Disclaimer: I don't own Glee, nor do I completely own Nick and Jeff (although I'm pretty much creating their personalities myself since we haven't gotten to know them too well on the show).

A/n: Okay, so this one is really sad. Like, I was crying a little as I wrote it. I'm sorry! Also, I could still use some words, so please keep them coming!

Silence

Jeff couldn't believe how… silent his dorm room was without Nick in it. He walked over to the other boy's bed, sitting down on it and pulling at the loose thread on the comforter. It was so strange to think that he wouldn't ever be in this room with the other boy again.

"Jeff?" The boy looked up, not all that surprised to see that David was standing in the doorway, watching him. "You okay?" Jeff shook his head, not bothering to say anything. "Do you want…?"

"I don't want to be alone right now…" Jeff whispered. Almost immediately David was sitting on the bed beside him, putting an arm around his shoulders. Jeff had been trying to stay strong, but it was just too hard. He let his head collapse against the other boy's shoulder, finally losing his battle to keep the tears at bay. "He shouldn't be gone…"

"I know."

"I can't… I don't want to be here right now," Jeff commented. He pulled away from David and stood up, starting towards the door.

"Jeff…"

"I can't be here right now… I can't deal with this. I have to go…" Jeff didn't even hear the other boy running after him, not until he was on his way down the stairs and David managed to grab him by the shoulder.

"Jeff, you can't just run away…" Jeff shook his head, reaching up to wipe the tears out of his eyes.

"Why not? Why can't I just forget, for five minutes, that my best friend is gone. That he's never coming back… that he's dead, and that our dorm room is going to be silent now. I can't… I can't take the silence. I can't take knowing that he is never going to be back here, because some asshole decided that it was okay to drive when he was drunk off his ass."

"You can't change what's happened in the past, Jeff…" David began.

"But I don't have to deal with it right now."