Like Ships in the Night
CHAPTER 3: Chasing Cars.
If I lay here. If I just lay here. Would you lie with me and just forget the world.
-Snow Patrol
Heyy everyone! So I'm begging anyone who reads this to review because I would LOVE feedback (good or bad. . . but preferably good) :) Or even a simple confirmation that SeBlaine is the hottest thing there is. I have been here and there about this chapter, but in the end, I liked it—let me know if its any good, k?
Disclaimer- I don't own Glee. Or Sebastian or Blaine. But I wish I could own Grant and Darren. . . ;)
On the ride over to dinner, Blaine couldn't help but look over at Sebastian driving. He had cleaned up pretty nice since the lacrosse game—his hair was slicked back to perfection and he only wore the button up white shirt of his Dalton uniform, leaving his tie and jacket in the back seat. After an awfully long silence Blaine decided to speak first, "This is a really nice car Sebastian," Blaine said quietly. And he knew that "really nice" was an understatement for the beautiful Mercedes Benz that he was sitting in.
"Thanks," Sebastian smiled. "Its one of the perks of having a state attorney as a father."
"What does your mom do?" Blaine asked.
"She works in the fashion industry, she lives in Paris so I don't see her too often," Sebastian said shrugging. "But I do get the latest collections." Could Sebastian's life be any more perfect? Blaine thought.
"Oh so you live with your dad."
"Well if by "live with" you mean he owns the house, then yes I do. But he is always traveling and besides that he has an apartment for his fiancé that he normally stays in," Sebastian's tone was bitter.
"Oh", Blaine knew that he had struck a nerve and decided to change the subject, "So where are you taking me for dinner?"
"Right here", Sebastian parked outside of Le Pre Verre.
Blaine's mouth hung open, Le Pre Verre was the only five-star restaurant in the area around Lima, and meals there cost more than Blaine's phone. "Sebastian, I cant, I. . . I'm not dressed for an expensive French restaurant!" Blaine exclaimed.
"You look sexy as hell," Sebastian said smirking, making Blaine feel a little bit better. The two young men walked into the restaurant and Sebastian smiled when he saw the hostess. Before Blaine knew it, the two were laughing and conversing in French, then he saw the older man grab two menus, "Follow me," said Sebastian smoothly. They were seated at a table for two next to the windows beautiful view of the river.
"How did you. . . how did you do that?" Blaine asked, still in shock.
"The restaurant owner is a friend of my parents, well, back when they were married," I used to come here every other weekend growing up."
"And you speak fluent French?"
"Well I did live in Paris for 4 years," said Sebastian, reveling in Blaine's amazement. Sebastian ordered the pair of them dinner and dessert (Blaine could NOT read French), and the two chatted endlessly about their respective glee clubs, books, and other friend topics as they enjoyed delicious French cuisine. When Blaine finally checked his phone he was shocked by what time it was, how have we been sitting here for 3 hours? He also saw that he had no new texts from Kurt. Almost as if he was reading his mind, Sebastian started to pry, "So. . . where is the boyfriend today?"
"Oh, Kurt is spending time with Rachel, I think she's having boy drama or something."
"Sounds really important," Sebastian said sarcastically. "But I am glad he let you off leash for a night." Blaine didn't know if Sebastian had any other modes besides flirt-mode.
"I am too," Blaine said hesitantly. "But I don't think I'm going to tell him about this "friend-date"."
Sebastian smiled deviously, "Why ever not? Its not like you have anything to hide, Blaine."
"Kurt just wouldn't understand," Blaine said shrugging.
"Oh I think it would be pretty clear that you spent all afternoon and evening with a guy that he absolutely cant stand. Doesn't he trust you?" Sebastian smirked and he knew he was right, but Blaine didn't want to give him the satisfaction.
"Kurt just doesn't know you," Blaine said, lying through his teeth, and now he was questioning if Kurt actually trusted him enough. Sebastian burst out laughing.
"Blaine, I have spurned multiple gay men before, and I know the look on ones face when they despise me." Not being able to argue with that, Blaine grabbed his coat as Sebastian footed the bill. Blaine tried to give him the $20 in his pocket, but Sebastian refused to accept it. "This is my treat," Sebastian said smiling. When they walked out into the parking lot, the noticed that it had started to rain.
"Shit," Blaine said, as a smile spread across his face. And the two ran to Sebastian's car laughing as they were both getting completely drenched. When they got in the car, and shook off like wet dogs, Sebastian asked Blaine directions to his house, "I cant wait to see where the glorious Blaine Anderson lives," he said shivering. After almost an hour of being drenched in Sebastian's car, they finally pulled up at Blaine's house.
"Do you want to come in?" Blaine asked impulsively, knowing Sebastian would take it the wrong way.
"Blaine Anderson," Sebastian said, putting a hand over his heart in an overdramatic gesture, "I believe you have a boyfriend."
"No, no," Blaine said. "I just thought you might want to come in and dry off for a bit before you drive all the way back." Sebastian simply nodded as he and Blaine got out of the Mercedes and ran once again into the Anderson household. As Blaine shut the door behind them, he noticed that the house was terribly quiet. "I guess my parents are out." Blaine checked his phone again and saw that there was a message from his mom saying that she and his dad were staying over at their Aunts house helping her with her flooded basement.
"Where's the bathroom?" Sebastian asked. "I could really use a warm towel." He was still shivering.
"Up the stairs to your left." Sebastian almost ran up to the warmth of the bathroom. Blaine grabbed Sebastian a blanket from his couch to give him when he came downstairs. "I really hope you don't have hypothermia or anything!" Blaine shouted up the stairs laughing, he could hear Sebastian laugh from upstairs. His laugh was like honey, smooth and sweet and melodious. Blaine lingered there at the bottom of the stairs contemplating it before he eventually went into the kitchen to start a pot of coffee for the two of them. He pulled the Starbucks beans from out of the freezer and poured water into the coffee pot. Then, Blaine heard his phone buzz and saw that it was a text from Kurt: missed you today blainey bear 333. Kurt. Blaine had completely forgotten about him since dinner, in fact, he hadn't really thought of Kurt since seeing him at school earlier. Sebastian's presence was like an aphrodisiac, when Blaine was with him he was completely in the moment, studying the wonder that was Sebastian Smythe. When he heard footsteps behind him, Blaine snapped the phone shut.
"Boo," Sebastian said smiling. Blaine couldn't help but notice that Sebastian was wearing Blaine's flannel shirt and a pair of his sweatpants that had always been too long.
"How do you always manage to look. . . "
"What?" Sebastian asked smiling. "Sexy, gorgeous, hot. . . "
"Effortless" Blaine said.
"What are you trying to hide from me. . . " Sebastian asked suspiciously. Before Blaine knew it, Sebastian started tickling him and swiped his phone from off of the kitchen counter. Once he opened the phone, Sebastian burst out giggling. "Blainey bear?" Blaine's face went ridiculously red with embarrassment. "What is he, your boyfriend or your wife?"
"Kurt likes pet names," Blaine said, still blushing.
"And what do you like Blaine?" Sebastian asked as he got within kissing distance from Blaine's face.
"Umm.. . . I . . . well. . . coffee?" it was the only word Blaine could get of his mouth. Sebastian backed off slowly and smiled again, knowing he had gotten under Blaine's skin.
"Anyway, I hope you don't mind if I borrow these clothes for the night. There was no way I was wearing my Warbler uniform home, that thing is frozen solid."
"No its fine," Blaine said as he offered Sebastian a cup of Decaf coffee after Sebastian had wrapped the blanket around his shoulders.
"You're shivering too," Sebastian observed. Blaine only then noticed that he was still dripping wet.
"Oh yeah I guess I am," Blaine said. "I'm gonna run up to my room and get changed." Blaine hurried up to his room and dug through his closet and pulled out his old Dalton sweatshirt and a pair a grey sweatpants. Even after being rid of his frozen attire, Blaine was still cold and shivering, and he started to wonder if his parents were ever going to get a heating system for their house.
"Blaine?" Sebastian knocked on his bedroom door. "Thanks for the coffee, but I should probably head home."
"Ok. . . " Part of Blaine wanted to just wave goodbye and let Sebastian walk right back out into the rain, get in his Mercedes, and drive the hour back home. But the part that overwhelmed him was screaming Let him stay! As Sebastian started to walk towards the stairs, Blaine called out to him, "Sebastian?" The tall warbler hurried back to Blaine's room?
"What is it, Blaine? Afraid to spend the night alone?" Sebastian asked smirking.
"Yes, kind of," Blaine lied. He spent the night home by himself at least once a week. He also knew that he could use his boxing power to kick anyone's ass that broke into the house.
"Ok, well, Ill stay then," Sebastian said sweetly, dropping the flirty tones from his voice. "Ill just grab a pillow and blanket and sleep on the couch downstairs." Sebastian was not doing his normal player routine, and Blaine was confused but liked this side of the warbler that he hadn't seen before.
"Would you mind just holding me?" Blaine asked quietly. "I'm still pretty cold and I just. . . I don't want to be alone tonight."
"Of course," Sebastian had flipped the switch from wealthy playboy to an Ohio gentleman, and it was uncharted territory for both of Blaine and him. The two boys got under the covers and Blaine switched the light off by his bed. Blaine noticed that Sebastian's flannel shirt was unbuttoned, so he wrapped his arm all the way around the taller boys chest and felt his warm, tan skin. Sebastian nuzzled his chin into Blaine's beautifully loose brown curls and his hand crept along the middle of Blaine's back as he stroked it smoothly. Blaine wrapped his legs in between Sebastian's and smiled in the darkness. He had never felt so safe and loved in his life, for once he was the one being held and comforted in someone's strong, gentle arms. This was so different from him and Kurt, this was deeper. Blaine, in that moment, needed Sebastian. He needed him enough to forget Kurt for a night and just lay there with Sebastian and forget the world as he slowly faded off to sleep. And as he did, he thought he felt Sebastian's perfect lips graze his hair in a gentle kiss.