Chapter 12

They were on their way to Columbus when Blaine's phone rang the
familiar tone which always managed to make his face expressionless and
his voice cold as he excused himself to the back of the bus. Dalton
had provided the Warblers with the bus well equipped for twenty people
to travel comfortably along with supplies for a few hour road trips.
Blaine hadn't never been more thankful for the bus until now as he
would not have to talk to Kurt before the Warblers.
"Hey" he said over the phone only half heartily.
"Hey, you reached the theater yet?" Kurt asked.
"No...we are on our way, we'll be there in some time, that gives
us plenty of time before the competition starts."
"Ohh...that's great. So must feel weird right performing with the
warblers again?"
"No" Blaine said bluntly dismissing any comment Kurt was about to
make about the warblers.
"I didn't mean it like that Blaine. I mean the Warblers working and
performance style is so different from our New Directions."
"Well I blend in perfectly with the routine actually considering
its been only two months. Just like I had never left." Blaine shot
back.
"Ohh...that's good then. I actually called to tell you that I am
coming home for spring break next week. You had told the Dalton break
was also the same week, so do you wanna hang out?"
"Hm..I don't know Kurt.."
"I was thinking we could just hang out and catch up where we left of
last time I visited. We can surely hang out just as friends, can't
we?"
"I guess so."
"Okay then. And all the very best for the competition. Break a leg."
"Thanks Kurt. Bye" And the phone went dead. Kurt just stared at it for
a while Blaine had been doing it always now, just hanging up before
Kurt even said bye to him.
"You okay there Porcelain?" Santana asked. "Ya...Blaine's just been
acting a bit weird." Kurt replied.
"You know you should just stop with this just friends shit if you
wanna get back together with him." Santana told him.
"I'm not ready to trust him yet. And I'm with Adam."
"You are gonna lose Blaine if you keep stringing him along. Are you
even serious about that Adam guy?"
"Yes...I want try finding where this relationship with Adam go."
"Kurt you can't just experiment on who you like better, Adam really
likes you and so does Blaine. You can't just keep them both hanging
because you can't decide."
"I'm not doing anything that sort. You keep you big nose out of other
people's business." He said giving her his best bitch glare and
walking out of the room. "I was just trying to help, anyways I'm just
came to tell that I'm leaving, spending my spring break in Ohio."
While Columbus the Warblers were just getting dressed in the
uniforms, when one of the stage staff informed them that their
performance was last, which made them more anxious than relived.
"Its gonna be alright killer." Sebastian told Blaine who was
standing fixing his tie for the last fifteen minutes.
"Its not the competition" seeing Seb's confused look, "I mean I do
have nerves but Kurt's coming home for spring break." Blaine said.
"Ohh...have you decided what you are going to do?"
"No...I have no idea what I'm gonna say to him. But I'm not
gonna let him use me."
"Whatever happens, we are here for you Just focus making it to
Nationals for now." Hunter told him.
They were standing in the wings watching the New Directions
perform. "They are not bad with just two week rehearsal." Hunter said.
"Ya they have talent but Mr. Schue hardly showcases the whole group.
All the acts are centered around Jake and Marley. So the whole
pressure falls on two people that's were most things go wrong." Blaine
told him.
"Whatever it is they definitely one of the few that can give us some
competition here." Aiedan said.
"Well everything goes smoothly with our choreography and vocals I
don't think anyone has a chance as we are doing something no one else
here has done today." Nate said.
"Modest are we?" Sebastian mocked.
"Its true, our style is different from all the acts here." Thad told him.
"Warblers take the stage." Someone announced as the curtains closed on
the New Directions.
"And now the last performance of the night, From Dalton Academy,
Westerville 'The Warblers'"
As the curtains opened and the Warblers harmonics to 'Turn it
up' filled the theater. The audience responded with the same energy as
Hunter performed. As they were dancing to the rhythms. As the number
came to a close Hunter had a wide smile which was mirrored by all the
other Warblers, their nerves had disappeared as they truly enjoyed
performing while whatever little fear or doubt they had disappeared
knowing they had nailed their first number.
The excitement and noice in the crowd died down as they started
the opening notes of the Backstreet Boys 'Flying without Wings'. As
Blaine and Sebastian sang the crowd was mesmerized listening to their
voices blend together. As they sang, they had completely forgotten the
others around them and were actually singing to each other. The song
had left the crowd speechless for a few seconds there was a complete
silence before the whole audience erupted in loud cheers.
Silence once again took over the theater as notes of the Wanted's
'Chasing the Sun' began. The audience was cheering and was totally
into the performance as the boys. The crowd was amazed to see the
coordination in the dance moves and there was not one note out of
place with eight singers in the lead and a tedious dance routine. The
response from the audience after their performance was overwhelming.
To say that they had won over the crowd would be an understatement.
Even with such an amazing response all of them were very nervous
and most of them were pacing all over the room allotted to them as
they waited for the judges to make a decision.
Their nervousness and anxiety got worse as they were standing on
the stage along with the New Directions and another school they had
never heard of before in the top three. The judges seemed to be taking
their own sweet time and delaying giving the results. Blaine glanced
to the New Directions where Sam, Brittany, Artie and Tina smiled at
him while others didn't even look.
Sebastian was standing next to him looking really calm and
composed but the tight grip he had on Blaine's hand gave away his
nervousness.
Sebastian looked down at him giving him an unsure yet reassuring
smile when the judges finally announced, "And the group that will be
making it to the Nationals this year with the title of Ohio State
Champions are..."
He heard Jeff's sharp intake of breath as if he was just gonna dive
in. "The Warblers of Dalton Academy Westerville." The crowd erupted in
cheers as well as all the Warblers around Blaine as he released a
breadth he didn't know he had been holding. It took a moment for his
brain to register what had just happened.
The all shared hugs and congratulations while Hunter excepted the Trophy.