A Nightmare
SS by Chris

            The year is 2006, Britney and Justin are married and have been for about a year.  They reconciled late in 2004 and were married by July 2005.  

One day Justin was working hard in the studio when his cell phone rang.

“J, Come on man, turn that thing off and lets get to work,” Timberland said

“Right,” Justin said and he turned off his cell phone.

Later that night, Justin was sitting at home reading the paper waiting for Britney to get home.  She was supposed to be home an hour ago, but he knew how she could run late some times so he didn’t think much about it.  That was until the telephone rang.

“Hello,” Justin said.

“Justin sweetie where are you?” Lynn asked.

“I’m at home. Why, what’s wrong,” he was worried now.

“Sweetie I’m coming right over to talk to you so don’t leave,” Lynn said.

“Mama, what’s wrong!  Tell me what’s wrong,”  Justin said but Lynn had hung up the phone.

Twenty minutes later Lynn arrived at their apartment.

“Mama, what’s wrong?  What happened?  Why can’t I get a hold of Brit?” he was really worried.  He tried calling her at home in LA, she wasn’t there.  She wasn’t answering her cell phone and neither was Fe.

“Honey, I need you to sit down,” Lynn said.

“God Damnit mama, just tell me what’s wrong,” Justin yelled.

“Honey, there was an accident.”

“No, she’s fine,” Justin fell on the couch.

“The plane crashed just after take off sweetie.  I’m so sorry baby,” Lynn said walking over to him.

“NO.  No, she can’t be gone.  She can’t be gone mama.  We were about to have a baby…she can’t be gone.  She was going to be a mom.  I was going to be a dad.  We were finally going to be a family.  I can’t lose her.  She is everything to me.  She can’t be gone.”  He was crying so hard that his body looked like he was going through a seizure.

Lynn tried to comfort him, but as soon as she touched him, he got up and walked away.

“She can’t be gone.  I love her too much.  It has to be another rumor.  She can’t be gone,” Justin cried.

After walking throughout the apartment saying that she wasn’t gone, he finally collapsed to the floor crying.  All Lynn could do was try to comfort him, but nothing worked.  He was devastated.

The next morning it was confirmed that Britney Spears had died in a plane crash just outside of Los Angeles, CA.  Her plane had experienced an engine failure and crashed.  Everybody on board died. 

Over the next few days, Britney’s body had been flown out to Kentwood where Justin said she would have wanted to be.  He was completely crushed.  Their house in Kentwood was always full with people, but they all stayed away from him, but they kept a close watch on him to make sure that he didn’t try anything stupid.  He wasn’t sleeping and was very irritable.  He screamed at Jonathon for asking a simple question, and now Jonathon wouldn’t go near him.  Not even the guys could get him out of his mood.  They tried to reason with him, but he just wasn’t hearing any of it.

The funeral just made things even worse.  The press was everywhere.  Justin snapped on one photographer.  He punched him in the jaw after they took his picture as he was leaving his house.  The ceremony was beautiful and everything was made to Britney’s liking or how she would have liked it.

After the funeral was over, and everybody had left, Justin stood at her gravesite staring at her headstone, it read:

                                        Britney Jean Timberlake

                                    Dec. 2, 1981- Mar. 23, 2006

                                    She was loved more than anything,

                                    And she loved more than anybody.

                                    She will be forever remembered.

Justin just stood there and read it over and over.  He still was in shock that his baby girl was gone and wasn’t coming back.

“I miss you already baby girl.  I love you so much,” he said with the tears rolling down his cheeks.

He stayed there staring at the casket and the headstone just reading it over and over, until he was interrupted by the grounds crew.

“Mr. Timberlake, I’m sorry but we need to place the casket in the ground sir,” the grounds crewman said.

“Okay,” Justin said getting up and moving back away from the casket.

As the crew lowered the casket into the ground Justin began to say, “ I can’t live without you baby.  I can’t live without you.”

“Justin wake up honey.  Justin wake up,” Britney said trying to wake her husband.

When Justin woke up he looked at her and just reached over and hugged her tightly.

“You were having a nightmare sweetie. It’s okay,” she said rubbing her hands through his hair trying to help calm him down.

“I can’t lose you baby,” he said.

“Hey, I’m not going anywhere.  You got me forever.”