Chapter 6

Blaine thought this was the worst time they could all be separated. Nick and Avery were together on a school mission trip in Central America. The trip was for those that either couldn't go home for Spring Break, didn't want to, or weren't overly welcomed at home. Blaine didn't know all of the details, but Nick and Avery both fell into the 'weren't really welcomed with open arms at home' category. Jeff was off to Hawaii for the week for a vacation with his family. Blaine wished he was joining him in the warm weather, but alas Blaine and Hunter were headed back to their two mile radius in New York. It was the middle of March, but the temperature was still hovering in the upper 30s.

During the plane trip home Blaine fretted about what to do about the comments on the YouTube video. For the moment they decided to let them be. There wasn't much they could do with them all scattered about. This gave them all a week to decide how to best approach the situation. Do they ignore them? Do they address them? If they address them, how would they do it?

"I still say we just ignore them," Hunter said for what felt like the fiftieth time on the flight. "If we don't address them they might just go away."

"They aren't going to go away," Blaine replied. "Not now that they have been proven true by that girl and her link to our school website. We should have never posted videos in our uniforms."

"The thought honestly would never have crossed my mind," Hunter replied with a shrug.

He was much more nonchalant about the situation than Blaine was, but Blaine figured that was because he was nowhere near as invested in the band.

"So are you going to tell me what's been going on with you and Kurt?" Hunter asked, changing the subject to the one subject that Blaine was feeling even worse about than the YouTube comments.

"I just feel like we are drifting apart. We aren't setting aside the time for each other like we used to. I'm so busy with this band and he's so busy with Adam, the play and the audition," Blaine explained.

"Who is Adam?"

"The director of the play," Blaine said with a shrug. "He is the one that is getting Kurt prepared for a Broadway audition."

"Are you worried he's cheating on you?" Hunter asked carefully.

"Well I wasn't…" Blaine replied. "Should I be? I honestly didn't give Adam all that much thought. I mean I hang out with Nick, Jeff, Avery and you all the time and he doesn't complain."

"Well none of us are gay," Hunter stated.

"Who said Adam was gay?" Blaine asked.

"The dude does musicals," Hunter said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"That doesn't mean he's gay," Blaine replied, rolling his eyes in annoyance. "And Jeff is bi so you would be wrong on that point."

Hunter thought about that for a moment.

"I guess I should have seen that," Hunter said. "The relationship between Jeff and Nick isn't like most guy friends."

"Jeff and Nick aren't dating," Blaine replied.

"Whatever you say," Hunter replied, putting his headphones in his ears and putting his music on.

Blaine stared at him for a moment, rolled his eyes, and then promptly leaned against the window—falling asleep for the rest of the flight.

It was right around dinner time that they got home that night. Elizabeth called for a pizza and told Blaine to go put his things in his room and freshen up for dinner. He did as he was asked, and when he came back down there was a surprise waiting for him in the living room. There stood Cooper, Kurt, Burt, Finn, Carole, and Rachel. Kurt immediately came up and pulled Blaine into a tight bear hug.

"Oh I've missed you," Kurt said into Blaine's ear.

One word came to Blaine's mind as they embraced: home.

"I've missed you too," Blaine said, choking on the words a little as he felt very emotional.

When Blaine and Kurt separated, Blaine greeted his brother and the rest of their guests.

"It hasn't been the same without you, little bro," Cooper said, pulling Blaine into a hug as well. "Much less dramatic, but I missed you all the same."

Blaine rolled his eyes at that—classic Cooper.

It was a great dinner in Blaine's opinion. Everyone immediately dug into the pizzas and salads that Elizabeth had ordered. Rather than sit at the kitchen table, they all sat around the living room chatting with the TV on softly in the background.

"So how has Colorado been?" Finn asked, after shoving a huge slice of pizza in his mouth. Blaine was impressed that he could even speak with that much food in his mouth.

"It's good," Blaine said. "Cold, but good."

"Still despising the uniform I'm sure," Kurt joked.

Blaine laughed, thinking how true that statement was especially at the moment. "You have no idea."

"Have you joined a Glee Club there?" Rachel asked. "Will we potentially be up against you at Nationals?"

"No, there is no Glee Club at my school," Blaine replied. "We don't compete against other schools in anything. All of our school competitions are our own houses against each other. Everyone is required to participate in a sport or in music. I chose music of course."

"So you don't get to perform on stage in front of huge audiences?" Rachel asked, as if that was the worst thing in the world.

"The whole school shows up to our showcases, but other than that no," Blaine replied with a shrug.

"But he is making quite a name for himself on YouTube," Cooper piped up from his spot on the couch.

Blaine hadn't even realized that Cooper was listening in on their conversation and blushed red at that.

"What do you mean?" Finn asked.

"His band is posting covers of songs on YouTube and a certain Jacob Allmore retweeted one of their covers," Cooper said, his pride his brother evident in the way he spoke.

"No way! How did you get him to do that," Rachel asked. "Give me all the details. I've never been able to get any of my covers on YouTube to get success. They only get nasty comments from the cheerleaders and the football players at McKinley."

"My friend Jeff has been posting covers for a while and had a little bit of a following to begin with," Blaine explained. "When we started a band together he just started to put our covers on there too and the audience grew somehow. I don't know how Jacob Allmore saw it."

Rachel continued to grill him about it for a couple minutes before Blaine had enough and decided to change the topic.

"How come we aren't talking about how Kurt is getting himself ready for a Broadway audition," Blaine said, grabbing Kurt's hand a squeezing it tight.

Kurt smiled at Blaine. This successfully shifted the conversation over to Kurt and his audition and then to everything that was happening at McKinley while Blaine was gone. By the end of the night Blaine was exhausted from so much travel and conversation. He was really looking forward to going up and getting into his nice soft warm bed. He was getting ready for bed when he heard a knock on the door. Blaine turned to see Cooper standing there.

"Hey, can we talk for a second?" Cooper asked.

Blaine nodded and sat down on his bed. Cooper walked over and pulled out Blaine's desk chair.

"So I saw the comments on the latest video that you guys posted," Cooper began and Blaine couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"I guess I was stupid to think that I could keep those two parts of my life separate," Blaine said.

"They don't know what you did though," Cooper said. "They're just left to speculate why you are at a school for troubled teen boys."

"It won't be long before someone from McKinley posts something about what happened," Blaine said, defeat evident in his voice. "I can't control who says what."

"No, no one can," Cooper replied. "But you can control how you respond to it."

"And how do you think I should respond? Hunter thinks that we should just ignore it," Blaine said.

"I think that's up to you to figure out," Cooper said. "You are growing up into your own man and I want to let you make your own decisions."

Blaine pondered Cooper's words, but they left him feeling even more frustrated. He wanted someone in his life to tell him exactly what to do. That was how everything always seemed to go. First, you had Mr. Clarington who told him how to live the life of a thief and con artist. He was there for Hunter and Blaine every step of the way. He taught Blaine how to pick pockets and pull off successful heists. Then after he got caught, he had his Uncle controlling every aspect of his life. Everyone seemed to love to tell Blaine what to do or how to live. Why couldn't Cooper do that now?

"Goodnight little brother," Cooper said, getting up and ruffling Blaine's hair. "I'll see you sometime tomorrow."

Blaine scowled at Cooper for ruffling his hair, and watched as his older brother walked out of the room in petulant silence.

Sunday was spent with just his family. They spent the day watching movies together and they all helped Elizabeth make a huge Italian dinner. Blaine didn't see Kurt at all that day. Kurt had rehearsal for the play that day, since the show was quickly approaching. Blaine didn't know why he thought he would spend most of his Spring Break with Kurt. He had obviously forgotten about the fact that Kurt himself wasn't on Spring Break. Blaine spent most of his time off hanging around the house with Elizabeth when she wasn't at work. Hunter was apparently grounded by Mr. Fulton for his stunt with the phone in Colorado. He was keeping Hunter pretty much on lockdown. Kurt spent his day in school, then on Monday, Wednesday, Friday afternoons he immediately had Glee practice. After Glee practice he then went to play rehearsal and didn't make it back home until just in time to go to bed. On Tuesday and Thursday he met up with Blaine at the local coffee shop for an hour before heading off to play rehearsal. Blaine enjoyed his time with Kurt, but it didn't fully satisfy him enough. Thursday afternoon coffee was the first time that Blaine met the infamous Adam.

The two were sitting at the Lima Bean drinking their coffee and discussing their opinions on Miley Cyrus and whether her outfits and stage props detracted from her being a credible artist or were a genius form of theatricality. Blaine thought it overshadowed her music and lyrics, which were the bread and butter of being a good artist. Kurt thought it was a genius theatrical move, arguing that there was more to the music industry than just the song itself.

"I thought I might run into you here," a voice with a distinct British accent said, coming up behind them and startling Blaine.

Blaine turned and saw a tall handsome boy with sandy blond hair partially covered by a blue beanie. He was casually dressed in blue jeans, a white tee with a blue plaid flannel overtop, and gray converse. He had a gray jacket draped over his arm. He was effortlessly cool. He didn't put as much thought into fashion as Kurt did, yet he looked much more put together than Blaine felt the moment. Blaine was wearing a black hoodie, black Sex Pistols tee, and black jeans. His black boots were just wide enough to fit his anklet inside of them, though if you looked at them closely you would notice the bulge where his anklet sat.

"Adam!" Kurt exclaimed upon seeing the Brit. "Join us!"

Kurt gestured to the empty chair and Adam immediately sat down.

"Adam this is my boyfriend Blaine, Blaine this is Adam," Kurt said, introducing the two to each other.

They exchanged the general greetings, and in Blaine's mind sizing each other up.

"So you have quite the talented boyfriend," Adam said to Blaine. "It's truly an honor to be able to direct him in this musical. He's really got a gift."

"He is something special," Blaine agreed.

"Hopefully these Broadway producers will think the same thing," Kurt added in. "It's in twelve days and I'm admittedly starting to get nervous."

"You're going to rock that audition, Kurt," Adam added in. "You nailed that note in Defying Gravity."

Blaine nodded in agreement to the first part, admittedly clueless as to what Adam was talking about in the second part.

That was how Blaine felt the rest of the time at the café went. Blaine was generally clueless as to most of what Kurt and Adam were talking about. Blaine was truly missing a lot by being in Colorado.

Kurt and Adam were getting ready to leave for their rehearsal, but Kurt made a quick trip to the bathroom before leaving so Blaine and Adam were left alone together.

"So Kurt told me that you go to school out in Colorado," Adam said casually. "It's like a reform school, right?"

Blaine was taken aback by that for a moment, not at all expecting those words out of Adam's mouth.

"Not technically," Blaine replied but then hesitantly added. "But essentially, yes."

"Kurt has quickly become one of my best friends," Adam added. "I don't want you to hurt him. As I've said, he's special."

"He's my boyfriend," Blaine replied indignant. "Just because I go to a reform school doesn't mean that I'm a bad person and that I'm going to hurt him."

"From what he's told me about you, I just don't trust you all that much," Adam shrugged. "I mean you wear a tracking anklet. Clearly I'm not the only one that has trust issues when it comes to you."

At that moment Kurt came hurrying back from the bathroom.

"Sorry that took so long," Kurt said grabbing all of his things quickly. "I got caught up fixing my hair. If we are late, it's my fault!"

Kurt pecked Blaine on the lips and then hurried out the door. Adam gave Blaine one last look and then followed after Kurt. Blaine sat there in shock for a couple minutes, trying to figure out what the hell just happened.

It wasn't until Friday night that Blaine got to see Kurt again. Rehearsals only ran until 7 on Friday nights, so Kurt went home and freshened up before meeting Blaine at the Burke's house. Blaine and Kurt had the house to themselves, since Peter and Elizabeth went out to dinner with Burt and Carole. The evening started fine enough. They heated up some leftovers for dinner and sat on the couch watching an old horror film. The problems didn't arise until the movie was over and they began to talk.

"So I didn't get the chance to ask, but what did you think of Adam?" Kurt asked.

"Er—I'm going to be honest Kurt," Blaine said, Kurt's smile immediately dropping. "I think he is super into you."

"We are just friends Blaine," Kurt said, going on the defensive. "Don't you trust me?"

"It's him I don't trust," Blaine replied.

"Why?"

"He doesn't like me," Blaine stated.

"Where in the world did you get that idea? He was perfectly nice the entire time that the two of you were together," Kurt argued.

"At least while you were there," Blaine added.

"He said something to you while I ran to the bathroom?" Kurt asked, sounding skeptical.

"He basically alluded to the fact that since I'm a criminal he thought I would hurt you and warned me against it," Blaine explained.

He didn't get the response that he thought he would though.

"He's just looking out for me," Kurt replied. "He is pretty protective, almost like an older brother I never had."

"You have Finn," Blaine argued.

"Finn is actually younger than me," Kurt said.

"That's not the point though," Blaine said, shaking his head in frustration. "Where do you get off telling him all about me?"

"Did you think I wasn't going to tell my best friend about my boyfriend?" Kurt asked, genuine confusion on his face.

"You didn't have to tell him all the bad stuff though. Why did you tell him I go to a reform school in Colorado and that I wear an anklet?" Blaine asked.

"You do go to a reform school in Colorado and you do wear an anklet, Blaine," Kurt replied, rolling his eyes. "I'm open and honest with Adam. He's been my rock while you've been away. He's really become my best friend."

"Then what am I?" Blaine asked, clearly hurt.

"As far as I'm aware, my boyfriend," Kurt replied. "Last I checked I'm allowed to have both. You certainly have Hunter as your best friend. You tell him everything. There are no secrets between the two of you."

"That's not entirely true," Blaine replied. "I don't go around telling Hunter about your private secrets."

"What secrets? I don't have any deep dark secrets that I would mind you sharing with Hunter!" Kurt exclaimed.

"Oh that's right," Blaine bit back. "I forgot that you're Mr. Perfect, never doing anything wrong. I also should have remembered that you don't know how to keep your mouth shut. You go running off to my Uncle to tattle on me without hearing my side of the story. When it comes down to it, you believe the worst in me."

They both had tears streaming down their faces at this point. Blaine's last statement was the last straw. Kurt wiped his tears off his face and gave Blaine a cold hard look.

"I guess Adam is right," Kurt said. "I'm too good for you."

With that said, Kurt turned on his heel and stormed out the front door. Blaine sat there fuming, trying to process what had just happened. He didn't know how long he sat there for, but the next thing he knew the garage door into the kitchen swung open and Blaine heard rushed footsteps into the living room. His Uncle was followed in by Elizabeth and Mr. Fulton. They all looked frantic.

"Hunter cut his anklet and ran," Peter said, causing Blaine's stomach to drop and his head to start spinning.

Once again thank you to everyone that reads this story. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and let me know what you think. It certainly just got much more dramatic.