Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 00:26:56 +0200 From: Sophie V Subject: Together Again: Chapter Seven Author's note: Okay, I'll DEFINITELY stop swearing that I'll post a chapter on a precise day. It didn't work one more time. ::sigh:: Anyway, the chapter seven is here! :) Any suggestions and comments (bad or good) will be appreciated. I promise that EVERY message will have an answer, sooner or later, I swear it! This story is a romance story, so to everyone, who only wanted to see sex and only sex, you have to leave! If you're against gay story so why are you here?? To everyone who isn't older enough to read this type of story or/and don't like it, please leave. I do not know any of the Backstreet Boys and their managers; this story doesn't imply the sexuality of any member of the group, especially Nick Carter and Brian Littrel. Check these stories which I really like: "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", and all the sequels, and "Interludes" by Dara Lynn "Star Crossed", "Sucks to Be You" 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 "Heaven in yours eyes" by Beck "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 "Calming Waters" by NCfan "Devotion" by Angel1313 "The Real Nick" by Kevin Michael "God Must Have Spent" by AJ B. "It's A Wonderful Life" by Angel36745 "Secrets", "Hands Of Time", "The Call" and "The Shadow's Riddle" by Kit. She had also written another one with Lum called "Through Another's Eyes". Check it out. It's good! "Shape Of My Heart" by MJ "Loneliness Knows Me By Name" by Cody "Before The Storm" by Gking "Blood Angel" by Nathan Wolf and "Backstreets" from Nike (go and see his great site too! www.geocities.com/writer_nike/) Check out my other stories "Fate Will Gather Us Together", the series "Porcelain", "The Snow Will Be There", "Whispering Wind", "Happy Birthday" and "Earth, Win, Sun". English isn't my first language so forgive me for all the errors (grammar...). So, here's the chapter six... Together Again Chapter Seven By Sophie (wind_phoenix@hotmail.com, wind_angel@myplace.com) **************************************************************************** "Dad... why are you doing that?" asked Nick in a weak voice as his parents pulled the car in the parking lot of the airport. "Look, this is the third time you asked that!" he said, "It's for your own life!" "But what the hell do you mean?!" screamed Nick "I have a life with Brian! Bring me back to him!" His father turned around and slapped him on the face. John's eyes burned with anger because of that, but he knew he couldn't do anything. "Listen, you come back with us and you won't go back to him! I don't want to see him with you again!" "It's gonna be difficult, there're also in their group." said his mother "What will do about it?" "We'll see later." he said as they opened the door. "Took the tissues and the dark glasses, darling." His mother took them and opened the backdoor. Nick just sat there, looking miserable. All he wanted to do was to run away and found Brian. But without seeing, it would be impossible. "Come on." she said as she made him face her. As Nick's father took the luggage from the trunk, she wiped Nick's tears with the tissues and put the dark glasses on his eyes. "You're gonna wear them, so that nobody will see your eyes. And don't cry or scream or you'll have problems, you understand?" she said, sternly. Nick just nodded. "How can they do that to him?!" said John angrily "They're ruining his life! And Brian's one!" Sighing, he followed them in the airport. While Nick's father was caring their luggage, his mother was guiding him in the airport. "Flight 834 for Los Angeles, boarding at door 11." said the speaker. "It's our flight. Just in time." said Nick's father, smiling. They walked toward the door and after a few minutes, they were in the plane. They walked in it and Nick's mother made him sat in a place beside her, beside a window. Nick said nothing, letting her guiding him. "Here we go." she said, smiling "Back to your family." Nick said nothing. He wasn't even smiling. "Not surprise here." said John, sitting in front of him. "You'll see Nick, that your father and I are right." she said softly "You'll see that you made a mistake." "I know what I do." said Nick. His mother sighed and fastened her belt and Nick's one. "You'll see, nick. You just need time." she said, sighing. "He just needs Brian, you old sorcerer." grumbled John. If he could act on this time, he would have knocked out Nick's parents and took him back to Brian. "I doubt that, this time, Scott would be upset at me if I could do that." he said, looking out the window. "How is he?" asked AJ as Kevin came back in Brian's living room. "Very bad." he said sadly "He fell asleep while crying." "I understand that... god, why can't they accept them?" said Howie "There's nothing wrong about being in love!" "But they thought that to love a guy IS wrong." sad Kevin "What a pity..." "We can't stay here while they're both totally broken!" said AJ "We must do something!" "And what, AJ? To go to Nick's parents house and to take him away from them?" said Kevin, also angry. "It won't work. Nick is their son and we're only his friends. We have no right. And remember that Nick is only 20. He's still not legal." AJ just looked at him and nodded. After all, he was right. Scott, sitting next to them sighed deeply. "I think I understand why they broke up." he whispered "So I guess that there's nothing to do." He got up and walked up the stairs toward Brian's room. He entered and found that Brian was awake. He was lying on his bed, staring at the ceiling, tears streaming down his face. "Nicky, my baby..." he whispered, sniffling. To hear and see that broke Scott's heart. He wanted to go and hug Brian, telling him that everything would be okay and that Nick would come back. But he knew that he couldn't... and beside, he was sure it would be a lie. Brian rolled on his right side and took from the bedside table a picture of him and Nick took in 1998. They were in Nick's pool, and Nick was sitting on Brian's shoulders, both were smiling. "Nick, I want you... Please, baby, be okay... I love you..." he whispered, looking at the picture. He kissed it, put it back on the table and turned around. Then, he took a pillow, brought it to his face and cried harder in it. Scott looked at him for a few moments and walked out of the room, knowing that he couldn't do anything. "If only we could influence the past..." he thought sadly, as he walked back in the living room. Much later... "Here we are! Our house's family, Nick. Miss it?" said Nick's father as he parked their car in the garage. Nick said nothing, thinking desperately at Brian. His parents sighed, slight annoyed, and exited the car. Like in the airport, Nick's mother guided him toward the house while his father carried the luggage. "Nice house." said John, smiling a little. "It looks like our grandma's one." He followed them inside the house and while Nick's mother guided him in his room, he walked in the living room, wanting to know the house a bit better. He was a bit surprised to see a young boy, who looked 12-13 years old looking at the TV. As he looked at him better, he saw that he really looked like Nick younger. "I guess he must be Aaron, his little brother." Then the young boy looked in his direction, smiling. John was confused, thinking that he saw him, but then he saw him walking out the room saying: "Dad! You come back!" "Hey, Aaron. How are you?" "Fine. The girls are out in town, so I'm alone for the moment. Where's mom?" "Upstairs, with Nick." "Nick is here also?!" he said happily "I'm gonna join him!" Before his father could say anything else, Aaron ran up the stairs, John running after him. They both entered in a room, seeing Nick sitting on his bed while his mother was about to walked out of the room. "Nick!" he said, happily as he ran and hugged him tightly "I miss you, bro!" Hearing and feeling his little brother, Nick quickly hugged him and buried his head in his shoulder, not wanting his mother to see his sad face. John looked at Nick's mother, who just exited the room and closed the door. After a few moments, Aaron stopped hugging him, feeling him tensing. "Hey, man, something is wrong?" he asked. He lifted Nick's head by the chin and gasped as he saw his eyes. There a mix of white and red and his blue iris were very pale. "Nick, what happened?" he asked worried. Nick couldn't hold it any longer and burst into tears, crying his heart out. Aaron was now very confused but immediately hugged him tightly. "Shh, Nick, I'm here, don't worry." he said softly. It was a bit strange to him because usually, it was Nick who comforted him. Now it was the contrary. "Mom and dad ruined me, Aaron. They're ruining my life." Nick sobbed. "What do you mean? You know that mom and dad want us to be happy." "Not me! They took me away from my love one! They couldn't accept who I am!" "What? What do you mean?" he asked, confused. Nick was hesitant to admit it. He feared that his brother wouldn't accept him, but he didn't want to keep things from him. "I'm gay, Aaron." he said, sniffling. Aaron said nothing for a moment, trying to understand what Nick just said. His big brother was gay?! "I never saw him looking at guys, before." he thought, shocked and confused. "Something happened, but what?" "I'm sorry, Aaron." said Nick as he pulled away "You had always looked at me like a model... but I'm not who you think I am anymore. Our parents didn't accept me and will probably leave me, and you too, I suppose." "No, you're wrong." said Aaron softly. "What?" said Nick in a small voice. "I'm still here." said Aaron, smiling "You don't have to worry about me. I'll never leave you Nick. I love you, you're my big brother and nothing will ever change that. I don't care that you're gay." Nick looked shocked for a moment and Aaron pulled him in another hug. Aaron's voice sounded sincere and his touch also. He restarted to cry and hugged tightly for dear life. John looked at both of them and smiled, a tear of happiness streaming down his face. "They're so cute... it reminds me when I said to Scott that I like guys also." Thinking about Scott, he looked worried out the window. He knew he must be worried sick about him. "I hope he's okay too... I wonder how is Brian..." he whispered. He sighed and looked at the floor. "Surely heart broken..." he whispered. "There's nothing else to do." said Kevin. "I can't wait so long." said Brian "I want him here, now!" "Believe us, Brian, we really want to." said Howie "But Kevin is right. It would be better if we wait 'til Nick is cured." "Five days without him..." said Brian "I don't know if I can..." "Come on, Brian, it's only five days." said Kevin "Then, the management will call them to ask when he'll come back for the photo shoot of the next album." "I hope soon... I can't wait too long." said Brian, wiping some tears. "If I don't see him in one week, I'm gonna be crazy!" "You're sure have it bad for him." said AJ. "I love him so much, AJ... I don't want to live without him!" "Brian, don't speak like that." said Kevin, trying to calm him down. "No, I want Nick! I need Nick!" screamed Brian "I won't live with anyone but him!" Kevin hugged him as he buried his head in his shoulder, crying. AJ and Howie looked at each other, helpless. They wished they could do something, but as they defended Nick and Brian when Nick's parents went to take him away, they knew that they'd refuse to speak to them. "Think positive, perhaps it's not like that... perhaps they broke up because of something else." said Scott to himself. He hated what happened. Even if it was a gay couple, he hated to see two peoples in love being separated because of parents. "Sounds like this old play... Romeo and Juliet or something like that... Except that Brian's family is okay with that... well, his mother, at least..." he thought. He wasn't sure of what to do next. He wanted to find John now. "Of course!" he said, smiling "Our phone! It probably worked!" He looked at his watch and switched off the phone. Unfortunately, he saw on the screen: 'Battery: O%' "Shit!" he said angrily "Just my luck!" "Shit! Really no luck!" said John as he saw that he couldn't join Scott. He sighed, switched it off, and looked at Nick and Aaron who was still talking, sitting on the bed. "You know everything, now, AC." said Nick "Wow." said Aaron, amazed "What a crazy story." "Yeah, I know." said Nick, sadly "A crazy one that has a sad end." "No, perhaps no." said Aaron "Once you'll see again, you can leave and join Brian. "I can't!" said nick "They said that they wanted me to stay with them, even after my operation. They're gonna stay at the house, so that they'll be sure that I won't run away." "And your balcony?" said Aaron as he got up "You'll open the glass door, I'll give you a rope and then you'll go!" As he tried to open the glass door, he saw that there was no handle. He looked and saw that that it could only be opened from outside. "Shit, we can only open it from outside!" he said, "Mine isn't like that." "Why is it impossible to open it from inside?" asked Nick. "There's no handle... only one outside." said Aaron, sighing. Nick sighed also and lay back on the bed. "I don't have luck." he whispered. "Of course, you can go in my room!" Aaron said. "You'll run away from my room." "But mom and dad will see that you help me." said Nick. "Nope if I pretend that I went in the bathroom while you entered in my room." said Aaron. "Yeah, it can work." "It will be a risk, but I'll try." said Nick, smiling a little "Thanks a lot Aaron... I'm so lucky to have you." "What would you do without me?" said Aaron, smiling, as they both laughed. John smiled, happy that Nick felt better. But then, he saw that Nick abruptly stopped, a sad looked on his face. "What's wrong?" asked Aaron, worried "I said something wrong?" "No, it's just that I miss him so much... I want to hear his voice..." Aaron thought for a moment and smiled as he saw the phone on the desk of the room. "There's a phone here." said Aaron as he pulled off his brother out of bed and guided him to the phone. "Can you do the number for me?" said Nick. "Of course." said Aaron. Nick said to him the number of Brian's cell phone and Aaron did it. Then, he gave him the phone. "Thanks. Now, go to your room. If mom or dad saw that I'm calling, it'd be better if you go in your room. They'll probably think it's you who help me and they won't be happy." said Nick to his brother. Aaron hesitated for a minute and finally walked out of the room, leaving him alone. First ring. Nick waited, anxious, his heart beating loudly. Second ring. Third ring. He really started to be worried. There was still no answer. Fourth ring. As he was about to give up, he heard a click and someone talking. "Hello?" Nick almost cried at the voice. It was as if he hadn't heard this voice since forever. "Brian..." he said, weakly. "Nick?! Oh my god, Nick, where are you?! How are you?! God, I miss you so much!" "I know Brian, I miss you so bad too..." said Nick, tears streaming down his face. "God, I want to be with you." "Sweetie..." Brian's voice was weak also. Nick could tell he was crying also "We'll be together, I promise. I don't want you to be alone..." Nick sniffled, feeling bad. What if his parents prevent them to? "Brian, I'm not alone... Aaron is here. I told him everything that happened and he's totally on my side. He helped me to plan something after my operation." "Really?" "Yeah..." "Your brother is a so lovely boy." said Brian as Nick smiled a little through his tears "What did you plan?" "I'll run away and I'll join you in Florida." "No sweetie, your parents will prevent you. And beside, you'll need money. They didn't take your luggage." "Ah yeah, that's right." said Nick, sighing "I'll try to find something..." "Or I... Yeah! I'll go and find you and we'll run away together!" "Really?" "Yes, really. We'll go to Hawaii together in a private house and we'll never leave each other side!" "Yes, together forever." said Nick, smiling. "I doubt that." Nick turned around, recognizing his father's voice. "Dad?!" he said, shocked. "Why are you here?!" "I wanted to take you for dinner... So for what I heard you want to run away with your fag, I doubt that!" he said angrily "You're not a fag, Nick, you're destined to be with a woman!" "No! I'm destined to be with Brian!" said Nick. John stayed here, shocked, not knowing what to do. He knew that Brian had heard that too. "Nick? Nick?" said Brian, very worried. Nick quickly said in the phone: "Brian! I love you! I love you! We're gonna be together, my lo..." before Nick's dad took the phone from Nick's hand and switched it off. He put it on the desk and slapped him. "You'll change your mind and fast!" he said as he took the phone and exited the room. Nick sat here, holding his cheek. He had slapped him three times today. And still on the left cheek. It was really hurting. "Why they can't accept me?" he said, starting to cry again. A few moments later, Aaron entered in the room. "What was that noi... Oh my god! What happened, Nick?!" he said as he saw him on the floor, crying. He quickly went beside him and helped him to get up. "Dad found me talking to Brian, so he slapped me and took the phone away." said Nick as Aaron helped him to sit on the bed. "Shit... what are you gonna do?" asked Aaron. Nick said nothing for a moment, just thinking. Then he nodded and said: "I'll wait 'til Brian comes here." Brian sat here, his phone in his hand. He knew what had must happened. He had heard Nick's father. Scott, who was here with him, heard everything also. "Oh god, Nick..." he whispered sadly, looking at the phone. Then, he saw Kevin, Howie and AJ entering in his room. "What happened?" said Kevin "We heard you screaming." "Nick called." said Brian. "What?!" they all said. "How is he?" asked Howie. "Fine, I guess, but his parents are rude. His father screamed at him when he saw that he was talking to me." "Oh no... I hope the kid is okay..." said AJ, worried. "Speaking of kid, Nick had someone on his side. Aaron understood his problems and totally support him." "Really? Aaron is with him?" said Kevin. "Hey, he's smart the little guy." said Howie. Brian nodded, got up and walked toward a closet. "What are you doing?" asked Kevin as Brian took a bag from it. "I'm leaving for Los Angeles." he said as he opened another closet and took some clothes. "What?! Brian, you can't find Nick now!" said AJ. "I'll stay at a hotel and then I'll try to go to him after the operation." said Brian "I said that I'll join him and that we'll run away together." The others wanted to protest but they knew that Brian made a decision and that he wasn't going to change it. A few hours later, everything was planned. He had reserved a place for the next plane for Los Angeles, he reserved a room in an hotel not too far from the hospital where Nick must have his operation and his luggage were ready. "I'm leaving now." he said. "I'm go with you at the airport." said Kevin. "Me too." said both AJ and Howie. Brian nodded and they all exited the house, with Scott following them. They arrived at the airport and as they entered, they heard that Brian's flight called all the passengers at the door 4. "Guess, I must go." said Brian. Kevin nodded and hugged his cousin tightly. "Good bye, Brian... and good luck. I hope everything will be okay." he said. "I hope so, cuz. Thanks." said Brian. He released him and AJ hugged him also. "Be very careful and called if you had a problem, okay?" "Okay." said Brian. Then, Howie hugged him. "Well, it's the same for me. I hope that everything will be okay. I'll pray for you and Nick, man." he said. "Thanks Howie." he said as he broke the hug. He said good bye and walked toward the door 4 with Scott, who was very impatient. "Good, I'll be with John very soon!" he thought happily. Brian was thinking the same thing about Nick. **************************************************************************** To be continued... That's all for now, guys. Send me feedback! You know I love that! :) wind_phoenix@hotmail.com or wind_angel@myplace.com Take care! Sophie V.