"And that is the lady from the costume department." Chris pointed at the women who walked by them.
"Ah, so she is the one who puts Kurt's outfits together?" Grant smirked.
Chris laughed. "Yes, she is really nice when she is not forcing you into skinny jeans." He joked. His comment received a laugh from Grant.
"And that's Darren, right?" Grant eyed the man who had been watching them from the second they sat down. He recognized him and wanted to know what the creepy guy's deal was since he got there.
"Yes." Chris answered, embarrassed his boyfriend was acting that paranoid. "You're going to be working with him, so maybe I should introduce you at some point. Although, now is not the right time."
"So the whole 'I'm going to kill you' eyes thing is not a good sign?" Grant said casually, but he was sort of scared of Darren. Especially since they'd be working closely together.
"He gets a little jealous. There's a guy going after his boyfriend, so he's being a bit paranoid." Chris explained, but Grant didn't seem to be relieved. "He's not going to kill you. And he's a dwarf, so if he tries you'll win." Chris laughed, but his smiled quickly disappeared when he remembered what had driven Darren on the edge that morning.
"Thank you." Chris said when he found Darren in the hair and make-up trailer. Darren was waiting to get his hair done. Chris assumed one of the make-up artists was getting another jar of hairgell, because Darren's hair was half gelled down, half curly. He looked absolutely ridiculous.
"You're welcome." Darren replied without actually noticing he said something. "Wait, what are you thanking me for?" He asked when he realised he didn't have a clue what Chris was talking about.
"You know." Chris rolled his eyes. He thought Darren was teasing him.
"I honestly don't." Darren confessed.
Chris pulled up a chair next to his boyfriend. "Come on, it was a little cheesy, but I kinda like cheesy you. You know that." Darren knew that. Chris appreciated every cheesy, romantic gesture. But he hadn't done anything like that for Chris today.
"I still don't have a clue what you're talking about."
"Okay," Chris gave in. "I'll play your game." He sighed. "Thanks for the roses, very romantic of you."
"What roses?" Darren questioned.
"It just stopped being cute, now it's getting annoying, Dare." Chris told Darren. Flirting was cute, but now Darren was just being stupid.
"I'm serious. I haven't gotten you roses." Darren didn't know what was going on, but he didn't like it. No one, but Darren, had the right to do something cheesy, like buying roses, for Chris. He was his boyfriend. And it couldn't be a simple 'thank you' bouquet because that's is not made out of roses.
Chris realized Darren wasn't being a flirt, but telling the truth. "But they were in a vase in my trailer and the card said-" He cut himself off. "Jake."
"What?" Darren didn't understand. "It said: Jake? What made you think I would give you roses and write that name on the note?"
"No, it must have been him. He put those roses in my trailer and wrote that sappy note." Who else would give me roses? It was completely unexpected, though. Jake had laid low for two months. Both Darren and Chris thought he was over his crush. Apparently not.
"Really, him?" Darren sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "I thought he gave up two months ago." Chris could see anger and annoyance building up behind Darren's eyes.
A pair of fingers snapped in front of Chris' face. "Hello, Chris?" Grant waved his hand to snap Chris out of his daydream. "Did you hear me?"
"Oh, sorry." Chris apologized when he was back on earth again. "I spaced out for a moment." He looked over to where Darren had been sitting to see he was making his way to their table. "And here comes Darren."
"Why is he jealous?" Grant repeated the question he had asked during Chris' daydream. When Chris was about to answer Darren was at their table.
"Hey babe." He greeted Chris and kissed his lips. "How's your day?"
Oh, that's why. Grant thought.
"Petnames Dare, really?" Chris asked dryly. Darren never was called him 'babe', or any other petname for that matter. Chris decided to let it slip and introduce Darren to his new co-worker and vice versa. "Grant, this is Darren. Darren, Grant."
"Hi," Darren held out his hand to Grant, but his eyes were cold. "pleasure meeting you." He spoke, not even trying to make his voice sound welcoming and cheerful like it usually did.
"Nice to meet you too, Darren." Grant said awkwardly. He didn't know what to do about the obvious tension in the air.
"So, what are you guys talking about?" Darren had his hand on Chris' shoulder and his thumb was brushing circles on Chris' neck. Chris rolled his eyes at how stupidly affectionately Darren was acting. He was obviously marking his territory for no reason.
"I was just showing Grant the crew." Chris answered. Then Darren sat down in his lap. "Oh Dare, you are a heavy hobbit. Could you please take that chair?" He pointed at the empty chair next to him. Darren pulled it closer to Chris' and sat down. He grabbed Chris' hand before he spoke again.
"Oh, you're the new guy." Darren was not really surprised. "You play Sebastian, the guy who tires to break up Klaine."
"Yes I play Sebastian." Grant confirmed.
That seemed to be the wrong answer to Darren, so he went in defense-mode. "I'm warning you, don't mess with Klaine." He hoped Grant got the double meaning.
"Darren," Chris turned to his boyfriend who was acting like an idiot. "Grant is nothing like Sebastian. He is not here to break anyone up. Okay?" No response, just an icy glare at Grant. "Grant has got a girlfriend."
"Oh." I am such an idiot.