The rest of the day went by pretty fast, with Christina apoligizing to Britney, and later (under pressure from Britney), apoligized to Justin as well. Finally it was 5:30 and time for supper. All 5 of the kids from this season went to the time off room where a table was set up just beside a couch. Supper was nothing special, just hot dogs and french fries, "Or chips, as the British call them!" Ryan Gosling exclaimed in a wonky English accent. "What do they call chips then?" asked Britney. "Good question, I never did find that out." Ryan said normally. They all laughed. "They call them crisps." Justin said, speaking up for the first time. "How do you know that?" asked Ryan. "Because last year I had an exchange student living with me that was from London." he explained. "Cool." Nikki said.
"Wait, isn't an exchange student suppose to be from another country?" asked Christina. "Yes, well you see Christina, London is in the United Kingdom, or the UK, and the UK is in Europe. So, yes, not only is London in a different country, it's also in a different continent. Do you need another geography lesson?" explained Justin. Once again, everybody laughed. "No, I didn't mean like that! I mean, aren't the exchange students supposed to, like, be from somewhere where the people talk a different language?" asked Christina. "You know, you should just stop talking now, before you further embarrass yourself." said Justin. Christina rolled her eyes.
By six, everyone was done their supper and they were talking. At 6:15, Justin and Britney were both officially bored. Christina saw that both Britney and Justin were sitting down (Britney in a corner, Justin on the couch), and as she walked over to Britney, she thought of a brilliant plan. "Hey, Brit, watcha doing?" she asked. "Nothing much, just bored out of my mind, you?" Britney asked Christina. "Me? Well, I'm talking to you. Hey Britney, come with me a sec, k?" Christina replied. Britney nodded and followed Christina to a couch where someone was sitting. Britney heard him before she saw him. "Come over here to call me pathetic again?" Justin asked. "No, actually, I think that you two never got a proper introduction." Christina said, grabbing Britney's arm and pulling her in front. "Justin, this is Britney Spears. Britney likes chocolate and fried chicken. Britney this is Justin Timberlake. Justin likes...well, I don't know what Justin likes, so you two must TALK!" Christina said, and when she said 'talk', she pulled Britney down on the couch. "Bye!" Christina said, leaving before they had a chance to protest.
"Umm...hi." Britney said in her usual quiet voice, biting her lip and turning her head to the side as she looked down. "Why do you always do that?" Justin asked. Not rudely, but curiously. "Do what?" Britney asked. "This." Justin said, imitating her habit. "I don't always do that!" Britney protested. "Yeah you do!" Justin said laughing. "Oh yeah, I forgot, you would know, seeing as you watch me all the time, right?" Britney said, also laughing. Justin got pretty serious then and said, "Actually, I never realized it, but I do watch you like, all the time. I'm sorry, I don't know why I do." Justin said. "It's ok." Britney replied. "Yeah, it better be ok, I see that you sometimes watch me to." Justin said, smiling and knowing that it wasn't true. Britney blushed, covered her face with her hands, and muttered "Oh my God!".Justin gasped almost silently and thought of ways to make her feel better. Britney felt butterflies in her stomach as one of his arms wrapped around her shoulder, and the other around her stomach. Britney felt more butterflies when she looked up and saw his face very close to her's. Oh dear God, what's he doing? "I don't mind you watching me, you know." Justin said, smiling. "I don't mind you watching me, but next time we feel our eyes being drawn to each other, how about we just go over and talk to each other?" Britney asked, finding a solution to the embarrassment. "Sounds good to me." said Justin. They talked to each other for the rest of the break. Britney talked about her family, and how she has an older brother named Bryan, and a younger sister named Jamie Lynn, and Justin talked about how his mom is really nice, and how his stepdad's nice two, but he's away a lot because of work. Britney didn't ask about where his real dad is. Too soon, it was time to get back to work.
