A/N I just wanted to say thank you to all the readers who have subscribed to or made this story one of their favorites. It's knowing that people enjoy my story that makes it worthwhile for me to write new chapters that I know will be enjoyed. Having said that, I'm sure people have noticed my absence from FanFiction as of late and that's due to me taking care of my grandmother who has stage 4 lung cancer. It's a job that never ends but I wouldn't trade the time I've spent with her for the world. Now on to the next chapter.
Kurt drove up an expansive driveway towards the large two-story brownstone home that his GPS had said belonged to the address Sebastian had texted him earlier. Kurt didn't have to be an investigative genius to figure out this was the house he was looking for. There were cars in lines coming down the driveway and even from this distance, Kurt could hear the pounding thrum of a very large (and probably insanely expensive) sound system blaring an electronic beat. 'Being rich does have its perks I guess, when a guy can buy out a whole neighborhood for his large home and huge grounds, he doesn't have to worry about neighbors calling the police for being too loud' Kurt thought wryly.
Kurt parked his Navigator along the driveway, out of the way of any car planning to leave tonight instead of crashing after the party wound down. He didn't want his baby scratched up and there would be hell to pay if it was come morning. Kurt locked his car and walked up the walkway past a hedgerow and a small fountain with the typical fat cherub spitting water skyward. He stopped at the fountain for a moment to check his reflection in the soft rippling pond of water. Kurt wasn't egotistical by any means, being constantly reminded just how undesirable you are by your peers tends to knock any pleasant thoughts about yourself right out the damned window but even he had to admit that tonight he looked good.
Kurt had took his time in preparing his outfit for tonight: a pair of the darkest and tightest black jeans he had in his possession, his preferred skate shoes that were also black, a tight white wife-beater that was covered with a Ralph Lauren button up shirt of a rich emerald green with black pinstripes along his chest and only buttoned halfway up his torso so that his chest definition was on display, completed with his eyebrow piercing (that he had only gotten after losing a bet with Noah, although he now loved it, it had taken a lot of explanation to his dad) and no hat, deciding to let his hair fall naturally with his fringe barely brushing his eyebrow.
Kurt walked up the front stairs of the entryway and seeing that the door was open to allow visitors, walked right in. The music was even louder in here, he could feel the bass thrum through his body, almost like it was vibrating the very core of himself. He ran his hands up and down his arms, feeling the goosebumps forming underneath his touch from the charged atmosphere. He walked through the house, trying to avoid the throngs of people moving in every direction they could go. He was a man on a mission: try and find Sebastian in this huge crowd of people. He finally entered the living area of the house. Scanning the crowd, Kurt honed in on his objective, it wasn't as hard to find Sebastian as he'd originally thought it would be considering Sebastian was standing on a table, gyrating his hips to the pounding beat as he occasionally took a sip out of a red Solo cup.
Kurt pushed his way though the crowd, bypassing a couple who were deeply invested in seeing which one could get the tongue further into the others mouth: 'Ugh, Breeders' Kurt thought, he may have been biased though considering the fact that he wanted to be nowhere in the vicinity of drunken hormonal girls tonight, it would have been Noah's idea of paradise though. Kurt finally reached the table where Sebastian was standing, still blissfully unaware that Kurt was staring up at him with an amused expression. He was soon aware though, especially since Kurt thought it would be a good idea to run the back of his hand up Sebastian's calf muscle. Sebastian spun around and looked down to see who was touching him and immediately broke into a huge grin when he saw Kurt looking back up at him with an eyebrow quirked as if saying 'Well? What are you waiting for?'
Sebastian jumped to the floor and smiled at Kurt again before slinging an arm over his shoulder. "Hey Kurt! I'm glad you could make it. You been here long?"
Kurt shook his head, smiling "I thought you said this was just going to be some of the Warblers? I honestly thought parties with this many people only existed in movies." Sebastian waved it off with his free hand "Most of these people will be gone in a little while, we don't break out the booze till it clears out. Loving the piercing by the way".
Kurt smiled and fiddled with his piercing and said "So, I wanna meet the guy who's in charge, it is his party after all" Sebastian smiled and began leading Kurt through the crowd with his arm still cradling Kurt's shoulder. They eventually stopped in front of a tall blonde teen who was in a what looked to be serious conversation with a shorter brunette guy who obviously didn't know what portion control in regards to hair gel was.
"Jeff? Blaine? I just wanted to introduce you guys to Kurt, he starts at Dalton on Monday and I invited him to party and meet some of the guys." Jeff smiled as Blaine eyed Kurt up and down before giving a small smile and excusing himself, stating he was thirsty. Kurt's eyes followed Blaine as he blended into the crowd, heading in the direction of what was more than likely the kitchen. Kurt didn't have time to think about the polite brushoff he received before Jeff stuck his hand out for a shake which Kurt obliged him with.
"Nice to meet you dude, I'm Jeff, so are you gonna crash here with us men tonight?" Jeff almost seemed impish and mischievous which Kurt took an instant liking to. Kurt nodded "yeah if that's cool with you?" Jeff just shrugged "the more the merrier dude, if Seb here can vouch for you then I don't have a problem. Have fun dude, in the meantime, I gotta start getting this party wound down so it's just the VIPS" Jeff said with a grin, Kurt gave Jeff a laugh and nodded again before Jeff took his leave to start getting people to leave, politely of course.
Kurt turned to Sebastian and shrugged as if saying 'Well what are you gonna do' Sebastian rolled his eyes in a playful manner before placing a hand on the small of Kurt's back and leading him back into the crowd "So I'd say in twenty minutes, this place should be down to about fifteen to twenty people, mostly Warblers, and then we'll show you how we Dalton boys have fun."
Kurt laughed and leaned in to whisper in Sebastian's ear, "I bought a gallon of Vodka and I don't intend to let it go to waste tonight" Kurt wiggled his eyebrows in a corny way to get a laugh out of Sebastian and he wasn't disappointed when the other teen giggled before giving a playful shove to Kurt's shoulder, "you're a dork Kurt". Kurt smiled "if you think I'm a dork then you should get into a conversation about Super Mario with Noah, that man can out-lift and out-flirt anyone at McKinley but if you make fun of Mario, he pouts like a three year old child for hours."
Sebastian laughed "You talked about this Noah guy a few times yesterday, am I sensing some sort of history there?" Kurt couldn't do anything but laugh "Noah? Oh no no no, we're just friends, he helped me a lot over the summer and we became close, if it weren't for him, I may not be here today"
Sebastian had a questioning look on his face but didn't get the chance to ask Kurt what he'd meant before several people bumped into Sebastian on their way out the door, where they were going, he didn't care, but the sooner the better, he never was a big fan of crowds. Kurt and Sebastian walked outside to catch some air and get some space as people began leaving the party, they decided to take a quick walk of the grounds and admire the beauty of nature as it was bathed in moonlight. It was almost romantic, a thought that Kurt didn't know if it made him uncomfortable or not. He had ran through the list of reasons why he liked Sebastian and they were all positive, but he felt rushed if he thought about making a move now, he had just met the guy after all. Still, if later in the evening when he and Sebastian were smashed if something...fun were to happen, Kurt wouldn't object. He had to always be the responsible one and wasn't a party about letting your hair down and having as much fun as you can? With that thought firming his resolve, he decided not to worry about it and for the time being just enjoy Sebastian's company.
"What was that Blaine guys problem?"
"I don't know, to be honest Blaine has always been a really nice kind of guy. Maybe he's just having a bad night or something? I know him pretty well, he's my roommate at Dalton. He's one of the leads in the Warblers too and in the year I've known him he never acted like that before."
Kurt let out a humorless laugh, "I guess he found offense with something about me then. Oh well, his loss I guess."
"Yeah, it is. His loss I mean, you're a pretty okay dude Kurt". Kurt let out a genuine laugh at that "Just okay? Wow now I know where I stand with things." Kurt joked as his smile gave him away. Sebastian smiled back and nudged Kurt with his shoulder, "Okay okay, you're... well to be honest, you're an awesome guy, such fire and passion in such a small package. You're a force to be reckoned with"
Kurt spoke without thinking "I may come in a small package but that doesn't mean my package is small" Kurt blanched when he realized what he said. Sebastian had turned a very peculiar shade of pink but seemed like he hadn't minded.
"Sorry, spoke without thinking." Kurt looked embarrassed as he ran a hand across the back of his neck: a nervous habit he had picked up from Finn.
"It's cool, it makes me even more curious." Sebastian had the look of a confident flirt with his eyebrow raised and a cute smirk playing on his mouth but he was hoping and praying that Kurt didn't laugh in his face, Sebastian had never minded acting stupid before, he was a teenage boy after all, but he really hoped Kurt wouldn't take his flirting as humorous and dismiss him like other guys had. Sometimes he wondered what he would be like if he had taken his grandparents' offer to let him live with them in Paris for a few years. The French people after all were renown lovers and even better flirts. Maybe if he had a few French boys as notches on his bedpost he wouldn't feel like a complete idiot flirting with Kurt. Nevertheless, practice makes perfect.
Kurt raised an eyebrow of his own before letting the subject drop as they witnessed a fight break out between two teenagers a few yards away. It was broken up pretty quickly by bystanders but Kurt felt the moment was ruined. Sebastian nodded his head in the direction of the house and Kurt nodded, falling into step beside Sebastian as they traversed the large grounds on their way back to the party.
The party had indeed wound down to just over a dozen guys all milling around in the living area while Jeff fiddled with the sound system to reduce the volume so that he could speak.
"Okay guys, now that it's just the kickass people here" Jeff paused as a couple of guys cheered before continuing "we can now break out the alcohol, I'm not stingy by any means but even with all the money I have, I could never get that many people drunk" Jeff said as he gestured towards the door that only minutes before, almost a hundred people had walked out of.
"Before we get started though, we have a new guy with us tonight, his name's Kurt and he starts Monday, play nice with the newbie, from what Seb tells me he could whoop any one of our asses." Jeff had meant to be joking but Sebastian had told him a few things beforehand and it impressed the hell out of Jeff, still the other guys needed a fair warning not to be dicks to a guy who anyone would underestimate which was ultimately Kurt's biggest advantage when it came to fighting.
Several of the guys in attendance glanced over at Kurt, some lingering, others assessing but what surprised Kurt most was that none were judging. Kurt smiled at them all and nodded his head at those who had caught his eye. Kurt excused himself to run out to his car and grab his overnight provisions, just a change of clothes to sleep in, phone charger and of course the vodka, before he walked back into the house to find Sebastian in deep conversation with Blaine, not noticing his return, Kurt traversed the room to ask Jeff where he could stash his stuff and what Jeff wanted done with the alcohol. Jeff showed him upstairs to one of the many guestrooms, before walking back downstairs with Kurt in tow and showing him a large circular pail full to the brim with ice and beer. Kurt noticed several different choices: Tequila, Rum, Beer in cans and glass bottles and even some mixers to be added to the hard alcohol of his choice, Kurt had to jam the large bottle down into the ice before noticing that several guys had already began drinking, Sebastian was still talking to Blaine so Kurt found the stack of Solo cups set off to the side on a table with other alcohol related accessories such as straws, juices and even frilly umbrellas which Kurt had to stop and take a moment to chuckle about. Kurt filled his glass just over halfway with ice and orange juice with a splash of cranberry before grabbing the chilling bottle of vodka in the large pail and pouring a generous helping of liquid courage into his glass.
After the first sip and a satisfied sigh escaping his lips, Kurt began to walk the room as it were and start introducing himself to his future classmates, finding some to be genuinely sweet and open and some who were distant aloof and cold, no doubt a side effect of their privileged upbringing. Even at a party with just other teenage boys, those guys felt they had to remain superior to everyone else in existence. Kurt chuckled again, thinking that if he could fix them a few drinks, they would be laughing and making fools of themselves by nights' end. Kurt had began discussing show choir with a larger guy named Trent who Kurt had found to be very kind and seemed genuinely happy to meet someone new, when Sebastian walked up beside him, carrying a glass of his own, sipping occasionally and listening to Kurt and Trent who had moved on to the topic of Daltons' academics after Kurt had indulged that it would only be a slim chance of him joining the Warblers this semester as he wanted to get used to the school and the curriculum before joining any clubs.
"You might want to think about joining at least one club right away Kurt, Dalton has its own chapter of PFLAG and we meet every Friday afternoon to discuss all sorts of topics relating to LGBTQ issues." Sebastian said after taking a long drag from his cup. Kurt looked shocked for a moment. "You mean Dalton has a PFLAG chapter? I wouldn't think any school within a hundred miles of this place would come anywhere close to acceptance on those levels."
Sebastian smiled indulgently "Kurt, a lot of guys at Dalton will be movers and shakers in society after graduation, some will have money and power and as intelligent gentlemen, they saw the way the wind was blowing, times are changing Kurt, by the time most of the guys graduate college even more progress will have been made towards our cause, it's better for these guys to learn now what it means to accept someone rather than later after some huge scandal has ruined their careers."
Kurt looked shocked but after a moment decided to just be happy about the fact and let it go, he drained the last bit of his drink before excusing himself back to the drink table to fix himself a new one.
"I'm sorry to have eavesdropped but can I just say that I'm also a part of yours and Sebastian's cause and the PFLAG chapter has really helped me at Dalton, I'm also sorry for the rude introduction earlier, I just have a lot on my mind." Blaine said as he stepped beside Kurt to which Kurt only smiled and waved away Blaine's concerns. "It's alright Blaine, I've had those days too, ones where you have no idea you've been doing anything because your mind is so preoccupied." Kurt noted the small look of concern that crossed Blaine's features before they were wiped away behind a polite and genuine smile.
"You seem to be the only thing people are talking about tonight Kurt, can't say that I blame them" Sebastian said as he closed behind Kurt and placed a hand on his shoulder. Sebastian felt the muscles underneath his fingers tense before slowly relaxing as Kurt turned his head to smile at Sebastian. "Believe me, they'll all be sick to death of talking about me come sunrise." Blaine took his leave again as he walked over to Trent, giving Kurt and Sebastian some privacy.
"I don't know about that Kurt, people are intrigued, I mean a guy just transfers in in the middle of a semester and no one really knows that much about you, people love a good mystery." Kurt just shrugged off the comment as he went to work preparing another drink for himself as Sebastian peered over his shoulder to watch him work.
"What are you making?"
"An orange screwdriver with a splash of cranberry: simplistic? Yes. Delicious? Absolutely" Kurt said with a definite manner while Sebastian smiled at him before offering his glass "Make me one?" Kurt nodded and set to work on another drink as he felt Sebastian's presence shift to be in front of him, across the table.
"So what do you think of the Warblers? Fun group huh?" Sebastian said as he watched Kurt's nimble hands pouring the contents needed for Sebastian's drink. Kurt smiled and nodded as he put the finishing touches on his creation.
"Yeah they're pretty nice, I even talked to Blaine a little bit, I didn't know he was gay but he suggested the PFLAG meetings too, he seemed like a nice guy." Sebastian agreed "Yeah he's been my roommate for two years now and he's never been anything but nice." The tone that Sebastian had intrigued Kurt as he sensed that something was amiss with Sebastian's statement, like there was more to the story and if Sebastian had taught Kurt anything tonight it was that people loved a good mystery.
The Party continued on for several hours with more drinking and games, the night really took off when the karaoke machine was brought out and they had their own version of Idol with Kurt as the lovable yet critical Simon. Kurt spoke to several more of the Warblers and by the time the party started winding down at around three A.M., Kurt was on friendly terms with most of the guys, even Blaine had spoken with Kurt at length about the newest Vogue issue after being surprised when Kurt stated his interest in high fashion. With the way Kurt looked tonight Blaine would have assumed Kurt was more into the male models rather than the clothes they wore but he was pleasantly surprised when they spoke for almost an hour about the newest fall lines.
Kurt had been drinking for several hours at this point and as such was pretty drunk, after the whole "Bambi" incident the year prior, Kurt had swore off alcohol but of course, Noah had annoyed Kurt to no end until Kurt had taken it back up after learning several tips from Noah about how to hold his liquor better.
Sebastian had milled around, talking to his friends for most of the night, occasionally coming over to check in with Kurt to see how he was enjoying himself. Sebastian had given Kurt his space tonight, just because he wanted to go out with Kurt it didn't mean he was going to crowd him, he wanted Kurt to come to him. He had noticed that the more Kurt drank, the more he like to touch people: a friendly touch on the arm or a sideways hug with an arm draped casually over Sebastian's waist. It almost seemed intimate but Sebastian wasn't going to look too much into it. As the night wound down though and people started to stumble to their rooms, only several people were left, with Kurt and Sebastian amongst them. After Kurt told the remaining party goers he was going to bed, he walked up the stairway with Sebastian. As they reached Kurt's room, he turned around to face Sebastian and smile up at him.
"I had a good time tonight Seb, thank you for this"
"No problem Kurt, I was worried you wouldn't enjoy yourself" Kurt shook his head.
"Well I think it's time for this guy to go pass out but before I do I wanted to do something."
Sebastian didn't have a chance to respond before Kurt slipped a hand behind Sebastian's neck and pulled him close before kissing him softly with a small moan. Sebastian kissed back, letting his intention be known that he was interested and they stood in Kurt's doorway for several minutes kissing before pulling away from each other. Kurt pecked Seb again once more before putting a hand on his cheek.
"We'll talk more in the morning about this if you want?"
Sebastian could only nod with a smile on his face before pecking Kurt on the lips one last time for the night. "I'll be here"
Kurt smiled and walked into the bedroom, softly closing the door behind himself. Sebastian leaned his back against the door, touching his lips with his fingertips and smiling wide before pushing off the door and walking down the hallway, not noticing the sad hazel eyes following him down the hall before looking at the floor and walking away.