Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 17:42:29 -0700 (PDT) From: KD D <kd_stories@yahoo.com> Subject: Alive in the Lights-To the Stage ch.4 To The stage Ch. 4 This story is pure fiction and is not intended to imply anything This story contains sexual Contact between to underage males if this is illegal to read where You live then please hit the back button now!! Everything in this Story is made up, the names and people are fake: they are not Real! Please do not copy or paste this anywhere else, but please feel free to email kd_stories@yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am overwhelmed with the feedback thank you all so much for the support! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Grey Alexander Holden Age: 16-Main Character Neil Holden. Age 40-Father Tessa Palmer age: 19-Grey's PR Zeke Anthony Holden Age 15: Grey's half brother. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Coming out of the office in the back of the house I hit the kitchen to see if Zeke was in there eating. To my surprise he wasn't that kid is always eating. "Janet have you seen Zeke? Dad and I just got out of a meeting, and I need to ask Zeke if he wants to go on tour with me since we did that song together. I mean you are coming out on tour too aren't you?" She puts the dish towel down. "I would love to honey, but I can't be out on the whole tour. Maybe your father and I can hop on for the first few shows here in California, and Zeke too." I sit down at the island in the kitchen, "Janet that's why I kind of wanted Zeke to go on the whole tour with me. I knew you and dad wouldn't do the whole tour, and honestly I am scared to be on tour by myself. Tessa won't be going because of her pregnancy and Dan will be busy non-stop so I wanted Zeke to be there with me. Please it's the summer!" I ask. I can see her shoulders drop, and I know I have this won. "Well okay, but your father and I will be setting rules that will have to be followed!" she says. "Yes, awesome thank you so much!" I tell her hugging her. I run upstairs to Zeke's room, I don't bother knocking because I am so damn excited. I run into his room, "Dude guess what? Holy shit!" "Grey what the hell man!" he shouts at me. I close the door, and kind of laugh, I just walked in on him jacking off. He was sprawled out on his bed going to town. I knock on the door, "Umm are you decent?" He throws open the door, he is still red faced, "This better be good man." I try not to laugh, "Dude I talked to Dad and Janet, they both said that you could go out on tour with me if you wanted! Like the whole thing!" The look of shock in his eyes is hilarious, "What dude, no way, are you serious?" I walk in and sit on his computer chair, "Yeah man, I pled my case. I wanted them to go as well, but they can't and I really don't want to be alone at all, not after my last tour. Tessa won't be going since she is too far along in her pregnancy. That, and the song you and I did will be in the set!" I tell him. "Whoa are you serious, I am going to be on stage with you?" He asks. "Yeah man, I mean you're on my album, and I love the song we did!" "Holy shit man I am so stoked for this!" he gushes. "Oh and I wanted to ask you something, I have been thinking about it since I finished my album. I want to sign you to my label." I tell him. He sits back on his bed, "You want to what?" "I want to sign you to my label man. You are freaking talented, you can play drums, guitar, keyboard, and you can sing and rap. Hell you are like the next Jake Miller, or whoever you want man." I say smiling. He is looking at me like I am crazy, "Have you even asked our parents? Like holy shit man!" "Well, it's all about to be in the open. Dad wants you to invite your girlfriend Jessica over, and introduce her to us. Our parents said it's all up to you if you want to start a music career, and being your brother I wanted to be the first one to offer. Because dude once our song gets radio play you're going to be scouted." "Wait what do you mean radio play?" "I had a few singles tested and the best reaction was to our song Time, it's the single off the album and we have to shoot a music video soon." I say getting up. "My life is about to change a lot isn't it?" He asks. "If you want it too man, if you don't want this I won't release it as the single. I think you do have a lot of talent and it's all yours man." I tell him sitting next to him. He doesn't say anything for a few minutes, he finally looks at me, "I want this man. I really want this" I smile and throw my arm around his shoulders, "Dude this is going to be an epic summer. I won't lie, it's going to be hard and stressful at times, but so much fun. I need to tell dad you said yes so he can get the writing team to travel with us. I hope you don't mind writing on the road." "I don't want a writing team, I want you to write with me." He says. I kind of stutter for a moment, "Really?" "Yeah man, you're my brother. I don't think anyone can challenge me as much as you can." I just give him an awesome smile back, "Wait till you see the tour bus, its huge. But the bunk beds suck, you don't get much room in there to play." I say smiling. This earns me a punch, "Dude shut up! Jessica and I haven't had sex yet so I have to do that!" I just laugh, "Well just know that on tour you need to take care of that in the shower!" "I have to call Jessica. She has to come over!" He says reaching for his phone. I felt super bad about that, ever since I decided to move in with them, Jessica wasn't allowed to come over unless Dad and I were gone. We didn't want Zeke, and Janet thrown into the spotlight just yet. Plus I wasn't in a good place at all. I walk back downstairs to the office. "Hey Dad Zeke said yes to it all!" I say. He looks up from his laptop, "Great! I will get his contract up and going. I am proud of you Grey." "Really?" I ask. "Yes, look how far you have come. You aren't that broken little teenager anymore." He says getting up and pulling me into a hug. He holds me at arm's length, "You are such a strong boy!" he says pulling me into another hug. "Oh and hey you and I need to take a trip to see Dr. Broadstone in about an hour." I give dad a weird look, "I just met with her a few weeks ago." "I know that Grey, but since you have all these great things coming up, I need to move your schedule around and she agreed to see you today." "Okay..." I say not really understanding. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- My dad doesn't say much on the way to Dr. Broadstone's. I try to start small talk, but I can tell he isn't into it. I finally give up trying to talk to him, so I check my twitter and it has been blowing up nonstop. I smile thinking about all the fans that I still have despite me going AWOL for awhile. Pulling up to the gate, I hear it buzz as it starts to open, I notice my dad's knuckles are white from gripping the steering wheel. "Dad are you okay?" "I will be." He says giving me a half smile. We finally park in the circle drive way, and I see Dr. Broadstone waiting for us. A sense of dread washes over me. I get out and she greets me with a smile, "Hello Grey." "Dr. B." I say and follow her into the office. She gestures for my father and I to sit as she leans on the desk, "Neil do you want to start it off?" My father nods, "Grey I got a call from the Nashville police. They received an anonymous phone call from a woman claiming to know about your abduction, that's when they heard gunshots." I feel the chills run down my spine, "What happened?" "They traced the call, back to an old house in the country. The police had a standoff with a man, he shot at them, they shot back and it ended in Martin Castoff's death. They ran DNA tests and it was a match, both him and the woman he shot and killed.....Grey it's all over, they are both dead." My dad says looking at me. I look at him, I break out in a sweat. I feel my throat closing, and I dart from the room, I barely make it out of the hallway and into the yard and I puke. It isn't one of those normal puking sessions, it's one that racks your gut and make you feel like everything is coming up through your throat. I am in tears at this point, I start to dry heave since I have emptied out all the contents of my breakfast and lunch. "Hey are you okay?" I hear someone ask from behind me. I just sit in the grass and pull my knees to my chest, and shrug my shoulders; I don't trust myself to talk right now. I am trying to hold back the tears but it's so hard, and I let out a sob. "Hey man it's okay. What's wrong?" Alec says sitting right in front of me while putting his arm on my shoulder. I flinch, and wipe my tears away again, "The cops got the guy who kidnapped me." I tell him. "Dude that's great news isn't it?" He says getting excited. I nod my head, "it is." His hazel eyes look into mine with concern, "Then why are you crying?" I shrug my shoulders, "Because I know I am finally free, I know he is dead and that he can never hurt me or anyone else ever again. And that when I wake up having nightmares he will never be in my room." "Grey, you have always been free. You just convinced yourself that you couldn't be free, that he will always be there lurking in the shadows waiting to get you at your weakest moment. But you aren't weak, you never were. I don't know you personally, but I have seen interviews and saw your concerts on TV and you never looked weak. You were always in control of yourself even when your mom said that craziness about you being dyslexic." He says blushing a little. I laugh a little, "You have watched a little bit about me haven't you?" He avoids my eyes, "Yeah just a little." "It's okay. I am pretty sure a lot of people have watched just a little about me." "Oh he has watched more than a little. You should have seen him flipping out the other week after he met you." Dr Broadstone says from behind us. "Aunt Sharon!" Alec says getting up embarrassed. "Oh Stop it! Grey is used to people watching him all the time, no sense in lying to him, or trying to play the cool guy." I laugh at this and stand up as well, "She is right, it's okay if you like my music...or even me." I say the last part in a whisper. "Do you want to walk around the property?"Alec asks. "Yeah that would be cool with me." I tell him looking over to Dr. B. "It's fine with me; your father actually has an appointment with me." She says smiling. We take off walking past the circle drive way where my father's car is parked. "That seems like one hell of an expensive car." Alec says. "Yeah having privacy is costly." I tell him not really wanting to talk about the money my father spent on the car. "What is your story?" I ask. "What do you mean?" "Seems to me you have some story, since you are living here with your aunt now." I state. He kicks at a rock, "Yeah I guess I do have a story. I'm warning you, I am kind of emotionally damaged so before you wish that I never told you, you've been warned." I just laugh, not at the part that he says he is damaged, but the warning. "Dude, nothing can catch me off guard anymore." "Well you can't say I didn't warn you....I am with my aunt because my so called mother is an addict and a prostitute." He says with a laugh. "An actual addict?" I ask. He nods his head, "Yeah the ones that shoot up, and yes an actual prostitute, she sells her body for drugs or whatever she wants. No, I don't know my father, from what I do know he was a customer of hers apparently. My mom hates my aunt, probably because she wishes she would have stuck with school like my aunt. Instead she got involved with some bad company, started selling her body, and then had me." "How did you come to live here?" I ask gesturing to the big estate. "I used to come here every summer. My grandparents died a few years ago and left the place to my aunt. They disowned my mom, so naturally my mom resented Sharon. My mom tried to sell me for drugs, she knew I was gay, so she thought she could get drugs from him if she gave me to him. He raped me, it sucked I tried to commit suicide, but Aunt Sharon came by the apartment as I was starting to die. She called 911 and well here I am." He says looking away from me. I put a hand on his shoulder, I don't say anything. We just walk until we come across a pond and I sit on the edge of it, and he finally plops down next to me. "Yeah I figured you would go silent after I said I was gay, raped and tried to commit suicide." "It's not that. I never thought I would ever meet someone that has been in a similar situation as me." I tell him. "What do you mean; dude how's that similar to you?" "Last tour I was kidnapped, and tortured, which I am sure you know. What no one knows besides my dad, my manager and his wife, and of course your aunt is that I was also raped. They beat me and raped me multiple times." I say shivering. "I had no idea, I am so sorry!" He says putting a hand on my shoulder. I wipe a tear away, "I am getting over it. It was probably the single scariest thing in my life. It messed me up for awhile, I couldn't have a relationship or even be around people, but your aunt has helped me a lot man. I probably would still be as messed up in the head as I was when I completely destroyed my room." "I can't imagine, I mean I can, but you're Grey Holden. It must have been hard trying to avoid the spotlight and keep that all to yourself." I nod, "It was really hard. I had no one to tell this too, besides the ones who kept it so hush, hush. I mean it's no worse than what happened to you, but the circumstances were different I guess is what I am trying to say." We sit and look out at the pond, "So that new album coming out, it has your brother on it? I didn't even know you had one." Alec says breaking the silence. I laugh, "Yeah I have one. We have kept a real tight lip on that as well. I have a half-brother and he is pretty funny. He can sing and actually rap. I wanted something different on the album so he and I wrote a song." "That has to be so damn cool." "It is, I never thought I would ever have a brother. He is actually going on tour with me in a few weeks!" I gush. "What cities are you going to?" "All the major ones. Do you think you'd want to come to one of the gigs?" I ask. "I would love to, but dude I've seen the cost of tickets. The only ones I'd be able to afford are nosebleeds." He says blushing. I lay back and laugh hard, and he looks at me like I am crazy. "Dude if I am asking you just say yes. You'd be my guest. I had already planned on giving you and Dr. B some backstage access passes so you can watch from side stage or take a seat in the front row." I tell him looking up at him. He looks at me intensely with his hazel eyes, "Are you serious?" "I am." I tell him smiling. We stare at each other for a few minutes, he is beautiful as the sun hits him. I run my eyes all over him, I want to take him in my arms and hold him, I lean up on my elbows, and look at him intensely again but the gaze is interrupted by my phone. "What's up Zeke?" I ask?" "Dude I don't know but some flamboyant old guy in gym shorts is telling me to change and get ready to work out, and he's asking about you too! He won't leave! I am about to call the cops" Zeke panics above the voice in the background telling him to get his ass moving. I let out another giggle, "dude that is Nicholas! He is my trainer and choreographer; I guess Tessa called him when she found out about the tour. You have to join me little brother." I hear Zeke sigh, "He is trying to make me drink this gross shake! Get home now!" "Okay, okay I will go get dad." I tell him hanging up the phone. "You have to go?" Alec asks. "Yeah my trainer is at the house harassing my little brother. He is the best trainer around, but he is crazy intense at times." We start the walk back to the house not really saying anything. "So were you serious about the passes?" "Yeah man for sure I will have Tessa send them to your Aunt." I tell him. On the walk back I text my dad that we needed to go before Zeke called the cops on Nicholas. He texted me back that he was waiting for me. We walk back up to the driveway, and sure enough my dad is waiting for us. "So Nicholas found the house okay then?" "He is harassing Zeke to start working out." I say trying not to laugh. "Did you boys enjoy yourselves?" Dr. B asks. I nod, and so did Alec. I go and shake his hand bringing him into a bro hug, "Please don't say anything about what I told you." I whisper to his ear. "I would never." He says back. "Thanks Dr. B for everything, oh and I told Alec that Tessa would be sending over passes for the first stop of my tour! You have to come!" I tell her. "I am sure I wouldn't be allowed to miss it!" she says putting her arm around her nephew. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope you have enjoyed the chapters again feel free to email me! With comments!! I am so excited for the future chapters of this story! Great things coming Thank you to my wonderful editor he does such a damn good job!! KD