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Chapter 3
"Mr. Schuster? I think I found someone who wants to join Glee club and he would like to audition today."
"Kurt that's awesome. You know we always can use new members; we need to stay over the 12 members for sectionals. So who is it?"
In this moment Blaine came limping into the choir room, smiling at the others. The few ones he already got to know at lunch were smiling at him but most of the other were looking at him like he was some kind of freak and he bet that they couldn't imagine why he should joining Glee club.
A tall boy looked at him with an opened mouth. He sat next to Rachel and they held hands. Behind him a beautiful Latino cheerio was sitting, she looked at him in a disgusting way.
"Ah Blaine is it, right?"
"Yes. I would like to audition if you don't mind."
"No, of course not. Do you have any experience in singing?"
"Yes, I was a member of the Warblers at Dalton Academy."
"Ah, the Warblers? Well if you want to join Glee club then you need to be against your old friends you know that."
"Yes I do but I think that I am professional enough to master that."
Mr. Schuster laughed.
"I like that! So come on, the stage is yours."
He sat down next to Kurt and suddenly Blaine was standing alone in the middle of the room, everyone was looking at him.
He was used to standing on stage and he was also used to being stared at but it was still something pretty hard for him. He worked hard for his confidence and he wanted to be strong for Kurt because he had a feeling that Kurt needing someone he could look up to. Blaine looked at Kurt and suddenly he knew what kind of song he would sing.
A moment later the melody of The Killer's song "When you were young" could be heard in the choir room.
You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now, here he comes
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentlemen
Like you imagined when you were young.
Everyone was quiet while Blaine was singing. Kurt could feel the butterflies throwing a party once again in his stomach. Finn was getting pale; this guy could be a hard competitor for him. Tina was smiling as well as Mercedes who was watching Kurt and she could see that Kurt was totally in love with that guy on crutches.
Even Santana was impressed by his voice but that didn't mean that she would welcome him with open arms.
Before Blaine started to sing he seemed way too small for the stage. He was leaning heavily at his crutches, his skinny legs seemed to shake a little bit, like if they couldn't support his weight that much longer. But the moment when Blaine opened his mouth and they could hear him sing, he was totally in his element. It was like the stage had been waiting for Blaine all those years. It was like he totally belonged there.
Can we climb this mountain
I don't know
Higher now than ever before
I know we can make it if we take it slow
Let's take it easy
Easy now, watch it go
We're burning down the highway skyline
On the back of a hurricane that started turning
When you were young
When you were young
When Blaine finished Mr. Shuster stood up and clapped his hands as well as most of the other Glee members.
"That was amazing Blaine. Your voice is unique and totally awesome. So I would say welcome to New Directions!"
Blaine smiled and wanted to limp over to Kurt to sit down, he wasn't used to standing so much and he was already exhausted from the long school day. Life at Dalton was hard as well but there were chairs everywhere and he never needed to stand that long like he had to do here, although he tried to sit down every time he saw a chair.
Before he could reach Kurt the Latino girl named Santana was clearing her throat.
"Mr. Schuster, I don't want to question your opinion in this one, I have to agree that gel-haired-boy over there has a voice that is okay. But how do you want to do a choreo with him? You said yourself that we need to focus more on dancing and how are we supposed to do that with him? I don't think that he's a very good dancer. I don't want to lose sectionals because of him."
Mister Schuster sighed and Blaine felt his face going red. He really enjoyed singing here and most of those guys seemed to be really nice and Glee club would be a good chance to spend more time with Kurt. And he could do what he loves- singing and performing.
"Santana I appreciate that you're worried about the team but I don't think that that would be a problem. Blaine has an awesome voice and every strong voice can add to a simple performance. You said yourself that you are underdogs and it is our task to be there for all the other underdogs out there. If Blaine wants to join the New Directions then it's perfectly fine and you will accept that, alright?"
Santana rolled her eyes and said nothing. Blaine turned to her.
"I can understand you that you're worried, but I was supposed to be the lead soloist for the Warblers at sectionals. I know that I am not the biggest dancer in the world but that doesn't mean that I cannot perform at all, I just do it a little bite different than you. Furthermore I sometimes use a wheelchair as well and if it fits better to the chroreo then I can support Artie and perform together with him. I don't want you to loose sectionals because of me and I will do everything I can to help you guys to nationals."
He turned around and finally set down next to Kurt, a pained expression on his face.
Kurt leaned over towards him.
"That was awesome but are you okay?"
Blaine smiled at him.
"Of course I am, I'm just a little bit tired, I'm not used to those long school days. I'm fine."
Kurt smiled back and listened to Mr. Schuster who was explaining the task for the week. Blaine listened closely as well but from time to time he secretly watched Kurt and being with him was worth all the pain and exhaustion from this day.
When Glee practice was over Blaine slowly stood up. He spent the rest of practice just sitting and watching.
His legs were hurting and his back was complaining as well. He knew he should call his mom to catch him up so he could lie down and rest a little bit. But he had promised Kurt that he would go to his house with him and he didn't want to disappoint him. So he gritted his teeth and decided that a painkiller would do it for the next hours.
Kurt seemed pretty excited about taking a guy who was actually gay to his house.
Together with Blaine he went to his car where his step brother Finn was already waiting for him.
"So what is he doing here?"
"He is Blaine and yes, he's coming home with us."
Finn's face became red and he looked at his feet.
"So are you two… you know… do you…"
Kurt laughed.
"You mean are we dating? You can say it Finn, gay people date just like straight people, there is no difference."
"Hmmm… yeah. So are you…?"
Kurt looked at Blaine and smiled.
"We don't know that yet but I hope that I'm going to spend a lot of my time with Blaine."
Blaine smiled as well and Finn nodded and went into the car. He had no problem with Kurt being gay but he felt a little bit uncomfortable when it came to that topic. Especially he always had those pictures in his head… He shook his head and turned the radio a little bit louder.
Kurt opened the door for Blaine. He noticed that Blaine had walked slower than in the morning, maybe he was in pain?
"Do you need help?"
Blaine shook his head. "No it's okay. I got it."
Kurt stepped one step back and watched Blaine struggling to get into the car. His legs didn't seem to cooperate very well and it took some time until Blaine was finally in the car seat. Kurt could see the pain in his eyes but decided not to say anything, Blaine told him that he didn't need help and Kurt didn't want to screw this up.
So he just closed the door and started the engine.
The way to the Hummel-Hudson's house was quiet. Blaine stared out of the window and Finn was singing to some crazy songs on the radio.
Finally they reached their house. Finn was already out of the car before Kurt had stopped the engine. Kurt stood up and opened Blaine's door once again. Blaine smiled at him and took his crutches that were lying beside him.
He slowly moved his legs to the ground but when he wanted to stand up one crutch fell down and Blaine as well. Luckily Kurt could catch him before he hit the ground otherwise Blaine would have said hello to the street.
"Woah, woah. Don't worry, I got ya."
Kurt held Blaine in his arms and he couldn't deny that he liked Blaine being so close to him. He looked down at Blaine who was looking to the ground and Kurt knew that he felt ashamed because of what had just happened.
"Well, I thought that we agreed on taking it slow but I cannot deny that I like being so close to you."
Kurt was surprised that he said that out loud. He didn't want to, what if Blaine would be angry at him?
But Blaine finally looked into Kurt's eyes. Kurt could see irritation and fear in them.
"So you don't want to run away now?"
"Why should I run away? I love being with you, Blaine. Something like this doesn't care me. I think you're screwed because I don't plan to leave you so soon Blaine. I don't plan to ever leave you. I won't go."
Blaine looked int o Kurt's eyes and tried to find something in it that would tell him that this was just a dream or a huge lie but he could find only truth and love in those eyes.
Finally a small smile appeared in his face.
"Are you serious?"
"Courage, Blaine. I am serious."
They stood there for another few minutes until Kurt noticed that Blaine had to be pretty uncomfortable because he was hanging like a sand back in Kurt's arms.
"Okay so I want you to know that I could stand with you here for like forever but I don't think that this is pretty comfortable for you and my arms are getting heavy."
Blaine looked down at him and laughed and the sight of his twisted legs and the fact that his face was right at Kurt's chest.
"Oh… I guess you're right."
"Okay so, can you hold onto the door with one hand? You can put the other one on my shoulder while I'll get your crutches, okay?"
Blaine nodded.
"That should work."
Blaine put his right hand on the top of the car door while Kurt lifted his left hand on his shoulder. With Kurt's help he liftet himself up and stood on his own two feed again.
Kurt slowly reached down to get the crutch and although it took only a few seconds Blaine's legs were shaking when he handed the crutched to him.
"Okay so… let's get inside? I bet that Carol has a very delicious meal for us and she is standing behin the curtain in the kitchen and is watching us and dying to meet you."
"Haha then we shouldn't let her wait any more. But… are you sure it's okay if I just eat with you guys? I don't have anything with me…"
"Blaine it's alright. Carole is awesome and my dad won't bite either. Just be yourself and I tell they will like you."
Slowly they went into the house, Kurt always watching if Blaine could keep up with him.
"Dad, Carole! I'm home!"
Before Kurt closed the door Carole was already standing in front of them.
"Ok Kurt, hey sweetie. Oh and you brought a friend! Hello, I am Carole, Finn's mother."
"Hello. I am Blaine Anderson."
"Oh it is so nice to meet you Blaine. It is always good to meet Kurt's friends."
Blaine wanted to shake hands with her but Carole already had him in a huge hug. "So come on you two, dinner is ready. You're lucky that I cooked a little bit too much, so there will be enough for everyone."
To Kurt she mouthed:"He's cute."
Kurt rolled his eyes and with one exclusive look at Blaine they went into the dining room. This was going to be fun.
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Jesssy
