CHAPTER ONE

BLAINE

Blaine was sitting in his room, alone, wondering what to do with his night. His Skype date with Kurt had been cut off because Kurt and Rachel were going out with some people from NYADA. He was happy that Kurt was having fun in New York, but Blaine couldn't help but feel lonely. He grabbed his computer and logged onto Facebook to see who all was online.

As he opened the home page, he saw he had a new friend request. He clicked on the friends icon and looked to see who it was. It was from a boy named Eli C. He didn't know who this Eli person was, but he seemed cute in his picture, and Blaine was always open to making new friends. He clicked accept and almost immediately he saw a message window pop up from the boy.

Eli: Hello there. You're probably wondering who I am.

Blaine: Yeah, kind of. Do you know me somehow?

Eli: No. I was just looking at profiles and your pic looked cute I also saw you were gay…so am I.

Blaine: Well, that's cool…where do you go to school?

Eli: I'm home schooled, but I'm thinking about going to Dalton Academy next year. Have you heard of it?

Blaine: Heard of it? I used to go there. Hey, would you like to go meet up somewhere? We could talk about Dalton…and being gay ;)

Eli: Sounds good to me. Meet me at Breadstix in 15 minutes?

Blaine: Sounds good. See you soon :D

Blaine logged off of Facebook and looked down at his clothes. He had on a casual pair of Capri jeans, with a pink shirt and black bow-tie. He thought he looked pretty cute, so he didn't feel the need to change out of his clothes. He checked his hair, adding a little bit more gel to it, and then grabbed his wallet and keys. He headed down to his car and took the familiar route to Breadstix.

He got out of his car and stood there, waiting, not really sure who to expect. He hadn't been paying much attention to Eli's profile picture, so he hoped the boy would recognize him. He looked up at the sound of his name being called.

"Blaine, is that you?" came a voice Blaine had never heard before. He looked up to see a curly haired boy walking toward him. The boy almost looked like Kurt, other than having curly hair. Other than that, Eli and Kurt could be twins. Blaine let that thought slip his mind, though; he wasn't going to let thoughts of Kurt interrupt him tonight.

"Yeah," Blaine said, walking toward the boy, extending his hand as he reached the boy. "I'm Blaine. You must be Eli."

"That would be me!" Eli said, laughing softly. "Let's go get a table. I'm pretty hungry."

"All right," Blaine said, leading the boy into the restaurant and getting a table for them. He recognized it as the table he and Kurt usually sat at. He scolded himself internally for thinking of Kurt again. He knew that wherever Kurt was, he wasn't thinking of Blaine, so why should Blaine think of Kurt?

A waitress came over and took their orders, bringing out their drinks just a few minutes later. Blaine told her thanks and then turned to look at Eli. He wanted to get to know this guy better. He seemed like a nice enough person. Maybe they could even go out to Scandals after eating.

"Okay, Eli," he said, a small smile creeping up on his face, "other than my profile picture, why did you want to add me as a friend?"

"Well…" Eli said, chuckling slightly, "I was hoping to make some friends. I knew you already went to Dalton before. I know this kid named Sebastian who goes there now, and he went on and on about you and how gorgeous you were. I just knew I had to meet you."

"Well," Blaine said, "I'm glad he told you that. It's nice to meet someone like you. What are some of your interests?"

"I like to read and I'm into sports, but my main love is singing and dancing. I think I would die if I couldn't sing or dance anymore. It's my one true love in this world."

"I feel the exact same way," Blaine said, realizing how much they had in common. "I don't think I would make it if I couldn't sing or dance anymore. It's what I've always loved to do. Though, now I'm not so sure about everything."

"What do you mean?" Eli asked, just as the food was brought out to them. They had both ordered the same thing: Spaghetti with extra meatballs. It was the only thing Blaine ever ate here, and he thought it was cool that Eli liked it too. He took a bite of his food before looking up to see that Eli was still waiting for an answer.

"Well, I switched from Dalton to McKinley High to be with my boyfriend. But he's gone now, so it's not really worth it anymore…"

"You can always switch back," Eli said, winking at Blaine. "I mean, I'll be there and I'll need someone to help me out. It would be nice to know someone other than Sebastian when I go there."

Blaine liked the thought of going back to Dalton. They ate their food and continued talking about Dalton and all the fun Blaine had had there with his friends. He looked at the time and saw that it was already 10 p.m. He really wanted to head over to Scandals, knowing he still had his fake ID in his pocket, along with the one Kurt had used.

"Hey, do you wanna head over to Scandals?" Blaine asked, pulling out some money for the dinner.

"Sure, and don't even think about paying," Eli said. "I invited you here. I'm paying." He slipped the money into the bill folder, and set it aside. "Now let's get out of here. I've been to Scandals before and I must say that I can't wait to go again."

Two hours later, Blaine was drunk for the third time in his life. He knew it was a bad decision, but he didn't really care. He was having a good time, and there was nothing that would ruin this night. He didn't even think twice about letting Eli drive him home. Except when they got to the place, he realized he wasn't at his house; he was at Eli's.

KURT

Kurt was living his dream life in New York. It was still hard to grasp at the fact that his wonderful boyfriend, Blaine Anderson, had told him to go. If it weren't for him and his father getting in on it together, he wouldn't have been here for another year. Yet here he was, living in New York with his best friend, Rachel Berry, and working for Isabelle Klempt at Vogue. He would be reapplying for NYADA in December and would hopefully get in this time. He was the happiest boy alive right now.

He was always so busy with work that it was sometimes hard to make time for Blaine. He knew that he should try harder, but with everything he had going on, it was just too consuming. They had promised to make things work, but it seemed that it might be too hard to keep the relationship going with the distance. He tried to make all his Skype and phone dates, but it wasn't always easily attained. He felt bad for leaving Blaine alone like that, but it didn't matter anymore. It was too late for him to go back to Lima, and he was now making a life for himself.

He had just finished Skyping with Blaine, a little earlier than usual, because Rachel wanted him to go out with her and some of her friends. "Sorry, love," he said into the computer screen. "I'll see you tomorrow on Skype, okay? I love you."

"I love you too, Kurt," Blaine said, trying to hide his disappointment. "Talk to you tomorrow."

Kurt logged off and turned off the computer, then turned to Rachel. "Where are we going?" he asked pulling on his shoes and making sure his outfit looked okay. He had to make sure he was always dressed in cute ways in case someone from the magazine ever saw him out and about. He didn't want to make a big fashion no-no.

"Brody and his friends want to show us around New York," Rachel called back. "You game?"

"Of course. I would love to see what New York has to offer. I haven't had much time to look around."

"I was hoping you would say that."

Kurt had the time of his life that night. They went all over the place, and Kurt saw many things he had only imagined he would ever get to see. It was amazing how much more there was to New York when you took the time to look at everything. When they got back home, he looked at the time. It was 3:00 in the morning. He couldn't believe he had stayed out so late. It had been a wonderful night, though, so he couldn't complain. He went to sleep not having thought about Blaine since their conversation ended; it was almost as if Blaine didn't exist to Kurt anymore. At least not on this night.