*DISCLAIMER: I own nothing; characters and songs belong to their respective owners. This story is the continuation of my previous story, "Viva Forever!", give it a look in case you want to understand this one better.
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The train trip from New York to Ohio was pretty boring and unentertaining; still with all things going on in his life Kurt thought it was the perfect time to meditate about what to do once he arrived at Lima. He was sure that Burt and Carole were going to be ecstatic about his surprise arrival; it felt like ages since he had seen them. He had talked to his dad a couple of times when at New York, Burt assured him that his room was left untouched and left just like he left it before he went to New York, same with Finn's. He also informed Kurt that Sam was looking for a new place to stay as he began to feel like a freeloader living with them even though neither him nor Finn lived there and despise both Carole and Burt's insisting he preferred to look into other places. Where would he staying now? Another huge part of coming back to Ohio was meeting up with Blaine. Even if they broke up he still wanted to pass time with him and catch up with whatever he had done since the last time they saw each other. He really regretted not taking his iPod with him on the trip, only thing he had on was his phone with some movie soundtracks, a few Beyoncé songs, instrumental music for some Joni Mitchell songs and some greatest hits albums, among them one from Christina Aguilera, another one from Celine Dion and the last one was Cher's. Looking at the songs it would have been music heaven for a drag queen but he wasn't in the mood for upbeat songs, he really had to reflect on what he was going to say and do once he arrived, Celine Dion seemed like the better choice but he accidentally clicked on Cher's "Dov'è L'amore", damn touchscreens and that "Las Vegas" playlist he made! Still the song seemed appropriate enough, mostly because he barely understood the Italian spoken parts on the song and not much concentration was needed due to that. The trip was sure to be long but the night was young, not young enough to be spent on a train but still young enough to get things straight.
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"Thank you so much for letting me stay at your place, I really don't want to be a load for you so whenever you feel like you need space feel free to kick me out." Sam told Blaine as he chuckled at the remark.
"That's nonsense, you can stay here for as long as you need. I totally understand how hard it can be to look for a place to stay so until you find a place to stay, at least until we graduate, my place is your place." Both of them entered Blaine's room as Sam left some of the stuff he packed on one corner of the room. "Let me go find a mattress for you, make yourself comfortable while I'm at it."
Alone on Blaine's room, Sam couldn't help but feel a bit uninvited, Blaine was pretty cool about him staying at his place but knowing the feeling he had for him before he felt he was going to make things pretty complicated for him. Sleeping in the same room as your former crush was something he doubted he could do so who knew if Blaine could handle it. He consulted this with Brittany before as well, specially knowing that during her practice with Blaine for Spice Girls week Blaine confessed his attraction to him, still she was pretty cool about it as well as on him staying at his place, he just didn't want his stay there to cause tension between his best friend and his girlfriend.
"Found one! Mind giving me a hand?" Sam quickly went to Blaine's location to help him get the mattress into his room.
"Thanks for all the help, Blaine. I really want to pay you back some way for all of this. I mean I'm sort of still in debt with Sugar for buying me the outfit I wore for last week's assignment on the glee club but I'm willing to go find a part time job to pay you for everything as well." Sam said as both guy carried the mattress down the corridor.
"Hey, friendship is something that doesn't need payment. Knowing that you have a roof above your head is more than enough payment for me. Besides any money you earn should go to Sugar, those clothes did seem expensive." Blaine replied back. They had finally reached Blaine's room and carefully they got the mattress into the room.
"I really appreciate it Blaine, but I'm in debt with you. Burt and Carole never let me pay them money for staying at their place and as much as it helped me I felt like a leech, I don't want to feel that way again, especially with you. I agree, friendship is something that you can't pay for but I want to give something back." Blaine patted Sam's shoulder and shook his head.
"You can give me the money but I won't take it, I rather have you invest it into something you can benefit on or save it for the future. Now take this pillow and change into your sleep ware, tomorrow will be a busy day." Blaine said as he got into the bathroom to get ready for bed. "By the way, I'm taking a shower before sleeping, the hair gel's a bitch to get off completely would you rather take a shower first?"
"Nah, don't worry. I'll take one first thing tomorrow in the morning. I'd rather get some sleep. Thanks for asking though." Sam said as the sound of the shower began to sound from inside the bathroom. As he rummaged through his bag he noticed he brought no sleeping shirts with him. He didn't mind sleeping shirtless but deep inside he felt Blaine could get a bit uneasy with having his former crush sleeping shirtless on the same room as him. He began searching for the next best thing to get on before Blaine got out of the shower. How could he forget to bring a shirt with him? Besides he was going to stay at a guy's house, he had a girlfriend, why in the world would he want to expose his body to another guy who he knew was crushing on him? As he continued to look for something his cellphone vibrated, it was a text from Brittany.
Missing u. Blaine Warbler's pretty nice for letting you stay at his place so be nice with him! Don't tempt him, and if you do invite me over so we can have a 3-way. Sweet dreams.
-Britt
Brittany was really the girlfriend any person would want, she was pretty cool about him being friends with a guy who was crushing on him, that was the main reason as of why he never dreamt on leaving her, girls like her were pretty hard to find. Before he could reply back to her, he heard shower stop. He had little time to get something on him before Blaine came out and saw him; the least he wanted was to raise sexual tension between them on the first night at his place. Without anything close he just grabbed the sheets that Blaine gave him and covered himself just as Blaine came out of the bathroom.
"I thought you said you were going to take more time showering?" Sam asked as he covered himself with the sheets and saw Blaine, wearing his sleeping ware which consisted of a grey tank top and some navy blue pants, walking out of the bathroom, the steam from the hot water made it hard to see his face.
"I did take a long time, getting the gel out completely is a really tedious job." Blaine said as he dried his head with a towel.
Sam shrugged at him while still trying to cover himself up. "Well I guess we have different definitions for long." Blaine finished drying his head and as he took the towel off Sam saw his wild curly dark hair. He had never seen Blaine without his hair gel and even though both Brittany and Kurt told him how different he looked he never had the chance of seeing it himself. "Dude! You could have totally given Jacob Ben Israel a run for his money back when he had his afro!"
Blaine's face turned red, he felt a bit embarrassed about Sam seeing his real hair. "It's normally not this crazy looking, it's getting pretty long, I've been thinking of cutting it really short just to get rid of all of the maintenance and to save off on all of the money I invest on hair gel."
"Don't, its pretty cool actually. No need to feel ashamed about it, you look pretty amazing like that." Sam said as Blaine's face, while still red, was now red due to the compliment. "Besides, if I can live without getting a mouth reduction, you can don't need to cut your hair. It's who you are."
"Your lips aren't bad at all. I bet you're an amazing kisser…" Blaine then froze. Why did he say that? He was pretty nervous about having Sam stay at his place without making anything that might seem like if he was trying to hit on him. He saw Sam looking a bit startled himself. "… or at least that's what Brittany told me. Its not as if I knew or cared really." He replied back while giving a nervous laugh.
Sam got caught off guard by the comment but he knew it was just a honest compliment, its not as if he was trying to hit on him, they were just best friends. That's what best friends do; they compliment each other, right?
"By the way, are you planning on sleeping shirtless? If you're getting hot I could get the air conditioner on." Blaine said as Sam was the one with the red face now.
"Oh not really, it just that… well its really embarrassing. I forgot to pack on a shirt to use while sleeping." Sam said while trying to avoid eye contact with Blaine.
"You should have told me, I'll lend you something if you need a shirt. I don't know if they will fit but something's something, right?" Sam just smiled as Blaine gave him a black tank top. "Try it on and tell me if it fits, if not I think I have some of those shirts that never fitted me because I bought them a size bigger."
Even though the bottom of the shirt didn't cover the lowest part of his abs and belly button Sam just pulled his Superman boxers a bit upwards to dissimulate. "It fits perfectly, thanks again man!"
"No problem, well I'll get to sleep myself, sorry for keeping you up." Blaine said as he turned off the lights.
"Don't worry, sleep tight." Sam knew how hard it was for Blaine to keep thing cool now that they were sharing the same house but he knew he needed to try and make things easy for both of them. Besides they were best friends, right?
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A/N: So here it is, following the Spice Girls tribute I bring to you another themed fanfic, now with the Goddess of Pop, Cher. For those of you who read "Viva Forever!" I hope you enjoy this as much as you did in case you liked it, and for all the Kyder/Ritty fans who read it please don't kill me but on this story I'll focus on the Blam/Slaine relationship, I love Kitty and Ryder as a couple but I wanted to keep things fresh and different, plus I love the idea of those two together as well. I hope you understand! If you're a new reader feel free to check out "Viva Forever!" just to gain a better understanding at some stuff going on in this story. I really hope all of you liked the beginning and continue to enjoy this story as it progresses.
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