Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 10:17:33 +0100 From: Sophie V Subject: Fate Will Gather Us Together: Chapter Four Author's note : That's it, chapter four. Thanks to everyone who read my story, and another thank to all people who send me feedback in addition! I LOVE YOU ALL! YOU'RE SO GREAT!! You know that thing: I don't know any of the BSB and I don't know their sexuality and yadi yadi yada.... Don't read if you aren't older enough to, and if you don't like homosexual stories... are you lost or stupid? I know that I like many stories but I can't help it! Anyway, I advise you these ones: "Nick and Brian", by JC Vascardi "Open Arms", by Carter "Because I love you", by Lucas Thompson "The Body Switch with Nick Carter" by Sher "The Project" by Adam "Any Path", all the sequels, and "Interludes" by Dara Lynn "Star Crossed" and "I Need You Tonight" by Jo Beth Hill "It's Gonna Be Me" by Jamie "Say my Name" by Jo Beth Hill and Colleen "BSB and 'NSync" by Mark J "Heaven in yours eyes" by Beck "Question of Faith" by Nathaniel O'Leary "Chances are" by Red "Josh and Just" by AJ Shukla "Just One Call" by Sarah "Tearing Up My Ass" by Rick Chasez "Kevin and Dustin" by Nick Moore "Little White Lies" by Elly Iles "Devotion" by Angel1313 "Calming Waters" by NCfan "The Real Nick" by Kevin Michael and "God Must Have Spent" by AJ B Be careful... my list will probably be longer;) You can also check out my other stories "Together Again" and "Porcelain"... to everyone who read them too, don't worry, I still write them. Remember that English isn't my first language! So sorry for the errors that I may did! Fate Will Gather Us Together Chapter Four By Sophie V. (wind_phoenix@hotmail.com) **************************************************************************** Rehearse went without so much problems, even if Gene looked disturbed. During it, Nick was sitting on a chair near the scene. He couldn't help but to watch Gene. He fascinated him, as well as for his talent than for his similarity. Mark, who was at the battery, saw that. He could tell that Gene like hypnotized Nick. "They looked so much to each other..." he thought. Nick couldn't help but wonder why Gene and him had the same faces and body. It was as if they were twins. "But it's impossible... I can't have a twin brother... Mom and Dad had never said anything about that... But still..." he thought as he continued to look at Gene. An hour later, at the end of the rehearse, Gene looked at where Nick was sitting and didn't see him. As much as he was relieved, he couldn't help but to be disappointed. After all, even if he was intimidated, he really wanted to know him. "Maybe it's better..." he thought. He placed a hand on his heart and sighed. "What did I feel?" "Hey Gene! What are you going to do, now? Denis, Fred and I are going to a club. Want to join us?" Said Mark. "Um... I think I'm gonna stay here... Just a few more thinks." Said Gene. "Oh, come on man, you can do that tomorrow!" said Denis. "No, I want to finish it today." Said Gene "Sorry but that's what I want to do!" "Alright..." said Mark. "We'll see you later!" "See ya!" said Gene before he went to his dressing room. He sighed, striped down his clothes and went in the shower. As he washed himself, he remembered everything that happened today. "I learn the musical lyrics, I saw Nick, I SAVE Nick and I met him." He put some shampoo in his hand and washed his hair. "That's a lot... and anything for me today..." After he finished washing himself, he went back to the room, naked, to take a towel. As he entered, his eyes widened opened as he saw Nick standing here. "Oh my god!" said Nick as he saw Gene naked. He blushed and turned away. "I... I'm sorry..." Gene blushed as well and quickly pulled a towel around his waist. "Sorry about that..." he said. He looked at Nick and saw only his back. "Don't be shy, Nick. It's okay." Said Gene sincerely. Nick turned around and looked at Gene. Now that Gene's hair were back to blond, it was as if he was looking at himself in a mirror... except for the well-muscular chest that Gene had. "If only I could have that..." he whispered as he stared at Gene's chest. He looked up at Gene and was met by a questioning face. "Sorry... I knocked on the door but since I heard nothing, I entered." Said Nick, a bit ashamed and his face still a bit red. "It's okay, Nick. I don't mind. Since you're the star, you can do what you want." Said Gene, smiling. Nick just giggled a little. "So... you wanted to see me?" asked Gene as he started to take some clothes from the couch. "Well... I wanted to thank you again for saving me." Said Nick "I'm just glad that you're alive." Said Gene. Nick smiled and said, shyly: "Um... And... I wanted to... know you better..." "That's kind. To tell you the true, I want to know you better too." Said Gene as he went behind a folding screen and started to dress. "I think I need to. You know... I never met someone who looked so much like me." "I feel the same way... I never thought that I would have a double like you." Nick said, giggling. Gene stepped out of the closet, smiling. He was wearing baggie blue jeans and a blue tee shirt. He went in front of the glass and combed his hair. "You dried your hair in blond?" asked Nick. "No... I'm naturally blond. But I like brown hair too. It's not like Fatima." Said Gene as he turned around to look at Nick. "Fatima? Our choreographer?" said Nick. "Yes. When she saw me at the airport, she called me Nick and said that blond is better for me than brown." Said Gene caused Nick to laugh. "I dried my hair in brown sometimes... but not very often." He said. "My best friend suggested it one time and so... I tried it." "You dry your hair because of your best friend? How cute!" said Gene while giggling, causing Nick to blush. "He's the best friend in the world! He meant so much to me... and we both liked it that way so it's fine. Anyway, I like my hair blond too." He said. "Yeah... I had a best friend me too... we were so closed than we could guessed what the other thought, we were always there for one another." Said Gene. "Why 'were'? You loosed contact?" asked Nick "He dead two years ago." Said Gene, a bit sad. "Oh god, I'm sorry! I shouldn't have ask that..." said Nick, a bit ashamed. "It's okay, Nick. Don't worry... I supposed you never had this experience." Said Gene as he walked toward him and put his hand on his shoulder. "Well... almost. My best friend had a surgery for his heart two years ago. I was truly afraid to loose him." Said Nick, a sad look on his face. "So, let's no talk about it, okay?" said Gene. Nick looked at Gene and smiled. "He's very kind." he thought. "So... I know we're at the same hotel. You'll go with me?" asked Nick hopeful. "Yes, sure. We'll know each other more." Said Gene as he and Nick exited the loge. Nick was happy. It was as if he found someone he always searched in his life. "He's special... I feel it..." he thought as the two boys made their way to the hotel. **************** "Since you're seven years old?!" said Nick as he and Gene entered in the hotel room. "Yes... I had my first guitar at my seventh birthday and that's how I learn." Said Gene. "That's cool..." said Nick as they sat on his bed. "I only started to play drums when I was fourteen. Do... um..." "Yeah, what?" said Gene. "Well... I was wondering if maybe you could teach me? I play guitar sometimes but I'm still not very good..." said Nick "But you know, if you don't want to, it's not a prob..." "I'll do, Nick." Said Gene, smiling. "I'll be glad to." "Thanks." Said Nick, smiling also. He looked at his watch and said: "Well... it's almost 8... how about we ordered room service?" "I can?" asked Gene. "Of, course! You're my guess." Said Nick as he walked to the phone. "Do you like pizza?" "I LOVE pizza!" said Gene, smiling. "Good!" said Nick as he dialed the number and waited for the answer. Gene looked at him and then at the TV. He switched it on, took the remote, and tried to find something to watch. "Nothing look good..." he whispered as he switched off the TV. Then Nick sat next to him. "Gonna be there in thirty minutes." Said Nick. "Good... nothing look good on TV." Said Gene. "Well... we can just talk? Just to know us better..." suggested Nick. "Why not?" said Gene as he got up and looked toward the window. "You know... I was always wondering when and where I could find the one that I would always love..." said Nick as he got up and walked toward him. "It's difficult to be in love and be sure it's the one." Said Gene "I know what you mean... did you ever been in love?" he asked. "Yes... a beautiful three years relationship... before the sea take him away from me." Said Gene, not realizing what he just said. "'Him'?!" said Nick, shocked. Gene looked at him and then realized what he just said. Nick had a shocked face. Gene felt his heart breaking. He had just ruined, or thought that he had ruined, what could have been a relationship with him... a new friend. He looked down as his feet as tears streamed down his face. "I... I'm sorry... I shouldn't have said anything... I go now." He said sadly as he walked toward the door. He was about to open the door when he felt Nick grabbing his arm. "Wait, Gene... I don't care if you're gay or bi... I want to be your friend." He said sincerely. Gene looked at him, questioning. "You... you mean you don't... hate me?" he asked in a small voice. "Of course not!" Nick said. He then hugged him "Don't worry..." "Thanks... you don't know how much it's mean to me..." he said as he started to sob. "Shh... don't cry..." said Nick. "I'm sorry... I had a few friends before... and they all let me down... when I said to them that I was bi..." he said as he started to cry harder. Nick let him sat on the bed and hugged him as he rubbed his back, a few tears streaming down his own face. "It's... why do I feel...?" he thought, confused, as he put his head on Gene's right shoulder, who were still crying. **************** Nick stroked Gene's hair, who was lying on the bed. He had stopped crying and felt better as Nick stroke his face and hair. "You want to talk about it?" asked Nick softly. "I don't want to bother you with that, Nick..." said Gene, looking in Nick's eyes. He saw Nick smiling a little. "It won't." said Nick "You can talk to me if you want..." Gene looked at the ceiling and sighed. "Well... I met him when I was ten years old... He was thirteen... I was walking in a park when I saw a ball going in a tree and him asking for some help... I proposed my help and we succeed to have the ball back... when I gave it to him, he was so happy and thanked me... after he asked me if he wanted to play with me... that's how we met." Nick nodded, listening. "His name was Jeff... We very quickly become best friends and at the age of fourteen, I fell in love with him." "You fell in love with your best friend?" said Nick, surprised. "Yeah... I know it's sound weird but it just happen." Said Gene. "I didn't say it's sound weird..." said Nick as he looked at his hands. Gene looked closely at him and saw that he was in deep thought. "Nick?" he said hesitantly. Nick came back to reality and looked at Gene. "You're okay?" asked Gene. "Yes... just thinking about something... don't worry about that." Said Nick, smiling. Gene just nodded. Yet, he felt that something was wrong with him. "How did you know that you were in love with Jeff?" asked Nick. "I think I just always know... But I remember that day when we were watching a movie at his house. His parents weren't there. I lay against him because I was tired and I feel my heart beating loudly... He didn't mind and he was even running his fingers in my hair. It was a so good feeling and I almost feel asleep... at the end of the movie, I was very tired and ready to fall asleep. I remembered that he carried me in his bed and kissed my forehead as he was saying good night... I was so happy... I think that's when I knew." said Gene. "What happen when he found out that you love him?" asked Nick "He didn't found out... A year later, he told me that he was gay and in love with me... I was shocked and so happy at that moment... but all he could see was shock... he burst into tears and begged me to not rejecting him because if he couldn't have me as a lover, he still wanted me as his best friend because he cared about me more than anything in the world." "And what did you do?" asked Nick "I took him in my arms and kissed him passionately and lovingly for a few minutes." Answered Gene. "Awww... so sweet..." said Nick, while giggling "I supposed he was surprised." "Sure. Even if he returned the kiss, when I stopped it, his eyes were still closed, his mouth slightly opened... he couldn't believed what had just happened and when he opened his eyes, he asked if he was dead and in heaven." Said Gene, smiling. Nick was smiling too. "That's how you started your relationship." He said. "Yeah... for three years... our families accept us so that was even better... it wasn't the case for my other friends who rejected us." said Gene looking at Nick. "I'll never reject you, Gene. For me, to be gay, bi, lesbian, or straight... there's no difference... except for the sexuality of course." said Nick, smiling. Gene smiled too. "Despite that, we were truly happy... Until it happen..." he said as his smile faded Nick saw that Gene was hurt. He sat him up and said: "You know... if you don't want to talk about it, it's fine for me..." "I have to... I don't know why, Nick, but in my heart, I know that if I told you, it will be better." Said Gene. Nick nodded and sat in front of him. "Two years ago, we decided to do a travel in the ocean. At this time, our families and us lived in California... we had our own boat that we bought about one mouth ago... well...we were in the ocean when we saw some big black clouds... we decided to turn back but we were far from the coast and the wind was strong... about less than one hour ago, there was a big storm... giant waves, strong wind and rain... we were in critical situation..." he said as he frowned. Nick put an arm around him as he continued. "We had called for help in our radio... about a few minutes later, a big wave had swept the boat which, fortunately, was still up... I clutched the mast just in time so I didn't fall... Jeff hadn't had this chance and I hear him screaming my name... I went as fast as I could to where he was... he would fall in the sea if I didn't take him back..." he said, a tear streaming down his face. Nick had a worried look on his face. "I was about to have him back... I was about to reach him... when another wave had hit us and had threw Jeff away in the sea... and me on the mast which knocked me out..." said Gene, a pain look on his face. "When I woke up... I was in hospital... the doctors told me that the help had found me near the broken mast of the boat, which derived toward the coast... When I ask for Jeff... they said that they didn't find him..." Gene was now crying. Nick pulled him in his arms as he continued. "They continued to search him... I was searching him too... the ocean, the state... no Jeff... I couldn't stop crying for months, I wanted to join him, I tried several times to kill myself but each times I failed... My family, Jeff's family... Everyone tried to help me and said that Jeff surely wants me to be happy and not to be in pain, that he was looking at him from where he was..." he moaned in pain. "He will always been in my heart... I don't know if I'll fall in love one day, again... but even if I do, I'll still love him..." Gene was now crying on Nick's shoulder, who was crying too. He could feel Gene's pain and it broke his heart. "Gene..." he said between tears, "I'm sure that he'll always love you... and one day you'll join him and you'll be together." Gene pulled away and rubbed his face. Nick did that too. "I know... I just hope that... if I'll find love again... it will be with someone like him... kind, so caring..." said Gene. "I'm sure you will..." said Nick. **************** 00:30 A.M "I swear it... thirty times in a six hours making love session..." said Gene as he finished a can beer. "Nah... that's impossible..." said Nick also drinking a can of beer. "I swear it! Jeff was a GOD in bed!" said Gene. "I always screamed his name like a fool when we had sex..." "Whoa! Can't wait to have sex with someone like that one day..." said Nick as he opened another can of beer and drank it. During several hours, Nick and Gene had never stopped talking about music, sports, girls, guys, and sex... while eating and drinking. Especially drinking. Nick had drunk six cans of beer and Gene four. Nick didn't like to drink alcohol but Gene suggested him to try the beer he asked after the pizza arrived. After he had tasted one can of this beer... he couldn't stop anymore. To say that they were drunk was true. "You never had sex with girls... that's strange for a bi guy." Said Nick. "Well... I'm attracted to girls but I never really wanted to do that... I preferred gay sex..." he said smiling at Nick. Nick giggled and burped, before saying: "Kissing is also different if it's a man?" asked Nick "Yeah... Girl's lips are soft and but I prefer a man's lips... better to me, you know..." Said Gene as he took another sip of beer. "I really wonder what it's look like... to kiss a man's lips." Said Nick. "You want to date a man?" asked Gene, curiously. "No... It's just that I always wondered what a man felt when he kissed another man." Said Nick, looking at Gene. "You want to know?" asked Gene. Nick just shrugged. "I'll help you." Said Gene as he took Nick in his arms and kissed him right on the lips. Nick, who was totally under alcohol's control, didn't move and just let Gene kissing him. Suddenly, Gene abruptly pulled away from Nick and looked at him in shock. Even if he was still a little drunk, he abruptly realized what he was doing. He had just kissed Nick. "Oh my god... I'm so sorry..." he said as he got up and rushed toward the door. "Gene... no... Wait..." said Nick, a little weakly. Gene turned away toward him just in time to see Nick fainting. "Nick? Oh my god, Nick!" screamed Gene as he rushed toward Nick. He just had to look to see that Nick was breathing and snoring a little. He had just feel asleep. Gene sighed in relief and took Nick on the bed. He carefully undressed him to his boxers and let Nick's shirt on him before he pulled him in bed. He called the service's room to take all the can of beer and the dishes they used to eat the pizza. About ten minutes later, the room was clean. Gene looked one more time at Nick, who was deeply asleep, then switched off the light and exited the room. "Good job, Gene." He thought sarcastically "Next time... BE CAREFUL WITH THE BEER!!!" As he went to his room, he couldn't help but felt uncomfortable and a bit sick because of the kiss. He entered in the room and saw that Mark wasn't there. "Probably still at a club with Fred and Denis..." he thought. As he closed the door of his room, he suddenly felt very sick and ran in the bathroom toward the toilet just in time to sick in it. After that, he and splashed his face. He was a bit pale. "Strange... what happen to me?" he said as he started to brush his teeth. After that, he went back in the room, stripped down his boxers and kept his shirt on as he went into his bed. He switched off the light and as he feel asleep, his last thoughts were: "God... He was more drunk than I was... I hope he won't remembered what happen..." **************************************************************************** I know that several of you aren't happy by what Gene did to Nick... just wait to see if Nick will remember that... As always... feedbacks are welcome! :) E-mail: wind_phoenix@hotmail.com (write FWGUT or the entire title) See ya! :)