If anybody plays Wordfeud, I'm SarahFAWU on there and I'm really bad at it so you're kinda guaranteed a victory ;)
I've spent the whole day playing on my iPhone. It's a little sad but so much fun, except when it somehow recovers old contacts and notes that were on my iPod that I'd really rather stayed in the past. But yeah.
Also, for those of you who read my other stories, I know I've had a good run of uploading the past few days but that was a preemptive strike because for the next six days, I'm back in zombie mode. Work, covering at another store, training, more work... and then a weekend off! But there won't be chapters posted on anything in those days except Kiss. Thanks for your patience.
From Blame-It-On-The-Alcohol: J'ai une petite idée...it's a variation of something I'm doing in one of my stories. Kurt and Blaine are doing the duet but they haven't kissed yet (this is right before they perform at Regionals). Ten minutes before, Wavid tell them the song has to be changed. They go for an emergency rehearsal, ALONE, ten minutes beforehand...and Klaine happens! :) But when they come out from makeout session, Wavid grin and say "You didn't actually have to change the song, we were just all dying of the sexual tension," or something along those lines.
The song was actually sent to me by Janitajasmin in an entirely unrelated manner and it ended up being pretty darn well perfect ;)
Changes
As Aural Intensity moved into their second number, Wes stood. "Emergency Warbler meeting in the green room!" he shouted across their row. "Now!"
Kurt frowned, glancing over at Blaine who was looking equally confused. "What on earth?"
Blaine shrugged. "No idea. Don't keep him waiting though, we'll pay for it later." The two boys quickly followed the rest of the Warblers out the doors and through to the green room. Up ahead, Kurt could see Wes and David talking quickly together, Wes's hands flying around. This looks bad. He knew it couldn't be a stolen setlist - New Directions were doing original songs as far as he knew, and they certainly weren't doing anything as cheesy as Aural Intensity had decided to do.
As Trent pulled the door shut behind them, Wes turned to face the group. "We need to change the duet," he announced bluntly.
Kurt's jaw dropped. "You're kidding me?"
"I'm afraid not, Warbler Kurt. You saw the judges reactions out there, we need something with a much more positive message. Considering we already have the heartbreak in Misery and the party attitude with Raise Your Glass, we need something meaningful but in a good way. Candles has too many negative connotations."
Blaine was shaking his head. "Wes, Kurt and I have been practicing that number all week. Do you really think we can get something together in ten minutes?"
Wes nodded to David who pulled a few pages of sheet music out of his bag. "We weren't sure what we were up against so this was our alternative. There's another room over there," Wes gestured to the door at the other side of the room. "We'll warm up out here, you guys give this a run through and get it as good as possible."
Kurt simply stared at him for a few more seconds before Blaine stepped forward, taking the music. "I don't like this at all," he muttered to Blaine as they walked into the other room. "I'm nervous enough, Blaine, I've never had a solo in front of a competition audience and now he wants us to change it and what if we can't make it good enough -"
"Kurt, hey. Breathe." Blaine's hands were on his shoulders, holding him in place. "If we can't make it work, we go out there and tell Wes that we can't change the song, then we do Candles. Let's just look at what he's given us."
Blaine pulled away to look at the music and Kurt sighed quietly at the loss of contact. Now more than ever, Blaine was confusing him. When Blaine had asked him to duet with him and they had talked about the song, Kurt had been so sure that something more was going to come of it. But when he had asked Blaine why he was the one to duet with him, Blaine's expression had changed and he had muttered something about Kurt's voice being exquisite. Which it was, but Kurt knew there had to be something else going on. But he wouldn't let his heart hope for more, not now.
"I don't believe this..."
Kurt snapped back to reality to see Blaine staring at the music. "What is it?" he asked, moving beside his friend to stare at it and suddenly seeing what the issue was. "Oh... wow. He really wasn't kidding about meaningful in a good way."
"Alive? I didn't expect that of Wes." Blaine shook his head, looking up to catch Kurt's eye. "And he's never exactly been a huge Natasha Beddingfield fan -"
"We're running out of time," Kurt interjected, glancing up at the clock. "Let's just try it. I'll take the first verse, join me at the chorus."
Blaine nodded, handing over the music. Kurt glanced down at the familiar words, then began to sing quietly.
"Hands over my head,
Thinking what else could go wrong?
Would have stayed in bed,
How can the day be so long,"
Kurt was already planning ways to kill Wes slowly and painfully once this performance was over. Not only had he sprung this on them at last minute, but he had picked a song that Kurt had placed in his 'Blaine playlist.' One of the songs that he felt summed up everything that had happened between the two of them far too well and coincidentally the exact song he had been listening to after the Gap attack.
"Never believed that things happen for a reason
But how this turned out removed all my doubts, so believe,"
Blaine's voice rose to join his, echoing around the room in their perfect, effortless harmony that they did so well.
"That for you I'd do it all over again,
Do it all over again
All I went through lead me to you,
So I'd do it all over again for you."
As Blaine took over the lead, Kurt saw something shift in his eyes and he almost stumbled over the first line. Kurt's heart suddenly jumped into his throat. Could it be -?
"I missed the first train,
Stood out in the rain all day, little did I know,
When I caught the next train there you were to sweep me away,
Guess that's what I waited for."
Blaine took a step closer, closing the gap between them and staring at Kurt with the same intensity he thought he had seen during Blackbird. That same stare that had given him so much hope... except this time, it was incredibly hard to mistake what was going on in Blaine's mind.
"Never believed that things happen for a reason
But how this turned out removed all my doubts, so believe,"
Kurt did his best to keep his voice from shaking as he joined the chorus.
"That for you I'd do it all over again,
Do it all over again
All I went through lead me to you,
So I'd do it all over again for you."
It wasn't as perfect as the first harmony, but Kurt knew neither of them could bother. He opened his mouth to begin the bridge before he felt Blaine's fingers gently touching his lips. Snapping his mouth shut, he looked straight into Blaine's eyes which were suddenly a lot closer than they had been before and - oh.
When Blaine's lips finally parted from his, Kurt blurted out the first thing that came to mind. "There is no way we can sing that up there."
"No," Blaine agreed, still looking slightly dazed. "Not unless you want that to happen in front of everybody."
Kurt grabbed the sheet music from where it had been tossed to the ground - when did that happen? - in one hand and Blaine's in the other. "Not in front of everybody," he murmured, watching the grin cross Blaine's face in response. "And we'll need to talk about this properly later, but right now we have," he leant back, "three minutes until we need to go on."
Blaine nodded, his grin still in place. As Kurt pulled open the door, he had to jump back quickly as Jeff and Cameron suddenly fell in. Nick backed away with a water glass in hand to where Wes and David were standing, whistling nonchalantly. Kurt stared at them all for a few seconds, and then it clicked. "I can't believe you!"
"What?" Apparently Blaine wasn't used to meddling friends, but Kurt had been at McKinley, he knew set-up guilt when he saw it.
Wes stepped forward a little, looking uncharacteristically apologetic but devious at the same time. "Um... no, you didn't have to change the duet. Sticking with Candles is absolutely fine."
"Yeah," David chipped in, leaning over his friend's shoulder and grinning gleefully at the two boys. "We were all just dying from the sexual tension. So now that that's out of the way," he broke off as loud applause rang out from the stage, "we need to get on."
As the group of boys rushed in, Kurt turned to see Blaine still staring, open mouthed, at the spot where Wes and David had been. "What - what just happened?"
Kurt shook his head, leaning over to kiss Blaine's cheek quickly. "Come on," he said, knowing he was blushing and really not caring. "We've got a performance to do."
Mhm. This one I liked ;)
MusicalEscape:
"Ugh! Wes did it AGAIN."
"Broke your Katy Perry CD? Well, here's what you do..."
*on Wes's pillow*
3 dead wizzlenauts (grown exclusively in Kurtdom) and a note reading 'Although giving live wizzlenauts can mean admiration, giving dead wizzlenauts means revenge is to be taken. WATCH YOUR BACK, WESLEY. Signed, the evil llama that resides in your dreams.'