Summary: Kurt Hummel, Blaine Anderson, Rachel Berry, Nick Duvall, Jeff Sterling, and Elliott Gilbert make up Pamela Lansbury, a rock/pop band that hit it big after their first single was featured on popular tv-show Sing. A little over two years later the band is still dealing with the pressures of fame, their differing dreams, their fans, "shippers", and finding love.

Author's note: Earlier this week I spent a good half hour just figuring out where they will be stopping on their tour and have a tentative list. So I'll share the first few...I'm doing this in days rather than dates because I couldn't keep track of where in time they are. I'll probably keep adding to that list as the story goes on as I haven't decided on where they will be going exactly.

Day 1: NYC - Roseland

Day 2: New Jersey (Newark)- Prudential Center

Day 4: Massachusetts (Foxborough) - Gillette Stadium (which is huge and probably the biggest venue they play)

Day 6: New York State (Buffalo) - First Niagara Center

Day 7: Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) - AJ Palumbo Center

Chapter Eight

The meeting was taking place at the offices of Gingerbread Man Records in one of the many conference rooms at too early a time and Kurt found himself yawning into the coffee Whitney had gotten him. He was seated between Jeff and Elliott and there were too many people around them whose names he couldn't even remember.

"They all talked it over," Wes said, "and we're willing to agree to the five year contract as long as there are some changes made to the contract."

"Changes," one of the lawyers said.

Kurt wondered why he and the rest of the band were even there when it was mostly going to be Wes and their lawyers talking with the man in charge of the label and the label's lawyers.

"They have been outlined for you to look over by the band's lawyers," Wes said, "but essentially what the band wants is more freedom to take on other projects or other work. They do not want to break up the band and they want to continuing touring and recording albums but they are hoping for a less strict commitment on their time."

There was a lot of paper work being exchanged and Kurt could tell that they weren't going to be getting any of kind of answer yet.

"If we don't accept these changes?" the label head said.

Wes sighed, but it was Santana who answered, "Pamela Lansbury is currently headlining an almost sold out tour. I'm sure that another label would be happy to pay the buy out fees necessary for the band to be signed with them."

"Honestly the contract is good," Blaine said speaking up, "we aren't unhappy. I mean, there are horror stories of what could happen when signed to certain labels. But we just want a little bit more breathing room. The expectation of a certain number of albums or tours is daunting. We just want to be able to be committed to your label and have the leeway of being able to do other things of course with your approval and proper scheduling."

Kurt continued to sip at his coffee which was more on the side of warm than hot and he observed them. A few seemed to be whispering to each other. One of the lawyers was reading the papers that had been drafter early that morning when he and the rest of the band had gone to tell Wes what they wanted.

"We will need to go over the particulars," the label head said, "and have a new contract written up but this seems only fair. We will be in touch, Wes, we still do have some time before it's truly necessary after all."

"Thank you," Wes said.

A few of the lawyers stood up and Kurt found himself shaking hands with them as they walked out and then the label head was standing too.

"I think this went well," he said, "I hope you boys have a good time on tour. As Santana pointed out, you're playing nearly sold out shows. I will probably see you again when you get back to New York. Good Luck."

He shook each of their hands and then before he left he pulled Wes aside and the two of them walked out.

"That went well," Blaine said.

"Yes," Elliott said, "maybe a little too well."

Kurt yawned again.

"What do you mean?" Jeff asked.

Elliott shrugged his shoulders. "They're taking some time to go over what we want. They might not like all of it or maybe they'll change their minds. Until we sign we really don't know what we'll be signing onto."

They all slowly got up, gathering their things. Santana hung back because she was on the phone and Kurt suspected that it was with Rachel. He didn't know what Rachel had done, but she'd gotten back into Santana's good graces which meant that Santana was trying to help her find a new managers though Kurt suspected that what Rachel really wanted was to steal Santana away.

"Did David talk to you yet?" Elliott asked.

"Tried to last night," Kurt said, "but with the show and everything we didn't have time and then he had a meeting with another one of his clients. I think he wanted Wes to be present anyway and Wes was really busy yesterday."

Kurt knew what David would be discussing with him, anyway, how they were going to portray Sebastian's role with the band. Kurt was hoping that it might be just one more reason to fire him. But as Wes and Santana had informed him it was very difficult to find someone suitable for Sebastian's position. Kurt had managed to make a few calls to some friends from NYADA and even from New Directions but not even Mercedes with all her L.A. connections could find him anyone that was available for months of cross-country travelling and the responsibility of making sure an entire tour went off well.

Wes rejoined them as they waited for the elevator.

"Kurt, are you done with your packing and everything?"

"Already loaded on the bus," Kurt said, "why?"

"David wants to have a quick meeting with you and, actually, maybe the whole band. We haven't had the time to really talk about PR for the tour. Not officially."

That's how a half hour later they were back at Wes' apartment with David and to Kurt's annoyance Sebastian. Santana had promised to return before they were to leave, but she'd run off before anyone could ask her where she was going.

"Okay," David said, "the band is doing very well in the media. The two shows have been received well but a few things did happen we have to talk about. One being that one article posted the morning after the first show made the assumption that Kurt and Sebastian were together because they connected it to a night when Kurt and Sebastian were see together at the HK Lounge."

He paused and glanced towards Sebastian who was staring down at the floor as if he were embarrassed by the fact. Kurt inhaled a breath and he tried to stamp down his anger. Blaine's hand fell on his knee, giving it a friendly squeeze and Kurt smiled tightly at him.

Despite being shocked about the whole thing, Blaine hadn't been mad at him over the whole sleeping with Sebastian thing.

"Well, he can be quite charming when he tries," Blaine had said, "and you had no idea who he was."

Still, Kurt couldn't help but feel like Blaine was a little bit disappointed in him for all of it, as if Kurt should have been a better judge of character and just known that Sebastian was bad news from the start.

"That was a mistake," Sebastian grumbled, "so there's an article, what of it?"

David sighed. "You and Kurt cannot be seen together at all."

"Done," Kurt said quickly, "could be more done if Sebastian had never been hired to begin with but okay."

Wes sighed and muttered, "Kurt, please."

"Princess is sure demanding," Sebastian said with a leer.

Kurt lifted his head to stare straight at Sebastian, "if I recall, it wasn't me begging to be fucked that night, now was it?"

Wes made a chocking noise. "Kurt, come on," he said.

Next to him, Blaine had gone stiff, but when Kurt turned towards him, he just smiled and let Kurt drop his head against his shoulder.

"Right," David said with a cough, "that shouldn't be hard for either of you. We're not trying to address anything about it not unless it becomes a real story and not just some assumptions by a few people. Um, what else. The tweets are so far going wonderfully just try to incorporate a few Q&As on there from time to time. Basically same old same old and of course I'll be flying out to meet with you if I can for the bigger interviews and press."

Sebastian left quickly after that and the atmosphere in the apartment relaxed a lot more.

"That," Elliott pointed out, "that is why he can't be our tour manager. We're always waiting for something to happen with him around. We don't trust him."

Wes sighed. "I know that," he said, "and it's becoming more and more apparent that it may become a bigger issue. I'll try to figure something out."

"Great," Kurt said and pat Wes on the back.

"Now," Wes said, "I have some good news. We are definitely adding more dates in the U.S. and probably in Canada too but those are still being worked out. That's why Paul pulled me away earlier. And I know we only spoke about it, but we also think it's time we set sights on the international market after the new album is released but we'll talk about that when it comes to it."

Suddenly Kurt was left wondering if the changes on their contract would even be taken into consideration if the label already had so many plans for them.

"Are you okay?"

Blaine blinked up at Nick. He was lying in his cot on the bus and had been trying to figure out what exactly Cooper had meant in his texts.

"What?" he asked.

Nick nudged him and Blaine moved his legs so he could sit.

"Well the whole Kurt and Sebastian thing," Nick said, "I mean, it must have hurt to know that they—"

"No," Blaine said quickly, "I mean, yes, but it's not like I have a right to be mad about it. He's an adult. They're both adults and things like that happen right?"

Nick slung an arm around Blaine's shoulders. "Oh, Blainers," he said, "that doesn't mean you can't be upset."

Blaine buried his face against Nick's neck. The truth of it was that he was a bit upset. He didn't think it had much to do with the fact that it was indeed Sebastian that Kurt had slept with, but that he now knew someone that Kurt slept with. It was like glaring proof that, yes, Kurt had a sex like, and no, it wasn't with him.

"I just, I don't have a right to be mad at him. I'm not mad at him. I guess I just wish that it wasn't this hard to just pretend that none of this bothers me. It's not supposed to."

"You love him," Nick whispered, "of course it's supposed to."

"That doesn't matter."

"Because you're a stupid, stubborn idiot."

Blaine shoved him aside. "No," he said, "I'm just looking out for this band because who knows what would happen if the two of us got together and then we broke up."

Nick groaned and Blaine saw him get up. "Look, it's you and Kurt and that wouldn't happen. This won't ruin your friendship or the band or whatever."

Blaine flopped back onto his back on the cot and then he let out a breath. He really didn't know what to think anymore.

He could hear Nick and Elliott from the front of the bus with Jeff's voice intermingling when he wasn't busy playing whatever video game he was in the middle of playing.

"Hey," Kurt said, "nice to be on the bus again."

He smiled down at Blaine and he moved the curtain on the cot across from his before sitting down.

"Do you think we could really tour internationally?" Kurt asked, "I was sort of talking to Wes a bit while you guys were trying to get the last of your stuff packed and he said it's not a long shot. I mean we already have deals for distribution right, so it's not like the rest of the world hasn't heard our music. He said they're trying to figure out if there's a way for us to record while on tour."

"What?" Blaine asked, "recording while on tour? That's crazy. We barely have time to get any real rest between shows and travelling."

Kurt nodded. "I know. I said the same thing. Wes said we may be able to pull it off. Mostly because they think if we release the new album right around the end of our tour that it will just make it bigger and it would make sense for us to go and do a European tour right after that and perhaps even go as far as Asia. It's still up in the air but it's a good thing right?"

Blaine pursed his lips. "It is what you want right?"

"Yes," Kurt said, "you know it is. He said he'd let us know when we see him in a few days so let's not worry about it just yet. But part of it is validation, you know, like can we make it even more? In foreign countries where our name isn't directly connected to Sing?"

Blaine laughed. "You really hate Sing," he said.

Kurt rolled his eyes and Blaine watched him as he laid down on the cot. "Not really," he said, "and it did give us a huge boost. It's just annoying to constantly say that our fame came from our song being on the show. We have real talent. The songs you write, Blaine, they're amazing."

Blaine bowed his head. "Thanks," he muttered, "but it isn't just me. You've gotten quite good at it too and Elliott is better than all of us."

Kurt sat up and after a moment's hesitation he moved over to Blaine's cot, taking the vacated spot that Nick had left.

"Blaine," he said in a whisper.

"Yeah?"

"Did you know that Rachel was at our show last night?"

Blaine hadn't. "What?" he asked.

Kurt nodded. "I don't know if I was supposed to know or not, but someone mentioned her in my twitter mentions. A few people. So I asked security after the show. I, um, I made sure they kept her back so I could see her."

"Oh, Kurt," Blaine said, "did anything happen?"

Blaine watched him, how he pressed his lips and twisted his hands together. "It was like I knew she was there to show her support, but I couldn't take it like that. She's, um, she's trying to steal Santana from us."

Blaine reached for Kurt's hands and Kurt smiled at him.

"She, um, she told me off actually," Kurt continued, "about the contract thing. I guess she heard all those rumors. I don't know why, but she thought we might have actually been considering breaking up. She, um, she asked me if I was rethinking trying Broadway."

"Are you?"

Kurt shook his head. "No," he said, "I mean, I'll always love musical theater and musicals but I just love the band too and it's what I'm doing. Who knows if I would even get a role or if I would love it as much. She doesn't get that, the uncertainty. Because no one knows, right, no one knows what might happen. Look, I went out one night and I got picked up by a guy that I thought was really nice and charming and whatever and it turns out he went to highschool with you and that he's actually an asshole. But, you know, that's just taking a chance. He could have easily been some fan. I mean, I messed up, Blaine."

Blaine gave his hand a squeeze and Kurt smiled at him.

"I just – things are difficult enough but I love the life we have. I love you and the other guys and I just I don't get it, you know, I don't get why she could just leave us like that."

"Because she's Rachel," Blaine said, "and the stuff with Sebastian. He's charming, you said it yourself. I know that very well. I mean, back in high school it was tempting but I was just so – well, I guess I had some sort of fantasy that the person I'd be with in that way at least for the first time had to mean something. They had to be important to me."

Kurt smiled a little. "Burt Hummel did say not to throw yourself around," he said.

Blaine laughed. "I'm sorry about that, still. I shouldn't have called your dad an told him you needed to get the talk. You were just so weird about even a mention of sex back then."

Kurt nudged his shoulder with his own. "Well I'm still mortified about that talk."

"Well, I don't know if it really helped considering Sebastian," Blaine said.

Kurt gasped. "You didn't just—"

"Sorry," Blaine said through a laugh, "but we walked into that one."

"Blaine," Kurt whined, "I don't need that held against me."

"Alright, alright," Blaine said, "I won't. But, it's okay, you know, that sometimes you go out and pick up guys or whatever. It's okay."

Kurt frowned a little. "You don't," he said.

Blaine sighed. "Well, I have my reasons for that. You know how much I like to stay home."

"Doesn't help your whole love of cuddling, though," Kurt whispered.

To that, Blaine wrapped his arms around Kurt. "I have you for that, and Jeff when you're not available."

"Oh," Kurt said.

Blaine pressed a kiss to the side of Kurt's head. "You're my best friend, Kurt, and no matter what happens that won't change. Not Sebastian and not Rachel and not whatever goes down with this band."

"Love you too," Kurt muttered.

Blaine felt a lot lighter after talking to Kurt but at the same time he couldn't help but feel like so much more could have been said. Kurt and he stayed on Blaine's cot for a while longer until Elliott went to fetch them because they wanted to stop for lunch.

Author's Note: First off for anyone that caught that Ed Sheeran reference kudos for you!

For those of you who didn't: Gingerbread Man Records is the record label that Ed Sheeran launched earlier this year. I am a HUGE Ed Sheeran fan. His music is so poetic and inspiring and the soundtrack to my writing. So of course I made a reference to it even though technically since I believe it is based in England that Pamela Lansbury would not have been able to be signed to this label - but really I just loved the name so much so we're ignoring technicalities.

On another note, this chapter was an interesting one to write and I did have a bit of a hard time at doing it mostly because I decided to not pick up right after the last one left off and I'm a bit iffy on it...but I think it still works.

But yes, we finally got some resolution on the contract thing...but of course more things will arise. And that Klaine talk.

On yet another note tonight I have had many an idea on what will transpire in future chapters. I'm already halfway through the next one so hopefully I will have that up soon.

I'm on tumblr at inawickedlittletown if you'd like to follow me there. I usually post writing progress updates there.

Hope you all enjoyed this and thank you for reading.