In A Demons Arms

Picking up the Pieces

Where the hell was Jeff? Nick had woken up and looked over at Jeff's bed only to find him not there. Nick started to worry.

He knew he had gotten drunk last night and only remembered bits and pieces of it. He remembered a brunette boy with Jeff. He remembered drinking a lot. He remembered the end of the night when Blaine and Kurt were both frantically searching for Jeff. He remembered the car ride home which he spent listening to Kurt and Blaine trying to call Jeff on their phones. Now Jeff wasn't in his bed.

What if something had happened to his boyfriend? What if he did something to him. What if they broke up and Jeff was avoiding him. Had He done anything that would've upset Jeff so much that he wouldn't go back to Dalton with them or sleep in his own bed?

Nick pushed the thoughts out of his head and quickly got dressed and took some Advil before looking for his boyfriend. Blaine still wasn't awake yet so he decided to look for Jeff on his own.

Nick went down to the cafeteria to see if Jeff had gone to get breakfast. Jeff wasn't there. Nick checked the library. No Jeff. He checked the gym and walked outside to look for Jeff but still couldn't find him. Nick went back up to his room to see if maybe Jeff had gone back.

Nick decided to check other boys rooms. He had checked in on Wes's room and a few other peoples rooms that were friends with the missing blonde boy and still couldn't find him. Finally he went and knocked on Kurt's door.

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"If that's Nick please don't let him come in! I'm not here!" Jeff whispered to Kurt. Kurt nodded as he got up and checked who was at the door while Jeff slipped into the bathroom to hide from his boyfriend.

"Hey Nick." Kurt smiled pleasantly.

"Is Jeff here? Please say he's here." Nick looked defeated. He just wanted to see Jeff and make sure that he was okay.

"What did you do to him?" Kurt asked. "He came back to my room last night and asked to sleep in here with me because he didn't want to go back to his room."

"So he's here?" Nick asked, suddenly looking hopeful.

"Just missed him. He was hungry so he went to go get some breakfast and then said he'd probably go read a book in the grass outside."

"Kay thanks Kurt!" Nick said before turning on his heel and running down the hallway.

"Thank you for lying Kurt." Jeff whispered as he slowly came out from the bathroom.

"You're welcome now tell me what happened before Trent and Hunter come back from breakfast." Kurt demanded.

Jeff sighed before telling Kurt about the events that happened last night. Kurt gasped when Jeff had gotten to the part where Nick yelled at him. "Nick hit you?" Jeff nodded. He continued telling Kurt about Hayden and Jasper.

"I'm glad Hayden and Jasper had been there for you." Kurt smiled. "But you should've told Blaine and I where you had gone. We were worried sick about you Jeff!"

"I know Kurt. I'm sorry. I just didn't know what to do and Hayden and Jasper were there and I just kinda went with them.

"I'm just glad that you're okay sweetie." Kurt smiled and hugged the blonde tightly. "We should probably go tell Blaine that you're fine too."

"But what if Nick's in there?"

"Jeff honey, you can't hide from Nick forever."

Jeff looked down sadly. "I know and he was drunk last night so he probably doesn't even remember but I don't want to have to tell him what he did. I know that he's not like that but what if we get married and whenever he gets drunk he comes home and hits me? I don't want to have that kind of relationship with Nick. I love him to much."