Characters: Blaine & Sebastian, Sam, Thad, Kurt & Old New Directions
Summary: Blaine and Sebastian reflect on what happened that day and how the fallout affected a lot of people.
This chapter is told through a series of flashbacks which will be in italics.
During some of the flashbacks there will be a "chorus" making commentary. The commentary will not be essential to any conversations. The comments will be in bold italics.
I am posting this in honor of Seblaine Spring Fling Day. While this is not influenced by any of the prompts, I was able to use all of the one word prompts in this chapter. I will admit that some of them are a stretch but I am pretty proud of my accomplishment. All of the words are underlined.
Once again, this chapter is rated M (but not as bad as in the past) for "Dirty Talk" although this time it is not necessarily Seblaine. Also, what happened to Blaine and his date after the Sadie Hawkins dance is discussed. There is also a slap and threats of "Going all Lima Heights".
Blaine sat on the couch in his family room and tried not to drift off to sleep. It had already been a long day and it was far from over.
"Hey Killer" Sebastian said as he walked into the room "Do you need to take a nap before Sam and Puck get here?"
"No, but I will probably make some coffee. Sam and Puck just left so they'll be a while. By the way, Puck's going to stay here tonight since it'll be late by the time we finish our conversation" Blaine stretched and yawned as Sebastian sat next to him "Did you and Thad find everything you needed? It sucked that you guys had practice after Sectionals."
"Yeah, your mom showed us where everything was and yes, practice was brutal. I don't think I've ever been that soaked. I just hope the rain stops by Saturday. The field was a nothing but a giant puddle."
"Do you think that I could watch the game from the baseball dugout on the next field?"
"Probably not. If you still insist on coming you might want to grab a golf umbrella."
"I'm sorry that your playoff game was scheduled for Saturday and you two couldn't go away with your families for the holiday."
"I'm not" Sebastian said in a tone that surprised Blaine a little "Thad actually misses his family and I'll talk with my parents in the morning, but the thought of flying all the way to Paris to spend time with my sister that's already three days past her due date? No, thank you. Sierra could be a queen bitch on a good day, let alone nine months pregnant."
"That makes sense, plus I'm happy you're here" Blaine smiled and then got up to start a pot of coffee at the bar in the back of the room.
"Speaking of my sister" Sebastian turned in his seat so he could see Blaine "Something Hummel said about her was strange."
"Kurt said a lot of strange things earlier. You'll have to be more specific."
"When I said that I had a sister he said No you don't and then argued with me like I would lie about something like that."
"You're right, that was strange" Blaine stopped what he was doing when he received a text "It's from Mike. Santana has finally stopped swearing in Spanish and has decided that life in prison for Hummelside was not worth it."
"At one point I didn't know who she wanted to take down more, Hummel or his brother."
"Fortunately for the two of them, Artie was brave enough to put himself in front of her. It would have been one thing for her to have escaped from Puck and Mike to get to them, it would have been another thing entirely if she knocked over a kid in a wheelchair to do it."
Flashback
"So, Kurt didn't tell Blaine about the tape. I don't get what's the big deal" Finn really appeared to be confused, but that didn't matter to the others.
Rachel slunk to the back to stand by Quinn, Tina and Mercedes who had been smart enough to get out of the line of fire. Artie pulled himself in front of Santana and tried to remember some of the blocking techniques he learned on the football team.
However, Santana had become eerily calm. That was actually far scarier.
"Listen up Mr. Schue Wannabe, I'm going to say this nice and slow so you will understand. Kurt and I had this little heart to heart where he was all sad because nothing was going to happen to Smythe and Blaine wouldn't get justice. That's when we came up with the idea for me to go to Dalton and get a confession on tape. I got the confession all right, but I also took a Slushie to the face."
Sebastian stepped forward "Ok, that I'm actually sorry for."
"That's ok Stretch. Just know payback can come at anytime, anywhere."
"Good with me" but he turned to Blaine and admitted "Actually, I'm pretty fucking scared."
"You should be" Blaine told him.
"Ok, so Kurt knew about you going to Dalton. I still don't see why this is an issue now."
Everyone just shook their heads at what Finn said but Puck added an "Oh, dude."
Santana stared directly at Kurt and studied his expression, like it would answer a question. Then she laughed, but not in the good way "All of this had nothing to do with the Slushie, did it Hummel? This had everything to do with I Want You Back, but not the one from today. This is about the performance we saw that day at Dalton. This is about how Blaine and Sebastian were practically eye fucking each other during the entire thing while you sat there like a little bitch and let it happen right in front of you."
"Um, hate to interrupt your whole verbal beatdown of Kurt, which by the way, totally awesome" Thad apologized, kind of "But as someone who was there from the beginning of Seblaine, there's no practically about the eye fucking. It began the moment they saw each other."
"Seblaine? Seriously?" Blaine asked.
"What can I say? The Warblers have shipped the two of you since Uptown Girl."
"See Kurt, everyone knows I'm right" Santana was back in control of the conversation "You and your whole "I don't believe in violence" speech may have been sincere but you used it to your advantage. You gave the tape back so you looked like the bigger man. You had stood up to Sebastian the bully. You were Blaine's hero, but then you figured out that you couldn't tell him, didn't you? Blaine would have known the truth. That you had thrown away the proof that he so desperately wanted. Your whole brilliant plan blew up in your face. How fucking lucky were you that everyone assumed Blaine knew about the tape so no one asked him about it?"
"You don't know what you're talking about!" Kurt yelled at her, which bolstered Santana's theory in the minds of many of those there.
"No, Kurt. Looking back on what we saw with your relationship with Blaine, I think she nailed it" Sam told him.
"Shut up Sam! You have nothing to do with this!"
"Tisk, tisk Kurt. You seem to have forgotten that I told you Blaine and I are BFFs now." Sam put his arm around Blaine's shoulders to make his point.
Is it just me or are Sam, Blaine, Sebastian and Thad really hot (Rachel)
So, so hot (Tina)
I've never seen Sam that confident before. You're right. So, so hot (Quinn)
Oh, hell to the no. Those boys are fucking sexy. What? I live in LA now (Mercedes)
"What are you laughing about Smythe?!" by now Kurt was pretty much in hysterics. Finn tried to calm him down but to no avail "I don't believe for a minute that Sam and Blaine are best friends. They hated each other last year."
"Oh no, Sam is Blaine's BFF but I'm his FFB."
"FFB?" Blaine asked with a tilt of the head and a lifted eyebrow. Actually, Blaine pretty much always had to tilt his head to look up at Sebastian.
"Yes, friendly fuck buddy."
"Once again, forgive the interruption" Thad said "But I can confirm that one as well. The dorms have very thin walls. Blaine and I even had to switch rooms."
Sex at a private boys' boarding school. Oh, this is even better than porn (Mercedes with the others nodding in agreement).
End of Flashback
"I couldn't believe you said that."
"What, I thought it fit the moment" this time their conversation was interrupted by a text that Sebastian received "Well, I'm an uncle. Isabella Juliette was born about an hour ago."
"Congratulations! Now are you sorry that you couldn't go with your parents?"
"Nah, I'll go see her Spring Break. Maybe you could come with me?"
"Go to Paris in the Spring? Uh, yeah. Could we have a picnic in front of the Eiffel Tower? Or go to the gardens of Versailles? I bet the flowers there are really fragrant when they bloom."
Sebastian was excited that Blaine was excited about the idea of going to Paris with him, but of course he played it off "First of all Killer, picnic at the Eiffel Tower? Totally cliché. And flowers smell the same everywhere. I'm going to call my mom and I should probably check on Thad. I know he wanted to be out here when you talk to Puck."
"Go ahead. I wanted to make that call about Burt anyway."
Before Sebastian got out of the room his phone went off. It must have been his mother since he answered in French. Blaine took note about how sexy Sebastian sounded. It could come in handy later.
Sometimes Blaine wished he could start his relationship with Sebastian anew, but then he remembered how easy it was for the two of them to be with one another. Oh hell, who was he trying to kid? He loved the way Sebastian would practically melt when he spoke to him in that particular tone. How the banter flowed effortlessly between the two of them.
It was too bad that Brittany had been caught in the crossfire between their banter and Kurt's beliefs.
Flashback
"Of course the two of you are fucking" Kurt overexaggerated as he threw his arms in the air.
"Why wouldn't they be?" Sam asked "They're both hot. If I swung that way, I'd do them."
"Well Sammy boy, if you ever decide to use those lips for what they were intended, you know where to find me" Sebastian propositioned.
Blaine shook his head "Oh please. Everyone here knows that if Sam ever chose to go gay for someone, it would be for me."
I'm so horny right now (Rachel)
So, so horny (Tina)
I don't want to leave, but when this is over I may have to go take care of myself (Mercedes)
Or we could go to the showers and help each other out. What? Mercedes may have moved to LA, but I joined a sorority (Quinn)
"Guys, no need to fight about it. There's enough of me to go around, but of course you'd have to ask Brittany first" Sam couldn't believe what he had said but the shock on the faces of the other New Directions guys was priceless.
"That's ok Sam, I'll share but only if you guys let me watch" Brittany told them with a wink "or join in the fun. And by the way Sebastian, Sam does know what to do with those lips."
Damn, I wonder if Brittany would share with the rest of us? (Mercedes)
Oh no, you and Quinn had your chances. Time for the rest of us to get a turn. What? NYADA has co-ed showers (Rachel)
"We should really stop" Blaine informed everyone "Kurt has to be uncomfortable with this conversation. After all, he doesn't believe in bisexuality." When Blaine realized what he said he almost became physically ill "Oh Brittany, I'm so, so sorry."
End of Flashback
"Blaine? Killer?" Sebastian didn't think Blaine was asleep. He almost appeared to be in a trance, but a small shake brought him back.
"Hey, how are your sister and niece?"
"Good. Sierra had absolutely no contractions or anything like that so my parents had gone to the symphony with friends. They were barely in their seats when they got the text from Antonio that they were on the way to the hospital. Isabella was born two hours later. By the way, my parents told me to tell you and your parents thank you yet again and they thought you coming to Paris with me for Spring Break was an excellent idea. Now, what had you so deep in thought when I came in?"
Blaine sighed and ran his fingers through his hair in frustration "I can't get the look on Brittany's face out of my mind. I mean, I almost threw up when I mentioned Kurt's views on bisexuality. I don't understand how he could say all of those things to her."
"I don't know either Blaine, I just don't know. We had probably pushed him too far and he was already going to blow up at some point. Brittany was just an easy target. And listen, I'm not even going to pretend that I understand the whole dolphin, unicorn, bicorn hierarchy, but it was pretty damn amazing when Brittany told Hummel he was no longer a unicorn. That he had turned mean and lost all of his magic so now he was just a jackass."
"You just liked it when she slapped him."
"Not denying it. Now are we finally going to discuss what really upset you? You've managed to avoid what happened since I got back from practice. Thad is sound asleep. Your parents went to the airport to pick up Cooper and Sam and Puck are still about 45 minutes out. Killer, I was sure you were going to beat the shit out of Finn and I need to understand why."
"I didn't want to tell them about Sadie Hawkins, Bas. I knew I might have to but fuck! He just wouldn't let it go!"
Flashback
Sam jumped in to grab Brittany and pulled her over to Santana meanwhile Finn felt it was his duty to defend Kurt "Ok, I understand Brittany being upset about what Kurt said. He's allowed to have his opinions and he should have kept them to himself, but this is not his fault, it's Blaine's. I mean he's the one that brought all of this up in the first place."
Sebastian and Thad held Blaine back since they knew he would beat the shit out of Finn if he could get to him "Fuck off Hudson" Sebastian yelled at him "You've treated Blaine like shit from the beginning, but you're not laying this one on him just because he accidently let out something Hummel told him that was not only ignorant but bigoted.
Puck moved over to Finn "Do you have a fucking death wish?" Puck asked him "You know Blaine could kick your ass without trying." He then realized what he said and knew he had to fix it. Finn may have known that Blaine had been in Dalton's Fight Club but he didn't know Blaine was Wolverine "You've seen him box."
"No, I don't care. None of this would have happened if Blaine and the Warblers hadn't brought up all of the Slushie shit. It was fucking months ago!
"Tell him Kurt!" Blaine shouted at Kurt but then groaned out loud in frustration. He had not wanted this to ever come out, especially not like this.
"No" Kurt crossed his arms across his chest and held firm "I told you I would never tell them and I'm not going to now."
"You're choosing now to be honorable? You've got to be shitting me! Tell him Kurt! Finn's so fucking delusional that he's not about to believe me!"
"Now Hummel!" Santana snarled at him.
When Kurt held firm and refused to speak, Blaine realized that this would have to come from him "Before I went to Dalton I went to Westerville. I had come out the year before and while I heard comments in passing, I was never outright bullied like Kurt was. The school had a Sadie Hawkins dance and I asked a guy to go with me. No one said anything during the dance but afterward we were jumped by three guys and had the shit beat out of us."
There were gasps from the group, but the biggest reaction was from Rachel. She walked over to Blaine as tears streamed down her cheeks and her voice quivered when she asked him "That was you?"
"Yes, it was. Rachel, are you ok?"
"When it happened, my dads sat me down and told me about what happened to you. Even though it wasn't reported that you were gay or that it was a hate crime, they had found out it was. They explained to me how what happened was because some people couldn't accept that you liked boys. Those same people would not accept that my dads loved each other and the same thing could happen to them. They also taught me how I had to be careful because those people could take out their hate on me because I was their daughter."
"Oh Rachel, I'm so sorry."
"No Blaine, I am so sorry this happened to you. What happened to the people that did this to you?"
"Nothing. There were no witnesses or if there was they didn't come forward. The guy I went with had no memory of what happened. I remembered bits and pieces but not enough to be able to identify anyone."
"This was why you wanted the proof about what Sebastian had done, wasn't it? You didn't have the proof to get justice for what happened after that dance. Am I right?"
"Yes"
"And Kurt never told you he had proof about what happened with the Slushie?Kurt knew how important that proof was to you and he gave it back to Sebastian anyway?"
"Yes" Blaine didn't have the heart to tell Rachel what Kurt said when he first told him.
"Thank you for sharing your story with us, Blaine. I know that it was very hard for you." Rachel calmly turned to face Kurt, but Thad was able to stop her when she lost it.
End of Flashback
"What Rachel told us was heartbreaking, but it stopped you from going after Hudson. Do you know how she's doing now?"
"She's over at the Hudmel house. Mercedes and Finn prevented her from what Santana would call Going all Lima Heights on his ass. Her fathers are actually there too. They explained to Burt and Carol everything that happened to me and why Rachel was pissed. The chaos was how Puck was able to get Sam out of there and no one asked questions about why they didn't want Finn to come."
"How did you find out all of this?"
"Burt told me when I called to ask if I could come to talk to him Friday."
To say that Sebastian was surprised by that would have been a MASSIVE understatement "You called Burt?"
"You knew I made a call about what you told me Hunter said."
"Yeah, but I didn't expect that. I'm coming with you."
"No, you're not" Blaine told him "Number one, you have Lacrosse practice. Number two, this was about you. If Burt was involved, he's more likely to talk to me without you there. Plus, I have to go to Lima on Friday anyway."
"Why?"
"Sugar" Blaine sighed. This was possibly what upset him the most "Everyone from the New Directions knows what happened except for Sugar and the New New Directions. When she's told about this it has to come from me. Hell, when her dad hears about this it has to come from me. Sam, Mike, Puck, Artie and Tina volunteered to tell the rest of the them."
"Ok, I'll let you have that one, but Blaine once again you have avoided my original question. Why did you want to go after Finn and not Hummel?"
"Because Finn was the reason I was stuck at McKinley."
For the second time in less than five minutes Sebastian was surprised by something Blaine said. No, this time he was outright flabbergasted "Killer, you're going to have to explain that slowly because I don't know how to wrap my head around what you said."
"It was my decision to transfer to McKinley, I'll admit it. I was in love with Kurt, at least I thought I was, and I would be better able to protect him there. However, everything went to hell pretty quickly. Did you ever hear that I actually had to try to try out for the New Directions? Then I got Tony in West Side Story and Kurt went into total bitch mode. Then I went to Dalton and met a certain some one that evidently I have eye fucked since the moment I first saw him."
"Will not apologize for that because as you found out the eye fucking was reciprocated" Sebastian responded with a wink. Oh shit!
"Yes, it was, wasn't it? That was the start of the teasing, if I remember correctly" Blaine's voice dropped and his eyes got that look that Sebastian couldn't resist. However, this time he was able to control the urge to drop to his knees and call Blaine Sir.
Holy hell, how had this become his life? The question was rhetorical because Sebastian knew exactly how and his name was Blaine Anderson.
"No, no, no!" Sebastian walked away to prevent an unfortunately timed boner "You have not yet told me how Finn kept you at McKinley."
"When you saw me and Kurt at the Lima Bean after your Sectionals, you overheard us talk about how the New Directions were a mess, right? Mercedes, Santana and Britt had left for the Trouble Tones. Finn ignored all of my suggestions and Mr. Schue let him do it. I was so frustrated that I got into an argument with Sam and had to leave the choir room. I went to the locker room and worked out on the heavy bag. I made the decision right then to go back to Dalton. Then I fucked up."
"I don't understand. What happened?"
"I told Finn about Fight Club. I didn't mean to. I was pissed but not only at him. I was mad at myself. I had broken the number one rule of Fight Club. I immediately knew I had to stay to make sure he wouldn't tell anyone."
"Oh Killer, the guys would have understood. You didn't tell him any of the information, you only told him that it existed."
"Didn't matter. I had to protect it. Plus, after Sectionals things slowly got better especially between me and Kurt, or at least they appeared to. We seemed to be the perfect couple to everyone, well maybe not you and the Warblers, but I sank into a depression I couldn't control. Then Slushie-gate happened and I was so mad and hurt. Bas, I hope you know that I would have never used that tape against you, I just needed it for my own wellbeing."
"I know. I really do."
"Plus, I think if I tried to turn it over, the guys would have come forward and told me how you were protecting them."
"But why did you stay after Finn graduated?"
"I thought about going back, but Kurt and I happened to be at a good spot in our relationship. I thought I was happy. Everything didn't go to hell until three weeks later."
"Kurt abandoned you and you cheated on him."
"Oh, I never cheated on Kurt."
Notes:
This chapter was part one of a two-chapter arch, thus the "cliff hanger" (evil writer laugh).
I know that Finn was a beloved character, but I always believed that his "relationship" with Blaine never truly moved on from when he admitted his jealousy of Blaine's talent. The animosity will continue, but not nearly as in your face as it was in this chapter. Kurt on the other hand…
I believe that the talk Rachel's dads had with her was something they would do, especially since the victim (Blaine) was her age. It was a point I thought about carefully. It was never intended to just be a way to advance the story.
As always, thank you for reading.