Chapter 52: When You're Ready
A/N: I'm not going to spoil anything, but just a heads up that what Blaine gets Sebastian as part of his birthday gift is somewhat out there, but let's be honest, this is glee, and knowing Sue Sylvester she would casually have this just laying around. Hope you guys enjoy the ending, I think it's hilarious. Please review and let me know what you liked and what you want to see or how I can improve! Reviews make my day :)
Five minutes. I gave myself five more minutes to sleep, but when I opened my eyes again my clock read 11:56am. How did we sleep in until noon? I grabbed my phone to see that Sam, Marley, Santana, Tina, and Brittany had all texted me. Knowing the glee club they must have thought I was dead, or worse. I stretched my limbs, examining the residual effects from the events of the night before. Luckily the soreness was manageable, but it was there nonetheless and I knew I would feel it throughout the day. I looked over to see Sebastian sleeping, his hair ruffled and his face calm. As stealthily as I could I got on top of Sebastian and kissed his lips; he ruffle slightly in his sleep as a smile made its way to his face, but judging from his light breathing I knew he was still asleep.
"Happy birthday sleepyhead." I said putting on a wide grin and nudging him. Sebastian furrowed his eyebrows before opening one eye to look at me. Someone wasn't happy to be awake.
"B, my birthday is tomorrow." He said in a groggy voice as he stretched his arms. "Can I sleep more?" Sebastian repositioned himself until he was comfortable again, but I didn't move from my position on top of him.
"But the celebrations start tonight so it's like an early birthday, come on get up." I said ghosting my fingers up and down his sides making him squirm slightly but overall not letting it affect him.
"I don't want to." He said rolling over so that he was on his stomach and I was now sitting on his back. "Do we have to go to school today?"
"Sebastian it's already noon." I said leaning down to kiss his shoulder. "We don't really have a choice in the matter anymore."
"Noon?" Sebastian asked opening an eye and grabbing his watch from the nightstand to confirm the time himself. "Looks like yesterday took more out of me than I had though." He said letting out a yawn. "You can't blame me. You kind of wore me out yesterday B, not that I minded of course." He said, another smile making it's way onto his lips. "I might need at least a full day to recover."
"I'm not even going to comment." I said biting down slightly on his shoulder, making him jump slightly and let out a laugh. Sebastian flipped me over so that he was in between my legs with his hands on either side of my head holding him up, his hair almost brushing my forehead.
"I did good." He said winking and kissing me quickly. "Does a day in bed with me really sound that bad?" He said pouting.
"You don't have anything planned with your friends at all?" I asked moving his hair so that I could see into his eyes.
"Not really. I assumed I would spend my birthday with you so I didn't really make plans. Besides, you told me not to." He said sitting up and on my groin. "I don't even know what you have planned for tonight or tomorrow."
"Tonight we're going to a night out in the city, see what Lima has to offer, and tomorrow everyone's coming over to celebrate with us." I said rolling on my side to look at him. "Unless you don't want to. We can do something else."
"I just don't think you need to go through all that trouble. My birthday has never been that big of a deal." He said letting out a small laugh and turning over to face me as well. "I'm totally fine with it just being us. Sounds like a good birthday to me. To be honest, I've never had a birthday party with just my friends. My father always threw me a celebration but it was mainly just to show off to his friends and business partners. I didn't really think anything about it, but this is my first birthday without my father." Sebastian's eyes showed a glimpse of sadness but he quickly shook it off.
It was weird to hear what Sebastian was saying, but it made sense. How he celebrated his prior birthdays never really came up in conversation so I never thought about it. "Well that sounds boring." I said standing up and walking towards the bathroom. "I'll just celebrate without you." I wasn't going to allow either of us to dwell on the past. It was his special day, almost, and he deserved to be happy.
"Hey, I'm the birthday boy. You can't be mean to me." He said as he fluffed his pillow to get comfortable again. He really didn't want to get up.
"You're birthday is tomorrow, remember?" I said smirking at him.
"How about you stop being a jerk and come cuddle with me instead?" Sebastian suggested. He reached out his arm so that I could continue sleeping with him.
"You're boring." I said sitting on the edge of the bed. "Looks like I'll be going to Scandals by myself tonight then."
"Scandals?" Sebastian asked, his attention peaking. "We haven't been there in so long." He said yawning again and sitting up. Sebastian crawled towards me and kneeled behind me. "I thought you didn't like Scandals."
"It's just not somewhere I want to spend all my time." I said taking off my shirt. "But I do think it's a fun place."
"Just so you know," Sebastian wrapped his arms around me. "I would never let you go there by yourself." Sebastian started placing small kisses starting from my ear and making his way down my collarbone.
"Well, I'm going tonight whether you like it or not so looks like you'll just have to join me." I said standing up and smiling at him.
Sebastian smiled and rolled his eyes before furrowing his eyebrows. "Crap!" He said suddenly looking annoyed. "I forgot today is my first day back at work."
"You still work at the Lima Bean?" I asked raising an eyebrow. "When do you work?"
"I have a short shift today so it won't interfere with our plans tonight, it just kind of sucks that I was planning on spending my entire day with you and now I can't." Sebastian groaned and got off the bed.
"That's okay." I said as I walked to the bathroom. "It gives me time to prepare for tomorrow. Do you want me to pick you up from work?" Sebastian followed me into the bathroom and hip bumped me so that I would make room in front of the mirror for him. The first thing Sebastian did was ruffle his hair. Sebastian liked making a 'just-rolled-out-of-bed' hair look, but I didn't understand why he bothered if it didn't look any different from when he actually rolled out of bed.
"Oh so you wanted to get rid of me." Sebastian said as if he had just figured something out. "It's up to you. I can drive here or you can pick me up, whatever works for you."
"I'll pick you up." I said putting some toothpaste on my toothbrush.
"What do you say we spend the night at my place tonight?" Sebastian said after spitting out mouthwash.
"I don't mind. What will Santana and Brittany be up to? Will they be at the apartment?" I asked in between brushing my teeth.
"Not the apartment, my father's house." My confused look didn't go unnoticed by him. "I have to head over there to talk to Maria and do a couple other things, so I figured I would give her the weekend off and we can spend it there just the two of us. I don't know if you were planning on having the party here, but I thought maybe it would be a good idea to do it there instead. I don't want to be an inconvenience to your parents."
"I don't think it'll be a big deal if we had the party here if that's why you don't want to have it here, but if you want to do it at your dads place because you want to I would be okay with that." I opened my closet to see what I was going to be wearing until tonight.
"Did you already tell everyone it was here?" He asked putting on his shirt.
"Yeah, but I can tell them it's at a different address. I'll text everyone today."
"I wish I could stay longer." Sebastian said walking over to me and pulling me into a hug. "I'll see you later then?" He said letting go of me and pressing his lips into mine.
"Don't miss me too much." I said smiling at him.
"Impossible." Sebastian said, a smile on his face. He gathered his things before placing another kiss on my lips. "I love you."
"Love you too." Sebastian squeezed my hand before leaving me in my room. I took a moment to think of all the things I needed to get done before tonight. Maybe it was a good thing we didn't wake up in time for class; there are a lot of things I needed to do, one of them being buying Sebastian's present. I decided to shoot Santana a text before doing anything else.
What are you and Brittany doing after school? –Blaine
Now you have the decency to give us a sign you're alive after ignoring everyone's messages all day? Rude. Nothing, why what's up? – Santana
I'm sorry I was sleeping! Do you girls want to help me with getting everything ready for the party? I was thinking of going to iParty. Oh, and I still need to buy his present, so I was thinking we could go to the mall. –Blaine
I'm in. I'll ask Britt Britt but I'm sure she'll want to come. I'll drive to your place after school. –Santana
Bring me a coffee! –Blaine
I knocked on the door, hoping that Maria was working today. When I lived here she worked Fridays, but I wasn't sure if my father had changed her schedule since I had left. I was surprisingly okay with coming back here even after everything that happened in the walls of this house. A few seconds later and Maria was opening the door.
"Hel- Mr. Smythe!" She said a smile on her face; her genuine, kind, caring smile. For all intents and purposes Maria had been a mother to me… she had spent more time raising me than my own mother.
"Maria, it's so good to see you." I said smiling at her.
"Come in, please!" She said waving me inside. "You look skinny, have you not been eating?" She asked shaking her head and looking me up and down. "Le dije a tu padre que hizo mal en correrte de la casa, pero no me hizo caso! Are you hungry Mr. Smythe?"
"I'm starving." I said following her into the kitchen. "How have you been?"
"I've been doing well. I was worried when you never showed up after your father told me that I should be expecting you."
"I'm sorry, that was my mistake for never contacting you."
"Don't be sorry." She said waving her hand as if she was brushing it off. "What would you like for lunch?"
"A peanut butter and jelly sandwich sounds pretty good if you wouldn't mind." I said smiling at her. "I'll be right back, I need to make a phone call." I excused myself and made my way upstairs to my room. I stopped at the doorway and looked inside the room; I took in the room that used to be where I spent most of my time, the room that was my home… my safe haven. It felt strange here. Nostalgic almost, but it didn't make sense, I hadn't been gone long enough to make me nostalgic. I took a deep breath before taking a step inside and taking in everything around me. The last time I had been in this room was the day that everything happened… the day that I went to the hospital. I didn't remember much about what happened that day, but looking at the floor and the eerily reminded me of being thrown down and kicked into unconsciousness. Enough Sebastian, there really is no point in pitying yourself, just move on. I walked out of my room to my father's office to use his phone to call my grandparents. I held off on calling my grandparents for too long and I should probably do it now that I have the chance.
I called their international number as well as their cell phone numbers, but no one answered. I didn't know any other way of contacting them so I decided I would try again later. I made my way back downstairs to see Maria had prepared a sandwich and was cutting an apple into slices. I was actually starving, so after thanking her I finished my sandwich in a few bites.
"Do you want me to make you another one?" She asked already taking out the bread.
"No, no. I'm full, thank you. Maria, you can take this weekend off. I'll be staying here tonight and tomorrow night. I have a few friends coming over tomorrow night, so don't worry about coming this weekend because I'll take care of the house."
"Mr. Smythe, I-"
"Maria, it's Sebastian. Call me Sebastian." I said, a smile on my face. I always had to remind Maria, but she was already accustomed to simply referring to me as Mr. Smythe. I didn't like the tone of that just yet, for now my father was Mr. Smythe and I was still just Sebastian Smythe.
"I must come this weekend, your father made it so that my paycheck gets directly deposited into my back. I can't skip work when I'll be receiving my payment."
"It'll be our little secret." I said winking at her. "Take the weekend off, I'll see you Monday."
"Are you sure?" She asked nervously.
"Of course, have a good weekend." Maria thanked me before grabbing her things and starting to make her way out. "Oh, before I go." She said coming back into the kitchen. "My daughter made you this. I wasn't sure if I was going to see you before your birthday so I didn't think I was going to be able to give it to you." She said handing me a folded piece of construction paper fully decorated with glitter and stickers. In big letters across the front were the words 'Happy Birthday'. "I know it's nothing special, but my daughter insisted on making you a birthday card. I hope you don't mind I told her your birthday is tomorrow."
"Thank you so much." I said hugging Maria, much to her surprise. "I love it! Tell your daughter thank you very much and that it definitely made my birthday this year the most special one I've had." I gave Maria a bright smile letting her know that I was being honest. Maria's entire family had a certain humbleness that my family lacked, and it's that quality that makes simple things like a birthday card from someone special.
"I will." Maria said smiling. "Have a good birthday Sebastian, don't get too drunk." She said laugh.
"I'll try." I said laughing with her. Maria waved goodbye and made her way out of the house.
I had a smile on my face but suddenly I realized that I was alone in this huge house, not that I wasn't used to it. It still felt weird being in here alone. The silence that seemed to permanently reside in this house sometimes felt as if it were deafening. I shook it off and made my way to the bathroom so that I could take a quick shower before making my way to work.
"I don't know." I said holding up some clothes that Santana had chosen out for Sebastian. "I don't think he'll like getting clothes." I said sighing and putting it down.
"I would." She said smirking. "Let's check out another store." We made our way outside of Macy's to see what other stores would catch our attention. It sucked not knowing what to get someone, especially when you wanted it to be perfect and everything didn't seem up to par. Santana turned her head to look at me. "You're walking funny. Someone a little sore?" She said winking at me.
"Santana!" I said, my eyes growing wide. "What are you talking about?" I knew my face was turning red, but I would deny anything she accused me of. Leave it Santana to call me out. I wasn't even walking funny! Sebastian must have told her about the bet. Their devious friendship was sometimes too similar to the friendship between Hunter and Sebastian. I guess likes do attract, even if that means a whole lot of deviousness and sass.
"Calm down." She said laughing. "Do you need help setting up your house tomorrow? We can come over and help."
"Yeah, I have Cheerios practice but I'm free after 2." Britt added.
"Sure, I could use the help. But instead of having it at my place we're having at Sebastian's fathers house."
"What?" Santana asked raising an eyebrow. "Why would you throw the party there? Is his father not in Lima?" Crap… did Santana not know about his father being in rehab?
"I think he's away." I said shrugging my shoulders. Santana and Brittany didn't think anything of it so they nodded and went on talking about something else before making their way into Victoria's Secret. "I'll stay out here." I said laughing.
"Don't be a baby. Guys come in here all the time with their friends."
"I'll just go look around to see if I find anything that I think Sebastian will like. I'll text you when I'm done not finding anything." I said sighing.
"If you say so." Santana said rolling her eyes.
I didn't know half of the stores in the mall; I never came here and apparently there were some new additions since the last time I had been here.
I was mindlessly walking and checking twitter when the idea hit me.
But then as soon as it hit me, I also realized it was probably a bad idea. Last time I did this, it ended up with getting someone fired and a world of embarrassment for yours truly.
But it was still worth a try right? I couldn't get rid of the hopeless romantic in me even if I tried.
I quickly made my way back to Victoria's Secret and realized it was worse now that I was walking through here by myself then it would have been if I had walked in with Santana and Brittany. After looking throughout the entire store and getting a few stares here and there I finally found them at the cash register buying whatever it is they came in here for.
"We need to go. Brittany, will you send a text to everyone in glee club telling them I need them to meet us at McKinley as soon as they can." I forgot my cell phone in the car, of course when I would need it most.
"I'm on it." Britt said, pulling out Kiki or whatever the name of her phone was and immediately typing a message, no questions asked.
Santana raised an eyebrow before thanking the cashier and turning her attention back to me. "What's going on?"
"I want to surprise Sebastian at work but I need everyone's help." Santana looked at me and rolled her eyes, knowing exactly what I was going to do. His present would have to wait till tomorrow.
I had just finished playing a song when I decided to take my fifteen-minute break. I went into the back to make myself a coffee, not that I was even allowed to seeing as I was sort of like a branch off the Lima Bean tree so I was technically part and not part of the coffee shop. I must be really tired if I'm making an analogy like that. To be honest, I wasn't sure why I was so tired.
After grabbing biscotti, that I only started liking because Blaine practically force-fed me, I went to sit down at a table right next to where my stool and guitar were. I had texted Blaine about an hour ago but he hadn't responded yet. I was mindlessly looking around the Lima Bean, my mind mostly thinking of what Blaine had planned for tonight, when I focused in on two guys sitting near the window. Two guys who were in Dalton uniforms, one of them being the one and only Hunter Clarington.
I didn't recognize the guy sitting across from him, not that I could tell who he was seeing as I could only see the back of his head. I walked over to the table and pulled up a seat without even informing them I was joining, getting a surprised reaction from the new guy and an irritated look from Hunter. "Hey there buddy, how's it going?" I said looking at him and bringing my coffee to my lips.
"What are you doing here?" He asked, rolling his eyes as if he knew I would interrupt whatever this was.
"I work here, remember?" I looked over to the other guy and extended my hand to shake his. "Sebastian Smythe. I don't think we've met."
"Wes Andrews." He said smirking and shaking my hand, his grip firm. "So you're the Sebastian Smythe I've heard so much about." I could tell I wouldn't like this guy already.
"I guess so." I said smirking right back at him.
"Sebastian, this is my friend from back home." Hunter explained.
"You're a transfer?" I asked taking a sip from my coffee.
"He's uh, He's here on the Headmasters order to help us win Nationals." Hunter's eyes averted mine when I looked at him. Was this a joke or was he serious? Why wasn't I informed about this?
"I was co-captain's with Hunter back at our old school. Don't worry, I'm not here to take your position." Wes put on a half smile before continuing. "I'm just here to assure that the Warblers take home a Nationals victory this year."
"Isn't that a little weird that we get someone new shortly before Nationals?" I asked raising an eyebrow. "Are you a senior?"
"Junior." He said after drinking some of his coffee. "I recently brought my team to a Regionals win, so you can imagine how mad they were when they found out I would be transferring schools before the end of the year. Dalton made me an offer I couldn't refuse, so here I am."
I was mad. No, I was furious. Not only was I not informed that we would be getting a new member who was practically recruited, but the headmaster believed that the Warblers wouldn't win Nationals if I was still the captain. He practically hired Hunter and now he brings in someone else? Way to bring my down my ego Headmaster.
Normally, I would have made an argument, but my break was almost over and this was something that I actually wanted to discuss with Hunter. "Welcome to the team." I said giving him the realest smile I could possibly put on.
"Thanks." He said smiling, but something about his smile told me he had something up his sleeve. Know why? Because that's the same smile I use when I'm up to something.
"Wait, why weren't you in school today?" Hunter asked when I stood up.
"I was busy." I said moving the chair to the other table where it originally came from. "I'll see you later." I walked away and finished my coffee before throwing away the cup. I was getting ready to start performing again when Hunter walked up to me.
"Sebastian, this wasn't my decision. He showed up this morning at my dorm room and explained everything to me. I introduced him to everyone today, except for you of course since you didn't show up." Hunter said accusingly.
"Dude, honestly, I don't care." I said not really focusing on what he was saying and instead tuning my guitar. "If that's what the Headmaster wants there's nothing I can do about it."
"I know you're mad." He said as he crossed his arms. "You shouldn't be mad at me though, none of this is my fault."
"I'm not." I said looking at him. "I have to get back to work." I said stringing the guitar.
"Sebastian he's here as a member, not to replace you as co captain. Besides, he's a junior."
"I was co captain as a junior. And then you came to replace me." I said not looking at him.
"Are you seriously upset with me?" Hunter asked squinting his eyes as if he was incredulous.
"I'm working Hunter." I said sarcastically.
"Fine. I'll see you tomorrow?" Hunter asked sighing and letting it go. I nodded my head in response and Hunter turned around to walk away. Hunter and Wes left as soon as Hunter had finished talking to me.
I wasn't sure why, but something about the new kid just didn't seem right. I didn't like this Wes guy, and it was either because of my arrogance or because he was bad news. I guess only time will tell, seeing as I didn't have a choice in the matter.
I checked my phone before starting my next song to see Blaine had texted me.
Sorry I didn't answer. I left my phone in the car. See you at 6! – Blaine
"Wait a minute, Kurt told me about that last time you tried serenading that Gap guy and from what he says, it didn't end well." Sam said. Please tell me Sam was the only person Kurt told, but knowing Kurt, probably not.
"That was different." And it was. He was a guy I was trying to get to like me, but this time I would sing to a guy who actually likes me. "I'll run it by the manager just in case." I conceded when everyone gave me the same sarcastic look.
"I think it's romantic." Britt said standing next to me in the front of the stage.
"Thank you guys for actually coming, I wasn't sure if I would be able to get everyone together." Everything was sort of last minute so the fact that everyone could make it kind of surprised me.
"Most of us were still here rehearsing." Marley said a smile on her face. "I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say we're happy we can help."
"It means a lot guys. So I want to do something sexy, but with our own twist to it so I was thinking that we do The Way by Ariana Grande and Mac Miller."
"I love that song." Unique and Kitty said together, laughing and high fiving. I'm glad that those two finally became friend after a while of hating on each other.
"We don't really have much time before he gets out of work so it's going to be choppy, but we work best when we're loose. I'm not thinking anything complic-" Before I could finish, we heard the sound of high heels. Santana walked in with some of the Warblers, none of them in their uniforms.
"I brought some friends." Santana said, a smile on her face. The Warblers and the New Directions all started greeting each other and talking; most of the New Directions members and Warbler members were friends at this point.
"Santana." I said pulling her aside. "Will you cover me for a few minutes? I need to go see if someone is still here."
"Sure." She said turning to the group and snapping her fingers to get everyone's attention.
Coach Sue had black mailed me and tried on numerous occasions to try and get me to join the Cheerios, but I never agreed simply because I didn't want my everyday life to be living hell. I would negotiate though to get what I wanted, even if it meant selling myself to the she devil herself.
"Coach Sylvester." I said after knocking on the door and making myself known. "I have a proposition." If anyone had what I was looking for, it would be Sue Sylvester. She took of her glasses off and reclined in her seat.
"Take a seat gay Burt Reynolds." She said, he condescending tone as thick as ever.
This shift felt unusually long, so by the time I was done with my last number I was more than happy to be leaving. I pulled out my phone to text Blaine letting him know that I was out of work when I heard multiple voices harmonizing from somewhere inside of the Lima Bean.
I looked up to see Blaine with what seemed to be most of the members of both glee clubs dispersing throughout the Lima Bean. I couldn't stop the smile that made its way onto my face when I understood what was going on.
"Happy birthday to the most amazing person I know. This one's for you." He said pointing to me and winking.
I love the way you make me feel
I love it, I love it
I love the way you make me feel
I love it, I love it
The New Directions and Warblers started rearranging some of the furniture and jumping onto the tables and seats and whistling and humming, clapping to the rhythm and getting most of the people to join along with them.
Say, I'm thinking 'bout her every second, every hour
Do my singing in the shower
Picking petals off the flowers like
Do she love me, do she love me not? (love me not)
I ain't a player, I just crush a lot (crush a lot)
Blaine started singing to some of the people sitting at the tables before making his way over to me and telling me to come closer using his finger to call me over.
You give me that kind of something
Want it all the time, need it everyday
On a scale of one to ten I'm at a hundred
Never get enough, I can't stay away
If you want it, I got it, I got it everyday
You can get whatever you need from me
Stay by your side, I'll never leave you
And I ain't going nowhere 'cause you're a keeper
Everyone had joined in at this point, laughing and cheering as the glee clubs performed together. Blaine danced around me, playfully flirting and acting to the words of the song. There was no doubt that Blaine knew how to sell a song; the way he moved, the way he danced, everything about him was magnetic. The facial expressions he was making to the song radiated how happy and comfortable he was, knowing fully well that he knew he could work a crowd.
So don't you worry, baby, you got me
I got a bad boy, I must admit it hey
You got my heart, don't know how you did it hey
And I don't care who sees it babe
I don't wanna hide the way I feel when you're next to me
I couldn't stop the laugh and the redness making it's way to my cheeks. This was honestly a lot of fun to watch. The way that Blaine was owning the improv stage he called the Lima Bean was mesmerizing. I laughed when I saw the look my manager on his face; his eyes were wide and his mouth was gaping at the commotion that was happening in front of him.
I love the way (you make me feel)
I love the way (I love it)
Baby, I love the way (you make me feel)
Ooh, I love the way (I love it)
The way you love me
Oh, it's so crazy you get my heart jumping
When you put your lips on mine
And honey it ain't a question (q-question)
'Cause boy I know just what you like
Everyone started moving more furniture so that they could all come together in one spot. Blaine winked at me before rejoining the group and singing and dancing with them in unison. Had this been rehearsed? They were killing it, even if most of it was free styling. Everyone was dancing and moving together, clapping and hyping everyone up.
So if you need it, I got it, I got it everyday
Be your lover, your friend, you'll find it all in me
Stay by your side, I'll never leave you
And I ain't going nowhere 'cause you're a keeper
So don't you worry, baby, you got me
I got a bad boy, I must admit it
You got my heart, don't know how you did it
And I don't care who sees it babe
I don't wanna hide the way I feel when you're next to me
I love the way (you make me feel)
I love the way (I love it)
Baby, I love the way (you make me feel)
Ooh, I love the way (I love it)
The way I love you
Everyone dispersed so that they were each at a table, fooling around and singing with some of the innocent bystanders. Blaine jumped onto one of the tables and looked directly at me when singing the next verse.
Uh, I make you feel so fine, I make you feel so fine
I hope you hit me on my celly when I sneak in your mind
You're a princess to the public, but a freak when it's time
Said your bed be feeling lonely,
So you're sleeping in mine.
Come here, watch a movie with me,
"American Beauty" or "Bruce Almighty" that's groovy,
Just come and move closer to me
I got some feelings for you,
I'm not gonna get bored of
But baby you're an adventure
So let me come and explore you
So don't you worry, baby you got me
I got a bad boy, I must admit it
You got my heart, don't know how you did it
And I don't care who sees it babe
I don't wanna hide the way I feel when you're next to me
Everyone started getting together again in the middle and continued singing and acting to the lyrics as Blaine walked back over to me.
I love the way (you make me feel)
I love the way (I love it)
Baby, I love the way (you make me feel)
Ooh, I love the way (I love it)
The way I love you
When the song was finished, everyone was on their feet clapping, some of them even coming up to me to wish me a happy birthday and congratulating Blaine and everyone else.
"Don't lose this one." An older woman said winking at me and patting my back. I had no idea who she was, but her words rung in my ears as she walked away. I smiled and turned my attention back to Blaine and the rest of the gang. Everyone started putting everything back to how the things were before making their way outside. I quickly grabbed my things before following after them.
Blaine saw me coming out of the coffee shop and excused himself from the gang. He scratched his head and laughed nervously as he made his way over to me. "You don't think it was too much, do you?" He asked, a worried look on his face. "I'm so sorry if I embarrassed you but I wa-"
I cradled his face with my hand before pressing my lips into his. Blaine parted his lips slightly, granting my tongue access to explore and get lost in him. The kiss was passionate. It was sexy. It was greedy. Right now, all I wanted was him and nothing else. I didn't know how to express just how much what he did meant to me, so I resorted to showing him. Besides, I'm a man of action, not words. Blaine's arms made their way around my neck, letting himself fall into this little world we were both in. I wasn't going to stop if it weren't from the cheering and hollering coming from behind him. Our lips parted and we both instantly smiled, Blaine turning slightly red and placing his hand on the back of his necks, a bright smile on his face. "That was…" He started.
"Thank you." I said pulling him into a hug. "For that." I said pointing to the Lima Bean. "For you. For everything."
"So you don't hate me for singing to you in front of everyone at your workplace?" He asked when I let him go. Blaine grabbed my hand so that we could walk over to the gang who was still making fun of us.
"Of course not. I loved it." I said kissing the side of his head. "It was amazing. Did you rehearse this?"
"It was last minute." He admitted. "We kind of just threw something together before showing up."
"Impressive." I said nodding my head. "Only you." I said wrapping my arm around his waist.
"Where exactly are we going?" Sebastian asked.
"We're almost there." I said holding his hand and leading him to where we were going.
"When can I take off the blind fold? If you're taking me to a forest to kill me, just know that my boyfriend will miss me and he'll find you." Sebastian said, a smirk on his lips.
"Shut up." I said laughing. "Alright, take off the blindfold."
Sebastian took off his blindfold before blinking a few times to readjust his vision and analyzing where he was before taking in the giant object before us. Sebastian's furrowed his eyebrows as his lips parted slightly. "Blaine…" He said looking at me. "What is this?" He asked a confused expression written all over his face.
"It's a hot air balloon." I said raising an eyebrow.
"Well, I know that." He said letting out a laugh. "Is this for us? How did you get it?"
"I made a deal with the devil." I said casually. "Kind of. Brittany gave me the idea, and of course I thought it was ridiculous, right? Who just has a hot air balloon handy? It just so happens that one Coach Sue Sylvester does." I said walking over to the balloon and stepping inside. "I didn't think she would, but I guess I shouldn't have been surprised when she said she had one in her backyard at all times in case she needed to escape a zombie apocalypse." It sounded strange even coming out of my mouth, so the incredulous look on my face was mirrored by the expression on Sebastian's.
"This is crazy." Sebastian said, a bright smile on his face. "The good kind of crazy. Blaine, I can't believe you did all of this for me." He said stepping onto it.
"Well, unfortunately I can't drive it so we'll only be able to float in one spot but we should get high up enough to see all of Lima and maybe then some." I said as I started the flame.
"Will we float away?" Sebastian asked teasingly. "Not that I mind."
"No, we'll be tied to the ground. Ascend and descend, that's pretty much all I learned." Sebastian smiled before wrapping his arm around me. "Ready?" I asked, to which Sebastian nodded. I slowly increased the flame so that the balloon could take off.
"You never fail to amaze me." Sebastian said looking at me. "I never would have guessed in a million years that we would be doing this. I can't believe you did this all for me."
"Of course I would. You do insane things for me all the time. Let's not forget about Paris, I don't think this tops that."
"That doesn't matter, B. You deserve everything I've given you and much more. I don't deserve all this, everything you've done for me." Sebastian said bringing me to the edge of the basket so we could look at the top of the trees that we were just passing.
"Don't say that." I said nudging him. "You do deserve this Sebastian, this and everything you're heart desires."
"My heart only desires you." He said in a quiet voice.
"You already have me." I said shaking my head. "I mean the other things. So don't give me any of that 'I don't deserve it' crap. Are you thirsty? I know we just had dinner but I wasn't sure if you'd want more food so I made some snacks and I brought some drinks." I pointed to the picnic basket that was on the floor of the basket.
"I'm okay for now, but maybe in a bit. Are we even allowed to have a hot air balloon on the McKinley grounds?" Sebastian asked looking down at the field.
"I don't know. Coach Sue said it was fine, but she probably didn't care enough to tell me not to." I said shrugging my shoulders.
We reached the peak of our flight and neither of us seemed disappointed by the view. We were high enough that the buildings looked tiny, and we could barely even make out any people.
"This is awesome. The view is unbelievable." Sebastian whispered, his eyes wide and a small smile on the corner of his lips. "So what did you have to do for Coach Sue to lend you the hot air balloon?" Sebastian asked.
"About that." I said, not really sure how he would react to finding out I was a new addition to the Cheerios. "I'm part of the Cheerios now." I said sighing.
Sebastian raised an eyebrow and turned his head to look at me. "I'm dating a cheerleader now?"
"Guess so."
"Did you want to become a Corn Flake or whatever your cheerleaders are called?" Sebastian said winking at me.
"I don't see why not. I'll get to compete at their competitions too and it's kind of like glee minus the singing, so I don't think it'll be too bad."
"I just want to make sure you're not going to regret making that deal. I'll feel bad if you only did it to make me happy."
"Don't worry. If anything I'll transfer schools." I said, half joking, but half telling the truth. I just hoped Coach Sue wasn't as bad to the Cheerios as she was to the Glee Club kids.
"Dalton will always have their arms open for you." Sebastian said, pulling me closer to him.
"That's true." I said nodding my head. "It really is beautiful up here."
"Almost as beautiful as the person here with me." Sebastian lifted my chin with his finger and place a gentle kiss on my lips, our lips continuously parting but coming back for more.
Sebastian and I spent hours talking and laughing about everything that there was to talk about. It felt like it only the two of us mattered at that moment. At that moment, everyone below us didn't matter. All the problems, all the worries, all the difficulties seemed trivial up here. We were on top of the world, and I loved every second of it.
"Happy Birthday!" I said kissing Sebastian's cheek. Sebastian stretch his limbs and groaned before smiling and rolling on top of me.
"Thank you." He said holding himself up. "You know how I want to start my birthday?" Sebastian asked leaning his head down.
"How?" I asked raising an eyebrow but knowing exactly what he wanted.
"Cake, cake, cake, cake, cake…" Sebastian sang, smirking and pressing his lips into mine. Leave it to Sebastian to tell me he wants to have sex by using a Rihanna reference.
Sebastian and I quickly threw off what little clothes we had before he brought me in to make out, his hand working it's way down to my length. Sebastian placed kisses on my chest before playfully biting my nipple. He was leaving a trail of kisses making his way down my abdomen before he ripped the condom wrapper open and placed it on himself. Normally Sebastian was all for foreplay, but today he was getting right to it. "Are you ready?" He whispered in my ear, which I acknowledge by pulling him into a kiss.
Sebastian had just started when a voice that was neither of ours rang in our ears; both of our eyes went wide. ""Sebastian, please tell me you aren't sleeping this late. Oh dear, maybe this wasn't a good time."
"Oh my god." Sebastian said as he hurriedly threw a blanket to cover us. "Grandma… Grandpa…" Sebastian said in disbelief. Sebastian turned his head to look at me before looking at his grandparents again.
"We'll be downstairs... when you're ready." His grandma said covering her eyes and her husbands eyes as she tried holding in a laugh.
I threw a pillow on top of my face to cover how red my face was becoming. Please, please, please tell me this isn't happening. But it was. Sebastian hit his forehead with the palm of his head before throwing himself back "Fuck." He muttered.
Well Blaine, I guess it's time to meet the grandparents.