Part 98

Nick Sullivan was having a crappy day. It was the first Saturday of his freshman year at Dalton and he was the only one up. Nick had been running away his entire life from bullies. If he wasn't bullied for being short and having curly hair it was because he was gay. Now he jumped if anyone sneezed or dropped a book. He hoped Dalton would help him get over that, make him feel safe and protected.

He hadn't met his mentor yet. The juniors would make sure the freshmen felt at home, found their way around the school and just acted like a good friend towards the freshmen. Nick's mentor was this Asian guy named Wes Montgomery and one of the seniors had told him that he couldn't get a better mentor. Nick hadn't met him yet because the guy hadn't returned from summer vacation yet. But everyone assured him Wes was a great guy. Nick had met Wes' former roomy, an African-American guy named David and this David had assured him Wes was nicer than nice.

Nick was right now in the kitchen… trying to save his breakfast. He didn't know what happened. At first everything was fine, then the coffeepot boiled over and he rushed to save it, then his eggs started to smell burnt, as did the towel he'd forgotten on the stove and now his bacon was starting to get smoky as well.

When Nick was about to get into a full blown panic someone suddenly snatched the towel out of his hands, threw it in the sink and started the water, next this someone turned off the coffeepot, lifted the frying pans away and lowered the heat before returning them to the stove. Nick just stared at the food and then back at the blur saving him. It was a rather cute Asian guy. He was a bit taller than Nick and turned to Nick with a smile on his face.

"Let's try not to burn down the kitchens the first thing in the morning shall we", he asked and Nick smiled slightly. "Hey! Not even a minute's of conversation and I get a smile already? That's a new personal record."

Nick smiled again and saw the guy moving his eggs and bacon into the same pan and then put on coffee in another machine. After a bit Nick had his breakfast, saved and ready to be eaten.

"There you go", the Asian said smiling and put the plate and coffee by Nick. The younger boy looked at the food and he was so overjoyed with gratitude that he just jumped into the guy's arm so he was held bridal style. Nick flung his arms around the other boy's neck.

"I love you marry me!" Nick cried with a big grin on his face. "I promise I will make a good faithful husband! I can't give you kids but we can adopt! Marry me!"

The older boy chuckled, but didn't let go or just throw him off, which must've been a good sign.

"Now aren't we being a little fast here", the Asian asked amused. "I don't even know your name."

"Doesn't matter", Nick said. "I can be whoever you want me to be! Just marry me!"

"Sorry kiddo", was the answer he got and he was gently put down on the floor. "But I'm not gay or bi."

"But… but… can't you marry me anyway?" Nick pouted and gave him puppy eyes. "Pretty please? I swear that I Nick Sullivan will be faithful to you forever and ever!"

The Asian grinned wide.

"Oh so you are my little Nicky then", he said and held out his hand. "Wes Montgomery, pleasure to meet you."

Nick grinned too and shook the hand eagerly.

"Now back to my proposal", Nick said grinning.

"Not gonna happen Nicky", Wes said and ruffled his hair. "It would be like dating your little brother. Now eat up and I'll show you around the old place okay?"

Nick grinned and nodded and happily started to eat. While he ate Wes made himself some breakfast and soon joined him. They started talking and the more they talked the more Nick realized that the seniors had been right, he had the best mentor ever! He could answer ALL Nick's questions about the school and Westerville. He explained why the dorms were called what they were, how the living arrangements were in each one and all the various clubs and teams in the school. If there was one thing Nick wanted to know more about it was the Warblers. He'd seen their performance in the cafeteria and wanted to join, badly. When he said that Wes smiled.

"Well auditions are this afternoon, I'll lead you there if you want to", he said. "By the way how's Brad doing?"

Nick spit out his juice in shock. Brad? His cousin? No one ever asked about him. Well no one at the schools Nick had attended. He stared at Wes in shock. Wes just smiled gently and handed him some paper towels to clean up with.

"I met your cousin at the Warbler Midsummer Party", Wes explained and Nick grinned. "You look somewhat alike, I can see the family resemblance."

Nick grinned proudly. He was very proud over his cousin. He and Brad had always been good friends. Then what Wes said registered.

"Wait you're in the Warblers?" he asked. Wes laughed gently at that and Nick blushed.

"You don't recognize me?" Wes asked. "I'm the guy hoisted onto the table to usher the invite."

That's when it clicked with Nick. He knew he'd seen the guy before! He knew the guy was familiar. But then… why had that senior told him Wes was not back from summer vacation yet?

"But that senior told me you weren't back yet", Nick pointed out shyly.

"Oh? Well that's strange because I've been back for a while, maybe he just hadn't seen me or something. Well finish up your breakfast Nicky and I'll show you around the place… I might even sneak you into the Warbler Hall." He winked. Nick squealed and hugged him. Wes hugged him back.

"Morning Wes", Logan said as he entered along with Alexander. Wes' brow furrowed in worry. Because when they did… Nick went completely rigid. His grip on Wes hoody was so tight Wes could hear the seams crack. Alexander and Logan noticed as well and got worried.

"You okay Nicky?" Wes asked gently. Nick shook his head. "Guys can you give us a minute?"

"Sure", Logan said and dragged Alexander our of the kitchen. As soon as they were gone Nick relaxed. Wes caressed his hair gently.

"Wanna talk about it squirt?" he asked. Nick shook his head. "That's okay, no rush. Do you want to go on that tour now?"

Nick nodded. Wes smiled gently and took his hand before leading him out the backdoor of the Dragon. But he made sure to look at the watch. They had to be back in time to help that new senior to move in. But he was going to spend the whole day until Warbler auditions with his little squirt. Nick didn't seem to mind because as soon as they left the dorm he started talking again, about how awesome the school was and about his very cute roomy, some guy named Jeff.

Jeff Henderson wasn't a bad boy, he just couldn't help it that every time he just wanted to help someone something ended up broken or someone ended up hurt. He just wanted to help. So when a new senior arrived he thought that he'd lend a hand. It was a lot of boxes that would have to be carried up to the third floor. Jeff didn't understand why there weren't any elevators in the dorm but guessed the house was just too old. Jeff's roommate Nick was helping out as well and with him was this Asian guy that Jeff thought was really cute, at least he had a cute smile and gorgeous eyes. The Asian looked to be older than Nick so Jeff guessed this was Nick's mentor, Wes. Jeff saw Nick watch him in horror but Jeff just waved and headed down to help move the boxes up. Okay so Jeff's first impression on Nick might not have been the best. Once again Jeff had just wanted to help out and had ended up falling flat on his back, buried by every single book in his bookshelf. But he just laughed it off, but he scared poor Nick. Jeff grinned happily, he was sure things wouldn't end badly when he helped out, this time. When he got to the bottom of the stairs he noticed the boys were only taking one box at a time so he decided to make the job a little bit faster, just to help, so he took two boxes and started to head upstairs.

"Hey", a kind voice asked and Jeff noticed the Asian boy walk behind him with a suitcase in each hand. "Are you sure you can handle those?"

"Of course I am", Jeff said happily and turned to the Asian grinning. "I-"

"Please look where you put your feet", the Asian interrupted. "You freak me out when you look at me and walk up at the stairs at the same time… carrying boxes. That is the recipe for disaster."

"Pft what the heck are you talking about", Jeff said and started to walk backwards instead.

"Jeff", the guy said sternly. "Look. Where. You. Are. Going."

"Okay okay geez", Jeff turned around… and collided with an older boy. Jeff lost his footing and the older boy grabbed hold of the boxes… But down Jeff went… straight into the Asian. The Asian had put down the suitcases and caught Jeff but the momentum of the force was too much and the Asian as well lost his footing… they both tumbled down the long stair. The Asian ended up lying on his back with Jeff lying on top of him.

"Ow…" the Asian groaned and noticed Jeff lying on top of him.

"Sorry", Jeff said blushing bright red. "Uh… I'm Jeff Henderson."

"Wes Montgomery", the Asian groaned. "Nice to get crushed by you."

They shook hands, well Wes used his left hand because his right hand appeared to be broken…

TBC Well another shorty :P But it's the best i can do at the moment.

Btw I have decided to keep Thenjamin as a couple which mean I need to do some re-writing of BBW, which I planed to do anyway :P

Sadly I will have even less time to write now since our puppies were born today :P

Oh and it was Nicky Wes saw ;)