Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 15:48:25 EST
From: JoCfetish@aol.com
Subject: Couldn't Tell

Author's Note:  Hey! This is the second story I've posted
here.  This one has pretty much no plot.  Well, maybe a
little.  Maybe.  I just thought I'd try my hand at a sex
scene.  Hope you all enjoy!  Feedback (positive or
negative) more than welcome at JoC fetish@aol.com


Disclaimer:  This story is fiction and is not intended to
imply anything about the true sexuality of the celebrities
mentioned or any personal knowledge about their private
lives.


Couldn't Tell

Nick wasn't surprised to find Brian sitting on the couch
flipping stations on the television when he boarded the
bus.

"Hey Nick.  Mind if I hang out tonight?"

"No, not at all,"  Nick said as he stepped around Brian's
bag that was lying at his feet.  Maybe Brian should just
leave his things permanently.  Lately he had been staying
on Nick's bus more often than he was on his own, which was
really somewhat strange considering that Brian was the
first to jump at the chance to have individual buses.

It wouldn't have seemed so out of character if Brian hadn't
spent the last year distancing himself from the guys.  It
started a few weeks before he proposed to Leigh Anne.  The
two had been close friends ever since they met on the set
of `As Long as You Love Me', but no one had really thought
they were much more than that.  Brian's announcement of his
engagement was therefore a shock to them all.

Everyone had known that Kevin would marry Kristen.  They
had known he was going to propose weeks before he announced
that he had finally done it and Kristen had accepted.  They
had all been excited and jumped Kevin, congratulating him.
AJ produced a bottle of Champagne from God knows where and
they had spent the rest of the night celebrating.

The bottle was gone by the early morning hours and Kevin
had long since passed out.  AJ and Howie had left to play
pool, or work out, or swim, or Nick couldn't remember at
all what they had said they were going to do.  Nick was
stretched out across Kevin's bed, his head on Kevin's prone
form.  Brian was at the end of the bed, painting Nick's
toenails with a bottle of AJ's polish and laughing
hysterically.

"You're feet nasty, man."

Nick snorted, "Sure, that's why you volunteered to paint
them.  Just admit it, Brian.  You love my feet.  You love
them so much you want to marry them and kiss them and spend
every day of the rest of your life with them."

Nick was joking, and was giggling into Kevin's back, when
he felt light warm breath on his feet.  Nick froze and
didn't dare look.  What was Brian doing?

The warmth dissipated and Nick looked up just as Brian ran
from the room, leaving Nick with an unconscious Kevin and
half painted toenails, wondering what the hell had just
happened.

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A week later Brian announced that he was getting married to
Leigh Anne.  They were all stunned for a moment at the
news.  Howie was the first to recover and saved them all by
throwing himself at Brian in congratulations.

Soon after Brian's announcement he began pulling away from
them, Nick especially.  The tour ended and they all parted
ways for a while before coming back together to start
writing songs for the next album.  Kevin and Brian got
married and although Brian seemed as happy and as sincere
as Kevin, they still couldn't quite see how he and Leigh
Anne were more than just really good friends.

Brian continued to move away from them and no one was
surprised when he enthusiastically supported Kevin's idea
for individual buses.  Nick rarely saw Brian anymore,
except at meetings and before shows.  He started hanging
out with Howie, and it was fun and great, but Howie
couldn't replace Brian.  But then Nick was having problems
of his own and so he figured it was partly his fault that
Brian had drifted.  He hadn't really done much to stop it.

Two weeks into the Black and Blue tour, Nick sat the others
down in his hotel room.

"What's up, Nick?"  Howie asked.

Nick was sitting in the desk chair picking at his nails.
Brian, Howie, AJ and Kevin were sprawled across the large
bed looking at him expectantly.

"Um, I've been dealing with some stuff lately and I think I
finally figured something out and I just thought that you
guys should be the first to know."

"What is it Nick?"  Kevin prodded when it appeared that
Nick had no intention of continuing.

"Well..."

"Nick, you know we love you.  You know we are going to
stand by you no matter what you are about to say, so spit
it out already!" AJ said, impatiently.  He probably had a
party he was missing.

When Nick finally announced that he was gay, Kevin hugged
him and told him he was proud, AJ patted him and reiterated
his speech of love and support, and Howie petted him and
squeezed his shoulder reassuringly.  Only Brian didn't move
from the bed.

After a moment Nick stood and went to sit beside Brian.

"Bri?"  Nick placed a tentative hand on Brian's arm.  Brian
turned to look at Nick but his expression was unreadable.
For a second Nick was terrified of what his best friend
might say, but Brian didn't say anything, just grabbed Nick
and pulled him into a fierce hug.

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Nick was relieved that the guys had taken it so well.  He
had been afraid.  Mostly of Brian's reaction.  He had been
so distant and he was so unpredictable, with his beliefs
and all that Nick couldn't help but worry.  He was happy
when Brian hugged him, but later he began thinking and
suspected that Brian probably wasn't as comfortable with
this new development as he pretended to be.  He fully
expected Brian to drift even further away.

Brian did exactly the opposite.  The next day he was at
Nick's door bright and early asking if Nick would like to
join him for a game of one on one.  They didn't talk about
Nick coming out, but he soon realized ashamedly that he had
underestimated Brian.  Things seemed to be returning to the
way they had been before.  He and Brian were once again
becoming inseparable.

Leigh Anne stopped touring with them and all of a sudden
Brian was on Nick's bus almost every night.  They didn't
really talk much.  At least not about the important things,
but they had fun and they laughed and it was almost like it
used to be.

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The night that Nick found Brian sitting on his couch
started out no differently than any of the others.  They
watched Comedy Central for a while, laughing at some sketch
comedy show.  Then Brian shut off the television and they
sat in amicable silence, watching the world pass them by
through a bus window.

Brian's cell phone broke the silence, causing them both to
jump and laugh nervously.

"Hello?  Oh, hi Leigh."

Nick waited for Brian to leave him for the privacy of the
bedroom.

"How was your day?  What?  Oh, that's good news."

Brian didn't appear to be going anywhere.

"Me?  I'm hanging with Nick."  Brian laughed nervously at
something.  "Yeah, right."

Nick wasn't sure he wanted to know.

"Okay, I'll call you tomorrow.  Bye."

Brian closed the phone and set it on the table, turning to
smile apologetically at Nick.

"You didn't have to get off, you know," Nick said.

"I know.  Leigh had forgotten I was spending tonight with
you,"  Brian replied, looking at the floor.

That was strange.  It sounded like Brian planned this all
out and specifically told Leigh Anne not to call him.

"So. What do you wanna do, Frack?"

Nick laughed at the use of their old nicknames.  "I dunno
Frick.  I hear AJ left some JD in the kitchen."

Brian grinned.  "Well, let's do it then."

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Two hours later and Brian was once again painting Nick's
toenails.  Nick wasn't even sure where Brian had gotten the
nail polish from this time.  Nick didn't own any.

Nick was beginning to doze off on the couch as Brian chewed
on his lip and carefully applied the polish to each nail.

"I told you that you love my feet,"  Nick murmured
sleepily.

"Mmmm," came Brian's mumbled reply, and it was so close to
his left foot that Nick felt it reverberate through him.

What was Brian doing now?  Nick's breath caught in his
throat when he felt wet warmth surround his big toe.  Oh
God, Brian was sucking on his toes.  Were they really that
drunk?  Nick never would have guessed that it felt
fantastic having his best friend run his tongue along the
bottom of his toe.

Brian made a small, pleased sound and Nick held back a
groan.  What else could Brian do with that tongue?  Brian
must have heard the noise that he made because he suddenly
started, and jerked back releasing Nick's feet.

"Oh God,"  Brian said.  Nick opened his eyes and looked up
at Brian slowly, coming out of his blissful daze.  Brian
looked like he was about to panic.  His blue eyes were wide
and he was holding his hair with one hand.

"Brian?  Brian, are you alright?"  Nick sat up and reached
for his friend, but Brian jerked away.

"Brian."

"Oh no, Nick."

"It's alright Brian.  You're drunk.  I'm drunk.  So we got
a little out of hand-"

"No, Nick, I..."

"Brian, seriously.  It is all right.  I know that it
probably makes you nervous that I'm gay.  You've been
really great about it Bri, you really have.  I don't know
what you were just doing, but I'm not going to lie and say
I didn't like it.  Because, wow, Brian.  Geez."

Brian blushed and looked at the floor.

"And I guess I'm rambling.  Maybe you were curious.  Maybe
you have a foot fetish.  I don't know.  But you seem upset.
So I just want to assure you that I'm okay, and I'm not
freaked out and you don't need to freak out because I'm not
going to go tell the world that you just sucked on my toe.
Although I sort of do want to shout it from the roof of
this bus right now because it just felt so...but, anyway,
Leigh Anne doesn't need to know."

"Leigh Anne does know."

Nick's head jerked around to look at Brian, who was staring
at his hands in his lap.

"That you have a foot fetish?"  Nick asked, bunching his
eyebrows in confusion.

"No," Brian smiled. "That I'm in love with my best friend."

"What-"

"I love you Nick.  I'm in love with you."  Brian gazed at
Nick and Nick couldn't help but blush.  Brian loved him.

"And Leigh Anne knows.  She's known forever.  Maybe longer
than I have."

Nick looked at the floor.  "How long have you known?"

"About three years."

Nick looked up quickly.  "Three years?! You've been in love
with me for three years?! Why didn't you ever say
anything?"

"It wasn't that easy, Nick," Brian sighed.  "I realized I
was in love with you a few weeks before I met Leigh Anne.
I was raised in a strict Baptist family.  You know that.
It was hard to accept something like that about myself.  I
told Lou."  Nick arched an eyebrow and Brian lifted his
hands in a negative gesture.  "Not that I was in love with
you.  That I thought I was gay.  Or bisexual.   I don't
know why I did it.  It just felt like the right thing to
do, you know?  I didn't know who else to go to."

Nick nodded.

"Anyway.  Lou wasn't very pleased, as you can probably
guess.  He told me that if anyone found out about this the
Backstreet Boys would be finished and it would be my fault.
He and Johnny decided I needed a girlfriend, fast.  I met
Leigh Anne and we hit it off right away and we were such
good friends and it just made sense that if I had to do
this I wanted to do it with her."

Nick took Brian's hand in his own and rubbed it softly.

"That was good enough for awhile.  Then Kevin decided to
get married and I was having a hard time hiding my feelings
for you and Lou was gone but he had scared me so much that
I couldn't just stop the game and Leigh was willing for
reasons of her own.  So we decided to get married too.  And
my mother was so happy.  You saw her."

Nick smiled and nodded.  Brian's mom had been ecstatic the
day of her son's wedding.

"But I never stopped loving you Nick.  Leigh Anne knows it.
She's always known.  I tried, but I couldn't stop.  And
then you announced to us all that you were gay and the
world suddenly seemed so full of possibilities.  All this
time I never, never thought that I had a chance with you.
I just-"

Nick squeezed Brian's hand tightly.  "You do. You have more
than a chance.  You always have."

"Nick-"

Nick leaned in and kissed Brian softly.  Brian gasped and
then moaned into the kiss, bringing his free hand up to
tangle in Nick's hair.  They kept the kiss chaste at first,
but then Brian began licking and nibbling on Nick's lower
lip and Nick made a small needy noise and his mouth opened
in invitation.  Brian thrust his tongue into Nick's mouth
and it seemed as though he was finally letting three years
of longing pour out in the most passionate hot kiss Nick
had ever experienced in his life.

Nick couldn't get enough of Brian.  He tasted so good, hot
like the whiskey they had been drinking, but with a
distinct flavor that Nick could only describe as...Brian.
He
licked and sucked at Brian's tongue, his lips, his teeth,
and suddenly the couch seemed too small and the bus too
warm and Brian was wearing way too many layers of clothing
and so was he.

Brian seemed to be thinking the same thing because he
pulled away from the kiss at that moment, and Nick
protested softly but then Brian was tugging him toward the
back of the bus, toward the bedroom, and Nick couldn't
believe they had wasted three years.  They could have been
doing this every night, every day.

Brian was removing his jacket, the one with the hole in the
shoulder that he love so much, and then it was on the floor
and Nick noticed that he was no longer wearing shoes and
then neither was Brian, but he couldn't remember when they
had taken them off.  He realized it didn't matter at all as
Brian approached him, smiling slyly and Nick hadn't known
that Brian could look so purposely sexual.  Brian was sweet
and innocent but not now, now Brian was hot and Nick hadn't
known that his hips could move like that.  Nick hadn't
known a lot of things.

Brian was the sexiest thing he had ever seen and when he
reached out and ran a hand up Nick's shirt, tweaking Nick's
left nipple, with that sly smile still on his face, Nick
thought he would come in his pants, right then.

Brian's other hand was up his shirt then, pushing it up and
over Nick's head and then it was on the floor with the
jacket and the shoes.  Nick felt suddenly extremely self-
conscious.

"Oh."  Brian gasped, surprised and he was looking at Nick
in awe and running his hands over Nick's chest as though
worshipping him and Nick wasn't worried about the extra
layer around his middle so much anymore, because obviously
Brian wasn't worried about it.

Nick wanted Brian to keep touching him.  Wanted Brian to
touch him all day.  But Brian was still wearing too many
clothes and so Nick pushed at him until Brian backed off
and Nick was able to get Brian's shirt over his head and
then it was his turn to worship and he ran his hands up
Brian's chest, lingering over the large scar there.  Nick
pushed Brian back towards the bed until the backs of
Brian's knees hit the edge and Brian fell back, grinning
lustily and pulling Nick down with him.

So that's how it's done, Nick thought.  Easy enough, and
then his lips claimed Brian's nipple, licking and pulling
slightly and Brian gasped and arched up into Nick and for
the first time Nick felt Brian's hardness and need rubbing
against his thigh and he moaned hungrily against Brian's
flesh.

Brian was talking now, or trying to talk.  "Need you...want
you so...ugh...bad."  Brian gasped as Nick's tongue thrust
into
his belly button and then Brian was pulling Nick back up
and kissing him forcefully and Nick felt Brian's hands
fumbling at the button of his jeans.

Brian was lightly kissing every inch of Nick's face
murmuring things like "waited so long" and "finally mine"
and he was having little luck with Nick's jeans so Nick
gently removed Brian's hands and took off his own jeans and
boxers, sighing with relief as his erection was freed from
the confines of his pants.  He cupped himself gently and
grunted at the stimulation and then started as he saw Brian
staring up at him with lust-filled eyes.

Nick smiled and gripped himself more firmly,

"You like this, Brian?"  Nick asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Yes," Brian whispered, almost inaudibly, and really it was
more a desperate moan than a whisper.

"I didn't hear you,"  Nick replied, rubbing and pulling
slightly, making himself moan and thrust in his hand, eyes
closed and mouth dropping open in ecstasy.

Brian's eyes widened.  "Nick."  He reached for Nick but
Nick dodged out of reach, standing by the door of the small
room.

"Nick, please."  Brian repeated, whimpering now and he laid
back on the bed and spread his legs thrusting up into the
air, both hands clutching the sheets, and Nick was on him
in an instant, through playing games.

The rest of Brian's clothes were tossed into the heap on
the floor and then Nick was breathing in Brian's scent, the
kinky hairs tickling his nose.  Brian thrust up again and
Nick placed two hands on his hips to keep him down.

Nick had been playing experienced sex toy, but this was all
as new to him as it was to Brian.  He had never been this
close to a guy's dick before and it was a fascinating
sight.  Brian's cock wasn't overly long, but it was thick
and engorged and a deep angry red.  It was oozing slightly
and Nick longed to taste it, to taste Brian.

He was allowed to taste Brian, Brian wanted him to, and
tentatively Nick licked at the tip, and Brian whimpered and
it was bitter and salty and Nick couldn't get enough,
licking all around the head, gripping the base of Brian's
cock with one hand and then running his tongue from the
base to the tip along the underside.

"Oh god, oh god."  Brian was squirming wildly on the bed.
Nick took the tip into his mouth, sucking hungrily and
Brian involuntarily tried to thrust deeper into Nick's
mouth. This was easier than Nick had thought it would be.
All he had to do was think about what he would like done to
him and then do it.  He rolled Brian's heavy balls in the
palm of his hand and took more of Brian into his mouth.
His hand squeezed gently and Brian came with a shout,
emptying his load into Nick's mouth.

Nick came without being touched.

He recovered quickly and kept sucking hungrily, swallowing
everything and licking Brian clean.

Nick crawled up beside Brian, who was breathing heavily and
watching Nick.  As soon as Nick was within reach Brian
grabbed him, kissing him, licking around inside Nick's
mouth.  Nick wondered if Brian could taste himself on Nick,
and thought he probably could and his cock jumped at the
thought.

Brian rolled onto Nick, and oh god, how could Brian be that
hard again, already?  He was trailing kisses carefully down
Nick's chest, licking at his adam's apple, his nipples,
even the hair beneath his arms, which Nick thought was
probably one of the hottest things anyone had ever done to
him.

Brian's hand found Nick's half-hard cock and stroked it
carefully causing Nick to cry out and thrust into Brian's
hand.  Brian looked at Nick and smiled, continuing to
stroke and watching as Nick's face contorted in ecstasy.

"You're so beautiful, Nick.  So beautiful."

Nick groaned in response.

Brian continued to kiss his way down Nick's body down his
hip to his legs, skirting past the area where Nick wanted
him most.  Nick's hands were tangled in Brian's hair and he
tried to guide Brian to where he wanted him to be, but
Brian resisted, kissing the backs of Nick's knees instead
and then Brian was lifting Nick's leg, bending it.

"What.  Brian -.   Oh.  Oh god, wow."

Brian was licking Nick's left foot, kissing the arches
tenderly and nuzzling them with his face.

So Brian really did have a foot fetish.

Holy shit, Brian was sucking his toes again, and that was
what had started all of this, and Nick couldn't believe how
good Brian was at this.  If this felt this good he couldn't
wait until Brian was sucking something else.  Brian had no
intention of leaving Nick's feet anytime soon, however.  He
dropped Nick's left foot and picked up the right, biting it
softly, sending thrills up through Nick's body.  Nick
closed his eyes and willed himself not to come.  He
couldn't come twice in one night without being touched.  He
couldn't.  He wouldn't allow Brian to send him over the
edge just by sucking on his toes.  He had to make it last.

It was too good.  Nick was going to have to try worshipping
Brian's feet next time.  Next time.  There would be a next
time.  He'd try it tomorrow.  They could do this everyday
now.  Brian said that he loved him.  Brian wanted him.
Forever.  "Brian."  Till death do us --.

Leigh Anne.  Nick didn't want to think about her now.  He
didn't understand Brian's relationship with her at all and
Brian was moving back up his right leg and Leigh Anne was
the last thing he wanted to think about.

Brian seemed to sense that Nick's thoughts had wandered and
then he was lying beside him stroking his cheek.

"Nick?"

"You're cheating on Leigh, Brian."

"No, Nick.  It's not like that.  We never...it was never.
There's only you, Nick.  I love you."

Nick was still confused.  But he believed Brian, he wanted
to believe Brian, and Brian loved him and then suddenly,
Brian's mouth was on his cock and he cried out.

"Oh god Brian.  I love you.  God, I love you."

Brian sucked harder and Nick knew he would lose control at
any second but then Brian's mouth was gone and Nick
whimpered helplessly at the loss.  His thighs were spread
and a pillow was placed beneath his hips and Nick didn't
have time to think about what was happening until he felt
something warm and wet pushing at him.

"Holy shit.  Oh, shit.  Don't stop."

He couldn't believe it.  He wouldn't even have dared, but
Brian was doing it and it must be good for him as well
because he was doing more than tentatively tasting.  And it
felt so good, not just nice, it felt incredibly hot and
Nick arched and tried to push himself closer.  Suddenly
Brian's warm pink tongue was pushing and entering him and
Nick whimpered and Brian was tongue-fucking him in earnest
now.  Nick could do nothing but try to thrust himself
further on to Brian's tongue.

"Please."  He gasped as Brian's tongue left him.  "Please,
no."  But then the tongue was replaced by a thin finger
entering him and Nick had never even done this to himself
and -

"Fuck!"

Nick cried out.

What was that?

"Shit.  Do that again."  Nick panted.  Brian had hit
something and Nick had never felt anything like it.  He
hadn't known anything could feel that good.

Brian pulled away and Nick felt empty.  He could feel his
muscles contracting, begging to be entered again.

"Brian, what-"  Nick sat up on his elbows to look at
Brian.

"Do you want to..."  Brian didn't finish the sentence but
he didn't have to.  Nick knew what he was asking.

"Yes.  I want you to do it." Nick spread his thighs in
invitation.

Brian looked at Nick hungrily and Nick thought he would
pick up where he left off but then Brian seemed to remember
something.

"Nick.  Do you have any...I don't want to hurt you.  Is
there
any lube?"

Nick's hand was on his own cock now, massaging gently.  "My
bag. The sink in the bathroom."

"I'll be right back.  And stop that.  Wait for me."  Brian
swatted Nick's hand away and ran up the small bus aisle and
into the tiny bathroom, returning with a small tube.

He leaned over Nick, kissing him gently and then suddenly
there were two fingers pushing in him, slick and wet, and
they were caressing and rubbing and bumping that delicious
spot over and over and then they were stretching him and
Nick was moaning wantonly and trying to push himself onto
them.  Deeper, he needed them deeper.

A third finger was added and Nick felt impossibly full and
he couldn't imagine that anything else could fit.  Three
fingers were perfect.  Oh god, Brian, don't stop.  He tried
to touch himself again but Brian removed his hand, holding
it against the sheets with his own.  This was torture.  It
was too much and he needed to come and if Brian would just
let him use his hand...Brian's fingers left him.

"Brian,"  Nick whimpered, lifting his hips, trying to
persuade Brian to continue what he had started.  But then
he felt something new at his opening and it was too big,
too large.  It would never fit.  Nick was about to protest
when he felt Brian's lips cover his own, Brian's tongue
fucking into his mouth and a pressure against him that made
him groan.  And then the head popped in and Nick cried out.
It hurt.  It hurt a lot, and there was no way the rest of
that was going to get inside him.

"Nick,"  Brian was kissing his closed eyelids, licking away
the stray tears that had escaped. "Nicky.  Baby, you've got
to relax.  I know it hurts, but it won't last, and then it
will feel wonderful.  I promise."

Nick tried to relax.  He didn't know why he should believe
Brian.  Brian had never done this before either, but the
pain was already diminishing and then Brian was pushing
slowly into him, pausing to give Nick time to adjust.  The
initial sharp pain was slowly replaced by a dull aching
pain tinged in pleasure as Brian sank completely into Nick.
Brian's cock felt so long inside of Nick, he felt filled
entirely, and Brian's balls were resting against his ass.

Brian waited, licking at Nick's mouth until he felt Nick
begin to move against him.  Then Brian slowly pulled out
and thrust back into Nick.  Nick gasped, crying out. It
felt so good. The pain was still there, but the pleasure
was greater, and the pain was just adding to the intensity,
until Nick was moaning incoherently with each of Brian's
thrusts.

"God, Brian.  Harder, please.  I need you.  Brian, more."

Brian complied thrusting more forcefully into Nick.  They
went on for several minutes, Brian never slowing down,
grunting loudly with each thrust, his face contorted in
passion.  Nick was gripping the sheets on the bed, trying
to keep quiet so that the bus driver didn't hear them, but
failing miserably.

"Shit, Nick, you're so tight."

Suddenly Brian pulled almost completely out of Nick,
slamming back in forcefully and Nick's world went black.
He threw his head back and screamed, arching his back and
shooting between himself and Brian.

"Nick.  Oh God.  You're so...I love you!"

Brian thrust into Nick once more, feeling Nick's muscles
contract around him, then emptied himself in Nick
collapsing atop him with a grunt.

They fell asleep that way, still connected and wrapped
around each other.

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Nick woke up with a start.  His entire body ached.  He
looked down and saw Brian nestled on his chest.  Nick
smiled.  Brian looked so peaceful.  He gently kissed
Brian's forehead, and Brian sighed and shifted a little.
Nick grimaced as he felt the dried stickiness on his
stomach.  He untangled himself from Brian and went to find
a damp washcloth.

The bus was still moving.  They must have stopped somewhere
during the middle of the night, but the driver had long
since woken up and they were probably almost to Albany by
now.  Nick had never been happier that his father had
decided that driving Nick's tour bus was not how he wanted
to spend his summer.   He grabbed a washcloth from his bag,
wiping himself off and then bringing it back to the bed
with him.  Brian was curled up in Nick's warm spot, snoring
softly.

Nick felt his heart swell as he watched his friend.  His
best friend.  His love.  His soul mate.

A phone started ringing from somewhere in the pile of
clothes strewn about the floor.  Nick rummaged through them
until he found Brian's cell phone.

"Hello?"

"Nick?"  Shit.  Leigh Anne.

"Um, hi Leigh."  Nick mumbled as he sat beside Brian on the
bed.

"Good morning, Nick.  Is Brian up?"  Leigh Anne sounded
incredibly cheerful.  It made Nick feel instantly guilty.

Nick glanced at Brian, who was looking up at him sleepily,
a blissful smile on his face.  "Yes, he's right here."
Nick handed the phone to Brian, frowning slightly.

"Hello?"  Brian asked.  "Leigh!  Good morning."

Brian sounded really happy to hear from his wife.  Nick
felt sick.  And suddenly very naked.  He stood up and began
collecting his clothes.

"I...Leigh! Calm down.  Let me talk!"  Nick picked up his
jeans and was looking for his underwear when he felt
Brian's eyes following him.  Brian reached out and pulled
Nick back to the bed with him.

"Yes, yes, all right? Are you happy?"  Brian was blushing
and pulling Nick into him, wrapping Nick into his arms.  He
held the phone away from him and kissed Nick's cheek
gently.

"Leigh.  No, come on.  You'll embarrass him.  No.  No."  He
rolled his eyes at Nick, who was still frowning slightly,
but gripping Brian tightly.  "Fine, Leigh Anne.  Fine.
Just a second."

He took the phone from his ear and tilted Nick's chin up
toward him, kissing his nose.  "She wants to talk to you,
love."

Nick stared at Brian.  Brian had just called him 'love'.
Surely Leigh Anne had heard.  He took the phone from Brian,
who was smiling reassuringly.

"Hi."  His voice caught and he cleared his throat
nervously.

"Nicky!" Leigh Anne practically squealed at him.  "I hear
you two finally got your act together.  Congratulations,
hon!  I'd really like to know the details, but Brian made
me promise not to ask you.  He doesn't want me to embarrass
you or chase you away."  Nick's mouth dropped open.  Leigh
Anne knew what they had done.  His face turned red.

Brian pushed Nick's jaw with a finger; gently closing his
gaping mouth and pressing a light kiss to Nick's lips.

"Anyway, Nick, I just wanted to let you know how happy I am
that Brian finally got the balls to tell you after all this
time.  What?"  Leigh Anne put the phone down and Nick could
hear girlish laughing in the background.  "I'm not asking
him that, Chris!  No!  Pervert."  Then louder, "Christina
is trying to get me to...ow! You pinched me! Witch.  Fine,
fine.  Nick?"

Nick tried to reply but no words came out.

"Nick, were you on top?"

"What?!"  Nick choked grabbing Brian tightly.

"Christina wants to know -" Brian grabbed the phone from
Nick.

"Leigh!  What are you doing to my baby?  You should see his
face!"  Nick blushed.  Brian had just called Nick his baby.
His baby.  Nick was his.  That made Brian Nick's.  Nick
wanted Brian to get off the phone.

"I'm not answering that!  Tell Chrissy to get her mind out
of the gutter.  I'm hanging up now.  I have more important
things to do than listen to you two!"

Brian laughed.  "Yes, like making love to Nick."  Nick's
mouth dropped open and his eyes widened.  Holy shit.  "Yes.
I intend to.  Goodbye, girls."

Brian hung up the phone and threw it back into the pile of
clothes on the floor.  He turned to Nick and laughed at the
shocked look on Nick's face.  He leaned in and kissed Nick,
licking into Nick's already open mouth.

"What?  I told you she knew.  Did you think I was lying to
you?"

Nick couldn't find the words to form a reply.  He gasped
when he felt Brian's hand grip his cock possessively.  It
immediately sprang to life in Brian's hand.  "Do you think
we have time?  How long until we get to Albany?"  Brian
asked as he massaged Nick's erection.

Nick moaned in reply.

"We can make it quick."

Nick arched his back.

Brian took Nick's foot in his hand. "Maybe not.  They'll
just have to wait until we're ready to leave this bed."

Nick whimpered in agreement as Brian licked along the soft
arch of his foot.