Milton had been down lately due to finally coming to terms with himself about attracted to the same sex. He wasn't quite sure how to handle it and he needed someone to talk to.

RING RING RING RING RING

It felt like his phone was ringing for hours waiting for the person on the other line to pick up.

"Milton? Hey, what's up?" Jack answered drowsly.

"Oh good, Jack um." Milton hesitated, "Uh there's something I wanted to talk about, can you meet up at the park or somewhere?"

"Er, Milton it's pretty late but sure if you need me just give me twenty and I'll meet you at the park." He said waking himself up.

Milton took his phone from his ear and sure enough in was in fact very late and he didn't want to risk Jack getting in trouble for something that could wait til tomorrow.

"No, no that's alright it can wait til tomorrow."

"You sure?" Jack asked unsure.

"Yes, see you at school." Milton hung up and decided to just head to the park anyways to clear his mind.

*next morning at school*

Milton was at his locker getting out his binder and chemistry book for his next class when Jack came up to him.

"Hey man, here to know what you wanted to talk about." Jack greeted.

"Oh yeah, no worries about that actually. I ended up at the park anyways and bumped into Carson there who turned out to be a really big help." He said with a goofy grin, finally happy that someone knew how he felt and understood him.

"C-Carson?" Jack was confused, why in the world did he feel a pain in his chest seeing how happy Milton got mentioning Carson.

"Yeah, when we hung up last night I ended up going to the park anyways and Carson happened to be there to and well we just started talking. He really understood things and knew how to make things alot better." He replied happily unaware of Jack's unease.

"Oh, that's good. What did you guys talked about? Asked Jack.

"It's nothing for you to worry over, like I said Carson was a great help, he's surprisingly a good listener." Milton said thoughtfully.

Before Jack could say anything else he noticed Carson coming down the hall towards Milton and watched how he casually draped his arm around Milton's shoulder.

"Hey Milton, how you doin'?" Carson greets with a sly a grin.

'And what?! who did he think he is, Joey Tribioni? It took everything Jack had to not snarl at the jerk who was getting a bit to friendly with his Milton.. and whoa stop the breaks, his Milton?? He's gonna have to analyze that thought later cause right now he needs to tune in on the conversation in front of him.

"Sounds like a plan. See you then." Carson agreed, waving goodbye as he walked away.

"What just happened?" 'Damn he spaced out.

Milton chuckles, "That's just like you to space out Jack. Carson invited me to hangout tonight with him at Falafel Phil's, I'm going straight after training."

"Uh-huh, so its gonna be just the two of you? Alone?" Jack heavily emphasized quite skeptical himself about this so-called hangout.

"Yeah, said he'll even pay for me." Milton grinned easily swayed by the thought of free food.

"Sounds suspiciously like a date." Muttered Jack harshly beneath his breath.

"Sorry didn't catch that, what did you say?"

"Nothing, just mumbling to myself. See ya at practice Mils." Jack spoke before they both left for seperate classes.