The Life and Times of Kurt Hummel: Season 3 Chapter 11: THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM, a glee fanfic

The Life and Times of Kurt Hummel

Season 3, Episode 11: THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM

11/22- Things are looking to be back on track in Lima and New York. Kurt has a run in with Rachel's friend Brody while Blaine manages to stay away from alcohol...until Kurt forgets about a video chat session.

Sam, Artie and Tina were chatting away in the choir room before Glee when Blaine walked in, his spirits high and a huge grin on his face.

"Hey!" Blaine said and took a seat next to Sam.

"Hey, you look good." Sam said. Blaine smiled.

"I feel good." Blaine said. Ever since Kurt and the others had started to help him he had managed to keep away from alcohol; the temptation was still there, of course, but Blaine had been kept busy with video chats with Kurt and hanging out with Finn. He had realised alcohol didn't need to take over his life, it was necessary for him to get by.

"Things really are looking up." Blaine added.

-THE LIFE AND TIMES OF KURT HUMMEL-

Kurt was lying on his bed stomach down texting Blaine happily. Kurt knew he needed to dedicate lots of his time to Blaine to make sure he was okay, and Kurt happily did just that. After all, it was Blaine, and Kurt would fly to the moon if that was what Blaine needed to be okay again. He looked up and saw Blaine's t-shirt that he had hung up on the wall. Kurt had started to miss having Blaine around again knowing he was slowly transforming back into the boy he fell in love with. He put on his CD player and sang to himself as he took down the t-shirt and put it on to feel close to Blaine.

"Let me tell you now
Ooh baby

Trying to decide, trying to decide
If I really wanna go out tonight
I never used to go out without you
Not sure I remember how to

Gonna be late, gonna be late
But all my girls gon' have to wait
Cause I don't know if I like my outfit
I tried everything in my closet

Nothing feels like when I'm not with you
Sick of this dress and these Jimmy Choos
Taking them off cause I feel a fool
Trying to dress up when I'm missing you

I'm a step out of this lingerie
Curl up in a ball with something Hanes
In bed I lay, with nothing but your t-shirt on
With nothing but your t-shirt on, hey

Gotta be strong, gotta be strong
But I'm really hurting now that you're gone
I thought maybe I'd do some shopping
But I couldn't get past the door and

Now I don't know, now I don't know
If I'm ever really gon' let you go
And I couldn't leave my apartment
I'm stripped down, torn up about it

Now nothing feels like when I'm not with you
Sick of this dress and these Jimmy Choos
Taking them off cause I feel a fool
Trying to dress up when I'm missing you

I'm a step out of this lingerie
Curl up in a ball with something Hanes
In bed I lay, with nothing but your t-shirt on
With nothing but your t-shirt on, hey

With nothing but your t-shirt on
Cause I missed you
With nothing but your t-shirt on
Said I missed you baby

Trying to decide, trying to decide
If I really wanna go out tonight
I couldn't even leave my apartment
I'm stripped down, torn up about it

Nothing feels like when I'm not with you
Sick of this dress and these Jimmy Choos
Taking them off cause I feel a fool
Trying to dress up when I'm missing you

I'm a step out of this lingerie
Curl up in a ball with something Hanes
In bed I lay

Nothing feels like when I'm not with you
Sick of this dress and these Jimmy Choos
Taking them off cause I feel a fool
Trying to dress up when I'm missing you

I'm a step out of this lingerie
Curl up in a ball with something Hanes
In bed I lay

With nothing but your t-shirt on
Said I got nothing but your t-shirt on
Cause I want to be close to you
With nothing but your t-shirt on
I remember when you would like to see me
With nothing but your t-shirt on

Nothing but your t-shirt on
Let me tell you now
Nothing but your t-shirt on
With nothing but your t-shirt on
Nothing but your t-shirt on
Said nothing feels right
With nothing but your t-shirt on
Nothing but your t-shirt on."

Kurt smiled as he threaded the shirt through his fingers. Rachel and Santana were at the door watching him.

"You are the saddest dweeb I've ever known." Santana said, making Kurt jump.

"DON'T DO THAT!" Kurt shouted and the girls laughed.

"I think it's adorable, you wearing Blaine's clothes. I loved wearing Finn's letterman jacket." Rachel said.

"Boo hoo, Berry." Santana said. Kurt laughed and hugged the two girls.

"What's up?" Rachel asked.

"Nothing, I'm just so happy." Kurt said.

At NYADA, Kurt laughed with some of his friends about Cassandra July's rudeness when he noticed Rachel laughing with her NYADA friend, Brody, in the corner of the room. He saw Rachel signal for him to come over so joined them.

"Oh, uh...Chris, right?" Brody asked.

"Kurt." Kurt snapped.

"Oh, not far off." Brody said. Every word he said made Kurt dislike him more and more.

"Brody wants us to go out to a club with him later. Fancy it?" Rachel asked, excited.

"I'm fine, thanks." Kurt said.

"Don't be such a misery guts, Chris." Brody said.

"KURT. And I'm not being a misery guts, I actually have a life that is made up of more of going to NYADA then checking out my abs in the mirror." Kurt said. Brody suddenly stepped right into Kurt's face.

"EXCUSE ME? What are you trying to say, KURT?" Brody asked aggressively. Rachel's face filled with nerves.

"Nothing at all...Brian, was it?" Kurt said sarcastically.

"Well, why don't you get your boring ass down to the club tonight and we can have a sing off, then see who is spending their time at NYADA wisely because they actually can sing?" Brody asked angrily.

"...FINE." Kurt snapped. The two boys walked off and Rachel was left standing awkwardly and alone. It had completely slipped Kurt's mind that he promised to spend the whole night video chatting Blaine and watching the same film at the same time.

Blaine and Marley were in Glee club earlier than anyone else sorting through their bags when Marley turned to him.

"...Do you wanna sing something? You know, before Glee?" Marley asked almost nervously.

"Oh, yeah. I'd like that." Blaine said with a smile, and Marley smiled back.

"Well, I really like 'Price Tag'..." Marley said.

"Let's do it." Blaine smiled and signalled at the band to start playing. Marley began singing.

"Okay, coconut man, Moon Heads and pea
You ready?

Seems like everybody's got a price
I wonder how they sleep at night
When the sale comes first
And the truth comes second
Just stop for a minute and smile."

Blaine then sang as Marley watched him.

"Why is everybody so serious?
Acting so damn mysterious?
Got your shades on your eyes
And your heels so high
That you can't even have a good time."

The two of them sang together.

"Everybody look to their left
Everybody look to their right
Can you feel that, yeah
We're paying with love tonight.

It's not about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag
Ain't about the cha-ching cha-ching
Ain't about the ba-bling ba-bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag."

Blaine sang.

"We need to take it back in time
When music made us all unite
And it wasn't low blows and video hoes
Am I the only one getting tired?"

Marley sang.

"Everybody look to their left
Everybody look to their right
Can you feel that, yeah
We're paying with love tonight."

The two sang together.

"It's not about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag
Ain't about the cha-ching cha-ching
Ain't about the ba-bling ba-bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag."

Blaine then rapped to himself as Marley clapped along to the band playing.

"Yeah yeah
Well, keep the price tag
And take the cash back
Just give me six strings and a half stack
And you can, can keep the cars
Leave me the garage
And all I, yes all I need
Are keys and guitars
And guess what? In 30 seconds
I'm leaving to Mars
Yeah we leaping across
These undefeatable odds
It's like this man
You can't put a price on a life
We do this for the love
So we fight and sacrifice
Every night
So we ain't gonna stumble and fall
Never
Waiting to see or send a sign of defeat
Uh uh
So we gonna keep everyone
Moving their feet
So bring back the beat
And then everyone sing
It's not about the money."

The two sang together again for the remainder of the song.

Yeah, yeah
Oh, oh
Forget about the price tag, yeah."

The song ended and the two of them laughed.

"You're very talented." Blaine said. Marley smiled.

"Thank you, so are you. I'm glad you're feeling better." Marley said. Blaine smiled.

"Well, I've got stuff to look forward to now. I'm chatting with Kurt online tonight. I can't wait!" Blaine exclaimed.

At the New York club that night, Kurt and Brody spent the night having a singing duel way into the night as Rachel awkwardly tried to choose between them. In the end the two boys had a huge argument and just went home, no decision being made. Kurt had a bad feeling about Brody. His thoughts were so distracted by his hatred that he had completely forgotten about Blaine.

Blaine's heart sunk as the truth sank in. He had been waiting by his laptop filled with excitement. His parents were out getting the weekly shop and the DVD the two boys were due to watch, Moulin Rouge, was all set up on Blaine's TV. Blaine felt a mixture of sadness and rage. Spending quality time with Kurt was what was getting Blaine through. He slammed his laptop shut as a tear fell and he angrily switched off his TV screen, storming downstairs. He went and sat on his couch where more tears of frustration fell down his cheeks when a thought entered his mind. He looked to the drinks cabinet, which now had a lock over it. Blaine stared at it for a long while before his anger took hold. He ripped off the lock, snapping the cabinet handle and grabbed the two bottles nearest to him. He unscrewed the bottle top and sat back on the sofa, shutting out the world.

The next morning, Kurt and Rachel were having a heated argument about the previous night's events when Santana came out of her room, the telephone in her hand.

"Hummel."

"Not now, Santana." Rachel snapped.

"Hummel, seriously." Santana tried again.

"NOT NOW." Kurt shouted,

"KURT, LISTEN TO ME." Santana screamed, leaving Kurt and Rachel silent.

"What?" Kurt asked.

"That was Burt." Santana said.

"What does he want?" Kurt asked. Santana seemed reluctant to speak any more.

"Santana, you're scaring me." Kurt said.

"It's Blaine." Santana almost whispered as tears of worry started to form in her eyes. That scared Kurt and Rachel more than ever before.

As soon as Santana had said Blaine's name, Kurt remembered they were due to chat all of the night before. Guilt and worry filled him.

"What about Blaine?" Rachel asked, concerned. Kurt looked at Santana in desperation.

"...He's in hospital."

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF KURT HUMMEL

Will return in 'ONE MORE MIRACLE'
Tuesday 1st April 2014

A/N: Hey guys! Hope you've liked Season 3 so far! Will Blaine be okay? Will Klaine reunite? How will Kurt deal with Finn's passing? Those questions and more are answered in Season 3, Part 2. Thank you for sticking with the story, please review! I love you all! :D

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