The Ride Home Was Quiet Until Blaine Asked
"So Ryder Where Are You Gonna Go? Cause You Know You Can't Just Return Home. Your Parents Think You're Still At Boot Camp"
Ryder Was Staring Out The Window Watching The World Go By "I Don't Really Care Where I Go..." He Sighed
"Dude,I'd Let You Stay With Me But With All My Family Together We Barely Have Enough Room As It Is,Sorry" Sam Said From The Backseat
Jake Looked Over At Him As He Was Driving "Ryder,You Can Always Stay With Me?"
Ryder Turned To Face Him "What Is Going On With Us? Do You Wanna Be With Me Or Not? It's Pretty Simple"
Jake Was Feeling Confused At The Moment. When They Were On Their Way To Rescue Ryder,Jake Didn't Care About Anything But Getting Him Back And Being With Him,But Now...He Just Wasn't Sure. "Ryder You Don't Understand...It's Gonna Hard To Just Come Out And Tell The World I'm Gay"
Ryder Made A Face "You're Not Telling The World,You're Just Telling Your Family And Not Hiding It At School"
Sam And Blaine Began To Feel Uncomfortable In The Backseat As Ryder And Jake Fought.
"How Do I Even Know I'm Gay? Maybe I'm Bi?" Jake Replied
"Ohhhh,Dude...Did You Really Just Go There?!" Ryder Exclaimed "I Can Tell You Now,The Way You Suck Cock...Nah You're Gay!"
"I Care For You And I Don't Wanna Fight With You Ryder" Jake Admitted
"Alright Well If You Care About Me And You Missed Me So Much,Why Can't You Just Be With Me? I'm Risking Just As Much As You Coming Out To Everyone In My Life Too...But I'm Willing To Do It" Ryder Looked At Jake With His Sad Puppy Eyes

As Jake Was Dropping Blaine Off At Home,Before He Got Out He Whispered To Sam "Don't Worry I Know That Last Night Was Just A Hookup,I'm Not Expecting You To Be Gay Or Us To Be An Instant Couple" He Smiled. Sam Didn't Reply He Just Smiled Back Then Hugged Him. Blaine Waved To Them As Jake Drove Away.
"Guys You Shouldn't Fight About This. I Understand Both Sides But You're Still Friends" Sam Stated
"I Just Wish Ryder Would Give Me Some Time" Jake Admitted Then He Stopped At A Red Light
"Take All The Time You Need" Ryder Said Then Jumped Out Of The Truck
"Ryder! What Are You Doing?!" Jake Yelled But Ryder Was Running Down The Sidewalk
"Ah..Uhhh,Should I Go After Him?" Jake Asked Sam
"I'd Just Give Him Some Space. You Both Are Upset Right Now"
"Yea But He Has Nowhere To Go" Jake Replied And Turned Down The Street Ryder Was Walking On. He Pulled Up And Slowly Followed Him As He Walked.
"Come On Ryder,I'm Sorry" Jake Called But Ryder Kept Walking. "Dude,You Have Nowhere To Go. Just Get In The Truck!" But Again Ryder Said Nothing And Kept Walking. Jake Got Pissed "Fine!" He Shouted And Sped Off.
"Don't Worry I'm Sure I'll Come Around" Sam Tried To Comfort
Jake Drove Sam Home And Then Made His Own Way Home. He Parked Outfront Of His Place And Picked Up His Cell To Call Ryder. There Was No Answer,Which He Figured Ryder Would Ignore His Call,So He Left A Voicemail 'Ryder I'm Sorry Man,Just Give Me Time...It's Not Easy For Either Of Us To. This Will Change Our Lives Forever. But Remember I Do Love You. Bye'

Ryder Listened To The Voicemail Later,Even Replayed It A Few Times. He Didn't Realize Love Would Be So Complicated,Why Did The World -Or Anybody- Have To Weigh In On He And Jake's Relationship? Couldn't It Just Be Enough That They'd Be Happy Together? He Knew He Might Be Over Reacting But He Also Knew He Loved Jake And Just Wanted To Be With Him. He Walked Around Some More And Found Himself Standing Infront Of His House,He Didn't Go In He Just...Stared. His Mother Glanced Out The Window As He Was Standing There. She Grabbed Her Mouth And Gasped Rushing To The Door But When She Got There He Was Gone. Ryder Saw Her And Had To Run Down The Street,He Couldn't Trust Her After She Told His Father And They Sent Him To That Fucking Camp.
As He Walked Around Town He Thought About Everything Before All This With Jake Happened,Yes He Secretly Lusted After Him But Nobody Knew. Even Though He Thought Back Then That His Life Was Hell,Having To Watch Jake Kissing Marley,It Was Nowhere Near As Bad As Now. Just So Confusing And Depressing And...Ugh
He Remembered Something His Grandmother Used To Say 'You Can't Expect Anything To Change If You Don't Change'. He Knew He Had To Do Something.

Jake Looked For Ryder In The Hallways The Next Morning. Marley Came Up To Him "Hi" She Greeted. "Oh Hey" He Replied Not Looking At Her. She Kissed Him But He Didn't Really Kiss Her Back. "What's Wrong?" She Asked "Have You Seen Ryder?" He Finally Looked At Her "Not Yet But I Just Got Here. Why What's Going On?"
He Pulled Away And Said "Ah Nothing" And Tore Off Down The Hall Chasing After Blaine. "Hey Have You Seen Ryder?" He Whispered "Actually Tina Told Me That He Isn't Here Today" Blaine Replied Then Dug In His Locker For Something. "Ugh He Must Still Be Mad At Me. I Get It,I Understand...And I'm Sorry About It But I Just Hope He's Alright" Jake Said Looking Down At The Floor. "Have You Called Him?" Blaine Asked As They Walked Down The Hall "Everytime I Try It Rings Then Goes To Voicemail"
Blaine Smirked "Welp At Least You Know Hes Fine Then. He Is Pushing Ignore On His Phone". Jake Replied "That Doesn't Make Me Feel Any Better" But Blaine Smiled And Said "I Know. Hey We Better Get To Glee Class" And They Walked Down The Hall Together

When They Walked In The Classroom Blaine's Eye Caught Sam's Real Quick But Blaine Looked Away. The Class Took Their Seats As Mr. Shue Began The Days Lesson.
"I Wanted To Try Something Different Today. I Wanted Everyone To Sing A Short Little Jingle Or Ballad That Best Describes How You Feel. Sound Fun?"
The Class Mumbled All At Once And Got Execited.
Tina Was First, Singing 'Hung Up'
Then Marley Sang 'I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight'
Kittie Sang 'I Need A Hero'
Down The Line One By One They All Sang A Snippet Of A Song About How They Were Feeling
Blaine Wanted To Choose Wisely As Not To Upset Sam But Also To Best Describe What He Was Feeling. He Settled With 'Complicated' He Stared At Sam Most Of The Time But Didn't Wanna Make It Obvious So Kept Looking Away As He Sang.

'I'm So Scared That The Way That I Feel Is Written All Over My Face
When You Walk Into The Room I Wanna Find A Hiding Place
We Used To Laugh We Used To Hug The Way That Old Friends Do
But Now The Smile And The Touch Of Your Hand Just Makes Me Come Unglued
It's So Complicated
I'm So Frustrated
I Wanna Hold You Close,I Wanna Push You Away
I Wanna Make You Go,I Wanna Make You Stay
Should I Say It,Should I Tell You How I Feel
Oh I Want You To Know But Then Again I Dont It's So Complicated'

Then It Was Jake's Turn And He Knew What Song He Was Gonna Sing. One He Recently Heard And It Reminded Him Of Ryder But He Hadn't Told Him Yet. It Was 'When I'm With You'

'When I Hold You In My Arms Love,Something Changes
Its The Strangest Feeling Things That Used To Matter,They Dont Matter To Me
When I See You And You're Smiling How My Heart Aches
So Full It Is About To Break,You Make Me Believe In Love
I Could Never Count All The Ways That You've Changed Me Baby
Everyday The Sky Is A Deeper Shade Of Blue When I'm With You'

Everyone Clapped And Stood When Jake Finished And He Had Tears In His Eyes. He Knew What He Had To Do,So He Left The Room And Walked Out Into The Hallway To Call Ryder Again. Even If He Didn't Answer He Had To Tell Him He Loved Him And He Would Change For Him...Whatever He Wanted,Cause He Just Wanted To be With Him. He Dialed Ryder's Number And It Rang Twice Then Ryder Answered
"Hello?"
"Ryder,You Picked Up!" Jake Replied Happily
"Hey Jake,What's Up?"
"It's Good To Hear Your Voice Ryder. Why Aren't You In School?" He Asked
"I Kinda Got Busy" Ryder Said
"I Wanted To Call You To Tell You I Do Love You And I Don't Care Who Knows If We're Together. If Thats What You Want,Thats What I'll Do To Be With You"
"Uh Jake,It's Too Late" Ryder Studdered
Jakes Heart Sank "W-What? What Do You Mean? Ryder I Know You Are Mad At Me But Please Don't Do This" Jake Pleaded
"It's Not Like That I Just-"
"Just Come Talk To Me. Just Come To School And We Can Work This All Out" Jake Replied
"I Can't" Ryder Said
"Why Not?"
"I'm Not In Lima. I'm In New York" Ryder Replied
Jake's Mouth Dropped Open "What?!"