Chapter 6

Prom was in full swing when Nick and Kurt arrived. They had been running a little late since Nick's mom wanted to take hundreds of pictures of them before they left. Nick, at Kurt's insistence was wearing a white suit with a black tie, and Kurt the other way around. Nick was very nervous as he walked in with Kurt. The older boy squeezed his hand and smiled, pulling Nick to talk to some of his friends on the Football team and Nick's old bullies.

Jeff was frantically pacing Olivia's room. What he had seen made him determined to stop it happen. Knowing they had until ten PM, Three hours until the Prom king and queen were announced. *I need to exist.* He said like it was logical.

"Jeffy is that even possible?"

*Olivia, there has to be a way, for Nick. We have to try.*

"OK," she nodded. "But how?"

*You!*

"Me?"

*You imagined me so only you could see me, and Thad, so you just have to finish the job so everyone can see me and I exist!* Olivia looked nervous. *OK, it's not my greatest idea ever but it's all we have,* Jeff said sitting beside her. *So, for Nick?*

"For Nick. But, not here, mom can't see you, she'll freak and maybe call the cops. Garage, then we can take your car."

*Yeah,* Olivia dressed and they snuck to the garage Olivia saying she was going to practice her dance for the upcoming recital and needed the mats. They sat for half an hour. Olivia was trying to imagine Jeff into reality the way she brought him to her. But nothing seemed to be working.

"There has to be a way," Olivia said, she was scared because she didn't know what Jeff had seen or what would happen to Nick.

*What were you thinking about when you imagined me?*

"I wanted Nick to be happy and I wanted another friend."

*OK. Focus on the Nick part, then think of me. Think of us as Princes!* He exclaimed. After another hour, it seemed her mother had forgotten she was even down there and she was exhausted of trying. "Did it work?"

"I don't know, I can see you anyway!" She said. "Um... Oh I got it, go knock and say you're a friend of Nick's!"

"OK, come on, get in the car," he said seeing as they may as well use his car. Pulling out onto the street Jeff got out and walked up to the door and knocked...

Mrs Duval opened the door, looking at the tall blonde who looked familiar. "Can I help you?"

"Um, yeah, I'm looking for Nick, have you seen him? I was meant to drop him this comic book off," he said producing a rolled up comic from his pocket. It had worked, he could be seen and he still had his abilities.

"He's gone to the prom, but if you leave that here, I'll make sure he get's it...?"

"Oh, Jeff, Jeff Sterling."

"Thanks Jeff, I'll make sure he get's it." Mrs Duval took the comic and smiled as Jeff jogged over the garden to his car, making a fast leave, they had half an hour to get to the school, but at this time it would be difficult with traffic and hopefully not getting pulled over.

At the Prom Nick was having a blast, he was nearly up to sing with a couple of other guys in the glee club, some of his only real friends. They performed uptown girl, moving through the crowd, cheekily flirting with the girls, and for once their boyfriends let it slide, knowing that the three singers were gay.

"OK hormonal idiots," Principle Sue strode onto the stage. "Time to announce the Prom king and queen for this year. Prom queen first, and the winner is... Miss Quinn Fabray," the blonde girl who Nick neither agreed nor disagreed with walked onto the stage as they waited to announce the king. It would probably be one of the football players, it usually was- "Nick Duval," Nick froze for a minute before feeling Kurt encourage him to get on stage. Everything was a blur as the crown was placed on his head and -

The door burst open and a tall blonde boy entered the room and everything did freeze, the time, the other pupils and more importantly the bucket of slushee about to land on Nick which magically cascaded away and onto those who bullied and taunted him. Because Jeff knew. Jeff knew each and every thing they had done to him.

Still frozen Nick breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the blonde, he was awfully familiar. "Jeffy!" Olivia called, Nick looked puzzled, why was his sister at prom?

"It's OK Olive, he's OK, look, he's OK," the blonde hugged and soothed her.

"Olivia?"

"Nicky!" The little girl ran at him, leaping into his arms.

"Olivia, who's he?"

"Nicky, it's him. It's Jeff. I made him real... To save you..." Jeff stood awkwardly as the brunette took in what his sister said.

"So, you're... real?"

"I am now, I wasn't but now I'm real and I'm sorry for everything but we did try to warn you. I watched them and listened to them set it up Nick, since you wouldn't not go, we had to make me real." Nick walked over to Jeff, he wasn't as tall but not far off the blonde.

"Thank you.. so what happens now?"

"I don't know. Oh God, I'm gonna have to go to school and find somewhere to live..."

"How about we square it with my mom? I mean she's believed crazier stories..."

"Yeah, I mean remember the time Olivia got up the tree? And we said she climbed?"

"That was you?"

"Well mostly," Jeff blushed.

"We should go..." He said feeling his sister grow heavy as she rested her heavy head on his shoulder.

"Yeah, I think we should, did you drive or...?"

"No, um Kurt did..."

"I think you'll like this then," Jeff held his hand out to Nick who tentatively took it. After leaving the room he clicked his fingers and the chaos unfolded.