I DO NOT OWN THESE CHARACTERS…. THEY BELONG TO SHOWTIME! PLEASE DON'T SUE ME!
Awwww…didn't the last chapter give you that warm and fuzzy feeling? Lol!
A big thanx goes out to BadboyblondEsgurl for helping me unblock my writer's block! You should all go and read her stories and give her nice reviews!
AHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! IT'S FINALLY DONE!
Sooo sorry it took so long…but I hope it's worth the wait!
MUAH! (Hugs and kisses from me!)
When Brian, Justin and Gus got back to the hotel after the proposal…
All three of them were glowing with happiness.
Gus went to bed while Brian and Justin stayed up and talked for a while…
With Gus in the room right next door they really couldn't do much more than talk and they were on vacation…
There was no reason to scar the kid even more…
"Brian…I am so happy…. I love you." Justin said as he lay next to Brian on the big bed.
"I love you too Sunshine…" Brian replied…
" I cant wait to get home and tell everyone…they're never gonna believe it!"
" It cant be that hard to believe…"
"Brian…it's been sixteen years…we all gave up on this happening when we hit the ten year mark"
"Huh?"
" Wait…before you get all mad at me…what I'm saying is that even though you didn't ask I knew that we would be together and I didn't need you to ask anymore…
It would've been nice…. and it was…
But in the grand scheme of things…it just wasn't that important…
The only important thing was that I was with you…"
Justin leaned over and gave Brian a kiss then went back to looking at the ring.
" Do you like it?" Brian asked…
"Like it?
Brian I fuckin love it! Its gorgeous!" replied Justin.
Brian reached over and wrapped his arms around Justin's shoulders.
"I'm glad you like it…
Now I have one more question for you…
How are we gonna tell the family?"
" Oh…don't you worry…I have it all planned out…"
Brian, Justin and Gus got back from Hawaii completely rested and ready to face the family.
Justin had decided that he would break it to them subtlety.
After they dropped Gus off at home he went to work on his plan.
He sat down at his drawing table and started sketching.
Brian came out of the bedroom to find Justin hard at work.
He went over to see what he was doing and found him doing Rage sketches.
"Jesus Justin…
We just got back …
Work can wait a while." Brian said as he looked at the drawings.
Justin didn't say anything to his little comment…he just kept drawing.
When Brian took a closer look at the drawings he noticed that Rage was down on one knee in front of JT…
Justin was making Rage propose to JT!
"Justin…what are you doing?" Brian asked even though he already knew…
" Isn't it cool?" Justin replied…
"Of course Mikey will be the first to know…
But then we can put it into a special issue that we already have done and give everyone a copy!"
" Leave it to an artist to get creative even with something like this…
Why cant we be like, 'hey…guess what…. were gettin hitched!'"
"Um…number one…hitched?
Brian…we're not hillbillies.
And number two…this gives it a bigger shock factor…"
"Whatever you say Sunshine…"
The next day…"Hey Justin…
So how was vacation?" asked Michael when Justin arrived at the store.
"It was great… It was so nice and sunny and warm there…what was it like here?"
" It snowed for three days straight…you are one lucky bastard you know that?"
"Oh…you have no idea how lucky…"
" What do you mean by that…Justin did something happen?"
But Justin wasn't listening to what Mikey was saying.
He was too busy digging in his messenger bag for the new drawings.
When he finally found them he laid them out for Michael to take a look at.
"Justin…the next issue is done…we don't need any more drawings…
And sorry Boy Wonder…Rage would never propose to JT…the readers would never believe it…"
"Well…it isn't THAT hard to believe…" Justin said as he pulled the ring out of his pocket and slid it on his finger…
He held his hand out in front of Michael and wiggled his ring finger a bit.
"Holy shit! He asked you?" Michael asked…
" No…
I just get this out of the quarter machine at the supermarket…
No shit he asked me!
And by the way…
Don't think I forgot…
You owe me twenty bucks!"
"Fuck Justin!" Mikey said as he fished a twenty out of his wallet, " this is great! But I can't believe he actually did it!"
" Neither could I…
He even recruited Gus to keep me busy so I would be surprised…"
"Jesus… I wonder how much its worth?"
"Michael! I don't care how much its worth…. thirteen hundred…"
" I thought you said you don't care…"
" I don't…I was curious so I looked it up on the Tiffany's website…"
"So how did he do it?"
"Ok so first he…."
Justin told Michael the whole story…
And by the end, Michael was in total agreement with how they were going to tell everyone.
"Justin…that's great…
Oh! And no one has seen the newest issue…
Gimmie the drawing and I'll take it to the printers and I'll have a few copies made up."
"Thanks Michael…I'll see you tonight for dinner…"
"See ya Justin…"
Michael watched Justin walk out the door then looked at the drawings in front of him…
He still couldn't believe that Brian had proposed…
It had been sixteen years and all of a sudden he had done it…
Maybe he finally realized that he was stuck with Justin for life…no matter what he did…
While part of him was happy for them…part of him just didn't want to let Brian go…
But he shrugged off that feeling and headed out the door to make copies of the new drawings…
They are gonna flip out he thought as he got into his car and drove away.
Later that night…"Deb…I cant eat any more…I'm gonna explode!" said Brian as he finished off his third bowl of pasta that Deb had placed in front of him.
Brian was carbo-loading that night…after all… it was a special occasion.
"I'll eat it," said Justin as he took the bowl from Deb and set it down in front of himself.
"Jesus Justin…that's your fifth bowl…"
"He always was a hearty eater," said Jennifer from across the table.
This was one of the few times that Jennifer actually showed up with Molly for dinner…
She was always working before and Justin was glad that they were both here that night.
"You guys never told us about the trip…
How was Hawaii?" asked Emmit.
"Oh…it was great…the weather was wonderful and there was so much to do!" replied Justin.
"Gus even convinced him to go on a helicopter ride over a volcano…" Brian added.
"Oh…hey Justin… I got the new copies of Rage today…wanna take a look?" asked Michael when they were done with dinner. "And I brought extras for you guys too."
Justin looked at Brian and went to get the comics with Michael.
Before he took the comics back into the kitchen, Justin looked through it himself.
The drawings were on the very last page.
He couldn't wait to see everyone's reactions when they saw.
He reached his hand into his pocket and slipped the ring on…and then went back to the table to hand out the copies.
He took Brian's hand under the table as they watched everyone flip through the comic.
Deb was the first to get to the end.
" Ha…are we living through our art here Sunshine?" she asked jokingly.
" Well Deb…it's more like art imitating life…"Justin replied.
He let go of Brian's hand and brought it up to Deb's eyelevel to see.
She gasped as she grabbed Justin's hand to look at the ring.
"OH MY GOD! SUNSHINE!" she said as she pulled Justin into a hug.
Everyone else flipped to the back of the comic to see the pictures of Rage and JT.
When they saw they all got up and hugged Brian and Justin.
Finally when all the congratulations stopped, Brian walked over to Justin and put his arm around his waist.
They had gotten the reaction that they had wanted…
Deb, Jennifer and Emmit were all huddled together, crying…
Ted was in a state of shock…
And everyone else was pleasingly surprised and happy for them.
So by the end of the night, they had a happy family,
a wedding planner courtesy of Emmit
and the knowledge that they had many happy years of being together ahead of them.