A/N Hi everyone this is the next chapter in this story, sorry no Blaine but Kurt is in this one. Blaine is back in the next chapter and hopefully I can update this weekend. Please leave a review ass it always makes me write quicker. :-)

A Plan Is Formed

Kurt walked into the canteen ignoring the pain that was beginning to grow in his ankle. He knew he should take his medication, but he needed to find the others first. He was an expert at masking not jut his emotional pain but his physical too. A trick he had learned while he was at his old school while dealing with his "issues", as he called them.

He scanned the canteen looking for the familiar faces, his eyes landing on them, he moved swiftly across the room. As he moved closer he couldn't help but notice a change in the dynamics of the group. There wasn't much difference between Jeff and Neil, Jeff was seated so close to Neil that he was practically sitting in the boy's lap. Neil seemed to protest, complaining that he couldn't eat his food as Jeff's body restricted his movements. Jeff would just grin and steal a quick kiss from the other boy before offering to feed him, causing Neil to blush and give a shy smile rolling his eyes as he took the food.

The main difference was that they seemed content, Kurt couldn't put his fingers on it but something had changed. Mind you the way the two boys seemed to gravitate towards each other, Jeff needing to make sure at least some part of his body was touching Neil, and Neil welcoming it, although he did protest, fascinated Kurt.

The difference that really had Kurt's attention was, Wes and David. Although they were sitting next to each other they seemed to be on opposite ends of the canteen, it was like a canyon had appeared between them. Kurt thought that maybe it was because of what happened with Blaine, but a sixth sense told him it was more than that. Something had happened between the two boys that neither seemed to be acknowledging. Kurt had gotten good at reading peoples body language, it was what had kept him sane over the years.

He pushed his thoughts away as he reached the table; he had to focus his attention on Blaine right now.

"Hey Kurt!" Jeff said as he noticed Kurt appear by their table. Everyone looked up, they watched as Kurt sat cautiously down. As much as his ankle was hurting him, his back was starting to twinge too.

He really should take his medication Kurt thought to himself, but made no move to get them.

Jeff gave him a questioning look as he watched his friend slide into his chair. Kurt gave him a small smile to reassure the other boy; he knew that Finn had given Jeff the heads up.

"How's Blaine?" Jeff asked straight away before anyone else had a chance. He wasn't totally convinced that Kurt was okay, Finn had told him Kurt was good at hiding things, but he had decided to go with it. He would ring Finn later and fill him in. "Is he okay?"

The other 3 boys looked at Jeff; it took them by surprise that Jeff was showing any concern for the boy who had made his life hell over the past year and half.

"What?" Jeff asked as he saw the questioning looks on the other boy's faces.

"I thought you hated Blaine?" Neil asked his boyfriend, sorry fiancé, a questioning look on his face when Jeff looked as though a deer caught in headlights.

"Well, it's obvious he has issues, you know about being gay," Jeff hurriedly tried to explain his sudden interest in Blaine's well being. "And if he's screwing Bastian, then he needs all the support he can get." Jeff gave a small smile; even he knew it was a lame excuse.

"Right!" Was all Neil said, obviously he wasn't convinced, there were cracks starting to appear in his boyfriends supposedly falling out with Blaine. Neil couldn't put his finger on it but something was very off.

"So... how is Blaine?" Wes asked cautiously, he wasn't sure if Kurt would be angry with him after earlier.

Kurt turned his attention to Wes; he noticed that there was a uncertainty, or was that fear to his question. He obviously still felt guilty over what happened in the room after Jeff and Neil had left.

"Oh it speaks."

Everyone turned their attention to David who was still staring down at his plate, pushing his food around it.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Wes asked a touch of annoyance was in his voice, he turned his head towards his roommate.

David turned his head and looked at his Asian friend, for a moment he just stared at Wes; it was like he was searching for something. He opened his mouth, as though he was going to say something, but then closed it again changing his mind.

"Nothing." David mumbled as he turned his head away looking back down at his plate.

Wes looked at his friend, his own disappointment showed on his face. He pushed away the pain that was starting to appear again from earlier. He didn't know what he was expecting from David, what he hoped he would say, no tell a lie, he did.

"Look I don't know what's going on with you guys."

Wes turned to face Jeff; it took a lot of effort to take his eyes off the boy he loved. From 'The Look' on the blondes face Wes knew he had picked up on the obvious tension between himself and David.

"You've both been in a funny mood since you got here, but we need to focus on Blaine."

Wes suddenly felt guilty at the mention of his friend's name. He still hated himself after what happened earlier. He averted his eyes and took a deep breath, Jeff was right; their focus should be on their friend, anything else can wait.

"You're right" Wes looked up at his friends. "Blaine comes first, Kurt how is he?"

Kurt took a moment to focus his brain, he had lost his train of thought as he listened and watched the others. Kurt took a moment before he spoke, he didn't know how much he should say, but if he and the others were going to help Blaine he had to be honest with them.

"Not good, it took a while to settle him down ..."

"Shit I knew it, fuck it; I knew I went too far." Wes berated himself, interrupting Kurt as he felt the guilt shoot through him.

"Fuck!" He buried his head in his hands willing himself not to cry.

"Hey stop it, we talked about this it's not your fault Wes." David placed his arm around his friend Wes leaned right into it.

Kurt noticed that despite whatever was going on between the two boys, they still gravitated towards each other, finding comfort in each other.

Kurt wandered if they realized just how much they meant to each other as he watched David trying to calm Wes down. He placed a soft kiss to the side of Wes's head, which Wes once again leaned into.

"What happened? He was fine before we left, well not good after being caught with that ass of a slime ball, but he was okay." Jeff was confused as to what could have happened after they had left.

"Don't call him that Jeff!" Neil chastised his boyfriend, no fiancé. "No matter what we think of Sebastian, Blaine obviously likes him, maybe even loves him. He might not be anyones obvious choice, but maybe Blaine sees something we don't."

"Sebastian doesn't do love, he does fuck buddies, and if Blaine is tapping that he must have a screw loose."

"You don't know anything Jeff so shut the fuck up!" Wes snapped at the blonde taking everyone by surprise. "You have no idea what's going on between Blaine and Sebastian."

"What the fuck you having a go at me for, I'm just saying..."

"He's gone guys!" Kurt shouted as he stood up, shutting the others up instantly, well the whole canteen actually as every eye turned towards their table.

Kurt shrunk back into his seat as everyone started to whisper, staring at him. He hadn't meant to shout that loudly, but the squabbling was getting on his nerves. It was like being back at his old school, and they needed to focus aback on the problem at hand, Blaine. He couldn't care less if Blaine was messing with this Sebastian kid, well he did but he didn't want to admit it to himself, all he cared about was finding his friend.

"What do you mean he's gone?" Wes asked leaning in, his voice was low so no one other than the people at their table could hear him. That is the last thing they needed to broadcast was the fact that Blaine had disappeared again.

"We were talking, then he just left." Kurt said he didn't know how much he should reveal, he still wasn't sure if he could really trust his new friends. He knew these guys were different from the others he had encountered, but he still had some trust issues he was working through.

"What, you got him to open up? What did he say?" Wes asked he couldn't hide the fact that he was a little curious as to how Kurt had got Blaine to talk, if not a little jealous.

He had tried so many different ways to get his friend to confide in him, but none had worked. Then Kurt came along and within a couple of weeks Blaine was starting to open up. He knew he shouldn't have these feelings, he was glad Blaine was talking, but he couldn't help it.

"Nothing really, but I think he wanted to." Kurt knew he couldn't hold back, these guys were Blaine's friends, even Jeff. Yea they had argued constantly since Kurt had arrived, but earlier Jeff had seemed genuinely concerned about Blaine.

"Okay, but he left, just walked out?" David asked before Wes bombarded Kurt with questions, he could see that his friend was struggling slightly. He knew Wes was desperate to learn what Kurt and Blaine had talked about. After seeing the way his friend had lost it earlier he decided to take over.

"Well, he got a text, then he left..."

"Where did he go?" Jeff asked Kurt his forehead creased slightly out of concern. "Did you go after him?"

Kurt looked at the boys as they waited for his answer; he really didn't want to admit that he had frozen and thought about walking away from Blaine.

"Yea, he left school and got into a car." Kurt left out the part where he had chased after Blaine, fearing that he had lost him.

"A car? What sort of car? Who was driving?" Wes started bombarding Kurt with questions, Kurt started to panic he didn't have the answers. Why didn't he have the answers?

"I don't know, it was a black car, I couldn't see the number plate it was too far away," Kurt said he felt guilty, if he hadn't of paused he might of been able to stop Blaine from leaving. "There were two people in the front, but I couldn't see their faces. "

"Isn't he banned from leaving school?" Neil pointed out, as much as Blaine had given him a hard time, he knew that coming to terms that you were gay was hard for some people. Maybe Blaine just needed friends who cared about him.

"Yes he is, that's why we are going to try and find him and bring him back." Wes said with determination. He was going to help Blaine even if the boy didn't want it.

He stood up and started to walk towards the canteen door followed closely by the others. He stopped abruptly as a body literally jumped in front of him. Wes cowered at the boy in front of him, he was in no mood for Dexter's games.

"Is everything okay boys?" Dexter asked as he looked at each boy.

"Yes everything is fine Dexter." Wes grounded out through gritted teeth, he really didn't like this boy, he made his skin crawl.

"Just that I noticed Kurt's little outburst and I was kind of worried." Dexter smiled at the slightly taller boy making Kurt uncomfortable as he felt his eye run his body. "You alright, Kurt?"

"Leave him alone Dexter and yes everything is fine." Jeff said as he grabbed Kurt's hand and pushed past Wes and David dragging Kurt and Neil with him. He didn't know why he had done that, all he knew is that as soon as Dexter had appeared Neil had gripped his hand tighter. He had felt this sudden urge to protect, not only Neil, but Kurt as well, so he had grabbed Kurt's hand taking the other boy by surprise.

"Yea , what he said." Wes replied to the questioning look Dexter was giving them, he grabbed David's hand and pulled him, their previous discomfort between them forgotten as David let himself be led out.

Dexter watched them go his forehead creasing, he reached for his phone.

"We may have a little problem," He said into the phone as he began to follow the group of lads. "Redwood wasn't exactly careful, he was seen."

Dexter listened intently to the voice on the other end; a small smile appeared on his face.

"Yea okay, I'm on to it." He placed his phone back into his pocket; keeping a safe distance he followed the lads into the courtyard and out of the school.

A/N Well it looks like Dexter is going to put a spanner in the lads plan to help Blaine. I Wander who he was talking to on the phone? And incase you missed it Blaine is Redrow. This will be explained in later chapters, as well as why Neil is called Wallflower.

As always please review and I will try and get the next chapter up as soon as as I can . xx