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: So someone gave me this "word" for my list… and I've been having trouble actually coming up with a reason for it. But after tonight's episode, I found the perfect use for it. So fair warning – this chapter contains spoilers for "Michael"!

Klaine

Nick did not like the look Mrs. Anderson gave them as she answered the door, but at least she let the two of them in. Nick led the way up to Blaine's bedroom, with Jeff following close behind him.

"He's going to hate us…" Jeff muttered.

"How were we supposed to know that Sebastian would try to actually hurt someone? No one expected that," Nick replied, reaching up and knocking on the door.

"Come in…" Nick pushed open the door, smiling at the two boys sitting inside. "I'm surprised that you're showing your faces here." He wasn't at all surprised to see that Kurt was there with Blaine, sitting beside the bed as the younger boy slept.

"Kurt, we had no idea that Sebastian had tampered with the slushy…" Jeff replied.

"We were opposed to the idea from the beginning," Nick added. "When Santana told us…"

"Santana?"

"She came to us… had a conversation with Sebastian. We… we overheard what he'd done to Blaine. It wasn't right."

"We didn't know about the rock salt… we swear, we just thought it was a normal slushy," Jeff added.

"It's okay, guys. I know… that's not the way the Warblers do things," Blaine replied from his place on the bed. None of the others had even noticed that he had woken up, since he couldn't open his right eye.

"How does he have so much power over everyone in the Warblers, anyway? He told us that he's the new captain… but what about the Council?" Kurt asked. Nick glanced over at Jeff, swallowing hard.

"He's threatened to go to the administration with some things about the Warblers…" Nick began.

"Things that aren't completely true," Jeff added.

"If we say anything, about any of what he's doing, he's prepared to say anything and everything to get all of us expelled."

"He's a bully…" Blaine began. Nick nodded.

"We shouldn't have given Sebastian that tape…" Nick nodded.

"You would think that the son of a state's attorney would know better than to behave like that," Blaine added.

"He's used to getting his own way. He's an only child, he manipulates his parents into getting anything he wants… he doesn't know how to deal with people otherwise," Nick explained.

"That explains a lot…" Kurt commented. "It's not right that he's going to get away with everything he's done. Dalton's supposed to have a zero-tolerance policy…"

"Which is exactly why it's a problem… he's determined to take all of us down with him if he gets in trouble, and all he has to do is claim that we've bullied him in some way. That there's hazing in the Warblers. And we can't stop him."

"Tell the administration…"

"What? That the son of a state's attorney is blackmailing an entire choir? It doesn't sound that believable…"

"Which is sad, since it's the truth," Jeff added.

"Not to mention that we could all be seen as accomplices in what happened to Blaine now, even though we didn't know anyone would actually get hurt by that slushy."

"Can we talk about something else, please? The pain meds they gave me make me sleep… I'd rather talk about something pleasant in the short period of time I'm conscious and not wanting to hurt myself as a distraction from the pain," Blaine replied.

"Yeah, of course."