CHAPTER 10

MAYBE

"Will you stop tapping, your getting on my nerves" Wes growled in frustration, he grabbed the pen off his curly haired companion as they waited in the empty room.

"I told you I have things to do" Blaine snapped back as he took out his phone for 20th time, "But you, insisted on dragging me in here., to this hell hole."

"Well, you insisted on ditching half your classes today" Wes slapped his friends hand as he made a grab for the pen again. "So don't blame me, and don't think I can't smell that stuff on you" Wes accused as he pointed the pen at Blaine. "You reakof the sstuff."

Blaine shifted his head to the side and sniffed. "I do not" Blaine frowned at his asian friend, his triangular eyebrow meeting in the middle.

"No but, at least now I know your back on it" Wes snapped at his friend the dissapointment evident in his voice and on his face. "That stuff will fuck you up"

"I'm already fucked up" Blaine couldn't hide the slight emotion in his voice, causing his friend to re-tract what ever he was going to say next.

"Well, don't blame me if you get caught and kicked out" Wes's voice softened slightly, he really didn't want to loose his friend but, he also knew that he only smoked that crap when things got really bad. If only he wouldconfide in him, tell him what was going on inside that head of his. If Wes was honest with himself, he felt little hurt at the thought that Blaine obviously didn't trust him enough to talk to him.

Blaine stared back at his friend for a second, he really did not know why Wes bothered with him sometimes. The amount of agro he had caused his friend he should of walked a long time ago, like everyone else.

"Well, I will blame you for dragging me into the lame Barbi club" Blaine made a grab for the pen, he managed to dodge Wes's other hand as it swooped down on him to grab his gavel instead. Holding it out he waved it, teasing his friend.

"What the hell Blaine, give me Lucille back" Wes shot his hand out grabbing at air as Blaine waved it just out of his reach.

"Lucille, you named your gavel Lucille" Blaine couldn't contain himself as he burst into laughter dropping his arm slightly, jerking it back as soon as Wes grabbed for it again.

"Just fucking give her back" Wes was now standing with his fists clenched by his sides, hiss face scrunched up in anger. "If you hurt her.." He warned his best friend.

Neither boy knew that the room was starting to fill up. The other warblers stood staring opened mouthed at the two boys, they couldn't believe that Blaine Anderson, the local homophobic hard boy, was laughing and joking around with Wes, out and proud gay. They knew they were friends but, they had never witnessed anything like this before, well not in a long time.

"Ohhh little Wessie is getting testy" Blaine waved the gavel in his friends face before jumping from his seat just as Wes went to dive at him, causing his asian friend to fall flat on his face. Blaine burst into laughter at the sight of his friend trying to scramble to his feet. Wes managed to pull himself up, straightening his tie he then brushed down his blazer, trying to gain some composure.

"Yea, well, at least I'm not the size of a hobbit, with pointy eyebrows and, and crazy hair" Wes waved his hands above his head, he grinned widely as Blaines mouth fell open.

"I do not have pointy eyebrows" Blaine placed his hands on his hips and frowned deeply at his friend. "And quit with the hobbit jokes or, I will use Lucille as a toilet plunger." Blaine shook said gavel in his friends face, grinning as it was Wes's turn to stand opened mouthed.

"You wouldn't" Wes gasped, his face falling, his hand flying to his mouth at the thought of his beloved Lucille being dunked into a bacteria infested toilet.

"Well maybe not but, I am feeling a bit chilly" Blaine smirked as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his lighter.

"Woah, come on now mate" Wes took a step forward,his hands held out before him, his eyes wide with terror as he watched his so called bestfriend hold the lighter under his most prized possesion. Blaine took a step back and raised his eyebrows, warning Wes not to come any closer. Wes paused in his movements swallowing deeply as his eyes flicked from the lighter, to Lucille, to the curly haired monster in front of him.

"I think Lucille may be able to keep me warm" Blaine said an eerie smile on his face. Wes held his hands up his eyes flitting between his beloved gavel and his ex- bestfriend. "What do you think Wesley?"

"Blaine, just hand her over before you really hurt her" Wes was pratically pleading now. "She hasn't done anything to hurt you."

"It's a gavel Wes, a wooden object, perfect for burning " Just as Blaine lit his lighter the gavel was yanked from his hands, taking the curly haired boy by surprise.

"What the fuck?" Blaine spun around his forehead furrowed ready do deck the ass who spoilt his fun. His face softened instantly as he saw David standing there with Gavel in hand. David raised his eyebrows at his friends obviously not impressed with their antics, and moved towards his room mate.

"Hey" Blaine whined as he watched David hand the gavel back to a very grateful Wes.

"Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou.." Wes instantly wrapped his arms around his friends neck hugging him close, without thinking he kissed the side of David's face. He felt his room mate freeze, realising what he had just done he pulled a way quickly. Looking any where but at David he muttered thank you again, then pratically ran to the table.

"Aah, ain't that sweet, Little Davy wavy rescued Wessi's little butt friend" Blaine said sarcastically as he put on a lovey dovey face.

"Fuck you Anderson" Wes snapped angrily as he held his beloved gavel to his chest cradling her tightly.

"Ooooh" Blaines grin grew wider, he was unfazed by his mates anger.

"You really should stop messing with his gavel Blaine" David said keeping his eyes firmly fixed on his roommate smiling to himself as he whispered to Lucille.

"And you should stop messing with the girlies, fuck Wes and make him an honest man already" Blaine leaned in whispering to his friend taking him by surprise.

"Yea I know." Blaine grinned as he shoved his hands in his pocket, he turned and started to walk backwards, grinning at the shocked look on Davids face.

Well he had warned Wes that if he dragged him to this stupid warblers meeting he would not be held accountable for his actions, and if it meant letting out a little secret, he would.

Suddenly his own face fell as his eyes connected with the blue eyed boy standing just behind David. He hadn't noticed him there before, didn't expect to see him here, well not really.

David saw the sudden change in his friend and turned to see what had made it. He was surprised to see Kurt standing there, a look of confusion on his face. David turned his head back to Blaine but he had already taken his seat next to Wes, who shuffled his chair away from him. Wes was scowling at Blaine as he cradled his gravel, he was obviously still mad at his friend. Blaine ignored Wes and went back to fiddling with his phone.

"Hey" David turned as he heard a small voice behind him.

"Hey Kurt, didn't know you were coming" David smiled at Kurt whose eyes kept flicking back to Blaine..

"Jeff talked me in to it" Kurt shrugged turning his attention back to the boy standing in front of him. "It was either come or he was going to ring Finn"

"Finn?" David asked, he didn't know a lot about Kurt yet, they hadn't really had chance to talk properly since he had arrived.

"My step brother, well body guard as he likes to think of himself. He worries about me so Jeffs now my honoury body guard while I'm here" Kurt rolled his eyes.

" Not that I need one" Kurt quickly added as he saw the questioning look on the other boys face.

"Okay, well Jeff makes a good bodyguard, takes it seriously, you won't get rid of him" David said.

"Kurt Hummel I said to wait for me"

Kurt and David both turned to see a scowling Jeff come marching over, dragging poor Neil by the hand behind him.

"I have Finn on speed dial you know" Jeff huffed as he came to a stand still beside the two boys waving his phone in the air.

"For god sake Jeff, I do not appreciate being dragged about like a flaming 2 year old" Neil snapped angrily as he managed to yank his hand out of his boyfriends.

"Blame him" Jeff said pointing his finger at Kurt, who raised his eyebrows in question" I told him to wait for me, but, oh no he had to go wandering around the school on his own, make me worried because I couldn't find him"

"He's 15 years old, he's confined to this school" Neil stated exasperated " He doesn't need you following him around like a ninja warrior."

"You've been following me?" Kurt asked furrowing his forehead, he couldn't believe he hadn't noticed.

"Well, no, not really" Jeff spluttered as he felt eyes on him, he tried to hide the fact he had been caught.

"Seriously, do you want me to show him the book?" Neil asked crossing his arms across his chest challenging his boyfriend to deny it, it was like he was speaking to a 3 year old sometimes.

"You have a book, about me?" Kurt asked, he couldn't believe it, he was so not impressed, he crossed his own arms across his chest. He was not happy, this had Finn written all over it.

"You seriously need help , stalking the local fairy is just, creepy"

All four boys turned their attention towards were the voice had spoken from, there was a small smile on his face as his eyes remained glued to his phone.

"What the fuck is he doing here, are we allowing any low life through the doors now?" Jeff snapped angrily as he strode forward and stood in front of Wes, his finger pointed in Blaines direction.

"Well they let you in didn't they?" Blaine looked up at the blonde haired boy.

Wes banged his gravel on the table.

"Hey anyone is allowed in the Warblers that wish to audition." Wes snapped at Jeff

"He's not fucking auditioning" Jeff shouted in amazement at the same time that Blaine shouted. "I'm not fucking auditioning, you said nothing about fucking auditioning for this gay fest."

Wes banged his gravel continously as both Jeff and Blaine started shouting at him, he was beginning to regret his decision to have Blaine try out.

"Why does he get to sit at the table anyway?" Jeff shouted pointing at Blaine who just grinned.

"Because I'm unique, one of a kind" Blaine sat smugly in his chair.

"Order, order" Wes shouted banging his gravel again down onto the table, he hated being ignored, especially when he had his gavel in his hand. It was very disrespectful.

"Yea, well, every school has their local jackass, delinquent, under achiever and your ours" Jeff said his own smug look on his face.

"Yea well at least I'm not some butt fucking jackass" Blaine snapped his face crumpled with anger.

"A sweet butt it is too, one that you will never fuck" Jeff leaned in closer to Blaine who made to stand before Wes banged his gravel so hard on the desk that the whole table shook.

All around the room the other warblers groaned, they knew Blaine being here would only lead to trouble.

"I said fucking order" Wes shouted as he contiously banged his gavel.

"Okay Wesley calm down"

Blaine jumped slightly as Sebastian appeared beside him. He hadn't noticed the boy enter the room.

"Shit Wes my ears" Jeff cried out slamming his hands over his ears.

"Didn't know Lucille liked it hard" Blaine snapped as he covered his own ears as he turned his attention away from sebastian.

"Yea well you will see how hard she likes it in a minute so enough of the potty mouth" Wes scolded the two boys pointing his gavel at each of them. "And you will be auditioning otherwise Lucille here will find her way to a very dark place that's situated below your waiste." Wes said as he pointed the gravel at Blaine who just scowled at him.

"And you" Wes turned his attention to the sniggering boy in front of him" Go and sit with your boyfriend before I get Lucille's twin."

Jeff raised his hands in defeat and backed away from the table. Blaine couldn't help the slight grin to his face as he watched Jeff walk away..

"Way to piss Wes off Jeffery" David whispered to the boy as he walked past him.

"Well you can make it up to him later and shag that crappy mood out of him" Jeff grinned at a shocked David as he took his seat next to Neil, he had sat with Kurt on the sofa while the others were arguing.

Fuck, does everyone know? David thought to himself as he watched a smirking Jeff sit down.

"Happy now" Neil muttered to the blonde next to him.

"What did I do?" Jeff asked a picture of inocence written all over his face.

"Nothing as usual" Neil huffed, he got up and walked to the other side of the warblers room and sat down next to Thad who had just walked in. Thad looked at Neil and then over at Jeff a confused look on his face.

"Fuck" Jeff mumbled as he slid down further into his seat.

"I'm sure he will calm down later" Jeff turned to face Kurt.

"Yea maybe" Jeff said absently as he turned back to look at his boyfriend who was refusing to look at him. "He's just so, moody lately, everything I do or say annoys him"

"Have you talked to him about it" Kurt asked Jeff who was sighing every few seconds.

"It's not that easy" Jeff sighed as he rubbed his face with his hand, how the hell does he talk to Neil when he can't even get his own head straight.

"I know but after, you know" Jeff looked back at Kurt noticing the distant look on his face he clasped his hand over Kurts. This small gesture brought Kurt out of what ever place he had disapeared to. Jeff knew his history, Kurt knew that Finn had filled him in. "If he's important to you, then it's easy."

"Maybe" Jeff sighed as he turned his attention back to Neil.

Kurt felt his skin start to prickle, he turned his head to the left and his eyes fell onto the most intense brown ones he had ever seen. Blaines face was filled with an emotion Kurt had only ever seen once before, and he didn't like it. It had always made him feel uneasy, like you were their property and no one was allowed to touch you. But why did Blaine look at him like that? He didn't even like Kurt, the silent treatment he had received since moving into his dorm proved that.

"Right order everyone" Kurt shook his head and Blaine broke contact as Wes banged his gavel on the table. He noticed Sebastian lean in and whisper into Blaines ear.

Kurt frowned as he watched Blaine fidget uncomfortable in his chair. His eyes quickly met Kurts then disappeared just as quick. Kurt couldn't read them properly but, he had this horrible feeling that they were talking about him and it made him uneasy.

"Right gentlemen I know that some of you are wandering why Blaines here" Wes said as he indicated to said boy beside him. The room errupted into grumblings and whinging.

"Order, order" Wes shouted banging his gavel once more, god he had never used it as much, maybe this wasn't such a good idea.

"Hey give the guy a chance to explain" Everyones eyes fell on Sebastian who was standing very closely next to Blaines shoulder. Blaine was trying very hard to hide his discomfort but from what Kurt didn't know.

"Right, thankyou Sebastian" Wes seemed to choke on the name as Sebastian gave a curt nod.

"Now the reason Blaine is here is between me and the Deen but, he is here to audition" Wes looked pointedly down at the curly haired boy beside him. Blaine mumbled something but Wes ignored him. "So, if you can just give him a chance I'm sure he will surprise us"

"I doubt that, bet he can't even sing" Jeff shouted out "Probably sounds like a girl on crack" Jeff grinned at his own joke as a few warblers sniggered beside him.

"I don't think Neil appreciates you comparing him to a girl, let alone a girl on crack." Blaine sniped back a big grin on his face.

"Don't fucking bring Neil into this" Jeff made to stand but Neil was at his side before he had a chance. He jumped on his lap preventing him from moving.

"That's just sick, kindly don't shag in front of everyone" Blaine folded his face in dis-taste as he watched Jeff wrap his arms around the slightly smaller boy.

"Fuck you anderson" Jeff shouted as he pulled Neil closer, Kurt noticed the obvious hurt look on Neils face, it was like he couldn't understand Blaines hatred of him.

Blaine was about to shout something back when he suddenly backed off. Kurt noticed Sebastians hand rest on his room mates shoulder, this touch had instantly put a stop to what ever Blaine was going to say next.

"Jeff just leave it, he's only doing it to wind you up" Neil said trying to reason with his boyfriend. He was getting sick and tired of the constant battle between the two boys.

"Will you two shut up, Wes's gavel is giving me a headache" David shouted as he yanked the gavel out of his room mates hand. Wes snatched it straight back and frowned at his room mate, no one touched his precious gavel, not even the boy he loved.

"Don't grab the gravel David" Wes sniped back at him.

"You see the trouble he causes" Jeff raised his eyebrows, gesturing to Blaine who sat unmoving on his chair, Sebastians hand firmly seated on his shoulder, as he made his point to his boyfriend . Every warbler seemed to have an opinion as they started whinging and grumbling. Even Wes's constant banging of his gavel, much to the annoyance of David, didn't shush them.

Suddenly the room went quiet as the sound of out of tune piano keys being played rang out around the room. All heads turned to see Kurt standing by the piano, a concerned and worried look on his face as he looked around the room. He couldn't believe the annamosity towards one boy, as far as he could see Blaine hadn't done anything wrong, well apart from the wise ass comments, just his presence seemed to iritate people, particularly Jeff.

"I don't understand the resentment for Blaine as I'm new here" Kurt looked over at his old friend, Blaine kept his eyes firmly fixed to the table before him. "But, from what I can see everyone is at fault here not just him." Kurt added as he looked around the room.

"You just haven't had a chance to see what he can do" Jeff muttered, quickly shutting up as Neil scolded him with his eyes.

"Maybe but, if he wants to audition I would very much like to give him a chance" Kurt was slowly loosing his confidence as his voice started to wobble slightly.

He was so used to keeping in the shadows that to be the centre of attention now was starting to unnerve him but, he had been so amazed and shocked at the hatred felt for his old friend, that he had just had enough. He had to stop this some how and the only way was what Mr Shu used to do when his old choir fell out.

"As much as we appreciate your input, Kurt" Kurt turned his attention to Sebastian, watching as he moved to the middle of the room."But, if I am not mistaken, you have not auditioned yourself for the warblers so you are not a member, so that means your vote does not count"

Kurt felt his skin crawl at the way this boy was looking at him, it reminded him so much of the sandman. Kurt looked aroud the room, he was right he was not a member, but if the only way to help Blaine was to audition then he would.

"Then I wish to audition" Kurts voice was quiet and slightly shaky, he had not sung propery for a long time, he had always kept in the background.

"Kurt you don't have to" Kurt turned his head towards Jeff, his face was full of concern and worry. Everyone watched as the two boys had a silent conversation, Jeff finally nodded a small smile on his face. Kurt turned back to face the boy who had pushed him to do this.

"Then if it is okay with the council" Sebastian turned to face Wes and David.

"That's great Kurt, of course you can audition" Wes said his face beaming as he nodded his head, he wanted Kurt to join as much a he wanted Blaine to.

"Kurts going to audition" Wes whispered as he nudged Blaine who was sitting quietly beside him, playing with his phone he seemed uninterested in his surroundings.

"Great, I'll put in big lights on a giant billboard" Blaine muttered disinterestedly raising his eyebrows, his eyes still glued to the contraption before him.

"Shut up" Wes whispered scowling at his friend. "Don't pretend you're not interested."

"I couldn't care less if the fairy wants to sing or not." Blaine placed his phone in his pocket and slumped further into his chair. Wes looked at him, he was not convinced.

"So Kuurrt," Kurt felt his skin crawl as his name rolled of Sebastians tongue. "What would you like to sing for us, I'm sure we would all like to hear those golden tones of yours"

Sebastian swept his arms around the room, Kurts gaze followed the movement. He suddenly felt all his confidence fall away as he saw expectant eyes watching him closely.

"Well...I.." Kurt couldn't form his words as he began to panic, he could feel his heart beating faster. He hadn't exactly thought this one through properly, he had just felt the urge to protect his former friend, feelings from years past raising their heads. His eyes fell upon the curly haired boy he had tried to protect, hoping that he would jump to his defence but, Blaine had his focus firmly on his phone again.

"well Kurt what's it to be?" Sebastian took a step closer towards him but, Kurt instinctively took a step back.

"Leave him be bastian" Jeff shouted from his seat.

"I'm only asking him if what he wants to sing, he was..." Sebastian responded a smug smile on his face as he saw the boy before starting to panic slightly.

"Look I'm sure Kurt is just nervous and unprepared" Kurt turned to the voice standing beside him, a boy with ginger hair, not much taller than himself was looking at him. "Maybe you would like some time to prepare, and try out another time."

Kurt just stood there staring at the boy he had never met before, his mouth was slightly open in confusion and shock.

"That's sounds like a very good idea Justin" Kurt turned towards Wes who had suddenly appeared before him. "Kurt, would you like to try another time?"

Kurt didn't know what to say or do, he could feel all the eyes of the Warblers upon him, a bead of sweat was starting to form on his brow.

"I...I...I have to go" Kurt mumbled in a small shaky voice, then he turned and almost ran out the room. He could hear an argument breaking out behind him, he couldn't hear the words but knew it was all about him. It was always about him, no matter what he did everything fell apart when he was around.

Kurt walked faster and faster through the corridors, he had to get away, any where but here. He jumped as he felt an arm suddenly grab him, he screamed as he felt himself being pulled along.

"SSHHH this way" The curly haired boy said as he dragged Kurt back through some door

A/N Hope this was okay as always read, enjoy review ;-)