A/N Just want to give a shout out to CofAYM, well done, you are right about who the Lima Bean Man is and so get a gold star and virtual Kurt cookie. You are the only one so far to get it right, so well done. Hope it's tasty! :) A couple of you are very close. Think a little outside the box. I also just want to assure people, it is definitely not Eli or Karofsky. The Lima Bean man wants what's best for both Blaine and Kurt in this story. He wants the happy ending!

Thanks for everyone who guessed, reviewed, follows and favourites. You make all this an enjoyable experience.

I don't own Glee, or the characters. (Holding up mistletoe in the vain hope that I might get a kiss from the boys)...

Chapter Eleven

A few weeks had passed since sectionals and Kurt had since grown fond of Dalton Academy and the Warbler boys. He had grown particularly close to Nick, who seemed to be equally fond of Kurt. Nick was a quiet boy, very polite and kind and Kurt needed the serenity in his life right now after all the upheaval he had faced in the recent months. However, when you have Nick as a friend, you get Jeff. Although Kurt got exasperated at the boys hyperactivity sometimes, he did enjoy Jeff's company. He was always fun to be around and it was never boring in his company. Kurt also had to admit that Blaine's comment on Jeff being a genius was entirely accurate. He was in quite a few classes with Kurt, and, although a year younger, Kurt, more often than not, would ask for study help from Jeff. He seemed to be the fountain of all knowledge. He liked Wes and David too, but they were definitely more Blaine's friends than Kurt's and that suited Kurt down to the ground. It gave them time to be apart from each other with their respective friends. Blaine had also been spending quite a bit of time with Sam, both of them driving between the two schools and hanging out in Lima at the weekends. They were very close but always made Kurt feel included in their plans when he went along with them and so had consequently grown closer to Sam. He was a sweet boy, if a little naive and simple in Kurt's view. He and Blaine were complete opposites and Kurt was always a little bemused when he saw how close they actually were. Maybe Blaine knew something about Sam that Kurt did not. Kurt hoped one day he would be able to see it too. He really did like Sam.

At the present moment in time Kurt was studying alone. Jeff had been a little too much to bear today, as, when they had woken up, the whole of the school had been decorated in a Christmas fashion with poinsettia, holly and ivy strewn everywhere and some of the boys were bandying about mistletoe. Jeff being the prime suspect. Plus, with all the candy he had been consuming all in the 'Christmas spirit' he was practically bouncing off the walls. Thus Kurt had found a quiet spot alone for the time being to study. He didn't really want to go around kissing everyone. He only wanted to kiss one person. Blaine's kisses are perfect. They always leave me breathless. Kurt sighed in contentment. He wanted desperately to tell Blaine that he wanted to become an official couple now that he had settled down in his new school and was making firm friends, but he was scared to do it. He was hoping that Blaine would be the one to broach the subject so that he wouldn't have to, but so far nothing had been said. Maybe he thinks we already are. I mean we do kiss all the time, hold hands and cuddle in public and we always go out for coffee dates. Rubbing his eyes he tried to focus himself on his studying, he didn't want to do too much of it over the Christmas holidays and the mid term exams didn't start until the second week back at school. Kurt brought his textbook forward even further to try and concentrate on studying but it was hard when all he could think about was a pair of warm, golden eyes looking tenderly at him from the boy he had fallen hard for.

Lost in his thoughts, he jumped when a CD player banged on the next table over. Looking up he encountered the pair of eyes he was thinking about just moments before.

"Come on. Stop with the studying already. You need to sing a duet with me."

"Why? Are we performing something with the Warblers? I don't know anything about this?"

Blaine chuckled. "We will be performing Christmas carols down at the local elderly homes before we break up, but Wes will go through all that. This is just for us." Blaine was only inches from Kurt's face when he stated the last part. Kurt inhaled sharply.

"What are we singing?"

"Baby it's Cold Outside."Kurt's face lit up. It was quite a flirtatious song, he knew the possibilities of where this could lead and his heart started pounding fiercely in his chest. Blaine, not hearing any objections, strutted over to the start the music. Kurt had decided to play flirtatious throughout and see where it led him. He batted his eyelashes and looked coyly at Blaine to begin with and led him on a chase throughout the whole song and Blaine was playing along, begging and flirting back right at Kurt. As they sat down impossibly close to one another by the end of the song they looked into one another's eyes as they finished the last note. Kurt almost attacked Blaine after, pushing Blaine further into the couch and straddling Blaine's lap, pushing his tongue roughly into Blaine's. Blaine's eyes widened as Kurt's hips jutted into Blaine's lap underneath. He could feel Kurt's hardening length digging into him. Oh my God. Does Kurt want to go further? I don't think Kurt has ever been this forward with me before, it was usually always me who initiated anything sexual in our relationship.

Kurt moaned. He had never been this turned on before. When he ran out of breath and the boys both broke off their kiss, Kurt started kissing Blaine lightly down his jaw line and to his neck. Blaine smells so good, I want to kiss him everywhere. He could hear Blaine breathing heavily, little gasps and sighs of contentment coming out of his mouth as he continued to kiss and suck Blaine's skin around his neck. Reaching with his hands he loosened Blaine's tie and started to unbutton the top half of Blaine's shirt, pulling the fabric away from his chest. Kurt moved down to start kissing Blaine's collarbone, which caused the boy to groan loudly and grind his crotch up to Kurt's own, which was throbbing uncontrollably. Kurt heard a moan escape his own lips that he could hardly recognise.

"Whoa, what is going on here?" a deep voice interrupted the boys. Kurt looked up, pink flushed across his cheeks, to spot Mr. Delancy his English literature teacher looking at the boys with raised eyebrows, his arms folded across his chest. Kurt's pink cheeks went to red as he jumped off of Blaine and stuttered before running out of the room completely. Blaine by this time had managed to calm himself down a little before putting on his sheepish, innocent, puppy dog act that helped him to get away with a number of things with adults.

"I'm sorry, Mr Delancy. Blame it on Christmas cheer?"

The teacher laughed, obviously more amused than angry with the boys. "Just try to keep it toned down while at school, ok?"

"Yes sir."

"Go on, scoot." Blaine picked up Kurt's scattered notes and textbook and his CD player and flew out of the room as fast as his legs could carry him. He was grinning manically the entire way to his dorm room.

Blaine gave Kurt a little time to himself before going to knock on his door to see how he was and to give the boy his notes back. Kurt edged his door open a crack and peered out. When he saw that it was Blaine he flung the door open, grabbed Blaine's hand and pulled him inside quickly.

Kurt let go of Blaine promptly once inside, shutting the door and plopping down onto his bed.

"Blaine, I am so sorry about earlier. I feel so embarrassed. I didn't mean for it to get so out of hand." Kurt looked down into his hands abashed by what had happened earlier. He had had to do something very intimate in his bathroom when he had gotten back. It was something he had never done to himself before and it had made him feel very strange about himself and very conscious of his body's reactions to certain stimulus.

"Why are you so embarrassed Kurt. I'm not. It's perfectly natural to want to be with someone you love in a physical way."

Kurt was bright red, he did not want to talk about it. "I just, it's just so awkward to talk about it. I don't know anything about that stuff. Why do you think I prefer romance stories?" Kurt pleaded with his eyes for Blaine to end this conversation. He didn't know how to express himself in words about that sort of stuff.

"Well, you were doing it all right as far as I could tell." Blaine jokingly stated.

"Blaine, don't be crass."

"Kurt, listen to me. All we were doing was exploring each other and that's normal for new couples. I mean we didn't even get below the waist Kurt."

"But I was, I mean we..."

Blaine looked curiously at Kurt trying to understand what he was trying to say. When Kurt looked down at their crotches, he then understood. Kurt was freaking out about his erection. Blaine took his friends hand, took a deep breath in, letting it out softly and decided to lay it all out for Kurt.

"Ok, Kurt. I know you are embarrassed right now. This is all new for you." Blaine started and Kurt looked up sharply. For me? Has he been with someone before? "And for me, too." Blaine added quickly when he saw the shocked look on Kurt's face. How can I tell him that I have been through all this before with him? No, it's better that he doesn't know. "But, there really is no need to feel that way. I care about you so much Kurt and I want to give you every part of me. That way we can understand each other better and be closer to one another. I think you are the most beautiful person in the world, both inside and out, and I know whatever we do with one another in that respect will be special, because you are special to me."

Kurt, gazing lovingly at Blaine and more relaxed than before decided to be honest too. "I would like to be with you too in that way. At some point. In the future. I just don't think I'm ready yet. I really like you though, so much." Kurt put his head onto Blaine's chest as he circled his arms around the boys waist.

"I tell you what, for now lets keep it above the equator, deal?"

"Deal." Kurt smiled into Blaine's chest and hummed in pleasure. This was what he was comfortable with right now.

The two boys lay back on the bed in each others arms, just basking in their closeness to one another. It was hours before they moved.

Sam had asked Blaine to help him out with his present buying for Christmas, so the two boys found themselves shopping.

"I really want to get something for Quinn that she'll think is really special. But I can't afford too much. What do you think Quinn would like Blaine? You probably know her better than me." Sam pleaded Blaine for his help. He had already helped the boy pick out presents for his family. He was not lying when he said that he wasn't good at shopping for presents. He had the basic idea of what he wanted but didn't know how to relate that to finding a gift. He wanted something his Mum would find useful, and something fun and cheerful for his siblings. Blaine thought very hard about what to get, Kurt was better at this than Blaine. But Sam had asked Blaine and Blaine understood Sam better.

"Well, I don't really know Quinn that well. We didn't really hang out a lot to be honest. I would have thought she would like something elegant and classy, a little like herself." Blaine put the suggestion forward.

"What's elegant and classy though?" Sam mused, sticking out his bottom lip to think.

"How about jewellery of some kind. Like a necklace or a bracelet?" Blaine slowly and clearly suggested to Sam. Sometimes the most obvious things to someone like Blaine were not at all obvious to Sam. That was just how his brain worked. That was one reason why they made a great team, because they were total opposites.

"Cool, well you have great taste, so help me pick something out?"

They ended up picking a necklace with a thin golden chain and a peridot tear drop on the end, 'like the colour of her eyes' stated Blaine. Sam knew that his girlfriend would love it.

"Thanks so much for your help man. Oh, I nearly forgot. I case I don't see you before you leave for LA over Christmas, I have your Christmas gift with me. It's only a little thing, nothing much really. I, uh, made it." Sam handed Blaine a gift bag with lots of shredded paper inside.

"Dude, open it now. I wanna see your reaction." Sam smiled his widest smile.

Rolling his eyes, Blaine shoved his hand into the shredded paper and grabbed onto something soft and squidgy. With a look of puzzlement on his face he removed his hand from the bag holding onto the unknown item. He chuckled. It was a small plush toy of Blaine in his Nightbird outfit. It had to be the cutest superhero toy Blaine had ever seen.

"See it's cute, like you bro." Sam winked at him.

"Aww, thank you Sam. I love it. I have something for you too, but it's in my car. I'll give it to you just before we leave." Blaine gave Sam a hug to thank him for his present. "I hope there is a plush Blonde Chameleon too somewhere." Blaine asked him when they were in a hug.

"Already started that one, dude. I'll show you after Christmas."

"Cool." Blaine chuckled as they started walking to the next shop to look for Blaine's presents.

The next morning the boys were eating breakfast in the canteen when Jeff skipped up to them and stood behind them both. Nick stood at the entrance chuckling to himself, knowing exactly what Jeff was up to. He didn't want to be within firing range if this went wrong and so he hung back in the entrance way.

"Good morning Jeff. Aren't you going to get breakfast?" Blaine pleasantly asked the boy, knowing that he was likely up to something. He had that mischievous look in his eyes.

"I will, after this." Jeff smirked and then produced mistletoe, which he dangled over Blaine and Kurt.

"Christmas kiss!" Jeff squealed. Kurt went bright red, as red as the poinsettia on the walls. Blaine rolled his eyes at Jeff, took Kurt's chin and pulled him into a chaste kiss on the lips.

"Merry Christmas Kurt." Blaine smiled at him before giving him one more peck on the cheek. Kurt, a small smile playing on his lips, replied,

"Merry Christmas Blaine." The two boys took each others hands underneath the table and ate the rest of their breakfasts together in complete happiness.

The time for the Christmas holidays had come around so quickly in the last week of school. The Warblers had perform for some of the old people's homes and they had given a charity performance at the school. That, along with all the teachers stating what sort of things may appear in their exams when they came back in the January and Blaine felt he had been running around like a madman this last week. Let alone having to pack his things to fly to LA for the whole Christmas holiday to see Cooper and spend time with his family. Before he left however there was one more stop he had to make. He knocked on Kurt's door to give him his Christmas gift. He had finished packing to go home for Christmas, but he knew Kurt would take longer to get ready.

"Come in!" called Kurt's melodious voice from the other side of the door.

"Hey Kurt, I wanted to give you your Christmas gift. I know we didn't talk about getting one for each other, but I got you a little something for you anyway." He produced the gift wrapped scarf that he had noticed that Kurt was fondling wistfully on their last shopping trip.

"Oh my God, thank you Blaine. You really shouldn't have. I'll put it in here so it's safe." He indicated to his suitcase and placed it gently inside. Kurt then went to his top desk drawer and produced a exquisitely gift wrapped box and handed it out to Blaine.

"Aww, thank you Kurt. I'll put it somewhere safe till Christmas." He gave Kurt a peck on the cheek and Kurt turned his head to make it a full kiss.

"Kurt, would you like to do a Christmas tradition with me?"

Kurt curiosity was piqued. "What is it?"

"A Christmas wish. In my family we write down one wish at Christmas and keep it secret and safe until they come true. Then when the wish comes true you show it to the other people who you made the wish with."

"Ok, that sounds like a really nice tradition. I like it."

Blaine found one of Kurt's notebooks that he hadn't packed and tore a sheet out, which he then tore in half. Giving Kurt one half of the paper and a pen, he took the other and wrote onto it. I wish Kurt and I will stay together for our whole lives.

Kurt, chewing his pen thought very carefully about his wish. I wish that I could get the courage to tell Blaine that I love him.

"Put it somewhere safe till it comes true." Blaine said folding his up and putting it in his pocket. He would put it safely away with the phone number he got from the Lima Bean man when he got back to his room. Kurt tucked his into his suitcase with a flourish for Blaine to see.

"I guess this is goodbye for now then. Merry Christmas Kurt." Blaine said, sorrow lacing his voice.

"Do you really have to go to LA?" Kurt whined, he would miss Blaine. A lot. Too much.

"I don't really have a choice. My parents are going out there to see Cooper and they told me that I couldn't stay home alone."

Kurt nodded. "Merry Christmas then Blaine." He gave Blaine a tight hug. "I'll miss you."

"I'll miss you too." Blaine whispered into his ear. I love you.

The two boys parted company so that they could go home to their families for Christmas. Kurt looking wistfully at the departing Blaine. Guess I'll have to wait a little longer for us to be official then.