Before Blaine knew it, school was over for the day. In a way, he was grateful, because it meant he survived his first day of McKinley. Blaine hadn't known what to expect, but he never expected to meet someone like Kurt, someone so honest and genuine. He hadn't had someone like Kurt in his life before— he couldn't explain it. At Dalton Blaine though he had people who he could trust and rely on, But they only ever fell short. Blaine's so called "best friend," at Dalton, Sebastian, was the reason it all went downhill for him.
On Blaine's first day at Dalton, he went to his dorm room and met his roommate, Sebastian. He was nice, and they had a lot in common. Their friendship only ever grew, and Blaine felt like he could openly tell Sebastian that he was gay. Sebastian was very accepting and kind to Blaine, which made Blaine feel like he could let his walls down with Sebastian. In his second year there, both he and Sebastian decided to tryout for the Warblers, and Sebastian was nothing short of envious when Blaine made it, and he didn't.
After that, it was like a switch completely flipped in Sebastian, and he started verbally abusing Blaine, in and outside of their dorm room. The verbal abuse escalated to physical abuse and some of Sebastian's friends even started joining in. Blaine felt like he was back in middle school, so he ran, he left Dalton, and was now here in Lima. After everything at Dalton, it was like Blaine completely forgot how to smile, so the fact that he was smiling and talking to someone at McKinley was both scaring him and making him feel like things will be different. But Blaine couldn't suppress the feeling that it's all going to happen again. Blaine wanted to believe that McKinley was going to be good for him.
The next morning Blaine got to school early, determined to find his locker because he didn't want to carry his book around with him all day like yesterday. After about ten minutes of searching, he finally found his locker. He just closed his locker and turned around to see Kurt, and Rachel, (at least he thinks that's her name,) and a few other people he didn't know walking down the hall in his direction.
The group of them stopped a couple lockers away. "Good morning Blaine." Kurt smiled.
"Good morning."
"Who's this?" One of the other's with Kurt asked.
"Mercedes, this is Blaine, he's new here." Kurt said.
"You look familiar…" The one— Mercedes, said.
"Remember last year at Regionals, the Warblers?" Kurt began, "He was the lead singer."
"Holy shit! The one with the great voice?!" Mercedes basically shouted staring right at Blaine.
Blaine chucked softly and added. "I guess that's me." He rubbed his hand on the back of his neck, unsure of what to do in this situation.
"So does that mean you'll be joining us at Glee Club today?" Another one— Rachel (he was sure that was her name,) added.
"I'm not sure." Blaine offered uneasily.
"Come on, please? We could always use more strong male leads." Mercedes interjected.
"What's that supposed to mean?" The only other guy there (other than Kurt, of course) asked.
"Finn, you always get to have the lead, it's time someone else did too!" Mercedes replied turning to him. She then turned back to Blaine. "At least think about it, okay? There's practice today after school. You can just sit in and listen if you want. But please, come."
"I'll think about it." Blaine replied. Blaine looked at his watch and saw that class was about to begin, then he looked up at them to see that Mercedes was hoping Blane would give her an answer immediately about Glee Club. "Well, I'm going off to class. It was nice to meet you all." Blaine then turned to leave but only stopped when he heard Kurt.
"Wait, I'll go with you." He hurried to Blaine's side and walked with him. "I'm sorry about them, they're always trying to talk everyone they meet into joining."
"It's fine. If I'm being completely honest, the idea did cross my mind."
"Really?" Kurt turned to look at Blaine and he's never seen someone smile the way Kurt was now. It was equivalent to that of a child being given the one gift they've always wanted.
"Yeah, I mean, New Directions kicked ass last year. But I also don't know if I want to commit to something so soon, you know?"
"That's fair, but can I give you one last sales pitch?" Kurt's eyes were so gentle and honest as he looked at Blaine almost pleadingly.
"Sure, go for it."
"When I joined, I felt like I didn't belong here. But with the Glee Club, it gave me that sense of belonging, I finally felt like I could be myself without being judged. Yes we have our fights in the club, and every other week someone is threatening to quit, but we're a family. No matter what happens, we're there for each other." Kurt finished as he sat in his seat.
"Hmm." Was all Blaine could think of saying. He always wanted to belong somewhere, and he thought he had at Dalton until Sebastian happened.
"Just think about it, okay?" Kurt said while searching Blaine's eyes and trying to figure out what he was thinking.
"Okay." Blaine finally said.
The day passed slowly, but all Blaine could think of was Glee Club. The end of the day came around, and even with his doubts, he decided to go. When he got to the choir room, he knocked at the door and immediately got everyone's attention. He saw Kurt's smile, at met it with a small one of his own.
"Blaine, right?" Mr. Schuester asked. Blaine was kind of surprised that he already knew him by name.
Blaine nodded. "I'd like to audition to join." He slowly walked into the room.
"By all means!" Mr. Schuester smiled. "Sing anything you want, the floor is yours!" He then took a seat with the students. Blaine walked over to the piano and took a seat on the piano bench. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Before he knew it his hands were flying across the keys and he started singing "Teenage Dream." Once he finished he looked over at the group of them who were all clapping.
"From the Warblers, right?" Mr. Schuester asked once everyone quieted down.
"Yes sir." Blaine choked out.
"We'd be glad to have you with us." Mr. Schuester smiled again. Blaine moved to take a seat over by the rest of the Glee Club as Mr. Schuester stood back up at the front. He was sure some eyes were still on him, which only made his more nervous. Mr. Schuester clapped his hands together to regain everyone's attention. "So, everyone, last time I gave you all the theme of confessions, about digging down deep to who you really are. Does anyone have a song they'd like to sing?" Everyone immediately started to look around at each other, when suddenly there were footsteps from behind Blaine as someone started to walk towards Mr. Schuester.
"I've got one."
"Wonderful, Puck! Let's hear it!" Mr. Schuester then sat back down where he had when Blaine sang.
"So, I was thinking a lot about this lesson, and it got me thinking about how other's see me. Everyone views me as this rough, tough, meathead with nothing else there. But there's more to me than that." The guy— Puck said. He then nodded to the band and someone handed him a guitar. He sang "Stronger," by Matthew West. When he finished, everyone was clapping and he returned to his seat.
"That was terrific Puck!" Mr. Schuester congratulated. A few more went as well, and as much as Blaine wanted to focus, he was still nervously pulling at the sleeves of his cardigan. His doubts and fears were creeping in again.
Once Glee Club was over, Blaine tried to rush out of there as fast as he could.
"Blaine! Wait up!" Kurt shouted, running after him. Blaine stopped walking and waited for Kurt. "Are you okay?"
"Hmm? Oh, yeah. I'm fine." He turned to keep walking, but Kurt kept with him.
"Okay then? Want to join me for coffee?" Kurt tried again, not believing Blaine.
"I'm sorry, I can't today." Blaine kept walking.
Kurt grabbed Blaine's arm and got him to stop walking and to look at him. "I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm trying to be your friend here. I can tell by the look in your eyes that something's not right, so will you just talk to me? I'm not asking you to spill your guts here, but at least be honest with me. Trust me a little."
That hit Blaine. The last person he actually trusted hurt him deep. But here Kurt was, standing in front of him, after only just meeting Blaine yesterday, asking Blaine to do what he believed to be the impossible. Even if Blaine wouldn't admit it, all he wanted was someone he could really trust, who wouldn't betray him, and here Kurt was, as if a gift on a silver platter, but Blaine couldn't understand. "That's a tall order." Blaine finally said, looking away.
"All I'm asking is that you give me a chance. But if you can't, I'll respect that." Kurt released Blaine's arm then walked off.
It took Blaine a matter of two seconds to run down the hall after Kurt. "Is that coffee offer still on the table?" He asked shyly.
"Follow me." Kurt smiled.