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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Nick walked down the hallway and then out into the waiting room of the psychiatrist's office he had just been in. He saw Justin right where he had left him reading what appeared to be Rolling Stone. "Hey," he said as he approached him.

Justin looked up from where he'd been reading an article of something or the other; he'd already forgotten about it and smiled at Nick. "Hey, how did it go?" He questioned, closing the magazine and tossing it back on the table.

Nick held up the piece of paper in his hand which was obviously a prescription. "Can we wait and talk about it after we drop this off downstairs?"

"Sure," Justin nodded his head and stood up before following Nick over to the elevator,

Once in the elevator Nick leaned back against the wall and let out a long sigh that it sounded like he had been holding in. The session hadn't gone bad by any means but it was emotionally draining.

Justin looked over at Nick wanting to ask but didn't mainly because Nick asked to wait until they handed in the prescription.

Once downstairs on the main level, Nick headed into the pharmacy and since it wasn't busy he walked right to the counter, turned the prescription in and then walked back to where Justin was standing. "Take me home?"

Justin looked back at the counter and then back to Nick. "Uh sure," he said. "Um, you're gonna come back to pick up the meds or?"

"They said it would be a few hours...I don't really wanna sit around here for a few hours." Nick said, really just wanting to get home...maybe lie down...and talk with Justin about what he figured out.

"Everything Ok?" Justin asked, concerned. Nick had gone in this morning a nervous wreck and now here he was looking like the life was drained out of him.

Nick nodded his head and gave Justin an honest smile even though it was weak. He was okay...just tired. "I'm just tired...and wanna go home."

"Alright," Justin said fishing his keys out of his pocket and heading out to the parking lot with Nick. They both got in the car and drove home. The first few minutes were in silence while the rest of the ride home Justin had turned the radio on low.

Thankfully the drive was only about ten minutes and they were soon home. Nick hopped out of the car, walked through the kitchen and then straight up to his and Justin's room, not stopping to say anything to Lynn as he past her. It wasn't that he was trying to be rude he just didn't feel like talking to her right now. He needed to talk to Justin.

Justin shrugged his shoulders at his mother when she gave him a curious and concerned glance when they passed her. He gave her a look saying that he'd talk to her later about things before quickly following after Nick upstairs.

Nick was already lying on the bed looking up at the ceiling as he waited for Justin to join him like he knew he would.

Stepping into the room Justin walked over to the bed, kicking his shoes off before sitting Indian-style next to Nick waiting for him to say something.

"Post Traumatic Stress Disorder." Nick stated, not saying anything else yet.

'Post…Traumatic…Stress…Disorder,' Justin repeated those words in his head. He understood what the words meant so he nodded his head, his eyes still on Nick. "Oh okay... what does that mean?" He asked wondering how that's affecting Nick or what Nick has to do now.

Nick took a deep breath before responding. "It means that I'm having issues 'cause of all the crap that happened to me; both what happened at home with my parents and what happened after I left home." He paused for a second before continuing. "That's why I get nightmares and stuff 'cause of flashbacks, and why I'm so anxious all the time. The doc said that the reason I'm so clingy to you is 'cause I associate you with safety and in my mind if you leave...then I'm not safe anymore an all the things that scared me about my past will come back and get me."

"Oh," was all Justin managed to get out when everything was processed in his mind.

"Yeah," Nick said not sure what else to say 'cause he wasn't sure of what Justin's reaction meant.

After a few more moments of silence Justin spoke up. "But you do know that I'm not planning on leaving you... that I'm not like those people in your past that did do that. I mean, I know you know that but do you believe it or is it hard for you to because of what happened to you?" He had no idea if he was making any sense but that was what came out.

Nick thought about that for a second before responding. "I don't think you're going to leave me, 'cause I mean you've been away from me and come back to me already I feel pretty sure you're not going to leave and not come back." he pointed out. "I told this to the doc and she said that even though I know this doesn't mean I don't want you to go. That's when she said that the reason I'm clingy is 'cause I associate you with safely...and when you leave me I don't feel safe. It's not that I'm scared you're going to leave and never come back. It's that I'm scared of what is going to happen to me while you're gone."

"Nothing's going to happen to you," Justin said in a soft voice. "You're going to be around good people... safe people..."

"I know," Nick answered. "Hopefully now that she upped my meds they'll help with the anxiety and panic I keep having. You know how I said my chest hurts and stuff when I think of you going away?"

Justin nodded his head, reaching his hand out and taking Nick's in his, holding it tight. He was beginning to understand... "Because of the anxiety and panic of not being around your safety..?"

Nick nodded, "Yeah...I was having panic attacks." he said as he gave Justin's hand a good squeeze. He then took a deep breath. "I hope...I mean...I'm sorry but I had to tell her...about us..." he said meaning the doctor when he said 'her.'

Justin shrugged. "It's all confidential in there..." he trailed off. "You signed that contract with her before you started the session, it's all in there so don't worry about it."

"Okay...good," Nick said letting out another sign of relief; he had expected Justin to be upset with him.

"You keep doing that a lot today," Justin said poking Nick's stomach playfully when Nick sighed.

This caused Nick to giggle and wiggle around, his stomach was ticklish...especially when somebody poked him. "I just wasn't sure you would be okay with that...even though it is confidential."

Justin took in a deep breath. "I fit helps you out in the end... makes you feel better and gets your problems figured out then I can't help but let you talk about it with your psychologist."

"I just kinda had to talk about it...since it fit in." Nick explained and then thought of another aspect of what happened today. "She's gonna talk with the police about starting an investigation. She seems to think Aaron might be in danger at home too...besides just the drug use."

"She could do that?" Justin questioned, thinking about the contract they'd signed that morning, but then shrugged it off. "But... that's good... maybe we could get him out of there."

"Confidentially can be wavered if somebody is being harmed," Nick explained. "She seems to think that Aaron is being harmed, so therefore...that part of our conversation is going to be talked about...nothing that has to do with you." Nick said as he wiggled around so his head was in Justin's lap.

Justin ran his hand through Nick's hair. "Do you think Aaron's in real danger... that your parents are doing other things to him?" He questioned.

"I don't know," Nick answered truthfully. "I know that they haven't treated him the best since I left. He never said they touched him or hurt him though...but there had been the verbal abuse."

"Damn," Justin breathed out. He felt overwhelmed and couldn't even come to imagine just how Nick must be feeling. "Anything I could do to help?"

Nick smiled but shook his head, "Don't worry about it...you've got your own stuff to worry about. I mean don't you still have to pack?" he said looking around the room and still seeing empty suit cases.

"Yeah," Justin said with a shrug. "I can do it later... I'm used to last minute packing."

Nick giggled, "Okay good 'cause your fingers in my hair feel good."

Justin chuckled as he continued to run his fingers through Nick's hair for the next few minutes. He couldn't help but let his mind wonder about what's going to happen next with Nick, how everything would end. He didn't want to lose Nick or have anything else bad happen to him and he was seriously starting to think that maybe taking Nick with him to Toronto wouldn't be such a bad idea. No, Nick needed to stay here and do his own thing.

"The hamster is sure running," Nick giggled watching Justin's face that showed just how hard he was thinking.

Justin hadn't heard what Nick said but knew that he said something. "Huh?" He questioned, confused, as he looked down at Nick. He couldn't help but smile when his blue eyes connected with the blue ones of Nick's.

"Where did you go?" Nick laughed shaking his head. "You were miles away."

"Oh, just thinking," Justin said with a shrug.

Nick raised an eyebrow. "Care to share?"

"Just... it sucks that I have to leave now when all this stuff is going on," Justin frowned.

"I'll be fine," Nick assured Justin having a new outlook on things now even though he still didn't have the new dose of medicine in him.

"I don't doubt that you will be," Justin said as he leaned down awkwardly and placed a kiss to Nick's warm forehead. "I just think it sucks I can't be here."

"It does suck," Nick agreed with a nod of his head. "I would most definitely like it if you could just stay here and snuggle with me."

"Yeah," Justin said. "We should get something to eat though... since you hadn't eaten anything since last night."

"I am hungry," Nick agreed but then sighed a content sigh when Justin's fingers started massaging his scalp. "You gotta stop doing that though... 'cause that feels good."

Justin stopped massaging Nick's head. "Alright, come on," he said slowly helping Nick sit up before he got up and off the bed. "Food's calling us..."

Nick followed Justin out of the room. "What are you hungry for?" he asked as they headed down the stairs.

"I don't know," Justin said as they made their way to the kitchen. "What are you in the mood for ... I suck at cooking, just so you know."

"I don't." nick giggled. "What do you want me to make?"

Justin opened the fridge before looking at Nick. "Whatever you can from whatever's in here," he said nodding at whatever was in his fridge. "If not ... there's some frozen food things in the freezer..."

Nick walked so he was behind Justin, wrapping his arms around his waist and pressing his body close to his as they looked in the fridge. He then reached with one arm an opened the freezer. He found two steaks and pulled those out. "We'll have steaks...baked potatoes and steamed veggies." he said pulling out a package of vegetables too.

Justin let out a content sigh as he leaned back against Nick. "Sounds good," he said just as his stomach grumbled in agreement.

Nick giggled as he reached down and rubbed Justin's grumbling stomach before pulling back and going about putting the stakes in the microwave to defrost them.

Justin walked over to the center island and took a seat, watching Nick move around and prepare their late lunch. "I think I got the perfect boyfriend," he chuckled.

"You only love me 'cause I can cook." Nick laughed as he walked into the pantry and pulled out four potatoes. He then brought them and a cutting bored over to Justin. "Peel these for me?" he asked handing Justin the peeler.

Justin took the peeler and the potatoes before going to work. He grumbled playfully something about 'giving your boyfriend a compliment and he makes you work.'

While Justin peeled the potatoes, Nick got the water ready to boil them, deciding to make mashed potatoes instead of baked potatoes. Once that was going he went about getting the steaks out of the microwave and got the indoor grill that Justin had fired up.

"Anything else I could help with?" Justin asked leaning against the wall as he watched Nick carefully place the steaks onto the grill. He then walked over to one of the cupboards before returning to Nick's side with a bottle of A1 Steak sauce that he absolutely loved. "Here..."

"Thanks," Nick said with a smile as he placed a soft kiss to Justin's lips as he took the sauce. "I can't think of anything else, but I like your company."

Justin smiled as he rested his chin on Nick's shoulder before wrapping his arms around his waist from the back.

Nick smiled too as he started to put the sauce on the steaks. All the while leaning back into Justin's embrace, maybe wiggling a little more then he needed to, but he was enjoying himself...this seemed so normal.

"You keep that up," Justin said when Nick wiggled again. "We're gonna end up having to order in our lunch."

"Oh...and why is that?" Nick asked playing dumb as he wiggled again, acting as if he didn't know what Justin was talking about.

"The steaks are gonna burn," Justin mumbled as he placed a kiss to Nick's neck.

"Oh," Nick whispered as a shiver of pleasure went through his body because of Justin's lips on his neck. He still had enough brain power though to flip the steaks over.

"Mmhmm," Justin said nuzzling Nick's neck. "Either than or you're gonna have to go buy more steaks and make them all over again."

"I'm still not sure why...I am a good cook." Nick whispered, still playing innocent.

Justin pressed himself closer to Nick's back, making his feel what his actions had done to him.

Nick couldn't help but groan when he felt Justin was hardening against him. "Did I do that?" he asked in mock shock.

"You're a real tease, you know that," Justin chuckled as he let go of Nick and took in a deep breath. He went and took a seat on top of the counter beside the grill.

Nick smirked, "Me... a tease...never!" he laughed.

Justin rolled his eyes... "Sure," he said sarcastically.

"How am I a tease?" Nick asked as he headed to the fridge again, making sure to shake his ass a lot more then he needed to. He was having fun being a tease.

"Like that for starters," Justin said reaching his foot out and playfully kicking Nick in the butt when he passed by. "Shaking your nice ass like that... which I KNOW you don't normally do!"

Nick laughed, "Okay fine...you caught me but I happen to LIKE being a tease." he said with a sexy smirk as he headed back to the steaks. "How do you like your meat?" he asked sexual innuendo totally intended.

Justin chuckled as he licked his lips. "I like my STEAK well done," he stressed. "As for meat in general... depends on what kind of meat it is," he smirked.

Nick laughed as he watched the stakes to make sure they weren't going to burn but making sure they were cooked well too.

"Are you done yet?" Justin asked, his stomach grumbling.

"No the STEAKS aren't done yet," Nick laughed as he went about steaming the veggies.

"Should I go mash up the potatoes?" He asked, wanting to do whatever to get the food on the plate as soon as possible.

"Yes please," Nick said with a smile as he finished up the veggies and the steaks.

Justin grabbed a bowl and placed the potatoes in them before grabbing the right utensil and began mashing the potatoes. He'd watched his mom make mashed potatoes enough times to know how much salt and other things he needed to add and before long he finished and placed the bowl down with a sigh. Mashing up the potatoes took a lot out of a person.

"My baby tired?" Nick giggled seeing Justin looking worn out from mashing the potatoes. By this point the steaks were done so he got out plates for both of them and went about putting a steak on each and some veggies. He then took the plates to the table. "How about I give you something to get your strength back."

"That works for me," Justin said nodding his head, following Nick as he carried his bowl of mashed potatoes over to the table. He took a seat and licked his lips as Nick set the plates with the food.

Nick sat in his normal spot as Justin sat in his across from him. "Thank you for doing the potatoes they look great." he said with a smile.

Justin laughed. "Thank you for making everything else," he said as he cut into his steak and started eating. "Yummy."

Nick smiled, "I'm glad you like it." he said as he started eating his own food. Midway through their meal Nick stretched his leg out and started to have his stocking foot run along Justin's jean clad leg.

Justin smiled to himself as he captured Nick's leg between his so that they were intertwined. "You should cook more often," he chuckled.

"Okay," Nick said with a smile, he loved to cook so that didn't sound like a bad idea to him.

It wasn't long until their plates were empty and Justin felt too full to move a muscle. "That's the best lunch I've had in a while... and now I can't move."

Nick chuckled, "I'm glad you liked it." he said blushing a little.

Justin groaned as he stood up and picked up the empty dishes before heading over to the dishwasher.

"I've realized something about you," Nick giggled as he followed Justin.

"Yeah... and what's that?" Justin asked as he loaded the dishwater before adding the detergent and setting the timer.

"When you eat something you really like...you eat way too much of it." Nick laughed. "Then go on about how full you are and how sick you feel."

Justin looked at Nick with a mock unamused look on his face. "So...?"

"Why do that to this poor tummy of yours?" Nick asked as he rubbed Justin's stomach.

"It's this 'poor tummy' that wanted more of that food," Justin said. "I'm sure if it had its way I'd still be sitting there feeding it or having you make another batch of steaks." He let out a content sigh as Nick rubbed his stomach.

Nick laughed, "What you wanna do now?" he asked as his hand moved up under Justin's t-shirt to rub his stomach some more.

"With you doing that," Justin said as he rested his hand on top of Nick's. "I wanna sleep."

Nick giggled, "Okay...I'll stop."

"What do YOU wanna do?" Justin asked. He really didn't care what they did and would be happy with almost anything that Nick would suggest mainly because he'd be leaving tomorrow morning.

"How about we go pack your stuff...so then we have the rest of the day to do anything we wanna do without having to worry about that?" Nick suggested.

"Yeah, Ok," Justin said, following Nick upstairs to his room. Once there he went to his closet and took out all his long-sleeved shirts and winter gear and then went about packing them.

Nick sat on the bed and laughed at all the cold weather clothes. "I'm scared to see what you're going to be like in Canada."

"Why is it always in the cold places that I have to go?" Justin rhetorically asked. "I wish they had a human sized portable heater..." he trailed off as he walked over to his dresser and pulled out a few boxers, socks, under shirts, and other things he would need.

"Rats I won't be able to think you're going commando all the time." Nick said with a playful pout as he started to fold the boxers and undershirts when Justin tossed them onto the bed in a not very neat fashion.

Justin made a face. "Going commando in a pair of jeans is not at all fun," he said tossing some more things he needed onto the bed before walking back over to his closet and taking out boots and a pair of sneakers he'd need.

"Hmmm," Nick said thinking about how he was now wearing jeans and he had nothing on under them.

"Besides," Justin continued. "I'm used to wearing underwear when I wear jeans..." He carefully packed his sneakers and boots in a plastic bag and stuck it in his suitcase so it won't make his clothes dirty.

Nick just laughed as he finished putting all of the things he was folding into the bag. "I personally think underwear is annoying." he said, not sure if he had really told Justin about his dislike for any kind of underwear.

"Why?" Justin looked at Nick.

Nick shrugged his shoulders, he really didn't know why.

"So you don't wear any?" Justin asked, his eyes trailing down to Nick's crotch wondering if he was wearing any at the moment.

"Sometimes...but not normally." Nick said trying to not smirk because he could tell where Justin's gaze had gone.

"I see," Justin said taking his gaze away and back to his packing. "Good to know."

Nick laughed, "Why so you don't buy me underwear for a gift?"

"Yup," Justin said keeping a straight face. "Don't wanna be wasting my money on something you're not gonna use a lot."

"Good call," Nick said with an equally straight face. He then flopped back on the bed and turned so he was on his stomach. "So what else you gotta pack?"

"Just clothes and things," Justin said placing the last bit of things. "They're gonna provide me with clothes for the movie so I don't have to worry about that and if I forgot anything I'll just buy it there."

Nick nodded, "Okay." he said as he just watched Justin walk around the room thinking he couldn't be hotter.

A few minutes later Justin finished packing and moved his stuff by the closet. "Well, that's done," he said walking over to the bed and lying down on top of Nick's back so that they were back to back on the bed. "Now what?"

Nick laughed from under Justin, "You're heavy," he teased as he bucked his butt up playfully.

Justin stayed put. "I am not... you big baby," he joked before rolling off of Nick anyways onto his side.

This time Nick moved so He was lying on top of Justin looking down into his eyes. "I like this better anyways 'cause I can look at ya."

"Now you're heavy," Justin chuckled but wrapped his arms around Nick's waist and it his legs around Nick's thighs. He wiggled a bit trying to get comfortable and let out a content sigh when he did and relaxed.

"Now YOU'RE being mean with your wiggling." Nick laughed in between a soft moan.

"I didn't mean it to be on purpose," Justin said and then wiggled, this time on purpose.

Nick rolled his eyes playfully. "THAT was on purpose."

"No... really?" Justin asked sarcastically. "I don't know what you're talking about. I'm just trying to get comfy, yup."

"Where did your mom go?" Nick asked realizing he hadn't seen Lynn since he came into the house earlier.

"Probably went shopping," Justin said. "She mentioned she needed to do that before we left this morning..."

"Hmmm," Nick said thinking about the fact that they were home...alone. "Does she realize that you have a boy in your room while she's out?"

Justin smirked. "I'm a big boy and I can have anyone I want in my room, including a boy," he said sticking his tongue out playfully at Nick.

"Ohh...well your mama must have trust in you to be a good boy then too." Nick giggled.

Justin nodded his head. "She does," he said. "Although what she doesn't know won't make her lose her trust in me."

Nick laughed at that, "Very true...there are a lot of things parents don't need to know."

"Yeah, like last evening," Justin said with a chuckle.

"Which never actually got finished." Nick said with a playful pout. "Evil interruptions."

"Yup... evil and embarrassing," Justin agreed.

That caused Nick to bust up laughing. "I would have LOVED to see the look on your mom's face!"

"She was just as red as I was," Justin said making a face. "New topic... please."

"Sorry," Nick said as he thought of a good new topic...or a new thing to do anyway. He leaned down and kissed Justin.

Justin couldn't help but chuckle into the kiss. He kissed Nick back, slipping his tongue into his mouth and exploring every nook and cranny, committing everything to memory.

Nick moaned and let Justin have control of the kiss. He lived being submissive so this wasn't hard for him to do.

The kiss continued on for a few more minutes, Justin's hands slipping under Nick's shirt as they rubbed up and down his back.

Nick let out a content sigh and a small moan at the same time when he felt Justin's hands on his bare skin. He was going to miss this so much when Justin was gone. He would miss Justin's touches and loving.

"I'm gonna miss you," Justin said when he started kissing down Nick's neck. "...gonna miss this..."

"Me too," Nick whispered as he moved his hands up Justin's t-shirt too and started to play with his nipples as he let Justin kiss his neck.

Justin sucked in the air when Nick began to play with his nipples and consequently his groin began to get harder. He moaned before brining his kisses back up to Nick's lips, kissing his passionately.

Nick responded to the kiss by deepening it so it was almost brutal. He could feel Justin getting hard under him and it caused his own groin to harden.

Justin ground his hips up, needing some sort of friction on his cock. Breaking the kiss after a few minutes he caught his breath, his hands coming out from under Nick's shirt to bury in Nick's hair. Gently he tugged on the silky locks, causing Nick's head to tilt back so Justin had access to Nick's Adam's apple. He wiggled down a bit so that his mouth was aligned to Nick's Adam's apple before he went about licking and playfully sucking and biting that area.

"Oh god," Nick moaned that was almost too much, he LOVED having his Adam's apple sucked on it almost gave him the same reaction like when his ass was touched and he was sure Justin could feel exactly what it did to him.

Justin smiled to himself as he continued to assault Nick's neck. He loosened his grip on Nick's hair, his hands going back under his shirt, rubbing over the smooth skin that was there. Then he moved his hands further down, slipping them under Nick's jeans, groaning when there wasn't much space for him to slip his hands in. "Couldn't you wear looser jeans?" He mumbled out.

Nick leaned up on his arms and unbuttoned his own jeans so Justin could be able to get his hands down in them more. He had no idea why he didn't think about just taking them off but something about Justin having his hands down his pants was a huge turn on. He then leaned back down and started attacking Justin's neck instead.

Justin chuckled when Nick started on his neck. He titled his head to the side so Nick could have some room to do whatever he pleased just hopefully without leaving any marks. Happily he slipped his hands under Nick's jeans, feeling himself twitch some more when he didn't come in contact with further cloth. Nick definitely was going commando that night. He groaned when Nick did something pleasurable to his neck and at the same time squeezed the round globes that were in his hands.

Nick moaned against Justin's neck as he made his way over to that special spot that drove Justin insane. He sucked on his earlobe before licking around it.

"Nick..." Justin moaned out, his hands kneading Nick's ass extra hard before rubbing them to ease the pain, if there was any. "Gawd that feels so good..."

"Mmm hmm," Nick moaned agreeing with Justin that what they were doing felt good...really good. His heart was begging him for more then this fooling around...but he was still scared to death about asking and knew it was up to Justin now. Trying to shake those thoughts from his mind he thought more about the kisses and moved so he was doing the same thing to Justin's other ear.

Justin arched his back, one of his hands dipping in Nick's crack before going back to kneading the muscles of his ass. "You weren't kidding when you said wearing underwear was annoying... were you?"

"N...no," Nick whispered now having a really hard time thinking because of where Justin's finger had strayed. He had to catch his breath an try to get himself under control again as he panted for breath against the ear he had just been licking, cooling the heated skin in the process.

Justin bent his head and licked up Nick's neck before gently latching his mouth to one spot and started to suck on it. It was then he got an idea. Pulling back he looked at Nick's face, smiling sweetly. "Nick... I wanna know what you'd do when I'm not around..." He trailed off.

"Huh?" Nick asked his brain foggy that he wasn't getting what Justin was talking about.

Justin thought about how to phrase his question. "When I'm not around... and you miss me... what would do you?" He asked.

"Sexually?" Nick asked, sitting up so he was straddling Justin's lap.

Justin nodded his head. "Yup," he said.

Nick got a thoughtful look on his face. "Probably a lot of jerking off," he laughed.

"Let me... watch," Justin asked in a mere whisper. When in Toronto he wanted to be able to visualize Nick jerking off... if they were on the phone.. if Nick happened to mention that he'd jerked off. Justin wanted to be able to know exactly how Nick would look.

"You want me to jerk off...now?" Nick asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah..." Justin licked his lips. "Please?"

"Exactly like I would...if you weren't here?" Nick asked again.

"Exactly like you would if I'm not here," Justin said.

"Okay," Nick said as he moved off of Justin and then off the bed so he could strip out of his clothes. Once his t-shirt and jeans were off he climbed back on the bed, and stat on Justin's side of the bed. Closing his eyes he tried to pretend Justin wasn't sitting there watching him as he started running his fingers over his chest, moaning as he rolled his nipples.

Justin had moved so that he was sitting at the end of the bed, facing Nick... watching everything he was doing. His breathing became ragged and shallow... his eyes never leaving Nick's body.

With one finger still playing with his nipples, the other hand moved down his chest and stomach to the curly blonde hair at the base of his cock. He rolled his fingers around in the hair for a second before taking his member in his fist and slowly started to stroke it. The whole time moans of pleasure escaping his lips.

Justin licked at his lips, imagining that Nick's hands were his... that he was the one touching Nick like that, the one giving Nick that kind of pleasure.

Nick continued to stroke himself, every once and a while stopping to just touch the slit, moving the pre-cum around and then up and down. After about two minutes of this he stopped what he was doing with his nipples and brought two figures into his mouth, sucking on them hard as he continued to stroke himself.

Justin took in a deep breath, waiting and wondering what Nick would do next. He wondered if this was want Nick would like Justin to do to him, if Nick wanted Justin's fingers in this mouth while Justin stroked him. And if so, what else did Nick want?

When he was sure his fingers were moist enough, they came out of his mouth and made a detour down his stomach past the other hand stroking his cock and down between his legs. Wiggling a little on bed he spread his legs a little more and changed his position some so the spit slicked fingers could get past his balls and found that spot he so craved to be touched. He hadn't done this in a long time, since he had met Justin actually and he wanted it...needed it badly. Taking a deep breath he pushed one finger into the tight hole, groaning in pleasure.

Justin's eyes were fixated on Nick's finger that was fingering his hole and his eyes showed absolute pleasure. He could feel his erection throbbing but he didn't dare touch it.

Nick moaned loudly when his finger hit that special spot deep inside of him. His hand was starting to move more frantically on his cock as he pushed a second finger inside of himself. He opened his eyes and almost came then and there when he saw how Justin was looking at him.

Justin panted along with Nick and when Nick's deep blue eyes connected with his. He swore he'd never seen a more beautiful sight than Nick in front of him, pleasuring himself. "Do what you would want me to do...?" He whispered out, running his hands over his own thighs.

Nick laughed a little, he couldn't naturally do what he really wished Justin would do to him, but this was the best he could get. He pulled his fingers out once more before replacing them with three fingers and this time he gasped in pleasure at the stretching feeling he loved so much. "God Justin..." he groaned his eyes fluttering closed as he imagined that it was Justin inside of him not his own fingers.

Justin moaned out, just imagining how his fingers would feel inside of Nick... how another organ of his would feel with Nick's muscles wrapped around it. He quickly shook his head... he wasn't ready for something like that at the moment... but the thought the Nick would imagine that was making Justin even more hard, if that was possible.

It only took Nick another minute or so before he was panting and crying Justin's name out as he came, his seed shooting up and getting all over his chest and stomach.

Justin had held his breath as Nick climaxed before letting it all out when Nick relaxed, sated, against the bed. "Damn" he breathed out and crawled up the length of Nick's body. Nick's lips were already parted and Justin took that to his advantage as he slipped his tongue in and right off the bat starting them off on a lust filled kiss.

It took a second for Nick to get the energy to kiss Justin back but soon he had his arms wrapped around him and kissing him back hungrily.

"Thank you," Justin mumbled against his lips a few minutes later when he pulled back from the kiss.

"For what?" Nick asked, having no idea what Justin was thanking him for.

"Letting me watch," Justin looked into Nick's eyes.

Nick laughed, "No problem."

"Love you," Justin whispered, even though he felt bad inside... that he couldn't give Nick exactly what he wanted... sexually.

"I love you too," Nick said as he kissed the top of Justin's head. He then thought of something. "Are you gonna show me what you do when I'm not with you?"

Justin wanted to say that he wasn't much of the 'lie in your bed and jerk off' kinda guy, mainly because he hadn't really done that since his hormone raging teenage years. "you already know what I do when you're not with me," he said instead.

"I do?" Nick asked not remembering ever finding this out before.

Justin nodded his head. "I work," he said. "And when I'm not working... I'm sleeping. Besides... if you're not there, I don't get horny."

"Oh," Nick said all of a sudden feeling really stupid. "Can you move for a second...I gotta go to the bathroom." When Justin moved he got up and padded his way into the bathroom, grabbing his jeans on the way.

Justin stared up at the ceiling wondering what he said wrong. He waited for a few minutes before getting up and going over to the bathroom. He knocked on the door, "Nick is everything alright?"

"Yeah," Nick called as he tried to get himself to calm down. He wasn't depressed or anything like that he just felt utterly stupid.

"Can I come in?" Justin asked.

Nick took a deep breath, "Sure." he replied as he got up from where he was sitting on the toilet seat and went to stand in front of the sink to make it look like he was trying to fix his hair.

Justin slowly opened the door and looked at Nick. He saw the slight blush on Nick's cheeks and asked, "What's the matter?" He also took note that Nick was purposely avoiding eye contact.

"I was sticky," Nick answered which was true.

"Nick..." Justin almost whined but decided not to push it. If Nick wasn't going to tell him then that was fine although Justin knew there was more to it. "Never mind," He then diverted his gaze to the shower and figured he should get one since it didn't seem like he was going to get off tonight.

Nick hated when Justin did that, it always made him tell the truth 'cause he felt shitty for not. "You made me feel stupid," he whispered.

Justin brought his gaze back to Nick, confused. "How did I make you feel stupid?"

Nick sighed, going to sit on the toilet seat again. "You ask me to show you want I do when you're not home...and I do. Then I ask you to and you don't have anything to show and even mention that you don't get horny when you're not with me. It made me feel like a sick horny freak."

Justin sighed. Okay, so he wasn't that good with words but that's definitely not what he intended Nick to feel. "You're not a sick horny freak... and I... I didn't mean to make you feel like one," he paused to run his hand through his hair and collect his thoughts. What he said was meant to be a compliment but to offend Nick. "What I meant to say was that... you're the only one that gets me like this... sure I have my imagination but it's not the same..." He was sure he dug himself into a deeper hole but he didn't know how to explain it to Nick. Even when he'd been with Kelly or his other girlfriends, he was the same way.

"I know you didn't mean to make me feel bad," Nick said looking up at Justin. "I just it made me feel kinda funny...but it's okay...no harm done." he said with a small smile.

"Okay," Justin said before walking back out into his bedroom. He grabbed a pair of boxers and a wife beater from the dresser before grabbing a pair of sweats from the closet before making his way back into the bathroom. He placed the clothes on the counter of the sink before turning the water in the shower on.

"You're taking a shower?" Nick asked even though that was obvious.

"Yeah," Justin replied as he took his shirt off and then his pants and boxer-briefs before quickly jumping into the shower, leaving the sliding door open incase Nick wanted to join in.

Nick sat there for a second before stripping his jeans off again and climbing in behind Justin.

Justin grabbed the bar of soap. He turned around and gave Nick a small smile before reaching out and soaping him up.

Nick smiled back glad that once again things were okay between them. Once he was all soaped up he couldn't get over the sudden but powerful urge to hug Justin so he just moved closer and hugged Justin tightly.

The hug was something Justin was not expecting but he did hug Nick right back, taking a step back, pulling Nick under the spray of water. He chuckled when Nick's hair matted down to his head, covering his eyes making it impossible for him to see much of anything. He reached one hand up and slicked Nick's hair back, smiling as Nick titled his head back as well.

"I love you," Nick whispered looking Justin right in the eye as their bodies were pressed inch to inch together.

"I'm sorry for making you feel like a horny freak," Justin apologized.

"It's okay...I guess I am." Nick whispered, still looking into Justin's blue eyes.

Justin sighed. "You're not," he said. "Horny... yes... but a freak... no. We talked about this before... well not really talked but we know that you're horny and that I have nothing against it."

"I know...I guess it's just weird for me when I realize that not all guys are the same way I am." Nick pointed out. "Especially since I've seen you the last few days." he giggled. "You keep right up with me when we're together. I just didn't think you wouldn't be the same way away from me."

"Each person's different," Justin agreed before shrugging. "But you know... living day in and day out with the same bunch of guys for the better part of six or something years while you're growing into your skin and going through normal changes... you tend to kinda not be horny all the time especially when they keep picking on you about it."

Nick laughed, "I think you just explained why three out of the five guys in said group is bi." he teased playfully.

Justin rolled his eyes and playfully smacked Nick's ass before turning around in Nick's arms and started to soap himself up.

"Hey!" Nick jumped al little when Justin smacked his ass. "Ohhh..." he laughed as he grabbed the soap from Justin and teasingly started to soap him up himself...making sure to pay extra close attention to very sensitive places.

Justin laughed as Nick started lathering him, letting out a content sigh when Nick reached around him to run his hands down his chest, his arms wrapped around him. He leaned back in Nick's arms, throwing his head back on Nick's shoulder.

Nick got the front of Justin soaped up before he worked on his back and ass. He couldn't help but pay a little more attention then he should to the round globes.

At that point Justin turned back around in Nick's arms, his own arms coming up around Nick's neck as he leaned up for a kiss.

Nick leaned in too and pressed his lips to Justin. This time he kept the kiss slow, but passionate as if he was trying to devour Justin's mouth.

Justin pulled back a few minutes later and stepped back into the spray of water, washing himself off. He grabbed the bottle of shampoo and poured some onto his hand. After replacing the bottle back he rubbed his hands together before placing one on Nick's head and the other on his own, and simultaneously started to massaged the shampoo into their hair.

Nick laughed, "You're talented...you can wash two heads at the same time." he said and then let out a content moan.

"Less time in the shower," Justin chuckled before bringing both hands to Nick's head and started to massage the shampoo some more till there was a thick lather. .

"I like showers," Nick said as he let Justin rub the shampoo into his hair before he backed up into the spray again to rinse it out.

"Good," Justin said and waited till Nick was clean before getting under the spray himself. "It would really suck if you didn't like 'em."

"I would be stinky," Nick giggled as he stepped out of the shower and got towels out for both of them.

"Yeah, and imagine all the work I'd have to do to get you in one," Justin said shaking his head before turning the shower off and stepping out. "Thanks," he said as Nick handed his a towel. Once he dried off he grabbed his clothes on the counter and put them on before grabbing the ones on the floor and walking out to discard them in the hamper.

Nick kept his towel around his waist and walked out of the room. "I'm gonna go get clothes on." he said heading for the door.

"Okay," Justin said as he sat on his bed, rubbing his head with his towel before tossing that into the hamper as well.

A few minutes later Nick came back wearing sweats and a t-shirt. "What are we gonna do now?" he asked.

Justin shrugged. "You wanna go out... catch a movie or something?" He questioned.

That shocked Nick to death, "Y...you wanna go out with me?" he asked. Sure, they had gone to dinner and stuff but mostly they stayed home... 'cause going out could cause suspicions.

Nodding his head Justin looked up at Nick. "Yeah... but... as friends ... is that alright?"

"I wasn't expecting us to sit in the back and make out," Nick laughed.

"I was just saying," Justin said. "But if you don't wanna we don't have to."

Nick shook his head, "No I want to go...I just...you always seemed to think going anywhere with me even as friends was risky."

Justin looked down at his hands, nodding his head. "Yeah, I know," he said. But after that talk with his mother the other day Justin didn't really wanna be that guy that kept his significant other locked up besides, going out once in a while wouldn't hurt anyone right? And...he knew Nick wouldn't be too clingy with him plus Justin had hung out with guys who weren't the rest of NSYNC, albeit not all the time but sometimes.

"We don't gotta if YOU don't want to." Nick pointed out. "Don't feel like you have to take me out."

"I wouldn't have suggested it if I didn't wanna," Justin pointed out.

"Okay then...I guess I should change into something else." Nick said looking down at his ratty old sweats and t-shirt.

Justin smiled. "Okay," he said as he got up and followed Nick to his room before flopping down on his bed, watching Nick undress, again with the commando thing, before going about changing into new clothes.

This time Nick was in tight fitting jeans and an equally tight fitting vintage t-shirt with Doc Martins on his feet. There definitely were perks to having a rich boyfriend. "Ready Freddie?"

"Can I borrow this?" Justin asked getting up and taking one of the long-sleeved vintage shirts that had a regular t-shirt attached over it.

"Sure," Nick said with a smile as he headed into the bathroom to spike his hair.

Justin pulled the shirt over his head before walking out to his own room. He put his deodorant, sprayed some cologne, and put on a hat. Grabbing his keys, wallet, and cell he headed out back over to Nick's room, leaning against the door frame just as Nick emerged from the bathroom. "I'm ready... how about you?"

"Ready," Nick said with a smile as he looked Justin up and down. "You're lookin' good too."

Justin let out a chuckle. "Sure," he said sarcastically as they walked downstairs, still no sigh of his mom. She must be having a blast shopping. They walked into the garage, taking Justin's Mercedes.

"I need to go shopping with your mom," Nick laughed as they got into the car and backed out of the garage. "I love shopping."

Justin laughed at that. "So does my mom," he said. "Believe or not... she still shops for me."

"'Cause you're a mama's boy." Nick teased.

"Yeah, I am," Justin said with a shrug, there's no point in denying it.

"I don't care if you don't like to shop 'cause I can buy you stuff." Nick said bouncing in his seat a little, excited about that idea.

"Who said I didn't like to shop?" Justin questioned, glancing for a second at Nick before moving his eyes back on the road. "I LOVE to shop; I got that trait from mama."

"Then why does your mom do your shopping for you?" Nick asked with a raised eyebrow, laughing.

"I have no clue," Justin said. "I guess old habits die hard or something. And she doesn't do the shopping FOR me.. she just goes out, sees things that she thinks I might like and buys 'em."

Nick giggled, "Too cute." he said as he reached over and gave Justin's thigh a squeeze and then brought it back to his lap.

"Eh, I suppose," Justin said before letting out a chuckle. A few more minutes passed before Justin pulled into the parking lot of the movie theater, paying for the parking ticket at the entrance before finding a spot and parking the car.

"What are we seeing?" Nick questioned as they got out and headed to the ticket booth.

"Whatever's playing right now or closer to now," Justin said with a laugh as he read the movie listings and looked at the timings. "Pick one..." he said to Nick seeing that there were a few about to start soon.

Nick looked over the list and made a face not much was out. "Umm Butterfly Effect or You got Served?"

"I'm not really into sci-fi-esque type of movies," Justin said. "So... you got served?"

"Okay," Nick agreed with a nod of his head.

Justin walked over to the window and asked for two tickets for 'You Got Served' and paid for them. He walked back over to Nick and handed him his ticket before they walked into the theater. "Popcorn and drinks?" He questioned.

Nick nodded his head, "Yeah...and a KitKat?" he asked batting his eyelashes playfully but not enough for anybody else to notice.

"Kitkat," Justin said with a chuckle. "Alrighty. Coming right up." He walked over to the counter and ordered a medium sized popcorn, a tray of nachos, one kitkat, and two large Coca Cola drinks. Once he paid he handed Nick his food before grabbing his own and heading upstairs to theater five.

"Nachos?" Nick asked with a raised eyebrow.

Justin looked down at his tray of nachos and nodded his head as he met Nick's eyes. "Yeah," he smiled. "Is there a problem?"

"I've never had nachos at the movies before." Nick laughed as they headed down to where the theater was.

"Well, they are served at the movies sooo," Justin trailed off as they walked into their theater.

"I've just never had it," Nick said again as they walked in and up the stairs. "Which row?"

Justin looked and nodded over to the middle section. "How about there," he said pointing with his finger. There weren't many people so far so this was good.

"Okay," Nick said as he climbed up the stairs to the middle section and then walked so they were in the middle of that row. "Here?"

"Yeah," Justin said following Nick and taking a seat in the center. He rested his feet on the metal bar before him and set his drink in the cup holder of his arm rest before getting comfortable. It's been a while since he'd gone out to the movies.

Nick thought of something while they were sitting there. "Umm...I just thought of something...when do you have to have a body guard?"

Justin chuckled. "Uh, when I usually go out," he said. "Or to public events and stuff... why?"

"You're out now..." Nick stated with a raised eyebrow.

"But it's not a public event," Justin said with a shrug. "And I'm on my downtime..."

"Okay well I'm big enough to beat people up." Nick laughed putting on his most intimidating face which totally didn't work.

Justin chuckled. "Oh big enough to have people come over and pinch your cheeks for looking so adorably five," he said, keeping his voice low so none of the other people there could hear their conversation.

Nick playfully stuck his tongue out at Justin. "Meany."

"Adorably five," Justin nodded his head as he dipped a nacho in the cheese and took a bite. The movie would be starting in fifteen minutes, and right now was just trivia questions.

"Pretty soon you might have your name up there for one of those." Nick said softly pointing at the screen.

Justin took in a deep breath. "If I'm lucky enough," he said, feeling butterflies in his stomach just thinking about it.

"You'll do great...I know you will." Nick said with a big smile.

"I hope all the critics and fans are like you," Justin said with a chuckle.

Nick laughed, "I hope not... 'cause you ain't sleeping with all the fans and critics."

"No, I'm not," Justin agreed.

"Good," Nick said with a nod of his head as he reached over and snuck one of Justin's nachos.

Justin raised an eyebrow before reaching over and taking some of Nick's popcorn to make it even.

Nick giggled when he took some of his own popcorn and dipped it into Justin's nacho cheese sauce.

"I've never tried that before," Justin said making a face as he watched Nick popped the cheese dipped popcorn into his mouth. "How does it taste?" He asked.

"It's good," Nick said as he chewed the kernels of popcorn.

Justin took a piece of popcorn from Nick and dipped it into the cheese before slowly bringing it up to his mouth. "Uh... buttery, and hot cheesy... hmm." he analyzed and came to the conclusion that it was the worst thing he'd ever tasted.

Nick laughed at the look on Justin's face. "You don't like cheese popcorn?

"Not so much," he replied. "I don't mind chocolate popcorn or ... chocolate covered raisin popcorn... but cheese popcorn... not so much unless it's cheddar popcorn." He rambled.

Nick made a face, "Chocolate popcorn?" he had never heard of that before.

Justin nodded his head. "Yup," he said. "It's really good. There's milk chocolate popcorn, dark chocolate popcorn, orange flavored chocolate popcorn..."

"I don't know if I would like that," Nick said thinking about that. "I'm not a Carmel corn fan...so I don't know if I like sweet popcorn.

"Well, you've never tried it... so how do you know you might not like it?" Justin asked.

"I don't know." Nick said, "I just don't think I would...but I might."

Justin shrugged. "Okay," he said as the previews began just as the lights dimmed.

"Ohh scary," Nick giggled just being a hut.

"BooOoOOo," Justin said before quickly poking Nick on his leg and then acting like he hadn't done anything. He popped another nacho into his mouth and then sipping his Coke.

Nick glared playfully at Justin before smacking his leg.

Justin chuckled. "Hey... what's with the abuse man," he joked.

"Well better then me spitting in your nachos." Nick giggled.

Justin made a face and moved his tray of nachos away from Nick. "Hey now," he said. "Don't be like Eminem..." He said referring part of the song when he said 'spitting in people's onion rings.'

"Have you ever met him?" Nick asked curiously. Assuming he had but he wasn't sure.

"Once," Justin said thinking about it. "In passing. He said hi and shook my hand... that's about it and before the shock wore off he was gone."

Nick laughed and then stopped when an older man behind them shushed them.

"Sorry," Justin apologized before sinking in his seat, getting comfortable. He let out a content sigh as the previews continued on. About five minutes later the movie started and Justin was already bopping his head to the beat of the song being played on the screen and wowed by the choreography shown.

Nick just sat there and quietly watched, his hand going back and forth to the popcorn and to his mouth.

By the middle of the movie Justin had finished all of his nacho's and half his soda and was now taking some of the popcorn from Nick.

Nick glared playfully at Justin as he attempted to get the bag away from Justin. "Mine."

Justin rolled his eyes as he took the untouched kit Kat from Nick's lap and opened it.

Nick's eyes went wide, pushed the popcorn to Justin and grabbed the kit Kat away.

Justin's mouth dropped before pouting. He took the bag of popcorn and peered inside only to give the bag back to Nick. There were only two full popcorns amidst some broken pieces of popcorn. "Don't want anymore... thanks, though."

Nick looked at his kit Kat, broke it in half and handed part of it to Justin.

Justin smiled at Nick before he shook his head. "Thanks but nah... don't want it," he whispered to him.

"You sure?" Nick asked still trying to hand the chocolate to Justin.

Justin nodded his head. "Yup, I'm sure," he said before turning his attention back to the movie.

Nick shrugged as he grabbed the chocolate, broke it apart and started nibbling on it.

Once Nick was finished with his kitkat Justin decided to be naughty as he grabbed Nick's hand before he could lick his finger clean off the melted chocolate and did it for him before giving Nick back his hand.

Nick turned his face towards Justin with his eyes wide, that was just pure evil!

Justin kept his face as straight as possible and his eyes glued to the movie screen.

Two could play at this game, Nick moved his hand over so it was resting on Justin's inner thigh but if you walked past nobody would be able to tell what was going on.

Justin looked down at his lap before quickly looking around with the corner of his eyes. He placed his hand on top of Nick's, making sure it wouldn't move anyplace higher on his thigh.

Nick rolled his eyes, if Justin got him hard the other man needed to be too.

When Nick tried to move his hand up Justin just held on tighter, linking his fingers with Nick's and resting them between them.

Nick smiled at this, he liked having his hand held by Justin so he could deal with that as he went back to paying attention to the movie.

It wasn't long until the movie ended but neither Nick nor Justin made any attempt to leave the theater until all the people had left, as soon as the credits began to roll up on the screen.

Nick moved his hand from Justin's and started to pack up their stuff.

Justin stood up with his empty tray and cup before walking over the isle and climbing down the steps to the exit. He threw the garbage in the trash can before adjusting his hat lower on his head. "I gotta use the bathroom," he told Nick before nodding his head over to the men's room.

"Me too," Nick said feeling his large coke going through him, not to mention the rest of his food.

Justin nodded his head as he walked into the bathroom before going into one of the free stalls. He quickly went about his business, flushed, walked out of the stall, washed his hands and then dried them, and walking outside to wait for Nick.

Nick came out a second later and washed his hands. He actually had to do more then he did in there but he hated public restrooms and wait until they got home. "Ready?"

"Yeah," Justin said as he headed down the stairs to the first floor and back out to the parking lot. Once they got in the car they headed back for home. "You want to go out for dinner?" He asked,

Nick groaned food didn't sound all that appealing to him right now, nachos, popcorn and chocolate...not to mention pop...that was a LOT of food...that was still moving around in his system.

Justin chuckled. "There's nothing in the house," he reminded Nick before thinking more about it. "Hopefully mama's back home. If you're hungry by dinner time, we'll all just head out to dinner or order in..."

"Sounds good...you can get something now if you want to... just nothing sounds good to me right now to help make a decision." He wiggled in his seat.

"I'm good," Justin said. "I'm sure; we'll all just head out anyways... I'll call Kelly and Eddie, and Marty and Manny... when we get home."

Nick nodded, thinking it would be cool to hang out with everybody. "Okay sounds good."

A few more minutes of driving Justin pulled into this garage and turned the engine off. He grabbed his cell phone as he got out of the car and dialed Kelly's number. He smiled when she answered and he told her his plans for going out to dinner. She agreed and they talked for a little bit more before he got off the phone with her and dialed Marty.

Marty picked the phone up, "Yo."

"Hey," Justin greeted. "Had dinner yet?"

"No..." Marty laughed thinking that was a rather odd thing for Justin to say all of a sudden.

"Good," Justin chuckled. "Wanna meet us for dinner in about an hour or so?"

"Sure...meet where?" Marty asked, glancing over at Manny who was watching TV in his living room. "Significant others invited too?"

"Of course," Justin replied. "I was just going to call Manny after I got off the phone with you... But I was thinking that little Italian restaurant that he went to last year... the family owned one... I forgot the name of it, you remember it right?"

"Sure, and no need to call him he's right here with me." Marty laughed.

"Oh, cool," Justin said smiling. "How... are things going with you guys?"

"Good..." Marty said with a smile on his face that always came when he thought of Manny. "How about you and Nick?"

Nick for some reason was still sitting in the car, when he really should have been heading into the house to go to the bathroom.

"We're..." Justin trailed off as he looked around him, wondering where the hell Nick was. "I think I just lost him," he said, frowning as he backtracked his way back into the garage and found Nick still in the passenger seat. "Never mind... found him. We're good though..."

Marty laughed, "How in the world did you lose him?"

"I thought he was behind me when I walked into the house but he wasn't..." Justin answered. "Listen... I'll see you later okay... tell Manny I said hi." With that he hung up the phone and called out to Nick. "Nick...?"

"Yeah?" Nick said turning to look at Justin.

"You gonna get out of the car anytime soon... we're home," Justin pointed out incase Nick missed it.

"I know," Nick laughed and then winced, "trying to get the cramp in my stomach to go away."

Justin frowned, concerned. "Cramp?" He questioned. "Why are you cramping?"

"I'm fine," Nick said as he got out of the car. "Come on let's go inside."

"You sure?" Justin questioned following Nick into the house just as his mother walked out of her room.

"Hey guys!" Lynn said with a smile. "Oh Justin I got you some things and put them on your bed."

Justin let out a sigh before he laughed. "Thanks mama," he said going over to kiss her on the cheek. "Please tell me you haven't had dinner yet?"

"No I haven't..." Lynn said wondering why Justin was asking that. "What me to make you something?"

"I'll be back," Nick said as he headed down the hall to Justin's room for some reason by passing his own and going into the bathroom.

Justin watched Nick go before turning his attention back to his mom. "Nah," he said. "Gonna go out to eat tonight... the whole gang."

"You want me to come?" Lynn asked with a smile. "You sure you don't just want to be with your friends?"

"Why can't I be with you AND my friends," Justin asked with a smile

"Didn't wanna cramp your style." Lynn laughed.

"I took you as my date to the Grammy's," Justin stressed. "Taking you to dinner with my friends... that's not cramping my style... not in the least... besides you know all of them and they know you."

Lynn smiled, "Okay then...I'll go get ready."

Justin walked up to his room and realized Nick was using his bathroom. He then walked over to his closet and rummaged through it before remembering his mom went shopping and bought him stuff. Turning back around he looked on the bed and saw a bunch of clothes. Walking over he picked up a pair of vintage blue jeans and a regular medium t-shirt. Quickly he put them on before going back to his closest and taking out a dinner jacket. When he'd gotten dressed he sat on the edge of the bed, looking through the rest of the stuff his mom got him.

Nick came out of the bathroom a few minutes later, shutting the door behind him. "You look nice," he said with a small smile.

"Thanks," Justin said with a smile. "Feeling better?"

"Kinda," Nick said not wanting to make a big deal about it.

"Everything alright?" Justin questioned, worried.

Nick nodded as he sat down next to Justin. "My meds are just messing with me...I'll be fine."

Justin wrapped an arm around Nick's shoulder. "That's why you got the cramps?" He asked.

"Well the cramps were 'cause I had to go to the bathroom...really having to go to the bathroom was 'cause of the meds." Nick explained making a face. "You don't wanna go in the bathroom for a few minutes." he said blushing a little.

Justin laughed. "Gee thanks," he said. "But as long as your feeling better..."

Nick giggled, "Yeah...sorry."

"I have a jacket that might fight you," Justin said after a few minutes of silence. "Unless you have a dinner jacket of your own..?"

Nick shook his head, "Nope never actually owned one of those."

Justin got up and walked over to his closet... picking out a black one before walking back over to Nick. "Try this on," he asked handing it over to Nick.

Nick pulled the jacket on and smiled when it fit perfectly. "Thanks baby," he said giving Justin a soft kiss on the lips, not wanting to get too into things right now. If he had his way they would get one more time alone when they got home.

Justin smiled. "Don't mention it," he said as he headed out of his room and down to the living room, waiting for his mom to come out so they could head out to dinner.

Nick followed Justin downstairs, "Where are we going for dinner?" he asked curiously.

"This little family owned Italian place, not too far from here," Justin said. "And for the life of me, can't remember its name."

"Oh sounds nice," Nick said remembering going out with Anne only a few days ago.

Lynn came walking down the stairs in dress slacks and a nice blouse. "You boys ready?"

"Yeah," Justin said getting up and smiling at his mom. "You look good, kinda like you're going out on a business dinner." He chuckled.

"I just bought it and wanted to try it out." Lynn said as she playfully stuck her tongue out at Justin.

Nick giggled, "Come on...we're gonna be late."

Justin laughed as he escorted them out to the garage and got opened the passenger door of his Mercedes for his mom watching as Nick got in the back seat. He then walked around and got in behind the wheel. Once he started the car he got out of the driveway and headed over to the restaurant.

End of Chapter Ninety