A/N: I'm so sorry this took so long but life... to make up for it I sat down and wrote a super long one for you! Also thanks to the technological world hating me I've lost all of the planning documents I did for this as well as my first attempt at this chapter, so if there's any inconsistencies you spot, I'm sorry and please let me know in my PM or something! Enjoy!
It had been exactly two weeks since Kurt had done his first day of filming and he'd now finished his first episode, he'd been given his next script a week ago so that he'd be able to get his lines down for the next episode and then it had been back to schoolwork whilst he waited for his next round of filming to start. The transition from is life as your average high school student to half student half actor on his favourite show had been a huge shock to his system and it had been a lot to get used to, thankfully Blaine had been by his side the whole time helping him through it and his teachers had been more than accepting when he'd handed in work a few days late or scored lower than his usual scores on his test.
Fortunately nobody had told Burt about these test scores as Kurt knew he wouldn't take it well but he was confident that in time he'd be able to make it up to his usual grades, he hoped he could at least try that before his next report card was due out. It would kill him to see his dad look disappointed or worse stressed because of everything that was happening.
He was currently round Blaine's house again; they'd gone there straight after filming like they had two weeks ago and last week. It had become some sort of new unspoken tradition that they always returned there to make use of the empty house, except this week it wasn't empty. Kurt didn't mind at all when they got there and found David in the lounge watching football, they'd both gone to sit with him for a bit before heading off to Blaine's room.
"So how was filming, Kurt?" He asked when they were comfortable and there was a quiet bit in the game.
"Extraordinary, everyone's been so welcoming." He gushed. "I can't wait to see what happens to my character either." He said, already thinking of the endless possibilities for this Tyler.
"I'm sure Bryan must have something up his sleeve, I'm looking forward to seeing you on TV though." He said, pointing the remote at the screen, it had now got to a loud bit with the crowd going wild so David muted it and gave the two of them his full attention.
"Is everybody going to be watching it then?" Kurt asked, a strange sense of shyness about the thought of everybody seeing him in his first TV role creeping in.
"There's no way any of us would miss it." David smiled at him "I've got an idea," He started "Why don't we all get together to watch it? You're family can come round here and watch it with us, that way we all get to see it together at the same time." He beamed. Blaine nodded enthusiastically and looked to Kurt to see what he thought, Kurt nodded too and agreed to it and a date was set. All Kurt had to do was make sure he kept Burt, Finn and Carole free for that night, not that he thought any of them would miss it if he told them what it was.
Kurt and Blaine only stayed down for a few more minutes before going upstairs to make a start on the homework they'd accidentally allowed to pile up, whilst Kurt's had piled up thanks to script learning and filming he felt bad that Blaine had collected this much from helping out so much. He made a mental note not to let Blaine get dragged any further behind just so he could hang around the sets all day.
"What's wrong?" Blaine asked as soon as Kurt had started typing his first essay.
"Nothing, I didn't say anything?" Kurt questioned, he looked up at Blaine, puzzled trying to figure out where this had come from.
"Not now, but down there as soon as dad had mentioned that everybody would be watching this episode you went quiet and it looked like you were about to be sick." He explained, Kurt shrugged his shoulders, trust Blaine to be able to read him so easily.
"Come on Kurt, you can tell me anything. Is this getting to you, do you need to have a smaller part?" He asked, shuffling over so he could put his hand on Kurt's back.
"I guess I just forgot about the part where the whole world gets to see me in my first job, I knew what I was signing up for and don't get me wrong I'm so excited for this, but I'm bound to make mistakes and do things that I don't like right? I'm still so new and in ten years time when I'm on Broadway people are going to be looking me up and seeing those episode thinking 'what a loser'." He spilled out in one long ramble. Blaine didn't say anything at first; just trying to process everything Kurt had just told him, he could understand why someone might feel like this but he just didn't see where it had come from so suddenly. Just yesterday he'd spent all afternoon fantasizing with Kurt about what their future lives would be like and how Kurt was so excited because it felt like his plan was getting bigger and better every day, now Kurt was feeling insecure about it all? It was hard for Blaine to fully get a grip on.
"Kurt, please don't think like that. I know you've only done one episode so far but you were amazing, you truly shone as Tyler and I bet in the final cut you'll put those other actors to shame, nobody cares if you make mistakes, everybody makes mistakes. The only thing you can do is learn from them, and why not make them now? When you're still growing up and starting out and have nothing to lose?" He said, giving the best pep talk he knew how to in this situation. Kurt nodded and shut the lid of his laptop.
"How is it you always know just what to say?" Kurt asked with a ghost of a smile on his face. Blaine didn't give him an answer just squeezed his arm around him a little tighter before they both got back to their work, it wasn't too long later that Kurt got a call from his Dad asking if he could come home since it was getting late and eh very slowly took his leave. Once he was gone, Blaine tried to regain focus on his work but he had so many thoughts circulating round his head he couldn't bring himself to focus. He saved and shut down his document, putting his laptop on his desk and went downstairs to see if anyone else had come home other than David.
When he got down there though he couldn't even see David, knowing that he'd probably just moved to a different part of the house Blaine continued on his original task of getting a drink. A nice cold glass of water would probably help him concentrate a bit more, either that or just having the break to get it should prove useful. He managed to waste another five minutes just aimlessly milling about with his drink before he found David, he was in his office on the phone to someone about a patient and by the sound of things he'd be finished soon.
Blaine sat down next to him and waited as his dad said his goodbyes, once the phone conversation had ended, David's sole attention was on Blaine.
"Hey, has Kurt gone home now?" He asked figuring that was the only explanation for Blaine being where he was.
"Yeah, his dad called him." Blaine explained and started fiddling with things around David's desk space.
"Is there something I can do for you then?" He asked him, Blaine was being abnormally quiet and looked like he was having a mental fight with himself in his head.
"It's about Kurt actually." Blaine started; gathering his thoughts together about what was bothering him. "Do you think he'll be okay in this industry?" He asked, David was taken aback by the question, he'd seen nothing but hope and confidence from the two boys so this was a change of pace.
"Well I hadn't doubted him, what's brought this on, Blaine?" He asked turning his chair round so that he could fully face him.
"When we were talking earlier Kurt went all quiet and looked really upset, so obviously I asked him about it when we were in my room and he told me he was really scared of everyone seeing him in his first big role. He thinks he's going to make all these mistakes and that people are going to judge him for it in the future." Blaine rattled off; he looked up at David again when he was done telling him that and found him looking confused.
"I don't know why he would think that, surely if he made that big of a mistake they wouldn't air it? It's not like the show's live." He said, Blaine nodded in agreement before telling him some more of what he could gather from their conversation upstairs.
"I think he's just worried that what looks okay now might not be as great in the future and that people will look at that and get the wrong idea. It's not just that though." Blaine continued "What about the unscripted bits like events and things, he doesn't know how any of that works from this angle and I think he's terrified of making a fool out of himself." Blaine filled him in. David nodded this time, this made more sense.
"Well of course he isn't going to be perfect and it's going to be a learning curve, he's going to make mistakes and say things he'll definitely regret. But the thing is, what's so great about the industry is how quickly everybody forgets, something huge will happen and it'll cover all of the newspapers and be on the news and everyone will talk about it, but sooner or later someone else is going to come along and do something big too and that little embarrassing thing that everybody was talking about will be forgotten." David reassured "If you want my opinion Kurt's going to be fine, sure he'll have ups and downs and one hell of a lot of learning to do but he's tough from what I've heard, and there's no way he'd let something small and stupid get him down." David finished.
Blaine felt a lot better after their talk, in all honesty he'd known all of what David had just said, and growing up in this household he couldn't not know it. He felt so much more relieved now that he'd had this chat with David and he couldn't wait to encourage Kurt with the same things his dad had just told him.
"I suppose you're right." He said, grinning at how worked up he'd allowed himself to get.
"There anything else you wanna talk about? How're you doing?" David asked which caught Blaine off guard, he only ever asked questions like that when he thought there was something wrong, so why was he asking him now?
"What do you mean? I'm fine, same as always." Blaine said, still trying to figure out what was going on in his dad's head.
"I just ask because I want you to make sure you're looking after yourself too, I know you're excited for Kurt, we all are, but that doesn't mean you're not important. This is your first relationship! You're telling me you don't want to start shouting about it from the rooftops?" He said with a raised eyebrow.
"Well yeah, of course but-" Blaine looked down with a bashful smile.
"Go on." David punched him lightly in the shoulder, Blaine laughed and looked up to him with hat gleam of excitement in his eye that he always got when talking about Kurt.
"He's amazing Dad!" Blaine started, unable to hold it in any longer "Just everything he does is so perfect and special and just so him. And I just want to be around him every day so I can see every time he smiles, and I love it when he smiles so big that you can see his teeth even though he hates that and the way his nose crinkles up is just so adorable. He makes me feel so special dad, every time he looks at me you'd think he was looking at the most impressive thing in the world the way his face lights up." Blaine rambled and David smiled, he'd never seen someone make his son as happy as Kurt did but Blaine hadn't gone back once he'd finally gotten together with him. Blaine was completely different to be around now, he'd been happy before but now he was unstoppable.
"Well I'm glad you're happy, I'm glad both of you are happy." He added. Blaine stayed a moment longer before remembering the homework he'd abandoned and left David to what he was previously doing.
Doing homework without Kurt was a lot harder, it was too quiet and every time he thought about Kurt his heart did a funny little leap, he was so excited to finally have Kurt and now the best thing was happening to them it just made it that extra bit special. He decided to put on the playlist Kurt had made on his iPod so that it didn't feel quite so quiet and set to work.
By the time he'd finished with homework Bryan so he decided to go and see him, he was stood in the kitchen with David as they both talked about their days, by the sound of it things at the studio had been busy.
"We've only just managed to get this episode out on time and next week's might be late as well at this rate." He said, taking a sip from what was presumably a small amount of wine in his glass. Blaine didn't hear David's reply as he came into the room but their whole conversation stopped and Bryan's face broke into a smile as soon as he saw him.
"Hey sweetie, how was your day at the studio, I didn't see you around a lot." He asked.
"I just helped around in costume until Kurt was on, then we came straight back here once he'd finished ." Blaine explained, Bryan nodded and drained the last little bit from his glass before placing it on the counter.
"So I have good news to tell Kurt when he gets to set tomorrow." Bryan told Blaine excitedly,
"Oh?" He answered intrigued.
"I've finally managed to get him his own trailer on set, for when he starts doing longer days." Bryan told him, Blaine's eyes widened with enthusiasm.
"Wow, he's gonna be so excited!" He was almost bouncing up and down at this stage "Please let me tell him!" Blaine begged, he knew this was going to be a big moment for Kurt and was absolutely dying to be the one to tell him.
"Of course, but I'll be there too with the other directors, it's going to be our welcome gift to him." Bryan told him. Blaine was smiling so wide his cheeks were hurting but he was too excited for Kurt, as far as either of them knew, Kurt wasn't going to be getting a trailer.
"So that must mean his part's going to be pretty big if he gets his own trailer?" Blaine asked, thinking of the arrangement Bryan had his with Burt and Dalton.
"Oh his part's still going to be as big as he wants it to, he can cut it down or make it as big as he wants but it'll be more convenient for him to have a trailer so he can relax between takes." Bryan explained, Blaine nodded, happy that they weren't going to be loading pressure onto his boyfriend any time soon.
Kurt was up bright and early again the next morning to do his first day of filming on his second episode, he was more excited for this one as he felt confident with his lines and he had a lot more screen time. Unlike last week he'd had time to sit down and think about his portrayal of Tyler in more depth, he felt happy with where his shots from last episode could take him and he had finally settled on his approach to this week's scenes, he just hoped the rest of the world liked it too.
He got in his car a little bit early, he was no longer being driven to set as he knew his own way and knew where to park and where to go when he got there, it was still quiet when he pulled in but quiet in this place could mean anything up to a hundred cars. He collected his script which was now, once again, tatty and worn from where he'd read it through so many times, and made his way inside. As usual Blaine was there to greet him, Kurt couldn't actually think of a day where Blaine hadn't done this and it made him smile even if he felt guilty for dragging him out of bed at this time of the morning.
"You really don't have to do this every time I'm filming you know?" He told him as he both accepted the coffee from his hands and returned the small kiss Blaine had given him before he turned around and walked down the halls with him.
"I know, but I want to, plus today is extra special." He said, unable to keep the grin off his face.
"And why would that be?" Kurt asked, his brain reeling as he tried to think if he'd missed anything important as they made the familiar route up to the costume department.
"It's a surprise, I don't know when my dad's planning on showing it to you, but it'll be so worth the wait." Blaine told him and they had to part as they arrived.
"I guess I'll just have to wait and see then" Kurt replied.
"I'll see you on set then." Blaine said and left with another small peck on the lips. Kurt was left to wonder what Blaine could possibly be about to surprise him with as the team worked on his look, once again he cringed at the sight of his hair but other than that his whole outfit looked fine.
He made his way down to set again just in time to be called on, he had a personal scene with some of the characters that were to become his best friends and then straight after that he had a scene with Brad, he then had a couple of hours with nothing to do before a large group number. The thought of what to fill those hours with was not a huge concern to Kurt just yet, he figured he could just hang around with Blaine for a while.
When he was finally called onto set he took a look around, it was pretty much as he imagined it would be, it was the bedroom of one of the main characters (and his best friend) and they were supposed to be having a sleepover. This was the scene in which Tyler confessed his feelings towards Jay and the girls - inevitably - told him to go for it and tell Jay how he felt. Kurt knew Tyler wasn't going to be the one to tell Jay how he felt yet he still got excited each time they went through the scene as though there was even the slightest possibility of it ever happening.
The first scene took a lot less time than expected, the directors had only wanted to shoot it from a few angles and they had more than enough material within the first ten takes so it was onto the next scene. By the time he got round to the right stage Brad was already there waiting to meet him and the cameras and lighting were being set up around them as they quickly conferred about how they planned to do their scenes. Kurt found that working with Brad was quite pleasant, he definitely pushed Kurt to do his best acting and he always made him feel comfortable, though Kurt still wished it was Blaine that got to play his on screen boyfriend he was relieved it was with someone as nice as Brad.
They had the scene mapped out pretty well by the time the crew were ready for the first shot, the two of them would be sat alone at a table in the cafeteria, when Tyler would try and bring up the subject of his feelings and would get scared at the last minute, running off and leaving Jay by himself to wonder what had just happened. The scene in itself was enjoyable for Kurt since he knew it would be one of those scenes where the audience would get embarrassed for him too, he couldn't help but think at the end of each take how much Brad had made him work that little bit harder to make the scene better and by the end of the final take Bryan practically pounced on them in excitement, going on and on about how good they were and how adorable Tyler had been.
Blaine was slower to make his way over to Kurt, he'd loved what Kurt had done with the scene and whilst he found the couple were extremely compatible that was also what worried him. He berated himself multiple times during the filming of that scene for getting worked up and jealous over two TV characters but there was just something about seeing the way Kurt interacted with this guy that felt horribly wrong to him. He didn't plan on telling Kurt though, he definitely wasn't going to be the one to spoil this and as he'd been telling himself over and over again, they were just characters and this didn't mean anything.
Once he did get to Kurt however, he was all smiles and joy, just because he had slight feelings of anxiety didn't mean he wasn't proud of the way Kurt had done that scene. They both hugged and Blaine was momentarily worried about ruining Kurt's costume before he remembered he'd have his brand new trailer! To get fixed up in. Suddenly any worries Blaine had were gone as he imagined what Kurt's face would be like when he showed him his trailer. Kurt had to quickly run to the restroom so Blaine too his chance to speak to Bryan.
"Hey, dad, what do you say we show Kurt his trailer when he gets back?" Blaine suggested eagerly.
"Well sure," Bryan replied "I have to be back on set really soon after that though so I can't stay for too long." He told him, Blaine nodded, he didn't mind, it meant he got more time with Kurt.
Blaine was shocked by what happened next, Brad had obviously just finished up on set and had walked down and stood in front of Blaine.
"Hi, you must be Blaine? I'm Brad, I guess you already know since you watch all the scenes Kurt's in." He smiled. Blaine shook the hand that was offered to him and tried to figure out what to say in response.
"I know that you're Kurt's boyfriend and I'm playing his on screen boyfriend which can sometimes be, you know, hard for partners to handle. SO I just wanted to let you know that I pose absolutely no threat to your relationship, Kurt is wonderful, he really is and I feel so honoured to get to play beside him in his first role but I don't feel that way towards him." He explained "I'm sorry if this seems weird, you probably weren't even worried, Kurt doesn't seem the type to cheat anyway, but as I said, sometimes the partners get a bit weird about it." He finished with a dazzling smile.
"Well thanks for that." Blaine replied honestly "I'm glad you told me that, it's that you came to tell me that.2 Blaine told him, truthfully it had lifted his spirits too, he really believed Brad was telling him the truth and he suddenly found himself beginning to quite like the guy.
Kurt got back a few minutes later and smiled to Blaine as soon as he saw him, immediately making his way across the room to him.
"Hey." He said, as he came to his side.
"Hi there, fancy going to see your surprise now?" He offered, Kurt's eyes lit up, he'd totally forgotten all about his surprise with the excitement of filming.
"Of course!" Kurt said, clapping his hands animatedly. They walked through the building and out towards the parking lot with Bryan and three other members of the crew, Kurt didn't have time to wonder about why the others were there with them as they came to a stop outside a seemingly random trailer.
"Tah dah!"Blaine presented it, his arms wide and his face smiling wildly, Kurt was still confused though, what was he presenting? Anyone would think it was the trailer but that was impossible, he wasn't supposed to be getting a trailer so the thought of this being his was absurd. "Don't you like it?" He asked, his face faltering and his arms coming to rest at his side.
"You mean, it's actually for me? I get my own trailer?" he asked breathlessly.
"Mhmm!" Blaine answered "It's brand new, all yours to put whatever you want inside it." He confirmed, Kurt squealed in surprise and jumped up and down in glee. Before he could get too far with going inside and checking it out though Bryan stepped in to say his piece.
"The whole crew and I know how much of a change your life is going through and we just thought that having this little space to relax might make it a bit easier to cope with." He said "So this is our welcome present, from the whole crew to you, to welcome you to our little family." He finished, Kurt was overjoyed and wanted nothing more than to break into song just like one o the characters on the show might, but he managed to resist, just.
Bryan said his goodbyes and left with the crew to go back to filming which left just Kurt and Blaine stood outside the new trailer. Kurt's hands were shaking he was so thrilled and it just made this whole process a lot more real now that he had a trailer like the big names.
"So do you want to go in or just look at the outside all day?" Blaine teased and Kurt whacked him playfully in the arm. "After you." He said, pulling the door open and gesturing for Kurt to go inside. The trailer itself was moderately sized and barely furnished since it was brand new, there was a seating area at one end with a bathroom and little kitchen space. It reminded him of one of those caravans from the parks and though it desperately needed some furniture to make it feel like a proper home it already had a very welcoming feel to it.
"So what do you think?" Blaine asked him once he'd spent a few minutes looking around.
"It's perfect." He replied "Really, it's more than I could have hoped for." He said, he then walked over to Blaine and threw his arms over his shoulders. "I can't wait to spend hours in here with you." He said and Blaine hummed in response, resting his chin on Kurt's shoulder. When they finally broke apart Kurt picked up his script and flopped down onto one of the sofa / seating area type things.
"Fancy running through your song for the next scene?" Blaine offered.
"Sure, it's a nice one, I had it down within the day. I just want to make sure it's perfect, I have one line by myself but the rest is just background and group singing." He told Blaine who nodded.
"Do you wanna make it into a duet for now then?" He offered, knowing it would be easier than trying to divide up the lines, Kurt nodded and they started humming the tune together.
Kurt had heard them sing with just each other multiple times at this stage but he still never got over just how good their voiced went together, they way they just instinctively knew who would harmonise low or high and they did it all automatically. They'd gone through the song a few times when they both agreed that they shouldn't put a strain on his voice and therefore left it, Kurt was excited for this as it was actually his first bit of singing on the show, it wasn't much but it would be a way for him to gradually introduce his voice to it and all of the viewers. It was just another thing that Kurt felt a mix between nervousness and excitement about, it wasn't that much to handle though and he trusted his voice not to let him down on his moment.
The time soon caught up with them and Kurt was being called back onto set, he took Blaine with him of course, the rest of the cast were gathering and making their way up onto the auditorium. Kurt's heart fluttered just thinking that hits was the very stage he'd seen on screen countless times and now he got to be on it doing what he loved best, and even better, Blaine got to be in the audience since they weren't filming anything but the stage.
The first few takes went without fault, the cameras switched and zoomed to individuals seemingly randomly until it got to the solo lines, Kurt was oh so conscious of all the cameras lingering on his face as he sung his line but he didn't let it put him off and he managed to sign the line faultlessly. The next few takes were the same thing, but the cameras focused on different places, on people they may not have noticed before and Kurt just worried about staying in character and singing the best that his voice would allow.
When they finally got to the end of the last take and Bryan announced that they had everything the needed everybody let out a cheer and started to part from the set after chatting for a while, Kurt stayed and talked to a group of girls he had become particularly close to before he met Blaine's eyes in the seats of the auditorium and began to make his way to him, hopping down from the stage and running up the steps. They managed to make their way out of there and headed back to Kurt's trailer, he felt giddy that he had a place to go when he wasn't filming and he felt even happier when he thought of who he'd be spending those hours with.
"You were so amazing up there today." Blaine said to him "Your voice just sounded so perfect and then when the cameras were on you, it was just amazing, I can't believe I get to be your boyfriend." Blaine said wistfully. Kurt blushed and looked over to him,
"The feeling's mutual you know, I'm pretty happy to have you too." He said with a grin, they both chuckled before stepping inside the trailer door as they reached it. "I'm just going to scrub off some of this make up, then I'll change and give my costume back." He said disappearing into the bathroom "What do you say or staying over at mine tonight?" He offered, poking his head back around the door.
"Sure, I just have to tell my dads but that shouldn't be too hard since one of them is here." He said, Kurt nodded with a smile and vanished back round the door.
When Kurt emerged five minutes later his face looked slightly pink from where he'd been scrubbing off the makeup and his hair was styled back to how he usually had it.
"Much better." He said, sounding refreshed. "I'm going to have to bring in some things to fill this up with, it looks way too empty." He commented, folding up his costume and putting it on its hanger before straightening his own collar and heading to the door. Blaine followed after him, picking up the script from where Kurt had accidentally left it, he often wondered how Kurt hadn't managed to lose it yet with the amount of times he put it down and forgot to pick it up.
When they'd gotten back to set they'd split up whilst Kurt handed his costume in and Blaine told Bryan about staying over at Kurt's, he'd have to go back home first to get his stuff but after that they were going straight over to the Hudmel house.
Blaine was getting ready for school with Kurt the morning after, they were both tired from staying up later than usual talking, but they'd lasted on less sleep before. Kurt had tonight off from filming so had decided to use it to get ahead on work, Blaine didn't mind, it's not like they didn't see each other all the time anyway so he could sacrifice one night away from him. Knowing them they'd probably end up texting or talking on the phone all night anyway, their five minute planned calls for homework breaks almost always ended up continuing for hours before they had to hang up to go to sleep.
Blaine had been driven to set by Bryan yesterday and had been driven to Kurt's in his car so Blaine's car was still back at his house so it turned out to be quite convenient that he needed a lift from Kurt to get to school. They had the radio on for their usual sing along when Blaine's phone went off, he answered it straight away when he saw it was his dad calling.
"Hey I'm just on my way to school with Kurt." He answered.
"That's good, I actually want you to bring him to our house tonight, I have news for you two." He replied
"Okay, any spoilers or are we going to be forced to wait?" Blaine asked, not having a clue what he was talking about.
"Nope, you'll have to wait and see." He teased and Blaine sighed in mock annoyance.
"Fine, I'm sure he won't mind if it's important." Blaine said and received an affirmative and they both said goodbye.
"What was that about?" Kurt asked when he'd hung up.
"It was my dad, he says to bring you home with us tonight, apparently he had news." Blaine explained still trying to figure out what the news was.
"I guess we'll have to wait and see." Kurt said, almost reading his thoughts. "Today is going to go so slowly." He said and Blaine thought about having to go a whole day wondering what the news was.
"Such a long day." Blaine agreed.
A/N: Aaaand there you have it, this hasn't been checked or beta'd or anything because it's 10:15 at night and I really wanted to get this out so I apologise for mistakes. SO please leave reviews and tell me what you thought or what you want to happen, I have a pretty good idea but I'm open to variation. See you next time! Hopefully it won't be as long.