Closing the door on a confused looking Blaine, Jeff turned and scanned the room once again.
"Kurt" he hissed, "hey Kurt, where the hell are you."
Slowly the bathroom room door creaked open and a pale looking Kurt peaked out.
"Is he gone?" he asked quietly.
"Yeah" sighed Jeff running his hand through his hair and making his way over to the bed.
"Thank you" Kurt mumbled quietly, "for the warning" he clarified as Jeff was looking confused.
"Oh, no problem" dismissed Jeff with a wave of his hand, "I had it all under control" he lied.
Kurt smiled, noticing the flush that Jeff wore from his neck to the top of his head. Clearly, he wasn't quite as stealthy as he thought but Kurt wasn't about to tell him, he was just glad that Blaine hadn't caught him there.
"So, Jeff", Kurt started, "even prisoners get rations you know. I don't suppose you brought me anything to eat did you?"
"As a matter of fact I did, ye of little faith" smirked Jeff motioning to the plate on the dresser.
"Oh, my gosh, Jeff, you even managed to put something green inside it" laughed Kurt as he made his way over to the food, "I'm impressed."
"Well you know I try" smiled Jeff, "I'm not entirely without culinary taste."
"Sure your not!" Kurt teased as he took a couple of sandwiches and settled himself on the bed.
"Thank you Jeff" he stated sincerely, looking directly up at him. "I really appreciate this."
"Don't worry about it" Jeff replied grabbing a sandwich of his own and sitting on the end of the bed opposite Kurt.
"How are you feeling Kurt? Really?"
"Okay" sighed Kurt, "sore, embarrassed, worried about telling Blaine", same old, same old.
"Kurt, look, I know you don't want to tell him but maybe it'd be for the best you know. You won't be able to hide your black eye by Monday and don't you think he's gonna be pissed that both you and I lied to him all weekend?"
"I know your right Jeff" whispered Kurt putting his food down and looking at his entwined fingers, "but it's hard you know, he's gonna be so disappointed in me."
"He's going to be upset Kurt but not with you" Jeff voiced exasperatedly grabbing Kurt's hands in his own; "you have to trust him, he knows you and he knows what you went through. He deserves to know what's happened, he deserves the right to look after you and he definitely doesn't deserve to be in the same building as you while you hide out from him like a fugitive" silence enveloped the room as Jeff ended his impromptu speech.
"I know" whispered Kurt, as a guilty tear trickled down his cheek, "I'll find him in the morning okay?"
"Okay" smiled Jeff giving Kurt's hand a gentle squeeze pleased that his spontaneous rant had had the desired effect.
"You wanna soda?"
"You know Jeff, sometimes I think I could get whiplash from your subject changes" laughed Kurt holding out his hand for the drink.
"Well, you know, always one to lighten the mood" winked Jeff, "Oh, and the place looks great by the way, don't think I hadn't noticed the complete lack of my floor wardrobe Hummel. Perhaps you should come to stay in my room more often, do a little house keeping for me in your spare time?"
"Watch it Jeff" smiled Kurt, "or you and I might just fall out."
Blaine was diligently working through is chem report when he heard a tapping on his door.
"Yeah, come in" he called without looking up.
"Hey Blaine" smiled Christian from the doorway.
"Oh, hi" said Blaine, looking up in surprise from his work "what can I do for you Christian?"
"Nothing, nothing" Christian said absentmindedly as he strolled into the room picking up and studying a framed picture of Kurt from Blaine's dresser and putting it down again as he continued to move into the room.
"I wondered whether you knew who young Jeffrey is hanging out with this weekend."
"Ah, well that would be Nick" Blaine responded to the obvious question with a frown as he turned in his chair to watch Christian circle his room, his elbow hanging over the back of the chair, "Why do you ask?"
"Oh no reason really" smiled Christian who was now looking at the pictures on Blaine's notice board. "That's a nice one of you and Kurt" he said pointing to a snap of the two of them laughing in the grounds shortly after Kurt's transfer.
"Thanks" said Blaine in a flat voice, "Look Christian, if you really don't need me then I really have to get back to work."
"Of course" Christian smiled, "so just to clarify, Jeff's holed up with Nick, yes?"
"Yes, Christian, they are going out you know, that's pretty much what they do every weekend, no big deal" Blaine sighed impatiently.
"True, true" pondered Christian, "shame about you and Kurt though" he mentioned as he headed out of the room.
"Sorry, what?" asked Blaine looking up from his work again.
"I said shame about you and Kurt though" Christian repeated.
"What do you mean?" asked Blaine confused.
"Well, far be it from me to be the one to point it out Blaine" Christian started in mock concern, "but I was under the impression that young Jeffrey was entertaining Kurt this weekend."
"Ah, no" said Blaine looking directly at Christian confusedly, "I told you earlier that Kurt's gone home for the weekend, family stuff."
"I know what you told me Blaine" said Christian casually, brushing non-existent dust from his shoulder, "and I'm telling you that I heard young Jeffrey & your lovely Kurt murmuring to each other in the corridor late last night. Perhaps you'd better check on your little friend sooner rather than later. For your own good." He cast Blaine a wicked sneer as he headed out of the room closing the door behind him.
Watching the door close Blaine continued to stare in its direction long after Christian had left the room, putting his pen down on the desk he ran both hands through his hair "What the hell was that about" he thought tiredly. Grabbing his phone from his pocket he scrolled through until he found Kurt's profile and pressed call.
Surprisingly the call went straight to voicemail, sucking up his disappointment Blaine waited for Kurt's message before leaving one of his own.
"Hi, this is Kurt. Please leave a message and I will consider calling you back, unless you're Blaine and then I will call you back immediately baby."
Beep. Blaine smiled at the message.
"Hey baby, it's just me. Just wanted to tell you that I love you and that I miss you and can't wait until your back here with me tomorrow night. Oh, and I hate chem. Love you."
Sighing, Blaine put his phone back in his pocket and returned to his report.