A/N Thanks for all the follows, favourites and reviews. They are all lovely.
I don't own glee or the characters.
Bold means Sebastian, Blaine and Ryder singing.
Italic means Becky, Richard
Both partners singing
Chapter Thirty Five
When Mr Shue came into Blaine's English class where he was revising for finals, he was a little surprised. Especially since the glee director asked for him to come out of class and follow him to his office. The curly haired boy was even more befuddled when they stopped at another classroom to pick Sebastian up from his own class. Both boys gave each other a confused look behind Mr Shue's back as they followed the teacher, Sebastian shrugging his shoulders at Blaine to make it aware that he was none the wiser as to what was going on either. Mr Shue ushered them both into the room and shut his door behind him, going round the desk to sit opposite the two boys he had bought out of class.
"Um, what's this about Mr Shue?" Blaine asked cautiously. He was puzzled and more than a little peeved since he had been interrupted in his studying. Blaine liked to keep to a schedule and Mr Shue was ruining it. He hoped that he had a good reason for this interruption.
"I was coming to that Blaine. As you know we are setting out for nationals next week and we will be spending almost a week in preparation there so I have looked over the sleeping arrangements very carefully. There will be two boys rooms as the hotel accommodates six to a room. Blaine, I'm very aware of your relationship with Sam and how sexually active you both are, I've heard the gossip, so I'm placing you in opposite rooms. Similarly I can't place you and Sebastian together either. I don't want any hanky panky going on." Mr Shue stated pointedly.
"Excuse me?" Blaine responded incredulously. What the hell was Mr Shue implying. He understood the reason behind him and Sam being in different rooms, although he was a little upset that he couldn't be with Sam. It wasn't as though they would be having sex in front of any of the other boys. That would just be wrong.
Sebastian looked as similarly astounded as Blaine felt. "Whoa, since when did Blaine and I become an issue?"
"Sebastian, there is no way I'm going to have two gay people in the same room as each other." Mr Shue told the tall boy a little forcefully. When Sebastian barked a laugh in response, clearly thinking that Mr Shue was joking, but when he got a glare from the teacher in response his eyes widened phenomenally.
"Uh, won't that be a little difficult to achieve? I mean Ni..." Blaine, realising that Mr Shue was oblivious to Nick and Jeff's status as couple of the century and that Sebastian was about to reveal that to the teacher, quickly kicked the lean boy in the shin before he revealed all. "Ow! What the hell was that for Blaine?" Sebastian accused the smaller boy, looking at him crossly and rubbing his shin. If Mr Shue thought anything was out of place then he didn't show it.
"Fine. We understand. Is that all?" Blaine curtly replied quickly, not letting Sebastian say any more. Blaine was not amused by Mr Shue's tone but he would keep it civil.
"That's all. I'll give you all a list of who you are sharing with in Glee today. Look I'm sorry but I have to do it this way. This is a school event so we need to be on our best behaviour and if you two are together I can't guarantee that. Similarly with you and Sam, Blaine." Blaine could feel the anger rising inside and he clenched his fist to try and keep from letting his anger show in front of his teacher. I mean, how dare he talk in that way about his sexuality. Who the hell did he think he was?
"Yeah, we get the point." Blaine spat out, his lips getting thinner and thinner the longer he stayed in the same room as his glee director. He abruptly stood up, dragging Sebastian up by the crook of his elbow with him out the door. He didn't want to listen to anything else that Will Shuester had to say.
Blaine stormed out purposefully, a dark, stormy look of anger evident on his face. Sebastian, not wanting to anger him further but unable to leave what had just occurred alone, he grabbed the small boy's arm beside him, forcing him to stop in his tracks.
"Ok, is it me or was Mr Shue really rude back there? Because I'm pretty sure he was insinuating that because we're gay we can't keep our hands off other gay people. Like we're walking sex machines or something." Sebastian couldn't quite believe that he had heard those words come out of a teachers mouth, let alone one that had so many gay and bisexual students. How could he be that close minded? Sebastian had always thought Mr Shue was a very open minded individual. He was obviously mistaken from what had just happened. He needed Blaine to confirm that it had actually happened and that it wasn't some weird nightmare.
"Hmm." Blaine non committally replied, not saying anything, but his lips thinned even further, although Sebastian didn't think that was humanly possible. He also noticed that Blaine was clutching his hand very tightly in a fist. He was not happy, which meant that Mr Shue really had just said all those things.
"Blaine, you alright?" Sebastian inquired, wincing a little because he knew the answer.
"Not really. I want to hit something very much right now. I'm going to the gym. I'll see you later. If you see Sam will you tell him where I am." Blaine hissed out, storming in the direction of his dorms to pick up his sports gear before heading off to the gym.
"Sure. Although Blaine, why didn't you want me to say something about Nick and Jeff?" Sebastian called after him, making Blaine stop before he went around the corner and turned around with a huff.
"Because Mr Shue, being the idiot that he is, is obviously oblivious to there romantic status and why should all of us suffer?" Blaine sighed, folding his arms over his chest to try and contain his anger a little longer.
Sebastian nodded knowingly at Blaine's words. "Fair enough. But those two owe us B."
"I know. Big time." Blaine yelled and practically ran around the corner, disappearing from Sebastian's view, his only thoughts were to get to the punching bag and quickly.
Later on that day, when all the members had arrived in Glee and were sitting around talking, Mr Shue walked in with a bunch of envelopes for them all. They were obviously their Nationals pack that he had mentioned earlier to both Blaine and Sebastian. Blaine looked on darkly as their director droned on about how they were representing the school, and so on and so forth. Blaine wasn't really listening, still reeling from the words spoken earlier in the day. When the dark haired boy was handed his pack he tore into it, immediately looking at the accommodation for the whole team.
Accommodation
girls – Marley, Becky, Grace, Kitty, Unique, Tina
boys 1 – Sebastian, Sam, Jeff, Nick, Trent, Artie
boys 2 – Blaine, Richard, Ryder, Jake, David, Thad
Blaine huffed in amusement when he saw who was with who and shook his head, not really believing how much of an ass Mr Shue was being with all of this. He had deliberately been placed with all the boys that Mr Shue thought were the most straight and masculine. When he heard the snigger next to him, he was aware that Sebastian had done exactly the same.
Leaning over to Blaine, Sebastian whispered in his ear. "Do you think we should inform Mr Shue of where he has gone wrong in his selections? It seems two couples have managed to stay together." Blaine raised his eyebrows at that and Sebastian gave him a wicked grin in return. "Oh please, like you didn't know that Richard and Ryder are fucking."
"Sebastian do you deliberately say the crassest thing possible or does it come naturally." Blaine bandied back, his lips curling into a small smile.
"Both hon. Both." Blaine rolled his eyes at his friend but the small smile on his lips remained. Sebastian was never going to change.
"It's such a shame really, I mean, we can't have that gay three way orgy that we were planning now Blaine. Mr Shue is such a party pooper." Sebastian exclaimed very loudly for all to hear and Blaine couldn't help but snort in amusement at his friends comment, even though he knew Sebastian was in trouble for it.
"Do you think this is funny Sebastian, Blaine? Because it's not. This is nationals. We are on our way to a second national championship and you are making a mockery of it. I expected more from you Blaine, especially since you are captain of the team." Mr Shue shouted out, turning towards Blaine and glaring at the boy. Blaine, already angered by his teacher, stood up, challenging his teacher to say more. When he didn't Blaine spat out everything that he wanted to say from earlier.
"Ok, you know what? I'm not putting up with this any more. Sebastian only said that just now because you were incredibly rude to us earlier. You basically implied that because we're gay we like to fuck anything on sight that has a dick. I never took you for a homophobic, but that's what you came across as. And I for one don't take to kindly to insults such as that. So if you'll excuse me, until I get an apology, I think I'll wait outside until you leave the room."
"I..." Mr Shue stood frozen, looking shocked at what his student had just said to him. He could only watch as Blaine stalked out, head held high, his anger for all the world to see.
Mr Shue stood tentatively next to his student, cautious so as not to upset him any further. "Blaine?" He called out, not knowing what else to say without causing offence.
"What?" The dark haired boy spat out, looking furiously at his teacher.
Mr Shue took in a large breath, releasing it slowly so that he was clam and collected before giving his apology to Blaine. "I... I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make it sound like that at all. It's just that you and Sebastian are very close to one another and I didn't want anything inappropriate to happen."
Blaine laughed loudly, but didn't look amused. "I'm in love with Sam Mr Shue. I would never do that with someone else, and Sebastian and I? We are only friends." He very pointedly replied, his eyebrows raised, waiting to see if Mr Shue would say anything further.
"I'm sorry Blaine. I'll change the accommodations and put you two together." He relented to the little boy, hoping that it would placate him enough for him to calm down.
Blaine, however, looked even more incensed than he had before. Mr Shue had absolutely no idea why Blaine was angry. "It's not about which room we're in. It's the fact that you thought that we would do something like that because of who we are. Gay people are just the same as straight people Mr Shue, we just like people of the same sex as us. That's all." Blaine screamed at his teacher and Mr Shue visibly flinched at the venom in the boys voice.
"I understand." He said calmly, hoping his calmness would sedate his little firecracker of a student.
"Do you? Because I'm not sure you do..." Blaine muttered darkly.
"Please Blaine, really, I'm sorry for insulting you. I won't do it again. Please come back into practise. They need their leader in there."
Blaine sighed in frustration. The truth of the matter was that they couldn't afford to have all this drama happen right now. Nationals were less than two weeks away and they needed to get everything perfectly spot on. "Fine. I'll do it for them, but not for you." He padded back into the room, heading straight for Sam arms.
Later that evening Blaine was cuddling into Sam, watching as Sam tried to get his head around his English book. When Sam huffed and threw his book on the floor in frustration, Blaine leaned up and gave his boyfriend a kiss on the lips to calm him down. He smiled as he remembered how Sam had calmed him down earlier. Nothing calmed him down more then his Sammy. "So, um, B, did you want to go to the prom?" Sam asked him lightly and Blaine shrugged in response. His prom experiences hadn't been the best and to be honest he really didn't care about some stupid little dance that only lasted a few hours.
"I don't really care either way Sam." He sighed, nuzzling into Sam further as he felt the taller, blonde wrap his arms tighter round him.
"Oh, ok..."
When Blaine heard his boyfriends downhearted reply he looked up into his eyes to find that they were downcast. Not wanting to disappoint Sam in any way he decided to find out if Sam was really looking forward to it or not. "Did you really want to go?"
"Kinda, yeah. I wanted to take my special guy and everyone else is going. Please? Plus it'll make you happy again after today." Sam grinned hopefully, his eyes shining at the possibility of going.
Blaine chuckled at Sam looking like a six year old waiting to see if they could get sweeties or not. "Alright, alright, we'll go." Blaine was rewarded with a very large, constricting hug that made his smile grow wide and giggles erupted from inside.
"Yay! Thank you B! I love you!" Sam started planting kisses all over his face, making Blaine's giggles louder and he chuckled mirthfully at seeing Blaine laughing once again. As they continued enjoying each others company they heard the door to their room burst open, a floppy haired blonde bounding inside, looking very excited. So much so that he was actually bouncing on the balls of his feet.
"Oh my God you guys, guess who got into the prom court?" Jeff asked them, beaming broadly, his eyes shining.
Blaine rolled his eyes at Sam and turned to play the game Jeff wanted to play with them both. "Who got into the prom court Jeff...?"
When Jeff did a happy dance and pointed at himself, both Blaine and Sam couldn't help but snigger behind their hands and look at each other knowingly. Of course Jeff was, he wouldn't have been so excited otherwise. "Me. I did. Oh and Thad. And, drum roll please Sammy..." am took a couple of pencils from the bedside cabinet that he had been using for his revision earlier and started tapping them in a beat like a drum. Blaine just sighed as he prepared himself for whichever one of them had gotten nominated. He had a feeling it was probably Sam. He was very hot after all.
"You Blaine! Everyone loves you Blainey." Jeff came over to the bed and flung himself on, hugging the smaller boy closely and surprising Blaine in the process. Blaine preened a little at the fact that he had been nominated. He hadn't realised he was so popular.
"Oooh, now you have to go B, otherwise the boys at Dalton will get upset that their golden boy isn't there." Sam responded, poking his lover in the ribs, jibbing him.
"Yes, thank you Sam. I get the idea. And I said yes anyway remember."
"I know and it's going to be the most awesome night ever." Sam squealed and Jeff followed, Blaine ending up in a sandwich in between the two blondes.
"I'm sure it is Sammy, I'm sure it is... Now can you two get off me?" He tried to push them away, but that just made them all the more determined to hold onto him. In the end, he sighed and just let them do what they wanted, even if that meant being the middle part of a sandwich for over half an hour...
The hall at Dalton was looking exquisite with the candelabra and the low lighting it produced. It was elegant and sophisticated, and Blaine had to admit, perfect. prom night. He watched as Thad spun Tina around on the dance floor, David and Kitty doing the same. Since Crawford and Dalton were single sex schools, they combined to make the prom so that they could all go with dates. Normally only seniors and juniors got to go, but the New Directions were singing tonight and so they were all there, having a great time. Blaine smiled contentedly as he watched his best girl friend looking like she were Cinderella or some other Disney princess. She was definitely having the time of her life and she had finally gotten someone who liked her back. Thankfully. Blaine would never be able to thank Thad enough.
"Tina's looking very pretty tonight, isn't she? I think she was really excited at being nominated for prom queen." Blaine gestured at their mutual friend to Sam, who nodded in agreement. Dark blue and silver were definitely good colours on Tina.
"Sure. I think all hell will break loose if she doesn't win tonight..." Sam raised his eyebrow at Blaine who agreed wholeheartedly.
"Hmm, you may be right." Blaine took another sip of his drink as the two sat at the table people watching some more. Blaine always felt a little uncomfortable at events like this, probably because of what had happened to him all those years ago.
When Jeff and Nick came to the table, Blaine groaned internally. It could only ever mean one thing when those two came over. They generally always spent the entire night dancing. Mainly because Jeff loved dancing so much and Nick, as ever, let Jeff do whatever he wanted. "Come on guys, let's dance." Jeff told them, grabbing Blaine's hands as he knew he was the more reluctant of the two.
"Alright, alright, already." Blaine moaned and followed the three boys onto the dance floor, making sure to hold onto Sam the entire time. No way was he going to survive this without his boyfriend by his side.
"Relax sweetie. I got you." Sam kissed him on the top of his head and took him into his arms as the slow dance started. He saw that it was Sebastian and Becky's duet and smiled at the boy on the stage, who gave him a wink in return.
I really hate to let this moment go
Touching your skin, and your hair falling slow
When a goodbye kiss, feels like this
Don't you wanna stay here a little while?
Don't you wanna hold each other tight?
Don't you wanna fall asleep with me tonight?
Don't you wanna stay here a little while?
We can make forever feel this way
Don't you wanna stay?
"Thanks for asking me Artie, it was really nice of you. I'm having so much fun." Grace squealed slightly. She had never been to a high school dance, and as a freshman didn't ever think she would get to go to prom, but when Artie had asked she couldn't refuse. Besides he was a sweetheart anyway and she knew she would have lots of fun with him. Jeff, thankfully had seemed ok with her going with Artie, which she took to be a good sign.
"Well, since Becky was asked by Sebastian, I felt bad for you not going. Plus, I've got the cutest girl in the room on my arm." Artie winked in response, making grace giggle and blush slightly. She had picked a light pink, floor length dress that accentuated her tall, lithe figure and she thought she looked good. But conformation was always very welcome.
"You are so cute." She told him, meaning every word. Artie was quite possibly the cutest guy she had ever met. He never tried to leer over her or say anything sexual at she found it a breath of fresh air to just be able to talk to him like a normal person without any awkwardness. Smiling she took his hand and led him onto the dance floor since she knew how much Artie loved dancing and she wanted very much to say thank you.
Let's take it slow, I don't wanna move too fast
I don't wanna just make love, I wanna make love last
When you're on this high, it's a sad goodbye
Don't you wanna stay here a little while?
Don't you wanna hold each other tight?
Don't you wanna fall asleep with me tonight?
Don't you wanna stay here a little while?
We can make forever feel this way
Don't you wanna stay?
"Do you think it'll be ok that we came together? People won't look at us funny or anything?" Ryder asked Richard, nervously chewing his bottom lip, his arms folded defensively over his chest.
Richard, comforting the boy, slid his hand up and down his arm, sending a shiver down Ryder's spine and a great wish to lean into the older boy beside him. "Relax Ry, it'll be fine. Jeff and Nick are here together, so are Blaine and Sam. And I do remember you said you didn't want to hide any more." He snaked his arm around Ryder's shoulder and placed a small kiss on the younger boys temple.
"I know, I'm nervous I suppose." Ryder laughed slightly hysterically but leant into Richard's embrace, drinking the taller boy in. When Richard nudged him playfully with his shoulder he grinned and realised how silly he was being. Of course no one was going to judge. At least not his friends anyway and that was all that mattered to Ryder.
"Come on, dance with me and forget that any one else is even here." He nodded and let his boyfriend lead him onto the dance floor. His smile so wide it almost filled his whole face.
Oh yeeah
Oh, you feel so perfect, baby
That feels so perfect, baby
Don't you wanna stay here a little while?
Don't you wanna hold each other tight?
Don't you wanna fall asleep with me tonight?
Don't you wanna stay here a little while?
We can make forever feel this way
Don't you wanna stay?
Don't you wanna stay
"That was amazing. Becky really has some pipes on her, doesn't she?" Sam asked Blaine, laughing as they clapped the duet partners now that the song had ended. However Blaine seemed to be looking in an entirely different direction and Sam cocked his head to look where Blaine was staring intently. He turned his head and pointed to who he was observing so Sam wouldn't get confused. There were a lot of people on the dance floor after all.
"Hey look, it seems like Richard and Ryder have finally decided to come clean about their relationship." Sam's eyes widened as he noticed they were in fact holding hands and looking rather happy with one another.
"Wow. I didn't know that they were together. I thought they were both straight..." He admitted, astonished at what he was seeing.
Blaine chuckled and patted his boyfriend on the chest. "Turns out they are both bi Sammy. Well, I say kudos to them. I think they kinda go well together, don't they?"
"Yeah, just like us my gorgeous little Blainers." Sam twirled the petite boy around, letting him squeak a little and dipped him, giving him a kiss to leave him breathless. Once the blonde has pulled his boyfriend up and Blaine caught his breath again, giggling a little at what had just happened, he looked up into Sam's sky blue eyes with his beautiful golden ones lovingly.
"Aww. I love you too. Now I'm going to go heat things up a bit." He patted Sam's chest twice more, loving the feel of his boyfriends rock hard chest under his hands and skipped up lithely onto the stage.
"Go get 'em angel!" Sam called out after him and Blaine, feeling on top of the world right now, decided he was going to do just that.
I know you want me
I made it obvious that I want you too
So put it on me
Let's remove the space between me and you
Now rock your body, oh
Damn, I like the way that you move
So give it to me
'Cause I already know what you wanna do
Here's the situation, been to every nation
Nobody's ever made me feel the way that you do
You know my motivation, given my reputation
Please excuse me, I don't mean to be rude
But tonight I'm lovin' you
Oh, you know
That tonight I'm lovin' you
Oh, you know
That tonight I'm lovin' you
Oh, you know
That tonight I'm lovin' you
Oh, you know
Thad keeping Tina's hips close to his own, his hands snaking over her hips in a sensual manner as they danced to Blaine's fiery dance, thought maybe, just maybe, it was time to go for it. Take the plunge. "So, um, Tina... I booked a hotel room for tonight. Only if you want though." He breathed into her ear but backtracked at the last minute in case she thought he was being a bit pushy. They had gone as far as heavy petting, in pretty much every area, but they had yet to go all the way and he was hoping that tonight would be the night.
"Yeah, I really want. Especially after listening to Blaine sing this song." Tina purred seductively. She really, really wanted to be with Thad, and why shouldn't she. After all, divas take what they want, right?
Thad chuckled lowly as he watched a group of Dalton guys towards the front of the stage, thrilled secretly about Tina's reply but trying to appear nonchalant. "How does he do it? He makes even straight guys want him. He's like, seriously sexy without even meaning to be." He murmured into Tina, who nodded vigorously.
"Oh, he's definitely meaning to be right now. Do you see the way he's eye-balling Sam up? They're practically having sex with the looks in each others eyes. I've heard from a little birdie that they are hot when they are having sex. Not that they meant to see, obviously." Thad's eyes widened at that little snippet of knowledge. David had told him that he had spotted them having sex on the balcony but that he wished he could erase that memory from his mind so he wondered who it was that had whispered that into Tina's ear. It certainly wasn't David... All Thad could think was that they really needed to start thinking about keeping their sexual activities indoors, in their bedroom because they had started to become notorious around the school. And probably at Crawford too... "Seb calls it eye fucking you know." Tina explained and Thad's lips curled up, twitching as he tried in vain not to laugh at that comment.
"Well, he's not wrong there..."
As Blaine finished his song the couple broke apart and clapped loudly, watching intently as he bowed and then made his way over to his boyfriend, placing a rather large, passionate kiss on his boyfriend, not giving a damn about what anyone else thought at all. Thad shook his head at Blaine's confidence and pride in both his relationship and sexuality, astounded at how far his friend had come from the shy little creature that had joined Dalton Academy all those many years ago now. He was now a man, confident, secure, and happy in himself. Thad was truly thankful. His time in New Directions had really made a man out of him and Thad was kinda proud of him. The thought struck him that all the New Directions members of old were all so special in there own ways. Sam was understanding and supportive, Blaine was a leader and morale boaster, Tina was organised and fought with all her might, Artie was the bones of the pack, the glue, he kept everything running smoothly and the younger members added their own individual aspects as well. Tears pricked his eyes, he finally realised that what the Warblers had had, was not how it should have been. They had been entirely wrong. It was who you were that made the team special, not what you took. A new determination spread throughout Thad and he vowed that he was going to try his hardest to have New Directions win this nationals in LA. Because they all deserved it...
When coach Sue Sylvester took to the stage a hush descended among the student population. Her appearing could only mean one thing. The time for prom King and queen was to be decided. "Well everyone, now that you have heard that rather suggestive and highly inappropriate song from young Burt Reynolds, I have the absolute horror of handing out these cheap, plastic crowns that aren't worth a damn right now. Can we have the prom court up on the stage please so we can get this torture over with?" Sue quipped with her usual deprecatory ways. She watched on, looking bored as all six walked forwards, taking the stage and standing on their designated sides, waiting for the couch to reveal the winners.
"So, not that I really care, but the senior prom king 2013 is... Some guy who I have absolutely no idea who the hell he is, Thad Harwood." Sue flung the card onto the stage now that she was finished with it and handed Thad the crown, telling the rest of the guys to 'get the hell of the stage and stop polluting it with their mediocrity'. Blaine suppressing a laugh and Jeff just looking rather peeved at her insults.
"And, even though I don't give a crap, the senior prom queen 2013 is... ironically hag for life, Tina Cohen Chang." Tina squealed and ran up to claim her tiara, letting Thad place it on her head in delight. It looked like they were going to get their prom king and queen dance together which thrilled them both no end. Richard and Ryder took to the stage to get ready for the song and a space was made for them to start the dance off as the newly elected king and queen.
My head is stuck in the clouds
She begs me to come down
Says "boy quit foolin' around"
I told her, "I love the view from up here
Warm sun and wind in my ear
We'll watch the world from above
As it turns to the rhythm of love
We may only have tonight
But till the morning sun, you're mine, all mine
Play the music low
And sway to the rhythm of love.
"Did I tell you that you are the most beautiful girl in the whole room?" Thad murmured into Tina's ear so no one else could hear and she beamed up at him as he swung her round the room in a waltz.
"No... Thank you." She coyly replied. This had, without a doubt been the best night of Tina's life. She had a gorgeous boyfriend, an amazing best friend who was supportive and she had won prom queen. And later she would be with Thad for the first time
"I love you Tina."
"I love you too Thad."
A/N Songs used: Don't You Wanna Stay – Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson
Tonight I'm Lovin' You – Enrique Iglesias
Rhythm of Love – Plain White T's