Thanks for all of your support! Without it, I don't think I could have written this story for this long.
Now on with the story...
First of all, let me just say that this is my first time writing any kind of fiction like this.
DISCLAIMER: This is a work of total fiction and is not meant to imply anything about the sexualities of Nick and Drew Lachey or anyone else mentioned in this story.
If you are too young to read this, or if Homosexuality offends you, then please don't continue any further and leave.
NEWSFLASH: To those of you who don't already know, Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson, in real life, have reconciled and are now husband and wife. I wish them all the best with their marriage and hope they live a long and happy life together.
If you want details about their wedding, check out the 98 Degrees Official Website at www.98degrees.com.
Other 98 Degrees stories I'd like to recommend are.
"Give Me Just One Night" by Unanoche. "69 with Jeff Timmons" by Zachary Scott Pritt "Nick Lachey" by Ken. "98 Degrees Is Hot" by Gay Night "The Reunion" by RinSong. "Loving Nick Lachey" by Jordan "Playing Doctor with 98 Degrees" by Brian "This Gift" by Sprout
and finally: "What I feel for you" by Thack.
"What I feel for you." is an awesome story and Thack, himself deserves applause for all of his hard work on it.
Now, I"ll let you get on with the story.
Enjoy.
NOTE: This chapter will look different because it was accidently erased and I managed to recover it so I didn't have to rewrite it again. so there are alot of ">" symbols. After this one, the chapter will return to their original form without them.
Previously on "My Everything".....
I heard gasps in the background and everyone asking questions all at once, until Drew told them all to pipe down.
"Have you heard from him?" Drew asked me.
"Yes, Drew, I have." I said. "And that's what I need to talk about with all of you."
"Where is he, Sean?" I heard Jesssica's voice ask. "Do you know where he is?"
"Yes, Jessica." I said to her. "He showed up, unexpectedly here in Orlando at my place yesterday evening when I got back home. He stayed the night."
"Well, is he there, now?" Jessica asked. "Can I talk to him, please?"
"You can't, Jessica." I told her. "He's not here anymore."
"Do you know where he went, Sean?" I heard Jeff's voice ask me.
"He's on his way home." I told everyone. "He left for the airport a few minutes ago. He should be home by late afternoon, your time."
I could hear sighs of relief and 'yes's' going around as everyone processed this wonderful news. Nick was coming home!
"Sean, thank you so much for calling us." Jessica said. "I'm sorry I misjudged you."
That admission, was a shock to say the least, coming from her. But I accepted it, anyway.
"Don't worry about it." I said to her. "Apology accepted. Anyway, back to you, Drew, and what you did."
"What about it?" He asked, his voice monotone.
"As furious as I am with you right now, I don't want to see you and Nick at odds over this." I told him. "I've decided that I will save your sorry ass ONE last time."
"What are you talking about, Sean?" I heard Justin ask.
"Yeah, I'm wondering the same thing." Kandi added.
"Nick doesn't know about what happened." I told everyone. "I didn't tell him anything and neither will you guys. But he does know that you did something to me, Drew, but doesn't know what. All I told him is that what you did do caused me to beat you up and needless to say, he wasn't happy about it."
"Are you serious?" Drew asked, stunned at this revelation. "He actually defended me?!"
"Yes he did, Drew." I told him. He loves you. It's evident that he missed you alot while he was gone. And if he finds out about what you did, your relationship with him will be changed forever, and I don't want that. No matter how angry I am with you, I don't feel like you deserve to lose your brother. I know how much you love him, Drew. Or so I thought."
"I do, Sean." Drew said. "Never forget that. But what am I going to tell him? Nick knows me too well. He'll know when I'm lying."
"Well, you'll have to think of something." I told him. "Because if you want your relationship with Nick to survive, he can never know that it was you who broke us up."
I then got more specific, knowing now that it was out in the open, there was nothing to hide anymore.
"Nick can never know that you're the one who made sure that our marriage was never legal. He can never know that you paid off that minister to deceive us. If he ever finds out, your relationship with him will be destroyed forever."
********** CHAPTER 63 **********
Drew was listening to everything that I was saying and he knew that I was telling the truth. Nick would be destroyed if he knew what Drew had done to him. Not to mention me.
"Look, Sean, I don't think we should do this." Drew said. "You and I both know that lying doesn't solve anything. It just leads to more trouble. After all, Nick broke up with you anyway, even when he knew that you two weren't legally married."
Drew also had a point there. But I had to disagree with him there. There was still something to consider here that could have made all the difference back then, those two years ago.
"But, Drew, had you not done what you did, and our marriage had been valid, there could have been a chance that Nick and I could have worked things out back then." I pointed out. "Besides, he would have had to come and find me first before he and Jessica could get married, because he would have had to divorce me first."
I then felt really angry and hurt all of a sudden, as I remembered everything that I'd gone through last night.
"But since that didn't happen, things are different now. Jessica finally has the man that she's loved all these years. But unfortunately, I have to wonder if it will last."
Jessica was shocked to hear that. She chose that moment to make her feelings known about her marriage.
"I can't believe you just said that." She said, her voice starting to sound angry. "How can you say it's not going to last between Nick and I? Do you know something I don't?"
"No, Jessica, it's not that." I said. "I'm sorry, what I said didn't come out right. But there is something you need to know about Nick. He finally decided who he wants to spend the rest of his life with and who he's decided to let go."
When I finished, I didn't hear anything. Nothing but total silence.
"Jessica?" I asked her. "Are you still there?"
"Yes." She said. "You just caught me off guard, that's all. Anyway, did Nick tell you what he decided?"
I then thought about it for a moment and wondered if Nick should be the one to tell her instead. After all, now that I was in love with a married man, I wasn't about to admit to her that she had won.
"I think I'll let Nick tell you himself." I said, not wanting to get into it. "He'll be home soon."
"No!" Jessica said. "Sean, please tell me. I have a right to know."
"Yes, you do." I told her. "But, you have a right to know from YOUR husband."
"But Sean, I don't-" Jessica started, but was cut off by sounds of Nicole crying.
"I've gotta go check on my daughter right now." Jessica told me. "Don't hang up until I get back."
As soon as she left the room, I then decided that I no longer wanted to be on speaker phone and made that known to Drew.
"Drew, could you please take me off of speaker phone now?" I asked him.
"Fine." He said, as he picked up the handset and turned it on, as he flicked off the speakerphone switch.
"Alright, it's just you and me now." Drew said. "Will you tell me what Nick decided?"
I can't." I said, bitterly. "But you did say that you don't want to lie to Nick about what you did. What do you want to do?"
Drew hesitated for a moment, thinking it over. Then he spoke.
"I think I should tell him the truth." Drew said. "If Nick is going to find out what happened, I think it should be from me."
I was floored that Drew was actually thinking of telling Nick the truth. I knew that took a lot of guts for him to admit.
"Are you sure, Drew?" I asked him. "You do know that what you are about to do will have consequences right?"
"Yes, Sean, I'm sure." He said. "And I do know that there will be consequences. Besides, the more I think about it, the more convinced I am that telling my brother the truth is the best thing to do. I have to take responsibility for what I've done. It's possibly the only way that you and Nick will be able to forgive me in time. If not completely, it should at least make things easier, rather than lie about it and make it harder."
I had to admit that Drew was right. Lying to Nick wasn't the right thing to do. And if there was any chance for Nick to forgive Drew for what he did, that meant that Drew had to tell him the truth. There was no other way. Lying about it would just make things worse for him and Nick.
"Alright then, it's settled." I said. "When are you going to tell him?"
Should I tell him tonight?" Drew asked me. "I'm not sure that I should if he's on his way home. I know Nicole has missed her Daddy so much and she wants him back."
"I'm sure." I agreed. "Nick misses her like hell. He told me last night."
I then decided for Drew what he should do.
"Don't tell him tonight, Drew." I said to him. If you can, put it off until tommorrow and let Nick enjoy the time with his family. You might as well get one last brotherly hug from Nick while you can, because once it hits him what you have done, he's not going to want to be anywhere near you that's for sure."
"Ok, then." Drew said. "That's what I will do. I will try to put it off until tommorrow."
"Good." I said. "Well, I have to go. I have errands to run and things to do for the day. Tell Jessica, she'll have her answers when Nick gets home."
"I will." Drew said. "Good-bye, Sean. And I'm sorry."
"I know you are." I said, coldly. "But there's nothing you can do about it now. the damage has already been done."
I couldn't say anymore, and decided to end the call right there.
"Goodbye, Drew." I said, hanging up the phone, not waiting to hear his response. Once that was done, I collapsed on the couch and tried to will myself not to cry.
"Come on, Sean." I said to myself. "Get a grip. You're stronger than this. You can't cry over something that is over. You and Nick are over. And the sooner you accept that, the better off you'll be."
But it wasn't helping. The more I tried to convince myself that it was over for me and Nick, the more horrible I felt.
I looked down at my right hand and my eyes rested on my wedding band, which was still on my finger. As soon as I saw it, I was unable to stop the tears from falling.
I fell back onto the couch, and curled up into a ball, as I let all the emotions I was feeling, overtake me.
"I will always love you, Nick." I whispered to myself. "You will never know just how much."
I lied there, on the couch, crying my eyes out as I remembered how perfect my wedding day to Nick had been and how happy I had been that day when I had finally married the man of my dreams.
"You and I were so happy that day." I said, as I wiped at my eyes. "It's just a shame that it had to end."
Just then, the house phone started ringing. I pushed myself up off of the couch and picked up the handset, which had been sitting on the coffeetable nearby.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Sean. I'm glad I got ahold of you."
It was Ben's voice I recognized on the phone. I was really happy to hear from him. After all, I hadn't left things with them, very well.
"Hey, Ben." I said. "What's up?"
"I was calling to check up on you and see if you made it back home safely." Ben said, his voice sounding concerned. "I'm also curious to know what has caused you to just take off like that back to Orlando without so much as an explanation to me or Matt."
I felt really bad at this moment for the way I'd abruptly left Los Angeles and didn't tell Ben and Matt the whole story about what happened between me and Drew.
"I did make it back safely, Ben." I said to him, feeling really guilty. "And thanks."
"No problem." Ben said. "I just wanted to let you know that Matt and I are here for you if you ever need to talk about anything that's bothering you. Not to mention the fact that you just called us up, out of the blue, and asked us to send your things back to Orlando for you because you were leaving town ASAP. You wouldn't even tell us why. What's up with that, Sean?"
It's complicated, Ben." I said to him. "Things have happened. Very ugly things."
Now, Ben was really concerned. The way I was talking made him think that something terrible had happened to me.
"What are you talking about, Sean?" Ben asked. "What's happened?"
I ran my hand through my hair, as I took a deep breath and let it back out in one heavy sigh. I knew that this was going to be a shock for Ben, what I was going to tell him.
"I found out something yesterday, which has been kept a secret for over two years. I found out why my marriage to Nick was never legal."
"You did?" Ben said. How did you find out?"
"From Drew." I told him. "He is the reason that Nick and I were never legally married."
"What do you mean?" Ben asked, frowning in confusion. "Sean, I don't understand."
I then thought back to my confrontation with Drew, back in Los Angeles yesterday afternoon.
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"Listen, Sean can never know about this." Drew said, into his phone. "He can never know that I paid you off to act as a minister, and make sure his marriage to my brother was never legal. If he ever finds out about this, any chance I ever have at a relationship with him will be over."
When I heard that, I stopped right where I was. I could not breathe. All I could do was stand there, with my eyes wide, and my mouth hanging open. I felt totally numb of all feeling. I was just in shock.
I thought back to the day Nick and I got married and then remembered the look on Drew's face when the minister had asked if there was anyone who didn't think that Nick and I should have been married, and that they should speak up at that time.
Suddenly, all I could feel was anger burning within me when I realized what this meant for me.
I had been decieved! I had been betrayed by the one person who I never thought could have hurt me like that. Someone who I had grown to love, who was like the brother I'd never had. And as a result, I had been deprived of the happiness that I'd once had with Nick, who I'd once loved more than life itself.
I stood there, and watched as Drew talked to whoever it was on the phone. As he did, he started to turn in my direction.
I quickly darted back around the corner, so he wouldn't see me right away. I intended to listen to the rest of his conversation to see if I'd learn anything else. And I did.
"Look." I heard Drew saying. "I've given you twenty thousand dollars to do a job for me and I hope that this will be the last time I ever hear from you."
Now, if I was devastated before, my blood had just reached the boiling point! I felt like I wanted to erupt like a volcano.
At that moment, I was sick of hiding anymore and decided to make my presence known, so I stepped out from the corner, where I would be seen.
Drew had his back to me and I saw him flip his phone shut. Just then, he turned around to walk back to the front of the house. Instead he came face to face with me.
"Damn." Drew gasped. "Sean, you startled me." He said, just as he looked me back in the face.
I shook my head, as tears of anger and betrayal started to run down the sides of my face.
"How the hell could you do this to me?" I whispered, my voice, cracking. "I'd always thought that you were like a brother to me. The brother I never had. I loved you, Drew. And I thought you loved me too. Obviously. I was wrong about you."
Drew gulped, when he realized that I must have heard him on the phone just now. But just in case, he decided to try to play the innocent routine in case I didn't know anything.
"What are you talking about?" He asked, frowning. "What did I do to you?"
"You know damn well what you did!" I said, raising my voice. "Don't even try to hide it from me, Drew! I heard you, talking to someone just now. I know everything! I know that you were the one who made sure Nick and I were never legally married and that you paid off your little protege $20,000 dollars to make sure of it!"
Drew started to come towards me, in an attempt to try to comfort me, but I held a hand up, making him stop in his tracks.
"If you know what's good for you, you'd better keep your distance." I snarled, fiercely. "Because if you even attempt to touch me, you will regret it!"
Drew's eyes started to well up with tears when he saw just how much he had hurt me at that moment.
"Sean, please let me try to explain," Drew started to say. He was starting to cry.
"Oh, please do." I said, interrupting him. "I want to know how you could do this to a man that you supposedly love so much."
"I do love you, Sean." Drew sobbed. "You have to know that when people are in love, like I was with you, they can do desperate things without even thinking about the consequences of their actions. I didn't want to lose you, but I just couldn't help myself."
"And that's supposed to make it perfectly alright?" I asked him, getting angrier by the minute.
"To just take something so precious and beautiful to me, as one of the most memorable experiences of my entire life and make a complete disaster of it?!"
Drew took a few steps closer to me, but did not try to touch me or anything.
"I'm not proud of this, Sean." Drew said. "This was probably the dumbest thing I ever did."
"NO! I erupted at him. "WHAT YOU DID WAS HEARTLESS AND CRUEL!! YOU ARE A SORRY EXCUSE FOR A MAN, DREW LACHEY! YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE, BUT YOURSELF!!!"
THAT'S NOT TRUE!" Drew shouted back at me. I LOVE MY BROTHER! I LOVE EVERY ONE OF MY FRIENDS!! AND I ESPECIALLY LOVE YOU!!!"
"SHUT UP!!!!" I screamed at him, as I shoved him hard. "YOU DON"T KNOW THE MEANING OF THE WORD, "LOVE."
Drew fell back onto the ground, on his ass and looked up at me, his breaths coming out in quick gasps, as he was trying to control his emotions.
I took that moment to stop shouting and calm down a little, but my mind was still racing with thoughts.
"I can't believe this." I said, as I started to break down. "I've been robbed! robbed of the life that I could have had! What I should have had! A happy, lifelong lasting marriage with the one man that I loved more than my own life!"
Then, I turned and looked at Drew, who was getting up off of the ground and I was started to really feel the heat from my temper starting to escalate dangerously high.
"And because of you, I will never have that again!" I said, the vehom obviously in my voice. "You took that away from me! Away from US!!! Nick and me!"
Right then, I had hit the breaking point and I could no longer control my emotions. I grabbed Drew and slammed him against the side of the house.
"How could you do that to your own brother! I fumed at him.
"Sean, I'm sorry." Drew sobbed out. "But, there's no going back now. What you and Nick had is over. He's not yours anymore!"
I couldn't take that and my fist shot out and I decked Drew and he fell down below me.
I knelt down and straddled him and punched him again, repeatedly, this time with both fists on either side of his face.
"YOU BASTARD!!!" I screamed, sobbing hysterically. "HOW COULD YOU DO THIS?!!!! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO US?!!"
"NO! SEAN, I'M SORRY!" Drew sobbed, from underneath me. "DON'T HIT ME AGAIN!! NO!!! PLEASE!!
Drew's begging fell on deaf ears, as I punched him again. This time right in the side of his jaw, near his mouth.
Once that was done, I got up off of him and watched him, as he half coughed and half sobbed, as he got up and stood before me, but couldn't say anything, as he was too shaken up for words.
All I could do was look at him with agonizing contempt.
"I'm sorry, did that hurt?" I asked, sarcastically, in anger. "Trust me, that can't hurt half as much as what you've done to me! Not to mention your own brother!"
I knew at that moment that I could no longer stay there. I could not be around him anymore. I decided what I had to do.
"I'm going to have Ben and Matt send my things back to Orlando." I told him. I'm getting the hell out of here, tonight! And if I never see your sorry ass again, that'll be just fine with me!
Drew didn't say anything, he just wiped at his lower lip, which was bleeding.
"I'll see you in hell, Drew!" I snarled, as I turned tail and walked away leaving him standing there.
As I rounded the corner, I heard him sobbing again.
"I'm sorry." I heard him sob. "Oh, god, I'm so sorry."
I turned back around and looked around the corner and saw him slumped down on the ground, crying his eyes out, hiding his face in his hands, among his knees.
"Oh yeah, you're sorry alright." I thought to myself, as I got into my SUV. "You're sorry that you got caught."
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"You will when you hear this." I continued. "Drew paid someone to act as a minister at our wedding. Since he was the best man to the groom, we let him make all of the arrangements for our wedding and he totally screwed his brother and I over. And now I hate him for that."
"I can't believe what I'm hearing." Ben said,
sounding furious. "You're telling me that the little shit actually had the nerve to deliberately sabotage one of the most perfect weddings that I'd ever been to in my entire life?! Man, I didn't think he had it in him to do that to you. Not to mention his own brother."
"Tell me about it." I agreed. "And speaking of Nick, you should know that he's back."
"He is?! Ben exclaimed in shock. "When did he get back?"
"Last night." I said, lying down on the couch and propping up my feet. "He showed up here, in Orlando right when I needed a friend the most. Jake had brought me home from the airport and then I sat outside for awhile, thinking about what Drew did and how devastated I was because of it. I broke down and then next thing I knew, I felt a hand on my shoulder and I thought it was Jake. You can imagine my shocking surprise when it turned out to be Nick instead."
"That's just so unreal." Ben said, sounding relieved. "So, is Nick still with you right now?"
"No, he isn't." I told Ben. "He's gone back home to be with his wife and daughter. He's decided to stay with Jessica."
"I'm so sorry, Sean." Ben said. It was obvious that he was disappointed. I guess he had been hoping that Nick and I would get back together. But that just wasn't in the cards.
"Why, Ben?" I asked him. "There's nothing to be sorry about. It obviously what Nick wants."
Ben fell silent for a moment. Then he surprised me with his next question.
"But is it what you want?" He asked me.
I didn't know how to answer that one. I knew that I was in love with Nick and there was a part of me that didn't want Nick to be with Jessica. But the other part of me wanted whatever made Nick happy and if it was Jessica, then I wasn't about to ruin that for him.
"I don't know, Ben." I finally answered him. "But I will admit that I still love him. I don't think I've ever stopped loving him."
"Sean, that's great!" Ben said, sounding excited. "You need to tell Nick how you feel."
For a split second, I almost thought about doing just that, but then the more rational part of my brain won over the selfish part.
"I can't do that, Ben." I said, sadly. "Nick and I both came to the decision together. What we had is over."
"It may be for Nick, but it isn't for you, Sean." Ben pointed out. "If you still love him as much as you say you do, then you need to at least decide whether or not, you'll be able to let him go."
"I have to let him go, Ben." I told him. "I have no choice."
I wiped at a tear, that had started to roll down my cheek. It was clear that I was hurt. But it was true that love could hurt.
I figured out just how badly it could when Nick and I broke up and I had been thrown out of their lives like garbage. I still loved him even then. At least until my suicide attempt. After that, I had resolved my feelings for him.
At least, I had until last night when I had kissed Nick for the last time.
All I knew at the moment was that this was going to be a tough time for me. Trying to get over Nick was easier said than done.
LATER THAT EVENING, IN LOS ANGELES............
"Oh, god, baby! I'm so glad you're home!" Jessica cried, as she clung to Nick, like he would disappear any minute.
"I'm glad to be home, baby." Nick said, as he hugged her, tightly. "I missed you and our daughter so much while I was gone."
Nick looked up and saw the rest of the guys, standing there, speechless, just watching him.
"Well guys, can I get my hugs already?" Nick asked, letting go of Jessica, and spreading his arms out.
Drew was the first to greet Nick and he threw his arms around his big brother and hugged him, tightly.
"I've missed you so much, big brother." Drew said. "It just wasn't the same around here, without you."
"I have to agree with Drew." Jeff said, keeping the bitterness out of his voice, so Nick wouldn't pick up on it. "We all missed you."
"I missed you too, Jeff." Nick said, as he let go of Drew. Jeff came up next and hugged Nick.
"So, how are you doing, Nick?" Jeff asked him, as he wondered what Nick was going to tell him.
"I'm much better now, Jeff." Nick said, as he pulled back from their hug. "I've been through a lot while I was gone."
"Where did you go, Nick?" Justin asked, as he gave Nick a brief hug.
Nick pulled back as Kandi came toward him and then he hugged her.
"Different places." He said, as he hugged Kandi. "Hawaii, New York, etc."
Danny was the last one to get a hug from Nick.
"So, we were right when we'd guessed that you'd have gone to Hawaii last thursday." Danny said. "We probably would have found you sooner."
Nick shook his head. "Not necessarily." He said.
"Why do you say that, baby?" Jessica asked him, her curiosity getting the better of her.
"I didn't stay in Hawaii that long." Nick said. Just for the one day. Then I went to New York where Sean and I first met and relived all the wonderful memories we once shared there."
Jessica's smile vanished the moment she heard Sean's name come up. She had been furious with Drew earlier when he had let Sean hang up before she could get back to the phone to grill Sean about what Nick had decided.
"I've shared alot of great memories with you too, Jessica." Nick said, putting his arm around her. "And We're going to share even more together."
Jessica's face lit up at that moment. What Nick saying what she thought he was saying?!
"What are you saying Nick?" She asked him, in surprise. "Have you decided who your future is with?"
"Yes." Nick said. "My future is with you. My beautiful wife. And our beautiful little girl."
Tears came to Jessica's eyes when she heard that and she wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him, like there was no tommorrow.
"I'm so happy, Nick." Jessica murmured. "Now we can finally get on with our lives. Together."
"Yes, babe." Nick said, cupping her face into his hands. "From here on in, it's just you and me."
Nick then leaned in and kissed Jessica passionately. He ran his hands up and down her body as he made out with her.
"Get a room, you two!" Justin said, sarcastically.
Nick continued to kiss Jessica and gave Justin the finger instead.
"He's baaack." Danny said, rolling his eyes. But he was just joking. He was glad to see Nick getting back to his old self again. But then, a thought occurred to him.
"Nick, how did Sean take your decision to stay with Jessica?" He asked, out of the blue.
Nick and Jessica stopped kissing and they both turned around to face the guys. Jessica leaned into Nick's chest, and he put his arm around her.
"He took it pretty well." He said. "He didn't seem all that surprised by it."
"Oh." That was all Danny could say, before the room fell into an awkward silence. Then Nick decided to break it.
"So, where's my little princess?" Nick asked, referring to Nicole.
"She's taking a nap, in the living room." Jessica said. "I know she'll be happy to see her Daddy when she wakes up."
"You bet she will." Drew said, from behind Nick. He turned around to face Drew.
"She missed you like hell while you were gone." Drew told him. "She would not stop crying the other day. We tried everything we could think of to get her to stop. Holding her, checking her diaper, etc. You name it, we did it. At least until Jeff came up with a brilliant idea."
"What was that?" Nick asked him, getting intruiged.
"I grabbed a tape of you and Jessica, singing a duet together and she calmed right down when she saw you on the tv screen." Jeff explained. "Then, after a while, she drifted right off."
Nick sighed, sadly. "I'm sorry." He said. "I should have been the one to help her feel better. But I wasn't here to do that and my sweet little girl was the one who had to pay."
"Baby, it's alright now." Jessica said, putting her hand to his cheek. It doesn't matter anymore. All that matters is that you're back here where you belong. At home with your family and friends who love you so much."
"Thanks, babe." Nick said, then looked in the direction of the living room.
I'm going to go and look in on our daughter." Nick said, kissing Jessica on the cheek.
"Alright, honey." She said. "I'll be in in a minute."
Nick then walked into the living room to go and spend time with his little girl.
Jessica then turned to the rest of the guys.
"Listen guys." She said, lowly so Nick couldn't hear them. "I don't want Nick to know about what Drew did." She said. "He can never find out about it. That's the way it has to be."
"But, Jessica." Drew whispered. "Sean told me...."
"NEVER MIND WHAT SEAN TOLD YOU!" She whispered, fiercely. "What Nick and Sean had is over and I don't think that what you did needs to be brought to light now. It's in the past and that's where it should stay."
"I can't believe this." Jeff said. "You're asking us all to lie to Nick about what happened? Jessica, we can't do that."
"He's right, Jessica." Drew said. "What if Nick asks me about Sean? He already knows that I did something because Sean told him, he beat me up. What am I supposed to tell him?"
"Don't worry about Nick." Jessica tried to reassure them. "I'll handle my husband."
Jessica looked around at Kandi, Justin, Danny, Jeff, and Drew and she could see that they did not like being put in the position to lie to Nick.
"I don't like this, Jessica." Drew said. "I don't think lying to Nick is the answer. In my opinion, it'll only make things worse for your marriage."
Jessica sighed in frustration and turned away.
"Jessica, come on." Danny said, shaking his head. "Nick has to know about this."
Jessica looked up past them and her eyes widened.
Danny, Jeff, Drew, Justin, and Kandi, all turned around and saw Nick standing in the doorway to the kitchen.
"I need to know about what?" He asked.
To Be Continued........?
"Well, that's all for this one, folks!"
"Will Nick find out Drew's secret?
"And how will Sean deal with his feelings when Nick is concerned? "Will he be able to move on?"
"What happens next? Oh, if you only knew!"
Stay tuned.
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