A New Beginning

18. If It'll Make Me Straight (Part 6)

Jeff was knocked out of his thoughts by Dave's voice. "Jeff?" Dave said, putting his hand lightly on the blond's shoulder. 

"W-what?" Jeff asked, his voice a little shaky. 

"Are you alright?" Dave asked, a little worried. 

"Yeah...fine...umm, can I use your bathroom." 

"Alright, go ahead" 

"Thanks" Jeff said as he stood up and made his way to the bathroom, closing the door behind him. 

He stared at himself in the mirror, he looked away after a moment, still not able to look at his reflection. He pulled up his sleeve and looked at his arm. It was riddled with scars, new and old. He smiled at his arms bitterly. 

"The one promise I could never keep" He mumbled to himself before pulling out a small pocket knife from his pocket and sliding the cool metal across his skin. 

Jeff sighed deeply before pulling his sleeve back down and walking out of the bathroom. He smiled weakly at Dave. "Thanks...for everything...and listening to me when it wasn't even your problem...but now I think I'm going to leave you alone. Let you do your homework." 

"I'll see you later Jeff" 

"Later," Jeff said, shutting Dave's door behind him. 

Dave sighed as he flopped on his bed. He took a moment to collect his thoughts but he was cut short by the sound of his phone vibrating. Sebastian was calling him. 

-Hello?

-Dave are you busy?
Before Dave could answer, Sebastian was already speaking again.
-Good. Come down to the lobby.

-Alright.

-Good. Hurry. Leave now.
Sebastian said before hanging up. 

Dave shoved his phone back into his pocket before making his way down the stairs. A few minutes later Dave was down and walking across the lobby hall towards Sebastian. "So what'd you want?" Dave asked, stopping in front of Sebastian. 

"I wanted to show you a quicker way to get to the music room" 

"A shortcut?" 

"A shortcut," Sebastian said, nodding. "Now, C'mon, follow me" Dave nodded and followed. "Hi Blaine, Kurt," Sebastian said, waving at the two as they passed by them. 

"Sebastian, Dave," Blaine said, waving back. "So Kurt, there was something I wanted to see about borrowing in the rehearsal room..." 

Kurt frowned. "Cut the crap, Blaine. You said you had a way of...of my little...you know" 

"Your massive crush on Dave?" Blaine said, smirking a little. 

Kurt's face turned bright red. "N-no! I never said that!" 

Blaine laughed. "Yeah, yeah...first let's get to the rehearsal room. I wanted to borrow an old record. Once I get that, I'll tell you how to stop falling in love with David Karofsky." 

Kurt frowned "I have told you, I'm not in love with him." Kurt hissed.

Blaine laughed lightly. "Sure you aren't," Blaine said, shrugging as the two walked inside the rehearsal room. 

"Whatever. Now, what is it that you wanted?" Kurt said. 

"An Lionel Richie record. It should be in the closet. That's where they keep all the older records"