Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:14:07 -0400
From: mpseagle16@gmail.com
Subject: Boys of Waverly Place (Chapter 5)

AN: WARNING! (probably not the kind of warning you've been waiting for)
This chapter is going to be very dark. Only for a short while, but there
you are all the same. I promises the ending will leave you floating though,
at least that's what my bff said :p

Enjoy!


Ch. 5

Justin had been in a deep, dreamless sleep for quite some time. How
long, there was no way of telling, (unless one were to look at a
clock) but he was woken very suddenly and unexpectedly by his cell
phone emitting a loud screeching version of Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi".

Someone had just sent him a text message... Justin rolled over groaning
as he stretched his back to look at the glowing red LED on his alarm
clock... At 2:25 in the morning.

Who the fuck is...

Justin picked up his cell phone prepared to chuck it across the room
into his wall when he caught the name of who had sent the message.

...Max?

Justin was now fully awake. He sat up in bed and rested his back
against the headboard. Why the hell was Max texting him at... He looked
at the blue screen glowing back at him from his cell phone to make
sure he wasn't hallucinating... 2:26am? Justin rubbed his eyes wiping
away any remaining sleep that had been there moments ago. He finally
decided to open the message curious about what Max had to say so early
in the morning. Though, Justin mused, Max had always been the night
owl.

`are you awake?'

Justin eyes bugged out and he considered sending back a scathing message.

`Am now'

`oh'

Justin's phone stayed silent for a while. He tried to figure out what
in the hell Max had been thinking texting him at such an insane hour.
Finally, after about five minutes of inactivity when Justin had
started to go back and forth between the ideas of sending Max another
text or going back to bed, his cell phone went off again.

"Paparazziiiiiii..."

Justin quickly silenced his phone and opened up his brother's new message.

`sorry, I didn't really think'

Justin chuckled fondly, completely forgiving his brother's ability for
the inopportune.

`Do you ever? Ha ha ha'

It only took a second for Max to respond.

`lol, yeah I guess I dont'

Justin smiled at his brother's usual antics.

`It's cool Maxie, I'm up now... So what's going on?'

`nothin' he answered moments later.

Justin sensed Max wasn't being entirely truthful. He decided to wait
for his brother to continue.  The explanation came quickly.

`i don't know if you noticed but ive been kind of a spaz'

`Maxie'

`justin, come on...'

`Well, maybe a little' Justin begrudgingly admitted. True Max had been
acting out but Justin didn't want his brother to feel any worse about
himself.

`i feel really bad about how I treated you lately'

`It's okay, things have been really hard for you'

`i was so terrible today tho. I feel like i cant forgive myself'

`Maxie,' Justin tried to reason through his phone. `I forgive you.
You're my baby brother'

`but i care for you so much. People dont do things like i did to
people they care about'

Justin felt his heart leap as his little brother began to open up.

`Max, I care about you too, more than you know' Justin admitted
through his text. It was so much easier this way, but it felt wrong
too.

`i don't deserve it tho, cause i suck and my feelings are so wrong and
mixed up about you. I can't handle this anymore. im sorry justin.
Theres so much more i wanted to tell you. im sorry'

`You CAN do this though' Justin felt a chill run through his body. Max
had never talked this way before. His words seemed so dark and
despairing. So off beat for a boy who had always been so overconfident
and incredibly full of life. `we all love you Maxie and I'll always be
here for you.' Justin anxiously awaited his little brother's response,
completely weirded out by Max's attitude.

Justin continued to wait for several seconds. Finally, when he
couldn't take it anymore he quickly jumped out of bed and walked over
to his brother's room, anxiety and concern building with each step. He
quietly approached the door listening for any sounds of crying or
distress but was met only with still bleak silence. Justin timidly
knocked on Max's door and waited a few moments but heard no response
from the other side. He wrapped his hand around the cold metal knob
and twisted it silently. Then, he pushed the creaking door open and
was initially greeted by sheer darkness. As his eyes finally adjusted
however, he witnessed a sight that made his heart stop.

Max was kneeling on the floor in the middle of his room still
shirtless, but what made Justin's heart stop was that Max was pressing
the tip of a long sharp knife in between his pectoral muscles and
starting to slowly run it down his chest as tears streamed down his
face.

"Max!" Justin screamed terrified, lunging towards his little brother
and the knife in his hand.

Max was initially startled by Justin's interruption, however his face
quickly switched to determination and he pressed the knife more firmly
into his chest.

"Noo," Justin yelled as his body collided with his brother's and the
knife was knocked out of Max's hand.

He struggled with his little brother, trying to control him, as he
kept reaching for the knife attempting to buck Justin off. His size
and weight helped to pin Max down, but once again Justin was surprised
at the strength Max could muster when he was angry.

"Maxie," Justin pleaded with the boy. "Stop!" He grabbed a hold of
Max's wrist pulling his arm to the side of his body in an attempt to
better control him. "Please stop!"

Max continued to cry, his fight against Justin beginning to slow and
weaken. Finally, Max relaxed, his body slumping back onto the ground.
He turned his face to the side and rested his cheek against the carpet
sobbing uncontrollably. Justin rolled off of him and then pulled Max
into his body in a tight hug. Max sobbed loudly into his shoulder his
mouth muffled by Justin's shirt which was slowly dampening from Max's
tears and saliva.

His body was shaking violently and continued to arch into Justin's as
terrible sobs tore through him. Justin ran a hand through Max's hair
cradling his head as he continued to cry.

"Maxie, it's alright. I love you. We're going to figure this out." He
squeezed his brother more tightly and then felt warm liquid seeping
onto his chest through his t-shirt.

`Shit!' Justin felt like an idiot for nearly forgetting about his
little brother's self inflicted wound. He reached his hand down from
the small of Max's back and then groped then left side of his little
brother's firm ass. Justin noticed Max's breath hitch and his crying
die down to a light sniffle at the touch, and then he fished Max's
wand from his back pocket. He pulled Max away from him and looked into
his dark watery eyes. Justin resisted the urge to plant a gentle kiss
on his brother's puffy lips fixating on them for a fraction of a
second, wishing to soothe the boy further, and then begrudgingly
lowered his eyes to his brother's marred chest.

Justin gasped at the sight.

"Maxie..." He quickly pointed the wand at his brother and muttered the
same spell he had cast on himself earlier that day. As a flash burst
from the wand and made contact with his chest, Justin felt Max's body
finally relax into his and his breathing calm and return to normal.

Thank god.

Justin slipped his arms around Max's bare, now completely flawless
torso and brought their bodies back together. He gazed at Max's
beautiful still form and watched as his brother's chest slowly rose
and fell. The only evidence that Max had just tried to hut himself
were the various red stains on the carpet and Justin's saturated
shirt. The thought of what his brother had tried to do nearly made
Justin wretch. What had been going through Max's mind? Why had he been
driven so far to the point of nearly k... Justin refused to finish the
thought.

Killing himself.

He shuddered remembering the sight of Max driving the knife into his
chest. Justin felt tears forming in his eyes as he continued to stare
at Max's lithe form.

Slowly, Max raised his head to look up at Justin, emitting a slight
moan. His, face however, held a pleasant albeit drowsy looking smile.
He brought his lips up to Justin's ear as if to whisper.

"Thank you... Justin."  He uttered weekly. "I... love... you." Then Max
turned his lips into Justin's face and placed a tender, lingering kiss
on the corner of Justin's mouth.

Justin felt his entire body heat up as Max brought his head back to
look into his brother's eyes. Justin returned the goofy, punch drunk
smile on Max's face, a feeling of complete bliss and happiness
enveloping his soul.

Then, Max's eyes rolled into the back of his head and he passed out in
Justin's arms, his smile still unwavering.

Justin carefully picked Max up barely noticing the boy's weight. He
slowly walked Max over to his bed, careful to mind the slightly
smaller boy's arms and legs hanging limply in his embrace. Then, he
placed Max gently on his bed and pulled the covers up to his shoulders
instinctively tucking him in.

Finally, unable to resist the temptation any longer, Justin slowly
bent his head down and placed a gentle chaste kiss on Max's soft pink
lips. He immediately felt Max press back tenderly against his own, and
then Justin quickly straightened back up, his head spinning. He
involuntarily licked his lips tasting a sweet flavor he immediately
identified with Max. A sweetness he had never experienced before as he
had never kissed Max, nor was it something he could associate with any
of the girls he had previously dated either. As Justin backed away
from his brother's peaceful sleeping form he noticed Max's scent still
lingering on him as if they were still cradled together. The scent and
flavor from Max's lips put his mind into overdrive.

Justin walked out of Max's room and quietly shut his door. He felt
completely intoxicated by the thoughts of his adorable brother. He was
halfway down the hallway towards his room when reality him like a ton
of bricks. The words kept revolving around in his head and he couldn't
make them stop, but part of him didn't want them to.

I am totally in love with Max... Shit!



AN: Again, major major thank you to all my readers! I really would not
have felt so secure going this far had it not been for yall.

	So yay, they finally kissy kissy, er sort of... I thought it was really
sweet anyway. (pouts) I know the action is going way to slowly for
most of you (I sowwy, `hides behind lap top'. Just love me :) I am
building somethings for future chapters though it's been hard to break
the characters. I will say, It's been very easy to work on this solo
Justin scene that will be coming (he he) up soon. And I have all of
these naughty naughty ideas of how `it' is finally going to happen
between our two favourite boys.

	Im thinking either a little alcohol to help them over come all this
bullshit (`but he's my brother', `I'm not supposed to feel that way',
`wah wah  angsty fucking wah') that keeps getting in the way of their
glorious hormones, or one of them walks in on the other while they're
masturbating and can't contain themselves or something... WAH!!

	Love you guys, and I love feed! I'm always open to suggestion (he he)
accept for "when are they gonna fuck" :p Only god knows that, and let
me tell you my friends, he has a sick and twisted mind.
Mpseagle16@gmail.com

-Michael