Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 23:37:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: A W <druewallace22@yahoo.com>
Subject: Gay Boybands Dizzy Chapter 7 Repost

The legal stuff: This is a sexually explicit story (at times) involving
homosexuality.  By continuing to read, you affirm under penalties of
perjury that you are not a minor or in the company of a minor and are
entitled to have access to sexually explicit material.  The content and
opinions expressed in this story do not imply anything with regard to the
sexual preference of any member of 98 Degrees or other celebrities named
herein.  This is a work of fiction entirely.

Dizzy



It was around 4:00 that afternoon and Andrew was still sitting in the
restaurant with the group. He and Drew have so far been able to keep up
their prank with no problems so far. Andrew explained everything to Abbey
when she dragged him into the kitchen. When he got back to the table, Drew
greeted him with another kiss. They ordered food and Drew thought it would
be funny if the two of them fed each other. After they got done eating,
they sat around the table talking. Nick and the others kept asking Drew
what was going on but he ignored their questions and changed the subject.
Drew started kissing Andrew's neck. Nick slammed his drink on the table.

"Jesus, do you think you can keep your hands off each other for like two
seconds and talk to us!" He said angrily.

Drew whispered in Andrew's ear when he heard Nick yelling at them. "He's
getting pissed off. I think it's time to take it to the next level." Drew
said and then pulled off of Andrew's neck and looked at his friends sitting
around the table. "Guys, I have an announcement to make. I have found the
love of my life and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, Andrew
Paul Williams. So, let's get married."

Andrew opened his mouth in surprise, along with everyone else. Justin spit
out his drink and started coughing. Nick and Jeff turned pale, looking like
they had just seen a ghost. Vanessa started giggling and clapping her
hands.  She was the only who was truly excited. Drew didn't stop there.
"Nick, I want you to be my best man and Justin you can be Andrew's best man
or I'm sure Heather or Abbey would do it if you asked them. Jeff, you can
be the ring bearer. Vanessa, we are going to need a flower girl."

Everyone was looking at Drew with crazy looks on their faces. Even Andrew
was at a loss for words, as Drew didn't tell him about this part. "We
already live in Boston, they recognize gay marriage. I mean, we can fly all
the guests to us..."

"Shut the hell up Drew!" Nick yelled. He looked at Drew and Andrew whose
faces were turning bright red from suppressing their laughter. "What the
fuck is so funny!?"

"Shh..." Andrew said through fits of laughter.

"We got you so bad!" Drew said while laughing.

Nick and the others look totally confused. Andrew stopped laughing long
enough to explain to them what they just did. "Ok, Drew wanted to get back
at you for causing the incident in the car. So everything we've been doing
since we changed clothes has been a joke."

Justin and Jeff started laughing along also. "Damn, you guys did get
us. Especially with that whole marriage thing." said Justin.

"Ok, ok I get it. You pulled a fast one on us Drew." Nick said.

Heather came over to the table. Everyone stopped laughing when they saw the
serious look on her face. "What's up Heather?" Andrew asked.

"I'm sorry guys but I've tried everything I can think of. There are just no
available rooms and I've had people calling around but with the storm
getting worse every minute, people have been grabbing rooms up. There isn't
a single hotel in Boston with a vacancy."

"Oh my god, Nick what are we going to do?" Vanessa asked hysterically.

"I don't know. There has to be something, somewhere." Nick answered her as
he put his arm around her and hugged her tightly.

"I know a place where you can stay. It's not fancy but it's warm and with
the five of you there won't be a lot of room but it's somethin'." Andrew
said suddenly.

"Are you serious? Why didn't you say something sooner?" Jeff asked.

"I was savin' it as a last resort option." Andrew said vaguely.

"Ok, well let's get there and quick before they run out of rooms." Justin
said standing up.

"Ok, let's go home." Andrew said standing up and joining Justin. Everyone
just sat there and looked at Andrew. "What? Ya'll said you were ready to
go, so let's go."

"We can't stay with you." Jeff said.

"And why not?" Andrew asked.

"Well, I mean its Christmas. We don't want to ruin your Christmas. We'll
work something else out. Don't worry." Justin said.

Heather looked at Andrew and hit him in the back of the head. "Ow, what the
hell?" he said holding his head.

"How come you never ask me to stay over?" Heather asked, faking anger.

"Well, because you aren't a hot member of 98 Degrees." Andrew said jokingly
while rubbing the spot Heather hit him at. "But seriously ya'll, its no
problem at all. I don't fly home for Christmas because it's too much of a
hassle and I do have to come in for a couple of hours tomorrow anyways to
serve dinner to the hotel guests that come down."

"Are you sure?" Vanessa asked.

"Yes I am absolutely positive. What better Christmas present could I get
than to have my favorite band stayin' with me for a night or two?" Andrew
said.

"Well, ok. Thanks dude, we owe you big time." Nick said. The others shared
their agreement. "Hey, maybe we can wrap Drew up like a present for you."
Everyone laughed at Nick's insane idea.

"Ha ha." Drew said sarcastically.

"Ok, now let's go." Andrew said. "Heather, are you and Abbey going to drop
by after work so I can give ya'll two your presents?"

"Yeah, like we would give up the opportunity for free gifts." Heather said
laughing. "I guess I'll see you later then." She said as she walked away to
get back to work.

Andrew made his way outside and went to his car. He opened the trunk and
started handing everyone their bags.

"We aren't driving?" Drew asked.

"No, there's too much snow on the ground and I only live a couple of blocks
away. My car will be fine here in the hotel parkin' lot." Andrew said while
still handing everyone their bags.

Andrew locked up his car and made his way down the sidewalk towards his
apartment. It only took them ten minutes to get there. When they walked in,
Andrew immediately went to the thermostat and turned the heat on. "I know
it's only a one bedroom apartment, but I figured the livin' room is large
enough for everyone to spread out and there is room on the floor in my
room. Vanessa, you and Nick can have the bed if you want..." Andrew was
explaining before he was interrupted.

"Oh...my...god!" he heard a girl scream from behind him. He turned around
and standing in front of his bedroom door was his best friend from back
home in North Carolina, Emma Thompson.

"Emma? What are you doin' here?" Andrew asked shocked and confused. "And
how did you get in here?"

"Surprise and its nice to see you too." Emma said to Andrew as she embraced
him in a tight hug. "Mom and Dad thought that Hunter and I should come see
you for Christmas since you insist on stayin' here in Boston and I can't
believe you forgot that you gave us a key last time we were in town."

"Oh well that was over a year ago." Andrew said. "Oh I'm sorry ya'll. I'm
sure you don't need an introduction but this is my best friend from back
home, Emma and where is Hunter?"

"Right here." Said a voice from the bathroom. When the door opened up,
Hunter stepped out and his jaw dropped to the floor. "Holy crap, dude
that's 98 Degrees. Why are the guys of 98 Degrees in your apartment?"
Hunter said while walking to Andrew and giving him a hug as well.

"It's a long story. Guys, this is Emma's twin brother Hunter."

The group said various hellos to Emma and Hunter as Andrew explained to
them the events that led up to them staying with him.

"I'm sorry it's goin' to be a little crowded in here. I wasn't countin' on
the homeless to drop in." Andrew said, jokingly referring to Emma and
Hunter.

"Yeah, well if Mr. Antisocial here would decide to accept an invitation to
our house for Christmas, we wouldn't be crashing with you." Hunter said in
retort.

"It's not a problem, we are just glad not to be sleeping in an airport
tonight. Let's just think of it as one giant sleepover." Justin said.

"Ok, well ya'll are welcome to anythin' in the kitchen and you can set your
stuff anywhere you'd like. I have tons of extra pillows and blankets so
everyone will be comfortable as can be tonight. The towels are under the
bathroom sink so you are welcome to a shower or bath or whatever works for
you."

Vanessa walked into the kitchen. "I am going to cook everyone dinner." She
announced as she was opening various cabinets.

Hunter joined her in the kitchen. "I'll help. I am in culinary school after
all." He and Vanessa started going over what they were going to fix. Andrew
walked into his bedroom and motioned for Nick and the guys to join him.

"Ok, so the big television is in here because I rarely use the livin' room
so I guess we need to move it in there since there's more room. The PS3 and
the Xbox360 are also in here along with my DVD player and movies. If ya'll
wouldn't mind helpin' me, we can drag all this stuff in there."

They eventually moved the television and all the electronic entertainment
into the living room.  Nick, Emma and Jeff settled into playing the PS3
while Justin set up his laptop to Andrew's internet connection so he could
check his email. Earlier in the day, everyone had called their families to
apologize for being stranded in Boston and missing their Christmas
gathering. Andrew went into his room and fell on his bed.

Andrew heard a small knock on his door. "Come in." The door opened and in
walked Drew.

"Hey, are you ok?" he asked with concern as he made his way over to
Andrew's bed.

"Yeah I'm fine. Just getting a headache is all. If I just lay here in the
dark for a bit, it'll go away."

"Mind if I chill in here with you then?" Drew asked.

"If you want." Andrew said nonchalantly.

Andrew slid over on his bed and Drew climbed in next to him. He put an arm
around Andrew and brought him closer. He laid Andrew's head on his chest
and the two just lay there in complete silence.

"Where are Andrew and Drew?" Nick asked when he and Jeff finished their
game.

"I think they are in his bedroom." Justin said while briefly looking up
from his computer.

"Uh huh. You think they are joking with us again?" Jeff asked Nick.

"I don't know. How bout we go find out?" Nick said getting up. Jeff stood
up as well and helped Emma to her feet. Vanessa and Hunter followed them to
Andrew's bedroom. Justin even got up from his laptop and joined them. Nick
made a shushing motion as he slowly opened the bedroom door.

Looking in the room, they could see Drew lying on the bed on his back with
his left arm around Andrew. Andrew was laying on his side, his left arm and
head draped on Drew's chest. They were both sound asleep.

"Oh, they look so peaceful." Vanessa whispered.

"That doesn't look like a joke to me." stated Jeff. Justin quickly agreed
with him.

"I'm starting to wonder how much of their stunt at the hotel was a joke."
Nick said

"Hang on a sec." Hunter said before he disappeared into the living
room. They could hear him rummaging through some stuff before he came back
with a camera in his hand. "I have got to get a picture of this." He took a
picture of the sleeping guys. The flash from the camera made Drew stir a
little.

"Let's just leave them be before they wake up. Come on." Vanessa said as
she pushed everyone away from the door. She shut the door quietly behind
her and made her way back to the kitchen with Hunter.

Around 8:00 that evening, Hunter and Vanessa finished cooking dinner at the
same time as Abbey and Heather arrived. They were surprised to see Emma and
Hunter in town. They had met them the first year Andrew moved to Boston
when they came to town to visit. As everyone was getting ready to eat
dinner, Nick went to wake up Drew and Andrew. He quietly opened the door
and walked into the room, shutting the door behind him so they wouldn't
hear the others talking in the kitchen. He sat down in the desk chair
Andrew had by his computer and watched his brother sleeping. He noticed how
tightly Drew's arm was wrapped around Andrew, as if someone were about to
separate them.

The door opened and Justin walked into the room and saw Nick sitting. He
shut the door and walked over to him. "What's wrong Nick?" Justin asked
with concern.

"Nothing I was just sitting here debating on whether to wake them up or
not." Nick said in a whisper. "You know, since everything that's been
happening with Drew these past couple of months, this is the first time he
has slept without tossing and turning?"

"Yeah I noticed." Justin said. "Hey Nick, what do you think about staying
in Boston for awhile longer? I mean, today is the first day we've seen Drew
laugh and joke around and now he is sleeping like a baby. I think him being
around Andrew is doing him a world of good. Jeff and I already talked about
it and since we don't have anything planned, we thought it'd be good for
him to stay here a little longer."

"I don't know if that's a good idea."

"Well why not?"

"I'm not sure what is going on in Drew's head or not but I think it will do
him more harm than good if we stay. Just think about it. The longer we stay
here in Boston and the more we hang out with Andrew, the more chance they
have of actually building a relationship and that's good but do you think
it's fair for that to happen and then just take it all away when we leave?
Sure, Andrew could come with us back to Ohio and travel around with us like
Vanessa does but is it fair to him to give his life here and is it fair to
Drew to be in a long distance relationship if he were to choose to stay?"

"Yeah you are right but how about we let Drew decide for himself. I mean
after all, his opinion is the only one that matters." Justin said.

"Thank you Justin." Drew said groggily from the bed. "Could you guys be any
louder? What are you doing in here anyways?"

"Dinner's ready. You hungry?" Nick asked.

Drew carefully moved off the bed and away from Andrew so that he wouldn't
wake him up. The three guys joined everyone in the living room and began
eating dinner. Drew told everyone Andrew had a headache and needed to
sleep. They talked about various things until Nick asked Emma and Hunter to
share more about Andrew since they were childhood friends.

"I don't think it's our place to tell you anything he hasn't." Hunter
said. "We've known him since like first grade. The three of us have been
inseparable ever since. We were the first people he ever came out
to. Andrew met Heather at a Food Network show three years ago that they
were both attending. She was a hospitality student at Johnson and Wales and
he was a senior in high school and on a field trip with our culinary arts
class. They met and kept in touch and became good friends. He chose to move
here when it came time for college."

"What about his family?" Vanessa said. "He seems like he really loves them
because there are tons of pictures all over the place. Why would he come up
here so far away from them?"

Emma and Hunter looked at each other briefly before Hunter pointed across
the room. "Hey Heather, I think those boxes over there are yours and
Abbey's presents from Andrew."

Heather got up and went over to the boxes. Sure enough, one was addressed
to Abbey and the other to herself. Abbey's had purple wrapping paper and
Heather's was green, to signify their favorite color. She grabbed the boxes
and handed Abbey's hers as she sat back down. "Should we open them now or
wait until he wakes up?"

"Well, it's almost 9:30 and I don't know about you but I have to be going
soon. My family always makes it a point to wake up early on Christmas day."
Abbey said.

"Yeah you are right." Heather said as she began undoing the box on her
present. She and Abbey lifted the box tops up at the same time and looked
inside. They each pulled out a small purse. Heather's was made of black
leather and had a red rose on it along with her initials. Heather loved red
roses and this bag suited her perfectly. Abbey's was also made of black
leather with a purple design on the side.

"Oh my god, those are custom made Gucci bags." Vanessa said expertly.

"How can you tell?" Heather asked. "Oh, I see the Gucci clasp."

"Wow, do you know how much custom made Gucci bags go for? That's like close
to a thousand apiece. You got a great friend." Vanessa said.

Heather and Abbey were stunned. "Oh my god, where did he get the money for
these?" Abbey said.

Emma and Hunter smiled. Emma took off a necklace she had been wearing and
handed it to Heather

"Andrew mailed us our presents a week or so ago. We got them
yesterday. This is the ruby necklace he bought for me. I looked it up
online and it costs almost six thousand dollars."

"Wow it's beautiful!" Heather exclaimed as she passed it around.

"He sent my mom a pair of purple amethyst earrings worth three thousand."
Emma added.

Hunter took off a watch he was wearing and passed it around. "He bought my
dad and I similar watches about a thousand a piece. Mine is stainless steel
and dad's has the same face as mine but is black leather."

"He is a waiter...he can't afford all this. I mean, he gets a pretty decent
check for being manager as well as his tips but I thought he was putting it
all towards college. He didn't want to graduate with a huge debt." Heather
said.

"I guess he hasn't told you then." Emma said. "I don't want to but let me
just say don't try to give your gift back to him. He wants...needs to do
this."

Emma started sobbing quietly and Hunter put his arm around her. "Stop
it. We've been over this before."

Everyone looked at them with worried looks on their faces. Drew spoke over
Emma's quiet sobs.

"What's going on?" he asked

"Well...he needs to be the one to tell you." Hunter said. "It's not our
place."

"We know something is up but we don't know what." Drew said. "He had two
dizzy spells yesterday. One at work and one backstage at our concert and
the second one he actually passed out from a seizure and was in the
hospital for a couple of hours. So what's going on with him?"

Emma started laughing slightly. "I'm sorry, I don't mean to laugh. It's
just ironic that he would have dizzy spells around you when his favorite
song is you guys' Dizzy. Hunter, I think we should tell them." Emma said
looking at her twin.

"You can if you want but I am not getting him mad at me. I'll be washing
dishes." Hunter said as he got up and started taking plates into the
kitchen.

"Ok it's kind of a long story. When Andrew was eight years old, his
grandfather died of liver cancer. His whole family was devastated and
things only got worse from there. Two months after the funeral, his
grandmother was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and she died when he was
ten. When he was twelve, his mom died of breast cancer and when he was
fourteen, his dad died of prostate cancer. Andrew, his older brother, and
his older sister came to live with us. My parents and his parents were good
friends and they knew that my parents would make sure they were well taken
care of. His brother is...was five years older than him and when he turned
twenty, he was diagnosed with and died of testicular cancer. His sister,
two years older than him, died the summer before his senior year of high
school when she was twenty of ovarian cancer."

Emma had tears rolling down her face as she told the story. Hunter was
still washing dishes, but you could see the sadness in his face as
well. Everyone else was silently looking at Emma, all with tears in their
eyes.

"When his sister died, we began to notice drastic changes in his
behavior. He was researching all the time and he stopped celebrating
everything. He hasn't participated in or celebrated his birthday,
Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Years. He just wasn't interested. When we
graduated high school, he decided he needed to leave North Carolina and
that's when he decided to move to Boston. He changed completely when she
died because he realized he was the only member of his family left. No
aunts, no uncles, no cousins. His father's side of the family had died off
before he was born."

Emma paused for a moment to wipe her tears.

"You asked how he could afford all these gifts. Andrew may not have any
family but he isn't short on money. He inherited everything in his
family. He sold his grandparents house and his house after his sister died
because he said it was too painful to live there. He gave my parents a lot
of money for being there for him and his brother and sister. He is paying
for mine and Emma's tuitions so our parents aren't strained on finances.
With the insurance from the four adults and the money from all the cars and
houses, Andrew doesn't really have to work for the rest of his life. He
chooses to do because one thing he has always hated was to rely on others
and have people do and buy things for him. For him to not have a job, he
would go stir crazy and think he was being too lazy." Hunter explained.

"That must be why he gave that money back that we tipped him at the
restaurant yesterday." Jeff said.

"That sounds like something he would do." Hunter said before Emma continued
with the story.

"My parents got a letter a month ago from Andrew. Inside the envelope was a
letter talking about how school was going and he included some new recipes
he whipped up for them to try. At the end, it simply said "it's begun". It
was so morbid but they knew what he was talking about. They didn't tell us
until he mailed us our Christmas gifts. It was the first time he ever sent
us presents for Christmas. There was a note with everything that simply
said "do not return to me and do not get me anything". That was when my
parents told Hunter and I what was going on. Since they were down as his
emergency contacts, they got a call from the hospital yesterday saying what
his test results found and the doctors wanted my parents to try and talk
him into seeking treatment since he refused yesterday. The doctor that
called them said he could tell Andrew had known for sometime now that he
was dying. He said Andrew simply wanted to go home and refused to listen to
him. He gave my parents his name and numbers in case Andrew was to change
his mind."

Emma couldn't hold back anymore and started to cry full on. Jeff went over
to her and put his arm around her and laid her head on his
shoulder. Vanessa was clutching Nick's hand tightly and was holding on to
his arm as if he was about to leave her. Drew, Justin, Abbey, and Heather
simply sat in silence, processing everything. Hunter walked into the living
room and sat back down.

"What kind of research was he doing?" Abbey asked.

"His family history and I'm not sure if it was a good or bad thing for him
to do. Apparently, both sides of his family are prone to contracting
cancer, which may explain why his mother and father were both only
children."

"Our parents wanted to come up and see him but they figured that he was
more liable to listen to Emma and I than them. Since we are on break from
school, we decided to fly in as soon as possible. I have a feeling that
this will be the last time we get to see him."

"See who?" Andrew asked from his bedroom door. He walked into the living
room and saw everybody and the sad look on their faces. "What is goin' on?"
No one said a word but they didn't have to because Andrew looked at Emma
and saw her crying. "I see. So, now ya'll know. I didn't want anyone to
find out this way...as a matter of fact I wasn't plannin' on anyone findin'
out. How'd you know?"

"Mom and dad got a phone call from the hospital yesterday with your test
results. She told us and she sent us up here to see you and to talk some
sense into you." Emma said quietly.

"Well, you've wasted your time then because I've accepted the inevitable
and you should too." Andrew stormed out of his apartment and into the
freezing December snow. Everyone just sat there, unsure of what to do or
say.

"We have to go get him. He's not wearing a coat, he'll freeze." Hunter
said.

"Not we...Drew." Emma said.

"What? Me? Why me?" Drew said quickly with a slight high pitch.

"I've only been here for a couple of hours but for Andrew to fall asleep
with you on his bed, you've gotten to him someway, somehow. He hasn't dated
anyone since his sister died. He was dating a guy in high school and they
spent all their time together. They had plans...college...marriage. My
parents absolutely adored him but Andrew broke up with him when his sister
died. I saw the smile on his face when he was asleep next to you and saw
how comfortable he was around you."

"She's right Drew." Nick added. "You slept in there for two hours without
tossing and turning or waking up. You slept more peacefully in those two
hours than in the past two months."

Hunter got his digital camera and pushed a few buttons before tossing the
camera to Drew. "Look at it. We took a picture of you two while you were
sleeping."

Drew studied the picture for a minute. They were all right. He wasn't sure
what was going on but somehow Andrew had gotten to him and Andrew had
obviously taken a liking to him. He was more comfortable hanging around
with Andrew than anyone, even his band mates.

"What's wrong with him?" Drew asked.

"He has a tumor on the left side of his brain. The doctor isn't sure how
long it's been there but he says that if he doesn't begin treatment as soon
as possible, he won't make it to his 22nd birthday. His symptoms are almost
non-existent right now, except for his constant headaches and the dizziness
he was experiencing yesterday, but it will get worse and more
frequent. Knowing Andrew, the minute he started having constant headaches,
he went to the doctor."

Drew handed the camera back to Hunter and stood up. He put on his jacket
and grabbed Andrew's before heading out the door, not saying a word to
anyone. No one moved or said anything. Nick glanced at the clock. They had
been there for awhile because it was almost midnight. Heather and Abbey saw
this too.

"We should get going, not to be heartless or anything, but we do get up
early to celebrate with our families." Abbey said as she and Heather
prepared to leave.

"No, it's totally understandable since I doubt there is anything we can do
at this point." Emma said getting up with them to hug them. "He doesn't
want to talk about any of it with us and I think we should be good friends
and accept that."

"Yeah and he's already mad so you don't have to worry about him getting mad
at you for leaving so soon." Hunter said joking around.

"Well, I think it is best for all of us to just act like everything is
normal. I mean, that's clearly what he wants." Abbey said.

"Promise you'll call us the minute something happens...bad or good?"
Heather asked Emma as she hugged her.

"You know I will. Merry Christmas Abbey. Happy Hanukah Heather." Emma said
as the girls left. Everyone else said good bye to the girls. Emma sat back
down and Jeff moved closer to her and put his arm back around her. "I hope
Drew can talk some sense into him." She whispered in Jeff's ear. He hugged
her tightly.

"I wonder what is going on with those two." Nick said to no one in
particular.