Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 00:16:04 -0800 (PST)
From:  <slpwriter@yahoo.com>
Subject: Nick Lachey: My Everything-41

Hey all, I'm back and ready to write again. It's
been such a long time, I've had to re-read the story
to try to remember what my next plot was going to
be.

Plus, I went to California last August and had a
great time. I just wish I could have been in
Hollywood, rather than where I was. I will go again
hopefully next summer. I will tell you more later.
Now on with the story.


First of all, let me just say that this is my first
time writing any kind of fiction like this.

DISCLAIMER: This is a work of total fiction and is
not meant to imply anything about the sexualities of
Nick and Drew Lachey or anyone else mentioned in
this story.

If you are too young to read this, or if
Homosexuality offends you, then please don't
continue any further and leave.

Other 98 Degrees stories I'd like to recommend are.

"Give Me Just One Night" by Unanoche.
"69 with Jeff Timmons" by Zachary Scott Pritt
"Nick Lachey" by Ken.
"98 Degrees Is Hot" by Gay Night
"The Reunion" by RinSong.
"Loving Nick Lachey" by Jordan

and finally:
"This Gift" by Sprout.

Now, I"ll let you get on with the story.

Enjoy.

Previously on "My Everything".....


Danny, Jeff, Drew, Nick, and I followed the rest of
them out of the house and we got in the van and
drove towards the hospital.

As they drove, Nick and I snuggled together in the
back seat of Justin's van.

"Well now that you're back with us, safe and sound,
baby, there's still something missing."

"What's that?" I asked, looking up into his sexy
blue eyes.

In response, Nick reached into his pants pocket and
pulled something out of it. He held the object up in
front of me so I could see it. I smiled when I saw
what it was.

"My wedding band." I murmured. "You brought it with
you."

Nick smiled. "Of course I did, baby. We wouldn't be
whole without it."

He took my hand and slid the ring back on my third
index finger. I was whole once again! I had my ring
and my man back again.

"I love you so much, Nick." I said to him, lovingly.
"Let's promise each other never to take our love
forgranted ever again."

"I promise you, I never will again and neither will
you. So let's seal the deal with a kiss."

"Gladly." I said, leaning in and kissing his sexy
full lips. He tasted so good. I wanted nothing more
than to make love to him right then and there, but
with the current circumstances, we just had to be
satisfied with kissing at the moment.

We parted from our kiss and Nick cupped my face and
smiled.

"When we get back home, I'm going to make plans to
take us both on the best honeymoon of our lives."
Nick said.

I smiled. "I can't wait."

I leaned back into Nick's chest and got comfortable
as Justin continued to drive towards the hospital.

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BACK AT THE BUILDING......

"Damn you, Jay!" A man's voice said. "You screwed up
everything for me tonight! I guess if I want
something done, I'll have to do it myself.

Then he pulls off his ski mask, revealing who he
really is.

If I want to get Nick back, I'll have to eliminate
Sean from his life! He said.

He then had a look in his eyes that would have
turned anyone ice cold. He knew what he had to do.

 "Sean Perry-Lachey will be sorry he ever messed
with Matthew Sheffield!!!!!

Then he starts laughing, which echoes throughout the
entire house.


Chapter 41
**********

LATER THAT NIGHT AT NICK'S HOUSE..........

Drew, Jeff, Danny, Justin, Kandi, Nick, and I were
sitting at the table, talking about the night's
events.

"Sean, have we told you how good it is to have you
back again?" Justin said, smiled.

"Probably for about the 100th time since I left the
hospital, Justin." I laughed.

I had gone to the hospital to get myself checked out
to see if I could have gotten Toxemia from any drugs
Jay and Matt could have given me when the explosion
happened. As well as x-rays of my face to see if any
bones were broken.

Things turned out fine and the doctors had told me
that I was very lucky. They said that if I had taken
anymore kind of drugs from those guys, I could have
very easily overdosed. I was checked out of the
hospital in an hour, so the guys, Danny, Kandi and I
all went back to Nick's house.


"I'm just glad that we got to you in time, buddy."
Danny said, then added. "I still can't believe that
it was Jay Phillips who did all of this to you.
First the rape, and now he tried to kill you."

"I'm just glad that he's behind bars where he can't
hurt me anymore." I said to Danny.

"Me too, baby." Nick said, pulling me close to him
with his one good arm. "I thought I might have lost
you for good."

"Never, sexy." I said, leaning back into him. But I
leaned into the wrong shoulder.

Nick gasped in pain, and I immediately sat back up,
quickly and turned to face him.

"Baby, I'm so sorry." I said, with a guilty look. "I
totally forgot about your arm."

"That's ok, Sean." Nick said, with a small smile,
knowing that I didn't mean to hurt him. "I forget
too sometimes. I still am not used to this."

"Speaking of your arm, you never really did tell me
what happened to you." I said to him. "As well as
this bandage on your head. What happened?"

Nick looked at everyone around him, who all nodded,
except me since I didn't know what all Nick had gone
through that night. Then he spoke.

"Well tonight after I thought you were dead, I came
home and had a terrifying nightmare about the crash
tonight."

Nick stopped for a moment, the memories coming back
to him of the terrifying dream he'd had.

The guys could see that Nick was still emotionally
disturbed from it. It was Drew who spoke next.

"Do you want me to tell him, Nick?" He asked his
brother. "If it's too much for you to take, I'll do
it."

"No, bro." Nick said, shaking his head. "I want Sean
to hear this from me."

Drew nodded and let Nick continue. Nick turned to
face me and continued.

"Anyway, I was dreaming that you were calling out
for help and I couldn't see you for a few seconds.
Then I saw your face from the car window and you
were extending your arm out to me."

I ran towards the car, but didn't get there in time.
The car blew up and I saw the expression on your
face turn really cold and it chilled me to the bone.
You're not going to believe what you did next."

Here I was concerned. The look in Nick's eyes really
tore at my heart. I hated to see my husband in so
much pain.

"What's that, baby?" I asked, with a worried look.
"I'm sure it couldn't have been that bad."

"Wait til you hear the rest, buddy." Danny said to
me.

I turned back to Nick. "Go on, sweetie." I urged
him.

"Well then your voice was so frightening that you
sounded like the devil himself. You said that I
never loved you. you said that I turned my back on
you and everything that we ever meant to each other
and that I left you to die. Literally."

Here, Nick couldn't go on and started choking up. I
just hugged him as close as I could, being very
careful not to touch his injured shoulder.

"Oh Nick." I said, as I kissed his forehead. "I
would never think that about you. I'd have never
blamed you for my death if it had really happened.
Besides if it would have been anyone's fault, it
would have been mine. I was clearly in no shape to
drive after you kicked me out of the house."'

"I shouldn't have done that." Nick sobbed. "I
shouldn't have been so cruel."

"Nick, it's alright." I told him. "I deserved it at
the time." I said, then added. "But that dream still
doesn't explain why your arm is in a sling."

"Well, after that dream, I couldn't stay here, so I
went back to the crash site and ended up falling
asleep and having another dream where you showed up
and seemed very much alive. then after we'd talked
for awhile, you said that I was just dreaming and
then you disappeared."

After that, Drew woke me up and I said to them that
I saw you and that you were alive. Drew said that I
was just dreaming and that you were dead. I coudn't
take that and ended up yelling at Drew and everyone
else that I saw you and if they couldn't believe it
then to hell with all of them. I then ended up
running into the street, not looking where I was
going. I heard Drew scream for me to watch out and
then the next thing I knew I saw a car coming at me
and I ended up getting hit by it."

"Oh god, Nick." I said, hugging him again, then
asked. "What happened after that?"

"I don't know." Nick said. "All I remember was
waking up in the hospital."

"I'll answer for you, Nick." Jeff said, then looked
at me. "The car just kept going after it hit Nick.
Drew screamed for us to go after the car, but
whoever was in that car, had a gun and shot Drew's
car tire out, knowing that we'd try to follow them."

"Well thank god my baby is alright." I said.

"He almost wasn't." Kandi said, her face all
serious. "The doctor told us that he hit his head
pretty head and could have had brain damage. He
could have suffered paralysis, blindness, or even
death."

"Oh my god." I said, tears coming to my eyes.

"Then after Nick's results came back ok, We visited
him in his room." Danny explained." Then when Nick
woke up, he saw Drew's face, but didn't recognize
him right away. We all thought for sure that he had
amnesia."

"Well thank god he didn't." I said, wiping at my
tears. "I'd have died inside if Nick forgot about
me."

"Never, babe." Nick said, hugging me again. "I
wouldn't ever forget you.

He held me close for a few moments and then I heard
him yawn.

I'm exhausted." He said. "This has been a night of
complete hell, except for having you back of
course."

"We second that, Nick." Drew said, also yawning.
"This has been one hell of a night."

"I think we all should turn in and get the rest of
our sleep." Justin said, standing up and stretching.
Kandi got up with him."

"Oh,and before we all go to bed, I have some great
news." Drew announced.

"What's that, Drew?" Jeff asked him.

"Well while Sean was at the hospital and you guys
were down at the cafeteria, I called Tom, our
manager, and told him what happened to Nick tonight
and he said we don't have to go back on tour in a
few days. Because of Nick's injuries, The tour will
be delayed for 6 weeks. So, until then, we're on a 6
week vacation."

"COOL!!" Everyone else said in unison."

"Now, we should think about what we're going to be
doing on our free time."

"Well I know exactly what we need to do. Well at
least what I want to do if Sean is willing." Nick
said.

I looked at him, curiously. "What's that?" I asked
him.

"Going on our long overdue honeymoon?" He asked,
more than said.

My face lit up when he said that. "Really?! Are you
serious?!" I asked, excitedly.

"Yes." Nick said, flashing his killer smile. "That
is if you still want to go away with me?

"Are you kidding, sexy?" I asked him. "Just tell me
what time to be up, so we can get to the airport in
time."

"Deal." Nick agreed, before giving me a peck on the
lips.

"Well Nick, I think you and Sean going on your
honeymoon is a wonderful idea." Jeff said. "After
all I was the reason you couldn't go in the first
place."

Nick, shocked at Jeff's revelation, said to him:

"Jeff, don't blame yourself for that. You needed us
and we were there for you. You're like family to all
of us and my family and friends always come first."

"I agree with Nick, Jeff." Danny said with a guilty
look. "It was actually because of me that they had
to put their honeymoon on hold. I was the reason for
your depression. And I'm truly sorry for that."

"Danny, there's no sense in beating yourself up
about it anymore. We all forgive you." Justin said.

"Almost all of us." Kandi said, still angry with
Danny. "I can't just forget about what you did to
Jeff, Danny. I do not forgive easily."

Jeff opened his mouth to object, but Danny stopped
him.

It's ok, Jeff, I can handle this." Danny said, then
turned back to Kandi.

I'm not expecting your forgiveness this soon either
Kandi." He said. "I do understand that I have to
earn it back and I can accept that."

Kandi nodded. "Well let me put it to you this way."
She said. "Everday that you make Jeff the happiest
guy in the world will be a day earned towards
forgiveness. When I am satisfied, I will let you
know when you are officially forgiven."

"Deal." Danny said, extending his hand out to Kandi.
She took it and they shook on it.

"Well on that note, let's all hit the sheets." Drew
said, yawning.

"Now there's an idea I can't pass up." Nick said,
yawning again. "Tommorrow I'm going to start setting
up the plans to take Sean and I on the honeymoon of
our lives."

"I can't wait." I said, full of excitement. "Where
are we going for our honeymoon?" I then asked him.

"That's going to be a surprise." Nick said with a
grin. He knew I hated being tortured when it came to
surprises.

"Well it doesn't matter, anyplace is paradise as
long as I'm with you." I said, letting Nick keep his
surprise a secret.

Ok, let's head to bed. I'm tired." Kandi said.

Alright, let's go, honey." Justin said.

He and Kandi started walking upstairs and the rest
of us followed them up to our own rooms. Justin and
Kandi said goodnight to all of us and disappeared
into their rooms. Danny and Jeff disappeared into
their rooms as well, after saying goodnight. Drew
was already in his room fast asleep.

I started helping Nick to take off his shirt, but he
stopped me.

"Not tonight, baby." Nick said, sadly. "I have to
take off my sling to get my shirt off and I don't
feel like it tonight." I just want to sleep
tonight."

"That's totally ok, baby." I whispered. "I'm tired
too and plus I know that you're in no condition to
make love to me tonight either."

Nick nodded. "I'm sorry, Sean." he said, sadly.
"That's how it's going to be for 6 weeks until my
arm heals. Now I'm starting to wonder if we should
go on our honeymoon at all."

I looked at Nick in shock. Why would he not want to
go on our honeymoon?

"Not a chance, sexy." I said, You made a promise to
me and you're not backing out of it now."

"But it's not going to be much of a honeymoon if I
can't even make love to you." He said, the
embarrassment obvious in his voice.

I looked at him sympathetically and reached out and
caressed his sexy chest, lovingly.

"Baby, is that what you're worried about?" I asked
him. He nodded.

"Then don't be." I said to him. "We will still be
able to make love. You forget that there are lots of
ways to be intimate and to express your love. But I
will wait as long as it takes until your ready if
you need me to."

"Don't worry, Sean." Nick said, as we both got into
bed and I pulled the covers over us. "I still love
you in all the ways that matter. We will make love
again soon."

"I hope so." I said, as I started falling asleep.

"Goodnight, my love." Nick whispered.

"Goodnight, my angel." I whispered back. I had just
barely finished saying it before I was fast asleep.


TBC............?

Well, that's all for this installment. I finally
managed to get it done. Now hopefully the next
chapters will be easier. But if I take longer, don't
be discouraged. I will email you all when the
chapters are sent it to be posted.

Thanks to all of my readers who have been so
understanding with everything I've gone through this
year. Let's all hope to have a Better year in 2003.

Will Nick and Sean's honeymoon go off without a
hitch?

Will Jeff and Danny really be happy together? Will
Drew find out who his secret admirer is?

And will Matt Sheffield make good on his threats to
eliminate Sean from Nick's life permanently?

You won't want to miss a minute of what happens.
Because every minute is Everything!

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