Brian knocked on the door and waited.  Lindsay smiled at him when she opened the door.  

“Where is Gus?” Brian asked, hoping he could see his son.

“He’s sleeping,” Lindsay told him.

“What do you need?  Why did you ask me to come?” Brian asked slightly concerned.

“We have to talk,” Lindsay got serious.

“What is this about, Linds?” Brian arched a brow.

“I am moving,” Lindsay replied as she looked away from Brian, unable to meet his eyes.

“Moving where?” Brian asked her with trepidation in is voice.

“I’m going away with Gus,” Lindsay sighed.  “I’m moving to Canada.”

Brian stared at her trying unsuccessfully to calm a slow rage within.  “Where is all this coming from?”

“I...I am going with Mel,” Lindsay finally told him.

“You can’t do this Lindsay,” Brian growled.  He knew there had to be something behind this move.  Lindsay wouldn’t be thinking of leaving if it wasn’t for Mel.  “I won’t let you take him.”

“He’s my son,” Lindsay protested.

“She hates him,” Brian shouted.  “And guess what?  He’s my son too!”

“That’s not true,” Lindsay said.  “Melanie loves Gus very much.”

“She hates me Linds,” Brian told her.  “She hates the very idea that Gus is mine.  She never wanted me to be the donor much less the father.”

Lindsay stayed quiet and meekly uttered, “I’m going with her to Canada.”

“Fine!” Brian yelled as he stomped away.  

“Where are you going?” Lindsay asked, rushing to keep u to his long strides.

“Do you think I’m going to let you go so easily,” Brian said spinning around.  “I’ll do everything in my power to stop you Linds!”

Lindsay didn’t know what to do except let him go.  She grabbed the phone and called Melanie when she was alone.

“Hi, babe,” Melanie said cheerfully.

“Melanie,” Lindsay was so worried.  “Brian was here.”

“Did you talk to him?” Melanie asked.

“He got so mad,” Lindsay said.  “Oh god.  I don’t want them taking my son away.”

“It’s okay,” Melanie told her quickly not wanting Lindsay to have a panic attack.  “Did you pack his things?”

“Yes,” Lindsay assured him.

“I’ll go pick you up first thing in the morning, sweetheart,” Melanie told her.  She was ready for a fight; she wasn’t going to let Brian fuck with her.

“Okay,” Lindsay muttered and after a while longer she hung up.  She just wanted the day to be over worried with what Brian was going to do.  She knew the man could let out his fury on them and it wouldn’t be pretty.

***

“We have to get out here,” Brooke said taking a deep breath as she tried to even her breathing.  “Vince, did you hear me?”

“I heard you,” Vince told her.  “We’re going to get out.  I promise.”

“What was that?” Brooke gasped when they heard someone walking nearer. 

“Don’t make a sound,” Vince told her.  

Brooke’s chest heaved as the sound got closer.  Then the door opened and someone came in scaring the shit out of them.  Brooke screamed with all her might while Vince almost hit the guy.

“What the fuck is wrong with you two?” Dan asked and laughed.  “You two are a bunch of scary cats.”

“We thought you were someone else,” Vince said.

“Cut!” the director yelled. 

“I’m starving,” Sarah who was playing Brooke said as she took off the jacket she was wearing.

“You guys did a great job,” Bill the director told them.  “We’re going to take a break.  Justin someone is waiting for you.”

Justin turned around and saw Thomas standing nearby.  “Shit,” he muttered a little scared that something might have happened to his brunet.  

“Justin you’re doing a great job. You’re a natural,” Miriam said to him.  “This movie is going to be so great.  You’re the perfect guy to play Vince.”

Justin smiled from ear to ear and thanked the woman.  Then he walked over to Thomas.  “What’s going on?”

“Brian’s here,” Thomas told him.  “And he has Gus.”

Justin frowned as they started walking.  Thomas tone was anything but happy.

“Last night he came over to me and told me that he wanted to come here,” Thomas explained.  “I set everything up and he left.  When he came back he had Gus with him.”

“That doesn’t sound good,” Justin said.  Brian wasn’t a man to do things without planning them first and he would have known if the brunet had been planning on bringing Gus. 

“We knew what might have been going on, but we didn’t say anything and Brian hasn’t been very forthcoming,” Thomas shrugged.  “But they’re family and we’re going to back him up since they are also your family.”

Justin was happy to hear that but worried about all the trouble that Brian might get into.  

“I’ll stay here,” Thomas said as they stopped in front of Justin’s dressing room.  “Joshua’s inside with them.”

Justin pushed the door open and went in.

“Hey,” Joshua said.  “Come here and sit down.  We have to talk about this.”

“What’s going on, Brian?” Justin asked.

“She was going to take him with her to fucking Canada,” Brian said as he held Gus to him.

“Okay,” Justin grabbed the sleeping boy.  “Let’s get him into a comfortable place.”

Brian watched as Justin put Gus on the sofa before he turned to Joshua.  “You have to do something.”

“Does Lindsay know you have him?” Justin asked covering the boy.

“No,” Brian told him.  “I went last night and I snuck in.  She had everything ready to just leave the country.”

“I’m going to call her,” Justin told him.

“What?” Brian asked.  “You can’t do that, Justin.  I came here because I trust you.”

“I’m not going running to her to give her Gus back,” Justin told him.  “Give me your phone and go with Joshua.  Please, Brian, trust me.”

Brian frowned but still handed his cell phone to Justin.  

“Go take a walk and relax or get a drink,” Justin told him.

“Come on,” Joshua opened the door and walked with Brian out of Justin’s room.

Justin sighed and looked for Lindsay’s number on the cell.  When he found it he hit the call button and waited.

“Hello,” Lindsay said.  “Brian, where the fuck are you?  Where is Gus?”

“Lindsay,” Justin said.  “It’s Justin Taylor.”

“Oh my god,” Lindsay said.  “What’s going on?”

“Look,” Justin said, “Gus is with us right now.”

Lindsay closed her eyes and took a deep breath.  “Is he okay?”

“Yes,” Justin assured her.  “We have to talk.”

“I want my son back,” Lindsay told him.

“I know but I don’t think the courts are going to let you have him,” Justin told her.  “You’re moving away with Melanie.”

Lindsay started crying.  “I want to be with her.  We’re a family.”

“Right now this is only about Gus,” Justin told her.

Lindsay brushed her tears away.  “What do you want?”

“Lindsay, Brian loves his son very much,” Justin told her.

“I know that,” Lindsay said. 

“Look,” Justin sighed.  “I have money.”

“Are you trying to buy me?”  Lindsay asked shocked.

“No,” Justin told her.  “Why does everyone think that because I have money I am planning on doing something devious with it?”

“Sorry,” Lindsay muttered.  “What are you saying then?”

“Look we know that Melanie isn’t doing that great with Gus,” Justin told her.

“She’s going to change,” Lindsay said.

“Not in a heartbeat,” Justin looked at Gus who was still sleeping, unfazed by the drama surrounding him.  “What do you say if Gus stays with Brian and me?  I’ll go get you each week so you can come and see him.”

“I don’t know, Justin,” Lindsay told him.

“You’re supposed to be looking out for Gus,” Justin told her feeling like he was getting nowhere with her.  “Living with Melanie isn’t looking out for him.”

“What if Brian was the one with the problem?” Lindsay asked.  “Would you just leave him?”

Justin closed his eyes.  “I would try to help him, Lindsay.”

“I want to help Melanie,” Lindsay said.

“Then do,” Justin told her.  “But leave Gus out of harms way.”

Lindsay took a deep breath. “Okay, he can stay with Brian but only for a while.”

Justin sent a silent thank you.  “Thank you Linds, I have to go but I’ll tell Brian to call you.”

“Thank you for letting me know that Gus is okay,” Lindsay said very grateful and hung up.

Justin frowned slightly and closed the cell phone.  He looked at Gus and was happy that the boy was away from Melanie’s reach.

***

“How was your day?” Brian asked as he massaged Justin’s shoulder.

“Tiresome,” Justin closed his eyes and enjoyed Brian’s comfort.

“You’re so tense,” Brian muttered and kissed Justin in between his shoulders.

“Mmm, that feels very good,” Justin said smiling.

“Of course it does,” Brian told him and then removed Justin’s red shirt away from his body.  The creamy skin glistened with the light of the moon coming in through the window.   “You’re perfect.”

Justin turned sideways and a hand rested on Brian’s face.  “I’m so happy you’re here.”

Brian pulled Justin closer and kissed him.  His tongue automatically slipped into Justin’s mouth.  They both moaned as the blond got on his back and Brian on top of him.  

“I’m allergic to this,” Justin teased as he pulled on Brian’s pants.

Brian kneeled on the bed and searched inside his pockets.  He took out a condom and the lube before he got rid of his pants and everything else.  He then moved to take Justin’s jeans away.  Brian attacked Justin’s navel right away.

“Brian,” Justin moaned; he was so hard.  The tip of his cock was rubbing against Brian’s neck as the brunet dipped his tongue on Justin’s navel.  

Brian moved up and kissed Justin.  His hands grabbed Justin’s legs to open them and put them around his waist.  They were rubbing against each other but the brunet pulled back trying not to lose it completely.  He wanted to be in control.  Justin nibbled on Brian’s jaw and then licked the brunet’s neck.

Brian ripped the condom and opened it.  “Turn around,” he muttered.

Justin did as quickly as possible.  Brian put the condom on and then his hands grabbed Justin’s ass.

“You have an obsession, Brian,” Justin smirked as Brian squeezed his ass.

“I know,” Brian told him and kept on touching Justin’s butt.  He really loved Justin’s bubble but and he was about to fuck the blond when suddenly the window in the room shattered to pieces.  

“What the fuck!” Justin hissed.

Brian got up quickly and moved towards the window.

“Brian, be careful,” Justin told him. 

Brian stopped not sure if he was going to step on any glass.  Justin got up and turned on the light.  Brian bent down and picked up the brick that was on the floor.  “What the fuck?”

There was a knock on the door and Steven and Lucas came in.  “Are you guys okay?”

“What was that?” Justin asked as he put on his jeans.  “What the fuck was that?”

“We’re looking into it,” Lucas told him coming to the window.  “Francis swears he saw someone.”

“God,” Justin said shaking his head.  “I’m going to go check on Gus.”

“Here,” Brian said giving the brick to Steven.  

Lucas stared at Brian’s naked body shocked to see that the brunet didn’t have any inhibitions.  He stopped himself from thinking anything sexual with Brian.  The brunet was with his boss and close friend and he told himself that over and over trying to look some other place.

“Look,” Steven said.

Brian who was almost out of the room turned around.  

“What does it say?” Lucas asked when he saw that Steven was reading something on the brick.

“I’ll kill,” Steven turned the brick around, “Brian.”

“Perfect,” Brian said sarcastically.

“We’ll protect you,” Lucas said.  “Don’t worry about it.”

“Right,” Brian shook his head and went to get the blond.  The truth was that he was frightened to no end. 

“Jesus,” Steven said.  “Lucas what are we going to do?”

“I don’t know but I’m almost certain that it has to be someone close to us,” Lucas said.

“Are you serious?” Steven asked.

Lucas nodded.  “Don’t worry. We’ll find out who it is.”

***

Ted frowned as he deleted a bunch of emails.  He sighed not knowing why Joshua wouldn’t write to him or at least call him.  It had been almost three months and he hadn’t heard anything from the blond.  He knew that Joshua had told him before he left that he was going to be busy but one call couldn’t kill anyone.

Ted got up when there was a knock on the door.  He opened the door to find Joshua standing there with a dozen roses.  He pulled the man inside the apartment and hugged him.  He was happy that his doubt of Joshua never coming back was only his mind working overtime.

“Looks like you missed me,” Joshua said.

“You’ve been gone for three months,” Ted complained.  “And you didn’t call me or write me or anything!”

“I told you I was going to be busy,” Joshua kissed him.  “Mmm, I missed you too, you know?” he started to kiss Ted’s neck.  “Plus the time difference was part of the problem.  I didn’t want to be calling you so early in the morning to make you lose your sleep.  I’ll know better next time.”

“Wait,” Ted pulled back.  “Are you leaving again?”

“I have to Ted,” Joshua told him.

Ted’s face crumbled.  He walked away with the flowers that Joshua had given him.  Joshua watched him and smiled.  

“I guess I’m just going to have to miss you some more,” Ted told him.

“Not really,” Joshua said.  “How fast can you pack?”

Ted’s eyes opened wide.  “What?” he couldn’t believe it, Joshua wanted him to go with him.  “Are you serious?”

“Yeah,” Joshua told him.

Ted couldn’t believe it. “But I have to work.”

“Quit,” Joshua said.

“Have you lost your mind?” Ted asked.

Joshua walked over to him and nodded.  “Yes, I think I have.”

Ted turned around in Joshua’s arm.  “I don’t know.”

“You will live with me,” Joshua kissed him on the cheek.  “We would wake up each day together.”

Ted closed his eyes as he embraced the blond.  It did sound like a dream come true but he was scared.  

“Ted,” Joshua said looking at him with puppy eyes, “say yes and don’t break my heart.”

“Don’t do that,” Ted whispered and let go of Joshua.  “I have a job and an apartment.  And I can’t just drop everything and leave.  I have family here.”

“We can come and visit,” Joshua sighed.  “Ted, come on.”

“What if we fight or you open your eyes and realize you don’t want to be with me,” Ted said.

“Jesus Christ,” Joshua walked over to the man.  “It would not come to that.  I wouldn’t have the heart to throw you out because we wanted to go our separate ways.  Plus Justin and Brian would kill me if I dare do something like that.”

Ted was now thinking about actually going with Joshua.

“You’re a professional, Ted,” Joshua told him. “You could work anywhere in the world.”

Ted sighed and Joshua knew he was convinced.

“If you say yes now,” Joshua moved closer to his man.  “I would let you fuck me.  I know you’ve been dying to do that.”

“That’s blackmail,” Ted pointed out, “which isn’t actually needed but I’m going to take advantage of the situation...and you.”

Joshua chucked as Ted grabbed him by the arm and started pulling him to the bedroom.