It had been three weeks since the almost kiss between Kurt and Blaine, and Caitlin had had just about enough. Blaine had been strange with Kurt even since, and Kurt was getting increasingly worried he had done something wrong to make Blaine hate him and the girls did not think that was fair. But Emily and Caitlin knew what Blaine must be having trouble with, and it wasn't so much who he had tried to kiss, but the gender of the person he had tried to kiss. They all understood that Blaine was gay, but his own behaviour towards himself and Kurt recently had made them wonder if Blaine was sure yet or not.

If someone had asked Caitlin if she thought Blaine was gay before Kurt's arrival she would have said they were mad, but ever since the fabulousness that was Kurt had pitched up, she had seen a positive change in Blaine. He had seemed to have come into his own and just be comfortable in his own skin for the first time in years, Caitlin had loved to see Blaine back to how he was when they had first met aged 11. When they had first met at the gates and Blaine had been introduced as the headmistress's son. This had been a time when no one was bothered about who liked who, and it had been all about being yourself and making new friends. But in the last few weeks Blaine had reverted back to how he had been on his bad days before Kurt's arrival and Caitlin was frustrated because she knew what was wrong, but didn't want to hurt Blaine in the proses of trying to help him. Caitlin and Emily had talked and decided not to talk to Blaine about his sexuality, but the conversation in the hall had been the last straw for Caitlin.

"But Blaineeee" Whined Caitlin "You have to admit it, he likes you? Everyone can see it!" She tugged Blaine around to look at her before he could walk off down the hall like the last few times she had tried to talk to him about anything, let alone Kurt.

"No he doesn't! And even if he did why would that change anything?" He glared at her challenging his best friend to say anything else on the matter.

Caitlin opened her mouth, then closed it again

"Yeah, I thought not" Said Blaine shortly before turning and striding away

Though he had hardly gone a few steps before Caitlin blurted out "I know about you" Blaine paused. He didn't look around at Caitlin, nor give any signs of understanding. He just stopped. He stood in exactly the same position for a few more seconds just staring ahead into nothing "Blaine? I don't care you know? We all love you…..do you…do you want to talk?" she held her breath waiting for the unpredictable Blaine's reaction. She could see him visibly tense up but still no other movement or sound came out of him.

"Blaine I'm sorry, I wasn't going to say anything…." As she had already cocked up she might as well cock up even more Caitlin thought before saying "It's just not fair on Kurt…."

Silence. This silence spoke volumes however and Caitlin felt the atmosphere change though Blaine's body still remained perfectly still.

Caitlin was about to speak again when she heard a small shuddery intake of breath from Blaine and his shoulders shook slightly. Caitlin ran the few steps to Blaine and engulfed him into her arms "Oh Blaine" She whispered sympathetically.

"I feel so bad" Blaine whispered back, leaning his head on her shoulder and taking deep breaths to keep calm "I don't know what to do Caitlin…help me…"

Caitlin felt tears roll down her cheeks, never in all her years as Blaine's best friend had she ever heard him ask for help like that, and she desperately hoped she wouldn't ever have to again. "Of course I will, why wouldn't I you silly thing?" She laughed slightly but her voice cracked as she held Blaine tight.

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Three hours later Blaine was feeling a lot better. He and Caitlin had talked for as long as they could, and by the time the bell went for evening curfew Blaine was smiling again. God he loved that girl, she was amazing in every way and had known exactly what to say and how to say it. Here Blaine was, feeling shit about himself when he really had nothing to worry about. His friends loved him and he knew that wouldn't change if he was gay because they loved Kurt and he was about as gay as they come. His mother was no different so he knew she wouldn't mind, it was just one person in particular that had been bothering Blaine. Not that Clara mattered of course but he just couldn't shake the idea of her snide know-it-all look mixed with disgust that he knew she would wear when she found out the truth about Blaine. But still Clara didn't matter and neither did anyone else who thought the way she did, they were old-fashioned and narrow minded. Blaine smiled at the way his best friend had put it, she was so kind even when it was clear she wanted to bash Clara's face in with a mallet.

Blaine collected his books and began to walk back to his and Kurt's room with the new feeling of butterfly's he had had since talking about Kurt with Caitlin getting more and more intense as he approached it. Just before entering he took a deep breath and opened the door. There he was. Looking as stunning as always lying on his bed. Kurt had been sleeping in his own bed and getting night terrors every night since their almost kiss and that had been one of the things Blaine had felt most guilty about. But that was about to change. He stepped forward into the room and Kurt looked up and smiled uncertainly, this sending a fresh wave of guilt crashing over Blaine.

"Hey babe" He said quietly shutting the door behind him and turning back to Kurt who was surrounded by books "That seems like a fuck load of work there…do you…do you want help?"

Kurt looked slightly surprised at this. Blaine had been acting very oddly recently, spending all of his time out of their room and only returning to sleep, not sharing a bed, eating alone, and then there had been that moment by the fire where Kurt had been sure Blaine was going to kiss him "Oh…er sure why not? And yeah, it is a fuck load of work"

Blaine walked over and settled himself right next to Kurt before reaching over him and picking up his planner that had all his homework written in it "Shit. There must be at least 5 hours of maths in here alone…not counting everything else! Blaine looked at him but Kurt looked down at his lap and away from Blaine's eyes "What have you been doing to make you so far behind?"

"Nothing, I suppose it has just been a busy week" Kurt mumbled still not meeting Blaine's eyes.

Blaine reached across for Kurt's English book making sure to gently brush Kurt's hand as he did so "I will get started on your English, if I use your laptop they will never know" He winked at Kurt.

Kurt himself nodded then got to work with maths. He was now even more confused than he had been all week. Why was Blaine suddenly being flirty once again? Had he gotten over whatever it was that Kurt had done to piss him off? Kurt let out a little sigh and continued working.

Blaine looked up at Kurt's sigh and smiled, even his exhales of breath were cute, god he had it bad. Kurt was still being off though, and Blaine knew it was his fault, he just didn't know how to correct it. Blaine shifted his position on the bed slightly so he was sitting facing Kurt cross-legged at the end of Kurt's bed. That had been another thing he had hated about the last few weeks, Kurt had gone back to sleeping in his own bed. This meant it was not only not so comfy and warm, but also that Kurt's night terrors came back every single night. But he had refused to get back into Blaine's bed and wouldn't let him get in with Kurt. Blaine supposed he should have taken this as a big hint of how much he was upsetting Kurt, but how could he help it if he was struggling with his sexuality? Though if he was honest, he was more confused as to why he wasn't struggling with it that much. In all the films Blaine had ever watched the gay character had always found it really hard to come to terms with his gay-ness. But the fact was Blaine just wasn't bothered, so this had made him wonder if he was indeed gay after all. Blaine knew now though. He also knew he had to tell Kurt. And that as much as it might complicate things between them, he really did have feelings for Kurt.

Throughout this inner-monologue Blaine had just been gazing at Kurt, and Kurt could feel his eyes on him. His cheeks had been flushing and he felt a mixture of un-comfort and embarrassment and he wasn't really sure what to do, so he had just kept his eyes on his maths and tried to concentrate. 'what the hell is he doing? Holy shit this boy is confusing!' Kurt thought to himself slightly angrily as he looked down his page at the different equations.

"Popcorn!" Blaine suddenly said loudly making Kurt jump. Kurt looked up to see Blaine's own cheeks flushed as he had just realised he had been staring

"What?" Kurt gave Blaine a strange look

"Popcorn!" Blaine said again leaping up off the bed and running over to the cupboard.

"Yeah, no I heard what you said, I was just wondering if you were going to elaborate?" Kurt couldn't help an amused smile spread across his face as Blaine's enthusiasm radiated across the room as he found a small popcorn machine in the bottom of the cupboard.

"Popcorn." He repeated for the third time ""popcorn always makes a study sesh go faster" Blaine held it up as if he was holding the baby lion Sinbad in the Lion King. Blaine beamed at Kurt and was relieved to see a grin breaking out as he too got up off the bed and joined Blaine across their room.

Blaine busied himself for a minute setting it up and then straightened up looking confused "Something's missing…" he said perplexed

Kurt look around and grinned "Could it be the corns maybe?"

"Aww shit…..yeah we ran out didn't we?"

"After out popcorn fight yes" Kurt laughed "It was fun though"

"Yeah…..what are we going to do now?" He looked at Kurt in a confused way before a light switched on in his eyes. Blaine didn't even have to say what he was thinking before for Kurt interjected.

"No." he said firmly.

"Why notttt?" wined Blaine

"Because its against the rules and we don't have an invisibility cloak."

"Speak for yourself" Blaine winked again and placed his hands over his eyes.

"As I've said before I can still see you when you do that" Kurt laughed.

"No you can't!" Blaine said backing away

Kurt walked slowly towards Blaine and jumped trying to pull his hands away from his face just as Blaine toppled over the back of the sofa and onto its cushions Kurt falling on top of him. They both continued to struggle as Blaine screamed "I'm being attacked! NOOOOOOOO".

Then Kurt managed to pull Blaine's hands away from his face and laughed "See I knew you were there!"

"Twas nothing but a lucky fluke!" Blaine called loudly also laughing madly.

Kurt giggled once more then rolled off Blaine into a standing position and held out his hand "Come on then, let's go ransack the kitchens for popcorn"

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