AN: Thank-you to my unknowing muses, you continue to inspire me every day.

As I'm sure some of you will recognise my muses I've written a longer note at the end of the chapter for those who are interested. But for now read on and I hope you all enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Chapter 1: I Was Born For This

When Jamie saw Scorp it was love at first sight. It took Scorp about a second longer to feel the same way about Jamie. That was ten years ago. They were kids, they were nobodies. Nobodies with a dream and with each other.

Now they're famous rock stars, whose fan base is almost entirely female and whose popularity is based on the illusion that they are obtainable. Seeing a dilemma yet? Add to this that they have a hard time getting people to take their music seriously because it's 'different' and they definitely don't want their 'different' personal lives made public. It's all about getting their music out there and nothing can jeopardise that.

Scorp writes the songs. When he sings about true love, he's singing about Jamie. When he sings about impossible love, he's singing about Jamie. And when he sings 'she' what he really means is 'he'. Jamie knows this, and it's enough.

It's hard to steal time enough to be alone together. There are always people around, always people watching. The only one who knows is Alby, and he'll never tell. He knew it the first time he saw them together and sometimes wonders how no one else can see it.

Getting their music out there means they have to do the whole publicity thing and even though they are now, by anyone's definition successful, it's still intimidating when thousands of people are screaming for you and you don't have your guitar to hide behind. Jamie knows this. Scorp knows this. And as long as they walk this path together, they can do it all.

Of course this level of success does have its perks. Once they travelled to overseas to shoot a film clip and it took Jamie's breath away when he saw the shots they got of Scorp singing on the roof of a palace, silhouetted against the setting sun. He'll tell anyone that the best shots of the clip were filmed on that rooftop, though the reason why is only for him and Scorp. And when Scorp sings the lyric "I was born for this" Jamie completely and utterly agrees, fame suits Scorp, it's that simple.

And what is it exactly about fame that suits Scorp so? The wardrobe for one. Have you seen the way he rocks a suit or leather pants? Jamie has and he likes it, he likes it very much. But seriously the front man of their band oozes confidence and is so watchable it's hard to believe that once upon a time he was the geeky new kid who was too shy talk to anyone. Jamie was the only one who even noticed him back then and now the world can't take their eyes off him.

For Jamie cutting their movie has brought back a lot of memories, good and bad. Jamie is reminded of the time they almost gave up, it was backstage before a show. Jamie had found Scorp in his dressing room absolutely freaking out, believing what the haters said and doubting his ability to keep up the performance. When Scorp had looked up at Jamie, eyes glistening with unshed tears and said he couldn't do it anymore Jamie's world narrowed so that all that was left was him and Scorp. He'd taken Scorp in his arms and told him that he was here and that no, they didn't have to do this anymore. That's when Alby walked in and found them holding each other, Scorp's head resting on Jamie's shoulder, not saying a word. Jamie had explained it all to Alby. Alby being Alby, not one to rock the boat, had told them that they had to do this show and they'd talk about it when they were done, because everyone knows the golden rule: the show must go on. What happened next was probably the biggest fight they'd had and sure there was yelling and sure they were late on stage but they'd rocked that show. And as Alby had known they would, the fans got Scorp through and it was a moment of weakness they'd never spoken of since. To the rest of the world the almost-demise of their band was just three teenage boys who had spent too much time together and were sick of each other.

Once in a magazine interview they were asked about annoying habits. Scorp was still pissed off about Alby leaving the air con on all night and as it was the first thing that popped into his head, he said it. In defence of his brother Jamie threw in that Scorp always leaves the TV on to go to sleep. Scorp's mind is always running at a million miles an hour and he likes to leave the TV on to try to drown some of his thoughts out. Jamie on the other hand is easily distracted and can't concentrate on falling asleep if the TV is chatting away in the background. They know these things about each other because they've spent every day together since they were twelve and every night together since they finished school. It didn't occur to them at the time that obsessive fans girls would read between the lines and take one important fact from their answers; that they all sleep in the same room.

Jamie's taken back to a time when they'd just finished school, packed up their lives and headed to the city to record their first album. It was definitely an adventure with only two things to be relied upon; their music and each other. They'd wound up staying with some random guy in a two bedroom apartment and what a time it was. Jamie remembers the three of them walking into what would be their bedroom and seeing the one double bed. There was an old mattress at the foot of it and Alby just walked over dumped his bag next to it and pulled out his old Spiderman blanket, he knew that's how it was supposed to be. That night Jamie and Scorp unrolled their sleeping bags on top of the covers and climbed in, aware that they weren't the only ones in the apartment and always careful to keep up appearances. In the darkness Jamie had reached across and found Scorp's hand and they'd fallen asleep with their fingers entwined.

It's taking Jamie a little longer than expected to cut the movie, easily distracted as he is. He can't help appreciating that Scorp gets better with age, he's hotter every day. He was cute when they met and then he grew his hair and got even cuter. And now? There's no question that the man he's become is...well Jamie's not even sure there's a word for it. Again he's taken back to their time overseas, mmm. See, it's hard to focus with images like that filling your head.

And Jamie can't help but cringe, and laugh, when he thinks of the film clip that almost was for their third single. Yeesh, what was that director thinking? Like Scorp said, a poster of a chick who looks like Jim Morrison, wtf? And that computer speaker? Please. On this one they'd stuck to their guns and found someone who'd create their vision, and are the ever glad they did. How cute is Scorp in that clip? For that one they even got to bring some of their mates on board as extras.

Jamie remembers Scorp's reaction to the reviews for their first album. Jamie, or Bob, as he liked to call himself when calling the radio station to request their songs, had finished a shift at the pizza shop and was looking forward to getting home to see Scorp. The moment he'd stepped through the door he'd sensed the tight atmosphere. He'd walked into the lounge room to find Scorp glaring at Alby and Alby trying to talk him down. There were a few magazines chucked on the floor and something looked different about Scorp. Jamie glanced between them and when his eyes met Alby's, Alby had visibly relaxed, obviously relieved that Jamie was home. He'd thrown up his hands and said, "I can't do anything with him, you deal with it. He's already smashed my computer and cut his hair off." That was it, Jamie had seen then that Scorp's hair was indeed much shorter. Jamie closed the distance between them and asked Scorp what the matter was. "Look at this shit," Scorp had said, leaning down and snatching a magazine off the floor and shoving it in Jamie's face. "All they can talk about is our hair and how tight our pants are, well fuck them, what about the music?" Jamie hadn't liked it either but knew the media were fuck heads and tried not to let it bother him. "It doesn't matter-" he'd started to say before being cut off by Scorp yelling at him. "How can you say that? We've worked too hard on this for it not to be taken seriously. You know we put everything into it and this is what they've reduced it too," Scorp said shaking the magazine to emphasize his point. "Ok, ok, calm down," Jamie said, taking the magazine from Scorp and throwing it on the floor. Then he'd closed the gap between them and pulled Scorp into his arms. Scorp had wrapped his arms around Jamie and held him so tight it hurt. Jamie had whispered in Scorp's ear, "well we know it's good, so the question is how do we show the rest of the world?" With a trembling voice Scorp had replied. "We strip it all back so there's nothing left but the music." Perfect, Jamie had thought and he'd pulled back so he could see Scorp's face. Jamie gave Scorp half a smile when he'd ruffled Scorp's hair and said "looks like you've made a start already." That had made Scorp smile and that's what Jamie's all about.

AN: On the subject of my muses, yes I did steal some lyrics and situations. Please keep in mind that this is fanfiction therefore most of the events in this story are completely made up by me; my muses are purely inspiration. For those in the know please don't refer to them by name in a review and I actually finished writing this before the devastating announcement of March 30th last year. Thanks for reading.

Oh and be sure to stay tuned if you liked this, there's lots more to come...