"How was your date with Quinn's brother?" Sue asked as soon as Blair got home that evening. "You've been seeing quite a bit of each other recently. Do I need to worry about you?" She was concerned about Blair's wellbeing, especially after what almost happened when things blew up at the end of her relationship with Puck.
Blair had to give Sue some props for managing to get all that out before she had even closed the door. "It was fun, and spending a lot of time together isn't anything new. It just means…more now." She hung up her coat and went into the kitchen to get a drink. "As far as worrying about me goes, you're going to worry no matter what I say."
Sue leaned back against the counter with crossed arms as she stared her down. "Blair, do I need to worry about you?"
"I'm fully capable of having a relationship without it ending horribly." As soon as those words came out of her mouth, her expression dropped. Almost every single relationship she had in her Reality did not end well at all and it seemed to follow her in this one as well.
Sue saw Blair's expression drop and instantly thought the worse. "Where did you go just now?"
Blair snapped out of her thoughts and smiled. "It's nothing, worrier godmother of mine. I'm fine and things are different with Liam. He was my friend first and maybe, despite all my worries, that will make the difference." She shrugged and headed towards her room. "We'll see."
Sue didn't like the uncertainty of this relationship and especially didn't appreciate that Blair didn't even tell her about it. It wasn't until Blair witnessed an innocent PDA in the school's hallway that she knew and had to then ask her about it. Sue didn't like how little they'd been talking lately and with the arrangement with Kai who seemed to be in town a lot more often now, it felt like Blair was hardly ever home.
In hopes of getting Blair to talk to her more, she asked, "What's the deal with you and Klaus? He left a message for you earlier." She went over to the answering machine and pushed 'play'. A moment later Klaus' voice spoke from the machine, saying,
"An antiquated messaging system? So, this is what you left us for? I expected better, Love."
Blair laughed at Klaus' bit because of how often he'd been saying it. He never sounded serious whenever he said it and seemed to fit those words in whenever he could. After her laughter ceased, she explained to Sue, "We're just friends…sort of. No big deal."
Sue had a feeling there was more to it than that. "And what is the whole 'left us' thing about?"
Blair came up with a lie on the spot she hoped would be believable enough. "He tried to get me to attend Carmel High so I could join Vocal Adrenaline. To try and mess with them I said I would, but didn't and that's what he's talking about."
Sue still thought there was more to this story than what Blair was telling her but clearly it wasn't going to be shared so she slightly segued a bit. "Oh that reminds me. Vocal Adrenaline will be giving your little Glee Club a bit of a display at school tomorrow."
Okay, that caught her attention. "What do you mean by that? And how would you even know?"
"Because I helped them with their soundcheck. If your Club wants to be the best then they have to beat the best." Sue clapped her hand on Blair's shoulder. "Good luck."
Blair followed Sue down the hallway. "You have got to stop this, please! Stop the sabotaging and the scheming and the messed up methods of teaching lessons. I know you're trying to be the villain to give me and the others something to focus on and defeat, but enough is enough."
Sue stopped in the doorway of her personal bedroom and turned to explain something to Blair. "You are my responsibility. It is up to me to make sure you are capable of handling anything life has to throw at you. You've come a long way goddaughter of mine, but you have a long way to do. And as far as most of your Glee Clubbers, they have even longer. You can hate me and my methods all you want, but that's not going to change me or the way I do things. You'll thank me for it one day." To end the conversation she stepped back into her room and closed the door.
Blair groaned in anger in frustration before retreating to her own room and slamming the bedroom door. After taking a few deep breaths, she pulled out her cellphone to call Klaus. When he answered she started right in on him, "I don't care what you and your Alter's Vocal Adrenaline buddies are up to, but all I have to say to that is bring it." Before he could even attempt at a response she ended the call and turned off her phone to keep him from trying to call her back.
Apparently no matter what life she lived or Reality she ventured to, she'd always end up having to deal with some sort of villain. And once again the villain was someone she cared very much about. Were all the universes in agreement about that? Was Blair destined to be challenged by those she loved the most no matter what Reality she was in? If that was the case then the cosmos were truly messed up. Then again, maybe it was all part of her Curse and not even running away to a different Reality could allow her to escape it.
Even with knowing what Vocal Adrenaline was up to and warning the Glee members about it, it still didn't fully prepare them for what their competition had in store. Vocal Adrenaline kicked ass when they sang and performed 'Another Ones Bites the Dust'. And to make matters worse, Jesse transferred back to Carmel High and was Vocal Adrenaline's male lead once again.
Blair knew in her gut that Jesse was not who he appeared to be and showed his true colors during that performance, and while seeing Klaus up on stage amused her to no end the whole performance pissed her off. It made her even more determined to win at Regionals but it just seemed to put everyone into a funk. Finn and Liam compared it to when the football team would prank the opposing team to get into their heads. While that was a good comparison, no one could seem to get out of the funk as they made their way down to the Choir Room.
Rachel was still reeling over the fact that Jesse had betrayed the Club but allowed herself a moment to think about something else – something she wanted to say to Blair. "I thought Nik was like your informant or something?"
"Klaus is complicated." That was all Blair could really say on the matter. It's not like she could explain the whole Alter thing and the agreement with Klaus and everything else. Damn…Blair thought keeping this stuff to herself was hard before but now that Klaus was in the picture it just made everything all the more complicated.
"Hope you're not going to trust him after this," Liam commented. "Just like Jesse, he made it clear where his loyalties lie."
"With Glee stuff, no way. But that doesn't mean I'm not going to trust him otherwise." Blair knew oh so well what Klaus was like but he never directly did anything to hurt her and whenever he made a promise to her he kept it. Until or unless he did something otherwise her trust in him wouldn't falter.
Just then they entered the Choir Room to find it had been completely toilet papered. Blair scoffed at the immaturity of this action. "I give Carmel props for using the performance to mess with us, but this? This is just petty as hell." She tore down a bunch of toilet paper from the ceiling in anger. Her fury just seemed to grow with every piece she tore away until Liam wrapped his arms around her.
"Breathe, Blair. Just breathe." Liam recognized this level of anger. It was so beyond that of getting Slushied. In fact it was bordering on how she became when they were at the mall and someone insulted her race. At the time Blair didn't punch the racist ass but he witnessed her punching a hole in a wall at Kai's place. He didn't want her reaching that level again.
Blair tried to get out of his arms but he held tight and finally she gave in and took deep breaths to try and calm herself. It eventually worked and he released her. As much as she appreciated him caring about it, it also pissed her off. "Don't ever do that again."
Liam tried to say something to her but she left the room before he could. He intended on going after her but didn't get the chance due to Puck's words.
"Let her go, man. Trust me, she needs space right now."
"I'm not going to take advice from you about my girlfriend," Liam snapped back.
Finn stepped in there because they didn't need a fight breaking out between them on top of everything else. "Then listen to me. Man, listen to everyone in this room. We all know to give Blair her space when she erupts so we don't burned. You're no exception to that."
As much as Liam didn't want to admit they were right, he had to. So instead of following after Blair he helped the others to start cleaning up the room and assisted in filling in Mr. Schue on what happened when he joined them.
Blair just needed some time to herself to regroup. Her anger had gotten a shorter fuse as of late and as much as she didn't think he deserved the blame, she blamed Klaus for it. She knew he was there because he was concerned about her getting to attached to this Reality and thus never returning back to her own, but it was just making things worse. Blair just wanted to live her life without having to worry about what Klaus was up to but that clearly wasn't what she was going to get. And her hope that Klaus' Alter blending with him making a difference didn't seem to do much. Things were just getting so messed up and, yes, complicated.
It didn't help matters when Blair returned to the Choir Room right at the moment when Mr. Schue threw one of Sue's trophies onto the floor with such force that he shattered it. "What the Farquaad?!"
Sue held her arm out to keep Blair from going any further than she had and looked directly at Mr. Schue as she spoke. "It's alright, Blair. Trophies for me are like herpes. You can try to get rid of them, but they just keep coming. You know why? Sue Sylvester has hourly flare-ups of burning, itchy, Highly contagious talent. Enjoy your last few days here. This room is mine." She turned to Blair and squeezed her shoulder before leaving the room.
Blair flexed her hands and clenched her fists before saying clearly, "We all know Sue's got some messed up methods of inspiration. Don't take whatever she said and let it push you down. Use it and fire yourselves up. That's the only way to work with her."
"You shouldn't have to deal with that all the time." Mr. Schue couldn't even imagine how Blair lived under the same roof as Sue.
"I've dealt with worse, Mr. Schue. Trust me." Without another word she went over to Kurt and helped him gather up some more toilet paper to get the room clean as soon as possible.
Blair didn't even wait until after school before going to talk with Sue. As soon as Sue was alone in her office, Blair barged right in and slammed the door behind her. "I asked you for one thing, Sue! And you can't even do that! Why the hell are you doing this?!"
"Watch your tone, young lady. As for why I'm doing what I'm doing, you already know the answer to that. I give you my word that you will thank me one day." Sue returned her glasses to her eyes and went back to her paperwork.
Blair went over to Sue's desk and slapped her hands on top of it. "You're pushing too far this time. You're pushing me too far. However you intend to proceed with you messed up plan, just don't." She stepped back and gestured to the floor. "You want me to beg on my hands and knees? Because I will."
Sue sighed and took off her glasses. "This isn't a lesson for you. At least not this time. I know you have the fire but they don't. You're stronger than them, so you don't need to do anything. Just sit back and let it happen. That's it. It's not that hard."
Blair put her hands over her face and screamed before speaking in an incredulous tone, "You want me to just sit by and do nothing while you tear down and manipulate a group of people that I care about?! You seriously expect me to do that?!"
"Yes," Sue answered simply. "Yes, I do. Because if you have any chance of winning at Regionals – something you need to do in order for Glee to survive – then your Club needs to have the same fire that you have. Right now they're just little flickering flames that blow out at the first sign of trouble. True, they eventually reignite but I'm trying to make it so they are infernos that never goes out."
Blair felt like she was pounding her head against a brick wall and getting nowhere because of it. "There are so many better ways to make that happen. You don't have to tear everybody down in order to make them build themselves back up."
Sue crossed her arms and leaned back in her chair as she looked at her goddaughter. "You call yourself a dragon but I see you more as a phoenix. You're risen from the ashes and are stronger because of it. Why is it a crime to want that for the others?" She gestured to the door because this conversation was over. "Now get to class before you get more time added to your grounding."
"I'm not done talking about this, and what do you mean grounding? I'm not grounded."
Sue scoffed a chuckle. "Coming in here and yelling at me like this? You most certainly are. Now get to class."
Blair held her hands out in front of her and squeezed before storming out of the office with a strong groan of frustration.
Sue sighed as Blair left. She hoped Blair would understand but it was clear she wasn't there yet. No matter. Sue was convinced that one day Blair would indeed thank her for everything.
Things seemed to start getting back to normal. Their assignment for the week was 'Funk' and while Quinn nailed it, Mercedes, Puck, and Finn did not. Their incorrect song choice was blamed on the funk the Carmel kids put them in but even so, things seemed to be getting back to the way things were. At least until Rachel told them what Jesse and the other Vocal Adrenaline kids did to her.
When Blair heard that those assholes egged Rachel it put her in such a rage. The guys felt the same and were more than ready to go to Carmel High and beat the crap out of Jesse but Mr. Schue stopped them before they could leave the Choir Room. That didn't mean Blair didn't manage to sneak away because when Mr. Schue was dealing with the guys, she slipped out the other door.
Blair was so angry that she couldn't even see straight. It wasn't just because of what they did to Rachel but that Klaus didn't even warn her about it. He knows the kind of effect that kind of humiliation has on a person and yet did nothing. That was such a betrayal in her book and was starting to make her believe that maybe he couldn't be trusted after all.
When Blair arrived at Carmel's Auditorium they were in the middle of rehearsing – surprisingly without their director there - but that didn't stop her from storming up the stage steps and punching Jesse right in the face before anyone could stop her.
Everyone in the room erupted in that moment, the Vocal members surrounding Jesse and if it wasn't for Klaus keeping Blair away from Jesse she would have done a hell of a lot more than just punch him.
"Calm down, Love. I'm not in a position to clean up your mess if you kill him." Klaus had no idea why Blair had just done what she did but knew her well enough to know it was likely for a good reason.
"Like hell you don't!" Blair shouted back at him. "How dare you stand there and tell me you don't know that they egged Rachel! How could you let that happen?!"
Klaus' face hardened when he heard what she said. "They did what?"
Blair could tell by the look in his eyes that he truly had no idea what they had done. "You didn't know."
"After what happened with Anne do you truly believe I would let it happen?" Klaus looked at her before turning around and pointing at Jesse. "You are lucky this is the world we live in. If we happen to meet in another that is when you will pay."
"What is going on here?" Shelby, the Vocal coach, demanded to know as she went onto the stage and saw Jesse had a bloody nose. "What happened?"
"That psycho punched Jesse for no reason!" One of the girls shouted as she pointed towards Blair.
"No reason?" Klaus scoffed before charging towards them. "No reason?!" This time it was Blair who had to hold Klaus back.
"I don't have the resources here to clean up your mess either, Klaus." Blair didn't let go of his arm until she was certain he wouldn't do anything stupid.
Shelby was growing impatient. "Someone better tell me what is going on now!"
"Ask him." Klaus pointed at Jesse. "And as for me; Consider this my resignation from Vocal Adrenaline and Carmel High." He took off his blue team jacket and dropped it onto the floor before guiding Blair away.
Shelby scoffed and turned around to look at Jesse and those who were part of his posse. "What did you do?"
Klaus brought Blair back to McKinley and escorted her to the Choir Room to make sure she didn't try to break away and finish what was started. As they walked down the hall he observed something, "You still have that Wolf anger, Love. You need to keep that in check in a mundane Reality like this one."
"I've been doing just fine until you showed up and made things complicated." Blair didn't let him get another word out and went into the Choir Room before him.
Mr. Schue went straight over to Blair. "There you are. Ms. Corcoran called and said you punched Jesse. Anger and violence aren't the answer."
"You can't teach an old Wolf new tricks," Klaus commented from the doorway.
"What is he doing here?" Liam demanded to know. "You another spy to try and ruin us?"
Klaus scoffed lightly at this. "I would need to be associated with Vocal Adrenaline to be a spy. Seeing as how I quit their club I have no intention of joining another. I will, however, give you a piece of information to help take them down."
"And why should we believe you?" Puck asked, siding with Liam on the whole not trusting him thing.
"Besides the fact I care about Blair? Consider it a gift of apology for Rachel. That form of humiliation was not deserved and had I known about it I would have stopped it." Klaus saw that 'funk' was written on the whiteboard. "Appropriate. Vocal Adrenaline has never been able to pull off a funk number. They don't have the fire that's needed but I can clearly see that you do. You want to give them a taste of their own medicine? Do that."
And that's exactly what they did.
End Season 1 Episode 21