My New Life Chapter 42
My New Life
by James
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This story deals with the fictional relationship between the members of the musical groups *Nsync, Backstreet Boys (And who ever else shows up in the story.) and a male fan. The sexual orientation of the members of *Nsync or the Backstreet Boys are not known by the author and what is depicted in the story came from the imagination of the author.
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Last Time:
"Oh, Marc, I don't think you have met Brian's fiancé Leighanne, and his cousin Kevin," said Howie.
Marc shook hands with Leighanne telling her he was glad to meet her. Offering his hand to
Kevin Marc said. "Kevin, it's good to meet you. Now I have a face to go with the voice over
the phone."
"Marc I want to thank you for looking after Howie."
"It was no problem, I love having friends around."
Marc turned to Brian, who had found something interesting at his feet and would not look Marc in the eye. "Brian."
"Ah, Marc, . . I," Brian stammered.
Marc reached out and pulled Brian into a hug. "Have you forgot how to greet a friend?" Marc asked in a whisper.
"You still want to be my friend?" a surprised Brian asked.
"Of course. I have no bad feeling for you. The only problem exists between you, Howie, and Leighanne. And only you three can work that out." Marc gave Brian a pat on the back before letting him go. "Ah, listen. We are all going to go and get some rest. We are going to have a late lunch around two. Why don't you all join us."
"Sounds good," Kevin said. "What room?"
"Lance and mine," Marc said as he took Lance's hand and headed for their room. "See you all later," Marc said as he opened his door.
Kevin had a funny look on his face. "Ah, Kev, I think we need to fill you in about Marc and
Lance," Howie said with a amused grin.
Chapter 42
Howie followed Brian and into their suite followed by a slightly confused Kevin.
"Ah, did I see what I think I saw?" Kevin asked.
"Yeah, Lance and Marc are a couple," Brian confirmed.
"And you two knew about this and didn't say anything about it?"
"There was nothing really to tell," Brian said with a shrug.
"What do you mean there was nothing to tell? A member of our competition is gay. That is definitely is something to let us know about."
"What do you think you could do with that bit of information?" Howie asked. "Before you answer, consider that a member of our group is also gay. And Lance and the others know about me."
"Oh. . . . They all know?"
Howie nodded.
"What was their reaction?"
"To that I was gay? I don't know I wasn't there when they found out. But since I showed up at their doorstep I've gotten only positive support from them."
Kevin sighed, "Is Lance the only one?"
"Gay? In the group, yeah I think he is."
"What about JC?" Kevin quizzed.
Smiling, Howie chuckled, "No, he just has this bizarre sense of fashion."
"He's not any more bizarre than A J at times," Brian pointed out.
Marc led Lance into their suite. As he closed the door Marc noticed Lance was standing with his eyes closed. "Come on sleepy; head let's get you to bed," Marc chuckled.
"I'm not sleepy," Lance mumbled as he leaned against Marc.
Marc picked Lance up in his arms and carried him into the bedroom. Lance wrapped his arms around Marc's neck and nuzzled close. Placing Lance on the bed Marc removed Lance's shoes and shorts. Pulling a blanket up to cover Lance, Marc leaned down and gave him a soft kiss. "Sweet dreams, James."
Marc waited for their bags to arrive before heading down to the hotel's restaurant.
To give his friends the space they needed to work out their problems, Kevin went down to the restaurant to have some breakfast and read the newspaper. After placing his order Kevin was reading his paper when a shadow fell across his table. Looking up he looked into the dark eyes of Marc.
"Would you mind if I join you?" Marc asked.
"Please," Kevin said indicating the seat across from him.
"Did you get tossed out of your suite?"
"Yeah," Kevin said with a slight smile. "It seems my input was not needed."
"I understand. If Howie and Brian are to remain friends it is up to them to work this out."
"I know," Kevin sighed while rubbing his temples. "I just don't know how they can work this out. And poor Leighanne, this must be tearing her apart."
"How long has she known about Brian and Howie?"
"I'm not sure. I think she suspected something was up between those two from the beginning. But I think Brian got a guilty conscious, he loves her so much he couldn't lie to her any longer. He told her everything a couple weeks ago."
"And he didn't tell Howie. It took Leighanne ambushing him about his relationship with Brian before he knew something was up."
"She shouldn't have done that," Kevin said with disgust.
"And Brian should not have treated Howie that way either," Marc curtly added.
"My cousin has made some mistakes when it comes to love."
"Do you think what he had with Howie was a mistake?" Marc asked.
"No. At the time they needed each other. It was a hard time for them in the beginning. Hell it was hard for all of us. We were away from home so long," Kevin sighed.
"I understand. Lance and the guys told me about their beginning. And now it's not much better. Most of them haven't seen their families since the first of the year......"
After a long silence Marc asked, "How do you feel about Howie?"
"He's a brother and one of my best friends. I love him and that will never change."
"You know whatever they come up with, you're going to have to support them all the way," Marc pointed out.
"I know," Kevin sighed. Looking up he spotted someone approaching the table. A big smile spread across his face as he recognized Britney.
"Kevin!" Britney bubbled as Kevin rose to greet her.
After hugging each other Kevin offered her a seat. Realizing for the first time that Marc was also at the table she leaned in and gave Marc a hug and kiss on the cheek. "How are you doing today?" she asked with concern.
"A lot better," Marc said. "I heard your bus broke down. Did they get it fixed?"
"No. Something about tie rods or something," Brit said flippantly. "They sent your bus back to pick us up."
"Well if they can't get it fixed in time we can just double up tomorrow it's not that long a drive to L.A.," Marc said. "It will be a tight fit but we should be able to manage."
"Does Lance know you're down here trying to pick up another Backstreet Boy?" Britney asked with a mischievous grin.
"No he's sleeping up in the room. And for your information young lady I now have three of them hidden away."
"Who else is here?" a surprised Britney asked.
"Brian and Leighanne are here also," Kevin said.
"Oh!" Brit said as she turned to Marc, "Is this good?"
"I don't know," Marc sighed. "But the three of them need to work this out. I just hope they can do it."
"I hope everything comes out ok," Brit said softly. "What's on the schedule for today?"
"Down time until two. Everyone is meeting in my suite for a late brunch. We leave for the venue at three. Meet and greet at four with sound check at five. Supper will be served at six. You go on at eight and the guys at nine."
"Isn't sound check kind of late?"