Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 00:22:24 -0800 (PST)
From: slpwriter <slpwriter@yahoo.com>
Subject: Nick Lachey: My Everything-66

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I'm back with another chapter of "My Everything."

Thanks for all of your support! Without it, I don't
think I could have written this story for this long.

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.

NEWSFLASH: To those of you who don't already know,
Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson, in real life, have
reconciled and are now husband and wife. I wish them
all the best with their marriage and hope they live a
long and happy life together.

If you want details about their wedding, check out the
98 Degrees Official Website at www.98degrees.com.


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
"Playing Doctor with 98 Degrees" by Brian
"This Gift" by Sprout

and finally:

"What I feel for you" by Thack.

"What I feel for you." is an awesome story and
Thack, himself deserves applause for all of his hard
work on it.

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

Enjoy.


Previously on "My Everything".....


Drew turned around and headed for the stairs. Jessica
stopped him.

"Obviously, you're not going to listen to me." She
said, looking petrified. "So, if you're really going
to do this, I hope you realize that you're destroying
alot more than just your bond with Nick."

Drew just shook his head, annoyed at how irrational
she was being. He brushed past her and headed upstairs
to his brother's room.

He found Nick, sitting on the bed, waiting for him.
Nick stood up as Drew entered.

"Alright, Drew, we're alone now." Nick said. "Now,
will you please tell me what's bothering you?"

Drew looked at Nick for what seemed like the longest
time and then he walked over to him and put his arms
around his big brother's shoulders, and hugged him
close.

Nick was a little surprised by Drew's sudden
affection, but he recovered quickly and hugged Drew
back strongly.

"I hope you realize that there's nothing you can't say
to me." Nick said, patting Drew's back. "Whatever is
bothering you, it can't be that bad. We can fix
whatever it is. I love you. You know that, right?"

Drew pulled back from their brotherly hug and looked
Nick right in the face. Nick could see that Drew was
very torn up about something.

"Drew, you're starting to scare me." Nick said, as he
put his hand on Drew's shoulder. He saw the tears that
were running down his little brother's face.

"I'm sorry, Nick." Drew said, as he walked by him. "I
don't mean to. But I have something to tell you.
Something I should have told you a long time ago."

"What is it, Drew?" Nick asked him. "I know you said
that you had alot on you mind earlier and that it
involves me. Is that what this is all about?"

"Yes." Drew said. "And it also involves Sean too."

"What does Sean have to do with this?" Nick asked
Drew.

Drew couldn't say anything more and turned around and
walked towards Nick's bedroom window and looked
outside.

"God, this is so hard." Drew said. "Nick, do you
remember last night when you asked me about what I'd
done to Sean?"

"Yeah." Nick said. "And you told me that you wanted to
wait until today to tell me and since we had alot to
do today, you haven't had a chance to tell me anything
until now."

"Right." Drew said, turning around to face Nick.
"You're going to hate me for this, Nick. Sean already
does and that's why he beat me up.

"He never told me much about that." Nick said,
thinking back to the day he saw Sean in Orlando. "Just
that you had hurt him somehow."

"Do you remember two years ago when you found out that
your marriage to Sean wasn't legal? and how the
minister was a fraud?" Drew suddenly asked Nick.

Nick was stunned to say the least that Drew was
bringing up that part of the past and all of sudden he
was getting a very uneasy feeling. He had a feeling
that whatever Drew was going to tell him, he was not
going to like at all.

"Yeah." Nick said, slowly. "Why are you bringing that
up now, after all of this time?"

Drew took a deep breath, and he prepared himself to
tell Nick the awful truth. The truth that could
forever alter their relationship.

"Because, I'm the one who's responsible for your
marriage to Sean, not being legal." Drew admitted. "I
paid off someone to act as a minister so you and Sean
wouldn't be legally married."

***********
CHAPTER 66
***********

IN NICK'S ROOM..............

No words could describe what Nick was feeling at that
very moment when he heard what Drew had told him.

"Did I hear you, right?" Nick asked, the expression on
his face, changing to hurt. "Tell me I didn't hear
what I think I did?"

Drew looked back at Nick and saw that he was starting
to look like he was going to have a panic attack or
something.

"I'm sorry, Nick." Drew whispered. "I wish I could,
but I can't. It's the truth. I paid off a man to act
as a minister so you and Sean couldn't be together
legally. And that is why Sean beat me up when he found
out the truth."

Nick's face crumpled. At first he looked like he was
going to cry, but then he was mad. He couldn't believe
what he was hearing: His own brother had betrayed him!

"So, let me get this straight." Nick said, raising his
hands, trying to calm himself of all the emotions that
were starting to overwhelm him. "You're telling me
that you, my little brother, whom I love more than
life, are responsible for destroying one of the most
memorable moments of my entire life? "And because of
you, I ended up throwing away the one man who loved
me, all because I thought that he couldn't be honest
with me? All because he couldn't tell me that our
marriage wasn't legal?"

Drew sniffed, and wiped at his eyes as he watched
Nick, closely. He knew that Nick was about to lose it.
But it hadn't registered yet.

"Oh, God!" Nick whispered, as his eyes welled up with
tears. "And here I thought that Sean had betrayed me
by lying."

Nick turned to look at Drew. As soon as he locked eyes
with his brother and saw the guilt written all over
his face, he couldn't contain himself any longer.

"AND INSTEAD, IT WAS YOU!!!!!!!!" He bellowed, just as
two tears fell down his face.

Drew hung his head in shame and put his head into his
hands. He knew that he'd done wrong and now he had to
deal with the consequences of his actions.

"HOW THE HELL COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME, DREW?!" Nick
screamed at him. "MY OWN FUCKING BROTHER OF ALL
PEOPLE! THE ONE PERSON I TRUSTED MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE
IN THIS WORLD!"

Drew looked up at Nick, as he tried to steady himself
so he could try to help Nick understand why he did
what he did.

"Nick, please." Drew said, raising his hands, hoping
Nick would calm down some. "Let me try to explain."

"OH, YOU'D BETTER EXPLAIN, LITTLE BROTHER!" Nick
shouted. "I WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU COULD DO SOMETHING
LIKE THAT TO YOUR OWN BROTHER! NOT TO MENTION, SEAN,
THE ONE MAN WHO WAS YOUR BEST FRIEND, BESIDES ME!"

Drew took a few steps towards Nick, but kept his
distance. He was afraid to step any closer to his
brother right now. He was afraid and had no idea what
Nick would do if he came any closer.

"Nick, please calm down." Drew said. "Nicole is
sleeping downstairs. You don't want to wake her up."

"FUCK YOU!" Nick screamed at him. "JESSICA WILL TAKE
CARE OF OUR DAUGHTER! RIGHT NOW, I WILL SCREAM AT YOU
AS LONG AND AS LOUD AS I WANT!"

Drew sighed heavily. Then he began.

"Nick, you have to understand that I was in love with
Sean." Drew said, as his eyes filled with tears. "I
still am. Even though, I was happy for you and Sean
the day of your wedding, I still wasn't ready to let
him go. I thought I was, but I was wrong. I was so
desperate not to lose him, that I listened to my heart
and not my head."

Nick calmed down a bit, enough to stop screaming at
Drew, but was still angry at him.

"That's no excuse, and you know it, Bro!" Nick said,
loudly. "You still went ahead and betrayed me anyway!"

Drew turned away and walked back to the window, unable
to look at his brother. The guilt he was feeling right
now was too intense for him.

Nick then wondered something.

"Who else knows about this?" He asked Drew, in a
quieter tone. "Just me, you, and Sean?"

"No." Drew said. "The rest of the guys, and Kandi,
know too."

He turned and looked at Nick and named the most
important person, as well.

"And Jessica." He finished.

Nick's eyes bulged.

"Jessica knew about this too?!"

*******************************************************
DOWNSTAIRS.................

"I think Drew just told Nick the truth." Jeff said,
from the couch. "I just heard him screaming just a
minute ago."

Jessica jumped up from her chair.

"That's it!" She said. "I'm going up there."

As she started to walked towards the stairs, Kandi
grabbed her arm. stopping her in her tracks.

"No, you're not, honey." Kandi said, calm, yet firmly.
"Drew wanted to speak to Nick alone and you're going
to have to respect his wishes. You don't need to get
yourself any more involved than you already are. It's
not going to help things."

"But, Nick is my husband, Kandi." Jessica said, as
Kandi let go of her arm. "I love him. And whether any
of us likes it or not, I'm already involved. I'm stuck
in the middle of this whole mess."

Jessica walked over to the playpen to look in on
Nicole. Luckily, she was still asleep. She had managed
to sleep through Nick's screaming. It wasn't as loud
as she thought it would be since they were both
upstairs in his room and the door was shut, which
helped some.

"A part of me wishes that Drew had never told us the
truth." Jessica said. Then she turned towards the
guys.

"Yet, you guys forced it out of him." She said, as the
first two tears started running down her face. "If you
hadn't have done that and left Drew alone, maybe none
of this would be happening right now! I wouldn't be
losing my family right now!"

"Whoa, Jessica! Hold on!" Justin said, turning to look
at her. "You're blaming us for this?! Why?! If you
should be blaming anyone, it should be Drew. He's the
one who started all of this."

"No, he didn't." Jessica said, angrily. "Sean did! He
just had to try to prove that he's a man by taking a
beating out on Drew's face! Well, what a creep! Drew
did not deserve that!"

"Maybe. Maybe not." Jeff said, trying to make Jessica
see reason. "But you can't blame Sean for this. It's
not fair!"

"Not fair?!" Jessica asked, in shock, like she'd just
been scolded. Now she was started to get mad.

"I'll tell you what's not fair." She said, loudly. "My
daughter is about to lose her family, all because of
one stupid secret that should have been left in the
past!"

"Shhh!" Everyone hissed loudly, looking over at Nicole
to see if she'd wake up.

Nicole stirred a little bit, but didn't awaken.
Jessica breathed a sigh of relief and took a moment to
calm down.

"As I was saying," She said, in a quieter tone. "There
was no need for Drew to tell Nick the truth. The only
reason he's doing it is so Nick doesn't hear it from
someone else. Like Sean!"

Everyone looked at her and could see that even though
she'd managed to be civil with Sean a few times, that
she still disliked him like noboby's business.

"I wish Sean had never come back into Nick's life!"
Jessica said. "All he's done since then, is cause
trouble for me and my family! After all Nick left town
for days and it was a miracle that he came back to me
and we found our way back to each other."

Jessica wiped at the remainder of her tears and
cleared them from her face.

"I almost lost everything before, but not this time!"
She continued. "Nick and I are going to stay together.
And I intend to make sure that happens! Whatever it
takes, I will not lose my husband to a disgusting,
man-eating, slut like Sean Perry!"

"Jessica!" Danny scolded her, keeping his voice low.
"That's my best friend you're talking about!"

"Yeah, Jessica." Jeff agreed. "And I'm curious. How
are you going to make sure that you don't lose Nick?
If Nick wants to be with Sean, he's going to be with
him and there's nothing any of us can do to stop him!"

"That's what you think." Jessica said. "But I know
differently.

*******************************************************
 UPSTAIRS...........

The more bombshells that Drew dropped, the more angry
and bitter Nick became. He had just learned that
Jessica had known about Drew's little secret and she
never said a word to him.

"Well, " Nick said, throwing his hands up in the air,
laughing a bit. But not happy laughter. "It looks like
you're not the only one with a secret huh?"

"Don't be mad at your wife, Bro." Drew said. "She just
found out the other day, before we knew you were
back."

Nick was silent for a moment. His thoughts were in a
whirl. He didn't know what to think or what to feel at
that particular moment. All he could feel was anger.
And it was directed at his brother.

"You know, she didn't want me to tell you any of
this?" Drew asked him.

Nick jerked his head around when he heard that. Every
confession from Drew was getting more and more
unbelieveable by the minute.

"She didn't?!" He asked in shock." What about the rest
of the guys?"

"The exact opposite." Drew said. "When they found out
what I'd done, they wanted me to tell you right away
when you came back home, which we didn't know at the
time when that would be."

"And then, when Sean called us and told us you were
coming home, they all convinced me to wait until today
to tell you, since they wanted you to enjoy your first
day back home and to have time with Jessica and Nicole
before you were told any of this."

Realization dawned on Nick's face at what Drew was
telling him. That's why they'd all looked so intense
last night.

"That's what you guys were talking about when you were
all huddled together in the kitchen." Nick said. "You
were talking about telling me right then, last night."

"Yes." Drew said, walking over to Nick. He stood
beside him, just a few feet away. "Jessica managed to
convince me to wait until today since you were so
exhausted from jetlag and you wanted to spend some
time with Nicole before you and Jessica went to bed."

Nick's eyes closed and the tears continued to fall
down his face, as the pain of his brother's betrayal,
continued to hack at his very soul.

"Yet, she was willing to keep this secret frome me
indefinitely if she had to." Nick said, still crying.
"And I would have gone on, believing that she would
always have been honest with me about everything."

Drew couldn't stand, seeing Nick in this turmoil. But
he knew that it was his fault. He had done the
unforgiveable. He knew that there was probably no way
to fix what he had done.

"Nick, Sean didn't want you to know about this secret
either." Drew said. "He knew more than anyone what I
stand to lose by telling you the truth. That our
relationship would be in jeopardy and he said he'd die
before he'd become between you and me."

"I can't believe this." Nick said. "Sean, too. He was
willing to lie to me too?"

Drew acted quick to prevent Nick from being angry at
Sean as well.

"Nick, Sean just thought that he was protecting you by
not saying anything." Drew said. "He respected your
marriage and he thought he was doing what was best for
our family. Not to mention our relationship, Bro. But
it was my decision to tell you the truth and own up to
what I've done and Sean didn't fight me on it."

Nick turned and frowned at Drew.

"Well, isn't that so noble of you?!" He said, angrily,
as he walked over to his dresser. As he did, his face
fell on something.

It was his wedding photo with Jessica, which was
framed and was sitting on the top of the dresser. He
picked it up and looked at it.

"2 years." He said, wiping at his eyes. "2 years of
marriage to a woman who I love and adore, only now to
find out that......."

Nick lost his composure and fell down onto the bed and
clutched the photo close.

"That I've been living a lie!" Nick finished.

Nick turned around and glared at Drew, in contempt.

"All because of you!" He said, as tears of anger
continued to run down his face.

"Nick, please!" Drew begged him. "Can you ever forgive
me? I love you."

When Nick heard that, he erupted without warning.

"DON'T YOU SAY THAT TO ME!!!!" He screamed at Drew.
"DON'T YOU DARE SAY THAT!!!!!"

Nick lunged at Drew and grabbed him by his shirt
collar. He then slammed Drew against the wall. He
started shaking Drew, violently, knocking him against
the wall each time, while continuing to shout at him.

"I HATE YOU, DREW! I HATE YOU SO MUCH!!! I COULD KILL
YOU!!!" I COULD JUST KILL YOU!!!!!!!!


"NICK, STOP!!!!!" Someone screamed.

Nick whirled around and saw Jessica standing in the
doorway. The guys were standing behind her.

They entered quickly and Justin walked over to Nick,
who still had his hands around Drew's shirt collar.

"Let go of your brother!" Justin said, firmly. "Now!"

Nick looked back at Drew and saw that he was scared.
With a gutteral growl, he jerked away from Drew,
releasing him.

Drew took that moment to get as far away from Nick as
he could. He walked over to the far side of the room,
near the window and sat down on the couch, Nick had
set up, and flung himself down on it, face first and
started sobbing into a pillow.

Nick watched his brother cry, unable to feel any
sympathy for him. He saw Jeff and Danny walk over to
the sofa. Jeff knelt down next to Drew. He started
running his hand, up and down Drew's back, offering
him comfort, while talking softly to him. Danny
watched from nearby.

Nick then turned back to Justin, who was watching him
closely.

"You're being a little too hard on Drew, don't you
think, buddy?" Justin asked, Nick.

"No, I don't." Nick said, angrily. "I've only just
begun!"

Kandi walked up next to Justin and put her hand to
Nick's face. She wiped away his tears and caressed his
cheek, lovingly, but not in a sexual way.

"We understand you're angry with him, Sweetheart." She
said, softly. "Hell, we all are. But you have to
understand that it took alot of guts and maturity for
Drew to come up these stairs and tell you the truth.
It's probably one of the hardest things he's ever had
to do. He's ready to accept responsibility for what
he's done. We know how much you mean to him. He loves
you like his last breath. You at least owe him a
chance to try to make it up to you."

Nick thought over what Kandi had said. He knew that
she was right about how hard it must have been for
Drew to tell him something so heartbreaking as what
Drew had done. But his anger overrode every other
emotion for him to even be rational.

"I owe him nothing!" Nick said, bitterly. "Besides, I
still haven't heard the whole story."

He turned to Drew, who was now sitting up and looking
at him. He was no longer crying. Danny and Jeff were
sitting on either side of him.

"So, little brother," Nick said to him. "How much did
you pay that minister to betray Sean and I?"

Drew didn't answer right away. His eyes shifted to the
floor.

"ANSWER ME!" Nick shouted.

"Twenty thousand dollars." Drew said, calmly. He was
watching Nick to see his reaction.

But by now, nothing Drew said shocked Nick anymore.
Nick just rolled his eyes and sighed in disgust.

"Of course." He said, angrily. "This from someone who
supposedly loves me? God, what a joke!"

Kandi decided that she didn't want to hear anymore.

"Jessica, I'm going back downstairs to keep an eye on
your daughter." She said to Jessica.

"Thanks, Kandi." Jessica said, as Kandi left the room.


Nick looked at Drew and his anger started to heat up
again.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Nick asked him.
"After all, you've had two years to think about it!"

"Why?" Drew asked him. "You decided you didn't want
Sean in your life anymore and later on you got married
again. To Jessica. And you were happy again. Why
should I have told you then? What would the point have
been?"

Nick was also annoyed that Drew wasn't thinking
clearly. He wondered just how stupid Drew was at that
moment.

"Honesty, Drew!" Nick said, loudly. "Doesn't that word
mean anything to you?!"

"Yes, Nick, it does." Drew said, getting up and
walking back over to his brother. "That's why I told
you the truth."

"He's right, baby." Jessica said, agreeing with him.
"Besides, some good came out of what Drew did."

Nick turned around and frowned at Jessica. He could
not believe what he was hearing. How could she stand
there and think that some good has come out of this?"

"What could have possibly come out of what Drew did,
that's good?" Nick asked her.

Jessica's mouth dropped open, in shock when she heard
him ask that question. The palm of her hand connected
with Nick's face in an emotional slap.

"What about me?! Our marriage?! Jessica asked, looking
really hurt. "And our precious little Nicole?!"

Nick looked back at Jessica and the look he gave her
would have made anyone want to disappear.

"My beautiful little girl is the only good thing
that's come out of this mess." Nick said to her. "But
do you want to know what my real mistake was?"

"What was that, Nick?" Danny asked him, wanting to
know.

Nick turned back to Jessica.

"It was ever believing that I could be happy with
you." He said, coldy.

Everyone gasped in horror when they heard him say
that. By this point now, Jessica was crying.

"Baby, you don't mean that!" Jessica sobbed. "Please,
tell me you didn't mean that?!"

"I still can't belive that you didn't want Drew to
tell me the truth." Nick said, the hurt evident on his
face. "So, right now, I'm not even sure I want to stay
married to you anymore."

"NO!" Jessica whimpered, sobbing hysterically.

Nick just looked at her, unable to continue. He was
too hurt to say anything else.

"Go downstairs and be with Nicole." He told her, his
voice monotone. "Right now, she's all you've got!"

Jessica's couldn't take anymore from Nick, so she ran
downstairs to be with Kandi and her daughter.

"Nick, how could you say that to her?" Jeff's voice
had anger in it. "That was cruel, even for you."

Nick looked at Jeff and saw the anger in his eyes. He
started to feel guilty.

"Right now, I don't know what to feel." Nick said.
"Will you, Danny, and Justin go downstairs and make
sure she's ok? I need to finish my conversation with
Drew."

Jeff, Danny, and Justin all looked at each other, then
back at Nick, and then at Drew. Drew nodded at them.

"It's alright." He said. "Nick's cooled down. We'll be
fine."

Drew looked back at Nick.

"Right, Nick?"

Nick looked back at Drew, the anger still on his face.


"Don't worry." He said. "I'm not going to waste my
time, dirtying my hands on you! You're scum!"

"Nick!" Justin said, sternly. "Give it a rest!"

Drew was hurt by his brother's insult, but he didn't
say anything.

"Alright, we're going down to check on Jessica." Jeff
said.

Justin and Danny walked out the door. Jeff followed.
Before he walked out, he turned back around towards
Nick and Drew.



 "You both be good." He warned them. "If I hear any
screaming, I'll be back up here like white on rice and
I will separate you two myself if I have to."

"We'll be fine, Jeff." Nick said, quietly. "Go."

Jeff looked at them one last time before he headed
downstairs. Nick and Drew were alone, once again.

"Can I ask you something, Drew?" Nick suddenly asked
him.

"What, Nick?" Drew asked, curious as to what his
brother was thinking.

Nick looked at Drew for a long time. The anger was
still there, but there was a little sadness as well.

"What the hell happened to you?" Nick asked him. "I
don't think I know you anymore."

Drew gasped a bit. He wasn't expecting Nick to say
that.

"Nick, please don't say that." Drew said. "What I did
was stupid, I know that. But, I do love you. I would
do anything for you."

Nick cocked an eyebrow as he listened to Drew. Now, he
was going to see if Drew really meant that.

"Anything?" He asked again.

"Yes, Nick." Drew said, walking up to Nick.
"Anything."

Nick thought it over for a few moments. Then, he came
up with the one thing that he wanted from Drew.


"Alright, Drew." He said. "I want you to pack up
whatever you need and get out of my house!"

Drew's eyes widened in shock. Nick was kicking him
out!

"Nick, No!" Drew said, shaking his head. "Please,
anything but that?"

"Sorry, bro." Nick said. "That's my answer for you. I
don't care where you go. To Mom and Dad's, to a hotel,
to Bermuda, I don't care! I just want you gone!"

Drew's eyes filled with tears. Nick wanted him to
leave the Lachey house. If that's what he wanted, Drew
was going to honor his wishes.

"Alright, Bro." He said, sadly. "If that's what you
want, I'll honor your wishes."

Nick looked at Drew, sadly.

"You know, I feel sorry for you." Nick said. "I feel
sorry for all of us." For you, and for me. And for Mom
and Dad, the guys, Kandi, Jessica, and our daughter."

Nick choked up and he couldn't go on.

"I feel sorry for all of us." He whimpered. "I gotta
get out of here!"

He grabbed his keys from off the dresser, wiping at
his face as his tears continued to fall.

When he'd gotten the rest of his things together, he
looked back up at Drew, who hung his head in shame.

"I don't know how I'm ever going to forgive you for
this." Nick said to him. "Maybe someday, I will."

Drew turned away, unable to look at his brother. He
knew what Nick was saying. Their relationship was
over. They would probably never be the same loving
brothers ever again. What he had done had destroyed
Nick and their brotherly bond forever.

"But I think," Nick continued. "That when it finally
sinks in what you've done, you're going to have a hard
time forgiving yourself. Good luck."

Drew walked towards the door to leave Nick's room. As
he started to pass by Nick, he grabbed him and hugged
him tightly.

At first, Nick resisted, but then he threw his arms
around his brother and hugged him tightly, as he began
to lose control of his emotions.

"I'm sorry, Nick!" Drew cried, as he sobbed into
Nick's chest. "Oh God, I'm so sorry!"

Nick also started crying as he held his brother close.

"So am, I." He said, trying to keep his voice steady.
"I'm sorry that this is going to be the last brotherly
hug that we share."

Drew looked up at Nick, as they pulled back. Drew
could see the pain in Nick's eyes.

"Why, Nick?" He wanted to know. But he had a feeling
that he knew what Nick was going to say.

"Because, you and I will never be friends again after
this." Nick told him. "Now go and pack up your
things."

Drew sobbed, as he turned around and started walking
out the door. As he did, Nick's voice rang out again.

"You are not my brother!"

Drew froze in his tracks when he heard that, but
didn't turn around.

"Not anymore." Nick finished.

Drew slowly turned around and looked into his
brother's eyes and what he saw there ripped at his
very core: Nick had meant those words.

"I understand." Drew said, his voice barely audible.

Those were his last words before he left Nick's room
and went into his to pack up his stuff to leave. He
shut Nick's door behind him.

Nick walked over to the dresser where his wedding
picture with Jessica was sitting. He looked at it for
a moment. Then his anger with Jessica came up again
and he threw the picture across the room. It hit the
wall and the glass shattered into a million pieces.

"Now, what do I do?" Nick asked, outloud. Just then,
he eyes fell onto the phone.

He grabbed it and dialed it. It started ringing and he
waited for a response.

"Hello?" He heard a familiar voice say.


"Sean, it's Nick." Nick said, into the phone. "We need
to talk."



To Be Continued........?


"Will Drew and Nick's relationship ever be the same
again?

"What about Nick and Jessica's marriage? Is it over
between them?

"What does Nick want to talk about with Sean? Will
they reunite?

Drew is kicked out of the house? What will he do?
Where will he go?"


"What happens next? Oh, if you only knew!"

Stay tuned.

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