Summary: Nick is struggling to make it day by day. Justin is trying to survive stardom. They both live two very different lives, but when they meet on a cold winters night a friendship begins. Will there be more then friendship? Do opposites really attract?

Paring: Justin/Nick (Timbernick)

Rating: PG-13 and Up

Warning: This is slash, meaning there will be male/male sexual relations mentioned in the story. Also, this story should also get a HET warning for those of you that don't like HET content. There are other couples in this story other then Justin and Nick and a few of them happen to be male/female couples. If you don't want to read chapters with explicit HET content then go ahead and scroll down to read the EDITED chapters.

Authors Note: I am really grateful to have a great friend writing this story with me. How we have it worked out is that I write whatever Nick says, and my good friend Kris writes all of Justin's lines. If this is confusing, or if you have any questions about the format feel free to e-mail me and I'll try and help clear anything up.

Status: Incomplete

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The feel of the mattress moving must have disturbed Justin, because he shifted a bit in his sleep...and groaned softly as he hugged his pillow tighter under his head.

Nick felt Justin move around on the bed and lied really still. He wanted to be where he was, but he was also scared to death of what would happen when Justin woke up. So, instead he just lied there on his side looking at Justin as he slept. It had to have been one of the most beautiful things he'd ever seen, and he didn't want to leave that moment.

Justin shifted again...staying on his stomach, but turning his head so that it was facing Nick. He hugged his pillow tighter again, and took a deep, shaky breath.

Nick couldn't help but smile, Justin was too damn cute when he was sleeping. Taking a deep breath he sighed and continued to watch Justin sleep.

Before long, Justin was completely peaceful again...sleeping soundly.

Nick yawned softly and reached one hand up to rub his eyes. Before he knew it his eyes were starting to droop. Snuggling a little closer to Justin, Nick closed his eyes and he too fell into a peaceful sleep.

Justin was startled out of his sleep by the shrill ringing of his cell phone. He groaned sleepily as he jerked his head up off of the pillow, and reached up to rub his eyes without opening them.

Nick who was deep in the beginnings of a dream didn't even hear the cell phone, or feel Justin move next to him. He just shifted in his sleep a bit and continued on sleeping.

Justin finally opened his eyes, and looked to the right...where he knew his phone was on the tiny shelf on that side of his bed. He was quickly distracted, however, when the first thing he saw was Nick asleep beside him...in his bed. It quickly made him aware of Nick's body pressed lightly against his. "What the hell...?" he mumbled.

Nick smiled in his sleep and one of his hands moved to scratch his side without waking up. He was having a great dream about his time with Justin over the last few days.

Justin sighed and shook his head. He got up on his knees and leaned over Nick's sleeping form to grab the ringing phone. He dropped onto his back as he flipped the phone open and answered the call. "Hello...?"

Hearing Justin start to talk on the phone disrupted Nick's dream and even though he tried to fight it to come back he couldn't. Sighing he blinked a few times before opening his eyes and looking over at Justin. Seeing that he was on the phone he just lied there quietly.

Justin held the phone to his ear with his right hand, and rested his left on his stomach, as he looked straight up at the ceiling. "Yeah...OK...yeah, I will. Alright...yup...bye." Justin flipped the phone shut, then dropped it to the bed before bringing his hand up to rub his eyes with a quiet groan.

It was at that second that Nick realized that Justin knew he was there. 'Maybe If I lie really still he will forget I'm here.' He thought to himself and did just that.

Justin sighed again as he dropped his right hand back down to the bed and continued looking up at the ceiling. "Have a good nap?" he asked Nick...sensing that he was awake.

"I don't know who you are talking to...there is nobody here." Nick said, smiling slightly. Whenever he was nervous or scared about something he tried to joke...thinking if he was funny enough the other person wouldn't think about whatever he was nervous or scared about.

"I'm talking to the guy in my bed."

Nick looked behind him and shrugged. "You must be seeing things...there isn't a guy in your bed." Nick bit his bottom lip, feeling like a little kid who knew he was about to be punished.

Justin took a deep breath. "Is there a reason why you're here?"

"Can I plead temporary insanity?" Nick asked, looking over at Justin.

Justin dropped his head to the right to look at Nick...his face emotionless.

Nick looked at Justin and sighed. "I'm sorry." he apologized.

"Sorry for what?" Justin asked calmly. "How do I know what you're sorry for if I don't know why you're here?"

"There really isn't a reason...I came to see how you were doing with your writing...and to say hello...and I saw you sleeping here looking so cute that...I climbed on the bed to watch...I guess I fell asleep too." Nick tried to explain.

"Oh," Justin replied simply...then looked back upwards.

"What I was apologizing for was being here in the first place. I wasn't thinking." Nick continued.

Justin shrugged. Even though he felt a bit weird about the whole thing, he didn't exactly feel uncomfortable...and THAT'S what bothered him. "Whatever...no big deal," he said...not wanting Nick to think he was mad. "It's not like you got IN bed with me...like...crawling under the covers and shit."

Nick got his 100 watt smile and let out a deep sigh of relief. "You aren't mad at me?"

Justin shook his head. "No."

"Good...because I wouldn't want you to bed mad at me." Nick said shifting around on the bed so he was also looking up at the ceiling.

"I'm not mad," Justin said...turning his head to look back at Nick again. "I was just...I don't know...surprised, I guess. I'm usually a pretty deep sleeper...so who knows what kinda shit you could do to me in my sleep," he joked.

Nick laughed slightly, but then turned serious as he turned his head to look at Justin. "I would never take advantage of you...I know you were joking when you said that...but I just want you to know that no matter what...I will never do that."

Justin smiled. "I'd hope not...cuz you're supposed to be my friend," he said in a mock childish tone.

Nick giggled and smiled back. "I am your friend." He paused thinking about the dream he had just had. "I was dreaming about all we did this weekend...and then I heard your phone ring and it woke me up. I was sure that I was going to open my eyes and find out it really was all a dream...that scared the shit out of me."

Justin gave Nick a small smile. "It's not a dream, Nick. It's real. Frighteningly real...for me, at least."

Nick flipped over and turned back onto his side. "Tell me the one thing you're the most scared of with all of this. I want to see if I can help you put your mind to rest...I'm shrink Nicky...not tell me all your problems." he joked.

Justin laughed softly before taking a minute to think about what Nick was asking him. He took a long, deep breath before he finally answered the question. "I think I'm most scared of how I'm supposed to deal with all of this. Like...first of all, I have to totally accept it myself. Then...my family has to know. But worst of all...if and when I decide to actually BE with a guy...how can I do that with my lifestyle? I mean...the public can NEVER know."

Nick nodded his head, he understood what Justin was talking about. "I don't really know much about the last part...because I've never had to worry about how the public views me really...I mean sure I do sort of but nothing like you would...but you're right you need to fully except it yourself first...because you need to be able to convince your family that this is what you want...otherwise they won't take you seriously.”

Justin nodded. "Yeah...exactly."

"I guess, just remember even though you feel like the world is caving in on you right now...things will work out in the end...whatever you choose." Nick said, smiling softly.

Justin smiled back at Nick. "Thank you...for everything," he said...then laughed softly. "I guess I can't thank you enough...cuz I keep thanking you."

Nick giggled. "Kind of like how I keep apologizing to you...and really you're welcome...I'm glad I could help. It makes me feel good to know that I helped you."

"You DID help me...very much."

"Probably never thought you would be getting help like this though....huh?" Nick asked with a big smile.

Justin widened his eyes. "You can say THAT again," he replied...then laughed quietly. He then became more serious. "I mean...there were times before when I kinda...questioned things, or whatever. But...I never really thought twice about anything until YOU came along."

Nick giggled. "I'm not sure if that is a good thing or not...I'm not sure If I really want the blame put on me for turning Justin Timberlake bi...that’s a little scary." He joked.

Justin chuckled. "No...It's not that. It's just...like...you were really the first one who could ever give me any real information. I mean...there's Lance...but he's real closed off and quiet...and is NOT one to talk about sex, and shit."

"Yeah...he's normal...I'm a pervert." Nick answered, wiggling his eyebrows.

Justin laughed again. "Exactly."

Nick pouted playfully, and crossed his arms over his chest. "Hey...you weren't supposed to agree with me."

"Well...think of it THIS way. If you're a pervert, then I must be, too. After all...I'm the one who asks all the questions."

Nick giggled and the laughed a little harder. "Two perverts in bed together...this could be scary." He joked, wiggling his eyebrows again.

Justin raised an eyebrow. "Hey...get it straight. We're ON the bed...not IN bed," Justin teased. "There's a difference."

Nick rolled his eyes. "True...but do you remember what happed ON this bed?" he said, continuing to tease Justin right back.

Justin sighed an over-dramatic sigh and batted his eyelashes. "Oh do I ever," he said dreamily...then started laughing.

Nick giggled as he looked over at Justin. Then all of a sudden he got the same look in his eyes that he had on the couch earlier that morning. Biting his bottom lip he couldn't get himself to turn away.

Justin studied Nick's face for a moment before arching an eyebrow. "You look lost."

Nick shook his head for a second to clear his brain...and try to get his mind off of really wanting to kiss Justin again. "What...oh no."

Justin chuckled softly...then remembered something. "Oh yeah...that was Lonnie on the phone. He's my head of Security, by the way." Justin paused to look at the clock and see that it was just about two in the afternoon, then went on. "We're gonna be stopping at a service station just outside of Charlotte in about a half hour or so. They're gonna come and get you off this bus and onto another one...and they're gonna come on THIS bus with me so they can smuggle me into the hotel when we get there."

Nick laughed. "You make yourself sound like some cocaine being smuggled from Columbia...but okay I got it."

Justin chuckled. "Well...the way they surround me and stuff...it kinda DOES feel like I'm being smuggled."

"Well...I think you're worth a lot more then drugs...so they should protect you like that." Nick said smiling. Quickly before he sat up he leaned over and kissed Justin softly on the lips. Then he sat up on the bed and stretched, mentally kicking himself for doing that.

Justin leaned up a bit...propping himself up on his elbows as he looked at Nick. "Why do you say things like that? I mean...its sweet, and all...but how am I to know you're not just kissing my ass?" Justin was speaking as though the kiss hadn't even affected him. The truth was he'd felt it, and it registered...but it kind of just felt...normal.

Nick turned around so he was facing Justin. "Why would I just be kissing your ass?"

Justin shrugged. "I don't know...that's why I'm asking."

"I meant what I said...I wasn't just trying to kiss your ass. That just how I feel." Nick answered simply.

Justin smiled. "Thanks," he said...then dropped back down onto his back with a quiet sigh. "The whole thing just seems kinda weird sometimes, though...ya know. Like there you were...a hardcore fan who just happened to run into me...and now this. Sometimes I just don't know what to make of it."

Nick laughed and nodded his head like crazy. "Believe me I understand what you're saying. I'm still having trouble with the whole idea that I'm sitting here with Justin Timberlake...but the part that is even weirder is that I don't feel all like star struck about it. It just feels...well kind of normal."

Justin chuckled. "Well...give it time...the more you hang out with me, the more you'll become well aware that I'm a star," Justin said...not to boast...but in reference to his crazy lifestyle.

Nick shrugged. "I may see the screaming fans or watch you being smuggled into hotels...or watch what looks like mission impossible enfold right before my eyes when you're coming our of concerts...but I still just see you as, you...not the big huge star." he said and then laughed. "No ass kissing involved in that sentence."

Justin laughed. "Right. No ass kissing."

"So, when is your concert in Charlotte?" Nick asked, still remembering he really knew nothing about what was going to happen.

"Tonight," Justin said through a small yawn...reaching a hand up to rub his eyes.

Nick giggled. "Yay, I get to see another concert." He said this not being sarcastic at all.

Justin made a bit of a face. "You're gonna get bored of them. You can stay at the hotel if you want."

"I will stay at the hotel when I start to get bored." Nick said with a nod of his head. It hadn't occurred to him that he was pretty much inviting himself to continue on after this concert.

"OK...cuz I don't want you to feel like you HAVE to go," Justin said...Nick's choice of words passing HIM by, as well.

Nick shook his head. "It isn't a have to...I want to go...I like watching you sing...I like seeing you on stage." he said blushing a little, looking down at his lap.

Justin smiled...watching Nick from down on the bed. "Thanks."

"Will Kelly be there again?" Nick asked, looking back up. "She was nice to talk to."

Justin smiled. "Probably. I don't even know why any of those guys are out on the road with me right now. They don't even have shows with me till next weekend."

Nick giggled and shrugged. "She's sticking around cuz she wants to hang out with me?" he joked.

"Probably. You look like her type. I'll bet she thinks you're hot."

"I am hot." Nick said smirking.

Justin smiled. "Yeah...I'm pretty sure I already told you that."

Just then Nick thought of something. "What if she does think I'm hot...or if she likes me of something?"

Justin shrugged. "I don't know. What about it?"

"What am I supposed to tell her...I mean maybe I'm just reading into this wrong...but wouldn't it look weird if I told her I can't like her because I'm gay? I mean I've been on this bus with you for a day...doesn't that look bad on you?"

Justin took a deep breath. "Yeah...I guess it would," Justin said...then paused to think. "You could tell her you have a girlfriend at home..." he said...then laughed. "...or...you could go along with it for a while and just let her flirt with you and make out with you."

Nick actually took a second to think about that before he shook his head. "That would just be mean...I don't want to lead her on...so yeah I'll say the girlfriend thing." He paused for a second then added “Even though she is cute.”

"Yes, she is...I'd have to agree," Justin said...then paused. "Or...say nothing...and just flirt back a bit. Cuz honestly...I AM pretty close to her...and I might end up telling her eventually, anyway."

Nick nodded. "Okay...I think I still know how to flirt." he giggled.

"Yeah, you do," Justin automatically answered...looking up at the ceiling.

Nick giggled again and got up his knees, looking down at Justin. "I do...and how would YOU know that." he teased.

Justin laughed as he diverted his gaze to Nick's eyes. "Umm...lemme see...cuz you've been flirting with ME nonstop for...like...the last four days," he said...then rolled his eyes dramatically.

Nick blushed a little but kept the smile on his face. "Oh yeah...I have been doing that huh...well it seems like it's worked just a little bit."

Justin raised an eyebrow. "What are you trying to say?"

Nick shrugged, not moving from where he was looking down at Justin. "I have no idea what I'm trying to say...just that my flirting and teasing hasn't necessarily been a one sided thing all the time."

Justin raised both eyebrows and dropped his mouth open in semi-mock surprise. "I beg your pardon."

Nick had to laugh at the expression Justin's face. "You are too cute." he giggled, not answering the question.

Justin sighed. "OK, OK...so maybe I HAVE flirted back a little..."

Nick nodded his head and giggled again. "Uh huh...not that I'm complaining."

"Why would you?" Justin teased. "You're hot for me."

"You've definitely got a point there." Nick laughed, licking his lips.

Justin laughed. "I know I do."

Nick looked down at Justin and took a deep breath. He was getting that 'I really need to kiss Justin' feeling in the pit of his stomach and the same look in his eyes. "Uh huh...you do." he said, sounding distracted.

"What's on your mind?" Justin asked...noticing Nick's faraway look.

Nick swallowed hard and giggled nervously. "Y...you're going to get used to seeing this look."

"Well...tell me what it means...so I know how I'm supposed to react to it."

"You'll run and hide....It's the 'I really want to kiss you' look." Nick answered softly

Justin smiled softly. "Why would that make me wanna run and hide?"

Nick shrugged. "I dunno."

"I don't know, either."

"Maybe cuz....you told me you didn't know you wanted to do it again." Nick whispered

Justin took a deep breath, then spoke softly. "I like kissing you, Nick...I KNOW that much. I just...honestly...I can't say if it's ever gonna be any more than that."

Nick smiled softly and nodded. "I know that...and I don't expect anything."

Justin nodded. "OK...as long as you know that."

"I would only hurt myself if I let myself get my hopes up....I've learned not to do that." Nick responded, as he lied down on his stomach, his eyes still on Justin's.

"I hope you know that my intention isn't to hurt you."

Nick nodded and smiled. "I know that." he said as he unintentionally started to play with the fabric of Justin's shirt at his side.

"I mean...I can't like...promise...that it wont happen. But if it DOES happen...it'll only be because of my confusion and indecision...not because I want to hurt you."

"I know you can't promise that, Justin. I can't promise I won't hurt you either...But knowing you wouldn't do it on purpose is nice to hear."

Justin nodded. "OK."

"Now back to the look I had on my face." Nick giggled, smirking.

Justin chuckled. "Oh...right...the look."

"Yes...'the look'." Nick paused for a second then continued with..."May I kiss you again? I promise to keep the lower half of me away from you this time." Nick said, half joking....knowing that feeling him getting hard was what turned Justin away last time.

Justin smiled at Nick. "Well...in THAT case..."

Nick wasn't sure if Justin was joking with him or not. "Is that a yes?"

Justin rolled his eyes. "Jesus Christ, Carter...just kiss me."

Nick groaned and propped himself up on his arms better. "Yes. Sir." he said before he pressed his lips to Justin's. He didn't start out quite as soft as he had last time...but he wanted Justin to be able to set the pace.

Justin immediately fell victim to Nick's kiss. He was much more relaxed this time, and his mouth gave into Nick's...allowing him most of the control. He let a quiet moan slip from his throat as he brought his right hand up from the bed to the back of Nick's head.

Nick moaned softly when he felt Justin was more relaxed this time around. Feeling that gave Nick more reassurance and he started to lick Justin's lips asking for entrance. As he did so he got himself in the position they had been before, where his upper half was on top of Justin's. His left hand went to the back of Justin's head.

Justin opened his mouth to Nick as soon as he felt the older man's tongue graze his lips...his hand gently grabbing handfuls of Nick's soft hair.

Nick groaned deep in his throat when he felt Justin's hands in his hair. People playing with his hair had always been one of his 'spots'. Deepening the kiss even more, Nick's tongue sought out to discover every part of Justin's mouth that it could.

Justin moaned quietly when he felt Nick's tongue in his mouth. It felt good...very good. He lazy rolled his own tongue against Nick's as he slid his hand out of Nick's hair, and down to the back of his neck.

Nick couldn't believe that kissing Justin felt this good. It felt as if the rest of the world seized to exist and that all that mattered was what they were doing right that second. After a few minutes he could feel the lack of oxygen starting to get too much so he broke the kiss, but not the connection as he started to place soft kisses on Justin's chin and neck.

As soon as Nick pulled back from the kiss, Justin swallowed a large gulp of air that he hadn't realized he needed so much. He dropped his head back to catch his breath...unintentionally giving Nick better access to his neck...as his hand softly caressed the back of Nick's neck.

Nick continued to place soft kisses all over Justin's neck as he made his way to his ear. There he kissed the sensitive spot behind his ear, licking it slightly. From there he went back to Justin's chin, and down to his neck again.

Justin groaned deep in his throat. Nick knew what he was doing...and he was very good at it. So good, that just was straight pissed off when he had to stop it. "Shit," he said in frustration when he felt the bus slowing and pulling off the highway.

Nick felt it too and heard Justin. Groaning he pulled back and looked down at Justin. "Guess...we're getting ready...to stop." he said, slightly out of breath.

Justin nodded. "Yeah...we gotta get outta this bedroom," he said almost nervously...moving his hand from Nick's neck, and wiping the back of it over his mouth.

Nick heard the nervousness in Justin's voice and got off of him. Sitting up on the bed he too a few deep breaths to compose himself. "Those people really have bad timing." he joked.

Justin laughed nervously as he got up off the bed and smoothed out his t-shirt. "Yeah...well...we knew it was coming."

"Good point." Nick said as he got up off the bed. "Come on let's get outa here before we're outed." Nick said, heading out the door.

Justin chuckled and followed Nick out of the bedroom. He stopped in the bunk hall. "Hey...you should probably get your bag, and stuff...so you can take it with you from the other bus into the hotel."

"Right." Nick walked to where his stuff was and packed up what he had on his bunk. Zipping it up, he threw it over his shoulder. "Okay, now I'm set to be whisked away."

Justin smiled as he headed into the sitting area and dropped onto the couch. "OK...good...cuz it's about to happen," he said...feeling the bus come to a stop.

Nick groaned. "Those body guard people scare me." he said as he leaned back against the wall across from where Justin was sitting.

Justin looked at Nick...a bit of concern in his gaze. "Why? They're harmless. In fact...they're here to prevent harm."

"I know that...it's just that they are really quiet and stuff...guess that just kind of gives me the creeps." Nick admitted. "But, they are cool and I'm glad they are here because they are good at their job..."

Justin nodded. "Yeah...they're very good at what they do...otherwise they wouldn't be here. But...just wait and see. They're quiet when they're on the job...but they're a ball of laughs when we're just hanging out."

Nick raised an eyebrow. "You hang out with them and stuff...when they aren't working?" He wasn't sure why he was so shocked, but for some reason he couldn't picture the big huge silent guys out having fun.

Justin nodded. "Yeah...well...I mean...like in the hotels, and stuff. They're all business whenever we're anywhere near the public."

"That makes sense...it's a good thing." Nick said, going to the window to get a peak at where they were.

Justin looked toward the front of the bus when he heard the door open. Five of his men immediately boarded the bus. "Hey, ya'll..." Justin greeted them.

All of the men nodded in response, and then Lonnie spoke. "Mr. Carter...Mike's gonna take you over to the staff's bus, and J...the rest of us are gonna stay here with you. The hotel's about ten minutes away."

Nick hiked his bag onto his shoulder and nodded. "Okay, Mike, lead the way." he said walking over to Mike.

Mike nodded at Nick, then led him down the stairs as the bus driver opened the door.

Nick walked with Mike out of the bus, and let him lead him to the bus he was supposed to be on for the rest of the ride.

Mike took Nick to the staff bus...home of Justin's assistant, Tina...and the rest of his personal staff, including his style team and choreographer.

Nick walked onto the bus, a little nervous because he wasn't really sure who he would meet on there. Taking a deep breath he tried to relax.

Justin flipped the TV on, and watched some a soap opera for the rest of the ride. On the other bus, meanwhile, Tina was sitting at the table...hard at work on her laptop.

Not wanting to bother anybody, Nick found a seat and sat down. Setting his bag on the floor he tried to get comfortable for the rest of the ride.

Tina was completely unaware that Nick had boarded her bus. Busy at work, she pulled out her phone and dialed up a number. "Hi, J...listen...small problem. The hotel forgot to hold a room for your friend...so it looks like our only option might be to put him with you. Yeah...uh huh. Well...this is a deluxe suite with two bedrooms, anyway..."

Nick turned towards Tina when he heard what she was saying. Was she really saying he would be sharing a two bedroom suite with Justin?

Tina nodded...typing away as she held the phone on her shoulder. "Yup...yeah...OK. Alright...all set. OK. Bye."

Nick took a deep breath that turned into a cough when he got a tickle in his throat. Quickly he covered his mouth, hoping he hadn't disturbed anybody.

Tina turned her head and looked at Nick over the top of her reading glasses. "Mr. Carter. I'm sorry...I was so busy I didn't even notice you'd joined us," she said with a smile.

Nick smiled back kindly. "It's okay...I didn't want to disturb you."

"Not a problem. Have you enjoyed your trip so far?"

Nick tried hard not to blush, but he felt his face start to heat up. Clearing his throat he nodded his head. "Yes, I have...thank you."

"Good," Tina said...then went back to work. She continued working on her computer for the remainder of the trip. When the bus finally pulled into the hotel parking lot, she approached Nick. "OK, honey. Come with me...I'll get you your key."

Nick smiled at the older woman. He really liked her, she was sweet. "Thanks." he said following her into the hotel.

Tina went up to the front desk to check in. After collecting a bunch of keys, she handed one to Nick. "Here ya go, honey...room 826. You'll need the keycard in the elevator, too, for access to the eighth floor...cuz it's locked off for Justin."

Nick the key and smiled. "Thank you...I'll see you later." he said before heading in the direction he saw the elevators were in. Once he was there he pushed the button and waited for the elevator. When the door opened he got inside and swiped the keycard and headed up to the 8th floor. The fast elevator got him there in no time and he stepped out. Walking down the hall he found room 826 and

let him self in. "Justin...are you here?" he called as he walked into the room.

Justin...who had arrived in the hotel room about twenty minutes before Nick...was in the shower in the luxurious bathroom that connected the two bedrooms together. His jacket was draped over a chair in the sitting room...indicating that he was, indeed, there.

Nick saw Justin's coat and then as he walked around the room he heard the shower running. He though he would just sit down and wait until Justin was done so they could figure out who was sleeping where and stuff like that. Flopping down onto the couch he slouched and rested his head on the back and looked up at the ceiling.

Justin finished his shower, and wrapped a towel around his waist before going into the bedroom he'd already selected. Since that was where the bellhop left his things, and since both rooms were the same, he didn't think Nick would care that he'd taken it. He sang softly to himself as he started searching through his bags for some clothes...unaware that the door from his room to the main sitting room was open...and that Nick had already arrived.

Nick heard Justin moving around in his room and glanced towards the door. When he saw Justin walking around with just his towel on, Nick thought he should tell Justin that he was there. "Might wana close your door if you don't want me to have a show." he joked.

Justin stopped what he was doing, and went over to the open door. "Oh," he said with a shy smile as he looked at Nick. "I didn't know you were here yet."

"I got here about five minutes ago." Nick said smiling at Justin. "Thought I would make my presence known before you started to get dressed."

Justin laughed. "Thanks...I appreciate it. I'll be out in a minute," he said...then closed the door and went about putting on his jeans and t-shirt.

See that Justin's stuff was already in one room, Nick got up and brought his bag into the other room. Setting it down by the closet he flopped down onto the bed and sighed. He really needed to not get used to living like this...because he was really going to miss it when it was gone.

Justin finished dressing, then went back into the connecting bathroom. He tossed his wet towel into the hamper, then went to the sink to brush his teeth.

Nick yawned and stretched on the bed. That was when he remembered he hadn't taken a shower yet that day either. Getting off of the bed he went to his bag and found something to change into and set it out on the bed. Then he sat down next to it to wait until Justin was out of the bathroom.

Justin knew he'd heard Nick go into his room a few minutes earlier, so when he finished brushing his teeth, he walked across the bathroom and knocked on the door connecting it to Nick's room.

"Come in." Nick said when he heard Justin knocking.

Justin walked into Nick's room and smiled at him. "Hey. I hope you don't mind having to stay in here with me. Apparently, the hotel fucked up and forgot to reserve you a room."

"Yeah I know...I heard Tina talking to you on the phone about it...and no I don't mind." Nick said smiling.

Justin smiled and nodded. "OK. Umm...there's gona send a car for you around ten to take you to the show." He paused and glanced at his watch to see that it was about 3:30. "I have to leave at six."

Nick nodded. "Okay cool." He then stood up. "I'm going to go take a shower now too...I feel icky."

Justin nodded. "OK..." he said...then turned and walked back through the bathroom to his own room. Once there, he started going through his backpack...pulling out some things he'd need that night.

Nick followed Justin into the bathroom and shut both doors. Turning on the water he got it set how he liked it and stripped out of his clothes. Stepping into the shower he sighed a content sigh. It felt good to have the water beating down on him.

A few minutes after he'd heard the shower start, Justin went over to the bathroom door in his room and knocked on it. "Nick...?" he called.

Nick was kind of confused when he heard Justin call him. "Yeah?"

"I'm gonna order some dinner. What do you feel like having?"

"Order whatever you feel like ordering...I eat anything." Nick answered over the sound of the shower running.

Justin chuckled. "Alright," he responded...then went to the nightstand to pick up the phone and order. He decided on an appetizer sampler with chicken tenders, buffalo wings, cheese sticks, onion rings and fries...and a large Caesar salad...figuring they could share both.

After about ten more minutes, Nick turned off the water and stepped out of the shower. After drying off he wrapped the towel around his waist and walked into his room to get dressed. He changed into a pair of black, pretty tight jeans and a dark gray t-shirt. Now worrying about shoes yet he walked into the bathroom and brushed his teeth and spiked his hair. Once he felt presentable he knocked on Justin's door, wondering if he was still in there, or if he had gone back out into the main room.

"Yeah..." Justin called in response to the knock from where he was propped up against the headboard of the bed writing.

"Can I come in?" Nick asked, as he opened the door slightly but didn't go in.

"Sure," Justin said...crossing his legs at the ankles, and not looking up from what he was doing.

Nick walked into the room and went to sit on the edge of Justin's bed. "Watcha doin?"

Justin finished the sentence he was writing, then closed the small notebook, and set it on the nightstand...along with his pen. "Writing in my journal," he finally said...looking at Nick.

"That's cool." Nick said smiling. "I have one of those but I left it at home...kinda packed in a hurry." he giggled.

"I can imagine," Justin said with a laugh. "So...how was your shower?"

"Very nice...I feel much better now." Nick said as he brought one of his legs up onto the bed, sitting on it.

"What did you order us?" Nick asked as he scratched his left arm.

"An appetizer sampler and a Caesar salad. But...if you want something different...I can call."

Nick shook his head. "No, that sounds fine...sounds really good actually." he said smiling.

"OK," Justin said...looking at Nick for a minute. "You know...you have a really nice smile," he said out of nowhere.

That just caused Nick to smile bigger, and blush slightly. "Thank you." He wasn't used to getting complements, but he sure liked it.

Justin smiled back. "You're welcome," he said...reaching up to rub a hand over his buzzed head.

"You have a really nice smile too...that was the first thing about you that I fell for." Nick admitted, watching Justin smile.

Justin raised an eyebrow. "Really?"

Nick nodded. "Uh huh...watching you smile makes me melt...among other things." he said giggling.

Justin chuckled. "You're terrible."

Nick smirked. "No...I think we said I was perverted."

"Right. That's it."

"Then again...I must be a pretty calm pervert because, I would either be jumping all over you or talking about something nasty all the time...and I don't think I've been doing that." Nick pointed out, giggling.

Justin laughed. "No...not all the time. Just a little."

Nick rolled his eyes. "You make it sound like I go around telling you I wana fuck you, or something like that." he said, joking around.

"I'd probably pass out if you said that."

Nick smirked again. "That would just make it easier for me." He said, still kidding around because he knew Justin, knew that he would never do anything like that.

Justin laughed and gave Nick the finger.

Nick put on a look of mock shock. "Oh no...you didn't just do THAT!"

Justin chuckled. "You're crazy."

Nick smiled big and nodded. "Yup...and very damn proud of it."

"Well at least you don't let it cripple you," Justin teased.

Nick's response was to stick his tongue out at Justin.

"You use that thing WAY too much," Justin joked with a small laugh.

"And you like it too." Nick answered with a sly smile.

Justin blushed as he smiled and looked away. "Maybe."

Nick giggled when Justin turned away. "Uh huh...just as I thought."

Justin giggled, as well. "Shut up," he said...reaching both of his arms above his head and stretching with a groan.

"I will not pounce on Justin....I will not pounce on Justin." Nick chanted, looking down at Justin with a smile on his face...having fun joking around with him.

"I'll kick your ass if you do," Justin teased...dropping his arms back to his sides and uncrossing his ankles.

Nick made a face at that idea. "I don't want that...so I will be a good boy." he smirked.

"OK...good," Justin said with a smile. "Oh...hey...there's an after-party tonight after the show. I'm only gonna go for an hour or so, but you can come back if you want."

"Can I come if I want to? Or do you want me to come back here?" Nick asked, he wouldn't mind either way. Sure he wanted to go to the party...but he would understand if Justin didn't want him to go.

"Of course you can go."

Nick giggled and smiled big. "Goody." he said, getting excited.

"This shit really excites you, doesn't it?"

Nick sat on his hands and put his best bored face on. "No...not at all."

Justin laughed. "Yeah...right."

"I've never been to a party in my life...so of course I'm excited." Nick exclaimed.

"You came to one with me in Indianapolis."

Nick thought about that and then blushed. "Oh yeah...I forgot about that...was that really only like a week ago?"

"I know...seems like a lot longer."

"A lot has happened." Nick said as he lied down on the foot of the bed, his feet dangling off the side.

"Tell me about it."

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Nick leaned against the bar as he looked around the room. He was feeling more confident around the different people, but still felt a little out of place. Taking a sip of the drink he already had he continued to look around.

"Hey, hun..." Kelly said to Nick in a friendly tone as she approached him. She hadn't been at the show, so this was the first time she'd seen Nick that night. "...how was the show?"

Nick turned to Kelly and smiled. "Hey...the show was good...but aren't they always?" he laughed, taking another sip of his drink.

"Yes...they are. But...what else would you expect from Justin? He's talented...and good looking..." Kelly paused to laugh. "...and an animal in bed...but you didn't hear that from me," she added with a wink.

Nick laughed, trying not to think about that too much. "Nope, of course I didn't." he winked back.

Kelly looked over her shoulder when she heard a little bit of commotion. "Oh look...there he is," she said...then looked back at Nick. "You've got me in a 'Justin' mood now...so I think I might go play with him," she said playfully...then gave Nick another wink before walking toward Justin.

Nick watched Kelly walk off and tried not to glare at her or feel jealous. Taking a deep breath he ordered another drink, since his was gone and started to look around the room again.

As soon as Kelly approached him, Justin wrapped the petit girl in a hug, then laughed heartily at something she whispered in his ear. After they talked for a short while, they walked hand in hand over to the bar. "Hey, Nick," Justin greeted with a bright smile. "How'd you like the show?"

Nick smiled back at Justin. "Loved it as usual...which is what I just told Ms. Kelly here." he said smiling at Kelly.

Kelly giggled...wrapping her arms around Justin's waist. "That's right. He said you were incredible...like you always are."

Justin blushed a bit...wrapping one arm around Kelly as he flagged down the bartender with the other. "Why, thank you."

Nick closed his eyes for a second and tried to will the little green eyed monster back where he belonged. He had no right to be jealous...Justin wasn't anywhere near his.

Justin ordered a round of drinks for everyone, then laughed. "I shouldn't even be drinking...I just had three while I showered."

Nick laughed a little and shrugged. "Oh well...at least you hold your liquor better then I do." He pointed out as he downed half of his drink in one gulp.

"True," Justin said with a laugh. He then turned his attention to something Kelly had to whisper to him...something that left him laughing quietly.

Nick watched Justin and Kelly out of the corner or his eye as he turned to face the bar, playing with his napkin. He knew he was being a big baby...and should snap out of it...but he was having a hard time.

The bartender brought their round of drinks, and Kelly hopped up onto the stool right nest to where Nick was standing. "So, Nicky...what's your favorite part of Justin's show?" she asked...reaching for her drink.

Nick took a deep breath and turned to Kelly, his smile back on his face. It may have been more fake then before...but he was trying hard to make it real. It wasn't her fault...she didn't know. "I liked the whole thing...I'm not sure if I have a favorite part." he answered.

Kelly sipped her drink, and then giggled. "I like the part at the end of 'Rock Your Body' where he dances all sexy and lifts up his shirt."

Justin blushed as he sipped his drink and listened in on the conversation.

'Remember you are not gay...remember you are not gay.' He said over and over in his mind as he laughed at Kelly. "Yeah you would." he joked.

Kelly shrugged. "I can't help it. He's hot," she said...then turned to face Justin. "Wanna come back to my room tonight, baby?" she asked him with a wink...but was semi-serious.

Nick's eyes went back to his glass...he didn't want to see Justin's reaction to that question. Picking it up he took a long drink. He could feel himself already getting a little buzzed but he could give a shit.

Justin immediately looked toward Nick...hoping to meet his eyes. He was disappointed when he noticed that Nick wasn't looking back. He cleared his throat, then laughed when he turned back to Kelly...trying to keep everything as a joke. "Naw, girl...not tonight. Thanks for the offer, though."

Nick looked up over at Justin. He was seriously shocked that Justin had turned her down. Kelly was a really pretty girl...if Nick even noticed it then she really must have been. He tried hard not to smile.

Justin sipped his drink and went back to talking to Kelly...not noticing Nick looking at him.

When Justin didn't look back at him, Nick sighed and looked back at his drink and finished if off.

Justin talked to Kelly for a few more minutes...and then she disappeared into the crowd to find someone to dance with. Justin polished off his drink, and leaned against the bar.

Nick ordered another drink and then spoke to Justin. "Why didn't you say yes?" Nick asked when he sense that Kelly had left. His voice was already beginning to slur a little, but nothing major.

"Say yes to what?" Justin asked...moving to sit on the stool Kelly had vacated.

Nick turned his head to look at Justin as the bartender set down his drink. "She asked you to go to her room...sure she set it up as a joke if you said no...but I'm sure she wanted you to." he said a she drank down half of his drink again, his mind going over Kelly saying that Justin was an animal in bed.

Justin started playing with the napkin under his glass. "I KNOW she wanted me to."

"Then why didn't you? I would have been fine by myself...I don't care." Nick lied through his teeth and he knew it showed.

Justin glanced quickly at Nick, then back at the napkin. "Because I didn't want to. I already have someone to...hang out with...tonight."

"Oh...okay." Nick said, drinking down the rest of his drink, not thinking that Justin was talking about him.

Justin glanced at Nick. He knew he was clueless. He just laughed and shook his head as he pulled the straw out of his glass and started chewing on it.

Nick could feel himself starting to get warm from the alcohol and he closed his eyes for a second to try and pull himself back together. Okay so five drinks in an hours time was not smart. "Shit...I shouldn't have done that." he mumbled.

Justin studied Nick for a bit. "No...you shouldn't have."

Taking a deep breath he turned to look at Justin again. "I'll be okay...I think." he laughed...yeah he was definitely close to being drunk.

"You should stop now," Justin suggested in a friendly tone.

Nick nodded in agreement. "Don't worry...I'm going to." he said turning around to look out at the dance floor. He smiled when he saw Kelly dancing with a group of people. "She sure knows how to dance."

Justin chuckled as he looked over at Kelly. "Yeah...she knows how to do a lot of things."

Nick rolled his eyes, once again thinking of Kelly's comment. "I'm sure she can."

Justin Sighed and got out of his seat. "My car's waiting outside...so...I think I'm gonna go. "Nick turned to Justin and giggled a little. "Okay...now how exactly am *I* getting out of this place?"

"Just let Mike know when you wanna leave. He'll get you a car. See you back at the hotel." Justin gave Nick a quick wave, then headed over to the guards that would escort him to the waiting limo.

"Bye." Nick waved and watched Justin walk away with one of his guards. Looking around for a second he suddenly got the erg to dance. So, since he could still see Kelly out on the dance floor, he thought, what the heck. Getting up from his seat he walked over to her. "Can I join you?" he asked over the music.

Kelly smiled brightly at Nick. "Sure, honey...come on," she said...taking his hand and leading him out to the middle of the floor.

Nick smiled back and let her lead him. He knew he might regret this in the long run but it had been years since he had been some place where he could dance and he really missed it.

As soon as she found a spot she liked, Kelly stopped and turned to Nick. She immediately fell into the rhythm of the music...automatically gripping Nick's hips as they danced. Justin, meanwhile, got into the limo with his security, and headed back to the hotel.

Nick put his own hands on Kelly's hips as he fell into the rhythm of the music. It had been a while but it was all coming back to him. He knew he should be going back to the hotel with Justin...but he could do that after this.

A few songs into dancing with Nick, Kelly smiled at him as she ran her hands up his chest. "You're good Nick...real good."

Meanwhile...Justin made it back to the hotel, changed into some PJ pants and a wifebeater, and curled up on the couch to watch Nick at Night. He was tired after his show.

Nick smiled at Kelly as they continued to dance. "You're really good too." he said as he pulled her closer. He had no idea why he was doing this...he knew he was just leading her on for something that wasn't going to happen...but he did it anyway.

Kelly wrapped her arms around Nick's neck, and pressed her body closer to his as they moved with the music.

Nick was having fun with Kelly...and he could tell she was enjoying herself...but he also knew that she probably wasn't getting the reaction out of him that she would have wanted. He wasn't feeling anything, grinding up against her...sure it felt nice but it wasn't want he wanted

Kelly shimmied all the way down to the floor and back up...trailing her hands up and down the length of Nick's chest and legs as he did.

Nick bit his bottom lip; okay, there isn’t human being who wouldn’t react to that. He hated that his body was starting to betray him. This isn't what he wanted and his brain knew that...so why wasn't his body listening to him?

Kelly saw the look on Nick's face, and giggled as she wrapped her arms around his waist...resting her hands on his ass. Still moving to the music, she leaned up and kissed him softly on the lips.

When Nick felt Kelly's lips on his that was the last straw. He pulled his head back and shook his head. "I...can't." He said as he tried to sound firm but he knew it didn't come out quite like that.

Kelly looked at Nick with a bit of a pout. "Why not...?"

Nick racked his brain for something to say. He knew at this point the whole girlfriend thing would make him look like a player because of what they had been doing. "I...just can't."

Kelly squeezed Nick's ass a bit and leaned up to give him a kiss on the neck. "But...why not?" she whispered in his ear before nibbling his earlobe.

Nick had to admit; Kelly kissing his neck like that was making it really hard to think of something intelligent to say. "I...I…"

Kelly laughed and kissed her way up Nick's neck to his chin. "You...what?"

"I'm gay." Nick said quickly and mentally started calling himself every curse word in the book...this was NOT good.

Kelly jerked her head back and stared into Nick's eyes. "You...you're WHAT?"

Nick thought for a second on how to deal with this. He could deny he even said it but then it would make him look guilty of something...or he could tell the truth...and pray she didn't read into things. "I'm sure you heard what I said...otherwise you wouldn't of responded like that." he said as calm as possible.

Kelly laughed bitterly. "Yeah, I heard what you said...you bastard," she said...then pushed her way through the crowd to the bar.

"Fucking...shit!" Nick exclaimed and raced after her. "Kelly...stop...listen to me!" He wasn't sure if chasing her was the best idea...but he had to make sure she didn't fuck things up for Justin. His own life could be fucked but he wouldn't let anything happen to Justin.

Kelly spun around on her heels. "What?"

"I'm sorry...I shouldn't of done any of that...I just wanted to dance...and I'm sorry if I led you on or anything...and I'm sorry if you're disgusted at me because of what I said...but I wasn't going to lie straight out and let things get any further when obviously that isn't what I wanted." Nick tried to explain.

Kelly sighed. "I'm not disgusted...things like that don't bother me...I'm not like that. And well...you didn't really lead me on all that much...I'm just as guilty." She paused for a minute and then lowered her voice a bit. "Does Justin know?"

Nick wasn't sure how he should answer the question, but he figured honesty was best. "Sure."

Kelly nodded. "I see."

Nick smiled a bit and sighed. "But really...I'm sorry...and I think I'm going to go now."

Kelly gave Nick a small smile. "Yeah...OK...go ahead. Goodnight."

"Goodnight, Kelly." Nick said before he went off to try and find Mike to get him a car to go back to the hotel.

Meanwhile, back at the four seasons, Justin had fallen asleep on the couch in the suite's sitting room. He lay curled on his left side...facing the television he'd been watching...with his pillow under his head, and his blue fleece blanket draped over him.

Nick finally found Mike and walked up to him. "Hey...Justin told me to come to you when I wanted to go back to the hotel."

Mike nodded. "Ready?"

Nick took a deep breath and nodded, he was still all flustered from what had just happened with Kelly...not to mention the alcohol that was still in his system. "Yeah...I'm ready."

"OK." Mike pulled out his cell phone and made a quick call...then turned back to Nick after he hung up. "You can go ahead outside, if you'd like...a Towncar will be pulling up any minute."

Nick smiled. "Thanks." With that he headed outside and took a big breath of the early morning air. It was chilly but it felt really good on his heated skin. Once the car showed up he got in and they drove back to the hotel. Even though it was a short drive it seemed to take forever. When they finally got there he quickly walked inside and did everything he had to do to get up to his and Justin's room. Unlocking the door he walked inside.

Justin was still sound asleep on the couch...and old episode of 'I Love Lucy' lighting up the television.

Nick walked into the room and put his keycard down on the little table by the door. He could hear the TV on, so he walked into the main room and smiled when he saw Justin sleeping on the couch. Walking quietly he sat down by Justin's head and kissed him softly on the nose. "I'm back..." he whispered.

Justin didn't budge. He was fast asleep, and it was going to take a lot to wake him up.

Nick didn't really want to wake Justin up, but he figured Justin wouldn't want to fall asleep on the couch when he could be in his bed. So he decided to try and wake him up. "Hey...Justin...wake up man so you can go into your room." He said a louder this time as he shook Justin.

Justin groaned...and his eyes slowly fluttered open. "Hmmm...what?"

Nick smiled, God, Justin was too cute when he was sleepy. "I just wanted to say I'm back...and thought you would want to go sleep in your own bed."

Justin just shook his head, closed his eyes again, and readjusted his head on his pillow.

"Okay then...well I'm going to go take a shower so I don't smell like alcohol and expensive perfume anymore." Nick said, standing up.

When he knew Nick had moved away from the couch, he opened his eyes a bit and watched him walk out of the room. Nick was right...he DID smell like booze and perfume...Kelly's perfume. Justin sighed and closed his eyes again...trying not to think about what he might have missed at the club.

Nick got into his room and stripped out of his clothes quickly. He felt nasty in more ways then one. Most of all his heart felt heavy...He regretted doing any of what he did with Kelly. Sighing, he walked into the bathroom and started the shower. He turned it on hotter then he normally would and stepped in almost burning himself. He didn't care though.

Justin's brain finally settled down and he fell back into a very light sleep.

After about fifteen minutes Nick finally turned the shower off and stepped out into the stream filled room. Drying off he wrapped a towel around his waist and walked back into his bedroom. There he put on a pair of sweats and nothing else. Feeling really thirty he went out into the mini-kitchen and got a bottle of water. His body still felt hot from the too hot shower and he needed to cool down

Justin shifted on the couch a bit when he heard something in the living area. He groaned quietly, quickly rubbed his nose on his pillow to scratch it, and then relaxed again.

Nick heard Justin moving around and turned around to look at him. He felt guilty for what he had done. He wasn't really sure why that was...but he did. Sighing he walked into the living room and sat down on a chair that was next to where Justin was sleeping and continued to drink the bottle of water.

Justin moved his head around on his pillow a bit...the scent of Nick's soap having gotten into his nose and tickled his senses.

Nick watched Justin move around in his sleep and smiled a little. 'Why didn't you just come back to the hotel with him!' he screamed to himself.

Justin sighed deeply...now almost completely awake. Keeping his eyes closed, he rolled over onto his back and kicked his blanket off to the floor before folding his hands on his stomach over his wifebeater.

"Justin...are you okay?" Nick asked softly when he noticed Justin moving around restlessly.

"Yup," was all Justin said before clearing his throat.

"Okay." Was all Nick said before he got up to go throw his water bottle away. His steps still a little staggered from the alcohol and because his mind was totally some place else.

Justin opened his eyes and watched Nick walk across the room and almost stumble a few times. "How much did you drink?"

Nick threw the bottle away and leaned against the counter before turning to look at Justin. "Just as much as you saw me drink...like four or five...something like that." he said, his voice deep and husky. Sure he was gay and he hadn't wanted to be with Kelly but it had been so long since he had been touched by somebody like that...it was messing with him a little.

"What's wrong, then? You weren't this out of it when I left you."

Nick took a deep breath; he knew he had to tell Justin the truth. "Let's just say that Kelly is a very persistent girl."

Justin moved his hands to his sides to push himself up to sit back against the arm of the couch. "Why do you say that?" he asked...looking at Nick curiously.

"After you left...I went to go dance with her...and things got a little crazy." Nick said as he slowly walked back to sit in the chair again.

Justin turned in his seat to sit against the back of the couch so he could look at Nick. "Crazy...how?"

Nick raised an eyebrow. "You know how she dances...Thing were fine for a few songs...then things started to get kinda heated...and she noticed it was starting to get to me...so then she...well kissed me."

Justin took a deep breath. "I'm not surprised. I told you, you were her type."

Nick laughed a little and shook his head. "Yeah I’m her type except for one pretty major factor."

Justin thought about it for a second, and then widened his eyes. "Oh no...did you tell her?"

Nick bit his bottom lip and nodded his head. "I kinda had to...me telling her I just plain couldn't wasn't working."

Justin dropped his head back against the back of the couch and sighed. "Damn."

Nick got up out of the chair and went to go sit next to Justin on the couch. "I don't think she is going to cause problems, Justin...and if she does you can totally blame me...because it's all my fault."

Justin lifted his head back up and shook it slowly. "She won't. I mean...we're close...and even if she expects something...she won't say anything to anyone."

Nick sighed a sigh of relief. "Good...I'm glad cuz I already feel like shit....I'm glad I didn't make things worse."

Justin looked at Nick. "I'm really not worried about her. But please...PLEASE...don't tell anyone else."

"I promise I wont...I'm sorry I even told her." Nick looked down at his lap. "I was so scared to tell you that."

Justin smiled a bit. "Why are you so scared of me?"

Nick looked up at Justin. "I'm not scared you are going to physically harm me...but I'm scared that you are going to find out I'm more trouble then I'm worth...and sent me packing."

"Honestly...I can't see that happening."

"I wish I would of just came back here with you." Nick said softly. I would have rather sat here and watched..." He paused to look at the TV. "Nick at Night...then be there dancing with her."

Justin shrugged. "It couldn't have been THAT bad. She's cute...and sweet...and fun."

Nick giggled. "Actually...I did have fun until she kissed me...I think I liked the stuff before that...a little too much." he said blushing slightly.

Justin chuckled...pulling his legs up onto the couch to sit Indian Style. "What kinda stuff?"

"Oh you know...grinding to the music and stuff...then she did this thing where she like went down and back up while she danced...oh man that wasn't good." Nick laughed shaking his head at the memory.

Justin laughed...remembering doing the same thing with her many times. "Yeah...that DEFINITELY isn't good."

"I haven't felt anything for a girl for YEARS...and dang...that girl knows her stuff." Nick giggled.

Justin couldn't help but laugh again. "Yes...she does. That's why she dances for a living."

Nick sighed a deep sigh and looked up at the ceiling. "I definitely don't see why you didn't go back to her room with her." he only half joked.

"I told you why."

"You did?" Nick asked; he had forgotten that Justin had even answered his question before.

Justin nodded. "Yeah, I told you I already had someone to...ya know...hang out with tonight."

And once again Nick didn't understand what Justin was talking about. "Oh, you're going back out tonight?"

Justin sighed. "Nick...I'm talkin about you."

Nick's eyes went wide. "Me? But you can't have the same 'fun' that you could of had with her." he said making finger quotes around the word fun.

Justin laughed quietly. "I don't wana sleep with her, Nick."

Nick giggled slightly. "I think she had a different idea."

"What do you mean?"

Nick shrugged. "Just something she told me before you came after the concert."

"What are you talking about? She wanted to sleep with me...I KNOW she did." Justin paused and cleared his throat, then said in a softer voice, "We do that every once in a while."

Nick shrugged again and then laughed. "I think the poor girl was on the prowl tonight...Wonder if she found anybody." he joked.

Justin shook his head. "She won't sleep with just anyone. But forget that. What'd she say after the show?"

"I'm not sure if I should tell you...lets just say she made some comment about how you are in bed....and then when you came into the room she said how I made her in a 'Justin' mood and how she wanted to go play with you." Nick made a face at the picture that went into his head.

Justin laughed out loud. "Oh damn. Yeah...she definitely wanted some."

Nick giggled. "You didn't see the look in her eye when she was grinding against me....it was scary...and the way she grabbed my ass...I might have bruises."

Justin laughed some more. "Wow...that's too funny. Are you OK? Are you gonna survive? Did she un-gay you?"

Nick laughed and shook his head. "Sorry...but grinding with a girl...is not thing like grinding with a guy."

"What about when she kissed you?"

Nick smiled. "I didn't really let her...she barely pecked my lips...but then again her kissing my neck made it pretty hard to form anything good to say." He admitted...”But still...her lips were too small...she was just too small...I definitely like guys much better.

Justin chuckled. "So why do you like kissin me, then...cuz I'm big and have big lips? Is that supposed to make me feel good?"

Nick rolled his eyes. "You know that isn't what I meant...I go for the more manly feel of things...it's just a fact that guys are bigger boned then girls...well most girls.’

Justin nodded. "True. OK...you're off the hook.”

Nick smiled a big smile. "Good...I'm glad...so Mr. big manly person what shall we do now?"

Justin shrugged. "I dunno. Go to bed...?"

Nick pouted and shook his head. "I don't wana go to bed...I'm like hyped up now...but if you wana go to bed we can."

Justin shook his head. "It's OK...I just slept a while," he said...stretching his arms high above his head. He glanced at Nick, and for the first time registered that he didn't have a shirt on. He gave his torso a quick once-over before looking into his eyes again. "Movie, maybe?"

Nick smiled and nodded. "That sounds good...what should we watch?" he said, not noticing the way Justin looked at him.

Justin untucked his legs from under him...bringing his feet to the floor, and slouching down on the couch...as he grabbed the remote and flipped to the movie guide channel. "Pick one."

Nick scrolled down and giggled when he saw something he had always wanted to watch. "Finding Nemo." he said selecting the movie.

Justin smiled as he pressed the button to select the movie, set the remote on the end table, and turned off the table lamp...leaving the room dark except for the TV. "Good movie," he said...grabbing his pillow and pulling it onto his lap as the previews started.

Nick brought his legs up onto the couch and scratched his stomach lightly as he waited for the movie to start. "I haven't seen it yet."

"I definitely think you'll like it."

Nick giggled. "Why because I like cute little fish...or because I like kids movies?"

Justin laughed. "Both. Plus...you're watchin it with me...and you like me...so."

Nick turned to look at Justin in the dark room, the light of the TV shining a really hot glow on him. "Yeah...that is definitely true." he said, forgetting to turn to look back at the TV.

Justin smiled...even though he was unaware of Nick looking at him.

Nick thought for a second debating weather or not to move closer to Justin...but after a few minutes he thought why the heck not. So he scooted over to Justin, so the side of their bodies were touching.

Justin felt Nick's body touch his, and automatically leaned to the right a bit...leaning into Nick a bit more.

Nick giggled a little when he brought his arm up to rest on the back of the couch, to sort of put it around Justin. He couldn't help but feel silly doing that because he felt like something off of a movie...where the nervous guy tired to make the first move.

"What's so funny?" Justin questioned sincerely...moving to sit Indian style again as he leaned into Nick's embrace without even thinking about it.

Nick moved his arm off of the couch and more onto Justin's shoulder. His hand resting on Justin's shoulder. "Nothing." he whispered.

Justin sighed a relaxed sigh as he settled into the couch a little more...getting comfortable as the movie started.

Nick held Justin close as he turned to watch the movie. He found himself slightly tearing up at the beginning. "What a great starting." he sniffled.

Justin looked to the right a bit to see Nick's face. "Are you really crying?"

Embarrassed Nick shook his head as he tried to get a hand up to whip away his tears without Justin noticing, but when he looked over he saw Justin looking right at him.

Justin smiled. "Awww...how cute," he said...the placed a quick kiss on Nick's left cheek before turning back to the movie.

Nick smiled a big smile and turned back to watch the movie himself. Laughing at the way Marlon was acting about Nemo going to school. Then he watched with wide eyes as the drama of the movie actually started. "Bad kid." he giggled. "He shouldn't have touched the butt."

Justin laughed at the way that sounded. As he unconsciously cuddled a bit closer to Nick, his right hand slipped off the pillow that was on his lap, and onto Nick's left thigh.

Nick jumped slightly in his seat when Bruce came into the picture...and was like sitting on the edge of his seat as Nemo and Dory were chased.

Justin laughed at Nick's reactions to the movie. He was moving around in his seat constantly. "I feel like I'm in your way," he said...leaning away from Nick, and leaning to his left against the arm of the couch.

Nick felt Justin movie and turned to look at him. "No...don't move...please?" he asked as he moved to cuddle back up next to Justin.

Justin chuckled...moving his pillow to make room for Nick.

Nick smiled and snuggled up close to Justin before he turned back to watch the movie. He started to almost die of laughter when Dory was speaking whale. "Oh...my god!" he laughed.

Justin laughed again as he pried his right arm out from in between their bodies. "You're a riot."

"I'm not the one speaking whale." Nick laughed again as they watched the end of the movie.

Justin chuckled. "You're too cute."

By the time the movie ended, Nick was snuggled so close to Justin, he was almost on top of him. His was left hand resting on Justin's thigh. He had done all of it without paying any attention, so he hadn't thought about what he was doing. "That was like the best movie I've ever seen." he said watching the ending credits that were even fun to watch with the little sea animals moving around.

Justin smiled...his head resting back on the arm of the couch as he watched the credits. "I told you you'd like it."

Nick turned to look at Justin, for the first time noticing how close they really were. His own head and face was right next to Justin's. "Well...you were...right." he said looking into Justin's eyes.

Justin lifted his head to look at Nick and smiled. "Of course I was."

Without asking permission this time, Nick leaned down and pressed his lips to Justin's. He knew he could of asked...but he didn't really think he needed to...but he knew he would find out if he messed up.

Justin groaned softly as soon as he felt Nick's lips on his...and he immediately brought his left hand up to the back of Nick's head.

Nick moaned when he heard Justin groan and immediately licked Justin's lips as he moved his hands to the back of Justin's head.

Justin managed to get his right arm up and around Nick, and wrapped it around his waist...resting his hand on his lower back.

Something inside of Nick snapped and he couldn't hold himself back anymore. He quickly deepened the kiss and started to kiss Justin passionately. His tongue moving all around Justin's mouth, his hands running over his buzzed hair.

Justin moaned loudly into Nick's mouth as he kissed him back just as passionately. His left hand raked through Nick's hair as the fingers of his right hand tickled over the warm skin of his lower back.

Justin's hand on Nick's bare skin was driving him insane....even though he tried so hard to stop it, he felt himself getting hard against Justin's side. Cursing himself he pulled back to just place soft kisses on Justin's mouth. "I'm sorry...don't make me stop...kissing you...please." he mumbled against his lips, knowing Justin could feel it.

Justin smiled against Nick's kisses. "Please...don't...stop."

That was all Nick had to hear and he quickly went back to kissing Justin with the same passion, or even more then before. He turned his body so he was pretty much straddling Justin's right thigh.

Justin brought his left hand down from Nick's head to join his other hand on Nick's back...and rubbed both hands gently over his back. He put all the passion he had in him into the kiss...opening his mouth fully to Nick.

Nick moaned deep in his throat as he continued to kiss Justin. He had never felt so good in his life. He never wanted the kiss to stop. He never thought he would be here...Let alone Justin kissing him back like this.

Justin eased his tongue out of his mouth and pressed it against Nick's as he trailed the fingertips of both his hands lightly up Nick's spine. At the same time, he bent his right leg up at the knee...unintentionally pressing his thigh against Nick's groin.

Nick pretty much gasped into Justin's mouth when he felt Justin's leg pressing into his groin, his dick getting even harder in the process. Feeling Justin's tongue against his own was almost too good, he started to move his tongue against Justin's, loving the way it felt.

Justin moaned loudly. He couldn't believe how good kissing Nick felt. He'd never felt anything like it before...THAT he knew.

Finally running out of air, Nick had to pull back to catch his breath. He looked down at Justin with heavy lidded eyes as he panted. "I...I know I told you...I would keep my...lower body to...myself...but I couldn't help it." he managed to get out as he squirmed a little on Justin's lap, his position was getting a little uncomfortable.

Justin smiled a bit as he, too, tried to catch his breath. "It's OK. Did I...seem...freaked out?"

Nick thought about that for a second and shook his head. "No...you seemed to be having a pretty good time." He said as he started to trail kisses down Justin's chin and neck.

Justin giggled...dropping his head back and bringing his hands up to tickle that backs of Nick's shoulders.

Nick giggled, feeling his shoulders being tickled. "You're going to make me bite you." he said as he continued to kiss Justin's neck.

Justin chuckled. "You better not. I can't have marks."

Nick laughed as he moved himself around a bit so he was all the way straddling Justin. He was sure Justin's one leg was probably falling asleep with him sitting on it. "Oh fine...I'll make sure I don't do anything with my teeth." he giggled as he settled himself back down.

Justin shifted a bit under Nick. "Are you uncomfortable?"

Nick shook his head. "I'm not now...are you?" he asked, seriously, knowing the way they were sitting might make Justin feel too strange.

"Kinda...cuz I have a cramp in my back...and my leg's asleep."

Nick laughed and got up off of Justin. "Is that better?"

Justin shrugged...sitting up on the couch. "Yes and no."

Nick got a worried look on his face. "What's wrong?"

"It's better cuz I can stretch..." Justin said...standing up and stretching his whole body. "...but it's NOT better cuz you're not kissing me anymore."

Nick giggled and sat on the couch like Justin had been. "Yeah, I know that part totally sucks...but as soon as those kinks are out...you can come down here if you want." he said patting his lap.

Justin laughed...reaching behind him to rub his lower back. "I think it's that couch."

Nick nodded when he felt his own back starting to ache. "I think you are right... I wonder what we should do about that."

Justin shrugged. "Maybe it's time for bed."

Nick tried hard not to pout; he didn’t want to think about not kissing Justin anymore. "Yeah...okay."

"I'ma go brush my teeth...I'll let you know when I'm done in the bathroom."

Nick smiled and nodded. "Okay." he said as he got up off the couch and headed into his bedroom. Flopping down on to the bed he looked up at the ceiling and sighed.

Justin shut himself in the bathroom, then peed and brushed his teeth. A few minutes later...when he was all washed up...he went to knock on Nick's bathroom door.

"Yup." Nick called from where he was lying in the middle of his bed, still looking straight up at the ceiling.

Justin opened the door and looked in at Nick. "Hey...I'm done. Come say goodnight before you go to bed?"

Nick smiled and nodded. "Kay...I will." He said as he got up off the bed and headed into the bathroom to do his nightly things.

Justin walked back through the bathroom to his room. After he turned down the bed and shut off the light, he looked at the clock and groaned. He couldn't believe it was after five in the morning. The night had flown by. Letting out a long yawn, Justin took off all his clothes without thinking twice...then climbed under the cool cotton sheet.

Nick finished in the bathroom and walked to Justin's door. Knocking on it as he opened it he stuck his head in when he noticed Justin was in bed. "Coming to say goodnight." he said standing at the door.

Justin smiled at Nick from where he was laying on his back...the sheet up to his waist. "OK...so come say goodnight."

Nick looked at Justin with wide eyes but he walked over to the bed anyway. Looking down, he had a very good feeling that Justin was sleeping, much like he had been that morning. Sitting at the edge of the bed he smiled. "Okay...goodnight." he said trying to keep himself calm...knowing Justin was naked under the sheet.

Justin chuckled...gently kicking Nick's hip with his foot from under the sheet. "Damn...I thought that since we just made out for ten minutes, I'd at least get a kiss."

Nick smiled and blushing a little. "You want a kiss huh." he said crawling on all fours on the other side of the bed.

Justin shrugged. "It'd be nice."

"Oh...I suppose I can do that." Nick said as he stopped at Justin's face and lowered his mouth to Justin's.

Justin brought his right hand up to gently touch Nick's left cheek as they kissed softly.

Nick kissed Justin softly for a second, but then deepened it a little as he pushed his tongue into Justin's mouth. He had all intentions of making the kiss nice, short and sweet...but that wasn’t happening.

Justin groaned...very willingly taking Nick's tongue. He couldn't seem to get enough of it. He completely gave into the kiss as he brought his other hand up to cup Nick's face, as well.

Nick moaned loudly as he kissed Justin deeply, his body going to straddle Justin's leg a little without paying much attention to what he was doing.

Justin slid his hands down Nick's neck, over his shoulders, and down his sides...resting them on his lower back.

Nick moved around again so he was straddling Justin again. He had no idea why he did it, it just gave him better position to kiss Justin as passionately as he wanted to...needed to.

Justin plunged his tongue into Nick's mouth with a soft groan as he continued the passionate kiss...sliding his hands down a bit lower on Nick's back and hooking his thumbs under the waistband of his sweats.

It took all of Nick's will power to not start grinding against Justin's hips. The kiss was so powerful, and Justin's hands going under the waistband of his sweats was making him so hot.

Justin finally took it upon himself to break the kiss...as he was desperate for air. He opened his eyes and looked up into Nick's face...not moving underneath him as he tried to catch his breath.

Nick too opened his eyes and looked down at Justin as he tried to catch his breath. his elbows propped up on either side of Justin's head, making it so he wasn't putting all of his body weight on the younger man. He didn't say anything, just smiled a dazed smile as he took in air.

Justin let out a quiet chuckle. "I thought this was supposed to be a goodnight kiss," he said in a voice that was almost a whisper.

Nick blushed a little and bent down and buried his face in Justin's neck. "Guess I got a little carried away." he whispered back.

Justin laughed. "Guess I did too, then."

Nick brought his head back up to look down at Justin again. "I didn't get TOO carried away did I? I mean I didn't do anything to make you uncomfortable...cuz if I did I didn't mean to." he rambled, nervously. He didn't want to do anything to make Justin uncomfortable...and hated the idea that he may have.

Justin laughed again. "Nick...just...shhh." He leaned his head up and quickly pecked Nick's lips. "If I was uncomfortable, I'd let you know."

Nick smiled one of his big 100 watt smiles and dipped his head back down to rest on Justin's shoulder. He felt so relaxed and comfortable there in Justin's arms that he never wanted to leave.

Justin took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and just lay there. It was true...he felt far from uncomfortable. In his bed. With Nick. A guy. On top of him. The fact that he was so comfortable was what was starting to make him uncomfortable.

"I think...I'm stuck here." Nick laughed, not making any point in moving right that second.

Justin chuckled and opened his eyes again. "No, you're not."

Nick sat up, so he was sitting on Justin's hips. "Okay...I'm not...but I could of been." he said as his right hand went up to scratch his arm right blow the sun tattoo.

Justin moved his hands around to rest on Nick's hips. "Those are nice," he said...looking at the tattoos on Nick's arm. "They mean anything special?"

Nick shrugged a little and shook his head. "No...not really...I mean I got this one.." he said pointing to the band going around his right arm. "When I was eighteen and the guy who bought it for me said it looked cool....and then the sun one Aaron said it would look cool next to the band...so I got that one about six months ago." he explained.

Justin nodded. "I like them," he said...reaching his left hand up to run a finger over the designs.

Nick giggled when the feeling of Justin's finger running over the designs, tickled a little. "I've become attached to them too." He turned his body a little so Justin could see his back. "This one on the other hand...it's well...that was a nickname my dad used to call me when I was younger. I was such a hyper active kid that he started calling me Kaos."

Justin laughed...bringing his hand back down to Nick's hip. "Why's it spelled with a 'K?' I mean...that's not how 'chaos' is spelled."

Nick smiled a little. "It's stupid really...only because my name is spelled differently then most Nicholas'...with a 'K' and everything...so they just started writing it like that even when I was a really little boy...so it just stuck like that."

Justin smiled. "That's kinda cool."

Nick shrugged. "I guess so...I think it's silly."

Justin shook it's head. "It's not silly. It's very unique."

Nick smiled and started to trace patters on Justin's stomach with his finger. "You know I'm being a VERY good boy right now...cuz I know you're naked under this thin little sheet."

Justin swallowed hard...and could have sworn he'd felt a quick burn in his groin at Nick's words. "Umm...how would you know THAT?"

"I could tell when I walked in...just the way you had the sheet low on your waist...reminded me of when I saw you on the bus." Nick answered simply as he continued to trace patters on Justin's skin.

Justin swallowed another lump in his throat as his stomach muscles started contracting involuntarily under Nick's touch. "Well...I sleep alone...and it's more comfortable...so..."

Nick nodded his understanding. "I can understand that...I would do the same thing if I wasn't afraid my balls would freeze off at home." he joked.

Justin had to laugh at that. "Well...you don't have to be afraid of that anymore...cuz you're gonna get your heat fixed."

Nick nodded again and then thought of something he had kinda put to the back of his mind for a bit. "That is if I go back there...I mean I thought I was offered a job in LA."

"Well...you were. But I thought you weren't so sure you were interested in it," Justin said...moving his hands off of Nick's hips, and bringing them both up to rest above his head on the pillows.

"The only reason I wouldn't want to take the job...is cuz I don't know anybody who lives in LA...and LA is so big." Nick sighed and took a deep breath. "I want to say yes...because it sounds like a great opportunity...but I don't know." he answered, seriously confused with his feelings.

"Well...I just want you to know that it's YOUR choice," Justin said...looking up at Nick. "I mean...I'd never send you out there alone. So...if you accepted...I'd have you move out there when I'm actually gonna BE there for a while. That way...by the time I had to leave again...if you were to stay behind, you'd know some people...and be more comfortable by then."

Just then Nick's eyes lightened up and he felt like smacking himself in the head. "Okay...my brain has to be seriously fried...I TOTALLY forgot you even had a house in LA." he laughed and shook his head. "I told you, you were taking away the crazy fan in me."

Justin laughed. "I guess I'll look at that as a compliment...since you WERE borderline psychotic."

Nick smacked Justin's stomach playfully. "I was so not...if I was psychotic I would of been going around telling everybody that I've been spending time with you." he rolled his eyes and laughed. "My brother thinks I'm with my secret boyfriend fucking my brains out."

Justin made a face. "I hope you set him straight."

Nick made a face of his own. "I tried to...but then he got into telling me about how he was getting HIS brains fucked out by this new girlfriend of his...and I hung up on him." He giggled

"Aw damn...I definitely wouldn't wanna hear anything like that from MY little brothers," Justin said...a look of disgust on his face. "But then again...they ARE only ten and seven."

"I shouldn't be hearing it from my little brother either...he just turned sixteen." Nick pointed out. "He shouldn't be out doing that shit."

"True," Justin agreed...then thought of something. "Does he know where you are...who you're with?"

Nick shook his head like crazy. "Of course not...I mean I know he wouldn't make a big deal out of it...probably just tease me to death...but I still wouldn't tell him."

Justin nodded. He appreciated that, but he wasn't sure how to tell that to Nick. "Thanks," was all he said.

Nick smiled. "You're welcome." As he said that he noticed something. "Am I too heavy on you?"

Justin shook his head. In fact, he hardly even felt Nick on his hips. For some strange reason, it just felt normal to be laying there talking to Nick like that.

Nick giggled. "Good...cuz I don't feel like moving." he said settling back a little more comfortably on Justin's lap. "What comes next...I mean when do you have to leave again?"

Justin laughed. "Leave where? My bedroom?"

Nick laughed and shook his head. "No, when do you have to leave here...to go onto the next town?"

"Tomorrow...well...today..." Justin said...recalling that it was early morning. "...I have off. I'm just gonna hang out and relax. Then tomorrow morning I leave for Atlanta. I have shows there tomorrow night and the next night."

Looking down at his lap and Justin's stomach, Nick tried to find a way to ask Justin something. "What about me?" he asked softly, hoping that didn't sound too childish.

Justin moved his right hand down to scratch his stomach, then rested it back over his head again. "What ABOUT you?"

"Do you want me to go home...or can I stay with you?" Nick asked just as quietly, his head still looking down.

"I don't WANT you to go home, Nick. But...it's completely up to you. I mean...I know you don't have a job to go back to anymore," Justin said gently. "...but...you have your brother, and stuff. So...I don't know."

"My brother is fine without me...he's with my grandparents...they can take care of him better then I could. Maybe they can get him to stop this fucking around shit that he's started." Nick whispered as he shared his feelings of how he felt he was to blame for that...because he wasn't doing well at looking after the teen.

"The way he's behaving isn't your fault, Nick. I mean...I'm sure you weren't expecting to have to take care of him...so that alone has to be hard. And...it's not like you're teaching him to go out there and have all this sex."

Nick had to laugh at that. "Why would I teach him something like that...when I'm not even doing it." he joked as he took a deep breath. "I know it isn't my fault...but I really think he's better off right now...a sixteen year old needs somebody stable to watch them...I wasn't a normal sixteen year old...I don’t think I would know how to teach him to be one."

Justin shrugged a bit. "You might have a point there. Do you think he could stay with your grandparents if you decided to move to LA?"

Nick nodded. "I'm sure they wouldn't care...or he could always go home too...but he hasn't gotten along with our parents well since they kicked me out...I think in a way he feels like he's next or something."

"What reason would they have for kicking HIM out?"

"Besides that he still hangs out with me...there isn't any that I know of...he's just still mad at them for doing it to me I think." Nick sighed. "Can we get off this topic please....I don't need to start crying on you again like I did earlier." he smiled sheepishly.

Justin smiled. "That was cute."

Nick blushed. "That was embarrassing."

Justin rolled his eyes. "Oh, please. Don't be embarrassed."

Nick smiled a little. "It was sad...I mean his wife and almost all his babies died."

"I know. That sucks."

Nick's smile turned into a pout. "I don't know what I would ever do if that happened to me...that would be terrible."

Justin chuckled. "You don't have a wife and kids. Well...at least as far as I know."

"And I never will." Nick pointed out, a little sad at that idea.

"Nick. You're gay. Sure...you can't technically have a wife...but you can have kids."

Once again Nick's smile was back and he nodded. "I know that...but not any time soon...I'm having a hard enough time taking care of myself."

Justin took a deep breath. "I know THAT feeling."

"I think we are safe enough though...I mean that's a pretty normal feeling to have when you're in your early twenties." Nick pointed out, his hand starting to trace patters on Justin's chest and stomach again as he talked.

"Yeah...I guess that's true," Justin said thoughtfully...then laughed quietly. "That tickles."

"What tickles..." Nick's voice trailed off as he looked down at what his hands were doing. He hadn't even noticed he had been doing it until now. "Oh…sorry." He said moving his hands to rest on his own thighs.

Justin laughed again at Nick's reaction...then let out a long yawn. "Damn..." he said after looking at the clock. "It's almost six o'clock."

Nick glanced at the clock too and sighed, he didn't want to move, Justin was so warm underneath him. There wasn't anything really sexual about it...just comforting. "Yeah...guess we should go to sleep, huh?"

Justin nodded. "I'm exhausted."

Nick got up off of Justin and sat on the other side of the bed as he yawned. "I'm tired too...and I'm not the one that put on a concert." He scratched his stomach.

Justin yawned again...moving his hands to rub his eyes as he did so. "Multiply that by ten...and that's how I feel."

Nick made a face. "I would rather not...I would probably pass out." he said lying down on the bed to stretch his legs out.

"Yeah...I'm about to," Justin said with another yawn...suddenly completely wiped out.

Smiling, Nick sat up and climbed off the bed. "Goodnight...see you in the morning." He whispered before leaning down to kiss Justin softly on the lips.

Justin laughed quietly into the kiss. "It IS morning."

Nick pulled back and laughed. "Okay, then see you when we finally get our tired asses out of bed." he said rolling his eyes.

Justin chuckled as he rolled over onto his side and closed his eyes...pulling his sheet up to his neck as he did. "G'night."

Nick stood and watched Justin for a few seconds before disappearing into his own room. Turning down the sheets he stripped out of his own sweats and climbed into bed. Yawning and stretching once last time before turning and falling fast asleep.

Justin was curled up and sound asleep before Nick had even made it into bed in his own room.

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After taking a few minutes to finally get his eyes pried open, Justin glanced at the clock, and groaned quietly when he saw that it was just after one in the afternoon. He could have easily stayed in bed longer, but he would have felt guilty sleeping the WHOLE day away. After rubbing his eyes one last time, Justin got up out of bed, pulled his pajama pants on, then stretched out his lean frame before padding into the bathroom. Without even thinking to close the half-open door to Nick's room, Justin made his way to the toilet to pee.

Nick was still fast asleep on his back The sheet that was wrapped around him was only covering the middle of his lower half and one of his legs. His right leg was on top of the sheet as he continued to sleep.

Justin finished at the toilet, and then went to the sink to wash his hands and brush his teeth. Once he was finished he went over to the door to peek into Nick's room. When he saw the older man sprawled out on the bed...and barely covered...he swallowed hard, and tried to ignore the quick second of throbbing in his groin. "Damn," Justin whispered...shaking his head to clear it as he walked back through the bathroom to his room. With a quiet sigh, he grabbed his cell phone, and dropped onto his stomach on the bed as he dialed his father's number.

A few minutes later, Nick wiggled around in bed for a second before he opened his eyes and groaned. Glancing over at the clock he noticed it was after one o'clock. Yawning he sat up in bed and stretched. Reaching for his sweats that he had lazily thrown to the side of the bed when he had gone to bed, he slipped them on and got out of bed. After getting his balance he walked to the bathroom and over to the toilet. Not even thinking about checking to see if Justin's bedroom door was closed. His head was pounding at him, reminding him of how much he had drank the night before. Sighing as he peed he closed his eyes and almost fell back to sleep standing up.

When Justin heard something he in the bathroom, he glanced in that direction just in time to see a shirtless Nick pass by his open door...then returned his attention to his phone conversation. "Yeah...I know. How's school? Oh, really? Nice job..."

Nick finished up at the toilet and moved to wash his hands on unsteady legs. Looking at himself in the mirror he groaned. "Why do you do this stuff to yourself, Carter." he grumbled at his reflection before turning to walk into Justin's room. He had heard him talking so knew he was awake. Without thinking anything about it he walked into the room and flopped down onto the bed, burring his face in one of Justin's extra pillows.

Justin turned his head slightly to the right to look at Nick...then looked back down at the pillow propped under his elbows as he toyed with the pillowcase. "Yeah. OK...that sounds good. No...I'll see you in like...a week. OK...tell your mom I said hi. OK, buddy...love you too. Bye." Justin finished his call, flipped his phone shut, and reached to his left to set it on the nightstand.

"Can you tell the elephants to stop jumping on my head." Nick mumbled into the pillow.

"What's wrong?" he asked with a laugh. "You were OK when you went to bed."

"I think sleeping wasn't such a good thing." Nick said turning his head to look at Justin. "Do you have any Advil...or maybe something stronger?" he tried to joke.

Justin laughed again. "How can you be this hungover? We were awake for like...three hours when you got back...before we went to bed."

"Maybe I just have a normal headache." Nick said shrugging. His head was already feeling a little better the more he was awake.

Justin got up off the bed and went over to one of his bags. "I have some Advil if you want it," he said...going through the bag.

Nick smiled as he sat up on the bed. "Thanks...so were you talking to your brothers?"

Justin nodded as he brought the bottle of pills over to Nick. "Yeah...I remembered them saying that they had a half day of school today...so I called."

"Bet they are getting excited for Christmas break and stuff." Nick said as he took two Advil out of the bottle and swallowed them without water.

Justin nodded as he watched Nick. "They are. You want some water?"

Nick shook his head. "Nah...I'm fine." he said stretching his arms over his head and yawning again. His body was still trying to work on waking up all the way.

Justin reached up to take the pill bottle out of Nick's hand, then went to put it away. "Did you sleep OK?"

"Yeah, I slept fine...how about you?" Nick asked, as he watched Justin putting the bottle away.

Justin nodded...then reassumed his position on his stomach on the bed. "Yeah...I slept well."

"So what are our plans for the rest of today?" Nick asked as he lied back down, propping himself up on his elbow to look down at Justin.

Justin rested his cheek down to look over at Nick again. "Nuthin," he stated with a lazy laugh.

Nick giggled. "We could just lie here and stare at each other." he only halfway joked because he was having a pretty fun time just watching Justin.

Justin laughed. "That would get boring pretty quick."

Nick pouted playfully. "Yeah...I know I'm nothing to look at."

"I wouldn't say that, Mr. Carter," Justin said before rubbing his nose on his pillow to scratch an itch.

Nick laughed. "We're lying ON the bed together...half naked and you're calling me Mr. Carter?"

Justin chuckled. "Just trying to be polite."

"You are very polite Mr. Timberlake." Nick laughed as he continued to watch Justin.

"Yeah...I know," Justin said...then sighed lazily as he rolled over onto his back and brought his hands up above his head on the pillow.

Nick scooted closer to Justin and kissed him softly on the cheek, before turning onto his back. His sides touching Justin's slightly. "I like being lazy." he giggled.

Justin smiled. "I do, too on days like today...but it gets boring sometimes."

Nick nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I can understand that." He said reaching down to scratch his inner thigh.

Justin dropped his head to his left to look at Nick. "So...is there anything you feel like doing today? I mean...anything at all that maybe we can make happen?"

Nick shrugged his shoulders. "I have no idea...I don't have a clue what there is to do here."

"Neither do I. But I'm talkin...just in general...not something that can only be done HERE."

Turning his head to look at Justin he shrugged again. "How about we just...lie here." he giggled, knowing he was being a huge help but he was seriously enjoying himself.

Justin shrugged...then smiled as he looked up at the ceiling. "Whatever you want. You're the boss."

Just then Nick thought of something. "Are you going to tell your parents...about...well you know."

Justin took a long, deep breath...not taking his eyes off the ceiling. "I don't know. I mean...yeah...eventually, I'm sure. But...I don't know when."

Nick nodded. "Yeah...probably best...what about Kelly? You said you were thinking about telling her."

Justin nodded. "Either way I need to talk to her today...after what happened last night."

Nick groaned thinking about what had happened. "I should probably talk to her too...I kinda just ran out of there as fast as I could once I mad sure she wasn't going to run and do something stupid."

"Well...lemme talk to her first. I'm gonna see how it goes before I decide how much I'm gonna tell her."

"Sounds like a plan...I wouldn't go find her too early...cuz she might of found her man last night." Nick said before he busted up laughing.

Justin chuckled. "I doubt it."

"I would of taken her if I was straight...she's hot." Nick said, giggling. "But...I'm definitely not straight so that isn't even an option."

Justin smirked. "She is hot...and probably worth you playin straight for a night."

Nick turned his head to look at Justin and then rolled his eyes. "I don't think I'm gunna be playing straight any time soon...I probably wouldn't have any idea of what I'm doing. I haven't been with a girl since...gosh I was eighteen."

Justin laughed. "She'd make you remember REAL quick. One night..." he started, then glanced at Nick quickly. "Nah...nevermind," he said...blushing a bit.

"Oh no you don't...you said it now you have to finish it." Nick said propping himself back up on his elbow, ready for the story. "You have gota tell me."

Justin shook his head slowly. "Damn...it was crazy. It was a few weeks ago. We had a long bus ride, so I got on her bus for a while. Ya know...her and three other dancers share it..."

Nick smirked and nodded, not saying anything so Justin could continue.

"So...we were all hangin out, and whatever. At one point, we were playing cards at the table...and all of a sudden I felt her hand on my leg. That was fine. But THEN...next thing I know...her hand was IN my pants...grabbin at all kindsa shit..."

Nick's eyes went wide and he giggled. "I'm sure you didn't mind much though."

Justin giggled, too. "No...not at all. In fact...five minutes later...she dragged me into that tiny-ass bathroom and started ridin me on the toilet seat."

Nick felt his face and body heat up at the image that went through his head. "Whoa...that is hot." he said after swallowing the huge lump that had formed in his throat.

"Damn straight, it was. Shit...I said Christina was a vixen...but now that I really think about it...I think Kel's even MORE fun."

"And I stopped myself from having that to come back here and talk with you...gosh what an idiot I am." Nick joked, the pictures of what Justin had been talking about were still going through his head. "I think she agrees with you on that aspect too." he giggled again.

Justin looked over at Nick. "Whadda you mean?"

"Last night she told me that you are an animal in bed....but that I wasn't hearing it from her...and then she winked at me." Nick laughed. "But I didn't tell you that."

Justin blushed and looked away from Nick. "Shit," he said with a laugh.

Nick smiled big "Some how I totally believed her when she said that...even though I tried very hard not to think about it...because I didn't want myself hard for the rest of the night." He laughed.

Justin laughed and looked back at Nick. "What made you believe her?"

"My favorite part of the show...At the end of 'Rock your body' when you dance all sexy and lift your shirt up. Just watching you dance like that says a lot." Nick repeated what Kelly had said the night before, admitting that even though he said he didn't have a favorite part he definitely did, and Kelly had told it.

Justin rolled his eyes...moving his hands down to fold them over his bare stomach. "What exactly does it say?"

"It says...'Look at me I'm pure sex...if you are lucky enough to get me alone and in bed...watch out.'" Nick teased, but what he was saying was true.

"Now see...that's SO not true. Cuz look...here you are...alone with me...in my bed...and I'm not doing anything inappropriate. I'm being perfectly respectable."

"Pitty." Nick said as seriously as he could, a smile trying not to form on his lips.

Justin laughed and nudged Nick with his leg. "Shut up."

Nick finally gave in and started to laugh. "Hey...if I had my way *I* would be the one ridin ya in the itty bitty tour bus bathroom." he said wiggling his eyebrows.

Justin blushed brightly. "Yeah...I know," Justin said...shifting slightly.

Nick saw Justin blushed and giggled. "Yup...that would be great...the feeling of the bus moving under ya...wow." he continued, having fun messing with Justin now that he knew the other man wouldn't mind much.

Justin laughed a bit nervously. "Yeah...exactly. That makes it really good."

"I'm sure it does...I've done it in the back of a car once...when somebody else was driving...wow. I was straddling his lap and riding him as we sped down the freeway...goddamn that was good." Nick licked his lips at the memory. "I totally forgot about that until now."

Justin looked over at Nick and wrinkled his forehead a bit. "How could you do it right there...with someone else in the car?"

"I was with some crazy rich guy...Don't even remember getting his name...and he had a driver...and I guess the guy was used to that. By the time we were in the car I was already about to cum in my jeans I could careless." Nick said making a face too. "Definitely wasn't meant to be romantic...but man it got the job done." he said wiggling his eyebrows.

Justin laughed. "Yeah...sometimes the romance doesn't mean so much."

Nick laughed and nodded. "Sometimes you just have to do what you gota do." he thought for a second. "With memories like that it makes me wonder why I gave it up...having sex at all that is...not the whole fucking everything in sight part."

"Well...maybe you didn't actually give it up. Maybe you just wanna wait for the right person to come along."

Nick thought about what Justin said for a second and then nodded. "That is exactly what I'm doing."

Justin nodded. "Sounds like it." He stretched his body out and took a deep breath. "Well...I think I'm gonna get showered...then go talk to Kelly."

"Sounds like a plan....I'll be lazy and watch TV." Nick said as sat up and got off the bed.

"Cool," Justin said...getting up himself and going to his bag to pick out some clothes.

After running his hands through his messy blonde hair, Nick yawned and walked out into the main room. Flopping onto the couch he picked up the remote and started to flip through channels.

Justin took his clothes to the bathroom and got into the shower. After he'd finished and dressed in track pants and a t-shirt, he made a quick phone call, then slipped on his Nike sandals and went out into the main room. "OK..." he said to Nick as he slipped his key card into his pocket. "...I'll be back in a while."

Nick turned to Justin and smiled. "Okay...I'll be here." he said before turning back to watch Emergency Vets.

Justin smiled back before walking out of the suite and heading down the hall to Kelly's room.

Nick watched a few episodes of Emergency Vets and then some other thing about elephants on Animal Planet before he started to nod off on the couch. Sure he had just gotten up a few hours before, but lying around was making him sleepy.

It was around four o'clock by the time Justin got back to the hotel suite. He smiled when he saw Nick asleep on the couch upon entering. Not wanting to disturb him, Justin went into his room and turned the television onto the NFL Network before going over to the bed. He grabbed his favorite pillow, and brought it to the foot of the bed to lay on his stomach and watch TV.

A few minutes later, Nick's bladder rudely woke him up. Groaning he got up and walked into his room and into the bathroom. That was when he heard Justin's TV. Bypassing the toilet for a second he walked to Justin's door and leaned against it. "When did you get back?"

Justin looked over at Nick in the doorway. "Just a few minutes ago."

Nick started to do a little dance in the doorway. "Okay, hold that thought...I'll be right back." With that he shut the door and went over to the toilet to do his business.

Justin turned back to the television to finish watching the news story about some football coach.

Once he was done, Nick washed his hands and then headed back into Justin's room. "So, how'd it go?" he asked sitting Indian style on the bed.

Justin looked away from the TV to look at Nick. "It went really well, actually."

Nick smiled. "That's good...do you wana tell me about it...or is it privet stuff?"

Justin shrugged. "We talked a little about you...and I ended up telling her about what's been going on with me lately. She didn't freak or anything...which was good...but I didn't think she would." Justin paused to take a deep breath. "So...I told her that I've kinda sorta been testing the waters with you...and she was cool about it. And...she said she'll keep it to herself...and I know she will.”

"Yeah...I know she will too." Nick bit his bottom lip and asked... "Is she mad at me for last night? I still feel bad about that."

Justin shrugged again. "We didn't talk too much about it... think that's YOUR department," he said...then laughed. "But she DID say that if we're every interested in a threesome to let her know."

Nick looked at Justin with his mouth open wide. He kept trying to say something but nothing was coming out. That had totally taken him by surprise.

Justin laughed again at the look on Nick's face. "What? I'm serious...she said it...and she meant it."

The first noise out of Nick's mouth was a groan. "Shit...that's going to be a picture permanently etched in my mind...I like that idea a little too much." he admitted as he ran his hand through his hair.

Justin smirked. "Now...see...I can tell from the way you've been talking about her since last night that this girl does things to you...whether you're gay or not."

Nick groaned again and nodded his head. "I'm beginning to figure that out more and more...shit." he said getting flustered.

Justin laughed. "You should go talk to her...I'm sure she's expecting it."

Nick thought about that for a second and sighed. "I should...I guess."

"It's up to you."

"Yeah...I'll go talk to her." Nick said as he got up off the bed. "What room is she in?" he asked as he walked through the bathroom and into his room for a shirt.

"820," Justin replied...going back to his TV show.

Nick through a red t-shirt on and checked himself in the mirror to make sure he didn't look too terrible. Satisfied that he could go out without worrying about a shower just then. He walked back through Justin's room. "Okay, I'll be back in a few." he said before walking out of the bedroom and out the door. He walked down the few doors till he got to room 820 and knocked on the door.

The door flew open, and Kelly smiled when she saw Nick. "Hi," she said in a friendly tone. "Come on in...and please excuse my appearance," she said in reference to her sweat, t-shirt, and messy bun of a hairdo.

Nick smiled back and looked down at himself as he walked into the room. "The same goes for me. I've just been having fun being lazy today."

Kelly laughed her bubbly laugh as she dropped onto the couch and tucked her legs under her. "Yeah...well...we do that a lot around here."

Nick sat down on the other end of the couch and took a deep breath. "I really want to apologize for last night...I really didn't mean to just drop that on you like that."

Kelly shrugged...a bit of a smile on her face. "Don't worry about it. Like I told you last night...I'm cool with stuff like that."

"I know that...and thanks for not totally freaking out on me...well after I chased you down." Nick giggled, trying to joke around with her like he always did when he was nervous. "I was mostly scared at how you were going to look at Justin after I said that...and I didn't want anything bad to happen to him ya know." he said, praying he was making some kind of sense.

Kelly chuckled as she leaned forward and grabbed a pack of cigarettes off the coffee table. After she lit one up, she handed the pack toward Nick to offer him one.

Nick shook his head. "No thanks." he said politely as he tried to relax a little more. He wasn't sure what else to say now, and he felt a little uncomfortable.

Kelly tossed the pack back on the table, and took a long drag before speaking again. "Nothing bad would have happened to Justin because I never would have said anything...even if he didn't ask me to keep quiet." She paused to exhale the smoke before going on. "Justin's one of my best friends...and I wouldn't put his career in jeopardy like that."

Nick smiled and nodded. "And I know for a fact he's really grateful about that...he's having enough trouble with the whole thing...the least he needs now is to have somebody spill it....not that you would do that...I'm just saying." he said, rambling like he did whenever he was nervous.

Kelly nodded as he inhaled off her cigarette again. "I know what you mean...and you've got nothing to worry about. It's not just his career I'm looking out for. He means a lot to me...more than most people know. More than even HE knows...I think."

Hearing Kelly say that caused Nick to smile even more. "I think I know what you mean...he's a very special person." Thinking he should just strike up a conversation kind of off the topic he started..." How long have you known Justin?"

Kelly shrugged...bringing her cigarette to her lips with her delicate fingers. "About a year and a half, I guess...ever since he auditioned us."

Nick nodded, taking a deep breath, breathing in some of the smoke she blew out. He had stopped smoking about a year ago...but he still enjoyed it some what when he could smell the smoke because of others. "Yeah...I've only really know him for like a week now or even less...but it seems like it's been forever." he said in a slightly dreamy voice...for the first time sort of showing the feelings he had for the other man.

Kelly laughed softly as she blew some smoke out the side of her mouth. "Seems like the boy has the same effect on YOU as he has on ME."

Nick blushed slightly. "More then you would ever know." he giggled at how they had thought of the same favorite part of Justin's show. "The final part of 'Rock your body' when he dances all sexy and lifts up his shirt.' Ring any bells?" he asked giggling, flashing one of his smiles, a good sign that he was relaxing

Kelly smiled back at him. "Of course. Gets me every time." she paused to put her cigarette out in the ashtray, then sat back on the couch. "He's something else. And ya wanna know something? He's the only guy I've ever even slept with."

Nick's eyes went wide. He didn't mean to seem so shocked but he was. "Really? Does he know that?"

Kelly shook her head. "No. I mean...I don't THINK so, anyway. It never really...came up."

Nick thought about what Kelly said for a minute. "I don't mean for this to sound rude or something but ...uhh...wouldn't he kind of have to know? I mean I know for experience...first times aren't all that cool. I think he would be able to notice." he said, hoping he hadn't stepped his bounds too badly.

Kelly shrugged and shook her head at the same time. "Maybe he DOES know...but if he does, he's never said anything. Of course...that could just be him being the southern gentleman that he is. Or...maybe he couldn't tell...because our first time was really sweet and slow...and was just so careful and gentle," she explained...a bit of a faraway look filling her eyes.

Nick smiled at her far away look. "Sounds really special...you were very lucky." He said thinking about his own first time and remembering it nothing like that.

Kelly widened her eyes as she nodded. "Oh yeah...I KNOW I was," she agreed...then giggled. "And just so you know...new guy...just because Justin's dabbling in man love a little with you, I KNOW he still like chicks...so you'd better not be expecting me to kill my game with him until I find out he's in a relationship."

Nick tried not to let what she said get to him and laughed it off. "He's fair game for both of us until we hear other wise...and I know he still likes girls." He said, feeling a little awkward again. He didn't mean for what Kelly said to get to him...but it did, it struck a nerve.

Kelly laughed again. "OK...deal...he's fair game."

"Yeah...deal." Nick laughed as he got up off the couch. "But I should be heading back...thanks for letting me come and talk."

Kelly stood up and went over to hug Nick. "No problem. Thank YOU for coming to clear things up."

Nick hugged Kelly back. "I'm glad I came to clear things up too...I felt really shitty about it." he said as he opened the door. "Talk to you later, girl." he said with a small smile.

Kelly smiled and waved as Nick walked out of her room. She liked him. He was a cool guy. Hot, too.

Letting out a deep breath, Nick walked back down the hall to his and Justin's room. Taking out his key he opened the door and walked in. "Justin...I'm back." he called as he threw the key back on the table.

"Hey..." Justin called...from the same spot he'd been in when Nick had left. A special on sports medicine had grasped his attention.

Nick heard Justin's voice and walked into his room, he giggled when he saw Justin in the same spot he had been before. "Something must be really cool...if you've been there the whole time." he said as he walked over to sit down on the bed. He didn't get as close as he normally would though, Kelly's words running through his head made him feel a little strange.

Justin smiled. "This is a pretty good show. Besides...you weren't gone all that long."

"Good point." Nick said as he ran his hands through his hair. Yeah, he hadn't stayed long...if he would of stayed any longer he probably would of gone insane. He really liked the girl...just she didn't understand how her words hurt him.

Justin turned his head to look at Nick as soon as a commercial came on. "So...how'd it go?"

"It went..." he paused to think about how truthful he should be. "It went okay...we got everything from last night cleared up...so that's good."

"So...then...why was it just OK?"

Nick shook his head...he couldn't tell Justin what was bothering him. He wasn't even sure if he was really allowed to let it bother him...he didn't have any rights over what Justin did. "Nothing really...just some thing she said is all."

Justin sat up on the bed at that. "Well...what do you mean?" he asked...moving to sit Indian style. "I would have a hard time believing she was rude to you..."

Nick shook his head and smiled. "She's a sweet girl and means well...she is just really good at speaking her mind...and something she said kinda hurt...It shouldn't have but it did." he said looking down at his lap.

"What'd she say?"

Nick took a deep breath, still not looking up. "Just pretty much that I may be the new guy...and stuff.. that I better not be expecting her to stop fooling around with you. I don't know it shouldn't bug me...because I don't expect you to stop...I guess it's just the way she said it." he said softly.

Justin nodded slowly. "I'm sure she said it kinda sarcastically...or like...in a joking fashion....but...she DID mean it."

Nick looked up, trying to hide the hurt in his eyes. "Like I said...It shouldn't even bug me...I'm just your friend who you're experimenting with...nothing more. You've known her a lot longer...she shouldn't have to give any of that up just because this weird gay kid came along that likes you too." he said, rambling a little more then he probably should have.

"Nick..." Justin stared...reaching out a hand and putting it on Nick's arm. "...look. You're not just some weird gay kid to me...and you KNOW that. I like you...a lot...as a friend. And...like I told you...I might be starting to feel more. But...I can't just make my feelings for Kelly go away." He paused to take a deep breath...trying to figure out what to say next. "To be honest...as crazy as this might sound...I wanna continue to...experiment...with you. But...since I'm not entirely sure about this whole thing yet...I still might wanna be with her, too."

Nick blinked a few times and quickly nodded his head. "Of course...I never expected you to stop being with other people, Justin. I guess I just felt a little kicked out of place there for a second. I kind of felt like she was taunting me or something...you know kind of like...'You know he's going to sick with girls no matter what so you can stop trying.' kind of thing...but then again I've always been told I think too much into things...so I'm going to shut up now." He said, flopping back on the bed to look up at the ceiling.

Justin sighed...looking down at Nick. "You ARE reading too much into it, Nick...cuz I know her well...and she's not like that. I know she wasn't taunting you. Besides...I told her the same thing I just told you."

Nick nodded again and sighed. "I'm sorry...I'll stop being a big baby now." He couldn't help it, as much as he tried to listen to Justin's words he couldn't help but feel the pain in his heart. He really did feel like a big baby, and it was pissing him off. Deep down he knew even though he had pressed the issue, he didn't like the idea of just being Justin's friend who he happened to experiment with. It seemed cheep and weird, but he wasn't going to say that. He was going to gladly take everything he could.

Justin smiled a small smile. "You're not being a baby," he said...reaching out to gently touch Nick's cheek. "You're just jealous," he said with a quiet chuckle...then leaned down and kissed Nick softly on the lips.

"I'm not jealous." Nick mumbled against Justin's lips. Even though he knew that is exactly what he was.

Justin pulled back just enough to look Nick in the eye. "I think you are," he teased.

Nick pouted and shook his head like a little kid for a second but then the shaking of his head turned to nodding. "Okay...maybe a little."

"See...? I told you," Justin said...resting his right hand on Nick's chest as he leaned over the older man's left side.

Nick looked up into Justin's eyes and sighed. "I'll try to stop it...because I have no reason to be jealous." he said, as he wrapped his arm around Justin, resting it on his back.

Justin shrugged...leaning down a bit closer against Nick's chest from his Indian Style position. "Well...if you think about it...you kinda DO have a reason."

"I do?" Nick asked, with a raised eyebrow. His hand on Justin's back moving in lazy circles.

"Yeah...YOU want me...and so does someone else."

Nick nodded and smiled a little. "I understand why you are doing it though...and like I said I don't expect you to stop. A little jealousy is good right?" He asked, still looking up into Justin's eyes.

Justin smiled. "There's nothing wrong with it," he said...his eyes on Nick's. "But listen. If it's too much for you...then we can stop. Cuz like...I don’t want you to think I'm using you...cuz it's more than that."

Nick's smile got bigger, just hearing Justin say that last line made him feel good again. "No...It's alright. I will feel happy that I helped you figure things out...even like that....even if you decide it's not what you want." he answered truthfully. He really had nothing to lose with the whole thing...so why not.

Justin chuckled. "For now...you can just look at it as friends with benefits."

That caused Nick to laugh along with Justin and nodded his head. "Sounds like a plan to me...so what exactly does a friend with benefits do?" He asked wiggling his eyebrows up at Justin, his big smile still on his face.

Justin laughed softly. "Whatever comes along, I guess."

"Would leaning down and kissing, said friend be one of those things?" Nick asked, smiling even brighter.

That caused Justin to laugh again. Without responding, he leaned down and kissed Nick softly on the lips.

Nick kissed Justin back a little bit deeper but nothing major. His hand moved from Justin's back to his head, where his fingers worked through Justin's buzzed hair.

Justin moaned quietly...sliding his hand off Nick's chest down to his left side as he deepened the kiss own his own...lightly tracing Nick's lips with his tongue without breaking the kiss.

Nick opened his mouth when he felt Justin's tongue licking his lips. His hand continued to work through Justin's hair as his other hand lay next to him on the bed.

Justin brought his free left hand up to the top of Nick's head as he deepened the kiss even more...easing his tongue into Nick's mouth as soon as he felt it open.

Moaning softly when he felt Justin's tongue enter his mouth, Nick let his own tough move to touch Justin's as he both deepened the kiss together.

Justin groaned into Nick's mouth as he worked Nick's mouth with his...going back and forth between sucking lightly on Nick's tongue, and rolling his own tongue over it.

Nick groaned deep in his chest when he felt the way Justin's tongue was moving in his mouth. He couldn't remember EVER been kissed this good. His tongue quickly understood the pace of Justin's and started to fall into a rhythm with it.

Without breaking the kiss, Justin unfolded his legs and moved himself over Nick a bit...resting his right leg between Nick's two legs as he braced himself by placing his hands on the bed on either side of Nick.

Nick moved his hand Justin's hair and moved it to rest with his other hand on the small of Justin's back. He went back to rubbing it slowly as they kissed. All the thoughts of what Kelly had said was quickly leaving his mind. Justin cared about him...even if it was small and in a different sort of way the he did...he still cared, and Nick was going to take whatever the younger man was going to give.

Letting out a groan deep in his throat, Justin gently lowered his weight onto Nick's body...and brought both his hands up to cup Nick's face as he kissed him passionately.

It felt so good to have Justin's body lowered on top of his, and that was one thing Nick knew for sure. His hands continued to move on Justin's back as his tongue 'battled' with Justin's in the passionate kiss.

With one final suck on Nick's tongue, Justin pulled back from the kiss and groaned...desperately needing air. "Damn," he whispered between deep breaths, then dropped his head to the left to start kissing on the right side of Nick's neck.

"Yeah...damn...is right." Nick said between pants of breath and moans as Justin started kissing his neck. His neck had always been a very sensitive place...and beyond sensitive when he was being kissed. His hands found their way back up into Justin's hair as if saying he wanted Justin's mouth to stay right where it was.

Justin brought his hands down to Nick's hips as he settled himself on the older man's body a bit more. He paused to take a deep breath...breathing out warm air against Nick's neck...then started kissing and nipping at the tender flesh again.

Nick closed his eyes tightly as he moaned again when he felt Justin's mouth still kissing his neck. Feeling his hands on his hips got a reaction out of him too...but he tried to ignore that one. He was enjoying this too much to try and worry about how Justin was going to react to things.

Justin kissed up Nick's neck...across his chin...and then down to the left side of his neck to give it the same attention. He let out a quiet, throaty groan against the warm, damp skin when he realized something. He was getting hard. For the first time, fooling around with Nick...with a guy…it was making him hard. He didn't quite know how to react, so he just continued on with what he'd been doing all along.

Justin getting hard, didn't go unnoticed by Nick because their bodies were so close together, but he didn’t do anything, tried not to react to it at all. He didn't need Justin getting scared now...this felt way too good. When Justin continued with what he was doing he smiled slightly, he wasn't as scared about the whole thing as he would of thought. Without thinking much about it, Nick moved his hands up under Justin's shirt and started to caress his bare skin as he moaned at the feelings Justin was putting through his body.

A quick shiver went through Justin's body when he felt Nick's fingertips on the bare skin of his back...causing him to jerk slightly, and his slowly-forming erection to press against Nick's right thigh. He groaned loudly at that...and how insanely good it felt...and tore his mouth from Nick's neck to capture his lips again.

Nick definitely wasn't expecting that reaction but he wasn't one to complain. He quickly kissed Justin back as his hands moved under Justin's shirt. What he really wanted was the annoying piece of material gone, but he didn't know if that would be asking too much. Sure he had seen Justin without his shirt before...but asking him to take if off was a different story.

As if through mental telepathy, Justin got the hint that Nick wanted his shirt gone. He broke the kiss, and moved his hands to the bed at Nick's sides to push himself up into a straddling/sitting position over Nick's right thigh...pressing his own thigh into Nick's groin with the movement. Once he was sitting up, Justin took it upon himself to remove his own shirt and toss it aside.

Nick groaned from the feeling of Justin's thighs against his groan...and from the new sight he got of seeing Justin with his shirt off. It wasn't new really, but new for right now and since Justin was the one to take it off. Nick licked his chap lips and looked up at Justin's eyes, trying to see if the look of desire was on Justin's like he knew was on his own.

Justin didn't waste any time. He looked back down at Nick long enough to take one deep breath, then leaned back down into his previous position...eager to kiss him again.

Nick could say he was definitely enjoying this and he could tell that Justin was too. Now that Justin had his shirt off Nick's hands acted like they were having fun feeling up uncharted territory as he passionately kissed Justin back.

Justin groaned into the kiss as he nibbled and sucked on Nick's tongue...the feel of Nick's hands all over his bare back causing his flesh to cover in goosebumps.

Nick moved his hands down to Justin's lower back . There they traced the line of Justin's track pants. His tongue letting Justin suck it, do anything it wanted to do. Hell, right then he was willing to have Justin do whatever he wanted.

Justin continued kissing Nick until he felt himself growing even harder. When what was going on suddenly dawned on him, he pulled away from Nick with a groan, and rolled off onto his back on the mattress beside him. He looked up at the ceiling as he tried to catch his breath.

Slightly shocked by the change in events, Nick turned onto his side and looked over at Justin as he too tried to catch his breath. "Are you...okay?"

Justin nodded quickly. "Yeah...fine. But we should...stop."

Nick nodded and rested his head back down on the pillow "Okay." Was all he said as he tried to figure out what had happened in the last minute to make Justin pull away.

"I'm sorry. It's not you...it's me."

Hearing Justin say that caused Nick to laugh. "Never thought I would hear that line." he joked as he turned his head to look at Justin again. "It's okay, Justin...I understand." And he did, he understood, even though he wasn't sure what had happened.

"I just...it freaked me out."

"What did?" Nick asked, once again trying to get Justin to talk...not wanting him to close up on him now.

Justin sighed...bringing a hand up to rub his forehead. "You made me...hard. It freaked me out."

Nick tried hard not to laugh at that, but it was kind of hard. He giggled slightly and smiled. "Sorry bout that...wasn't necessarily my intention."

Justin sighed again. "Damn, Nick...this is hard for me. No pun intended."

Nick got serious and nodded his head. "I know it is...I'm sorry I laughed."

Justin just lay there on his back for a bit...taking some time to process what was going on before he finally spoke. "So...umm...we should probably get some dinner."

"Every time you don't want to talk about something...or something is bothering you...you bring up

Justin sighed. "Nothing's bothering me, Nick. I'm fuckin hungry. Damn."

Nick sat up and looked down at Justin. "Okay...sorry." He took a second to fix his rumbled shirt before speaking again. "Can we like just order something like McDonalds or some place like that? I'm in the mood for good old fashioned fast food."

Justin took a deep breath as he sat up, reached for his discarded shirt, and pulled it on over his head...avoiding eye contact with Nick the whole time. "That's fine. Write down what you want and I'll have someone go after it," he said...getting up and going into the bathroom...closing the door behind him.

Nick watched Justin walk into the bathroom and closed his eyes for a second. He hadn’t meant to make Justin mad. Getting up off the bed he walked back into the main room in search for something to write on and write with. Finding a pad of paper and a pen on a little desk he quickly wrote down what he wanted from McDonalds.

Justin took a minute to splash some cold water on his face...trying to calm down a bit. What had just happened had totally overwhelmed him...and he didn't know how to react to it. Once the slight erection in his pants had gone down, he peed, then washed his hands. Looking in the mirror, he sighed. What the hell was he supposed to do?

Nick carried the pad of paper and the pen into Justin's room and sat on the bed. He racked his brain, trying to think of ways to help Justin, but he couldn't think of anything. It dawned on him that there really wasn't anything HE could do...and that scared the shit out of him. He was so used to helping people...that he felt really weird when he had NO Idea what he was supposed to do.

Justin came back into the room and walked over to Nick...reaching his hand out for the pad of paper.

Nick handed Justin the pad of paper without saying anything.

Justin took the pad and looked it over as he went to grab his cell phone off the nightstand, and took a seat on the edge of the bed to call his assistant and place their order.

Nick watched Justin from his place on the bed and sighed. He wanted to know what was going on in that shaved head...but he didn't dare ask.

Justin flipped his phone shut and put it back on the nightstand. "Tina's sending her assistant out to get it now."

"The assistant for the assistant...cute." Nick said looking down at his lap, the little fuz on his sweats once again becoming very interesting.

"Yeah," Justin said...then took a deep breath. "I...umm...don't know if Kelly told you..." he started...still sitting on the edge of the bed and facing away from Nick. "...but she and Mel are having a little party kinda thing for everyone in their suite tonight...and they want us there."

Nick looked up to see Justin's back turned to him and sighed. "Do YOU want ME there?"

Justin shrugged. "Sure...why not? We're all gonna be there...the dancers, and stuff."

"You can't even look me in the eye, Justin. Won't a party just make that worse?" Nick asked softly.

Justin turned his head to look at Nick. "What are you talking about? Who said I can't look you in the eye?"

Nick sighed, and thought he would play along. "Okay...guess I was wrong...so sure...I'll come."

"OK...sounds good."

"I'm going to go take a shower, so I'm ready for tonight." Nick said as he got up and headed into the bathroom. Shutting the door behind him he let out a sad sigh.

Justin heard the bathroom door shut, and then let out a long breath as he dropped back down on the bed. What was he getting himself into?

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After showering, Justin pulled a baby blue t-shirt on with his dark blue jeans, then put on a pair of his favorite sneakers. Buckling his belt as he walked out into the sitting room, he asked, "Just about ready?" He was trying to forget about the fact that he and Nick had hardly talked during dinner...or after.

"Ready when you are." Nick said from where he was sitting on the couch, already dressed in faded blue jeans and a dark green t-shirt. He was trying to pay attention to something about warthogs in the wild on Animal planet which was still on from earlier. He didn't want to think about the fact that he and Justin were barely speaking to each other.

Justin looked up at Nick and smiled. "OK, then...let's go," he said...grabbing his keycard and putting it in his back pocket.

Nick smiled back and got up off the couch. He grabbed his own key too, just in case he wanted to leave early or something. "Okay...I'm right behind you." he said as he walked towards the door.

Justin stepped out into the hall, and laughed when he could hear the music from the girls' suite all the way down the hall. "Sounds like things are bumpin in there."

Nick giggled. "It's supposed to be a party...I think we would have to be worried if it was quiet." He pointed out as they walked down the hall.

"True," Justin said in agreement. He walked down to the suite, and pushed open the door that hadn't been closed all the way. He smiled when he saw all the familiar faces. The room was filled with all eight of his dancers, as well as members of his security team, and members of his personal staff. People were talking, drinking, dancing and having a great time.

Nick stood behind Justin slightly as he looked into the room of people he didn't recognize. Sure he knew some of them but it was still slightly overwhelming. It was then that he wished he and Justin were on better terms because he felt like he didn't even have him to 'protect' him from the new group of people.

As if he forgot he was kind of upset, Justin started introducing Nick to people right away. He started with Marty...his choreographer and dancer, and one of his best friends...then moved onto the other female dancers...Melanie, Michelle and Emily.

Nick smiled and politely let Justin show him around and introduce him to everybody. He was slowly loosening up a bit as time went on. The people were really cool.

"Just...loosen up and have fun," Justin said to Nick after introducing him to a few of his stylists and body guards. "These people are all cool." He then turned to grab a cup and get some beer from the keg.

Nick took a deep breath and nodded. Seeing Justin getting some beer he thought that didn't sound like a half bad idea, it would probably help him loosen up a bit. So he got a cup and got some beer from the keg. With drink in hand, Nick started to mingle around, just taking everything in.

Justin chugged down his first beer in one shot, and then refilled his cup before going over to talk to a small group of his dancers. He was intent on getting liquored up and forgetting things. If he tried hard enough, maybe he'd forget he was suddenly bisexual...and all the confused feelings would go away. Shortly after Justin had walked away from Nick, Kelly walked up to him from behind...wrapping her arms around Nick's waist. "Hey, sugar."

Nick jumped slightly when he felt arms around his waist, but relaxed when he heard Kelly's voice. "Hey girl...great party." He said, turning around in her arms to look at her.

Kelly smiled brightly at Nick. "We try," she said...leaning up to give him a quick peck on the lips. "How are things?"

Nick tried to smile when she asked him that question, his eyes going to where Justin was. "Things are good...not much happened since I was in here earlier." He lied.

Kelly followed Nick's eyes to glance over at Justin, then looked back at Nick. "You OK?"

Nick sighed and nodded. "I am...but I don't think he is."

Kelly glanced over at the younger man again...who was in a small crowd of people, but didn't really seem to be interacting or paying attention to what anyone was saying. He appeared to be in a world of his own. "I'll go check on him," Kelly said...giving Nick a hug and a kiss on the cheek before going off in Justin's direction.

Nick smiled as Kelly walked off. Even though he was jealous of her and Justin, he really liked her. She was a sweet girl and really cared for Justin. Nick was glad that Justin had somebody like her. Taking a deep breath he took it upon himself to walk up to Mel and the other dancers. "Hey girls."

Mel and the other girls were all quick to accept Nick into their conversation. They'd been talking about how hot he was since he'd first joined Justin on the tour. "Hey, Sweetie," Emily said. "How are you liking tour life?" Kelly, meanwhile, had pulled Justin into a corner where they'd started talking quietly. The look of confusion and frustration was still on Justin's face.

Nick smiled and shrugged. "I'm enjoying myself...it's still all pretty knew and exciting to me." he said, glad that the girls were letting him joining their conversation. It was a good distraction from Justin and Kelly talking on the other side of the room. He really hoped Kelly would get him to open up and let some of the frustration out.

"It's always exciting," Michelle said. Never a dull moment...always something new." As Nick talked with the girls, Justin and Kelly continued their conversation. Justin walked away from her just to get some drinks, then went right back to the corner...their talk becoming intense again.

"I believe that." Nick answered as he finished off the beer in his hand. "What do you girls like best about it? Touring I mean?"

The girls started to talk about things like visiting different places and meeting all kinds of new people. Justin, meanwhile, had taken a seat in an easy chair in the back of the room...and Kelly was on his lap...rubbing his head as they continued talking.

Nick listened to the girls with wide eyes. Hearing about all the places they had been and who they had met amazed him. After a while he excused himself to go get another drink. Walking over to the keg he glanced in Justin and Kelly's direction and sighed. Taking his drink he leaned against the wall to watch them talk, and take a few minutes to collect his own thoughts.

Before long, Justin and Kelly had stopped talking and started kissing. One of Justin's hands held his drink...and the other crept up the petite brunette's thigh as they kissed at a slow, leisurely pace.

Nick watched Justin and Kelly kiss for a few seconds before he turned his head. Noticing a few of Justin's body guards having fun with the rest of them he thought this would be a good time to actually go say Hi to them. Thinking he may actually get more a nod or a grunt from them. Downing his beer he filled his glass again and then headed over to the gang. "Hey guys." he said politely as he took a sip of his drink.

Lonnie, the head of Justin's team...and a HUGE man...looked at Nick with a friendly smile. "Hey there, Mr. Carter," he said in his booming voice...extending his hand to shake Nick's.

Nick smiled back and shook his hand. "I thought I would come say hi when you guys weren't exactly working."

Lonnie laughed. "That's the best time to get us." As Nick talked with Lonnie, Justin and Kelly got up from the chair and made their way to the middle of the room where a few other people were dancing. They joined in...wrapping their arms around each other and dancing close.

Nick glanced in the direction Justin and Kelly had been and was slightly shocked to see they had moved. He glanced around the room and saw them dancing. Sighing, he tried to shake off the jealously that was shooting through his body. 'She's just trying to help him...and you have now owner ship on him.' he screamed at himself before turning back to start a conversation with Lonnie.

"So Justin hasn't really said what you're doing around here," Lonnie said...curious about Nick.

Nick wasn't exactly sure how to answer that question but he tried his best. "I work at a bar in Indianapolis...and back when you guys were there he came in and we got to talking. I came to the concert the next night and we exchanged e-mail addresses and we kept in touch. A day or so later I was in Boston with you guys."

Lonnie seems interested, and continued talking with Nick. Meanwhile, on the dance floor, Justin was leaning down into Kelly...his hands on her ass as he laughed at the way she was kissing his neck and nibbling and whispering in his ear.

Nick talked with Lonnie but his eye were on Justin and Kelly the whole time. It was really starting to get to him that Justin would do that in front of him...knowing how he felt. 'He's mad at you...that's why.' He thought to himself and sighed.

Justin and Kelly danced a bit longer before they decided it was time to be alone...and tried to go unnoticed as they slipped out of the crowded sitting room hand in hand.

Nick had actually gotten wrapped up in a pretty interesting conversation with Lonnie that he hadn't even noticed Justin and Kelly walk out of the room. After about fifteen minutes after they left, Nick looked back to where they had been dancing and didn't see them. He scanned the whole room and still couldn't find Justin or Kelly. Sighing, he figured they would show up sooner or later so he went back to talking with Lonnie for a few more minutes.

Lonnie continued talking to Nick until his cell phone rang. He pulled it from his pocket and sighed when he checked the caller ID. "Sorry, man...I gotta take this."

Nick smiled and nodded. "That’s okay...I think I'm gunna head out anyway." With a small wave he walked away from Lonnie and after checking for Justin and Kelly again he figured they went some place. Taking out his keycard he walked out of the loud room and walked down the hall to his and Justin's room. Opening the door he walked in and threw his keycard on the table. Walking straight to his bedroom he stripped off his shirt and walked into the bathroom.

When they ducked out on the party, Justin and Kelly had gone back to his and Nick's then-empty suite to be alone. They'd made their way straight to Justin's bedroom...where they were naked and on the bed in record time. Kelly had Justin hard and ready in no time, and was soon groaning and writhing on top of him as she rode him.

Nick walked over to the toilet and was lifting up the seat when he was sure he heard noise coming from Justin's room. For the first time he turned his head to the open door and gasped at what he saw. He dropped the toilet seat down hard, causing it to make a loud crash.

Justin and Kelly both jumped and looked toward the bathroom when they heard the loud crash. She stilled her motions on top of him, and both of their faces went white when they saw Nick standing there looking at them. "Fuck!" Justin cursed...reaching for the sheet to pull it over them.

Nick quickly looked away, embarrassed that he had walked in on them like that. "I...S...sorry." he stammered before, forgetting he had to pee and rushed into his own room. Quickly he climbed into bed and tried to block the images out of his head.

About ten minutes had passed by the time Justin threw some sweats on, saw Kelly out, and made his way to the doorway of Nick's bedroom. He took a deep breath when he saw the older man curled up in his bed. "Nick..." he started calmly.

"What?" Came Nick's muffled response, because his head was under all the blankets.

"Can we talk?" Justin asked...not leaving the bathroom doorway.

"Don't you have better things to do?" Was Nick's only response, he didn't bother to move because he didn't want Justin to see his tears stained cheeks.

Justin sighed...trying not to get frustrated. "No. I want to talk to you."

Nick took a deep breath. Taking the blankets off his face, he turned over so he was facing Justin. "Yeah...come on." He said, sitting up, patting the spot next to him.

Justin walked over to the bed and took a seat on the edge. He took a deep breath...looking down at his hands as he twiddled his thumbs.

"I'm sorry I interrupted things." Nick said, looking down at his own lap. He felt that was something he should say.

Justin shook his head slowly. "I'm sorry you had to see it. You seemed to be having a good time at the party, so I didn't think you'd be back any time soon." He continued to look down as he spoke...too embarrassed to look at Nick.

"Lonnie had to answer his phone...and everybody else was already in the middle of conversations that I just thought I would come back. I guess it should have occurred to me that if you guys weren't there...then you would be here."

"Well...I'm still sorry. You shouldn't have had to see...that."

Nick shrugged and looked up at Justin. "It's okay...I think I was just as shocked as you guys were...and I was pretty embarrassed myself."

"I'm embarrassed, too...but not just cuz you walked in on me having sex," Justin said...then finally looked up at Nick.

Nick looked at Justin confused. "What else are you embarrassed about?"

"I'm embarrassed about the way I've been acting about this whole thing," Justin felt he had to say...even though he knew he couldn't help the way he felt.

Nick smiled slightly and shook his head. "You have nothing to be embarrassed about...I'm just sorry if I said something to make you angry earlier...that was the last thing I wanted to do."

Justin took a deep breath. He knew had had to be honest. "I didn't like what you said...about how I always try and talk about food when I don't wanna talk about something...or something's bothering me. If I don't wanna talk, I don't wanna talk. You don't have to point it out or rub it in."

Nick looked down at his lap a second before looking back up. "I really am sorry, Justin. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I was being an idiot."

"It's just...it's gonna take me time to figure this whole thing out. And...as much as you might want me to...I'm not always gonna wanna talk about everything. Like before...I was freaked out beyond belief. You made me hard...and I was scared...and I didn't know how to deal with it," Justin said...not realizing that he actually WAS talking about things he hadn't wanted to talk about.

Nick nodded his head. "I know...I promise not to push you anymore." He paused before speaking again. "Did Kelly help you? I mean with talking and all." he said, blushing a little when he though back to what he had walked in on.

Justin nodded. "Yeah...she did...she ALWAYS does," he said...then paused briefly. "I don't even really know how we ended up in bed...after such a serious talk, and all. It just seems to happen that way with us."

Nick giggled slightly. "I think it started with her sitting on your lap and kissing you."

Justin chuckled...blushing a bit. "I don't know...maybe."

"I'm sure I would have had the same reaction if she was doing that to me." Nick admitted, giggling again. Finally giving in that yes; if given the opportunity he probably would 'play' straight for the night.

Justin laughed. "See? I told you. You just didn't want to admit it."

It was Nick's turn to blush and he bit his bottom lip. "Okay...so yeah I would get with her if I ever had the chance."

"Well...she might be all acting like you have the chance, but right now I don't think you do. I mean...no offense. But...umm...I don't think she's the type to be sleeping with more than one guy at a time."

Nick smiled, remembering what Kelly had said about Justin being the only guy she had ever slept with. "Yeah...I think you are right...and that's fine...you go ahead and have her...she deserves somebody who really cares for her." He said that and truly meant it, he all of a sudden saw things from Kelly's point of view and knew she must be hurt about the whole thing too...knowing Justin was her only and here was this guy taking Justin away from her.

Justin smiled at Nick. "Yeah...and I should probably go talk to her...apologize for what happened...and killing it in mid...well...ya know."

Nick giggled slightly. "Shouldn't I go talk to her? I mean *I* am the one who walked in on you guys...You guys weren't doing anything wrong." he thought about that for a second. "Okay none of us really did anything wrong...but still."

Justin chuckled and got up. "I'll go...you can talk to her after...or tomorrow."

"This is becoming a thing for us...taking turns to talk to Kelly...we've got a little love triangle going here." Nick joked as he too got up and put his shirt back on so he would be ready to go talk to Kelly when Justin got back.

Justin laughed as he headed through the bathroom to his room. "I'll be back," he called...then put his t-shirt on and grabbed his key before heading out.

Nick headed into the main room and got a beer out of the fridge before going to sit down and watch something on TV. Flipping through channels he landed on some crazy old black and white movie.

Justin was gone for well over an hour...and it was close to two in the morning by the time he got back to his and Nick's suite. He opened the door quietly...just incase Nick was sleeping.

Nick was still up watching the movie and he was busting up laughing as Justin walked into the room. Since they had slept in so late he wasn't even close to being tired.

Justin smiled at Nick as he walked into the room. "Having fun?"

Nick looked up at Justin and smiled. "Yeah...this movie is really funny." Turning the volume down a little he turned to Justin. "How did it go? I mean if you want to tell me." He said, now being careful of pushing Justin into talking.

Justin shrugged. "It was...fine. We talked...had a couple drinks...and...ya know...took care of unfinished business."

The last part caused Nick to laugh and wiggle his eyebrows. "Sounds like fun...but not sure if it was more fun then me, the couch and Jimmy Stewart."

Justin laughed...grabbing a water before he took a seat in one of the chairs.

"Is she gunna go to bed...or is she up for another round of talking?" Nick asked as Justin sat down.

"I told her you'd probably be down. There are still people there, anyway."

"Which reminds me I got more then a grunt and a nod out of Lonnie and the guys. You were right, they are cool when they aren't being all professional." Nick said as he got up and stretched.

Justin smiled. "I told you."

Nick smiled back. "Okay, well I'm going to go and talk to her...I'll be back." With that Nick grabbed his keycard and walked out of the room and down the hall to Kelly's room. The door was still open slightly so he walked inside and looked around for her.

Kelly was in her bedroom...her legs tucked under her as she sat smoking a cigarette in the chair by the window.

Nick saw Mel still talking with a few people so he walked over to her and tapped her on the shoulder. "Hey...have you seen Kelly?"

Melanie smiled at Nick. "Not since Justin left..." she started with a smile. "...so she must still be in her room."

Nick laughed slightly. "Which room is hers?"

"On the left."

"Thanks." Nick said before walking to Kelly's room and knocking on the door.

"Come in," Kelly called before blowing the smoke out of her lungs.

Nick poked his head in the door and then opened it all the way, walking in. "Hey."

Kelly looked toward the door and smiled at Nick. "Hey, hun...come on in."

Nick walked all the way into the room and over to where Kelly was sitting. "How are you doing?" He asked softly, wondering what the girl must be thinking about the whole thing.

Kelly smiled brightly and shrugged. "How ELSE would I be feeling after great sex?" she answered in a question. Her tone was a mix of a variety of different emotions...and the expression on her face was almost sad.

Nick sat down next to Kelly. "Then why do you look so sad?" He asked, honestly wanting to know what the girl was feeling.

Kelly took a long drag off her cigarette, then handed it toward Nick...politely offering again...as she held the smoke in her lungs for a bit and processed her answer to his question..

This time Nick took the cigarette and took a long drag from it. Blowing out the smoke, Nick waited quietly for Kelly to figure out how to answer his question.

Kelly exhaled the smoke in her lungs, and turned her head to look out the window as she finally answered Nick. "It just wasn't the same," she admitted quietly.

Nick put a comforting hand on her back and rubbed it slightly. "I'm sorry if any of that is my fault." he whispered.

Kelly shook her head slowly. "Honestly...I don't know who or what to blame. I mean...it's not like it was BAD...cuz it wasn't. And it isn't exactly like he wasn't into it...cuz he was. Shit...I don't even know if I can explain it."

"He's got so much other stuff on his mind." Nick pointed out...and he knew Kelly understood what he meant.

Kelly laughed...almost bitterly...as she turned to Nick to reach for the cigarette he was still holding. "Yeah...I know."

Nick handed Kelly the cigarette and sighed. "Which I feel like IS my fault."

Kelly shook her head as she inhaled off the cigarette, then gave it back to Nick. "No...it isn't Nick...so please don't think that. We can't blame anyone...not even Justin. ESPECIALLY not Justin...because he has no idea what the hell's going on with himself."

Nick shook his head like crazy. "No of course not...it's not his fault...or anyones like you said. I guess all three of us are just having a hard time of it right now."

"Yeah...it's really hard. Cuz...shit...I know he's not my boyfriend, or anything...but he IS the only one..."

Nick smiled and nodded his head. "I think I know exactly how you feel. I was being a jealous fool earlier." he paused to shake his head in disbelief. "Now I can't believe I even acted like that."

Kelly looked at Nick. "What do you mean? Acted like what?"

Nick took a deep breath and went for the honest approach. "What you said earlier...about how he still likes girls and stuff...and don't expect him to stop fooling around with you...that kinda hurt me...even though I know you didn't mean for it to."

Kelly turned in her seat and put a hand on Nick's arm. "Oh, honey...I SO didn't mean to hurt you."

"I know you didn't...like I was saying...I was being a jealous jackass. I kinda felt like I lost my place or something." Nick smiled though, but I wasn't really thinking about this whole thing was affecting you.

Kelly sighed. "Honestly...it wasn't really affecting me all that much...until tonight...when we had sex. Cuz..." Her voice trailed off and she shook her head...grabbing her cigarette back from Nick again and inhaling from it.

"Cuz what?" Nick asked, and then thought better of it. "I mean...you don't have to tell me."

Kelly looked up and Nick and smiled sadly. "No...you're wrong. I DO have to tell you. Because...I'm losing him...to you."

Hearing Kelly say that didn't make Nick feel happy like he should. Without really thinking he pulled the sad girl into his arms and hugged her tight. "You aren't losing him...and I promise you no matter what happens you will still have a very important part in his life...okay? I will never let him forget you."

Kelly smiled...even though she let a few tears fall as Nick hugged her. "Thanks...but...I'm not worried about him forgetting me. I just...I don't know. I think somewhere along the line I fell in love with him, and because I never had the courage to tell him, he's not mine to fight for now."

Nick pulled back to look her in the eye and said the one thing that he hadn't expected himself to say. "You still can you know. I know he cares for you too Tell him you love him...I'm sure you two will be happy together." he said trying so hard to keep the smile on his face and not break down. "He deserves a nice woman like you"

Kelly smiled back...keeping a small smile on her face as she reached a hand up to wipe the tears from her eyes. "No...I can't, now. Not now that he has all these new feelings...and has a chance to experience them with a guy like you. It's something he needs to do, and I can't take that away from him."

"Maybe if I leave...he'll forget about it...he wasn't thinking any of this until I came along. He is supposed to be happy...and enjoying life not spending all the time being confused and upset." Nick said, sniffling a little himself, when tears came to his eyes he quickly looked down at his lap.

Kelly shook her head. "No...now...see...I disagree. These feelings were there before you came along. You just awakened them." As she spoke, she put her left hand on Nick's chin to tilt his head up, then wiped away his tears with her other hand.

"I really like him, Kelly. I'm just scared I'm always going to do something wrong...like today I was such a jackass to him." Nick said, tears falling from his eyes even more. This was the first time he ever had anybody else to share his feeling for Justin with.

"How, sweetie? What happened?" Kelly asked gently...wiping Nick's new tears away.

Nick sniffled. "I was just trying to help him...he was feeling insecure about something that had happened between us...and was scared. I was trying to get him to talk but he didn't want to...but I kept pushing him. He mentioned ordering dinner and I said how he always tries to get away from talking about things by mentioning dinner. We didn't really talk after that....until in the hotel room just a little bit ago."

Kelly smiled sincerely. "One thing you'll learn about Justin, sweetie, is that he's a very private person...and if he doesn't wanna talk...he's not gonna talk. In fact...I KNOW that he's probably told you WAY more about himself than he ever would have imagined he would."

Nick nodded. "I know that...and I know he's a really privet person...which is why I shoudn't of pushed him."

"He's over it, Nick. We talked about it before."

Nick thought for a second. "Kel...how do you feel about the whole thing where he wants to keep both of us around to make sure he knows what he wants...after what you told me earlier...you know about him being your only...and how that you love him. Isn't that really hard on you?"

Kelly laughed bitterly. "Hell, yeah. It sucks. But frankly...if it's all I can have from him right now...I'll take it." She paused to take a deep breath, then quietly said, "And...if he eventually chooses you over me...then...I'll have to let go. But...I don't wanna do that until I have to. And...just so you know, Nick...it's not just about the sex."

Nick nodded his head. "I know exactly what you mean...we both just have to take what we can get...and help him figure things out...I guess we have to take the 'what are friends for' saying to an extreme."

Kelly nodded. "Ya know...I wouldn't do this for just any guy. But with J...it's not like he's some hornball using us because he knows he can get some from both of us. He truly has feelings for both of us...and he feels comfortable with both of us...and is kinda depending on us, in a way...to help him figure out what he really wants...and needs."

Nick smiled. "Do you think we can do that...we'll have to stick together too. I don't think either of us can do this alone. We're going to need support too, just like he does."

Kelly nodded again. "Yeah. I mean... sounds crazy, but I guess we ARE gonna have to be in this together. And...I don't wanna say who ever he picks...but more like...which type of relationship he chooses to be in right now...you and I can't ending up hating each other over it."

Nick shook his head. "We'll survive it some how...because we have to." Thinking of something else, Nick smirked. "You two did look pretty hot together." he joked, thinking it was time to lighten the mood a bit.

Kelly laughed...reaching for her pack of cigarettes on the nightstand. "We ARE hot together," she said...taking one out for herself, then handing the pack out to Nick.

Nick shook his head. "No thanks...smoking is one of the last things I finally attempted to give up." He then smirked again. "If I hadn't been so shocked and seen the scared to death looks on your faces...I might of watched just a little." he admitted as partly a joke, but halfway truthful.

Kelly lit her cigarette, then laughed as she took a drag and put the pack down. "Maybe someday," she said with a wink.

Nick laughed. "You would like that wouldn't you." he said winking back. "I saw the way you were looking at me that night we were dancing...then again that probably all changed once all this shit started happening.

Kelly shook her head slowly. "Hell no, baby. You're hot...hot enough to make me wish you liked girls just a little."

Nick giggled and blushed a little. "You're wish came true...I haven't felt anything for girls in years...but that night when we were dancing...dear god." he giggled.

Kelly widened her eyes as she blew out the smoke she'd just inhaled. "Are you serious?"

Nick nodded. "Totally serious...took me a little while to admit it...but I finally did a little bit ago. You definitely turn me on."

Kelly took another long drag off her cigarette and exhaled it in an intentionally provocative manner. "Really. And do you think that me turning you on was a one-time thing?"

Nick watched Kelly and the cigarette and shook his head. "No...I don't think so."

"Let me ask you a question, Nick..." Kelly said...taking one more drag, then exhaling as she put out the cigarette.

"Go ahead." Nick said, watching Kelly closely.

"Sure...Justin's this huge world famous pop star that EVERYONE wants...but does that mean that he should be the ONLY one to have his cake, AND eat it, too?" Kelly asked with an arched eyebrow.

Nick looked at Kelly with a seriously confused look on his face. "You lost me back there with the cake thing." he giggled.

Kelly leaned forward in her chair and rested her hands on Nick's knees. "You had to have heard that expression before. Ya know...have your cake, and eat it to..."

Nick swallowed hard and nodded. "Yeah...I have...but I don't understand it in the context of what you were talking about."

Kelly shrugged. "Well...I'm guess I'm saying...if Justin can have HIS fun, why can't WE?"

Nick's eyes widened as he looked at Kelly in shock, but a sly smile forming on his lips. "You've got a good point there."

Kelly smiled. "I mean...I'm not saying we should like...have sex, or anything...but...ya know..."

"Yeah...I think I do." Nick said, leaning in to kiss Kelly on the lips.

Kelly smiled into the kiss a little as she kissed Nick back...just keeping her hands on his knees as she let him set the pace.

It had been years since he had kissed a girl...and he had to admit it was a little strange, but not in a bad way. Taking a deep breath he relaxed himself and deepened the kiss.

Kelly moved forward to the edge of her chair in order to get closer to Nick. She closed her eyes and allowed herself to enjoy the kiss.

Nick brought his hands to the back of Kelly's head, bringing it closer to his as he licked her lips. He spread his legs more so she could scoot in closer if she wanted to.

Kelly let out a tiny little moan when she felt Nick's tongue on her lips...and she parted them for him as she moved in closer to him and brought her hands up to the outsides of his thighs.

Nick moaned a little too as he let his tongue into her mouth. Yeah, this definitely wasn't bad...not bad at all. His hands move from her hair down to her lower back, pulling her as close as she could go in the awkward position they were sitting in.

Kelly tried to move closer to Nick, and in the process, nearly fell off the edge of her chair...accidentally breaking the kiss. She let out a bubbly giggle as she slid back onto the chair. "Woops..."

Nick giggled and sat back in his chair a little more, spreading his legs again. "Come join me." he whispered, patting his lap. "I won't let you fall off."

Kelly got up and moved to sit on Nick's right thigh...her legs hanging between Nick's. "Promise?"

Nick smiled at her and nodded. "I promise." he said before putting his hands on her neck again and gently moving her head down to kiss him again.

Kelly slipped her left arm around Nick's neck as she kissed him back. She reached her right hand up to touch his left cheek as she automatically opened her mouth to him again.

Nick's tongue found his way into Kelly's mouth again and took his time in finding everything there was to find about her mouth. He licked and sucked on her tongue and then licked around her whole mouth again passionately. His Right hand moved from her neck down to rest on her lower back to help hold her in place.

Wanting to get into a more comfortable position, Kelly took it upon herself to shift herself on Nick's lap...until she was straddling him. She managed to do so without breaking the kiss.

Feeling Kelly shifting on his lap caused him to groan softly into her mouth as he continued to kiss her. Now that he was sure she wasn't going to fall off, Nick moved his hands to rest on her upper thighs, his fingers softly running over the material of her pants.

Kelly finally broke the kiss, and looked at Nick with a smile. After she took a second to catch her breath, she giggled. "So tell me, Nicky...what made you decide you don't like girls?"

"Because no girl has ever made me feel like this." Nick managed to get out between taking in air.

Kelly smiled and kissed Nick's cheek. "Like what?"

"Like my body is about to spontaneously combust." Nick replied, his fingers still moving lightly over her thighs.

Kelly giggled again...wrapping her arms around Nick's neck. "Ya know...I shouldn't even be kissing you after last night. I mean...I think you said something to a certain someone we both know about me...and my lips...being too small for you...?"

This caused Nick to blush bright red. "Uhh...I was in denial? You saw the way I reacted to dancing with you."

Kelly laughed. "True..." she agreed...then lowered her head to start kissing the left side of Nick's neck...her hands sliding slowly up and down his shoulders and biceps.

"I...definitely take...the lip comment...back." Nick moaned when he felt her lips on one of his sweet spots. His own hands moving around to cup her ass as she sat straddling his lap.

Kelly giggled softly against Nick's skin before sucking at the soft skin some more...then biting him gently right under his earlobe...a she brought her hands to his chest, and slid them all the way down to rest on his hips.

No matter how many times he had told himself he would never find this happening again, it was. What Kelly was doing to him was making him hard. Making out with a girl was making him hard. He wasn't going to let his brain think too much into that as he leaned his head back to give her better access to his neck. One of his hands moving to go up the back of her shirt, feeling her petite frame under his big hands.

Kelly made a purring sound in her throat when she felt Nick's warm hand slide up her shirt. Wanting more contact with him, she slid her hands up under his t-shirt and rested them low on his bare sides. She placed a couple more kisses on Nick's neck before pulling back with a laugh.

Nick looked at Kelly with heavy lidded eyes. "What funny?" he asked, smiling.

"Well...for a second, there...I was gonna feel guilty about making out with you right after I had sex with Justin. But then...I remembered that YOU were making out with him right BEFORE we had sex."

Nick laughed at that and shook his head. "We're just a hot and horny bunch tonight I guess." He said as he moved his hands around to tongue her skinny tummy still under her shirt.

Kelly laughed...shivering a bit at the ticklish feeling oh Nick's hands on her stomach. "It's a shame, ya know..."

Nick looked into Kelly's eyes. "What's a shame?"

"That you don't like girls...cuz you're good," she told Nick with a chuckle...slowly sliding her hands up and down Nick's sides under his shirt.

"Yeah...well I can't switch teams cuz then poor Justin would be really confused." He joked and moaned at the same time when he felt Kelly's hands moving on his sides. The feeling causing him to grow harder underneath where Kelly was sitting.

Kelly groaned quietly...shifting on Nick's lap a bit. "Feels to me like you're pretty good playing with the team you're on right now."

Nick moaned deep in his chest as he felt him got even harder with Kelly moving around on his lap. "Y...yeah seems that way." He said in a husky voice as his thumbs started to caress the bottom of Kelly's breasts.

Kelly groaned and caught her lower lip between her teeth at the initial feel of Nick touching her breasts. This guy...gay or straight...was driving her crazy. She spoke once she'd cleared her throat and regained the small bit of composure she'd lost. "Before anything...happens...here...I think we need to decide if we're gonna tell Justin or not."

"We have to tell him...plus I can't see either of us being able to keep it a secret from him...I know for a fact that he knows when I'm lying to him or only telling him half truths." Nick said as his right hand went up to actually cup her breast in his hand, almost as if he was trying to get himself to remember the female body.

Kelly gasped quickly, then managed a nod. "Yeah...you're right. I...I mean...I've never lied to him...so."

"Then...we'll tell him the truth...I think in a way he is going to know something has happened since I've been gone a while." Nick giggled, his hand still working its magic.

Kelly nodded again...then took a deep breath. "Is this in your way?" she asked suddenly...taking her hands out from under Nick's shirt to pull her own off over her head and drop it to the floor.

Nick looked at Kelly without her shirt on for a few second before he quickly pulled his own over his head and threw it with hers. Before either of them could say anything he leaned forward and attacked her lips again in a passionate kiss.

Kelly groaned deep in her throat as she kissed Nick back feverishly...her hands going back to rub his bare sides.

It was at that moment that Nick really wished he had changed out of the tight fitting jeans because things were getting pretty painfully constricting. Bringing his arms around her again he pulled her as close as she could go and thrust his hips up slightly in attempt to adjust himself.

Kelly pulled back to look at Nick. "Would you...be more...comfortable...should we move...somewhere else?"

Nick shrugged his shoulders. "It's up to you." He said, knowing that moving some place else wasn't going to loosen his pants enough to make him comfortable at his point.

Kelly climbed off of Nick's lap and reached out her hands to help him up.

Nick took Kelly's hand and let her help him stand up. He smiled at her sweetly and waited to see what she was going to do next.

Knowing that Nick needed a little help, Kelly reached down and unbuttoned and zipped his jeans...then rested her hands on his hips as she smiled up at him. "Better?"

Nick let out a deep sigh and a groan as he nodded his head. "Y...yeah a little bit." He said before wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her close to him again.

"Bed?" Kelly asked with a raised eyebrow...sort of already backing Nick in that direction, anyway.

Nick nodded his head like crazy. He was already feeling himself teetering on the edge of no return. He started to step backwards too and soon the back of his knees hit the bed and he fell back onto it, pulling Kelly with him.

Kelly fell down to the bed with Nick...then squirmed out of his arms, and crawled to the head of the bed...where she lay her head down on the pillows and looked over at Nick with a grin.

Nick smiled back and quickly rolled over so he was on top of her. Both of his hands going to her breasts while his mouth attacked hers for another passionate kiss.

Kelly purred quietly at the feel of Nick's hands on her breasts as she kissed him back passionately...her arms wrapping around him, and her short, manicured fingernails digging into the backs of his shoulders.

Nick moaned into her mouth as he kissed her franticly. His erection pressed against her thigh as he continued to work his hands on her breasts.

Kelly arched her hands up into Nick's hands with a moan as she slid her hands down his back and into his jeans...where she grabbed his ass through his boxers.

Nick gasped loudly into the kiss, and had to pull back to catch his breath. Kelly had just found his other sweet spot and he needed a second to regain what composure he still had left.

Kelly took a deep breath herself. "What’s the matter, hun?"

Nick giggled slightly. "Very sensitive spot." He said, wiggling around to get her hands to move on his ass a little, and get some friction on his painfully hard erection.

Kelly raised an eyebrow. "Oh yeah...? Right here?" she teased...moving her hands to slide them under his boxers onto his bare ass.

"Fuck." Nick moaned loudly, sweat starting to drip down his forehead, his breathing quickening even more then before. "God girl...you're driving me...insane."

"Is that a good thing...or a bad thing?" Kelly asked in a whisper...bending her leg up a bit to press her thigh against Nick's erection.

"You...tell me...you're thigh is up against me...you should...know...the answer." Nick groaned out as he started to place kisses down her neck, and down to the middle of her breasts, then over to the right one and started to place tender kisses all over it.

"Oh God," Kelly moaned out...dropping her head back and arching up against Nick again. She rubbed her thigh against Nick's crotch a bit as she gently squeezed the round globes of his ass.

After spending a few minutes on the right breast he moved to the left, trying to keep control of his own body. It wasn't the easiest thing to do when she was grinding against him like that. Pretty soon he had to pull back and look down at her. "H...how far...we gunna go...with...this?"

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Kelly stopped moving under Nick and looked up into his eyes. "Your call, sweetie," she said through a deep breath...then chuckled. "I don't wanna scare you."

Nick rolled his eyes and laughed. "I don't think I'm too scared...even though it's been years since I've had sex." he admitted, blushing slightly.

"With a girl...or just...in general?"

"In general...it's been..." Nick paused to do the math in his head. "Almost six years."

Kelly's jaw dropped. "You haven't had sex in six years?"

Nick giggled slightly and nodded. "Yeah...I'll tell you the story of my life another time...It will help it all make sense...but right now it's a little too long and I'm horny." he said grinning.

Kelly giggled. "Yeah...I know you are."

"You would be too if you haven't had sex in six years instead of an hour." Nick said, giggling but stopped right after he started. "Okay...I didn't mean for that to sound like it did."

Kelly put on a thoughtful face and took a deep breath. "Actually...now...it was more like two hours ago. That...would pretty much make me a slut, wouldn't it?"

Nick shook his head. "Nah...I wouldn't say that since you've only been with one person...I'm not sure if you could be called a slut."

"Yeah...but two different guys in one night...?"

Nick could hear the hesitation in Kelly's voice and smiled a little. "Kel...we don't have to do this ya know...I would understand...but I still don't think you're a slut and I know Justin wont...and nobody else has to know unless you want them to."

Kelly studied Nick's eyes for a moment, and even though she technically didn't know him all that well, she knew she could see honesty and sincerity in them. She took a deep breath and rolled her eyes. "Ya know what...? Fuck it. You're only young and horny once...and how many girls get the chance to fuck two amazingly hot guys in one night...?"

Nick laughed and shrugged. "I have no idea...but if nobody has then you can be the first." He said sitting up on her thighs and looked down at her taking her all in. His unbuttoned and unzipped jeans, almost half way off by this point.

Kelly smiled up at Nick and ran her hands over his broad chest. "OK...let's hope you remember how to do this...with a girl," she teased with a wink.

Nick whimpered slightly. "I think I can figure it out." He said as his hands traced the waistband of her pants. Looking up into her eyes as if asking if they could go.

Kelly giggled...resting her hands over her head. "That's right...take the clothes off first. You remembered THAT much."

Nick rolled his eyes again as he slowly took off her pants and then her panties. Once he had her naked he took a second to look her over. That second didn't last long though because he was quickly standing on the floor and stripping out of his own pants and boxers. The next time he was back on the bed it was to press their naked bodies together for another passionate kiss.

Kelly groaned at the feel of Nick's body pressed against hers. It felt a lot different than it did with Justin. Not better or worse. Just different. She was used to Justin's lean, muscular body...and Nick was just different than that. He was bigger...and his body was strong and broad...very unlike Justin. Either way...it felt incredible. She kissed him back fully...bringing both her hands to the back of his head.

Nick kissed Kelly back for a few minutes but soon had to break away for air and because his body was screaming at him to get the show on the road. "C...condom?" he managed to get out through intakes of air.

Kelly nodded quickly, and leaned to her right toward the nightstand. She pulled the drawer open, and struggled to stretch far enough to fish around for a condom.

Nick gently moved her hand and used his longer arms to reach for the condom. Finding what he was looking for he ripped the package open with his teeth, smirking at her as he did so. He then reached down between their bodies to slip it on himself. Closing his eyes tightly he got the condom on and then relax back down. "Y...You sure about this?" he asked, being a gentleman, and making sure she really wanted to do this.

Kelly smiled up at Nick and nodded. "Yeah...I'm sure. But I'm worried about YOU. Is having sex with me gonna like...ungay you?"

Nick let out a husky laugh and shook his head. "Honey...if anything it will make me almost totally gay but liking to sleep with one, special woman." He said kissing her on the nose before he wiggled around and positioned himself. With one last deep breath of reassurance that he could indeed do this; he slowly moved inside her.

"Mmm...God..." Kelly groaned out quietly...grabbing Nick's shoulders and spreading her legs for him as she closed her eyes, dropped her head back and arched up into him.

Nick's eyes rolled back in his head at the feeling. God, it had been WAY too long since he had done this. "God...girl...you feel good." he moaned as he started to move slowly.

"You, too baby," Kelly assured Nick...moving under him a bit to adjust to his size.

Once he was all the way inside of Kelly, Nick took a second to try and regain some control...and let her fully get used to him.

Kelly shifted her hips against Nick's a bit...getting used to the new invasion. Once she was settled, she opened her eyes to look at Nick as she caressed the backs of his shoulders with her fingertips. "You OK?"

Nick opened his eyes that he had closed and nodded his head. "Y...yeah I'm fine." He said before he started a rhythm with his hips and bent down to kiss her with the same rhythm with his tongue.

Kelly groaned as she kissed Nick deeply...sliding her tongue in and out of his mouth to battle with his. She gripped Nick's shoulders with her fingertips as she drew her knees up to make it easier for Nick to move in and out of her.

Nick moaned into the kiss as his pace got a little more frantic. The one thing he hated about it being so long since he done this was the fact that he didn't know how long he could hold out for. Moving his hands to run through her hair he continued to thrust in and out of her.

"Feels good, Nick..." Kelly moaned out against his lips...thrusting her hips up to meet Nick's movements as he moved in and out of her. She slid her hands down his back and grabbed a firm hold of his ass.

When Kelly put her hands on his ass, Nick almost lost it. "S...shit...Kel...I'm already...so close." He managed to get out between thrusts. He felt like a teenager again who couldn't control himself...but he couldn't help it.

Kelly smirked...groaning and dropping her head back in pleasure as she arched up into Nick. "S'OK, Nick...go ahead, baby," she encouraged him...knowing he was close to his much-needed release.

Nick thrust a few more times before he couldn't hold out any longer. With one last final thrust he came deep inside of Kelly. Her name was groaned out as his orgasm shook his body.

Kelly thrust up against Nick and groaned loudly when she felt his orgasm rip through her. "That's it, baby," she encouraged...her hands still gripping his ass cheeks.

After what seemed like years for Nick he finally felt himself come down and lied down on top of Kelly. His arms went to prop himself up so not all his weight was on her. He lied there with his head on her chest as he tried to catch his breath.

Kelly chuckled quietly as she ran her fingertips over Nick's broad back. "You alright, big boy?"

Nick laughed from where his head was resting and nodded. "Uh huh...I'm good." He said and then slowly moved out of her. Taking the condom off he tired the end and got up to throw it away. Once that was done he climbed back onto the bed and sat looking down at Kelly. "I'm sorry about that...you know...not taking too long." he said, blushing a bit.

Kelly smiled...reaching up to touch Nick's cheek. "Don't worry about it, hun."

Nick smiled and leaned down to kiss her softly. After a few seconds he sat back up again. "I hate to make this seem like a booty call and this is all I came for...but I need to get back before my roomie really starts to wonder where I am."

Kelly laughed softly. "OK...but next time I expect you to go longer," she teased with a wink. "...and make me cum...oh...say...three times."

Nick laughed as he got up to start putting his clothes on. Bypassing the boxers he put on his jeans and threw his t-shirt over his head. Shoving his boxers in his pocket he smiled. "It's a deal." he said, leaning down to kiss her on the lips one more time before walking out the door. He wasn't too shocked to see that there were still people mingling around the room talking. Running a hand through what he sure looked like 'just fucked' hair he headed down to his own room and opened the door. "Justin?" He called, wondering if his friend was asleep.

Justin was asleep on the couch in the sitting room...his blue fleece blanket over him. He'd tried waiting up for Nick, but fell asleep when he was gone for over an hour.

Nick walked farther into the room and saw Justin asleep on the couch. Smiling he walked over to him, forgetting he probably smell like a combination of smoke, perfume, sweat and sex. Kneeling down by his head much like he had the night before, he ran his hands through his buzzed hair. "Justin...I'm back." he said in a normal voice, hoping to wake him up."

Justin immediately came out of his light sleep at the sound of Nick's voice, and the feel of his hand on his head. He smiled at the older man as he blinked his eyes open. "Hi..."

Nick smiled even bigger. "Hi...sorry if I took so long...you could have actually went to bed if you were tired."

"Didn't think I was," Justin said...closing his eyes and stretching on the couch.

Nick laughed as he watched Justin. Sure, Kelly was beautiful in her own way, but Justin was also beautiful in his own way. He still had major feelings for the man in front of him...despite what he had just done. And that thought was actually very relaxing.

When Justin finished stretching, he opened his eyes and actually looked at Nick for the first time...taking in his messy hair and flushed cheeks. "So...what took so long?" he asked curiously...narrowing his eyes a bit.

Nick blushed, causing his cheeks to get even redder then they already were. He hadn't really figured out how he was going to tell Justin what had happened. "Uhh...I was having a very good talk with Kelly." He said biting his lower lip, wondering if Justin would get the hint.

"About...?"

" Everything...how we both feel about the whole thing. I really started to see it from her point of view. Then we got to talking about how you shouldn't be the only one having fun with the both of us...so we kinda...uhh fixed that." Nick answered with a nervous giggle.

Justin sat up on the couch and arched an eyebrow. "Wait a minute...you mean...you and Kelly...ya'll fooled around?"

Nick sat Indian style on the floor, looking up at Justin. "Yeah...something like that." He said and then looked down at his thigh, wondering what was bugging him. Then he remembered and pulled his boxers out of his pocket and set them on his lap.

Justin swallowed hard as he looked down at the boxers on Nick's lap...then back up to his face. "Sumthin...like that?"

Nick took a deep breath. "Okay...we did more then just fool around...we had sex." he said once again biting his bottom lip, really wondering how Justin was going to take the news.

Justin's face went white. "You slept with her?" he asked...his voice softer than he intended it to be.

Nick saw the look on Justin's face and his stomach twisted into knots. Getting up off the floor he moved to sit next to Justin on the couch. "Yeah...I did." he answered, looking right at Justin.

Justin took a deep breath...looking down at the blanket that was still draped over his lap. "I thought you were...gay?"

"I am...I don't think I could do that for anybody else...but Kelly she's a very special girl." Nick reached over to slowly lift Justin's chin up so he could look at him. "Are you angry with me for doing this...and be honest."

Justin shrugged...still not meeting Nick's eyes. "I don't know WHAT I am."

Nick sighed and let go of Justin's chin when he still wouldn't look at him. "I didn't do it to get back at you or anything, Justin. I didn't go in there planning on doing it. It just happened and I don't regret doing it because it brought Kelly and I closer...and we need to be close for what's going to happen."

"What are you talking about. WHAT'S gonna happen?"

"You aren't going to be confused forever, Justin. Which pretty much means at some point you're going to have to choose between either of us...or well none of us I guess. Kelly and I figured that we need to be in this together too...so we can help each other...help you." Nick tried to explain.

"Which is great, and all...and I appreciate that...but why'd you have to have sex for that?"

Nick thought about that for a second and he shrugged his shoulders. "It just happened, I kept thinking about all the things you told me about her...and you know we both figured out I had sexual feels for her. I guess the guy in me just jumped at the chance?"

Justin nodded slowly...trying to understand. Taking a deep breath, he finally stood up. "I'm gonna go to bed. We're leaving in about three hours."

"Justin...don't do this...please. I would never have done it if I knew you were going to be angry with me...or sad or hurt or whatever." Nick exclaimed close to tears.

Justin turned to look at Nick. "I'm not angry...I just..." He paused for a bit, then sighed in frustration. "Goodnight," he said...then went into his room and closed the door.

Nick watched Justin leave with a heavy hart. "What the fuck did you do?" He yelled out loud to himself as he lied down on the couch and curled up in a little ball.

Justin dropped onto his bed and buried his face in his pillow. What the hell was wrong with this? He had no right to feel this way. Kelly wasn't his girlfriend. Justin sighed into his pillow as the tears started falling. 'She's not your girlfriend...' his brain told him. '...but that doesn't mean you don't love her.'

After a few minutes of lying on the couch, the determined idiot inside him made him get off the couch and walk into his room and then he walked right into Justin's room… "I'm so sorry, Justin...I didn't do it to hurt you...and I will NEVER hurt her." he said standing in the bathroom doorway, tears falling down his cheeks.

"I KNOW that!" Justin yelled into his pillow...a bit of a frustration release.

"Good...I'm glad you do." Nick sniffled, still not moving from where he was.

Justin finally turned his head to look at Nick...keeping it on the pillow. "I'm not mad at you...or her..." he said calmly...then sniffled and reached up to wipe the tears off his cheeks.

Seeing Justin had calmed down a little, Nick walked over to the bed and sat on the edge. "I'm going to ask you what's wrong...but you can tell me to shut the fuck up and back off...can't guarantee if my stubborn ass will listen but you can try." he joked, smiling softly even though there were still tears falling down his cheeks.

"I love her," was all Justin said...admitting it out loud for the first time.

Nick's smile got bigger and he nodded. "I know you do...and she loves you too...in a way I think being with me was just her way to try and lessen the pain of knowing that things aren't as they used to be. Trying to prove to herself that she could move on. I don't know if you know this...and I probably shouldn't be telling you either...so don't say anything...but you were her first...and only."

Justin smiled a bit. "We never talked about it...but I had a feeling I was her first."

"I didn't mean to mess up anything between you two...because that wasn't my point at all." Nick giggled slightly. "I really don't know WHAT my point was anymore...and the poor girl...I'm not sure if she enjoyed herself as much as I did." he rambled.

"Well...why not?"

"Because I only lasted like two minutes." Nick whispered, blushing bright red and looking down at his lap.

Justin couldn't help but chuckle. "Well...that's normal...given that you haven't had sex in...HOW long?"

Nick looked up at Justin, his cheeks still bright red. "Almost six years."

"See...? So...two minutes was good, then," Justin said...trying not to laugh.

Nick playfully glared at Justin. "Oh you laugh all you want."

Justin widened his eyes without lifting his head from the pillow. "I'm not laughing."

"You want to." Nick laughed himself. "You know Kelly thought she was becoming a slut because she had the two of us in like a two hour time period."

Justin sighed. "I really hope she doesn't think that...cuz she's not like that at all...by any stretch of the imagination."

"I know that’s pretty much exactly what I told her. She's a really special girl, Justin. We're both really lucky to have her as our friend...and I don't just mean that because of the sex...cuz that is like FAR from the reason."

Justin nodded. "I know. But I'm an asshole. I could have had her as more than a friend...and I blew it."

"You still could." Nick pointed out, once again saying the one thing he couldn't believe he was saying. He didn't want to give up Justin, but if it would make two of the most important people in his life happy...then he would do it. "It's never too late."

Justin shook his head as much as he could with the pillow under his cheek. "No...it IS too late...for now, anyway...now that I'm in this state of confusion. I mean...yeah...if I decide that what I want right now is a woman...then yeah...I'll see if she still wants me."

"She will." Nick said, hoping he hid the sadness in his voice. He cared for Kelly dearly but she was still somewhat of a threat to him...in a really weird way.

Justin took a deep breath. "I'm sorry about the way I reacted. I was just...jealous...and kinda shocked."

Nick shook his head. "I understand jealous...remember it was only a matter of hours ago that I was all jealous too. Then we got in our fight and we never really talked about it after that."

Justin sighed quietly. "If ya'll wanna have something going on while I'm...well...whatever...that's cool. I can't stop you. Just remember that if you do her wrong in any way, I'll fuck you up."

Nick got a scared look on his face. "I don't want that...and I'm not sure if anything is going to happen again...who knows maybe next time it will be the three of us?"

Justin widened his eyes. "What?"

Nick laughed and shrugged his shoulders. "Ya never know...weirder things have happened...but I think before that happens we gota get you okay with just me...before we both go at ya." he joked.

Justin chuckled. "Yeah...ya think?"

"We could probably kill you...or at least scare you pretty good." Nick laughed. "So...did Kelly help you figure though the whole. 'Ut oh, I just got hard when kissing a guy'...thing?" He asked, expecting Justin to scream and yell at him.

Justin chuckled. "Kinda. I mean...I told her all about it...and she said that it wouldn't have happened if what I was doing wasn't right...and I suppose she was right."

"Yeah...she's right...I mean you aren't like me who seems to still have the hormones of a 13 year old and I get hard looking at shampoo." Nick laughed. "So, I think that meant it was supposed to happen."

"What about you and Kel? I mean...HOW did THAT happen? You're gay, dude!"

"Like I just said...shampoo makes me hard...and Kelly is a lot better looking and definitely kisses a lot better then shampoo.” Nick joked. “Plus, she is such a sweet and nice person...I think that helped some. We just connected. But I don't think that means I'm not gay anymore...because that is the first girl who has done that to me in YEARS."

"Yeah...she's good like that."

"Plus...I happen to like people...well inside of ME...better then being inside of somebody...and sex with a woman you can't really do that." Nick said giggling.

Justin chuckled. "That's true."

"I would ask you for a kiss...but I'm sure I smell nasty." Nick said, for once remembering how he hadn't even showered after doing all that.

Justin laughed. "Yeah...you smell like everything *I* smell like."

Just then something occurred to Nick and he groaned slightly at the though. "Okay that's just weird, Carter." he said out loud without knowing it.

"What?"

Nick looked at Justin strange for a second and then blushed. "I said that out loud?"

Justin laughed. "Yeah. What are you thinking?"

"That I'm a crazy hornball...because I was just getting turned on thinking that *I* have been inside the same place that YOU have."

Justin turned to bury his face back in the pillow as he laughed. "Damn..." he said into the pillow. "...that IS crazy."

Nick giggled and pounced on Justin tickling him. "Now you ARE laughing at me...you must pay!"

Justin shrieked into his pillow. "NO! No tickling!"

"Yes...yes tickling!" Nick laughed as he continued to tickle Justin.

"No...please!" Justin yelled with another shriek...squirming in an attempt to get Nick off of him. He was VERY ticklish...and hated being tickled.

Sensing that Justin wasn't enjoying himself at all he stopped, but continued to sit on his hip. "Okay...since you were so polite about it." He said smiling.

Justin laughed quietly...trying to catch his breath. "I HATE being tickled."

"Sorry...I didn't know that...then again WHO does like being tickled?" Nick asked with a look of wonder on his face as if he asked himself a very important question.

Justin laughed again. "Go to bed. We leave at seven."

Nick pouted. "Yes DAD" He said as he climbed off of Justin and sat on the edge of the bed again.

Justin chuckled...hugging his pillow under his head. "Goodnight."

Nick leaned down to kiss Justin softly on the cheek. "Goodnight, Justin."

Justin closed his eyes and burrowed his head into his pillow...intent on sleeping for at least a couple of hours before he had to get up to leave. As he started to drift off, he kept telling himself that no matter what was going on between he and Nick, or Nick and Kelly...he and Kelly still loved each other...and always would.

Nick watched Justin for a second before he walked back through the bathroom to his own room. There he stripped out of his jeans and t-shirt and climbed into bed. Resting his head on his pillow he closed his eyes and prayed that what happened with him and Kelly that day didn't case major problems in the future.

End of Chapters Fifteen - Twenty