CHAPTER 51: GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE

"Are you sure this is where we're supposed to meet them?" Tina asked.

"Yeah, don't you think the middle of Times Square is a little public for a meet and greet?" Lindsey added.

"Who cares? We're in New York City! We're on Broadway!" Blaine screamed out. He was smiling so big. Sam watched his boyfriend act like a kid in a candy store.

The flight from Lima, Ohio to New York City was quick on the Smythe family jet. It was just before noon now and Blaine, Sam, Tina, Sunshine, Sebastian, and Lindsey now stood in Times Square awaiting the arrival of their friends.

"Are you really surprised that Berry and Auntie Snixx want to make an entrance?" Sebastian quipped.

"Whatever are you talking about?" Santana yelled at them from about ten feet away. The group turned to see Santana and Rachel walking towards them. Sam went directly for Santana just as Blaine picked up Rachel and twirled her around. They switched girls, Rachel hugging Sam so tight and kissing him on the cheek. They then went through talking to so many of the others and getting hugs from each of them.

"So where are we going first?" Sunshine asked.

"We'll take the double decker bus line around to NYADA," Rachel instructed. "Santana's apartment is near there and so is Cooper's hotel. He's going to meet us there."

The group gathered their things and everyone got on the bus and headed up to the top. As the bus took off towards their destination, music began to play and Rachel and Santana both looked like they were up to something.

(Paparazzi by Lady Gaga)

(performed by Rachel Berry, Santana Lopez, Blaine Anderson, Tina Cohen-Chang, Sunshine Corazon, Sebastian Smythe, and Lindsey Black)

RACHEL: We are the crowd. We're c-coming out got my flash on it's true. Need that picture of you. It's so magical. We'd be so fantastical.

Rachel pulled Sam up to her as the bus turned and she pointed up to the billboard on the side of the building. It was his face with the Be a Star Logo. His eyes bulged out of his head. The other kids freaked out but pulled out their phones and all took pictures and started sending them back home to everyone else. Santana walked up and stood on the other side of Sam.

SANTANA: Leather and jeans, garage glamorous not sure what it means, but this photo of us it don't have a price. Get ready for those flashing lights because you that baby I,

Blaine ran up to him and put his arms around him. He was so happy for his boyfriend.

BLAINE: I'm your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me. Papa-paparazzi. Baby there's no other superstar you know that I'll be your papa-paparazzi.

TINA/SUNSHINE: Promise I'll be kind, but I won't stop until that boy is mine. (The girls pull him down to sit between them and take another picture with him.) Baby you'll be famous chase you down until you love me. Papa-paparazzi.

Santana pulls him away from the Asian girls and back into her arms. After all, in her eyes this is her best friend and she wants to share the moment with him.

SANTANA: I'll be your girl backstage at your show, velvet ropes and guitars yeah cause you'll know. I'm staring between the sets; eyeliner and cigarettes.

RACHEL: (standing with Blaine) Shadow is burnt, yellow dance and return. My lashes are dry purple teardrops I cry it don't have a price loving you is cherry pie 'cause you know that baby I

Sebastian and Lindsey act like photographers and sing for their friend.

Sebastian/Lindsey: I'm your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me. Papa-paparazzi. Baby there's no other superstar you know that I'll be your papa-paparazzi.

BLAINE: Promise I'll be kind, but I won't stop until that boy is mine. Baby you'll be famous chase you down until you love me papa-paparazzi.

Sam sits while his friends are dancing around and making a big deal about the billboard. He meekly smiles back at them.

ALL: Real good. We dance in the studio. Snap, snapped. That stuff on the radio. Don't stop for anyone. We're plastic but we'll still have fun.

Everyone continues to dance around except Santana who sees Sam's expression. She knows it's his fake smile and that he's blushing. She realizes that he's more embarrassed than excited by this. He makes eye contact with her and realizes that she's figured it out but he shakes his head for her to forget it.

ALL: I'm your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me. Papa-paparazzi. Baby there's no other superstar you know that I'll be your papa-paparazzi. Promise I'll be kind, but I won't stop until that boy is mine. Baby you'll be famous chase you down until you love me papa-paparazzi.

The bus pulled up to the bus stop about a block from NYADA.

"I'm so proud of you, Sam! We were going to send you a picture of the billboard when we saw it go up earlier this week, but we decided to surprise you with it in person," Rachel hugged him as they walked off the bus together.

"Thanks, Rachel. It was definitely a surprise," Sam smiled.

"Looks like I got here just in time," Cooper Anderson called out as he walked down the sidewalk towards the group. "It is very nice to see this group together again."

Everyone turned to greet Cooper except for Santana who walked up to Sam and slipped her arm through his. "You didn't like that, did you?"

"It was fine, Santana. Just a shock to the system," Sam spoke softly.

"I knew I should have warned you," she said to herself. "I'm sorry."

"Don't worry about it," Sam smiled.

"Well okay then. I mean after all," she reached around and pinched his ass. "Some things never change."

-GLEE-

The group split into their living situations. Rachel took Tina to her dorm room at NYADA, Santana took Sunshine, Sebastian, and Lindsey to her apartment two blocks away, and Cooper walked Blaine and Sam to his hotel suite three blocks away. The group agreed to meet up in two hours after everyone freshened up and changed clothes.

When Cooper let his little brother and boyfriend into the hotel suite he had to stifle a laugh when they saw how big it was. They had a slight freak out.

"You boys will be staying in this bedroom, and you have your own bathroom as well," Cooper showed them their room.

"Cooper, this place is amazing!" Blaine told him.

"Yeah, thanks for letting us stay here," Sam added. He turned and looked at Blaine. "Do you mind if I get the first shower?"

"No, I think I'll sit and catch up with, Cooper," Blaine noticed that Sam's demeanor changed since they left Times Square but wasn't sure why. "Are you okay, baby?"

"I'm fine," Sam smiled. He gave Blaine a quick kiss and walked into the bathroom leaving him and Cooper alone in the living area.

"You two seem to be doing well again," Cooper pointed out.

"We are," Blaine turned to him and smiled. "After everything we've been through and we're still together, I've got to believe that we were meant to be that way."

"Good for you, little brother," Cooper walked over to the window so he could pull the curtains back and let more light in. You could see a perfect view of the Empire State Building from the window.

"What about you, Coop? Have you found anyone here in the city?" Blaine questioned.

"Haven't been looking. Just staying busy with work and looking for the next job after this one. I have an audition next week for a guest starring role on one of Ryan Murphy's shows. Hopefully that will work out," Cooper explained.

"That would be great. He has some of the best shows on television right now. However, you totally dodged my question. You're a good looking guy, Coop. I can't believe that no one on the movie set or around the city hasn't tried to date you yet," Blaine nudged his brother further to tell him more about his life.

"Maybe they have, but I'm just not interested," Cooper commented.

"Why not?" Blaine asked as he walked over and attempted to look in his brother's eyes. Cooper refused to look at him. "It's Mr. Schuester isn't it? You're still in love with him, aren't you?"

"Don't be ridiculous, Blaine!" Cooper walked away from him and into his bedroom. Blaine followed.

"Are you still in love with him?" Blaine asked.

Cooper turned around and stared down his brother. "If you had to leave Sam behind because you knew it was the right thing to do can you tell me with any degree of certainty that you wouldn't still love him a month later?"

Blaine stopped his questioning and considered it.

"No, I wouldn't. I'll love Sam for the rest of my life."

"Then why would you think it is so easy for me to walk away from Will?" Cooper prodded.

This stunned Blaine. "Coop, I knew you liked him, but I didn't realize it was like that. I'm sorry. I would have been more sympathetic."

"It's okay," Cooper said. "You were dealing with your own issues."

"That doesn't make it better," Blaine started to walk over and console his brother but Cooper stopped him.

"Look, instead of making it a big deal, why don't you go get a shower and dressed. I'll do the same and we can spend time having fun in New York instead of being sad talking about past relationships here," Cooper suggested.

"Okay, Coop," Blaine took the hint. He left his brother's room and headed over to the one he and Sam would share.

Cooper walked over to his bedroom door and shut it and locked it. Having his brother and the other kids here was just a drastic reminder of what he left behind in Lima. He walked over to the desk and sat down and opened up his laptop computer. He searched for a file marked "tour" and inside it was filled with pictures from the New Directions summer tour. He scrolled through until he found a video file he named "W&CinDC". He passed the cursor over it several times before finally clicking on the file.

He was holding the camera and he and Will were both lying in bed naked.

"So how are you feeling right now, Mr. Schuester?" you could hear Cooper ask.

"So good," Will smiled at him and into the camera. "It felt so good, Coop. I want to do it again."

"Right now?" Cooper asked.

"Yeah, I want to have sex with you again and right now," Will said on the screen as he rubbed his hard chest and six pack.

Cooper watched the computer screen and found himself pulling off his shirt and unbuttoning his pants and sticking his hand in his underwear.

"Mmm, what's this?" Will asked grabbing Cooper's hard dick. You could see him move the camera to show Will's hand around his member. "It looks like you are ready to go again too, beautiful."

"I am. Why don't you get down there and lick it for me and let me see your sexy eyes while you do it," Cooper ordered him.

"Yes sir," you could hear anticipation and horniness in Will's voice. He appeared on the video screen and you could see he was naked. His penis was fully hard. He lay down between Cooper's legs and looked into the camera as he wrapped his hand around Cooper's dick and began to lick it like a lollipop. "Like this? Is that what you wanted?"

"Mmhmm," was all that the onscreen Cooper could say.

"Or would you like me to do this?" Will said before going all the way down on Cooper's hardness.

"Omigod! Will don't stop. I want you to make me cum," he cried out.

Watching the video, Cooper slipped off his pants and underwear and sat there watching the video and jacking off. He watched as Will continued to lick and suck his manhood and tell him how hot his body was and . . . how much he loved him.

Those were the words he'd been waiting on. It was the one time that Will let his guard down and admitted he loved Cooper and he had it on film. Hearing him say those words caused him to lose control. He watched the video image of him ejaculating on Will's face and it caused him to have another orgasm while watching.

He paused the screen and stared into the eyes of the man he loved. He knew he had no clue what he was going to do.

-GLEE-

Tina had the least distance to go as she followed Rachel into NYADA and up to her dorm room. They didn't spend much time there as Rachel wanted to show her as much of the school as she possibly could. As they walked down the hallways with Rachel pointing out things left and right, their conversation turned to Tina's love life.

"So what happened with the football player I heard about?" Rachel asked.

"You mean the cheating bastard who was spying on us for the Warblers and used me to get close to Sam so he could sleep with him and break up him and Blaine?" Tina filled in the blanks.

"Say no more. I guess some things never change. McKinley will always be full of drama," Rachel realized. "And speaking of drama I should probably tell you that I ran into Mike about two weeks ago."

"Mike? How? He's in Chicago," Tina didn't understand.

"He came to New York with about ten others from his school to be a part of a dancer's college convention here. Our whole school went and we saw each other across the room. We hung out most of the two days he was here. You were definitely one of the topics of conversation," Rachel confessed.

"Really?" Tina asked with disbelief. "I figured he would have moved on to some college girl by now."

"Not even close. I think he feels really bad for the way things ended and wants to fix them, but he heard you moved on to the new guy and told Sam to stop telling him what was going on because he couldn't deal with it anymore," Rachel explained.

"I haven't spoken to him once since he went back to school. I don't know why he proposed. He knew how I felt about that. I love him, but it will be years before I think about marriage. I'm a senior in high school he had to understand that," Tina stated. She saw the embarrassment in Rachel's face. "I didn't mean it like that. You and Finn were different."

"No, we weren't. We were stupid not that it matters now. We aren't even speaking anymore," Rachel confessed.

"I guess we have that in common with you," Tina admitted.

"Do you realize you said love present tense not past when you said Mike's name?" Rachel asked.

"No, I didn't. Did I?"

Rachel just smiled at her old friend. "You still love Mike, don't you?"

Before she could answer they heard music coming out of the auditorium. The girls walked inside and saw a young man dancing shirtless on stage. He had a pianist, guitarist, and drummer playing live music as he danced.

"Who is that?" Tina whispered.

Rachel smiled. "That's Brody. He's rehearsing for his fall recital."

"Brody as in the hard-bodied Adonis that you are dating now?" Tina giggled.

"That would be him," Rachel smiled. "Isn't he amazing?"

"You can say that again. I can't believe you are hitting that, Rachel Berry," Tina winked.

"Tina!" Rachel looked at her and blushed. Her outburst was loud enough that Brody heard her and stopped the music.

"Rachel, is that you?" he asked looking out through the lights.

"Yes. Sorry I stopped your rehearsal," Rachel and Tina walked forward.

"Don't worry about it. I've been going for about an hour now. Who's your friend?" Brody asked.

"Brody, this is Tina. We went to high school together and she's here for preview weekend," Rachel introduced them.

Brody stuck out his hand to shake hers. "So you're planning to audition for NYADA then?"

"I am," Tina smiled. "I know they've already taken two from my school and I know it's the hardest audition in the country but I still plan on coming here no matter what."

"Already taken two?" Brody seemed confused.

"She's talking about Blaine and Sam," Rachel told him. "Blaine was the summer camp session winner and got accepted, and Carmen Tibideaux is in love with Sam, the Be A Star spokesman. She's basically already given him his acceptance letter."

"Oh yeah, I saw him on those new bill boards. Good looking kid. He'll fit in well here," Brody said understanding the situation. "So what's your forte, Miss Tina? Singing, dancing, or acting?"

"I love all three, but I'm much better at singing and acting than I am dancing," she turned to Rachel. "Is this the same stage Blaine performed on this summer? It looks familiar from the webcam shows."

"It is. The acoustics are incredible. You should try it out," Brody answered for Rachel.

"I wouldn't know what to sing," Tina confessed.

"That's silly," Brody told her as he reached over to the piano and picked up his tank top and put it on his sweaty body. "Just sing what's on your heart."

He picked up a mike stand from the wings and set it center stage. He took Rachel's hand and they sat on the front row. "Consider this a pre-audition. Let's see what you've got."

"Okay," Tina was shaken. She didn't expect this.

(I Almost Do by Taylor Swift)

(performed by Tina Cohen-Chang)

TINA: I bet this time of night you're still up. I bet you're tired from a long hard week.

The instrumentalists recognized the song and began to play for her.

TINA: I bet you're sittin' in your chair by the window looking out at the city and I bet sometimes you wonder about me.

The lights center on her at center stage.

TINA: and I just want to tell you. It takes everything in me not to call you and I wish I could run to you and I hope you know that every time I don't I almost do. I almost do.

Rachel pulled out her phone and dialed a number.

"What are you doing?" Brody asked her.

"Helping two of my friends find their way back to each other," she said.

"Hello?" Mike's voice came through the phone.

"Just listen," she whispered and put him on speaker.

TINA: I bet you think I either moved on or hate you. Cause each time you reach out there's no reply. I bet it never, ever occurred to you that I can't say hello to you and risk another goodbye. And I just want to tell you. It takes everything in me not to call you and I wish I could run to you and I hope you know that every time I don't I almost do. I almost do.

Tina began to have memory flashes of her and Mike together. She remembered how happy he made her.

TINA: We made quite a mess, babe. It's probably better off this way and I confess baby in my dreams you're touching my face and asking me if I'd want to try again with you and I almost do. And I just want to tell you. It takes everything in me not to call you and I wish I could run to you and I hope you know that every time I don't I almost do. I almost do.

In the back of the auditorium, Carmen Tibideaux walked in the door. She'd heard the voice from the hallway and wanted to see who was responsible for it.

TINA: I bet this time of night you're still up. I bet you're tired from a long hard week. I bet you're sittin' in your chair by the window looking out at the city and I hope sometimes you wonder about me.

"Call her," Rachel whispered into the phone before standing with Brody to applaud with him. They realized someone else was clapping and turned around to see Carmen standing there.

"Ms. Tibideaux, do you need the space, we didn't mean to use too much of its time," Brody began by apologizing.

"No, I was simply walking by and heard this extraordinary voice and wanted to see who it belonged too," she turned her attention to Tina. "What is your name young lady?"

"Tina Cohen-Chang. I'm a friend of Rachel's. She invited me for preview weekend," she explained.

"Are you from Lima, Ohio also?" Ms. Tibideaux inquired.

"Yes, ma'am I am," Tina answered.

"It appears I need to look into that little town more often. It's obviously filled with talented people. Are you friends with Mr. Anderson and Mr. Evans?"

"I am. We came together with three other friends that are juniors at our school," Tina continued. She felt as if she were on trial.

"And you all want to come to school here?" she continued.

"Yes. It's the best school in the country for what we love to do. I can't imagine doing it anywhere else."

"Flattery will not get you into this school, Miss Cohen-Chang," Ms. Tibideaux's eyes were stunned. "But talent will. I look forward to hearing more from you this weekend."

With that she left the room.

"Did that just happen?" Brody seemed shocked. "You just impressed Tibideaux with one song. She usually kicks people out of class after one song."

"Looks like you and I may be roomies next year," Rachel jumped up and down in excitement and Tina looked around this new performing space and got a glimpse into her possible future.

-GLEE-

Santana unlocked the door to her flat and led Sunshine, Lindsey, and Sebastian into her living space. "It's not much but for New York it's a mansion. Girls, you'll sleep in the spare bedroom, and Sebastian you get the couch in my room."

"We're sharing a room? How scandalous?" he joked.

"How is it scandalous? I like boobs and you like penis. We have nothing to offer each other."

The two turned their heads to Lindsey and Sunshine laughing.

"I told you so," Lindsey whispered.

"What is so funny?" Santana asked.

"Lindsey told me you two were the male and female equivalent of the same person. I just never saw it before. No wonder Sam loves you both so much," Sunshine answered before she and Lindsey went into the bedroom to change. Santana let the comment roll off her back, but when she turned she actually saw hurt in Sebastian's eyes.

"You okay? Since when do snarky comments hurt your feelings?" she asked.

He turned to her and she watched the icy gaze take back over. "I'm fine. I don't know what you're talking about."

He walked into the bedroom and she followed. "Thanks for the couch," he tried to change the subject. "It will do just great. Do you mind if I use your shower?"

"Sure, after you tell me why being compared to me would hurt your feelings like that," Santana continued to wonder.

"Being compared to you wouldn't do that. I actually like you. Now about that shower . . ." he said walking towards the bathroom door.

"She said we were alike, but you don't mind that. The only other thing would be if you didn't like the fact that she said Sam saw you as a best friend. But that's crazy," she looked up into Sebastian's eyes and saw actual fear.

"Please do not follow up on that thought," he was begging. She knew that he was serious.

"I thought you have a boyfriend," she asked as softly as she could.

"I do," he looked at the floor unable to look in her eyes. "And I love him so much. More than I could even think to explain, but one night he kept going on and on about how hot he thought Sam was and I joined in on the conversation and realized that he was playing around."

"But you were admitting something to him and he didn't realize it?" she assumed.

"Yeah," Sebastian actually began to fight back tears. "I would never do anything to hurt Sam you have to believe that Santana."

"I do actually. After me and Blaine, I'd say you have his back more than anyone else including Tina and even Mr. Schue, but now I know why. You love him."

Sebastian didn't respond. Santana continued.

"Nick is your boyfriend's name right?"

Sebastian nodded.

"Is he the only person you've ever been in love with? I mean at all. I know you hated your dad what about your mom?"

"Honestly, we were never close until she called me for help about eight months ago. I hated her for letting him send me away. When she told me he was beating her I defended her and we became close."

"But that hasn't even been a year. Sebastian I think you're confusing the different types of love. There's no question that you love Sam, but since you only know the kind of love you have with Nick, you equate love with what you two have and think it should be the same with Sam."

"I wish it were that easy. I mean I've wanted to have sex with Sam for the longest time," Sebastian confessed.

"Hell, Sebastian, I wanted to have sex with him too. Still do sometimes. The boy is walking porn. He's fucking perfect and doesn't even know it which makes him even hotter. Don't get upset with yourself because of that."

"But I've had dreams about him," Sebastian continued his confession.

"Sex dreams?" Santana grinned getting excited.

"Yes," Sebastian blushed.

"Ohhhhh, tell me. I want details," she demanded.

"Why should I do that?"

"If you do I'll tell you the sex dream I had about you after you threw that slushie in my face last year. It involves me tying you up and making you pay," Santana teased.

The old Sebastian smile crossed his face. "Deal."

-GLEE-

Sam was tying his tie the way Will had taught him when he heard music coming in from the other room. He stuck his head around the corner and saw Cooper sitting there in shorts and a wife beater playing a guitar.

(Lifetime by Kris Allen)

(performed by Cooper Anderson)

COOPER: I wake up, put my poker face on. It's roughly the same hand I was dealt yesterday. I stand up and stare out at the skyline. It's roughly the same town that I saw yesterday. Living doesn't come first try. It takes a lifetime getting it right.

Cooper stood and started playing the guitar as he looked out the window.

COOPER: It takes a lifetime to learn how to sing. To find my place in the world symphony to become the melody; the man I know I could be. It takes a lifetime. It takes a lifetime.

He turns and has his eyes closed. He doesn't see Sam standing there.

COOPER: I wake up and bandage these scars. The scars on my heart that prove that I'm still alive . . .

Cooper opened his eyes to see Sam standing there and stopped singing.

"How long have you been standing there?" he asked.

"I heard you playing from the other room. I didn't know you knew how to play guitar," Sam mentioned.

"Little trick I learned when I was younger. Just picked it back up when I came to New York. Parents made me take guitar and piano just like Blaine. He's just better at it than I am," Cooper filled him in.

"I know it's none of my business, Cooper, but you sounded sad. Is it about Will?"

Cooper thought about lying to the boy but decided against it. What would be the point? "Yeah, it is. I miss him and still wish he'd picked me. Sorry if that messes with your happily ever after family story."

"Just because I want my family to be happy doesn't mean I want you to be sad," Sam said meekly. "You're like family too; at least I hope you will be one day."

"Oh Jesus," the revelation hit Cooper hard. "When you and Blaine get married Will and I will be related."

"Is that a bad thing?" Sam's face was so sincere Cooper realized he had no idea how much torture it was for him to be around Will.

"I know he's your Dad, Sam. This is an odd conversation for us to have because I know how much you love him. Just understand that it's hard for me to imagine being around him without hurting, and I don't think I could be around them without hurting him or Emma."

"I guess that means you aren't coming to the wedding then," Sam realized. "I guess I understand that. Should I tell them for you?"

"That's very nice of you, Sam," Cooper easily saw what his little brother saw in the Adonis in front of him. Not only was he beautiful to look at, but he was the most sincere and lovable person he'd ever met. "What about you? I told you my story now tell me what's bothering you."

Sam turned around and listened. He could hear the shower still running. He walked into the living room and shut the door behind him. Sitting down on the sofa across from Cooper he told him, "I don't know how I feel about having my picture out in the open like that. No one asked me if it was okay. I feel kind of violated."

"Ah, welcome to the business, Sammy boy. Once you sign a contract with a company they can use you anyway they want. Your charity wants to get its name out in the world and putting your sexy face on its campaign posters will help do that. I wouldn't be surprised if you're not on a poster in every high school in the country by the end of the year. Kind of how all the cafeterias have those celebrity MILK ads everywhere," Cooper told him. "I thought you wanted to be famous like my little brother?"

"I do, I just want to do it my way. I've been writing music since the tour ended. I'd love to record my own album one day," Sam confessed. Cooper saw that magical Sam Evans smile return.

"There it is," Cooper returned the smile. "That smile should be trademarked. It's going to make you a lot of money one day. As for the poster, Sam, consider it a blessing. I spent 15 years in this industry trying to get a break. I still haven't had a billboard in New York, but you do and you're only seventeen. I know you want your big break, but take a minute and realize something very important, okay?"

"What is that?" Sam wondered.

"That this might very well be it," Cooper pointed out the obvious. "I'm going to go change we need to leave in fifteen. Get my baby brother out of the shower or his hair gel will never set."

-GLEE-

The group met back up outside of NYADA and began their eight block journey towards their first destination. Sunshine and Lindsey were the two in the back. Sunshine pulled her there so they could talk. She had her arm through Lindsey's and they walked trying to shield themselves from the cold.

"Okay so don't kill me, but while you were in the shower your phone went off like crazy. I looked down and every time a text went through it alternated between Duval and Jeff. What's going on? I mean you and Jeff are dating, right? I didn't just make that up in my head," Sunshine asked.

"We are. It's complicated," Lindsey made a quick decision to let Sunshine in on what was happening to her. "Right after Jeff asked me out, literally right after, Nick showed up on my door step to do the same thing. They both like me."

"Wow, okay," Sunshine took a moment to take that in. "Well I mean it could be worse. They could both be ugly."

Lindsey laughed. "I just don't want to come between their friendship. Those two are closer than even Blake and Michael. They're almost like brothers."

"Yeah like Sam and Sebastian," Sunshine gave her another example.

"Except I don't think Jeff or Nick want to sleep with the other one. That would be hot though," she got lost in her thoughts for a moment.

"Wait, Sam doesn't want to sleep with Sebastian. He'd never do that to Blaine. I just don't get . . ." she saw the knowing smile on Lindsey's face. "Sebastian is crushing on Sam isn't he? I heard that but I thought it was a rumor."

"Not even close. He told me all about it. He said Nick told him he wanted to hook up with Blaine and Seb joked with him and said only if he could hook up with Sam. Our little Sam lookalike agreed and said they could be their freebie list material. You know, the people you can hook up with and your significant other can't get mad. It surprised Seb and he said he hasn't been able to get it off his mind since," Lindsey filled her in.

"Sounds like you and he have matching problems," Sunshine looked up. "And looks like we are here."

They looked up to see Mt. Sinai Medical Center on the wall outside of the hospital. Rachel led them inside.

"He's only allowed three visitors at a time. His mom and dad know we're coming, but he doesn't have any clue that you guys are here. So who wants to go up and see our boy first?" she asked.

Blaine, Sam, and Tina took the elevator up to the rehabilitation floor where they were still working to get Artie back to normal. They followed the path around the halls to the room with his name next to the door. Blaine knocked.

"Come in," they heard a female voice say.

Tina led the way inside. The door opened and they could see Artie's parents before Artie could see them.

"Baby," his mom said to him. "You have visitors. We're going to leave you alone to visit and go get some dinner."

"Okay mom, who is it? Rachel? Santana?" Artie wondered.

"Not quite, buddy," Sam's voice came around the corner before he did. When Artie saw his three friends emerge from the small alcove next to the door his smile widened more than they'd ever seen from him.

"Ah, you've got to be kidding me!" he looked back at his parents. "How did you keep this from me? Did you know?"

"Your mother and I can still keep a secret son," he looked at the others. "You three have fun catching up with my son. I'm sure he has a million stories to tell you."

Artie's parents left the room. "Come here girl," Artie held his arms out to Tina. She jumped onto the bed next to him and hugged him.

"You're too skinny!" she realized feeling his ribs when she put her arms around him.

"Being in a coma will do that to you. Don't worry though. I'm eating like a champ now," Artie returned the hug.

"It's good to see you, Artie," Blaine leaned over to hug him.

"Same here," Sam took his turn. "Rachel, Santana, Sunshine, Sebastian, and Lindsey are all downstairs. We could only come up three at a time."

"Awesome! This is like the greatest surprise ever. Plus you came on a day when I got some big news," Artie announced.

"What is it?" Tina seemed anxious.

"They are going through with the experimental surgery. They are going to attempt to fix my spine. If they can I could possibly even walk again," his smile was so big. He was incredibly happy, but the others worried.

"What does that mean though? Are there possible bad outcomes?" Sam wondered.

"Every surgery has possibilities. Most likely if it doesn't work I just stay paralyzed like I am, they fix the damage from the hostage situation and I go back to Lima just the same. There's a small chance it could be worse, but no one is focusing on that."

"Define worse," Tina held his hand.

"There's a ten percent chance it could kill me, but we aren't thinking about that," Artie determined.

"Why aren't we thinking about that?" Tina jumped up from the bed. Her concern for her friend completely obvious. "Why would you put yourself in that kind of danger?"

"Because I could actually walk again!" Artie yelled to get her attention. "I appreciate your concern, Tina, but there is nothing in the world that I want more than to be able to walk again. Since I have to repeat my senior year I want to be able to walk through it."

"Is that a definite? That you won't graduate with us?" Sam asked.

"It's another month before the surgery and then at least two months of rehabilitation after that. There's no way I can make up all that work. I'll be a senior of 2014 instead of 2013. Maybe I can be captain next year."

"I'm sure we can arrange that," Blaine grinned at him.

"Yeah, well you just keep things going the way you did at Sectionals. That was one of the best competition performances I've ever seen. You need to knock out two more of those so you can win Nationals again," Artie instructed.

"You just get better so you can be there with us," Sam put his arm around Artie.

"You get to nationals and you can bet your sweet ass I'll be there cheering you on," Artie smiled.

-GLEE-

After everyone had their chance to visit with Artie, the entire crew walked through Central Park heading back towards NYADA.

"You're looking happier to be here now," Santana put her arm around Sam's shoulders.

"Seeing Artie doing better definitely helped. Plus I'm enjoying spending time with you and Rachel," Sam returned the favor and put his arm around her.

"Sorry to spring the billboard on you. I should have warned you," Santana apologized.

"It's really not a big deal. I guess it's something I need to get used to if I want to make it in this industry. I mean I should be happy about it but it is going to take some getting used to," Sam admitted.

"You really are too humble for your own good," Santana laughed before looking ahead of them and seeing the group stopped. They'd walked all the way through the park and were on the other side. "What's going on?"

"I don't know," Sam said as they ran to catch up to the others. When they got there they knew why they had stopped. They were at Radio City Music Hall, but on the back side. Lindsey broke down when she saw it as she had a flashback to being assaulted. Sebastian was comforting her but he himself had issues with being back there. It was as if the band-aid that held those old memories away had been ripped off and they flowed freely once again.

Sam looked over at Blaine who stood with his brother. He was in a daze remembering how they found Cooper and Will unconscious on the floor. Everyone seemed to have a negative reaction to the location, some were just more pronounced than others.

Rachel looked around at her friends and knew she had to do something. She walked over to Lindsey and held out her hand. "You'll never get passed it if you don't confront it."

"I don't think I can," Lindsey whispered.

"You have nationals here in the spring. Better to do it now than then. Take my hand," Rachel insisted.

Lindsey took her hand and the two girls walked across the street to the backstage area where Kurt and Artie were abducted and Lindsey was knocked unconscious. Brody, not understanding what was going on walked over to Sam and Santana.

"I don't understand," he admitted.

"This is where we were attacked at the end of the tour," Sam told him before walking over to be with Blaine.

"Brody, if you're going to date Rachel you need to understand that this is where her best friend was abducted before he was killed," Santana explained.

"By whom?" Brody asked.

"See the tall sexy piece of ass walking with the two Asians?" Santana pointed Sebastian out to him.

"Yeah, why is he upset?" Brody wondered.

"Because it was his father that attacked them," she continued.

Understanding the basic concept of what happened he and Santana crossed the street to join the others. Lindsey walked right up to the spot where she remembered talking to Kurt before she blacked out.

"This is it. This is where I was when it happened. The van was parked right there," she pointed to the spot in the loading dock where the van had sat. "I was talking to Kurt and then nothing."

"You were the last of us to see him alive," Rachel teared up. "Mr. Hummel said he got you and Artie out of danger. Then he suffered for it. I miss him."

"We all do Rach," Blaine called out. "We both didn't get to have closure with him before all of this. He's in a better place now I'm sure. He's probably been singing non-stop since being there."

"We could sing for him," Lindsey suggested.

"We could," Rachel smiled back.

(Haunted by Taylor Swift)

(performed by Rachel Berry and Lindsey Black)

RACHEL: You and I walk a fragile line. I have known it all this time, but I never thought I'd live to see it break.

LINDSEY: It's getting dark and it's all so quiet and I can't trust anything now, and it's coming over you like it's all a big mistake.

The rest of their friends began creating the background vocals and instruments with their voices.

RACHEL: Ohh, I'm holding my breath. Won't lose you again. Something's made your eyes go cold.

BOTH: Come on, come don't leave me like this. I thought I had you figured out.

RACHEL: Something's gone terribly wrong. You're all I wanted.

BOTH: Come on, come on don't leave me like this. I thought I had you figured out.

LINDSEY: Can't breathe whenever you're gone can't turn back now, I'm haunted.

Each of the others creates a semicircle around the two girls as their impromptu memorial for Kurt continues.

LINDSEY: Stood there and watched you walk away from everything we had, but I still mean every word I said to you.

RACHEL: He will try to take away my pain, and he just might make me smile, but the whole time I'm wishing he was you instead

Brody can't help but think the line Rachel sings is about him and that he is just a replacement best friend for Kurt.

LINDSEY: Ohh, I'm holding my breath. Won't see you again. Something keeps me holding on to nothing.

BOTH: Come on, come on, don't leave me like this. I thought I had you figured out.

LINDSEY: Something's gone terribly wrong. You're all I wanted.

BOTH: Come on, come on don't leave me like this. I thought I had you figured out.

RACHEL: Can't breathe whenever you're gone can't turn back now, I'm haunted. . . I know . . . I know . . . You're not gone. You can't be gone. No.

LINDSEY: (Rachel adlibs) Come on, come on don't leave me like this. I thought I had you figured out. Something's gone terribly wrong. Won't finish what you started.

BOTH: Come on, come on don't leave me like this I thought I had you figured out.

LINDSEY: Can't breathe whenever you're gone, can't go back now, I'm haunted.

Rachel reaches out to hold both of Lindsey's hands.

RACHEL: You and I walk a fragile line.

LINDSEY: I have known it all this time

RACHEL: Never ever thought I'd see it break.

LINDSEY: Never thought I'd see it.

-GLEE-

Blaine walked out of the bathroom he and Sam shared. He was surprised to see Sam sitting in just his pajama bottoms in the window seat staring out the window at the New York skyline. The glow of the city illuminated his body. Blaine had never thought of him any less beautiful than in that moment. He took off his t-shirt and walked over to him in just his pajama bottoms as well.

"The city is beautiful, isn't it?" Blaine began. "Hard to believe we'll be living here in less than a year."

"Yeah," Sam agreed.

It was then Blaine knew for sure that something was bothering his boyfriend. He sat across from him in the window seat.

"Are you going to talk to me eventually?" he asked. "I know something is bothering you but I don't want to pry. Did I do something?"

Sam made eye contact with him and smiled. "No, you are perfect."

He held out his hand and Blaine took it. Sam pulled him forward so that he was lying down between Sam's legs. His head rested on Sam's chest and Sam's arms went around him. They both stared out into the New York night together in silence for several minutes.

"Are you okay?" Blaine asked putting his hand over the hard muscular flesh over Sam's beating heart.

"I've just had a lot to think about lately, that's all," Sam explained.

"Is this about Sebastian having a crush on you?" Blaine wondered.

Sam looked at him in shock. "How do you know about that?"

Blaine smiled. "No offense, babe, but I'm a little more observant than you. I've been waiting a couple of months for him to finally admit that. I saw that coming back during the tour."

"Why didn't you say something to me? Are you upset?" he asked.

"No, I'm not because I know you and I know you'd never cheat on me. Plus I think Sebastian wants to have sex with you but I don't think he'd ever want to harm your friendship. In his own dark twisted way he does see you as his brother . . . that he wants to have sex with, which is weird, but it's Sebastian," Blaine explained.

Sam continued not to talk.

"There's more things on your mind than that though. What else is going on?" Blaine asked.

"Did Nick really try to seduce you?" Sam questioned.

"He did. The kid was drunk and so was I. It was the night he was dressed like you. I really had to keep my head on straight that night. He did a really good impression of you," Blaine continued. "What else is bothering you?"

"Nothing. Everything. I guess just the idea of thinking about the future has me on edge. That billboard freaked me out. Everything just feels so real. I like the safety of Lima. I like having so much time with you."

"We'll have plenty of time here together. If we both go to NYADA we can even room together," Blaine pointed out.

"How well did it work out for you and Kurt? Me and Mercedes? Tina and Mike? Brittany and Santana? Even Finn and Rachel and they were going to get married!" Sam reminded him.

"But we're different, baby. We aren't leaving each other. We're going to the same college," Blaine tried to calm Sam down.

"Blaine, I know you're dead set on going to NYADA, but I'm not. I applied to four other schools." Sam admitted.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Sam could hear the hurt in Blaine's voice. Sam held him tighter to him.

"Because I didn't want you to automatically assume the worst. I love you and want to be with you always. I'm just not sure NYADA is right for me and want to explore my options. Two of the schools are here in New York so we'd still be together every day," Sam explained.

"Which ones?"

"NYU Tisch School of the Arts and The Actors Studio Drama School," Sam answered.

"Where are the others?" Blaine wanted to know.

"Well I wanted to apply for Yale's Acting School, but I'm pretty sure I don't have the grades to get in even though they've gone up since you've been tutoring me. Plus there's the whole Quinn thing and I don't need that headache. But I applied to the UCLA School of Theater where Mercedes is going and I applied to the school Finn, Mike, and Puck are attending."

"Why do you want to go there?" Blaine continued to be hurt.

"Because I could have a chance at spending time with Stevie and Stacey," Sam confessed. "I really miss them a lot. If I went to school in Chicago I could probably work out a way to see them somehow."

Blaine hadn't even thought about that. He felt bad for forgetting about Sam's little brother and sister. He knew how much Sam missed them.

"I know that would be important to you," Blaine accepted.

"Yeah, but it would be hard to be anywhere without you. I don't want to have to make that choice," Sam said. Blaine looked and saw that he fought back tears in his eyes.

"Hey, Sam, I'm not going anywhere. I love you and if you decide to go somewhere other than New York we will make it work. I promise," Blaine turned around and wrapped his arms and legs around Sam's body so he could hold him close.

"Promise?" Sam whispered.

"Promise."

-GLEE-

The next morning at 8:00 there was a knock on the door to Cooper's hotel room. Cooper opened the door to see Ella Stone and a photographer and his assistants with her.

"Mr. Anderson, it is so good to see you. Are the boys up and adam this morning? We want to get this photo shoot out of the way so it doesn't interfere with their preview day," Ella walked in with her entourage and took over Cooper's apartment.

"We're up," Sam's voice came through the bedroom door. "Are we dressed okay? You said just khakis and a white crew neck t-shirt."

"You look perfect boys. Come over and let me introduce you to everyone," Ella said as she introduced Sam and Blaine to the hair and makeup people as well as the photographer.

"You weren't kidding, Ella. These boys are beautiful. They will make a perfect poster for our No H8 campaign. Do you think we can get Sam to take off his shirt?"

Sam was about to agree but Ella stopped him. "No, he will not. He's still a minor and under my protection."

Sam really appreciated how she came to his defense. It made him believe her when she said she was on his side.

"Chill out, Ella. I just want to see those guns of his in the poster," the photographer pointed out.

"I have a sleeveless crew neck in my bag," Sam suggested.

"Perfect," Ella smiled.

-GLEE-

"So what will we have missed?" Sam said as he and Blaine walked into the front doors of NYADA heading towards the second floor plaza where Rachel told them to meet her.

"Just the orientation about how to audition. We don't need that because I'm already in and your audition is a formality. They also told them that the faculty members would be around just watching all weekend as we interact with the current students to see what kind of talents we have," Blaine explained.

"So we just have most of the day to explore and have fun?" Sam realized.

"That sounds about right," Blaine said quickly kissing Sam on the lips and taking his hand as they walked out onto the plaza where Rachel and the others were sitting on and around a table.

"It's about time you two got here," Sunshine greeted them. "How was the photo shoot?"

"Great," Sam answered.

"It was better than great! Sam was amazing," Blaine pulled out his phone. "Here take a look at some of the proofs they let me have."

"Blaine was great too. It was fun doing it together," Sam added.

The girls and Sebastian all looked at the pictures.

"These are really hot!" Rachel said smiling at Sam.

"Thank you," he said.

"Don't be shy, Sam. They really do look great," Sebastian added on.

"Okay, okay, enough with the pictures," Sam insisted as he blushed. "I want to get a look around this place. I've heard Blaine talk about it a million times, and I want to check it out."

"Well you don't want to leave yet," Brody put his arm on Sam's shoulder to lean on him a bit. "The Riff-Off is about to start."

"Like in Pitch Perfect?" Tina got really excited. "I've seen that movie ten times."

"It's exactly like that movie," Rachel explained. "Our students use it to test improv and singing skills and then we incorporate dance into it as well."

Before she could say anymore a group of NYADA students began performing a medley of Summer songs that everyone recognized.

"You guys should compete," Brody told Sam and Blaine. "Rachel's told me about you guys and she's made me watch your tour a million times. Your crew here has skills you could do well."

"Will you and Rachel show us how to do it?" Blaine asked.

"I think we can handle that," Rachel accepted the challenge. She turned to Santana. "Will the soap opera star be joining us?"

"Count me in, Berry," Santana agreed.

Brody and Rachel seemed very excited to have them compete. They made sure all the McKinley kids knew the rules and how it worked. When the first group finished, Brody called out their leader.

"Hey, Bill!" he screamed out. "You should let some of these potentials try to riff on you guys. Rachel and I will sponsor them. Just spout off some rules for us."

"So the newbies want to challenge, huh? Fine. Rules are it has to be a medley of songs by the same artist, mash up style. Think you can handle it?"

Brody turned toward them.

"You guys up for it?" he asked.

"Let's do this," Blaine began a beat and the girls followed in with chime noises. Sam whispered Bruno Mars to the others and they took their cue. Everyone helped out with the beat and the NYADA students and potentials obviously liked what they heard or gathered around to hear more.

(Bruno Mars Medley by Victoria Justice and Max Schneider)

(performed by Brody Weston, Rachel Berry, Blaine Anderson, Santana Lopez, Sebastian Smythe, Sunshine Corozon, Sam Evans, Tina Cohen-Chang, and Lindsey Black)

BRODY: Her eyes, her eyes make the stars look like they're not shining. Her hair, her hair falls perfectly without her trying. She's so beautiful and I tell her every day. I think I want to marry you.

Brody is looking directly at Rachel as he sings. She takes his hand and continues the song.

RACHEL: His lips, his lips, I could kiss them all day if he let me. His laugh, his laugh, he hates it but I think it's so sexy, he's so beautiful and I tell him every day. I think I want to marry you.

Blaine breaks through and joins the medley with a different song.

BLAINE: Beautiful girls all over the world, I could be chasing but my time would be wasting.

SANTANA: Ain't got nothing on you baby. Nothing on you, baby.

Sebastian and Sunshine get up on the table and continue.

SEBASTIAN: I'd catch a grenade for you.

SUNSHINE: This one's for you and me.

SEBASTIAN: I'd throw my hand on a blade for ya.

SUNSHINE: We're living out our dreams.

SEBASTIAN: I jump in front of a train for ya.

SUNSHINE: Lift my arms open wide

SEBASTIAN: You know I'd do anything for ya.

SUNSHINE: I open my eyes.

SEBASTIAN: Oh oh oh, I would go through all this pain

SUNSHINE: Take a bullet straight through my brain.

Sunshine/Sebastian: You walk away. Every day it will rain, rain, rain.

Everyone circles around and Tina, Sam and Lindsey take the reins.

TINA: Today I swear I'm not doing anything.

SAM: I want to be a billionaire.

LINDSEY: I just want to lay in my bed.

SAM: So freakin' bad.

TINA: Don't feel like picking up my phone so leave a message at the tone cause today I swear I'm not doing anything.

SAM: So what we go out. So what we go to sleep? We're just having fun, we don't' care who sees.

LINDSEY: So what we go out? That's how it's supposed to be. Living young and wild and free.

Blaine walks up to Sam and sings.

BLAINE: When I see your face there's not a thing that I would change

SANTANA: Cause you're amazing just the way you are.

Brody and Rachel take back control.

BRODY: I think I want to marry you.

RACHEL: And when you smile the whole world stops and stares for a while

BRODY: Cause you're amazing just the way you are.

RACHEL: I think I want to marry you.

BRODY: Cause you're amazing . . .

ALL: . . . just the way you are.

The leader of the NYADA group smiled at the potential new Freshmen. "You found some kids with skills Brody. You should bring them to Call Backs tonight."

"What's Call Backs?" Lindsey questioned.

"It's this dive bar that is the karaoke hang out for all the Arts students in the area," Santana answered. "Total sketch, but pretty cool place to hang out."

"Mr. Evans, it's good to see you again."

Sam turned around to see Carmen Tibideaux standing there. "I wondered when you and Mr. Anderson would arrive. I heard about your photo shoot this morning. Did that go well?"

"Yes ma'am it did," Sam told her.

"Good, since you missed orientation perhaps you and your boyfriend would grace us with a song at the beginning of the showcase tomorrow afternoon. I'll thank you in advance."

She didn't wait for an answer and walked back into the building.

"Dude, I was a sophomore before she ever talked to me on campus. How does she already know your name?" Brody asked.

"What are we going to do?" Sam ignored Brody and asked Blaine the question.

"We sing. And I have the perfect song," Blaine smiled.

-GLEE-

The rest of the afternoon was fairly uneventful. Rachel and Brody took them to their favorite restaurant near NYADA for dinner and then they headed off to the piano bar called Call Backs. The tables only sat four so the group had to split up. Sam held on to Blaine's hand like a lost puppy. He didn't like the way people were looking at him in here. He knew it was probably just because they recognized him from the billboard but some of them looked at him like a piece of meat and he had to admit it scared him a little.

"Can we sit in a corner or something?" Sam asked.

"You okay, boo?" Santana saw the look of concern on his handsome face.

"There are just some people in here staring at me funny and it's giving me the creeps," Sam confessed.

"Then we'll take that one," Blaine pointed to the one behind where Brody and Rachel started to sit down with Tina and Sunshine. They went over but there were only four stools around the table. Sam sat closest to the wall and Blaine sat next to him. Santana seeing they were short a stool stole one from the booth next to them and slipped in on Sam's other side then Sebastian next to her and then Lindsey nearest the stage.

They watched as some student from the Tisch School got up and began singing. Santana was the first to speak up.

"So Lindsey, have you figured out your Warbler problem yet?" she asked.

"What?" asked Sebastian.

"Huh?" Blaine reacted.

"Thanks a lot Santana," Lindsey rolled her eyes. "I told you that in confidence."

"Well, I couldn't come up with an answer for you so I figured these three could," she referenced the three boys sitting with them at the table.

"What's going on, Lindsey?" Blaine asked.

"The two other Warblers asked her out on the same night," Santana answered for her as she finished her first drink.

"Really?" Sebastian took a gulp of his drink. "Lucky bitch."

She slapped his arm but couldn't resist laughing at the same time.

"Why did you pick Jeff?" Sam wondered.

"Because he asked first," she explained. "I wanted to get to know him better and at that point I didn't know Duval was interested in me at all. That was a surprise."

"But you like him too then?" Blaine assumed.

"They're both amazing guys and yes it is hard to pick. I just don't want to be the reason their friendship gets messed up."

"You can't worry about that," Sebastian told her. "You have to do what is best for you. Obviously you picked Jeff first so I think you owe it to him to see where it goes. If it doesn't work out and you're not feeling it you should call it off. Don't string him along. Jeff is a good guy he'll respect that, and he won't be upset with you dating Duval then because you were honest."

"Do you agree?" Lindsey asked Blaine.

"That you should be honest? Yes. That he won't get upset? That I don't know. But I think you know what you should do, Lindsey, I think you just want us to confirm for it."

"You should tell them," Sam interjected.

"What do you mean? She asked.

"I mean you should tell them that they both approached you. That takes the steam off of you and let's them handle the situation. You should be honest from the beginning not just after you make a decision. Don't take away people's decisions from them. You should let them know what is going on in your head," Sam told her.

Before she responded, Sebastian spoke up.

"Was that directed at her or at me?" he questioned Sam.

"It was directed at her, but if you find some truth in it so be it," Sam sounded harsh to everyone at the table.

"Fine, here's your truth. I'm pretty fucked up in the head right now and don't know how to react to the things that I'm thinking about. But I'm not talking about this here. If you want to talk about it when we leave fine, but I don't feel like spilling my heart out to everyone. You should bring Blaine to so he can make sure I don't do anything inappropriate."

Sebastian stood up from the table and slammed the stool down before walking quickly away towards the bathroom.

"I should go check on him," Sam realized.

"No, you shouldn't," Blaine told him. "What you just said really hurt his feelings. I know that's not what you meant to do but it's what happened. I'll go."

Blaine walked to the bathroom, opened the door and found Sebastian standing in front of the mirror trying to control himself.

"Blaine, I swear to God if you come in here trying to calm me down right now, I'm going to do something stupid just to piss Sam off," Sebastian yelled.

"I didn't come in here because of Sam. I came in here because you're my friend and I know you're upset. I also know when you get angry you tend to make bad decisions," Blaine reminded him.

"What you really want to say is that when I get mad I revert back to old Sebastian," he corrected.

"Maybe so," Blaine admitted. "But what's wrong with that? I wasn't friends with him. I'm friends with you."

"You don't have to be so nice to me. You know why Sam is pissed at me," Sebastian reminded him.

"Because you want him naked and under you. Maybe I need to remind you that I really should be the one pissed at you, but I actually trust you enough to know that you would never do anything to act on those emotions because our friendship and your friendship with Sam is too important to you," Blaine explained. "I'm guessing that you just need something to distract you until you can get back home to Nick. Remember him?"

"Yes, I do, but a distraction isn't the right word to use because I'm horny, Blaine. Incredibly horny! And a distraction would cause me to do something I shouldn't do. So unless you and Sam want to take me home, tie me up and use me as your sex toy for the night, I really need you to not talk about distractions right now," Sebastian realized that he'd gotten up in Blaine's personal space as he said this. He also heard the shortness of breath coming from Blaine. "Did that idea turn you on, Blaine?"

Blaine didn't say anything.

"Is having a three way on your sexual bucket list because I'm willing," still Blaine didn't give Sebastian an answer. "Maybe I should go back to old Sebastian for a night and just have some hot sexual fun and not worry about repercussions."

"What about Nick?" Blaine reminded him.

"You mean my boyfriend that's been having his own extracurricular fun for the past two weeks and hasn't told me?" Sebastian revealed. "I've got an idea, and in case you're wondering this is old Sebastian talking at the moment, you can either invite me back with you and Sam or I'm going to seduce the next guy that walks through that door and go home with him."

"That's dangerous, Sebastian. You have no idea who they are. They could hurt you," Blaine warned.

The door to the bathroom opened and Brody walked through it. "Hey guys, Rachel got worried and sent me in here to check on you. Everything okay?"

"Perfect actually," Sebastian smiled. He turned his head to Blaine and winked. "I'm all of a sudden feeling really good about the evening. If you guys will excuse me I'm going to flirt with the bartender and get drunk now."

He walked out the door and Brody turned to Blaine.

"What's up with him?" he asked.

"He's throwing up walls because he's hurt. Just do me a favor, Brody, stay by Rachel's side and don't listen to a thing he says. He's pissed, he's hurt, and he's horny and you are incredibly hot so that makes you a target. Got it?"

"You think he's going to try and seduce me?" Brody almost laughed at the thought.

"Don't discredit him. Sebastian rarely takes no for an answer. Just promise me you'll stay close to Rachel. He won't do anything in front of her. He's sneakier than that," Blaine explained.

Blaine left the bathroom leaving Brody there to contemplate what he'd just said. He walked back into the bar and returned to his seat next to Sam.

"Where is Sebastian?" Blaine wondered.

"I'm pretty sure he's getting that bartender's phone number," Lindsey pointed over to the bar. "What did you say to him in there? He came out flirting up a storm."

"He's trying to act like nothing bothers him. A typical Sebastian response to getting upset," Blaine quipped.

"I've never seen him like this," Lindsey told him.

"He's not talking about our Sebastian," Sam realized and turned to Blaine. "Is he really so pissed at me that he's going to revert back to evil spawn Sebastian just to get back at me?"

"Yeah, he's upset," Blaine whispered into Sam's ear so the girls couldn't hear him. "Nick is cheating on him. He found out right before we left for New York."

"Self-destructive mode?" Sam assumed.

Before Blaine could answer Sebastian returned to the table having finished one beverage and working on his second rum and coke.

"Santana, Lindsey, get your sexy asses up on that stage with me. I found the perfect song to sing how I feel tonight."

"Well alright then," Lindsey winked at him.

"Are you okay, Seb?" Santana asked as she got up. She remembered their conversation from the day before and the change in attitude was a little more than obvious to her.

"Perfect. Never felt more like myself," he directed his statement to Sam instead of her.

Sebastian nodded to the piano player and band and the music began.

(Dark Side by Kelly Clarkson)

(performed by Sebastian Smythe)

SEBASTIAN: There's a place that I know. It's not pretty there and few have ever gone. If I show it to you now will it make you run away? Or will you stay even if it hurts? Even if I try to push you out will you return and remind me who I really am. Please remind me who I really am.

Sebastian stared down Sam and Blaine as the girls joined him for the chorus.

SEBASTIAN: Everybody's got a dark side. Do you love me? Can you love mine? Nobody's a picture perfect, but we're worth it, you know that we're worth it. Will you love me even with my dark side?

His eyes turned and stared into Brody's.

SEBASTIAN: Like a diamond from black dust. It's hard to know I can become if you give up. So don't give up on me. Please remind me who I really am.

Sebastian all of a sudden began to rock out on stage and completely perform the song.

SEBASTIAN: Everybody's got a dark side. Do you love me? Can you love mine? Nobody's a picture perfect, but we're worth it, you know that we're worth it. Will you love me even with my dark side?

Sam noticed that Sebastian's eyes didn't match the strong performance he was giving. As the boy looked into his eyes he saw them pleading with him. He didn't know what it meant.

SEBASTIAN: Don't run away, don't run away just tell me that you will stay. Promise that you will stay. Yeaah yeahh. Don't run away, don't run away. Just promise me you will stay, promise me you will stay. Will you love me? Oohhhhh

And just like that his walls were back up and Sam only saw the old Sebastian that he was never friends with.

SEBASTIAN: Everybody's got a dark side. Do you love me? Can you love mine? Nobody's a picture perfect, but we're worth it. You know that we're worth it. Will you love me even with my dark side? Don't run away, don't run away. Don't run away, promise you'll stay.

Everyone in the bar applauded and Sebastian reveled in the attention he received. He loved it.

An hour later everyone had their turns singing and everyone had a great night, but it was time to go. They had an early morning at NYADA and everyone wanted to make a good impression.

"Is everyone ready to go?" Blaine asked.

"Sebastian is still in the bathroom," Sunshine reminded him.

"With all the alcohol he consumed I'm not surprised," Santana rolled her eyes.

"I'll go get him," Sam told everyone.

"Hey, Sam, check and see if Brody is in there. I don't know where he went," Rachel asked.

"Sure thing," Sam agreed as he walked towards the bathroom.

Blaine's head spinned in circles. Sebastian AND Brody were missing. He couldn't have? He wouldn't have, would he?

Everyone walked outside of Call Backs for the boys. When Sam exited alone they all seemed confused.

"Where is Sebastian?" Lindsey asked.

"Brody?' Rachel wondered.

"It was empty. I don't know where they are," Sam informed them.

Blaine got a deep pit in his stomach. He hadn't told Sam about Sebastian's ultimatum. Surely, Sebastian wouldn't go after Rachel's boyfriend. If he did, and Sam and Rachel knew that he knew Sebastian's plan, how would they react.

"Wait, I have a text from Brody," Rachel told everyone. "It says that Sebastian was throwing up in the bathroom from drinking too much so he took him to his dorm room to sleep it off. Isn't that so sweet of him?"

Rachel gushed at how chivalrous she thought her boyfriend was.

Blaine knew nothing good could come from this. He didn't know what to do.