Chapter 35- sorry it's taken so long to update! Enjoy!
"Justin!" Daphne boomed, giving him a huge hug. "It's so great to see you! How was the honeymoon?"
"Absolutely amazing! Daph you would have loved it over there! So beautiful."
About a week after Brian and Justin's return to Pittsburgh, Justin invited Daphne over to discuss potential baby plans.
"You're so lucky. I need a vacation so badly. School is kicking my ass."
"Shit, almost forgot you were in school." Justin bit his lip. Maybe this is a bad idea, he thought.
"Yeah. Only one more semester and then I'm done."
"That's great! Any idea what you are going to do after?"
Daphne thought about it for a moment and opened her mouth to say something but stopped herself.
"What?" Justin laughed.
"Nothing." Daphne blushed. "It's silly."
"Oh come on. Just tell me."
"Okay, okay fine. At the wedding, Brian and I were talking and I was telling him that you wanted a-"
"A baby?" Justin cut in.
"Wait how did you know?"
"Brian told me. And that's actually why I asked to see you today." Daphne had a suspicious smile on her face.
"What's going on?" Daphne asked, taking a seat on the couch, Justin following her.
"Brian and I want to have a baby."
"Oh my god!"
"I'm going to be the father, and we wanted to know if you would be the mother." Daphne squealed and quickly covered her mouth. "Which, I'm assuming is okay with you?"
"Oh Justin! I am so happy for you! And yes! I would love to be the mother!"
Justin sighed with relief. "Thank you so much Daph! It means the world to us." Daphne's smile faded and she looked confused. "What's wrong?"
"How exactly does it work? I mean I know how but are we going to have to," Daphne trailed off.
"Fuck?" Justin asked, sending them both into a fit of laughter. "It's actually pretty disgusting," Justin admitted, reminding himself of the conversation he had with Brian in the shower the day after Gus was born. "But um, just need to get my, you know, and squirt it into your, you know."
Daphne laughed at the explanation. "Sounds easy enough. But you know, you're going to have to be a little more adult about the whole situation if it's going to work."
"I know, it's just weird, sorry. I mean the easy way would be to fuck but we already did that."
"Oh my god! I can't believe you remember that! Holy shit! That is, wow. Just, ahh, I can't believe that happened. Thank god Brian doesn't know. Can you imagine his face if he found out?"
"Funny thing. He already knows."
Daphne's mouth dropped. "What?"
"I told him when we were talking about you possibly being the mother."
"What did he say?"
"He said he was going to throw up," Justin said with a laugh.
"Doesn't surprise me. And he wasn't mad"
"No. Although he thought it was revolting, he seemed to be okay with it."
"Weird. Okay but back to the baby. Have you told anyone yet?"
"Nope, so far you're it."
"This is so exciting."
Justin just smiled at the beaming Daphne. "You're not the least bit nervous?"
"Well I mean, kinda. I mean this is a big commitment but lets face it, I'll need something more in my life, especially once school gets done. Plus, it will give me an excuse to spend more time with my best friend."
Daphne nudged Justin's shoulder before leaning her head on it.
"There's always a catch isn't there," Justin said. "But, I do miss hanging out with my best friend all the time too." Justin kissed the top of her head.
"We're going to have a baby," Daphne whispered.
"We're going to be parents," Justin replied.
"Just like Lindsay and Brian." Justin smirked.
"Oh my god you're right."
"I always am," Daphne said happily. "So when is this going to um, happen?" she asked before sitting back up.
"Well, Brian and I haven't really gotten that far. We just wanted to ask you first. How about staying for dinner? Brian should be home fairly soon. I can invite our parents over and we can tell them the news."
"Oh shit. Almost forgot about telling my parents," said Daphne nervously.
"Are you still okay with this?"
"No, yes! Absolutely. I just hope my parents are okay with it. But it doesn't really matter, I'm an adult. I can make my own decisions."
"So, dinner around seven?"
Daphne laughed. "Sounds wonderful. Let me call my parents."
"Mr. and Mrs. Chanders, hi," Brian said, opening the door to the loft. "I'm Brian. It's nice to meet you."
"Call me Rob," Daphne's father said, shaking Brian's hand. "And this is my wife Elizabeth."
"Hello," Brian repeated to Daphne's mother.
"Good to meet you Brian. We've heard so much about you."
"Good things I hope," Justin said, walking over from the kitchen and putting an arm around Brian's waist.
"Ah Justin, so nice to see you again too!" Elizabeth said. "It's been so long." Justin gave Elizabeth a hug.
"Hi mom," Daphne said, joining them along with Justin's mom. "Hi dad." They said their hello's happily and entered the loft as Justin went back to the kitchen to finish cooking their meal.
"Dinner's served," said Justin, bringing a bowl of salad to the table.
"So, Brian," Rob said, passing a plate of rolls to Elizabeth. "Daphne says you run your own advertisement agency."
"Yes, I started it about four years ago."
"Brian is a phenomenal ad executive," Jennifer said. She then gave Brian a smile and took a sip of her wine.
Elizabeth nodded and turned towards Justin. "And Justin, how's the art going? We heard you have an exhibit in New York, congratulations."
"Thank you and yeah it's going very well. I actually now have a permanent exhibit and am going to be working at the gallery when we are in New York."
"That's wonderful. Daphne is always saying great things about you. It's amazing how much you two have grown, am I right Jennifer?"
"Absolutely. I remember way back when Justin and Daphne used to play dress up. So adorable"
Brian laughed as Justin choked on his wine. "Mom!" he exclaimed. "Really?"
"I'm sorry sweetie. It's just been so long since we have gotten together like this."
Justin smiled and looked at Daphne, who nodded back at him. Then, Justin and Daphne stood up in their seats.
"Well, there is a reason we decided to have you all over."
"More wine?" Brian asked, grabbing the bottle and pouring himself another glass.
"Thanks Brian, I'm sure after whatever this is, I may need it."
"Brian and I have decided to have a child."
Jennifer put her hands to her face. "Oh my gosh! That's wonderful!" She rose out of her chair and went around the table to hug Justin and Brian, followed by Elizabeth and Rob.
"And Daphne," Justin said, motioning to Daphne, "is going to be the mother."
"Darling, congratulations!" Rob said, surprised. "Are you sure about this?"
"Yeah dad, I am."
"Holy shit! We're going to be grandparents!" Elizabeth practically shouted. "Oh excuse me!" she said, covering her mouth.
"I for one am not surprised," Jennifer added. "I always thought that you two would be together if you were straight."
"Well lucky me he isn't," Brian said, pulling Justin in for a quick kiss.
"I am so happy for you two," Jennifer said. "And Daphne, I'm so proud of you. You are going to make a great mother."
"Thank you, Jennifer. You have always been a second mother to me." Jennifer gave Daphne a hug and a quick kiss on the cheek.
"And Brian, Justin, congratulations as well! You have a son Gus correct?" Rob asked.
"Yes I do, he will actually be turning seven soon."
"Wonderful. And does he know yet?"
"Not yet. We are planning to tell them when they drop Gus off next week."
"Them?" Elizabeth asked politely.
"Gus's biological mother Lindsay, her partner Melanie and their daughter, Jenny Rebecca," Brian clarified.
"How wonderful," Elizabeth responded. "Congratulations again."
"Thank you, and it will be a pleasure to get to know you and Rob more"
"Oh yes same here. Now will you or Justin be the father?"
"I will," Justin said, interjecting, saving Brian from the look on his face. "We only felt it appropriate that it be me because I've known Daphne for basically my entire life."
"Ah yes, well, that sounds good." Rob said. "Now, Brian, are you into sports?"
"Bye," Justin said to his mother, shutting the door behind him. "Well that was the longest dinner ever," he said, running up to Brian, kissing him hard on the lips and starting to undo the buttons on Brian's pants.
"Now, now, Sunshine," Brian began, grabbing hold of Justin's hands. "You are going to have to start behaving yourself before the baby comes."
Justin let out a laugh. "I can't believe you of all people just said that."
Brian leaned in to kiss Justin on the face. "Outside of the bedroom," Brian corrected, taking Justin's hand and pulling him through the loft towards their bed.
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