I was outside waiting at 12:20.

I had woken up incredibly early and, sadly, could not get back to sleep. When I had actually gotten out of bed it was 7:15 am and Rachel and Mercedes were still dead to the world. I quietly padded over to the closet, staring at the clothes that I had brought. Sighing I pushed through the racks, my mind still reeling about today. On the outside I looked calm, but inside the wheels in my head were turning so fast I couldn't stay on one thought long enough to thoroughly think it out. I couldn't tell if I was excited or not. My nerves were out of control, that was for sure, but excited? I felt like I should be, but every time a bubble of excitement bubbles up I push it away. I don't want to get too excited about it being a date incase it's not. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. This was not how the morning was supposed to start. I was supposed to wake up with a clear head ready to take on the day.

I let go of the shirt I had grasped while I was thinking and laid back down on my bed. I needed to clear my head before I did anything. There is no way I'm going anywhere with Blaine until I get my head on straight. I needed to listen to Mercedes and just go and enjoy myself. So what if it's a date or not? I'm going to have lunch with a gorgeous guy who seems truly interested in getting to know me. I need to push all these negative thoughts away and let myself be excited, let myself look forward to going out with a guy, who is actually gay, and just having fun.

I stood back up and continued to search through my clothes trying to pick out just the right outfit to knock Blaine's socks off. Date or not, I needed an outfit that could kill.

Seven outfits later, and several frustrated grunts and sighs, I had the perfect outfit. It wasn't too fancy or out there, but it fit me like a glove and showed off my best features. Now I just had to get my hair done.

By the time I was just about done with my hair it was 10:27 and I could here Rachel was starting to wake up. I was putting the final touches of hairspray on as I heard a cough from the doorway.

"Well aren't you up bright and early." I turned and raised an eyebrow at her.

"What do you want Rachel? Go back to bed, you and Mercedes went to bed at like four in the mourning." I gave my hair a final spray.

"I have a very sensitive sense of smell and your hairspray was smelling up the entire hotel room up." I rolled my eyes and got up, walking past her out into our room. "That, and, I wanted to make sure you were actually going to go on your date. Blaine is far too good for you to stand him up Kurt."

"I wouldn't stand him up Rachel." She sighed and grabbed me by the arm, dragging me out to the balcony. "What are you doing? Let go of my arm! You're wrinkling my shirt!" She let go as soon as stepped outside and turned to me.

"I don't want to wake Mercedes up, and yes! I know you wouldn't intentionally" I raised my eyebrow at her choice of words "stand him up, but that's it. I know you Kurt. I know that you can get so wrapped up in your head and your thoughts that you just don't do something. You have this tendency to overreact to things that you don't need to." I looked away, she did have a point. "I just wanted to make sure you're alright and not freaking out." She smiled. "And I'm sure if Mercedes was awake she would feel the same."

"Well thank you. To be honest I was freaking out earlier, but now as you can see, I'm fine." She nodded but seemed to realize just how ready I was.

"How long have you been up ?"She asked, her eyebrows knitting together.

"About 3 hours now." Her eyes went wide as she just stared at me, silently asking 'are you serious?'. "I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep." I shrugged. "Nothing else to do so I got ready." She shook her head and sat down in one of the chairs.

I sat down in the chair next to her as she asked, "Are you excited?"

I laughed softly. "I guess."

"You should be." Despite being one of the most annoying people I know, Rachel was a good friend. She cared…most of the time.

Pivoting in my chair towards Rachel I asked, "What are you and Mercedes going to do while I'm out?"

"Stalk you." Was her instant reply.

"That better be a joke."

"Probably." I shook my head and she laughed. For awhile we just sat on the balcony looking out at the city. My dreams of living were soon to bloom. School started in the fall, and when it did, so does the rest of my life in this beautiful city.

About ten after 11 Mercedes woke up and joined us outside. "So, you excited?" Was the first thing out of her mouth.

Rachel burst out laughing. After just having a talk with Rachel about this very topic not too long ago I held in a laugh.

"No, Mercedes, I'm not. In fact I've decided I'm not going at all. I have come to the realization that we should all do away with city life and go live like mountain people." Rachel laughed even harder.

Mercedes just rolled her eyes. "Whatever, I can tell you're ready to go." We both ignored Rachel as she continued to laugh and started talking about what they were going to do that day.

"I asked Rachel earlier and she said you guys were stalking me." Still hoping that was a joke.

Mercedes glared at Rachel. "Rachel! You weren't supposed to tell him!" Rachel feigned an apologetic look as Mercedes playfully slapped her arm. "But no, we won't stalk you. I promise to keep her away from your date, boo." Rachel pouted in disappointment. Mercedes and I just laughed at her and continued the conversation about their plans. They were going to get lunch as well and then go look at apartments around the Julliard area. As much as I wanted to live with them, I didn't know if that would happen. Julliard and NYU weren't that far apart, but I didn't know if I wanted to waste and hour of my life everyday on public transportation. All of us wanted to be as close to school as we could.

"Are you guys dead set on being right around the corner?" I asked as Mercedes brought some snacks we had bought earlier out. They shared a look and sighed.

"Rachel is. I don't care as much. As long as I have somewhere decent to live I'm good." Mercedes said as she took a bight of muffin.

"It's very important that to be as close as possible. I'm going to be going to and from school and various times of the day for all different productions and shows I will be in." Maybe I didn't need to leave with Rachel.

"Fine, Mercedes and I can just find a nice place in the middle and visit you on weekends." Mercedes hummed in agreement. Rachel just huffed and crossed her arms.

"Though if things work out with Blaine you can always live with him. He did say he lived close to NYU and he did offer to let you stay with him." Mercedes said waggling her eyebrows.

"Shut up 'Cedes. He was joking." Like that would ever happen.

"You never know!" She sang. I rolled my eyes and we let the subject drop. Knowing things with the two of them were never forgotten about for too long so I grabbed the necessary things and made my way down to the lobby. Along the way I stopped by the coffee, in need of a pick me up. While I had not gone to bed the same time as Rachel and Mercedes, I still fell asleep at an ungodly hour.

And at 12:20 I was outside waiting for Blaine, coffee now in the trash. I hoped he would be early. For a summer afternoon it there was a cool wind blowing. I shivered and pulled my jacket closer just as I saw Blaine's car pull up alongside the hotel. I watched as he got out in a rush towards the doors, stopping in front of them to check his watch.

"Blaine, over here." His head whipped towards me, a smile gracing his handsome features. I watched as he jogged over, admiring the way his curls bounced with each step.

"Hey, I hope you haven't been waiting too long." Oh, you don't even know.

"No, not at all, just got out here actually." He sighed in relief.

"That's good. My boss held me up after a shift, needed to talk to me about working extra hours. I thought I was going to be late so I raced up here. I'm glad I made it. I would have beaten myself up about it if I had been late." I smiled as he kept rambling. It was a nice change. Usually guys didn't care this much about hanging out with me, or doing anything with me. Yet here was Blaine, I guy I barely know, saying how terrible he would have felt if he had been late.

"It's okay, you're not late, you're here. Let's go." He stopped and smiled. With a swift nod he took my hand in his and led me over to the car. I tried to stifle the blush I knew was creeping onto my cheeks. He opened my door for me then let go of my hand and went over to his side.

And there I was, once again sitting in the front seat of Blaine's car. Only this time, instead of a trying to ignore my two embarrassing friends, I was out on a…outing. Just the two of us.

"So what are Mercedes and Rachel up to today? With you being gone and all they'll have no one to embarrass."

"Oh shut up." He laughed and pulled out into the street. "They are going to look at apartments around Julliard, Rachel wants to be as close as she can." I leaned into the car door and looked out the window. "Which means I probably won't live with them since I am not taking public transportation for an hour ever day just to get to and from school."

"Understandable." We turned right.

"Yeah, but now I need to find where I can go look at apartments for myself that aren't terribly expensive, that's going to be hard." One of the main reasons I wanted to get an apartment with Rachel and Mercedes was not just because they're my best friends, but also, because sharing an apartment with 2 other people would cheapen the rent. Money is not something I have loads of.

"If you want I could take you to some places." My head snapped towards him.

"Really?" I said hopefully.

"Yeah, I do leave near NYU, we could drive around the area see what's for sale. I know I see at least 20 for sale signs everyday." It a bout of excitement I leaped across and hugged him tightly.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I didn't know what I was doing but I was so happy. A New Yorker willing to take me apartment hunting? It was more than I could ask for. I know absolutely nothing about real estate or pricing.

"It's no problem Kurt, really. And I'm loving this hug and all but I kind of need to drive." Blushing, I immediately let go and settle back into my seat, muttering an apology. He laughed. "So lunch first or apartment hunting?"

Happy with the change of subject I responded, "Lunch, I've barely eaten anything today."

"To lunch then." He made a u-turn and started driving in the complete opposite direction. "I know I told you I was going to take you to this place my friend introduced me to, but since we're going to go apartment hunting as well I thought we should just get lunch in the neighborhood."

"Sounds good." We continued to drive. My eyes watching everything we passed by, the clothing stores, the music store, the food vendors, everything. Everything looked so exciting. I reached into my pocket to grab my phone, wanting to text Mercedes, and spotted a map. What did Blaine need a map of New York for? I reached down to pick it up noticing how old and wrinkled it was.

"I got that when I first came here. I have the worst sense of direction, especially with new places. You don't know how many times I got lost driving to school. It also sucked that I was the only person in my apartment with a car. I had to drive everyone everywhere. It did help me to get to know the city like the back of my hand though."

I laughed at his story but something he said stuck in my head. "You got lost driving to school? I thought you lived in a dorm."

"Nope, the apartment I live in now was the one I lived in during college." My eyes widened, that was an even farther commute than what I was complaining about. "Which is why I understand you not wanting to commute, I would have killed to live closer."

"Why didn't you?"

"I wanted to be with my friends. We ended up there because 3 of them were going to NYU, are other friend went to Julliard, it was a majority thing." I nodded. Blaine was genuinely a good guy, I would have never done that.

"You're a really good friend. I would have never done that."

He shook his head. "No, I just didn't want to live alone. I'm kind of a coward like that. The first time they were all going to be gone I freaked out. I called one of them screaming at three in the morning after I saw the shadow of one of the game controllers and thought it was a giant spider." I burst out laughing, unable to control my self.

"Oh my god, I'm sorry." He laughed along and shook his head.

"No, no, it's hilarious. My friend did the same thing when I realized it wasn't a giant spider. When they all got back he told everyone and it was all I heard about for the next 3 months." And to think Mercedes, Rachel, and I had this whole suave, handsome New Yorker picture of him in our minds and in actuality he was turning out to be kind of a dork.

We drove a bit farther until Blaine pulled in front of small café. It looked very homey and like it had been here forever.

"This was one of my favorite places to go during college." He said as we got out of the car. "A lot of students spend a lot of time here. They have free wifi here, good connection, really comfortable and cozy."

We walked in and as I looked around I could tell that I would be one of those people that visited here a lot.

"You ready to eat?" I nodded and he took my hand and led me to a table near the back.

Sorry i took forever to update D: I didn't get everything i wanted into this chapter but i wanted to to update for you guys. I will try to get the rest of their day up as soon as i can!

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