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Chapter 6: Rivals

The whole group came to a stop outside yet another mansion. "This is Stuart House." Reed said, addressing the group. "Otherwise known as the Red Castle. A couple warnings before we go in. One, the Stuarts do not like us at all, and that may come across to you. Two, the Stuarts are extreme coffee addicts. And three, never trust anything a Stuart says, pertaining to Windsors, they hate us."

Blaine opened the door, letting the group file in. The hall was very similar to Hanover's, with a winding staircase and three hallways leading off. Like at Hanover, there were boys sitting at the tables studying. These boys, however, looked up and glared openly at the group. Mercedes felt extremely unsettled by these boys, who had no other problem with them, then what house their tour group was from.

A boy sauntered over to the group. He was handsome, with gelled blonde hair and green eyes. Stopping in front of the group, he smirked. "Well, what do we have here? The White Rabbit, Dormouse, Little Bat, Tweedles, and Alice. Oh, and the White King." He commented, having noticed Sam next to Brittany and Santana. "You're back."

"Sam's not staying, Logan." Kurt said, stepping foreward. "And these are the New Directions, from McKinley. We are leading them around Dalton, and as Stuart prefect, you are supposed to lead them through Stuart."

Logan winked at Kurt, who rolled his eyes. "Of course, Kurt. Follow me."

Mercedes, Rachel, Tina, and Santana watched the entire situation with curiosity. Noticing their looks, Sam walked over to them. "Logan has had a crush on Kurt since freshman year." He explained. "But Kurt has been with Blaine for almost that entire time, so Kurt has never been interested. Logan is constantly trying to convince Kurt that he's better than Blaine. I don't even know why Logan tries anymore. Kurt and Blaine have been together for nearly two years and are in love, Logan doesn't stand a chance."

Logan led the rather large group down one of the hallways, passing Stuart boys on the way, who glared at them. They reached the common room, and Logan held the door open for them. The common room looked like both the Hanover and Windsor common rooms, and there were even more boys studying in there. Two boys, both handsome, one with gelled brunette hair and brown eyes, and one who was tall, with gelled brunette hair and green eyes, were sitting on the couches, playing chess.

Rachel gasped before nudging Mercedes, who looked over. "That's Julian Larson!" She whisper screamed. "He was on Something Damaged with Clark Sawyer, one of my favorite actors."

"So you recognize me?" Julian said, smirking. "Reed knows Clark. Why don't you tell this lovely lady more about him Reed?" He nudged the shorter boy, who sighed.

"Clark's my stepbrother. He usually comes to Parent Night, which is great, since my mother isn't that supportive of my singing. She thinks anything that doesn't have to do with fashion isn't that important."

"Which is stupid because Reed is an amazing singer and painter." Kurt said, nudging his best friend.

Reed smiled at him. "Thanks Kurt. Unfortunately, my mom and Clark don't get along, since he's my dad's son from another relationship."

Shane looked around the room hesitantly, as all the Stuart boys were beginning to glare at them more. "We should probably get out of this room. I'm not sure how much longer the Stuarts will tolerate us in here."

Blaine nodded and opened the common room door, allowing the group to troop out. Logan led them down the hallway, Julian and Derek joining their rather large group. About fifty feet down the hallway, Logan stopped them and led them into a room on the left, Derek holding open the door. The Stuart kitchen was revealed to be more messy than both the Hanover and Windsor kitchens. While it was still clean, it showed use and there were ingredients for coffee everywhere.

"Remember how we told you Stuarts are coffee addicts." Blaine said to the New Directions. "Well, this is the effect of that."

Derek crossed his arms. "Well, we need someway to keep us awake while we are studying. Coffee is just the best option."

"Well, maybe if you didn't study so much, you wouldn't need something to keep you awake." Ethan fired back.

Kurt, seeing how this could escalate very quickly, stepped in between the two groups. "Okay, let's stop this before it gets out of hand." He turned to face Logan, who quickly straightened his posture. "It's been lovely of you leading us around Stuart, Logan. But we should get going."

Sam led the group quickly out of the boarding house. Once they were outside, Reed beckoned the group. "Since we made it through all of the dorms, we're going to head towards South and Main, where all the classes are held."

Logan watched the Windsors leave from the door of Stuart, sighing.

Derek shook his head watching his friend. "You're never going to get Hummel, Logan. He's too in love with Anderson."

"I know." Logan said, sighing. "But one can hope."

Derek and Julian disappeared back into Stuart, leaving their pining prefect alone. As Julian entered the house, he looked back at Logan with longing, wishing that he looked at him like that. But it would never happen. With that thought, Julian disappeared back into Stuart, following Derek.

"You won't get him." A voice said, breaking Logan out of his reverie.

Logan looked up to see a boy with gelled, brunette hair and emerald eyes, leaning up against the pillar. "Excuse me?"

The boy stood up, walking towards Logan. "I said, you won't get Kurt Hummel, because I will get him."

"I'm sorry, and who do you think you are?" Logan said, narrowing his eyes.

The other boy stuck out his hand for Logan to shake. "Sebastian Smythe. I'm a new transfer from Paris in Stuart House. And I always get what I want, and I want Kurt Hummel."

Logan narrowed his eyes as the boy walked away. It seems as if Logan Wright had a rival. And Logan didn't like to be second best.

The group reached the doors to South and Main, and Shane held the door open for everyone as they filed in.

"So, this is South and Main." Kurt explained as they walked. "It's where all the classes are held, along with Warbler practice. Windsor is the furthest from South and Main, which is why we have the wildest parties."

The group wandered through the hallway, the Windsors pointing out various classrooms to the New Directions, until they reached the doors to a large hall.

"This is Warbler Hall." Blaine pointed out. "We have all our rehearsals in here."

"Can we go in?" Rachel asked, curious.

Shane nodded. "Sure. I don't think anyone will be in there right now."

Reed held open the door for the group, and they filed in, only to discover the hall was not empty. A woman sat at the piano, going through sheet music. She was tall, with platinum blonde hair cut into a short bob and silver rimmed glasses. She looked up with they entered.

Kurt looked at her in suprise. "Oh, Ms. Medal. We didn't think there would be anyone in here right now. These are the New Directions." He said, gesturing to the group behind him. "They're the Glee club from McKinley, and they came for a tour. We've been showing them around."

"It's fine, Kurt." She said, smiling gently at him, before turning to Mr. Schue. "Was spying worth the trip here?"

He looked at her in suprise. "How? How did you know?"

"Lucky guess." She said, smiling. "It wasn't that hard to figure out."

The Windsors smirked, before going over and standing next to their teacher. "It was no coincidence that our rival glee club decided to take a tour of Dalton, right after we find out the competition for Sectionals." Blaine explained.

"We decided to give you the tour and see how long it would be before you cracked and revealed the real reason you were here." Reed elaborated. "You did very well."

"I do have an idea." Medal said, turning to the entire group. "We have a sort of showcase. We go to one of our schools and perform songs for the other group. We can even make a little competition out of it. A little bit of friendly competition before Sectionals."

The New Directions and Windsors began murmuring amongst one another, liking the idea. "How about we have it just as us Windsors." Kurt suggested. "Us along with Wes, David, and Josh. I can't see the Stuarts agreeing with this, the Hanovers maybe."

Medal nodded. "That sounds like the best option. Whose school should we have it at?"

"We could have it at McKinley." Blaine suggested. "There are more New Directions than Windsors, and Kurt's dad still lives in Lima. He wouldn't mind us staying there."

Mr. Schue nodded. "It's decided. We'll have this on Saturday."

The group headed towards the entrance, the Windsors showing the New Directions out. After they were all gone, Kurt turned to his friends. "Okay, time to plan this."

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