A few days had passed, and as promised, Gus did get to see his little sister JR. If it wasn't in person, he at least had the chance to see her on video chat, and it really made him feel so much better.

Michael, Ben, and JR turned up early that evening as Brian and Justin were going to go have a talk with the girls. Thankfully, Gus was excited to hang out with his uncles and JR.

Brian bent down to give his son a hug goodbye as he asked him, "You'll look after your uncles and sister for us, won't you?"

Giggling, Gus nodded. "I will, Daddy; they are always good for me."

Grinning at his son, he responded with a smile, "That's very good to know."

Biting his lip, Gus then looked his dad in the eye. "Will you be okay talking to my mommies?"

Hugging his son, Brian closed his eyes as he reassured him, "I'll be fine, Sonnyboy, don't worry."

Justin then came over, hugging Gus as he promised him, "I'll look after him, Gus. It's going to be okay."

Hugging Justin back, Gus smiled. "I know you will, Daddy Justin."

The drive to the restaurant where they were meeting the girls was long, both thinking about how the conversation might go.

Mel and Lindsay must have changed their clothes about ten times before leaving the house. Somehow they thought that this would be a make-or-break conversation. They were thankful that it was happening in public, as things were less likely to blow up that way.

The restaurant was beautiful, with very private booths where you could sit and talk without fear of anyone eavesdropping. Having been seated a few minutes earlier, the two women nodded as they noticed Brian and Justin approaching them, giving both men a greeting before they joined them in the seat opposite to where they were sitting.

The silence stretched on around the table, none of them speaking other than to give the waiters their order as they silently took sips of their ice water.

Rolling her eyes, Mel finally stated, "One of us has to start saying something, so first off thank you for coming. Is Gus okay?"

Justin took another sip of his water; sensing Brian wasn't ready to talk, he replied, "He's doing great. He isn't worrying so much now, knowing that you are trying to get help."

Lindsay looked at Mel before replying, "That's great to hear; we were really worried about him."

Brian finally spoke up, flatly stating, "Let's cut the bullshit! Why were you fighting? And don't lie or leave anything out, or I swear you will regret it."

Sighing deeply, Mel took the lead as she reached to grasp her wife's hand, explaining, "It's a number of things, really, starting with some uncertainty with both our jobs being either eliminated altogether, or our hours being cut back. We had trouble finding a nursery for JR, too. But the biggest issue was that we both wanted to have more children at the same time, but we were turned down by every place we went. Then Gus started asking to see you more and more, and all this tension built and built until it just spilt over."

Silence once again reigned over the table until Brian spoke again, his lips pressed tightly together as he tried to control his anger before continuing. "First of all, Gus can see me anytime he wants for however long he wants, so don't you ever stop him from doing that. Second, your jobs are fine now; otherwise, you'd be freaking out even more. Third, you tell me you want more children; why?"

Lindsay took over the conversation then as she told him, "Yes, our jobs are fine now, and Gus is welcome to come and see you anytime. As for wanting more children, we do; we want to add to our family. We were going to ask the two of you to be the fathers, but we didn't know how you would feel about that?"

Justin raised an eyebrow in surprise. "You wanted us to father your children?"

Mel nodded, "We did, we still do; but it's a hard topic to bring up."

Sharing a look with Brian, the two men seemed to have a conversation without words right there in front of them before Justin seemed to give his partner a slight nod.

Brian turned his attention back to the two women to advise them, "We'll do it; but ONLY on the condition that you both get counseling first and get the help you need. We want to keep our parental rights, the same as we have with Gus. It's only fair. We want to be fathers to these kids in every sense of the word."

Mel and Lindsay did the same thing; they conducted a silent conversation before Mel answered, "Agreed; We...We weren't sure how you would react, but we don't know how to thank you both."

Leaning forward, Brian warned them sternly, "Just don't fuck this up, and get both of your acts together for the sake of our children. That's the best way you can thank us."

Crying now, Lindsay nodded. "We will, Brian; we promise."

Stunned, Justin sat in the passenger seat as they drove home after seeing the girls safely to their car. He turned his head to look over at Brian to comment, "Brian, who would have thought that it was going to go like this? We just agreed to father their children."

Reaching over, Brian took one of Justin's hands in his. "Our children. Remember, we are getting equal rights. We can work out shared custody later. But before all this happens, they need to get help."

Gus leapt into their arms as soon as they came through the door, asking, "How'd it go, Daddy?"

Hugging his son, he smiled as he told him, "It went very well, your mommies agreed to get help, so everything is going to be okay."

Cheering, Gus kissed his dad's cheek. "Thank you, Daddy. I love you. You, too, Daddy Justin."

Both men teared up as Brian told him, "We love you, too, Sonnyboy."