Heaven comes to he who waits

Untitled Part 7

First it was Curt and Manny screaming at each other, then it was Paul and Manny, back to Curt and Manny. Ian and Roland started to argue, then Curt and Manny both stood up, throwing their hands all around. Roland stood up and reached out to Manny to put his hand on Manny's shoulder to try and calm him down. Manny turned around quickly and yanked his arm away from Roland. Roland pulled his hand back and went back to sitting on the couch 

Ian stood up and tried to step in front of Curt to get his attention off of Manny. Curt moved out of the way and continued to yell and point at Manny. Then Paul stood up and held both hands out to the two fighting boys

"Okay, enough." He cleared his throat and made sure all of them were looking at him so that he could speak 

"I understand you're all upset. But it's done. Let's move on, and get to what we need to do, hmm?" Paul looked at each member, raising an eyebrow at Manny especially 

Curt scoffed and walked out of the room quickly, shaking his head. Manny looked down at the ground and put his hands behind his back and played with his hands nervously. Roland looked at Ian and then Paul. Of course, he was supposed to be the one to go calm Curt down. He was the only one who could for some reason. They always sent him when Curt was in one of his moods 

Roland left the room and walked around, checking room to room for Curt. He finally reached the recording room and Curt was standing in the middle of the room, with his arms crossed. He was waiting for Roland

"You knew I was going to come" Roland tilted his head and cautiously walked towards Curt. He stopped a few feet in front of him and put his hands in his pockets 

"Did you even worry about us? Didn't you think it was odd that we just disappear?" Curt looked away from Roland for a moment, then his eyes traveled back to his friend standing in front of him 

"Of course I did. I barely slept, I didn't do anything productive. I missed you" Roland looked at Curt directly in the eyes "and Ian" He added quickly 

Curt was about to speak but closed his mouth. Roland missed him? What was that little pause for? Oh well, it wasn't what he thought it'd be. "Well I can see why you didn't come look for us. We were all the way in Melrose" Curt sighed 

"I heard. How was it?" Roland disregarded the last thing he said and tried to make other conversation to draw the attention away from his moment 

"How was it? Are you serious?" Curt moved his head forward and wrinkled his eyebrows

"So, not good?" Roland tried his hardest not to smile. Curt getting irritated with him was one of the funniest things he's ever seen

"You're an asshole" Curt saw the small smile on Roland's face and rolled his eyes. He walked around Roland and headed for the door 

Roland reached out and grabbed Curt's wrist to stop him. Curt stopped walking and looked down at Roland's hand grabbing his wrist. He looked over his shoulder at Roland and they looked at each other for a good long moment

Ian cleared his throat and both of them looked over at him, standing in the doorway. Roland let go of Curt's wrist and shoved it in his pocket quickly. He walked past Curt without looking at him, and didn't look back at him either 

"I saw that" Ian smirked and walked into the room. He stopped in front of Curt 

"Saw what" Curt mumbled and looked to the left quickly, then looked back to Ian 

"Really?" Ian just scoffed lightly and cross his arms. "Did you talk to him yet? About some," Ian looked off into the distance "certain feelings?" Ian's eyes locked with Curt's again 

"Uh no. Why would I do that?" Curt shook his head in an irritated manner 

"Well if you don't talk to him, how are you ever going to find out if it's mutual?" Ian put his arms down and let them hang by his sides

"If what's mutual?" Manny poked his head in the room, hanging on the door frame. He smiled up at Ian and Curt wickedly 

Ian turned around and stared at Manny until he fully came into the room. He skipped up to Ian and smiled right at Curt. "So what are you guys talking about?" He winked at Curt 

"Don't play coy. I know you were outside listening. You're a snake like that" Ian's voice lowered for a moment, he was obviously trying to get a point across 

"Hey if you think I'm gonna tell our buddy how you feel, you got it wrong. I'm not like that" Manny kept a straight face, and gave a small smile to Curt 

"Just go away" Curt whispered, and turned around 

Ian looked at Curt's back for a moment, and turned back around, facing Manny. He nodded towards the door and the two of them left the room 

"Manny, I'm serious. You can't tell him" Ian and Manny walked side by side down a hallway. Manny stopped him and took a step in front of him 

"I'm not going to tell him. But there is something you should know about him. He's having a difficult time with his own feelings. I believe he's in a stage of denial at the moment. But there is definitely something going with him, I catch him staring at Curt very often and acting differently when he's around. I'm sure you've noticed it too by now"