Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 10:41:19 CEST
From: Sophie V <wind_phoenix@hotmail.com>
Subject: Together Again (chapter 1)

Author's note: This is the first time that I write a story, so any
suggestions and comments (bad or good) will be appreciate. I promise that
EVERY message will have an answer, sooner or later, I swear it! This story
is a romance story, so to everyone who only wanted to see sex and only sex,
you have to leave!

If you're against gay story so why are you here?? To everyone who is under
17 or not older enough to read this type of story, please leave.

I do not know any of the backstreet boys and their managers; this story
does not imply the sexuality of any member of the group, especially Nick
Carter and Brian Littrel.

I recommend you these stories which are VERY good. There:
"Open Arms" by Carter
"Nick and Brian" by JC Vascardi
"Because I love you" by Lucas Thompson
If you don't know any of these stories, please read them, as I said, there
are excellent! These guys have a lot of talent.

So, this is the first chapter.

Together Again
Chapter One
By Sophie (wind_phoenix@hotmail.com)

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I don't know where
I don't know how
But I only know
That one day
We'll be together again

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Orlando, 10th February, in 2201

"I really loved him." said Scott

"Yeah, me too." Said John

Scott, 23 years old, and his brother John, 21 years old, went back of their
grandfather's funeral, Mike.

"You remember our last conversation with him? I can remember the exact
words." Said Scott.

*Flashback*

"Granddad, you remember our long conversation on music?" said John.

"How could I forget? I remember when you were younger; you always sang and
danced on the Backstreet Boys music. A very old group." Said Mike

"We know everything about them. Dad shown us the collection. It's
incredible how big it was! There was everything about them. We are very
proud of our great-great-great grandfather!" said Scott.

"Yes, my great-great father was very famous at this time with all his four
band mates." Said Mike, grinning.

"Yet, dad had never told us how the group stopped. He said that with your
'machine', we'd know it." Said John, curious.

The smile on Mike fade.

"Yes, he was right. At my death, my machine will be your. You'll have the
answer on that riddle." He said.

"Why don't you tell us now? And what is this 'machine'?" asked John

"First, I don't tell you because I wanted you to know it by
yourself. Second, my machine is a 'time-observer'. With this, you can be
where you want, the time doesn't matter, watch the past events, and hear
everyone talk and think at this time. But you can't be see by the other
people and influence the events.  This machine was built by my grandfather
100 years ago"

"Whoa, cool! Why didn't you tell us about that ?" asked Scott

"It was not the time. You remember when, every year, the 14th February, we
put some flowers on the 'special grave'?"

"Yeah, and we never know why we were doing that. We only that it was the
grave of some very old friends of the family. What about it?" asked John as
Scott nodded.

"Well, if you use my machine, you have the answer at all these questions."
Said Mike.

"Really? It's great! How we must used it?" asked John, happily.

"Before I explain, you must promised me to continue to do what your family
do since a long time, the 14th February. And I also want you to never tell
anyone, except your descendants, about this machine."

Scott looked at each other, nodded, and then looked at Mike.

"I promised granddad, on my faith." Said both John and Scott as they left
their right hand ant put it on their hearts.

"Good. Now listen..." started Mike.



*End of flashback*



"It was just two days ago. How could I not remember, bro?" said John

"Well, now we can use the machine." Said Scott as they went to the cellar
of their house.

The machine looked like a computer, which was link up to what's looked a
big metallic ball. It's 10' tall and in it was a white floor. An airlock
was the only access inside the 'ball'. There were many cables and
instruments that linked it to the computer. Next to the computer, there is
a mini-computer maid by a keyboard and a screen. It was no more big than a
hand and received data from the computer by waves.

"You remember what to do?" asked John.

"Of course. Let's start." Answered Scott.

Scott turned on the computer, entered the password, and put on the
program. While Scott was busy on the computer, John picked up the
mini-computer and turned it on.

"It's on. You can start." Said John

"One second..." said Scott as he waited to the computer to load."Here it
is, I entered the data, right now. So, date? Remember that the only next
date that we put is today... so we mustn't choose a wrong day..."

"Let's see...Put... 2 august 2000 at... 10o'clock." said John.

"'Right, I entered the other data." Said Scott, as he continued to work on
the computer.

After a few minutes, the computer put up all the data and the airlock
opened.

"I'm a little afraid..." said Scott as he looked at the open airlock.

John tapped on his brother's shoulder and said:

"Me too, bro, me too... but if we do it, we'll know the truth about them!
It will be super! To know all about the group we have always loved!"

Scott looked at him and sighed as he smiled a little.

"You're right..." said Scott as he looked at the open
'ball'. "Alright... let's go, John!"

They entered in the piece and John push on the button "GO" on the
mini-computer. The airlock closed and a few seconds later, all went
black. John and Scott closed their eyes and waited. After three seconds,
they heard noise around them. They both opened their eyes and found
themselves in a Virgin Megastore. They looked at their compiler when they
read: Berlin, Germany, 2 august 2000.

"It worked, fantastic!" said Scott, very happy.

"Yeah, sure it is! Let's see." Said John as he started to scream "HEY!
EVERYONE! I'M JOHN AND I'M FROM THE FUTUR AND MY BROTHER SCOTT TOO!!!! DO
YOU WANT TO SEE MY BUTT???"

Scott went bright red and said to his brother,

"Are you mad?? What are you doing??"

"Yo, calm bro. Did you forget they couldn't hear us? We're like
Goths. Look." Said John as he pointed the people.

Everything kept going as if nothing had happened.

"I forgot..." said Scott

"I saw that." Said John as he laughed." Now, where are our boys?"

Then they heard something behind them.

"Nick! If you find nothing that you like let's go! Our plane is in thirty
minutes!" said somebody, a little annoyed.

John and Scott turned over and see two young men. They immediately
recognized Nick Carter and Brian Littrel.

"Come one Bri! Just five more minutes! I'm sure I'll found something!"
replied Nick, still looking at the CDs.

Brian just looked at him and sighed.

"Oh well ok. We'll wait for you in the bus, but not more than five minutes,
okay?" said Brian as he walked out of the store.

"Yes, yes" said Nick as he still looked for good music CD.

"Look! It's Nick and Brian! That's great! I wish I could ask them an
autograph..." said John, happily.

"Yeah me too... Now be quiet, let's see what happened..." said Scott

"Wait, can we heard what they thought? " asked John

"Yes and I entered in the computer that we only heard what the BSB
thought... now looked..." answered his brother.

"Nothing in Rock CDs, nothing in RnB and pop CDs... Don't tell me I went
here to have nothing at all!" thought Nick, getting angry. He started to
walk away when saw the Dance and Techno CDs stores.

"Oh... well why not?" said Nick to himself and looked at the store. Then a
CD got his attention. He picked it and raid: SASH! Trilenium. SASH! as the
name of the artist and "Trilenium" as the name of the CD. Nick smiled.

"The next new millenium inspired many people! I already heard some SASH!
songs but I never bought any of his CDs... I like Dance music a bit but not
as much as rock music..." thought Nick. After thinking one more minute, he
finally decided to bye it. Just to see if it's as good as he heard some
people said so.

He quickly purchased it and walked back in the bus. All the way, John and
Scoot followed him. In it, the others had waited for him.

" What were you doing?! Our plane is in less than twenty minutes only!"
yelled Kevin, angry.

" Hey! Don't scream, I'm here and this is the most important, isn't it?"
replied Nick quietly.

Kevin just looked at Nick and rolled his eyes. As they saw Kevin, John and
Scott have both tears in their eyes.

"Our great-great-great-granddad... It's him..." said Scott, a single tear
streaming down his face. He looked next to Kevin and saw Kristen.

"And here, it's Kristen!" he said, all smile. John nodded as he wiped away
a tear.

"Come on... We must follow Nick..." he said as he walked away, happy to
have seen two of his ancestors.

 Then the car sped away from the store for the airport. Nick sat in his
seat just behind Brian's one to listen to his new CD as John and Scott sat
behind him.

"So, what did you take?" asked Brian as Nick put his CD in his CD player.

"This." answered Nick and showed Brian the CD box.

"'Sash! Trilenium'? Since when did you love this type of music?" asked
Brian, a little surprised.

"I never really love this type of music but... Nevertheless I thought that
I can listen to, no?" replied Nick.

"Yeah of course..."said Brian "Well, I hope you'll like it."

"I hope so!" said Nick as he pressed play.

Then the first song began. Nick looked behind the CD's box and saw that the
tittle of the song was 'Rock the block'. This song is very rhythmic... like
many songs of the CD that Nick will listen. As he listened to the song, he
wrote in his book everything that happened today, without forgot any
details. Nick had always loved to write and he took it with him everywhere
and everyday. John and Scott just looked at what he wrote.

"You know Nick, you could be a writer." said a voice

Nick looked up and saw Brian starred at him, smiling. Nick putted off one
of his earphones and asked to Brian to repeat what he had said.

"I said that you could be a writer. You always write on your book whatever
what we do!" said Brian.

"I know Frick, maybe one day I'll write something."

"You had written many stories since a long time. Why don't you try to
publish them? It might have some success..." said Brian

"Well, I don't know if they're good or not... I'm not really sure..." said
Nick as he sighed.

"Nick, I always loved the stories you've wrote. Believe me, you must try
it." Said Brian as he rubbed Nick left shoulder.

"Thanks, Bri. Maybe one day... who know?" said Nick

"Me." Answer Brian, smiling.

Nick smiled back and continued to write in his book.

"By the way, do you know where're we going?" asked John to his brother.

"No ideas. We'll see later."

 About ten minutes later, the bus stopped, in front of the airport. Nick
stop his CD player which finished to played the second song 'Adelante' and
the boys quickly took their stuffs and walked in, followed by the two
brothers, just in time to heard: " The last passengers of the plane 799
bound for Orlando, are asked immediately at Door 7". As soon as they heard
it, they quickly went to. Luckily, there were no fans so they arrived at
the door 7 quickly and saw Tony, one of their managers, waited for them.

"Guys! Where were you? Come on, everyone only wait for you!" he said as the
guys quickly entered the door, not paying attention to him.

The first class of the plane was only for them and their managers, so they
had no problem with the place. They sighed in relief as they went to their
seats.

" That was close!" said AJ as he seated with Howie in the seats in front of
Kevin and Kristen.

"Yes and Nick, next time, please, don't take so much time ok?" said Kevin
to Nick.

"Yes, daddy! I promise I'll be a good boy!" said Nick in a childish voice,
which maid everyone laughed.

"I hope so!" said Kevin as he reached in his bag a book and started to read
it. Nick sat near a window's plane and Brian took the seat next to
him. Scott and John decided to sit just in front of them.

"We can see that we're really in the past... The plane at our time are
twenty more bigger then that small 'thing'!" said John as he looked around
him, not very happy.

"Yes, you're very right." Said Scott.

"So what's up Nick? Is your CD good?" asked Brian.

"I only listen two songs but I can already say that it's not bad." answered
Nick as he put his earphones and pressed play on his player at the third
song. " You want to listen too?"

"No, thanks. Not really my type of music. I think I'll just sleep a
little." said Brian as he yawned loudly.

"Alright, good night." said Nick smiling as Brian quickly fall asleep.

About a quarter of an hour later, Nick fell something on his shoulder. He
turned his head to see Brian asleep, his head on his shoulder. Nick smiled,
put his arm around Brian, in order to put his friend at his ease, and just
watched him sleeping as he listened to the CD. Then he started to remember
the past events that had happen recently, as Scott and John listened to his
thoughts. Brian and Leigh Ann had broken up two weeks ago; they didn't get
along anymore. Brian was a little depressive but not for a long time thanks
to the other boys, especially Nick, who helped him in this. Nick knew how
hard it was because when he broke up with Mandy a few mouths ago, he was
sad too. Luckily, Brian was there for him. But all of this was the
past. Today, they're all happy. Kevin had married Kirsten who, since two
weeks, had leave the Cher's dancer to be one of the Backstreet's dancer; so
Kevin could have his wife with him. AJ and Howie had both girlfriends. Only
Nick and Brian were single. It was not bad, because they could have more
time together unlike the time when they had girlfriends. Nick continued to
watch Brian and saw him moved a little. His right hand that was on Nick's
left thigh moved and fell on Nick's crotch. Nick's eyes widened and John
and Scott laughed a little as they saw that. They quickly looked at Brian
and saw he was still asleep. Nick quickly reached for Brian's hand when
suddenly the plane shook. Brian fell from Nick's shoulder to the floor and
woke in a start.

"What! What happen?! What do we do?!" said Brian, shocked, looking in every
directions. He finally looked at Nick and so that he was terrified. Then
the plane shook again. Brian screamed and gripped Nick by the arms, his
head on his right shoulder. Nick quickly putted his arms around him and
both closed their eyes shut, both very afraid, as they tightly hugged each
other. They always hated to fly and so what happened now made them very
nervous.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we're in a disturbance zone. Don't worry it'll be
over soon."

"God, I hope it will stop soon." Said Scott "Even if we quite safe."

Indeed, five minutes later, there were no more bumps. Kevin sighed in
relief and looked at his wife who was in his arms.

"Honey, are you okay?"

"Yes I'm fine Kevin, don't worry." She said as she leaned up to kiss him.

They kissed for a few seconds, before Kristen broke the kiss and Kevin
asked everyone in the class

"Is everybody okay?"

Everyone nodded. Well except Nick and Brian who were still in each other's
arms, both eyes shut, terrified. Kevin walked towards them and put his
hands on their shoulders. They both screamed and jumped a little but saw
that this was only Kevin.

"Guys, don't be afraid, it's all over now." he chuckled.

Then Nick and Brian heard Howie, AJ, Kristen and their manager laughing at
them. Even Scott and John laughed but, of course, they couldn't hear
them. Their faces went bright red as they quickly pulled away from each
other. After a few seconds, Nick realized that he didn't have his CD player
and earphones and nervously looked for them. He started to worry but smiled
as he saw them under his seat. The CD was in pause on the eighth song. Too
tired to listen at music, he turned it off and quickly fell asleep.

"Now I remember, can we sleep too? If yes, will we still with them when
we'll wake up?" asked John.

"Yes and yes. So don't worry, bro." said Scott, smiling "Now sleep, the
travel to Orlando is very long at this time."

"Alright, good sleep, Scoot." said John as he closed his eyes.

"'Night John." said Scott as he closed his eyes too.

They all slept for a long time and twelve hours later the plane arrived at
Orlando.

"I'm glad that this is over." said Brian as they walked out of the
airport. "I hate flying!"

"I wish I had a camera, you two were cute together to terrified to move!"
said Howie to Nick and Brian, who restarted to blush.

"Shut up D., it wasn't funny!" said Nick getting angry.

"He's right, Howie. It was more funny when they both jump and scream when
Kevin went to tell them it was over!" said AJ as he and Howie burst into
laughs. Nick and Brian were all red but decided to say noting.

"So guys, I hope you'll have good vacancy." said Tony "We have two months
free before you'll be back together for the promotion of the new album and
then, a new world tour."

Everyone cheers, except Scoot and John, and said their good-bye.

"What do we do, now? Who we followed Scott? Our Kevin?" asked John

"No, I propose Nick. When we arrived, we were near him. There must be an
explanation... the computer knew that we wanted to know what happened to
the group..." said Scott

"Hum...You're probably right." said John as the two followed Nick. They
both wanted to follow their ancestor, but they know that if they were near
Nick when they arrived, it might be a sign.

Arrived at his house, Nick quickly putted away all his stuffs that were in
his suitcases, and sat in his chair to write all that happen today in his
book. About one hour later, he closed it and went to the bathroom to take a
shower.

"Don't follow him, John." Said Scott.

"Why not? Can't a bi guy followed a hot man?" said John as he smiled.

"No I'm not sure... if it's a good idea. You're not here for that, little
bro." Said Scott.

They continued to speak for twenty minutes until Nick walked out of the
bathroom naked. Too tired to dress a little, he crawled in his bed and fell
asleep as soon as he closed his eyes. John looked at his brother with a big
smile.

"Alright... You only had chance..." said John as he rolled his eyes and saw
a large couch, large enough for two persons. "Look, we must sleep now."

"Alright, good night..." said John as he lay on the couch with his
brother. They both quickly fell asleep, too.



The next morning, the phone rang in Nick's bedroom; hardly waking him
up... instead of the two brothers whom woke in a start. After six rings,
Nick had finally poked up the phone.

     "We can heard the phone conversation too?" asked John

"Yes, we can heard everything... if it's from the guys." Said Scott

"Cool!" said John

"Hmmm..." Nick mumbled on the phone

"Nick?" said a voice

"Oh, hi Brian." said Nick "Wait, why are you calling at this time?"

"At eleven o'clock?" said Brian as he laughed.

"What?!" said Nick as he looked at his clock "Oh shit! I didn't now it was
so late!"

"Well, you better wake up, now!" replied Brian " I wanted to asked you if
you wanted to come to my house this afternoon. We can play basketball and
watch some movies..."

"Sure, why not? When?"

"Well... at two, right?"

"OK, I'll be there." said Nick as he yawned.

"Man, you really need to go to sleep early. It's not good for you to sleep
at this time," said Brian.

"Gee, Frick, you sound like my mother!"

"Sorry, Frack." chuckled Brian "So, be there at two, alright?"

"Alright, see you later."

"Bye." Said Brian as Nick hung off and fell asleep. He started to move but
forget he was on the edge of his bed and then fall on the floor.

"Alright, I'm up!" he said as he stand up and rub the back of his head.

He picked his new CD and went downstairs to cook his lunch. It was too late
to make breakfast. Before, he put his CD in his Player in the living room
and put on the sound, so he can listen to the music as he cooked. He
pressed play on the ninth song and went to the kitchen. The music plaid on
the speaker and soon the lyrics followed.



I don't know where I don't know how But I only know That one day
We'll be together again And I don't know where I don't know how But
I only know That one day We'll be together again



It's been a long long time Since I left you all alone You need to know
I had to go Fly away from you

I walk in this wasted land No one to take my hand Tell me why you came
that way I don't know why



I don't know where I don't know how But I only know That one day
We'll be together again And I don't know where I don't know how But
I only know That one day We'll be together again



"Hey! I know this song! I heard it just a few days ago, on GreatOldHits
RADIO." Said John

"Yeah, me too. It's good, isn't it?" said Scott

"Yeah sure it is!" answered John as he danced a little.

As he listen to it, Nick thought that this song is good too. Then Nick
didn't understand the next lyrics.



Siden jeg gik fra dig Føles livet lang og hård Men jeg tror jeg
kommer mig for tidlig jeg så

Jeg ved ikke hvor (don’t know where) Ved ikke hvordan (don’t know
how) Men jeg håber kun at du en dag Vil være hos mig igen

Nej, Jeg ved ikke hvor (don’t know where) Ved ikke hvordan (don’t
know how) Men jeg håber kun at du en dag Vil være hos mig igen



"It's look like German. Probably the German's version of the lyrics, since
DJ SASH! is German..." thought Nick.

"I thought about it too..." said John.



I don't know where (don’t know where) I don't know how (don’t know
how) But I only know That one day We'll be together again And I
don't know where, (don’t know where) I don't know how, (don’t know
how) But I only know That one day We'll be together again

Don’t know where Don’t know how But I only know That one day
We'll be together again And I don't know where (don’t know where)
I don't know how (don’t know how) But I only know That one day
We'll be together again



Nick smiled at the end of the song.

"It's not bad. It's pretty good." said Nick to himself as the next song
came.

As Nick finished his lunch and ate it, I couldn't help but dance a little
as he continued to listen to the music. Well, except for the last track
which have no rhythm enough and no lyrics. After he had load his dishes in
the dishwasher, I went to his bathroom. After one hour, I walked back in
his room, who where the two brothers, dressed quickly and started to write
in his book again. He wrote for a long time and after he had finished, he
looked at his clock to see: 14:05.

"Oh shit! I'm very late!" he screamed as he ran out of his room, grabbed
his keys in the table just next to the front door, closed and locked his
house and quickly went to his car. John and Scott had run just in time in
his car before Nick drove away to Brian's house.



Brian was sitting outside his house, on the grass, a basketball in his
hands. He looked at his watch on raid: 14:15

"What do he do? I hope he didn't fall asleep again..." thought Brian, a
little irritated.

Finally, he saw Nick's car pulling in Brian driveway. Nick quickly went
out, followed by John and Scott, and closed his car and ran toward Brian.

"Here you are, I started to asked myself what were you doing." Said Brian.

"Sorry, Brian. I didn't see it was so late."

"Whatever... you ready to see me kick your butt AGAIN?" Brian said with a
big grin as he ran toward his basketball court.

"Hey! You're going to regret that!" said Nick as he started to chase Brian.

Well, Brian was right. After two hours, he leaded 123/56.

"It was great! A free basketball match!" said Scott, smiling.

"Nick is less stronger than Brian..." said John as he whistled at Nick,
making Scott laughing.

"God, it’s hot!" said Nick as he rubbed his arm on his forehead. Brian
removed his tee shirt, so now he was half-naked.

"Yes, you’re right! But if you look at the sky, you'd see these big dark
clouds. With this heat, it's mean that there will be a big thunderstorm
soon." said Brian as he looked at the sky.

As Brian was speaking, Nick was looking at his muscular chest. It was
tanned with sweat slowly streaming down. He slowly licked his lips and for
no reasons, wanted to touch it.

"He has the hot for his best friend?" asked Scott, surprised.

"Shh... it's become interesting..." whispered John, grinning.

Then, suddenly, Nick came back to his dream.

"Wait, what are you doing, Nick?! You can't look this way at Brian! Are you
gone crazy?!" he thought as he slapped his head.

As Brian had finished, he looked at Nick and saw him slapping his head.

"Hey, buddy, are you ok? What are you doing?" asked Brian.

"Huh? Eeer... Nothing Brian, don't worry about it." Nick answer as he
grimaced.

Brian just looked at him but decided not to press his friend.

"I'm going to take a shower... You can used the other shower next to the
living room, if you want."

"Thanks Bri." said Nick.

"After that, will you want to watch some movies, now that I kick your
butt?" said Brian smiling.

"I swear that next time, I'll do much points that you did today!" he said
as he followed Brian in his house.

John and Scott entered in the house too and waited for them in the living
room. John was a small disappointed.

"It's too bad... why they didn't shower together?"

"I wonder if one day you'll change, John..." said Scott, rolling his eyes.



Three hours later, Nick and Brian were still in the living room, watching
some movies. Outside, the thunderstorm was very strong since one hour. It
was so dark in the house that despite it was only 20:00, you'll thought
that it was 1:00. Then suddenly, all the light and the TV turned off.

"Oh no! This is too great!" grumbled Brian "I'm going to fix it."

"You don't need some help?" asked Nick

"No, thanks. Just scream if the light turn on, 'right?"

"Ok." Said Nick as Brian went off the room.

"I follow him, just in case." said Scott as he followed Brian.

As Brian looked at the electric system, his dog Tyke entered and barked,
making Brian jumped a little.

"Hey, Tyke. Be quite a little as I fix everything ok?" he said kindly at
his dog as Tyke sat on the floor and looked at his master.

Five minutes later, the thunderstorm had finally stopped. Nick looked the
playstation on the floor and decided to switch it on the TV in order to
play a little. He walked toward the TV and he started to do it.

"No, everything is okay. I think we'll just have to wait." said Brian
picking up his dog.

"Hey Brian! The lights and the TV didn't work!" yelled Nick

"I know, but there's nothing wrong in the system! The light will become
soon, I guess!" yelled Brian back.

Nick looked at the TV's screen at only three inches of it. Then suddenly,
the TV went blight white. The light was so intense that Nick fell on his
back and rolled on the floor, screaming from pain.

"SCOTT!!!" screamed John

Brian and Scott saw the light in the hall turn on and smiled as he putted
down his dog. Then they heard someone screamed:

"OH MY EYES! MY EYES! HEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLPPPP!"

At the same time, Scott heard John screamed his name. They didn't wait a
second and started running in the living room, with Tyke followed Brian. As
he entered in the room, they saw Nick on the floor, rolling on the floor,
his hands on his eyes, and screaming from pain. Brian quickly knelt beside
Nick and said:

"Nick! What happened! Are you hurting?!" asked Brian, a bit frightened.

Nick turned toward Brian's direction and removed his eyes. Brian
gasped. Nick's eyes were no blues anymore but almost all white.

"What had happened, John?!" asked Scott, panicked.

"When the TV turn on, there were suddenly a big white light on the
screen... and Nick was only at a few inches..."

"The TV... a so bright light... My eyes... It hurt so much...I see
nothing." said Nick as he started to cry.

Brian picked Nick up, switched off the TV and the lights, and guided Nick
outside as Scott and John followed them.

"What are you doing?" asked Nick in tears.

"We're going immediately at the hospital. You must see a doctor! It's
looked important!" said Brian as he closed and locked his door.

"It is Brian! It hurts!" screamed Nick as he cried hard.

"Nick, I'm sorry!" said Brian as he hugged his friend.

Then Brian guided Nick and helped him to enter in his car. He quickly
reached the driver's seat as John and Scott sat behind them and started to
drive towards the neared hospital.

"Do you think it was the reason of the question. About why they broke up?"
asked Scott.

"I don't know if I should said yes or no..." answered John "We'll see
later..."

Five minutes later, they arrived to the hospital, and luckily a doctor was
ready to exam Nick.





The doctor was looking at Nick with light pen as he wrote some notes. After
he had finished, he sighed loudly. This made Nick and Brian nervous.

"Well Nick, I see that you have very severe burns to the corneas. Your
pupils are not completely active, which is not a good sign. Your eyes are
severe damages so I'm going to place some drop on them and I will place
some bandages for eye's injury on. You mustn't removed them or you'll risk
to damage your eyes even more."

The doctor placed the drop on Nick eyes and placed the bandages on them.

"Will I have a chance to see again?" asked Nick nervously.

"Well, I can't say yes or no. Your eyes are very hurting; we must wait a
week before I remove the bandages. Then, you'll have the answer." The
doctor said."Do you know somebody who can care of you during 7 days?"

"I will, doctor." said Brian

"Are you sure Brian? I don't to force you he you don't want to." Said Nick
towards Brian direction.

"Don't worry Nick. I want to take care of you. You're my best friend and I
only want to help you."

"Thanks, bro." said Nick

"Well, I guess that you stay with your friend, Nick. Remember to come in a
week and don't remove your bandages, okay?" said the doctor as Brian guided
Nick out of the piece.

"Yes doctor."

"I'll see you in one week."

Nick and Brian walked out of the hospital and in Brian's car, with Scott
and John behind him. All the way, Brian helped Nick. As Brian drove towards
his house, Nick asked:

"Brian... If you don't want to, you know I understand..."

"Nick don't say that. I really want to help you. You know that you're my
best friend and that I'm always there for you..."

"Thanks Brian..." said Nick "How are you going to organize your house since
I'm here for a week?"

"Well, you can sleep on the guest room which is next to mine... and
tomorrow, we're going to your house to pick up some of your
stuffs. Alright?"

"Songs good Brian..."said Nick. Then he turned his head toward Brian's
direction.

"I'm so afraid Brian... I don't know what I'll do if I never see again..."
he said, his voice crackled.

As he heard the tone of Nick's voice, Brian took Nick's left hand with his
right hand and hold it tight.

"I promise you, Nicky, everything will be okay..."

"Poor Nick... I hope Brian is right... that Nick will be okay..." said John
with a sad face.

Scott saw this and put his arm around his brother.

"Me too, bro, me too..." he said

"If only we could do something..." said John as he sighed.

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So, what do you think of this first chapter? As I said it before, you can
send me your comments (bad or good) and suggestions. Everyone will have an
answer, I promise. E-mail: wind_phoenix@hotmail.com