"What we need to sell here, is sex," Sam said as he did a body roll.
"What is that?" Blaine asked. There was no way he was going to be doing that at Sectionals.
"It's a body roll," Sam explained simply.
The rest of the guys in New Directions started to try and copy Sam and agreed that it could definitely help the New Directions win at Sectionals. Blaine was disgusted. They could win based on their talent. He didn't think it was really necessary to resort to body rolls to help them win.
"Yeah, Sam that's awesome. It's exactly what we need," Finn said.
"No, that's not what we need," Blaine said. "It's cheap. It's – It's selling out."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Sam asked.
"It means that I'm not for sale," Blaine said angrily. The next thing he knew Sam was shoving him and instinct kicked in. Blaine was able to quickly remove Sam's hands from his shoulders, but all it took was Blaine going after Sam for the rest of the guys of New Directions and Mr. Shuster to step in and break the two fighting boys up. Blaine was done.
"Forget it," Blaine said as he exited the choir room, making his way to the locker room so he could blow off some steam. When he got to the locker room, Blaine quickly changed, put on his boxing gloves and went over to start beating the punching bag.
While he was using all of his strength to beat the bag, Blaine kept replaying what Sam had said in his mind. "What we need to sell is sex." Why had everyone just assumed that was the best option? Seriously, did the guys not even think it through? It was obvious that none of the boys saw any issue whatsoever with it seeing as they all went along with Sam's plan without a second thought. Blaine, however, was much more hesitant.
Blaine reached the locker room and quickly changed so he could let off steam. There had been plenty of times that he had needed to vent his anger, but he hadn't felt the need to hit something this bad in a really long time.
Blaine was sitting on his bed in his room looking at his phone with absolute disgust. Sebastian had just texted him again. There had been text messages almost daily for the last week and now Blaine was passed the point of simply being annoyed. He was disgusted.
Seriously, Blaine. Have you considered my offer?
Blaine felt the urge to throw up after reading the message again. A few days ago, Sebastian had approached him at the Lima Bean. It was no secret that Sebastian wanted Blaine, especially because Sebastian had told Blaine straight up that "his boyfriend didn't have to know". But it didn't just stop there. Sebastian had constantly been asking Blaine about hooking up, refusing to take Blaine's no for an answer.
Sebastian cornered Blaine at the Lima Bean and told him how much he really wanted to hook up with Blaine. This time, Sebastian had pretty much told Blaine that he would pay Blaine to hook up with him. Blaine had to fight the urge to vomit right then and there. Instead, Blaine promptly told Sebastian no and walked out of the Lima Bean and drove home.
Blaine had hoped that Sebastian would get the hint, but the next day Blaine got a text message asking if he would consider Sebastian's offer. Once again, Blaine told Sebastian no he was not interested. The messages wouldn't stop coming and Blaine wasn't sure what to do. In school they taught math and reading, not what do if a guy consistently offered to pay you to have sex with him.
Walking into the Lima Bean one afternoon, Blaine had to resist the urge to go over and punch Sebastian, who was sitting in a corner drinking coffee. Sebastian noticed Blaine walk in immediately and called Blaine over. "Hey, Blaine, did you finally -"
"I'm not here to tell you that I will have sex with you. Get it through your head. I'm with Kurt. I'm happy. And I have absolutely no desire to have sex with you. Just drop it," Blaine said angrily.
"Fine," Sebastian said. Blaine started to walk away when he heard Sebastian. "Call me if you change your mind." Blaine turned around to glare at Sebastian, who had a very smug smile on his face. Blaine took a deep breath and turned around, resisting the urge to punch Sebastian for the second time that day.
Blaine continued beating the bag, but was pulled from his thoughts when he heard someone enter the locker room. He heard the person ask, "Is that Sam's face?" Immediately Blaine knew that Finn had entered the locker room. Screw it, Blaine thought.
"Yours too," Blaine answered, knowing that Finn was pissed even though he couldn't actually see Finn's face.
After actually talking about their issues with each other, Blaine and Finn shook hands, which Blaine assumed was a peace offering. He wasn't a hundred percent sold that Finn was going to change, but at least Finn admitted he was being a jerk. There was an awkward pause after the handshake as neither boy was quite sure what to do. After a while, Finn said, "I'm gonna just go and let you continue to beat the crap out of that bag."
Blaine simply nodded and went back to beating the punching bag. After beating the bag for a bit, Blaine thoughts drifted back to Sebastian and what he had said and Blaine started hitting the bag harder. He was still pissed off that Sebastian would even think to do that, but the past was the past and he just didn't want to deal with it anymore. He especially didn't want to tell Kurt about it because he knew that it would just set Kurt off. Kurt already hated Sebastian and he really didn't need another reason.
After another solid fifteen minutes, Blaine heard a small voice behind him, "You ok?"
Blaine stopped hitting the bag and turned around, still breathing heavy. "Yeah."
"You sure? You seemed pretty upset when you left," Kurt said.
"I'm fine, Kurt. Let me get cleaned up and we can get out of here."
Blaine could tell that Kurt didn't believe him, but it looked as if Kurt wasn't going to press the issue, which definitely made Blaine feel better. He was sure that Kurt would want to know what exactly, Blaine got so upset, but Blaine just wasn't ready to tell Kurt yet. Kurt already had issues with Sebastian because of everything that had happened during the disastrous trip to Scandals a few weeks ago. And Blaine knew that if Kurt found out about what else had happened with Sebastian, Kurt might actually consider going after Sebastian, which was saying something.
The next day, Blaine was sitting in the choir room, waiting for rehearsal to start. He was hoping that everyone would just forget about what had happened yesterday. Blaine still hadn't told Kurt what exactly happened between him and Sebastian, and still didn't plan on it.
Mike came over and sat down next to Blaine. "How you doing?" Mike asked.
"Just fine. And you?"
"I'm good. I just wanted to make sure that you were ok. You seemed really pissed off yesterday."
"I'm fine. I swear."
Mike looked at Blaine, not fully convinced, but said, "Well if you ever want to talk about it, I'm here."
Blaine couldn't believe what he was hearing. Someone, besides Kurt, was actually willing to listen. Not just listening because they had to, but going out of their way to make sure that Blaine was actually ok. "Thanks, Mike."
"Not a problem."
Mr. Shuester came in just after that and told the boys how much work they had to get done. He didn't talk about what happened yesterday, but all the guys knew that the reason they were behind was because of Blaine's outburst yesterday. Throughout the entire rehearsal, all Blaine could think about was what happened yesterday. Maybe he really should talk to someone about what happened with Sebastian. If little things like that were going to set Blaine off, then maybe talking wouldn't be the worst idea.
Blaine was going to stand firm on his decision to not tell Kurt. He knew he should, but Blaine also knew that Kurt would completely freak out if he heard what really happened. Maybe he could talk to Miss Pillsbury. No. Wait, Mike just said he would listen and Mike had become one of his closest friends at McKinley. It was nothing like the friendship he had with the Warblers while he was at Dalton, but Blaine was sure that he could trust Mike.
After they finished rehearsal, Blaine pulled Mike aside and asked if he would be willing to talk. Mike agreed and told Blaine they could meet in the auditorium in a few minutes so he could say goodbye to Tina. While Mike said goodbye to Tina, Blaine told Kurt that he was going to talk with Mike and that he would call Kurt later that night. Kurt didn't seem to think too much of it. Maybe Kurt was just happy that Blaine was spending time with some of the other members of New Directions.
After saying goodbye to Kurt, Blaine headed over to the auditorium to wait for Mike. He sat on the edge of the stage and started thinking about what he was actually going to say. It didn't take too long for Mike to get there. Mike sat down next to Blaine and asked, "So, what's going on?"
"A lot."
"You want to talk about it?"
"Yeah, it's kinda the reason I asked to talk to you. But, you have to promise me that you're not going to tell anyone."
"Whatever you tell me is going to stay in this room," Mike assured Blaine. "So does this have anything to do with what happened yesterday?"
"Yeah," Blaine sighed. "It's just, if you guys would have said that stuff in the beginning of the year, I probably wouldn't have had a second thought about it, but now, I just – Things happened and I guess it affected me more than I realized."
"How so?"
"Ok," Blaine said. He couldn't believe that he was about to tell Mike everything, but here went nothing. Blaine took a deep breath. "There's this guy I met a few weeks ago. He seemed nice and everything and I agreed to meet him for coffee and I guess he was interested in more than just friendship."
Blaine paused and Mike asked, "But you told him you had a boyfriend?"
"Yeah and he met Kurt, but he then he…he said that he didn't mind if I had a boyfriend, as long as I didn't."
Mike looked disgusted. "But you still told him no."
"Yeah, but he didn't really seem to like that answer. Before that all happened, I gave him my number, which now looking back on it, was a big mistake. He kept texting me and asking if he could hook up and…"
"And?" Mike asked hesitantly. Honestly, Mike wasn't sure he wanted to know what happened next.
Blaine took a deep breath, stared at the ground, and said, "And then he got to the point of offering to pay me if I would have sex with him."
If Mike felt sick before, it was nothing like how he was feeling now.
"I told him no, if that's what you're worried about," Blaine added once he realized how silent Mike had become. "I just guess I really didn't realize how much that stuff affected me, you know? And I still don't really know what to do about it."
"Blaine, you have to tell someone. Get this guy turned in."
Blaine shook his head. "I have no proof."
"Well you said he kept texting you."
"But I deleted all those messages, almost as soon as I got them. I have no proof that he did anything wrong."
"There's gotta be something we can do about it."
"There's really nothing. I just – I just don't want to keep thinking about it."
"I get it. Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure," Blaine responded.
"Did you ever tell Kurt about this?"
Blaine looked at the ground and remained silent, effectively giving Mike his answer.
"Do you plan on telling him?"
Blaine looked up and admitted, "I really don't know. Kurt already doesn't like the guy and I just don't want Kurt to have anything more to worry about."
Mike nodded. "I really don't know what to tell you, Blaine. I wish I did, but you just gotta realize that what this guy did was wrong. And I'm not saying that you don't realize that now, but I think you can move past it. It's not gonna happen right away, but I think that you can move past this."
"I hope so. I just don't want this whole thing to keep messing with me."
"And at one point it's not. You're gonna get past this, Blaine. I'm always here if you want to talk about it."
"Thanks, Mike. I really appreciate that."
"Hey, what are friends for, right?" Mike asked.
"I guess," Blaine said with a smile. Mike had just called him a friend and listened to him talk about all of his problems with Sebastian. Maybe people at McKinley did care about him a little bit.
"So, you want to go get some pizza or something? I'm starving."
"Sure. Pizza sounds great."
Author's Note:
So really, I have no excuse. I'm sorry it took so long, but here is the next chapter. I go back to school in a week, but I'm hoping to be updating again soon, seeing as my roommate gets on my case if I take too long to update.
Thanks for reading and please consider leaving a review and telling me what you think.
