Short chapter compared to the last one. Will get 7 up soon. (:

I love to hear what you all think of it, and hopes that I'm posting dumb crap no one even wants to read.

Chapter 6

Nick watched Jeff for a moment as he buttoned his shirt on, biting his lip. He was probably becoming a burden. He doubted Jeff wanted him around, but he wanted to be around him. Nick had never had anyone treat him like Jeff had, "D-Did you…did you want some company?"

"Yeah! I'd love that," Jeff said, smiling his pretty face off.

"School lunch isn't bad either, so we can do that," Jeff suggested, getting his tie and blazer. He had hoped that Nick would even join him at the Warbler meeting. It was open to everyone wanting to join. Auditions were Friday and Saturday, so he'd be able to sign up and get a spot on those days.

Nick let out a breath he didn't realize he was holding, getting to his feet. He was glad Jeff still even wanted to be around him after all this. Not many people would just accept that he had a big secret that would potentially scare them away, and still stick around.

"Sounds good." He smiled brightly, trying to forget about the way the mood had changed to something somewhat darker moments before.

Jeff grabbed his blazer, and waited for Nick to get ready before they left the dorm and headed to the dining hall. They stood in line, and got food before looking for a place to sit. It wasn't too crowded.

"I guess we can sit by ourselves, I don't see any of my friends really," Jeff said, looking around. That was strange.

Nick looked around the room at the other people as they sat down, trying to figure out who would be Jeff's friends. He got the feeling everyone would be friends with Jeff given the chance.

"That's okay. I like your company." Nick smiled brightly. If he was honest, he was kind of glad they weren't there. He didn't know how he was going to go meeting Jeff's friends.

Jeff smiled at Nick's smile and headed to an empty table. There they ate their lunches and didn't even bring up the events of earlier.

"Do you just want to come to this Warbler meeting with me? You can sign up to audition and get a time before it gets crowded. Pretty much all the freshman sign up, so you'll want to get there early. I mean, if you wanted to that is," Jeff said.

Nick looked up at Jeff, trying to figure out if he should, or shouldn't. He didn't want to put the spotlight on himself, and all he'd heard about since he'd arrived was the Warblers. They were obviously a big deal. But Jeff was there. And Nick really loved the idea of spending more time with him.

"Maybe. Do you think I should? I don't know if I'd be good enough."

"Well I've never heard you sing, but I still think you'll be amazing. How could anyone not think that?" Jeff said, and chuckled, eating a bite of his pizza.

Nick blushed, looking down at his food for a moment, unable to contain his smile, "Well, I guess if you believe in me, I'll be able to do it, huh?" He chuckled breathlessly. He didn't know what it was about Jeff that made him want to do things like this. It was just an impulse.

The lunch went by pretty fast, and it was time for the meeting. Jeff picked up his bag and waited for Nick.

"Don't worry, we never do anything today. It's just the seniors arguing about positions," Jeff explained, as he headed to the Warbler hall. The first place they had met actually. That thought grazed his mind and he smiled.

Nick followed Jeff closely, knowing that if he didn't, he'd probably get lost. The building was much larger than most schools he'd been in, but he was slowly learning. He smiled softly when he realized which room they were heading to, "Okay. I might just stay quiet, then." He chuckled nervously.

"Yeah I normally just sit there and watch. Sometimes it's quite amusing," Jeff explained, and laughed. It was quite funny. Last year's council had to blow one of the horns in the music room to get them to calm down. The gavel just wasn't enough.

"I'll just follow your lead, then," Nick smiled fondly, nudging his shoulder against Jeff's. He didn't know how he was supposed to act with things like this. He'd never really wanted to join anything like this, but this was something that seemed to mean a lot to Jeff. Besides, he knew he was going to need something to keep him occupied around this place.

Jeff walked into the opened doors and took a seat on one of the couches, like it was his house. He was comfortable there. No one really even noticed the two come in.

"I'm pretty sure I don't even have to come to this, and they wouldn't have noticed," Jeff whispered to Nick. He rolled his eyes and waited for more people to arrive.

Nick sat beside Jeff, leaning into him just a little bit. It was an instinct more than anything else. "I'm pretty sure you're always noticed when you enter a room." Nick whispered back, a small smile on his lips. He brushed his hand against Jeff's knee for a moment before crossing his arms over his chest, trying his best to pay attention to what was going on around them.

"Thanks, but I doubt that," Jeff scoffed. He had wished that they could just be boyfriends already and not care about sharing affection in places. He would probably be pretty much sitting in his lap. He shook his head and sighed. It was really weird to be thinking those things. They just met. Like, seriously, yesterday. It was just too much to wrap his head around.

"Well, I notice," Nick smiled reassuringly. He didn't even know why he said it. Jeff really did have this way of making Nick say things without even thinking about it. That could probably be dangerous, but he didn't really care. It felt too nice being around Jeff to really care.

Jeff laughed and rolled his eyes. At the end of the very boring meeting, the council set out the clip board for people to sign up and Jeff got it for Nick. After that he headed back for their rooms.

"It's about 2, you should probably head to your class," Jeff said. It would be weird without him now. He'd spent so much time with him over the past 24 hours.

"You're right. I should," Nick sighed sadly. Normally he wouldn't bother. Normally he'd just stay there with Jeff. Keeping up appearances was getting harder and harder the closer to Jeff he got. Grabbing his blazer, he shrugged it on, kissing Jeff's cheek without even thinking about it. "I uh, I'll be back soon."

Jeff smiled at the kiss Nick left him, and watched him hurry off in some direction.

"Do you even know where you're going?" Jeff called out to him. He started laughing.

Nick poked his head back through the door when he heard Jeff's voice, biting his lip, "I…sort of." He smiled sheepishly. He honestly didn't care if he didn't make it to the lesson anyway. But he knew Jeff cared that he did. "I was going to figure that out as I went."

"Well go right ahead. Don't want to be late though," Jeff replied, and chuckled, talking off his uniform. He was going to shower before Nick got back so they might go to dinner together. He didn't know what they were doing tonight actually. Maybe Nick just wanted to be away from him for a little bit. He knew he was annoying.

Nick chuckled softly, looking back at Jeff for a moment more. It took him a little while to actually find the class, quickly finding a seat at the back of the room. He crossed his arms over his chest and leaned back in his chair, not even bothering to pretend he was listening. His mind was elsewhere, on a boy with blonde hair and beautiful brown eyes.

Jeff decided to text Trent, one of his best friends at campus. He was surprised he hadn't run into him here yet.

Jeff: Hey! Haven't seen you around yet

Trent: Hey! You're right. Who're you rooming right?

Jeff: New kid. Nick Duval. Would it be weird to tell you we kissed?

Trent: OMG! Tell me everything!

Jeff: Well, I dunno. Long story, short, it just got heated. We went on a date last night. I thought it would just be dinner with my dorm mate, but conversation turned it into a date, and then the next day. Bam, we kissed. It was actually just a few hours ago.

Trent: Oh. My. God. You've got a boyfriend on the first day of school, and I haven't even met anyone new yet. David is my roommate this year.

Jeff: Yeah, he's in class right now, and I'm just bored. Had to tell someone. He's really strange though. I mean, adorable, and weirdly drawn to him, but feels dangerous. Didn't know I liked bad boys. :P

Trent: Ugh, lucky. We'll totally have to meet soon. I'm in class now, or else I'd come see you right away.

Jeff: Yeah, he's not my boyfriend though. So don't even say anything to him about it.

Trent: Hmm, late kid, his name is Nick. Does he have black-ish hair and a big nose? Sexy actually, if that's not him, I'd totally hit on him.

Jeff: Yeah, don't say a word to him.

Trent: Damn, cause, snap is he hot. You are soooo lucky.

Jeff: We can hang tomorrow. I think we're going out tonight. If not, I'll meet you in the dining hall later.

Trent: Alright. Gunna get in trouble on my phone, so ttyl. (:

Jeff: K. Bye.

Jeff sighed, and stood up, plugging his phone into the charger, and taking off his shirt to get into the shower.

Nick sighed softly, deciding that he should probably pay attention to at least some of what the teacher was saying. He looked up, frowning when he spotted someone watching him. That was weird. People didn't usually do that. That's why he went for the seats at the back; so that they wouldn't watch him like that.

Nick couldn't help but be a little unnerved by it, sighing in relief when the lesson finally ended and he quickly made his way back to the dorm, slipping inside and tugging on his tie to loosen it. He looked over at Jeff and frowned, "Do people usually just stare at you around here? That's the first time that's happened to me."

Jeff smiled when Nick came back in but frowned at his remark, "I swear I am going to kill Trent," Jeff said angrily, "He didn't say anything to you did he? Was he just being the creep he normally is?"

Nick just raised his eyebrows. Trent? So Jeff knew who it was? "Uh, no. He just looked at me. Why? Do you know what's going on, because I'm really confused…"

With that Jeff burst out laughing, "Oh god. If it was anyone other than you I would be dying laughing," he stopped for a second, "Wow am I moody. Kind of hyped up. What did I eat today? I apologize in advance for being hyper."

Nick bit his lip, smiling as Jeff laughed. It was such a nice sound. He moved to sit down beside Jeff, leaning into his shoulder, "It's kind of cute when you're hyper."

"Well thank you," Jeff said, and eyed him in a sort of playful seductive way. He laughed and plopped down on his bed.

"Trent is like my best friend here. I told him about you. I told him not to say anything to you, but I guess staring was his way of talking. He wasn't too much of a creep was he?" Jeff asked.

Nick smirked as Jeff eyed him. He just listened to Jeff talking because he knew that Jeff was going to ramble. He seemed to do that a lot. It was cute though, really. A lot of the things Jeff did were cute. Nick bit his lip, reaching out and taking Jeff's hand. It was the only thing he could think of to calm Jeff down.

Brushing his thumb over Jeff's hand, he smiled reassuringly, "Relax. He wasn't that bad. I'm just not used to things like that happening. I usually blend into the background. And we can eat dinner here or out, I don't mind. I'm kind of surprised you're not sick of me by now, actually."

"Sick of you? Far from it actually. I love being in your presence," Jeff said, and stood up.

Nick grinned. He loved the idea of Jeff being around him, and wanting to be around him.

"If we end up eating here for dinner, I'm sure he'll find us and meet you," Jeff explained. He was talking too fast for Nick to really even answer.

"I guess we'll eat here, because honestly, I don't feel like driving. Oh hey, do you have any TA's this year?" he asked, completely getting off topic. He signed up for one, and they gave him the gym teacher, and the last gym teacher retired, and they haven't gotten a new one yet. Jeff explained his situation, "I think I'll go to the office tomorrow."

"Here's fine. It's nice actually. It'll be just the two of us," he smiled brightly as he watched Jeff stand up. He shook his head, "Nope. I thought I should probably just let myself get used to things around here." Nick shrugged. He didn't plan on going to half his lessons anyway.

"That's probably a good idea. I'll go get ready, and we can head to the dining hall," Jeff said, and went into the bathroom. He poked his head out the door, "Wow I felt like such a girl when I said that." He laughed and closed it again.