Disclaimer: Same as previous chapters

Warning: Some M/M kissing and petting.

Chapter 3

Xander sighed; he couldn't believe that he had basically asked Justin out, 'What the hell was I thinking? I probably was just being neighbourly yeah, I think that was it.'

Willow watched Xander's confusion with some amusement, Xander was probably stressed about the group's reaction to Justin, she thought that it didn't seem fair to judge someone by who their parent worked for and she would do her best to help Xander out.

Xander's uneasiness grew as the weekend approached, he wasn't sure what he would do to show Justin around and he really didn't want to introduce Justin to the nightlife just yet. 'Let's keep the vamps away from my new friend,' he thought bitterly.

Justin was considerably calmer, he really wanted to make a good impression on Xander and, hopefully, his friends who he got the impression that they didn't like him and were spying on him and on more than one occasion he swore that he was being followed by the blonde girl or her creepy dark haired boyfriend, he thought, 'Just how old was he anyways?"

On Saturday morning Justin was sitting down to breakfast when he heard a knock on the door, he opened up and saw Xander standing there, smiling sheepishly. Justin said, "Come on in Xander."

"Oh, okay Justin," Xander stammered out, he was getting nervous and he wanted to make sure they avoided anything to do with Slayers, Vampires and Watchers. This was HIS chance to make some friends outside of the group.

Justin pulled Xander in and sat him down so he could join them for breakfast. Xander looked at the food eagerly; his stomach growling as he hadn't eaten today, which was fairly normal and Jennifer sat looking at him and said, "So, where are you taking my son today?"

"Not sure where he would want to go, actually there's like one club and he's already been there," Xander said with a grin.

As they walked around Xander pointed out places that he thought that Justin might like, he also made a point to avoid Buffy because she was still suspicious of Justin's family and all because his mom worked for the Mayor's office. He had done a bit investigating of his own and found out that she was just a secretary and in fact, he was getting worried about her, who knows why the Mayor wanted her there.

Justin told Xander about Pittsburgh, Brian Kinney and about the other guys he met, Xander thought to himself, 'They sounded like nice guys,' and Justin told him about his dad kicking him out.

"My dad, if he even thought I was gay, well,' Xander said, "He'd probably kill me."

Willow walked by and saw them talking in one of the coffee houses, so she came in and tapped Xander on the shoulder and said, "Hi Xander."

Xander nearly jumped out of his skin and sighed with relief when he saw it was Willow and said, "Oh, hi Wills."

She sat down and smiled at Justin and said, "So, how's Xander's tour going?"

"Oh," Justin said, "Xander's a wonderful tour guide; he's been showing me everything he can think of."

Xander looked at Willow and asked, "So Wills, where's Buffy today?"

"She's down in LA with her mom, shopping," Willow said, "Somehow she found out there was a huge sale going on down there."

"So, it's a good idea to expect her to be gone for awhile then?" Xander said hopefully.

"Oh yes," Willow said and laughed, she had found out about the sale a while ago and decided to help Xander befriend Justin by making sure Buffy found out about it so she would be gone for awhile.

"Oh," Justin said quietly, "Is there a reason why Buffy doesn't like me? I mean I've caught her following me a couple of times and if it isn't her it's that Angel guy."

Xander gave Willow a look, he hadn't any idea that Buffy was that suspicious of Justin and she had Deadboy following him too now that was the last straw. His face darkened a bit.

Willow looked worried and said, "Uhh, I didn't even know about that," and truthfully she didn't, they were doing that. She had been told by Buffy that all they were doing was monitoring what the Mayor had been doing, not following Justin around but she supposed it could all be a coincidence.

Justin quickly spoke up and said, "It could've been my imagination too, you know?" He really didn't want to come between friends and as he looked at the angry look on Xander's face and he smiled brightly and tapped Xander's shoulder to get him to calm down.

Xander sighed as he looked into Justin's eyes and realized that he might've scared Justin and he smiled back at him and said, "Sorry for getting mad, you're right Justin, it might not be her."

Willow mouthed a, 'Thank you,' to Justin and patted Xander on his shoulder and said, "I gotta get home."

Xander waved goodbye to her and turned his attention to Justin and they began to chat animatedly about things they might have in common and as they decided to walk home Justin said, "Xander, do you want to have dinner with us again?"

"I never turn down free food," Xander said laughing as they continued walking.

Justin smiled, Sunnydale didn't seem so bad anymore and he loved hanging out with Xander. He wondered if he could somehow make friends with that Buffy girl, then he wouldn't be responsible for breaking up friends.

As they got to Justin's house Justin called, "Mom, I'm home," and noticed a note saying, 'Justin; Molly and I are going to be in LA for the evening, there's a pizza in the fridge.'

Xander said, "Cool, house party while she's gone."

Justin shook his head and smiled as he entered the kitchen and put the pizza in the microwave and yelled, "Xander, there should be some DVDs if you want to watch a movie."

Xander looked in the cabinet and saw a bunch of movies, he finally picked a movie that looked good and saw Justin come out of the kitchen holding a plate with the pizza in it and he sat down next to Justin.

As they sat in companionable silence watching the movie as Xander stretched out and he accidentally touched Justin's shoulder, he panicked and pulled his hand back and Justin said, "Don't worry about touching me."

"It's not that," Xander said in a quiet voice, "I like you a lot and I hate freaking out about things like this. I mean, I was nervous as hell when about meeting you this weekend."

Justin shook his head and said, "Xander, it was two friends having a nice time out."

Xander smiled softly and said, "Thanks," and patted Justin on the shoulder, he looked into Justin's eyes, blue eyes met his dark brown and a spark passed between them and moved them closer together, as their heads moved closer together he gulped and kissed Justin.

Justin sighed as Xander's lips pressed against his, he parted his lips and allowed Xander's tongue access into his mouth and he thought, 'Who taught Xander how to kiss?' As Xander pulled him closer and his hand slid underneath Justin's shirt and felt his bare chest, as his hand moved up he felt Justin's nipple ring then he pulled away.

"Xander, are you alright?" Justin asked after Xander pulled away.

"Oh god!" Xander groaned, "You are the best damned kisser I've ever met."

"Don't worry Xander," Justin said, "I won't say anything to your friends about this."

"No, it's not that," Xander said, "And trust me; I'm freaking out over the fact that I kissed you and the fact that I want to do it again and you are the best damned kisser I've met."

Xander continued to babble for a couple of minutes until Justin kissed him in an effort to stop the babbling, as Xander's babble quickly gave way to Xander's sigh of satisfaction Xander's hand moved towards Justin's hair. He had wanted to run his hands through Justin's hair but he pulled away and managed to cough out, "Slow, let's take it slow."

Justin nodded; he didn't want to ruin it. He could wait for Xander but he felt like his kisses could make up for it, he liked the kisses, Xander knew how to kiss. He whispered, "Xander it's late, do you want to stay over?"

"Yeah I, uhh, guess I could," he whispered, "But I should stay on the couch, okay?"

"Sure," Justin said, knowing that Xander would be nervous around him. He touched Xander's arm and got up to get some blankets and pillows for him and sat next to him.

Xander looked at Justin's body and his face turned red, 'Justin is really good looking and he had a face that, if he wanted too, he could have any girl he wanted and he was here with me.'

Justin decided to risk it and snuggled close to Xander, who looked surprised but he put his arm around him and whispered, "This feels kind of nice."

"Mmmhmm," Justin mumbled sleepily as he fell asleep on Xander's shoulder.

"Oh god," Xander moaned as he felt Justin breath, he felt content and he quickly fell asleep.

Jennifer sighed as she drove back into Sunnydale, she hated leaving Justin alone but she didn't want to have Molly to go to the schools in Sunnydale so she had looked at some of the private schools in LA and she just wished she could help Justin like that but he was almost done school and she was sure he could find an art school in LA.

As she drove in she saw the light from the TV, she sighed, she hadn't wanted Justin to stay up this late and as she walked in she saw her son cuddled up to Xander. She gasped; she hadn't expected him to date so soon so she snuck in and saw Justin cuddled up close to Xander.

Xander looked up and panicked for a moment when Jennifer shook her head gently and smiled, "It's alright, just let him sleep."

He nodded, yawned and fell asleep and Jennifer put the blanket over them thanking god that Justin had found such a good friend and as she looked she thought, "Possibly more."

Justin woke up the next morning and saw that he was cuddled next to Xander, he blushed as he tried to get up when he heard Xander mumble, "No move, sleep, still," and pulled Justin closer to him.

"Oh, alright," Justin grinned as he cuddled next to Xander, he put his hand on Xander's hair and nearly giggled; it was as soft as he thought it would be and went back to sleep.

Xander woke up a couple of hours later and nearly freaked when he remembered what had happened. He sighed; he wouldn't mind exploring whatever this was with Justin as he felt content with Justin in his arms like this.

As Justin's eyes fluttered opened he saw Xander staring down at him and said, "Oh, you stayed?"

"Now why would I stay away from the most comfy person ever, you're just like a big teddy bear," Xander said happily."

"I'd thought you would still be a bit freaked out," Justin said quietly.

"Nope, but I demand the right to freak out and panic," Xander said, "Because I want to keep seeing you in a romantic way, if you want that of course."

Justin blushed and said, "Sure Xander, lets see where this could take us, okay?"

Xander grinned and, as Justin gave him a slight kiss, said, "Yeah, I want that."

TBC

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