Untitled: Nothing's ever gonna break us down

Chapter 1: The new kid

Chris was a dreamer, at any given time he was more likely to be lost in his head somewhere rather than paying attention to what was going on around him. Needless to say this got him in trouble more times than not. Most of the time he was lost in the reoccurring fantasy of love- a boyfriend to kiss, hug, cuddle; dates every weekend and the simple domesticity of it all. It's not like he'd never kissed a boy, he had thank you very much, even a little more than that on a few accounts, but still the gay guys he meets just aren't interested in relationships like he is, "morons" he thinks to himself, who wouldn't want all that? It's completely irrelevant that these fantasy "boyfriends" all happen to have TV's poster child and the hottest thing to ever grace Hollywood Darren Criss' face, right, irrelevant…

"…and Math's even worse...Chris? Hellooooo? CHRIS!" Chris is snapped out of his day dreaming stupor by his best friend Ashley's screaming in his face

"huh? What? Oh sorry I missed tha-" he's cut off mid-sentence, already blushing up to his ears because he's been caught, by Ashley's unimpressed voice

"geeze, it's like talking to a wall I swear, I was trying to complain about how much school sucks which would be a lot more therapeutic if my best friend whined along with me… but more importantly I was getting to the fact that Halloween is a week and a half a way and we still don't have plans Christopher"

"ahhh… Halloween I completely forgot, but I'm sure someone in the senior class is throwing a party, the real problem is I'll have to find a fabulous costume by then and I am all out of ideas.. what are you being?" He asks hoping she's in the same boat as him so they can at least brainstorm together, or crash and burn in horrible costumes side by side… either one.

Ashley's face lights up like she just heard Christmas was coming early "I am being Grapes!" she draws out like it was the most ingenious idea to ever grace her insane mind.

"Grapes?"

"yeah grapes" oh no Chris knows that tone all too well it's the tone she uses when he's not picking up on something that was obviously supposed to be important or funny.

"But why?" he asks still not picking up on how this idea came about. "Well why not" she retorts looking at him as if "duh why is this so hard to grasp?"

Chris thinks it better to just go along than to try to understand, as he does with most of the things Ashley brings forth "right okay, yeah I get it, that's a good idea" He smiles trying to be convincing but pretty sure she's about to get snappy again…it's just then that they both notice that the crowded lunch room they were sitting in has been almost cleared out and the few remaining people are rushing to make their way to the main hallway.

"What the hell?" Chris mutters under his breath "was there an assembly we forgot about?" he asks turning to Ashley.

"No way, I wouldn't forget a reason to miss class, Hey you-" she reaches out a hand grabbing a freshman by his backpack "what's going on around here?"

"The new guy! I gotta go or I'll miss it" he tells her as he struggles to break free and runs out of the doors to where everyone else has disappeared.

Chris couldn't figure out why everyone was quite so excited about a new kid, sure it was October and term already started but still. Maybe they were really rich, or one of those rebels who got kicked out of everywhere else or…

His thoughts were once again interrupted by his friend " well why are you still sitting there, let's go check out this big shot"

He wants to object but by the look on her face Chris can tell he's not finishing his salad. "fine, fine, but I don't see why, plus I have to study for bio and this is taking time away from—"

"Chris seriously, you know my curiosity will eat at me until I see what the hype is about" Ashley insists pulling him out of his seat and towards to door.

"Yeah well curiosity killed the cat remember?"

"As a matter of fact I do remember, guess it's a good thing I'm not a cat" she smirks.

They make their way to the front of the school where they come across what must be close to every student who doesn't have class at the moment… and probably some who do.

Chris turned to the first person he saw, "excuse me, do you know why everyone is waiting around for this new kid?"

The girl looked at him like he was the biggest idiot in the world and it looked like Ashley wanted to slap her for it "are you kidding?! You haven't heard? He's famous of course and not to mention absolutely gorgeous… but most importantly famous!"

Chris was just about to ask her if she had a tendency to be naïve and was sure this wasn't some joke when he remembers all the other students, so he decided to ask who this apparent famous person is when he's cut short by squeals from all around and a breathless and stunned "Oh my god" coming from Ashley.

Straining to see over everyone's heads, thank god he was tall, and through the flashing bulbs "I guess this person is famous" Chris thinks, he gets a clear view of the walkway just in time to see none other than Darren Criss walking towards the principal's office carrying a backpack and what looks like a freshly printed schedule.

"No fucking way"