Book Of Shadows - Chapter Twelve

Justin woke up to an empty bed. He’d gone to bed with two very warm and very snuggly men and woke up alone. He moved his right hand from his chest to the pillow next to him, just to make sure. Nope nothing there. He opened his eyes and let them wander around the room. Nothing. /Damn, where’d they go?/

“Watch you thoughts baby.” JC stated, stepping into the room from the bathroom. He was wearing nothing but a towel around his waist.

“No fair. You aren’t supposed to use that on me.” Justin pouted, letting his eyes wander the body displayed before him. /Now that, you could use on me./

JC just smiles and looks towards the door that had just opened.

Joey bursts into the room, “Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Justin, happy birthday to you.” He places a tray of food on the floor next to the bed and looks to JC. “You wanna help me get the birthday boy ready?” He raises an eyebrow and smiles. “Damn Jayce. That’s so not fair.”

“What?” JC smiles.

“I didn’t get to wake up to you standing in a towel in the bathroom doorway on my birthday.”

“Yeah, well it wasn’t your sixteenth birthday either.” JC smiles and crosses the room. “Today is special for my baby.”

“Yeah,” Justin whispers as he watches JC’s muscles ripple as JC climbs on the bed next to him. “Today is special.”

Joey watches Justin drool over JC for a few minutes then states, “Scoot up baby. Made you some breakfast.”

Justin rips his eyes off JC and scoots up in the bed. Joey places the tray over Justin’s lap, “Damn, Joe. I think you got a bit carried away there.”

“Nope, that’s for all three of us.” Joey gets up and heads for the door.

He’s too slow though because Chris is bounding through the door and onto the bed, spilling food everywhere before anyone realizes just what happened.

“Christopher Alan Kirkpatrick!” JC shrieks, jumping from the bed, covered in orange juice.

“What?” Chris asks, then realizes just exactly what JC is wearing. “Shit sorry.” He gets up and heads out the door. “Happy birthday, Justin.” He smirks as he leaves the room. He catches Lance’s arm and drags him away before he can enter the room mumbling, “Don’t go in there. It’s gonna get freaky in there.”

Justin’s eyes had returned to linger on JC’s body when he stood up. Joey’s eyes had soon followed when the towel hit the floor and a naked JC was standing frowning at the two of them.

“What are you two looking at? Chris just ruined everything. Now we gotta clean all this…” He trailed off as the two other men moved towards him. He swallowed nervously just as a long arm reached out and pulled him down on the bed. “J…there’s…”

“Shhh. Josh…I want my birthday present.” Justin whispered as his lips claimed JC’s.

Joey quietly got up and moved to leave the room. “I’ll just…”

Both men on the bed stopped kissing and whipped their heads in his direction. Justin speaking up first, “No…you gotta stay. Please?”

JC just lay on the bed and looked at Joey, {Please Joe. Stay here, don’t leave.}

“K. I’ll stay.” He smiles. “But this is about you and Jayce. It’s your birthday J.”

Justin grins, “Cool.” He returns his attention to the man beneath him. “Now, where were we?”

JC reaches up and wraps his arms around Justin’s neck, “Right here.” He pulls Justin down and captures his lips with his. When they pull apart he looks into the bright blue eyes, “What would you like baby? Whatever you want, it’s yours.”

“I want you Josh. All of you.”

“You sure baby.”

“I’m more than sure Josh. I’ve been wanting this since…Damn…I can’t even remember how long I’ve wanted this. Please Josh?”

“You got it baby.” JC pulls him into another kiss and rolls them over. Joey is suddenly at the side of the bed with a tube of lube and a condom. He doesn’t say anything or touch, just sinks to the floor and watches quietly until his offering is needed.

JC trails soft kisses down Justin’s body, stopping to pay homage to each nipple and then his belly button along the way. He completely bypasses Justin’s erection, kissing down one hipbone, down that thigh, jumping to the other thigh and then up the other hipbone. He brings his mouth back up to Justin’s giving him a gentle kiss and whispering, “It will hurt at first baby. Joey’s here to hold your hand if you need it.”

JC looks to Joey and Joey whispers, “I’m right here baby.” He reaches up and runs a hand through Justin’s curls. He leans forward and places a gentle kiss on his forehead.

Justin turns his head and brushes his lips across Joey’s, smiling up at the larger man, and squeezing his hand. “Love you Joe.”

Joey smiles, “Love you too baby.”

JC watches the two men for a minute then catches Joey’s attention who winks. JC quickly moves down Justin’s body. Joey once again captures Justin’s lips to distract him from having too strong of a reaction to JC’s next move.

JC licks Justin’s shaft, starting at the base and moving to the tip. He doesn’t leave a spot untouched before he sinks down, engulfing the entire thing with his warm mouth.

Justin yanks his head away from Joey’s and lets out a howl. Joey clamps a hand over his mouth and whispers, “Shhhh baby. You keep making noises like that and everyone will be up here.”

Instead of answering, Justin groans as his eyes roll back. Joey removes his hand and Justin growls, “Jesus Josh, I’m gonna cum.”

Joey places small kisses along Justin’s jawline, “It’s ok J. That’s why he’s doing it.” Joey slides the lube down the bed into JC’s waiting hand.

JC removes the lid while continuing his assault on Justin’s erection. He manages to squeeze some out onto his fingers and slips his hand between Justin thighs to his opening. He slides his finger across the opening a few times before pushing in. He’s slow and methodical about this part, taking care not to cause too much pain. When he slips his finger in he does it quickly, then holds it still as Justin adjusts to having something in that particular portion of his body.

Justin lies perfectly still, the only evidence that he is uncomfortable is the deathgrip he has on Joey’s shirt and the white knuckles on his hand. His eyes are closed and his breathing is somewhat regular, well for someone who is incredibly turned on anyway.

When JC pull his finger out Justin’s eyes shoot wide open and his body jerks as JC wiggles his finger just a enough to brush his prostate.

Joey nibbles on Justin’s ear and then whispers, “You like that baby?”

“Mmmm.” Justin growls. “Gonna….oh God…Josh…Mmmm.” Justin bucks his hips and cums.

JC swallows and makes his way slowly up Justin’s body. Joey grabs him and pulls him into a crushing kiss. JC pulls back, breathing hard, only to be pulled down into a crushing kiss with Justin. They kiss for a little while and then JC has to come up for air.

“Damn, Josh. Where’d you….” Justin starts.

“Shhh. I’m not done yet baby.” JC pushes himself up and away from Justin’s body.

Justin whimpers at the loss but is quickly hushed as Joey’s mouth returns. His moans begin anew when he feels JC lift his legs and places his cock at Justin’s entrance. He groans and digs his nails into Joey’s shoulders as JC enters his body.

JC sets a steady pace with his thrusts. Unfortunately, or fortunately, for Justin JC had amazing stamina, the result of dancing all those hours during rehearsals. He had Justin hard and ready to come again before Joey pulled him into a slow lanquid kiss above Justin’s helpless body.

Joey pulled back, gave JC a quick kiss and then bent his head, taking Justin’s hard shaft into his mouth. JC froze, not wanting to injure Joey while he brought Justin over the brink once again.

Justin cums hard. Joey quickly moves his hand to keep Justin’s moans from becoming full yells as JC begins thrusting with hard, fast strokes.

Watching Joey suck Justin’s cock and the feel of Justin’s ass clamping around his cock is almost more than he can bare and it doesn’t take long for him to cum. He collapses on Justin’s body and lays there for a few minutes.

Justin runs his fingers through JC’s hair and places a kiss on the top of his head. “Damn Josh. That was…wow.” He turns his head to Joey, “And you…why didn’t you tell me it was gonna be this good?”

Joey kisses JC’s forehead then Justin’s cheek and rises from the side of the bed, heading for the bathroom. “Cuz I didn’t know. We’ve never…” He trails off as he enters the bathroom.

Justin lifts JC’s head from his chest, “You and Joe have never?”

JC shakes his head, “We were…well…”

“We were waiting for you. It just never felt right without you there…so we agreed to wait.” Joey states, returning to the room with a warm washcloth. He smiles at JC, raises an eyebrow, “My turn.”

JC rolls to Justin’s side, thinking Joey meant his turn with Justin. When he feels the bed shift next to him he turns his head to watch, only to his surprise both men are looking directly at him. The only thing he can think is {Oh shit} as both men move in on him.

Several minutes later all three men are laying, spent on the bed, breathing hard.

“Wow…that was amazing.” Justin breathed.

“Mmmm…Happy Birthday Justin.” Joey states.

JC raises up on his elbow and looks Justin in the eyes, “Hope you get everything you want today baby.” He leans in and kisses him gently, “Happy Birthday.”

“I don’t think that’s a problem Josh.” Justin mumbles, pulling JC in for a deep, lasting kiss.

The peaceful atmosphere is shattered when Chris begins pounding on the door. “Get up you three. The gangs all here and looks like we’ve got work to do.”

“Great.” Joey mumbles.

“We get to do this again, right Josh?” Justin questions, sliding a hand up JC’s thigh. “Please tell me this was ‘not’ a one time thing.”

JC reaches down and stills Justin’s hand, “Mmmm. No baby. This was definitely not a one time thing. Was it Joe?”

“Nope. No way in hell. Sides, next time I get me a piece of this.” He reaches over and pulls Justin into his arms. “Mine tonight. You can have Josh, but I get you.”

“Sounds fair enough to me.” Justin mumbles into Joey’s shoulder.

“Guess we should probably get in the shower and get this mess cleaned up before Lynn sees it.” JC states, climbing off the bed. He walks to the bathroom, completely ignoring the two men staring at him from the bed.

“Damn, it should be illegal to be that fine.” Justin grumbles, climbing from the bed.

“Oh, yeah. You got a lot to complain about baby.” Joey states, smacking Justin’s butt as he too makes his way to the bathroom.

“What do you two think you’re doing?” JC asks as Justin and Joey make their way into the bathroom.

“Um…well…taking a shower.” Justin stammers.

“Relax Jayce. I’m just gonna brush my teeth and rinse off a bit. It’s not like there’ll be enough hot water for all three of us to take a shower anyway.”

“No way. You’re not going out of this room without taking a shower.” JC states. “We can…” He trails off as the water begins to run in the shower. “What the hell?” He looks from Justin to Joey. “Who’s in there?” He asks, pulling the curtain back and looking in. He starts getting a bit nervous as he sees that no one is in it. He yanks open the bathroom door and heads for the bedroom door.

Joey grabs his arm and Justin rushes between JC and the door. “You can’t go out there Josh.” Justin states.

“Move J. I’m gonna kick Chris’ prank playing ass for this.” JC growls.

“Josh. You can’t leave the room…not like that.” Justin lets his gaze drop, “Although Joey and I wouldn’t mind you remaining in that state of undress I really don’t think my mom and Diane would appreciate it too much.”

JC, realizing what Justin is talking about reaches down and grabs the first pair of pj pants he touches and puts them on. He storms out of the room and down the hall. He ends up finding Chris in the kitchen and everyone else is seated at the table in the adjoining room. “I don’t know what kind of sick ass joke you’re trying to play Christopher. It’s not bad enough you had to spill shit all over the bed this morning, now you’re trying to rig our shower so the water….” He trails off again as the faucet suddenly turns on. “Ok, what the fuck are you up to Chris?”

“Joshua Scott Chasez!” Lynn yells as she enters the kitchen. “There better be a damn good reason why you are swearing like a sailor in my house.”

“There is ma’am. Chris is playing some kind of joke and I’m really not appreciating it.”

“What kind of joke is he playing Joshua?”

“I don’t know. That’s what I’m trying to find out.” JC grumbles, glaring at Chris.

Lynn reaches over and turns the faucet off, “I wish you boys wouldn’t leave the water running if you aren’t gonna use it.”

“Yes ma’am. I’m sorry.” JC quickly apologizes.

“It’s ok, now what is Chris up to?”

“Well…somehow he rigged our shower, cuz Justin, Joey and I were just standing in the bathroom when all of a sudden the water comes…” He stops completely as the water faucet turns on again.

“What the…” Chris stammers.

“Well…Joshua. I hate to say it but…I don’t think this is Chris’ fault.” Lynn states. “I’m not quite sure what is going on but I’m pretty sure it’s not Chris turning the water on.”

JC looks at Chris, “No…It doesn’t seem to be his fault but…Is this normal? Is this something all…”

“No Joshua. This is completely new to me. I think we’re gonna need a bit of help here.” She turns to head back to the dining room. “Everyone in the living room, now.”

Everyone gathers in the living room and Lynn looks around the room. When she sees that everyone is seated she calls for Darren and Johnny.

Both men materialize within seconds and Johnny speaks, “What’s up? Is something wrong?” When no one answers but looks towards JC he turns his attention to the young man. He strides over and places a hand on the young man’s shoulder, “What is it?”

JC looks up and meets Johnny’s gaze, “I…I’m not sure. I can’t explain it. Maybe we should go to the kitchen.”

“Ok.” JC rises from the couch and head for the kitchen. Johnny and Darren following closely.

“Now don’t say anything cuz I’m not sure what causes it to happen. Ok?”

“Causes what to happen?” Darren asks.

JC just looks from one man to the other and then states in a very clear voice so that both men can understand him, with no question, “Water.”

Both men stand there confused as the faucet promptly turns on at JC’s one word.

JC searches their faces and realization dawns on him, they had no more of a clue what was going on than he did. He sighs, reaches over and turns the water off and heads back into the living room. He plops down between Justin and Joey and sighs again.

Justin wraps an arm around his slim waist, “They don’t know either huh?”

“Huh uh.”

“Hey Jayce?” Joey says from JC’s other side, “What about the ‘Book’? We haven’t tried in there yet.”

“I’ll look later. I think I’ll go for a walk first.” JC states as he gets up and heads for the door.

“You’re not going out there. It’s pouring rain.” Lynn states.

Justin comes up behind him and wraps his arms around JC’s waist. “We wouldn’t care if the sun was shining Josh but we don’t need you getting sick.” He lowers his voice and whispers, “I got plans for tonight and they don’t include you being sick.”

Chris looks out the window just as the sun starts peeking out from behind the clouds, “Ok, someone better start explain real quick cuz this is getting pretty damn freaky.”

“What are you talking about now Chris?” Justin growls.

“That.” He points out the window. “It’s supposed to be pouring all day and look. The sun is shining brightly.”

Lance comes into the foyer and hands JC the ‘Book’, “Think you better look, see what’s going on. You guys aren’t the only ones noticing weird things going on.”

“What do you mean Lance?” JC asks.

“It’s just. Well…I’m not sure but I think something has changed. I’m not sure exactly what but I can sense it. Almost feel it. It started last night. I woke up with a strange feeling and when I looked at the clock it was midnight. Well, midnight but the date was one year from today.”

“What are you saying Lance?” Chris asked.

“I’m not sure. I thought JC was gonna have the power of Foresight, not me. I have no idea what is going on around here.” Lance states, frustration clear in his deepening voice.

Chris looks outside just as a bolt of lightening rips across the sky causing everyone in the house to jump.

JC takes the ‘Book’ from Lance and heads back into the living room. He sits Indian-style on the floor and places the ‘Book’ in his lap. He has long mastered the art of asking the ‘Book’ for what he is looking for. He’s done this so many time now he doesn’t even need to do the ‘Smart Spell’ anymore. He found out a little over a year ago that he, and only he had the power to ask the ‘Book’ for what they were looking for by placing his hands over the pages and just asking for it. Granted he had to phrase it in the form of a poem (or whatever you wanted to call it) but nevertheless he usually had little trouble finding whatever it was he was looking for.

So without further ado, he closes his eyes and begins,

For the wisdom that I seek,
Turn you pages,
Show us the powers which
Til today have not been known.

It wasn’t exactly the best, but soon the pages began to turn. When they stopped flipping, he opened his eyes and read:

When the youngest comes to age,
The power of the heavens,
We shall bestow,
Upon the five who shall defend all.

He looks up to Johnny.

Chris looks at JC incredulously, “What in tarnasion is that supposed to mean?”

“Hush Christopher. He’s not done yet.” Johnny stated.

When all eyes fall on him JC continues:

Find the others soon,
Before the heavens cloud,
Five must become ten,
To keep the darkness from engulfing all.

“Oh, and that really cleared it up. What the hell is all this about?” Chris grumbled. “You know just once I’d love it if that damn book could state something in plain old fashioned English so we didn’t have to try and figure it out.”

“Quiet Chris.” Lance states. He puts his hands on his head and falls to the couch beside JC who casually places a hand on Lance’s leg.

“Shit,” JC whispers as his eyes roll back in his head and his head falls back on the couch beside Lance’s knee.

Everyone in the room freezes as a storm begins to brew outside. Thunder booms, lightening flashes and rain begins to pour from the heavens.

Justin falls to his knees next to JC, reaching out to touch him, but stops before he makes contact. He can feel the power of whatever is running through JC’s body.

A couple minutes later Lance raises his head and opens his eyes. He reaches over and places a cool hand on Justin’s arm and whispers, “He’s gonna need a cool rag on his forehead and something cool to drink when he wakes up.” He looks at Johnny, “You’re other group? Who are they?”

“What?”

“The other group that you manage. You told us before that we weren’t the first group you’d managed that worked with Lou. What is the name of the other group?”

“Um…They go by The Backstreet Boys. Why?”

Lance visibly pales, “It’s them. We (he gestures to JC and himself) need to meet them. Is there a Kevin and Brian in that group?”

“Uh…Yeah.”

“K. We really need to meet with them. The sooner, the better.”

“I could probably arrange it. They’re here in the states for a couple weeks. Let me see if I can…” He trails off as the doorbell rings.

Lynn, who had remained quiet this entire time finally speaks up, “Are any of you expecting anyone?”

“No,” everyone states.

She rises from here chair and looks out the door, “Hello? Who are you?”

“My name is Fatima and I’m looking for Johnny or Darren.”