Who said confusion could only last so long? Because for so long, Blaine's life had been messed up in every way possible. Even he, who was the goody-two shoes of life and kept telling himself that that was how life was and it was temporary, was getting sick of it. It's not like he never encountered this type of situation, that wasn't it at all. He had a similar scenario with a boy named Frankie at his previous school, but he'd…he'd prefer not to talk about it. Let's just say, he dearly hoped things with Kurt did not go down that road.
He checked his phone and was actually surprised to see so many new messages.
From: Cooper
Hey bro! Remember me? Haha, of course you do. I'm too irresistible to forget :P Anyway, how's life? I feel like it's been forever and I have a surprise to make up for it.
To: Cooper
I'm sorry, who is this?
From: Cooper
…
To: Cooper:
Relax, I'm kidding. Oh, yeah? Well you've been gone for so long, this is a pretty good surprise, I'm assuming.
From: Cooper
Of course! Tell you about it later, but I really have to go right now. Love ya x0x0
It had been so long since Blaine talked to his brother, and he was pretty disappointed that he had to go so soon. Shaking the unpleasant thought, he moved on to the next person.
From: Avery
You're dead. JUST SO YOU KNOW.
Of course, there were about 10 other messages before that from her, but he couldn't be bothered reading them all. They were probably pointless, anyway. Blaine couldn't help but chuckle. She was always so overdramatic when it wasn't necessary. Pondering whether or not to reply, he decided to save it for later. The last message really confused him.
From: 973-085-1243
Hi, Blaine. I was kind of sort of wondering if maybe you could possibly somehow help tutor me in Science today after school? It's fine if you don't, really…it'd only be this one time, I know you kind of hate me. Kind of, what am I saying? Just…ugh, never mind.
"What the…" Blaine breathed out before replying. Oh. I know who this is.
To: 973-085-1243
Kurt?
Subconsciously, he held a nervous breath as he awaited the stranger's reply.
From: 973-085-1243
Yeah?
To: Kurt
Sorry about that. SOMEONE (aka, Avery) deleted you from my contacts without my knowing.
From: Kurt
O-oh, I uh have to go.
From: Avery
Kurt's really stupid. Well, you're both stupid. You got all pissed off just because he tripped you and now it turned into a four year war. Haha, get it? Seven years war? Four years war? I'm a history nerd, shut up.
To: Avery
Oh, I'M dead? You shouldn't be one to talk, missy.
From: Avery
WHAT! What did I do?
To: Avery
You deleted Kurt from my contacts without me knowing.
A minute passed, no reply. Blaine sat, recapping the events in such short time today. Wow, I really need less talkative friends, Blaine told himself.
Five minutes passed.
6:40
6:55
7:08
7:14
To: Avery
Avery Marilyn Greene. You. Are. Dead.
From: Avery
Have a splendid day at school, Blaine!
Blaine rolled his eyes and proceeded to leave the house.
"Blaine! Where are you going?" His forgetful mother asked frantically.
"School, mom."
"Oh! Well, have fun! Your father and I are going to be out until about 3 in the morning, as usual. Wait, is that when we get back?"
Instead of groaning in reply, as he so badly wanted to, he nodded his head. He grabbed an apple out of the basket and left before his mother could sense the disappointment in his face. Blaine really did love his parents more than anything in the world, but they're never around. As soon as he was old enough to take care of himself, they began disappearing. They started out small, only being gone for an hour or two each day, but then it started growing. Soon, they left at 8 A.M. and didn't come back until 3:30 A.M. Sure, it got on Blaine's nerves that he rarely got to see his parents, but he didn't own them and therefore couldn't stop them. He just mainly wanted to know why they were always so eager to leave him alone. It's not even like he could put the time alone to good use like most people his age. He had no boyfriend to sneak around. His parents were more than familiar with Avery, so she was allowed there anytime.
The car ride to school was silent, no more phone interruptions, and he pulled into the parking lot. As he stepped out, he was greeted by Tina with two coffees in hand.
"Blaine-o-lantern, good morning!" She greeted cheerfully while handing a coffee to him. It was more than a little too cheerful, try over-the-top.
"Tina, what are you plotting?" Blaine skeptically asked as he took a careful sip. Being careful was useless, he held his lip in slight agony from the burning sensation coming from the apparently brand new coffee.
"Nothing, nothing! So, what happened with Kurt?" Tina oh so obviously jumped to what she had been wanting to get to.
"Pardon?" A little, almost unnoticeable voice spoke from a few inches behind them. Blaine gasped, but Tina only kept the smug look on her face.
"K-Kurt! Oh, hi! Uh, I got your text, and I'm up for tutoring if you are," Blaine desperately tried to get off of Tina's embarrassing topic.
"Oh, you really don't have to do that," Kurt blushed and looked down at his now fiddling hands.
"It's fine, I tutor people all the time. You'd just be like a regular tut—ee?" Blaine laughed at himself for trying to come up with words.
"Wow, Blaine," Tina rolled her eyes and started. "For a nerd, you really can't be that smart, can you?"
Blaine stuck his tongue out and punched her arm playfully. She responded by smacking the back of his head.
"Oh no you didn't!" Blaine half laughed, half yelled as he began chasing her. Tina ran as fast as she could towards the school, but only made it a short distance before calling out.
"Kurt! Come on! You can help me hide!"
Kurt smiled warmly and began running lightning fast. He and Tina sped into the school, Blaine still following behind. Naturally, they both had the same idea. Mr. Schuester.
They began hurriedly banging on his door. Alarmed, Mr. Schue ran to open it.
"Tina? Kurt? Is…is there a problem?"
Kurt broke out into giggles as Tina explained. "We're hiding from Blaine…can we come in here?"
Mr. Schue looked confused for a second, but then rolled his eyes and held the door wide open. "Fine."
Tina ran in and signaled for Kurt to follow. Kurt was about to make it in when a warm hand wrapped around his. He gasped and turned around. Oh no, it's going to be Coach Sylvester. Sue is going to cut my head off with a sledge hammer. What do I do, what do I do?
The person who had been holding his hand, though, was unexpected. Well, it was pretty expected, but you could say it took him by surprise that that person would hold his hand. That person is not the type of person who would hold another person's hand unless that person is really close to them.
Nonetheless, it made his world stand still.
"Caught you!" Blaine screamed before pulling Kurt out of the room. Kurt nearly fumbled the entire way, mostly because Blaine had refused to let go of his hand and if he didn't soon he might faint from the temptation to turn him around and kiss him.
Blaine pulled Kurt into an exceptionally dark alleyway-esque place just by the lockers. I have never seen this place before, Kurt confusedly thought to himself.
It was bright enough just to see their faces, and Kurt honestly wished it hadn't been so he would have an excuse to be touching Blaine and not make things awkward.
"So, are you going to explain to me where Tina is?" Blaine wriggled his eye brows and smiled. It was the kind of smile that could make Kurt melt on the spot.
"I-I…uh, I have n-no idea what you're talking about," Kurt blushed and looked back down at his hands. "And didn't you have a coffee when I came?"
Blaine's eyes widened. "Are you kidding me…she took my coffee without me noticing! How is that even possible?"
Kurt laughed loudly, he couldn't control it. Blaine froze for a second, taking in the beautiful sound of Kurt's laughter for as long as he could.
"I-Is something wr-wrong?" Kurt nervously stuttered.
"Kurt Hummel? Since when do you get nervous?" Blaine fake gasped.
Kurt blushed. "I d-do not!"
Blaine stared at Kurt for a second, and then they both broke into laughter.
Kurt had to do something. He couldn't not be interested in Blaine, I mean, look at him! He's so, so hot. Kurt began slowly leaning in to close the already short distance between them, and he could've sworn Blaine inched in just a little bit too.
In just a few seconds, a face appeared. "Why, hello my little lovebirds!" Quinn exclaimed.
"Quinn? What are you doing here so early?" Blaine asked quietly.
"Um, Kurt? Why are you in here with…him?" Quinn looked Blaine up and down disgusted, just as they do in those cliché movies.
"He happens to be my friend so I'd really appreciate it if you didn't talk about him like that," Kurt snapped, narrowing his eyes.
"Whatever," The blonde rolled her eyes and turned to link arms with Santana, who was already interlocking pinkies with Brittany.
Kurt scooted out of the tight space quietly, ignoring the gruesome glances from most people. Well, all except Tina and Mike who were leaning against the lockers, arms around each other, watching them intently with knowing smiles on their faces. Fortunately for Tina's sake, Mike couldn't tell her smile was forced. Whenever she brought up Kurt, it was to hide her pain of knowing Blaine wouldn'tever return her feelings. If Mike ever found out, Tina would never be able to forgive herself. Blaine slid out behind him, and as Blaine was about to speak, Kurt sped for class.
Finally, it was after school and Blaine finally caught Kurt alone. It was always Kurt running to this class, or Kurt busy studying, or Kurt busy ignoring the Cheerios who were trying to talk to him—wait, why would he ignore them? I'll have to keep a close eye out. Either way, Kurt didn't allow himself to talk to people at all that day as he so easily did before they started talking again. This was his chance, most likely the only one he'd be able to get at all today.
"Kurt!"
Kurt was speed walking, but came to a halt as he realized running would be of no use, Blaine had already seen him. He reluctantly turned around. "Yes?"
"I was wondering, my parents are flying out to Japan this weekend for vacation, and I'm going to be home all alone. Do you want to come over for a Broadway marathon?"
Kurt couldn't hold back his smile. He does like me. "Of course! I could just drop by whenever?"
"Yeah, that'd be fine. We have no school on Monday because of Memorial day, so you can stay as long as you'd like."
"Awesome! So, I'll see you later tonight," Kurt blushed, just remembering it was Friday.
"Cool, see you," Blaine smiled and headed out the door.
As soon as Blaine got home, he checked his phone for any notifications from Cooper. None, so he decided to speed up the process a little bit by texting him himself.
To: Cooper
So, what's this surprise I've heard so little about?
From: Cooper
Well, there's two. One's purely epic, and the other, not so great.
Blaine groaned.
To: Cooper
Okay, bad news first. Wait, no…good news? Do I want that? No, do the bad news first…WAIT! DON'T LISTEN TO ME!
From: Cooper
Come on, Blaine, you can DO THIS!
Blaine laughed at his own stupidity.
To: Cooper
Shut up! Okay, good news first. That is my final answer.
From: Cooper
I was hoping for the good news first! I can barely stand not telling! So, SOMEONE just purchased flight tickets and is on his way home for Memorial weekend because I know how the parents like to leave little Blainey bear alone all the time.
To: Cooper
OH MY GOSH, THIS WAS SO EXPECTED! BECAUSE IT WAS THE SAME SURPRISE LAST MEMORIAL DAY! ANND THE ONE BEFORE THAT!
Blaine could practically hear Cooper's laugh from miles away.
From: Cooper
Oh, I miss you so much. So, bad news?
To: Cooper
…If you really have to…
From: Cooper
I do. So, Avery told me about the whole deal with Kurt…
To: Cooper
And here it comes…
From: Cooper
Don't talk to him.
Well, that was unexpected.
To: Cooper
Um, what?
From: Cooper
I don't want you talking to him, Blaine. I don't need you hurt like you ended up last time. If I catch you talking or hanging out with him, you don't even want to know what's going to happen.
As Blaine stood absolutely shocked, the doorbell rang.
"I'm here!" Kurt called.
A/N: I'm back! :D I honestly have no excuse for not uploading. Dance has been taking over my life (not complaining) and I've only had time to write very seldom. I don't know why, but i used that little bit of time to write on my story 'I Wish That Was Me'. Anyway, i hope you enjoyed! Yes, i tried to make it longer, like i originally planned, but I REALLY wanted to save the sleepover for the next chapter!
ANYWAY, I'm actually scared myself to see how this whole weekend turns out (in this story, of course.)
Please review! I could never tell you in words how much it's appreciated! It motivates me to write faster, too!