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So I got sick of studying and decided to get back into glee. I just have to say, in Fighter, no one as ever looked o badass in a sweater vest. :D

Sorry for the wait. School's over in a week so updates will be more frequent. I love getting ideas for my stories so PM me or send in a review!

Oh and I don't want to give a really long author's note like I sometimes do so please go read my profile when you're done here. There's a couple pretty important things there.

Disclaimer: I can't even think of something witty, I've had to say this so many times. Of course I don't freaking own Glee!


Kurt settled easily into his new schedule once the summer ended. He'd wake up at the same time as he had for school, pick up coffee and bagels, give Blaine a ride to McKinley and then help Burt open up the shop. Until mid-November, he'd work full time at the shop while one of the employees, Nathaniel, recovered from surgery. When Nathaniel returned he'd start only working in the morning and find a part-time job for the afternoons. Kurt wasn't sure what he wanted to do but he wasn't worried. He had over a month to figure it out.

It was nice, being able to spend so much time with Blaine and his father, especially his father, who he hadn't had as much time for the year before. Kurt never once regretted his decision.

At first, it was not telling anyone that was the hard part. Somehow, Kurt managed to remain being the only one that knew the truth until one day at the Lima Bean.

It was the middle of September. Burt had given him the day off and Blaine didn't have school because of some county-wide teacher's conference or something. They had an entire day planned; kissing, movies, karaoke, cuddling and more kissing. It would be perfect.

Kurt tapped his fingers on the counter. He was picking up coffee, pastries and bagels to take to Blaine's and it was taking forever. There was an abnormally large amount of people for 10 AM on a weekday. His eyes floated around the packed restaurant. A young couple with a baby was sitting at his and Blaine's usual table, while a group of people in suits with laptops were lounging on the New Direction's favorite set of sofas. All of the memories he'd had in that place came rushing back to him.

"Kurt?" a voice cut through his thought.

He jumped, startled and snapped around to see who spoke to him. He smiled when he saw the familiar slightly older man standing there.

"Cooper, hey!" Kurt hugged him briefly before pulling back. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be heading to the airport?"

Cooper had been in Lima to visit Blaine for the past week before he started filming for a new ad campaign. He'd told Blaine he would be flying out that morning from Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport.

"My flight got delayed a few hours so I figured I'd grab a cup of coffee before I drive to the airport," Cooper explained. 'Where's Blaine?"

"At home. I'm just here to pick us up some food before I head over," Kurt said.

"Oh, okay. Well, do you have time to sit for a bit? We never actually got to talk while I was here." That was true. When Kurt went to get Blaine in the morning, Cooper was still sleeping and other than that they were never in the same place at the same time.

"Um, sure, why not? Let me just text Blaine so he know I'll be a bit late," Kurt said before pulling out his phone and tapping at the keys.

Cooper smiled, nodded and went to grab a seat that wasn't filled. A minute later Kurt joined him, paper bags and coffee cups in hand,

Conversation between the two of them was easy. They had always gotten along, even when Cooper and Blaine were having a rough patch. It was Kurt who helped them fix things and that made Cooper like him even more. They talked a little about everything, summer, Cooper's latest girlfriend, his acting job, fashion.

And then school came up. It started with talking about Glee club. Cooper asked him if he missed high school and Kurt told him that, oddly enough, he did.

"So what are you going to do?" Cooper asked, taking a casual sip of his latte.

"What do you mean?"

"Blaine told me about NYADA, which sucks, by the way. So what are you going to do?"

Kurt was surprised that Cooper brought it up. Everyone was carefully dancing around the issue.

"I'm working at my dad's shop for now. He has to keep flying back and forth to Washington and his assistant manager is recovering from surgery and there isn't enough money to hire anyone else so I'm helping out and trying to alleviate as much of his stress as possible. I think I'll get a part time job soon. Maybe teach some classes or something," Kurt said.

"And then you'll apply again, right?" Cooper asked. "Don't give up on that dream Kurt. I know my first rejection was a major blow and I thought about quitting but I didn't and you definitely shouldn't either. I mean, look at how awesome everything turned out for me!"

Kurt resisted the urge to roll his eyes. He was great and supportive but still just so Cooper.

"Yes, Coop," Kurt told him. "I am…uh…I'm going to reapply in the fall."

He kept his gaze on the table as he spoke. It was the first time anyone had asked him that question, the first time he had to say out loud that he would be reapplying. He had never been a very good liar.

It was silent for a long while. Kurt refused to raise his eyes because he could feel Cooper studying him carefully.

Finally Cooper broke the silence. "You're lying,"he stated simply.

"What…no, no I'm not," Kurt smattered. It came out a lot less indignantly than he'd intended.

"Yes, you are." Cooper said. "So what's the deal, you're giving up on New York? Are you going to stay in Lima, or move somewhere else? Because if you are, you'd better tell Blaine before he starts filling out all of those early decision applications that he has for NYU and Columbia on his desk."

"No, I'm definitely still going to New York," Kurt said quietly. He didn't like where this was going.

"Then are you just giving up on NYADA? Personally, I don't think you should but if that's what you want…" Kurt tuned Cooper out as he continued to ramble on about how Kurt should follow his dream and not let that one rejection get him down.

"I got in," Kurt said suddenly. He was so quiet Cooper barely heard him.

"Excuse me?"

"I said, I got accepted to NYADA," Kurt said, this time a little louder.

Cooper's eyes got so wide that in a different situation it would have been comical. His jaw literally dropped and if his coffee cup hadn't been resting on the table, it probably would have too.

"You WHAT?" he all but screeched. People around them turned to stare.

Kurt shifted uncomfortably. "Cooper, just shut up alright. Let me explain."

Cooper's shocked expression remained in place but he quieted down.

Kurt explained the entire story. Somewhere around explaining why he requested a deferment, Cooper's mouth snapped shut. He smiled when Kurt mentioned wanting New York to be something he experienced for the first time with Blaine.

"You can't tell Blaine!" Kurt said once he was done. Cooper's face fell.

"Kurt you can't keep this a secret from him!" Cooper insisted. Kurt shook his head. "You've been keeping this a secret from him for so long. He's going to be so hurt when he finds out and waiting even longer is just going to make it worse."

Kurt shook his head again. "He isn't going to find out. Look, we both know Blaine, and we both know that he is going to blame himself. He's going to think that he's tying me down and keeping me from living my dreams. He'll probably break up with me just so he isn't 'holding me down'."

As much as he wanted to, Cooper couldn't argue with that. It sounded exactly like Blaine.

"But he'll feel even worse if you don't tell him. Then he'll think you don't feel that you can be honest with him. He'd rather be hurt by the truth than be lied to. Blaine's weird like that."

Kurt couldn't help but smile along with Cooper at that. It was very short lived. He groaned and dropped his hands into his hands.

"Oh my God, Blaine is going to hate me," he choked out. Tears welled up in his eyes. There he was about to start crying to his boyfriend's brother in the middle of a crowded coffee shop. Perfect.

Cooper's eyes softened as he looked at the boy before him. "Of course, he isn't going to hate you, Kurt. Blaine could never hate you," he said, awkwardly patting Kurt's arm in reassurance. Normally he wouldn't even touch Kurt's clothes for fear that he would somehow stain them but Kurt barely even noticed. Cooper continued, "Look, Blaine loves you. He'll always love you. That doesn't mean he won't be mad, but it does mean you guys will work it out."

Kurt sniffed loudly and nodded. Before he could say anything, Cooper's phone chimed.

"Crap, that's my alarm. Look, Kurt, I've really got to get going to the airport. I'll be gone a month. I won't tell Blaine but you definitely should before I get back," Cooper said. Kurt nodded and stood to give him a quick hug.

"Hang in there, Kurt. It'll all turn out okay." And with that Cooper turned on his heel and hurried out of the café.


So...I'm not so happy with it. I feel like it might be a bit choopy or rushed in places. Oh well, please let me know what you think. I have a tendency to loose interest in a story and stop updating if I don't think anyone is reading. :D

BTW the airport I mentioned is real and is about 30 miles away from Lima (I didn't even know Lima was real) in case anyone was wondering. I Goolgle-d it!

Hope you enjoyed and please review!