Sorry guys that it took me so long to post. Thanks to my beta CuJo.
“I am so going to fucking kill you,” Justin said in a low voice to Patrick. Patrick just laughed. “What? He’s kind of cute.” The two of them looked back at Ethan who was staring at his soda. Justin glared at his friend momentarily. He and Patrick had become good friends but sometimes he just wished Patrick would let him be happy if he stayed alone and didn’t want to date anyone. “So, do you want to go out tonight?” Ethan asked as he put the soda on the table. He really liked Justin and he was somewhat nervous. Justin bit his lower lip. “Sure, he wants to,” Patrick said. “We'll be at Babylon.” Ethan smiled. He was so happy. “I guess, I’ll leave you alone now. I have to go back to my studio anyway and be brilliant.” “Oh god,” Justin muttered to himself. “Okay,” Patrick told him. Ethan waved at them. “I will see you then…at Babylon,” then he was gone. “What the fuck are you doing?” Justin asked as he dropped his head on the desk. “Man, you need to get laid,” Patrick told him. Justin sighed. “I’m fine. Plus, I can get someone all by myself.” “No way,” Patrick pretended to be shocked. Justin laughed. “Shut up.” “You're going nuts thinking about your boss,” Patrick pointed out. “I’m not,” Justin contradicted but it was true. “Why are we even talking about him?” Patrick grabbed one of the paintings and showed it to Justin. “Look, this is Brian and that one over there and uh, that one.” Justin grabbed the painting away from Patrick. “This studio has Brian left and right,” Patrick told him. “Not that he isn’t hot as hell.” “He’s just a good subject,” Justin said. “Yeah, right,” Patrick walked over to Justin and put his arm around the blond. “Justin, just go out and try to have a good time.” “I have things to do,” Justin pointed out. “You are becoming one boring motherfucker,” Patrick pulled away. “You will die alone and…boring.” Justin rolled his eyes. “Come on, Justin,” Patrick said. “You have to come.” “Fine,” Justin told him. He knew that Patrick was not going to give up until he said yes. “Really?” Patrick asked happily. “Yeah, why not?” Justin said. “Promise me that you won’t be looking around for him,” Patrick said. He had wasted his time waiting for Justin to come out of his crush but that hadn’t worked out. He had moved on and now he wanted to help Justin do the same. Justin rolled his eyes. “Justin,” Patrick sing sang. “Okay, damn, I promise,” Justin told him. “Could you leave now? I have things to do.” “I know when I’m not wanted,” Patrick smirked. “Hardly,” Justin smiled and waved his hand at his friend. He heard the door closing and picked up the painting that Patrick had taken. He looked at it and sighed. He really needed to forget Brian one way or another. He was going crazy. *** “Can we go?” Justin asked Patrick. Patrick looked at Justin and glared at him. “Could you relax? Alex has to get ready.” “You are so totally whipped,” Justin said smiling; he was happy for his friend. “Whipped, whipped, whipped.” “I could say so much right now,” Patrick told him. “I just choose not to out of the goodness of my heart.” “You've got nothing,” Justin said laughing. “Brian, Brian, Brian,” Patrick said dryly. “Fuck off,” Justin sighed and just walked to the living room where Ethan was sitting. “Hey.” Ethan smiled and moved to the side so Justin would sit next to him. Justin sat down but neither said anything for a long while. “So, do you go out much?” Ethan asked. “Not really,” Justin told him. Ethan nodded and kept quiet. Justin was so going to kill Patrick. At least his friend could have found someone more interesting. “I’m ready,” Alex said as he came into the living room with Patrick behind him. “Oh, thank god,” Justin said as he got up quickly. Everyone looked at him with an arched brow. “I want to dance and have good time, you guys,” Justin smiled as big as he could and then grabbed Ethan’s hand to get out of there. “What are the two of them doing together?” Alex asked looking at Patrick. “Ethan doesn’t have the balls to ask Justin out and Justin…Justin would ask a corpse to go out before he asked Ethan.” “I might have helped a little,” Patrick smirked. “Do you know the devil?” Alex asked grabbing his jacket. “What?!” Patrick asked taken aback. “That’s a match made in hell,” Alex said. “Don’t say that,” Patrick told him. “I told you to stay out of it,” Alex sighed. “You are not cupid, you know.” Patrick took a deep breath. He was just trying to help Justin find someone. “Guys, come on,” Justin said. “I so need a drink,” he whispered as he unlocked the car. Alex and Patrick got in the back, Ethan in the passenger seat and Justin drove. The blond couldn’t wait to get to Babylon to get drunk and wish that time passed really fast. He was going to make Patrick pay one way or another for hooking him up with Ethan. He rather go out on a date with a zombie and have his brain sucked out. *** “Hey, Brian,” Michael said. “Want to dance?” “No,” Brian told him and drank his shot of whisky. “Hey, how come I haven’t seen Justin in ages?” Emmett asked. Brian closed his eyes and took a deep breath. “Yeah,” Ted agreed. “I hardly see him at work.” “He’s working part time,” Brian said. “He’s going to school and I guess his free time is not what it used to be.” “I haven’t seen him in a few months,” Emmett whispered to Ted. “I think they broke up.” “I can’t keep up,” Ted said shaking his head. “I am the last one to find these things out. People always get together and I never know anything.” “It’s okay, honey,” Emmett told him patting him on the back. “Come on,” Michael said to Emmett and Ted. “Let’s dance.” Brian stayed at the bar drinking. He just wanted to be alone for a while. Today he had seen Justin in the art department. They didn’t even say hello to each other and he hated that. He wished things would go back to the beginning and he hadn’t fucked the blond. Brian sighed, it was a lie. He wanted Justin again, but maybe if time went back, he could make things better. “Hey, you old stud,” Nicholas said putting a hand on Brian’s back. Brian looked back and smirked. He liked the man for some reason. “What’s up?” “You look too happy for a guy who is getting his boyfriend or whatever stolen away,” Nicholas smirked and took a sip of Brian’s drink. “I don’t do boyfriends,” Brian drawled as he grabbed his beer away from Nicholas and turned to look at the throbbing mass. “I’m talking about the one boyfriend you do,” Nicholas nodded towards Justin. Brian looked at Justin and frowned when he saw the guy who had his arm around the blond. “You know,” Nicholas said as he got really close to the brunet. “You two looked really hot together and then suddenly no more Brian and Justin. What the fuck happened?” “Nothing,” Brian sighed and asked for something stronger than a beer. “I bet he was really good in bed,” Nicholas smirked at Brian. Brian looked at Nicholas and shook his head. “You have a sick perverted mind. Do you know that?” Nicholas shrugged. “I try my best, you know. I’m a work in progress. Some day I will be just like you.” “You don’t know what you are talking about,” Brian said calmly. “And stop thinking about the two of us in bed.” Nicholas laughed as he looked at Brian. “You know you are not as young as you used to be. Next thing you know, you will be turning forty,” Nicholas smiled when Brian looked at him with a deadly gaze. “And you have to think that soon it will be all over. Some new guy is going to take your place and while you were once the owner of this kingdom, it won't last forever. And do you want to have guys with you for your money day in and day out, not really caring about you, or one guy who really loves you and doesn’t care for your money, just for you.” Brian looked back at Justin and closed his eyes briefly. He took a sip of his drink before putting in on the bar and then walked towards the blond. Nicholas watched from the bar. “I’m good,” he said when Emmett came close to him. “Yeah,” Emmett agreed happy that Nicholas had agreed to participate on his little intervention. The two of them watched. “Hello,” Brian said just behind Justin. “Brian,” Justin said startled when the brunet practically ran into them. “Can I talk to you?” Brian asked looking at Justin. “I’m kind of busy, Brian,” Justin frowned not liking how agitated the man looked. “I need to talk to you, right now,” Brian hissed. “Look, asshole,” Ethan got in the middle. “You shut up,” Brian glared at the man. “Do you know this guy?” Alex asked. “That’s his boss,” Patrick whispered to Alex. “Oh, so that’s Brian,” Alex said. “Yummy.” Patrick frowned and looked at Justin who seemed to be thinking really hard. He knew what was going to happen next, Justin was going to give in to what Brian wanted. He just knew it. “Let’s talk,” Brian said more calmly. Justin nodded and gave his drink to Patrick. The two of them walk away. “Where is he going?” Ethan asked alarmed. “They are just going to talk,” Patrick said. “I would be doing more than that,” Alex smirked. “He’s hot.” “He broke Justin’s heart, once,” Patrick pointed out. “What?” Ethan asked scared now as to who Brian was. “You told me the story, Justin told me the story,” Alex said. “Brian didn’t mean to.” “Whose side are you on?” Patrick asked. “Mine?” Alex asked and smiled at Patrick. Patrick wanted to be angry but he couldn’t help but laugh at Alex’s cute expression. “He’s a fucking asshole,” Ethan spat out. “I’m going to go get Justin.” “Give him a few minutes,” Alex intervened. “He’s a big boy.” Ethan sighed and waited. “Brian,” Justin said when they were outside. Brian stopped walking and turned to look at Justin. “So?” Justin asked and bit his lower lip. “Are you two together?” Brian asked, not wanting to but it was the first thing that came out of his mouth. Justin looked at the floor. “No,” he told him. “He's my friend…we're just…getting to know each other.” “Did you fuck him?” Brian asked. “No. But I fucked some guy at a museum yesterday. Do you want a detail list of all the others?” Justin spat out. “Anything else of MY life that you seem you think you have a right to know?” Brian gripped Justin’s arm. “What’s with you?” Justin pulled back. He was so mad at Brian, for doing that to him; making him weak at the knees, make him feel guilty for some reason, for not wanting him. He was caught in between loving and hating the man. Brian grabbed Justin again and held him tight. “Jus.” “Brian!” Justin yelled. “Let me go.” Brian just stared at the blond. “Stop it!” Justin screamed with all his might. Brian stopped and glared. “What do you want?” Justin asked screaming. “Why the fuck are you screaming?” Brian asked. Justin frowned and looked at the ground. “I don’t know.” Brian sighed and ran his hands through his hair. “It’s been a while since we've talked.” “I don’t know what we have to talk about,” Justin told him. “I already paid you back all your money.” “I know,” Brian said. “Yeah,” Justin muttered. “I’m going to go back.” “Wait, no,” Brian took a deep breath but didn’t let go of it. He just stared at the smaller man. “Brian?” “Jus,” Brian said. “I…I was wrong.” “What?” Justin asked not knowing what Brian was talking about. “What are you talking about?” “I don’t know,” Brian admitted. Justin looked really confused. He though for a second that Brian had lost his mind. “I mean, fuck,” Brian cursed. “I mean that, I don’t like being in this position; saying that I was wrong. I shouldn’t have treated you the way I did.” “Brian,” Justin shook his head. He knew exactly what they were talking about. “I was…I’m nobody. You didn’t owe me anything.” “No,” Brian told him. “But now, you are someone.” “You mean because I have a job and money and I shower,” Justin felt so sick staring at Brian. “No, because you're not a stranger anymore,” Brian told him. “Because I can’t stop thinking about you.” Justin bit his lower lip and didn’t say anything. “I don’t know what the fuck happened!” Brian yelled. He was angry for being there telling so much to Justin. “You came into my life out of nowhere and turned everything upside down; all it took was a few weeks and I couldn’t stop thinking about you. I want…I want to have you all the time. Kiss you, fuck you into the bed. I can’t stop thinking about you.” Justin tried to push him away. He wanted to slap Brian and tell him to fuck off. One minute he was feeling sick with Brian’s words and the next Brian was making everything better and then fucking it all up again. “I want to…I want to make sure you are okay. That you have money and that you are eating right. I want to hold you at night when we are about to go to sleep. I want so many things from you.” Brian whispered. “I can’t be in a relationship, Justin. I’ve never been in one…I don’t know how to…I don’t even know what the fuck I am doing here telling you all this.” Justin pulled Brian closer to him. He looked up into the brunet’s eyes and knew he was telling the truth. “You are so complicated,” he whispered to the man that could make him so angry and yet smile like a fool at the same time. He didn’t want to push Brian away from him, but he was scared. “Justin,” Ethan said as he ran up to them. “Are you okay?” Brian glared at him and the other two friends who were there. “Yeah, don’t worry about me,” Justin told him. He turned to look back at the brunet. “We can work something out,” he whispered. Brian leaned forth and kissed Justin. Justin wrapped his arms around him. “What do you have in mind?” Brian asked over Justin’s ear. “A date,” Justin muttered. “I don’t do dates,” Brian said. Justin sighed and his body started to separate from Brian’s. “I can try,” Brian smiled when Justin showed him his Sunshine smile. They kissed again. Ethan clearing his throat stopped them. Justin looked at his friend and smiled. “Brian this is Ethan, Patrick and Alex. They go to PIFA.” “Is he your boyfriend?” Ethan asked. “Because he acted like a total asshole to us.” Justin was about to say no when Brian beat him. “Yes,” Brian told him and secured Justin on his arms. “I am his boyfriend. And old enough to act however I want to.” Alex looked at Patrick with a smile. “I like,” he said referring to Brian’s attitude. “You would,” Patrick rolled his eyes. Justin looked up at Brian and smiled. The five of them walked back to the club. Justin knew it wasn’t going to be easy but he was sure as hell going to try too. He looked at Brian and couldn’t help but smile like a fool. Brian was just so happy that he could have Justin back in his arms. He would make up the rest as things progressed and hoped Justin wouldn’t run away from him…again.