"Why are you so surprised to see me?" Logan said with his trademark smirk as he entered the warehouse. "I think it is fair that I also get to spend time with Kurt as I am also his friend. Yous weren't that sneaky leaving campus today and it was very easy to track you." Kurt stood there looking around at the rest of the boys and seeing a variation in emotions, although beneath it all he could still see the Windsor and Stuart rivalry. As soon as Logan had entered, Blaine was at Kurt's side holding onto his hand. Blaine knew that Logan had stopped chasing Kurt but he knew if Logan saw some weakness he would consider chasing once again. He knew it was petty but this was his ex that had went after Kurt when he knew fine well that Kurt had no feelings toward him that way.
"Logan." Blaine said with a slight hint of stiffness in his speech. He squeezed Kurt's hand tighter just to reassure himself.
"Blaine." Logan returned with a nod. "Congrats on being the official Windsor prefect. You're going to need all the help you can get to control that madhouse of yours."
"I'm sure I'll manage perfectly fine but thank you."
"Kurt may I speak to you in private for a moment please?"
"Sure." Kurt said without any hesitation. Logan turned around and headed towards the entrance. Kurt looked at Blaine to see worry in his eyes as he watched Logan walk outside. "Blaine don't worry. We'll just be outside and I won't be long. Trust me."
Blaine looked back to Kurt "I do trust you but I'm very wary of him." He said letting his gaze fall towards the entrance once more.
"I know. I'll be right back okay?" Kurt squeezed the hand that he was holding to catch the owners' attention.
"Okay." Blaine sighed lightly. Kurt leaned in close and kissed Blaine's forehead before letting go of his hand and walking away from him to go outside. Blaine's eye's never left Kurt's back until he was not in sight although he did not look away from where the boy he loved dearly was last seen.
Kurt turned the corner to see Logan leaning against the wall looking up to the sky. He could tell by the look on his face that there were a lot of things running through his head and that they were not pleasant thoughts. "What is it you want to talk to me about Logan?"
"I want to know why you have been trying your best to avoid me all summer." Logan said as he looked around intentionally avoiding Kurt's gaze.
"I have not-" Kurt began.
"Please don't lie to me. I know you have been." Snapped Logan with his eyes now meeting Kurt's.
"I have not been doing it on purpose." Kurt retorted.
"Why did he have to show up? Is he doing this on purpose?" Blaine said eventually after Kurt had left. His anger was beginning to come out but he kept it under control.
"Blaine, calm down. You know that Kurt wouldn't let anything happen." David calmly said as he put a hand on Blaine's shoulder.
"I know but I wanted everything to go perfectly without him ruining it all."
"White Rabbit, do not worry about your little Alice." Ethan chimed as he came into Blaine's view along with Evan.
"Alice knows how to stand on her two feet." The other twin continued.
"Especially after she fell."
"And discovered Warblerland."
"Guys that's probably not helping the situation."
"Come with us to the arcade bit!"
"And you can pretend that everything you kill is the Knave!" The twins began to run towards the arcade games when they were interrupted by Wes.
"Seriously? We're trying to calm him down and you want him to have the mind set of killing him?" He said sternly.
"I like their idea a lot!"
"SEE!" The twins shouted in glee.
"Shut up Shane, you're not helping either by agreeing."
"But it's a good idea." Shane muttered to himself to which he received two huge grins from the Brightman's.
"Blaine, it probably isn't as bad as you're making it out to be." Reed commented on to cover up Shane's muttering.
"But he didn't look particularly happy when he wanted to talk to Kurt alone. I know that he doesn't take his drugs as often now what if his anger flares up again?" Blaine put his head in his hands not wanting to think what could happen.
"Blaine. Don't think about 'what ifs' alright? Nothing bad is going to happen to him." David said as he began to back away from Blaine.
"Umm Blaine?" Dwight asked carefully as he stared at the approaching twins who were wearing worrisome, cheeky grins as they were heading towards Blaine.
"Yeah?" He sighed in retreat.
"... TAG! YOU'RE IT!"
"LEG IT!" With that, everyone was running away from Blaine. Blaine gave a slight chuckle before running after the Windsors. He did not notice the small curly redhead running in the opposite direction from everyone else so that he could hide.
"You talked to Julian more than me. When did the two of you become such good friends anyway?" Logan said bitterly.
"Let's just say that we bonded over something that is not necessary for this conversation." Kurt was not going to tell Logan what Julian has said to him over the past few months. It was not in his place to tell him. If Julian was not comfortable telling Logan but was able to confide in Kurt in some way, he was not going to abuse that trust by spilling to Logan no matter how much the situation annoyed him.
"So basically nothing like Julian said, when I asked him the same question, but in fancier words so to speak." Logan rolled his eyes. If it was nothing then why could they not tell him he thought. He hated being left in the dark, especially by people who did care for in some way.
"Logan we're not going down this path okay? Is this why you came here, to find out why I talked to Julian more than you over the summer? It sounds-"
"I've just missed talking to you okay? You made me feel better Kurt, even when I wasn't chasing after you. You were compassionate about it all and were always kind to me when I truly didn't deserve your kindness."
"Logan-" Kurt began before he was interrupted once again. He was beginning to feel a little bit uncomfortable by the way Logan was talking about him. It reminded him of the time when Logan had visibly chased after him.
"No please listen." Logan looked straight into Kurt's eyes. "No one has treated me the way you do. Although yes in Dalton we have house rivalry but when you were with me, even after what I did, you didn't act like we were from different houses." Logan looked away from Kurt to look towards the warehouse. "Unlike the rest of your friends as you saw in their expressions when I came in. Even outside of Dalton the rivalry still stays but you don't act like them. You treat me like a... like a person."
Kurt stared at Logan. He did not know how to respond to that instantly. Instead he followed Logan's gaze towards the warehouse and listened to what was happening inside.
Reed was sitting under one of the arcade games while the rest of the boys were running around. He was perfectly fine sitting there until the game was over until Shane suddenly sat next to him giving him a fright. "Why are you hiding here?"
"You scared me there Shane."
"I don't mean to but you are very fragile." Shane gave Reed a little nudge when he saw the smaller boy blushing. "So why are you hiding?"
"You've seen how uncoordinated I am, I'm not exactly the best player for tag."
"You're adorable, you know that." Shane laughed seeing that Reed was blushing harder now and was now trying his best to hide his face. "Come on, you can't sit here for the whole game. This looks like its going to last a while. Plus I wouldn't want you to miss the fun."
"Okay but if I trip or fall, which is very likely, it's your entire fault." Reed could not resist when Shane put on his puppy face on. It must run in the family he thought since Blaine sometimes acts like a puppy around Kurt.
"Agreed. Now when you get up you better run fast." Shane stated as he got up and offered to help Reed up by offering his hand.
"Why?" He asked as he took Shane's hand. The taller boy lifted him in one swift move and let go of Reed's hand.
"Because... tag you're it!" With that Shane bolted towards everyone else who were all waiting for them to return.
"Now that's just mean!" Reed shouted after him. He had not moved yet as he watched the dancer run away.
"No, that is sheer brilliance!" Shouted Shane, with a huge smile on his face, as he looked at Reed.
Reed began to run after Shane not even thinking about if he was going to fall. "I'll get you for this!"
"Oh I hope you do!" Laughed the dancer. His laughter echoed in the warehouse which made the rest of the Windsor boys join in.
Kurt could hear Reed screaming after Shane whilst the rest of the boys were laughing. "Those nutters." He did not mean that out loud but he could not help himself. It did not matter how long he has known these boys, they still amazed Kurt with their craziness.
"You can say that again." Both Logan and Kurt turned around to see Julian approaching them. First Logan and now Julian Kurt thought. He was not going to help in any way.
"Julian, what are you doing here?" Barked Logan. Julian just simply laughed at the question.
"Well I could ask you the same question. However I'll say that I went on a journey to find this Stuart House Prefect that went missing without any sign of where he could have gone to, as he was too selfish to tell anyone or at least have some courtesy to leave a note of his intentions."
"Jules-" Logan began irritated.
"I then proceeded to look for clues as to where this Prefect had gone to. I had gone into enemy territory to find their prefect missing as well along with a band of troops but they knew where they were. So I followed the White Rabbit's trail and found you. Now wasn't that a lovely story." Kurt sniggered as quietly as he could as he could see that Logan was very unimpressed with Julian.
"You think you're so clever don't you Jules?"
"Well yes, indeed I do. I am extremely proud of that story. Didn't you enjoy it? Kurt did." Kurt rolled his eyes when Logan shot him a look. It did amuse him but now was not the right moment to admit it. Julian did not wait for Logan to reply. "Anyway, you're actually needed at Stuart but like I said no one knew where you were and you weren't answering your phone so naturally I went out looking for you as it seems to be very important." He said with a shrug. He did not really care what was wrong but he cared that Logan was meant to be dealing with it and not chasing after Kurt just to find out why he had not spoken to him as much as himself over the summer.
"Fine. I'll go back." Logan sighed. "I still want an explanation at some point Kurt."
"Sure. I'll meet you one day after school for a coffee then we can talk then. Does that seem fair to you?"
Logan gave a small smile showing his gratitude. "That would be great, thank you Kurt." He turned away and began to head towards his car. Julian followed suit after he gave Kurt a slight nod in goodbye. When they were at a far distance from where Kurt was standing, he returned to the warehouse to find Blaine at the entrance with an unreadable expression.
"Are you really going to meet him?"
"Yes as it might calm him down. Could we please not talk about this?" Kurt did not receive his answer as the Brightman twins ran towards him.
"ALICE!"
"TAG YOU'RE IT!" They bolted for it and Blaine followed pursuit laughing at Kurt's expression.
"Wait! What?" He said in confusion. Kurt was in fabulous clothing and they were expecting him to chase after them? They were now all calling him to chase them. He did not really have a choice but to chase them. He was not expecting to be doing this out of all the things they had planned.
TBC
AN: I want to apologise firstly for how long this has taken! I got caught up in my exams and I got stressed and had writer's block when I was stress free. As I'm now basically free I'll be able to update a lot sooner than 6 weeks! I seriously can't believe it's over about 6 weeks since I last updated! I'm so sorry and I won't blame you if you've giving up on this as the updates are ridiculous for tiny chapters. Anyway thank you if you have read this and are continuing to read it as I appreciate it!
Also if I write something that sounds odd like originally in this chapter I wrote tig as that's common for my whereabouts but someone kindly informed that Tag was more suitable. So if there are things like that please tell me then I can fix it :)
