Chapter 4

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"Good Morning, Sleeping Beauty!" Blaine chirped as he situated himself on the corner of Nick's bed.

"Hardy-har-har." Nick responded humorously as he sucked down a bottle of Gatorade, trying desperately to relieve his unbelievable hangover.

"Rough night?" Blaine chuckled.

"Rougher morning." Nick sighed, rubbing his aching head. "What have you been up to?"

"Breakfast with the parents, nothing terribly exciting." Blaine answered.

"Would you like to know what I did this morning?" Nick asked sitting up straighter.

"I'm going to guess it involved dry heaving for about and hour or two, followed by passing out on the bathroom floor." Blaine guessed confidently.

"You would be correct." Nick said exasperatedly from the effort it took to get out of bed. "But luckily, after puking my guts up for a record eighty-five minutes and drifting into clammy sleep, I was woken up to the head-splitting sound of my phone ringing. Then I got to listen to Jesse scream on the phone for an hour all about you." Nick said turning to eye his friend.

"Me?" Blaine asked dumbfounded.

"Yeah, I'm not exactly sure what you did last night to piss him off, but you definitely made it on his shit list. Which FYI is not a good place to be, especially if you're a Warbler."

"I didn't even do anything! I mean he seemed a little peeved that I hung out with Sebastian all night, but it was nothing."

"Oh, that's probably it." Nick sighed seeming relieved. "Jesse gets a little jealous, and by a little I mean a lot. He's probably just worried you want to sleep with Sebastian. He'll calm down once he realizes you have no interest in him."

"Yeah totally." Blaine said shifting uncomfortably.

"Speaking of boys you have an interest in, you never told me your mystery crush's name! Did anything ever happen with him? Did you introduce yourself on Friday?" Nick asked excitedly.

"Yeah…I don't think anything is gonna happen with that." Blaine sighed, disappointment evident on his face.

"Oh no! What happened? He was straight, wasn't he?"

"Umm…yep, super straight." Blaine sighed, there was no reason to tell Nick about his crush on Sebastian, because that's all it was. A silly crush that would never lead to anything because Sebastian had a boyfriend, Blaine reminded himself.

"I'm sorry, man. That sucks. But you know the whole 'straight' thing isn't always a deal breaker." Nick said with his ever-hopeful smile.

"Yeah, it kind of is." Blaine said shaking his head at his friend.

"Ok, I can't believe I'm telling you this!" Nick practically jumped on the bed, completely forgetting his hangover as he geared up to tell his story. "Ok, so when Sebastian first transferred to Dalton, he totally hooked-up with like four guys on the football team that are quote-on-quote 'straight'! So, you never know!" Nick sing-songed.

"He did?" Blaine asked surprised.

"Yeah, but you can't tell anyone. Jeff swore me to secrecy."

"Then why would you tell me!" Blaine exclaimed.

"Because its fascinating!" Nick yelled bouncing up and down in his seat like a child.

"It's surprising, that's for sure. Did Sebastian hook-up with a lot of people at Dalton?" Blaine asked, the idea making him uneasy.

"Oh my God, you have no idea! Before he started dating Jesse, Sebastian nailed everything in a blazer. I mean in his first two months at Dalton he'd already slept with every hot gay guy, and several of the hot straight ones!" Nick snickered, "Me and Jeff excluded."

"Huh, he didn't really come off as a player last night. He and Jesse seemed so domestic." Blaine murmured.

"Well, yes and no." Nick said shooting Blaine a look.

"What's that mean?" Blaine asked intrigued.

"Well, I mean they're kind of a disaster. Jesse likes to put on the show of perfect couple, but everyone knows better. All they ever do is fight, break up, fight more, fuck, get back together, fight, fuck, fight, break up, make up. Its just a never ending series of yelling and screwing." Nick explained.

"Really?" Blaine asked somewhat shocked.

"You have no idea. Their blow-ups are legendary, mostly because they're almost always public. Jesse loves an audience." Nick said with a sarcastic smile.

"Why do they fight so much?" Blaine asked, unconsciously leaning in, desperate to hear more.

"Ok, Jesse's my friend, I've known him since the eighth grade, but he's a little…dramatic. And for some reason, Sebastian just brings out all of his crazy, and apparently there's a lot of it." Nick joked. "But I mean, its not all Jesse's fault. Every time they break up, Sebastian drags Jeff to Scandals-"

"Scandals?" Blaine asked confused.

"It's a gay bar in Westerville." Nick clarified. "Well, Sebastian drags Jeff to Scandals, where he always hooks up with some hot random. Then Jesse find's out-"

"You mean you tell him." Blaine interjected, knowing Nick's pension to gossip.

"Look, Jeff shouldn't tell me if Sebastian doesn't want people to know! Everyone knows I can't keep a secret; it's not my fault! Secrets make me breakout, its unhealthy to keep them!" Nick justified hysterically, before taking a calming breath, "Anyway, so one way or another Jesse finds out. So he of course confronts Sebastian and makes a scene, and then somehow them screaming at each other turns into them getting back together. Every. Single. Time. It's ridiculous; there was this one time… I shouldn't even tell you, it's so bad." Nick said, though it was clear he had every intention of sharing the story. "Ok, so I think it was their second to last breakup, but I'm not positive. Sebastian had hooked up with this guy at Scandals, and it turned out that the guy had actually just started at Dalton a few months before. His name was like Spencer, I'm pretty sure. Well, Jesse finds out and totally loses his shit; he storms into the quad in the middle of lunch, screaming. And everyone's there, waiting for the show. And that Spencer kid is there, and Jesse totally calls him out, but I guess Spencer wasn't officially out yet. So he freaks out, and runs off, and then he totally transferred! It was crazy!"

"Nick, that's awful!" Blaine exclaimed, immediately feeling terrible for that poor boy, Spencer.

"I know! It was horrible, but it's not my fault. Jesse has like the shortest fuse, and a pension for revenge."

"But still, that poor kid. How can you be friends with some one who'd do that?"

"Look, Jesse didn't know the kid was in the closet. And you have to understand, dating Sebastian is super stressful. I mean Jesse has to watch random guys just throw themselves at his boyfriend constantly. Even still, you'd think people would have learned from the Spencer incident." Nick mumbled the last part.

"Is he gonna go crazy jealous boyfriend revenge on me?" Blaine asked slightly alarmed at the possibility.

"No, I mean yeah he got a little upset last night, but I talked him down. As long as you don't fuck Sebastian, you're golden." Nick half-smiled.

After his conversation with Nick, Blaine was certain of three things as he walked down the halls of Dalton. One: Jesse was fucking crazy. Two: If Sebastian stayed with Jesse after he had humiliated that kid Spencer like that, then there was nothing that would break the two up. Blaine's third and final conclusion came from the combination of the first two, he needed to get over his silly little crush, and do his best to avoid Sebastian in order to stay out of Jesse's war path. And it was as Blaine reminded himself of these things, that the universe decided to slap hip in the face.

"Hey Blaine!" Blaine heard Sebastian's voice cut through the chatter of the hallway and reluctantly turned towards the direction the voice had come from. Smack

Sebastian was leaning against the lockers, surrounded by his, what Blaine had now officially labeled them, Entourage. Amongst the several boys clustered around him were Jeff and unfortunately Jesse, who was already sporting a sour look on his face.

"Hey." Blaine smiled meekly as he approached the guys.

"Are you headed to Calc?" Sebastian asked, as Blaine's eyes absent-mindedly wandered down to where the lacrosse player's arm was anchored around Jesse's waist. "Blaine?" Sebastian asked when Blaine had failed to respond.

"Umm…what?" Blaine asked blushing slightly in embarrassment at spacing out once again.

"I asked if you were going to Calc right now." Sebastian repeated.

"Oh, yeah." Blaine answered.

"Ok, cool." Sebastian responded swinging his backpack over one shoulder. "Later." He said to the guys before placing a chaste kiss on Jesse's lips and walking over to Blaine. "Let's go." He said lightly catching Blaine slightly off guard. So far he was not following his new resolution very well. They had only made it a few steps down the hallway when Jesse's voice called after them.

"Hey!" Jesse called, taking a half-step forward before hesitating.

"Yeah?" Sebastian asked confused.

"Uh…" Jesse's voice wavered from its confident bravado, before he surprisingly turned to address Blaine, "Blaine, don't forget there's Warbler practice everyday at four-thirty."

"Ugh, ok. See you then…" Blaine turned and continued on his path to room 206 with Sebastian.

The two boys made their way into class with a few minutes to spare before the bell rang. Blaine began to make his way to his seat at the very back of the class.

"Where are you going?" Sebastian asked, Blaine turned back to see Sebastian giving him a quizzical look.

"My seat." Blaine responded frankly. Sebastian rolled his eyes in response before indicating to the seat next to him with a nod of his head. Blaine suppressed a small smile as he took the seat next Sebastian. "Doesn't one of your lackies normally sit here, I don't think I've been formally let into the Sebastian Smythe fan club yet." Sebastian chuckled in response, but did not correct Blaine on the fan club comment. Sebastian was perfectly aware of how popular he was and how he always had a group of hangers-on by his side at all times. Blaine was beginning to suspect he loved it, reveled in the power of being the most influential guy at Dalton.

"Well, Thad normally sits there, and I can't stand him." Sebastian responded. "But…he's Jesse's friend, so I make nice." Something about that statement dampened Blaine's mood. The situation was made worse when Mr. Jacobsen passed out pop quizzes on the chapter. For twenty minutes Blaine stared blankly at problem after problem circling random answers and praying to God they were right. Blaine was still only halfway done when Sebastian stood up and went to turn in his quiz.

"There's no need to show-off, Mr. Smythe." The teacher said sarcastically, Sebastian just smirked in response before returning to his seat. Ten minutes later, Mr. Jacobsen called time, and Blaine begrudgingly turned in his quiz, grimacing on his way back to his seat.

"I'm guessing that pained expression isn't a good sign." Sebastian said when Blaine sat down.

"You'd be correct." Blaine sighed.

"Math not your thing?"

"No, that's the fucked up part. I'm not stupid or anything, its just I move around so much…at my last school we had barely started limits. I get here and it's all sequences and series." Blaine groaned, dropping his head down to his desk.

"Hey, if you need help catching up, I'm at your service." Sebastian said with a lop-sided smile.

"Really?" Blaine looked up hopefully.

"Yeah, for sure. I don't have lacrosse practice after school, so we can meet up and go to the Lima bean before your Warbler thing."

"Thanks." Blaine breathed, his face lighting up, all signs of frustration having faded away.

The fact that Blaine could now understand chapter 14 at all now spoke very highly of Sebastian's tutoring skills. Especially considering Blaine could barely concentrate the whole hour, distracted every time Sebastian's fingers brushed his hand when he'd take Blaine's pencil to correct an error, or when he would lean in to look at Blaine's paper, his breath coming out hot and sweet against Blaine's neck. It took every ounce of control Blaine had not to crash his mouth onto Sebastian's smirking lips as the taller boy prattled on about some formula Blaine had never heard of before.

"Blaine, I think we've made a lot of progress today." Sebastian smirked taking a sip of his coffee, before grimacing at the taste. His hand reached into the breast pocket of his blazer, producing a metal flask when it reemerged.

"What's that?" Blaine asked, practically choking on his latte in surprise.

"Connoisseur, this place refuses to keep in in stock despite my many attempts to persuade that cute barista." Sebastian responded nonchalantly, nodding his head toward the tall blonde boy named Taylor at the counter.

"I'm surprised you couldn't convince him, especially considering the way he was drooling all over you when you ordered." Blaine said, and hoped Sebastian didn't hear the slight edge of annoyance that came with his words.

"Oh, Taylor. So sweet, so naïve. So clingy." Sebastian said as he poured a decent amount of the amber liquid into his coffee.

"Oh, have you and him…" Blaine started to blush as the realization hit him.

"Yeah, but that was forever ago." Sebastian took a long sip of his drink, smiling to himself at the taste.

"Why am I not surprised?" Blaine said to himself.

"Yeah, you'll find there are few gay guys in Western Ohio I haven't fucked." Sebastian shrugged unashamed. "How about you?"

"What about me?" Blaine asked; his redden cheeks subsiding. "I haven't slept with most of Western Ohio."

"I'm sure you've left a trail of broken hearts up and down the Midwest." Sebastian smirked.

"Hardly." Blaine laughed humorlessly.

"Oh come on, you go from town to town. Everyone loves the hot new guy."

Blaine looked down, trying to suppress the blush that was reforming, as the beautiful boy in front of him called him hot. "I move around so much, it's hard to get serious with anyone."

"Well there had to have been someone, you don't seem like one for casual sex, and you aren't a virgin." He said it so casually, while Blaine almost did a spit take across the table.

"Excuse me?" Blaine sputtered, he was gonna kill Nick if he had been running his mouth to all of Dalton. "Why would you think that?"

"Its my sixth sense, some people can tell when its going to rain, I can tell when someone is or isn't a virgin. And you are not, so who was it? Or should I guess." Sebastian asked.

"His name was Jeremiah and we are so not discussing it, before you even ask."

"The sex was that bad?" Sebastian chuckled.

"No, it was fine." Blaine said.

"That's polite for fucking awful." Sebastian grinned.

"Not discussing it." Blaine reaffirmed.

"Fine, just when we get to an interesting topic." Sebastian sighed. "Was he your boyfriend?"

"Yes." Blaine answered shortly. "My father was there for this huge project, we were gonna be there for a while, so I thought it was time to try more than just casual dating. Jeremiah was nice."

"You mean boring?"

"I mean nice." Blaine said, playfully scowling at Sebastian.

"What happened?"

"I moved." Blaine answered simply. "What about you?"

"No, I never dated Jeremiah." Sebastian joked, mocking Blaine.

"You have quite the reputation at Dalton."

"I know." Sebastian said proudly.

"The stories I've heard, I was pretty surprised to find out you were all settled down."

"Disappointed?" Sebastian smirked cockily.

"Hardly." Blaine lied and Sebastian seemed to believe it. "How long have you and Jesse been together?"

"On and off for a little over a year now." Sebastian said matter-of-factly.

"That's a long time. You guys must really care about each other. " Blaine commented.

"Yeah, we're making a go of it. I mean, it's not perfect, but what is?" Sebastian shrugged his shoulders.

"What's not perfect?" Jesse's voice cut through the room, both boys looking up at the head Warbler with surprised expressions.

"Ugh, nothing. What are you doing here?" Sebastian asked.

"Coffee." Jesse said waving the cardboard cup in his right hand. "What are you doing here? I thought you had lacrosse practice."

"The field got washed out on Sunday, so it got cancelled." Sebastian answered calmly.

"So, once again I ask why are you here with our dear friend, Blaine?" Jesse questioned looking over at Blaine.

"I was helping him with calc." Sebastian said, a new edge to his voice.

"Well aren't you the humanitarian lately. When did you start doing charity work?" Jesse shot a pointed look at Blaine before returning his eyes to Sebastian.

"Jesse, can I speak to you outside?" Sebastian demanded more than asked, his voice tight and unfriendly. Jesse nodded, and led the way out of the Lima Bean not even giving Blaine a second look. "I'll be right back." Sebastian said gruffly, before quickly getting up and marching after Jesse.

Blaine couldn't help but watch the mess unfold before him. The second Sebastian walked out the front door he began talking very fast, his face contorting in anger. Jesse wasted no time, turning on his heals and speaking back just as fast. Jesse began gesturing wildly, his voice rising to the point where Blaine could hear the loud grumble, unable to distinguish any specific word. Jesse began jabbing Sebastian in the chest with his index finger, his volume steadily increasing. Sebastian had grown silent at this time, watching Jesse with a feral look in his eye. Blaine couldn't stop staring. Finally Jesse's voice rang out loudly, "I'm not stupid Sebastian! I have eyes!" He screamed, several of the other patrons in the shop turning to look at them.

"Keep your voice down!" Sebastian yelled back, breaking his silence. It was now Jesse who was silent, and Sebastian began speaking lowly, his face cool and collected. Blaine couldn't imagine what he had said, but all of Jesse's fire seemed to fade. The head Warbler reached out a tentative hand towards Sebastian, who shrugged it off, taking a step back. Jesse looked genuinely hurt at that, Blaine watched at he took a long breath and moved forward towards Sebastian, breaking the space that had been created between them. Jesse spoke for a few seconds, before leaning up to kiss Sebastian, and much to Blaine's surprise Sebastian let him. The kiss was brief, Sebastian pulled back, moving a hand to Jesse's neck, resting right under his jaw, a simple gesture. Jesse said a few more words; Sebastian nodded and pulled him in for a quick peck before turning, and walking back into the Lima Bean, Jesse following close behind.

"Sorry about that, Blaine." Sebastian said when he returned. "I think we covered everything for the chapter, so let's call it a day."

"Oh, really? Ok." Blaine said getting up; he hoped the disappointment was written all over his face. "Could you give me a ride back to school?"

"I can." Jesse jumped in before Sebastian could respond, "We both have practice anyway. It only makes sense." Jesse gave no room for argument or further discussion. Sebastian just gave a curt nod, before leading them out, climbing into his black Porsche, while Blaine was forced to get into Jesse's obnoxious bright red BMW.

"Thanks for the ride by the way. I really appreciate it." Blaine smiled, trying to break the awkward silence.

"No problem." Jesse replied. "So when did you and my boyfriend become besties?"

"Oh, we're not-"

"I mean you meet for the first time on Friday, and all of the sudden you're walking to class together and hanging out after school at the Lima Bean." Jesse's eyes were still trained on the road ahead.

"He was just tutoring me." Blaine corrected.

"Well isn't that nice of him." Jesse gritted out. "Sebastian's always so…friendly." The word pooled in his mouth before slipping out with a whole new connotation. "The problem with how friendly Sebastian is it's often misinterpreted. People take his friendliness the wrong way, and start getting all sorts of silly ideas in their pretty little heads."

"I'm confused." Blaine stated, getting increasingly more uncomfortable.

"I'm sure you are," Jesse condescended. "He's very good-looking isn't he?"

"Who?"

"Sebastian." Jesse answered, irritability clear in his voice.

"I guess…" Blaine answered unsure of what was happening.

"He's very attractive, and friendly." Jesse still stared straight ahead. "You two are both gay, it can lead to misunderstandings."

"Jesse, honestly he was just tu-"

Jesse cut him off again, "And those types of misunderstandings can lead to such, awkward and embarrassing situations."

"We're just friends." Blaine insisted, though finding it useless. Jesse already had a script in his head and no reassurances from Blaine were going to deter him.

"Exactly." Jesse bit.

"Do you not want us to be friends?"

"Sebastian's my boyfriend, I don't own him. I have no say in who he is or isn't friends with. I do have a say in who is or isn't a Warbler, though." Jesse said turning to finally look at Blaine.

"Are you going to kick me off the team, for being friends with your boyfriend?" Blaine asked astonished.

"Of course not." Jesse laughed. "But I could if I wanted to. I fully support your friendship with Sebastian, just make sure there are no misunderstandings." Jesse gave Blaine a wicked smile. "We're here." Jesse gestured out the window to the Dalton parking lot. Blaine hadn't even notice they had parked.

"Jesse gave you a ride to practice?" Nick asked excitedly as they set up for practice.

"Yes." Blaine answered shortly.

"I'm so glad you two are becoming friends!" Nick chirped.

"Yeah, friends." Blaine frowned at the word.

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