*NSYNC's on tour with their new opening act, Casey Whitaker. Romance (or something like it) blossoms with JC--as does a fair bit of drama. 

Author's note: there are no new chapters to this story- only formatting and notes updates! Thanks for your interest in this story.

When things seem to be falling apart during the holidays, it takes a true friend to pick you back up again.  But sometimes there's more feelings, standing there, right in front of you.  Making it work in the end though, is the ultimate challenge.

For my Secret Santa Hollie. 

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Every five years, seven friends gather together at a beach house to remember Lance, who committed suicide fifteen years ago. Through flashbacks and stories told, they soon come to realize it may not have been a suicide after all, and that one of their own is a murderer.

JC and Reese spend one night together, fully expecting to never see each other again. Simple enough, right?

Not quite.   

Two people on the run.  One running from the past, the other running toward what's slipping away.  Can JC and Charlie find in each other what they lack within themselves?  Will the past tear them apart?

I will leave my heart at the door
I won't say a word
They've all been said before, you know
So why don't we just play pretend
Like we're not scared of what is coming next
Or scared of having nothing left

Look, don't get me wrong
I know there is no tomorrow
All I ask is

If this is my last night with you
Hold me like I'm more than just a friend
Give me a memory I can use
Take me by the hand while we do what lovers do
It matters how this ends
Cause what if I never love again?

I don't need your honesty
It's already in your eyes
And I'm sure my eyes, they speak for me
No one knows me like you do
And since you're the only one that matters
Tell me who do I run to?

Look, don't get me wrong
I know there is no tomorrow
All I ask is

If this is my last night with you
Hold me like I'm more than just a friend
Give me a memory I can use
Take me by the hand while we do what lover do
It matters how this ends
Cause what if I never love again?

Let this be our lesson in love
Let this be the way we remember us
I don't wanna be cruel or vicious
And I ain't asking for forgiveness
All I ask is

If this is my last night with you
Hold me like I'm more than just a friend
Give me a memory I can use
Take me by the hand while we do what lovers do
It matters how this ends
Cause what if I never love again? 

All I Ask - Adele