Warning(s): Sex, drugs, alcohol, pyromania, slut-shaming, homophobia, bullying, rape/sexual abuse and suicide are all involved/mentioned in the PLAY and might be touched on in the fic later on, but I'll let you know when.

A/N: Hey, guys! I suddenly got this newfound inspiration to start this fic up again, since I haven't updated in almost a year now. So, I'm going to be editing the chapters I already have up here, but nothing is really going to change if you've already read it before except maybe the time frame. It is the end of 2014 and everything that has happened in Season Five is basically the same, except Kurt and Blaine have broken off their engagement, Funny Girl has closed on Broadway, and Rachel never got that reality TV show centered around with that, I am obliged to say that I do not own Dog Sees God or Glee or any of that. All credits go to Bert V. Royal and Ryan Murphy. Happy Reading!

Kurt didn't expect to fall in love with the play.

But, then again, he didn't expect to be dragged out of bed on a Sunday morning to go script hunting with Rachel. He didn't know he was going to find a worn little script with an ugly red cover in a stack of classic Shakespeare plays with a weird title that just begged you to open it up and see what it was about. Kurt didn't exactly anticipate buying a script for a show about the Peanuts characters as teenagers that day. And he most certainly didn't expect to go home and cry over it once he was done reading it.

Though, he did expect the obsession that came after it. When Kurt loved something, he loved it. He spent a hours watching videos of other people performing scenes from it, seeing how they decided to portray certain parts, and to give himself an image in his head before he read it again… and again.

He read it until he had practically memorized it, trying to analyze every bit of subtext. It was what great actors did, wasn't it? They spent their careers figuring out everything they could about their characters, and even though Kurt wasn't even in the play, there was one character he wanted to play above all others: Beethoven. Originally named Schroder in the Peanuts comics and movies, Beethoven was the bullied gay kid, which Kurt could definitely connect with.

The play actually helped him whenever he was assigned to do an in-depth analysis on a play. It was easier for him to pick up on things in the text because of what he had done with Dog Sees God than some of the other students in his classes at NYADA.

But it was only a phase. After a while, he forgot all about the play and went on with his life, finding interest in other things and getting new experiences. It wasn't until Rachel came bursting through the door of their apartment one afternoon with "exciting news" and a flyer for an upcoming audition for the show at a nearby theater when he remembered how much he wanted to be in it.

And that's what landed the duo in the small theater that cold evening in November, with a surprisingly large amount of people. Kurt didn't really expect this many people to show up. It wasn't a particularly popular show, but then again, it didn't matter if these people were fans. It was a job. It was something to fill their free time. It put food on the table for some of these people, and he totally understood. He was just doing it for fun, because he already had a job to put food on the table, and college to make it a little harder for his parents to put food on their table.

Kurt had dragged Rachel along with him to the audition, knowing how she hadn't really been doing anything after the revival of Funny Girl had closed after only eight months of performances and her reality TV show fell through. She even tried re-auditioning for NYADA, but didn't get in, so she didn't have anything to do but mope around their apartment all day. He thought it might give her a confidence boost and get her to actually do stuff so she could pay her part of the rent. But now that they were here, he was regretting it.

As soon as he and Rachel got out of the line to give the stage manager their headshots and resumes and received the sides to read over, they moved to a side of the lobby that was empty, feeling a bit claustrophobic from being swallowed be a mob of actors as soon as they walked through the door.

Kurt leaned against the wall with a sigh, taking advantage of the rare silence from his roommate to finally drink his coffee without the fear of someone knocking into him and spilling it all over his outfit. But as soon as he got a little taste of the non-fat mocha, Rachel started talking his ears off about things that she wouldn't have dared to say with the stage manager twenty feet away. He tried to block her out as he nursed his coffee, glancing at the sides he got.

"There aren't any parts in this show that can showcase my talents properly!" Rachel complained, throwing her hands up in the air in exasperation. "I mean, the parts for women aren't very big! And even though I would obviously be perfect for all of them, it's kind of disappointing, don't you think?" she asked, looking at Kurt who was looking into space, sipping at the remnants of his drink. "Are you even listening?" she asked, putting a hand on her hip, a clear sign that she was irritated. Kurt blinked, looking up at her with a dumbstruck expression on his face. "You weren't listening!" she exclaimed, throwing her hands up again. Kurt resisted the urge to roll his eyes at her dramatics for what was probably the millionth time throughout the course of their friendship.

"Sorry, Rach. I'm just… tired." he lied, offering her a shrug as he went to go throw his coffee cup away. Rachel followed behind him, glancing at her own sides.

"Would you mind reading through some of these with me?" she asked, throwing he own cup away, her attitude changing drastically as she gave him a sweet smile. Kurt let himself roll his eyes this time, taking her papers to see what scenes they were.

"Sure," he agreed, walking with her back to their spot in the corner of the lobby that seemed to be getting smaller and smaller as more people came in for the auditions. He tore his eyes from everyone, feeling nervousness build up inside of him, and looked back at Rachel, taking a side from her.

They spent a good amount of their time running lines with each other; Kurt trying more or less to ignore the fact about how muchcompetition there was, and how he probably didn't even have a chance of getting the part he wanted. He didn't have a large resume, or a lot of experience, and he caught glances of guys that were probably raised in show business and looked the part of Beethoven better.

Sure, he could pull off the whole 'gay' look, but maybe that wasn't what the director was looking for. He had no idea. But he decided not to dwell on it as he practiced with Rachel. After a while, they even attracted the attention of some other actors, and they all recited their lines together.

In his mind, Kurt was casting everyone around him. In the little group he had joined, there were a couple of people that he would have cast on the spot. There was the modern day Shaggy from Scooby Doo, who would be Van or Linus, the pothead. Then there was a girl wearing only items from Forever 21 with big, thick-rimmed glasses named Bonnie who seemed terribly outspoken by this girl she hung around with that boasted about how great she was the whole time. He never caught that girl's name, but she reminded him of Rachel, though he would never admit it out loud.

Kurt was having a pretty good time talking to them about the play, almost forgetting about all of the guys auditioning for the same part as him. That is, until someone he thought he had gotten rid of a long time ago strode through the door.

Sebastian Smythe.

A/N: Reviews would be lovely! I missed reading them every time I published this!