5YL Let the Encore Commence

Part 65

It didn't take long for Sebastian to find Blaine, as Tess happily pointed him in the right direction, which led him outside towards the equipment truck. Yet instead of finding Blaine alone, he found him sitting on one of the gear cases, with Cooper. "Guess my presence isn't needed." Sebastian stated, causing the brothers to look in his direction, a smile appearing on Blaine's face.

"While it might not be needed, I'd say it's appreciated." Cooper replied before giving Blaine a hug, then getting up off the case so Sebastian could sit with Blaine. "Gotta admit, I didn't expect it to take you this long to get out here."

"I wanted to make sure the situation was under control first." Sebastian told him, before running his fingers through Blaine's curls. "Also , it didn't take me that long."

"Long enough, since I got here first." Cooper teased, hoping their typical banter would keep the smile on his brother's face.

"And I thank you for that, now go back to Whitney, I've got this."

"You do realize, I'm sitting right here guys." Blaine replied as Sebastian sat down beside him, causing them to nod. "Thanks Coop."

"Don't mention it, and, I won't tell Mom and Dad."

"Thank you." After he spoke, Cooper left the two be and headed back inside. "You didn't have to come out here, but thank you." Blaine told him as he rested his head on his shoulder. "Let me guess, you left the situation in Wes's capable hands."

"I did, because if anyone can handle that situation, it's him. Not to mention, he's got plenty of back-up should things start to go awry." Sebastian replied. "How are you feeling?"

"Better, yet foolish that I reacted the way I did."

"While you might feel foolish, it got the severity of the situation across." Sebastian told him. "And I dare anyone to question your reaction to those who know all you've been through, especially Sam. He'd be the first to put any of the former New Directioners in their place."

"Yea, he would." Blaine said to him. "You don't know how happy I am that the two of you get along."

"I think I do, and getting to know one another was easy when we had something special in common, you." Sebastian replied, before turning his head to give him a kiss. "Similar to me and Rachel, you were our common ground B, and we cared enough about you, to actually get to know each other."

"Speaking of Rachel, I wonder how she's doing."

"Why don't we go find out?" Sebastian said, before taking ahold of Blaine's hand, then giving it a squeeze. It was all it took, for Blaine to get up and for Sebastian to follow suit, before heading off to go find Rachel, Santana, and Quinn.

While they went looking for Rachel, the former members of the New Directions made their way back amongst the tables to look for Will. Considering how empty the room was, with the exception of the Warbler parents, Tina made her way towards the Andersons, who were with not only the Smythes, but Vincent, Shelby, and Derek. "Excuse me, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, do you know where we could find Mr. Schue?"

"He's in the staging room, with Emma." Patrick said in response. "But, I don't think it would be wise to interrupt them right now."

"While I respect your opinion, we really need to speak with him before they leave." Tina told him, causing Patrick to look across at Xavier, who subtly nodded. Although it seemed to take longer than it actually did, Patrick was soon giving her directions where to go. "Thank you, Mr. Anderson."

"You're welcome, but Tina…" She paused as she was about to leave them. "Keep Blaine out of whatever it is you're all going to do."

"Yes Mr. Anderson." Once she walked away, it didn't take her long to tell the others where to find him, but made sure to reiterate Patrick's request.

"Since he's with Sebastian, that shouldn't be too hard." Kitty stated, before looking over at Sam who'd been relatively quiet since they left the Warblers. "You don't have to be here Sam, I mean…"

"Actually, he does, since he's the only one of us that knows what actually happened." Artie said aloud, which Mercedes agreed. "Not to mention, the extra muscle might be needed." The next thing they all heard was Puck laugh, before saying it was probably a good idea. "Is there anything else you guys think we should know before talking to him?" His question brought all eyes to Sam and Tina, though she was looking at Sam, fully aware that he knew more than she did. "Sam?"

"You guys know everything you need to know, anything else, isn't my place to share and if I did, Sebastian would kick my ass, or have Hunter do it." Sam replied.

"Alright then, let's go find Mr. Schue." As they headed to the staging area, they had no clue what they were going to be walking in on.

When Patrick had brought Will to the area, he'd been surprised to find Dave Karofsky with Emma, yet what surprised him more, was Emma's insistence Dave stay. It had taken a bit, but finally Will realized Dave wasn't going anywhere, so their conversation wasn't going to be private. "I think you need to listen to what David has to say."

"Is this about what Santana said to me?" Will asked, which she said yes. "She was just angry that I…"

"Hear what he has to say Will, please." Emma said to him, as she took ahold of his hands. "There is so much more to this than either of us realized."

"According to Blaine's account of events."

"According to the truth." Dave chimed in, catching Will by surprise. "Kurt's not the same person you remember Mr. Schuester." When he shook his head, Dave looked at Emma who sighed.

"I don't know your connection to Blaine and Sebastian, but…"

"Stop!" Emma exclaimed, throwing her hands up in frustration. "Let him talk before dismissing what he has to say."

"Fine, enlighten me about this new Kurt." Will replied, crossing his arms in the process.

"He's already made his mind up, he's not going to believe what I have to say." Dave responded, yet before he could leave, Emma asked him to please stay, and tell Will what he knows. Although he was hesitant to do so, Dave agreed. "Up until a few months ago, I only knew as much as anyone else regarding the legal drama between Blaine, Sebastian, and Kurt. If you weren't aware, the reason Blaine was able to obtain an order of protection, which included Sebastian, prior to them getting married, is because Kurt violated terms of their divorce."

"That doesn't make sense, Sebastian wouldn't be protected under that." Will told him.

"I know, but it seems that once Kurt lashed out at Blaine for being with Sebastian, the gag-order in place, was extended to include him." Dave said in response. "Then from there, things slowly spiraled out of control to the point Kurt was arrested for violating the order."

"When he confronted Sebastian outside of his work after they returned from their honeymoon."

"I don't recall the specific moment, but you could be correct." Dave told him. "From there, it became a constant battled in court, as Judge Watkins has little to no patience regarding Kurt's behavior."

"From what Kurt told me, he's not really allowed to do much because of the judge, and it cost him his job at Vogue."

"Not quite." Dave replied. "The only thing Kurt's not allowed to do, is speak poorly of Blaine and Sebastian on any social media platform or outlet, or get within so many yards of them."

"According to Blaine."

"No, according to the assistant district attorney I spoke with." Dave stated.

"Why would you be speaking with the ADA that's presiding over Kurt's case?"

"Because he dragged me into this mess, by attempting to paint a certain picture of Sebastian."

"We all know Sebastian's not innocent, he's got a history of playing dirty." Will said, causing Emma to shake her head. "It's true."

"Teenaged Sebastian, not the man he is now." Emma replied. "Neither of us know the man he's become, but from what we've seen, he carries himself quite differently now, he's matured."

"Supposedly." Will said, before looking back at Dave. "What could Kurt have possible said to get you involved in what's going on between the three of them?" Dave looked down, before looking at Emma, then taking a deep breath. "Well?"

"Kurt told the judge, Sebastian was responsible for the torment which, which, fueled my suicide attempt." Not only did will look shocked, a gasp was heard from the doorway, causing them all to look towards it, only to find the former members of the New Directions. "I guess you guys heard that." They all nodded, causing Dave to take another deep breath.

"You must've misheard." Will muttered, still in disbelief, as not only Emma, but most of the former New Directions shook their heads.

"The ADA flat out told me he did it, which was why she reached out and I had to testify, and relive one of the worst times in my life!" Dave exclaimed. "All Kurt cares about is making Sebastian look bad, and doesn't give a damn who he hurts in the process!"

"So, it is about Sebastian."

"How don't you get it? By going after Sebastian, he's indirectly hurting/attacking Blaine, who he can't seem to let go of!"

"You…"

"Stop defending Kurt, Mr. Schue! Dave's right!" Sam blurted out, unable to listen to the denial anymore and leaving Puck's side. "Kurt doesn't care about righting his wrongs or making amends. All he cares about is ruining Blaine's happiness, Sebastian's merely a casualty of this war between them!" While he spoke, Sam continued to walk closer till he was beside them. "You've got to know; Blaine and Sebastian feel awful that you got dragged into this."

"I do, as they told me as much." Dave replied before looking back at Will. "I know this is hard to hear Mr. Schuester, but it's the truth. If you don't believe me, contact ADA Julia Strauss in Manhattan, I'm sure she could attest I had to testify after the allegations were made." He then looked back at his former classmates. "I'm going to go, as it looks like they want to have a word with you." On his way out, Mercedes, Artie, Mike, and Puck each shared a few words with Dave, before he left the room. Once he had, they closed the door behind them and made their way towards Sam who was beside Will and Emma.

"I must say, it's a nice surprise seeing you all here." Will said. "I had no idea you'd…"

"Just stop right there." Mercedes told him before he could even finish. "Because I don't think you're going to be feeling the same way once we're done."

"What do you mean?" Will replied, before looking around. "Where are Rachel, Santana, and Quinn?"

"Lopez and Fabray are with Berry, because of you!" Puck stated as he took a step forward.

"I, I don't know what you're talking about."

"We know what you did Mr. Schue, Thad told us." Artie said in response. The fact he looked away after he spoke, Artie glanced over at Puck who was surprisingly, calm. "Nice to see you're not denying it."

"It wasn't one of my finer moments."

"You're damn right it wasn't!" Mercedes told him. "Nothing, Rachel could've said to you, deserved you throwing Finn in her face."

"Excuse me?" Emma chimed in.

"He told Rachel, Finn would be ashamed of her for taking Blaine's side over Kurt's." Puck told her.

"You did what?" Emma replied before looking at them. "Is she alright?"

"We don't know, she's with Santana and Quinn." Kitty replied.

"Her fiance didn't go after her?" Will said, earning him a glare from Emma.

"No, as considering the subject which upset her, he felt Quinn and Santana were better suited to help her." Tina told him. "How could you do that to her Mr. Schue?"

"I was wrong."

"Doesn't change the fact you did it, and all because she took Blaine's side." Mercedes said to him.

"It's not that simple Mercedes."

"I don't fucking care!" Puck blurted out before stepping before him, shrugging off Jake and Ryder in the process. "Who the hell do you think you are, using Finn against her?"

"Puck, it's not what you think."

"Then why did the mere mention of the conversation cause Rachel to walk out of the room in tears?" Marley asked, and Puck simply cocked his head in response since he was standing face to face with Will.

"The lady's waiting for an answer."

"I was upset, I shouldn't have said that to her."

"But you did, and you can never take it back." Mercedes told him. "Whether she and Finn were together or not when he died, doesn't changed the fact they loved one another. Sure, she's engaged to Thad, but that doesn't mean Finn doesn't still hold a special place in her heart."

"So, you're all here because of what I said to Rachel?"

"No, it's simply are starting point." Artie replied. "You see, we wanted to take advantage of the fact Puck had calmed down a bit, since initially finding out. You should be thanking Jake, Sam, and one of the Warblers for stopping him, or he probably would've beat your ass." His response made Will take a step back, but Puck followed.

"Noah, please." Emma said as she placed a hand on his forearm. Puck glanced at her, before taking a step back. "Thank you. I understand you're all angry, but there are other ways to handle this."

"I'm sorry, but we don't agree." Mercedes replied. "What he did to Rachel, is inexcusable. I mean, what a way to honor the man you named your son after."

"Mercedes."

"If you really cared, you wouldn't have hurt the one person he loved!" Puck said to him.

"I said I made a mistake, one I hope I can fix."

"There's no going back from this Mr. Schue." Tina told him. "At least, I don't think there is."

"Was Rachel really defending Blaine and Sebastian when you snapped at her?" Kitty asked.

"I thought it didn't matter."

"It doesn't, because what you did was low." Kitty told him. "I just want to know if you were actually that childish. Though, walking out on Blaine because he called your arrangement crap, is pretty childish."

"And how would you know that?"

"Santana told us." Marley replied. "Said you and Blaine got into it twice actually, though she didn't know what was said the first time, just that Thad heard the two of you yelling."

"Santana should mind her own business."

"Why, because she told them what the rest of us witnessed in regards to the tension between you?" Mike replied. "Like it or not Mr. Schue, there were plenty of people privy to what happened and, I really don't blame Blaine for being pissed about what you did."

"Well, he clearly had a back-up plan."

"Not until Wes called him on vacation after that disaster of a rehearsal you all had." Sam told him. "That caused him to call Jesse to see if Vocal Adrenaline could prepare on short notice."

"It's when he called us too." Marley added, before motioning Kitty, Jake, Ryder, and Unique. "Said he had a strange favor to ask, yet one he hoped he didn't have to put into motion. It wasn't till he called us all last night, we had a better idea of what happened."

"And Santana's call to us, told us you were the reason he needed us." Kitty added. "Thrilled as we all were to take part, what you did, I've got to say, I'm really disappointed."

"That's putting it mildly for me." Tina stated. "Blaine was so excited when we all got here last night, and then, once you and the New Directions finally showed, everything went down hill from there." She said while stepping forward. "It was his moment Mr. Schue, and you almost took that from him! It was selfish, it was petty, and…I can't even find the right word I'm looking for, I'm too upset! What did Blaine ever do to you, to deserve what you did?"

"Didn't kiss his ass." Santana said as she walked into the room, along with Quinn.

"How's Rachel?" Emma asked, breaking the awkward tension in the room.

"Better, she's with Blaine and Sebastian now." Quinn replied as the two made their way to the front of the group. "What did we miss, as it must've been something to bring you all here?"

"We found out Kurt, as well Mr. Schue here used Finn's memory against Rachel." Puck said while poking Will in the chest. "Guess the two of you knew that?"

"We knew something happened yesterday given the b-line she made to Thad after their talk, but found out what he said today." Santana said in response. "We expected that shit from Kurt, but from you, it's pathetic! You see Mr. Schue, you weren't in New York, so you have no clue what happened between Blaine and Kurt. Rachel does, I do, yet we didn't know the extent of it, till after Blaine got with Sebastian. I'm going to spare you all the details, not only because it's a long story, but, it's not my story to tell.

I will tell you, the Blaine you see now, the Blaine familiar to all of us, didn't exist shortly after he and Kurt got married. He became a shadow of himself, something Rachel and I didn't understand. Kurt then started to spin all these stories, stories that didn't make sense, at least to me. That's when I started to distance myself from him. Rachel was still caught in the middle, as she wanted to help them, little did she know what was actually going on. You see, Kurt was cheating on Blaine."

"Wait, so that blog is true?" Unique chimed in.

"Yes, very much so." Santana replied. "Which for those of us who were part of Blaine's life then, now have a better understanding of why he started to become a shell of himself. For all the shitty things I, myself have done, and others in this room have done, doesn't compare to what Kurt's done to Blaine."

"What does all that have to do with me?" Will replied.

"Everything, because you believe Kurt's innocent, when he's the furthest thing from it!" Santana exclaimed. "Don't you think Rachel was in disbelief when the truth came out, this crushed her. Not only because she cared so much for each of them, but, she didn't see what was happening to Blaine. So for you to question why she turned her back on Kurt, it takes a lot of nerve."

"You had to know Rachel wouldn't have simply chosen sides, as until the truth came out, she stayed neutral." Quinn added. "Not only through their nasty divorce, but after it was finalized, because they each meant so much to her."

"Yet, even she started to see things differently the night Kurt attempted to hit Blaine upon seeing him with Sebastian the first time." Santana said. "And before you accuse Sebastian of provoking him, he attempted to hit Blaine, not Sebastian, so this isn't about Sebastian."

"So, he did say things to him." Will said.

"Anything Sebastian said to him, was in defense of Blaine. Given he knew what Kurt did to Blaine, Sebastian behaved exceptionally well." Santana told him. "But back to my point, so for you to tell Rachel, Finn would be disappointed in her for turning her back on Kurt, not only did a disservice to her, but to Finn." She then looked at Puck. "Wouldn't you agree?"

"Definitely." Puck replied.

"What Santana's trying to say to you, is next time, get all the facts before you start making assumptions regarding a situation you know next to nothing about." Quinn said to him, before looking at Mercedes. "Are you alright, as you sort of had the rug pulled out from under you?"

"I'm processing it." Mercedes told her. "I, I didn't know things were this bad."

"You still don't know half of it." Sam added. "Most people don't, as Blaine never wanted this to come out. Yet because Kurt wouldn't leave him and Sebastian alone, it has. You heard Karofsky, Kurt knows no boundaries when it comes to trying to hurt them."

"That's not the Kurt I know." Will replied.

"Why do you think he was able to do what he did, no one believed he was capable of something like this." Quinn told him. "We're not asking you to choose sides, as everyone's allowed to make their own decisions. We simply want you to know your blind belief in Kurt's version of events, has consequences."

"Such as?"

"Do you really need us to list possibilities?" Santana replied. "Alright, how about for starters, you ditched your students, all because your precious ego couldn't accept your arrangement sucked. I'm sure the administration is going to love that one. And because of said ego and behavior, your students no longer have a reason to trust you. So, good luck convincing them to come back next year." Before she could continue, Emma spoke up, telling her that was enough. "Don't tell us you're defending what he's done."

"I'm not, but piling on him like this, isn't going to change what's happened." Emma told them, before looking at her husband, who finally seemed to realize how badly he'd screwed up. "While I wish the circumstances were different, it was good to see you all here, supporting Blaine and the foundation. But now, I think you should all go, as Will and I have a lot to talk about." Although they were reluctant, the group slowly left the room, but not without some of them chiming in, telling Will how disappointed they were in him.

"You didn't need to do that, but thank you."

"I know I didn't, but the last thing I wanted was for Santana to get more riled up, as that probably would've set off Noah." Emma told him. "You messed up, big time."

"Tell me something I don't know." Will replied. "It's just, this is Kurt were talking about. The same Kurt who, what happened to him?"

"I don't know, and but as Quinn said, the things you're thinking, is why he got away with it." Emma said to him. "It's why Burt's having such a hard time accepting things according to Carole. What you're feeling isn't much different."

"Does this mean you for…"

"Oh no, I have not forgiven you for what you've done. I told you why I stopped them. Now, I think it's time we go home, as I don't think you should chance crossing paths with anyone else." Reluctantly Will nodded, knowing things could've been much worse.

As the two of them gathered their things, the former members of the New Directions headed back towards the stage, where they'd left the Warblers. "I must say, I'm surprised you didn't kick his ass after finding out what he said." Santana said to Puck as they walked. "You really have grown up."

"The same could be said for you and Fabray." Puck replied. "How have you not gone after Kurt after all he's done?"

"I've taken Sebastian's lead, as going after him, would only hurt Blaine in the end, though I've come close. The same goes for Rachel, because he'd only hurt her more if I lashed out." Santana told him. "You saw how he reacted to her engagement, and that wasn't the whole story."

"Does the Warbler make her happy?"

"Extremely. You'd actually laugh, as they fought the first time they met, as Thad was with Sebastian at Blaine's concert and he vehemently defended the two being together." A response that made Puck laugh. "I had a similar reaction, yet here they are, happy, and ridiculously in love with each other." She then gave him a nudge. "You're not done with this, are you?"

"What makes you think that?"

"I know that look, so?"

"Let's just say I'm going to pay Kurt a visit before I go back to Indy."

"He's in custody."

"He's also on a work release according to Sam."

"Are you two talking about Kurt?" Mercedes said as she came up beside them.

"And if we are?" Santana replied.

"Count me in, as I want answers after what I heard."

"He's not going to tell you the truth Mercedes."

"Probably not, at least regarding what happened between him and Blaine. As for Rachel, I don't doubt he'd say something like that to her if he felt betrayed and that's a whole different type of wrong."

"Which he did, does." Santana told her. "Just know, if you defend Rachel, he's going to lash out at you."

"I can take it. It's about time I meet the Kurt you've all been dealing with."