Chapter 1

I PLAYED IT SAFE

KEPT MY FOOT UP ON THE BRAKE

I NEVER REALLY TOOK A CHANCE IN LIFE

I DIDN'T LIVE FOR TODAY

Jeff's phone rang. He rolled over and looked at the name, it was Nick. Jeff smiled to himself and answered.

"Hey Nick what's up?"

"I just got a text from David saying that he and Wes are planning a party for Saturday and told me spread the word through the warblers."

"Awesome count me in. Are we inviting Kurt and Blaine? I know that they aren't warblers anymore but once a warbler always a warbler, right?"

"I'll ask Wes and David but I don't see why not."

"Awesome see you in class 3."

"Bye 6."

Jeff laughed at the memory of their Nicknames. He had been friends with Nick since 1st grade and had a crush on him since 6th grade, although Nick didn't know about the last part. Jeff got up and put on his uniform, grabbed his bag, phone and keys, then left to go down for breakfast. As he was walking down the hall he met up with Trent who asked him for help with a few last minute homework questions. As they were walking Jeff felt a hand slip into his and their fingers laced together, he turned to see Nick who smiled, and Jeff smiled back.

The three walked into the cafeteria and made their way to the warbler's table, it wasn't actually set for the warblers but they had sat there since the start of the year and all the students left it for them. They got their food and sat at the table. Nick sat in Jeff's lap while they ate, the rest of the warbler's were used to it they did it every day.

"Hey Wes and David Jeff had an idea this morning, we should invite Kurt and Blaine to your party."

"That's a great idea I can't believe we didn't think of that." Wes replied.

"Awesome we should call them this afternoon during warbler practice so we are all there."

The bell rang and everyone went their separate ways to class. The day seemed to drag on but finally it was warbler practice. Everyone was crowded around Nick's phone waiting for Kurt to pick up.

"Hey Nick, can this wait I'm in the middle of glee club." Kurt said.

"Well actually all the warblers are here and wanted to know if you and Blaine wanted to come to a party at David's on Saturday night at 7:30 it's a stay over because everyone will most likely get drunk." Nick quickly said.

"I'll talk to Blaine about it after glee and let you know because everyone is waiting for me to practice; I'll text you tonight, but it sounds fun." Kurt said before he quickly hung up.

Warbler practice mainly consisted of planning for the party tomorrow. The warblers decided to stay at Dalton in the music room that night so they could all go out to get the last minute stuff tomorrow morning. While they were all talking Nick got a text from Kurt saying that he and Blaine were coming and couldn't wait to see everyone.

Jeff woke up with Nick sitting next to him playing a game on his phone.

"How long have you been awake?" Jeff asked Nick trying not to yawn still waking up.

"A little while." Nick replied with a shrug.

"You should have woken me."

"Well you're awake now, what should we do?" Nick asked looking around seeing everyone else was still asleep.

Jeff had a devious smile on his face. He leant over and whispered to Nick 'hit them with pillows.' Nick smiled and grabbed his pillows; they ran around the room hitting each warbler with a pillow and collapsed in a pile laughing at the looks on their friends faces when they woke up.

Once everyone was awake they all went to the mall to get snacks and drinks for the party. When they finished filling David's car with the bags they all went back to their own houses to get ready, except Wes he went with David to help set up.

Nick and Jeff decided to go back to Jeff's house to get ready together. Because they spent so much time at each other's houses they always kept clothes in case they decide to go somewhere. The trip home from the mall was filled with singing along with the radio and pointless conversations that didn't make sense to anyone but them.

"Hey mum, Nicks here too." Jeff yelled when they walked through the door, not knowing where his mum was in the house.

"There are cookies in the kitchen if you want some." His mum replied.

"Thanks Mrs Sterling I love your cookies." Nick called out. Jeff just laughed at the fact that he still had no idea where his mum was.

"How many times do I have to tell you Nick call me Kate."

"Thanks Kate."

Jeff and Nick went to the kitchen and grabbed a plate and took some of the still warm cookies and went up to Jeff's room. Jeff went over to his desk and put the cookies down; he turned around to see Nick lying on his bed searching through his DVD rack.

"What are you doing?" Jeff asked curiously. Nick rolled over to look at his friend when he replied.

"Picking a movie we have 3 hours before we need to leave so we can watch a movie then that leaves you a little over an hour to get ready, I know you need time to do your hair. In my opinion your hair looks fine you don't need to style it, I think it looks better messy."

Jeff blushed at the compliment. Nick laughed and rolled back to looking at the DVD's, a few minutes later he had picked a movie and put it in the DVD player and turned the TV on.

"What did you pick?" Jeff asked.

"Not telling you'll have to wait and see." Nick said before sticking his tongue out.

Jeff took the plate of cookies and sat on his bed, Nick came over, took and cookie and sat on the bed next to Jeff, resting his head on Jeff's shoulder. The menu came up and Jeff laughed at his friend's choice, it was their favourite movie, Monster's Inc. They spent the movie fighting over who got Boo; in the end they decided they would share her. It was 6 when Nick woke up, he didn't remember falling asleep, he looked down to see Jeff curled up with his head resting on Nick's chest.

He looks so cute when he sleeps, wait no he's my best friend and would never like me like that, I have to get over it. Nick thought. Jeff stirred a little and blinked his eyes open and looked up to his friend.

"What time is it?" He asked sleepily.

"A little after 6, we fell asleep, but don't worry you'll have enough time to get ready."

Jeff got up went over to his wardrobe and started sorting through things to find an outfit; Nick joined him looking between his and Jeff's clothes. In the end Jeff decided on his grey button down shirt, his skinny jeans and black converse shoes. Nick wore his black jeans, white t-shirt, leather jacket and red converse shoes. Jeff was in the bathroom fixing his hair, Nick walked around the room looking at the photos that were stuck up everywhere. There were photos of his family the warblers, but mostly of the two of them. He saw one from the day they first met. He remembered it was the first day of school, they were in class and they had a seating chart, he and Jeff got put next to each other, they had to work together and became friends, from that day on they promised to do everything together. There were photos from school events, trips they went on together and even some random ones they took together. He saw a recent one, it was from Jeff's birthday last month, it was the two of them with the BFF necklaces Nick had bought, they clipped together to make a heart, on the front it had 'BFF' and on the back it had 'forever and always 36' Nick held onto his as he looked at the photo and smiled. Jeff finally finished styling his hair, when he came back to his room he laughed to himself, this wasn't the first time he had walked in on Nick staring at his photos.

"So you ready to go?" Jeff asked making Nick jump.

"Yea, let's go."

They went downstairs and found Kate in the kitchen.

"Bye mum, I don't know when I'll be home tomorrow, it won't be until late afternoon though."

"That's fine, have fun boys." Kate said as she hugged them both.

Jeff and Nick got in the car and began the drive to David's house.