Chapter 10: Up sooner than I thought! Go me!
Brian watched the plane land from the airport bar. He put a few bills down on the table and walked towards the gate. He waited anxiously for the passengers to come through the doors and to see his son. He double checked his phone to make sure he had the right flight time. Before he could put his phone in his pocket, he heard a voice cry out.
"Daddy!" Gus yelled excitedly. Brian crouched down and picked up the small boy that ran towards him.
"Hey sonny boy," Brian greeted. He held Gus in his arms and stood up. Lindsay and Melanie walked up behind them with JR.
"Oh Brian, it's so great to see you?" Lindsay exclaimed. She dropped her bag and gave Brian a hug, Gus in the middle.
"You too," Brian said. He looked over at Melanie who appeared to be unimpressed. "Don't look so happy to see me, Mel."
Melanie smiled slightly. "You try taking a three hour flight with a crying baby." She held JR in her arms.
"Oh, stop it. Can we not argue already?" Lindsay gave Melanie a quick kiss on the cheek.
"But that's what we do best," Brian said. "So Gus, you ready to spend time with daddy?"
"Yes. Daddy and Justin." Brian smiled. And I was worried that he would remember him.
"That's right," Brian said, patting Gus on the back before letting him down. "We better get going to Debbie's, you know how Michael gets. "
"Where are they?" Michael asked impatiently.
"I'm sure they're on their way," Ben said calmly.
Michael and Ben joined Carl in the living room. Debbie of course was in the kitchen, preparing a glamorous meal enough to feed a whole village.
"I can't wait to see JR." Michael was pacing back and forth.
"Would you sit down? Christ, you're almost as bad as me!" Deb ordered with a small giggle.
"Brian said they were going to stop at the loft first to pick up Justin." Ben reassured. "They should be here soon."
As if on cue, the door opened. "Hello!" Lindsay smiled brightly as she entered the house, soon followed by Melanie and JR, Gus, Brian and Justin.
"Linz! Mel! Oh my god how are you?" Michael rushed to the door to greet them. "Holy shit! Look at JR!" Michael took JR from Melanie. "Hey sweetie," JR opened and closed her eyes, sleepily.
"She was awake for most of the plane ride so don't be offended if she falls asleep on you," Melanie said, giving Michael a kiss.
"She's gotten so big!" Michael held JR close to him. While everyone said their hello's, Michael just watched JR.
"Is that my granddaughter I see?" Debbie rushed to the doorway and joined the commotion.
"Easy Ma," Michael snapped as Debbie snatched her from Michael.
"Don't you tell me how to handle my granddaughter," Deb snapped back before smiling.
"God she is fucking gorgeous. She's got the Novotny nose."
Everyone laughed at Deb's excitement.
"I don't know about anyone else but I'm fucking starving," Brian said making his way to the kitchen.
"I guess that mean's it's time to eat," Justin laughed. "You hungry Gus?"
Gus jumped up. "Uh huh."
Justin grabbed Gus's hand and led him to the kitchen. The rest of the group followed.
"Debbie, you have certainly outdone yourself," Lindsay noted.
"Only the best for my girls," Deb replied.
It was almost nine o'clock when the household finished dinner. Normally it wouldn't have taken so long but there was so much catching up to do that time seemed to fly by.
"Wow Deb, that was delicious," Melanie complimented. "I'm stuffed!"
"Excellent as always," Carl said, giving Deb a kiss.
Gus sat in Brian's lap and yawned, nestling into Brian's chest.
"Aw, looks like it's someones bedtime." Melanie said. "We better get going."
"Where are you staying?" Deb asked.
"Michael and Ben have graciously opened their home up to us for the weekend." Lindsay said, putting an arm around Michael, whom she was sitting next to.
"Well I mainly did it for our daughter," Michael joked. He was rocking JR in his arms. "But I guess you can stay too."
"Mel, can you grab Gus's jacket?" Lindsay asked, standing up.
Brian looked down at Gus and smiled. "Hey Linz, if it's okay with you and Mel, can Gus stay at the loft with me and Justin?"
Melanie and Lindsay shared a sympathetic smile and Melanie nodded in approval.
"That sounds like a wonderful idea," Lindsay answered.
"You want to spend the night with Daddy and Justin?" Brian asked Gus.
Gus nodded happily.
"Well I guess it's settled then," Melanie said. "Just promise to not do anything that will scar Gus for life."
"I'll make sure he behaves," Justin promised, giving Brian an open mouth kiss.
"Brian," Lindsay laughed. "Not in front of the children."
"What? It's not like he hasn't seen you two kiss before." Brian kissed Justin again.
"Just save it for the bedroom," Michael said, rolling his eyes.
"Oh, I plan to," Brian said.
"Alright, it's getting late," Ben interrupted. "Deb, thank you for dinner."
With that, the group got ready to leave. Many good-bye's later, Brian, Justin and Gus finally started on their way home.
By the time they got back to the loft, Gus was sound asleep. Brian carried him up the stairs, while Justin grabbed his bags. Once inside, Brian walked straight over to the bedroom and lay Gus down. "I was hoping he could sleep with us," Brian said, taking off Gus's sneakers and throwing them on the floor. He then fished out a pair of pajamas's from Gus's bag and began to undress him.
Justin melted. He loved the fatherly side of Brian. "Absolutely," Justin replied.
Gus was now clad in a flannel shirt and pants set. How butch, Brian thought, as he tucked Gus in under the covers.
"Ready for bed?" Justin asked, emerging from the bathroom in only a towel.
"Lucky for Gus, we're actually going to be sleeping." Brian started to strip out of his gray button down.
"It's just one night," Justin smirked. He pulled on a pair of boxer briefs and found a thin white tee-shirt to put on. He climbed into bed, next to Gus and propped his head up with his arm.
"I was thinking the whole weekend," Brian said, taking off his pants and sliding into bed on the other side.
"You really love him don't you," Justin said, extending his left arm over Gus. He stroked the side of Brian's face.
"Yeah, I do," Brian admitted softly. Justin leaned over Gus and gave Brian a quick kiss. Brian put his arm around Justin, pulling him and Gus closer. He felt Gus move, hoping that he wouldn't wake up. Brian smiled when Gus snuggled closer to him.
"Night sonny boy," he whispered before drifting off to sleep.
Hope you liked it! I for one thought that was adorable! :) Please review! Next chapter will hopefully be up as quickly as this one was!