Truth:
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"Italic is a person talking over the phone"
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Moving On:
Throughout the week, Blaine and Kurt exchanged text messages that were both flirty and friendly causing both boys to smile when the other's name flashed across the screen of their phone.
On Wednesday, during third period, when Blaine was supposed to be paying attention during his history lecture, he noticed something odd with Kurt's replies. At the beginning of the period they were short and didn't contain Kurt's usual sass. By the end, the messages stopped altogether and he didn't get another one.
"Blaine, you okay man? You seem a little anxious or something," Of course Jeff would notice the change in Blaine's happy-go-lucky persona, after all he was one of Blaine's best friends.
The curly haired Warbler sighed, "Yeah I'm fine. I'm just worried about Kurt. He hasn't replied to any of my texts in the last half hour." Blaine took out his phone once again to check but there was nothing.
"Whoa dude, don't go all crazy on me. I know you're in love with Kurt but you don't need to get, like excessive with it, at least wait until after the first week of dating."
Blaine gave Jeff a glare out of the corner of his eye before whispering quietly, "I'm not in love with him," Jeff snorted and Blaine gave him a shove, "I'm just worried that something happened and that's why he isn't replying. I just have this uneasy feeling in my stomach you know?"
Jeff's response was to grab Blaine's hand in what was supposed to be a comforting gesture, "Hey, it's okay Blaine, I'm sure he's fine. If you're so worried why don't you just call Rachel during lunch?"
"Oh, that's right. I keep forgetting they actually know each other." Blaine said with a forced laugh, this was seriously affecting him and he couldn't figure out why. It never really bothered him when one of the Warblers took forever to reply, so why was Kurt different? Maybe he was in love with Kurt, no matter how crazy that sounded.
Thankfully the bell rang ten minutes later; Jeff gave Blaine a smile and pat on the back before going to find Nick, leaving Blaine alone.
After deciding to skip lunch, Blaine walked down the empty hallways to the Warbler's practice room where he could worry in peace.
After five minutes of debating, Blaine finally pulled out his phone and called his sister.
"Hello Blaine, to what do I owe this pleasure?"
"Hey Rach. Listen, I'm not trying to sound weird or anything, but is Kurt okay? He just randomly stopped replying to my text messages and I know about the bullying and I just kind of panicked." Blaine took a deep breath but was met by silence on the other end.
"Rach?
"Um, yeah…..Blaine, please don't freak out…..but Kurt's at the hospital right now."
Blaine froze on the spot and could have sworn his heart stopped beating for a few seconds. A million different possibilities ran threw his head of what could have possibly happened that would put Kurt in the hospital.
"Blaine, calm down! I know you're freaking out but Kurt's fine. Okay, he's fine! Can you calm down so I can tell you what actually happened?" Rachel's voice flowed calmly over the phone and Blaine let the familiar sound calm him down.
"Okay, sorry about that, you just really scared me for a second. What happened?" Blaine collapsed down on one of the leather couches, curling his legs to his chest and holding himself together.
Over the next ten minutes Rachel steadily explained to Blaine that Kurt had been shoved into a locker and he slipped while falling, thus breaking his wrist. He was at the hospital with his dad getting a cast put on but he was physically fine.
"Do you think I should call him or something?" Blaine asked. He was so pissed that those jerks had hurt his friend and that people were still so full of hatred. Kurt didn't deserve any of it; he was one of the most amazing people Blaine had ever met.
Rachel sighed on the other end, "You really care about him don't you?" There was no accusation or teasing behind the comment, it was one of the most sincere questions that Blaine had ever heard from his twin sister.
"Yeah, I really do." Blaine admitted, a small smile forming on his lips.
Rachel gave a little laugh, "You are both so adorable, and to answer your question, I'll tell him to call you later tonight okay?"
Blaine nodded before he realized he was still on the phone, "Thanks Rach that'd be great."
"No problem Blaine."
After saying goodbye Blaine hung up and grabbed his satchel, heading towards the lunchroom in hopes of quickly grabbing a sandwich to eat before his next class began.
It was later that evening when Kurt finally managed to get away from his Dad, Carole and Finn who had been hovering over him ever since he left the ER. He quickly retreated to the privacy of his basement bedroom to call the one person he had been dying to talk to.
The phone barely rang before a very worried sounding Blaine answered, "Kurt? Oh my god, are you okay?"
Kurt couldn't help but smile are his friend's concern, "I'm fine Blaine, really. Just a little shaken up."
"I bet…hang on a second," Kurt heard muffled voices on the other end and the sound of a door closing, "Okay, I'm back."
"Everything okay over there at the Ohio version of Hogwarts?" Kurt chuckled, happy to finally be able to joke and laugh again, especially after everything that happened.
"What?" Blaine said confused, "Oh, right. Duh. Sorry, yeah everything is fine. Jeff was just leaving to go over to Nick's and give me some privacy. He says 'hi' and glad that you're okay. I hope you don't mind, I kind of told him because I was sort of freaking out when you never texted me back and then I showed up to Warbler practice looking like I had seen a ghost and he got worried."
Kurt leaned back on his headboard as he listened to Blaine ramble on, the melodic voice was soothing, "It's fine. And I'm sorry for not texting back. My arm felt like it was being ripped apart so texting wasn't really possible."
There was a pause on the other line, "Are you really okay Kurt? How bad is it?"
"I have a god-awful cast that does not accessorize well, but it was a clean break so I should get it off in about 6 weeks and then I only have to wear a wrist brace until it fully heals." Kurt explained as he looked down at his arm which was covered in a cast. Thankfully he had been able to pick a color, so he chose black which would be easiest to coordinate his outfits with.
"That's good, I'm glad it wasn't something worse." Kurt heard Blaine sigh at the end and knew he was thinking about the last time he was in the hospital after the Sadie Hawkins dance.
"Yeah….is it weird that I feel a little relieved?" Kurt asked softly.
"How so?"
Taking a deep breath Kurt told Blaine the one good thing to come out of the whole ordeal, "Well, I obviously told my dad about the bullying and once he calmed down I mentioned something about Dalton. Turns out he had talked to Rachel while I was getting my cast put on and she told him about Dalton and he called your dads. Tomorrow he's going to call the Dean and see if I can get an emergency transfer."
There was a significance pause and Kurt assumed Blaine was trying to find his voice, "You're transferring to Dalton?" His voice clearly showed that he was having trouble believing what Kurt had just said.
"Yes, if I can get in and get some scholarships to help offset the cost." This time Kurt was genuinely smiling. There was no doubt he would miss the New Directions terribly, but the chance of going to Dalton, where he would never have to be in fear, that was like a dream come true.
"Kurt, that's amazing! I'm sorry about what happened before to lead to this, but I can't believe you might actually go here!" Blaine sounded so happy that it only made Kurt more excited.
"I know! I'm really excited. Plus I already know you and Wes, David, Nick and Jeff so it's not like I'll be totally lost."
"Very true…oh, that reminds me. Hopefully you'll be an official student by Saturday but I have something that I want to show you when you're here."
Kurt wasn't expecting that. He tried to think of what it could be and a part of him desperately hoped that it involved Blaine revealing his feelings, like Kurt wanted so much to do.
They talked for a few more minutes before Kurt yawned and Blaine said he should get back to his homework, they said goodbye and Kurt promised to let Blaine know about the decision's tomorrow once he found out.
Though that day had been one of the worst Kurt ever had, thanks to his friends and family, it looked like things might actually be getting better.
The next day Blaine was sitting in chemistry when he got a text for Kurt that put the biggest smile on his face.
I got in! I move in tomorrow and I start Monday! –K
"Why are you so happy?" Wes asked, trying to read the message on Blaine's phone.
"No reason" Blaine said flashing his friend a smile as he pocketed his phone. Last night he and Kurt decided that if Kurt got in, they would keep it a secret until he decided to tell them.
Wes and David exchanged side glances. It didn't take much to know that someone was obviously making Blaine that happy and the boy they had in mind was currently standing in the Dean's office filling out the forms to be officially enrolled as junior at Dalton Academy.
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