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A/N: He-hey guys... *peeks head shyly behind door* I uh... I know it's been a while... Please don't hate me!

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Blaine stayed in his dorm all weekend, with the Warblers trying to cheer him up, minus Kurt of course, they hadn't spoken since the day before. They glanced over at each other occasionally, but ultimately avoided eye contact.

"Blaine!" shouted Wes, "You NEED to get out of bed! It's Saturday! Get up and DO something!"

"What's the point?" moaned Blaine. The momentary inspiration that 'As She's Walking Away' had given Blaine wore off as soon as the song finished. He was depressed again. "Kurt HATES me! AND I lost my best friend!"

"And here I was thinking that I was your best friend!" joked Thad.

"Come on, Thad." said David. "This is serious. Blaine is heartbroken." everybody, including Blaine, looked shocked and puzzled at David's sincerity. "What!" he asked in response to everyones expressions. He rolled his eyes. "Everyone knows that I am the BIGGEST Klaine shipper there is. Well, maybe aside from Jeff..." Jeff's face flushed. "I mean, seriously they-"

"Wait, wait, wait." interrupted Blaine. "What the hell is a Klaine?"

"Kurt plus Blaine equals Klaine." David continued. "AS I was saying, they seriously belong together, and the only way that's gonna happen is if Blaine is back to his normal dapper self!"

Blaine was considering getting up from his bed to go find Kurt when a Dalton student poked his head through the door. "Blaine Anderson? The dean would like to see you in his office." Blaine's heart skipped a beat. Why, was he in trouble?

He got up quickly and walked down the hall to the deans office. He opened the door to see the dean behind his desk. Sitting across from him was a tall boy with brown chestnut hair and light freckles who's face resembled that of a meerkats.

"Blaine Anderson," said the dean. "This is Sebastian Smythe. He's a new transfer student. You and him are taking many of the same classes, so I told him that you could show him around for today, before classes resume on Monday, if that's all right with you."

Blaine was so full or relief that he wasn't in trouble that he agreed immediately. "Yeah, sure, whatever." but honestly his mind was still on Kurt, he desperately needed to talk to him one way or another.

Blaine and Sebastian were walking around the school. "This is the lunchroom." said Blaine. "And that," he pointed to the table where he usually sat, "is the Warblers table. The Warblers is the Glee club here." They walked up the stairs to the choir room "This is the choir room." Blaine smiled as he remembered the times he had with Kurt in this room. Kurt spying on the Warblers while Blaine was singing lead on Teenage Dream. Kurt auditioning for a solo at sectionals. Singing Baby It's Cold Outside. Singing Bills, Bills, Bills with the Warblers.

"Blaine? Hey, Blaine?" said Sebastian. "You ok?" he asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Huh?" Blaine snapped back into reality. "Oh! Uh, yeah I'm fine." he shook his head, trying to clear it.

"You spaced out there for a second buddy." Sebastian said. "It was... cute..." Blaine was a bit taken aback by this remark. When Sebastian saw Blaine's confused expression he said "Don't worry pretty boy, I play for both teams, life's to short to commit to one." Blaine was really shocked (and a bit annoyed) by this new guys philosophy.

"Um, ok? I guess... Let me see your schedule so I can show you where your classes are." Sebastian handed his schedule over. "Oh!" exclaimed Blaine. "We only have two classes that aren't the same. You have lacrosse when I have the Warblers. I have chemistry when you have biology."

"I guess this means that we'll be spending a LOT of time together, then. Maybe we should get a little more... familiar with each other, in that case." said Sebastian with a suggestive smirk.

Blaine was taken aback by Sebastian's advances. "Wow, you really don't waste any time, do you?"

Sebastian shrugged. "I know what I want and when I want it."

"I'm uh, flattered, but I have my sights set on someone else." Just then Blaine saw Kurt and Alex walking side by side perpendicular from the hall in which he and Sebastian were in. Kurt and Blaine's eyes met briefly, and the rest of the world disappeared for that split second. Kurt quickly ripped his gaze from Blaine's with a pang in his chest. He missed Blaine. He missed going to the Lima Bean and just hanging out. He missed his best friend...

Sebastian must have seen their exchange, because he obviously felt the need to comment on it. "Seems to me that he's unavailable."

"I think that they're still just friends, for now..."

An even bigger smirk crawled across Sebastian's face. "Well why don't we cut a deal? It'll be a win-win." suggested Sebastian.

"What do you mean?" pondered Blaine.

"Pretend to go out with me. It'll make porcelain over there jealous as fuck."

Blaine thought about it for a moment. When a new kid took an interest in Kurt, it was finally enough to make him admit his feelings to Kurt. Would it work the other way around? "Wait a second. You said it was a win-win. What's in it for you?"

"We'll probably have to kiss each other in front of him in order to convince him, and your cute, so..." Sebastian just shrugged, as if making out with a person you'd known for less that four hours was no big deal.

'This guy is kind of a man whore' thought Blaine. 'But if he can help me get Kurt back...' Blaine stuck his hand out. "Well, Mr. Smythe, you've got yourself a deal..."

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Kurt and Alex were in Alex's dorm, trying to find more about each other.

So far, they found out that they had nothing in common. Kurt's favorite color was red. Alex's was blue. Favorite singer: Kurt- Patti LuPone, Alex- Rascal Flatts. Favorite store: Kurt- Banana Republic, Alex- Claire's. Favorite Vogue cover: Alex doesn't read Vogue.

Sure, they still had lots of fun together, but Kurt wasn't sure that he wanted to be anything more than friends with Alex. That place in his heart, as much as he hated to admit it, still belonged to Blaine. Kurt thought that he had feelings for Alex after their near kiss, but now, after actually getting to KNOW Alex, he knew they'd never be more than friends. Kurt's heart didn't do backflips whenever Alex walked in the room. He didn't forget how to breathe when Alex spoke. His hands never sweated or got shaky when he talked to Alex. And he never wanted to impress Alex the way he had with Blaine. Now that Kurt was thinking about it, he couldn't for the life of himself, figure out why he had rejected Blaine. He loved Blaine.

Kurt suddenly stood up. "I have to go!" he nearly shouted. He had to find Blaine, like right now. He grabbed his bag and as he was walking out the door he turned to face Alex. "Look, Alex." he said. "I REALLY like hanging out with you, and I want to be your friend... But... I'm in love with someone else."

Alex nodded understandingly, with a sad smile. "I know... The way you look at him... And the way he looks at you... It's obvious. I should've known that I didn't have a chance with you. Now, go to him. You guys belong together."

"Thank you." Kurt hugged Alex.

Alex pulled away and put his hands on Kurt's shoulders. "Just know that you've got a friend in me." Alex smiled at Kurt and he returned the smile.

"I have to go now... But we'll catch up later!" he yelled as he ran out the door to find Blaine.

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Sebastian and Blaine were in the Dalton cafe. Blaine was trying to find out more about Sebastian. Turns out, he wasn't as bad as Blaine made him out to be in the beginning.

He was worse.

He'd had seven boyfriends and eight girlfriends in the last year, had sex with more than half of them, had more one night stands than Blaine had fingers, and even kept eyeing every single cute guy that passed them by.

In short, he was a slut.

Kurt had been making his way towards the cafe when he heard an unfamiliar voice say, "So what? Me, you Breadstix? If we're gonna be an item then I'm guessing that there should be a date soon."

He hid behind the door and peeked through the hinges. A tall, lean boy sat across from Blaine. He had sandy brown hair and his face was coated with light freckles.

Blaine sighed and rolled his eyes. "Um, yeah. Whatever." he mumbled. Kurt furrowed his eyebrows. It didn't seem like Blaine liked this kid too much. Then why was he agreeing to go on a date with him. Wait... Did he just say they were an "item"?

Kurt's eyes watered as the situation sunk in. Blaine was going out with someone. And that someone wasn't him. It was with a someone who wasn't even good for Blaine. He'd been replaced by someone that Blaine didn't even like!

Kurt turned around and headed back up the stairs to Alex's room. He barged in and Alex's head shot up from the book *he (A/N: I know Alex is a girl, but Kurt doesn't know that. So it's not a pronoun fail) was engulfed in. "Kurt? What happened?" he jumped off the bed and Kurt threw his arms around Alex and began to cry. He wondered if Blaine had felt this crappy when he'd found out about him and Alex's almost date. "What happened?" Alex repeated.

Kurt sniffed and lifted his head up from Alex's shoulder. "I saw-I... I heard him and this new kid. They were talking about going out and the new guy asked him out... And he-he said yes! Blaine moved on... That's what happened."

They sat down on the bed. "Ok," said Alex. "There's no WAY Blaine is really going out with some dude he met today! And second, there's no way he's over you yet! I've seen the way he looks at you. When we passed him in the hall the other day. Kurt, that boy still loves you."

Kurt bit his lip. "You... You really think so."

Alex smiled. "I KNOW so."

"Thank you... It's nice to have a friend right now. Especially since I'm in love with my best one." he laughed. "Alex, I'm going to tell you everything that Blaine knows about me. I need someone to talk to and you're a really great listener and... I just need someone else to know why I transferred."

Kurt filled Alex in on everything. From coming out to his dad, to Finn calling him "faggy", to losing Regionals. He finally got to the point where the Karofsky situation came up.

"I was making my way down the hall and he smacked my phone out of my hand and pushed me up against the lockers. I remembered what Blaine had told me and I ran after him into the locker room. We got into a heated argument... And... He kissed me." Alex gasped then swallowed. "The next week, he said that if I told anybody, he'd kill me. I couldn't go back to being terrified all the time. He was expelled then the school board overrode it. So I came here..."

Alex was silent for a long time as tears rolled down his face. He'd been looking down at the ground. He lifted his face and looked at Kurt.

"Kurt... There's something I need to tell you..."

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A/N: I know it's been a while... A really long while... But I hope you can forgive me. I got distracted with other fics and life got in the way too so I am SO sorry for the wait, but hey, you guys watch Glee! so you should be used to hiatuses right?... Right?... *insert angry silence here* sigh... Once again, I apologize.