I don't even know. I seriously have no idea where this idea came from. I was going to edit it out, but it makes things make more sense in the end, and really propels things forward to where I wanted them. This chapter seriously worries me, as well as the next chapter. I seriously don't even know.

Maybe hiring Alex was a mistake. He'd been working for Darren for almost a month, and he was great. He was organized, he took care of things, he was nice to people, and Cindy LOVED him.

But Alex seemed really interested in Chris. He called the newly finished apartment when he knew Darren was playing a show, and they'd talk for hours about music and the newest episode of Glee. They'd even gone out to lunch a few times.

When Darren asked Chris about it, he shrugged it off. "He's a nice guy Darren. He just gets lonely. He moved from Canada and doesn't know anyone here. Give the poor guy a break."

So he did. He didn't say anything else about it until he come home one night to find Chris sitting on the couch wrapped up in a blanket, staring at the wall.

"Chris? What's wrong?"

Chris shook his head. "Nothing's wrong." He smiled. "Just tired, and thinking."

"Thinking about what?"

Chris shrugged. "Some stuff that Alex said today. About life."

"What did he say?"

"That life's too short to waste it being someone you're not."

Darren sat down with Chris. "Do you feel like you're wasting life?"

Chris shook his head. "Of course not. I mean, I've accomplished so much more than I ever could have dreamed, all before the age of 22. I never thought I'd get out of Clovis. I never thought I'd get to travel all around the world with a cast of extremely talented people. I never thought any of this would happen." He shook his head. "I'm just being amazed at myself is all."

Darren nodded. "Well, you're amazing so I can't blame you." he smiled. "I wonder what made him bring it up."

Chris shook his head. "No idea. Hey, I'm gonna hop in the shower, wanna start dinner?"

Darren nodded. "Sure." He watched as Chris walked off to the bedroom before getting up and heading to the kitchen.

He started pulling stuff out of the fridge in a complete daze, thinking over the conversation they'd just had. It wasn't until Chris walked into the kitchen dripping wet with a towel around his waist and an empty bottle in his hand that Darren snapped out of it.

"Uh...Darren I know you eat a lot of strange things, but I don't really think lettuce and soy sauce is going to be very good, especially not together."

Darren looked at the items he'd taken out of the fridge and shook his head. "You're really right. At least I didn't start cooking or anything."

Chris put the bottle in the recycling bin and stood across from Darren. "What's going on?"

Darren sighed. "Its stupid. You'll think I'm being stupid."

Chris smiled. "How do you know that if you don't tell me? I might surprise you."

"When you were talking about wasting your life...you didn't mention me. And I just thought..." he trailed off. He wasn't normally this...emotional, but being jealous of Alex was really getting to him.

"Darren, you know I didn't mean it like that. I thought you were implied."

Darren nodded and turned to start tearing apart the lettuce. "I told you I was being stupid."

Chris shook his head and wrapped his arms around Darren's waist from behind. "You're not being stupid. I was listing accomplishments, you aren't an accomplishment. You're a blessing."

Darren smiled. "No, you're a blessing. I'm a hobbit." Darren turned himself around and kissed Chris.

Chris kissed him back before pulling away. "Okay, I'm not eating lettuce and soy sauce, so either make something else or go get some fast food cause I'm starving. And if you're going to get some fast food, we're almost out of diet coke."

Darren smiled. "Fine, but you'd better still be naked when I get back."

Chris smiled. "Oh, is that a demand?"

Darren nodded. "Damn fucking straight that's a demand."

"So if I'm not...do I get a punishment?"

Darren smiled. "You'll just have to wait and find out." He grabbed his keys off the counter and practically ran out of the apartment, running into Alex in the hallway.

"Whoa, sorry. What are you doing here?"

Alex shook his head. "No problem. I was charging my phone earlier when I was hanging with Chris, and I left the charger in the wall."

Darren nodded. "Alright, well I'm being sent to get food. Are we still on for lunch tomorrow?"

Alex nodded. "Me, you and Chris are. Yeah."

"What about Cherese?"

"I broke up with her. I wasn't really into her anymore."

Darren nodded. "That's rough, I'm sorry."

Alex shrugged. "Not a problem. Go get Chris' food." He smiled and continued down the hall to the apartment and knocked.

Darren took off down the hall, pausing at the elevator to glance back at Chris answering the door with that seductive grin on his face, only to see it fall when he saw Alex standing there. Darren entered the elevator with a huge smile on his face.

Darren grabbed two cases of diet coke and McDonalds, knowing how much Chris loved it. He'd spent the entire time anxious to get back to the apartment, only to open the door and find Alex sitting on his couch.

"Alex. You're still here."

Alex glanced up from his phone. "Oh...yeah. Chris and I were talking, he just went to get dressed."

Darren nodded. "Excuse me for a minute." He put the coke down and took the McDonalds to the bedroom, closing the door behind him.

Chris had just pulled on a shirt of Darren's when he walked in. "Hey"

Darren smiled. "Hey, you look good in that one." He closed the gap between them in a few small steps, pressing their lips together. "Here's your McDonalds. And I do believe you are no longer naked."

Chris smiled. "My punishment is going to have to wait, Cherese and Alex broke up and he's kind of torn up about it. You don't mind if he hangs out for a bit, do you?"

Darren sighed. "What am I gonna do?"

"You could...go for a walk, or a drive, or a shower...or you could come sit with us, I'm sure he wouldn't mind."

Darren shook his head. "I guess I could go hang out with Cory or Naya or someone for a bit. Call me when you guys are done?"

Chris nodded. "Of course" he grabbed the bag and took off into the other room.

Darren sulked back into the hallway and down to his car. He didn't really feel like going anywhere, or seeing anyone other than Chris, so he sat in his car. He would have stayed in the apartment, but Alex was his employee, and he didn't want to cross any boundaries.

Chris had let Alex vent about everything between him and Cherese over the meals they'd shared. At first it seemed strange that Alex would stay with a girl that clearly made him unhappy, but tonight it made sense. Tonight, Alex had confessed just how much their relationship meant to him. He'd shed a few tears before they veered away from that topic and somehow ended up talking about sex.

"What's sex like with a guy?"

Chris was a little taken aback, but laughed. "Its great. What's sex like with a woman?"

Alex shrugged. "A lot of fucking work. I mean, its worth it sometimes, but its mostly just a huge hassle. I mean, I don't have those parts, how am I supposed to know how they work?"

Chris laughed. "Just cause you have a dick doesn't mean you know how every single guy wants to be touched. Just cause you like something, doesn't mean its gonna feel the same to me. Just like what I like isn't necesarily what Darren likes."

Alex nodded. "Makes sense. I don't know, it just seems like too much work. Do you know how hard it is to find the G Spot? I can't even tell you how many different positions she made me try before giving up."

Chris shook his head. "Not every woman has one, maybe hers is just non existant."

Alex shrugged. "I kind of wonder what it would be like sometimes."

"What what would be like?" Chris grabbed his diet coke off the table and took a drink.

"Being with a guy."

"...oh." Chris put the coke down and looked at him. "Do you think about that...like a lot?"

Alex nodded. "Moreso since I met you."

Chris went silent.

"You're an amazing person Chris, so is Darren. If he hadn't hired me, I'd probably be working for some crazy person. I don't want to hurt him, professionally or otherwise, but you really are extraordinary." He moved his face closer. "I just want to know what its like." He pressed his lips to Chris', carefully at first. When Chris didn't move, he became more urgent, forcing his tongue into Chris' mouth.

Chris pushed him away at that, with all the force he could muster. "Alex, whoa. You can't just go sticking your tongue down a guy's throat without his permission."

"I'm sorry, its just how I feel."

Chris nodded. "I understand that, but I'm in a relationship. With your boss, I might add. You can't do stuff like that, to a guy or anyone else. Its not right, and honestly its not sanitary! You don't know what kind of things I do with my tongue, and I really don't know what you do with yours."

Alex shook his head. "You like me too, I know you do. That's why I broke up with Cherese."

Chris nodded. "I do like you. As a friend. I love Darren. As my boyfriend."

"Chris, you can't lie to me. I know you felt something too." He reached out to Chris, but he stood up quickly, folding his arms across his chest.

"No, I really didn't. I didn't feel a thing, Alex. I'm not lying to spare your feelings, I'm not lying to myself, I really didn't feel a thing."

Alex moved closer. "You know Chris, when I used to think about this moment, I always suspected that you'd fall into my arms and we'd have a wonderful night." He stood up. "I never once thought you'd say you didn't feel anything."

Chris took a step back. "Alex, I think you need to leave."

"I used to watch you, you know. You never closed your blinds, like you thought no one could see you all the way up here. I could always see you."

Chris took his phone out of his pocket. "Either you leave, or I'm calling the cops."

Sorry about the cliffhanger, I wrote this and the next chapter in a state of complete exhaustion, which probably resulted in crap writing, but the good news is that this random storyline got the story over a mega speed bump and back into a good place again!

Again, sorry about the randomness, one person commented on how random it got, but it all makes sense eventually, just bear with me. I think I spelt that wrong. Oops. There was something else I was gonna say in here. OH YES. I warned ya'll about this Alex person. His ex girlfriend is named after one of my closest friends, because I was having name issues, and she was online.

Let me know what you guys think/thought!