A Fresh Start

Chapter 2 Study Buddies

Chapter 2: Study Buddies

Time Stamp: 7 AM , 1 Week Later

Dave grumpily woke up to his alarm clock, which was playing  Jesse McCartney’s How do you Sleep.  ‘It's too early for this shit.’ Dave thought outloud,  throwing his alarm clock across the room, which was still beeping. He sighed, defeated  He picked it up and snoozed it. He put then put it back on his dresser. He had to stop doing that, as it already had a few dents. He went out for his jog, then got back, showered, and went to his other job at Mrs. Henderson's Floral Shop two blocks from his apartment. Rent was 650, so he needed at least two jobs to pay for it. That included food supplies, and games for his X Box. After he finished his shift,  he headed down to Aultman Community College, to register and attend his first class at 10 AM. He arrived by bus, throwing his bag over his shoulder, he headed inside. Just then, he got a text. He looked at his phone, it was Sebastian .

Sebastian: Eh, ready for day one of loserdom? :p 
Buzz
Dave: Haha, yeah. Heading to Register right now. The secretary looks like Nurse Ratchet
Buzz
Sebastian: Oh my god mine too!

Dave smirked and tucked his phone away, going up to the Secretary.

“Hello, David Kurofsky. “ Dave said, the Secretary nodded and handed him his time table. Someone poked him, pissed thinking the person was telling him to hurry up, he turned uttering “WHAT" hotly. Holy crap he regretted it instantly,  it was Sebastian!!

“Is that how you greet your new best friend?!” Sebastian asked with his hands on his hips.

“Sebastian, oh shit sorry. I’m Uhh, not much of a morning person. “ Dave replied shyly.

“Ah, no biggie. So I guess we're in the same College huh?” Sebastian asked, as they walked to homeroom.

“Yeah, I guess so. “ Dave agreed, brushing the back of his head. He hated how Sebastian made him feel nervous.

“Hey, we can be study buddies. “ Sebastian added,  nudging him as they sat down at their desks. “You can come over to my place, and when my annoying straight roommate is fucking his girlfriend, I’ll come over to your place, deal?”

“Yeah, sure. “ was all Dave could muster, as he opened his books. ‘Dammit' Dave thought, as he made notes from the teacher, who was giving the class a breakdown of their classes. ‘Swallow your feelings David. You're way out of his league. ‘ Dave thought again. He had to get Sebastian out of his head. After that first day, he deemed that physically impossible. Because if he wasn't in class with him, he'd get texts when he was out at bars or at his jobs. Or at home. Or the gym. He couldn't even go on dates anymore, as Sebastian took up space in his mind.

Mario's Pizza, Thursday Night 

Hellooo earth to David!!

Dave finally jumped out of Sebby land to his current date, who was a cute little twink with glasses.

“Have you heard a word I said?!” He was kinda neurotic…

“Hmm? Oh, sorry Paul, I’m just tired from school. And work and shit. You know?”

“Well  call me when you get your shit together! For the record, it's Mark, you asshole!”
With that, Mark diva snapped then left the restaurant. Dave sighed boringly,  as he didn't even care how the date ended. He just wanted to go home and crash.

Later on the streets…

Dave walked with zombie feet toward his apartment. Suddenly he saw a deadly familiar face coming out of breadstix; the asshole who outed him, Matthew Wettlaufer. He had his girlfriend with him, and they were heading to his car. Matthew saw Dave, who turned down another street and bumped into his bestie.

“Hey man, what's the hurry?”  Sebastian asked, munching on a cheesy breadstick. He must’ve just come from there .

“Oh, hey. Umm, just some assface I knew in Thurston—”

“Ooo Faggofsky I hope you're not talking about me. I thought we were friends. “ The douchecanue walked up to the two friends, his girlfriend snickered.  “Wow, whose this, your little woman?“ He added. 

Dave almost lost it, until, Sebastian fucking slayed. “First of all Jockstrap, his name is Dave. Second of all, I’m not his little ‘woman' I’m his friend, and my name is Sebastian, thirdly, I’m sure you  have better things to do then taunt a few ‘fags' as you say, out for a walk. So turn around, and go fuck your little girlfriend here with your micro sized penis, with your average lay in the sack, and better hope she has an orgasm or She's gonna drop your ass. “

Dave burst out laughing, Matthew's girlfriend snickers, and Matthew then grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, fuming.

“Why you—”

“Go ahead, try it, I have a black belt in Karate, and you'll barely be able to throw a punch.” Sebastian interrupts, not breaking eye contact. Matthew drops him and walks off with his girlfriend.

“You got lucky this time fudge packers! “

Sebastian fixes his jacket, absolutely disgusted.  “What a neanderthal piece of trash. “ Sebastian comments, fuming,  desperately wanting to punch him in the face.

“ Yeah, that's the guy who outed me. “ Dave said somberly, as they walked. “You should be careful, he might come back with a whole bunch of other guys. “ Dave warned.

“Tsk, and I’d knock them all on their asses. “ Sebastian scoffed. To which Dave lightly smiles.  “So, what are you doing out so late in the evening? You look a little down. “  Sebastian wondered.

“Oh, failed date. “ Dave sighed, shoving his hands in his pockets

“Oh, tough luck. “ Sebastian sympathizes.

“It's fine, I was really tired and not paying attention much anyway.  I was gonna ask you why you were out, but judging by the little snack you've got and the bag, you got take-out at breadstix. “

“Yeah, it's my kryptonite. “ Sebastian laughed. “I don't go to the Lima Bean anymore after I saw a rat. “ He added.

“I saw mold on the tiles in the bathroom too. “ Dave replied with a yucky face.

“Eww, right?” Sebastian replied disgusted.

The two kept walking, and as Dave's apartment came to view Sebastian sighed.

“You okay?” Dave asked worried.

“Yeah, I’m just dreading going back to my apartment, knowing my straighty matey is kickin’ it with his girlfriend. “ Sebastian replied sighing. “Can I crash tonight?” he added.

‘Holy Moly.’ Dave thought. His first normal friend sleepover. Well, not normal  really. Plus, he big time crush on Sebastian didn't help either.

“Y-Yeah, no problem. I got a spare sleeping bag. “ Dave accepted, his ears turning red.

“Great!”

Later…. 10 PM

“Thanks for letting me put my leftovers in the fridge. “ Sebastian said, pulling the sleeping bag over himself.

“Sure, night then. “ With that, Dave turned the light out and rolled on his left side, blanket over his head. ‘Ah…’ Dave mutters in his mind. He was exhausted, and his Spiderman orthopedic pillow never felt so  good. As he drifted off into dream land it was interrupted by his crush and new best friend 

“Dave?”

“What…?” Dave groaned.

“I can't sleep…” Sebastian groaned back, sitting up.

“Whattya want me to do about it?” Dave asked from under his blankets.

“ I don't know, let's talk. “ Sebastian suggested.

Dave sighed, finally sitting up, rubbing his eyes. “About what ?”

“I don't know, uhh, who was your first high school crush?”

“I was in the closet in high school, and I bullied people. Kurt specifically. So I guess Kurt if you wanna get technical. You?”

“I had a slight crush on Blaine Anderson. He transferred to McKinnley and he was actually dating Kurt—”

“I dated him. “ Dave interrupts, with a shit eating grin.

“WHAT. NO WAY. YOU'RE PULLING MY DICK. “ Sebastian thundered, completely jealous.

“I shit you not. I dated him for 6 months, we actually moved into this apartment together. Until his heart fluttered back to Kurt. Which somehow I knew it would. It was fun while it lasted. “

“Wow… so is he as good in the sack as he is beautiful?”  Sebastian asked expectedly.

“Ever heard of the song Pony by Ginuwine?” Dave asked, smirking from ear to ear.

“Oh snap, dude you're so lucky!” Sebastian replied,  falling back on the sleeping bag. “I haven't had sex in two months. I been so stressed since the parole hearing, and looking for Community Colleges that would actually take me, it hadn't crossed my mind. “ Sebastian complained.

Dave turns red at the mention of sex. He played it cool, even though his face was red. Luckily the lights were out.

“ Yeah, me neither. Not since Blaine. I been trying though. Grindr is just boring to me now. By boring I mean is that all it's about is hookups. I mean yeah, I like a good roll in the hay as the next guy, but after living with Blaine, even just a little while, got me in a ‘nesting ‘ mood or something. What I’m trying to say is—” before Dave could finish, it was as if Sebastian read his mind.

“You want someone to wake up to?”

David’s heart skipped a beat.

“Yeah I hear you, me too man. Let's stay single bitches and worry about ourselves for now. “ Sebastian added.

“Ha, damn straight. “ Dave agrees.

Like that, the two talked all night.

Friday….  12 PM

Dave's phone goes off. He answers it half asleep.

“Helloo…? “
---Dave you idiot! It's me Sarah! Where are you? You're supposed to be on shift with me right now!

‘Fuck. ‘ Dave thought.

“Sorry Sarah, I completely forgot. Sebastian came over, and—”

Sebastian couldn't help but overhear, peaking out of the sleeping bag.

--Ooo say no more, I’ll cover you.

“It's not like that Sarah we're just friends. “ Dave was whispering, but he had no idea Sebastian was already awake.

--Oh come on, you've been crushing on him forever!

“It doesn't matter how I feel, I’m not ruining this friendship! I’ll be over in 20. “ Dave said, sitting up, Sebastian's face flushing, seeing Dave's no longer chubby body. He didn't have abs, but his skinny torso was enough to make the sex deprived Sebastian swoon. Not that he wasn't cute before. He was being a total dillweed that night.

--Forget it, I’ll tell the boss you're sick, take the day off, cya.

“Sarah wait!”
It was too late, she had already hung up. Dave groaned and flopped back on the bed.

“Was that you're lezzy pal?” Sebastian asked, sitting up crosslegged.

“Yeah, I forgot I had a shift today at the Rec Center. “ Dave answered, rubbing his eyes. “Luckily she said she'll cover me. “ He added.

“Well that's a relief. You want to go get breakfast?” Sebastian asked.

“No, I’m too tired. I’ll make it. “ Dave grumbled, getting up and going into the kitchen.

‘He can cook too?’ Sebastian thought. ‘Why the hell did I treat him like garbage that night?! He's practically perfect. So perfect, that I don't deserve him. ‘ He thought again, frowning.

At this point, both were crushing on one another, and both chose to say nothing. However, one night they go clubbing with Sarah and her goth girlfriend and it changes everything.

Note: Sorry the chapters are so short! Chapter 3 will be longer, and steamer. Oh my X3