Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 20:08:59 -0600 From: Lee McDougal <leo1980@gay.com> Subject: "Nick's Gift" Part 2 Hey welcome back. I am running a little behind this week, with job interviews and a cold/virus thingy. But I did manage to get this out. :-) Please keep the feedback coming in! It's been a real help: leo1980@gay.com Nick's Gift Part 2 "Best Friends" Staring at the pair of briefs in my hand...I nervously picked up the phone. It had been 3 days since the morning I woke up to find Nick had left me. I knew that it wasn't out of cruelty or lack of interest in me...or so I hoped. But still it was all to fast, and part of me longed for him to hold me again. I was a nervous wreck now with the phone in my grasp. Would he answer? Was this even his number? I carefully punched in the digits and the phone began to ring...and it rang and rang for the longest before someone finally picked it up. "Hello." Someone with a no doubt sexy voice answered...but it wasn't Nick. "Hey, is Nick there?" I asked. "Oh yeah, just a second." He yelled for Nick and then I knew it had to be Brian! "Here you go man." Brian said handing the phone to Nick. "Hello." Nick said into the phone. "Hey, this is Paul...I hope" I was going to say `hope you remember me', but Nick broke in. "Paul! Man it's great to finally hear from you, I thought you lost my number or something." Nick said obviously glad to hear from me. "No, I guess I was just a bit nervous to call you. You're the first celebrity I've ever known..." I told him. "I hardly consider myself a celebrity...certainly I'm not any better than anyone else is. So feel free to treat me like anyone else dear." He told me. "Well, I will get over the star appeal soon enough, but I could never treat you like anyone else." I told him. "You're sweet man." Nick giggled. "So, how did things go with the guys?" I asked not really wanting to bring up a sore subject. "Well, it went better than I thought, but not as good as I wanted. The guys support my choice to come out, but they want me to wait till after the Black and Blue tour." He told me. "Okay, I guess that's not too bad...that'll be over by the end of summer." I told him. "Yes, that's true. And in the meantime I'll just have to keep things on the down low. I'm so glad you called me Paul, I really missed you." He said with a very serious tone. "I missed you too dear." I told him with a small tear running down my face. "Well, there's not much I can do about it right now...but I have the weekend off, so how about I come back and see you?" Nick asked. "Where are you now?" I asked him. "Well, we are wrapping up the week with a two-night streak in Kentucky, and then we have the weekend off to go where we want." He told me. "Well, that's not too far off from here...You can probably drive down right?" I asked him. "Yeah I can, I'll just have to rent a car." Nick told me. "No need, my father owns a car lot in the area your in. Do you have a pen and a pencil?" I asked him. "What? Your dad owns a car lot?" Nick asked me. "Well, he owns a few in this area. Anyway...he lets me borrow cars at need, and after I talk to him...he'll give you the hook up." I smiled imagining the shock on his face. "Okay! I have the pen and paper you requested." Soon he jotted down the address to the car lot. He'd have to take a cab to there, but after that it would be a free ride, save for gas. "Okay, just ask for Bill, he's in charge of that certain chain." I told him. "Bill and Dad go way back." I told him. "Well, are you sure this is okay...?" Nick asked worried. "It's fine, its just like renting a car, except you don't have to return it to the place it came from...you can just leave it here at my dad's lot, and take a plane to your next date." I suggested. "Wow, that'll be great." Nick said. "Yeah, and if I know my dad, he'll tell Bill to send one of the cars that needed transport anyway, so you'll be doing him a favor." I reassured him. "Awesome!" Nick said. After that we made the final few arrangements, and he would be at my place around noon Saturday! I couldn't wait! After a few more words we hung up with a simple good bye. It was too early to say the words, but my heart longed to say those 3 words that were burning on my tongue. I know it would be wrong to say it now though, cause as much as I want to believe them...I know lust is closer to the actual emotions going through my mind right now. You have to actually know someone before you can love him. But I wanted to know him, and hopefully I was going to get that chance...starting this weekend! The next couple of days weren't so good...I was so bored! I set around and thought about Nick most the evening after the phone call and went to bed early...but as nice as that was, now I was going crazy! It's funny how you don't realize how boring your life is, till you start waiting for something. I decided I had to get out and do something. I decided to call my friend James where we could go shopping or something. He's been my best friend since a little after high school. We met at my church, and we just connected right away. Everyone assumed that we would start dating, but it never happened...some guys just make better friends I suppose. He's really cute. He has brown hair, and blue eyes...and the cutest little smile. We get along great, and we share a lot of common interests including the Backstreet Boys. I think I'll introduce him to Nick this weekend...otherwise he'll never believe it. So, I called up James, and he said he'd be over in an hour were we could run to the mall. I was so excited to see him, and I didn't know how I was going to keep from telling him all about Nick. Then I realized I could just tell him I bunked with a guy named Nick...and leave out the bits about his real self. I thought that would make the surprise that much more fun. And a lot easier to set up, cause of course he'll want to come over to meet the new guy and then wham! After setting down to watch a few videos on MTV, I heard James' car pull up in the driveway. I was glad he made it early. Now we could start doing something, and stop the insane self-inflicted boredom. Before he had the chance to knock, I pulled him into the house and gave him a big hug. "Someone's glad to see me, what's up?" He asked. "You are rescuing me from the land of nothing to do!" I said laughing. "Oh glad I could be of service." He smiled and hugged me back. "Well, where are we going James?" I asked him. "I suppose we could take a drive to lake and see who's around. Maybe some hot guys about!" He suggested. "Well...I sort of already have a hot guy." I told him. "Oh, do tell!" He said getting excited for me. "Well, his name is Nick, he's blonde, sexy, and knows how to kiss!" I said, not giving him those other details. "That's great. When and where did you meet him?" He asked me. "Well, I met him Sunday at the park. We kind of caught each other's eye...and we went shopping, then hung out at the park some more. And then we went back to my place!" I told him. "You didn't have sex on the first date did you?" James asked looking somewhat disappointed in me. "No, we didn't have sex." (Not in the technical sense anyway) I mostly told the truth. "Good, you don't even know the guy yet. The act of love should be for people in love, or at least when you know their medical history!" He smiled at me once more. "I know, I know! I'll make sure to have his papers before we do any heavy loving." Of course if he knew who it was, he'd probably tell me to go for it! "Anyway, do I get to meet him soon?" He asked. "Sure, you can met him this weekend, if your good..." I teased him. "Sigh, these days I don't have much choice." We both laughed, and understood. "It's been too long it's about time we both found a man." I told him. "Well, does your guy friend have a brother?" He asked joking. "Yeah, but he's not your type..." I told him. "Oh, in what way?" He asked. "He's just now hitting puberty for one thing." I laughed. "Ah...I see! Better let him cook a while longer then!" James said setting down on my couch. "Well, he does have a few cute friends though...so we'll see what we can do. Though, I'm far from making any promises." I told him. Wouldn't that be wild if one of the other guys were gay too! "That's cool man, I won't get my hopes up believe me. Though there for a while I thought I was going to be stuck with you, but looks like you finally got a man!" He said bouncing in his seat. "Yup, it looks like it. I'm keeping my fingers crossed anyway." I told him. "I'm just glad you found someone to make you smile, even for just a little while, because that's what life is all about!" He said hugging me again. "I know dear. Let's go to the movies." I suggested. "Okay, sounds great!" He said. Soon we had selected a movie, and were on our way to the local theater. The drive was short, but we did manage to hear "The Call" on the way there. It was great hearing Nick's voice, even if it wasn't in person! When we had parked and walked to the theater, we bought our tickets and went inside. Soon we had located our seats and talked till time for the movie to start. "So I was watching TRL yesterday and I noticed that Carson Daily just gets hotter all the time!" James told me. "Yeah, I guess he does kind of grow on you!" I stated. "Yes, and so does other things when I'm around a cute guy!" He jested. "Oh yeah! I know exactly what you mean." I smiled at him as the movie started. After the movie he dropped me off at my house. He had to work an evening shift at the video store. It didn't pay that much, but it was a cool job by the looks of it! I've been trying to get a job there with him, I hope I get it soon. The next day went by faster, and so on...till Saturday finally came! Now I was really excited. I had told James to come over for Dinner at 5 this evening. Giving me sometime alone with Nick, and to make sure it was cool with him. I had managed to get a few things planed out. I wanted something nice for the 3 of us. Actually I probably bought enough for 4, but that's okay. Who knows maybe James would show up with a date, but that was very doubtful. He would have at least told me in advance. We keep very little from each other. I was still in debate on how to greet him. Should I hug him, kiss him, or shake hands? Heck, I don't even know for sure what we are. I know we are friends, but is that all? I think by the end of this weekend I'll have a little more to go on. I decided not to over analyze it. And if he wanted he could hug and kiss me first. That way I won't be pressuring him, and not being too prudish either. I thought he'd be hungry when he got here, so I started lunch. I put a frozen lasagna in the oven, and I made a nice salad. I thought that would do till this evening. I looked at the clock and it was 11:50 and the food was ready. "Well, I hope he is on time." I said with a smile. With everything set out on the table except the main course, I went to set down. I left the lasagna in the oven to keep warm. Before too long I heard a horn blowing in the front yard. I went outside and opened the garage for Nick. He pulled the car in and got out, and to my surprise someone else got out with him. Nick took me into his arms and kissed me softly on the lips. I held him for a moment, before breaking the hug and turning to the new guy. He was wearing a cap and sunglasses. But I had a notion of whom he was. "Oh sorry dear, this is Brian." Nick said. "Oh, I didn't know he was coming too...um, Nice to meet you." I said kind of nervous. I was a little star-struck at first. "It's nice to meet you too." He said and gave me a hug. "So, um, so you know about me then?" I asked Brian. "Yes, Nick hasn't stopped talking about you since he got back." Brian said making both Nick and I blush. "Okay, well...come on in guys. I have lunch, but I might not have enough salad." I told them. "That's okay I'm not in the mood for Salad right now." Nick stated. So the three of us set down to lunch. Between us we made short work of the food, but I wasn't too worried about them getting hungry, cause supper was already started. I was making a stew in the slow cooker. "So why didn't you tell me Brian was coming?" I asked Nick. "He didn't know." Brian said. "What do you mean?" I laughed at Brian. "Well, he said I couldn't come, and that he wanted to spend sometime alone with you, but at the last minute I asked again, and didn't take `no' for answer." Brian told me. "He was dieing to meet you; he's a little bit of a worrywart." Nick said. "No I'm not; I just wanted to see you for myself, that's all." Brian defended himself. "It's not a problem, let me get that out first. I want you to know that you are more than welcome Brian. I just wanted to make sure of one thing though; the other guys aren't coming are they? This is a small house after all!" We all laughed at that. "No, the others will want to meet you at some point, but for now I like having you all to myself...and Brian here will be getting a room." Nick said with a smile. "Oh, well he's more than welcomed to the couch though." I threw in all the same. "No man, that's okay. I know you two need some quality time. And besides, there's stuff I can do on my own as well." He told me. "Okay, glad that's settled." Nick said and took me by the hand and led me to the couch. I set down and laid my head on his shoulder. He bent over and kissed my forehead. This is what I had been waiting on all week! Just a nice quite moment with him is all I needed. Brian set in the floor in front of us, and flipped on the TV. He put it on some music network, and soon we were watching videos together. I was thinking about Nick more though. He was running his hand through my hair. And I was very pleased with the moment. Occasionally I would go check on the stew, but everything was fine. In about two hours the guys would meet James...and who knows what else might happen this evening. How often do you have your best friend, and two Backstreet Boys for dinner? To be Continued. Well, there's part 2. Not sure how much longer this story will last, but I'm enjoying it. I hope you are too! Not sure when the next one will be out, But right now I'm aiming for a part per week. :-) Till it's over. But you know how that goes! And a little note, for any of you that are expecting this story to be filled with sex...sorry. That's not my style. I only included it in the first chapter, because I thought it would be the only chapter. LOL! There will probably be more, but not a whole lot.