Two days later and we're sitting on an airplane, headed to San Diego, headed home. When we were packing my stuff, Tony and I decided that my furniture was not needed at his place. And since I had no emotional attachment to it at all, I had no problem selling it. My old landlord even agreed to sell it with the apartment, so I didn't have to wait for it be sold to leave. So basically, I packed up my clothes and some important shit and left. I am having my drums shipped out though, I refused to leave them with Ralph.

Speaking of Ralph, boy is he pissed at me. I guess as a producer, I'd be too if I were him. I just sort of left without giving him any notice. He's mad to the point of taking Whiskyhandz off the shelfs and effectively leaving me without a paycheck. Which is enough to piss me off even more than I already was. But I digress, I guess it's time to own up and get a real job, the music industry is no place for me...

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Tony asked, gently caressing the back of my hand with his thumb.

"It's too late for me to back out now Tone," I said chuckling, "And even if I could I wouldn't."

He smiled at me and settled into his seat.

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Three weeks after I made the move to San Diego, Tony and I finally got ourselves settled in together. We'd both been living alone for so long, it took us time to get used to living with another person again. But even saying that, the few arguments we had weren't that bad. I think we were too caught up in having each other again to get upset about the little things, that's at least how it was for me.

Everything now is perfect though, we did a pretty good job avoiding the awkwardness that I was expecting. It was so natural though, living with him even after all of these years, I'd say we fit together like puzzle pieces, but I don't like that analogy.

Yes, puzzle pieces fit perfectly together when they're brand new. But as time goes on, and the pieces are separated and put back together, the edges fade. Causing the pieces not to fit as well. And in some cases, they eventually don't go together at all, just two pieces of the same puzzle, not meant to be together.

That is not the way to describe Tony and I though, even after all the time and the wear and tear, we still fit together perfectly. Like gears in a machine. Yes they rust over time, but with a little work, they can be brand new again. That's how I like to describe my relationship with Tony. Perfectly unperfect.

"Babe!" Tony exclaimed, pulling me back into reality, "Get to the bedroom! They'll be here any minute now!"

I chuckled and stood up from the couch. Tony had this 'brilliant' idea on how to tell people about our relationship. We're having a party tonight, since it's the first night Vic and Jaime are back in the US from their honeymoon. Tony invited all of their friends; Matt, Austin, Cam, Kellin and his wife, even Jenna was coming. The catch though? I had to wait for everyone to get here before I got to talk to anyone.

"Tony!" I whined, "I don't wanna! Can't I just stay out with you? It's still a surprise!"

"Aw you're so cute I'm almost going to say yes," he said, walking over to me and kissing my cheek, "But no, get out of here!"

I scoffed before walking back to our room and jumping onto the bed.

~*POV Tony*~

I giggled as Mike walked off to our room. He's so cute when he's irritated, especially when he's faking it. Ok, he's always cute, but especially when he's irritated. I'm glad that we're doing this, some days I wake up and I think it's all a dream. But then I roll over and see his sleeping face, and it makes me smile.

After a few minutes there was a knock on the door. I opened it to see that Jenna and Cam were the first to arrive.

"Jen!" I exclaimed, pulling her into a hug, "It's been too long!"

"Seriously though Turtle," she squealed, "I missed you!"

Cam laughed at us and shook his head, "Ok ladies, you can get caught up later, but first let me in!"

I looked at Jenna, and we simultaneously burst out laughing. Jenna is like my best friend, it's weird because she's the only person I actually act gay around. Well I'm gay around Mike obviously, but you know what I mean. Like, we oogle over guys together.

"So," Jenna said, as we sat down on the couch, "How have you been?"

"Absolutely perfect!" I gushed, "So I have a new boyfriend..."

"Shut up!" Jenna exclaimed, "When can I meet him?"

"Later tonight," I said, trying not to blush.

Their was another knock on the door. I hopped up to answer it, but Jenna beat me to it, leaving me with Cam. He raised an eyebrow and gave me a disapproving look. I'm not surprised, he knows about what happened with Mike... Him, Austin and Vic.

Soon enough, everyone was here except for Matt, who had backed out last minute, just like at the wedding. What has his problem been lately? He's just pissing Vic, Jaime and I off, extremely, Jaime's still mad that he ditched the wedding.

"So Tony..." Jenna said knowingly after everyone had been here for a few minutes, "When do we get to meet your new boyfriend..."

Vic's head whipped around from his conversation with Kellin to face me. He gave me a look similar to the one that Cam gave me. I bit my lip, blushed a little and looked away from him.

"Right now actually," I said, suddenly grinning again.

Jenna raised an eyebrow at me, "What do you mean?"

"Hey babe!" I called to Mike, "You can come out now!"

Notes

Title Cred: Of Mice & Men