1.THE DALTON BOY

Our story starts in a fine,silent Thursday night. There is nothing special about the sky except for it's usual spell bounding dark colour and the twinkling stars ,taking our breath away. It's 11pm that night. The dorms at the Dalton academy are having a blast. The students are so excited for the next day, and nobody is asleep. Most of them are having a mini party in their dorms. A particular group of people in a dorm are having a blast ,singing songs of random genre. They consider themselves as the human jukebox group of Dalton and most of the agree- THE WARBLERS.

'The warblers' is the name for the glee club at Dalton. They are so famous at Dalton, that most people have an envy on them.They are so energetic almost every single minute and are so cheerful .

But this time,the whole Dalton academy is on caffeine. The Dalton boys are so excited that they are gonna have an off from their school days for a week. After passing nearly half of the school year,they thought it is deserving break. So what exactly happened?

That morning at Dalton saw so much of chaos in people's face, a deadly silent roaming in the halls. They were having exams and most of them were taunted. They knew exams at Dalton are comparatively harder. Well,Dalton is a preparatory school,what do you expect?

It was 3 pm that day and their final exam was coming to an end. The bell rang and the papers were collected. As they handed their papers, two boys- a black haired plumpy cute boy and a blonde boy was looking at each other in mixed emotions- scared that the paper was quite difficult ,though they would pass and excited that their exams were over. Trent and Jeff looked at each other and they slowly turned back to look at the boy behind Jeff.

That boy was looking so relaxed ,with his honey like Hazel eyes fixed on the question paper, his hair carefully gelled with raspberry flavoured gel ,still with some curls left and a cute smile on his face.

'Psst..psst..Blaine ' Jeff called him in low voice. The Hazel eyes looked at Jeff with a delight. 'How did you do?' Jeff asked.

Blaine was smiling 'Did good'. Jeff and trent weren't surprised. What can you expect from a boy who keep his G.P.A to an average of 4.3?

They rolled their eyes hopelessly and turned to front. Mr. Miller cleared his throat after collecting the papers. ' Attention students! Now that your exams are over, the principal has accepted to take you to camp'. The boys cheered as they heard the news. All faces were lit up like 1000 Watts bulbs.

'Wow! A camp? That's crazy ,isn't it?' Jeff and trent said at the same time. They turned to blaine to give him a high-five.Blaine,who loves travelling and camping was so excited .' I wanted to go on a trip or camp for a long time and guess what? My wishes are granted!'Blaine said with a cheer.

The boys ran out of the classroom hopping,shouting to their dorms. They are gonna have a hiatus and everybody are excited. Some people left school early to hang out with their friends ,some went home exhausted after giving their brain -wrecking exams. The warbler boys decided to hang out at the Lima Bean.

They crowded at Lima Bean and were waiting for their orders.

'So,where are we going?' Nick asked with excitement. 'Oh,didn't you hear? We are going to camp near the Ottawa River. There is a forest area near the river' Trent said.

'I am gonna bring my camera and take pictures of everything I see' nick grinned. ' aww,my sweet photographer boyfriend' Jeff said ,slightly chuckling.

Blaine was thinking about something. 'Hey Blaine?why don't you join our conversation? We know you love camping' Dave said. Blaine came back to reality with a 'uhh?'

'Blaine,what were you thinking about ?'nick demanded. 'uhh...about the camp. Thinking about what to bring, the outfits ,the scenery ,the fresh smell...Reminds me of my childhood camping experience. Well,what were you guys talking about?'blaine asked.

'About the camp,we are so excited!'dave said. Their orders came and blaine took his order and got up. 'Uhh...guys,do you mind if I just get to my dorm back? I'm tired'. All of them nodded in approval.

Blaine bid goodbye and walk towards his car parked outside. He started to drive towards the academy ,felling a kind of loneliness in him. Sure,he was thinking of his childhood camp days with his family, but the last camp was 5yrs back. Now,he couldn't get his family members to stay together. His dad became strict with him and goes on official tours often,his mom goes for official tours often. Cooper,his brother would just call from L.A as he is busying shooting commercial ads. Cooper will just talk about his day at work ,boosting about his adventures even if he calls . So blaine finds himself giving excuses often to end the chat.

He ran straight up to his dorm , with a heavy feel inside for no reason and laid on his bed with tears from his eyes. He couldn't find the reason as he was confused with himself. He felt the same way before the exams,but he neglected him. He cried into sleep until the warblers came into his room to call him for his dinner.

The dorm people decided not to sleep that night and to jam in nick's room. Blaine is on his guitar , trent on plastic boxes as drums, dave on maracas. After getting a shout from a faculty for making noice in the middle of the night, people dismissed to their rooms. People went fast asleep except for blaine.

(Using present tense to tell the ongoing story)

Blaine is peeking over his lappy to see if anyone is looking at him. He goes nervous as he opens his music file on the lappy. He checks if dave is watching him. With sweat on his forehead ,he opens the private file with the password. It has files of different vogue magazines. He opens another secret file among them with the stronger password. That file consists of pictures of guys like athletes,actors,etc.. some are topless pictures. Whenever he comes here,he gets butterflies in his stomach.

After spending a good 30 minutes ,he closes the laptop carefully, so no one can see.

He lies on bed,having a guilt in his heart ,at the same time he feels that a part of his emptiness is filled.he begins to drool and falls asleep.

He hears a slow piano playing and sees a vague figure at a distance. Probably a statue or a human...