Summary : This is set for when Barry is in Ohio for High School. He is now Sebastian Smythe and this is his High School life Bartholomew Henry Allen went to Ohio for a little visit but what happens when he gets enrolled into the private school; Dalton Academy?

DISCLAIMER : I DO NOT OWN GLEE OR THE FLASH OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS

A/N : I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE SONGS MENTIONED.

It had been a week since Sebastian's panic attack and The Warblers could tell he was on edge still. Nick had confided to Jeff everything about what had happened and then they both decided to tell The Warblers. Thad and Zayn seemed the most concerned about their Captain whereas David just sighed and told them all to give him some space.

After The Warblers lost regionals, some of them hadn't understood why both Sebastian and Nick insisted that they continued to practise, but they did anyway, not wanting to contradict Sebastian. Christmas was nearing, meaning that everyone was getting into the 'Christmas spirit' and making sure everyone was well.

Christmastime was always a struggle for Sebastian, especially since his mother's death and his father's imprisonment 5 years ago. To think, it had been 5 years without his mother to help him deal with bullies, it's been 5 years since he last hugged his father. Nick knew something was going on with Sebastian, regardless of his panic attack. He had been more tense, and at night, he just sits on his bed looking at his phone, not even bothering to turn it on. Mr. Malik had been on high alert with Sebastian since his panic attack and he could tell the kid was struggling, he had been for quite a while.

Thad, Jon and Sebastian were all sitting at the back in Mr. Malik's science class and they all seemed too distracted. Sebastian had his left arm holding up his head whilst his right arm was busy colouring in this piece of paper he had been doodling on for the past 30 minutes. Jon just looked bored, but at least his eyes were focused on the board. Thad, he was busy admiring Sebastian's artwork, sometimes adding to it, making a slight smile appear on Sebastian's face.

The bell rang moments later, signalling the end of the class. Thad, Sebastian and Jon grabbed their things extremely quickly, packing their stuff up and preparing to walk out of the door.

"Sebastian, Thad, Jon, stay behind please," Mr. Malik yelled across the classroom. The other boys just winced at them, they knew how painful it was being kept behind with Mr. Malik. Thad just rolled his eyes and sat back down on his seat, Sebastian doing the same thing albeit slower. Jon just remained standing, but he did make sure Mr. Malik knew he wasn't going anywhere.

Once the others had all left the classroom, Mr. Malik approached the trio, looking at them all in concern. They were usually so focused, it didn't make sense for them to be bored.

"What's going on?" He asked softly, trying to ignore the way Sebastian tensed at the question. Jon just sighed whilst Thad looked at Mr. Malik questioningly, nothing was wrong with him, he just never paid attention in his lessons and he only just noticed.

"Sebastian, what about you?" Mr. Malik asked the other teen. Sebastian just shrugged and kept his head down, continuing to mess around with his pen. Thad nudged his shoulder slightly, trying to get a reaction out of him. He knew the real reason why this was going to be hard, but he didn't know why it was affecting him now. Christmas wasn't for another month.

Mr. Malik sighed at the lack of responses from the trio. Something was going on with them all, and he was going to find out what it was.

The trio all took a slow walk towards the commons room, none of them wanting to be on time to rehearsal. It had been a pretty tough week for them all and they liked clearing their minds of it all. When Jon heard about Sebastian's panic attack, he reached out, asking if he wanted to talk about it and Sebastian reluctantly agreed, clearly he wanted to talk about it to someone if he agreed to talking to Jon. Either that or he was the only one who offered to talk about it with him. Thad just awkwardly walked beside his two friends, he wanted to start up a conversation because the silence was killing him but they both seemed so relaxed that he didn't want to ruin that.

"What's going on with you both?" Thad blurted out, moving to stand in front of both Sebastian and Jon. They both jumped at the sudden outburst, clearly not expecting for someone to talk.

"Nothing," Jon commented, starting to walk again, Sebastian just remained silent at his side. He was not going to say anything.

"Something is clearly wrong with you both!" Thad exclaimed, making Sebastian flinch. He had never heard Thad yell like that before, in fact he had never heard Thad yell before. It was frightening.

"Look, I didn't sleep that good last night, okay?" Jon replied, not looking at Sebastian.

It was true. Jon hadn't slept good at all last night, but that's just because he was checking in with Sebastian, making sure he was okay before they both went to sleep. They had spoken for hours, neither of them had fallen asleep by the time it was time to wake up for breakfast.

"What about you, Bas?" Thad asked, his full attention on the taller boy.

"I couldn't sleep either," He replied softly, not meeting Thad's gaze.

They continued to walk to the commons room in utter silence. At least this time it was less awkward.

When they arrived at the common room, they all looked at each other. Jon walked in first, a smile on his face as he did so. Just as Sebastian went to follow, Thad grabbed him by the arm and stopped him from entering the room. Sebastian looked at him in confusion before Thad dragged him away from the room, texting someone one handed in the process.

"Thad? What are you doing?" Sebastian questioned him, trying to rip his arm away from his friend's grip. It didn't work.

Thad didn't stop dragging his friend until they wound up outside Thad's dorm room. Thad unlocked the door and pushed Sebastian inside, locking the door behind him as he walked in himself. He would find out what's wrong with Sebastian if it killed him.

"What's going on with you, Barry?" Thad asked the teen, sitting next to him on his bed. At least they were sitting on his bed instead of Jeff's, who knows how many times he and Nick had made out on it.

Barry shrugged and looked down at his hands, he hated the position he was in.

"Barry?" Thad asked softly, nudging Barry with his shoulder gently, "Don't make me ask Santana"

Barry chuckled softly and tiredly rested his head on Thad's shoulder, the other didn't seem to mind though. They sat in silence for a while, well minus Thad and Barry's phones going off.

"It's my mom's birthday today.." Barry finally said softly, sighing as he heard Thad gasp. He hadn't slept well at all last night, well from his and Jon's conversation the whole night to then him being plagued by nightmares the day before, he didn't want to sleep.

"Barry, do-do you wanna talk about it?" Thad asked him, wrapping his arm around Barry's shoulders. He felt the taller boy shake his head in the embrace, and he sighed. Sure, Barry had never been an open person since he first met him, but he thought that he'd like to talk about this to someone who knew everything that had gone on in his life.

"It.. it just hurts.." Barry said after a moment, closing his eyes after feeling tears begin to build him his eyes. He felt Thad tighten his grip on him and he sighed again. Damn, he really did enjoy sighing didn't he?

"I'm sorry, Barry," Thad began, making the taller boy pull away and look at him in confusion, "I'm sorry that you have to go through this every year. I'm sorry that you never got to grow up with your mom. I'm sorry that you've had to go through so much"

Barry just chewed the inside of his cheek and looked back down at his hands, twiddling his thumbs together at a loss for words. No-one had ever said that they felt sorry for him, well minus Iris and Joe, but no-one from outside his family had even seemed to care.

"It's fine, I'm learning to forget it, right?" Barry chuckled humorlessly, a smile on his face as he looked at Thad unconvincingly. Thad just looked at his friend in concern, he could see how badly Barry was trying to keep that smile on his face.

"Barry.. Have-have you spoken to Joe and Iris at all today?" He asked the taller boy, placing a hand on his shoulder as he watched the smile vanish from his face. It wasn't fair what Barry was going through, and he could only imagine how the boy must act the day of the anniversary of her death. Barry shook his head, all of a sudden looking tired once more.

"They might be worried about you, Barry," Thad began, wrapping his arm around his friend once more, letting him rest his head against his shoulder, "I mean, they have every right to be"

"I'll talk to them.." Barry replied quietly, closing his eyes. Thad smiled lightly at Barry, holding the boy tighter. Barry smiled at the warmth from his friend, his mind slowly slipping away from the scene. The last thing he remembered was hearing his phone buzz before his mind fogged over.

When Barry woke up, he was still in Thad's room, but he was in Thad's bed. He looked around the room, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. Typing on a computer gained his attention and he found himself looking at Thad's desk, seeing the other Warbler with his headphones in as he was most likely busy working. He was surprised to find that Jeff wasn't here, but that most likely meant that he was at his and Nick's dorm and he didn't want to exactly go back there if those two were in his room.

Thad noticed the sudden movement from his bed, and he looked over, smiling softly as he realised Barry had woken up. He paused his music and took his headphones out of his ears, moving to sit on his bed beside his friend. Barry smiled at Thad and moved his legs so Thad wouldn't sit on them.

"You've been asleep for an hour, maybe two," Thad told his friend, "I could tell that you hadn't been able to sleep last night so I let you take a nap. I kicked Jeff and Nick out when they tried to take photos of you asleep on my bed"

Barry chuckled lightly. That sounded like them. Thad stood up and walked over to his desk once more, unplugging something from the wall. He chucked it to Barry, it was his phone.

"A lot of people were trying to contact you, so once your phone died, I put it on charge," Barry nodded and turned it on, paling at the amount of calls and texts he had. The majority were from Santana, there was the odd one from Blaine, which really confused him, but the others were a mixture of Warblers and Joe and Iris. Thad was right, they were worried about him.

Barry unlocked his phone, going onto The Warblers group chat they had. He had his eyes wide open as he read all of the messages.

"What the fuck was going on in the chat whilst I was napping?" Barry asked Thad, looking at his friend. Thad chuckled and rolled his eyes, not bothering to explain it to him. He'd understand soon enough.

Sebastian I'm alive

It took about 5 minutes to get a response.

Trent WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Nick Sebastian-whatever your middle name is-Smythe

Nick get your ass over to our dorm room now

Jeff Nick is pissed

Jeff he's scaring me

Thad If he's scaring you then you're fucked, Bas

Zayn So he is alive

Sebastian I did say that already

Zayn someones grumpy

Sebastian I will get Trent to sit on you

Sebastian I will do it

Trent Um.. bish wut?

David Where were u n Thad during practise?

Jon yeah, u weren't answering our calls either

Sebastian now that's a very long story

Sebastian but i have to explain it to Santana first

Liam because she's your girlfriend?

Sebastian no, because i'm terrified of her

Thad Let me tell her that

Sebastian Thad Harwood, if you tell her then I'll post that video of you belly dancing

Thad I'm in the same room as you prick

Sebastian oh trust me

Sebastian I'm fully aware

Whilst the group chat was busy exploding with life, Barry and Thad were play fighting, trying to take each other's phone.

Barry won. Let's just say that.

Sebastian was in his dorm room after dinner, preparing to go to sleep when Nick approached him. He seemed genuinely concerned.

"Seb, where were you and Thad during practise?" He asked him, and Sebastian sighed.

"I was with Thad in his and Jeff's room," He answered truthfully, "we were talking about a lot of stuff that is personal"

Nick seemed content with the answer and pulled his friend in for a hug, squeezing him. Sebastian hugged him back, just as tightly. Whilst he was a rude guy in general, it was nice for someone to show that his bitch exterior didn't affect how Nick thought of him.