The Lima Bean had quickly become his favorite place to frequent after his dance rehearsals. He'd pick a booth towards the windows and curl up with a latte or two, put his headphones in and daydream out the window, or work on his homework. Anything was better than going back to that sickly empty new house and parents who were never home. Today he had finished his homework early and was starting on his second latte when someone he recognized walked in, realizing it was the boy from the other night on Valentine's Day. The blonde debated going to say hi to him, but then decided against it, reckoning that he didn't even remember him and turned his iPod up a little.

The entire school, or community even, knew Dave was gay now. That guy hadn't waited four hours before sending out mass IM's to everyone in Ohio to tell them about his little secret. And unfortunately for him, he had a shit pokerface...so now he was out. His only escape these days seemed to be at the Lima Bean, because no one ever seemed to bother him there. He got his coffee, black, before heading over to a table towards the back to sit down and work on his homework. His Dad wouldn't be home for another few hours, and he hated being alone

After finishing his second latte, Jack got up to go to the bathroom, and when he was returning to his seat, whom did he run into other than Sebastian.

"Hey." The tall brunette greeted him, a slimy smile on his face that had made Jack swoon before, but now just made his skin crawl. "So, listen, sorry about the other night. "

"The other night?" Jack quirked an eyebrow like he had no idea what he was talking about. "Oh, right. Dinner. I totally forgot."

"Well, I'd like to make it up to you. Let me buy you a drink." The taller boy placed his hand on his arm that Jack scooted away from.

"Um, I'm actually here with someone. It was nice to see you again, though. Bye.. Um.. Bastian?" He smiled, turning his back and panicking, trying to find somewhere to sit when he spotted Dave, going over to his table and sitting down. "Hi. Uh, I'm sorry. I.. Can I just sit here for a second? You don't have to talk to me. Please?"

Dave looked up when he heard someone talking to him, wracking his brain as he tried to think of how or where he knew the kid from. And then it hit him; Breadstix on V-Day. "Oh uh yeah, go ahead." He said with a shrug, motioning towards the bench across from him. "What's up...Jack, right?"

"Right." He nodded, patting his pockets for his new cellphone and pulling it out and sending a text to his friend back in Canada telling her that he'd just saw Sebastian. "Um, not much really. Sorry. I'll seriously leave you alone in a second." He finished the text and looked over his shoulder at Sebastian, and then back to Dave. "It's just that guy that stood me up on Valentine's Day."

Dave looked over at his shadow and winced when he saw Sebastian, turning back over to Jack. "Yeah, he's definitely not..." He shrugged. "He's a douche." He caught Sebastian's gaze and rolled his eyes when he winked at him, staring back down at his coffee cup.

"You know him?" Jack started to say when the taller boy made his way over to their table.

"You go to McKinley right? Dave..?" Sebastian crooned, looking between the two of them. "So. Dave, tell me. How did you score a hot little piece like Jake?"

The blonde winced when Sebastian forgot his name, inwardly facepalming at the fact that he ever wanted to go out with this... 'douche' as Dave had put it.

"We met at Scandals once.." Dave mumbled under his breath, looking up when Sebastian approached. "Can I help you?" He asked in annoyance, already tired of Sebastian's presence. "Isn't there someone else you could bother?"

At Dave's tone, Sebastian scooted into the booth next to Jack, wrapping his arm around the blonde. "Just wanted to make sure you take care of my boy here. You know, I saw him first." He leered at Jack, giving him a cocky look as he licked his lips like he was stalking his prey.

"He doesn't look like he wants to be your boy." Dave pointed out with a shrug, taking a drink of his coffee.

"I don't. And my name is Jack." He corrected, speaking for the first time since Sebastian had joined them, staring down at his hands.

Sebastian scoffed, "And you want to be /his/?" The Warbler rolled his eyes, "He can't even get Kurt, who is the clingiest gay in the whole gaydom."

Dave's face fell when Sebastian mentioned Kurt, torn between wanting to rip his face off or leave. "Shut up." He said through clenched teeth, shaking his head. "You don't know anything."

Jack looked between the two of them, reaching out and brushing his fingertips across the back of Dave's hand, trying to soothe him a little. "Sebastian, why don't you leave us alone." He raised his chin a little, saying the words as forcefully as he could muster.

"See? I knew you didn't forget my name, kitten." He purred, brushing his fingertips across the bottom of Jack's chin like you would a cat before the blonde jerked his face away.

"Get your hands off of him." Dave said as he finally snapped, standing up as he glared over at Sebastian. "How about you just leave, Pretty boy?"

"Whoah, whoah." Sebastian stood up quickly, backing away from Dave, a cocky smirk implanted on his face. "Calm down there. Wouldn't wanna go back to Juvie now would we?"

"I've never been to Juvie." Dave said with a scowl.

"Could have fooled me." He shrugged, grabbing his coffee and pulling a piece of paper out of his pocket with his number on it, slipping it into Jack's hand. "Call me, sweetheart." The Warbler winked before turning and walking out of the coffee shop.

Dave rolled his eyes as he sank back down onto the booth, sighing. That guy just got under his skin. "That was the guy, really?" He asked with a shake of his head. "Wow."

Jack kept his eyes on the table, shrugging miserably and busying himself with ripping the slip of paper into as many little pieces as he could. "I'd just moved here. I didn't know..."

"Makes sense." He said with a nod, finishing his coffee as he got up. He was kind of in a shitty mood after encountering Sebastian. "See you around." He said with a shrug, grabbing his books

"Wait." Sebastian grabbed his backpack and opened up a notebook, writing down his number and tearing out that part of the page, handing it to Dave. "Just in case you decide that you want to let me thank you for saving me from Sebastard." He smiled a little, biting his lip, hoping that the other boy would take the piece of paper.

Dave looked down at the number, not sure what to do for a minute, before shrugging. Kurt had told him that love was around the corner, so who was he to stop looking. "Uh okay."

"Thank you." Jack smiled a little, but the smile disappearing completely when he turned back around and sank back down into the booth. Dave would probably never call. Maybe he was destined to live a life of getting stood up by the Sebastians of the world.