Justin sighed as he looked at the arrow which was bright red and signaled what he already knew, he was running on empty.  He dialed Daphne's number again and sent a prayer that she would answer.

"Hello," Daphne answered in a sleepy voice.

"You have got to help me Daphne!"  Justin yelled into the phone.  "I am in the middle of nowhere!"

"What?"  Daphne sat up in the bed and threw the covers away.  She looked at the alarm clock and sighed.  Justin was supposed to have been there hours ago.

"Are you there?  My cell phone’s battery is dying here," Justin's car came to a sudden stop.  He sighed, closed his eyes and put his head on the steering wheel.  "Today is not my day, Daphne."

"Where are you exactly?"  Daphne asked as she grabbed a pencil to write down the directions.  "Hold on,” now she needed to find a piece of paper.

“Can you hurry up please?”  He looked around the deserted path looking for any kind of sign but there wasn’t a thing.  "I don't know exactly where I am.  I turned at the end of route 222 going South to the right and into a road that..."  He stopped talking when the phone made a sound to signal that the call had ended.  "No!  No, no, no!  This cannot be happening to me.  Daphne!  Oh fuck!" he tried dialing her number again but it didn't work.  "I’m going to die in the middle of nowhere."

Justin got out of the car and looked around.  He felt like he had unwittingly been put in the middle of his worst nightmare.  He could walk along the empty road and risk being seen by some psychopath who would slash him.  "Oh shit!  Stop thinking like that, Justin," he frowned.  "And stop talking to yourself,” he stopped walking when he saw what it looked like a light far away in the middle of the thick woods.  It was about half a mile away and he would have to walk through all the trees in the already dying daylight.

He glared at the woods as if they were going to come to life and eat him.  He looked back at his car and didn’t know what to do.  “This can’t be happening to me,” he reasoned he could always go back his car and wait until it was morning when there was more light.  But then the killer would see him and hack him to pieces anyway.  His other option was to go to the house and ask to use the phone.  Of course, then he would be killed and never be seen or heard from again.

Justin closed his eyes and felt the cold air hitting his skin.  He walked back to his car and opened the door.  He grabbed his cell phone, more out of habit than anything.  He took his book bag and his jacket before he closed the door and looked at the house.  He wasn't staying outside in the dark.  He would walk up to the house and pray for the best.  As soon as he put his foot in the grass he heard thunder, then saw lighting and to add to his situation, it started raining.  He couldn't do anything but curse and keep on walking while looking over his shoulder from time to time.

***

"You bought this house?"  Brian asked shaking his head.  "It's fucking falling down."

Michael smiled as he looked around.  "I love it."

"We’re going to fix it up," Ben assured him.  "It's going to be fun.  Hunter took the room in the attic already."

"You do know that's because it will be easier for him to sneak out?"  Brian arched a brow and saw that Ben and Michael hadn't thought of that when they looked at each other with worry.  Brian just smiled sarcastically.  "Don't worry.  Maybe he will fall down and break his neck and you'll be rid of him."

"Brian!"  Michael hissed.  "Don't say shit like that."

"Can we go now?  We’re in the fucking middle of nowhere," Brian stated as if they didn't know.

"Are you scared?"  Hunter asked coming into the living room.  

"No, but I’m careful.  I don't want to be here for when the psychopath from the woods knocks on your front door,” Brian stood up and grabbed his jacket.

Michael rolled his eyes and was about to get up when there was a knock on the door.  His entire body froze up and his eyes almost bulged out of his head.

"Ah, too late," Brian smirked at them.

Ben went to the door and opened it.  He came face to face with a blue eyed blond that was soaking wet.  "Are you okay?"

"Do you have a phone I could use?"  Justin asked cleaning the water from his face.

"Come on inside," Ben told him stepping aside.

Justin walked inside and looked at Brian, Michael and Hunter. 

“Hi,” Hunter said to the blond.  He turned towards Brian then.  “He doesn't look like a psychopath to me," the teen muttered.

Michael and Brian looked at each other and laughed.  Justin frowned and decided not to ask what that was all about.  Ben walked over to Justin and gave him his cell phone.  Justin thanked him and quickly dialed Daphne's number.  He frowned and then looked at the phone.  

"What's wrong?"  Ben asked.

"No signal," Justin handed back the phone and sighed.  He had to have the worst luck on the face of the planet.

Brian and Michael both took their cell phone out and checked them.  They also had no signal.

"It must be the rain," Ben told him.  "Do you need a lift?"  

"Well, yeah.  I was on my way to the Pitts from New York.  Then I got lost.  Am I anywhere near there?"  Justin looked at Brian who was looking at him.  He smiled briefly and then turned his attention back to Ben.

"Like an hour and a half away," Michael told him.  "We’re headed that way.  I'm Michael."

"I'm Justin," Justin extended his hand and Michael shook it.

"I'm Ben and they are Hunter and Brian," Ben looked around and then back at them.  "We can go now.”

Justin nodded he looked around the house and frowned.  The place spooked him to no end.  

“You can ride with me,” Brian told him.  

“Thanks,” Justin gave him his best smile.

Michael and Ben looked at each other and rolled their eyes.  They knew why Brian was being so nice.  

“Can I go with them?”  Hunter asked.

“No,” Brian, Michael and Ben said at the same time.  

Justin smiled, amused at Hunter’s antics.  He knew only too well what it was like to be a teenager.  He walked out behind Brian and they got in the Jeep.  He gave Brian a look hoping the man wasn’t going to do anything to him.  Then he rolled his eyes at himself for thinking like that.

***

“So,” Brian said after a while of silence.  “Are you just visiting?”

“Oh, no.  I’m moving in with my best friend Daphne.  Oh shit,” Justin said.

“What?”  Brian asked.

“I left my things in the trunk of my car,” Justin said.  “I hope no one steals them or the car.”

Brian laughed and shook his head.  

“Anyway, was that your house?”  Justin asked.

“Hell no,” Brian told him.  “That place is falling down.  My best friend and his kind of boyfriend just bought it.  You know, Michael and Ben.”

“Oh,” Justin shrugged.  “Maybe they could fix it up and give it some color.”

Brian looked at Justin and smiled.  “Yeah.”

“What do you mean by kind of boyfriend?”  Justin asked.

Brian smirked.  “Michael sees other people.”

“Oh,” Justin whispered.  “And Ben?”

“He doesn’t know,” Brian shrugged.  

“That’s fucking horrible,” Justin shook his head.  

“It’s their life,” Brian said.  “Ben isn’t stupid.  I think he chooses not to see it.”

Justin bit his lower lip and thought about what Brian said. He made a mental note that he didn’t want anyone like Michael to be his boyfriend.  “So, you live in Pittsburgh,” Justin muttered.

Brian nodded.  “I’m driving that way, aren’t I?”

“You could be doing me a favor,” Justin told him.

Brian laughed.  “You're not that cute.”

Justin looked at Brian, with an arched brow.  Brian looked at Justin who was now pouting, and rolled his eyes.  He had only meant it as a joke but apparently the blond took it too seriously.  Justin was hot enough, but he wasn’t going to tell that to the blond.  They stayed quiet the rest of the way to Pittsburgh.  

“Ah, here we are,” Brian said.  “Welcome to glorious Pittsburgh.  Where do you live?”  

Justin reached inside his pocket and looked at the address.  Brian grabbed the paper and then handed back to the blond.  

“I know where that is,” Brian told him.

“You can let me out somewhere near there,” Justin told Brian.

“Nonsense,” Brian told him.

Justin just stayed quiet.  He couldn’t wait to get to the apartment and take a warm shower.  He was so fucking cold.  He kept stealing glances at Brian and wished he were brave enough to say something.  He wanted to offer his number to the brunet or maybe asked for Brian’s digits.

“So you live here,” Brian commented as he looked at the place.

“For now, I’m going to,” Justin said looking at the apartment.  “I'll just stay with Daphne until I can find a place of my own.”

Brian just nodded.

“Well, thank you.  It was really nice meeting you,” Justin opened the door to the Jeep but then stopped and looked back.

Brian arched a brow.  Justin sighed and got out.  He never looked back as he walked to the apartment.  He hated himself for not being more risqué and talking to Brian more openly like he wanted to.  Brian watched the blond for a couple of seconds.  He looked at the seat and smiled when he saw that Justin had left his jacket.  He smirked and drove home knowing now that he was going to see the blond again.

***

Daphne was pacing back and forth.  She was worried out of her mind.  She didn’t know what she was going to do.  Her mind was running with horrible thoughts of what might have happened to Justin.  Then someone knocked on the door and then Justin’s muffled voice was heard through the door.  She ran to the door and opened it.  “Justin!”

“Daphne,” Justin smiled at her.

Daphne hugged him and then pulled back but she had felt him shaking in her arms.  “Are you okay?  You’re all wet and freezing.  How did you get here?  I was waiting for you to call me so I could go pick you up.  I was so fucking scared.”

“These guys helped me.  There was a house close to where my car had run out of gas.  I walked over there and I was so fucking lucky Daphne.  They were coming this way.  Not only that, they were about to leave,” Justin said as he took off his shirt.

“Thank god,” Daphne frowned when she saw how skinny Justin was.  “I’m going to make you something to eat.”

“Thanks, Daphne.  I need to take a shower and then we need to go pick up my car.”

“Bathroom is that way,” Daphne said pointing.

Justin nodded.  “We’ll go by the gas station and buy a few gallons of gasoline.  It should be enough to get my car back here,” Justin walked in the direction of the bathroom.

“Okay,” Daphne agreed.

“Hopefully no one will kill us once we get there,” Justin told her.  “That place gives me the creeps.”

“Great,” Daphne muttered.  She was happy to have Justin back with her.    

***

It had been two days since Justin had started living with Daphne.  They had gotten his car back and he was so happy that nothing had been stolen.  They were coming back from the supermarket when they saw Brian standing in front of their building. 

“Who is that?”  Daphne asked.  “Do you know him?” she asked the blond because the brunet kept looking at them.

“That’s Brian,” Justin said smiling.  “He’s the guy that drove me here.”

“Oh,” Daphne smiled at Brian once they were in front of him.  Justin had told her about the brunet and how hot he was.  Apparently, Justin hadn’t been lying.

“Need any help?”  Brian asked.  He was carrying a bag himself.

“Sure,” Daphne said giving him her two bags.

Brian smiled and grabbed them.  

“This is Brian,” Justin said looking at Daphne.  “Brian this is Daphne.  She’s my best friend.”

Brian nodded his head.  The three of them went inside to the second floor.  Daphne opened the door and walked to the kitchen with the boys behind.  

Justin left her there and walked to the living room with Brian.  “Do you want anything to drink?”

“No,” Brian told him.  “I’m okay.”

Justin nodded.  “So what are you doing here?”

Brian handed Justin the bag he was carrying.  Justin took it and looked inside.  He looked up at Brian and smiled.

“I was looking for this,” Justin said.  “I thought I had lost it.  It’s my favorite jacket.”

Brian smiled at the blond, happy that he could help.  At the same time he was feeling a little anxious about being there with the blond.  “How are you doing?”  Brian asked.

“I’m good,” Justin smiled widely at the brunet.  He couldn’t believe that Brian was standing in front of him.  “Are you sure you don’t want anything to drink?”

“Yeah, I have to go anyway,” Brian told him.  “I just wanted to drop that off.”

“Oh,” Justin’s face fell.

Brian looked at Justin and sighed.  He wanted to kiss him.  He wouldn’t mind fucking him senseless too.  But at the moment he only wanted to taste Justin’s mouth.

“Thanks,” Justin told him once again.

“Yeah, I had to go out of my way to bring it,” Brian told him and put his hands inside his pocket.  He leaned towards Justin and whispered. “I guess you are that cute.”

Justin looked up, startled at Brian’s words.  His mouth hung slightly open.

“Later,” Brian told him as he went past the blond and towards the door.

Justin had a blinding smile in place.  He turned around to watch as Brian walked away.  “Brian, wait!”

Brian turned around and looked at the blond.

“Uh,” Justin walked over to him and smiled shyly.  “I just thought that...we could see each other again.”

Brian stared at the blond and watched him turn red.  He smiled and nodded.  He reached inside his suit jacket and pulled out a card.  “Call me sometime.”

Justin grabbed it smiling.  He couldn’t believe that Brian hadn’t turned him down.  Brian leaned forwards and gave Justin a small peck on the mouth.  Then he was gone and Justin stood there, shocked.

“Justin,” Daphne said.

“Oh my god.  Daphne, isn’t he just to die for?”  Justin asked once the brunet had left.

Daphne smiled and nodded.  She had been listening to the whole conversation and had gone to the living room as soon as she heard the door closing.

“Oh, Daph,” Justin said falling back of the sofa.  “I think he’s so fucking great.”

“You barely know him,” Daphne pointed out.

“But I can feel it.  He is the one, Daphne,” Justin told her.  “I can feel it in every bone in my body.  He’s my other half.”

Daphne smiled and nodded.  She went back to the kitchen to finish putting their groceries away.  She hoped that Justin wouldn’t go nuts thinking about Brian.  She didn’t want anything bad happening after all the progress that Justin had made.

***

Brian woke up to someone banging at the metal door.  He groaned and went to open it.  He came face to face with Melanie.  He stepped aside and let her in.  “What are you doing here so early?”

“I just wanted to share the good news,” Melanie told him.

“And what’s that?  You are dying soon?”  Brian asked as he padded to the kitchen.

“Not funny, asshole,” Melanie shook her head.  “I’m talking about Kip Thomas.”

“What about him?”  Brian asked frowning slightly.  “Don’t tell me he agreed to back away if I pay him money.”

“No,” Melanie said.  “He left town.”

“How is this good news?”  Brian asked.  “He can come back.”

“No, he called his lawyer saying that he wanted to drop the charges,” Melanie explained as she sat down on one of the stools.  

“Want coffee?”  Brian asked her.

She shook her head.  “He told Scott that he was leaving for New York.  He had a job offer there,” Melanie informed him.

“So, I’m okay?”  Brian asked.  “I don’t have to deal with that asshole anymore?”

Melanie nodded.

“Do I still have to pay you?”  Brian asked smirking.  “You didn’t do anything.”

“Don’t be an ass,” Melanie got up.  “You know, you’re one lucky bastard.”

Brian shrugged.  “I had a good lawyer.  Everything would have been okay, anyway.”

Melanie smiled briefly. “Well, I have to go.”

“Next time, pick up the phone and use it,” Brian told her.  “Like I want to see your face first thing in the morning,” he grumbled.

Melanie rolled her eyes as she slid the door open.  “Whatever, Brian.”

Brian stared at the counter while the coffee brewed.  He took a deep breath and smiled.  Kip Thomas was now just a faint but dreadful memory of the past.  He could continue his life, free of worry about anything relating to the man, of that he was sure.

***

Brian waited outside Justin’s apartment building.  He had been waiting for the blond’s call and Justin didn’t disappoint him.  He had in mind the many things he wanted to do to Justin.  He had fantasized about it a few times already.   

“Brian,” Justin said opening the door.  He was in his sweat pants.  “Come on in.”

Brian smirked and followed.  They stared at each other, saying nothing.  Justin didn’t know what to do next.  Brian just went up the stairs with Justin following him.  Once they got inside the apartment Brian was all over him.

“Are we alone?”  Brian asked as he pushed Justin onto the sofa.

Justin nodded and watched as Brian got rid of his sweats.  He sat naked in front of the brunet not able to look at him.

“Are you always this shy?” Brian asked.

“I’m not shy,” Justin told him but the truth was that he was.

Brian just nodded and left it at that.  He looked at the blond’s body.  

“You have a great body,” he told him as he ran his hand up and down Justin’s chest.  He looked at the blond’s face as his hand kept going down until he reached Justin’s hard member.

“Oh,” Justin jumped a little.  He finally looked at Brian.  

Brian smiled devilishly as he got onto his knees in front of the blond.  Then without thinking twice, he took Justin’s cock in his mouth.  He sucked Justin’s cock making sure that his tongue ran around the tip.  Justin gripped the sofa and started to buckle his hips wildly.  

Brian pulled back and smirked.  “Enjoying yourself?”

Justin opened his eyes but he couldn’t speak.  He was so hard and only wanted to cum.  Brian laughed and took Justin’s hard cock in his mouth once again.  He deep throated him and in seconds he felt Justin’s body stiffening.  He pulled back and saw Justin splashing cum all over himself.  Brian smiled at the sight.

“Hey,” Brian said as he sat down on the sofa next to Justin.

Justin opened his eyes and smiled at Brian.  “That was amazing.”

“Come here,” Brian grabbed Justin’s body and pulled him really close.  They kissed each other roughly.  Brian sucked on Justin’s lower lip.  

“I want...I want to do that,” Justin whispered.  “I want to suck you.”

“Get to work then,” Brian smiled as Justin slid to the floor.

Justin opened Brian’s pants letting the hard shaft out of the tight confines.  He licked his lips and moved to take Brian’s cock in his mouth.

“Oh fuck,” Brian threw his head back.  His fingers tangled in Justin’s hair.  The hot mouth enveloping his cock was doing wonders to him.  He opened his eyes after a while and watched Justin on his knees jerking off while he sucked him.  Brian pulled him off his cock and made Justin straddle him.

“Was I doing it wrong?”  Justin asked.

“No,” Brian kissed Justin’s neck.  His tongue stuck out to taste the alabaster skin.

Justin threw his head back and moaned.  He was so hard again.  He wanted more and more.  Brian bit Justin’s neck and the blond arched against him.  His hand moved down to grab Justin’s cock.  He gathered the boy’s pre cum before his hand reached back.

“Brian,” Justin grunted and his head dropped on top of the brunet.  He clamped down on Brian’s finger that had pushed inside of him.

“You are so tight,” Brian murmured.  “I’m going to fuck you so hard.”

Justin’s cock spilled more pre cum.  His hand grabbed Brian’s cock and started jerking him.  He moved his head and they kissed.  Their tongues brushed against one another.

The door to the apartment opened and Daphne walked in with Tony.

“Holy fuck!”  Tony yelled.  She couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

Brian pulled back and turned his head to the side to look at them.  “Jesus.”

Justin opened his eyes and realized what was going on.  “Daphne?  What are you doing here?”

“I live here,” Daphne told him.

Brian pushed Justin away and got up as he tried to zip his pants.

“We’ll leave you guys alone for a few minutes,” Daphne said grabbing Tony’s hand and walking to her room.

Justin got up and blushed as he looked at Brian.  “I’m sorry.”

Brian sighed.  “Where’s the bathroom?”

Justin got up and walked with Brian to the bathroom.  Then he went inside with him.  “I thought she would take more time.  She usually does.”

Brian grabbed Justin by the hips and sat him on the counter.  “You talk a lot.”

Justin blushed and shut up.  Brian smiled and kissed him.  “You’re cute when you blush,” he opened his pants once again and grabbed Justin’s hand so the blond would jerk him off.

“I like it when you kiss me,” Justin whispered.

Brian smiled and pulled Justin by the back of the neck.  They kissed frantically as Justin jerked the brunet off.  Justin was so painfully hard himself so he started to jack off too.  Brian grunted as his hips thrust into Justin’s hand.  He opened his eyes and found Justin staring at him.  He grunted and came in the blond’s hand.  Then he helped Justin get off once again.

Justin was smiling nonstop.  “Do you want to go to my room?”

There was a knock on the door.  “Justin, I need to use the bathroom,” Daphne told him.

Justin sighed.  “We’ll be out in a minute,” he sighed.  “I’m sorry.  Maybe we could go to your place.”

Brian got cleaned up and did his pants.  “Some other time.  I am going out with my friends.”

Justin just nodded.  He looked down at the floor wanting Brian to stay.  

Brian moved over to him and pulled Justin’s head up.  He kissed him and smiled.  “You are really cute when you pout.”

Justin blushed and turned his face away.

“Don’t worry.  I’m far from done with you.  Later,” Brian whispered over Justin’s ear.

Justin smiled his sunshine smile.  “Later.”