Summary: (Originally published as 'Teenage Dream') When Sebastian assaults Sam in a reckless rage, everyone assumes it was because of a lost victory...but what if there's more to it? Sebastian's life is slowly being turned upside down, causing him to re-evaluate everything he's ever known. Blaine takes it upon himself to help the young Warbler, but how do you help someone who is literally losing everything?
A/N: Hey, guys! So this isn't technically a new story, it was originally published on the site under the name Teenage Dream. And even though my writing skills back then were rather cringe-worthy, the story meant too much to me to just forget about. So along with republishing this one, I will also re-write and publish the sequel!
For first time readers, I do apologise if you find the plot/dialogue tacky, unrealistic or childish. I was only 14 when I first started writing this. But I beg you to bear with the story, as it does get better later on.
With that being said, I really hope you guys enjoy and feel free to let me know what you thought!
Chapter 1
Prologue
Everyone was waiting anxiously for the news. They were all gathered in the auditorium, Blaine, Sam, Tina, Artie, Wade, Brittany, Sugar, Joe, Marley, Jake, Kitty and Ryder. Some were pacing, and others were tapping their feet, but they were all restless. And they had good reason to be, they were about to hear possibly the most important news of the year. The minute Finn walked into the room, everyone was on their feet and holding their breath. He stared each and every one of them in the eye before a grin spread across his face, "its official, New Directions will be allowed to compete at Regionals!"
He hadn't even completed his sentence before everyone started cheering; Jake put his arms around Marley and Ryder, Sugar jumped on Artie's lap, Brittany kissed Sam, Tina hugged Blaine, Marley took Wade's hand, and Kitty threw her arms around Joe. Blaine and Tina ran up to Finn, grabbed his arms, and brought him to the rest of the group. Then one by one they all hugged Finn and thanked him for getting them this far. The grin was plastered across his face the entire time...never in his life had he felt more proud.
Blaine's POV
I couldn't remember ever being this nervous. My arms were shaking, and my heart was beating twice as fast as usual. I couldn't even eat that morning, I was too afraid that I might puke. Which was probably a real possibility.
Even though I knew why I was this nervous, I didn't quite understand it. I hadn't seen Kurt since Christmas, and now he was coming down to Lima for the long weekend (well, weekend for everyone but the New Directions, since today was the only day that Sue didn't have auditorium booked, meaning we had it for the whole day, and Finn wanted to take advantage of that). I knew the reason that he was coming down was to visit his dad, but he also wanted to see his brother, so Finn had offered to let Kurt come watch for the day. Kurt had agreed.
By the time I arrived at school, my stomach had tied itself into knots that would probably never come loose. Maybe I should just call in sick or something? I considered. I honestly didn't feel like I could face Kurt, it hurt too much every time I looked at him. When I went to New York for Christmas, I couldn't allow myself to feel nervous or cowardly, because my friendship with the man I loved was at stake, but now that we had rekindled that friendship, it all just seemed too hard. I wish I were braver, I wish I could just walk in there and pretend I never did what I did, but it just wasn't in me; the guilt still ate away at me, and seeing him would only make it worse.
"Hey, Blaine! You coming or what?" Sam knocked on my window. I shook my head. He looked at me for a few seconds, then walked around the car and got into the passenger seat. "What's up?"
I tried to open my mouth to respond, but no words came out.
"Is it Kurt?" He asked.
I nodded.
"I thought you two were friends again." Sam frowned.
"We are, but-but it's hard." I swallowed.
"What's hard? Seeing him again?"
"Yeah. And being reminded that it was my fault we broke up, being reminded that I hurt the one person I loved most in the world." I felt the tears stinging my eyes, and this frustrated me since I was so sick of crying.
"Dude, we've been through this before, we all make mistakes. We all go through break-ups...and yeah, sometimes it's our fault, but that doesn't mean it wasn't supposed to end. If you believe that you two are meant for each other, then it'll work out that way." He shrugged.
"I used to believe that too...but now I'm not so sure."
"Blaine, snap out of it! We just found out that we get to go to Regionals! Regionals, man! This is the last chance we're going to get, so join me, and make the best of it."
I looked at Sam for the first time since he'd climbed into my car. And that was enough to bring a smile to my face. He had no idea how smart he really was.
"You're right, let's do this."
"See, that's what I wanna see!" Sam grinned and jumped out of the car. I had to run to catch up with him.
"Where's Brittany?" I wondered out loud.
"She's already inside, something about finding Lord Tubbington's hidden stash." He frowned, which made me chuckle.
"There you are!" I heard Tina say from behind me, and turned around.
"Hey, Tina. Where you looking for us?"
"Yeah, I was looking for you. I was starting to think that you had ditched us." She said accusingly.
"He was considering it." Sam offered.
"I knew it!" Tina exclaimed.
"Okay, calm down. So maybe I wasn't too excited about coming today, but actually ditching didn't occur to me." Well it had, but they didn't need to know that. I could tell by the way she raised her eyebrow that she didn't believe me anyway. I grasped for a change of subject, "You were looking for me?"
"I just wanted to make sure that you were okay, you know, with Kurt coming and all." She admitted.
"I am now." I nodded, smiling. I knew that doing this would be a lot easier with friends like these.
"Let's go!" Sam put his left arm around my shoulder, and his right around Tina's, then forced us to move forward. Even though I knew it shouldn't, his arm on my shoulder made me feel a lot better. Which is why it wasn't quite so hard to walk into the auditorium, arm-in-arm with my two best friends (not including Kurt).
"There you three are!" Finn sighed as soon as he saw us. But I didn't care, all I saw was Kurt standing right next to him. I gulped. This was harder than I thought. I stopped in my tracks. Luckily, we were far enough away from everyone else so that they wouldn't notice, but Sam definitely did.
"C'mon man." He said gently and forcefully at the same time. When I still didn't move, he started using his arm around me as leverage to get me to move. He half dragged me until we were within eye-shot of everyone, forcing me to start walking normally.
Finn was looking at us with a strange expression, but he didn't ask any questions, just told us to get on stage. We did as we were told, and as soon as we climbed the last step, Sam let go of me and Tina, and walked over to Brittany to take his place. Tina and I then took up our positions as well, and I was doing everything in my power to not look at my ex-boyfriend.
"Okay, from the top everyone." Finn said.
