DISCLAIMER: O-town, Backstreet Boys and N'Sync are all bands that I don't know. I am not implying anything here. This is strictly created in my fantasies. I wish it was actually happening but I highly doubt it. I am in no way affiliated with Jive or J records, MTV or any other way with these bands. If homosexual content offends you or is illegal for you to read then please leave.
The only thing I have remotely in common with these guys is that Ashley Parker Angel and I were born on the same exact day-August 1, 1981.
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Other great reads: "Fame, Love and Reality" by Alejandro my good buddy. (Backstreet Boys story- Nick/Kevin/Brian) "Never guess who ran into me today" by SquallThrawn (Lance Bass story) "Encountering Nick" by Kdawg (Nick Carter story) "Encounter in the Sand" by Jeremy (Justin Timberlake story)
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All I Need Is You-Chapter Two
"Lucy, I'm home." Ashley screamed the famous Ricky Ricardo saying as he threw his bags down on the floor.
"Hey Ash, how was the honeymoon." Erik said as he walked down the stairs and greeted his friend.
"Oh man, it was awesome. We did so many cool things." Ashley said in a bubbly tone.
"Yeah, I'm still recovering from all those cool things." Nick said as he entered with the rest of the bags and plopped himself down on the couch.
"What are you guys talking about? And if it's sexual I don't wanna hear it." Erik said grabbing a soda out of the fridge.
"Haha no, here, look at these pictures that I got developed after the first few days." Ashley said handing Erik a packet of photos.
"Holy shit, you guys went skydiving." Erik exclaimed.
"You still owe me for that one." Nick said from the couch.
Ashley responded by sticking his tongue out then a wink to his husband.
"That's awesome man, I wanna hear all about it. But not now, Danny called a house meeting today." Erik said.
"Hmm I wonder what that's about." Ashley pondered.
"I guess I'll leave then. I don't wanna impose on anything." Nick said
"No it's ok Nick, I want you to hear this too." Dan said as he entered the room with Devon behind him.
Dan walked into the center of the room and put his fingers to his mouth. He let out a whistle that echoed throughout the entire house. Trevor came down from the upstairs and Jacob walked out of his poolhouse room, rubbing his eyes.
"See I once knew this kid named Jake right? He always used to try to sleep but then again he lived with 5 people so he gave up on that a long time ago." Jacob said as he sat down on the infamous O- town couch.
All of his bandmates sat around him on the long couch that wrapped around the large room.
"I feel like we should all be holding hands." Trevor said with a laugh.
"That can be arranged Trev." Erik said as he put his hand on Trevor's leg in a joking manner.
Trevor quickly swatted away and everyone had a good laugh.
"Alright guys, settle down, there's something that I need to tell you guys." Dan said quieting them
"What's up Danny boy?" Ashley asked
"It's kinda hard to say." Dan said
"Everything alright?" Ashley asked back.
"Yeah everything's great. It's just hard." Dan said as he ran his hand through his short brown hair.
He felt a hand on his shoulder and he looked back and saw Devon smiling at him. It gave him such comfort, such peace. He knew that together they could accomplish anything.
All of this seemed a little too familiar to Ashley. He had seen this scene somewhere before. He leaned over to Nick and whispered in his ear, "Do you see the same thing coming that I do?"
"Uh-huh" Nick said with a smile.
"Guys, Devon and I are engaged." Dan said never taking his eyes off of his fiancée.
Nick and Ashley saw this coming a mile away and started clapping as soon as Dan said it. They both got up and gave each of them a hug, showing their support.
Dan was grateful for this because the last thing he wanted was that awkward silence that Nick and Ashley had to deal with. He truly was thankful he had these two great friends.
"I see how it is, ditch us for the Canadian." Erik said with a smile on his face.
Devon gave him a punch in the arm before hugging him.
"You got my support guys." Trevor said as he got up.
Jacob was the last person still sitting on the couch.
"Something wrong Jake?" Dan asked him.
"No, you guys are awesome together. I'm just thinking that if everything keeps going in the order of when we got together then I'm next." Jacob said as he got up.
"Well, that's up to you but if that's how it works then we'll be there for you too." Trevor said
"I know." Jacob said with a smile as he joined the group hug.
Nick, Ashley, Dan and Devon all lay by the indoor pool in the O-town house, enjoying the warmth of being inside as the weather began to get cold outside. It was the night before the new tour started and each of them were trying to relax before the long grueling effects of the road.
"So who's idea was it to get a heated pool?" Devon asked.
"Well, the house was kinda just given to us after we won and it's been paid for ever since." Ashley said.
"That's hot though." Nick said.
"Yeah it's weird to think that I wasn't even supposed to be in this band." Dan said
"I didn't know that." Devon said
"Yeah, I wasn't picked but there was this guy named Ikaika, that left for weird ass reasons." Dan said.
"How did you end up coming in?" Nick asked, not knowing the full story.
"My boys here say that I was the first person that came to their mind." Dan said.
"You got it buddy." Ashley said as he slapped hands with his best friend. "And we didn't even talk about it. We all came up with it on our own and then brought it to each other and we all wanted Dan." Ashley finished.
"I guess it was just meant to be." Devon said with a smile.
At that moment, Dan's cell phone rang. He got up and walked over to the table and looked at the caller ID. It was Clive. 'Hmm I wonder what's up, probably just some random info before the tour starts.'
He pressed the send button and walked into the kitchen.
"C-diddy, what's up?" Dan said leaning up against the fridge.
"Hey Dan, I need to talk to you about something." Clive said seriously.
"Sure, is everything alright?" Dan asked worriedly.
"Well, not really. Now Dan, before I tell you this I just want you to know that I always consider you a son of my own and most of what I'm about to say is all business." Clive said.
"Clive, this sounds bad." Dan said
"Well Dan, management found out about your engagement to Devon. Now Dan I think you and Devon are great together and you know that whatever makes you happy makes me happy but another wedding might be too much." Clive began.
Dan was shocked by the news. How could management support Nick and Ashley so much and then tell Dan and Devon that it was too much.
"Clive, it's not like we're coming out to the world or anything." Dan said.
"Dan it's gonna be very hard to hide two weddings instead of one." Clive said
Dan turned around and watched Devon sitting on the chair explaining a story to Nick and Ashley. Being the natural comedian his fiancée is as he hit the punch line, all three men started laughing. Dan couldn't help but smile but it was quickly removed when he remembered the nature of the conversation he was having.
"Clive, I can't believe you're saying this." Dan said.
"Dan, I'm sorry but I'm just telling you what management is saying. It's going to be very hard for us to support this wedding. I'm sorry." Clive said as he hung up the phone.
A tear came to Dan's eye as he looked back over to where his fiancée sat. He got up and took off his hat and ran his hand through his short, blond hair. He looked over and saw Dan staring at him and he gave him a wink, not seeing that he was crying. It might have been the most frustrating situation Dan had to deal with in his life.
The Backstreet Boys stood on stage, looking out over the sold out Staples Center in Los Angeles that was completely packed cheering them on. They still had it. Their fans still loved them and they weren't going anywhere.
"We're gonna sing one more for you guys." Kevin said as the fans continued to go crazy.
"You guys have always been great and always given us something special to sing about." Brian said.
"Yeah so this one goes out to everyone who has someone special in their life." Nick said as the opening tunes to "More than That" came out over the loud speakers. Brian stepped up to the front and began the ballad.
"I can see that you've been cryin' You can hide it with a lie What's the use in you denyin' When what you have is wrong
I heard him promise you forever But forever's come and go Baby he would say whatever It takes to keep you blind To the truth between the lies"
All five of them stepped up and belted out the chorus to their crowd that never let them go. They wouldn't let them ever stop because Backstreet was too important to them. They were still needed in this world.
" Oh I will love you more than that I won't say those words, then take them back Don't give loneliness a chance Baby listen to me when I say I will love you more than that"
They finished up the song and waved good-bye to the crowd as they ran off the stage. All of them got straight on the tour bus due to the large crowd that security might not be able to control. The bus was soon on its way to the short trip to the hotel. AJ grabbed his cell phone and saw that he had 5 missed calls.
"That's gotta be Jake." AJ said to himself. "I'll call him when we get to the hotel. I need a shower first."
The bus arrived at the hotel and all of them got out and grabbed their keys and made their way towards the elevators.
"AJ you coming?" Howie asked
"Nah I gotta make a phone call" AJ said as he pulled out his cell phone.
"Why don't you make it in your room?" Howie asked back.
"I get better service down here." AJ said as he waved good-bye to Howie and put the phone up to his mouth.
"Jake Cell" AJ spoke into the phone, it then responded and began to dial Jacob's number.
"Hello?" Jacob said into the phone groggily.
"Hey baby, did I wake you up?" AJ asked
"Yeah, I was just trying to sleep the night away." Jacob said.
"What's the matter?" AJ asked
"Dan and Devon are engaged but management won't support their wedding. The guys have been arguing about it all night." Jacob said from the other line.
"Wow, that's too bad." AJ said.
"Is that all you can say?" Jacob said a little frustrated.
"Well yeah I mean they're my friends and everything but it shouldn't really affect us much." AJ said.
"Well that's a shitty thing to say. What if we wanna get married one day?" Jacob asked in a mad tone.
"Jake, we've never even talked about it." AJ said
"So you saying that you don't want to?" Jacob asked
"I, I, I don't know, maybe." AJ stuttered out.
"Whatever AJ, I'm going back to sleep. I need to get away from all of this." Jacob said as he hung up the phone.
AJ didn't know what to do. He felt helpless. He felt like he was stuck and no matter what he did there was no way out. It was that proverbial ditch, where all the sides were lined with a slippery substance providing no way out. He hadn't felt this way in a very long time, not since he met Jacob.
They had never fought this hard before. Even when he saw Howie kissing AJ in that big confusion at the O-town house Jacob was more understanding. He was very upset about this whole thing. He must have been thinking about it for a while. 'I should have been more understanding.' AJ thought to himself.
AJ got up and started walking. 'It doesn't matter now, he's probably gonna dump me. I just told him I wasn't sure about marriage. He probably thinks I don't love him anymore.' AJ began thinking. This same type of thinking was the usually snowball that he was used to. He began to get depressed. All the thoughts of loneliness without Jacob would be too much to handle. He missed him already. There was always one easy way of dealing with this type of pain for him. He knew it was wrong and he knew he shouldn't be going where he was but it was all he could think of. He stopped walking and looked up and read the sign above the doorway.
It read "Hotel Bar".
TO BE CONTINUED...
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