Blood in the Water Chapter 8: A New Year, a glee fanfic

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Chapter 8: A New Year

Sebastian was waiting by the door when, two hours later, the cousins all arrived back at Dalton, suitcases in hand. "So, how was Lima?" He asked, following them up the stairs to the dorm.

"Lima was great!" Jeff said enthusiastically, struggling to balance the heavy luggage he was holding. "How was your break here?"

Sebastian shrugged. "It was okay. I mainly stayed in my dorm and practiced for my Warblers' audition. Trent, Thad, and I did go bowling one night, which was fun. You all were right, they're great guys."

"They're Warblers, what do you expect?" David said, shrugging.

Kurt huffed, placing his heavy suitcase down in front of the dorm room door. "Let's put our suitcases in our rooms. I'm hungry, and I want to go get lunch."

Nodding, the cousins peeled off from each other, leaving Sebastian in the hallway, and dropped their bags in the center of their dorm rooms, before regrouping in the hallway with Sebastian, and heading downstairs to the dining hall.

"What do we want to do for the rest of the day?" Sebastian asked, as they sat down at their usual table, after grabbing their cups of blood.

David took a sip from his cup, before turning to the other vampire. "How about you practice your audition for us? None of us have heard you sing."

"That's a great idea." Jeff said grinning. "I'm sure you're amazing." He complemented Sebastian.

Sebastian blushed. "Thank you, but I'm nowhere near as good as the rest of you."

"You'll never know until you sing for us." Blaine said shrugging, before turning to Kurt. "You've been quiet." He murmured. "Is everything okay?"

Kurt smiled gently at him. "I'm fine, I promise. I'm just thinking."

Nodding, Blaine turned back to the conversation with the rest of the table, leaving Kurt alone with his thoughts. He knew he would wait for his mate, whether or not he met them at sixteen or one-hundred and sixteen, that much was true. But, what if his mate was upset he had no experience? What if they wanted someone who knew what they were doing, and were unhappy with Kurt as a result? Looking across the dining hall, Kurt's eyes alighted on a vampire with short blonde hair and blue eyes, who was laughing and talking with his friends. He knew his name was Chandler, he was in a couple of his classes, and was a nice enough guy, from the few times Kurt had talked to him. And there was nothing wrong with flirting, right?

"Kurt! Kurt!" A voice called, breaking him out of his thoughts.

Kurt turned to Wes, who had been calling his name. "Yes Wes?" He questioned.

"We've been calling your name for a minute." Wes told him.

Kurt blushed. "Sorry, I guess I was just lost in my thoughts. What do you want?"

"We're going to go to the common room, to listen to Sebastian sing." Wes told him.

Kurt nodded, standing up and following his cousins and Sebastian out of the dining hall, throwing out his cup as they went. The seven vampires headed down the hallway in silence, each lost in their own thoughts. Ducking into the common room, the six cousins took their spots around the room, as Sebastian went to the center of the room, and sung.

Darling, you might think it's too soon
But I can't get you out of my head now
Picturing myself in your room
And I wanna be with you 'til I'm dead now

I want your friends to be my friends
I'll make you breakfast in your bed
I want it all with you
And if I'm coming on too strong
It's 'cause I've waited far too long
For someone just like you

I want a key to your house
I wanna pick up your clothes
I wanna clean up your mess
I wanna know where you hide things
Wanna be in your photos
Wanna share your address
I know, I know it's too soon, too fast
But this could last
I wanna share your address
I know, I know it, it feels like love
So let's shack up
I wanna share your address

I just wanna stare at your face
And spend quality time with your mother
We can over-drink at your favorite place
And we can waste the whole next day to recover

I wanna watch you while you sleep
I know I might sound like a creep
But I can't help myself
And it's so easy to forget
That we have barely even met
But I want no one else (I want no one else)

I wanna be your emergency contact
You can put me down
'Cause you know I know you best (I know you best)
It doesn't matter where I go
Without you, I'll never be home
I wanna share your address
I wanna be your emergency contact
You can put me down
'Cause you know I know you best (I know you best)
It doesn't matter where I go
Without you, I'll never be home
I wanna share your address

As soon as the last note died out, all six vampires shot out of their seats, clapping hard, as Sebastian blushed and took a bow.

"That was amazing, Seb!" Blaine exclaimed, as soon as Sebastian sat down. "You'll surely get into the Warblers."

David nodded. "Ms. Ferguson would be stupid not to let you in."

"I guess you'll just have more competition for solos." Sebastian teased.

Kurt grinned. "Bring it, Smythe."

"I just thought of something." Jeff exclaimed, shooting up.

Nick looked at him quizzically. "What's going on Jeff?"

"We haven't given Sebastian our Christmas presents." Jeff said, bouncing up and down on the balls of his feet.

Kurt nodded, turning to Sebastian. "We all got you Christmas presents when we were in Lima. We ended up driving to Westerville, and going to the mall there, so Blaine and I wouldn't be recognized. We felt bad that you were stuck here for the entirety of Christmas break, by yourself."

"Thanks guys." Sebastian said, tears filling his eyes. "That's the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me."

Jeff wrapped his arm around Sebastian's shoulder, steering him towards the stairs. "You're our friend now, Sebastian. And if there's anything you can learn about us, it's that we always take care of our friends."

Grinning, Kurt met Blaine's eyes, before jogging after Jeff, who was steering Sebastian up the stairs and towards the dorms, eager to present the presents to his friend.

The next day...

"I'm going to talk to him." Kurt finally said, breaking the silence.

Blaine looked up from where he was working on homework, as the two best friends sat in the library, brow furrowed in confusion. "Talk to who?" He asked.

"Chandler." Kurt told him, gesturing across the library to where said boy was studying with his friends.

Blaine's eyes followed to where Kurt was pointing, confusion still on his face. "Why? Are you partners in a project?"

"Nope." Kurt shook his head. "I'm going to ask him out on a date."

Blaine's head whipped around so fast, Kurt thought his neck might break. "What? You can't do that Kurt!" He exclaimed. "You're supposed to wait till you turn sixteen and find your mate."

Kurt crossed his arms, scowling at Blaine. "I never said I would kiss him, or do anything sexual. I just want experience Blaine. I don't want to seem like a baby penguin when I finally meet my mate. What if he doesn't want me, because of that?"

"No one is going to think that, Kurt." Blaine said softly.

Kurt glared at him. "You don't know that. I thought off all people, you would understand me. Especially with what happened last summer."

"You don't get to use that against me, Kurt." Blaine exploded. By this time, people had began looking over at them, and Ms. Adams, the librarian, was glaring at them, obviously upset with the disturbance in her library. "I can't believe you, of all people, would use that against me."

Kurt jumped up, quickly shoving his books into his bag, before turning to Blaine, anger on his face. "Talk to me when you stop being so ridiculous." He told him, before storming out of the library.

Blaine fell back into his seat, running his hand over his face. "What did I get myself into?" He thought. He and Kurt hadn't fought since the summer before. Internally, Blaine knew his outburst had nothing to do with him not wanting Kurt to break tradition, and date before he was sixteen, although admittedly, that was part of it. He knew there was no way he could stand watching Kurt flirt and date someone else, who wasn't him, at least not until he finally learned whether or not they were mates, though the chances were very low.

Knowing he would not be able to study anymore with this on his mind, Blaine gathered his books into his bag and exited the library, much to the relief of the librarian.

Kurt stormed upstairs, the stony look on his face causing all of the students he passed, to dart out of the way, not wanting to get in the way of his rage. "How dare he tell me whether or not I can date." Kurt seethed. "He was saying the same thing last summer. Why is it okay for him to do it, but not me?"

He made his way to his dorm room, pulling the door open and throwing his bag down on his bed, causing Jeff, who was sitting at his desk studying, to look up in shock.

"What happened to you?" Jeff asked his roommate, noticing the look on Kurt's face.

Kurt groaned, collapsing into his bed next to his bag. "Blaine happened."

"What's going on with you two?" Jeff asked, turning to face him.

Kurt sighed, sitting up to look at his best friend. "We were in the library studying, and I told Blaine that I wanted to ask this kid, Chandler, out on a date. He was shocked, and told me that I shouldn't date before I was sixteen and found my mate. I told him I didn't want to wait till I was sixteen, to have some experience, because what if my mate doesn't want me? And then he just exploded at me, told me about how wrong that was. I accused him of being hypocritical, since he had done the same thing last summer. He got mad at me about that too, and we fought and I stormed off."

"There are several things I want to tell you, Kurt." Jeff told him. "But I'm going to grab Nick. I would grab Wes and David too, but I have a feeling Blaine is ranting to them, just like you are ranting to me."

Standing up, Jeff exited their dorm room, heading down the hallway towards Nick's dorm room, where he knew the other vampire would be. Sighing, Jeff thought back to Kurt in the dorm room. He knew the real reason Blaine was angry at Kurt. Sure, he was upset that Kurt used what happened last summer against him, Jeff certainly would have been. But he was also mad because he was in love with Kurt, and there was no way Blaine would be able to watch Kurt flirt with someone else.

Poking his head into the door, Jeff smiled, seeing Nick sitting at his own desk, Blaine nowhere in sight. "Hey Nick!" He called, causing the other boy to look up. "Can you come here for a second?"

"Sure, Jeff." Nick agreed, setting his pencil down and walking over to the door. "What do you want?"

Jeff sighed. "Blaine and Kurt had a fight. Do you want to help me pull Kurt's head out of his ass, while I'm sure Wes and David are doing the same thing with Blaine."

"Sure," Nick agreed, as they headed down the hallway. "What happened?"

"Kurt wanted to go on a date with another vampire, cause he thinks his mate will want him to have experience." Jeff explained. "Blaine got mad when Kurt told him, and Kurt used what happened last summer against him. Now they're fighting."

The two boys arrived back at Jeff and Kurt's dorm room, and headed inside to find Kurt sitting right where Jeff had left him.

"Jeff told me what happened." Nick informed Kurt, as the two boys sat down on either side of him. "Do you want to talk about it?"

Kurt sighed. "I just can't believe him. He's not in control of what I do, and then he has the audacity to be hypocritical."

"I understand your point Kurt." Jeff told him. "But look at this from Blaine's perspective too. You were hypocritical as well. You had the same reaction to him last year. And you know what happened last year, it was pretty mean to throw that back at him."

Kurt stared down at his hands for what seemed like forever, before finally looking up into Jeff and Nick's eyes. "I was a dick, wasn't I?"

"Pretty much." Jeff said chuckling. "You should probably talk to him. You two mean too much to each other to stop talking over this."

Nick nodded. "But you should probably wait till tomorrow to talk to him. You both need the night to cool off."

"Thanks guys." Kurt said, smiling at them. "I'll let you go back to your homework."

The three of them got off the bed, and went back to their desks, while unbeknownst to them, three other vampires were having a very similar conversation, farther down the hallway.

Blaine marched up the stairs, glancing towards Jeff and Kurt's dorm room, knowing that Jeff and Nick were probably talking to Kurt, leaving one other place he could go. Pushing open the door to Wes and David's dorm room, he collapsed onto Wes' bed, causing both boys to look over.

"Are you okay Blaine?" David asked, concerned.

Blaine shook his head. "No, I'm not. I'm angry."

"What happened?" Wes asked, confused.

Blaine sighed, sitting up to face his two cousins. "Kurt and I were in the library studying, when he told me he wanted to ask this one vampire in our grade out on a date. I freaked out at him, since we aren't supposed to date before we meet our mate. He got mad at me for being hypocritical and used what happened last summer against me. Now we're fighting. I just can't see why Kurt would use that against me."

"You're hopeless, you know that Blaine." David told him, as he and Wes came to sit next to Blaine on the bed. "You were both hypocritical though."

Wes nodded in agreement. "I agree that Kurt shouldn't have used what happened last summer against you. You were struggling last summer, when you thought that the only way to make things better was to date someone, and Kurt was mad at you for much the same reasons you are mad at him now. You both are being hypocritical now."

"You're right." Blaine said, sighing. "I should probably go talk to him."

He went to stand up, but David held out his hand, stopping him. "While I agree you should go talk to Kurt, I think you should wait until tomorrow, so you both have time to cool off."

"Thanks guys." Blaine said, nodding. "I'm going to let you do your homework." He told them, standing up and leaving the dorm room.

The next day...

The following morning, Kurt stood outside Blaine and Nick's dorm room door, hand posied to knock, but unsure how to bring himself to do so. Luckily, he was saved from bringing himself to do it by Nick, who walked out of the room, jumping back at the sight of Kurt standing in front of the dorm room.

"Let me guess, you're here to talk to Blaine, aren't you?" Nick asked, once he had recovered from his shock.

Kurt nodded. "Is he in there?"

"He's working on homework." Nick told him. "He really does want to see you Kurt. I could see it in his eyes, when he came back from talking to Wes and David last night."

Ducking around Nick, and leaving his cousin to go find Jeff, Kurt entered the dorm room, causing Blaine to look up from his desk. Both vampires stood there for the longest time, neither one sure what to say.

Finally, Kurt broke the silence. "I'm sorry," he admitted, coming to sit on the bed. "I shouldn't have used what happened last summer against you. It was hypocritical and I was a dick, and for that, I'm sorry. Nick and Jeff helped me realize that, and pull my head out of my ass."

"We were both hypocritical." Blaine said, chuckling. "And I'm sorry too, for yelling at you. You can do what you want, I'm not in control of you. So if you want to ask this Chandler out on a date, I won't stop you."

Kurt shook his head. "No, you were right. I really should wait until I'm sixteen. Are we good?" He asked, looking up to meet Blaine's eyes.

"We are." Blaine said grinning, pulling Kurt into a hug. "Now come on," he said, linking arms with Kurt and pulling him up off the bed. "Let's go assure our cousins that we haven't killed each other."

The next day...

"You two are back to normal." Wes joked the next day, as the six cousins and Sebastian walked down the hallway, heading towards Warblers Hall for Sebastian's audition. "You aren't killing each other anymore."

Sebastian looked at them, confused. "Why? What happened?"

"Don't worry about it." Blaine said, waving it off. "Kurt and I just had an argument. We're fine now."

The seven vampires arrived at Warblers Hall, leaving Sebastian out in the hallway, taking their normal seats on the couch.

"Okay," Ms. Ferguson said, once everyone was seated. "Our first audition is going to be Sebastian Smythe. Ethan," she said, addressing the Warbler who was closest to the door. "Can you let Sebastian in?"

Ethan nodded, opening the door and sticking his head out to talk to Sebastian, who came through the door a few seconds later. He smiled at the cousins as he made his way up to the front, meeting the eyes of a grinning Jeff and a smiling Blaine, who flashed him a thumbs up.

"Whenever you're ready, Sebastian." Ms. Ferguson said, smiling at him.

Sebastian nodded, opened his mouth, and sang.

Darling, you might think it's too soon
But I can't get you out of my head now
Picturing myself in your room
And I wanna be with you 'til I'm dead now

I just wanna stare at your face
And spend quality time with your mother
We can over-drink at your favorite place
And we can waste the whole next day to recover

As soon as the last notes died out, all the Warblers jumped to their feet, clapping hard. Kurt met Sebastian's eyes through the throng of Warblers, mouthing "Good job!" to him.

"Okay, okay." Ms. Ferguson said, laughing. "Settle down. All in favor of Sebastian joining the Warblers?"

The decision was unanimous, all of the Warblers' hands shooting into the air.

"Well, I think the decision is obvious." Ms. Ferguson said smiling. "Sebastian, welcome to the Warblers."

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