Sebastian's P.O.V.

The next few days are some of the best of my life. Hunter seems to always be around whenever I'm out of school, and the four of us all spend a lot of time together. Even Jeff seems to be out of his shell as we stay up late, talking about anything, just happy to be spending time with one another.

I call up Cooper on my way home from school the following week, feeling bad that I haven't spoken to him sooner.

"Hello?" He answers, a tired tone in his voice.

"Hey, it's Bas. I'm sorry I took so long to call you, but I figured I'd check in and see how've you been?"

"I'm alright," he mutters with a sigh, "What about you?"

I frown a little, "I've been a lot better. But you don't sound too good, what's going on?"

"Nothing really. Just a little stressed out about work."

"Are you still filming for that soap?"

"We're wrapping it up this week," he answers plainly, "What about you? How are things with your boyfriend?"

"Great," I answer, "We patched things up and we've been doing really well ever since. It feels good to be back at home but I've kind of missed you."

"You too," he replies, his voice brightening a little, "When are you coming over again?"

"I don't know. Maybe you should come over here and meet my friends and stuff."

"I don't know about that," he mutters, "I kinda feel like I shouldn't get too close to your boyfriend, you know?"

"Yeah," I reply casually, "But you could give it a try, you know. You might actually get along, you never know."

"Who is your boyfriend, anyway? I feel like I've heard a lot about him but I've never gotten a name."

"I don't think you know him, he doesn't run in the same circles as you, or me even really."

"Um, sure, fair enough." He mutters in an odd, non believing tone.

I sigh, "What's the matter?"

"Nothing."

"Okay, well, I'm just getting home now so I'll call you later?"

"Sure."

"Bye."

He doesn't sound happy, but I don't feel like there's very much that I can do about that. I open the front door and walk into the apartment, a little bothered.

I walk into the doorway of my bedroom, happy to see that Hunter's home. He's sitting on the side of the bed, facing towards the wall on the phone. Curious of who he might be talking to, I quickly sneak out the room before he sees me, leaning against the wall by the door.

"No," I hear him mutter, sounding frustrating, "I need someone that I can trust to get in and get out without making a scene. Is it that complicated?"

I can't hear the person on the other line, and everything is dead silent for a moment.

"Yeah, sure, whatever. I don't even care."

More silence.

"Of course I'll have the money," he replies angrily, "Do you think I'm fucking retarded?"

He pauses, "Yeah, I already know that, but clearly I don't care."

He sighs, "Because some things are more important. Just get the job done and come see me with some kind of proof."

He hangs up the phone and I hear him stand up. I rush into the bathroom, trying to make it look like I hadn't been eavesdropping. He walks back into the main room and flops down on the couch, an irritated look on his face. I walk out of the bathroom and take a seat beside him, "Hey, I didn't expect you'd be here."

He looks a little surprised to see me, "I didn't even hear you come in. But yeah, I didn't have a whole lot to do today."

"Oh." I mutter causally, "Where's Jeff?"

"He's out looking for a job. I let him take my Jeep and I've just been praying that he doesn't do something stupid and hurt it."

"Fair enough," I reply, "I would tell you that it'll be fine but I have no clue how well he drives."

He chuckles a little, "Hopefully he's pretty good for a 17 year old."

"Hopefully." I agree.

He smirks, putting his arm around me, "So how was school?"

"Pretty good," I answer plainly, "Happy to be home, though, I missed you today." I add, hugging his arm.

"I missed you, too." He mutters with a peck on the cheek, "Thad should be home pretty soon, right?"

"Yeah, anytime now." I answer, then smile up at him, "So what did you do today if you didn't have any work to do?"

"Not much," he answers not entirely truthfully, "I've pretty much just been hanging out, took a long shower, watched some TV."

"Sounds like fun," I reply, frustrated that I can't really ask about the phone call. I sit up a little bit, "So, I don't know if this would be weird, but I was on the phone with Cooper earlier and he asked if I wanted to hang out. I suggested that he come over here but he didn't seem to keen on it. What do you think?"

He bites his lip, "I don't think that's such a good idea, babe. If you want to go and see him I won't stop you, though."

I sigh, "Yeah, I should've figured as much. But um, yeah, maybe I'll see him this weekend or something."

Hunter nods, a thoughtful expression on his face, "Okay. That should be just fine."

I smile a little, "Great. But um, did you want to do anything this weekend?"

He shrugs, "Yeah, maybe. Depends what day you're free."

Thad walks in through the door, setting his things down on the counter top, "Hey, guys, what's up?"

I glance over at him, "Hey Thad, how's it going?"

"Not bad, not bad," he mutters, taking a seat in the recliner, "Is Jeff around anywhere?"

I shake my head, "He's job hunting."

"Oh, good for him." He replies nonchalantly, "I miss him really bad though."

I grin at him, "You miss him really bad after being away for not even 12 hours?"

He rolls his eyes, "I wouldn't talk if I were you." He turns to Hunter with a smirk, "You should have heard him talk about you before you guys were really official, every five seconds it was Oh, I miss Hunter. I hope Hunter's okay. When is Hunter gonna call me?"

I give Thad the evil eye but Hunter looks amused, "I can believe that, I do have the effect on people."

I shake my head, "I can't even deal with you guys."

Hunter kisses my ear, "You know you love it."

I sigh, shaking my head, "Yeah, sometimes."

The three of us hang around the apartment for the rest of the afternoon, subconsciously waiting for Jeff to get home so we can go out and do something fun. But by the time he does, it's almost ten o'clock so we all stay in for the night.