Brian’s POV

I had sent a message to Tara’s ex a couple of hours after Matt had sent his.
We had been still all together at my home, waiting for him to reply.
And he did…
Wanting to meet me the day before he would meet with Matt, which meant I was the first one two figure out what that guy wants.

The last two days Tara had been working together with Alessia in the bar. I have been there one evening the other Zack watched out.
I knew it wasn’t a really hard job for him, since he and Alessia were official now.
That what Zack meant at least, I didn’t know if he really talked to her about the fact.

That was meaning we had to leave today and I still couldn’t convince Tara to stay behind.
I could understand her, know why she wanted to come along, but that doesn’t mean I approved it.
And I would try again when we arrived.

“Brian?” Tara’s voice sounded behind me.
“Your phone, it’s Matt.”
I took the phone from her hand “Hey, what’s up?”
“When are you leaving?” Matt asked and I looked at Tara.
“We will leave in a few minutes, just waiting for Jason to arrive.” I told him and heard Matt deep sigh.
“I thought he would want to meet with me first… what is that guy up to?” Matt asked and I shook my head.
“I don’t know, but I will inform you as soon as I have a clue about it. I guess he will try out what he can do with me and how far he can get… He won’t reveal everything now.” I guessed and heard Matt curse.
I knew he didn’t like when he didn’t have the control and this was far from control.
“How about you tell him that we told you? Maybe he will be confused then? Maybe then he will back off. You could ask for proof, fuck… I don’t know…” Matt cursed again.
“I don’t know… this is just fucked up. I will see what he wants.. I will keep you updated, don’t worry, man. We will figure this out.” I tried to soothe him, but didn’t really sound convincing myself.
“Okay, be careful and call me.”
“I will.”

We hung up and the doorbell rang, Tara walked towards the door and Jason stood there small bag in hand.
“Hey, so are we leaving right away?” Jason asked.
“Yeah, let’s get our bags, who’s driving?” I asked and Jason shrugged.
“I can start… maybe Tara can show us where to go in the end, you know where we meet, right?”
“Sadly yes…” Tara said and she really looked sick.
“You can stay here, babe. I can do this alone… don’t worry.”
“No, don’t start this again, please.” Tara took her bag and walked past me.
“I rented us a hotel room.” Jason said and I lifted my eyebrow.
“One?”
“Well, two.” He grinned “I had to try, right?” Jason grinned and I punched his shoulder.
“Ass.”

Tara stood already at the car waiting for Jason to open up. I thought about getting into the backseat with her but saw Jason’s disapproving look and had to scratch the idea.

Tara’s POV

It was a tiring drive and I dreaded to go back. I didn’t want to see Portland anymore and I didn’t want to see John ever again, but I had no choice.
I wouldn’t let Brian go there alone, and I wouldn’t back off just because of him.
And if he thought I would stay behind when he would actually meet him, he was damn wrong.
I wanted to hear what lies John would serve Brian.

I guided the rest of the way to the hotel Jason had rented for us and swallowed thickly when we arrived.
I planned on never coming back and now here I was…
I was afraid of seeing any of the people again I left behind, but gladly on our way to the hotel or to our room there was no one.

“Alright, here is your card. When do we meet with him?” Jason asked and Brian looked uncomfortable.
“I will meet with him, alone.” Brian announced and both Jason and I started to shake our heads.
“The hell you won’t.” Jason cursed. “I will be with you, believe me!”
“Me as well.” I said and Brian shook his head, he looked exhausted.
“No and no. He wants to see me. He wants to tell me you had something with my best friend, behind his back. What do you think how he will react when I show up with you and Jason? That’s not working, babe.”Brian put his hand on my cheek, stroking softly.
“He will tell you bullshit, he will tell you lies, Brian.”
“Then let him, I won’t believe all the shit he is telling me. Believe me… I will not think of you otherwise just because he told me something, you gotta trust me in that. I want you to stay behind, I want you to stay with Jason, he will take care of you. And he hopefully knows what I mean with that.”Brian pointed his finger at Jason who replied him with his middle finger scratching his temple.
I had to chuckle about their behavior, I still didn’t like the idea but he was right, maybe he should go alone.
I looked at Jason and he gave me a small nod, not really noticeable but still there.
I frowned a little and he smiled, what does that mean?
Did he have a plan?

“So when is that meeting?” Jason asked and led the topic back to the main point.
“It’s this evening at 8. I will take the car, so I can leave whenever the shit gets too much.” Brian said and made my heart jump a little, I really hoped this wouldn’t get out of hand.
“Alright, then let’s rest a little, we can have a dinner before you have to go, maybe talking about some strategies? What do you think?” Jason asked and I saw Brian absently nod.
“Yeah, but first I really need to close my eyes for a little.”
“Okay, let’s go.”

We reached our rooms said our goodbye to Jason and agreed to meet again for dinner.
I closed the door behind us and breathed deeply in and out.
“Brian? Are you okay?” I asked him and he turned towards me, he grabbed my waist and pulled me into his body, his arms pulling me so close into his strong embrace that my nerves were finally getting the best of me and I felt tears roll down my cheeks and wetting Brian’s shirt.
“Don’t cry. I will manage everything and we will soon be gone from here. I can see how nerve wrecking this is for you, don’t try to hide it from me. Don’t try to be strong, if you are not. Because I wanna see it all, all of you… know how you feel and help you get through it.” Brian whispered into my hair and how could I not love this man. He was the best that could happen to me… even though I never planned any of this to happen.
“Sorry, I don’t even know why I am crying now…” I sobbed into his strong chest and he laid his head down on mine.
“It’s a lot to handle now, I can totally understand you. Come on, let’s lay down for a while. I will set an alarm for us to go down for dinner.” Brian pulled away, brushed with his thumbs the remaining tears away from my cheeks and smiled at me.
He took my hand and guided me to the bed in the middle of the room.
He set me on the bed softly and helped me out of my pants and shirt, he got rid of his clothes, only leaving his boxers on and covered us with the blanket.
He spooned up behind me and held me close, then he pulled away for a second.
I heard his phone beep a final time when he set the alarm and then the warmth of his body returned when he finally settled down close to me.
I let my eyes drift close and I have never felt this connected with somebody else, ever before.

Notes

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