The next morning when Kurt woke up he was smiling. He was sure that last night had something to do with it because he looked around the room and saw clothes spread everywhere. He smiled again as he looked at Blaine, still asleep on his side of the bed. He just looked so peaceful, Kurt didn't want to wake him up. He got out of bed and got ready for work, and did his usual routine; including making a pot of coffee and leaving a note for Blaine.
He was to head out the door when he suddenly got really dizzy. He stopped at the door and leaned against the wall to steady himself. He took a deep breath and after it passed, he stood back up ready to go. 'I'll just have to get a salad for lunch.' He thought to himself. He thought about last night and he realized that he hadn't eaten anything since the night before yesterday. Then to confirm his suspicions his stomach grumbled. He reached his hand down to cover his stomach and happened to look at his watch. He realized if he didn't leave now he would be late. He had to hurry and get those sketches done so he could get back home to Blaine.
He hurried out the door and to the road to hail a cab. Surprisingly, it didn't take long to get one. So far, his day was going good. He sat with his ear buds in listening to the latest Lady Gaga song the whole ride to the subway. The subway wasn't too crowded in the car he was in, which never happens. He almost thought he was still at home asleep. Again he listened to his music on the way to work. He opened his portfolio and tried to imagine what colors would go great with some of his designs. Chloe had already approved the designs themselves, all he had to do was add color.
What seemed like a few minutes turned out to be thirty minutes. The conductor announced the destination and he rushed to get off the train. He almost didn't make it, but with some unknown lucky force, he did. He hurried above ground and started to hail a cab. He thought he had one when it pulled to the curb, but some slightly older gentlemen ran to the cab and jumped in before Kurt could even move. He sighed, getting a cab was what he hated most. He was just about to call it quits and start to walk to work when a cab pulled up and asked if he needed a ride. The driver was a guy no older than Kurt, a very cute guy. He admits he thought he was cute, but that he wasn't cuter than Blaine. Thinking about Blaine made him as he go into the cab. Kurt was quiet the entire ride just staring out the window looking and listening to the life outside of it. Before he knew he was at work.
He paid the cab, and hurried into the building, even though he was nowhere near late. In fact he was a little early. He hurried to his desk and began his work. He knew that Chloe wouldn't be in for at least another hour. He was hoping that he could get his work done before that so he could give them to her, get her okay, and then take off. 'I could really use a whole day with Blaine', he thought to himself. In that moment he promised himself that he would spend more time with Blaine.
For the next few hours he worked on getting the sketches ready for his presentation. Chloe came in quickly and she hardly said a word to anyone and she wasn't bright like she usually is. She was always smiling and saying good morning to everyone when she came into work. It was her passion, she loved it, just like Kurt. That's why they always got along and why Chloe had chosen Kurt to be sort of her apprentice. He's just as passionate as she.
Kurt was working on his third to last sketch when he looked up and saw that it was 3:45 pm. He needed to get his sketches in to Chloe and fast. If he wanted to make it to dinner with Blaine, he would have to leave at 4 pm. He sighed deeply and tried to focus on his work and not the clock. Tom walked over to his desk to see what was troubling his friend.
"Hey, are you okay? You don't look so good?" He asked leaning up against the square pole that stood next to Kurt's desk.
"Oh, no. I'm fine. I just gotta get these in to Chloe as fast as possible. I have to leave at four, I'm meeting Blaine for dinner. I promised him I would since I've been working so much lately."
"Oooh, meeting Blaine for dinner? Can I come?" Pete asked with a hint of a flirtatious voice. Kurt gave him his best scowl. He was just fed up with his attitude.
"Pete, I'm not in the mood today." Then Kurt saw it. He saw his sketch of the black and white dress. That was the one he was most excited about to show Chloe.
"Where did you get that?" He asked staring at the page.
"Oh, this? I did the quick sketch last night. I'm taking it to Chloe to look at for the new runway show."
"Okay, Pete. That's funny. Hand me my sketch."
"Your sketch? I did this on my own." He tried to argue. Kurt stood and looked at Pete intensely.
"That sketch was left on my desk after I left work last night."
"Oh really? Maybe it was on my desk last night." Suddenly they heard Chloe's voice coming towards them and Pete smiled a devilish smile and Kurt and stepped aside to catch Chloe as she passed.
"Chloe, just the angel I was looking for." Kurt and everyone around them rolled their eyes. Pete handed her the sketch and her eyes went wide.
"My, my, my! What a gorgeous design! So simple with the color, yet mesmerizing. Is this really your work?" She looked at Pete and smiled brightly. Kurt watched her reaction and was ready to just take the sketch and rip it into pieces, but then he would've ripped his own sketch so he calmed himself down.
"That it is. I finished late last night. I wanted to be able to present it to you first thing." Chloe was looking at the sketch more closely.
"You finished this last you say? Then why would you put a previous date on here then? And I must say that this does look familiar." That's when Kurt stepped forward.
"That's because I've already showed it to you once. I recently added color to it last night. Where I signed out at almost midnight."
"If it's your sketch then how did I have it?" He asked with a smug look on his face. Little did he know that Kurt had something to destroy his little plan to take Kurt's work for his own. He watched as Kurt reached into his desk and pulled out a colorless sketch of the same exact dress.
"Because I have the original. I never use the same sketch to color it." He handed it to Chloe and she looked at him with a proud smile on her face.
"Very nice Mr. Hummel. Very well thought of."
"Thank you. I have those other sketches ready for you as well. I just promised Blaine that I would meet him for dinner."
"Oh, wait no longer! Go! Be with him!" Kurt smiled and they kissed a cheek and Kurt started to gather his things. As he was, Pete decided it was the perfect moment to start antagonizing him.
"You knew that I wouldn't be able to take that sketch as my own. Yet you still manage to take pleasure in making a fool of me! You always have been the star student haven't you? Well I will most certainly not be giving up. One day, Chloe will see my work! And it will be greater than your!"
"What work you don't- have any." Kurt was cut short at his comeback. He started to feel dizzy. He leaned against his desk as Pete began his rang again.
"Ha, you haven't seen anything I have done. I don't let just anyone see my work. It's meant for more important and worthy eyes than yours."
"Well then I feel sorry for whoever is worthy enough to see it. You-" Kurt couldn't finish his sentence due to the dizziness getting worse. His head began to feel fuzzy as well and he started to loose his balance. He looked around him and saw Tom and a few others were right next to him, their faces holding worried expressions. He tried to talk to them but his words weren't making any sense.
"Kurt? Kurt are you okay?" No he wan't okay. His head felt weird. He wanted Blaine. He wanted to go home to Blaine. Suddenly everything went black as he felt air brushing past him, and a hard surface against his head.