Another day, another chapter. If this is bad, just tell me. I've suffered five hours of science assessment today.

I don't own Niff or glee.

I wasn't feeling too poetic. The poem is the original bridge from R5's Fallin' For You.

Another day at school, but Jeff was particularly grumpy on the way. He wasn't looking forward to any encounters with the jocks, after the problems the day before. And it didn't help his siblings had found the notes that morning. Every word N had written, they had seen. They wouldn't shut up about it.

Nick walked into school, a little nervous. What if he'd given himself away? What if Jeff had figured it out? He slipped a note into the other boy's locker, and went to his own.

Jeff was still in a pretty bad mood when he reached his locker. He flung it open, and some paper fluttered out. He picked it up and read it, it was shorter than the other notes he had seen, but still beautiful and poetic.

Jeff,

I don't care what people say

I just love you anyway

Me and you against the world

Cause I'm falling for you.

Love N.

He smiled a little, his spirits lifting. He wasn't even sure who this person was, and they were the person who meant the most to him. The one he could count on to make him happy. Just a few days had changed his perspective on people. He'd never thought an anonymous person could mean the world to him.

Nick noticed Jeff looking a little down that morning, until he read the note. Nick felt like a superhero. He wasn't changing the world, but he seemed to be changing it for one person. A few days could change someone completely, and he couldn't believe how happy Jeff had become, just from his words.

Jeff took the day minute-by-minute. He'd been feeling pretty lonely as it was, as his friends were all on the week long French trip, and wouldn't be back until late on Saturday. He couldn't wait to show them the notes, and he'd been wishing they'd been there to help him decipher who it was. But, there again, they'd be worse than his siblings, never letting up on him over it. The day passed, getting shoved into a couple of times, but nothing too bad. He saw Nick around a few times, the other boy smiling a little, but not saying anything. He seemed to be a guy of few words.

Every time Nick saw Jeff, he smiled, but couldn't find words to say. He was kind of dreading football practise that evening. His teammates would be making snide comments about him, and the cheerleaders were likely to be hanging around, and reminding the team about Valentine's day, and that it was never too late to get a date.

Jeff had volunteered to help the English department catalogue all the books they had for literature, so he was late leaving school. He didn't mind doing it, as it wasn't like he had much else to do. It was getting dark before they'd finished, and he was dreading walking home in the dark, and to top it off, it looked like it could start raining any second. Of all the days he hadn't been able to take his car, it had to be a bad one.

Nick got into his car, having showered after practise. He turned the heater up high, not wanting to catch a chill before his hair dried. He never spent long in the locker rooms. He didn't feel comfortable with it. He sighed as he saw the first drops of rain hit his windshield. He was glad he didn't have to walk. But he saw someone not quite so lucky. He would recognise the bright blond hair anywhere.

"Jeff." He called, opening the passenger side door. "Want a ride?"

"What?" The other boy replied, moving closer to the car, not sure if he'd heard properly.

"Do you want a ride?" Nick asked again. "It's not brilliant out, and it's probably going to get worse."

"Are you sure?"

"Why else would I offer." He smiled. "Hop in."

"Thanks." Jeff climbed into the car, grateful for its warmth. He was really starting to like Nick. What would his friends say when they found out he was becoming friends with a jock?

Jeff ran from the car and into the house, managing not to get too wet. He turned as he opened the door, seeing the lights of Nick's car fade away.

"You look very dry for someone who didn't have a car to come home in, when the weather is like this." His dad commented.

"Nick gave me a lift."

"And who is Nick?"

"The out member of the football team. He's really nice. He stopped the other jocks from beating me up yesterday." Jeff explained. "I guess he was leaving practise, and he offered to give me a ride."