Moving On Chapter 7: Niff, a glee fanfic

Chapter 6

Blaine couldn't wait for Kurt to return to his room and the boy had only been gone for 10 minutes. Jeff continued to sulk on his bed and for once, his surprisingly chatty room mate refused to answer any of his questions. Blaine could remember that Jeff and Nick had kissed last night but everything after that moment was all blurred together.

"Come talk to me Jeff, please! I won't tell you to shut up and you can tell me anything you want, no matter how stupid," Blaine pleaded, bouncing on the boys bed but Jeff remained face down and ignoring the world. It was another five minutes before Kurt returned with pain killers and two bottles of water, already prepared for Jeff.

"Oh thank God," Blaine grinned jumping up and hugging Kurt shocking the boy.

"What the hell is wrong with him?" Kurt asked confused passing Blaine two pills and a bottled water before placing the other one on Jeff's bedside table and sitting carefully on the edge of his bed.

"He's broken Kurt! And I have no idea how to fix him. You do it." Blaine demanded sitting on his bed and Kurt let out a little giggle. "What's so funny?"

"You, you're being bossy. I'm just not used to it I guess."

"Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude," Blaine apologised looking slightly down-heartened.

"Oh sweetie," Kurt said jumping up and pulling Blaine into his arms knowing that Jeff's sulks always lasted a while. "I didn't mean anything rude by it. I liked it, you always seem to be becoming more confident whenever we're together but I never expected you to tell me to do something yet. It's adorable, you're adorable." Kurt smiled kissing him gently. Just as Blaine was melting into the kiss and hoping that it could lead to a make-out session, Kurt pulled away and swore he heard Blaine groan. "I believe that I was told to fix your room mate."

"I don't know what happened to him Kurt. He's been like that for nearly twenty minutes. I've never seen him quiet. I thought that I would want it when he had that forty minute rant about why anybody would willing buy dark chocolate but now that I've seen him quiet, it's really scary." Kurt couldn't help but let out a small chuckle and place a kiss on Blaine's forehead.

"Well lucky for you, I've had to deal with a quiet Jeff before. Sit and watch the expert," Kurt smiled pushing Blaine towards his own bed gently.

"Yes sir," Blaine teased sitting cross legged on his bed.

"Come on blondey, why don't you tell me what's wrong?" Kurt said stroking Jeff's back. The blonde boy just shrugged his shoulders but at least that was more of a response that Blaine had received. "If you're not going to say anything yet, can you sit up for me please blondey and take some aspirin. I saw how much you drink last night and I know how bad your hangovers can be. Just sit up to take that for me at least, please." It was five more minutes before Jeff did sit up and took the pills and bottle of water from Kurt then he moved so that his back rested against the wall.

"Thanks," Jeff mumbled as Kurt took the now empty water bottle boy and successfully threw it into the recycling bin.

"Now that you've had your sulk Jeffery, are you going to tell me what happened to make you that upset?"

"Are you going to make me your special chocolate and orange cookies?" Jeff asked in the equally muffled voice.

"If that is what you want, I will make them for you when you tell me what is bothering you, OK blondey? You know that I hate seeing you like this and I think that you freaked Blaine out. He thinks that you're broken."

"Part of my brain's always been broken," Jeff teased but not in his usual happy voice.

"Well, out with it then Sterling," Kurt smiled squeezing his hand.

"You know what I'm like when I drink Kurty," Jeff began and Blaine smiled at the nickname. "I'm even more bulshy than normal, and I have no filter at all. Like I'll say or do anything but at least sober I know some limits. When you dared me to kiss Nick," Jeff said nodding at the curly haired boy, "It was amazing. For as confident as I am, I've never been confident enough to kiss him or even tell him a little bit about my feelings. It was the best feeling ever and I am positive that the alcohol had absolutely nothing to do with that. I stayed in his room last night and we'd been cuddling when we were asleep. It was wonderful, I would have stayed like that all day but when he woke up, he said that- " Jeff said and suddenly he voice broke. Quickly Kurt pulled him into his arms and held him tightly.

"It's OK Jeff, I've got you. What happened blondey? What did Nick say to make you this upset?"

"He said...he said that we should just forget about last night. Act like it never happened," Jeff said clinging onto Kurt tightly. Kurt and Blaine shared a look wondering what was going on in Nicks head when he said that. Nick and Jeff belonged together and it was obvious that they fancied each other. Blaine got up from where he was sitting and moved next to Jeff on the bed and started stroking his back in an attempt to comfort him."I thought...I thought that he felt the same. I thought he'd tell me that he was happy and that last night was fantastic and that he wanted to be with me. Not this, I've always dreamt it in my worst nightmares but after everything we did...I thought he'd want me too." Jeff lent his head on Kurt's shoulder and continued to cry softly until he felt asleep. With a sigh, Kurt and Blaine adjusted Jeff so that he was lying down and Blaine grabbed his spare blanket to throw on his room mate.

Kurt and Blaine settled onto Blaine's empty bed and Kurt held the smaller boy tightly in his arms.

"I can't believe Nick would say that to him, he's heart broken," Blaine whispered.

"I'll talk to Nick in a bit and see what he has to say. I'm sure they'll work it out."

"I just...that could have been me. If after I sang my song to you, you could have said you didn't feel the same. I don't know how I could cope." Blaine said nuzzling into his boyfriends neck.

"Oh sweetie, I could never say no to you," Kurt said kissing his head repeatedly. "Now we're going to stay here for a while until you are confident again in my feelings for you and then I'm going to talk to Nick. Does that sound like a good plan to you?"

"Sounds perfect," Blaine agreed kissing Kurt's neck before closing his eyes.

"So what happened last night Nick?" Kurt asked when he returned to his dorm room. He had left both Jeff and Blaine asleep in theirs and when Kurt realised that he was getting no response from his boyfriend, he decided to leave.

"We fooled around a bit and this morning we decided that it would be better if we remained friends," Nick explained, his voice lacking any emotion.

"Did you both agree that would be the best thing to do?" Kurt asked and Nick frowned.

"I suggested that we pretend it never happened. He's my best friend Kurt, I didn't want it to get awkward. He just nodded and left saying that he needed a shower."

"Well I suggest that you have a think about your feelings, I'm going to shower and change. Then we have Warbler practice," Kurt said leaving the room, feeling no sympathy for Nick knowing how much he had upset Jeff.

An hour later, Kurt was waking up Jeff and Blaine and forcing them to change. Thankfully Wes wasn't making them wear uniforms this weekend as rehearsals were bound to be long. After half an hour and a lot of persuasion the three were leaving to head to practice. It took a while to make sure that Jeff would come with them and wouldn't blow it off but it took a lot longer to force Blaine to go to Warbler practice without any hair gel.

"They're all going to make fun of me," Blaine complained as he clutched Kurt's hand.

"They're are not going to make fun of you sweetie, and if they do, I'll kill them for you," Kurt smiled as they entered the room, Jeff dragging behind them.

Warbler practices were normally full of fun and laughter. There was always teasing and joking and dancing on furniture. Today however the mood was a lot more somber. That could be put down to the hangovers that several of the Warblers were dealing with or because hardly anybody slept last night. However, it was obvious that it was to do with the tension between Nick and Jeff. Normally those two were teasing the rest of the group and laughing and barely ever taking the practices seriously. Today was different. They were silent the whole time, sat as far apart as possible, refused to make eye contact with each other and didn't once make a joke.

"Right, that's it!" Wes said standing up and shouting at the top of his lungs. They had been in what was supposed to be one of their final rehearsals before Sectionals and every song that they tried was out of time and pitchy. They had been practicing for nearly two hours and everybody was fed up. "All of you sort out all your problems. Nobody is having any alcohol until after Sectionals. You're all pathetic. We all want to win next week and we can't do that if we're not giving it 110%! We're up against New Directions again. They are amazing and Kurt's saying that they're not even arguing with each other this year. Just think how much better that'll make them! So pull yourselves together and get a grip. We're supposed to be a team and some of you aren't even talking to each other!" Wes ranted looking between Jeff and Nick, knowing that that was where all the tension was coming from. "I expect you all here at nine thirty tomorrow morning with a better attitude and if you're not, it is highly unlikely that you will be coming to sectionals next weekend!" He ended before storming out of the room. All the warblers stared at where Wes had exited the room in shock.

"Well he's never left a practice that angry before," Thad said from where he was sitting trying to break the awkward silence.

"I should probably go check on him," David said standing up. "You all might as well do whatever. It's not like we're going to practice now." He ended running after his boyfriend in an attempt to calm him down.

"Do you want to go out and do something then?" Kurt suggested to Blaine but the curly haired boy looked in the direction of Jeff and Nick. "They need to sort it out themselves sweetie. The best we can do is to give them their space."

"We could go out for a late lunch?" Blaine asked and Kurt nodded.

"Well if we're going out for lunch, we better leave now," Kurt said as they quickly said bye to the remaining Warblers before going to Blaine's car to have another date and try and forget about the problems going on with the Warblers.

"You really didn't need to pay Blaine," Kurt complained when they returned to Dalton nearly five hours later. After they had dinner out, they escaped to the mall since Kurt had been grumbling that he hadn't been in 'a while'. Although Blaine pointed out that Kurt had visited the mall not even two weeks ago, he still drove Kurt straight there after they had eaten.

"Well you paid last time we went out, it was my turn," Blaine said and smile brightly when he noticed Kurt's checks turning a light pink. Blaine was always happy knowing that Kurt blushed because of him and nobody else.

"Well thank you," Kurt smiled squeezing his hand as they headed towards Blaine's dorm when Kurt stated that he wanted to check on Jeff.

"Can I tell you something before we see Jeff?" Blaine asked becoming shy again as they got closer and closer to the door.

"You can tell me anything sweetie." Kurt said as they walked slower before stopping outside Blaine's door.

"I've always had a crush on you. Like, from the first moment I met but I have trust issues. When I came out at my old school, even my friends turned against me. People who had been my best friends since I was five and then they dropped me over the fact that I'm gay. I never made any friends after that and it was half way through freshman year. They shoved me into lockers and shouted abuse at me. I never told anybody, I think my parents knew to some degree. I never had friends round and I was quieter than I used to be. Cooper was my only friend after it and he didn't live at home any more. I've come to terms with what they did to me and I've made friends here and I'm beginning to trust again. I still worry that someone's going to say something sometimes. But you, I feel like I trusted you from the moment that we met. I don't think I could have coped if you didn't want to be my boyfriend, I think that no would have broken me. Cooper kept telling me that it sounded like you fancied me too but I didn't want to get my hopes up. This month I don't know how I would've been if I didn't have you by my side. I've finally learnt to trust somebody completely again that isn't family and that's you. And I think that's because I love you Kurt. I'm in love with you. You don't have to say it back, I know it's soon but I just wanted you to know." Blaine explained. He felt like his heart was beating ten times faster than normally and that he would faint at any moment.

"Are you finished?" Kurt asked and Blaine just nodded, after to talk again. All of a sudden, Kurt launched himself at Blaine, pinning him against the wall and kissing him hard. Kurt wrapped an arm around him while Blaine linked his fingers together around Kurt's neck holding him in position. "You" kiss "silly" kiss "boy" kiss. Eventually Kurt stopped kissing his boyfriend but still held him where he was. "I love you too. God, I'm in love with you," he grinned before attacking his boyfriends neck. Blaine let out a moan and ran a hand through the older boys hair.

"I love you, I love you, I love you." Blaine continued to repeat while Kurt left a bright red hickey on his neck.

"I've been waiting for you to say it. I didn't want to pressure you," Kurt smiled resting their heads together.

"Thank you for waiting for me," Blaine smiled clinging to Kurt tightly as a few tears escaped.

"Are you OK?"

"Happy, extremely happy," Blaine smiled as Kurt pressed a kiss against his forehead before moving away.

"We should probably check on Jeff," he smiled but not before pressing one more kiss on Blaine's bright red lips. Opening the door, they found Jeff laying on his bed, laptop on and headphones in. The blonde didn't even look up when he noticed that his two friends had returned.

"You better go, I've got homework to do and you should probably check on Nick," Blaine said hugging his boyfriend tightly.

"Call me if he breaks again," Kurt teased, Blaine went to hit his arm but Kurt grabbed his hand before it could reach the intended target and pulled him into yet another passionate kiss. Once again Jeff was oblivious to the pair. "God, I love you sweetie."

"I love you too," Blaine grinned kissing him softly before Kurt left. With a huge sigh and massive smile on his face, Blaine collapsed on his bed before grabbing a Harry Potter book to read. Screw homework, I doubt I'd be able to concentrate anyway.

It was half an hour later that Jeff stopped listening to his laptop and threw a pillow at Blaine, demanding his attention.

"You know that you wrote a song with Kurt and he went out with you because of it?" Jeff questioned.

"I doubt he went out with me just because of the song," Blaine smiled.

"I know that I can't write a song but how long do you think it would take you to learn some chords?" Jeff asked and Blaine grinned, putting his book down and grabbing his guitar to hear what Jeff had planned.

At twenty past nine the next morning, all the Warblers were gathered in the common room ready to rehearse. The tension was still there but it was mainly between Nick and Jeff. The others seemed happy to ignore this and as nobody had any alcohol in their system any more, they were a lot happier despite it not even been half nine in the morning.

"Right, lets practice the group number first," Wes announced loudly. "We need it to be perfect."

"Actually," Jeff said standing up, his hands shaking slightly. "I'd like to sing one song before we start if that's OK Wes?" Reluctantly Wes agreed knowing how bad his friend was feeling. "I found this song on youtube yesterday and I think that the lyrics are perfect for how I'm feeling at the moment." Jeff explained turning to look at Nick. With a nod, Blaine began playing his guitar and Jeff started singing, looking at Nick continuously while singing.

"Find a way through the grey, grey area
Are we just friends tonight?
We can't stay in the grey, grey area,
It's time for black or white

Can't figure out exactly how we stand
Stuck in between two uncharted lands
We're sending signs like I've never seen
Changing our minds, don't know what we mean

Are we off, are we on? Is it right, is it wrong?
Is that it, is there more? Are we here? Are you sure?
Not enough, or too far? Do we know what we are?

Find a way through the grey, grey area
Are we just friends tonight?
We can't stay in the grey, grey area,
It's time for black or white
So decide on a side of the line we've been treading
It's okay if the choice is scaring ya
Can't spend another night
In the grey, grey, grey, grey, grey area
In the grey, grey, grey, grey, grey area

These blurry boundaries got me all confused
Who sets the limits? Do you choose? Do I choose?
Just need to know which way we're heading here
Is something happening yet? Let's be clear

Are we off, are we on? Should I just play along?
Is it right, is it real? Do I feel what you feel?
Not enough, or too far? Do we know what we are? What we are?

Looks like we're lost without a guide
'Til we can make up our minds
Are we falling in love or just along for the ride?
It's time to decide

As soon as Jeff had finished singing, Nick launched himself into the blonde's arms and held him tightly.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry Jeffy," Nick said against his neck. "I never should have said that yesterday. I don't want to forget it, I never want to."

"Why did you say it then Nicky?" Jeff questioned tears slowly falling down his cheeks. Nick reached up with one hand to wipe them away with a soft smile, both of them ignoring the dozens of eyes watching their every move.

"I was scared that you were only with me because of the alcohol, that you only did it because you were drunk."

"I was only brave enough to kiss you because of the dare and alcohol. Everything else was all me. It hurt when you wanted to forget it Nicky."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Nick repeated clinging to him tighter. "We're not friends, I don't think we've ever been just friends."

"I love you Nicky, I have for too long now."

"I love you too, I love you Jeffy," Nick smiled kissing him and Jeff was kissing him back and everything finally felt right. All the hurt that they were feeling yesterday disappeared as they clung to each other like a life line. Nothing else mattered to them at that moment, not even the Warblers shouting and cheering. In that moment, it was just the two of them.

A/N

Yay! Nick and Jeff are finally together! They are so cute. Here's another chapter and it's my longest one yet! I have three days off work now so I'll try and get another one up at some point then because afterwards I have a seven day slog and I have no idea when I'll be able to update next week.

The song that Jeff sung to Nick is called Grey Area and it is by Sam Tsui. I found it on youtube recently and fell in love with it. I thought the the lyrics would be perfect for how the pair was feeling. Give it a listen and let me know what you think. :)

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