Home economics was awkward to say the least. Kurt had tried to keep up a reasonable conversation, but Blaine wasn't interested in small talk. Instead he gave a grunt or a mumbled incoherent sentence. Blaine was mindlessly drawing cubes in the back of his book. Kurt thought it was odd to draw something as random as cubes but didn't ask why. When the bell rang to signal the end of class, Blaine stood up, grabbed his messenger bag and walked out of the classroom before Kurt had even realised the bell had rang. Kurt wasn't even out of his seat when Blaine was half way down the hallway. He was glad that they were going to have a chat later on that night, because he couldn't take Blaine's strange behaviour any longer and frankly, it was making Kurt angry.
There was one class left in the day: Warbler practice. Kurt always looked forward to Warbler practice. It was the only part of the day that Kurt got to be creative, and sing out all of his frustrations. And today there were a lot of frustrations to sing out. Kurt walked through the double doors and spotted Jeff. Kurt weaved his way through the Warblers and sat down on the leather couch next to Jeff. Kurt wanted to talk to Jeff about Blaine. Kurt knew that Jeff had talked to Blaine at lunch and Kurt thought it was a perfect time to integrate Jeff about exactly what Blaine had said.
"Hey Jeff" Kurt said with an exaggerated smile on his face.
"You look awfully chipper for a guy who is leaving at the end of the week" Jeff said as he noticed Kurt's face splitting smile.
"Well I'm just making the most out of my week." Kurt said merrily. It felt forced but it was partly true. Kurt was just about to open his mouth to talk but was silenced by the gavel. Kurt knew that Wes in full Official Warbler Wes mode and he knew he didn't want to mess with him.
"Good afternoon everyone. There are a few things on the agenda to get through today. But I would like to talk about Kurt first off." Kurt looked at Wes with a puzzling look. Why did he want to talk about Kurt? Did he do something wrong? A small smile was tugging at the corner of Wes face, amused at the look on Kurt's face.
"As you know the Warblers were rocked with some troubling news earlier today. Kurt Hummel announced that by the end of the week he would be transferring back to his former high school, McKinley High." Wes announced. Kurt didn't understand why he was announcing it as official business. Wes continued before Kurt could let his mind roam any longer.
"So Kurt we would like to give you a little something to commemorate the time that you shared here" Wes said as he pointed to David. David walked over to Kurt and stood in front of him and presented a box with a ribbon wrapped around it. Kurt thought that the colours of the wrapping paper and bow clashed slightly but didn't say anything. Jeff looked at him eagerly; he nudged Kurt and whispered 'open it'. Kurt laughed quietly, as he delicately removed the sticky tape and slowly opened the wrapping paper. Jeff couldn't handle the slow pace anymore, so he ripped the paper off.
"Hey what are you doing?" Kurt glared at him.
"I'm sorry Kurt you are taking too long and I want to see it before practice is over" Jeff said, a few warblers agreed with his statement and said the occasional 'come on Kurt open it.' Kurt removed the lid off the box and let out a low 'wow'. It was a Dalton blazer but different. It was customized. It had the word 'Kurt' stitched in gold on the left side, gold embroidery on the lapels of the blazer; the lapels were wider than the standard edition. Kurt loved it, he ran his hand over the fabric, and noted it was delightfully soft.
"Turn it over" Wes ordered encouragingly. Kurt did as he said. There were messages from the members of the warblers on the back. Kurt took the time to read each one of them. There were a lot of 'Kurt you will be missed a lot!' and some had just signed their names; Kurt smiled at it in aw until he realised that Blaine hadn't signed it.
"Thank you all some much, I love it" Kurt said genuinely. Kurt took off his other blazer and put on his new one. "Fits perfect too" there were a few laughs, Wes banged his gavel again.
"Ok everyone, get into your places and we will start our vocal warm ups" Wes said in his most official voice. They all stood up and proceeded to stand in their spots. They did vocal runs for fifteen minutes, to make sure their voices were fully prepared for action as Wes had put it. Wes turned his attention to Kurt.
"Ok Kurt since this is one of your last warbler practices, you can choose a song to sing" Wes said with a goofy smile on his face. Kurt felt honored; they were all usually told what song to sing so he was kind of stumped at the decision.
"Um I'm not quite sure, there are too many to choose from, but I think I'm going to choose 'Cooler Than Me' by Mike Posner" Kurt stated. Everyone was confused at Kurt's choice, some even laughed. Kurt usually chose songs that were from Broadway or songs from old musicals.
"Really?"
Kurt only noticed than that Blaine was in the room then.
"Yes Blaine really, I just thought we should sing a more, upbeat number and have some fun" Kurt said with a dorky smile on his face. Wes interrupted.
"Sure Kurt, just give me a second to try and figure out how to arrange it." Wes said with a laugh and sat down with the council members.
"I'll be right back, I just need to grab something out of my room." Blaine said and jogged out of the room.
So after 10minutes of arranging the tenors, bassist and everyone else for their parts, they were ready to sing. Blaine had arrived back into the room but didn't say what he had brought with him. Blaine stood next to Kurt and waited for the guys to start with the backing vocals. Blaine pulled out two pairs of Ray Ban Sunglasses. He handed one to Kurt, Kurt just laughed and put them on. Blaine put on his glasses as well. He had a beaming smile on his face. The warblers started with the intro and Kurt and began to sing.
If I could write you a song
and make you fall in love
I would already have you up under my arm
I used up all my tricks
I hope that you like this
but you probably won't
you think you're cooler than me
you got designer shades
just to hide your face and
you wear them around like
you're cooler than me
and you never say hey
or remember my name
it's probably cuz
you think you're cooler than me
Kurt danced around Blaine, tracing a finger around Blaine's shoulders, than he skipped off dancing in between each of Warblers. Kurt noticed that instead of them all standing still and just singing the lyrics, they were actually dancing. They weren't very good but they looked so happy. It was now Blaine's verse. Kurt saw him and was shocked. He was still smiling and trying out what he considered his best dance moves. Kurt hadn't seen him this happy in two days so he was taken aback.
You got your high brow shoes on your feet
And you wear 'em around like it ain't shit
But you don't know the way that you look
When your steps make that much noise
Shh, I got you all figured out
You need every one's eyes just to feel seen
Behind your make up nobody knows who you even are
Who do you think that you are?
Kurt couldn't help but laugh at Blaine. He was getting into the dance moves. He was jumping on the couch, and then playing with Wes's hair. He even attempted to mess up Kurt's hair, but Kurt just gave him his signature glare and Blaine knew not to mess up Kurt's hair or there would be severe consequences.
If I could write you a song
And make you fall in love
I would already have you up under my arm
I used up all my tricks
I hope that you like this
But you probably won't
you think you're cooler than me
You got designer shades
just to hide your face and
you wear them around like
you're cooler than me
And you never say hey
or remember my name
It's probably cuz
you think you're cooler than me
Kurt and Blaine were now dancing around each, they tried to act tough but it was only a façade. They couldn't keep a straight face and ended up smiling.
Cause it sure seems.
Cause it sure seems
You got no doubt
That you got no doubt.
But we all seem
We all seem
We got your head
In the clouds
If I could write you a song
And make you fall in love
I would already have you up under my arm
I used up all of my tricks
I hope that you like this
But you probably won't
You think you're cooler than me
You got designer shades
Just to hide your face and
You wear them around like
You're cooler than me
And you never say hey
Or remember my name
It's probably cause, you think you're cooler than me
The song ended. The warblers let out cheers of excitement; they all patted Kurt on the back and made their way back to their seats. Jeff hugged Kurt with one arm and fist pumped with the other.
"Dude! That was awesome, I didn't think it could be done for an Acapella group, but that was awesome" Jeff was ecstatic. Kurt was just happy that everyone else liked it.
"Ok everyone please take a seat on the couches, there is one more matter of business to address before we can go" Wes said. He was now back sitting behind his desk, with his gavel in hand. Kurt wondered what Wes would do without it. Kurt walked over to the couch and seated himself between Blaine and Jeff. Kurt was still looking at Wes's hand. Jeff noticed
"What are you smiling about?" Jeff asked following his glaze. Kurt leant over and whispered into Jeff's ear.
"I was just wondering what would happen to Wes if his gavel ever went missing. He would probably put up posters around the school. 'Lost gavel. If found please return to Wesley immediately. It is very important item to me'. I think it would be quite funny, you know, if it suddenly went missing. I think it is sort of like a security blanket for him. Like a little kid with their dolly is sort of an equivalent for him" the two of them started laughing.
"Hey do you think that he sleeps with it? Like you know, cuddling it and sucking his thumb" Jeff said with a huge smile creeping on his lips.
They burst into hysterical laughter.
All of the warblers turned and looked at them. Wes banged his gavel to silence them, which only made them laugh harder.
"Anything you would like to share?" Wes asked slightly annoyed. Kurt and Jeff were still laughing. They had tears rolling down the face from laughter. Wes banged the gavel again.
"Jeff and Kurt, go outside until you have calmed down!" Wes banged the gavel to make it an official motion. Kurt and Jeff snuck a glance at each other and cracked up once more. Blaine looked at them with a puzzling look on his face. He couldn't figure out why Kurt was having more fun with Jeff than him.
Kurt and Jeff stood up shakily and proceeded to walk out of the room.
Once they were outside, they both leaned against the wall. They took in a few deep breaths but it was pointless because they would just start laughing again.
"Ok, ok, ok, I think I'm good now, how about you?" Kurt asked he was slightly breathless. He turned to see Jeff still smiling.
"Yeah, yeah I think I'm good. Let's go back in before we miss the last announcement" Jeff clapped Kurt on the shoulder and they walked into the room with big smiles plastered to their faces.
"Better now?" Wes asked when they came back into the room
"Yeah. Think so" they both said. They took their seats and Blaine looked at them.
"Care to explain?" Blaine whispered into Kurt's ear, still very confused.
"I'll tell you later, it's a very funny story" Kurt said still smiling.
"Ok with that disturbance over, I would like to get to the last announcement." Wes said, his banged the gavel to get everyone's attention. Kurt and Jeff didn't look at each other, because they knew if they did they would be kicked out again.
"I was informed today that we will be performing at a nursing home in two weeks time, I know it might not be the most glamorous setting but we are still going to perform. There will be two solos so if anyone is interested there will be a sign up sheet up tomorrow on the practice room door. This meeting is now adjourned." Wes said with one last bang of his gavel. Kurt busied himself in his bag trying to hide the fact he was laughing. Jeff wasn't so subtle; he leant back against the couch and let out a roar of laughter. The other warblers left the room, still looking at them.
That was it Blaine couldn't handle it anymore. He turned to face the both of them. He lightly pushed Kurt back against the couch. Kurt matched Jeff's position.
"Right, tell me what you are laughing at, it can't be that funny" Blaine said slightly angry. Kurt turned to Jeff and the laughter started again. Blaine wasn't in the mood to be messed around with.
"Fine, don't tell!" Blaine said. He tugged his bag from the ground. He got up from the couch.
"Oh come on Blaine don't be like that" Kurt said through laughs. Jeff was wiping away a tear from his eye.
"No Kurt I can see that you have no interest in talking to me, you can keep your secret." Blaine said through tight lips. He was about to walk out, but he stopped and turned.
"It wouldn't be the first secret you have kept from me" Blaine said with quiet anger.
"What is wrong with you Blaine?" Jeff asked seriously. Kurt snapped his head and looked at Jeff. He asked the question that he hadn't been able to say.
"Shut up Jeff, this has nothing to do with you" Blaine said pointedly.
"Blaine," Kurt said exasperatedly.
"I don't need this" Blaine muttered, he turned and stormed out of the room. Jeff was dumbfounded. He had no idea what was going on. Kurt sighed and rested his head on his hand that was propped against the couch.
"WOW, someone is moody" Jeff stated, Kurt turned his head and looked at Jeff with a tired expression.
"Tell me about it" Kurt breathed.
"Must be that time of the month" Jeff said cackling to himself. Kurt smiled.
"I don't think it can be, he is a guy" Kurt said nonchalantly as he reached over and tugged his messenger bag to him.
"Yea you would know all about that wouldn't you Kurt" Jeff winked. Kurt slapped him on the arm.
"You are so crude." Kurt accused as he started to blush.
"Hey it must be true, look at your cheeks they are scarlet red." Jeff laughed and pulled his bag over his shoulder.
"Hey I've got to go, good luck with Blaine. I think you are going to need it." Jeff said with a gentle smile.
"Yeah thanks, I definitely think I'm going to need it" Kurt said as he stood up.
"Look if you need any help, just ask ok?" Jeff said as he patted Kurt on the back and walked out of the room. This talk was going to happen a lot sooner than later.