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This story is fiction and it doesn't imply any truth about the true sexuality of any BSB member! PLease write and let me know what you think..any feedback is welcome!! Of course I like the good kind!
BSB on Vacation 3-4
"Why do you think they ran off?" Brian asked Nick as they drove back to the hotel.
When the guys came out of the restaurant they saw Alyx and Katy speeding off in the black Cougar they affectionately called Monty, neither one of them looking back at the distraught faces of those left behind.
"Why do you think Brian, we lied to them. We deliberately hid who we were to the first down to earth people we've met since our first tour!" Nick snapped in reply. He rolled his eyes and returned to staring out the window. All he could think about was the way Alyx smiled when he brought up Brian and Katy; he was already missing this smile. The way you could practically see the proverbial twinkle in his eyes that is always used as a cliche in situations like this. How was he going to make up for this mistake? How could he apologize to Alyx for lying to him? And how was he going to explain to him the deep rooted feelings he was already having for him.
Nick didn't know it but the same time similar thoughts were streaming through Brian's head, but about Katy of course. He couldn't wait until he saw her the next day at the front desk. He needed to make this right. He had never needed anything so bad in his life. He had never been known to have an addictive personality, but it was apparent he was already addicted to Katy, and he knew Nick felt the same for Alyx.
"We gotta get em back bro," Brian stated, pointing out what was obviously on both of their minds.
"Yeah, I know," Nick conceded. "The question though is, how?"
"I don't know, but I'm not going back until we do, she's that important to me and I know Alyx is to you too."
On the car ride home all that Alyx and Katy could think of was the veil of deception that was pulled over them and then suddenly removed.
"Why the FUCK did he have to be so damn charming?" Katy yelled to no one in particular.
Alyx was a little unsettled by this sign of frustration, but fully understood where it was coming from. When it came to matters of the heart, Katy was as cynical as they came, one of her traits that Alyx liked the least. Oddly enough though, as he watched her with Brian he noticed those shrouds of cynicism slowly falling away, and now with his own sudden onslaught of heartbreak he understood why she buried herself in those shrouds, without them you are naked. Exposed to the harsh elements of life, allowing yourself to be weathered by the storms that ensue. Alyx had been tossed around by the gales of romance and heartbreak before, but he understood one thing that Katy refused to incorporate in her little philosophy of life; yeah heart break was painful, but the happiness of love is always well worth it.
Now Alyx was no where near as cynical as Katy, but he had never believed in the possibility of love at first sight, so why did he feel this way for Nick? He tried to reason with himself. 'Its just because he's the one celebrity I've always fantasized about, and now I've met him and gotten to know him. Since it is him though, I can get over this because he can't be gay, I'd just be wasting my time pining over him.' Alyx realized that the logic he was using on himself was similar to the logic Katy always used on herself, he couldn't have that. There was no way he would let himself become as callused as her.
"What are we gonna do Katydid?" he asked in a quiet voice, hoping she didn't hear the pain that he knew was obvious.
"You don't have to do anything, honey," she replied. "You can go on with your life pretending none of this ever happened, I on the other hand, can't just not go to work until they're gone. I can't afford not to go to work, but I also can't stand to ever look at them again."
"Well honey, they probably didn't want to say anything to anyone about who they were in an attempt to avoid the droves of teeny boppers that would surround the hotel and make your job absolutely miserable. See, they were trying to help," Alyx said in an attempt to lighten the mood in the car.
Katy just glared at him. The kind of glare he hated, when she was in a mood like this, one look from her could stop lava dead in its tracks. "And how do you figure they were trying to help me in particular? They didn't know who I was when they made the reservations, and I understand them not broadcasting who they were to the entire city. But we confided things in them, YOU FUCKING CAME OUT TO THEM!" Katy's Irish temper was flaring now, she realized she was raising her voice to an innocent party, and calmed down a little. Once she regrouped she continued with her thought.
"The reason I find this so unforgivable is because you confided the most dangerous skeleton in your closet, and they just played it off as if it meant nothing to them. You even opened that conversation with your need to be honest, and that was a hint that you needed honesty in return. Can you believe that Brian, when we were outside, even went so far as to say that he thought Nick was interested in you, and that he and I should get you two together? He has got some nerve, let me tell you."
All Alyx could think of to reply to that was, "He thought Nick was interested in me?"
Katy couldn't help but chuckle as they pulled up to her apartment. "Wanna spend the night tonight, Hon? We could just sit up all night and have a "We-hate-men-fest" like we have so many times before? With ice cream and stupid movies?"
"Sounds good. Is my extra stuff still here? More importantly...is it clean?"
"Yes, you know that." Katy and Alyx each had a spare toothbrush, pajamas and a change of clothes at each other's apartments for occasions such as this.
The next morning Brian and Nick were in the lobby as Katy came in to work. "Where's Alyx?" Nick said, practically jumping over some poor elderly woman waiting for her husband to finish checking them in.
"Mr. Carter, Mr. Littrell, good morning to you both. I hope you have a pleasant day," she said with forced civility. And walked behind the counter to begin work, hoping they would go away.
"I need to talk to Alyx, Katy. Please, tell me how to get hold of him." The desperation in Nick's voice was obvious, and it showed there must be something there, but Katy was very protective when it came to her friends, especially Alyx, so she wasn't planning on making this easy for him.
"Now why would you want to do that," she said in a snide voice, hoping her boss didn't hear her.
"Because I think I love him," he said quietly, his eyes shifting to the floor.
"If that's the case, why can't you look me in the eyes to tell me?" Her impatience with these two "pests" was getting more apparent.
Nick looked up and fixed his clear blue eyes on Katy's, "I love him, and I need him, I have to apologize to him. Please let me talk to him and explain myself. He doesn't have to accept me, I just want to let him know how I feel." With that last comment tears formed in his eyes. He was serious.
"He's at my apartment, here's the address," she said as she scribbled something on a scratch of paper. "He wasn't awake when I left, so he might still him be in bed, give him some time to get ready. I'll call him and let you know when he's ready." Katy punched in, and began her day, trying to ignore the fact that Brian was still standing at the counter waiting for her to acknowledge him. Fortunately a large family with screaming children approached the counter to check in. In the commotion Brian shrunk away from the crowd realizing that trying to approach her in this situation would prove to be more bad than good.
Twenty minutes later Katy had gotten everything situated; even arranging for some babysitting for the evening so the two frazzled parents could have a quiet dinner together. She then picked up the phone to call her friend.
"Alyx," she purred into the receiver when the machine picked up. "I know you're there, pick up the phone."
"What," Alyx whined when he picked up the phone.
"I forgot to tell you, the stove is on the fritz, and someone is coming over today to fix it."
"What time?" Alyx asked sleepily. "I don't really feel like getting up today, can't you reschedule?"
"He'll be there at about noon, and no I can't reschedule, I've canceled too many times due to all my extra shifts at work. Do you want me to come and take over your kitchen every night?"
"Oh GOD no, I know the messes you make when you cook, I don't want to deal with that, well Mary Ann anyway." Mary Ann was Alyx's housekeeper, she had been with the Hargrove family since Alyx was born.
"Okay, I'll be up and ready when he gets here. WELL SHIT! That only gives me 2 hours to get ready." It was apparent Alyx was waking up, his sarcastic side was shining through.
"Well you better get cracking now, huh?" Katy said with a giggle. "I'll call you later." And with that she hung up the phone.
She then called up to Nick's room. "He'll be presentable to company by about 11:30, I told him someone was coming by at noon to fix the stove," Katy explained when someone answered the phone.
"Katy?" was the reply. "Its Brian, can we talk now?"
"I'm sorry Mr. Littrell. Oh, I mean Carter. Could you please deliver that message to your friend? I have to get back to work." She had barely said the final syllable when she hung up the phone and went to work restocking the credit card receipts and other such paperwork.