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'Okay now, I'm nervous!' Blaine thought to himself, as he shifted from foot to foot, while waiting for Kurt by his locker. Kurt had said to meet him by his locker after school and they'll walk to Glee together.
But now Blaine was actually here, and waiting. It was making his mind run rampage, thinking of all the things that could possibly go wrong!
"Blaine you ready?" The sound of Kurt's voice broke his train of thought.
"Mmm? Yeah! Yeah I'm ready!" Blaine answered with a reassuring smile.
The boys walked down the almost empty hallway towards the choir room. The curly haired boy growing more nervous with each step he took.
Blaine followed Kurt through the doorway and into the room. Only a few members of the glee club were there, but they all turned and gave Kurt a quizzical look when they saw Blaine with him.
"Um… guys this is Blaine. He's going to audition for glee club." Kurt informed, shifting awkwardly on the spot.
Rachel leapt up from her seat, then dashed toward Blaine to greet him. A fast stream of loud babble, that was apparently a greeting, was shot in Blaine's direction. The poor boy was so startled by the over enthusiastic girl, he actually took several steps backwards! But Rachel didn't seem to notice as she introduced herself in great detail, then vaguely mentioned the others sitting behind her and those who were still due to arrive.
"Okay Rachel!" Kurt said loudly, cutting off her long winded speech. "I think you've scared him enough. You don't want him doing a runner before he's even started, do you?" He said, as he gently rubbed Blaine's tense shoulders.
"Don't be silly Kurt! I didn't scare him! Did I Blaine?" She replied, looking at the curly haired boy expectantly.
Blaine just blinked at her, unsure of what to say. He didn't want to admit to being scared, in case it hurt her feelings. But he didn't want to deny it either, in case she started talking to him like that all the time! Luckily Kurt grabbed his elbow and lead him over to the plastic chairs.
Kurt introduced Blaine to Mercedes and the three of them launched into a convocation until Mr Schue came in and stood at the front ready to begin.
"Okay this week we will, oh hello!" Mr Schuester said, noticing Blaine in between Kurt and Mercedes. "And your name is?"
"Blaine Anderson." Blaine informed.
"Are you here to audition Blaine?" Mr Schue asked hopefully.
"If that's okay?" Blaine replied.
"Of course! That would be brilliant! The floor is yours!" The teacher replied, enthusiastically.
Blaine stood up and moved to the front of the room. He told the band it was fine, he wouldn't need any back up, then picked the acoustic guitar up off of the stand and sat on a stool in the centre of the room. After tuning the instrument he briefly let his eyes scan the room. Everyone was smiling at him. None of them looked like they had judged him yet. Even the Cheerios who had interrogated him were smiling reassuringly at him. But Kurt's smile was by far the brightest! It made Blaine's heart expand and double in pace.
Blaine took a deep, steadying breath then belted out the first line.
I feel like a loser
I feel like I'm lost
I like I'm not sure if I feel anything at all
He didn't let himself look up just yet, he wanted to get lost in the music before he glanced up to view people's reactions.
But believe me, I'm not helpless
I just need someone to love
So my situation's rough
That just makes me a dumb human, like you
I feel like a short stop
Along third base
I may just help you but I still don't like your face
But believe me, I'm not hostile
I just want to hear you laugh
When I'm sarcastic like that,
That just makes me a dumb human, like you
Why do I have this incredible need to stand up and say "Please pay attention"
It's the last thing that I need to make myself see
Well, that ain't my intention
Blaine chanced a look up to find everyone still smiling, some swaying slightly, some tapping there feet. And they were all enjoying it! This little nugget of information gave the curly haired boy the confidence to add in a little more, Blaine to the song.
I feel like an artist who's lost his touch
He likes himself in his art,
But not his art too much
But believe me I got something,
I just don't know how to say
That I'm just fine with the way,
the way that I'm movin'
But that just makes me a dumb human
That just makes me
That makes me a human, like you
The song came to a gentle end. Followed by the sudden sound of applause and cheering. Blaine looked up to see every one on their feet clapping. The boy blushed and ducked his head, smiling broadly as he placed the guitar back on the stand.
"Blaine that was amazing! I think I speak for everyone when I say welcome to New Directions!" Mr Schuester said happily.
Blaine made his way back to his seat in between Kurt and Mercedes, receiving pats on the back from the guys, and smiles and compliments from the girls.
Once he sat down Kurt leaned over and whispered in his ear.
"That was beautiful. Darren would be proud."
Blaine opened his mouth as if to say something, but then closed it, smiled and blushed. Kurt chuckled at him then discreetly linked their fingers together between the chairs. Blaine smiled at the contact, and gently squeezed Kurt's fingers.
Everyone filtered out of the school building at the end of glee club. Kurt, Blaine and Mercedes walking shoulder to shoulder talking about this, that and the other. As they stepped out into the car park Mercedes said something.
"Blaine who's that by your car?" She asked, a little confused.
Both boys looked up at the question to see a girl with mad curly caramel hair standing by Blaine's car.
"That's my friend, Marie." Blaine said, smiling. "I'll see you both tomorrow?" He said, turning to the two next to him.
"Of course!" They both chimed.
Blaine gave them each a hug then made his way towards his best friend. He saw her wave at Kurt then she opened her arms to hug her fellow curly haired goober.
"Marie, what are you doing here? I thought you were going home." Blaine said as he hugged his friend.
"I promised you I'd stay and that's what I'm doing! And we had a half-day today." She replied, smiling.
They got into Blaine's car and began the drive home. After about 10 minutes of just listening to the radio, Marie spoke when they had stopped at a red light.
"Blaine, your parents are home." She informed, gently.
Blaine's shoulders slumped and he let out a sigh.
"Great." He said, in a barely audible sarcastic tone. "How long are you staying?" He asked, with pleading eyes.
"As long as you want me to B." Marie answered, softly.
Blaine nodded, numbly, then continued the drive home.
The song I used was 'Human' by Darren Criss. Buy it on iTunes if you haven't already, it's amazing!
I've got sports day tomorrow :( Boooo! The only good thing about it will be trying to beat my friend Matt at shot put! I'm going to be shockingly bad, I can see it now! Oh dear, what have I signed up to? Haha :)
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