A/N: I know, I have no excuses but this chapter was so hard to write because I'm preparing for the big boom! Anyway I'm sorry and I hope you like it.
Next update in a couple of days but I'll start a new job on thursday (wish me luck!), so I may be late. Sorry. But thanks for sticking with me and reviewing.
19. And So It Begins…
Kurt blacked out for a second, he was imagining things, it couldn't be possible that Blaine had just told him that he loved him. He was making that up in his mind because they just had this beautiful intimate moment and he had dreamed for those words to come out eventually. Blaine was still gently caressing Kurt's head and he was repeatedly kissing his temple with sweet kisses, but Kurt tensed in his arms.
"It's okay, you don't have to say it back."
Oh. He wasn't imagining that, for sure. So it was real, Blaine told him the three magic words – Kurt didn't know what to do: smile? Cry? Scream? So he looked up at Blaine and kissed him, fingers through Blaine's curls and lips pressed on his. Blaine smiled against Kurt's mouth and a guttural sound came out.
"I'm guessing you're okay with it?"
Kurt pushed his head back a little and looked right into Blaine's deep hazel eyes.
"I love you too, Blaine."
Blaine let out a big breath, realizing that he was holding it while waiting for Kurt to say something.
"Oh, thank God. I thought I freaked you out!"
Kurt smiled and kissed him again, even though Blaine was still talking. They drowned in that kiss for what seemed like forever. Then Kurt got up.
"Where are you going? Come here!"
"I'm gonna get some washcloth, I think we need them."
Kurt pointed at their chests and Blaine made a weird face.
"Eeew, maybe you're right."
Then Blaine's face lighted up, he stopped Kurt grabbing his wrist and gave him a smitten look.
"How about a shower?"
"Yeah, I think I'm gonna go have a shower."
Blaine shook his head and licked his lips. He stood up and surrounded Kurt's waist with his arms.
"No, no. We're gonna have a shower."
Alex was outside the door for 20 minutes before deciding to knock. She heard footsteps of a person approaching and took a deep breath. Sam opened the door a few seconds later, a confused look on his face, but he smiled gently.
"Hey, Alex! What are you -"
But he couldn't finish the sentence because Alex had pressed her lips on his and threw her arms around his neck. He smiled against her lips, picked her up and Alex put her legs around his waist, then the boy pushed the door closed while rushing to the bedroom. Their lips never separated.
Kurt felt something tickling his ear, he lightly shook his head and turned on his other side, trying to go back to sleep. A couple of seconds later he felt something heavy on him, and then lips pressing on his cheek.
"Wake up, wake up."
Kurt smiled at Blaine's voice and lay on his back to face the boy.
"Good morning."
Blaine kissed the tip of Kurt's nose and then his lips.
"Sleep well?"
Kurt nodded and stretched himself, yawning.
"Still tired, though."
"I know, me too. Maybe that second round in the shower wasn't the best idea."
"Or the third one on the floor."
Blaine smirked and kissed Kurt again, the brunette blushing shyly, he wasn't so used to all those attentions. Blaine kissed Kurt's jaw and then his neck, gently sucking on it.
"Blaine, as much as I love when you do this, I think we have to get ready or we're gonna be late."
Blaine pouted and blinked twice, then he hugged Kurt tightly.
"Mmmh dontwanna."
"I know, but we have to. Come on!"
Kurt tried to get up but Blaine was dragging him down on the bed again, Kurt laughed and wriggled himself from Blaine's hold. He got up and quickly pushed the sheets away.
"Come on, mister!"
"Okay, okay."
Alex rubbed her eyes and tried to put the room in focus: a big mahogany wardrobe was staring at her, next to a maroon chair and a lamp right on top of it. She liked Sam's place, very masculine but classy and not too "bachelor pad". She smiled remembering the night before, Sam's lips on hers, actually all over her body, and shivered at the thought – but immediately coming to her senses again, when she noticed Sam wasn't next to her in the bed.
"What have I done?"
She got up and quickly collected all her clothes spread all over the room. She got dressed and tried to compose herself and headed to the door – Sam almost hit her with the door itself when he opened it.
"Oh, I'm sorry! Are you okay?"
Alex panicked as she saw the tray full of breakfast that the boy was holding.
"Yes, I am. I'm sorry but I have to go."
She ran outside the bedroom but then went back and kissed Sam, fiercely.
"I'll call you, I promise!"
And she was out in two seconds, Sam shook his head and smiled.
"Never a time I get a normal girl!"
Blaine answered the intercom, buzzing repeatedly.
"Yes?"
"Mr. Anderson, sorry to bother, but there's Ms. Cameron asking for you."
"I don't care. I don't wanna talk to her."
Kurt entered the room, hearing Blaine raising his voice. He got closer to the boy and placed a hand on his arm, looking in his eyes with a gentle look.
"Come on, Blaine. Let her up."
"No! I don't want to!"
"She's your friend. Actually, she's your best friend!"
Blaine sighed and pressed the button on the intercom to talk to the concierge.
"Ok, let her up."
Kurt smiled, triumphantly as Blaine started walking back and forth, almost like he was trying to leave a chasm on the floor.
"Calm down. Everything is gonna be okay."
Kurt smiled at him and Blaine lightly brushed the boy's cheek with his fingers and then leaned in to kiss him. They parted when they heard the "ding" of the elevator and the doors opening. Alex stood there for a couple of seconds and got out just as the doors were closing again. She looked at the boys, hand in hand, Kurt smiling at her while Blaine had his eyes on the floor.
"Blaine I know that I screwed up, pretty bad."
The boy snorted and looked away, but Kurt squeezed his hand and he looked at her.
"Scratch that! I acted like a total psycho bitch!"
Blaine smiled.
"But now we need to contain the damages of this story, okay? It could go well but it could blow in our faces. I'm not just worried about your career, hell, I'm not worried about that at all. I'm worried about you. About us."
Alex got closer, her eyes filled with tears. Kurt let go of Blaine's hands and tried to get out of the room to give them some privacy but Alex stopped him.
"Don't go, Kurt. This is about all of us. Penny and Amy too, we have to warn them. As soon as this thing is out there, we're going to be under attack of the press. I called Kelly coming here and she assured me that she was trying to control everything, but it's 8 in the morning – magazines are already out or they're about to be. Soon cell-phones and regular phones will start ringing, intercoms will start buzzing and your apartments will be literally invaded. "
Blaine closed his eyes trying to absorb all the information Alex had just told him. Like if someone was listening, the apartment phone started ringing and so did Alexis' cell-phone.
"And so it begins…"
Kurt didn't know what to do, so he sent a message to Amy and Penny to warn them about all the fuss that soon would involve them too.
"Blaine we should go to my apartment and stay there for a while."
Alex shook her head.
"They'll be there, sooner or later, but this is actually a good idea."
All three of them headed to the elevator, while Blaine warned Elijah to be up and ready to leave. Outside Blaine's building it was pretty quiet and it was easy to avoid the press, but they weren't expecting what was outside Kurt's place, not at all: hundreds of video-cameras and flashes going off as soon as they got closer to the building.
"There's another entrance at the back of the building!"
Kurt knew because Penny just texted him about it. They circled the building and found a little door in the back, Penny was waiting for them keeping the door open.
"Come on, come on!"
They were up in seconds and Alex closed the door, letting out a big breath.
"Okay, places people! We've got a story to build and we have to do it right or we are all screwed!"
Kurt smiled at Blaine, trying to reassure him and calm him down. Alex looked at them and smiled.
"I told you that this would've been the most difficult and unpleasant job of your life, Kurt."
The girl winked and Kurt smiled, a friendship wasn't so far, after all.
TBC