A/N: So, this is my first story and I would really like some feedback to know if people like it. Also, feel free to critique as well. I would love to hear from my readers so thank you in advance! Enjoy!

disclaimer: I do not own Glee or any of its characters

Kurt Hummel was a very bright student. He worked hard in class, he studied long hours, and he never missed a day of school. On top of that, every subject came pretty easy for him. After studying for a couple hours he knew everything he needed to know. Then, he would just study some more for the fun of it. Kurt wasn't a total nerd. He just liked knowing a long list of facts in a vast range of subjects. In glee club, he was constantly spitting out random facts about stuff that no one cared about. He was the one who always knew the answer no one cared to know.

It was 3:45 and school was over, so the glee kids were chatting amongst themselves waiting for Mr. Shue to arrive to the choir room. Kurt was busy giving his daily dose of random facts. Todays topic: "The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is." Kurt had said it randomly to a group of the glee clubbers but Finn was taking personal offense.

"Hey! I told you to stop making dumb jokes! It is not nice!" Finn said while Rachel stroked his arm to try and calm him.

"I wasn't talking to you, Finn!" Kurt yelled back. "It was just an interesting fact. The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than mine, too."

"You are darn right it was!" Finn stated folding his arms across his chest and turning around to put his back to Kurt. Kurt sighed. His step-brother was very sensitive when it came to his stupidity level. It's not that Finn was stupid...he was just...gullible? That might be the right word.

Kurt turned back to the group that had gathered around the yelling and continued to fill them in on more facts containing comparisons between Neanderthal's and them. Brittany was enthralled, but then again, she was interested in pretty much anything...

Mr. Shue walked in talking to a boy Kurt had never seen before. He was a little shorter than average, had hazel eyes, and dark curly hair that flowed to the middle of his ears. His dress sense was impeccable. He had on bright red skinny jeans, a blue and red horizontally striped sweater, a red bowtie, and comfy looking blue shoes. Kurt stared at this perfect boy in front of him and wondered what on earth he was doing there.

"Alright class!" Mr. Shue said, pulling Kurt's thoughts away from the boy. "This is Blaine Anderson. He just moved here from Indiana and will be auditioning for glee club today!"

The glee club cheered at having a new member, bringing their count to 14 total members. "But first, I would like to assign Blaine a mentor to show him around school and be a friendly face at this school. To, you know, make him feel welcome." Mr. Shue said as Blaine put his bag on the floor by the piano to get ready to sing.

"Well," Rachel said standing up, "I would be happy to fill that positon Mr. Shue."

Without thinking, Kurt stood up. Suddenly the whole glee club, Mr. Shue, and Blaine were staring at him. "Uh, n-n-no. Rachel, I will do it." Everyone exchanged worried glances.

"Kurt..." Rachel said slowly... almost cautioningly. Then it clicked. Everyone is probably thinking of Cameron. "I can be his mentor Kurt." Rachel repeated, pleading him not to go down this road again.

"Nonsense." Kurt said, turning from Rachel to Blaine. "It would be my pleasure." The room fell silent but all Kurt was focusing on was Blaine, smiling at him.

"Well alright then." Mr. Shue said as Rachel and Kurt took their seats. "Kurt, after glee you can take Blaine on a small tour. Kurt nodded and looked to Blaine to see him smiling again in his direction. Kurt gave a small smile back and swore to himself it wouldn't be another Cameron incident.

After Blaine sang a beautiful slow, acapela version of "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry that ruled him an immediate member of the New Directions, Mr. Shue said he and Kurt could skip out on the rest of glee practice and tour the school instead. As Kurt got up to leave, he glanced behind him at the glee club. Everyone gave him eyes that seemed to say "be careful" and "dont be stupid". Blaine followed Kurt out into the hallway before finally saying, "Thanks for doing this."

Kurt turned around and smiled. "No problem."

Kurt showed Blaine where the gym, bathrooms, office, cafeteria, and library were. Then Blaine gave him his schedule and Kurt showed him, in order, how to get to his classes, ending by giving advice on when he should go to his locker in between and which hallways to avoid.

Kurt then brought them back to the library and sat down at his usual table in the back corner. The librarian smiled at Kurt entering and followed behind him.

"I'm so sorry, Kurt. I would have saved another one if I knew you had company." She set down an ice cold cup of water, causing the persperation on the outside of the cup to drip all over the table.

"That's okay, Pam." Kurt replied smoothly. "This is Blaine. I was just showing him around. He is new."

Blaine held out a hand and Pam shook it.

"Nice to meet you, Blaine. I'll make sure to get you a cup next time." She smiled sweetly and walked back to her desk to help a waiting kid check out a book.

Kurt took a sip from his glass and grabbed the magazine on the table.

"What was that?" Blaine asked looking startled.

"That's Pam. She was my only friend Freshman year. I spent all my time in here and still do." Kurt took another sip from his tall glass and the ice inside clanked, causing a few people on the school computers to turn and look at what was causing the noise.

"What about the glee club? They seem to be your friends." Blaine said, putting his bag on the adjacent chair.

"I didn't join the New Directions until my sophomore year. None of us did. That was when it was brought back. It changed my whole life." Kurt set down his magazine and turned to Blaine. "Pam noticed I spent all my time in here, from when it opened at 7am til it closed at 5pm and she began setting out the new issues of my favorite magazines and leaving books on my table that she thought I'd like. Then halfway through my Freshman year, she sat down with this same tall glass of ice water she stole from a staff meeting and asked me to tell her...basically my life story. When she found out I was friendless, she assured me that she would always be my friend and so ever since then, it has become a thing..."

Blaine sat there shocked. Finally he said, "Wow. I wish I had someone like her at my old school."

Kurt cocked his head. "You were friendless?" Kurt couldn't imagine having a new student that had a similar life story.

"Pretty much. My sophomore year, I got a friend...kinda...Karla. She and I hung out all the time. We went to movies, the mall, had lunch... one day she asked me if we could make us official. I had no idea what she meant and when I found out she liked me and thought we were dating this whole time I freaked. I told her I thought we were just friends and she bad mouthed me to our whole grade. Then instead of everyone just ignoring me, they were glaring and giving me looks. Apparently she told everyone I tried to rape her. I was a complete outcast after that. And all because I turned her down."

Kurt was impressed. He literally just came out and said everything at once. Kurt knew most people are too embarrassed to talk about their past. He was glad Blaine wasn't one of them.

"Why did you turn her down?" Kurt was curious if they had more in common than he thought.

"W-What?" Blaine started, buying himself a little time to think while Kurt explained himself further.

"Why didn't you like her like that? It seems like you two were close. Did you not like spending time with her?"

"No I-I-I did. It's just that she wasn't my type." Blaine finally spit out.

Kurt thought about that for a second before asking, "Then what is your type?" Kurt hadn't meant to ask it, but he was just hoping that Blaine's response would be "guys". But he knew better than to expect that.

"What's yours?" Blaine said instead.

Kurt was surprised. He had never been asked that question. After thinking about it for a minute, Kurt said, "Brunettes. I like brunettes. And...hazel eyes." He met Blaine's own beautiful hazel eyes for a moment before looking away.

Blaine seemed to consider this. Kurt was scared he would make the connection but was relieved when Blaine said, "I like brunettes, too. But I prefer blue eyes."

Kurt knew that Blaine wasn't talking about him, but his answer made him blush and look down, anyway. From across the room Pam was eyeing them. Knowing Kurt's whole story, she knew he was gay, lonely, and had never had a boyfriend. She was like his mother in some ways and she wanted to make sure that he was happy and so far, Blaine seemed to be doing just that.

Kurt looked at his watch. "It's getting late...the library will be closing in half an hour. You ready to go?" Blaine nodded while Kurt tipped his head back to drink the last gulp of water in his cup. Blaine stared at Kurt's Adam's Apple as he swallowed the water with impressive speed. When Kurt began to tilt his head forward again, Blaine looked down to avoid Kurt's eyes.

Kurt got up and Blaine followed as Kurt gave his cup back to Pam and giving her a quick squeeze. Kurt grabbed Blaine's arm and gestured for him to follow. Kurt let go of his arm reluctantly and internally scolded himself. This was not going to be another Cameron incident. He was going to keep his feelings in check and just think of him and Blaine as FRIENDS.

When they got to the parking lot, Blaine thanked Kurt once again before climbing into his car and driving away. As Blaine's car got smaller as he got further into the distance, Kurt thought about how much he wanted to keep talking to him, get to know him. And Kurt knew he was going to have to be okay with just being his friend.