Dance With Somebody [Discontinued]

Eight

Wes had rejoined them for dinner that night. It had been going great until Jeff thoughtlessly brought up the topic they had all been avoiding.

"So, you two ever find out what was going on?" he asked, looking at Wes and Alex. "Like, why you were so upset?"

Alex nodded. "Yeah, apparently I was drunk, that's why I didn't remember. Long story short, I'm not going to drink anymore."

"What?" Hunter exclaimed. "You didn't tell us about that part! Why the fuck would you give up drinking?"

He paused, seeming confused. "Because- because of what happened."

"So you fought! Big deal! It doesn't mean you have to give it up. You can fight sober. I- I mean, Blaine's a mess when he drinks and you don't see him giving it up."

"Last time Blaine got drunk, he broke down crying over a deer that was 'too damn small,'" Kurt objected. "He doesn't get violent. I think Alex is making a smart decision."

"It was very tiny," Blaine mumbled, going red.

"Shove it, Hummel," Hunter said irritatedly. "Wes, c'mon, back me up here."

Wes shook his head slightly, avoiding making eye contact with Hunter. "I'd rather not. I..."

"If what had happened had happened when Alex was sober, wh-"

"It wouldn't." Wes's answer was certain, cutting across Hunter's sentence. "I know it wouldn't."

"Talk to my boyfriend like that one more time," Blaine warned, finally able to get a word in edgewise.

"Yeah, well you can shove it too. I'm all for equality," Hunter retorted, getting up and leaving.

David quietly took a sip of water in the silence. He wasn't quite sure he liked Hunter.

"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed," Jeff commented. "Has he been like that all day?"

"Pretty much," Blaine said. "Also, does anyone know where Sebastian is?"

"His dorm, I think. Hunter said he wasn't feeling well," Thad responded.

Jeff frowned. "I hope he feels well tomorrow, he can't miss Prank Day."

"I'm not sure if I should be scared or excited," David said, laughing.

"Excited, definitely," Wes responded. He looked excited himself. "It's the one day I can't get any work done, I have to lock away all the files so people don't mess with them. It's actually pretty fun."

David leaned forwards, folding his arms on the table. "Oh? What's the best one you've pulled off?"

"Ooh, that's a hard one. You already know about the one with Blaine's hair gel... I'm still pretty proud of when I put olive oil down certain hallways, they didn't even look wet so people would go from walking to sliding. I also replaced the sugar over where people get their coffee with salt."

He laughed. "That's awful! Where'd you put the sugar?"

Wes grinned. "In the salt shakers."

"Evil!"

"Those don't even measure up to some that have been done, you should hear about those."

"No, tell me more about yours. What's the best prank that's been pulled on you?"

"I don't really know. I mean, people don't prank me much because they know I'll get my revenge. There was one, the Warbler Council table and chairs were stuck to the ceiling. Only the council has keys to that room and it was locked, which means that they managed to steal a key, but we all had ours."

David didn't bother keeping the smile from his face, seeing how animated Wes was as he told the story, how bright his eyes were. "Couldn't they have picked the lock?"

Wes shook his head. "No, we have locks that can't be unlocked unless you have the key because of an incident a while back. Plus, it was locked again after they did it, they needed a key to do that."

"Mhm. That's pretty impressive, that they stole and returned a key without detection."

"Right? We still don't know who it was," he said.

"Seriously?"

"Yeah! We have, like, no idea who it could be."

He shook his head. "That's crazy."

"Right?"

"Oi," Thad interrupted. "Stop flirting, curfew's soon and you don't want to be caught after it."

David looked around, realizing that the hall was significantly emptier. They were among the last people there. "Time flies."

When he was walking to his dorm, he heard footsteps running to catch up with him. "Hey," Wes said, breathless. "You want your first Prank Day to be memorable?"

"I- I mean, yeah," David responded, not sure where he was going with that.

"Meet me in the commons at one. There's a curfew but nothing against being up very early."

"Wha- why?"

"We're gonna prank some of these bastards."