Hello there, everybody. I've spent the past few weeks mulling this idea over in my head. As it says in the summary, this is an AU where Jeff is a rising popstar and Nick is a fan that's been there from the beginning.

I'm hoping to keep the rating at T, however, this will be very angst heavy at some parts, and I will add trigger warnings as needed.

By the nature of fanfiction, I do not own glee, Jeff, Nick, or anything else you may recognize.

As far as music, some bits are my own, some will be from others, and credit will be placed where it is due.

So, here we go. I hope you enjoy. If you have a moment, I'd really appreciate your reviews.

-Katherine

I know you're walking around

Somewhere

I know I'll find you

Someday

The final chord of the song rang out and the radio host came on. You heard it here first! That's Jeffrey Sterling's new single "Someday."

And in case you're just checking in to The Wave, we are also joined by none other than Jeffery Sterling himself!

"What's up everybody?" Jeffrey laughed.

"So that was your single's radio premiere! Can you tell us what you're feeling right now?"

Jeffrey laughed again. "This is just crazy, you know? I don't think I could ever get used to the sound of my art being put out there for everyone."

The host took the brief silence to encourage him to continue. "It was about a year ago that this all started, yeah?"

"Yup. It was last June that all this took off. We released an album, did a national tour, just wrapped my second album. We're in the midst of planning a second tour, this one being international and-"

"Hold up Jeffrey did we know about this international tour?" The host interrupted, being overly enthusiastic in comparison to Jeffrey.

"Well, now you do. We're going to release the dates next Friday."

"Oh my god folks! You heard that here first too! Jeffrey Sterling's new single, his international tour announcement, more to come on The Wave!"

Nick Duvall turned the volume of the radio stream down as it switched to commercial. He sighed as he thought of how far Jeffrey had come. Nearly two years ago Nick had come across his YouTube channel, full of a few acoustic covers and some of Jeffrey's originals hastily recorded on Garageband.

A few months after Nick had discovered Jeffrey, he released a demo CD, which caught the attention of his current recording label.

They sponsored Jeffrey to do a small handful of shows around America. Nick had been lucky enough to get to his Illinois show. On the bulletin board above Nick's bed hung a signed picture of Jeffrey and Nick from the meet and greet.

Nicky,

I loved getting to talk with you today!

Never forget your inner strength

-Jeff

The night Nick met Jeffrey, two promises were made-Jeffrey had Nick promise him that he would never quit fighting, and Jeffrey in turn had promised Nick that he would never change.

So far, both promises held true.

Nearly an hour later, Jeffrey Sterling made his way out of the radio studio to the car waiting for him. He opened the door to find his publicist waiting for him.

"Jeffrey, get in!" she hissed. Jeff sighed as he got into the back seat and shut the door. "Honestly, did you thank the custodial staff on your way out? You should've been done half an hour ago!"

Jeffrey pulled out his phone, completely uninterested in what Joanne was saying to him. "It's called being polite. You should try it occasionally."

The woman rolled her eyes. "You don't need to be polite once you make it to the Top Ten."

Jeffrey muttered "Whatever" under his breath, before logging into his twitter. He scrolled through his mentions, skimming the praises his fans had sent him. Jeffrey opened a new tweet and typed:

JSterling: Thanks to all of so much for your kind words on Someday! Just know I do everything I do for all of you guys, as I could never be (...)

The boy frowned at the character limit. It felt like a sentence fragment.

JSterling: where I am today without each and everyone of you! I love you all so much(:

He scrolled through his feed to see if there was anything worthwhile from the few friends he's managed to make since moving to Los Angeles.

"Jeffrey," Joanne's voice was harsh. "You always sound so gay when you tweet. Stop that or you'll turn into Perez."

He rolled his eyes again and started another tweet.

JSterling: On my way to the dance studio! Super excited to get to dance tonight. And perhaps this is preparation for a music video...? ;)

A moment passed before Joanne sighed, "Jeffrey..."

A smile appeared on his face and he rolled down the window.

Nick smiled as he read Jeffrey Sterling's last tweets. Every reminder that he was still the boy on YouTube warmed Nick's heart.

Okay, so maybe Nick Duvall has had a little crush on Jeffrey Sterling for two years. Not that he'd ever admit it to anyone. He hears the jokes made about the popstar in school. It was like when Justin Bieber got signed. Not everybody appreciated his less-than-masculine look and made girl jokes and comments completely irrelevant to his talent.

Nick had never even told anybody of his liking to Jeffrey Sterling's music. He was bullied enough for detesting athletics, and anything else the 'jocks' could think of, he really didn't wish to give any more of a reason to be beat up during lunch.

It's not that he had anything to hide. It's normal to have crushes on celebrities of the same gender as yourself, right? It's not like he ever had a chance with Jeffrey, so it didn't matter. Nick was straight. He just had a liking for music and dance. He was definitely straight; Nick had a girlfriend. So he was straight.

Right?

Later that night Jeffrey sat in the back of the studio with the choreographer, Austin. "I'm really impressed at how quickly you picked up on this number."

The pop star just laughed, "I just like dancing. It makes sense to me."

"Thank the stars! Having to teach dance to people who can't dance is the worst. Especially because they always come with the biggest egos." Steven rolled his eyes at past memories.

Jeffrey's face fell, "Austin, I don't have a big ego, do I?"

"What? Are you kidding me? Jeffrey Mark Sterling, you are one of the most humble people I have ever met. I seriously don't get how you never have a girlfriend. Chicks dig that."

Jeffrey just shrugged. "I just haven't found the right person yet."

Austin stood up and started walking around to the door. He paused in the doorway. "You'll find her someday." Austin winked and walked.

Jeffrey just laughed at the irony of the statement.