Author: Darkalli85

Title: Untitled for now. Open for suggestions.

Disclaimer: I don't own Glee, if I did then Blaine and Kurt wouldn't have broken up in season four. I don't own anything else apart from the story line and original characters.

Warnings: Mild swearing. A/U

Pairings: Kurt/Blaine, David/OC, Rachel/Finn, Nick/Jeff, Wes/OC

Author's Note: I'm hoping to post this story on a regular basis. I'm open to any suggestions for a title; all the ones I've thought of have been kind of lame. With this story the only difference are that Kurt never met Blaine and he didn't just apply to NYADA. I didn't like how Miss Pillsbury only suggested one college choice for Kurt and Rachel, I also didn't like how Kurt did an awesome job with his audition to NYADA but didn't get in, when Rachel screwed hers up and practically had to beg for a second chance only to get in. So I decided to have Kurt apply to other schools with NYADA as a second choice. Plus I really wanted Finn to go to New York with them.

Chapter One: College Choices

"Are you guys ready?" asked Rachel as she entered the room to add her letter to the two already on the stool.

"I kind of want to wait." Finn said with a bit of fear tinging his voice.

"For how long?" Kurt asked him.

"Forever. I'm- Just a couple more seconds. But this is the last moment before we know. After we open those envelopes, it's-it's gonna change our entire lives no matter what's in it either way." Finn explained as he looked at the other two.

"I just kind of want another minute with you guys here like this."

Kurt wasn't really worried about the outcome of his letter, he had applied for more than one college but trying to get Rachel to talk about anything other than NYADA was hopeless. So as Kurt stood with Rachel and Finn looking at the three envelopes sitting on the stool he thought back to the start of the year when he first decided to change things up.

Flashback

Kurt couldn't understand why Rachel was so set on getting into the one school. NYADA was very picky with whom they let in and they only accepted about twenty admissions a year. Putting your hopes into the one college didn't seem like such a smart move to him, which is why after leaving Miss Pillsbury's office with Rachel, Kurt feigned his forgotten mobile and went back to the Guidance Counsellor's office.

"Kurt! What are you doing back here?"

"I was wondering if you had admission forms for NYU and Parsons."

"I don't have admission forms but I do have information packets for them. Parsons and NYU applications are primarily done online so you'll need to go to their websites." Miss Pillsbury replied as she got up from her desk to retrieve the information packets.

"Out of curiosity, why do you want these other schools?" Miss Pillsbury asked as she looked in her filing cabinet.

"I don't want to put all of my hopes into one school; I'm only applying to NYADA because its less hassle to agree with Rachel than it is to argue."

"So, does that mean that NYADA will be your second choice?"

"Yes, if I get in then that's great but if I get into Parsons or NYU I'll pick one of them before NYADA." Kurt explained as he watched Miss Pillsbury pull an information pack out of her filing cabinet.

"It's good that you are expanding your choices Kurt."

Kurt took the packet from Miss Pillsbury then thanked her before putting it in his bag so Rachel wouldn't see it; he really didn't want to have an argument with her about his choice. She was so dead set on becoming a Broadway star that anything Kurt told her wouldn't register. He just hoped that putting all her efforts and hopes into one school wouldn't come back to bite her in the arse.

Don't get him wrong, Kurt loved Broadway and he would love even more to be on Broadway but he loved his fashion more. Ever since he started helping Tina with the costumes for their performances in his sophomore year, Kurt has branched out more. He even designed and made his own suit for Junior Prom. He also watched quite a lot of Project Runway so Parsons the New School for Design was by far his first choice.

Thankfully he could afford to attend any of the three schools. His college fund was rather large after having so many people add to it over the years. His mother's parents had started the fund the day he was born, money would be put into the account bi-month and Kurt would add a percentage of his birthday and Christmas money from family members. He even added half of his pay that he got from working at his dads garage. That made nineteen years' worth (plus interest) a lot of money.

He intended to live in on-campus housing, it would be cheaper and easier and a great way to meet new people. New York people were a lot more open minded than those that resided in Lima, Ohio.

Kurt had fallen in love with the city when The New Directions had gone there the year previous for their Nationals. Granted they lost but the experience was exhilarating none the less. Kurt wasn't too sure on what Finn's college plans are, he's not even sure if Finn knows, but it would be nice to have the big lug there as well. It all depended on how his relationship with Rachel went; those two were off and on so often they were like a light switch.

In some ways Kurt was glad that he never had a high school boyfriend, he wasn't sure he would be able to handle all the drama that comes with it. Not to mention with the bigoted homophobes at McKinley, and Ohio in general, he never really found anyone else who was openly gay. Other than Santana of course but he was the only one, beside Brittany, that she had freely admitted it to.

Closet Case Karofsky wasn't exactly a good candidate either, even if he had stopped bullying Kurt. That had only come about because of Santana, she had convinced the football player to be her beard and help out with an anti-bullying club at the school. Of course that didn't stop the students at McKinley from adding his name as a write-in vote for Prom Queen. He took it all in stride though, yeah it was humiliating but it was still an honour, even if the rest of the school didn't think of it in that regard. When Karofsky was voted Prom King he freaked out and left, Kurt ended up sharing the dance with Santana instead. The two had become somewhat tentative friends after that, they spent quite a bit of their summer holiday hanging out and shopping.

His friendship with Mercedes had started to fizzle out by the end of their junior year; Kurt had started hanging out with Rachel. He's still not quite sure how that came about. But the pair had started to get closer and Kurt spent more time at her house, which enabled him to form a pretty strong bond with her fathers. They were both Broadway obsessed, just like their daughter, but they could help him in a way that his father couldn't and Burt was glad for them.

Santana and Brittany were added into the mix as well. Santana's bitchy one liners were a force to be reckoned with when they were aimed at you but Kurt gave back just as good as he got which amused Santana more often than not. All in all his summer after junior year was a rather interesting one and Kurt was entertained continuously throughout it.

End Flashback

The letters continued to sit ominously on the stool as if they were mocking the trio, just from the looks Kurt could see on their faces neither wanted to open their respective letter. Luckily he had talked Finn into applying for more than one college too; it would be great if he got into The Actor's Studio at Pace University like he wanted but it was always better to have a backup plan just in case. Rachel found that out the hard way when she choked on her audition in front of Carmen Tibideaux.

When Kurt applied at NYU he got Finn to do the same, Steinhardt at NYU offered a really good musical theatre program and Kurt believed that Finn would do just as good there as he would at Pace. Thankfully it didn't take much convincing when Kurt pointed out all the pros of attending NYU; Finn especially liked the gym at the Palladium hall. Rachel on the other hand was still adamant about NYADA even if she had to re-apply the next year.

Kurt still couldn't believe that the pair still planned on getting married after graduation, their parents weren't too happy about the situation either. Nothing could be done to deter them though considering Finn was nineteen and Rachel was eighteen, both legally adults so it was essentially their choice; even if most of their friends and family thought they were too young. It was still rather weird to think that by the time they start at university Kurt would have a sister-in-law.

"So who's first?" Kurt asked as he looked at his best friend and his brother.

"I'll go first. I got a good feeling about it." Finn replied before he reached forward and picked up the envelope from Pace University.

"Look. No matter what happens, we're all here for each other." Rachel interjected before Finn could open his letter.

"I didn't get in." Were the first words out of Finn's mouth once he read the letter, he had really wanted to get into Pace but he still had the NYU letter waiting for him at home. Hopefully that one wouldn't be so disappointing.

Kurt reached for his next and opened it up. "I didn't get in." He didn't realise how upset he'd be about the outcome of the letter till he read it. Even though he had also applied to Parsons and NYU he still would have liked to know if he was good enough to get into such a prestigious place as NYADA, guess not. At least he knew now and he could focus on the other two letters that were waiting at home along with Finn's

Next to open their letter was Rachel and Kurt really hoped she got in because he honestly didn't think that he would hear the end of it if she didn't. She reached for the letter and turned to face away from them before opening the envelope and unfolding the letter. Once read she turned around to face the boys.

"I got in."

Both Finn and Kurt smiled at her and congratulated her on getting in, but Rachel didn't look happy about the fact that Finn and Kurt wouldn't be going to New York with her so Kurt decided to tell her about the other applications that he and Finn had filled out.

"It's not over yet Rachel."

"What do you mean, I'm going to New York but you guys are both going to be stuck here." Rachel said in near hysterics.

"I know, I'll defer till next year. I'll help you guys work on your re-applications and we can all go next year."

"Rachel, you don't need to defer. Finn and I applied to other colleges." This was said in a loud tone to try and be heard over Rachel's hysteric rambling. Kurt was surprised that she even heard him when she turned to look at him with an incredulous look.

"What do you mean?"

"I didn't think it was such a smart idea to only apply to one school, don't get me wrong I love performing but I didn't want it to be my only option. I love fashion just as much if not more than performing so I applied to Parsons for a fashion design course as well as at NYU for the Design for stage and film course." Kurt replied.

"Kurt talked me into applying at NYU as well, Burt and Carole helped us with the applications and we went and explored the campus that weekend that you went to see your grandmother."

"How come neither of you told me that you were applying to other universities?" Rachel asked as she looked at the brothers incredulously.

"Finn didn't tell you because he really was set on going to Pace, that was always his first choice, but I told him it was smarter to have a backup just in case." Kurt explained as he sat on the stool that was previously occupied by their letters.

"I didn't tell you that I applied to Parsons and NYU because you were so dead set on us both going to NYADA that you wouldn't even listen when I suggested that you should look into a backup. Can you honestly tell me that you would have listened without argument if I told you at the start of the year that I was considering other colleges?"

"No. But I would have understood eventually."

"Then why are you complaining? The other letters are waiting for us at home, why don't you come over and we can open them?" Kurt asked as he got up to give her a hug.

"Okay. Let's go clean out our lockers then head out."

The three walked out of the room and ventured to their individual lockers to clean them out before leaving the school for the last time. It felt weird to be leaving, the music room at McKinley had become like a second home to many of the glee members, with most of them spending more time there than anywhere else.

Half an hour later found all three sitting in Kurt's Navigator headed to the Hudson-Hummel household. The car was filled with the soft sound of music coming from the stereo system, none wanted to talk. The anticipation of what would be contained in the letters waiting for the two brothers was even more palpable then what it was back at McKinley. Finn was anxious to know whether or not he was New York bound and Kurt was trying to keep his mind on the road. Rachel was in the back quietly looking out the window as they drove along the streets of Lima, but Kurt could tell just by looking at her in the rear view mirror that her excitement over getting into NYADA was just below the surface waiting to be released.

Once the driveway at the Hudson-Hummel residence came into view Rachel started jumping around in her seat with excitement. Kurt parked the car and gave Rachel a fond but exasperated look before climbing out of the SUV; he waited for the other two to exit before pressing the button to lock his car. As they walked to the front door they noticed both Burt and Carole's car indicating that both parents were home early from their respective jobs. They were both just as anxious about the letters as their sons were so it only stood to reason that they wanted to be there when they opened them.

"Dad, we're home." Kurt called out as he pulled his coat off and hung it on the rack by the door.

"We're in the dining room, kiddo." Came the reply as the three teens moved further into the house once all the coats had been hung.

Burt and Carole were both sitting at the table with the three envelopes sitting in the centre, waiting for their respective owner to open them.

"What was in the other letters?" Burt asked once they had all sat down at the table.

"Finn and I didn't get in."

"Oh sweetie, I'm sorry." Carole told her son as she took in the sad look on his face.

"It's alright mom, hopefully this next letter will have better news." Finn assured her.

"What about you Rachel? Did you get into NYADA?" Carole asked her sons fiancé.

"I got in, which doesn't really make sense because Kurt aced his audition and I choked at mine yet I got in and he didn't."

"That doesn't make any sense; its bullshit is what it is." Burt added.

"Dad!"

"Sorry, but it just doesn't seem fair Kurt."

"It's alright dad, you knew that NYADA was more of a second choice as opposed to the other ones. It hurts that they think that I wasn't good enough but what's done is done. I can't change their minds but I can move on and hopefully the results of my other letters will be better." Kurt assured his father as he reached for the two envelopes in the middle of the table.

"Right then, no time like the present I guess." Burt looked officially chastised after Kurt had finished his little speech.

"Okay, I'll go first." Finn said as he picked up his letter with shaking hands.

As he opened the envelope and pulled out the letter everyone else edged closer to him with anticipation. The results in this letter would determine whether or not Finn would be accompanying his fiancé to New York.

Before anyone could ask for the result of the letter, Finn broke out in a big smile and looked up at the other occupants of the room.

"I got in! I got in! They even gave me a partial scholarship." Cheers rang out as everyone got up to give the teen a hug.

"Oh sweetie, I'm so proud of you." Carole gushed as she hugged her son.

"This is fantastic; we'll be able to get an apartment together. We can get coffee at a nice little café, we-."

"Rachel, settle down. Kurt still needs to open his letters. Let's all sit back down and let Kurt open his." Burt suggested as he interrupted the verbal vomit coming out of Rachel's mouth.

Everyone nodded in agreement as they made their way back to their previous seats. Finn still had the big smile on his face as he sat waiting for Kurt's results. Kurt went for the NYU letter first, he was really hoping for the Parsons to be an acceptance but NYU wouldn't be such a bad second option.

Whilst Kurt read the letter his shoulders sagged with relief, at least that was one positive out of three so far. Better than a rejection.

"I got into NYU, with a partial scholarship as well." Kurt informed his family as a big smile formed on his face.

The congratulations were just as vociferous as they were for Finn when he had read his letter. Kurt was hugged by everyone before they all sat down to wait for the verdict on the letter from Parsons.

This time Kurt's heart was hammering in his chest, the contents of this letter are more important to him than the other two. Parsons had always been his first choice, ever since he started watching Project Runway. Just knowing that there was an entire school dedicated to the art he loved most in the city he wanted to live in, more than he had ever wanted anything before, was so exciting that Kurt found himself picturing his education there more than anywhere else.

As Kurt opened the envelope and pulled out the letter the silence in the room was almost deafening, and as he unfolded the letter with slightly shaking hands it felt like he was going to pass out from sheer nerves alone.

The silence continued as Kurt just sat there staring at the letter, a look of shock on his face. Everyone started to assume the worst before three little words slipped out of Kurt's mouth, almost inaudible.

"I got in."

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A/N: Yay, it only took me three months to finally get this done. Oh the joys, I couldn't believe I had writers block on the first chapter. I was completely drawing a blank even though I have this entire story planned out. Oh well, it's done now and I'm hoping to have the next chapter up by Monday.

This isn't my first time writing a story on here but it is the first Glee one I've written, I was primarily writing Harry Potter and Anime stories under another name but I've kinda lost interest in those stories at the moment so I thought I'd try my hand at this. I'm fairly new to the whole Glee scene; I've only been watching it since March this year. Crazy, right?

I had watched the pilot when it aired in May of '09 but with work I wasn't able to keep up with it so I forgot all about it. Then this year both my son and I came down with the flu and we were both to sick and grumpy to do anything, so I bought the first five episodes on iTunes and sat him in front of the telly to watch it. He loves music and dancing so I thought it might keep him entertained. And low and behold it did, so as soon as I could move, without wanting to cough up a lung, I went out and bought the first three seasons on DVD and never looked back.

Reviews would be great and if anyone can come up with a descent title then PM me and I'll choose the best one. Ta muchly.