Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 11:31:53 -0500
From: music teacher <musicteacher2002@hotmail.com>
Subject: This is the Night: Ryan and Lee

From Lee:  Hey this is my little spin off story based on "This is the
Night".  My friend Randy threw me in his story, so I thought it'd be fun to
write a chapter about my character.  And with that stated...he went about
asking for your opinion on the subject.  Apparently you liked the idea...so
here it is.

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Disclaimer: Even though I slept with Ryan a few times, it doesn't mean he's
gay...um...actually I've never met him.  So consider this story totally
fiction...because it is

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My name is Lee. I'm a writer for a local paper. It's not a high paying job,
but it pays the bills and leaves me with plenty of free time, so who am I to
complain. My best friend is Randy - he's a school teacher. He's a really
nice guy.

A couple of months ago I would have never believed all the things that are
happening in my life now. I've met more celebrities lately than I know what
to do with. But oddly enough there's only one of them that really stands out
in my mind.

Ryan Seacrest in my mind is the sexiest man I've ever had the pleasure of
sharing oxygen with. He has a great sense of humor that never fails to pick
me up if I've had a rough day. He's major league romantic, and best of all -
He's all mine!

Ryan and I met at this big record company party. I had managed to tag along
with my best friend Randy. Randy got the initial invite from his 'friend'
Clay. Clay, oh I can't remember his last name - you know the one who copied
Ryan's hair style - Aiken I think? Whatever,  that's not important. The
point is Randy met Clay at a furniture store, and through this chance
encounter I met Ryan.

So we are at this party, more famous people there than any one person should
have to endure. I half expected to be so drowned in a sea of pretty faces
and snobbish attitudes that I would never surface again. But somehow I had
managed to find the bar! Saved at last! What's a celebrity heavy party
without heavy drinking? Probably really dull - I wouldn't know!

Luckily I didn't have to drink alone; because there was Ryan.  He was very
friendly to me. I don't know if he thought I might be 'someone' or if he was
nice to everyone, but the point is we hit it off pretty well right from the
start.

We spent most of the night talking and eventually leading to him going home
with me. I don't know what I was thinking, but Ryan was making my body and
mind tingle (I'm sure the booze didn't help). We stayed up all night
talking. We never had sex that night, and if you want to believe that I also
have a couple of lots on Mars you might be interested in!
Okay so I had my legs held back slip and slide...yeah sure. Can you really
blame me? But in my mind I really had no intentions of a one night stand. We
really seemed to connect. But when I didn't hear from him for like a week I
was pretty much convinced it was over for the two of us. Isn't it always
when we give up that something good happens?

HE CALLED ME!!!

Yes indeed he was very apologetic about what had happened he was just
nervous because it was his first encounter with a man. He wanted to try a
relationship though, and I was more than willing to try. I'm so glad I gave
him a second chance. We haven't been together that long, but every day has
been a new adventure.

This last week was rather nice. My friend Randy was out of town...though I
really missed him. I hope he and Craig (is that his name??) are having a
good time. Ryan has been with me almost every day. Though I must admit I'm
tired of the whole American Junior thing...I'll be glad when he's back to
hosting American Idol. Now that's a show I would like to see, and not just
to support my boyfriend! Oh well, I also had fun joking with Ryan about his
new contest commercial. I should text message him and tell him not to try
those corn ball lines on me, but then again he doesn't need lines on me
anymore!

It was Wednesday night that things got interesting for Ryan and me that
week. We were supposed to have Meredith over that night. She's Ryan's
sister. I hadn't spent a whole lot of time with her, but we got along quite
well. She and Ryan have always been close. So it was no real surprise that
he told her about me first. She was totally supportive!

As I was saying she was supposed to come over to Ryan's place and the 3 of
us were to have dinner and then watch a movie on television. This however
changed ever so drastically. Ryan's parents had shown up at the last minute.
Meredith couldn't talk them into calling first, they were determined to
surprise Ryan...and let's just say he was, but not half as much as me.

Meredith was the one to knock and announce their arrival, and I was lying
with my head in his lap with my arm around his leg as per usual when we
watched TV. Ryan knew that she had a key, so he just yelled out to her.
"Come on in Sis." He said.

Much to our mutual embarrassment there they both were: Garry and Connie
Seacrest coming in right behind her. "Surpri..." Mrs. Seacrest's statement was
cut short when she saw a man cuddled warmly in her sons lap. Hmmm...I wondered
at that moment if she would approve. Not really I just kind of went all
white in the face and red at the same time...if that's possible. The first
impulse was to hide my face, but luckily I didn't - imagine how that would
look.

"Surprised is the word for it." Ryan's dad said.

At this point I shot up on the couch sitting up as straight as possible,
pretending to look natural or invisible.

"Hey this is my friend Lee." Ryan said.

"Yes I can tell your real close." His father said motioning down; Ryan
caught on fast and shifted himself before his mother saw the erection.
Hmm...once again glad I didn't hide my face in his crotch.

"I...um...yes we came to see you dear since we were in town. But you obviously
have company, so we'll be leaving." Connie said walking back out the door.

"I think your mother may need a moment, um, listen I think we need to talk
Ryan." Garry started.

"Garry come on!" Ryan's mother screamed from outside
.
"I'll call you tonight okay Ryan." Garry said before leaving. Ryan just
nodded.

"I'm so sorry guys I tried to convince them to call, but they were hell bent
on surprising you. Well look at it this way, it was going to come out
eventually anyway." Meredith offered.

"It's okay Mere - I don't blame you at all. I know how they can be. You
should go take them home before mom gets any madder." Ryan said.

"If you want come back later?" I asked.

"I think I better stay home and do damage control. I don't think Dad is
going to have a problem with this, but mom will need some work. I got it
covered though!" She said cheerfully. I got up and gave her a hug before she
left. Ryan, however, was in shock, which I could totally understand.

"Do you think you could eat still? The food should be here any moment." I
said not really knowing what to say.

"Yes I'm still going to eat. Not sure if I'll be able to eat much though."
Ryan answered.

"I'm sorry your parents caught us that way. I hope you're not mad at me." I
said.

"Why would I be mad at you, babe? You didn't do anything wrong. You were
exactly where you are meant to be. Right here with me, and yes with your
head in my crotch." Ryan said with a big grin.

"I see you still have your sense of humor." I stated back happily.

"Of course, I know things look rough, but I'm sure it'll be fine. My parents
have been cool with every other thing that's happened in my life. I have to
just have faith in them now." Ryan said.

"Well you certainly have a better outlook then I did a few minutes ago. I
think I nearly passed out when your mother was yelling for your father." Lee
said.

"Ah she doesn't deal with surprises well. She might have done the same if I
had a girl here to be honest. If I just hadn't told her about having a
girlfriend. You know what I mean?" Ryan asked.

"Yeah, mom's like to know everything...or at least feel like they know
everything." I said.
"That's about the size of it." Ryan said with a laugh.

A couple hours later after Ryan and I had our food, his dad called. I was
worried about what would be said, but I didn't want to intrude.  I was going
to Ryan's room, but he took me by the hand and gave a look that said stay.
So I sat down on the couch with him. He pulled me close to him, and it felt
right.

"Hello Dad." Ryan said.

"Hi son. First I want to start of with apologizing for showing up
unannounced. I see now that was rude. Second of all I'd like to apologize
for the way we all just left. Under the circumstance though I guess your
mother did the best she could." Garry started.

"Yes I know Mother was upset. I should have told you guys already, but I
guess I didn't want to do it on the phone." Ryan answered.

"That's totally understandable son. Now before I make any misjudgments on
the situation, I'll just ask. Are you gay?" Garry asked.

"Yes I am Dad." Ryan answered with a big puff of air, I hadn't even realized
he was holding his breath.  I guess I was somewhat tense myself. I just
squeezed his hand.
"And Lee's your boyfriend?" He asked.

"Yes, that's correct." Ryan stated.

Even though I could hear most of this anyway, Ryan put it on speaker
phone...considering that I was the subject that second, he wanted me to be
able to speak my mind if need be.

"And do you love him Ryan?" Garry asked.

"Very much so." Ryan answered.

"Does he feel the same way about you?" Garry asked.

"I do in fact Mr. Seacrest. I love Ryan more than I have any one else." I
answered.

"Ah, I'm talking to both of you. That's good I guess. I want to welcome you
to our family Lee, at least for my part. If Ryan loves you, then you must be
a good person. I've never given homosexuality much thought before now...but if
it's something based on love then it can't be that bad. Ryan I don't think I
need to say if you were sleeping around I would not approve at all. But I
take it the two of you are monogamous?" Garry asked.

"Of course...except for at orgies and parties." Ryan answered.

"Very funny Ryan. Lee please tell me you're more serious then him?" Garry
asked with a chuckle.

"Afraid not, we are two nuts in a shell.  But honestly you have nothing to
worry about. We even use protection. You never can be too safe I say." I
answered.

"I'm glad to hear that. I'm sure your mother will be too, Ryan. Your sister
is talking to her now, and hopefully before we leave town she'll be able to
come and see you. Lee I hope you and I can get to know each other better
soon." Garry stated.

"Thanks Mr. Seacrest." I said.

"Call me Garry, Lee...There's no reason to be so formal. I do appreciate
your manners though." Garry answered.

"Well, Dad unless you have more questions, I think the two of us will head
off. It's getting kind of late." Ryan said.

"That's fine. It really was nice to talk with you Lee. I will see you both
soon I know, good night." Garry closed.

"Good night!" We both responded.

It was getting late, but Ryan had other things besides sleep on his mind. I
do believe the boy will be horny even when he's 90 years old. Nothing so far
has even affected his appetite. But I am not complaining!!!

As we entered the bedroom Ryan slowly began to remove my shirt. Kissing me
softly he undid one button at time. He kissed every inch of my skin as it
became exposed to him. Soon he had removed my shirt completely. As the shirt
fell to the ground I kissed him passionately as I began to unbutton his
shirt as well. As his shirt joined mine on the floor I had to go down to
taste his body. I licked and suckled on his neck. Ryan really likes this.
I'm afraid if it wasn't for his show he'd probably have hickeys all over his
neck. As I fought the urge to mark his neck, I kept on my southern trail. I
reached his nipples and nibbled and sucked on them one at a time. This also
brought more moans from Ryan. This encouraged me to suck harder.

As our passions built I felt Ryan begin to undo my pants. I started doing
the same for him, and there we were in our boxers. Ryan and I fell onto his
bed and began to roll around making out and running our hands all over each
other.

Soon the heat of our mutual erections was getting to us. We needed to get
inside each other. I broke our kiss and began sucking and licking a trail
down to Ryan's boxers. I quickly helped him to remove those, and began to
suck softly on his head. Ryan moaned out as my tongue circled round his
shaft. I began to take in more of his hardness.  Soon I had deep throated
all 8 inches of his shaft.

"That feels so good baby." Ryan moaned. I continued to devour his member.

I pulled my shorts off and began to slowly stroke my erection. I knew Ryan
was about ready for more. I began to slip a finger slowly into his hole. He
really loves that, and his moans expressed it loudly. As I moved my finger
in and out I almost thought he was going to cum a couple times, but he held
on long enough for me to loosen him up. I soon removed my finger and picked
up a condom from the near by drawer. Ryan looked at me with a look of desire
as I lubed up and prepared to enter my lover.

"I love you Lee." Ryan said as my head entered him.

"I love you too baby." I said as I felt my shaft begin to sink into his
warmness.
Soon we were rocking at a steady rate. I had Ryan's legs wrapped around my
shoulders, and was pumping my cock in and out. I don't know who was making
more noise - we were both moaning and breathing so heavily. Our pace was a
steady lovers pace - not rushing, but prolonging the loving feelings we both
were having. I began to stroke his cock slowly as I pumped in and out. Each
pump on his shaft seemed to produce more liquid. He was getting close to
orgasm. As he moved closer to the edge I pumped a little deeper, and a
little faster. I was almost there when I felt warm liquid shooting all over
my chest. Ryan was screaming out in pleasure as I felt my own erection swell
and launch several volleys into the condom.

"That was beautiful Lee. I love the way you feel inside me." Ryan said as I
cuddled with him.

"I just love being with you Ryan. You are everything I ever dreamed of." I
said as I kissed him softly on the lips.

Sometime during our cuddle session we must have fallen asleep, because it
wasn't till morning that I realized we hadn't bothered to clean up. It was
interesting I woke up cemented to my lover due to his fluids from the night
before. I think I actually lost a few chest hairs separating from him! A
small price to pay for a night in his arms I assure you! We got in the
shower together and I washed his chest carefully making sure to get it nice
and clean. I would suckle on a nipple here and an earlobe over there...and of
course his neck! Okay so maybe it wasn't the most productive shower, but
believe you me we enjoyed it!

Ryan had to go into to work that morning, so I was left to my own devices. I
had an article that was due soon, so I began work on that. "Dating a
celebrity has its advantages if you work in the entertainment section of the
paper." I commented as he put in some interesting facts about the American
Idol judges. Yes season three was well under way of casting. So of course
the paper was more than interested in covering things. Ryan had also managed
to get me an invite to see some of the casting process. It made for an
interesting article. I just hoped no one was as talented as Clancy, or
whatever his name is. After all Randy's boyfriend didn't really need the
competition.

So like I was saying I was right in the middle of writing my article, when
none other than Connie Seacrest called me. "Hello." I answered.

"Hello who's this?" Connie asked.

"Um...it's Lee, Ryan's friend." Lee answered.

"Oh hello Lee. This is his mother. I was hoping to talk with him this
morning." She stated.

"I'm sorry Mrs. Seacrest but Ryan's at work today. I think he's shooting
some extra footage for his show today." Lee said.

"Oh is that right? Okay then. Do you think you could come over to Meredith's
place for a while? I'd like to talk with you." Connie asked.

I of course agreed and before long I was there at Meredith's apartment. I
was really nervous about this, because I had no idea what to expect. I do
know that Ryan said she would calm down with time. But had it been long
enough. I tried to call Ryan to ask for advice, but his cell phone must have
been off. I left him voice mail about where I was going to be. I hoped maybe
he might get back to me during lunch time...if he got to take lunch today that
is.

I rang the door bell, and Mere was there to answer the door. She greeted me
with a hug which was nice. I really did like to hang out with her. But I
soon heard Connie Seacrest clearing her throat in the background. Meredith
whispered something in my ear right before she left. I didn't make it out
though - I never was very good for whispering things to.

"Hello Mrs. Seacrest. How are you today?" I asked.

"I'm feeling all right I suppose. I guess you know why I asked you here?"
She asked me.

"To talk about Ryan?" I guessed.

"Yes, I want to know your intentions for Ryan." Connie stated.

"I'm in love with your son. My intentions are to be with him - loving and
supporting him - for as long as he will let me." I told her.

"That's all nice and well but how do you expect that to happen? I mean what
do you think will occur when Ryan's found out? Do you know what that will do
to his career?" She asked.

"There are many successful gay men in the entertainment industry. I believe
that he will do fine no matter what may occur." I told her truthfully.

"There are people in gay television doing well, but not like Ryan. There
aren't any openly gay people doing things like him." She argued.

"Maybe not just like him, but I assure you they do fine some better than
him." I argued back.

"No I don't think so. I must say this is a bad idea on both your parts. I
really must insist that you leave Ryan alone. You can't ruin his life."
Connie stated.

Can you say slap in the face? Well, needless to say this wasn't going
anywhere good.

"Listen it sounds to me like your angry and aren't ready to talk rationally.
So I will excuse myself." I stated as I started to get up.

"You will sit back down and listen to me." She said sternly.

"Whatever." I said sitting back down, now starting to get angry.

"You will find someone else that is more your speed, someone that doesn't
mind throwing their lives away for sex. Someone that doesn't have a future,
Ryan does have a future though...and your not part of it. Am I making myself
clear?" Mrs. Seacrest stated.

"Oh yes I understand you fully and I assure you I will remember your words
of ignorance for the rest of my life. Now I am leaving, and I don't suspect
I will be speaking to you again." I said getting up before I said something
worse.

"Good way to look at it. I'm sure Ryan will thank you for this some day."
She said. This I ignored and walked away. I was not going to cry in front of
her.

I closed the door behind me, and then immediately reopen. Meredith was there
in the hall with me. "Lee I heard what she said. And you know that's not
true." She offered.

"I know but it still hurts." I told truthfully.

"I know it does. She had no right to say that shit. Listen you go home and
rest, and I'll make sure Ryan gets home soon." Mere said and lead me to the
car.

I did make it home and once I was inside I found the couch and watched TV. I
watched some dumb program just to drown out the thoughts in my head.
Somewhere during this time that I waited for Ryan I must have fallen asleep.
I heard a loud noise on the television and sprang back to life. Looking at
the clock I realized that it was after six in the afternoon and still no
Ryan. The first thought that ran through my head was, what if Connie had
talked him into leaving me. What if I would never see Ryan again? I left a
lot of my stuff at his house, so I better get to see him again! I thought to
myself just trying to make myself laugh - after all laughter had always been
my best defense against depression.

It was around seven when Ryan finally showed up at my place. I had almost
given up on him. I ran do the door when I heard the bell ring. I couldn't
believe what I saw. His eyes were red from crying. I just took him into my
arms.

"Baby no...tell me she didn't talk you into leaving me." I said.

"No no, I would never leave you baby. I love you." Ryan said holding onto
me. He started crying and I was crying with him.

"I love you too..." I cried out.

"She said that she didn't want to have anything to do with me. She said I
wasn't her son anymore." Ryan told me after he had cried for a while.

"That's so horrible. I thought she was supposed to be really supportive." I
stated.

"She always was when I was growing up. I really don't understand it. It
hurts so badly." Ryan said.  He looked like he wanted to cry, but he just
didn't have any tears left. I lead him to my bedroom and we just held each
other for a while.
Meredith had told Ryan all about the meeting I had with his mother.  This
had caused Ryan to confront his mother. They had a huge fight that resulted
in his being disowned. It was a dark moment for Ryan and me to face. But
together we knew we could deal with it, and I hoped that someday things
would get better.

The next day Meredith, Garry, Ryan and I all went out to lunch. We had a
really good time. We all laughed and shared stories, and pretended like
nothing had happened. It was amazing how much can be covered up if you talk
loudly enough, or just close your eyes tightly. But I was very glad that I
had met Garry. I never had a father, so it was nice to get to know Ryan's. I
was sure he would be a part of my life in the years to come. And in my heart
I hoped that Connie would someday come around too.

But for now I will hold my love close to me, and no matter what the world
may throw at us, I know that our love will be stronger.

The end for now.

***

If you would like me to continue with this story, or just want to say what
you like or dislike about it, email me at leo1980@pride.com  Thanks for
reading my story, and thanks to Randy for the chance to get involved in his
universe.  :-)

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From Randy:  I hope you enjoyed this story.  As Lee said, if you want him to
continue with it, email him and tell him.  If it does continue, we will let
you know whether it will be posted under the same directory as This is the
Night or a separate one.  In the meantime, stay tuned for Chapter 14 of This
is the Night!