Summary: Blaine gave Santana the opportunity for a future in New York. It's her turn to pay him back by protecting his past.
Notes: First part of chapter (until the end of the song) told completely through Santana's POV.
Reminder: The character of Chester makes a quick reappearance. He is to Wes as Wes is to Blaine. He's more important in future chapters.
For Blaine there is a definite distinction between Tommy & Brody. Everyone else, not so much. Both names will used but they are the same person.
Santana tried to remain calm knowing in about 30 seconds all hell could break out and it would all be on video. She thought she might have enough time to at least warn Blaine but she took one look at him and knew it was too late.
Deep breath, Lopez. You can do this…for Blaine.
First up Daniel and Vincent. "Vincent, that guy over there having the bonding moment with Sugar and Cam is the same guy that ended his relationship with Rachel with Finn's fist to his face. This is a big fucking problem. Finn needs a reminder that he's working for Cooper." Vincent left and headed toward the stage. Good…next. "Daniel, we need to separate everyone along school lines and get them to leave as calmly as possible. I'm going to get you 5 minutes, use them wisely. You also need to get Ralphie to shut that video down the second they stop singing." Daniel headed over to Ralphie who had been filming the Stress Relief video…good.
Next…Quinn, Mercedes, Nichole
"Quinn, you're on Rachel. Mercedes…Kurt. Keep them calm. Remind them they're on video and will have hell to pay if they make a scene. Nichole, get Tina back to the table with Amanda and Nari. They're going to know something is up. And I'm going to get you help for Tina." No questions. I knew I could trust my girls. Shit, out of time…Not good.
Next…Vincent has Finn…good.
Next…Sam and Beat. "Brody is here. Get the guys off stage calmly and split them up. And sorry Beat but your boy-toy needs to handle his ex." Yeah, we've got this. Blaine's 3 Besties...good.
Next…the wild card. Fuck, I don't want to do this. "Ok Dr. Who, listen up. There's some serious shit going on and if we don't handle carefully it could get all Westside Story up in here. Take my phone and cue up the song. Blaine and I are going to sing then Sebastian needs an exit strategy that's not the front door."
"There's a delivery entrance around back. I can get him out through there. Would it be safe to assume this must occur both quickly and quietly?"
"Very." Why isn't he moving? Fucking asshole…ok, the asshole is moving…good.
Next…Shit! Why does Blaine have to have those fucking wounded puppy dog eyes? I need Wolverine! "Blainers, I know this suuucks but you have to stay with me here. The guys will take care of Sebastian but we have to give them time. I'm going to introduce our song. I just wish we could have gotten you into your sexy outfit." Why is he taking off his sweater? Oh, the tight-ass shirt from the Sugar Shack. When did his arms get so fucking ripped? Later…microphone.
"Yeah, yeah, that was amazing but get your fine asses off the stage. It's my turn. So, my name is Santana Lopez and I am your Teenage Dream Blaine Anderson's bestie. Before you get jealous much, I am also Prime Diva Bitch Rachel Berry's roommate. I know, I know, heaven and hell. Anyway, when Frodo…the male one, asked what I wanted for my birthday I told him I wanted to make a video that would crush the one he did the schnoz. So, get out your phones fangirls and boys. You're going to love this."
Damn it Anderson! Stop looking over at Tommy…Brody…Fuck! "Blaine, I know this was meant for Mr. Tea and Crumpets but we need to focus on your adoring public. All eyes off our people, got it? Time to turn on the magic. Are you with me?"
"Thanks, Tana. Let's do this."
(Santana) Check it out
Going out on the late night
Looking tight, feeling nice
It's a cock fight
I can tell, I just know that it's going down
Tonight
Damn, does that boy have a switch!
(Blaine) At the door we don't wait 'cause we know them
At the bar six shots just beginning
That's when dickhead put his hands on me
But you see
Ok, "dickhead" may not have his hands on Blaine…but if that bleached-out, over-primped bitch doesn't let go of his arm, Sebastian will be more than happy to remind her that she isn't Blaine's type. But shit, it looks like Tommy…Brody…fuck (his new name?) would do the same. Shit!
(Santana & Blaine) I'm not here for your entertainment
You don't really want to mess with me tonight
Just stop and take a second
I was fine before you walked into my life
Got to give it to Hudson. He's holding it together and keeping Hummel and Berry in check. Wait did that red-head just grab Blaine's ass? For the love of god bitches, HE'S GAY! Huh? Maybe it's time Blaine made a statement after all. Time to activate our psychic connection.
'Cause you know it's over
Before it began
Keep your drink just give me the money
It's just you and your hand tonight
Good…Psychic message received. Damn Blaine, work your boyfriend. Holy fuck! Did he just palm Seb in front of all his Warbler buddies? What am I freaking about? Probably nothing they haven't seen before.
(B) Midnight, I'm drunk, I don't give a fuck
Wanna dance by myself
Guess you're outta luck
Don't touch, back up
I'm not the one
Buh bye
Ok psychic twin, you've made your point. Get back over here so we can finish up.
(S) Listen up it's just not happening
You can say what you want to your boyfriends
Just let me have my fun tonight
Alright
(S & B) I'm not here for your entertainment
You don't really want to mess with me tonight
Just stop and take a second
I was fine before you walked into my life
'Cause you know it's over
Before it began
Keep your drink just give me the money
It's just you and your hand tonight
While Blaine and Santana continued to sing, news trickled down the Dalton/McKinley contingent that they would be leaving once the song was finished. Anyone that began to protest (Kurt, Rachel, Tina) was shut down immediately. The hard part was cheering along, pretending like nothing was going on especially when the majority of those there didn't have a clue of what was happening around them.
The duo made it back to the stage and Adam made it through the crowd to Sebastian "I've been tasked in assisting you with a quiet exit through the back."
Sebastian pointed at Daniel "You better tell him and I'm not going anywhere until I talk with B."
Adam reached down and grabbed Sebastian's hand, giving it a quick squeeze, but then instantly letting go. "Of course. And Sebastian, I may not understand whatever this situation is but I will respect it. Just know if you ever require a neutral moderator to speak with, I'm available. I'll even come to you, if I can get proper directions, naturally."
Without taking his eyes off Blaine, Sebastian found Adam's hand and returned his gesture. "I'll send the car service and my shadow's name is Daniel. And Adam, thank you." Adam left with both he and Sebastian unaware that their tête-à-tête had been closely watched by several people close to Seblaine and none of them were happy about it. However, Sebastian's focus remained on Blaine.
'Cause you know it's over
Before it began
Keep your drink just give me the money
It's just you and your hand tonight
Finished, it was Blaine that pulled Santana into a hug "Your birthday is in September."
"I know, but it helped the story."
Blaine pulled her in even tighter "Tana, I can't thank you…"
"Then don't. Cam is here to get you. Do not leave before talking to Seb but I've got him taken care of. Listen to this part very carefully, in one hour you have to call me and tell me exactly what we can and can't tell those that don't know about Tommy. I'll tell Beat and Sammy. Blaine, we can't hold them off forever. Now, say something cute to the fangirls and get the hell out of here."
"What about you?"
Santana looked across the room and saw Wes headed toward Brody (Yeah, that was the name she was going with for the rest of the night). "I have to grab my phone, handle a couple of last minute things then I'm out of here. Fangirls…Now!"
"Yes, Ma'am" Blaine turned to the crowd but focused on Sebastian as much as possible "I want to thank everyone so much for your patience with our mini-takeover of CallBacks. I would also like to thank the owner and management of CallBacks, especially Adam Crawford (hopefully that sounded sincere) for all their help in getting the Stress Relief video done. So, my friends and I are going to get out of your hair…"
A series of boos came from the patrons. Sebastian gave him a wink so he gave his patented bashful school-boy look. The increased cheering proved he knew what he was doing. It also made sure that all eyes were on him as Sam, Vincent, Finn and Mike herded the McKinley contingent (minus Sugar and Santana) past Brody and out the door. He was actually kind of impressed with Finn.
"Thank you, and we'd love to stay, but several of us are leaving tomorrow so it's best we say goodnight. Thank you." Blaine put the microphone down and walked over to "Cam, I…"
"Don't Blaine. Just don't. I can't believe you didn't tell me. Let's go say goodbye to Sebastian and then only you, me, Tommy and Sugar are headed back to the apartment. There's a car waiting."
"Cam, this was what I…"
"I don't care. Let's go."
Blaine knew he had handled telling Cam about Tommy wrong, but he wouldn't be able to find out the total damage until they were at the apartment. When he reached Sebastian, he melted into his arms "I'm so sorry, Bas."
"B, there's nothing to be sorry for. None of us thought he would show up here. We were all so sure it would be Monday at NYADA. Are you ok? That's probably a stupid question. What about Cam? I've never seen him so…so…I don't know. He obviously knows Tommy. What haven't you told me?"
"Tommy is Cam's brother."
Meanwhile across the room, Wes had made his way to Brody with David and Chester. They had both tried to talk him out of doing this. "I know who you are. Stay the hell away from, Blaine."
Brody shook his head and gave the immediate impression that Wes and the others didn't intimidate him at all. "Well, I don't give a flying fuck who you are and the chances of me staying away from Blaine from this point forward are non-existent."
"We'll see about that and for your information my name is Wes Montgomery. I'm one of the two people who put Blaine back together when he came to Dalton. That guy that just strutted around the room, I did that. I helped him get his confidence back, his trust back, his essence back."
"Oh, I get it. You're Blaine's big bad protector. Probably took over the big brother role with Cooper being an ass wipe and all."
"Cooper's better now but yes, and I will do whatever it takes to protect him."
Brody chuckled, more like sneered, and walked closer to Wes as not to be overheard "Well Wes Montgomery, I am grateful that Blaine had someone in his life like you after the attack." Then things got serious "But you see, I'm the one that during the attack somehow freed myself from 2 people that were beating the shit out of me to throw myself over him when he fell to the ground unconscious. Don't ever, ever play the I'm Blaine's protector card with me, buddy. You will lose."
For the first time that he could remember, Wes was so taken aback that he couldn't respond. Then, from out of nowhere, the last person he expected stepped in for him "Don't you fucking dare speak to my brother like that!" Nari spat out at Brody and she didn't care who heard her. "I don't know who the fuck you think you are but Blaine is our fucking family, asshole."
"I guess Wesley isn't the only Montgomery whose impressive vocabulary takes a hike when they're pissed" Santana said as she finally made it over. "David come get the pit bull puppy and take her to Nichole. She and I will take Nari back to the loft with us. The Warblers are all going back to Beat's until we hear from Blaine."
"Um, excuse the hell out of me" Nari may have only been the size of Sugar but she freed herself pretty easily from David. "I'm 100% Team Warbler and I'm going with my brother whether he likes it or not!"
Surprising, Santana told herself. Nari's favorite thing to say to Wes was usually Fuck Off but apparently when push comes to shove family is family.
There was another sibling conversation going on as well. "Nikki, are you going back to the loft with Santana?"
Nichole was in a bit of shock considering those were the first words her brother had spoken to her since he found out she broke up with Jeff. "I am. I thought about going back to the apartment, but if I'm going to stay here in the city and be friends with Santana, Mercedes and possibly Rachel I should probably get at least a rudimentary idea of what's going on."
"That sounds like a good idea" Nick told her but then added "Plus, Sam's there."
"Um, what…what would Sam have to do with anything?" She tried to sound unfazed but failed miserably.
Nick took his sister's hand and did a quick scan of the area to make sure they were alone "Nichole Duval, I have known and loved you every minute of my life. You don't think I can't read you like a book? You dumped Jeff because you have feelings for Sam. It wasn't that hard for me to figure out when I saw the two of you talking earlier. Was I pissed at first? Yeah, Jeff is my best friend and he's really hurting. But after a long talk with Trent he made me see that you did not only the best thing for you but the best thing for Jeff."
"How did Trent do that?"
"Reminded me that Blaine could never hide his attraction to Seb but stayed with Kurt because he thought it was the right thing to do. You weren't there to see that train wreck but trust me, it was excruciating to watch. You did the right thing and I'll help Jeff see that someday. Now, about Sam…"
"Nick, I'm attracted…ok, out of my mind about the guy but I'm not going to pursue anything while he's still in high school in Ohio. I think I learned my lesson."
"But if things happen organically?"
"Yes, if things happen organically I would consider it. That is if I survive Monday. Mom and Dad are coming to discuss my dropping out of Harvard."
"I'll say nice things about you in your eulogy."
As Santana rejoined Nichole, Nick headed back to leave with the others. "Everything ok?"
"Getting there" Nichole told her and for the first time in a while meant it. "Are we the only ones left?"
"Looks like it. We've got a car outside but I have to make a call."
"Do you want me to wait here or in the car?"
Nichole asking that question was all Santana needed to hear. Nichole was fully in and could be trusted. "Neither, I'll make the call on the ride back to the loft. You're going to find out this shit anyway. Too bad you dropped out. That creative writing professor of yours would have loved this, well what you could actually put on paper."
"About that…"
An hour later, Santana and Nichole arrived at the loft to find things relatively under control. Vincent, Mercedes and Amanda were all missing, Mike was refereeing an argument between Quinn and Tina but Kurt and Rachel were just sitting on the couch pouting while being glared at Sam and Finn. So yes, under control but also a little weird.
Santana pulled Sam aside and asked "What did I miss?"
"Before I answer, do you know how Blaine's doing?"
"Not really. He texted me about what we could say but nothing else. Now get me up to speed and we'll work out a plan."
"Vincent left but said he would be back and to not let anyone leave. Mercedes has Amanda back in her room and is telling her some basic background info. Amanda offered to just go back to the hotel, but she's close to Tina and hopefully will keep her in check."
"That shouldn't be a problem but what's going on with the Drama Queen and Quinn?"
"Tina wouldn't stop asking questions so Quinn distracted her by saying Brown wasn't really an Ivy League school. Mike egged the argument on by bringing up Columbia. Nothing big, but it turned Tina's focus away from Blaine."
"Way to take one for the team Fabray and Twinkle Toes. What about Berry and Hummel?"
"Kurt was totally in Alpha Gay mode so we took away his phone. He's pouting."
"Took away his phone?"
"He was following that NYADA site and he found Blaine's YouTube channel with the videos. Congrats by the way, you are well on your way to smashing Rachel's numbers especially if you count you have multiple postings but just that one video of Don't You Want Me got out."
"I thought the YouTube channel wasn't going up until Friday."
"Doug got it up and put the Stress Relief video there. It's going crazy especially considering there was no publicity."
Santana paused their conversation. Even with all the chaos, she had not forgotten what Blaine said about Rachel and the Dirty Dozen. "What's going on with Berry?"
"Ok, why do I feel like we're back in Glee Club? Spill, Lopez."
"Before all hell broke loose, Blaine told me something about her that is not sitting right with me. I'm not saying what but it has to do with the NYADA audition. Just keep your ears open, Trouty. You're going to have to trust me on this."
"After how you handled all the crap that happened at CallBacks…Santana, you're my hero. I'd follow you into any battle. We have to get you a superhero identity. Something like Miss Manipulator…able to get 20 guys to do her bidding even though they all know there's not a chance in hell she'll sleep with them."
"You're ridiculous but…"
She was cut-off when Sam's phone buzzed. He was hoping it was Blaine but it wasn't his ringtone. However, the caller was surprising enough that he didn't let it go to voicemail "Artie? It's not that I'm unhappy to hear from you…Unique called you?...That makes no sense…So, when you send the link can you send it to Santana too?...No, I'll take care of it...Great…Yeah, I'm having a lot of fun but I really have to go. I'll see you Monday at Blaine's for dinner?...Great. Bye, Artie."
Seconds after he ended the call both his and Santana's phones pinged. "Unique called Artie and told him to check out this blog. You may be right about Rachel. While she had us focused on that one site, this one has been blowing up for hours and they don't give a shit about being anonymous."
"Fuck, go get this up on the computer and sync it with the TV so we all can see this at once."
"Um, how am I supposed to do that?"
Santana hated to do this…ok, not really. In fact, it made her feel all happy inside. Hey, it could happen. "Ask Nichole, she's the one that taught us how to use the system. While you two do that I'll have what Mercy calls a Come to Jesus meeting with our little gathering." Sam went to get Nichole and she went over Blaine's list one last time.
*Yes to Tommy being other victim
*I would prefer that Tina and Amanda not find out Tommy is Brody
*No one needs to know that Tommy is Eli (I told Drum it's ok to tell Mike so if you have to…tell Mike).
*Kurt, Rachel, Finn will question why I didn't say anything when I saw Brody at CallBacks the first time. That's none of their fucking business. Neither is why I gave Finn lessons to punch Brody when you found out about what he was doing for money.
* This is important: Tommy changed his name for a reason and it can NEVER come out. Never, Tana.
*Remind them (subtly…at least try) to keep their opinions about Brody's former employment to themselves, especially around Sam.
* The ND have been able to keep quiet about my identity as the hate crime victim but they like me (mostly). Schuester is another story. If he finds out about Tommy I don't trust that he'll keep his fucking mouth shut after what Brody did to Rachel. Warn them that if Schuester finds out I will know it was one of them. There will be consequences and they won't just come from me. Use Karofsky just not the Fight Club part. Fight Club has to remain secret.
*I'll trust your judgement if you kick Kurt out. Vincent knows what to do.
*Tell Rachel to leave Bas alone
*Have Quinn call Wes when you're done. He may not answer but the effort will be appreciated. It probably wouldn't hurt if Mercedes called David too. Before you say anything, Mike is staying with Beat so it's not an issue.
PS: I know you called Cooper and I understand why. You made the right decision.
"Everyone in the living area. Turn your phones off and put them on the coffee table. We're on total radio silence until we've all come to an understanding." It was easier than expected for everyone to give up their phone but that's probably because they were more interested in finding out what was going on. "Ok, I'm just going to put this out there…"
"Santana, thank you but it's probably better if you let me tell what happened." Santana, Sam and Mike looked at Rachel like she had lost her mind. It got worse when Finn walked over and put his hand on her shoulder while Kurt took her hand in support.
Everyone else decided this wasn't the time for questions.
Sam left what he was doing to join Santana "Rachel, what are you talking about?"
"How it was my fault we had to leave early. I saw Cam keeping Brody away from me and Finn. With all the videos being taken it would have been a disaster for him to approach me. Oh, Quinn and Mercedes, I want to do something special for Wes, David and their friend Chester for going and making sure everything was under control so we could leave. It was very gentlemanly of them, but that is what we expect from our Dalton boys. Do you think they'd like muffin baskets?"
"I'm sure they would appreciate the gesture" Mercedes said with a smile. She and Quinn knew enough to know that wasn't what Santana was going to tell them. What happened was about Blaine, it had to be. She knew she's get the real story sooner than later. If she had to guess, things were much better thanks to Rachel's unyielding belief that everything had to be about her.
"I've got it" Nichole smiled and nodded to the TV where the website Artie had alerted them to was on screen and easy for all to read.
The Front Cut: NYADA's True Gossip Blog We don't have to stab you in the back. We'll say it to your face
(9:03PM) danz4life12: I thought Blaine Anderson chose Julliard? Why is he at #CallBacks? Well he's gone now.
(9:04PM) sopranohigh: Saw him step out but I think his boyfriend is talking with Berry. *photo attached
(9:06PM) hellocello1993: Pretty sure boyfriend. Sang in Creep video *video attached. Did he apply to NYADA? Heard rumor Blaine's boyfriend is a Dirty Dozen.
(9:16PM) danz4life12: Blaine's back but whose this guy. Anyone? *photo attached
(9:20PM) nyada14532: Holy Shit! In October I saw Blaine #CallBacks with guy2. Berry and Weston were onstage and Blaine ran out. Guy 2 didn't seem to notice. Later saw them in park having huge fight. I think he's the Dirty Dozen but ex. Stuck in airport in Minnesota. Updates PLEASE!
(9:25PM) sopranohigh: Here's your update nyada14532 *video attached Guess we know guy1 is boyfriend. That kiss is hot!
(9:28PM) balletslipperboy: Why does all the good shit happen at #CallBacks when I'm not there?
(9:30PM) xwarbler2: Guy2 is Kurt, the ex and NYADA reject from last year. Guy1 is Sebastian. Yes, boyfriend but going to Columbia.
"Stop scrolling!" Sam yelled to Nichole.
Kurt let out a huff. He had sat quietly through this travesty but no more "Why Sam? So you can all sit and point at my humiliation."
"Shut up, Kurt this isn't about you. Ok, maybe it is." Sam went to the TV and pointed at the last entry they had come to. "See this name, xwarbler2?"
"Beat told me there were no ex-Warblers" Mike said as he tried to figure out where Sam was going with this. "It's the whole Once a Warbler, always a Warbler thing."
Sam didn't look at Mike, but directly at Kurt. "There are actually 2 ex-Warblers. The first one is here in this room but I'm pretty sure he wouldn't post something about his NYADA rejection."
"Then who is…" Tina tried not to sound giddy at the fact that she finally knew something they were talking about. "It's that guy Hunter, right? The guy that stole the Nationals trophy? I thought he was in jail."
"He was 2 weeks ago." Sam kept focused on Kurt, making it clear he was aware Hunter gave testimony about Kurt's role in the Dalton scandal. "But, I don't think he's trolling NYADA blogs from the discomfort of his cell."
Santana jumped into action and started tossing the guys their phones. "Mikey, text your boy that link and tell him what to look for. And have him tell Ralphie since he's supposedly the IT guy. Finn…"
"I'm calling Cooper" he said as he was already headed to a quieter spot in the loft.
"Sammy…"
"I've got Daniel. We can show Vincent when he gets back."
Rachel reached for her phone but Santana snatched it away "Who the hell do you think you're going to call? Didn't I just explain that no one talks?"
"I'm just calling Bastian. Hunter was his roommate. He has the right to know."
"That's why Sam is talking to Daniel, you selfish bitch. Daniel can tell Sebastian." Quinn and Mercedes got up and went to Santana just in case. They had seen that All Lima Heights on your ass look she had in her eyes before. "What makes you think you have the right to tell him this?"
"He's my best friend!" Rachel yelled at her.
"Are you sure about that?" Santana didn't believe this was the time to bring up her suspicions about Rachel but Blaine had specifically told her to keep her away from Sebastian.
Sam, Mike and Finn came running back to the area, but Kurt broke the silence when he blurted out "Oh my god, I get it. I finally get it."
"What the hell are you talking about Hummel?" Santana barked at him while now firmly in Sam's grasp.
"You, Santana. I'm talking about you." Kurt was so fixated on her that everyone else focused on him. "All of you yelled at me, berated me, told me what a horrible person I was for going to New York and forgetting Blaine. How I drove him to depression, but I didn't see it. I didn't understand how no one understood how hard I was working to make it at Vogue and didn't have time for Glee Clubs and student council elections anymore. New York was my dream and Blaine was supposed to deal with it."
Kurt continued to walk to Santana, bumping aside Mercedes who tried to gently stop his progress. "But now I see how wrong that was and I'm going to do everything in my power to make it up to Blaine." He stopped right in front of her, but Sam still held her tightly in his arms. He considered letting her go but didn't want to be charged as an accessory.
"For you see Santana, I realize how horrible what I did to Blaine was because you're doing the same to Brittany right now. What a fucking hypocrite."
"So much for trying to reconnect with your friends this week. Kurt, what were you thinking?"
In the commotion no one saw Vincent come back or the guest he brought with him. "Chandler? What are you doing here?"
"Santana asked me to come."
Notes:
U + Ur Hand: Gottwald, Lukasz; Martin, Max; Moore, Alecia; Yacoub, Rami 2006
A Come to Jesus Meeting is one where once it's done…You WILL see the light.