Disclaimer: I do not own Craig Manning or Marco Del Rossi.

Warning: This story is slash. So if you don't like it, don't read it.

Author's Note: A one-shot about Craig's feelings after Marco kissed him. The songs are What Hurts The Most by Rascal Flatts, and What's Left of Me by Nick Lachey.

Reality

"So when in doubt kiss Craig!" The words passed my lips but it wasn't how I felt.

"I gotta settle this with Dylan." Marco muttered.

"Yeah you do, you really do!" I retorted, as he walked away. What had I just done?

I sat there sighing, replaying the kiss in my head, over and over again.

Marco was what I had wanted all along. I thought I was happy when I had Ashley and Manny, but I had longed for something more. And when Marco kissed me, I don't know. It just felt like everything had suddenly gone right.

But I had had sex with both Manny and Ashley, and loved every moment of it. I was sure I was straight. But the one kiss with Marco had given me more of a spark than any of the kisses I had had with Manny and Ashley combined. More of a spark than the times I had had sex with Manny and Ashley.

Which is saying a lot.

I watched Marco's retreating form, and every step he took, I got more turned on.

My heart said to follow him, but my brain said to remain at the stairs.

Questions ran through my head, am I gay? Or am I bisexual? Or am I straight and just confused?

I replayed the kiss again. Marco's lips pressing into mine, and instantly pulling away once Dylan had left. I felt complete after that moment. But my big mouth had to ruin it.

People started to leave the party, and I followed, I got into my car and drove home.

When I got back to Joey's I went upstairs to my room and laid in my bed, staring at the ceiling.

Getting up, getting dressed, livin' with this regret

I woke up the next day. Marco's face still stuck in my head, the kiss still the first thing that always came to my mind.

But I know if I could do it over
I would trade give away all the words that I saved in my heart
That I left unspoken

I still regret my words. 'When in doubt, kiss Craig?' I never should've said that. I liked it.

What hurts the most
Is being so close
And having so much to say
And watching you walk away

I had been close to Marco all these years, I never knew I felt this way. But when he walked away from me, I felt a pang of pain in my heart. I missed him. I most likely lost my chance.

And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that loving you
Is what I was trying to do

I sighed as I walked out of my bedroom door, collapsing on the living room couch. Joey looked at me and opened his mouth to say something, but decided not to.

I left the house, sort of, I went to the garage and began playing a song I had heard on the radio. A song I can't believe I was playing.

"Cause I want you,
And I feel you,
Crawling underneath my skin
Like a hunger,
Like a burning,
To find a place I've never been
Now I'm broken,
And I'm faded,
I'm half the man I thought I would be:
But you can have what's left of me."

The song just struck me as Marco. And as I sang it, the garage door opened.

"Craig?" I looked up. And speak of the devil.

"Yeah?"

Marco looked at me, "Look, I'm really sorry and- "

I cut him off, "You shouldn't be sorry."

"But you're not..." His voice faded, "Are you?"

"I honestly don't know." Our eyes locked, "But ever since... you know... I haven't felt the same. I've felt better than normal."

"What?" Marco asked, looking at me.

"Marco Del Rossi, I think I might be in love with you." He walked over to me and sat next to me, he pressed his lips against mine.

As soon as we broke apart he smiled, "And I'm not in doubt either."

Just a small one-shot. I might make a story about Craig/Marco, but I don't know..

Review and tell me what you think. And don't flame because it's slash. I clearly said it would be.