Part 4
"Guys", Sebastian said and nodded at Blaine. He was pale, his eyes big and he looked scared and he was staring at something behind Trent. The boys turned around but saw nothing.
"Blaine", Thad asked gently.
"Yeah", Blaine whispered.
"What are you looking at?"
"He is here", Blaine said and locked eyes with the ghost.
"Where?" Nick asked.
"There", Blaine said. "Just behind Trent."
Trent turned but saw nothing, no one did. Blaine looked at the ghost and saw the same terror on his face that he was sure was on his own. Blaine slowly got up and his friends looked at him. Moving back slightly. Blaine bit his lip.
"Can you", he asked the ghost. "Can you see me?"
The ghost cocked his head to the side and Blaine realized something.
"Can you even hear me", he asked but the ghost only looked confused and scared. "Give me a paper and a pen."
This Blaine told his friends and David handed him what he asked for. He wrote something on the paper and turned it to the ghost. On the paper was written:
"Can you see me?"
The ghost looked at it and Blaine saw him move towards his desk. Blaine watched him take a paper and an old-looking pen out of his bag. He wrote something and held it up for Blaine to see. It read:
"I see you."
Blaine felt intense fear when he read those words for some reason. Before the ghost had not seen him but now he did and that was utterly terrifying and what was worse… they were communicating. But he had to be sure of one thing first. He turned the paper over and wrote:
"Can you see the others?"
The ghost looked at him and did something that made Blaine even more afraid. He nodded. He felt his friends' eyes on him and he looked at them. They were all watching him worriedly.
"He can see all of us", Blaine whispered and turned back to the ghost. His eyes were really big and he pointed at his ear. "Y… you can hear me? C-can you hear me now?"
The ghost nodded again and Blaine dropped to the floor in fright. Thad and Sebastian were at his side at once, making sure he was okay.
"Blaine are you okay", David asked and crouched in front of him, blocking the ghost from view.
"He can hear us", Blaine whispered. "He can hear us now all of a sudden and he can see us!"
"Blaine calm down", Thad soothed and rubbed his back. "So he can see us and hear us, but maybe he can't touch us."
"If he can then I'd be worried", Jeff piped up and Nick cuffed him around the head. "Ow!"
"Don't say stuff like that", Nick spat.
Blaine looked up and saw the ghost watch them. Then he slowly reached his hand out and put his index-finger to Nick's neck. The short brunette's eyes became really big and he turned around and stared at the empty air in front of him.
"What was that", he whispered in fright.
"The… ghost p-poked you", Blaine stuttered. Nick shuddered and moved away from the place he'd been sitting, really fast.
"What did it feel like", David asked carefully.
"Cold", Nick said. "Like a cube of ice."
Blaine looked up and saw that the ghost was now looking at the door with big horrified eyes. He started to back away and covered his ears with his hands. Blaine saw that he was crying and he slid down in the corner and tried to make himself small. Blaine felt confused but then Trent gasped because all the dust and spider webs appeared slowly, like phasing into view. The boys looked around them in shock and horror. Blaine looked at the corner again where the ghost had been… but he was gone.
"The ghost", Blaine said. "He's gone."
"Yeah well", David said and got up slowly. "I think I'm going too…"
"Me too", Nick said and flew up. "This is getting too freaky."
"You can stay with me and Kurt Blaine", Trent said and helped Blaine up. They all looked at the dust.
"This is freaky", Sebastian said and poked at a web. It disappeared when he did.
"You think", Blaine yelled. "I understand why people get crazy living in this room! That freaking ghost can hear, see and touch us! It is not fair! Why is Carmichael keeping me in here?! Why does he pretend as if he never told me about my roomy why…" Blaine felt tears starting to spill. "Why is he doing this to me?"
"I don't know", Trent said hugging him. "Come, let's get out of here. You can stay with any of us for the rest of the year."
"I'm freaking out", Blaine sobbed into Trent's shoulder and the other boys joined into hugging him and after a little bit they left the room. Blaine only took some clothes, his toothbrush and pajamas. He could get his books from the room, it would only take a few seconds. He wouldn't have to stay there, ever again.
A few weeks went by for the boys at Dalton. Sectionals came and went. The Warblers won and they were up against New Directions and Vocal Adrenaline at regionals. Blaine hadn't stayed in his room since that day when he communicated with the ghost. He, Sebastian, Thad, Nick, Jeff, David and Trent never spoke to anyone about that. They just spoke to each other. Nick, Jeff and David spent a lot of time researching ghosts in the library. Trying to find a way to get rid of it. Thad, Trent and Sebastian kept busy with keeping Blaine occupied, so he wouldn't think of that room.
But Blaine couldn't shake the feeling that his principal was disappointed in him. Carmichael would look at him if they met and shake his head almost sadly. But Blaine had no idea why. And he had other troubles on his mind than Carmichael and that ghost.
And that was Kurt. His boyfriend had been very distant of late. He would cancel their dates, spend weekends in Lima even though he had no friends there and declined all invites to Warbler activities, like parties and movie nights. Blaine was getting worried. He knew that Kurt was stressing about his NYADA auditions but Blaine had them too and was not as freaked out as Kurt.
So after school one Friday Blaine decided to go and talk to Kurt. His boyfriend had been absent since after lunch and Blaine was worried. He had been staying with Trent and Kurt since he left his room and had been told that he doesn't have to knock before walking in so he didn't today either. He walked inside and froze. There… on Kurt's bed was his boyfriend. Naked and currently being fucked by some guy Blaine has never met before or seen. Kurt is moaning and gasping in pleasure as the other boy fucks him from behind. Blaine gasps and he sees Kurt turn his head and look at him. He sees a bit of sadness and anger in his boyfriend's eyes but Kurt doesn't make a try to stop the guy taking him. He just moans again and Blaine runs.
He has no idea of where to run to. When he is upset he usually runs to Kurt but now Kurt was cheating on him. He would've run to Thad or Trent or even Sebastian but Thad and Sebastian had lacrosse practice at this time and Trent was at his home in Westerville, visiting his little sister who'd broken her leg and was very upset about not being able to go to her soccer game. Only Trent could comfort her.
Blaine had no idea where Niff was or where David was. He didn't want to turn to any other Warbler. He needed someone… an older brother. But Cooper was too far away and their relationship wasn't the best. He didn't want to run to his parents because his dad would seriously hurt Kurt and then get in jail. His mom would call up Burt and Carole and yell at them, giving Burt a heart attack or something. Blaine had no idea of whom to turn to.
He had no idea of where to go. He didn't even have an idea of where he was going until he slammed the door shut behind him. He looked around the room and saw the Katy Perry poster, the photographs of his family, of him and Kurt, of him and various Warblers and of him after winning a talent show when he was 10. Blaine realized that he was in room 213. He sank to his knees by the door and started to crying desperately.
He cried and cried so hard that his body rocked with each sob and it started to hurt. He cried until his head, chest, stomach and throat hurt. He was sobbing so hard he felt like he was drowning on his own tears. He couldn't breathe. That's when he felt them. A pair of arms were around him and a cold hand started to rub his back. Blaine didn't know who it was that hugged him, but he craved the contact so he threw his arms around this cold person and hugged him back, burying his face in what must be the person's shoulder. But all he felt what coldness.
But soon, strangely enough, he felt really soothed and soon his sobbing subdued and he looked up. And his eyes widened. His red and puffy eyes met the worried once of that Asian boy, the ghost.
"AH!" Blaine exclaimed and hurriedly crawled away from the guy. The Asian looked at him in confusion before getting out of his crouch. He stood and walked over to Blaine.
"Don't come any closer!" Blaine yelled in fear and closed his eyes. There was no sound at all and he looked up. He saw the Asian, in those clothes he'd had when the Warblers though Blaine meant Chris. He looked worried and a bit scared as well. He took a step forward and Blaine couldn't stop the whimper and to his surprise the ghost stopped. Blaine blinked in confusion.
"I thought ghosts were supposed to be evil", he said, forgetting that the ghost could hear him. He looked up at the ghost and saw him writing something on a piece of paper. Blaine waited and he turned it towards Blaine.
*I'm not a ghost*, was written on the paper.
"Yes you are", Blaine said and got up slowly.
*No I'm not.*
"But…" Blaine thought for a moment. "What year is it?"
*1889 of course.*
Blaine stared. It was 2011 here, soon Christmas would be there and this guy thought it was 1889. That would mean the guy he was talking to was old. Blaine smiled a bit.
"Then you are the hottest 100 year old I have ever seen because it's 2011", he said. The Asian stared at him and then felt his forehead, then he took his pen and notebook and wrote:
*I'm not warm.*
"It means good-looking… wait… you didn't freak out about it being 2011?"
*No. My last roommate was a ghost from 1999 and before that a ghost from 1988, 1977, 1966 and 1955.*
Blaine stared at the ghost and then remembered what Nick had said… or maybe it was Jeff. Well one of them had said that ghosts didn't know they were dead.
"But…" Blaine said. "You are dead. You must be."
*I am 18, I will be 19 in February.*
Blaine did some math in his head and then looked at the ghost.
"So you were born in 1871?" he asked.
*That is correct*, the ghost wrote.
"That would mean you are 140 years old! Wow you look great."
*I am rather small.*
"I meant that you look good for being so old."
*But I am only 18.*
"Not in my time. I'm really sad to say it but you are a ghost."
*No.*
"Yes, I'm sorry."
*Does ghosts get bruises?*
"What?" Blaine was confused by the question but then the Asian boy pulled up his shirt and Blaine saw dark bruises all over his stomach and back, he noticed the once on his face as well. He had not had them last time he saw him. Blaine felt really confused and decided to do something "dangerous". He held his hand out and took the notebook from the ghost and put it on his own desk. The ghost looked at him in confusion.
"What is it", Blaine asked and watched the ghost walk up to Blaine's desk and start looking around for the notebook. But it was clearly on the desk. "It's on the desk."
The ghost looked at him and shook his head. Blaine stared at him. He was about to ask if the ghost was kidding with him when there was a knock on the door.
"Blaine are you there", it was Trent. "Buddy please come out."
Blaine looked at where the ghost had been… but he was gone. He looked at the notebook on his desk. It was still there! Blaine hurriedly took it and hurried up to the door. He opened it and saw Trent stand there, looking nervous.
"Trent", Blaine said. "What-"
"Blaine Kurt is cheating on you", Trent hurriedly said and walked into the room. "I walked into our room and found him pounding into some boy I've never seen before. When I yelled at him Kurt just told me to get lost! Blaine I'm so sorry I-"
"I know", Blaine mumbled and hugged the notebook close to him.
"Y-you do", Trent asked.
"I saw them… but Kurt was being pounded into instead of that guy."
He gasped when Trent suddenly hugged him close.
"I'm sorry Blaine", he said. "You didn't deserve that."
Blaine felt the tears and hurt come back and hugged his friend back, sobbing. He looked over Trent's shoulder and saw the Asian smile at him from the door to the bathroom. Blaine sobbed harder and Trent held him closer.
"Why are we all here except for Kurt", Fred asked as all Warblers were gathered in the Warbler hall. "And why does Blaine look so upset?"
Blaine was sitting on a couch, leaning into Thad while Nick also held him. He was silently crying now. Trent had told the "ghost-gang" about what happened and they had all gone to David's dorm room to comfort him and curse Hummel. Thad was the angriest for that betrayal. Blaine guessed it was because he knew that it was because Kurt had called him slut. Sebastian who had never had any love for Kurt decided to be the one to break it to the other Warblers.
"Blaine and Trent walked in on Kurt having sex with another guy", he said calmly.
For a second the room was completely quiet but then the shouting and yelling started. Some demanded to be allowed to kick Kurt's cheating ass back to Lima, some wanted to know if it was true and some were just shocked. Blaine didn't listen to anything. He just wanted to be hold and Nick and Thad did that. But one thing caught his ear.
"And he dare call Thad slut."
The room was quiet again and all eyes turned to the three freshmen that were the newest members. Chris and Luke were staring at John. The smallest freshman was covering his mouth with his hands, eyes big in shock and his face was red.
"What?!" Fred thundered in anger. The three freshmen looked at each other. All three of them blushing and they started to talk all at once. Trent sighed, he was the only one that could control the Warblers' three gossip whores.
"Boys", he snapped.
"Yes sir mister Sass sir", Chris said and made a salute, looking slightly panicked.
"What did John talk about?"
The three gossipers looked at each other and then their feet.
"Well", Trent said and crossed his arms.
"We promised to not tell", Luke mumbled and rubbed his arm nervously. "Or…"
"Or what", Trent asked.
"The football team would come after us", John said sounding scared.
"Ours", Trent asked.
"No", Chris said. "Some other school's… McSomething."
"Kinley", Blaine asked in a small voice. "McKinley?"
"Yeah", Chris said. "He said that if we told anyone where we heard it he would send them after us and they would gladly beat up some little freshmen that was talking too much crap…"
"We're too small to put up a fight!" John said and flailed his arms around in horror.
"Speak for yourself", Luke said but it was obvious that he was afraid.
"Boys", Trent said sharply. "Tell me what you are talking about. Right now."
"We can't…" Chris said. "We promised… he'll get us hurt."
"I know", Jeff said and grinned. "Don't tell us, tell each other. It's not your fault we're eaves dropping."
The freshmen looked at each other and Chris sighed before he started speaking.
"I really wish we could tell the other Warblers what is going on", he said.
"Yeah", Luke agreed. "They'd help us get rid of Kurt's threats."
"He just used us to get the word out", John said and wiped at his eyes. "And then threatened us so that we wouldn't tell anyone where we heard the rumor from."
"He wanted us to tell everyone that Thad is a slut", Chris grumbled. "And when it didn't work because none of us believed that or any of the older students either he got angry."
"It's not our fault his stupid jealousy plans doesn't work", Luke said.
"But if we tell someone he's gonna send the McKinley football team after us", John said and sobbed slightly. "I'm scared."
"Don't be", Chris told him and hugged him. "If the three of us stick together we'll make it alright."
"If we could tell the others I know they'd help keep us safe", Luke said. "I'm sure of it. They wouldn't want us to come to harm…"
"Not after Kurt used us to get Blaine away from Thad…" John sobbed and hugged Chris back. "They'll be angry at us and blame us and then get happy when we get hurt."
The older Warblers didn't say anything. John sobbed and Chris held him tight. Luke joined into the hug too, looking just as scared as John. Chris was for some reason trying to put up a brave face. But his eyes betrayed his own fear. Fred slammed his hand down on a table and the three freshmen cowered back. Fred stalked up to them and grabbed Luke and pulled him into a tight hug. Rock walked up to the freshmen and pulled John into a warm embrace and Trent pulled Chris to him, muttering comforting words.
Blaine felt fresh tears go down his cheeks. He knew what Kurt's life had been before he got here. He had been badly bullied, so bad that he was afraid every day he was in school, even his first few weeks at Dalton. He had been afraid to just walk down a hallway and now… now he was putting three innocent freshmen through the very same treatment he was put under himself. He had threatened them with bodily harm. Blaine looked at John. He was burying his face in Rock's strong shoulder, fisting the fabric of Rock's blazer as he sobbed. Luke and Chris were more composed but it was clear that the other freshmen were scared too andnot just John.
"Don't you three worry", Trent told Chris as he rocked him back and forth. "No one will get to you. I swear. We will not let Kurt or anyone else near you."
"Yeah", Jeff said and leaned over to Nick and whispered something. Nick nodded and Jeff then spread the word amongst the older Warblers. Blaine didn't know what was going on. Jeff hurried over to Trent and whispered something to him. Trent nodded and Jeff did the same thing to Rock and Fred. When all older Warblers, save Blaine, Thad and Nick stood up. Trent looked around and then started singing as he held Chris close, the Warblers were doing backups:
Trent: Nothing's gonna harm you, not while I'm around.
Nothing's gonna harm you, no sir, not while I'm around.
Demons are prowling everywhere, nowadays,
I'll send 'em howling,
I don't care, I got ways.
Chris buried his face in Trent's shoulder. Rock held John close to him and rubbed his back as he sang to the freshman:
Rock: No one's gonna hurt you,
No one's gonna dare.
Others can desert you,
Not to worry, whistle, I'll be there.
Nick & Thad: Demons'll charm you with a smile, for a while,
But in time...
Nothing can harm you
Not while I'm around...
Fred rocked Luke back and forth as he sang to the freshman:
Fred: Not to worry, not to worry
I may not be smart but I ain't dumb
I can do it, put me to it
Show me something I can overcome
Not to worry, man
Sebastian: Being close and being clever
Ain't like being true
I don't need to,
I would never hide a thing from you, - Blaine felt Sebastian's hand on his back. He also felt Thad and Nick hold him closer.
Like some...
The Warblers all sang together, for Blaine and the freshmen.
Warblers: No one's gonna hurt you, no one's gonna dare
Others can desert you,
Not to worry, whistle, I'll be there!
Demons'll charm you with a smile, for a while
But in time...
Nothing can harm you
Not while I'm around...
They ended the number with a big group hug that held Blaine and the freshmen in the middle. Blaine sobbed… from feeling so loved and safe and warm.
"Guys", Blaine asked as he was sitting in room 213 with the ghost-gang.
"What", Nick asked and looked up from his homework. They all knew this would be the only place where Kurt wouldn't come, but it still gave them all the creeps.
"Can ghosts get bruises?"
TBC