Chapter 9

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Can I jump in here so that you get the real story? Brian, you're all over the place here baby. Go get a drink and let me finish.

I was sitting in that damn cell begging God to end it then and there or to bring Brian to me and I look up to find Brian standing there. I swear I thought I'd died and gone to Heaven. He looked like an angel standing there with the light from the kitchen behind him. I remember thinking that maybe death wasn't so bad if all the angels looked like Brian.

It wasn't until I heard the gun go off that I fully realized that he was really there. I felt the heat, not the pain. My mind had wrapped around the fact that a gun had just been fired and Brian was in the way. I was gripped by terror thinking that my lover was going to die right before my eyes. I guess I thought maybe I was really in Hell at that moment.

I wasn't quite sure why I felt so bad all of a sudden. The next thing I remember clearly is waking up to find Brian standing over me. Literally he was over me, he was still on the back step of the ambulance and I opened my eyes and all I saw was him. It was hard to talk so I just prayed that he could see how much I loved him.

My eyes closed and the only thing I could remember was the fear in Brian's eyes. I woke to find this really hot doctor undressing me. Now this could've been a good thing but for some reason my mind wouldn't let me focus on anything but Brian Kinney. I started asking for him immediately. The doctor kept telling me that he'd let my "friend" in as soon as he was done with my exam.

That whole "friend" comment pissed me off. Brian is so much more than just my friend. So I set his hot little ass straight. I let him know in no uncertain terms that Brian was my lover, the man who kept me up at night thinking of ways to please him and to be honest I think the man nearly had a coronary.

I began laughing uncontrollably. But hell Brian's already told you all of this. I know,  you're curious about what he meant when he said  he just had to do it. Well let me tell you, it shocked even me and nothing he does shocks me anymore.

Daphne and I were playing checkers once more in the hotel room, because the fucking doctor didn't want me to leave town until he knew for sure that the little fag was going to live to have a happy homosexual life with the old man he lived with.

Shit don't tell Bri, I called him old, he'll be pissed for weeks. Oh yeah, I was about to tell you the big secret. Okay, sit down, take a long drink of something strong and brace yourself.

Brian Kinney is a romantic. Who'd have thunk it? Okay here's what happened. Like I said Daph and I were playing checkers again, you know the Lord of The Rings version. I was so sick of it by then that I wanted to just fucking escape to Hell just to get out of that room.

So here we are playing checkers and Brian is out doing things only Brian knows how to do and I'm getting anxious for him to get home to rescue me from boredom. I looked up when the door opened and saw his beautiful face. The whole room lit up when he smiled at me. Kinda like he says it does when I smile at him. I guess maybe I should call him Sunshine now.

Yeah I know, silly huh. Okay back to the story. He came over kissed me on the lips, a long and lingering kiss, the kind that curled my toes. Then he went over to Daph and kissed her on the cheek before taking her hand and leading her to the door. Halfway there he stopped turned back towards me and said "Fuck it, let her stay."

Then out of nowhere he dropped to one knee in front of me and pulled this black velvet box from his jacket pocket and I nearly fucking fainted. I began to laugh at the sight of my Brian on bended knee in front of me with a ring box.

I thought maybe he had been abducted by aliens or some shit but he was really sitting there staring up at me with that box in his hand and tears in his eyes. I guess I looked confused because he began to stammer.

"Um, Sunshine, Justin." He paused, looked from me to Daphne and back again before clearing his throat and trying to continue. "I know this looks stupid, hell I feel stupid on my damn knees like this."

"I love you on your knees, Bri."

"Shut the fuck up and let me get through this with just a little dignity. Fuck," he stood up, paced the room once or twice, I don't remember, then came right back to me. He got back on his knee, I laughed and wiped tears from my own eyes as his misted up again.

"Damn you Justin Taylor. You just had to go and make me realize just how fucking much I love you."

"Did you just say that you love me?"

"I guess I did."

"That's the first time you've said that."

"And probably the last, so enjoy it Sunshine." He smiled up at me and wiped a stray tear and shook his head. "Oh Fuck it, I love you Justin. I'll shout it from the fucking rooftops if you want me to, just as long as you promise to never ever leave me again."

"I promise." I whispered it, one more promise whispered to the man I love. A promise I fully intended to keep.

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