Title: All For Love (continued)
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Chapter 6
"I will give you the stars." ~Britney Spears

"You made it!" Britney smiled as she met me at the door.

I nodded, "I told you I’d come. I just had to call someone. I promised and I always keep my promises."

I looked around the room and smiled at the five guys. "Hi."

"Hey." They chorused.

"Showoffs." Britney muttered good-naturedly as she and I took a seat in on the floor in front if the off TV.

"How did you hafta call?" Joey asked.

"A friend from home. I told them that I’d call after the concert tonight."

"A friend from home? Good lie, seriously, who was it?" Chris joined in with a smile.

"None of your business Mr. Kirkpatrick! Who I call on my time is my business, not yours so get over it!"

"Ooh, feisty!" Justin exclaimed from his perch on the bed.

"Shut up Timberlake, you wouldn’t know feisty unless it bit you on the butt!" Britney snapped.

Justin sat up and raised his butt in the air, "Go for it Brit, bite away."

"Yeah right! Like I wanna even TOUCH your ghetto bootie!"

I snickered as I watched Britney and Justin fight.

As they fought, Jonah came into the room, "Cor, can I see you for a second?"

I nodded then followed him out into the hall.

Britney

"So, whaddya guys think of her?"

"She's private!" Chris exclaimed.

"So, she doesn’t know us yet, why would she wanna tell you goofballs who she was talking to.

Ya’ll are just too nosy."

"Oh? And you aren't?"

"Nope! I’m not." I smiled defiantly at him as Cory re-entered the room.

"You okay?" I asked once I saw her face.

She nodded, "I just I gotta go now. I’ll see you later."

I nodded then watched as she quickly left the room.

"She isn't okay, something’s wrong." Justin declared.

I nodded, "I know, and I’m gonna find out what it is!"

Cory

I fought against tears as I practically ran back to my room.

There was something wrong, Erik had called the hotel.

Dialing the number I had earlier, I waited for someone to answer.

"Hello?" Erik answered.

"Hey, you called?" I asked hurriedly.

"Yeah, Cor, Jacob’s been taken to the hospital."

"What? Why? Erik, he was fine a few minutes ago!" I cried, not hearing the door open behind me.

"Cor, I’m so sorry. One minute he was hanging up with you and the next he just collapsed."

"Well, what was he doing before it happened?"

"He hadn't been doing anything today, except sleeping. The only times he's been awake today are when he talked to you, either on the computer or on the phone."

"What about yesterday? Was he okay yesterday?"

"That’s when he started having problems. Cor, he probably just hasn’t been eating right."

"You think so?" I asked softly, still not seeing my visitor.

"I’m sure if it. If you want, you can call the hospital."

"No, I don’t think they’ve put him in a room yet." I dismissed.

"How about I give you the number as soon as I get it and you can call then. They’ll let you talk to him, you're his girlfriend."

"Just because I’m his girlfriend doesn’t mean I’ll get to talk to him." I argued.

"It might."

"Do you have the number?"

"Cory, hang on, Marc wants to talk to you. Here."

I waited for Marc to come onto the phone.

"Cory?"

"Yeah Marc?"

"Are you okay?"

"No, what's wrong with Jacob?" I asked instantly.

"He collapsed. Cory, don’t worry, Jay is with him right now."

I moaned as I fought against tears. "I’m really scared for him right now Marc, what is wrong with him? Do you know what happened?"

"He was talking to Erik, Trevor, and Mike when he just collapsed."

"When did he collapse?"

"A few minutes after he hung up with you."

If I hadn't been in a rush to meet Britney in the guys’ room "Cory, if you want to know about Jacob, call Jay’s cell phone."

"I don’t have the number."

After getting the number, I quickly hung up with Marc.

"Who’s Jacob?" Britney asked from the doorway.

I looked at her; "He’s my boyfriend. He’s the ‘friend from home’ that I called earlier. If you want, you can sit down, I gotta make another call."

Britney nodded then sat down on the bed in front of me as I dialed the number to Jay’s cell phone.

Chapter 7
"Tell me what I gotta do to please you." ~Joe

I waited in silence for Jay to answer his phone.

Finally, he answered. "Hello?"

"Jay?" my voice cracked.

"Cory, are you okay?"

"No, Erik called me and told me that Jacob was taken to the hospital, is he okay?"

"Yeah, he just got tired and dehydrated. Do you wanna talk to him?"

"Please?" I begged softly.

"Here you go Sweetie."

"I told you never to call me here." Jacob joked softly.

"And I told you to never scare the hell out of me!" I scolded.

"Who told?"

"Erik, he called me and told me, then Marc got on the phone and gave me Jay’s cell phone number."

"I’m okay."

"I told you that you needed to take care of yourself Baby."

"Cory, I don’t need a lecture on health right now!" Jacob retorted.

"Jacob"

"Courtney, I’m fine. I just didn’t drink enough water and I got too tired."

"I shouldn’t have called you so late."

"You kept a promise to me. I told you that it didn’t matter how late, I would never forgive myself if I missed one of your calls."

"And I would never forgive myself if I missed one of your calls."

"Then why are we fighting?"

"We’re both probably tired."

"You're right.

"When are they letting you out?"

"Tomorrow sometime. I’ll call your cell when I do. They're gonna make me take it easy for the rest of the week."

"Are Lou, Jay, and Ty gonna hold it against you?"

"Nah, I’ll just come back full force and show them that there’s nothing wrong with me. So, when are you coming to see me?"

I looked at Britney, "Hang on Baby, lemme check." I covered the mouthpiece, then asked Britney, "When are we going to Orlando?"

"That’s our next stop. We’ll be there in a few days."

"How long are we staying?"

"A few days, then you go up to New York to host TRL."

"Oh dag! Wowwie!" I turned back to the phone. "Hey Baby?"

No answer.

He’s asleep.

"Yeah Babe?" Jacob answered softly.

"I’ll be there in a few days, think you'll be out by then?"

"You bet I will be! Are you coming in through the airport?"

I looked at Britney again, and mouthed "Airport?"

She nodded, then wrote down all the information for me.

"Yeah, they’re gonna drive the buses down to Orlando. We hafta get there as soon as possible."

"Can I meet you at the airport?"

"You better believe you can." I smiled.

"Here’s Jay, talk to him. They just gave me something to make me sleep."

"Sleep well Baby, don’t make Erik and the guys call me again tonight please?"

Jacob laughed softly, "I won't, here’s Jay."

I waited for Jay to come on the phone. "Hey girl."

"Hey Jay, can Jacob meet me at the airport the day after tomorrow?"

"Sure, what time and terminal?"

I gave him the times and places then hung up.

"Is he okay?" Britney asked at once.

I nodded, "He just got too tired and dehydrated. I get to see him in a few days. Say, are we doing anything tomorrow?"

Britney thought for a second then shook her head no. "Why?"

"Whaddya say about a little shopping spree?"

Britney’s face lit up. "You read my mind girl!"

We laughed then talked about what stores we liked.

Chapter 8
"I turn to you." ~Christina Aguilera

*****The Next Day*****

I smiled as Britney and I came out of Old Navy.

"You should've bought that shirt!" she exclaimed as we headed down to the Food Court.

I shook my head no; "It was too you know, you're right. Think I should go back and get it?" she nodded. "Yeah, lets go! You need something hot to meet your baby in."

I smiled at the thought of Jacob, then wondered if he was okay.

As if on cue, my cell phone rang. "Hello?"

"Hey Baby!" Jacob greeted cheerfully.

"Hey Sweetie, how are you?"

"I’m okay, I just got finished watching the guys practice ‘Love Potion’ again."

"So, I take it you're out?"

"I’m out! I was a good little boy!"

"You better have been."

"Oh you bet! I wanna see you as soon as you get here!"

I smiled as Britney and I walked back into Old Navy. "You will, the flight is the day after tomorrow, think you can hang in there for that long?"

"UGH!!! You better make it worth it!"

"Where’s that darn hang-up button?" I asked absently.

"No! don’t hang up on me! I’ll be good."

"Promise?" I asked.

"Promise," he complied.

I smiled, "I better go, Brit and I are shopping."

"Whaddya gonna get me?" he asked jokingly.

"Whaddya want?" I asked seriously.

"I don’t want anything, I just want you."

"You're too sweet. I’ll get you something. I’ll call you tonight, okay?"

"I’ll keep Ashley and Ikaika off the phone."

I smiled, "Okay. Love ya Baby."

"Love ya too." We hung up.

I smiled as I clipped my phone back onto my hip.

"Loverboy?" Britney guessed.

I smiled, "Yeah. I gotta get him something."

"Okay, that’ll be our next task."

I grabbed the shirt we had come back to get, "Okay, got it!"

"I think that shirt looks too cute on you." she gushed.

I blushed, "Thanks, what about that shirt you tried on?"

"I didn’t like the color."

"Well, lets find you one in your color!" I stated as I led the way over to the shirts she was looking at earlier.

*****Later That Day*****

I sighed tiredly as Britney and I headed into the hotel.

"How much did you guys buy?" Justin asked as he met us in the lobby.

"Just enough." Britney smiled then looked at me, "c’mon, I wanna see the outfit you got."

"You're on!" I agreed then followed her to the elevator. I looked back and Justin and smiled, "See ya!"

"Yeah, see ya." He said after me.

Upstairs, Britney and I dropped our bags on my HUGE bed.

"Okay Miss Model, time to do your thing." Britney stated as she pulled my new gear out of their bags.

I sighed as I trudged to the bathroom to put the outfit together; a pair of tan Capri pants and a gray Old Navy baby tee.

"Okay, honestly, how does this look?" I asked as I stepped out of the bathroom, wearing my possible ensemble to meet Jacob.

"Wow! You hafta wear that at the next concert!"

"At the next concert, Jacob’s gonna be there with a few of his friends."

"How’d he get tickets?" Britney asked.

"Jonah gave me a few to give him. I don’t wanna wear this at the airport then at the concert. You hafta help me pick something sexy out for the concert."

"Okay!" Britney agreed happily.

I smiled as I headed back into the bathroom to change clothes.

Chapter 9
"I wanna get down, but not the first night." ~Monica

*****Later That Night, @ The Pool*****

"This is so much fun!" Britney exclaimed as she and I swam lazily around the pool.

"No boys, this is great!" I agreed.

"Well, the boys thing you're right!" Britney stopped then looked at me seriously. "You know what we should do?"

"What?" I stopped what I was doing.

"Why don’t we go back up to either my or your hotel room and just have a long girl talk."

"That sounds good, let’s go!" Britney and I hopped out of the pool.

"Wait, which room?"

"Which room has food?" I asked. "Mine!"

"You sure?"

I nodded, "Oh yeah! That and it's farthest away from the ten guys we’re on tour with."

"You're right! Lets go!"

I smiled as Britney and I went our separate ways to change. "Meet you back at your room."

I nodded then let myself into the spacious room, deciding to call Jacob really quick.

After changing into a pair of gray flannel pajama bottoms and a gray tank top, I pulled my hair back and sat down to use the phone.

"Knock, knock!" Britney entered the room.

"Hey, lemme check up on my baby then we’ll break out the food and music, okay?"

"Sure, go for it." She sat down in front of me on the giant bed.

"Hello?" Ikaika answered the phone.

"Hey Ikaika, how’s it going?" I asked cheerfully.

"Hang on, lemme get him." He stated dismissively then put the phone down.

Seconds later, Jacob picked up the phone, "hello?"

"I take it Ikaika isn't in the talking mood." I stated.

"Oh, don’t mind him he’s just mad right now. He was waiting for his girlfriend to call him."

"Oh yeah? When was the last time they talked?"

"Does the last time she was here count?"

"That long?! Dang, no wonder he’s got his panties in a wad."

Jacob laughed, "So are you excited about the day after tomorrow?"

"Of course, we’re performing in Orlando!" I joked.

"Funny," he stated dryly.

I smiled into the phone, "I thought it was. Oh hey, guess what show you gotta tape!"

"What show and when?"

"Next Monday, I’m gonna be guest hosting TRL."

"You and *NSYNC." Britney told me.

I covered the phone, "them too?"

She nodded, "They're releasing ‘Gonna Be Me’ then."

"Oh," I uncovered the receiver, "Actually, it's gonna be me and *NSYNC."

"You and *NSYNC?"

"Yeah, are you jealous?"

"Me? Why, do I have any reason to be?"

"Nope! None whatsoever!" I comforted him.

We talked for a few more seconds before Ikaika made him get off the phone.

I turned to Britney after I had hung up.

"Well? How is he doing?"

"He's doing good. He’s really looking forward to me coming and everything."

"That’s good, OH! I have a question for you."

"What is it?" I asked as I began removing food from the cabinets.

"What do you think of Justin?"

I laughed, "I don’t, why?"

"He wanted me to ask if he's got a shot with you."

"No offense to him, but not a shot in hell. As a friend, yeah, but the way I think he’s implying, no!"

"Oh, I better go tell him. I just LOVE crushing his fragile little ego!"

I laughed, "Go for it."

"Be right back." She said then left the room.

Chapter 10
"And I think about you all the time." ~Britney Spears

"I’m back, didya miss me?" Britney joked as she re-entered my hotel room.

"Nope," I joked back.

"Well, it's good to see I’ve got a quality friend."

I smiled, "Don’t it though?"

We laughed as we sat down on the floor in front of the TV and stereo. "What did he say?"

"He was crushed."

"Did you tell him about Jacob?" I asked.

She shook her head no, "Nah, he doesn’t know you’ve got a boyfriend."

"What did you tell him?"

"I told him that you weren’t interested in dating right now, that you wanted to focus on the beginning of your career."

"I have a question for you, if you don’t mind me asking."

"What?"

"Why haven't you and Justin hooked up yet? I mean, when I look at the two of you, it could work."

Britney shook her head no; "his fans already hate me because of the rumors. I’ve received letters from them bashing me saying he could do SO much better than a fake, skanky, hoe like me."

"Ouch! That’s harsh, but those words aren't true."

"What did you think of me first time you saw me?"

"I thought you was a good singer. What did you think of me when you saw me?"

"The first real time I saw you, the REAL you, was onstage."

"And?" I urged her on.

Britney laughed, "You're impatient too! I thought you were gonna give me a run for my money."

"You better believe it girl! No, whatever happens I want you to know that you're one of my really good friends. You were the first one to talk to me on this tour. You know, I’ve seen the guys of BSB, but they’ve never talked to me."

"Talk about being stuckup!" Britney exclaimed.

"I know! They act like they're too good to be on this tour with us."

"They aren't, if anything, it's the other way around."

"I know!" I smiled then realized we had run out of cokes. "I’m gonna go down to the machines and get me something to drink, you want something?"

"I’ll go with you." Britney stood up then we headed downstairs.

*****Downstairs In The Lobby*****

Britney and I were laughing as we exited the elevator.

"What are you gonna wanna want to drink?" I asked as we stepped up to the vending machine.

"Hey Britney, another one of your friends?" Nick Carter asked as he came up behind us.

"Yeah," Britney smiled at me, "she is."

I turned around to face him; "I’m also your opening act."

"You're Cory?"

"Who were you expecting, the queen of England? Cause if you were sorry to disappoint you." I smiled as I bent and grabbed my Coke.

After Britney got something to drink, she and I headed back up to my room.

"What a stuck-up jerk!" I exclaimed loud enough for him to hear me.

*****Two Days Later, On The Plane*****

I sighed heavily as the plane started to land.

"Are you okay?" Britney asked from beside me.

I nodded, "Yeah, just nervous."

"About what? Seeing Jacob again?"

I nodded, "that and I wanna see if he’s really okay."

"Oh, you're scared that he looks like crap and isn't feeling well."

I nodded as the plane landed then pulled into a landing terminal.

"C’mon, get up and lets go meet our families, or in your case your boyfriend. Are you gonna be staying with him and his friends?"

"I don’t know where I’m gonna be."

"If you want, you can hang with me for the few days we’re here." She offered as we walked down the landing thingy.

"Thanks, can you hang here until I find out if I’m allowed at their house or not?" I asked as we finally stepped into the airport.

"Sure," she nodded then found her mother. "Just come find me."

We decided on a place to meet then I started to look for Jacob.

I smiled once I noticed the back of his curly head.

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