Chapter eleven
John and Scott walked in to the garden just as Justin hit the floor. Scott rushed over, shouting to get an ambulance, Chris was the other side of Justin making sure he was alright.
"I'm fine" Justin whispered as he came round. He knew he had to tell Brian that he had a heart condition but he had never found the right time and he didn't want Brian treating him any different, which he knew would happen as soon as he knew about it.
"Justin…" Chris said as helped him in to a chair on the edge of the garden.
"I'm fine, just this little one making me know that he doesn't like me getting serious and ranting" Justin tried to giggle, but he saw the looks on the faces of his family and friends.
"Look I'm fine, just this little one being a pain. All I want is for everyone to get along with everyone and I want Michael to leave." Justin said as he eyed Michael, who as soon he heard that he had to leave, he looked very scared and didn't know what to say, but as he left, he vowed to himself that he would get Brian away from that little blonde trick and in his arms.
As soon as he left, the family and friends all carried on talking, making sure to include Ben who Michael left; behind when he left leaving Ben to deal with all the questions that the family would likely throw at him.
"What did he think he was doing" Brian asked Ben when they were on their own, away from the others. Every once and a while, Brian would look towards Justin so he could make sure that he was alright. When he saw that he was being waited on hand and foot by his brothers and fathers, Brian relaxed knowing that Justin was being looked after; he would have to talk to Justin and see why he fainted when he was ranting at Michael.
"I don't know Brian, but I wished he hadn't. I thought I was enough for him but obviously I wasn't, as he still loves you. I was beginning to doubt my feelings, I knew he loved you but I didn't know how badly" Ben said, wiping the tears that were falling.
Josh stood nearby listening to Ben talk to Brian, Brian saw Josh standing nearby. He knew that Josh would be the right guy for Ben after being hurt by Michael. He just had to convince Ben that Josh was the ideal guy.
Meanwhile on the other side of the garden Justin was getting fed up with all the pussy footing around that his friends and family were doing around him, so when he was left on his own for a while he sneaked into the library, only to be caught by Blake
"Why didn't you tell me, I'm your best friend" Blake said as he sat down next to Justin.
"Because I didn't want anyone to know until after the 3 months mark so if I lost him I didn't want to go round and tell everyone that I had lost him. I didn't want it to be Justin, Brian and the rest of you, come off it Blake, you wouldn't of left us alone. We wanted to keep it quiet in case we didn't last, but the way we were going that didn't seem possible…" Justin got a very dreamy look on his face as he thought of the first few months of his and Brian's relationship. Some people thought that they had only been going out a few months and not nearly two years.
"I can understand that" Blake said as he realised that their friends would have been unscrupulous about finding out any information about the relationship. So he forgave Justin for not telling him.
Suddenly the door slammed open and there stood Brian with a concerned look on his face.
As soon as he saw Justin, he rushed over and squeezed tight until Justin hit him on the shoulder to be let go.
"Bri, what's the matter" Justin said as he tried to get his breathe back to normal
"I turned round from talking with Ben and you weren't there I thought someone had taken you." none of the men in the room had to say who that someone, was they all knew it was Michael. They didn't know what he was going to do to get Brian away from Justin, but they knew that Justin would not be alone for a long time; or at least they knew that Michael was no threat to them.
Soon all three men were sat in the library talking, Brian and Blake getting to know the other and Justin just watching the two men with a smile on his face.
Soon there was a knock on the door; this time it was Ted, Blake's boyfriend and lover of 9 months. Both Justin and Brian didn't understand the relationship that those two had but it worked, so they weren't going to comment.
"Honey where you been" Ted asked he went over to Blake, kissing him on the cheek and sitting next to him.
"Just talking to Justin and Brian" Blake said as he kissed Ted back. He knew the relationship he had with Ted seemed odd to the other guys but it worked for them and they didn't mind that at all.
They sat and talked for awhile until Justin thought that they had better go back outside and talk with his family about the wedding, the baby and the situation with Michael.