Still don't know what to think? Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote it. At the same time, I believe that is one of the endearing qualities of it. In this chapter, we'll start to see what Jasmine really wanted all along. Only two more chapters after this!

New Year's 2001

After yet another break up, Jasmine was beginning to get fed up. That year, Justin and Britney threw a New Year's Eve Party with all of the former mouseketeers. Being that she had spent a lot of time with the cast, Jasmine was invited, as well. Much to the chagrin of Britney. Jasmine wanted to cause trouble there, especially after seeing Justin and Britney together. The thought of that other girl having her hands on her Justin made Jasmine's skin crawl. Around 11 PM, Jasmine got into a screaming match with Britney, nearly sending the part to a screeching halt. It took a few minutes to pull the young women apart, and much to her surprise, Justin sat with her after the fight and had a few drinks with her. While Christina had Britney distracted, Jasmine left the part with Justin. Success was hers.

Around 9:30 AM, Justin and Jasmine woke up, turning on MTV to catch the news. Barely awake, they heard the reporter say "Just who did Justin kiss at midnight? And in a possibly related story, Eminem and his wife have worked things out." When they heard this, they shot up in the bed, naked. While Jasmine was thinking she had avoided a lot of trouble, Justin was extremely confused with what was going on. They showered and sat around until the actual news cast came on at the top of the hour. Britney came on the screen, doing a press conference. She had the water works on full blast, and babbled on how she and Jasmine had been going back and forth for years. She went on to say that she didn't believe that she didn't believe Jasmine could take advantage of such a sweet guy like Justin, the way that she obviously had the night before. She really put it over the top by saying, "like I said before, I'm a virgin, and I plan to stay that way until I'm married. Until last night, I thought that Justin felt the same way. I just want to say that if you are watching this, it's been a great couple of years, and I thought that I was falling in love with you, but I hope that you are happy with the choices you have made."

Jasmine turned the TV off with an exasperated sigh, "what a crock." She then walked over to Justin at the foot of the bed, straddling his knees.

Just as she leaned in to kiss him, Justin pulled away. "Maybe she was on the right track, Jas..."

"Wait, what..." Jasmine blinked a few times, frowning. "I know that I made a huge mistake when I left to work for Dr. Dre, but I only broke it off because of the distance thing."

Justin chuckled, shaking his head. "And in case you got drunk, or something?"

Jasmine blinked, "what, and cheat on you?"

"You do have that reputation," Justin shrugged.

"Maybe I do, but I couldn't do that to you," Jasmine sighed, sitting down in in a chair. "Don't you get it, Justin?"

"Get what?" Justin yelled, a little louder than he intended on, as he looked for the rest of his clothing.

Jasmine sighed, looking down for a moment. "I have never felt this serious about anyone before..."

"Save it for now, girl. I'm not sure what I want right now," Justin sighed as he reluctantly as he opened the door.

"Justin wait!" Jasmine got up, running over to him with a desperate plea in her eyes.

Justin spun around, glaring at her. "What?!"

"Do you want to know the real reason why I left you?" Jasmine asked in an even tone, reaching out to take his hand.

"Enlighten me," Justin sneered, pulling away from her.

"Didn't you get my note?" Jasmine tilted her head.

"No..." Justin stepped back inside the room, though not closing the door, "what note?"

Jasmine took a deep breath, "I left because I heard that you had actually been dating Britney that whole time..." She paused, shaking her head, "you know what? Never mind. Just go if that's what you want."

Much to her surprise, that's exactly what Justin did. Once the door had closed, Jasmine collapsed on the bed. She threw a fit for a bit, letting all of her aggression out before before crawling over to her phone and calling Christina. Once she heard her friend answer, she sighed. "You are so not going to believe this, Chris."

"I swear, Jas. It's only 10:15 AM. Some of us were up all night."

"So you haven't seen the bitch on MTV News?" Jasmine slumped down.

"No... why?"

Jasmine sighed heavily. "She got to them. She pulled a phony speech and everything. Now Justin is all confused, and I don't know how long I can wait to take her down."

There was a soft sigh on the other end of the line as Christina nodded. "You know all we have to do is pick a time and I can get MTV to make a special so that we can expose her for who she truly is."

"I know," a small smile curled on Jasmine's features as an idea came to mind, "but the VMAs is just the perfect occasion for this. I guess that I can let her have the greater part of the year. You know... if I can stay away from Justin for that long."

January – August 2001

For the first part of the year, Jasmine recorded her debut album. By May, she dropped her first single, and began touring with the Backstreet Boys. After A.J. went into rehab in August, Jasmine left the tour, feeling a little guilty as she got ready for the VMAs, which was only a few weeks away.

September 7th, 2001

Jasmine's first single was popular enough so that she got to perform on the VMAs that year. After her performance she stayed on stage and said, "It think it's about time you know the truth, Justin." At that moment, JC Chasez and Christina smiled, leaving Justin and Britney puzzled. Jasmine snapped her fingers and sat down on the stage as a video began to play. It was an old video made by JC back during the MMC days involving Britney's plans to split up Jasmine and Justin, what was really going on when Britney showed Justin Jasmine and Ryan together, and Britney making out with a number of the other guys. The final scene was Justin walking up to JC and Christina, asking if they knew where Britney was. After denying they knew where she was, JC brought Christina to a dressing room where one of the older guys was all over Britney. When little Christina asked JC why he lied to Justin, his response was "this is probably something where it is best to pretend that we don't know, but I'll keep this tape in case we need it in the future." Jasmine snapped her fingers once more as the video ended and stood up. "And I want to thank you for saving that, JC. I just want you to know that I love you, Justin. I always have. I know that I was only twelve at the time, but when you broke up with me, it dramatically changed my life for the worse. I have to honestly say that I have come to the vast realization that no matter how many times I try and no matter how many other guys I try to date that I will never love anyone as much, or the way that I do you." After getting that bit out, she ran off the stage crying.

Britney left after being exposed and wasn't seen again until her performance. She messed up so many times with her lip synching that she was literally laughed off stage. Justin officially ended things with Britney for good that night.