Justin smiled as he took Brian’s hand.  He kissed the brunet on the cheek and smiled.

“I wish we could have stayed there forever.”  Justin told his husband.

“Me, too.”  Brian told him smiling.

“So, where are we going?”  Justin asked.  “This is not the way to the loft.”

“I have a surprise.”  Brian told him.

“What is it?”  Justin asked smiling.

“You need to brush up on the concept of a surprise.”  Brian told him using his tongue in cheek expression.

Justin rolled his eyes.  

“Come on, tell me.”  Justin said.

“Nope.”  Brian told him laughing.  “Just hold on five minutes.”

Justin nodded and just looked at the road.  Soon enough they were entering a dirt road and going up a hill.

“What are we doing here?” Justin asked once they stopped.

Justin looked at a house that was being fixed up and the guys that were fixing it.

“I want to show you something.”  Brian said getting out of the Jeep.

Justin got out and looked around the place.  He smiled looking down the hill at a couple of houses not far from the one where he was standing.  They were amazing houses.  Justin turned to look again at the old Victorian house the guys were working on and then he looked at Brian.

“Do you like it?”  Brian asked.

“Why?”  Justin asked.

“I thought that maybe we could buy it.”  Brian said.

Justin looked back at the house and smiled.

“You are serious.”  Justin said as his eyes went big.

Brian smiled and hugged Justin.

“As a heartbeat.”  Brian told him and kissed him. 

“What about the loft?  You love that place.”  Justin said.

Brian shrugged.

“We don’t have to sell it.  We could lease it.”  Brian told him.  “Or it could be our safe haven.”

Justin smiled.

“How did I get so lucky?”  Justin asked.

Brian smiled and kissed him hard.  He wished he could answer Justin and then he would know how he had gotten so lucky himself.	

***

“How are you feeling?”  Jennifer asked.

“Oh, Mom.  I never imagined I was going to be this happy.”  Justin told her smiling.  

Jennifer smiled and hugged her son.

“I've got his things.”  Brian said, coming out of the room with a sleepy Eric.

“Dada.”  Eric mumbled but kept his head resting on Brian’s shoulder.  

“Is he okay?”  Justin asked.

“He's just tired.”  Jennifer told him.  “We went to the park today.  He was running up and down everywhere.”

Justin smiled.

“Thankfully for me, Craig was the one running up and down after him.”  Jennifer said smiling.

Justin smiled and nodded.

“Are you going to Deb’s dinner tonight?”  Justin asked grabbing Eric.

Jennifer shook her head.

“Craig and I have a date.”  Jennifer told him smiling.

“Really?”  Justin asked smiling.  “I’m so happy for you, Mom.”

Jennifer smiled and nodded.

“We’ll see what happens.”  Jennifer told them, getting up and walking with them to the door.

“You have to call me and tell me what happens.”  Justin said kissing her on the cheek.  “Bye, Mom.”

Justin walked ahead.  Brian looked at Jennifer and smiled.  He bent down and kissed her on the cheek.

“Everyone deserves a second chance.”  Brian whispered.  “Mom.”

Jennifer smiled and nodded.  She closed the door and leaned against it.  She really hoped that everything went okay with her and Craig.

“Do you think they will get back together?”  Justin asked as he put Eric in the back.

Brian shrugged and got in.

“Would it bother you?”  Brian asked.

“Of course not.  They're my parents.  I just don’t want him to hurt her again.  She suffered a lot because of me.”  Justin told her.

“Don’t say that.  Adults make their own choices.  They made their choices and it wasn’t your fault.”  Brian assured him.

Justin smiled as he looked at Brian.  He opened the door to the Jeep and got in.  He put his seatbelt on and then put his hand on Brian’s thigh as the brunet drove them to their home.  He hoped that he and Brian would never make any mistakes that would separate them.

***

Justin sat down in front of Brian.  Brian arched a brow and wondered what was going on because by Justin’s expression wasn’t anything good.

“What’s wrong?”  Brian asked.

“He is dead.”  Justin told him. 

Brian looked at Justin with a questioning face.

“Ethan is dead.  Someone killed him.”  Justin said.

“What?  Who told you that?”  Brian asked.

“Hunter.  I went by to talk to him at the store and he told me.  I had to get away.  They called me about an hour ago.  He is coming here with Michael.  Oh my god.  Can you stay with Eric?  I have to go see Elaine.  She must be devastated.”  Justin said getting up.

Brian got up and went after the blond.  He turned Justin around and held him.

“Are you okay?”  Brian asked.

Justin sobbed.

“He was my friend.  He was there for so many things.  He made me feel normal.”  Justin said.  “Then he left one day and it hurt and now that I found him again…he is dead.”

Brian took a deep breath and hugged Justin.

“I know you didn’t like him.”  Justin said.

“What can I say?”  Brian asked.  “I’m sorry that you are hurting.”

Justin nodded.

“I know he was self-centered and a little obnoxious but that was Ethan, you know.  He was…unique in his very own world.”  Justin said sobbing. 

Brian nodded and he caressed Justin’s back.  He didn’t want his baby crying, but he knew he couldn’t stop him.

“He was always there for us.”  Justin pointed out.

Brian nodded and listened to Justin.  He couldn’t say anything about Ethan because he had never really known the guy.

“I am going to miss him.”  Justin told him.

Brian took Justin’s face in his hand and kissed the blond.  

“Are you going to be okay?”  Brian asked.

Justin nodded and cleaned his tears.

“I really have to go see Elaine.”  Justin told him.  

Brian nodded.

“Do you want me to go with you?”  Brian asked.

“I’m going to be okay.”  Justin assured him cleaning his tears.  “I’ll be back soon.”

Brian nodded.

“I see.  You are leaving me with the three kids.”  Brian said smirking.

“Michael and Hunter aren’t that bad.”  Justin told him.

Justin smiled and kissed Brian.  Brian arched a brow doubting it very much.

“You will be okay, Daddy.”  Justin told him and left the loft.  

***

Justin entered the loft and closed the door.  Hunter was running after Eric while Michael was cleaning, what Justin thought was juice, off the floor.   He took off his jacket and smiled as he took a step forward and grabbed his son.

“Dada!”  Eric yelled and giggled.

“Where is Brian?”  Justin asked.

“He went to take a shower.”  Michael said.  “We promised to watch over Eric.  He said you went to see Ethan’s sister.  Did you talk to her?”

Justin nodded and put Eric down.  The little boy ran to his room to pick up his toys.  Hunter went after him.  Justin walked over to the sofa and sat down.

“So?”  Michael asked.

“Richard was dating Ethan and they broke up.  She doesn’t know what really happened, but they broke up.”  Justin told her.  “I went to see Richard too.”

“You didn’t.”  Michael gasped as he left the napkins on the floor and move to sit next to Justin.  “What did he say?”

“Not much.  I asked him why he killed him.”  Justin said.  “He just shrugged and told me that Ethan wasn’t going to hurt anyone ever again.”

“That’s bad.”  Michael said.  

“Ethan was always a good guy.”  Justin said.  “Or at least that’s how he portrayed himself.  I thought that Richard was lying but seeing him was like…he look so vulnerable…I…I don’t know what to think.”  Justin told him.  “I thought he was just hurt because Ethan left him until I talked with Elaine and found out that it was Richard that left.” 

“God.”  Michael whispered.  “You think Ethan did something to him?”

Justin rubbed the back of his neck and slowly brought his hand to his face where he put it over his mouth.  He didn’t know what to think anymore.  He was more confused than ever.

“Hey.”  Brian said coming to them holding a tower around his waist.  “What’s going on?”

Justin cleared his throat and got up.  He shook his head and smiled.

“Not much.  Just talking.”  Justin told him as he wrapped his arms around Brian’s neck.

Brian looked from Michael to Justin and nodded.  Michael moved away to finish what he was doing.  He couldn’t believe what Justin had found.

“Daddy!”  Eric said running towards his father.  “I wan ta pay.”

Justin smiled at Brian.  Brian bent down and picked his son with his free arm.

“He’s talking much better.” Justin said proudly.

Brian smiled and kissed Eric on the cheek.  He put the boy down and smiled.

“Let Daddy get dressed first, okay?”  Brian asked the little boy.

Eric nodded happily that his daddy was going to play with him.

“Okay, come on.” Brian said walking towards the bedroom.

Eric smiled and followed Brian.

“<u>Did you talk to her?</u>”  Hunter asked.

Justin nodded.

“I don’t want to talk about it anymore.”  Justin said.  “Ethan was a friend and I’m sorry that he is dead.  To me he was good guy.”

Michael and Hunter looked at each other and shrugged.

“We went to his funeral.”  Michael said.  

“Were there a lot of people?”  Justin asked as he sat down again.

“<u>A few.</u>”  Hunter told him.

Justin nodded and smiled.

“We should go.”  Michael said looking at Hunter.  “I have to open the store and fix a few things.”

“<u>Me too.  I have to help him.</u>”  Hunter told him.

“Thank you, guys.”  Justin said.  “For telling me.”

Michael nodded.  The two of them left and Justin walked to the kitchen and served himself a glass of water.  He drank it slowly and thought about Ethan.  He smiled thinking about the good times he had with Ethan.  He was going to miss the man.  He looked towards the room and opened his eyes wide.  Brian and Eric were jumping in the bed.  He walked to the bedroom to stop them.

“What are you doing?  Get out of the bed.  You are going to get hurt.”  Justin told them.

“Look who is here.”  Brian said as he stopped.  “It’s the wild beast.”  

Eric started screaming and followed Brian out of the room.  Justin laughed and followed them.  He made sure to enjoy that moment and every one that was to come.  Life was just too short sometimes.

“Skim, Dada!”  Eric told his father to scream as he ran for cover with Brian like they did every time they played that game.

“I’m going to get you.”  Justin growled laughing.

Eric giggled and ran with Brian.  Justin ran towards Eric and picked him up.

“I got you.”  Justin told him.

“Elp!  Elp!”  Eric yelled.

Eric was looking at Brian as he screamed for help.  Brian smiled and took Eric away from Justin.   He grabbed Justin and they both fell to the floor.

“We have to kiss the monster so we can get Dada back.”  Brian said kissing Justin everywhere.  

Eric and Brian started kissing Justin everywhere.  

“Tickle him too.”  Brian yelled.

Justin was laughing and trying to fight them.

“It’s me!”  Justin yelled.

“Dada!”  Eric said clapping his hand as he stood up to jump and celebrate.

Brian and Justin looked at each other and smiled.

“Are you okay?”  Brian asked.

Justin smiled knowing what Brian meant in general.  He nodded and kissed Brian hard.  He was okay.  He had his son and his husband with him.  Everything was just perfect.

***

Brian closed his eyes and enjoyed the massage that Justin was giving him.  It had been an exhausting day at work and home.

“You work too hard.”  Justin told him.

“Someone has to do it.”  Brian told him.  “I love my job.”

Justin smiled and nodded.  He moved lower so that now he was straddling Brian’s thighs.  He let his hands work the knots on Brian’s lower back.

“Mmm, that feels good.”  Brian whispered.

Justin smiled and worked on giving the brunet a massage before he moved down again.  Brian lifted his head and looked back at Justin with an arched brow and a smirk.

“What are you doing?”  Brian asked.

Justin smiled as he put on the condom.  Then he grabbed the lube and smiled.

“That definitely feels good, baby.”  Brian moaned as Justin worked his fingers inside of him.

Justin smiled and worked slowly.  He loved each time he got the opportunity to make love to Brian.  When he knew Brian was ready he moved to enter the brunet.  Brian closed his eyes as Justin entered him slowly.  He buried his face on the pillow and didn’t hold back what he was feeling.

“More.”  Brian grunted.

“Fuck.”  Justin hissed.  “You are so tight.”

Brian bit the pillow and gripped the sheets.  He just loved to have Justin inside of him touching everything inside and making him complete.

“I’m so…close.”  Brian gasped as he started stroking himself.

Justin kissed Brian’s shoulder as his hand joined Brian’s to help the brunet stroke himself.  Brian chanted Justin’s name again and again as his orgasm hit him.  His walls tightened around Justin making the blond reach the edge too.

“I love you.”  Justin whispered as he caressed Brian’s sides after lying there for a while and catching their breath.

Brian smiled and his hand reached back to caress Justin’s left thigh.

“Me too.”  Brian told him.

Justin sighed contently.

“I could lie here forever.”  Brian told him.

Justin smiled and nodded his agreement.  After a while, he had to move.  He got rid of the condom but stayed next to Brian.  Brian interlaced his fingers with Justin's and smiled at the blond.

“What?”  Justin asked with a big smile.

“Have you thought about having more kids?”  Brian asked.

Justin stared at Brian.

“Are you serious?  You want more kids?”  Justin asked sitting up on the bed.  “Just a few hours ago, you were screaming like a mad man with Gus and Eric.”

Brian frowned and nodded.

“Yeah, but I enjoy everything about them.”  Brian said pulling Justin towards him.  “They are amazing.”

“We can think about it.”  Justin told him.

Brian nodded.  Justin smiled and put his head on Brian’s chest.  He sighed, happy to be part of Brian’s life.  He was glad that he had met Brian.  Their lives together had turned so amazing.  He couldn’t wait to see what life brought them.  Whatever it was they would go through it together.  Brian put his arm around the blond and smiled.  Both of them slowly started to fell asleep, happy and safe in each others arms.