Sorry if this chapter seems not as flamboyant as I usually do things. Since I saw Glee's newest episode "Never Been Kissed" earlier this morning, it's kind of hard to remember what Kurt was like before all that stuff happened. I think I'm gonna have to watch some earlier episodes to get back into the mind frame of things.

PS

How awesome was Chris Colfer in "NBK"! I swear, after Glee's over, that kid has got a definite future in show biz. What do you think?

It took a while for Kurt to convince his dad that he would not do anything that will embarrass either him or Jason (such as excessive flirting, inappropriate touching, etc).

After that, he called Jason at exactly five o'clock. Jason confirmed that the opera was at seven o'clock. Kurt's dad made Kurt give him the phone and he asked Jason a number questions like how late they were supposed to be out and that if he even liked opera. Kurt made him stop before he made it sound like a first date interrogation.

Even though Kurt had plenty of experience in dressing up, he had no idea what to wear for this occasion. He ended up calling Mercedes in a slight panic after he had pulled out all from his clothes and nothing seemed to go right together. He didn't want to be too formal because that could make Jason think that he thought that this was more then it was. And he didn't want to be too casual because this was a world-renowned opera after all. He didn't want Jason to think that he didn't give a crap about this. In the end (with Mercedes' help) Kurt settled on the simple-yet-semi-formal look with a white, long sleeve, button-down shirt; a dark grey vest; and black dress pants and shoes. It was six o'clock when Kurt left for the theater.

At fifteen minutes after six, Kurt pulled into the theater parking lot. Jason hadn't arrived yet so Kurt sat on a bench just by the main entrance. Fifteen minutes later, Jason still hadn't arrived. Jason had said that he was going to arrive early so Kurt was beginning to fear that he might have been stood up when his phone rang. A sigh of relief came out when Kurt saw that it was Jason on the caller ID.

"Hey, where are you?" He said when he answered.

"Lost..." Jason replied "For a small town you guys have lots of streets and too many trees that cover the street signs."

Kurt couldn't help but chuckle.

After a bit of direction giving and a lot of U-turns, Jason eventually got on the right track but Kurt stayed on the line with him and had Jason call out all of the streets he was passing until he said that he saw Kurt sitting on the bench. Within seconds, Kurt saw a white pickup truck pulling into the parking lot. Once in a spot, Jason got out and walked over to him.

From the looks of it, Jason seemed to go with the same route as Kurt when it came to his outfit (or at least tried to). He wore a slightly wrinkled, black, long sleeved, button-down shirt; black dress pants and... old brown sneakers...

As for his hair: it was still parted down the middle, but it looked like he put a bit of moose in and combed it (yes, actually combed it) back behind his ears so that it didn't hang at the corner of his eyes like it usually did. Unfortunately, it was just at the length where small tuffs of hair kept falling out of its place. Jason had to run his hands through his hair at least three times just crossing the lot.

"I know it's not really the best look," said Jason when he got to Kurt "but most of my stuff are still in boxes and I couldn't find my nice shoes."

"You look fine, really" reassured Kurt, trying not to act too flirtatious "as long as you've got the tickets..."

Jason thought about it for a second, then slapped his leg.

"Shit! I knew forgot something..."

"... what?... you forgot the-"

Jason quickly pulled two tickets out of his pocket and smiled.

"Kidding."

And with that, he headed for the ticket booth leaving Kurt to catch up.

Even though Kurt knew some of the songs from Carmen, he had never seen the opera live until now. It was an intriguing story. Full of passion, betrayal, and the need to be free even if death is the only means to do so... and he only got that from the opera's brochure!

Jason explained just before the play started that when it first came out in 1875, it was almost withdrawn due to the abidance of bad reviews. People thought that the story was simply too risky for its time. If it were not for it's showing in Vienna, then it probably would have never had gotten to the popularity that it has today.

"Sounds a lot like what your Glee club's doing, doesn't it?" whispered Jason as the lights began to dim and the famous overture began to play.

The beginning was pretty entertaining. The songs were wonderful and Kurt couldn't see an unattractive face in the entire cast. He also found it amusing that Jason pretended to play along with the orchestra by fingering the notes on the armrest.

But things began to change near the end of the first act. Jason started to become fidgety and he moved around in his seat. It got to the point where he barely looked at the performance. He just kept looking down at this lap, bitting his bottom lip and twirling his fingers together.

"You Ok?" Kurt whispered after a while.

Jason didn't respond at first. He just sat there in sort of a haze. Finally, he slowly began to shake his head.

"...No..." He muttered.

Jason then got up and quickly headed towards the exit.

"Jason... Jason!" Kurt loudly whispered.

An elderly woman shushed him as Kurt got out of his seat and followed Jason out the door.

When Kurt got out into the hallway the saw Jason round the right corner. He called out his name but Jason didn't respond so Kurt ran over to the corner before Jason could get very far.

He found Jason leaning against the far wall with his eyes closed. Something was defiantly troubling him. He looked like he was very close to being in tears.

"Jason, what's wrong?" Asked Kurt was he slowly came closer to the boy.

Jason looked up towards the ceiling to reveal red, teary eyes. After taking some deep breathes he looked over to Kurt.

"My mom could have gone to this with me but I asked her not to..."

Jason look down at his feet and took another deep breath.

"I like you, Kurt... I like you a lot... I've liked you since I first saw you at the mall..."

"Is this really happening?"

"...Thing is, I was just too scared to tell you then. Being raised in the South kind of does that to a gay guy..."

"Did he just say... Oh my god..."

"...So... I understand if this freaks you out or if you don't want to-"

"-I'm gay."

Jason's head shot up and his mouth hung slightly agape.

"What?..."

Kurt walked over to Jason and smiled up at him.

"I'm gay. And I've liked you since I first saw you smile."

Jason breathed a laugh through his tears. A few seconds later let out a much louder laugh as he reached out and tightly hugged Kurt.

They stood there for a few moments, in their tight embrace.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner..." Kurt whispered "That would have probably saved you a whole lot of stress."

"Yeah, it would have..." muttered Jason with a soft chuckle "But you told me now... and I thank you for that."

The boys hugged each other for a few moments longer before they slowly loosened their grip on each other. Kurt still rested his head on Jason's chest; not wanting to let go of the moment.

"Hey..." Jason muttered after a while.

"Hmm?"

"...You wanna get out of here and grab some pizza, or something?"

Kurt smiled as he looked up at his new boyfriend. He look more handsome then he had ever looked before. Kurt slowly rapped his arms around Jason's neck and gently kissed him. Jason took a few steps back so that he was resting against the wall again.

After what seemed like hours of heaven, Kurt slowly pulled away.

"It's a date..."