Loving BSB - Parts 28-33 Written By Ryan Clark & Drew Miller With help from Carl Falk
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This story is totally fictional and not meant to imply anything about Kevin Richardson, Brian Littrell, and Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys, or JC Chasez, Lance Bass, and Justin Timberlake of 'N Sync, nor is it meant to imply anything about Leonardo DiCaprio, Devon Sawa, Jeremy Torgerson, Jon Torgerson, or any other celebrity that is mentioned. If you are under the age of 18, offended by homosexual material, or it is illegal to view in your area, you should be leaving now, otherwise please enjoy the story! Authors Note
Well, as you can see, Joshua and Jayson Vascardi did not have anything to do with writing this part of Loving BSB, since they are in Europe and have no access to a computer.
Jay & Josh will be back on Monday, July 5, 1999, and Jonathan will be back the following Monday. We'll let ya know when they get back. When Jay & Josh return, nominating for the Second Annual BSB - 'N Sync Story Awards will officially begin. Also, it has been decided that on August 6, 1999, if at all possible, the results of the awards will be announced at another fan forum, with the results being posted at the website on August 7, 1999.
We're sorry if it took so long to get this part out, but Jay & Josh gave us a whole lot of work to get done while they were gone. We had to write parts 25-30 of Nick & Brian, this installment of Loving BSB, Parts 3-5 of Lucky & Nikolas, as well as convert Jay & Josh's horror play, The Entity, into a story form. Not to mention start the sequel to it, The Entity 2: Demitron's Revenge. When we finish with the horror stories, we will get them posted on Jay & Josh's website,
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/armenia/238/index.html.
Currently, the first three chapters of The Entity are uploaded to the site, however, until all the chapters are done, this area will not be connected to the rest of the site.
If you haven't already, you may want to read the following stories, they're all exceptionally well written. In the Boy-Bands Sub-Directory: Brian & Justin, Bad Boy B-Rok, Nick & Adam, Just JC, Nsync Love, My Night With Howie D, Kevin & Dustin, Bring Your Own BSB, Collision Course with BSB, Nick & Brian, B-Rok's 10000 Promises, Rob & Lance, Devon & Lance, Shaun & JC, Nsync the Backstreet Boys and Me, Brian & Cody, Brian & Zhane, Kevin & Jordan, Nobody But You, Protection, Justin's Love, Boy Meets BSB, and Brian & Keith. In the Celebrity Directory: Ryan's Love, Jonathan Gets Lucky with Jeremy, Pacific Pleasure, Lucky & Nikolas, Second Noah, Leo & Dev: Young Love, Boys Meat World, Boys Meat World 2, and Boys Meat World 3. In the College Directory, Jason & Taylor. And now on with the story! Loving BSB - Part 28 Written By Ryan Clark
"I wonder if Brian & Josh and Nick & Jay enjoyed their honeymoon?" replies Justin, as he sits with Kevin, JC, and Lance in the Lexington airport.
"I'm sure they did," replies JC.
"Yeah, how couldn't they? They want to Cancun!" replies Lance.
"Speaking of Brian & Josh and Nick & Jay, I think I see the private jet landing right now," replies Kevin as he looks out the window.
Sure enough, the Vascardi Enterprises Worldwide Incorporated corporate jet has just landed on a nearby runway, and is now being taxied over to a gate. Kevin, JC, Justin, and Lance find out what gate the jet is being taken too, and go over to wait for their friends. Shortly after Brian, Nick, Jay, and Josh appear, and are welcomed by their friends.
"Welcome back, guys!" replies Kevin as he gives all of them a hug.
"Yeah, so did you enjoy yourselves?" asks Justin as he too gives Jay, Josh, Brian, and Nick a hug.
"Yeah, we enjoyed ourselves, we have so much to tell you guys," replies Jay.
"Well, come on, you can tell us on the way to Jay and Josh's ranch," replies JC.
"Correction, JC. My ranch," replies Brian with a grin.
"What do you mean?" asks Lance.
"Josh signed the ranch over to me," replies Brian.
"And Jay signed Vascardi Hall over to me," replies Nick, grinning.
"Vascardi Hall? Where's that?" asks Lance.
"Our mansion in Sydney, Australia, which overlooks the Pacific Ocean," replies Josh.
"Hey, cool," replies Kevin, "Now, let's get going. Aunt Jackie, Uncle Harold, cousin Harold, Robert, Jane, BJ, Aaron, Angel, Leslie, Lynn, Paul, Randall, Lisa, Jonathan, Steve, Karen, Roy, Tyler, Heather, Diane, Jim, and Stacy are all waiting for us at the ranch."
"Not the mention the entire Vascardi clan and Dr. Evans too," replies JC with a grin.
"Okay, lets get going then," replies Josh as they quickly stop off to get their luggage, before heading out to the waiting limousine to take them out to the ranch.
Brian, Nick, Jay, and Josh quickly stop by the baggage claim to get their luggage as its unloaded from the jet before going out to the awaiting limousine. "The honeymoon was great," replies Brian, "Jay and Josh rented all of the club-level rooms at the Ritz-Carlton so that we wouldn't be disturbed." "Wow," replies Lance, Kevin, Justin, and JC in unison. "We did all kinds of cool things, we went scuba-diving, site seeing, shopping, we even performed at Planet Hollywood," replies Nick. "You performed? What?" asks Kevin. "We sang "Larger than Life"," replies Jay. "But that song needs 5 people, there's only four of you," replies Justin. "Devon Sawa performed with us," replies Josh. "Don't you mean Devon Sawa-DiCaprio?" asks Brian, with a big grin. "Oh, yeah, that's right," replies Josh. "Devon Sawa-DiCaprio?" asks JC, not understanding. "We weren't the only ones on our honeymoon," replies Nick. "You mean?" asks Lance. "Yeah, Leonardo DiCaprio and Devon Sawa got married too and came to Cancun for their honeymoon," replies Jayson, "We also had the unfortunate luck of talking with Leigh Ann." After about an hour of driving, the limousine comes to a stop at the gates to the ranch. Only Jensen, Mrs. Summers, Josh, or Jay can open the gates at the moment.
"I'll just be a second, I'll have to trigger the gates," replies Jay as he gets out of the car and punches in the gate code, runs the gate cardkey through the scanner, and puts his thumb on the thumb pad.
"Remind me to reprogram the gates so that you two have the ability to open them," replies Josh to Nick and Brian, as Jay gets back into the limousine as it drives through the now open gates and up to the main house.
The limousine comes to a stop in front of the main house of the ranch, and its passengers get out, and head inside as the chauffeur, Jensen, and Mrs. Summers gather the luggage.
The numerous guests visiting the ranch for Christmas all sit in the living room chatting with each other, when Brian, Nick, Jay, Josh, Kevin, JC, Lance, and Justin walk into the room.
"Merry Christmas to you all," replies Jayson.
"Normally, my brother and I would say welcome to our ranch, but, this isn't our ranch anymore," replies Josh with a grin.
"What do you mean, son?" asks Lauren.
"Well, Lauren, Josh signed over the ranch to me as a wedding present," replies Brian.
"Oh, how nice," replies Jackie with a big smile.
"Also, Vascardi Hall in Sydney, Australia has a new owner," replies Jayson.
"Who?" asks Samantha Vascardi, even though she already knows the answer to that question.
"Me," replies Nick with a grin, "I've never been there, but I've seen some pictures. It really is a gorgeous house, and it has a great view of the Pacific."
"Well, then, Nick, I know you'll love the house, I know how much you love the ocean," replies Jane as she gets up and hugs her son.
The conversation continues for a few more minutes, before everybody breaks off into their own little conversation groups. Samantha, Colin, Amanda, and Chad all go into the lounge to talk, Greta, Katherine, Dr. Evans, Rob, and Lauren all head into the study to talk, Nicole, Telemachus, Jonathan, Carl, Marie, Anthony, and the young Vascardi children, Kevin, Devin, and Jeremy, all go into the music room to talk.
JC, his mom, his father, his brother, and his sister, all head upstairs to the portrait gallery go talk and catch up. Lance, Justin, and their families all go into the conservatory to talk, and Brian, Nick, Jay, Josh, Kevin, Harold II, Harold III, Jackie, Jane, Robert, Angel, Aaron, Leslie, and BJ all stay in the living room to talk.
"So, is there anything else to do at this ranch besides walking through the gardens and horseback riding?" asks Harold III.
"Oh yeah, there's plenty to do, bro," replies Josh with a smile.
Harold III looks at him dumbly for a moment, before a look of realization washes over him, "Oh yeah, that's right, you're my brother now."
"Well, what is there to do?" asks Angel.
"Well, let's see here. You can walk through the gardens and go horseback riding, as Harold III mentioned, there's also a swimming pool, an indoor tennis court, an indoor basketball court, a private screening room, a fully equipped exercise room, and a miniature golf course," replies Jayson.
"You forgot the newest addition to the ranch, bro," replies Joshua.
"Oh, yeah, we also have our own private IMAX dome theatre," replies Jayson, "Being billionaires can be very fun, money is not an object, especially when you have more then any human being could possibly spend in twenty lifetimes."
That gets a laugh out of everybody there, and the conversation continues for about another hour, before everybody heads up to their bedrooms for the night.
Morning comes fast, possibly too fast, and soon the sun is pouring through all the windows of the large Littrell-Vascardi ranch in Lexington, Kentucky. Josh gets out of bed and gets dressed, letting Brian sleep, and heads down to the living room, to find JC's brother Tyler, there.
"Good morning," replies Josh.
"Good morning, which one are you?" asks Tyler.
"I'm Josh, Tyler."
"Hi Josh, so what brings you down here without your husband?"
"He's upstairs, fast asleep. He looks so cute when he's sleeping that I never have the heart to wake him up. Anyway, I came down to start reprogramming the computers."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, the gates are controlled by a computer, as is the security system, and access to some areas of the house, such as the vault, require a numerical code, a card key, and a thumb print."
"Oh, cool. So, you're going to reprogram the system to allow Nick and Brian access to everything?"
"Yeah, that's the idea," replies Josh as he walks over to the bookcase and pulls on a book which reads, "Prognostications of Evil," on the spine. An odd book to have, but then again, the book is blank, and can't be removed from the shelf. It serves only as a trigger mechanism.
As Josh pulls on the book, a low mechanical groan can be heard as gears begin to work, as the entire bookcase whirls one-hundred-and-eighty degrees around, to reveal a state-of-the-art computer system. Josh sits down at the computer, as Tyler just stands there in awe at the system.
The computer has ten 20 gigabyte hard drives, four 36x cd-rom drives, a scanner, a printer, a fax machine, a 56k modem, a video phone, 430 megabytes of RAM, and a ton of other really cool features.
"Where did you get such an extravagant computer system?" asks Tyler.
"One of the companies that VEWI owns is Hunter Technologies Incorporated, they produce computers, and software. Well, this is a computer system that we plan on releasing in 2001, after its had sufficient testing and we get the design internationally patented. Only problem is, it will cost roughly $30,000."
"What's VEWI?" asks Tyler.
"Jay's and my company, Vascardi Enterprises Worldwide Incorporated."
"Oh, okay," replies Tyler.
Joshua begins his work on the computer, and soon, he says to Tyler, "Okay, I didn't want to do this, but could go wake up Nick and Brian? I need them to record their thumbprints in the computer."
"Sure, no problem," replies Tyler.
"Thanks, Nick, second floor, last door on the right, Brian, third floor, first door on the left."
"Okay, no problem, I'll be back in a minute," replies Tyler as he walks out of the living room and heads up the staircase.
A few minutes later, Tyler comes back downstairs with Jay, Nick, and Brian in tow.
"Where did that thing come from?" asks Nick, motioning towards the computer, the computer that was never there before.
"It's on a revolving wall Nick," replies Tyler, "Normally the side with a bookcase is showing."
"Oh, okay," replies Nick.
"Okay, Brian, Nick, come over here, I need your thumbprints."
Brian and Nick walk over to the computer, and Josh takes first Brian's hand, types something into the computer, and then presses Brian's thumb against the thumb scanner, and it scans his thumbprint into the computer system. Josh then repeats this process with Nick.
"Okay, guys, here are your card keys, the access code is on the card, you will now be able to open the gates, go into the vault, and all of the other private, computer-locked rooms of the house."
"Also, if you so chose, you could use your card key, code, and thumb print to turn off the individual security systems for all of the paintings in the house, and of course you also need the card key, code, and thumb print to activate the main security system, release the attack dogs, turn on the electrical shocking mechanism on the front gates and the barbed wire atop the brick walls of the estate," replies Jay.
"Wow, this house is amazing," replies Brian.
"Yeah, I suppose, replies Josh as he stands up from the computer desk, and flips a small switch on the bottom of the desk causing the entire wall to spin around, and the bookcase to show once more.
"If you ever need to get to the computer system, simply pull this book," replies Jay, pointing to the book labeled, "Prognostications of Evil."
"Okay, cool," replies Nick.
The five of them go into the kitchen to find Mrs. Summers just coming up from her basement bedroom.
"Good morning, Mrs. Summers," replies Brian with a smile.
"Good morning, Mr. Littrell-Vascardi, Mr. Carter-Vascardi, Mr. Vascardi-Littrell, Mr. Vascardi-Carter, and Mr. Chasez," replies Mrs. Summers.
Josh, and Jay begin to help Mrs. Summers with the massive chore of cooking breakfast for all of the assembled guests, and Nick, Brian, and Tyler begin the equally massive chore of setting the table for 50.
Breakfast is soon served, and the table soon filled with all fifty of the hungry people in the house. There are of course two more people in the house, but as usual, Mrs. Summers, and Jensen are eating their breakfast in the kitchen, while the guests eat in the dining room.
After breakfast everybody retires to the living room to try and decide what to do with the rest of the day. Katherine Vascardi-Dawson is the first to speak.
"Dr. Evans?"
"Yes, Katherine?"
"Would it be okay if I went out for a ride on one of my nephews' Arabians? It's been so long since I've been able to take a nice, long, relaxing ride."
"Well, of course, Katherine, as long as I accompany you to watch over you."
"I have a question," asks Lance's sister, Stacy.
"What is it, Stacy?" asks Amanda Vascardi.
"Well, why does Dr. Evans insist on going with Katherine where ever she goes? I never quite grasped the reason."
"The answer is simple, Aunt Katherine here is a patient at the Brookhaven Institution for the Criminally Insane in Europe, and Dr. Evans is the chief-psychiatrist there."
"Why are you in an institution? If you don't mind me asking," asks Heather Chasez.
"Well, that has to do with why my name is Katherine Vascardi- Dawson. In 1987, when I was only 15, I met and fell in love with a 27-year- old man, Charles Dawson. The following year we were married, and its then that Charles' true nature surfaced. He was a very, very violent man and every day of our 7 year marriage he hit me. Most of the physical wounds have healed, but the emotional ones never will. Anyway, after 7 very unhappy years of marriage, I filed for divorce. I don't know what possessed me to do it, but the day that we went to court, I made sure that I had the 9mm handgun that I kept to protect myself from Charles. During the trial, it came out that Charles beat me, and of course his response was, 'Katherine, you lying little bitch! I never hit you!' Well, anyway, when he called me that, something in me just snapped, and I jumped out of my seat, quickly removed my gun, and before the bailiff could stop me, I aimed the gun at Charles and fired. The result was a lethal piercing wound to the head, which caused his immediate death. I immediately fell to my knees and began crying my eyes out. That's when I plead insanity, and I was locked up at the institution."
Everybody just sits there totally silent. The Vascardi family members silent because the story is so painful for them, and everybody else just out of total shock.
"Katherine, that's terrible," replies Diane Bass as she walks over and gives Katherine a hug.
"Yes, it is," agrees Jackie Littrell as she too gives Katherine a hug.
Everybody tells Katherine how sorry they are for her, before she replies, "Yes, it is terrible, but the worst of it is behind me, and I would rather not talk about it anymore."
"Of course, that's totally understandable," replies Jane Carter.
"How about a horseback ride? Anyone care to join me?"
"That sounds good," replies Justin and Lance simultaneously.
"Okay, come on let's head on down to the stables then," replies Katherine, as she gets up and heads for the back door, with Dr. Evans, Justin, Lance, Heather, Tyler, Stacy, Harold III, Kevin and JC.
Jackie, Harold II, Jane, Robert, Rob, Lauren, Marie, Anthony, and Greta all decide to go for a relaxing walk through the botanical gardens, Nick, Jayson, Austin, Brian, and Joshua go to the IMAX dome to watch the IMAX version of "Backstreet Boys Coming Home" that Jay and Josh had made. Samantha and Colin decide to go play some tennis, and Amanda, Nicole, Chad, Telemachus, Jonathan, and Carl all go to the basketball courts to shoot some hoops. Eventually, Nicole and Telemachus head into the library for some quiet time together, and to finalize plans for their upcoming wedding.
Kevin, Devin, and Jeremy Vascardi are upstairs napping, and Aaron, Angel, BJ, and Leslie are playing a few board games in the game room.
A few hours pass before Jensen rounds everybody up to tell them that Mrs. Summers is ready to serve Christmas dinner. Everybody heads into the dining room, only this time Jayson orders that the table be set for 52 and replies, "Mrs. Summers, Jensen, you will dine with us tonight. I don't want to here any its ands or buts, you have a choice sit and eat at the dining room table with the family, or go job-hunting."
Mrs. Summers and Jensen decide to eat with the family at the table, even though they have never felt very comfortable with the idea of dining with their employers. Dinner ends, with everybody stuffing themselves full of the succulently delicious meal that Mrs. Summers spent all day in the kitchen preparing, and soon they all adjourn once again to the living room to open gifts. Everybody opens their gifts, and just sit talking for about 2 hours, before Mrs. Summers serves coffee and dessert. Coffee and dessert are served, and eaten, before everybody goes to bed exhausted from the long day of fun with family and friends. Loving BSB - Part 29 Written by Drew Miller
The day after Christmas, Greta had to fly back to Athens, and Austin had to fly back to Lugano. Two days later, the Vascardi family had to leave town as well, because they all have very pressing jobs that require their attention. If only Jay and Josh knew what those pressing jobs were, they wouldn't at all be pleased.
A week passes, and New Years Eve arrives. The Vascardi family, the Littrell family, the Chasez family, and etc, couldn't make it, so its just the guys of 'N Sync, the Backstreet Boys, Britney, Aaron, Jayson, and Joshua celebrating the coming of the year 2000 at Nick's not so humble new estate, Vascardi Hall, in Sydney, Australia.
Vascardi Hall is a very large estate, similar to Vascardi Manor in every way, except for architectural design. While Vascardi Hall has all the same rooms, in the same places, as Vascardi Manor, Vascardi Hall is designed in the Victorian style, where as Vascardi Manor is designed in a Tudor style.
Everybody is gathered in the family room of the house, watching Dick Clark's normal New Year's Eve special. Everybody is mingling and just having a good time, drinking champagne, blowing on noise makers, and talking.
Lance goes to the kitchen to help Mrs. Summers bring in some more drinks, and while he's gone, the countdown to midnight begins. As midnight draws closer and closer, everybody gets ready to kiss somebody at the stroke of midnight.
Jayson holds onto Nick, and Joshua holds onto Brian, to make sure nobody else kisses them. They have an idea to make this night much more interesting. Just as midnight strikes, Jayson turns off the lights, and everybody kisses somebody else in the dark.
When the lights come back on, Nick is kissing Jayson, Brian is kissing Joshua, Britney is kissing Howie, AJ is kissing Chris, Kevin is kissing JC, Joey is kissing Justin, and because he doesn't want to feel left out, and seeing as there is nobody else in the room for him to kiss, Aaron jumps up onto a chair and kisses Jensen, the stables master from the Lexington ranch. Aaron and Jensen kiss very briefly on the lips before pulling away.
When Lance comes back into the room, he drops the tray of filled champagne flutes that he was carrying, and they all shatter. He storms over to Joey and Justin, who are kissing each other so passionately you would think their lives depended on it and pulls Justin away from Joey.
"How could you?" asks Lance as his eyes fill up with tears.
"Well, you weren't here, so I had to kiss somebody when midnight struck," replies Justin, trying to defend his actions.
"That I can understand, but a quick peck on the cheek would have sufficed, you didn't have to go and kiss Joey on the lips so passionately that you would think your lives depended on it!" yells Lance, as the tears begin to stream down his face.
"Lance, honey, I'm sorry," replies Justin, "But, it is customary to kiss someone on the lips at midnight on New Years, and I didn't want to be the only one to not kiss somebody on the lips."
"You wouldn't have been, I doubt Aaron kissed anyone," replies Lance, still crying.
"Actually, I did," replies Aaron with a smile.
"Yes, it was very quick, but he kissed me, on the lips," replies Jensen.
"You see?" says Justin.
"I don't care! Okay, Aaron kissed Jensen on the lips, but it was a quick peck on the lips, not a full blown frenching session!" replies Lance as his tears and sadness begin to turn to rage.
"Lance, baby, honey, please forgive me," replies Justin as he gives Lance the sad puppy face and tries to reach out and hold Lance.
"Don't touch me! Don't ever touch me again! We're through Justin Randall Timberlake, we're through!" yells Lance as he pushes Justin to the floor and runs from the room, sobbing his eyes out.
Justin lies on the floor, and starts crying, as Aaron and JC come over to comfort him. Everybody finally gets to bed, well after 1 in the morning. Josh and Brian help Justin carry all of his belongings to a spare bedroom, since Lance threw all of Justin's things out of their room into the hallway, and locked himself into the room.
Around 3am, JC wakes up, and realizes that he can't sleep. He doesn't wake Kevin, and instead gets out of bed and pulls his robe on. As he's leaving the room, he accidentally knocks over a small end table, causing the items on top of it to fall to the floor. Surprisingly this does not wake up Kevin.
As JC puts the items back on the table, he finds a key and a medium- sized leather journal. He takes them with him down to the kitchen. He gets a bottle of Evian from the refrigerator and sits down at the kitchen table, looking at the cover of the book.
The book's cover is made of blue leather, and in white the words "Personal Journal of Kevin Scott Richardson" are written on it. JC knows that it is wrong to read Kevin's journal, even though they are dating each other, but JC just can't control himself, and he wants to know what Kevin wrote about him. So, JC takes the key and unlocks the journal and begins to read it.
JC reads several pages, enjoying all of the thoughts that Kevin has recorded about him, all wonderful thoughts of how much he loved JC. Then, suddenly, JC's face got pale, as he read the words, "Tonight I had sex with Talynn Windwraith, and god it was so good. I never thought this possible, but it was even better then with JC." At this point, JC slams the book shut, and sits there thinking, getting angrier by the minute.
"Kevin cheated on me, Kevin cheated on me, Kevin cheated on me, Kevin cheated on me," is all that runs through JC's mind as he takes large gulps of the Evian. Suddenly, JC jumps up from the chair, totally enraged and goes upstairs with the bottle of water and Kevin's journal.
JC bursts into the room and turns on the lights. He pours the Evian on Kevin's naked body, the ice cold water waking him up instantly.
"You dumb, fucking bastard! How could you! I trusted you!" yells JC at the top of his lungs.
"JC what's wrong with you?"
"What's wrong with me? What the hell's wrong with you!" yells JC.
"What are you talking about?"
By this time, Kevin and JC have an audience, as Britney, Brian, Nick, and Joey come running into the room to see what is wrong.
"I'm talking about this you dumb fuck!" yells JC as he throws the hardcover leather-bound journal at Kevin, which hits him in the face.
"That's my private journal, you had no." replies Kevin, getting a little angry.
"Oh save it will ya?" JC says interrupting Kevin, "I must say that I wish you would have been honest with me, but no, you just had to go behind my back and sleep with Talynn! And then write in your journal that sex with him was better then sex with me!"
Kevin looks up at JC with tears in his eyes as he replies, "JC, I'm sorry, I didn't mean that. I'm sorry, please forgive me."
"Forgive you? You cheat on me and admit to enjoying it more then with me and you expect me to forgive you?"
"Please, JC, it was a moment of weakness, that's all. I don't want Talynn, he has a boyfriend. I want you," replies Kevin as he gets out of bed and walks over to JC, totally not caring that he's totally naked in front of Britney, Brian, Nick, and Joey.
"Don't even think about touching me, Kevin. I never want your hands on me ever again. For all I care you can go fuck yourself you fucking asshole! We're through, do you hear me? Through!" yells JC as loud as he can before running from the room in tears.
Kevin drops to his knees, and curls up in a ball, crying his eyes out. Everybody just looks at him with total disgust, even Brian, and leave the room, not saying a single word to him. Loving BSB - Part 30 Written by Ryan J. Clark
A week and a half later, in the Executive Boardroom at the corporate headquarters of Vascardi Enterprises Worldwide Incorporated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Board of Directors is meeting. Well, not all of the board members, Jayson and Joshua aren't there, nor is Nick, Brian, Greta, or Katherine. The rest of the board of directors consists of Samantha Vascardi, Amanda Vascardi, Nicole Vascardi-Rafaelidys, Telemachus Rafaelidys, Jonathan Vascardi, Lauren Vascardi, Marie Vascardi, Rob Vascardi, Anthony Vascardi, and Matthew Collins. Brian has signed his proxy over to Rob Vascardi, Nick has signed his proxy over to Anthony Vascardi, Jayson and Josh gave their proxy to Nicole, and Katherine and Greta gave their proxy to Samantha.
"Attention everybody, I'm going to get straight to business. Jayson and Joshua Vascardi, have not been to work for months, and they show absolutely no interest whatsoever in running this company, so I propose some changes be made," replies Samantha Vascardi.
"What kind of changes?" asks Telemachus.
"I propose that Jayson and Joshua Vascardi be permanently removed from their positions as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Vascardi Enterprises Worldwide Incorporated, and be replaced by myself, and Jonathan, effective immediately."
"That's crazy!" replies Nicole.
"We will now vote on the proposal," replies Jonathan, "The board secretary will call of the board roster."
"Nickolas Carter," replies the secretary.
"Yay, by proxy," replies Anthony Vascardi.
"Matthew Collins."
"Yay," replies Matt.
"Brian Littrell."
"Yay, by proxy," replies Rob Vascardi.
"Telemachus Rafaelidys."
"Nay."
"Amanda Vascardi."
"Yay."
"Anthony Vascardi."
"Yay."
"Jayson Vascardi."
"Nay, by proxy," replies Nicole.
"Joshua Vascardi."
"Nay, by proxy," replies Nicole.
"Lauren Vascardi."
"Nay."
"Marie Vascardi."
"Yay."
"Rob Vascardi."
"Yay."
"Samantha Vascardi."
"Yay."
"Katherine Vascardi-Dawson."
"Yay, by proxy," replies Samantha.
"Nicole Vascardi-Rafaelidys."
"Nay."
"Greta Walker-Vascardi."
"Yay, by proxy," replies Samantha.
"10 Yay, 5 Nay," replies the secretary.
"The motion has passed, effective immediately, Jayson and Joshua Vascardi are no longer Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board of Vascardi Enterprises Worldwide Incorporated. Samantha Vascardi is now the Chief Executive Officer, and Jonathan Vascardi is the Chairman of the Board," replies Jonathan.
Those who voted nay, storm out of the boardroom, totally angry. Those who voted yay, head upstairs to the penthouse office to celebrate, leaving the board secretary to fill out the board log. It is as follows:
Board Meeting - January 13, 2000
Agenda - Removal of Jayson and Joshua Vascardi as CEO and CotB. Replace with Samantha Vascardi, CEO, and Jonathan Vascardi, CotB.
Voting Results: 10 Yay, 5 Nay
Voting Record:
Nick Carter: Yay
Matthew Collins: Yay
Brian Littrell: Yay
Telemachus Rafaelidys: Nay
Amanda Vascardi: Yay
Anthony Vascardi: Yay
Jayson Vascardi: Nay (Proxy)
Joshua Vascardi: Nay (Proxy)
Lauren Vascardi: Nay
Marie Vascardi: Yay
Rob Vascardi: Yay
Samantha Vascardi: Yay
Katherine Vascardi-Dawson: Yay (Proxy)
Nicole Vascardi-Rafaelidys: Nay
Greta Walker-Vascardi: Yay (Proxy)
The secretary, who is very tired, after spending half the night awake taking care of her husband who is sick at home with pneumonia, does not realize her mistake in recording the votes in the log, and leaves the board room. Loving BSB - Part 31 Written By Drew B. Miller
The next morning, a very rare thing happens. Jayson and Joshua actually show up for work. When they reach the door of their penthouse office, they're shocked to see the nameplate, which reads:
Private
Samantha Vascardi, Chief Executive Officer
Jonathan Vascardi, Chairman of the Board
Jay and Josh barge into the office, to find Samantha and Jonathan sitting at their desks.
"What's going on here?" asks Josh.
"What do you mean Josh?" asks Samantha.
"You know what I mean! Samantha you are not the CEO of this company, and Jonathan, you are not the CotB of this company. We left Amanda and Jonathan in charge, temporarily."
"Yes, well, you obviously don't know then," replies Jonathan.
"The board meeting yesterday, was to vote on your removal. The motion was passed 10 to 5," replies Samantha.
Josh and Jay's faces fill with rage.
"Who suggested such a ludicrous motion?"
"I did," replies Samantha.
"Samantha, how dare you! This is Josh's and my company! Not yours! We control majority interest, so get the hell out of our office!" yells Jay.
"And Samantha? You're fired! So are you Jonathan!" yells Josh.
"If only it was that simple," replies Jonathan, "We have the support of the board, not to mention the minority stockholders, so I'm afraid you will have to leave now, before I call security and have you thrown out."
"You can't do that! Samantha, Jonathan, last time I checked, you are minority stockholders! You each only own a measly 3% of this company."
"Yes, well, we also have the support of the stockholders of Hunter Tech, Millenium Cosmetics, Athenae Fashions, Wraith Choreography, A. Vascardi and Sons Realty, Law firm of Vascardi, Renfro, and Renfro, and Vascardi and Associates Accounting," replies Samantha.
"I want to see the log," replies Jay.
"Fine, here," replies Jonathan as he hands Jayson the log book. As Jayson reads over the voting record, he can't believe what he's reading.
"This can't be right," replies Jay.
"What is it?" asks Josh.
"According to this, Nick and Brian voted Yay, and it wasn't by proxy either," replies Jay.
Jay and Josh leave the boardroom with the log book, and head back home.
Meanwhile, at the Brookhaven Institution for the Criminally Insane, Katherine Vascardi-Dawson sits in Dr. Evans' office awaiting for him to come and tell her the reason she was called to his officer. After a few minutes, Dr. Evans walks in and sits down at his desk.
"Hello Katherine," replies Dr. Evans.
"Hello Dr. Evans," replies Katherine.
"Katherine, you have been waiting for this to happen for a long time, I know," replies Dr. Evans, "But I think you are ready to leave here."
"You mean?"
"Yes, I am declaring you restored to sanity, and releasing you," replies Dr. Evans, "I've contacted your grandmother in Athens, and she says that you can come stay with her until you can find a place of your own."
"Thank you Dr. Evans, you don't know how much this means to me," replies Katherine, who is beaming.
"I think I do Katherine. Anyway, if you ever have anymore problems, please contact this doctor, he's very good," replies Dr. Evans as he hands Katherine a business card. The business card has the name, Dr. Thomas Marek, Ph.D. and a phone number written on it.
Katherine Vascardi-Dawson is released from Brookhaven, and driven to the airport, where she catches a flight to Athens.
Jayson and Joshua arrive back home to find that Nick and Brian aren't home, they apparently went to the studio to record their new music video, and won't be back until later tonight. Jay and Josh think back to yesterday, and remember that Nick and Brian were not with them at all during the time of the board meeting, so they think that they may have just gone to that board meeting and cast those treacherous votes. They decide to wait for their husbands, and then confront them when they arrive home. Loving BSB - Part 32 Written By Ryan J. Clark
Several hours later, Katherine Vascardi-Dawson arrives at the estate of her grandmother, Greta Walker-Vascardi, in Athens. Greta welcomes Katherine at the door, and the two of them start to take a walk in Greta's gardens. Suddenly, Greta collapses, and Katherine calls for help.
The butler carries Greta into the bedroom, and the maid gets her into bed, as Katherine sits at her bedside, praying that she is alright. The maid, meanwhile, calls Greta's priest and asks him to come out to the estate, just in case last rites need to be given. Greta is after all 107 years old, so dying of old age is not that inconceivable.
Meanwhile, back in Milwaukee, Nick and Brian arrive back at Vascardi Manor, to find their husbands totally enraged, at them.
"How could you do this to us?!" asks Jayson.
"Do what?" asks Nick.
"Don't play dumb! We thought you loved us, but we must have been wrong!" yells Joshua.
"We do love you! I don't know what you're talking about, but whatever you think we've done, we'll make it right," replies Brian.
"You voted "Yay" at the board meeting yesterday, on a proposal to replace Josh and I as CEO and CotB of VEWI with Samantha and Jonathan!" yells Jayson.
"We did not! We didn't go to the meeting," replies Nick.
"Don't lie, we have the board log right here, and it clearly shows that you both voted yay, had you not been at the meeting, you would have had to sign your proxy over to someone, and as you can see proxy is not written after your votes, which means you cast those votes!" replies Joshua, still totally angry.
"No we didn't, I swear it!" replies Brian, "I signed my proxy over to Rob, and Nick signed his over to Anthony."
"I don't believe you!" replies Jayson.
"Neither do I," replies Joshua.
Both Jay and Josh run upstairs to Jayson's bedroom and lock themselves inside, leaving Brian and Nick alone. Brian and Nick immediately leave the house and go get Rob and Anthony and bring them back to the house. Brian has Rob in a choke hold, and Nick has Anthony in a choke hold as they drag them upstairs and enter Jayson's bedroom through the secret passages.
"Rob, Anthony, tell them!" replies Brian, gritting his teeth with anger.
"Josh, , Brian gave me his, , proxy. He didn't betray, you! Here's the, , proof," says Rob as he gasps for air and removes a piece of paper from his pocket and hands it to Josh. It's a proxy certificate, clearly stating that Brian signed his proxy over to Rob, and that it was Rob who cast the yay vote.
Anthony also shows Jayson the proof, and both Josh and Jay are still totally angry, only this time its not at Brian and Nick, they were innocent. It's Rob and Anthony they're angry at.
"Dad, Uncle Anthony, how could you!" yells Josh.
Rob and Anthony don't respond because they're still gasping for air, since Brian and Nick still have them in choke holds. Josh walks up to his father and knees him in the groin, and Jay walks up to his uncle and does the same. Brian and Nick release Rob and Anthony, and they fall to the ground.
Brian and Josh hug, and begin kissing each other passionately, and Nick and Jayson also hug, before kissing each other passionately, as Rob and Anthony lay on the floor, in pain.
The next day, another board meeting is called, and everybody files into board room, everybody is attendance. Well, Katherine and Greta join the board room via speaker-phone from Athens. Greta is on her death bed, but she still has some life left in her.
"Okay, this is the proposal before this board of directors, the proposal voted on two days ago is to be cast out, and everything is to revert back to the way it was before. Those in favor of this action vote yay, those against vote nay. The board secretary will call out the role."
"Nick Carter."
"Yay," replies Nick.
"Matthew Collins."
"Nay."
"Brian Littrell."
"Yay," replies Brian.
"Telemachus Rafaelidys."
"Yay."
"Amanda Vascardi."
"Nay."
"Anthony Vascardi."
"Nay."
"Jayson Vascardi."
"Yay."
"Joshua Vascardi."
"Yay."
"Lauren Vascardi."
"Yay."
"Marie Vascardi."
"I know I voted yay the last time, but I've had time to think about this, and I think I was wrong in voting the way I did. My vote is yay."
"Rob Vascardi."
"Nay."
"Samantha Vascardi."
"Nay."
"Katherine Vascardi-Dawson."
Samantha who does not know that Katherine and Greta are joining this meeting via speaker phone, thinks that she still has their proxy, so she replies, "Nay, by proxy."
"Not so fast Samantha," replies the voice of Katherine Vascardi- Dawson from the speaker phone, "You don't have my proxy anymore."
"Nor do you have mine," replies Greta.
"Katherine Vascardi-Dawson."
"Yay."
"Nicole Vascardi-Rafaelidys."
"Yay."
"Greta Walker-Vascardi."
"Yay."
"10 yay, 5 nay," replies the secretary.
"The motion is passed. And as my first official duty being the CEO again, Samantha, Amanda, Anthony, Jonathan, and Matthew, you are no longer on this board!" replies Jayson.
"Also, due to your betrayal of the family, I am instructing my attorney at this very moment, to write Samantha, Amanda, Anthony, Jonathan, Colin, Chad, and Carl out of my will," replies Greta through the speaker phone, before the line goes dead.
Back in Athens, Greta's attorney makes the necessary changes to her will, as Greta's priest sits on one side of her bed, and Katherine on the other.
"John? Divide the money up between the people who are still in my will," replies Greta to her attorney.
"Yes, ma'am."
"Katherine, I don't have much time left on this Earth, please say goodbye to the rest of the family for me."
"Grandma, you're not going to die! It's not your time yet."
"Kathy, I'm 107, , years old, trust me this is, , my time. I've lived a long and, , happy life. Now its time for me to join my husband, , and our two sons in heaven. Please do, , not be sad for me."
Katherine gently grasps Greta's hand, as Greta smiles at Katherine. Then all at once, Greta's eyes flutter shut, as she dies. Greta's priest begins to give her last rites, as Katherine gets up to make a phone call that she wishes with all her heart she didn't have to make. Loving BSB - Part 33 Written By Ryan J. Clark, Drew B. Miller, & Carl J. Falk
Two days later on the Athens estate of the late Greta Walker- Vascardi, the entire Vascardi family, as well as the Littrell family, the Carter family, and the Richardson family gather in the Vascardi Family Mausoleum to witness Greta's entombment.
The funeral was beautiful, all pre-planned by Greta. Greta is buried in a beautiful one-of-a-kind white silk dress that was designed by Athenae Fashions, specifically for her. She lies in an oak casket, with red satin lining.
Everybody bows their heads, as Greta's priest begins to talk.
"Gloria Patri, et Filio et Spirito Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen." In English this means, "Glory to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, forever and ever. Amen."
The Vascardi family members all cross themselves in the traditional Catholic manor, as the other non-Catholic people in attendance, simply say, "Amen."
"Pater noster, qui es is caelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum. Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo, et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie. Et dimitte nobis debita nostra, sicut et dimittimus debitoribus nostris. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo." In English, this would be the Lord's Prayer.
As Greta's casket is lifted up into the niche that will be her final resting place, her priest replies, "Greta wished me to read this note to you all."
There's a slight pause, before the priest begins to read, "Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I shall remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, do not remember me at all."
"Requiescat in pace, Greta," replies the priest, as the lid of Greta's burial niche is closed and locked. Everybody watches in silence as the plaque is mounted on the lid, it reads:
Greta Marie Walker-Vascardi
Born: May 5, 1892
Died: January 15, 2000
To Be Continued.
I hope you enjoyed this installment of Loving BSB. Send all comments, good or bad, to JoshNJay@yahoo.com, or RyanNDrew@yahoo.com, all emails will be answered. Just to let you know, in real life, Greta is still very much so alive and well, so I hope that does provide some consolation if her death in the story saddened you.