Kurt couldn't believe Blaine's behaviour. He was carrying on like a child. Kurt was over it.

Kurt left the choir room in a bad mood and headed back to his room, passing Wes along the way Kurt tried to hide a smile that was slowly creeping onto his lips. He took a deep breath, put his head down and walked faster. He didn't want to talk to Wes now. Kurt thought he got away but he heard pounding footsteps close behind him. Kurt felt a hand on his shoulder; he reluctantly turned around and was greeted by Wes.

"Hey Wes" Kurt said tiredly; he saw the look on Wes's face and waited. He knew that Wes was going to ask him why he was laughing in rehearsal. Kurt thought hard for a good excuse he could use.

"Hey, Kurt" Wes said. Kurt turned and they started to walk back to their dorm rooms.

"So what was so funny before? I don't think I have ever heard you laugh like that before. You sort of resembled a mad scientist" Wes said with a smile.

Kurt was insulted. "Have you seen a mad scientist before? Their hair is everywhere and it's disgusting. My hair is perfect" Kurt said, running a hand through his hair. Wes snorted at Kurt's reaction.

"Ok, I'm sorry; you did look like you were really enjoying yourself, though. What was it about?" Wes said eagerly. Kurt breathed out a sigh.

"Oh, you wouldn't find it funny" it was probably true- "It's just an inside joke. You know the kind that if you explain it to other people they don't understand why it's funny" Kurt said, hoping that he would buy it and leave it alone.

"Ok, fair enough" they rounded the corner and were standing outside Kurt's room. Kurt pulled out his key and jammed it into the lock. He tried to turn it but the key wouldn't budge.

"Need some help there, buddy?" Wes asked with a smirk spreading across his face. Kurt huffed.

"No. thank you" Kurt said, as he kicked the door and turned the key. It unlocked and Kurt turned the door knob.

"See. I'm perfectly capable" Kurt said with a cocky smile.

Kurt was about to walk into his room but turned and looked at Wes.

"Hey Wes, I was just wondering. You know the gavel you use in the Warbler meetings? Is that your only one or do have others?" Kurt tried to keep a straight face. He knew he had to tell the answer to Jeff.

Wes pulled out the gavel out of his pants pocket. Kurt laughed.

"Wait, do you just carry that around with you?"

"I could never leave her by herself now, could I"? Wes held it in both of his hands and looked down fondly at it.

"Wes, you can't personify a gavel. I think you need to get out more" Kurt said as he placed a comforting hand on Wes's shoulder. Wes shrugged it off.

"And to answer your question no. This is my only gavel" Wes said as if he was recounting all of the fun memories he has shared with it. "Why do you ask?"

"Oh, no reason, I'll see you later" Kurt said as he walked in the door and closed it behind him.

Usually Kurt couldn't wait to get out of his uniform. But today he wasn't in a hurry. He placed his messenger bag on his desk and walked in front of his full length mirror. He turned a few times and admired himself in the mirror. His blazer really did look good on him. He turned and tried to read the messages that were written in silver on the back of his black blazer. It was still troubling him that Blaine hadn't signed it. Kurt decided that it was time to talk to him and find out why he was acting so strange. He picked up his iPhone and composed a text.

To: Blaine

Hey what are you doing? I just wanted to know if you were ok. You were really angry at Warblers practice.

He hit the send button. He put his phone on his bed side table and waited for a response. A few minutes passed without a reply, so Kurt decided it was time to change out of his clothes. He searched in his closet and frowned. Kurt liked taking the time to pick out a perfect outfit, but with his array of clothes it was really starting to get difficult. He found a pair of beige riding pants and shin high black boots. Kurt was looking for a shirt when his phone buzzed. He slowly walked over and read the text.

From: Blaine

'I'm fine'.

"Well, that makes me feel a lot better" Kurt said sarcastically to himself. Kurt quickly wrote a response.

To: Blaine

'Well I'm bored; can I come over to your room?'

Kurt sent the message. He wanted to talk to Blaine in person. Kurt liked to read peoples facial expressions and he couldn't do that over a text message.

Kurt went back to his closet and looked for a shirt. After deciding between a long sleeved blue button up and a long sleeved white button up, he chose the white shirt and a thin black satin tie. He decided to put his customized Dalton blazer back on. It went perfectly with ensemble. Kurt's phone buzzed to life. He picked it up and read the message.

From: Blaine

'You can do what you want, I don't care'

Kurt frowned. It wasn't the exact invitation he wanted, but it was an invitation none the less. Kurt put his phone in his pocket, picked up his keys and walked out the door. He slammed the locked door shut. Feeling slightly better, he walked up to Blaine's room and knocked on the door. Wes opened the door and smiled at Kurt.

"Aw Kurt, you didn't have to get all dressed up to come see me" Kurt groaned and pushed his way through Wes.

"Oh don't worry Kurt, I'm only joking. Anyway I have to go, my girlfriend wants to go out for dinner and she will be pissed if I'm not there on time" Wes walked over to his desk and picked up his phone, wallet and keys.

"Does your girlfriend get jealous of you and your gavel?" Kurt asked teasingly. Kurt walked over to Blaine's bed and sat on the corner. He mouthed a 'hi' to Blaine and turned to look back at Wes.

"No actually, she understands the situation between us" Wes said and walked to the door.

"At least someone does" Kurt said under his breath.

"I heard that" Wes retorted and walked out the door. Kurt turned to look at a sullen Blaine. He had his arms crossed against his chest staring at Kurt. Kurt leant over to try and kiss him on the lips but Blaine turned his head. So Kurt just kissed him on the cheek. Kurt tried to suppress a sigh but failed.

"So how are you?" Kurt asked lightly. He could tell that he was in a bad mood but Kurt felt like he was the one who should be angry.

"Fine" Blaine said bluntly. Kurt sighed again.

"Do you feel anything else besides 'fine'?" Kurt asked as he slid up on the bed sitting crossed legged in front of Blaine. Blaine sat with his back against the wall and was looking past Kurt.

"Nope" Blaine said petulantly and tightened his arms over his chest. Kurt thought that he could ease into the conversation but at this rate he didn't think there was going to be much of a conversation. So he turned and looked directly at Blaine, with fury in his eyes.

"Ok, enough! What is your problem? You have been acting so sour for two days now. You have barely said anything to me. I don't understand what I have done wrong" Kurt shouted as he crossed his arms across his chest. 'My turn to act like a child', he thought.

"Nothing is wrong, I'm fine" Blaine said nonchalantly. That's it; Kurt couldn't take it any longer.

"OH MY GOD! If you say you are fine one more time I'm going to throw something at you, you are not fine; you are acting like a spoilt brat. It is frustrating and you are being ridiculous" Kurt shouted, and threw his hands in the air. Blaine just sat there with a dumbfounded expression on his face as he stared at Kurt. Kurt took a breath; he knew if he kept shouting he was never going to get anywhere. He reached over and took Blaine's hand in his. He looked into Blaine's big brown eyes, Blaine looked up at Kurt.

"Look, I'm sorry I acted like that but, I'm just worried about you. I have never seen you act like this before. It's scaring me" Kurt said with his most heartfelt tone. Kurt noticed that Blaine's eyes were starting to tear up.

"I just want to know what's wrong so I can help, I don't like seeing you like this. I miss your smile. I know you're hiding it behind this tough exterior and you are pushing everyone away" Kurt said earnestly. Kurt smiled as he realised Blaine was about to talk.

"I just-"Blaine said as he swallowed hard to fight back his tears. He took a breath before he continued.

"It's just, you are leaving at the end of the week and you act like you don't care-"

"I do care" Kurt reassured. Blaine looked up at Kurt with a pained look.

"Can you just not say anything for a minute, please? It's hard enough to say this as it is" Blaine said as he tried to convey a weak smile. Kurt nodded. Blaine looked down at his hands and continued.

"I just feel like you don't find that what we have here is special." Kurt went to open his mouth to protest but saw Blaine's face and didn't. He let him continue.

"Just, today you were acting like you can't wait to get away from here. Like being here is the worst thing for you. You were talking to Wes at lunch and you were bouncing in your seat recounting the best things that are at McKinley High. It just doesn't make any sense to me, why you would want to go back. Karofsky threatened to kill you, bullied you constantly and you want to go back and put yourself through that again? It's mind boggling" Blaine said as he ran his hand through his hair. Kurt knew that Blaine only did that when he was stressed or confused.

"But Blaine, I talked to Karofsky. He said that he wasn't going to bully me anymore" Kurt tried to protest.

"Well, if he said that then it must be true" Blaine said furiously.

"Blaine" Kurt said exasperatedly.

"No, Kurt! It's not fair. You are going back to a place where you were scared out of your mind. Did you even think how I might feel about this?" Blaine asked on the verge of hysteria.

"I did actually; I thought you might be happy-"

"Happy? You thought that I would be happy that I lose the chance to see my boyfriend every day? To get to walk down the school corridor holding your hand? You thought that I would be happy to lose sitting next to you in class and sneaking glances at you? Getting the chance to listen to you talk about anything that pops into your mind in the morning? If you really think that I'm happy to lose that then… I don't know" Blaine now had a single glistening tear streaming down his cheek.

"Blaine I-"Kurt choked out. Blaine wiped the tear that had fallen from his eye. Blaine looked away.

"I just don't want to lose you" Blaine admitted as another tear escaped his eye.

"Oh, Blaine" Kurt whispered, moving closer and putting his arms around Blaine. Blaine went to protest but caved. Kurt lay down against the pillows with Blaine's head on his chest. Blaine now had tears streaming down his face. Kurt just softly played with Blaine's hair.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be so difficult. I just didn't want to ruin your fun. You seemed to so happy and it just hurt, you know. So that's why I haven't really said anything to you because I knew this would happen. I would snap at you and then ruin everything. I messed it up and I turned into a mess" Blaine said, wiping his eye.

"A hot mess" Kurt deadpanned. Blaine chuckled lightly and hugged Kurt's torso. Kurt kissed Blaine on top of his head and hugged him tighter.

"I'm sorry. I didn't think of all those lovely things. I do love walking to class with you. I love the fact that at 8:30 every morning you will be at my door ready to walk to class. I love that I can just walk down the hall and see you whenever I want. I guess I hadn't really thought of any of that. But you did. I understand now why you were acting so cryptic. Wow, I am really going to miss that" Kurt said, taking in all the words he was saying. He hadn't realised all the things he would be giving up when he goes back to McKinley.

"Hey, Kurt?" Blaine asked quietly and looked up at Kurt.

"Yeah, Blaine?"

"Could we just lay here and just forget the world?" Blaine sang quietly.

"Really? You are quoting snow patrol" Kurt laughed.

"I thought it fit the moment" Blaine said, proudly. "But seriously, could we? I don't know how many times I have left to do that" Blaine asked, looking up at Kurt with hopeful eyes.

"You do realize I'm just moving schools and not dying, right?" Kurt asked. Blaine snuggled into Kurt's chest.

"You might not be, but I will be dying inside when you leave" Blaine said seriously. Kurt pushed himself down on the bed so he was lying flat. He lay next to Blaine, looking into his eyes and stroking his hair.

"I am really going to miss this'' Kurt whispered.

"Me, too" Blaine said and nuzzled his head into Kurt's chest. Kurt just squeezed Blaine tighter against him. Kurt still wanted to ask Blaine so many questions: why hadn't he signed his blazer, why wasn't Blaine upfront about his feelings? But he knew it wasn't the time. So he just lay back further into the pillows and eventually fell asleep.