Randy was once again out by the pool while John talked with his mother. He looked up when the side gate opened and someone walked in. "Who are you?" He said getting up.
"Relax." He said "I'm John's brother Matthew."
"Oh." Randy said sitting back down.
"Everyone calls you the pool boy who came between John and Cody." Matthew said "What's your name?"
"Randy." He said "And why, are you going to hit me?"
Matthew smiled "No man I just wanted to talk to you. I'm not going to hurt you."
Randy nodded "About what?"
"John." Matthew said. "How long have you two been seeing each other like this?"
Randy shrugged "About a month now I think. John felt bad for lying to everyone."
Matthew sighed "When John was sixteen he came to me and told me that his girlfriend wanted to have sex with him but when he saw her naked he didn't feel anything so he left. He told me he sometimes looked at his friends in the showers and it got him excited but also scared. Then he started having dreams and it got so bad he couldn't sleep. There was this other kid at his school and he was out. John saw how hard it was for him and he didn't want to be treated like that so he buried his feeling."
"Did you tell anyone?" Randy asked.
Matthew shook his head. "No, he made me promise not to but even if he didn't I still would have never told. He's my little brother and he always will be no matter who he loves and he loves you."
"I love him too." Randy said "I just feel like this is all my fault. All those things your father said to him. The look on John's face just killed me."
Matthew sighed "I don't know what's with my dad and being gay. I told him that I knew about John all these years and now he's shutting me out too."
Randy frowned "Sorry."
"It's okay." Matthew said "John is really insecure about this gay stuff and he sometimes gets nervous when he's with you."
"How do you know that?" Randy asked.
"We've been talking the past few days." Matthew said "We talked about a lot. Our mom, dad but mostly about you. I know it's not my place but he thinks that he won't be enough for you. That you're going to realize you can do better and leave him."
"Wait what?" Randy said "I would never do that to him. Yeah he might be a little older than me but he means a lot to me. All I want to do is be with him and make him happy. To tell you the truth I feel like he's too good for me. This is all new to him so he might want to explore the new side of him."
"Trust me." Matthew said "John never gave into his feeling until he met you. So you obviously made him feel something that no other person could, not even Kelly and he's not going to let that go."
Randy smiled and looked down. "I hope you're right."
"Hey what's going on out here?" John asked coming out. "Matthew, when did you get here?"
"I came here with mom but I didn't want to interrupt you guys so I thought I'd wait out here." He got up. "Then I saw Randy here and we got to talking." He hugged him. "How did it go with mom?"
"Well she wants to meet you so I'm guessing good." John said smiling. He walked over to John and held out his hand. "Come on."
Randy smiled and took John's hand. The three of them went inside.
OOO
Later that day
"Are you okay?" John asked. They were upstairs lying on the bed.
Randy sighed "I don't know."
"What's wrong?" John asked looking over at him.
"It's just something that your brother said." Randy looked over at John who was now looking down.
"He told you everything, didn't he?" John said.
Randy nodded "Yeah I just want you to know that you don't have anything to worry about. I want to be with you and only you." He took John's hand. "And that's never going to change. I just thought you might want to be with someone your age that's more mature like you."
"I thought you might want to be with someone younger." John said looking over at Randy again smiling. "I know I'm new and sometimes I don't know how to act around you but I want to learn. We can start off slow."
Randy smiled "How can we start off slow if we're already in love?"
John shrugged "How about a date? I've never been on one with another man."
"Why don't you come to the club with me tonight?" Randy said. "We're having this huge event there and I don't have to work. We could just have a fun night out dancing."
John nodded "Okay."
OOO
When John and Randy entered the crowded club all eyes were on them. He walked closer to Randy and took his hand.
Randy stopped and turned to him. "Are you okay?" he yelled over the music.
"Everyone is looking at me!" John yelled. "I feel like a piece of meat."
Randy laughed "They're just jealous because you're already taken." He looked around. "Do you want to dance?"
John smiled and let Randy lead him onto the dance floor. When Randy started dancing around him John just stood there smiling. He then reached out and pulled Randy in close.
"Are you okay?" Randy asked him.
John wrapped his arms around Randy's waist and rested his hand on his shoulder. "I'm perfect." He smiled when Randy's arms went around his neck. They swayed back and forth to the fast paced music but to them they didn't see or hear anyone else.
John was smiling from ear to ear. He had never felt this way about anyone in his life. Every time he was with Randy he got butterflies in his stomach. "Randy?"
"Hmmm?" Randy said.
"Promise me something." John said. "No matter what happens, we're going to get through it together."
Randy pulled back and looked into John's eyes. "I promise." He leant forward and kissed John. The kiss was slow and sweet. They rested their foreheads against eachother's. "Maybe on our second date we could go somewhere more quiet, just the two of us."
John smiled "I like that and remind me to thank my brother later." He looked around and saw other men looking at him. "Not that this isn't fun but hanging out with all these dudes we don't know is kind of freaking me out. Their like lions ready to take down us antelopes." Randy smiled "Besides the only man I want to be with is standing right in front of me."
Randy chuckled "Back to your place then?"
OOO
Before going to John's house they stopped by Randy's apartment so he could get some clothes. They showered together and ended up falling asleep in the master bedroom of John's house.
Early the next morning
Randy woke up when he heard someone knocking at the door. Not wanting to wake up John he decided to answer the door, in just his boxers. When he opened the door he was met with John's father. "Oh god um Mr. Cena." He said "I'm so sorry."
Mr. Cena sighed "its okay um is John here?"
Randy nodded "Come on in." He shut the door behind him. "I'll go get John."
"Hey wait." Mr. Cena said. "I sorry for what I said before."
Randy was shocked. "Oh thank you." He then went upstairs to get John.
Mr. Cena walked around downstairs. Even though he wasn't fond of John being gay and he certainly didn't like it, John was his son and no matter what he loved him. Family was the most important thing to him and it hasn't been the same without John and ever since he said those hateful words to John he's been regretting it ever since.
A/N Thanks for all the reviews and the next chapter will be up soon.
