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Nick left the hospital wing feeling much happier than when he went in. He's gay! At least, I think that's what he meant?

He knew that he would want Jeff to become a friend of his any way, but now that he had practically confirmed he was gay, the Durmstrang boy felt he had a chance. I need to get permission from Karkaroff to go to Hogsmeade, then I can ask him out properly.

He found Krum in the Great Hall, tucking into his lunch heartily. Nick joined him and helped himself to a plate of food. "So, how did it go with your parents? Did you get permission to apply?" He whispered across the table to Nick, knowing that his younger friend wanted to keep this a secret from their fellow students.

Nick nodded and smiled. "Yes, I had to lie slightly to get them to sign, but they did." Krum's eyebrows raised at this.

Nick explained, "My Uncle Lucius was there, so I figured if I offered to help school Draco in defence of the dark arts he would persuade Father to sign. Unfortunately, he wants me to actually teach him some dark arts spells." He rolled his eyes. "Like that's a good idea. Any way, they signed it and Dumbledore has accepted me into Gryffindor from the start of next year."

Krum nodded. "Good. I think it's best for you, since you have been forced to be here for this year any way. I didn't want you going back to being isolated next year at Durmstrang when I'm not there." He looked pointedly at Nick.

"Thanks. It's strange, I've only been here two days, but I've already met Jeff and Cedric who both seem like they could become good friends in time. That's already more than I can count from five full years at Durmstrang, not including you."

Krum smirked. "Yes. The scenery is a bit better for you here, too." Nick blushed but laughed any way. He knew Viktor meant Jeff.

"Okay, I like him. A lot. But you know I made my mind up before I got here, it was just that I wanted to see the place first, and also I wanted to apply in person. Meeting Jeff and Cedric just made the decision that much easier. I feel like I can cope with being near my family if I have good friends at school. You'll be here this year, any way."

Viktor nodded, pleased.

Nick looked around the Great Hall, seeing where the Gryffindor table was, to see who was in that house. As of yet, he hadn't met anyone to talk to from Gryffindor and he was curious. Maybe Jeff or Cedric would introduce me to some of them.

He turned back to Viktor with a puzzled expression. "Uh, do you have any idea why there are two old men sat at the Gryffindor table?"

Viktor burst into laughter. "Yes, it seems some Hogwarts Students who are under 17 tried to get around the Age Line that Dumbledore set. Apparently their spells backfired so they began to age rapidly. It will probably wear off by the end of the day." Well, it looks like Gryffindor's know how to have fun, then! Nick thought, smiling.

Looking round the hall again, Nick saw a few other students who had suffered a similar fate. He caught the eye of Professor McGonagall at the teacher's table. She held his gaze, smiled and nodded. Clearly she had already spoken to Dumbledore. He smiled in return, then turned back to Viktor.

"I wonder who the Champions will be? My money is on you for Durmstrang. I have no idea for the other schools though. If the famous Harry Potter was old enough I would have said him, but he isn't, so it's anyone's guess."

Viktor nodded. "I have no idea either. As for Durmstrang, we're all pretty evenly matched, you have a good chance too." Nick nodded his thanks. Viktor continued. "So, did you go to see Jeff? How is he?"

"He's still in the hospital wing getting some rest. He has two broken ribs and bad bruising. He was asleep when I got there, but once he woke up we had a good chat. I'm pretty sure he is gay." Nick kept his voice low.

Viktor rolled his eyes. "Yes, I got that already. The way you two stare at each other gave it away."

Nick hoped Viktor was right. "I'm going to ask Karkaroff for permission to leave school grounds on the weekends, you should do it too. Apparently there is a town called Hogsmeade not far from here with a pub to get butter beer and some other shops including a joke shop."

Viktor looked interested. "I need to see him about something else any way, I will ask for both of us." He offered.

Nick nodded. "Thanks! Once I've got permission I'm going to ask Jeff to go with me, I'd like to get to know him a bit better."

"I bet you would." Viktor winked.

Cedric was in the hospital wing, waiting for Jeff to get changed into the robes he brought for him. He called through the curtain. "It's a good job you put your name in the Goblet of Fire before the match this morning, as we'll have to go straight to the Great Hall for the Halloween Feast once we've left here.

The curtains drew back, revealing a much better looking Jeff. "Yeah, you're right. Thanks for bringing my stuff, including my hair products, you're a life saver!"

Cedric laughed. "You're welcome. I figured if you didn't have your hair products you would've gone back to our dorms for them any way, making you late for dinner. You couldn't possibly be seen in front of certain peoplewithout your hair done properly!"

Jeff went red. "Am I that obvious?" He worried.

"Well, yes, but in a good way. If it helps, I'm pretty certain he's gay. I've not seen any straight guys stare at you for that long, any way!" Jeff laughed in relief, hoping Cedric was right.

"He, uh, came to see me earlier. I said I would show him around Hogsmeade once he has permission to go." Jeff bit his lip.

"You didn't tell me you had a date!" Cedric said, too loudly for Jeff's liking.

"Shhh! It's not a date. At least, I don't think it is. I did admit I was gay though, in a round-about kind of way. He wasn't freaked out at all, in fact he seemed glad."

"See - it is a date!" Cedric continued winding him up all the way to the Great Hall. Jeff told him about Nick's application to transfer, which only helped Cedric's teasing get worse.

Cedric and Jeff reached the Great Hall about twenty minutes early, so while Cedric went to sit with the other Hufflepuff 6th years, Jeff went to chat with his Gryffindor friends, Kurt and Blaine who he had to pass to get to his table. On his way to them, Jeff marvelled at the decorations in the Great Hall.

They were similar each year, but they were Jeff's favourite. Flames flickered in the wall-mounted beacons. Huge pumpkins and cauldrons were filled with all kinds of sweets and chocolates, some of them carved and enchanted to hang in the air over students' heads.

There were live bats and dancing skeletons for entertainment and the resident school ghosts were having fun trying to freak students out even more than usual.

As he neared his friends, he thought something seemed different about them, but he couldn't put his finger on what it was. Blaine seemed his usual, bouncy self, forever humming the latest wizard or muggle top 40 tune, but Jeff decided it was Kurt that looked different.

Happier, maybe? As he neared them, he realised they were sat side by side, holding hands between them on the bench. Oh. Thought Jeff. And I thought I was the only gay guy at Hogwarts!

He squatted down next to them, making them jump slightly. As they turned to see who it was, Kurt looked hesitantly at Jeff, waiting for a reaction. Jeff's smile was huge and infectious. "Oh my god! Are you two an item?" Kurt looked relieved and nodded, smiling brightly and blushing. "Congratulations! I'm really happy for you!" He squeezed each boy by their shoulders.

Blaine smiled. "Thanks Jeff. We, uh, weren't sure what kind of reaction we were going to get, but it won't make any difference to us. It's nice to find someone who's not homophobic."

Jeff laughed. "Uh, yeah, I'd kinda be a hypocrite if I was." Blaine's eyes widened. "Oh! Cool. By the way, that was an awesome match this morning! You deserved to win, but it was pretty tightly matched!"

The boys continued chatting about the match and Jeff's broken bones until he had to go to sit down. Talking to Blaine and Kurt meant he had missed Nick coming in to sit with Durmstrang, but on his way to his seat he managed to find him in the crowd. His cheeks flushed pink as he lifted his arm to wave quickly.

Nick quickly gestured to his own ribs, looking concerned, then pointed at Jeff. The Hufflepuff boy smiled and nodded and gave him a thumbs up, meaning he felt a lot better now. Nick smiled back, nodding once.

Cedric rolled his eyes. "Oh my god, you two can even talk in sign language now. Are you sure you haven't met before?"

Jeff slapped him on the arm and sat down, turning to listen to Dumbledore's speech.

Dumbledore announced that after the Halloween Feast, the Champions would be chosen, thus marking the start of the Triwizard Tournament. He reiterated some of the important rules as well as the warning that each Champion, once chosen, stood alone.

At the end of the Feast, the Goblet of Fire spat out the names of the Champions for the three competing schools. Nick and Jeff were happy for their friends Viktor and Cedric who had both been selected as Champions for their schools, along with a pretty blonde girl called Fleur Delacour for Beauxbatons.

The Hall was suddenly filled with confusion, though, as the Goblet spat out a fourth name, before the flames went out. Harry Potter had also been selected. He was ushered into the room with the other Champions and judges. Those in the Great Hall waited in anticipation of an explanation as to what would happen.

After a while, figures emerged from the room. Igor Karkaroff was angrily arguing that Champions should be reselected, but this was dismissed as the flames of the Goblet had gone out, not to ignite until the next Tournament.

Headmistress Maxime was also angry. She had questioned Professor Dumbledore's motives as it seemed that Hogwarts would now have two Champions.

The binding magical contract that the Goblet inferred upon all four students meant nothing could be done.

Jeff watched as poor Harry seemed to be shunned by some of his friends and the entire student body looked at him with suspicion, even though he loudly denied having put his name forward.

After the selection of the Champions, it became clear that suspicions remained between the schools and Headmaster Karkaroff tried to minimise any spare time his students had to associate with Hogwarts students. Classes had started again on the ship and students had only mealtimes in the castle before being hurried back on board.

Luckily for Nick, Viktor had asked for permission to visit Hogsmeade for both of them before the Feast, because Karkaroff would have undoubtedly said no now.

Now all he had to do was get hold of Jeff and ask him out, which was easier said than done. Even if he was gay, he might not want everyone knowing and Nick didn't really want an audience. Then there was the other matter of having enough time at the castle to do it.

For this reason it was a couple of weeks into November before he got the opportunity. Just after lunch, again sat by schools, he saw Jeff excuse himself from the Great Hall. Nick asked Viktor to cover for him before hurriedly following Jeff.

He had a sense of déjà vu at running after Jeff, from the day he had arrived. I'm going to find him this time, though. He thought to himself, following Jeff outside and up some stairs. They climbed higher and higher until they reached a room at the top. The Owlery.

Jeff looked up from where he was letting Squirt out of the window to see Nick enter. He smiled shyly, as the boys had not spoken much since the Feast, not the fault of either boy.

"Hey." Jeff began, gazing down at Nick. Nick smiled and came closer. "Hi Jeff." He smiled warmly. "I'm sorry for following you, but I only have a few minutes before I'm missed and I wanted to talk to you in private." His gaze became intense and Jeff could only stare back, nodding.

"I heard that the Hogsmeade trip has finally been allowed this weekend. I, uh, wondered if you wanted to go with me?"

Jeff's smile and nod was interrupted by Nick continuing. "As a date." He searched Jeff's eyes nervously, wondering if he'd read the situation wrongly.

Jeff's eyes widened in shock and he managed to stutter back, "I-I'd love to."

Nick beamed. "Great! Well, I'd better go, but I'll meet you at 10 in the courtyard on Saturday? If there's a problem, send Squirt to let me know."

"O-okay." Jeff replied, unable to function much, simply staring at the gorgeous boy who had just asked him out on a date. My first date!

Nick didn't want to leave, but he had to. Slowly he reached out with his right hand to gently take Jeff's left, before reaching up to softly kiss Jeff's cheek, before pulling away. Both boys had blush stained cheeks and soft smiles.

Nick squeezed Jeff's hand that he was still holding before he let it go gently and left.

Jeff stood watching the entrance to the Owlery, his hand going up to his warm cheek to touch it in wonder.

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