Title: All For Love
by Melissa - babieangeleyes@yahoo.comDisclaimer: I dunno any of the famous (or almost famous) people in this story. This is pure fiction if you can't handle things that are 110% fiction then don't read anything past this warning, cause lemme tell ya! This is the only thing in my whole story, besides the title, famous people's names, well you know what I'm trying to say. Hope you like the story and if you like it, then I'll keep writing. ~Author
Main Character: Jacob
Total Chapters: 37
PrologueCory Morgan thought that when she got signed to JIVE Records, that she could handle being on the same label as Britney Spears. She even thought she could handle going on tour with the ‘Pop Princess’. What happens when the hottest man in music develops a crush on her? Can they be just friends or will her relationship with her boyfriend fall apart? Can love really survive a life-threatening illness?
Chapter 1
"Put a smile on your face." ~Vitamin C"You better get going or you're gonna be late!" my best friend and roomate, Monica Richards, yelled as she watched me scrambling around the house.
I knew I shouldn’t have spent that extra day with Jacob! I scolded myself as I finally headed out of the house with my things.
"I sure hope you had fun with Jacob!" Monica joked.
I shot her a dirty look as if to say ‘Don’t-go-there’.
You're probably wondering who the hell Jacob is, and why I spent an extra day with him and where I'm going.
Well, I’ll start from the beginning.
My name is Courtney Morgan, but people call me Cory, I make them call me Cory. I’m almost nineteen years old and I live with my best friend Monica. We’ve been best friends since well forever! I’m a singer and I have been since I was able to talk. About a month ago, I signed with JIVE Records and released a single and a music video. I’m about 5’6" and 120lbs even. I have shoulder-length chocolate-brown hair with emerald green eyes, tan and lean from working with my dance choreographer. I've also been dancing since I could walk.
Jacob well, how can I describe Jacob as anything other than great?! His full name’s Jacob Underwood, sorry I’m not allowed to say his middle name. I've been his girlfriend for almost a year and I can't say his middle name! Talk about being jiprocked! Sorry, that’s one of my ‘words’.
Jacob is one of eight semi-finalists for a new boy band called O-Town. You know that show, ‘Making The Band’? Well, that’s my boyfriend.
I had just got back from visiting him for a little while at their home in Orlando, where they tape them doing all these things.
Okay, hopefully now you're caught up! Let’s get back to the story, shall we?
"Do you have everything?" Monica asked me.
I nodded, "can we get going now?"
Monica sighed loudly as she climbed into the passenger seat of my car, a 2000 Ford Mustang convertible. Sweet car!!!
"Are you excited? You get the meet the one and only Britney-Bitchney-Spears?"
"I've already met her and for your information she's not a bitch. At least, I don’t think so anymore."
Okay I never really liked Britney. I mean, c’mon she had implants when she was seventeen!!
Seventeen!! You don’t stop growing those until you're eighteen or older!
Okay, sorry!
I used to not like her because of all the rumors of her and Justin Timberlake of *NSYNC going out. After I found Jacob, my baby, I didn’t really care anymore if they were or if they weren't.
"The only reason you like her now is because you're going on tour with her."
"So what? Mon, I met Britney and I was wrong about her." I shrugged as I drove down the highway.
"Will you be getting your own bus or do you hafta share?"
I shrugged again, "I’ll find out when we get there. Are you gonna take good care of my car?"
Monica rolled her eyes and groaned.
I love my car, it's was the first thing I bought with my money. The rest of it's going into a bank account for my little sister for when she goes to college.
"Yes I will take good care of your baby."
"I don’t want you taking care of Jacob!" I snapped, joking.
"You're OTHER baby."
"Oh, you mean the car?"
"Duh! I swear you're a blonde."
"I am not! I just act like one!" I defended.
Monica just rolled her eyes again and laughed as I neared the parking lot where everyone was gonna meet at.
Chapter 2
"Love will find a way." ~Christina Aguilera"I still can't believe that my best friend has a record deal and is on the same label as Bitchney, oops! I mean Britney, *NSYNC, and BSB. Is Jacob jealous?"
"Why should he be jealous? He's gonna be getting a record deal real soon. I know he’s a shoe-in for O-Town."
"You really think so?"
I nodded, "Oh yeah! I sat in on a few practices and he’s really good."
"I bet you're really proud and I bet he is too."
"I am," I smiled at the memory of Jacob singing and dancing around the studio. "Here we are. Are you sure you don’t wanna go with me and hang out on tour?"
Monica shook her head no; "I've got work and Jeremy."
Jeremy and Monica have been going out for the loongest time! They really love each other and have even talked about marriage someday. Jeremy is like a second brother to me. He’s the brother I wouldn’t kill.
Matt, my older brother, is SO annoying!!! I swear!
"You and Jeremy, don’t get all crazed on me while I’m gone."
"I won't. Do you honestly think that he's the one for me?"
"It doesn’t matter if I think it, you hafta think it. But you are cute together." I stated as I parked the car in front of about four HUGE buses.
"I bet you one of those is yours." Monica predicted.
"I bet not. I bet you they got me bunking with my dancers."
I have four dancers, Meredith, Jayme, Nicole, and Rachel. They're the greatest. Once we met, we became fast friends.
"I bet you have your own bus." Monica repeated as she and I climbed out of the car.
"Heya Girlie!" Nicole called as she neared us.
"Hey Sweets." I smiled as we hugged.
"Where’s your stuff? The loading guy needs to load your bus for you."
"I have I have my own bus?" I asked softly.
She nodded, "Yeah you do. C’mon, the other acts wanna meet you."
I nodded then grabbed Monica’s hand then dragged her with me over to the small group of people.
"Guys, Cory’s here." Nicole announced.
I waved as everyone said hi to me at once.
"Are we all ready to go?" Jonah, my manager, asked.
Everyone nodded then started off to their buses, everyone except Britney.
"I bet you're wondering who everyone is." Britney guessed.
"I know some of them. Four of them are my dancers."
"And a few of them are my dancers. The rest are either a member of *NSYNC or BSB."
"We’re going on tour with BSB and *NSYNC?"
She nodded, "I know it must be overwhelming, but don’t worry. If you have any questions or just wanna talk, I’m here."
I smiled, "Thanks. Oh, Britney this is my bestest friend in the whole wide world, Monica. Monica, Britney."
They exchanged hellos then Monica turned to me, "I better be getting back. You have a good tour and don’t for get to call or e-mail."
I nodded then saluted her. "Yes ma’am."
We hugged then I watched as she got into my car and drove off, my stuff at my feet. "C’mon, I’ll help you get settled."
I nodded then picked up some of the stuff, Britney with the rest, and we loaded onto my bus. "Does everyone have their own bus?" I asked.
She nodded, "*NSYNC is in one bus, BSB in one, our dancers are in another, you in this one, and me in one."
"Wow!" I exclaimed as I looked around my bus.
"It's great, they customized it to fit you."
"Oh, so that’s what that little questionnaire was for."
Brit nodded, "Yeah, they did it to me too. If you ever wanna hang with me on my bus, you can. Or if you want me to bunk with you, let me know."
I nodded, "Thanks for helping me out with all this."
She nodded, "I better head over to my bus and get settled in, I’ll see you."
"Okay, see you." I smiled then watched as she left my bus.
Chapter 3
"Try to say goodbye and I choke." ~Macy GrayI sighed as I plugged in my laptop.
I wonder if Jacob’s on or if he’s at rehearsal. I thought.
Looking at my buddy list, I saw that someone was on under Jacob’s name.
Quickly opening a p2p box, I typed in ‘hello’
Babie_angel: hello!
Otown_boyz: hey girlie!
Babie_angel: I thought you would be at rehearsal or something
Otown_boyz: nah, we got the day off
Babie_angel: who’m I talking to???
Otown_boyz: (laughs) it's Ashley, I bet you wanna talk to your boy
Babie_angel: I don’t care
Otown_boyz: hang on, lemme tell him you're online
Otown_boyz: hey babygurl, wazzup?
Babie_angel: hey you! how you doing?
Otown_boyz: I’m good, just tired
Babie_angel: I bet!
Otown_boyz: how’s tour life?
Babie_angel: boring!!! The only good thing is I got my own bus.
Otown_boyz: you got your own bus???
Babie_angel: yeah, I did. It's lonely
Otown_boyz: I bet. Who you touring wit?
Babie_angel: BSB, Britney Spears, and *NSYNC
Otown_boyz: the big people! You know, our names are gonna be up there someday.
Babie_angel: I can't wait, O-Town and Cory that sounds good
Otown_boyz: it does, I gotta go, Marc and Jay probably need to yell at us again
Babie_angel: what’d you do now?
Otown_boyz: I didn’t do anything!
Babie_angel: sure Underwood! I believe that one! :)
Otown_boyz: my own girlfriend! Did u get my e-mail?
Babie_angel: I haven't checked my mail yet, why?
Otown_boyz: just check it then email me back.
Babie_angel: will do, will you be on later?
Otown_boyz: yeah, what time do you want me to be on?
Babie_angel: we have our first concert tonite so how about
Otown_boyz: just email me when you get on, I know someone’ll be on tonite
Babie_angel: how about I call u instead?
Otown_boyz: even better, I’ll be waiting for your call. Babie_angel: if I can't get a hold of you on the phone, I’ll email you
Otown_boyz: okay, good luck tonite!
Babie_angel: thank you sweets, I love you
Otown_boyz: I love you too, think of me when you sing ur heart out
Babie_angel: I will, bye babe
Otown_boyz: bye babyI sighed as I logged off, then went to my email account
Gazing down the list, my eye caught the note Jacob had been talking about.
Opening it, I smiled once everything had been downloaded.
He had sent me a picture of us together, taken at the airport before I left.
"Sweetie," I smiled as I sent Jacob a reply.
Chapter 4
"As the world turns" ~EminemI sighed as I watched Britney run through her set.
"Hey, you're Cory right?" asked a voice.
I turned and came face to face with Justin Timberlake. "Yeah, you're Justin?"
He nodded, "yeah, sorry I didn’t get a chance to talk to you before."
"It's okay, I know you were busy."
"Cory!" Jonah yelled for me.
Looking over at him, I noticed that it was my turn. I turned back to Justin, "Sorry, duty calls."
*****After Soundcheck*****
I took a deep breath and let it out as I stepped in front of my full-length mirror.
I wore a short sleeve baby blue silk button down shirt to reveal a white tube top that showed my stomach and navel ring, a pair of white flares, and black Doc Marten boots.
"Ready to go?" Jonah asked as he appeared with a camera.
"What's the camera for?" I eyed him.
"Jacob, he wants a picture of your performance outfit before every concert. I promised." I sighed and smiled as I struck a pose for Jonah.
A few seconds after I took the picture, I was called out to get my headset put on.
As I let the man clip the headset pack to the back of my waist, I heard the announcer warming up the crowd.
"Picture!" Jonah exclaimed as I stood at the stage exit.
I struck a quick pose then walked out on stage.
"How you doing?" I yelled into my headset.
The crowd cheered.
I smiled, my nerves starting to go away and my body loosening up. "We have a great show for you tonight. You wanna know who’s here?"
The crowd screamed.
"We have Britney Spears, BSB, and *NSYNC!"
The crowd went wild at the mention of one of those three names.
"And I’m Cory, hopefully you’ll come to know me, and like me. So, if you don’t mind, I’d like to start things off. Is that okay with you guys?"
The crowd screamed yes and I smiled as I took my position for the first song.
*****After The Show*****
I groaned tiredly as I headed into my hotel room.
"You okay?" Britney asked as she walked to her room, which was next door to me.
I nodded, "Just tired."
"You should be, you was all over the place tonight." She smiled.
I smiled back, "Thanks, you weren't so bad yourself Mizz Spears."
"Oh, the medley."
I nodded, "Yeah, it was cool though."
"So whaddya gonna do now?" Britney asked.
I just shrugged, "I dunno, maybe sleep in a tub of ice to cool off maybe?"
"The cold you get afterwards, it's not worth it."
I laughed softly, "Whaddya gonna go do?"
"Probably hang out with the guys of *NSYNC or something."
"What about the guys of BSB?" I asked.
"They're a bunch of boring guys."
I laughed, "Well have fun." I turned to go into my room to call Jacob when Britney stopped me.
"C’mon, you're coming with me."
"I, I can't, I hafta return a phone call." I stuttered out.
"Yeah, sure, c’mon it’ll be fun."
"How about this? I make my phone call and I’ll meet you in there. What room?"
Britney told me the room then said bye.
Chapter 5
"Don’t say you love me, you don’t even know me." ~M2MI sighed softly as I entered my room. I had no intention of joining Britney in the guys’ room. I just wanted to lay down with the phone and talk to my babyboy!
Dialing the number I knew so well, I waited for someone to answer.
"Hello?" Mike answered the phone.
"Hey Kid," I greeted.
"Hey Cory, how you doing girl? I heard you made your debut tonight."
"I did, I did."
"How did you do?"
"It was great! I’m VERY tired now, but it was great!"
"The crowd liked you?"
"They were dancing in the isles, they didn’t know the words or anything, but that didn’t stop their dancing."
"I bet it was a lot of fun."
"Oh, it was." I gushed then stopped myself.
"I bet you wanna talk to a certain person that goes by the name of Jacob?"
"Only if he’s there."
"He is, lemme wake him up."
"Oh, no, don’t do that."
"If I don’t, and he missed your call the last thing I’ll have to worry about is making this group. Hang on a sec."
"Okay." I agreed then waited as Mike woke up my boyfriend.
Seconds later, a groggy ‘yeah?’ greeted me.
"Hey Sleepyhead, how are you?" I asked softly.
"Hey you, how was the concert?" he asked tiredly.
"It went well, I had people dancing in the isles."
"That’s so great to hear Baby."
"If you're tired, I’ll let you go-"
He cut me off, "No, I’m never too tired to talk to my girlie girl. Did you get my email?" I smiled into the phone. "I did.
"You like the picture?"
"I did, I just gotta find a printer now so I can print it out."
"You don’t have a picture of us with you?" he asked, surprised.
"Yes I do, it's with me right now. I took it out of my bus when I checked into the hotel. I’m holding it right now!"
"Tell me what your bus’s like. Please?"
"Okay. It's huge, to start off with. When you walk in, there's this long couch that lines the walls, the couches soon run into the small kitchen area that’s stocked full of food for me."
"That’s good, we both know how you like to munch."
"Hey! At least I'm not the one that gets weird cravings late at night!"
"You may not get weird cravings, but you do get cravings. You're the one that likes Flaming Hot Cheetos©."
"What is wrong with that? Those are good!"
"They're hot!"
"Oh, you big baby!"
"I may be a big baby, but I’m your big baby!"
I smiled again; he always knew what to say to bring a smile to my face.
"You're smiling aren't you?"
"Yeah, so what?"
"Is Jonah taking pictures of you like I asked him to?"
"Yes he is. He took one of me with and without my headset. He even took one of me before I headed to wardrobe, hair, and makeup."
"Good, when are you gonna be in Florida doing a concert?"
"I think, two more shows then we’re there."
"Where you at now?"
"I can't say."
"Why not?"
"Cause."
"Cause why?"
"Cause then I’d hafta kill you." I joked.
"How you gonna kill me?"
"I’m not gonna kiss you for a whole week."
"A week?!? You're so mean to me."
I smiled, "I know. Babes, I better go, I know you got a big day ahead of you and so do I. I’ll call you tomorrow night?"
"I’ll be waiting."
"Are you gonna have whoever answers the phone wake you up if you're asleep? It may be pretty late."
"I don’t care, you're my baby and I wanna talk to you every single day!"
"On the phone?"
"Of course!"
"I’ll try."
"I know you will, I love you Cory."
"I love you Jacob, bye Sweets."
"Bye Baby, sweet dreams of me tonight."
"Sweet dreams of me tonight." I told him back then hung up.
Sighing happily, I headed to the guys of *NSYNC’s room.