The one we won't talk about

Brian didn't answer he just sat on the end of the bed silently.
"Maybe we should ring Denise…find out what's going on?" Howie suggested.
"Good idea…"

"Yeah Denise…" Denise answered her cell phone heatedly.
"Mom!?" AJ asked concerned.
"Oh Alex…" She stopped what she was doing and let out a loud sigh.
"We're at the hotel…Leighanne just got arrested! What's going on!?"
"It was Leighanne that leaked the tape Alex….."
"Yeah we figured that much…where are you?" AJ interrupted.
"I'm still sorting things out at the paper….hang on a second.." Denise turned to face Cassidy who was also still at the paper.
"Could I talk to Nick please?" She asked Denise who was still talking to her son.
"Yeah sure….AJ you there? Could you put Nick on the phone for a second? He's where sorry? Oh ok….yeah we're coming back now…John's just given me the thumbs up so see ya soon…" Denise hung up promptly and turned to Cassidy.
"Nick's still at the hospital Cassidy….did you want to be dropped off there on the way back?"
"Yeah that'd be great thanks Denise…" Cassidy smiled gratefully.

"What'd she say?" Howie asked as AJ hung up.
"Umm…not much….she seemed kinda busy, John was down there…." AJ repeated the details of his conversation with Denise. Kevin looked at slowly and began to get up.

"Home tomorrow…no more shows, no more foreign languages, mmm…home cooked meals…I'm off to pack. I'll see you guys in the morning…." He picked up his coat and began for the door.
"That's it…go get that sweet sweet lovin' from Krissy…" AJ chucked.
"Go pack AJ…" Kevin said before closing the door behind him.
"We'd better go too…" Howie and Brian both made way for the door.
"Night AJ…"

"Nick!" Cassidy called as she spotted Nick sitting alone in a waiting room. He looked around nervously before noticing his girlfriend walking over to him.
"Hey.." He gave a little wave.
"What are you doing?" She asked confused.
"Umm…I made..an appointment.." He said quietly, looking around him self consciously.
"Ohhhh sweetie! I'm so glad you finally decided to get your…" Cassidy smiled brightly.
"Shhh!! Cassidy!!" Nick pulled her down on the bench next to him.
"Sorry.." Cassidy laughed slightly.
Nick looked around once more and bit his lip nervously.
"Aww…baby, the doctor will have seen this sort of thing a hundred times…he's not gonna care…." Cassidy tried to soothe Nick's nerves a little.
"Not this! I'm a freak….I'm a freak who can't get it up…" Nick pouted dramatically.
Cassidy laughed fully this time. Nick looked at her offended.
"Nick…you are not a freak….." She quickly stopped laughing.
"Whatever…I still don't wanna go in there…" Nick closed his eyes and took a steadying breath.
"Well….do you want me to….come in with you?" Cassidy said a little awkwardly.
"Umm….I dunno…..if you feel ok with it…I mean…" Nick shrugged.
"Nick, honey…I've seen it all before…" Cassidy smiled a little.
"Yeah when it worked…" Nick mumbled.
"Nick! There is nothing wrong with you….well there is…but that's why we're here ok?!" Cassidy entwined her fingers with his.
"Ok…" Nick kissed her on the cheek and then slumped in his chair with a sigh.

"Detective Kirstie O'Donnell is in the house ya'll! Give it up for the master!!" Kirstie smiled brightly as she walked into the hotel room where AJ was busy packing his stuff into two large suitcases.
"You solved the mystery….you guessed right…" AJ grinned and pulled her in for a long kiss.
"Ahh…but not without the help of my amazing assistant….as distracting as he is helpful…" Kirstie giggled placing little butterfly kisses on AJ's neck.
"Always at service milady…" AJ whispered huskily as they're lips met again.

"Ok…so what seems to be the problem?" The friendly elderly doctor sat across from Cassidy and Nick, a cluttered desk separating him from them.
Cassidy looked at Nick expectantly, Nick took a deep breath.
"Umm…well, you see…I'm having trouble…uhh…sometimes when…well my…..there seems to be…" Nick stuttered as the doctor looked at him with a blank expression.
"He's not working….down there…you know?" Cassidy cut in simply. Nick looked at her shocked.
The doctor's face suddenly clear and became one of slight amusement.
"I see. Alright…how long has this been a problem?" The doctor scribbled some notes in front of him.
"Umm…about 3 days…" Nick gulped.
"Alright Mr Carter, any problems before?"
"Nah nothing…I mean never…I've always been…you know..kinda good in that department…." Nick smirked a discrete glance at Cassidy.
"Nick…" Cassidy whispered quickly.
"Its alright, I can understand the ego can need a bit of TLC in these situations…" The doctor chuckled good naturedly.
Nick's face fell and his brows furrowed. Cassidy giggled slightly at his expression.
The doctor scribbled a few more notes and stood up.

"Alright….well, we need to conduct some tests on….well, the subject matter…." The doctor said pulling some gloves on.
"Tests?!" Nick squeaked, blinking hard.
"Just a few. Mr. Carter…as this has only been a problem for a very short amount of time…I'm guessing that it’s a fairly minor problem and we just have to sort everything out…..now to do that…you're going to have to do these tests ok?" The doctor put his gloved hands on Nick's shoulders for reassurance.
"Ok…" Nick said reluctantly, standing up and began unzipping his fly.
"Uhh….Mr. Carter! Would you like to come behind the sheet??" The doctor said quickly looking at Nick shocked.
"Oh…yeah of course…" Nick flushed bright red, quickly zipping up and walking over to the doctor who pulled a sheet around the metal frame and gave Nick a little bit of time to change into the pale blue hospital gown folded on the bed behind him.
"Ok…" Nicks voice came shakily from behind the curtain a couple of moments later.
Cassidy's face contorted in sympathy for her man…obviously scared half to death at this moment. She listened as the doctor began the examination.
"Alright…if you could just stand…yep that's it….now I apologise for my cold hands…."
"There we go….ok now I’m just gonna take a look…..under…."

Cassidy put her hand up to her mouth as she listened. She felt so sorry for Nick…but somehow the whole situation was…. hilariously funny.

"Ok, this little gadget here is what we call a 'rapper tapper'….umm…its exactly the sort of thing we use for testing knee reflexes…but obviously smaller in size….now this is, exactly like a reflex test…and I'm just gonna give your penis a little….tap…"
"Ah shiiit!"
"Hmm…there's not much movement is there?"
"Thankyou for that in sightful information…"
"Nick we can fix this…please…be patient…"
"Sorry…"
"Alright put your pants back on while we check your vitals…this has got to be something internal…"

"Hi…this must be Rose…is Holly there?" Howie said a little nervously into the phone.
"Umm…no Holly's at her place in Orlando…who is this speaking?" The older woman replied into the phone.
"This is Howie…her boyfriend…."

"Ohh…the singer…I've heard a lot about you…." "Uhh….she said that she was going to your house for christmas…" Howie gulped nervously.
"Oh really…she told me she was staying in Orlando…she had something big coming up…" Rose replied confused.
"Oh ok….well thank you…it was nice meeting you….I'm sure I'll catch up with her…"
"You too Howie…I'm sure you will…"
"Bye…"

Howie stared at the phone confused.
"Why would she lie about going away??" He asked himself hurt.
"I'll find out I guess…" Howie lay back on his bed and fell into a restless sleep.