The song used is "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls, which I have absolutely no rights to. Also to everyone who has reviewed, thank you so much for all of your comments and ideas :)
Blaine sat in the plush chair outside the room while waiting for Kurt to come get him. Kurt told him not to breakdown like that. He had disappointed Kurt. Blaine started to cry again, he was sick of disappointing the people he cared about.
"Hey Blaine! How'd therapy go? Did they dig through your past or maybe analyzed what you ate for the past 10 years to find out how truly fucked you are?" Kurt said laughing at his own joke, then suddenly stopped, noticing Blaine's tears. "Shit. What happened? Did they push too far?" Kurt whispered while sitting in the chair's arm. Blaine laid his head in Kurt's lap and cried harder. Kurt tried to calm him by stroking his hair, he was never good at comforting others.
"I disappointed you, Kurt! I told her too much and now she knows things that no one else does. I'm sorry, Kurt." Blaine whimpered.
"Blaine, don't say that. You didn't disappoint me, not at all. Do you understand? Different people need to get different things out to deal with their...problems. Maybe this was something you really needed to tell someone to make you feel better. Do you feel better? Kurt asked; he was unbelievably concerned for the curly haired teen.
"I've never told anyone, Kurt. It was supposed to be a secret. Now it's not."
"Well, can you tell me about it? I may not be the best counsellor in the world, but I'm good at listening and have been told I can give relatively good advice. You can say no if you don't want to talk about it, you won't disappoint me either way." Kurt reassured him. Blaine looked as if he was ready to run away.
"Maybe. Just..not today. Emma has gotten enough out of me today." Blaine said quietly into Kurt's lap. He sat up and wiped away the leftover tears. Kurt smiled at him.
"One thing I can't stand about you already, you look like a little puppy. You're almost too cute to look at." Blaine blushed at the comment.
"Maybe we should go get lunch?"
"I think we shall Mr. Anderson. Come along then, I shall lead you to the oh so delightful cafeteria."
Kurt said in a bad impression of an English accent. Blaine laughed and linked his arms in Kurt's.
After lunch they both had Music class. Shady Acres felt as if the teens in the facility should still experience some of what a "normal" life would be like. That included classes and sometimes there may even be homework given. Luckily for Blaine, all of the teens he was introduced to were in their music class.
They walked in arm in arm and smiled at everyone. There was a woman who sat at the back of the room just observing them all. Blaine then saw Rachel rush to them.
"Hello Kurt, Blaine. I would gladly love to welcome Blaine into our musical numbers. Tell me Blaine, can you sing?"
"Yeah, I guess. I've never really sang in front of a big crowd before." Blaine said nervously.
"Well, why don't you look through here." she handed him a large binder filled with songs and lyrics. "Then we can have you do a solo to see what your talent is. Unless you don't like crowds, you don't have a problem with that do you? I can't handle another drifter in the class."
"No, preforming is not an issue. You want me to sing...today?" Blaine asked.
"Of course, the music class is around 2 hours long. I'm thinking about asking to make it longer, you know. Creative expression may help us through our feelings more." Rachel said as her smile started to slip. She then turned away and started rehearsing.
"Kurt, do you think you could help me pick a song? I don't really know what song would best suit my voice."
"Of course, first I'll have to hear you. How about you sing me 'Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star'. Just so I can see what your voice is like." Kurt suggested as they moved towards the back corner of the room.
"'Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star' ? Really? Not much to go on, but okay."
Blaine then sang the opening verse to 'Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star' and even though it being a lullaby, Blaine had made it his own. Blaine knew how to work his voice in just the way to make a lullaby sound like a Top 40s song. Kurt was stunned by the completely different person who had just came to light; instead of the shy teen he knew before, he had seen a confident, self assured star.
"Stop, just stop."
"Why? Was I terrible? I was terrible wasn't I? I knew I sucked."
"No! No no no no no! Blaine, you were amazing! That was easily the best version I have ever heard. I'm pretty sure you could use that as your solo and just kill them all with your pure charm." Kurt said trying to make the boy realize how talented he was. "I hate to say it, but maybe Rachel has found herself a new duet partner."
"You think I'm that good?"
"Of course. I don't like to lie, Blaine. Now, how about this one?" pointing to a song in the binder.
"Yeah, sure. I don't have to memorize it or anything, I've known it forever." Blaine said smiling. All that was left to do, was practise.
After Blaine and Rachel finished practising, Rachel motioned for Blaine to stand at the front of the room and start. He took a deep breath and smiled nervously at Kurt who gave him a little thumbs up.
As Blaine picked up a guitar and began the intro to the song everyone had gathered around and started to listen.
And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
and sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Blaine paused and blinked away the tears that had gathered before jumping back into the song.
Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
He then glanced up at Kurt and whispered the last remaining lyrics of the song.
I just want you to know who I am..
Blaine looked around the room as the last note faded. Rachel stood and started clapping loudly and wiping at her tears when the others joined in. Blaine smiled, they had liked him. Kurt walked toward him slowly and embraced him.
"Me too, Blaine. Me too."
