Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 21:41:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: slpwriter <slpwriter@yahoo.com>
Subject: Nick Lachey: My Everything-98

Hello, Everyone!

I'd just like to say, Happy New Year to all of you
devoted readers out there! 2007 is going to be a
better year for me! Hopefully for all of you, as well.

I'm continuing the story and I hope to finish it soon.
and hopefully this story will have a happy ending.

"But we'll soon find out, won't we?"


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.

Also, here is an updated list of a few more stories
that 98 Degrees are in on Nifty.

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
"Shut Up" by Anonymous
"What I feel for you" by Thack
and finally:

"All that Matters" By Jason Phillips."



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

Enjoy.


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CHAPTER 98
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AT THE HOSPITAL, THE NEXT MORNING......

I was sitting up on my bed, trying to wake up so that
I be alert and ready to take on the day. Today was the
day that I was going to go to my bail hearing and find
out if I would be released on bail. I sure hoped that
I would. Because I didn't know if I could handle being
behind bars a day longer than I already was.

I picked up the phone and dialed Selina's number. I
wanted to touch base with her to find out how she was
feeling this morning about how things might go at the
hearing. After a few rings, she picked up.

"Hello?" I heard her say.

"Hi, Selina, it's Sean." I greeted her. "How are
things this morning?"

"Hello, Sean." Selina greeted me back. "Actually
things are going good. I believe I have prepared you a
solid defense and if things go the way I think they
will, you should be out on bail today."

"That is what I'm praying for, Selina." I told her. "I
would like nothing better than to get out on bail, go
home and relax, and forget about all this madness I
just went through."

"I know." Selina replied. "Don't worry. You will be
out of prison soon. Are you calling from there right
now?"

I then realized that Selina had no idea that I'd been
rushed to the hospital after being attacked in prison
yesterday.

"Actually, no." I revealed to her. "I'm calling you
from the hospital. I had to be rushed here, last
night, after I was attacked by an inmate inside that
prison. But, before you freak out, I just want you to
know that I'm ok."

"Well, that's a serious relief." Selina said, sounding
relieved. "Which hospital are you in?"

"I'm in the same one that Jessica Simpson is in." I
said. "Can you come over here now? There's something
else that I want to talk to you about which may help
in my defense at the bail hearing and we don't have
alot of time. I have to be at the courthouse in an
hour and a half."

"I am on my way." Selina said to me. "I'll be there,
shortly."

"Alright," I said to her. "Thanks, Selina."

I then hung up the phone and got out of bed so that I
could get a shower and prepare for the day. But first,
I wanted to make sure that I had no unwanted visitors
in my room while I was showering.

I walked to the door and knocked on it, so that the
security guard who was posted outside, at my door
would know that I was there. He stepped aside and I
opened the door.

"Excuse me, Officer?" I asked him. "Could you do me a
favor?"

"Sure." The officer said, with a nod of his head.
"What is it?"

"My attorney is coming here to visit me, shortly. Her
name is Selina Edwards. I have to take a shower and
get ready for my bail hearing, so can you tell her,
and any other visitors to wait outside until I'm
finished?"

"Certainly." The Officer said.

"Thank you." I told him. He nodded, and I stepped back
inside and shut the door to my room.

Then, I headed into the bathroom and prepared to take
my shower. As I did, I wondered how Nick and the
others were doing this morning.

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

AT THE SAME TIME, BACK AT THE BEST WESTERN HOTEL....

Nick was already up and was fully dressed in a full
grey suit. He was just tying his tie, when Drew
walked, sleepily into the room.

"Hey, Nick." Drew said, in his morning voice. "How are
you holding up this morning?"

Nick turned to Drew, just as he finished with his tie.
He could see just how tired Drew still was.

"I'm doing alright." Nick said. "I wish I could say
the same for you. Did Nicole have you up alot last
night?"

Drew shook his head and ran his fingers along the
corners of his eyes to wipe the sleep matter out of
them.

"Only a couple of time." Drew told him. "But it's not
like I could have slept much anyway. I had too much on
my mind."

Nick frowned. Usually Drew fell asleep fast.
Especially after having jet lag from flying into
Orlando, yesterday evening.

"About Casey?" Nick asked him. After a slight
hesitation, Drew spoke again.

"About alot of things." He revealed to Nick. "Not just
Casey."

Nick nodded. He knew what Drew had to deal with. Not
only with Casey, but with Jeff as well.

"I suppose you mean Jeff and his feelings for you."
Nick suggested. Drew nodded.

"Yes." Drew told him. "I have to figure out a way to
let him down easily. How am I going to do that without
hurting him even worse than he is right now?"

"You'll figure out a way, little brother. " Nick said,
as he grabbed a brush and started brushing his hair.
"And we'll all be there for him to help him through
his pain if he needs us."

Drew sighed, heavily. Then he decided that he'd better
hop into the shower and get cleaned up.

"Well, I'm going to go and hop in the shower." Drew
said to Nick. "Maybe that will help me wake up
better."

"That's a good idea." Nick said. "Is Nicole still
asleep?"

"Yeah." Drew replied. "Do you think we should wake her
up yet?"

"No, I'll just leave her sleep until she wakes up."
Nick told him, setting his hair brush down. "Go ahead
and get your shower. I'll watch her until you're
done."

"Ok." Drew said. Then he walked into the bathroom and
shut the door.

Nick sat down on the bed and picked up the phone. He
dialed Jeff's room number and waited for Jeff to pick
up.

After about 4 rings, Jeff picked up.

"Hello?" He said, sounding good.

"Hey, Jeff." Nick greeted him. "It's me, Nick. Are you
getting dressed to go with us to Sean's bail hearing?"

"Yes, I am." Jeff replied. "I was just about to head
over to your room when you called."

"Oh, alright then." Nick said. "I'll see you in a
second then. Later."

Nick then hung up the phone and walked over to the
door and opened it, just as Jeff came out of his room
and over to Nick's.

"Good morning." Jeff said, giving Nick a brief hug.
"How did you sleep last night?

"I slept like a baby, thanks to Drew." Nick said to
him. "He volunteered to watch Nicole for me so I could
get a full night's rest."

"Ah." Jeff said, with a smirk on his face. "And I'm
sure he's paying for it now, huh?"

"Yeah." Nick said, nodding. "He said he didn't sleep
very well anyway last night. He was up thinking about
Casey and how he left things with him. He's in the
shower right now. Hopefully, he'll be more awake when
he gets out."

"I'm sure he will." Jeff replied. "A shower always
works wonders when you're tired. I took one myself an
hour ago."

Nick eyebrows raised at that revelation coming from
Jeff. usually, everyone else was up before he was.

"You've been up since 6:30?" Nick asked, in amazement.
"What did you do for that whole hour besides take a
shower.

"Lots." Jeff said. "I had breakfast this morning, and
then headed down to the hotel gym for a morning
workout. Then I came back up to my room at 7:15 and
took a shower. a nice long shower."

"Cool." Nick said. "By the way, have you talked to
Danny yet, this morning?"

Jeff shook his head. He still felt bad that Danny
couldn't stay with him last night, even just to keep
him company. But he couldn't blame him. Despite their
one night of sex, since their breakup, Danny was still
hurting over the fact that Jeff was also in love with
Drew. And Jeff didn't know how long it would be before
Danny did stop hurting.

"No, I haven't." Jeff said, in shame. "Maybe you
should call him and see if he's up yet."

I don't have to find out if he's up." Nick said to
him. "I "know" he is up. I'm surprised you don't
remember that Danny is an early riser."

"Right." Jeff said, nodding. "With everything that's
going on, I guess I didn't think about that fact."

"No worries." Nick told him. "Will you go and check on
Nicole while I call Danny?"

"Sure." Jeff said. "What do you want me to do if she's
awake?"

"Just keep an eye on her." Nick replied. "If she's
awake, bring her in here and I'll get her ready so I
can take her over to Mom and Dad's hotel room."

Jeff had a better idea. Nick shouldn't have to run to
too many places at once.

"Why don't you just call them and ask them to come
here?" He asked Nick. "It would be easier. Then that
way, she'll be right here when we get back from the
bail hearing. Plus, if Sean gets out on bail, We all
can escort him home."

"That's a great idea." Nick agreed. "It would save me
alot of gas right now. Prices are going up on gas and
it's an outrage."

"I hear you, there." Jeff said. "I'll go check on
Nicole. You call Danny."

Jeff then headed for the living room area and Nick
reached for the phone. First, he dialed his Mom and
Dad's hotel room number so he could talk to them
first. His mom answered.

"Hey, Mom, it's Nick." Nick said, into the phone. "I
was wondering if you would be able to come over to my
hotel room and watch Nicole for me while I go to
Sean's bail hearing?"

"Sure, sweetie." Cate replied. "I would be happy to
watch her for you. Do you want me to bring her here to
our hotel room afterwards?"

"If you want to do that, that's fine." Nick said to
him. "But you're more than welcome to stay here in my
room with her until I get back."

"Alright then, we'll do that, honey." Cate told him.
"But, while you're at the hearing, we might take her
over to Jessica for a visit."

Nick thought that was a really great idea, rather than
having them stay at the hotel all morning.

"Actually, that sounds better, Mom." Nick said, liking
the idea. "In fact, why don't you just come by and
pick her up so that you can head on over there? I'm
sure Jessica is aching to see our daughter right now."

"Alright, then it's all settled." Cate told him. "Your
father and I will head over there right now to pick
our granddaughter up."

"Alright." Nick said. "I'll see you in 15 minutes."

"Alright, Honey." Cate replied. "I love you. And tell
your brother that I love him, too."

"I will, Mom." Nick said. "And I love you, too."

"Ok." Cate said. "Bye, sweetheart."

Nick hung up the phone, just as Drew came out of the
bathroom, with a towel wrapped around his waist.

"Mom sends her love, little brother." Nick told him.
"I just got off the phone with her."

"Thanks for telling me." Drew told him. "I really
needed to hear that, right now."

Drew walked over to the dresser and pulled open a
drawer to grab some underwear. Just before, he pulled
a pair out, he dropped his towel, exposing himself for
anyone to see.

Nick just happened to look in his direction and saw
that his little brother was literally standing there,
naked. Then, he realized that he had to tell Drew that
Jeff was there and to cover up before Jeff saw him.

"Uh, Drew, if I were you, I'd cover up." Nick told
him. "We have company."

Drew looked up at Nick and frowned. "Who?"

Before Nick could answer him, Jeff came from the
doorway of the living room.

"Nick, I think you should know that......"

Jeff trailed off when he saw Drew standing there,
totally naked. He got a view of Drew's fine naked ass,
as well as the nice package in front.

At that same moment, in a flash, Drew grabbed his
towel and quickly covered himself up. His face must
have been turning every shade of red in the book by
now.

"Jeff's.....here." Nick said, hesitantly between the
words.

Drew looked at Jeff, still standing there, in a daze,
from the scenery he'd seen a moment ago.

"Jeff, snap out of it." Drew said to him. "It's not
polite to stare!"

Jeff shook his head, as a satisfied smirk came over
his face.

"Sorry." He apologized, although he wasn't really
sorry at all for what he saw. "I guess I couldn't help
myself. I didn't know that you would be standing there
in all your......"

Jeff locked eyes with Drew at that moment and trailed
off momentarily.

"...beautiful nakedness." Jeff managed to finish.

that admission from Jeff made Drew turned even redder
and Nick's expression turned serious.

"As much as I hate to spoil this touching moment,"
Nick said, out loud. "Drew needs to get dressed. And
you, Jeff, need to get your mind out of the gutter."

"Indeed he does, big brother." Drew agreed.
"especially since I'm still a taken man."

Drew grabbed his underwear and a few more clothes and
scooted into the bathroom and shut the door behind
him.

Once he was gone, Nick turned to Jeff.

"Try not to take that, personally, Jeff." Nick said.
"He was just embarrassed to have you see him, naked,
knowing how you feel about him."

"I can understand that, Nick." Jeff said. "But did you
have to embarrass him and myself any further by
telling me to get my mind out of the gutter?"

Nick chuckled, with slightly raised eyebrows.

"Yeah, well, that's where your mind was headed." He
told Jeff. "Someone had to stop you from looking like
a total idiot."

Now, Jeff was starting to get upset over the way Nick
was talking to him.

"Nick, come on! It couldn't have been that bad!" Jeff
said, his voice starting to get loud.

"Jeff, your mouth was hanging open." Nick revealed to
him. "any longer and you would have been drooling
everywhere."

Now, Jeff was getting angry. It sounded like Nick was
attacking him. Or was there something more behind it?"

"Nick, why are you talking to me, this way?" Jeff
asked him. "You're really starting to piss me off
right now!"

While Nick and Jeff were arguing, they didn't notice
that Drew had opened the door and was now standing
there, in the doorway to the bathroom, watching them
at that moment.

Nick walked over to stand, in front of Jeff at that
moment. His face was very serious now.

"Listen, Jeff, you know I love you, man." He told him.
"But, you need to get your feelings for Drew under
control for right now. Drew's going through alot right
now and he's in no shape to deal with your puppy love
right now."

Drew could see that the tension was getting heavy
between Nick and Jeff right now. He wondered if now
was the right time to step in before it escalated. But
before, he could decide what to do, he saw that Jeff
was getting even madder than he was before.

"One more negative word against me, out of you, Nick,
and I swear I'm going to deck you!" Jeff threatened
him.

"Look, Jeff." Nick said, in a more serious tone of
voice. "I don't want to see my little brother get hurt
because of your selfishness! So, I suggest that you
back off for awhile and think things through before
you get my brother any more confused that he already
is, right now!"

That was the last straw for Jeff. He turned away for a
moment, with gritted teeth. When Drew saw that, he
knew it was time to step in.

"You self-righteous, Son of a Bitch!" Jeff said, once
he turned around.

Jeff went for Nick, but Drew got in between them
before Jeff could strike out at Nick. Drew was near
tears at this point.

"Stop it, both of you!" Drew yelled at them, pushing a
hand against both Nick and Jeff, to keep them apart.
"Please, stop it! We cannot be fighting!"

Nick and Jeff both relaxed and stepped back a bit, so
that Drew didn't have to hold them back anymore, but
they still glared at each other.

"We can't be fighting right now," Drew said, with
tears streaming down his cheeks. "We have to pull
together more than ever, right now!"

When Nick and Jeff both saw how upset Drew was over
the current situation they both felt bad for making
him cry. Drew then turned to Nick.

"Listen, Nick." He said. "I appreciate your support
right now, but you have to admit you were really out
of line the way you treated Jeff right now. I know his
feelings for me are genuine! But that didn't give you
the right to totally dump all over his feelings like
that."

Nick looked at Drew, then back up at Jeff, who was
still angry. Then, Nick's expression softened. At that
moment, the phone rang.

"You two apologize to each other, while I get the
phone." Drew said.

He walked over to answer the phone, while Nick and
Jeff stood there, not knowing what to say to each
other. But Nick did, so he went first.

"Jeff, I'm sorry." Nick said, with a shocked frown on
his face. "I don't know what possessed me to say all
those hurtful things to you. I guess I was just being
overprotective of my little brother."

Although, Jeff was sure that there was some truth to
that, he wasn't completely buying it. There had to be
something more behind it than that.

"No, Nick, that's not all that was." Jeff said.
"There's more to it than that. What's going on?"

Nick realized that Jeff was right. There was more to
his reaction than just protecting his brother.

"I guess with everything that I'm going through right
now, my divorce from Jessica, Sean's situation, my
constant fighting with Joe, and now Drew's falling out
with Casey, I guess the stress of all of it was too
much for me to handle and I took out all of my
frustrations on you."

Nick extended his hand, out to Jeff, intent on making
up with him.

"I'm sorry, Jeff." He said to him. "Can you ever
forgive me?"

Jeff looked down at Nick's hand. After a moment, he
looked back up at Nick. Then his hard, angry
expression relaxed and he reached out and took Nick's
hand and they shook hands.

"Of course I forgive you." Jeff said. "I guess I was
acting a bit selfish there for a moment."

"So, we're good, then?? He asked Jeff, wanting to be
sure that they had made up, entirely.

To reassure Nick of that, Jeff pulled him close and
hugged him.

"Does this answer your question?" Jeff asked him, as
he continued to embrace Nick.

"Yeah." Nick said, hugging Jeff, strongly. "Thanks,
Jeff."

While Jeff and Nick were embracing, Nicole started
crying, which meant that she was awake.

"Well, that's my cue." Nick said, letting go of Jeff.
"I need to attend to my daughter."

Nick started walking towards the living room, but then
remembered something and turned back to Jeff.

"Jeff, when you were coming out of the living room and
saw Drew, naked, you were in the middle of telling me
something. Nick pointed out, then asked. "What were
you going to tell me?"

Jeff remembered and decided to tell Nick.

"I just was going to tell you that when I touched
Nicole's forehead, she felt a little warmer than
normal." Jeff told him. "Do you think she might be
getting sick?"

"Really?" Nick asked, in concern. "I sure hope not.
Let me go see for myself."

Nick went into the living room and Jeff followed him.
Drew, who had just gotten off the phone, wondered what
was going on and followed them into the living room.

When Drew entered the living room, he saw that Nick
had picked up Nicole and was feeling her forehead.

"Nick, what's going on?" Drew asked him. Nick looked
over at him.

"Jeff said that he touched Nicole's forehead and she
felt warmer than usual." Nick said, with a worried
look on his face. "And now that I'm doing it, I'm
thinking that Jeff may be right."

"I'll go and get the ear thermometer out of her diaper
bag and we'll see how high her temperature is." Drew
said.

He hurried back into the bedroom, rifled through the
diaper bag, and returned to the living room with the
thermometer. He then handed it to Nick.

Nick turned it on and put it in one of Nicole's ears
and clicked it. when he looked at it and saw how high
it was, his concern turned to panic.

"Oh my God!" Nick exclaimed. "Her temperature is 101.5
degrees! She's burning up!"

"Are you serious?! Drew asked, grabbing the
thermometer from Nick and glancing at it. When he saw
the temperature reading, he also started to panic.

"Nick, you're right!" Drew said to him. "We need to
take her to the hospital right now!"

"Nick, where are your car keys?" Jeff asked him. "I
will go down and get the car ready."

"They're on the bedside table, next to my bed." Nick
said. "Call Mom and Dad and let them know that we're
heading to the hospital with her."

Just then, Jeff heard a knock on the door. He turned
back to Nick.

"I don't think you need to worry about that now." He
said. "Cate and John are already here."

"Good." Nick said "Go and let them in, while I get
Nicole ready to go."

Jeff went to the door, while Drew stayed behind to
help Nick with Nicole.

"Don't worry, Nick." Drew told him. "I'm sure Nicole's
going to be OK."

"I hope so, Drew." Nick said to him. "She's my whole
world. I couldn't bear it if I lost her."

Drew could see how emotional Nick was getting over
Nicole's high fever. No one wanted their child to be
sick like this.

"Nick, you're not going to lose her." Drew told him.
"Don't think like that."

While Drew was comforting Nick, Cate, John, and Jeff
appeared in the living room.

"Honey, is it true?" Cate asked him. "Is our
granddaughter really sick?"

Nick nodded.

"I think so, Mom." He said, in an emotional tone of
voice. "Her temperature is 101.5."

Nick's mother put a hand to her mouth, while his
father decided to do something about it.

"Come on, let's get her over to the hospital." John
said. "I'll drive."

Drew threw a blanket around Nicole to keep her from
getting the chills and Nick followed his parents out
to the bedroom area of the room as they all headed for
the door.

On the way out, Drew grabbed Nicole's diaper bag and
Nick's key card to the room, since he'd forgotten all
about it.

Then, he hurried to catch up with Jeff, Nick, and his
Mom and Dad, who were already out the door, heading
down the hallway towards the elevators.

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

BACK AT SEAN'S APARTMENT.......

Danny was sitting in the kitchen, eating breakfast
with Michelle and Jake, whom he'd asked to come over
this morning to tell them about Sean's case.

"Thank you both for coming over this morning." Danny
said to them. "I thought that you might want to come
with us to Sean's bail hearing a little later."

"We were both glad to get your call, Danny." Jake told
him. "And of course we're going to Sean's bail
hearing. We wouldn't be anywhere else."

Just then, the phone started ringing. Since Jake was
nearest to the door, he volunteered to get it. He got
up and went into the living room to answer it.

"So, Michelle," Danny asked her, once Jake was gone.
"How are you doing with your pregnancy right now?"

"I'm doing very well." Michelle told him." Thanks for
asking.

Danny nodded. He was glad she was doing well.

"I wish you and Jake all the happiness in the world."
Danny replied back to her. "And when that baby comes,
you and Jake are going to have a very full life ahead
of you."

"I'm sure we will." Michelle said to him. "But
hopefully, by the time the baby arrives, Jake and I
will have graduated college and have good jobs by
then.

Just as Michelle finished saying all of that to Danny,
Jake returned to the kitchen with the phone in his
hand.

"Danny, it's for you." Jake said, handing him the
phone. Danny accepted it from him.

"Thanks, Jake." Danny said, as he put the phone to his
ear. "Hello?"

"Danny, it's me." He heard Jeff's voice say. "Nicole
seems to be falling ill, so Nick and the rest of us,
are taking her to the hospital right now. Will you be
able to meet us there?"

Danny stood up, in concern. Even though Nicole wasn't
related to him in any way, he was still concerned for
her. When he and Jeff were together, they both watched
her grow up from a baby into the toddler she was
today. He had grown to care for her very much.
Everyone did, including Kandi and Justin.

"Sure, Jeff." Danny said. "I'm on my way."

"Before you head over here, could you go over to the
hotel and pick up Kandi and Justin?" Jeff asked him.
"In all the concern, we forgot to go to their room and
see if they wanted to come with us."

"Sure, Jeff." Danny told him." I will call them at the
hotel right now and tell them what's going on. Then
I'll go over for them and we'll meet you there, at the
hospital."

"Alright, thanks man." Jeff said to him. "You're the
best."

Danny hung up the phone and sat it down in the middle
of the kitchen table. When Jake and Michelle saw the
worried expression on Danny's face, they immediately
grew concerned.

"Danny, what's wrong?" Jake asked him. "You look
worried. Has something else happened to Sean?"

"No, Jake, Sean's fine." Danny reassured him. "It's
Nick's daughter, Nicole. She's fallen ill and Jeff
wanted me to go over to get Kandi and Justin, to tell
them what happened, since they weren't informed of
what was going on."

"Alright, well you go ahead and go, man." Jake told
him. "We'll clean up here and lock the house when
we're ready to leave."

"Alright, Thanks Jake." Danny told him. He grabbed the
keys to Sean's SUV and headed out the door to go to
the Best Western hotel to pick up Justin and Kandi.

"God, I hope Nicole's going to be alright." Michelle
asked, in concern. "I know how much Nick loves that
little girl."

"She'll be alright." Jake said. "I'm sure of it. All
babies get sick at one time or another."

"Yeah." Michelle said, with a sigh. "But I hope that
it isn't anything serious."

******************************************************
BACK AT THE HOSPITAL......

I had finished my shower and had gotten dressed back
in my orange jumpsuit, which was the only thing I had
to wear to the bail hearing. By now, I was sitting in
the room, talking to Selina about how to compose
myself for the bail hearing.

"So, Selina, what do you think the chances are that I
will get out on bail today?" I asked her.

"Actually, I think your chances are very likely." She
told me."Since you have no criminal background, you
should be able to get out on bail."

I nodded. But Selina also had a worried expression on
her face as she was jotting down notes. I then decided
to call her on it.

"But, there is something that's worrying you about
this, also." I told her. "What is it?"

Selina looked up at me, her face all serious.

"Well, I'm sure that the District Attorney is going to
do everything humanly possible to see that you are
denied bail." She said. "I'm also worried that they
might tell the judge that you're a flight risk."

Now, that shocked the hell out of me. I knew what that
meant. It meant that the D.A would believe that
because I know famous celebrities and have a decent
amount of money to live comfortable for the rest of my
life, that I would be able to leave the country and
disappear for good. I found that to be ridiculous.

"A flight risk?!" I asked, in shock. "Selina, I have
no intention of fleeing the country! I intend to stay
here and fight to clear my name!"

"And I believe you." Selina replied. "But we're going
to have to make the D.A. and the judge believe it as
well."

I leaned back against my bed and brought both hands up
to my forehead, and closed my eyes, in frustration.

"I just wish this wasn't happening!" I said, almost on
the verge of tears. "I didn't try to kill anyone! and
now I'm facing the possibility of going to prison for
years!"

"Sean, that's not going to happen." Selina tried to
reassure me.

"She's right." A voice from the doorway said. Selina
and I both turned to see Jason come into the room.

"Jason." I said, in surprise. "I didn't know that you
were coming to see me?"

"Well of course I was." Jason. "Do you really think
that I'm going to miss your big day today at the bail
hearing?"

I smiled and realized that I should have expected
Jason to be there for me. He had been so great to me
since we'd met each other again.

"Of course not." I said to him. "Thanks for being here
for me."

Jason came over to sit down in the chair next to my
bed. Before he did, he leaned down and gave me a kiss
on the lips.

"There's nowhere else I'd rather be." He said to me.
Then, he sat down. Then, I decided to introduce Jason
to Selina.

"Jason, this is my attorney, Selina Edwards." I said
to him, then turn to her. "And Selina this is my
boyfriend, Jason Madison."

It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Madison." Selina
said, politely.

"It's a pleasure to meet you too, Ms. Edwards." Jason
said to her, with a smile. "But, please, call me
Jason."

 Selina smiled back at him.

"Sure." She laughed. "As long as you call me, Selina."

"Deal." Jason said, politely kissing her hand, smiling
warmly at her. After exchanging greetings, they both
turned to me.

"Alright, well I have to go." Selina said. "The guards
are going to escort you to the courthouse soon, and I
have to get back to my office and pick up a few things
I'll need on my way there."

"Alright, Selina." I said, shaking hands with her.
"And I just want you to know that no matter what
happens in that courtroom today, I think that you're
the best lawyer anyone can ask for."

Selina smiled, touched by my opinion of her, as well
as my confidence in her.

"Thank you, Sean." Selina said. Then, she turned to
Jason and smiled. "Keep him out of trouble in the
meantime."

"I will." Jason told her. "No worries.

Selina grinned and left the room, leaving Jason and I
alone together, in the room.

I took Jason's hand and looked at him, lovingly. I was
glad to have him here with me. It sure beat being
alone.

"Do you have any idea how much I've missed you since
my arrest?" I asked him. Jason nodded.

"I can imagine." Jason told me. "Because I felt the
same way about you. My heart ached for you. I wanted
to have you in bed next to me at night."

I smiled at him, as my emotions started to give way.
Tears came to my eyes as I listened to him continue
talking.

"I missed you feeling and caressing this big muscular
body of mine." Jason said to me, in a soft voice. "And
whispering sweet nothings in my ear when we would make
love together."

I wiped at a tear that had run down my cheek. I missed
being with him more than I realized. That also made me
realize something else: That not only was I in love
with Nick, but I was falling madly in love with Jason
as well.

"I know." I said. "I've missed that too. And that made
me realize something just now."

"What's that?" Jason wanted to know as he smiled at
me, warmly, his eyebrows raised.

In response, I brought a hand to his cheek as I
prepared to tell him what was in my heart.

"I realized that even though I still have strong
feelings of love for Nick," I told him. "I also found
out that I'm truly falling madly in love with you."

Jason looked at me, stunned by what I'd told him. But
it undoubtedly made his day.

He smiled, and brought a hand up to mine, which was
still rested on his cheek. He pulled it down and
kissed it.

"I can't tell you just how happy I am to hear you say
that." Jason said to me. "I feel the same way about
you, more and more, everyday."

I then took that moment to talk seriously about my
feelings for Nick.

"Look, Jason." I began. "I know that my feelings for
Nick still bother you, but I hope that you'll be
patient with me as I try to deal with them and put
them to rest. I'm starting to see that a future for
Nick and me is pretty much gone. Nick isn't exactly
jumping at the bit to take me back. He's told me over
and over again that we don't have a future together.
And more and more, I'm starting to believe it and
accept it."

"I understand, Sean." Jason told me. "And yes, I won't
deny that your feelings for Nick still bother me, but
I know I can't expect you to just turn off your
feelings like a light. That is easier said, then done,
I know that."

I then thought about something else. Even if I did
have a chance with Nick, I wasn't sure if I really
wanted to go down that road again. There were still
alot of negative reasons why Nick and I shouldn't be
together and they outweighed the good ones.

"Besides, even if Nick did feel the same way about me
and took me back," I revealed to Jason. "I would have
to go back to hiding my feelings for Nick in public
and only be intimate with him, in private. I'd have to
constantly watch what I say and what I do around him,
out in public."

"The only way I could be with Nick in every way is if
he came out to the world about his sexuality. But he
can't. That would ruin his career and I don't want to
see that happen to him. Also, I'd be living in a war
zone, because I'd constantly be scrutinized by his
parents, as well as Jessica's, because they don't want
me to get back together with him. None of which, are
good reasons to rekindle something that may not ever
work again."

"I know." Jason told me. "But with me, you don't have
all of that excess baggage. And you can be out in
public with me and show your affection all you want."

Then, Jason thought of something that he had told Nick
and the guys back when he found out that Sean was
arrested.

"Actually, there's something I want to tell you."
Jason told me. "If you get out on bail today, I'm
going to ask all of your friends to help me throw a
dinner party in your honor. I told the guys I had a
surprise planned for you once you were out of jail."

I sat up in my bed, now curious as to what kind of
surprise Jason had in store for me.

"What is this surprise?" I asked him. Jason just
grinned and shook his head.

"Sorry," Jason said. "I can't tell you just yet."

Now I knew he was torturing me. I have to admit now
that I was definitely over curious."

"Jason, come on!" I begged him. "Can't you give me a
hint as to what you're planning?"

"Nope." Jason chuckled. "You're just going to have to
wait until tonight."

I squinted my eyes, still grinning as I looked at him.
Then I motioned him with my finger to come closer to
me. When he did, I kissed him on the lips. Then, I
started kissing him in all of his hot spots, trying to
get him to come clean about his little surprise.

"Mmm" Jason moaned, softly. "That feels amazing, baby.
But that's still not going to get me to tell you what
I'm planning. All you're accomplished is turning me
on, right now."

In defeat, I pulled back from him, and crossed my arms
over my chest and gave him my pouty look.

"Fine, have it your way." I said to him. "You're no
fun!"

All Jason could do was laugh at my pouting. When he
did, he showed his beautiful teeth and his sexy
dimples. Another thing I liked about him was the
little laugh lines around his eyes when he was
laughing. He looked cute even with them.

"You are such a kid sometimes." Jason said, still
chuckling. "Don't worry. You'll find out soon enough
what I have in store for you, tonight."

I brought my hand up to his face and stroked his cheek
lovingly. Just at that moment, there was a knock on
the door. Jason and I looked over in the direction of
the door and saw a police officer standing in the
doorway. And Detective Adams was with him as well.

"Mr. Perry, we need to escort you down to the
courthouse for your bail hearing." He said to me.

Hearing that, I felt nervous all over again about the
outcome of today. Jason stood up at that moment. He
looked down at me.

"I'll see you at the courthouse." He whispered to me.
"I love you."

"I love you, too." I said to him, softly. Then, Jason
left the room and left me alone with the officer and
Detective Adams.

"Detective, may I get a fresh change of clothes from
my apartment?" I asked him. "Or do I have to go down
to the courthouse in this get up?"

"Unfortunately, yes you will." Detective Adams said.
"But if your bail is granted today, then you can
change into your clothes that you still have at the
station, while the paperwork is being processed."

I didn't like the idea of changing back into the same
clothes from the night of my arrest, but I had to
admit that anything was better than being stuck in
this embarrassing prisoner jumpsuit any longer than I
had to be.

"That's fine, Detective." I said, getting up. "Are we
ready to go now?"

"Yes." Detective Adams. "Officer Daniels and I will
escort you down to the police cruiser."

I nodded. Then officer Daniels walked up to me and
took out his handcuffs. I tensed up, dreading this
moment.

"Detective, are the handcuffs really necessary?" I
asked him. "I promised that I wouldn't try anything
before back when I was arrested before and I won't do
anything now."

"Yes, but this time you're in a hospital and we have
to make sure that the prisoner is not a danger to
other patients here in this hospital, so it's standard
procedure."

I nodded, but didn't say anything. I held out my
wrists and Officer Daniels put the cuffs around them.

"Alright, Mr. Perry, let's go." Officer Daniels said
to me.

Without a word, I obeyed and started walking out of my
hospital room with Officer Daniels and Detective
Adams.

Once we were out of the room, Officer Daniels clutched
one of my arms, in his hand, and Detective Adams
walked on the other side of me. In silence, we walked
down the hall.

We got to the elevators and I watched at Detective
Adams pressed the down button for the lobby. The
elevator doors opened and Officer Daniels, Detective
Adams, and I stepped inside. Then, Detective Adams
pressed the button for the lobby and the elevator
doors closed and the elevator began it's decent. Once
it was down and the elevator door opened, I was led
out of the elevator and down the hall towards the
exit.

As We were walking towards the exit, the doors ahead
opened and Nick, Drew, Cate and John came rushing into
the emergency room area. I noticed that they all
looked worried.

"Guys, what's going on?" I asked them. Nick and Drew
looked my way and saw that I was being escorted
outside by the police.

"Nicole's ill." Drew told me. "We brought her into the
emergency room to have her checked out."

"Oh no!" I said, in shock, then glanced over at Nick.
"I hope it's not serious."

"We don't know, yet." Nick told me. "She has a high
fever of 101.5. I hope that's all it is."

"Me too." I agreed. "I know how much that little girl
means to you, Nick. I'll say a prayer for her when I
can. Right now, I'm being escorted to my bail hearing
right now."

"Speaking of that," Nick began saying. "I don't know
if I'm going to be able to make it after all, with
Nicole being sick and all."

Normally, I would have been disappointed that Nick
couldn't come to support me, but I knew that right
now, his little girl needed him more than I did. Now
was not the time to be selfish, thinking about myself.

"Nick, don't even give it another thought." I told
him. "Your little girl should be your first priority
right now. Besides, Jason will be at the courthouse to
support me. If I can get out on bail, I'll call you
and let you know."

"Alright, Sean." Nick said. then he extended out his
hand. "Good Luck."

I reached both of my cuffed hands out and Nick gripped
one of my hands and shook it, but with the cuffs on,
it was an awkward shake.

"Yes, Sean, Good Luck." Drew added in. I smiled at
him.

"Thank you, both." I told him and Nick. "Now, I have
to go. Hopefully, I'll see you all later."

Nick and Drew stepped aside so that the police could
lead me to the police cruiser that was outside. Cate
and John, who hadn't said a word since they saw me,
stepped aside also.

But before we were even two feet away, Nick's voice
rang out, again.

"Sean, I think you should be warned that there are
reporters outside." He told me. "I just thought I'd
let you know so that you wouldn't be caught off guard
when you get out there."

"Great, just what I need right now." I groaned.
"Thanks for telling me, Nick. I appreciate it."

"Just don't say a word, no matter what kinds of
questions or accusations they fire at you." Nick
advised me. "Just ignore them and get to the police
cruiser."

"I will." I told him. "Later."

As Detective Adams and Officer Daniels led me outside,
I was greeted to a flurry of flashed and shouts from
reporters all asking me questions about the attack on
Jessica Simpson.

"Mr. Perry, is it true that you attacked Jessica
Simpson?" One reporter asked.

"How does her husband, Nick, feel about your
involvement in this, given that you two appear to be
good friends?" another reporter asked.

I calmly walked towards the police cruiser, despite
the reporters still firing away questions.

Detective Adams opened the back door and ushered me
into the car. He closed the door was I was inside and
buckled in.

Officer Daniels and Detective Adams got into the car
and drove towards the courthouse.

******************************************************
BACK AT THE BEST WESTERN HOTEL......

"Hi, Danny." Kandi greeted him as she opened the door
for him to come. "Are you just about ready to go down
to the bail hearing?"

Danny nodded as he stepped into the room. He noticed
that Justin was sitting in a chair at the table,
reading a magazine.

"Yeah." He said. "But there's something that you and
Justin need to know first."

"What?" Justin asked, as he laid down his magazine.
Danny then prepared to lay the bad news on them.

"Nicole has a high fever of 101.5 and Nick, Drew, and
their parents just took her to the hospital."

"Oh no!" Kandi said, in shock. "That poor, sweet,
little thing! Is she going to be ok?"

"I don't know." Danny said. "I'm sure they're going to
run tests on her to see what's going on." He said.
"But with this going on, I don't think that Nick is
going to be to attend Sean's bail hearing."

"Well, that's understandable." Kandi said. "And I'm
sure Sean would understand if he knew what was going
on. Have any of you guys talked to him yet today?"

Not since last night." Danny said to them. "I just
came over here to let you know what's going on. And
also to see if you want to come with me to Sean's bail
hearing."

Justin didn't say anything, at first, but Kandi's
answer was quite obvious.

"Well, you can count me in." Kandi told him. "I intend
to be there for Sean to show my support."

"Good." Danny said. "I thought that even if I didn't
stay, that I'd at least make an appearance to let Sean
know that I'm there for him."

Kandi nodded and turned to look at Justin.

"What about you, Babe?" She asked him. "Are you
feeling any different today about Sean?"

Justin shook his head.

"No, I don't, unfortunately." He said. "I still am not
totally convinced of Sean's innocence. And until I am,
I won't be showing him any support at this time."

No one was sadder to hear that, than Kandi. Justin was
very important to her, but so was Sean. She was not
about to be forced to choose between the two of them.

"Well then, I hope you won't mind if I go with Danny
over to the court house?" Kandi stated. "But I hope
that you'll change your mind about coming."

Kandi walked over to Justin, leaned over, and kissed
him on his cheek. Then, she turned to Danny.

"Well, are you ready to go?" She asked Danny. Danny
nodded.

"Yeah, come on." He said to her.  Kandi grabbed her
purse and followed Danny to the door. Danny opened it
and walked out while Kandi turned and looked at Justin
one last time before she shut the door behind her,
leaving Justin alone in the room.

Justin sighed and stood up to go stand by the window.
As he looked down at the cars parked in the parking
lot down below, he thought about how he was feeling
about Sean. He wondered if he was being to judgmental
of Sean right now.

"Am I being too hard on Sean right now?" Justin asked
himself. "Will he ever be able to forgive me after
this if I'm wrong about him?"

******************************************************
MEANWHILE, DOWN AT THE COURT HOUSE........

The police had taken me to the court house and had
brought me into the court room. They led me over to my
area of the pews and sat me down there, where my
attorney was already seated. Selina was reviewing her
notes.

"Hey, Counselor." I greeted her as I sat down next to
her. I then gestured towards her notes. "What are you
doing there?"

"I'm just going over my notes." Selina said. "I'm
memorizing what I should say to the judge when I bring
up the issue of your bail."

"Well, I just hope that it works." I told her.
"Because I'd like nothing better than to be out on
bail today."

"That's what we're hoping for." Selina said. "But I
have a feeling that the D.A. that is presenting for
the prosecution will not make it easy for me."

Selina turned and looked behind us and saw someone
coming into the court room.

"Here he comes now." She said to me. I turned to see
who she was talking about.

I saw a well dressed man walk into the room. He had
short blonde hair, which was styled nicely and very
piercing blue eyes. Eyes that would make anyone think
that he could see right through you. He appeared to be
in his mid fourties and still very handsome at his
age. I could tell that he was still in very good
shape. I could see his pecs pushing out of his shirt a
bit, which proved that he took care of his body.
Although I wondered where he found the time to work
out, being the D.A. and all that.

As I was looking him over, he walked up to where
Selina and I were to greet us.

"Greetings, Counselor." He said to Selina. "So, you're
Mr. Perry's attorney, huh?"

"Yes, I am." Selina told him, then turned to introduce
us. "Sean, I'd like you to meet the District Attorney,
Mr. Bill Smith. And Mr Smith, this is my client, Mr.
Sean Perry."

Mr. Smith looked down at me and extended his hand out
to me. I took it and we shook hands briefly. I didn't
show it, but I felt uncomfortable when his eyes were
on me. His blue eyes were piercing like daggers.

"Well, it's good to put a face to the person that I'm
having to prosecute."

I cleared my throat and went into defense mode. I
looked up at him as I prepared to say something to
him.

"I'm innocent until proven guilty." I told him. "Just
remember that."

He nodded, but didn't say anything. He let go of my
hand and turned back to Selina.

"Well, I'd better be getting over to my area." He said
to her. "I look forward to being your opponent,
Counselor."

After saying that, Mr. Smith walked over to his side
of the room and sat down to review his own notes. Once
he was out of earshot, I leaned over and whispered to
Selina.

"How good, is he as an Attorney?" I asked Selina. She
turned and looked over at me, her face very serious.

"He's very good." Selina told me.

"Damn." I said, as I slumped back in my seat. "Now,
I'm really done for."

Selina put her hand under my chin, forcing me to look
up at her.

"Sean, don't lose hope." She told me. "We have the
advantage here."

Now I'd like to know how. I frowned at her.

"How so?" I wanted to know.

"You may not know this," Selina whispered to me. "but
I was once his student. He taught me everything I know
about being an attorney."

"Really?" I asked her, with raised eyebrows. I was
thrown by that piece of interesting information.

"Yeah." Selina replied. "I know how the guy operates
and how his mind works, so I believe we have a great
shot at winning if this case does go to trial."

I nodded and sat back in my seat. I looked over at
Selina and watched her reviewing her notes and jotting
down some new ones. Then, I looked around the
courtroom, taking in the whole scenery. This was the
one place where everyone dreaded being, no matter
whether they were innocent or not. I had hoped that I
wouldn't ever have to see the inside of a court room.
But unfortunately, it was happening whether I liked it
or not.

I was so intense in my thoughts that I jumped when I
felt someone lay their hand on my shoulder from behind
me. Startled, I turned and saw Jason leaning over me.

"Hi, Sexy." He whispered to me. "Sorry I startled
you."

After he said that, he planted a kiss on my lips. I
smiled up at him.

"Well after giving me a kiss like that, you're
forgiven." I whispered back to him. "And I'm glad
you're here."

After that, I stood up and hugged him. As I hugged
him, I glanced back at the door just as two guy came
in. My eyes widened when I saw who they were.

"Oh my God!" I whispered, in shock. "I don't believe
it!"

"What?" Jason asked me, turning to see who I was
looking at. Then he saw them too.

There at the door, stood Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. I
hadn't seen them since I was last in L.A. I couldn't
believe that they were here.

Immediately, I let go of Jason and made me way up to
them, as they were walking down towards me, both of
them smiling at me, warmly. As soon as I was close, I
threw an arm around each of them, hugging them both.

"What are you two doing here?" I asked them. I
couldn't wait to hear what they had to tell me.




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