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Touring with *NSYNC: Episode 2:

"Snow Bunnies"


Snow Princess. An overnight sensation was what they were being praised as. Three girls and one great sound. When they were little, Kristin, Jessie, and Lizzy used to mess around and joke about how when they were older, they were going to be divas. They would run around Kristin’s house singing Spice Girls songs and make up dances for them. They used to laugh at each other and think of different ways to improve what they were laughing about. Little did they know that all the goofing off and all the practicing they did, would work out to their advantage. Little did they know that at age seventeen, they would be climbing the pop charts and at quite a speed.
Well, there they were, embarking on their first tour. And what a tour it was too. The girls were opening up for their idols and inspiration, *NSYNC. In the past two weeks, the girls and the guys had gotten very close. The guys of *NSYNC thought of the girls of Snow Princess as their little sisters and Jessie, Kristin and Lizzy had found new best friends.
"And tonight, we wanna give a shout out to our friend Joy! We love ya girl!" Lizzy shouted from the stage. The girls had just finished their opening numbers for one of their shows in Canada. They were clearing the stage when they caught a glimpse of a girl with strawberry blonde hair in the audience. "That must be her." Lizzy thought to herself as the ran offstage and *NSYNC ran on.
"Great job guys!" JC said as they began taking the stage.
"As usual." Justin added as he passed by Jessie and Kristin. The two of them smiled as they ran into the dressing room. Lizzy went up to Justin just as he was about to run out. "Lizzy I gotta go! JC’ll whoop my ass if I mess up the opening routine." He said trying to run onstage.
"I know but wait! When you spot a girl with strawberry blonde hair on the left side, front row, wave at her! You’ll make her day!" Lizzy said with a smile.
"Why?" Justin asked. They heard the announcer calling out the guys names as it did in the opening number. Lizzy hurried along.
"Just trust me!" They heard the announcer outside.
"And…JUSTIN!" The two of them heard the screaming girls outside. Justin was late for his entrance.
"Awe see Lizzy, now I’m late! I’m sending JC for your blood, he’s not blaming me for this one."
"You’ll do it?" she asked as he made his way out.
"Only if it’ll make her highness happy." He mocked at Lizzy. She laughed. With that he ran onstage and the guys started their show. Lizzy smiled as she entered the dressing room.
"Joy’s gonna die!" she whispered as she got inside.
As the Jessie, Kristin, and Lizzy were being escorted by security out to their tour bus after the concert, they looked at the crowd of fans. They noticed millions of signs being waved up and down. There was a sea of "I love Justin" being displayed before them. They reached the entrance to their bus when the crowd went wild. "Awe, look, they’re screaming goodbye to us!" Kristin said looking back at the fans and waving. Lizzy turned around and looked out.
"Sorry to burst your bubble sweetie, but the guys just came out." Kristin squinted her eyes and noticed Joey, Justin, Chris, JC, and Lance being escorted to the bus. "They’re screaming for you like your hair color is real!" Jessie let out a laugh as she dragged Kristin off her imaginary pedestal and pushed her in the bus. The screaming continued as the girls dropped their stuff and plopped down on the lounge couch. The bus started up and the engine began to warm up.
"Honey I’m home!" The girls heard someone say as they came into the bus. They looked and saw Chris, followed by the rest of the guys boarding the bus.
"Not you again!" Jessie said with fake annoyance. The bus doors closed and drove off. They all looked out the window and noticed the usual mass of girls running after it. They laughed and got settled.
"Don’t you guys have your own bus?" Lizzy asked flipping through a magazine.
"Yeah." Lance replied.
"So why aren’t you ever there?" she asked.
"Well…" Justin said looking at Joey.
"You guys have better food than us." The girls rolled their eyes. They could see they were hinting towards something.
"Go ahead!" Jessie said giving into them. With that permission, Justin and Joey ran to the kitchen area of the bus. Justin went straight for the Oreo’s. Kristin was already pouring herself a glass of milk for the Oreo’s when she saw Justin taking them.
"No Justin, there are hardly any left!" She said going to where he was.
"Oh well, I got to them first!" He said taking a bite of one. "Mmmmmm!" He said savoring the cookie and Kristin’s torment even more.
"But there the spring time ones! They’re my favorites!" Kristin whined.
"Sorry! No can do!" Justin took another bite and grabbed the last one out of the bag. He crumpled the bag and threw it in the trash. Kristin started her puppy whimper. Whenever she was upset, she would sniffle like a puppy letting everyone know about her dissatisfaction.
"Uh oh Justin! Now you’re gonna get it!" Jessie said noticing Kristin’s whimpers. Kristin noticed Joey walking by the two of them when she got a plan. She stuck her foot out and tripped Joey who had a bowl of ice cream in his hands. He stumbled over Kristin and the ice cream came tumbling on Justin’s clothes.
"Awe man! My ice cream!" Joey said a little annoyed.
"Your ice cream? My clothes! This was a new jersey!" Justin said with even more annoyance. Kristin walked over to Justin and snatched the last Oreo from his hand with a big grin on her face.
"Don’t mess with my Oreo’s!" She said as she plopped on the couch and savored the cookie. Justin gave her a look and made his way to the bathroom. He needed to clean himself off. He walked in and closed the door behind himself. Everyone went back to what they were doing when they suddenly heard Justin scream from the bathroom. The door flew open and Justin came running out.
"What is it?" JC asked looking up from his book. They all looked to the bathroom and the door crept open slowly. Out stepped a girl who looked to be about sixteen with strawberry blonde hair and ice blue eyes. She looked around embarrassed, at all the faces.
"Joy!" Lizzy suddenly yelled. She ran to the girl and gave her a hug.
"Who?!" Justin asked still a little confused.
"Guys this is my friend from the Internet, Joy!" Kristin and Jessie finally chimed in.
"Oh! Joy!" Kristin said running to give her a hug. Jessie followed.
"Hey girlies!" She said as she greeted the girls. Justin stood by a little frustrated.
"Uh, hello?! Am I the only one that cares that this girl was hiding in the tour bus bathroom?" He asked flailing his arms around like a mad man.
"Don’t mind Justin." Kristin said stepping next to him. "He’s just upset cause he didn’t get his Oreo’s. Right Jussie?" Kristin said while grabbing his cheeks. Justin pulled away from Kristin.
"Very funny!" He said as he made his way to the bathroom. "Will I be able to go to the bathroom or do you have friends waiting for me in there?" Joy shook her head and Justin went into the bathroom. He slammed the door shut.
"Touchy!" Lance said with a laugh. Joy looked around at all the guys and at the girls.
"I don’t think sneaking on your bus was the way to go to impress him." They all nodded with smiles on their faces.
To make up for sneaking on the bus, Joy decided to take everyone skiing. The group had the day off before they had to drive on to their next tour city. Joy picked them up in their hotel and took them to a ski resort near by.
"Ok, so here’s the down low on skiing." Joy began as they stood on the top of a small mountain. JC, Joey, Lizzy, Jessie, Chris, and Lance all stood there with their skis on listening to Joy. Justin and Kristin were at the edge of the mountain getting ready to go.
"You guys might wanna hear this before you go down!" JC said calling out to Justin and Kristin.
"Yeah, I’ve been skiing before and believe me, it’s not as easy as it looks!" Lizzy said.
"No that’s ok! I think we’ll manage!" Justin said eyeing Kristin.
"Yeah! Can we go down now?" Kristin asked returning Justin’s look.
"I guess! Just take it easy everyone." Joy said making her way to the edge. "Careful guys." She said to Justin and Kristin with a laugh. But, before they could hear her, they had slid down the mountain. The rest of the group slid to the edge where Joy was. "Wassup with those two?" She asked the rest of the group.
"They made a bet about who would make it to the bottom of the mountain first." Lance said.
"And?" She asked.
"The loser, buys the winner, Oreo’s for the rest of the tour."
"Oh!" Joy laughed. They all just stood and watched the two of them. Suddenly Kristin started skiing straight for a snow man. It was built in the middle of the mountain and Kristin was heading straight for it. The group noticed it and called out to her.
"Stop Kristin!" Lizzy yelled. Kristin noticed the snow man and tried to stop. She hadn’t heard a word Joy said while she was teaching them what to do and now she didn’t know how to stop. She tried everything she could, but inevitably, she went crashing into the snow man. The snow flew up into the air and landing back down on Kristin. She laid there covered in snow. She wasn’t moving and Justin noticed her lying there. He skied over to where she was lying and tapped her.
"Kristin, are you ok?" He asked hovering over her in concern. He got no response. "Kristin?" He asked again a little scared that she may be hurt. He bent down closer, when suddenly Kristin popped up from under the snow, and pushed Justin down to the ground. Just as he hit the floor, Kristin propped herself up, and skied all the way down to the bottom. The others looked on in laughter as Justin looked down at Kristin. She got to the bottom and stuck her tongue out him.
"Awe MAN!" Justin screamed as Kristin managed to dance around in her skies! She was ecstatic!
"I am the Oreo Queen!" She yelled.
"Wow!" Joy said. "And I thought my friends were weird."
"You have no idea!" JC said as Justin made his way to Kristin. She made him kneel down to her.
"All hail the Oreo Queen!" Chris yelled from the top of the mountain. Kristin just smiled and waved to her subjects.