Author's Note: This chapter is short again. But I promise the next one will be really long and filled with a whole lot of goodness
Chapter 4: Coffee as Friends
(KPOV)
Blaine met up with me right after class. He drove to school so I jumped in his car and we headed to a local coffee shop: The Lima Bean. I've been here many times before, but I never noticed him (and trust me I would not forget a face like his). After we get our coffee orders we find a table in the corner and get to talking.
"What was it like for you when you were getting bullied?" I immediately ask, interested in finding out how our classmate interactions were similar.
"When?" he chuckled. "That makes it sound like they have stopped. The people at McKinley are very close-minded. They don't realize that the world has progressed and being Gay is not as secretive as it once was. The students, mostly the jocks, would call me names such as 'Homo,' 'Queer,' and my favorite 'Fag.'" I could tell he was getting angry but I just sat there and let him get this all off of his chest. "They shoved me into lockers and knock my books out of my hand. They may have laid off me a bit since when they started, but I've just learned to not let it affect me as much."
"Wow, how are you able to keep from running away and drowning yourself in your sorrows? After school I just want to go to my room and wallow in self pity." I confess.
"First off, don't give them the satisfaction of making you feel like crap. You're better than them and accept that you are awesome. Secondly, I use music to help me deal."
"Music? How can music make you feel better about the bullying?" I ask, entirely obsessed with him at this moment.
"Music is what keeps me sane. Music helps make the bad bearable. The lyrics speak to me, the notes move through my body removing any tension that has built up, and when I'm the one singing I feel completely free." The entire time he's talking you can see his entire body being lifted, along with the tension that had once filled the space between the two of us.
"Wow, that's amazing how music can do that to you, I wish I had something like that to make me feel better."
"Why don't you try to use music to make you feel better?"
"I don't have the same connection you have with music. I've never performed and I don't see how singing in front of a group of people can be freeing. Sounds more like terrifying to me."
"You don't think singing can be freeing. I'll prove to you that it can be and is. Tomorrow after school, you are going to watch me and the glee club perform. No excuses, you will be there."
"I guess I can't fight you. I'll be there."