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If you don't want to read about male/male gay sexual relationships, go away. You shouldn't waste your time with this story.
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I don't know any of the members of 'N Sync, or any other celebrities that may be mentioned in this story. This story in no way is meant to imply anything about 'N Sync, and any other celebrities sexualities, personalities, or anything else. This is a work of pure fiction.
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====================================== If I Ain't Got You -- Chapter 10 by JT Poole
// Orlando, FL -- Florida Hospital -- Nick's Room //
"Someone get the doctor in here now!" Jane screamed, trying to hold Nick down.
"Let me go! Let me go!" Nick screamed out.
"Nick baby what's wrong?" Jane asked, still trying to hold Nick from kicking and thrashing around.
"Stay away from me Brian! Stop! You are hurting me!" Nick screamed, still struggling to get away from Jane.
"Oh baby stop, I am not Brian. Brian isn't here, he's far far away." Jane stated, trying to hug Nick to her chest to calm him down.
"No! No! No! Don't Touch Me! Don't TOUCH ME BRIAN!" Nick screamed, pushing Jane to the floor and running to the corner, holding his knees to his chest.
"No mom, stay back from him." Leslie spoke as the doctor walked into the room.
"Mr. Carter please calm down. I think this will calm you down." Dr. Donaldson spoke, injecting Nick with something causing him to fall out.
"What did you do to him doctor?" Jane asked, walking over to Nick.
"I gave him a little something to make him sleep." Dr. Donaldson spoke.
"Why is he like this?" Jane asked.
"I think he's finally coming back to reality and some how reliving what happened to him." Dr. Donaldson spoke, writing something down in his notepad.
"Oh no." Aaron stated.
"So you are saying that he's just now remembering what happened to him?" Leslie asked, walking over to the doctor.
"That's right Ms. Carter." Dr. Donaldson spoke, writing more things down on his clipboard. "He will sleep for the rest of the day and possibly the night. I think he will want to be alone for a while. Just give him some space for the rest of the day and hopefully tomorrow will be different."
"Doctor I am not going to leave my baby like this." Jane stated.
"There's nothing you can do right now Mrs. Carter. Your son is out and down for the count for the rest of the day. He's going to stay that way for a couple of hours." Dr. Donaldson stated, walking to the door. "Just give him a little time Mrs. Carter, he's going to take all of this very hard."
"From what you told me already about his personality now, he's already taking it hard. How is he going to cope with what's happened to him?" Jane asked, tears streaking her face.
"I don't know. It's going to take some time, but I am quite sure he will deal with it." Dr. Donaldson spoke, walking out of the room as Angela walked into the room.
"Hello." Angela spoke to Jane as she walked over to Nick's bed. "I'm Angela Sebastian, I will be Nick's nurse while he's here."
"What happened to Peaches?" Aaron asked. "I thought she was going to be his nurse while he was here."
"I think you are referring to Tichina, am I correct?" Angela asked, walking over to Aaron. "She was reassigned to the Pediatrics Ward."
"Yeah that's her. She was cool." Aaron spoke, walking over to the window and sitting on the ledge.
"Well I am not an old stiff or anything, I hope I still got some spunk." Angela stated, laughing a little as Aaron looked on. "Okay I will be back in an hour to check on him. You all have a good day."
"Bye now." Aaron stated, looking away again.
"I think I better contact Ms. Michaels and tell her what happened here. She might need to know about this." Jane stated.
"That's a good idea mom. I think I am going to head back to the hotel, do you want me to bring you back anything?" Leslie asked.
"No that's okay, I will be going back to the hotel too. I don't see any reason for me to stay here while he's asleep." Jane stated, smoothing Nick' s hair away from his face and kissing him on the cheek. "I love you Nick."
// JT's Office //
"Daddy J I have a big problem." Kasai stated, walking into JT's office and sitting down in the chair in front of the desk.
"What's up buddy?" JT asked.
"I think I am like you and Daddy Mark." Kasai stated, tears building in his eyes.
"You think you're what buddy?" JT asked, getting up and walking around his desk to sit next to Kasai.
"For the last couple of weeks I have been having these thoughts, these well ah, well sexual thoughts about guys and I don't know what to do." Kasai stated, hugging JT and crying on his shoulder.
"Now now buddy, there is nothing for you to be crying for." JT stated, patting Kasai on the back. "If you are gay son that's okay with me as long as you be true to you."
"But but..." Kasai stated, getting cut off by JT.
"But nothing son. If you are gay you are gay, there's nothing wrong with that, your father and me are gay. I am not going to love you any less." JT stated, causing Kasai to smile.
"What about everyone else, what about grandma, what about Lisa?" Kasai asked.
"The only thing I can tell you son is to tell the truth to her and not lead her on." JT stated, getting back up to grab his phone. "Don't worry about grandma, I will handle her. First, I think you need to help me out."
"Help you out?" Kasai asked.
"Yeah, it's about time for Justin's session. Want to join me?" JT asked, causing a bigger smile to spread across Kasai's face.
"Would I ever. Thanks Daddy J." Kasai stated, getting up and hugging JT again. "You are the coolest dad I know."
"Yeah you say that now. Wait until Mark does something you like next week and then he will be the coolest dad ever." JT stated, laughing.
"No he won't, you are still the coolest dad for me." Kasai stated, hugging JT around the neck as there was a knock at the door.
"Hi Steve, what's up?" JT asked as Steve walked into the room.
"Hey little man, what's up with you?" Steve asked, walking over to Kasai and hugging him.
"Nothing at all." Kasai stated with a scared look on his face.
"What's wrong? Did I interrupt something?" Steve asked, looking between the two. "Did I just interrupt one of those father son moments?"
"No you didn't. I think we are done talking." Kasai spoke, getting up.
"Well boss, Justin is ready and he's down in the Rec Room." Steve stated.
"Oh well I guess it's time to go shock him back to walking again." JT stated, getting up out of his chair and grabbing his crutches.
"Daddy J I think you better get back in the chair, you might hurt yourself again." Kasai spoke.
"I will be alright buddy, don't worry yourself about me." JT stated, stepping out of the room, heading towards the elevator.
"Steve wait. Can I talk to you for a minute?" Kasai asked, grabbing Steve by the arm.
"Sure what's up little man?" Steve asked, sitting down in the chair and patting the seat next to him for Kasai to sit down.
"Well I did something I don't know if I was supposed to do." Kasai stated, holding his head down.
"What was it little man?" Steve asked.
"I had sex." Kasai stated.
"With Lisa?" Steve asked. "Cool man."
"No, with a guy from school." Kasai stated.
"A guy from school!" Steve screamed. "You had sex with a guy from school? Are you gay?"
"Shhhh, yes I'm gay." Kasai stated. "Dang, now I wish I hadn't told you. I think I would have had better luck talking to Aunt Angie."
"It's cool man, I am just surprised. I had always suspected, but I wasn't sure if you were or not." Steve spoke, hugging Kasai. "You cool with me buddy."
"Are you sure Steve?" Kasai asked.
"Yes I'm sure kid, nothing is gonna change because you like guys instead of girls." Steve stated. "Is that what you and the boss were talking about?"
"Well no, I only told him about being gay, I didn't tell him I slept with someone already. I don't know how he's gonna react and basically I am scared he will kick my ass for it."
"Hey, little big person, no cursing." Steve stated, looking at Kasai sternly.
"Sorry Steve, I didn't mean to. I am just scared. Daddy J will be upset with me and I don't even want to think about what Daddy Mark will do." Kasai stated.
// Up in Nick's Room //
"Hi there." Angela spoke, walking into Nick's room to see a man sitting in the chair besides the bed.
"Hello miss." Kevin spoke.
"Hi, I'm Angela his day shift nurse." Angela spoke, extending her hand to Kevin.
"Hi, ahhh I'm Kevin." Kevin stated, shaking her hand.
"I don't think I have seen you here before." Angela stated.
"Ah yeah, this is my first time here since he was moved up here." Kevin stated.
"Okay." Angela stated, holding Nick's wrist, getting his pulse rate. "So are you a friend of Mr. Carter's?"
"Ah yes I am." Kevin states. "We sing together in a band."
"A band?" Angela stated, turning to look at Kevin again. "Oh my God, I didn't see it before. Nicholas Carter and you are Kevin. You two are the Backstreet Boys."
"Yes we are, along with AJ, Howie and Brian." Kevin said that with a little bit of sarcasm in his voice.
"Oh my. What happened to him?" Angela asked. "It doesn't really say what the problem is with him on his chart."
"I don't think I can tell you that miss, that's not my place to tell." Kevin stated.
"You can call me Angela or Angie." Angela stated, walking over to the sink and washing her hands. "I am done here. If you or Mr. Carter need something just let me know."
"I...I will." Kevin stated, seeing her to the door. (What a moron)
"Have a good evening sir." Angela stated, walking out of the room and back down to the nurses station.
"Who's in that room Angela?" One of the other nurses asked.
"That's confidential information, I can't tell you that Carly." Angela spoke.
"Oh must be one of those celebrities." The young woman stated.
"I can't tell you and just drop it girl." Angela stated, walking down the hall in the other direction.
"I'm going to see who's in that room." The young woman stated, looking down the hall to see if Angela was out of sight, then walking in the direction of Nick's room.
Walking into the room, the young woman saw Nick Carter lying in a bed asleep and Kevin Richardson sitting in the chair next to the bed, holding Nick's hand.
"Oh my God it's Nick Carter and Kevin Richardson." The young woman spoke, turning around to bump into Angela standing there.
"What are you doing Carly?" Angela asked, standing there tapping her foot looking at Carly.
"Uh uh, ah Uh. I was just trying to see who it was in the room." The young woman spoke.
"Did I not just tell you that was confidential?" Angela asked.
"Yes you did, but I didn't do anything but look in." The young woman spoke. "I didn't hurt anything."
"You did hurt something, you did something wrong. You broke hospital protocol Carly, I am sorry but I have no choice but to place you on suspension. You will go before the board next week and they will let you know rather or not you still have a job here." Angela spoke.
"But I didn't do anything that warrants termination." Carly spoke.
"But you broke the rules and this isn't your first time. You are dismissed, someone else will work the remainder of your shift." Angela stated walking back into the room. "I'm so sorry Kevin, I hope she didn't cause you any trouble."
"It's okay Angela, she didn't do anything." Kevin stated.
"Are you okay? You look like something is wrong." Angela spoke, walking over to Kevin.
"I don't think I need to talk about what's bothering me right now, too much stuff going on." Kevin stated.
"Well if you change your mind I am here, I am a good listener." Angela stated, walking over to Nick, checking his vitals quickly and heading to the door.
"Hey Angela, I think I do need to talk." Kevin spoke, getting up. "Are you able to listen for a few minutes?"
"Sure I am available to talk and listen Kevin." Angela stated. Heading over to the table in the room.
"How about something to drink, we have coffee and Coke." Kevin offered, opening the little refrigerator in the room.
"A cup of coffee would do the trick." Angela stated, sitting down at the table as Kevin poured her a cup of coffee.
"What's your poison?" Kevin asked. "Dark? Light? Do you take it with cream and sugar?"
"Some cream and two packs of sugar will do it." Angela stated as Kevin walked over with a cold drink for himself and her cup of coffee.
"So what's on your mind Kevin?" Angela asked, taking a sip from her coffee.
"I feel partially responsible for what happened to Nick." Kevin stated. "I knew he was having problems and I basically ignored him. I was too busy dealing with things that didn't matter that I didn't want to see the things that were really happening. When he was younger, I told him I would always be there for him, but when he needed me I wasn't around"
As Kevin spoke to Angela, telling her things that he didn't know if he could trust her with, the tears slowly fell from his eyes. Listening to the whole sad, but story, Nick open his eyes gets out of bed and walks over to the table where Kevin and Angela are sitting. Sitting down at the table, Nick stares at Kevin strangely.
"What's up Kev?" Nick asked, looking at Kevin and Angela strangely. "Fuck my head hurts. Feels like I'm on fire."
"Angela what's wrong with him?" Kevin asked, getting upset. "Why does his eyes look like that, he looks drunk and on drugs."
"I am not exactly sure, but I think it could be a reaction to whatever Dr. Donaldson gave him." Angela stated, getting up from the table, going over to the phone on the wall and paging Dr. Donaldson. "I am quite sure Dr. Donaldson can tell us what's going on."
"Doctor? Who has a doctor?" Nick asked, looking between Kevin and Angela. "Are one of you sick?"
"You do Nick." Kevin spoke.
"Why? There's nothing wrong with me." Nick stated, getting out of the chair.
"Something happened to you and we had to put you in the hospital." Kevin stated.
"Well I don't know why, I feel perfectly fine." Nick stated, walking over to Angela. "Hi, Nick Carter and you are?"
"Hi, I'm Angela Sebastian, HNIC." Angela spoke.
"What is HNIC?" Nick asked, looking at Angela strange.
"Head Nurse in Charge." Angela spoke, with a small giggle.
"So Kev is this your new squeeze?" Nick asked, looking at Kevin and Angela, then looking at the position of their hands on the table.
"Well no, we just met." Kevin spoke, looking at Angela with a glint in his eyes.
"Then why are you two holding hands?" Nick asked, kneeling down between them. "If you are holding hands there must be something there."
"We just met today." Angela spoke.
"That's right Nicky, there's nothing going on right now. I needed to talk and she was willing to listen to me." Kevin spoke.
"Well whatever. I think you two make a cute couple." Nick stated, getting up, causing Kevin to blush and Angela to look away with a shy smile. "Where are we Kev?"
"We are in Orlando." Kevin spoke as Dr. Donaldson walked into the room.
"What seems to be the problem Angela?" Dr. Donaldson asked, walking over to her.
"Mr. Carter awoke just a moment ago and his eyes are bloodshot. He was complaining of headache and he is running a fever of 102.5." Angela spoke.
"Thanks Angela, let's see what we have here." Dr. Donaldson spoke as Nick laid down in bed at the encouragement of Kevin. "He has all of the signs of being in anaphylactic shock."
"There's nothing wrong with me, I am okay." Nick stated. "I feel fine."
"So your headache is gone and your are not burning up?" Dr. Donaldson asked, looking at Nick closely now.
"I feel fine now." Nick stated as the doctor flashed his penlight in his eyes.
"Can I go home now?" Nick asked.
"No you may not young man, I am going to order that you be observed here for 72 more hours to make sure that you are okay." Dr. Donaldson spoke.
"I am fine I said. I want to go home." Nick spoke.
"Listen to the doctor Nicky, he knows what's best for you." Kevin spoke.
"No Kev, I want to go home." Nick stated, sitting up in bed and pouting.
"Well you can't so there." Kevin spoke, walking over to where Angela was standing.
"Okay doctor I will do that." Angela spoke, writing stuff down on her notepad. "I will get that taken care of."
"Alright Angela I will get an update from you in the morning." Dr. Donaldson spoke leaving the room.
"Angela, could I say something to you?" Kevin asked, stepping closer to Angela.
"Yeah sure." Angela spoke, turning to see Kevin.
"I want to thank you for listening to me." Kevin spoke, leaning in and kissing her on the cheek. "Thank you for being here to listen."
"It was no problem Kevin." Angela spoke, smiling widely.
"Look ah, are you going to be busy later?" Kevin asked.
"Since I am working OT, my shift will be over around seven." Angela spoke. "Why?"
"Can I take you out to grab something to eat?" Kevin asked. "Like dinner or something?"
"I will be honored to." Angela spoke. "I have this hour and you can meet me down at the nurses station or I can come back here."
"Come back here, that would give him a reason to be all sappy with you in private." Nick spoke.
"Oh shush." Kevin spoke, looking back at Angela. "So it's a date then?"
"It's a date Kevin. See you around seven." Angela spoke walking towards the door.
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