A/N: For the Brazilian girls who hated this story so much, they tweeted the story link. Warning: Swearing, Adult language, Adult themes. Thanks for the reviews.

"Just relax Mark...I'll do your training as well today" Miller said. He needed to get his anger out. His friend Mark was facing Kendall Grove tonight, he knew Mark had to relax. Miller was gonna help him do that, but he couldn't do the same himself. He put on boxing gloves pounding the air, then the bag as hard as he could. Nick had a lot to answer for, because of his big mouth Carlos hadn't called him in two weeks. Miller had decided to leave him alone for a while, but now he really wanted answer: Were they off? Or were they on?

With nervous fingers he invited Carlos to see Mark's match against Kendall he got no reply but at least he was the one to make the first move. Half an hour later Mark was passing out bottle water when his phone vibrated. "Cool...Carlos will be at my fight" He said waving his phone in Miller's face. Miller nodded, with a huge fake grin. "Weird...he didn't text you" Mark said. "Yeah...but enough about him, how are you feeling?" Miller asked. "Ready to kick Kendall's ass?" Mark said. Jason nodded and put his hand out. Mark put his hand on top of Miller's. "Team Mark on one, two, three...

"Team Mark!" They both shouted as they high-fived each other and went off to get changed.

"Mmmmm...ohhhh...shit" Nate groaned as turned and hit his head on the head-board. "You OK?" Nick asked. "Head hurts" His little brother replied. "You want anything to eat or drink?" Nick asked. Nate shook his head. Nick suggested that his little brother take the day off from training and Nate agreed. The bad thing was that Nate couldn't train because of him, but the good thing about Nate being gone was that Nick could call Miller without having Nate as a distraction. Nick couldn't fight yet he was still banned by the state commission, but he knew he was going to be champion someday. He just had to be patient.

He called Miller feeling guilty, but not know what to say. "Alright?" He asked.

"You told Carlos...about the bite" Miller said. "Why?"

"Carlos fucking stalked me at the gas station and was bringing up stupid shit" Nick told him. "You doing anything tonight?" Nick asked.

"Mark's got the Kendall Grove fight tonight"

"Where?"

"Don't even think about it Nick, I'm telling you nothing...you're not going" Miller said ending the call. He practised boxing with Jake Shields before running back home. He was suspicious when the door was open. He pushed it wider looking around. "Nate?" Nick called out. He could hear the TV and went inside to switch it off only to see Nate sitting on the sofa watching it. "The door was open" Nick said. "Cath was here earlier" Nate said putting a bottle up to his lips. Before Nate could take a sip Nick grabbed the bottle. "Beer?" Nick asked. "On a weekday...you shouldn't" Nick said shaking his head.

"Yeah I can" Nate said. "Nate, don't be like that" Nick said. "Or what, are you gonna put me in a head lock and choke me out?" His little brother asked. "Oh, yeah, you did that" Nick closed the front door and sat down on the sofa. "That's was an accident" Nick told his brother. "Look I'll show you the jeans" Nick said as he got up and went to his room. He took out the jeans and tore them at the bottom with a small pair of scissors. He took back downstairs and put them gently on his brother's lap.

"There" Nick said going to fill up his water bottle. Nate picked them up turning them around. "Why didn't you show me these in the first place?" He asked. Nick shrugged. "Didn't wanna make a big deal out of it" Nick sat on the chair and his little brother sat on the sofa. In awkward silence they watched sports until Nick's phone rang again. It was Louise, she invited him over for a meal and a movie. Nick promised himself that he'd only eat fruit and vegetables over there, he'd didn't want Louise tempting him with pastries and biscuits and the high sugar foods that would slow him down in the morning.

He gave Nate money for a pizza and said he had surprise for him later. He got over to Louise's place and she'd cooked him a Jacket Potato with Cheese and Butter Vegetables, Coleslaw and Cherries. She was getting better. "This looks great" Nick said as put a celery stick into his mouth and crunching down on it. "This is the last time I make you watch The Notebook I promise" Louise said putting the DVD in. "You always say that" Nick said trying not to look pissed off. "Anyway there's something I've gotta ask you" Louise said. Nick hoped the question wasn't serious, like if he was cheating, or if he'd give up fighting.

"We've been getting on...haven't we?" Louise asked.

Was Louise dumping him? Nick nodded putting his fork into the Coleslaw. "It's been going round and round in my head and I should be more like you Nick. I should just come out with how I really feel...lay it out on the table. I've been in situations like this before and I don't wanna beat around the bush. I should say it so you know how I really feel. All these thoughts about me and you are streaming out of my head you know, like when you're trying to make coffee and you take the lever out and the coffee's all over the floor and you're standing there thinking "gee...I just wasted hot coffee, I guess I'm not having breakfast" Louise said.

Nick stared at his girlfriend in total confusion.

"Umm...what did you wanna ask?" Nick asked.

"Oh I didn't ask? Here goes...do you...wanna...want to...how would you like to move it with me?" Louise asked.

"Wow...you look pretty tonight" Nick said unable to think of anything else to say.

"I'm always pretty, thanks...do you want to think about it?" Louise asked.

"Ummm...no...no" Nick repeated, with Louise thinking she was being turned down.

"Well...maybe you'll change you mind after you've tried my jacket potato"

"No I mean...yeah...let's move in together" Nick said nodding his head telling himself into would be a good idea. Louise hugged him until his hands were turning blue and wanted to celebrate in her room, but Nick said he still wanted to finish her meal to be polite. Instead of staying the night like last time, he got back to his apartment and got on his computer. Nick had an arena to get to. "You wanna come?" He asked his brother. "Yeah, why not?" Since they were both fighters, they didn't have to pay to get in.

They saw Hughes VS Gracie, Penn VS Edgar and Mark's match was the main event. Nick wanted Mark to know that he was here with Nate. He knew that anywhere Mark went Miller would be near, especially for this fight. Mark came out Wanderlei Silva on one side, Miller on the other. Nick was too busy trying to see Miller that he didn't notice Nate talking to someone. As soon as Mark was getting hugged by his team Nick saw Carlos by his little brother's side but didn't say a word.

Mark was controlling Kendall with his wrestling, beating him in stand-up and was very aggressive in the first round. "Come on Mark...let's go" Nick said loud enough so that Miller could hear him. Miller turned around, but turned quickly to Mark at break-time to give him advice. Mark had more power and strength than Kendall. Kendall had a superhuman reach, but Mark could put a stop to a submission or clench by using his fists. Mark put Miller's advice into action stunning the tall Kendall grove with a right hook and defeating him by TKO in the second round.

"Hell yeah" Miller yelled pumping his fist up in the air. That night was going to be a celebration of cheering and drinking, until Nick and Nate walked into Mark's locker room like they owned it while Mark and his team were celebrating. The room went quiet and everyone looked at Mark. "Hi Nate, what do you want?" Mark asked looking at Nick. "We just wanted to say congrats" Nick said. "We're sorry about your gym" Nate said. Mark nodded and shook Nate's hand. They both left and Mark and Miller and Mark's team went back to celebrating.

They all decided to have one round of drinks because Mark didn't want to go back to his wife smelling of booze. To Miller's relief Carlos came out of nowhere, saying that he was paying for all of the drinks. Carlos sat down next to Mark while Wanderlei started telling the guys how Mark came out with the victory. Carlos got the teams orders and Miller followed him to the counter. "Kinda been waiting for you to call...like a dork" Miller said. "Having fun with that chick that bit you?" Carlos asked. "Haven't seen her since" Miller said. Which was kind of true. He hadn't seen Nick since the bite and the party.

Carlos ordered and stared at Miller accusingly. "She was snuggling into me, I didn't think she was gonna..." Miller stopped as the bartender gave them the tray of drinks. Miller helped Carlos carry them over to the table. After singing congratulations to Mark and tipping drinks over his head Miller was going to drive Mark home and they all had a cheery group hug before Mark and Miller ran out to the car before they could be tempted for more drinks. "Room for one more?" Carlos asked. Miller nodded and Carlos got in the passenger seat.

The night was still young and they ended up taking a de-tour to Miller's house. Miller threw a packet of crisps to Mark, but he politely declined. "Jase, it is OK if I use your shower?" Mark asked. "Why Mark? Why wash away the stench of victory that makes Carlos need a gas mask?...sure buddy" Miller said as Mark walked up stairs leaving Carlos and Miller alone. With Mark upstairs Miller had around half an hour to convince Carlos that he wanted this to work. He went into the kitchen and got out three packets of crisps and made some squash.

"I was an asshole" Miller said, putting the tray of crisps and drinks down. "Are you going to call that girl?" Carlos asked. "No...Carlos, I thought it was gonna be an innocent hug, I didn't think she was gonna go all Twilight on me, no, Twilight's shit...Buffy on me" Miller corrected. "I deserve to get blanked but, I never meant to hurt you...really I didn't" Miller said. Carlos took a sip of Strawberry squash as he nodded and Miller could sense him being drawn in. "I'll make you a deal" Carlos said. "Anything, but strip poker, unless you wanna go solo" "Jase...Nick twisted my mind, made me paranoid. Things can go back to how they were, but let's never talk about Nick again" "Sure Miller said as he leaned in to seal the deal with an unplanned kiss.

"Agree?" Carlos asked pushing him back.

"A million percent" Miller said as Carlos shyly looked at him and Miller realised it was now or never. A second after their lips touched Miller could hear the sound of Mark asking him a question.

"Jase do you want me to...?" Miller leaned away against Carlos and stood up, but Mark was already out the door.

"Mark...shit...Mark, this isn't what it looks like..."

"Jase do I look stupid to you?" Mark asked as he carried his dirty laundry in a heap.

"Mark dump your clothes here" Carlos said creeping out behind Miller.

"It's makes sense, you're both good at waving around dirty laundry" Mark said putting the clothes on the floor.

"Dude don't be like this, I mean we couldn't tell you...everyone would find out" Miller said.

"Mark everything can go back to normal" Carlos said. "You didn't see this, you take a fight break and we'll see you in a couple of days"

"It's all my fault Mark, I should have taken you home ASAP, me and Carlos had to..." Miller began.

"Shut up Okay...both of you. I don't wanna hear it...save it for the next idiot" Mark said turning to walk down the street.

"Shit" Miller whispered watching his friend sit at the bus stop.

"Don't worry about him" Carlos said reassuringly rubbing his back.

"Mark's one of my best friends, how can I not worry about him?" Miller asked.

"There are ways we can keep Mark on our side" Carlos said running his fingers down Miller's back. Everyone's got secrets and all fighters aren't perfect including Mark...Trust me" Carlos said taking Miller by the elbow and turning him back inside Miller's apartment.