Dear readers,

This is the first chapter of what I hope will be many more. I've had the skeleton of this story laid out in my head for awhile now and I figured I would finally write it down and share it with others. I hope you enjoy it:)

I do "ship Niff" as one would say but in no way do I associate anything written with Riker Lynch or Curt Mega. I respect their theories on their characters.

Note: I do not own Glee, it's affiliates, or any characters you may recognize.

The majority of the students at Dalton Academy knew that Nick was gay. It wasn't much of a secret and he didn't mind. He had come out the middle of last year and all of his friends had been supportive. He was glad that he didn't have to walk through the corridors with something to hide anymore. At the particular moment Nick was making his way back to his room after a history study session in the library with fellow Warbler David. Nick opened his door to find Jeff, his best friend and roommate, frantically scribbling in a notebook. Noticing that he was no longer alone, Jeff quickly closed the notebook and capped his pen.

"Am I interrupting something?" Nick asked, suddenly confused.

"No, I was just finishing copying down some notes that Sebastian emailed me for Chemistry. " Jeff replied almost hesitantly.

"Um, ok then. Are you ready to head down to the cafeteria for dinner? The rest of the Warblers are probably down there already."

"I'm coming." Jeff said.

Jeff shoved the notebook and pen under his pillow as Nick dropped his backpack on the floor next to his desk. The two made their way down the three flights of stairs, the hallway that followed, and into the cafeteria. They picked up trays and piled them with food and headed to where they spotted the Warblers at their usual table in the back corner of the cafeteria. Jeff sat down next to Trent and Nick filled the empty space between Jeff and Thad. The rest of the Warblers occupied the rest of the large table. Nick couldn't help but notice that Sebastian had his usual smirk on.

"So Jeff," Trent began. "Have you found yourself a girl yet? I know of a few at Crawford who would be desperate enough to date you." He laughed.

"Ha, ha, very funny." Jeff replied, knocking his shoulder with Trent's. "But to answer your question Mr. Nosey, no I have not and it isn't on the top of my priority list at the moment either."

"What? What not?" Trent practically shouted, grabbing the attention of the others at the table.

"I don't know. Teenage girls are too emotional?" It was more of a question than a statement.

Seeing Jeff absentmindedly playing with his food, Trent decided to stop interrogating Jeff and start interrogation his other half.

"Well what about you Nick? Have you found yourself a man yet? I'm sure there is someone out there that would be…"

"Desperate enough to date me." Nick finished. "Thank you Trent. Do you have anything better to do? Maybe we should be the ones asking why you don't have a girl."

The table erupted with OHHH and BURN! The others changed the subject but Nick became lost in himself. The reason he had diverted from the subject of why he didn't have a man was because, simply put, he was in love with Jeff. The problem is that not only is dating your best friend a no no, the fact that Jeff is straight is an even bigger no no. Nick tried his best not show any signs that would potentially give Jeff any indication that something was up but sometimes he caught himself staring. Now was one of those times. Shit. David cleared his throat, snapping Nick out of his fantasy. Knowing that he could trust David, Nick had told him a few weeks ago about his feelings for Jeff; although, David was unable to give any sufficient advice on how to deal with the situation. Meanwhile, Nick and the rest of the Warblers had finished eating and were bored with talking amongst themselves so they all moved to stand up and return their trays.

"Remember, Warbler practice at 8:00 sharp! If you're late, I will come up with some sort of torture for you!" Thad called after them.

"Man, Thad is turning into Wes." Jeff said to Nick as they exited the cafeteria and headed towards the stairs that would lead them back to their room. Nick couldn't help but laugh at that. It was becoming more and more true every day.

"Well at least he hasn't gone completely nuts with that gavel yet. David avoids it all costs, I think in fear of becoming more and more like his best friend." Nick replied.

"Oh, so kind of like us?" Jeff added giggling.

Both boys cracked up at this thought and had to stand in the hallway outside of their room until they calmed down so one of them could manage to correctly insert the key into the lock. Once inside, Nick announced he needed to use the bathroom and proceeded to walk into the connected room and close the door. As soon as Jeff heard the bathroom door click, he made a lunge for his pillow and retrieved the notebook and pen from underneath. He got up and placed the pen on his desk and shoved the notebook under some books in a drawer. He sat down and closed his laptop as Nick emerged from the bathroom.

"Hey I think I'm going to head to the library and look over these notes for chemistry for a bit. I'll meet you at Warbler practice?" Jeff asked.

"Have fun. I hope you do better in chemistry than I did!" exclaimed Nick.

"Well that's the point. Thus, I'm going to the library to look over my notes." Jeff joked and Nick laughed, rolling his eyes.

Jeff picked up his back pack and his chemistry book and walked out the door, waving goodbye. Nick sat there smiling for a moment, contemplating what to do next, when a thought suddenly occurred to him.

"Jeff didn't take his notebook with his notes from Sebastian in it with him." Nick thought out loud.

He walked over to Jeff's bed and lifted up the pillow only to find his blue sheets underneath. I guess he did take it. He must have grabbed it while I was in the bathroom. Shaking his head, he picked up the book he was supposed to be reading for English class, that neither he nor Jeff had started yet and was to be read in a week, and curled up on his bed to await rehearsal.

8:00 came faster than Nick thought. Fortunately he was able to make it to the Warbler practice room a few minutes early and took a seat on one of the couches and saved a spot for Jeff. A few minutes later Jeff walked in with Sebastian followed by David and Thad who took their seats at the council table. Jeff took the seat next to Nick and Sebastian sat down on a couch across the room. Nick was about to ask Jeff how his studying went when David called the meeting to order.

"Good evening fellow Warblers." David began. "As you know, we need to elect a third council member. I know recently none of you were brave enough to be nominated or whatever but this will be sorted out tonight so the sooner we take care of this piece of business the sooner you can get on with whatever you are planning to do after this. I don't want details."

David glanced at Nick and Jeff during that last statement to which the two responded with innocent looks and eye rolling. Everyone knew that Nick and Jeff had a very close relationship as best friends and that they were often teased about it. They were more than used to it by now.

"I will now open the floor for those who want to volunteer." David continued.

The entire room fell silent. No one wanted to fill Wes's shoes. Amidst the silence, a hand slowly rose into the air.

"I would like to nominate myself." Sebastian's cool voice said.

The silence commenced as everyone looked in Sebastian's direction.

"Um, alright does anyone second this motion?" David asked.

The rest of the Warblers seemed to be okay with this idea. Sebastian never knew Wes so he didn't have anyone to live up to and he has a strong demeanor that could prove to be beneficial to the council.

"I second it." Jeff said quietly.

"Alright, let's have a vote then." David stated. "All in favor of voting Sebastian Smythe into the council as our third member please raise your hand."

Slowly every hand in the room was raised including David's and Thad's.

"Congratulations Warbler Sebastian. Welcome to the council."

Thank you so much for reading this story! Reviews and such are more than welcome but definitely not expected. Hope to see you next chapter!