Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 05:45:01 -0800 (PST)
From: slpwriter <slpwriter@yahoo.com>
Subject: Nick Lachey: My Everything-59

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

 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
"This Gift" by Sprout

and finally:
"What I feel for you" by Thack.

"What I feel for you." is an awesome story and Thack,
himself deserves applause for all of his hard work on
it.


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

Enjoy.


Previously on "My Everything".....


Kandi, Justin, Danny, and Jeff turned towards the
stairs to see Drew, standing there, just at the
bottom.

"How much of our conversation did you hear, Drew?"
Kandi asked, worriedly.

"Just when Jeff asked about why Sean can't commit to
me." He told her. "I do think that it's over between
Sean and my brother. But why Sean can't commit to
another relationship is his problem now. And until he
can commit to a relationship, I refuse to put my heart
out there again just to have it stomped on and ripped
to shreds again. I have my dignity you know."

"Drew, come on." Kandi urged. "It's barely been half a
day since Sean welcomed us back with open arms. You've
got to be patient. Sean is working on finding his way
back to us again. You've got to be grateful for that
much at least. I certainly couldn't stand seeing him
so angry and bitter towards all of us. Not that I
blame him."

"Well, I'm not doing it anymore." Drew said, a catch
in his voice. "Every time I try to reach out to him,
he ends up pulling away. Either that, or he's kissing
up on other guys."

Everyone looked up at him in shock. They were
surprised that he was still all hung up over that kiss
between Sean and Ben.

"What?!? Danny asked, frowning. "Are you still pissed
about that kiss that you saw?"

Drew nodded. "It sure was a slap in the face to me
after Sean kisses me and then later pulls away and
says he's regrets kissing me. And that he's not ready
for another relationship. The next thing I know, he's
kissing up on Ben Affleck and smiling like the cat who
swallowed the canary."

Jeff shook his head, reluctantly and sat back into the
couch. Nobody else said anything for a moment and
there was an awkward silence. At least until it was
broken.

Just then, sounds of Nicole crying, came from the baby
monitor.

"Damn." Drew said, turning around to head towards the
stairs.

"Has she been doing that alot?" Kandi asked him,
getting up. "Do you want some help with her?"

"Yeah." Drew said. "And I'd welcome your help, girl."

"All right." Kandi said, then looked at Justin. "I'll
be back, baby."

Justin nodded. Kandi then followed Drew upstairs.

"Where is Jessica when we need her?" Drew said, as
they both headed upstairs to calm the baby down.

*******************************************************
BEN"S HOUSE....................

I was on the couch, asleep and reliving one of the
most special moments of my life, in my dreams.

<FLASHBACK>

"Sean, do you take Nicholas Lachey to be your lawfully
wedded husband?" The minister asked. "To have and to
hold? In joy and in sorrow, for richer or for poorer?
In sickness and in health? for better or for worse?
"Will you love and to cherish him, forsaking all
others, and keep yourself only unto him for as long as
you both shall live?"

"I do." I said. I turned to Danny, who handed me
Nick's ring. I took it and turned back to Nick.

"And as as symbol of my promise, I give you this
ring." I said, as I slipped it on his third index
finger. Nick looked up at me, the love evident in his
eyes. My eyes mirrored his.

"As Sean and Nick have stood before us." The minister
announced. "And have pledged their one for each other,
I now pronounce them, Husband and Husband. Nick, you
may kiss your groom."

Nick leaned in to give me the most passionate kiss I'd
ever experienced in my life.

"SEAN!!! LOOK OUT!!!" Someone screamed from the pews.

I whipped my head around and saw that Matthew
Sheffield had burst into the santuary and he was
standing there with a gun in her hand.

"You will never have him, Sean!" Matt said, as he
raised the gun. "Not ever again!"

Everything seemed to go in slow motion as I watched
the trigger slowly pull, as I prepared for what was
about to happen.

"MATT, NO!!!!!" Nick screamed.

BANG! BANG!


<END OF FLASHBACK>


I woke up with a start, wondering where I was. I then
realized that I was in Ben's living room. It was very
quiet in the house for some reason. I looked over at
the clock. It read 4:15p.m.

I sat up to process what had happened in my dreams.

"What does this mean?" I asked, outloud. "The wedding
never ended like that. Not with Matt shooting me."

Feeling thirsty, I went into the kitchen to get some
water. As I stood there, drinking it and thinking over
the dream I'd had, I happened to glance over at the
refrigerator and noticed a note, clipped to the door
of it.

"What's this?" I asked, outloud, as I pulled the piece
of paper off of the refrigerator and started reading
it.

"Dear Sean,"

"We've gone out to get some groceries, as our
refridgerater is getting low. We'll be back soon."

Love,

Ben and Matt

"Ben and Matt?"

It was more of a statement than a question when I'd
said it.

"I like the sound of that." I said, smiling. "I just
hope those two were able to talk and get things worked
out between them. I just want to see them happy
again."

Just then, the doorbell rang. I went to the door and
opened it. I was shocked to see who the visitor was.


"What the hell are you doing here?" I asked.

***********
CHAPTER 59
***********

"Well, hello to you too." Jessica said, bitterly. "You
and I need to settle things between us once and for
all."

I just gave her an annoyed look. I wasn't sure I was
ready to go another round with her. But then and
there, I decided the sooner that I listened to what
she had to say, the sooner I could get rid of her.

"Look Jessica," I said to her. "I'm really not up for
another fight right now. I just woke up from a
terrible nightmare and I need time to think. So, if
you think that we can sit down and talk about whatever
it is, in a civil manner, then of course we can talk."

Jessica nodded, her angry look still on her face.

"Yes, I can do that, if you can too." She said. "I'm
not looking for a fight either. I'm just trying to
find some answers."

I nodded and stepped aside to let her in. She entered
and I closed the door and locked it. Then I turned
back to Jessica.

"Can I offer you something to drink?" I asked her.
"Water? Coffee?"

"No thanks." Jessica said. "I actually came over here
with some news."

I frowned, wondering what was up.

"What news is that?" I asked her.

"We've heard from my husband." Jessica said. "He
called on Drew's cellphone just a couple of hours
ago."

She watched me closely, as she told me the news,
wondering how I was going to react to it.

I felt this huge sense of relief flood over me when
she told me that she'd actually spoken to Nick. I was
hoping that he'd call and talk to someone eventually.
that way we could all get a better sense as to how he
was, emotionally.

"You have?" I asked, in disbelief. "How is he? is he
alright?"

Jessica shook her head. I could tell she was really
torn up about something.

"I don't know." She said, starting to tear up. "He
says he's alright physically, but I can tell he's a
real mess. He wouldn't even tell Drew where he is. Or
me, his own wife."

I could see that she was starting to get really
emotional again and I had to admit that even though
she'd been really harsh to me the last few days, I
felt sorry for her.

"Come on." I said. "Let's go into the living room and
sit down."

"Alright." She said, walking towards the living room
with me.

I took a seat on the couch at one end and she took a
seat directly across the room from me, where Ben had
been sitting, earlier this morning.

"I am sorry, Jessica." I told her. "I truly mean
that."

She frowned, not sure if she could believe me. I could
tell she wanted to, but she was still angry with me
over Nick's leaving.

"Do you really expect me to believe that?" Jessica
said, as she wiped her tears away. "You sure didn't
act like it yesterday when you showed up, out of the
blue on our doorstep."

I remembered that confrontation. when she'd insulted
me and I retaliated by saying I'd rather fuck her
husband. I did feel a little bad about it now.

"Could you answer me a question please?" I asked her,
really wanting to know the answer to it.

Especially since this was a good question that I did
deserve an answer to.

"How did I end up getting on your bad side?" I asked
her. "You used to be my friend once. When Nick and I
were together and he introduced me to you, I always
thought you were so nice and that you'd never hold a
grudge against someone you didn't like forever."

Jessica took a moment to process what I was asking her
and she thought about it carefully before she gave me
an answer.

"I guess it was because of the way you hurt Nick when
he found out that you had feelings for his brother, as
well as keeping things from him like the fact that
your marriage wasn't legal anymore."

"But I still think I should have been the one to tell
him, Jessica." I told her. "After all, Nick should
have heard it from me, not Drew."

"Are you still mad at Drew for that?" Jessica asked
me, surprised that I'd actually said it outloud.

"Yeah, I guess I still am." I admitted. "Maybe that's
why I can't bring myself to start up a relationship
with him again."

Jessica nodded, understanding how I felt. I then
continued, talking.

"There are times that I really do want to reach out to
him again, but then I think about his part in breaking
up me and Nick...........

"And you get as bitter as chocolate without the
sugar." Jessica finished for me.

"Very." I added. "And I really hate that I'm being
bitter. But I guess, it's going to take me a while
before it totally goes away. After all, it was just
this morning that I told them all, that if they could
agree to let me forgive them on my terms, then I would
try again with all of them. They agreed and now we're
working on it."

Jessica nodded, then she put her hand over her face,
obviously embarrassed about something.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"I sure didn't make it any easier for you, the way I
laid into you at the house earlier did I?" She asked
me. "You were there to spend time with the guys and
have lunch with us, right?"

"That was the plan." I said, nodding my head. "But
don't worry about it now. It's not important anymore."

My thoughts went back to Nick and I realized that
Jessica and I really needed to put our heads together
to think about where Nick would go at a time like
this.

"Anyway, back to Nick." I said. "Did he tell you
anything else when you talked to him, besides that he
wouldn't tell you where he was?"

Jessica was quiet for a moment. She wasn't sure she
wanted to tell me what else Nick said. It seemed like
it was very hard for her to say. Especially if it had
something to do with me."

"He said that he owes both you and I some kind of
decision and he wanted me to know that he's almost
there where that's concerned. He told me to take care
of our daughter and that he loves us."

I sat back in the couch and really processed
everything Jessica was telling me. It was obvious that
Nick's being away was affecting everyone involved. I
wondered how his precious little girl was taking his
absence.

"Jessica?" I asked her. "How is your daughter taking
all of this?"

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

BACK AT THE LACHEY HOME....

Nicole just would not stop crying. Kandi was holding
her in her arms and trying to get her to calm down.
But nothing seemed to be working.

They had tried everything. They tried giving her a
bottle, changing her diaper, putting her down on the
floor to see if she wanted to walk around, and even
putting her in the playpen that Drew had set up for
her, with toys in it and everything.

"Sweetie, please calm down." Drew said to the baby.
"You're going to make yourself sick."

Nicole was too young to understand what that meant,
but it was like it fell on deaf ears anyway.

"It's more obvious now that she misses her father more
than anything."

Just when it seemed that there was no hope of calming
her down, Jeff had an idea.

"Wait a minute, I have an idea." He said. "It still
might not work, but it's worth a try."

Jeff walked over to the tv stand and knelt down to the
video case where all of the VCR tapes were. He picked
one out of the bunch and quickly put it into the VCR
and pressed "Play."

"May I hold her now?" Jeff, asked Kandi, who was
starting to get exhausted.

"Be my guest." Kandi said, handing Nicole, who had
quieted down a little, but still was crying, over to
Jeff. He took her and turned her around to face the
tv.

At that moment, images of Nick and Jessica came on the
screen. They were singing a duet together.

"Look, precious!" Jeff cooed to her. "It's your mommy
and daddy on the tv. They're singing together.

Nicole seemed to stop crying almost immediately, as
she watched the images of Nick singing to Jessica. Her
eyes never left the screen for a moment.

Jeff sat back down on the couch, beside Danny and sat
Nicole down on his lap, so she could watch the video.

"That was obviously a great idea, baby." Danny said,
kissing Jeff on the cheek. Then he whispered in Jeff's
ear.

"Remind me to thank you for it later tonight." He
said.

Jeff looked at Danny and saw him waggle his eyebrows.
Jeff grinned, getting the message.

"Oh, I definitely intend to take you up on that,
Sexy." He whispered so only Danny could hear.

"Whew!" Drew said, sitting down on the couch, next to
Danny. "Nice going, Jeff. If that didn't work, I was
going to call Jessica."

"Speaking of Jessica, I sure hope she gets back soon."
Kandi said, stifling a yawn.

"Yeah, it's getting dark outside." Justin said,
noticing just how dark. "She's been gone a long time.
I just hope that wherever she is, that she's alright."

"Me too." Jeff said, as they all were watching Nick
and Jessica's tape.

 They were just getting to the final song, when Jeff
happened to glance down and find that Nicole had
fallen asleep once again.

"Well, since it looked like my plan worked, I'll go
and put her down now." Jeff said, getting up
carefully, trying not to wake her up again.

"Let me take her." Drew said, getting up with him.
"Just in case she wakes up again."

"Ok, if you want to." Jeff said, handing her over to
him. Drew took her and headed upstairs to put her
down.

"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I am
definitely beat, so I'm going to go upstairs and get a
nap for awhile." Justin said, standing up. "After all,
Kandi and I are going out tonight."

"We are?" She asked him, in surprise. "Where?"

"It's a surprise." He told her, grinning like the cat
who swallow the canary. "Are you gonna come up with me
and get some sleep, girl?"

"Trust me, if I'm coming up there with you, we're not
going to be getting much sleep."

Realizing that she'd actually said that outloud, she
blushed crimson. And she was not the only one,
counting the two on the couch.

"Uh, T.M.I. you two." Jeff said.

"Yeah, right." Kandi said, with a sarcastic smile.
"Like you and Danny haven't done that to us before."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Jeff laughed. "You two just go get
your sleep and shut up."

"Gladly." Kandi giggled. "Come on, Justin, Let's go."

"With pleasure, babe." He said, putting his arm around
her, as they headed to the stairs.

"Remind me to grab the baby monitor from Nicole's room
to put in ours so they can listen to us down here." He
said, grinning.

"Don't you dare!" Jeff and Danny said, in unison,
causing them all to laugh, as Kandi and Justin
disappeared upstairs.

Once they were gone, Jeff turned around and looked at
Danny, lovingly. He was so in love with him and he
couldn't imagine his future without him.

"Well, now that we have a moment alone together, baby,
let's not let it go to waste." Danny said, as his hand
came down to rest on Jeff's sexy pecs.

"You read my mind, baby." Jeff said, as he leaned into
him. Their lips met and they started a slow, and
sensual kiss, their tongues wrestling with each other.

Jeff pushed Danny down on the couch, onto his back,
and climbed on top of him and continued their little
make out session.

Danny ran his hands down Jeff's sculpted back and down
to his tight, bubble, ass, which he cupped in his
hands. Jeff moaned in appreciation and started to
grind into Danny's hips, as he broke the kiss and
started kissing and sucking on Danny's neck.

"Oh god, Jeff." Danny panted. "That feels so good.
Don't stop."

Jeff looked up at Danny, the lust and desire he was
feeling, evident in his eyes. He wanted Danny and he
wanted him now.

As he looked over Danny's body, he noticed that Danny
was wearing a shirt with snaps, instead of buttons.
When Jeff saw that, he practically ripped Danny's
shirt open, revealing Danny's sexy muscular chest and
abs.

Danny gasped in surprise at Jeff's sudden move. Then
he grinned.

"You are so sexy when you're horny, you know that?" He
chuckled.

"Aha, you know it!" Jeff said, grinning. "What do you
say we get in that big bed upstairs and really get
down to business."

"My thought's exactly." Danny said, as Jeff got up off
of him.

Jeff held out a hand to help Danny up and Danny took
it and Jeff hoisted him up onto his feet.

Jeff and Danny shared another kiss and then headed
upstairs to their room.

As they passed by Nick's room, they glanced in and saw
Drew, watching the baby sleep. He also seemed a
million miles away in his head.

"Drew, are you ok?" Danny whispered, so he wouldn't
wake up the baby.

Drew noticed them standing in the doorway and with a
final look at Nicole, he got up and walked to the
doorway to talk to them.

"Yeah, I'm fine, Danny." He said, smiling a little.
"Thanks for asking.

 He then noticed Danny's shirt was open, showing off
his sexy body.

"Well, looks like someone's ready for some lovin'
huh?" Drew asked with a grin.

Danny blushed and started to button his shirt back up.

"Yeah, buddy." Jeff said. "We need some time alone for
awhile."

"In that case, you two go ahead." Drew said. "You
deserve it."

Jeff had a worried look on his face as he looked at
Drew. Even though, Drew was trying to be strong, Jeff
could tell that Drew was really feeling alone right
now."

"Drew, are you sure you're going to be ok?" Jeff asked
him. "You just seem so alone and lonely right now."

Drew smiled at Jeff, realizing how lucky he was to
have a friend like Jeff, who cared about him so much.

Drew reached out and pulled Jeff into a brief hug.

"I'll be alright, Jeff." He said, as he hugged him
tightly. "Don't worry about me. Just go and spend some
time with your sexy boyfriend here. I'll be fine. And
thanks for caring."

Jeff pulled back and ran his hands down Drew's
shoulders.

"Anytime." He said to Drew. "You know that."

Drew turned and looked at Danny, who was watching them
with tears in his eyes.

"Don't cry, Danny." Drew said, pulling him into a hug
as well. "I'm a survivor. I can get through anything."

"You shouldn't have to get through it." Danny said, as
he pulled back from Drew's hug. "You deserve to be
happy just like the rest of us, buddy."

"Maybe I will be happy again, someday." Drew said.
"Maybe that time just isn't right now."

"Just don't give up, ok?" Jeff said, patting Drew's
shoulder one last time. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight, guys." Drew said, as Danny and Jeff headed
off to their rooms.

Drew sighed as he walked back over to the bed and sat
down on it. He glanced down at the dresser and noticed
a picture of him and Nick, with their arms around each
other's shoulders on the day that Nick and Jessica got
married. He picked it up and looked over it.

"Come back to us, bro." he said, to his brother's
image in the photo. "Come back to all of us."

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

BACK AT BEN'S HOUSE....................

"Nicole is taking Nick's absence really hard." Jessica
said. "She loves her Daddy."

"I don't doubt that for a second." I agreed. "What's
not to love about Nick?"

I sort of flinched when I heard myself say that, which
also seemed to bother Jessica as well.

"I didn't mean that like it sounded, Jessica." I told
her. "I just meant that there's alot of qualities in
Nick that you can't help but love."

She nodded. "Like how romantic he is." She said.

"Yeah, that's one of them." I said, agreeing with that
one. "You and I do have one very special thing in
common, you know?"

Jessica was surprised to hear that. She couldn't think
of one thing that she and I could possibly have in
common.

"What's that?" She wanted to know.

I smiled as I thought back to that memory.

"Nick was the first person that we both shared our
virginity with for the first time." I confessed to
her. "Well, I wasn't exactly a virgin when Nick and I
made love. Mine was taken from me when Jay Phillips
raped me."

"What?" Jessica gasped. "Sean, I'm so sorry."

I was surprised that she didn't know about the rape. I
guess Nick had never told her.

"Nick never told you about that?" I asked her,
curiously.

"No, he didn't." Jessica said, shaking her head.
"Could you tell me a bit about that."

As much as I was enjoying our civil heart-to-heart
conversation, I didn't want to go back and relive the
past again. I had moved on for a reason.

"If you don't mind, Jessica, I don't really want to
relive that painful memory." I told her. "I'm over it
now, sort of. But, I guess a part of me will never
totally be over it. I just dont want to dwell on the
past. Some other time, maybe, but not right now, ok?"

"That's alright, Sean." Jessica said. I'm sorry I
asked. I just want you to know that I wish that none
of that had happened to you. Despite our differences
between us, I would never, ever wish that for you."

If she was able to surprise me before, she really did
this time. It was really nice of her to say that. But
I actually surprised myself even more with what I did
next.

I got up and walked over to where she was sitting. I
knelt down and embraced her in my arms.

Jessica was surprised by my sudden affection, but made
no move to stop it. She hugged me back.

"Thanks, Jessica." I said to her. "That means alot
coming from you."

She didn't say anything, so I pulled back and looked
her in the face. She seemed unsure of whether she
should have embraced me or slapped me.

"Jessica, I'm not the enemy here." I told her. "I just
want you to know that."

Jessica was quiet for a moment. It was obvious that
something was on her mind. Something that she wanted
to ask me. Something very heavy.

As I watched her, she looked up at me and finally
opened her mouth to say what she wanted to say.

"This decision that Nick says he has to make," She
started, then asked. "What if he were to choose you
over me? What would you do, then?"

I was shocked that she was able to come out and ask me
that. That couldn't have been easy for her and it took
alot of guts to ask someone, who was her husband's ex,
something like that.

I thought over what she had asked me and I didn't know
how to answer that. Nick and I still had a connection,
that much was true, but I didn't think it was love.

"I don't know, Jess." I told her. "But I will tell you
this much: I still have alot of issues where Nick is
concerned that need to be resolved before I can answer
that. For one thing, Nick doesn't know that the guys
and I have made up, somewhat. I'm sure he'd be happy
to hear that. Secondly, we have to wait and see what
Nick decides when he gets back.

"But one thing, I do know is that I will always have a
special place in my heart for him, but beyond that, I
just don't know."

"That's fair enough." Jessica said. She then looked at
her watch.

"Oh my god, it's getting late!" Jessica exclaimed.
"Nicole must be really giving the guys a hard time
right now, so I have to get going."

"She's beautiful, you know." I admitted to her. "Back
in Orlando, Nick showed me a photo of her. She looks
alot like you, but you can see alot of Nick in her.
She has your blond hair and her father's blue eyes.
So, she has the best of both her parents."

"Thanks, Sean." Jessica said, smiling at me. "That's
nice of you to say."

"You're welcome." I told her. "Come on, I'll walk you
out."

I followed Jessica to the door and opened it for her.

"Jessica?" She turned around.

"What?" She asked, looking up at me.

"Is it possible that we can put our differences aside
and maybe become friends again?" I asked her. "Is that
even possible?"

"I don't know." She said. "Don't get me wrong, I'm
glad we were able to put our differences aside and
have a civil conversation for once, but I don't know
if that's gonna be enough right now."

"Will you at least think about it?" I asked her.

"I will." She nodded. "Goodbye, Sean."

"Goodbye." I said, as I watched her get into her car
and drive back home.

I shut the door and went back into the living room to
sit down. At that moment, my cellphone started
ringing.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Hey! How's it going in Los Angeles?" I heard someone
say, I recognized his voice.

"Jake! Hey, man." I said. "Not bad, actually. How are
things with you?"

"Things are going good." Jake said. " I have some news
for you."

"what's that, buddy?" I asked him. I could hear just
how excited he was on the phone.

"Come on! Don't keep me in suspense, tell me!" I
exclaimed, knowing it must be big, the way he was
making me sweat it out."

"I proposed to Michelle last night." Jake confessed.
"And she said yes. We're getting married."

I just about fell off of the couch when he told me
that. I was definitely not expecting that. But I was
happy for him."

"Wow!" I exclaimed. "Jake, buddy, that's great! I'm so
happy for you!"

"Thanks, Sean." Jake laughed. "I'm the happiest guy in
the world right now. Especially when I tell you the
other big news?"

"What's that?" I asked, grinning. "Did you get a new
Firebird Convertible or something?"

"Hell no!" Jake laughed. "Even I can't afford that
right now, you know that. This is even better."

"Alright." I replied. "Spill it."

I heard Jake take a big breath and then blurt it out.

"Michelle is pregnant. We're expecting a baby."

Now, I was floored. Not only was Jake getting married,
but now he was having a baby with his girlfriend, now
fiance."

"Sean, are you there?" Jake asked, in a worried tone.

"Yeah, buddy, I'm here." I said to him. "Wow. First
you propose marriage and now there's a baby on the
way. Is that good or bad?"

"Are you kidding?! Jake asked, excitedly. "It's
fantastic! You know how much I've wanted to have a
family of my own."

"Yeah, I know." I said, "But I thought that was still
a ways away. But now? Are you sure you're not getting
married because Michelle is pregnant?"

"What's that supposed to mean?" Jake asked me. He
sounded like he was getting upset.

"Well, Jake, I've never heard you talk about marriage
this soon. Hell, I didn't even know that you were
ready for marriage this soon in your life."

"Well, neither was I until last night!" Jake said, a
catch in his voice. "It just felt so right and I
proposed to her before I even knew she was pregnant!
She didn't even know herself until this morning!"

"Calm down, buddy." I said to him. "I didn't mean to
make it sound like you were actually marrying her just
because of the baby. It was just a concern I had. I
just wanted to make sure that you weren't getting
married for all the wrong reasons. You know I'm just
looking out for you, right?"

"Yeah I know that, Sean." Jake said, sounding calm
down. "I'm sorry I went off on you like that."

"No, problem, buddy." I reassured him. "You're
obviously under alot of stress."

I then thought about what this was going to mean for
his career. Especially since he was still in college.

"Jake, have you and Michelle talking about what you're
going to do when that baby in born? What about
college? Will you finish school?"

"Oh yeah." Jake said. "Michelle and I will graduate
college in plenty of time before the baby is born. We
actually graduate in a few more months."

"Really?" I said. "That's great. Then you don't have
to worry about Michelle having to drop out later for
maternity leave."

"So you see? The timing is better than we thought. I
don't think we were really planning on becoming
parents this soon, but since we'll be graduating
college soon and have jobs by the time the baby comes,
the timing couldn't be more perfect."

"Well, as I said before, I'm really happy for you,
man." I said to him, again.

"Thanks." He said. "Listen, I gotta go for now. Call
me back sometime tommorrow and give me an update on
how things are going with Ben and Matt, ok?"

"I sure will, Jake." I said to him. "Later, bro."

"Later." He said, as he hung up.

I ended the call and put my cell phone back in my
pocket, just as the door opened and Matt and Ben came
in, with lots of grocery bags in their hands."

"Hey guys, you're back." I said, greeting them, as I
walked to the door.

 "Do you want some help?" I asked, when I saw all the
bags they were carrying.

"That would be great." Matt said, handing me a bunch
of bags. "There's more out in the trunk yet."

"There's more?" I asked, my eyes, widening. "What did
you guys do? Buy out the whole supermarket?"

"Very funny." Matt said, grinning. "No, actually it's
food for the rest of the weekend."

"We're going to have a cookout." Ben said, as he
handed me a big brown bag he had in his hands. "Here
take this one and set it on the table."

"Sure." I said, as he lifted the bag and set it in my
arms. "I almost fell with it.

"Damn, what the hell is this?" I said, as I walked
into the kitchen and set it down on the table. Ben
laughed at the look on my face.

"You'll find out soon enough." He chuckled. "Besides,
you can't have a cookout without it."

I looked into the bag and noticed a 24pack of Ying
Ling.

"Beer?" I asked, outloud.

"Yep." Ben said. "I thought that tonight, we could go
out back and soak in the hot tub for awhile, and have
a drink? What do you say?"

"Well, guys, I'm not much of a beer drinker, you
know." I said. "I perfer wine."

"Oh, right." Matt said, taking out another 6pack case
that I hadn't noticed in the bag with the beer in it.
No wonder it had been so heavy. It was a pack of Arbor
Mist Merlot wine coolers."

"That's my favorite." I said, in surprise. "How did
you guys know?"

"Just a lucky guess." Matt said. "So, are you up to
that soak?" He asked. "We also have a futon bed open
out there in case we get tired."

"What about going clubbing tonight?" I asked him. "You
asked me if I wanted to go clubbing with you earlier
this morning."

"That was the plan, but we thought that we'd just stay
in tonight and have a few beers instead, just the 3 of
us. How about it?"

"Sure." I said. "Just tell me you're both not going to
get drunk, ok?"

"Where would the fun be in that?" Ben asked me, with a
grin. "Come on, let's go get in our trunks."

I watched as he and Ben raced each other upstairs to
get into their trunks. I swear those two were like a
couple of kids sometimes.

"Oh boy." I said to myself. "Something tells me that
this is going to be a night I will never forget."

With that being said, I went upstairs to the guest
room to change into my trunks.

*******************************************************
MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE LACHEY HOUSE.........

"I'm so glad you're back, Jessica." Drew said, as he
hugged her. "Where have you been?"

Jessica released him from the hug and glanced at him.
He looked sad and tired.

"I went to talk to Sean." She said. "We actually had a
civil conversation for once."

"About Nick?" Drew asked her.

"Yes." She said. "And about you."

Drew sat down on the bed in Nick's room and looked up
at Jessica.

"What about me?" He asked, not sure if he wanted to
hear it.

Jessica sat down beside him and put her arm around
him.

"Sean talked about you and how he still has problems
with moving on with you." She said to him. "He still
blames you for his breakup with Nick. He hasn't really
dealt with that in it's entirety. I think you two
should talk and get everything out on the table and
then once you get all of the obstacles out of the way,
then maybe you both might be able to work things out."

Drew shrugged.

 "I don't know, Jessica." He said, sadly. "I think
that Sean and I just aren't meant to be."

"You'll never know if you give up." Jessica said. She
put her hand to Drew's face, caressing his cheek,
gently.

"Even you deserve to be happy." She told him. "And if
Sean is the man who will make you happy, then you go
after him and prove to him how much you still love
him."

Drew hugged Jessica again.

 "I will." He said. "Right now."

He kissed her cheek and left the room, leaving Jessica
alone with the baby, who was still sleeping.

Downstairs, Drew grabbed his keys and coat and left
the house, locking the doors behind him."

*******************************************************
LATER, BACK AT BEN'S HOUSE...............

"Oh my god!" I laughed. "You two are so insane!"

I was lying on the futon, laughing my ass off, as Ben
and Matt were getting drunk and they were splashing
around in the pool, bare-ass naked and showing off. At
least until Ben said he wasn't feeling well anymore.
Matt didn't either, so they both got out and grabbed
their towels to dry off.

I, on the other hand, wasn't much better off. I
actually had drank the whole six pack of Arbot Mist
wine coolers and was pretty much on my way to being
drunk myself. Or at least buzzed, I didn't know what
was what, since I don't think I had ever been drunk
before.

"Ok, I think it time to play a game of "Truth or
Dare." Matt said, slurring his words, slightly.

"Oh no." I said, putting my hand to my face. "I don't
think I'm sober enough for this."

"Oh, I think you are." Matt said, as he came over to
me, zigzagged a bit.

"Matt be careful." I warned him, a little too late as
he stumbled and fell into the futon. Right on top of
me.

"Damn boy!" I laughed. "See what I mean?"

Matt couldn't stop laughing. Ben came over and sat
down on the futon with us, and laughed along with us
over Matt's obvious drunkness.

"You both are cute when you're drunk, I've gotta
admit." I laughed. "I never thought I'd see two pale
white asses like that."

I could not contain  myself and I started laughing so
hard, tears were forming in my eyes.

"Pale asses?!" Ben and Matt said, in unison.

"I don't think so." Matt said, just as he grabbed my
trunks and ripped them off of me in a flash, leaving
me naked and totally exposed.

"Hey!" I exclaimed, laughing in embarassment, as I
reached for my trunks. "Give those back!

"You want em?" Matt asked, with a chesire grin.
"Wrestle me for em."

"All right, you asked for it." I said, as I leapt at
him.

Then started a crazy nude wrestling match to get my
trunks back. Matt would toss them to Ben and I'd have
to start struggling with him for them, while laughing
the whole time.

When they finally gave up, they tossed them back to
me. I took them back and lay down to catch my breath.

"Now, look what you two did?" I said, looking down at
myself. "You got me all hot and bothered. I'm as hard
as a rock now."

I looked at both Ben and Matt and saw the looks of
lust in their eyes.

"Well, how about Ben and I take care of it for you?"
Matt asked, out of the blue.

"What?" I askes, stupidly, not sure I'd heard him
correctly.

Then it happened.

Matt's lips were on mine, in a kiss. I kissed him back
and started running my hands down his body, feeling
how toned he really was. I squeezed his rock hard
buns, which he tightened as I did.

Then, I felt another pair of lips on my neck. I knew
then that Ben was also kissing me. Matt and I broke
our kiss and I turned around towards Ben and he leaned
in and kissed me as well. We could no doubt taste the
alcohol in our

I felt Matt running his hands up and down my sides,
and he went down and started kissing all down my back,
while Ben ravished me with his lips. I ran my own
hands down Ben's muscular build and came down to his
ass and squeezed it in my hands. He had one fine ass
too! Hell, they both did!

"Oh, man." I groaned. "Guys, don't stop."

*******************************************************
"ALSO AT BEN'S HOUSE..............

Drew pulled up and shut off the engine. He got out of
the car and walked up to the door to Ben's house. He
knocked on the door and waited. No response. He
knocked again. Still no one answered the door.

"Damn, they must be in bed." Drew said. Then he looked
inside again.

"But if they're in bed, then why are the lights still
on?"

Just then, Drew could hear sounds coming from the back
of the house.

Slowly, he crept around the side of the house and came
to the back of the house where the gate to the pool
was. As he came to the gate, he saw the pool right in
front of him.

 He then turned and glanced down to the far left side
of the pool and he froze, horrified, at what he saw
before him.



To Be Continued.......?


"Well, that's it for this installment. I hope you get
a kick out of this one.

"Is Jessica being sincere where Sean is concerned? Or
does she have ulterior motives behind it?"

"Will Ben, Sean, and Matt realize what they're doing
and stop before it goes too far? Or will it already be
too late?

But most importantly:

"What happens when Drew gets an eyeful?

"What happens next? Oh, if you only knew!"

Stay tuned.

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