Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 17:07:20 -0800 (PST)
From: slpwriter <slpwriter@yahoo.com>
Subject: Nick Lachey: My Everything-35

Hey Everyone! Happy New Year! I hope that you guys
will have a great one!


Well let's just say that even thought it will take a
little longer than I thought, I've decided to try and
write at least one chapter on every day that I have
off of work. It has been hectic lately, but with the
break I took from writing, it gave me a chance to
think about how I want the story to continue. So here
goes.

Oh, and I'm going to try to write it with different
scenes in each chapter so we can all see what's going
on with the other characters, rather then from Sean's
point of view.


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.

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

and finally:
"This Gift" by Sprout.

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

Enjoy.

Previously on "My Everything".....


NICK'S CAR......


The guys pulled up to the scene of a gasoline tanker
and a car crashed, but they couldn't make out whether
the car was Sean's or not.

"Oh, my god, that looks bad." Nick said, as he and the
guys jumped out and started running towards the crash
site.

"Guys, don't go near that truck!" A man from the other
side of the road said to them. "It could explode any
second!"

Alright, but can you tell us what happened?" Danny
asked him.

The man shook his head. "All I know is that a shiny
red corvette collided with this gasoline tanker and
right now the truckdriver is trying to get a man out
of it right now."

"Oh my god!" Nick exclaimed."Sean's in that car! Come
on, let's get him out!"

"No, you stay here!" Danny said to him, then to the
rest of the guys. "All of you stay here. I will get
him out!"

With that, Danny started running towards the truck and
car. But he didn't make it in time.

BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The car and the tanker both exploded with a thunderous
roar, the force of the explosion throwing Danny
backwards several feet with him landing on his back.
He looked up in horror to see nothing but flying
debris and a mosterous fireball.

The guys had been all hugging each other together as a
group when they heard the explosion.

They all turned around, just in time to see Danny get
blown back a few feet from the force of the explosion
and the car and truck get engulfed in flames.

"Sean!!!!!!!" They all cried out."

Chapter 35
***********

"Sean!!!!! No!!!!!!!" Danny screamed, getting up and
trying to run towards the now burning car and truck,
to see if Sean was ok. But Drew got ahold of him
before he could do that.

"Danny, don't." Drew said, then turned to all of the
guys. "Guys, get down!"

All of the guys got down on the ground with their
heads under their hands to protect themselves from
getting hit with flying debris.

After a couple of minutes the exploding stopped and
the guys all got back up, hoping and praying that Sean
and the truckdriver got out alive.

Then they heard sirens coming closer, indicating that
the police and the fire department were headed to the
scene. But Nick was going into hysteria. He was trying
to run towards the scene of the crash, but Justin and
Jeff were holding him back.

"Guys, let go of me, I've got to find Sean! I've got
to save him!" Nick shouted out, tears streaming down
his face. "Please, let go of me!"

"Nick, calm down!" Jeff yelled at him, still keeping a
strong hold on him.

"I can't calm down!" Nick sobbed. "Sean could be dying
in that fire! We've got to try and help him!"

"Nick, please, the fire squad will be here any
minute." Drew said, trying to calm his big brother
down. "They'll find him."

Nick looked up through his tears at Drew, who also had
tears in his  eyes, and grabbed him into a hug.

"I hope so, bro. Oh god, how I hope so." Nick sobbed,
as Drew held him close.

Just then the police and the fire team came on the
scene and the firefighters immediately sprang into
action, while the police questioned the onlookers to
see if there were any witnesses who witnessed what
happened and what caused the accident.

The guys were all worried now and they were hoping and
praying that Sean would be alright. They were watching
as one half of the firefighters were spraying water
over the flames, trying to put them out, while other
firefighters, wearing fire mask and fire proof suits
were walking through the flames, trying to find any
sign of any survivors.

"Oh my god, if Sean doesn't make it out of this, I
don't know what I will do." Nick said, crying still.
"He's my life. I'd die without him!"

Then Danny, who was standing nearby, got angry when he
heard Nick say that.

"Yeah? Well Nick, if you hadn't thrown him out of the
house, none of this would have happened!" He shouted
at Nick.

Nick turned around and a gave Danny a look that could
have turned Danny to stone, if he had the power to.

"How dare you say that to me, Danny!" Nick yelled at
him. "Don't you dare think about blaming this on me!
If it's anyone's fault, it's yours! If you hadn't come
back to town tonight, this wouldn't have happened!"

Danny and Nick continued to stand there, glaring at
each other, the tension between them, thickening with
every passing second.

"Oh I see." Danny said to Nick then asked. "Would you
answer a question for me then, please?"

"What?" Nick asked, still keeping his angry look.

"Was it me, who promised that I'd never hurt Sean and
then deserted him?" Danny asked him. "Was it your
brother who promised to cherish and love Sean for the
rest of his life and then betrayed him?! Were they the
ones who left Sean alone that day in despair while
they got it on with another man in their bed?!"

That was more than Nick could take. "Why you fucking
little bastard!" He screaming as he swung out at
Danny. But Jeff blocked his hit and stood between
them.

"Stop it, you guys!" He yelled out. "You're going to
get us noticed if you keep this up! Now, cool it!"

Danny and Jeff stepped back and turned away from each
other. then Danny turned back to Jeff.

Jeff, could I speak to you alone for a minute?" He
asked Jeff. Before Jeff could answer him, Nick stuck
in a sarcastic remark.

"Why? So you can break Jeff's heart more  than it
already is?!" Nick snarled.

Danny just gave Nick an angry look. "Nick, just mind
your own business!"

"Alright, enough!" Jeff hissed. "Yes, Danny, I'll talk
to you for a minute. Let's go back to the car."

Danny turned and started walking towards Nick's car,
Jeff following right behind him.

"Who does he think he is?!" Nick snarled outloud.
"Blaming me for what happened with Sean! and to bring
up everything that I did wrong in the past......

Here Nick's fists were clenched and he finally
erupted:

"I just wanna kill him!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Then Nick sank down and started sobbing again, while
Drew and Kandi tried to comfort him.

"Excuse me, guys?" A voice asked.

Nick, Drew, Kandi, and Justin looked up to see a
police officer, standing near them.

"Yes?" Justin asked him. "Can we help you?"

"I hope so." The officer said."I was hoping you guys
could tell me what happened here tonight and what
caused this accident."

*******************************************************

BACK AT NICK'S CAR.........

When Danny and Jeff got back to the car, Jeff then
asked: "Well Danny, what is it you just had to talk to
me that you couldn't have said in front of the guys?"

Danny turned around to face Jeff. As he did Jeff could
see the tears that were running down his face.

"I'm sorry, Jeff." Danny sobbed. "For everything that
I said to you the day I left. I shouldn't have been so
cruel to you that day."

"Then why were you?" Jeff asked, his eyes starting to
tear up also.

"Because I was scared, alright?!" Danny said, sharply.

Now Jeff was confused. What could Danny possibly be
scared of?

"Scared of what, Danny?" Jeff asked him.

Danny closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Scared of my feelings for you, Jeff." He blurted out.

Jeff's eyes widened when he heard Danny's confession.
He almost couldn't believe that he'd heard Danny
right.

"Your feelings for me?" Jeff asked him, starting to
smile. "

"Yes." Danny replied. That's why I've been acting the
way I have because I didn't know how to deal with it.
and when you blew up at me tonight and said all those
hurtful things, which I know I deserved at the time, I
didn't see how much in love you were with me until
tonight. And that made me realize something."

"What's that?" Jeff asked him, curious to know.

Danny stared at Jeff for a second. Then he moved in
closer to him and gently pressed his lips against
Jeff's.

Jeff's eyes almost flew out of their sockets when he
realized what was happening. Danny was kissing him!

Danny pulled back from that kiss and looked at Jeff,
smiling.

"I realized that I love you, Jeff." Danny confessed to
Jeff.

Jeff couldn't believe his ears! Danny said that he
loves him!

"You do?" Jeff asked him. "Really?"

Danny nodded.

"Yes, Jeff. I love you with all my heart." He said.
And I'm hoping that when you're ready to forgive me,
that you'll give me another chance to be your friend
again and to make up for what I did?"

Jeff just stood there and looked at Danny's handsome
face to see if he could see any signs that was Danny
was saying was BS. But he didn't see any sign like
that in Danny's eyes.

"I do have one question though?" Jeff asked Danny.
Danny raised his eyebrows in question.

"What's that, Jeff?" He asked.

"Did you really announce your marriage to Amber to
hurt me or was it just to see if I still loved you?"
He asked. Danny shook his head.

"No, Jeff, my announcing my wedding plans was not
meant to hurt you, I swear." Danny said, with truth to
his words. "I just didn't know how real your feeling
were. I thought that by now, they would have gone away
because I thought it was just a crush you had on me or
something."

Jeff's face fell when he remember that Danny was
engaged to be married.

"What does this mean for you and Amber now?" Jeff
asked him.

Danny sighed sadly. "I'll have to end it with Amber."
He said. "As soon as I  can."

"Jeff then pulled Danny into a hug.

"This is just going to devastate her." Danny
said,sadly, as he hugged Jeff back.

"I know, Danny." Jeff said, still hugging him. "But
you'll get through it........

Here, Jeff put his hand under Danny's chin, forcing
Danny to look up into his eyes.

"We'll get through it." He finished.

Danny tried to smile, but couldn't, because his mind
came back to Sean. if he was alive or dead.

"Jeff, let's talk about this, later." Danny said.
"Right now, you and I need to get back to the guys so
we can find out what's going to become of Sean."

"You're right." Jeff said, looking towards the guys,
to see a police office, talking to them.

"We'll talk about this more later." Jeff said. "Come
on, let's get back down there."

*******************************************************
BACK ACROSS THE STREET..............

"How are you guys related to the victim of the crash?"
The officer asked the rest of the guys.

"He's our friend." Drew aswered since Nick was in no
condition to answer any questions.

"I see." the officer said. "Do you have any idea what
caused the crash?"

"No, we don't." Drew said. "We were actually out
looking for him when it happened."

"Ok, I guess that will have to do for now." The
officer replied, then handed Drew a business card.

 "If you should remember or find out anything that may
be significant, please give us a call." He said,
before walking over to the fire squad.

Nick then turned towards Drew. He needed his brother's
support right now.

"Drew, please tell me that Sean will be alright?" Nick
begged Drew. "He's all I need."

"He'll be alright, bro." Drew said, pulling Nick into
a hug, yet unsure whether he could believe his own
words. "I'm sure he will be."

Just then Danny and Jeff made it back to the group.

"Hey guys, we're back." Jeff said, smiling like the
cat who swallowed the canary.

"What are you smiling about?" Nick asked Jeff,
confused as to why he would be smiling at a time like
this.

"Well I found out why Danny treated me the way he
did." Jeff said.

"I don't think I want to hear it." Nick said, turning
away.

"Well you're going to anyway, Nick." Jeff said, then
continued. "Danny had feelings for me. He didn't know
how to deal with them at the time and he didn't
realize how in love I was with him until tonight."

All the guys gasped at hearing Jeff's confession. Then
Nick decided to just be sarcastic about it.

"How convienent for him." Nick snarled.

"Nick, please." Justin said. "Don't make another
scene."

Nick then turned towards Danny and gazed at him, anger
still apparent on his face.

"Listen, Danny, It's no excuse that you treated Jeff
that way, but I'm hoping that this time, it will be
different. If you ever hurt him like that ever again,
you'll have to answer to me and it will not be
pretty!" Nick said, the vehom obvious in his voice.

"Thanks, Nick." Danny said, then started to try and
hug him, but Nick held up his hand, motioning Danny to
stop. Nick wasn't yet ready to forgive Danny just yet.

"Don't hug me, Danny."Nick said. "I still hold you
responsible for what's happened to Sean."

Danny then gave Nick a worried look. "Nick, I know
it's going to take a while to earn your trust again."

Then Danny looked around again at the rest of the guys
and Kandi.

"All of you for that matter." Danny continued. "Right
now, we need to focus on Sean right now. If anything
has happened to my best friend, I will never forgive
myself. Ever."

Danny finally lost his composure and started crying
hard. Jeff pulled Danny to him and tried to comfort
Danny in any way he could.

"Excuse me, guys?" A voice said from behind them.

The guys turned to see one of the firemen standing
before them, a serious look on his face.

"Where is Sean?" Nick asked, frantically. "Did you
find him?"


The fireman sighed.

"There's no easy way to tell you this." He said. "But
we found.........partial remains."

Everyone's faces took on a look of sheer horror,
realizing what the fireman was telling them.

"Partial remains?! Nick managed to get out. The
fireman looked at him, sadly.

"I'm sorry." He said. "There were no survivors."

Everyone was grief stricken. They'd lost a best friend
that they'd barely gotten to know even a year.

"No." Nick said, in denial. "No, this can't be
happening. "This can't be true."

"I'm truly sorry, Mr. Lachey." The officer said, then
looked down at something.

"I also found this near the explosion" He said,
holding out his hand to Nick, his palm opened,
revealing what he had inside. Nick gasped when he saw
it:

It was Sean's wedding ring. The one Nick had bought
for him when they'd gotten married.

With trembling fingers, Nick took the ring and looked
at it.

"I'm truly sorry for your loss, all of you." The
fireman said, then he put his hand on Nick's shoulder.

"I'm sure he loved you very much." He said.

And with those last words, He walked back towards the
crash site to help the guys put out the rest of the
fire.

Nick just stood there, looking at Sean's ring. Then
his cellphone started beeping, signaling a new voice
mail message.

Nick grabbed it and dialed his voice mail. He had 1
new message.

"Nick? Baby, are you there?" He heard Sean's voice
say. "Look, I'm stuck in this car and it's ready to
explode, so If I don't get out in time, I want you to
know something...........

Nick could hear the sparks that were coming out of the
dash and the truck driver grunting in the background.

Sean's voice, now crying, continued.

"I want you to know that I'm sorry for everything that
I said to you tonight and I hope that someday you can
forgive me for it." I never meant to hurt you. And
remember that I'll always love you. I'll never stop
loving you, baby. Til death do us part, you are and
always will be my everything. Goodbye, my love. I love
you. Now and forever."

The voicemail ended and Nick crumpled to the ground,
in despair.

"NO!!!!!" He cried out. "Oh god, no! Not my baby, no!"

Drew knelt down on the ground and pulled Nick to him,
trying to comfort him, while sobbing himself.

"Nick, was that voice message from Sean?" He asking,
still crying.

"Nick aswered him, between sobs, and nodded. "It was
his......last......message before
he........he.........DIED!"

Nick collapsed into Drew's arms and hung onto him like
a lifeline, his grief consuming him.

Drew looked up at the rest of the guys. They were all
sobbing and hugging each other. Justin was comforting
Kandi, who was crying really hard, while he was crying
himself. So were Jeff and Danny, but they were all
actually comforting each other.

"Nick, I'm so sorry, bro." Drew whispered in Nick's
ear.

Nick raised his head, his eyes red, face wet with his
tears and his nose running.

"Oh Drew, I can't take this!" Nick cried. "I loved him
so much and now he's gone! He's gone! And it's all
because of me!"



TBC..........?"

Well, that's it for this installment. This one was a
very emotional one for me to write.

What will become of Nick and the guys now after this
tragedy? and what does it mean for Jeff and Danny?

But the real question is:

Is this "The End?"

slpwriter