Disclaimer: Don't own Glee or any songs, I've just played around with the series 2 canon a little. I have used some of Mr Schue's dialogue at the start.

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Never Been Kissed

"I have in my hand our competition for Sectionals," everyone in New Directions stopped talking as Mr Schue strode into the room, "Drumroll please, Finn… The Crescendo Chorus of Westerville Central High and the Hipsters, a first-year club from the Warren Township continuing education program. Now, they are a Glee club composed entirely of elderly people getting their high school GEDs," The room broke out into conversation as Mr Schue let them react to the news, "Moving on. Since it seemed to get you guys jazzed about Sectionals last year I want to make this week our second annual Girls vs. Boys tournament. But! To change things up a little I want the boys to sing songs traditionally done by female artists and vice versa. Split up into your teams and we'll perform on Friday in the Auditorium."

Kurt turned to Mercedes, "May the best team win."

"Bring it, white boy!" they shook hands before splitting up.

"Kurt, we're going to need your advice on this one," Finn commented. Kurt opened his mouth but Finn cut him off, "Within reason. We're not dressing up as Lady Gaga again."

"I would never suggest we wear the same outfit twice!"

"Why have I not heard this story yet?" Sam asked.

"Dude, if we told you every crazy thing that happened last year, we'd be here for hours," said Puck, grinning. Sam looked disappointed so Kurt explained.

"The girls and I performed a Gaga number while everyone else did KISS – our theatricality assignment. However, I was having trouble with the Neanderthal jocks bullying me. So as an apology for – well, that's not important – Finn wore a shower curtain and the whole Glee Club in full costume got the jocks to back off," Sam nodded, understanding, "It was effective too – most of the jocks don't really bother us anymore."

Friday arrived and the Glee Club assembled in the Auditorium. The boys had decided on a mash up of Stop! In The Name Of Love and Free Your Mind as an apology to Coach Beiste. The girls performed first, Rachel and Tina performed their mash up with the other girls harmonising alongside them. When they had finished the boys stepped forward and congratulated them. Then they went to take their places on stage. As Kurt headed up the steps to the stage he saw an unfamiliar boy sitting in the back of the auditorium. He looked slightly nervous but was smiling slightly as he watched the New Directions interact. Kurt made a note to check that out later – no point embarrassing someone and making a big scene, even if they were a spy. They weren't planning on doing these numbers at Sectionals, anyway.

Their performance went well, when they finished they jumped off the stage and hugged Coach Beiste. Kurt hung back seeing as he hadn't been directly involved and looked over to the boy again. He had gelled down dark hair and was wearing a grey shirt and a bright blue bowtie. If he was here to spy, he wasn't being very inconspicuous! Kurt also noticed that the boy seemed slightly upset by something. He caught Mercedes and Tina as the Glee Club headed out via the backstage exit and gestured to them to follow him.

"I think he's a spy but I don't want to make a big scene. He seems a bit upset, if I'm honest," Kurt briefed the girls.

The trio approached the boy. He saw them coming and leapt up, panicked. Kurt called out to him.

"Hey, you're not in trouble. We're just curious. I haven't seen you around McKinley before."

"Umm… I'm a new student," he offered.

"You're a rubbish liar," Mercedes said, smirking. The boy slumped his shoulders. Kurt took pity on him (he was rather cute, after all) and held his hand out.

"I'm Kurt, this is Mercedes and Tina."

"I'm Blaine. I go to Westerville Central," he shook Kurt's hand, blushing slightly, "I'm sorry, I don't even know why I came. I didn't actually want to spy on you –" he was beginning to ramble.

"Do you want to go and get coffee? You can explain everything properly."

The New Directions members changed out of their performance outfits and then the four of them walked down the street to the Lima Bean in silence. They ordered their drinks, Kurt brushing off Blaine's offer of payment, and sat down.

"So what did you think of the performances?" Tina asked. Blaine looked at her nervously, "Forgetting for the moment that we're competition, we won't use any of your feedback if it makes you feel uncomfortable."

"Okay, well, I really enjoyed them! It was great that everyone got to sing…" Blaine trailed off.

"We used to have a problem with spotlight-hoggers last year but Mr Schue has now realised how much talent we have," Kurt said, grinning.

"I mean, we still fight for solos," Mercedes interjected, "But it's a healthy competition."

"You all seem really close."

"When the rest of the school sees you as the lowest of the low, you kind of band together," Kurt quipped, "So why did you come to McKinley?"

"Um, no one was really paying attention to me in Glee yesterday. Someone made a casual comment about spying on you guys and I guess I just… snapped," he looked down, embarrassed, "I don't have any close friends at school anymore. I get along with people in classes and Glee but there's no one who I talk to outside of school."

Mercedes' phone buzzed and she flipped it open, "Tina, my dad says if we want a lift to the cinema we have to go now…"

"Okay, see you later Kurt. Nice to meet you, Blaine," the two girls got up and left, waving goodbye. Blaine looked at Kurt quizzically.

"Aren't you going too?"

"No, I have family dinner on Fridays. It's kind of a tradition."

"I see," they sipped their coffees in silence for a while then Blaine said hesitantly, "You said that Glee club isn't highly regarded at McKinley. Do you get bullied?"

"Not any more. There's still the occasional slushie facial," Kurt grimaced, "There's a few football players and cheerleaders in Glee and they keep the others in line. We all stood up to them last year," Kurt paused briefly. When he saw that Blaine wasn't going to open up, he prompted, "Why do you ask?"

"At my school, Glee club is somewhere in the middle of the social hierarchy. But I'm at the bottom. I'm the… only one out at my school and after– " Blaine cut himself off, not wanting to reveal too much, Kurt guessed. He couldn't stop a smile flickering across his lips when Blaine said he was gay too but he quickly suppressed it. He doesn't need someone flirting with him if he's having trouble!

"I know what you mean – about being the only out kid in school," Blaine's eyes lit up briefly at that, "The bullying we got because of being in Glee last year? It was mainly targeted at me. My friends stood up for me. It took a little while but we got there. However, there was an issue a few weeks ago. One particular jock, Karofsky, decided to, well, make my life a living hell. Locker checks, slushies thrown at me daily, verbal abuse… Small things in themselves, perhaps, but utterly relentless," Kurt saw a flicker of recognition in Blaine's eyes, "Luckily, my friends noticed and took it upon themselves to walk me to lessons, to make sure he couldn't hurt me. One afternoon, on my way to Glee, no one was around. Karofsky shoved me and I snapped. I rushed after him, into the locker room, and started yelling at him. He, well, he kissed me, my first kiss with a guy," Blaine's eyes widened in shock, "Luckily Finn and Puck came to look for me and caught him. He's been suspended until Christmas. I don't know if they can exclude him with that evidence but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it," Kurt took a sip of coffee and smiled wryly.

"Just… you're amazing," Blaine clapped a hand over his mouth as Kurt blushed, "Sorry…"

"Don't be."

"How did you deal with all that, though? You're so… confident, still."

"I have great friends. And I know that someday I'll get out of here and leave these narrow minded people behind," they both smiled and sat quietly for a while. Then Blaine took a deep breath and broke the silence.

"I was held back. I repeated my Freshman year last year," Kurt stayed quiet, a listening ear, "I came out when I started high school. My closest friend, Daniel, was gay too and came out around the same time. At Easter there was a Sadie Hawkins dance and we decided to go together. We weren't dating – we just wanted to participate in a high school ritual, you know? After the dance, we were waiting to be picked up and these jocks attacked us," Kurt gasped, "We were both in hospital for weeks. Between that and therapy, I flunked my finals and was held back. There was enough CCTV footage and witnesses to send the attackers to juvie. Daniel's mom got a transfer to the San Francisco branch of her company and his dad is a freelance writer so they moved away. I've barely heard from him since. I think he wants to forget his past. I don't blame him," Kurt covered Blaine's hand on the table top with his own, "My parents figured that since the attackers were locked up, I'd be safe to return to school," he scoffed, "But no one wants to hang around the gay kid who got beat up and the rest of the school is just as homophobic as those jocks!" Blaine spat out the last words venomously before closing his eyes briefly and breathing deeply, "Sorry, it just still hurts."

"I'm not surprised! I don't know what to say…"

"Thanks for listening."

"No problem."

"And thanks for the coffee, I should start to head home," he started to put his coat on. Kurt got his phone out.

"Give me your phone, we should exchange numbers."

"Really?"

"Yes, really. So long as you promise not to use it for spying," Kurt said with a sly smile as they swapped phones.

"Of course not," they walked out of the coffee shop. Kurt gave a small wave goodbye and turned to head to his car. Blaine called after him and he turned back, "Kurt, why do you want to stay in touch?"

"Because you seem nice. You have reasonable fashion sense. You're the only sane gay guy I've met," Blaine smiled slightly at that, "And now you've got a friend outside of school," Kurt reached out and straightened his bowtie before walking to his car. Blaine stood watching with a huge smile on his face.

Not alone any more.