I DO NOT OWN THESE CHARACTERS…. THEY BELONG TO SHOWTIME! PLEASE DON'T SUE ME!
That night at dinner…"So Gus," Brian said as he ate his leftover jambalaya,
you know what they say…
It's always better the next day.
" Did you finish your project today?"
COUGH COUGH! HACK HACK! CHOKE
Brian and Gus looked across the table at Justin who seemed like he had forgotten how to chew his food.
" You ok Sunshine?" asked Brian
" Yea…I'm fine," replied Justin between coughs, " I guess it just went down the wrong way…"
I swear to god daddy…If you make him think something is going on I will have to kill you, thought Gus.
But he was never the best at keeping secrets in the first place…
Fuck...
I'm screwed…
" Yea dad," said Gus, " we're almost done. We just need to put the finishing touches on it."
" ok…
well make sure you finish…
And don't do a half assed job either" said Brian.
" Don't worry dad" replied Gus, " we wont"
Later that night…
Cough cough
" You ok Justin?" asked Brian when he heard Justin coughing in the bathroom.
" Yea…
I'm fine." Replied Justin.
Brian looked at Justin.
Something wasn't right.
Justin wasn't telling him something.
It couldn't be that he was cheating on him…
Hell it had been 16 years…
Why would he cheat now?
You're such an ass for even thinking that, Brian thought.
But he still knew that look anywhere.
He was hiding something.
"Ok…
What is it?" asked Brian.
" What?" Justin asked.
"You're not telling me something Sunshine.
What is it?"
Brian watched for the tell tale signs that Justin was keeping something from him.
His eyes widen to the size of saucers when he was lying
He watched as Justin stared wide-eyed at him.
Check.
Justin also used a lot of um's and eh's when he was lying.
" Um…I…um…I eh…don't know what you're talking about."
Double check.
" Sunshine…" Brian said, using him older authority figure voice that always made Justin confess to whatever he did.
"Ok…fine…its Gus…" Justin finally said.
"What?
What about him?
Is he ok? What did he do?" Brian asked worriedly.
" Oh…he's fine….
He's MORE than fine…" Justin replied.
" Its just that…:sigh: he is gonna kill me for telling you this…
But today when I came home from the store Gus and his friend were already here.
So I went to his room to see how he was and…"
Justin paused and looked at the floor.
" And what" Brian asked.
Justin could tell he was already mad that he had kept something about his son from him…
This was just gonna piss him off even more….
Here goes nothing…I'm so sorry Gus…he thought.
" And I found him and his friend making out on his bed…."
"WHAT!
Why in the hell didn't you tell me?"
"He made me promise not to"
" Well all I know is that his friend's name is Parker…
So what does she look like and how can I track her down?
I think we need to have a little chat…"
" He…"
" Huh?"
" I said he...not she…
Parker is a guy"
Brian's mouth hung open as he stared at Justin.
His son was gay?
Oh. My god! He thought.
" Parker is a guy?"
" Did I stutter?"
Brian shook his head no.
He didn't know why he was so surprised.
I mean with having two dads and two moms's all his life, something was bound to rub off…
" Why didn't you tell me?"
"I couldn't…
He made me promise not to tell you…
or anyone for that matter."
" But he's my son…
I have a right to fuckin know this kinda shit!"
"I'm sorry Brian…
But I made a promise to him…
And the only reason I told you was because you used that damn older authority figure voice…
You know that I never could keep anything from you…"
" Yea…
But if I hadn't asked…
You would have kept it from me…
I'm his father…
I deserve to know what's happening in MY sons life!"
" Well you know what?
In the words of…well…YOU…
I'm his father too.
There may be no blood relation between us…
But I love him like he was my own.
And if he feels like he can tell me things that he can't tell you…
So fuckin what?
I'm there to listen…
And maybe if you spent a little more time home instead of at the office he would be the same with you…"
Justin could see the hurt on Brian's face as soon as those words came out of his mouth.
He wished he could go back in time and take everything back…
But he couldn't…
What was said was said…
And there was no taking it back.
Brian just looked at Justin as he walked down the stairs and to the front door.
He slipped on his shoes and slid open the door and just left.
Justin sat down on the bed and buried his face in his hands.
He didn't see Gus standing at the bottom of the bathroom door staring at him.
He had heard the entire thing…
And as mad as he was at Justin for telling his dad when he promised not to,
he was sad that this had to happen because of him.
He quietly walked by Justin, who didn't even look up to see him, and went into his room.
He had to fix this…
He just didn't know how…