Hi. I'm back. Sorry this took so long. I've been ridiculously busy.
I just want to say that Asian F reminded me of Billy Elliot to the point of squealing and made me ridiculously happy I'm writing this story.
This chapter was kind of an in-between fun kind of chapter. It doesn't really have a place in the show.
I hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own glee.
Enter dance boot camp.
Jamie didn't remember that last time he went a day without dancing.
Not that he minded, he loves dancing... but it is exhausting.
School days start at 5:00 am. He heads outside and runs five miles.
He gets back to the house at six and works on his stretching for a half hour. His flexibility has improved dramatically over the past few months. Jamie could now do full center and side splits when before he was about an inch from the ground. He can hug his head to his knee from a standing position and lift his foot behind him all the way to his head.
After stretching, Jamie would lift the weights he now keeps in his room for another half hour.
At seven he would take a shower and eat breakfast and then make his way to school.
After school he went immediately to dance often eating dinner there and getting home around nine or ten.
Burt, his mom, and Finn think he's been studying at Emmy's. It makes sense considering Emmy's mom is commonly the one who drives him home.
On weekends he gets a slight sleep in until seven. He runs for an hour, stretches and lifts for an hour, eats a quick breakfast, and is in the dance studio by ten and is often there for a full twelve hours.
Moral of the story: Jamie is exhausted.
And he loves every second of it.
Today is Saturday and Mrs. Alderman has consented to giving Jamie a long enough lunch break that he can take the bus to Westerville to grab lunch at Dalton with Kurt.
Jamie really misses having Kurt at home. It was nice having the support and Kurt could drive him to dance when it was cold and he didn't want to ride his bike.
But it's good that Kurt's at Dalton, where he's safe, he thought as he walked through the polished hallways, staring at a map as he tried to make his way to the cafeteria.
Kurt said to meet him there.
Jamie walked through a door to a room with a lot of tables filled with the boarders who stayed on the weekends. He looked around to see Kurt sitting there with a boy with curly dark hair. He smiled and walked over.
"Kurt!" He said loudly, grinning and walking over to hug his brother.
Kurt stood up to his embrace and laughed, "Hey Jamie, how are you?"
Jamie huffed, "Absolutely exhausted, Mrs. Alderman's been pushing me to limits that are unknown to human kind." He whined.
Kurt smiled quietly, "But you love every second of it."
"Yup." Jamie replied with a grin.
"Jamie, this is my friend Blaine," Kurt said, introducing him to the other boy at the table, "Blaine, this is Jamie."
Blaine sat there staring at Jamie with raised eyebrows.
Jamie's frowned a little in confusion, then quickly covered with one of his more charming smile, "Hi, nice to meet you." He said, holding out his hand.
Blaine nodded and took his hand, "Likewise."
"So Jamie, we already got out food while we were waiting, but I didn't know what you'd want. I got you a guess pass so you can go get your lunch. We'll wait here."
"Ok." Jamie smiled and headed off into the lunch line.
Blaine watched as Jamie headed off to get food, "Damn Kurt, you never mentioned your brother was so.." his voice trailed off.
"So what Blaine?" Kurt asked, turning to his crush with a raised eyebrow.
"Hot." Blaine finished bluntly.
"What? Finn?" Kurt yelped in surprise.
Blaine's bushy eyebrows furrowed, "I don't think I've ever met Finn..."
Kurt's eyes widened in horror, "No! Ok... Just no. He's my little brother Blaine! You CANNOT call my little brother hot."
Blaine raised his eyebrows again, "Ok, a. He's your step brother, and b. Look at him Kurt, when was the last time you looked at him objectively?"
So Kurt turned and looked at Jamie trying to ignore the sick feeling in his stomach that came with considering his little brother hot. He carefully detached his mind from the little brother concept and looked at his brother objectively and... well... damn.
Jamie had grown quite a bit since he was the confused twelve-year-old boy asking Kurt how he knew he was gay. He was taller now, almost as tall as Kurt and thin, with a perfect dancer body. He was waring a tight green t-shirt that showed off his six pack individually underneath a black leather jacket that fitted him perfectly. On his legs he was wearing a pair of ultra tight skinny jeans that Kurt (now regrettably) had forced him to buy. They looked like they were painted on, revealing Jamie's now extremely muscular legs from hours of training. Jamie looked up and noticed Kurt looking at him so he smiled and god... His smile was perfect star quality. Along with that his curly dirty blond hair fell over his ears in an adorable boyish way and his deep blue eyes were bright and naive... right naive. Fourteen. Brother. Damn.
Kurt smiled back at Jamie and looked back to Blaine shaking his head to clear it.
"See?" Blaine murmured.
"Shut up." Kurt said miserably.
Jamie walked over with a tray of food and sat down.
Blaine looked at his food and frowned, "Damn your worse than Kurt."
"What's that supposed to mean?" The two said in unison.
"Your food, it's all gross healthy stuff." Blaine exclaimed, looking at his own burger and fries.
Jamie looked at his plate, there was a salad, some light dressing, a wheat roll for carbs, milk for protein, and a cookie. He looked back up at Blaine, "I'm an athlete... I have to be healthy. Mrs. Alderman said 2500 calories a day, no more, no less." he held up his cookie, "Besides... I allow myself SOME empty calories."
Blaine was about to reply when someone walked over, "Hi,"
Kurt and Blaine looked up recognizing Jeff, "Hey Jeff, what's up?" Blaine asked his fellow Warbler.
But Jeff's focus was anywhere but Blaine. He held out his hand to Jamie, "I'm Jeff."
Jamie smiled and shook his hand, "Jamie."
"I haven't seen you around before, are you new?" Jeff asked, pulling up a chair.
Kurt and Blaine frowned, feeling completely ignored.
Jamie laughed slightly, "No, I'm in eighth grade. I'm here visiting my brother," he answered, pointing at Kurt.
"Oh." Jeff said sounding surprised, "Hi Kurt, when did you get here?"
"I've been here the whole time!" Kurt said exasperatedly.
"So anyway," Jeff said, turing back to Jamie, "How old are you exactly."
Jamie raised his eyebrows, "I'm fourteen..."
"Oh good." Jeff said with a sigh of relief.
"Oh really? Why?" Jamie asked, confused.
"I just wanted to make sure it wouldn't be creepy for me to ask you out."
Kurt choked on his drink and Blaine looked as though he wanted to fall over laughing at the ridiculousness of the situation.
Jamie on the other hand, seemed to take the news quite well, smiling slyly and now carefully appraising Jeff with half-lidded eyes, "So then... how old would creepy be?"
Jeff smiled, "Oh, I don't know, thirteen I suppose, but fourteen's good. I can do fourteen."
Jamie chuckled, "You can do fourteen huh?"
Jeff blushed, "no... I meant... I... you know what I meant."
Jamie laughed again, "Yeah I do, and how old are you, I have to judge the creepiness too."
"I'm sixteen, does that work for you?"
Jamie shrugged, "Eh, I suppose that will have to do."
"So... tonight at seven thirty? I can pick you up from your house, I suppose you live at Kurt's place?"
"Yeah... but no." Jamie shook his head quickly, his mom and Burt, fine. They could know and that wouldn't change anything. But Finn... Finn doesn't even know that he dances, let alone that he's gay, "Can you pick me up here?" He asked, quickly scribbling out the address of the dance studio. Yeah, that'll work, "oh, and here's my number."
"Thank you." Jeff said, smiling as he took the paper, "See you then."
"Looking forward to it." He watched as Jeff walked away and then slowly turned to a horrified Kurt and a highly amused Blaine, "What just happened?" He asked in shock.
Blaine started cracking up, "Wow, you can flirt!"
"I've NEVER done that before." He murmured, still shocked.
Blaine was still laughing, "Well apparently, you're a natural."
"Well... I suppose it's a useful skill..."
"Oh my god!" Kurt moaned, his head in his hands, "I cannot believe my FRIEND just asked my LITTLE BROTHER out." He looked absolutely horrified.
"Why is that Kurt?" Jamie asked, innocently.
"It's just so wrong... and aside from that... I've never gone out on a date! Why is my fourteen-year-old brother going out before me?" Kurt just seemed to be moaning now.
Jamie turned and looked at Blaine, who was still laughing, and Kurt who looked like he was about to cry, and smiled mischievously, "So... why don't you two just go out together... you're both gay... you are gay right?" He asked, turning to Blaine.
Blaine immediately stopped laughing and both boys turned bright red and looked at each other then back at their foods and continued eating, "Yeah, that's what I thought."
The rest of lunch was spent talking about little things. How school was going, Jamie's dance training. How his choreography for his audition dance was coming along.
Kurt and Jamie had devised a plan to get him to New York without anyone knowing what he was doing. Namely, they were going to convince Burt and Carol to let Jamie go to New York with either the Warblers or New Directions, whoever won regionals. It's a good plan... Jamie could only pray that it works.
"Ok," Jamie said, getting his stuff together, "I need to get back to the studio before Mrs. Alderman kicks my ass."
Kurt nodded, "I'm thinking of coming home next weekend, so I'll probably see you then."
Jamie smiled, "Good, I miss having you around the house," He turned to Blaine, "It was nice meeting you Blaine."
Blaine smiled charmingly, as he had seemed to recover his persona after getting over Jamie's appearance, "Likewise. I'm sure we'll meet again."
"Of course, when you're dating Kurt that is."
Both boy blushed again and Kurt choked a little, "Jamie! Why are you so set on humiliating me!"
Jamie grinned "I'm your little brother now Kurt... it comes with the package. Ask Finn."
Kurt scowled, "That works both ways you know."
Jamie raised his eyebrows, "Really?"
"Yeah... have fun with Jeff... I hope he doesn't end up with any embarrassing pictures of you before your date..." He said ominously.
"You wouldn't dare." Jamie frowned.
"Stop pushing me."
Jamie rolled his eyes, "Fine... See later asshole. Love you."
Kurt's eyes shot up and Jamie froze, "Sorry... I say that every time I leave Finn... my mom kind of drilled it into my head... she said it was important for healthy relationships or something like tha..."
"Love you too Jamie." Kurt smiled and gave Jamie a little have hug, "Have fun tonight."
Jamie smiled and hugged back and then left Dalton heading back to dance.
"No." Mrs. Alderman stated simple.
"No what? All I said was I need to leave at seven for a date."
"No, I gave you an extended lunch break today, you are not getting a night off too. If you really want this, then you have to dedicate yourself fully."
"What?" Jamie said in shock, "I'm not allowed to have ANY free time? I'm a teenage boy."
"You're a dancer, dancers make sacrifices. It's your choice. Dance, or normal life."
"Why can't I have both?" Jamie asked confused.
Mrs. Alderman shook her head, "because it doesn't work like that."
Jamie looked at his watch. 6:30. He really needed to change. "I can come back after the date. It's only dinner."
"That's not the point. You can't have a boyfriend right now. You need to focus if you want this scholarship. you can't dedicate yourself completely if you're trying to balance your dance with your boyfriend."
Jamie frowned, "I can't just blow him off either. That would be cruel."
Mrs. Alderman crossed her arms, "Ok boy. Here's the deal. You can go on this date."
"Thank you!" Jamie almost squealed excitedly.
"Wait. Condition."
Jamie groaned, "Of course."
"I will be here until ten. If you come back before then, you will have made the decision to fully dedicate yourself to dance and will have explained that to this boy and then you will not go out with him again until after the audition. If you do not come back, then you are on your own. Understood?"
Jamie was quiet for a minute then looked up into Mrs. Alderman's eyes, "Yes ma'am."
"Good. Now go."
Jamie nodded and ran off to the bathroom to change into the dress clothes he had grabbed on the way back from Dalton.
"You look nice." Jeff said, smiling at Jamie as he stood shyly in front of the dance studio.
Jamie blushed and looked down at his ensemble. He was wearing a purple button down shirt that was untucked with a thin black tie. He had on a black blazer a.d tight dark skinny jeans. He smiled, "thanks, you do too."
And Jeff did look nice. He was wearing a button up black shirt and dark jeans with a white blazer. He reached out and took Jamie's hand, "come on, lets go."
The two boys walked into the restaurant and were led to a table for two.
"Ok... so I really don't know anything about you," Jeff said smiling as they sat down.
"Well the feeling's mutual." Jamie said, sitting across from him, "So where do we start?"
And the night went on. The conversation flowed easily between the two of them. Jamie told Jeff about dancing and how nervous he was for his audition and how worried he is about how his brother is going to react when he finds out. And Jeff told Jamie about his fencing adventures, his love for the Warblers, and the hard time he had coming out.
At this Jamie had turned red, "Well, at least you're out."
Jeff looked surprised, "you're not out yet... I guess I just assumed..."
Jamie frowned softly, "I've told Kurt... I mean... It's Kurt. And my best friend and dance teacher know. The rest of my family doesn't know yet... they don't even know I dance."
Jeff looked confused, "Why are you afraid to tell them something you're so proud of? I mean the dance thing, not the gay thing."
Jamie shrugged, "It's habit now I suppose... I don't know. If I get in... to the school... then I'll tell them. I mean I'll have too. But I cross that path when the time comes."
Jeff smiled at him encouragingly, "I'm sure it'll be fine."
"Yeah. Me too." Yes. Yes it will be.
Jeff and Jamie sat in Jeff's car in the parking lot, "Do you want to go back?" He asked Jamie.
Jamie was silent for a moment, then looked at the car clock, 9:00. He has one hour to make his decision.
He looked at Jeff, "Do you want to go for a walk in the park or something?"
Jeff looked confused, "it's like 45 degrees outside."
Jamie shrugged, "so? That's what makes it romantic."
Jeff smiled and drove them to a small park where they walked around a bit, hand in hand. Jamie took out his phone and checked the time. 9:30.
"Jeff... can you kiss me?"
Jeff stopped walking, "What?" he asked, surprised by the bluntness of the younger boy.
"I want you to kiss me."
Jeff stared at Jamie, his gaze falling on his inviting lips. Then he nodded and leaned down, closing the gap.
Jamie sighed into the kiss. It was so different from Emmy, but in a good way. His lips were firmer, more sure, as the moved against him. His entire body tingled like he was on fire.
He felt a tongue slide in and moaned as it mapped out the insides of his mouth.
It felt so good. It felt right. he felt like he was floating. The only time he felt anything that paralleled this was when he danced.
But dancing was better.
Dancing was something that he's worked so hard for.
Something he truly loved.
This can come later. After he's achieved his dream.
He pulled back. His decision made.
"Jeff... that was awesome."
Jeff smiled.
"But..."
Jeff's smile faded, "but what."
"I'm a dancer. I'm always going to be a dancer. It wasn't until just now that I realized that dancing is all I really need right now. I can't give up. And because of dance, I don't think I have the time to be an... efficient... boyfriend."
Jeff sighed, "It's a pity, I really like you Jamie."
Jamie blushed, "I really like you too. You're sweet, and a great kisser. But... I love dancing more than anything... when I'm dancing I'm completely me. And if I get into the IDA I'll be in New York and we'd never get to spend time together... you deserver better Jeff."
Jeff nodded, "What do you want to do."
Jamie checked the time again and his eyes widened. 9:55. "Can you drive me back now?"
Jeff nodded again, "Let's go."
Mrs. Alderman sighed, 10:05 and Jamie still wasn't back yet.
What a waste of talent.
She turned to walk out the front door but stopped when she heard a car door slam.
Jamie rushed inside panting, "I'm so sorry I'm late... please tell me it's not over."
Mrs. Alderman stared at him for a minute.
"Go get changed."
Ok... so that's it.
From here on out I have two more chapters in mind:
1. His audition.
2. The end
and then maybe and epilogue or a sequel if there are enough requests.
Tell me what you think and thank you for reading.
