A/N: Further Italics are lyrics. This chapter has somehow become a song fic… not entirely sure how. From the Wanted's Glad you Came, which I don't own!
The sun goes down, the stars come out, and all that counts is here and now.
He stands at the front of the group of boys in blazers, and opens in mouth. When he's preforming, all that counts is the performance. Its one of the only times he can loose himself. He stops thinking. It doesn't matter that the entire club now knows his secret. His father sent Trent and Jeff to ambush him in the green room. When he tested, he was high, and so Trent whipped out his pen and made him take a shot. The rest of the club (except David) crowded to watch in horror and fascination as he stuck the little needle in his arm.
Turn the lights out now, let me take you by the hand
The words always remind him of Nick. Nick, his straighter than straight roommate. Nick, who keeps finding him when he hits rock bottom and digging him out. Nick, who hasn't said anything about holding his hand when he was scared and they put in the IV. Nick who held him gently, and reassuringly when he was fighting and the EMTs put in the second line. Nick, who just might be his friend.
Time is slipping away, Away from us so stay,
He's not sure how, but he has become comfortable at Dalton. It's a safe place. There is a sense of comradarie he has never had anwhere else. Even though the classes are hard, people are willing to help. Trent is tutoring him through the electronics unit in physics. (Although his clock radio may never be the same… David claims that Trent has gone through twelve.) And, he has helped Jeff with his french a few times. There is the nakedness in the dorms, too. He swears he has never seen so many dicks swinging so freely. But, rather than stare or get turned on, its just part of the experience. If his father makes him leave, sends him away somewhere else, somewhere more structured at the end of this year, as is being threatened, he will be disappointed. For the first time, he may have found a place he wants to say.
He knows Dalton has changed him. Maybe not a lot, but he's a better person. He's not quite so scared. He's not so angry. He might be ready to get better.
My Universe will never be the same. I'm glad you came.