Next confrontation! But this one isn't between Kurt and Blaine! (The crowd goes oohhh) Also some hard goodbyes.
Blaine entered Dalton's halls as if he had never left. The same boys walked through the classes. The same teachers talked in the staffroom and his same friends stood at the end of the corridor.
"Blaine!" David and Wes shouted as they walked towards him.
"I've missed you guys." Blaine said and embraced them in a hug.
"We have something for you." Wes said.
"It's been less than a week since you left." David said. "We wanted to say goodbye. Properly."
"The only way we know how." Wes finished.
They dragged Blaine into the senior commons where the rest of the Warblers were waiting.
"Kurt?" Blaine said when he stepped in the room and saw the younger boy standing there.
"Well I couldn't let them say goodbye without me here." He shrugged.
"I told you it was a bad idea to bring the boyfriend." David told Wes.
"Um, Blaine?" Wes said, waving his hands in front of Blaine's face. "Would you like to stop drooling over Kurt and let us say goodbye?"
Blaine rolled his eyes while Kurt smiled at Wes and David, then went to sit on one of the couches.
"We know how much you would like is to do a Katy Perry/P!nk medley, but we think that this songs says 'goodbye' just that little bit better." David said.
I'll be right here when you need me
Anytime just keep believing
And I'll be right here
If you ever need a friend
Someone to care and understand
I'll be right here
All the Warblers were now singing in harmony with David and Wes singing lead at the front.
All you have to do is call my name
No matter how close or far away
Ask me once and I'll come
I'll come running
And when I can't be with you dream me near
Keep me in your heart and I'll appear
All you gotta do is turn around
Close your eyes
Look inside
I'm right here
Blaine was smiling as the tears were streaming down his face. He loved these boys. They were basically the best things in his life, apart from Kurt. They were definitely his best friends in the world.
Isn't it great that you know that
I'm ready to go wherever you're at
Anywhere I'll be there
All you have to do is call my name
No matter how close or far away
Ask me once and I'll come
I'll come running
And when I can't be with you dream me near
Keep me in your heart and I'll appear
All you gotta do is turn around
Close your eyes
Look inside
I'm right here
Whenever you need me
There's no need to worry
You know that I'm gonna be
Right here
Ask me once and I'll come
I'll come running
And when I can't be with you dream me near
Keep me in your heart and I'll appear
All you gotta do is turn around
Close your eyes
Look inside
I'm right here
The song finished and all the Warblers immersed Blaine in a giant hug. Kurt stood on the side and watched as they ruffled his hair and made fun of his bowtie. He missed them. And Kurt knew exactly what he was going to do about it.
"First day." Kurt said.
"Yeah. I'm kinda nervous. What if I get slushied?"
"Karofsky wouldn't dare, and the other football players don't know you are going to audition for Glee, they wouldn't be as brutal to slushie you on your first day, Blaine."
"Ok, I trust you." Blaine said.
"Just one thing I forgot to mention." Kurt said as he straightened Blaine's bowtie (red).
"What?"
"We don't have a coffee place."
Blaine's mouth hung open. "You've got to be kidding me."
Blaine walked down the halls of McKinley High, bowtie on, jeans turned up, no socks (as usual) and his signature pink sunglasses tucked into one of his front pockets. Blaine had already put all of his stuff in his locker so all he had to do was collect his first period books-French. Kurt was also in his French class, which put Blaine off a bit when he found out Kurt was basically fluent in the language. After the advanced calculus class Blaine was taking, even though he wasn't officially in the club yet, he was allowed to sit in on New Directions practice, where he had to admit, Rachel Berry had an amazing voice. Then he rounded off the day with a class where everyone was asleep except for him, English.
The next day Blaine and Kurt walked into the school together, then, when they were at their lockers Blaine asked, "Can you help me practice for my audition?"
"I would love to help Blaine." Kurt smiled widely. Kurt prided himself on finding such an amazing boyfriend who could not only keep up with him vocally but was also very, very cute.
"Ok, see you later, after biology." Blaine said, and then gathered his books from his locker which had conveniently been placed next to each other and then went their separate ways. If they had been at Dalton, Blaine probably would have kissed Kurt quickly then went off, but since he was at McKinley he thought against it.
As soon as Blaine was out of sight and Kurt was walking down the hall, Karofsky came out of nowhere and shoved Kurt violently against a locker.
"What is wrong with you?" Kurt screamed. But Karofsky was gone. Kurt looked down and noticed a scrap piece of paper had been slammed into his chest. Turning it over he saw a scrawl of untidy handwriting and lots of spelling mistakes. But he knew who it was from. Kurt sighed.
"Hey Kurt!" Blaine shouted, running down the corridor towards him. "What's up?"
"Um, nothing. Just Mrs Hershey was being annoying in Spanish."
"Kurt, you had English just now. With Mr James. Also, Mr Shue takes you for Spanish."
"Oh, yeah, sorry." Kurt mumbled.
Blaine looked at Kurt in confusion. He was biting his nails which he never ever did and he hadn't noticed that Blaine had grabbed his other hand.
"Are you alright?" Blaine asked.
"No, it's on Wednesday." Kurt said.
What? Blaine thought. He distracted. The nail biting, not noticing Blaine squeeze his hand, the random mention of a weekday with a straight yes or no answer!
"Kurt." Blaine said stepping in front of Kurt, stopping him in his tracks. "Stop ignoring me!"
Kurt suddenly jolted back into reality. He blinked and shook his head. "Huh? What?"
"Kurt, babe, are you alright? You seem tense."
"Tense?" Kurt lied. "No, I'm fine."
"Don't lie to me, you're distracted." Blaine said.
"I'm not distracted, Blaine." Kurt repeated.
"Then why did you randomly say Wednesday, Kurt? Look, I know something's bothering you. Just tell me."
"I don't want to unload on you, Blaine." Kurt said, looking at Blaine.
"Kurt, you're problems are my problems now." Blaine reminded.
"Ok." Kurt sighed. "It's Karofsky." Kurt said.
"Is he pushing you around again?" Blaine asked. "I knew I shouldn't have let you come back while he's still here."
"No, he gave me this." Kurt gave Blaine the note that Karofsky had slammed into him.
Blaine read the note and his face turned pale. "He…he wants to meet you?" Blaine trembled.
"Yeah, after school." Kurt mumbled.
"I'm coming with you." Blaine insisted.
"No, he told me come alone." Kurt said.
"I'm coming with you anyway, he won't see me, I promise."
"No, promise me you won't come Blaine." Kurt said.
"I promise." Blaine said unhappily. "Can't I just talk to Karofsky?"
"No, don't Blaine, it maybe your problem but it's not your fight." Kurt said leaving Blaine standing in the corridor staring after Kurt.
"You were supposed to help me practice." Blaine said softly as the bell clanged, and class became in session.
After school came faster for Blaine than Kurt. Double French with Mr Cowler wasn't exactly fun for Blaine, especially since Kurt wasn't really talking to him and when he was it was obvious he was thinking about something else because he kept putting French words in his sentences. Blaine was also he was thinking about Kurt and his meeting. I'm going, Blaine thought, even if Kurt doesn't want me there.
The final bell rang and as all the other kids poured out of the classroom Kurt went into the boys' locker room.
"Dave?" Kurt called, his voice echoing and bouncing off the walls.
Slowly, out of the shadows, emerged Dave Karofsky. He was still wearing his football letterman jacket and his eyes looked menacing and ominous.
"I didn't think you would come." Dave muttered.
"You sounded pretty worried in the note." Kurt shrugged his shoulders. "So I thought I should come."
"I'm just so messed up right now; I don't know what to think." Karofsky said quietly.
"Maybe you're bi… I don't know, only you can tell yourself."
At this moment, Blaine crept round the corner of the door and hid behind a set of lockers. Blaine didn't trust Karofsky. This was the guy would had driven Kurt out of his school and his home and now they were having secret after-school meetings? Blaine was sure that Kurt wasn't cheating on him with Karofsky (Kurt had mentioned that already, just to spare Blaine's jealously), but something was definitely fishy and Blaine didn't want to take any chances.
"You know why I bullied you Kurt?" Dave asked.
"Why?" Kurt asked. "Why would you make me feel so terrible all the time?"
"Because I was in such awe of you. Not that I like you or anything but, you were just so out and proud. You were so brave, Kurt. And I was punishing you for being that. I'm just so fricking sorry." Tears began forming under Dave's eyes which were already red.
"It's ok, Dave, I forgive you. I mean, I came back didn't I?"
"Yeah, I'm…ok with the fact you came back with your boyfriend."
"Blaine? Yeah, he's amazing, he helped me through, well, the bullying period. You could find someone you know. I bet there are plenty of other closet gay guys in the school.
Behind the lockers, Blaine blushed. He loved when Kurt talked about him. Good things, of course. Kurt always spoke of Blaine always spoke of Blaine as if he could make all of Kurt's problems go away. Blaine really admired Kurt and loved him. Kurt didn't know that after Kurt and Blaine had kissed and then officially started dating, Blaine had run down the dormitory halls, knocking on every single person's door and telling them about it. Most of them were Warblers so they knew who Kurt was, but for the ones who didn't it generated quite a few weird looks.
"I guess I'm just not ready yet." Karofsky confessed.
"When you want to, you can, but don't spend your whole life in the closet, being a laden life gay."
"I know, I know, I'm just so scared." Dave said, leaning against a locker.
"It's not like you have to come out today or tomorrow." Kurt said. "But you should."
"I guess. Anyway, thanks Kurt, for coming to talk about this."
"You are welcome, and next time, when you want to give me a note, don't slam me against a locker, because it really hurts my back when you do that."
"Yeah. I couldn't think of anything else. Sorry." Karofsky shrugged.
"You are forgiven." Kurt smiled. Karofsky isn't so bad, Kurt thought, he's just confused.
I guess there was no reason for me to come, Blaine thought. So, quickly, before Kurt saw him, he slipped out of the locker room. When Blaine looked back he saw Kurt following closely behind. Crap! Blaine thought. If he hasn't seen me already, he's about too! And then he dove into the nearest classroom.
Kurt smiled. Blaine wasn't very good at hiding. Kurt had seen Blaine dash into the classroom. Well actually he had seen the deep, purple cardigan Kurt had got him and his signature skinny jeans with no socks. Blaine, Blaine, Blaine, Kurt thought. I think I'll let him be oblivious for a little while longer.
Kurt walked past the window and Blaine breathed a sigh of relief. Blaine looked around and realised he was in the choir room. Blaine grinned. Stuck on the walls were pictures of every competition they had done. Sectionals, Regionals and this year, Nationals. Blaine looked at the Nationals photo. Even though they lost, they all smiled happily for the photo. On the bottom were all their names in alphabetical order. Artie, Brittany, Finn, and then where Kurt's name should be, it went straight to Mercedes.
"That's not right." Blaine whispered, and then ran his finger along the whole list of names. Kurt was nowhere to be seen. Blaine looked at the picture again. No Kurt. Kurt wasn't in the photo. That means he wasn't at Nationals. Kurt didn't go to Nationals, Blaine thought then sighed. Kurt lied to him. Blaine left the choir room the faces of New Directions smiling at him as he left.
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