Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 18:37:40 EST
From: Capricorn77Dude@aol.com
Subject: My Night With Howie D.:Free From Within
Hello Nifty Land! Its Cj and I am bringing you the spin off
of My Night With Howie D. I know its been awhile and some
people are probably wondering why I came back with a spin
off when I ended the story so long ago.
Well, to be honest, I thought the story was finished myself.
I was so busy that when I tried to write I couldn't. My
ideas were gone and I wrapped it. Finished right? Nope.
Sometimes you write something that takes a life of its own.
This is what happened. My characters started to haunt me.
I would dream of them. A whole new story came to light and
I wrote it as it came to me. I filed it away with all my
other ideas and thought that was it. But then I started
getting emails from people reading My Night for the first
time, wondering if there was more. Who am I to disappoint?
So I hope you enjoy this as much as I did writing it.
Please let me know what you think, good or bad.
Oh yeah and...
Disclaimer: This story is fiction and is not intended to
imply anything about the true sexuality of the celebrities
mentioned or any personal knowledge about their private
lives.
Free From Within: Part 1
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January 2000
The honeymoon suite at the Hawaiian Hilton. The
French doors are ajar and the sheer curtains float on the
wind. Howie and me are entwined with each other upon the
king size bed. After a long night of celebratory sex we
had drifted off in each others arms. I started to murmur
in my sleep.
"I do...I do.....I do..."
Howie wakes up and lifts his head to look at me. I am
still asleep with a huge smile on my face and repeating "I
do". Howie just takes this moment to look at his husband.
He strokes the side of my cheek. Then he notices the
morning light glinting off his wedding band and he smiles.
"You do what?" he asks.
I jerk awake and look disoriented until I see Howie's
smiling face looking down at me.
"Huh?" I ask.
"You were murmuring 'I Do' in your sleep you doof." Howie
responds.
"I think I was reliving the ceremony. Wow. You know, I
still can't believe that we are married. Really married."
"I know, when I woke up and saw you in my arms, in this room
I thought maybe it was a dream until I looked down and saw
my wedding band." Howie responded.
I take Howie's hand in mine and admired both our bands.
At this moment I felt connected to Howie on the deepest
level. This caused two stirs of emotion, one in my heart
when I think of spending my life with Howie, the other in my
cock when I thought of Howie's body.
Without a word I push back the sheet covering Howie's
torso. Standing at full attention was that beautiful latino
cock I had come to love. I wrapped my left hand around it
and started to stroke it, while I began to suck on Howie's
already erect nipples.
Howie arched his back and sighed. Savoring the feel
of my tongue and hand for a moment. Then he tried to reach
over and touch me. I pull up and grab Howie's hands and
put them above the pillow.
"Just lay back babe, let me do the work." I say with a
wicked smile.
With that I go back to working on Howie's cock. I get
it very lubricated with my saliva. Spying the bottle of
lube out of the side of my eye I reach over for it and
rubbed some onto Howie's cock with one hand and my ass with
the other.
Howie was enjoying the sensation of his cock being
stroked and had thrown his head back, eyes closed when my
hand left his cock. It was replaced a second later with the
tightness that he had come to know as my ass. Opening his
eyes he saw me lowering myself. Watching his cock disappear
into his lover was awesome. Fully engulfed within me, I
leaned into Howie and gave him a deep kiss while I started
to ride his cock. I expertly rode up and down and swiveled
my hips to give Howie the most intense ride of his life. I
increased my speed and my cock started slapping against
Howie's abs. Howie reached for it and squeezed some lube
onto it so he could stroke it with ease. Our moans
filled the suite as we both got closer to getting off.
"Howie, I'm gonna cum!" I moaned.
"Okay babe, I'm right with you."
While I was riding Howie as hard as I could I gripped
my cock and gave it one final stroke, it erupted in a shower
of cum all over his stomach, some reaching his chin. While
at the same time Howie grabbed me by the hips and pounded
his cock deep into my ass and shot his load.
We kept that position as we panted. I looked down at
Howie and smiled. He leaned up and kissed me gently on the
lips and pulled me closer and embraced me while we kissed.
Then there was a knock on their door.
"Who do you think it is?" I asked.
"Either the guys or.the guys."
"Should we......?"
"Nah, let's ignore it."
We went back to kissing and then the phone rang.
Ignoring it and wanting to start round two, Howie grasped my
deflating cock. After five rings and a pause the phone
started up again. Sighing Howie reached over and picked it
up.
"Hello." he said brusquely.
"Okay we know your in there getting' freaky, but we just
wanted to remind you that we're all leaving in an hour. You
know, in case you wanted to say goodbye to us." AJ said.
"Oh, right, my family with you guys?"
"Nah they sent me up to see if you guys would see us off.
Craig's family too."
"Okay tell everyone we will be down in a half hour."
"So umm, I interrupted right?" AJ asked.
"Why?"
"Well, you could hear you guys.um.you know..hehe" AJ
giggled.
"Alright, alright. Half hour." Howie said as he hung the
phone up.
He looked up at me with a smile.
"Family and friends leave in an hour, think we can do it in
the shower in time?"
An hour later
Howie and me stood surrounded by our loved ones waiting
for the flight to be announced. I held a crying Dom in my
arms and my mom searched through the diaper bag for the
bottle.
"I'm sorry Craig, I thought I had put it in here.Sel, do you
have his bottle?" Debbie asked.
"Yeah Mom, its right here." she said as she came over.
I took the bottle and put in my son's mouth. Dom
sucked hungrily on the bottle with a smile. Haoke and Paula
came over with big smiles.
"You look so cute with him!" Paula exclaimed.
"May I?" she asked as she held her arms out to Dom. I
nodded and handed Dom over.
"Now remember, when you come to Orlando next week I want at
least two days with my grandson." she said and she held the
bottle for him.
"Actually that would be great, I love baby boy but some
downtime now and then is pretty cool still." I responded.
"That is where the benefit of grandparents and aunts and
uncles comes in." Haoke said with a smile.
On the other side of the gate Howie was talking with my
grandma.
"I know you boys have a lot of traveling, but if you ever
get the chance, come by Kansas City and give the old lady a
ring." she said.
"We are already planning to stop by on the trip from
Orlando, Julaine." Howie said with a smile.
"Flight 242 to Los Angeles is ready to board."
With that all the family and friends started to
congregate to the gate. Hugs and kisses exchanged.
Promises to visit and calls to each other were also
exchanged. Suddenly it was just Howie, me and Dom standing
by the window waiting for the plane to take off.
"Wow, notice when they are gone how much quieter it is?" I
asked.
Instead of answering Howie put his arm around my
shoulders and kissed me.
"We have a whole week now of just `us' time. Cause as soon
as we get off this island its going to be competition for
our attention from both sides. So lets enjoy just being the
three of us." Howie said.
"Sounds good." I said with a smile.
We stood by the window and watched as the plane backed
away from the terminal and started towards the runway.
"Did I ever tell you about my worst nightmare?" I asked.
"Worse than the one you had after you found out Jesse was
positive?"
"Worse."
"No, I don't think so." Howie said and looked at me.
"Since I was little, I was afraid of flying.you know
that..but my biggest fear was that when my family was on a
plane without me, that they would never come back." he said
a held Dom tighter. "And just now that thought crossed my
mind. All our family and friends are aboard that flight.
If anything happened we would lose everyone we loved in one
shot."
Howie wrapped his arms around me and Dom.
"Nothing is going to happen. And even if it did you have to
remember that you wouldn't lose everyone. Dom and me are
still here. We'll always be here."
They stood like that, me holding Dom and Howie holding
us both and watched our families plane take flight.
"Okay?" Howie asked.
"Okay." I said and smiled. "So lets get this honeymoon
started!"
"Sex? Again? Babe, not trying to be an old man or
anything, but I'm getting sore!"
"No! Not til tonight maybe. I meant, lets go have some
fun."
We headed back to the hotel. When we entered our room
we found that all of mine and Dom's bags had been brought
up. And the hotel had already set up Dom's bassinet and had
also provided a changing table, stroller. While Howie
phoned the desk and got taxi set up, I changed Dom's diaper
and put him into a blue pair of overalls after lathering him
with sun block. Howie and me changed as well. I changed
into jean cargo shorts and white wife beater, with a light
green short sleeved dress short. Howie in khaki cargo
shorts and a colorful Hawaiian print shirt.
"Looks good but let me fix something." I said.
I unbuttoned Howie's shirt until only his navel was
hidden.
"Much better." I said with a smile.
We gather up Dom's diaper bag and stroller and headed
down the lobby. On our way down in the elevator an older
couple got in. They stood on one side of the elevator
holding hands and smiling at Dom.
"How old?" the lady asked.
"2 « months." Howie responded.
"He's so adorable and quiet. Are you newlyweds?" the man
asked.
"Yes, just got married yesterday. I'm Craig and this is
Howie. The little guy is Dominic" I said with a smile and
squeezed Howie's hand.
"I am Irene and this is Tom. This is our thirtieth
anniversary. We got married here as well. We come back
every year for our anniversary." she said and smiled at her
husband.
"Congratulations." we said.
"You as well, enjoy yourselves." the man said.
We all got off in the lobby and as the older couple
went to the doors, we stopped at the desk.
"We were wanting to see some of the sights. Can we get
directions?" Howie asked.
"Actually sir, your family set you up with the vacation
package for this week. The car is waiting outside and you
will be escorted all over the island." the concierge said.
"Wow, thanks. " Howie said as he took the papers.
They headed out to the door and found a black Ford
Explorer and a familiar face waiting for them.
"Joel!" I said.
"Congratulation you two. Its mine and Uncle Jeff's gift to
you. I am here to take you to all the beautiful locales
that the island has to offer."
Howie came over with Dom in one arm and the folded up
stroller in another.
"And this must be Dominic. My uncle told me he was cutie
but not this cute! Okay, so lets get going!" he said and
grabbed the stroller from Howie.
He put the stroller in the back while we got into the
backseat and found a car seat to put Dom in. Joel climbed
in the driver seat and we were off.
"Alright I know where all the sights are, you just tell me
what your interested in and I will take you there." he said
and looked at us in the mirror.
"Well, what stuff would having Dom restrict us from doing?"
I ask.
"Nothing. If you want to surf, you can both do it and I'll
sit on the beach with the little guy for you. Think of me
as your driver and nanny."
"Awesome, then lets do it all." Howie says.
And do it all we did. Having our own tour
guide/driver was cool. We experienced everything the
island had to offer. We took the helicopter ride over the
island. The most beautiful place I have ever seen. The
volcano, lush tropical valleys, rain forest waterfalls and
multi-hued beaches, so beautiful. We tried parasailing and
surfing. I had minimal skill there, but Howie was a born
natural. We took a kayak along the shore of Hilo Bay. Of
course we spent a lot of time just at the beach getting some
sun. I wanted to get a new tan line so I dropped modesty
and tanned in a pair of briefs and judging by Howie's
reaction that night, I think the new tan line is a good
thing.
Our last day there, we had Joel keep Dom for the day
and we headed out to Waipio Valley on horseback. We had
been told by our fellow honeymooners Irene and tom that the
waterfalls were very..romantic.
It had been a while since I had gone horseback, but its
like a bike, you never forget. We had a blast racing each
other through the valley and when we entered the greenery we
rode close. Every now and then leaning over to kiss. After
awhile we head the rushing of the waterfalls. We came upon
the clearing and experienced the most beautiful sight. At
least 30 stories high. And where the falls met the pool
there were rainbows.
"Look babe, its gay." Howie joked.
We dismounted and the horses went to the waters edge to
drink. We had taken off our shirts long ago and were
sweaty at this point. We dropped out shorts and got in the
water. Cool and refreshing, I dove deeper into. When I
came up for air I saw Howie a few feet away from me with a
smile.
"What?" I asked.
"I just found something that is really cool." he said as he
paddled over to me.
He came up to me and poked against me with his cock. I
smiled as he put his arms around me and gave me a kiss.
"C'mon." he said and took my hand.
We paddled over to the waterfall and went through it.
It was like a rainstorm, but once past it we were in a
little cove just like Irene had told us. It was maybe five
feet deep. Enough room to sit and well, you know.
"What about the horses?" I asked.
"They'll be fine. Right now I want to play with YOUR
horse."
I laughed. He boosted me up on the ledge and eyed my
cock hungrily. I leaned back on my arms and he took me into
his mouth and got me hard. He slowly worked my cock til it
was rock hard and then gripped it in his fist and
concentrated on just the head.
He pulled off me long enough to boost himself onto the
ledge and stood with his cock pointing at my mouth.
"Suck my cock babe."
Needing no more than that I grabbed his cock and
swallowed him inch by inch. After a minute though, Howie
pulled back.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"Nothing, lets try something new. How about you rim me?"
No hesitation I turned him around and he bent over
exposing his ass to me. I spread his cheeks apart and saw
his hole. I leaned forward and ran my tongue down the crack
of his ass. When reached his hole he shuddered.
"Right there." he moaned.
I stuck my tongue out and licked around it. After a
moment he started to push against me, trying to get my
tongue into him. Not to disappoint I stuck my tongue in and
started to move it around. He gasped and reached back to
hold my head there. I kept this up for a few until he
pushed me back.
"Use this" he said.
I looked at what he was offering me. A packet of lube.
"You sure babe?" I asked.
"Fuck me Craig..fuck me now." he said desperately.
I took the lube and applied it to him. Working first
one finger in and slowly another. By this time Howie was
pushing against my hand. This boy was eager for some
action. I stood and applied the lube to my cock and pulled
Howie to me. I placed the head of my dick at his hole and
slowly entered. He gasped and then pushed himself against
me, my dick sinking in til his ass cheek were against my
hips.
I grabbed his hips and started to pump his ass with my
cock. I leaned forward and licked his back. He was moaning
and arching towards me. I kissed the back of his neck as
his moans intensified. I reached around and felt his hard
cock. I started stroking his in time to my thrusts.
"Babe, can we move?" he moaned.
Without a word I pulled out of him. He turned to me
and laid upon his back. He raised his legs and offered me
that tight hole again.
" I want to see you when you come in me" he said.
I got in between his legs and he placed my cock in his
asshole. I pushed in and started to thrust again. This
time looking into my husbands eyes. Seeing the pleasure on
his face made me even hotter. I leaned forward and kissed
him.
"I'm gonna shoot."
"Do it." he gasped.
Unable to hold back I pushed forward and slammed my
cock in his ass and felt it convulse as I came. Howie ass
contracted on my cock, milking out my cum. Looking down I
saw his cock shooting all over his stomach, while both hand
we around my back.
"uh.wow, I have never come without touching myself" he said
with a smile.
I kissed him again.
"What made this happen?" I asked.
"I have been topping you for the last year now, I wanted to
see what made your eyes roll back in your head."
"And?" I asked.
"I like it. We are definitely doing this more often." he
said with a smile.
We lay there for a few more moments and then got back
into the water to rinse off and swim back to the shore. As
we broke through the falls we saw there was another couple
there.
"I see you two took our advice!" Irene said with a smile.
"umm, yeah we thought we would check it out." I said with a
red face.
I looked at the two of them and then to where our
clothes were. Then I look at Howie. We exchanged a look
and nodded. We grabbed each others hand and walked out of
the pool. Unbelievably the two of them actually stared at
our nakedness. We got into our shorts and Howie grabbed
towels out of our backpack. We dried off and when we turned
to look Irene and Tom were wading across the pool to the
waterfall.
"Babe when we get old promise we will still be this sexual"
Howie said from behind me.
We got on our horses and rode back. That night being
our last night in Hawaii was going to be a luau. We got
back to the hotel where Joel had been watching Dom for us.
We invited him to dinner with us. The four of went to the
luau and had a blast. The food was excellent and the dancers
were unbelievable. The way they moved. Very erotic.
We said our goodbyes at the hotel. We got to the room
around 11. Dom had been sleeping all day so it was a night
where he wasn't going to sleep. And for some reason he was
restless. I told Howie I would get the packing done and
keep Dom occupied, as he seemed to be nodding off on the
ride home. He kissed us both goodnight and headed off to
bed.
I sat in the sitting room of our suite with Dom for a
little while. When I knew Howie would be asleep I went into
the bedroom and started packing up our stuff. I am one of
those people who cannot pack that morning so it has to be
done the night before. As I finished I looked over at the
bed and watched Howie sleeping. He was so beautiful and
now he was all mine. This feeling went through me. Even
after this whole week it was still new to think that it was
true. We were truly together now.
Then I heard Dom from the sitting room. He had started
to cry. I went in and picked him up, it wasn't urgent
cries, but crying nonetheless. I checked his diaper, knew
he wasn't hungry, tried burping him. Nothing. I walked
around the room with him and bounced him in my arms. Not
wanting Howie to wake up I tried something I had never tried
before. Sing. The first song that popped in my head.
"Little surfer, little one, made my heart come all undone,
do you love me, do you surfer boy, my little surfer boy.."
Dom stopped crying and looked up at me. I rocked him
in my arms and sang again.
"Little surfer, little one, made my heart come all undone,
do you love me, do you surfer boy, my little surfer boy.."
I looked down and he was closing his eyes. Then he was
out. Smiling to myself I turned to the bedroom and saw
Howie standing there with a smile.
"I was wondering how long it would take for you to realize
that's how you put him to sleep." he whispered.
"Now I know."
We walked into the bedroom and I laid our little boy in
his bassinet. He fussed for a moment, but when I rubbed his
tummy he settled. Putting his blanket on him I felt Howie
behind me. He embraced me from behind and leaned my head
back and he kissed my neck.
"Time for bed daddy." he whispered to me.
"sounds good."
We got into bed and I put my head on his chest. He put
his arm around me and we fell asleep.
The next morning we work up at 7am. Our flight was
leaving at 9am so we got dressed, finished packing and got
checked out. We got to the airport and checked in for our
flight. Found out it was on time and we would be boarding
at Gate 12. We checked our baggage and made our way to the
gate. Howie with the diaper bag, me with Dom in his car
seat. For an early flight the airport was pretty empty.
We found our gate aside from some elderly people, find its
just us.
We sit down and I put Dom on the floor in front of us.
Howie leans against me and yawns.
"Tired?" I ask.
"Yeah yesterday wore me out." he said with a smile.
"Well you can sleep on the plane. Cause when we get to
Orlando your gonna be busy."
"I know. Packing the necessities to move to Tucson, seeing
family and friends who didn't come to the wedding. Hey I
just realized something.we can't exactly drive the `Vette
cross country. Two seats and three of us."
"Do you need to bring it to Tucson? I was actually thinking
that we could get another car for you here..and maybe one
for me there." I said with a smile.
"I like that.cause the Mustang and the Vette really aren't
family cars. What do you want to get?"
"I'm not sure yet. We'll just have to shop!" I respond.
"Flight 213 will now begin boarding at Gate 12"
"That's us babe," Howie nudges me.
We get out of our seats. He picks up the diaper bag
and backpack and I grab Dom. Bonus to having a kid, you get
to board the plane first! We check our tickets with the
attendant. Once in the plane we settle into first class.
I sit next the window, Howie on the aisle and Dom in
between. Baby boy is sleeping peacefully as Howie and me
hold hands and gaze at each other.
"You okay?" he asks.
"Yeah, I just wish we weren't leaving. This last week has
been amazing. And once we get out of here the real worlds'
going to come crashing back in."
"I know. I hate that I go back on tour in two weeks. But
lets not think about that right now. " he says.
I smile as he leans over to kiss me. God, I love this
guy. The captain informs us that we are ready to depart.
The stewardess shows us how to put on our seatbelts and what
to do if we crash. We get cleared for take off and are
shortly airborne. I feel Howie's hand loosen and look
over to see he has nodded off. My husband and my son look
very peaceful sleeping. I think I will try to do the same,
but find I can't. I keep opening my eyes and looking at the
ocean below us.
I think back to the last week and smile. I know its
going to be a transition the next few months. We are going
to go from being as close as we were this week to being
apart for long lengths of time with Howie's touring. I
mentally start cataloguing what I need to do. Settling in
the new home, finding a nanny for Dom for when I wrap up
`One of the Guys'. that's the thing about us Capricorns,
we're organized and sometimes so bad we can even help it.
By the time I have everything situated in my head the bell
dings and I am informed that we are preparing for landing in
Houston. I look up and see Howie is awake and strapping Dom
in his seat.
"He just finished eating. You ok? You were kinda out there
for awhile?" he asks.
"Yeah, I was just thinking of all the stuff I have planned."
"Haha!"
"What?" I ask.
"You are so going to love the present I got for your
birthday!"
"That's right. My birthday is in a week."
"Yup seven days to be exact. We should be back in Tucson
the day before it." he said.
The plane lands and we exit and head over to Gate 25
for our connecting flight to Orlando. Our flight will be
boarding in an hour so we stay in the lounge. Paparazzi are
everywhere and with Howie still in the closet and all we
have to be careful. I realize that we got real careless
in Hawaii with it. Hopefully nothing was going to come back
and bite our asses.
"Howie, I know you wanted to come out with me and I said no,
but I was wondering."
"If now that since we are married I would do it on my own?
Well I want to. But lately Kevin has been getting a little
weird. Before Christmas I brought it up and he said he
would talk to management. I realize that the group is going
to be affected by this, but its kinda pissing me off that I
have to go through them and management before I can make a
decision."
"I'm sorry babe." I say and hold his hand.
"Nothing to be sorry for. I got it handled. Don't
worry."
"Flight 369 to Orlando is ready for boarding."
We boarded the flight and this time I slept til we
landed. We got off the plane, I carried Dom and Howie
walked beside us. We came out of the gate and saw Howie's
parents awaiting us. While Paula gave us many hugs and
kisses and took Dom, Haoke got our luggage . We all met up
in the van and were heading to his parents house. Checking
my watch I realized it was 9pm. Forgot about the time
change.
We pulled up to Howie's condo and went inside. Paula
carried Dom who was awake and giggling at her. Haoke
carried our bags into the front hall.
"Now I want you to look at the nursery and tell me what you
think." she said.
We went up the stairs and went to what used to be the
guest room. Howie opened the door and we saw Dom's Orlando
nursery for the first time. The theme was Tigger. It was
so cool. The crib was made of beautiful dark oak wood. The
bureau and changing table were the same. A rocking chair of
light oak was in the corner. There were pictures from the
original Winnie the Pooh mixed with the current Disney ones.
His bedding and mobile were Winnie the Pooh. A throw rug
of Tigger was in the middle of the room.
"Mom its beautiful." I said.
"Thank you. I knew you would like it. I remembered you
talking about a Tigger theme."
"Hey this is our baby furniture isn't it?" Howie asked.
"Yes mijo." Haoke said.
"Babe, this was mine and my sibs furniture when we were
babies." Howie said with pride.
"That is awesome." I said with a smile.
We checked out everything and Paula glowed that loved
it. She reluctantly handed Dom over to me and they left for
the evening. They would be back in the morning for Dom.
Meanwhile the three of us settled in. I had been to
the condo once before. It's cool. The bottom floor is an
entry hall, living room, dining room, half bath and kitchen.
The top floor has a guest room (now the nursery), bathroom,
master bedroom and master bath. We put the bags in the room
and went downstairs to watch a movie and unwind.
While Howie was checking his messages the doorbell
rang. I brought Dom with me to answer. I opened the door
and found Aj, Brian and Nick on the doorstep.
"We knew you were in so we thought we would come over and
bug you!" Aj said.
"Actually, AJ knew you were in and dragged us along so you
wouldn't get mad at just him." Nick said with a smile.
"And we brought movies with us." Brian said indicating the
bag in his hands.
"Oh! My nephew!" AJ said and busted in.
I handed Dom over to AJ, who commenced to play "strange
& goofy" uncle, and let Brian and Nick in.
"So how was the honeymoon?" Brian asked,.
"It was good, relaxing and a lot of fun." I said.
"Did you guys surf?" Nick asked.
"Oh yeah. And my husband here is really good." I said as
Howie came over to join us.
"Yeah, who do you think taught him?" Nick asked.
"So what did you guys bring?" Howie asked.
"Superstar, The Haunting and The Spy Who Shagged Me." Brian
said.
"Cool lets watch some movies."
We all settled in the living room. Howie and me on
the love seat. Nick and Brian sprawled over the couch and
Aj laid on the floor with Dom. We watched Superstar first.
During which AJ entertained Dom with his impressions and
annoyed Nick.
"Its just he always does this when we watch the movie!"
Then we watched Austin Powers. Halfway through Dom
fell asleep so I took him to his new nursery and laid him in
his crib.
"Good night baby boy. Daddy and me will just be a cry
away." I whispered and kissed him.
I turned on the baby monitor and grabbed the portable.
In the hall I found AJ waiting for me.
"So how goes it daddy?"
"Awesome." I say with a smile.
"I gotta tell you, I am very jealous. You found your
prince. And have an adorable little baby. Please tell me
that it will happen for me one day?"
I give him a hug.
"Someday your prince will come. Just have some patience
ok?"
We got back downstairs as Austin Powers ends. The
Haunting gets popped in and we watch it. I love a good
horror movie and the Haunting doesn't disappoint. Howie
cringes and loves to be held during these. Which is why we
cuddle on the love seat. I look over halfway through the
movie and see Nick passed out on Brian. Brian starting to
nod off and AJ passed out on the floor. Howie see's them
and laughs. We finish the movie and as Howie sets the
security system, I grab blankets from the closet and cover
up the boys.
Howie takes me hand and leads me upstairs. We check in
on Dom and see he is peacefully sleeping. Then Howie
guides me to the master bedroom. The king size bed is very
inviting and as soon as the clothes are off we jump in. I
put my arms around Howie as he spoons into me.
"Your gonna hold me like this all night right babe?" he
asks.
"Movie scared you that much huh?"
"Yeah mostly the fat bastard!" he says with a laugh.
I hug him and close my eyes. My dreams are weird. The
three movies intertwine into a trip from hell. I wake and
see that its 6am. Howie is fast asleep, his long hair
fanning the pillow. I get up and head to the bathroom for a
piss and then to check on Dom. I walk to the nursery and
stop just outside the door. AJ is in the rocking chair with
Dom.
"Your such a cute little man. You know you look just like
your daddy and he is just about the cutest man there is.
Besides me that is."
I smile and head back to Howie. I know that Dom is in
good hands. I get into bed and Howie turns in his sleep
and embraces me. I fall asleep in his arms.
We wake later in the afternoon to a note:
Guys,
You were sleeping so well, that we went ahead and took
Dom to your parent's house. We'll be back later to help you
pack.
Brian
We got up and showered. While I was getting dressed
Howie was on the phone with his family and friends. It was
decided that we would hang out with his friends tonight and
his family tomorrow before we embarked on our road trip back
to Arizona.
As promised the guys showed up an hour later and we
spent the afternoon boxing up clothes, CD's, books, photo
albums, and artwork. The movers come and load it into a
moving truck that will hopefully get to Tucson before us.
We had decided to get a car and drive it to Kansas to see
Grams for a day and then onto Arizona for my birthday.
We finish packing up and The guys head back to Nick's
to get ready and will meet us at the club. We shower again
(only fooling around once!) and head to the club. I am
nervous as I have never met Howie's friends (aside from the
BSB). We get to Firecracker, cool dance club that Howie
used to haunt in his single days I am told by AJ. The guys
are waiting for us, minus Kevin who is in Kentucky.
We enter and I am hit with the beating bass of latin
music. Then immediately overwhelmed with Howie's friends.
These are the people he has grown up with. They are all
cool and nice. I get introduced to many but keep
forgetting names.
At some point we get separated and I just chill at a table
with AJ and Brian.
"So how Howie said anything to you about the tour?" Brian
asked.
"No why?"
"Well, Kevin and him have been getting into it lately. We
don't blame Howie. He just got married and then has to
leave you for four months. It sucks." AJ said.
"Yeah but its cool, we always work it out." I say.
"Craig, we're supposed to go to Europe. It's a little
different isn't it?"
"Europe?" I ask.
"He didn't tell you. Craig I am sure he was going to soon."
Aj said.
"Its cool guys, don't sweat it. I got a new house to
settle, the show to wrap up. I know how it is. We don't
have normal 9-5 jobs. Believe me its cool."
But is it? I don't get a chance to ask. Howie is in
his element. Its not that he's ignoring me, its just he
hasn't seen these friends for a while and the music is hot
and he is busting moves.
We get home at 3am and Howie passes out. The next
morning we wake up and need to head to his parents house for
the party they are having for us. We get to his parents
house and find many cars parked along the street.
We go in and I am introduced to my new family. I love
it. They are as close knit as my own and they welcome me
with love. We receive more wedding gifts which Paula will
take care of for us. Then its time for dinner. Always a
big event. This family knows how to cook. Little bit of
everything.
Knowing we have to leave early in the morning Paula
wraps things up early on. The last hour is mostly spent
with the immediate family. Paula and Haoke love having Dom
that I promise we will be visiting them often and that they
are always welcome to visit us in Tucson.
Howie's brother John brings us home from the party.
When he drops us off Howie takes Dom up to the nursery and I
go to the room to wait for him. He comes in all smiles and
bounces on the bed next to me.
"What's up babe?" he asks and he rubs my shoulders.
"Mmmm, that feels good. "
"Lay down and I'll go lower." he says.
I stretch out onto the bed and he sits on my butt and
starts rubbing my lower back.
"Howie? When were you going to tell me about Europe?" I
blurt out.
He stops for a moment. Then starts up again in my
shoulders.
"I didn't want to tell you til after your birthday.
Management came up with it."
"Baby, you don't need to explain it to me. It's your job.
I understand." I say.
"It sucks, I was hoping that after the US tour we could have
a chance to settle and be a family for a bit. Now after the
US tour ends we go to Europe and after that we head into the
studio to record the new album. That pretty much books me
as busy for almost all year."
He lays back and I lay next to him and stroke his hair.
"But your not going to be locked in a studio. You can come
home for visits. We can go see you. Hell even in Europe we
can. I knew what your life was before I married you babe,
I'm prepared."
"But what if something happens to Dom? And I'm a million
miles away? What kind of father does that make me?" he
asks.
"You'll still be the awesome father you are now."
"Really, how's he going to know me if he never see's me?"
And that's it. That's the focal point.
"Your afraid our son isn't going to know you as well as me?
Howie, don't sweat it baby."
"Really, look at you Craig. You resented your father til
recently because he wasn't around much during your
childhood. How can you say Dom isn't going to feel the
same?"
"Because Howie. Your not going to let that happen. I know
you. You love him as much as I do and you won't. "
We laid there holding one another. I don't think I
resolved anything for Howie, but I knew that we would make
this work out.
We woke early the next morning and packed our bags and
threw them in the car. Got Dom all situated and took off.
Road trips can be fun and then they can suck. The radio in
our car was only radio and in between Florida and Kansas you
hit the Bible Belt and get the fire and brimstone preaching.
So the radio stayed off and we just talked and drove.
Which I think was for the better. Howie got out a lot of
his feelings and I reassured him the best I could. I knew
in my heart that Howie was going to be there for Dom when he
needed him but it was something he was going to have to see
for himself and not something that I could just tell him.
We stayed the night at a hotel and Howie spent the
whole night up with Dom. I was driving the next day so he
had me sleep. Dom had a cough and was fussy. As much as I
hate to see my little guy suffer, I was glad in a way
because Howie felt awesome taking care of him.
I drove the next day and they slept. The only station
I could find was an oldies station. So there I was
jamming to the Bee-Gee's and Donna Summer while my guys
slept.
We got to my grandma's house that evening. And let me
tell you, Kansas City in January is COLD, everything was
white from all the snow they had been getting. We pulled up
to her place. She lives in this little farmhouse. Its
cute. Too small for me, but perfect for her. I had called
her on the cell when we hit town so she was on the porch
waiting for us. Howie grabbed Dom and I grabbed the bags
and as we crossed the front yard it started to snow! We got
onto the porch and Grams immediately took Dom and led us
into the house.
We walked in and settled on the couch. Grams already
had hot tea waiting for us. We sat and chatted for a while.
We told her about Hawaii and the fun we had and she updated
us on her condition. She is trying an experimental drug
that is actually helping her breathing. They have also
stabilized her medications so that she is no longer
retaining fluid. We had the fire going and I told them
how the only music I could get on the radio was the oldies
and that there was this song I had wanted to hear but it
never came on. She asked me what it was and I told her if
I heard it I would remember. She had me bring down the
record player (cool little thing in this wood box) and the
45's. Next thing I know its midnight and we have been
listening to the oldies all night.
"You know that when Craig was a baby the only way he would
go to sleep was if I held him and danced with him.
Especially after he broke his leg."
"What do you mean?" Howie asked.
"When Craig was a year old he fell down the stairs and broke
his leg. They put two casts on for balance. The poor thing
couldn't walk and he would get so mad. And his leg would
hurt him. So I would dance with him and sing to him and he
would fall asleep like that."
She shared some more anecdotes from my childhood and
then said she was tired. She took Dom to her room to sleep
and we took the guest room.
"Babe, you okay?" Howie asked.
"Yeah, she's doing good. But it just makes me sad to know
that everytime could be my last."
"I know. When Caroline was getting sick we would get scared
too. There were ups and downs. You never knew if when you
kissed her goodbye would be the last time. That's why we
always spent the times together like they would be our last.
That way if it ever happens you have nothing left to
regret."
See this is why I love this man. He held me in his
arms and I slept like a baby. The next morning Grams made
my favorite breakfast for us. And before we left she gave
me my birthday present. The record player and the 45's.
"Gram's you can't.!"
"I want to. You appreciate the music just as much as I do.
Besides, its not like I am giving you my whole collection.
Just your favorite 45's. I want you to use them with Dom.
You know, keep our tradition going." she said with a smile.
"And I know you don't want to hear this talk, but when I go
I am bequeathing you ALL my records."
I just hug her then. No words can say what I feel and
I would probably start bawling if I did use them. So we
hold that moment.
It took a day and a half to get from Kansas to Tucson.
But we made it around 8pm the day before my birthday. Just
hit the city limits. Called the family to tell them I was
home and was told to go to my house.
We pull up at our new home and its all lit up. I see
my mom's Escalade, Scott's Yukon and dad's BMW. We park the
car on the street and get Dom and the bags and head in. we
walk in to the front entry and are greeted by my family.
"Now put down your bags and let me give you the tour." my
mom says as she hugs us both.
"Your gonna love what we did." Sel says as she takes Dom.
My dad and bro just smile and nod. I look around and
see the entry hall is just the basic. On the wall with the
door leading to the garage is a large print a Tucson sunset.
Next to the stairs is A table with a vase of flowers with an
oversized mirror behind. The family room is just off the
hall and we go in to find my green leather couch, love seat
and chair. The coffee table is a jade green marble base
and smoked glass top (rounded with no corners). The artwork
is Asian in style. Potted plants. A shelf with knick
knacks keeping with the Asian theme.
We go in to the kitchen from there. The kitchen
looked awesome as it was. Butcher block in the middle with
pots and pans hanging above it. One wall with the stove
and ovens. The second wall where the pantry and more
cabinets were. The third wall with the side by side sub
zero refrigerator and door to the dining room. And where a
fourth wall would be a giant marble counter that overlooked
the living room. The cabinets were all light wood with white
knobs. And the theme was teddy bears: cookie jar, spice
rack, canisters, towels, pot holders.
We looked into the dining room and saw a solid oak
dining room table that seats ten. A china cabinet with the
wedding dishes and assorted finery. Another china cabinet
with wine glasses. We went through the entry next to the
counter in the kitchen and walked into the living room.
Overstuffed beige couches, love seat and two chairs. A
huge light oak entertainment center which contained our 40
inch television, dvd/vcr, and stereo system. Another
entertainment center which contained all our movies and
CD's. Above the fireplace was the picture from the wedding
with Howie, Dom and me. The other artwork in the room are
Howie's from his condo.
We went into the hall that had the half bath. This was
done in basic black and white. Then we went down to the
study which was Howie's office. All his albums and BSB
stuff were on the walls. Huge oak desk in the middle.
Filing cabinets with his real estate stuff in them. The
inset shelves were filled with the pictures from his condo:
his family, the guys, me and him, and of course Dom. Then we
went to the library which was my "office". See I am a big
book collector and I have a HUGE collection. The three
walls were all shelves and my stuff filled two of them. On
the other wall the shelves were filled with my pictures: my
family, friends, Dom, Howie. My awards were there as well.
In the middle was a desk similar to Howie's with my laptop.
We went back to the entry way and climbed the stairs to
the second floor. When you get to the top of the stairs
it's a hall. The stairs are actually in the middle of it.
Behind the stairs is the master suite, but my mom pushes us
to look at the rooms first. On the left side there are
three doors: Dom's nursery, a guest room and a bathroom.
The right side has three doors: two guest rooms and the
laundry room.
We look in one of the guest rooms and see it contains a
queen size bed and two bureau's. Mom explains that they all
have the same furniture but each room is done in a different
color. One has blue bedding, walls and art, the second
green and the third purple. The bath is done in nautical.
Sea shells holding the soap, towels and shower curtain. The
art is all beach work.
We check out Dom's nursery and its his Tigger stuff
from home. His crib, changing table, dressers and rocking
chair. Pooh artwork on the walls along with his birth
announcement, footprints and family pics. This room is also
of the two (besides the suite) rooms with its own bath. My
mom did it in ducks. The toiletries and stick on prints,
the shower curtain, and tons of rubber duckies in the tub.
At least we reach the master suite and check it out.
You enter into a sitting room that is done in comfy tones.
Overstuffed chairs and a small couch. Then you enter the
double doors into the bedroom. The focal point is the king
size dark pine sleigh bed flanked by matching nightstands .
Done up with a hunter green comforter with a million
(actually seven) pillows. Two identical pine dressers are
on each side of the door. Next to each dresser is a closet
door to each of our walk ins. A pine armoire with a
television and stereo faces the bed. Then the bath. Ah
the bath. You walk in on your right is a long counter with
two sinks and a huge mirrored cabinet running the length of
it. On your right is a door that opens into the toilet and
next to that is the shower stall. Dead center is the
elevated Jacuzzi tub. On its counters are bubbles, salts,
and fairies! Yes, we are gay, we have a fairy figurines
around our tub.
"Mom, this is awesome." Howie and I say together.
"I hope you liked it. I went with what you said and kinda
improvised on other things." she said blushing.
Howie and I pulled her into a hug. Sel stood behind us
with a giggling Dom. We went back downstairs to find Scott
and Dad in the kitchen drinking beers and Beth setting the
table. Once we all got seated Mom and Dad brought in the
Italian take out and we all dug in. I sat on my side of the
table looking around me at my family. Howie next me,
holding Dom. Sel next to Howie. Mom at one end of the
table, Dad at the other. Scott and Beth across from me with
a twin in a high chair between each of them. It was cool.
After we finished Sel and Beth insisted on doing the
clean up. Scott, Howie and me took the babies into the
living room to play with Dad and Mom. Scott spread out the
boy's blanket with their toys and we put Cary and Trey down
to play. The twins were so cute. They had white blonde
hair like Scott and me used to and the most adorable blue
eyes. They sat down together and looked at their toys then
looked at Howie laying Dom down on the blanket. On his back
he looked up at Howie. The twins dropped their toys and
went over.
"Baby." Cary said and pointed at Dom.
"Yeah that's your baby cousin." Scott said to him.
"Baby cuz." Trey said.
The two laughed at that and squatted on either side of
Dom. He looked at them with wonder. He reached up for
Trey's nose and when Trey fell on his butt Dom laughed.
This made Cary laugh too.
"Baby funny." he said with a big smile.
Trey laughed as well, causing Dom to turn his head to
look at his fallen cousin. But looking wasn't enough, he
kept twisting his body til he turned himself over and was
looking at Trey while laying on his stomach.
"He rolled!" I yelled.
"Yeah Dom!" Howie cheered.
We looked at each other with huge smile and kissed.
Scott laughed at us.
"Ya'll are going to get that excited over rolling, just wait
til he walks."
Cary and Trey lay on their stomachs and looked at Dom.
Cary reached for his bear and pushed it to Dom. Dom reached
and grabbed it. Trey grabbed his bear and pushed it to Dom.
Dom grabbed that too and banged both on the floor. This
caused the twins to erupt in even more laughter. Dom
giggled along with them.
"Watch this." Scott said. "Boys, who's that?"
They looked at me and smiled.
"Unca Caig" they said in unison.
"And who's that?" he asked.
"Unca Owi" they said.
Scott got on the floor next to Dom.
"And this is Dom."
"Baby Dom" they giggled.
"Kinda cool how they get along isn't it." Beth said from the
kitchen.
"Yeah, we definitely have to baby-sit for one another now."
I said.
And that is how we spent the evening. The adults
watching the babies play. Dom fell asleep and the twins
were getting groggy, so everyone left saying they were
coming back in the morning for my birthday. Seeing them all
out, we locked up and set the alarm and walked around
turning off lights. We went upstairs and put Dom in his
nursery, taking the monitor with us to our room.
We stripped and got into our new bed and kissed.
"How does it feel to be home baby?" Howie asked me.
"Great. And I love our home. "
"Me too, but you know what I love more?" he asked.
"What?" I said with a grin.
"You."
I smiled as he laid his head on my chest. Within
minutes I was out. The drive has worn me. I dreamed. The
running dream. You know the one where you run and run from
nothing and then something appears and you can no longer
run. Your stuck, like in molasses. At some point I half
awoke and heard Dom crying, I sat up but then heard Howie
through the monitor soothing him and I drifted back to
sleep.
The next thing I felt was a wet sensation on my cock.
I opened my eyes and saw Howie kneeling between my legs with
my cock in his mouth. He looked up at me with it still in
his mouth and winked.
He pulled up and kissed me. I wrapped my arms around him
and ran my hands down his back. He sat on top of me. He
continued to kiss me and grind his bare ass against my
hardening cock.
"Ready to break the bed in?" he asked.
"Definitely."
He reached over to the nightstand and sure enough lube
was in the drawer. He pulled it out with a smile.
"Your mom definitely is the coolest."
He swiveled so his ass was in my face. He grabbed my
cock and started sucking. I licked my middle finger and
when it was wet ran it down his ass.
"Yeah babe, get me nice and lubed." he moaned.
I lifted my face to his ass and started to lick his
hole. When I got it wet I started to work my finger in. He
swallowed my cock and moaned. I started to finger fuck his
ass til he pulled off and faced me.
"Your gonna make me come like that..I want the real thing
first."
He lubed my cock and gripped it and then started to
slowly lower himself onto me. When my head first entered
he winced a little and then relaxed and slid all the way
down. He sat there for a moment and smiled. Then he
started to lift himself up and down.
I laid there and enjoyed the ride. He leaned over and
kissed me. I embraced him and held him in my arms and
started to thrust myself. Soon we were slamming against
each other and I knew I was going to lose it.
"Cum with me" he said.
He wrapped his hand around his cock and jerked twice
and I felt his ass contract. Needing no more, I let loose
just as he did. As I filled his ass with my cum, he covered
my chest in it.
"Happy Birthday baby." he said.
"Thanks."
I held him close to me and lifted him out of the bed.
I carried him to the bathroom and set him on the counter.
"Let me clean up while you get Dom." he said.
I went to the nursery and found my little man staring
at the Tigger mobile and giggling.
"morning baby." I said leaning over the crib.
He looked up and me and said," Ga!" I laughed and
tickled him making him giggle more. I lifted him out of the
crib and held him up in the air above me. He smiled and
drooled into my eye! I carried him over to his changing
table and took of his pajama's and diaper and carried him
naked to our bathroom. Howie had just finished filling the
tub and was sitting chest deep in bubbles.
"I thought baby boy could take a bath with us." I said with
a smile.
"Right on!" he said with a smile.
I handed Dom to Howie and climbed in myself. Dom
loved the water. Howie held him facing out from his chest
and Dom smacked the bubbles. I looked at my baby and
husband and smiled. This was love.
We played with Dom for awhile. He had a fascination
with the fairies. We got him cleaned up and Howie held him
while I cleaned. Then the two of us got out so Howie could
finish. I looked and saw that the blinds were wide open.
"Uh oh babe, we gotta remember to shut these next time." I
said as I closed them.
"You think someone could really see in?" he asked.
"Never know."
I wrapped a towel around myself and got a second one
for Dom.
"I'm gonna get breakfast started." I said over my shoulder.
We went down the stairs to the kitchen and I started to
get a bottle ready for Dom. Then the doorbell rang. So I
went to answer it, forgetting I was only towel clad. Opened
the door to find Britney.
"Craig!" she said and bum rushed me with a hug.
"Hi Brit." I said, juggling Dom and hugging her.
She closed the door behind her and grabbed Dom from me.
"So how was the honeymoon? I wanted to call you, but
figured you wanted some privacy." she said and kissed Dom on
the nose.
"You know you could have called. Anytime Brit. You eat
yet?" I asked and led her to the kitchen.
"Had some cereal before my run this morning, but watcha
making?"
"Was thinking French toast."
"Sounds good. Hey where's Howie?" she asked.
"Right here beautiful," he said from the doorway.
She smiled at Howie in his robe. Then looked at me in
my towel.
"Oh crap! Did I interrupt?!"
"No, we just took a bath together. Dom's first one"
"Oh I bet that was so cute. Here, you guys go get dressed
and I'll start breakfast. And happy birthday Craig"
"Thanks Brit." I said as Howie and me walked out of the
kitchen.
We went upstairs and threw on sports shorts and muscle
tees. We went back down and had some excellent French toast
with Brit. Around noon my family arrived along with
caterers. My dad directed traffic while Howie and I went
upstairs to change. I put on some jeans and a green
sweater Howie had got me for Christmas. He put on jeans and
a purple pullover I had got him. Seeing each other we
laughed.
I went over to him and pulled him close and kissed him.
"I love you so much and I just want you to know that this is
already the best birthday I have ever had." I said.
"I love you too baby." he said.
We went downstairs and saw that Britney and Sel has
dressed Dom up in Guess overalls with a green/purple striped
rugby shirt. We went out to the back yard and saw that the
caterers has set up banquet tables and that my parents had
tied up balloons and streamers to every available surface.
The guest started arriving at one. My family and
friends in town. We gave everyone tours of the house. We
had music going on the patio and the TV playing in the
family room. The twins and Dom were in a playpen in the
living room and every stopped to talk to them. Just when I
thought everyone had come the doorbell rang again. I left
Howie in the kitchen and went to answer it. I pulled the
door open and there stood my four fave guys: AJ, Brian,
Kevin and Nick.
"Surprise!" they all said.
"I didn't know you guys were coming!" I said.
"That's why it's a surprise!" AJ said and hugged me.
The other guys all joined in and we stumbled into the
entry hall. The noise brought Howie out and he laughed. We
showed them in and of course gave them the tour.
Everyone had been eating throughout, no actual sit down
eating so it wasn't until four that my mom called everyone
into the house. We walked in and the lights were lowered
and my parents came out of the kitchen with my birthday
cake. Everyone started singing "Happy Birthday". I blew
out the 22 candles and everyone cheered.
The cake was cut up and everyone started eating.
Then Sel pulled me over to the table with the gifts.
"Time for presents birthday boy."
I sat down and started to open them. Cary and Trey
were right besides me playing with the bows as Howie held
Dom. I got some cool gifts. Clothes, CD's, books, gift
certificates. Then I came to my parents gift.
"You both got me something after all this?" I asked.
"Yeah, we figured after the house and decorating that we
would go in together on your birthday" my dad said.
I picked up the box, it was heavy. I ripped it open
and found two boxes. The first one was a bronze pair of
baby shoes. I held them up.
"Those are Dom's shoes that he grew out of last month." my
mom said.
I opened the second box and found a familiar looking
pair of bronze shoes.
"And those are yours. I figured you could put them both in
your office." my dad said with a smile.
I jumped up and hugged them with misty eyes as everyone
cheered. I sat back down and saw three boxes left. One
from Brit, one from the guys and one from Howie. I opened
Brit's first. It was a silver heart pendant like the one I
gave Howie, I opened it and saw a picture of Howie holding
Dom the first day home from the hospital. I smiled at her.
"Howie helped me with it" she said.
I opened the gift from the guys next. It was a gold
and silver embossed wedding album. But instead of all
wedding pictures it was pics from their personal stashes
showcasing mine and Howie's relationship to the wedding.
And then the wedding shots.
"Oh guys this is awesome!" I said. "But how come it is
everyone but us has pictures of our wedding!"
Everyone laughed at that.
"Honey, we have all your pictures and the wedding video for
you, we just thought that you guys might want to enjoy the
honeymoon first." my mom said.
Leaving Howie's gift. He came and sat beside me.
"I hope you like it," he whispered into my ear.
I opened it and found a palm pilot. I threw my arms
around him.
"Baby I love it! Now I don't have to keep everything in my
head!"
"But wait, there's more." he said with a smile.
"Where?" I asked looking for another box.
"Lucky!" he called.
Confused I looked around. Then I heard a scuffling on
the tile and saw a golden lab puppy running around the
corner. It came through the living room and heeled in front
of Howie.
"Baby, this is Lucky. He's been in training since
November." he told me.
I stuck my hand out and Lucky sniffed it and then
licked it. He was so adorable. Still a puppy but
humongous paws. Scott saw me looking .
"Those paws mean he's gonna be a good size dog. Perfect
for kids and protection."
"You know Scott he looks like a golden version of Smokey." I
said referring to Scott's dog.
"That's cause he's Smokey's son. Your looking at the runt
of the litter from September! Howie saw him and wanted to
get him for you. We put him in training school so he's
completely housebroken and trained." Scott explained.
Totally cool! The rest of the evening we spent playing
with Lucky and socializing with everyone. Once the party
ended and my family left it was just us and the guys. We
had invited them to break in our guest rooms. Kevin and
Nick would take separate rooms and Brian and AJ would share
one. We popped in the wedding video to watch. Everyone
sprawled on the couches. Howie lay on the floor with Dom on
his chest and I lay next to them with Lucky curled up next
to me. We had the fire going to take the chill off.
Looking back at the ceremony we laughed. You could see how
nervous the two of us were in the interviews before the
ceremony and pinpoint the exact moment we lost that
nervousness. When our eyes met at the altar. It was so
cool to look at it all now. It had all been a blur and now
I could actually see what happened.
It ended at 11pm and we were all yawning. The guys
head to the rooms,: Nick in the green, Kevin in the blue,
Brian and AJ in the purple. We put Dom in the nursery.
Instead of following us to the bedroom, Lucky lay next the
crib.
"He already knows who the master of the house is." Howie
said with a smile.
We look at Dom laying there peacefully and just stare
at him for us minute. Then Howie takes my hand and leads me
into our room. We get undressed down to our boxers and
climb in bed. Cuddling up we fall asleep.
The next few weeks fly by at an amazing speed. The
guys hang out with us as we get settled into our new home.
Britney's little sister Jamie is down and they are both
other as well. We baby-sit Cary and Trey so they can get
to know Dom and to give Scott and Beth a break.
Dom's birth certificate, social security and documents
come in the mail causing a mini celebration when Howie see's
his name on them. On top of rolling, Dom is holding his
head up and when rolled onto his stomach is attempting to
scoot himself.
We all fly to LA for the premiere of my movie "Ghost
Town". We reconnect with Jennifer and Elijah. Jennifer
goes crazy over Dom. Something about babies seems to do
that.
Howie and the guys spend the last few days before they
leave hammering out last minute details and start shooting
around ideas for the new album. I prep to go out the LA and
finish up my role as Aric on "One of the Guys".
During all this Howie is stuck to Dom like glue. I
love it, but I get sad at the same time because I know that
I would hate to be away from baby boy myself. The day the
guys leave Dom is especially crabby, not even Howie can get
him in a good mood. We have our goodbyes at home. When
the guys leave Dom is fussy the rest of the evening despite
mine, Brit's and Sel's best efforts.
Before Howie left we arranged for a maid service. I
had Jeff draw up privacy papers, as we couldn't exactly have
our housekeeper running and telling everyone that Craig
Bingham and Howie D were gay lovers. We had one slight
incident when the papers found out Howie was in Tucson with
me. We played it off as all the guys were crashing here
before tour and Howie was a roomie of sorts. Our big
source of concern was also Howie's pride, Dom's documents.
Public record, it would be a matter of someone doing a
little digging to find out that Howie was on the birth
certificate with me.
I was set to leave for LA, Dom was going to stay with
Mom and Dad. At the last minute I changed my mind and
decided to bring him with as Britney volunteered to come
along as nanny.
We arrived in LA on January 25th. When I wasn't on
the set doing my scenes, Brit and me took Dom out on
shopping spree's. My final scenes took three days to wrap
and as soon as it was finished we jetted to San Francisco.
Awesome time. Since coming out I had been approached by
many magazines for interviews and shoots (a lot requesting
nudes), it seems I had become something of an icon in the
community. So while in San Fran, Brit and me were given
royal treatment.
I was on the phone every day with Howie. He had only
been back on tour for a few weeks and already he missed us
badly. I would hold the phone to Dom's ear so he could hear
Howie. One day while listening to Millennium, Britney
noticed something, Dom would perk up when Howie's voice came
into play. He was recognizing his father! This made Howie
very happy and kinda took away a little bit of his guilt
complex.
We got back to Tucson on January 31st and I had to
admit that the new year had started off great. I was hoping
the rest of the year would go as smoothly.
The next morning I got woke up by the phone.
"Hello? I groggily answered.
"Craig? Did I wake you?"
"Yes Brit."
"Sorry, ummm, I just picked up my paper and ummm.."
"Brit spit it out."
I then heard some noise. Unsure of what, I got out of
bed while Brit stammered on the phone. Stepping up to the
window I peeked through the blinds and saw my front lawn
covered with reporters!
"Brit! There's reporters all over my lawn!"
"Yeah.that's what I am trying to tell you..ummm front page
of the paper Craig...Howie's been outed."
"WHAT?!"
"Turn on your TV."
I grabbed the remote off the nightstand and clicked on
the TV. MTV came on with the news.
"....from startling photos and video we have proof that
Backstreet Boy Howie D. married Craig Bingham of TV's One of
the Guys and the recent Ghost Town. Join us at ten to the
hour for the full story.."
Oh shit!