A/N: Hello and welcome to my first GLEE fic! I fell in love with the show sometime during season 2, watching it from the beginning. I think it was when I was overseas and I was desperate for something to keep me busy while I was bored in my off time. It started as just another show…and then I fell in love.
Dedicated to two amazing ladies and writers: GleekMom. You helped me so much with your stories! You inspired me to do this and gave me the courage. And pi .on .a .skateboard . Thank you Steph for originally trying to get me to write something GLEE and for listening to so many of my rants. I can't thank you enough! You also helped me to fall in love with Blaine and appreciate him so. You should definitely go check out these ladies' works. :)
Truth. Understanding. Love. Three important concepts that were not much to ask for. They were things that most children and people in general desired. They wanted to be able to speak the truth and be told it. Understanding was desired from their peers heavily at that age. Though it was always desired from family. In the pre-teen and teen years they were becoming less important but not to him. That's why he was nervous. And love. To quote Moulin Rouge: "All you need is love". But what kind of love? Where would he find that love? And that was it. That was where the problem laid. One afternoon was all it took for his world to be shattered. One statement shattered all previous hopes held. One word that would end up defining him to them. One thing changed it all. Two simple words had that much power… "I'm gay". And nothing had been the same ever since…
Blaine blinked, shaking his head and trying to snap out of it. The last thing he wanted to do was focus on that memory. He shouldn't be thinking about those things right now. He shouldn't be focusing on that. What brought it on? What made him remember that? He wasn't sure he wanted to know…He frowned but pushed the memory back right now. He didn't have time to focus on that. He had class right now and a performance soon. He needed to get his head in the game.
Nick saw his friend zone out and looked at him curiously. Blaine often zoned out, it was one of the things they loved to tease him about. But usually it was about something silly. Today that didn't seem to be the case. The other warbler quickly wrote a note and balled it up, tossing it at Blaine.
Luckily the teacher's back was turned as the ball hit Blaine in the head. He blinked and turned in the direction it came from. Nick pointed to the floor nearby where the note had landed. He quickly checked to make sure Ms. Miller still had her back turned and picked it up, placing it in notebook and smoothing it out.
'Hey man. You spaced but you had that look on ur face. U ok?'
The soloist smiled at that. Nick was one of the guys he was most close to. He and Wes generally noticed when something was up before the rest of them. He quickly scribbled back a reply and tossed it back before the teacher turned around. PHEW! Just in time, he sighed to himself in relief.
Nick didn't get the chance to open it at first and had to wait until Ms. Miller finished lecturing them about SIN, COS and TAN before he could peek and reply.
'Fine. Thanks for asking. Just…thinking too much. We're still on for the impromptu performance after this class right?'
He'd changed the subject…Of course he did, Nick thought to himself and shook his head. Blaine tended to do that when serious things came up. He tried to avoid the conversation or turned it into a joke. Sometimes he'd just smile and say 'No Big Deal'. No matter what it was, he'd always try to shake it off. He knew something bigger was going on but he didn't want to push. He had a feeling that Wes knew but the council member was not one to betray a confidence. So what did he do? He filed this one away for later and responded.
'Yea, still on. Head right to the choir room after class is what Wes said. Where would we be without our lead singer? ;)'
Nick passed it back one more time and turned his attention back to the board.
The bell rang dismissing them all from classes. Nick looked back at Blaine but the curly haired teen just motioned for the other to go ahead. He had to pack up his things and that took a little longer than he would've liked. Plus their teacher decided that Blaine needed to be lectured. He wasn't paying enough attention…not his fault that he was bored. He just smiled and nodded and yes ma'amed. Ever the people pleaser he politely apologized as well and begged to be able to go. "We've got a performance Ms. Miller. May I be excused now?"
"Well now. Just because you're part of the Warblers doesn't mean you can get lazy in class…"
"Yes ma'am. I know. I promise to pay more attention next time." But Blaine really wanted to roll his eyes. She wasn't a bad teacher just dull. And he really needed to go…He didn't want to miss this performance! She finally relented after a little more lecturing and he sprinted out of the classroom. He did slow down a bit as he reached the staircase, as he didn't want to hurt himself right before a performance after all.
Nervously, Kurt walked down the stairs, taking off his sunglasses and looking around. He dressed in his best to try and blend in but upon seeing the uniforms he wasn't sure he did such a good job. Who wore navy polyester blazers? They certainly weren't designer. "Um, excuse me. Hi. Can I ask you a question? I'm new here."
"My name's Blaine." He offered, hoping to make the boy relax by introducing himself. He seemed so nervous. There was no need to be so hesitant at Dalton. Everyone was safe here. If this kid was actually a student he'd know that. But…he could just be scared. It does seem a bit unbelievable at first. Blaine decided to give him some leeway. He seemed nice enough.
"Kurt." He replied back anxiously. He wasn't exactly sure if he was being rude but he was rather confused. "So what exactly is going on?" The older boy inquired. Everyone seemed to be rushing towards the same place.
"The Warblers!" Blaine replied excitedly. They were one of his favorite things to talk about. "Every now and then they throw an impromptu performance in the Senior Commons." He winked at the new kid. "Tends to shut the school down for a while."
Shut the school down? They're not bullied? "So wait, the Glee Club here is kind of cool?" The brunette asked skeptically. That wasn't possible. Since when was Glee cool? At McKinley Glee was practically social suicide. Scratch that. It WAS social suicide.
"The Warbler's are like rock stars!" And it's AWESOME! The inner child in Blaine wanted to scream. He loved his boys and they were a blast. But perhaps he was exaggerating with the rock stars…
Kurt raised his eyebrows at this. Rock stars? He thought in disbelief. He couldn't fathom a world in which the Glee club was actually popular. Rock stars…he thought again, still shocked.
"Come on. I know a shortcut." Blaine said, taking Kurt's hand. He looks so surprised…Maybe if I show him he'll understand? With that Blaine pulled Kurt along, taking what was actually a more convoluted route to the Commons. He'd justify it to himself later by saying that the normal route would be more crowded! So in a way it was shorter…
"Oo! I stick out like a sore thumb!" It was obvious he didn't go to the school now! It was bad enough in the hallways but here? He just knew he'd been found out! But Blaine continued the charade and didn't out him.
"Well next time don't forget your jacket new kid." He said, patting him encouragingly on the arm and playing along. "You'll fit right in." Once more he winked at said 'new boy'. Kurt, he remembered before handing his bag off to one of the other boys in the room. The performance was about to start and what good was it having your schoolbooks while singing? Definitely silly and while he was jumping on the furniture silly, he wasn't stupid.
Shortly thereafter he heard the rest of the Warblers start the backing vocals for their song and knew it was time to take his place. "Now if you'll excuse me…" That was the last thing he said to Kurt before he joined his fellow Warblers and starting singing.
"Before you met me,
I was all right
but things were kinda heavy,
you brought me to life
now every February
you'll be my valentine
Valentine
...
Let's go all
the way tonight.
No regrets.
Just love.
We can dance,
until we die.
You and I,
we'll be young forever
...
You make me
feel like I'm living a
Teenage Dream.
The way you turn me on.
I can't sleep
so run away and
don't ever look back
don't ever look back.
Blaine smiled at Kurt. The other boy couldn't help but smile himself.
Let's go all
the way tonight.
No regrets.
Just love.
We can dance,
until we die.
You and I,
we'll be young forever
...
You make me
feel like I'm living a
Teenage Dream.
The way you turn me on.
I can't sleep
so run away and
don't ever look back
don't ever look back…"
Blaine really belted out the lyrics this time. They had practiced this before but for some reason this time it was much more passionate. He felt so alive during this performance. Performing generally got him really jazzed but this time it was more. Maybe it was that new kid. For some reason he just couldn't take his eyes off of him…
"….Let you put your hands on me
in my skin tight jeans
be my teenage dream tonight."
Little did he know that this song was almost foreshadowing the upcoming times. He looked into those eyes one more time and knew he saw something special. He'd known it from the moment he was stopped on the stairs. What he didn't know, is that the person behind those eyes would become someone to turn his life upside down or perhaps, right side up…
This is the prologue of the story! I'm kind of testing the waters a bit at this point. I hope you all like what you see so far! I know it isn't much yet but it will be.
And just one more note: If any of you EVER need to talk I'm here. Inbox me or ask for more information and I will gladly provide. Just remember - It Gets Better.
Thanks so much for reading! :)