NEW TXT MESSAGE FROM: KURT

UNIFORM LOOKS GOOD ON YOU. GOOD LUCK TODAY. I'LL CALL YOU LATER TONIGHT :)

Dave shoved his phone back into his pocket and made his way to his next class: study hall. It would have been AP calculus but he had already taken that last year. Dalton was far more advanced than McKinley and Thurston, but so far so good. He already loved his Literature teacher since she had assigned them to read and critique Naked Lunch by William S Borough.

What other school would have that in its curriculum?

The guys at Dalton were pretty nice too considering this was the same school Kurt had gone to get away from him. The guys already knew him, but according to Sebastian they were willing to give him a second chance.

"Even after what I did to Kurt?" he asked after his first class where his teacher had introduced him. He had received a very warm welcome by the senior class.

Sebastian shrugged, "I've done worse."

Sebastian gave him a wordless pat on the shoulder and went to his next class. Dave wished Sebastian was a senior, at least then he would be in some of his classes. The guys were nice, but they still scared the crap out of him. He wasn't so sure if they were willing to give him a chance or if Sebastian had something on all of them.

He was on his way to study hall when he noticed a large airy room with a piano and a few boxes that looked like they were filled with records. He crept inside making sure no one was in the room before he looked through the boxes. He let out a small squeal of excitement, most of the records were jazz and blues records, similar to the records he listened to when he was little at his grandparents' home.

He sat down on the piano bench and saw that someone had left behind their music sheet. He snorted at the sheet, "Katy Perry?" He shook his head in shame, remembering Kurt telling him that Blaine was a big Top 40 fan and that the Warblers would sing a lot of pop songs. He flipped through the sheets, hoping to find a good song.

"Oy! You trying to steal my sheets or somethin'?"

Dave jumped a bit when he heard the thick English accent; he looked up to see a guy he had not met yet. The guy was skinny, but still pulled off the uniform really well and was a bit shorter than Dave; he had a baby face and thick dark curls, and dark skin.

The guy smiled warmly, "Just kiddin' around mate." He moved over and sat next to Dave, "Sorry if I scared yah."

Dave could feel his nerves getting to him; he stood up ready to leave. "That's fine. I shouldn't even be in here anyway. Sorry."

The guy smiled, "No worries. I'm Liam by the way. You play?"

Dave hesitated, he wanted to run and hide. But Liam's warm smile convinced him otherwise, "David. Um, sort of?"

"Yeah?" Liam looked interested, "How about singing?"

"Yeah, but mostly crooner stuff." Dave cocked his chin towards the box of records on the piano. "I was just looking at the records; I think I know all of them."

"That's good; we could always use a crooner." said another jovial sounding voice.

Liam laughed at the other guy, "What I tell you about leaving my records alone unguarded?"

Dave had seen the other guy before in his first class, he didn't know his name yet though. But he was as tall and big as Dave with brown hair that had the tips frosted. The guy feigned annoyance, "That's my box of records, your box of records are in a magical lock box protected by Cerberus."

Liam blinked, "He's not real mate."

The guy rolled his eyes and honestly did look like a five year kid, "Yes he is! He's real and you know it!"

Dave couldn't help but laugh. Liam gave him a knowing look, "David, you met Marshall yet?"

Marshall smiled and stuck out his hand towards Dave and answered for Dave, "Yep, dude's in my Lit class. Finally good to match a face to all those stories Sebastian, Blaine and Kurt have told us."

Dave blanched; he knew it was too good to be true. "Yeah, I should go." He could already feel the bile forming in the back of his throat. He should have known that Sebastian, Blaine, and Kurt would try to embarrass him. Maybe as payback for all the shit he had caused them.

Marshall was quick to pull him back, "Wait, dude, I didn't mean it like that." Dave avoided looking at them, "I just meant we heard good stuff about you and it's finally good to actually meet you."

Dave looked at them in disbelief, "Even after what I did to Kurt and Blaine? You guys don't mind me being here?"

Liam shook his head, "Course not. We all got our baggage, who are we to judge?"

Marshall gave Dave a light punch on the shoulder, "Yeah, so relax, will you?"

Dave sighed; he could feel the tension start to leave his shoulders.

"So besides crooner music, can you sing other sorts of genres?" Liam asked, leafing through the music sheets.

"I don't know." Dave answered honestly. He never really sang in front of anyone before besides his grandparents. It was just something he was afraid of showing the world.

Liam patted the empty space next to him, "Well let's see then." He huffed at the sheet, "Ay Marsh, pass me our book. Think he could sing that mash-up?"

Marshall handed him a thick red binder. "You talking about Airplanes and Brick by Boring Brick?" Marshall looked at Dave, studying him almost. Suddenly Marshall looked overly excited, "How freaking awesome would that be? Dude," he thumped Dave hard on the back this time, "you could totally pull that song off!'

Dave winced at the pain. Liam eyed his friend wearily, "Mate, what I tell you about you slapping people?" he gave Dave an apologetic look, "Marshall here is a tackler on our football team."

Dave was impressed, but wasn't surprised, "Really? I play guard."

Marshall smiled, "Yeah I know. I heard you were going to replace Joe on our baseball team." Before Dave could apologize for replacing a teammate on such short notice, Marshall continued, "Thank God, because I don't know how many more walks Aziz can take." He could see the question forming in Dave's mind, "Aziz is our captain. You're coming to practice tonight right?" Dave nodded, "Sweet, the whole team's freaking excited. We get a state champ as our shortstop."

Liam rolled his eyes, "Can we get back to the music now?"
Marshall smirked, "Someone jealous because he couldn't get on the team?" he asked teasingly.

Liam arched his brow, "Won the school two trophies in rugby and basketball. I think that's enough, don't you?" He smiled smugly at Marshall.

"Rugby is not a real sport." Marshall gritted out.

Liam chuckled, "You're just sore since you got tackled and beaten so badly."

Dave grinned at the two; he was staring to like them.

Marshall looked super annoyed now. "For the last time, I was NOT crying."

"I never brought up you crying." Liam looked at Dave laughing. "Did I mention anything about Marshall crying after he got plowed twice, David?"

Dave bit back his laugh, "Nope, not a word."

Marshall rolled his eyes, "Can we hear the man sing now please?"

Liam laughed as he handed Dave the sheet music. "Reckon you can play a bit on the piano as well for us?"

Dave nodded and tried his best to calm himself down. "Ready?" Liam asked.

"Yeah." Dave took a deep breath as Liam started to play the opening note to the song, "Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars? I could really use a wish right now wish right now, wish right now. Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are shooting stars? I could really use a wish right now wish right now, wish right now." He followed Liam's playing and could see that both Liam and Marshall looked impressed at his piano skills. "Well, she lives in a fairy tale somewhere too far for us to find. Forgotten the taste and smell of the world that she's left behind. It's all about the exposure the lens I told her. The angles were all wrong now. She's ripping wings off of butterflies. Keep your feet on the ground when your head's in the clouds. Well, go get your shovel and we'll dig a deep hole. To bury the castle, bury the castle. Go get your shovel and we'll dig a deep hole to bury the castle, bury the castle."

Dave, Liam, and Marshall at the same time smiling went, "Ba da ba ba da ba ba da!"

Dave continued singing "Well you built up a world of magic because your real life is tragic. Yeah, you built up a world of tragic. If it's not real you can't hold it in your hand, you can't feel it with your heart, and I won't believe it. But if it's true you can see it with your eyes, oh even in the dark. And that where I want to be, yeah!"

The other Warbler members were starting to come in. Each smiling and looking excited as Dave grew more nervous, but Liam just smiled and he could feel Marshall's hand on his shoulder trying to calm him down. "Well, go get your shovel and we'll dig a deep hole. To bury the castle, bury the castle. Go get your shovel and we'll dig a deep hole to bury the castle, bury the castle."

All of the Warblers were clapping, deciding to join in on the chorus. "Ba da ba ba da ba ba da." They continued clapping and repeating the chorus as Dave continued, feeling a little more confident than he ever thought he could feel singing. "Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars? Could really use a wish right now wish right now, wish right now. Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are shooting stars? Could really use a wish right now wish right now, wish right now. Ba da ba ba da ba ba da."

The whole team went wild, applauding and cheering for Dave. Marshall even hugged him and raised Dave's arm in the air as if he won a boxing championship match.

Liam shook his shoulders, "That was flipping awesome, mate. You got some lungs on you!"

"AHEM!" the laughter and cheers died down as the guys in the room looked at Sebastian. Dave didn't even realize he was in the room. He was already imagining the sort of flippant comment Sebastian had for him.

Sebastian looked around the room to make sure all eyes were on him. "All in favor of adding Dave to the Warblers? Raise your hand."

Dave became speechless as everyone on the team raised their hand at once.

Sebastian looked over at three guys who were now sitting by a table, "Motion granted." Said the guy in the middle.

Sebastian smiled, "Welcome to the team Dave."

Dave could feel the butterflies in his stomach going crazy as Sebastian walked over and hugged him.

(They both missed the look Marshall and Liam exchanged with each other)

Dave stayed for the whole meeting, enjoying the song suggestions and getting updated on dance moves that the Warblers were planning for upcoming shows. They even decided to let him try out for a solo for their "Boy Band Tribute" concert after he mentioned he could sing Corinne Bailey Rae's version of Sexyback.

After the meeting ended Marshall and Liam invited Dave to sit with them during lunch. Dave wanted to decline, but Sebastian answered for him, "He'll be there."

Marshall gave him a tight smile and lightly punched Dave again on the shoulder, "See ya then mate." Liam nodded towards him as he waved and walked out with Marshall.

Dave waited till they were last ones in the room, "I can talk for myself."

Sebastian rolled his eyes, "As flattered as I'm to be your best friend. You need to branch out a bit."

Dave crossed his arms, "You're not my best friend."

"Who is then? And please don't say Kurt, that's just sad."

Dave huffed, "We're not in kindergarten. I don't need to have a 'best friend'."

Sebastian smiled triumphantly, he pointed at Dave."Translation: Sebastian is my best friend."

Dave rolled his eyes as Sebastian put his arm around Dave's shoulders. "I know that Marshall and Liam aren't the greatest guys ever. But you need friends, friends who know and like the real you and not some stupid bravado cliché jock guy that you've been trying to pass of as."

Dave bit the inside of his cheek, "Your ego terrifies me, you know that?"

Sebastian chuckled, "I know that you don't like to admit that I'm right about you when it comes to everything."

Dave shoved him a bit, "Smartass. You think you know me so well."

"Of course I do. Who would know you better than your best friend?"

That was not the comeback Dave was expecting. He felt something inside of him kick at the sound of Sebastian's voice. He actually sounded so sincere and genuine that it made Dave speechless again.

The five minute bell rang; Dave had one more class before lunch.

Before they were off again Sebastian told him, "You passed lesson three by the way."

Dave didn't even know he was being tested, "I did? What was lesson three?"

"Being you and meeting new people. I had a lesson all planned out, but this was just as good." Sebastian patted him on the back again before walking off to his next class. "I'll see you later?"

Dave could have sworn that came off as a hopeful question, "Yeah, sure."

Sebastian smiled again (Dave was starting to notice that he was receiving less smug smirks and more genuine smiles from him) and walked off.

Dave pulled out his phone and text messaged Kurt, telling him that he had got accepted into the Warblers. He got a text back from Kurt as he sat down at his desk.

YOU CAN SING?

Dave quickly realized that he had never told Kurt he could sing or play the piano, that he liked to sing Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Sammy Davis Junior songs, and that he could play every Nat King Cole song on the piano, or that he waited six hours in line to meet Michael Buble and Tony Bennett. The only person who knew all these things was Sebastian.

He had told all that to Sebastian and more without ever realizing. And not once did Sebastian tease or judge him for any of it. Dave rubbed his temples to sooth the pounding headache. 'Shit, he really is my best friend.'

Dave's first week at Dalton went way better than he expected, the baseball team loved him-hell even the captain, Aziz (Who looked to be the definition of tall, dark, and handsome. Not to mention likable and easy-going), thought he was really good. He was shocked when Aziz offered to help him practice in order to get ready for the next game. He had gotten an A on his first two papers for his Spanish and Literature class, and impressed the Warblers even more with knowledge about jazz and blues music.

Later in the same week Paul insisted Dave to invite Liam, Marshall, and Aziz to his house for videogames and dinner. He wasn't expecting for the three guys to agree and come, but they did! Dave, of course invited Sebastian, but he declined. Stating he had research to do for homework.

"What homework? Liam and you are in the same year." Dave asked.

Sebastian smiled smugly, "It's for Lesson four. And besides you need to meet new people."

"And what if they hate me?" Dave asked, he was ready to give up before giving the guys a chance.

Sebastian flicked his forehead hard, "You're not a twelve years old girl. Get over it. If they start to trash you at your house you can kick them out." He flicked him again.

"What was that one for?" Dave growled, that one actually stung a bit.

"For even thinking that they are going to hate you. You're a likable guy, so just be you and stop thinking that everyone is going to hate you because you don't fit a certain persona."

Dave rubbed his face, trying to ignore the voice in his head telling him that he was going to fail. "Fine, I'll try."

Sebastian flicked him again. Dave bit his lip, stopping himself from cussing Sebastian out "Dude!"

Sebastian was resolute. "You're not going to try. You're going to be yourself and they are going to like you. Dave, I know you're not the same bully anymore, but can you at least have the same confidence in yourself like you did back then?"
Dave sighed, "That wasn't confidence, that was fear of me getting gay bashed by the football and hockey team."

Sebastian's green eyes darkened, "You had confidence in yourself when you played out on the field, just have the same confidence when it comes to being yourself around people because otherwise lesson four is going to be real painful to watch."

Dave reluctantly agreed and promised he would be himself before he walked off to class. He didn't even realize what Sebastian had said in the end till he sat down next to Marshall. "Lesson four will be painful to watch?" He said loudly without noticing. Marshall gave him a strange look and laughed. "You okay there, bro?"

Dave rubbed his neck, "I don't think so."

Marshall grinned, "Sebastian?"

Dave nodded wordlessly and laid his head down. He heard Marshall laugh again and felt Marshall patting his back, "Yeah, we usually all feel that way after we talk to him too."

On Saturday morning Dave found himself sitting along with Santana, Britney, Blaine, Kurt, and (of course) Sebastian at a really cool and relaxing coffee bar in Columbus called Travonna Coffee House. The place was reminiscent of an old school Seattle type coffee house. Wood flooring and dark wood tables, with large leather chairs for big parties to sit in, and a cool looking stage.

"While I don't mind good coffee and brownies-" Santana started before Kurt interrupted her. "Really really good coffee." He took another gulp of his soy Tiramisu latte. "Really good!"

Blaine chuckled sweetly as Santana rolled her eyes in annoyance, "Really good coffee and brownies. Why did you insist on driving us two hours to a coffee shop in Columbus?"

Sebastian smirked smugly, "I just thought since Dave did so well at his first week at Dalton we should all celebrate with a good cup of coffee. I mean we could always go to the Lima Bean, but we always are there anyway, and Starbucks is a rip off. Why not somewhere special to celebrate?"

Blaine, Kurt and Santana looked at each other, not knowing to buy into it or not.

Sebastian lifted his mug, "I say we make a toast, shall we? To Dave?"

Dave snorted, Sebastian had allowed everyone expect him to get drinks and food. "Does this mean I can order now?" Dave could feel his stomach growl; everyone had delicious desserts and/or sandwiches in front of them.

Sebastian looked at his phone, "Not yet."

Dave groaned, he hadn't eaten breakfast and was so nervous about the guys coming over the night before that he had only taken a few bites of the pizza that his father had ordered. "What the hell are you waiting for?" Dave asked. Sebastian kept looking over to the counter for something or someone.

"Waiting for lesson 4."

Dave groaned, "You never told me what lesson 4 was about."

Sebastian frowned, "Yes I did."

"When?"

"When I came over to your house for the first time."

Dave thought back and became white as snow. "I thought you were kidding!" he groaned, his voice muffled by his hands as he covered his face.

Kurt looked worriedly between the two, "What's lesson four?"

"How to score a hot guy." Sebastian answered easily, making both Santana and Blaine choke on their drinks.

"You're not serious, are you?" Blaine asked coughing.

Santana wiped the tears away from her eyes, "He's being serious." She gave Sebastian an impressed look, "You already scoped a guy out for Karofsky, haven't you?"

"Course I did."

Britney patted Dave's back sympathetically, "I bet he's cute." Britney said gently and sweetly as she coaxed Dave to quit hiding himself.

Dave whispered a solemn "Thanks, Brit."

"Why not just go to Scandals and pick up a guy for Dave?" Kurt asked, "Or did you just have to make a show out of it?"

Blaine winced at the scathing tone Kurt was using; he squeezed his boyfriend's hand in comfort. He knew Kurt was still worried about Sebastian hanging around Dave. He was too. "I think what Kurt means is that I don't think Karofsky is ready to 'score' with a guy yet."

Dave groaned again, looking a bit green now, "Please stop talking." Britney smiled and passed her coffee to him, hoping that it would ease his nerves.

Sebastian's face grew clouded, "I didn't mean Dave should hook up with a guy, just learn to flirt and find a guy he could become attracted to." He answered bitingly. "Scandals is great if you want to have fun and find someone to have a one night stand with-but I don't think alcohol and dark lighting is a great way to start a relationship, do you?" he asked, eyeing Blaine and Kurt.

Blaine cleared his throat, not wanting to answer. Kurt, though wasn't about to give up, "Why here then? And why bring all of us?"

"Travonna is on a lot of LGBT hotspot listings and it's a relaxed atmosphere where Dave could meet someone and I thought since we all are Dave's friends and part of the LGBT community why not support him and this establishment?" The table grew quite at Sebastian's reasonable answer.

Dave could feel Sebastian's smugness growing as Kurt looked away in discontent. 'Yeah, great support team' he thought miserably to himself.

"So who's the guy that you picked out?" Britney asked cheerfully. Dave was truly starting to like the blond. Santana and Britney looked at the counter to see if they could possibly guess which of the three guys Sebastian had in mind.

Sebastian looked at his phone again. "He should be here in about two minutes." He pointed to Dave, "You're up." He smiled at a distraught looking Dave.

Something in that smile made Dave even sicker. Sebastian looked more gleeful than hopeful. "Fine." He got up, at least now he could order something. He stood in line and was looking at the choices of drinks when he showed up.

"Lucas, 'bout time man." Said one of the baristas.

"Sorry, I'm late. Dog knocked over my alarm again." Lucas grinned.

Dave took one good look at Lucas and thought 'SHIT!'

He quickly went back to the group and tried to repress the urge to kill Sebastian, who was grinning smugly, obviously enjoying embarrassing Dave.

"You knew, didn't you?" Dave seethed not wanting to look back.

"Wow, he is hot!" Santana exclaimed, she frowned a bit, "He looks a lot like-"

"Ryan Gosling." Sebastian stated, looking at a still blushing Dave.

Dave ran his fingers through his hair, "How the hell did you know?"

Sebastian rolled his eyes as he set his cup down, "Please, you didn't think I noticed your freak-like obsession collection of DVDs when I was at your house?"

Now it was Kurts' turn to look giddy, "You have a crush on Ryan Gosling?"

Dave growled as both Blaine and Santana looked at him in a 'aww, aren't you cute' way. "So what if I do? He's a great guy."

Sebastian laughed, "I think Kurty misspoke again. You love the guy. With all those DVD and posters, I thought I was going to find Mr. David Gosling written all over your notebooks."

"I'm not that bad." Dave mumbled, knowing he was lying.
"Dave, you have a Lars and the Real Girl and a Blue Valentine poster in your bedroom." Sebastian admitted, earning a spit take from Santana.

Santana coughed and laughed as she and Britney wiped up the mess, "Karofsky, you have a Blue Valentine poster in your room?" she asked in disbelief.

"It's a good movie!" Dave tried to defend himself, but even he was starting to see the humor in it.

Blaine looked like he was trying desperately not to laugh, "I don't think anyone saw that movie."

Dave sighed and took a quick glimpse at Lucas; he could feel his stomach tying itself into one giant knot. "God, he's hot."

Santana looked over at the long line already forming, "Well you better get in line if you want the next best thing." She took a quick sip of her coffee, "Isn't Gosling like the number one man crush right now?"

Dave snorted, "All of a sudden all these guys are into him since he stared in Drive."

"Yeah, I bet you none of his male fans went in search for deluxe edition of Young Hercules and Breaker High." Sebastian snorted earning himself a sneer from Dave. "But San's right, you're going have to wait behind Daniel Radcliffe, Steve Carrell, and Bradley Cooper. Not to mention every other male with blood still pumping through them."

Dave was ready to give up till Kurt stood up for him, "C'mon guys, we all have our celebrity crushes that we wish and pine for."

Britney nodded in agreement, "Yeah, like I think Beyonce is totally smoking hot." She turned to Santana and kissed her, "What about you?"

Santana mulled over the question, "Mmm, Zoe Saldana. How about you Kurt?"

Kurt swallowed his drink and grinned dreamily, "Ewan McGregor. Hands down, you cannot find another man who's hotter."

Blaine blinked, "That explains your vast amount Star Wars posters with him."

"I still love you though." Kurt kissed him on the cheek, "You never told me which celebrity you liked."

Blaine looked uncomfortable and fidgeted in his seat. "Um,"

"Come on, who is it?" Santana goaded, "Is it Justin Bieber?" she asked in mock seriousness.

Dave, Sebastian, and Britney laughed as Blaine's face twisted in disgust, "God no!"

"Then who?"

Blaine sighed, "It's-" he mumbled something incoherent.

Dave, who was finally enjoying having the attention taken off of him, was quick to ask, "I'm sorry, I don't think we could hear you. Who do you like?"

Blaine bit his lower lip and groaned, "Colin Morgan." He answered quickly, letting the name sound more like Colinmorgan.

Sebastian choked on his drink, "Colin Morgan? As in Merlin?" He and the rest laughed.

Blaine pouted, "He's cute and very sweet."

Santana covered her face to keep from laughing too loudly, "How can you find him cute? The guy has elf ears."

Sebastian grinned, "Well see, that's why hobbit over there fancies him." The whole table broke out in laughter again.

Kurt-who Dave noticed was trying hard not to laugh-patted his boyfriend's hand, and turned his sights to Sebastian. "What about you? Who's your celeb crush?"

"It was James McAvoy, but since I came back to the states I'm starting to like Lance Gross more and more now." Sebastian looked across at Dave again, "Now that we've covered all of our celeb crushes, it's time to get back to your look-a-like crush." He pointed over to the line, "Get back in there."

"Easy for you to say, I don't see you waiting in line for a look-a-like Lance Gross." Dave growled uneasily.

Sebastian shrugged, "If there were one here, I would be waiting in line with you. I'm not asking you to make out with him, just try to see if you can flirt hard enough with him for him to give you his number."

Dave sighed, "Yeah, because that's really easy." He deadpanned before rubbing his face again wearily "What if he says no?"

"That's the worst that could happen, he says no and you leave. Simple as that."

Santana raised her hand half way through the air, "Anyone else wondering when did Sebastian turn into a supportive life coach?"

Dave and Sebastian ignored her, "Actually the worst that could and will happen is that he laughs at me and calls me a fat loser." Dave paused, noticing what he had just said and looked at Sebastian who looked as if Dave had just slapped him. "I-, Sebastian I didn't."
Sebastian shook his head and patted the table, his eyes were cast down, "If he says that he's an idiot then."

Santana and Kurt could hear the hurt and regret in Sebastian's voice.

Dave looked around and sighed, "I can't believe I'm doing this." He got up and waited in line. Lucas was still working the front and smiled politely at the customers. Dave was thinking up quick pick-up lines or something really suave he could use.

"I thought you did an awesome job in the Ides of March." Said the guy in front of Dave. "When's your next film coming out?" the guy asked jokingly.

Dave couldn't tell what sort of expression the guy was giving, but Lucas looked bored and unimpressed. Clearly he had heard and was tired of the Ryan Gosling references.

'That's my in!' Dave thought excitedly, his plan was a long shot but maybe it could break the ice? Dave walked up as the rejected guy went back to his table. Dave was quick to talk before Lucas could welcome him and ask him what he wanted to order.

"I'm guessing the Ryan Gosling references and jokes get tiring way too quickly?" Dave asked, trying his best to sound confident.

Lucas smirked and shrugged, "Yeah, I mean they were okay at first, but now it's starting to get annoying. Kind of wish Gosling would just go away again."

Dave laughed, "How bad can it be?"

Lucas looked at him, "Yesterday I had eight people ask me to take pictures with them because they really thought I was Ryan Gosling. You would think that it would dawn on them that Ryan Gosling wouldn't be working in a café in Columbus, Ohio."

Dave smirked, "Maybe they thought he was trying to get away from Eva Mendes."

'Score!' Dave thought when Lucas laughed. "I'm Dave by the way." He stuck out his hand for Lucas to shake

Lucas's hand was rough, big, and warm. Making Dave's inside gel. "Lucas. I've never seen you here before, you new to the area?"

Dave could feel his heart beat out of his chest, "Sort of , I'm just visiting from Lima, about two hours from here."

"Never heard of it."

Dave shrugged, not surprised at all. "Well that's a good thing." Lucas laughed again, "It's not worth knowing anyway."

Lucas grinned, "Well if you're from there, then it can't be that bad."

Dave grinned back, "Maybe."

"You know what you want to drink?" Lucas asked.

"Anything you would suggest?"

Lucas pointed at him, "I can make you a mean red velvet latte. It's one of my specialties."

"That sounds great." He took out his wallet, but Lucas stopped him.

"It's on the house; anyone who can get me laughing this early deserves free coffee and dessert."

Dave cursed the fact he could feel the blush spreading throughout his face. He knew Lucas noticed his face color because the next thing he said was. "You're really cute when you start to blush, you know that?"

Like that didn't make his face burn more. "Yeah? Know anyway to stop it?"
Lucas eyed him, "The blushing or being cute?"

Dave laughed and shook his head, "Well, definitely not the second one." Lucas chuckled, "You're cute, funny, and humble. Trust me those three things are great to have. Makes you even more special."

Before Dave had the chance to ask for his number, an older guy who Dave assumed was a manager or something chided Lucas about the line getting longer.

"Someone will bring you your order to your table." Lucas was back to business, making Dave lose focus. He was so close! He smiled tightly, "Sure." And walked back to the table.

"Not bad." Santana applauded, along with Britney.

"I never even got his number." Dave sighed.

"Yeah, but you got him to flirt back with you. I think he actually likes you." Blaine said supportively. "Five more minutes and he would have asked you out."

Dave shook his head, not really wanting himself to believe that.

A few minutes later Lucas set down a mug of warm and yummy smelling red velvet latte and a chocolate and strawberry muffin in front of him. "Tell me that isn't the best latte you have ever had."

The table grew quiet and the guys tried to hide their sly smiles as a stunned Dave took a sip "Wow." Dave took another sip and almost choked when he felt Lucas hand rub his shoulder

"Told you." He handed a piece of folded paper to Dave, "If you decide to stay a bit longer in Columbus." He smiled again and walked back the counter.

Britney let out a tiny squeal, "Would that be his number?" she asked. Dave opened the note up and nodded-his face reddening even more now."Eek, I knew it!" Britney slapped his arms excitedly.

Kurt grinned as well, "I would say he passed lesson four with flying colors, wouldn't you Sebastian?"

Sebastian nodded, but looked a little stiff. "Yes. Congratulations."

"How do you feel now?" Blaine asked.

"I can't feel my legs and I'm pretty sure that the blush on my face in now permanent." Dave answered good heartedly as he took a bite out of his muffin. He looked over to see Lucas smiling at him.

After ten minutes Sebastian decided the group should go see some art museums. Sebastian and Dave were ready to go but Kurt and Santana insisted that they stay a few more minutes to finish their drinks (Kurt and Santana had purposely ordered more coffee). "You guys go on ahead we'll be right behind you." Kurt promised the two.

Sebastian just shrugged and walked out along with Dave who waved at Lucas one last time before leaving.

As soon as the two guys were out of hearing range Santana buried her face into her hands. "Oh my God!"

Kurt looked up at the ceiling annoyed and huffed, "That was bad, this is bad. What the hell are we suppose to do?"

Blaine looked at them questioningly, "What are guys talking about?"

Santana looked at him in disbelief, "Are you freaking kidding me? Did we not just sit at the same table with Sebastian just right now?"

"So?"

Kurt shook his head and ruined the styling of his hair, not really wanting to believe his boyfriend had totally missed what went down when Dave was flirting with Lucas. "Sebastian likes David!" Kurt exclaimed.

Blaine snickered, "You think Sebastian actually likes Dave?"

Santana shook her head, "We don't think he does, we know he does! Did you not see him when Dave was talking to Lucas? He was boiling!"

"He was probably pissed that he couldn't have Lucas for himself." Blaine suggested reasonably.

"Oh c'mon hobbit, anyone could tell that Sebastian was in pain when Dave was flirting. Did you not see the look of relief on him when Dave didn't get Lucas' number?" Santana asked.

Kurt let out a low whistle "I thought he was going to kill Lucas when he was rubbing Dave's shoulder." he began rubbing his temples. "What are we suppose to do?"

Blaine held up his hands to make the two stop, "First off, we don't know for sure that Sebastian has any romantic feelings for Dave. So let's not jump to any conclusions."

Santanas' eyes turned to slits. "Look Anderson, between the four of us you know him the best. But I know wanting and pining when I see it. And Sebastian is definitely pining for Dave."

Blaine still wasn't buying into any of this. "If Sebastian was interested in Dave he would have hit on him by now and he certainly wouldn't be doing this."

Kurt grinned and poked Blaine's chest, "Exactly, this isn't Sebastian's usual hit them up and leave. He actually likes and cares for David."

"So why try to set him up with other guys then? Especially with guys who look like Karofsky's crush?"

Kurt looked serious this time, "Because you want to make the guy who you're in love with happy, even though you know he doesn't feel the same about you." He said wistfully, thinking back to when he had feelings for Finn.

Blaine shook his head and sighed, not knowing what to believe.

Britney snorted in irritation, "And people call me dumb."

Thanks for the reviews, favorites, and alerts! Much appreciated.

Liam and Marshall are real guys on the show, but are just nameless background Warblers.

The mash-up Airplanes/Brick by Boring Brick is a cover performed by Michael Henry and Justin Robinett (Songs belong to B.O.B and Paramore).

Travonna Coffee House is a real place in Columbus, Ohio.

Thanks for reading. Next chapter will be shorter, but filled with confrontations and maybe a confession.

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