When Nick woke up he noticed that he was no longer in the theater room and was instead on top of Gatsby in his bedroom. He wished every day was like this where he could wake up calmly next to Jay. Maybe there was hope that in the future every day would be like this, or their young daughter would come running demanding they wake up so they could play. Nick smiled at the thought as Gatsby began to stir.
"Good morning," Nick said, pressing a kiss to Gatsby's jawline.
"Morning," Jay yawned, "so what did you want to do today?"
"Maybe see if my cousin recovered from her panic attack yesterday?" Nick suggested.
"Do we have to?" Gatsby complained like a child.
"Come on, it won't be too bad," Nick insisted.
Gatsby groaned but agreed to go anyway.
Pulling back to the Fay mansion Nick noticed that Jordan's car was still there but shrugged it off. When they entered and saw Jordan and Daisy cuddling under a blanket in the living room Nick caught on quickly to what was happening.
"What happened when we were out?" Gatsby asked.
"We egged Tom's car," Jordan laughed.
Nick shrugged, he didn't have to know any backstory to assume he deserved it.
"I think he is referring to the fact that we are dating," Daisy objected.
"Wait what?" Gatsby asked, but at the same time, Nick demanded details on how it all happened.
"Well I told her how Tom was cheating on me with Myrtle so then we went shopping, wrecked Tom's car, TP'Ed Myrtle's house, then kissed in her car," Daisy said and Nick felt like that was a very short version of events.
"See Nick, we did some good in this world giving Daisy a panic attack," Gatsby said proudly.
"Double date time!" Daisy squealed.
Nick and Gatsby both glanced at each other. Jordan looked at Nick and Daisy looked at all of them confused as to why they weren't excited.
"Daisy, Gatsby and I aren't public," Nick told her.
"Oh," she frowned.
"No, Nick, let's go," Gatsby insisted.
"What if one of your friends is there?" Nick asked.
"They are going to find out one day," Gatsby shrugged.
"Yes!" Daisy squealed.
"Let's go!" Jordan cheered.
Daisy and Jordan went to Daisy's room and changed into clothes they had gotten yesterday. They both looked beautiful while Gatsby and Nick stayed in casual clothes. Yet despite this everyone couldn't keep their eyes off their partner and this is how they knew that regardless of how their relationships may have ended right now they loved each other and that was what was important now.
Entering the restaurant that they agreed upon was like a breath of fresh air and Nick liked that anyone could walk in and see that him and Gatsby were clearly together. At the table for 4 Daisy and Jordan held hands on the table while Nick and Gatsby both had a hand on each other's thigh.
Before they knew it a blurry picture of them was going around with "GAY Gatsby and Nick CarraGAY" captioned. The next day they went to school as though nothing happened. They stayed far away during school but after school Nick basically lived at the Gatsby mansion. Gatsby started going back to work and some days Nick didn't even see Gatsby. It didn't bother him too much because he always woke up to Gatsby's alarm with Gatsby next to him.
The rumors got to Gatsby one day because the majority of people continued to refer to him as Gay Gatsby. After two weeks Gatsby and Nick started to hang out closely but this only allowed for more insults. About a month after the original picture had spread around the school they were sitting together at lunch. Some remarks were being thrown their way and Nick tried to calm Jay without being too physical. Until Gatsby stood up and pulled Nick up with him.
"HEY!" Gatsby yelled and the cafeteria quieted down and looked his way.
He then kissed Nick in the middle of the cafeteria. Some people burst into applause while others sat there speechless. While they teased Jay they didn't actually think that he was gay let alone that he would kiss Nick in front of the school.
"Nick, I love you," Jay mumbled.
"I love you too Gatsby," Nick said.
They sat back down almost as if nothing happened. The rest of the day was awkward for everyone but Nick and Gatsby were finally able to be next to each other without worry about what anybody would think.