Jeff had never been one to overreact. He'd found that overreacting never solved any problem. But for some reason he couldn't stop himself from knocking rapidly at Blaine's door, his heart pounding in his ears.
"Jeff?" the short, dark-haired boy asked as he opened the door.
Jeff barged through the door, pushing past Blaine. He paced back and forth ignoring Blaine's surprised and slightly concerned looks.
"What's wrong, Jeff?" Blaine asked as he shut the dorm door and sat down at the chair by his desk.
The tall blonde was muttering under his breath and Blaine caught fragments of it here and there.
"Another girl! How many has he dated this year?" Jeff continued to spit out similar phrases.
Blaine decided to wait it out. He leaned back in his chair and watched as the young Warbler walked the length of his room again and again.
It wasn't long before Blaine's door opened again and a young, dark-skinned boy walked in. He paused for a second upon spotting Jeff. He turned to Blaine. "What's he doing?"
Blaine glanced over at David briefly before saying, "He walked in here about five minutes ago and has been pacing ever since, won't tell me anything." Blaine lifted his arm and rested his elbow on the armrest of the chair, his palm resting against his neck
David sighed and moved to his bed, walking around Jeff's moving form. "This is the third time this month."
Blaine nodded absentmindedly.
None of the boys jumped or even flinched when the door burst open again and two identical masses of muscle and blonde hair poured into the room.
One of the two boys approached Jeff and slung an arm across his shoulder causing him to stop in his walking, the other sat down on the desk that Blaine was in front of.
"We heard about Nick," the boy next to Jeff said with a bright smile.
"Tough break man," the twin sitting on Blaine's desk said.
"What is going on, Evan?" Blaine asked the twin that was sitting on his desk.
"Oh, you don't know?" the other twin asked.
"Know what?" David piped up curiously, glancing between the twins and Jeff.
Jeff chose that moment to jump into the conversation, "No! You can't tell them!" he yelled looking between Evan and his brother.
"I'm surprised they haven't figured it out themselves," Evan's brother muttered.
"They can't all be genius's like us, Ethan," Evan replied.
David and Blaine looked between Ethan, Evan and Jeff their expressions showing various degrees of confusion.
"What is going on?" Blaine asked.
The twins exchanged a careful look before turning to Jeff and speaking in unison. "It's up to him."
With that ominous statement the twins left the room to go cause havoc elsewhere. The door swinging closed behind them loudly.
The roommates turned their gazes back to Jeff waiting expectantly.
Jeff took a deep breath before saying, "I like him."
Blaine glanced at David, "like who?"
The young Warbler shuffled his feet uncomfortably and mumbled to the floor, "Nick."
David made a 'ohhhh' noise and leaned back against the bed's headboard. Clearly he understood something that Blaine didn't.
"What?"
Glancing up at Blaine, Jeff spoke quickly. "I like Nick."
Blaine shook his head, "Yeah, I understood that part. The thing I don't get is the part where you're supposedly straight and the part where you have a girlfriend."
"I broke up with Julie," Jeff said with a wave of his hand.
Blaine blinked. "How long have you been gay, Jeff?" he asked.
Absentmindedly Jeff replied, "I don't know, a while?"
"That's not an answer, Jeff," Blaine said with a frown. Something wasn't right here, Blaine thought.
"I don't know if I'm gay!" Jeff blurted, finally looking Blaine in the eyes.
"You don't know if your gay but you like Nick?" David asked from his spot on the bed.
Turning to David he answered, "I don't know, I mean I know I like Nick. But he's the only guy I've ever liked…like that," Jeff trailed off.
Blaine had been worrying his lip between his teeth as he scrutinized Jeff. Finally he said, "So you're gay, but you're only gay for Nick."
"Can you be gay for only one person?" David asked with a confused look.
Jeff was staring at Blaine, "I think… maybe." Blaine could see the doubt starting to seep into Jeff's eyes.
"I don't know if you can, but I know that when you love someone you love them no questions asked," Blaine said gently. He studied Jeff and sighed. "Then why are you freaking out, Jeff?"
Jeff's eyes lightened with a passionate fire, "I'm freaking out because Nick is going on another date tonight!"
Both boys were quiet for a few seconds until David built up enough courage to ask Jeff, "But he goes on dates all the time, why are you only freaking out this time?"
"It's not just this time," Jeff said exasperatedly. "Every time he goes on a date I freak out." The young man moved to Blaine's bed and plopped down. He wrung his hands together and lowered his head, curling in on himself slightly.
"Why don't you talk to him?" David suggested softly from his seat across from him.
Jeff was already shaking his head in response. "No, I can't do that. Nick would hate me; he wouldn't be my best friend anymore. I can't lose him." He lowered his head into his hands.
Feeling sympathetic toward Jeff, Blaine moved forward to sit next to Jeff, throwing his arm around his shoulders. "You could never lose Nick. He cares about you a lot."
"Not the same way that I do," Jeff muttered into his hands.
Blaine and David sat in silence not really knowing what to say to make Jeff feel better. Although they didn't have to worry for long before Jeff was apologizing for bugging them and standing up to leave.
They let him go.
When the door closed shut behind him Blaine bit his lip and told himself he'd have to find a way to help Jeff.
Blaine went to sleep that night and stared at the ceiling thinking of ways to help Jeff. His thoughts got more and more carried away as he got closer to sleep. It turned into more of a sappy love movie rather then an actual plan. He drifted into the realm of unconsciousness easily his thoughts filled with classic love stories and happy endings.
