A/N: Thank you all so very much for all of the reviews and alerts! I'm so glad to see so many people enjoying this! The next chapter, Ch.13, is when the ball officially begins! Please leave me a review and, of course, Enjoy!

Ch.12*Preparing For The Ball*

Kurt's POV

The two weeks had flown by quickly and it was finally the night of the ball. Kurt was in his room doing one last touch up on his hair before he made his way down to the rapidly filling ballroom. Royals and Nobility from every country of Ohio were in Lima for the celebration. Kurt had just gotten back about a half an hour ago from helping a nervous Rachel prepare. He could hardly wait for everyone to see her. She looked so beautiful and not at all like the Rachel Berry-Abrams they knew.

Kurt thought about the last two weeks. First Carole and Quinn bring back a sassy latina girl named Santana from Westerville who turned out to be a distant cousin of Sebastian's, then Carole has been spending a lot of time asking Burt about the archives, and he and Santana have become surprisingly close. He adored the snarky young woman. She was honest, daring, and opinionated. She reminded him of Rachel and himself in the way that she was different from everyone else. Santana was much more feminine then Rachel but she was one of the strongest women he had ever met. She could do everything that Rachel could do, having lived and been trained at Dalton since she was 8. She was a take-no-prisoners, get-out-of-my-face kind of woman. She was also very kind and supportive when she wanted to be and she always was with Kurt. She was also unafraid of being open and herself with him.

She had told him about how she wanted to be free of her guardian, how her only friend besides him was Sebastian, how she misses her family, and how she hated that all people at Dalton see of her is the girl that's there for them to use whenever they want. It turns out that her guardian told her that the only way that she would continue to care for her is if she did whatever she said and entertained the young men of Dalton. Santana had actually cried that night when she told him that she was basically a whore with Sue, her guardian, being her pimp only she does'nt get paid. She had also revealed to him that she was a lesbian but no one but Sebastian and him knew.

Kurt loved Santana dearly but he felt bad because Rachel had started distancing herself from him. When he had confronted her about it she said that she was glad that he was so close with Santana and that she understood that Santana was more the type of friend he needed instead of her. It had taken him almost an entire day to convince her that they were both his bestfriends and he loved them both. Finally he convinced Rachel to hang out with him,Santana, and Katherine and the four have been inseparable ever since. Kurt was glad that his sister was not having jealousy issues like Rachel had, but then Katherine had never been the jealous type.

He had finally stopped avoiding his suitors as much as well. He continued his daily strolls through the gardens with Sebastian and they had gone to see the play of Hamlet. It had been fun and Kurt had realized how much he had missed him. He had also gone riding with Blaine and showed him Lima. He had learned that Blaine was very funny and romantic. Blaine was also quite the showoff. Kurt chuckled as he remembered Blaine showing off his superb riding skills and challenging Kurt to a race. Kurt had won and Blaine kept insisting that he had let him, however, they both knew the truth. They had also been making daily plans to sing together in the music room. Blaine showing off his amazing voice and musical ability on almost every instrument. Their voices sounded wonderful together when they sang. Kurt sighed at the thought. Rachel had been wrong. It was not easier to decided between the two. The more he got to know Blaine the more dificult his decision was. He loved them both so much.

He looked at the grandfather clock in his room and realized that he needed to go to the ballroom before someone worried and came to get him. But he had waited to long, he realized, as a knock came on his door and was open before he could say a word. Santana stood there in a tight red ball gown and her hair piled perfectly on top of her head. Her shoulders were bare and sparkles reflected the light on her skirt and her hair. Her lips were blood red. "You're not ready yet? The ballroom's full and you are expected! They are all here to celebrate one of your beau's after all!",she said with a kind smile on her face.

Kurt smiled back as he stood in front of his full length mirror once more. He was wearing a white dress shirt and skin tight black pants. His coat was light blue with silver embroidery of the finest silk making random patterns and a little frilly on the bottom. Whenever he moved, the frill on the bottom would move gracefully with him. His hair was perfectly coiffed, as usual. In short, he looked stunning and innocent. He looked at Santana,"What do you think?",he spun in front of her.

She whistled,"You look incredible! You will knock em all dead! Blaine and Seb's jaws are going to hit the floor and they might even need to excuse themselves for a little private time!"

Kurt blushed,"Tana!"

She shrugged and smirked,"Just keeping it real!"

Kurt laughed before he walked over to her and offered his arm,"Let us go." She smiled as she took his arm and they made their way down to the ballroom.

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To Pink Sunglasses Diet Coke OTP: I apologize if I made you believe that I was making Kurt "weak" in this fic. I wasn't at all. If you look at the way everyone views him in canon, they all see him as effeminate which is the way I have them view him in here because it works for my story. Also, Kurt even says in canon that Blaine is the "alpha gay" and he CAN pass as straight more than Kurt can, which is again how I have him viewed in here because it works for my story. I have always viewed these two as equal but for the story Kurt gets treated like a child/sort of like a woman or princess. I understand that it is upsetting to see but it works for my ideas. Remember that we are still in the early stages of the story and things can and will change throughout this.

Also, this is fanfiction as well as an AU so I do make Blaine act less gay than he does in canon because the fic calls for it. I love Chris Colfer dearly and Kurt is my favorite character on the show and I don't believe that I am insulting him at all. Kurt IS effeminate in the show! It is a part of his character. I am using Kurt in this story NOT Chris Colfer. Chris himself always says that he and Kurt are VERY different. So I don't understand why you brought up insulting Chris Colfer by making Kurt effeminate in this story because Chris Colfer is not in this story at all. I would like to remind you that this is fanfiction and is not to be taken seriously. I do appreciate you taking the time to tell me what you think though and thank you for reading!