Part 11
Blaine returned to his room with a big smile on his face. He was eager to find Wes and talk to him. They had all agreed that none of them were to tell Wes what they had seen him do because that would most likely rub the time-space-thingie. Blaine never remembered what it was called. That's what they had Thad for. He hurried inside his room and grinned when he saw Wes sit on his bed doing homework. Blaine hurried over to him and jumped onto the bed. Wes jumped in fright but then smiled softly. He took his notebook and wrote:
*Hello.*
"Hi", Blaine said happily.
*Why are you so happy?*
Blaine just shrugged.
"I'm just in a good mood", he said happily. "And I'm happy to see you!"
He gave Wes a hug and Wes looked confused but then hugged Blaine back and then… something strange happened. Blaine always felt cold when Wes touched him. Wes' hands always felt cold on him but now Blaine felt warmth. It seemed as if Wes felt the same because he stared in confusion. Blaine chuckled.
"Well maybe my sunny mood is making us both warm", he said happily and got off of the bed. He turned to Wes.
*You are strange*, Wes 'said'.
"I know, but it is a good thing!"
*Has anyone ever told you that you act like a puppy?*
"Yes they have", Blaine answered happily. Then there was a knock on the door. "Who is it?"
"It's Chris", a voice answered and Blaine smiled.
"Come in!" he called and Chris entered. "Hi Chris what's up?"
"I was", Chris began. "Oh… sorry I didn't know you had a friend over."
"Huh?" Blaine asked confused and Chris turned to Wes.
"Hi", he said. "I'm Chris Kim, who're you?"
Wes blinked but decided to stay safe so he wrote on his notepad and held it up to Chris.
*Wes Montgomery*, it read.
"Oh you can't talk?" Chris asked and Wes shook his head. "That's alright… oh do you know how to use sign-language?" Wes nodded and Chris grinned and Blaine gaped in shock because Chris started to move his hands while he spoke.
"My grandpa is deaf so I learned to sign when I was little", Chris said happily as he signed. "So if you ever get tired of using that paper you can always have me be your interpreter."
Blaine watched Wes sign something and Chris then grinned.
"No problem", he said and then turned to Blaine. "Thad sent me, you're late for Warbler practice Blaine."
"Shit", Blaine swore and hurriedly got his stuff. Wes and Chris watched him and Blaine was soon ready. He had promised to just go and get his stuff after they were done with Carmichael but he forgot that when he saw Wes. Blaine headed for the door.
"What about Wes", Chris asked and Blaine froze.
"Oh um", Blaine said and Wes smiled.
*Go*, he wrote on his pad. *I will wait here.*
"Aw come on", Chris said. "I'm sure the others won't mind your new roomy watching the rehearsals, he need to get to know people right?"
"Uh", Blaine said but Chris was already out the door, calling for them to hurry up. Blaine turned to Wes. "Come?"
Wes shrugged and got up before taking his notebook and a pencil. He stopped and looked at the door… what would happen when he left the room? Blaine was wondering the same thing. Wes smiled and walked up to him and gripped his hand. Blaine smiled slightly and they stepped out of the room. Blaine stared because Wes was still with him. Wes looked at him and smiled softly. Blaine heard Chris call for them so he dragged Wes with him through the dorm and they soon reached the dorm's door. Wes stopped on the threshold and Blaine did too. Maybe Wes could exist inside the dorm but… outside? Blaine hesitated but Wes did not. He stepped out and dragged Blaine with him. He was still there and Blaine sighed in relief. Why was he relieved?
"Blaine!" he heard Chris yell and Blaine started running bringing Wes with him.
He dragged Wes with him down the corridors, alongside Chris and when they got to the Warbler Hall Blaine let go of Wes' hand and pushed the door open. Chris hurried inside.
"I found him and his new friend", he said happily and everyone looked up and saw Blaine in the doorway.
"New friend", David asked confused. Blaine stepped into the room and turned to Wes and nodded. The other teen stepped into the room too and everyone that wasn't in the ghost-gang started smiling.
"Hi", Joseph said happily. "Who're you?"
Wes took his notepad and held up the page that said his name.
"Hi Wes", John said happily. "Can't you talk?"
Wes shook his head.
"Can't or won't", Frank asked.
*Both*, Wes wrote and the Warblers looked confused. Blaine walked over and sat down between Nick and Jeff.
"Well have a seat", David told Wes, his eyes big. "We're just gonna rehearse some songs and then call it a day."
Wes nodded and sat down on a chair in the corner. During the whole meeting the boys in the ghost-gang couldn't help but throw looks at the teen they had only known as a 'ghost'. But now everyone of them and everyone in the school, it seems, could see him.
Wes wasn't listening to them talk, he was watching everything around him in amazement. The gang understood why though. Last time Wes in this room was the version of this room from 1890 or maybe 1889. It must look so different. Everything must. Blaine felt someone tap his shoulder and he turned around and noticed James.
"Dude what school is Wes from", he asked.
"Why?"
"Well he's not wearing Dalton uniform."
It was true… well kinda. Wes was wearing his version of the uniform.
"Oh they had no blazers in his size so he got to borrow an old one", Nick answered. "Right Blaine?"
"Yeah", Blaine said and looked at Wes who was watching the boom box with interest.
"Why is he acting as if all these stuff are completely new to him", Rock asked confused.
"His old school was… well old school", Blaine explained. "One could say they lived in the early 1900's."
"That's actually pretty cool", Luke said with a big grin. He loved history. When the boys started rehearsing for their regionals Wes was nodding along but after a bit his brow furrowed. Blaine wondered why and then Wes got up and walked up to the boys that were singing one of the tenor harmonies.
He patted one on the shoulder and the whole group watched him as they sang. Wes moved his hand. He pointed at two boys and then moved his hand upwards, indicating that they should go just a bit higher, he motioned for the others in the group to go down. The rest of the Warblers noted the difference, it sounded much better and Fred started grinning.
"Hold it", he called and everyone went quiet. He turned to Wes. "Are you used to leading a choir?"
Wes looked at Chris and Chris nodded. Wes started moving his hands.
"He says that he has a good music ear and use to compose music on his spare time", Chris said. "He also says that he's helped his school choir to arrange some harmonies… eight way?!"
Wes shrugged and all the Warblers stared at him. Wes blushed and rubbed his arm.
"Can you show us how to do it for this song?" Rock asked. Wes got his notepad.
*Where is your sheet music*, he wrote and David handed it to him. Wes looked it over and started to suck on his lip before signing for a pen. Wes started to go through it and after a bit asked for some blank sheets. He got them and they watched him work and he was fast. He handed out new sheet music and wrote it like it was nobody's business and the Warblers all grinned. Soon Wes was finished and handed out the last papers. He took his notepad and wrote something he turned it over it said:
*All basses here.* He pointed. *All tenors here. All baritones. Beatbox. Lead.*
He pointed at assigned areas and the Warblers assembled. Wes counted on his fingers and the boys started to sing and they all grinned when they realized how great it sounded. The theme for regionals this year was boyband and girlband. The Warblers were going to do Wannabe and were gonna do a little risk and do Daydream Believer. They were working on Wannabe right now. They sang and Wes shook his head and dragged out five of the boys to lead. It was Blaine, Nick, Chris, Trent and Joseph. With help from Chris Wes told them that he would point at them when it was their turn.
Blaine: Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
Nick: So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
Blaine: I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
Nick: So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
Blaine: I wanna ha, I wanna ha, I wanna ha, I wanna ha, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazag .
Chris: If you want my future forget my past,
Trent: If you wanna get with me better make it fast,
Blaine: Now don't go wasting my precious time,
Nick: Get your act together we can be just fine.
Blaine: I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
Nick: So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
Blaine: I wanna ha, I wanna ha, I wanna ha, I wanna ha, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazag .
All: If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends, (gotta get with my friends!)
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.
Chris: What do you think about that, now you know how I feel
Trent: Say you could handle my love, are you for real
Blaine: I won't be hasted, give you a try
Nick: If you really bug me, then I say goodbye
Blaine: I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
Nick: So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
Blaine: I wanna ha, I wanna ha, I wanna ha, I wanna ha, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazag
All: If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,(gotta get with my friends!)
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give, (You've got to give)
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.
Blaine: So here's a story from A to Z
If you wanna get with me you better listen carefully
We got Trent in the place who likes it in the face
We got Chris and Nicky who likes it on a
Easy Joe doesn't come for free he's a real male
But as for me ha ha you'll see
All:Slam your body down and wind it all around.
Slam your body down and wind it all around.
All: If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,(gotta get with my friends!)
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give, (You've got to give)
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.
All: If you wanna be my lover,
Joseph: you gotta, you gotta, yougotta, you gotta, you gotta
All: Slam your body down and wind it all around?
Slam your body down and wind it all around.(ha ha ha ha)
Slam your body down and wind it all around.
Slam your body down and zigazig
All: If you wanna be my lover!
They all laughed and cheered… and hugged. Wes smiled and looked at them. Nick ran up to him and gave him a hug. Wes was confused but hugged him back. Nick noticed the difference at once. When Wes had touched him that one time he had been cold but now… it was warm. It was as if Wes was really here. He had to be of course since everyone saw him. But… for how long would he be here and how did he even get here?
"Do you do any sports Wes", Fred asked as the Warblers gathered to eat dinner. Wes smiled and got up, taking off his grey blazer, rolled up his sleeves and removed the tie. He got into a fighting stance, some martial arts stance. Everyone in the cafeteria was watching curiously and made sure to stay out of his way. Wes then performed a series of advances kicks, hits, jump-kicks and moves that had everyone gape. Wes had realized a little while ago it was easier to just show the Warblers his answers than trying to have Chris interpret him or writing. Wes grinned at the Warblers and got his blaze on again.
"I think that answers the question", David said and laughed. "Dude you got any black belts?"
Wes nodded.
"How many?"
Wes held up five fingers and the Warblers gaped in shock. Wes blushed and rubbed his arm. Blaine felt really proud of his friend. He also couldn't help but try to catch a glimpse of the guy at every chance he had. He hoped Wes didn't notice him looking, because he was not staring at the Asian. No absolutely not.
"Hey it is Saturday", Jeff suddenly spoke up. "So why don't we take a walk into town? Help Wes get accustomed to the real world!"
Blaine looked horrified. What was Jeff thinking?! Wes would most likely die of shock or maybe even disappear into thin air! Who knew what would happen outside of Dalton! As if he sensed his worries Wes took Blaine's hand under the table and gave it a gently squeeze. Blaine looked at him and Wes smiled and nodded. Blaine was about to object when he realized Wes was spelling something on his hand. Blaine waited and tried to figure out what it was. The touch felt really good to him so it was a bit hard to concentrate. But soon he understood.
*I'll tell u soon*, Wes spelt on his leg. Blaine nodded and got up with the others and grabbed Wes' hand tightly. The Warblers all noticed and smiled. Wes smiled almost fondly and let himself be dragged.
Watching Wes out on the town can only be described with on word… adorable. He looked around like a little child in a candy store. Taking it all in and looking full of questions but too shy to ask. Blaine noticed Luke take lots of pictures of him with his camera. Luke was in the photography club and was going to take part in a photography contest. He had been struggling for a while to find a theme. He'd found his one now. Awe. Wes' face was constantly filled with awe and the Warblers enjoyed it to no end, especially the ghost gang.
All the boys enjoyed showing Wes stuff he had never seen before and they all could see that he was a bit scared by it all. Especially the doors that opened by themselves, the cars, the loud music and the way people were dressed.
Now the Warblers were no fools. They realized something wasn't quite right with this guy. The school Blaine was talking about sounded valid but the way Wes was acting meant he had never seen the modern world… that was just strange. He looked horrified when he heard and saw planes and helicopters, motorcycles and other vehicles. The Warblers noticed that the guys that were closest to Blaine seemed to understand what was going on and it made them even more suspicious. What was going on here?
They went inside the mall and Wes was looking extremely suspicious about everything around them. Blaine smiled slightly and then found the other teen stare wide-eyed at a slushee machine. Blaine chuckled.
"That's slushees", he said and smiled at Wes. Wes cocked an eyebrow at him. "It's basically ice and color."
*Isn't that bad? Color is for painting.* Blaine smiled at what Wes wrote on his pad.
"It's eatable color."
*Most curious.*
Blaine laughed and was then pulled back by Fred. He was facing the Warblers now and realized the ghost-gang was looking worried.
"Blaine", Fred said sharply. "What's going on here? Who is this guy truly? He's acting as if he's never seen the world before!"
Blaine looked at the others and then Wes who was looking at them. Wes nodded and Blaine sighed.
"He hasn't", he said. "At least… not our world."
"What ya talking about", Joseph asked.
"Wes isn't from here", David explained. "Well he is from here but not from here."
The Warblers looked confused and Thad face-palmed.
"Okay", Thad said. "Look the right question to ask about Wes is not where he's from. It's when he's from."
The Warblers stared at him in shock and then at Wes. Wes sighed and signed to Chris. Chris interpreted.
*I'm from 1890.*
Chris turned to the ghost-gang with big eyes.
"Wes is a Dalton student", Sebastian explained. "Back in 1889 he started Dalton and his room started having strange things happening in there. He saw 'ghosts' that claimed to be from years far off in the future for him."
"While he saw them", Hunter explained. "And later us we saw him and thought he was a ghost. But as you can all see he's not."
"Wes is real", Jeff said. "Just… not from here."
"That's why he's so suspicious, awed and confused", Trent explained. "Because he has never seen any of this stuff that we have because they don't have it back where he's from."
"And you really want us to believe that?" Joseph asked with a snarl.
"Would he act like this if we lied", Sebastian challenged. "I mean come on. You've seen the confusion and fear on his face."
"Oh shit", Frank suddenly swore and they all followed his gaze. There opposite them was the New Directions and in front of them, moving towards them was Kurt Hummel.
"Double shit", Jeff swore. Blaine felt Wes take his hand and held on to it tightly, knowing this wouldn't be pretty.
TBC
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