A/N: So Jeff is finally going to tell the others...but with it being set at Dalton i just had to add in that little bit of drama. So here is Chapter 7... enjoy!

Jeff couldn't shake away the nerves he was feeing throughout the lesson; he had tried focusing his mind on doing something productive, such as finishing off the final part of his painting, but he was finding it impossible to direct his attention to anything other than his upcoming plans for lunch.

The bell for lunch came much quicker than Jeff would have liked, he began packing away his materials before heading out of the classroom towards the cafeteria. The nerves still present as he strolled through the hallways.

When he arrived most of the group were already seated in their usual spots, David and Thad on the far side of the table, with Nick and Trent to the right of them, followed by a few other warblers to fill in the space; leaving a spare seat for the blonde opposite his best friend.

After picking up some food from the counter, Jeff quickly returned to join in the conversation taking place at the table.

"I don't see why you can't just tell her man" Thad said, shrugging at his friend

"'coz I don't wanna look like a total loser in front of her, she's hot dude!" David replied whilst taking a sip of his coffee, eyeing the others across the table who were raising an eyebrow at the ex-coucil member.

Jeff leaned in towards his roommate, catching his eye and smiling at the brunette

"So who's he's hitting on now then?"

"Someone from Crawford I think...Kate or Katie or someone" Nick said, taking a bite of his sandwich before changing the topic to how ridiculous the psychology work he had been given was.

Jeff was just about to start a rant about how stupid most modern artwork was when he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. He quickly pulled it out and opened a text from his curly-haired friend.

Hey dude, how did they take it? -B

Jeff groaned internally, he hadn't even told them yet. He was waiting for them to finish chatting over the many girlfriends David had had, before he made his announcement.

The conversation had eventually died down after the group of warblers had run out of things to gossip about, making it the perfect time for the blonde to come clean. He took a deep breathe, closing his eyes as he prepared himself for what was coming, before he called attention from the group.

"Um guys...I have something to tell you"

All eyes turned towards the blonde, curiosity gleaming from their faces.

"What's up dude?" Andrew asked, setting down his coffee as he leaned in closer towards the boy, the rest of the group doing the same.

"Erm...well I went to see Blaine last night...just to you know, get away from a few things here for a bit"

He saw Nick look down at this, guilt obviously present in his eyes. He knew, Trent must of told him what happened.

He was immediately faced with lot's of questions regarding the ex-warbler, mainly from the younger members of the group who had looked up to Blaine as an idol, but also from those who had been his close friends.

"So how is he then? Him and Kurt done it yet?" Cameron asked, earning himself a nudge from Flint at the mention of the curly-haired boy's sex life.

"Oh erm..he's fine, and I dunno about that" Jeff said as he watched a few of the others giggle at the subject.

"but we had a good talk and...he made me realise something"

"That blonde isn't your colour?" Flint added, causing the group to shoot him a wave of scrunched up expressions at his fatuous comment.

"Thanks...but no" Jeff replied, shooting an offended look at the sophomore

"He made me realise that I shouldn't have to keep it a secret, that I should just open up...and you guys would understand"

Nick slowly lifted his head and turned to face his best friend. It made Jeff feel a bit more uncomfortable about what he was about to say with Nick sat there watching him. He hoped that he, more than anyone would understand.

"Dude just tell us" Thad spoke up, ushering for the blonde to continue.

Here it goes, just get it out there Jeff.

"Right" he started, trying to remain calm under all the pressure that was building up around him

"I'm..."

"Hello everyone"

The group looked up to face the tall boy that had just approached the table, most of them grimacing at his presence.

Seriously! He has the worst timing ever, can't he see I was about to tell them something important! Jeff thought as he exhaled deeply, trying to refrain from strangling the boy for ruining his moment, which had already been pressurising to begin with.

"What do you need Sebastian?" Trent asked, keeping a cool tone as he eyed the meerkat-faced boy

"Oh nothing...what a guy can't see how his fellow warblers are doing?" he replied smugly, earning himself a few more dirty looks from the group.

"You should join us" Nick said as he motioned for the taller boy to take a seat.

Jeff, along with the others who were shooting astounded looks towards the brunette, wanted to slap Nick. Why is he inviting him to sit with us? No one here likes him.

Sebastian took his seat next to Trent as the table fell into an awkward silence, he quickly flashed a smile towards Nick before resting his elbows on the table and observing the group.

"Well...this is cosy" he said, sighing as the others gave him a flash of half-smiles.

"Anyway, what did you want to tell us Jeff?" Thad interrupted, focusing his attention back to the blonde.

Jeff reverted his eyes away from the meekat-faced boy and looked around at the group. I can't tell them now, not with him there. Why did he have to go and ruin the moment? Stupid bloody Sebastian!

"oh erm...it doesn't matter, it's not important"

"But you said it was" David said furrowing his eyebrows at the boy.

"It can wait" Jeff said as he pulled out his phone and began to write a text back to the ex-warbler

Hey I couldn't tell them, I was going to then Sebastian showed up and I just couldn't :-/ –J

Jeff sat and watched as the conversations started again, about two or three different ones taking place at the same time; the ex-council members were back on the topic of David's girlfriends whilst most of the others were discussing what upcoming films they wanted to see. However Jeff was mostly interested in the quiet conversation that was going on between his best friend and their meerkat-faced leader.

They're probably just talking about homework or stuff, Jeff tried to reassure himself before he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket

It's ok dude, just tell them 2moro. They'll understand, I promise :-) -B

Jeff sighed as he typed a reply, he hoped they would.

Hope so, I will :-) -J

Let me know how it goes dude :-P -B

Jeff put his phone away before returning his attention to the group. He decided to join in the conversation between Flint, Cameron and a few others, who were busy debating over who was better between Hawkeye and Captain America; carefully watching Nick and Sebastian out of the corner of his eye.

He just sat and nodded, pretending to be going along with the boys' conversation, only paying attention to the two who were being rather quiet in the corner.

What are they being so quiet about? It's probably nothing, stop letting it get to you Jeff!

"What about you Jeff?" Cameron interrupted the blonde from his thoughts

"huh?" Jeff turned towards the younger boy, having not paid any attention to the question being asked

"Captain America or Loki?"

"Captain America" Jeff mumbled, returning his gaze back to the two, who had now somehow shuffled closer; Sebastian being only a few inches away from his best friend.

What happened next made the jealously boil up inside of Jeff, Sebastian was running a thumb over Nick's lips, brushing away the crumbs as he looked him in the eye. Nick just remained still and smiled at the meerkat-faced boy, a blush rising to his ears as Sebastian stroked his hand down the brunette's cheek.

It took a lot of effort for Jeff not to pounce on the boy, he felt like a bull in a china shop at watching that slut touch his Nick; what was worse is that no one else seemed to notice, well so he thought.

"Are you okay?" Trent said, flashing a look of concern at the blonde, who probably looked as if he was about to kill someone.

"Yeah. Excuse me" Jeff said as he stood up and slowly made his way towards the door.

This caught Nick's attention, the brunette looked up and flashed a confused look at his friend before getting up and following the blonde.

"Hey" Nick said as he grabbed Jeff's shoulder, stopping him in his tracks

"Are you okay? What was that about?"

What do you mean what was that about? Maybe it was about you and that slut being all touchy-feely in my face!

"Nothing, I'm fine" Jeff mumbled, turning away from the brunette

"You're not fine!" Nick cried, running in front of the blonde in an attempt to stop him from walking away again

"Look Jeff, I know you were upset with me last night"

Jeff sighed and rolled his eyes at the smaller boy, he really didn't want to be having this conversation.

"Trent told me...I-I'm sorry, I know you don't really like Sebastian, maybe I've been spending a bit too much time with him" Nick looked down at his shoes, not wanting to meet the blonde's eyes

"I don't want you to think that you're not still important to me" Nick lifted his head to look at the blonde, placing a hand on his arm

"You're still my best friend, nothing's ever gonna change that 6"

"Then why doesn't it feel like it?" Jeff said, not taking his eyes off the brunette; he just wanted his Nick back.

"I don't understand, what's the problem?" Nick said, hesitantly looking at the taller boy for answers

"What's the problem?" Jeff furrowed his eyebrows "Why did you have to ask him to sit with us? You know we have to put up with him enough during practise, why at lunch now too?"

"He doesn't have anyone else, I was just been a good friend" Nick said looking down at his feet once again

"And whose fault is that? It's not our fault he's a stuck up bastard" Jeff said coldly, not lifting his gaze from the brunette.

"Is this all this is about? You guys not liking Seb?" Nick glared at the taller boy

"You know if you actually took the time to know him you'd realise he's actually okay... I can't believe you out of all people would put me down for trying to be nice"

"But you don't see it though do you!" Jeff shouted, causing a few heads to turn in his direction from the cafeteria

"He's just using you! And you just let him..you let him sit there and touch you, doesn't it bother you at all!?"

Nick was taken aback by Jeff's sudden outburst. Okay maybe Sebastian did get a bit too close for comfort sometimes, but it was just the way he was. It had been a little uncomfortable at first but Nick had just gotten used to it; maybe the others just had a hard time accepting that, Jeff in particular.

"Does it bother you?" Nick asked, searching the blonde for an answer. Why did Jeff have such a problem with it?

Jeff just stood and looked at the brunette, he didn't know how to answer that. The thoughts were screaming inside his head; Of course it bothers me! I love you! I always have! And it hurts to see you with another man...whether he actually likes you or not! Why can't you just see that he's using you? You're gonna get hurt like last time! Why can't you just see it? Sometimes you can be so stupid Nicholas!

"Of course not" Jeff lied, keeping his tone cool as to not express any of the emotion he was feeling "I just don't want to see you get hurt"

"There's nothing going on between me and Sebastian!" Nick shouted, raising his hands in defeat

"We're just friends, Fer-riends, that's all it is...like I'm friends with Thad and David and Trent"

"Yes but this is Sebastian!" Jeff said matter-of-factly

"Why does it bother you so much!?" Nick cried, glaring at the blonde; a hint anger present in his voice

Jeff remained silent, he didn't know what to say; It did bother him, it bothered him a hell of a lot.

"You know what? Just forget it...I'll see you later" Nick said before he turned on his heel and made his way back into the cafeteria.

Jeff just stood stagnant in the corridor, alone.

Great, he thought; he had upset Nick now. The rest of the day was going to be awkward, he had better start thinking up an apology now to give to the brunette.

The rest of the afternoon had been awkward, just as Jeff had predicted. He had spent a whole hour of Spanish with Nick, who had only made contact with the blonde when he needed to turn the page or borrow a pen. He had managed to go through last period talking to Trent, thankfully the brunette didn't take geography as a subject so he was safe for an hour.

After the bell had rung signalling the end of the day, Jeff made his way to the library; he needed to make a pit stop to pick up a book for history class, there was going to be a lot of reading needed to be done if he wanted to remain top of the class in the subject.

The library at Dalton was always terrible for trying to find a certain book, the bookcases were long and tall and often filled with books that had been misplaced or just shoved in out of the way. Jeff had went along the history section twice and still had had no luck finding what he was after.

He was thinking about resorting to ask the librarian – something he really didn't want to do, since the woman didn't particularly like him after him and Nick had caused havoc in the library during freshman year. However he really didn't feel up to spending most of his evening hunting down a book, so he gave the shelf one more thorough search before he decided he would just ask for her assistance.

"I would try over there if I was you" a cool voice said making Jeff turn on his heel to find the source of it

"Um..hello?" Jeff looked down the aisle, surprised when he found it was empty.

Strange. You've just had a long day Jeff

"Third row down, sixth from the left" the voice said causing the blonde to snap his head in the direction of a bookcase

"...thanks" he said as he pulled out the book he was looking for.

Jeff looked towards the books on the shelf, before jumping up in shock as they slid apart, revealing the meerkat-face of Sebastian Smythe.

"Don't mention it"

Jeff had just begun to recover from his mini heart attack as the boy smirked at him

"Hello Jeff"

"What do you want Sebastian?" he said, standing up straight and fixing his blazer

"You seemed upset earlier" Sebastian said as he made his way around the bookcase and stopped in front of the blonde.

"What was all that about?"

Yeah like I'm gonna tell you, you'd have a field day if you knew.

"None of your business" Jeff said as he started to make his way towards the library desk

"Now come on, I'm not the enemy here" the taller boy said, raising an eyebrow at the blonde

Really? 'Coz you're certainly the enemy in my books.

"I said it's nothing"

"Fine...well Nicky seemed upset earlier, I just thought you'd might know something about that?"

Whoa whoa whoa! Nobody, and I mean, nobody, calls Nick Nicky; that was my name for him, he wasn't stealing that too!

"Nope, I'm sure that whatever's going on with Nick, he'll tell me later" Jeff said, shrugging off the boy

"Hmm..see I'm not so sure about that. It seems to me that you and Duval aren't really best of buds anymore. Well not after what he told me"

Jeff actually wanted to punch him, he actually wanted to punch him right in the face at that moment; he didn't care if he was kicked out of the Warblers, he wasn't going to stand around and let that slut get to him. However, he was in a school where violence was practically illegal, meaning if he didn't want to be spending the rest of the evening in the Dean's office, he would just have to pretend to play it cool.

"Ah well, I'm sure he'll come around...it was just a little misunderstanding" Jeff said as he half-smiled at the meerkat-faced boy

"I wouldn't bet on it Sterling...in fact, I would be starting to think of who you're going to be rooming with on this trip, cause I can tell you it certainly won't be Nicky" Sebastian said whilst casually shaking his head

"And why not?" Jeff said, stopping in his tracks to glare at the taller boy

"Because...he's rooming with me...and the other guys"

Jeff didn't know who 'the other guys' were but he had a feeling they weren't any of the Warblers. Probably some of Sebastian's only friends, who would most likely be snotty stuck-up seniors; Jeff had in mind a few people.

He was determined to show that he wasn't bothered, even though deep down it made his blood boil the way the meerkat-faced boy was just taking ownership of his best friend.

"Ah well...I guess Nick will just have to decide who he wants to stay with. His roommate slash best friend, or you" Jeff said smirking at the boy in front of him before placing his book down on the desk, ready for it to be checked out.

"I guess he will" Sebastian said as he brushed his shoulder against the blonde and strode out of the library's double doors.

After checking out the book and placing it carefully inside his bag, Jeff made his way out of the library and up the stairs towards the dorms. After unlocking the door to the room, he dumped his bag on the floor and fell back on to his bed, letting his eyes wander to the ceiling.

He was upset, angry, hurt. A mixture of emotions were building up inside of him; but he wasn't going to cry, no, he had done quite enough of that over the last few days. He was going to be calm, he wasn't going to let Sebastian get to him. He just thought back to what Blaine and Kurt had said, and then to what Nick had said today.

Nick had seemed bothered by the way Jeff had acted today, that's why he had stormed off and had gone crying to Sebastian. Maybe his best friend did actually care, maybe he did like him.

Jeff smiled at the thought; if it was true, he could have Nick. He could finally have exactly what he wanted. The thing he wanted more than anything, and no one would be able to take it away from him.

Having saying that, Jeff realised that at this moment none of that was ever going to be possible, considering he wasn't in the brunette's good books at the moment. He had to apologise; even though he hated admitting he was wrong, which this time he had a feeling he wasn't, he had to make it right.

As soon as Nick got back, he would tell him he was sorry. He would make everything okay again. He would get his Nick back if it was the last thing he would ever do.