Hey there again! Well, here's the next part of Dreams of an Angel. It maybe a tad shorter that the rest, but hey, I'm working as fast as I can. Thanks again guy, for those encouraging feedback. I really think I am getting the hang of this... writing story thingy. And Drew was right! It really does takes my mind off my ex. Bro, you're the best!
Onwards to the boring part! Legal matters! Hehehe. You can press 'fast-forward' now.
Well, first of all, this story, as you will certainly find out soon, is TOTALLY fictional. So! If any of you truly believe in it... well, my brother is studying psychiatry right now for his final medical examination in April, so maybe I'll just refer you to him. You'd make a good delusional subject. Secondly! None of the guys in the Backstreet Boys are gay! (No matter how hard I wished it :P). But nobody say we couldn't dream it, heh heh. Thirdly, Warren Worthington is actually a character from Marvel Comics, X-men known as Angel or recently Archangel. Okay fine, I admit it. I'm bored and I am making a pathetic attempt to make life a lil' bit interesting. Its not like I'm gonna publish it or something. What else to talk about hmm? Oh, there may be some adult gay scenes in this story. Unlike my brother, I don't mind writing naughty stuff ;) so! If you're underage, naughty, naughty! I can only ask you to go away, but I cannot do anything else to stop you from reading on anyway. Hell! I've been sneaking into the internet to watch gay porns since I was 13! So, if your parents or whoever responsible for you catch you, don't say I didn't warned you. However, if you're homophobic... well maybe I can seduce you enough to turn you around heh heh. I do so love a challenge ;)
Anyway, enough talk. Any comments or boos or suggestion or whatever, just sent it to the same address as in NNTs, goldenknightuk@yahoo.co.uk . Yeah, we shared the same address. Don't ask. Long story.
Okay then! On to the show. Now, don't be shy now. If you got any comments or suggestions, just drop me a note. You do the request, and I'll do the show.
Andy
Rays of sunlight streaks into the room, right onto Nick's sleeping face. The face was peaceful at first, until the rays get warmer, and warmer. It started with one twitch on the face... then another... then comes the irritated frown... followed by a stirring and a moan.
'God damn it! Who turns on the damn light??' Nick thought groggily as he pulled his bedcover up and buries himself underneath it.
But the forces of nature should not be taken lightly. Pretty soon after that, the whole bed is warm enough to bake him brown. Resigned, Nick sat up, blinking repeatedly, trying to shake off the sleep from his eyes. Turning to the small table next to the bed, he peered at the clock.
'9 a.m.' Nick thought sleepily, 'what happened to breakfast?'
Getting off from the extra-comfortable bed is the hardest thing to do in his life so far, but unless he wants to wet the bed, he better get to the bathroom while he still have the chance.
He was still in the bathroom, brushing his teeth, when a knock at the door nearly makes him jumps off his skin.
"Nick?" Brian's voice floated in. "You awake?"
"Yeah!" Nick shouted from the bathroom. "Be there in a minute!"
Finishing off his brushing hastily, he stumbled across the room and put on his bathrobe. Muttering the usual morning curses under his breath, he makes his way towards the door. Opening it, he was greeted by the annoyingly cheerful face of Brian. God! Wouldn't it be nice to throw a punch at him just for the sake of wiping the cheerful grin off his face...
"Morning, sleepy head!" Brian greeted with his most cheerful voice, silently enjoying Nick's worst withering glare that would probably turn everyone else into stone. "I brought you breakfast!"
Amazingly, the glare vanished as Brian passed the plate containing bacon, eggs and waffles over Nick's nose.
"Gimme that!" Nick grumbled not quite unkindly as he snatches the plate and move back into the room. Oh! The sweet taste of waffles! He sat down on the couch and started to eat.
"I brought you some coffee too." Said Brian.
"You didn't call me for breakfast?"
"After last night, we thought its better to let you sleep late and rest. Its not like we have anything planned anyway. The tour is finished. We're officially on our long deserved vacation."
Nick closed his eyes and smiled as he sniffed the sweet scent of coffee.
"When is your flight?" he asked after a while.
"Noon."
"I'm gonna miss you." Nick said sadly. Brian opened his mouth to speak but Nick interrupted him. "But I understand, Brian. You're a married man. You need to be with your wife."
Brian smiled sadly and nodded.
"Thanks Nick. That really means a lot to me."
"How's Leigh Ann anyway?"
"She's doing fine. I called her last night, telling her about what happened to you. She was worried."
"Well, tell her not to. I'm fine now."
"Are you going home, or are you hanging out here for a while?"
"I'm hanging out here a while. I called mom and dad last night too. They're renovating the house and it might take a while before things settle down, so its best if I stay here a while. Anyway, it's the only way to get out from having to help out. Aaron came back home earlier than me and mom has already recruited him to paint the kitchen."
Brian laughed at that.
"Poor guy. Anyway, how are you feeling this morning? You had a good night?"
"I slept like a baby most of the night yeah, though I got up at around 2 last night and went out to the balcony to get some fresh air. I must be seeing things because I thought I saw an angel flying off the floor above."
"A what?" Brian laughed. "God, did you hit your head when you fell last night?"
"I don't know. You were there last night. You tell me."
"Well you must be half asleep or something. You shouldn't get out there when you're half asleep, Nick. You might fall or something."
"Yes, mommy. I won't do it again." Nick said teasingly before laughing.
"Fuck off, asshole."
"Aaaaah!! The choirboy swears at last! Wait! Wait" Nick said laughingly as he held out his hands to feel the air, "I think I can feel hell freezing over... or maybe it's just me..."
"Shut up!" Said Brian as he punch Nick lightly at the arm.
The banters went on for a while with the two starting to trade insults to each other. Outside, the sun grew higher and soon, another knock arise from the door.
"Brian, Nick, you in there?" AJ's voice floated in.
"Come in. Its not locked." Said Nick.
The door opened and AJ, Kevin and Howie entered.
"Well, well, well! The sleeping beauty awakes!" said AJ.
"Yo, Nick! How're ya feelin'?" said Howie.
"He's becoming delusional, D. He's starting to see angels flying in the night." Brian laughed from where he sat when Nick punched him lightly.
"Great. Thanks a lot, Brian. Now they'll think I'm going batty." Nick huffed.
"Damn right we are!" AJ laughed. "Someone call a shrink now! We've got a schizos case here!"
"I knew this day would come. I just knew it!" Kevin smiled as he shook his head sadly.
"Ooooh Nick! I'm an angel coming to take you to heaven!!" Howie laughed as he began to flap his hands about.
"Fuck off!" said Nick laughingly.
"Man! That's sick!" said Howie. "You cannot do that to an angel! That's blasphemy! Preach something, Brian!"
The others laughed at that, including Nick. They chatted and exchange banter for some time before AJ called for everyone attention.
"Hey! Why don't we say hello to Warren and Jubilee?"
"Good idea!" said Brian. "Kevin and I are leaving soon anyway, so we might as well say our goodbyes now."
"C'mon. He's upstairs right?" said Howie.
"Yeah. C'mon." said Kevin.
"But I'm not dressed yet!" Nick protested, clinging to his bathrobe.
"Well, la-dee-daa princess. Its not like you're going to seduce him or something. C'mon!" said AJ.
Nick just sighed, rushed into his room, took off his bathrobe, threw on a T-shirt and sweat pant and then rushed off after the others...
A warm shower in the morning is actually the closest thing to Nirvana a person could ever get without sex. That is Warren's first thought as he let the warm water gushes over his body. His spread his wings apart as far has he could until it touches the shower wall and just stand there, relaxing under the warm caress of the flowing water. Ooooh man! This feels nice!
Soaping himself gently, he moaned softly as the last shred of his sleepiness dissipated. Last night flight was exactly what he needed. Soaring through the sky as if he owns it, watching the sleeping world below him, absolutely oblivious to his presence above. By the time he returned, it was almost 4 o'clock. But it was worth it. He just changed into his sweat-pants and fell asleep as soon as his face touches the pillow.
About half an hour later, he steps out of the shower stall and dries himself. He wiped the steam from the mirror and looked at himself. His mouth tightened slightly at the sight of his blue skin - how he hated his blue skin. It reminds him of his failure, his stupidity, his arrogance, his folly in trusting Apocalypse.
Shaking himself off the gloomy thought, he set off to comb his hair. The blond locks flow easily and soon, he is ready to face the day. Throwing a towel around his naked hip, he walks out of the bathroom and open his closet. He was too busy choosing the clothes he wanted to wear for the day when a knock from the front door startled him out of his reverie.
"Jube, get the door will you?" He yelled from his room, hoping the girl is awake by now.
The knocks sounded again a moment later.
"Jubilee!!"
He is only rewarded by an irritated moan from the guestroom. Muttering a bundle of curses and oaths to a certain lazy 18 years old girl, he made his way towards the front door. The knock arises again, louder this time.
"I'm coming! I'm coming!" He grumbled, catching hold of his towel, as it was about to slip off. Grabbing his image inducers, he switches it on and wedged it at the edge of his towel. Almost immediately, the air around him rippled and his skin color changed into the typical normal skin color and his wing vanished from view.
The knocking arises again and he rushed to the door and almost wrenched it open in his haste.
"Yes?! What is... oh! Hey guys!"
"Hey Warren. What's up?" said AJ as Warren opened the door. "Uh-oh! Looks like we caught you at a bad time. Should we come back later? We thought we came up to say hi."
"No, no! You're more than welcome! Come in, come in!" Warren stood aside to let them all in. "I just came out of shower and was sorting through my closet. You didn't disturb me at all. Jubilee!!"
Nick eyes were actually bulging when he saw the near naked Warren.
'Oh my God! What is happening to me?' Nick groaned inwardly as he mustered all his self-control and will. The last thing he wanted to happen is being caught staring at Warren's perfectly sculpted body and be branded as a faggot!
And being honest to himself, Warren truly is a piece of living art. Even as Nick shifted his eyes away from Warren or looked to the floor, he couldn't help stealing glances from time to time to look at that marvelous body in awe. Beautiful doesn't exactly justify the man. With that golden locks of hair, each falling exactly in the right places to the glimmering deep blue eyes to that beautiful lips that simply begs to be kissed to that perfect chin and cheek-bone that partly define his beauty with a thousand words, down to that broad, powerful chest... and those arms! Those strong powerful and muscular arms that were made to protect whomever it have wrapped around. Then on to that powerful torso, with it's magnificent six pact and to say nothing to that towel-covered hips that shows a pretty obvious bulge at the front, obviously hinting at everything and yet hiding it all and finally down to those legs... oh those powerful, muscular legs... long, graceful athlete legs. Who is this man? Apollo in disguise? With this intensity of beauty he possesses, this man shouldn't be here at all! This man should be in the art museum, where he can be admired and worshipped and loved. Beauty doesn't define this man. This man defines beauty!!
Nick's heart sank at that very moment. That's it... he has definitely reached the bottom of the well, with no way out and the water filling in. Of all the good, living things in this world, of all the miles of traveling and all the people and fan, especially all those girls, he met, he has to become attracted to another man... and not only any man, it has to be Warren Worthington the Third, multi-billionaire and sole owner of Worthington Industries. His normal, routine life... as he knows it... is over...
"So when are you two headed off home?" said Warren cheerfully as he led them to the sitting room, unconscious of Nick's staring eyes on his back.
"Noon. Its almost ten now, so we thought we'd say good bye now before we forget." Said Kevin.
"You must be looking forward to go home after all those months of traveling."
"You have no idea." Brian smiled as he sat down onto the couch.
"Hey, make yourself at home okay. There are some food and drinks in the fridge there and if you need anything, just give me a shout. I just go and put on some clothes. Won't take a minute." Said Warren.
"Sure. Take your time, Warren." Said Howie.
"Where's Jubilee, by the way?" asked AJ.
"She's still out cold... no wait, here she is. Guys, behold! The wicked witch of the east!"
They all looked at the little ragamuffin girl entering the room, still rubbing the sleep from her eyes. One look at the guys caused her eyes to widen though, and the ensuing shriek would have woken up the dead and kills those who are dying.
"Aaaaaaaahhh!!! Don't look at me! Don't look at me!!!" Jubilee screamed as she rushed back into the room and slams the door.
Everyone laughed and Warren smirked as he walks back into his room to put on his clothes. Score of the day: Warren 1, Jubilee 0. War has been declared to Jubilee, may the best contestant wins.
He looked at his clothes, all specially tailored considering that his wings would be an obstacle to normal clothes, and selected one, along with a boxer brief and a pants... hmm... which should it be today?
In 10 minutes, he is fully dressed, image inducers switched on and carefully in place, and the pleasing smell of expensive cologne wafted about around him. He looked into the mirror and... Damn, he looked good. He smiled to himself as he walked towards the door. He was well known to his friends and colleagues at work, as a playboy, and before the incidence with Apocalypse, he WAS a sex-maniac, arrogant playboy. But not anymore. Losing his old wings has changed him forever in more ways than one.
He walked out into the sitting room only to discover that Jubilee has rejoined the guys, wrapped modestly in her bathrobe, with a baseball cap covering her disastrous hair.
"The playboy arrived!" she grinned at Warren. "Don't drool guys. It'll only swell his head bigger than it already is."
"Oh come now, Jube. Is that the best that you can do? You disappoint me." Warren smiled back at her mockingly.
"You realized that you've just declared war on me, right?" said Jubilee. "You realized how unwise that is?"
"You'll lose, sunshine."
"The war is far from over, bird-brain." Said Jubilee. Mischief twinkled in her eyes.
"Talk's cheap, sweetheart." Warren smirked at her before turning to the guys. "You guys comfortable?"
"Are you kidding? With a place like this, I don't know how I could even leave!" AJ sighed as he lounged blissfully against the soft couch.
"This is a great place you got here, dude." Said Howie.
"Thanks. I try to do my best."
"You mean this is not your best?" asked Brian incredulously.
"Huh. You should have seen his penthouse in New York." Said Jubilee.
"Hey, Jube. Play any games?" asked AJ as he picked up the playstation controller.
"You're signing your death warrant, Alex." Warren grinned as Jubilee eagerly accepted the challenge.
"Heh! We'll see about that."
"Hey, Nick. Why so quiet?" asked Kevin.
"You okay?" asked Warren, turning around to look at him. Nick looked up with a queer look in his eyes, licking his lips unconsciously as he nodded.
"What? Oh yeah. You know me. One moment I'm fine and then I'm off to la-la land." Said Nick. Brian glanced at him curiously. Subconsciously he somehow knew something is off, but couldn't quite put his finger on it.
"He's been daydreaming a lot lately." Kevin whispered conspiringly to Warren.
"Well, everyone needs someplace to escape." Warren smiled. "Just don't get delusional or catatonic on me."
"I don't know. I think it's too late for that." Said Howie. "Poor guy had been seeing angels flying about in the sky last night."
A thud from across the room drew everyone's attention towards Jubilee as she dropped the controller to the floor. For a brief moment, Warren and Jubilee caught each other's eyes. Then she grinned.
"Oookay. I call the shrink, you get the cheque book Warren." She laughed, never taking off her eyes from Warren. Warren subconsciously admired her self-control.
Warren on the other hand, was on the verge of panicking. How could he have been so stupid??! He has completely forgotten that the guys are occupying the room below them. Nick must have seen him flying last night. What the hell was he doing up so late anyway?
"Maybe I do need to see someone." Nick laughed. "Who knows how the incidence last night affected my head? You guys don't want one crazy Backstreet Boy running about right?"
"Well..." said Brian slowly, grinning, as he study AJ, "Considering we already have one crazy Backstreet Boy running about, I really cannot see any difference with having two."
"Hardy Har-har, Brian. Very funny." Said AJ. "Want me to give you an applause?"
"No need. I've had tonnes of that last night during the show."
"I don't think you're crazy, Nick." Said Warren quietly. "You were probably tired and half-asleep."
"Yeah, I thought so too." Nick admitted before giggling softly. "I woke up and went to the balcony to get some fresh air and whoosh! there's a blond-haired angel jumping off from the balcony above mine and flew away. For a moment, I thought it was you, because of the blond hair and the fact that he was jumping off your balcony."
Warren joined their laughter, thought no one noticed the touch of nervousness in his voice. God! How would they react if they discover he is a mutant? They'd probably freak out.
"Well, sorry to disappoint you." Jubilee laughed. "We don't harbor extra-terrestrial creatures, divine or not, here in Warren's House of Wonder. So far, you only have to settle with one ragamuffin bimbo and a cranky, stuck-up rich playboy."
Warren lounged back sexily at that, giving them his sexiest smile and a wink before bursting into laughter as the rest of the guys groaned and laughed, completely unaware of Nick's blushing face. Jubilee is giving him a lewd whistle while AJ wooed him mockingly and Howie is shouting and waving him a ten-dollar note, causing Warren to jump to his feet and start making a mocking striptease (without taking off his clothes of course!)
"Yeah, baby!!" Brian shouted as he laughed.
"Careful, B!" Kevin laughed alongside him. "Leigh-Ann wouldn't appreciate this."
The laughter and wooing went on for quite a while and got even worst when Jubilee took Warren's place. Nick however, breathed out more slowly in relief when Warren finally stopped gyrating his hips lewdly and fell back down into the couch.
'Oh God! I'm hard!!' Nick thought frantically as he glance down. He quickly raised and hugged his knees, desperately forming the image of naked dancing Whoopie Goldberg in his mind. 'Why? Why must it be a man? Why must it be Warren?'
Well, Whoopie Goldberg can certainly do the job alright. His erection went away so fast he certainly hopes it can come back when he needed it. Sighing with relief, he looked up at the blond man before him. Nick has never felt attracted to a man before and to be honest, being an open-minded guy that he is, he has no problem with homosexuality. However, he never thought of the fact that he would be one. And right now, he has absolutely no idea who to deal with it. Briefly, he remembered a phrase from Star Trek: "To go to places where no man has gone before." Hmm... how ironic. He has never explored the possibility of being gay or bi before. What do a guy do when he is attracted to another guy? Ask him out? Flowers? Love letter from a secret admirer?
Man! Things are much simpler with a girl. Maybe it's because he knows what to expect or do with a girl. But guys? He always thought gay relationship involve nothing but sex, but now he's not so sure... Speaking of sex, how does two guys have sex? Nick blushes at the thought of Warren and him, in bed, together, naked, that incredibly powerful arm wrapping around him protectively as they... oh no. OH NO!! I am NOT even going to go there, right now!! That brief mental image seems so wrong in his mind and yet it seems so right in his heart. God dammit! Now he's hard again!! Now, where's that Whoopie Goldberg thought go?
The banters and jokes went on a while until eventually, Brian and Kevin stood up.
"Well, Warren. It's been great hanging out with you. But we have to start packing now and get prepared to leave for the airport." Said Kevin.
"Aww man. So early?" Jubilee groaned.
"Sorry, sweetcake." Brian smiled at her. "But you and Warren can drop by to visit us anytime you want."
"Ohhh! Can we, Warren?"
"Of course. When we're free that is." Said Warren. Jubilee nodded in understanding. Being a member of the X-men, there are always possibilities that they might get called away from some mission or another that they never really have a proper free time or holiday. More than once in the past, Warren's holiday and even his dates, were cut short because of an attack or another.
"Here's our address and number," said Kevin as he wrote it on a piece of paper and handed it to Warren. "Do keep in touch. Maybe you can have dinner with our wives some day."
"We'd love that. Here's my number." Said Warren as he handed his card. "Have a good flight, you two. And say hi to Johnny if you see him again."
"Gotcha! Bye Warren. Take care of Nick." Said Kevin.
"Bye Brian," said Nick as he gave Brian a hug. "Give me a call sometimes okay?"
"I'll check up on you from time to time, buddy." Brian smiled as he returned the hug.
"So what are you two going to do for the rest of the day?" asked AJ when Kevin and Brian are gone.
"Warren promised to take me to the mall. You wanna come along?" said Jubilee.
"Yeah, why not." Howie replied. "AJ? Nick?"
"I'm up to it. Mind if we tag along, Warren?" said AJ, as Nick nodded.
"Of course not. You guys go and change. We'll go as soon as you - and Jubilee - are ready."
"Cool! See you in a while," said AJ and the three left the room.
"Nick saw you last night." Jubilee grinned as soon as they are alone.
"I forgot they are staying in the rooms downstairs!" Warren groaned.
"Well, count yourself lucky we managed to cover it nicely."