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IN-COG-NITO
-adv. & adj.
(With one's identity disguised or concealed)
Blaine's latest movie role was playing a nerdy high school kid. The producer asks him to do a little research by going incognito at a public school. However things get awkward when Blaine makes a friend who turns out to be a fan of the 'real' him.
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Chapter 3: Who's Blaine Anderson?
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As Kurt walked into the canteen, Jake, the football player that appeared to have the most problem with him was walking out. He was the one that had pushed him into the lockers before Cooper asked if he was ok.
As soon as Jake noticed him and his eyes connected with Kurt's, his entire facial features changed into one of sheer loathing. Kurt gulped but Jake just walked past him in a hurry. Maybe he wasn't so brave without his friends as back-ups.
Kurt didn't know what the guys logic was, but it seemed to run deeper than just being intolerant of gay people. Perhaps he was deeply religious or something, he sure as hell hoped he wasn't another "closet" Karofsky type, that would just be his luck.
After buying a sandwich and a bottle of still water, Kurt scanned the room for somewhere to sit and saw Finn and Rachel sat at a table with some of the other Glee members. He was about to walk over but noticed they were feeding each other pieces of fruit with lovesick expressions on their faces.
'Ugh.'
Not in the mood for the vomit inducing display, Kurt decided to sit on his own at one of the smaller tables for four people. He opened his sandwich and got his phone out, bringing up his twitter timeline and hoping Blaine Anderson's six day absence had come to an end.
'Texting?' a voice interrupted a few minutes later.
Kurt looked up and smiled when he saw who it was. 'Hey Cooper, how's it going?'
'Good thanks, you?'
'Yeah, fine.'
'Can I join you or are you saving these seats for-'
'No no, don't be silly... take a seat.'
'Thanks.' Blaine sat down and began peeling an orange he'd bought and trying to think of something interesting to say when Kurt spoke first.
'Oh and I wasn't texting, I was checking twitter.'
Blaine had to fight the urge to smile. 'Oh right.'
'Are you on twitter?'
Blaine figured a nerd would be more than proficient with computers and the internet, but perhaps not necessarily social networking sites. 'Um... no. To be honest I've never really got twitter.'
'Oh my god it's great,' Kurt beamed. 'If your idols are on there you can follow them and read all their updates, or tweets as they're better known.'
'Idols as in famous people?'
'Yep.'
'So celebrities use it as a way to connect with their audience then?'
'Yeah, but some of them are seriously dull… or just plain idiots on twitter.'
Blaine laughed. 'Don't hold back.'
'And some only use it when they want to promote stuff too, which sucks if it's someone you really like.'
'I can imagine... there's nothing like someone you admire shattering your perception of them... famous or not.'
Kurt cocked his head to one side and thought for a moment. 'People change though... with success, money, fame... and a lot of the time not for the better.'
I know.
'Mmn,' Blaine hummed in agreement. 'Well it's not surprising if they surround themselves with yes people. When you're a Broadway star, are you going to remember all the little people back in Lima?'
Kurt giggled. 'Well my Dad will probably still insist I fly home every week for friday night dinner. He's strict with his house rules. But in all honestly I'll probably end up teaching music or something.'
'Well if you do at least you can look back and say you tried with the Broadway thing. Most people never follow their dreams.'
'Don't you have a dream? You didn't sound very eager when you said you'd probably study law.'
'Not really,' Blaine shrugged. 'So who do you "follow" on this twitter thing then?'
Kurt gave Cooper a smirk. 'Air quotes? Really?'
'Sorry,' Blaine laughed. 'I'm showing my nerd.'
'I follow lots of people, singers mainly,' Kurt explained as he went back to looking at his phone. 'Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry... my favourite is Blaine Anderson. But he hasn't tweeted for a few days, something about a vacation.'
Oh. My. God.
Blaine paled and felt the whole room turn eerily silent for a moment. He could have sworn his heart had stopped beating briefly as he tried to register the words he had just heard. Kurt was a fan of Blaine Anderson, of him.
Oh God, Oh God, Oh God.
Luckily Kurt was far too engrossed in the twitter feed on his phone to notice 'Cooper's' reaction. Taking a deep breath, Blaine busied himself with separating his orange into segments on a plate, but it was no use. Instead of becoming calmer, his pulse started to race erratically and he felt dizzy, despite the fact he was sitting.
Blaine wasn't an idiot; he knew it was highly likely most people at McKinley would have at least heard of him, especially coming from Ohio and hence the need for such an extreme disguise. And he also knew that some may even be fans of his work. But this adorable and somewhat lost guy he was growing increasingly attached to was not only a fan, but had been following him on twitter.
Blaine knew he should make his excuses and walk away, perhaps even distance himself from Kurt for the remainder of his research project or even stop coming to McKinley all together. Yes, that would be the sensible and professional thing to do. What he certainly shouldn't do is indulge Kurt and continue the conversation... that would be suicide.
Don't, don't, don't... oh fuck it!
'Er... Blaine Anderson?'
Kurt looked up again as he put his phone away in his pocket, returning to his half eaten sandwich. 'Yeah.'
Blaine tried his best to give Kurt a bemused look. It must have worked because Kurt started laughing. 'Oh my God, don't tell me you've never heard of him… the gay kid from Ohio who's made it in Hollywood?'
'Um... yeah it's ringing a bell... is he the guy with the crazy hair?'
'Curly hair, not crazy hair,' Kurt laughed and Blaine's heart swelled at Kurt's defence of his much talked about hair. 'You should join up Coop, I'm sure there's lots of people you're fans of who will be on there.'
Coop?
'Um... Coop?'
Kurt frowned slightly before realising what he had said. 'Did I say Coop? God I'm sorry, I shorten people's names a lot, like Rachel is Rach, Mercedes is Cedes... actually with Finn I tend to lengthen it to Finnius, usually when I'm mad at him like when he... shit I'm babbling now. I'm sorry.'
Blaine laughed at how adorable Kurt was. 'No it's fine, my family all call me Coop.'
'Ok, cool. What idols of yours would you like to be on twitter?'
'Um... Sir Isaac Newton?' Blaine asked, putting on an excited face.
'Hmm, maybe not him,' Kurt giggled. 'I'm sure there lots of gorgeous model types you'd like to follow. Rachel gets annoyed if she sees Finn looking at certain girls twitter pages.'
Yeah maybe gorgeous male model types!
'I'll have a surf when I get home.'
'So how has your first week as a McKinley student been then?' Kurt asked.
'Um, yeah good. I'm ahead in some classes, behind in others.'
'Are you missing you old school friends?'
'Yeah a bit, but we still talk, text and I'm sure I'll see them on some weekends.'
'What are your plans for this weekend?'
'Sleep... eat... watch tv... play some video games... maybe ten minutes of homework.'
'You sound like my step brother,' Kurt smiled.
'Boys will be boys right?'
'Oh god he's such a pig though. He eats about four times as much as I do, I can't believe I once had a cr... um I... hmm...'
Why is he blushing and looking away? What was he about to say?
'How about you?'
'Huh?' Kurt frowned, looking back at Cooper.
'What are you up to over the weekend?'
'Oh... on Saturday I'll be helping my Dad out at work... well I say helping but it's mostly for the extra money.'
'What does your Dad do?'
Kurt smiled. 'He's a mechanic.'
Oh ok... overalls and grease and... Jesus Blaine!
'S-so you work on cars?'
'Yep, and on Sunday I'll be working on my senior class president speech for next week.'
'Nervous?'
'A little.'
You'll be fine,' Blaine said with a dismissive wave of his hand.
'Are you going to eat that orange or just dissect it until nothing's left?'
Blaine followed Kurt's amused gaze to the orange on his plate; he'd been picking out the pips for the past couple of minutes. 'I'm not that hungry really... um, big breakfast this morning.'
He didn't have a big breakfast. Blaine only had one slice of toast as he'd overslept and had just fifteen minutes to put his 'disguise' on. But since hearing Kurt was a fan his, hunger had vanished, and in its place an unexplainable feeling in his tummy. His mind was working overtime. Was Kurt just a fan of his work? Or did he also find him attractive? Was he Kurt's type? Did Kurt even have a type? The answers to these questions shouldn't matter, they didn't matter, but for some reason he was desperate to know.
Also, the minute Blaine got back home after "school" he intended on updating his twitter page, knowing (or hoping) it would put a smile on Kurt's face.
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BlaineAnderson
Are you 2 ever getting separate twitter names? RT NickandJeff Bow ties are cool. Dr Who is cool. You are NOT cool xx
7 minutes ago via Twitter for Blackberry
Aww thanks *blushes* RT bandersonfan846 You look totally adorable in bow ties!
12 minutes ago via Twitter for Blackberry
Bow ties are cool right? :)
16 minutes ago via Twitter for Blackberry
Low blow cousin :( RT NateWilliams A charity shop to give away all your bow ties?
17 minutes ago via Twitter for Blackberry
I visited one of my favourite places this week :)
28 minutes ago via Twitter for Blackberry
Sorry I've been awol guys. Hard to get a signal where I am.
35 minutes ago via Twitter for Blackberry
Before shooting starts I'm going on a little vacation for a few weeks but I'll try to tweet if I can!
6 days ago via Twitter for Blackberry
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Kurt smiled at his phone as he read Blaine Anderson's latest tweets. He was so cute. Some people come across as boring, arrogant or completely illiterate on twitter (or even all three) but Blaine was just the most adorable thing ever and it seemed as though his success hadn't affected him negatively so far.
Kurt really wished there was someone like Blaine at McKinley, another guy who was open about being gay. Someone he could talk to when he had a shit day or to talk boys with whilst watching DVDs all evening or just hanging out at the mall.
Kurt wondered what this favourite place was Blaine had visited. He was on vacation so... New York? Miami? Caribbean? Europe? Maybe one of his favourite places was home and he was in Ohio, but then again that wasn't much of a vacation.
'Kurt... dinner,' Carole shouted from downstairs.
Kurt left his room to join Carole, his Dad, Finn and Rachel for friday night dinner. Once they were all seated and began to tuck into their food, Burt cleared his throat and said the same question he did every week.
'How's school been this week?' he asked nobody in particular.
'Stressful,' Rachel replied.
'Boring,' Finn added.
'Kurt mentioned that a new kid started this week,' Carole directed at Finn and Rachel.
'Yeah Cooter something, bit of a geek, he seems cool though,' Finn mumbled.
'Cooper,' Kurt corrected.
Finn nodded. 'Yeah that's it. We were talking football in English the other day, dude knows his stuff.'
'Kurt sat with him at lunch today,' Rachel told Burt and Carole.
'That's nice,' Carole smiled. 'It must be hard transferring to a new school.'
'His Mom's work moves them around a lot,' Kurt explained.
'Dude you're not crushing on him are you?' Finn asked, rolling his eyes.
Jeez!
'What? No of course not. Just because he's a guy and I happen to have said more the two words to him in one day does not in any way mean I am crushing on him... anyway he's straight as a ruler.'
'How do you know?' Rachel asked. 'Gay guys can like football too.'
Kurt shrugged. 'I know they can, but I asked him.'
Carole frowned. 'Kurt that's a bit rude.'
'The question was appropriate at the time; I don't just randomly ask people their sexuality. In fact he told me his older brother was gay.''
'Is he good looking?' Rachel asked excitedly.
'I've no idea,' Kurt replied.
'You've got a crush on that Anderton guy though,' Burt said whilst pointing his fork at Kurt.
Oh ffs!
'It's Anderson Dad, Anderson.'
Rachel beamed. 'Oooh Blaine Anderson, he's a real cutie and so talented. I hope to sing a duet with him one day, it'll be amazing and epic and the start of a beautiful friendship.'
Burt was looking confused, Carole amused and Finn annoyed and was barely heard to say, 'He's not that good.'
'Be sure to introduce me,' Kurt said to Rachel.
'Of course, unless he'd rather not have one of his stalkers too close.'
What?
Kurt sighed. 'I'm not a stalker. I like his music and can relate to a lot of the experiences he's had. What's stalkerish about that?'
'Yeah but you totally wanna make out with him,' Finn said casually. Burt almost choked on his food, Rachel and Carole laughed, but Kurt blushed a deep red wishing the world would swallow Finn whole.
An hour later Kurt and his Dad were in the kitchen, doing the dishes together. Burt cleared his throat before speaking. 'Have you er... got a crush on this new boy at school? You can tell me... I mean... it's ok if you do, happens all the time in high school.'
Oh god do we really have to have this conversation?
Kurt put the tea towel down and faced his father. 'No I don't. He's a really nice guy and he doesn't give a shit about people's sexuality. Why can't I have a friend without people thinking-'
'Sorry, sorry,' Burt apologised, putting his hand on Kurt's shoulder. 'Of course you can have guy friends Kurt... I guess after the whole Finn thing we don't want you getting hurt... falling for someone who can never return your feelings.'
'The thing with Finn was over two years ago and I'd just turned sixteen and I wasn't even out. I like to think I've grown up a lot since then.'
'I know you have, you've really matured over the past year.'
Kurt sighed. 'Well your heart attack was a pretty big wakeup call Dad, it put things into perspective.'
'It sure did, that's what led me to proposing to Carole after all... so what about this brother of his?'
Kurt frowned. 'What about him?'
'Is he around or...'
'He doesn't even live in Ohio... come to think of it I don't think Cooper ever told me his name'.
'Right... ok...'
Kurt let out a huff of annoyance. 'What... do you think I talk to Cooper in the hope I'll get to meet his brother?'
'No, I just thought it would be cool for you to... to maybe have someone to talk to you know? Someone who would understand more than most.'
Kurt smiled sadly. 'Oh... well yeah it would be nice.'
'You know we never... we haven't had the um... the talkyet and-'
Oh no.
'-Dad-'
'-No let me finish. It's never really been an issue... apart from Finn and this singer guy you like there's been no guy you've talked about meeting or-'
'-Thanks for reminding me how lonely I am Dad.'
'Kid you're eighteen, you're off to college in a few months where you'll be meeting lots of new people, new friends... and you'll have a dating life. You will. You'll find someone Kurt.'
'Thanks Dad,' Kurt whispered. 'And thanks for not giving me the talk.'
Burt chuckled. 'Well I was going to say if you want to we can sit down and talk, but I understand you kids probably know more than I do about... stuff.'
'Ok Dad, let's get back to the dishes,' Kurt said, his cheeks feeling warm.
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Blaine was lying on his bed, talking to Jed on the phone. '...sorry I got a bit stressed out with things and I missing you too. Forget about the whole interview and photo shoot.'
'It's ok, I understand,' Blaine replied. 'Don't worry about it.'
'What are doing over the weekend? Anything exciting?'
'A quiet weekend I think.'
'You wouldn't be quiet if I was there,' Jed teased in a low voice.
Blaine blushed and chuckled. 'Hmm, no I suppose I wouldn't.'
'So what's this favourite place then?'
'Huh?'
'You said you visited one of your fav places this week right?'
'Are you stalking me on twitter?' Blaine asked playfully.
Jed laughed. 'Of course, how else am I supposed to find out what my boyfriend's up to ?'
Was that a dig? Or was he joking? I should ignore it...
'So yeah, it was a coffee place I used to practically live at when I was at Dalton.'
'You look so sexy in that uniform... can you bring it back with you?'
What? Ooooooooooh.
'If you like,' Blaine said trying to sound seductive.
'I'll be the professor and you can be the very naughty student.'
Oh god I need to open a window.
'Jed don't say things like that,' Blaine begged.
Jed laughed. 'Turning you on?'
'Er... what are you doing on the weekend?'
'Changing the subject? Smooth. Got scripts to read and a cast party Saturday night.'
'Cool.'
'When are you coming home babe?'
'Um, soon... I'll see how Monday and Tuesday go and if I'm not benefiting from it anymore I'll stop. How's work been?'
'Yeah good, shooting until Thursday and then we're on a break for three weeks... so if you're back end of this week it'll be perfect... we can spend some quality time together.'
'Sounds great,' Blaine replied and then he let out a loud yawn he'd been trying to hold back.
'You tired?' Jed asked.
'Yeah... sorry it's just been a bizarre week, I think my brain wants to shut down and recover.'
'I'll let you go then and I'll speak to you tomorrow before I go out?'
'Ok, call me whenever I shouldn't be busy.'
'Bye, love you.'
'Love you too,' Blaine replied before ending the call.
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'As your senior class president I will pledge to...'
Kurt sighed and turned away from the mirror. It was no use, he felt ridiculous practising the speech to his reflection. He sat back down at the desk in his room, looking over his notes as he chewed the end of his pen. He looked to the window and saw it was raining outside, perfectly reflecting his mood. Deciding to take a short break he turned to his laptop to check twitter and found that Blaine Anderson had been on a bit of a tweeting run. With a smile he rested his elbow on the table and his chin on his hand as he scrolled through to the first tweet that was sent and worked his way up.
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BlaineAnderson
That was so much fun guys, must do it again soon :) xxx
15 minutes ago via Twitter for Blackberry
RT lifesucks93759 Do you have any pets?
I don't but I really want to get a cat soon and call it Peanut :)18 minutes ago via Twitter for Blackberry
RT SarahMorgan4 Do you avoid GAP like the plague?
LOL. I have been in Gap recently, I still feel terrible I lost someone their job :( #whereisj? :)
22 minutes ago via Twitter for Blackberry
RT dudewheresmyvan R u gay?
I don't know how you got that impression lol :)
31 minutes ago via Twitter for Blackberry
RT jewbacca Fav pizza topping?
Hawaiian mmm :)
38 minutes ago via Twitter for Blackberry
RT iluvblaine38294 Would you ever play a gay character?
Of course if there was a powerful story behind it :)
46 minutes ago via Twitter for Blackberry
RT J0shL0l Ideal guy?
Someone who makes me want to be a better person :) #pukelol
52 minutes ago via Twitter for Blackberry
RT NickandJeff Who do you prefer, Nick or Jeff?
Jeck :P #jeck4eva
1 hour ago via Twitter for Blackberry
RT spamalot87 Favourite HP character?
Professor Snape (R.I.P) :(
1 hour ago via Twitter for Blackberry
RT spoooooony In your book you said you don't speak to your brother, is that still the case?
Yes unfortunately :(
1 hour ago via Twitter for Blackberry
RT gagfan1996 Do you prefer singing or acting?
I love both, singing is my passion though. Stage musicals are a good mix of both :)
1 hour ago ago via Twitter for Blackberry
RT iampotatohead Where are you right now?
Sitting on a sofa :)
1 hour ago via Twitter for Blackberry
RT ilovemycats Who are Nick and Jeff?
Friends from high school, we called them Niff :) #niff
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RT katieistweeting Will you marry me?
I'll have to ask my mom lol :) #mommysboy
1 hour ago via Twitter for Blackberry
RT CraigS What's your coffee order?
Medium drip :)
1 hour ago via Twitter for Blackberry
RT hp4eva Twilight or Harry Potter?
Harry Potter! :)
1 hour ago via Twitter for Blackberry
Hey guys, how about we do a little Q&A? Go :) #iloveq&a's
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Kurt sighed happily. Seriously, could Blaine Anderson be any more adorable? He was a pretty cool idol to have Kurt thought, he didn't have to resort to anything outrageous to become popular. He was just him. Kurt's phone buzzed, indicating a text. Bracing himself for possibly another awkward message from Karofsky he was pleasantly surprised to find it was actually from Cooper, a smile appearing on his face as he read it.
From: Cooper
How's the speech going?
To: Cooper
Awful. Finn promised to be my practice audience but he's ditched me for a "movie" with Rachel.
From: Cooper
Air quotes? :P
To: Cooper
Hahaha! Well he said movie but I'm pretty sure he's helping Rachel with HER speech.
From: Cooper
Oooh.
To: Cooper
Exactly!
Kurt went back to his notes and as the minutes ticked by he'd assumed Cooper wouldn't be texting him again. However almost an hour later his phone buzzed and he felt slight trepidation again in case it was Karofsky.
From: Cooper
Here's a thought, I'll be your audience if you like?
Kurt was taken aback, had he made Cooper think he was implying he'd want his help? He read back over the texts and it didn't seem that way. Maybe he was just genuinely being a good friend, Kurt didn't really have one of those. Before he had a chance to respond though, another text from Cooper appeared.
From: Cooper
Unless you prefer someone whose closer to you... but putting my offer on the table all the same. And before you say it I really DON'T have anything better to do with my Saturday afternoon :)
To: Cooper
Well if you really don't mind that would be awesome.
From: Cooper
Great. Do you want me to come to yours or meet somewhere out?
To: Cooper
Yeah you can come to mine, I'm not sure everyone at the L.B wants to hear my speech lol. I'll have sandwiches ready :)
From: Cooper
Mmm sandwiches. Text me your address and I'll be there soon :)
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AN
(Name Kurt's Bully)
I had 2 suggestions for the name of Kurt's bully (THANKS!) Jake and Michael. So Jake will be his name and Michael will be someone who is connected to him.
Thanks so much to those who left a review for chapter 2, it really means a lot :) Sorry I didn't update earlier but my granddad died last week and for a few days couldn't really write anything. Please let me know what you thought of chapter 3, I really appreciate your feedback and comments. Any ideas as to what will be coming up next?
*Chuggeroo* :)
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