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Chapter 2

Blaine nervously stepped into the wood paneled room that had been designated as the Warbler's practice space. His stomach was already doing nervous flips as he thought about having to audition in front of all these strangers. Blaine was able to pick Nick's face out of the crowd of chatty boys, walking quickly to his side.

"Blaine!" Nick greeted enthusiastically, "You remember Jeff, right?" He asked as he re-introduced his long time boyfriend.

"Yeah its great to see you." Blaine smiled, relaxing a little bit as he was greeted with Jeff's familiar face.

"Great to see you too." Jeff replied with an easy smile, "Don't be nervous." He added calmly, sensing Blaine's nerves. Blaine smiled in response; he had always liked Jeff. He was the Ying to Nick's Yang. The calming force that kept Blaine's slightly too enthusiastic friend grounded.

"Tell me how the rest of your day went!" Nick demanded eagerly as he pulled Blaine away from the crowd of boys, leaving Jeff to resume his conversation with the other Warblers. "Well?" Nick asked again impatiently.

"It was good." Blaine said, trying not to let his mind drift back to the beautiful Sebastian Smythe.

"Good? That's all I get? I want details, Blaine! Did you make any friends?"

"No, not really." Blaine admitted; the Dalton jam-packed class schedule didn't leave much time for socializing.

"You didn't meet anyone?" Nick asked, his voice filled with disappointment.

"No…not really." Blaine said unable to keep from picturing the adorable faces Sebastian had made in class when he was concentrating on a problem. A treacherous goofy grin made its way onto Blaine's face.

"Liar!" Nick exclaimed in a low whisper. "I know that look, that's your 'I just met a super hot boy look'! You've been holding out on me, Anderson. Spill." Nick demanded, barely able to contain his giddiness.

"We didn't exactly meet. I more admired from afar."

"In other words, you were too big of a chicken to introduce yourself and spent the whole class discreetly staring at him." Blaine cursed how well Nick knew him. "What's his name? Do I know him? He was hot right? How hot? Like on a scale of one to Ryan Gosling!" Nick continued to prattle on until Blaine was forced to cut him off, out of fear someone would over hear them.

"He was hot, super hot. I have know idea if you know him." Blaine responded.

"Name, Blaine. What was his name?" Nick pressed.

"Se-" Blaine was cut off as the doors to the room dramatically swung open. A tall boy with short curly brown hair and striking blue eyes strolled in confidently, two others following closely behind him.

"Warblers, take your seats so we can start the meeting." He yelled over the mesh of voices in the room.

"We will discuss this later." Nick whispered, before taking off.

The Warblers quickly scattered to their seats. Blaine stood awkwardly in the back, while Jeff and Nick took their seats at the council table. The curly-haired boy took his seat at the center of the table by a gavel, this must be Jesse Blaine thought.

"I know call the meeting to order" Jesse declared banging the gavel repeatedly to stop the remaining murmurs. "Warbler Jeff, read the minutes from the previous meeting."

The rest of the meeting went on in a similar fashion, very organized, very professional almost to the degree of being funny. Until finally Jesse called Blaine to the front of the room, introducing him before he had him perform his song in front of the whole team.

Afterwards Blaine sat nervously outside the room as the council deliberated. It only took a few minutes, but it felt like hours as Blaine fidgeted in his seat, playing his audition back in his mind to see if he had missed any notes or stumbled over any words. He looked up when he heard the door to the Warbler room open, Nick stood there with an unconcealed smile.

"Blaine, please come in." Nick said half snickering at the professionalism of the words. Blaine followed Nick into the room; it was only the council in the room now, the rest of the glee club had been excused.

Jesse extended his hand to Blaine. "I didn't get to officially introduce myself earlier, Jesse St. James, but I'm sure you already know that." There was a hint of smugness to his voice. "Blaine, I'd thank you for waiting, but we're the Warblers so your thank you is kind of the fact that we let you audition at all. Normally we don't allow brand new students to, especially since it's halfway through the competition season, but Nick and Jeff asked me to make an exception. I'm glad I did though, you're very talented." Jesse said, still in his the overly serious tone he'd had since the meeting had started.

"Umm, thank you." Blaine responded; Nick hadn't exaggerated about Jesse being a little… dickish.

"I should know, I'm very talented too." Jesse said completely seriously. And modest too. Blaine thought. "I'm pleased to offer you a spot on the Warblers."

"Thank you so much!" Blaine breathed out feeling the anxiety from earlier leave his body.

"I feel like we should be thanking you." Wes interjected, "We've been desperate for new talent for months. I think you're a perfect fit for the team."

"Wes." Jesse reprimanded in a tight voice. The other Warbler just looked down, slightly embarrassed.

"Thank you, you guys. I promise I won't let you and the other Warblers down."

"I love when they're new and eager to please." Jesse said to Jeff, who stood with Nick next to them. "Listen, there's a party tomorrow up at Lake Isaac, you should come. All the warblers will be there."

"Yeah them and half of Dalton and Crawford." Jeff laughed.

"It'll be fun. We throw one like every other weekend, people drive up, get trashed, crash at the cabin and drive home the next day." Jesse said, clearly trying to be friendly, but it all seemed somewhat forced.

"I don't think you can call that mansion a cabin just because it's made of wood." Jeff piped in again.

"Whatever, I can call it what I want. Its my party." Jesse snipped.

"Its your boyfriend's party, it's your boyfriend's house." Jeff countered once again.

"Semantics." Jesse said waving off Jeff. "But you should come Blaine, it'll be a great way for you to get socialized."

"Yeah, sure. Sounds great!" Blaine said; if half of Dalton were going to be there it meant there was a fifty percent chance Sebastian Smythe would be in attendance and Blaine refused to give up a chance to socialize with him.

Blaine, Nick and Jeff rode up to the lake house the following night. Blaine had been looking forward to it all day, he'd tried to introduce himself to Sebastian in math class that day so he could casually ask if he was going, but the guy was surrounded by an entourage of dudes at all time.

When they got there at eleven the party was in full swing. Music blasted loudly from the house, and various couples were situated on the front deck making out. Blaine blushed as he passed by them; he had never been a fan of PDA. The boys made their way through the party; Blaine just followed Nick and Jeff, making sure to stay on their heels, not wanting to get separated. The house reeked of booze, and the music was so loud Blaine could barely hear his own thoughts. The house was filled with sweaty bodies that grinded up against each other to the beat of the music. Blaine looked around, trying to spot Sebastian, but his attempts were unsuccessful. Nick and Jeff led him out back to where the house met the beach by the lakeside. If Blaine had thought the activities inside the house were bad, outside it was even worse. Groups of people congregated around the beach passing pieces and joints between each other. The rowdier individuals were doing keg stands over by the giant bonfire on the beach.

"So cool, right?" Nick stated more than asked.

"Yeah, super cool." Blaine answered unconvincingly.

"You hate it." Nick frowned, "How can you already hate it? We just got here. You were so excited five minutes ago."

"I don't hate it." Blaine meekly argued. "I just need time to adjust."

"Let's go get some beers, and chill out. Ok?" Jeff interjected giving a reassuring smile to Blaine as he took Nick's hand and led them down to one of the various kegs scattered along the beach.

Blaine took a big sip of his beer, he'd always liked beer and he needed something to calm his nerves. He still hadn't spotted Sebastian and he was starting to worry the boy wasn't going to be at the party. Just as Blaine was about to give into his pessimism he turned around and there he was, the beautiful boy. Sebastian stood buy the bonfire with a few other guys, a couple of which Blaine recognized from his Calc class. Blaine couldn't help but smile as he stared at Sebastian, the light from the fire lit up his face in the most beautiful way. He looked dark and mysterious and completely gorgeous. Now all he had to do was find a reason to go over there and introduce himself.

"Guys, you made it. Fantastic." Blaine heard Jesse's voice and reluctantly tore his eyes off Sebastian to look at the approaching boy.

"When have we ever missed a party?" Nick called back as Jesse made his final strides over to the boys.

"Welcome to my party!" Jesse said a little louder than necessary, Blaine could tell he was already pretty drunk.

"Once again, its not your party." Jeff jokingly corrected his inebriated friend.

"Oh fuck off, it's my party if I say it's my party. Though etiquette says I should introduce you to the 'actual' host. Blaine, I want you to meet my boyfriend," Jesse turned his head to the side. "Sebastian, come over here!"

Yes, I stole a line from Rachel Berry. I couldn't help it. Hope you like the chapter, please feel free to let me know what you think of the story so far.