Hi! I'm back with chapter two!
So, basically chapter one was all about a night of Nick and Jeff having sex but swearing they are just best friends. Enjoy the second one, which is kinda slower.
Two weeks later, they were on Jeff's room at his parents' house packing for the summer camp Jeff was going to.
"I think this is it." Jeff said as he closed the suitcase.
"You kidding? What about Mr. Teddy Bear-y?" Nick asked as he took the teddy bear that was lying on the top of the bed.
"His name is Jimmy," Jeff stated. "And I'm not taking him 'cause camping could be mortal for him."
"Seriously dude?" Nick asked amused.
"Deathly" Jeff affirmed taking Jimmy off of Nick's hands.
"You had him with you at Dalton didn't you?" Nick asked as the idea got into his head.
"Uhm… no?" Jeff didn't know how to lie.
"You did. Oh my god! What a dark secret Jeffy!" Nick mocked. "Wait, but why I never met him?"
"You just said it. He's my darkest secret. And, uh, I guess I found a better Teddy Bear to cuddle at Dalton." Jeff said with a smirk, but avoiding Nick's eyes. Nick avoided Jeff's as well. Most of the times, it was a little awkward to talk about all the nights they had slept together. But it always came out somehow.
"Anyways, I better go now or I could miss the bus and the camp" Jeff said after a few moments of awkward silence.
"Which mean I'd have you around for the next two months." Nick said pretending he didn't like the idea when he actually loved it. "Ugh… Get out of here now Jeffrey."
"Hey!" Jeff fake complained as Nick laughed. The blonde grabbed his stuff and headed to the door but stopped right beside where Nick was standing. "I'm really gonna miss you, Nicky"
Nick looked up to Jeff.
"Yeah, me too Jeffy" Nick smiled sadly and hugged Jeff. Two months stuck at home without his best friend while Jeff was all having fun at that sports camp he was going. What the heck was he going to do? "Have fun for me okay?"
"Sure... I'll text you?" He promised as they walked out off the house
"You better!" Nick patted his back and Jeff walked towards his mom's car, where she was waiting for him.
Once inside, Jeff shouted "Bye Nicky!"
Nick waved his hand smiling. "Bye, Jeff" he said, walked to his own car and drove to the opposite direction the other car was going. His house wasn't exactly on that way but who cared?
After sitting on a bench park for like an hour with his iPod on, his phone buzzed.
"On the bus. BORED! Talk to me (:" –Jeff
Nick smiled at the phone.
"On a bench park. BORED AS WELL! Save me."-Nick
"Haha what are you doing on a park?" –Jeff
"Just listening my iPod and watching a dog poop. Yeah, bet your view is better." –Nick
"Well, highway, nothing but highway."-Jeff
"What's on now?"-Jeff
"What?"-Nick
"On your iPod!"-Jeff
"Oh, that R5 song. Say You'll Stay."-Nick
"The one of the "summer time"? Hahaha pretty accurate"-Jeff
"Not so much tho."-Nick.
It actually was a little accurate, Say you'll stay. He did wish Jeff had stay to spend the summer with him. Oh, C'mon! He had to enjoy summer, Jeff there or not.
"Jeffy, I have to go. Have fun. Make a bird shelter. (: Miss ya dude."-Nick
He got into his car and drove to the first place on Ohio (after Dalton, Jeff's and his own house) he thought of.
He knocked at the door and an old familiar face opened it.
"Nicky! How long it's been"
"Hey Mrs. Harwood, is Thad home?"
"Yeah, he's on his room. Let me call him. Come in!"
"Thanks" He got into the house he used to spend so much time at as a kid and waited downstairs while Mrs. Harwood called Thad and he got down.
"Nick! What are you doing here?" His Warbler friend was really surprised to see him on his house.
"Hey Thaddie! Wanna go for a walk?"
They walked the entire neighborhood around. Catching on each other's life. They hadn't properly talked in a while. Thad opened himself out to Nick. Then, the conversation turned to him.
"So you've really never had a boyfriend?" Thad asked after he told Nick about the billion relationships he had.
"Not at all" Nick answered and sighed. Wow, he really had never been on a serious relationship? How sad.
"You've never liked anyone? Or you know, kiss someone? Just to try." Thad knew Nick was gay since they both were kids but didn't get how he could be so sure if he'd never tried anything.
"Well, yes. I've kissed someone." In fact, I've fucked someone.
"WHO?" Thad, always so curious about everything.
"You know… a guy" Nick could never say it was Jeff who he had… made out with a million of times. At the Warblers eyes, they were just best friends. Because they were.
"Do I know him?" Oh Thad please stop asking more questions
"I don't think so… he doesn't go to Dalton."
Nick had heard Thad talking about his relationships too carefully, realizing he had never had anything like that. He felt the need to talk about it.
Okay, with all the curious Thad was, he knew he could trust him on this. Plus, he had experience. "Thad? I need your advice on something."
"Sure. Tell me." Thad said.
"Well this guy I've kissed… He's a really good friend I met months ago. But there's something weird on our friendship…"
"What do you mean?" Thad didn't get it at first. "Wait, you said… you kissed a good friend? What's up with that?"
"Well, that's the weirdness on our relationship. We're best friends…"
"I thought Jeff was your best friend"
Dammit.
"Well Jeff is my best friend at Dalton. That's not the point, Thad. The thing is that we kind of make out every now and then. You know… Just for fun." Okay, that sounded awful.
"Just for fun?" Thad was getting it.
"Yeah, we'd never talk about it but I think we just see each other as a friend."
"You don't like him?"
"Of course I do! He's so hot!" Nick was being too honest, even to himself. Jeff was too much hot. He totally liked him.
"You love him?"
"I don't know…" Did he love Jeff? "Sure, as a friend!"
"How long it's been happening?" Thad was acting like psychologist right now. Not reacting, just asking questions.
"Several months."
Thad kept silence for a minute. Then let it out…
"Okay Nick, I have to tell you, it's totally your choice who you make out with. But I think that if it has been happening for this long, there is some kind of feeling. You don't keep making out with someone just for fun without creating a need after a while. Maybe I'm wrong, but either way, this will end to hurt you, Nick. If there are feelings there, but one of you doesn't want to do anything about it, believe me, it'll get ugly. And if there are not, and you keep going on anyway, you'll feel empty, you'll feel wrong. And I can tell you that because is kind of what is happening now. I guess that´s why you asked for my advice. Someway, you know it's not so good that you're doing this stuff without feeling anything about it."
Wow, Thad did know about it. And yes, the need was already there. But the feelings?
"Guess you're right. But… how do I know if there are feelings? I mean, months have passed and I'm still not sure"
Thad must had been thinking on the answer since the beginning of the conversation.
"You should keep the distance for a little while. No making out for a month. If you don't miss the body but the persona, feelings are there."
Easy, Jeff's ass was already too far and for two months it would stay like that.
He remained silence thinking about the camp where Jeff would be doing nothing but working out. He would come back hotter than ever.
"You know what?" Thad suddenly interrupted Nick's thoughts.
"What?" He startled.
"My family has a house at the beach. You should come to spend a couple of weeks. I already asked some of the guys."
"That sounds awesome dude. I'm totally in."
"Great! By the way, are you coming to the Warbler party tomorrow night?"
"Wouldn't miss it for anything in the world. I need to get out and distract."
"Uh, Nick?"
"Yeah?"
"With this guy, making out is the furthest you ever get?"
Yes, he trusted Thad.
"Not really, we kind of, we kind of fuck too."
Thad had seen that coming so he didn't change his expression.
"Always using protection right?"
"Every single time. Don't worry Thaddie." Nick smiled. He had missed being this close to Thad.
"Nick?" And Thad didn't seem to get enough information.
"What?" Nick sighed.
"Can I at least have his name?"
Curious Thad was showing again. Nick laughed a little.
"His name is J-Jimmy."
Jimmy? Really? Why did he have that name on his head?
Oh, of course: Jeff's teddy bear.
Hope you liked it. Next chapter starts everything so I'll try to update soon.
Oh, and "Say You'll Stay" is a song of Riker's family band. Maybe you heard it. If you don't, go here and tell me if you think the lyrics go with Nick and Jeff's situation on this chapter.
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