Kurt swiped his hand blindly against his dresser in an attempt to find his phone; he needed to stop the incessant noise that was rudely playing in the darkness disturbing his warm comfortable sleep, tightening his fingers around the offending object he threw his head back against his pillow and groaned. It seemed like only five minutes ago that he had gone to bed, how could it possibly be morning already? Lifting the phone to his face and squinting at the bright screen he confirmed his fears as the time showed six forty five, time to begin the day.

"Ugh, what time is it" grumbled a voice to his left.

"Shush baby go back to sleep, I'm gonna jump in the shower" Kurt grumbled as he threw the comforter back and swung his legs out into the cold morning air.

"Don't wanna" Blaine pouted sleepily as he reached for Kurt with a grabby motion.

"Sorry baby but nature calls" Kurt mumbled standing and throwing the comforter back on top of his grumbling boyfriend who disappeared under it with a satisfied groan.

Rubbing his eyes as he padded across the room Kurt stopped at his window and moved the curtain slightly so that he could assess the day. It was dull, dull and grey just right for a Monday morning.

Sighing he pushed open the bathroom door and shuffled inside, closing his eyes against the glare of the light as it flickered harshly on above him. Glancing in the mirror he caught sight of his tired reflection, groaning at the state of his hair and the dark circles around his eyes. Running the shower he brushed his teeth, losing sight of his reflection as the room began to fill with steam, dropping the brush back in the glass he stripped and stepped quickly under the hot water.

Blaine lay under Kurt's thick, heavy comforter. True to his word he hadn't let his boyfriend out of his sight since his return to Dalton and despite Kurt's half hearted protests he had wangled his way into staying the night in Kurt's room.

Stretching his hands above his head and his legs over the end of the bed he groaned as his muscles pulled in protest before snuggling his face back into Kurt's pillow and listening to the sound of his boyfriend quietly singing from the bathroom, smiling sleepily he curled into a ball and watched the bathroom door from under heavy lids as he waited for Kurt to reappear.

Kurt wrapped a towel tightly around his waist and wiped a hand across the steamed up mirror, his tired eyes stared back at him as he ran a comb through his hair pulling it back from his face, flicking off the light he grabbed the door handle and quietly made his way back into the room. Moving past the bed he glanced down at his presumably sleeping boyfriend and smiled warmly before heading over to his dresser to find some clothes.

Blaine saw the door to the bathroom open and watched greedily through his lashes as his boyfriend crossed the room wrapped only in a towel which was making its way ever lower with every step he took. Only when Kurt was level with the bed did he close his eyes so that Kurt didn't think he was perving. Several moments later he shifted and cracked open one eye only to see his boyfriend rummaging through the draws of his dresser, Blaine swallowed thickly and shuffled silently across the bed before throwing the comforter off and grabbing Kurt's hand unexpectedly and pulling him back down onto the bed.

Rolling him beneath him he pressed a kiss to his neck and smiled as Kurt protested.

"Blaine, c'mon we have to get ready for classes" he chastised as he weakly batted his hand against Blaine's shoulder.

"In a minute" Blaine smiled against his collar bone.

"Ugh come on this isn't fair" Kurt moaned, his willpower was fading fast and his thoughts were fast becoming inappropriate.

"You know it's your own fault" Blaine murmured into Kurt's ear "you shouldn't tease me" and Kurt felt Blaine smile against his neck as he continued to place kisses against his flushed skin.

"Blaine you really need to stop" Kurt mumbled renewing his protests only to have them swallowed as his boyfriend pressed his lips firmly to his own.

"No, you need to stop being so sensible" Blaine murmured against his lips before pushing himself up onto one elbow and gazing into his boyfriends clear blue eyes.

"You look tired baby" he frowned noticing the dark circles on Kurt's otherwise clear complexion.

"I am" Kurt agreed whilst running his hand softly up and down Blaine's side, "I guess I didn't sleep."

"You okay?"

"I'm fine, honest" he smiled, "so are you getting up or what?"

Blaine quirked an eye brow suggestively before Kurt rolled his eyes and pushed him off of him before rolling off the bed and resuming his search for clothing.

"Oh babe come back" Blaine pouted.

"Nope" Kurt quipped, "you sir need to get spruced up if you want to escort me to classes."

"But we were having such a nice time" Blaine said softly whilste trying to once more obtain his boyfriends attention.

"Yes we were" Kurt agreed flushing "but never the less time is getting on and we really need to get a move on."

"Kuurrrt" Blaine moaned suggestively causing his boyfriend to swing around "please come back to bed" he said with a smouldering look.

Swallowing, Kurt eyed his boyfriend with a mixture of lust and hesitation before turning back to his dresser and burying his attention in a draw.

"Sorry stud" he said as his blush extended down his neck.

"Can't blame a guy for trying" Blaine humphed as he threw the comforter off and strode towards the bathroom.

Kurt turned and watched him go, "hey baby" he called making Blaine turn just as he reached the door, "maybe you could sleep over again tonight" he asked with a smile which instantly erased the sulky pout that had graced Blaine's features only moments before.

"Sure" Blaine grinned happily before disappearing through the door, "but only if you wear that towel again tomorrow morning" he shouted before closing the door with a click.

"You know what I can't take this anymore" David moaned into the desk as his history teacher droned on at the front of the class.

Jeff watched him with a smirk before turning back to his notes and doodling a small spider in the corner.

"I will never need to know any of this shit" he continued to groan quietly whilst trying to look like he was paying attention.

"Suck it up" Jeff said quietly whilst facing front, "we've only got fifteen minutes left and then we're out of here."

"Ugh"

Jeff glanced at him and smirked. He knew that David didn't like this subject but every week was the same; there was the moaning, the pouting, the grumbling and the dramatic eye rolling in class. It wasn't even as though he wasn't getting the grades, all of David's grades were amazing without him really having to try very hard.

At the sound of the bell David leapt off his stool with an audible "YES" and a fist pump earning him a frown from the teacher at the front of the room. Laughing as he packed his own bag Jeff grabbed David by the arm and tugged him out of the room before there was a chance of them being kept behind.

"Thank god that's over for another week" David grumbled as they made their way to the sports hall.

"Yeah you and me both" Jeff agreed, "you know one week would be nice David, just one week where you don't moan all through class" but he smiled at his friend as he spoke.

"Can't do it, sorry" David apologised with a grin.

"Oh well maybe next week" Jeff sighed.

"Don't hold your breath" David laughed as he held the door of the locker rooms open as Jeff pushed through.

"What are we doing?"

"Not sure" Kurt replied in response to Nick's question, "where's the teacher?"

Nick shrugged before turning in his seat to ask the guy sitting behind them.

"No-one knows" he said leaning into Kurt several moments later, "perhaps we'll get a free period" he smiled.

"That would be awesome, you have no idea how much homework I have" Kurt groaned.

Thirty minutes later Kurt found himself sitting at a table in the back of the library with Nick who was flicking through a music magazine he had pulled from his bag.

Kurt on the other hand was surrounded by books and note pads and was frantically writing, pausing only to flick a page over or nervously chew on his pen as he reread a passage before scribbling more notes.

"You need a hand?" Nick asked eyeing Kurt over the top of his magazine.

"No thanks" Kurt replied without looking up, "believe it or not I know what I'm doing."

"Right" Nick drawled, "coz from here it looks like a book shop exploded."

"It's just the way I work" Kurt pouted.

"Sure" Nick smiled, "whatever works for you, I just had you pegged as a neat freak that's all."

Kurt looked up from his notes long enough to stick his tongue out at his friend before turning his attention back to his work.

"How come you haven't got anything constructive to do" he asked.

"Done it" Nick grinned.

"How is that even possible" Kurt asked, "I never see you doing homework and when you're not with us you're with Jeff and I would put money on the fact that you don't spend all your time alone studying."

Nick winked and smiled.

"You know it helps to have an incredibly smart boyfriend" he smirked, "and yes, believe it or not we spend quite a lot of our alone time studying, Jeff's very conscious of his grades you know."

"Who knew" Kurt said in a mocking tone, earning him a grin from Nick.

Sometime later Nick was pulled from his magazine by Kurt's cry of "seriously this is killing me." Kurt had dropped his pen on the desk and was running his hands over his face, groaning as he realised he'd upset his hair.

Closing his magazine and stuffing it back into his bag Nick pulled Kurt's notes across the desk and began to scan them.

"Give yourself a break man, this is really good" he said before handing them back to Kurt, "you're trying too hard, really you just need to calm down."

"Really?" Kurt asked.

"Yes. Really" Nick smiled; "that there is great, just keep doing stuff like that and you'll be fine" he smiled reassuringly.

Kurt smiled at his friend before pulling out his phone and glancing at the time.

"Hey Nick we better get going if we wanna meet the guys for lunch."

"Damn it" Nick cursed looking at his own phone, "you ready?"

"Yeah, just gimmie a minute" Kurt replied while shoving his stuff into his bag, "I just have to put these books away and then I'm right with you."

"Here gimmie some of them" said Nick grabbing a pile off the desk and heading into the shelves.

Jeff carefully reached his hand behind Wes and tapped his shoulder urgently before pulling his hand quickly back to the table top, swinging around Wes looked across the cafeteria in an attempt to see who it was that had poked him, completely missing in the process Jeff swiping a handful of his fries and shoving them unceremoniously into his mouth, Blaine shook his head in amusement from his seat across from them whilst David rolled his eyes at his clueless friend.

"What?" Wes asked turning back to his lunch and finally noticing them all grinning at each other, "what'd I miss?"

"Nothing, nothing" David smirked whilst Jeff wiped his mouth on a napkin.

"Hey where the hell's my lunch" Wes shouted, turning to glare in Jeff's direction before turning his displeased gaze to include both David and Blaine who both held their hands up in surrender.

"Hey don't look at me" Blaine grinned.

"David" Wes asked sullenly, "did you steal my fries?"

"No man" David laughed.

"Right then Sterling by a process of elimination that leaves you" Wes snapped turning to face his friend who was too busy to notice because Nick had just walked into the room with Kurt and they were making their way over to the food queue.

"Jeff are you listening to me" Wes pressed in an exasperated tone.

"You know I don't think he is" David replied for him whilst pushing a large sub into his mouth pieces of its contents dropping onto the table.

"Jeff" Wes tried again shoving him on the shoulder.

"Uh yeah, what?" Jeff asked cluelessly turning back to his friend.

"Oh never mind" Wes moaned returning his attention to his lunch only to find the remains of his sandwich were now also missing.

"Oh very funny, great guys"

Blaine and David had dissolved into fits of giggles whilst Jeff had taken out his phone and was frantically texting.

"What are you up for" Nick asked turning to Kurt who was queuing behind him.

"Dunno" he replied whilst scanning the options in front of him, "salad I guess."

"Again"

"Yeah why? I like it"

"How about a burger or pasta, the pasta looks good"

"Nah, salad will be fine" Kurt replied whilst still looking over the food, missing the shake of Nick's head and the small frown that had appeared on his face.

"Is that your phone" Kurt asked pulling Nick from his thoughts.

"Uh yeah I think so" said Nick whilst he juggled his bag and his tray.

We've pissed off Wes, can you get him some fries. Jxx

Looking up from his phone and over the cafeteria towards his boyfriend Nick beamed as he caught sight of a grinning Jeff.

"What did he do now" Kurt asked from his position beside Nick.

"Not sure but we need to feed Wes apparently"

"Okkayyy"

Blaine moved his bag quickly so that Kurt could sit next to him, dropping it on the floor and kicking it under the table he cleared a space for Kurt to place his tray before turning back to David with whom is was in discussion about a particularly good album he had imported.

"So I hear you guys got a free period" Jeff said sulkily to Kurt as he unloaded his tray.

"Yeah, actually it was great because I got to catch up on some work" Kurt smiled as he unscrewed the top of his water and took a long drag.

"and what did Nick catch up on?"

"Nick didn't need to catch up on anything baby because Nick is fabulous" Nick grinned as he dropped down on the side of Jeff which wasn't occupied by Wes and leaned swiftly in to peck him on the cheek.

"Here" he said sliding a box of fries toward Wes, "I believe these are for you?"

Wes fixed him with a sulky pout before grabbing the food and groaning with pleasure.

"Don't say I never give you anything" Jeff laughed.

"Hey it's your fault it was gone in the first place" Wes retorted through his food, "and you didn't get them, Nick did."

"Same difference" Jeff grinned whilst he squeezed Nick's leg under the table earning him a smirk from his boyfriend.

"Kurt is that all you're eating" Blaine asked once his attention returned from his conversation with David to the table in general.

"Yep"

"Seriously?"

"Yep"

"Do you at least have dessert?"

"If by dessert you mean this lovely shiny apple then yes, I have dessert"

"Kurt" Blaine whined quietly, "come on you need to eat more than this, seriously it can't be good for you, how about I go get you some bread or something?"

"Blaine" Kurt warned, "leave it, I'm fine, honest" he replied with a small smile.

Blaine looked at him concernedly before dropping it, Kurt still looked tired but it wasn't the place to discuss it and he could feel Kurt's defences kicking in, so instead he turned his attentions to Wes and David who were bickering over what movie to watch later that evening.

Kurt stabbed at his salad and considered Blaine's comments, he was tired, he knew he was and worse still he knew he looked it, he knew Blaine was right, he knew he needed to eat something more substantial than a bloody salad but greasy food was never his thing and his stubborn side made him resistant to anyone who tried to push him but he couldn't deny that he was hungry so reaching under the table he squeezed Blaine's hand earning him a puzzled look through warm hazel eyes.

"Actually would you mind getting me some fries" he asked quietly so as not to bring it to the attention of the rest of the table.

"Sure" Blaine rewarded him with a grin and peck on the cheek as he leapt up and made his way over to the food.

"Don't know why you're bothering" Wes grumbled, "they'll steal them before you get the chance to eat them."

Kurt looked at him somewhat taken aback as he hadn't realised anyone else had been listening to his muttered conversation with Blaine but Wes was smiling at him and Kurt didn't feel uncomfortable in the slightest which was a surprise.

"Hey Wes do you maybe fancy coming for a run with me later, I'll need to work these off one way or another."

"I vote for another" smirked Blaine as he dropped the fries down next to Kurt's plate and draped his arm around his shoulders.

"You would" Kurt smiled at him as he stabbed some with his fork and began to slowly chew, his eyes closing in appreciation.

"Sure what time" asked Wes.

"Oh I don't know, say seven."

"Cool"

"What's going on" asked Jeff.

"Kurt and I are going for a run" Wes smiled in Kurt's direction.

"Ooh ooh can I come" Jeff positively bounced in his seat.

"Aren't you on the track team" Kurt asked.

"Yeah so"

"So no, you can't come" Kurt said resolutely.

"Why not?" Jeff said hurt.

"because you'll run rings around us and frankly it'll piss me off" Kurt stated.

Jeff laughed in disbelief, "you're serious?"

"Yep" Kurt replied stuffing more fries into his mouth.

"Really you're serious" Jeff tried again as Nick laughed next to him.

"Aw c'mon Kurt let me come too" Jeff pouted.

"Nope"

"Please"

"Nope"

"Pretty please with sprinkles?"

"Oh well if there's sprinkles."

"Really?"

"Nope"

"Spoil sport" Jeff pouted earning him grins from the rest of the table.