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: So there's a few things to address. I forgot to add stuff about their shows in my notes a while ago so just so that you're aware:
Day one: Roseland (NYC)
Day two: Prudential Center (Newark, New Jersey)
Day four: Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Massachusetts)
Day six: First Niagara Center (Buffalo, New York)
Day seven: AJ Palumbo (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Day nine: Nationwide Arena (Columbus, Ohio)
Day twelve: United Center (Chicago, Illinois)
Day fourteen: Xcel Energy Center (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Day sixteen: Sprint Center (Kansas City, Kansas)
Day eighteen: Key Arena (Seattle, Washington)
By the end of next chapter they would have played at all of these venues. I will add what they will be doing after that in the notes in the next chapter because I haven't decided on venues yet but I know where they're playing. I'm also adding this here because the next chapter will brush over the last three of these shows because not much happens.
Enjoy the chapter.
Chapter Seventeen
SomethingKlaine:
They sang the song. They named the song. And, I probably died.
Okay, so no one. No one was expecting them to sing it. I don't think anyone but Blaine knew they were going to sing it. Kurt looked so shocked and I hope, I hope someone with a good camera got that recorded because they were so freaking sweet. Like they sat on stools and Blaine just strummed his guitar and they both sang and it was like watching the leaked video again except even better and omg, I can't believe I was there. That I got to witness that.
They are so together, guys. No one can say anything to convince me otherwise. Just look at what they tweeted each other later. Just look.
#Klaine #it's real #deal with it.
Elliott sat in his room with Nick trying to choose something to watch on tv. Originally, they had planned on going out but Jeff had excused himself and then Kurt and Blaine had literally disappeared which Elliott hoped meant that they had finally gotten around to talking about the things that mattered.
So, then, Nick had shrugged off going out once they realized that Sebastian was definitely taking advantage of the fact that they weren't leaving Chicago until the next night and the odds of being allowed to go off on their own without having to have to go with Sebastian wherever he was going had dwindled.
Instead, they ordered room service and were trying to pick something good to watch.
"I'll settle for anything Marvel," Nick said, "superheroes are always fun."
Elliott nodded. "Alright."
He found the first Captain America and put that on.
"I wanted to say," Elliott said, "that if you wanted to talk to me about anything that was bothering you I'd be willing to listen. I, um, I understand how confusing and just hard things can be."
Nick stared at him. "Jeff said you guys all knew about me and – me and Sebastian," he said after a while, "I, um, thanks. I will consider it."
Elliott nodded.
They were silent for a while, the movie beginning on the screen.
"Where do you think Blaine and Kurt disappeared to?" Nick asked.
"Hopefully to one of their rooms," Elliott said, "they've been dancing around the subject for days now and I think Blaine making Kurt sing the new song with him tonight definitely changed something."
Nick nodded. "Santana thought it would push them in the direction of really getting together, giving them a choice like this."
"That figures," Elliott said, "well, it's working. Actually, I think it got a little bit in the way – they were pretty close to admitting their feelings to each other. Kurt finally figured out – and Blaine told him – about Blaine's songs being about him."
"Oh," Nick said, "Blaine didn't say."
"You were dealing with enough," Elliott pointed out.
"I guess I am," Nick said and Elliott could tell that he was bracing himself to ask a question, so he left him to it.
"Okay," Nick said after a while, "how did you know, um, that you were bi?"
"I'm actually pansexual," Elliott said, "I'm open to pretty much anyone. I just – I believe that gender doesn't matter. I'm attracted to people and I've been in enough relationships to know that for me it's not something that matters in the least. But, it's actually pretty hard for a lot of people to understand the idea of pansexuality which is why I usually just let them assume that I'm bi. The media, the fans, it's easier for them even if visibility matters a lot and maybe someday I'll be able to really talk about it but for now I'll let them think what they want."
Nick nodded slowly. "Right," he said, "so, I never thought I'd be attracted to other guys. It just – it never crossed my mind until it did. I've only – I've only ever done anything with a guy with Sebastian and that was half a mistake and he just kept reminding me for months afterwards like the jerk he is."
"Of course he did," Elliott said with a shake of his head.
"Yeah," Nick said, "the thing is, I haven't actually met any guy that's interested me enough to even try."
Elliott nodded. "Well," he said, "maybe you haven't looked in the right places."
"Maybe."
Their food arrived after that, and they busied themselves eating and watching the movie. Elliott was left to wonder about the Jeff factor of it all. It would be funny in a way if Nick and Jeff ended up together after Kurt and Blaine got together. He wondered how the media would take it – having five male members in a band who were all queer in one way or another.
They found themselves at The Bean. It was late enough that there weren't that many people there and they were lucky to go unnoticed.
"Why is this even a thing," Kurt asked, "a giant bean."
Blaine shrugged his shoulders. "No idea," he said, "but it is pretty."
It was. It was reflective and big, and it was famous and exactly the type of things that tourists might want to go see so of course it was where they'd asked the driver to take them instead of back to the hotel.
Kurt was full energy, adrenaline that came from both the concert, and being absolutely taken by Blaine.
"Come on," Blaine said, "selfie."
Kurt tried to pretend that he didn't want to take the picture, but pressed his face against Blaine's anyway.
"I'll post that tomorrow," Blaine said, "it's cute."
Kurt looked at it and nodded. "It is, yeah," he said.
They walked around the bean, staying close to each other to touch but not daring to hold hands just in case a fan saw them. Until they spoke to Wes, or at least David, they didn't want to let anyone know about the state of their relationship. Not to mention that it being mere hours old made it something that they wanted to keep quiet for the time being.
"I mean, it does look pretty cool," Kurt said, "all the reflections and whatnot."
He led Blaine under The Bean, gasping at the view from under it. "This is awesome," Kurt said.
Blaine snapped a picture of Kurt as he looked around, looking amazed. They stayed under it for a while and once they walked out from under it, they didn't stick around for too much longer, heading to the park instead and just taking a stroll.
"Do you want to head back?" Blaine asked after a while.
"Yeah, sure," Kurt said.
Blaine texted the driver and they waited for him where they were instructed to. It was surprising that no one noticed or realized who they were but they were grateful for the anonymity.
Once in the car, Kurt grabbed Blaine's hand, intertwining their fingers together and it was with a giddy feeling that Blaine pulled out his phone.
"We may as well talk to Wes or David now," he said.
"Sure," Kurt said.
Blaine called Wes first and it took a few rings for their manager to answer.
"Hey," Wes said, "am I to assume this is about a decision."
Blaine put him on speaker. "It is," Blaine said, "Kurt and I, we, um, we're—"
"We're together," Kurt finished for him, "I guess we're officially and truly the Klaine the fans have always wanted."
Wes made a noise and then, "Oh my, congrats. I can't believe – that's fantastic! I am so happy for the both of you."
Blaine laughed and Kurt leaned his head against his shoulder, smiling.
"So, I take it that won't be an issue, then?" Blaine asked.
"Of course it's not," Wes said, "it's actually pretty great. Have you told anyone else yet? Talk to David?"
"You're the first," Kurt said.
"Well, then I guess I have phone calls to make," Wes said, "and once we settle on how to let this out to the fans and media we'll let you know. For now just act normal. Nothing overly cutesy to give you away. David has a specific plan, I'm sure."
Wes hung up on them soon after and Blaine pressed his lips against the corner of Kurt's mouth. "Nothing is going to get in the way of this, of us, being happy together."
"Okay," Kurt said smiling.
BlaineAnderson: KurtEHummel and I visited The Bean #Chitownisthebestown #CloudGate
Are They, or Aren't They?
There's been a question plaguing anyone with eyes for the past three years on the nature of the relationship between band members Kurt Hummel and Blaine Anderson of the band Pamela Lansbury, and for years it's been brushed off with no's and laughs and claims of just friendship but lately it seems like this pair of singers may slowly be giving us hints that there is more there.
Let's look at
Exhibit A: Blaine and Kurt dance while forgetting to sing the words to their own song while on stage in Ohio. [video link]
Exhibit B: Fan captures video of Klaine singing new song and giving each other "heart eyes" while they thought they were only amongst their crew, friends, and family. [video link]
Exhibit C: Blaine surprises Kurt by asking him to sing their new song, now titled Something. They sing it on stools acoustically with Blaine on the guitar. [video link]
Exhibit D: Their tweets after the Chicago show are different than their tweets after most shows. [print screen link]
Not to mention of course all the other numerous things that we've caught from the earlier shows in this tour and from before then. So, the question remains are Kurt and Blaine just really close friends or are they more?
Comments? Thoughts?
HummelAnderson: Things have gotten particularly transparent lately, guys, what if they're easing into telling us they're together?
Klaine5eva: What if we were wrong before and they only just recently got together and this is the result?
NiffKlainer: the point being that they're definitely together.
SomethingKlaine: Klaine is very much real.
The whole band went out to get some Chicago style pizza for dinner the next day and Kurt found himself sitting between Blaine and Jeff. Although no one had noticed them when they arrived at the restaurant, about halfway through their dinner they noticed a bit of a commotion outside and then a fan approached their table.
"I'm so sorry to bother you," she said, "but I was just hoping to get a picture with you guys?"
"Oh, sure," Elliott said quickly and they arranged themselves closer to her so her friend could snap a picture of them.
They took a few more pictures, signed a few things, but were left relatively alone while they ate until they gathered their things and made to leave but realized that a crowd had amassed outside.
"Well," Nick said, "this hasn't happened in a while."
"I'm calling Dani," Blaine said.
"I'll call Puck," Elliott said.
Kurt in the meanwhile spoke to the restaurant's manager.
"We are so sorry about this," he said, "we didn't think anyone would realize we were here or anything."
The manager didn't seem perturbed. "Oh," he said, "that is no problem. It may bring in more clientele instead."
Kurt thanked him again before returning to the others.
"Dani said that someone took a picture of us getting here and put it on twitter and that's how they found out we were here. She'll text when the car is here and Puck is heading over with Jeremy to get us into the car."
It didn't take long for Dani to text and then Puck and Jeremy were there and the crowd outside was parted so they'd have room to walk.
"Is Klaine real?"
"Marry me!"
"I love you guys!"
"Kurt, Kurt, look this way!"
"Elliott, you're my favorite!"
"Is Niff really a thing?"
They were shouting numerous things, their voices loud and getting lost in each others' shouting and screaming.
They made it to the car, squeezing themselves inside quickly, the car pulling away the moment the door was closed. They were all pressed together, limbs tangled in an uncomfortable heap that they tried to fix as the car drove them back to the hotel and the busses.
"I guess that's it for our outing today," Jeff said.
"Yeah," Blaine said, "Dani said it'd be best to lie low after this."
By the time they made it back to the hotel, they had situated themselves better which meant that Blaine had wound up sitting on Kurt's lap and Elliott and Jeff were pressed together against one of the doors while Nick sat between Elliott and Kurt and Blaine.
"I'm thinking some Call of Duty back at the bus," Nick said as they neared the hotel, "we're leaving soon anyway, right?"
"I want to spend as little time on the bus as possible before leaving," Elliott said, "it's going to be close to nine hours of driving for the next show. Don't know why we can't just fly and get there in a shorter amount of time."
"This is how Wes planned it," Jeff said, "the bus isn't that bad."
There were luckily no fans hanging around the hotel when they were dropped off, but they were met by Santana, Dani, and Sebastian.
"Skype meeting with Wes and David about you two," Santana said at once.
Sebastian smirked at them but didn't say anything. There had been a round of teasing earlier from everyone in their crew and the rest of the band about them getting together and staying in Kurt's room together overnight even though nothing but cuddling had actually occurred while watching some sort of rom com neither of them were paying attention to after they got back from looking at The Bean.
All in all though, it seemed that everyone was happy for them to have gotten together. Nick, Elliott, and Jeff had been happiest out of everyone. Jeff had actually tweeted "Finally" after finding out without anything else to determine what his tweet was about, but some fans were already speculating about it not that it was different from any other time.
Santana had managed to connect her laptop to the hotel tv in Elliott's room and so Wes and David appeared on the screen there.
"We thought this would be better than a phone call," Wes said, "before you lot left for Minnesota."
"Mostly it's to touch base," Wes said, "David has already been working on some PR for Kurt and Blaine since you two called to let us know the good news. We're very happy for you, but we have to admit that the press it might bring us will be better than any fake story we told."
Kurt rolled his eyes. "We don't want to be the main focus of promotion though," he said.
"You won't be," David said, "and we actually don't want to announce anything, but we're not saying hide things from the fans. Just act normally and save the PDA for behind the scenes."
"Naturally," Kurt said.
"But we do mean for the fans to know eventually," Wes added.
"It's to all of your benefit," Santana said, "I mean, the LGBTQ following you guys have is huge. This will mean a lot to your fans."
Kurt knew she was right. It was one of the things that had really surprised and impressed him about the reach that they had as a band especially when they made the decision to not lie about who they were. The number of rainbow colored flags they saw at shows or at greet and meets not to mention all the stories they were told. Kurt loved what they could be for their fans.
Dani who was standing next to Santana nodded. "It's so important," she said, "don't you think, Seb?"
Sebastian rolled his eyes. "Sure," he said, "representation and whatever."
"Right," Wes said, "so we want to hint at it but not confirm."
"Yes," David said, "and in the meanwhile we'll sneak a few things to reliable news sources."
"Is there anything else?" Elliott asked.
"Yes," Wes said quickly, "we have an official schedule for when you guys arrive in L.A. I will be flying out and I'm sure we'll have Paul there at some point. We're trying to get the same producers we used for the last album but no real plan there yet but it's in less than week's time. So, anyway, there is one more thing."
Kurt could tell that it was going to be good from how Santana was smiling a little.
"Yeah?" Nick asked.
"What is it?"
"Mercedes contacted us," Wes said, "she was wondering if you'd be in L.A. long because she is in the middle of recording her new album and she's hoping to have you guys help her out with one of her songs. Again, great promo. Paul already said yes."
Kurt gasped. "She said nothing," he said, "I talked to her yesterday."
Wes laughed. "It wasn't settled until this morning," he said.
"Well I'm excited," Nick said, "Mercedes has an amazing voice. That'll be interesting."
David was nodding and grinning. "We were also thinking she could be on stage with you guys during the L.A. show as some good PR for the song and everything else."
They ended the skype call after a few more particulars. Santana told them all they had a couple of hours until the busses would be ready to go and left with Dani. Kurt noted that they were holding hands.
"So," Sebastian said, "there was no reason for my presence whatsoever."
"Never has been, really," Kurt said.
Sebastian fixed him with a glare before he left.
"I lost track of time, guys," Jeff said. He was staring at his phone. "We only have three more shows until we're in California."
"Well, all the travelling always makes it seem like a whole lot more time," Nick said, "I'm really excited to see Mercedes again."
Blaine nodded along. "I think we all are," he said, "it'll be cool to work with her."
Here's a rumor…so be sure to take it with a bucket of salt. We're serious.
Mercedes Jones has been working on her next album for months now and we've heard tidbits here and there and of course we've heard about her collaborations with the like of A Great Big World, but hold onto your socks because it looks like Pamela Lansbury may be lending their voices for her album as well. At least, that's what an intern from Jones' label let slip through her twitter. The tweets have of course been deleted since but they point to Jones requesting to speak to Pamela Lansbury's manager Wes Montgomery to get Pamela Lansbury on board.
Of course, this shouldn't come as too much of a surprise seeing as Kurt Hummel (lead singer of PL) actually went to the same high school in Ohio as Mercedes Jones and they have always been close friends. Among their friends and former classmates are Artie Abrams the up and coming director and Rachel Berry who was formerly in Pamela Lansbury and will be making her debut on Broadway next week.
So let's hope that this is true and we get to see what a collaboration with this band will bring us.
Mercedesisastar: That would be so cool. I love Mercedes. PL isn't bad either.
NiffKlainer: OMG. I would die. Hoping this is true.
KurtandRach: but just like imagine Kurt, Mercedes, and Rachel in high school being friends and stuff.
Klainefan: and don't forget that Kurt already knew Blaine back then too.
HummelAnderson: Wait, Artie Abrams went to their high school too? Has anyone seen his documentary? Or even the music videos he's directed for Mercedes? Omg. What if he directs one of PL's new music videos for the new album.
MercedesJones: KurtEHummel see you in about a week. #missedmybff
Author's Note: I am so excited about Mercedes, you guys don't even know. I had this planned from chapter two or three? I originally wanted it to happen a lot earlier but there were a few things that needed to occur first and I also really like the idea that this is happening now that Klaine is together at long last.
On another note, because I've finally caught up on comments and stuff from here and elsewhere and a few people questioned why everyone sort of scoffed at the idea of Blaine having been the one to sleep/do anything with Sebastian.
It goes back to something Blaine told Kurt a few chapters back. We know Blaine in canon was well educated in Sex Ed. I mean, he's encouraging of Burt to give Kurt the talk because he wants his friend to be educated as well. So in a way, I think he had a greater understanding of the importance of sex and the importance of who and when and why someone is having sex. During Dalton he got to see first hand as Sebastian basically slept around with anyone that said yes...and in his youth, Blaine may have even judged him for it. Not to say that Blaine also wasn't interested. Kurt mentions that Blaine was flattered by Sebastian and of course he was. But Blaine also wasn't going to go there. He wasn't ready for anything like that and certainly not when he wasn't in any kind of relationship. He was also heavily crushing on Kurt at this point as well. Now the other part of this is that Blaine clearly does not view sex in a casual manner. He's certainly not a virgin, he's had a few boyfriends before the band and he may have even loved them/thought he loved them and gone there and enjoyed it and been happy with what that was...but I like to think that he did at one point meet Eli - after his first boyfriend maybe and maybe he did have a one-night stand that left him feeling disgusted with himself and he didn't enjoy it per say. So, while Blaine does not judge the other guys, including Kurt, for their one-night stands and for whatever fun they're having with strangers Blaine is very clear to both Kurt and Nick at different points that it isn't something he feels comfortable doing. While, yes, it's possible that Blaine could have gone and made a mistake similar to Nick's and slept with Sebastian, the thing is that he probably would have actually told Kurt if not Nick and/or Jeff because he's also the kind of person that is very open to talking about these things. He wouldn't have been haunted by it, anyway, not like Nick is.
Next chapter should not take too long...it just depends on how much the soundtrack for Hamilton distracts me from writing (it's so good!)
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