Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 21:51:10 +0000 From: Z master Subject: Whistle down the wind part 5 This is the first boyband slash fic I've written, so I would love your feedback, positive or negative, long or short, just please please please send me some feedback, my mailbox gets lonely on its own! Before we continue, I would just like to say that I in no way know the guys of either Nsync or the BSB, or any other celebrity mentioned in this story. As such I cannot comment on their true sexuality, I can only speculate (and dream). If male/male sex offends you, what the hell are you doing in this part of the archive anyway, then please leave, also if you are underage, or it is illegal to read texts of this nature in your jurisdiction then please utilise a vital tool, your browser's back button. Also thanks very much to Chris, Ry, Wayne and Ray for your feedback on Part 4, much appreciated guys. Please check out Andy's cool website @ www.envy.nu/dreamslash my story is also posted there. Where we left it last time I clicked on the play icon, once again the sounds of 'the call' rang through the arena. Just as James was about to start singing, he fell back in his wheelchair, and an earth shattering scream echoed around the arena. I was at his side in a flash, he had blacked out. Part 5 "Someone call an ambulance" The sound of my voice broke the guys out of the daze they were in, and Nick and Justin ran off to call for an ambulance. The rest of the guys crowded around Lance, I grabbed my Laptop from the floor and killed the sound. I then went up to control booth and killed the power to everything in there. I then rushed back down to James. I got back just as the paramedics arrived, the got him onto a stretcher and started to push him out of the Arena, all of us followed, "Only one in the ambulance with him, I'm sorry the rest of you will have to meet up at the hospital" "CJ, you go with him" "Are you sure?" "Yeah, he'd want you with him" "Thanks Kev, oh can one of you bring my laptop with you please" Howie had already got it and passed it to me "Thanks, see you at the hospital" Kevin took down the name of the hospital while I clamberred in the back and sat beside James, I took his hand in mine, just as the guy slammed the door shut, he was in the front seconds later and we were off, sirens wailing. We were at the hospital in minutes, although it seemed like we spent a lifetime in that ambulance, all the while I held James' hand in mine, gently stroking the back of it with my thumb. When we arrived at the hospital, we were rushed to the ER, where I had to explain what happenned and about James' broken ribs to the doctor. She told me that he would need an X-Ray, and that it would only take a half hour, I couldn't go with him, so I went out to reception, and sat down in a chair. I sat there thinking, I must have lost track of time, as the next thing I knew the doctor that had seen James was tapping me on the shoulder. "What happenned doctor?" "Well, I've got hold of his notes, and it would appear that he has strained himself too much, he had a cracked rib as well as the two broken ones, that third rib has now broken, he blacked out from the pain" "Has he come round yet?" "Yes, he has, and he's refusing pain killers, I was hoping you could talk some sense into him" "I'll see what I can do, how soon can he be discharged?" "Providing his condition doesn't worsen he can be discharged tomorrow, first thing, but he needs to spend at least four weeks resting, if he wants to get around he has to be in a wheelchair or be carried, basically the most strain he can put on his ribs is to sit up." "Thank you doctor, I can assure you that he won't be doing anything at all strenuous" "Thats good to know, I'd like to see him again in 4 weeks time to check up on him and also to remove the cast on his arm" "OK, I'll make sure he keeps that appointment, may I see him now" "Certainly, he's in room 422, just down there and on the left" "Thank you very much doctor" I walked down the corridor and found James' room, I quietly opened the door and walked in. James looked towards the door at my entry into the room, the first thing that I saw were the tears running down his face. I moved quickly to the bed and sat at the top of it, I pulled James face to my chest, he slowly rolled towards me onto his good side and burried his face there. I ran my fingers through his hair and whispered calming words while sobs racked his body. After about five minutes he had calmed down and slowly released me. I told him to stay lieing on his side if he was comfortable and I moved to sit on the floor beside the bed, this brought us so we were eye level with eachother. "What's wrong James?" "You hate me" he sobbed out "NO, I don't hate you James, I could never hate you" "You think I'm stupid, you know I pushed myself too hard and you think I'm stupid because of it, and you hate me" "James," I reached out and stroked the tears away from his face, my hand lingered there a minute and then trailed down his arm, and I took his hand in mine, "I could never hate you, I think that you're silly for pushing yourself, but I blame myself, I should have spotted that you couldn't take it sooner. Above all though James, I think you're a great guy, a little insecure maybe but that comes with the business, you are a great guy James and I feel proud to call you a friend." "You don't hate me?" "I could never hate you James, Infact...." "Infact what?" If I didn't say it now I was never gonna say it "Infact James, I love you" "You love me?" "Yeah James, I love you, I wasn't entirely sure until tonight, but I thought I'd lost you baby, that made me realise I'm in love" "with me?" "Maybe I should just go Lance," he winced a bit at me using his stage name,"you obviously don't feel the same," with that I headed for the door, I had my hand on the knob, just about to walk out the door. "NO! Don't go Chris, I do love you," I rushed back to his bedside and kissed him lightly on the lips, "I love you so much James, and don't you ever doubt that" "I love you too Chris, since the very first moment we met, I've been falling for you and these last few days have been fantastic" "Then get ready to spend the rest of your life in ecstacy, 'cause I don't intend to be leaving anytime soon, and things can only get better" I pressed my lips to James' again, but this time things got a little more passionate, my hands roamed through his hair, and pulled his head closer to mine. I parted my lips slightly and ran my tongue over James' soft and supple lips, his parted also and our tongues met for the very first time, if sparks hadn't been flying before they certainly were now. We stayed locked in our embrace for what seemed like hours, but can only have been a few minutes. I pulled away when I spotted that we had company. "Hi guys, where have you been" I said "Nice try, don't change the subject" replied AJ "So you finally told him then" JC asked, looking at James "Yeah, but he beat me to it" replied James "So..." I took over, "So Kev, myself and James are now boyfriends," I looked at James, who just smiled like an idiot and nodded. "Well, I speak for us all when I say congratulations," "Thank you Howie, all of you, that means a lot to both of us" James replied "So how are you?" AJ questioned James "The crackd rib I had, has broken, they reckon that I blacked out from the pain" "Which reminds me James" I started "the doctor wants me to try and get you to agree to the painkillers" "Absolutely not" I kissed him deeply until he moaned, then I pulled away "OK, but only overnight, I'm not being drowsy during the day" the guys all laughed. "So where have you guys been?" I questioned again "On the phone to your Dad, trying to get James time off on medical grounds" "What do you mean trying?" I asked cautiously "He wouldn't budge, 'I said no and that is my final answer' was his comment" "Don't let him hear you impersonating him AJ" I laughed "although thats a brilliant take off of him" "So he won't let James or ou have any time off" "no" the nine of them responded dejectedly I walked to the door quickly and opened it, "Where are you going?" asked James worriedly "Just relax baby, I'll be back in a minute" I walked out of the room and tracked down James' doctor "Do you have a conference room that we could use please?" "Well, we have a conference room, but I'm not sure you could use it" "Do you have a daughter doc?" "Yes" "Well, how about this, we use the conference room for an hour or so, and I get you tickets and backstage passes for you, your daughter and 4 of her friends for one of the joint Nsync BSB concerts here, and make a sizeable donation to the hospital?" "OK, deal, its right at the end of that corridor there, here's the key find me when you're done" "Thanks so much doctor" "No problem" I went quickly back to James' room, "OK guys, we're going for a little walk," "Where to?" "You'll see" I walked over to the bed, and liftd James from it effortlessly and placed him gently in the wheelchair next to the bed. I then pushed him from the room and beckonned for the guys to follow us. We ended up at the door to the conference room, I handed james the key and he opened the door, I pushed him through and parked his chair next to where I would be sitting, at the head of the table. The guys all followed us in and grabbed a seat around the table. I opened my Laptop and quickly accessed the file that I wanted. "OK guys, speak only when spoken to, understand" They all nodded. I reached for the phone in the center of the table and put it on speakerphone, then dialed a far too familiar number. A friendly female voice answered "Jive records, how may I help you?" "Hi Laura, it's CJ" "Oh hi, Mr. James, what can I do for you today" "Can you put me in a 3 way with Dad and Sam from legal, tell Dad I only want him to listen until I ask him something" "OK Mr.James I'll do that now" "Hello, Jive legal contracts division Sam speaking" "Hi Sam, it's CJ" "Oh hi Mr.James what can I do for you?" "The joint N'sync BSB tour, can you grab all the relevant contracts and just read terms out as I argue a point with Dad" "Certainly Mr.James, no problem at all just give me a few minutes" "Take as long as you like Sam" I hit the secrecy button on the phone, "Guys, I can definately get James time off for recovery, but do you all want time off as well, it would have to be for studio work" "Yeah, if you can get it for us CJ, yes please," Sam had got the contracts so I took privacy off "Right Sam, in Lance's contract please read page 115 section 2 paragraph 3" "The singer reserves the right to withdraw his services, if he feels that it will be detramental to his health to perform" "James, would it affect your health badly if you were to perform?" I asked "Yes it would" "therefore father we request that Lance may have 4 weeks paid leave from the tour to recover" "Well son, thats all well and good, but Sam please read the exclusion clause on the section that Mr.James quoted" "Should the singer require more than 2 weeks leave from the tour he must give and work 3 days notice and have a signed doctors work exemption certificate with a second opinion given by the Jive doctor" "All well and good dad, but Sam please read out the sentence following that exclusion clause" "This exclusion clause may not be put into effect if the artist will be confined to a wheelchair due to his injury" "OK CJ, Lance can have his 4 weeks paid leave" The guys all smiled at me, and James reached over and took my hand in his, interlacing our fingers "Thank you dad, now onto the final thing, " "And what would that be" "The guys of Nsync and BSB would like to take the time off with Lance, because they feel that it would be unfair to the fans to continue with only 9 members" "OK, fair point but I cannot possibly let them do that" "Well then, Sam will you please read the first paragraph on page 251 of the tour contract," "Yeah, If any member of either group is taken ill then if both groups agree it is necessary the tour may be indefinately postponed" "No, hang on a minute, Lance has not been taken ill, he has 3 broken ribs and a broken arm, that does not constitute ill" "Swine, you weren't supposed to spot that" I laughed "OK then, Plan B it is, Sam tour contract page 658 section 3 subsection 5 paragraph 2 please" "Should the owner of Jive records international feel that not postponing the tour could result in damage to the profits and reputaion of Jive and the groups involved, then he may over ride any previous decision made by any member of Jive, and postpone the tour indefinately" "Is the owner sure that he wishes to postpone the tour?" "Yes dad, I'm sure that I wish to postpone the tour, for four weeks, I'll deal with re-booking the venues my self" "I think your personal feelings are interfering with your obligations but who am I to talk, you pay my wages" "I certainly do, and I resent that remark, do you remember how much it cost us to compensate fans on the last Britney tour, when the opening act was short a member, could you imagine the cost if it was one of the main group? I really do not wanna see Jives bank balance plumit, plus the fact think of the guys reps" "What do you wanna do about the concert dates?" "We'll rebook the venues, like I said I'll do that, with the same number of appearances and just tell the fans to come to the first or second new concert date, depending on which concert they were gonna attend with the old dates" "OK then, you've got the arena details haven't you?" "Yeah I do, now can I leave you to deal with the announcements, I have two bewildered boy bands here and a lot of explining to do" "OK son, see you soon" "I'll let you know what we're gonna be doing shortly, bye Dad" "bye" I cut the speaker phone and was immediately bombarded by questions. "OK shut up all of you, I want to tell you all about whats going on currently, so let me finish first and then ask any questions. OK?" "Yeah thats OK" was the general reply "Is it alright if I tell all of the guys now, I know I promised I'd tell you first but I didn't expect this to come up" I asked James "Of course, I don't mind" "I really wanted you to be the first to know James" "And that's what counts" "OK well it's a fairly short story really, My Grandfather founded Jive 53 years ago, whe he died, I expressly said to him not to leave me any money in his will, he did despite my wishes, but he also left me his mansion in Montreal and Jive. My dad runs it, I just keep half the yearly profits of it and check over contracts etc once in a while." "So why did you laugh so much when I said that you'd better think of your wallet" I closed the contracts on the Laptop and connected my mobile phone to it and quickly accesed the internet, I was at my stockbrokers site fairly quickly. "James, I get half of Jives yearly profit plus the money my Grandfather left me with, this money is invested in stocks and shares, my net worth is currently..." Well that's it for Part 5, sorry it's fairly short, I'm not as pleased with it as with previous parts, but FOR GOD SAKE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK. I'm already working on Part 6 so it should be out soon, but no promises.