A/N: Hey, guys! So, this was actually a really fun chapter to write. Most of the dialogue came straight out of The First Time, so if you see something familiar, that's why. Anyways, enjoy! Reviews are always loved! :)

xxx, Elizabeth

Chapter Three

Sebastian was sitting on a couch in the choir room a few days later, sipping from his water bottle as he took a break from practice. The Warblers had been running through the Uptown Girl number for nearly five hours, but it was finally starting to sound like something.

They were nearing Sebastian's solo in the song, so he set his water bottle back down and prepared to jump back in when the doors to the room swung open, and none other than Blaine Anderson walked through the door.

Sebastian couldn't help but grin at the sight laid out before him. Seeing Blaine in his capris with a dorky striped sweater and bow tie was what you might call a throwback. If the boy's hair wasn't so constricted from the heavy amount of gel applied to it, Sebastian would have mistaken him for the younger Blaine he had dated in his sophomore year back at Winter Grove. He had figured the boy would have learned a thing or two about fashion since his freshman year, but he was obviously wrong.

Sebastian watched as the shorter boy leaned against the door frame and observed Nick's performance. None of the other Warblers seemed to notice his existence in the room yet, so when Sebastian's line finally came, he decided to make the boy's presence known. He strode over to the door and held a hand out to Blaine as he sang.

She'll see I'm not so tough just because I'm in love with an uptown girl.

As he sang, a smile spread across his face. Blaine looked so confused, and it was entertaining to mess with him. Sure, Sebastian may sort of hate his guts, but they had been friends for quite a while. That look of confusion never really got old.

Blaine shook his head after smiling at Sebastian, and he joined in on the familiar side-steps and twirls that were infamous to the Warblers' choir room. He watched in appreciation as Nick hit the high note at the end of the song flawlessly, and applauded with the rest of the boys.

"You guys killed it as always!" Blaine grinned as he hugged Nick, then Jeff.

"We'd sound so much better with you back in the mix," Trent swooned. "Is this your triumphant return to Dalton? Please?" Sebastian rolled his eyes at the guy's obvious crush. He recalled him referring to Blaine as "sex on a stick", among other things, earlier on in the week when the boys had been reminiscing about missing their ex-lead soloist.

Blaine just laughed off Trent's obvious flirting and went back to one—of many—reasons he actually was at Dalton. "Actually, I'm here to invite you guys to my opening night at McKinley. West Side Story! I reserved a whole block of tickets just for the Warblers. It'd mean the world to me if you guys could come."

The Warblers all cheered in approval, but Sebastian decided to answer for them. He needed to prove to Thad that he had what it takes to be the captain of this team, and if that meant he had to play nice with Anderson for a while, so be it. "We'll be there. Once a Warbler, always a Warbler, right?"

Blaine grinned, "That's what I was hoping you guys would say! And you get to see our other Warbler onstage, too. Kurt's gonna be in the production as well!"

"We get to see our Kurtie and our Blainers onstage at the same time? Say no more, I'm in!" Jeff cheered as he threw an arm around Blaine and attempted to ruffle his hair, pouting when the gel made the attempt impossible.

"That's so great!" Nick added. "I haven't seen Kurtie in forever."

Blaine chuckled, "Well, I can assure you he is as lovely as ever. Though, to the rest of you, I'd avoid calling him Kurtie. He really doesn't like that nickname. I think it's reserved specifically for Nick, Jeff, and his dad on a good day."

The boys all laughed, but Sebastian just stepped out of the circle and went back to his spot, perched on the couch. The way these boys talked about Kurt was so different from the boy he had met at Scandals last year. They sounded like two completely different people.

The Kurt Sebastian remembered had this whole HBIC attitude about him. He didn't look like someone you'd want to mess with. He didn't seem like the kind of guy that did committed relationships. He definitely didn't look like someone who would beg a boy to transfer schools to be with him. But, mostly, he didn't look like someone that would identify with a nickname as ridiculous and five-year-old sounding as Kurtie.

He cringed, but his thoughts were interrupted seconds later by Blaine walking up to him. "You look like you've just realized something rather unpleasant," Blaine joked.

"Blaine Anderson," Sebastian said with a grin, putting out a hand to shake. He figured it be best if the Warblers didn't all know about his history with Blaine, so he pretended they were meeting for the first time. "Sebastian Smythe."

Blaine smiled and took the hand offered to him, and he seemed to catch on to the charade. "Hi, are you a freshman?" he asked with a teasing tone to his voice.

"Do I look like a freshman?" Sebastian smirked, making a point to look down at Blaine.

"Look," Blaine's eyes were sad as he peered up at the tall boy in front of him, "we should talk."

"I see we're in agreement about something finally."

Blaine shook his head with an exasperated sigh. "I'm here to pick up the rest of my things from the dorm. I should be done when you get out of rehearsal, though. Meet me in the common room?"

"Sure." Sebastian glanced back to see Nick watching him. He knew the boys were waiting for him, so they could run through the number again, but he also knew Nick was already creating about a million questions in his head to ask later. The tall boy rubbed the back of his neck, "I have to get back to rehearsal. I'll see you later."

Sebastian was lucky to escape from rehearsal before he could be bombarded with questions from Nick and Jeff, and he ran practically ran to the common room to avoid being attacked by the pair. He would talk with them later.

When he entered the common room, there was a fire going and he spotted Blaine lounging on the couch in front of it, looking sad. He had a few boxes laying on the ground next to him, but he kept his eyes trained on the fire.

Sebastian walked up slowly behind him, and laid a hand on the couch cushion close to Blaine's shoulder. "So you're a legend at Dalton."

Blaine jumped at the sudden noise behind him and turned around to see Sebastian looking down at him. "Well…" the smaller boy murmured, attempting to find a place to begin.

"Hey, don't be modest. I was like, 'I don't know who this Blaine guy is, but apparently he's sex on a stick and sings like a dream, so it sucks that I missed him,'" the taller boy joked as he jumped over the back of the couch and landed on the other side, hopping down into a sitting position, leaning against the arm on the opposite side of Blaine. "You say I'm the one that's changed so much, but the way these boys talk about you—you're not exactly the same Blaine I knew back then either."

Blaine rolled his eyes, but relaxed into the couch, turning to fully face Sebastian, wrapping his arms around his legs which he had pulled tightly to his chest. "You've changed, too, Seb. You're not the nerdy English geek I met way back when. If I didn't know you better, I'd say you've turned into some sort of jock. You sort of look like it."

Sebastian shrugged, "I had to do something. I couldn't just sit around, completely defenseless. I joined sports and started working out more." He stopped for a second then smirked, "I guess you could say I'm a jock. I just tried out for the lacrosse team. Coach says I'm his star player."

"Really?" Blaine smiled, "Seb, that's great!"

"Yeah, whatever," he tried to remain indifferent, but there was a smile pulling at his lips. After a silence that went on a bit longer than he was comfortable with, Sebastian decided to continue. "Alright, since I'm working to recreate your image, I need to ask. Why did you leave Dalton?"

"W-what?" Blaine.

"Were you bored with all the preppies around here? Or was it because you broke too many hearts to stay?" Sebastian drawled, rolling his eyes.

Blaine choked out a laugh. "Uh, it—it wasn't like that. Let's just say that I miss Dalton every day, but McKinley is where my heart is now."

"Oh, that's right. The boyfriend of yours. Tell me, when do I get to meet the infamous Kurt Hummel?"

Blaine's brow furrowed at the mention of his boyfriend. "I don't know if you will. Wouldn't that be kind of awkward?"

Sebastian smirked, "Doesn't bother me if it doesn't bother you."

Blaine rolled his eyes, "Sebastian, talking to you is exhausting. Were you aware of that?"

Sebastian smirked, "I could think of much more interesting ways to exhaust you. None of which involve talking."

Blaine blushed wildly, "Sebastian! Th-that's not something you say to a person!"

Sebastian rolled his eyes. He had to admit seeing the boy flustered was an interesting sight to behold. "Look, I have to go to lacrosse practice, but could we meet again? I could really use some more insights from you, Blaine." He paused before adding with a wink, "You know, Warbler to Warbler."

"S-sure," the smaller boy mumbled with a small smile before gathering his boxes and exiting the room.

Sebastian sat back on the couch with a sigh. He didn't really have lacrosse practice. He was just getting bored of the conversation. He would have much rather enjoyed talking with the hobbit's new boy toy.

He closed his eyes, intent on taking a nap before he had to go finish the homework he was assigned, but his hopes were cut short when there were two identical thuds on the couch next to him. He opened one eye to see Jeff and Nick peering at him like a pair of weird owl people. He groaned audibly, "Okay, guys. Give me your worst."

The boys wasted no time. "Bastian!" Jeff exclaimed, "What the actual hell?"

"Seriously," Nick added, "you were just talking to Blaine for a good fifteen minutes, and you didn't tear his head off."

"It almost looked like you were flirting with him."

Sebastian smirked, "So it was convincing?"

"What?" Nick looked at Jeff for an explanation, but the blonde shrugged in confusion.

"The flirting? It was convincing?" Sebastian clarified.

"Well, yeah. You were checking him out, and clearly making him a little uncomfortable."

"Did he say anything back to make you stop?" Jeff asked.

"Not really."

"So why were you doing it anyway?"

"Because," Sebastian sighed, "from what I've heard, Kurt won't even notice me if I go after him. And I know Blaine. He'll just get pissed off and be even more charming than usual to ensure that I don't get Kurt away from him."

"So you're giving up?" Jeff asked with a blank look.

Sebastian suddenly felt the urge to face palm. "No," he said with just about as much patience as he could muster. If this were anybody else, he would've given up by now, but Nick and Jeff were really his only friends here at the moment, so he figured they deserved to know what was going on. "I'm planning to trick them.

"See, if Blaine is still the way he was back when I knew him, he loves attention. He craves it, and will take it from anyone and everyone. Of course, he loves Kurt because the boy gives him more attention than probably anyone else. But he still enjoys the attention of other possible pursuers.

"Blaine will basically fall right into my trap. And hopefully this will make Kurt jealous. He'll want to be the only man in Blaine's life, and he'll get paranoid when he finds out he might be losing the curly-haired hobbit."

"So you're gonna get Kurt by going after his boyfriend?" Nick asked in confusion.

"Yeah, Bastian," Jeff added. "That doesn't sound like a good idea."

"Trust me," Sebastian smirked. "It will work a lot better than you think."

"Okay," Nick said cautiously. "So what's the next part of your plan?"

Sebastian started to think but was cut off by his phone buzzing in his pocket. He took it out and laughed. This plan was working even better than he had expected.

Blaine: You know where the Lima Bean is?

Sebastian: That little haunt in Lima? Yeah, I'm familiar with it.

Blaine: Meet me there tomorrow at 5.

"Apparently, meeting Blaine tomorrow at the Lima Bean."

"I can't believe you asked for a shot of Cavasier in your coffee," Blaine laughed as they made their way to find a table after purchasing their drinks.

Sebastian rolled his eyes, "I guess I forgot how lame this town is. When I lived in Paris, I drank it like it was mother's milk."

Blaine gasped, "When you lived—okay. Um, wow?"

Sebastian smirked and cocked an eyebrow as he sat down at one of the cozier tables. "What?"

"You just—you know?" Blaine motioned with his hands. "You're kinda out there now. Sometimes I forget how much things have changed."

Sebastian laughed before looking at Blaine, letting his eyes graze slowly over the smaller boy's form. "And you—that whole bashful schoolboy thing?" Sebastian worked his way back up to look into those brown eyes that he was once very familiar with. He cringed internally as the next words left his mouth, "Super hot."

Blaine's eyes turned worried at that. "Look, Sebastian. I have a boyfriend."

"I've said it before. I'll say it again. Doesn't bother me if it doesn't bother you," he winked.

The smaller boy bit his lip in confusion before letting out a sigh. "No. I mean, I really care about him."

Sebastian set his coffee down and moved to cover Blaine's hand with his own. "He doesn't have to know. Does he?"

Blaine pulled away before Sebastian could actually make any contact. "I just never want to mess my thing up with him in any way. He's really great," Blaine attempted to stay calm, but confusion was written straight across his features.

And then it happened. Sebastian looked up and saw the boy he had been looking for for a year now. And that voice—it was even more amazing than how he had remembered it. "Who's really great?" perfect-boy asked with a grin when he heard Blaine's voice. Sebastian didn't miss the way those blue eyes widened in fear and confusion when they looked up from Blaine to see who was sitting in front of him.

Blaine's eyes widened in fear as he looked up to see Kurt looking down on him. "Y-you!" he said, lacing fingers with him and pulling him down into the seat next to him. "We were just talking about you." He smiled and kissed Kurt's cheek before looking back at the Warbler. "Sebastian, this is Kurt—my boyfriend, who I was just—"

Sebastian cringed at how lovey dovey the pair was. "Got it," he cut it, not being able to stand Blaine's rambling.

"Wow," Blaine breathed as he looked between Kurt and Sebastian. "Wow."

"Pleasure," Kurt's eyes narrowed as he watched Sebastian. He didn't trust the boy, and he didn't know how to react, knowing that he had hooked up with the same boy last year. He extended a hand with a smile, attempting to hold back a laugh at the irony of the situation. Sebastian returned the smile with a knowing look, attempting to convey the message of Can we talk later? to him without Blaine noticing. Kurt just turned back to his boyfriend and asked in a superior tone, "And how do we know Sebastian?"

Blaine's eyes widened. He had no idea how explain the past to Kurt. He couldn't just go, "Oh, hey. This is my ex-boyfriend that I never mentioned before. He goes to Dalton now and is part of the reason I transferred." No, he couldn't do that.

Sebastian, thankfully caught on and said with a smirk, "We met at Dalton. I was dying to meet Blaine. Those Warblers just won't shut up about him. Didn't think he could live up to the hype, but as it turns out—"

"Yes," Kurt cut him off with a confused look. "He's even more impressive in the flesh." He cuddled into Blaine's arm to prove his point. He didn't really know how to feel about Sebastian. He still thought about him every so often, but he never thought he would see him again—or in this type of setting.

Sebastian scrunched his nose at all the touchiness going on in front of him. Maybe this would be harder than he'd originally planned. The boys really did seem to be in love. A thought occurred to him. "Hey, what are you guys doing tomorrow night?"

Kurt looked at Blaine, who shook his head as if to say he was free. He really didn't like where this conversation was headed, though. "Well, we're rehearsing for the school musical." He chuckled softly before adding, "And then at bedtime we do a rigorous skin sloughing regimen over the phone together."

Blaine shook his head, surprised that Kurt would admit that to a stranger. He had to admit, though, that since he started dating Kurt, his skin had definitely become about a million times softer.

Sebastian raised an eyebrow at the pair, rolling his eyes. "And as sexy as that sounds, what do you say we shake things up? I get you guys a couple of fake IDs and we head over to Scandals in West Lima."

Kurt nearly choked on his coffee. No way in hell.

"Scandals," Blaine murmured thinking of where he'd heard the name before. "That's the gay bar, isn't it?"

Sebastian smirked, looking pointedly at Kurt, "Last time I was there, I met the man of my dreams on the dance floor."

Kurt's eyes widened even further. He knew it was rather vain to assume Sebastian was talking about him, but he couldn't help that thought from crossing his mind. "That's so sweet," he chimed in that amazingly high voice of his. "And are you two still together?"

Sebastian laughed, biting back a comment about Kurt knowing how that ended. "Sadly, no. We broke up about twenty minutes after we met." He looked to Blaine, who appeared to be the weaker link in this conversation, turning out a pout. "C'mon guys. Live a little!"

Blaine turned to Kurt, wrinkling his nose. "We would love to, Sebastian. Thank you for the offer—that's very nice of you, but that just isn't our kind of thing."

And when he said "our kind of thing," he really meant "my kind of thing". Of that much, Sebastian was sure. If the way Kurt had acted the first time they met was any indication, this was indeed something the taller boy was into.

Kurt seemed to pick up on this as well, and he seemed determined to prove a point. "You know what, Blaine? Let's do it?"

"What?" Blaine asked in surprise. He thought Kurt would back him up on this.

"Yeah," Kurt smiled, thinking back to a comment the younger boy had said earlier. "I mean, we have a whole bunch of firsts to start crossing off out lists." He turned to Sebastian and looked him straight in the eye. "We're in."

"Great," Sebastian answered—his smile wider than it probably should have been.

"Great," Blaine agreed. He then turned to Kurt. "Babe, I think I'm gonna go. I know you just got here, but I just remembered I have to practice lines with Rachel."

Kurt nodded. "Go ahead, I just need to get a cookie for Finn. He's in a bad mood because of some football thing, so it's the least I can do. I'm gonna go right after."

The shorter boy smiled and kissed Kurt's cheek again before getting up and leaving, nodding politely at Sebastian as he left.

As soon as Kurt saw Blaine's car driving away, he turned to Sebastian again. "Okay, look. I know you still remember me, and I'd appreciate it if you didn't hit on my boyfriend."

Sebastian's eyebrows shot up at how forward the boy was, but before he could reply, Kurt was already walking away.