Author's Notes: So, this is the very first fan fiction that I have EVER written, so please, please, PLEASE read, comment, and review! Both positive & negative feedback & criticism is greatly appreciated!

OK. Here is what you need to know: Blaine and Kurt are dating. Kurt is in his senior year at McKinley, while Blaine is in his junior year. This is somewhat of an AU, as it picks up after the end of the "Extraordinary Merry Christmas" episode (3rd Season), except that it is written as if Sebastian was never a character and never met Blaine. Everything else is basically the same.

There will be a few OCs that will be introduced in later episodes (Thank You Erik for your help with picking out names! :D). As of right now, I am looking at this being around 20-25 chapters, but that number could change at any time.

The first couple of chapters should be up pretty quick, but as things begin to progress in the story the time between updates will increase. I will try my best to warn you ahead of time if there will be an upcoming hiatus but no guarantees.

Right now the content rating stands at T, but it will most likely get bumped up to M in later chapters. I will warn you when the rating changes.

Enjoy!

(I do not own Glee. It would have never made it past the first episode if I did.)

Navigating the Unknown

Chapter 1: Pilot

"…So I was thinking about doing "Chances" for my song choice this week. I mean, I know that I sang it when we were at Dalton and everything, and normally I would NEVER reuse a song like that, but I really feel like it would fit with the theme of this week. Don't you?" Kurt said to Blaine as they walked to their next class.

Blaine studied Kurt for moment, wondering to himself how he got to be so lucky. "Kurt, the only person here who has heard you sing that song before, is me. Nobody besides us will even know that you sang that at Dalton."

"That's true, but Blaine it makes me feel as if I'm cheating," Kurt continued, sighing as he tried to think of a way to explain this to Blaine. "It's like taking a paper that I originally wrote for a teacher over at Dalton, and then using that same paper to turn in to a teacher here at McKinley."

"I understand where you are coming from on this but I still think that you might be thinking this through a little too much." Blaine said as they both walked into the classroom. "How about this: before glee club today, we can go talk to Mr. Schuester about it and see what he thinks." As they headed to their seats, Blaine smiled at how easily his boyfriend could get stressed over such trivial things.

Kurt sighed, obviously still conflicted about the issue. "I guess…I mean…it's not like we could do anything about it right now anyway."

The bell rang as they took their seats next to each other in the second-to-last row. The room fell to utter silence the moment the teacher walked in, something that Blaine had found odd about this class when he first transferred to McKinley at the beginning of the year. That was of course, until he got to know the teacher in question, Mr. Murphy. Ah yes, Mr. Murphy; literally the TOUGHEST teacher in all of McKinley. Every student knew that you had to respect Mr. Murphy. Not doing so, would result in homework suicide: One single-spaced essay with a 10-page minimum on how and why you were disrespectful. Due the next day.

On today's agenda was notes. When Blaine reached down to take out his notebook from his backpack, he looked over at Kurt and gave him a loving smile. I really am lucky to have him, he thought to himself. They had been dating for almost 10 months now, and definitely have had their fair share of ups and downs. But Blaine truly loved Kurt, and it was at this moment that Blaine decided that he wanted to do something special for Kurt on Valentine's Day, which was a little less than a month away.

The class passed slowly, and when the bell finally rang at 2:30, signaling the end of the school day, Kurt jumped up and raced to put his stuff away, eager to find Mr. Schuester before the start of glee club. Blaine followed suit, knowing that they only had a couple of minutes to talk to him before the other members would start arriving.

Once inside the choir room, Kurt immediately ran up to their director, practically shouting, "Mr. Schue! Glad I caught you. OK, so I really wanted to sing "Chances" by Five for Fighting for this week's assignment, but the thing is that I've already sung that song for glee, when I was over at Dalton, and I was just wondering if it would be OK if I sang it again because, well, I kinda feel like I'm cheating by reusing a song like that and I didn't want to get in trouble for cheating or anything so I just wanted to check and make sure it was alright with you before I went ahead and sang it." Kurt huffed, having said all that in one breath.

Mr. Schuester smiled and looked at Kurt with a slightly amused expression. "Kurt, I don't care if you sing a song that you have already sung before. This isn't school. This is glee club. You are not going to get in trouble for reusing a song that you sang at another school," he said in that kind and caring tone of his.

Kurt felt an immediate sense of relief wash over him. "Oh, OK. If you're sure," he said with a slightly bemused expression on his face.

Blaine just smiled at his boyfriend. He had known that Kurt was overreacting, but with Kurt, you just had to follow along, as he would never let it rest until he was sure.

As they took their seats in the choir room, some of the other members started filing in. The room slowly started filling with aimless chatter, and, after everyone was seated, Mr. Schue began. "All right everyone. So, like I said on Friday, this week's theme is about finding your way. I know several of you are seniors this year, which means that over the course of the next semester, several of you will be finding out what college you will be attending, or whether or not you got an audition, or even if you will be graduating or not. So, I want everybody, including those of you who are not seniors, to find a song that captures how you are feeling right now in this major time of change. Everybody got it? Now, Kurt, I know you came to me before practice today about a certain song that you wanted to sing? Did you want to sing that now or at next practice?"

Kurt contemplated a moment before answering. "Um, I think I'm ready to sing it now." At that, Kurt took out his sheet music, stood up, and walked over to the piano where Brad (the pianist) was sitting. As he handed him the music, Kurt addressed the class. "So, I feel that this song fits this week's theme really well because right now we are all kind of at a major crossroads in our life, and I really think that this song portrays that while we may all have plans for after high school, we never know where life will actually take us." He then motioned for Brad to start playing, and then, when the time came, Kurt began to sing:

Chances are when said and done
Who'll be the lucky ones who make it all the way?
Though you say I could be your answer
Nothing lasts forever no matter how it feels today

Chances are we'll find a new equation
Chances roll away from me
Chances are all they hope to be

Kurt walked over to Blaine and took his hand for this next part. He looked directly into those beautiful hazel eyes of his and squeezed his hand when he came to the last line, making his boyfriend blush:

Don't get me wrong I'd never say never
'Cause though love can change the weather
No act of God can pull me away from you

Kurt let go of Blaine's had and walked back to the center of the room. He continued to sing to the entire group, but couldn't help himself from stealing looks at Blaine every couple of lines:

I'm just a realistic man, a bottle filled with shells and sand
Afraid to love beyond what I can lose when it comes to you
And though I see us through, yeah

Chances are we'll find two destinations
Chances roll away from me
Still chances are more than expectations
The possibilities over me

It's a fight with two to one, lay your money on the sun
Until you crash what have you done? Is there a better bet than love?
What you are is what you breathe, you gotta cry before you sing

By now, the entire glee club was smiling and getting into the song as Kurt danced around the room, singing with everything he had:

Chances, chances
Chances lost are hope's torn up pages
Maybe this time

Chances are we'll be the combination
Chances come and carry me
Chances are waiting to be taken, and I can see

Chances are the fascinations
Chances won't escape from me
Chances are only what we make them and all I need

After glee club had ended, Blaine headed to his locker to gather his books. Kurt had already left to go warm the car up, so Blaine was alone in the hallway as he turned the dial to his combination, mentally saying each number as he reached it. When he reached the final number, he pulled down on the lock to release it, and then rotated it slightly to take it off.

When he opened the door, Blaine immediately noticed that something had fallen out. Shifting the books in his hands, he reached down to pick up a white, commercial-sized envelope, filled with something thick and bumpy. He realized was that whoever had put it there must have had a incredibly hard time squeezing it through one of the vent openings on his locker, and thus must have been very determined to get it in there.

Blaine's brow furrowed as he flipped the envelope over to the reverse, and then back to the front again, as he looked for some sign as to whom the letter was from, but the outside of the envelope was blank.

Blaine set his books down on the shelf in his locker before flipping the envelope over again. As he slid he finder under the flap in the corner to open it, he tried to think of who would send something to him through his locker. Was it from Kurt? Or maybe Rachel? But why would Rachel need to contact him through his locker? Could it be from one of his friends over at Dalton?

When he finally had the entire seal broken, he grabbed at the thick white paper that he could see sticking partially out of the opening in the envelope. He pulled the letter out and unfolded it, his heart dropping the moment his eyes registered what the letter said.

Blaine starred at the hate letter that was written in thick, red, pop-up paint. There were red drips on some of the letters, giving it the effect that the words were bleeding, almost as if the paper itself had been held up vertically when drying.

Both he and Kurt had been threatened before, but for some reason, this felt different. Almost as if the fact that it was on paper made the scar that the words left even deeper. Or maybe it was because even though the letter was given to him, it was threatening Kurt, which frankly, scared Blaine even more than if the threat had been directed at himself.

Blaine didn't know how long he had been standing there, but the sudden vibration of his phone in his pocket brought him back to reality. He took his phone out, and read the urgent message from Kurt:

Where are you? Are you OK?

Blaine, realizing that it would be faster to just get his books and head out to the car, put his phone back in his pocket without replying. He carefully folded the letter back up, returned it to its original envelope, and stuffed it into his backpack along with the one book he had needed from his locker. He slammed his locker door in a hurry, and fumbled to return the lock. After zipping his backpack closed, he practically ran to the parking lot.