Hi guys! Sorry for the wait, I've been under a bit of emotional stress with my exam results not exactly going the way I expected them to.
Anyway, I started coming up with ideas for this chapter while I was still on holiday, and like I always want to, I wanted to get everything in this chapter ABSOLUTELY perfect, especially this chapter, since it features everyone's favourite couple - KLAINE! Also, as I'm a singer myself, the way I described the arrangement of the song in this chapter is how I'd want to perform this song if I ever did.
If you like the story so far, please leave a review. I really do appreciate them - getting a review means that my little idea of a story is coming to life in someone else's eyes! :)
A/N: "Disney Week" takes place after the events of the Season 3 finale, so technically it's a Season 4 "episode". I call it an episode because even though I write it like a story, I try to describe everything how I imagine it'll look on screen if Glee ever did a Disney theme. Therefore, they'll be quite a few different storylines going on at once, like a real episode. I also try my absolute best to write as close to canon as I can, so when people read it, they can imagine it's actually happening.
-Sami
"Oh, my God!"
"I know, I know, this is amazing!"
"Say it again, honey."
"Kurt-"
"I don't care how many times you've already said it, Blaine, just say it again, please! Oh God, this is unbelievable!"
"Mr. Schuester's been planning a surprise Disney-themed wedding behind Miss Pillsbury's back, it's this Saturday, and New Directions are performing!"
Kurt squeaked at his boyfriend's news for the seventh time that night. He was flailing his arms around excitedly, while Blaine simply lay on his bed unable to move from laughing at Kurt on his laptop screen.
"Are you sure there wasn't any vodka in that Coke you had earlier?" Blaine asked him jokingly, still taking in deep breaths after calming down from his laughing fit. He repositioned himself on his bed - lying on his front with his feet up in the air behind him.
"This is a genuine reaction, honey!" said Kurt, and he grabbed his empty glass off his desk and waved it in front of his webcam. "I can't believe this - you're all gonna experience the dream wedding I wanted when I was five and I watched 'Cinderella' for the first time!"
"Seriously? You wanted a Disney wedding when you were a kid?"
"Yes!" Kurt cried, and he straightened up in his desk chair and told Blaine of his ideas. "I'd picked the colour scheme, the food, the music. I decided I'd have Lea Salonga sing my favourite Disney classics with a full orchestra. I even decided for myself and my imaginary fiancée what costumes we'd wear; I'd go as Pinocchio because of my baby face and innocent demeanour, and my dashingly handsome boyfriend would be Prince Eric from 'The Little Mermaid'."
"Is it freaky that I was thinking of Prince Eric for my Disney costume for this week's assignment?"
Showing no reaction, Kurt replied, "That's not freaky at all. You're sexy, Prince Eric is sexy. You're practically twins."
"I am not sexy!" Blaine scoffed at the idea of him being even remotely attractive.
"I would argue back, but saying you're not sexy just makes you even sexier and I'm absolutely loving it."
Kurt was so laid back saying all of this. It made Blaine finally ask him, "Seriously, what was in that drink of yours?"
"I promise you, it was just Coke! I haven't consumed any alcohol since the night we went to that gay bar with Sebastard, so stop worrying, honey... Why are you so sure that I'm drunk?" Kurt asked curiously.
"I don't know how to explain it. It's just that you've given such - how do I put this? - 'Aaahhh!' responses to almost everything I've said tonight." Kurt smiled at Blaine's little scream. Sometimes he could be so adorable. "I know you've been busy and we haven't Skyped since Saturday, but there's gotta be more to it than that. What's wrong, Kurt?" Without even realising, he had moved his head closer to his webcam, as if doing it would mean he would be closer to Kurt.
Kurt knew there wasn't any way around this. He'd just have to say it. He sighed and let it out.
"I just miss you."
"I miss you too, sweetie," he answered, rather quicker than he intended to. Blaine wished to keep a brave face on through saying this, and hold it together for Kurt's sake. He'd already cried that week, he wasn't planning on doing it again. But Kurt didn't care about bottling up emotions.
"No, I mean I really miss you. I miss being with you. I miss the feeling of my heart doing flips in my chest when we're together." Kurt brushed his hands through his hair in frustration - frustrated at the idea of not being with his love. But this was a perfect opportunity for him to vent out. "I miss your warm hugs and soft kisses..."
"I miss your warm hugs and soft kisses," Blaine replied, wishing he was now in his boyfriend's tight embrace. "I miss you holding my hand during Glee practice..."
"I miss being the one holding your hand," Kurt said, hearing Blaine chuckle a little, causing Kurt to smile at his own words. "I miss us snuggling on your bed watching 'Lady and the Tramp'..."
"I miss you falling asleep on my bed watching 'Lady and the Tramp'." A small giggle forced its way out of Kurt. Blaine piped up defensively, "I really do! Your head on my shoulder... feeling your chest on mine going up and down while you breathe..."
"And this," Kurt added, gesturing elaborately to his monitor, "this whole seeing-you-on-a-computer-screen thing - is nothing compared to that. I shouldn't be pouring my heart out to you like this, it shouldn't be like this at all!"
"I cried yesterday thinking about all that, when Mr. Schue told me you were too busy to join in with the reunion." Blaine paused. He thought to himself: Why was Kurt busy? "What are you doing there anyway? Surely fashion can't be that stressful."
"I'm working on a project whereby I have to design, make and showcase an outfit," Kurt explained, counting each verb out on his fingers. "And I've gotta do it all by the end of this week."
"Woah, big task. But of course you've got it on lockdown, you're Kurt Hummel. You get given a fashion mission, and you're on it like Sonic!"
Kurt burst out laughing at his boyfriend's choice of words. Not only was he showing his nerdy side by mentioning Sonic the Hedgehog, but he was complimenting him on his talent in fashion. Trying not to show his cheeks quickly turning pink, he replied modestly, "Yeah, it shouldn't take very long. And I've also gotta pay for travel expenses to where I have to wear this thing. It's a pretty big event, and the guy who organised the whole thing is really excited that it's all happening. But I promise that the next time I'm with you, we'll go all out on the Disney. We'll have our own little reunion to make up for me not being there now."
"And after we've done all that I'll make sure you finally watch the second half of 'Lady and the Tramp'."
They laughed the idea off together. Until Kurt finally said, "Now! Change of subject: have you done a song for your assignment yet?"
"Nope, I've got no clue," Blaine answered.
"Well in that case you should pick a song that says how you feel. A song that says we miss each other but we'll be together again soon."
As much as he knew he was trying to help him, Blaine felt as hopeless as ever once Kurt said that. "I don't think there's a Menken song for that..."
Kurt sighed. It was the sort of exasperation he still found funny. "Ever thought of expanding your range in Disney? There's way more to Disney than Menken, you know. Go back a few decades, what else is there? The 60s were good, you've got 'The Jungle Book', 'Mary Poppins'..."
"I might need to go further back than that," his boyfriend said, disappointed in himself that he couldn't find a song yet.
"Well good, at least you're thinking now," Kurt said optimistically. Suddenly his face dropped as he looked at the time. "Oh crap, it's after 11, I've gotta get up early tomorrow. I'll wake you up with a morning text, honey," he continued hurriedly.
"Aww, Kurt, you're the best," Blaine said sweetly. "Thanks for your help, sweetie."
"No problem, honey. Alright, I've really gotta go now - goodnight, Blaine!"
"Goodnight! I love you!" he called to his laptop screen as though it was moving away from him and it was harder for Kurt to hear his voice.
"Love you too!" Kurt called back. Blaine cutely blew a kiss to his webcam, to which Kurt blew a kiss back. On the hand Kurt 'blew' and waved to him with, Blaine saw the ring. The ring he had made Kurt last Christmas. The ring he'd tried his hand at origami making, using Juicy Fruit wrappers and even attempted to craft a bow tie on. And it was resting neatly on his ring finger. The ring.
Kurt Hummel went offline.
Blaine shut his laptop lid down and within seconds his laptop had turned itself off. For a moment he just sat on his bed - still on his front with his feet up in the air - thinking of what song to pick.
"There's way more to Disney than Menken," Kurt said. It was so hard for Blaine to move away from the Renaissance era of Disney, especially since Alan Menken was his favourite composer. He tossed and turned on his bed, the problem racking his brains.
"A song that says we miss each other but we'll be together again soon." There had to be a Disney song like that somewhere. Blaine was confident that he knew his Disney, so he was sure that he'd eventually find a song that fit the description.
And then it hit him. A song that fit the description perfectly.
He was reluctant to sing it to himself there and then, since it was originally sung by a female character, and a soprano at that, but he gave it a try anyway. He took in a deep breath and thought of Kurt.
"Someday my prince will come
Someday we'll meet again
And away to his castle we'll go
To be happy forever I know"
This was it. This was the song that kept the faith that Blaine would be with Kurt again soon. This was the song that had innocent Disney love labelled all over it. This was the song Blaine took with him to the choir room for Glee practice the next day.
He knew exactly how he wanted the music to sound too. He had asked Brad the pianist to join in on the second verse with a soft melody, giving the song from the classic Disney cartoon a much simpler sound, and bringing more meaning to the lyrics. He stood at the front of the choir room and sang for his friends, all the while thinking of Kurt.
"Someday when spring is here
We'll find our love anew
And the birds will sing
And wedding bells will ring
Some day when my dreams come true"
Sitting at the side of the choir room, the string ensemble quietly joined in with a beautiful instrumental break, transposing the key of the song. It was so beautiful; it moved Blaine. That was what music could do to him sometimes. With the violins and cello slowly building up, and the thoughts and emotions he was already feeling, Blaine put his all into the second run of the verses, making his voice stronger, adding short vocal riffs here and there.
"Someday my prince will come
Someday we'll meet again
And away to his castle we'll go
To be happy forever I know"
He imagined Kurt sitting in the choir room with the others, on the back row where he always sat. He imagined the two of them finally holding hands again, locking fingers together and feeling the Juicy Fruit ring in their grasp. He imagined them finally getting to hug each other again, finally getting to kiss once more. It was that fantasy that made his reality so much more bearable.
"Someday when spring is here
We'll find our love anew
And the birds will sing"
He pulled off a phenomenal falsetto note. The strings softened and brought the song down.
"And wedding bells will ring
Some day when my dreams come true"
There wasn't a dry eye in the house. Everyone took a standing ovation for Blaine's wonderful rendition. Blaine took his seat next to Rachel, who had filmed the entire performance on his iPhone for him. Rachel handed it back to him.
"He's gonna love that," she said, grinning from ear to ear.
"Yeah, he will," he replied, not able to resist grinning just as wide.