*aaaaarg* lol What a line to end a chapter! How much do I hate not having regular internet access at the moment? Even more now that I know you'll be posting this fic. *thud*

My heart bleeds for them. Seeing Justin so forlorn I have this need I mostly have reserved for Brian: the indecision between wanting to hug him and to shake him up. *sighs* You made his emotions very palbable in this first part.

“Thing is -- I was wrong. Brian wasn’t the problem. He was the solution. He kept you together. Made you strive to be better without selling out. Gave you a goal.” Matthew sighed, his eyes meeting Justin’s. “And when that was gone-- you let something else become your focus. And you lost what was important.”
Wonderful and poignant.
They both held each other together.

“If you fell so far from who you are -- I can’t imagine what happened to him.”
*sniffles*

Daphne sighed into the phone. “I still don’t know what the fuck happened.”
I'm so glad Daphne is in this fic. =)

Thanks! Can hardly wait for more. :-)