It was later that afternoon that Jeff decided that it might cheer Kurt up to have some of his own clothes to put on. Kurt had assured him that he was more than happy to uncharacteristically slob out in pyjamas for the day but Jeff had insisted that if Kurt had his own clothes it might bolster his spirits, secretly hoping that if Kurt felt better about himself then maybe he could get him to talk to Blaine.

This is how Jeff found himself unnecessarily sneaking down the dorm corridors in an attempt to get into Kurt's room unnoticed.

Kurt had reluctantly given Jeff his key with strict instructions to touch nothing but the clothes in his dresser, and if he was going anyway he could pick up his toothbrush for him too. Jeff had left the room with a mock salute and headed down the corridor with an air of a guilty person radiating off him.

Kurt's room was at the opposite end of the corridor to his own but as most students had gone home he didn't really expect to see many people, clutching the key in his hand, his hand in turn stuffed in his pocket he was almost to the door when he heard someone calling.

"Hey babe, I was just coming to find you, are you feeling better?" panted Nick as he ran up to him.

Closing his eyes and trying to fix a blank look on his face, Jeff turned round and smiled warmly at his boyfriend.

"Hey Nick" he smiled as he leant in for a quick kiss, "I feel much better thanks. Sorry I haven't seen you much today, I hope you haven't been too bored without me to distract you" he smiled coyly.

Nick smiled back, "well actually Blaine and I had a stellar game of Mario, you should have been there baby, I totally whipped him there were almost tears."

"Sure there were" said Jeff rolling his eyes "yours or his" he teased.

"Thanks for the vote of confidence baby" pouted Nick.

"Oh, you know you're undefeated" Jeff smiled back at him. "What did the winner get?" he asked slyly.

"Well actually the prizes are yet to be awarded" grinned Nick sliding his hand around Jeff's hip and pulling him forward.

"Well we can't have that now can we" smirked Jeff running his hand around the back of Nicks head pulling him closer still, "you can't be going around without a victory prize now can you" he murmured as he pulled him closer.

Nick's eyes closed and he could feel Jeff's lips ghosting over his own.

"Hey there Jeffrey" came a cocky voice from behind them.

Dropping his head to Nick's shoulder Jeff looked up through narrow eyes to see Christian walking idly down the corridor towards them.

"Christian" he said in a hard tone releasing his hand from the back of Nick's head but dropping it down to take his hand in his own.

"I would have thought that you two would have had enough of each other last night" stated Christian with a glint in his eye.

"Sorry what?" asked Nick.

"Last night" explained Christian in a slow tone as if explaining to a child, "young Jeffery here entertaining you in the corridor in the small hours."

Jeff shuffled nervously.

"Oh yeah" said Nick, "we had a games night sorry if we woke you when I walked him back to his room."

"Oh right. Games night" repeated Christian looking directly at Jeff with a raised eyebrow "that's exactly what I meant."

"And how was the games night Jeffrey? Must have been well after two when I heard you moving around out here" he deadpanned looking directly at Jeff.

"Ahh, yep finished pretty late" said Jeff, looking around trying not to make eye contact with Christian or Nick.

"Not that late though baby" chipped in Nick, "it can't have been much after one that I walked you back surely?"

"You know, really not sure" said Jeff quickly tugging on Nicks hand in an attempt to move him down the corridor away from Christian who was looking at him with an evil glint.

"You heard from Kurt lately" Christian called after Jeff as they moved away down the corridor.

Jeff's stride faulted before he looked back over his shoulder directly at Christian before replying.

"Why do you want to know?" he questioned.

"No reason really" smirked Christian.

Jeff looked Christian in the eye before turning again and heading off with Nick trying to figure out what the hell he was playing at.

"You know" said Christian stepping forward "I could have sworn I heard his voice out here last night with you."

Jeff stopped walking his back to Christian, his insides dropping like a stone. Nick had paused beside him and was now looking back and forth between Jeff and Christian with a puzzled look on his face.

"Sorry Christian, but I think you must be mistaken" said Nick, "Blaine told you earlier that Kurt went home for the weekend."

"That's right he did" Christian said in mock confusion raising his hand to his forehead and shaking it slightly, "Sorry Jeffrey, my mistake."

"No problem" Jeff managed to get out slowly turning to look at Christians face.

"You know what these late nights can do, aye Jeff" smarmed Christian taking a step closer to him, "make you think you see and hear all sorts of strange things. You know, I could have sworn I saw a couple of people out in the grounds last night too, arm in arm, very cosy."

Jeff blanched.

Christian smiled directly at Jeff but stopped advancing, "guess I just need a little more sleep hey" he said turning to Nick with a grin, "well you lads have a lovely afternoon."

"Jeffrey" he said with a small bob of his head in Jeff's direction and a devious smile.

Jeff spent the remainder of the afternoon with Nick albeit only in body, his mind was racing all over the place and surely Nick must have noticed his distraction.

Instead of enjoying time with his boyfriend, Jeff's mind was pondering numerous scenarios. One, he hadn't managed to get Kurt any clothes from his room so he must still be wearing Jeff's pyjamas from last night, he tried not to dwell on this as Kurt himself had said he was fine with this arrangement. However, he had given himself the mission which he had failed spectacularly. Two, Kurt must be starving, images of a half starved street urchin flicked across his mind, he would definitely have to take some food back with him and three, Christian clearly knew that Kurt was in his room, this fact alone made Jeff's heart race and panic form behind his eyes. If Christian knew, what was stopping him from telling Nick or Blaine? Hell what was to stop him announcing it at dinner. Not that he didn't want Blaine to know, heck his life would be much easier if he did know, but he understood Kurt's reasons and he was going to do all he could to make sure things were done on his terms.

Lost in his own thoughts Jeff jumped when he felt Nick stroke his cheek with the back of his index finger.

"Hey, babe you in there" whispered Nick as he studied Jeff's face.

"Sorry" murmured Jeff "zoned out for a while. What are we watching?"

"Well, I was watching you zoning out" smiled Nick.

Jeff gave a small smile back, leaning his head gently onto Nicks shoulder as they lie side by side on Nick's bed.

"Before that we were watching a movie but that finished a while ago" said Nick with a concerned look in his eye "I bet wherever you went was much more interesting."

"God Nick, I'm so, so, sorry" whined Jeff "I really can't focus today and your being so sweet and so understanding, and I..."

Jeff was cut off by Nick placing a firm kiss to his lips, effectively cutting off his tirade of explanation and dismissing all previous thoughts from his mind as the feeling of his boyfriends lips against his took over his senses.

"Don't worry about it" said Nick as he pulled away bumping his shoulder against Jeff's.

"You know" smiled Jeff, glancing at his boyfriend, "you appear to have my attention now..."

"Soooo" smirked Nick "what shall we do with this newly discovered attention span of yours?"

"Oh, I'm sure I can hold my focus for a little while at least" beamed Jeff as his gaze travelled to Nicks lips slowly closing the gap between them.

Kurt would just have to stay hungry a little longer.