Matthew was packing up John some clothes when there was a knock at the door so he answered it. "Hey may I help you?"
"Oh um is John here?" Randy asked.
"No but come on in." Matthew said.
Randy came in and saw the bags by the couch. "Are you moving in?"
Matthew shook his head. "No John is coming to stay with me for a while. He's been through a lot and he needs to get away from things."
Randy looked down. "You mean away from me?"
Matthew sighed. "You never should have started anything with him. You have kids and a wife Randy, this was wrong."
"It's not his fault." Randy said. "As much as he wanted to be with me he never acted on it. Then I showed up at his place drunk and expressed my love for him. Everything was going good until his father caught us. He threatened to tell Eve everything if I didn't end it with John."
"Yeah that sounds like the old man." Matthew said. "Always thinks he knows what's best for us."
"He told me how close you and John were." Randy said. "How he acted the same way when your mother died."
"Yeah." Matthew said. "Growing up she use to always tell me to watch after my brother, especially John. Only because I was the oldest and he was the youngest. Our dad was never really around so he use to come to me whenever he was upset. After our mom died he started drinking and fighting. It even got so bad that he tried to kill himself. He was closer to her than any of us was."
"I didn't know that." Randy said.
"No one knows that." Matthew said. "I know things about John that our father doesn't even know, he tells me everything." He sighed. "Look I know you care about John but right now he needs alone time. Away from dad and especially away from you."
"How long is he going to be gone?" Randy asked.
"That's up to him." Matthew said. "Just give him this space."
Randy nodded. "Okay well I better go." He turned and left the apartment.
Matthew packed the rest of John's back and loaded them into his truck and headed home.
…
When Matthew got home he found John lying face down on the bed in one of the guestrooms. He pulled the covers off of him. "Will you get up and stop acting like a little teenager."
"You don't understand." John said. "The first time I laid eyes on him I wanted him and in every possible way. I've never felt this way about anyone and I can't stop thinking about him."
Matthew smiled. "Dude you like a little kid with a high school crush."
John smiled "Shut up."
"We're not going to spent anymore time talking about him." Matthew said. "Now I brought you some clothes so get dressed. Jeremy and Mike are coming and we're all going out. We're going to get you to stop thinking about him."
"I've tried that a million times and it doesn't work." John said.
"I wasn't there to help." Matthew said. "So get up and get dressed."
"Alright" John said but once Matthew left the room he pulled out his phone and was about to dial a number but Matthew came back in and took the phone from his hands. "I wasn't going to call him!"
"Sure you weren't." Matthew said leaving the room once again and heading downstairs.
…
John finally emerged from the bedroom an hour later. When he reached the living room he saw his two other brothers sitting on the couch. "Hey."
Jeremy, the second oldest, jumped up. "There's my baby brother." He said hugging him.
John smiled "It's good to see you too."
"Don't worry we're going to have you back on your feet in no time." Mark said hugging John. "You're even going to Remember Randy."
"It won't help if you talk about him." Matthew said coming back into the room. "If you want out just say so and I'll bring you back to the house."
John sighed "Thanks Matthew."
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That night
Randy entered his house and sat down on the couch. Not long later he was joined by his wife Eve.
"How long has it been going on?" Eve asked.
Randy sighed. "Can we not talk about this right now?"
"We're going to have to face it sooner or later." Eve said. "We might as well deal with this now. I know something is going on and I want the truth Randy."
Randy buried his face in his hands. "I'm so sorry Eve."
Eve looked down. "Why did you tell me sooner?"
"I thought you would take the kids away." Randy said. "I love you and I love the kids and I didn't want to lose any of you."
"I guess a small part of me knew but I just didn't want to accept it." Eve said.
Randy looked over at Eve. "So what are we suppose to do now?"
"I don't know but I want you to know that I never would have taken the kids away from you." Eve said. "You're their father and you always will be."
Randy took Eve's hand. "I love you so much."
Eve smiled. "I love you too." After a while "So was this thing with John just sex or was it something more?"
We've only did it once but it was never about that." Randy said. "I'm really in love with John and I don't know what to do."
"First things first." Eve said. "We have to talk to the kids and once we've done that we'll figure the rest out. No matter what we're going to do this together."
...
Matthew and john didn't get back to the house until midnight. He loved going out with his brother because no Matthew how upset he was they always made him feel better. He was about to get in the shower when Matthew walked into his room. "Everything alright?"
John nodded "Thanks for everything Matthew."
"That's what family is for." Matthew pulled John's phone out of his pocket and held it out for John. "You can have it back if you want."
John sighed "Why don't you keep it since I really don't have a need for it."
"Alright." Matthew said. "I'll see you tomorrow."
John gathered his clothes and headed to the bathroom. For the first time in weeks he felt like he was going to be able to move on from Randy. Yeah it would take some time but he was ready.
A/N Thanks for reading and please review. The next chapter will be up soon.