(It occurs to me that I am interpreting 'snippet' in rather a generous spirit.) You'll recognise this one.
"You're Adam Lambert, aren't you," said a new voice. "Congratulations on making the finals. I'm Joey Fatone." They shook hands. "And this is Chris Kirkpatrick."
"Finals of what?" said Chris Kirkpatrick, juggling plate and bottle (he had, mysteriously, acquired beer) to offer a hand.
"American Idol, dumbass," said Joey. "Don't tell me you didn't watch it."
"Nope," said Chris. "Except for Bikini Girl, saw that on YouTube. I'm guessing you lost, since Joe didn't say anything about winning."
"Nothing wrong with coming second," said Joey.
"I bet Kelly doesn't think so," said Chris. He snapped his fingers. "Hah! Knew I recognized you from somewhere. Rolling Stone, right? So you've joined Lance's gay mafia now?"
"Ah, I don't think so," Adam said, because really. No. "Strictly speaking I'm here on business, I just couldn't escape until I'd eaten."
"He's from Mississippi," said Joey, who apparently thought that explained... something.
"Business?" Chris looked at him with interest. "What kind of business?"
"Ignore him," said Joey. "We never could teach him manners."
"No, it's fine," Adam said. Maybe these two could help him out. "I want Lance to record something with me, but I don't think I persuaded him yet."
"Really?" Joey looked surprised, but not hostile to the idea. "What do you have in mind? I mean, Lance likes those eighties power ballads and stuff, but he hasn't really done anything like that except at karaoke."
"Liz Phair's Flower," said Adam.
"Awesome!" There was the machine-gun laugh again.
"Interesting choice," said Joey, sounding doubtful. "It's not exactly your trademark sound, is it? I mean, there's not a lot of scope for, um, interpretation."
"I think I can do something with it," said Adam, grinning. "Besides, it wasn't my idea. Lance suggested it."
"Really?" said Chris, sounding absolutely enchanted. "Hey, Bass, get your ass in here!"
"Did we run out of something? What's wrong?"
"So how come you haven't given this guy an answer yet?"
Bass looked cornered. Adam felt a tiny bit guilty about that, but not enough to let him off the hook.
"I haven't exactly—"
"It's about time you got back in a recording studio," said Joey, helping himself to more of the evil prune things.
"Oh, like you can talk!"
"But we're not talking about me. We're talking about you—" he prodded Bass in the ribs, "being offered a chance to record with a hot new artist and apparently not saying yes."
"Particularly," said Chris, "when it was your idea."
Now, 'Bouquet' is a story with quite a lot of dialogue, and I'm pretty happy with most of it. This is from Lance's brunch party, and I really like the way Chris and Joey talk. The scene moves the action along, but I think it gives a nice look around at all the characters too. Adam is determinedly furthering his own agenda, Chris and Joey are firmly in support of Lance (whether he likes it or not), and I like the interaction between the three Nsync boys particularly.
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"You're Adam Lambert, aren't you," said a new voice. "Congratulations on making the finals. I'm Joey Fatone."
They shook hands. "And this is Chris Kirkpatrick."
"Finals of what?" said Chris Kirkpatrick, juggling plate and bottle (he had, mysteriously, acquired beer) to offer a hand.
"American Idol, dumbass," said Joey. "Don't tell me you didn't watch it."
"Nope," said Chris. "Except for Bikini Girl, saw that on YouTube. I'm guessing you lost, since Joe didn't say anything about winning."
"Nothing wrong with coming second," said Joey.
"I bet Kelly doesn't think so," said Chris. He snapped his fingers. "Hah! Knew I recognized you from somewhere. Rolling Stone, right? So you've joined Lance's gay mafia now?"
"Ah, I don't think so," Adam said, because really. No. "Strictly speaking I'm here on business, I just couldn't escape until I'd eaten."
"He's from Mississippi," said Joey, who apparently thought that explained... something.
"Business?" Chris looked at him with interest. "What kind of business?"
"Ignore him," said Joey. "We never could teach him manners."
"No, it's fine," Adam said. Maybe these two could help him out. "I want Lance to record something with me, but I don't think I persuaded him yet."
"Really?" Joey looked surprised, but not hostile to the idea. "What do you have in mind? I mean, Lance likes those eighties power ballads and stuff, but he hasn't really done anything like that except at karaoke."
"Liz Phair's Flower," said Adam.
"Awesome!" There was the machine-gun laugh again.
"Interesting choice," said Joey, sounding doubtful. "It's not exactly your trademark sound, is it? I mean, there's not a lot of scope for, um, interpretation."
"I think I can do something with it," said Adam, grinning. "Besides, it wasn't my idea. Lance suggested it."
"Really?" said Chris, sounding absolutely enchanted. "Hey, Bass, get your ass in here!"
"Did we run out of something? What's wrong?"
"So how come you haven't given this guy an answer yet?"
Bass looked cornered. Adam felt a tiny bit guilty about that, but not enough to let him off the hook.
"I haven't exactly—"
"It's about time you got back in a recording studio," said Joey, helping himself to more of the evil prune things.
"Oh, like you can talk!"
"But we're not talking about me. We're talking about you—" he prodded Bass in the ribs, "being offered a chance to record with a hot new artist and apparently not saying yes."
"Particularly," said Chris, "when it was your idea."
Now, 'Bouquet' is a story with quite a lot of dialogue, and I'm pretty happy with most of it. This is from Lance's brunch party, and I really like the way Chris and Joey talk. The scene moves the action along, but I think it gives a nice look around at all the characters too. Adam is determinedly furthering his own agenda, Chris and Joey are firmly in support of Lance (whether he likes it or not), and I like the interaction between the three Nsync boys particularly.