Chapter 2: Surprise
A/N: I have a couple chapters already written but I want to proof read them all again. Might update again today :)
"So what are you in the mood for?" Sebastian yelled from his room.
I was sitting on the couch, given the task of looking over the menus to see what we were going to eat. "I wouldn't mind some Chinese, what about you?"
"Sounds good to me killer"
When Sebastian came back down, I was surprised to see him in a loose hoodie and some sweats. Even in sweats, Sebastian still looked insanely sexy.
"I brought you some stuff. You're kind of a shrimp, so I brought you the smallest things I could find." He said with a mocking smile on his lips.
"Jee, thanks Sebastian." Clearly the glare I was giving him didn't really phase him.
"The bathroom is down the hall to the left, right before the kitchen. Or, you could change here and give me a show"
"Really Bas?" Awkward. Did that just slip out? "What did we say!" I looked away turning red, hoping that he wouldn't notice how embarrassed I was.
Sebastian laughed, "its okay, but don't let anyone know. I don't take kindly to pet names" he said with a wink.
The food came about 45 minutes later. Against Sebastian's will, we decided to watch "Love, Actually", my favorite movie. I bet he wouldn't allow anyone else to choose a sappy movie to watch. I don't know why I felt the need to constantly prove myself to be higher on the list of Sebastian's favorite people, seeing as there were probably very few, if any. As if he read my mind, Sebastian said, "You do realize that if it was anyone else, I would never agree to watch such a corny movie." I knew it!
"I'm flattered. Who knew you had such a sweet spot for little old me" I said with a smile that I feel was probably a lot bigger than intended. Sebastian just laughed, and even though I might be hallucinating, I swear I saw Sebastian blush before he got off the couch to go put the movie in.
Sebastian could tell that I was clearly overjoyed with the movie, reciting almost every line. While he didn't necessarily look bored (and he probably was only pretending to be paying attention to please me) he didn't seem that intrigued. It was my favorite part of the movie and I reached my hand for the remote hoping to raise the volume, but I didn't realize that his hand was on it. When our hands brushed it felt like electricity coursed through my body. We shared a quick glance and both just nervously laughed. I had never seen Sebastian act like this. It was so out of character.
Out of nowhere, Sebastian laughed. "What's so funny?"
"You realize you've had a noodle on your shirt for the entire movie? You're such a slob Anderson!"
I picked it off and threw it at him. "Aw, it looks really nice on your hair" I said with a loud, probably unnecessary laugh.
"Not as good as it looked on you." He had a sweet smile on his face. I really love this side of Sebastian.
We spent who knows how long (probably hours) talking about trivial details about our lives. For some reason, after the hell that Sebastian put me through, I felt as if I were talking to an old friend. It was odd just how comfortable I was with him
"Well, tonight was great! Thanks for everything Sebastian. I'm glad we had the chance to catch up."
"Same here killer"
"Well, I guess I should be heading out now. CRAP. It's alright midnight." I said as I looked down at my watch.
"You're more than welcome to stay here. I promise I don't bite." He said with a devilish smile. Oh how I wanted to spend the night.
"I'd like to," word vomit, "but we have classes tomorrow."
"Oh yeah. School." Sebastian said as he made an exasperated gasp and rested his head on the couch.
"So, uh, do you think I could have your number again? I deleted it after the slushy incident" I confessed.
"I don't blame you" he put his head down, as if ashamed.
"Bas, I don't want you to be upset over that anymore. What's done is done. We're fine, I promise." He looked up with hopeful eyes and took my phone. He even took a picture of himself for caller ID. I laughed when I saw that he had stuck out his tongue and crossed his eye before taking the picture.
"So. I guess I'll see you later?" I asked, somewhat hesitantly.
"Can't wait"
As I got up, I just waved awkwardly as I gathered my stuff and left his house. When I got home, I realized that I still had on his clothes. It even smelt like him. Would it be weird if I just lay in my bed and smelled his clothes all night? Probably…
Hey Sebastian! I forgot to give you back your clothes. I'll have to wash it and give it back to you next time I see you! –Blaine
Not a problem B. But I'd really like my clothes back soon, which means that I better see you ASAP ;) – Sebastian
Well, I don't have anything planned tomorrow after rehearsal with Marley, I mean only if you want to. –Blaine
You're singing with a dog? Want me to pick you up from your school? That way you don't have to drive over here? –Sebastian
Sebastian! Please, be kind. She's a really sweet girl. How would I get back though? –Blaine
Fine, fine! You could always spend the night. It's Friday night anyways. I promise I'll try my best to keep my hands off of you ;) –Sebastian
My heart started instantly fluttering. We were just friends right? Friends have sleepovers all the time, no harm in that...
What the hell, why not...I expect you on your best behavior Smythe! –Blaine
Oh, I'll be ready around 5 if you want to show up then? –Blaine
Sounds like a plan. I might wait in the car; I don't want to deal with the stench of public school. –Sebastian
Ha. Ha. –Blaine
Just kidding B. I'll see you tomorrow. Good night, sweet dreams. –Sebastian
Good night Sebastian, you too. –Blaine
P.S. show anyone the picture of me on your phone, and you will suffer the consequences... ;) - Sebastian
"Alright guys, so as planned, Marley and Blaine will lead us in the duet after the group performance of Gangnam Style" Finn started, "Blaine, Marley, have you guys chosen a song to sing?"
"We were thinking about singing a mash up of You Drive Me Crazy and Crazy?" said Marley
"That sounds awesome! I'm sure it'll turn out great. Do you need any of us to do anything?"
"Yeah, I was thinking that although it'll be a duet, we could have the entire group behind us harmonizing?" I asked.
"Guys? It'll be a little extra work, but I'm sure you can do this." Finn addressed the group, to which everyone agreed.
"Let's practice Gangnam Style for a while, and then Blaine and Marley can leave to practice their duet. Luckily, the seniors are back and are going to mentor you all. Jake, you're with your brother, Kitty, you're with Quinn, Marley, you're with Santana, and Ryder you're with Mike."
With that, each member went with his or her mentor before the group practice. Practice wasn't as brutal, partially because I got to leave early with Marley. Although there probably wouldn't be much choreography to our duet, it did place a little bit more pressure on myself, especially Marley.
"Don't worry Marley, I promise you, everything will be fine! Did Santana say anything that helped?" I asked after I could tell Marley was definitely feeling the pressure. Poor her, this was her first big performance.
"Yeah, she actually helped me realize I was being stupid with something…promise you wont tell anyone?" I nodded. "I've always been super self conscious," she said, turning her eyes to the floor and playing with her fingers, "and Kitty convinced me that throwing up would help me look better and hopefully win sectionals."
I was at a loss for words. I always knew that kitty was, well, kind of a bitch, but I never thought she would go to that extent. "Marley," I started as I grabbed her hands, in hopes of comforting her, "please, whatever you do, don't ever do something like that again. It's pointless, and you only end up hurting yourself. Plus, it's completely unnecessary. You are absolutely stunning. You're beautiful, enough to almost turn a man." I said with a wink. She embraced me and let out a big sigh.
"Thank you Blaine. But enough with my problems! We need to blow away the competition at sectionals, and the only way to do that is if we practice!"
"We will!" I promised, so confident that even I believed it would go down without a hitch.
After an hour of practicing, I thought it was best to call it quits before we ruined out voices. "I think that's good for today! We sound pretty good for the first rehearsal Marley, you sound incredible!"
"Are you sure? Is there anything I should work on? I can't mess up, I just can't!"
"Marley, breath. We will rock the judges, and the crowd!"
"I hope so. But anyways, I'm going to head out, its movie night with Ryder and Jake."
"Won't that be a little…awkward?"
"We're all friends! It's not like that!" Marley clearly didn't see that tension between Ryder and Jake that was over her. "If you say so, have fun!" Marley turned around and exited the stage, but bumped into someone.
"Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't see you there…" she began, clearly confused as to who she was talking to, almost as confused as I was. I told Sebastian to be here at 5, and it was only 4:15.
"Sebastian!"
"Hey there Killer. And you must be Marley I presume?" Sebastian said. Sebastian had a half smile on his face, clearly analyzing everything there was to Marley. If I didn't know he was gay, I would have thought he was checking her out.
"Ye-yeah, Hi, uh nice to meet you" Marley turned her gaze away and held her arm as if she was nervous.
"Don't let him fool you Marley, he may look innocent, but he's just a devilish as his looks" I said as I crossed my arms, "and besides, he doesn't play for your team." I said as I laughed.
"Hey now, you never know" he winked at Marley. What is he doing? Wait, was I jealous. No, absolutely not. Marley laughed nervously and turned around to face me.
"Oh! Sorry Blaine, I didn't know he was your boyfriend, but good for you!"
"We're not boyfriends!" Sebastian and I said almost in unison.
"Wow, okay, I just keep putting my foot in my mouth, it was nice to meet you Sebastian. Bye Blaine, I'll see you Monday" Marley said as she picked up her stuff and left giving an awkward hand wave.
"Did you really have to toy with her, or do you just leave everyone with their mouth open gaping at your greatness?" I said with sarcasm literally dripping off my words.
"What can I say? My looks are a blessing and a curse. Besides, she seems...innocent. It was fun." he said with a bright smile, "has it worked on you yet?" Yes.
"Can't say it has, sorry Bas."
"Well, looks like I'll be drinking 2 coffees then" Sebastian said as he pointed to 2 cups of coffee that he must've placed on the stool before he made his presence known. He really is sweet, and caring, despite the exterior he puts out to everyone. Or maybe it was just for me that he acted this way.
"Aw, Sebastian, you shouldn't have. Thank you, that's very…kind of you"
"Anything for you cutie. You sounded outstanding by the way. And I know why you chose the song, I tend to drive people a little crazy" he replied, sending blood directly to my cheeks. Seriously, I need to stop the whole blushing-at-every-compliment-Sebastian-gives-me thing.
"Again, the whole bashful schoolboy thing, super hot." Sebastian said. Just then we heard the sound of heels. Oh God, who is it? The only one who knew about the friendship that rekindled between Sebastian and I was Marley, and she didn't know about last year. The last thing I wanted was someone to catch Sebastian and I. Not like we were doing anything anyways.
"Excuse me, but, what is this? Why is the evil twink here?" It was clear before she came onto the stage that it was Santana, gorgeous, and fierce, as always.
"Santana, Hi, uh, you remember Sebastian?" I said hesitantly, nervous as to how she would react
"Yeah, I remember," she said crossing her arms "my question is, why are you here? Spying on the competition? And Blaine, why are you even talking to him?"
"Well, nice to see you too Shaqueera" Sebastian said. If anyone was going to keep up in this sass war it would definitely be Sebastian. " Still mourning the loss at our Smooth Criminal duel?"
"Listen here Sebastian, you know I won that and you need to get over it." She said, walking closer to him. Both of them had their arms crossed and literally looked ready to attack.
"As much as I'd like to wipe the floor with you again, I'm not here for you. I'm here to pick up Blaine." Uh oh, why did he say that?!
"What? Why?" She said, now directing her glare towards me.
"We're just going to hangout." Her eyes clearly gave the message that she thought I was just another toy for Sebastian to play with.
"So that Sebastian can just hump and dump you? If you fall for it, then shame on your Anderson."
"HEY!" Sebastian almost yelled, "you don't know what you're talking about Satan, Blaine and I are just friends. I wouldn't do that to him." He wouldn't do that to me. He did care about me.
"Fine. Whatever. You know what, you're not even worth me going all Lima Heights on. Blaine, where's Marley? I came to see how you two were doing, but clearly something else is going on."
"No, Santana, I swear nothing is going on. Why do you even care?" I asked.
"Because, Blaine, He almost blinded you last year, and yet here you are, flirting with him. I mean seriously, the sexual tension has spread through the entire auditorium. I can barely breathe in here." She smirked. Way to make things worse Santana.
"Thank you for caring Santana, but I'm okay, I promise."
"I think its none of your business" Sebastian interjected
"Bas, please" I begged
"Fine. I'll back off."
"Well someone sure has been tamed." Santana said. "But anyways, the New Directions and the graduates are going to breadstix. We wanted to know if you wanted to go?"
"Thanks, but I already have plans with Sebastian" I said. Santana just eyed him, here eyes wandering up and down his body. Normally I would assume he was being checked out, but Santana had a look of hate written all over expression. I was flattered that Santana actually cared about me, but I didn't want her hating on Bas. Still, I had always had a sweet spot for her ever since she stood up for us when the whole Karofsky problem was happening between Kurt and himself.
"Blaine, its okay if you want to go with your friends I'll completely understand." He said as he turned around to look at me.
"No, no. You came this whole way and we had already made plans. I want to hangout with you. Unless you want to come, and then we can do whatever after dinner?" I looked at Santana seeing if she was okay with it.
"You know what? You're right; I'm done giving you two crap, cause I know that the rest of the group will give you enough. You have my blessing. If Blaine is giving you another chance, then why shouldn't I."
"Santana, again, nothing is going on between us." I said with a sigh. Why wouldn't she understand that nothing was going on between Sebastian and I? Even though I wanted there to be something. STOP. Okay, stop Blaine. C'mon, Sebastian isn't the Prince Charming kind of guy.
"Whatever, I don't care. Come if you'd like"
"Sebastian?" I asked
"If that's what you want. I don't mind."
"Won't it be a little uncomfortable for you?"
"Please B, I can fend for myself." He said, either playfully hurt that I thought he might not be able to, or actually surprised.
"If you say so…Santana, add 2 to the list." I said
"Got it. Meet there at 6. I'll see you there Smooth Criminal." Santana said to Sebastian.
"and me too..." I said but with no use as she had already walked away.
"Bas, are you sure you want to do this, I really don't want you to be uncomfortable. I don't know how they'll all react" I was genuinely worried. I didn't want Sebastian to feel any worse.
"It's just a bunch of friends hanging out right? No big deal." He said giving me a reassuring smile.
Sebastian really did feel nervous though. He wanted to be friends with Blaine more than anything, and if being friends meant that he had to sacrifice himself and spend time with Blaine's friends, then he would.