Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 20:31:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: slpwriter <slpwriter@yahoo.com>
Subject: Nick Lachey: My Everything-83

Hello, Everyone!

I'm back with another chapter of "My Everything."

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.

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.


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

Enjoy.


Previously on "My Everything".....


BACK AT THE HOTEL.......


Nick opened the door and entered his room, seeing that
it was dark, meaning that Jessica and Nicole had gone
to bed.

He could see Jessica's sleeping form, lying in bed.
Next to her, He saw Nicole sleeping beside her. He
walked over to the side of the bed and looked down at
his daughter.

He brought a hand down and gently ran his fingers
along Nicole's cheeks and then ran his hand through
her hair a little.

"My sweet little Nicole." Nick thought to himself. "I
love you more than words can ever describe. You are my
heart and soul."

Then, Nick leaned down and kissed his little girl on
the forehead lightly.

Then, he looked over at Jessica. Her eyes were closed
and the wrinkles she may have had from the stress
she's gone through today, were gone now.

"How could you do this, Jessica?" He asked her, in his
thoughts. "How could you betray me like this? First,
by kissing Jeff, and then by getting this restraining
order against Sean?"

Nick couldn't look at her anymore and entered the
bathroom and shut the door behind him. He was going to
call Jeff's room and see if he'd heard from Danny.

Nick dialed Jeff's room number and waited for it to
ring. Jeff must have been sitting right next to the
phone, because it only rang half a ring before he
picked up.

"Danny?" He asked, thinking it was Danny.

"No, Jeff, it's Nick." Nick said to him. "You still
haven't heard from him?"

"No, Nick, not a word." Jeff said. "I'm starting to go
out of my mind with worry."

"Calm down, Jeff." Nick said, tiredly. "Danny may be
hurting right now, but he'll be fine. In the meantime,
how about trying to get some sleep. You're going to
need it because we have to get up early tomorrow and
get ready for Jessica's concert. You need to look your
best."

"I'll try." Jeff said, through a few sobs. "And Nick,
I just want you to know how sorry I am about what
happened between me and Jessica tonight. I never meant
for it to happen."

"I know that, Jeff." Nick said, trying to comfort him.
"Don't worry about it, anymore. I forgive you."

When Nick said that, he could hear Jeff sob a little
harder.

"Thanks, Nick." He said. "I'll let you go now.
Goodnight."

"Goodnight, Jeff." Nick said. Then, he hung up with
him.

Nick exited the bathroom and stood just at the foot of
the bed, staring at Jessica's sleeping form again.

Then, he walked over to the spare bed and started
undressing himself. Once he was just in his boxers, he
pulled back the bed sheets and got into the bed.

He pulled the sheets over him and lay down into his
pillow.

As he lay there, trying to go to sleep, he couldn't
help but flash back to the scenery in Sean's living
room when he saw Jason, standing there, shirtless and
in those tight sweats.

"Damn, Jason." Nick said. "If you weren't my
ex-husband's soon-to-be boyfriend, I would have loved
to see what you could do with me."

Then, Nick couldn't help thinking about Danny and what
he had gone through. He couldn't get the look on
Danny's face out of his head.

"Danny, where are you?" Nick asked, in his mind. "I
hope you're alright."


**********
CHAPTER 83
**********

THE NEXT DAY.......

I woke up to the sunshine peeking in my window, which
was open a crack. I could hear the sounds of the waves
crashing against the shore and the sounds of activity
going on outside, as the people on the beach were
having fun, surfing, swimming, sunbathing, playing
volleyball, etc.

I rolled over to see if Jason was awake. He wasn't
there. I sat up.

"Jason?" I called out. No answer.

"Jason, where are you?" I called out again. Still, no
answer. I wondered where he was.

I got up out of bed and walked towards the bathroom. I
saw that the door was closed, and then heard the
shower running, which meant that he was in the shower.

A huge grin crossed my face, as I thought of the
perfect way to greet him this morning.

I entered the bathroom and saw that he was in the
shower, washing his hair. Since I was already naked,
after another night of great sex with him, I was all
set to go.

I opened the shower door and peeked my head in. He was
already rinsing the shampoo out of his hair. Since I
didn't want to scare him to death, I decided to just
make my presence known.

"Hi, sexy." I said, sweetly. "Would you like some
company?"

Jason was a bit startled, and he turned around and saw
me standing there, naked. When he did, he smiled at
me.

"Come on in." He said, to me. "I'd love your company."

"Thanks." I said, as I stepped into the shower. I slid
the shower door shut and turned back to him.

I looked him, up and down, taking in every beautiful
detail of him. From his masculine face, to his
defined, muscular physique, which seemed to look even
more beautiful each time I saw it.

Jason reached around and put an arm around my lower
back and pulled me into him. Then, his lips were on
mine. I took a moment to enjoy his kissing me, as I
threw my arms around his neck and started to feel him
up, as my tongue wrestled with his.

Then, Jason broke the kiss and looked at me. A smile
crossed his face.

"Good morning." He said. "How did you sleep last
night?"

"Like a baby." I murmured, as I hugged him close. "How
could I not after last night?"

Jason looked at me, with those bedroom blues of his
and he brought a hand up to my face and stroked my
cheek a little.

"I should hope so." Jason said. "You sure wore me out
after last night."

I gave him a shocked look, which was almost comical.

"I wore you out?" I asked, in amazement. "You? Mr.
Fitness? I don't think so."

"It's true." Jason said, giving me a peck on the lips.
"But, I enjoyed every minute of it."

"So did I, Sexy." I whispered as I ran my thumb along
his lower lip. "So did I."

I could feel myself getting hard again. Just seeing
Jason's buff body in front of me, as well as touching
him, was enough to turn me on.

"In fact," I said, as I leaned in and kissed him in
the neck. "I think it's time to give your muscles
another workout."

Jason laughed.

"Are you kidding me?!" He asked, in astonishment.
"Again?"

I stopped kissing him and looked him in the face,
giving him a pouty look.

"Don't tell me you're wimping out on me." I said, then
asked. "Are you?"

Jason looked at me, for a moment, then I saw his
expression change. It looked like there was something
that he wanted to say to me.

"What is it, Jason?" I asked him. "What's that look
about?"

Jason sighed and looked down at the floor. If it
wasn't obvious before, it sure was now, that he had
something major weighing on his mind.

"I think we need to talk, Sean." Jason said, in a low
voice. Go ahead and finish your shower, while I get
out and get dressed. I'll wait for you, out in the
living room."

"Alright." I said, as Jason brushed past me and got
out of the shower. He grabbed a towel and left the
bathroom, heading to my room to finish drying off.

I stood there, in shock, for a moment, as I thought
about what had just happened. Jason usually never
turned down a chance to have sex, but the way he acted
just now, made me realize that something was wrong.

I didn't know what it was, but I intended to find out.
Right after I took my shower.

*******************************************************
AT THAT SAME TIME, BACK AT THE HOTEL, IN NICK'S
ROOM...

Jessica awoke and immediately looked for Nicole. When
she saw that the child was no longer there in the bed
with her, she started to panic.

"Nick?!" She called out to him, as she quickly got out
of the bed and got to her feet.

She didn't get a response.

"Nick, are you here?" She called out, again.

Just then, Nick came out of the bathroom and looked at
her, in concern.

"What's the matter?" He asked her. Jessica looked
around the room, still panic stricken.

"Where is our daughter?" She asked her. "I just woke
up and found that she wasn't here when I woke up."

Nick looked at Jessica, and saw just how scared she
was that something had happened to their daughter.
But, Nick took that moment to ease her fears.

"It's ok, Jessica." He said. "She woke up at about
8:00 a.m. and I just happened to be up when she did. I
changed her and fed her breakfast an hour ago."

Jessica looked at the clock and discovered that it was
10:00 p.m. Then, she wondered why Nick didn't wake her
up.

"Why didn't you wake me?" She asked Nick. "And where
is our daughter now?"

Nick, who was wearing Joe Boxer pajamas, but no shirt,
walked over to the closet to get his suitcase, so that
he could get a shirt to put on.

"Kandi and Justin are watching her." Nick said, with
an angry tone in his voice. "You must have been really
tired, because you didn't wake up when Nicole started
crying. So, I took care of her. I changed her, and
then fed her breakfast. After that, I cleaned her up,
got her dressed and then took her over to Kandi and
Justin's room."

Jessica frowned in confusion.

"Why?" She asked him. "Why would you take her over to
Kandi's room?" She asked him, then said. "I'm not sure
having Kandi watch my daughter is such a good idea,
given how she feels about me."

Nick gave her a stern look.

"Just relax, ok?" He urged her. "It's only going to be
for a while. You and I are going to have a serious
talk right now. Once we're done, you can go and get
her."

Jessica looked into her husband eyes and saw that he
was furious with her about something. And she had a
feeling that she knew exactly what it was about.

"Let me guess," She said, as she crossed her arms.
"This is about Sean, right?"

"Damn right." Nick said, confirming his anger. "What
the hell were you thinking, getting a restraining
order against Sean!"

Jessica rolled her eyes, and then sighed in disgust.
She should have known that this was going to happen.
She shouldn't have expected Sean not to say anything
about the restraining order.

"I should have known that Sean couldn't have kept his
mouth shut about it!" She said, in disgust. "It just
goes to show that I was right about his agenda all
along! He wants to destroy my marriage so that he can
get you back for himself!"

"Oh, God!" Nick said, putting a hand to his head, in
exasperation. "You just won't quit, will you? I've
told you, many times already, that I don't love Sean
anymore! What we had is over! He knows it, and I know
it! You're the only one who won't believe it!"

Jessica then uncrossed her arms and then put her hands
on her hips, as she scowled at Nick.

"Well, if that's true, then why do the two of you have
to hang out so much?!" She asked. "You had to leave
me, on Christmas Day, just so you could spend time
with him!"

Nick looked at Jessica, in amazement.

"You know why I had to leave." He said, angrily. "You
were the reason why. I had to see if Sean and I were
still friends, after everything you put him through,
back in L.A. So, I went to see him. And yeah, I wanted
to celebrate Christmas with him. What's wrong with
that?!"

"Everything!" Jessica said to him. "You didn't have to
leave your family to go and spend time with him,
Nick!" She said. "You could have just given him a call
to wish him a Merry Christmas, or you could have just
sent him a Christmas card. Instead, you chose to show
up on his doorstep and spend Christmas with him,
instead of your own family!"

Nick shook his head, as Jessica continued to rant and
rave.

"And speaking of family," Jessica said. "Your Mom and
Dad were really hurt that you didn't show up for
Christmas Day! And you didn't even so much as call
them to wish them a Merry Christmas, either, did
you?!"

When Nick realized that he didn't indeed call his
parents on Christmas Day, he felt a wave of guilt wash
over him. He loved his parents very much. But with
everything that had happened yesterday, he had a good
excuse for it.

"Well, excuse me, if I had other things on my mind at
the moment, and I forgot, ok?!" Nick pointed out.
"Have you forgotten what I told you about how blown
away I was when Drew showed up on Sean's doorstep?
That added along with the fact that I had to talk to
Jeff earlier and find out from him that he's not in
love with Danny anymore?! And then, there's the
incident I walked in on, with you and Jeff, last
night!"

Jessica looked at Nick in shock. Nick continued.

"So excuse me, if that wasn't the first thing on my
mind!" Nick said to her. "I had too much going on to
think about anything else!"

Jessica wiped at a tear that had started to run down
her face. She was trying to be strong, but she always
hated it when she and Nick argued. To her, Nick could
never be objective where Sean was concerned.

"You know what, Nick?!" Jessica suddenly blurted out.
"I'm just doing what I think is best for our family! I
did the only thing that I could think of that would
keep Sean at arms length so you and I would have a
chance to work out and get our marriage back on track!
I'm not going to apologize for that!"

"Oh, of course not!" Nick said, throwing up his hands
in frustration, as Jessica turned away from him. "Why
would I expect you to do that, when sticking the knife
in both of our backs, is so much easier for you?!"

Jessica whipped around and looked at Nick's angry
expression. Now, she was going to bring up what Sean
had said to her, last night, at his apartment, when
she went back to pick up her date book.

"After what Sean said to me, last night, now I have
all the proof I needed, which makes me see that having
Mom and Dad get the restraining against Sean was the
right thing to do!" Jessica blurted out.

Now, Nick was confused. He didn't know anything about
what Sean had said to her last night. All Sean had
told him was that Jessica had kicked him in the balls
for some reason. He never found out why.

"What are you talking about?" He asked her. "What did
Sean say to you? And was it so bad that you had to
kick him in the balls?"

"Trust me, it was worse!" Jessica said. "Sean started
spewing all of this garbage about how you showed up on
his doorstep with a bouquet of roses for him, to
apologize for how you two had left things back in Los
Angeles!"

"That's true, I did!" Nick said. "I gave him roses,
but it was only to apologize to him for how I'd
treated him before he left."

"Oh, I believe you." Jessica said to him. "But Sean,
obviously read more into it. He then continued to tell
me that you two had talked later, in his room about
the fight that you and I had, back home, and that our
marriage may have been over. Then, he proceeded to
torment me, saying that you got so emotional that you
couldn't help yourself!"

"What?!" Nick asked. "That's absurd!"

Jessica nodded.

"That's what I thought too." She pointed out. "I then
told him to shut up and said that you would never
betray me like that. And if that wasn't bad enough, he
said that he could still feel your hands all over him.
Your body against his!!"

Nick stood there, his mouth open in total shock when
he realized what Jessica was telling him. Sean had
obviously told her about the kiss that they had shared
back at Sean's place when Sean was trying to comfort
him.

"And that's why you kicked him in the balls?" Nick
asked her, sternly.

"Yes." Jessica said. "He deserved it!"

Nick shook his head. Now, his anger was directed at
Sean.

"I can't believe he told you that!" Nick said. "I
thought I made him understand that that kiss never
should have happened! We stopped before we went too
far!"

Jessica's heart went up into her throat when she heard
Nick admit that.

"Wait a minute?!" She asked, in shock. "Are you saying
that's it true?! Everything that Sean said?! You're
telling me, it's true?!"

Nick looked up at her, as he tried to think of the
best way to explain the situation to her.

*******************************************************
OUTSIDE, JEFF'S ROOM........

"Do you think that Danny is back yet?" Drew asked, as
he and Casey walked up to Jeff's door.

"I sure hope so." Casey said, keeping his voice down,
since they were outside, in the hallway. "Jeff was
still pretty worried when we left last night."

Drew turned and knocked on Jeff's door.

"I know." Drew said, as they both waited for Jeff to
answer the door. "I just hope that Jeff is doing
better today."

Just then, the door opened and the two of them, came
face to face with Jeff. He looked like hell! His eyes
were all red, his hair was going in all directions,
and he was in desperate need of a shower, for he
smelled.

"Hey guys." Jeff greeted them. "Have you heard from
Danny at all, this morning?"

Drew and Casey both looked at each other, and then
back to Jeff, in shock.

"Jeff, are you saying what I think you are?!" Drew
asked, in shock.

"Yes, Drew." Jeff said, in a voice so low, you could
barely hear it. "Danny never came back last night."

"Oh my god." Drew said. "He's been out all night?!"

"Yep." Jeff said. "Come on in."

Jeff stepped aside and let Drew and Casey into his
room. They entered and Jeff shut the door.

"How's your jaw, this morning, Jeff?" Casey asked him.
"It looks like the swelling went down."

"It still hurts, but it feels better than it did, last
night." Jeff said.

"Good." Casey said, smiling. "I'm glad to hear it."

Jeff nodded.

"Have you two had breakfast yet?" He asked them.

"No." Drew said. "We thought we'd have breakfast here,
with everyone else."

Jeff motioned towards the table, next to his bed.

"The Menus are over there, if you want to order
something." He said. "Right now, I have to go and take
a shower. Maybe that will wake me up."

Drew then took a good look at him.

"Jeff, you look like hell, man." He said, softly. "Did
you sleep at all last night?"

Jeff shook his head.

"How could I sleep, knowing that Danny is out there
somewhere, all alone, and hurting like hell." Jeff
asked, as his emotions started to overwhelm him.

Jeff sat down on the bed and buried his head in his
hands. Within moments, he was crying.

"This is all my fault." Jeff sobbed. "I should have
handled things much better. I should have waited until
we got back to L.A. to tell Danny the truth about my
feelings!"

Both Casey and Drew, felt bad for Jeff. They could see
what Danny's disappearance was doing to him.

Drew sat down, next to Jeff, and put his arm around
him. He rubbed his hand up and down Jeff's arm,
sympathetic to Jeff's pain.

"Don't beat yourself up about it, Jeff." Drew said,
softly. "There was never going to be a perfect time to
tell Danny that your feelings for him had changed. All
that matters is that he knows it now. You have to
believe that once he's cooled off, he will see that
you never meant to hurt him. He'll forgive you."

"I don't know about that." Jeff said, sniffing, and
wiping at his nose. "You didn't see the anger in his
eyes. The pain. The hurt. I've never seen him like
that before, in all our years together, as a couple."

"Jeff, he'll get over it." Drew said, trying to
reassure him. But to no avail.

"I broke his heart, Drew." Jeff pointed out. "Nobody
gets over that in one day."

"Jeff, that's not what Drew is trying to say." Casey
said, as he sat down, next to Drew. "All he's trying
to say to you, is not to give up on Danny. He'll
return when he's ready."

"I hope you're right, Casey." Jeff said. Then, he
winced in pain, as his jaw started throbbing again.
This time, it seemed much worse.

"I think I spoke too soon about my jaw being better."
Jeff said. "It feels like it's getting worse now."

Casey looked at Jeff, in concern.

"Do you need a prescription?" Casey asked him. "I
could call one in for you."

"No, that's ok, Casey." Jeff said. "I can get
something from over the counter. But, thanks for
asking."

Hey, I'm a Doctor." Casey pointed out. "That's what
I'm here for. To make my patients more comfortable.

Jeff laughed a bit.

"I'm hardly your patient, Casey." He said, trying to
smile a bit, even though it hurt.

You know what I mean, Jeff." Casey said to him. Jeff
nodded.

"I know." Jeff said, looking at Casey. "You're just
trying to help. Thanks."

"No problem." Casey said. Then, he grabbed a menu.
"Now, let's order something to eat. I'm starving."

"Me too." Drew chimed in.

"Well, you two go ahead." Jeff said, standing up. "I'm
going to take a shower and get cleaned up."

"That's a good idea." Drew said, wrinkling his nose.
"You smell like a skunk."

"Gee, thanks." Jeff said, smacking Drew in the arm, as
he headed towards the bathroom. "I'll talk to you when
I'm done.

"Alright." Drew laughed, as Jeff disappeared into the
bathroom. Then, he turned back to Casey.

"Ok, Doctor." He said, seductively, as he threw his
arms around Casey's neck. "I think it's time for my
physical now."

Casey grinned.

"Isn't it ever." He said, as he tossed the menu he had
been holding away. He leaned into Drew and started
kissing him.

"You know it." Drew said, as he continued to make out
with Casey.

*******************************************************
BACK AT SEAN'S.......................

When I'd finally gotten out of the shower, dried off,
and put on my bathrobe, I walked out to the living
room. There, I found Jason, sitting on the couch,
waiting for me.

"I'm done with my shower." I said to him. "Are you
ready to talk now?"

"Yeah." Jason said, then patted the space next to him.
"Sit down here, with me."

I sat down next to him, and looked him in the face.

"Listen, Sean." Jason said to me. "The last few nights
we've shared together have been great...."

"But?" I asked, sensing that a "but" was coming.

"But," Jason said. "As good as the sex has been, I
want more from you than just sex."

He looked at me and then he reached out and took my
hands in his.

"Last night, I asked you if you'd like to be my
boyfriend." He said, reminding me of that. "I never
got an answer from you. Will you tell me now?"

I sighed, and looked down at the floor, knowing what I
had to do.

"Before I do that, Jason," I started saying to him.
"There's something I need to tell you, first."

"What is it?" He asked me, frowning.

Jason looked at me, in concern. He could see that I
was nervous, for I was shaking.

"Sean, whatever it is, you can tell me." He said,
squeezing my hands, gently.

I took a deep breath and then I was ready.

"Ok." I said. "But first, I want you to promise me
that you won't breathe a word of this to anyone." I
said to him, seriously. "It's about Nick."

Jason nodded.

"I think I know what you're going to tell me." He said
to me. My eyebrows raised at that.

"You do?" I asked, curiously, wondering what he was
thinking.

"Yeah." He said. "He's gay, right?"

I looked at him, shocked, that he'd figured it out, so
easily. I probably shouldn't have been so surprised.
considering the way Nick was staring at him, last
night.

"What makes you think that?" I asked him, as I gauged
his reaction.

"I kind of picked up on it, when I saw the way he was
staring at my body." Jason pointed out. "A straight
man doesn't stare like that."

"Actually, Nick is Bisexual." I told him. "If he was
gay, he wouldn't be married to Jessica Simpson, that's
for sure."

"You're probably right." Jason laughed. "The way you
talked about her, earlier, you really make her sound
like a real bitch."

"She is." I said, sternly, as I saw Jessica, kicking
me in the balls, in my thoughts. "I don't know how
Nick puts up with her, sometimes."

"I'm sure he finds a way." Jason said. "Now, was that
all you were going to tell me about Nick?"

"No." I said. "That's not all. Not only is Nick
bisexual, but he also happens to be my ex-husband."

Jason was floored when he heard that.

"Tell me you're kidding." He asked, in shock. "The
same Nick that you were telling me about last year,
happens to be Nick Lachey?"

"Yep." I said, then frowned. "Didn't I tell you about
him, and how he and the guys disowned me back then?"

"Yes you did." Jason said, frowning in confusion. "But
you never gave specifics about who Nick was or the
fact that it was 98 Degrees who had disowned you."

"Oh." I said, as I continued. "Ok, well, I'm telling
you now. Nick and the rest of 98 Degrees were the ones
who disowned me, back then."

Jason looked like he was getting ready to say
something, but I stopped him.

"Before you get all bent out of shape about it, I just
want to let you know that I've forgiven Nick for what
he did." I said. "And I'm working on forgiving the
rest of them, too. Most of them, anyway."

"What does that mean?" Jason asked me, curiously.

"Well, Drew, is going to be the hardest one to
forgive, because he's the reason Nick and I weren't
married legally. The minister who married us was a
fraud. Drew paid him twenty thousand dollars to act as
our minister."

"That was low." Jason said, in an angry tone. "What
did you do when you found out about it?"

I thought back to that moment when I'd found out the
truth. I remembered when I bashed Drew's face in,
good.

"Well, let's just say that I gave his face quite a
beating when I did." I said, the pain coming back to
me. "He destroyed my life, and Nick's, and I wanted
him to feel the same pain that I felt at that moment."

"Why did Drew do it?" Jason asked him. "There has to
be reason."

"There was." I told him. "Drew was in love with me.
And when Nick and I were still together, the day
before they threw me out of their lives, I'd gotten a
phone call. It was from a minister in Vermont when
Nick and I had gotten married. He'd told me that the
minister who had married us was a fraud. And when I
heard that, I collapsed, literally."

Jason looked at me, the concern written all over his
face. He was intrigued by everything that I'd been
through. Even though he'd heard it before, I hadn't
given him all the details before.

"What happened after that?" He asked me.

"I woke up to Drew, shaking me, and trying to wake me
up." I said to him. "At first, I didn't remember what
had happened. Then, once I did, I lied to Drew about a
stalker that was after Nick and me, which at the time
could have been true. I couldn't bring myself to tell
him the real reason I had passed out."

I sighed, and put a hand to my face. talking about the
past again, was starting to get to me, again. But, I
continued telling Jason the rest of the story.

"I kept it to myself, and then when Nick came home, I
found out that Jessica was pregnant with his child.
And with that on top of everything else, it was more
than I could handle. After finding out about that, I
packed up my things in the middle of the night and
left Nick a note, explaining that I needed time away.
I went up to "Cloud Nine" a spa, up in the mountains,
and stayed there for the night, while I got my head
together."

"Then, what happened?" Jason asked me.

*******************************************************
MEANWHILE, BACK IN JEFF'S ROOM..................

Drew and Casey were really getting into their foreplay
session. They were lying on the bed, grinding into
each other, running each other hands along their
bodies, and kissing, passionately.

Before they could get into it, to the point of ripping
each other's clothes off, Jeff came out of the
bathroom at the moment with nothing but a towel,
wrapped around his waist.

He walked out, just in time, to see Drew and Casey,
with each other's shirts, open. He saw the way that
they were all over each other and took that moment to
make his presence known.

"Ok you two, take a moment to cool down." He said,
grinning profusely.

Drew and Casey turned and saw Jeff, standing there in
nothing but a towel.

"Damn." Casey swore, as he lifted himself off of Drew.
"Jeff, you sure have lousy timing. I wasn't through
giving Drew his physical, yet."

"Aw you poor baby." Jeff whined, in amusement. "You'll
just have to wait until later tonight."

"I guess we will." Drew said, sitting up and buttoning
his shirt back up. "So, how was your shower, Jeff?"

Jeff looked at Drew and Casey, and they both could see
that he looked alot better than how he had 10 minutes
ago when they came to his room.

"It was wonderful." Jeff said, softly. "It woke me up
and gave me a chance to do some thinking to clear my
head."

"Really?" Casey asked, curiously. "So, what have you
come up with?"

Drew and Casey both were looking at Jeff and they saw
this look of determination that was written all over
Jeff's face. They had a feeling that they knew what it
was about.

"Well, first I'm going to go and pay Sean a visit."
Jeff said, as he grabbed underwear, socks, pants, a
nice shirt, and deodorant, so that he could get
dressed. "Maybe he'll agree to help me look for Danny.
If anyone would know what Danny would do in his frame
of mind right now, it would be Sean. He used to be
Danny's best friend, after all."

"You have a point, Jeff." Drew replied. "But, how can
you be sure that Sean will help you out? I'm sure he's
going to be angry with you over what happened between
you and Jessica. I know Nick still is."

"Actually, no he isn't." Jeff said. "Nick called me
last night and asked if Danny came back or not. I told
him no and then he told me now to worry and to try to
get some sleep. That's when I told him that I was
sorry again for what happened between me and Jessica.
He said that he forgave me."

Just then there was a knock on the door, which
adjoined Kandi and Justin's room, along with Jeff's.
Jeff went over to the door, unlocked it, and then
opened it.

In bounded a bundle of energy, as Nicole headed
towards her Uncle Drew. Drew swept her up in his arms,
just as Kandi and Justin emerged into Drew's room as
well.

"Hey, Princess." Drew said to Nicole. "It's good to
see you."

Nicole just giggled at him. She still couldn't talk
yet, but she smiled at him. Drew hugged her close.

"I wonder why Nick brought Nicole over here?" He asked
everyone in the room.

He frowned as he looked around at everyone.

"What's going on?" He asked out loud.

*******************************************************
BACK IN NICK AND JESSICA'S ROOM.........

By now, Jessica was beyond mad. She had just found out
that Sean had been telling the truth about what had
happened between him and Nick. Except for one thing.

"Yes, Jessica, it's true." Nick said, a catch in his
voice. "Sean and I did kiss and we got a little
carried away."

Jessica sank down on the bed, and wiped at her eyes as
she tried to keep from crying. But it was easier said
than done.

"You see what I mean, Baby?" Jessica asked him, the
fury in her voice. "That's vintage Sean Perry for you!
He doesn't care who he hurts as long as he gets what
he wants. And now I know for a fact that he wants you
back!"

"Stop it, Jessica!" Nick reprimanded her. "You're
making it sound like Sean took advantage of me?"

Jessica raised her eyebrows as she gave Nick that
look. A look which he knew very well.

"Don't you dare!" Nick warned her, but it was too
late.

"Well, isn't that what he did?" Jessica asked him.
"Because, I know that you wouldn't make the first move
if you were emotional like you said you were. So, tell
me, who kissed the other first? Did you kiss Sean? Or
did he kiss you?"

Nick flashed back to that kiss between him and Sean
earlier that afternoon at Sean's apartment. He
remembered seeing the sympathetic look on Sean's face
and he remembered Sean leaning in and kissing him.

Nick looked back up at Jessica, as he prepared to give
her the truth.

"Sean kissed me." Nick said. "But, it wasn't totally
his fault. I never should have kissed him back. I
should have pushed him away, that moment. But I
didn't. I have to take responsibility for my own part
in that."

Jessica nodded, as she let out a huge sigh, just as
more tears started sliding down her cheeks.

"Yeah, you do." Jessica said, angrily. "But, I'm not
mad at you. At least not that much. Yes, you shouldn't
have let the kiss happen, but I understand why you
did. You were vulnerable and you were reaching out for
comfort, and Sean took advantage of you! He's the one
who has to take the most responsibility for this!"

Nick's angry expression returned to his face. He was
still mad at her over what she had done to Sean,
earlier before he'd gotten back to the hotel.

"I don't think so." Nick said, forcefully. "You've
already done enough damage! And as for Sean, you
really don't have to worry about him. He's actually
going to be involved in a relationship with a new man.
His name is Jason."

Jessica's eyes widened, in shock.

"Really?" She asked, dumbstruck. "So, Sean is really
going to move on with someone else?"

Nick nodded, and as he watched Jessica, her face took
on a look of skepticism.

"Did you see the guy for yourself?" She asked him.
"How can you be sure that Sean isn't lying about that
just to get me off of his back?"

"Sean isn't lying about Jason." Nick said to her. "I
met him and he's a really hot guy. He's big and
muscular, with blonde hair and blue eyes. He's a real
catch. If you saw him, you'd be drooling too, just
like Sean was when I saw him."

Jessica frowned at Nick. Even though she was glad to
hear this bit of news, she was still not comfortable
with Nick seeing others guys as hot still.

"Nick, could you please not talk like that about other
guys?" She asked him. "I'm the only person you can
talk that way about. Nobody else!"

Nick rolled his eyes and turned away, shaking his
head. Then, he turned back to her.

"You just can't be satisfied, can you?" He asked her,
in anger. "You just have to look for trouble where it
doesn't exist! Well, I'm here to tell you that I've
had enough of that!"

Jessica frowned. "What do you mean?"

Nick took a moment to think back to last night when
he'd come back to the hotel room to find Jessica and
Nicole already asleep. He remembered the erotic
thoughts he was having about Jason. He kept seeing
Jason standing in Sean's living room, with sweatpants
on, and water glistening from his shirtless, upper
body. But most of all, since he hadn't gotten to sleep
right away, last night, he'd had alot of time to think
about things and he'd come to a decision last night.

"It means that you and I need to be apart." He said,
sternly. "Right now, I don't see how this marriage can
continue, right now."

Jessica's face crumpled when Nick said that.

"Baby, I thought we'd already been through this!" She
said, as she started to cry again. "I thought that the
legal separation was not an issue anymore."

"It isn't." Nick said, momentarily. "That's not what I
was talking about. I have something else in mind."

Now, Jessica was curious to know what Nick was up to.
But from the look  on his face, she knew that whatever
it was, that it was not going to be good. She was not
going to like it at all.

"Then, what are you talking about?" Jessica asked him,
the fear in her voice.

Nick looked at her, with his serious look. And when
Nick had that look, you knew that whatever it was that
he was going to tell her, he meant every word of it.
Then, Nick revealed to his wife, what he was talking
about, before.

"I'm talking about a divorce." Nick said, coldly.
"After everything that you've done in the past few
days, I feel that it would be best if you and I end
our marriage."

Jessica stood there, her mouth hanging open, in shock
when she heard what Nick had just told her. He wanted
a divorce! She was starting to feel her whole world
begin to crash down, around her.

"No." She said, her voice, dead-serious. "That's
totally out of the question. You're not divorcing me.
It's not going to happen!"

"Yes, it is!" Nick said. "As soon as we get back to
Los Angeles and find out the truth about you being
pregnant or not, then I'm going to file for divorce.
I'm going to do it, whether you have a baby or not!"

Nick looked at his watch and saw that it was now
almost 10:30p.m.

"I've got to go." He said. "I have to go and see if
Jeff wants to look for Danny with me."

Nick started walking towards the door, intent on
leaving. when he did, he heard Jessica speak again.

"If you divorce me, Nick," She started saying. "it
will be the end of your career as well!"

Nick stopped in his tracks when she finished that last
part. He turned around and looked back at her, not
wanting to believe that he'd heard what he thought he
did, out of her mouth.

"What did you just say?" He asked, glaring at her, in
shock.

"You heard me, Nick!" Jessica said, crossing her arms
over her chest. "If you divorce me, I will out you to
the whole world!"

By now, Nick was getting really angry. His teeth were
clenched and his hands were balling up into fists.

"You wouldn't dare." He said, with a vicious tone.
"You're bluffing."

Even though, Nick was trying to hide it, Jessica could
see that he was shaken over what she had said. She had
him right where she wanted him.

"Oh, you think so, huh?" Jessica snarled at him.
"Well, then maybe when I tell you the next thing I'll
do, then maybe you'll take me seriously."

Nick, in turn, crossed his own arms over his chest as
well, as he listened to Jessica's ranting and raving.

"What?" He asked, with an arched eyebrow.

Jessica then proceeded with phase two of her threats.

"Also, I'm going to file a petition for full custody
of our daughter." She said to him. "Because if you
divorce me and go back to Sean, I will not allow you
to have any form of custody while Sean is in your
life. And I'm sure there isn't a judge out there who
would disagree with me!"

When Nick heard that last part, he thought that he was
going to explode. It was bad enough that Jessica was
threatening to out him to the whole world, but to now
be threatening to keep him away from his daughter, was
even worse.

Nick could probably handle losing his career, but if
he were to lose his daughter too, then that means that
he would lose everything.

Nick slowly walked over to Jessica and stopped just in
front of her. Without warning, he grabbed her and
yanked her close to him. Jessica gasped in shock.

"If you even think about trying to tear my daughter
away from me, you'd better think again, Missy." He
snarled at her. "I will fight you! And I will win! I
promise you that!"

Jessica was scared now. She could see the burning fire
in Nick's eyes at that moment. She was afraid of him
at that moment.

"Nick, stop!" She exclaimed. "Let go of me! You're
scaring me!"

Nick let go of her and pointed his finger in her face.

"Any chance you may have had to get me to reconsider
that divorce is long gone now, after those threats
that you just made." He said, fiercely. "I know I'm
doing the right thing, because I don't know you,
anymore. You're not the same woman that I fell in love
with, once."

Jessica blinked a a pang of hurt coarsed through her
body when she heard Nick's words. She opened her mouth
to say something, but the words wouldn't come out. All
she could do was stand there, with tears rolling down
her face.

Nick looked at her, and tried hard to fight back his
own tears at that moment. He looked into Jessica's
eyes for the last time. Then, he walked over to her
and pulled her into his arms, and kissed her.

Jessica sobbed as she threw her arms around him and
kissed him back, with all the passion she could
muster.

Nick broke the kiss and turned away, knowing that he
was going to lose control and break down any minute.

"Goodbye, Jessica." He said, as he bolted for the
door. "It's over!"

With those words, Nick ran out and slammed the door
behind him.

Jessica sank down on the bed and sobbed hysterically,
as she curled up into a fetal position and clutched a
pillow close to her.

"No!" She sobbed. "I can't lose you, Nick! Not again!"

She continued to cry her eyes out, unaware that Nick
was just outside the door, doing the same thing....

*******************************************************
OUTSIDE NICK AND JESSICA'S ROOM.....

Nick lost his composure as soon as he had left the
room. He sank down to the ground and buried his face
into his knees as he threw his arms around them.

As Nick was sobbing, he heard a door open and then
shut. Then, the next thing he knew, he heard the sound
of feet coming quickly towards him, but he didn't look
up. Then, he heard a familiar voice.

"Nick, what happened?" He heard a male voice ask.

Nick looked up through his tears, which blurred his
vision. He made out his brother's form, standing over
him.

"I don't want to talk about it." He said, getting up
quickly, and wiping at his face. "What are you doing
out here, anyway?"

Drew frowned at his brother's rude tone of voice, but
his didn't say anything about it.

"I just came over to ask you why you were having
Nicole being watched by Kandi and Justin?" He asked
him. "You could have asked me. I'd have been more than
happy to watch her for you."

Nick looked at Drew, his expression cold.

"I know you would have." He said to him. "But I didn't
think that it was appropriate right now, given that
you and Casey are a couple. I don't want my daughter
witnessing any intimate moments between the two of
you. That would only confuse her and I don't want that
for her."

Drew frowned at Nick's statement. He would never
knowingly jeopardize his little niece's life, in any
way.

"Nick, I know you're still angry with me over what I
did, breaking up your marriage to Sean, but that was
not fair!" Drew said, obviously hurt by what Nick had
implied. "I would never do anything to hurt that
little girl's life. You know that."

Nick looked at Drew and saw the hurt in his
expression. Normally Nick would have felt bad about
it, but he still couldn't bring himself to feel
anything for his brother. Not after all that had
happened between them.

"I used to know that." Nick said, his voice, monotone.
"But, with your track record of deception, I can't
trust you, anymore. When my daughter grows up, I want
her to be with a man who loves her, unconditionally,
and maybe one day, she'll want to have a family and
then Jessica and I will be grandparents. And to ensure
that that happens, I don't want her to be around you
and Casey when the two of you are alone."

Drew hung his head, in defeat. There was just no
winning with Nick. He was trying really hard to earn
his brother's forgiveness, but he was also starting to
get really tired of being Nick's punching bag all the
time.

"You know something, Nick, I'm getting really tired of
you treating me like this right now!" Drew said, in an
angry tone. "I understand why you're angry with me,
but right now, whatever you're upset about has nothing
to do with me, does it?"

Nick looked up at Drew and Drew read Nick's expression
correctly. His angry was not meant for Drew.

"What happened in there, Nick?" Drew asked his
brother. "What did you and Jessica talk about?"

Drew put a hand on his brother's shoulder, offering
his sympathy. When he did, Nick coldly brushed it off.

"I don't want to talk about it!" Nick snapped at him.
"What Jessica and I talk about is between the two of
us! It doesn't concern you, so stay out of it! It's
none of your business!"

"Nick, you're my family." Drew pointed out. "And if
you are having a problem, then I think that is my
business."

Nick shook his head, in denial.

"Well, you can't help me." Nick said, as he turned
away and looked around in the hallway.

"Well, how can I when you won't talk to me and tell me
what's going on?" Drew asked him. "I want to help you,
but I can't do that unless you let me."

Nick turned back to Drew and looked him in the eyes,
frowning at him.

"Drew, would you just get out of my face!" Nick asked
him, harshly. "If I want your help, I will ask you for
it! But it will be a cold day in hell before I do
that!"

Drew stood there, looking at Nick, shaking his head.
He looked down at the floor and sighed heavily. Then,
he raised his hands, as he looked back up at Nick.

"Fine, I give up." He said, his voice all serious. "I
thought that things between us were starting to get
better with us, but I was wrong."

Drew looked back at Nick, his eyes saying it all: He
was through trying to reach out to Nick. Even he had
his pride and dignity. If Nick was going to be this
difficult, then Drew wasn't going to waste any more of
his time on him.

"I'm done trying to reach out to you, Bro." Drew said,
the pain, obvious, in his voice. "As much as I love
you, I can't continue to let you use me as your
personal punching bag anymore. So, I'm just going to
say that I hope that whatever you and Jessica are
going through, right now, that you can work it out. I
just want to see the two of you, happy."

With that, Drew turned and headed back to his room,
Before he got to the door, he turned back to Nick.

"I won't come to you, offering my help anymore." Drew
said to him. "I'll just have to wait until you are
ready to trust me again, before you can confide in me.
Until then, I'm just going to concentrate on my
relationship with Casey right now."

"You do that." Nick said. "Concentrate on your own
relationship and leave me the hell alone!"

Drew shook his head, as he pulled his key card out of
his pocket and swiped it through the door.

"I was only trying to be a good brother to you, that's
all, Nick!" Drew said, angrily.

"Well, with a brother like you, I certainly don't need
enemies!" Nick snapped back at him.

Drew had finally heard enough. The door unlocked and
he started to open it.

"Fine!" Drew said, a catch in his voice. "If you want
to stand out here and feel sorry for yourself right
now, be my guest, but I'll be damned if you're taking
me down with you!"

Drew went into his room and shut the door behind him.
Once he was gone, Nick's hands balled up into fists.

"I need some air!" He said, in exasperation

He then started walking towards the elevators.

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

BACK AT SEAN'S......

Jason held me in his arms, as I came to the end of the
story about everything that I'd been through in the
past.

"I'm so sorry that you had to go through all of that."
Jason said, comforting me, as I cried on his
shoulders. "But, you don't have to worry now. You've
got me, now. I won't let anyone ever hurt you again."

I continued to just hold onto him. He rocked me,
slightly back and forth, as he slid his strong hands
up and down my back, comforting me. It was  very
relaxing.

"I'm so lucky to have found you, again." I said, as I
wiped at my tears. "I didn't know just how alone I
really felt until this very moment. I've longed for a
man's arms around me, again."

I pulled back and looked Jason in the face. I caressed
his cheek, lovingly.

"And I'm glad that you're going to be the man who arms
will be around me alot, now." I said, smiling at him.

Jason's face took on a look of surprise.

"Does that mean what I think it does? He asked me. I
nodded.

"Yes." I said. "I would love nothing more than to
pursue a relationship with you." I said to him. "But
I'd like to take it slow for awhile."

Now, Jason was curious. Usually taking things slow,
meant no sex until the other was ready, but in my
case, that wasn't what I was talking about.

"What do you mean?" Jason asked me. "We've already
been having sex, so how can we take it slow now?"

I took a  moment to enlighten him.

"Before you came into my life again, I had feelings
for someone else." I told him. "I still do and I
haven't resolved them yet."

Jason sat back and looked at me, wondering who I was
talking about.

"Who?" He asked me, wanting to know. I  sighed and let
the truth be known.

"Believe it or not, It's Nick." I told Jason. I saw
his expression change to shock.

"Nick?" He asked me, totally blown away by that
admission. "Even after everything that happened
between you two, you still love him?"

"I still have feelings for him." I said to Jason. "And
I probably always will."

"Does Nick know that you still have feelings for him?"
Jason wanted to know. I shook my head, no.

"No, he doesn't." I told Jason. "And he's not going to
because I am not going to tell him. He had his chance
and he made his choice to stay with Jessica. So, it's
definitely over between us."

I looked up at Jason.

"So, are you still willing to give our relationship a
try?" I asked him. "Even after everything I just told
you?"

Jason thought it over for a moment. It seemed like an
eternity, but finally he looked at me and a smile
formed on his lips.

"I would love to." He told me, and held me close. "And
thanks for being honest with me about your feelings
for Nick."

I looked up at him, as I pulled back from our hug.

"You won't say anything to Nick, will you?" I asked
him. Jason shook his head.

"No, I won't." Jason reassured me. "If you're ready to
move on, and put the past behind you, than so am I."

"Thanks." I said to him. "Now, how about we make you,
becoming my boyfriend, official? What do you say?"

Jason grinned at me.

"Now, there's an offer I can't refuse." He said. "Come
here, you."

Jason pulled me into a very passionate kiss. We stayed
that way for a long time, kissing each other. Or so it
seemed. That is, until Jason had other ideas.

Jason lifted me up and started carrying me to the
bedroom. As he was getting ready to walk down the
hallway, the phone rang.

"I'd better get that." I said. "It might be
important."

Jason put me down and I ran over to get it. I picked
it up and answered it.

"Hello?" I asked out loud. I got no response.

"Hello?" I tried again. "Is anyone there?"

After a slight pause, I heard a familiar voice.

"Sean, it's Danny." I heard Danny's voice say.



To Be Continued........?

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it!

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