Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 17:58:23 -0700
From: K_Magic@Prodigy.Net
Subject: Strange Interlude - Chapter 4

Disclaimer: This story is totally fictional and not meant to imply anything
about the sexuality of the guys of the BSB. If you are under the age of 18,
offended by homosexual material, or it is illegal to view such materials in
your area, please leave now.  Ok, now that we scared away...NO ONE.

To All: A quick nod of appreciation to Mike for starting this unique story
and Peter for the second chapter.  And a great big THANKS to Billy Burrew
for choosing me to write chapter 4.  Billy, chapter 3 was outstanding, I
hope chapter 4 lives up to standards you and your predecessors set.



Strange Interludes:



"...Really Nick!", Brian said to Nick, "That'd be nifty!"

"NIFTY?!?!? WHAT!?! OH NO!  What about the Nifty Archives?!?", Howie yelled
at them, then as he looked at the four stunned faces around him he realized
that he had totally blown his cover.


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 Chapter Four
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The room went silent as Howie's face turned dark red.  He glanced around
the room, but tried not to look into anyone's eyes.

Brian was the first to speak.

"Hey D...what are you talking about?"  His voice was kind of shaky as
his eyes darted around the room, hoping that no one could pick up the
unsteadiness of his voice.

"Yeah D what's that about?" AJ added as he looked at Brian, catching a hint
of difference in his lover's voice. "Damn Brian knows about the archives
already." He thought to himself, "I wonder if he's read my story?".

"Hey Kev, isn't that the gay fan fiction site you were talking about last
night?" Nick said with the biggest smile on his face as he caught Howie's
eye and winking at him.

Howie quickly looked away from Nick thinking "Shit he did write that story."

"Uh yeah Nick, that was the site that Howie was checking out last night
for fun...I think he was looking for a story about AJ so he could embarrass
him."

As Kevin said that, his eyes darted back and forth between the other four
members of the group.  His heart was beating fast as he tried his best
to end the conversation before it got out of hand.

Howie took a deep breath and he mentally thanked Kevin for trying to end
this nightmare of a conversation.  His gazed went over to Nick again and the
devilish smile on Nick's face caused him to turn his head quickly away from
Nick and look at the ground.

Kevin broke the silence.

"Nick, did you do like I told you and order breakfast?"

"Shit, sorry Kev I'll do it now."

Nick walked over to the phone.  As he passed Kevin, the scent of Kevin's
cleaniless caught his nose and as he breathed it in, he sighed.  He sat down
on the bed and grabbed the phone and started dialing. As his fingers finished,
he noticed Kevin's laptop sitting on the floor next to the bed.  He grabbed
it and placed it on the bed and opened the cover.  As he ordered the food,
the screen lit up.  With his back to the rest of the guy, no one could see what
he was up to.  He took a quick glance over his shoulder anyways, but since
the conversation was still going on, he was safe.

"Sorry to break your surprise for AJ." Kevin said as he walked by Howie,
trying not to look him in the eye.

"Don't worry about it Kev, I gave up on that idea last night, those stories
were to obscene for me to bother with it."

Nick was pretending to still be on the phone as Kevin's mail program
came onto the screen.  Kevin had left it open after he had sent off
his story.  As the inbox came on screen, Nick's mouth fell open.  In
front of him was Kevin's inbox with the his alternate e-mail address,
and e-mails with the title of his favorite story in the subject line.
He quickly powered the laptop down and placed it back on the floor and
hung up the phone.  He sat there a minute in shock, thinking to himself...
"Kevin's the author of my favorite story...shit I even wrote to him
telling him that."  Hearing the conversation across the room he shifted
his thoughts away from Kevin and got up.

AJ was sitting there thinking to himself about what was said.  "So, Howie
was going to try to embarrass me huh.  Well time to have some fun and
see what these boys really know."

"Hey Howie, from what I hear those stories are all about Brian, Nick and
Kevin...oh and the Nsync guys.  How many did you read before you found
out that none of them were about me."  A big grin formed on his face as
he looked around the room at the now very somber face's of his friends.

"I...I...didn't really read any of them."

"But you said they were too obscene for you, so you must have read some
of them."

"Well..I did...but they weren't all obscene."

"Oh so you did read some.  Tell us about some of them."

"Yeah, D...tell us about some of them."  Nick said as he jumped onto the
couch next to AJ.

"Ummm...well...."

"Hey, knock it off you guys, it was going to be a joke...now drop it."
As he said it, Kevin looked around the room.  His eyes landed on Nick
and the look in Nick's eyes had Kevin's member growing.  He sat down
on a chair before anyone noticed his problem.

"Hey cuz...Howie's a big boy and he can stick up for himself...he wanted
to pull the joke, he got caught, so now he has to answer for his actions."
Brian's voice was now calm and he smiled to himself knowing he was helping
defend his man.

"Yeah, Kev...let Howie tell us about some stories, maybe there was one
about you...ya know some guy falling for you and blowing you while you
sleep."  Nick mouth was working faster than his brain and as soon as
he said it, his face turned red and he looked down at an imaginary spot
on his pants that he was trying to pick off with his fingernail.

Kevin's mouth dropped open as the dream he had this morning ran through
his mind...."Shit was that a dream or did Nick..." His thoughts were
interrupted by AJ's voice.

"Come on Howie, spill it...What story did you get off to last night before
you went to bed?  Was it a Brian, Nick or a Kevin story...or did you
check out one about the Nsync boys...maybe Justin or JC or maybe Lance."

"Shut up AJ...I was just looking and Kevin came over to get his bag...as
soon as Kevin left, I logged off and went to bed."

"So while you were looking...did you find any about me?"  AJ continued
to torture Howie with a big grin on his face.

"Well only one...but...it sounded too much like you to be embarrassing,
too life like."

Brian blushed internally as he knew Howie was talking about his story.

"So you got off last night to a story about me..huh."

"Fuck you AJ"

"Is that what the story was about, you fucking me?"

"AJ...That's enough."  Kevin's voice boomed across the room.

"I betcha some of the stories are pretty life like huh D?...I mean,
some of the situations in the stories probably seem like they just
happened to us, don't you think."  Nick's eyes were sparkling as
his comments hit Howie and his face turned white.

"Nick, I said knock it off."  Kevin said in a less treatening voice than
he had used with AJ.

"Fuck...it was Nick that wrote that story...damn, he knows I read them
too" Howie thought to himself as the room got quiet.

Each guy was lost in his own thoughts.  Kevin was praying that everyone
would drop this conversation before too much was said.  He was wondering
why every time he looked at Nick, he would just smile and get a twinkle in
his eyes.  It was like Nick knew something, this was getting Kevin a little
too excited.

AJ's thoughts were of Brian and how he could now share things with him, even
his story...he knew that Brian wrote that story...no one else could.

Brian thoughts were of how he shouldn't have made his story so close to
real life.  It wasn't a smart thing to do, and as he looked around the
room, he wished that he and AJ could share that part of their lives with
their friends and family.

Howie wondering how he could have been so stupid to blurt it out like that..
Now everyone knows that he reads these stories and what would happen if they
found out he was writing one.

Nick was just having the time of his life.  He now knew that Howie had
read his story and that Kevin was the author of one of his favorite stories.
What excited him even more was the thought of Kevin actually reading his
story.  He knew what was going into the next chapter of his and it had to
do with Kevin and his morning dream.

The unreal quietness of the room was broken by a knock at the door.  Kevin
walked quickly to the door and opened it, letting the bellhop with the cart
of food into the room.  He tipped the guy as the four other members of the
group got up quietly and started grabbing their food.

Kevin decided to take charge and try to salvage the morning.

"So...What are you guys going to do today?"

"Ummm...I think I'll head off and do some shopping."  Howie said, thinking
of anyway to get away from them for a while and think.

"Well, me and AJ were talking about watching a few movies."

"What about you Nick?" Kevin said, looking anywhere but into Nick's eyes.

Nick got a great big grin on his face.  "Well, I thought I would just
hang around my room and play around on my laptop...you know, check my
e-mail, write some replies...oh and maybe cruise around Howie's site
for a while...check out some of the stories...What about you Kev?."

Nick kept grinning as he looked over at Kevin.

"I think I will just kick it here, maybe take a nap...I'm kind of tired."

"Time to have some fun" Nick thought to himself as he spoke.  "Well Kev, I
hope while you're sleeping you have some great dreams.  Maybe some of them
will come true"

Nick could hardly contain himself as Kevin's face went ghost white and
a blank expression formed on his face.

Howie, remembering his conversation with Nick that somehow made it into
one of the stories on Nifty, thought to himself "time for payback."
He caught Nick's eye and smiled as he started to talk.

"Yeah, Kev...you look kind of tired...So AJ and Brian, you two better
keep all the noise down, Kev doesn't need to be woken up with all that
moaning and stuff."

"Fuck Howie" Nick whispered as he tried to keep a straight face.

"W...What are you talking about D...we're just going to watch some movies?"
Brian said as his eyes looked towards AJ for support.


"Yeah, what was that comment about?"

"Awww Bones...you know I'm just playin with you guys."  Howie said as he smiled
to himself, knowing that Nick and him were right about Brian and AJ.

The rest of the meal was finished in an eerie silence.  Brian and AJ headed
out and over to Brain's room to watch some movies.  Kevin rolled the cart
out into the hallway and then started walking towards the bathroom.

"Later Kev." Nick said as was walking out the door.  "Sweet Dreams."

Kevin shut the bathroom door behind him, not responding.  "Fuck, why does
he play with me like that, if he only knew what it was doing to me." he
he whispered outloud as he stood shaking his head and looking at himself
in the mirror.

As Nick walked out the door, his arm was grabbed.

"My room now!"  Howie said in a low voice, through his clenched teeth as he
dragged Nick towards his room.


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Ok this was way too much fun.  I didn't know what to think when Billy first
asked me to write chapter 4.  And just so you know...this is my first BSB
story.  I hope I did them justice.  Ahhhhh I've been lured to the dark
side....father help me...please....

Sorry about the lack of sex, the story just didn't take me there.

Take care all and don't worry, I will pick a really good author to continue
with chapter 5.

Peace

-Kyle