A/N:

Hello! I had so much fun writing this chapter, it is one of my favouite so far! I really hope you enjoy it too. It's got bits of everything including a psycho Kurt. :)

Also, I got sick of Mrs. Pierce not having a name. It felt weird that Rory would always call her Mrs. Pierce so I have named her Mary.


Rory headed through the still populated halls, taking caution to avoid potential bullies, making his way towards Miss Pillsbury's office. Her door was open, but her back was turned as she was organising her pamphlets. Rory knocked shyly on the open door to announce his presence.

"Oh, hello Rory. I'm so glad you came. Blaine said you might protest." Emma said turning around to face him. She gestured for him to take a seat, Rory complied. After straightening her last stack of pamphlets she moved around her desk to take the seat next to Rory, turning it to face him. "Now, as you probably know, Blaine came to talk to me this morning. He was very concerned about you. He said that you needed some guidance."

"Guidance…is that how he put it? The way he put it to me was 'You need professional help'." Rory said, a little bit bitter that Blaine had guilted him into coming here, he was already feeling very uncomfortable.

"Do you think he is right?" Emma asked.

"Excuse me?" Rory asked, a little unsure of what she was questioning.

"Do you think that Blaine was right for sending you here, for as you put it 'professional help'?"

Rory instinctively went to protest and disagree, but he saw the truth-searching look in Miss Pillsbury's eye and knew that there was no point in excuses or lies. "Yes," he said letting out a sigh, looking down at his fingers.

"Good. My job is to help you. Together we can work through whatever your problems might be, okay?"

Rory nodded, finally accepting that he did need to be here and that he needed to stop making excuses.

Rory spent the whole period in the little office. At first he was hesitant to talk about his secrets, but there was a certain presence about the ginger haired teacher that made Rory trust her. After that the secrets and emotions that he had locked away for years came flooding out of him like water from a broken dam. The guidance counselor listened patiently to everything Rory had to say, prompting him to continue with questions every now and then. He told her about his interactions with Blaine, minus their new romance, and how Blaine was the only other person that knew about all his problems. At the end of the period Miss Pillsbury suggested that they should have a session like this twice a week. Rory agreed, noting that he was feeling a little better having talked to her.

He had to sit through last period History before the final bell rang signaling the end of the school day. He made his way to the choir room growing nervous, for there was something that he had to do. A plan that he made after his discussion with Miss Pillsbury, one he knew would make Blaine happy. As he was about to enter the room a pair of hands grabbed him and pulled him towards an emptier part of the corridor. He was momentarily in shock at the action, but when his brain caught up with his body he focused on the boy in front of him.

"How was your session?" Blaine asked. "You did go, right?"

"Yes, I went!" Rory said, feeling a little offended that Blaine didn't completely trust that he would have gone.

Blaine smiled, "Good. How did it go?"

"It went well, I think. I told her about how I have been feeling, and the dream I had. And I told her about your opinions, what advice you have given me so far."

"That is really great, what did she have to say?"

"She wants me to meet her twice a week."

"Okay, and how did it all make you feel? Are you feeling better?"

Rory thought for a moment, formulating his answer. "At first I was reluctant, but you're both right, I need help. Um…I think I feel better now that I'm not holding in so many secrets."

Blaine leaned in and gave Rory a hug. "I'm really happy for you."

"Also, I'm going to take your advice"

Blaine released Rory from the embrace. "Which advice?" he asked, a little confused.

"About opening up to our friends. I am going to talk to the glee club."

"Are you sure you're ready for that?" Blaine placed his hand on Rory's shoulder feeling concerned.

Rory nodded. "I'm not telling them everything, I couldn't do that. But a small secret that they are going to find out about eventually is a good start I think."

"Okay, well, good luck. If you need any moral support, I'll be there."

With that the pair moved across the hallway and into the now full choir room. Mr. Shuester and the students were huddled around a clothing rack sorting through clothes.

"Oh, there you two are. Find your costumes, we are going to run a full dress rehearsal." Mr. Shuester said as the couple came in.

Rory took a deep breath and gathered his confidence before approaching the teacher. "Um, I have something I want to say to the group before we start rehearsal, if that is okay."

"Ah, yeah, that's okay." Will said, curious as to what it was the young student wanted to say. "Everybody take a seat for a minute, Rory has something to say."

Rory watched his peers sit down and stare at him, curiosity filling their eyes. His heart rate grew and he could feel his hands starting to sweat. He opened his mouth and began to talk, his voice a little shaky. "Hi guys, uh…recently I have become aware that one of the reasons that I don't have many friends here is that I am not a very open person. I'm not open about my emotions or thoughts, choosing instead to deal with things myself and pushing anyone who tries to help away."

Rory looked around the room to observe his audience. Sudden flashbacks of his dream caused him to freeze in fear for a moment, unconsciously holding his breath. It was only when he eyes fell on Blaine, who was giving him the sweetest, most encouraging look ever, that he remembered to breathe again and the memory of his dream disappeared. Rory continued his speech, "But I'm trying to fix that now, I want to be a more open and honest person. And I feel the first step for me is to reveal a secret that I have been holding from everybody here. The reason I have kept it is because one of the reasons I came to America in the first place was to escape it. I have never had any support for it before either, only disapproval. But I have finally accepted that you guys are probably the most likely to accept me."

Rory had another look around the room. He was surprised to see that almost everybody was on the edge of their seat waiting in suspense for Rory to finally reveal his secret. Fearing that he would lose confidence if he put it off any longer Rory said, "I am bisexual. I am attracted to and have had relationships with both girls and boys before."

There was a general air of shock around the room while the news settled in; none of them had ever questioned the Irishman's sexuality before. Rory was pleased to see that there were no faces of disgust that greeted him, only approving smiles and words of encouragement.

"It's okay dude. We accept you no matter what you are." Finn said getting up out of his seat and moving over to give Rory a pat on the back. Rachel was not far behind him and gave him a tight hug. By the time Rachel let him go the rest of the club were on their feet ready to give him hugs and encouragement. Even Kurt was offering words of support, but Rory could see straight through his mask, to the anger behind it. He tried to ignore it, focusing on the others instead. He had hugged just about everybody in the group before it was Blaine's turn. He was drawn in by those arms that he loved so much and held tightly as Blaine whispered into this ear, "I'm so proud of you." They stayed like that for a few more moments before he was released.

"Okay, I feel better now that I've told you, but I don't think I'm ready for the rest of the school to know. I get bullied enough already as it is." Rory said, still feeling unsafe with his secret being out there.

"Don't worry about it Rory. We won't tell anybody, will we guys?" Mr. Shue said. The group all voiced their agreement. "Okay, now are we ready for rehearsal? Everybody go and get changed, be in the auditorium in ten minutes."

The teenagers gathered their belongings and costumes and headed towards their respective changing rooms.

"These costumes are awesome. I think they're the best we've had so far." Mike said, slipping on his jacket.

"I agree, they are very unique, I think that might give us a bit of an edge over the competition." Finn said as he did up his shoelaces.

Rory was only half dressed, self-conscious about changing his shirt in front of the others. The rest of the boys were fully dressed now and were standing around talking. Blaine noticed Rory looking uncomfortable about the situation, still with his normal shirt on, and took control.

"Hey, I think ten minutes is up, we should get going." He said, herding the boys out of the room. He turned around just before reaching the door.

"Thanks." Rory said appreciatively.

"You're welcome." Blaine said with a wink before he turned around and left.

Rory quickly took off his shirt and put on his new one. He was just adjusting his jacket when he heard the door open again. He turned around and was faced with Kurt standing in the doorway with a glare that could kill a kitten.

"Um, hello Kurt. Can I help you with something?" he asked nervously.

"You know why I'm here. If you think that announcing your sexuality is going to make Blaine suddenly interested in you, you're wrong. I thought I told you to…back…off." Kurt said, advancing on Rory.

"That was not my intention, I swear." Technically it was the truth; he didn't reveal his secret to get Blaine to like him. Rory was so thankful that Kurt didn't know the truth, that he and Blaine were going on a date later that night.

"As if! You have no chance with him, okay. You need to get that through that thick, Irish skull of yours." Kurt sneered, tapping on Rory's head to emphasise his point.

"I'm not scared of you." Rory said with a burst of courage, swatting away Kurt's hand.

"Well, you should be!" The older boy said dramatically and turned on the spot, storming out of the room.

Rory was left speechless. Kurt was a real piece of work. He finished adjusting his costume and finally left the room, making his way to the auditorium stage where everybody was ready to begin. The rehearsal was flawless and everybody was confident and excited for the real thing the next day.

"Everybody have a good night sleep and make sure you eat well tomorrow morning so you have lots of energy for the competition." Mr. Shue said as he dismissed the teens.

Rory hurried back to the change rooms so he could change his shirt before the other boys arrived. Luckily they had stayed in the auditorium discussing their chances at the competition tomorrow. By the time they all made it to the change rooms Rory was fully dressed in his regular clothes. He waited for a while, hoping to get a chance to talk to Blaine, but the glaring eyes of Kurt became unbearable and he said good bye to the group. They replied with generic farewells, except for Blaine who mouthed 'see you tonight' and gave him a wink.

Rory walked the few blocks back to his temporary home and entered to find a bunch of giggling teenage girls in the lounge room, the Troubletones. From what he could hear they were having a discussion about what colour nail polish matched their dresses. As Rory entered the room they stopped talking mid-sentence and looked at him like he was committing some kind of crime by being there.

"Sorry leprechaun, but you're going to have to get out. Can't have you spying on us." Santana said with her notorious bitch attitude.

Brittany gave him an apologetic look as he turned around and walked into the kitchen to find Mrs. Pierce in the middle of making some pizzas.

"Hey, how was your day?" she asked with a warm smile.

"My day was busy, but good. How was yours?" Rory said, sneaking a piece of pineapple off one of the uncooked pizzas.

"I had a good day too. I've been busy all afternoon organising to feed that lot." She gestured towards the living room.

"What do you like on your pizza? You can make this last one with whatever you want on it." She pointing to the last, empty, pizza base and the many bowls of topping on the bench.

"Okay, thanks." Rory said, getting to work on his preparing his pizza.

"How did your rehearsal go?"

"It went fantastic; everybody is really excited about the competition."

"Yeah, are you excited about it?"

Rory nodded. "I am…but they have all performed many times before, and they are all so confident about it. This is my first performance, and I am so nervous."

"Aw, I'm sure you will do great honey. I'll be cheering for you just as much as I will be for Britt."

Rory felt a little overwhelmed by just how much his host mother cared for him, it made him feel loved. He finished making his pizza and was about to leave to go upstairs when he remembered he hadn't told her about his plans for the night. "I'm going out later tonight, to the movies."

The blonde woman smiled, glad that Rory had finally made some friends and was attending social gatherings. "Okay, what time do you expect to be home?"

"I don't know, probably 10.30ish."

"Just make sure your phone is charged up and call us if you can't get a ride home."

"I will." Rory moved next to his adoptive mother and opened his arm asking for a hug. She happily obliged, pulling him into an embrace. "Thank you for everything Mary."

"You're welcome honey." she said releasing him.

Rory went upstairs to his room and spent the next half an hour debating about what to wear tonight. Finally settling on a nice pair of jeans and a blue, button down shirt he got dressed, fixed his hair and went downstairs to eat the his now cooked pizza. As he ate he could feel butterflies forming in his stomach. He hadn't been on many dates before and he was nervous that somebody might see him and Blaine and spread his secret.

At seven o'clock on the dot Blaine pulled up out the front. Rory ran out eagerly to meet him, climbing into the passenger's seat.

"You look adorable Rory." Rory blushed at the compliment as Blaine leaned over and gave him a gentle kiss. "I got you these." He pulled out a small bouquet of green roses.

Rory was touched; nobody had ever gotten him flowers before. "Thanks Blaine, they're beautiful."

As they drove they discussed their favourite types of music and Rory was feeling more relaxed by the time Blaine pulled into the cinema parking lot. The couple moved inside to the ticket counter. Rory put up a fight, but Blaine insisted on paying for Rory's ticket and popcorn. "Come on Rory, I asked you out, therefore I am paying."

Rory felt nervous again as they stood in the lobby waiting to go into their movie, there were a lot of people around. Blaine could sense Rory's unease. "Don't worry, nobody is paying any attention to us."

Rory knew Blaine was right, nobody else in the lobby had given them a second look, but he still had the most peculiar feeling that somebody was watching them. He shook it off as paranoia and followed Blaine into the now open theater. It was only a small theater and was already half full by the time that the boys got in, being one of the last in the line. Blaine took Rory's hand and led him to some seats in the emptiest section of the theater. They were the only ones in their aisle in the back corner of the cinema which made Rory feel safer as Blaine kept hold of his hand and snuggled close to him. As the lights went down and the movie began Rory grew more and more comfortable with the public intimacy, nestling in against his date. The couple stayed in their close position while they watched the movie. Rory rested his head on Blaine's shoulder, breathing in his cologne. Blaine's hand moved down to rest on Rory's thigh, giving it a small squeeze. Rory nuzzled his face into Blaine's neck, plastering it with kisses. Blaine's hand moved up and down the inside of the younger boy's thigh. Both boys were completely ignoring the movie now as Rory began to suck on his date's neck, using his teeth to make his mark. Just as Blaine begun to palm Rory's half hard package through his jeans they were brought back to reality as the lights went up. They detached themselves from each other and looked around sheepishly, hoping nobody had been watching them. They left the theater and got back into Blaine's car.

"I had a really great time tonight, Rory." Blaine said pulling up out the front of the Pierce household, unaware that a car that had been following them also pulled up 100 meters behind them. He switched off the car and turned to face Rory grabbing hold of his hand.

"Me too. But next time, I'm paying."

"Next time, eh?" Blaine said with a cheeky smile. "Are you asking me out?"

"Yes." Rory replied and leaned into Blaine seeking a kiss. Blaine responded by cupping Rory's cheek with his hand and bringing his lips onto those waiting for him. Their lips molded together and Rory placed his hand on Blaine's neck, running his fingers over the mark he had left there. The boys continued passionately for a couple of minutes, finally pulling away before things got too heated.

"Sorry about the hickey." Rory examined his handiwork.

"Don't worry about it, I think it's hot." Blaine placed a last, sweet kiss on Rory's mouth.

"Good. See you tomorrow then." Rory said getting out of the car, taking his flowers with him.

"I can't wait."

Rory shut the door and watched Blaine drive away before heading inside, just missing the car that drove off after Blaine. He went upstairs to his room feeling happier than he had felt in a long time.