Kurt Hummel wasn't gay. He had a girlfriend for Christ sake, how could he be gay? Whenever the thought crossed his mind, he simply scoffed and reminded himself that he liked sports (kinda), he loved making out with his girlfriend (it was only a little frustrating that he constantly replaced her face with Brad Pitt's), and he was friends with all of the jocks.
Gay kids weren't friends with jocks.
While Kurt definitely had his own doubts about his sexuality, no one else did. At school, he walked the halls with his head held high and gave a smile to everyone he made contact with. He didn't play any sports, but his personality allowed him to hang out with the football team. He hadn't even joined any clubs when he started school because he didn't want to commit to something he wasn't sure he'd enjoy.
Then Mercedes heard him singing.
Mercedes had been his girlfriend for more than a few months and they were practically glued hip to hip. They never ran out of things to talk about and Kurt loved to fawn over the newest issues of Vogue with her. When Mercedes happened to come upon Kurt while Kurt was singing to nobody, she practically fell to her knees in front of him.
"Kurt, you have such an amazing voice! You need to join glee club, we need someone with talent like yours!" Kurt was flattered, but feared that joining glee would put him at the bottom of the social ladder with all of the other members. But Mercedes kept bugging him about it, so he finally joined and his fears turned out to be unprecedented. He had enough status at his school to be exactly who he was without being judged for it.
Kurt went to his first glee club meeting on Friday and it wasn't until Monday at lunch someone had finally said something to him.
"Yo, Hummel!" Noah Puckerman called from across his lunch table. "I heard you went to homo explosion on Friday." Kurt felt the heat rush to his face, and quickly busied himself with his food before shrugging it off.
"Cedes talked me into it."
"Dude, you're whipped!" Puck yelled and laughed. Kurt rolled his eyes.
"Am not." He was grateful Mercedes didn't have this lunch period. He liked spending time with her, but if she was sitting at the table with the guys, he would have to be rude to her. "It's just easier to spend more time with her this way."
He finished with a suggestive wink that was followed by a few whoops and Puck calling out "GET SOME!"
Kurt spent the rest of his day being congratulated by the jocks. They all thought his joining glee was some elaborate plan to get into Mercedes' pants. Kurt actually enjoyed his first glee meeting, but he wasn't about to tell that guys that.
A couple days passed and suddenly Finn Hudson also joined Glee. Yet somehow, even though he was way more popular than Kurt, he seemed to be getting picked on way more. Kurt heard Finn try to deny being in Glee club at the beginning, making up excuses to Puck and the football team. It was strange that he, Kurt Hummel, could still be semi popular and in Glee, but star quarterback Finn Hudson couldn't.
One day in Glee practice, Finn came up to Kurt, who was sitting with Mercedes.
"How do you do it man? You're in Glee and everyone still thinks you are cool?" Finn asked. Kurt glanced to Finn and oh. Finn Hudson. Wasn't he a lovely specimen of a man. Wait, clear those thoughts Kurt.
"Well hello Finn Hudson." Kurt said. "I don't know, maybe I just have a hotter girlfriend." Mercedes and Kurt looked at each other lovingly and Mercedes gave Kurt a quick peck on the lips. Finn looked confused and walked back to his seat mumbling.
"Quinn is like the hottest girl I know."
Kurt also had to explain to his father his new found interest in Glee Club. The two of them sat one night watching a Buckeyes game as Kurt told his father about his new involvement in the club.
"And why are you doing this singing thing? I mean, I've heard you and you can sing pretty well but I don't get it." Burt said.
"Mercedes asked me to, dad." Kurt said and Burt nodded.
"Right. Mercedes. You treating that girl right?"
"Of course Dad." Kurt said. The two sat in silence watching the game.
"They don't make you do that girly dancing things do they?" Burt asked.
Kurt looked up at his dad and said, "No. We do dance a little, but it's not girly." Kurt trailed off. They ended up watching the rest of the game in silence.
After the game, Kurt went upstairs to get ready for bed and call Mercedes, their nightly ritual. He called her every night so they could talk before they both fell asleep.
"Hey boo!" Mercedes answered, "How was the game? I didn't get a chance to watch."
"Hi honey! They did well, Buckeyes won, so Dad's happy!"
"Oh, that's good to hear! Both the Buckeyes winning, and a happy Daddy!"
"Oh yeah, happy Dad makes for a generous Dad! Maybe we can go shopping this weekend, if you'd like!"
"You kidding me? I'm always up for shopping! I've got birthday money still burning a hole in my pocket!"
Kurt yawned into the phone, "Of course you do! I'm getting sleepy though, I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"
"Okay, boo! I'll see you in the morning! Good night, boo!"
"Good night, hun!" Kurt hung up the phone, rolling over and drifting off to sleep.
The next morning, Kurt brought Mercedes her favorite coffee when he picked her up for school. Mercedes wasn't much of a morning person, and Kurt was sensitive to that, bringing her coffee to help ease her into the day. They had a little extra time before first period, so they sat at a table outside the school sipping on their coffee together, sharing a breakfast bar.
"Hey, Kurt! Hey, Mercedes" a voice came from behind them, it was Finn. "See you in Glee club! "
"Hey, Finn! Can't wait!" Mercedes replied. When it came time for them to go to class, Kurt walked Mercedes to her English classroom, giving her a peck on the cheek before departing to Spanish with Mr. Schue. He entered the classroom and sat down in his regular seat, taking out his notebooks and a pen to get ready to take notes. He knew he could have taken French for an easy A, having already mastered it, but Spanish would probably end up being just as useful or even more so in his life.
Glancing up, Kurt noticed Mr. Schue walk into the room with someone trailing behind him. A very new, very cute someone. No, stop it Kurt.
"Class, this is Blaine Anderson. He just transferred here from Westerville High School. This is his first day so I trust that everyone will make him feel welcome." Kurt smiled at as the new kid, Blaine, met his gaze. "Blaine, there's an empty seat behind Kurt. Kurt, will you raise your hand." Kurt obeyed and couldn't help himself from giving the boy a small smile as he made his way to his newly assigned desk.
Later that day, during lunch, Kurt saw Blaine walking around the cafeteria looking a little lost. He raised his arm and waved at the boy, smiling as Blaine saw him. He walked over to the table and joined Kurt and the others. "Thanks Kurt, I was starting to scramble a little." He laughed. Kurt smiled.
"Its not problem. Guys, this is Blaine. Blaine, this is Puck, Finn, Mike, and Azimio. Blaine's new, he just transferred." Puck puffed out his chest.
"Expelled for fighting or something?" He laughed mockingly looking the boy up and down, paying obvious attention to his short stature. Blaine narrowed his gaze at Puck.
"Or something." He stated, looking away from the bigger jock. He picked up his fork and started eating his lunch.
"So, are you going to dish, new kid? What happened?" Puck asked, "You must have done something really bad to have to transfer midyear like this!"
"I.. I don't feel comfortable discussing it." The smaller boy answered, fidgeting with the fork in his hand and trying to avoid the question.
"Leave him alone, Puck! It's his first day!" Kurt stepped in, "It's none of your business why he transferred!"
"Fine! Just trying to make conversation!" the taller jock said, picking up his lunch tray and standing to make his way to the trash bin, the other jocks soon following.
When Kurt and Blaine were the last two sitting at the table, Blaine locked his eyes with Kurt's, "Thanks for, you know, stepping in and helping me, Kurt." Kurt looked down at his new classmate.
"No worries, Blaine, I understand they're a bit rough around the edges. They can be a little intimidating at first."
"Yeah, you can say that again!" Blaine attempted a smile, looking down at a piece of paper in his hands, "Hey, do you happen to know where room 171 is? I think I have algebra in there next." Kurt stood, grabbing his bookbag.
"Sure, I have to pass by there on my way to Chemistry, I'll show you where it is." As they walked through the hallway, Kurt noticed that a few students were pointing at them, or particularly Blaine, and scowling. Why would anyone have a reason to scowl at Blaine, it was only his first day, he surely wasn't even known by anyone in the school yet.
Kurt showed Blaine to his classroom before heading to chemistry. This Blaine kid seemed pretty nice, he wasn't sure what everyone's problem was. They could become pretty good friends, Blaine looked like he could use a friend. He told himself maybe he'd invite this new kid to hang out with Mercedes and him sometime.
A/N: And so begins another Caramelotti Publication! This is tazitz and I was gonna post this last night, but I was super tired and it seems that the Caramelotti late night writing/tumblr sessions might finally be catching up with me... WHY? Its almost the end of summer!
Oh and have you guys seen that new preview for Glee!Live? THE MINI WARBLER? SO FUCKING CUTE! And if they use the movie to show us that Blaine transferred to McKinley... I, along with almost none of the Glee fandom, actually wouldn't have a problem with it...
WHATEVA, WHATEVA, I DO WHAT I WANT!
*Sigh* I wish we could post .gifs on here... Anyway! Tell us what you think and where you think this will go! Until tonight... Or tomorrow morning!