Mark and Rye

Homecoming

Hi again. Well here it is finally. The next installment of the Mark and Rye series. The usual disclaimers apply here. I don't know Westlife or any other celebrity and certainly don't know the sexual orientation or their feelings regarding being gay. This is all made up in my wicked little mind. This continues where Mark and Rye left off and will be written in the same style, my style, which is lots of sappy and romantic fluff that hopefully will have you crying along with me.

The work is mine and unless you have my permission you can't post it anywhere else.

This is a story about gay relationships and if you shouldn't be here due to local laws or your age or whatever then leave now, otherwise continue on and enjoy.

Authors Notes: I experimented on how to introduce the bedrooms. Basically the three bedrooms are identical except for color scheme. So you will see how I start with one room and one couple and then move to another couple. There are three different rooms here not just one. It's hard to explain but hopefully you will catch on and it won't be too weird.

• Almost There -

"We just pulled into the city," Rye announced.

Everyone sat up a little straighter and looked around. It was odd but everyone felt a little nervous. Tour was over and they were all starting a brand new life. The boys with Jill and Rye. Matt and Andy with their adopted brothers. Ed and Jay were going to be sharing an apartment with Carl and Alex and that relationship was developing as well.

Rye turned and saw all the looks and he smiled, "Okay so we get home and do the grand tour. Then we say goodbye to Ed, Jay, Carl and Alex as they head out to pack up Carl and Alex. Then we wind down a bit before Friends and Family tonight."

"I just feel nervous and excited at the same time," Bryan said.

Nicky moved and took Bryan into his arms, "We are all feeling the same and it's okay Bry boy. It is going to take us all a little time to wind down. Don't be scared Bry boy. When we step off of this bus we are coming home. It's our life the way it's supposed to be."

Bryan smiled and then kissed Nicky and turned and lay his head on Shane's chest, "I love you Boyo, Love. I'm not scared of our life to come, I am excited about it. You both have made me so happy."

Shane and Nicky both were choked up but held onto their lover tightly.

Softly Rye began to sing the song that the group had adopted as their own. He sang it softly and nobody joined in, just listened to him whisper the words into the bus. Everyone smiled as he finished the last words.

"Three blocks," he said as Mark stood and wrapped his arms around Rye's waist.

• Hugs and Kisses -

The parking lot of Rye N' Coke was filled with eager friends and family. Maria, Tre and DJ were talking animatedly with Eleanor and Jason. Eric was only pretending to listen to the conversation and was busy scanning the street he had ascertained the bus would be coming down.

Susan and Alan were happily chatting away with Alice and Leon, Carl's parents, who had flown there as a surprise and planned on spending a couple of days out at Ed's horse farm getting to know everyone then travelling with them as they drove Carl and Alex back to pack up to move in with Ed and Jay. This had been Maria's idea.

"There they are," Eric shouted and jumped up and down. Everyone gathered in a group and held on to each other as they watched the massive bus maneuver down the street and finally pull in. Everyone held their breath until finally the door opened and a small raven haired blur threw himself into the arms of his mom.

"MOMMY!" Spooky shouted and began to cry as his mom gave him many kisses. Spooky cried happily as his dad hugged him from behind.

"Hey our Spooky boy. We missed you," Jason said with obvious emotion.

"I m m missed you too," Spooky stuttered out.

"Hey little nephew," Eric said from beside Eleanor.

"Unca Ewic," Spooky said happily and held out his arms to be taken and held by his uncle.

"Did you miss me too?" Eric asked as he held the little boy.

"Yeah lots. Unca Keen missed you too. He loves you lots and lots," Spooky said with just a little hiccup as his tears dried up.

"I missed him too," Eric said happily.

"Unca Bwyan," Spooky shouted and squirmed out of Eric's arms to go grab Bryan's hand and drag him to his mommy and daddy. Shane and Nicky were right behind Bryan. Everyone stood there for a minute or so just smiling at each other.

Surprisingly it was Jason who reacted first as he took a step forward and warmly embraced Bryan and kissed his cheek.

"Welcome to the family Bryan. I am so happy to finally meet you," Jason said then turned and took Shane into his arms as Eleanor took her turn with Bryan.

"Hi Eleanor," Bryan choked out.

"Hey Bryan, I am so happy to meet you. Never ever fear that Spooky will be taken from you. You are forever his Unca Bwyan and you will play an important part in his life and in his growing up. He couldn't have a better role model than his Unca Bwyan," Eleanor said.

Bryan couldn't control his emotions at this point and broke down. Eleanor comforted him as Spooky clung to his leg.

Eric had by this time turned his attention back to the bus and smiled as Kian stepped off with Jill. Their eyes met and they smiled happily but made no move towards each other. Finally it was Jill who pushed Kian a bit and started them forward.

"Hi Eric," Kian said shyly.

"Hi Kian," Eric said.

"Oh for crying out loud," Jill said and hugged Eric warmly then turned and pushed him towards Kian.

Eric stumbled a bit and Kian moved forward and took him into his arms. At first they hugged awkwardly but then they almost melted into each other and Eric moved his head and lay it on Kian's shoulder as Kian gently rubbed the side of his head to Eric's.

"I missed you so much Eric, more than I thought I would. I have some very deep feelings for you Eric and I would like for us to be able to talk about them," Kian said softly then kissed Eric's neck.

"I missed you too. I have so many feelings about you and I am not sure what they all mean but I dream about you all the time now," Eric said.

"We have a couple of weeks before you go home and we will figure things out in that time," Kian said and ran his hand up and down Eric's back lovingly feeling the young man shiver in his arms.

"What if we don't figure it out?" Eric asked.

"Then you stay until we do. And once we figure out how we feel for each other then we decide what we do about it," Kian said.

"It's gonna be okay Eric. Whatever feelings you two have, they can only be good and nobody is gonna stop you both from feeling them," Jill smiled as she lay her hand on Eric's shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze.

Eric pulled away from Kian and looked embarrassed, "Sorry Jill."

"Hey none of that. Look honey you and Kian are gonna need some time alone together to explore this all, but you are also gonna be with all of us at some point and there is no reason at all to hide it from anyone," Jill said.

"That's right Eric, everyone here will be fine with us doing ....well whatever we do. We can hold hands," Kian smiled as he took Eric's hand in his, "We can hug and whatever else we want to do."

"I just don't want to mess up," Eric said.

"Oh honey, you can't mess up. Not with me, not with Kian, not with any of those boys or Rye. I know it's gonna be hard, but just try to relax okay. And believe me everyone is gonna help you out," Jill smiled.

Ed and Jay stepped off the bus and smiled as they saw Susan and Alan. Behind them Carl and Alex stepped off and both gasped.

"What's wrong?" Ed asked as he turned.

"My mom and dad," Carl said with a happy smile.

"Hey lookit, Gramma and Grampa are here," Jesse said as he jumped off the bus.

The group of six walked over to the group of four.

"Carl, Alex, Billy, Jesse, this is Susan and Alan, our sister and brother," Jay introduced and was rewarded with a warm hug and kiss from Alan. Even Susan was touched by the introduction as a sister and not as Ed's sister.

"So nice to meet you all. We have heard about you four from Alice and Leon here of course," Susan said as she looked at the others.

"Ed and Jay this is our mom and dad Alice and Leon," Alex announced to the broad smiles of Carl and the two parents. Alex had no family and had truly come to think of these two people as parent figures.

As expected Alex was rewarded with warm hugs from Alice and Leon.

"I am so happy to see you two," Carl said as he took his turn hugging his family.

"Well we got a call from Maria who said there was gonna be a party tonight then you 6 were heading off to a horse farm for a couple of days before dropping these two criminals off then setting up house together. We figured you all would need chaperones," Alice said with a huge grin on her face.

"Criminals?! Please I haven't killed anyone for at least a week and until someone finds the body there is just no proof," Jesse said and was stared at by the 8 adults as Billy laughed hysterically and finally had to sit down on the ground. Soon the entire group was laughing along with the youngsters.

Matt and Andy stepped off the bus next and were just barely off the bus before they were engulfed in the arms of Maria. DJ and Tre were close behind.

"Oh God I missed you both," Maria cried.

"I missed you too mom," Andy cried.

"I missed you all," Matt said with his arms around Maria but also obviously including DJ and Tre in his comment.

Maria stepped back to allow DJ and Tre to hug Matt and Andy. The group held onto each other sharing kisses on necks every now and then.

"We have you all moved in. We were hoping that tonight you would share our bed with us," DJ said softly to Andy and felt Andy nod.

"I was hoping we would be sharing a bed all the time from now on," Andy answered.

DJ pulled back a bit and smiled, "Us too, just wanted to be sure."

Andy nodded, "I am so happy to be back home."

On the bus Mark was behind Rye and had his arms around his waist as they looked out the window at their friends and family.

"Thank you my Angel," Mark said softly.

"For what my Fella?" Rye asked.

"For them," Mark nodded at the window, "for friends and family and lovers and brothers."

"Then thank you right back," Rye said then chuckled.

"What's funny?" Mark asked and squeezed Rye gently.

"Just a few days ago we were almost murdered while we slept. Look at all those happy faces. It's like it didn't happen," Rye said.

"Wow way to bring down the room," Mark said then giggled and nipped Rye's neck.

Rye laughed but Mark continued, "You're right though. I think it may hit us a little bit later but it was our love that got us through that. It may be the relatives who need help over the next little bit. For now let's just forget about it and go be happy."

Rye nodded and moved to the exit. As they stepped off the bus everyone turned to them and for some reason everyone began to applaud. Rye thought this was funny and chuckled and Mark for some reason was embarrassed and blushed deeply then turned his head into Rye's chest.

• The Grand Tour -

"Okay everyone let's head upstairs and see what home looks like," Rye said with ill concealed glee.

As they approached the door though DJ suddenly stepped in front of everyone.

"Wait," he said and everyone looked at him oddly as he motioned for Maria.

"What is it baby?" Maria asked him.

"Ummm..the pictures. They are sort of obvious about couples and trios," DJ stressed the last part then added, "does everyone here know?"

DJ was right. Maria wasn't completely sure who knew what about who. She smiled gratefully as Matt came up to them.

"Matt honey the pictures for everyone are up in the entryway. Does everyone here know about Shane, Bryan and Nicky?" Maria asked.

Matt looked around and realized that Carl's parents were the only ones who might not know. He was pretty sure that Jill's relatives all knew and he knew for sure that Ed's sister and brother in law knew.

"I'll find out," Matt said and went to Carl and Alex and drew them away a bit.

"What's wrong?" Alex asked feeling nervous.

"That young man is an artist, a brilliant artist, and has painted some wonderful pictures for everyone. One for Rye and Mark, one for Jill and Kian, and one for Bryan, Shane and Nicky. We need to know if your parents know about Bryan, Shane and Nicky," Matt said.

Carl shook his head, "But we can tell them later and they will be fine. Believe me they are not going to be upset or cause trouble or anything and they know enough not to say anything to anyone."

Matt smiled and turned back to DJ, "Okay take us up DJ."

DJ smiled and opened the door leading the way upstairs. He stopped at the top of the stairs and turned to those on the stairwell below him.

"I will turn this tour over to Maria in just a moment. First though I want to give my and Tre's thanks and love to you all. Just a very short time ago we had no home, no family and really no hope. After a miracle brought Westlife into our lives we now have a beautiful home, a loving family and our hearts so full of hope. In thanks my Tre and I offer as gifts these portraits you will see. They are here in the main foyer but will be transferred to private bedrooms later," DJ said then turned and stepped up into the foyer.

Everyone followed behind and their were gasps from everyone as the massive portraits were revealed. Wordlessly the couples gravitated towards their own portraits.

Rye and Mark held each other as they gazed at their portrait. It showed Rye standing in front of a piano with Mark on a stool in front of him. Mark was gazing up into the eyes of Rye as Rye's hand gently touched Mark's cheek. What was amazing and was almost overpowering was the sense of deep love the painting conveyed. After a few minutes of staring at the portrait the two men turned and hugged each other tightly.

"My Angel," Mark whispered.

"My Fella," Rye responded.

Kian and Jill stared open-mouthed at their portrait. It was a portrait of them walking hand in hand through the park the day that they officially got together. What was eerie was that the portrait showed the scene as it happened. They were even dressed the way they had been that day. But that was impossible.

Jill turned to look at DJ, "How did you do that?"

DJ smiled and pointed to Andy then Maria, "He got me the information and she got me enough pictures of you including one in that outfit."

Jill smiled, "It's incredible. Thank you so much. You have no idea how much this means to us," she then turned to everyone else in the room, "This is shortly after Kian and I became a couple officially."

Smiles filled the room then everyone turned to look at the last set of people. Bryan, Shane and Nicky stood staring at the picture in front of them with tears in their eyes. It was from the day they had all spent playing at the zoo and park. It was one of those wonderful joyous moments. All three were playing in some sort of jungle gym. Bryan was laying down with his head in Nicky's lap and was laughing while gazing up at his lovers. Nicky was smiling down at Bryan while Shane was next to Nicky leaning across Bryan and also smiling at his two lovers. It was simply breathtaking the way DJ had caught the love and joy in their faces.

Shane moved first and took DJ into his arms, "Thanks. That is the most precious gift I have ever received next to the love of Bryan and Nicky."

DJ and Tre were both suddenly enveloped by the other boys and then Kian and Jill and finally Mark and Rye. When they finally broke apart DJ was all smiles with tears while Tre was just all smiles.

"You, young man, are brilliant," Rye said.

"You have no idea. Later this week you can come to our place and see some of his other more...intimate...work," Tre said with a blush.

"Yeah and you should see the one he did of them and mom," Andy gushed.

"You should see the one he did of you and Matt," Maria chuckled.

Matt and Andy turned and looked at DJ with big smiles.

"It's done?" Matt asked and clapped his hands happily when DJ nodded.

"Okay everyone let's see the new place. Emma initiate party mode full access," Maria said.

"Thank you Maria. Party mode full access. Welcome guests, please feel free to visit all areas of the loft but pay attention to any warnings I may give you," Emma's voice said.

Rye raised and eyebrow at Ed who actually giggled, "New thing I added."

"Right this way please," Maria was now in full tour guide mode.

The boys reluctantly left their picture and followed behind Maria.

"The foyer is obviously open to both the upper and lower levels. Please note the Italian marble floors and Italian crystal chandelier. We will first visit the upper level which is the more public area of the loft. Later we will visit the private area or the lower area," Maria pointed out in best Vanna White style.

The group walked up the large elegant staircase to the second level.

"Through the main doors we come to the....."

The tour continued through the upper floor which featured a party room with dance floor which looked out the southern window onto the park. As Bryan had hoped the floor to ceiling windows had been kept. A formal dining room which could fit up to 40 guests by means of a sectional table. Rye's library had been moved to this floor and was now set up like a real library with books separated by topic. A games room with several pool tables, pinball machines and other video games filled this room. Finally 6 guest rooms finished off this floor.

"Okay Maria thanks. I would like to show the lower level if you don't mind," Rye said and Maria smiled happily and gave the show over to Rye.

Rye led everyone down a set of stairs at the end of the hallway near the guest rooms and into a wide hallway on the lower level.

"Upstairs is for guests and where we can play in the dance room and games room. But down here, this is for us my boys. This is our home where only us and those we love are allowed. That stairway we came down will normally be locked and only opened by voice command or key," Rye said.

Rye walked a short hallway and opened another door. They were in a beautiful open area that even though the ceilings were lower still looked like Rye's original loft. It was vast and open with many couches and chairs. Gone were the steel beams though and now deep dark woods and plush carpeting filled the area. What was different though was the wall that normally looked out onto the park was now a long wall featuring 5 doors.

"It's beatiful Angel. It still looks like it used to sort of and it really feels like home," Shane said.

"Umm Angel? Where do we sleep?" Bryan asked.

"Ah the best part. Our bedrooms. Okay the two end rooms are guest rooms. Middle room is mine and Mark's. That one is Jill and Kian's and that one is the boy's," Rye pointed out.

"Okay everyone get comfortable while we look at our rooms," Jill announced and dragged Kian to the door that was theirs.

"You guys can check out the guest rooms since you are always welcome here and we expect you to visit regularly. All of you," Mark said as he was also dragged off by Rye.

"Come on let's go check out the guest rooms," Andy said as he pulled Tre and Matt behind him with DJ hanging on to Tre's other hand. Andy remembered how he and Shane had talked about them all continuuing their relationship and Andy was very pleased that now he would be able to bring his new brothers, eventually, into the loving relationship he shared with these men.

"Okay let's go check out the other one. You guy's hang out in here for a bit," Ed said happily as he dragged Jay behind him with Carl and Alex just a few steps behind as they headed to the other guest room.

• The Rooms -

Jill and Kian were surprised when they walked into, not a bedroom, but a sitting room.

"Ummm, wow," Jill said as she looked around the room. It had a small table for two a writing desk a couch and two chairs with coffee table. It was light and comfortable. A place to wake up in the morning or wind down before bed. A place where personal business could be dealt with.

Kian had moved to the only other door and had opened it.

"Oh my God Beauty," Kian whispered.

Bryan stepped through the door into the bedroom proper.

"Oh my God. Boyo, Love come and see," Bryan's voice sounded so much like a kid at Christmas that his two lovers were all smiles as they entered the bedroom but soon their mouths dropped in awe.

The room was huge and contained a large sofa facing the southern wall which was still one large window facing the park. The glass was reflective on the outside so there were no worries about people outside seeing in. The very large king size bed was positioned so you were facing the window when you woke. The one wall was a set of closets. Dressers flanked the bed.

"It's so beautiful," Bryan whispered as he ran a hand along the back of the leather sofa.

"And in your favourite color, shades of green," Shane smiled.

"You don't mind do you? I'm sure we could change it," Bryan said quickly.

Nicky and Shane were holding Bryan immediately,

"We aren't changing a thing. It's perfect. Just think our Bry boy, tonight we make love to you in OUR bed in OUR home," Shane said.

"And tomorrow, I am going to make love to you both again." Bryan whispered.

"I am so happy I am about to burst," Nicky smiled.

"I'm glad you like it my fella," Rye said as he twirled Mark around a couple of times then fell with him onto the bed.

"I love the colors, purple and black. Let me guess that the boy's room is in greens right?" Mark smiled as Rye nodded.

"And Sweets and Beauty's I am guessing, deep red?" Mark asked and again Rye nodded.

"You're so smart, that's one of the reasons I love you," Rye giggled and touched his lips against Mark's throat.

"What? Not my HUGE cock?" Mark asked in mock hurt. Rye burst into laughter and began tickling Mark. After a minute or so Rye sat at.

"Wanta see the bathroom?" Rye asked and wiggled his eyebrows. Mark looked surprised but let himself be led to the bathroom.

His mouth opened in surprise when he looked in, "Beauty come see this."

"What Sweets...wow," Jill said as she took in the huge sunken bathtub with jacuzzi. The double sinks and fixtures all were beautiful brass while the accent colors matched the bedroom. Towels were deep red while every 6th tile on the floor was also a matching red. The rest of the tiles were white. The toilet was actually a smaller room just off the main door.

"I bet we could fit six people in that tub," Kian said as he leaned over it.

"Only you and me mister.," Jill giggled, "well and maybe you and Eric if you want."

Kian smiled and pulled his beautiful girlfriend to him.

"This is home Beauty. It really feels like it, like no other place ever has. Let's go back to the rest of the group," Kian said softly into Jill's hair.

• The Rest -

"So did you enjoy yourselves?" Leon asked quietly of Billy and Jesse.

"It was the most fun I have ever had," Jesse said.

"But it was more than that. It was also a real growing experience. We learned so much about love Grampa. What real love is all about. Sex is fun but I can get that same feeling just jerking off. What makes it so much more special, so much more wonderful, is when you are giving pleasure to someone you love," Billy said seriously.

Everyone had stopped to listen to the young men. Maria, Eleanor and Jason who was holding a snoozing Spooky, all listened with rapt attention as the two boys spoke openly about sex and love to their grandparents.

"It's true. And you know what else? It's more important to me that Billy is feeling good. I know that he is going to look after my pleasure and feelings and emotions and so I can focus just on him. It's so amazing," Jesse said.

Billy nodded his head emphatically, "Guess what though. The most incredible thing ever is when Angel and Mark do this thing. You can feel their love like a force."

"Jill said that too. I can't wait to feel that," Eleanor put in.

"I am sure we will. Those two are definitely in love and have obviously had a good effect on Carl and Alex and on you two as well," Alice said.

"It's really changed us. But Carl and Alex are the ones who really affected us, it's them we look up to for our example. When we are together now, sometimes we don't even get off, we just hold each other. And you know what? That is sometimes better than the sex," Billy said.

"I can't believe how mature and open you two are with your grandparents. It's amazing and so refreshing," Jason had to say.

"That's because of Carl and Alex. When we first got together we were just having sex, not much more than fuck buddies. It took our cousins to show us that love is SO much better and we have them to thank for it," Jesse answered.

"And our grandparents who gave us unconditional support. Thanks grams, thanks gramps," Billy smiled and got up and gave both his grandparents hugs followed by Jesse.

"We did have sex once on the trip though. A young performer friend of Angel's. He just came out and he was innocent to the whole gay thing. So we talked to him and we played together, you know, and well it was enough for him to know for sure. Then afterwards we sat and talked and explained about sex and love and how we now knew the difference and how love was so much better. Then pretty much everyone else told him the same thing," Billy said.

"You were careful?" Alice asked.

"Well we didn't have anal sex. But we did just about everything else. We didn't use condoms because he has never been with anyone and me and Billy have never been with anyone else either. So we all swallowed," Jesse said.

"We are going to stay in touch and well he is loaded so he may come visit every now and then or we may go visit him. We may do the sex thing again but he is really looking for a partner, someone to love, like we have," Billy said.

Jesse smiled and slipped his hand in Billy's, "Yeah. I know the boys all share each other and still are devoted to their own lover, but I doubt that we will ever be a threesome. I don't want to share Billy like that."

Billy nodded.

"So you know about the three boys being together? Is that about sex or love?" Alice asked.

"It's love all the way. Almost as intense as Angel and Mark's. If you were to stay even for a day or two you would see it," Billy smiled and freed his hand from Jesse's then wrapped his arm around his young lover and pulled him close.

"When you said they share each other, you didn't mean just those three though did you?" Leon asked.

"Oh no. They all will share with each other. That's what they call it, sharing. But they mean sharing their love not sharing sex even though they do have sex. But it's not bad or dirty or anything. They have like rules and stuff but it's definitely about love. They even say that, it's like their motto or the way they live....it's all about the love," Jesse said while Billy nodded emphatically.

"You got it right cuz," Alex said as they walked back in.

"So they are having orgies?" Alice asked.

"God no. Look unless you see it and are part of it, it's really hard to understand. But you would be doing such a disservice to them and to yourselves if you judged them without understanding," Carl said.

"Look. Me and Blue, we have shared with the boys. We have been intimate with them. It was beautiful. The sex isn't really even necessary but it is just a way to be closer to them, to express the deep love and caring we have for them," Jay explained.

"And even though Juju and I haven't been with them yet, someday in the future we will be. First we are going to become comfortable with each other and learn about love, and our two very good friends Ed and Jay are going to be our teachers," Alex said.

"That's right. Ed and Jay are going to teach us about gay love. Not because we need a teacher. We could learn to fuck and suck from books or porn. But there is so much more to being with your lover than just sex so we have asked our two friends who are models of what we want our relationship to be, to guide us," Carl said and smiled as Alex pulled him close.

"Well I must admit I don't completely understand. But looking at Billy and Jesse and hearing them speak and seeing you all together, I have to admit that what I am seeing is not a bunch of sex crazed people. Instead I see a group of men who all seem emotionally strong and secure. Billy and Jesse you just knocked my socks off with how you speak. You sound more mature and secure and centered than most married people we know," Alice said.

"Look let's all stay here for the next couple of days. We can all get to know each other. These people we have been travelling with, they are like a family to us now and we want our two families to get to know each other. Then you will see what we are talking about," Ed said.

"What just invite ourselves to stay? Oh we can't do that," Leon said.

"Sure you can. Besides Ed has the right to invite you all to stay. We have the bedrooms for everybody and Eleanor, Jason and Eric will be staying for a couple of weeks. Why don't you all stay a few days, then head back to the farm for a couple of days before heading back home," Rye suggested as he walked in with Mark. The rest of the boys and Jill were soon behind them.

"That sounds wonderful. Thank you for inviting us ED," Susan glared at her brother then burst out laughing.

"It does sound nice, why don't you stay. I think we are all going to become one big happy family," Eleanor said to Alice.

Alice looked on the verge of saying yes, "Well can you fit us all?"

Billy and Jesse smiled knowing they would be staying as long as everyone could fit.

"I think so. Let's see down on this floor Ed, Jay, Carl and Alex can take one room. Matt, Andy, DJ and Tre the other. Upstairs we can have Eleanor and Jason in one. Alice and Leon in another. Eric in one. Maria in one. Sue and Alan in another. And Billy and Jesse in one. That's everyone with two rooms to spare." Rye listed.

"You want us to stay?" DJ asked.

"I want to get to know you two since you mean so much to Amante and Gatito," Rye said using the endearments.

"Yeah why not stay for a few days so we all can wind down and meet family and stuff," Bryan said happily as he sat down next to Jason and stroked Spooky's hair.

"Well why not. We ain't got nothing important to be back at home for and it sure seems like we should get to know you all since you mean so much to our boys and have had such an impact on them," Leon stated and the matter was decided.

"You don't really need me to stay," Maria said as she got up.

She was quickly taken hold of by Shane and was quite surprised by it.

"We don't NEED you to stay Maria. But we love your sons and want to meet your two new sons and we all love you and we WANT you to stay and be part of our lives," Shane said gently.

Maria's eyes got wide then she nodded happily and turned to look at her sons who were all four smiling back at her and Shane.

"Angel?" Kian asked.

Rye turned and looked at Kian then smiled and once again began to sing the song which had come to mean so much to the men and who now wished to include these people in the song. When it was over Rye pulled Mark to him.

"My fella, my life," Rye whispered as his hand covered Mark's heart.

"My Angel forever," Mark whispered back and let his head lean forward to touch Rye's as his hand covered Rye's heart.

To the lovers the world disappeared and they were one soul, hearts beating in time. To those in the room the feeling was overpowering. Those who were standing sat down and reached for their lover. Everyone closed their eyes and let the moment take them feeling deep unyielding timeless love circle about them and enter them and touch their souls. When Rye and Mark pulled apart they looked around them at their friends and, as he often did, Rye chuckled deeply sending deep shivers through everyone in the room.

"Come on let's head down to eat then we can unload the bus and we can all relax a bit and explore before the show tonight. Hey that's another reason for you guys to stay you gotta see the show," Rye said as he pulled Mark behind him to leave for the restaurant.

Behind them nobody moved for a few seconds.

"That was awesome!" Jesse finally breathed out which made everyone laugh.

Everyone got up to follow behind the two teens. Eleanor looked at Jason who looked back at her with a look of wonder on his face.

"Awe we going to eat now?" Spooky said as he roused.

"Yep we are going to Uncle Rye's restaurant," Eleanor finally choked out.

"Cool, I want mexican," Spooky announced which brought a loud laugh from Bryan.

Eleanor and Jason looked at him and smiled but also with a questioning look.

"Sorry but I have created a monster. Mexican is my favourite and it's his now too," Bryan grinned.

"If I know mom she has a mexican feast waiting for us and once you taste her stuff you will never be able to eat that crap in restaurants again," Andy said.

"Yep he's right. Mom made her fiesta meal," Tre said as he slipped an arm around Andy leaving Matt to bring DJ.

Ed followed behind with Carl and Alex while Jay put his arms around Susan and Alan and led them out.

"I missed you both. I'm glad you are staying here for a few days. I just want you both to know that this new thing with Carl and Alex, it's not going to interfere with how we feel about you both. In fact you both just got two new brothers if you will accept them. It's important that you know I want you both in my life, and not just as someone we talk to on the phone," Jay said.

"We know baby," Sue said and hugged Jay.

"I just got you as my brother and best friend, I am not letting you get away from me," Alan said and pulled Jay closer and gave him a kiss on the head. Jay smiled happily.

Alice and Leon were the last to follow, "That was like nothing I have ever felt before. Those two are something beyond special," Alice said.

"They are that for sure. And you know what else they did? They completely convinced me that their sharing is something special and nothing wrong. Nothing that feels that right could ever be wrong," Leon said and took his wife's hand.

"Right from God that is what that is. Love right from God," Alice said.

...tbc