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| Dance With You
Part 4 By HannahKelli |
| “Hey, Emmett.” Brian grinned as
he sat down next to Emmett at the bar at Woody’s. “How’s it
going?” “Uhhh… Hi, Brian.” A confused Emmett replied. Brian rarely spoke to him, and nearly never was he friendly. “It’s going good. And you?” “Well, I need your help.” Brian had a big sincere smile on his face. Emmett was still confused, but somewhat intrigued. “What exactly do you need?” Emmett asked, leaning back and crossing his arms over his chest. He didn’t want to seem too interested. “Bring Justin to Babylon tomorrow night.” Brian had a glint in his eyes that Emmett couldn't seem to figure out. But the request definitely caught his attention. “Do you want to tell me why?” “No.” Brian said simply, a goofy grin on his face now. “Brian, you’re scaring me.” Emmett said. “Not in a scary boo way, but in more of a scary the-apocalypse-must-be-coming way.” “Just bring him, ok?” Brian looked almost pleading. Emmett was used to Brian’s mood swings but they were usually going from bitchy to snarky to gnarly, not from cute, to cuter, to cute-as-a-button. “Brian, are you going to hurt him?” “Nope. I just hope that he doesn’t hurt me.” With that, Brian was pretty sure that Emmett, being the hopeless romantic that he was, would bring Justin and everything would go off without a hitch. ***** “Babylon?” Justin looked a little skeptical. “We were just there the other night. Besides, I’m still confused as to what happened last time.” “Pleeeeaase?” Emmett put on his best puppy dog eyes. “It’s funner when you’re there, Princess. I love Teddy to bits, but he’s not the funnest guy to go to Babylon with.” “I suppose.” Justin grudgingly agreed. “Do you think Brian will be there?” “I don’t know.” Emmett, being Emmett, couldn’t lie or keep anything a secret so Justin immediately knew that something was going on. “What aren’t you telling me?” “Well….” “Emmett!” Justin said his friend’s name firmly. “Last night I was at Woody’s waiting for Ted and Michael to meet me there and Brian came to talk to me…” “And?” Justin was getting impatient. “He asked me to bring you.” Emmett finally admitted. “I may have just ruined some sort of surprise. I don’t know. Brian was acting weird.” “What kind of weird?” Justin asked, knowing that Brian tended to act pretty weird, in other people’s eyes anyways, just about everyday. “Cute weird.” Emmett chuckled when Justin scrunched up his nose. “It really freaked me out actually. He was smiling a lot and acting all cute.” “So you think he has something planned?” Justin asked skeptically. “I know he has something planned. You have to come, Justin.” Emmett batted his eyelashes and Justin agreed to go. “Just let me change into something more appropriate.” Justin hurried towards his bedroom, already trying to decide what to wear. By appropriate, he meant something that would make Brian crazy. After thinking about it for over a week, he had decided that Brian’s game was to see who could give in to temptation first. ***** When Justin and Emmett arrived at Babylon, the bouncer stopped them. “Hey, Benny. Is there something wrong?” Justin asked, wanting to go inside and see what Brian had planned. “Well…” Benny had a funny look on his face. “Someone left this for you.” Trying not to let any of the other patrons see, Benny pulled a feather rose off the ledge. Attached to it was a little note. “Who left this?” Justin asked, sure that it wouldn’t have been Brian. Brian was too concerned about appearances to leave a feather rose and a note with the bouncer of a gay nightclub. “I’m… uh… not supposed to say.” Benny then turned to check ID’s for some of the other men who wanted to get into the club. “Ooh…” Emmett cooed. “This rose is beautiful. I love flowers that don’t die.” He was still “oohing” and “ahhing” as Justin pulled the little piece of note paper from the tiny envelope. “J, A rose by any other name… Sorry I missed you. B.” “Oh man…” Justin took a deep breath and had to sit down on the curb. “It’s from Brian.” He was trying to figure out what was going on, since his original idea was obviously not correct. “Oh! How sweet!” Emmett looked as though he was going to cry. “Who knew that the tin man did have a heart after all!” “What does this mean?” Justin was scratching his head. He was trying so hard to figure it out that he forgot Emmett was there. “Well, honey.” Emmett said interrupting the younger man’s thoughts. “I think that you and I should go get a coffee and figure out what Brian is trying to tell you.” “Agreed.” Justin said, allowing his friend to help him up. The two of them walked arm in arm to the diner, Emmett leading the way as Justin stared at the note card and brushed his fingers over the feathers that made up the petals of the rose. ***** Brian sat in his Jeep and watched the two walk away. He wasn’t sure whether Justin’s reaction to the flower had been good or bad. In the time that he watched him, it had only been shock. He felt like a bit of a stalker, lurking in dark corners and watching, but he knew that if he and Justin saw each other before he gave him the last “clue”, it would ruin everything. ***** “Ok, so the other night it was about sex.” Justin was trying to work out what Brian was trying to tell him out loud, hoping that it made more sense out loud than it did in his head. “But tonight, it was so romantic, Emmett.” “What if that’s it?” Emmett asked, the light bulb going on above his head. “What if he’s doing it in stages. Sex came first when he seduced you, then romance with the flower. There has to be more.” “Now you’re starting to think like me. I thought I was the only one who could figure Brian out like this.” Justin was glad that he had Emmett with him. “What else is there?” Emmett was now as into figuring out the puzzle as Justin was. “Sex, romance…” “Love?” Justin suggested. “No, love would have to come last. Love is the most important one.” Emmett was scratching his head. He gulped down his coffee. “I’m stuck.” “I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.” Justin sighed. “But what if he’s done?” “He’s not. If he was, he would have given you the rose himself.” Brian would have been amazed that Emmett had him figured out so perfectly. “I guess we’ll just have to wait.” “Do you think this will have a happy ending?” Justin asked, looking a little sad and a little scared. “Yes, I do. Every Princess deserves a happily ever after.” To Be Continued… |
