Warnings and Disclaimers:
I don't know any of the members of NSYNC, BSB or any celebrity mentioned. I don't know anything about their sexual orientation or the orientation of any other celebrities in this story (even though I wish some of them were gay). This story is fiction and you shouldn't take it for anything else but that. This is only for entertainment value only folks. Hope you enjoy the show oh I mean reading.
"I could never love again the way that I loved you, I could never cry again like I did when I left you...I could never love again now that we're apart" Debbie Gibson
Foolish Beat
Chapter -- 50 by JT Poole
// Memphis, TN -- The Starlight Hotel -- Almost Midnight Sunday -- Kevin and Justin's Room //
"Who the hell is that?" Kevin asks, getting out of the bed, walking over to the door. "Who's there?"
"Kevin please open the door, it's Tobey." Tobey says loud enough for Kevin and most of the people on the floor to hear.
"What the hell do you want man?" Kevin asks, opening the door to see Tobey standing there crying.
"Something's wrong with Nick Kevin, I need your help!" Tobey shouts, grabbing Kevin by his hand and pulling him out of the room down the hall.
"What's going on man?" Kevin asks, as the two of them get inside of the room.
"We were talking and he started freaking out. He ran into the bathroom and locked himself in." Tobey says, walking over to the door. "He was going crazy screaming in there, but he kicked something and then he stopped, and I haven't heard anything since. After a few minutes of him not saying anything, I started pounding on the doors. He still didn't say anything so I opened the room door to get a security guard, but they were gone. So I ran to your room."
"How long ago did this start?" Kevin asks. "What were you two talking about?"
"He was saying something about Lou Pearlman and he started freaking out and ran into the bathroom. The only thing he would say was no." Tobey states, turning away from Kevin as his tears started again.
"Oh shit, I totally forgot. This is just great." Kevin says, knocking on the door, still not getting a reply Nick. "We might have to break this puppy down. Go get Sean and the others."
"Okay." Tobey says, running out of the room as Kevin starts, ramming the door.
"Come on Nick please be okay." Kevin says, kicking the door now as the door bursts open and he spots Nick on the floor. "Oh God, Nick!"
"What's going on in here?" Sean asks, running into the room with Joey, JC, Brian and Chris.
"Oh God Nick. We have to get him to the hospital." Kevin says, cradling Nick in his arms.
"What happened to him?" Sean asks, pulling out his cell phone and making a call to JT.
"We were talking and he started freaking out about Lou Pearlman." Tobey says, wiping at his eyes.
"Lou? Why would he be freaking out about Lou?" Joey asks.
"It's a long story." Brian says as he wrapped his arms around Chris.
"Did Lou do something to Nick? Has Lou been here?" Sean asks looking at Brian and then Kevin. "Tobey was Lou here?"
"Not that I know of. When we got back here he was explaining to me why the need for extra security and that was all that happened before he went into the bathroom and started freaking out." Tobey explains.
"We need to get him to the hospital. Looks like he's barely breathing!" Kevin shouts.
"I don't think we should move him. We should let the EMTs move him." Sean says as his cell phone starts ringing. "Hello?"
"Sean is there something wrong?" JT asks.
"We have a problem brewing right now. Could you get down here to Nick Carter's room please?" Sean asks, as Joey and Kevin look at him with a touch of hatred in their eyes.
"I will be down in a few minutes." JT says, hanging up the phone.
"Why did you call him?" Joey asks.
"I called him because it's his job to know what's going on. We have had this discussion already." Sean says, glaring at Joey. "I am not about to have it again."
"Well would someone mind telling me what's going on here? What caused this to happen?" Tobey asks, looking around the room.
"Not now." Kevin and Brian said in unison.
// 1 ½ Hours Later -- Baptist Medical Center/Emergency Waiting Room -- Early Monday Morning //
"What did the doctor say?" Tobey asks, pacing back in forth as Sean, JT and Johnny walk into the room with sad looks on their faces.
"Don't keep us waiting. What did the doctors say?" Brian asks, walking over to where JT and Sean stood.
"It seems that Nick had a seizure." Sean says.
"A seizure? What kind of seizure?" Tobey asks.
"He had a Tonic-clonic seizure better known as a Grand Mal..." Sean says, as Tobey gasps and falls to the floor.
"Oh my God. Someone help him, get a nurse." JT states, rushing over to where Tobey laid on the floor.
"I think he's going to be okay." Brian says, holding Tobey's head in his head. "I think he just fainted is all."
"Does someone need help in here?" A woman asks, walking into the waiting room.
"Yes ma'am." JT says, pointing over at Tobey, still laying in Brian's arms.
"Can one of you gentlemen help him into this chair please?" The woman asks, as Brian and Chris picks Tobey up off the floor and sits him in the chair. "Maybe this will help bring him back to us."
"What is that smell?" Tobey asks, opening his eyes, trying to get the strange smell out of his face. "That smells disgusting."
"Yeah it does, but it wakes up anything." The woman says. "Do you feel any pain anywhere sir?"
"No...no, I think I'm fine." Tobey replies, looking around to see that all eyes were on him.
"Okay sir. If you plan on fainting in the future, do it while sitting." The woman says smiling at Tobey.
"Thank you ma'am." Tobey says, smiling back at her.
"You all do know that we have a private waiting room down the hall? If you like, I can open it up for you." The woman says.
"That would be very nice." Sean says as the woman stands up and walks towards the door.
"Just follow me and I will let you all in." The woman says as they walk out of the regular waiting room.
// A Few Hours Later -- Lance's Room //
"Baby I am so sorry. I should have never treated you the way I did." JC says, holding Lance's hand. "Why did you do it baby? Why did you start using drugs? What happened that was so bad for you to take all those
drugs?"
"You is what happened to him Josh. You hurt him and you know you did." Justin says, standing behind JC.
"This isn't all my fault Justin. You heard the doctor, he's been using drugs over a long period of time." JC states, turning around to look at Justin. "I don't think its my fault that he started using drugs. It had to be something else...something else like the drama you caused for the two of us!"
"You might have a point there. I might be responsible for this because of all the grief I inflicted on the two of you." Justin says, a tear rolling down his face. "I might have contributed to the problem, but you compounded it more when you broke up with him."
"What are you two doing in here?" Diane Bass, Lance's mother asks walking into the room.
"D-Diane, when did you get here?" JC asks, turning around to look at the woman.
"I got here a half hour ago." Diane answers, walking past Justin and JC over to Lance's bed, sitting down in the chair near him. "Why? Why did you let this happen to my son?"
"Diane..." JC says as she interrupts him.
"Josh there's nothing you can say to get me to understand any of this. You said you loved him and that you would never hurt him. He's hurt Josh.
Why?" Diane asks.
"I don't know why Diane. I don't know why he did any of this. We are not sure if he did this or if Lou had something to do with this." JC replies, walking closer to Lance's bed as Diane stands up.
"Josh I don't think you need to step any closer. I don't think you deserve to be in here." Diane says in a cold tone.
"Diane please..." JC says as Diane turns her back away from him and starts to speak.
"I think it would be best if you just go." Diane speaks, her voice shaky a little bit. "As long as I am around Josh, I don't want you around my son."
"Diane that's not..." JC says as Diane interrupts him again.
"Josh please leave or I will call hospital security and have you escorted out." Diane says, this time making her words harsh.
"Regardless of what you think about me Diane I still love Lance and I always will." JC says, tears falling from his eyes as he walks out of Lance's room.
"I think you should leave too Justin." Diane says, looking in Justin's direction.
"Diane..." Justin whines.
"Go Justin. Unlike Josh, I don't think you caused my baby's pain." Diane says, sitting back down in the chair next to Lance's bed.
// In the Private Waiting Area //
"So who's going to wait here and who's going back home?" Johnny asks, pulling out a clipboard.
"This is just a bump in the road Johnny. I don't think we need to cancel the rest of the concert." JT says, sitting down next to his boyfriend Nick. "Don't you think you are jumping the gun a little bit about this?"
"No I don't believe that JT. We have two performers in here." Johnny says.
"So what Johnny we have two performers in here. Your point being? Nick will be fine in a day or so and well we can deal with Lance's problem in a few days when he gets out of here." JT says as Justin and JC walk into the room.
"My point is they will have to miss some shows. The next show will have to be a cancellation." Johnny says, pulling out a calendar from his briefcase.
"No it doesn't have to be a cancellation. We can just reschedule the ones we can't make. I don't see no reason for us to cancel the rest of the
tour." JT says, pulling out his PalmPilot. "After talking to the doctor, I know we will miss the next show date, but we can make that one up on one of the guys' off dates."
"When do you think we can reschedule this one? This calendar is already bulky JT." Johnny says, as Sean clears his throat.
"Look right here guys this is traveling time. We can use that time there for a show." Sean says, pointing at a date on Johnny's calendar.
"How do you suppose they get back to Pennsylvania in time to do this concert Sean?" Johnny asks.
"They can catch a flight." JT and Sean says in unison, looks at each other and laughs.
"Okay then I guess that's settled." Johnny says, looking at the two men. "I just hope you two can pull that off."
"We are going to pull it off." Sean says.
"Yeah, but those guys might get mad with us." JT says.
"Well it's to please their fans." Sean says.
"Well are you guys sure of this?" Johnny asks, making notes on the calendar. "Once I leave here, I am going to get started making these changes."
"Well let's get the guys in here and see if we can make this float." JT says, smiling when Nick walks into the room carrying coffee.
// A Few More Hours Later -- Nick's Hospital Room //
"How you feeling baby?" Tobey asks, walking into the room where Nick was taken.
"I feel...feel like something ran me over." Nick answers him, sitting up in bed, looking around the room. "Where am I?"
"You are in the hospital baby." Tobey says, sitting in the chair next to Nick's bed.
"What am I doing here baby? Did something happen?" Nick asks, rubbing his forehead, trying to remember what happened to him.
"You had a seizure last night and we brought you here." Tobey replies, just as there's a knock at the door.
"Come in." Nick says, as Kevin, Brian and Chris walk into the room.
"How you feeling Nicky?" Kevin asks, walking around to the other side of the bed.
"I feel like someone ran over me. Why did I have a seizure?" Nick asks, looking at the men in the room.
"Ah well...we don't know Nick none of us were with you. Only you and maybe Tobey can answer that." Brian says, standing next to Kevin.
"Do you remember what happened last night baby?" Tobey asks, scared to bring up the subject and cause pain to his lover.
"No...not exactly baby. What caused me to have this seizure?" Nick asks.
"You were upset baby. You were upset about Lou baby, Lou Pearlman." Tobey says, standing up now, preparing himself for what might happen. "I didn't know what was going on baby. You went into the bathroom and started screaming and then you got quiet."
"Baby don't cry." Nick says, pulling Tobey into his arms.
"I'm sorry baby." Tobey says. "I didn't know what was going on. I was really scared."
"I'm sorry for scaring you Tobey, I didn't mean to." Nick says as he and Tobey kiss.
"Mmmm you taste good." Tobey moans as Brian, Chris and Kevin all chuckle at him. "Well he does."
"Yeah yeah whateva." Brian says as there's another knock at the door.
"Come in." Nick says, looking at the guys in the room, wondering who else it could be at the door. "Who could that be? What time is it anyway?"
"It's almost six in the morning."
"Hello Nick, how are you feeling?" JT asks, walking into the room with Sean, Johnny and his Nick.
"When are people going to stop asking me that?" Nick asks, giggling a little bit. "I feel fine now, but earlier I felt like someone had ran over me."
"That bad huh. Well hopefully it will get better while we are resting." JT says, shaking Nick's hand. "I'm JT Poole. I don't think we got a chance to meet last night."
"Nick Carter and no we didn't." Nick says, smiling nervously. "Why are you here?"
"I'm the co-tour manager." JT says, as he looks around the room to see that for once the men in the room were smiling.
"Okay." Nick says, looking at the looks on everyone's face. "I guess you are cool since no one is arguing or complaining."
"We did that already." Brian says, laughing as a look of panic flashed across JT's face. "He's cool so far, we just have to treat him like we treat Sean."
"Great I will be dead before noon." JT says as the guys all start laughing.
"Hopefully they won't treat you that bad, even though I feel that way sometimes." Sean says, patting JT on the back.
"Well I just wanted to come by and meet you Mr. Carter before I left." JT says, shaking Nick's hand again. "I hope you feel better."
"You leaving already? I thought you were going to be sticking around." Nick says, sitting back up.
"Oh I will be sticking around. I'm just going ahead to the next stop to make some special arrangements." JT says, waving as he walks towards the door. "Sean I will give you a call tonight."
"Will be looking for it." Sean says as JT walks out of the room.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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