Brand New Start
Chapter 4
Blaine POV
"Where is my coffee?"
"Excuse me sir? I wasn't aware that getting coffee was one of my job responsibilities." I stare over at the man who is my mentor at the firm.
"Well now you are aware. I take it black and I wanted it ten minutes ago." He looks back down at his laptop and begins typing.
I walk into the break room and pour a cup of coffee. It's been two weeks with this jerk and already I hate this job. All I've done is run errands. He refuses to teach me anything I am supposed to be learning and then reports back to my instructor that I am being difficult to work with. I can't win with this jerk. I walk back in and hand him his coffee. He doesn't bother to look up or thank me for the coffee and I sit back down at my desk and continue looking over the briefs for the case he is working on.
"Hey, I thought that guy was supposed to have been in Las Vegas on the 10th." I say pointing to an entry in his brief. He walks over and looks over my shoulder.
"Yeah I already told you that." He starts to walk away but I quickly pull up the folder with the photographs from the case.
"Then why do we have receipts from Seattle from the 10th?" I quickly scan through the photos and find the one I'm looking for. It's hard to see, but the receipt sticking out of the wallet clearly says the 10th." He walks back over and looks at the picture.
"Well I'll be damned. How did I miss that?" He says. "Nice catch Blaine. Why don't you take the rest of the day off? I'll make sure to report this to my boss."
"Uh, sure. I mean, are you sure you don't need me to stay?"
"Yes, you did good, now enjoy your day."
"Um ok then." I grab my bag and head out to the corner in front of the building to catch my cab. I pull out my phone and quickly send off a text to Finn.
'Out early, you wanna get coffee? BA'
I climb in the cab and tell the driver to head over to 'The Perk' when I feel my phone vibrate. I pull up the text from Finn.
'Sure, just got out of class. B there in 10. FH'
When I get to 'The Perk', I pay the cab fare and head in to the front counter to order.
"Hey Blaine, where's your friend? You know the tall one?" The girl behind the counter asks. She has a thing for Finn and I guess if I wasn't gay I could totally see the appeal, but dumb doesn't look good on a guy or a girl.
"Yeah, he's meeting me here." I quickly pay her.
"You should totally hook us up! Do a girl a solid man!"
"Yeah he's like practically married. Trust me, you don't' want to go there." She shrugs and hands over my coffee and I head over to my table as I see Finn walk in.
"Hey, did you finally get fired or something." He says walking over.
"Nah, gave me the day off after I saved his case."
"Cool, I'm gonna go get something. You good?" He asks as he walks toward the counter.
"Yeah I'm good, just watch out. Tiffany's on the prowl."
He scrunches up his face and heads toward the counter. I can hear the giggle coming from the other side of the room so I can tell that Tiffany made sure to take his order. I laugh to myself as I quickly send off a text to Kurt to remind him that I'll be picking him up after class tomorrow. I'm really glad that it's almost the weekend and I can see Kurt again. It's only been one week but I already miss him like crazy.
"Wow, you weren't kidding. What do I have to do to make that stop? It's like I need to tattoo Rachel's name to my forehead or something so she gets the hint."
"Yeah so much for just ordering coffee." I say looking down at his napkin with her phone number written on it.
"Crap! This girl is insane." He wads up the napkin and tosses it in the bin next to me. "Hey I hope you don't mind but I invited a guy I met at school to join us. He's pretty cool. I met him after my percussion class. He plays a mean ass guitar. Reminds me of Puck minus the hawk."
"That's cool. I feel like I need to meet more people. I spend all my time either at the firm or in class with stuck up idiots."
"Yo Hudson!" I hear a voice behind me and look up to see a guy in his early 20's wearing a black leather jacket.
"Kyle, dude, thanks for coming." Finn says standing up and fist bumping him. I never did understand the purpose of the fist bump when a hand shake seems so much more civilized than punching someone's fist. "Kyle this is Blaine, the guy I was telling you about."
"Hey dude, nice threads." He says putting out his fist and I lightly tap it with my palm.
Turns out Kyle is actually pretty cool. Trained in classical guitar with a background in jazz and rock. Before we realize it we have been sitting there talking about music for an hour when Tiffany interrupts up.
"Hey Finn." She says cleaning up the cups around us.
"Uh hey Tiffany." He says clearing his throat.
"I heard you guys talking about music over here, do you guys like play together?" She asks.
"Um we haven't no. Why?"
She frowns. "Oh it's just our Friday night band totally got food poisoning and can't play tomorrow night. I was thinking it would be pretty cool if you had a band. I like guys in a band." She winks.
Finn rolls his eyes and looks at his phone. "Did you hear that? I think my phone just rang." I'm pretty sure I didn't hear anything but he picks the phone up and starts talking into it. "Oh hey Rachel, baby, love of my life. How are you?" Tiffany frowns and walks away and Finn tosses the phone back down. "Geez! She's worse than Quinn."
He starts up a conversation with Kyle about something but I just keep rolling around in my head what Tiffany was talking about. A band. It's not a bad idea. It would be a total stress reliever for both of us.
"Why can't we be a band? For like one night?" I say interrupting their conversation.
"What? Are you serious?" Finn says laughing.
"Why not? You're an awesome drummer, sounds like you can play guitar, and I can sing. We could totally be rock stars for one night."
"Uh because it's tomorrow night and none of us have ever played together." Finn says.
"Can you really sing?" Kyle asks.
"Wait what?" Finn says staring at Kyle. "You think it's a good idea. You don't even really know him."
"Ok but can he sing?" He asks Finn again.
"Well yeah he can sing, but that's not the point."
"Then what is? He can sing, you kick on drums, and I would kill to let my guitar skills loose in front of a real crowd. Its one night. What the hell?"
"Awesome!" I say holding my hand up to Kyle. He high fives me and we both look at Finn.
"This is crazy! Are you both actually serious?" Finn asks. "You both realize how busy we are with school and homework and life."
"Dude, you sound like a girl!" Kyle directs at Finn.
Finn rolls his eyes and looks over at me.
"Finn, its one Friday. What can it hurt?" I say. Kyle jumps up and runs over to Tiffany. Suddenly she squeals and hugs him and runs to the back of the counter talking to her manager with her arms swinging wildly as she talks. She runs back over to Kyle and hands him a piece of paper. Kyle walks back over to the table with a huge grin on his face.
"Well I got her number, and the gig." He says smirking.
"Dude that's the best news ever!" Finn chirps.
"So you are in?" I ask him.
"I was talking about Tiffany giving someone else her number! But sure I'm in."
"This is going to be fucking awesome!" Kyle shouts.
"We need a name." I announce.
"One night stand." Kyle says proudly as he looks at his new phone number he has acquired.
"That's stupid." Finn says.
"No I'm serious. We are only going to be here Friday night. Our little band exists for one night. We're a one night stand. It's perfect." Kyle winks over at me.
"It's only one night Finn. It works." I offer.
"Fine, but you are explaining the name to Rachel!" He says as he tosses a couple ones on the table and grabs his stuff. "I'll see you at home." He fist bumps Kyle and heads out the door.
"Girl got him on a tight chain eh?" Kyle asks.
"He put himself on that chain so I don't think he minds." I laugh.
When I get home I hear Rachel and Finn talking in the kitchen. "What do you mean it's a one night stand? That's vulgar. "Rachel is saying to Finn.
I walk into the room and she immediately looks at me. "You do realize he has school right?"
"Yes Rachel. Its one night. We are just filling in for another band. It's a one-time thing." I say patting Finn on the back.
"Have you told Kurt yet?" She asks with her hands on her hips.
"No. But I'm sure he will love the idea." I walk out and open my cell phone and send Kurt a text.
'Playing a gig with Finn and a friend at perk 2morow. One night stand. Wanna come? B'
I get undressed and throw on my t-shirt and shorts when the phone beeps on the bed.
'What the hell is a one night stand? Are you out of your mind?'
I groan as I read the text and Rachel walks by heading to the bathroom. "I told you he wouldn't like it."
"You two are way too much alike." I holler down the hall after her.
I quickly dial Kurt's number and I hear him answer on the first ring.
"What is a one night stand?" He asks matter of factly.
"Kurt, it's just the name of the band. It's because we are only playing for one night."
"Then why not call it One Night Gig? Or Only Here One Night."
"Kurt relax. It's just a name." I laugh as I fall back on the bed.
"What did Rachel say?" He asks.
"Are you two connected by one brain or something? Rachel will be fine."
"So she didn't like it either then!" He says smugly.
"Look, I'll pick you up after school and you can come home and get ready. I want you to be there. I haven't sang since that last nursing home gig I did. I need this Kurt."
I hear him sigh on the other end. "Fine, you know I'll be there for anything you need me for. And it will be nice to hear you sing again. Just don't go picking up any cute waiters!"
"Nah, the only waiters there are the ones who keep giving their numbers to Finn." Just as the words leave my mouth I see Rachel enter my room. Her mouth drops and she runs back out of the room yelling.
"Finn Christopher Hudson!"
"What was that?" Kurt asks.
"I think I just got Finn in trouble." I sigh.
I see Finn get up from his Xbox and walk over to Rachel. "I threw it away! You know you are the only person for me baby!" She turns and stomps off slamming her door behind her.
"What the hell dude?" Finn asks standing in my door.
"I gotta go Kurt. You'll go tomorrow right?" I ask.
"Yes Blaine, I'll go. I'll always go for you. Love you."
"Love you too Kurt." I hang up and walk over to Rachel's door and knock.
"GO AWAY FINN! " She yells.
"It's Blaine." I say into the door. It swings open and she pulls me into the room slamming it shut behind us.
"Look Rachel, sorry you heard that. Really I am. But trust me, Finn is only addicted to you. He throws every single number away the moment he gets it." I say as she sits on the bed.
"Really?" She says with tears in her eyes.
"He loves you. In fact, he was totally against the entire band thing. He was worried about school and you. You got a good guy there!"
She jumps up and hugs me and I walk back out the door. Finn is sitting on the floor just outside the door. He jumps up and looks over at me. "Well?"
"You're good. She won't kill you." He pats me on the back and opens the door.
"Rach?" He says. I see her run up and jump into Finn's arms as she attacks his lips and runs her hands up into his hair. I reach in and close the door behind them.
I walk back into my room and turn on the radio. I'm so excited to be back on the stage tomorrow. I didn't realize how much I missed it until now.
I hear banging against the wall and grab the wireless ear plugs and turn up the radio. I guess I have myself to blame for the Finchel show tonight! I grab my phone and see I missed a text from Kurt.
'U better not have angered the Finchel. U won't get sleep 2night. K'
'Trust me, that's not anger I hear & def no sleep 2night. B'