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Operation: Brothers

The trip was only meant to take about two hours overall, but to Kurt it seemed to be taking longer than that. Finn would simply not shut up. The entire ride was filled with excitement, proclamations, solos and just general stupidity. Kurt was half a second away from crashing his baby into a tree just to get away from it all before he realized that they were there. Finn quieted as they turned into the parking lot. Kurt parked and they both looked up at the school in front of them.

"Awesome," Finn whispered reverently. "Ok. Our first mission as brothers is a go."

Kurt sighed and shook his head and made to open his car door before Finn reached over him and shut it.

Kurt turned to look at him. "What are you doing?"

"We need to talk before we do this," Finn stated in reply. "You don't seem to be having as much fun as I am. You're head's not in the game. Why is that?"

"Oh, gee, I don't know Finn," Kurt replied sarcastically. "Perhaps it's because I just had to sit in my car for two hours with an overgrown toddler beside me who wouldn't shut the hell up the entire ride here, or perhaps it has to do with the fact that we're about to go in there and spy on a prestigious, preparatory Academy for boys! As in many, multiple, lots of BOYS!"

Finn was silent for a moment and then broke into a smile "That's just right up your alley then isn't it? What? Are you afraid they won't think you're cute?"

Kurt shook his head. Finn just didn't get it. None of the boys did.

"I couldn't care less about a cute boy, Finn. What I do care about is what they'll do to us when they realize we're spying."

Finn lost his teasing smile and adorned a softer one instead. "Hey, I won't let anything happen to you, ok?"

Kurt had to scoff at that one. Finn didn't do anything for him at his own school. What's to make Kurt believe that he's actually going to stand up for him here?

"If anything, we can say I came to spy and you actually came because you really actually did want to transfer."

Kurt's mouth tightened. 'Good job, Finn,' he thought. 'Spot on.'

Kurt sighed. "All right. Let's just do this. We don't want to be late for our appointment."

"That's the spirit!"

The boys got out of the car and made their way to the school. Before they opened the front doors to the main building though, Kurt reached out and stopped Finn. "Turn to me." Finn turned and Kurt reached up for Finn's tie and straightened it. He then proceeded to dust the lint from his jacket and buttoned it for him.

"Ok," Kurt sighed. "Better."

Finn turned back and opened the door in front of him, holding it open for Kurt who walked in and glanced around.

Old walls. Old Ceilings. All very classic looking. Even the door to the main office was made of solid oak. Kurt could tell that much. He opened the door and walked in with Finn. They met the secretary's eyes and she stood to greet them.

"Hello, may I help you?"

"Yes, ma'am," said Finn. "We have an appointment to look at your school today. We're thinking about a transfer here for my little brother."

"Ah, yes. Kurt Hummel. The 2:30 appointment." The secretary looked at the boys in front of her and asked politely, "Could neither Mr. nor Mrs. Hummel join us today?"

"Unfortunately not," stated Kurt. "Our mother accidentally double booked her appointments today, but seeing as this transfer is all about me, they're going to trust my judgment."

"All right then. Let's just go ahead and get started, shall we?" The secretary moved from behind the desk and walked around shaking Kurt's hand. "First off, welcome. My name is Gina Mitchell and I will be your tour guide for this afternoon."

Kurt smiled good-naturedly and shook her hand in return. "I'm Kurt and this is Finn."

"Lovely to meet you both. Well, here is the main office." Ms. Mitchell gestured about her before moving to the door and walking out of the office. The other boys were quick to follow her. "Moving into the adjoining hall, you will come across nothing but a teacher's lounge and a work/mail room leading into the main area which is composed of a number of classrooms. Classrooms can be found on the two floors above this one as well as the floor below." Kurt and Finn walked while Ms. Mitchell talked. She brought them to every floor and every building, pointing out certain areas when Kurt or Finn would make an interested noise. It wasn't long before they moved outside.

"The building across the way there is our dining hall." They began to walk towards it as a student walked out. The boy held the door open for them as they made their way through. Finn noticed the guy give Kurt an interested once over before moving on. Finn shook his head and side smiled. Yep.

"Inside you will find our cafeteria as well as a small café. A meal option is included with tuition and if you're planning on boarding, we provide a more extensive meal plan included in room and board." Kurt was amazed by all of the options the school provided so far, and the tour wasn't even most of the way finished yet.

"Are there any questions so far?" Kurt pried his eyes away from the espresso machine and shook his head. Ms. Mitchell turned and moved towards the doors once more. "Moving on then."

Kurt turned back to Finn to make sure he was keeping up. He was, but Kurt noticed him looking at one of the tables. Kurt looked as well and it looked as if two boys were sitting rather closely together. One was blond and the other brunet. He saw the brunet one reach out his hand and the other boy took it. The brunet squeezed his hand and smiled before letting go and turning away bashfully. The blond reached over and took his hand again, and didn't let go.

Kurt's heart melted. He looked back at Finn who was looking back at him, smiling gently. Finn walked closer to Kurt and put his arm around his shoulders, noticing that Kurt had tensed a little before relaxing. He walked them both towards the door where Ms. Mitchell was waiting for them. She saw that the younger boy, Kurt, was having a moment. He looked so sad. She hoped for his sake that he would choose to come to Dalton.

The rest of the tour was quick and painless. They saw the gymnasium and the fields for play. They saw an example dorm. Kurt was amazed by the size of the room. It wasn't as bad as he thought it would be. There wasn't much closet space though. Kurt quickly shook his head out of that thought.

'Pull yourself together, Hummel,' Kurt thought to himself. 'You're not really transferring here.'

It wasn't long before the tour was over and they had made their way back to the main office.

"So, what do you think?" asked Ms. Mitchell, spreading out her arms. "Have we found your new home away from home?"

"Well, it's certainly a remarkable school," answered Kurt.

"Very open-minded," replied Finn in turn.

Kurt nodded at Finn. "I'll have to speak with my parents about it."

"Of course. Naturally. We wouldn't expect anything else. Well, I suppose that concludes everything gentlemen. Did you have any other questions?"

"Um, yes. Actually I do," answered Kurt, beginning to look a little uncomfortable. "Where is the bathroom?" he whispered.

"Oh my goodness!" Ms. Mitchell whisper-exclaimed. "I apologize!"

"Oh, it's fine. I just, you know, long trip and all." Kurt waved his hands about randomly.

"Of course, of course. It's down the hall." Ms. Mitchell pointed with her finger. "When you hit the end, take a left, and it should be the third door down."

"Great. Thank you." Kurt grabbed Finn's arm and started pushing him towards that way.

"OK," whispered Kurt. "Now is our chance to do some major infiltration. Let's go."

Finn looked dubious. "And say what when we get in trouble?"

"When we went looking for a bathroom, we got lost," Kurt stated simply.

"So, basically, Puck should just be asking you for criminal advice."

Kurt snorted and took a left at the end of the hall with Finn when they both heard a bell rang. Multitudes of boys started making their way out of the classrooms surrounding them and Finn and Kurt were pushed with traffic towards the same stairs they took earlier to get to the bottom floor. As they made their way, Finn made an observation.

"Why does it look like all these dudes are going to the same place?"

"You're right. I'm not sure. Let me just…" Kurt trailed off as he saw a perfect opportunity walking down the stairs in front of him. He called out.

Kurt: "Excuse me. Um, hi. Can I ask you a question? I-I'm new here."

Blaine: "My name is Blaine."

Kurt: "Kurt. So, what exactly is going on?"

Blaine: "The Warblers! Every now and then they throw an impromptu performance in the senior commons. Tends to shut the school down for a while."

Kurt: "So wait, the glee club here is kind of cool?"

Blaine: "The Warblers are like rock stars. Come on. I know a short cut."

Finn watched as Kurt's right hand was taken and he was pulled down the rest of the stairs. Kurt turned and looked at Finn in confusion and shock. Finn just shrugged and walked behind him. His long legs were able to keep up just fine, but as he looked around, he noticed exactly where they were from the tour that they had just finished moments ago and to be honest, he doubted very highly that this was a short cut to wherever it may be that the Warbler's were performing. Nothing was really down this hallway.

'In fact…' Finn's eyes narrowed with his thinking. 'This hallway leads to a dead end. The hallways attached take you...' He cut off his thoughts. 'Where is he taking us exactly?' Finn's eyes couldn't help but drift to Kurt's hand being clung to so tightly by the other dude dragging him down the hall.

It didn't take much longer for all three boys to arrive where the performance would be, and…

'Yep,' Finn confirmed to himself, nodding to his thoughts. 'Totally longer. We could have just kept straight.'

Finn's thoughts were interrupted by Kurt as he looked around the room before him.

Kurt: "Ooh. I stick out like a sore thumb."

Blaine: "Well, next time don't forget your jacket new kid. You'll fit right in. Now if you'll excuse me."

Finn zeroed in on this Blaine dude touching his little brother's jacket. He shook his head and crossed his arms, looking away and waiting for the performance to start.

As Blaine went off and began to sing, Kurt stood entranced as he watched on. This was, without a doubt, the dreamiest performance he had ever seen. Part way through the performance, Finn turned to Kurt to make a comment when he noticed Kurt's facial expression. Finn uncrossed his arms and held his hand up to Kurt's face and waved it, but it appeared Kurt was not coming out of la-la land anytime soon.

"Kurt? Kurt!" Finn whisper yelled.

Kurt broke out of his trance and looked at him quickly before turning back to the performance, not wanting to miss a moment. Finn crossed his arms once more and huffed.

"What?" replied Kurt out of the corner of his mouth.

"Well?" Finn stated obviously, gesturing a hand towards the dancing boys. "What do you think?"

"I think they're absolutely dreamy," Kurt sighed.

Finn stared at his brother with a deadpan stare before turning back to the performance and whispering, "Dude. Duh. What I'm asking is for glee purposes. What do you think?"

Kurt shook himself out of his stupor once again. 'Right,' He thought. 'Spying.'

"Well, if the judges are all preteen girls…or gay boys, like myself, we could all be Adam Lambert's and Lady Gaga's, and the judges still wouldn't pick us."

Finn sighed dramatically. "Yeah, that's what I was thinking too."