Sebastian is comfortable laying on his bed in just his boxers because honestly men's underwear is just so much more comfortable than women's.  But my clothing is scattered somewhere in his bedroom.  I'm cold so I grabbed a blanket from the bottom of his bed and wrapped it around me like a dress.  He lazily runs his fingers gently up and down my arm causing shivers to run down my spine and a blush to bloom on my cheeks.  "Shannon since when are you shy with me?  I've seen every inch of your beautiful, delicious body.  You're flawless.  You have no need to feel self conscious around me, Love."

I sigh.

I just can't.

He's just too sweet.

"Sebby..." He tenderly runs his fingers through my hair and pulls me closer so that I'm partially on him, able to look into his eyes while he is laying with his head on the pillows. He runs a finger across my cheek down to my chin. "What's wrong Love? You look upset." I can feel my cheeks heating up again. "Sebby, I feel like a horrible person."  His expression turns serious, instantly confused.  "Pretty Girl, what's wrong?  You can talk to me, you know that."

I take a deep breath, trying to stay calm. He looks at me with so much love in his eyes.  I can't hide things from him, I just love him too much...

I just can't anymore.

"Bas, I feel like such a liar." He pulls me closer so that my face is near his own, laying me directly on top of him and wrapping his arms around me. "Love, I know what just happened wasn't a lie. To risk sounding like a giant perv, I've been inside of you enough times by now that I can tell the difference between real and fake. And trust me Princess, that felt amazing and very real."

My eyes go wide, "Sebastian?!  That is an interesting way to compliment me but I didn't mean that." He laughs softly and then leans up to kiss my forehead. "Sorry Princess. Is this about lying to our friends? Keeping the engagement a secret? I kinda feel bad about that too." I shake my head and try to slide off him but his arms only wrap tighter around my waist. "No Seb. It's more than that..." I'm biting my lip when he loosens his arms some allowing me to sit up against the wall. He lifts himself to a seated position as well and pulls me to his side.

"Shannon, you're scaring me. What's wrong?"  I turn to face him, taking his hands in my own.  "Sebastian, please don't be mad at me. But I lied.... Those text messages.... They weren't from my study group."  He narrows his eyes some and glances down at our interlocking hands, turning them so his bracelet and my ring can catch the light.  Warily he begins, "Um, okay.... I won't be mad but who was it then? And why lie?" I keep my eyes downcast and barely get out a soft Hunter before I feel tears start to roll down my cheeks.

"Holy shit.... You can't be serious?!  Please tell me you're not serious. Please Shann..."

I can't really answer. I'm just staring down at our hands as silent tears fall from my eyes. Sebastian lets go of one of my hands and lifts my chin so I have to look into his eyes. He sighs as he brushes away my tears. "Pretty Girl, tell me everything. Please." I give off a shaky breath as I try to sort out my thoughts. His eyes look clear sea green, so deep that I could drown in them. Softly I begin, "You already knew that Jeff gave him my number." He nods, he was there when Hunter called me on Monday.

I continue as Sebastian soothingly runs his free hand through my hair. "He kept bothering me, wanting to talk, to explain himself. So I gave him an ultimatum. Meet me by 3 yesterday or leave me alone. My luck he showed up." Realization flickers through Sebastian's eyes and they harden slightly at the thought. He pauses with his fingers tangled in my hair and my heart breaks just a little. "You're the girl. The girl he was with yesterday at the diner. He's.... He's the friend you met for dinner..."

He turns away, trying to avoid looking at me so I reach up and gently turn his face back towards my own.  His eyes soften instantly but take on a sadness. "It wasn't like that Sebby, I swear. It was just two people eating burgers and talking. Honestly.... I thought we came to an agreement, that he would stop trying to make you jealous. To just be normal in exchange for my friendship." He shakes his head and removes his fingers from my hair, quickly glancing back down at our hands. His eyes flicker back up to me as he sighs, "Is that it? Is that everything?"

I bite my lip as I shake my head at him, I just feel so ashamed. "Dance lessons..." Sebastian's eyes go wide as he drops my hand and slips off the bed. He starts pacing nervously. "Dance lessons?"  He gasps when he realizes what I mean.  "Hunter takes ballroom lessons.... I remember now.... He was bragging about it and all of his other training the second he joined the Warblers."  He stops and turns to look at me, "He wants you to dance with him.  He knows how close you have to be in some of those dances.  The holds you have to be in. Oh my god, he's still trying to take you from me...."

I reach out to grab his hand, scooting to the edge of the bed, "Sebby, I promise no one can take me from you.  Like Rachel said over the weekend, we're two halves of the same whole, practically made for each other.  I'm going to tell him that I can't do the classes.  I can't risk what you and I have like this.  I just can't..."  I'm swiftly starting to lose my composure again.

Sebastian intertwines his fingers back with mine as he gingerly sits on the bed beside me again. "Can I stay over on Saturday? After my morning lacrosse practice?" I smile shyly at him, "I'd never say no to you Sebastian, you know that. But why?" He raises my hand to his lips and kisses it quickly before looking at me again. "You're not going to back out on your classes. I tap, I know how hard it is to find adequate teachers. But I would like to be there when you meet up with him. I need to talk to him, make everything perfectly clear. And I think we should tell everyone else. About us. I love you so much but I don't think either one of us can survive if we keep lying to people."

I can't believe what I'm hearing. "Are you sure? But Blaine..." He shakes his head at me. "I'm not really sure about anything anymore. I'm just trying to keep everything from slipping away from me. We need to tell them though, January will be here before you know it."  I sigh but honestly he's right.  I give a small nod, "When?"  He bites his lip as he looks away in thought.  "After sectionals.  Regardless of the outcome.  Maybe we can throw a little party..."  He chuckles softly, almost bitterly.

Then he looks back at me.  "Sebastian, are we okay?  Are we going to be okay?"  He smiles at me, "Of course Princess."

But his smile doesn't quite reach his eyes and that is when I realize that I'm not the only one who is trying to lie to themselves...

(A/N:  I apologize for all the angst.  But you guys were right.  She needed to tell him.  Let's just hope they'll be okay...)