slashxmistress | Three is a Magic Number (Ch.1)

Title:Three is a Magic Number
Author:

slashxmistress
Rating:NC17 overall
Pairing:Brendon/Ryan/Jon
POV: third
Summary: Brendon and Jon decide to go for what they want. Which just happens to be Ryan.
Disclaimer: Totally not true. The boys are not mine, but I like to play with them.
Author Notes: This story is pretty much finished. I'll post a new chapter every few days maybe sooner if you comment. Beta'd by the lovely and awesome

imafyrebyrd

It started, simply enough, with a game of Guitar Hero.

Ryan had run and hidden the minute the "guitars" came out. Spencer stormed off in disgust after round 26 or so. But Jon was determined to take Brendon down. So as the next round was getting intense Jon leaned in close and said "So how long have you been in love with Ryan?"

"Almost from the moment I first saw him...Wait, what?!" Brendon totally lost his place in the game, but Jon's triumph was short lived when he saw the stricken look on his best friends face.

"I don't...I mean...what?" Brendon sighed and dropped his head into his hands dejectedly. "How did you know?"

"What? Really? Oh wow. I was just joking Bren, trying to throw you off your game."

"Oh God." Brendon slumped to the floor, back against the couch, head still in his hands. "It's not that obvious is it? I mean, I know we joke and all, but I thought I'd..."

" No! No, it's not so obvious, I mean, I don't know, now that I think about it there are signs..." Seeing the horrified expression on Brendon's face, Jon felt bad for opening this particular can of worms. Especially since he could empathize so very well. He figured the least he could do was give Brendon something back.

"Don't worry, I can't say anything. I know exactly how you feel."

"Oh yeah?" Brendon's sneer was skeptical at best, "and just how is that?"

"Well, just between you and me, I've been pretty infatuated with Ryan for quite awhile now too."

Brendon's eyes might actually have popped out of his head if he hadn't been wearing his glasses as he stared at Jon in shock.
"You?...What?"

"Yeah, I mean, he has that affect doesn't he? He's just beautiful and so...Ryan, I'd never tell him or anything but..."

"Well why not?"

"Are you kidding?" Jon shot Brendon his best "you must be insane "face. " I'm sure he'd either laugh at me or run screaming from the room and I'm not sure which would be more humiliating."
"Besides, I've seen the way he looks at you. If anyone had a chance..."

"Oh please. I've been throwing myself at him for years he obviously isn't interested in me."

"Maybe he thinks you're just joking. Have you ever really told him how you feel?"

"Well no, but..."

"Then how do you know?" Jon asked softly as he reached over and pulled Brendon's chin up, so he was looking into his eyes.

"How do you know? You don't know how he goes on about you since you joined the band?" Brendon's eyes were sparkly with unshed tears. "It's all 'Jon did this' and 'Jon said that' all the time. It's almost nauseating."

"Whatever dude." Jon rolled his eyes. Ryan does not talk about me that much. Does he? "You should really just tell him how you feel."

"Yeah, and you should take your own advice, Socrates."

"All right, how's this? I will if you will!"

"Oh right, how's that gonna work, " now it was Brendon's turn to roll his eyes. "Hey Ryan, Jon and I are in love with you- whaddya think of that?"

"No, no. We don't want to overwhelm the guy, but we could woo him." Jon waggled his eyebrows suggestively.

"You're saying we should try to seduce him?" Brendon looked less than convinced.

"Sure. We can have a little friendly competition even..."

"But Jon," Brendon looked almost hopeful. "What if one of us wins?"

"Then we'll be happy that one of us could make Ryan happy and we'll leave it at that."

Brendon pondered for moment. "Yeah, ok, I could live with that, I mean if he doesn't love me, at least I know you would be good to him."

"Exactly, and I feel the same. You're my best friend B. If you guys are meant to be then fine. But we'll never know if we don't try, and if someone else were to come along and steal his heart...?"

"Oh! Don't even think it J." Brendon almost choked at the very idea. "You're on!"

Operation: Seduce Ryan Ross begins today.
NEXT