Author Note: As usual I don't own anything, only plot. Sorry its been so long since the last update. No excuses just apologies. Anyhow, this is a bit of a jump as I thought I needed to move the story along a bit so were now at sectionals. Hope it works for everyone...
Also, this is the first song I've tried to fit into the text so it feels a little clumsy. Sorry.
Kurt cast a glance down the row of suited boys, proud eyes falling on his beaming boyfriend who was wearing an amped up version of his usual charming smile, the spot light hitting him just right to highlight his perfect jaw and shining eyes, his chest rising and falling with deep breaths as he stood revelling in the roar of the crowd as they finished their first song of the evening. Smiling widely Blaine turned his head and winked in Kurt's direction causing a flush to creep up his cheeks which he would later blame on the dance routine, Kurt winked back saucily before stepping into position for their show stopper.
Positioned at the left hand side of the stage, Kurt, Jeff and David stood close to the foot lights, Jeff's arm slung around Kurt's shoulders as they looked toward another group positioned as their mirror image which consisted of Blaine, Wes and Nick; the rest of the Warblers were staggered in lines behind them.
The main flank of Warblers began the main beat as Team Blaine moved across the stage singing to the audience and gesturing toward Team Kurt who were watching them with a look of amusement and feigned disinterest.
Do ya, do ya, do ya love me
Do ya need a little time?
Do ya, do ya, do ya want me
Oh to hold ya when you cry
Do ya, do ya, do ya do ya love me
Don't wanna hear you say may-ay-ay-be
Won't you tell me do ya love me coz I wanna know
Kurt, Jeff and David smirked at them before stepping across the stage to meet them head on.
I'm making a list of things that I'll miss whenever we're far apart
The way that you kiss, the taste of your lips I'm telling you from the heart
Blaine, Nick and Wes had to begin taking steps backward as the trio advanced, making playful gestures to both them and the audience as they got nearer before Blaine's team started to advance again as the chorus kicked in.
Coz
Baby, I just wanna know
Do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya love me
Do you feel it in your bones
Do ya, do ya dream about me
Oh, when you're sleeping on your own
Do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya love me
Don't wanna hear you say may-ay-ay-be
Won't you tell me do ya love me
Coz I wanna know
Blaine, Wes and Nick ended by falling to their knees and making pleading gestures toward Team Kurt who were shining their knuckles on their lapels and looking fairly disinterested in the other group before turning to them and singing back at them whilst making their way across the stage toward the beseeching trio.
I'm making a list of things that i'll miss whenever we're far apart
The way that you kiss, the taste of your lips I'm telling you from the heart
Team Blaine was back on their feet
COZ
Baby, I just wanna know
Both teams now in line with the rest of the Warblers, who were all clapping in unison encouraging the now standing audience to keep the steady beat,
Do ya, do ya, do ya love me
Do you need a little time
Do ya, do ya, do ya want me
Oh, to hold ya when you cry
Do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya love me
Don't wanna hear you say may-ay-ay-be
Won't you tell me do ya love me
Coz I wanna know
Kurt, Jeff and David ran to the front
I'm making a list of things that i'll miss whenever we're far apart
The way that you kiss, the taste of your lips, I'm telling you from the heart
Joined by Blaine, Nick and Wes who threw their arms around the other trio's shoulders,
COZ, BABY I JUST WANNA KNOW
Do ya, do ya, do ya
Do ya love me
Blaine brought his hands to his chest, fists clenched as he danced and pleaded with Kurt who had begun to walk away again as he traced him across the stage,
SO TELL ME DO YA LOVE ME
SO DO YOU LOVE ME
COZ I WANNA KNOW
All
Do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya love me
Don't wanna hear you say may-ay-ay-be
Kurt - Won't you tell me do ya love me
All - Woah oh
Blaine - Do you really love me
Jeff - So tell me
All
Do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya love me coz I wanna know
Do ya love me coz I wanna know
Oh
Do ya love me coz I wanna know
In the darkness breathing deeply Kurt reached out and squeezed his boyfriends hand quickly before the house lights rose again and they took their bows, a firm squeeze was returned as his reward along with a dazzling smile. Letting Blaine's hand drop and placing his own behind his back again in its finishing position Kurt cast a quick glance toward Jeff who was sporting a wide smile and slightly dishevelled hair, he was positively quivering with adrenaline and Kurt didn't know whether to feel sorry for or jealous of Nick once they managed to get off stage.
From what he could tell everyone seemed happy with the performance it certainly seemed to go flawlessly in his opinion but then as it was his first competition with them he didn't have anything to compare it to. Wes certainly looked elated which had to be a good thing and David's dopey grin whilst he took in the applause was enough to make Kurt smile until his face hurt.
Eventually the lights went down for the last time and they were free to break ranks and celebrate with a very un-Dalton like group hug which rapidly turned into a disorganised scrum, highlighted with "yeah" and "get in" from its centre.
Kurt had found Blaine and was instantly pulled to his side protectively as David, Wes and Nick wrapped their arms around them while more Warblers joined from behind, Jeff choosing instead to bounce around the edge of the group whooping loudly and jumping on anyone's back who wasn't quick enough to dodge him.
Eventually Wes broke up the celebration and hustled them to the side of the stage to straighten themselves out before they took their seats in the audience to watch the New Directions perform. Kurt was pretty certain that the earlier group weren't much of a threat; they had been okay but hadn't set the world on fire but he knew from experience that his old club could certainly pull it out of the bag when necessary.
Taking a moment to grin and wave at Finn across the stage he allowed himself to be tugged away by Blaine and was swallowed up by the gang of blazers making their way out front.
"Blaine hang on" Kurt whispered, he had stopped as they made their way through the auditorium doors and Blaine had tugged slightly on his hand to encourage him through before realising that Kurt wasn't coming with him, other Warblers pushing past them as they made their way to their seats.
"What's up babe?"
"You were great tonight, I just wanted you to know" Kurt said with a blush and a small smile.
Blaine watched as Kurts blush became more pronounced, a huge smile spreading immediately across his features, his eyes glowing with love and adoration.
"God I love you" he smiled pulling his boyfriend into a tight hug whilst managing to ignore the bumps and knocks as people trailed past them.
"I love you too"
Pulling back Blaine lost himself in Kurt's eyes before he felt a disturbing whisper at his ear, a sensation which shouldn't be there seeing as Kurt was standing directly in front of him and no-one else's lips had any business being that close to him.
"I hate to break this up" came a sultry whisper "but do you think I could trouble you two to sit the hell down" Wes snapped against his ear making Blaine shudder.
"Man please don't ever do that again" he said turning to his grinning friend who was high fiving David, Kurt looking over his shoulder at the pair with an amused look of his own. Blaine shuddered once more before tugging Kurt after the duo and dropping into their seats beside them. Nick and Jeff were behind and Kurt immediately sat to the edge of his seat chewing on his thumb nail as the lights went down and the music began.
Wes hated to admit it but the New Directions were actually pretty good, they were a much looser group than the formal set up of the Warblers and despite the clearly favoured lead singers most of the group managed to get a moment of dancing toward the front of the group. Flexing his hands on his knees he glanced toward Kurt who was transfixed on the stage and considered how he used to fit into the random bunch on stage; remembering when Kurt had told them all that he was never really featured for performances despite the odd lead in class, Wes simply couldn't see how they could have over looked his skills and winced slightly bringing his attention back to the stage as the girl currently singing hit a slightly off note as she reached for the high note. David was next to him tapping his fingers nervously on his legs, eyes trained on the performance shifting quickly back and forth trying to take in everything that each individual was doing, which was difficult as they moved around the stage so damn quickly.
Blaine on the other hand really hadn't been paying too much attention to the performance on stage, content instead to keep his attention fixed on his boyfriend's reactions and Kurt was obviously enjoying himself enormously although at times the glint in his eyes dimmed and he looked almost melancholy before catching one of Finn's stumbles or Pucks over exaggerated movements and grinning widely again. Blaine's hand had found Kurt's almost as soon as they'd taken their seats and he was yet to let it go, he had been immensely proud of Kurt's performance this evening and fully intended on telling him so once they had five minutes to themselves. Giving his boyfriend's hand a quick squeeze Blaine was rewarded with Kurt's attention being turned on him for a fleeting moment and a bright smiled beamed his way before he was once again lost to the performance.
"Nick"
Jeff leant across the arm of his boyfriend's seat attempting and failing to gain his attention with a non-too subtle whisper.
Valiantly trying to ignore his boyfriend and concentrate on the performance Nick tried to zone out Jeff's whisperings and focus on the stage.
"Nick" Jeff repeated persistently this time accompanying his slightly louder whisper with a pointed poke to his arm.
"What?" Nick hissed quietly still looking forward but leaning his ear closer to Jeff so that he could hear his response over the song.
Jeff poked his arm again eventually managing to get Nick's full attention, "over there, look, five rows down"
"Jeff it's dark, I can't see what you're looking at" Nick huffed still doing his best to watch the performance although his eyes were squinting into the darkness of the stalls trying to pick out who Jeff was gesturing toward.
Jeff was animatedly waving his hand in the direction of his vision whilst trying to line Nick's gaze with his own, "over there Nick, come on tell me you can see him too right?"
"Jeff just tell me who it is already"
"It's Karofsky" Jeff hissed and Nick looked between his boyfriend and the stalls quickly before fully focussing in the direction Jeff had pointed.
"Are you sure?"
"Certain"
Nick and Jeff continued to watch the area as New Directions continued to belt out their pieces, "Who is he with?" Nick murmured leaning further forward.
"I dunno I can't see properly, ask Wes..."
Casually leaning forward Nick poked Wes in the shoulder rolling his eyes in frustration when Wes failed to turn around, glancing back toward Jeff he was encouraged to give it another try with a wave of Jeff's hand although his concentration was still focused on the figure.
Braced on the back of Wes's chair Nick put his head in between Wes and David's, "Wes I need to talk to you?"
"What now?" he hissed back still focused on the stage.
"Yeah kinda"
"Dude can't this wait?" David mumbled incredulously, "it's really not a good time for a chat right now."
"Actually no, it can't, Karofskys here"
Wes was the first to respond to this revelation, aware of the disapproving noises around him from other audience members but temporarily forgetting his manners and carrying on his whispered conversation with Nick regardless of good graces.
"Where?"
Nick shoved his arm through the gap between them and pointed in the general direction as Jeff had done earlier, "down there but we don't know who he's with."
"Does Kurt know he's here?" David murmured.
"I don't think so; he hasn't taken his eyes of the stage"
"Tell Blaine but for god's sake Nick do it subtly" Wes directed unable to do it himself as Kurt was separating them where he sat.
Blaine swatted at his ear with his free hand which wasn't caught up in Kurt's as he felt a persistent nudging at the back of his head, looking over his shoulder he was greeted by the extremely close up face of his friend, "what the hell Nick?"
Glancing quickly at Kurt to make sure he was distracted Nick leant close and again explained the fact that Karofsky was in the audience at which Blaine's gaze shot across the seating to confirm it for himself.
"Shit"
"Did he see him?" Jeff asked leaning into his boyfriend, "yeah, he did"
"So does he know who he's with?"
"I don't know baby give it a moment" Nick replied resting a hand on Jeff's knee to calm him down before they got thrown out.
Wes and David had taken to glancing back and forth between the performance and the seating area whilst Jeff and Nick had given up on the performance entirely and were purely caught up in staring at Karofsky whilst trying to figure out why the hell he was there.
Jeff and Nick exchanged a glance as they saw Blaine's posture tense before he turned his head over this shoulder and beckoned Nick to lower his head again to his level.
"It's Christian"
Nick blanked as he looked quickly between the figures and Blaine who confirmed his statement with a sharp nod of his head, his own eyes flicking quickly to Kurt who was still gloriously oblivious to their conversation.
Nick took a breath and rocked back into his seat before leaning forward again and placing his head once again between David and Wes who kept their eyes front but leant back simultaneously to better hear what Nick was saying, "he's with Christian."
Wes span his head round so hard he almost cracked foreheads with Nick, "you're kidding right?" earning him an unbelieving look for his trouble.
Blaine was subtly trying to catch Wes's eye when Kurt turned to him with a puzzled expression, "what's up?"
"Nothing baby" he returned with a smile and a squeeze of his hand, "they're pretty good huh" nodding towards the stage.
"Yeah, yeah they are" and Kurt was suitably distracted back to the performance whilst Blaine peered around him and had a silent conversation with Wes.
New Directions finished up to riotous applause and the audience began to rise following the announcement of a short intermission, bodies moving and blocking the view to the boys they had been watching; Kurt stood and tugged his blazer into position whilst looking around the auditorium for his former friends.
"Hey where are you off too?" Wes asked suddenly upon realising that Kurt was about to leave, "Um off to find Finn" Kurt answered slowly as if it was obvious and Wes was being a bit slow.
"Don't you think we should stick together" Jeff piped in from behind him as Blaine tugged on his hand in an attempt to pull him back into his seat.
"Uh no. I'm sure you guy's will be fine for ten minutes while I go and find Finn"
"Yes but you might not be" David mumbled earning him a swift kick and a glare from Wes.
Laughing Kurt looked down at him, "I appreciate your concern David but I think I know my way around here just fine thank you" causing David to shift uncomfortably in his seat.
"Look I'll be back in a bit okay" as he turned to walk away he realised that his hand was still held in a tight grip by his boyfriend, "Ah Blaine are you gonna let go of me?" he smiled asking the question before realising that he really wasn't letting go.
"Honey, I need by hand"
"Blaine"
Still holding tight Blaine stood and smiled stiltedly, "how about I come with you?"
"Sure if you want" Kurt replied somewhat confused but liking the fact his boyfriend wanted to spend time with his other friends.
"That's a great idea Blaine, you go with Kurt, we'll ah just hang here" Wes agreed a little too enthusiastically and Kurt looked at him and then to the rest with a puzzled eyes.
"On second thoughts perhaps you lot won't be alright without me, your crazy is showing even more than usual" and with a last look at each one he pulled Blaine in the direction of the exit.
"C'mon Nick lets go" said Jeff urging his boyfriend out of his seat and pushing him along after the couple at a subtle distance, "we'll loose them."
"Jeff it's not a spy movie okay, we're just keeping an eye on them, you really need to calm down"
"Shut up and move"
Nick shook his head but allowed Jeff to push him into the cafeteria area where most people had congregated for the evenings break. Jeff was standing on his toes trying to catch a glimpse of Kurt, Karofsky or Christian, not even attempting to see Blaine who being shorter would be harder to see through the dense crowd.
"See them?"
"No but I think I see Finn"
Unceremoniously dragged through the crowd Nick was bumped and nudged as Jeff towed him quickly in the direction of where he had seen Finn chatting to Puck.
"Hey Finn..."
"FINN"
"Oh hey guys" he smiled clapping a hand to Jeff's shoulder and pulling him into a hug before doing the same with a dishevelled Nick.
"Hey Blondie" Puck smirked pulling him in as soon as he was released by Finn earning him a sideways glance from Nick which he returned with a smirk and a nod, "dude."
"Hey"
"Have you seen Kurt?"
"I think he's with Burt" Finn replied looking across the heads of everyone and pointing towards the opposite side of the room where Burt and Carole stood next to the windows chatting with Kurt and probably Blaine.
"Good, that's good" Jeff nodded whilst he looked in the direction Finn was pointing, the two of them being tall enough to see.
"Where are Wes and David" Finn asked after suddenly realising that they usually came as a package deal and two of the merry band were missing.
"Um they're keeping an eye on something" Jeff answered his attention still on his friends across the room.
"Very cryptic Blondie" Puck grinned
Nick glared at him before nudging his boyfriend; upon gaining his attention he flicked his eyes in Finn's direction prompting him to tell the truth, "Um, actually they're watching Karofsky" Jeff admitted.
"He's here?"
"Yeah, we saw him earlier in the audience, actually he's sitting with a guy from Dalton and we're not sure why" Nick clarified for the blank looking pair, "the guy's a dick and he's been trying to stir up trouble at school, so we're keeping an eye on him"
"What do you mean trouble" Finn asked, eyes flicking back to his brother across the room.
"He's just a douche Finn, it's nothing we can't handle but we're not sure why he's here, he's not a Warbler and it's not exactly local for a night out"
"So Batman and Robin are stalking them huh"
"Well yeah" Nick shrugged as if it was the most natural statement in the world.
"Good, guys a prick, I hate him already" Puck put in, although his attention was also off across the room taking in Kurt's location whilst scanning the rest of the room for Karofsky.
"You were great guys" Carole smiled pulling Kurt into a tight embrace, swiftly followed by an expectant Blaine who was used to Carole's mannerisms and was completely thrilled by the way he had been accepted into their family.
"Thanks"
"So I guess this is kinda hard for you guys now huh, what with Finn and I being on different teams and all..." Kurt teased.
Carole regarded her stepson with a smile "Oh no sweetheart, whoever wins we'll be pleased"
"Besides Carole made me buy a McKinley pom pom and a Dalton flag to wave during performances so no favourite's right" Burt added with a wry smile in his wife's direction earning him a playful shoulder nudge and a gleaming smile for his trouble.
Kurt looked around at the many faces in the room catching sight of Finn who was looking directly at him and returned his gaze with an eager wave.
"Go on kid, go see your brother, we'll see you all after" Burt smiled.
Grabbing Blaine's hand and smiling in his parents direction Kurt turned and started weaving their way through the crowd, smiling and waving to various people he recognised as they went before slowing to a stop and turning to face his boyfriend.
"You go see Finn I'll just be a minute"
"Hey no, where are you going" Blaine resisted as Kurt pulled away.
"Honey I have to use the rest room, I'll catch up okay"
"I'll come with you..."
"You know there is such a thing as spending too much time together" Kurt laughed as he pushed Blaine toward his gangly brother and disappeared into the crowd with a laugh. Blaine watched him disappear before turning and pushing forward toward his goal.
"Where's Kurt?" Nick asked as soon as Blaine appeared through the crowd.
"Ditched me for the men's room"
"and you let him get away?" Jeff asked seriously, "you're supposed to be keeping him under surveillance Blaine; you're the worst spy ever"
"Calm down baby, he's just gone to the men's room, how much trouble can he get into?" Nick soothed although he was bouncing on his toes trying to catch of glimpse of his friend through the thick crowd.
"You guys have clearly never gone to public school" Puck chuckled absently before realising what he had actually said as he noticed the troubled looks which had immediately appeared on Finn and Blaine's faces as their gazes locked together and subsequently turned in the direction where Kurt had disappeared.
Author Note: Song - Do ya by McFly (which I clearly don't own either). Any mistakes are mine. It's pretty late in the UK so bit tired for editing. Next chapter is written so should be up soon. x
Prequel is four chapters written if anyone's interested and will start posting once I get up to ten. Basically goes back to how they all met so will pretty much be Kurt free until later chapters so is mainly a Niff/Dalton story.