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Morning came, and I woke up in a state of nervous excitement. Today was Saturday. Later I'd be meeting Kurt. I'd told him to dress casually,- we were going climbing afterwards, after all- but this was one of his few opportunities for fashion, (we normally wore the uniform even at weekends, but we were permitted to change if we were going out) and I was pretty sure that he would come dressed in designer gear.

I slipped into my best dark skinny jeans, and a new pair of black shoes. They weren't suitable for climbing, but I'd have to change them at the climbing centre anyway. I put on a carefully ironed dark red v-necked t-shirt, and looked out my best leather jacket, which I would put on over it.

Then I started on my hair. I gelled it to within an inch of it's life and made sure there were no stray curls, before giving myself a quick once-over in the long mirror Dalton had provided.

I grabbed my toothbrush, toothpaste and a bottle of mouthwash and headed out of my room and down the hall to the bathroom, where I brushed my teeth until they were so white they were practically blinding. I checked my watch. 1:30. I'd have to leave now if I wanted to be there on time. I wondered if Kurt was ready. I practically sprinted out of the bathroom with all my stuff and back up the hall. I grabbed my jacket from where it was lying on my bed and checked the packet of chewing gum I had put in there was still there. I slipped my jacket on, grabbed my phone, car-keys and iPod and left. I wondered if it was better to just meet Kurt now and only take one car to the cafe. I'd been learning about saving the environment in modern studies yesterday and it certainly seemed like the "greener" option. I headed back along the hall to his room, hoping he hadn't left already. I rounded the last corner before his room and walked straight into him. Smooth, Blaine.

"Ow!", he shouted, "What the- Oh Hi, Blaine."

"Ouch. Hey, Kurt. Sorry."

"It's fine, don't worry about it. What're you doing here? I thought we were meeting at two."

"Well, I thought it'd be better to go in the same car. You know, more eco-friendly."

"Um, okay. Yeah. Shall we go, then?"

"Yeah, my car's in lot A."

We walked out through the common room and into the giant hallway beyond. We eventually reached the massive entrance doors and signed out.

Lot A was right outside of the main office, which we had just come out of. My car was really close to us and we reached it quickly. I unlocked the car and opened the passenger door for Kurt, - who blushed - and got into the driver's side. When we were both in and seat belted, I started the car and plugged my iPod in. I selected my AVPM playlist without thinking, and Not Alone started blasting from the speakers. Kurt looked down at my iPod in surprise.

"Oh, sorry. I'll turn it off. I have Katy Perry or Lady Gaga if you want."

"No, that's fine! Is that Not Alone!"

"Yeah, do you know it?", I asked, surprised. I didn't think that Kurt liked that sort of thing.

"Uh, yeah! AVPM is totally awesome!"

We stared at each other. The whole thing was not unlike Harry and Ron finding out they both loved Redvines in AVPS. It was quite funny actually.

"Where have you been all my life?", Kurt asked. He obviously thought so too.

"In a cupboard, under some stairs," I replied.

We both laughed. When we had finished laughing Kurt started the song again and started to sing.

"I've been alone,

Surrounded by darkness,

and I've seen how heartless,

the world,

can be.

And I've seen you crying,

you felt like it's hopeless,

I'll always do my best,

to make you see,

That Baby you're not alone,

'cause you're here with me,

and nothing's ever gonna bring us down,

'cause nothing can keep me from lovin' you,

and you know it's true,

it don't matter what'll come to be,

our love is all we need,

to make it through."

Again, he sang beautifully. I decided to join in for Ginny and Harry's duet bit, him singing Ginny's part and me singing Harry's.

"Now I know, it aint easy"

" No, it aint easy"

"But it aint hard tryin'"

"It's so hard tryin'"

"Every time I see you smilin', and I feel you so close to me, and you tell me!"

We started to sing together for the chorus.

"That Baby you're not alone!

'Cause you're here with me,

and nothing's ever gonna bring us down,

'cause nothing can keep me from lovin' you,

and you know it's true,

it don't matter what'll come to be,

our love is all we need,

to make it through."

I started to sing alone and he laughed.

"But I still have trouble!

I trip and stumble,

trying to make sense of things, sometimes,

I look for reasons,

but I don't need 'em,

all I need is to look in your eyes,

and I realiiiiiise!"

I drew the last note out and he applauded.

"Hey Harry!", we chorused.

"Baby you're not alone!

'Cause you're here with me,

and nothing's ever gonna take us down!

'cau-au-ause nothing can keep me from lovin' you, (lovin' yo-ou-ou)

and you know it's true,

it don't matter what'll come to be,

our love is all we need,

to make it through."

"Guys," I said, "I'm so glad you came back. I'm so sorry I shouted."

"'Cause it don't matter what'll come to be,

our love is all we need,

to maaake it,

to maaaake it,

to maaake it,

to maaaaaaake it, throoooooough!"

Kurt laughed at my attempt at the four-part harmony.

"You did the Harry part well," he said.

"Thanks. Y'know, a lot of people say I look like the guy who plays Harry in that."

He studied me closely.

"I don't see it," he said.

I know, neither do I. We sat in silence for a while, but it was comfortable, not awkward.

He smiled as Voldemort Is Going Down came on, and hummed the tune. When Goin' Back To Hogwarts came on, he sang the whole thing all the way through, and included the dialogue. He was word perfect. And that song is ten minutes long with the dialogue. He was obviously a great fan.

"So, how long've you liked AVPM?"

"Oh, ages! I make references to it all the time, how come you've never noticed?"

"Sorry."

"Do you want a Redvine?"

"Do you have some with you?"

"Yes."

"Oh my God, I love you. Om nom nom..."

"I love these things. They're like, the best sweet ever."

We stared at each other.

"Favourite Aimee Mann song on three", I said, "One, two three!"

"Redvines!", we shouted in unison.

"Favourite colour of vine other than green!", he shouted.

"Redvines!"

"Favourite way to say Red Wines in a German accent!", I added.

"REDVINES!"

We laughed for about ten minutes straight. When we finished he looked over at me and smiled shyly. But the smile disappeared almost as soon as it had come, and he frowned.

I looked at him, concerned.

"What's up?", I asked.

"I feel bad. I mean, Pavarotti's dead and we're singing and laughing and quoting and eating and going for coffee and going climbing."

"Hey, Kurt, it's not like he'd be doing any of those things. Except maybe singing. He had quite the voice."

He chucked slightly at my joke. I looked at the clock on the dashboard. 2:30.

"Hey, do you wanna forget about the Aroma Room and get coffee at the Lima Bean instead? It's right next to the climbing centre and I wanted to practice a little before we meet Jeff and that."

"Um, sure, yeah. I like the Lima Bean."

I did a u-turn- I'm not sure that's legal on the road I was on, but hey- and went back the way we came. It didn't take too long to get back to town. We pulled up into the Lima Bean's car park and got out. I walked up to the barista.

"Hi there, can I have a medium drip and a grande non-fat mocha?"

"That'll be $6.50".

I handed over ten dollars and told her to keep the change. Kurt had found us a table and I carefully carried the steaming cups of coffee over. I put them down on the table.

"Thanks", he said.

"No problem. So, Kurt, have you spoken to anyone from New Directions recently?"

"Yeah, actually. Finn was asking me for help with his Spanish homework, but obviously I didn't have a clue."

"Oh, okay, cool" I smiled.

"So," I said, "Do you wanna head over to the climbing centre when we're done?"

"Yep," he said, before taking a sip of his drink. We chatted about several things- Regionals, Nationals, Climbing later, Jeff and Nick being total pains- and finished up. I smiled at the hopeful looking barista on the way out and put an arm round Kurt, who jumped, but didn't move away. I looked around behind me and saw that the barista looked devastated. I smirked.

"Blaine?", Kurt said.

"Yes?"

"Why exactly do you have your arm round me?"

"Um...you were going to walk into the door and I was guiding you away."

"Oookaaay..."

The climbing centre was just down the road and we walked along and entered.

"Hi", I said, "Two for three hours please."


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