"That was just so gay."
"Tina!"
The Asian winced at the scolding she received and smiled at the boy who was holding her left hand firmly. "You know what I meant."
"I do," he sighed. "The Meat Packing district? That does scream gay."
"Ha!" Tina laughed and stuck her tongue out childishly at the taller blonde to her right. "Blaine said it was gay so I'm in the clear."
"You two are ridiculous together," Blaine laughed as he shook his head in amusement.
"You love us," Sam reminded him and patted his back. "And you're stuck with us buddy."
"Not necessarily," he nodded.
"What!" Tina gasped and ripped her hand away from his and stood in front of her two best friends, shocked.
"Calm down Tay," Blaine comforted her. "I just mean that we don't have a place to live yet. We've scoured half of the city and all we've decided is that the Meat Packing district is gay."
"Oh! So is Fire Island," Sam added.
"Not helping at all," Tina reminded him and poked at his chest with her well manicured nail.
"Why don't we just rent the loft across the hall from Rachel, Santana, and Kurt?" Sam finally asked as they all stopped in front of another Starbucks.
"Living across the hall from my ex?" Blaine laughed at the question. "I don't think so. Besides, I've always dreamt of living in the city and Brooklyn is not the city."
"The boy does have a point," Tina added in agreement.
"We've been to almost every neighborhood that we can afford," Sam sighed and ran his hands through his now shortened blonde locks. "All we have left is Harlem."
"People are saying that it's an up and coming place," Blaine rattled off. "They're really doing it up big."
Tina sighed and grabbed Blaine's hand and hip checked Sam. "On to Harlem boys."
The three friends walked to the nearest train station and rode in silence for the twenty minute ride. It had been a crazy year that lead them to the point they were at now. They had just finished their first year of college and knew that living in a dorm just wasn't for them anymore. Well, Tina and Sam lived in dorms while Blaine somehow convinced his parents to let him shack up with Kurt, Rachel, and Santana. New York City and the first year of college overwhelmed all of them. Tina ended up with a roommate that reminded her so much of Rachel Berry that it actually made her appreciate the girl every time she saw her. The NYU Tisch school of the arts was her life long dream and she would not let anyone get to her. Halfway through her first semester Tina learned when her roommate was actually home and when she needed to steer clear of her at all times. She was easily found at the Brooklyn loft of her former McKinley classmates or at Artie and Sam's dorm room.
Sam got a late acceptance to Brooklyn Technical College, which thrilled him. He was going to be able to live in New York and work further on his new found love for art. Macaroni art, a stress reliever during his senior year, turned into a newfound passion for the arts. Brooklyn Tech was a very small arts school so they didn't think that grades, like Sam's, necessarily defined the passion a student may have. The school was so small that they shared dorm rooms with a nearby school, Brooklyn Film Academy. He lucked out, or had a lot of help from Mr. Schue, when we got to room with Artie. If anyone needed a lot of help getting use living in a big city it was Sam and he was more than glad he had Artie right by his side.
Blaine dove in head first as soon as he stepped off the train when he arrived in New York. Unlike his friends, he didn't have to worry about awkward living situations. He was welcomed with open arms to the loft in Brooklyn. It was a tight squeeze but they made do. It helped that two of his roommates went to the same school he was about to attend. Santana was rarely home during the night so the four of them were never really living together. The girls had their own rooms so it was obvious that Blaine would room with his boyfriend, Kurt. During finals week, that's when the shit hit the fan. Living in such close quarters took a toll on their relationship. No one really knew what happened but one day Blaine's things were gone and he was sleeping on the floor between Artie and Sam's beds in their Brooklyn dorm room.