Dalton was a prestigious school. That fact was well known. The school didn't offer scholarships so unless you came from Old Money, or your parents were independently wealthy, you just couldn't get into the school. It was an elitist way of looking at things, but it was the truth. So it genuinely surprised everyone when Kurt Hummel, the son of a mechanic in Lima, Ohio had managed to pay the steep tuition for Dalton. No one quite knew how Hummel's family had done it. Wes, certainly didn't.

He was absolutely baffled. He loved Kurt as every Warbler loved each other, and honestly felt some sort of friendly affection for the kid, but it still shocked him that Kurt could get into a school like this, with what his father must make as a mechanic. He brought the whole concept up with David one day, and David just shrugged it off. 'Figures', Wes thought to himself. David was considered to be, New Money. He wasn't as… elitist as most of the students at Dalton were, and he honestly didn't care.

"He must have some money though, Wes." David pointed out to him. "Look at what he wears when not in uniform…" That was the truth anyway, because no one in Dalton wore as much designer clothing as one Kurt Hummel. But Wes just couldn't quite shake the feeling that something wasn't quite right.

So it really shocked him one day when he overheard (eavesdropped) Blaine and Kurt talking in the common rooms.

"I can't believe cousin Will is getting married!" Kurt exclaimed. "It's so amazing. And Kate is the perfect woman for him."

"Seriously. Have you met her yet?"

"Mhm, about 2 years ago. She was so amazing. Didn't mind meeting little ol' me."

"What do you mean, little ol' you?" Blaine asked him.

"I mean, you've seen pictures of her. You know where she's headed. She took the time out of her life to meet with me…Will's lowly 2nd cousin whom his family rarely formally acknowledges already."

"Kurt, you're selling yourself too short." Blaine defended Kurt from himself. "Do you know how amazing you are? Do you know how amazing it is, that you're even related to him, to Elisabeth even?"

'Wait….Kate…Will…Elizabeth…Why do these names sound familiar?' Wes asked himself, confused as to whom they could be talking about.

"I know it is Blaine, really I do. But I'm not part of their life. I never was. I doubt I'm even going to be invited to the wedding. People don't know that I'm related to them, and I'm fine with that. If you asked any UK Tabloid who I was, they would have no clue. They would think you were trying to waste their time."

"I guess. But I still find it hard to believe that you're part of that family, Kurt. That's not what I thought I was getting into when I first started going out with you." Blaine chuckled.

"You're not getting into anything, Blaine. Aside from Dalton tuition, I don't hear from them all too often. It took my dad a hell of a lot of courage to actually ask them for my tuition anyway. Though his way of putting it was more 'you've ignored this kid, his entire life, the least you can do is ensure his safety.'"

"But aren't you technically like…27th in line?"

"Something like that. All I know, is that a shit ton of people have to die before I am even considered. I don't want it to happen." Kurt bursts out laughing after a few moments, and Wes honestly has no clue why. "Oh my…can you imagine if those 26 people died, and I had to take charge? Nothing would ever, be the same."

"Just make sure you use your power for good, not evil." Wes decided that eavesdropping was finally beneath him, and decided to enter the common room.

"Hey guys!" He exclaimed, shocking Kurt and Blaine who were curled up on the couch watching the news with the volume on low. A video of Prince William's engagement to Kate Middleton was on the screen.

Wes did a double take. 'No.' He told himself. 'It's not possible. Kurt's not part of the royal…family.' He shook it off and sat down on the opposite end of the couch. "What's up?"

"Oh nothing." Kurt said. "Just watching T.V." Blaine pulled Kurt closer to him as Kurt snuggled his head closer, under Blaine's chin.

"Did you hear, that Prince William is getting married?" Blaine asked Wes. Wes shook his head.

"No, I didn't. Good for him though. It's about damn time."

"I wonder who'll be invited to the wedding…" Blaine spoke aloud, to no one in particular as the three friends continued to watch the television.

One Week Later
Wes, David, Thad, and Blaine were sitting at the tables in the common room studying when Kurt bound into the room and ran straight over to Blaine. "Oh my gosh, Blaine! You'll never guess what I just got in the mail." He asked, while holding up an envelope with his name on the front, and the Royal Seal on the back.

"Kurt that's amazing! Are you going to go?" Blaine asked.

"Of course I'm going to go. You think I'm going to miss the wedding of the decade?" Kurt started beaming and Blaine stood up and pulled him into a bone crushing hug.

"What are you guys talking about?" Thad asked, a little annoyed that his studying for Chemistry was interrupted.

"Oh it's nothing. I just got an invitation to my second cousin Will's wedding. Him and his fiance Kate, are getting married at the end of April." Thad nodded. "So Blaine…" Kurt trained his eyes onto his amazing boyfriend. "Have any plans for the week of the 24th? I seem to have a 'plus one' on this invitation and thought maybe…you wanted to go to London with me? All expenses paid." Kurt fluttered his eyelashes and tried acting as coyly as possible, but Blaine wasn't having it.

"Hmm… All expense paid trip to London to escort my wonderful boyfriend to Prince William's wedding? How could I resist?" The moment Blaine finished his sentence, all heads in the room, whether they were Wes, David's or Thad's, or the freshman on the other side who were busily trying not to eavesdrop onto the upperclassman conversation turned towards them.

"Did you say…Prince William?" one of the freshman asked.

"Like…The British Royal Family, Prince William?" David confirmed.

"As in Kate Middleton, Prince William?" Kurt nodded, and Blaine was smiling emphatically.

"How the hell did you get an invite to Prince William's wedding?" Wes asked, confusion written all over his face. "No offense, but how did you, Kurt Hummel, get an invitation to the biggest event this year?"

"I thought I told you before. He's my second cousin…" Kurt replied.

"No. Way." Every voice, minus Blaine's and Kurt's said at the exact same time.

"You, Kurt Hummel- son of a mechanic, are a member of the Royal Family?" Wes asked, about to pass out from sheer information overload.

"Clearly, not through my dad's side." Kurt deadpanned. "Remember a few years ago, when Princess Mia was discovered, so to speak?" Everyone nodded. "Sorta the same situation, except her father couldn't abandon his country. My mom could."

"Wait…last week….I overheard you and Blaine talking about being 27th in line….you're 27th in line for the…British…throne?"

"Yes.." Kurt said through gritted teeth.

"Wait…so who was your mom?" David asked.

"You probably won't have heard of her. She died 10 years ago, and hadn't been heard of in Royal Society in over 8 years prior to that. But she was Sarah Windsor. When she married my father, she changed her name, moved to the US and never went back to England."

"Wow…" Wes said…sitting back in his chair. "Just…Wow."

This changed everything. Wes had always seen Kurt as just some insignificant person who was only lucky enough to be able to go to Dalton, and be friends with the likes of Blaine, David, and him, especially him. But it turns out…it was completely the other way around. They were all lucky to be friends with him. As old as Wes' family was, he couldn't trace it back as many generations as Kurt could, and that made Wes feel minuscule.

Wes had always felt important based on who his family was. That he was one of the important ones. That he was one of the significant people at Dalton. But with this tiny it of information, his entire world came crashing down around him, and when the dust settled, one lone figure stood up above him. His name: Kurt Hummel.

Suddenly, Kurt was laughing again. "Didn't any of you ever wonder why my middle name was Elizabeth?"