*Author's Note - Here is the latest installment to New Directionally Impaired. I hope you guys enjoy it, and I should have the next chapter about the Party up in a few days. let me know what you think about this one, all your feed back is loved and appreciated. Thanks, Donitello*
Infidel
Monday and Tuesday weren't so bad. Jake and Ryder both enjoyed the freedoms they had been experiencing at home with their revelation to their parents. They no longer felt like they was lying, nor did they feel like they were trying to hide something they were both proud of which was their relationship.
Tuesday Ryder even stayed the night at Jake's house, but the only thing he wasn't fond of was having to sleep on the sofa for the first time. He guessed that as long as nothing was confirmed it was okay for the two to share a room, but once the truth was out Mrs. Puckerman didn't think it looked right to allow the two boyfriends to share a room. She knew what temptation was, and often believed that Jake was too much like his father to begin with. She did at least take great comfort in knowing that regardless of how hard he tried Ryder would NEVER become pregnant.
Wednesday was a little different. Jake seemed to be in a mood, or there was something that was causing him some concern. Ryder even tried to comfort him the way to school, but he just sniped at him and went back to staring out the window and adjusting the ear bud in his ear. Ryder wanted to press the issue, but felt that it would be in their best interest to give Jake some space, and when he was ready to talk he would.
Sam and Blaine had to spend each night separately in their respective homes, but was more excited about the weekend than they could imagine. Blaine, had even came up with an incredible idea: they were going to have a massive Glee explosion at his house. Just throw a party that started on Friday and ended no later than 1pm on Sunday. Sam was all for it, although he didn't think that would leave them much alone time until Blaine reminded him of the cut off period. He was certain that he could convince Mr. Shu and Mrs. Pillsbury to let Sam stay over until Monday morning, and that way they'd have all day and all night Sunday to spend together. It was set, and there was nothing going to hold this party back.
"Hey, I was thinking…I know they probably can't come and stuff…but what if we invited EVERYBODY from Glee club. You know the one's that graduated last year too," Blaine suggested?
"I know one that won't be invited," Sam muttered.
"Okay, everyone but Kurt. How's that," Blaine asked?
"None of them will be there," Sam said confused.
"Won't hurt to ask. It would be great if nothing else to just include them," Blaine responded, looking for confirmation.
"Alright, there's no harm…and I feel like I should say I'm sorry to a couple of them anyway. Especially Rachel," Sam said as his cheeks grew pink.
"Why should you apologize to Ra…Oh…for knocking Kurt on her, and then them falling over…I gotcha," Blaine said embarrassed.
Sam and Blaine decided on the snacks they would have, which was a combination of enough junk food to partially fill a convenience store, and what Blaine described as a farmers market meets tree bark for the diet conscious Sam, and of course there would be Pizza and other forms of take out. Separately Blaine and Sam both contacted Puck to see if he could score some alcohol. Sam gave him fifty dollars (which was all he had) and Blaine gave him three hundred.
"We want a PARTY Puck," Blaine explained.
"Hell you want a liquor store," Puck replied.
"I just want to make sure there's enough that will last for a couple days," Blaine said innocently.
"Oh we'll have enough. Don't you worry about that. Now who all's coming to this thing," Puck asked?
"Well we've invited the entire Glee club, and everyone that graduated but I don't know how many will be there," Blaine said shrugging his shoulders.
"Well hell yeah. I'm going to get up with our group and see how many I can con into making the trip," Puck said with a smirk spreading across his face.
"Now you're not going to do anything…um…outlandish are you," Blaine quizzed?
"I promise I will be on my best behavior," He said looking at Blaine with his best innocent gaze.
"So…basically we're all screwed, huh," Blaine returned.
"Pretty much," Puck shot out and Blaine could have sworn he saw horns poking through Puck's scalp.
With the menu and liquor in order plus a nice array of music selection (although Blaine had to limit how much Country Sam was allowed to add) they believed they were ready, and just had to wait for the magical sound of the bell for the last class on Friday to arrive; too bad they still had two days to wait.
Kurt had sent several emails, and texts to Sam and Blaine trying to apologize and explain his thinking, but Sam was still unforgiving and wasn't about to let Kurt off the hook that soon and Blaine decided to agree with Sam. He knew eventually Sam would forgive him because that's the kind of person Sam was but he was not going to push the matter.
Ryder was perplexed and worried about Jake all day. It was as if he was trying to avoid Ryder. They didn't speak, and hardly texted, and Ryder was beginning to become frantic until he saw Jake leaning up against a locker talking to a Cheerio in what looked like a pretty close conversation. Ryder didn't want to jump to conclusions but his jealousy was getting the better part of him, but he didn't want to make a scene so he just turned and went in the opposite direction and sent a text.
Ryder: Hey what r u doing?
Jake: Just hanging out.
Ryder: Talking t important?
Jake: Nope, just going over stuff with Sam.
Ryder: Your talking to Sam?
Jake: Yeah, that's what I said.
Ryder: I just saw you talking to a Cheerio!
Jake: Why don't you mind your own damn business!
Ryder didn't respond to that, and now not only did he have to worry what was wrong with Jake but he was also concerned about the way he was talking to that Cheerio and lying to him about it. He didn't like the way this was going, and he wanted to find out what in the hell was going on.
Blaine saw Ryder storm into the boys bathroom, and he looked upset so he decided to follow.
"Alright Princess, what's wrong," Blaine asked?
"It's Jake. He's ignored me all day and acted weird when we came to school. And just now he lied to me about talking to a Cheerio. And believe me they looked cozy," Ryder said.
"Define looked cozy," Blaine asked as he leaned up against the bathroom wash basin.
"She had her back up against the locker, and he was leaned up against her real close. It looked like they were flirting," Ryder said bluntly.
"Did you hear what they were talking about," Blaine asked?
"Well, no…but when I asked what he was doing he lied and said he was talking to Sam," Ryder blurted out.
"Okay, yeah lying is not good…and his behavior is off…but don't jump to conclusions. Sometimes you just have to trust that he's with you," Blaine tried to explain.
"Look I'm not stupid! I know what I saw," Ryder yelled out.
"You may know what you saw, but that doesn't mean you interpreted correctly," Blaine responded never losing his cool.
"I can't believe you're on his side! Did you even listen to what I said," Ryder continued yelling?
"Of course I listened, but the problem is that I didn't hear much. There are several reasons for Jake not telling you the full truth and his actions is all I'm saying," Blaine responded.
"Listen, I tell you what…why don't you worry about Sam and I'll worry about me and Jake. It's obvious your not the friend I thought you were," Ryder blurted out as he and ran out of the boy's room in tears.
Walking down the hallway he got a text from Jake. Ryder thought about disregarding it, but decided that he was going to face the situation like a man. He felt that Jake was going to be breaking up with him, or leaving him for that damn Cheerio but was going to face him in his own terms.
Jake: Hey
Ryder: Hey
Jake: I think we need to talk.
Ryder: About?
Jake: Today.
Ryder: O.k.
Jake: Can you meet me at the auditorium before Glee club?
Ryder: Yea
Jake: I'll be waiting.
The remaining two classes before Glee club seemed to drag on, and his English class gave him a headache. The extra help with the specialist was helping but reading was still hard, and having to read out loud to the whole class just compounded the problem. He had his concerns as to what was going on with Jake, and then being mortified because he stumbled and bumbled so many words on the page when he had to read a paragraph from "The Raven" to the class just made everything so much worse. But, finally the bell rang, and he grabbed his bag and ran out before the bell had even finished reading and running to the auditorium.
"HEY, JAKE YOU HERE," he yelled out?
"Yeah, I'm over here," Jake yelled back as he stepped out of the wing of the stage.
"Alright. We seriously need to talk about today because Jake I may love you but…," Ryder started but was cut off.
"I need you to not talk right now, okay? Just listen," Jake asked?
"Okay, but I get the same respect," Ryder shot back.
"Deal. Alright…you asked why I was distracted this morning, and you busted me out talking to Misty. That Cheerio in the hall…well…I've been working on something with her and the rest of the team…plus some friends of ours. You know the other day when we told our parents about us, and everything was just cool. We go to dinner, and we get asked a ton of questions about 'us' and I really didn't know what to say. I mean there was a ton of stuff I wanted to say…but I wanted to say it to you not our moms. It's great that they understand and stuff, but you and me is just about you and me kinda. All I'm saying is that I don't know how sometimes to say the stuff that you make me think, and I don't know how to express what I feel about us," Jake said this as music rose in the background and the stage curtains open to reveal a carnival of spreading out and taking over the stage. The New Directions came out and joined Jake as backup and the Cheerios went into their acrobatic dance routines.
Never Close Your Eyes
By: Adam Lambert
Performed: By Jake Puckerman and the New Directions
I wish that this night would never be over
There's plenty of time to sleep when we die
So let's just stay awake until we grow older
If I had my way we'd never close our eyes, our eyes, never!
I don't wanna let a minute get away
Cause we got no time to lose
None of us are promised to see tomorrow
And what we do is ours to choose
Forget about the sunrise
Fight the sleep in your eyes
I don't wanna miss a second with you
Let's stay this way forever
It's only getting better if we want it to
You know that I wish that this night would never be over
There's plenty of time to sleep when we die
So let's just stay awake until we grow older
If I had my way we'd never close our eyes, our eyes, never!
It's so hard to think this could fade away
But what goes up must come down
Why can't we just live life with no consequence
And always live in the now
Forget about the sunrise
Fight the sleep in your eyes
I don't wanna miss a second with you
Let's stay this way forever
It's only getting better if we want it to
You know that I wish that this night would never be over
There's plenty of time to sleep when we die
So let's just stay awake until we grow older
If I had my way we'd never close our eyes, our eyes, never
Oooooooooooo, yeahhhhhh, ooooooooo, yeaaahhhhhh
You know that I wish that this night would never be over
There's plenty of time to sleep when we die
So let's just stay awake until we grow older
If I had my way we'd never close our eyes, our eyes, never
Ryder was amazed, impressed, elated, and embarrassed all at the same time. He didn't know what to think about the spectacle that had just been created for his benefit. He dropped his head, and wiped a tear from his eye. He pushed himself out of his chair knowing that he had some serious apologizing to do and slowly walked towards the stage unable to lift his head to make eye contact with Jake.
"So, what was it you were wanting to say," Jake asked sarcastically?
"Um…I forgot," Ryder said as he closed in on Jake's location.
"Forgot or too much of a chicken to say it," Jake kept pushing?
"Okay, I'm sorry for overreacting, and this is the most incredible thing anyone has ever done for me," Ryder said as his face grew redder.
"Annndddd….who's the better boyfriend," Jake asked pulling Ryder closer.
"You are," Ryder mumbled.
"I what…," Jake prodded.
"You're the god of boyfriends," Ryder said rolling his eyes at Jake.
"And who owes the god of boyfriends a BIG favor," Jake continued in a taunting manner?
"Dammit, I do," Ryder grunted.
"Alright, now that that is cleared up kiss me you jealous ass infidel," Jake commanded in an authoritative tone.
They kissed, and Ryder sighed as he breathed an air relief that his short lived romance wasn't in jeopardy. They hadn't realized that Blaine had walked over to where they were, but Ryder felt Blaine tap him on the shoulder.
"Uh…yeah," Ryder asked confused.
"Just please, next time I tell you that you shouldn't jump to conclusions please listen," Blaine said in a condescending fashion and walked away.
"What was that about," Jake asked.
"Me being a jealous ass infidel…and I seriously owe him an apology…later," Ryder said as he returned to kissing a confused Jake.
*Author's Note - Here is the latest installment to New Directionally Impaired. I hope you guys enjoy it, and I should have the next chapter about the Party up in a few days. let me know what you think about this one, all your feed back is loved and appreciated. Thanks, Donitello*
