A/N: Thank you all for the gorgeous reviews! Honestly means a lot :) The song used in this chapter is Heartbeat by Enrique Iglesias, such a lovely song. Enjoy!
Even though Cameron was in Glee Club Damian had been seeing less and less of his best friend. It was as if Cameron was purposely avoiding him for reasons which were unbeknownst to the Irish boy. Whenever the chance arrived for the boy to talk to his friend Cameron would just mumble a far-fetched excuse and run off in the opposite direction—it was starting to get infuriating for Damian.
"—mian" "Damian" "Damian!" the boy in question snapped sharply out of his thoughts as he felt pressure on his arm. "Something's bothering you" Quinn remarked, an edge of worry in her voice. Damian smiled reassuringly at the pretty girl in front of him. Her hand was still on his arm comfortably—Damian's eyes kept wandering to his arm, admiring how delicate her hand looked.
"Nothing's wrong." Damian replied half-heartedly, he grinned guiltily as Quinn raised an eyebrow in complete disbelief. "Okay, okay, it's Cameron" Damian gave in, with a moment silence and an awkward cough from Damian the Irish boy carried on. "I think he's avoiding me" he mumbled. Quinn looked sadly at him for a brief second and her hand rubbed assuringly on Damian's arm.
Damian's eyes travelled from Quinn's hand to her face, her eyes and then finally fixed onto her lips, he felt Quinn grip harder onto his arm and his heart raced at the touch. He watched, entranced, as Quinn's eyelids fluttered gracefully closed and she edged tentatively nearer to him. Damian responded almost immediately—yet with hesitation coursing through his body.
Soon enough their lips were attached—moving softly against each other's. Damian was blown away by how soft her lips were, they were almost too soft—they felt like marshmallows underneath his own rough ones. Damian awkwardly placed his hand over hers which was still gripping tight on his arm. They soon parted and Quinn smiled fondly at him, he ran his fingers through her short hair and returned her smile with his own hearty smile.
"I want to sing a duet with you for Glee Club" Quinn remarked dreamily, she wanted to sing with him? Would their voices sound good together? Did this mean that they were a couple? Quinn saw the conflicted look in Damian's eyes, her own eyes softened and she carried on. "I just want to see if we sound good together—if we click" Damian finally understood, the kiss must have not sent shivers down her spine—or let fireworks explode with a bang in her head, he understood because that didn't happen for him either.
Damian had never fallen in love before; he wasn't sure how it was supposed to feel like. Were fireworks meant to go off? Was it normal to feel nothing other than the other's lips pressing eagerly against his own? This duet enabled both Quinn and himself to figure out their feelings—the kiss obviously failed at showing that therefore if they felt anything at all while singing, they were as good as together.
"Okay" Damian replied, finally. Quinn grinned widely at him. "What song?" He asked, Quinn's smile fell—well this was going to be a long lunch.
It was finally time for Glee Club, Quinn and Damian had been rehearsing the song for all of lunch—it was rough but they were content with the song, of course Damian wasn't sure on the song at first but as he listened to it more the lyrics just seemed to click with him.
"Why does Quinn get to perform first?" Rachel asked irately. Quinn glared at Rachel and turned to Mr Schue with folded arms and pursed lips.
"And why is she singing a duet with the leprechaun" Santana asked, amused. Damian flushed red and looked at Cameron for help; Cameron was avoiding his gaze—not staring at anything in particular but keeping his eyes busy so that he didn't have to look at Damian.
"Yeah what is it with you two anyway?" Mercedes asked "you've been hanging out with each other a lot" Cameron finally met Damian's gaze, their eyes locked momentarily and the searing intenseness in the blonde boy's eyes seemed to bore into Damian's own causing a heavy feeling to erupt in his chest.
"Nothing's happened" Quinn said simply, Damian glanced at her quickly then his eyes found Cameron's once more and there was a sense of relief in Cameron's eyes—Damian felt instantly guilty for some reason.
"That's what you said about Sam, and look what happened" Rachel remarked. Finn eyed his girlfriend warily. Sam moving away had been a hard blow for the Glee Club, it was like losing a brother, no-one had really mentioned what had happened since Sam left and hurt was evident in everyone's faces as soon as Rachel had mentioned Sam.
"Rachel, that's enough just let them perform" Mr Schue said wearily, Rachel opened her mouth to speak once more but Finn put a hand on her arm and shook his head. She decided to just sit back down and Finn's arm was suddenly wrapped around her shoulders—she leant into his touch.
Mike had his arms around Tina as well, Blaine was holding tightly onto Kurt's hand and Puck and Lauren's shoulders were touching slightly. Brittany was sat on Artie's lap, much to Santana's dismay however Mercedes and Santana were sat next to each other comfortably. Cameron seemed to be the one who was over the other side of the room on his own, suddenly feeling vulnerable without Damian there.
As Damian and Quinn stood in front of everyone they moved to talk to Brad about the music. Cameron caught Kurt's eye suddenly, he had felt the boy staring at him and looked up to find that his suspicions were true. Kurt's eyes were soft and held compassion—he felt suddenly stupid and embarrassed of sitting alone. Kurt turned to whisper in Blaine's ear, Blaine casted a glance to Cameron and nodded abruptly at Kurt.
Kurt let go of Blaine's hand and moved to sit on the seat next to Cameron's. Blaine just simply turned around to start a hearty conversation with Mike.
"You haven't really spoken much since you've joined Glee Club" Kurt whispered at the boy next to him, Cameron blushed sheepishly.
"I've only joined for him" Cameron muttered, Kurt's eyebrows rose. He looked at Cameron then he glanced over at Damian with Quinn and then back to Cameron.
"You're in love with him?" Kurt asked with an edge of surprise in his voice. It felt weird hearing that out loud, it just felt so real to Cameron.
"Yeah" Cameron muttered, his eyes never leaving Damian.
Before Kurt could say anything else music filled the room, both boy's shot their eyes to Quinn and Damian stood next to each other awkwardly. Damian shuffled next to Quinn, he swayed on the spot and he turned fully to Quinn.
I saw you talking on the phone,
And know that you were not alone.
His eyes darted to Cameron's briefly, taking in the intense blue currently coursing through Cameron's eyes—Damian's chest pounded. Kurt narrowed his eyes slightly before glancing over at a knowing Blaine.
But you're stealing my heart away,
Yeah you're stealing my heart away.
Quinn turned to Damian, smiling coyly and reaching out to grip his hand tightly in her own, Damian looked surprised at the abrupt feel of Quinn's soft skin against his own. Cameron's stomach plummeted at the sight and he felt Kurt pat him reassuringly on the shoulder.
You're acting like you're on your own,
But I saw you standing with a girl
Stop tryin' to steal my heart away
Stop tryin' to steal my heart away
She maneuvered to twirl around Damian, Damian reached out a hand and grabbed hers—preventing her from walking away from him, she glanced back lovingly at him. They both sang—eyes boring into each other's.
I don't know where we're going
I don't know who you are
Damian's eyes flicked to Cameron's once more, this time holding Cameron's gaze. Cameron held his breath, his eyes searching Damian's for some understanding—just something to tell Cameron that his feelings aren't wasted, that they could be something. Damian's heart felt like it was in his mouth it was beating so hard.
I can feel your heartbeat
I can feel your heartbeat (she said to me)
I can feel your heartbeat (running through me)
Feel your heartbeat
She said
Quinn snapped Damian out of his trance as she leant close into him, his arms wrapped instinctively around her waist—pulling her close into him, Cameron flinched at the gesture.
I can feel your heartbeat
I can feel your heartbeat (he said to me)
I can feel your heartbeat (running through me)
Your heartbeat, feel your heartbeat
Quinn's arms wrapped around Damian's neck and she pulled him in for a tender kiss, Damian responded briefly before cutting the kiss off short and blushing against all the cheers and catcalls, Kurt had his arm around Cameron at this point, Cameron on the verge of shaking uncontrollably. Damian wondered if Cameron was sick, Cameron's eyes wouldn't meet his once more. Damian sighed dejectedly and moved to sit back down next to Quinn.
As Rachel and Finn got up to perform Damian kept glancing over at Kurt and Cameron—wondering what was going on in Cameron's head right now.