"Hey El how are you feeling?" Andie asks El one morning
"A little sick but not to bad."
"Okay. I was wondering have you seen a doctor yet? Because y'know you should."
"Don't worry Andie, I've seen a doctor and I have an appointment in a couple of days."
"Have you told Justin yet? I mean you're what almost five months?"
" Four and a half. I haven't, but y'know he's noticing Andie, I'm getting bigger but I don't want to tell him anything yet, I'm still trying to figure things out."
"Oh El, you have to tell him soon. I've heard the other guys talking, they've been noticing things too. And it'll really hurt him if he finds out some other way then from you.
"I know I think I'm going to tell him after my doctor's appointment."
"Okay Eleanor, lets just take a look." Dr.Grady puts the rolly thingy on El's belly. "Well, El it looks to me that you have very healthy babies."
"Wow it's so big…wait…oh my…did you say babies?"
"Yes Eleanor you're having twins."
"El you've gotta tell him soon. I mean look at you. You're showing! I'm amazed that you're actually this small. I mean four and a half months pregnant and it only looks like you only look like there's a half filled up balloon in your shirt. Most women would be small Whales" Andie tells El while shopping for maternity clothes.
"Thanks. I think. But Andie I'm going to tell him okay? Really soon I just have to find the perfect time."
"Well then make it the perfect time!"
"Ya, ya whatever. Hey do you think this would look good on me?"
"Man I'm pregnant with twins. I'm having two babies. I am having two of Justin's babies. I love him, I think. But is it just old memories coming back? I hope so I mean Brit said he's into this other girl. I want to know who she is. Maybe I should ask him? But then I'd have to tell him how I found out, and then that'd get Brit in trouble. Ha, I don't want to get the man I might be in love with's ex-girlfriend in trouble, I must be a good person." El thinks in bed that night.
"Hey Justin. What ya watchin?" El sits down in a chair with a book in the living room.
"Ferris Buller's Day Off. I love this movie." Justin shoves some popcorn in his mouth.
"Cool." El opens her book.
"What ya reading?"
"Hamlet."
"Umm okay." Justin says making a face.
"It's good literature, I like it."
"Ya you would." He laughs
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing go read your 'Hamlet""
"I will thank you very much." She starts reading. Justin tosses a piece of popcorn at her. She looks up at him over her glasses. He looks at the screen. El continues reading. Justin throws some more popcorn at her. She looks up and he looks back at the screen. "Justin what are you doing?"
"Nothing just watching my movie." He smiles. El nods and goes back to her book. Justin throws a handful of popcorn at her. El slams her book down and walks over to Justin on the couch.
"What the hell was that?'
"Nothing."
"You threw a handful of popcorn at me."
"No I didn't."
"Yes you did I saw you. Look over at the chair there's popcorn all over it."
"Just because there's popcorn on the chair does not mean I threw it at you."
"But I saw you do it, so that does mean you threw it at me."
"Whatever." Justin laughs. El sits down beside him.
"Don't throw popcorn at me." She smiles
"Fine I wont." He puts some in her mouth "I'll feed it to you."
"Thanks." She cuddles into his shoulder. 'Oh should I tell him? No not right now I'm too happy right now' she thinks
"Hey El a contractor is going to look at the building tomorrow at one but I can't make it, I wanted to surprise you and have things started, but something came up and I can't make it, and the guy is booked up for like three months, so I was wondering if you could meet him there?"
"Ya sure no problem."
"Thanks."
"Oh I've gotta tell him soon, I can't keep doing this these cravings are way to hard to hide." El says to herself on the way to the club. "Grr!" she yells "What the-!"
"Hello?" Justin picks up the phone around three o'clock.
"Hello is a Mr. Josh Chasez there?" a female voice asks
"No he's not may I take a message?"
"Do you know a Ms. Eleanor Chasez?"
"Yes I do, is she okay? Who is this?"
"This is the hospital, Ms. Chasez was in a car accident, do you have anyway to contact him?'"
"El was in a…ohmigosh…I'll page him Bye." Justin hangs up the phone quickly.
"I'm looking for Eleanor Chasez?" Justin says worriedly running up to the front desk at the hospital.
"Third floor, room two-eighteen." The nurse tells him. Justin runs to the elevator and goes up to El's floor. He finds her room and runs in.
"El…El Baby are you awake?" Justin whispers sitting down in a chair next to her bed.
"Justin? Is that you?" she mumbles.
"Ya it's me Baby Girl, I paged JC he'll be here in a couple of minutes." He takes her hand
"Justin I-I was in an accident." She whispers.
"I know sweetie how are you feeling?"
"Groggy, and they said my wrist was broken I think, and they want to keep me here over night to make sure I don't have a concussion and…" El sighs
"El I have to tell you something."
"I have to tell you something too."
"El, I love you, I love you with all my heart. I always have and I always will."
"Justin…I'm pregnant. Twins." She half smiles
"Where's El? Where's my sister?" JC and Andie run to the front desk.
"Are you Josh Chasez?" the nurse asks
"Yes now where's my sister?"
"Third floor room two-eighteen, she has a visitor already, you'll have to go check and see if he's there still."
"Thanks." JC and Andie race to El's room. El is in her bed asleep, and Justin is sitting in a chair beside her staring blankly at the wall."
"Justin…" JC whispers. Justin looks at him.
"I'm going to be a daddy." He whispers. "El's having my children." Justin smiles. "I told her I loved her and she told me I'm gonna be a daddy."
"Are you okay man?" JC asks taking a step to him. Andie goes and stands beside El.
"I'm the happiest man in the world."
"Let's go talk." JC walks Justin out of the room.
"El, hey sunshine wake up." Andie gently shakes El awake.
"Hi, Andie."
"El you told him?"
"Ya I figure I just had a life and death experience, if I don't tell him soon I might not be able to next time."
"Well, that's an interesting theory. What'd he say?"
"Well he didn't say anything after and then I kinda fell asleep, but before I told him he…oh Andie he told me he loved me! He loves me but Andie…I-I know there's someone else."
"El he told you he loved you, how can you think there's someone else!?"
"I was talking to Britney the night of JC's party, and she was talking to Justin and he said that there was someone else that he was into but he was just taking it slow and not telling anyone about her."
"Oh shit…El I'm sorry."
"Ya so am I… But there's something else."
"What?"
"It's… I'm having twins."
"Justin you finally did it! You told her! What did she say?" JC asks excitedly
"Well she told me she was pregnant, then we sat there in silence and then she fell asleep."
"Oh, okay."
"I know but it's probably the shock, I talked to her nurse and she said she broke her wrist in like three places, and they wanna make sure she doesn't have any head injuries and the babies or okay so they're keeping her overnight."
"Man I have to admit she already told me she was having you're baby, but wow this is still great!"
"She told you? Did she tell you she's having twins?'
"TWINS! No man she didn't tell me that! That's great! I'm so happy for you!" JC hugs Justin
"I know it's crazy man."
"Hey Josh, El wants to talk to you." Andie says entering the waiting room.
"Okay, Congrats man, I'm happy for you." JC heads towards El's room. "I'mma be an uncle times two!" he shouts
"Quiet down Joshy we're in a hospital." Laughs El. "I suppose Justin told you about the twins."
"El I'm so happy for you!" He gives her a hug
"I know."
"But y'know you're going to have to do something."
"Ya Me and Justin have to figure things out."
"Yes you do."
"But that's not what I wanna talk about,"
"Okay shoot."
"Well my car has some major damage." She frowns "I need to get a job real soon, but for now I'm pretty well living off you, so I was thinking when me and Justin get our nightclub started I'll be making money and then I can pay you back, but I need a car before then…"
"Don't worry Ellie I'll take care of everything."
"Okay now watch your step, be careful we don't want you to fall." JC Andie and Justin help El into the house the next day.
"Y'all I'm okay, don't worry I'm pregnant not crippled." She laughs breaking away from them. "Chris Lance Joey! Where are all of you?" She calls
"TV!" Chris yells
"Well I have some news that's bigger then TV!" she walks into the living room. "I'm pregnant with twins!" she squeals.
"You're kidding!" Joe turns the TV off.
"No way!" Chris stands up.
"Twins!" Lance asks. They all hug her, and congratulate her.
"So who's the daddy?" Joe asks. She looks over at Justin. "Wow you're kidding! You finally got together! That's great!"
"Well we're not together, together, we still have to talk and figure all this stuff out." She smiles bashfully
"Oh."
"Hey Justin, um I gotta talk to you." El says sitting down on his bed
"Ya, we really need to talk, about a lot of things." Justin sits up.
"Okay business then family. Since I was in the accident I missed the contractor, and you said he was booked for months so… what's gonna happen?"
"Well I called him, I told him what happened, and he agreed to look at the building and your drawings on his own time."
"Oh that's great! Now for the heavy stuff. How are we going to do this, have a family I mean. We're not really normal I mean we can't just go to the park down the street and play on the swings with our babies, you're famous, And we're both real young."
"El, I love you, I told you that. And I want to spend the rest of my life with you if you love me to." Justin holds her hands. "If you love me I want to marry you."
"Oh Justin…I-I can't marry you…I-"
"El don't you love me?"
"I love you Justin I love you so much. And you have no idea how good it feels to finally tell you that." She cries. "But I have to many issues to work through before I can even think about marrying you. You hurt me so bad when you left me, I still haven't fully gotten over it. And then when I miscarried… God Justin I have to go." She sobs
"El don't leave I can help you through it. And I promise on my life that I will never hurt you ever again." he cries
"I have to go." El walks out and goes quickly down the stairs and right out the door.
"El where are you going?" JC calls seeing her walk out. He hears the door slam.
"El?" El is sitting on a swing at the park down the street from the house. Her head is bent down and she's gently pushing her self back and forth. "El I'm sorry for upsetting you." Justin kneels down beside her swing.
"Justin I've lied to you, for a very long time. I've lied to you Justin."
"About what?"
"Justin I was pregnant when I was fourteen."
"Ya I know, after I left."
"Ya but I- it wasn't my boyfriend's baby, I- Justin we made love the night before you left, do you remember?"
"Ya, but El are you saying…"
"Justin I was pregnant when you left It wasn't my other boyfriends baby, I didn't know at the time but I figured it out and the dates for us matched, Justin I'm sorry I didn't tell you I- you were finally fulfilling you're dream, I didn't tell anyone, because if that got out you'd be- it'd ruin you. I couldn't do that." So I told everyone that it was the other guy's baby. I'm so sorry, please don't hate me." She sobs
"Oh Baby Girl, I could never hate you never. I'm sorry I did that to you, I'm so sorry." Justin rests his head in her lap. "I love you."
"I love you too."
"Hi sunshine how are you feeling?" Andie asks as El sits down in a in the kitchen
"Fat, sick, pregnant." She mumbles
"Oh well I'm glad you finally started eating more you're eating for three of you, and you're not fat. You look incredibly good considering you're six and half months pregnant. Most woman would look like a giant ball." Andie says sitting across from her.
"So the club will be finished in an estimated two and a half months, maybe less? That's amazing, you must have gotten the best contractor in the world."
"Ya well we're getting more then our money's worth, you should come down with me and Justin today."
"Going to see how close you're getting?"
"No we have to interview people for jobs. You know you should apply the pay will be great, if we get enough people the hours will be great you'll be working with me it'll be fun."
"I might I don't know. But are you going to start singing right away?"
"No, I'll probably have the kids before the club opens. Then I'll just work with management then when the kids are older I'll start performing."
"Wow you have all this planned out pretty well."
"Ya well I have to have things planned."
"Are you going to keep living here?"
"Ya but not in the house. JC is hiring someone to fix up the guesthouse a little bit. And we'll live there until I can find somewhere else where they can be close to Justin."
"What's going to happen with you and Justin?"
"Well I still have to get past some stuff, and then maybe we can start a relationship."
"Maybe? El you're having his children there is no maybe."
"Well I'm just not ready yet…I don't know if I'll ever be ready."
"God El this is gorgeous! You designed this by yourself?" Andie asks standing in the middle of the club.
"I did help a bit and so did John." Justin tells her
"Who's John?" Andie asks
"He's the contractor we hired." El tells her
"And did you see that line up out there? I didn't realize there'd be so many people!"
"Okay Andie we have to get to work go look around." El laughs
"I didn't think there'd be so many people either." Justin says as they sit down.
"Well I guess they found out you were co owner."
"Or people just like working in night clubs."
"Ya. Okay so we should divide them into groups based on the job they're applying for, and go group by group so that way we know what we're looking at.
"Sounds good." Justin and El call the people in and divide them into the different groups.
"Okay so which one do you want to start with?" El asks Justin.
"Um, bartenders then waiters, then cooks, then all miscellaneous jobs like washing dishes, ect. Then janitorial work."
"Sounds like a plan."
"Oh god that was a long day!" El sighs once the last applicant has left.
"Man some people are just ridiculous!" Justin laughs.
"Oh I know, that one lady, oohh she was pissing me off so much. She was all over you hardcore and then I ask her one question and she gives me the evil eye, we are definitely not hiring her."
"Well you know she did have an impressive resume."
"Ya but she was a bitch she'd get all the guy customers but we'd loose the female ones. But you just want her hired so you can get all up in her space."
"All up in her space? Baby Girl no more BET for you."
"Oh shut up, man. C'mon lets go get Andie I'm tired." El yawns
"Okay Let's get you home mommy to be."
"Okay Eleanor, your babies look healthy, but I think you're too thin for almost seven months, so I'm going to have to put you on bed rest. That means no heavy exercise, and a strict diet. I'll send home a list of things that you should eat and the exercises you can do. And if you get cravings you can eat what you're craving as long as it's in moderation and there are no harmful substances, the list I'll give you will have substances in food that you should not eat. Now I've told you before that twins can come early, so don't be scared if you go into labour between seven and a half months and nine months that is completely normal just get to the hospital. So unless you have any problems or questions I will see you during labour." Dr Grady hands her a chart
"Thank you Dr Grady, I'll make sure to follow all your directions." El takes the chart.
"It was nice meeting you Dr Grady." Justin says shaking her hand.
"The pleasure was all mine Mr Timberlake." El and Justin walk out to Justin's car.
"That was amazing they- they're so big and they have all their limbs and features developed it was…amazing." Justin says sitting down in his car.
"I know it's so cool to think that those babies are in my belly right this moment." El muses happily
"El are we ever going to be together?"
"Justin I just can't deal with a relationship right now. Not with you and definitely not with anyone else. I can't deal with the stress of it all. As soon as I've figured out everything that's going on in my head then maybe we can talk more deeply about it but until then Justin we just have to be friends. Can we do that? Please?"
"Of course, I mean I made it this far I can't lose you now." He smiles
"Good, but Justin I…I don't really know how to ask you this because this could get a friend in trouble but I have to know…I heard you were seeing someone else…Is it true?"
"What where did you hear that?! Of course I'm not! El you're the only woman I'm interested in, the only women I'll ever be interested in ever again! Where did you hear that!?"
"Don't get mad okay but I was talking to Brit and-"
"Ha, No surprise there."
"And she told me that she was talking to you and that you had said you were seeing this girl and that you were just kinda figuring things out, but you weren't telling anyone that you were dating…and well that really hurt me y'know…so I wanted to know if it was true."
"El…shit Brit shouldn't have told you that it's none of her business."
"So it's true? God… I thought…you just said you loved me…"
"El it's almost true…just let me tell you the whole story." El nods her head. "Okay when we were at JC's party Brit came up to me and we were talking and she was asking if we could ever get back together. See I told her no, and that there was this other girl I was interested in, I never said I was going out with another girl. She must have misunderstood me or you misunderstood her or something I don't know. But El… I was talking about you."
"I love you Justin Timberlake." El whispers as a tear rolls down her cheek.
"Justy…hey Justy are you awake?" El whispers, putting her hand on Justin's chest.
"I am now…El? Is something wrong?" he asks groggily sitting up.
"No, I'm fine I just can't sleep, do you think it would be alright if I… slept here with you?"
"Ya sure of course, hop in." Justin pulls the covers aside for her.
"Tanx Justy. Do you mind if we sleep with the radio on, I like the noise."
"Sure, anything for my Baby Girl." Justin laughs and turns the radio beside his bed on.
"What the heck are you listening to? Turn it to 93.1, you're station sucks."
"Ughh! You're picky." He turns the dial to El's station. The Girlfriend Remix is playing. Justin starts singing along with it.
"…Won't you be my girlfriend…"
"Yes." El whispers getting closer to him.
"Yes what?"
"I'll be you're girlfriend." El mumbles then falls into sleep
"Morning Sunshine, morning Justin" Andie says over top of the paper as El and Justin walk in the kitchen
"Morning Doll." El says happily.
"Why are you so chipper this morning? It's usually 'I'm sick and I'm fat.'"
"Thanks Andie, that's nice of you real nice of you."
"There's something going on. I mean you're not grumpy, you're not sleepy, you're not even complaining about morning sickness. Are you feeling okay?" JC asks
"I couldn't be better, how bout you Darlin'?" El asks Justin.
"Couldn't feel better Baby Girl." Justin pulls her into a sweet kiss.
"Oh My GOD you're TOGETHER!!" Andie shouts running over to them. "I'm so happy!" she says hugging each of them.
"So when'd this happen?" JC smiles
"Last night, in bed." El says
"Okay no more details for me." JC turns back to his breakfast.
"Oh Joshy get you're mind out of the gutter, I just went and slept in his bed and bam we're together."
"Last time that happened you got pregnant though." Justin laughs
"Eating breakfast here." JC cringes
"Hey is it true that if you have sex the baby can like see it?" Andie asks trying to gross out JC.
"No, you see the cervix is so small that the-"
"SHUT UP!" JC yells. Everyone else laughs. "I'd like to keep my breakfast down please and thank you."
"Oh Josh don't be such a baby."
"Oh Justin look at it it's so beautiful! I Just love it!" El exclaims standing in the middle of the finished club.
"Come on Baby sit down now you're still on bed rest, I'm not even supposed to take you out side of our property." Justin says making her sit down in a chair.
"But it's just so beautiful, Justin look at it."
"I know okay so we have the staff coming tomorrow to learn their way around get familiar and all that, and we need to get some advertising done but there's one problem with that…"
"We don't have a name yet! Oh I forgot all about a name with everything going on!"
"It's okay, do you have any ideas?"
"Um well something hot, something original…hmmm"
"Um look at the colours, maybe that will help. The table's and chair's are red and black, the bar is red black and white, the general floor is red and black, the dance floor is red and white, and the uniforms are red black and white…I'd say something that involves red black and white would be a good bet."
"The Lava Lounge."
"Okay. Explain."
"Ya see cause lava is red and white, and once it's dried it's black! It's perfect don't ya think?"
"I love it."
"Yay!" El giggles
"Baby are you okay?" Justin mumbles waking up to hear El breathing heavy.
"Justin I think I need to go to the hospital." She says between breaths.
"Oh you mean? Right now! Oh my god! You're going in to labour!"
"Yes I am now help me!"
"Okay um I'll get JC and he can drive us and I'll get Andie to get you're bag and I'll help you, okay." Justin freezes
"JUSTIN! Get your ass into motion!" she screams
"Okay." Justin runs off and gets JC
"Okay Baby just breath." Justin says while in the hospital room waiting for a nurse.
"Oh no…" El says
"What's wrong Ellie?" JC asks.
"Contraction!"
"Okay Sunshine it's okay every things alright, just breath, okay." Andie says
"Yupp." El does her breathing exercises. A nurse walks in after her contraction is over.
"Hello how are you?" the nurse asks.
"Oh I'm great." El says with a hint of sarcasm.
"Wonderful." The nurse says ignoring her tone. "So how far apart are the contractions?"
"20 minutes." Justin says
"Okay well just let me see how far you're dilated." The nurse checks El.
"Well three centimetres. You could be here for a while. I'll come back in a while to see how you're coming along." The nurse leaves. El notices a flash out of the corner of her eye.
"What was that?" she asks
"What was what?" JC asks
"I saw a flash from the window what was it?"
"It was probably just a headlight or something like that don't worry." Justin says reassuringly. There's another flash this time everyone notices it. Andie goes and looks out the window.
"Oh shit…guys there's like a ton of reporters out there." Andie says.
"What!" El cries.
"El Baby calm down we'll take care of it okay?" Justin reassures her. She nods her head. Justin and JC head out into the hall.
"Jace what're we going to do?" Justin asks
"Well we're going to have to stay calm, and call Lon and the boys and see if they can get the crowd away." JC says
"Man then they'll know something's really up."
"Well what else can we do?"
"Well we could get one of the nurses to call the cops and say that the reporters are disturbing other patients and then the cops will force them to leave."
"Good idea. You go back to El and I'll talk to the nurse at the desk."
"Thanks man." Justin goes back into El's room and JC goes to the Nurse's station.
"Excuse me miss?" he asks poking his head over the counter
"Yes sir what can I do for you?" The Nurse asks politely.
"Hi I was wondering if you could do me a favour?"
"Sure hon"
"Well you see I'm in a popular group N Sync, and ya see my sister and my friends are here, because my sister is having a baby and you see there are a load of paparazzi outside trying to get our pictures, so do you think you could call the police to break up the crowd? It's really freaking my sister out."
"Oh I knew I recognized you from somewhere! My daughters just love you. And sure I'll call right away." She smiles
"Thanks, you're a life saver. Would you like autographs for your daughters?"
"Oh you'd do that? You're such a sweet young man my daughters would just love that!"
"Okay well I'll be back in a moment."
"No problem hon." The nurse gives JC her daughter's names then calls the police while JC and Justin write autographs. JC returns with them and hands them to the nurse.
"There you go." He smiles
"Oh thank you so much my daughters are going to be ecstatic! Oh and I called they said they'd be over in a few minutes."
"Thanks a ton."
"Oh anytime hon" JC waves and walks back to El's room.
"JC are they going to get them to leave?" El asks
"Don't worry Ellie they'll be gone very soon."
"Thanks. Oh Joshy I want momma and daddy here, do you think you could get them here real soon? I want them here."
"Well I can't guarantee anything Ellie but I'll try." JC smiles
"Oh man could you call my mom and get her to call my dad and tell them what's happening." Justin asks
"Sure man I'll be back in a couple minutes." JC walks out of the room to go outside so he can use his cell phone.
"Oh no Justin another contraction is coming." El cries. Justin and Andie help her through.
"I want my mommy." El sobs after a strong contraction.
"Oh honey I'm here don't worry I'm here!" Mrs. Chasez calls running into her daughter's room.
"We just got here sweetheart don't worry." Mr. Chasez says "Hello there Justin." He says turning to Justin.
"Hello Roy." He says meekly. Roy laughs
"Toughen up son you're about to become a father!" he slaps Justin on the back, and Justin smiles strongly at the mention of being a father.
"Did you see if my parents were here yet?" he asks
"Oh ya you're mom and dad said they were going to go get snacks Josh told us you've been here for a while so they volunteered." They hear talking down the hall. "Well that sounds like them now." Lynn and Paul Harless, and Lisa and Randy Timberlake come through the door.
"Oh El how are you?" Lynn rushes to El's side after kissing Justin's cheek.
"Peachy." She growls Lynn laughs
"Obviously."
"There's my boy!" Randy goes and gives Justin a big hug. "You're going to be a father!"
"Ya. Hi Paul, Lisa." He gives each of them a hug. "Where's Jon and Steve?"
"Oh well they're a little scared they're out in the waiting room." Lisa explains.
"Oh well I'll go get them then. Um go meet El, sorry you couldn't have met her before." Justin goes to get his little brothers. Lisa Randy and Paul go over to El. Everyone except Lynn and Karen (El and JC's mom) have gone and sat down in the corner to give El some space. The three of them say hello to El. She nods her head weakly.
"Nice to meet you." She says breathlessly. "To bad I'm in labour or we could all go and talk."
"Well don't you worry sweetheart you'll all have plenty of time to talk once you and Justin are married." Lynn says
"Who says we're getting married?" El sits up angrily
"Ellie you're having his baby, you have to get married." Karen says
"Babies!" she shouts "And you do not get to tell me that I have to marry him I'll decide if I want to marry him!" she roars. "Now back the fuck up and give me some space!" Everyone backs away from El
"Come on guys you gotta meet her! You're going to be her babies' uncles. She's really nice, she even told me she wanted to meet you." Justin tries to convince Jon and Steve to come into El's room."
"When did she tell you that?" Steve asks
"Well I was telling her about you guys awhile back and she said she couldn't wait till she could meet you cause you sound so cool."
"Okay but she's not gonna be mad or scary is she?" Jon asks
"Well she's a bit irritable right now she's pretty uncomfortable but as long as you're polite you don't have to worry." The boys agree and Justin walks them to El's room. Everyone is sitting in a group in the corner and El is staring out the window. "Um Baby? What'd you do?" Justin asks her
"I just needed some space." She smiles feebly. "Are you guys Jonathan and Steven?" she asks sweetly smile at the two of them. They nod shyly.
"Come on guys she won't bite y'know." Justin laughs urging them to go over to her
"Are you Justin's wife?" Jon asks her. Everyone in the corner braces them self's. El laughs
"No I'm Justin's girlfriend."
"You have a big belly." Steve says
"Steven…" Justin warns. El laughs again
"Well I have two little babies in there right now, once they're out it'll be smaller."
"Cool." Jon says pulling up a chair beside her. Everyone watches in amazement at El who just a few minutes ago was roaring like a madman is now smiling laughing and playing with Justin's two little brothers. Justin smiles
'Man,' he thinks "She's going to be the greatest mommy.'
"Justin… contraction!" El calls. The two boys scramble out of the way.
"El that one was only five minutes you're getting closer." Andie says helping her through the contraction. The nurse walks in.
"I heard your contraction. I'm just going to see how far along you are." The nurse checks El. "Okay eight centimetres we're almost there it shouldn't be too long now dear." She leaves
"Justin I'm going to be a mommy soon…and you're going to be a daddy!" she says happily. Justin kisses her forehead.
"I know I can't wait." He sighs
"Ow!" El howls. Justin holds her hand
"Okay El come on you can do it. Come on Baby Girl you can do it just one more push!" he urges
"I can't do it, it hurts!" she cries
"Yes you can Baby one more push and you'll have you're first baby. Come on honey I love you!" Justin kisses her forehead she nods and pushes again. A minute later they hear the cry of a baby.
"Oh Justin…Oh you're a daddy…"
"Baby Girl it's a Boy." Justin grins as Dr.Grady hands a little blue bundle to him. He watches the tiny face of his newborn son and hands him to El so she can see.
"Oh…Justin look at him he's so tiny…and cute!" she stares in amazement until she feels another sharp pain. One of the nurses takes the baby to get cleaned off. Justin goes back to El's side.
"Okay El same as last time when I tell you to push, push." Dr Grady says. El nods "Okay now push!" El howls in pain again.
"It's okay Baby Girl its okay you can do this. You can do anything I know you can."
"Okay get ready to push again…now!"
"Oh Justin it hurts to much I don't want to." She sobs
"Oh but Baby once you see that next little baby in your arms it'll all be worth it, come on push." El pushes
"Okay once more Eleanor." El pushes again and hears the baby cry
"You have a Baby girl." Dr Grady smiles handing the little pink bundle to El.
"Oh Justin come and look at her, she's adorable." The nurse returns with their baby boy and hands him to Justin.
"We have to beautiful babies El." Justin whispers.
"Ya." El agrees tearily.
"Oh god it hurts to walk." El cringes as she sits down.
"Well it's only been a few days Ellie, just give it time." Justin says admiring their children. "Baby we got to think of some names. We can't just keep calling them baby one and baby two."
"Well I know for sure what I wanna name baby one." She smiles. Justin sits down beside her holding baby one.
"What do you want to name my son, cause if it's geeky then forget about it."
"I want to name him Justin, after his wonderful father." She smiles
"Hmmm Justin Roy Timberlake…I like it." He kisses El
"Now for Baby two. Something Eleanor Timberlake. Do you have any ideas?" she asks going over to pick up baby two
"Um how about Erma?" Justin laughs
"I don't think she looks like and Erma to me."
"Hmm… how about Le'tice?"
"No I don't think so sounds too much like Lettuce."
"Well how about… Sophia?"
"Sophia… Sophia Eleanor Timberlake, I love it." She smiles.
"Justin Roy Timberlake and Sophia Eleanor Timberlake welcome to the family."
"Okay Ellie watch your step." Justin says helping El and the babies into the house.
"Justin I know how to walk okay just calm down." She laughs
"I know I'm just…I'm overprotective sorry." He smiles
"I know darlin' don't worry about It." She kisses him.
"Okay lets get y'all in the house." Justin and El take the babies into the house and set down their carriers on the couch.
"Welcome Home!" Everyone shouts popping out from behind various objects. El and Justin's brothers' parents and grandparents are there along with Andie JC Joe Chris and Lance.
"Oh y'all! This is so sweet!" El says bursting out in tears noticing the decorations and the presents, and everything that they all set up. Justin puts his arm around her supportively.
"She's going to be a little emotional for a few days." He tells them.
"Oh sunshine don't you like it?" Andie asks going over to her.
"Oh I love it, it's so sweet of all y'all to do this." She cries. "I don't even know why I'm crying!"
"Oh don't worry come on you have to party with us!" El nods her head wiping away the tears.
"Okay so what'd y'all get us?" Everyone laughs. El sits down and takes each of the babies out she hands Sophia to Justin and she takes baby Justin. One at a time people hand El and Justin a gift and they open them. Joe Lance and Chris gave them a variety of stuffed animals and baby toys. From Justin's parents they got numerous outfits for each baby and a double stroller and a teddy bear for each baby from Jon and Steve. From El's parents they got more outfits a baby monitor and some baby creams (you know for stuff like diaper rash).
"Why Joshy I haven't got a present from you yet, don't you love your new niece and nephew?" El pouts playfully
"Oh I got you something Ellie, come on everyone follow me." JC leads everyone out to the back of the large yard to the guesthouse.
"Okay Ellie here is my present." JC hands her the keys to the door.
"Oh Joshy! Thank you so much!" she hugs him
"Wait till you see what's inside." He grins El's eyes go wide in excitement she runs happily into the house handing over baby Justin to JC.
"Oh Josh! This is amazing!" She cries from inside. JC had fixed up the guest house so it had a complete kitchen dinning room and living room all of which are open there's a full bathroom near the front of the house. At the back of the house there are two average sized bedrooms and the master bedroom complete with a large master bath with Jacuzzi. Everyone else walks into the living room as El exits the master bedroom.
"So you like it?" JC asks
"Oh Joshy I love it! Thank you so much!" she hugs him and takes baby Justin.
"Well we hope you like all the colours and stuff Andie decided on all that but we couldn't get all the furniture because we didn't know what you'd want."
"Oh Andie, Joshy I love it so much I can't thank you enough!" El hugs Andie.
"Well don't worry about it. There's it's own lane way out back so when you're car is fixed you can just park it under the car port and hey we even got you all moved in too!" Andie says.
"Really! Oh Y'all this is wonderful thank you so much!" El starts crying again which triggers Justin and Sophie to cry too.
"Okay well El we'll leave you and your babies to cry with Justin and get all settled in." JC gives his sister one last hug before he and everyone else retreat back to the house. Justin El and the babies go inside.
"Oh Justin this was so nice of them but how am I going to do this?"
"It's okay baby girl I'm here to help and so is everyone else." Justin says putting a reassuring arm around El's shoulders.
"Oh Justin thank you so much."
"Anytime Baby Girl."
"I love you so much." Justin, surprised, kisses her forehead.
'That's the first time she's said that to me in forever' he thinks. "I love you too baby girl."
"Ugh! Do you two ever stop crying!?" El sobs. It's been three weeks El and Justin are living together in the guesthouse with their babies. They have had almost no sleep during that time. El's alone tonight though. Justin had to leave on a business trip and he would be back the next afternoon. El had told everyone else she could take care of the twins by herself but she found she was wrong.
"I feed you I change you I play with you I rock you, I do everything for you but you never stop crying!" she sobs harder. "Please stop crying." She calms down for a minute. She sits down at her piano and begins to play and sing.
"There's a song that's inside of my soul
It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again
I'm awake in the infinite cold
Would you sing to me over and over and over again
So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands
And pray to be only yours
I pray to be only yours
I know now you're my only hope
Sing to me the song of the stars
Of your galaxy dancing and laughing and laughing again
When it feels like my dreams are so far
Sing to me of the plans that you have for me over again
So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands
And pray to be only yours
I pray to be only yours
I know now you're my only hope
I give you my destiny
I'm giving you all of me
I want your symphony
Singing in all that I am
At the top of my lungs I'm giving it back
So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands
And pray to be only yours
I pray to be only yours
I pray to be only yours
I know now you're my only hope" (Only Hope by Mandy Moore)
She finishes the song and Justin and Sophie are lying quiet for the first time in ages.
"So that's all I had to do guys? You couldn't have told me sooner?" El starts crying lightly.
"El, baby I'm home." Justin calls lightly in case the twins are sleeping. He walks down the hall to the bedrooms when there is no answer. He looks in the twins room. They are sleeping soundly in their cribs. He walks over so he's standing between them.
"Oh I still can't believe you two are mine." He whispers picking up Sophie then Justin, he goes and sits in the rocker by the window. "I love you guys more then anything, never forget that." Sophie makes a noise in her sleep. Justin laughs softly. "I love you're mommy too, and I'm so happy that we're finally together and we have you two, and I'm going to tell you two a secret, is that okay?" Baby Justin opens his eyes and looks up at Justin, Sophie gurgles, wiggles then opens her eyes too. Justin laughs again. "I guess that's a yes." Justin looks at the sweet little faces of his and El's children. "I'm going to ask mommy to marry me and then we can really be a family." Baby Justin and Sophie look at him blankly for a minute then they both smile at him. Justin feels a tear run down his cheek. "I love you both." He kisses each on the forehead and puts them back in their crib, and goes back to looking for El. He looks in his and El's room and there she is. He can hardly see her she's so snuggled into the blankets. He walks over and lies down next to her and kisses her gently.
"Mmm…" she moans lightly. "Justin?" she opens her eyes a little.
"Ya baby girl it's me." He smiles and brushes some hair out of her face. "Sorry I woke you up. I just had to kiss you."
"Mmm…darlin' I missed you so much never leave me again." She mumbles sleepily cuddling into him
"I'll never leave you Ellie."
"They're counting on a guilty conscience to save you." El sings quietly watching Sophie and Justin playing in their play pen.
"But I'm banking on the deep blue eyes." She tickles Justin's chubby tummy, "And the face to." She gently taps Sophie's nose.
"You always said always said you were easy oh." Sophie and Justin clap their hands and scream happily.
"Oh if I could have just one piece of that I'd be so good." El sings louder really getting into it. So she doesn't notice JC Andie and Justin watching her from the door.
"Come over to the Sweet ones baby, And I'll tell you where to go!." JC and Justin give each other surprised smiles and wave the guys, who are sitting by the pool, over.
"I can't see them when the walk in side ways I don't know. I don't know." Sophie and Justin scream again.
"Wow, y'know I've never actually heard her sing, she's amazing… better that you C." Lance elbows JC.
"Ya she's an awesome singer." Justin nods.
"Come over to my house and I'll tend to you solo." She continues running to her room and emerging with a feather boa and fedora.
"You're so fabulous and well dressed up like a talk show." She says posing with the fedora and boa while the kids scream happily as though they were singing along with her.
"You always said always said always said you were easy oh. If I could have just one piece of the I'd be so good." She sings dramatically throwing off the costume.
"Come over to the sweet ones baby and I'll tell you where to go. I can't see them when they walk in side ways I don't know I don't know!" she finishes to loud clapping and whistles from the doorway and crazy screaming from Justin and Sophie.
"Baby Girl! That was amazing!" Justin says lifting her up and spinning her in a circle.
"El I was told you could sing but I never thought you'd be that good!" Lance approaches her. Joe and Chris agree.
"Oh c'mon y'all I was just goofin' for the kids." She blushes a deep crimson.
"If you were just goofin' I can wait to hear you really sing." Lance says.
"Well you won't have to wait much longer, Ellie the grand opening of the Lava Lounge is in two weeks, you're still going to sing a song right?" Justin smiles at her.
"Serious! Of course I'm a sing! I can't wait!!"
"I knew you'd be excited." Justin laughs kissing her cheek
"Oh I have to go shopping and figure out what I'm going to sing and all that." El starts naming things off in her head.
"El? Are you there Earth to El?" Justin pokes her gently in the stomach.
"Oh sorry what did you say?" El says snapping out of her mental list.
"Did you already feed the babies? They're crying, and I wanted to know if they need food or a diaper change." Justin says going to pick up Little Justin.
"Oh ya they need to be fed." El hurries over and picks up Sophie. They get the two in their chairs. "Hey honey you know what I was thinkin?" she asks sitting down next to Justin and Little Justin and in front of Sophie.
"That I'm incredibly sexy and charming and that you want me right now?" Justin grins
"But besides that?" she smiles playfully.
"No idea."
"Well you know when Justin gets older it's going to be really confusing with you and him we're going to have to think of something to call him don't you think?"
"Ya I guess you're right. But what would we call him? Would we go by his middle name or what?"
"Well I don't really know I was thinkin maybe Jay or JJ you know for Justin Jr.? what do you think?"
"JJ…hmm sounds almost… like he's from the street."
"Okay well then what do you think?"
"No hey I like it makes him sound tough, no one's gonna mess with my boy with a name like JJ." Justin's attempts to be a tough guy.
"Baby give it up you're a pretty boy not a thug." She teases. Justin is wearing khaki shorts Nike flip-flops Baby Blue button down shirt with a white undershirt. His hair is light blonde and very curly, its messy but in a styled way.
"I'm not a pretty boy!"
"Darlin' yes you are. I mean look at what you're wearing. If you got any preppier you'd be sitting in a Country Club saying "Victor my man you play a good game of tennis." Or "Eleanor my darling we must make an appearance at John and Barbara's Anniversary party Saturday evening we must keep up our presentation right dear?"
"That is so stereotypical of you not to mention hypocritical. Look at you." El looks down at herself. She is wearing khaki capri's with a light pink button down three quarter length shirt she has pure white tennis shoes. She has a platinum diamond and ruby tennis bracelet and a platinum ring and perfectly manicured nails. Around her neck is a string of pearls she has diamond studs in her ears. Her make up is light, natural and flawless and her hair is in a perfect French twist.
"Listen Baby I never said it was a bad thing I like how you look and I think I look very nice." She feeds Sophie a spoon of strawberries.
"I never said you didn't look nice I think you look gorgeous but all you're doing is sitting here playing with the babies and talkin to me and the guys."
"I know but I like dressing this way it's comfortable. And you never know who's going to stop by so I say why risk it?" she smiles at him.
"You're crazy." He laughs
"I know."
"Hey Andie what do you think of this dress?" El asks in holding a dress up to herself. Andie doesn't answer. "Andie look away from the twins for like two seconds and tell me what you think of this dress." El is holding up a simple black long halter dress.
"You singing not going to a funeral." Andie turns back to JJ and Sophie.
"What it's simple and black is slimming and I'm still pretty chunky."
"No you're not you're just imagining it, hun. What about this?" She holds up a white dress. The neckline was a plunging V down to the waist with very thin red straps the waist had a red sash around it the skirt was full length with a random pattern of sparkly star bursts .
"I don't know…"
"El it's gorgeous! You have to get this one!"
"Are you sure? I mean what if you can see my stretch marks?" El pats her tummy sadly.
"El you have no stretch marks!"
"Fine but do you think it's a little…revealing considering I just had babies? What if some thing pops out! I mean I'm a mommy now, what will people think if I show up wearing the dress from Kylie Monogue's video?"
"It's not that revealing and we'll tape it now go try it on." Andie pushes her into a change room. She emerges a few minutes later. "Oh my lord! Girlie you're getting this one whether you like it or not!!"
"Oh Andie it is amazing it feels so amazing too I love it!" They do the little girlie squeal.
"So who are you gonna get to watch the twins?" Andie asks later as they sit in the food court eating lunch.
"Probably Justin's mom since they're closer and don't have any other children to take care of. I mean I'd let my mom and dad but I want them to stay and have a good time since they're only coming down for the opening, and Lynn and Paul can come down any other time. But they'll be there to hear mommy sing her very first song to open the place up, won't you babies?" El smiles down at her children.
"What song are you going to sing any ways?"
"Misery."
"By Pink or The Moffatts?"
"Neither, I wrote it back when Justin left. I got the sheet music and lyrics all printed up."
"You wrote a song! Like music and all?"
"Okay I wrote the lyrics by myself but I got some help for the music. See when The guys and Richard Marx teamed up for This I Promise You I got in touch with him and asked him if he could help me put music to some lyrics and so we did it, I just never told anyone it's pretty personal. When I wrote the lyrics I was just starting to rebel so I just put in away some where in case I ever needed it later, and I do." She takes a bite of her chicken burger.
"Oh El can I hear it please! You have to let me I'm you're best friend!"
"Nope's Andie you get to hear it when everyone else does."
"Oh you're so mean."
"I know."
"C, Man I need to talk to you, do you have a minute?" Justin asks sitting down across from JC.
"Ya sure man." JC puts own the book he was reading.
"Okay I want to get Ellie something for the opening but I don't know what she's wearing so I don't know what to get her because it has to match and I need to co-ordinate with her." JC laughs at him. "Come on man I'm serious, I'm totally lost I looked all over the place and I have no idea where she hid her dress and she said I would have to wait until that night to find out what she's wearing. Did she tell you or anything?"
"Okay man, listen. El didn't tell me anything about it. She says she wants it to be a surprise. But I was askin Andie about it and she told me 'think red' so I can only guess she's wearing red."
"Thanks man that's all I need to know."
"No problem. So what are you going to get her?"
"Something red." JC laughs again.
"Well what kind of something?"
"I was thinking a necklace, maybe. So I'm going to have to tell her to not get a necklace."
"Okay Man." JC chuckles to himself.
"What's so funny?"
"You." JC exits the room.
"El if you don't hurry up we'll be past fashionably late right on to just plain late!" Justin calls from the living room.
"I know I just have to do one more thing!" she calls from the master bedroom with Andie. "Come on hurry up!" she tells Andie who is trying to finish taping El's dress in place.
"Just one more piece… finished!"
"Okay how do I look?" El has her dress on her nails are painted so that the little hump at her cuticles are white and the rest is red. She has red stilettos her handbag is red her earrings are dangly and also red. She has her ring and tennis bracelet on too. Her eyes are dark and smokey with hints of red on the inside. Her lips are a bright cherry red identical to all the other red accessories she has on, her skin bronze from a tan with her cheeks just a shade darker than the rest. Her hair was in ringlets that fell on her shoulders.
"You look great! Now go show Justin." Andie winks and nudges her out of the bedroom. She walks timidly down the hall to the living room where Justin is standing with his back to the hall. But he hears her footsteps. He turns around quickly ready to tease her for being so slow. When he turns around his mouth falls agape.
"El…Baby Girl you're beautiful…" he barely whispers gently touching her face. She giggles shyly.
"Thanks Darlin'" she smiles sweetly. He kisses her deeply.
"Let's get going we're going to be late is Andie ready?"
"I'm here let's get going!" she calls walking down the hall through the living room and out the door. Justin and El laugh softly and share one last kiss. He takes a box out of his pocket.
"Baby what's that?" El asks.
"This," he holds the box up "is your good luck gift, though you don't need luck with a talent like yours." He opens the box for her.
"Oh…Baby, it's beautiful!" she squeals in delight. The box held a beautiful diamond choker with a ruby pendant that looked like a teardrop. Justin takes the necklace out and puts the box down on a table. He fastens it around her neck.
"I love you Eleanor." He whispers into her lips
"I love you too."
"A little sick but not to bad."
"Okay. I was wondering have you seen a doctor yet? Because y'know you should."
"Don't worry Andie, I've seen a doctor and I have an appointment in a couple of days."
"Have you told Justin yet? I mean you're what almost five months?"
" Four and a half. I haven't, but y'know he's noticing Andie, I'm getting bigger but I don't want to tell him anything yet, I'm still trying to figure things out."
"Oh El, you have to tell him soon. I've heard the other guys talking, they've been noticing things too. And it'll really hurt him if he finds out some other way then from you.
"I know I think I'm going to tell him after my doctor's appointment."
"Okay Eleanor, lets just take a look." Dr.Grady puts the rolly thingy on El's belly. "Well, El it looks to me that you have very healthy babies."
"Wow it's so big…wait…oh my…did you say babies?"
"Yes Eleanor you're having twins."
"El you've gotta tell him soon. I mean look at you. You're showing! I'm amazed that you're actually this small. I mean four and a half months pregnant and it only looks like you only look like there's a half filled up balloon in your shirt. Most women would be small Whales" Andie tells El while shopping for maternity clothes.
"Thanks. I think. But Andie I'm going to tell him okay? Really soon I just have to find the perfect time."
"Well then make it the perfect time!"
"Ya, ya whatever. Hey do you think this would look good on me?"
"Man I'm pregnant with twins. I'm having two babies. I am having two of Justin's babies. I love him, I think. But is it just old memories coming back? I hope so I mean Brit said he's into this other girl. I want to know who she is. Maybe I should ask him? But then I'd have to tell him how I found out, and then that'd get Brit in trouble. Ha, I don't want to get the man I might be in love with's ex-girlfriend in trouble, I must be a good person." El thinks in bed that night.
"Hey Justin. What ya watchin?" El sits down in a chair with a book in the living room.
"Ferris Buller's Day Off. I love this movie." Justin shoves some popcorn in his mouth.
"Cool." El opens her book.
"What ya reading?"
"Hamlet."
"Umm okay." Justin says making a face.
"It's good literature, I like it."
"Ya you would." He laughs
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing go read your 'Hamlet""
"I will thank you very much." She starts reading. Justin tosses a piece of popcorn at her. She looks up at him over her glasses. He looks at the screen. El continues reading. Justin throws some more popcorn at her. She looks up and he looks back at the screen. "Justin what are you doing?"
"Nothing just watching my movie." He smiles. El nods and goes back to her book. Justin throws a handful of popcorn at her. El slams her book down and walks over to Justin on the couch.
"What the hell was that?'
"Nothing."
"You threw a handful of popcorn at me."
"No I didn't."
"Yes you did I saw you. Look over at the chair there's popcorn all over it."
"Just because there's popcorn on the chair does not mean I threw it at you."
"But I saw you do it, so that does mean you threw it at me."
"Whatever." Justin laughs. El sits down beside him.
"Don't throw popcorn at me." She smiles
"Fine I wont." He puts some in her mouth "I'll feed it to you."
"Thanks." She cuddles into his shoulder. 'Oh should I tell him? No not right now I'm too happy right now' she thinks
"Hey El a contractor is going to look at the building tomorrow at one but I can't make it, I wanted to surprise you and have things started, but something came up and I can't make it, and the guy is booked up for like three months, so I was wondering if you could meet him there?"
"Ya sure no problem."
"Thanks."
"Oh I've gotta tell him soon, I can't keep doing this these cravings are way to hard to hide." El says to herself on the way to the club. "Grr!" she yells "What the-!"
"Hello?" Justin picks up the phone around three o'clock.
"Hello is a Mr. Josh Chasez there?" a female voice asks
"No he's not may I take a message?"
"Do you know a Ms. Eleanor Chasez?"
"Yes I do, is she okay? Who is this?"
"This is the hospital, Ms. Chasez was in a car accident, do you have anyway to contact him?'"
"El was in a…ohmigosh…I'll page him Bye." Justin hangs up the phone quickly.
"I'm looking for Eleanor Chasez?" Justin says worriedly running up to the front desk at the hospital.
"Third floor, room two-eighteen." The nurse tells him. Justin runs to the elevator and goes up to El's floor. He finds her room and runs in.
"El…El Baby are you awake?" Justin whispers sitting down in a chair next to her bed.
"Justin? Is that you?" she mumbles.
"Ya it's me Baby Girl, I paged JC he'll be here in a couple of minutes." He takes her hand
"Justin I-I was in an accident." She whispers.
"I know sweetie how are you feeling?"
"Groggy, and they said my wrist was broken I think, and they want to keep me here over night to make sure I don't have a concussion and…" El sighs
"El I have to tell you something."
"I have to tell you something too."
"El, I love you, I love you with all my heart. I always have and I always will."
"Justin…I'm pregnant. Twins." She half smiles
"Where's El? Where's my sister?" JC and Andie run to the front desk.
"Are you Josh Chasez?" the nurse asks
"Yes now where's my sister?"
"Third floor room two-eighteen, she has a visitor already, you'll have to go check and see if he's there still."
"Thanks." JC and Andie race to El's room. El is in her bed asleep, and Justin is sitting in a chair beside her staring blankly at the wall."
"Justin…" JC whispers. Justin looks at him.
"I'm going to be a daddy." He whispers. "El's having my children." Justin smiles. "I told her I loved her and she told me I'm gonna be a daddy."
"Are you okay man?" JC asks taking a step to him. Andie goes and stands beside El.
"I'm the happiest man in the world."
"Let's go talk." JC walks Justin out of the room.
"El, hey sunshine wake up." Andie gently shakes El awake.
"Hi, Andie."
"El you told him?"
"Ya I figure I just had a life and death experience, if I don't tell him soon I might not be able to next time."
"Well, that's an interesting theory. What'd he say?"
"Well he didn't say anything after and then I kinda fell asleep, but before I told him he…oh Andie he told me he loved me! He loves me but Andie…I-I know there's someone else."
"El he told you he loved you, how can you think there's someone else!?"
"I was talking to Britney the night of JC's party, and she was talking to Justin and he said that there was someone else that he was into but he was just taking it slow and not telling anyone about her."
"Oh shit…El I'm sorry."
"Ya so am I… But there's something else."
"What?"
"It's… I'm having twins."
"Justin you finally did it! You told her! What did she say?" JC asks excitedly
"Well she told me she was pregnant, then we sat there in silence and then she fell asleep."
"Oh, okay."
"I know but it's probably the shock, I talked to her nurse and she said she broke her wrist in like three places, and they wanna make sure she doesn't have any head injuries and the babies or okay so they're keeping her overnight."
"Man I have to admit she already told me she was having you're baby, but wow this is still great!"
"She told you? Did she tell you she's having twins?'
"TWINS! No man she didn't tell me that! That's great! I'm so happy for you!" JC hugs Justin
"I know it's crazy man."
"Hey Josh, El wants to talk to you." Andie says entering the waiting room.
"Okay, Congrats man, I'm happy for you." JC heads towards El's room. "I'mma be an uncle times two!" he shouts
"Quiet down Joshy we're in a hospital." Laughs El. "I suppose Justin told you about the twins."
"El I'm so happy for you!" He gives her a hug
"I know."
"But y'know you're going to have to do something."
"Ya Me and Justin have to figure things out."
"Yes you do."
"But that's not what I wanna talk about,"
"Okay shoot."
"Well my car has some major damage." She frowns "I need to get a job real soon, but for now I'm pretty well living off you, so I was thinking when me and Justin get our nightclub started I'll be making money and then I can pay you back, but I need a car before then…"
"Don't worry Ellie I'll take care of everything."
"Okay now watch your step, be careful we don't want you to fall." JC Andie and Justin help El into the house the next day.
"Y'all I'm okay, don't worry I'm pregnant not crippled." She laughs breaking away from them. "Chris Lance Joey! Where are all of you?" She calls
"TV!" Chris yells
"Well I have some news that's bigger then TV!" she walks into the living room. "I'm pregnant with twins!" she squeals.
"You're kidding!" Joe turns the TV off.
"No way!" Chris stands up.
"Twins!" Lance asks. They all hug her, and congratulate her.
"So who's the daddy?" Joe asks. She looks over at Justin. "Wow you're kidding! You finally got together! That's great!"
"Well we're not together, together, we still have to talk and figure all this stuff out." She smiles bashfully
"Oh."
"Hey Justin, um I gotta talk to you." El says sitting down on his bed
"Ya, we really need to talk, about a lot of things." Justin sits up.
"Okay business then family. Since I was in the accident I missed the contractor, and you said he was booked for months so… what's gonna happen?"
"Well I called him, I told him what happened, and he agreed to look at the building and your drawings on his own time."
"Oh that's great! Now for the heavy stuff. How are we going to do this, have a family I mean. We're not really normal I mean we can't just go to the park down the street and play on the swings with our babies, you're famous, And we're both real young."
"El, I love you, I told you that. And I want to spend the rest of my life with you if you love me to." Justin holds her hands. "If you love me I want to marry you."
"Oh Justin…I-I can't marry you…I-"
"El don't you love me?"
"I love you Justin I love you so much. And you have no idea how good it feels to finally tell you that." She cries. "But I have to many issues to work through before I can even think about marrying you. You hurt me so bad when you left me, I still haven't fully gotten over it. And then when I miscarried… God Justin I have to go." She sobs
"El don't leave I can help you through it. And I promise on my life that I will never hurt you ever again." he cries
"I have to go." El walks out and goes quickly down the stairs and right out the door.
"El where are you going?" JC calls seeing her walk out. He hears the door slam.
"El?" El is sitting on a swing at the park down the street from the house. Her head is bent down and she's gently pushing her self back and forth. "El I'm sorry for upsetting you." Justin kneels down beside her swing.
"Justin I've lied to you, for a very long time. I've lied to you Justin."
"About what?"
"Justin I was pregnant when I was fourteen."
"Ya I know, after I left."
"Ya but I- it wasn't my boyfriend's baby, I- Justin we made love the night before you left, do you remember?"
"Ya, but El are you saying…"
"Justin I was pregnant when you left It wasn't my other boyfriends baby, I didn't know at the time but I figured it out and the dates for us matched, Justin I'm sorry I didn't tell you I- you were finally fulfilling you're dream, I didn't tell anyone, because if that got out you'd be- it'd ruin you. I couldn't do that." So I told everyone that it was the other guy's baby. I'm so sorry, please don't hate me." She sobs
"Oh Baby Girl, I could never hate you never. I'm sorry I did that to you, I'm so sorry." Justin rests his head in her lap. "I love you."
"I love you too."
"Hi sunshine how are you feeling?" Andie asks as El sits down in a in the kitchen
"Fat, sick, pregnant." She mumbles
"Oh well I'm glad you finally started eating more you're eating for three of you, and you're not fat. You look incredibly good considering you're six and half months pregnant. Most woman would look like a giant ball." Andie says sitting across from her.
"So the club will be finished in an estimated two and a half months, maybe less? That's amazing, you must have gotten the best contractor in the world."
"Ya well we're getting more then our money's worth, you should come down with me and Justin today."
"Going to see how close you're getting?"
"No we have to interview people for jobs. You know you should apply the pay will be great, if we get enough people the hours will be great you'll be working with me it'll be fun."
"I might I don't know. But are you going to start singing right away?"
"No, I'll probably have the kids before the club opens. Then I'll just work with management then when the kids are older I'll start performing."
"Wow you have all this planned out pretty well."
"Ya well I have to have things planned."
"Are you going to keep living here?"
"Ya but not in the house. JC is hiring someone to fix up the guesthouse a little bit. And we'll live there until I can find somewhere else where they can be close to Justin."
"What's going to happen with you and Justin?"
"Well I still have to get past some stuff, and then maybe we can start a relationship."
"Maybe? El you're having his children there is no maybe."
"Well I'm just not ready yet…I don't know if I'll ever be ready."
"God El this is gorgeous! You designed this by yourself?" Andie asks standing in the middle of the club.
"I did help a bit and so did John." Justin tells her
"Who's John?" Andie asks
"He's the contractor we hired." El tells her
"And did you see that line up out there? I didn't realize there'd be so many people!"
"Okay Andie we have to get to work go look around." El laughs
"I didn't think there'd be so many people either." Justin says as they sit down.
"Well I guess they found out you were co owner."
"Or people just like working in night clubs."
"Ya. Okay so we should divide them into groups based on the job they're applying for, and go group by group so that way we know what we're looking at.
"Sounds good." Justin and El call the people in and divide them into the different groups.
"Okay so which one do you want to start with?" El asks Justin.
"Um, bartenders then waiters, then cooks, then all miscellaneous jobs like washing dishes, ect. Then janitorial work."
"Sounds like a plan."
"Oh god that was a long day!" El sighs once the last applicant has left.
"Man some people are just ridiculous!" Justin laughs.
"Oh I know, that one lady, oohh she was pissing me off so much. She was all over you hardcore and then I ask her one question and she gives me the evil eye, we are definitely not hiring her."
"Well you know she did have an impressive resume."
"Ya but she was a bitch she'd get all the guy customers but we'd loose the female ones. But you just want her hired so you can get all up in her space."
"All up in her space? Baby Girl no more BET for you."
"Oh shut up, man. C'mon lets go get Andie I'm tired." El yawns
"Okay Let's get you home mommy to be."
"Okay Eleanor, your babies look healthy, but I think you're too thin for almost seven months, so I'm going to have to put you on bed rest. That means no heavy exercise, and a strict diet. I'll send home a list of things that you should eat and the exercises you can do. And if you get cravings you can eat what you're craving as long as it's in moderation and there are no harmful substances, the list I'll give you will have substances in food that you should not eat. Now I've told you before that twins can come early, so don't be scared if you go into labour between seven and a half months and nine months that is completely normal just get to the hospital. So unless you have any problems or questions I will see you during labour." Dr Grady hands her a chart
"Thank you Dr Grady, I'll make sure to follow all your directions." El takes the chart.
"It was nice meeting you Dr Grady." Justin says shaking her hand.
"The pleasure was all mine Mr Timberlake." El and Justin walk out to Justin's car.
"That was amazing they- they're so big and they have all their limbs and features developed it was…amazing." Justin says sitting down in his car.
"I know it's so cool to think that those babies are in my belly right this moment." El muses happily
"El are we ever going to be together?"
"Justin I just can't deal with a relationship right now. Not with you and definitely not with anyone else. I can't deal with the stress of it all. As soon as I've figured out everything that's going on in my head then maybe we can talk more deeply about it but until then Justin we just have to be friends. Can we do that? Please?"
"Of course, I mean I made it this far I can't lose you now." He smiles
"Good, but Justin I…I don't really know how to ask you this because this could get a friend in trouble but I have to know…I heard you were seeing someone else…Is it true?"
"What where did you hear that?! Of course I'm not! El you're the only woman I'm interested in, the only women I'll ever be interested in ever again! Where did you hear that!?"
"Don't get mad okay but I was talking to Brit and-"
"Ha, No surprise there."
"And she told me that she was talking to you and that you had said you were seeing this girl and that you were just kinda figuring things out, but you weren't telling anyone that you were dating…and well that really hurt me y'know…so I wanted to know if it was true."
"El…shit Brit shouldn't have told you that it's none of her business."
"So it's true? God… I thought…you just said you loved me…"
"El it's almost true…just let me tell you the whole story." El nods her head. "Okay when we were at JC's party Brit came up to me and we were talking and she was asking if we could ever get back together. See I told her no, and that there was this other girl I was interested in, I never said I was going out with another girl. She must have misunderstood me or you misunderstood her or something I don't know. But El… I was talking about you."
"I love you Justin Timberlake." El whispers as a tear rolls down her cheek.
"Justy…hey Justy are you awake?" El whispers, putting her hand on Justin's chest.
"I am now…El? Is something wrong?" he asks groggily sitting up.
"No, I'm fine I just can't sleep, do you think it would be alright if I… slept here with you?"
"Ya sure of course, hop in." Justin pulls the covers aside for her.
"Tanx Justy. Do you mind if we sleep with the radio on, I like the noise."
"Sure, anything for my Baby Girl." Justin laughs and turns the radio beside his bed on.
"What the heck are you listening to? Turn it to 93.1, you're station sucks."
"Ughh! You're picky." He turns the dial to El's station. The Girlfriend Remix is playing. Justin starts singing along with it.
"…Won't you be my girlfriend…"
"Yes." El whispers getting closer to him.
"Yes what?"
"I'll be you're girlfriend." El mumbles then falls into sleep
"Morning Sunshine, morning Justin" Andie says over top of the paper as El and Justin walk in the kitchen
"Morning Doll." El says happily.
"Why are you so chipper this morning? It's usually 'I'm sick and I'm fat.'"
"Thanks Andie, that's nice of you real nice of you."
"There's something going on. I mean you're not grumpy, you're not sleepy, you're not even complaining about morning sickness. Are you feeling okay?" JC asks
"I couldn't be better, how bout you Darlin'?" El asks Justin.
"Couldn't feel better Baby Girl." Justin pulls her into a sweet kiss.
"Oh My GOD you're TOGETHER!!" Andie shouts running over to them. "I'm so happy!" she says hugging each of them.
"So when'd this happen?" JC smiles
"Last night, in bed." El says
"Okay no more details for me." JC turns back to his breakfast.
"Oh Joshy get you're mind out of the gutter, I just went and slept in his bed and bam we're together."
"Last time that happened you got pregnant though." Justin laughs
"Eating breakfast here." JC cringes
"Hey is it true that if you have sex the baby can like see it?" Andie asks trying to gross out JC.
"No, you see the cervix is so small that the-"
"SHUT UP!" JC yells. Everyone else laughs. "I'd like to keep my breakfast down please and thank you."
"Oh Josh don't be such a baby."
"Oh Justin look at it it's so beautiful! I Just love it!" El exclaims standing in the middle of the finished club.
"Come on Baby sit down now you're still on bed rest, I'm not even supposed to take you out side of our property." Justin says making her sit down in a chair.
"But it's just so beautiful, Justin look at it."
"I know okay so we have the staff coming tomorrow to learn their way around get familiar and all that, and we need to get some advertising done but there's one problem with that…"
"We don't have a name yet! Oh I forgot all about a name with everything going on!"
"It's okay, do you have any ideas?"
"Um well something hot, something original…hmmm"
"Um look at the colours, maybe that will help. The table's and chair's are red and black, the bar is red black and white, the general floor is red and black, the dance floor is red and white, and the uniforms are red black and white…I'd say something that involves red black and white would be a good bet."
"The Lava Lounge."
"Okay. Explain."
"Ya see cause lava is red and white, and once it's dried it's black! It's perfect don't ya think?"
"I love it."
"Yay!" El giggles
"Baby are you okay?" Justin mumbles waking up to hear El breathing heavy.
"Justin I think I need to go to the hospital." She says between breaths.
"Oh you mean? Right now! Oh my god! You're going in to labour!"
"Yes I am now help me!"
"Okay um I'll get JC and he can drive us and I'll get Andie to get you're bag and I'll help you, okay." Justin freezes
"JUSTIN! Get your ass into motion!" she screams
"Okay." Justin runs off and gets JC
"Okay Baby just breath." Justin says while in the hospital room waiting for a nurse.
"Oh no…" El says
"What's wrong Ellie?" JC asks.
"Contraction!"
"Okay Sunshine it's okay every things alright, just breath, okay." Andie says
"Yupp." El does her breathing exercises. A nurse walks in after her contraction is over.
"Hello how are you?" the nurse asks.
"Oh I'm great." El says with a hint of sarcasm.
"Wonderful." The nurse says ignoring her tone. "So how far apart are the contractions?"
"20 minutes." Justin says
"Okay well just let me see how far you're dilated." The nurse checks El.
"Well three centimetres. You could be here for a while. I'll come back in a while to see how you're coming along." The nurse leaves. El notices a flash out of the corner of her eye.
"What was that?" she asks
"What was what?" JC asks
"I saw a flash from the window what was it?"
"It was probably just a headlight or something like that don't worry." Justin says reassuringly. There's another flash this time everyone notices it. Andie goes and looks out the window.
"Oh shit…guys there's like a ton of reporters out there." Andie says.
"What!" El cries.
"El Baby calm down we'll take care of it okay?" Justin reassures her. She nods her head. Justin and JC head out into the hall.
"Jace what're we going to do?" Justin asks
"Well we're going to have to stay calm, and call Lon and the boys and see if they can get the crowd away." JC says
"Man then they'll know something's really up."
"Well what else can we do?"
"Well we could get one of the nurses to call the cops and say that the reporters are disturbing other patients and then the cops will force them to leave."
"Good idea. You go back to El and I'll talk to the nurse at the desk."
"Thanks man." Justin goes back into El's room and JC goes to the Nurse's station.
"Excuse me miss?" he asks poking his head over the counter
"Yes sir what can I do for you?" The Nurse asks politely.
"Hi I was wondering if you could do me a favour?"
"Sure hon"
"Well you see I'm in a popular group N Sync, and ya see my sister and my friends are here, because my sister is having a baby and you see there are a load of paparazzi outside trying to get our pictures, so do you think you could call the police to break up the crowd? It's really freaking my sister out."
"Oh I knew I recognized you from somewhere! My daughters just love you. And sure I'll call right away." She smiles
"Thanks, you're a life saver. Would you like autographs for your daughters?"
"Oh you'd do that? You're such a sweet young man my daughters would just love that!"
"Okay well I'll be back in a moment."
"No problem hon." The nurse gives JC her daughter's names then calls the police while JC and Justin write autographs. JC returns with them and hands them to the nurse.
"There you go." He smiles
"Oh thank you so much my daughters are going to be ecstatic! Oh and I called they said they'd be over in a few minutes."
"Thanks a ton."
"Oh anytime hon" JC waves and walks back to El's room.
"JC are they going to get them to leave?" El asks
"Don't worry Ellie they'll be gone very soon."
"Thanks. Oh Joshy I want momma and daddy here, do you think you could get them here real soon? I want them here."
"Well I can't guarantee anything Ellie but I'll try." JC smiles
"Oh man could you call my mom and get her to call my dad and tell them what's happening." Justin asks
"Sure man I'll be back in a couple minutes." JC walks out of the room to go outside so he can use his cell phone.
"Oh no Justin another contraction is coming." El cries. Justin and Andie help her through.
"I want my mommy." El sobs after a strong contraction.
"Oh honey I'm here don't worry I'm here!" Mrs. Chasez calls running into her daughter's room.
"We just got here sweetheart don't worry." Mr. Chasez says "Hello there Justin." He says turning to Justin.
"Hello Roy." He says meekly. Roy laughs
"Toughen up son you're about to become a father!" he slaps Justin on the back, and Justin smiles strongly at the mention of being a father.
"Did you see if my parents were here yet?" he asks
"Oh ya you're mom and dad said they were going to go get snacks Josh told us you've been here for a while so they volunteered." They hear talking down the hall. "Well that sounds like them now." Lynn and Paul Harless, and Lisa and Randy Timberlake come through the door.
"Oh El how are you?" Lynn rushes to El's side after kissing Justin's cheek.
"Peachy." She growls Lynn laughs
"Obviously."
"There's my boy!" Randy goes and gives Justin a big hug. "You're going to be a father!"
"Ya. Hi Paul, Lisa." He gives each of them a hug. "Where's Jon and Steve?"
"Oh well they're a little scared they're out in the waiting room." Lisa explains.
"Oh well I'll go get them then. Um go meet El, sorry you couldn't have met her before." Justin goes to get his little brothers. Lisa Randy and Paul go over to El. Everyone except Lynn and Karen (El and JC's mom) have gone and sat down in the corner to give El some space. The three of them say hello to El. She nods her head weakly.
"Nice to meet you." She says breathlessly. "To bad I'm in labour or we could all go and talk."
"Well don't you worry sweetheart you'll all have plenty of time to talk once you and Justin are married." Lynn says
"Who says we're getting married?" El sits up angrily
"Ellie you're having his baby, you have to get married." Karen says
"Babies!" she shouts "And you do not get to tell me that I have to marry him I'll decide if I want to marry him!" she roars. "Now back the fuck up and give me some space!" Everyone backs away from El
"Come on guys you gotta meet her! You're going to be her babies' uncles. She's really nice, she even told me she wanted to meet you." Justin tries to convince Jon and Steve to come into El's room."
"When did she tell you that?" Steve asks
"Well I was telling her about you guys awhile back and she said she couldn't wait till she could meet you cause you sound so cool."
"Okay but she's not gonna be mad or scary is she?" Jon asks
"Well she's a bit irritable right now she's pretty uncomfortable but as long as you're polite you don't have to worry." The boys agree and Justin walks them to El's room. Everyone is sitting in a group in the corner and El is staring out the window. "Um Baby? What'd you do?" Justin asks her
"I just needed some space." She smiles feebly. "Are you guys Jonathan and Steven?" she asks sweetly smile at the two of them. They nod shyly.
"Come on guys she won't bite y'know." Justin laughs urging them to go over to her
"Are you Justin's wife?" Jon asks her. Everyone in the corner braces them self's. El laughs
"No I'm Justin's girlfriend."
"You have a big belly." Steve says
"Steven…" Justin warns. El laughs again
"Well I have two little babies in there right now, once they're out it'll be smaller."
"Cool." Jon says pulling up a chair beside her. Everyone watches in amazement at El who just a few minutes ago was roaring like a madman is now smiling laughing and playing with Justin's two little brothers. Justin smiles
'Man,' he thinks "She's going to be the greatest mommy.'
"Justin… contraction!" El calls. The two boys scramble out of the way.
"El that one was only five minutes you're getting closer." Andie says helping her through the contraction. The nurse walks in.
"I heard your contraction. I'm just going to see how far along you are." The nurse checks El. "Okay eight centimetres we're almost there it shouldn't be too long now dear." She leaves
"Justin I'm going to be a mommy soon…and you're going to be a daddy!" she says happily. Justin kisses her forehead.
"I know I can't wait." He sighs
"Ow!" El howls. Justin holds her hand
"Okay El come on you can do it. Come on Baby Girl you can do it just one more push!" he urges
"I can't do it, it hurts!" she cries
"Yes you can Baby one more push and you'll have you're first baby. Come on honey I love you!" Justin kisses her forehead she nods and pushes again. A minute later they hear the cry of a baby.
"Oh Justin…Oh you're a daddy…"
"Baby Girl it's a Boy." Justin grins as Dr.Grady hands a little blue bundle to him. He watches the tiny face of his newborn son and hands him to El so she can see.
"Oh…Justin look at him he's so tiny…and cute!" she stares in amazement until she feels another sharp pain. One of the nurses takes the baby to get cleaned off. Justin goes back to El's side.
"Okay El same as last time when I tell you to push, push." Dr Grady says. El nods "Okay now push!" El howls in pain again.
"It's okay Baby Girl its okay you can do this. You can do anything I know you can."
"Okay get ready to push again…now!"
"Oh Justin it hurts to much I don't want to." She sobs
"Oh but Baby once you see that next little baby in your arms it'll all be worth it, come on push." El pushes
"Okay once more Eleanor." El pushes again and hears the baby cry
"You have a Baby girl." Dr Grady smiles handing the little pink bundle to El.
"Oh Justin come and look at her, she's adorable." The nurse returns with their baby boy and hands him to Justin.
"We have to beautiful babies El." Justin whispers.
"Ya." El agrees tearily.
"Oh god it hurts to walk." El cringes as she sits down.
"Well it's only been a few days Ellie, just give it time." Justin says admiring their children. "Baby we got to think of some names. We can't just keep calling them baby one and baby two."
"Well I know for sure what I wanna name baby one." She smiles. Justin sits down beside her holding baby one.
"What do you want to name my son, cause if it's geeky then forget about it."
"I want to name him Justin, after his wonderful father." She smiles
"Hmmm Justin Roy Timberlake…I like it." He kisses El
"Now for Baby two. Something Eleanor Timberlake. Do you have any ideas?" she asks going over to pick up baby two
"Um how about Erma?" Justin laughs
"I don't think she looks like and Erma to me."
"Hmm… how about Le'tice?"
"No I don't think so sounds too much like Lettuce."
"Well how about… Sophia?"
"Sophia… Sophia Eleanor Timberlake, I love it." She smiles.
"Justin Roy Timberlake and Sophia Eleanor Timberlake welcome to the family."
"Okay Ellie watch your step." Justin says helping El and the babies into the house.
"Justin I know how to walk okay just calm down." She laughs
"I know I'm just…I'm overprotective sorry." He smiles
"I know darlin' don't worry about It." She kisses him.
"Okay lets get y'all in the house." Justin and El take the babies into the house and set down their carriers on the couch.
"Welcome Home!" Everyone shouts popping out from behind various objects. El and Justin's brothers' parents and grandparents are there along with Andie JC Joe Chris and Lance.
"Oh y'all! This is so sweet!" El says bursting out in tears noticing the decorations and the presents, and everything that they all set up. Justin puts his arm around her supportively.
"She's going to be a little emotional for a few days." He tells them.
"Oh sunshine don't you like it?" Andie asks going over to her.
"Oh I love it, it's so sweet of all y'all to do this." She cries. "I don't even know why I'm crying!"
"Oh don't worry come on you have to party with us!" El nods her head wiping away the tears.
"Okay so what'd y'all get us?" Everyone laughs. El sits down and takes each of the babies out she hands Sophia to Justin and she takes baby Justin. One at a time people hand El and Justin a gift and they open them. Joe Lance and Chris gave them a variety of stuffed animals and baby toys. From Justin's parents they got numerous outfits for each baby and a double stroller and a teddy bear for each baby from Jon and Steve. From El's parents they got more outfits a baby monitor and some baby creams (you know for stuff like diaper rash).
"Why Joshy I haven't got a present from you yet, don't you love your new niece and nephew?" El pouts playfully
"Oh I got you something Ellie, come on everyone follow me." JC leads everyone out to the back of the large yard to the guesthouse.
"Okay Ellie here is my present." JC hands her the keys to the door.
"Oh Joshy! Thank you so much!" she hugs him
"Wait till you see what's inside." He grins El's eyes go wide in excitement she runs happily into the house handing over baby Justin to JC.
"Oh Josh! This is amazing!" She cries from inside. JC had fixed up the guest house so it had a complete kitchen dinning room and living room all of which are open there's a full bathroom near the front of the house. At the back of the house there are two average sized bedrooms and the master bedroom complete with a large master bath with Jacuzzi. Everyone else walks into the living room as El exits the master bedroom.
"So you like it?" JC asks
"Oh Joshy I love it! Thank you so much!" she hugs him and takes baby Justin.
"Well we hope you like all the colours and stuff Andie decided on all that but we couldn't get all the furniture because we didn't know what you'd want."
"Oh Andie, Joshy I love it so much I can't thank you enough!" El hugs Andie.
"Well don't worry about it. There's it's own lane way out back so when you're car is fixed you can just park it under the car port and hey we even got you all moved in too!" Andie says.
"Really! Oh Y'all this is wonderful thank you so much!" El starts crying again which triggers Justin and Sophie to cry too.
"Okay well El we'll leave you and your babies to cry with Justin and get all settled in." JC gives his sister one last hug before he and everyone else retreat back to the house. Justin El and the babies go inside.
"Oh Justin this was so nice of them but how am I going to do this?"
"It's okay baby girl I'm here to help and so is everyone else." Justin says putting a reassuring arm around El's shoulders.
"Oh Justin thank you so much."
"Anytime Baby Girl."
"I love you so much." Justin, surprised, kisses her forehead.
'That's the first time she's said that to me in forever' he thinks. "I love you too baby girl."
"Ugh! Do you two ever stop crying!?" El sobs. It's been three weeks El and Justin are living together in the guesthouse with their babies. They have had almost no sleep during that time. El's alone tonight though. Justin had to leave on a business trip and he would be back the next afternoon. El had told everyone else she could take care of the twins by herself but she found she was wrong.
"I feed you I change you I play with you I rock you, I do everything for you but you never stop crying!" she sobs harder. "Please stop crying." She calms down for a minute. She sits down at her piano and begins to play and sing.
"There's a song that's inside of my soul
It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again
I'm awake in the infinite cold
Would you sing to me over and over and over again
So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands
And pray to be only yours
I pray to be only yours
I know now you're my only hope
Sing to me the song of the stars
Of your galaxy dancing and laughing and laughing again
When it feels like my dreams are so far
Sing to me of the plans that you have for me over again
So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands
And pray to be only yours
I pray to be only yours
I know now you're my only hope
I give you my destiny
I'm giving you all of me
I want your symphony
Singing in all that I am
At the top of my lungs I'm giving it back
So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands
And pray to be only yours
I pray to be only yours
I pray to be only yours
I know now you're my only hope" (Only Hope by Mandy Moore)
She finishes the song and Justin and Sophie are lying quiet for the first time in ages.
"So that's all I had to do guys? You couldn't have told me sooner?" El starts crying lightly.
"El, baby I'm home." Justin calls lightly in case the twins are sleeping. He walks down the hall to the bedrooms when there is no answer. He looks in the twins room. They are sleeping soundly in their cribs. He walks over so he's standing between them.
"Oh I still can't believe you two are mine." He whispers picking up Sophie then Justin, he goes and sits in the rocker by the window. "I love you guys more then anything, never forget that." Sophie makes a noise in her sleep. Justin laughs softly. "I love you're mommy too, and I'm so happy that we're finally together and we have you two, and I'm going to tell you two a secret, is that okay?" Baby Justin opens his eyes and looks up at Justin, Sophie gurgles, wiggles then opens her eyes too. Justin laughs again. "I guess that's a yes." Justin looks at the sweet little faces of his and El's children. "I'm going to ask mommy to marry me and then we can really be a family." Baby Justin and Sophie look at him blankly for a minute then they both smile at him. Justin feels a tear run down his cheek. "I love you both." He kisses each on the forehead and puts them back in their crib, and goes back to looking for El. He looks in his and El's room and there she is. He can hardly see her she's so snuggled into the blankets. He walks over and lies down next to her and kisses her gently.
"Mmm…" she moans lightly. "Justin?" she opens her eyes a little.
"Ya baby girl it's me." He smiles and brushes some hair out of her face. "Sorry I woke you up. I just had to kiss you."
"Mmm…darlin' I missed you so much never leave me again." She mumbles sleepily cuddling into him
"I'll never leave you Ellie."
"They're counting on a guilty conscience to save you." El sings quietly watching Sophie and Justin playing in their play pen.
"But I'm banking on the deep blue eyes." She tickles Justin's chubby tummy, "And the face to." She gently taps Sophie's nose.
"You always said always said you were easy oh." Sophie and Justin clap their hands and scream happily.
"Oh if I could have just one piece of that I'd be so good." El sings louder really getting into it. So she doesn't notice JC Andie and Justin watching her from the door.
"Come over to the Sweet ones baby, And I'll tell you where to go!." JC and Justin give each other surprised smiles and wave the guys, who are sitting by the pool, over.
"I can't see them when the walk in side ways I don't know. I don't know." Sophie and Justin scream again.
"Wow, y'know I've never actually heard her sing, she's amazing… better that you C." Lance elbows JC.
"Ya she's an awesome singer." Justin nods.
"Come over to my house and I'll tend to you solo." She continues running to her room and emerging with a feather boa and fedora.
"You're so fabulous and well dressed up like a talk show." She says posing with the fedora and boa while the kids scream happily as though they were singing along with her.
"You always said always said always said you were easy oh. If I could have just one piece of the I'd be so good." She sings dramatically throwing off the costume.
"Come over to the sweet ones baby and I'll tell you where to go. I can't see them when they walk in side ways I don't know I don't know!" she finishes to loud clapping and whistles from the doorway and crazy screaming from Justin and Sophie.
"Baby Girl! That was amazing!" Justin says lifting her up and spinning her in a circle.
"El I was told you could sing but I never thought you'd be that good!" Lance approaches her. Joe and Chris agree.
"Oh c'mon y'all I was just goofin' for the kids." She blushes a deep crimson.
"If you were just goofin' I can wait to hear you really sing." Lance says.
"Well you won't have to wait much longer, Ellie the grand opening of the Lava Lounge is in two weeks, you're still going to sing a song right?" Justin smiles at her.
"Serious! Of course I'm a sing! I can't wait!!"
"I knew you'd be excited." Justin laughs kissing her cheek
"Oh I have to go shopping and figure out what I'm going to sing and all that." El starts naming things off in her head.
"El? Are you there Earth to El?" Justin pokes her gently in the stomach.
"Oh sorry what did you say?" El says snapping out of her mental list.
"Did you already feed the babies? They're crying, and I wanted to know if they need food or a diaper change." Justin says going to pick up Little Justin.
"Oh ya they need to be fed." El hurries over and picks up Sophie. They get the two in their chairs. "Hey honey you know what I was thinkin?" she asks sitting down next to Justin and Little Justin and in front of Sophie.
"That I'm incredibly sexy and charming and that you want me right now?" Justin grins
"But besides that?" she smiles playfully.
"No idea."
"Well you know when Justin gets older it's going to be really confusing with you and him we're going to have to think of something to call him don't you think?"
"Ya I guess you're right. But what would we call him? Would we go by his middle name or what?"
"Well I don't really know I was thinkin maybe Jay or JJ you know for Justin Jr.? what do you think?"
"JJ…hmm sounds almost… like he's from the street."
"Okay well then what do you think?"
"No hey I like it makes him sound tough, no one's gonna mess with my boy with a name like JJ." Justin's attempts to be a tough guy.
"Baby give it up you're a pretty boy not a thug." She teases. Justin is wearing khaki shorts Nike flip-flops Baby Blue button down shirt with a white undershirt. His hair is light blonde and very curly, its messy but in a styled way.
"I'm not a pretty boy!"
"Darlin' yes you are. I mean look at what you're wearing. If you got any preppier you'd be sitting in a Country Club saying "Victor my man you play a good game of tennis." Or "Eleanor my darling we must make an appearance at John and Barbara's Anniversary party Saturday evening we must keep up our presentation right dear?"
"That is so stereotypical of you not to mention hypocritical. Look at you." El looks down at herself. She is wearing khaki capri's with a light pink button down three quarter length shirt she has pure white tennis shoes. She has a platinum diamond and ruby tennis bracelet and a platinum ring and perfectly manicured nails. Around her neck is a string of pearls she has diamond studs in her ears. Her make up is light, natural and flawless and her hair is in a perfect French twist.
"Listen Baby I never said it was a bad thing I like how you look and I think I look very nice." She feeds Sophie a spoon of strawberries.
"I never said you didn't look nice I think you look gorgeous but all you're doing is sitting here playing with the babies and talkin to me and the guys."
"I know but I like dressing this way it's comfortable. And you never know who's going to stop by so I say why risk it?" she smiles at him.
"You're crazy." He laughs
"I know."
"Hey Andie what do you think of this dress?" El asks in holding a dress up to herself. Andie doesn't answer. "Andie look away from the twins for like two seconds and tell me what you think of this dress." El is holding up a simple black long halter dress.
"You singing not going to a funeral." Andie turns back to JJ and Sophie.
"What it's simple and black is slimming and I'm still pretty chunky."
"No you're not you're just imagining it, hun. What about this?" She holds up a white dress. The neckline was a plunging V down to the waist with very thin red straps the waist had a red sash around it the skirt was full length with a random pattern of sparkly star bursts .
"I don't know…"
"El it's gorgeous! You have to get this one!"
"Are you sure? I mean what if you can see my stretch marks?" El pats her tummy sadly.
"El you have no stretch marks!"
"Fine but do you think it's a little…revealing considering I just had babies? What if some thing pops out! I mean I'm a mommy now, what will people think if I show up wearing the dress from Kylie Monogue's video?"
"It's not that revealing and we'll tape it now go try it on." Andie pushes her into a change room. She emerges a few minutes later. "Oh my lord! Girlie you're getting this one whether you like it or not!!"
"Oh Andie it is amazing it feels so amazing too I love it!" They do the little girlie squeal.
"So who are you gonna get to watch the twins?" Andie asks later as they sit in the food court eating lunch.
"Probably Justin's mom since they're closer and don't have any other children to take care of. I mean I'd let my mom and dad but I want them to stay and have a good time since they're only coming down for the opening, and Lynn and Paul can come down any other time. But they'll be there to hear mommy sing her very first song to open the place up, won't you babies?" El smiles down at her children.
"What song are you going to sing any ways?"
"Misery."
"By Pink or The Moffatts?"
"Neither, I wrote it back when Justin left. I got the sheet music and lyrics all printed up."
"You wrote a song! Like music and all?"
"Okay I wrote the lyrics by myself but I got some help for the music. See when The guys and Richard Marx teamed up for This I Promise You I got in touch with him and asked him if he could help me put music to some lyrics and so we did it, I just never told anyone it's pretty personal. When I wrote the lyrics I was just starting to rebel so I just put in away some where in case I ever needed it later, and I do." She takes a bite of her chicken burger.
"Oh El can I hear it please! You have to let me I'm you're best friend!"
"Nope's Andie you get to hear it when everyone else does."
"Oh you're so mean."
"I know."
"C, Man I need to talk to you, do you have a minute?" Justin asks sitting down across from JC.
"Ya sure man." JC puts own the book he was reading.
"Okay I want to get Ellie something for the opening but I don't know what she's wearing so I don't know what to get her because it has to match and I need to co-ordinate with her." JC laughs at him. "Come on man I'm serious, I'm totally lost I looked all over the place and I have no idea where she hid her dress and she said I would have to wait until that night to find out what she's wearing. Did she tell you or anything?"
"Okay man, listen. El didn't tell me anything about it. She says she wants it to be a surprise. But I was askin Andie about it and she told me 'think red' so I can only guess she's wearing red."
"Thanks man that's all I need to know."
"No problem. So what are you going to get her?"
"Something red." JC laughs again.
"Well what kind of something?"
"I was thinking a necklace, maybe. So I'm going to have to tell her to not get a necklace."
"Okay Man." JC chuckles to himself.
"What's so funny?"
"You." JC exits the room.
"El if you don't hurry up we'll be past fashionably late right on to just plain late!" Justin calls from the living room.
"I know I just have to do one more thing!" she calls from the master bedroom with Andie. "Come on hurry up!" she tells Andie who is trying to finish taping El's dress in place.
"Just one more piece… finished!"
"Okay how do I look?" El has her dress on her nails are painted so that the little hump at her cuticles are white and the rest is red. She has red stilettos her handbag is red her earrings are dangly and also red. She has her ring and tennis bracelet on too. Her eyes are dark and smokey with hints of red on the inside. Her lips are a bright cherry red identical to all the other red accessories she has on, her skin bronze from a tan with her cheeks just a shade darker than the rest. Her hair was in ringlets that fell on her shoulders.
"You look great! Now go show Justin." Andie winks and nudges her out of the bedroom. She walks timidly down the hall to the living room where Justin is standing with his back to the hall. But he hears her footsteps. He turns around quickly ready to tease her for being so slow. When he turns around his mouth falls agape.
"El…Baby Girl you're beautiful…" he barely whispers gently touching her face. She giggles shyly.
"Thanks Darlin'" she smiles sweetly. He kisses her deeply.
"Let's get going we're going to be late is Andie ready?"
"I'm here let's get going!" she calls walking down the hall through the living room and out the door. Justin and El laugh softly and share one last kiss. He takes a box out of his pocket.
"Baby what's that?" El asks.
"This," he holds the box up "is your good luck gift, though you don't need luck with a talent like yours." He opens the box for her.
"Oh…Baby, it's beautiful!" she squeals in delight. The box held a beautiful diamond choker with a ruby pendant that looked like a teardrop. Justin takes the necklace out and puts the box down on a table. He fastens it around her neck.
"I love you Eleanor." He whispers into her lips
"I love you too."