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: Again, you can thank Susie for this one. I've had her giving me random numbers, and then I do the one-shot listed at that number. I still need three more words from all of you, so please drop a few in the reviews or my inbox so that I can have a complete list! Also, I apologize if anyone thinks it's a cop out for me to use the same storyline multiple times across these one-shots. I just get stuck on certain ideas and… well, it gets to the point that those are the only ideas that come to mind when I get certain words.
Funeral
Jeff felt out of place in the room full of Nick's family. To be honest, he shouldn't have been there, because none of them really should have been sitting in the sanctuary of a Catholic church staring down at a seventeen-year-old boy's coffin. And yet here he was, trying to make himself as inconspicuous as possible because he really wasn't sure how the other boy's family would react to his presence. Until a few days before the accident, none of them had even known that Jeff and Nick were dating or even that Nick wasn't straight.
"Jeff…" The boy looked up, a little surprised that Nick's mother was standing at the end of the pew next to him. "Thank you for coming. I know Nicky would have wanted you to be here." Jeff was surprised when the woman leaned over and wrapped her arms around him for a hug. "Some of the ladies from the church have made lunch for the family for after the funeral… we'd like it if you would stay. If you can, of course… I'm not sure what your plans are about travelling back to Ohio to get back to school."
"I'm flying back tonight, but I don't have to be at the airport until seven," Jeff replied.
"We'd love to have you stay with us while you're here… you were Nick's best friend, after all. And his boyfriend, even though we didn't know that he was gay."
"Nick never liked labels… he could handle saying that we were boyfriends, but he would never say if he was gay or bi or whatever he was. I still don't even really know… he always said it didn't matter." Jeff watched as Nick's mother smiled slightly, nodding.
"I guess it really doesn't. Why does it matter what he was, when he's gone?"
"I can't believe he's gone… that he isn't going to be coming back to Dalton. That I'm going back to an empty dorm room tonight." Jeff smiled slightly as Nick's mother gave him another hug.
"We'll get through this. Nicky would want us to keep going and living our lives."
"It just hurts so much to know that while I'm trying to keep living my life, he won't get the chance."