Chapter Four: Geeks for Days
"He asked me if he was my first kiss and I said yes….He ran away after he heard about this."
"He did what now?" Sebastian asks, voice low and dangerous.
"He ran away." Barry looks devastated.
Sebastian moves over to where Barry was sitting on his bed and envelops his brother in a hug. "Queen can be a bit of a womanizing dick, so just ignore him. You're better off without him. Find some cute little nerd to settle down with."
Barry wetly laughs, "Yeah, that's probably a good idea."
"I am the big brother."
"You keep telling yourself that." Barry teases.
Sebastian smiles, pulling away from his brother and moving back towards his own desk. "So guess who got to be lacrosse captain again?" Sebastian asks, a large grin on his face.
"No way!" Barry exclaims in excitement, "They seriously asked you to be captain?"
"Yeah," Sebastian's grin grows, "Apparently none of the seniors, once again, wanted to be captain so I'm the best they've got!"
"Oh, Seb that's great!" Barry grins stupidly at his brother. "I'm really happy for you. This year is already ten times better than what I thought it was going to be."
"Even with Queen?"
Barry shrugs, "Yeah, even with a first kiss gone wrong it's still not so bad."
Suddenly a knocking sounded on their door, "Hey guys! Ya'll ready for some Warbler bonding?" Nick screams through the thick, wooden door. "Cause you're coming whether you like it or not!"
Barry laughs, "We better go before he tries to kick down our door."
A few minutes later the twins emerge from their dorm and are forcibly dragged through the halls down into the Warbler practice room. The room, usually rather stiff and stuffy, is comfortably warm and there are pillow, blankets, food, and boys everywhere. "So we thought we could have a little welcome back to Dalton movie night since we don't have classes for a couple days." Nick shrugs.
Jeff suddenly appears and wraps his arms around his boyfriend, "You're little roommate is following me around like a lost puppy." Jeff complains.
"Cisco?" Nick snorts, "He's such a little nerd, but he has a great singing voice. I'm totally forcing him to audition, that's why he's here. So Jeff, play nice." Nick scolds.
"But his nerdiness is almost unbearable." Jeff whines.
"Oh get over it." Nick snaps.
Barry looks offended, "I'm a nerd."
"You have a cool brother." Jeff testily replies.
Before anyone could respond to Jeff's comment, a Latino with bright eyes suddenly appears beside Nick's side. "Hey Nick!" He enthusiastically says, voice slightly cracking in the middle of Nick's name.
"Hey Cisco." Nick replies, somewhat less enthusiastic.
"So what's going on?" Cisco grins, spotting the twins, "Awesome! I'm Cisco."
"Sebastian." He replied distantly, already itching to get away from this boy's brand of excitement.
"Barry." Barry gives Cisco a kind smile, "So I hear you like science."
Nick groans, "Don't even get him started."
"Don't be rude!" Barry scolds the other boy. "So, science?"
Cisco doesn't have time to deflate at Nick's words with all of Barry's kind encouragement, "Yeah, totally. I like a lot of different kinds, but I'm partial to mechanical."
"That's awesome!" Barry grins, "I'm not the best at that type of science, I'm more of a forensic scientist. Which is great, because that's what I want to do after college."
"Dude, that's awesome." Cisco looks ecstatic to have someone to nerd out with, "Have you read about what STAR Labs is doing recently?"
"My god yes!" Barry almost screeches, "I can't believe that they're managing to do something like that!"
Cisco nods empathetically, "It's truly incredible what Dr. Wells's team is able to do. That's where I want to work after I graduate college."
"There's two of them." Nick groans in despair, pulling Jeff behind him as he beats his escape. Sebastian looks in horror at the backs of the retreating boys and hurriedly follows them, almost running to get away from the nerdy talk.
The rest of the night passes easily, the Warblers bicker over what movie to watch and ultimately they end up watching The Little Mermaid followed by Mulan, Tangled, and oddly enough, Tarzan. Eventually they all doze off, boys piled on top of each other. Morning dawns and they are all hustled back to their dorms so they can get dressed for breakfast and make the Principal's beginning of the year speech.
Sebastian yawns, munching slowly on his piece of bacon. "I think he gets more boring every year." He whispers to Barry.
Barry glares at his brother and hushes him, turning back to the speech, trying to set a good example for the other Warblers who were happily ignoring everything that their Principal had to say. "Is it always like this?" Cisco hisses towards Barry.
Barry reluctantly nods and hisses back, "Yeah, pretty much."
Cisco grimaces and goes back to pursuing his chemistry textbook that he has hidden in his lap. Soon enough the welcome speech is over and the Warblers all happily pile out of the room, practically tripping over each other to get out of the room. They all migrate out towards the lacrosse field where several of the boys begin to play a pick-up game.
Sebastian joins the fray of boys on the field while Barry chooses to sit out and talk with Cisco. The boys talk about mindless things for a while, uninterrupted by the others until a shadow appears over them. Cisco and Barry squint up at the figure and Barry blushes darkly at the sight of Oliver Queen.
"Can we talk? Alone?" Oliver hesitantly asks.
"Uhhhh," Barry intelligently responds, giving Sebastian enough time to pounce.
"Yes, let's have a little chat, just you and I, Queen."
Oliver frowns at the other twin, "I really just want to talk to Barry."
"Do you want to talk to him?" Sebastian sharply asks. Barry shakes his head, "See? He doesn't want to talk to you."
"Fine." Oliver sighs, "Let's get this over with."
Once Oliver and Sebastian have wandered off, Cisco turns his quizzical face onto Barry. "What's that about?"
This time it's Barry's turn to sigh, "He kissed me yesterday and then ran off after he found out that it was my first kiss."
Cisco hisses in sympathy, "That's rough, man."
"Tell me about it." Barry shrugs, "Anyways, like I was saying about STAR Labs…"
Sebastian grips Oliver's arm a little too tightly as he steers him around the field, "So I hear you kissed and ditched my brother."
"Please tell me you are not giving me the shovel talk right now."
"Oh, no, this is much worse." Sebastian glares, "This is me threatening you to stay away from my baby brother or else you get hurt."
"What if Barry doesn't want to stay away?" Oliver snaps.
Sebastian shrugs, "He's a big boy and he can do what he wants. But I'm pretty sure he doesn't want to see your face after you kissed and ditched."
"You don't understand, I just kinda panicked when he told me I was his first."
"And that will be the last time you kiss him." Sebastian snaps, "He was crying when he came back to our dorm. Now scram Queen, I don't want to see your face around here again. I will get the Warblers to do some pounding if you hurt my brother again." Sebastian's glare hardens, "Don't think we won't do it."
Oliver huffs, but gives in and walks off the field.
"What was that about?" Nick asks.
"Just getting rid of the trash."
"What?"
"You heard me."
Jeff appears at Nick's elbow looking equally as confused, "Yeah, we did, but I'm confused too."
"He kissed and ditched Barry." Sebastian huffily replies.
"No!" Nick looks scandalized.
Sebastian nods sadly. "It's true."
Nick cracks his knuckles, "He better not go sniffing around Barry or I will get in a pounding mood."
"That's what I told him." Sebastian replies, a sharp grin on his face.
"Good." Jeff nods his agreement, "Barry can do better than him anyways."
"That's exactly what I told him."
"C'mon, we better get back to the rest before Barry sends a search and rescue party after us." Jeff starts to drag his boyfriend back towards the mass of Warblers.
"He would." Sebastian laughs, "The little nerd."
"Who are you calling a nerd?" Barry asks, the three boys close enough for Cisco and Barry to hear their discussion.
Sebastian gently pushes his brother, teasing him, "Oh, just you."
"Hey." Cisco complains, "I'm more nerdy than Barry is."
Nick snickers, "You can say that again."
Cisco sticks his tongue out at Nick and gives him a grumpy face. "Not nice, dude."
"Whatever." Nick laughs.
"Hey guys!" A Warbler from the field calls, "We need more people because a couple of our players are being lame and going inside to study. You in?"
Barry and Sebastian shrug, "As long as we can be on the same team." Sebastian calls teasingly.
"Not like we can tell you guys apart on a good day anyways!" The Warbler laughs.
"C'mon, Nick, Jeff, you guys should join too." Barry cajoles, "I'm sure there's room for you too Cisco."
"Nah, I'm waaaaay too nerdy to play lacrosse."
Barry smiles widely at his friend, "No one judges, I was absolutely horrible when I first started."
"Yeah," Cisco tries to weasel his way out, "But you have a naturally athletic body and I'm just a blob."
"You are not a blob. C'mon, it'll be fun!" Barry gives Cisco his best puppy-dog look. "Please?"
"Aw, fine, just put away the eyes already!" Cisco cries in dismay, "You've worn me down! I'll play a round."
"Yes!" Barry pumps his fist enthusiastically.
"Careful." Sebastian teases, "If you let him, he'll worm his way right into your heart and you'll be wrapped around his pinky."
"You should know." Nick sasses, "'Cause that's exactly what he did to you."
Sebastian sneers at his friend, "Oh please, it's not like he didn't do the same exact thing to you two."
Nick and Jeff shrug, "Yeah, we're not saying he didn't." Jeff grins, "It's amazing how easily he made us all his little bitches and doesn't even realize the power he has over us."
Barry is blushing like mad at their words, "Aw, c'mon guys, I don't really force you to do anything."
"Uh huh." Sebastian raises an eyebrow, "So the hurt puppy look you gave to Cisco wasn't your form of manipulation?"
"No?" Barry draws out the word, looking all too innocent.
Sebastian snorts, "Sadly I know you're telling the truth. C'mon guys, let's just go play."
Barry lets what the others were saying go and happily drags Cisco along with him to the field where teams were being divided.
"Lord help us all if Barry Allen wants to take over the world." Sebastian mutters.
"Amen to that." Nick and Jeff agree before the three follow Barry out onto the lacrosse field.
