Chapter 6: Departures & A Plan
For Fun
As they reached the hotel, Lance and Patrick had been discussing
Patrick's medications and JC and Mike had begun to talk again
as well. Patrick and Lance went to Lance's room and continued
their conversation while JC and Mike went to Mike and Patrick's
room and continued theirs.
Lance and Patrick sat on Lance's bed and talked til Patrick
looked up and saw Lance nodding off. Patrick smiled and grabbed
Lance's shirt, pulling it over his head and off. Then he helped
Lance stand up and Lance took off his pants and then tucked
him into bed.
Lance smiled up at Patrick and said, "So....before when
you were a fan, before you really knew us...who was your favorite?"
Patrick smiled, "Why...you were Scoopy."
Lance's eyes widened, "Really? I was your favorite?"
Patrick blushed, "Yep. I thought and still think that
you are a complete hottie."
Lance sat up a little and smiled shyly, "You're kidding,
right?"
Patrick shook his head, "No. You have the most beautiful
eyes, your smile can light up a room, you have a sexy, deep
voice, and I have a weakness for blonds! I was lucky I got
to know you, cause I got to find out that you were also a
hugely friendly, sensitive guy, with tons of brains, and a
heart of gold."
Lance blushed red, then leaned into Patrick, kissing him
softly on the lips. "Flattery like that will get you
anywhere."
"Yeah. Flattery like that will get me in trouble.",
Patrick grinned, then kissed Lance again, sliding his tongue
into the other boy's mouth for a deep, long kiss.
Lance moaned and Patrick pulled back. "We'd better stop.
As much as you are my fantasy, I don't want to get attached
then die on you, too!"
Lance sighed, then nodded.
"But...", Patrick smiled, "You are gonna move
your albino butt over there. It looks like I am your bunk
buddy tonite...I don't know how long JC and Mike will be talking
and we're both tired."
"Kay", Lance smiled and moved over onto one side
of the bed as Patrick pulled his pants and shirt off, climbing
into bed wearing his boxers and t-shirt. A minute later, both
boys were sleeping peacefully.
The next morning Patrick woke up fully aware of whom he was
spooned up against. As he roused himself, Lance started awake.
"Go back to sleep Lance", Patrick whispered, running
his hands through the young man's hair and down his arm. Lance
sighed and pushed himself back into Patrick's embrace. Patrick
leaned in and kissed the young singer's neck, then waited
for his breathing to even out before quietly getting out of
bed and heading back to his own room.
Patrick opened the door and grinned as he saw JC fast asleep
on the bed beside Mike. Not nearly as cozy as he had been
with Lance, JC and Mike lay back to back to each other. Patrick
sat down beside JC and shook his shoulder. JC's eyes opened
slightly, the popped wide open at seeing Patrick.
"We only slept in the same bed. Honest!", JC said,
holding his hands over his face for protection.
Patrick looked over at JC and shook his head, "I know.
I slept over in Lance's room. Why did you think I was gonna
hurt you?"
JC pulled his hands away from his face slowly. "Cause
you tried to kill me in my dream....my nightmare!"
"JC, Patrick sighed, "I wouldn't ever hit you.
You are my friend. The dream was just that....a bad dream."
Patrick grabbed JC's hand and squeezed it, then pulled the
young man into an embrace.
"I wanted to thank you again.", Patrick said in
his ear, "For being so good to us. Mike told me that
you are gonna make sure he's ok after I'm gone."
JC pulled back and nodded.
Patrick grabbed both of JC's hands and held them, "You
take good care of him, you hear? He's a keeper."
JC's eyes filled up with tears as Patrick stood up and nodded,
"It's early. Go back to sleep for a while, I'm gonna
take a shower."
Patrick ran a hot shower, then dressed. As he opened the
bathroom door, he smiled as he saw JC asleep against Mike,
his arms wrapped around Mike's waist. Patrick quietly let
himself out of the room and walked over to visit with Justin.
Patrick knocked on Justin's door and he was immediately greeted
with a groaning, stumbling, half awake Justin, completely
naked as the day he was born.
"Oh my!", Patrick laughed, "It's a good thing
its only me, anyone else would have turned to stone at the
site of your majesty!"
Justin's eyes popped open and he looked down at himself,
realizing he was stark naked, then he immediately slammed
the door on Patrick's face. Patrick dissolved into a fit of
giggles. Lance opened his door, now showered and dressed,
and walked over to see what was going on. Patrick whispered
to Lance what had happened and the two began giggle like Wilma
and Betty from the Flintstones. A second later, a thoroughly
embarrassed but much more decently attired Justin re-opened
the door. Patrick and Lance smile and in unison said, "Good
Morning Justin."
Justin mumbled something unintelligible then proceeded to
fall back onto his bed. Lance walked over to the telephone
and dialed up room service, and ordered breakfast for everyone.
Patrick smiled and laid down next to Justin on the bed and
used the remote to turn on the TV. Justin rolled over onto
Patrick, putting his arms around him and snuggling lightly
in his sleep.
Lance giggled as he watched and Patrick smiled and sighed.
"I think we already did this yesterday.", Patrick
chuckled, and Lance burst into laughter, remembering Patrick's
recounting of yesterday's musical bed partners.
Justin snuggled closer, burying his head into Patrick's neck
and beginning to drool on him.
"Ick....", Patrick said quietly, "he drools
in his sleep. Gee...he suddenly reminds me of an ex of mine."
Lance's laughter got louder until he fell back on the sofa
and began to cough and sputter.
The noise must have been enough to rouse the sleeping Justin
as his eyes fluttered open.
"Mmmm...Whasso funny?", Justin muttered loudly,
then looked up at Patrick who smiled widely, "We have
to stop waking up like this....people will talk if they see
your drool on my neck."
Lance's coughing got louder as he heard Patrick's response
and he began to point, that is, until he fell off the couch.
Justin began to blush and pull away from Patrick, who leaned
in and kissed him on the cheek.
"Don't worry, Justin", Patrick whispered, "I
know you were sleeping."
Justin grinned and got out of the bed and headed toward the
bathroom to shower.
A knock on the door a second later got Patrick out of bed
as he ushered Joey, Chris, and the waiter with the cart full
of food.
Patrick walked over to his room and let himself in, walking
over to the bed where JC and Mike lay asleep.
"Hey guys", Patrick said, shaking JC's shoulder,
"Breakfast is ready in Justin's room...come and get it!"
JC's eyes popped open as a growl from his stomach echoed
through the room.
"Well", Patrick laughed, "It seems like someone
is ready to eat!"
Mike yawned and turned over next to JC and smiled, "Yeah....he's
been ready since last night...his stomach growls more than
our dogs."
JC blushed as he and Mike got out of bed and walked over
to Justin's room for breakfast.
Breakfast consisted of a very quiet affair where an immense
amount of food was ingested. Justin had gone through three
bowls of cereal in less time that it took Patrick to eat one
of his two Belgian waffles. Afterward, the guys laid back
on the beds and the sofas and groaned.
"Our flights are both in a few hours, guys", Patrick
said as he got up, "I'm gonna go get packed up and y'all
should probably get started too."
Packing his and Mike's stuff for the trip back was a simple
task, it took less than 20 minutes to throw all the dirty
clothes into one suitcase and put all the clean ones into
the other. Patrick then made the bed and laid down on it and
watched television. Twenty minutes later, Lance opened the
door and knocked lightly. Patrick looked over and gestured
him in. Lance sat down beside Patrick on the bed, laying back
on the pillows and sighing.
"What could be possibly be weighing so heavily on your
mind, Lance?", Patrick said almost flippantly as he turned
his head and looked at the singer.
Tears fell down Lance's face as he turned to face Patrick,
"I don't want you to die. I just met you...and I like
you a lot!"
"Well...", Patrick said slowly, unsure of what
approach to take, "I'm sorta healthy now, I guess. I
don't expect to die anytime soon."
Lance shook his head, "Wanna get together and do something
after we get off tour?"
"Yeah", Patrick said, "Let's go to Disney
World and Universal Studio's. I've never been there."
"Never??", Lance broke into a smile, "OK....that
will be fun. Let's do that! We're off tour in a few weeks.
I'll fly you and Mike down and we can hang out together. JC
and Mike can hang out too!"
"Awesome possum!", Patrick replied with a grin.
"Oh my gawd.....that was so country!", Lance laughed,
"Awesome Possum? Who says that anymore?"
"Hey! I like that. Besides...I am from North Carolina.",
Patrick laughed.
Patrick and Lance chuckled and looked over as Mike and JC
came into the room.
"Are you all packed up", Patrick said, motioning
to Mike that they were all ready to go.
"Yeah", JC smiled, "Mike helped me and Justin
get all packed up."
"Awesome Possum!", Lance said, then broke out into
a fit of laughter that had him coughing again.
Patrick looked over at Mike and JC who stood puzzled, "Don't
give him no mind", Patrick said with a thick country
accent, "He's been like this all day. It's nice to see
he can keep himself amused."
JC and Mike laughed at Lance who was holding his stomach
as he coughed and wheezed from his laughing fit.
The guy's flight to their next tour stop was scheduled to
depart an hour after Patrick and Mike's, so they accompanied
the two to their gate and waited with them for their boarding
call. As the announcement came over for boarding, Patrick
got up and hugged each one of the guys, telling them he'd
see them when he came to visit after their tour ended. As
he got to JC, Justin and Lance, it was apparent that his strong
"front" was beginning to crack.
Justin grabbed him into a big hug and kissed him on the cheek.
"Take care of yourself, man. We're gonna go riding the
coasters with you in a few weeks!" Patrick nodded and
saw that Justin had begun to tear up.
"Justin, remember what I said in the van, keep your
faith...and I'll see you in a few weeks."
JC grabbed Patrick next, hugging him tightly.
Lance, his eyes wet with tears, walked up to Patrick last,
and pulled him into a hug.
"'Member what you said, no dying anytime soon....You
and I have to have some more time together, brother."
Through his tears, Patrick smiled at Lance, "That's
right, Scoop. We'll get it too! Awesome Possum?"
Lance laughed and cried as he hugged Patrick tighter, "Awesome
Possum!!"
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