The confrontation is here! Max and Spencer are finally outed to the rest of the BBA. How will they take it? You'll have to read to find out. A big thanks to Elemental Gypsy, I Love Hott Evil Men, Kenzie Jadenwie, HisokaYukiko, and Winter-Rae for reviewing Chapter 5. I can't believe it's Chapter 6 already! Please enjoy and review!


Max stared up at the ceiling above his bed. Spencer was tracing gentle, random patterns on his back in an attempt to get him to relax. Max was dreading what they had to do and beginning to have second thoughts about telling their friends about their relationship. He sighed and snuggled into Spencer's strong, broad chest. "I think we need to tell the others this morning. I'm afraid that if we wait I'll lose my nerve and not be able to tell them. I don't know if I'll be able to tell them when we get there."

Spencer's hand moved up into Max's hair and started to massage the turtle's scalp. "It's up to you love. Everyone that matters to me already knows and supports us with the exception of Bryan, but he's being difficult at the moment. I need to be able to work things out between him and I before I can expect him to support us." Max nodded and snuggled deeper into Spencer's embrace. "We need to get out of bed sometime soon so that we aren't late." Max nodded and slowly pulled away from his lover.

Max was buttoning his shirt when there was a knock at the door. Spencer kissed Max's cheek before walking over to the door. He looked through the peep hole and frowned when he saw Tala and Kai standing on the other side. He pulled the door open and stared at his friends. "What are you two doing here?"

"We came to warn you and Max about what's going to happen when you get to the reunion today" Tala replied. Spencer frowned as he stepped aside to allow his friends inside. They walked into the living room where Max was fussing with his hair trying to get it into some semblance of order. Since his beyblading days he had cut it so that it wasn't quite so wild, but it was still hard to control.

"Max, Tala and Kai are here. They wanted to talk to us about something" Spencer said in an attempt to get his distracted lover's attention. The American turtle turned around and faced the three Russians.

"Is something wrong?" he inquired.

"Only if you consider everyone finding out that you're dating before you told them" Tala replied.

Spencer and Max looked at each other worried. Max walked over and slipped his hand into Spencer's. The jade eyed Russian wrapped his arm around his blue eyed lover pulling him close. "How did they find out?" Spencer demanded.

"Apparently Ian and Mystel were suspicious about you being a couple so they followed you to the parking lot and saw you kiss in the car" Kai explained.

Max tightened his grip on Spencer's hand. "Are they okay with it?"

Tala sighed as he looked between the two blondes. "It's hard to tell. I'm not sure if they're mad that you lied about being together or just don't approve of your relationship. Either way you have to make an appearance at the reunion and settle this or it'll cause more trouble than it should."

Spencer nodded and gently squeezed Max. "We'll go and talk to them. I doubt it will do much good though." He turned his attention to Max. "Are you okay love? I know that you didn't want to deal with this like this." Max buried his face in Spencer's chest.

"You'll protect me right? You won't make me deal with them on my own right?" Max asked softly.

"Of course I'll be there. I would never make you face that alone. I'll be right by your side and if they try and hurt you they'll have bought themselves a one way ticket straight to hell." Spencer looked up at Kai and Tala. "Can I count on your support in this?"

Tala looked indignant as Kai responded. "You've got our full support as well as a few others. Miguel and Brooklyn are definitely on your side and believe it or not Bryan's getting pissed off at everyone for talking bad about you." Spencer smiled softly at the last name.

"Let's get going then. I don't want to put this off. If it's going to be a stressful day then the sooner I can crawl back into bed and hide under the covers the better" Max said softly.

The four friends walked into the hotel together. Once inside Kai and Tala went to find their boyfriends like Max and Spencer had requested of them. This was something that they had to do on their own. "Excuse me" Max spoke catching everyone's attention. "I, uh, realize that you all are angry at Spencer and me for lying to you, but we had a good reason. I knew that you would all have a problem with us simply because you don't seem to really know either of us. I know that you all think that Spencer will hurt me or that I'm too naïve to actually be in a relationship with him, but you're wrong. I love him and he loves me. I hope you can understand that."

"Max, you can't trust him. You are the one who doesn't know Spencer. If you had seen what was done to him in the abbey you would understand why we don't want you to be with him. He's not good for you" Judy stated.

"Max knows what I went through Judy. I haven't kept that a secret from him. It doesn't even matter anyway because I've dealt with what they did to me. It's no longer an issue." Spencer ground out already angry and beginning to become defensive.

"You have a temper Spencer. You have proven that to Judy and I many times already and you're proving it now. You're getting angry and I know that you won't hesitate to resort to physical violence. How can I trust that you haven't hit my son?" Mr. Tate demanded.

"Dad! I can't believe you'd even suggest that Spencer hits me. You must think I'm an idiot and completely incapable of defending myself. If Spencer abused me I wouldn't be with him. I trust him and the only reason his temper is starting to show is because he hates it when he can't protect me from being hurt. And don't kid yourself Dad; you're hurting me right now!" Tears were starting to fall from Max's baby blue orbs.

"Max you've lost it! Spencer's a jerk! How can you be with him?" Tyson jumped in.

Max looked at his best friend and sighed. "I've got a new life to live Tyson, a life that has nothing to do with beyblading and everything to do with being with the love of my life. If you make me choose between all of you and Spencer, I will choose Spencer without hesitation. I can't and won't live without him in my life. I refuse to give up my three year relationship with him because you haven't bothered to get to know him well enough to trust him. He's one of the few people I feel like I can run to no matter what. I won't give that up." Max whispered his last sentence so softly that only Spencer heard him. Tears were rolling freely down his cheeks and his hand was pressed gently to his forehead.

Spencer's attention was on Max completely. "Max, love, what's wrong? You aren't getting another migraine are you?" Max could only nod as the pain increased. "Come on I'll take you home."

Max shook his head and forced himself to speak past the pain and nausea in order to say one word, "hospital." Spencer's eyes widened as his concern for his young lover increased by ten fold. He gently gathered Max into his arms and lifted him bridal style.

"Stay out of our lives unless you plan to support us. I have no use for people who hurt my Max" Spencer warned. The Russian whale walked out with his American turtle curled against his chest clinging to his neck.

Once they were out of earshot Kai allowed himself to tear the entire BBA a new one. "How dare you turn your backs on them? The only thing they've done is fall in love and you're angry at them for it. You are the biggest bunch of bastards I have ever met. They have every right to be happy together. Spencer will do nothing but protect Max for as long as they live and Max will do nothing but make Spencer happy. They deserve each other. They deserve to have the understanding and support of their friends. I thought you all were their friends, but clearly you don't know what it means to be a true friend because a true friend wouldn't turn his back because of something so stupid!"

"It's interesting that you have such a problem with Spencer dating Max. You've raised no objections to my being with Garland, Ian with Mystel or Tala with Brooklyn and I'm certain you won't have any problem with Kai and Miguel being together yet you have a problem with Spencer and Max. Why is that? It isn't like Max is so little kid completely incapable of taking care of himself. Max grew up a lot over the years and Spencer wouldn't be with him if he were naïve and immature. Are you really that hypocritical?" Bryan inquired.

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Spencer sat beside his lover's hospital bed waiting for the doctor to come back. He ran his fingers against the sleeping turtle's cheek gently. He heard the door open and turned to look at the doctor standing before him. "How is he?"

"He'll be fine. It's a migraine that just happens to feel worse than normal because of how quickly it set in. I am a little concerned about the frequency of Max's migraines though. You said that he gets a migraine almost once a week, correct?" Spencer nodded. "I would like him to start taking more time to relax. His stress seems to trigger his migraines and if his stress level lowers than the number of migraines might decrease. In a week or two I'd like him to undergo a stress test. It might help to know just how high his stress level is. He can be discharged once he wakes up and his migraine is gone." Spencer nodded again and turned his attention back to his precious lover.

"Get better Max. I need you" he whispered to the silent room.


There you go. Was I too mean to poor Spencer and Max? Possibly. It just kind of wrote itself though. I hope you enjoyed it and please review!