A/N: Hey guys! I'm not even going to bore you guys with the unfortunate events that plagued me AFTER I posted that special author's message. But let's just say my hard drive on my laptop died and I had to rewrite the whole chapter from memory. Haha! This is the first beta read chapter thanks to Katie who I adore! Thanks for the patience and diligence you're the best! Now without further adieu here's chapter 4

"You, my friend, are going to do some down home country line dancing with me"

"You're kidding right?" Blaine said. Kurt had his hand held in his as they stood at the doorway of the barn. "Nope. I'm very serious."As they walked inside Blaine really took in the scene before him. It really was a barn complete with hay in various corners, The ceiling was high with rafters and they had these benches placed along the ceiling where people were sitting, some with drink in hand, swaying back and forth to the music. The music was country with a honky tonk feeling to it and even though it wasn't Blaine's type of music, he couldn't help but to nod his head to it. Parallel to the entrance of the barn there was a stage with a band and microphone stand. The people on the dance floor were dancing without a care in the world; smiles and hoots and hollers filled the air. "Did I just walk into a really bad country movie?" Blaine thought to himself.

Once again, Blaine didn't think this would be Kurt's scene and as if Kurt read his mind he said, "Now before you start judging, let me set the record straight that I do not come here often. When my dad starting dating my step mother, Carole, they forced Finn and I to go on these family outings and this place was one of the popular places they would drag us to." Both sat down at one of the tables, they looked out as the people danced as Kurt continued. "It was actually a lot of fun. They have these line dancing competitions every Saturday night and the winners get 500 dollars each." Blaine was intrigued.

"Interesting but Kurt, I have to warn you, I can't dance."

"That's okay," Kurt shrugged. "Just have fun and listen to what the announcer says."

As soon as Kurt said this a middle aged man who looked liked an extra out of western drama, complete with a cowboy hat and a shiny belt buckle, walked onto the stage and up to the microphone stand "Good evening Cowboys and Cowgirls! I'm Billy Bob and I'll be your announcer for this evening's line dancing hootin' nanny!" The crowd cheered like it was a concert. Blaine and Kurt smile good naturedly as Billy Bob continued. "Now can I have all the pairs come up on stage so we can get this show on the road."

"Oh! That's us!" Kurt grabbed Blaine's hand and sprang out his seat and up to the stage. Blaine, who swore he suffered whiplash from being yanked out of his seat, followed. As they made their way to the stage, four other pairs were also coming up as well. One pair consisted of a man and a woman, both blonde with perfectly white teeth. They wore 3 blue ribbons on the their clothing. Blaine took a closer look and he saw that all blue ribbons said "1st place" but with different years on them. Looking around again, he made another discovery; he and Kurt were the only two male pairing.

"Alright cowboys and cowgirls, let's make this a fun and fair competition! The rules are simple: don't stop movin' till the music stops and keep up with all the steps! If a couple stops or falls they are automatically out, whichever couple is the last couple standing is the winner of the 500 smackaroos!" As the crowd cheered on again, the blonde girl with the ribbon sauntered up to Blaine and Kurt with a snide look on her face. Up close she was very pretty, small pink lips with crystal blue eyes.

"Hello Kurt, back to lose another round to me and David?" She snarled, directing her attention to Kurt. Kurt's lips formed into soft smile and blinked at the girl.

"Nice to see you again, Darla. And no, I'm not. I'm just here to have fun as always."

The guy who Blaine assumed was David had joined Darla during the conversation. He was not as snide looking as Darla. He actually looked kind and civilized. Standing next to Darla, they looked like Ken and Barbie. "Where's your brother Finn? It's always so fun to watch him step on your feet while David and I dance to victory." Darla said.

"My brother isn't with me tonight. I'm here with my friend, Blaine," Kurt replied.

"Hm, well it doesn't matter who you dance with really. David and I will wipe the floor with you with our hands tied behind our backs," Darla responded, her arms crossed.

"Now c'mon Darla, be nice. Kurt and his family try really hard when they compete and besides, we're all here to just have fun with each other right!" David said, speaking for the first time with a smile, clearly trying to brighten the mood.

"Oh David, please! Kurt and his…brood should leave these kinds of competitions to professionals like us. It's not our fault his brother dances like he has a squirrel in his pants and his parents dance like two blind mice," Darla giggled, clearly trying to get a rise out of Kurt. He, on the other hand, kept his cool and just looked at Darla as if he she was the most laughable thing he had ever seen.

"Oh Darla, you're always such a charmer."

Before she had a chance to respond, Billy Bob broke in. "Alright, introducing our couples, Margaret and Jonathan, Timothy and Chelsea..." as Billy Bob introduced the couples the crowd cheered on and greeted them with admiration. When Blaine and Kurt's names were close to being spoken, Blaine started to feel uneasy. He didn't want the crowd to get the wrong idea. "….Blaine and Kurt!" They stepped forward and the crowd simply did the same routine with them as they did with the rest. Blaine made a sigh of relief and leaned toward Kurt.

"At least they aren't throwing apples at us."

"Don't speak so soon."And with that, Blaine's face fell.

"And welcome back our reigning champions, Darla and David!" Billy Bob continued. The crowd erupted into an ear splitting applause. The people who were sitting on rafters even went as so far as throw confetti. Darla accepted the applause and waved as if she was in a beauty pageant with David smiling handsomely beside her. "Alright couples! Take the floor!" The floor instantly cleared of all people and the barn darkened as all the lights except the ones illuminating the dance floor were turned off. The boys swiftly took their places on the floor. "Alright couples! Face one another. The music will start and the directions will begin. Remember, keep those toe tappers tappin'!" Kurt faced Blaine and gave him a "this is it" look "you ready?" "As I'll ever be" Blaine huffed.

Step forward with your left foot, keeping all of your weight on this foot. Pivot the left foot a half turn to the right, shifting your weight to your right foot.

Repeat the last step.

Toss in a grapevine.

Stomp and clap your hands.

Step forward with your right foot, keeping your weight on this foot, then pivot the right foot a half turn to the left, shifting your weight to your left foot

Repeat the last step.

Toss in a grapevine.

Stomp and clap your hands.

The couples started off smoothly. Blaine had no idea what a "grapevine" was so he just did a spin to cover the step. As if Kurt read his mind he spoke up, "don't worry about the grapevine step. I'll do it for the both of us just keep moving

Touch your left heel forward, cross your left foot over your right leg, then step forward with your left foot and slide the right foot to meet the left foot.

Repeat the last step.

Step forward with your left foot, bending your knee and swaying down toward your left side. Without moving your feet, sway back to the right, then stand up straight.

Step backward with your right foot, bending your knee and swaying down to your right side. Without moving your feet, sway back toward the left, then stand up straight.

Step forward with left foot.

Brush kick with your right foot, using your left foot as the pivot, and make a quarter turn toward the left.

Cross your right foot in front, keeping your weight on the right foot.

Clap.

Repeat from the beginning.

Blaine couldn't believe how winded and sweaty he was getting so early in the game. He looked over at Darla and David and they seemed to be doing the steps before the announcer could even say them. The music restarted and it sped up.

Step forward with your left foot, keeping all of your weight on this foot. Pivot the left foot a half turn to the right, shifting your weight to your right foot.

Repeat the last step.

Toss in a grapevine.

Stomp and clap your hands.

Step forward with your right foot, keeping your weight on this foot, then pivot the right foot a half turn to the left, shifting your weight to your left foot

Repeat the last step.

Toss in a grapevine.

Stomp and clap your hands.

Touch your left heel forward, cross your left foot over your right leg, then step forward with your left foot and slide the right foot to meet the left foot.

Repeat the last step.

Step forward with your left foot, bending your knee and swaying down toward your left side. Without moving your feet, sway back to the right, then stand up straight.

Step backward with your right foot, bending your knee and swaying down to your right side. Without moving your feet, sway back toward the left, then stand up straight.

Step forward with left foot.

Brush kick with your right foot, using your left foot as the pivot, and make a quarter turn toward the left.

Cross your right foot in front, keeping your weight on the right foot.

Clap.

Repeat from the beginning.

All the couples were still in it. Darla and David seemed to get better as time went on but poor Margaret was close to tears due to Jonathan's constant chastising. Timothy and Chelsea were still going strong but something was off about Chelsea. She didn't seem very coherent. Blaine was delirious. He was so dizzy that most of the time he just did spins and covered half the steps. Kurt, on the other hand, locked eyes with Darla now and again and it only fueled his need to win and he sharply hit all the steps.

"That's it people! Keep it movin' woo!"Billy Bob cheered.

Step forward with your left foot, keeping all of your weight on this foot. Pivot the left foot a half turn to the right, shifting your weight to your right foot.

Repeat the last step.

Toss in a grapevine.

Stomp and clap your hands.

Step forward with your right foot, keeping your weight on this foot, then pivot the right foot a half turn to the left, shifting your weight to your left foot

Repeat the last step.

Suddenly, Margaret stopped roughly pushing Jonathan and ran off in tears. Jonathan ran after her yelling apologies. "Uh oh! Looks like one of our couples forfeited!" Billy bob shouted. Kurt smiled to himself, we're so close. The competition went on.

Toss in a grapevine.

Stomp and clap your hands.

Touch your left heel forward, cross your left foot over your right leg, then step forward with your left foot and slide the right foot to meet the left foot. Repeat the last step.

Step forward with your left foot, bending your knee and swaying down toward your left side. Without moving your feet, sway back to the right, then stand up straight.

Step backward with your right foot, bending your knee and swaying down to your right side. Without moving your feet, sway back toward the left, then stand up straight.

Step forward with left foot.

Brush kick with your right foot, using your left foot as the pivot, and make a quarter turn toward the left.

Cross your right foot in front, keeping your weight on the right foot.

Clap.

Repeat from the beginning.

Step forward with your left foot, keeping all of your weight on this foot. Pivot the left foot a half turn to the right, shifting your weight to your right foot.

Repeat the last step.

Toss in a grapevine.

Stomp and clap your hands.

Step forward with your right foot, keeping your weight on this foot, then pivot the right foot a half turn to the left, shifting your weight to your- "BLAAGH!"

The music stopped. The dancing stopped and the crowd went quiet. Everyone looked to see where that sound came from. It was Chelsea. She had vomited. Timothy immediately rushed her off the dance floor and to the bathroom. Nobody moved until Billy Bob said, "Well uh…that's the beauty of line dancing competitions; ya just never know what's gonna happen." He laughed nervously. "We're gonna take a 10 minute break to get the floor cleaned up and then we're continue woo!" All the couples cleared the floor as 3 men rushed in to clean up the mess. Blaine and Kurt went over to the refreshment table to get some water. Blaine got himself a cup and drank as if he was just in the desert for years. After gulping down his third cup he turned to Kurt.

"Kurt, I can't do it anymore. I'm not even hitting the right steps and all the spinning I'm doing is making me dizzy." Kurt looked at him with determination in his eyes. He gently took Blaine by the shoulder.

"Listen, we can do this. We just have to hold on long enough to defeat Darla." Blaine laughed at Kurt's competitiveness

"So you don't really care winning. You just want to beat Darla on her territory?"

"Your words, not mine."

Billy Bob's voice came out over the barn again. "Alrighty everybody, let's continue this shindig!" Kurt took Blaine's hand reassuringly

"Hey, remember, just keep moving. It'll be over before you know it." Once again the remaining two couples took to the floor. Kurt heard a "psst" sound and turned around to see it was Darla. She then proceeded to draw her finger across her neck signifying his impending defeat. Kurt glared and whipped his head to Blaine "Let's do this"

"Alrighty here we go!"

Step forward with your left foot, keeping all of your weight on this foot. Pivot the left foot a half turn to the right, shifting your weight to your right foot.

Repeat the last step.

Toss in a grapevine.

Stomp and clap your hands.

Step forward with your right foot, keeping your weight on this foot, then pivot the right foot a half turn to the left, shifting your weight to your left foot

Repeat the last step.

Toss in a grapevine.

Stomp and clap your hands.

Touch your left heel forward, cross your left foot over your right leg, then step forward with your left foot and slide the right foot to meet the left foot.

Repeat the last step.

Step forward with your left foot, bending your knee and swaying down toward your left side. Without moving your feet, sway back to the right, then stand up straight.

Step backward with your right foot, bending your knee and swaying down to your right side. Without moving your feet, sway back toward the left, then stand up straight.

Step forward with left foot.

Brush kick with your right foot, using your left foot as the pivot, and make a quarter turn toward the left.

Cross your right foot in front, keeping your weight on the right foot.

Clap.

Repeat from the beginning.

Step forward with your left foot, keeping all of your weight on this foot. Pivot the left foot a half turn to the right, shifting your weight to your right foot.

Repeat the last step.

Toss in a grapevine.

Stomp and clap your hands.

Step forward with your right foot, keeping your weight on this foot, then pivot the right foot a half turn to the left, shifting your weight to your left foot

Repeat the last step.

Toss in a grapevine.

Stomp and clap your hands.

Touch your left heel forward, cross your left foot over your right leg, then step forward with your left foot and slide the right foot to meet the left foot.

Repeat the last step.

Step forward with your left foot, bending your knee and swaying down toward your left side. Without moving your feet, sway back to the right, then stand up straight.

Step backward with your right foot, bending your knee and swaying down to your right side. Without moving your feet, sway back toward the left, then stand up straight.

Step forward with left foot.

Brush kick with your right foot, using your left foot as the pivot, and make a quarter turn toward the left.

Cross your right foot in front, keeping your weight on the right foot.

Clap.

Repeat from the beginning.

The competition was becoming gritty. Darla and David hit those steps with ferocity while Kurt kept up the pace. Blaine, at this point, had the steps down from watching Kurt do them but his legs were killing him. He had to keep going though.

Step forward with your left foot, keeping all of your weight on this foot. Pivot the left foot a half turn to the right, shifting your weight to your right foot.

Repeat the last step.

Toss in a grapevine.

Stomp and clap your hands.

Step forward with your right foot, keeping your weight on this foot, then pivot the right foot a half turn to the left, shifting your weight to your left foot

Repeat the last step.

Toss in a grapevine.

Stomp and clap your hands.

Touch your left heel forward, cross your left foot over your right leg, then step forward with your left foot and slide the right foot to meet the left foot.

Repeat the last step.

Step forward with your left foot, bending your knee and swaying down toward your left side. Without moving your feet, sway back to the right, then stand up straight.

Step backward with your right foot.

Blaine stepped back but was startled when he realized that he had collided with Darla. She was mid spin and they both lost their footing. Blaine tried to catch himself while saving Darla from the fall but he was still very dizzy. They careened into the pile of hay which stopped everything. David and Kurt almost immediately ran to help them but Billy bob stopped them.

"No! Don't help 'em. Whoever is the first to get up, that couple is the winner." Kurt stopped with wide eyes and waited. David looked worried and it seemed that it took everything within him not to help his girlfriend. The barn was silent for about 30 seconds, both victims buried in the hay. Suddenly a movement from the hay got everyone's attention. A figure emerged and they stood. The other partners watching anxiously...

"And the winner is!..."