“Are you ready?” Brian asked as he and Justin walked from their car to Debbie’s house. “Yes,” Justin answered as he and Brian interlaced hands. “Brian,” Michael said smiling when the brunet went inside. “We were waiting for you.” “What else is new?” Melanie asked as she sat down and passed the salad bowl to Ted. “Come on,” Debbie said. “Sit your cute bubble butt down and eat.” Brian and Justin sat down smiling at each other. “We already ate,” Justin told them, which was true. “Why?” Debbie asked. “We don’t like this food so we choose to eat someplace else,” Brian joked. Justin hit him in the arm. “That’s not true Deb. We love your food, especially Brian and he knows it.” Vic smirked as Brian rolled his eyes. “We went out to celebrate,” Justin told them. “What were you celebrating?” Melanie asked as she picked up her glass of wine. Brian and Justin looked at each other. Justin caressed Brian’s face. “What is it with you two?” Lindsay asked. “It’s been one month since we’ve been together,” Justin announced. “So, we had dinner together at this very romantic restaurant.” Brian stayed quiet and watched Justin replay the whole event for his captive audience. They had actually gone out to a restaurant to eat. It wasn’t a big deal but Justin knew how to act and what to say to make it sound like it was. “It was intimate and special,” Justin told them and looked at Brian. “Like no other dinner that I have ever had.” Brian smiled a bit then. They had skipped dessert and instead sucked each other off in the bathroom. It surely had been a special dinner. “Wow,” Ted said. “I’m impressed.” “Shocked out of my mind is more like it,” Melanie said. “I mean I don’t get it. How come you’re doing this? One day you’re a slut and the next minute you’re Mr. Perfect.” “Mel,” Lindsay said shaking her head. “Don’t listen to her, Justin.” “But it’s true,” Melanie protested. “Honey,” Debbie said grabbing Melanie’s hand. “Brian just needed to find the right guy. He’s human and deserves love just as much as you or any of us and if you don’t shut up about it you won’t like it.” Emmett grinned. “What can I say?” Brian asked and looked at Justin with a smirk. “I met Justin and he shook my world. I never thought it would happen to me.” “Jesus Christ,” Ted whispered to Emmett. “I want to vomit.” “I’m happy for you guys,” Vic said. “Here is to one month and many others to come.” They all raised their glasses and Brian and Justin kissed. “You’re good,” Brian whispered in Justin’s ear. Justin only gave him a blinding smile and picked up the glass of wine that Michael had served him. “So, Justin,” Ben said. “I hear that you’re going to be part of the exhibition at Lauren’s gallery.” “Oh yeah,” Justin said smiling. “I work there too. She insisted that my paintings should be part of it.” “He’s really good,” Brian told them. Debbie smiled as she looked at Brian. She had never seen Brian so happy in her life. She hoped that Brian and Justin would be together forever. “You guys are all invited,” Justin said. “I can’t wait,” Emmett chirped. Justin got up. “I’m going to go outside and have a cigarette. Be right back.” “I’ll go with you,” Brian told him. Lindsay smiled widely at Mel. “Can’t be without him?” Vic teased. Brian looked back at them with a small smile as he put his arm around Justin’s shoulder. “I just don’t want to be left alone with the likes of all of you,” he said sarcastically. Debbie laughed and watched them go to the backyard. “They’re so sweet.” “Brian looks like he’s in love,” Lindsay pointed out and then took a bite of her food. “Please,” Melanie rolled her eyes. “They really do,” Ben added his two cents. “You don’t think Brian is actually falling for him?” Michael asked almost shocked. Ben shrugged. “Why wouldn’t he?” Debbie asked. “They love each other very much.” “Right,” Michael said smiling. Ted groaned not liking this one bit. He couldn’t believe that Brian had gone through the whole month without going insane. He kept telling himself that it wouldn’t last, that soon enough Brian would start getting bored and then he would collect his money. *** Brian sat down on a bench next to Ted who was trying to do abdominal crunches. He smiled at the man. “Do you have my money ready?” he asked teasing. “Is that all you can think about?” Ted asked rather upset. “No, all I can think about is hot sex, something you know little of. But I was only asking since I already have a list of all the things I’m going to buy with your money,” Brian told him as he grabbed one of the weights. “Or should I say my money.” Ben rolled his eyes. Brian licked his lips. “I’m having fun you know. Justin is a great fuck among other things. And the best thing is I’m making money to be in a relationship. Am I a business man or what?” he asked and laughed. “That’s all you care about, the money,” Ted pointed out. “Just wait a little while longer.” “I can wait all you want, it won’t change anything. You should just concede defeat now, Theodore. The money is great and all but what I really care about is winning and showing all of you that relationships are a breeze,” Brian said smiling. “So you’re putting yourself through hell to do this,” Ted said. “I know it must be killing you to be in a relationship, Brian; even if it’s a make believe one.” Brian laughed. “I’m in a win, win situation. Justin is great in bed and there is always something new to try. Maybe I’ll even buy a sling and you can pay for it, what you think Schmidt? You might as well give me the money now.” Ted glared at Brian. “Jesus,” Emmett said. “You’re enjoying this way too much.” Brian smirked and shrugged. “I could point out how wrong this is,” Ben told them. “But you will just ignore me like you have already.” “Excuse me, what was that?” Brian asked and laughed. He looked at Michael and smiled. “It won’t last,” Ted said as he finished his last set. “I know you two won’t last.” “Why not?” Brian asked. “Doing this is easy,” Brian said smiling. “I knew it was and even told you guys. You guys just like being miserable and fight for no reason at all. All of you turn every argument into a monumental catastrophe so admit it you all like fighting.” “We fight because we care,” Ben said. “The more a couple loves each other the more they will feel stronger about an issue and that’s why the arguments happen.” “Fuck off,” Brian said switching the weight to his other hand. “That’s a bunch of bullshit.” “Is not,” Emmett said a bit out of breath. Brian rolled his eyes. “You guys are so full of it.” “It’s easy for you Brian because your relationship is not a real one,” Ben told him. “You know you have to put up with all his shit without saying a word because you want to win this bet.” “True,” Ted said. “I don’t have shit to put up with,” Brian pointed out. “He’s perfect. He lives to please me. It’s great.” Michael shook his head. He had been quiet hearing them. He knew that the blond was always taking care of Brian because like Justin had said before, he loved him. He didn’t know what they were going to do. Justin was going to be crushed when it all ended. “It’s not fair.” Brian looked at his best friend. “What’s not fair?” “That you’re doing this to him,” Michael said as he stood in front of his best friend. “I mean, you’re going to hurt him so much in the end.” Brian frowned and shook his head. “I promise, Mikey, I’ll let him down easy.” “It’s not that easy,” Michael hissed. “You think that he will stop loving you just like that. I don’t know what I was thinking when I helped you. This is so wrong, Brian.” Brian bit his lower lip and put the weight on the floor. He got up and stared at Michael. “He’s a big boy. He’s not going to die of a broken heart. He’ll move on or whatever the fuck you do when something is over,” Brian said and moved away from them. “That went well,” Emmett said. Ted shrugged and got up to go take a shower. “We have to do something,” Michael said. “Like what?” Emmett asked. “It’s too late now,” Ben said. “I mean I know the right thing would be to tell Justin that this is all a farce but it wouldn’t be fair to him; do you know how awful he might feel.” Michael sighed. “We have to break them up somehow then.” Emmett frowned. “How are we going to do that?” “We’ll think of something,” Michael told them. “But something has to be done.” Ben and Emmett looked at each other with worried faces as they saw the dead-set look in Michael’s face. *** Justin entered Babylon with a big smile. Brian had called him telling him to be there. He went to the bar and asked for a beer. Soon after that Emmett was standing next to him. “Hey Justin,” Emmett said. “How are you?” “I’m okay,” Justin replied. “Have you seen Brian?” “No,” Emmett answered and turned his back to the bar to look at the people dancing. “Hey, Justin. When did you get here?” Michael asked with Ben in tow. “Just now,” Justin told him. “Have you seen Brian?” Michael shook his head and looked at Ben; he winked at the man and moved closer to Justin. “So, how are things?” “Okay,” Justin replied. “It’s amazing how Brian and you are together,” Michael said. “Sometimes I still don’t believe it, you know. I have known him all my life and I never expected him to find anyone.” “Oh yeah?” Justin asked with a frown. He could tell something was up. “Yeah,” Michael said and shrugged as he played with the label on his beer. “I only hope that Brian doesn’t get bored. I mean don’t take it personally.” “I won’t,” Justin said. “He used to trick so much,” Michael said. Ben rolled his eyes. He couldn’t believe what Michael was doing now. Emmett was worried about what Michael could say to Justin. “Justin, do you want to dance?” “Not right now,” Justin answered as he looked at Michael. “So, you have known Brian for a long time.” “Yeah,” Michael said. “He’s very unpredictable.” Justin took a sip of his beer. He couldn’t wait for Brian to get here. “Do you know if he still tricks?” Michael asked suddenly. “I mean, I know you guys have eyes for only one another, but if he did slip you would know. One always knows things like that, right?” “Yeah,” Justin answered. “But Brian’s been so perfect. I think that after fucking everything that moves he can be a one man kind of guy.” Michael was going nowhere. Then he saw Brian striding towards them. He didn’t know what he could try to make them break up. Michael thought it was better now than to wait for Justin to be in too deep. The brunet came behind Justin and wrapped one of his arms around Justin’s chest. “Waited long?” he asked close to the blond’s ear. “No,” Justin answered as he closed his eyes and smiled. Brian was so hard and he knew it was for him. Brian turned Justin around and kissed him hard. “Backroom.” Justin nodded and followed Brian. When they were inside Brian found a place to sit down and brought Justin on top of him. “I think your friends are trying to break us up now,” Justin whispered as he licked Brian’s neck. “Is that part of the game or are they playing dirty?” Brian smirked. “We had an argument this morning at the gym.” “I see,” Justin whispered and started sucking on Brian’s earlobe. “They think that what I’m doing is so wrong,” Brian muttered as his hands caressed Justin’s back. He moved one hand to his pockets and pulled out a packet of E’s. “Want one?” Brian asked. Justin stuck his tongue out. Brian’s cock jumped. He smiled as he put an E on the tip of Justin’s tongue. He waited until the blond swallowed and then kissed him. He closed his eyes and held on to the blond. He didn’t know if it was the drugs or what, but everything else faded as he kissed his blond. Justin licked his lips when they pulled back. He caressed Brian’s arms and looked into the man’s eyes. “Fuck me.” Brian pulled Justin’s hips towards him hard. “What was that?” he asked with a smile. “I said fuck me,” Justin repeated as one of his hands went to Brian’s crotch. He closed his eyes but his hand didn’t lose anytime on opening Brian’s jeans. “Yes,” he gasped out when he found Brian’s hard penis. He could almost taste it in his mouth. Brian licked Justin’s neck and his arms wrapped themselves around the nimble body. “You know, we can play dirty.” Justin laughed and got up. He undid his pants and lowered them down. Then he sat down on Brian’s lap facing away from him. Brian kissed Justin’s neck and his hand went to jerk Justin off. “Yes,” Justin hissed. “Fuck me.” Brian managed to get out a condom from his black jeans. Justin helped him get it on and then lifted up a bit. Brian grabbed Justin’s ass cheek and parted them. He licked his lips and lowered the blond down to his cock slowly. “Mmm,” he grunted when he breached the first ring of muscle. “Ah,” Justin grunted as he lowered down. “Easy,” Brian whispered as he caressed Justin’s lower abdomen. “Everyone is watching us.” Justin didn’t care who was watching all that mattered was that Brian was buried deep inside of him. His body felt so good while Brian held him. He felt protected. “Show me what you got?” Brian whispered as he lifted Justin’s white shirt to touch the man’s nipples. Justin moaned and lifted up slowly and then slammed down. Then he repeated the action a few times. He opened his mouth but no sound came out as he pleasured himself on Brian’s dick. He angled his hips and stopped abruptly when the man’s cock rubbed against his prostate. “You’re so wet,” Brian whispered as his fingers played with the tip of Justin’s cock. He brought his hand up to taste the blond. Justin started a slow pace torturing himself and Brian. His prostate was on fire and he wanted to cum so bad but he wanted it to last as well. Brian gripped Justin’s hips with both hands and started lifting the blond up and slamming him back down. Justin was losing all control. He gripped the armrests and threw his head back into Brian’s right shoulder. The brunet opened his eyes, his pupil dilated as he watched Justin. He looked at the wanton man on top of him and felt his world shaking. He had never felt like that before and he didn’t quite understand it. “Fuck me, fuck me, oh god yes,” Justin growled. “More!” Brian closed his eyes and bit Justin’s shoulder slightly. He used one of his hands to pull Justin’s head to the side so he could kiss him. Justin moaned and the sound was almost lost as Brian muffled it. Justin’s body shook as he achieved his orgasm. “Oh god,” Justin moaned after pulling back a bit. His mouth was over Brian’s and they continued to breathe like that, feeling each other, smelling each others scent. Brian gripped Justin’s thighs and arched up towards Justin. He sighed as the spasms worked havoc around his member. He grunted when he came and kept holding on to the blond. “That was something,” Justin said as he slowly got up after a few minutes. “Let’s go home,” Brian said getting up. “I’m not done with you.” Justin smiled and nodded. He couldn’t wait. *** Brian sighed as he hung up his cell phone and got out of the car. He wanted to go to Babylon and he wanted Justin to be there with him. He went into Justin’s building and took the stairs to the second floor. He knocked on the door but no one came. He bit his lower lip and tried the knob. He found it open and went inside. He looked around the place, all the lights were out. He walked to the blond’s room where the light was on. “Jus?” “Who are you?!” Daphne asked as she jumped around. She had been startled by Brian’s voice. Brian frowned. “I’m Brian Kinney and you are?” “I’m Daphne Chanders,” she said wondering how the man had gotten in there. “I’m Justin’s best friend. How did you get in here?” she asked and tried to breathe and make her heart stop beating so fast. “The door wasn’t locked,” Brian told her. “Oh,” Daphne said. She couldn’t believe she had been so stupid. She stared at Brian wondering who he was and what he wanted. “I’m his best friend.” “Where is he?” Brian asked. Daphne’s eyes watered. Brian’s heart tightened. “Where the fuck is he?” “He’s in the hospital,” Daphne informed him. “He had an asthma attack. I don’t know what happened. I came here to get some of his clothes. He’ll have to stay overnight. It had been such a long time.” “What are you talking about?” Brian asked. “He has asthma?” “Since he was a baby,” Daphne related and looked down at the clothes she was holding. She shook her head and moved to put them in the bag. “It has been such a long time since he had an attack. I was with him, thank god.” Brian thought the same thing. He was glad that Justin had someone around when it happened. “Is he going to be okay?” “Yeah,” Daphne answered. “I have to go back.” “I’m going with you,” Brian said. “Who are you, anyway?” Daphne asked. She put a hand over her forehead. She was so out of it. Brian could be a killer for all she knew and there she was talking to him as if they knew each other. “What do you want? Do you guys work together?” “I’m...his boyfriend,” Brian told her. “I need to see him.” “Oh,” Daphne said. She didn’t even know Justin was seeing someone. “Okay.” Brian waited until she was done selecting everything she came for. Then he offered her a ride but she refused saying she had her own car. Brian followed her and wished that his heart would stop beating so fast. He only wanted to see Justin and make sure the blond was okay. He was trying to convince himself that it was only the stupid bet, that’s why he cared about Justin. But it sounded hollow even to his ears. He couldn’t believe that he was racing towards the hospital to check on some twink. But he’s my twink Brian thought to himself and after realizing what he was thinking he just groaned. He didn’t have a clue as to what was happening to him.