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
Everybody's got a dark side
Blaine closed his blazer. It fits perfectly as always. That's when it hit him: he was back. Back where he belonged, back with his friends, back to his family.
He quickly turned around and looked at the boys surrounding him. Most of them were looking at him expectantly.
When he started to move around the room Nick, Jeff, Trend, and Richard followed him right away, all the four of them with a smile fixed on their faces.
He moved near the sofa and the others Warbler gave him a hand to shake or just a gun finger and a high five.
But then they moved away. He was left on his own between the two little sofas. Instantly Blaine started walking near the line they previously formed.
Doing so he met Sebastian who was walking towards him with his smug smirk on his face. Blaine avoided him by walking to his left but stopped at the door.
He could just walk past that corridor and leave them behind, but he didn't. He turned around. He chose to stay and sing with them.
Now he has all the Warblers in front of him in their famous diamond shape with Sebastian leading them into the dance.
They only stopped when Blaine walked through them with his arms open. He was surprised that they still followed his movements, but then again they knew him better than everybody else.
He continued to sing and move with them until Hunter stood up from his armchair.
The new Capitan with a simple movement of his hand made the other step away from Blaine.
Now Blaine found himself looking straight to Hunter's tempting gaze. He slowly walked through the two lines and placed himself on the only free spot.
That wasn't just a space it was his space. He finally gave in to all the energy and the passion he tried to stop from showing.
He sang and danced like he used to. For the first time since he moved to McKinley, he could state that he was where he belonged.
The song captured him until the end when he became aware of his actions.
He knew he shouldn't have done this. He shouldn't have given in to them that easily.
He opened his blazer and turned to see Hunter surrounded by all the other boys.
"What I tell you... Flawless" spoke up Sebastian
Blaine took off his blazer and tried to give it back to Hunter. "Keep it, it's already yours. I think it's time you came back where you belong, Blaine Warbler"
Blaine couldn't focus on the lesson with the Dalton Blazer carefully hidden in his bag.
Once a warbler, always a warbler
Those words were the only ones that he had on his mind since he came back from Dalton. He knew it wasn't just a great slogan but it was the truth.
The members of the Warblers were united by a strong bond. It wasn't just the performance or the winning, it was the company that mattered. When he or another member of the group was in need all of them would try to help him out in some way. He missed that complicity and that complete trust between them. The New Directions were united by the music but most of the time there were miscommunications or even feuds between the members. Finn for example was jealous of him since day one, Santana could stop herself from insulting everyone or the many love triangles that occurred on more than one occasion. It's not like the drama never occurred among the Warblers, it was only treated differently with a more mature point of view, and rarely there was a fits fight.
When he first joined he knew that everything would be different but for the love of his life, he could do it. Sadly enough, nowadays he and Kurt weren't a thing anymore.
"Maybe Hunter was right there is nothing that keeps me here" the teen wondered during his math class. "Kurt was the main reason why I did transfer but now I have some new friends...still I miss my old palls"
At the end of the class, the boy walked to his locker and he looked around him. All he could see were happy faces or friends talking to each other animatedly, but he was still alone.
When he opened his locker Sam came to him. "Hey man! Have you found any clue about the stolen trophy? " he asked imitating the voice of some dude he didn't know from a movie with a weird name.
"Fine," he answered with a flat tone
"What's up, mate? Something wrong? Is something I said? Because if it is I'm sorry" he started talking like a machine
"Woo woo... No, I'm fine, I'm totally fine. Definitely fine!" after a brief pause, he added "If you don't count the fact that I cheated on Kurt and now he is not talking to me anymore or the fact that the captain of the Warblers stole the only valuable trophy we have. The fact that I don't feel like I belong here" he said it. He had admitted to Sam something that he still has to admit to himself. He changed school just to be near Kurt. Now everything reminded him of what he has lost. And probably will never gain it back.
"Blaine I know you are suffering from your breakup with Kurt but I promise things are gonna be good in the end!" Sam tried to cheer him up but with no results.
"I-i gotta go, Sam. See you at Glee!"
With that Blaine disappeared into the library.
After an hour of very complicated math formulas, Blaine went to the Finn. The older guy was fixing one of the really weird wood models that Mr. Shue used to make.
"Hey, dude! I was going to text you! How is operation rescue/recovery going?"
Why is everyone asking only this?!
"Well... I have been back to Dalton." he hesitated for a second before adding "All those blazers. And singing with the Warbler again..." he could see Finn's facial expression change dramatically "Wait, wait! What!? You sang with the Warblers?!" he asked stunned
"It just sort of happened..." Blaine knew it wasn't completely the truth. Yes, he didn't go there to sing but the harmonies, the beatbox, and the whistles kind of helped him to get in the mood for a good song.
"But they embraced me like I was a long lost brother..." Which is kind of the truth "It was like in X-men II when Phyro left the X-men to join Magneto brotherhood" seeing Finna face made him realize he didn't get the reference but nevertheless he continued "It just felt right, like maybe I belong with the Warblers..."
"Dude! No! You belong here, with us, ok? This - this has to do with Kurt?"
Yes, that's one reason "Everything here reminds me of him! We were a dynamic duo in here! And now that he is gone I just... I feel like I'm floating. And you need a team that's gonna gel" And a member who doesn't belong here it's not gonna help!
"Yes! Exactly! We need a team with a lot of gel and you are the biggest part on that!"
"I'm sorry Finna but the Warblers are my birth right and my destiny"
Blaine got up from his chair with a final conclusion. He was going to go back to Dalton.
It took few days to finish up all the peppers to transfer but in the end he got them all cleared.
We can be heroes
Just for one day
"Look man, once you made me a video to prove to me how much I had done and now I can repay you the favor. " he positioned himself on a chair and took a guitar
"Blaine you are my friend and, as I said before, I will not allow you to surrendered at the dark side!"
"Sam, I know you are my friend and I'm yours but I have nothing that keeps me here anymore."
"No! That's no true, man! And you know it!" he tried his best to be convincing enough
"I only came here for Kurt, Sam! He was the only reason I transferred, here I said it! I missed Dalton every day but Kurt was here, my heart was here...now I ruined it all..." Blaine stood from his seat and made a move to go away when Sam talked "Man, transferring to Dalton would not erase what happened between the two of you..."
"I don't want to forget my mistakes, I want to learn from them. And the only way I can do it is to leave this place and go back where I feel I belong." Only when his last sentence came out of his mouth, he became aware of the powerful meaning that those words meant.
Yes, he made a huge mistake and Kurt will probably never forgive him but he will rise again and live his life with a smile on his face even if it hurt. He ruined one of the few true good things in his life and now he had to pay the consequences.