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Kurt looked around the entrance hall in shock. He had looked at some of the pictures of Dalton on their website, but they had not done it justice at all. His grandmother had dropped him off over an hour ago and he had just gotten through all of paperwork he had to fill out. He had talked to the headmaster and gotten his schedule, but now he was utterly and completely lost. There was supposed to be a student guide, but he wasn't there so Kurt had tried to find his way alone. Needless to say, that didn't work.

"Hey new kid, wait up!"

Kurt turned around and saw a boy around his age running towards him. He came to a stop in front of Kurt and bent over to catch his breath. When he could breathe again, he stood up and put out his hand.

"Hi. I'm Alex: student guide extraordinaire."

Kurt smiled and took the other boys hand, "I'm Kurt. It's nice to meet you."

When Alex heard Kurt's voice, he seemed to perk up even higher. "It's my pleasure," he said as he brought Kurt's hand to his lips and kissed it.

Kurt's eyebrows shot up his forehead. He wasn't sure whether to be offended or flattered. He took his hand back and surreptitiously wiped it on his pants.

"Thank you…I think," Kurt said while taking a step back from Alex. "Are you going to help me find my way to class?"

Alex moved in closer and peeked over Kurt's shoulder at his schedule. "You have Mr. Hanover for French 1st period…that's harsh. It all the way across campus, so I guess we'll have plenty of time to get to know each other then."

Kurt took one look at Alex's lecherous smirk and knew that he didn't want to get to know him better. "Why don't you just tell me how to get there? I'm sure you're busy. You don't need to waste your time showing me around," Kurt suggested.

Alex stepped even closer and put his hands on Kurt's shoulders. He leaned forward to whisper in Kurt's ear, "It's not a waste of time. Trust me." He slid his hands slowly down Kurt's arms. "I could always give you a tour of the dorms instead. I bet there are lots of things I could show you in there."

Kurt's skin crawled at the breath on his ear and at the suggestions Alex was giving him. He ripped his arms out of Alex's grasp and turned around. "Okay," he shuddered. "You're creeping me out. Is there another student guide I could have?"

Alex made to grab Kurt again, but a voice from the end of the hall stopped him.

"Alex! What the hell do you think you're doing?"

Alex backed away from Kurt like he was on fire, "Blaine, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in class right now?"

"Don't try and change the subject. I'm pretty sure that he said for you to leave him alone." Blaine put a hand on Kurt's shoulder. "Are you okay, new kid?"

Kurt just nodded. To be honest, he couldn't tell you what Blaine said to Alex to make him leave. He had completely stopped listening. Oh my god…he's gorgeous! He's like my very own knight in shining armor.

After Alex left, Blaine removed his hand from Kurt's shoulder. Kurt felt like the cold from the hallway was seeping into his skin in its absence. "No seriously, new kid, are you okay?"

"Kurt."

"What?"

"My name," he clarified. "My name is Kurt."

"Oh," Blaine slowly smiled at him. "Hello, Kurt. It's nice to meet you. My name's Blaine. And now that you're supremely late for class how about we go get coffee in the lounge? We can try again for next period. Maybe we can actually get you to that one."

Kurt sat across the table from Blaine sipping his latte. The differences between here and McKinley just kept climbing. Students didn't even have anywhere to get coffee at McKinley much less a Starbuck's quality latte.

"So, Kurt, what brings you here in the middle of a semester? We don't usually allow transfers so consider my curiosity piqued." Blaine sipped his coffee quietly while he waited for Kurt to answer.

He didn't know what it was about Blaine that made him want to open up about his reason for moving, but soon the story was just pouring out of him. He told him all about Karofsky and the bullying. He told him about moving out here with his grandmother and about her being friends with the headmaster.

Blaine just listened. He could tell that Kurt needed somebody to listen to him right now. The way his hands shook as he spoke told Blaine that he was still afraid. That was what convinced Blaine to tell Kurt his story. He told Kurt about being gay in his family and what that meant to his father. He told him how his mother had divorced his father and moved in with her parents to get away from his tyranny. How his mother had transferred him to Dalton because it was harder for his father to get to him here.

Kurt just sat there and listened. It wasn't that he thought he cornered the market on gay teenage drama, but Blaine's story was so much worse than his. At least his father still loved him and cared for him.

They sat in silence finishing their coffee until the bell rang.

"What's your next class, Kurt?"

Kurt fished his schedule out of his briefcase and looked at it. "I have Chemistry with a Mr. Givens."

"That's actually just around the corner. Come on. I'll show you."

They stood up and threw their trash away. Blaine put his hand on the small of Kurt's back as he guided him out of the lounge. It was the first time a guy touched him and he didn't feel weird about it.

"Wait for me after class, and I'll walk you to your next one. Okay?"

"Okay."

Kurt watched Blaine as he hurried off to his next class, then shook his head as he went inside.

The rest of the day was more of the same. Blaine walked Kurt to every one of his classes, only a couple of which he found confusing so that was good. After his last class, Blaine offered to walk him to the parking lot.

"How was your first day, Kurt?"

Kurt fiddled with his briefcase buckle as he answered. "It was okay. I don't think I'll have too much trouble catching up so…"

Blaine looked at the stiff way Kurt was standing. He was obviously stressed about something, and he had an idea what it could be.

"Kurt, about Alex, you have to understand that he's a complete man whore. He hits on anything if it stands still long enough. I know that he made you uncomfortable, but he doesn't mean anything by it."

Kurt just nodded and continued looking at his briefcase. That did not really make me feel better thank you.

"Look, Kurt. I know that you're having a rough time right now…but you need to relax a little," Blaine said with a laugh.

Kurt looked up at him in outrage.

Before Kurt could interrupt him, Blaine continued, "I just meant that you should have some fun. My band is playing tonight if you want to come out and see them."

The angry look left Kurt's face and he looked away. "I don't know, Blaine."

"Hey, that's fine. Look, give me your phone." Kurt reluctantly handed it over. Blaine messed with it for a few seconds, "Here's my number. If you change your mind just call me."

Kurt took his phone back with a blush. "Okay. Thank you."

Blaine opened the outer doors and waved Kurt through them. Kurt saw his grandmother waiting in her car, so he told Blaine good bye and rushed over.

Amelia bombarded Kurt with questions before he even had the door closed. "Who was that? He's awfully cute," Amelia said with a sly grin.

"Grandma!" Kurt rolled his eyes at her antics, "That's Blaine. He's my student guide." He left out the part where Blaine saved him from that creeper Alex. "He walked me to all my classes and showed me where to get decent coffee on campus."

"Do you like him?"

Kurt huffed. "You can't just assume that you know. You have no idea what kind of guy I find attractive."

"The nice kind."

Kurt didn't know what was more annoying: the look on his grandma's face or the fact that she was right.

"Does he play for your team?"

"Yes, but that doesn't mean that we automatically like each other."

Amelia held her hands up, "Okay, okay. I'll back off. Did anything else interesting happen today?"

Kurt shook his head. "On the bright side, I don't think I'll be too far behind in my classes though."

"Well that's good. I would hate to think that you'd have to spend all of your free time studying just to keep up. After all there's so much more to do here than in Lima. I want you to be able to experience it all, Kurt, not just school."

"Well…Blaine did invite me to go check out his band tonight. But I told him no." Kurt pretended to pick lint off his pants while he waited for her to say something.

"I wish that you would've said yes, Kurt. I'm not even going to be home tonight. I have to go to a fundraiser at the zoo. I hate to think of you just sitting home all alone, but I can't get out of it."

"Don't worry about it, grandma. I'm sure that I'll find something to entertain me," Kurt reassured her with a smile.

Amelia opened her mouth to say something, but her phone rang. Kurt spent the rest of the ride home looking out the window.

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