"Scott? Adrian?"

Justin stepped into the house behind Lily, carrying Chloe in his arms as he kicked the door closed behind him. Lily fell to her butt in the hallway and started yanking at her Dora the Explorer light up shoes and tossing them into the little cubby box for the shoes. She then stood and ran down the hall.

"You're home early." A voice rang out as an older gentlemen stepped around the corner that Lily had just disappeared too. He was wearing rounded glasses and had a book in hand.

Justin nodded. "Lily decided to run off again."

Scott frowned as he quickly marked his page in his book. "Obviously you found her."

"Yeah." Justin snorted. "She was found by a little boy who took her to his father for help." Justin shook his head. "I really need to teach her it's not a good idea running off like that. I do not want a repeat of last summer."

"I don't think any parent ever does." Scott followed Justin into the living room and watched as he sat a wide awake Chloe into the playpen where Scott's own son Tommy was currently playing.

Lily was curled up on the couch with Rosie - Scott and Adrian's daughter - and watching cartoons on the television. Justin straightened up and turned back to Scott. He smiled at his friend, happy he had him and Scott's husband Adrian in his life. There had been so many things Justin wasn't sure he would have been able to do since Lily was born without them. When they had met in Atlanta that first day Justin took Lily to daycare when she was just seven months old, they had all become fast friends. Scott and Adrian had Rosie who was only a few weeks older then Lily. Now the two four year olds were the best of friends and Justin knew they would be for the rest of their lives.

"So where's Adrian?" Justin asked as he followed Scott out of the living room and into the kitchen.

"Emergency at work." Scott shrugged as he sat his book on the counter and went to grab bottles of water for himself and Justin from the fridge, passing one to the blond.

Justin nodded. "So I think Lily made a new friend in the little boy she met. His name is Gus."

"And the kid's father?"

"God he was fucking hot." Justin laughed and Scott joined him as they sat down at the table together. "I swear I've seen him before but for the life of me I can't think of from where. Even his name sounded so familiar."

"What's his name?"

"Brian Kinney?" Justin shrugged.

"Did you say Kinney?"

"Yeah, do you know him?"

"He's a partner at Ryder in Pittsburgh. He's the one that got Adrian and I to sign with Ryder to market the restaurant. I've only met him once that original meeting, you know Adrian usually deals with that sort of stuff for the restaurant."

"No shit." Justin laughed. "Maybe I've heard one of you say his name then."

"Probably." Scott shrugged. "Rumor has it he's leaving Ryder to start his own company though."

"Well I gave him my number to set up a play date for his son and Lily."

"And maybe for your two as well?" Scott winked.

"Fuck you." Justin laughed as he finished his water and stood. "Mind watching the girls? I need a fucking shower. I always get so itchy being at that park with all that grass."

"Yeah go. I'll get Lily and Rose a snack to hold them over for dinner." Scott also stood. "I'm hoping since he's there Adrian will just bring food home from the restaurant. I do not feel like cooking tonight."

"Me neither." Justin headed out the door and upstairs.

He and his girls had just moved to New York from Atlanta five months ago - Justin had been eight months pregnant with Chloe at the time - and they have since been living with Adrian and Scott as he worked to save money to get them their own apartment. It was perfect for their arrangement for the time being. Adrian and Scott lived in a four bedroom house so Justin stayed in the guest room with Chloe in a crib while Lily shared Rosie's room.

After his shower Justin dressed and returned to the kitchen to find Adrian was home from the restaurant and as he and Scott hoped, had brought dinner home with him. All four children were already in their chairs - and high chairs - munching on bread sticks and pieces of chicken - though Chloe was still too young and Scott was feeding her from a few jars of baby food.

"Scott told me you met Brian Kinney at the park." Adrian smiled at Justin as he handed the blond a plate of food and a glass of water.

Justin nodded his thanks as he took his food to the table to sit across from Scott, with Chloe between them. Adrian soon also joined them at the table, setting a plate down for Scott before siting in his own chair next to Justin with little Tommy next to him. Lily and Rosie were chattering to themselves at the other end of the table as they swapped food off each other's plates and ate.

"Mhmm." Justin took a large bite of a bread stick and hummed at the melted butter and garlic that touched his tongue. He quickly chewed and swallowed. "His son helped Lily."

"Well when he calls to set up a play date, you should ask him out."

Justin coughed and looked at Adrian wide eyed. "What!?"

Adrian smirked at Justin and laughed. "Well it's no real secret that he's single."

"And gay." Scott added. "When we were in Pittsburgh to sign with Ryder he showed us to Liberty Avenue. Everyone seemed to know him there as the Stud of Liberty Avenue."

"Huh." Justin finished his food before taking care of his dishes. He soon took care of Lily and Rosie's plates before taking a now done Chloe out of her high chair as Scott finished his own dinner. "Okay, I am going to get the girls into the bath and settled with a movie."

A half hour later Lily and Rosie were in their Disney princess pajamas - Cinderella for Rosie, Belle for Lily - and curled up on the couch in the living room watching The Little Mermaid. This was the normal routine for the girls. Dinner, bath, movie, bed. They always seemed to fall asleep before the movie was actually finished and then would be carried to bed for the night. Justin had also gotten Chloe down for bed after her bath and a last bottle for the night. Adrian did the same with Tommy while Scott cleaned up the kitchen from dinner.

Once the girls were asleep Adrian and Scott got them up to bed and then retired to their room themselves. Justin settled onto the couch to watch a little television for himself. The baby monitor sat on the coffee table in front of him in case Chloe woke. It wasn't long before Justin was sound asleep himself on the couch.

He woke hours later to soft whimpering coming through the baby monitor. Groggily he shut off the television, grabbed the monitor and headed upstairs to his room. He tossed the monitor onto his bed and stepped up to the crib to collect Chloe into his arms. He checked her diaper to make sure she didn't need to be changed - she didn't. As soon as he picked her up she had settled back down so he walked a few circuits around the room before settling her back into her crib and crawling into his own bed to get more sleep.

When he woke in the morning the sun was shining through the blinds in his window and he was alone in his room. He could hear giggling from downstairs and he just smiled as he stretched out in his bed. He knew that Adrian and Scott had probably taken Chloe downstairs for breakfast like they did many mornings. He took his time getting out of bed, taking a shower, and heading downstairs himself. As soon as he stepped into the kitchen he was handed a cup of coffee and he inhaled half of it right away.

"Mornin' daddy!" Lily yelled around a bite of her pancakes.

Justin walked passed his daughter and dropped a kiss to her head. "Morning baby." He did the same with Rosie. "Morning Rosie."

"Mor'ing U'cle Jussy!" Rosie smiled at him.

"Why did you let me sleep so long?" Justin looked at Adrian and Scott as he sat down in his seat next to Chloe in her high chair. Chloe was sucking down a bottle.

"You seemed like you needed the sleep." Adrian shrugged. "Alright, I'm off to work. See you soon." Adrian and Scott kissed before Adrian kissed Rosie and Tommy and said goodbye to the rest of them.

"I'm dropping the kiddies off at daycare." Scott looked at Justin. "So you have the day off until they all need to be picked up."

Justin nodded as he cleaned up Chloe's chin. Soon Scott was out the door with all four children and Justin was left alone. With a heavy sigh he cleaned up the kitchen from breakfast before grabbing his phone and heading out to the pool house where all his art supplies were located. When he had first moved in with Adrian and Scott he wasn't even going to take his easel and paints out of storage, leaving them for when he finally found his own place with the girls, maybe a studio.

Adrian and Scott had surprised him a week into living with them when they had showed him everything set up in the pool house for him. Now when he had the time he did what he could do with his art. It was usually when the kids were at daycare or preschool and when he wasn't at work. Today was one of those days.

About two hours into his painting Justin was just taking a break for some water and a quick snack when he cell began to ring. He picked it up and looked at the caller id, not recognizing the number. He was going to just ignore it until he remembered Brian Kinney. He had given the older man his number but had never gotten Brian's in return. With a smile he answered.

"Justin Taylor."

"Mr. Taylor, this is Brian Kinney."

"Mr. Kinney." Justin's smile brightened. "I didn't actually think I would hear from you."

Brian chuckled. "To be honest, I wasn't sure I would call. At least not so soon, but Gus insisted."

"He's really excited about spending time with my daughter." Justin laughed as he pulled a second bottle of water from the fridge, smearing blue paint on the cold plastic.

"It seems he is." Brian answered. "So on that note, Gus and I were wondering if you had any plans tomorrow, if we could meet up at the park so they could play?"

Justin sat down on one of the bar stools as he twisted the cap on the water with one hand. "I think that could be arranged. I work the morning shift and get off around two, so say three thirty?"

"That works. See you then."

"Alright. Later."

"Later."

Justin closed his phone with a huge smile. He was probably looking forward to this meeting for the kids more the Lily would be when he told her who they were meeting. He downed half his water before returning to his painting. He wanted to get this finished for his friend Amy as soon as possible. Amy worked at one of the smaller galleries in New York and had gotten Justin into one of the shows they did monthly for newer artists. He needed five paintings done by the end of the month - and he only had two of them.