"Shit," Jack muttered, pushing past Simon, sending him to the ground.

Simon yelled something, but Jack couldn't hear it over the roaring in his ears as he ran as fast as he could. Keeping Ralph in sight proved difficult as the flutist sprinted up the stairs. He caught glances of him as Jack chased him up seven flights of stairs to the roof. He opened the door quietly, as to not startle Ralph.

The boy was sitting on the ledge surrounding the roof, his legs dangling off the side. Jack walked up to him and gently touched his shoulder. Ralph twitched, startled, before falling off of the building.

Jack lunged for his arm and grabbed it, just barely. Squirming carefully back so he didn't fall with him, Jack used both hands to grab Ralph's arm and slowly pull him up.

Ralph's eyes were screwed up tight, and his jaw was clenched. Fueled by adrenaline, Jack pulled him up inch by agonizing inch. When he was almost on the roof, with just his legs dangling down, Ralph threw his free arm a round Jack, knocking him off balance and almost sending them both over the side.

Jack wrapped his arms around Ralph's waist and fell backwards, sending them both sprawling to the ground.

"What the hell," Ralph gasped, "was that for?"

"Weren't you going to… you know…" Jack said, confused.

"Was I going to jump off the goddamned building? Fuck no! Holy shit, I'm not that heartbroken you dick!" Ralph screamed.

"Oh, sorry," Jack mumbled, refusing to meet Ralph's eyes.

Ralph took a deep breath. "Sorry. I'm just not happy with you. Or Simon."

"Please, let me explain."

Staring at him with incredulous eyes, Ralph jabbed a finger in Jack's chest. "You lying son of a bitch. Let you explain? Why the fuck should I do that? I would've been perfectly content not being driven around in a fancy ass car. You are a lying, despicable, cheating, stupid, god-forsaken asshole."

"I didn't cheat. I never wanted to! All I wanted… all I wanted was to make you happy!" Jack yelled.

That shut him up. Ralph turned away from Jack, his shoulders shaking.

Jack tentatively put his hands on Ralph's shoulders. Ralph leaned into him, tears spilling from his eyes. Jack turned him around and pulled him into his arms.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry," Jack whispered over and over again, kissing the top of Ralph's head.

Ralph wiped his eyes and looked up at Jack. "I know. I'm sorry for yelling."

"I know," Jack said before gently kissing him.

Ralph's eyes widened. "Shit."

"What?"

"Solo and Ensemble is on Saturday."

"Shit."

"I know."

"We should go practice shouldn't we?"

"We should. I'll grab my flute and the music. You're slot thirteen right?"

"Yeah. First practice room on the right?"

"Sounds good to me!"

"Should we take our time getting down there?"

"Are you insane? This is Solo and Ensemble! We need every bit of practice we can get! Last one down gets the wobbly stand!" Ralph yelled, breaking away from Jack and running back down the stairs.

On the way down, Jack spotted Roger and Simon talking in a hallway. Poor guy. Hopefully he would find someone better than… that.

Jack got to the band hallway just after Ralph. "Dang it!" he said, going to get his case.

Ralph shrugged. "You never had a chance."

"That's because you're a cheater."

"Are not!"

"Are too!"

"Are not!"

"Can I have the good stand if I give you this?" Jack kissed Ralph.

"Hmm, nope!" Ralph giggled, sliding out of Jack's reach to get his flute and music.

Jack just smiled and got his saxophone out, and went into the practice room, waiting to play the music he'd been longing to hear.

Author's Note: So, just the epilogue left! Thank you to all of my wonderfully beautiful readers! I adore you all!

Reviews are very welcome!

I'm definitely considering writing a sequel for Roger, but I can't think of who to pair him with. OCs are a last resort, I would prefer using characters people are familiar with... Suggestions for this are recommended! Please?

On the topic of sequels, have you read my slash free fanfiction? If not, I would suggest you do, because I enjoy whoring myself out. But anyway, for those of you who have, would you rather see a Drarry sequel to that or a RogerxUnknown sequel? This is definitely not a rhetorical question, I need to know what will make my readers happy! :D