The Life and Times of Kurt Hummel

Season 1, Episode 1: NEW BOYS IN TOWN

1/22- It's a new year at McKinley, and Kurt Hummel is determined to have the best year ever, and things are looking up when two handsome new guys, Blaine and Adam, start at the school. Can he convince them to join Glee?

The sound of the alarm clock was too much for Kurt Hummel to take. It was a Monday in September. Early September. And that could only mean one thing.

It was time to go back to school.

Yes, it was his penultimate year that was about to start, and he was determined to have the best year ever, but Kurt still found it difficult to go back to McKinley high after each holiday after having so much fun when not in school. McKinley was great and all, but Kurt simply couldn't wait to really start living his life. He switched off his alarm and began his long moisturising routine before putting on his pre-selected outfit and heading downstairs, where his father, Burt, had already cooked a fried breakfast.

"You are my hero." Kurt whispered, the tiredness still present in his voice.

"Well, you need your strength now you're back at school. Big things are gonna happen, kiddo, and you know it." Burt replied as he sat down on the table opposite Kurt.

"I hope so." Kurt said, and was then joined by his stepmother Carole and his stepbrother Finn, who joined them at the table. Finn let out a big yawn and started shovelling toast in his mouth, not even looking at everyone else around him.

"How do you even have the energy to eat so quickly?" Kurt asked him.

The toast in his mouth made Finn's reply unclear, and Kurt pretended he heard what Finn as said because he didn't want to waste time asking again.

Uh, Mondays.

-THE LIFE AND TIMES OF KURT HUMMEL-

The first bell of the new school year rang and everyone made their way into the school and their first assembly of the year. Kurt sat down and looked around him, trying to notice where his friends were. His only friends were really the people he knew in his Glee club, where he could just sing and dance and forget about his troubles. Although, lately, he was hoping to find something more.

"Hey, white boy! Ready for the new year?" A bubbly girl asked and sat down next to him. It was Mercedes, Kurt's best friend.

"No, I'd rather be asleep." Kurt replied.

"Snap." Mercedes said and sighed, sinking into her uncomfortable plastic chair. Kurt's attention turned to Finn entering the assembly hall with a smaller girl in tow, Rachel Berry, the ridiculously and annoyingly talented lead vocalist in Glee. She was nice at times, but Kurt hated it when she went all-out diva. Kurt then noticed everyone else in Glee club sat all over the place; the pretty girls Quinn, Santana and Brittany, the boy in the wheelchair, Artie, staring at two other Asian members, Tina and Mike, who were holding hands and laughing, Puck, the jock, and then all the teachers. There was Will Schuester, the director of Glee club, Emma Pillsbury, the OCD advisor, Sue Sylvester, the evil coach of the Cheerios, and a larger woman who looked menacing. Kurt guessed she was the replacement football coach.

As always, Principal Figgins' speech was boring, and Kurt laughed when he noticed Mercedes had fallen asleep. He looked around again to see if he could find anyone interesting, and soon enough his eyes were fixated on someone. A boy. A damn good looking one, at that.

He had black hair which had been gelled, a black top with a red bow tie and red chinos. Kurt appreciated his style; he looked good. He was very handsome to. Needless to say, Kurt had taken an instant liking to him. His heart then stopped when he saw the boy had noticed him staring. Luckily, the boy simply smiled at Kurt. Kurt smiled back and the boy turned away to look at the guy next to him. Kurt noticed he was pretty attractive to. He was laughing with the black haired boy, had blonde hair and was also very stylish and well built. In fact, both of the boys were well built, and very good looking.

Kurt could stare at them all day, but the assembly eventually finished and everyone moved to their first class. It would have been uneventful is Kurt hadn't heard laughing coming from behind him and turned around to see the two attractive boys giggling. They both looked at Kurt and stopped dead.

"Don't let me ruin your fun…" Kurt whispered with a smile.

"Oh, you weren't." The blonde boy said in a strong English accent.

"You were the one in assembly that I saw, right?" The black haired boy asked. Kurt noticed how nice his eyes were when he looked into them.

"Yeah!" Kurt said a bit too loudly and got a funny look from the teacher.

"I'm Blaine," the black haired boy said, and pointed to the blonde boy, "And this is Adam."

"I'm his best friend, of course." Adam said.

"I'm Kurt." Kurt told them and shook their hands.

"Nice to meet you." Blaine said with a smile. He had a nice smile.

"So are you two new here?"

"Yeah, we're both new in town," Adam explained, "We both transferred here after…well, a bit of bullying. We couldn't leave our best friend behind."

"Why were you bullied, if you don't mind me asking?"

"Sexual orientation, mostly." Blaine revealed. Kurt's spirits lifted.

"What, are you two…?" Kurt began.

"NO!" Blaine said loudly.

"Well, I swing both ways, if you get what I mean." Adam said.

"But I'm straight." Blaine snapped.

Kurt was slightly disappointed at Blaine's admission.

"Then why were you bullied?" Kurt asked.

"Because…I, uh…I…I hung around with the bisexual. So they…picked on me…to. I guess." Blaine said, quite flustered.

"I take it you're gay? I'm sorry, but I just assumed…" Adam said to Kurt.

"Yeah, I am. It's pretty obvious. I came out last year. Out and proud!" Kurt said.

"That's really brave." Blaine whispered sadly. Kurt didn't know why he was upset about it, but Adam quickly spoke, stopping his thoughts.

"So, is the school good? Is there stuff to do?" Adam asked, and Kurt got a brilliant idea. He liked these two boys, and wanted to spend as much time with them as possible.

"Do you like singing?" Kurt asked them. They both nodded and Kurt's heart skipped a beat.

"Then join the Glee club! There are tons of great people you can meet, we compete in competitions and it's SO MUCH FUN!" Kurt exclaimed.

"I don't know…" Blaine said.

"Come on! You'll have me there to be your friend, and all you have to do is sing ONE SONG to audition. We've got a kid called Sam auditioning today, why don't you?" Kurt questioned.

Adam whispered in Blaine's ear and he nodded. Adam turned to face Kurt.

"Where do we sign?" Adam asked happily. Kurt smiled.

Kurt entered Glee that day with Adam and Blaine behind him. Everyone stared at the two boys and things became awkward. Kurt noticed Sam sitting with the group; he had clearly gotten in.

"Mr Schue, this is Adam and Blaine. They would like to audition for Glee." Kurt explained and everyone leant forward in their seats. Santana eyed them both up and down.

"Wanky." She said with a smirk.

"That's great, Kurt! Well, thanks for auditioning! Do you have anything prepared?"

"Not really, this was kind of thrust upon us." Adam explained, and Puck started silently mimicking his accent in the corner.

"Well, Sam here sang 'Billionaire' very well, so why don't we let that be your audition song to?" Will suggested. Adam turned to Blaine, who smiled.

"Sounds good to me." Blaine said.

"Do you need music?" Will asked.

"Not, it'll be fine. Blaine plays the guitar. He can use one of those. He plays piano to, if that helps." Adam said. Kurt died inside, and noticed Mercedes making the shape of a heart with her fingers. Kurt mouthed the words 'SHUT UP' to her. Blaine grabbed a guitar and sat on a stool. Adam joined him and prepared himself. Blaine began to play the tune to 'Billionaire'; he was really good. REALLY GOOD.

Kurt liked Blaine LOTS, but it was a shame he was straight. Still, Adam was VERY nice to, and he actually stood a chance with him. Blaine began to sing, and sounded like an angel.

"I wanna be a billionaire so frickin' bad
Buy all of the things I never had.
I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen…"

Kurt smiled as he noticed everyone being impressed by the performance, even Rachel. Kurt was happy that it appeared Blaine would be accepted. He hoped Adam would be to. He was happy again when Adam began to sing.

"Oh, every time I close my eyes
I see my name in shining lights
Yeah, a different city every night
Oh, I swear the world better prepare
For when I'm a billionaire…"

Everyone got involved and started tapping and miming along with the song. Even Sam seemed to enjoy the performance even though he had sung it earlier that day. Adam and Blaine sang the rest of the song together and harmonised really well.

"And yeah I'll be in a whole new tax bracket
We in recession, but let me take a crack at it.
I'll probably take whatever's left and just split it up
So everybody that I love can have a couple bucks

And not a single tummy around me would know what hungry was
Eating good, sleeping soundly
I know we all have a similar dream
Go in your pocket pull out your wallet, put it in the air and sing

I wanna be a billionaire so frickin' bad
Buy all of the things I never had
Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen

Oh, every time I close my eyes
I see my name in shining lights
A different city every night
Oh, I swear the world better prepare
For when I'm a billionaire
When I'm a billionaire

I wanna be a billionaire so frickin' bad."

The second the song ended, everyone cheered and Will shook the boys' hands.

"Welcome to the club!" Will exclaimed and everyone cheered once more, especially Kurt.

That night, Kurt sat on his bed with the biggest smile on his face; it had been a great start to the school year. He grinned even more as he looked at the two newest contacts on his phone, ADAM and BLAINE.

Yep, a REALLY good day. Kurt was so happy he barely even slept, but he didn't care. Not one bit.

Kurt spent the whole of the next few days with Adam and Blaine. They got to know each other very well and very fast. Everyone in Glee was happy Kurt had made new friends; he hadn't been in the happiest of places that recently as the bullying had started to get worse. It looked as though Kurt had finally found happiest again. He hadn't smiled so much in years.

Everyone gathered in the auditorium for Glee that day. After Adam and Blaine stopped gawping at the sight of it, Will sat them all down.

"Okay guys, I want preparations for Sectionals to start right away! New Directions are gonna go all the way this year, I can just feel it!" He said and everyone clapped and cheered. Kurt looked at Blaine, who looked at him and smiled. Kurt's heart skipped a beat. Adam smiled at Kurt to before high fiving Blaine.

Kurt was proud of the fact that he had made two close friends so quickly, and that they were going to settle into his life just fine.

"Let's kick things off with a song!" Will said and signaled for everyone to get on stage. They did so as Will hit the play button on a radio. 'This is the New Year' started to play, and Will pointed at Blaine with a smile, inviting him to start off the song. Blaine accepted the invitation.

"Another year you made a promise
Another chance to turn it all around
And do not save this for tomorrow
Embrace the past and you can live for now
And I will give the world to you."

Kurt took time away from loving the sound of Blaine's angelic voice to join in with him.

"Speak louder than the words before you
And give them meaning no one else has found."

Adam then joined the two of them in singing.

"The role we play is so important.
We are the voices of the underground."

Adam then had a solo line and directed it at Kurt with a smile.

"And I will give the world to you."

Kurt smiled. Brittany did a little dance solo before singing a line.

"Say everything you've always wanted."

Then Sam, beginning to be more confident, sang another line.

"Be not afraid of who you really are."

Blaine looked down at the sound of Sam's line, and Kurt wondered why. Adam tapped Blaine on the back and Blaine looked up and smiled slightly before continuing to enjoy the song.

Rachel and Finn took to centre stage and sang.

"'Cause in the end we have each other
And that's at least one thing worth living for.
And I would give the world to you."

Artie and Brittany sang together.

"A million suns that shine upon me
A million eyes you are the brightest blue.
Let's tear the walls down that divide us
And build a statue strong enough for two."

Puck then sang a solo line.

"And pass it back to you."

Santana and Tina started jokingly dancing as they sang.

"And I will wait for you."

Blaine and Sam, who seemed to be getting along well, sang together.

"'Cause I would give the world
And I would give the world…"

Then, the whole group sang together as they joined hands.

"And I would give the world to you."

Mercedes broke free of the others as they moved around her in a large circle as she sang her heart out.

"This is a New Year!"

Everyone separated and dance a little as Will smiled as he looked on. Kurt joined Adam and Blaine as everyone sang with Blaine as a lead.

"This is the New Year,
A new beginning.
You made a promise.
You are the brightest.
We are the voices.
This is a New Year.
We are the voices.
This is a New Year."

The song came to an end and the New Directions had a massive group hug. Kurt looked at Blaine and Adam, who were laughing all the time. Kurt smiled in glee once again.

This really was gonna be a good year.

NEXT TIME…

"He's gonna die, isn't he?"

"I'll be there for you, Kurt. Every single time. I promise."

"Let's hear it for the boy!"

It was that exact moment when Kurt found he was falling in love with him.