The rest of the ride was quiet. Brian had been shocked at how suddenly things had changed. Everything had been going so perfect, and then BAM! Everything went downhill. He had no idea where Justin's sudden outburst came from. His sudden mood swing. It was like Justin was spitting fire. Brian silently went into the pharmacy and grabbed Justin's meds. Coming out and saying nothing. As they got to the loft, Michael and Ben worked on getting their suitcases out of the trunk, and Brian helped Justin out of the van, and handed him the crutches, with Justin not muttering a single world. They all went up the elevator together in silence. Brian slid the door open and allowed Justin to hobble through it on his crutches. Justin made it to the couch and collapsed down on it. "Thanks." Brian said to Michael and Ben. They nodded their heads, and quietly left. Brian went through Justin's medications and took out what he needed, and grabbed a water bottle out of the fridge. He walked over to Justin and sat down, placing the pills and water in front of him. Justin swallowed the pills as Brian just stared at him.
"What?" Justin demanded.
"Don't fucking talk to me like that." Brian said, starring at Justin.
"Don't fucking tell me what to do." Justin said.
"What do you think we don't want you there tonight Justin?" Brian demanded. Justin didn't reply. "That we all want to hang out without you. Or maybe is it that everyone is worried about you. That you just got your fucking leg cut open, almost bled to death and had a chunk of nail stuck in your fucking leg and passed out in my arms?" Brian yelled. Justin's eyes widened. "Everyone's fucking happy to have you back. But everyone's fucking worried that maybe you just need to stay home and rest so your damn leg doesn't swell up and I have to bring you back to the fucking hospital." he yelled at him again. He stood up. "And you screaming at us like a fucking immature child because you don't get your way. Your hurt Justin. No one wants anything bad to happen to you." he said, and walked over to the kitchen to pour himself a drink. Justin didn't say one word to him. He started looking over some of the paper work, when Brian read something really interesting. He laughed and walked back over to Justin, thrusting it in his face. "Read that line." he told him. Justin read it and looked at him. "I'm going to forget that whole temper tantrum in the car, because one of the side effects from the medication they gave you last night, was severe mood swings. So I know how you really are, and know that that wasn't you yelling at us that you can do whatever you want because your a man bullshit." he said. Justin just looked down, feeling bad. Brian sat down next to him. "So how about we compromise." Brian said. Justin looked back up at him. "How about we just play it by ear. You get some rest. Eat something. Keep off your foot and keep it elevated. And in a few hours, if your feeling good, I'll help you take a shower and get dressed, and if your still feeling good after all that, I'll drive you over to Mikey's house." Brian said.
"Really?" Justin asked. Brian brought his hand up to the back of Justin's head, playing with his hair.
"I want you to go if it will make you happy. But if your not feeling up to it, I'd rather stay here." Brian said. Justin nodded his head. Brian leaned forward and kissed him.
"I'm sorry." Justin said. Brian smiled.
"Sorry's bullshit." Brian joked, making Justin smile. "I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted. So how about we get some sleep." Brian said. Justin nodded again. "You want to sleep on the couch or in bed?" Brian asked him.
"I'm good here." Justin said. Brian helped him with the pillows and propped him up. He walked into his own room and grabbed some blankets and pillows and came back out. He pushed a pillow behind Justin, and then went to the other side of the couch. Justin was laying in the Center of the L shaped couch, so Brian laid on the other side, with his head near Justin's. "You're going to stay out here with me?" Justin asked.
"Just incase you need something." Brian said, putting the blanket over Justin, and the other one over himself. Brian felt Justin kiss his forehead.
"I love you. Thank you for putting up with my craziness." Justin said. Brian chuckled as he opened his eyes and could see Justin leaning over him.
"I wouldn't be anywhere else you stupid twat." he said. And in a few minutes, was asleep. Brian slept soundly for a few hours, but woke up to hearing Justin yelling.
"MOTHER FUCKER!" Justin yelled. He sat up and looked around, realizing Justin wasn't on the couch, but in the bathroom. He got up and walked in there to see Justin sitting on the toilet leaning against the wall, covering his face with his arm.
"What happened?" Brian asked. Justin looked over at him startled.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to wake you up." Justin said. Brian noticed the crutches were on the floor. He bent down to get them, and kneeled in front of Justin.
"Are you ok?" he asked, as he bent down to pull up his sweat pants to look at his leg.
"I bumped into the sink. It just hurt so fucking bad. I'm sorry I woke you up." Justin said. Brian shook his head.
"No it's ok. I had to get up anyways. I did promise you I'd help you get ready if you were feeling ok." Brian said, looking up Justin.
"I felt ok till I banged into the fucking sink." he said. Brian chuckled. "Why are you laughing?" he demanded.
"Because I can't believe how clumsy you've been the last two days." Brian said. Justin just rolled his eyes and scrubbed his face. "What time is it?" Brian asked.
"4:00" Justin answered him.
"Well we don't have to be there till 6:00. So how about I help you take a shower, and we'll go from there." Brian said.
"How am I supposed to take a shower with this?" he asked pointing to his leg. Brian smiled and wiggled his eyebrows.
"You wait here." he joked. He left the bathroom and came back in with saran wrap and medical tape.
"What the hell are you gonna do?" Justin asked. Brian just smiled.
"Let me help you out of these first." Brian said, pulling his sweat pants and underwear down his legs carefully. Then as gentle as he could, he wrapped Justin's calf in saran wrap. Justin rolled his eyes at the stupidity of it. Then he took medical tape and wrapped it around the top and the bottom of his leg. He held out his arms. "Voila." he said, proud of himself. Justin snorted and shook his head. "What you don't like it?" Brian asked as he got in between Justin's legs and put his hands on Justin's naked thighs. "And here I was going to take pity on you and give you a nice slow blow job" he said. Justin's eyes lightened up.
"Really?" Justin asked. Brian laughed at his face. He looked like a kid in a candy store.
"That's if your really nice to me for the rest of the night." Brian said. Justin nodded his head enthusiastically. Brian chuckled and leaned in to kiss him, opening his mouth and pushing his tongue in, making Justin groan. But he didn't kiss him for long. He kissed his way down his neck, down his chest, biting a nipple, down his stomach to his beautiful cock. It was soft at the moment, which kind of surprised Brian, because it never took Justin more then a minute to get hard. He gently pushed his legs apart, and started licking his balls, sucking them. Pulling his cock with his hand, forcing it to get hard in his hand. After about a minute, he realized Justin wasn't making any of his usual noises, and his cock was still soft. He pulled his head up to look at it, and then up at Justin. He was just starring at him. "Are you ok?" Brian asked. Justin shook his head.
"Low sex drive." Justin said. Brian furrowed his eyebrows at him. "One of the side effects of the pain killers that I'm on. It's not you. I just kind of feel numb down there." he said.
"Your cock is numb?" Brian asked. Justin took a deep breath and nodded his head. "Well that's never happened to me before." Brian joked. He smiled at Justin. "So I guess I just owe you a blow job at a later date then?" he asked. Justin smiled sadly. "Don't look so sad Sunshine. You just hold it all in so when you do cum, you'll have a huge load to blow." he joked. Justin rolled his eyes as Brian stood up. He turned on the water, taking all his clothes off. Brian helped Justin take a shower. Of course, he kept 'washing' Justin's dick. Hoping maybe it would spring to life after all. It didn't take to long to help him, and Justin was excited to go out. While Justin was in his room getting dressed, Brian got a text from Jennifer. It said that she wanted to talk to Brian about Justin's dad, but she didn't want Justin to know about it. They were both going to Michael and Ben's house for the girls welcome home dinner, so he let her know he would speak to her then. Justin hobbled his way up the steps of Michael and Ben's house, and Emmett was the first to see him hobble in.
"BABY YOU'RE HERE!" Emmett cheered. He awkwardly hugged Justin, trying not to rock him. "How are you feeling?" Emmett asked.
"Kinda foolish." Justin admitted.
"Oh no don't be like that. You're home now. You're with your family. And I'm so glad your here." Emmett said kissing his cheek.
"Anyone else here?" Brian asked.
"Nope just me and my boy toy." Emmett said.
"I haven't met him yet. Why didn't he come last night?" Justin asked.
"Oh him and Blake just came home. There on the gay ski team together." Emmett said, jumping up and down.
"That's right you did say that." Justin said, moving around to make sure he didn't stumble.
"Will you let us in Honeycutt? Move the fuck out the way." Brian said, making Justin chuckle. Emmett moved for Justin to make his way into the living room
"Hey you guys made it. BEN THEY CAME!" Michael said as he moved a pillow off the couch. "Here sit right here Justin." Michael said.
"Thanks." Justin said. Brian helped him turn and took his crutches.
"You feeling ok?" Michael asked, as he looked between Justin and Brian.
"He's feeling just great." Brian said, propping the crutches up on the other side of the room. Hunter came running in laughing.
"We have something for you Justin." Hunter said. Ben came in with a huge, hot pink pillow that said Princess on it.
"What the fuck is that?" Justin asked. Brian burst out laughing.
"It's for you your highness. Just incase you came. We can put this on the coffee table." Ben said, laying it on the table.
"And you can prop your pretty little foot up there. This is your throne for the evening." Michael joked. Justin rolled his eyes as he carefully put his leg up.
"Thank you...I think." Justin joked. Then he looked back up. "I'm really sorry for yelling at you guys earlier-"Justin tried to say, but Ben held up his hand.
"It's ok. Medications sometimes make you act all crazy. I should know." Ben said.
"So no need to apologize. We're just glad you both came." Michael said.
"Oh honey. Come meet Justin." Emmett said as Calvin walked into the room. "Baby this is my other baby, Justin. Justin, this is my Calvin." Emmett said, jumping up and down. Everyone slowly filed in to the house, everyone excited not only to see Lindsay and Melanie again, but to see Justin. Everyone would sit down next to Justin on the couch, and talk his ear off, or asking him to talk their ears off. It made Justin happy to have a few minutes of one on one time with everyone. Catching up with them. He missed these people. He didn't notice that his mother and Brian had even left the house because Debbie was telling him a story.
"He said he's suing for sole custody. He's going Monday morning. He doesn't want Molly anywhere near me, because I'm dating Tucker who was a teacher at her school. And he doesn't want her around Justin because he's gay. He doesn't want her around any of us. He says he has enough money to get the best lawyer out there and he'll take her away. He says I love Justin more then her. That I've abandoned her. That's Justin's lifestyle has corrupted Molly, and that Justin was the one who broke up our family, and he said that he'll make anything up to get his way. " Jennifer cried. Brian pulled her close to hug her.
"He thinks he can buy a lawyer better then me? Jennifer he makes thousands. I make millions. I can buy a better team of lawyers then his one lawyer. Don't be afraid of that stupid threat." he said pulling her back. "Listen to me. Are you listening?" he asked. She nodded her head. "Let him go to the courthouse. Let him try to sue for custody of Molly. You'll win. And let him lie. Who gives a shit. We'll all be there to support you. We know what happened. He's a piece of shit father, who won't get custody of her. And Molly doesn't even like him does she?" Brian asked. Jennifer wiped her eyes with a tissue.
"Molly hates him. I hate to make her go to his house, but I'll get in trouble if I don't bring her to his house. She can't stand her father, the way he always complains about me and Justin." she said.
"Well see. Molly's our best defense. Jennifer don't worry. I'll take care of all this." he said.
"I don't know what I'd do without you. What any of us would do without you." Jennifer said. Brian just chuckled.
"I am pretty fucking amazing." he said. She laughed and rolled her eyes. Then she got serious
"Are you really getting married this time?" she asked. He smiled.
"I'm not letting your son get away this time. He forced himself into my life for five years, and demanded that I fall in love with him. The least he can do is stick around once I get my head out my ass and want to marry him." Brian joked as he lit a cigarette. Jennifer chuckled and sat down on the swing.
"Do you care if Gus marries a girl?" Jennifer asked. Brian stared at her strangely. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't ask that." she said. He laughed.
"No its ok...I don't care who he marries. Lindsay already talks about it as if he's straight...obviously I won't care if he's gay. I'm gay." he joked, making her laugh. "But if he brought a girl home...I wouldn't care. He doesn't have to be like me. I want him to be himself. And if he's straight, then he's straight. If he's gay, then he's gay. He just needs to be with someone who makes him happy, and who can accept his gay parents." Brian said. Jennifer nodded and wiped a tear from her face.
"I thought I married a man like you." Jennifer said.
"You thought you married a gay man?" he joked, making her laugh.
"No. I thought I married a man, who wouldn't care whether his child was gay or not. I love Justin with every fiber in my being, and I thought Craig loved him to." she said, starting to cry. "He's my baby. No matter how old he gets, he'll always be my baby. I don't care who he loves. I don't care that he's gay. I just want him happy. I want every one of his dreams to come true. It doesn't make me love him any less, because I'm gaining a son-in-law and not a daughter-in-law. I just don't care." she said. He nodded his head. "I don't understand how he could hate his son. I know it was hard to accept. I had never been around gay people. I was uneducated. I thought gay people were different. I thought something was wrong with them. I thought they weren't normal." she admitted. Brian could understand that. "But I raised him. He was normal. He was a privileged, educated young man. He got into Dartmouth. There was nothing wrong with him. He was just gay. He's just gay. I don't care that he's just gay." she cried. Brian walked over and sat next to her. "It didn't make him suddenly different. It just changed who he was attracted to. Nothing else changed. Well technically nothing did change. He was always gay. It was just that it changed for me. And it was hard. But I love my son, and I accepted him. So I became educated. I could never look at Lindsay and Melanie, and say that there's something wrong with them. There wonderful mothers. Melanie is a freaken lawyer. Stupid people don't become lawyers. And Ted. He's an accountant and helps you run Kinnetik. And your a millionaire now running your own advertising agency." she cried. He laughed.
"You don't have to sell me on the gay community you know." he joked. She smiled at him.
"I just don't understand how you can throw your child away. Just like that. I don't know how you can just go and hate him. He's a beautiful human being. Mothers would die to have a child like Justin. And look how talented he is. And he's so kind and funny. And so smart. And passionate. And he stands up for what he believes in. He's so courageous. How can he just hate his son?" she cried. Brian wrapped his arm around her. He was suddenly much angrier at this man. How could he hate Justin? If Gus grew up like Justin...Jennifer was right. Any parent would love to have a son like Justin. He hoped that Gus would take some of Justin's good qualities. He could never hate Gus, just because he chose to love a woman. He may not have ever done to much right when it came to Gus, but he loved him. He could never hate him.
"Fuck him. Justin will show him. By being a big fat fucking success. He'll be richer then him. And not because of me, but by his own talent. He'll show his father. He'll miss out on Justin's life. He'll miss out on grandkids. He'll live the rest of his miserable life alone. All because he could never accept that he's gay. Justin will show him." Brian said. After a minute, Jennifer pulled away and wiped her face.
"Thank you Brian. I don't know what any of us would do without you." she said. She stood up and they were about to walk back into the house, when she turned around. "Grand babies huh." she said. He realized what he had said.
"Don't start talking about that and give Sunshine baby fever just yet. We have to much shit to do right now without having to worry about babies." he said. She smiled and hugged him.
"When should we tell Justin?" she asked.
"I'll tell him later what's going on. He should know. But let him just enjoy this party." he said. She nodded with him and walked inside.
"Are you happy Sunshine?" Debbie asked. She had made a plate for Justin and was sitting next to them while they ate. He smiled at her.
"I am so happy to be home. This past week has been amazing. I haven't been happy in seven months. I've been miserable without Brian. The art world means nothing if I'm going home alone." he said. She smiled and kissed his cheek. "I wanted that beautiful home Brian bought for me. I want a million memories there. Of holidays and birthdays. Of sitting down and watching a movie. Making breakfast, lunch and dinner. Sitting out on the back porch." he said.
"Fucking in every room of the house?" Debbie joked. Justin snorted.
"Yes. I dreamt of that house every night. I painted it. I left my heart there. I don't have to travel around Italy for a year. It was the best decision I ever made by not going. This is where I want to be. I want to be a husband. I want to live across the street from the kids and watch them grow up. I want to spend hours with Michael fighting out Rage and Zephyr's next move to save Gayopolis." Justin said. Debbie just smiled at him. "I want to pop into the Diner to see the woman who's been a second mother to me." he said sincerely, making Debbie tear up. "So yes. I'm happy. I saw more of the art world. I made a name for myself. I can still paint from home and send it off, and STILL have a career, all from the comfort of my own home. With Brian." he said. Debbie let out a sob and hugged him.
"We missed you around here so much Sunshine. And I'm so fucking happy that your back." she cried. Justin laughed.
"Me too Debbie." Justin said. Justin wondered when Brian was going to sit with him. After one person got up, someone else took their place. Lindsay happened to sit next to him next, and was sitting with him for almost ten minutes, when she got sad all of a sudden. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"Justin I have to apologize to you. Me and Melanie feel so incredibly guilty." Lindsay said.
"What for?"
"I pushed you to hard to go to New York. Me and Melanie both did. And we pushed Brian to make you go. We should never have done that. After you left...I heard from everyone how sad he was. When he would come and visit, he would be playing with Gus, and that spark would come back...but he wasn't the same. He missed you. He was depressed without you. And me and Melanie feel completely responsible." Lindsay said as she started to cry.
"Oh my God. You shouldn't feel guilty. Me and Brian chose to not get married. We chose for me to go to New York. You weren't responsible for any of it." Justin said. He knew she didn't believe him and he wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "Me and Brian are two grown adults. We both chose how to handle our relationship. It wasn't the right time for us to get married. And honestly it was the best thing that could have happened for us, that I went to New York. I'd always be wondering if I could have been something in the art world. And Brian would have thought I gave up everything to be with him. That he forced me to choose. This seven months needed to happen. I know for a fact, that I am someone worth value in the art world. I know I can do it. And I know I did it well. And I did enough, that I can choose where I want to be in my life. I want to be here with Brian. And now he knows, I didn't choose either or. I chose him, and an art career. I sacrificed seven months away for him to start my career. And we're both happier because of it. So don't look at it as you guys did a bad thing. This happened for a reason. And it was good reason." Justin said. Lindsay wiped her eyes.
"What the hell are you saying to everyone Sunshine?" Brian said as he walked over to them. "Everyone who comes over here starts crying. Debbie, Lindsay, Emmy Lou." Brian joked. Lindsay wiped her face and stood up.
"I'm gonna go check on Gus." she said and walked away. Brian stared at her and then sat down next to Justin.
"What was that about?" he asked.
"I'll tell you later." he said. He laid his head back and closed his eyes.
"Your leg hurting?" he asked. Justin shook his head. "Justin." Brian warned. Justin opened his eyes and looked at him.
"A little bit." Justin admitted. Brian got up and walked over to his jacket and came back a minute later and discreetly handed Justin a pill.
"One of your pain killers. I brought it just in case." he said. Justin smiled and took it with his drink. He leaned in, and Brian moved so he wrapped his arm around his shoulders so Justin could lean his head on him.
"Thanks Brian." he said.
"No big deal." Brian said. Justin tilted his head to look at him.
"Are you happy?" Justin asked. Brian gave him an odd look.
"Why would you ask me that?"
"Debbie asked me tonight if I was. I went on and on about why I am. I just wanted to know if you were happy to." he said. Brian nodded.
"I am Sunshine." he said in a huff. Justin kept starring at him. Brian knew he wanted to say why. He still had a hard time admitting his feelings. "I missed my son. I never knew how bad I would feel if he left. I felt like my whole world was taken away that week." he said, sneaking a look at Justin. "After the Liberty Ride, when I said I wanted to spend more time with him...I meant it. And I did. But I wasn't that much of a better father to him-"
"Yes you were." Justin interrupted. Brian looked at him. "We all noticed it. You were trying harder. So don't say you didn't do better after that. Because you did." Justin said. Brian smiled.
"Well...it still sucked when he left...and then you did...so I felt like I lost my whole world." he muttered quietly and looked around. No one was paying attention to them. Everyone was cheering and laughing. No one seemed to bother with the two men on the couch. "Even having Lindsay leave. It was just hard...so then for the past month we've planned for the munchers and the kids to come home...and I was happier...but it wasn't until you surprised me that I felt like I got my whole world back." he said, looking around again. He was in a public setting, admitting his feelings. Justin snuggled closer into his neck. "And I want this life with you. I want to be with you all the time. I miss having your chattering bubble butt around constantly annoying the shit out of me." Brian said, making Justin snort. "I just missed you. And hope you never go away again." he whispered to Justin. He looked up at Brian.
"I won't. I promise." he said and kissed him. Michael started clinking his glasses to get everyone to stop talking.
"Can I have your attention please. I just want to thank everyone for coming tonight. This started out as a welcome home dinner for Melanie, Lindsay, Gus and J.R...but last minute last night, it also included Justin." Michael said. Justin leaned closer into Brian and Brian squeezed his shoulder. "Me and Ben...and pretty much everyone in the room, wanted you five to know, that these past seven months haven't been the same here in Pittsburg without you. You've effected our lives in ways...that words can never express. And we're all just so happy to have you home again." Michael said. He raised his glass. "To Melanie, Lindsay, Gus, J.R., and Justin. Welcome home." Michael said.
"WELCOME HOME!" They cheered. Jennifer leaned down and kissed Justin's cheek. Justin looked over at Brian, and then leaned in and kissed him.
"Welcome home Sunshine." Brian said, smiling at him. They were interrupted as Gus jumped into Brian's lap, to hug Justin.
"WELCOME HOME JUSTIN!" Gus screamed. Making the whole room burst out into laughter.
"Welcome home Gus." Justin said back to him.
"Mommy said that you are gonna live across the street from us now." Gus said to both Justin and Brian.
"We sure are Sonny boy." Brian said, kissing Gus on the top of the head. Gus bounced on top of Brian's lap in excitement, making Justin and Brian laugh. "As soon as we fix up everything in the house, me and Justin will move in." Brian said.
"And I'll be able to see you all the time?" he asked Brian. Justin smiled at the way Brian and Gus talked with each other. Lindsay and Melanie made their way over to listen to them. Melanie stopping to give Justin a kiss on the cheek.
"You can come over any time you want Sonny boy." Brian said. Gus was still bouncing on top of Brian's lap.
"Careful sweetie. You don't want to hurt Justin's leg." Lindsay said. Gus turned and looked at her.
"I'm being really carefully mommy." Gus said. Justin laughed and rubbed his back.
"He sure is. And I can't wait for you to come over any time you want Gus." Justin said.
"You and daddy are still getting married? Can I still be the ring bearer?" Gus asked, making all four adults laugh.
"We wouldn't have anyone else be the ring bearer." Justin said. Gus jumped into Justin's arms and hugged him.
"I missed you Justin. I'm glad you came home to." Gus said. Justin looked at Brian, and the girls put their hands over their mouths.
"I'm glad to Gus." he said, and kissed the top of his head. Gus pulled back.
"So when you and daddy get married, that's going to make you my other daddy right?" Gus asked. All four adults looked at each other. "Because I have two mommies. Now I'll have two daddies. So I can call you daddy to right?" he asked. This was something that they never discussed before. Gus would just keep calling him Justin. Right? Melanie leaned forward.
"You know what honey. I think that's really up to daddy and Justin what you can call him." Melanie said. Before anyone could say anything, Hunter started calling for Gus. Gus jumped up and ran away, with the four of them still starring.
"I guess that's something that we never talked about last time. It just never even came up." Justin said, scratching the back of his head. Justin heard Brian gulp. Lindsay and Melanie looked at each other, then back at the guys.
"Well it is something that Mel and I have discussed before we moved. We haven't had a chance to talk about it again since we just found out last night that you were home and still getting married. But I think we're still in agreement about it?" she asked. Melanie nodded her head. "Justin. You were there the night Gus was born." Lindsay said. Melanie leaned forward towards him.
"You even named him." Mel said. Justin smiled.
"You've been apart of his life since day 1. You made yourself apart of his life. You pushed so hard for Brian to be apart of his life." Lindsay said, looking at Brian.
"And we've always been so grateful for everything you have been in not only Gus' life, but to J.R., me and Linds, and to Brian." Melanie said. The girls looked at each other, and then back to them again.
"Gus calls the both of us mommy. And we see no reason, that if the both of you want...there's no reason why he can't call Justin daddy to." Lindsay said. Brian and Justin sat there silently. Justin felt tears come to his eyes. He remembered the night that he met Brian, and they had gone downstairs and gotten in the jeep after Melanie's phone call.
"So where are we going?" Justin asked.
"I have to go pick up Mikey. Then we have to go to the hospital." Brain told him.
"Is someone sick?"
"Nope. My friend Lindsay had a baby. MY baby." Brian said. Justin's mouth fell open.
"Shit. You have a baby? But your gay." Justin said. Brian snorted.
"I didn't fuck her." Brian said.
He remembered running down the hospital hallway. They couldn't get to Lindsay's room fast enough.
"Oh my God." Brian said as he saw Gus for the first time. I just stared at him.
"Say hello to your son." Lindsay said.
"Well go on." Michael told him. I looked back and forth between Brian and his baby. He was a dad. He's so lucky. I watched as Brian held him for the first time.
"We've been thinking of names. Mel wants to name him Abraham after her grandfather. But I like Gus." Lindsay said. Brian looked over to me.
"What do you think?" he asked me. What do I think? Of his sons name? Everyone in the room looked at me.
"You wouldn't survive a day at school being named Abraham." Justin stuttered out. "But I guess Gus is ok." he said, smiling at Lindsay.
"Thank you very much and who the hell are you?" Melanie demanded.
Justin laughed out loud. He wiped his face from the tears that fell. "When I said I liked Gus. You just looked at me, so pissed off. Thank you very much and who the hell are you." Justin mocked Melanie. The girls laughed, and Melanie scooted to sit on the edge of the couch and wrap her arm around him.
"I had no idea that the 17 year old kid-" Melanie went to say, but Brian interrupted.
"That shot his load all over me when you called." Brian pointed out. Justin and Lindsay punched him. Lindsay sat down on the coffee table right next to Justin's leg, but in front of Brian.
"I had no idea that the 17 year old kid, who walked into that room...was going to be such an instrumental part of my life. Of all of our lives." Melanie said.
"And we thank God that you were able to share that night with us." Lindsay said. Justin laughed and wiped his eyes again. Melanie rubbed his back, and Lindsay took his other hand into hers. "We love you very much Justin Taylor. And would be honored if Gus called you daddy." Lindsay said. Justin looked at them, and then at Brian. He was smiling. Then the girls did. "What do you say dad?" Lindsay asked Brian.
"That's sounds nice to me. What do you say Sunshine?" Brian asked. Justin let out a laugh.
"I'd love that. Thank you." he cried. He leaned forward to hug both girls at once. "That is one of the most touching things someone has ever done for me. It would mean so much to me." he said. Lindsay grabbed Brian and pulled him sideways towards them.
"Get in this group hug and pretend that you like it." Lindsay said.
"You're going to ruin my reputation of being a heartless dick." Brian grumbled.
"Fucking hug us and shut up." Melanie said. Brian rolled his eyes and leaned into the hug. He heard a camera flash and groaned. Lindsay was actually the one to pull back first.
"That's not all actually." Lindsay said. She looked over at Melanie, as Justin wiped his face.
"What else is there?" Justin asked. Melanie smiled and nodded again.
"This is something that we discussed when we we're getting everything packed to come back here, if you two were to get back together...these last seven months have given us a lot to think about. Especially when Brian announced last night that they're trying to legalize gay marriages." Lindsay said looking at Melanie.
"We talked this over today. And it just felt like the right thing to do." Melanie said.
"Well why don't you dykes just spit it out." Brian said. Justin laughed and hit him in the stomach.
"Well. It's an early wedding present. We're going to take care of all the paperwork after you're married. And when they legalize it, we're going to the courthouse to make it legal for us. But...we want to give you your rights back to Gus." Lindsay said. Justin gasped and looked at Brian. He hadn't expected that. He wondered if Brian had stopped breathing.
"Plans for Gus have completely changed. It was just supposed to me and Lindsay raising Gus...but as time went on...things change. Feelings change." Melanie said.
"Me and Brian are Gus' biological parents. And once the laws change, Melanie and I will marry, and you both will be married...we all need to be able to take care of Gus. Like that time at the hospital when he was a baby, and they wouldn't let Mel in with him. With all the paperwork taken care of, if anyone of us were to bring him to the hospital, all four of us would have the same legal rights to him. On paper it would like like Mel and Justin are step parents. But to us..." Lindsay trailed off.
"We need to have things legalized, to make sure there is never a problem. To always be able to protect Gus." Melanie said.
"But we all know, Melanie and Justin aren't step parents. Step parents are for..." Lindsay trailed off.
"Straight people?" Brian asked. Lindsay nodded.
"We know you would never try to take Gus away from us. And you know we would never take him away from you...moving was a mistake. But we're back now. It broke our hearts how badly Gus would cry for you Brian." Lindsay said. Brian looked down.
"He stopped crying for you last month when we told him we we're moving back. He went a whole month without seeing you, but was happy because he knew he was coming home to you." Melanie said. Brian looked up and smiled.
"I just don't know what to say." Justin said. He looked over at Brian.
"Don't look at me. I'm at a loss to." Brian admitted.
"We hope you'll accept it and say thank you Mel and Linds. We love you." Lindsay told Brian. Justin laughed.
"Thank you Mel and Linds. We love you." Justin said, hugging them both. When the three of them pulled apart, they all looked at Brian. He rolled his eyes.
"Thank you Mel and Linds. We love you. Now let's do this one last fucking group hug and be done with it." Brian said. They laughed and pulled him in. Brian was sure he heard a camera this time. He knew someone was capturing this torturous Kodak moment.
"Thank you. This means so much to me. To us." Justin said. He looked at Brian. "He's gonna call me daddy. Someone's gonna call me daddy." Justin said excitedly Brian put his arm around Justin.
"Well you've called me daddy before. Remember that time I was spanking you and these two dykes walked in without knocking." Brian said. The three of them groaned.
"Brian!" Lindsay scolded.
"Daddy don't hurt me to bad." Brian joked.
"My God." Justin said in embarrassment
"Brian stop it." Lindsay laughed.
"You really know how to ruin a perfect moment you know that right?" Justin asked.