Hello everyone! I'm super excited to start this new story! The prologue actually takes twenty years before the main part of the story really begins. And, once you start reading, you'll know exactly when it's taking place. This story will focus around a friendship made on Tumblr and how that friendship will change two lives...for the better. It's a little inspired by my life.
When I first got a tumblr, it was really just to read fanfictions and look at glee related things. But along the way, I found a writer who's work truly just made my day. I would wait for hours for her to update and would be elated when she did. I would send her tons of prompts anonymously. And, I realized that about 75% of the prompts that she filled were mine. I actually began referring to her as my "prompt bitch", which she now knows about and we can laugh at. One day, I got up the courage to send her a message and tell her what I've thought about her writing. She replied and we just kept messaging each other. We even text each other now. She was the one who convinced me to put my work up on this site. Without her I don't think I ever would have done it. So, she is the reason, why all of you, my wonderful followers, get the stories that you do. She is the first person to read anything I write and the person I bounce story ideas off of. Even though we live in two separate states in US, I can honestly say that she is one of my best friends.
So, on tumblr she goes by gleeklaine01, you guys on here may know here as Honeybooboo93, but I just call her Sarah. So, Sarah this story is dedicated to you. I can't wait until we get to meet each other in person in just a few weeks. I hope that anyone out there who has made an internet friend can relate to my story and realize what a joy and special thing it is. So, I present to you guys, Ask Me Anything. Enjoy!
Blaine didn't know what he was doing as he walked up to the piano at Callbacks. One moment he was beside Kurt at one of the tables and the next, he was sitting on the black piano bench with his fingers resting on the ivory keys. For the first time in all of his life, Blaine actually felt truly nervous. Why was he even up here? He didn't have anything prepared. What in his messed-up, lovestruck brain was possessing him to sing? As he saw all of the eyes around the bar watching him, Kurt's included, Blaine began to play the only song that he could remember at that moment. The chords to the beginning of "Teenage Dream" began to filter throughout the bar and Blaine took a deep breath.
"Hi, everyone…" He said, his nerves radiating through him. "I..umm...wanna sing a song that's very special to me. It's the song that I sang the first time I ever met the love of my life. So Kurt, this is for you." Blaine told audience. He could see Kurt smiling in the audience, but couldn't bare to look him in the eye.
The song started off well. Blaine took his time and sung through all the words, but when he got to the chorus, he felt the tears that had been camped out in his eyes since he got to New York move. It was then that he looked up at Kurt. Kurt's beautiful smiling face stared back at him and Blaine felt like a dam was about to break. His voice cracked, but he continued to sing through the tears. He knew he sounded awful, but he couldn't stop now. Blaine started to rush the song, which he knew didn't help, but he just wanted this song to be over. At the end of the song, he tried to regain his composure, but it didn't work very well. The song ended with Blaine just speaking the last few words rather than singing them. As he played the final chords, everyone in the bar clapped, probably because they felt sorry for him.
After that, Blaine got up from the piano bench and took his seat next to Kurt. Kurt gave him a nervous smile and took Blaine's hand in his. Neither of them really had anything to say. Shortly after, Kurt, Blaine, and Finn and Rachel, decided to leave Callbacks and go for a walk. Finn and Rachel went ahead of them, while Blaine and Kurt lingered behind.
"So, that was moving…" Kurt began. "I guess I'm kinda wondering why that was."
"Well, you know, I, uh, really missed you." Blaine stuttered out, knowing that this talk was leading no where good.
"Missed you too." Kurt replied immediately. "And, I'm really glad that you're here, but...you've been so emotional and weirdly sad. Please stop pretending that there's nothing wrong." he added, his eyes teary. Blaine knew what he had to say...and he didn't want to. Just the thought of the words,he was about to say, made Blaine's heart stopped walking down the cobblestone path and turned to face Kurt.
"I-I was with someone." Blaine forced out, tears pricking in the back of his eyes. Instantly, he could see Kurt's face fall. Blaine just wanted to run at that moment…because that was all he ever did...run.
"It was Sebastian wasn't it." Kurt asked, the hurt echoing through his voice
"No, no, it's wasn't Sebastian." Blaine replied, trying not to make eye contact with Kurt. Just seeing him was hurting so much. "But, it doesn't… It's didn't mean anything. It was just a hook-up,okay" Blaine tried to clarify, even though he knew it wouldn't make a difference at this point.
"Then, w-who was it?" Kurt asked,getting even more frustrated and choked up.
"It doesn't matter who it was with, Kurt." Blaine said defensively. "What matters is that I was by myself. I needed you. I need you around and you weren't there...a-and I was lonely..and I'm… I'm really sorry, Kurt."
"And you don't think that I've been lonely? You don't think that I've had temptations." Kurt said angrily,his voice breaking through all the tears. "But...I didn't act on it because I knew what it meant! It meant something horrible and awful…." then his voice trailed away overcome by emotion.
"I'm so sorry Kurt… I really am." Was all that Blaine got out before Kurt ran away from him, trying to calm himself down. Blaine was left standing on the dark, wet, cobblestone path at a complete loss at what to do now. Should he follow him? Or, just...just go home…
After some time, Blaine tried to go and catch up to Kurt. He found him sitting on the edge of a large fountain. As soon as Blaine took a seat, Kurt turned away from him and wouldn't look at him, so they just sat there in silence. Kurt, who was clearly uncomfortable, got up first and ran off. Blaine, once again, was alone.
They ended up going back to the loft after that. It was quiet. Rachel and Finn weren't talking to each other either. They got ready for bed and Blaine was ready to sleep on the couch, but Kurt gave him a look that told him no. So, Blaine pulled back the curtain and went into Kurt's room. Kurt, dressed in a pair of pajama pants and a black three-quarter length top, was sitting on the edge of the bed. Blaine quietly sat down as well and positioned himself underneath the covers as Kurt did the same. Then, they turned on their sides away from one another and turned off the lights.
Neither Blaine nor Kurt slept that night. They just lay there listening to the sounds of the city...and thinking. Blaine felt like he couldn't turn his brain off. He just kept picturing Kurt's face when he told him. The image was so heartbreaking that it brought tears to his eyes again. Blaine tried to keep his sniffling quiet, but he knew Kurt could hear him. He wanted nothing more than for Kurt to turn and hold him in his arms, but he knew that was not going to happened. So, he just layed there in the darkness.
The next morning, Blaine woke up from his very small amount of sleep he had managed to get and found that Kurt wasn't next to him. He pulled back the covers and realized that Finn and Rachel were gone as well when he walked into the main part of the loft. So, Blaine went back into Kurt's room and pulled on a pair of clothes. He heard the shower running, so he just wrote out a note that just said, "Going to the airport…I love you, -Blaine." He put the note on the kitchen table next to Kurt's coffee mug and then grabbed his bag and left the apartment.
Once outside, Blaine grabbed a cab and went to the airport. His flight left on time and Blaine was back in Ohio just a few hours later. After grabbing his bag from the luggage claim, he went outside and pulled his phone from his pocket and dialed a number.
"H-hey, c-can you come pick me up?" He asked. "I'm at the airport." After the person on the other line agreed, Blaine took a seat on the nearby bench. He waited until he recognized a familiar maroon car coming his way. The car pulled up to the curb and the driver put it in park.
"Hey babe," the man said, getting out of the car.
"Hi, Eli." Blaine replied quietly, not bothering to meet the man's eye.
"Well, did you break up with that awful boyfriend of yours like I told you to?" he asked. Blaine nodded and he could see a smile form on Eli's face. When Blaine didn't move, Eli held out his arms. "What I don't even get a hug hello?" he laughed. Blaine, who was so tense, got up from the bench and stood in front of Eli. Eli enveloped him in a hug and Blaine felt all of his muscles tighten at the touch. "You'll see B, this, us, is going to be so much better than it would ever have been with that other guy. I just know it." he added. Blaine didn't reply. He just stood in Eli's embrace. "Well, let's head home." Eli repeated, breaking away from Blaine and grabbing his suitcase before moving towards the car. Blaine followed knowing that he had no where else to go. This was his new life...whether he like it or not.
