"Hey Kurt," Mercedes smiled at him as he walked into Glee club.

"Hey 'Cedes," Kurt said, sinking into a chair next to her.

"You okay?" she asked, just like she did every morning.

"Fine," Kurt said, "Oh, I'm no longer dating Sebastian by the way," he added offhandedly.

"What?" she said, "You..."

"He dumped me last night because he was cheating on me. He started seeing this other douche bag a month ago and told me last night that we were over. It's totally fine though apart from how I feel stupid for not noticing until now how much of a lousy boyfriend he's been. And we're totally going to crush Vocal Adrenaline at Regional's anyway so I'm looking forward to seeing his face when we beat him,"

"Oh my god Kurt,"

"What's going on?" Rachel asked nosily.

"Sebastian dumped Kurt because he was cheating." Mercedes paraphrased.

"Oh my god Kurt. Are you okay?"

"Guys, I'm fine. He was an asshole anyway. I'm actually glad I'm rid of him now,"

"Good morning class," said Mr. Shuester as he walked into the classroom.

"We are so not done talking about this," Mercedes whispered to Kurt as everyone settled down.


"Kurt, what the hell happened to you? You were head over heels in love with that guy and now you're acting as if you never cared in the slightest." Mercedes asked as soon as they left the class.

"I did care." He protested. "But I know that I shouldn't be wasting my time over wanting him back,"

"You still haven't answered the question," she said, hands on hips as they stood at his locker. He opened it and took out his geometry textbook before sighing.

"Look. I was in floods of tears yesterday. I rang you, or at least I thought I did. I got your number wrong when I typed it in my phone so I ended up calling someone else. But instead of just hanging up on me, the guy was really nice and was like, determined to cheer me up. I told him that Sebastian had dumped me and he was so nice about it. Apparently he used to go to school with him over in Westerville and he was sorry I'd had the misfortune to date the asshole. And don't give me that look. I know he's not a stalker because all it took was the Seb's name for him to start being all 'oh god I'm so sorry for you Kurt'. He told me how he used to live in Westerville and how he used to go to Crawford. And before you even ask, there's no way he could have just made it up and been stalker-y. He was the one who said the school name. He asked if Seb still went to Crawford because that was his old school and I said yes. He is not a stalker Mercedes."

"Okay... I believe you," she said after a moment. "But like, where is he now then? Who is he?"

"His name is Blake. Apparently he moved out to LA a couple of years back. And he's a senior like me. Or, at least he's my age. He didn't mention a school at all but he said he was eighteen. No, do not give me that look. If you're going to tell me he's a stalker at every piece of information I give you I'll never speak of him again to you."

"I'm sorry Kurt. I'm just worried. I'm sure he's not a stalker or creeper or whatever, but I'm still allowed to be worried about you. I'm your friend,"

"Best friend. But don't tell Rachel, she'll throw another diva fit." Kurt smirked. Mercedes laughed and pulled Kurt into a hug.

"So you're sure you're over Seb?"

"Totally. I'm surprised you guys let me date him so long," Kurt joked as he closed his locker.

"Me too, boo." Mercedes smiled, linking arms with him as they walked off for their next class.


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"Hello?"

"Hey Kurt," Blaine replied. It had been just over a week since he'd gotten that wrong number call but Kurt's voice was so recognisable that there was no way Blaine was going to mistake it. He still wondered...

"Hi,"

"You okay?"

"Yeah I just... I just wanted to talk. You're not busy or anything?"

"Not at all. I was actually dying of boredom a little," Blaine laughed.

"Let me guess, loads of homework?"

"Yeah," Blaine lied, glancing down at the scripts on his table and leaning back in his seat. "I have a whole bunch of lines to learn and pretty much no time left to learn them," at least that part was true.

"Ouch. How much do you have to learn?"

"Like, a whole string of scenes. We have these performances we have to do in groups. They're not bad scenes or anything, they're just time consuming to learn." He bluffed and hoped he was convincing enough.

"Well that doesn't sound too bad I guess. Much more appealing than my geometry homework is right now," Kurt laughed. God Kurt's laugh is cute. Shit. Shut up Blaine you did not just think that.

"Yeah. It could be a whole lot worse so I'm glad for that,"

"What are they scenes from?"

"You ever watch a TV show called Dalton! ?" Blaine asked nonchalantly, his insides churning. Shit this is too close. He's going to figure it out! Shit you've said waaayyy too much-

"Seriously? You get to perform scenes from Dalton! in class? Okay, I am seriously jealous. I absolutely love that show."

"Really?"

"Hell yeah," Kurt laughed. "It gives me hope that society is changing and might actually be starting to loosen up on it's prejudice."

"Wow. I can't believe I never saw it that way," Blaine said, his insides twisting themselves into knots. Kurt had all the pieces to put together now but Blaine could only pray that he didn't.

"Sorry, that was a little deep. What scenes do you have?" Kurt asked innocently. Blaine sighed internally. Surely that meant he hadn't put it together? Right?

"We've got some from early on in season 1, like the first episode early. Darren is trying to convince his family that he wants to transfer to Dalton and they finally agree, then there's a couple of scenes from Darren's first day at Dalton." Blaine lied smoothly. The thing is, he can imagine himself performing these scenes in an acting class somewhere, if he was still in school. After saying this he wishes he'd chosen the name of another character instead of his own. Darren was the main character and lead soloist for the Warblers. Now in it's second season, Blaine was so glad he had the main role because his character was so well loved. But so easily recognisable...

"It should be embarrassing to say this, but I've watched that show so many times I know entire scenes almost by heart." Kurt admitted, laughing nervously. "I just love it, okay? So what if I'm just some silly fanboy, I'm glad to have someone like Darren or Blaine Anderson who plays him, as my idol because they've managed to make something of their life when they're freaking eighteen. I wish I'd managed to have an entire season and a half under my belt already like he has. He's... he's such a nice person; I wish I could meet him one day. Maybe when I'm on Broadway our paths will cross somehow."

Oh Blaine was in deep trouble now.

"I'm sorry, I talk too much." Kurt said shyly.

"It's fine. I like listening to you talk Kurt," Oh Blaine! Learn to shut your mouth!

"Well uh, do you have any idols as such?" Kurt asked, shifting the focus of the conversation, his blush practically audible over the phone.

"Well, sort of. I mean, I really like a whole load of actors and stuff but I don't think I have like, one main idol. I mean, there is this one guy I discovered recently. And he's managed to put up with the douche-baggiest guy I've ever known and for quite some time, though I don't know how long to be exact. But I feel really proud of the guy for being so amazing when they broke up. I mean sure, he was upset - anyone would be after breaking up with your boyfriend - but this guy was so strong he managed to end up talking about how he was looking forward to beating this guys show choir just to see the look on his face."

"Why do I have the feeling I know this guy?" Kurt asked.

"You know him! Wow, that's so cool. I wish I knew him better because he sounds like such an amazing guy." Blaine smiled goofily to himself.

"You're such a goober Blake," Kurt laughed.

"Who me? No... never," Blaine laughed.

"Shoot. I'm really sorry Blake, but I should really go. It's really late here and I have to be pretty early tomorrow." Kurt sighed sadly.

"Oh shit. Sorry. I totally forgot about the time difference between here and LA. I'm sorry, I should let you go. I'll talk to you later Kurt," Blaine babbled and Kurt let slip a quiet laugh.

"Yeah, I'll talk to you later Blake," he said happily.

"See you later Kurt"

Even if Blaine wouldn't admit it to himself just yet, and even if he'd only heard the boy's voice twice, he was totally falling for this Kurt.