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'It's your first day of school, Blaine,' Vanessa signed with a smile, 'I think you look amazing.'

'I haven't been to a public school in years,' I signed back while shaking my head, 'Maybe I should call in sick.'

'No, Blaine Anderson, you march that butt of yours to your car, drive your little sister to school, and then go to school yourself. You'll be fine.'

'So you say. Are you sure you don't mind get a ride down to McKenly after school and wait for Glee practice to be over?'

'Of course I don't mind. Gives me a chance to get out of that house.'

Smiling I kissed Vanessa on the cheek and ushered her out of the house. Vanessa's school was on the other end of the town and with all I had done trying to get ready I was going to be late for my own schooling if I didn't get her there soon.

As we drove to her school I felt like the weight of the world was on top of me. I had never been comfortable with silence and since I was driving I couldn't sign with Vanessa.

It was moments like this where everything got so real that I remembered that I was the reason that my sister would never hear again. As guilt washed over me Vanessa climbed out of the car with a huge grin and went to her classes.

Turning the car around I closed all the windows and started to blast some music. I wanted the voices that were blaming me for everything to stop for a moment. Vanessa didn't blame me at all for what happened, but I couldn't stop blaming myself.

When I pulled into the school parking lot Kurt was waiting for me by his car. Grinning I climbed out and let myself me enveloped by his warmth. He could help me distract myself.

"Hey," Kurt said smiling, "How are you doing?"

"I'm good," I said calmly, "I just dropped of Vanessa and now it's time for my first day."

"You're going to be great."

"Yeah, that's what Vanessa said."

"You should listen to that girl. She happens to be the smarter of the two."

Shaking my head I linked my hand with his and walked into the school. As Kurt and I walked through the school towards our lockers I let my mind start wander to what Vanessa was doing.

Vanessa always came home from school and explained her whole day to me and I'd do the same. She truly was my best friend and I loved that more then anything. I just wished it had happened sooner.

Hearing the bell ring I smiled at Kurt and made my way to my class. Finn walked towards me from the other side of the hall and grinned happily as we turned to go into the same class.

'Hi Blaine. How are you?' Finn signed slowly.

"I'm well, Finn. How are you?" I said and signed with a smile.

'I'm the same. I've gotten better at ASL.'

"You have gotten better. Soon you'll be fluent."

Finn laughed and shook his head before the teacher walked in. As we went through the same first day things that we always did I stared at the window and started to think.

I had invited Vanessa to visit me while I was at Glee practice and I realized now how stupid that was. anessa knew how much I loved music, but she didn't have the same love.

When Vanessa first lost her hearing she broke all of the cds that were in the house along with the stereos. While she would never do that now she still didn't own any music anymore.

It didn't take long for the school day to be over and I found myself sitting outside as everyone left. I knew that one of the school teachers was driving Vanessa to the school, but I still wished that I had gone myself.

"Worrying about Vanessa?" Kurt said standing in front of me.

"Yeah," I said nodding, "I always worry about her."

"She's a strong girl, Blaine. I know that she can take care of herself and she takes care of you."

"She's naive, Kurt. I don't want to see her get hurt anymore then she already has."

"Blaine, I know that you want to protect her, but she's going to get hurt. All you can do is be there for her."

"I can keep her away from guys for awhile longer."

"I think that might be too late."

"What are you talking about?"

Kurt smiled at me slightly before looking at the parking lot and waving. Vanessa walked up with a huge grin on her face. As soon as I saw her I couldn't help but start smiling myself.

Vanessa dropped her bag on the ground and hugged both Kurt and I tightly. She then pulled a piece of paper out of her pocket. Smiling I unfolded it and saw that it was for her school to go on a trip to New York.

'What are you going to New York for?' I signed as we walked through the class.

'Because we can't go to Rome this year,' Vanessa signed sadly, 'Of course the first time I'm in the right class to go to the museumes in Rome we don't go.'

'Maybe you'll go some other time. You still have time to convince our parents to go there for vacation.'

Vanessa smiled sadly and nodded her head slightly. Every year our parents went on a vacation while Vanessa and I stayed at our grandparents house. They always promised that the next year we'd all go on a trip together, but that never happened.

'Vanessa,' Kurt signed when we got into the room, 'I'll introduce you to everyone.'

'Thank you,' Vanessa signed happily.

As Kurt and Vanessa walked around the room I watched everyone to see how they reacted to Vanessa. Everyone looked at me in confusion and started talking to each other after Kurt went to the next person.

"Is everyone ready to audition?" Mr. Schuester said walking in, "Oh, who is this?"

"My sister," I said and signed with a smile, "Mr. Schuester this is Vanessa. Vanessa this is Mr. Schuester. He's the Spanish teacher and the Glee coach."

'Hi Mr. Schuester,' Vanessa signed calmly, 'It's nice to meet you.'

"Hello," Mr. Schuester said slowly.

"Vanessa is deaf," I said and signed staring at her, "I hope you don't mind that she's here, but I didn't want her to be home alone in case something happened and she couldn't reach anyone."

"It's fine, Blaine. Vanessa can sit with me while we get these auditions on the way."

"Alright, if she needs anything just get me, Kurt, or Finn to translate."

'Santana knows ALS too,' Vanessa signed happily, 'Her and I hung out for awhile when you were sick.'

'I didn't know that.'

'Yeah, she's really fun to hang out with. Don't you remember me showing you a drawing I did of her?'

'No, I don't remember that.'

'Oh, well, I'll show you it later.'

Nodding my head I went to sit with everyone else and wait for my turn to sing. I kept my eyes on Vanessa the whole time and saw that while she was working on some drawing her eyes would look at Santana periodically.

Looking at Santana I saw that she was looking between Vanessa and Brittany. There was something going on with Vanessa and Santana and I wondered if this was what Kurt was talking about before.

"Kurt," I said making him look at me, "Does Santana like Vanessa?"

"I think she does," Kurt said softly, "I also think she has a crush on Brittany."

"This isn't going to end well for Vanessa if Santana doesn't figure this out."