Forever and Always

Chapter 10

A/N: If you don't know who Mike Kuza is the picture is of him. He was part of MIW's crew and now has his own band.

Ricky's POV

As the bus passes the "Welcome to Scranton" sign, the guys all cheer in excitement. Well everyone except Devin, he was still concerned that he might run into Kylie.

"We'll be at the venue in about 15 minutes," Jordan says.

We all go back to the bunk area and start changing into our stage costumes. 15 minutes later we pull up behind the venue and we all go in and do our usual pre-show routine, but I notice Ghost isn't as antsy as he usually is before shows so I pull him aside.

"You alright Dev?" I ask.

"Yeah I'm fine I'm just nervous I guess."

"You don't need to be nervous we've played hundreds of shows you'll be fine," I say reassuringly.

"I'm not nervous about the show, I'm afraid Kylie will show up for some reason."

"If she does I'm sure everything will be fine Dev, she would never intentionally hurt you or anyone else."

He sighs, "I know I really need to stop over thinking this."

I pull him in for a hug, "Everything will end up working out for the better, I'm sure of it. Don't think about this as an end, think of it as a new beginning."

"You're right, I'm getting a fresh start. Maybe I'll even meet someone and end up loving them more than I loved Kylie."

"That's the spirit," I say as I  give him a pat on the back and break our hug, "Now let's go out and play the best show of this whole tour."

"Yeah," he says happily and high fives me, "Let's go!"

Right after the show we have a meet and greet. We talk to and hug hundreds of people, sign a bunch of stuff, and receive many presents. By the end of the night we are all exhausted and very grateful that we have the day off tomorrow. It's going to be so nice to sleep in my own bed, even if it's only for one night.

"Hey Ricky?"

I turn around and see Ghost behind me, "Yeah?"

"Would it be alright if I stay at your place tonight, it's just that if I go home I'll have to deal with Kylie's stuff and I don't want to do that yet. I understand if you don't-"

I laugh cutting him off, "Of course you can stay at my place tonight, it would've been lonely anyways since Dexter... You know.."

He throws himself on me, " Thank you so much Ricky, you're amazing!"

I laugh at his excitement "Anytime Dev."

The bus pulls up in front of my apartment complex and Ghost and I thank Jordan as we get off the bus.

Devin's POV

Ricky and I take the stairs up to his apartment since the elevator was broken, I was glad he only lived in the third floor because any more stairs an I would've just slept in the stairwell. When we got inside there was a clay jar, an envelope, and a necklace in the counter. Ricky and I both give each other questioning looks as we walk over to the items. Ricky opens the envelope and read the note inside. I watch as tears brim his eyes and his hand covers his mouth.

"What is it?" I ask softly.
  
He doesn't say anything he just hands me the note:

Ricky,

The vet told me they could cremate Dexter separately from the other euthanized animals and you could keep the ashes if you wanted. I wasn't sure at first if you would want them but as I thought about how much he meant to you I figured this was best to give you his ashes. The necklace has some of his ashes in it as well. I'm sorry he's gone, he was a great cat.

-Kuza

I pull Ricky into a hug, "Hey don't cry, it's okay," I whisper into his ear.

"I can't believe he went through the trouble of getting him separately cremated and getting the necklace made. This was so kind if him, I'm gonna call him real quick." He says as he wipes his tears away.

"Alright, I'm gonna go shower while you do that."

When I walk into his bathroom I pull my clothes off as the water in the shower warms up. While I'm waiting I grab some of Ricky's makeup remover and wipe off my make up.

Ricky's POV

Once I hang up on the phone with Kuza I put Dexter's ashes on the mantle, which was his favorite place to sit. After I do that I go into my room and lay in bed. A few minutes later Ghost walks in with a towel around his waist and water slowly dripping off his hair and down his beautiful body. I quickly shake the R rated thoughts that run through my head out and pry my eyes off of him.

"Do I have anymore sweat pants here?" He asks me.

"Yeah they're in the usual place in the closet. I'm gonna go shower now," I say as I get up and head for the bathroom.

I take a quick shower, wrap a towel around my waist and head into my room to put on some sweat pants. Once I'm done I flop down on the bed next to Ghost.

I look over at him, "Fo you wanna do something or can we go to bed?"

"I'm too tired to do anything," he says in his amazing sleepy voice.

I sigh,"Good because I'm exhausted."

At that Ghost gets up and turns the light off then gets back in bed on his side.