Blaine took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. He and Jake had been friends since kindergarten. His sexual preference shouldn't affect their friendship, right? But Blaine couldn't get rid of this bad feeling in his gut.

Blaine tried to go through his morning classes like normal, but he couldn't help but wonder what Jake would say. Before Blaine realized it, the bell was ringing and he was going to lunch with friends.

At lunch, Blaine was sitting with Jake and some other friends at their normal table. Blaine kept trying to work up the courage to just admit that he was gay, but he just couldn't do it. Jake must have noticed something was going on with Blaine because he finally asked, "Dude, you ok?"

Blaine looked up at Jake and said, "Uh, yeah. I'm fine."

"You sure? You haven't said a word."

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little tired."

"Ok," Jake said, before he returned to the conversation he was having with the rest of the people at the table.

Blaine started yelling at himself in his head. Come on, Blaine. Just tell him that you are gay. It's not that hard. Finally, Blaine took a deep breath and asked, "Hey, Jake can I talk to you for a second?"

Jake didn't get a chance to reply. The bell rang, signaling that Blaine and the rest of his friends had to go to class. "I'll see you later, Blaine," Jake said over his shoulder as he walked in the opposite direction of Blaine toward his class.

Blaine sighed, extremely frustrated with himself. During his next class, Blaine decided that he was going to tell Jake after school. He was not going to chicken out this time. Plus, if he told Jake, he would have finally told one person, meaning that at some point he might actually have the courage to come out to his parents.

Blaine sat through the rest of his classes, not really paying much attention to what the teacher was saying. Though, maybe if he did focus in class, it would have provided him a distraction from what worrying about all the different ways that Jake could react.

Classes finished for the day and Blaine quickly went to his locker to throw all of his homework into his backpack before rushing off to find Jake.

"Hey, Jake, can I talk to you for a minute?" Blaine asked when he finally found him.

Jake turned around to face Blaine and said, "Sure, what's going on?"

"Uh," Blaine said, looking around at all the other students standing and walking past them. "Could we go somewhere a little more private?" Blaine really wasn't ready for anyone besides Jake to know, and telling Jake in a crowded hallway seemed like a not so good idea.

"Sure," Jake said, a little hesitantly.

Blaine and Jake walked out behind the school. After a few moments of silence, Jake finally said, "What's up with you today? You've been so off."

"I'm gay," Blaine blurted out. There he said it.

Jake's eyes widened. "What?"

"I'm gay," Blaine said quietly.

"Are you serious?" Jake asked in disbelief.

"Of course I'm serious. Why would you think that I would joke about this?"

Jake's eyes widened. "I can't believe you!"

"What do you mean?"

"You can't just tell me that you're gay! You've been to my house. You've slept over at my house. I've changed in the same room as you. What do you have a crush on me or something?"

"What?! No, it's nothing like that."

"Then what is it?" Jake asked, taking a step back.

Blaine was silent as he tried to figure out how to best answer Jake's question. Unfortunately for Blaine, Jake took Blaine's silence to mean that he was right. "I knew it. You're disgusting, Anderson," Jake said before he turning around and walking away.

Blaine made a move to follow Jake and hopefully explain things. "Jake! Just wait!"

"Just stay the fuck away from me!" Jake yelled back.

Blaine stood rooted to the spot for a few moments trying to process what had just happened. Had his friend really just turned on him? Maybe Jake just needed some time to process what Blaine had just told him, although Blaine knew that was just wishful thinking. Sighing, Blaine started his walk home.

The next day, Blaine planned to try to talk to Jake again. He knew it was a long shot, but he really wanted to believe that Jake's reaction was just because of the moment and that it had nothing to do with his actual feelings toward Blaine.

At lunch, Blaine went to his normal table and sat down next to Jake. "Jake, can we please just talk about it?"

"There's nothing to talk about, Anderson," Jake said coldly.

"But –"

"Look, why don't you do everyone here a favor and get lost. We don't need your faggy ass hanging around here," Jake said while sending a harsh glare at Blaine.

"Wait—"

"What?!"

"Really?"

Blaine had forgotten that it wasn't just him and Jake at the table. Their other friends were sitting there as well, and now they all knew. This was not how it was supposed to go.

"Wait, so Anderson's a fag?" Logan asked.

"Yeah. Told me yesterday," Jake responded, still glaring at Blaine.

"That's disgusting."

"Really, dude?"

Blaine couldn't take it anymore. He stood up and left the table as quickly as he could, leaving all of his things behind. Blaine wasn't quite sure where he was going. All he knew was that he had to get as far away from the cafeteria and his so called friends as he possibly could.

Blaine found himself standing behind the school by himself. He leaned back against the brick wall and slowly slid down until he was sitting on the cold pavement. Blaine had tried to hold in the tears, but he just couldn't. He just lost his friends, all because of the fact that he was gay. Life couldn't get much worse.

A/N:

Here's the next chapter. Please let me know what you think.