Chapter 7

The same day Kurt had his first day with Karofsky. Blaine, Mike and Finn had theirs too. Hours before Kurt and Blaine's disagreement in the car, Blaine went through quite an eventful afternoon.

Blaine and Mike walked into the homeless shelter for their first evening of volunteering. It was quite large and catered to everyone, young runaway's and families alike. Naturally, the homeless shelter was the most accepting when it came to volunteering.

"You must be the volunteers from McKinley," the supervisor smiled as they introduced their selves. "You can call me Jill. Isn't there supposed to be a third?"

"Sorry I'm late. I fell asleep at in class and the teacher left. I'm a heavy sleeper so I didn't hear the bell. I'm Finn Hudson." Finn said as he rushed in.

"Ok..." she slowly nodded. "I'm Jill. Today you 3 will be working in the kitchen. All you have to do is bring out the plates, knives and forks and put them on this try. Help with the food when you're done with that. Everyone normally picks up their own plate and picks what they want before going to sit down. I'll need you to help with the dishes afterwards." The supervisor said. "If you need me, I'll be...around. Other volunteers are in the kitchen if you need help or anything. I'm sorry if I seem to be running away from you it's just that it's approaching Winter's approaching and the new rooms aren't finished yet...I won't pound you with problems. There's a lot to be done. There you are Jenny!" She called out to one of the volunteers. "I'll need you to help them out. Have fun" She grinned before walking quickly down the hall.

After having sorted out the cutlery, Mike, Blaine and the volunteers in the kitchen were all singing while preparing the food.

"So, you two were in a Glee club?" Jenny asked curiously while cutting the carrots.

"We still are. At McKinley high," Mike answered.

"I thought you guys were in college," another volunteer asked surprisingly.

Mike and Blaine looked at each other and grinned at each other before looking back at the volunteers.

"We get that a lot," Blaine answered.

Everyone in the kitchen was getting along. Finn, on the other hand, decided to wonder around the shelter. The shelter used to be a small elementary school that had to be shut down due to lack of funding. The hallways were filled with volunteers who smiled and said hi as they passed. Finn felt comfortable with the friendly atmosphere. In one of the halls, mattresses filled the floors on the floor. Some of the rooms were filled with children's toys that had been donated. Soon, the rooms were being filled with new people. He ended up in the doorway of one of the common rooms where some of the guests watched television.

"Excuse me," a short 10 year old girl asked to get into the room.

Finn apologised and moved out of the way before leaning against the door again. He quickly noticed her. "Wait a minute. You're the daughter of the person who runs this place. Aren't you a little young to be volunteering?"

"Not at all," she said "You're that guy on Youtube who kissed that girl and you lost a competition."

"Yeah. I bet you thought it was cute, right? Having a boy-"

"You probably think my room is filled with sparkles and unicorns or that I idolise Cinderella," she replied in an annoyed tone.

Finn smiled and stood up straight "point taken. So do you, like, come here and play with strangers? Are your parents really ok with this?"

"You probably think that I'm going to be taken away and sold to the circus." She shook her head.

"No, no I just...never mind."

"My mums in the other room," she rolled her eyes. "Do you want to play foosball?"

Finn looked at the table and looked back at the girl "Sure, can you reach?" he joked

"Can you without hurting your back?"

"Touché," he laughed and followed her over to the table.

Back between the kitchen and the dining hall, Mike and Blaine helped set the food out. They both wondered where Finn was.

"Jill's probably asked him to help. She pulls people out of what they're doing to help her quickly run some errands." Jenny reassured them. "If he doesn't come back soon we'll probably have to send out a search party," she joked. "It's quite easy to get lost during your first few days."

Soon, people of all ages walked into the dining area. The first round of people all queued and walked by with their plates as they were served food.

"Blaine, Mike!" Julie called standing next to Finn. Blaine and Mike left the kitchen followed her into another hall where mattresses were being laid out by other volunteers. "I need you 3 to take these blankets and lay then neatly on each bed. One pillow per bed." She nodded. "Thank you." She smiled and then walked off.

"Well, I guess we should get started." Finn said. Even outside of Glee club he still felt the need to be leader.

"So, Were did you go?" Mike asked curiously as they walked over to the blankets to lay them down.

"I just thought I'd look around," Finn shrugged. "I didn't leave too much work for you guys did I?"

Both of them shook their heads.

"We're laying be-e-eds," Blaine quietly sang. Mike chuckled and Blaine smiled but continued singing.

"Do you always sing everything you do?" Mike asked.

"I sing as much as you dance," Blaine replied as he laid a blanket down.

"I don't dance everywhere,"

"Well, you clearly don't realise,"

Mike spun around and moon-walked back to the pillows. All 3 of the boys laughed and clapped.

Blaine attempted to copy but tripped on his feet. All 3 of them chuckled again "Mike, you have to show me that dance move." Blaine asked. He tried to do it again but failed.

"You're a pretty smooth dancer. You should get this" Mike showed him once fast then slowed it down so Blaine could copy. In between steps, Mike and Blaine would lay down the bedding before trying again.

Finn continued laying the sheets.

"Finn, you try," Blaine smiled.

Finn shook his head "I'm not going to embarrass myself in front of all these people,"

Mike laughed. "Do I need to remind you of all the dances and songs we have performed in front of the school? The ones you performed before I joined." Mike teased.

Finn tried to hide a smile and continued laying out the sheets. "We need to get this done."

"I'd like to hear," Blaine joked.

"No, you know what. Fine" Finn attempted to spin and moonwalk but almost tripped and stumbled. "Happy?" He gave a short laugh and continued to lay out the sheets.

All the volunteers in the room clapped at Finns attempt. Finn hid his face in embarrassment for a few seconds then started to laugh at himself.

When they'd finished, the boys went to pick up their bags to go home. They found common ground by discussing college football.

They soon found their selves in the lobby where homeless were signing in. Men women, kids and teens all lined up patiently. Even the atmosphere here was friendly. Though some looked nervous, they were reassured by the volunteers. Others who'd met

"Go on, sing" A few people in the corner of the room said to a dark haired, teen boy who'd just signed in.

"Nah," He modestly replied.

"Just a few lines," one of them begged

"Ok, ok." the boy smiled. He started singing "Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye in a soulful voice which immediately caught everyone's attention. Including Finn, Mike and Blaine who were just about to leave. He started quietly but got lost in the lyrics and became louder.

"He always sings. This is nothing new." One of the volunteers said to Finn who watched in awe. "It's a shame that he can't showcase his talent. He dropped out of school so it's not like a club is an option."

Finn and Blaine thought the boy looked familiar.

The boy quietened down when he noticed the boys looking at him. When he finished, people in the lobby clapped, he said thank you and walked.

Finn caught up to the boy before he left "Hey," He stopped him "You're really good. Have we met?"

"Thanks and no, we haven't met?" He lied. He tried to get away before Blaine noticed him but Finn still wanted to speak to him, insisting that he knew him from somewhere. He had nothing against Blaine or Finn, he was just embarrassed.

"Dorian?" Blaine called, 99.99% sure that it was him.

Dorian slowly turned around and looked at Blaine.

"What are you doing here?"Blaine asked trying not to jump to conclusions.

"I'm homeless," He replied coldly

"Why did you leave Dalton? Where are your parents?"

"What's with all the questions? I told you I'm homeless!" He replied in an annoyed tone then turned around to Finn and angrily said "and yes, we have met. After I transferred to McKinley I was in your English class for a month." He stormed off.

Finn, Mike and Blaine all looked at each other in confusion. Blaine guiltily tried to follow him but with one hand on his chest, Finn stopped him.

"Where are you going?"

"I can't just leave him. He's left Dalton, the Warblers for over a year. When he left we had no idea what happened."

Finn moved out of the way and let Blaine pass. "I'm surprised you remember him." He said under his breath as he looked down and walked towards Mike.

"Excuse me?" Blaine turned around. He was surprised at Finns quick change. Just a few minutes ago they were sharing their love of 80's rock by singing My Sharona by The Knack together.

"When a Warbler leaves we just replace him. Remember? You clearly don't care if you're so quick to make such a decision. You said you guys don't waste your time-"

"...on people who walk out because they don't get everything they want. Yes, Warblers take our act very seriously but don't you dare tell me that I don't care about a friend who left the school without warning, without telling us where he went and is now living in a homeless shelter. We went to his home and the neighbours said that they'd moved." Blaine said firmly. He looked back at the door and sighed. He wasn't going to bother going back after Dorian now since he wouldn't be able to find him.

Mike stood there awkwardly avoiding getting in to anything or making it worse.

"You got over it pretty quickly," Finn added

Blaine rolled his eyes "His parent's never liked The Warblers. The last thing we wanted to assume was that he was eaten by a bear." He walked out of the building to his car.

Mike then walked away from Finn "Mike,"

"I really don't want to know Finn. I just hope you two can sort whatever this is out," Mike walked out.

Finn looked down guiltily. Why should I be sorry?, he stubbornly asked himself as he raised his head. "Wait Mike, you're my ride home," Finn jogged out in hopes that he'd catch up with him.

Blaine wondered what Finn had against him but never had the courage to ask. He couldn't stop thinking about Dorian. An old friend who never said goodbye. If the first place he sees him again is at a homeless shelter then of course he's going to worry.

Blaine was on his way home when he passed the charity store Kurt was volunteering at. He suddenly remembered that Karofsky was working with him. A quick chill sent shivers down Blaines spine and a short gust of fear blew past him. Kurt won't mind if I pick him up, he thought to himself as he turned around the car.

Writers note: Chapter 8 may take a little longer to be posted since I'm busy with school and stuff but it's coming soon nonetheless.