Thanks to everyone, who reviewed, favourited, followed and read 'Sometimes love has a strange way to show itself'. This is the sequel. It will have four chapters. And I hope you will like it.

To the three guest reviewers, who reviewed Chapter 21 of 'Sometimes love has a strange way to show itself' : I am sorry that you didn't like the chapter or if it triggered something. BUT: Firstly, there were enough warnings. You could have skipped the heavy parts. Secondly, unfortunately rape happens every day all over the world. I think it is important to show it and its effects in literature and media. And thirdly, how can you say 'I thought you were different. 'I mean WTF? You know nothing about me. So, if you don't want to read my fic(s) anymore, that's sad, but don't blame it on me.

Chapter 1 Year One

James's POV

It's crazy how much can change in one year. And in our lives a lot changed:

Soon after we ended BTR some paparazzi discovered the existence of Justin. And of course they went rabid. For a few days they swarmed our houses waiting for an opportunity to see Justin and shoot a photo. One of them even broke into Kendall's and Logan's house. It was just bad for him that since the baby was born, they had a really light sleep. The reporter wasn't even able to go further than the living room, when Kendall and Logan (with raised hockey sticks) stopped him. They held him there, until the police arrested him. After that we all installed security systems in our homes. Carlos and I stayed for a few nights at their place as extra protection for our godson. And we filed a restraining order. No reporter would be able to stay within a radius of 50 feet around our houses or Justin. Sadly, they didn't take the order seriously, but after a few of them were arrested they stayed away.

After the end of BTR, we took a two months break, before we started to follow our dreams. Both Logan and Kendall applied to the UCLA. Both were admitted to the university. Logan would of course study medicine, while Kendall was studying Physical Education and played hockey. Logan took only a few classes, but he had a lot of online classes to take, because he wanted to stay at home and take care of Justin.

Carlos didn't know what he wanted to do for some time. He was interested in a lot of things. But after a lot of talking with the guys, Gustavo and me, Carlos decided that he wanted to stay out of the show business. And so he followed in his father's footsteps and started to go to the police academy. I supported him completely, even though I feared that something would happen to him, while he was on duty. Carlos loved it to become a cop. He was really enthusiastic in all his classes and every time he came home, he radiated happiness. During that time I got laid really often. But not everything was perfect. When Carlos started the police academy, he had to overcome many prejudices: some people didn't like him, because he was Hispanic. Some people didn't like him, because he was gay. Some people thought a former pop star like him shouldn't become a cop. And some people thought all of the above. Fortunately, that didn't last long. Because of his constant politeness and happiness and the fact that he excelled in every class, exam and training, neither teachers nor his classmates could hold their negative feelings.

I started to record some new music with Gustavo. The style of the songs remained close to the style of BTR, but we also took some time to explore other things in order to find my personal style. I also started to take model jobs. For my modelling Carlos and I agreed on a few rules: Firstly, every photo shoot should at least be in California. Neither of us wanted me to travel for weeks through the whole country. Secondly, no photos were I would be nude or almost nude.

»I don't want anyone to see what only I should see and what only I can touch. «, Carlos said.

And I hadn't any reasons to disagree with him. The last rule was that if I would have an offer for a photo shoot, where I would show large amounts of skin (like being shirtless for example) I would have to tell Carlos and he had the right to veto against that shoot. Since I knew he wouldn't have too much problems with me being shirtless on photos, I agreed to that too.

It was insane to see how fast Justin grows. He was almost a year old now. And the past year was filled with so many exciting first times for him: When he smiled for the first time, I nearly melted. Thankfully he smiles a lot. Justin is just too cute. When he was four and a half month old, he rolled onto his stomach for the first time. Kendall and Logan were ecstatic. And Carlos told me that he wants a kid too. At first I was hesitant, because neither of us had enough time for a baby and I wanted to take care of our babies in the best way possible. But a few weeks later, when I saw how Justin sat up for the first time and how happy his parents were, I agreed.

We looked for a suitable surrogate and surprisingly soon we found one. She was in our age, had blonde hair and blue eyes, which meant it was more likely that the baby would look like one of us. She was intelligent and in her family were no diseases that could be passed on to our baby. For the artificial insemination we used Carlos's sperm. We knew that we could use mine later on and I wanted a baby that had Carlos's beautiful eyes first. Now the surrogate is four months pregnant and healthy. And neither Carlos nor I can wait for our baby.

For Carlos's birthday I thought of a special surprise: At first I took him to his favourite restaurant. Then we drove to a small private beach I rented. I prepared a really romantic setting with a soft blanket to sit on, candles and roses. We lay there for some time cuddling and kissing, before I did something that made Carlos speechless, which didn't happen often: I proposed to him. I found a beautiful and really simple golden ring for Carlos. It suited his caramel skin tone perfectly. After a few shocked moments in silence, Carlos thankfully said yes. We both leaked a few tears and I had problems putting the ring on his finger, because my hands were shaking so much. But nevertheless, the moment was perfect.

Afterwards Carlos was a bit worried that I had no ring and so he bought a matching engagement ring for me too.

»I don't want you to get snatched away. , he said teasingly when he presented me the ring.

I laughed and kissed him.

»As if I would ever let that happen. «

When we told Kendall and Logan about our engagement, they were happy for us, even though Logan looked a bit shocked. In a moment when we were alone he told me that he planned to propose to Kendall soon too. And so we babysitted Justin a few weeks later, while our two best friends went out. It was a bit weird when they came home: Kendall presented us the rings (Logan bought one for himself as well), they checked on Justin and before we could blink they disappeared in their bedroom. We barely made it out of the house, before the moaning started.

Carlos and I had surprisingly no fights since the end of BTR. Once in a while we had small arguments, but nothing that wasn't resolved quickly.

Kendall and Logan had one major fight, though. But we saw that coming. Even though Justin was a blessing, both Logan and Kendall were stressed and one day they snapped. They had a really stupid reason for their fight: Kendall forgot to pick up milk on his way home. But they were so stressed and exhausted that this was enough to make them explode. It was good that they got his out of their system, though. And after two days, they apologized and were happy again.

Our lives were not always easy, but I still enjoyed every moment of the last year.

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