Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 22:22:27 CDT
From: Gay Night <gaynight@hotmail.com>
Subject: 98 Degrees is Hot 7

Disclaimer -
This story contains gay relationships between the members of the pop
music band 98 Degrees and a fictional character.  This story in no way
implies that any members of 98 Degrees is gay (but if they are they
should feel free to e-mail me).  If you are under the legal age to read
pornographic material in your area please leave immediately.  The
author takes no responsibility for anyone's actions based upon this
work of fiction.

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Now that that is out of the way.  Enjoy!!!

98 Degrees is HOT!!!

"Jeff, babe.  Maybe we'd better save that for later.  I want to start
this over right.  I want to take our time before we get serious in the
sexual sense."

"I agree," he replied.  "We can build something much better if we hold
off for now."

"Lets just keep it down to kissing and massaging for now.  We can take
it the next step when we know we're both ready.

"Agreed."  He smiled up at me.  "I don't know about you Tris, but I am
a little tired.  Why don't we catch some z's?"

"Sounds good to me, as long as we catch them together."

We snuggled up together and fell asleep, listening to the beat of each
other's hearts, and the rythym of each other's breath.


The following morning I awoke with my head resting on a warm, firm, yet
giving surface.  I smiled and lifted my face off of Jeff's chest.  I
looked up and saw him smiling down at me.  "Good morning," I said.

He leaned down and pressed his lips to mine.  I was helpless to resist
his probing tongue.  It made its way into my mouth and began to search
out all those nookes and cranies that feel so wonderful.  After a few
moments he pulled back, "Good morning to you too," he said.

"You have no idea just how good a morning it is," I smiled.

"I think I might," he replied, leaning back in for another kiss.  Once
again I didn't resist.

When we finally returned to reality I layed my head back down on his
warm chest.  "So what's up for today?" I asked.

"Well we have most of the day free until the tour rolls out at 6:00."

"Hmmmm, that doesn't give us much time."

"You're right it doesn't, it is 11:00."

I practically jumped a foot out of the bed.  "WHAT!?!  It is that late
and you didn't wake me up!"

"Hey calm down there.  You were just too cute to wake up.  Meg called
like ten minutes ago, she said that she and your brother were on their
way over.  They should be here in fifteen or twenty minutes."

"Then I'd better get a quick shower."

"Then I'm coming with you," Jeff smiled.

"I wouldn't have it any other way," I smiled back.

We walked into the bathroom together and removed our boxers, throwing
them to the floor.  I reached into the shower and turned on the water
nice and hot.  Soon billows of steam were pouring around the corners of
the shower curtain.  We didn't care, we were to busy charting the
uncharted territories of each other's mouths.

After a few minutes of impassioned kissing we stepped into the shower
together.  There the kissing resumed while we blindly rubbed soap into
each others bodies.

After a good long time we were finally clean and turned off the water.
We stepped out together, losing our lip-lock only long enough to step
safely out of the slick shower.  "Alright look baby we need to hurry up
and get dressed Meg and my brother are going to be here any time now."

"Oh so your afraid that one of them will see me naked and try to steal
me from you?  Is that it?" Jeff joked.

"Oh, but I have so much more to offer than them.  You can't even think
about it, please," I played along.  We both broke into uncontainable
laughter.  "Anyway," I said after we had stopped laughing, "I think the
point of all of that is that we need to hurry up and get ready beofer
they get here."  As if on cue the phone began to ring.

"I'll get it," Jeff said, then ran into the room.

I did everything that I needed to in the bathroom then followed him out.
Bye the time I finally did make it out he was sitting on the bed looking
into space.  "Hey baby, you there?"

He looked up at me.  "Yeah.  Just thinking.  You know I liked that."

"Liked what?"

"You calling me baby."

"Oh.  It seemed natural.  I dunno."

"Well I liked it," he smiled.  "Anyway, that was Meg on the phone they'll
be up in a few minutes.  She forgot to bring you clothes so you'll just
have to use some of mine.  Feel free to dig through my chest of drawers,
I haven't packed yet."

"Sounds good to me."

"I'm gonna do what I have to do in the bathroom."

"Ok."  He stood and walked to the bathroom while I walked over to the
chest of drawers and began to search for something suitable to wear.
I found a pair of navy blue silk boxers and slid them on, enjoying the
feeling of the light, smooth, sexy fabric.  Then, after a little more
rummaging, I found a pair of black button-up Addidas pants and a burnt
orange shirt.  I quickly threw them on and sat down on the bed waiting
for Jeff to get out of the bathroom and for Meg and my brother to make
it up.

Minutes later I heard a knocking on the door.  "I'll get it!" I yelled,
as Jeff was still in the bathroom.  I walked over to the door and opened
it with a big smile on my face.

"Hey, babe!" Meg practically yelled in my face.

"Hey bro!" my brother said in a somewhat quieter voice.

"Hey!" I yelled back.

"Why are you yelling in my face?" Meg complained as they walked into the
room.

"Make yourselves at home," I laughed.  "You yelled in mine first."

"Did not!" she said.

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

"How old are we!?!"

"I dunno.  It was kinda fun though," she said.

"You two never cease to amaze me," my brother said, shaking his head.

"They never cease to amaze me either," Jeff said, walking out of the
bathroom.

I was sitting on the bed, which was next to the wall beside the bathroom,
so Jeff could not see me.  Meg and my brother were standing at the foot
of the bed, facing each other.  Jeff walked over and put his arm around
my brother.  "You look good baby," he said.  The rest of us broke into
laughter.

"What!?!" he yelled.  Then he looked at me sitting on the bed.  Then his
head whipped around to look at my brother, then back at me.

I got up off the bed and walked over to them.  "Jeff meet my brother
Steve.  We're twins," I said.  He just stood there speechless for several
moments.  His arm slowly moved off of Steve's shoulder.

"Sorry man," he said to Steve.

"No problem," Steve said, still trying to stop the last of his laughter.
"It happens all the time.  Besides my brother has excellent taste in
men."  Steve smiled.

"You your---," Jeff began.

"Yeah, I'm gay too," Steve replied.  He stuck out his hand, "Everyone
calls me Tev."

Jeff took his hand, "I'm Jeff.  This is going to be so confusing, keeping
track of you two.  How will I know which of you to uh---"

"Guys," Meg spoke up, she was obviously a little uncomfotable, "I think
I'll go see what Drew is up to."

"Actually why don't you get everyone together and get them to meet in the
little 'conference' room.  We'll be there in a second.  I want to
introduce Steve to everyone," I told her.

"Alright, I'll round everybody up," she replied, before slipping out of
the room and into the hall.

"So Jeff," Steve said.  "I trust your taking good care of my brother
here."

"Well I don't know," Jeff said smiling and looking at me.  "We really
didn't hook up, in a serious sense, until yesterday."

"Oh well.  You'll have to keep him on his toes," they laughed.

"Alright guys, we'd better get down there before they get mad at us for
making them wait.  I know Nick was interested in meeting you Steve," I
smiled.

"Tris," Jeff said, "can I speak to you for a minute?"

"Sure baby.  Steve we'll be right back."  Steve nodded and Jeff and I
walked to the other side of the room and began to talk in whispers.
"What babe?"

"Well I was thinking, Nick and Steve.  I mean, Steve isn't you, but
you do look alot alike."

"Last time I checked that was part of being a twin," we both laughed
quietly.  "But what I mean is, I was thinking the same thing.  Besides
I think that maybe Steve would be a little more compatible with Nick
then I am.  There personalities fit a little better I think.  We'll
just have to see."

Jeff smiled, "Yeah, we'll just have to see."  He leaned in and gave me
a quick peck on the lips.  "Love you."

"I love you too," I replied.  "Alright, lets get down there before they
really kill us."  We laughed and headed out the door and down the hall
to the little conference room.

I walked in first.  "Everybody, I'd like you to meet my brother Steve,"
I said.  "We're twins."  Everyone looked at Steve.  Jeff and I watched
Nick to gauge his reaction.  When he saw Steve his eyes widened for a
split second before they returned to normal and he flashed a killer
smile.  Steve smiled back.  "I think this could work," I whispered in
Jeff's ear.

"So everybody what do you want to do today?" Jeff asked.

"Well I was thinking we could go out and eat then we can figure out the
rest of the day, before we leave," Nick said.  The mentioning of their
leaving put a damper on the moment, but soon we were all walking down
the hall to the elevator.

Halfway down the hall we were stopped by the guys manager.  "Hey guys,
is Tristan there with you?" he called out from the opposite end of the
hall.

"Yeah I'm here!" I yelled back.

"Can I talk to you?" he asked.

"Sure," I replied.  "Be there in a second."  He ducked back into his
room.  "Well guys, I guess this is it," I said.

"What is it?" Steve asked.

"Well your brother is about to get a job with our label.  He's gonna
be just as good as we are!" Nick said enthusiastically.

"Yeah right!" I replied sarcastically.

"I'm coming," Steve said.  I opened my mouth to object, "You are my
twin," he said, quelling my objections.  I nodded slightly.

"I'm coming too," Jeff said.  "You are just mine."  He smiled widely, I
returned the smile weakly.  "Cheer up honey, you'll be fine.  You are
going to get the job."

"If you say so," I replied.

"We'll wait here," Drew said, before turning to Meg.

Jeff, Steve, and myself turned and walked down the hall toward the
manager's room.  We reached the door and walked in.  If he was taken
aback by my twin he didn't show it.  I made a mental note that this guy
was VERY professional.  Then I wondered if that mental note would ever
be useful.  He gestured for us to seat ourselves.  I sat inbetween Jeff
and Steve.

"Well as I suppose you have already guessed, I have news.  I have spoken
to the higher ups and they are in the process of writing up a contract.
Congradulations, you have the job!" he said calmly.

It took a moment for it to sink in.  Then I jumped what must have been
several feet into the air.  I landed on my feet and let out a whoop of
triumph.  "YES!!!!  THANK YOU GOD!!!!!"

After my loud excitement had subsided he returned to business.  "Now I
have a question for. . .," he said, facing Steve.

"Steve," Steve told him.

"Yes, Steve.  Can you sing like you brother?" he asked.

"Yes, we have the same range and approximately the same power," Steve
said to him.

"How would you like to work with your brother," he asked me.

"You mean. . .!?  Certainely, if Steve wants too," I practically yelled.

"Need you even ask," Steve said with a huge smile blooming on his face.

"I will have to talk to the higher-ups but I believe it could be worked
out.  I think that a twins band could be very interesting.  Well I'll
let you go, I'm sure you have lots of partying to do now," he smiled.

"Thank you," I repeated several times as I backed to the door.

Once we were in the hall, Jeff jumped on me.  He wrapped his legs around
me and almost pulled me to the floor.  "I love you!" he said right before
he wrapped my lips in his.  "I knew you would get the job, we all did,"
he said after he had slowly pulled his lips from mine.  "And now it looks
like your brother is going to be in it with you.  This is going to be
so cool.  A twin brother band.  Kind of like Hanson, except good."

"Hey guys, I don't mean to be rude or anything," Meg yelled from down the
hall, "But we do want to go to lunch.  Are ya'll coming?!?"

"Yeah, were on our way Meg!" Steve yelled from beside us.  "Come on guys,
get moving," he continued before walking down the hall, seemingly calm.
I knew that inside he was just as excited as we were.

Jeff stole another kiss from me before we both raced down the hall,
hand in hand.  "Well," I said, "I got the job.  AND it seems that they
want to give Steve a job as well.  We would be like a twin brother
band.  I think it'll be cool.  Paris said that he would have to talk to
the higher-ups before he could give us a final decision on that. But I
definetely have the job, no matter what!"

"YES!!!!" Meg screamed, causing Drew to slap a hand to his ear and another
to her mouth.

"Calm down babe," he said, smiling at her.  She looked like she was going
to bite Drew's hand from excitment.

"I told you you would get the job, didn't I?" Nick teased.

"This calls for some good food." Justin said.  I was surprised by his
speech, he was always so quite that when he did say things it startled
him.  "You know of any nice restaurants?" he asked me.

"I do!" Meg piped up, she had freed herself from Drew's grasp.

"Alright then," Jeff said.  "Lets get going."

We all piled into the elevator together and punched in for the lobby.
The doors opened into the lobby and we all piled out.  The lobby was
strangely quiet.  With none of the groups of wild, young girls waiting
for any look at the guys.  With all the school girls in school it was
easy for the hotel security to keep unwanted people out.

We made it quickly to the limo and were soon on our way to a restaurant.
On the way there we engaged in some small talk, and theorized on what
would happen with my new record deal.

The limo pulled up in front of the restaurant and we all piled out onto
the sidewalk.  We walked in and were seated after a brief foray with the
hostess.  We sat a continued to talk while we waited for the waiter.

After a few minutes our waiter arrived.  "Hello, I'm Max and I'll be your
waiter for toni. . .  You are 98 Degrees," he breathed.

"Yes we are," Nick said, flashing him a killer smile.  I could feel Steve
flinch beside me when he saw Nick's smile.

"Jealous already," I whispered in Steve's ear.  He responded by jabbing
me in the side.

"Can I get your autographs?" Max almost begged.

"If you promise not to tell anyone about us until we leave you can have
them," Nick said diplomatically.

After he had gotten the guys autographs and our drink orders, he practically
ran to have them filled.  We sat staring at the menus, trying to decide
which of the seemingly wonderful things to order.

After a few short minutes Max returned with our drinks.  "You're not
neglecting your other tables for us are you?" Nick asked, laughing.

"No, of course not," Max replied, too quickly.  "Are you ready to order
or should I give you more time to decide?"

"I don't know about the rest of these jokers, but I'm ready to order,"
I said.

Max looked at me enviously and suspiciously.  He seemed unwilling to
take my order in the presence of the guys, but duty overcame whatever
other priorities he had in his head, and he pulled out his tablet.  "Ok,
what would you like?"

"I'd like the Fettucini Alfredo with a side dish of potatos and the
salad bar for now," I said, giving him a reproving look.  He worked his
way around the table, getting everyone's orders before coming to Justin.

"And you sir?" he asked.

"I really don't know what to get.  Do you have any suggestions?" Justin
asked him.

"Well," Max said, obviously happy that a celebrity would ask him what was
good.  He quickly gave Justin a run-down of the menu, while at the same
time flirting with him.  Justin didn't seem to notice the flirting, but
he did return some signals.

'I wonder,' I thought to myself.  'What IS Justin's story?' I asked
myself.  I made a mental note to ask Jeff before they left.  The thought
of their leaving dimmed my mood.

Jeff must have noticed because he turned his head and looked at me
questioningly.  "Tell you later," I replied to his unspoken question.

After getting Justin's order Max left to fill the orders.  'Good ridance,'
I thought.  'I don't like that guy, he is feeding off of the guys.'


We made it through the meal uneventfully, and returned to the hotel.
Jeff and I headed back to his room, and layed down, side by side, on his
bed.  "Well babe, two hours before you leave," I said, looking at my
watch.

"What was wrong in the restaurant today?" Jeff asked after several minutes
of utter silence.

"Well a couple of things actually.  First of all that waiter.  I felt
like he was feeding off of you guys.  He didn't want anything to do with
Steve or I, it was like we were beneath his notice."

"That won't be a problem too much longer," Jeff joked.

"Yeah, well anyway I didn't like him.  He was also flirting with Justin
and Nick."

"So, you are kind of guilty of flirting with Nick and I now aren't you?"

"That's not what I mean," I said, getting frustrated.  "Something about
him just didn't bode well.  I don't know, I'm probably imagining it.
The other thing is, what is the deal with Justin?  Is he gay, straight,
what?  Every time I think I've figured it out he does something to make
me doubt my decision."

"You know, now that I think about it he never said that he was gay or
straight or bi.  I don't think he's really said anything.  I mean, on
television and in public he makes all the right comments, but when noone
else is around he doesn't say much of anything about it.  Actually he
never says much of anything.  He is very quiet."

"I wonder why he is so quiet.  Maybe there is more to it then you think."

"I don't know.  Maybe we should go talk to him."

"Why don't you let me do it," I said.  "If I irratate him it won't fall
back on any of you, and I don't have to live with him."

"Alright baby.  Thank you.  You know I love you!"

"How could you do anything else," I replied, smiling and leaning in for
a kiss.

I got up off the bed and walked to the door.  "Why don't you start packing.
When I get back I want to have a little bit of fun before you have to
leave."

"Sounds good honey," he said, jumping off the bed.

I walked out the door and down the hall to Justin's door.  I knocked
twice and waited for an answer.  When I had waited a good minute or two
I knocked again, and put my ear to the door.  I could hear soft sobbing
coming from the other side of the door.

Suddenly worried about his welfare I opened the door and ran into the
room.  My eyes bulged at the scene before me. . .
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To Be Continued

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