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CHAPTER ONE:
"Eh?" said Jonathan looking up. "Orlando? What are you planning?"
"Well.. we've been really busy lately." Said Nick. "I was thinking that it would be nice before Ryan left for Switzerland for school that we could give him a going away party and go to Orlando and hit the parks."
"This doesn't have anything to do with the fact that you are currently having a roller coaster fetish does it?" asked Jonathan.
"I wouldn't call it a fetish" said Nick with a hurt look. "I haven't ridden a coaster in ages. I'm 24 you know. I am still sort of a kid"
"You're also worth a hell of a lot of money." Said Jonathan. "Don't give me that look of yours either. I know that look. You want to go to Orlando."
"So, can we?" asked Nick with his innocent look. He knew that Jonathan could rarely say no to that look.
"Have you looked at our schedules?" asked Jonathan as he refilled his wine glass.
Nick got up and walked across the main living room in their house in Key West to get his laptop. Sebastian flicked his tail at him as he walked by. "I can't believe I'm attached to technology." He started. "Yes I have"
"He walked back to the couch and snuggled up against Jonathan when he sat back down. "We're clear for the next week. The guys can handle the paperwork and nothing is going on at the Casino that requires our attention. You have the meeting in LA next week"
Jonathan looked out the windows at the sunset for a moment. "OK" said Jonathan. "Set it up; just don't expect to find me on any of those roller coasters"
"Why not" asked Nick. "You're immortal. You can be hurt on them."
"Yeah, but I can puke my guts out" said Jonathan.
"EWWWWWWWWWWWW" came the reply of disgust from Nick.
Two days later, the Hummers came to a halt outside Renaissance One. Danny got out and looked around as usual before letting Jonathan out. Nick and Ryan got out of the second Hummer under the watchful eye of Nick's security crew. Captain Hendrickson was waiting at the foot of the stairs.
As they walked towards the jet, Jonathan turned to Danny. "You know, it is a tad silly going from Key West to Orlando in a 747. It would have been simpler to hop one of the smaller jets"
"Be that as it may" said Danny, removing his sunglasses, "I'm not real comfortable with Orlando. Too many people on the road to watch and control if there is a problem. I want the Hummers there. Besides, it isn't like you can't afford it"
"Hrmph" grunted Jonathan. "$38,000 an hour"
"Plus security expenses" said with a smile.
"What are you two arguing about?" asked Nick as he caught up.
"Nothing, just my usual complaint about being able to just go somewhere as normal people"
"Oh well, I guess you will just have to adapt" said Nick with a smile. He ran up the jet stairs and Jonathan just gave him a stare.
Ryan was standing there waiting for Jonathan. "This is gonna be fun"
"I hope so" said Jonathan as they were walking up the stairs. "Nick told me that you are really into Disney. We'll be there for 5 days. That should give you enough time to get around and see all the parks"
"I don't know how I ended up with you guys doing all of this for me, but it has been something really special" said Ryan.
"Just trying to give someone who needed a break an honest one" said Jonathan as they started up the jet stairs. As they entered the jet, Karen was waiting at the top and handed them each a cup of coffee.
"Where do you get this coffee?" Ryan asked Jonathan. "It is so good"
"Thanks" said Jonathan as they went forward. "I have a blend that I like that is shipped to me. It is a blend of Hazelnut and Vanilla"
As the three settled in up front, the voice of Captain Hendrickson came on over the intercom.
"We're looking at about 34 minutes wheels up to wheels down." He said. "We'll be starting up the engines in a minute and should be airborne in about 12 minutes."
"Sounds like a plan to me" said Jonathan. He looked at Ryan and Nick. "You guys watch a movie or something, I've got some last minute stuff to do in the office."
"OK" said Nick. "You want lunch on board or wait until we get there?"
"There is fine" said Jonathan. "We had a pretty big breakfast. I need to go running after we get settled up there"
"Nice of you to let me know" said Danny coming in to the front lounge.
"You can stand to break a sweat there yourself sir" said Jonathan with a smile.
"Uh huh" came the expected reply. "The advance team for your trip next week has some issues. You have a few minutes?"
Jonathan frowned. "Yeah I suppose so. Come on back"
As Jonathan headed towards his office with Danny in tow, the engines could be heard starting up one by one. Ryan turned towards Nick.
"I can't get used to this plane man" he started. "It looks like a friggin house. I mean jets are jets, but this is unreal"
"I know what you mean" said Nick as he reached for the remote. "It took me a long while to get used it."
"I don't know how to even begin to say thank you to the both of you for all that you guys have done for me." Said Ryan. "I mean 3 months ago I was getting the shit kicked out of me in a back alley in Phoenix."
"Yeah, well" said Nick. "We just happened to be in the right place at the right time then weren't we?"
Ryan couldn't think of an answer to that one. He turned to Nick. "Listen man, would it be rude of me if I just wanted to be by myself for the flight?"
Nick looked at him carefully. "Are you OK?"
"Yeah, I'm fine" he started. "There's just so much going on around me I need a quick time out. I mean living in a mansion on Key West, flying around in a private 747, a cat that doesn't look or act like a normal cat who seems to know what your thinking. Now I'm going to Orlando, my all time favorite place then off to a private school in Switzerland with enough clothes to look like an Abercrombie model"
"Well, you do have the looks for it man" said Nick getting up. "Seriously, just kick back up here and relax. If you need anything to eat or drink the galley is #4 on the phone. I'll check back on you before we land."
"Thanks man" said Ryan, turning away before Nick could see his eyes start to fill up.
Nick smiled to himself and closed the door behind him. He looked out the window and saw that they were at the end of the runway on Key West airstrip. As the plane started to move he sat down in one of the chairs that were spaced out in the corridor of the jet leading from the front.
CHAPTER TWO:
As the jet cleared the Key West airspace and continued its' climb towards Orlando, Jonathan looked over at Danny in the office.
"So, what's the problem?" he asked.
Danny thought for a moment before choosing his words. He knew it didn't take too much to set Jonathan off concerning safety.
"There are some protests planned in Los Angeles next week" he started. "Something to do with one of the unions; I'm not sure which. The problem is that you are supposed to be over there for a conference with the management team there. The union problem isn't related to anything we're doing but it is going to be close to where you are staying and then the meetings. They have had protests in the past and they can get pretty violent."
"So, move the meetings and the hotel" said Jonathan. "What's the problem?
"The problem is that there was some chatter on the internet about kidnapping a quote unquote `billionaire and his rich bitch boyfriend when they come to LA' to hold for ransom. That kind of sounds like you two." Said Danny.
"Yeah it does doesn't it?" said Jonathan, a dark cloud crossing over his face. "OK reschedule the meetings, move the hotel reservations to outside the city and as much as I hate to say it, beef up security." Jonathan activated his computer and looked at his schedule. "We can move it back three days. That will make it a bit easier anyway instead of going right from Switzerland to LA. Coordinate it with Brandon and let Las Vegas know we will be coming in for a couple of days. It's close enough we can drive from there. Let me know what else we have to do. You might want to see how my schedule became public knowledge as well."
Danny was always amazed at the level of knowledge Jonathan had when it came to security procedures. "OK that works. I'll let you know if we find anything else."
Jonathan nodded as Danny left. He started to get up and saw Nick standing in the doorway. "What's wrong?" he asked Jonathan.
"Nothing babe" said Jonathan.
A shocked look came over Jonathan as he felt himself pushed back into the leather of his overstuffed office chair without Nick even touching him. He looked at Nick with one eyebrow cocked. "You did that?"
"Yeah I've been practicing" said Nick. "Seems there are a few things that I didn't know I could do until recently. "
He walked over and sat firmly on Jonathan's lap. "Now that your pinned, what is the problem that I need to know about?"
"It's nothing major baby I promise." Said Jonathan.
"Good, then give" said Nick a serious look on his face.
"There is some chatter on the `net about someone one wanting to kidnap a billionaire and his boyfriend around the time we are in LA."
"I thought that we were keeping the trip was pretty quiet" said Nick, getting up off of Jonathan's lap and going over to another chair in the office.
"So, did I" said Jonathan. "Seems we have a leak somewhere in the office"
"Did you turn Danny loose on it?" Nick asked, visibly disturbed.
"He'll handle it, no worries" said Jonathan. "What did you do with Ryan?"
"He wanted some private down time" said Nick. "I think we overloaded his brain the past few days"
"It has been a lot." admitted Jonathan. "Is he OK?"
"Nothing that a little quality time with Mickey Mouse can't cure" said Nick.
"That you or him?" asked Jonathan with a smile.
"The only mouse I play with is in your pants" said Nick.
"Mouse?" said Jonathan. "That's a roaring lion thank you"
"Come on Simba" said Nick getting up. "We got about a half hour. Show me how it's done in the jungle"
CHAPTER THREE:
"From the flight deck" came the voice of the co-pilot. "We are 3 minutes out from landing. Find a chair please"
Nick and Jonathan were just walking through the doorway of the front lounge when the announcement came. They looked over to find Ryan stretched out on the couch sound asleep.
"He sleeps more then you do" said Jonathan, squeezing Nick's hand. He walked over to a chair and sat down. Spinning the chair around he looked out the window. "Looks like a nice day out"
Nick had continued through the lounge into the bedroom to change. He called out from the bedroom. "The widgit says that it is 88 degrees, 81 percent humidity and a 20 percent chance of showers this afternoon."
"That is not a nice thing to call the on board computers" said Jonathan. "They are a very useful tool"
"Your cock was a very useful tool too and I could call that a widgit" said Nick from the other room.
"Not in front of the company" said Jonathan blushing. He looked over to find Ryan still sleeping. He got up and walked over to the couch.
"Hey there, time to wake up" he said gently nudging Ryan's shoulder.
"Huh" came the groggy reply. As wakefulness took its' hold, Ryan realized where he was. "Oh, sorry man. I didn't mean to crash out"
"No problems" said Jonathan. "Cat naps are good. Just ask Sebastian"
"He'd probably answer too wouldn't he?" asked Ryan getting up and stretching. Jonathan paused for a moment at the marvel of Ryan's abs as his shirt rode up during the stretch.
"I've learned to expect anything from that cat" said Jonathan.
"How come you didn't bring him on this trip?" asked Ryan.
"He usually travels when we go to places I own." Said Jonathan. "Marriott owns this hotel, they don't allow pets"
"Oh" said Ryan.
Before any further conversation could take place, the wheels thumped down on the runway and the jet began its' rollout. Nick came out of the bedroom wearing cargo shorts and a very bright Hawaiian shirt.
"I don't know why they want you to sit down during landings" he started. "This thing lands like a feather"
"I've had a couple of rough landings flying commercial" said Jonathan getting up. "All things considered landing is nothing more then a controlled crash. You might also want to keep in mind that this thing is like 845,000 pounds"
"There's a pleasant thought to start vacation" said Nick. He turned to Ryan. "Ready to go?"
"Yeah man" said Ryan.
Soon the engines shut down. As the three of them walked towards the front door, Danny was waiting for them. "Eric is bringing around the Hummers now. You'll have the usual contingent of security, plus two for our guest"
Ryan looked slightly cowed by the thought of two bodyguards. Even after the three months of spending time with Nick and Jonathan, he still was very uncomfortable around the large armed men that came and went like shadows. Danny saw this on his face. "Don't worry Ryan, they will stay out of the way. You'll never know they are around"
Ryan just nodded.
"Ok" said Jonathan, "Time's wasting and I am in the mood for some peel and eat shrimp by the pool"
Danny looked out and saw the security team on the stairs and opened the door. All of them proceeded down to the two Hummers waiting on the tarmac. It was a 25 minute ride to Marriott's Orlando World Center. Pulling up to the front of the hotel, Danny let them out of Hummer One as the security crew got out of Hummer Two. A blacked out van had followed up with their luggage and the additional security personnel that Danny wanted with them. With Brandon prepping for the West Coast trip, one of the security crew checked in the people. Soon, Nick and Jonathan were in the Presidential Suite, overlooking the lagoon style pool. Ryan was in his own suite just down the hall. Nick came up to Jonathan and hugged him from behind as the two stood on the balcony.
"I love you" said Nick, kissing the back of Jonathan's neck.
"I love you too" said Jonathan. "What brought that on?"
"Just because you are the most giving and wonderful person on this planet" he replied.
"I'm just me" said Jonathan.
"Uh huh" said Nick, releasing him. "We going swimming or what?"
Shortly thereafter, Jonathan was lazily reclining on a mat floating in the lagoon style pool near the edge. Danny and two others were discreetly positioned around the pool, surprisingly blending in with the crowd around the pool. He watched Nick and Ryan horsing around in the pool. Jonathan noted both the similarities and differences in the two. Nick's immortal body was one of stunning magnificence. The corded muscles flexed in water coated sunshine. Both men and women were stopping and glancing at him. At 6'2" and 187 pounds of tanned smooth body, he attracted attention. Danny, of course wasn't too pleased about that but took it in his stride. Ryan, tho smaller, still had an impressive body for his size. At about 5'8" or 5'9" he was about 155 pounds. He had put on some weight while staying with them, but had religiously worked out at the estate or on the jet. He went running with them some days and had kept in excellent shape from his swimming. Ryan had a true swimmers body but not the bulk that immortality had given Nick. In a way they even looked like two brothers horsing around in the pool.
Brandon came over to Jonathan with a cell phone in hand. Jonathan looked up from his plate of peel and eat shrimp to note that Brandon was fully dressed in a Polo white dress shirt, pressed Kakhi's with a razor sharp crease and docksiders with socks. Jonathan frowned.
"You wear less than that when you're working at the house" said Jonathan. "What's up?"
"Just been running around making dinner reservations and such and thought it would be easier to look good" Said Brandon. "You're all set for dinner tonight at Mikado's, the Japanese restaurant"
"OK thanks" said Jonathan. "You gonna stay that dressed all day? You're done working unless that call is for me"
"No it isn't" said Brandon. "It's Ian and he's just confirming some stuff"
"OK" said Jonathan. "You and Mark joining us for dinner?"
"Yes we are" said Brandon. "You're all set for 8pm. I've reserved one whole table. That should keep security happy"
"Yeah, I would think so" said Jonathan. He noted Brandon watching Nick and Ryan.
"The kid has really changed over the past couple of months" said Jonathan.
"Yeah he has" said Brandon. "I've never seen him in shorts before. He's in excellent shape"
"Apparently from what the company has found out and what not from talking to him, he's actually a championship swimmer"
"It shows" said Brandon. "OK I'm off, I'm on cell if you need anything and if not I'll see you guys for dinner."
"Thanks" said Jonathan. "Drinks in the lobby bar about 730?"
"Sounds good" said Brandon. He nodded and left the pool area.
Jonathan turned around to watch the two guys for a while longer when they finally tired of their game and had a race across the pool to get to where Jonathan was. Jonathan was impressed. Nick had been a championship swimmer in school and college as well even before his change to immortality. Even with the exquisite body that Nick had, Ryan had no problem keeping up with him and for brief moments even passing him in the water. The two popped out of the water at the same time hitting the deck and standing in front of Jonathan simultaneously, showering him with pool water. His momentary anger was displaced by the insanely deep gasp of the two women walking behind him who obviously were staring at Nick. Standing there, deeply muscled and tanned in a pair of fairly short white shorts, dripping wet, and bulging in a most appropriate place he was a vision of sexual animal to man or woman. Unable to resist, Jonathan opened his mind to the one woman who was blatantly staring at Nick.
"God, I'd drop right here and strip if he would fuck me" came the thoughts of the woman into Jonathan's head. Jonathan paused for a moment before a look came across his face that was a cross between angelic and demonic. Nick caught the look on his face and gave him a look of question. Jonathan smiled. The woman screamed unbidden as an orgasm ripped through her body.
"You didn't" was Nick's question as the woman gasped for breath holding onto a chair.
"You do have a way with women" said Jonathan. "She was staring at you"
"You didn't do what" asked Ryan as he reached for a towel. He knew something had happened but wasn't sure what.
"Nothing" said Jonathan. "You guys have fun?"
"Yeah this place is amazing" said Ryan. "I can't thank you enough for bringing me here"
"Not a problem" said Jonathan. "It's always fun to come to Orlando"
"Where did you get the shrimp?" asked Nick.
"Pool bar over that way" said Jonathan pointing in the general direction of the waterfalls.
"OK" said Nick. "Back soon"
"Don't eat too much, we've got dinner in a couple hours at the Japanese Tappen-Yaki place here"
"Me?" asked Nick, with a cocky look. "Eat too much? Be serious. Just be glad Sebastian isn't here, he'd clean the place out"
"True enough" said Jonathan laughing.
CHAPTER FOUR:
The next day, Jonathan awoke to Nick shaking his shoulder.
"Come on it's time to get up" said Nick rather forcefully.
Jonathan rolled over to look at the clock. It read 8:15am. He rolled over and shot a look at Nick who was already dressed. "Do you know what time it is?"
"It is 8:15am" he started as he pulled on Jonathan's leg towards the edge of the bed. "The park opens in an hour and a half and we have VIP access to get in at 9:15, so get your ass out of bed"
Jonathan could only laugh at the infectious laugher and animation coming from Nick. Being 24 or not, worth over 2 billion in his own right or not, he could still act like a little kid.
"Where does all this energy come from?" asked Jonathan as we ended up on the floor. "You were up until 3am. I might also remind you we have 4 full days here."
"Yeah, well, I'll sleep when I'm dead" said Nick. "Oh yeah, I can't die. Guess I'll have to cat nap later, now could we please get a move on it"
"Did you do this to Ryan?" asked Jonathan as he went into the bathroom for a shower.
"No, he was already up." Said Nick. "He is doing laps at the moment in the pool"
"Does he have company" asked Jonathan sticking his head his head out the door in concern.
"Yeah he does" said Nick. "Danny sent one of the guys with him; now will you please move your ass? I've ordered room service and it will be here in a few minutes"
"Yes sir!" came the reply.
True to his word, Jonathan was out of the shower in 4 minutes, dried and dressed in 9 minutes total and working on his first cup of coffee as there was a knock on the door and Brandon came in.
"Morning guys" said Brandon. "Here are your tickets for Disney. They are park hoppers so you can hit all four parks or where ever you want to go"
"OK thanks" said Jonathan. "Better give me the tickets. The other one there is liable to take your hand off at the elbow going for the tickets he is so excited."
"I'm not that bad" said Nick, with a mock pout
"Yeah OK" said Jonathan. "Lets see, digital camera in your pocket, video camera on the table by the door, you've been up for over an hour and dragged my ass out of bed"
"Details, details" said Nick. "Would you finish up so we can go"
Jonathan looked at Brandon and just shrugged his shoulders. "Told ya"
He turned back to Nick. "Give me 15 minutes, the Hummers aren't even out front yet, I suspect and Ryan is still in the pool."
"OK" said Nick, taking a half bagel from the room service tray. "The clock is ticking"
CHAPTER FIVE:
The days passed too quickly for all of them; Jonathan included. After a few mild protests of being dragged about the numerous parks for day after day, he started to enjoy himself. From getting soaked at Sea World to the Back to the Future ride at Universal, Jonathan was actually more relaxed then he had been in ages. Ryan was in his own personal heaven with VIP tickets and access to each of the parks. He eventually got over going on to a ride and then getting off to see his bodyguards waiting patiently for him. Nick was being Nick and even for him he came close to forgetting he was a billionaire and all the responsibilities that went with it. Brandon and Mark kept the paperwork and phone calls a minimum for each of the guys. Nick and Jonathan found adequate time to be by themselves, allowing Ryan freedom to do what he wanted; with his company of guards discreetly of course. They even noted one afternoon coming back from Sea World that Ryan was hanging out with a girl his own age by the pool.
Soon it was time to head to Switzerland. The sun was starting to set at the Orlando International Airport. The dying rays of the sun reflected of the reflective white paint of the G-550, White Spy One. Captain Hendrickson was running their final check list inside. Outside Nick and Jonathan stood with Ryan by the stairs leading to the jet.
"OK" said Jonathan. "You are all set. The jet will arrive in Geneva around 9am tomorrow morning. Representatives from the security company will meet you there and get you to the school. Clothes and luggage and such have been sent ahead".
He paused for a moment. He took a passbook out of his pocket. "This is an account set up for you in Geneva. There is an ATM card inside. Information about it, codes and such are also inside. I've also got a cell phone for you as well. Call if you need anything, you want to fly back or what ever. We are expecting you for Christmas. I expect we'll be in the area next month and we'll stop in"
Ryan took the book and put it in his back pocket As Captain Hendrickson stood in the doorway of the jet. "We're good to go whenever you are ready. said the Captain, looking at his watch. "We are slotted for a 7:15pm departure, about 10 minutes from now. It will be approximately 7hours in the air. We should touch down about 830am in Geneva. We'll know more once we are airborne."
He paused and looked at the three on the ground, figured out what was going on and just nodded at Jonathan before going back inside.
Ryan looked at Jonathan first then Nick. "I don't know where to begin" he said, his voice faltering. "I can't believe how much my life has changed in the past 3 months. I don't know.."
Jonathan reached out and pulled Ryan to him. "You don't have to say anything Ryan. I know what you're trying to say."
He could feel the boy start to shake a little. "It's OK man. You need anything, just call. I'm glad we were there that night to help"
"I wouldn't be here if you weren't" he said.
Ryan stood back and wiped his nose. "Thank you" He shook Jonathan's hand, then turned to Nick. Nick nodded at him.
"I'll see ya in a month" said Nick.
"Where did he come from?" asked Ryan. He was looking down at the ground between Nick and Jonathan. There sat Sebastian, his fur ruffling in the light evening breeze.
"He came up in the jet" said Jonathan.
Ryan laughed out loud. "A cat as a the only passenger on a private jet. That has to be a first"
Sebastian cocked his head and gave Jonathan an evil look then walked over to Ryan who had knelt down on the tarmac. He rubbed himself up against Ryan; who started to scratch him on his flanks. This caused Sebastian to fall to the ground and roll over. For a minute or so Ryan rubbed the fur and scratched his belly. He finally picked up the cat and scratched him on his ears then kissed him on the top of his head before handing him to Jonathan.
"I'm going to miss him as much as you guys" he said.
"We'll bring him along with us next month then" said Jonathan.
With a final wave, Ryan turned around and walked up and into the jet. The security agent going with him nodded and secured the jet.
As it taxied away, Nick turned to Jonathan. "You did a good thing"
"We both did" he replied as they watched the jet taxi out to the runway. They stood there holding hands as Sebastian curled himself around Jonathan's shoulders. Shortly they watched the jet make the final turn, halt for a moment then start it's take off run.
"He's going to be OK" said Jonathan.
"Yeah" said Nick. "Back to the hotel?"
"Sounds like a plan".