Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 22:11:40 +0000
From: James
Subject: Boy Bands - On The Streets - Part 18

Firstly, I don't know the BSB, I don't know if they're gay or not, this
story is about Kevin from the BSB, I know he is married, and I am not
putting into doubt what I think and hope is probably a very happy marriage,
but as this story is all part of my imagination, it doesn't really make a
difference. Secondly, I am English, so if you don't understand something I
am saying, then you can blame it on the American corruption of the English
language, not me! And, if I make a mistake relating to America, then it is
because I've only ever been there once, and I don't know it well enough to
describe it accurately, sorry for any annoyances this may cause. Hope to
hear from lots of people, I love feedback, and I hope you like the chapter.

Sorry to any readers in Germany or Spain - I'm gonna have to miss out those
stages of the tour, this is taking too long, and I want to get back to the
US!!! Also, I know that Kevin's birthday is on October 3rd, but I am writing
that it is on November 3rd - as the story has already gone past October 3rd,
so sorry if I've upset any of you hardcore fans out there, but I want his
birthday to be November 3rd, and it's my story, so there!!! Oh yeah, and
thanks to all the people who told me the last chapter was good, I hope this
one lives up to expectations! Oh and finally, the author of JC's Hitchhiker
- you said that you read this story, and I just want to say that I think
your story is incredible, I really hope you start writing again soon!

Last Time:

	It was almost 12, and the bus had been driving for almost an hour. Kevin
and I were the only two up, and we were listening to soft music in the
kitchen as we sat there drinking coffee. The music changed to a slowbeat
song, and I could feel my eyes drooping. I was just about to say that we
should head to bed when I noticed that Kevin was now standing beside where I
was sitting in the booth.

	"Dance with me." He said.

	"What, here?" I asked.

	"Yeah. I really wanna dance with you Jared. Please?" I was only too happy
to oblige. I stood up, and we circled each others' waists in our arms. Our
hips started swaying slowly to the music. He kissed me on the lips, gently.
Then I rested my head down on his shoulder, and could feel myself drifting.
We carried on dancing for a couple of songs at least. The streetlights
outside intermittently illuminating the now dimly-lit kitchen. The darkness
trailed on as we drove through the night. Kevin and I eventually retired to
bed, having shared what I considered one of our most romantic experiences
ever.

Chapter 18

	We left France on October 12th and made our way to Germany. We had concerts
in Berlin, Bonn and Munich, which meant that most of our time was taken up
by travelling and doing quick rehearsals to keep up performances. It was
tiring to say the least, we only had one off day, which most of us spent
sleeping. Nick went sightseeing with one of the guards, while Kevin and I
remained snuggled up in bed: it had been raining most of the time we were
there. October in Germany - brrrr! I did get another couple of lessons in
with Nick - we took them in Kevin's and my room, sitting at the desk, and we
actually got most of the way through the Merchant of Venice. Kevin and I
spent every night snuggled up together, and we woke every morning to each
others' eyes. We had surprisingly little sex - I was actually starting to
miss it, and by the time we were due to leave Spain almost a week later, I
was horny as hell! We had given each other blowjobs once in two weeks! I had
this gorgeous hunk lying in bed with me every night, and I wasn't getting
any. Something was seriously wrong here. We arrived in Italy on October
23rd. Through Kevin's persuasion of management, we were there for 11 days,
and we had a few rest days.

***

	"You know, you really could do with a haircut Jared." We were lying in bed
on about our 8th day in Italy.

	"Oh...yeah, it is getting pretty long. I'll go and get a pair of scissors
and do it later." I started to doze back to sleep again.

	"What? You cut your own hair?"

	"Yeah, haircuts are expensive remember?"

	"But you can afford it now, besides, most of the staff get their hair cut
for free by the hair and make up people. Don't worry, we'll get your hair
cut nice." He grinned at me. I was tired for some reason, but decided to get
up and shower to shake it off. I dragged Kevin in with me - if I couldn't
stay in bed, nor could he. I had to admit, Kevin was right. I'd just been
tucking my hair behind my ears for almost a month now, and while it wasn't
quite as long as Kevin's hair, it was pretty damn long - the fringe reached
to my mouth if I allowed it to go forwards. You wouldn't believe the
problems it caused when Kevin and I slept with our heads together, talk
about tangles! After our shower, Kevin dragged me downstairs to one of the
crew's rooms. She was obviously already awake, and there was another crew
member in there with her. "Hey Stacey! Don't suppose we could get a haircut
for Jared here could we?" Kevin asked hopefully.

	"Hey Kev, sure, let me just lay out a mat so that we don't spill hair and
stuff everywhere, and we can get started. What type of haircut does he
want?" Why were they talking about me in the third person?

	"Oh, don't worry, I just need a trim or something. I was just gonna do it
myself until he suggested we come down and get you guys to do it."

	"Rubbish!" Kevin almost shouted. "Steph, Stacey, come here a sec will you?"
He pushed me down into one of the chairs in the room, and he dragged the two
women over to the other side, and they started whispering conspiratorially.

	"Hey! This is my hair! Don't you think I should get a say in what it looks
like?"

	"NO!" Came from all three of them at once. Finally they broke, and a chair
was positioned on a mat in the middle of the room. Stacey and Steph both set
to work on my hair, once Stacey had cut a section of it, Steph started to
style it. I carried on casting worried glances at Kevin, but he was always
smiling. As the girls took longer and longer, I started to get really
worried. They hadn't actually cut very much hair off at all, and that got me
even more worried. What could be taking them so damn long?

	"Done!" Steph finally shouted. Kevin stood up, with a big grin on his face.
I reached up my hand to touch my hair, to see how long it was, but Kevin
grabbed my hand and held it down.

	"Wait, you've got to see it in a mirror first." I was confused now, and
kinda worried. Kevin got a mirror and handed it to me face down. I took a
deep breath. I turned it over, and my hair looked...different.

	I had the same hair as Kevin had had when I first met him - I think he
called it cornrows. It looked like it was plaited, but tied to my head. I
reached up and touched my hair gently. It felt...weird. I don't know how to
describe the feeling, it felt like thick plaits, but parts of my head were
consequently left with no hair, so it was kinda strange feeling and looking.
I looked up at Kevin who had a bemused expression on his face. "What did you
do?" I asked him.

	"What? Don't you like it?" He questioned.

	"Well, it looked good on you...but..." I paused.

	"It looks great on you Jared, you look cool." He said. He came up to me and
put his arms around my waist. He kissed me gently on the lips then pulled
back and took a closer look at my hair. "It looks great." He said again.

	I shrugged and agreed to it, and thanked the girls who had done it. We
walked back up to our floor and made our way to our suite. As we walked
along the corridor to our suite, Kevin held my hand in his. We walked slowly
and really close to one another. He reached up and ran his hand over my
hair. "I really like it Jared, I'm glad you weren't too freaked out about
it."

	"I was, I just hid it well." I smiled back at him. Just then Nick poked his
head out of his suite. I heard voices coming from inside.

	"Hey guys! You coming to join...us...for...breakfa..." Nick's jaw dropped
open, his eyes were wide, and he stood aside as Kevin and I walked in. He
followed us into the living room. We saw all the guys sitting around eating.
A.J. and Howie sat on one couch, while Brian and a woman who I didn't know
sat on the other. Nick sat next to Howie when he came in. I was still
slightly behind Kevin, and they couldn't really see me. Kevin tugged on my
hand and I came into full view. Brian's orange juice came spewing out of his
mouth.

	"What...what happened to you?" A.J. asked.

	"Whoa! Jared, new do?" Howie questioned. Brian was trying to clean up his
mess while keeping from staring at me.

	"Hi Kevin!" The woman whose name I didn't know stood up.

	"Hey! Leighanne! When did you get here?" Kevin asked the woman who I still
didn't know.

	"Oh just this morning. Everyone was still asleep when I arrived."

	"Oh cool. Hey, I'd like you to meet Jared. He's my boyfriend." She looked
me up and down once, then came up to me and hugged me.

	"It's nice to meet you Jared. I've heard a lot about you from Brian. I
don't think we've been formally introduced though, I'm Leighanne, Brian's
wife." I nodded politely and said `Hello Leighanne'. She said to call her
`Leigh', as most people did. I nodded again.

	"Hey? Ok? Now, are you gonna explain what happened to the hair?" Nick
asked. I just smiled and motioned with my head towards Kevin. Nick looked at
Kevin with a raised eyebrow.

	"What? I thought he could do with an image change, so I got Steph and
Stacey to do it." He ran his hand over the top of my head, and wrapped his
arm around my neck so that he could pull me towards him to kiss the top of
my head.

	"Well, what did his hair look like before?" Leighanne asked with a confused
expression.

	"Well, it was kinda long, but droopy - it always got in the way of my eyes,
and..." Before I could finish, Kevin had fished out his wallet and was
showing Leighanne a picture from inside. She looked back and forward between
the two, from me to the picture and back again.

	"Wow! Big change." I was confused - Kevin had a picture of me in his
wallet? I took the wallet from Kevin, and looked at it. It was pretty dark,
the flash must not have been turned on, but it was a picture of Kevin
sitting next to me as we ate dinner with the guys one night in France. I
looked at Kevin with a confused expression on my face.

	"What? I got Nick to take it while we were in France. I wanted a picture of
both of us, and you seemed happy that night, so I thought it was a perfect
night to get a picture." He smiled and kissed me again.

	"You coulda just asked!" I smiled back at him. I ended up talking with
Leighanne separate from the guys, it turned out that she was a really nice,
open person who talked a lot about Brian, but also about all the guys and
how much she cared about them. She seemed happy that Kevin was with me, and
unlike Brian she didn't have any initial problems with us being gay, the
fact that Kevin was in theory married, or the fact that I was a prostitute.
Apparently Brian had spoken very highly of me. I was impressed. Around 12,
we decided to go downstairs and have lunch in the hotel restaurant. It was a
buffet again, nothing too fancy, and we just ate peacefully. Kevin started
playing footsie with me halfway through the meal. I thought I'd get back at
him by putting my foot in his crotch and rubbing around a little. He had sat
on the opposite side of the table to me, and now I knew why, so I lifted my
foot up and slipped off my shoe, then stretched it across so it was in
Kevin's lap. I kept an eye on his face, watching for his reaction. There was
none! He didn't even bat an eyelid.

	"Jared...Jared!...JARED!!!" I heard A.J. shouting.

	"What?" I asked suddenly.

	"As nice as your foot feels when it's rubbing my private parts, I think
we'd all appreciate it if you'd move it about two feet thatta way." And he
pointed to Kevin, who was sitting next to him.

	Suddenly the whole table started laughing, and I turned bright red. Oh my
god! I thought to myself, I can't believe I did that. Right at the lunch
table as well with like 7 people sitting around it. I looked up and saw
Kevin smirking at me. I tutted, then just joined in, it was embarrassing
enough, but hey, if you can't laugh at yourself? The guys, Leighanne and I
all bummed around for the rest of the afternoon. About 7 o'clock though,
Kevin pulled me back to our suite. He took me to the bedroom, and I was
starting to get excited, we hadn't done anything in a few days and I could
use the excitement! I saw two bags that looked like Dry-Cleaner's bags
hanging on the door of the wardrobe. He unzipped one and handed it to me.
Inside was a grey, three-piece suit with a Nehru style collar. It had a
white silk shirt, and Armani-style loose fitting trousers. "Wow! What's this
for?" I asked Kevin.

	"For you to wear tonight. The guys and Leighanne are all going out to some
smart restaurant, we can all go, but you needed some smart clothes to wear."
Kevin started changing. He was wearing a black version of my suite, though
it didn't have the Nehru collar, and the waistcoat was of a slightly
different cut. I changed too, and we met the guys outside. A limo was
waiting for us and we all climbed in. While I have never been particularly
attracted to women myself, when I saw Leighanne, my eyes almost bugged out
of my head! She looked incredible. She didn't look like some celebrities -
all tight fitting outfits, or very short outfits. She was showing off enough
of everything to give her a very sexy look without giving away too much. Her
legs were incredible, and her slim figure was set off perfectly in the just
off-white outfit she was wearing. We drove to the restaurant in near
silence.

	"What's the occasion then? Why are we all dressed up?" I asked. Kevin
snorted and shook his head and grinned.

	"Never mind Jared, you'll see when you get there." I sat back and the rest
of the ride went in silence. We arrived at a medium sized Italian
restaurant. We were taken to a back room, where there was a table set up
with seven chairs all around it. There was already food waiting on carts all
around, and once they had served our first course out, the waiters and all
the restaurant staff left.

	"So, is anyone gonna tell me what this is all about, I thought you said I'd
see when we got here!" I asked the table.

	"You really don't know do you man?" A.J. asked.

	"No, I don't know, now is someone gonna tell me?" I was getting really
confused. We hadn't dressed up like this since I'd met the guys so I was
presuming this was something pretty important.

	"Jared, do you know what the date is?" Kevin asked me.

	"Ummmmm, no, it's October 30th isn't it?"

	"No, it's November 1st." He answered.

	"You didn't...How did?...How...?" I asked realising what the significance
of today was.

	"Yeah...I did...Happy Birthday Jared." He reached over, placed a hand on my
knee and kissed me on the lips. I heard some clapping and catcalls coming
from around the table but I didn't care. This was the first birthday I'd had
in about 4 or 5 years, maybe even longer.

	"Thank you Kevin." I whispered as our lips parted. I could feel tears
coming to my eyes. "Thank you all you guys. This is incredible, hold on, but
how did you know?"

	"Don't you remember? I was going to give you the ring you're wearing for
your birthday, after I found out when it was, remember? I looked at your
file when you first filled it out." Kevin said with a smile on his face. I
shook my head with a smile on my face, and wiped the tears out my eyes. We
ate the meal that was put in front of us, Kevin held my hand for a lot of
the time, all I can say is it was lucky I'm left-handed - otherwise I would
have got nothing eaten. The food was great, we talked quietly among
ourselves, or in small groups. Brian was obviously happy that Leighanne was
there and had her ear for most of the meal. I looked at them happily. I
liked Brian, I realised I liked him a lot, and I was glad he was happy. I
saw Nick looking at me out of the corner of my eye and looked over at him.
He had been watching me watching Brian, and I saw a slightly...sad? look in
his eyes. Soon enough we were done, I couldn't remember the last time I ate
so much in one sitting.

	"Time for presents!" Nick shouted. All the other guys started laughing.

	"Huh?" I asked stupidly.

	"The guys have each got you something Jared." Kevin smiled at me. I didn't
really know what to say, these guys were so amazing. It really was
overwhelming, and as they started to hand me gift-wrapped presents, I knew I
had tears in my eyes. Nick gave me a DVD player, I was completely shocked -
I had never got such an expensive present from anyone before. I went to him
and kissed him on the cheek, and he had a big goofy grin on his face. Brian
had gone for the slightly more personal touch, and, knowing that I had lost
all my books when I stopped teaching, he gave me a huge collection of books
- classics and modern literature. I thanked him profusely, as I flipped the
pages in some of them...there was Shakespeare, and Poetry books, and Dickens
and Voltaire, everything it seemed that I had read while I was at
university. There was even a copy of the Bible. There was one book I didn't
recognise.

	"What's this? I've never read this one." I asked him.

	"It's one of my favourite books, it's the Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. I
really love the story. I just thought you might like it too."

	"Thank you Brian. I'll read it soon, thank you so much for al this." I
smiled at him and Leighanne. A.J.'s present came next. It was actually a
load of clothes. But when I say a load of clothes, I mean a truckload. I
think my wardrobe was actually bigger than A.J.'s now. All I could say was
'Wow'. I thanked A.J. as well and hugged him. Howie came next, and he handed
me an envelope. Now I knew that Howie was still not particularly comfortable
around me, but I didn't think that he would only get me a card while the
others all got me something...well more. It didn't seem like the sort of
thing anyone would do. I read the inside of the card:

	Jared, I'm sorry for the last few days or even weeks. I know I've probably
caused more trouble than I should have, and I'm really sorry. I do have
something for you, well for you and Kevin, but it's back at the hotel. I
also need to talk to you. Could we talk once we get back, and I'll give you
your gift then? Happy Birthday, Howie.

	I nodded over at Howie, and smiled at him. He made a slight smile back to
me, and I turned to Kevin. "Thank you Kevin. This has meant so much to me.
Thank you all of you. You have no idea how long it's been since I could
celebrate my birthday with friends. Thank you so much."

	"It's not over yet Jared, you've still got my present." Kevin answered, and
pulled up a silver-wrapped gift. It was weird shaped, and it felt soft. I
looked at Kevin with a confused expression and started ripping off the
paper. Once inside, I found a large white towel, and a small wash bag. I
turned to Kevin with a really confused expression on my face now. "Jared, I
know we've only known each other for just over a month, and I guess you
might need some explanation for this present. What I'm trying to say is that
when we get back to the US, well, would you consider living with me. I love
you Jared, I don't want to be apart from you, ever." I reached over and
hugged him hard to me. We both stood up, my arms still wrapped incredibly
tightly around his neck.

	"Think you can put up with me all the time?" I mumbled into his jacket
collar.

	"Course I can Jared, I love you." He answered back. "But I'm not gonna be
round for much longer if you don't relax your grip a bit!" He managed to
gasp out. I pulled back from him smiling and wiped my eyes.

	"I'd love to move in with you Kevin, I love you." Kevin grabbed my hand and
pulled me towards him again, where he kissed me passionately.

	"There's something else Jared." He said as he pulled away. "Look in the
wash bag." I opened up the small, black bag and started taking out the stuff
- toothbrush, flannel, razor, shaving cream, toothpaste. Then there was a
little soapbox which I took out and placed next to the other stuff, but as I
placed it down, I heard a noise inside, so I picked it up again and looked
inside. There was a bar of soap inside, but laid over the top of the soap
was a silver necklace, it was quite thick, and it was made up of a series of
bent chain link sections. It was really beautiful. Then on the end was a
intricate, woven pattern of metal. It didn't look like anything, but it was
so fine it looked like spider's web - a big bundle of it. He saw the look of
confusion on my face. "Look closely at it." Then I saw it - woven into the
mass of curvy metallic strands were the letters, K and J, woven inextricably
together. I almost started crying again, but I didn't. I reached over to
Kevin and kissed him again. He was so amazing, I couldn't believe that he
had put so much into this. I looked up at the other guys and they were all
looking at us with smiles on their faces.

	"Thank you." I whispered, my throat was all closed up as I tried to stop
myself from crying. We sat down again, and started talking quietly again.
This was the best birthday I had ever had. I still had to talk to Howie
though. I hoped he was ok now. I carried on flashing glances at him, but he
always seemed to be looking somewhere else. Finally it was time to go back
to the hotel. It was almost 1:00 am, and I was pretty tired as was everyone
else. When we got there, we were parked next to the tour buses.

	"Jared, could you hold on for a sec? Kevin, you could stay here too?" Howie
asked as nicely as he could. We both stood waiting for Howie. The other guys
went back into the hotel telling us they'd see us tomorrow. Howie stood and
then turned to us.

	"Jared, I want to say I'm sorry for everything I've done. I know I've been
a bastard about you being here. It wasn't right of me, and I should have
been thinking of Kevin, and how he felt, and how you felt, you're part of
this group too now, and I mucked up, so first I just want to ask you to
forgive me, but I'd also like to say thank you. You've been great since
we've started this tour, always there for us, and I love working in the gym
with you, you're the best trainer we've ever had. And, finally I want to say
thank you, for making Kevin so happy. Of all of us, he deserves it most. I
guess that's it, so Jared, hold on, I'll just get your present." Howie
disappeared between two of the buses. He came out again pushing a Vespa. I
couldn't believe it - he was giving me one of these for a birthday
present??? "I hope you like it, we can fit it into the hold of the tour bus,
so we can take it back to the US with us, and, well, I just hope you like
it, I can't think of anything more to say, except maybe to apologise and say
I'm sorry again, so, I'm gonna shut up now." He smiled. I went over to him
and hugged him.

	"It's ok Howie, I already forgave you, and thank you so much. This is a
great end to the best birthday I've ever had." Howie smiled back at me, then
handed me a keyring, with a key on the end of it.

	"There's a helmet in the under seat compartment." I nodded and took a seat
on it. I smiled up at Kevin, and he grinned back. I think he was happy to
see that Howie was ok with me now, and I was ok with him.

	"Hey Kevin, when's your birthday?" I asked him.

	"November 3rd." He replied.

	"What?! That's only two days away! Oh this isn't fair." I couldn't believe
I didn't realise or find out his birthday already. I had to go get him
something before his birthday.

	"Jared, it's ok, don't worry, having you here is the greatest gift I could
ever have, please don't worry about it." But I was worried. I wanted to give
back to Kevin half of what he had given me, but I knew I could never manage.
I doubt I could even afford one of the gifts the guys had given me.

	"Do you want a ride?" I asked him once I had thought over whether I could
go shopping for him. He grinned at me and hopped on the back. I started up
the bike and we started to do little circles around the parking lot. The
gate was shut, so we couldn't really go anywhere, but there was enough room
to manoeuvre a little. It was a sweet number - it handled really well, and
it had a smooth sounding engine. In the end, fatigue caught up with us, and
Kevin and Howie and I all went up to our rooms. I hugged Howie before
heading with Kevin back to his room. We were asleep almost before we hit the
bed - it had been a long day, and we were all tired.

***

	Ok, now you try shopping for a guy who has everything and you see how easy
it is. Then try doing this on a budget of a few hundred euros. I had earned
more than this working in the past month, but they couldn't sort it out so
that all the money was transferred onto the credit card I had. So I was
stuck with a few hundred euros, in Rome, not quite sure what to get him. I
thought about clothes, jewellery, some form of entertainment, but I couldn't
find anything. I was seriously contemplating giving up, when I saw something
which I knew he would love: a gift that matched him perfectly and which I
knew he would treasure. It was what I was going to get him, and I walked
into the tiny little shop.

***

	The next day I woke up early, Kevin was still asleep and I ordered some
room service. Today was a concert day, but we didn't have a rehearsal or
anything, so I thought he could lie in. The room service was delivered and I
put it on a tray, and placed it on the side of the bed where I had been
lying before, then I sat next to Kevin with my feet on the floor. I leant
down and kissed him on the lips. He started to wake up slowly, and saw me
through his thick, black fringe which hung over his eyes, and smiled
broadly.

	"Happy Birthday, Kevin." I said to him softly. He smiled back and wrapped
his arms around me, and kissed me again. I pulled back and pointed over to
the tray of food. He smiled again and reached over to pick it up. "Wait,
wait, I can't wait any longer. I got you something."

	"Jared, I told you, you didn't have to get anything for me. I know you
haven't got that much since you started working, and you don't want to spend
it on me!" He moaned at me. Then I picked up the box and handed it to him.
He cast me a doubtful glance, then started grinning as he ripped off the
packaging. Inside, he found a stack of papers. There were only about 10
papers or so, but it was what was on them that I hoped would excite him: it
was music. "What is it?" He asked.

	"I know you like Elton John, well, I hope you like this too. It's some of
his work, hand-written, it's his originals, and it's got his signature at
the top there." And I pointed. He started looking through them and as he
realised what it was, his eyes lit up.

	"Jared, this is great, it's amazing, how did you get these? I mean, they
must have cost you a fortune! And, this is just so cool!" He reached up and
hugged me. "Seriously though, they didn't cost too much did they?" He asked
looking into my eyes. I tried to look down at the food on the tray, but he
cupped my face in his hands. "Jared?"

	"Look, Kevin, I won't lie to you. They cost a lot, or what I would class as
a lot. But I want you to know that you mean more to me than money ever
could. I don't want money or things, I want you." I gave Kevin an uncertain
smile, hoping that he would drop it. He did, and we started to eat breakfast
together. Kevin's body was looking great. I had made sure he stuck to his
diet for weeks now, and this morning was one of the few mornings I let him
off. He had a full fry up, and munched away happily on the fried toast, the
bacon, eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms among other things. After breakfast, we
showered and I washed his hair for him. He had this continuous grin on his
face, so I thought I should get rid of that, so I went down on him and had
him cumming in a few short minutes. After the climax in the shower, Kevin
wanted to go back to bed, but I had promised Brian that I would bring Kevin
over as soon as we were done so that the guys could give Kevin their
presents for him. I forced Kevin to pull on some clothes and we crossed the
corridor to Brian's suite. All the other guys were just finishing off their
breakfast as we walked in. Brian hugged Kevin at the door and led him in.
The guys all hugged Kevin and started handing him gifts. Kevin had a grin on
his face like a three year old on Christmas morning. Nick gave him a new car
stereo which I thought was very cool, it had this really big screen on it.
Funny thing was that the instructions were all in German, so I ended up
translating some of it for Kevin, Nick should have probably checked that
first! A.J. gave Kevin - you guessed it - clothes. Howie gave Kevin a
keyboard which looked really advanced, but it was small enough to carry
around in a shoulder bag, and Kevin seemed really pleased with that. Finally
Brian stood and walked over to Kevin. He handed him a small box.

	"Ok, this is the first part of my present to you." Brian said with a smile.
Kevin ripped open the box and inside was one of those palmtop computer
things. I still couldn't get the hang of computers.

	"Thanks Brian." Kevin said with a smile on his face.

	"That's not all of it. Read what the screen says." Kevin opened up the top
and on the screen it said: Look in the second bedroom. Kevin looked up at
Brian with confusion on his face. That's when I realised that Brian's suite
wasn't quite the same as Kevin's: it had two main bedrooms in it. Kevin got
up and walked across to the door, and swung it open. Inside stood a tall,
statuesque blonde woman. A smile crept across Kevin's face.

	"Kristin!" He swept her up into his arms and spun her around and around.
Kristin suddenly let out a yell.

	"Kevin! Put me down!" She said in a half-serious, half-joke yell. He
lowered her to the floor. "Thank you. Now I think you've got something to
explain to your wife!" And with that she looked across the room to me...

To Be Continued...
End of Part 18