I hope you all like this chapter :) I'm trying to make them a little longer! And I promise that there will be jealous James in the next few chapters, and him realising what a douche he is!
Chapter 9
"Can I ask you a question?" Alex asked, he and Devon had been walking around the neighbourhood somewhat aimlessly, they had popped in a few shops and were currently heading towards the mall; somewhere Devon only went when absolutely needed, or if his dads were dragging him there. But Alex had asked to show him where it was, and despite not wanting to bump into any one from school, especially the jocks, he couldn't bring himself to say no to Alex.
"Sure." Devon smiled.
"What's the story between you and James?" Alex asked, his voice going slightly nervous.
Devon sighed and looked down. "We've been best friends since I was three." Devon started. "We were inseparable, and then he became a jock and became popular, and now all he seems to do is mess with my head and my heart." Devon admitted quietly.
"He's gay?" Alex asked softly, reaching out and taking Devon's hand a gentle squeeze, Devon smiled at the touch, it was as though Alex knew just what he needed, that little gesture had made him feel one hundred times better.
"Well he said he liked me, but I know what it's like to be gay at that school, and I know that he's scared, and I'm not asking him to come out of the rainbow coloured closet, but to acknowledge me and our feelings would be nice." Devon said and then looked at Alex, his cheeks blushing. "Sorry..."
"It's okay." Alex smiled, squeezing his hand a little more. "I get what it's like being gay and being scared to come out, but sometimes you do need a little push, just not too hard of one."
"I know, but I think right now he needs to show me that he's ready for that push, and for me to even want to push him he needs to stop being such a jerk to me." Devon sighed looking down, he was willing his eyes not to cry.
"That bad huh?" Alex said gently.
"Kinda yeah." Devon mumbled.
"Come on, let's go back to yours, watch some rubbish film and then maybe do some work after dinner, yeah?"
"I thought you wanted to go to the mall." Devon frowned.
"We can go another day." Alex smiled.
"Okay."
Devon walked into the house, Alex close behind him, he smiled when he heard the gentle laughing of his dads from the kitchen, he envied how in love they were after so many years, he knew from stories of kids at school that most marriages fizzle out, there's cheating and then divorce, but Devon knew that would never happen to his parents, they were too in love for anything to come between them.
"Come on, dance." Blaine pouted, he was trying to reach for Kurt's hand who was busy chopping up tomatoes for dinner.
"Blaine, no." Kurt laughed.
"Just one little dance for me." Blaine pouted, he moved so he could wrap his arms around Kurt's waist and took the knife from his hands and laid it on the side. "One dance and then I promise I will help with dinner." Kurt just rolled his eyes but gave into his husbands wishes.
"They're so cute." Alex smiled, he moved closer to Devon and rest his head on Devon's shoulder, causing the younger boy to blush and lean against him more. Devon thought of how James acted whenever he saw his parents do anything like this, he was never out right disgusted but there was always something weird in his eyes. Devon wondered if maybe it was because he was gay and trying to understand his own feelings, maybe his dads relationship intimidated his friend. Devon shrugged the thoughts away and just focused on the way Alex was grinning at them.
"If you say so." Devon chuckled.
"Oh hey." Kurt grinned when he heard his son laugh from the door.
"Hey." Devon smiled, he sighed quietly as Alex moved away from him; he liked having him close far too much.
"You're home early." Kurt commented.
"We thought we would watch a film before dinner and then do some work." Devon smiled. "Dad this is Alex. Alex this is my dad, Blaine."
Alex walked over to Blaine and shook his hand politely, "It's nice to meet you." Blaine smiled looking a little confused.
"It was my first day today, Devon was my tour guide." Alex smiled filling him in.
"Ah." Blaine chuckled. "Well it's great to meet you. The twins are out till dinner so feel free to use the living room to watch the film."
"Meaning door stays open if you go to your room..." Kurt laughed.
Devon blushed furiously and looked down at his shoes, and Alex simply laughed. "Of course." He smiled. "Come on you, I want to see what films you have." Alex smiled and walked over to Devon.
"Okay." Devon simply muttered. Alex walked ahead of him, and Devon turned back to his dads with a glare in his eye. "How could you say something like that? Huh? I'll give you leave the door open, maybe you should be quiet in the bedroom so I don't have to answer questions from the twins." Devon smirked and turned on his heel and marched off.
"Do you think he was telling the truth about that?" Blaine asked, wrapping his arms around Kurt again.
"Probably, you are a little loud honey." Kurt smiled pressing a soft kiss to Blaine's cheek.
"You like me loud." Blaine grinned pulling him closer.
"I do. I also like you alive, and if Devon catches us making out whilst his friend is here, I'm pretty sure he would kill you."
"Why just me?" Blaine pouted.
"Because I cook his dinner." Kurt replied simply, he moved from his husbands arms somewhat reluctantly and continued cooking the dinner.
"How did the meeting at school go?" Blaine asked as he unloaded the dishwasher.
"Okay I think. They're going to get him a tutor, a senior so hopefully that will help with his studies, and I assured them that we will be doing extra work with him here. He's not a bad kid, he just has trouble concentrating some times, like the answers don't make sense in his head." Kurt sighed.
"Well we will help him as much as we can, but maybe it's worth him going for some tests to see if it's anything else, and then we can help him with that?"
"Isn't a bit too late for him to do those sorts of things?" Kurt frowned.
"I don't think so. It might just be with stress of what's going on with James and his feelings might just be making his head a little busy." Blaine said softly, he hated making his husband worry. "But we'll see how it goes yeah?"
"Yeah." Kurt whispered.
"Alex seems nice." Blaine said changing the subject.
"He does, very polite. Devon had a run in with the jocks today, he wasn't going to tell me about it, but Alex did." Kurt smiled. "He was looking out for him. He's going to be a good influence on him I can tell."
"I hope you're right." Blaine hummed.
"I'm sure I am. Besides, you'll have time over dinner to interrogate him." Kurt chuckled.
"Good." Blaine smiled, he only wanted the best for his son.
