Justin finished his lunch break and got up to see if he had any new customers.  He looked around and found a guy sitting alone in a booth.  He took out his pad and went towards him.

“How can I help you?”  Justin asked.

“What about a date?”  The guy asked.

“We don’t have that in the menu sir.”  Justin said smiling.  “I’m sorry I don’t go out with customers.”

“You went out with Brian.”  The guy pointed out.

Justin’s hands dropped to his sides and stared at the stranger.

“You are him.”  Justin said.

“Guess I am.  My name is Chris.  We haven’t been formally introduced.  Brian has bad manners like that.”  Chris told him.

“Get out.”  Justin told him.

“Why don’t you sit down?  I don’t recommend you to make a scene.”  Chris warned him.

Justin looked around before he sat down.

“What do you want?”  Justin asked him.

“I just wanted to know how you and Brian were doing.”  Chris told him.

Justin pouted.

“That’s none of your business.”  Justin told him.

“I hear that things aren’t going that well.”  Chris said smirking.

Justin just stared at Chris.

“I know what it is like to lose someone you love.”  Chris told him.  “I lost Jake a long time ago.  Brian killed him.”

Justin didn’t even flinch.

“Guess he deserved it.”  Justin said.

“You don’t know shit.  Jake was a good man.  He was just jealous.”  Chris hissed.  “And he is going to suffer for what he did.”

“Is that why you bashed Ben’s head in?”  Justin asked angry.

“What?”  Chris asked.

“You know, that kid you swung a bat at.”  Justin hissed.

“I didn’t swing anything at nobody.”  Chris told him puzzled.  “I have a gun and I am trained on how to use one.”

Justin frowned.

“You didn’t hurt Ben?  But you send a note to Michael.”  Justin told him.

“Yeah.  I was messing with his head.” Chris said.  “I’m not going to hurt innocent people.  It’s Brian who I want to hurt.”

“How are you going to do that?”  Justin asked.

“Killing you.”  Chris told him.

“But I’m innocent.”  Justin protested.

“Nah, you made him fall for you or he wouldn’t be drinking himself into a stupor and trying to kill himself.”  Chris said.

Justin’s body froze.

“Don’t worry.  He doesn’t have the guts to do it.”  Chris whispered and looked at his watch.  “Well, I have to go.  I have places to be.”

Chris got up smiling.  He was sure that the blonde would run back to Brian now.  It was perfect.  He would push them together and then tear them apart.

“Justin, are you okay?”  Debbie asked touching Justin’s shoulder.

Justin looked up in a daze.

“You been sitting there for quite a while staring into nothing.”  Debbie told him.

Justin bolted from where he was sitting and ran to get his things.  When he came back he ran into Debbie.

“Sunshine!  Can you calm down?”  Debbie asked surprised.

“Debbie, can I leave?  I need to do something.”  Justin told her.  “I’ll call Emmett and he’ll cover my shift.”

“Justin, what’s wrong?”  Debbie asked him.

“I just need to go check something.”  Justin told her.

“Okay Sunshine, but be careful.”  Debbie told him.

Justin nodded and left the dinner as soon as possible.  He was scared that Chris had done something to Brian.  He could feel his heartbeat rising as he got closer to Brian’s apartment.  When he was there, he wasn’t sure what he was going to say.

***

Brian moved slowly towards the door wishing that whoever it was would go away.  As soon as he opened the door he felt himself coming to life little by little.

“Can I come in?” Justin asked.

“Yeah.”  Brian told him.

Brian closed his eyes enjoying Justin’s scent when it hit him.

“Brian, did Chris do this?”  Justin asked referring to the mess that was there.

“Uh, no.”  Brian said closing the door.  “That was me.  I was kind of angry.”

Justin nodded and kept walking towards the living room.  He was surprised to find an even bigger mess.

“Brian.”  Justin said.

“What?”  Brian asked as he followed Justin.

“What’s going on here?  It looks like a bomb exploded.”  Justin told him.

“I was a little bit angry.”  Brian admitted.

Justin looked at Brian and bit his lower lip.

“About what happen with us?”  Justin asked a little sad.

Brian nodded.

“So, what do you want?”  Brian asked as he straightened his shoulders.

“I saw him today.  Chris came to the diner.”  Justin whispered.

Brian sat down on the edge of the sofa and rubbed his face.

“He said he wanted to kill me so you would suffer.  Who the fuck is Jake, Brian?” Justin asked as he walked closer to Brian.          

“He used to go out with Chris.  They loved each other.”  Brian told him.

“I want to know the whole story.”  Justin told him as he got on the sofa and pulled Brian close.  “Just tell me.”

“Well, I used to go out with a detective.  His name was Cameron Riley.  I loved him.”  Brian murmured.

Justin just listened.

“The four of us used to go out all of the time.  It was great.  I knew Chris was in love with Jake when he told him what he did.  Jake accepted him and I thought that I should be truthful with Cameron too.”  Brian said.

Brian stared at his hands thinking about the past and how things had happened.

“He left you.” Justin whispered as he pulled Brian’s face close.

Brian nodded.

“Cameron said I was crazy.  That it was his job to stop all those people and that I just as bad as them.”   Brian said.

“That’s not true Brian.”  Justin told him.  “It’s not true.  I know it’s bad but…someone has to stop those people and that’s why you are here.  And I love you no matter what.”  Justin told him in between tears.

“Look where that got Chris and Jake.”  Brian pointed out.

“Tell me what happen.”  Justin demanded.

Brian took a deep breath.  

“About three months after Cameron and I had broken up, he came back.  He wanted to show me some papers he had found.”  Brian told him.

“It was about Jake.”  Justin said sure of it.

“I’m telling the story here.”  Brian told him.

Justin nodded and shut up.

“I couldn’t believe it.  He lived with Chris and me.  It was crazy.”  Brian murmured.  

Brian took a deep breath and got up.  He started pacing around and rubbing the back of his neck.

“They couldn’t get hard evidence.  In other words Cameron was asking me to kill him.”  Brian scoffed. “I told Chris and he told me he would do it.  I was shocked but I don’t know…I guess he wouldn’t let anyone else get involved.”

“Why did you ended up killing him?”  Justin asked.

“Well, Chris said he did it. Then a week after that, they saw someone killing Cameron and it fit Jake’s description.”

Justin took a deep breath but did didn’t let it out.  Brian was tensing up.

“I started looking around and found him…with Chris.  I did what I had to do.”  Brian told Justin.

“He said he wanted to kill me.”  Justin said.  “Now I know why.”

Brian looked at him in fear.

“What are we going to do?”  Justin asked.

“I’ll talk to him.”  Brian said.

“Talk…he wants to kill me, Brian and you too.”  Justin hissed.

“No, he just wants to make me suffer.”  Brian informed him.  “He won’t do anything to you.  I promise.”

Justin frowned.

“Chris said he hadn’t done anything to Ben.”  Justin told the brunet.

“Then he didn’t.  Chris doesn’t lie.”  Brian assured him.

“You are defending him?”  Justin asked mad.

“It’s the truth.”  Brian hissed.  “You know what, never mind.  Just go home and I’ll take care of everything.”

Justin got up and got in front of Brian with his hands on his hips.

“I’m not going anywhere.  I’m staying here with you.”  Justin told him.

“Justin.”  Brian whispered as he caressed the blond’s face.

“Don’t.  I want to stay because I’m scared.  I’m not ready for anything else.”  Justin told him.

Brian grabbed him by the shoulders and pushed him into the sofa.  He got on top of Justin and started kissing him.

“Brian, stop!”  Justin yelled.

“No.  I don’t want to.”  Brian hissed in Justin’s ear.  “I want you back.  I need you.”

Justin closed his eyes and melted. He needed Brian too.