Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 19:26:42 CEST From: Sophie V Subject: Together Again : Chapter 3 Author's note: HI! Now, we've got the third chapter of Together Again. I'm sorry for his retard... I hope it's okay... I want to thank ALL PEOPLE who read this story... I hope you'll continue until the end of it (which is not for tomorrow!!!). Thanks too for the e-mails! :) Any suggestions and comments (bad or good) will be appreciated. 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 isn't 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 "The Body Switch with Nick Carter" by Sher "The Project" by Adam "Any Path", his following story "No Painless Way" by Dara Lynn "Star Crossed" by Jo Beth Hill "It's Gonna Be Me" by Jamie "Say my Name" by Jo Beth Hill and Colleen "BSB and N'Sync" by Mark J. (it isn't updated since February. If the author saw this, please e-mail me!) "Heaven in yours eyes" (sorry I don't have the author's name of this story; only his e-mail: ZeroDQ@aol.com) "Question of Faith" by Nathaniel O'Leary and "Chances are" by Red Now, the third chapter... Together Again Chapter Three By Sophie (wind_phoenix@hotmail.com) **************************************************************************** Love isn't only a feeling; it's an art too. (Balzac) **************************************************************************** Brian stood outside the room, feeling very nervous. Scott was nervous too. They both hoped that Nick will be OK. "I came out okay... God, Nick must be okay too..." whispered Brian. Scott had heard him and looked at him. "He must think about his surgery..." he said He then started to read Brian's mind. Brian and the other BSB were all very anxious about the surgery. Particularly Nick. He was truly afraid that Brian will not survive to it and that he'd lost him forever. Brian was affected by Nick's thought. Even if he couldn't tell that all was going to be all right, he tried several time to reassure his friend. As he read that, Scott picked up his mini-computer. On the screen was only the hour of the day, 13:06. He typed some data on it in order to know what happened just before Brian's surgery. The screen of the computer posted, "READY". Then, everything went black. A second later, Scott was in a room, in a hospital. There were Nick and Brian. Nick is standing beside Brian's bed. He had a tear streaming down his face. "I'm sorry... it's stupid..." said Nick as he wiped away his tear. "Don't be ashamed, Nick... It's okay..." said Brian, lying on his bed. Nick looked at his best friend and sniffled. "I... Brian... I..." said Nick as he restarted to cry. Brian sat up carefully on the bed and opened his arms. Nick immediately fell in them and started to sob on Brian's shoulder. Brian slowly stroked his back as he wiped a tear of his own face. "Nick... I promised you... I'll come back okay... Keep the faith, my friend." Scott smiled at the last sentence as he remembered that Brian had said the same think for Nick the first day in his house. The door of the room opened and a doctor entered. "It's time, Mr Littrel..." he said Scott looked behind him and saw that all Brian's family, LeighAnn and the other BSB were outside the room. "Nick must be the last one to see Brian..." he thought. "Yes, doctor. Just another minute." Said Brian. "Alright. A minute." Said the doctor as he exited the room. "I'll wait outside." Nick just nodded at him then turned to look at Brian. Brian put his arms around his shoulders and smiled at him. "Nick, whatever is going to happen, I want you to know that you're my best friend and always will..." started to say Brian as Nick restarted to cry. "You... saying that... as if it was the last time that..." said Nick, moaning. "Shh... I didn't meant that... You remember a few years ago? We said that whatever happen to one of us, we'd have to keep the faith." Said Brian as he hugged Nick. "Yeah, I remember..." said Nick "But... this is big, Brian... A problem in the heart..." "Nick... I know it's big, but I don't care... I keep the faith... Only God knows what will happen to me and I have the faith... He saved me when I was younger and I'll never forget that... Please Nick, be strong." Said Brian as he broke the hug and took Nick's hands in his own. Nick looked in Brian's eyes and sighed. "I'll do anything to keep you alive..." he said. Brian smiled at him and hugged him one last time. Nick hugged him tightly before he broke it and looked at him. "I love you, Frick." He said softly. "I love you too, Frack." Said Brian as he smiled. Nick smiled a little and then the door opened. "It's time now." Said the doctor. Nick nodded and exited the room, all the way Brian and him were looking at each other. Then everything went black. A second later Scott was back at the hospital. Brian was still standing at the door. Scott looked at his computer and saw the time: 13:06. "Whoa! The time is stilling the same. Good... I wondered what happened in Nick's room, now..." he thought. "My Nick... God, why everything have changed since that happen? Why do I have these strong feelings for him? I always love him like my little brother. But now..." thought Brian, leaning against the wall. Scott looked at him and sighed. "Who know? Maybe John is right..." Suddenly, Brian and him froze as they heard somebody sobbing in the room. Brian quickly entered in it, followed by Scott and they both saw Nick sobbing. Brian immediately went to him and hugged him tightly. Scott looked at his brother in wonder. John looked at him with a sad face and shook his head 'no'. "Doctor... don't tell me that..." said Brian to the doctor. "I'm sorry... I did all I could do..." he answered Nick was sobbing on Brian's shoulder, while he tightly hugging his friend. "Oh shit... it's bad, very bad..." said Scott. "Yeah..." simply said John. "What happen exactly, John?" asked Scott "Well... while the doctor was moving his bandages, he asked Nick to keep his eyes closed. After that, he asked him to open them. And when Nick had finally opened them, he looked around him very worried and then he burst into tears." Replied John. They looked at the doctor and saw him searching something in a notepad. He then smiled and looked at Nick and Brian. "There's still hope..." he said. Brian immediately looked at him while Nick just turned his head toward where he thought was the doctor. "What? There's still hope?" asked Brian. "Yeah... A surgery is the only solution..." replied the doctor. Brian felt Nick trembled and hugged him tightly. Nick hated the hospitals and especially the surgery. "There's... no other... way?" Nick managed to ask. "No, sorry. Your eyes were hurt pretty bad since what I had done didn't work. The only problem is that we don't do this type of surgery here." Said the doctor. "But... what are we going to do?" asked Brian. "Well... I'll try to contact a hospital of Los Angeles. They do what Nick needs in this city so I'm going to asked them for him." "Thanks a lot, doctor." Said Nick. "My pleasure... well, give me your phone number. I'll tell you later what they can do." Brian took a paper and a pen that the doctor was hanging to him and quickly wrote his phone number on it. "When do we know if I go to Los Angeles?" asked Nick "Tomorrow, I think." "Well, thanks a lot, doctor. I hope there's hope." Said Brian as he and Nick, followed by the two brothers, exited the room. "Trust me, I take charge of that." Said the doctor. Later, at Brian's house. "Well, there's still hope, Nick!" said Brian as they entered Nick's room. "I'm so sorry, Brian..." said Nick as he sat on the bed, his head tilted toward the floor. Brian sat next to him and put his arms around him. "Sorry for what?" he asked. "Well... you have to take care of me... again! I'm so..." said Nick "Nick, don't say that. I'm very happy that you stay with me. I don't care how long I'd take care of you. I love..." said Brian when he just stopped, realizing what he was about to say. "You love what, Bri?" asked Nick, shyly, as his head turn toward Brian's direction. "I... I love to have company, you know. You know you're my best friend..." said Brian. "Oh." Said Nick, looking a little disappointed. 'I don't have to be disappointed! Why do I feel so...' he thought, confused. John looked at him and said smiling: "He waited another answer." He then read Brian's thought and saw that Brian was kicking himself to have said such dumb think. "Um... what do you want to do?" asked Brian. Nick just shrugged and looked at the floor. Brian looked at him and saw a tear steaming down his face. He got up, pulled Nick on his feet and then hugged him tightly. Nick immediately hugged him back. "I'm sure that they felt a very good sensation..." said John as he looked at Scott. He saw him giving him a weird look. "No... Not like that... I think that they felt something good like some comfort and other thinks like that." "Yeah... perhaps..." said Scott as he looked at Nick and Brian. "Bro, give me Maggy." Said John. "For what?" asked Scott. "I want to know something." Just said John. Scott looked at him strangely and then gave him the mini-computer. John immediately taped some data and then give Scott back Maggy. "What did you do?" he asked. "Well... I asked Maggy to give me access to their subconscious." "And?" said Scott. "Now, I'll know more easily what they felt..." he said. Scott smiled and shook his head. John looked at Nick and Brian. They felt very safe in each other arms... and loved. Then Brian put a hand behind Nick's head and kissed him very slowly and tenderly on the forehead. Nick shuddered at that and immediately kissed Brian back, still on the forehead. Brian looked at him, while smiling. "We can talk if you want..." he said. "Yeah..." simply said Nick as they sat on Nick's bed. "That's all?? Just talk???" said John. Scott taped him on the shoulder and gave him a weird look. "Just kidding..." said John. More later... It was now 23:00. Nick and Brian had talked during the rest of the day, even while they ate. John and Scott? Well, they just listened to them. Until they decided to go to Nick's room in order to speak to each other about everything and nothing. Scott was interested by Nick and Brian's conversation but it was boring John. "Of course, it's boring you! You only asked yourself how long you must wait until Brian jump on Nick!" said Scott. "Hey! I can't help myself if... wait... no... I wanted to say that their conversation wasn't interesting to me..." Said John, blushing a little. "John..." said Scott as he looked in his brother's eyes. "ALRIGHT! Yes, I wait that and so? It's not a crime! They're secretly in love with each other..." said John as he rolled his eyes. "Wait... we don't know if they're really in love." Said Scott. "Yes, I know." Said John. "And how?" asked Scott. "My gay-dar and my instinct." Said John proudly. "Whatever..." said Scott, as he rolled his eyes. "Well, we must sleep now. It's pretty late..." "Alright..." said John. They walked toward the big couch and lay on it. Scott fell asleep only a few seconds after while John was still awaked. Five minutes later, Nick and Brian entered in the room, the two dressed in only boxers. "Don't tell me that..." whispered John "Thanks Brian for your help." Said Nick. "Don't worry about it. You couldn't know when your bath was ready." Said Brian. "Next time you take the bath, if you want. And I'll take a shower." Said Nick. "It was only that..." thought John, relieved. "I didn't miss something." "No, no, it's okay. I prefer the shower and beside I don't want you to have problems with it since you're..." started to say Brian when he suddenly stopped himself. He looked at Nick who looked a little sad. "Nick... I'm sorry..." said Brian. "It's okay Brian... don't worry." He said as he smiled a little. Brian quickly hugged his best friend one last time and walked toward the door. "Well... Good night." Said Brian, with a little sadness in his voice. Nick heard the door opened and said: "Brian... wait..." Brian turned and looked at Nick. "Yeah, Nick?" he said. "Could you... please... you... hum..." said Nick pointing at the bed, embarrassed to pop the question. But Brian knew what he meant. "Of course Nick, I slept with you tonight..." said Brian, happy. He then blushed because of his joy. Nick remarked the sound of his answer but ignored it. "It's probably me... my hope... wait... what I said?!" thought Nick as he put his hand on his head. "You're okay Nick?" asked Brian, looking worry. "Yeah... just tired..." simply said Nick as he walked and crawled in his bed. Brian just looked at him and crawled in the bed too. Brian was on the right side of the bed and faced Nick. He turned off the lights, laid on his back and put his right arm around Nick. Nick sighed, content, at that. He put his arms around Brian's waist and his head on Brian's chest. Brian smiled and fell asleep a few minutes later as he stroked Nick's left arm very carefully. Nick was truly happy by Brian's tender touch. His heart was pounding loudly as he listened to Brian's own heartbeats. He closed his eyes and smiled, cradled by Brian's chest, which rose up and down. He then knew that Brian was asleep as he felt that the strokes were stopped. He carefully put himself on his right elbow and with his left hand, softly touched Brian's chest. "Always so muscular..." He thought. "It was so soft too... so beautiful..." "Funny that he say that... he can't see..." thought John as he heard Nick's last sentence. Nick's hand continued his way up and brushed Brian's right nipple. Brian moaned a little at that, causing Nick to blush a little. He continued his way up until he started to touch his face. Nick knew to well how it was. "He's so beautiful... I..." whispered Nick. He felt his heart beating rapidly as he felt a heatwave invaded his body. A single tear streamed down his face. "My god... I..." he whispered "Don't deny it, Nick." Said John. Nick wiped away his tear and started to lean down toward Brian's face. John quickly went looked closer to him. Nick was about 2 inches from Brian's lips. Nick knew it as he felt Brian's warm breath, coming from his lightly opened mouth, on his lips. Nick bit his lower lip for 2 seconds and then leaned toward Brian's left cheek and kissed it tenderly. "Goodnight, Brian." He said as he pulled away and once again put his head on his chest. He closed his eyes and before he fell asleep, whispered something. Brian couldn't have heard it but thanks to his computer, John had heard it. It made him smiled immediately. "I love you." A new day began. John opened his eyes and saw the ceiling of Nick's room. As he sat up, he remembered what happen last night and sighed, really content. Nick was in love with Brian, or apparently. "No... I'm sure he is." He thought. He got up and looked at his brother who was still sleeping. He just smiled and walked near the bed. He stood in front of him and smiled at the sight. Nick and Brian were in each other arms and Brian's face was very closed to Nick's one. Only a few inches. John just looked at them. He heard nothing in the room except his own breathing. "A nice silence... everything is calm... everything is..." Suddenly, the alarm clock rang caused him to jump a little from surprise and his brother Scott to sit up on the couch. He saw Brian stirred and turned off the clock that was on the desk on his right side. He then turned around and looked at Nick. The younger blond was still sleeping, his arms around him. He loved the feeling of being in Nick's arms so decided to stay in bed. He just looked at him and slowly brushed Nick's hair with his right hand. "What happened?" asked a sleepy voice. John turned around and saw his brother looking at him. "Nothing, bro. Just the alarm clock." He said. "Oh... We really see that we're in 2000! At our time, the wake up are better..." "Yeah..." said John as his brother got up and walked toward him. "So... What's up? Since when you're aw..." started to say Scott. He stopped dead as he looked at the bed with eyes wide open. John frowned and looked at the bed. He saw that Brian was about to kiss Nick on the lips. "I don't need to see that..." whispered Scott as he looked everywhere but at Nick and Brian. "Come on... do it..." said John as he looked at Brian. Brian knew that he was about to kiss him. "God... I can't help myself... but why everything is so different? He's my best friend and... I... I'm falling for..." thought Brian, very stressed. "Follow your heart, Brian... you know you want it..." said John. "You know YOU want it!" said Scott to his brother. John just ignored him and continued to look at Brian. Brian still looked at Nick and then pulled away. "I can't... it's not fair for him... he'll hate me..." he thought as he slowly pulled away from Nick's arms and got up. John looked angrily at his brother. "What?" asked Scott confused. "I wonder if they have some BALLS!" said John, pissed off. "Hey! You know it isn't easy to admit feelings. They're best friends and they're guys..." Said Scott "Well... if they have some feelings..." "They DO. You weren't awake when..." said John as he looked at Brian who was looking at Nick. "When what?" asked Scott. "I told you later." whispered John, still looking at Brian. Scott hadn't hear him and looked at him funny. Brian sighed as he looked at Nick and then gently shook his left shoulder. "Nick... wake up, buddy..." he said. "Mmmmm... Brian..." mumbled Nick as he stirred. He was still asleep. The mumble looked more like a moan, but Brian ignored it. "I'm sure it was a moan..." whispered John. "Huh?" said Scott. "Nothing..." said John. "Come on, Nick, get up." Said Brian very gently. Nick finally opened his eyes and sighed. "This will never finish?" he said. "What?" said Brian "My eyes..." said Nick "Oh, come on Nick. The doctor will phone today to told us what they can do." Nick just shrugged and got up. "JOHN!!" yelled Scott caused John to look at him in surprise. "Huh? What?" he said. "It's the third time I ask you what happen last time while I slept." Said Scott impatient. "Oh... well... while you slept, Nick..." began to explain John as Nick, Brian, Scott and him exited the room. Later, The four guys were sitting in the living room. Nick and Brian were chatting while John and Scott listened to them. Then the phone rang. Brian got up and picked it up. "Littrel?... Good morning, doctor." He said The other three guys knew immediately what it was. "Why we heard nothing? I thought we heard everything." Said John, confused. "Everything, IF it was another guy of the group." Said Scott. "Great!" said John, a bit annoyed. The phone conversation continued for about ten minutes. Brian was writing some things on a paper. "Thanks a lot, doctor. Good-bye." Said Brian as he hung down the phone. "So?" asked Nick nervously. "You'll go to Los Angeles for a surgery. He said that you have some exams to do before but he said that you'll make them without difficulty." Said Brian. "Okay... when I must leave?" asked Nick a bit relieved. "Well... it isn't going to be easy..." said Brian. "Why?" asked Nick. "I have some medicaments to give you for your eyes that you must take before the surgery..." said Brian. "And?" said Nick, not really understanding. "And... They can't do the surgery now... you must wait... a month..." said Brian, a bit sorry. "A MONTH?! I MUST BE BLIND FOR ANOTHER MONTH?!" yelled Nick "They can't do it earlier. I'm sorry but it's the true..." said Brian softly "A month..." said Nick as he restarted to cry. Brian went to him and hugged him tightly. Nick hugged him back and sobbed. "Nick, don't cry... shhh... I understand, it's going to be hard but be strong..." he said "I can't... not a month... blind and alone..." said Nick, still crying. "I'll be there for you... all the time... you'll never be alone..." said Brian as he broke the hug and wiped away Nick's tears with his thumps. "Really?" said Nick shyly. Brian leaned up and kissed him slowly between the eyes. "Really... never alone..." said Brian, looking at his friend. Nick sat on the couch with Brian and let him hugged him. Once again, he felt like he was in heaven. "It feel so good..." he thought as he closed his eyes and let Brian rock him bath and forth. He didn't know Brian was feeling the same thing. "A month... it's going to be long..." said John. "Yeah... but we have no choice." Said Scott. "But we can always go out of the house... the beach... or other places. You know, we don't have to always stay with them." "Yeah that's right!" said John happily. "Yet, I'll don't leave them when I think that something interesting is going to happen soon." "So... you'll always stay with them." Said Scott, smiling. John just gently punched him on his left arm and continued to look at Nick. Later... It was now 00:40. Nothing special had happened. Brian went out one time to get Nick's medicines at the hospital. Scott went out to do a small ballad in Orlando. That's all. Nick and Brian were sitting on the floor of the living room and chatting. Once again, the two brothers were just looking at them. "Brian? Can you please reach my box?" asked Nick "Of course, Nick. Wait a minute." Said Brian as he got up and went upstairs. "FINALLY... we'll know what is this box!" said John happily. A few minutes later Brian came back with the box, sat in front of Nick and opened it. In it was a book. He took it and looked at it. "Look at what is it, Brian." Said Nick. Brian looked at him and opened the book. Scott and John looked at it and see that on all the pages were drawings. Beautiful drawings. "Nick... god, it's super!" said Brian smiling as he looked at the different pictures. "Thanks." Said Nick "You're the first person who looked at the book." "Really? Why don't you show it to anyone before?" asked Brian "Well... It was one of my closest secret." He said. "A secret? Why do you choose me to look at it?" asked Brian. "Because I..." said Nick before he stopped. 'Shit! I must say it. Courage Nick.' He thought. "Yes?" said Brian, a tone of hope in his voice. "Because you're my best friend." He finally said. 'Shit!' He thought 'I can't!' "Oh... well thanks..." said Brian. Yet, he was a little disappointed. "I totally understand." Said John. "What?" asked Scott. "Ow, come on, Scott. Nick wanted to say 'I love you' to him and Brian was disappointed that he didn't say it." Said John. "Whatever..." said his brother. "Hey! It's a picture of me!" said Brian as he looked at a picture of him. Nick blushed a little and nodded. "You know... All the drawing had a meaning. I used all the letters of the alphabet and for each letter I choose a word or expressions... For example, I used 'B' for 'Brian' and other words..." he explained Brian smiled and nodded. "Did you do all the letter?" he asked. "No... Maybe I'll use M for 'Music'... if I ever see again..." Nick said. Hearing that, Brian closed the book and hugged Nick. "Shh... Don't think like that." He said. Nick smiled as he thought that since a few times, they hugged a lot. "Brian... can you put some music please?" asked Nick. Brian stood up and turned on his hi-fi system. A very nice song come in the speakers and filled the room. "I heard this song! It's..." said John as he tried to remember. "I know... its Michael Jackson with 'You are not alone'! I love this song!" said Scott. "Yes, you're right. It is!" said John. Brian sat behind Nick and put his arms around him. Nick leaned back against him and the four guys just listened to the music. During the song, John saw Brian sang it at some moments. He just smiled and continued to listen to the song. At the end of it, Brian got up and switched off the chain. He then looked at Nick and saw that he had tears streaming down his face. He walked in front of him, sat and hugged him as he sang a few lyrics of the song. "You're not alone... I'm here with you..." Nick and Brian broke the hug and if Nick wasn't blind, you could tell that they were staring in each other eyes. Then Brian started to lean slowly toward Nick. Nick could felt that as he felt Brian's breath came closely to his lips. He then closed his eyes, wanting what will happen. "It's now, Brian." Both thought Brian and John. John was really happy because of what happened. Brian and Nick's lips lightly touched... Suddenly, someone knocked on the door making everyone jumped a little. Brian got up and went to answer at the door. Nick just had a sad face. He got up and slowly guided himself in the garden. "HOLY SHIT!! THEY DID IT ON PURPOSE OR WHAT??!!" yelled John, really angry. "John, calm down." Said Scott. "Calm down, CALM DOWN?! There were about to kiss, SHIT!!" said John walking everywhere in the room, really pissed off. Scott walked near Brian and saw that it was a tourist with his wife who asked the directions of a particular hotel. After he gave them some indications and saw the tourists came back in their car and drove away, Brian closed the door and walked back in the living room with Scott. They both saw it was empty. "Nick?" called Brian. He then saw the curtains were opened. He walked in the garden and saw Nick lying on the grass, his head turned toward the dark sky. Scott looked at the right and saw John sitting near him. Brian joined Nick and sat at his left while Scott joined his brother. "Tell me what's going on, Nick..." said Brian Looking down at Nick. "The sky... Even if I'm blind, I know that there's many stars in the sky right now." Said Nick "Yes..." said Brian "You know that I love to look at them... it's very beautiful... I wish I had draw it before in my book... I'd use 'S' for 'Space' or 'Special'... I don't know..." "You'll do it, Nick. After the surgery, you'll see again... 'F' like 'Faith'... you didn't draw something for the letter 'F'?" "Yes, I have... You remember the painting?" "Yeah..." said Brian "Well... the theme was 'Friends'." Said Nick, making Brian smiling. "Yet, I didn't do all the letter... the next is 'L'" said Nick "You have many themes for 'L'... 'Life' which is a gift from God... 'Learn'... to learn to be strong... and..." said Brian. "And?" asked Nick. "Love." Said Brian softly as he looked down at Nick and stroked Nick's hair. Nick turned his head toward Brian's direction and smiled as a tear streamed down his face. Brian smiled and laid down beside him. He wiped away the tear and leaned down. This time, nothing wrong happen and Brian very slowly started to kiss Nick on the lips. A few seconds later, he felt Nick putting his arms around his back and returned the kiss. They were both in heaven and felt joy invaded their heart. "Awww... this is so cute..." said John smiling. "That's it! They're kissing! You're happy?" asked Scott. "Of course, I am!" said John as he looked at his brother "And you see? I was right! They love each other!" "Yeah, you're right... I wonder what will happen next..." said Scott "I don't know... but I have a small idea..." said John as he smiled and winked. "You're such a pervert! You only think at that!" said Scott "What are you talking about?" asked John with an innocent face. Scott just smiled and shook his head. "Well, I can't wait to see what will happen next." Said Scott. "Yeah, me t..." started to say John when they heard a low moan. They turned and saw Brian on top of Nick. The kiss was more passionate but it was still tender. Nick was running his right hand in Brian's hair while his left one slowly stroked his back. "Eer... We must go to sleep now..." said Scott, a bit embarrassed. "Why? It's not finish! They're going to undress each other and kissing all over their bodies..." said John. "Hey! I don't need that, John! Don't put me some image in my mind!" said Scott. "Then, they're going to suck each other cocks..." said John, grinning. "Stop it, Scott Richardson!" said Scott. "We can't forgot the penetrations..." said John as he started to walk away, while laughing. "STOP!" said Scott as he started to chase his brother in the house. While they were fooling around, Nick and Brian broke their kiss and opened their eyes. They were both smiling, happy to have found each other. "I'm not alone... never will..." thought Nick as he and Brian restarted to kiss. **************************************************************************** To be continued... That's all for now, guys. You can e-mail me your comments and suggestions. wind_phoenix@hotmail.com