When the Past Becomes the Future

Going According to Plan

Two Months Later:

Brian had just gotten back from yet another 10 day tour and he was exhausted. Over the last couple months it was safe to say that Brian Quinn was most definitely keeping to himself these days. The drama with finding out about two sons was starting to settle and he was doing his best to enjoy his role in both their lives.

As much as he wanted to just go home and hide from the world after having so many people in his face for days on end, he was not going to be getting his wish. His older brother, Jimmy, and younger brother, Danny, had had just about enough of the mopping around and demanded a Quinn brother dinner.

So after being home for less than an hour, showering, changing, and saying a quick hello to his cats, he was back out the door to meet his brothers.
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"This is getting incredibly old." Jimmy sighed about 10 minutes into dinner.

"What is?" Brian asked annoyed already by the way this conversation was going.

"The being miserable act. Get the fuck over yourself." Jimmy snapped. Of the three Quinn brothers, the oldest was definitely known as the most expressive and harsh, especially when it came to Brian.

"Oh I'm sorry didn't know I couldn't be fucking tired!" Brian barked back, "You ever travel to 10 different cities in 10 fucking nights. Live a fucking day in my shoes Bro!"

"Awe poor Q. What's wrong, rockstar lifestyle catching up with you finally?" Jimmy mocked pretending to pout.

"Fuck off." Brian responded considering throwing money down on the table and storming out. He wasn't in the mood for his older brother's asshole comments.

"Both of you enough!" Danny interrupted. Their whole lives, the youngest brother was always the voice of reason and always got stuck playing referee between these two. "I think what Jimmy is trying to say is we don't understand. You had everything you ever wanted finally. It's almost like you enjoy being unhappy."

"Yeah I choose to feel like this." Brian answered sarcastically rolling her eyes.

"Have you talked to Juliette at all?" Danny  asked.

Brian took a bite from his burger growling in frustration. If he knew this was going to be an interrogation, he wouldn't have come at all. "We share a son, of course I talk to her."

"I'm not talking about when it comes to Levi, I'm talking about having a conversation about the two of you." Danny said.

"I love how everyone plays me like I'm the asshole. In a time where she should have put her feelings out of it for two fucking seconds and stand by me, she decided to turn it into the Juliette show. Her whole reaction to it was bullshit!" Brian said feeling his temper start to rise.

"You saying you don't love her anymore?" Jimmy interrupted.

"Of course I still love her." Brian answered, "I don't think it's possible for me not to love her. I just...I really needed her and she wasn't there like I needed. Street has to go both ways."

"And you also need to learn forgiveness in a relationship little brother." Jimmy added.

Brian was silent for a moment. Things with Jules had been almost the worst they could be the past couple months. After their fight when he got back from New Orleans, she barely spoke to him. She never kept him from Levi but the only interaction he had with her was when he was picking up or dropping off their son. Work has been crazy lately and he missed Levi very much. Juliette still wasn't comfortable with Levi meeting Brian's other son but didn't want to make the same mistake and lie to him again so told Brian it was up to him how he handled the situation. Up to this point Brian hadn't mentioned anything to Levi yet. He was still trying to get to know his younger son slowly. It just wasn't as easy with Jace as it had been with Levi. Brian blamed it on Jace still being a baby but deep down he just felt no connection with this kid like he had with Levi. However he helped financially by paying for a lot of the things Tina couldn't afford for him, like a better daycare and nicer clothes.