A/N: Last day of daily chapters. I apologise on beforehand, for the possiblity of you having to wait a bit, for the next chapter. But at least you got a little something on before hand, right?
Well enjoy!
Day 4
The weekend was over and It was yet time for school. Today was one of the days of school, where Jeff had a lot of assignments, during his classes, that he needed to do. So when Jeff got up in the morning and couldn't seem to find his iPod anywhere, his day just seemed to start off a little too badly. The last three days had been really lovely and everything just seemed like it was going to be a lovely time. And now this.
Jeff had this thing, where music really helped him concentrate, when he needed to get stuff done, when he needed to figure things out and when he generally just needed to get going.
Having this thing for music, only made it worse, that he wasn't capable of finding his iPod. Not just because he needed it for concentration, but also because he loved music. Music was the thing that always calmed him down or just filled an empty space when he was alone.
Thad had come back the night before, so he hadn't needed his iPod to play him any music. He'd never answered Thad, when he'd asked him about the picture of the flowers and the chocolate; so when Thad got back from the weekend, he was really curious and he had Jeff tell him everything about what was happening.
"Wow. He's really intensified his game, hasn't he?" Thad had asked him, when Jeff had told him what'd been going on throughout the weekend. Thad seem just as surprised about the things, as Jeff had been, every time something new happened.
Jeff hadn't been able to do anything but agree to Thad's exclamation about Nick. They had been talking for a while about it all the evening before and Jeff had finally admitted to actually liking Nick. Nothing he'd actually ever said out loud, before that evening. Not even the day before with Jenifer. She knew, but he never actually answered her when she questioned it.
Jeff were now walking next to Thad, down the hall towards their first classroom. As they walked they were chatting about both what they talked about the night before, but Thad told Jeff too, that he'd been starting to seeing someone. Thad admitted that he'd actually been with her this weekend and not home as he'd told Jeff at first.
"Why didn't you tell me you were seeing someone!?" Jeff exclaimed in surprise. He was so happy for Thad and he couldn't believe why he hadn't noticed the way Thad's behavior had changed over the last weeks.
"Well-" Thad replied and smiled. "Seems like you had a lot of other things on your mind. I felt like I needed to make sure that you were okay, before I would tell you because-" Thad continued with a faint smile. "I didn't want to make you hut even more, for seeing me happy, when you, at the time, obviously wasn't." Thad finished and hoped that Jeff understood.
"You shouldn't have!" Jeff said. "I mean, of course I'm happy that you thought about me, but I'm sure I would just be happy for you! I am happy for you, you know that, right?" Jeff questioned.
"Of course." Thad smiled and padded Jeff on the back. "Of course I know."
Later that day, when Jeff had the last period off, he went back to his dorm, in hopes of finding his iPod there, if he looked again. When he was almost there, he were stopped.
"Hey! Jeff!" Wes approached him with something held out in his hand for him. "Isn't this yours?" He asked when he got up to Jeff, who'd stopped walking when he first heard Wes call his name.
"Yes." Jeff exclaimed and smiled widely, when he saw what it was in Wes' hand. "It is! I've been looking for that all day." Jeff said and reached out for his iPod.
"I found it in the cafeteria this morning." Wes said. He let go of the iPod when he knew that Jeff had a hold of if.
"Thank you so much. I'm so happy you found it!" At that point, Jeff didn't think about the fact that it was actually really weird that Wes had found it in the cafeteria, since he hadn't brought it there, the past few days.
"Anyways, I've got to run." Wes said and smiled. "See you around."
"Yeah." Jeff smiled back.
Jeff then went the rest of the way back to his dorm room and went in, to sit down on his bed. He just sort of sat there at first and felt the weight of his iPod in his hand. It was lovely. Even though it hadn't been gone for long, it felt like he'd been missing it for months.
After playing a little with the feeling of the iPod, Jeff unlocked it and went to the music app. He felt like he needed some music just to fill out the silence in his room, as he relaxed, since he hadn't had it all day. As he scrolled down through his playlists, to find the one he usually listened to, when he relaxed, but before he found it, his eyes fixed one something new between his usual playlist.
Jeff by Nick was the new name he hadn't even seen on his iPod before. With a frown he tapped the name and went into the playlist and looked through the small list of songs, which he certainly hadn't had on the iPod before he lost it.
Ed Sheeran - Kiss me
Adam Lambert - Sleepwalker
Michael Jackson - The way you make me feel
Maroon 5 - Stutter
Apocalyptica - Not strong enough
These were the names on the list. Jeff hesitated for a moment, tapped the first song on the list, placed down the iPod on his bed and just sat there to listen.
Jeff's lips was pulled into a smile that slowly grew wider as he listened to the songs. Sentences like 'This feels like falling in love', 'So hold me in your arms', 'I keep running into walls that I can't break down', 'I never felt so in love before', 'This time I really need to do things right' and 'I'm not strong enough to stay away' all made their way into Jeff's mind and his heart. It felt as if they burned into his soul, to leave a permanent mark, as an evidence of love, inside his very being.
Once the playlist were done, Jeff was like one big smile. He decided he wanted to have a little 'fun' out of It, so he found his phone and started writing a text to the contact, still called asshole on his phone.
Please don't ever steal my iPod again.
He sent it, but just then realized that he might as well ruin everything with that one text. Danm. He waited and actually felt a little anxious about what he could possibly receive as a reply to that. When his phone finally lid up, showing that Jeff had received his reply, he held his breath as he opened it.
I'm sorry.
That's it? Jeff wondered. He was expecting something else from Nick. Anything but an apology. He thought he'd never learn to remember, that Nick could actually feel sorry.. Or at least say so.
Thank you.
Jeff sent a text back to Nick and just smiled. He put the phone away, started the playlist over again, and relaxed as he listened again.
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