The next morning Jake woke up and the question that came uppermost in her mind was 'what had happened the night before?' She was so afraid since she got drunk. She wondered if she had spilled out her little secret. She was also wondering how Hamilton would have reacted if he had known about it. "I wish to goodness he wouldn't find out!" She hoped.

She got dressed quickly to get ready for Finn's class. She found Hamilton already there with some others students scattered all around on the grass when she arrived. She looked at him, went over to where he was sitting, and sat right next to him.

"Hi!" She hissed.

"Hey" He replied.

"Umm…look Hamilton; I don't really remember what happened last night and--"when he interrupted,

"N, nothing's happened Jake, you just…got drunk and I took you back to your room." He cut her off abruptly.

Jake stared at him suspiciously; she was less than totally convinced and was about to say something as Finn arrived,

"Gentlemen, since we all are here, let's get started. I hope that every one did his homework this weekend. " Finn commented.

Hamilton did not even notice the presence of the teacher, he had apparently forgotten himself; he did not even bother to listen to him always waffling on about poetry. He was pretty much taken up with all that had happened the night before. Sitting on the grass, he was thinking and kept repeating the kiss he shared with Jake in his head. Attempting to stifle all those undesirable feelings for Jake, he wished he could get rid of them.

Since the day Jake kissed him on the rooftop, he kept his distant from her. He did not deck her when she did it; he was too much surprised and utterly shocked at that exact moment that he did not know how to react. She ran away from him and left him behind licking his lips in a total confusion. That kiss had just wreaked havoc upon his life; in fact, he had been questioning himself since.

Back in her room, Jake was waiting for the next class she had. She did not want to stay back there, on the courtyard with Hamilton. She was afraid of having done something stupid the night before and that she would regret, but as he told her there was nothing to worry about, at least not about her little secret, she was more or less relieved. Somehow, there was still something she could not have her finger on.

'Fortunately, he didn't find out, how could I be that darn stupid? I shouldn't have gone at all…what was I thinking anyways? Rather foolish of me!' She reflected, beating her forehead in despair.

Jake heard a knock on her door, "who is it?" She asked.

"Um…it's me, Hamilton," He answered.

"Hold on a minute!" She yelled.

Jake panicked and scrambled to her feet to check her self in the mirror before opening the door on him.

"What took you so long?" He questioned.

Jake did not respond as she stepped back to let him in "So, you needed something?" She said with a simper.

Jake wondered what was on his mind since after that kiss that had changed almost everything between the two of them, he would not come to her room as he used to.

Hamilton was scared; not of Jake but of himself; scared of throwing caution to the wind and let himself drawn to her like he was already doing and then just make a go for it.

Jake was afraid in her own way of letting him in on her little secret, and of telling him about all her real feelings toward him because he would be pissed off at her, and probably would not talk to her again. What she was dreading the most was the loss of a real friend she ever had. They were both wondering how their relationship did reach such a pitch.

"I came over to uh…actually see if you could teach me some hacking tricks…" He said, sensing a wave of discomfort.

Jake could not refrain from smiling, "only if I'm asked", She quipped.

Hamilton stared studiously at her with a perplexed expression; she proceeded to add "That's not exactly what I meant…no, but seriously, are you asking for help?" She amended, eyeing Hamilton warily. She hated making him feel uncomfortable.

Hamilton's mouth twisted into a slow smile "O-k…yeah, well you got that right. I sorta got the idea since you're such a wizard with computers, that is, only if you can, of course." He asked, pleadingly.

"I guess I can do that for a friend, can't I," She answered sympathetically. Hamilton ventured a glance at her and his gaze reverted on Jake's lips as the feeling he got the night before with Jake in his arms crept back in his mind.

Feeling his steely blue eyes boring into her, Jake started to play about with some papers, attempting to shake off the awkwardness she was sensing.

"Thanks pal," He said, nervously.

"Any time" She nodded, smiling genuinely.

"See you later!" Hamilton chimed in, turning around to go out of the room.

"Yeah, see ya" Jake whispered.

Hamilton left the dorms making his way to his house; he was still living with his parents, his home was only five hundred yards away; the opposite way of Jake's room. He struck out across the courtyard and got home as his mother greeted him, "Hi munchie, how was your day?" She asked him with a look of concern.

"Mom, how many times do I have to tell you; don't call me that!" He blurted as she sensed a tone of disappointment in his voice.

"Oh, ok. I won't. You want to eat, now?" She said, playfully.

Feeling bitter of the conversation he just had with Jake, "No" he sighed, "Actually I'm not hungry…" He shrugged, managing to raise a smile as he turned and ran up the covered stairs two at a time to his room. Kate was staring quizzically behind him in surprise; usually he would never say no when it came to food.

"Something is wrong with him!" She mused.

Taking a risk and officially deciding not to let what had happened between Jake and him that night bother him or affect his friendship with Jake that he valued, Hamilton summoned enough courage to go and ask her to tutor him. He preferred to regard the whole strange thing as just a rare occurrence. But still, the attraction to Jake and the liking had grown with every day that had passed; he took notice of it. It was impossible for him to back off or even deny himself getting closer to her. All the time he remembered Jake smiling, he found himself always smiling back without necessarily having her in the same room with him. Jake was quite different; one look from her was enough to make him week at the knee; he had realized it especially the night before.

On the strength of one of all the reasons he had, he could not resist but kissed her a second time and proved to himself that he was definitely falling for her. He thought if Jake were a girl, there would be no doubt about them being soulmates; he would cry out on the top of the rooftop so that everyone would know that he finally found his kindred spirit. However, it was not the case for him unfortunately; he knew he could not have that chance, not with Jake anyway.

His real preoccupation became Jake, since he practically admitted to himself that he liked her, or at least deep down he knew it. He somehow wanted to know if Jake requited his feeling for her. Jake seemed to never show any emotion; in fact she was so hard to read, she remained distant and was doubly careful from the day he threatened to punch her because of that sketchy moment she once had that time and impetuously kissed him and made him question himself ever since. That was what had started it all.

Once inside his room, Hamilton flopped down on his bed and buried his face in the pillow. As soon as he closed his eyes he saw Jake's smile and squeezed them tight shut burying his face more in his pillow, he snarled frustrated "Oh God, can't I stop thinking bout him just for a second!".

Something in your eyes that makes me smile
oh yeah
and something in your eyes that makes me smile
oh yeah

"I know I'm not gay, I like girls a lot, I know I like lot of girls, I even have lot of pictures, photos and posters to prove it," He taught to himself, setting up. "Yet I'm always thinking about what happened…about HIM", 'Because you liked it when Jake kissed you and loved the feeling of his lips against yours once again, don't fight it' "OH MY GOD Shut up!" He shouted "Just Stop it now…!" He snapped out. "Great, that's driving me crazy, now I'm talking to myself" His head sank back on the pillow 'Alright, alright, I'm quite decided; I'm not gonna let what happened ruin the nice friendship we had before that quite unexpected incident.'

Jake came back from her last class of that day and was actually too tired as she slipped into her bed and went to sleep straight away, cuddling her pillow and hoping that things would work out between Hamilton and her in the fullness of time and would eventually get back to normality.