The Last Kiss. Chapter Four.
Title: The Last Kiss
Authors: 'Britney Glass' and Amanda Tavez
Summary: In the midist of starting a family with his girlfriend, JC Chasez faces a crisis.
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance/Drama/Comedy, AU
Notes: Based Loosely on the film 'The Last Kiss' by Tony Goldwyn starring Zach Braff and Rachel Bilson (go rent it! its a good one) which was based on the film 'L'ultimo bacio. '
Disclaimer: I do not own the members of NSYNC...
CHAPTER FOUR: Warning Sign
The sun shined on JC's face. He opened his eyes and then closed them quickly to protect them. His head was pounding and he sat up to see his naked self and naked Tony and Daphne hanging all over him. "Shit..." he muttered to himself as he rubbed his eyes and shoved them aside to get up.
He changed into his clothes and and tip toed his way till he got to the door.
"JC?" he heard Tony call.
JC turned around to see Tony sitting up "Hey, go back to sleep. You look tired..."
Tony stood up and put on some shorts "Where are you going?"
"I have work..."
"But its sunday..."
"I work on sundays..."
"You're not trying to go back to her, are you? You're not confused. You had fun last night. You were amazing. You're free. You're with me...so whats the problem?"
"Nothing. I just gotta get to work. But I'll call you..." he walked up to him and kissed him on the cheek as he went out the door. JC got into his car. He looked sloppy. Shirt all wrinkled up and wrongly buttoned, smelling like alcohol and weed...he headed home.
As soon as he got there, he got out of the car and opened the door. "Nat?? Natalie?!" he yelled. He then went upstairs to their room. It looked half empty. It appeared that she had taken all her stuff and moved out. He found a note on the bed and read it
Josh, please don't bother trying to find me. Don't call me, don't talk to my friends and don't even bother coming to the sonogram tomorrow. - Natalie.
He finished reading the letter with tears. He then walked around their room looking to see if she had really left. He checked the closets. All her stuff was gone. "Fuck!" he then stormed out of the room and then walked out of the house. He slammed the door and rushed down the front steps. He knew exactly where Natalie was.
"Hey JC, whats up? I saw Natalie leaving earlier...you guys moving?" his next door neighbor Howie asked.
"No, Howie..." he got into his car and then pulled out of the driveway. He drove fast and tore down the road ready to take a life if he had to. Minutes later, he pulled into Lance's driveway, got out of the car and banged on his door. "NATALIE!! NATALIE I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE!!" he yelled and banged somemore.
He banged on the door and it opened. Lance was in front of him.
JC eyed Lance. Not wanting to see him. "Lance, where is she?"
"Leave her alone, JC..." Lance replied.
"Just...just let me talk to her..." he looked up over Lance's head "NATALIE!! NATALIE WHERE ARE YOU??? TALK TO ME!!" he yelled.
JC fought his way trying to get in but Lance quickly pushed him from entering his home "Alright, back off, okay? Leave Natalie alone...if she wanted to talk to you, she'd call you. Right now, is a bad time...go back to that boyfriend of yours..."
"Jesus...she told you too?"
"She tells me everything...she's my best friend...now leave alright? You've caused enough trouble for today..."
JC sighed. He turned to leave but just as Lance closed the door, he ran to the door once again trying to pry it open and talk to Natalie. Lance kept pushing him off. He succeeded. JC took a step back breathing hard giving Lance an icy look.
"Fuck, JC! You better leave before I call the police, alright??" Lance said.
"Okay. But you tell Natalie that I'm not going anywhere..." JC got into his car and pulled out of the driveway. Lance watched him and then closed the door. He then went into the hallway where Natalie was backed against a wall listening in on JC and Lance's encounter. Lance hugged her and then led her into the kitchen. He saw the tears on her face "Is he gone?" she asked like a frightened child.
"Yes" Lance replied "And you should have seen him...he looked all jacked up, he smelled like tequila and sex and weed!"
Natalie rolled her eyes "I guess that now that I'm gone, he can have all the alcohol and drug infused sex orgies all he wants...I can't believe him you know?"
"I can't either honey..."
Natalie sipped her coffee thoughtfully "Its just...the minute I think I feel something for him...he just screws me over. With Josh, I felt like I have truely found the one you know? Like I would never ever think twice about being with him because he seemed all too perfect..."
"No one's perfect..."
In the evening, JC stayed in their house. He was lonely, heartbroken and weak. He wanted so bad to settle things with Natalie. He spent the rest of the night walking around the house trying to think up something to make her love him again. He went to the kitchen to get a beer, he then looked at the fridge which was plastered with pictures of him and Natalie in their better days.
At midnight, he sat in the balcony with the chair tilted back looking up at the star filled night sky. He sipped a beer and wished Natalie was with him. He had trouble sleeping and wished he wasn't so in love with her. Everything would be so simple. He would be able to get rid of her like a bug on a window. JC sighed long and hard. The radio was playing "Emotions" by her favorite band The Bee Gees. "In the words of a broken heart, its just emotions taking me over. Caught up in sorrow. Lost in this song. But if you don't come back, come home to me darling, don't you know there's nobody left in this world to hold me tight. Nobody left in this world to kiss goodnight..."
He took another sigh and a swig of his drink. He closed his eyes and then opened them back again when he heard the ringing of his phone.
"Nat?" he answered.
"Hey sexy, its Tony..."
JC hung up his phone and then went back to drown in his sadness.
Back at Lance's, Natalie didn't make an effort to sleep, either. She tossed and turned, closed her eyes and tried to sleep but couldn't. Throwing JC out of her life completely wasn't easy. Her heart still ached for him but after what he did, it took awhile for her to be able to see the man she fell in love with again.
The next day, JC sat at work. He sat at the computer the whole day. He told Chris he was mixing a track but it was just an excuse to not do anything. Joey and Kelly and their little Brianna came by the studio a while later to drop an invitation to their aniversary party over.
"Hey guys!" Joey said cheerfuly.
"Hey Joe" Chris came over to hug his friend. Joey hugged him back then looked at JC who sat there silent just looking at the computer screen "Man, is she still not talking to C?"
"Yeah...I think he spent the night alone at home. Probably didn't get any sleep, either..." Chris replied.
"I'll talk to him.." Joey went up to his sulking friend "Hey man, hows it going?"
JC turned to see Joey looking at him "Oh, hey man. I'm good."
"Hows Natalie and the baby?"
JC stayed silent for a second before saying "She's okay..."
Joey nodded his head. He saw how miserable he was. "Well, we just stopped by to invite you all to the aniversary dinner. And..um, if you uh...you can invite anyone you want..."
JC knew that Joey was refering to Tony and the incident that had happened. Aparently, Natalie had told everyone. Well, not everyone. He knew she would have told her best girlfriends first and that would have eventualy spread out to their boyfriends/husbands which were his best friends.
"Yeah, thanks Joe."
"Okay, well...we'll just be on our way. If there's anything you need, just call the house. Kel and I would love to help you out if you need it..." Joey went back to Kelly and Chris who were talking. JC turned around and saw Joey and Kelly standing there. Joey holding Brianna. Holding Kelly's hand and smiling. That was Joey...the picture of a truely happyily married man with a family. He wanted that.
Chris showed Joey and Kelly out as JC stayed in the studio mixing a track.
"Jace, you have a visitor..." Chris said.
JC's eyes widened. He hoped and prayed it was Natalie coming back to him. He then got up from his seat and went towards the front to see Tony standing there. "Hey!" he said smiling.
Chris looked at JC and then looked back at Tony. JC then looked at Chris "Um, Chris...this is Tony...Tony, this is Chris, my co-worker..."
"Hey" Tony shyly waved. Chris returned it with a handshake. He then patted JC on the shoulder and went back into the studio leaving Tony and JC alone.
"What are you doing here?" JC asked.
"I...there was a business card in your wallet from the other night...um, before you go thinking I'm wierd and everything, I just wanted to give you this..." Tony held out a cd case as JC took it and eyed it "Its a few songs I wrote. They've got a really deep message so I want you to listen closely..."
JC looked at Tony who was smiling at him. He then sighed and gave the cd back to him "Tony, listen...we need to talk...see, I can't see you anymore. I made a huge mistake being with you...and, you're amazing. Don't get me wrong. But...I am having a child with a girl who I am madly in love with. You..you helped me realized something things and I thank you. I am a huge asshole for leading you on in this...I'm really sorry..."
JC's sudden confession didn't fit too well with him. He looked as if he was going to cry "You sleep with me and tell me you're going back to your pregnant girlfriend? What, did she get you to stay by telling you she was pregnant?"
"No, she was pregnant when I met you...and I was confused. I was going through some kind of crisis..."
"JC, listen to me...she's using you!" Tony tried to convince JC to stay with him. JC turned and made his way to the studio to grab his things "Chris, I'm taking off early today. Nat's got a sonogram today I don't wanna miss it..." he said suddenly light on his feet.
Chris held a thumbs up at him "You're making me a godfather the next time I see you, Chasez!" he yelled proud that his friend was all of a sudden standing up for himself.
Tony followed JC out of the studio and to his car "JC! Please! Just please listen to me!!"
JC got into the car and drove off to the hospital. Tony ran a few steps trying to chase after him but then he was too far gone already. Tony threw the CD on the floor and then left upset.
When JC got to the lot of the hospital, he got out of his car and went inside the building. He managed to stop for flowers before going to see her. He went to the admit desk "Excuse me, what room is Natalie Burke in?"
"Room 202. In the maternity ward."
"Thank you..." he went to the elevator and got to the ward. He then walked down the hallway and found her room. He opened the door and found Natalie lying down in the chair. It seems that they had finished the sonogram. Natalie looked at him. Tears filled her eyes as she looked at him and then turned her head.
"Love..." he said softly and walked up to her.
"Go away Josh..." she spat and sniffled her nose "Go away..."
"Just at least let me see the baby..." JC replied. "Tell me if we're going to have a boy or girl..."
"There is no baby..." she sniffled not wanting to look at him.
JC's heart broke right there and then "What?"
"You heard me...there is no baby. I miscarriged...now please go away..." she cried.
JC tried to fight back tears. He exited the room and then quietly and slowly left the hospital. He was scarred. Thinking that it was his fault she lost the baby. As he got to his car. He sat there for awhile. "FUCK!" he yelled as he jabbed the steering wheel with his fist. The tears followed after that. He then started his car and drove away.
Authors: 'Britney Glass' and Amanda Tavez
Summary: In the midist of starting a family with his girlfriend, JC Chasez faces a crisis.
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance/Drama/Comedy, AU
Notes: Based Loosely on the film 'The Last Kiss' by Tony Goldwyn starring Zach Braff and Rachel Bilson (go rent it! its a good one) which was based on the film 'L'ultimo bacio. '
Disclaimer: I do not own the members of NSYNC...
CHAPTER FOUR: Warning Sign
The sun shined on JC's face. He opened his eyes and then closed them quickly to protect them. His head was pounding and he sat up to see his naked self and naked Tony and Daphne hanging all over him. "Shit..." he muttered to himself as he rubbed his eyes and shoved them aside to get up.
He changed into his clothes and and tip toed his way till he got to the door.
"JC?" he heard Tony call.
JC turned around to see Tony sitting up "Hey, go back to sleep. You look tired..."
Tony stood up and put on some shorts "Where are you going?"
"I have work..."
"But its sunday..."
"I work on sundays..."
"You're not trying to go back to her, are you? You're not confused. You had fun last night. You were amazing. You're free. You're with me...so whats the problem?"
"Nothing. I just gotta get to work. But I'll call you..." he walked up to him and kissed him on the cheek as he went out the door. JC got into his car. He looked sloppy. Shirt all wrinkled up and wrongly buttoned, smelling like alcohol and weed...he headed home.
As soon as he got there, he got out of the car and opened the door. "Nat?? Natalie?!" he yelled. He then went upstairs to their room. It looked half empty. It appeared that she had taken all her stuff and moved out. He found a note on the bed and read it
Josh, please don't bother trying to find me. Don't call me, don't talk to my friends and don't even bother coming to the sonogram tomorrow. - Natalie.
He finished reading the letter with tears. He then walked around their room looking to see if she had really left. He checked the closets. All her stuff was gone. "Fuck!" he then stormed out of the room and then walked out of the house. He slammed the door and rushed down the front steps. He knew exactly where Natalie was.
"Hey JC, whats up? I saw Natalie leaving earlier...you guys moving?" his next door neighbor Howie asked.
"No, Howie..." he got into his car and then pulled out of the driveway. He drove fast and tore down the road ready to take a life if he had to. Minutes later, he pulled into Lance's driveway, got out of the car and banged on his door. "NATALIE!! NATALIE I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE!!" he yelled and banged somemore.
He banged on the door and it opened. Lance was in front of him.
JC eyed Lance. Not wanting to see him. "Lance, where is she?"
"Leave her alone, JC..." Lance replied.
"Just...just let me talk to her..." he looked up over Lance's head "NATALIE!! NATALIE WHERE ARE YOU??? TALK TO ME!!" he yelled.
JC fought his way trying to get in but Lance quickly pushed him from entering his home "Alright, back off, okay? Leave Natalie alone...if she wanted to talk to you, she'd call you. Right now, is a bad time...go back to that boyfriend of yours..."
"Jesus...she told you too?"
"She tells me everything...she's my best friend...now leave alright? You've caused enough trouble for today..."
JC sighed. He turned to leave but just as Lance closed the door, he ran to the door once again trying to pry it open and talk to Natalie. Lance kept pushing him off. He succeeded. JC took a step back breathing hard giving Lance an icy look.
"Fuck, JC! You better leave before I call the police, alright??" Lance said.
"Okay. But you tell Natalie that I'm not going anywhere..." JC got into his car and pulled out of the driveway. Lance watched him and then closed the door. He then went into the hallway where Natalie was backed against a wall listening in on JC and Lance's encounter. Lance hugged her and then led her into the kitchen. He saw the tears on her face "Is he gone?" she asked like a frightened child.
"Yes" Lance replied "And you should have seen him...he looked all jacked up, he smelled like tequila and sex and weed!"
Natalie rolled her eyes "I guess that now that I'm gone, he can have all the alcohol and drug infused sex orgies all he wants...I can't believe him you know?"
"I can't either honey..."
Natalie sipped her coffee thoughtfully "Its just...the minute I think I feel something for him...he just screws me over. With Josh, I felt like I have truely found the one you know? Like I would never ever think twice about being with him because he seemed all too perfect..."
"No one's perfect..."
In the evening, JC stayed in their house. He was lonely, heartbroken and weak. He wanted so bad to settle things with Natalie. He spent the rest of the night walking around the house trying to think up something to make her love him again. He went to the kitchen to get a beer, he then looked at the fridge which was plastered with pictures of him and Natalie in their better days.
At midnight, he sat in the balcony with the chair tilted back looking up at the star filled night sky. He sipped a beer and wished Natalie was with him. He had trouble sleeping and wished he wasn't so in love with her. Everything would be so simple. He would be able to get rid of her like a bug on a window. JC sighed long and hard. The radio was playing "Emotions" by her favorite band The Bee Gees. "In the words of a broken heart, its just emotions taking me over. Caught up in sorrow. Lost in this song. But if you don't come back, come home to me darling, don't you know there's nobody left in this world to hold me tight. Nobody left in this world to kiss goodnight..."
He took another sigh and a swig of his drink. He closed his eyes and then opened them back again when he heard the ringing of his phone.
"Nat?" he answered.
"Hey sexy, its Tony..."
JC hung up his phone and then went back to drown in his sadness.
Back at Lance's, Natalie didn't make an effort to sleep, either. She tossed and turned, closed her eyes and tried to sleep but couldn't. Throwing JC out of her life completely wasn't easy. Her heart still ached for him but after what he did, it took awhile for her to be able to see the man she fell in love with again.
The next day, JC sat at work. He sat at the computer the whole day. He told Chris he was mixing a track but it was just an excuse to not do anything. Joey and Kelly and their little Brianna came by the studio a while later to drop an invitation to their aniversary party over.
"Hey guys!" Joey said cheerfuly.
"Hey Joe" Chris came over to hug his friend. Joey hugged him back then looked at JC who sat there silent just looking at the computer screen "Man, is she still not talking to C?"
"Yeah...I think he spent the night alone at home. Probably didn't get any sleep, either..." Chris replied.
"I'll talk to him.." Joey went up to his sulking friend "Hey man, hows it going?"
JC turned to see Joey looking at him "Oh, hey man. I'm good."
"Hows Natalie and the baby?"
JC stayed silent for a second before saying "She's okay..."
Joey nodded his head. He saw how miserable he was. "Well, we just stopped by to invite you all to the aniversary dinner. And..um, if you uh...you can invite anyone you want..."
JC knew that Joey was refering to Tony and the incident that had happened. Aparently, Natalie had told everyone. Well, not everyone. He knew she would have told her best girlfriends first and that would have eventualy spread out to their boyfriends/husbands which were his best friends.
"Yeah, thanks Joe."
"Okay, well...we'll just be on our way. If there's anything you need, just call the house. Kel and I would love to help you out if you need it..." Joey went back to Kelly and Chris who were talking. JC turned around and saw Joey and Kelly standing there. Joey holding Brianna. Holding Kelly's hand and smiling. That was Joey...the picture of a truely happyily married man with a family. He wanted that.
Chris showed Joey and Kelly out as JC stayed in the studio mixing a track.
"Jace, you have a visitor..." Chris said.
JC's eyes widened. He hoped and prayed it was Natalie coming back to him. He then got up from his seat and went towards the front to see Tony standing there. "Hey!" he said smiling.
Chris looked at JC and then looked back at Tony. JC then looked at Chris "Um, Chris...this is Tony...Tony, this is Chris, my co-worker..."
"Hey" Tony shyly waved. Chris returned it with a handshake. He then patted JC on the shoulder and went back into the studio leaving Tony and JC alone.
"What are you doing here?" JC asked.
"I...there was a business card in your wallet from the other night...um, before you go thinking I'm wierd and everything, I just wanted to give you this..." Tony held out a cd case as JC took it and eyed it "Its a few songs I wrote. They've got a really deep message so I want you to listen closely..."
JC looked at Tony who was smiling at him. He then sighed and gave the cd back to him "Tony, listen...we need to talk...see, I can't see you anymore. I made a huge mistake being with you...and, you're amazing. Don't get me wrong. But...I am having a child with a girl who I am madly in love with. You..you helped me realized something things and I thank you. I am a huge asshole for leading you on in this...I'm really sorry..."
JC's sudden confession didn't fit too well with him. He looked as if he was going to cry "You sleep with me and tell me you're going back to your pregnant girlfriend? What, did she get you to stay by telling you she was pregnant?"
"No, she was pregnant when I met you...and I was confused. I was going through some kind of crisis..."
"JC, listen to me...she's using you!" Tony tried to convince JC to stay with him. JC turned and made his way to the studio to grab his things "Chris, I'm taking off early today. Nat's got a sonogram today I don't wanna miss it..." he said suddenly light on his feet.
Chris held a thumbs up at him "You're making me a godfather the next time I see you, Chasez!" he yelled proud that his friend was all of a sudden standing up for himself.
Tony followed JC out of the studio and to his car "JC! Please! Just please listen to me!!"
JC got into the car and drove off to the hospital. Tony ran a few steps trying to chase after him but then he was too far gone already. Tony threw the CD on the floor and then left upset.
When JC got to the lot of the hospital, he got out of his car and went inside the building. He managed to stop for flowers before going to see her. He went to the admit desk "Excuse me, what room is Natalie Burke in?"
"Room 202. In the maternity ward."
"Thank you..." he went to the elevator and got to the ward. He then walked down the hallway and found her room. He opened the door and found Natalie lying down in the chair. It seems that they had finished the sonogram. Natalie looked at him. Tears filled her eyes as she looked at him and then turned her head.
"Love..." he said softly and walked up to her.
"Go away Josh..." she spat and sniffled her nose "Go away..."
"Just at least let me see the baby..." JC replied. "Tell me if we're going to have a boy or girl..."
"There is no baby..." she sniffled not wanting to look at him.
JC's heart broke right there and then "What?"
"You heard me...there is no baby. I miscarriged...now please go away..." she cried.
JC tried to fight back tears. He exited the room and then quietly and slowly left the hospital. He was scarred. Thinking that it was his fault she lost the baby. As he got to his car. He sat there for awhile. "FUCK!" he yelled as he jabbed the steering wheel with his fist. The tears followed after that. He then started his car and drove away.