So I know a lot of you are expecting me to talk about TPPP today, but I don't feel comfortable doing that anymore due to a message I received earlier on today telling me that I'm pretty much misusing my authors notes. I am not calling the person out on it, but I don't feel like I can write my normal ramble of an authors note tonight.

From StarkidGleek2011: At Dalton, a guy asks Kurt out but unknowing hes a cheater Kurt accepts because he thinks Blaine doesn't feel the same way, but Kurt gets cheated on and runs to Blaine for comfort and Blaine tells him he always loved Kurt and they kiss cause you know Klaine is endgame!

Cheater

"Hey, Kurt?"

Kurt looked up and immediately had to stop his heart from flipping as Lucas Wright walked towards him, grinning. Of course his reaction was perfectly normal - every gay or bisexual student at Dalton had at one point had a crush on the boy, and who wouldn't? While he wasn't a Warbler, he was a good looking senior, openly gay and one of the nicest guys around Dalton.

Excluding Blaine, his mind reminded him and Kurt sighed, pushing that thought away for later. "Um, hi Lucas. What - what can I do for you?"

"I wanted to talk to you about something actually." Lucas gestured towards one of the student rooms and Kurt followed him in, sitting down on the couch next to him. "So, I'll cut to the chase. I was wondering whether you'd like to go out for dinner tomorrow night?"

Kurt felt his eyes widen. "Like - like a date?" he managed to squeak out, Lucas nodding. The thoughts immediately began to rush around his head - is he actually asking me? Someone wants to go on a date with me? I've never gone on a date before, what do you do, what will I say, what…?

What about Blaine?

And of course there was the heart of the matter. Of course Lucas was a very nice guy, a very attractive guy, but Kurt couldn't ignore the fact that his heart was holding out for one person in particular. His crush on Blaine was still prominent, but Kurt had resigned himself to the fact that it was unrequited and refused to bring it up around Blaine again, not after the coffee shop incident.

So why not date someone else, try to take your mind off Blaine? Who knows, you might just be able to get over this crush…

"Kur-"

"I'd love to," Kurt said quickly, smiling back at Lucas. "But I've never done this kind of thing before."

Lucas placed a hand on his knee and Kurt resisted the urge to recoil, immediately wondering why. He chalked it up to not being used to being touched - something else to work on. "That's alright, there's nothing to it. Just be ready to go at six tomorrow. I'll pick you up." With that, Lucas stood and walked out of the room, humming something under his breath. Kurt stared after him for a moment before smiling. I have a date!

"Mercedes?" Kurt was saying a moment later, phone pressed to his ear. "You won't believe this…"

Two weeks after their first date and Kurt found himself 'going steady' with Lucas. It was quite the shock when it happened, especially since Kurt hadn't believed he would ever find anybody to love him in high school. And granted, Lucas hadn't said he loved him, but he clearly cared about Kurt and that was almost foreign too. They had gone on a few dates together but for the most part it was about learning about each other. Kurt hadn't even known the boy as much of a friend before they had started dating, something that bothered him if he let himself think about it for too long. Why had Lucas asked him out if they didn't know each other? But he pushed it aside - he had a boyfriend now, what did it matter?

The one thing that Kurt worried about was kissing. So far he hadn't let Lucas kiss him, something the boy had been very understanding about even though Kurt hadn't told him about the Karofsky incident. That was a story he had only told Blaine and planned to keep it that way. But he felt like if he didn't kiss Lucas, the boy would soon tire of him and move on to someone else who could give him what he wanted. Lucas didn't seem like that type but how could Kurt really compete against boys who already had experience?

Other than that, everything was going great. Well, excluding the fact that Kurt still found himself staring at Blaine when nobody was looking and, while on dates with Lucas, couldn't help but wonder what it would be like with Blaine there instead. He knew it wasn't fair to his current boyfriend but it wasn't like he could just switch the emotions off. His infatuation with Blaine would die out in time, he reasoned, and until then he would just focus everything he could on Lucas, spend as much time with him as possible and try to forget about Blaine. How hard could it be?

"Kurt?"

Kurt looked up from his textbook to see Wes standing beside him. "Oh, hey Wes. What's up?"

"Didn't expect to see you here, is all. May I?" Kurt nodded and Wes dropped his books onto the library table, taking a seat next to him. "I thought you'd be with Lucas, we normally don't see the two of you separated anymore."

Kurt felt himself flush. "We're not always together," he protested weakly. Wes simply made a mildly derisive noise, but Kurt could tell he wasn't really angry. "Besides, he's not here."

Wes raised an eyebrow. "Um... are you sure about that?"

Kurt frowned. "What do you mean? He told me he was going home for the weekend." He remembered it vividly; Lucas kissing him on the cheek as he headed out to the car park, telling him he'd be back on Sunday night and catch up with him then.

But the look on Wes's face definitely said that he had reason to believe otherwise. "Kurt... you might want to check his room."

And that was all it took for Kurt's blood to run cold. Without saying anything else, he stood and grabbed his things together messily. Shoving his books in his bag, Kurt left the library and quickly made his way down to the dorms, all the while trying to convince himself that Wes was wrong, Wes was mistaken, Lucas wasn't here because if he was that meant he would have lied to Kurt...

But as he neared Lucas's room, he heard the unmistakable sound of his boyfriend's voice coming from behind the door. "... believe I let it go this long without a hookup, baby."

Baby? I thought he only called me that?

And then the reply came and Kurt breathed out a sigh of relief at the first word. Oh, it's a girl. It's just one of his friends, or his sister...

"I know, I don't know how I lasted without your lips on mine. Does that kid you're seeing put out for you?"

Lucas laughed harshly. "Put out? He hasn't even let me kiss him yet! If he weren't so good for my reputation, I'd drop him in a heartbeat."

Right... so he's either bi or straight and pretending to be '100% gay'. And he's cheating on me. That's good to know.

Kurt knew he should be far more upset, but right now he was in a strange state of calm. Slowly, he backed away from the door and down the hall. When he was a fair distance away, he began to sing Defying Gravity, walking back along the hall. It was practically his trademark song and, sure enough, the voices immediately stopped. Once he reached his boyfriend's door, he allowed himself to stop singing and knocked gently. "Lucas? You in there?"

There was silence, just as he had expected. "Lucas?" he tried again. "Wes told me that you're actually here and I saw your car out in the car park."

"Oh... Kurt!" Kurt shook his head in disbelief. Somehow Lucas managed to make it sound like he had just woken up. The extent he'll to go to keep his lie intact. "Just... just give me a minute, baby. I was just having a nap."

"Take your time!" Kurt called out cheerfully before grabbing his phone out of his pocket and setting it to audio record. He knew Lucas was well respected around the school and quite a few of the guys had a crush on him, so the last thing he needed was for the guy to get away with screwing over another innocent boy.

A moment later, the door swung open to reveal his boyfriend - not for long - rubbing 'sleep' out of his eyes. "Kurt, hey. Sorry, I know I should have told you earlier, but I only got back early this morning. Turns out my parents weren't home and I didn't have my keys so I had to come back."

Wow, that's the best he can do? Kurt knew full well that Lucas's house key was on the same chain as his car keys, but he still plastered his fake smile on. "That's alright. Can I come in?"

"Of course you can!" Lucas opened the door wider, allowing Kurt to enter. He glanced nonchalantly around the room, sizing up his options. The door was wide open and the bed was too small to crawl under, which left two places - the closet or the bathroom.

Now, how are you going to play this one out?

"You know I would have let you know but I got back around 6 and I just wanted to sleep." Lucas yawned again, clearly for effect and Kurt had to hand it to him - he was a good actor.

"Of course." Kurt ignored the way Lucas was patting the bed, clearly wanting him to sit. "Hey, can I use your bathroom?"

He knew it was a 50/50 chance. If the girl wasn't in the bathroom, Kurt would have to find an excuse to get into Lucas's closet, and that would be much harder. But judging by the suddenly shifty look on his boyfriend's face, Kurt knew this was it. "Um, it's a bit of a mess in there, baby. I'd rather you didn't."

"It'll be fine, I'll just be quick." Kurt was already heading towards the door, bracing himself for what was about to come. He heard Lucas begin to protest one more time before swinging the door open, revealing a blonde girl standing there, clearly looking for a route of escape. "Well... what do we have here? I'd say you were hiding my birthday present, baby, but I don't do girls. Clearly you do." He gave his best glare to the girl who actually looked afraid. "Leave, now." The girl darted out of the bathroom and disappeared out of the room. Kurt turned to Lucas who was trying to look brave but failing - clearly nobody had caught him out cheating before. "So, anything to say for yourself? You know, I might have accepted identity crisis or helping out a friend if you hadn't hidden her in the bathroom."

The expression on his face changed to one of indifference. "It's not my fault you wouldn't put out and I had to go to a girl. Honestly, if you hadn't driven me to this point -"

Lucas's pathetic excuses were cut off when Kurt crossed the room and slapped him across the face. Hard. "There's no way you're pinning this one me. You cheated on me, Lucas, and you just admitted it too. And now everybody's going to find out."

As Kurt spun to leave the room, feeling the tears begin to build, Lucas finally found his voice again. "You have no proof! Who do you think they're going to believe, Hummel? I've got the perfect reputation around here and -"

His sentence cut off immediately as Kurt pulled his phone out of his pocket, flashing it in his now ex boyfriend's direction without turning around. "Not anymore," he said quietly before hitting stop and walking out of the room and down the hall. He wasn't thinking at all, so when he found himself standing in front of Blaine's door Kurt automatically knocked before wondering what he was doing. But all he knew was he needed someone who would take care of him, and that was always Blaine.

The door swung open and Blaine's eyes widened. "Kurt, what's wrong?"

Kurt frowned before wiping at his face and realizing he must have started crying somewhere along the line. Wordlessly he held out his phone, the audio recording still on the screen. Blaine shut the door and guided Kurt over to his bed, sitting him down before pushing play. And the second Lucas's voice began to play, Kurt completely lost it as the enormity of the situation hit him. My boyfriend just cheated on me with a girl.

Blaine pulled him into his side immediately, wrapping his arms around him as the audio continued to play. Kurt's parting remark finally played before the recording was cut off. After a moment of silence, Blaine pulled away to look at Kurt properly. "Kurt, I'm so sorry."

"Why did he do it?" Kurt whispered, knowing Blaine didn't have the answers but needing to ask anyway. "Why did he cheat on me? Is he just pretending to be gay? Am I - not good enough for him?"

"Oh, Kurt." Blaine shook his head, his eyes full of pity. "You're far too good for him, and I wish I had more answers for you but all I can say is that he's not the person you thought he was. I'm just so sorry you had to find out this way."

Kurt sniffed and wiped his eyes, willing the tears to stop. "I'm glad his reputation is out now, at least nobody else is going to get hurt like this. And I won't feel bad about spreading the audio around the gay community at Dalton… you don't think it's a bad thing?"

"No, you're not doing it to be malicious, you're doing it to protect other people. It's admirable, Kurt." Blaine wrapped his arms around him again and Kurt knew his brave face was still not quite up to par. "Is there anything I can do?"

"I don't think so. Just… I just want to stay here for a bit if I can?" Blaine murmured an assent and Kurt managed to smile a little, his face buried in Blaine's shoulder anyway. A second later he found himself freezing as a pair of lips pressed against his hair before moving away quickly. "Blaine?"

There was a moment of silence then Blaine sighed. "I'm sorry, that was out of line. I just couldn't help it."

Kurt lifted his head to stare at Blaine, immediately aware that their faces were a bit too close together but making no move to back away. "You… you wanted to do that? Blaine… do you like me?"

"Kurt, I didn't want this to come up now, or when you were dating Lucas for that matter. I didn't want to come across as jealous - even though I might have been, just a little. I wanted the best for you, no matter my own feelings."

"But you like me?"

Blaine sighed again. "Yes."

And despite the circumstances, Kurt couldn't help but smile. "Blaine, I like you too." Blaine raised an eyebrow and Kurt could tell he was just humoring him. "No, I'm serious. I dated Lucas because I thought it would help me get over you because I was so sure you didn't feel the same."

"Kurt… are you sure?"

Kurt nodded. "I never kissed Lucas, Blaine. I never felt comfortable with it and now I know why. Because I wanted my first kiss to be with you."

Before he could think it through any further and possibly realize what a bad idea it was, Kurt closed the small amount of distance between them and kissed Blaine. As soon as he did, a whole new set of feelings that he had never felt for Lucas were suddenly unlocked and Kurt knew that this was real, that Blaine might even be the one. And Blaine was kissing him back and Lucas was quickly disappearing from Kurt's mind and everything was perfect again…

And then Blaine was pulling away, the deepest look of regret on his face. "Kurt, you have no idea how much I want to let this continue, but I can't."

"W-why not?" Kurt didn't think it was possible for his heart to break twice in one day, but it was certainly trying.

"Because you've just come out of a relationship. You're hurting badly right now and you want someone to love you, and I'm not saying that what you told me isn't true, I'm saying that you can't be completely sure right now."

Kurt had to reluctantly agree that Blaine was right. "But even when I'm over him and what he did to me, Blaine, I'll still like you."

"Then show me that." Blaine squeezed his hands again before letting go. "Recover, and prove to me that I'm not rebound. Get over what this jerk did to you and do it for yourself first, not for me. Find your own feet, then come back to me if you still want to. And take your time, I'm not going anywhere."

Kurt nodded silently, letting the matter drop. But as Blaine steered the conversation into more neutral territory, his mind was already whirring.

I'm going to get through this. I'm going to forget that Lucas ever had me or hurt me. And then I'll come back to the only thing that matters.

Blaine.

I know it's a bit rushed but I can't comfortably write about Kurt being with anybody but Blaine for very long.

MusicalEscape:

Dear Kurt,

As you probably know by now, I'm your BAMF bird that got you and Blaine to hook up. Apparently, in some parallel universe I did the same thing. But since I kind of died in that universe, I think you should double my payment here. I don't want much, just your soul. Joking! Blaine would never forgive me. Just gimme some of that gourmet bird seed, and maybe a tiny leather jacket and sunglasses. I expect them by morning, unless you want lover boy to wake up bald.

Your BAMF bird forever, Pav

P.S. I like Oreos, too. Hint, hint.