So Cory is in rehab, HeMo is pregnant, Darren has an album coming out soon and Chris' new book is also coming out shortly. The Glee cast needs to slow down I can't keep up with them and whilst the latter three are all very exciting my hopes go out to Cory for a speedy recovery.

After some careful consideration I have decided to split this story into two parts with a hiatus between the two. There are only a few chapters left of part one and I was wondering whether I should post everything under this story or put part two in other story?


Blaine hugged the couch cushion closer to himself as the other boys trooped into the room.

"Oh Blaine, we've been so worried about you" Wes said rushing over to sit next to his friend.

"what did you want to tell us?" Nick asked once everybody had stopped mollycoddling Blaine.

Steeling himself for what was to come, Blaine took a deep breath for once he had opened the Pandora's box of memories there was no going back.

So he told them, he told them everything and did not stop even when there were tears running down not only his face but Jeff's, Nick's, Trent's and Thad's too. Wes looked constipated with the effort it took him not to cry as Blaine recalled how he and Jesse used to be friends, the betrayal and being kicked off the team, the constant bullying and finally the dance and Josh...poor, poor Josh. Blaine kept on going scared that if he stopped talking that he would never have the courage to start again.

Trent awkwardly patted Blaine on the knee once the boy had finally concluded his story. "Blaine I am so very truly sorry that you have had such a gruesome past and I can't even start to imagine how this must have made you feel but you have to know that you are not alone. People will always find a way to belittle you for being different." he paused looking to Nick for reassurance but Nick only nodded encouragingly, "I was harassed at my old school about the way I talk. The other children thought that I sounded peculiar because I crossed my Ts and dotted my Is and did not say 'what up dawg' like the other 'homeboys'"

Blaine despite of himself at Trent's attempts of sounding gangster

"People will pick on you for being different," Trent continued "They are very set in their ways and if they see or hear anything peculiar or out of the ordinary they will lash out because it challenges their idea of normal." He smiled as Blaine looked up and their eyes met. "But do you know what the best way to fight them is?" Blaine shook his head furiously "It is to be yourself Mr Anderson and not to let anyone compromise it. The tormentors only want to tear you down and it kills them to see that it won't work."

Nick smiled sadly as Trent spoke, he was so proud of his roommate. Admittedly the bullying at Trent's old school was fairly minor compared to Blaine's but Trent had also been very timid and reluctant to come out of his shell when he had arrived at Dalton.

He remembered the first time he met Trent like it was just yesterday: Nick was in his room unpacking his things and placing them around his new room when a very shy boy appeared at the door shifting awkwardly from one foot to the other.

"Hi," Nick said looking up from folding his shirts "you must be my roommate, I'm Nick" Nick said rounding the bed and holding out his right hand for the boy to shake."

"T-Trent" the other boy said nervously feebly shaking Nick's outstretched hand.

"Did you just get here?" Nick asked keen to start-up a conversation with his new roommate.

Trent looked away at the Harry Potter posters that Nick had hung up on the wall as if trying to think of a way to get out of having this conversation. "No, I arrived yesterday."

"Oh cool, I arrived about an hour ago my parents just left." Nick shrugged flippantly going back to his unpacking "have you been settling in alright?"

Trent shrugged turning his back on Nick and the conversation to do some unpacking of his own.

Nick frowned he missed home, he missed his friends and to top it all off his roommate was being really rude. "I'm going for a walk" he announced but Trent merely acknowledged the gesture.

Nick smiled fondly at seeing how far Trent had come from that day, in a few short months Trent had had gone from being the shy kid who barely ever spoke to a flamboyant young man whom you had trouble getting to stop talking.

As if sensing what his friend was thinking Trent smiled at Nick "and your friends will always be there to remind you what a wonderful guy you are." he concluded

"That we will" Wes smiled hugging Blaine's side

"Thanks for telling us Blainey" Jeff said reaching out to take Blaine's free hand in his "that must have taken a lot of courage and we are so proud of you."

"you don't blame me?" Blaine asked bewildered

"Of course we don't" Thad contributed smiling reassuringly "none of this was your fault."