Characters: Blaine & Sebastian Sam, Kurt, Santana, Old New Directions, Warblers
Summary: A last minute change to the Warblers' Sectional set list worries Blaine as does the reactions he will receive from the change to his Facebook status.
Notes: There are two flashbacks which are in italics. Much of the rest of this chapter are a series of conversations.
The biggest conversation takes place in the library and let's just assume that Blaine and Sebastian are speaking in "library appropriate voices". I didn't want to say spoke quietly or softly over and over again.
Just a reminder that this story is AU. While one of my favorite things to do is take canon and "fix it" that will only happen occasionally and definitely not in this chapter.
This chapter is rated M (ok, it really pushes the line) for "Dirty Talk". It is also where the "Kurt Unfriendly" warning begins.
Three days before Sectionals, Blaine found himself in a back corner of the Dalton library trying to finish his paper on the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He had known that he would be behind academically from his time at McKinley but hadn't anticipated that it would be this hard to catch up. Of course, all the time he spent prepping for Sectionals didn't help. It also didn't help that there was a huge fucking mess to clean up after what happened with Hunter.
2 Weeks Earlier
Sebastian and I decided, well I decided but Bas agreed, that there is no way we are singing Whistle at Sectionals. Dalton has enough PR problems without a bunch of boys getting on stage and singing about blow jobs—Shut up Thad! We thought maybe we could chose songs that had been put together already but never performed in competition. If we did something like that we could just tweak the harmonies and dances and not have to start from scratch. Well, the new guys and I may have to start from scratch, but you know what I mean.
The other thing that didn't help Blaine was the complete shit storm that followed after the Old New Directions found out about his transfer. However, that had probably been his own fault.
Day after Blaine's Transfer
"Everybody at McKinley already knows but I guess I could announce it on Facebook since I need to change my relationship status anyway."
Thad started to laugh "What are you going to change it to? Fucking Sebastian Smythe like a porn star?"
"Fuck off Harwood!" Sebastian snarled at his new roommate "Remember, you share a room with me now and you're a heavy sleeper. Do you like your eyebrows?" He had to defend Blaine's honor after all, or at least appear to. He actually kind of liked the idea of Blaine making that his new relationship status.
Sebastian's threat didn't stop Thad's laughter "Hey, my old bed backed up onto the same wall as your bed does and the walls are very…very…thin."
There had been an issue when Blaine moved into the dorms. The only open bed at the time was Hunter's, but Blaine and Sebastian had sworn that it wouldn't be a problem since they were firmly in the quote/unquote friend zone. Despite their assurances, that first night Blaine paid back the blow job Sebastian had given him after his fight. That resulted in Sebastian paying Blaine back for that blow job and so on (and then several more so ons), which led to a late night and many trips to the coffee cart the next day. That evening Blaine and Thad received permission to switch rooms, so Thad moved in with Sebastian and Blaine moved in with a Warbler named Doug.
In the end, Blaine chose to keep "his announcement" simple.
Blaine Anderson: Co-captain of the Dalton Academy Warblers with Sebastian Smythe
Relationship Status: Single
Maybe mentioning Sebastian had not been the best idea.
Blaine had been so lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice when Sebastian sat down across from him at the library table.
"So how many texts today?" Sebastian asked.
"47 so far"
"All from Hummel?"
"No, I had one from Santana promising to Go all Lima Heights on his ass if Kurt tried to talk to me at Sectionals. Everyone else seems to have settled down at least for now."
"I still find it strange that Santana has been the one from the old group that has been the most supportive."
"It's Brittany, Sam's girlfriend. Even though she and Santana are not a couple anymore they're still close."
"Did you tell Santana about what Sammy boy said to Gay Face?"
"Oh yeah, and her response was almost as good as yours."
20 Minutes after Blaine's Facebook status change
Sam left his room to go to the kitchen and get a snack. When he passed Finn's room he had to stop and laugh because Finn was on the phone, pacing the floor and saying one thing again and again…
"Kurt, calm down!"
Sam thought he'd try to help Finn out. He wanted to tell himself it was because he was a good person, but in reality this was just too damn funny to pass by. Plus, he was fairly certain that Blaine would be interested in what Kurt had to say. He knocked on Finn's door to get his attention and motioned for him to put his phone on speaker. "Kurt, I don't know why Blaine changed his Facebook status to single." Sam shot up his eyebrows and mouthed W…T…F while Finn shrugged to acknowledge he was confused as well "Why don't you ask Sam?"
"Why would I ask Sam? He and Blaine don't even like each other."
"Actually Kurt, Blaine and I have become good friends."
"Is that you Sam?"
Sam tried to prevent himself from rolling his eyes because he had a feeling that if he rolled them every time Kurt said something stupid he would get a headache "Yes Kurt, it is. Finn put me on speaker figuring I would have more answers about Blaine considering we have become good friends ever since we ran for student government together."
"You ran for student government with Blaine? Did you win?"
Once more Sam glanced over at Finn who just shook his head in disbelief "Yes Kurt, I became Blaine's vice-president when he was elected president which you would have known if you would have answered any of the calls he made or texts he sent. I mean the poor guy was at our victory party trying to tell everyone that you were off planning his Inaugural Ball when we all knew differently since he looked so disappointed. I can't tell you the number of people I had to convince that you were busy and not being a jealous petty bitch because he won and you didn't the year before." No one had actually said that, but after he finally got Blaine to talk about Kurt not taking his calls, Sam formed his own opinion on the situation.
Finn hurried to pick up his phone and then took it off speaker "Kurt, Sam had to go."
Sam had wanted to find out information for Blaine, but DAMN that felt good. It felt even better when he called Blaine and was reassured that he had done the right thing.
"I was amazed you didn't hyperventilate from laughing so hard when I told you."
"What can I say? It was funny" Sebastian said, smiling at the memory "And I like that your whole bad ass attitude seems to have rubbed off on your friend Sammy. I still think that after Sectionals, you and I should take him dancing."
"That's not happening Bas."
"Why? Straight guys go to gay bars all the time."
Blaine looked over at his friend(?), friend with benefits(?) and chuckled "You want to take a straight guy with those lips, a guy Santana refers to as Trouty Mouth, to Scandals?"
They were interrupted when Blaine received yet another text from Kurt. "You want me to text him back for you Killer? It might stop him for at least a while. I could say something on how he couldn't find the time to talk to you for weeks but now can't stop trying to contact you."
"Thanks, but the last thing I need is to set him off even more. Our set list will take care of that."
"Did you tell Santana, Sam or any of the other New New Directions what we're performing?"
"No. When I told the club that I was transferring we agreed to not discuss Sectionals and we have done a really good job of keeping things separate. And Santana? Seriously?"
Sebastian smiled what Blaine referred to as his Old Sebastian smile (kind of snarky, almost evil) "It is an interesting set list."
"Yeah, but thankfully the Show Choir Officials dropped the International element" Blaine hoped the New Directions had gotten rid of their International element as well "I'm still worried about what Santana will think of the second song, but I'm actually more worried about what the former Warblers will say."
"It'll be fine. You called both Wes and David and got their blessings. Wasn't David's response Oh, hell yeah! Abso-fucking-lutely! If anyone wants to bitch about it, they'll fucking have to deal with me?".
When Blaine's phone went off with another text alert from Kurt, Sebastian had to physically restrain him from throwing it across the room "Killer, what's really going on here?"
Blaine threw back his head and then let out a huff "It's just everything. It's Kurt being an ass and I'm worried about how he'll treat Sam when he's here for Thanksgiving. I'm worried about the backlash from our performance and you know there will be one" he then brought his head down and turned his laptop around to show Sebastian "and last week Mr. Jordan assigned a 12 page paper due tomorrow and I only have 8 pages done."
Sebastian read what Blaine had written "Why didn't you ask for my help? You know members of my family were the only royals that survived the French Revolution."
"I know Bas, but I have to prove to myself that I can keep up with the Dalton curriculum" Blaine admitted "I'm just frustrated and I want to go punch the bag but I can't because I could pull a muscle and we really bumped up the dance steps on Dark Side."
That is when the Old Sebastian smile came back again "You know Killer, I can help you with your…stress."
Blaine shook his head at the comment, but did flash Sebastian's favorite BSBL (bashful schoolboy look) "We agreed that wouldn't happen anymore after Trent caught us."
"No, you agreed. I have no problems with it."
"The last time we relieved stress you had a scratchy voice for a couple of days. Since it would be your turn do you really want to take a chance with my voice this close to Sectionals?"
Sebastian's smile became even snarkier, if that was possible "You know there are other ways."
Blaine tilted his head and stared across the table in disbelief "Are you saying that we should have sex?"
"What can I say? You blushed for me and it was super hot."
Blaine walked around to the other side of the table, sat down next to Sebastian, put his mouth up to his ear and said in his special low and authoritative voice "Do you honestly believe that if we were to have sex that you would be in control?" That question made Sebastian's breath hitch so loudly that he was sure the librarian across the room had heard him. He was relieved when that wasn't the case but then he realized that Blaine wasn't done talking.
"Do you honestly believe that I couldn't wrestle you onto your back without really trying? That I couldn't be three fingers deep in that ass of yours within a couple of minutes? That at the same time I would work my mouth down your body, biting a mark at every sensitive point for future reference? Do You?"
Sebastian couldn't make his mouth form the word "no" so he just shook his head.
"Once I was done, do you know what I would do next?" Again, Sebastian could only answer with a shake of the head.
"You are such a fantastic dancer that I want to know exactly how flexible you are. I would bend you in half bringing your ass up for easy access. You'd be bent so far over that you'd be able to suck your own dick, but we both know that can't happen. Why can't that happen Bas?"
"Because I'm not allowed to touch myself" forced the words out knowing he was in such a state that if Blaine told him to come he would.
"That's right, and why can't you touch yourself?"
"Because I can't come until you say so."
"Good boy, you're right again" Blaine then slid his hand down and palmed Sebastian's erection "I think I will be nice and tell you not to come. I mean it would be embarrassing for you to try and leave with a giant wet stain on your pants, especially with half of your Lacrosse team at the tables by the exit."
Without another word, Blaine stood up and started packing up his bag.
Sebastian couldn't believe that Blaine was leaving him like that. Then he reminded himself that Bad Ass Blaine was diabolical, almost sadistic and more effective than any porno ever made "Where are you going?"
"Oh, back to my room to finish my paper. You were right in that now that my stress is gone I should be able to get it done with no problem. There's just too many distractions out here. I'll talk to you in the morning."
As Blaine walked away he sang…Will you love me, with my Dark Side.
And Sebastian knew he could. These days that Blaine had been back at Dalton had been the best of his life. However, he also knew that in a few days Blaine was going to see his ex for the first time in a couple of months.
No matter what happened Sebastian wasn't letting Blaine go without a fight.
Between classes and practices the next two days flew by and Blaine found himself back at McKinley for Sectionals. In true Sectionals fashion the first act was all kinds of awful leaving just the New Directions and the Warblers who were up next.
"Are you sure you want to do this Killer?"
"Are you kidding me? Isn't a little late to change songs now? We're about to go on."
"I'm talking about the surprise we have planned for the middle of song two."
Blaine just smiled and said "In the words of our pal David, Abso-fucking-lutely!"
Meanwhile out in the audience, Mr. Schue surprised everyone. He had returned to support Finn and the club as well as find out what had been going on with Blaine. He also thanked Brittany and Kitty who had convinced a couple of Cheerios to perform with them. Two rows behind them were the Old New Directions who were trying to calm down a very agitated member.
"Santana didn't have to have them drag me in here. I just wanted to say hi to Blaine and wish him luck." Kurt turned around and saw that Puck and Mike were now seated behind him, ready to stop him if he tried to leave. Plus, they had made him sit in the middle of the row with Rachel and Mercedes on his left and Santana and Quinn on his right. He definitely wasn't going anywhere.
Rachel put her hand on his arm and tried to be the voice of reason "Kurt, those former Warblers told you that if you didn't leave Blaine and the other Warblers alone they were going to report you for interference" The entire group looked over into the next section and saw Wes and David waving at them "And since you are an alumnus of the New Directions, they could get in trouble too. You don't want Finn to get in trouble, do you?"
"No" Kurt let out a huff and sat back in his seat "I just want to talk to Blaine."
"Why?" Mike asked "You hadn't talked to him for weeks and then sent him a text telling him to stop apologizing and that you were done. And seriously Kurt, were you really shocked that Blaine changed his Facebook status to single?"
"It was something that my boss said. She said that it's hard to move on until you have accepted an apology. That sometimes it's the not forgiving that holds us back. I just thought Blaine would always be here when I was ready to forgive him."
"Ok, first off, that is the most selfish thing I have ever heard" Santana hissed, trying not to yell "Second of all you're a liar. This is about Blainers posting that he and Tall and Sexy Warbler are co-captains."
"Santana! How could you call Sebastian that?" Rachel asked.
"Um, I don't know. Maybe because I'm not blind. We had our problems in the past but we've talked."
That surprised the rest of the group who let out a collective "You've talked?!"
Santana didn't answer them as the Warblers finally took the stage. After they were introduced, Mercedes leaned over and whispered to Rachel "Did you notice that Blaine isn't with them?"
Down front Sam was getting excited. While Blaine didn't tell him their set list, he did tell Sam to be prepared for a surprise message. However, when the first notes were sung, it was Artie that was surprised.
Baw waw waw waw…dun dun dun…da da da da da da
Uh-huh huh huh huh
Let me tell ya now
Uh-huh
When I had you to myself
I didn't want you around
A stunned Artie turned to see the expressions of those that had gone to Dalton with him the day they saw this performed. Rachel and Kurt were staring at the stage with their jaws dropped and Santana was laughing hysterically. Puck leaned forward and asked "Isn't that the song they sang when you guys went to check them out? When we both wanted to sing MJ at Regionals?"
"Yes" Rachel answered "But they weren't doing all of those flips."
"Do you think this is Blaine's way of asking me to get back together with him? You know he loves these big productions."
Kurt's statement was enough to end Santana's laughter "You are fucking delusional Lady Hummel. I Want You Back is a giant middle finger from the Warblers to us. And when I say us I mean us and not this year's team. Brilliant. The New Directions are in so much fucking trouble!"
When the song ended, the crowd went crazy with a standing ovation. The Warblers left the stage but soon two of them came back carrying chairs that they sat facing each other. Then there was an audible gasp from the audience as two boys carrying cellos came on stage and sat down. The gasp had been loud enough to hide the "Holy Fuck!" yelled out by the one person that knew what was going to happen.
"I thought they were an acapella group?" Finn whispered to Mr. Schue.
"It was a choice" Will answered but then added "This can't be good."
The audience was stunned again but this time by the amazing cello play which was soon joined by Sebastian singing Smooth Criminal. Just when those in the know started to wonder about Blaine's continued absence, they heard coming on stage…
Annie are you ok? Are you ok Annie?
Blaine and Sebastian played off of each other, trying to keep their expressions as serious as possible. They failed a couple of times but they were having too much fun. In the audience, Santana couldn't get rid of her smile which said a lot since when she had performed this with Sebastian she wound up with a Slushie to the face.
At one point the singing stopped as the cellos continued to play. Blaine and Sebastian walked to the front of the stage and every member of both the Old and New New Directions gasped again when another Warbler came to the stage carrying a Slushie cup. Well, every member gasped except for Sam who guessed that this was the surprise Blaine had warned him about. No one could take their eyes off the stage as Sebastian was handed the cup. However, instead of a frozen beverage being in the cup there was a small recording device. Santana, and every other member of the previous year's New Directions, knew exactly what it was. It was the recorder that Santana taped to her underboob to get the proof of what Sebastian did to Blaine. The proof that Kurt had given back to Sebastian because he wanted to beat the Warblers "fair and square". But why would Sebastian be giving it back to Blaine, especially now?
Blaine took the recorder, turned to face the audience and found where Kurt was sitting. Everyone's eyes went back and forth between Kurt and Blaine because even though they didn't know what was happening, it was obvious that Kurt was panicked and Blaine was pissed.
After he was assured that Kurt knew what he had, Blaine opened the recorder and pulled out the tape, tossing the recorder down to Sam. He then held up the tape for everyone to see before he dropped it to the ground and stomped on it.
During this time, Sebastian was off to the side of the stage. He took note of how the intense cello music heightened then tension between all the parties involved. There was no way this could have worked out any better.
When the vocals came back the next line was Blaine's. He rarely changed the lyrics in a song but this time instead of singing I don't know, he kept his eyes focused on Kurt and sang...
Now I know!
Notes:
Blaine leaving while Student Council President will be addressed.
If you have never seen Sebastian and the Warblers perform I Want You Back (which was cut from the Michael Episode in Season 3—idiots!) go to YouTube. Now!
The Warblers always did jumps and flips, just never in competition. They didn't need the steroids. Grrrr!
Kurt's line about forgiving Blaine is from canon (Thanksgiving Episode).
If you do not understand where I am going with the whole "Now I know" line you could either 1. Reread chapter 1 or 2. Wait for the next chapter. (Evil writer laugh).
Hope you enjoyed.