“Hello.”  Lynn said as she answered her phone.  “Hello Lynn, This is Lynne Spears.”  “Oh Hi.  How are you doing?” replied Justin’s mother.  “I am doing good, but my daughter is not doing so well though.  She found one of Justin’s bottle of cologne and isn’t taking it to well.  She really misses him something fierce.  And I was wondering whether you could talk to Justin for me.  I would call him myself, but I promised Britney that I wouldn’t.”  Lynne said as she talked to Lynn hoping that she would help in someway.  “Well, I would love to help Britney in anyway possible.  I love her like my own daughter, I will talk to Justin for Britney.”  Lynn replied.  A feeling of relief came of Lynne “Thank you so much, and try not let Justin know that this is coming from Britney, because she doesn’t know about any of this.”  Lynne said before she hung up the phone.  “I will try.  Give Britney my love Lynne.”  Lynn said as she hung up the phone.

“Hello” Justin said as he picked up his cell phone.  “Hi baby, what are you doing?”  Lynn said as she spoke to her son.  “Hey Mom, oh nothing really, just working on our new routine with the guys.”  “Well I was just calling to see how you were doing.  I know that you haven’t been yourself lately and I was worried that you might be coming down with something.”  Lynn said trying to hid the real reason why she called him.  “No mom, I am really doing pretty good.  It feels so good to be back at work and not sitting around thinking…”  Justin paused in mid sentence hoping that his mother wouldn’t bring up Britney, because he still loved her and it was killing him not to be with her.  “Well who are you thinking about baby” Lynn asked as she tried to get her son to open up to her and tell her how he felt about Britney.  “Britney!  Mom, there are you happy I said it” Justin replied sounding very agitated that his own mother would push him like that.  “Justin, there was no need for that.  I am only trying to find out what is happening in my son’s life that’s all.  How is Britney doing anyways?  She asked hoping that he would have an answer.  “How am I supposed to know mom, I haven’t seen Britney in a little over six months.”  He replied.  “Well you work in the same dance studio, you mean to tell me that you haven’t seen her.”  “What did you say?” he said,  “I said that you work in the same dance studio but you haven’t seen her,” Lynn said repeating herself.  “How do you know that?  I didn’t even know that.”  “Well…” was all that Lynn could get out knowing that she was busted and that it was all about to come out.  “Mom” Justin replied sounding very suspicious all of the sudden “what is the real reason that you called me?”  “I can’t call my own son to see how he is doing.”  She replied.  “Mom, you call me and start talking about Britney and you expect me to believe that the only reason you called was because you wanted to see how I was doing.  Plus, you knew that we worked in the same dance studio.  I didn’t even know that.  Who put you up to this?  It was Britney wasn’t it.  I knew she couldn’t leave well enough alone.”  Justin said very agitated now.  “Son now calm down.  It wasn’t Britney.  It was her mother and I.  Britney is very depressed and she doesn’t seem to be getting any better.  She really misses you.”  Lynn said waiting for her son to answer.  “Justin, did you hear me?”  She said hoping that he would answer her.  “Yeah, I heard you.  And what do you want me to do about it.  You want me to just drop everything that I am doing and go and talk to a woman who I haven’t seen for six months.”  Justin said sounding very defensive all of the sudden.  “No son, I want you to put your pride aside for one minute to realize that you have loved this girl since you were on Mickey Mouse together and now you won’t even go and talk to her.  That is not the son that I raised.”  Lynn said hoping that she would be able to convince him to go and see Britney.  “Well mom, things and people change.  I have to go” Justin said and he hung up the phone.

Chapter 2:  The Plan goes Awry   

(Valentines Day)

“Britney.  Honey, it is time to wake up.”  Fe said from Britney’s bedside.  “I don’t wanna.  I just wanna lay her and sleep.”  Britney replied.  “Britney, sweetie, you have to go to work today.  You’re working on the video in a couple of weeks and you still need to work on the choreography.”  Fe said telling Britney why she couldn’t just lay in bed.  “But what if Justin is there.  I can’t let him see me like this.  He’ll never want to come back.”  Britney said trying to hold back the tears that came to her face.  “Britney, you can’t let him run your life anymore.  You need to show him that you’re the same Britney Spears that he once loved.  That is the only way that you’re going to have a chance at getting him back.”  Fe said trying to ease Britney’s pain.  Fe finally got Britney to get up and get ready to go and they left.

“Britney, why don’t you take a break.  We’ve been working for almost five hours straight.  You need to take a rest.”  Wade said as he went to get some water and relax for a few minutes.  Britney grabbed a bottle of water as she walked out into the hallway.  She didn’t know where she was going but she somehow found herself in the same room where she had watched Justin practice only a few weeks before, but this time he wasn’t there and neither was the rest of Nysnc.  She just stood in the room, stared down that the empty dance floor, and wondered what he was doing at that very moment.  Just as she started to look at the floor, as person walked into the doorway and was watching her.  He just stood there and looked at her.  He loved her so much, but he was so mad at her that she had the gall to try to get his own mother to talk to him rather than do it herself.  He remembered that his mother said that it wasn’t Britney who had asked her to call him, but he didn’t believe her.  He still believed that Britney had put her up to it.  “I thought so” was all he could say.  Britney heard him and turned around to see Justin standing in the doorway really upset.  “Justin!” she said as she saw him.  She went to give him a hug but he stopped her before she could.  “I thought that if you really wanted to talk to me that you could at least do it yourself Britney.  I didn’t think that you were so shallow and selfish that you had my own mother call me and tell me that you were so depressed and that you missed me so much.  I thought that you had a little more guts, but I guess not.  I guess that I was completely wrong about you.”  Justin said bring Britney to tears.  “What are you talking about?  I never called your mother.  I haven’t talked to your mom in…well a long time,” she said still crying.  “Oh quit lying Britney I already know.  She said the same thing about your mom and her being the ones to brought it up, but I know that they wouldn’t have been alone in this and that only leaves you.  I thought that you were somebody special, but I guess not.”  Justin said and then he turned around and left the room, leaving Britney standing in the middle of the room crying her eyes out.  Fe walked around the halls looking for Britney when she ran into Justin as he was leaving.  “Hey, Justin.  How are you today?”  Fe said trying to be nice but Justin wasn’t buying it.  “Oh cut the crap Fe.  I know what Britney tried to do and that is really low.”  Justin snapped back at her.  “Justin where is she?”  Fe asked about Britney.  “I don’t know and I don’t care” Justin yelled at her as he was still walking away.

When Fe found Britney, she was still crying as hard as she could where she and Justin had gotten in the argument.  “What did I do?” was all that Britney could say between her sobs.  All Fe could do was be the shoulder for Britney to cry on, because she knew that she had caused the latest episode.  Britney again went home and she spent the rest of the evening crying in her bedroom.

Fe again called Lynne Spears. 

‘Hello, this is the Spears family, we’re busy at the moment leave a message after the beep and we’ll get back to you’….  BEEP….”Hi Lynne, this is Fe.  I really need to talk to you when you get home so give me a call please it is really important.  Thanks” Fe was still trying to get a hold of Lynne when Britney came out of her room.  Her eyes were all red and she had bags under her eyes.  It wouldn’t have taken a brain surgeon to determine that she had been crying.  “Fe” Britney said trying to find her assistant.  “Hey Brit…how are we doing?”  Fe asked knowing the answer already.  “I wanna go home,” Britney said.  “Okay Honey, we’ll see what I can do” Fe said.  “Johnny?  Hey, it’s Fe.  We need to find a way to rearrange Britney’s schedule for the next week.”  “  Why” Johnny asked  “Because she needs to go home and get away from LA right now.  She hasn’t had a good month so far.  And she really needs to go home to her family.”  “  I’ll see what I can do Fe, but no guarantees.”  Johnny said and then he hung up.  It turns out that Johnny was able to rearrange Britney’s schedule and so she left the next morning to go back to Kentwood and be with her family.

Chapter 3:  Backlash

Britney returned home, to Kentwood, the next day.  “Britney!  You’re home.”  Jamie-Lynn yelled from the steps as Britney walked through the door.  “Yeah, I needed to come home for a few days.  Where’s Mama?”  Britney replied while giving her younger sister a hug.  “I’m right here honey, it’s so nice to have you home.”  Lynne said standing right behind her daughter.  “Can I talk to you Mama, alone?”  Britney said remembering what Justin had told her yesterday.  “Sure sweetie” Lynne said knowing what was on Britney’s mind.  They walked to where Lynne had her study and closed the door.  Jamie-Lynn tried to listen in through the doors but she couldn’t quite make out what was being said.  She just heard Britney crying.  “I saw him Mama.  He was so mad at me and I don’t even know what I did wrong.”  Britney said between crying on her mother’s shoulder.  “You can’t blame yourself Britney.  He has to let go of the pain and anger.  He has to realize that he still loves you and that you’re girl that he wants to be with.”  Lynne said trying to get her daughter to quit crying.  “But what if he doesn’t let go and he never wants to be with me again?”  Britney said looking at the bad side.  “Then Britney there will come a time and a place that you’ll forgive him for everything and you’ll move past him.  There is somebody in the world that can love you just as he did.  You just have to go and find him,” Lynne said.  “But I don’t want anybody else.  I want Justin.”  Lynne didn’t really know what else to tell her daughter, so she just let Britney cry on her shoulder until she couldn’t cry anymore. 

            Lynne invited all of the family and Britney’s friends over for dinner on the last day that she was home hoping that they would be able to cheer her up a bit before she left.  “Britney, what’s the matter?” her cousin Laura Lyn asked with a concerned emphasis in her voice.  She could tell that something was bothering Britney, she just didn’t know what.  “I ran into Justin the other day, he got really mad at me, and I don’t even know what I did for him to be really mad at me.  He was saying something about me going behind his back or something to make him come and see me or something.  I don’t know…” she said as she begin to slowly tear up again.  “Oh Brit.  I am so sorry.  I wish there was something that I could do for you.”  Laura Lyn said as she found out what had happened between Britney and Justin.  “Well what did he say exactly?”  She asked.  “Well he said something like I had mama call his mom and then she would talk to him or something, but I didn’t and I had mama promise me that she wouldn’t get involved between us.  You don’t think that she would have done this behind my back do you?”  Britney began to realize that something was going on that she didn’t know about and it had to do with him and her mother.

            “Mama!”  Britney yelled as she looked throughout the house looking for her mother.  “I am right here Brit, you don’t have to yell.  You’re going to wake you sister.”  Lynne said when Britney walked by her bedroom.  “Did you call Justin’s mom and tell her to talk to him.”  Britney said with a very serious tone to her voice.  “Yes I did, but Britney we did it to try and help you, because you were so depressed and you weren’t sleeping.”  “Mama, you promised me that you wouldn’t get involved and now look.  You did anyway and now he may never want to see me again.”  Britney said as she turned and ran out the door and back into her bedroom where she slammed the door shut.  A few minutes later Britney came back out of her room with her bags all packed.  As she was leaving, she ran into Jamie Lynn who had woke up when Britney slammed the door.  “What’s goin’ on” she asked as Britney walked past her and down the stairs.  “Mama, why is Britney all packed and leaving.  I thought she didn’t have to leave until tomorrow.”  JL asked her mother who was still lying in bed reading her book.  “What do you mean she is leaving?”  Her mother inquired not knowing about Britney packing her things and walking out the front door.  “She packed all her stuff and was just walked out the front door,” JL said informing her mother of the recent events.  Immediately Lynne got up and ran after her eldest daughter.  “Britney!  Wait!”  She yelled as Britney got into a cab and left.  She saw her daughter look and her and get in the car and drive off, leaving her mother and sister standing on the front porch watching her leave.  Britney had just walked out on her mother and left her sister standing there wondering what happened that caused all of this commotion.

            Britney returned home and Fe could tell that something wasn’t right, because she was home early and Britney never came home early from being with her family.  “Britney, what’s the matter?  You’re home early.”  Fe asked  “She set the whole thing up” was all Britney said  “Who set what up Brit?”  “Mama!  She called Justin’s mom, then Lynn called Justin, and that is why he was so mad at me.  He thought that I did and that I couldn’t talk to him face to face.  I even made her promise me that she wouldn’t get involved, but she couldn’t stay out of it and now look where it has got me.  He may never want to talk to me again.”  Britney was angry that her mother had broken her promise to stay out.  “Britney, it wasn’t your mother’s idea.  It was mine.”  Fe admitted.  Britney just looked at her with an angry expression pasted on her face, but no words came out, she just turned away, went up to her room, and slammed the door shut again.

            The next day, Britney got up and was already at the dance studio before Fe, ever go to the house to get her up.  She didn’t want to even see Fe, right now, she was just so mad at her, but she knew eventually that she would have to.  “Britney, I am so sorry.  I didn’t plan for this to happen.  I just saw that you were so hurt and I wanted to help anyway that I could and your mom was willing to help, so don’t blame her.  Blame me.”  Fe apologized to Britney when she finally did see her working at the dance studio with Wade.  “I know Fe.  You were only trying to help.”  Britney said trying to comfort Fe, because she could see that Fe was really hurt that she had only caused more pain for Britney.  Britney only said what Fe wanted to hear though, deep down she was still really mad at both her and her mother.

Chapter 4:  The Collapse

(A Couple Months later)

Justin had continued on with his life as though nothing happened with Britney.  Or so that is how he played it.  On the outside, he was the same ole Justin, but on the inside, he was fighting a demon that he couldn’t quite beat, what to do about Britney.  He loved her so much, but he was still so angry with her about what happened between them and with the recent events only poured fuel to the already burning fire.

“Justin, what is the matter?”  JC asked him after he noticed that Justin was staring at the wall in his own little world.  “Nothing, I was just thinking.”  “That’s a first,” replied JC, teasing his best friend.  “What are you thinking about then?”  JC inquired about what had Justin’s mind occupied.  “Nothing in general, just stuff I guess.  Let’s get back to work,” Justin said changing the subject abruptly.  JC noticed that something was bothering Justin, but he didn’t want to pry and ask what was really bothering him.  It wasn’t until they were going to go out clubbing and Justin wasn’t paying any attention to the girls that were hanging around him, that JC realized that something was really troubling his friend.  “Justin, what is the matter?  And don’t tell me nothing, because I can see it.  Something is bothering you.  Let me help man.”  JC told his friend on the ride back home after the club.  “I don’t know man.  I was just thinking about Britney.”  “  I thought that you were over her.  You even said yourself that you were over her, but now it is almost a year later and you still dwell on her.  You need to figure how what you’re feeling for her and if you still love her, then tell her otherwise move on.  It is not good for you to dwell on it.”  JC said before leaving.  Justin continued on home, but then he heard a song come on the radio and his thoughts instantly returned to Britney.  The song on the radio that triggered all the rush of memories for Justin was “My Everything” by 98 Degrees.  That was the first song that Britney and Justin had made love to.  Justin sat in the car and remembered all the wonderful times that he had with Britney, but he also remembered all the pain and heartache that he went through after their breakup.  He remembered everything that was good and bad about Britney and he realized that he still loved her.  He just didn’t know how could forgive her for what she had done to him.

            Britney had begun to practice for her up coming tour.  “Britney, you need to eat breakfast before you leave for work,” her mom yelled at her before she could get out the door.  Lynne had come to LA to be with Britney after she left Kentwood mad at her.  Lynne couldn’t let her daughter deal with all the emotions that she was going through alone.  So, she came out to LA to be with her and to help her deal with them.  “I am really late Mama.  Wade is already going to be mad that I am late.”  Britney yelled back and then she left.

            Britney forgot all about Justin when she worked, so she would work for as long as Wade and Fe would let her before making her stop.  Well today, it all finally caught up with her.

“Wade, I really need to take a break.  I am not feeling so well…” and before Britney could finish her sentence she collapsed on the floor.  “Britney!”  Fe yelled as Britney fell to the ground.  “Wade call 911 and get call her mom.”  Fe yelled and she ran to Britney’s side

“Hello” Lynne said as she picked up the phone.

“Lynne, this is Wade.  Britney collapsed and she has been taken to the hospital,” Wade said to Lynne.  As she heard this, she dropped the coffee mug that was in her hand and it shattered all over the kitchen floor.  “Is she okay?”  Lynne said very emotionally over the phone.  “I don’t know.  The paramedics just left.”  Wade never heard the phone click, but all of the sudden there was only a dial tone and nobody else on the other end of the phone.

            Britney was rushed to the hospital where she was still unconscious and admitted for some tests and observation.

            “Where is she Fe?”  Lynne said when she got to the hospital.  “She is asleep, but the doctor says that she was very dehydrated and malnourished.  Other than that, she should be fine, after some rest.  However, he said that they won’t release her until they run some more tests.  She is right over there” she said pointing to the private room at the end of the hall.  When Lynne walked through the door, she was shocked at what she saw.  She found Britney laying asleep on the bed.  She had a very pale complexion and she didn’t look like the girl that walked out the door earlier that day.  “What happened Brit?”  she asked not knowing what happened to her daughter.  Just then, Fe walked in behind her and Lynne started to cry saying, “This is all my fault.  I should have made her stay and eat breakfast.”  “  The doctor said that it looked like Britney hadn’t been eating for quite some time now and that it wouldn’t have made a difference.  She was so malnourished that her body just couldn’t function anymore,” Fe said trying to comfort Lynne.  “Has anybody called the rest of the family?”  Lynne asked.  “Yeah, we called.  They are flying out tomorrow to be with her.  We even called and left a message at Justin’s moms.”  Fe answered back.  Just then, somebody walked up to the door and just stood there.  Both women turned around to find a man standing there with tears running down his face and a look like he had just lost his favorite dog.  “Justin?  What are you doing here?”  Lynne asked as she walked over to him and gave him a big hug.  “Mom called me and told me that Britney had collapsed and was in the hospital.  I had to come and see her.  I love her and I had to be with her.  I can’t lose her,” he said crying while never taking his eyes off Britney lying in the bed sleeping.  Lynne and Fe went home that night, but Justin stayed and he sat right beside Britney the whole night watching her sleep.

Chapter 5: The Reconciliation

“Britney?”  Justin said as Britney started to wake up.  “Hi” he said in the sweetest voice and most sincere voice.  “Justin?  Is that really you?”  Britney said as she woke up to Justin sitting right beside her.  “Yeah, Brit it is really me” he said looking right into her eyes as he said it.  “Where am I?” she asked not knowing what had happened.  “You’re in the hospital.  You collapsed during practice and Fe brought you here.”  He said explaining what had happened to her.  Just then, Fe and Lynne came in, saw Britney awake, and ran to her.  “Oh God, sweetie.  You had us all worried so sick about you.”  Lynne said as she hugged her daughter.  “I’m sorry Mama.”  “Don’t be.  You just get better.”  Lynne said still holding on to her.  Then the rest of the family walked in behind Lynne and Fe.  “Hi everybody.”  Britney said still really tired, but really happy to see everybody.  “Hi Brit.  Are you feeling better?”  Jamie Lynn asked as she climbed up next to her older sister.  “Hi sis.  Hi daddy.”  Britney said as she hugged her sister and her dad.  When Britney’s dad, Jamie, went to get a chair to sit down next to his daughter he noticed that there was somebody in the corner of the room standing out the way.  “What are you doing here?” he said with an angry and very aggressive tone in his voice.  “I was just here to see if Britney was okay.  That’s all sir.”  Justin said as he tried to stay away from Jamie.  “Well, I think that it is time you take your leave son.”  Jamie said.  “Daddy, he doesn’t have to leave.”  Britney said, “It’s okay Brit.  I’ll go.  You just get better and we’ll talk later.”  Justin said and he left the room so that Britney could be with her family.  “You didn’t have to be so mean daddy.”  Britney said after Justin had left the room.  “I was rather nice considering everything that he has put you through baby.”  Jamie replied.  Britney let the subject go because she knew how protective her dad was when it came to her and Justin.  The day went on and more people showed up and wished Britney the best, but the one person that she wanted to come back didn’t.  She was about to eat some dinner when a delivery boy showed up in front of her door.  “Come in” she said as she took a bite of food before spitting it back out.  ‘Hospital food, yuck’ she thought.  “I am sorry.  Did I get the wrong room?”  The man asked Britney.  “Well you ya looking for?” she asked  “Britney Spears” he said reading the name off the card.  “Nope, this is the right room, that would be me” she said looking at the man.  He took a longer look and then said, “I’m sorry.  I didn’t recognize you,” he said.  Then he disappeared behind the wall and returned with a full cart full of roses.  “Oh WOW!”  Britney said as he kept bring in vase after vase of roses.  Red ones, pinks ones, white ones.  “Who are these from?” she asked him.  “I don’t know, but here is the card” he said handing her the card and then he left.

To my dearest love,

            I am sorry about everything.  I didn’t realize how much I loved you until I thought that you were gone.  I am sorry for getting so mad at you, but you had hurt me and I wanted to hurt you back.  But then I saw you lying there in that bed and I couldn’t be mad at you anymore.  I love you Britney.  I just wanted you to know that and that I will always love you.

Justin

After she finished reading the card, she began to cry.  “Oh please don’t cry” a familiar voice said from the doorway.  “Justin.  Come here” she said.  He walked over to her and hugged her with a force that she had never felt before.  “I am so sorry Britney.”  Justin said.  “You don’t have to be sorry.  I do.  I am the one that pushed you away.  I am the one that messed up the first time.  I am the one who caused you to have all that pain and anger.  I am sorry too Justin.  Can you forgive me?” she said pouring her soul out to him.  “Britney, I love you will all my heart and yes I forgive you baby” he said as he leaned in and kissed her with a renewed passion.

            Over the next few months, Britney and Justin began to repair their relationship.  It started as just a few dates once a week and turned into calling one another a couple times a day and making sure that they saw each other more than twice a week.  The rebuilding climaxed when Justin brought Britney buy a house in LA.  “Okay babe, you can take the blindfold off now.”  He said helping her out of the car.  “Where are we?” she said before she realized that they were now standing outside the house that they once owned together.  “Oh Justin, why did we come back here” she said sounding somewhat surprised.  “Because I wanted to show you that I will never be able to move on without you by my side.”  “I want you to move back into the house with me.”  “I don’t know if I am ready to move back in” she said and noticed that Justin was kind of hurt by that “but I am willing to try.”  They kissed right there in the street.  Justin opened the door and then blocked Britney from going on through.  “Why did you do that?” she asked.  “So that I could do this,” he said as he lifted her up into his arms and carried her through the door.

            It was closing in on the release date of Britney’s new album and the time for NSYNC’s new tour to start and Britney and Justin were just beginning to feel like themselves again.  So they decided to go to New York for the 4^th of July.

 “Come on Brit.  The plane leaves in only two hours” Justin said trying to get Britney to pack her things a little quicker.  “But I don’t know what to take.  I mean we’re not going to be there that long, but I don’t know if I am coming back here before my release party.”  “  What do you mean not coming back here before the release party?  Isn’t the party here” he said not quite knowing what was going on.  “No, I had Johnny move it to Orlando so that I didn’t have to fly back and then try and make your first tour date” she said seeing the smile come to his face.  “Oh, I see.  Well then.  I guess that means that you should pack whatever you want” he said then he kissed her on the neck and let her finish packing.  “I love you,” he said before they boarded the plane.  “I love you too baby” she said as she turned to meet his kiss on her lips.  A few hours later, they arrived in New York.  “Well, babe.  Do you want to go straight home or do you want to go and spend some money shopping?” he asked after they got in the limo that they had waiting for them.  “Shopping.  I could use some new clothes and some other stuff,” she said with a devious smile on her face when she looked at him.  “What do you have up your sleeve Britney Jean?” he said noticing the cunning smile that was on her face.  “You’ll just have to wait and see.”

“There is something that I have to and pick up sweetie.  Do you want me to meet you back at home or somewhere else for lunch or something?”  Justin said, as he was about to get into a cab.  “Where are you going?” she asked, “I have something to get.  It shouldn’t take long.”  “  Well then I’ll come with you and we can both get it” she replied and she started to get in the cab with him.  “NO!  I need to get this by myself” he said before she could get into the cab.  “Oh, well okay then.  I guess that I’ll see you at home then” she said sounding kind of hurt that he didn’t want her to tag along.  “Baby” he said trying to get her attention, “I love you, and I’ll see you soon.  I promise,” he said as he stepped out of the cab to kiss her on the cheek.  Then he got back in the cab and off he went.

Later that day in the apartment that they both shared, that overlooked the Manhattan skyline and Times Square, he returned.  He came in and very cautiously looked around before he proceeded to the bedroom where he put something and then he came out looking for her.  “Britney, are you here babe?” he said as he walked towards the kitchen.  “I am out here,” she said from the balcony that overlooked the city.  “ See I told you that it wouldn’t take long,” he said as he kissed her and sat down next to her.  “What was it that you had to go get without me?” she asked questionably.  “You’ll just have to wait and see now won’t you,” he said looking at her with the same cunning and devious smile that she had given him earlier in the day.  “Justin Randall Timberlake, what do YOU have up your sleeve?” she said repeating what he had said to her when she had that same look on her face.  “So what all did you buy after I left” he asked trying to change the subject.  “Oh well, I went to Victoria Secret and bought some new stuff from there and then I went to the new Armani store and bought some things there.  Other than that not too much.  I am sorely disappointed that I couldn’t have bought more, but there just wasn’t that much out today.  I might have to go after the 4^th” she said answering his question.

In the evening Britney and Justin had planned on going to an Italian restaurant and were going to watch the fireworks from a yacht in the harbor, but Justin was having a change of plans.  “Brit, do you really want to go out tonight?” he said as she was walking past him towards the bedroom to get ready to go.  “Yeah, why don’t you” she said looking back at him.  “Yes, well…no not really.  I just thought that maybe I could fix dinner here and we could watch the fireworks from the balcony.  That’s all” he said as he got up and walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her waste.  “Well, if you don’t want to go out then we don’t have to go out.  I’ll call and cancel the reservations,” she said and she started to walk away.  “Brit, if you want to go out we can still go out, babe, I mean it really makes no difference to me.  I just thought that maybe we could have a romantic evening just the two of us”  “That does sound like fun” she said and then she went and picked up the phone to cancel the reservations.

The two had a romantic candlelight dinner on the balcony of their apartment and watched the fireworks going off on the horizon.  “Brit, I’ll be right back,” he said as he walked back into the apartment to grab something.  “Well hurry back, you don’t want to miss the grand finale do you,” she said hoping that he would hurry back.  “Okay, I’m back” he said as he sat back down and pulled her towards him.  “Britney” he said  “huh” she said looking at him.  Then Justin stood up and got down on one knee.  Britney immediately began to tear up.  “Oh my gosh” she said as she covered her mouth with her hand.  “Britney Jean Spears, you mean more to me than anything on this earth.  I would do anything for you.  I would give you might right arm if you asked for it.  I give you my heart even if you don’t ask for it.  You help to make me the best possible person that I can be.  I have tried to live without you and I couldn’t do it.  I have lived with you and you have made me so happy that I can never get any happier than I am than when I am with you.  We have been through so much, but someone once told me that if you want a rainbow you have to put up with the rain.  (A.N.  I loved this line from another fan fiction; I just had to use it.  It is too perfect.)  And well Britney we have gone through the rain, now it is time for the rainbow.  Britney Jean Spears will you marry me.”  Then he pulled a diamond engagement ring out of his pocket and held it up to her.  “Is this what you went to get this afternoon” she said between sobs as she couldn’t control them anymore.  He shook his head yes.  “Justin Randall Timberlake, I would love to marry you.”  They kissed and then went into the bedroom where they made love with fireworks going off in the background.


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