Puck swore underneath his breath when he realized that pretty much everyone was drunk, Finn had been the only one not drinking, but he had to take Rachel, Mike and Tina home safely as designated driver. He probably should have told Finn that Kurt was completely out of it too. He decided to call someone that he knew to help him out, since he didn't want to be the cause of an accident from one of his best friends.
See he was being responsible.
Damn it, why did preppy school boys take so long to pick up? He thought as he stumbled over the mat trying to reach Kurt.
The phone rang twice before it was answered.
"Hello?"
"Shit," Puck swore aloud as he almost tripped over Kurt who was lying on the floor gazing at the ceiling in wonder, the look would have been amusing had there not been two bottles of alcohol next to him. Kurt didn't drink, he new that, he had hesitated to take one bottle, he frowned as Kurt groaned and then giggled when he hiccuped.
"Ah...hello?"
"Oh! Right...um is Jeff there by any chance or Nick?"
"No, sorry um they went home for the weekend,"
"Oh! Oh..." FUCK
"It's this an emergency?" The boy asked sounding concerned. Maybe he would do.
"Uh, yeah, actually could you do me a favor? I mean you don't have to, but um, my friends got pretty drunk, the only sober person took a couple of the others home, and well my boy here Kurt...Kurt! Put away Rachel's microphone! Right sorry, so Kurt is one of them, and well this isn't his thing, so his dad would probably kill him if he found out, and then murder the rest of us, and Kurt should have been protected, I feel like an ass...KURT GET DOWN you'll hurt yourself..sorry...he's really out of it...and we should never have gotten him to drink, remembering the bambi incident actually now, this was a bad idea"
Blaine heard a loud giggling sound then another voice.
"Puck...what's this...wha..."
"Kurt put that down"
"Bambi?"
"Yeah, he got drugged once by a teacher, accident of cause, and he was quoting bambi when he threw up on the school councilor, it's kind of like that now...he doesn't take alcohol well," Puck chuckled.
Blaine didn't think that was funny, and Blaine's stomach flipped, he knew what abusive fathers were like, and even though he didn't like the situation... nobody should deserve a beating.
"Wait, you're gay right? I mean not that there's anything wrong with that, but I won't bother asking you if it's a homophobic because Kurt get's enough crap at school and..."
"I'm definitely gay," Blaine answered interrupting Puck's ramble.
"Thank god, so you gonna help me out?"
Blaine sighed it was after curfew, but since it was the weekend, he was sure that he wouldn't be in trouble, nearly everyone was at home.
"Alright, text me your address, I'll come find you guys, are you drunk?"
"I can hold liquor,"
"I didn't ask that, I asked if you...never mind, where are you?"
And so Blaine gave him his mobile thinking that this would surely turn out into one of those bad news headlines if something went wrong, and the boy Kurt sounded like he had enough troubles in his life to deal with this, plus if he had an abusive father, Blaine hurried over to Puck's place as soon as he could, even though it was 2 hours drive from Westerville, he was going to have to have a talk with Nick and Jeff about the friends they hang out with.
He rang the doorbell, hearing music still blaring in the background when some guy with a mohawk opened up.
"You must be Blaine! I rang Kurt's dad while you were coming and said Kurt was going to Mercedes's house, he seemed cool with it once I managed to get Kurt to say bye to him on the phone without puking,"
Blaine grimaced when he walked inside looking at the furniture turned over, bear bottles around the place a couple making out heavily on ...was that a stage? Then his breathe was caught when he saw the pale boy with the blue eyes next to what appeared a microphone, from what Puck had been saying on the phone, he was singing a Barbra Streisand song "Will he like me", he couldn't help but stare.
Puck's voice got him back to reality.
"I tried to get him of the stage, so he would have a glass of water or something, but apparently he decided now was his time to shine, we're all in glee club,"
"Really? Same!" Blaine said forgetting that he was meant to be helping the boy not watching him sway on stage looking completely lost as he sang.
"Cool!"
"I should probably get him home,"
"Ah, do you think you could take him back to Westerville to stay in one of Nick's room maybe? I'll tell Nick everything later, and get Finn to come pick Kurt up tomorrow, oh right Finn is Kurt's step brother," He added when seeing the confused look on Blaine's face.
"How did you know Nick, I've never seen you before?" Blaine finally asked after agreeing.
Puck shrugged.
"It was before Nick went to Dalton, that idiotic school you know the story right?"
Blaine nodded.
"Right well Nick's old idiotic school sent him to Juvie for not giving the right money and walking out of the shop, I've seen shoplifters and when Nick hurried back to give the full amount to the guy at the counter I happened to be there at that time just getting out of Juvie, I was going to tell the guy not to call the cops while Nick hurried out to get money from his credit card as he asked me too in case the guy noticed but then the shoplifter recognized me from an unfortunate event in the past and when Nick came back trying to explain it to the dude, he sent us both to Juvie when calling the police! The poor guy was shaken, but the police were heartless, so when were in Juvie I helped saved his eggs at breakfast, and stopped guys from giving him a hard time,"
Well so this guy wasn't total badass if he helped Nick.
"Oh," Blaine replied still keeping an eye on Kurt in the corner.
"Alright, and Puck?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks for being responsible, even though you guys are wasted,"
Puck beamed, it seemed a high praise for him.
"I'm normally a badass,"
Will he like me, who can say? Oh, this evening seems a million years away... It's insanity to worry so all day...I'll try not to...
Will he like me?
He's just got to... Will he like me? ...He's just got to
"Right...well thanks Puck," Blaine muttered walking over to Kurt as the boy finished and clapped his hands as he took in the lyrics of the song and the beauty of Kurt's voice.
The boy finally saw him and was watching him as though he was god.
"Wow, Ms Barbra must be magic," Kurt said gazing at Blaine, making him feel really exposed.
"You're pretty! are you an angel?"
Blaine chuckled.
"No, I'm here to get you somewhere safe,"
"Heaven? I don't believe in heaven..."
"No, I'm not an angel,"
Wait he didn't believe in heaven? Blaine wasn't a very religious person, but the boy seemed so sure of it.
Kurt nodded.
"People die, they die, they don't go to heaven,"
Blaine frowned.
"Don't do that, you look prettier with a smile! You're never...fully dress without a smiiiiiiiiiiiiiiile," Kurt sang and giggled as he almost tripped of the stage but Blaine caught him. Kurt seemed in such awe of Blaine it made him feel strange things, but then when Blaine tried to hold him up Kurt found his arms snaked around Blaine's neck and leaned in to kiss it then leaned his head on Blane's shoulder and up at him when he stared in shock.
"Annie?" Blaine asked, trying to ignore the fact that Kurt just kissed him on the neck and was trying to get away with it by looking cute and pouting. The soft lips was nothing he'd ever thought he'd get a chance to experience let alone in these circumstances even though it was just a peck.
Kurt seemed happy that Blaine knew it.
"Omg you know Annie, can we be best friiiiiends angel? Please? M sorry if i...if i ..if you didnt want...but...never kissed...wanted...to kiss...and you pretty,"
Blaine was stuck, he didn't know how to answer.
Puck was watching with amusement as he tried to clean up the place, or Rachel would kill him.
"I've seen drunks, but nothing like this," Blaine told Puck who nodded. Kurt was happily holding onto Blaine who put an arm around his shoulders to steady him.
"Told you he doesn't drink, he's not a drunk, and for the record, Kurt really hasn't kissed anyone, he's usually shy," Puck also mentioned.
Blaine could see that Kurt never drank from his actions.
"Kurt, Blaine's going to look after you at his boarding school in Westerville, and Finn will pick you up tomorrow, is that okay?" Puck asked worried for a moment.
"I get to go home with you?" Kurt said amazed as he stared at Blaine's eyes who nodded feeling nervous for a moment.
"Someone's got to take care of you," Blaine answered.
"Oh and if you hurt him in any way Blaine..."
Blaine's eyes went wide at Puck's uncertainty.
"No! I'd never...I'm not that kind of guy,"
Puck seemed relieved as he nodded.
"I trust you, I remember Jeff mentioning your name once, so he must know you, and boarding schools are pretty strict on bullying right?"
Blaine nodded.
"Cool..." Puck dismissed the topic.
"I'm glad he doesn't get bullied," Kurt said out of no where as Blaine put him down on the couch for a moment.
"Why's that?" Blaine asked making conversation with the beautiful boy, who he was taking back to...holy crap, he was taking a beautiful boy back to Westerville.
"It'd be a shame to see bruises on your face,"
Blaine almost gasped as Kurt's hand automatically reached out to cup his cheek. Kurt's skin was so soft, softer than his lips. How was he real?
"Hope he doesn't freak you out," Puck shouted from somewhere in the back.
"Not at all," Blaine replied unsure why he did it, moving a hair lock out of Kurt's eyes as the pretty blue eyes looked at him like he hung the moon for him.
He wanted to protect this boy so badly it ached. He didn't understand it, he just met Kurt.
After he helped Puck clean up a little and make sure Kurt didn't do anything stupid, he told Puck to call him if anything else happened, and by then Kurt had fallen asleep.
Blaine sighed wondering if he could carry him, and when he tried he was surprised at how light Kurt was. He cradled him against his chest, looking down for a moment as Kurt let out a sigh and nuzzled his head against his right arm sleeve.
Kurt stirred in his car but didn't wake up as he curled in himself in the back seat of the car, laying down Blaine managed to get a blanket from puck and put it over Kurt, as he drove them to school.
It took all of his will power not to stare back at Kurt while he drove. He couldn't help but wonder what Kurt was really like, he seemed to love singing, he liked musicals that's for sure, he had also sang Wicked defying gravity while he had been helping Puck, he had a beautiful voice, and he seemed to care about his friends as he kept muttering something about Mercedes, Rachel, and shopping online..and he definitely knew he his clothes from the outfit Blaine saw him in.
He was wearing Marc Jacobs, not many guys in Ohio could pull of a Mark Jacobs like that.
Halfway there he put the music on silently, Katy Perry's teenage dream came on, Kurt seemed to be sighing in his sleep as he started to sing a long softly.
Hopefully he didn't wake up the boy.
"Don't ever look back...don't ever look back," Blaine hummed softly as they reached Dalton after the 15teenth time playing that song, Blaine almost wished that Kurt had been awake for him to sing it to.
Wait what?
He carried Kurt in the building laying him down on the couch in the common room as he walked up to secretary to explain what was going on, she gave him the okay after she checked Kurt out, and made sure he wasn't carrying any drugs or anything. Blaine told the truth, which she was grateful for and knew she could rely on him not lying.
He decided to put Kurt in his room, since if Nick and Jeff came back eventually to find Kurt sleeping in their bed, surely they'd freak him out, and it wouldn't be pleasant, Blaine took his own couch knowing that it wasn't right to invade Kurt's privacy as he slept unaware and finally fell asleep.
