"What are you doing here?" Todd asked as he came out the bathroom, wearing only his pants and still brushing his teeth.

"Matt called me." Jay looked Todd over carefully. "How are you?"

Todd shrugged carelessly. "Besides the fact that I have the taste of cock in my mouth and I'm sore, I'm fine. How are you?"

Jay checked the gun in it's holster and grabbed his jacket from the couch.

"Where are you going?" Todd asked.

"Nowhere." Jay said casually. "Just have some business to take care of. I'll be right back."

"Don't move." Todd said firmly. "Do you know what you're doing?"

"I've been doing this for awhile, I think I would know what I'm doing." Jay replied.

"And what if you get caught? Let me do it."

"Nice try." Jay grinned. "But you're not going anywhere." He said before exiting.

Todd rolled his eyes and went back to the bathroom muttering something about trigger-happy mobsters. He came back moments later to sit beside Matt.

"Why'd you call him?" Todd asked.

"You know how much trouble it would cause if I called the police. They're all crooked these days. I had to do something."

Todd sighed. "At least Jay's getting the guy that kidnapped you."

"And you? You shouldn't have had to do that." Matt muttered. He hugged his knees to his chest. "It's not fair for you to have to suffer shit like this."

They sat in silence for a moment, neither knowing what to say. Todd reached for Matt's hand and held onto it like a lifeline. After a moment Todd let his carefree mask drop and, laying his head on Matt's lap, cried harder than Matt had ever seen, his thin frame racked with sobs. Matt felt a surge of anger at what his friend went through.

"It's over now." He consoled his friend. "It won't happen again. I promise."

Todd cried for a few more minutes before he sat up and wiped his eyes with the back of his hand. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to break down. I know how you can get." He gave a shaky laugh.

Matt wiped a tear from his eye. "You don't have to apologize."

Jay barged in with a satisfied expression. "Sorry I took so long." He went to the kitchen to wash his hands thoroughly. "Everything's taken care of."

"What did you do?" Matt asked.

"You'll find out soon." He folded his arms across his chest and looked thoughtful. "I might just enroll in an anger management class after this though…never mind, no I won't." He shrugged.

They turned around when Mello came out the bedroom and cleared his throat to get their attention.

"Todd, can I talk to you alone for a minute? Please." He asked quietly.

"Um, sure." Todd followed Mello to the bedroom, confusion written all over his face.

Matt waited anxiously as Jay paced the length of the apartment, making a few phone calls.

"Would you calm down?" He laughed as Matt began tapping his foot. "There's nothing to worry about. Trust me."

Matt sniffed. "I'm not worried about what you did. I trust you took care of everything. I'm thinking about Mello. What should I do?"

Jay shrugged. "I don't know. Do whatever you think is right."

"Matt." Todd interrupted and leaned over the back of the couch, whispering so only Matt could hear. "Go talk to Mello."

Matt frowned. "I don't know if I can right now."

"Go." Todd said firmly. "And listen to what he has to say."

"Fine." Matt rose reluctantly and went to talk to Mello.

"Are you sober yet?" Matt asked.

"Yeah, with the hangover to match." He shifted nervously. "Can we talk?"

Matt sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "I don't know if I really want to listen to anything you have to say."

"I know and I know you don't trust me after what I did and you probably hate me after what happened with Todd." Mello bowed his head in shame. "I can't take back what I did and I apologize for what happened. If I had known I would have stopped him, I swear."

"I trust you. I believe you are sorry for what happened, I just don't know if I can forgive you for it. I can get past what happened with Gevanni because I realize that I had neglected you. I didn't think about you."

"That's no excuse for what I did to you."

"No… but I'm trying to say that it's not all your fault so shut up and listen." Matt said calmly. "But what happened with Todd went too far. You not only hurt me, you hurt him."

"And I'm sorry for it. If there was anything I could do to change it I would."

Matt held his head in his hands. "Mello, I don't know what to do." He groaned.

Mello wrapped his arms around him. "I don't know what else to say. I love you more than anything in the world, you know that."

"What if someone else comes along?" Matt muttered. "What then?"

"I want you! I'm don't want anyone else."

Matt embraced him. "OK, we can try again."

Mello held him tight. "Thank you." He breathed. "Will you move back in with me?" He asked pleadingly.

"What about Todd? I can't leave him alone."

"Of course not. I can get him on apartment next to ours."

Matt kissed Mello's cheek. "Thanks. Let's go tell him. I'm sure Jay will be excited to."

They walked out the bedroom together and saw Jay and Todd huddled together by the window.

"What's going on?" Matt asked.

Todd held his hand up to his mouth and imitated a police radio complete with static sounds. "That's right we have a Caucasian male, late thirties. Cause of death: suicide." He smiled.

"What happened?" Mello asked as they rushed to the window.

"I took out the trash." Jay replied. They looked out the window just as they were bringing the body out.

Matt smiled grimly. "Thanks for that."

Todd turned to him and Mello. "So you two kiss and make up yet?"

"Shut up." Matt whispered, blushing slightly.

Mello pulled Todd toward the bedroom. "Yep, now pack your stuff. You're moving."

"Moving?" Todd made a horrified face. "Where?"

"Would you mind having your own apartment?" Matt asked. "It would be right next to mine."

"My own apartment?" Todd face lit up.

"Yeah." Mello said. "Along with keys to ours so you can come over whenever you want."

Matt grinned as Todd did a dance. Things seemed to be getting better.