Blain's eyes were beet red the next day at school. He felt exhausted after a night of not being able to sleep. Majority of that night was spent calling Kurt, trying to get him to talk to him. But Kurt never picked up the phone. Blaine figured that he really stepped in it, this time. He hoped that Kurt wasn't too upset for him to come by the Lima Bean later that day, but what would he say to him, aside from "I'm sorry for being such a dick."

But Blaine was right in a sense about what he said to Kurt, he thought. He probably should have choose a better way of telling Kurt, besides raising his voice, but he did feel that he had been spending a lot of his time solely on Kurt. In everything he did, while they were at McKinley together, Blaine put Kurt's feelings above his own. He hesitated to do things, like audition for Tony in West Side Story, in fear of what Kurt would think. But was that Kurt's fault? Kurt seemed every happy and supportive when Blaine got that the role, instead of him.

Blaine had a lot of thinking to do. Maybe spending so much time with Kurt wasn't the reason he was upset. It just seemed as if something in their relationship was missing. There was something Blaine felt every time he and Kurt were together. It was the essence of their relationship, the very thing that made it thrive. But over the past few months, whatever that thing was didn't exist anymore. Blaine couldn't put his finger on it. Was it sex? No, they had plenty of that. All Kurt had to do was appear to be in tears and before Blaine even realized it, they were peeling each other's clothes off. Whatever it was, Blaine wanted it back so badly.

It was late in the day at McKinley; all classes had ended for the day. Blaine made his way down the hall going to Glee practice. On the way to the choir, he passed by several other Glee members, standing in the hall by their lockers. Something very strange was going on with all of them. They all would turn, grin at Blaine, and then go back to whispering amongst themselves. Blaine felt a bit awkward every time one of them would give him a look. He decided to ignore it for now and just keep walking.

Just as he entered the Choir room he saw Tina sitting by herself, texting Mike on her cell phone. "Hey, Tina," he said to her, "how's it going?"

Tina looked up at Blaine and chuckled to herself.

Blaine once again felt awkward. "Okay," he said, "I just came from the hallway where everybody else did the same thing. They would look at me and laugh. What is going on?"

Tina shrugged her shoulders grinning. She knew full well what was going on. Blaine had no idea about the secret meeting of the Glee member, that didn't include him for one simple reason. They all got together to decide who the new captain of Glee club would be, since Rachel and Finn graduated. They all took a poll and the vote was unanimous. They all decided that Blaine was the most experienced and talented member of the Glee club. If anybody deserved to be captain, it was him.

The bell rang. The first member to enter the choir room was Malik Harris. Blaine made eye contact with Malik and sheepishly smiled back at him. "Hi,…Malik. It's good to...see you." Blaine voice was rather nervous around the boy for some reason. Not really in Blaine character to be nervous around new people. He usually showed more confidence.

Malik smiled back at Blaine. "Good to see you too, Anderson." He said.

Blaine was a bit surprised that Malik knew his last name. He didn't recall every telling Malik his name. In fact, Blaine couldn't recall ever talking to Malik. As the other members of the club gathered inside the choir room, Blaine sat down next to Tina. He leaned closer to her and said, "Um, how do you think Malik knows my name. I don't think I ever told him."

Tina thought for a minute. "Oh, he was at our…"she said, and pause not wanting to tell Blaine about the meeting, "never mind."

Artie wheeled over next to Sam sitting one row in front of Malik. "Hey, Malik, my brotha." He said. "That audition for Glee Club last week was off the hook."

Sam smiled and nodded in agreement. "Dude, seriously. This guy is like a perfect combo of Mercedes and Kurt. Right, Blaine?"

Blaine hadn't paid a bit of attention to anything said. When he heard his name, he turned his head to Sam. "What?"

"Malik's voice is just like Kurt's." Sam said.

"Yeah, it is." Tina added, "But it's like he can hit the same notes Kurt can, but he's got Mercedes "Park and Bark" power behind it."

The rest of the club all exclaimed in agreement, except Blaine. His eyes were fixed on Malik, sitting in the corner with his legs crossed smiling and blushing. Blaine thought he looked adorable.

Mr. Shuester entered the class. "Well, it's good to see that everyone getting acquainted with Malik. And really Malik it's good to have you this year." He said.

"I'm glad everyone feels the same way." He said. Rory stuck out his fist toward Malik, who slowly bumped his fist against his. Malik, indeed, never felt more welcome by a group of people like this. And they were all people who he could relate to. For the first time in his life he felt included.

"All right, Tina has the floor." Mr. Shuester said.

Tina stood and went to the center of the classroom. "As most of you know," Tina began, "there was a recent meeting of select Glee members to take part in our vote for this year's captain. And after very little deliberation between the members, it gives me great pleasure to announce that this year's Captain of the New Directions is…Blaine Anderson."

Applause erupted all over the choir room. Everyone stood to their feet and gave Blaine a standing ovation. In their minds, there was no one in Glee club more worthy of this than him. They all watched in amazement during his performances with the Warblers at Dalton Academy. And though, his transition to Mckinley was greeted with a bit of hesitation from some of the former Glee Club members, Blaine brought the same charisma and spark just as he had done at Dalton.

Blaine found himself in a state of shock. He lost the ability to form words. Not could describe his demeanor more than the word humility. To Blaine being the leader of New Directions was going to be a big responsibility. His time at Dalton was marked by his outstanding performances, but he was never put in a position of leadership. Now, here at Mckinley, Blaine was going to have that chance. He stood and walked toward the center of the choir room. Tina gave Blaine a quick hug, congratulating him on the honor. "Um,…wow, I don't know what to say, you guys." He said to the club, scratching the back of his neck. "I hope that whatever happens this year, I give you guys my best. And I hope that this year we win nationals again. I know, with all the people we loss last year, that might be hard, but we still got that same star power. And who knows, we may gain more than we've ever had this year. Thank you, guys. I promise I won't let you down."

"Thank you, Blaine." Mr. Shuester said, patting him on the back as Blaine and Tina took their seats. "Well, I don't hope you guys are ready to work this year, because I think it's time for another assignment." Mr. Shue turned to the white board and wrote the word "World" across the board.

"World?" Rory said in that thick Irish accent.

"Yes, Rory." Mr. Shue said. "Now I know you guys like to perform songs you hear on the radio and that are more up to date, as you like to say. But now I think we need to try something outside our comfort zone. So what I want you to do is find songs that are not only popular here in America, but in other parts of the world as well. There are several artists all over the world that are bursting at the scenes with popular music. I think of Ireland, England, Australia, Africa, and South America. This week's assignment: Glee Club is going Global.

A brilliant idea came to Rory's mind. "Mr. Shue, I think I kind of know what you mean. And there is something I do want to try out, if that's okay?"

Mr. Shue was amazed at the quick response of the young Irishman. "Okay, Rory. Take it away." He said.

Rory went to the front of the choir room. He nodded to the band and they began to play the opening bars of an old Irish traditional song that was made popular by Rory's favorite celtic group, Celtic Thunder, entitled Dulaman. Rory sang the song more powerful and strongly than he sang any song in Glee.

The other glee members enjoyed it. It made Rory especially happy as he continued to sing it, to know that one of his all-time favorite songs from back home in Ireland was being enjoyed here in America. At the conclusion of the song, Rory bowed and the entire club applauded him.

At the end, as everyone was leaving Glee Club. Blaine made an effort to try and talk to Malik. He didn't want Malik to feel as if Blaine were trying to blow him off. He felt bad about looking like an idiot before. He was able to catch up to Malik in the hall. "Hey, Malik," he said. Malik stopped and turned to Blaine. Blaine went on feeling a bit more confident than before. "Hey, I just wanted to let you know that if you need anything while you're here, don't hesitate to ask." Blaine watched as Malik's expression changed from a smile to a raised eyebrow. Even after he already said it, Blaine felt awkward even more. He started to wonder if he would always look like an idiot to this guy.

"Anything like what, Anderson?" Malik said, hoping the answer would not be a date.

"You know, help…knowing your way around Mckinley, um,…who the teachers are? You know, stuff like that like."

"Are you okay? It seems to me like every time you tried to talk to me, you start acting all funny and what not."

"Who me?...No, um, I just want to…"

Malik thought his gesture was kind and cute, but he needed to cut the guy off, before he wore himself out. "Hey, tell you what. If I need any help with any of these assignments for Glee club, I'll give you a holler. Okay?"

"Great! Fantastic." Blaine said, with a little too much enthusiasm that made him feel even more uncomfortable. Thankfully, it sent Malik away only chuckling to himself. What was the matter with him? Every time he tried to talk to Malik, he started acting like this. His palms were now sweaty and his heart was beating faster than before. Blaine had to stop talking to Malik and avoid him all together. But that would be difficult, seeing he is now the captain of New Direction. So, instead of ignoring him, he needed to find what was making him so nervous and simply get over it.

Maybe a phone call to Kurt would take his mind off of it. Blaine pulled out his cell phone and had Kurt on speed dial within seconds. He put the phone up to his ear as it rang and rang. But there was no answer from Kurt, only his voicemail. Blaine glanced over at a clock on the wall, seeing that it was three fifteen pm. Kurt would have been off the clock by now.

Great! Kurt was still upset with him and didn't want to talk. Going to the Lima Bean officially became a bad idea. Blaine sighed, and as the answering machine ended and the beep came, he said into the voice mail, "Hey, sweetie. It's me. Good news, guess who the captain of the New Directions, now?" His voice sounded too pitiful. Whatever good news he intended to give Kurt was drowned in a sea of misery.

Blaine couldn't handle not being able to talk to Kurt. He couldn't stand not being around here this long. He had to find some way of reaching out to him.