A/N Hi guys… it's been a while. PLEASE DON'T KILL ME. I was literally SO busy and had NO time to write this- so I'm not sure if this chapter is any good :( also when I FINALLY sent it to my Beta, she was out of the country so… Um. This is an un-beta'd and really late chapter.

I'M SUCH A SHIT WRITER IM SO SORRY D:

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CHAPTER 9

Later that night, Kurt and Rachel sat in front of Rachel's TV, watching Broadway musicals and chatting quietly. Kurt made sure that Rachel's mind was completely off of Finn and she was slowly returning back to her old self, her eyes sparkling with happiness, not tears. He watched fondly as his best friend's eyes started drooping and he could feel himself start to doze off too: the atmosphere was relaxing and he was very comfortable just being there with Rachel.

Buzz.

Rachel shot up when her phone made an unnecessarily loud vibration from where it was clutched in her hand. She caught Kurt's eye and giggled softly as she opened her text message, rubbing her eyes sleepily. She looked so much younger and more vulnerable than ever as she looked at the text and Kurt watched her face carefully, nervous at the fact that it could have been Finn who texted her. If it was, Kurt would personally return back home and pound Finn in the face because Rachel was finally smiling openly and happily, Finn's childish and cruel behaviour put at the back of her mind. Looking at Rachel's shining eyes and small smile, it obviously was not Finn and Kurt breathed a sigh of relief when Rachel's smile grew. She caught his eye and handed him her phone.

'I have a date with Sebastian tomorrow night,' Rachel beamed at her best friend. He leaned over and hugged her gently.

'I am happy for you, Rach,' he whispered, 'I think he's good enough for you…'

Kurt winked at the giggling girl and lay back again, reading the text Sebastian had sent Rachel.

'Hey, beautiful. Clear your extremely busy diary and make room for 6:30 tomorrow evening. I'm picking you up from your house and taking you out ;)

PS I hope everything's okay… or better now. Say Hi to Kurtie for me ;)'

Kurt wanted to feel annoyed at Sebastian for assuming that Rachel would immediately clear her plans for him and for calling him Kurtie, but he couldn't get himself to be annoyed at Sebastian. He obviously cared a lot for Rachel and Kurt was so grateful for his help and the fact that he was the one that Rachel was falling for. To be honest, Sebastian was actually kind of… amusing, and although Kurt still found him incredibly annoying, he seemed to actually have a heart- something that many people in Ohio didn't seem to have.

'Kurt?' Rachel's worried voice shook him out of his thoughts, and he smiled at her when he looked up at her again.

'Hmm?' Kurt fixed half of his attention back onto the TV, humming quietly along with the song that was playing now.

'You zoned out for a sec, honey,' Kurt could hear the smile in Rachel's voice and he glanced at her from the corner of his eye, flashing her a quick, but bright, smile. 'But, will you, um, help me get ready tomorrow? But… is it okay if you, um, don't come on the date with me…' Rachel's voice trailed off awkwardly and she looked down at her hands, worried that she somehow upset Kurt.

Kurt laughed lightly. 'Of course, Rach! Anyway… I was thinking of writing that English Lit essay tomorrow, so yeah. It's completely fine, honey. Don't fret.'

Kurt turned to his best friend and they shared a secret smile before fixing their attention back to the TV.

Kurt was currently sifting through all of Rachel's clothes for a more formal dress for her date, while Rachel was pacing anxiously, checking the clock every few minutes. Her hair was wrapped in a towel, her face was free of make-up and she was only wearing her underwear underneath her bathrobe. Kurt had already been looking through all the clothes he had bought with her for a long time and she was starting to stress out, seeing as Sebastian would be coming to pick her up in one hour. Finally, she couldn't bear it any longer and walked over to him, looking over his shoulder.

'Kurt, are you-' Rachel started before Kurt interrupted her, pulling out a beautiful dress.

'I found it! I found it, Rach!' Kurt exclaimed happily, shoving the dress he had found into her open hands. The dress was stunning and even though it was simple, it was elegant.

'After you told me that Sebastian was taking you to somewhere more formal and that you needed a cocktail dress, all that was running through my mind was this dress and I just knew that you would look extra stunning. Put it on, put it on!' Kurt was almost jumping up and down with excitement, his voice breathless and full of happiness. Kurt's happiness was contagious and Rachel started giggling, as she pulled on the dress, not even caring that she was practically naked in front of Kurt.

Kurt zipped up the dress and pushed Rachel into a seat to do her hair and make-up. They spent the next half an hour quietly chatting whilst Kurt fixed up Rachel for her second date. He curled her hair loosely and pulled it to one side, so that her long hair ran in waves down her left shoulder. Her make-up was light: a dash of eyeliner on her upper lids and delicate, sparkling gold eye shadow to match the roses on the dress.

Kurt took a step back and Rachel twirled around for him, showing off her full outfit: Versus yellow patent-leather and mesh slingback heels with her white and lemon-yellow, Diana Von Furstenberg's jacquard mini dress.

'Oh my god, Rach, You look even better than I imagined. Seriously, you look incredibly gorgeous. Woah, Rach. Sebastian won't know what hit him!' Kurt looked Rachel up and down, gazing proudly at his best friend. When she was with Finn, she rarely made such an effort to dress nicely for him because he never seemed to notice what she wore so it was a waste of time, but with Sebastian, he always commented on her outfits and she wanted to look good for him.

'Thank you so much, Kurt. I seriously would never be able to pick out something like this by myself. I don't know what I would do without your fashion expertise!' Rachel gave Kurt a wide smile and gave him a soft hug, careful not to crumple her hair. As the two of them broke their hug, the doorbell rang. Rachel felt butterflies in her stomach, not because of nerves but because of excitement and happiness. Kurt squeezed her hand before she practically sprinted to the door, tripping over her iPod dock, her desk, her chair and her own feet in her haste to get to the door. She paused at the door, catching her breath for a moment, before launching it open and beaming at the amused boy in front of her.

'A bit keen are we?' Sebastian had an amused smirk on his face, which soon turned into a grin as he saw Rachel's beaming face. He handed her a small bouquet of flowers and watched as a light blush coloured her beautiful face.

'Hi,' he whispered as she turned her eyes up towards his face. Her breath caught in her throat at his gorgeous, green eyes.

'Hi,' she whispered back, watching as a small smile graced his lips. She looked away quickly, realizing that she was staring at his lips, which looked extremely kissable. There was an awkward pause for a moment when the two of them avoided each other's gazes, broken by Sebastian clearing his throat.

'Um, shall we go now?' Sebastian held an arm out and gave the obviously nervous Rachel a genuine smile. To be honest, Rachel's very short, mini dress was extremely distracting and it was quite hard to remain a gentleman when she looked that amazing. Sebastian tried in vain to focus on something other than Rachel's long, sinful legs as the two of them walked to his car, but found his eyes flickering down towards them whenever he went off his guard. However, even in his distracted state, he managed to hold open the door to his car for Rachel, as well as shutting it (and getting a lovely view of her ass in the process…). In fact, Sebastian was a total gentleman the whole night, even though he managed to slip in a few sexual innuendos at some points of the evening, and Rachel could feel herself getting comfortable being in Sebastian's presence. They talked for what felt like hours and Rachel found out why he was at school when he 'protected her' from Finn (he was meeting Blaine and they were meant to go to coffee together) and Sebastian found out more about Rachel's ex-relationship with Finn (and when he had forgotten that she was a vegan and cooked her a non-vegan meal, and Rachel had felt so guilty so she waited until getting home to throw up the contents of her stomach.) Luckily, they weren't interrupted at the French restaurant, Chez François (which was much more expensive than Breadstix, but Sebastian had insisted on paying), and they kept up light, flirty banter that lasted their dinner and the drive back to Rachel's house. When Sebastian parked his car outside Rachel's empty house, Sebastian could see that Rachel didn't want the date to end- and to be honest, nor did he, so he stopped the engine and got out of the car to open Rachel's door.

'What are you doing, 'Bastian?' Rachel giggled, taking the boy's outstretched hand. Sebastian rolled his eyes playfully and pulled Rachel out of the car so that the two of them were chest to chest. At once, Rachel's giggles subsided and she felt her eyes wander towards Sebastian's lips. Unconsciously, she licked her own lips; unaware that Sebastian's gaze was fixated on her lips. He could barely suppress a groan when her tongue peeked and wet her full lips, desire shooting through his veins. Sebastian leaned his head down slowly and rested his forehead against Rachel's. Rachel felt her heart rate quicken and her eyes fluttered at the skin-on-skin contact of his forehead against hers. Sebastian saw the effect he had on the shorter girl and felt a sense of pride rush to his head, a small smile playing on his lips. He leaned down even further and captured Rachel's lips with his own.

Rachel felt a spark of something when their lips touched, cliché or no cliché, there was something there that she hadn't felt with anyone else. All her senses were taken over by Sebastian, his large hand wrapped around her wrist, his sweet breath washing over her flushed face and the musky, manly scent of him surrounding her. She gasped softly and Sebastian took advantage of her open mouth and let his tongue taste her lips. He unconsciously let go of her wrist and placed his hands on her thin waist while she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him closer into the kiss. Sebastian felt as though he could stay like that forever and apparently kissing Rachel was his new favourite activity.

Kurt sighed, critically taking in his appearance. He was wearing a long-sleeved, cotton-pique polo shirt in forest green from Lanvin, Burberry Brit dark, slim jeans, an Alexander McQueen double breasted coat and Mark McNairy boots. He had thrown on so many outfits but none of them seemed to work apart from this one, and even now he didn't really feel like himself. Kurt bit his lip and eyed himself in the mirror. He knew there were so many things about himself that needed to be fixed and he couldn't help but wonder why Blaine was attracted to him. He also couldn't help but wonder why he said yes to Blaine, not just because Blaine was normally an annoying, horny jerk, but because he couldn't help that nagging feeling in the pit of his stomach that Blaine was just playing some horrible, twisted practical joke on him. But thinking back to their 'conversation', Kurt felt that Blaine maybe actually was attracted to Kurt and maybe, just maybe, Blaine would turn out to be one of the few who actually gave a shit about Kurt's feelings.

Kurt watched as his best friend went on her second date with a guy who actually seemed to legitimately care about her, and he felt relief and happiness at the fact that Rachel was finally getting lucky, after Finn using her and Jesse lying to her. A pinging noise alerted his attention to his phone, distracting him from watching Rachel and Sebastian drive away to their date. It was a text. From Blaine. Surprisingly, Kurt didn't feel annoyed at the persistent boy who seemed to text him in all the wrong moments, maybe it was because his mood was too good to be crushed (Rachel had willingly let Kurt style her whole outfit and she was going on her second date with someone who seemed to really like her, which Kurt was extremely pleased about) or maybe it was because it had been a full day since Blaine had texted him- a record for Blaine. Either way, Kurt opened the text while he walked to the kitchen to prepare a cup of tea for him to enjoy in front of the TV.

'What's up, gorgeous? Been a while since I've texted you. I'm having Kurt-withdrawal syndrome- help me please :('

Kurt was surprised to see the relatively innocent text from the normally completely inappropriate boy. He found himself giggling to himself, finding this different side of Blaine kind of… adorable? He quickly tapped out a reply, still smiling slightly.

'Kurt withdrawal syndrome? Sounds serious. It's been a day, Blaine. A day.'

Kurt turned his attention back to the TV, even though half his attention was still fixed on his phone, finding himself waiting for a reply from Blaine. It came, not even a minute later.

'A day too long, sweetheart ;) Only you can cure me, Kurt. So you're going to dress up and I'm gonna take you out for dinner tomorrow. Awesome.'

Kurt raised his eyebrows at the fact that Blaine hadn't even asked him out- just assumed he was free. But he was also oddly flattered that Blaine asked him out, well kind of, and not just texted some sort of sexual innuendo. Before Kurt could even think about his answer, he found himself tapping out a reply.

'You need new pick up lines. But fine. I'll come with you.'

'They seemed to work on you fine, sweetheart, so maybe they aren't all that bad. I'm sure you'll come with me, baby- I'll make sure of it ;)'

Kurt blushed at the obvious sexual innuendo, but didn't regret the fact the he had a date… Oh shit. A date. With McKinley's bad boy. What had he gotten himself into? Kurt tried to clear his bad thoughts of Blaine- his date, and instead tried to think of the good things. Like how Blaine seemed to care about Kurt and his friends, like how Blaine never, ever harmed Kurt and how Blaine seemed to manage to put a smile on Kurt's face in any circumstance. Yes, maybe a date wouldn't be that bad, and maybe it would actually turn out to be okay.

'Can you not go one *minute* without making some sexual reference? What time are you picking me up?'

Kurt didn't want to admit that Blaine's sexual references often made him smile a little bit brighter and make him laugh a little bit louder, and Kurt secretly didn't want them to stop. But Blaine did not need to know that.

'7. Be ready, babe. See you tomorrow ;)'

The doorbell ringing was what distracted Kurt from his thoughts of yesterday, and he realized that he had a stupid, wistful smile on his face at those thoughts. Kurt shook his head and shut his eyes for a second, gathering himself and preparing himself for the date. He walked calmly to the door, although he actually wanted to run as fast as possible to it and wrench it open and see Blaine, but he thought he'd let Blaine wait for him… leave him hanging for a second. When Kurt finally opened the front door, he forgot how to breath for a second at the sight of Blaine. He was dressed in slim, black jeans, formal sneakers and a grey, zipped sweater- all of the clothes obviously from designer brands. He looked ridiculously hot with the sweater enhancing Blaine's arms and his jeans fit him perfectly, although they weren't too tight. Kurt caught himself staring and looked away before Blaine could notice… but obviously he was too late because Blaine was staring at him with a small smirk on his lips and a twinkle in his eye.

'See something you like, beautiful?' Blaine winked at Kurt who was now blushing a deep red at the fact he was caught checking out Blaine. Blaine sensed Kurt's embarrassment and his smirk turned into a kinder grin as he stepped closer to the blushing boy.

'It's okay because I see something I like, gorgeous. We should probably get going before I rip all your sinful clothes off and ravish you right here.'

Kurt's mouth dropped open at Blaine's matter-of-fact attitude towards what he was obviously referring to sex. The fact that Blaine was just standing there looking amazingly delicious, smirking and blatantly checking out Kurt left Kurt with no words or way to form sentences. He felt himself blush even more and felt his heart beat quicker at the look in Blaine's eyes.

'Come on, gorgeous. Let's go.'

Before Kurt could respond, Blaine grabbed his hand and dragged him to his car. Kurt relished in the intimate feeling of his hand being held and although Blaine had managed to kiss him already- and god was that amazing, something simple like holding hands seemed more… Intimate? New? Maybe it was because Blaine didn't normally do this kind of thing because he was more like a 'fuck 'em and forget 'em' kind of guy. It made Kurt feel special for once; it made him feel like he was worth it. It was nice, and to be honest, Kurt didn't really want to let go. Blaine seemed to notice that Kurt was reluctant to let go of his hand once they reached his car, and with a secret smile on his face, he held Kurt's hand throughout the whole car journey to the restaurant. The two spent the car journey exchanging fleeting glances and small smiles, and Kurt felt happier than he had for a very long time with the beautiful boy sitting next to him, holding his hand.

'Oh my god. I am stuffed.'

Kurt leant back in his seat after he took the last bite of their shared dessert. Blaine laughed and winked at Kurt, barely refraining from making a sexual innuendo. Kurt obviously could tell as his pretty pink blush flooded his cheeks, making Blaine laugh harder at the innocent boy.

'Did you like it?' Blaine bit his lip and looked down, looking nervous for once. Kurt's heart melted a little bit at the sight of a more vulnerable Blaine- something one didn't see ever.

'Blaine, it was amazing. So much better than Breadstix… I mean, Breadstix isn't even that good but that's where everyone goes and I thought we were going there but we weren't and… Sorry, I'm rambling,' Kurt smiled shyly at the boy sitting across from him, who was staring at him with a smile that made Kurt's insides flutter.

'Kurt, you are so adorable.' Kurt blushed and Blaine gave him another one of those heart-melting smiles. 'I'm glad you liked it. I generally come here with my sister because it's casual but really good food, something you can't really find in Ohio.'

Kurt nodded in agreement, perking up at the mention of Blaine's sister.

'You have a sister?' Kurt leaned forward unconsciously, and Blaine smiled a little at Kurt's small gesture of affection.

'Yep. She's 20 and totally crazy. She's married soon and I think it's crazy, but she says they're in love so…'

Kurt smiled at the affection in Blaine's voice when he talked about his sister- he obviously cared a lot for her.

'Anyway, she's called Amy and she's studying fashion design in Parsons… I think.'

Blaine paused when he heard Kurt's gasp. Kurt was practically jumping up and down with excitement and flailing frantically.

'Seriously? Parsons? Oh my gosh, I want to go there! This is crazy!'

Blaine raised an eyebrow at Kurt, finding Kurt's excitement ridiculously adorable.

'Wait… I thought you wanted to go to NYADA?' Blaine asked, once Kurt had calmed down.

'Well, I do want to go to NYADA but I also am thinking about Parsons because I am really into fashion and I can see myself pursuing a career in fashion. I adore performing but I also adore fashion and I am really into designing. I've actually designed some stuff, just for fun.'

Blaine loved how passionate Kurt was about fashion and singing, and how dedicated Kurt was. He worked really hard and went the extra mile, and it was all because he loved what he did and he wanted to be the best he could be. It was actually pretty inspiring.

'Blaine?'

Blaine realised he was staring at Kurt with a stupid smile on his face after Kurt had told him about fashion.

'Sorry, I was just thinking. Y'know, when you talk about fashion and singing, you can really tell that it's what you love and it's really inspiring, Kurt. It's amazing how hard you work and I'm sure one day you'll be one of the biggest designers or a singer on Broadway.'

'Oh… oh, thank you,' Kurt blushed and looked down at his lap. 'No one's ever told me that before.'

Kurt said the last part so quietly that Blaine could barely hear him, but the words shocked him anyway.

'Seriously? Kurt you are so talented. And that's not just some line to get into your pants. I am telling the truth and I know you will be something big no matter what industry you look into.'

Blaine's voice was completely serious and he looked at Kurt with such an earnest look in his eyes that Kurt's insides melted a little bit more. Kurt could feel himself falling and falling hard and he couldn't even bring himself to regret it.

The next day at school, Rachel and Kurt had a study period together, leaving a 45-minute session to just talk. The teacher had left 5 minutes into the lesson, leaving Rachel and Kurt 40 minutes to catch up. The moment the teacher had left, Rachel scooted her chair to Kurt's desk and the two began a whispered conversation.

'How was the date with Sebastian? Sorry I left before you came back, but my dad called and he wanted to spend some time with me before he went to Washington, so yeah. And yesterday… I'll tell you later. The date. Sebastian. How was it?' Kurt asked, giggling softly. Rachel smiled brightly and launched into her story.

'So, um, he picked me up and he drove me to Breadstix and he was literally perfect. I mean, apart from the occasional sexual comment, he was the perfect gentleman. He planned it amazingly as well! I mean, there was a Jazz band playing in Breadstix and they had some sort of special menu because it's like romance week or something. The food was really good and he bought me flowers and we kissed, Kurt. We kissed!'

Rachel was now squealing and had stopped whispering by the time she told Kurt about the Jazz band at Breadstix. Kurt smiled at Rachel's happiness and he was so relieved that the date had gone amazingly.

'Anyway. Enough about me… what did you do yesterday? You never called,' Rachel gave Kurt a pout of faux-sadness and motioned for him to tell his story.

'Um, okay, so. So. .' Kurt replied, blushing. Rachel raised one eyebrow at him and rolled her eyes affectionately.

'Say that again, Kurt. But slowly, please.'

'Oh, right. Yeah. Sorry. Blaine, um, asked me out and I said yes and we went on a date yesterday and it was really nice and he was really nice and it was just really, really nice…'

Kurt paused and bit his lip, suddenly nervous.

'Seriously? Kurt that's amazing! And honey, please tell me you have other vocabulary other than "nice",' Rachel winked at her extremely shocked best friend. 'What? You weren't expecting that reaction? Sweetie, I went on a date with Sebastian- I can't exactly blame you for going on a date with Blaine. These boys just have something that is just really attractive, annoyingly enough.'

Kurt laughed along with his best friend, relief flooding his veins at her easy acceptance of his date with Blaine and the two continued to chatter about nothing and everything, just because they could.

Rachel put away her phone, still smiling at a text she had received from Sebastian, and opened her locker, humming quietly to herself. It was the end of the day and she was looking forward to going home and just watching Wicked for the thousandth time. She turned around, getting the shock of her life to see Finn standing in her personal space and crowding her vision. She was not in the mood for Finn's antics and she was still hurting from last time, when he practically ripped her apart with his words. She rolled her eyes and accepted the fact that she would just have to deal with Finn and his childish behaviour before she could go anywhere. She quirked an eyebrow at him and gestured him to go on, tapping her foot impatiently.

'I heard about your date with the dude from Dalton,' Finn started, the anger obviously in his stance and his eyes.

'Fine.'

If Rachel was shocked she definitely didn't show it. Her expression was neutral, apart from the obvious irritation in her eyes.

'Anyway, I was thinking-' Finn started, stopping when Rachel muttered something along the lines of 'for once in your life', but continued anyway, brushing aside her comment as a mishearing. 'Yeah. So I think that we should, like, have sex because we have chemistry and the sex was good.'

Rachel couldn't actually believe was she was hearing- Finn wanted to have sex. With her. She stood there gaping at the tall boy, who was looking stupidly pleased with himself.

'Cool. I'm free, like, now, so you can come over? Burt and Mom went to Washington yesterday so I have the whole house to myself…'

Finn's voice was gruff, and instead of seductive it just sounded like he had a cold.

'Is there something wrong with your voice? Are you still going through puberty?' Rachel snapped at her ex-boyfriend, pushing past him to walk to the front doors. He followed her.

'No, why would you think that?' Finn seemed genuinely confused and it made Rachel even angrier. She rolled her eyes and turned to him, shoving a finger at his chest.

'Get away from me. This conversation is over. We. Are. Not. Having. Sex. It was shit, your dick is tiny and you can't cheat on Quinn. End of story. Goodbye. Never speak to me again. 'Kay, thanks.'

She stormed away, leaving a very confused and angry Finn stranded in the middle of the busy hallway.

Kurt had seen the whole scene between his best friend and step-brother and felt anger bubbling through his veins at his extremely stupid step-brother. He sure had nerve to go up to Rachel and ask her to just have sex with him and behind Quinn's back too. Kurt would never know how someone as lovely as Carol could produce such idiotic offspring. He quickly searched his contacts as Rachel stormed out the doors and clicked 'call' and held his phone to his ear.

'Why, hello,' Sebastian answered after the first ring.

'Hi. Go to Rachel's house now. Finn asked her to have sex with her and she is pissed off.'

'I'm on it. I'm in the Lima Bean anyway so I'll be there in 5. That dumbass. I kinda wanna punch him in the nuts.'

'Me too.'

'Bye.'

'Bye.'

Rachel pulled into her drive, still fuming from the confrontation from Finn not even 20 minutes ago. She saw a familiar car already in her drive and as she walked towards her front door, she was pulled back into someone's arms. She squealed and released herself, turning around to see Sebastian with a murderous look in his eyes.

'Hi,' she said breathlessly, stepping forward.

'Hi, babe,' Sebastian took her hand and dragged her to his car, pushing her up against the driver's window.

'Um, so you heard about, um, Finn?' her voice was still breathy as Sebastian pushed up against her, his warm body fitting against hers.

'Yep. And I wanna go and fuck up his face but I kinda prefer your company so I'm just gonna…'

And then Sebastian leaned down and connected their lips with force and passion, knocking all thoughts of Finn out of Rachel's mind. He pushed open her mouth and gained dominance of the kiss quickly, tracing her whole mouth with his tongue. She whimpered into his kiss, and when he released her lips to catch his breath, his kissed down her jaw and started to suck marks into her neck. Rachel leaned her head back and her lids grew heavy with desire as Sebastian ravished her neck with vigour, small whimpers leaving her mouth every so often.

'You. Are. Mine.'

Sebastian punctuated each word with a fierce, open-mouthed kiss to her mouth, leaving Rachel limp and heavy in his arms.

'Yours,' Rachel agreed breathlessly, wrapping her arms around Sebastian's neck and kissing him back with passion.

A/N Here's the link to Rachel's outfit:

www . net - a - porter product / 196849

Thank you for reading!

PS IMPORTANT: WON'T BE UPDATING FOR AT LEAST 4 WEEKS BECAUSE I AM AWAY WITH NO INTERNET. SO SO SO SO SORRY!