Chapter 7: Heart
I loved sleeping in. Almost nothing would ever make me get up early on weekends, yet here I am awake at 8 am getting ready to head over to McKinley. Thank God Santana and Brittany were picking me up. I hate driving when I'm tired. I was actually really happy for them. Of all the relationships that lasted after the seniors graduated, I was glad that the infamous Brittana was going for the long haul.
Hey there hot stuff, we're outside. –Santana
I'll be right out! –Blaine
After grabbing my backpack with the outfit for tonight, I quickly grabbed my keys to the house and made my way out.
"Blainey! How is possible that you look so cute this early in the morning?" Britt greeted me. Even though she was usually regarded as dumber than a pile of sticks, Brittany was actually pretty smart and had the biggest heart.
"Hey Britt! Please, I probably look like crap. You on the other hand,"
"Are you hitting on my girlfriend Anderson?" Santana adjusted the rearview mirror to glare directly at me. I just winked at her. It was weird, of all the people I would be close to, I never really thought it would be these two.
"Good morning to you too Santana" I rolled my eyes.
"Look what we brought!" Britt reached over to pick up a coffee and a paper bag from the Lima Bean.
"Aw, guys, you shouldn't have!" A bagel and a coffee was exactly what I needed right now.
"No problem, you two need to be fully energized if you plan on winning today."
"Oh we will, don't you worry." I said
"Blaine and Marley's duet sounds incredible! We'll definitely win this." Britt said.
"Don't cut yourself short Britt, your dance moves are to die for. They didn't name you vice-Rachel for nothing!"
"Vice-Rachel?" Santana asked
"Yeah, Blaine is Rachel, and I'm Vice-Rachel" Britt explained, as if that made any sense whatsoever.
"Oh hell no, when will everyone realize that I was the star of New Directions." Santana said waving her finger. Britt and I just laughed, gotta love Santana.
When we arrived at McKinley, everybody was already there, the graduates as well. Everyone was surprisingly in a good mood. Despite the toll that the graduates took on us when they graduated, we all worked really hard. We could do this. We would do this.
It was about 5 minutes before they had to be on stage. Why hadn't Sebastian texted me yet? I mean, he didn't necessarily have to, but…
"Hey, you ready for this?" Sam asked me, putting his arm around my shoulders.
"Definitely." I said half-smiling. It wasn't time to worry about Sebastian. I had to focus. Breathe Blaine, Breathe.
"Welcome to the stage from McKinley High School, the New Directions!"
The first performance went down perfectly without a hitch. The crowd was on their feet halfway through our performance. It was exhilarating, the feeling of the crowds applause.
The group all made their formation as Marley and I made our way to the front of the stage. I looked at her and gave her a wink.
I couldn't help but let my thoughts slip quickly to Sebastian. Why didn't he text me? Was I overthinking this? Even though nobody knew, I would be singing this song for him. For Sebastian.
(Marley)
Baby, I'm so into you
You got that something, what can I do
Baby, you spin me around
The Earth is moving, but I can't feel the ground
(Blaine)
Oh That kinda lovin'
Turns a man to a slave
Oh That kinda lovin'
Sends a man right to his grave
(Together)
You know I'm crazy
crazy, crazy for you baby
crazy, crazy, crazy for you baby
(Blaine)
Tell me, you're so into me
That I'm the only one you will see, yeah
(Marley)
Tell me, I'm not in the blue
That I'm not wasting, my feelings on you
(Together)
Every time I look at you
My heart is jumping, what can I do?
You drive me crazy, crazy
I just can't sleep
Crazy I'm in too deep
You know I'm crazy
Crazy but it feels alright
Baby Thinking of you keeps me up all night
You know I'm crazy, crazy, crazy for you baby
crazy, crazy, crazy for you baby
When the song finished, the crowd was giving us a standing ovation. We both bowed, and Marley ran into me, wrapping her arms around me. When she finally let go, I couldn't help but feel happy when I saw that smile on her face that stretched from ear to ear. I grabbed Marley and brought her to center stage, where I pointed to her, letting her take the spotlight. I had performed, I had been applauded, but this was for Marley. It was her time to shine.
We made our way off the stage and into the choir room. We were all ecstatic about how well the performances had gone down. It was clear that we were the obvious choice as the winners this year.
"Dude, that was insane! That was the coolest thing ever!" Ryder said as soon as everybody was in the choir room.
"Seriously bro, we did awesome! Without a doubt, this one is ours" Jake said. It was funny seeing these two. A couple weeks ago, they were at each other's throat fighting over Marley, and now they were best friends. High school.
"Marley! That was great. Not sure you pulled it off as well as I could, but it was enough for us to win." Kitty said to Marley. I assume this was Kitty's way of being nice?
"Thanks Kitty. You did great as well!" It was sort of an odd feeling, seeing all the new kids celebrate. This was their first time in a situation like this. Oh God, was I becoming old?
When we heard the announcement that it was time for us to make our way to the stage, we all got off our seats and made our way to the stage.
"Well, let's just cut to the chase shall we?" That's Sue Sylvester for you. Which reminds me, how exactly was she a judge again?
"Unfortunately, the winners of this years sectionals who will progress to regionals are the New Directions"
The gang all shouted and shared congratulatory hugs. It was good knowing that we officially won, not just assuming we did.
As we all left the stage and gathered our things in the choir room, the seniors came and congratulated us.
"Guys, that was great. Looks like you didn't need us afterall." Quinn said
"Don't be silly Quinn, of course we did. You're amazing." Kitty said. This girl legitimately idolized her.
The seniors all started talking to their respected mentors, and the rest of the gang was talking about whatever popped into their heads. Why did I feel so alone? Shouldn't I be over the moon about the fact that we just won? Something didn't feel right. It's not like I was in the midst of strangers. These people were my friends. What was missing? Who was missing?
I walked out of the room so that I could call Kurt and Rachel to tell them the good news.
"Hey Kurt!"
"Hi Blaine! How did it go?"
"It went really well, we won so we're moving onto regionals!" I heard him repeat the news loud enough so that Rachel could hear.
"That's awesome, I'm so happy for you guys. Rachel also shares the same sentiment."
"Thanks, it sucks you guys couldn't come."
"Yeah, we've been pretty busy here with my internship, and Rachel's been auditioning for off Broadway shows"
"That's cool, any luck?"
"Not yet. Blaine, if you don't mind me asking, why aren't you celebrating with the rest of the gang? Not that I mind you calling, but you don't sound the same. Is something up?"
"No, just wanted to let you know." It's because Sebastian isn't here. What the hell was I thinking? If I had said that out loud, I would have never heard the end of it from Kurt. Still wasn't sure how he would take our rekindled relationship. Friendship I mean. "But I think I hear Santana calling me," lie. "So I'll talk to you later."
"Okay, have fun Blaine. Tell everyone congratulations from New York!"
"Will do, bye Kurt."
After I hung up, I turned around, on my way back to the choir room and saw someone walking towards me.
"Hey there"
"Sebastian?!" It was him. He shot me that cute half smile of his as he got closer.
"Wh-what're you doing here?" I asked. I hope I didn't look as dorky as I felt, but I'm pretty sure my smile stretched from ear to ear.
"I wouldn't miss watching you perform for the world." He wouldn't miss this for the world. Did I really mean that much to him? "Th-these, are uh, for you." I didn't really notice that he had a hand behind his arm, but he pulled out a beautiful bouquet of roses. He was so Beautiful. So kind.
"Aw, Se-Sebastian you shouldn't have. These are beautiful. Thank you." I couldn't help but fight back the tears that were threatening my eyes. They were so beautiful.
"Oh no. I knew you wouldn't like them. Do you want me to return them? I'm so sorry, I was stupid." He said nervously scratching his head. He started reaching for the flowers, but I stopped him.
"No! No, Sebastian I love them. I was just a little surprised, but believe me, their perfect." I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him into an embrace. I felt his arms around my waist, pulling me in even tighter.
"What are you doing? Let go of him!" All of a sudden, I felt someone rip Sebastian off of me. "Guys! Help!" Brittany yelled down the hall towards the choir room.
"Brittany! What's wrong, why are you freaking out!?" I asked completely confused with what was going on. I looked at Sebastian who had an equally confused expression on his face.
"Sebastian was attacking you!" She said standing between us. Is this really happening right now?
"Wait, what? No I…" Sebastian was looking at Brittany like she was a complete idiot. Before Sebastian could finish explaining, the New Directions and the graduates were running down the hall.
"What's going on?" Sam yelled. Oh no.
"Nothi-" I started but was interrupted by Brittany, "Sebastian was just attacking Blaine!"
"No! Wait stop!" Everybody started ganging up on Sebastian. Sebastian threw his arms up as if he was being accused and was pleading innocent. This is ridiculous.
"What's going on?" Finn said. Finn looked equally as confused seeing as I had flowers in my hand yet was supposedly under attack.
"Listen, Sebastian was j-just…h-hugging me when Brittany came and I guess she thought he was…attacking me…"
Everyone just stood there and looked at each other before they all started bursting out laughing. I looked at Sebastian who just rolled his eyes.
"Oh. Well…I didn't know that you two were friends again so I assumed that he was trying to kill you or something." Like I said, at least she has a big heart.
"C'mon Britt, lets leave these two alone. I'm sure they were busy before we interrupted them" Santana said as she just laughed and gave us a devilish smile. The new kids looked so confused that it was actually really funny. They didn't know the history behind Sebastian and I.
"Santana, again, we're just friends" I tried explaining, only eliciting and "mhm, sure" out of her.
"Well, I'll see you later then Blaine. And, sorry again Sebby." Brittany said
"Hold on, Sebb-" Sebastian started, "okay bye Britt, thanks for…defending me." I interrupted Sebastian before another argument started. Despite this being completely crazy, I had a bright smile on my face. Britt walked over to me and gave me a kiss on the cheek, and then gave Sebastian a kiss on the cheek as well. It was silly, one moment she was ready to attack, and then she was giving Sebastian pet names and kissing him. After waving goodbye, Santana and Brittany followed the rest of the gang.
"Did that really just happen?" Sebastian asked.
"I'm so sorry" I said. This was so embarrassing; sweet of my friends, but embarrassing either way.
"I don't understand how she thought that I was attacking you? Is that really what they think of me?" Although Sebastian clearly said that in a joking manner, something about the way he said made me feel like he was actually hurt.
"Don't worry about it. They don't know the Sebastian that I know." I said giving him an apologetic smile.
Sebastian just sighed and shook his head while rubbing his temples. "Anyways, back to where we were. I'm sure you're exhausted after a long day, so how about we head over to your place and I treat you to dinner and a massage while we watch a movie?" Was this really the Sebastian that I once knew? I wished that everybody was able to see this side of him, but at the same time, it made me feel special that he reserved this side of himself for me.
"Perfect." I said. Sebastian wrapped his arm around my waist as we made our way to his car.