The new boy

Years later

Set in 2006

Gary and Robbie had drifted apart after they both got given record deals. Constantly away working, always writing, tours, becoming famous it all drove them apart and finally in their late teens/ early twenties called it a day. It was the hardest thing either of them had gone through, not waking up to each other was the hardest part. Both thinking it was all a dream and that they were still together when the reality was they weren't.

Robbie became a huge success, selling thousands of singles world wide. He was quickly becoming a big pop star. Robbie easily breezed through rising to fame with 'don't care' attitude, yeah it got him into trouble, he knows that but he's stopped saying sorry. Once drugs and alcohol became his way of letting his feelings out everyone instantly got worried...what the fucks wrong with Robbie?

No one understood why he was reacting to his success in such a self destructive way and more so, it was so publicly done he didn't care who seen it. He never understood the reason him and Gary split and when they did he just went down hill and pressed self destruct

Gary was the same, climbing up the charts getting number 1 left right and centre. He always believed Robbie could make it he just wished he got to see the man he loves grow and rise to fame. However their rising fame drove them apart, they fought more, sometimes nearly physically then Robbie would always have that look on his face as if to say 'how has it come to this' the love they...did share was so deep but the hurt and anger went so much deeper that they couldn't even be friends

Gary could never understand what went so wrong between them they had it all and more importantly they had each other...well they thought they did. It took him years to comeback from what happened but he managed to keep it out of the press, he was upset at the fact Robbie was plastered as a waster and a man who abused his body. He could never listen to the news or read a paper without seeing Robbies face or hearing about his drug addiction and alcoholism, he felt partly responsible for the route Robbie took maybe if they tried harder he could've steered Robbie away from that life style. It deeply upset him and borderline angered him that Robbie resulted to this way of life but he can't change that now.

Coincidentally, Robbie and Gary where doing  a gig in the same town. Neither knew this till they heard it announced over the radio as they sat in their hotel rooms on the complete opposite side of the city from each other

Half an hour before hearing it on the radio

Robbie was going through johnny like no tomorrow he needed his daily fix he needed that release, to feel free, to let his mind relax

"Johnny give me my fuckin money now" Robbie roared eyes blazed chest heaving and visibly shaking with anger, and the fact he's not had his daily fix yet. Johnny always got scared of Robbie when he got like this he never knew what he'd do, johnny doesn't know about Gary he knows nothing about what happened between them or who he is. So to him, Robbie is just being a dick when he results to drugs but to Robbie its a way to forget about every single memory he had/has with Gary.

"I'm sorry mate you know I can't do that" johnny calmly stated putting his hands in front of him to indicate Robbie needed to calm down before things got messy but Robbie wasn't having it he needed it and needed it now

"Ahh stop being a prick you know I need it I NEED THAT MONEY NOW"

"Where is it" he started tearing up the room looking through everything for the money, frantically going through every piece of clothing, draws, under the bed and mattress and when he realised he wasn't going to find it he moved his head hopelessly as he slumped down against the hotel window that had thousands of fans below outside "I need that money johnny you don't understand" Robbie clenched his fists as Gary kept flashing across his mind. The way Gary used to hold him when they were teens, the way he used to kiss him and make love to him, yeah they were young and probably too young in some people's eyes to make love but every time they had sex it was never meaningless it was love even the quick shags before school. Everything they did was based on their love and that's what crushed them both when it ended

"You don't need it rob! Why would you want to put that into your body? Night after night I have to watch you break yourself bit by bit and for what...for the buzz for the high well guess what I'm done I can't do it anymore I can't watch you destroy yourself and your body just for the hell of it I care about you too much for that"

Johnns words barley even touched Robbie as he just looked into space feeling like he had no purpose, no reason to go on. His head snapped up on hearing the radio in the other room and practically jumped up from the floor and ran through to turn it up

"Wh.."

"Shut the fuck up" Robbie hissed as he listened carefully

Radio announcement- Big star Gary Barlow is in town and playing the O2 tonight. This really could be the greatest day for many many barlow fans have a great night to everyone who's going and give the captain some London love

In Gary's hotel room

"Hey mate turn that up a sec will ya" Gary politely asked his mate Jason who gladly turned up the radio

Radio announcement- The worlds biggest pop star is in town and playing the Wembley tonight. Are you going to let him entertain you tonight, Robbie fans are certainly going to feel his energy tonight, have a great night to everyone who's going and give the pop star some London love

"Oh fuck" Gary said under his breathe and shakily ran his hands through his hair now knowing the man he loves is in the same city as him approximately 1 hour away

Both of their thoughts

I need to see him I don't care how I need to see him