Chapter 6

It was a bit awkward driving with Kurt to school, Finn thought. Things and stuff stood between them now, man!

"Listen, Kurt. We're brothers."

"No, we are not! Stop saying that, okay, euw! Stop it."

"Uhm, okay." Finn shrugged and didn't say anything anymore.

As soon as he was in school Kurt ran to Blaine and cried on his shoulder.

"He said we are brothers! Again! Why can't he just… just… love me!?"

"I'm sorry, Kurt." Blaine patted the other boy's shoulder and that made him look up.

"Wait, what? You are supposed to say he will. Soon. Don't be all empathetic and stuff! Anyway, since when are you empathetic? That's not the Blaine I know."

"What can I say, I had an epiphany yesterday after I met a fairy."

"Oh! Gloria gave you those pills again so that you would stop bugging her, right?"

"No, I looked into my heart."

Kurt distorted his face. "Anyway, what are we doing now about Finn?"

"Kurt, I wonder if… you could maybe talk to him. Talk it out, you know? And when he says he can never love you, then you should accept it and move on?"

Kurt distorted his face even more. What the hell…? Blaine suffered from serious brain damage, didn't he?

When Kurt strutted away Sam arrived at his locker a few metres away. Blaine shot him a glance but didn't go to him. Talking could be good in some cases but not in theirs. Blaine had to show Sam that they belonged together. Because yes. That was what Blaine had seen in his heart. And his heart didn't lie, got it!?

Jesse walked into school with the biggest grin ever. Rachel had finally acknowledged that he was allowed to attend McKinley High and she was holding his hand right now. Woooohooo! Now he only needed to get her blood and everything would be good.

Sam chose to sit with Finn and Puck during lunch. They were his true friends. Finn stared emotionless at his plate while Puck talked about chicks (hey, he needed to compensate for yesterday, okay!?). Now and then Sam glanced at Blaine and Kurt a few seats away but not too often. He didn't miss his former vain friends. He didn't miss touching or kissing Blaine. And even if he did, he could do that during the performance tomorrow. Professionally and everything.

Now Blaine and Kurt got up. Sam quickly directed his eyes at his plate as they passed him.

"Hey, Sam, uhm… Can we talk before the rehearsal today?" Blaine asked. Sam looked up again.

"Why?"

"I want to apologize, I mean, it's not worth ruining the play over our fight, is it?"

"Miss Berry said she liked it."

"Please, give me a chance to explain."

Sam was confused. Blaine sounded so… nice. Was this an act? But why would he do that?

"Okay then."

"Thank you."

Blaine touched Sam's shoulder and went on.

"Okay, now you cannot tell me anymore you don't want him back", Kurt said. He had waited and watched the scene because he had nothing better to do and the fact that Finn had sat next to Sam had nothing to do with it at all.

"It's true that when I looked into my heart yesterday I discovered a strange but nonetheless strong admiration for this boy", Blaine admitted.

"Uuuh, you love him! What happened to 'no boyfriend material'?"

"I will not judge anybody by stereotypical factors that I think a boyfriend should feature anymore, especially when it was just a tactic to keep up distance between me and love."

Kurt frowned and took his time to make sense of that.

"So are you saying he is boyfriend material?"

Blaine chuckled. "Yes. I do."

"Uuuh, okay. Do you think he loves you back? Oh boy, that's so exciting! Should I talk to him to find out?"

"You truly are a good friend, Kurt."

"Does that mean yes?"

Blaine thought about it. Normally he'd say it was his own job to find out if Sam liked him back. But then again they were in high school and not very mature teenagers and that's how things went down at their age, right?

"Okay, you might do that", Blaine said.

"Yes! I will do it right now because maybe Finn can help me."

"I think you should talk privately to Sam, though."

"What? Why would I do that?"

"Because it's none of Finn's business. But I tell you what, I'll talk to Finn in that time. See if he maybe is confused after your kiss, that would be something to go on, don't you think?"

"Yes, totally!"

So they had a plan. First of course Blaine needed to apologise to Sam for the way he had treated him because otherwise Sam was only mad and wouldn't know if he loved Blaine. Kurt said he could wait one more day for a clearing conversation – but just one day! – and went home after school.

Sam waited with his arms crossed and a stern expression in front of the auditorium.

"They are already inside", he informed Blaine. "But I told Rachel we had actor stuff to talk about."

"Very good, yeah, that should calm her down. So, uhm…" Blaine glanced around. The hall was empty because it was after school.

"Listen, Sam. I didn't mean to hurt you. Or use you. It might have come across differently sometimes but I really like you."

"You said I just stay with you because I don't have any friends"

"My mind was full of money, I didn't even really listen much less did I think. I know you have. You are friends with Finn and Puck. See? I know that."

"And then you told me how I am supposed to feel."

"What?"

"When I said I –"

Sam stopped abruptly by biting his lip. His cheeks caught fire and he quickly looked to the auditorium door.

"Doesn't matter. I forgive you."

"Good. I'm glad. And I really was kind of arrogant, most of the time I talked myself into thinking you're in love with me", Blaine said. Maybe he could get a reaction from Sam that would show him if he had been right or wrong. A blush like the one a moment ago for example would make a lot more sense now but…

Sam laughed. "What, oh, really? I thought it was the other way round."

"Oh." Blaine puckered his lips. "We really didn't talk with each other, did we?"

"No. Hey, it's okay, isn't it? Let's just…" Sam nodded to the auditorium and Blaine agreed to go to their employees to have their dress rehearsal.

On the next day Blaine and Kurt only thought about their mission. Blaine planned on cleverly tricking Finn into talking about his feelings while Kurt chose a somewhat blunter move.

"Do you have feelings for Blaine?" he asked the moment he stood at Sam's locker. The Blonde looked up from the manga he secretly read during the breaks, blushed and glanced around.

"Sh! What are you talking about?"

"I asked if you have feelings for Blaine, that's what I'm talking about."

"I… I'm not sure", Sam said. Honestly, why did Kurt want to know? It was bad enough that Sam couldn't stop thinking about Blaine, reliving the things they had done or fantasising about things they still could to together. It was exhausting because he knew it couldn't be like that. Blaine had made it pretty clear he didn't like Sam that way. Now Kurt just wanted to mock him, didn't he?

"Oh", Kurt said. He narrowed his eyes. "Then think about it. Do you, like… want to touch him? Want to see him happy? Do you feel good when you hear him laugh? Do you want to spend all your time with him and –"

"Stop it! You're mean!" Sam threw his locker shut, pulled up the hood from the hoodie he was wearing today (red) and walked away, blinking frantically to clear his eyes from the water that had gathered there.

Kurt followed him. "Mean, why am I mean? I'm just asking!"

"That's personal!"

Kurt fastened his step and cut Sam's way.

"I'm asking because I want to help you. Both of you. I want to see you happy together."

"That's nice of you but it's not like Blaine…" Sam adjusted his backpack and glanced around. There were too many students around them, he didn't want to talk about personal things like that right here.

"Today is the premiere of your play and that means it's the grand finale. Everything will be resolved tonight. I will be throwing the after-party in my basement and then we'll see what we can do for you and Blaine, okay?"

For one moment Sam couldn't do more than nod. When Kurt turned to go Sam quickly spoke up again.

"Hey, do you… do you really think I could be a match for Blaine? Because he said I'm no boyfriend material…"

"Oh, don't you worry about what he said like one week ago. All doors are open still!"

Kurt winked and walked away. Wow, if Kurt said it, it sure was true! Sam pumped his fists with a grin and spent the rest of the day drawing hearts into his notebooks, writing 'Sam + Blaine' into it.

Things didn't go as smooth with Blaine and Finn, though.

"Hey, Finn, I was wondering if you want to talk", Blaine said as he approached the other boy at his locker.

"About?"

"Your feelings?"

Finn blinked, eyes directed into his locker, then he slowly turned his head.

"Excuse me?"

"Well. I'm gay and I'm here for you if you want to talk about confusions or anything."

"I'm not confused."

"Oh. No?"

"No." Finn stared Blaine to death so he eventually went away. Then Finn closed his locker and took a deep breath. It was true, he wasn't confused. He knew exactly what was going on and what he needed to do.

Jesse used the last hour of school to pull out a needle, lean forward and prick Rachel's arm. Yes, it was violent but sometimes a man had to do what a man had to do.

"AAAH WHAT ON EARTH?" Rachel exclaimed. She held the spot on her arm where some red drops came out.

Jesse started at it. Red. Her blood was red. How was that possible?

"You hurt me!? Are you completely out of your mind? If we wouldn't have to perform together later I'd break up with you right now!"

"What, I didn't do anything!" Jesse quickly hid the needle under his chair.

Rachel didn't believe him and neither did the teacher who ordered Jesse tons of detention.

And then it was the time of the big performance. Blaine worried a bit about the fact that their play consisted of three songs and a few crappy dialogues that all went down in half an hour but then again it wasn't his play, was it?

"Hey!" Sam smiled and waved wildly as he came to a halt in front of Blaine who had just read through the script one last time.

"Hey. Did you take any drugs?"

"Uhm, no?"

"Are you nervous, then?"

"Yes, I so am!"

Blaine nodded. He still had to ask Kurt how his talk with Sam had gone down but then he'd have to tell him about Finn and Blaine preferred not to do this right now. He'd have to wait until Kurt was drunk and not able to hurt Blaine.

The audience was more amused than Blaine would've thought. They cheered for Rachel and Jesse and booed at Sam and Blaine. Not that Blaine cared very much since he got to kiss Sam in between. He tried not to think about it too much and do it professionally and everything but well… a kiss was a kiss.

They didn't talk after the play, though, and only met at Kurt's after-party again.

The party was perfect, if you asked Kurt. He had ordered food and of course bought a whole lot of drinks (with alcohol!) and generally was desperate enough to take Blaine's advice of talking to Finn. What, of course, meant they were one hour away from getting together.

Rachel on the other hand hadn't forgotten Jesse's violent attack. She pretended she had (because she was a great actress) but secretly she wanted to get revenge. Since the garlic she had made him eat hadn't killed him she simply had to bespatter him with holy water.

"Okay, Kurt, what now?" Sam asked said boy who was busy pouring punch in a cup.

"Make him drunk", Kurt said. Finn would be much easier to talk to if he was drunk.

"But… wouldn't that be bad? I want to know what Blaine thinks when he's not drunk."

"Oh, you're talking about your situation? Why don't you just say so! Well, come on."

Kurt took Sam's hand and dragged him through the room while looking for Blaine. This mission was an easy one, Kurt would succeed in getting them together in no time and that would be the best start of the best of all happy nights!

Blaine was sitting on a couch, sipping on a drink. He looked up when Kurt and Sam came to him, and his eyes got big as saucers as he saw them holding hands.

"Excuse me? Kurt, I said talk to him not steal him!"

"Uhm, what?" Kurt asked.

Sam quickly let go of Kurt's hand and sat down next to Blaine.

"Does your jealousy mean you like me?"

"No."

Sam helplessly looked at Kurt, who was distracted by the fact that Finn hadn't stopped talking to Puck all night long (well the half an hour the party had been going on). That's why he rushed away and didn't help poor Sam and rich Blaine to eventually talk about feelings.

No, Kurt let them sit there and stare at each other. It got really awkward. Sam thought about leaving, Blaine thought about redeeming his statement but then, when he opened his mouth, all he said was: "Wanna make out?"

"Without talking?"

"Without talking."

"Okay."

Blaine put his glass away, raised one leg over Sam's and sat down on him. Sam buried his fingers in Blaine's side and lifted his face to meet Blaine's lips.

"So, what… is something going on or what?" Kurt asked Finn and Puck when he arrived.

"I could be wrong but I think your party is going on. You rock, man!" Puck held up his fist but Kurt didn't bump it.

"Kurt, Kurt, I need your help!" Rachel demanded. "Do you have holy water?"

"Uhm… no, I ran out of holy water just this afternoon."

"DAMN!"

Rachel ran away again, and Kurt turned to Finn.

"Can we talk in private?"

"Oh, oh", Puck said and walked away backwards.

"What is it?" Finn asked as the rebellious boy was out of ear shot.

"Are you in love with Puck?" Kurt wanted to know.

"No. Are you?"

"I just need to know if I ever stand a chance with you. I'd be willing to wait." (Three hours in the least.)

"Apart from the fact that it still is creepy as hell and our parents would freak out if we date –"

"Stop saying our parents. It's your mother and my father."

"I can only be sure about everything if we like… uhm…" Finn cleared his throat and looked around if anyone was listening in or watching. Of course no one was because why would they care.

So he leaned forwards and whispered: "Kiss for real."

Kurt started at him for one minute. Then his cheeks turned red, he choked on his own spit and passed out on the floor.

"Oh. Well, I guess that's not good", Finn said while scratching his head. He looked around again, this time for help.

"Somebody? I think Kurt might be dying."

Meanwhile Sam was slightly uncontended. This was leading to nowhere. So he ended the kiss and pushed Blaine back a bit.

"Now I want to talk."

"Like… dirty talk? I can do that. I'm sure I can." Blaine tried to think of cliché lines people in the movies said.

"No, about feelings."

"Oh." Blaine sighed. He glided off of Sam and cleared his throat.

"Why, uhm… do you have feelings for me?" he asked.

"You tell me first if you have feelings for me."

"No, you go first."

At the other end of the room Jesse was busy confessing to Rachel he was over the alien theory.

"Your blood is red so you clearly are human", he told her.

"Of course I am! What else should I be?"

"Nothing. No alien or so, just human."

"Well, but I'm not quite sure yet if you aren't a vampire."

"But I am not! My beauty might be over-earthly but I assure you I'm a human being like you, probably, and everybody else!"

Rachel thought about it. Jesse was too dumb to be a vampire, that much was true. So she decided to trust him and experience the first happy ending of the story. They went hand in hand into the sunset and vanished.

Now it was Furt's turn. Things weren't as easy here because yes, okay, Kurt had eventually woken up and they had shared a better kiss but Finn still wasn't sure what to think about all of it. He asked more time from Kurt and went into the thinking corner while Kurt went to Sam and Blaine who still fought about who should talk first.

"You!"

"No, you!"

"Oh, for heaven's sake!" Kurt said. "Why don't you just speak at the same time? Or write it in your phones and then exchange them?"

That was the best idea ever. Sam got out his phone and opened a text field. Now, what would he want to tell Blaine? And what if Blaine now wrote 'I don't have feelings for you, go away' ?

He leaned over to look at Blaine's phone but Blaine noticed it and leaned away.

"Don't try to copy my answer!"

"I just want to make sure you write yes before I make a fool out of myself!"

Blaine let his phone sink and narrowed his eyes.

"So you do have feelings for me?"

"I didn't say that!" Sam quickly explained. He wrote 'you're an idiot but yes, okay, if you have to know I do' into his phone and then hit send before he could change his mind.

"Oh, Sam", Blaine sighed. He put his phone into his pocket and turned to said boy, taking his hands into his own. He also leaned forward and whispered into his ear.

"Me, too."

"Oh! Great! Yes!" Sam squeezed Blaine's hands. "Does that mean we're boyfriends now?"

"If you want to?"

"No, if you want to."

"Kurt, I'm ready for my final answer", Finn said and sat down next to Kurt on the opposite couch. His eyes fell on Sam and Blaine. "Oh they're not making out yet?"

"Just wait a minute. But don't change the subject. Tell me! What's the answer?"

"Oh, yeah, uhm…" Finn scratched his neck. "I guess we can… try… it."

Kurt's eyes got as big as saucers. "As in try dating?"

"Mh, yeah?"

"Oh my God, oh my God! Blaine, have you heard that?" Kurt clapped his hands and tried to not suffocate from his excitement.

"What?" Blaine hissed.

"Finn and I are boyfriends now!" Kurt said, ignoring the fact that Finn had used the words 'try it'.

Blaine narrowed his eyes at Kurt, then at Sam, who slightly nodded.

"Well, Sam and I were before you."

"I so don't care! I need to tell everybody!"

"Uhm, Kurt? Maybe we shouldn't tell our parents right away…?" Finn suggested.

"Or… not at all", Blaine commended. "Lol, how awkward will it be when they keep referring to you two as brothers?"

"Oh wow, now who's got the sibling-chemistry?" Sam said.

"We sure don't!" Blaine held up his hand and Sam high-fived him. They ignored Kurt's sore face and finally started their first real couple make out session. For that Blaine got into his favourite position on Sam's lap and Sam laid his hand at the other's butt, lightly massaging it.

"This is a PG rated party!" Kurt complained. "Keep your hands above the waistline or get a room."

"But not my room", Finn said.

"Which room then?" Sam asked. Because he was very eager to get to know what would happen when you 'got a room' with someone.

"No room, actually, it was just a saying", Kurt said.

Sam pouted. Blaine tried to kiss it away and while they were busy Finn actually dared to look at Kurt for the first time after his agreement to go out.

"So… we could…"

"Copy them? Okay."

Before Finn knew what was happening he felt Kurt's lips on his own so he closed his eyes and enjoyed the always nice feeling of someone kissing you.

"Has this turned into an orgy?" Puck wanted to know. "Because if so I'm going since everyone is gay and the only het pair around has vanished earlier even though I don't know how this is possible."

"As long as they are not in my room", Finn said. Kurt sighed and leaned his head against Finn's broad chest.

"I'll take a look. And by the way, aren't you ashamed? You're brothers!"

Finn threw a pillow at Puck who laughed evil and left the basement.

"Oh, I can't wait to see the look on Quinn's face" Kurt snickered.

"Oh. Oops. I should break up with her, right", Finn said. Kurt tore his eyes open.

"You mean you haven't yet?"

"I kind of forgot I'm dating her." Finn shrugged. Hey, things like that could happen, right?

Meanwhile Puck had found Finn's room and had to discover that Rachel and Jesse weren't here. Well, tough. So for lack of a better activity Puck dove into Finn's diaries.

Blaine's lips were getting sore. It wasn't that he disliked the feeling of Sam's tongue in his mouth but well, there was such a thing as too much. So he pulled back and told Sam to move his mouth further down. Of course Sam happily did it and Blaine had time to watch the happenings in the room.

Because yes, there were other people at this party other than Kurt, Finn, Puck and the vanished couple Jesse and Rachel. For example Brittany and Santana. And Quinn. Quinn in fact leaned against a wall, arms crossed and shot mean looks at Finn and Kurt.

"Do you think she will get revenge?" Blaine asked. Sam took his mouth from Blaine's throat and lazily lifted his head.

"Huh?"

"Quinn."

"Oh, no, she broke it off with me not the other way round."

"But Finn broke up with her for Kurt."

"Not our problem. Blaine, can we… get a room?"

"Oh my, you're a fast mover, aren't you?"

"Maybe." Sam giggled. Blaine got up, took his head and they walked upstairs. To Finn's room, actually, because Finn had told them not to.