“Brian, wake up,” Emmett said as he came close to the bed. Brian opened his eyes and looked up at Emmett. The brunet could tell that Emmett had gone home to change because his friend was dressed with black dressing pants and a cream, zipper up sweater. His hair was perfectly styled to look like he’d just come out of bed. Emmett had his glasses on and a big welcoming smile. He took a sip of his coffee and sat at the edge of the bed. “I don’t want to get up,” Brian replied. Emmett took of his glasses and hung them up on the neck of his sweater. “Well, you have to, Brian. You’ve been sleeping all day.” Brian rubbed his face. He felt like crap. “Go take a shower,” Emmett told him. “I have a plan for you to get Justin to think about things.” “Oh, yeah?” Brian asked. “Yes,” Emmett said. “We’ll wait for him to come get his things and when he’s not looking we’ll throw a net over him. Then I’ll hypnotize him and you can tell him you two belong together plenty of times so when I bring him back he won’t run away from you.” Brian looked at Emmett with a glare. “I’m kidding,” Emmett told him. “I don’t know how to hypnotize people. We’ll find someone.” “Emmett!” Brian yelled. “This isn’t funny.” “I know,” Emmett said as he put the cup of coffee on the night table. “It’s just that the two of you are so stubborn it’s cute.” “It’s not,” Brian said. “You wouldn’t be in this kind of trouble if you had come clean,” Emmett said. “What?” Brian asked. “You wanted me to tell Michael just like that?” “No,” Emmett said and thought about it. “But I know that you thought that if you threw in time things would be okay. Maybe after a month or two you should have showed some kind of interest for Justin. I know the gang was going to be pissed or maybe even shocked. But after a while they would have to get used to it. After all it’s better saying sorry than asking permission.” Brian didn’t say anything because that’s exactly what he thought. The more time went by the easier it would be. He thought that Michael could have found someone else and it would have been easier for him and Justin to come out to everyone. But he and Justin had been hiding from everything and everyone. “Don’t think about that,” Emmett said. “Let’s think about what we are going to do now.” Brian arched a brow. “My plan involves a getaway,” Emmett told him. “Do you want to hear it?” The brunet nodded. “Well,” Emmett said. “I was thinking that maybe you and Justin could take a week off from all this craziness. That would be good for the both of you.” Brian thought about it. “You could take him as far away as you want to,” Emmett said looking at his nails. He thought he needed a manicure soon. Then he turned to look at the brunet. “Buy him flowers and a bracelet to show him your love, heck, buy him a ring! Whatever makes the two of you happy,” the man said. Brian didn’t think it was such a bad idea. “Marry him and start a family,” Emmett said and laughed. “Then you can buy a house in the suburbs. You can even get a dog, what do I know. Just get away from here and fix things with him. Show him he’s your one and only.” “He is,” Brian told him with a little smile. “Good,” Emmett said getting up. “I brought breakfast.” “I’m not hungry,” Brian commented as he got off the bed. “You have to eat,” the man said. Brian rolled his eyes. “And go take a shower,” Emmett told him yet again. “You reek.” Brian smirked and thought what friends were for as he headed for the bathroom. *** Brian took a long shower and afterwards he shaved. He came out and ate to please Emmett and was happy that the man was there for him. When they were done Emmett received a call from Ted that he was at Debbie’s house and that Michael wanted to see him. The brunet gave him a ride and went with him. He wanted to see how Michael was doing. “Guys,” Ted said surprised. “I didn’t know you and Brian were together.” “We were having breakfast,” Emmett told him. “Hey, Mikey,” Brian said as he looked at the man sitting on the sofa. He looked at the TV and saw that Michael was watching cartoons. He was not surprised in the least. “How are you?” “I’m okay,” Michael said smiling widely. “I wanted to talk to you.” Ted pulled Emmett towards the kitchen. “What’s happening?” Emmett asked. “Michael is going to go on a road trip,” Ted said. “He is?” Emmett asked arching a brow. “Yeah,” Ted said smiling. “He said something about finding himself.” “That’s good,” Emmett muttered. “He’s going to invite, Brian,” Ted said trying to be quiet about it so Brian wouldn’t hear him. “That’s why I was calling you. When he asks you just tell him you can’t.” “What are you talking about?” Emmett asked. “I don’t think that’s the best thing to do.” “Come on, Emmett,” Ted said. “Michael really wants to be back with Brian,” Ted said. “So we’re trying to make that happen.” Emmett quickly went to the living room. “Hey guys.” “Hey,” Michael said smiling. “I was just telling Brian about the trip I planned.” “That’s good,” Emmett commented. “I invited Ted but he can’t go because of work,” Michael told them. Brian saw right away where this was going. “I could let him have a few days. We’ll have to coordinate it because I’m going out of town.” “Oh,” Michael said. “Where are you going?” “I have to go to New York,” Brian said. “I have to see a few places. I’m thinking about expanding Kinnetic.” Ted frowned as he neared them. He knew Brian was lying because if he were thinking about that he would have been the first to know. “Are you moving to New York?” Michael asked opening his eyes wide. “Not necessarily,” Brian said and looked at his watch. “I have to go,” he said getting up. “I’ll call you later.” Michael nodded slowly. “I can go with you,” Emmett offered with a big smile. Michael threw an arm around him and put his head on his friend’s shoulder. “That would be great.” Brian left and was heading to the car thinking of going to see his blond. Fuck letting a few days past. He couldn’t keep away from his man. “Brian,” Ted said. “What?” Brian asked not even turning around. He kept on walking. Ted ran up to him. “We need to talk?” Brian turned around and arched a brow. “Tell me.” Ted sighed and looked around nervously. “Just fucking say what you have to,” Brian growled at him. “Why did you lie to Michael like that?” Ted asked. “He’s going through a tough time and he needs you. I think this would be good for you guys.” “Okay,” Brian said. “Say we went into this fucked up trip, let’s say Michael came back all better and ready to take on the world. How exactly does that help me?” “What do you mean?” Ted asked. “I don’t have any plans on going back with him, Theodore,” Brian drawled. “Me being there for him all the time and him thinking it’s because there is a possibility that we might get back together is not going to help anyone.” Ted looked towards the house. Brian did too and saw that Michael was staring at them. The man quickly let the curtain fall down and moved away. “Are you really going to New York?” Ted asked. “I’m taking a few days off,” Brain told him. “I’ll talk to you about that later.” Ted nodded. “Bye,” he said. “Whatever,” Brian responded. He was tired of everyone getting into his life. Once he was in the car he drove out of there like a bat out of hell. He was going to find his blond and talk some sense into him. After all they had gone through Justin wasn’t getting off that easy. *** Molly couldn’t help smiling as she walked with Brian to the backyard. Justin had been there all morning smoking one cigarette after the other. The blond had come to her house the previous night drunk out of his mind and crying over Brian. She still wasn’t quite sure of what had happened but seeing Brian there asking for the blond gave her hope that things would get fixed. “You’re not here to hurt him,” Molly said. “Because I might look small but I could so take you on.” “No,” Brian assured her with a little smirk in place. “He’s a drama queen.” Molly chuckled. “Yeah, that’s him.” “But…” Brian said and stared through the double glass doors at the blond who was sitting by the edge of the pool with his legs inside. “I think he was feeling a bit left out and it was my fault too.” Molly opened the doors. “Justin!” she yelled, but the blond didn’t even look back. “You have a visitor.” Justin’s head moved slowly and he stared at Brian. Molly closed the door again with her inside. Brian took off his shoes and socks and then folded his jeans up so he could sit next to the blond. He looked at Justin’s feet that were moving slowly inside the water. He grabbed the cigarette away from the blond and took a long drag from it. “What are you doing here?” Justin asked. “I’m not okay with the letter you left,” Brian told him. Justin sighed. “We need to talk,” Brian told him. Justin arched a brow but didn’t say anything. “I think that we should take some time off,” Brian told him. Justin’s heart jumped at Brian’s words and filled with so much pain. “You think so?” “Yeah,” Brian said. “We could go anywhere you want to,” the brunet said. “We can do whatever you want, Justin. We can keep me locked in the hotel room for as long as you want. Anything you want.” It took the blond a moment to process what Brian was telling him. And when he finally did, he couldn’t stop smiling. He felt tears threatening to come out. Brian grabbed Justin’s right hand and interlaced his fingers with the blond’s. “What do you say?” Brian asked. “You think you can take off a few days to go with me?” “I’m sorry,” Justin said. “I love you so much.” Brian caressed his face and crushed the cigarette in the blue ashtray that Justin had next to him. “Whatever were you thinking? I love you more than anything, Justin.” “I don’t know,” Justin said with a small sob. Brian sighed and kissed the blond’s cheek. “I started drinking and I felt so alone and…and nothing made sense,” Justin told him sniffing. Brian pulled him to him. “Please,” he whispered. “Don’t ever doubt that I love you more than anything in this world. Ever.” Justin looked into the man’s eyes and knew he was saying the truth. He wondered how he could have been so stupid not to see it before. “Brian!” Evan yelled. Justin and Brian pulled back. “You’re here,” Evan screamed as he ran to the brunet. He had meant to just jump into Brian’s arms and hug him but that didn’t go as he thought. Brian managed to catch Evan before both of them fell into the pool. Justin threw his head back and laughed. When Evan and Brian surfaced Justin was still laughing. Evan turned red thinking Brian had to be super angry at him. The brunet only moved closer to Justin and pulled him into the pool as well. Evan laughed and swam to them. He was so happy that Brian was there. “Brian, how are Gus and Jenny?” “Getting bigger and bigger each day,” Brian answered as he held Justin close to him. “What are you guys doing?” Molly asked with her hands on her hips. “Evan! Your school clothes!” “Sorry,” Evan whispered as he swam to get out of the pool. Brian laughed and then looked at the blond. He kissed him hard, happy that things were going to be okay. He didn’t know what he would do without the blond. *** “So when are you guys leaving?” Ted asked. “On Friday,” Emmett said. “It’s going to be so cool. Are you sure you don’t want to come with us?” Ted shook his head. “Brian called and said he wouldn’t be back for another week.” “What is taking him so long?” Michael asked. Ted shrugged. “I don’t know. He doesn’t call me, just Cynthia. She tells us what to do and what he wants.” Emmett was chewing a piece of bacon when his phone started ringing. He looked at who it was and picked it up. “Hey, you,” he said and swallowed. “Hello, Emmett,” Brian said. “I did what you told me. I grabbed Justin and we took a break.” “That’s good honey,” Emmett said and got up. “Excuse me,” he told the guys and went to the counter and sat down. “Where are you?” “We’re boarding right now,” Brian said. “So, you’re coming home?” Emmett asked. “No yet,” Brian answered. “I did everything you told me to do, well almost everything. It just…kind of happened.” Emmett frowned. “What are you talking about?” “We went as far as Vermont,” Brian told him. “We had a great weekend and he was smiling from ear to ear.” Emmett smiled at that. “I bought him a ring and asked him to marry me and he said yes,” Brian told him. “God, I can’t believe I did that,” the brunet said laughing. Emmett could believe it even less. “You did what?!” he asked shouting in the middle of the diner. He could hear Justin’s laughter in the background. “Oh my god.” “Yeah,” Brian said. “I’m taking him to Cali for our honeymoon,” he said. “God, Em, how crazy is that? I didn’t even plan it. It just happened. It was so wonderful. You have no idea.” Emmett couldn’t help but to feel happy for them. “I’m happy for you guys. Wow, Brian. I still can’t believe it.” “I was calling you to thank you,” Brian informed him. “Me?” Emmett asked. “Why?” “I would have done nothing about Justin leaving,” Brian said. “Aside from getting ass drunk and moping around.” “You’re the best, Em,” Justin said loudly. Brian laughed and pushed the blond away. “Your plan got in my head and I couldn’t push it away. It was the best thing for us. We needed this.” “Wow,” Emmett said. “I didn’t know you were going to follow it completely to the letter. Should I be expecting kids, a move and a dog?” Brian laughed. “Not yet.” “Oh, that sounds promising,” Emmett said. “What are you going to do when you come back?” “I don’t care who knows,” Brian told him. “When I get back I have to talk to Michael. I mean, I don’t think he’s ready to hear this yet but I want to set him straight and let him know that we’re never going to get back together no matter what he does.” Emmett sighed. It was going to be hard but he was going to be there for Michael. He was going to make sure that Michael kept going after all was said and done. “It’s the best thing you can do,” he assured the man. “I have to go,” Brian said. Emmett said goodbye to Brian and Justin and then went back to the table. “Who was that?” Ted asked. “Oh,” Emmett said. “Just a friend of mine,” he answered. “So I was thinking that we could go to Miami. We could so make it there in a few days.” Michael smiled widely. “That would be so cool. I’ll talk to my therapist about it. She knows I’m going away but I haven’t told her where.” Emmett nodded. “I’m sure it would be great.” Michael smiled and looked forward to his trip. *** Brian wrapped his arms behind Justin as they stared at the sunset. They had come to stay at a hotel that had access to the beach and was very private. They had seen a few of the other guests around during the day but at night pretty much everyone went back to their rooms. The blond was wearing a pair of dark blue pants and one of Brian’s white dress shirts. He’d put it on because he liked having the brunet’s scent close to him. Then the two of them headed for a walk on the beach. When they got tired of walking they went back but didn’t go to their room. They stayed with their feet in the water staring at the horizon. “It’s so beautiful,” Justin whispered. “Yeah,” Brian agreed and pulled away. He put his hands inside the pockets of the white thread pants and looked at his husband. He couldn’t believe that he and Justin had gotten married. It was surreal. Justin turned around and laughed. “Can you believe this?” Brian shook his head and extended his hand placing it on the blond’s face. “It’s like a dream.” “I never want to wake up,” Justin informed him. Brian smiled and pulled the blond close to him. He kissed him slowly. The warm lips pressing against him were soft and plump. He pushed his tongue inside and he moaned as soon as he was able to taste his man. He wrapped his arms around Justin and picked him up. Justin wrapped his legs around him. He pulled away from the kiss but left his forehead touching Brian’s own. “Fuck me here.” Brian smiled and turned around. He put Justin down on the sand and kneeled in between the blond’s legs. He unbuttoned the shirt Justin was wearing very slowly. He smiled when Justin started to unbutton his. Then he took off Justin’s pants and threw them away from the rising water. He caressed Justin’s soft skin and smiled when the blond moaned. The water was reaching them but none of them moved. Brian bowed down and started kissing Justin’s chest. His hands held Justin by the waist; his fingertips caressed the smooth and now wet skin. He bit his man’s abdomen slightly; it was only a playful bite. “You’re driving me crazy,” Justin told him. “Good,” Brian said and moved lower. His hand grabbed Justin’s sac and rolled them in his hand. He bent down and took the head on Justin’s cock in his mouth. Justin arched up and his eyes closed. He fisted the sand under him. He thought he was going to die with pleasure. The older man lick Justin’s member from head to bottom. Then his tongue played with Justin’s piss hole. “God!” Justin groaned and pulled on the brunet’s hair. “Please, please fuck me.” Brian kept on sucking the blond. He pushed a finger inside his partner using the water pooling around them as lubricant. The blond pushed his hips up trying to fuck himself on the man’s fingers. The brunet stopped and reached inside his pockets. He smiled as he pulled out a condom. Justin caressed Brian’s chest. “You planned this.” “No, I’m just always prepared,” Brian told him with a smirk in place. He pushed his pants down and then ripped the package open. Justin laughed and pulled the brunet down for a kiss. He pulled away to watch Brian putting the condom on. He lifted his legs and put them around Brian’s waist. The brunet lifted Justin’s hips up and placed his cock at Justin’s entrance. He started to push inside slowly. “Mmm,” Justin closed his eyes and threw his head back. When Brian was inside all the way he leaned forward and kissed the blond’s neck. He caressed Justin’s nape and waited for the man under him to be ready. “Fuck me,” Justin told him. His hands moved to the brunet’s thighs. Brian started moving. His hands touching Justin everywhere he could. He wanted more and more of his husband. He interlaced his fingers with Justin and looked at the platinum ring. It was forever like them. Justin wanted more and more from the brunet. He moved his legs up into Brian’s shoulders. He pulled him close and kissed Brian all over. “Yes,” Brian muttered as he fucked Justin. The waves were crashing into him. His arms wrapped around Justin and he started moving faster and faster. “Oh,” Justin cried out in pleasure. “I love you,” Brian told him and kissed Justin. His hips moved up and down and then in circles. He would slow down and speed up. He could be gentle or harsh and every single thing he did Justin loved. “I’m so close, Brian,” Justin told him. “Together,” he whispered. “Yes,” Brian growled close to the blond’s ear. Justin tightened his walls around the brunet’s cock. It was so good and he didn’t want it to end but he couldn’t hold any longer. He buried his nails on Brian’s back and then when his husband grabbed his engorged cock he lost all control. Brian arched his back and let go. He came deep inside his lover. He felt Justin shaking in his arms and knew that the blond had too. He kissed Justin hard and stayed inside of him; he could feel Justin’s walls still constricting around him. “You’re mine,” Brian said. Justin gave him his biggest smile. “All mine,” the brunet whispered with a grin. “All yours,” Justin answered. “And that means you’re mine and don’t you forget it.” “I won’t,” Brian told him. “I don’t want to drown,” Justin pointed out. Brian pulled out of him and got rid of the condom. He got up and pulled his pants up before he helped Justin. He kissed him and slapped Justin’s naked butt. “Hey,” Justin protested. “I lost my sandals,” the blond said. “I lost my shirt,” Brian pointed out. “And these pants are completely ruined. This is expensive material.” “Whatever you label queen,” Justin said laughing as he grabbed his pants and put them on. He picked the Brian’s shirt but didn’t put it on because it was covered in sand. Brian pulled the blond close and kissed him. “Guess what I have in mind now.” “I don’t know,” Justin told him. “But I do know I want you to fuck me again and again and again.” “Well,” Brian said as he thought about it. “I guess since that goes along with my plans we’re not going to have any problems.” “Come get me,” Justin whispered as happy as anyone could be as he started running for their room. Brian went after the blond and half way there tackled him. He kissed the blond and they got up. Then they walked back to their room hand in hand. Brian was sure that he wanted to be with Justin for the rest of his life no matter what could happen. He would take the good and the bad all together as long as Justin was with him. Justin was smiling as he walked with Brian. He knew that as long at the man was with him giving him his love, he could take on the world. He could do anything.