OHMIGOD IM SO SORRY FOR NOT POSTING THIS WEEKEND GUYS! I SPENT IT IN THE CITY FOR MY FRIENDS BIRTHDAY AND I REALIZED THAT I HADNT POSTED THIS CHAPTER WHEN I SAW THE MOST ADORABLE GAY COUPLE HOLDING HANDS. MY HEART SWELLED UP AND I REMEMBERED WHY I LOVE LIVING IN NEW YORK SO MUCH—THEN I REALIZED THAT I HAD LEFT YOU GUYS WITH ONE BITCH OF A CLIFFHANGER AND GOT THIS SINKING FEELING IN MY STOMACH.
So here is one hunky, superhot chapter full of plot development and music!
…and, as usual, I own nothing but the $10.45 in my wallet. enjoy.
Blaine was shocked. He thought that through all that shameless flirting and "undeniable sexual tension and eyesex" according to David, between them – that Kurt would be interested. He had written on this little slip of paper, which Blaine had read and reread a good 27 times, that he would 'see him at Regionals'. HA, as if Blaine Anderson, the most stubborn of the Warblers, would give up that easily.
Then, Blaine got an idea.
Kurt walked onto the bus quietly, going through what had just happened in his mind. He had gained so much courage to go on and flirt with the Warbler, Blaine, like that. Where did that even come from? Even his teammates had been impressed, including a "damn Kurtie I didn't know you had it in you". Kurt was confident and high off of the pure tension of it all. He knew that Blaine had wanted to kiss him, but Kurt Hummel was not one to shamelessly throw himself around. He was actually really surprised when Blaine was willingly waiting for Kurt to kiss him, but the fact that someone had wanted Kurt that way gave him a powerful feeling.
Another thing you should learn about Kurt Hummel, is that whenever he has any sort of power—he abuses it until its taken away. Its been that way since he was a kid and was named line leader of his kindergarten class and accidentally lead the class out of the school and into the extremely busy parking lot.
So when Kurt realized that he had some sort of power over this boy, he wanted to see how far he could go with it. The fact that Blaine played along with his little challenge was one thing, but the way that he was squirming during Kurt's performance –yes, he saw, had given Kurt the extra burst of adrenaline to see just how far this guy would go to get Kurt's attention. His performance was hot as hell, yes, but Kurt had begun to think irrationally. He thought that just because a guy thought he was cute, that he would go to the ends of the earth to be with him.
Little did he know, that was exactly what Blaine Anderson was willing to do.
So as he walked to the bus, he had rerun the situation through his head over and over until he realized that he had honestly and severely stepped in it. This kid probably would think he was nothing but a tease and forget this ever happened. Hell, it would probably even fuel his fire to make sure that he kicks Kurt's ass at Regionals. He not only may have ruined it for himself, he possibly could have just ruined his team's chances at Nationals.
But to tell the truth Kurt was ecstatic that Blaine had given him all that attention. It was literally like something out of Kurt's dream. Even though their initial meeting was not as graceful as one would have hoped, the way Blaine had stared at him like he was something out of a dream had made Kurt feel special-wanted. And Blaine obviously didn't know that Kurt needed him, in a physical state – NOT a dream, to make himself feel….alive, you could say.
So when Kurt walked into the choir room Monday morning, he was really just getting used to a lot more time alone, because he had blew it with the most amazing, gorgeous guy he had ever met.
That's why it came as such a surprise when Mr. Schuester walked in front of the club and said "OK guys, you did AMAZING at Sectionals, but we did tie. So, in the spirit of healthy competition, the Warblers have offered us a tiebreaker of sorts, to see who the true winner is. Though both of us will still go to Regionals, it will give us another heads up on their strengths so we know how to beat them."
Kurt's heart was beating a mile a minute. He didn't know how to react. He was going to see Blaine again, but was this an attempt at revenge, slaughter them in a rematch and put them in another funk a la Vocal Adrenaline, or was this just a friendly competition that would make life a LOT more awkward for both soloists.
Then Mr. Schuester said the worst thing that he could possibly say.
The competition would be held at McKinley and the Warblers would be stopping in to use the auditorium.
Now Kurt not only had to watch his back for Karofsky and those football jerks trying to kill him, now he had to watch out for Warblers. What if Blaine had gotten so mad that he would tell the Warblers to beat him up if they saw him. This thought made Kurt's stomach tie up in knots and he felt like he was going to throw up.
"Some of the Warblers will be stopping in today and throughout the week after school to use the auditorium, and PLEASE guys, don't go watch them. That's spying and spying has never really gotten us very far in the past. In fact—its done nothing but bring up new challenges. So this is a test for you all" he said, staring directly at Rachel, who returned the look with a who me? type face.
Kurt was freaking out, he felt himself tensing up and his face had lost all expression. As Mr. Schue began talking setlist ideas for the mini competition, he figured that he would do a group number that would feature Finn and Rachel on lead and he would decide the soloist in the next few days. The competition would be at the end of next week, which meant there was a strong possibility that Kurt Hummel would be getting a double beating for 10 days.
After glee, Kurt quickly rushed to his car and drove home, where he proceeded to lock himself in his room, put on the most soothing music he had, and prepare himself for the inevitable.
The next day, Kurt walked into school looking the best he could, and though his outside appearance looked near flawless, the inside was an absolute nervous wreck. Kurt was pretty sure that he was creating a stomach ulcer with all of the tension building in his abdomen. The morning went by and he received the occasional locker push and degrading name, but he was content to see that no Warblers were around to shove him into a dumpster; but then again, it was only noon.
After lunch the day went by quickly and he had still seen no Warblers. The nervousness had gone down and he began to calm down completely by the time he walked to his car at the end of the day. The next week and a half was exactly the same and Kurt had almost forgotten why he thought he would be beaten up by a gang of preppy private school boys. He hadn't seen anyone from Dalton around the McKinley hallways during or after school – especially not the one boy he really wanted to see. As much as he tried to forget Blaine, he couldn't. The other boy would constantly show up in his dreams and it was a constant pain to recall the awful mistake he had made in leaving this gorgeous boy high and dry.
It was a full week after Mr. Schuester had announced the rematch and the competition itself was only 2 days away. Kurt figured the Warblers would just walk into McKinley on the day of the show and wing it, which he was more than okay with. The less awkward time he spent staring and pining over their lead singer, the better.
Kurt was walking towards the car park after glee rehearsal and he passed the auditorium. From within the closed door he swore he could hear the tinkling of piano keys. He figured it was just Brad accompanying Rachel on one of her impromptu rehearsals of whatever random song she feels the need to sing, until he remembered that they were both in the choir room rehearsing. He didn't know that anyone in glee played piano, and the school musical was long finished – so who could it possibly be? Then Kurt realized.
It's the Warblers.
But wait, the Warblers are a cappella…why would they be using a piano? Kurt thought to himself before opening the door and stepping in silently.
He looked on the stage and was shocked still.
Blaine had gone through a two weeks of classes and needed to relax. He couldn't get Kurt out of his mind and desperately needed to see him again, just to see his face. So once the Warblers had accepted his proposal of a just-for-fun rematch against New Directions to help them prepare for Regionals, he figured he would have to beg in order to get a solo spot. Wes and David accepted and Blaine was chosen to sing the solo as well as lead for their group number. Blaine was ecstatic and needed to get to work on his piece to make it amazing and, according to Wes, swoon-worthy. So after two weeks of studying for an accumulation of tests that seemed to have sprung up from nowhere, he drove over to McKinley to grow accustom to the acoustics of their auditorium.
He walked into the auditorium and found an empty stage, but all of the stage lights conveniently turned on. He smiled and walked up the stage and placed himself in front of the piano.
He began his solo and thought that Kurt was somewhere in this building, and hopefully he would be blown away by this song during the competition to actually consider going out for coffee with him. He started the opening refrain and started to sing.
I think you're pretty without any makeup on
I think you're funny when you tell the punchline wrong
You knew you got me when you let your walls come down, down
Before you met me, life was alright but things were kinda heavy
You brought me to life
Now every February, you'll be my valentine, valentine
Lets just talk all through the night, there's no need to rush
We can dance until we die, you and I will be young forever
Cuz you make me feel like im living a teenage dream
the way you turn me on
I cant sleep, lets run away and don't ever look back, don't ever look back
My heart stops when you look at me
Just one touch, now baby I believe, this is real
So take a chance and don't ever look back, don't ever –
Imma get your heart racing if that's what you need
In this teenage dream tonight
Let you rest your head on me if that's what you need
In this teenage dream tonight
As he finished the song, he stared at the keys for a second before he heard clapping coming from the back of the room. He saw a figure walking down one of the aisles and up onto the stage, but the lights were too bright that Blaine could only see a shadow. The figure became more recognizable and Blaine couldn't help the racing of his heart and the huge smile growing across his face.
"That was impressive," Kurt said appreciatively, "lots of passion"
Blaine blushed. "What you did at Sectionals wasn't cool you know, I won fair and square"
Kurt laughed "well yes, your performance was extremely entertaining and I like you Blaine, you seem like an great guy," the blush on Blaine's cheeks grew darker, "but your also our competition. and we went through that last year and—" Kurt was cut off by Blaine shushing him and holding his hand.
"Kurt, just hear me out. I like you. I like you so much that it scares the shit out of me. I understand that we're competition but there's no rule that competition can't be friends, can't talk to each other, right?" Blaine spoke almost desperately. "I want to get to know you Kurt, you're one of the most talented people I know and I'd really like us to be friends"
Kurt's heart dropped a little at friends but he quickly responded yes before Blaine changed his mind and realized that Kurt wasn't worth any of this.
"Friends sounds like a great idea. I don't want to get into anything too fast"
Oh, so that's what it looked like to break someone's heart. Kurt didn't like it.
Blaine realized the urgency at the word friends and his heart sunk. Kurt just wanted to be friends. "Yeah...thats cool.."
Kurt wanted to do anything to make Blaine smile again, because that puppy dog heart-breaking frown was making him want to break down.
"So it's kinda like 'When Harry Met Sally',- but I get to be Meg Ryan"
Kurt retorted, trying to lighten the mood.
"Deal" Blaine answered with a chuckle, and Kurt could see the wheels in his mind churning. "Hey, don't they get together in the end?" Blaine asked questioningly.
At that, Kurt pulled out a pen and wrote 7 digits on the palm of Blaine's hand. At first Blaine looked extremely confused, but the confusion grew to a huge toothy grin that made Kurt's knees weak, and his gold eyes were shining brighter than ever.
"That song does amazing things for your voice. and I've always had a thing for piano players" Kurt said, trying to change the subject as he walked across the stage and out the door.
Blaine stared at the digits across his hand and he chuckled, still smiling from ear to ear, because Blaine wasn't dumb. He'd seen When Harry met Sally...and Harry and Sally did get together in the end.
SONGS FROM THIS CHAPTER
Teenage Dream – Boyce Avenue cover (it's a great version go listen to it)
SONGS FROM LAST CHAPTER
Your Surrender – Neon Trees
Born This Way – Lady Gaga