DISCLAIMER: O-town, Backstreet Boys and N'Sync are all bands that I don't know. I am not implying anything here. This is strictly created in my fantasies. I wish it was actually happening but I highly doubt it. I am in no way affiliated with Jive or J records, MTV or any other way with these bands. If homosexual content offends you or is illegal for you to read then please leave.
The only thing I have remotely in common with these guys is that Ashley Parker Angel and I were born on the same exact day-August 1, 1981.
FIRST THINGS FIRST: I got a lot of good feedback on the fact that I'm bringing this story back so that makes me very happy. I know the diehards out there are still reading but it's good to hear that this story is still picking up new friends. A guy by the name of Josh Peterson gave me the idea for this next chapter. I always had something like this in the back of my mind so I jumped on it right away. I might get a lot of shit for the way this chapter goes but it's good reading so I'm up for it. By the way I checked the directory today and saw a story entitled "All I Want Is You"...that's a little too close to this title, which I've had for months now for my liking. Email that author and tell him to do something about it. Haha
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Welcome back to the Nick and Ashley saga...
All I Need Is You- Chapter Fifteen
It was the day before New Year's Eve and everyone was trying to catch a few more hours of relaxing on their vacation before the hustle and bustle of the new year came in and the life of a pop star continued.
Everyone except Ashley of course. 'Where the hell is Nick?' Ashley thought to himself.
Ashley was already late for a band meeting, a pretty important one at that. Donna had taken the week off to be with her family back in Connecticut and Nick was supposed to be home a half hour ago from rehearsal to take care of Johnny so he could leave.
Just then the door opened.
"Sorry Ash, there was an accident on the highway." Nick said as he rushed in.
"Whatever, I'm late I gotta go." Ashley said handing him Johnny and grabbing his keys off the table.
He sped off down the highway towards the studio.
'Fuck' Nick thought to himself as he took Johnny into the bedroom to get him ready for bed.
Ashley walked back into the house a few hours later and threw his keys back down just as hard as he picked them up.
"How did it go?" Nick said from the chair as he was watching TV.
"Shitty" Ashley said as he threw off his coat.
"That bad huh?" Nick asked
"They got really pissed that I was late." Ashley said.
"I'm sorry Ash there was a lot of traffic." Nick said again.
"Whatever, doesn't matter. I'm going to sleep." Ashley said as he walked up the stairs and closed the bedroom door.
He stripped down and got in bed and shut off the light. The guys had really reamed into him for missing an important meeting with management. They were getting extremely big right now and wanted to corner the market as much as they could. They accused him of not being dedicated to the group anymore and too much into his own personal life.
Why did he put himself through this? He could have been just a normal college kid and gone on to do other things. He always wanted to be an actor yet he's a singer. Seemed a bit mixed up. He was only 21 and he had been through more than people have in double that. He was married with a kid for Christ's sake.
'Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if this was all different...' Ashley thought to himself as he drifted off to sleep.
The alarm rang out through the room and Ashley slammed down on it with his fist. He got up and stretched. He opened the door and went down the hallway and headed towards the bathroom. As he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes he ran smack into a wall.
"What the hell?" Ashley said as he rubbed his eyes a little harder and looked around.
He was standing in the middle of what looked like a hotel hallway in just his boxers. He quickly ran back into the room and shut the door.
"What the hell is going on?" Ashley said out loud to no one.
He looked around and saw clothes scattered all over the hotel floor. He quickly threw on some sweats and a t-shirt on and opened the door again. He charged over to the door next to his and knocked on it.
"Can I help you?" A random person said as he opened the door.
"Sorry...wrong room." Ashley said as the person closed his door.
Where was he? He didn't remember checking into a hotel. The whole world was spinning. He started to head back towards his room scratching his head.
"Ash are you ok?" Jacob said as he walked out of his room.
"Jacob?" Ashley said with a confused look.
"Ash, what's the matter?" Jacob asked
"Jake, where are we?" Ashley asked
"We're in New York Ash, don't you remember." Jacob asked
"Why are we in New York?" Ashley asked.
"Ash, we're starting our tour here." Jacob said.
"We're about to finish our tour...we already did New York before Christmas." Ashley said.
"Ash are you feeling ok? Tomorrow is our first ever show. We've been preparing forever." Jacob said.
"No it can't be." Ashley said as he put his hand over his mouth.
'Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if this was all different' The words rang out through Ashley's head. Everything was different. This couldn't be happening. Was everything else a dream or was this a dream? This felt so much more real than any other dream he had. Even more real than the dream about Randy.
"Here's someone that might be able to take care of you." Jacob said pointing down the hallway.
"Who?" Ashley asked
"Your boyfriend." Jacob said
A smile came to Ashley's face. Thoughts of Nick flooded his head as he saw a figure walking in the dark down the hallway.
Matt Lillard stepped out of the light and Ashley almost had a heart attack. He hadn't seen or talked to Matt since the affair and he had pretty much forgotten about him after the wedding.
"What's the matter baby?" Matt said
"No. No, this can't be happening. Please I just need to be alone. I'm sorry." Ashley said as he ran back into his room.
Ashley stepped out onto the balcony overlooking the city. It was all so surreal. Isn't this what he wished for? He got his second chance. He got his life back. Not like this though, he just needed a break from the turmoil. This was all too much for him. He reached in his pocket and found a cell phone.
He fumbled with it for a second looking for a number. He typed in the number that corresponded with "N" and the words came up on screen that he had a feeling they would.
"No 'N' numbers"
"This can't be happening." Ashley said out loud to no one.
He looked down over the busy city. There were people everywhere. He looked at the scrolling stock lines and saw that it was New Year's Eve. No wonder why people were everywhere, they were probably getting packed in for the festivities that are going to happen tonight.
"Hot dogs get your hot dogs here." A voice said.
He looked over at the hot dog vendor and froze.
"Nick" Ashley whispered.
Nick Carter had a hot dog tray around his neck and was collecting money from people lining up to get ready for the party in Times Square.
Ashley ran off the balcony to head out to the street. He swung the door open but almost fell over when he saw Dan.
"Shit Danny you scared me." Ashley said as he caught his breath and backed up to let Dan in.
"Yeah well you're scaring a few people today too." Dan said.
"I just feel weird." Ashley said.
"Jacob told me that you were acting funny." Dan said
"Word gets by quick around here." Ashley said.
"Yeah well. Jacob is my boyfriend and all." Dan said nonchalantly.
"What! What happened to Devon? You guys are supposed to get married in May." Ashley said.
"Ash I've never met anyone named Devon. I'm gonna call a doctor." Dan said
"No, it's ok. I'll be right back. I have to go outside for a minute." Ashley said as he ran out the door.
Ashley ran down the stairs five flights, through the lobby and out the door. People surrounded him as he fought to catch his breath. He felt like he was living in a dream world. It was a world that he never knew existed. He struggled with reality as he tried to figure out if this was the way things were supposed to be or if this was the dream.
He heard Nick call out his hot dog line again and headed in his direction. He stopped and watched his husband sell the lunchmeat. Was it his husband or was it all a weird sick twist of reality?
"Sir, would you like a hot dog?" Nick asked him.
He didn't know who he was.
"No thanks Nick. I just came over to see what all the commotion is about." Ashley lied.
"Hey how did you know my name?" Nick asked.
"Your nametag" Ashley lied again.
"Oh, well it's New Year's Eve in New York. Pretty exciting stuff huh?" Nick asked
"What do you mean?" Ashley asked just happy to be around him.
"It's a time to start over and begin anew." Nick said.
A smile came to Ashley's face.
"Ya know, that's the first thing I've heard all day that has made sense." Ashley said.
"Thanks for the talk" Ashley said as he put a tip in his cup.
"Thank you sir. Have a good day." Nick said as Ashley headed back towards the hotel.
A good day. Maybe that's what this was. It was the day off he's always wanted. It was his start over. He knew that he didn't want to go back to the beginning because he loved his life but maybe this was his chance to do it over differently for one day. He loved it and hated it at the same time. There was one thing that he wasn't going to like about this whole situation...Matt.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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