My Everything

Hello to all of you!

I'm back with another chapter of "My Everything."

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Thanks for all of your support! Without it, I don't think I could have written this story for this long.

Wish me luck on getting nominated. I'll find out who will be nominated in a few weeks, if not sooner.

Now on with the story.

First of all, let me just say that this is my first time writing any kind of fiction like this.

DISCLAIMER: This is a work of total fiction and is not meant to imply anything about the sexualities of Nick and Drew Lachey or anyone else mentioned in this story.

If you are too young to read this, or if Homosexuality offends you, then please don't continue any further and leave.

NEWSFLASH: To those of you who don't already know, Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson, in real life, have reconciled and are now husband and wife. I wish them all the best with their marriage and hope they live a long and happy life together.

If you want details about their wedding, check out the 98 Degrees Official Website at www.98degrees.com.

Other 98 Degrees stories I'd like to recommend are.

"Give Me Just One Night" by Unanoche. "69 with Jeff Timmons" by Zachary Scott Pritt "Nick Lachey" by Ken. "98 Degrees Is Hot" by Gay Night "The Reunion" by RinSong. "Loving Nick Lachey" by Jordan "Playing Doctor with 98 Degrees" by Brian

and finally: "This Gift" by Sprout

Now, I"ll let you get on with the story.

Enjoy.

Previously on "My Everything".....

I walked towards the living room to find Jeff and Danny, hugging each other.

"I'm so happy, Jeff." Danny said, holding Jeff tight. "Sean and I have finally made up and we're going to try to be friends again."

"Just like that?" Drew asked, in surprise.

Danny looked at Drew, the smile never leaving his face.

"Well, Sean told me that he's not quite ready to forgive and forget just yet, but that he is willing to try again.

Here Danny looked back at me. "Right, Sean?" He asked.

I nodded.

"What about us?" Drew asked, from behind me. I turned around to face him.

"If you can accept that I need to forgive you all in my own time and in my own way, then I see no reason why I can't try again with all of you." I told him.

"Do you really mean that?" Drew asked me, the startings of a smile on his face.

"Yes, Drew." I assured him. "Can you accept my terms?"

Drew smiled. "You bet. Now give me a hug."

Drew opened his arms out and I walked into them. He hugged me tightly. A second later, I felt a second set of arms around me. I turned and saw that it was Kandi. Then Justin came over and put his arms around the rest of us as well.

Jeff and Danny came over and put their hands around the rest of us. We were all happy once again.

We had finally done it. After so many years. We were finally able to put our differences aside and start over again.

Although, forgiveness was still a ways away, I knew that it was coming in the future. And while, I stood there, being hugged by Drew and the rest of the gang, I knew that I was back where I belonged. I was home.

"Welcome back, you guys." I whispered.

*********** CHAPTER 56 ***********

"Well, isn't this a Kodak moment?" A voice said from behind us.

The guys, Kandi, and I pulled apart and looked up to see Ben standing in the doorway to the living room, looking at us with a smile on his face. We all laughed a bit.

"Yeah, I guess you can say this is." I agreed. "We were all making up for lost time and putting all of this anger and bitterness behind us."

Ben nodded, watching me closely.

"So, I take it that this means that you're ready to put the past behind you and move on?" He asked me.

"Well, I've told the guys that I still haven't fully forgiven them just yet, so we're going to take it one day at a time." I told Ben, the smile never leaving my face. "They've all agreed that it has to be on my terms and that's good enough for me."

"Well, it's just great to see you smile again, Sean." Ben said. " I just want to see you happy again."

"And I am, Ben." I said, then frowned.

"What is it, Sean?" Drew asked me, noticing the frown on my face.

I looked up at Drew, feeling really sad. The reason for that was because I'd just thought about Nick and the fact that he wasn't here to share this moment with us.

"I just wish Nick could have been here for this." I said to him.

Everyone else nodded, sadly, knowing exactly how I felt. They were all worried about Nick too.

"We have to find him." Drew said, the seriousness clear in his voice. "We have to find him and bring him back home."

I turned and walked back over to the couch and sat down. When I looked up, I saw that Ben had come into the living room now and had taken a seat in the chair directly across from me.

"Sean, what's wrong?" He asked me. "You look so intense."

I buried my face in my hands for a moment and sighed heavily. I thought back to my argument with Nick and when he accused me of using his brother to get back at him for cheating on me with Matt. I remembered the hurt I'd felt and remembered throwing my night of passion with Drew in his face. And I remembered when Nick had grabbed me and kissed me.

"I have to wonder if Jessica is right." I said, the sadness obvious in my voice.

"About what, hon?" Kandi asked me. She was obviously confused about what I meant by that.

And so was everyone else. I looked up to see them all looking at me, confusion and concern, written on all of their faces.

"About me, being the reason that Nick left town." I finished.

Drew gave me a sympathetic look and came over to sit beside me. He put his arm around my shoulder.

"If you're worried that we blame you for his taking off, we don't." Drew said, softly.

I looked up at Drew, taking in his sexy face, his hazel eyes which were as beautiful as ever, and his sexy lips, which I was getting the urge to kiss all of a sudden. But I realized that I couldn't do that just yet. Not until we had a chance to talk alone and see where our relationship stood.

"Thanks, Drew." I told him, reaching up to caress his cheek, gently. "That helps alot."

Drew was a little surprised by my affection, but made no move to stop it.

"You're welcome." Drew whispered, smiling at me showing his pearly whites.

Our eyes locked on each other and I felt myself starting to reconnect with him. Suddenly, the urge to want to kiss him, finally grew too strong to resist and I couldn't hold back any longer.

I put both hands on his cheeks and pulled him in, slowly. Drew realized what was happening, but he didn't look like he was uncomfortable in any way. I think he wanted this as much as I did at the moment. As I continued to pull him in, our lips connected in a soft, gentle kiss.

I heard a bunch of catcalls and whistles from around the room, but Drew and I were too into our kiss to really pay any attention.

When I finally pulled back, I saw Drew, looking back at me, his face taking on a dreamy look.

"I'm sorry, Drew." I whispered. " I couldn't resist. I just had to kiss you."

"No apologies necessary, Sean." Drew said, a smile on his sexy face. "I wanted that as much as you did."

I nodded.

"And there's something else I want you to know." He said, quietly.

"What's that?" I asked, looking back into his eyes.

Drew took both of my hands in his and squeezed them, gently.

"I love you." Drew confessed to me.

All I could do was stand there in total surprise. I almost couldn't believe what I was hearing. But I knew what my reply would be to his confession.

"I love you too, Drew." I said, pulling him close and hugging him again.

We heard a bunch of "Aww's" from everyone around us, making us laugh a little.

"Cut it out, guys." I chuckled, blushing a little. "You're embarassing me."

"Looks like you're not the only one." Danny said, pointing to Drew.

I looked over at Drew and saw that he was blushing as well, but he had a smile on his face, though.

"Well, now that we've made up with Sean and are finally going to try again at being friends, I think our work here is officially done." Jeff said. "I think we should all head back home now."

"Yeah, I think we should." Drew agreed. He turned back to me. "Do you want to come over for awhile, Sean?" He asked, me.

I actually had to think about that. With Jessica living there, I didn't think it was going to be a comfortable situation. Not to mention the fact that I was sure she was going to blow a gasket when she found out that the guys and I were back on good terms again. There was no doubt that she was going to be pissed.

I looked up and Drew and gave him my answer.

"Sure." I said. "But I'm not going to stay too long. I promised Ben that we'd do some hanging out this weekend before I fly back home."

Drew's smile left his face when he heard that last part. He looked a little hurt as well.

"You could stay a little longer couldn't you?" Drew asked me, almost pleading with me. "Besides, I'd like to make up for lost time with you."

I started to feel guilty for kissing Drew earlier, now that he wanted to continue a relationship with me. I don't know why I had to kiss Drew, but I did know that I wasn't ready to rush into another relationship.

"Look, Drew, a part of me is starting to feel sorry for kissing you just now." I told him. "If I led you on, I'm sorry. But I'm not ready to be in a relationship with you just yet."

Drew's facial features took on a look of anger and he started to complain.

"You know," Drew began, hurt obvious on his face. "I really wish you would get over yourself and stop playing these games with me. Either you want a relationship with me or you don't. Which is it?"

I looked back at Drew, as my expression started to become stony cold again.

"Drew, I just told you." I said. "I need time to work on getting our friendship back first before we can move to the next level. I just don't want there to be any regrets or any doubts if we give it another try. You understand, don't you?"

Drew thought it over for a moment and then realized that I had a point. After all he had I had both caused each other alot of pain in the past and this time, I wanted things to be different. He then nodded.

"I understand." He said. "I'm sorry I went off on you like that."

"No, problem." I said. "So, are we ok?"

Drew smiled and leaned in to hug me.

"We're fine." He said, the smile never leaving his face. "Will you at least come back to the house with us for awhile?"

I didn't think that was such a good idea, with Jessica being there. I wasn't prepared to have to deal with her again after last night."

"That's not such a good idea." I said, shaking my head.

"Why not?" Jeff asked me.

"Well, for one thing, I don't think I need to deal with Jessica right now." I told Jeff. "I'm not ready to deal with another one of her tantrums."

"Sean, come on, it wasn't that bad." Danny said, laughing a little.

"It wasn't that bad?!" I mocked him, looking at him like he was nuts. "Danny, the little twit practically tried to claw my face off yesterday."

"That's because your provoked her, hon." Kandi pointed out. "When she said "Fuck you." and you said that you'd rather fuck her husband instead."

"But I didn't mean for it to just slip out that way, Kandi." I said, to her, rolling my eyes. "I was mad. It just came out."

"Well, considered the way she just went after you, you're lucky that I was able to grab her before she got too close to you or she definitely would have succeeded in making mince meat out of you."

Hearing Jeff say that, I just had to laugh. Everyone looked at me, wondering what was so funny.

"What's so funny?" Ben asked, looking at me like I was insane.

"Jessica making mince meat out of me?" I said, in between my laughter. " Please,I don't think so. She wouldn't know how to make chicken with a gun to her head, much less mince meat."

I could see the guys trying really hard not to laugh at what I'd said, but they weren't succeeding and finally when they couldn't hold back any longer, they just erupted in laughter.

"I cannot believe you actually said that." Drew said, and continued to laugh.

"Man, if only I could have seen the look on her face if you'd had the guts to tell her that to her face." Jeff said, in between his laughter.

"Oh man, if that didn't make her have a cow, I don't know what would've." Danny agreed, as he clapped his hands, as he laughed.

"Just promise that you won't be insulting Jessica every time you're at the house with us?"

"Aww, now why would I want to do that?" I asked in a childlike voice, with a fake smile on my face.

Danny saw right through it though. He knew me to well.

"You're going to insult Jessica every chance you get, right?" He asked me, cocking an eyebrow.

"Only if she insults me first." I told him. "And when she does, I will eat her alive."

"I'm afraid to ask what that means." Ben said, chuckling.

"Trust me, Ben, you don't want to know." I laughed.

After that, we all got silent for a moment. That is until Justin broke the silence.

"Well, what do you say we all go back home now and talk about what we want to do for the rest of the day?" He suggested.

"You know I'm down with that, Justin." Danny said. "After all, "I've got some lovin' to give to my incredibly, sexy, boyfriend here."

Justin turned red from embarassment after hearing that, so did the rest of us."

"T.M.I. baby, T.M.I." Jeff laughed. "But, trust me, once we have a moment alone, you bet I'm going to take you up on that."

"Ok, we so do not need to be hearing this." Kandi said, covering her ears.

"Ok, point taken." Danny said, as he gave Jeff a quick peck on the lips.

"I love you, baby." He whispered to Jeff.

"I love you too." Jeff whispered back.

As I watched, Jeff put his arm around Danny's waist and pulled him in close. Then Jeff leaned in a kissed Danny right on the lips. Then Jeff decided to get a little naughty and started running his hands down towards Danny's ass.

"Get a room, you two!" I joked, sarcastically.

Instead of breaking up their little make-out session, Jeff gave me the finger instead.

"Oh, so it's like that, huh?" I said, grinning.

Then, an idea popped into my head and my grin got even wider.

"Well then, Jeff, since you offered, I'll join you and Danny in the sack tonight and fuck you both. How about that?"

That caused everyone to look at me in total shock. Danny and Jeff stopped kissing and looked at me, their jaws to the floor."

"Are you crazy?!" Jeff asked me, half seriously. "Absolutely not."

I wasn't about to let up on this. I was having too much fun teasing them.

"Oh, come on, Jeff." I grinned. "you know you want to."

"You're just perverted, you know that?" Danny laughed. "Either that or you haven't had enough sex lately.

"Danny's right." Jeff agreed. "Hey, I have an idea. "Why don't you ask Ben if he'll take care of it for you.?"

"Hey!" Ben said. "Don't go lending out my body!"

We all just laughed after that. Well almost all of us. Drew didn't seem too amused by all of this.

Just then, his cellphone started ringing. He pulled it out of his pocket to answer it.

"Hello?"

"Drew, it's me, Jessica." He heard her voice say. "Wherever you are, get ahold of everyone else and get back here as soon as you can."

"Jessica, what's wrong?" Drew asked her, looking concerned. "You sound kind of frantic."

Everyone glanced in Drew's direction when they heard him say that.

"Drew, what's going on?" I whispered to him.

Drew, held up his finger, motioning me to wait a moment.

"I'll explain everything when you guys get here." Jessica said to him. "I'll see you shortly."

As soon as Drew hung up the phone, he looked up at me.

"What's wrong?" I asked him. "What did Jessica want?"

"We were all wondering the same thing, ourselves." Kandi threw in.

Drew looked around the room at everyone and spoke up.

"She said she wants us all back at the house as soon as we can get there." He told us. "She sounded frantic."

"Did she tell you why?" Jeff asked him. Drew shook his head.

"No, she said she'll explain everything when we get there." Drew replied, getting up to leave.

"Do you think she's heard from Nick?" I asked him.

Drew's eyes widened.

"I never thought of that." He said. "That could be it."

"Well, then what are we all standing around here for?" I said, getting up with Drew. "Let's go."

"Take care, guys." Ben called after them. "And let me know if I can help in any way."

Everyone said goodbye to Ben and started heading for the door. Ben got up and came over to me, as Drew followed the others to the door.

"I'll be back later, Ben." I told him. "Will you be ok until I get back?"

"Sure." He said, with a smile. Then he leaned in and gave me a kiss, right on the lips, surprising me.

"What was that for?" I asked him, curiously.

"For good luck." Ben said, then he leaned in and whispered into my ear.

"who knows, maybe what Jeff suggested earlier about me taking care of your needs isn't such a bad idea after all."

I looked back at him and noticed the devilish grin on his face and the glint in his eye.

"You're bad, you know that?" I whispered, patting his shoulder. "Are you sure you'll be alright until I get back?"

"I'll be fine." he said. "Go on, get out of here."

"Alright." I said. "I'll see you later."

With that said, I turned and went to the door where the guys were talking amongst themselves, while waiting for me.

"Does, anyone want to ride with me?" I asked. "I've got extra room in my car."

"No, we're fine." Drew said, looking at me, unsmiling. He looked pissed about something. "Thanks, anyway."

I decided to just let it drop, since I didn't want to fight with Drew. whatever it was about probably didn't have anything to do with me.

The guys and Kandi all said their goodbyes to Ben and left the house and headed to their cars. Danny got into his, along with Jeff, while Drew, Justin, and Kandi got into Drew's SUV, which Drew was driving this time.

I was alone in my rental SUV. I started the engine and waited for the guys to pull out so I could get out of the driveway.

After they all pulled out, I was next. I waved goodbye to Ben as I pulled out of the driveway and followed the rest of the guys back to Nick's house.

When we got back, it was just after 11:00 in the morning. It was almost time for lunch.

Drew parked his SUV into the driveway alongside Jessica's car, while Danny pulled his in behind Drew's. I pulled mine by the side of the road and shut off the engine. By now, everyone was already rushing into the house.

I locked up the SUV and ran up the driveway and into the house. As I walked into the living room, I saw the guys and Kandi huddled around Jessica. They were so engrossed in whatever was going on that they hadn't heard me come in.

I stopped where I was and backed into the kitchen and hid around the other side of the doorway to listen. That's when I heard Drew speak.

"So, Jessica, what is it that you needed us back here so quickly for?" He asked her.

I peeked around the corner and saw Jessica walk over to the television set, where she reached above it and pulled down what looked like an envelope. She then turned around and walked back to Drew and handed it to him.

"What is this, Jessica?" Drew asked her.

"It's a letter." Jessica told him. "It's got no return address. I'm afraid to open it."

"Who do you think it's from?" Drew said. Then he looked at it again.

"Oh, my god!" I heard him say.

What is it, Drew?" Jessica asked, worriedly.

I took that moment to peek around the corner to see what was wrong. I saw Drew standing there, staring at the letter with his mouth open in shock.

"This letter." Drew said. "It's from Nick."

TBC.......?

Well, that's all for now. Stay tuned for what happens next.

"What does Nick have to say in his letter to Jessica? "Will he be returning anytime soon?"

What will the contents of Nick's letter mean for Jessica?