A/N: Okay, so I haven't changed the rating, sorry. The votes were tied anyways, 1:1 so I'll just try to meet you guys halfway this chapter. Also, we finally see some singing this chapter, because as we all know it wouldn't be Glee without singing :)
Disclaimer: Same as before
Warnings: Can't really say anything without giving anything away so... yeah.
Discovery, A Glee Fanfic
Karofsky
David looked at where his shirt landed, he would have to pick it up soon cause if he didn't his mom would kill him, but for now he didn't really care. He turned around and looked at Manny who seemed to be very interested in his curtains, the realization of how uncomfortable his actions must've made Manny hit him like a ton of bricks.
"Sorry," he said moving over to the stairs, "force of habit."
David carefully thought of what he was going to say next before he opened his mouth again.
"I'll head upstairs and change, then I'll bring you a change of clothes." He said taking the first few steps, a sudden groan from behind him made him turn around.
"I'm gonna, ugh, be sick," Manny said taking off in a random direction.
"Oh crap!" Dave exclaimed running after him, he saw the door that led to the bathroom and started yelling after Manny.
"Left! Left!" he yelled, Manny looked at the door and burst through it, thank god it was unlocked.
He slowed to a jog when he heard Manny start puking, he peered in to make sure he had made it to the toilet before he closed the door and headed upstairs to grab the clothes.
Manny
Manny looked at Dave's curtains, whoever bought them really liked the simple things, they had a very simple floral design. Manny heard David talking and tuned in enough to hear what he had to say. Suddenly Manny started feeling bad, the tornado of new emotions and confused feelings flowing through him fused with the alcohol flowing through his system and made his stomach extremely unhappy. Manny muttered something and took off running, he was sure that he would be able to find the bathroom somehow. Right when Manny was about to decide to just keep running until he made it to the backyard he heard David yelling at him, he saw the door coming up on the left and noticed it was open. He ran into it and hit the toilet as fast as possible, he made it seconds before the bile made it out.
Manny heard the door close and realized Karofsky must've left, leaving him alone with his thoughts, even if only for a few minutes. Manny flushed the toilet when he stopped but the bowl barely had time to refill before he was at it again, never again would he drink that many beers at once. Manny knew that this was not a good idea, he should not spend the night with Karofsky with all the sudden tension that was between them but he didn't have another choice, it was either this or he could sleep in the rain and the latter could lead to pneumonia or death.
Karofsky
David walked up the stairs, his pants leaving a trail of water behind him; he would have to dry that before he went to sleep. David shook his head, what was he going to do? He knew that showing his feelings for Manny was dangerous but he did it anyways sure, he had been drunk and all but, he really should've had better self-control then that.
It's because you've been denying yourself for all these years came that stupid voice again.
'Well I should've denied myself then too, I mean do you see how he's acting toward me now? I don't think he'll ever want to talk to me again.' David thought almost to his room now.
Give him time the voice said repeating it got almost the millionth time.
'Y'know, you keep saying that but…' he broke off reaching his room. Dave walked over to his closet and pulled out some clothes for himself and a towel, he quickly dried himself off and changed. He then went through his closet again and found another towel and an old pair of sweats, they probably would fit Manny well but they would have to do. David suddenly let out a laugh at the thought of Manny with the sweats hanging loosely off of him. His laugh quickly died as he thought back to the current situation.
'How am I going to fix this?' he asked himself as he started heading downstairs again.
Manny
Karofsky returned just as he felt like he didn't have to puke anymore, he knocked on the door and Manny flushed the toilet again. He then walked over to the sink and rinsed his mouth out a few times before he opened the door, David had changed into a grey tee shirt and basketball shorts and he had a pair of grey sweats and a towel in his hands.
"Here, I know they probably won't fit right but it's just for tonight, I'll throw your stuff in the dryer so that they'll be ready in the morning." Manny nodded and accepted the clothes, he was about to reenter the bathroom to change when David stopped him, he had a little red packet in his hand.
"Oh and here, I found this upstairs. It's one of those little wisp things, since you… puked and all." He said handing it to Manny.
"Thanks," he muttered before closing the door.
Manny turned the packet in his hands; he had seen the commercials for the Wisp before. "Don't be caught without one" went through his mind and he laughed at the irony. Manny quickly changed, extremely happy that the rain hadn't made it through to his boxers. He opened the door and handed the wet clothes to David who went off to put them in the dryer. Manny drifted over to the living room and looked at the pictures hung up on the walls, some were of David in his uniform before and after games and others were of whom he assumed were his siblings and parents. Manny made his way over to the sofa and sat down, sinking slightly the sweats hanging off him loosely.
"David is big," he muttered to himself, then blushing when he realized what he had said. He looked around the room and then added, "That stays between you and me," to the furniture, laughing at his own stupid joke. Manny started to wonder how they had come to this, he came to this school not knowing anyone and now here he was sitting in the house of one of the football players who seemed to have a crush on him, and not only that but Manny felt like he might have feelings for him too.
'What the hell is going on with me?' he asked himself, adjusting his glasses. He couldn't wait until he could switch back to his contacts. Manny wondered what he should do, he didn't know how to respond to these new feelings that Karofsky brought him and he also didn't know who he could talk to.
'Oh wait, there's Kurt…' he suddenly thought remembering he had seen Kurt with Blaine, and even if he hadn't the way he dressed was a dead give-a-way.
'Okay, so on Monday I'll find Kurt at lunch or something and ask him about it, I'm sure he can help me.' Manny thought nodding to himself to give it some sort of finality.
"Alright," Karofsky said breaking Manny out of his thoughts, "the clothes are drying…" he said looking over at Manny. He made his way over to the sofa and sat down, pulling out a remote he turned the TV onto one of the music ones and left it there, 'Party Hits' filled the room.
"So… um…" Karofsky started looking nervously around the room.
"You're going to pretend nothing happened aren't you?" Manny suddenly asked, surprising himself.
"What would you say happened?" Karofsky said sounding a little hopeful.
"I-I'm not sure," Manny said rubbing his arm nervously. He saw David's face fall slightly out of the corner of his eye making him feel bad, though he didn't know why.
They sat in awkward silence once more.
Karofsky
He knew it, he had ruined everything, just by the way Manny was acting, he knew he had F-ed everything up.
'I should learn how to keep my mouth shut.' He thought, then another thought struck him.
'Maybe I'll transfer to Dalton, Kurt said there were some open guys and they were all pretty accepting.' He thought, though he knew that that would never work since his parents wouldn't send him off to a private school without a good reason.
Plus you wouldn't want any of them, your sights are set on Manny, the voice that never shuts up piped in.
David buried his head in his hands,
'Why does this have to be so hard? Hummel makes it look so freaking easy, flaunting his boyfriend around like it was the most natural thing in the world.' He thought tears forming in the corners of his eyes.
"David" he heard Manny say though he didn't look up. The sofa squeaked slightly as Manny slid over to him, he felt him hesitate before placing an arm around him.
"David, i-it's OK." He said, though his voice was lacking confidence, David also noticed that Manny's arm was shaking slightly.
"You don't have to do that if it makes you uncomfortable," David said keeping his tone soft, he heard Manny take a breath but he kept his arm in place.
"C'mon Karofsky, if this made me uncomfortable I wouldn't have done it in the first place." Manny said, again his voice lacking confidence.
"You don't even believe that," David said his voice breaking slightly, he picked his head up causing Manny's arm to fall off. David could feel his tears had started flowing freely but he didn't really care.
"I think it's time to go to sleep," Dave said, not even glancing at a clock. He started walking down a hallway with Manny in tow.
Manny
Manny followed Karofsky with his head down, apparently by trying to make Dave feel better he actually made things worst. He had no idea what to do now, then again he wasn't experienced in the 'gay' marketplace, or the straight one either. He sighed, he had absolutely no love life at all, at least until now and this wasn't exactly something he'd admit to. David stopped suddenly almost making Manny walk into him, he turned around and looked at him, a look that Manny could decipher on his face. Before Manny could say anything David suddenly leaned in and kissed him.
Manny was shocked for a moment, he stood there going completely ridged for a few seconds then his face started warming up and he leaned into the kiss. He felt like electricity was flowing out of David and into him, he was actually enjoying it though he also couldn't believe it. He reached up his hand and ran his fingers through David's hair, then just as he was really getting into David pulled back holding Manny at arm's length.
"H-here's the guest room," he said his face completely unreadable except for the deep crimson blush that had taken his face by storm.
"Y-you know where the bathroom is," he said quickly turning around and walking away leaving Manny standing there completely shocked.
'What the hell's the matter with him?' he thought going into the room a mixture of anger and hurt going through him.
Manny suddenly felt as if the intro to a song was playing around him, when he recognized the tune he felt it matched his situation perfectly.
"You change your mind, like a girl changes clothes."
He began walking over to a picture of Karofsky that hung in the room.
"Yeah you PMS, like a bitch I would know.
And you over think
Always speak, Cryptically
I should know that you're no good for me"
Here he began improvising a dance.
"'Cause you're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down
You're wrong when it's right
It's black and it's white
We fight, we break up
We kiss, we make up
(you) you don't really want to stay, no
(but you) But you don't really want to go-o
You're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down
We used to be, just like twins, so in sync
The same energy, now's a dead battery
Used to laugh 'bout nothing now you're plain boring
I should know that You're not gonna change
'Cause you're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down
You're wrong when it's right
It's black and it's white
We fight, we break up
We kiss, we make up
(you) you don't really want to stay, no
(but you) But you don't really want to go-o
You're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down
Someone call the doctor, Got a case of love bi-polar
Stuck on a roller coaster, Can't get off this ride
You change your mind, Like a girl changes clothes
'Cause you're hot then you're cold
you're yes then you're no
You're in then
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down
You're wrong when it's right
It's black and it's white
We fight, we break up
We kiss, we make up
you're hot then you're cold
you're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down
You're wrong when it's right
It's black and it's white
We fight, we break up
We kiss, we make up
(you) you don't really want to stay, no
(but you) But you don't really want to go-o
You're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down, down…"
Manny fell on the bed, exhausted from his song and dance, though he definitely felt a little better, just a little. He closed his eyes and drifted back into the emotional tornado his mind had become.
Manny was woken by a combination of someone knocking on the door and a horn honking outside, the events of the last few hours quickly emerged in his mind and he scowled remembering the kiss that had occurred right before he had gone to sleep. He got up and saw that his clothes were on the bedside table, he quickly changed and placed the sweats he had barrowed in their place. When he opened the door no one was there which made Manny's heart fall, he had held on to a sliver of hope that Dave would be on the other side to explain at least a little bit.
Manny sighed and walked to the living room, looking around him the whole time for a sign of Dave but he had no luck, he noticed that the shirt had been picked up though, and that it had to have been recent because there was still moisture on the floor. Manny opened the door and stepped outside, a dusty pickup truck outfitted to be a tow truck sat in front of the house, Burt Hummel smiled and waved at him.
"Hey Mr. Hummel," he began, though Burt interrupted him.
"Call me Burt," he began, "now, tell me where we're going."
"Out into the woods, a few miles out of town." He said looking back at the house as they began leaving, he could've sworn that he had seen one of the upstairs curtains move quickly though it could've been a trick of the light.
After almost an hour they managed to find where Manny had left the car, Manny jumped out of the truck and went to the door praying it would be open. Thankfully it was and sitting on the floor mat were his keys, as he retrieved them he noticed that mud had been tracked in and that it was coated over two of the three pedals.
'Oh great,' he thought with a frown, 'drunken me forgot that this is a stick shift.' He sighed and got up.
"Hey Mr—erm, Burt. I think the reason my car wouldn't start was due to my own stupidness." He said, and then remembering the noise his car had started making added.
"Though could you still check it, I might've overworked it and I don't want it to break down later." He said, Burt nodded and motioned for Manny to pop the hood, Manny did so and sat back as Burt worked on his car, he didn't want to get in the way. Manny looked over at the passenger side seat and noticed a varsity jacket sitting there, David's Varsity Jacket.
'Great, now I have that to remind me of what happened here.' He thought leaving it where it was so that he could return it on Monday.
He had started to zone out again when Burt spoke up.
"Start it up," he said and Manny complied, making sure to push the clutch in first. The engine roared to life and then a knocking noise started up making Manny cringe.
"It sounds like the stresses caused by you overworking the engine have knocked a few things loose." He paused for a second before continuing.
"I can take it to my shop and have it waiting in the parking lot for you on Monday," he said, Manny nodded and Burt closed the hood heading over to his truck to position it in front of Manny's car.
"I can get a ride from my mom," he said to himself, "and then after Glee I'll talk to Kurt," he said remembering the plans he had made last night, then feeling his face grow hot from remembering the kiss. A clanging noise brought him back to today and he saw Burt hooking his car up to the truck so he got out, making sure to take his keys, and waited for Burt to finish. Then he pulled his house keys off the key ring and gave the car keys to Burt, then he sat in Burt's truck and waited to be taken home.
Manny walked in and noticed that the light on the answering machine was blinking; he pressed the button and heard his mom's voice fill the room.
"Hey Manny, listen Megan got a little crazy last night so I have to stay with her in the ER until she feels better. I'll probably see you Sunday night, see you then. Love you! Bye."
'Great….' Manny thought slowly realizing he was going to be along with his thoughts for almost two days.
'Just great,' Manny went to his room and sat on his bed trying his best to organize his thoughts for Monday.
Preview
Manny's a little depressed, so how is he going to do on his Glee audition? Will Kurt be able to help Manny understand what's going on with him and Karofsky? And speaking of Karofsky, what the hell's going on with him? And will they finally find out if any rumors have started since the party?
A/N: Okay so I think the song sorta matches their current relationship. Few fun facts, when I would hear this song on 'You PMS' I thought she said 'You Pee a mess' idk why, don't even ask. On 'Stuck on a Roller Coaster'I thought she said 'staccato, Roller Coaster'and in music Staccato meansshort and detached, so it did work, at least in my chorus brain it did.
Anyways, next chapter is a cool down sort of chapterwhere some character development occurs.
Until then, WLGYLGO.