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Songs: Patience by Take That
Kurt squinted as the daylight filled the dorm room. He hadn't got much sleep that night, He was up all night thinking about the fight that he had with Blaine. Things were going so well with them, Kurt felt like they'd been dating for months! Now Kurt felt like he'd lost everything just in one stupid fight and despite being the gay glee outcast in his old school, he had never felt so alone. True he still had all his friends, but it felt like he had a hole in his heart without Blaine, as cheesy as that sounded. But how was he meant to trust and really get to know Blaine if he was holding things from him? And now, more than ever, Kurt felt incredibly homesick.
He reached over to his suitcase underneath his bed and grabbed his phone. It was the afternoon in America so he could talk to his dad, he really needed to hear his voice after everything that had happened. Kurt moved quietly over to the bathroom, careful not to wake anyone up and pressed 1 on speed dial.
"Hello?" Kurt heard Burt say down the phone
"Hey dad" smiled Kurt
"Hey kid, what's up? Isn't it quite early in England?" Burt frowned, he hoped nothing was wrong. It was very unlike Kurt to not sleep through the whole night, something Kurt said about his complexion or whatever
"I just feel kind of homesick" Kurt admitted feeling ashamed he still felt homesick at his age.
Burt beamed; it was nice that Kurt hadn't forgotten about them all
"Chin up kid, the Hummel's will be back together in a couple of weeks. And I miss you too, Kurt. No-one's treating you bad at Hogwarts, are they, you sound a bit down" Burt worried, Kurt had his fair share of cruel bullying for a lifetime, he still remembered the first time he came home with slushy dripping down his sweater. But one of the things he really admired about Kurt was that he didn't let it break him and was always proud of who he was, Burt was so very proud of his son.
"No, I actually have made some really good friends here; I can't wait to tell you about them. I even have a boyfriend, although we're going through a bit of a rough patch at the moment" Kurt sighed
Burt's eyes widened in shock, he wasn't expecting that. He knew it was only a matter of time before Kurt got a boyfriend, but it was just so weird to think his little boy was all grown up.
"Well, if you want to talk about it you know where I am" Burt said seriously "And let me know if I need to get my shotgun out"
Kurt laughed "No, I think I'll be ok, Dad. I have to go, it's almost breakfast. Love you"
"Love you" grinned Burt "We're all looking forward to you coming home, even Finn who says he misses your soufflés"
Kurt smiled widely and hung up the phone, it was nice to know he was missed.
Something was wrong. That was his immediate thought when Wes came down to breakfast that morning, there was silence at their part of the Gryffindor table, and Kurt and Blaine looked utterly depressed at opposite ends of it. Blaine was poking at his eggs with his folk while Kurt was drinking an insane amount of coffee. Dwight and David just looked very awkward, and the twins were cracking awful jokes to try and break the tension, and weren't doing a great job at it.
What could have happened, thought Wes, why is everyone acting so strangely? Had Kurt and Blaine had a fight? But what would they have fought about? He thought everything was going perfectly, he'd never seen either of them so happy!
"What the hell has happened between those two" asked Dwight on the way to class, the question that everyone was thinking.
"I don't know!" Wes frowned "maybe they had a fight"
" Hopefully it will blow over" David stated, Wes nodded, he'd never seen both of them so out of synch.
"I dunno, I think Kurtsie and Blainers need our help in fixing them" suggested Evan "It looks like it was pretty brutal"
"What should we do? Should we give them an intervention or collect clues from our dorm to lead us to why they fought" asked Dwight
"You've been watching too much CSI, Dwight. This is real life we're talking about" sighed Wes
"Here's what we should do" said David, taking charge of the situation "Dwight, talk to Kurt tonight while playing chess and if that doesn't work go and find Santana. Wes, go talk to Blaine after lessons, he seems to open up to you. Me and the twins will bake some cookies before Quidditch practice tonight to lift up everyone's spirits with some chocolaty goodness"
Wes agreed, David was one hell of an organised dude. If he made up a plan it was bound to go correctly "I'm in" Wes smiled to David happily, which David returned with a grin. He could always rely on Wes to back him up.
"Sounds like a plan" nodded Dwight
"As long as we don't set something on fire while baking, which I ain't gonna lie to you is a likely possibility, we're in as well" smiled Ethan
"Right then" grinned Evan "Let's get these crazy kids back together!"
The rest of that day's lessons didn't go much better for either Kurt or Blaine. Kurt got landed with sitting next to Chandler who was being irritatingly clingy. Kurt could've sworn Chandler tried to sniff his hair! At least he had the chess match with Dwight that Evening, hopefully that'd take his mind off things.
Blaine also remained pretty miserable, he didn't even seem to care when Snape picked on him, much to Snape's annoyance. Wes was worried. He'd tried to talk to Blaine during lessons, but he was being unusually quiet. It reminded Wes of when Blaine first came to Hogwarts- not good at all.
After that day's lessons, Blaine grabbed all his books off the desk quickly and hurried out of the room.
"Hey, Wes, he's already left, you better hurry" said David discreetly
Wes looked over to Blaine's desk and scowled. Great, he thought, he could be anywhere in the castle! He wondered around the castle for a long while, looking in the dorms, the library and the Quidditch pitch but still Blaine was nowhere to be found.
Pull yourself together, Wes, you know Blaine. Now when he's really upset, where does he go? Wes thought back to when Blaine first opened up to him, when his Boggart turned out to be his father. Wes found him in the music room that day, strumming one of the guitars lightly. It was worth having a look for Blaine there, there's nothing like music to calm people down.
Wes creaked the door open quietly, and sighed in relief. He'd found him. Blaine was facing away from the door, classical guitar on his lap strumming the strings. Blaine opened his mouth to sing
"Just have a little patience
I'm still hurting from a love I lost
I'm feeling your frustration
Any minute all the pain will stop."
Blaine thought back to the awful fight he and Kurt had, he hated to cause Kurt pain like this. Kurt's words just kept on ringing in his ears all day "Yeah, well let me know if you want to stop lying to me and let me in on any of it"
The ironic thing was that the reason behind the fight was because Blaine was trying to protect Kurt from pain.
"Just hold me close inside your arms tonight
Don't be too hard on my emotions."
He missed Kurt holding him, making him feel wanted and loved by someone; it was an uncommon feeling in Blaine.
'Cause I
Need time
My heart is numb, has no feeling
So while I'm still healing
Just try and have a little patience"
Blaine really wanted to tell Kurt about all his problems in the past, but he didn't want Kurt to see how broken he truly was. . He just needed more time to prepare himself to open that door and put the past behind him.
"I really wanna start over again
I know you wanna be my salvation
The one that I can always depend"
Kurt was the most caring, adorable person he had ever met, truth be told Blaine was in love with him. Kurt was like his new beginning, to finally get it right. He couldn't lose that now.
"I'll try to be strong
Believe me I'm trying to move on
It's complicated but understand me.
'Cause the scars run so deep
It's been hard but I have to believe
Just have a little patience "
It was difficult for Blaine to think about what happened at his old school and with his family, let alone talk about it. But Kurt had a right to know, and he trusted Kurt. So it was decided, Blaine would tell him, tonight.
"Have a little patience
My heart is numb, has no feeling
So while I'm still healing
Just try and have a little patience"
Blaine heard a clapping noise behind him. He turned around hoping to see Kurt, but it wasn't him.
"That was really good, Blaine" Wes applauded him "Were you gonna sing it to Kurt?"
Blaine nodded sadly "It fits the situation we're in perfectly. We had a fight, as you've probably guessed by now"
Wes sat down next to Blaine "What was it about?"
Blaine sighed "Kurt was upset that I wasn't telling him the truth about things. Like what happened to me with my family and stuff and why I had a swollen hand"
Wes frowned and looked down at Blaine's hand. His knuckles were bruised and the back of his hand was red and puffy.
"How the hell did you do that?" exclaimed Wes "It looks like you've punched someone!"
Blaine sighed "Well, you're not wrong about that. Sebastian threatened to hurt Kurt and practically straddled me against a wall so I punched him in the stomach"
"Wait, what? None of us knew this problem with Sebastian was that serious, why didn't you tell us?" cried Wes
"I didn't want Kurt to know he'd been threatened again after what happened in his old school, Hogwarts was meant to be his safe place. Sebastian ruined that!" said Blaine getting up angrily
Wes sighed, it was so like Blaine to try and protect people and be nice whatever the cost, while keeping all the pain and angst inside him.
"But Blaine, you're forgetting something. Kurt is one of the strongest people in the world, he can handle Sebastian. And it's different from his old school, because he had us and you to protect him. You need to stop shutting people out, Blaine; it's not good for you."
Blaine looked at Wes confused, he didn't shut people out. But he did understand now why he needed to tell Kurt about everything, even if it meant both of them getting hurt. It was up to him to fix their relationship.
"I have to go and talk to Kurt" Blaine announced, making Wes smile. He'd done his job. "What time is it?" asked Blaine
Wes looked at his watch "7:25"
Blaine eyes widened "Oh, crap, I have detention with Snape! Can you tell Kurt I want to talk to him afterwards in the music room? I need to apologize to him for being such an idiot, and promise to never keep anything from him again. Hopefully Snape won't keep me too long"
Wes nodded "I'll tell him for you. Have fun in your detention!"
Blaine grinned "I won't!" and he ran out of the music room all the way down to the dungeons so he wouldn't be late.
Meanwhile, in the empty Gryffindor common room, sat Kurt and Dwight, with wizards chess and a batch of cookies that David and the twins made.
"How come we have cookies?" asked Kurt taking a bite into one
Dwight laughed "One of the many interesting creations the twins have made in their time in Hogwarts"
Kurt groaned with his mouth full of cookie, reaching desperately for a napkin to spit out the contents of his mouth.
"Yuck!" Kurt squirmed "I think they forgot to put any sugar in"
Dwight looked at Kurt in sympathy "It wouldn't be the first time" he sighed "ahh well, at least they didn't set the kitchens on fire this time"
Kurt raised his eyebrows, it was surprise that Hogwarts was in one piece for the amount of years the twins had been living in it. He moved one of the chess pieces forward to make a checkmate, enjoying Dwight's reaction at losing his knight.
"So Kurt, we kind of guessed you and Blaine had a fight. Are you ok?" Dwight asked smoothly
Kurt sighed, he knew it was only a matter of time before Dwight brought up how he and Blaine had been acting.
"Not really" sniffed Kurt trying to not let his emotions get the best of him "It hasn't been an easy 24 hours without Blaine, that's for sure, plus I feel really homesick which never helps. I just feel really lonely"
Dwight nodded, he understood. Fights with anyone weren't easy, especially if you were sleeping in the same room as that person thousands of miles away from home.
"I'm not going to pretend to know what's going to happen with you and Blaine, but we all want you to know and by we I mean the whole dorm, that you will never be alone Kurt, we'll always be here as loyal friends" Dwight smiled "Even if we are a bunch of idiots sometimes"
Kurt laughed half heartedly "Thanks, Dwight, that means a lot to me"
They carried on playing chess, while Dwight told Kurt about his new girlfriend, who by description Kurt thought was in desperate need to go on Gok's fashion fix. But he didn't say anything. Just as Dwight won the game, Wes came into the common room.
"Oh good, Kurt you're here! Blaine told me to tell you to meet him in the music room after his detention with Snape, he wants to talk to you about the fight you guys had" said Wes reaching for one of the twin's biscuits
"Oh my gosh! He can't be breaking up with me, can he?" gasped Kurt in horror
"No" exclaimed Wes "quite the opposite actually, he wanted to in his exact words 'apologize to you for being such an idiot, and promise to never keep anything from you again' "
Kurt sighed in relief and smiled "He really said that?"
Wes nodded taking a bite out of the cookie, only to then spit it out all over the chess board
"Urggh!" winced Wes "This tastes even worse than the tarmac flavour in Bertie Bott's Every Flavoured Beans"
"Well it was made by the twins, what did you expect? Kurt said that it was because they forgot to put the sugar in it, right Kurt? Kurt?" frowned Dwight
But Kurt wasn't listening, he was going to get Blaine back, the man he loved. He felt so happy! Today had been horrible, easily his worst day at Hogwarts, despite the fun he'd had with Dwight playing chess and talking to his dad. Kurt knew he was grinning like an idiot in front of his friends but he didn't care. Nothing could distract him from this feeling of relief, relief that they were going to make up, relief that Blaine was finally going to open up to him and relief that Kurt knew he had some very loyal and caring friends who would stand by him no matter what. He definitely couldn't have said that about his old school. Hogwarts changed everything for the better and although he couldn't wait to go home at the half term to his family, he loved it here. Every single thing about this insane place.
"Earth to Kurt" said Wes while Dwight snapped his fingers in front of Kurt's eyes.
"Me and Dwight were just saying that there is a Hogs Head karaoke night two nights after the Quidditch match next Monday. Do you wanna go with us? I assure you that Blaine will be going"
Kurt nodded enthusiastically, in his opinion every night should be a karaoke night at bars. Everything had turned out so perfectly! It was weird how things could turn around in such a short period of time...
Blaine hurried into Snape's classroom praying he wasn't late. He rushed into the room to see Snape sitting at his crooked desk, which was in desperate need of refurbishment.
"You're late, it's 7:31" Snape sneered
Blaine rolled his eyes, trust Snape to complain about him being one minute late.
"Sit" ordered Snape
Blaine frowned, that was odd, Snape had never asked him to sit down before. Plus he didn't want to keep Kurt waiting long, so he didn't really want to waste time talking to Snape of all people.
"Now then Anderson, we can do this the easy way or the hard way, tell me what happened in my cupboard" Snape said simply, looking up into Blaine's eyes.
Blaine was suddenly petrified, Snape was giving his a penetrating stare and Blaine was never a very good liar. Plus he really wasn't letting it go!
"I don't know what you're talking about sir" stuttered Blaine unconvincingly
"Don't play games with me, Anderson, now as this cupboard is indeed part of my personal property, I have a right to know what happened. And I know you know, I can see it in your eyes. I'm very perceptive with these things" Snape spat angrily
Blaine sat there in silence unsure of what to say, he couldn't tell Snape and betray Kurt like that, especially in the state they were in right now. But it looked like he was going to be forced to tell Snape, he'd never seen Snape so furious, he'd obviously had a bad day and having a go at Blaine was his way to lash out at the world. It wasn't fair.
Snape got up from his chair and put his hands on the table in a very intimidating manner.
"I hate people like you, Anderson" Snape snapped "I hate the way everyone seems to think you're so amazing, even though all you are is a spoilt, mother coddled child who wouldn't know pain if it slapped you in the face. Well I can see right through you"
It was Blaine's turn to get outraged, he'd had it up to here with Snape but bringing his family into this was a whole other different matter
"You don't know a thing about me, Snape! I am nothing like you described. But I can see right through you, you're just a bully. And guess what, I don't care squat about your stupid cupboard"
Snape turned bright red in fury; he couldn't stand this any longer. He had to teach Anderson a lesson, to show Anderson how much of a fraud he was, pretending to be so brilliant to the world. And there was only one way to do that.
"Legilimens!" he shouted looking into Blaine's eyes, invading the depths of Blaine's memories...
Wow, that was a difficult chapter to write, and yes I have made Snape kind of crazy, but people do crazy things when they're angry. Please review and tell me what you think - I am very open to suggestions
Thanks for reading!