~I hope I didn't keep you guys waiting too long. . .Okay I did. I'm sorry though!~

Disclaimer: I own nothing! Nothing I tell you. . except for Duke. . .Duke is all mine. . .Jeff's ringtone for Quinn is Little Joanna by Mcfly. The song that Jeff dances to is Corrupted by Mcfly.

Warnings: Puck's mouth.

"He proposed to me!" Finn shouted.

"He what?" I'm not going lie. I'm shocked. . .like to the max. Puck used to be the biggest whore in all of Lima, he got Quinn his best friend's girlfriend, my sweet Quinn, pregnant, and so many other things.

"Yeah! He wants me to marry him and then we will move to California so his pool cleaning business can take off. I don't know what to do Jay! I mean. . .UGH!" Finn plopped down on the couch, completely frustrated and confused.

"So, he wants to get married, he wants to move to California, and he wants his business to do good," I sat down next to him, "Now what do you want, Finn?"

Finn thought for a moment before saying, "I don't know." I have never seen Finn like this; so sad and upset. Finn was always happy and looked on the bright side of everything.

"Do you love him?"

Fin looked over at me, "Of course I do."

"Enough to spend every night and every day with him for the rest of your lives?"

Licking his lips he replied quietly, "Yeah," He smiled, "Having a life with Puck would be. . . just awesome. I love him and I have never felt this way about anyone. Not Rachel, not Quinn. I love Noah with all of my heart."

I didn't say anything for a long time, "Then go for it."

"Really? You think I should?" Finn looked at me.

"If you love someone then you should be with that person in every way you can. Whether it may be dating, making love or getting married. It sounds really cheesy, but I think you and Puck are soul mates. No matter what anyone says everyone has a soul mate."

"But what if once we get to California we break up?"

"If you are away from that person that makes you happy, and you get up every morning just to see their face then you break."

"What do you mean?"

I bit my lip nervously, "The longer two soul mates are away from one another the more broken and unhappy they are. The loneliness eats at you and eats at you until you can't take it anymore," I swallowed the lump in my throat and forced myself not to look up at Nick, "What I'm trying to say is that Finn, you and Puck are perfect for one another. Like I said before, you guys are soul mates, your love is strong and it will last. All true loves last forever."

"Okay," Finn smiled, "Looks like I'm getting married." He gave a breathy chuckle and slapped me on the back, "I want you to be my best man."

"What? Why me? I mean, wouldn't you rather have Artie, or Sam, or Mike?"

Finn shook his head, "Nope, I want you. You have become one of my closest friends Jay. As soon as Puck proposed to me I told him I would think about it and I came here right after I woke up this morning. You're the first person I thought of. So, you better be my best man."

I grinned, "It'll be my honor."

"Alright!" Finn was so much more happier now, "I gotta go call Noah!" He hugged me tightly and whispered in my ear, "Are you going to be okay here alone. . .with him?"

I nodded, "Yeah, I'll be fine."

Finn then kissed my forehead, "Alright then! I'll see ya later best man," He walked over to the door, "Bye Dalton Prep." He said a little too coldly to Nick and he was gone.

"So, what do best men wear?" I joked and leaned back into the couch.

Nick came over and was going to sit down right next to me, but Duke jumped in between us and gave a small growl at Nick before turning to me and began to cuddle with me and licked my face.

"Looks like I was too close to what's his." Nick gave a small, microscopic grin.

I patted Duke on the head, before I got up, "Come on Duke. Let's go outside." Duke jumped off the couch and ran in circles before running to the back door. I opened it and he was abut to dart out but he looked back at Nick and then to me.

"Go outside." I commanded.

He unwillingly did so, but as soon as he was outside in the fenced in yard he ran around all over the place. I closed the door and walked back to the couch. As soon as I sat down Nick scooted closer to me, "Finally, we can talk now." He smiled that smile of his that spread a warmness through my body.

"Yeah," I said quietly, "I guess we can."

Nick opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off by music playing from the kitchen.

Little Joanna's got big blue eyes
I could die lying in her arms
where castles are made of sand
We start to dance
But only the music is bleeding when crickets replace the band

"Um. . .that's Quinn. I should answer that." I got up and grabbed my phone from the island. She instantly began asking me if I was okay.

"I'm fine Quinn. . .I promise. . .Yes he is. . . No he hasn't done anything. . .No, no, no just stay where you are. . .No! I don't need you over here right now. . .Please don't come. . .I can handle this by myself. . .I swear on my life I will call you later. . .okay, okay. . .love you too Quinny. . .bye."

Walking back into the room I said, "Sorry about that. Quinn's very protective of me."

"It's fine," He grinned, "So, Jeff I was wondering if. . ."

There was a knock at the door.

Nick let out a soft frustrated groan as I got up. I was halfway to the door when the door burst open and Puck came running in.

He went straight for me, gripping my shoulder tightly and then shaking me, "Jay! Have you seen Finn anywhere? He took off this morning without telling me where he was going!"

"Puck, Puck, NOAH! Stop! You're going to give me whip lash."

He stopped immediately and took a deep breath, "Sorry man. I just. . .Did you know your ex-boyfriend is here?"

"Yes Puck I do. Thanks for telling me." I said a little on the irritated side.

He nodded, "Just letting you know dude. Okay so back to my problems; Shit! I asked Finn to marry me last night! How freaking stupid am I? I just ruined the best thing thats ever happened to me!"

"Puck calm down. Finn was just here."

"He was! What did he say? Was he upset? Talk to me Jay!"

I rested a hand on his shoulder, "Look, he went back to your place. You two need to talk."

"Is he. . .mad?" Puck looked scared which was just down right scary. Puck never gets scared, but Finn does mean a lot to him.

"Of course not. I talked to him and he's probably waiting for you at your house right now."

"I'll head over there right now," He walked to the door, but turned around again, "Should I just tell him I didn't mean it? When I asked him to marry me?"

"No, you did nothing wrong. You just want to take your love to the next level. You love Finn with all of your heart."

Puck grinned, "I do."

"Hey now, you're supposed to say that to Finn not me."

He chuckled and grabbed me and pulled me into a headlock. I winced when he began giving me a noogy. ~Is that how you spell it? Have no clue!~

My hair was a mess by the time he released me.

"How come you always know what to say, Jay?"

"I'm amazing." I smirked.

"You really are, Jay man. Thanks. See ya." He smiled at me again and then glared at Nick before leaving.

"Are all your mornings this busy?"

I chuckled, "Not always."

"So," Nick swallowed hard, "Can we talk now?"

"Sure." I replied quietly.

We both sat down on the couch once again. Nick scooted close to me and held my hands in his.

We both began talking all at once and we chuckled nervously.

"You first." He told me.

"Nick," I sighed, this was going to be so hard, "I know what you are going to say. You're going to try and get me to come back to Dalton; to The Warblers. . .It's not going to happen." I said quietly.

He dropped my hands.

"Jeffie, why? We need you. I need you. I can barely function by myself."

"You have Trent and David." I stated.

"It's not the same! I need you! I love you Jeff! I apologized for what I did. I will never hurt you again. I promise. Tell me - tell me what I can do to get you to come back to school; back to me." He was close to tears. I could hear it in his voice.

I rested a hand on his cheek and made him look up at me, "Nicky," I haven't used his nickname in so long it felt foreign coming from my mouth, "I am. . .fine where I am. I'm happy at McKinley and in New Directions. I want to stay here. Please try to understand."

Nick lifted a hand to his face and rested it on top of mine, "I do try. I really do. It's just so hard without you."

"I know," I whispered, "Everything will be okay. I promise."

"Do you. . .do you still love me?"

I don't know what to say to that. Of course I love him. I will never stop. Could I say that to him?

"You mean a lot to me Nick. We've been best friends since we were 5 years old," Why can't I swallow this lump in my throat, "And you've been my boyfriend since our Freshman year at Dalton. I will always, always care about you."

He nodded, "Do you think we can. . .we can ever go back to what we used to be?" I have never seen so much hope in someone eyes before.

"I don't know." I replied truthfully, "I just really need sometime to myself Nick. A lot has happened this year."

"I understand."

I squeezed his other hand in mine slightly, "Why don't you let me take you back to school?"

"Okay." He said barely above a whisper.

It was official. . .I broke Nicholas Curt Duval. I didn't want to. I swear this isn't me getting back at him. I would never do that. I love Nick with every ounce of my being. I don't want to hurt him, but I have to do what's best. . .I can't leave New Directions now. I just can't. They mean so much to me. Sure Nick, Trent, David and some of the other Warblers are important to me, but New Directions were there for me when I had no one.

The drive to Dalton was silent.

When I pulled up in front of the school Nick undid his seatbelt and looked at me.

"That song I sang to you last night. . .I meant every word. I won't give up on us." He leaned in close and kissed my cheek softly. I closed my eyes as he did so. As soon as the kiss started it ended and Nick was getting out of my car and walking up to the school doors.

I sat there for a long time with my hands gripping the steering wheel and staring straight ahead. The only thing that brought me out of my trance was my phone buzzing in the cup holder.

With a shaking hand I picked it up and read the text message from Puck.

Guess whose getting married! Give ya a hint. . .he's sexy ;)

I gave a watery chuckle. Soon I got message from Finn.

Well Best Man, get ready to do. . .Best Man stuff! Haha!

I text him, Can't wait! :]

I sat my phone down and drove home.

Once inside my room I walked over to my computer and got on my Itunes account. Searching for a song to fit my mood I finally just randomly chose a Mcfly one. Music filled the room and my body moved with it.

Crashing into walls,
Banging on your door,
So why'd you let me in?
Falling through the floor,
Diving in too deep,
Underneath your skin.

Sure, I love to sing, but my strength is dancing. The music moves my body in a way I just can't explain.

So good you got to abuse it,
So fast that sometimes you lose it,
It cheers you up when you feed it, but everyone needs to eat,
Am I too much for you?
'Cause you're too much for me,
Still wanna be corrupted.

Not trying to brag or anything, but I was the best dancer in The Warblers. I always choreographed every performance we did.

Let's convince ourselves it's all under control,
A stone that we can break,
But is this what we want?
'Cause might miss the hate,
I know it feels so good,
To make the same mistake (mistake, mistakes).

And I would really like to Mike and I have a dance off. I respect him, I really do. I think he is a way better dancer than I am.

So good you got to abuse it,
So fast that sometimes you lose it,
It cheers you up when you feed it, but everyone needs to eat,
Am I too much for you?
'Cause you're too much for me,
Still wanna be corrupted.

I was sweating horribly. Never in my life had I ever danced so hard. I was letting out all of my anger, all of my frustration.

Do you remember how it started?
The fairytale got twisted and decayed,
The innocence has all been broken,
How did we get this way?

When I heard those lines I flashed back to the night in the parking garage. Everything that night moved in slow motion; Nick and my friends betraying me, Blaine getting hurt. That's where my world came crashing down. That's where my fairytale died and began to rot, but also it was the beginning of a new life, with New Directions.

So good you got to abuse it,
So fast that sometimes you lose it,
It cheers you up when you feed it, but everyone needs to eat,

Faster, harder. Come Jeff you can do better than this.

So good you got to abuse it,
So fast that sometimes you lose it,
It cheers you up when you feed it, but everyone needs to eat,

I kept pushing myself for perfection.

Am I too much for you?
'Cause you're too much for me,
Still wanna be,
And I still wanna be corrupted.

As soon the song ended I collapsed to the floor breathing hard. Sweat dripped down my body, but I couldn't care less. That made me feel so good. Dancing is my drug, my addiction. . .but so is Nick.

I showered and fell asleep early that night with Duke curled into my side.

On Monday morning I received text from Mr. Schue telling us to meet him in the choir room.

When I walked in the room Mr. Schue's face looked grim as did Ms. Pillsbury.

I sat down next to Quinn.

"What's going on?" I whispered.

She simply shrugged her shoulders.

"What's up Mr. Schue?" Finn asked, finally breaking the silence.

"Guys, we have some bad news." He replied.

~Duh duh duh duh duuuhhh! Cliffhanger again! Sorry guys! But have no fear I am already working on the next chapter!~