A New Discovery

"Guys, the movers are here!" Hannah yelled into the empty apartment. Damian, Cameron and Lindsay shot around the corner into the hall, excited looks upon their faces.

"Finally," Damian looked up at Cameron excitedly. Cameron smiled back at Damian and gave him a hug.

There they go again, being all mushy about their apartment, Lindsay thought. She noticed that any time the apartment was even mentioned in passing, Damian and Cameron acted like it was the coming of Jesus or something. She thought it was strange. Ever since The Glee Project ended, the two boys spent all of their time texting each other when they weren't together and when they were, it was as if they were connected by an invisible string. If Cameron walked into the kitchen of Hannah and Lindsay's apartment, Damian would follow. Damian would run to the store and Cameron would jump up immediately to go with. Something weird is going on between them. She was sure of it. But the second she thought it, she would shoot the prospect down. They're just best friends. That's it. I mean, Han and I go to the bathroom and stuff together all the time.

They ran down to the busy Los Angeles street to gather up boxes and hall them into the new apartment. The day was searing hot and Lindsay saw Cameron pull off his cardigan after one of their trips upstairs. Damian was wearing a long sleeved button up shirt with a T-shirt underneath and was sweating profusely. The shirt was buttoned all the way, an odd thing for Damian as he usually had the top one undone.

"Damo, why don't you take your shirt off, you look like you're roasting," Lindsay suggested, moving to undo Damian's top button. He jumped away defensively.

"Um, no, I'm good," he said, blush creeping into his cheeks as he turned away. That's weird. She shrugged and moved back outside where Cameron and Hannah were sitting on a bench, taking a breather.

"Hey is Damian still up there?" Cameron asked when he saw her.

"Yeah, why?"

"Oh, uh, I just need to ask him something…" Cameron trailed off as he backed towards the elevator inside the building. Lindsay saw him rubbing the back of his neck before he climbed in. He only does that when he's nervous.

"Hannah, do Damian and Cameron seem like they're acting weird to you?"

"No, I don't think so. They're just being their normal bromance-y selves. Why, what's up?"

"I dunno; it's just like they're inseparable. It's weird. Even you and I aren't that close together all the time. And they don't even argue, like, ever. It's not normal."

"Maybe they're just really excited about their apartment. Don't be so nosy, Linds. You remember that time you tried to figure out if Sam and Marissa were together? Yeah, didn't work out so well."

Lindsay sighed and told Hannah she was probably right and moved on to talk about what they would do that night. Maybe a movie. After a few minutes, Lindsay realized that the boys were taking quite a while. "I'm gonna go see what's taking them so long."

"Okay, I'll go grab another box," Lindsay headed upstairs, wondering what they could be doing. She opened the door to the apartment and found that they were nowhere in sight. "Hey guys?" she called out.

"Oh, Linds, uh, just a sec," Cameron's voice shouted from his bedroom. She could hear some scuffling and hushed voices. Okay, something is seriously up. She walked down the hallway to the door of the bedroom and pushed it open. Damian stood awkwardly next to Cameron who was staring at his feet. They seemed normal, if not a little embarrassed. Lindsay didn't know what she would find but she was a little relieved that she didn't discover anything.

"Hey, there's not too many boxes left and Hannah and I were talking about going to the movies later. You guys wanna come?" she asked, a hint of suspicion coating her voice.

"Oh, sure I think we'd be up for that," Damian said, his voice cracking a bit. Lindsay was about to turn away but noticed that the buttons on Damian's shirt were off by one. I knew it. She stayed rooted to the spot, frozen, and staring at the shirt.

Damian coughed, "Uhm, Lindsay? What's up?"

"You put your shirt back on wrong," she glanced up at his and Cameron's horrified faces before whipping back into the hallway and out the door.

She couldn't process it. They're together? Like, together together? She had just assumed they were secretly in a fight or plotting something, not that they were dating or whatever it is they were doing. She woke from her trance when she bumped into Hannah suddenly.

"Geez, watch where you-" Hannah paused when she saw the terrified look on Lindsay's face. "Linds, what's wrong?" Hannah asked, concernedly.

Lindsay was about to speak when Damian and Cameron came bursting through the elevator doors. "Lindsay, we need to talk to you," Cameron said hurriedly.

"What's going on?" Hannah was completely confused and a little worried by the terrified looks on Damian and Cameron's faces and the disbelief shadowing Lindsay's.

"I walked in-"

"Lindsay, please," Damian looked in her eyes, searching for some sort of mercy.

Lindsay felt a rush of anger towards Damian and Cameron. Why can't they trust us? Especially Hannah. "I walked in on them after they were fooling around," Lindsay rushed out before either of them could interrupt. She slapped her hands to her mouth the second she stopped talking. She suddenly felt guilty about outing them.

Hannah's jaw dropped. A second later, she started laughing. She didn't believe it. "Oh you are too funny, Linds," Lindsay looked at her straight. She glanced at Cameron and Damian's faces to see that they were completely sober, not even tweaking a smile. "Oh. Oh."

Lindsay could see Cameron's cheeks turning red. His face hardened. She shot him a look full of regret. Hannah didn't speak and Lindsay wondered what she was thinking. The silence was thick, like tar. Lindsay turned to Cameron and Damian. "Oh for God's sake, will one of you say something? Or explain or, or something?"

"I- We-" Damian looked to Cameron for help.

"We're in love," Cameron said simply. "There's nothing either of you can say or do to change our relationship so if you can't accept it then just leave."

Lindsay was taken aback by Cameron's abruptness; he was usually the sweeter and more reserved of the two. Hannah stood with her mouth still open, completely unbelieving of the whole situation. Cameron turned on his heel to grab the last box out of the moving van and headed back upstairs. Damian gave Lindsay and Hannah one last timid look before trailing after Cameron.

"Well shoot, this explains a lot," Hannah finally said.

"Like what?"

"Well, like why Damian didn't give in to my unbelievable charm. All along it was just because I have boobs," she said, cracking a smile. Lindsay couldn't help but laugh at this. Hannah always knew how to make her feel better.

"Alright, I guess we should go say sorry," Lindsay grabbed onto Hannah's hand and pulled her into the elevator. When they reached the apartment, they found Damian and Cameron standing in the kitchen in a tight embrace. They pulled apart quickly when the girls walked in. "Guys, you don't have to worry about us. I'm sorry about my reaction, I was just angry that you didn't think you could trust us."

"Yeah and I'm cool with it. And hey, Damo, you don't have to worry about hurting my feelings now when I act like a little school girl around you," this earned laughs from everyone. Thank God for Hannah; this would be so awkward without her.

"Thanks guys. We just, you know… I-"

"Damian, I'm gonna stop you right there. We are going to go out and have fun and celebrate your new apartment. This doesn't have to change anything between us. So, scary movie. In the car, five minutes," and their laughter didn't stop all the way to the theater.