"Now, I'm going to show you a lot of different things. Some may even be happy because I can only show so much sadness at once." and with that, the smoke filled the room.
Memory 1
The memory started much liked Nick's did, with Jeff at a desk hovering over some papers. Jeff kept writing down something, erasing it, waiting a minute, and repeating the pattern. This time the Warblers, Kurt, and Blaine were the ones who had a front row ticket to the action and they were desperately trying to see what was causing their friend distress.
Nick was worried for his friend (ehm, crush) and was trying to figure out what was going on as was everyone in the group. Jeff's face had a look of being torn in two from inside turmoil. When they were finally able to see what was causing Jeff to keep going back and forth they were surprised to see song lyrics all over the paper. They never knew Jeff wrote songs.
When they skimmed the lyrics, they were surprised at how good it was. How had they never heard one of his songs before? They finally got to the line that Jeff kept going back over and over. Turns out it was the difference of one little word.
The paper read:
"Crazy Stupid Love"
Wherever we go, yeah
It's crazy, stupid love
I never cared bout my stupid hair
Before you came into my life, babe
I would have never seen that my eyes were green
Till I laid them right on you, babe
Won't you come and stay a while?
Electrified, you blow my mind
In every single way
Oh...
Wherever we go, yeah
It's crazy, stupid love
I'm losing all control
Oh oh
Whatever it takes, boy girl boy girl"
He kept going back and forth on the one word. It confused most of the people watching, especially his friends. They had always thought that Jeff was straight so seeing him hung up on this one word made them confused.
"If he isn't why doesn't he pick the one he's feeling?" they thought. Little did they know, it was so much more complicated than that.
"Ugh!" groaned Jeff as he threw his pencil down. He ran his hands over his face as he leaned back in his chair.
"Stupid record label and all their rules," he grumbled, confusing everyone there. 'Label?' as far as they knew he didn't have a label and most didn't think he was good enough to have a label since he was always a background singer. Nick was wondering if his best friend actually went and got a record deal. He was the only one who in the Warblers who believed in and supported Jeff in his dreams. He knew his crush was a star.
Jeff stood up and walked around in frustration while he began talking to himself.
"I get the fact that we have an image and we're expected to get to together with nice girls and NOT do anything controversial, but maybe I don't want to do that. Maybe I want to see if Nick likes me back." Jeff almost ends up yelling as he takes a breath to calm himself.
Nick, on the other hand, has the biggest smile on his face. Jeff likes him back! 'Wait… why wouldn't he tell me after he found out I like him?' Nick though, getting worried. All the other Warblers were just growing more and more confused while some exchanged money on their Niff bets.
Jeff sat back down and put his hands on the back of his neck. "If my actions didn't affect the rest of my siblings' careers, I would tell them to just screw it. Sadly, I can't. I'm the oldest so I must be most responsible." he resolved. The Warblers were shocked. They didn't know he had siblings!
Jeff sat there, staring at the board. Finally, he picked up his pencil and fixed the word that started his dilemma. The lyric now read: Whatever it takes, baby.
As the memory faded away from the Warblers all just stared at each other as they tried to figure out what was going on with their friend. They continued to ponder as the next memory began to show.