"Jeff do you have any idea how hard it was to get this key" asked Blaine as he dropped Kurt's navigator key into his friends open palm.
"Nope" grinned Jeff.
"Do you care how hard it was to get it?" asked Blaine.
"Nope" grinned Jeff, whilst Nick sniggered next to him.
"Well it was damned near impossible."
"Sucks for you" laughed David from his place on the floor, a slice of pizza in his hand on its way to his mouth.
"At least we've got it" smiled Wes with a satisfied nod, "we can get moving with the plan now."
"Absolutely, oh fearless leader" laughed Nick giving a salute to his friend who smiled in response.
"When can they collect it" asked Wes.
"Tomorrow" smiled Jeff, "I'll give them a ring in the morning and I can sneak out after second period with the key."
"Great" smiled Blaine, "you do know that if he finds out I've taken his key and his car that he'll probably have a hissy fit of mammoth proportions and don't think for one minute that I won't blame you guys."
"Oh you can talk your way out of anything Blaine" mocked Nick, "just turn on the charm" he winked.
"I think there are limits to my charm" said Blaine in a worried tone.
"There's always a first time" laughed Jeff, causing everyone else to snigger at Blaine's expense.
"Where is Kurt anyway" Jeff asked as he reached for his water.
"Library" said Blaine reaching for another slice of pizza.
"What still? It's been closed for like twenty minutes" said Nick looking at his watch.
"What?" said Blaine dropping his pizza back into the box and snatching his phone up from the table to check the time, "you have got to be kidding me, I told him I'd be back" he said as he ran his hand through his hair.
"Uh well looks like you screwed up" interjected David helpfully as he picked up Blaine's slice of pizza and proceeded to shove the end into his mouth.
"Great, thanks for that David" replied Blaine in a sarcastic tone as he pushed himself up to standing and began heading towards the door.
"Hey Blaine you coming back?" asked Nick.
"Depends" sighed Blaine.
"On what?"
"How pissed he is" grumbled Blaine as he headed out the door.
Kurt sat at his desk staring at the finished report in front of him. He had heard the voices of his friends as he had passed the common room doors but hadn't found the courage to enter; instead he had hurried head down to his own room where he had pushed himself into finishing the damned report but now that it was complete his mind returned to the incident with Christian.
Christian had scared him, he was willing to admit that to himself, no-one had approached him aggressively since his confrontation with Dave at McKinley and he thought that he had put it behind him by coming to Dalton but standing in the deserted corridor with Christian had brought everything rushing back to the surface. Kurt was frustrated with himself for not maintaining his anger and retreating into damsel mode, here he was reaffirming his frustrations that he needed someone else to protect him. For heaven's sake he was the same age as these boys and god knows he had enough fire in him to take down anyone verbally, so why did he crumble when anyone physically threatened him?
Letting out a deep sigh Kurt stood and walked to his wardrobe, his blazer and tie hung on the door but he was still wearing his white shirt and grey pants. Carefully slipping off the pants he folded them with care and hung them in the wardrobe, turning his attention to his shirt he undid the first three buttons before pulling it over his head and throwing it in the hamper. Turning to his dresser he pulled out a set of pyjamas and pulled them on before wearily padding across to his bathroom to brush his teeth.
Staring at his reflection in the mirror Kurt pondered whether or not to tell Blaine about Christian. There was already bad feeling between Christian and Blaine over his interference in their relationship and he didn't want to be the reason for any more drama but he knew if he told Blaine that he would flip.
Huffing in irritation Kurt dropped his toothbrush back into the glass and switching off the bathroom light with a click returned to his room and dropped unceremoniously onto the bed.
"Kurt" a gentle voice from the other side of his door called, "babe are you in there?"
With a soft groan Kurt sat up and draped his legs over the side of the bed before slowly standing.
"Kurt" the voice repeated.
"Coming" Kurt mumbled as he made his way across the room.
Slowly he opened the door to reveal his relieved but guilty looking boyfriend.
"Hey" he said softly taking in his appearance, Blaine was still in his uniform, the sleeves of his shirt rolled up to just below his elbows and his tie hanging loose around his neck, the top two buttons of his shirt were open to show a glimpse of his chest.
"Hi" smiled Blaine.
"Do you want to come in" asked Kurt pulling the door open wider before turning and trudging back to the bed.
"Sure"
"So did you finish it" asked Blaine eyeing the report as he passed Kurt's desk.
"Oh yeah, about ten minutes ago" said Kurt vaguely as he fell heavily onto the bed and scooted back against the headboard wrapping his arms around his knee's and resting his head on them in one movement.
"Kurt I'm sorry" Blaine began, "I totally lost track of time and when I realised I came straight here."
"Blaine stop. I need to tell you something and you're not going to like it" said Kurt flatly.
"Tell me what" said Blaine confusedly as he sunk down onto the end of Kurt's bed and rested a hand on his knee.
"I bumped into Christian" Kurt began in a nervous tone.
"Okay and..." questioned Blaine.
"And he kind of made a pass at me" said Kurt in a small voice not daring to meet Blaine's eyes.
"He what?" asked Blaine stupidly.
"He said I was hot when I was angry"
"Okay, why were you angry?" asked Blaine concerned.
"He popped up out of no-where when I left the library and when he made a comment about my eye I may have let rip a little" said Kurt wincing slightly, "anyway he came up really close and said I was hot when I was angry and then he got too close and I couldn't move and he just looked at me before he left again."
Kurt had decided it was best to leave out the part about him needing someone to 'loosen him up a bit'.
"Oh baby" sighed Blaine as he shuffled up the bed and pulled Kurt down onto his chest, "I'm so sorry I wasn't with you, I promise I will talk to him tomorrow, I've already got a few things to straighten out with him anyway" he said his tone turning hard as he leant down to kiss Kurt's head.
"Blaine please don't start any trouble" begged Kurt, "I've got enough attention already without this as well."
"I understand baby, really I do but he can't just go interfering like this, so tomorrow I will have a quiet word and that will be the end of it okay?"
"Okay" sighed Kurt with a dubious feeling in the pit of his stomach.
"Okay then" agreed Blaine softly with a positive nod although on the inside he was pissed; how dare Christian hit on his boyfriend and why the hell was he poking his nose into their relationship anyhow? He had pretty much had enough of Christian over the last few days and he fully intended on sorting the prick out in the morning if not before.
"Kurt"
"Huurrmm" mumbled Kurt as he began to drift off to sleep.
"Have you eaten anything?"
"No not exactly" groaned Kurt as he knew what was coming next.
"Okay then up, come on up, right now, you need to eat, come on."
"Blaine I'm tired" grumbled Kurt.
"I don't care Kurt" said Blaine pushing him into a sitting position and heaving him up from the bed, "all I've seen you eat today is a green salad."
"And an apple" grouched Kurt as Blaine opened his door and tugged him out into the corridor.
"Wow, a whole apple" said Blaine sarcastically closing the door behind them.
"It's late Blaine" whined Kurt as he continued to be pulled toward the common room, "I just want to go to sleep."
"Not until you eat something" stressed Blaine firmly.
"Please let me go" moaned Kurt as Blaine pushed him through the doors towards the couches that Nick and Jeff were still occupying.
"Kurt" beamed Jeff, "we'd given you up for lost."
"No such luck" grumbled Kurt.
"What's up?" laughed Nick.
"Blaine won't let me sleep until I've eaten" moaned Kurt hugging a cushion onto his lap as he curled up on the plush couch.
"Good" agreed Jeff.
"Some friend you are" griped Kurt sulkily from the end of the couch.
"Kurt you barely eat anything, now what do you want?" asked Blaine hands braced on the back of the couch where Kurt was sitting.
"To go to bed" Kurt asked hopefully.
"No chance Hummel, now what do you want to eat? We've got cold pizza here or I can get you something from the kitchen, now choose before I bring you something huge and greasy."
"Fine" huffed Kurt, "just give me a bowl of cereal or something."
"That a boy" smiled Blaine as he left the room and headed for the kitchen leaving a disgruntled Kurt to be entertained by Nick and Jeff.
"So Kurt, how was the studying" asked Jeff.
"Fine" he grumbled in response.
"Did you get it finished" asked Nick.
"Eventually" sulked Kurt.
"Well this is a sparkling conversation" piped in David as he returned to the room with Wes, "What's up with him" he directed at Nick whilst nodding in Kurt's direction.
"You do know I'm right here" Kurt asked in a caustic tone.
"Yep" smiled David as he dropped down onto the floor next to Kurt's feet, "but you're in a mood so thought it was safer to ask the guys."
The comment resulted in David receiving a swift nudge to the back of the head with Kurt's foot as he attempted to drink is soda.
"Damn it Kurt" David grumbled as he shook the liquid from his shirt front.
"Serves you right" laughed Wes as he watched Kurt smirk from behind his cushion.
"Here you go babe" smiled Blaine as he held out a large bowl of muesli with chopped banana on it in front on his boyfriend.
"Gee thanks" snarked Kurt as he took the bowl and began to eat.
He pointedly ignored the satisfied look in Blaine's face as he ate but he couldn't deny that he was starving and before he knew it he had finished the bowl completely.
"Better" asked Blaine from where he had perched on the back of the couch.
"Actually yes" surrendered Kurt with a small smile as he handed the empty bowl to Blaine's waiting hand.
"Great" Blaine responded with a satisfied grin.
"Can I go to bed now?"
"Sure" Blaine smiled, "give me a second and I'll walk you back" smiling he hurried out of the room to return the dish to the kitchen.
"Whipped" coughed David loudly earning chuckles from everyone.
"Ow Kurt" whined David rubbing the back of his head again following another swift kick as Kurt smirked.
"Ready to go" asked Blaine coming back into the room and rubbing his hands together.
"Yep" said Kurt standing and batting David around the head with the cushion as he turned to drop it back onto the couch.
"Night guys"
"Bye Kurt" grinned Jeff as he watched David try to duck out of the way of the cushion.
"Yeah, night" chorused Wes and Nick, David huffed but raised his hand in a half hearted wave as Kurt made his way over to Blaine who took his hand and led him back to his room.