Brandon smiled at Daphne and then gave her a little box.

“What is this?”  Daphne asked.

“Would you marry me?”

“Oh my god!”  Daphne yelled.  “Are you serious?”

Daphne opened the box and smiled at the gold diamond ring that lay there.

“Yes.”  Brandon told her and caressed her face.  “I love you.”

Daphne hugged him and nodded.

“I love you too.  Yes, yes, yes, yes.”  Daphne said in between kisses.

Brandon smiled happily.  They were going to get married.

“We have to tell Brian.”  Daphne said.

“He knows.”  Brandon said.  “I told him I was going to ask you.”

Daphne smiled and nodded.

“I have to call Justin.”  Daphne said.

“He knows too.  I told him.”  Brandon said.  “He was the one that helped me pick the ring.”

Daphne’ smile got bigger.  

“Oh, Bran.”  Daphne said hugging him.  “There is only one thing left to do.”

“What’s that?”  

“Celebrate.”  Daphne said smirking.

Brandon smiled and added one more thing to the list of reasons why he was marrying the woman.  

***

“Can you pass me a napkin?  The kid still doesn’t know how to eat.”  Justin mocked.

Brian glared at him, but accepted the napkin Justin was giving him and cleaned his chin.

“It was your fault anyway.  And you know it.”  Brian told him.

Brandon arched a brow at Justin who only smirked.

“We have something to tell you.”  Daphne said.

“My brother knocked her up.”  Brian said smirking, knowing that wasn’t it.

“Really?”  Ted asked.

“Congratulations.”  Emmett said.

Justin laughed at Daphne’s face.

“It’s not that.”  Brandon said looking at Brian.

Brian shrugged and kept eating.  He felt Justin’s hand on his thigh once again.

“I’m trying to eat here.”  Brian whispered to the blond.

Justin smiled and nodded, but didn’t move his hand.

“What is it then, honey?”  Debbie asked.

“We are getting married.”  Daphne said showing them her ring.

“Wow.”  Ted said.

“Congratulations.”  Ben told them.

Daphne was beaming.

“That’s wonderful.”  Debbie said.

“Congrats.”  Michael told them.  “When is the wedding?”

“In three months.”

“It’s going to be great.”  Debbie said tearing up.

Justin rolled his eyes.

“Want to get out of here?”  Justin asked.

“Do you want my brother to kill us?”  Brian asked.

Justin took a deep breath and stayed put.

“Pull out some wine, Vic.  We’re celebrating.”  Debbie said.

“Well, at least I can get drunk.”  Justin pointed out.

They talked about what Daphne was going to do with the decorations and the theme of the wedding.  They chatted away excitedly.  Brian got up at some point and went to the bathroom.  He was leaving when he found Justin at the door.

“What are you doing here?”  Brian asked.  

“I want to fuck you.”

“Justin.”  Brian said.  “Have you lost your mind?  You can’t…okay…well...”  

Brian’s resolved to not have sex at Debbie’s house crumbled as Justin sucked on his neck and touched him all over.   Justin took off Brian’s shirt and then removed his pants.

“They are going to hear us.”  Brian pointed out.

“Not if we are really quiet.”

Justin smirked and took out the lube and a condom.  He turned Brian around and pushed him against the wall.  He prepared Brian quickly and entered him.

“God.”  Brian whimpered.

“I have wanted to fuck you all day.”  Justin moaned. 

Brian closed his eyes and pushed back against Justin.  They moved fast trying to be as quiet as possible.  When Brian came he had to bit Justin’s hand to keep from screaming.  Justin swallowed his words and came inside Brian.  They stayed unmoving for a while, but eventually cleaned up and Brian got dressed.

“And you wonder why my brother is always on your case.”  Brian said smirking.

Justin smiled and kissed him.  They got out of the bathroom and went back to the living room.  When they came down the stairs, everyone was looking at them.

“You can’t be happy if the attention isn’t on you?” Daphne asked smirking.

Brian turned red and Justin smirked and shrugged.

***

Brian was sitting outside waiting for Justin.  He looked at the time and frowned.

“Hey.”  Matthew said.

“What the fuck do you want?”  Brian asked his body stiffening.

“I’m sorry.”  Matthew told him.

“Whatever.”  Brian spat out.

Matthew took a deep breath.  He sat down making sure to leave a lot space between him and Brian.

“I thought we could have a good time.  People said you fucked guys in school all the time.”  Matthew explained.  

“That was before.”  Brian said.

“Before what?”  Matthew asked.

“Before one of my closest friends stabbed me and almost killed me.”  Brian hissed.  “Just because I fucked him and didn’t want to be his boyfriend afterwards.”

Matthew looked at Brian in amazement.  He didn’t know that.  No one had ever told him that.  He frowned and sat there not sure what to say.

“My god, Brian, I’m so sorry.”  Matthew finally said.  “I didn’t know.”

Brian shrugged.

“I would never do that to you.  I mean I want to fuck you, but I would not try to kill you if we don’t.  Jesus Christ.  I was such a jerk.  I’m so sorry.  You must have been scared out of your mind.  Shit!”  Matthew said rubbing his face.  “I was past my limit, but still that’s no excuse.  God, I feel like such an ass.”

Brian looked at Matthew with an arched brow.  He could see that Matthew was being honest.

“I’m really sorry.”  Matthew said.  “I promise you won’t have to worry about me.”

“Well, I think it would be best if we didn’t see each other at least…for a while.”  Brian told him biting his lower lip.

“I totally understand.”  Matthew said.  “I feel like such a creep.  I so deserved to be punched.”

“Who punched you?”  Brian asked.

“One of your friends.”  Matthew said.  

“It had to be Melanie.”  Brian said smirking.

“Well, I think I’m going to go then.  I don’t want to make you feel uncomfortable or anything.”  Matthew said as he stood up.

Matthew looked at Brian and gave him a small smile.  He was still feeling so bad.  He hoped that Brian would forgive him sometime.  He turned around and left.  Brian stayed there watching Matthew leave and he breathed a lot easier.

***

Brian bit into the cheeseburger and then grabbed his soda.

“I guess you were hungry.”  Justin said, stopping at the red light.

Justin smirked.

“Yeah.”  Brian said with his mouth full.

Justin shook his head, and laughed at his boyfriend’s manners.  He looked to the side and watched the guy in the next car.  The guy threw out a piece of paper and then looked at Justin.  Justin shook his head at the guy’s actions and the guy showed him the middle finger.

“People like that should be locked in jail for a night so they learn not to contaminate the environment.”  Justin said.

Brian looked to where Justin was looking and shrugged.  He was going to take a bite of his burger when he felt a little pain in the back of his head.  He put his food down and then started to remember something.

<i>“I didn’t want you to think that I was just a kid.  I wanted you to stay and talk to me.  I never thought…that you would do those things to me.”

“Oh, my god.  I’m going to hell...or jail.”  Justin murmured.</i>

“Oh god.”  Brian moaned as he held his head.

“What’s wrong, Brian?”  Justin asked worried. 

When the light changed Justin accelerated and then parked the jeep so he could check Brian.

<i>“Oh okay.  I guess I’ll just go inside and be sad about it.  When Brandon asks me, I’ll just tell him that you fucked me and now you don’t want me.”

Justin stood there with his mouth hanging open.

“So are you coming?”  Brian asked opening the door.

“You are black mailing me?”  Justin asked.

“Call it whatever you want.”  Brian told him.

“I’m not going in there.”  Justin told him.

“Fine.”  Brian told him.  “I have a condom full of your sperm.”

“I can’t believe what I am hearing.”  Justin said.</i>

Brian started crying, not sure what to think of what he just remembered.

“Are you okay?”  Justin asked.

“Why are you with me?”  Brian asked.

“What?”  Justin asked.

“Why are we together?  How did it happen?  Tell me.”  Brian demanded.

Justin swallowed hard.  He was sure Brian had remembered how they started off.

“Brian…”  Justin started, but didn’t know how to continue it.

“No!”  Brian hissed.  “I can’t believe this.  Oh god.”

Justin closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

“Bri…I know that we kind of started off on the wrong foot.”  Justin said.

“I was making you be with me!”  Brian said.  “I’m such a fucking horrible person.”

“I’m glad you did.”  Justin confessed.  “I wouldn’t have had the guts to keep on seeing you.”

Brian looked at Justin with an arched brow.  Justin shrugged.

“I was scared and in love with…”  Justin said and stopped.

Justin looked at Brian who was still shedding silent tears.

“You were in love with someone else?”  Brian asked almost screaming.

Justin closed his eyes.

“But I met you and my world changed.  I got to know you.  I got to see how fantastic you are.  I fell for you.”  Justin said.

“I pushed you into it.”  Brian protested.

“Oh god, Brian.”  Justin said.  “Shut the fuck up already.  I’m here with you because I want to be with you.  I don’t know if you remember, but Brandon found out and I could have walked away and I didn’t.  I stuck because I fucking love you.”

Brian bit his lower lip and took a deep breath.

“Okay.”  Brian said.  “I’m sorry I did that to you.  Are you sure?”

Justin smiled.

“One hundred percent, baby.”  Justin told him.

Brian looked at him and smiled.  Justin leaned forward and kissed him.  He let pulled Brian closer and kissed him hard letting his tongue go past Brian’s lips.  He pulled back when Brian started moaning.

“Now eat your food and stop queening out on me.”  Justin told him.

“Justin.”

“What?”  Justin asked as he started the car again.

“Who were you in love with?”  Brian asked.

Justin smiled at him and shook his head.

“It doesn’t matter.”  Justin told him.

Brian didn’t say anything, but he was going to find out.  

***

Brian was sitting behind the counter at the comic shop.  He had just started working again.  At first, after finding what had happened to him here, he hadn’t wanted to come to work.  But now nothing was like before.  Michael had change the whole look of the place and Brian was more at ease.  It was like it hadn’t happen here.

“Michael?”  Brian said and bit his lower lip.

“What?”  Michael asked as he opened one of the boxes with the new shipments.

“Who was Justin’s last boyfriend?”  Brian asked.

Michael looked up at Brian and wondered if Brian had remembered something.

“Are you remembering someone?”  Michael asked.

“Well, I think there was something.  I think I remember someone, but I don’t know if I dreamt it.”  Brian said fishing for information.

“Well, he used to have this thing for Ethan.”  Michael said.

“How long did they last?”  Brian asked.

“They weren’t together like normal couples are, but they knew each other for about four years.”  Michael said.  

“That’s a long time.”  Brian said.  “What happen?”

Michael looked at Brian and smiled.

“You happened.”  Michael said.  “Justin fell in love with you and stopped following Ethan.”

“What?”  Brian asked shocked.  “Me?”

“Justin fell head over heels.”  Michael told him smirking.  “Or should I say heels over head.”

Michael laughed and Brian blushed.

“Why?”  Brian asked.  “Am I hotter than this guy?”

Michael laughed.

“Yes.  But if you repeat that to anyone I will deny it.”  Michael said.

Brian smiled.

“But that wasn’t all.  You really love him.  Justin saw that.”  Michael said.  “You guys were made for each other.”

Brian’s smile doubled in size.

“You really think so?”  Brian asked.

Michael nodded.

“So what happen?”  Brian asked.  “Why weren’t they together?”

“Ethan didn’t know what he had until it was too late, I guess.  He never really saw Justin.”  Michael explained.

“What a fucking moron.  Justin is amazing.”  Brian said.

“Ethan is my best friend.”  Michael said.

Brian turned red.

“I’m sorry.  I…no, I’m not.”  Brian said.  “Fuck it.  Did he make Justin suffer?  I mean, every time I try to talk about it with Justin, he just changes the subject.  He won’t even share the good times they might have had.  Don’t people talk about their exes?”

Michael bit his lower lip.

“They had their moments.”  Michael said.  “And like I told you, they weren’t boyfriends.”

“Do you think he still loves him?”  Brian asked.

Michael arched a brow.

“Are you jealous?”  Michael asked.

Brian turned red again.

“Oh my god.  You are.”  Michael said laughing a little.

“Leave me alone.”  Brian said and crossed his arms.

Michael laughed and shook his head.  They kept talking about it and Michael could see that Brian was really insecure about Justin and him.  Michael was going to have to talk to Justin about it.

***

Justin was sitting at the bar looking at the prospects for the night when Michael sat next to him.

“Hey.”

Justin smiled and nodded.

“I have something to tell you.”  Michael said.

“What’s that?”  Justin asked.

“Brian thinks you are still in love with Ethan.”  Michael said.

“What?”  Justin asked looking at Michael with wide eyes.  “What the fuck are you talking about?  Did he tell you that?”

Michael shook his head.  He asked for a beer and then turned back to Justin.

“He is jealous of the guy.  You won’t even talk about him.”  Michael said.

“It’s hard talking about Ethan.”  Justin said.

“Tell him.”  Michael said.

“What the hell for?”  Justin asked.

“So he knows why you love him so much.”  Michael said.

Justin bit his lower lip.

“I wished Ethan would have loved me back.”  Justin said.

Michael smiled.

“He did in his own way.”  Michael assured him.

“No.”  Justin said, shaking his head.  “I love Brian in my own way.  Ethan…Ethan was too vain to love anyone.  Even in the end…all the things he did were to win me back.  The keyword here being ‘win’ because he never liked losing to anyone.”

Michael frowned, thinking differently, but didn’t say anything.  

“It doesn’t matter.”  Justin said taking his drink.  “We weren’t meant for each other.”

“What are you doing here?”  Michael asked.

“Brian and I got into a fight.”  Justin said.  “He was pissed that I didn’t wanted to talk about Ethan.  But I didn’t think he was jealous of him.”

“Why don’t you come with me then and you can call him?”  Michael asked.

Justin shrugged.

“Come on.”  Michael said.

Justin smiled and nodded.

“Has anyone ever told you that you are a good friend?”  Justin asked.

Michael smiled, but didn’t say anything then either.

***

“At what time are you coming over?”  Justin asked.

“Brandon is bringing me there when he has made me suffer enough.  But I think around six.”  Brian said.  “I miss you.”

Justin smiled.

“I miss you too, baby.”  Justin said in a sexy voice.

“Justin!”  Brian whined.  “Don’t do that.”

Justin laughed.

“Later.”  Justin told him.

“Later, blond devil.”  Brian told him and hung up.

Justin hung up and went to work on a piece for his own enjoyment and not work.  The time flew by and next thing he knew, it was five already.  He wondered where Brian was, but he was sure that Brandon was just messing with his little brother just like Brian said he would.  Justin went up to his room to take a shower.  He had taken off his shirt when he heard the knocking and smiled.  He went down the stairs to open the door for Brian.

“Hey, bab…Ethan?”  Justin asked.  “What are you doing here?”

“I came to visit.”  Ethan said.

Justin gave him a smile and let him in.

“So, did you miss me?”  Ethan asked.

Justin looked at Ethan and smiled a little.  Things were going to get a little crazy with Ethan around.