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The last few days I spent in L.A. Pete and I were glued together. He practically didn’t leave my side, and we were almost always touching. Neither of us wanted me to leave.

The day came for me to go. I opted to take a taxi to the airport. Pete offered to take me, but I wanted to say goodbye in private. I wanted to be able to kiss and hug him and cry if I needed to. I was packed and ready to go. My bags were a bit lighter than when I arrived as I did leave some things at his house. I wouldn’t need them really, and it made him feel a bit more secure in the fact I was coming back.

We stood in the front hall holding each other while we waited for my ride.

“Don’t forget to have fun on this tour. Take advantage of this while you can. Enjoy it.” I reminded him. I did want him to enjoy this.

“I will. I’m still gonna wish you were with me.”

“I wish I could go too. Japan and Europe would be amazing to see. Maybe the next time y’all go I will be able to go with you.”

The taxi had pulled up and honked.

“Time for me to go. I’ll miss you.” I said as I stepped back from him.

He helped me with my bags and got me packed up in the taxi.

“I’m not gonna say it. So, have a safe flight. Call me when you get home.”

“I will. I love you. I’ll talk to you tonight.” I gave him one last kiss and got in the car. He waived until we turned the corner.

My phone dinged with a text message about halfway to the airport. I opened it to see a text from Pete. You are my anchor. I answered with You are my future.

My flight was fine. I got home that evening. Andy had left earlier the same week to head home. Ash and Cloud were both at work so it was just me and the dog. I called Pete as promised. He did ask what time it was for me. He informed me he was setting the pocket watch to my time. I asked him to send me the band's itinerary so I would know where they were.

I had another reason for wanting the itinerary. I wanted to see him once more before they left the country. As it turned out, they were going to be in New York for three days before heading to England. It was going to take a little bit of work, but I had enough time between coming back from Atlanta, and them leaving, to run up to New York and spend a day with him.

I asked Ash if she wanted to join me to surprise Andy. She jumped at the offer. I booked flights for us and rooms in the same hotel they were going to stay at. I booked very nice rooms for us. Nicer than the ones they were going to be staying in. And, they were going to have to share rooms. Pete with Patrick, Andy with Joe. This would let the other two have a little peace and privacy.

A few weeks after I got home I had to go to Atlanta. I had two jobs I was taking on. One was with an author of children’s books. I’ve been her illustrator for all of them. I like to meet with her so we can go over what she wants in the pictures. It usually only takes a day to get down what she wants. We have a great working relationship.

The other job is with a video game company. They are a well known company that has a hit game out. I did some backgrounds and worlds for that game. This time they want me to do some characters. I’ve known the main designer for a few years and have worked with or for him a number of times. I know this one will keep me busy and at his office for the rest of the two weeks I’ll be down there. It’s good work that challenges me and I really like working with him.

Pete and I talked everyday. It was easy to fall back into that with him. He was doing alright. He hadn’t spiraled and was getting excited for the tour.

I left Atlanta when I was done with the meetings I had to be in person for. I had time to finish the illustrations later. I just had to send them to her when I was done. I did everything for the video game while I was down there. They didn’t need finished work. Just the sketches. It’s concept work, they just need something to go on for the digital art. And it pays really well, as in the two weeks I was working with Cliff, I made about a quarter of my yearly intake.

The day before the band was to arrive in New York Ash and I flew up there and got settled in the hotel. The next day I talked to Pete before they got on their flight. I told him to give me a call when they got there. Ash and Andy had a very similar conversation.

We knew what time the flight was supposed to land so we had an idea of when they would arrive at the hotel. About half an hour after they landed I got a text from Pete to let me know they had landed safely and were getting their luggage. I took the opportunity to send him a dirty text. I told him I wanted some private time on the phone with him that night. He reminded me he might not have much privacy. I sent him a selfie of me half undressed. I had taken it that morning as I was getting dressed. I knew I was going to send it to him later. Nothing too revealing, but enough to get his blood going. The text I got back told me if he had to, he would kick Patrick out of the room.

I continued to exchange texts with him asking how much longer until he got to his room because I was in need of some fun time with him. While doing that, Ash and I were in the lobby of the hotel. We were sitting in an out of the way corner. You couldn’t see us as you walked in. But we could see the front desk so we had a chance to keep the surprise until they got there to check in.

We heard them before we saw them.

“Dude! I’m not leaving the room so you can jerk it while you talk dirty to your girlfriend.” I heard Patrick say.

“Oh come on Trick. I’d do it for you. And this is the only kind of sex I’m gonna get until we get back.” Pete whined.

“No. I’m tired and I want to get some rest and food. If you need to get off so badly, do it in the shower like the rest of us.” Patrick said.

“Give him a break, Patrick. He’s ‘in love’.” Joe said, teasing Pete.

By this time they were at the front desk. Ash and I quietly walked up behind the guys.

“Come on Trick, please? I’ll let you watch if you want.” Pete was pleading with Patrick.

“Oh, no, I’m not okay with Tricky watching.” I said right behind Pete. He jumped and turned around so fast I thought he was going to end up on his ass.

“Hey, Baby.” Ash said right behind Andy. He was more surprised than Pete at our appearance.

Andy’s smile made the sun seem dim, it was so bright. “Baby! I didn’t think I’d see you until the end of April.” He said as he folded Ash into his arms.

“Sky! What are you doing here?” Pete asked me as he threw himself into my arms.

“Wanted to see you one more time before you left the country.” I told him. “Come on, we’re already checked in. Andy and Ash are next door to us.”

We gathered up their bags and, saying goodnight to Joe and Patrick, left the others to check in. We took the guys up to our rooms.

“I can’t believe you’re here. Like, I’m not dreaming, right? You really are here.” Pete was saying on the way up to the room. He had my hand in his while he said this.

“Ash and I wanted to see you both before you left. I thought it would be a nice surprise.” I told him.

The other two were on the elevator with us. Ash added, “I hope it was a good surprise.”

“It’s an amazing surprise.” Andy assured her and then kissed her softly. We got to our floor and headed down the hall. Andy and Ash separated from us at their door. I opened our door for Pete.

I had requested that a bottle of champagne be delivered to our room. It was already there chilling in a bucket of ice. And I had a bottle of sparkling cider sent to Ash and Andy’s room. Dinner was already on its way up to both of the rooms. I was doing something nice and he couldn’t stop me.

Once we got into our room Pete pulled me to him and kissed me for all he was worth. “I can’t believe you’ve really here, but I’m so fucking happy you are.”

“I just couldn’t go almost three months without seeing you. And, I really wanted to do something nice for you.” I confessed.

“I’m so glad you did.” He told me with that famous smile of his, and it was only for me. I loved it when he was happy enough to give me that grin. It made my heart swell.

He was eager to get me out of my clothes, and to be honest, I wanted to get him naked too. But before we could get much past a few kisses, there was a knock at our door. Pete groned when he heard it.

Smiling at him I said, “That’s dinner. Let me get it and then we will be uninterrupted.” I stepped away from his arms and opened the door. The bellboy rolled in the cart with our dinner on it. I had him set everything up on the table in the room. I signed the bill and he left the room.

I had a nice dinner of roasted chicken and all the comfort food sides sent up. It was delicious and very filling. Pete and I sat and had a wonderful meal. The food was very tasty, but the company was better. We had only been apart for just under a month, but I had missed him so much.

“Do you have to do anything tomorrow with the band?” I asked him as we ate.

“No, tonight and all day tomorrow are rest days. We don’t have anything booked.”

“Good, then I can keep you to myself. I plan on filling up both of our ‘spank banks’ in the next 36 hours.” I told him.

“‘Spank Bank’?” He asked with a chuckle.

“Oh, yeah. I want to make sure we both have enough dirty memories to think back on when we’re missing each other.”

Pete laughed hard at that. “All I have to do is listen to Darling Nikki. That’s a memory I’ve already used.”

We ended up in the bed shortly after his confession about what he thought about when he masterbated when I wasn’t with him. We were very happy to give each other many more memories to use when we couldn’t be together. And I did promise phone sex when he had the privacy for it.

For the entirety of our stay in NYC, we stayed in the room. We put up the Do Not Disturb sign on the door and had room service sent up when we needed to eat. I had also informed Ash to do the same if they wanted to. I was happy to pay the bill for this. It was a chance to treat three people that I love very much to something very special.

The two days we were there went by way too fast. Before any of us were ready for it, it was time for the guys to leave for England. The morning we all had to leave, we got up early and had breakfast with the rest of the guys in the restaurant in the hotel. I apologize to Patrick and Joe for taking their bassist and drummer away for a few days. They were fine with it. They understood and were glad we did this for them.

Ash and I helped the boys get all their things together and got checked out when it was time for them to head back to the airport. We said goodbye in the lobby of the hotel. They were flying out before we were and from a different airport than us.

When Ash and I got home, we talked a bit. I told her that we needed to have a house meeting. We needed to talk about what was going to happen in June. She agreed and said she had something to tell us herself.