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It's a cool spring night. The overlapping songs of birds creates a symphony of imperfect notes. Nicks eyes slowly open and his ears pick up the symphonic uproar. He puts his paws to his ears,Not out of pain,Just out of reflex,The birds sound almost...Nice. He looks around and realizes he's in somekind of a park. He's lying on his back in the middle of a uneven circle of pines,Looking up at the crescent moon,He feels an overwhelming sense of calm. Calm like this only comes when he's by himself. Always been like that,One of his pet peeves is when someone claims he's lonely,When he just wants to be left alone. It's true that some people can't be alone for a second without talking to something,But Nick definetly wasn't one of them. He loved the calming aura of silence. Thinking back to where he is,Nick tries to remember where he last was. Wracking his brain,He tries to remember what he was just doing.

Coming up with nothing,He gives up,Though he has a small,nagging feeling in the back of his head...Like he knows the answer,He just can't grasp it......

Matt. Nick's face grins and blushes at the same time as he remembers his morning snuggle with Matt.But..Where is he? Looking left and right,He doesn't see anything but the dark of the night. Sighing,He slowly climbs up and stands up. Picking no direction in particular,He sets out.

After a few minutes of walking,Nick is annoyed. He's been walking the same route the past few minutes. He even started experimently running as fast as he can,Only to come across the same landmarks he had just crossed. After a few more minutes of the futile walking,He sits down in the grass. Shivering,He pulls his T-shirt over his arms. Something has to be wrong,I've been walking the same way for the last 10 minutes. What does this mean? Thinking this to himself,He examines his surroundings.

The same pines,The starry sky. The orchestra of bird songs,Which had grown faint as he began walking. Just trees,Trees and...Trees? Squinting,Nick notices a large figure leaning against one of the larger pine trees. Not wanting to act on impulse,He examines the figure from afar. Stocky,Big and overall very intimidating. Probably a bulldog,All brawn and no brain Nick thought to himself as he smirked. Figuring he's waited long enough,He heads over to the figure.

As he gets closer,He can't stand to look at the dark figure. Like looking through a haze,His eyes keep un-adjusting and adjusting to looking through the thick invisible mist,Like being in a dark room for a while,Then turnign the lights on. Putting his paw infront of his eyes,He trudges up until he thinks he's close enough,Then takes his hand off.

Peering at the fur leaning against the tree,Nick is flabbergasted. What he thought was the former heavy set bulldog is a thinner,Lithe figure. Rubbing his eyes out of confusion,He still sees the lighter figure,Still leaning there. Wanting to see who this is,Nick tries to strike up a conversation.

"Uh,Hi" No response. Slightly irritated, Nick continues his attempts to talk to the shadowy figure. "Look,I've been walking the same way for the past 20 minutes,I'm sure you''ve done the same,So maybe we can help eachother."

"I know where I am,But do you?" The figure asks with a smooth tenor voice.

"I'm in a dark park with a creepy man,Sound right to your location?" He asks in a very annoyed tone. What kind of fortune cookie crap is that?

"Nick,Your here because you keep denying who you really are"

"And you know who I really am?" I ask slyly

"I know your gay,And I know that you are still hiding it from your parents,I also know that your afraid of what they'll think" He says in a complete neutral tone.

Nick is shocked. His few choice friends that he's told wouldn't tell anyone. Matt knows he's somewhere in that area,True,He hasn't told his parents yet,They wouldn't understand him. They were loving parents but he knows they won't understand,They just won't...Understand. "I'm not afraid,They simply just don't need to know"

"They don't need to know that their only son is gay?" He asks while raising an eyebrow "That seems like something they'd eventually realize.

Nick sighed at the strangers cool tone. "Ok whatever,Since your Mr. Know-It-All here,What am I doing?"

"Nick,You simply need to know who you are. And don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Now Nick,Do me one thing?" A few moments passes

"Wake up"

Nick's eyes flick open instantly and he finds himself staring at his ceiling. He impulsively reaches for his right wrist to find his 'Amici sunt aeterna' bracelett and draws comfort from it. It was a gift from his friends. Friends are everlasting,Ain't that the truth That dream was so strange. It felt so real,Was it? He suddenly realizes he's in his room,Matt must've carried him to his room. T_hat was sweet_. But where is matt?

Nick looked around his room before hearing his stomach growl. Looking down,He decides to make breakfast. As he stands up and heads to the kitchen,A thought crosses his mind. Maybe I should tell Matt about the dream,He's understanding,He'd probably know what to do Nick contemplated for a few moments. Not today,Maybe later They're still vacationing for another week so he has plenty of time. But enough of this,Time for breakfast...