So, here is the last part. I’m a bit sad too that the story is over now. But on the other hand I’m also happy that I could finish it. Thanks a lot for all your wonderful feedback. And especially for Dphysh there will be some puppies. ;) I know the ending is sickened sweet, but I had been in the mood for it. *Sighs* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian’s POV I let Justin go for now. I would try to win him back later. I finally had his telephone number and address. (Yes, I became more clever this time) But now I had to prevent that Michael took Brutus with him. “Hey, let Brutus stay here with me. PLEASE!” (Oh god, I really said “please” to Michael. It only showed how despaired I was!) Michael must have thought the same. He looked a bit confused at me. “Why?” He only asked though. “Because he got used to me. You only had him for a short time. He won’t recognize you anymore.” “Bah, as if you had properly taken care of him! You do not even love animals! I guess you only threw the food in front of him and didn’t pay attention to him otherwise. I’m sure all the time he didn’t hear a nice word from you or got some share of kindness and affection. So what do you want with my dog? Do you use it only to get to know some guys?” That was the second time that somebody told me this. But it hurt very much to hear Michael saying it. I knew a lot of people called me an asshole. I was used to it, it didn’t bother me. But I always believed in Michael’s brotherly love and friendship. I had never thought he would think that low of me! If I would be more sensitive, I even had cried now. At least Brutus didn’t leave me in the lurch. He growled and barked furiously at Michael. Apparently he didn’t want to go with him. It made me proud and happy that he preferred my company. “Come on, Brutus, be a good guy!” My friend wanted to grab Brutus, but the little guy wasn’t that good. He buried his teeth in Michael’s hand. “Aw! You stupid cur!” Mikey yelled in pain. “Fuck! I guess you can keep him!!” Justin’s POV Of course I didn’t mean what I had said to Brian. I didn’t hate him. On the contrary, I was very much in love with him But I was so disappointed that he had been lying to me all the time. Why didn’t he tell me that Brutus wasn’t his dog? It seemed that Brian had too many secrets. How could I trust him and have a strong relationship with him? I only wished I wouldn’t know how wonderful life with him could be. Then I wouldn’t know what I was missing. Just now where I finally had more professional success, my private life sucked. Next week I had another show, but I wasn’t even looking forward to it. I had sold so many pictures lately that I could even afford to go to a better art college. It should be like a dream to become true. But I simply wasn’t happy. I was moping around one afternoon only though because Brian and Brutus came to visit me. “What do you want?” I tried to steel my voice (and myself). The sight of Brian made my knees weak again. Damn. But I didn’t want it to make easy for him. I was still very angry and disappointed. “I don’t want to hear your lame excuses. You fooled me enough already. Now it’s clear why you didn’t seem to know much about dogs. But I admit you played this role as a dog owner very well. Congratulation. You should apply for a carrier as an actor.” “Please, Jus, let me explain. Brutus is my dog - now.” He smiled strangely at me. “What does that mean?” Was that another stupid game he was playing? “I talked with my friend, and he gave Brutus to me. So he is my dog now.” “So simple is that? I don’t believe a word!” I gripped the door a bit tighter, but I still didn’t slam it. “Please, Justin. It’s the truth. I know it wasn’t correct to lie to you in the first place. And I have to confess that I only wanted to fuck you at first. But it soon changed. I lo…care about you., and I don’t want to lose what we have. And even if I used Brutus in the beginning, I had fallen in like with him and I wanted to keep him. Please, give us another chance.” He talked very fast as if he wanted to get over with it pretty soon. I realized that it was very hard for him to admit all that stuff. I guess he wasn’t used to talk about his feelings. I couldn’t stay angry at him, but I couldn’t exactly forgive him right away either. “Give me time.” I answered. It probably wasn’t the response he was hoping for, but I could see that he was trying to understand me. “I’ll give you that time.” Four weeks later I noticed that Jeannie’s belly was getting rounder and her teats were swelling. Oh god, I knew exactly what that meant. But unlike other times, I wasn’t shocked about it. On the contrary, I was really looking forward to it. Maybe it was finally time to go to Brian, to forgive him and tell him the news. I have talked with him on the phone from time to time, but it wasn’t the same. I was missing him like crazy and I knew that I couldn’t live without him anymore. Jeannie was love sick too, so why should we torture us any longer? “Really? We’ll get some puppies?” Brian seemed to be happy about the news and he kissed me lovingly. “But that means your apartment will be too small for the new family. But my loft is big enough. Why don’t you move in with me?” “Are you sure?” I had some doubts. Wasn’t that a bit too soon? But then Brian gave me that puppy dog look that I couldn’t resist. (Oh god, if our babies - ahm, I mean Jeannie’s babies of course, would look the same at me, I’d turn into a hopeless slave for them) “Okay” I heard myself say. And I didn’t even wonder about myself anymore. A month later the big day came. Jeannie was very restless. She panted, didn’t eat but drank a lot of water. She laid down in her self-made nest. We waited and waited, and then the first baby came. It was a domestic birth. And I was very proud of Brian, he didn’t freak out or faint that the floor of his loft was smeared with a lot of mucus . I grabbed his hand and pressed it. Mikey and his partner were there too. To save their friendship Brian promised Michael a puppy and now he wanted see the birth of his new family member. “Oh, he looks like the dog of Asterix. I’ll take this one. He will be my personal comic hero, dog, whatever.” Mikey excitedly pointed at a little guy with a white coat and black ear points. Brian only rolled his eyes. Mikey would never change. I grinned while I observed how Jeannie licked one of her babies clean. After 3 hours we had 5 healthy puppies. I smiled happily when I saw the babies sucked Jeannie’s teats. Brutus sat next to her like a proud daddy who guarded his family. When the babies will be old enough I give one to Heather, the little girl that had taken care of Jeannie for a while. The Asterix puppy will go with Michael, and I was sure we would find some good homes for the other three as well. Or maybe we simply kept them. I still had to convince Brian. But I knew already how to wrap my man round my little finger.(Grins) Wow, I still couldn’t believe that I would have such a big family one day. I had been sure that I was damned to be alone with Jeannie forever. I was so happy that I started to cry again. “It’s something wrong?” Brian asked worriedly. I kissed him and smiled back. “No, everything is perfectly fine.” THE END