CHAPTER EIGHT *******************************************
10/30/07 – Breaking the rules
Justin was at home with his mom and sister. He'd been looking at houses all day. He'd also been on the phone with his agent a few times, as she was making a deal for a large piece he was going to send to Chicago. When he wasn't busy with all of that he was taking care of Ava, who was finally down for the night.
Jennifer watched from the doorway as he gave Ava one last look and tiptoed out of the room.
He closed the door and sighed, "Finally."
Jennifer smiled and hugged him. "You've had a long day, haven't you?"
"Yeah, but it's all good. I'm getting closer to finding a house and I'm going to get $5,000 for that piece going to Chicago. If I wasn't so tired I'd be celebrating."
"Why don't you go out and have a drink with your friends? It's a weekend. It's late. I'm sure that Babylon place will be hopping."
"Mom, nobody says 'hopping' anymore."
"Whatever. Go out. I'll take care of Ava if she wakes up."
"All right. Yeah, I could use a drink. Maybe dance with Emmett, or Brian."
"How are you and Brian doing?"
"Good, I think. He's starting to come around to the idea of dating just me and not … well, being the old Brian. I hope it works this time, Mom. I don't want him to change a lot, but I do want to feel he's going to belong to me, not me and any other guy."
"He's always cared about you. When you left town a couple of years ago, he came here asking me if I knew how you were. I could see the pain in his face. He didn't want to ask his friends or even Daphne for information about you, but he did ask me."
"I never knew that."
"He just wanted reassurance that you were doing all right, didn't need any money, that kind of stuff. He just visited the one time, but, I could tell where his heart was."
"Thanks, Mom. OK. I'll be gone a couple of hours. I'll have my cell if you need me."
"Go on. Have a nice time."
Justin got in his car and took off for Babylon. He found Emmett at the bar. "Hey, Em. How's it going?"
"Justin, baby. How are you?" He was smiling broadly and then his face changed a little. "How's Ava?"
"Finally down for the night. My mom insisted I get out and have a drink with friends. Is Brian here?"
Emmett got a funny look on his face and said, "Um, I thought I saw him earlier, but he must have left."
Justin scanned Emmett's face. "You're hiding something."
"Little ol' me? I don't know what you mean."
"If I check the backroom will I find him?"
Emmett changed his expression. "OK. He was here earlier dancing with some twinky guy, but I haven't seen him for a while. So, I don't know."
"I'll go look."
"Justin, no!" Emmett protested, but the young man was determined to find out where Brian was.
Justin walked down the stairs to the lower depths of Babylon. He wandered among the gyrating bodies until he spotted him. Brian was leaning up against a wall and the 'twinky guy' was on his knees in front of him, sucking him off. Justin just stood there, taking in the scene, his heart breaking and blood boiling at the same time. Brian's eyes were closed for a time, but then he opened them as Justin turned to walk back up the stairs.
"Fuck!" Brian said. He knew he'd been caught. "Fuck!"
The 'twinky guy' stood up and said, "Do you wanna fuck me?"
"Piss off." Brian was done with the guy, refastened his pants, and went up the stairs to find Justin, but he'd disappeared into the club and assumedly out the door. Emmett stood there, sipping his Cosmo, taking it all in. Brian turned to him. "Where the fuck did he go?"
"Oh, you mean the rather attractive young blond man with tears running down his face? Gee, I don't know. Maybe he went home where there are people who love him. Seems that's the only place he can get any kind of love or respect."
"Fuck you, Honeycutt."
Justin drove home and sat in his car in the driveway. He flipped open his phone and speed dialed Daphne.
She answered, "Hey, Justin. What's up? Why are you calling so late? Need a ride home from a bar?"
"No, I need a new boyfriend though."
"Christ. What's Brian done now?"
"Oh, I don't know, just letting some guy give him a blow job in the backroom of Babylon."
"Fuck."
"I'm sure that was going to be next."
"Did you confront him?"
"No, I just turned and ran. Typical for me, I guess."
"Listen, you didn't need to confront him today, but you have to talk to that asshole. He can't be pulling this shit."
"I don't know what to do. I love him, Daphne."
"I know, honey."
Justin's phone beeped, it was Brian trying to call. "Oh, now he's calling me. Should I answer?"
"Yeah. Go ahead. I'll talk to you tomorrow. Hang in there." Daphne clicked off.
Justin hit the button on the phone. "What?" He snipped.
"I can explain."
"You can explain how his mouth accidentally landed around your dick?"
"I told him hand jobs only, but I closed my eyes for a second and, before I knew it he was blowing me. I didn't ask for it."
"And you couldn't stop him because…"
"Christ, Justin! It felt good, OK?" Brian sighed. "It won't happen again."
"I need some cooling off time. Call me in a week." Justin clicked off his phone.