Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 21:48:01 -0500
From: Nate <jesseandnate@gmail.com>
Subject: Jesse and Nate Chapter 3

This story is a work of fiction. I do not claim to know Jesse McCartney
(although I wish I did ;-D), nor do I know about his sexual preference
(ditto). This story will contain some sexual content, and is about a
relationship between two men. If this offends you, then I suggest you use
that handy close button on your window. If it's illegal for you to be
reading this, well then you shouldn't be here either, but you probably
already knew that :- P.

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Last Time:

We both laughed at my little joke, and we caught each other's eyes. I
couldn't look away even if I tried, and he didn't seem to be able to
either. Suddenly, almost as if it was happening automatically, I started to
move my face closer to his, but never letting my eyes leave those deep
pools of green. I kept on moving in, tilted my head a little, and, closing
my eyes, gently touched his lips with mine. He pressed in a little, kissing
back. I couldn't think at all, I was just feeling and letting my lips do
the work. It was a very slow and gentle kiss, but it felt like enough
electricity was passing through our lips that we could have lit up all of
Manhattan for a year. I brought my hand up to his face, holding the side of
his head as we kept on kissing. Finally, after what seemed like both an
eternity and just a moment at the same time, Jesse pulled away. He looked
at me with those beautiful eyes of his and, smiling, said one word.

"Wow."

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Chapter 3:

"Was that a good wow or a bad wow?" I asked sheepishly.

"Definitely a good wow" Jesse answered, smiling and scrunching his face in
a very cute way, before giving me another quick kiss on the lips.

"Well, I gotta agree with you, this is clearly a `wow' situation," I said,
making him chuckle. "So, you're, like, ok with this, right? I wasn't
totally sure about the vibes I was getting from you, but I dunno, I guess I
just went for it anyways."

"Duh, of course I'm ok with it, man! I also wasn't completely sure about
you, but lemme tell ya, if you didn't kiss me, I totally would have been
all over those cute lips of yours within minutes!"

All I could do in response to that was grin like an idiot and plant another
kiss on his lips, and then I put my arm around him, and he leaned into and
put his head onto my shoulder.  It just felt right to have him in my arms
like that.

After a little while of sitting there like that, maybe two or three
minutes, I felt Jesse start to shiver a little. I rubbed his arm and
shoulder a little and said, "Yeah, it's getting a little cold. Wanna get
going?"

"Well I don't really wanna, cuz this feels really nice. But if we don't, my
ass may just freeze off, so we prolly should get up."

"Yup, we don't want anything to happen to that butt of yours. It's way too
cute," I said smiling. We got up and started walking. Jesse rubbed his hand
against mine and started to link our hands together, but I, albeit
reluctantly, pulled mine away, which made him give me a quizzical look.

"What's wrong? Is this too fast or something?"

"No, no it's not that at all. I soo want to hold hands with you right now,
but the fact of the matter is that you're famous and have an image to keep
up. It looks like we were, hopefully, pretty lucky that no one saw us kiss
or sit next to each other like that, but we probably shouldn't push it."

"Yeah, that's definitely true, thanks for looking out for me," he said with
a half smile. He looked a little sad though, and I was gonna ask him about
it, but he quickly changed his expression and asked, "So, what you got
planned for tonight?" so I let him get away with it.

"Eh, studying, studying, and a little more studying. Lemme tell you, even
though I toned it down a bit this semester, I can't wait `til college is
over," I answered.

"Haha, yeah, that's gotta suck a bit. But at least after this semester is
over, you got over a year until you gotta go to med school, right?"

"Yup, that's true. I guess I just gotta suck it up until then," I
sighed. "So, how about you, what you got planned?"

"Hmm...lets see," he said, looking at his watch. "It's about 8 o'clock now,
so that means I got about forty five minutes until I have to meet my
parents and my agent for a dinner meeting."

"Look at you, mister big time celebrity with your agents and dinner
meetings," I teased.

"Believe me," he replied, chuckling, "there're plenty of times when I'd
rather be in your shoes, doing school and stuff, than having to be in
meeting after meeting, having to debate over the tiniest details that don't
even really matter in the end."

"Jeez, man, how do you deal with it?"

"Well, there're times when I almost can't. But, when I get on stage and
start singing to all those fans out there, everything else just melts away
and I know that it's all worth it," he said with a dreamy look on his
face. "That's really what it's all about. The fame, money, prestige and
celebrity are all nice, but when it comes down to it, it's the music that
makes me happy."

"Wow, Jesse, that's really cool of you. Like, most people our age would
just be constantly flashing around their money, or using their fame to get
things for themselves, and that's what it becomes about for them. You even
see it actually happen with some of the teen celebrities out there. It's
awesome that you know what's, like, actually important."

"Aw, see, now you're gonna make ME blush!" he responded with a shy grin on
his face.

"'Bout time I'm not the one getting all hot in the face!" I said, laughing.

"How `bout getting all hot somewhere else, not to mention a little
bothered," he replied with a wink.

"Oooh, baby!" We were both laughing so hard by now that people started to
stare, so we had to tone it down a bit, and Jesse ducked his head down a
little and covered the bottom of his face with his hand.

"You are so cute, you know that?" I said, after the onlookers walked away.

"Aww, thanks. You're not so bad on the eyes yourself," he responded, before
glancing around and giving me a brief, soft kiss. "Mmmm...your lips taste
so good. Whatever you're doing to them, keep on doing it." All I could do
in response was just smile and look into his eyes.

Jesse glanced down at his watch and said, "Aw, man! I really gotta go now
if I'm gonna be on time for my meeting. It's back in Irving, so it'll take
a while to get there."

"C'monnn, what's one little dinner meeting? I can think of several things
that'd be much more fun," I said, shooting him a seductive look and rubbing
his arm a little.

"Hmmm..." he replied, chuckling. "You have no idea how unbelievably
tempting that is, but my agent'll kill me if I miss this. It's actually
pretty important."

"Awww, okay, I guess it'll give me time to do some studying, anyway," I
sighed.

"I guess I'll talk to you later, ok?"

"Yeah, sounds good. Actually, lemme give you my screen name so we could IM
later."

"Awesome!" I wrote it down on a piece of paper, and he gave me his. "I'm
really sorry about this, ok?" he said, giving me a sad, puppy dog look that
made my heart melt.

"Hey, listen, you never have to apologize for your career. This is who you
are, and nothing should have to stand in the way of what you want. You do
what you need to do, and I'll make sure that we won't let it get in the way
of anything. Deal?"

He looked at me with sparkling eyes, smiled, and threw his arms around me
and giving me a tight hug. "Deal," he whispered. We continued hugging for
another few seconds, and then I pulled back, stroked his cheek a little,
and let him go. "I'll talk to you later."

"Definitely," I answered, and watched him turn around and walk down the
stairs into the subway station that was next to us.


					* * *


"NATE!!!!!!!" Kyle yelled so loudly I had to take the phone away from my
ear, "that's AWESOME, I'm so happy for you!!!" I'd just told him about
everything that happened earlier that night.

"Thanks. You have no idea how unbelievably happy I am right now!"

"I could imagine."

"And it was just one night. I don't even know if it's gonna lead anywhere."

"C'mon, I'm sure it will if you want it to. You just gotta make sure you
put some effort in keeping it going."

"Yeah, I know, thanks." I replied.

"So, when're you gonna be seeing each other again?"

"We actually didn't talk about that yet. We exchanged screen names and
we're gonna chat on AIM some time tonight."

"Very cool. Anything other than just chatting gonna be going on as well?"
he asked with what I know was a sly look on his face. "There ARE other uses
for AIM, ya know."

"KYLE!" I yelled, laughing. "Even if there will be, I'm not all too sure
that's any of your business!"

"Oh, c'mon. We always tell each other about our, ah, romantic moments."

"True...but I guess I just don't wanna jinx this or anything."

"Aw, that's sweet. But you know you'll probably be telling me all about it
as soon as you're done."

"Yeah, you're probably right." I replied, chuckling.

"Of course I'm right. Hey, I think Kirsten's home. HEY, KIRST, GUESS WHAT!"

"What?" I heard her reply.

"NATE AND JESSE KISSED!!!"

"OH MY GOD, NO WAY!! IS THAT HIM ON THE PHONE? GIMME THAT!" I heard them
fighting over the phone, and then Kirsten yelling, "NAAAATE!!!! THIS IS SO
FREAKIN AWESOME!"

"Jeez guys, you know that with modern cell phones you can talk at a normal
decibel level, no screaming necessary."

"Well you know I've always liked retro better anyway, I'm just trying to
bring back that old vibe."

"Ah, so it's just part of this whole vintage thing that's popular
nowadays," I replied, chuckling.

"Yup, that's it. But enough of that. Tell me everything, and I mean
EVERYTHING!  Don't leave anything out."

"You're worse than Kyle, you know that?"

"Yup, and proud of it! Now c'mon, tell me what happened!"

So I told her everything that happened after we split ways. "And now I'm
just waiting for him to come online, which'll hopefully be sometime soon,
cuz, well obviously cuz I wanna talk to him, but also cuz I haven't been
able to get any work done, I've just been so excited. Plus the fact that
you two have been keeping me on the phone ever since Kyle called like two
minutes after I got home!"

"Well soorry for wanting to know about what's going on in your life. You
could get other best friends if we're too needy for you." I could
practically hear her smirk over the phone.

"Eh, I guess I'll keep you around. It'd take too much work to have to go
around looking for someone else to make fun of."

"Well if that's gonna be your attitude, maybe I should drop you and find
someone else," she retorted.

"Ok, ok, I'm sorry, I'll be good. Hey, why's it that even if you're the one
that did something I'm the one apologizing?"

"Cuz I'm just that good at the whole guilt thing."

"Ah, that'd explain it." We continued talking about general things,
classes, hot teachers and stuff, while I went over to my computer and
logged on. "OH MY GOD, he's online!!!!!"

"AWESOME!"

"H'yeah, ya think?"

"Sooo, did you IM him yet?"

"I'm about to. Listen, I wanna be able to concentrate on this, so I'll talk
to you later, ok?"

"Ok, no prob, it'll give me a chance to fill Kyle in and do some work. Just
make sure you give us a call as soon as you're done. And by the way, I just
gotta say this one more time.  AHH, JESSE MCCARTNEYY!!!"

Laughing I said, "I know, I know. And don't worry, I'll call you as soon as
I sign off."  We hung up, I took a deep breath, and clicked Jesse's screen
name, right before he IM'd me.

Jmac87: Hey!

Natedawg15: Hey man, I was just about to IM u!

Jmac87: guess i'm just too fast for u

Natedawg15: must be, flash

Jmcac87: hmm...flash. u know what, i like that

Natedawg15: haha

Natedawg15: looks like we gotta new nickname for u already

Jmcac87: now we just gotta find one for u

Natedawg15: yup, better get our heads cracking

Jmcac87: oh dont worry, i'll think of something

Natedawg15: i have perfect faith in you

Jmcac87: haha, thanks

Natedawg15: np. so, how was the dinner meeting?

Jmcac87: eh, it was ok. we gotta buncha stuff taken care of, which was
good, but trust
         me babes, i'd much rather have been with you

Natedawg15: aww, ur just, like, pure sweetness, you know that?

Jmcac87: hehe, *blushes*

Jmcac87: so, how was studying

Natedawg15: meh, didnt really get much done in the end

Natedawg15: kyle called basically as soon as i walked in the door, so i
basically spent the
            whole time talking with him and kirsten. lol, they cant get
over the fact that ur
            jesse mccartney

Jmcac87: haha

Natedawg15: omg, im sorry, i didnt mean to like, make u uncomfortable or
anything

Jmcac87: hahaha, dude, its ok. believe it or not, i know im jesse
mccartney!

Natedawg15: LMAO!!!

Jmac87: lol

Jmac87: but that's cool that you have such good friends, not everyone has
that

Natedawg15: ya, its awesome, i dunno what i'd do without em

Jmcac87: aww, cool

Natedawg15: yup. so, wut u up to now?

Jmac87: not much. im actually playing with ideas for a new song, but its
still in the very
        early stages

Natedawg15: wow, cool!

Jmac87: haha, ya. im just hoping it'll come out well

Natedawg15: dont worry, im sure it will. ur quite a talented person, ya
know

Jmac87: haha, thanks *blushes*

Jmac87: so, wut're u up to?

Natedawg15: meh, nothing really, just chilling basically

Jmac87: cool cool

Natedawg15: yupp

Jmac87: so listen, i actually should be getting to bed, cuz tmrw im
starting to record my
        next album. thats 1 of the things we worked out 2nite

Natedawg15: aww, but we just started talking!

Jmac87: BELIEVE me, i know, and i really wish i could stay on and talk more
with u, but
        the fact of the matter is that if i show up tmrw not in top form,
the label'll have my
        head on a stick.

Natedawg15: hmm...that wouldnt be good, ur head looks too good attached to
ur body for
            that

Jmac87: haha

Natedawg15: well, ok, i guess ill just have to find someway to live, but
how `bout we
            meet tmrw for lunch? u gotta eat!

Jmac87: thatd be great!

Natedawg15: cool! where're u gonna be?

Jmac87: hmm...lemme check, brb.

Natedawg15: k

Jmac87: back. the studio's on the lower east side, on west 27th st, between
8th and ave of
        the americas

Natedawg15: ok, awesome - there's a great coffee house right near there, on
8th ave between
	    26th and 27th, called the brown cup

Jmac87: awesome, that's like right there! plus the fact that anywhere that
specializes in
        coffee is perfect for me

Natedawg15: haha, yup, my sentiments exactly

Jmac87: lol

Natedawg15: ok, so how bout we meet there around 1-ish?

Jmac87: ok, cool, its a date. and we have each other's cell numbers in case
we get
        delayed or anything

I practically did a little dance when i read the word 'date', it made me
feel so good.

Natedawg15: ok, sounds good :D. and if we have time, we could also go walk
around the
            neighborhood there for a bit

Jmac87: haha, u, like, really like to walk, don'tcha

Natedawg15: lol, i guess. i just enjoy going around the city, you always
see interesting
            people and stuff, and its really healthy too

Jmac87: ha, ya, thats true. u prolly gotta great pack going on from all
this healthiness u
        got going on

Natedawg15: lol, wouldnt u like to know ;-)

Jmac87: ooo baby, u know it!

Natedawg15: lol

Jmac87: i think we just got ure nickname...pack

Natedawg15: hmm...pack, i think i like that

Jmac87: well u better, cuz thats it :-P

Natedawg15: lol

Jmac87: ok, well i should go, so g'nite, pack

Natedawg15: `nite flash, sweet dreams!

And we signed off. After that, I sighed contentedly and called up Kyle and
Kirsten as promised, told them everything we talked about and about our
date, after which they started to get excited even more. After we were done
talking, I got ready for bed and went to sleep with a smile on my face.






[Note: The screen names used here are made up, so don't try IM'ing either
of them expecting to get either me or Jesse, cuz it won't work.]

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Hey guys and girls (well, actually probably just guys :-P), I'm really, no,
make that EXTREMELY sorry about the loong long wait. Life has been pretty
hectic lately with school and stuff and I just haven't had a lot of time
for writing. I was actually planning on making this a much longer
installment, but I figured that I should put out what I have now and make
sure you guys don't just forget about me ;-). Thanks to everyone who wrote
in, and don't worry, I'll definitely be keeping the story going, it's just
a matter of how often I can get it out.

Again, please send any comments, critiques, questions, or suggestions to
JesseandNate@gmail.com, or IM me on AIM at JesseandNate, I love hearing
what you guys think.