Two Steps Beyond
Part 136
When Jeff and Brittany reached the front doors Blaine and Sebastian were just standing there staring at Kurt. "I told you, now is not the time to talk." Blaine said as he adjusted the blanket around Braeden. From the change in Kurt's expression Blaine and Sebastian quickly realized they were no longer alone.
"I just want to say I'm sorry." Sebastian and Jeff both snickered at the comment. "It's true. I want you both to know I'm sorry for how I've behaved."
"We've heard it before." Sebastian replied. "Yet during our last shoot you were still the same nosy, little pest that couldn't stay away. Like we've said previously, your words mean nothing to us. B." Blaine looked up at Sebastian and smiled. They were about to step away when Kurt put his hand on Blaine's arm.
"Bas." Sebastian turned to look over his shoulder and saw what had happened.
"Get. Your. Hand. Off of him." He said as sternly yet quietly as possible.
"I just…"
"Now." Knowing the kids were sensitive to the slightest changes around them Sebastian handed Jocelyn to Brittany. "Would you take her away from here please Britt?" Brittany nodded as she held the sleeping girl in her arms. Once Kurt finally took his hand off of Blaine, Blaine handed Braeden off to Rachel who immediately walked over towards Brittany. "Now that the kids are gone, who the hell do you think you are putting a hand on B while he's hold our nephew?"
"I just wanted to stop the two of you from leaving before hearing me out."
"Don't you get it; we don't want to hear anything you have to say!" Blaine said as he stepped in front of Kurt. "And Bas is right, what the hell were you thinking?"
"I never would've done something to hurt him. I just touched your arm."
"Trying to talk to us when we're obviously leaving isn't a good idea. Do you realize we almost didn't come purely because we didn't want to risk seeing you?"
"Then why are you here?"
"Because it was important to B to support his friends. You just couldn't stay away from us, could you? Do you realize staying away from us might've done more than your lame-ass apology? It would've shown you respect the fact that we want nothing to do with you. And then you have the audacity to touch B while he's holding Braeden. You know Cooper's going to love hearing about that."
"I did nothing wrong."
"Kurt, you have no right to touch me." Blaine told him. "I would've been upset if you touched me regardless of whether or not I was holding Braeden. The fact that I was, just pisses me off more."
"Boys, what's going on here?" Mr. Hummel asked as he approached.
"We're just talking Dad." Mr. Hummel then looked at Blaine and Sebastian.
"Boys?"
"Kurt decided now would be a good time to apologize to us as we were leaving." Sebastian told him. "And once we told him we weren't interested he tried to stop us by taking ahold of Blaine's arm while he was holding our nephew."
"Kurt."
"I didn't grab him hard."
"You don't grab anyone, especially someone holding a child. I thought you promised me you wouldn't do anything."
"I just want to apologize."
"Burt, we don't want any trouble." Blaine said as he took ahold of Sebastian's hand. "And while I understand his need to apologize again, now is not the time. As Bas told him, leaving us alone would've done wonders."
"I'm sorry Blaine, you too Sebastian." Mr. Hummel told them. "You should've been able to enjoy your evening without having to deal with this."
"Thank you." Sebastian said before looking towards Blaine.
"Let's go home Bas." The two of them headed over towards Brittany and Rachel while Jeff and Brody stayed where they were
"Stay away from them." Jeff stated before he and Brody followed after them. As they all walked out Kurt looked at his Dad.
"I only wanted to apologize."
"Kurt, I understand you got a new understanding of everything but after everything that's happened you can't expect them to want to listen when you decide it's time. And trying to talk to them as they were leaving was a bad idea, especially considering they were carrying sleeping children. Sebastian was right, what were you thinking grabbing ahold of Blaine."
"It was a mistake. I only wanted them to know that I get it now. I get that they are happy together. Did you see that even with everything that was going on once they looked at each other they smiled?" Burt nodded. "I honestly can't remember a time Blaine looked at me like that." As Kurt finished speaking all of the New Direction graduates approached.
"Where'd everyone go?" Sam asked.
"They left." Kurt replied as his Dad stepped away realizing he needed to do this on his own.
"All of them?" Tina asked as she looked around.
"I know Blaine and Sebastian are leaving as for the others I don't know. All I do know is that they escorted them out to the parking lot."
"I'll go find out what's going on." Mike said as he pulled on his jacket before running out the doors.
"What did you do?" Quinn asked as she folded her arms across her chest.
"I only wanted to talk to them, to apologize."
"They don't want to talk to you. I thought you'd know that by now. Heck, you're lucky Nick and Santana aren't here because I know for certain they both want to kick your ass. And I'm pretty certain the only reason Jeff didn't do anything was because he didn't want to upset Brittany. That crap you pulled with her was wrong on so many levels."
Meanwhile in the parking lot, Mike reached the others just as Blaine and Sebastian closed the back doors on the SUV. "Good, I caught you. I was afraid you'd all be gone already."
"Well, B and I will be gone soon." Sebastian replied as Blaine walked around to the driver's side. "What do you need?"
"For starters, are you guys okay? We all saw what was going on but Quinn thought it best we stay out of it."
"Yes, we're okay now that we're out of there. As for not coming to see what's going on, that was a good idea as well. Remind me to thank Quinn." Blaine replied.
"Done." Sebastian replied as he wrapped an arm around Blaine's shoulders. "Is there anything else because we really do need to get these little ones home?"
"One last thing, I wanted to let you guys all know I'll be in New York in a couple of months."
"What for?" Brittany asked.
"Some of the dancers, me being one has been selected to perform with the New York company during an upcoming show."
"That's wonderful news, congratulations!" Rachel said as she gave him a hug.
"Thank you. So, if you guys are interested I'd love for you to come."
"We'll be there." Blaine said with a smile. "Just let us know the dates."
"Done. And since I know I probably won't see you guys again till I get to New York, it was good to see you all. So, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah."
"Aren't you curious as to whether or not we're going to go out with all of you?" Jeff asked.
"Man, I saw the look on your face and Brody's. While I know both of you would do anything for Brittany and Rachel, I can tell you'd rather just go home. But if you decided to join us there will be seats for you."
"Breadstix?" Rachel asked and Mike nodded. Once he gave the girls hugs and said goodbye to the guys he headed back inside.
"What do you want to do Jeff?"
"While Mike was right, if you want to go we can. But why don't we finish this conversation once Blaine and Seb leave. We'll see you guys tomorrow."
"We will see you then." Blaine said before giving Rachel and Brittany each another hug then heading around the SUV.
"Ladies, keep these boys out of trouble." Sebastian said before giving them hugs as well.
"We will." Rachel told him. "You two go home and relax."
"We plan on it. Night!"
Once Blaine and Sebastian pulled out of the parking lot the four of them looked at each other. "What's the plan?" Brody asked. "Because I'm with Jeff, if you girls want to go, we will. But you better hope that jackass doesn't come. I can't believe he grabbed Blaine."
"It's like Seb said, if he was truly sorry he'd just leave them alone." Rachel said. "While I get he wants them to know he's truly sorry forcing it when they aren't interested isn't going to work."
When Mike came walking back inside the others will still gathered near the doors talking. "Are they gone?" Sam asked.
"Blaine and Sebastian are heading home as we speak while the others are still deciding what to do. But I told them where to find us if they were interested. Anyone care to fill me in?" Mike then looked around. "Where's Quinn? And Kurt?"
"She left." Mercedes told him. "And Kurt is talking with his Dad. It seems Miss Fabray doesn't want to join us because Kurt is coming."
"While they weren't close, that seems a bit much."
"From what we can figure out between what Tina told us and Quinn's little rant at Kurt which you missed. Things got a little crazy in NYC." Artie told him. "But Quinn wouldn't get into details and the other girls didn't share what's going on with Tina. Though, Quinn did tell Kurt that he's basically damn lucky Nick and Santana weren't here. And that the only reason Jeff didn't go after him was because of Brittany."
"What the hell?"
"Our thoughts exactly my friend." Mercedes told him. "It seems Kurt's previous issues with Blaine and Sebastian snowballed to include everyone they're friends with."
Once they'd both collected their thoughts they began to talk. "I'm really sorry Bas." Blaine said as he sighed again.
"It's not your fault B. I'm just sorry my fear of him being there wasn't wrong. I would've been thrilled to have been proven wrong. But it makes me glad you said you wouldn't go without me. I wouldn't have wanted you to have to deal with him alone."
"I appreciate that." Sebastian then reached over and took ahold of Blaine's hand. "I swore you were going to snap worse than you did."
"The only thing that stopped me was having Jocelyn and Braden there. Hell, that wasn't the first time I saw Kurt."
"I figured as much when Jeff and Brody didn't come back. Did he say anything to you?"
"No because I was actually talking with his Dad."
"What were the two of you talking about?"
"He was surprised to see me so I told him the reason I was there. And then he was wondering why I had Jocelyn with me so I explained. Then he finally asked what I was doing out in the hall and that's the point we were at when Kurt found us."
"What was he doing out there?"
"He was making a phone call. Then Kurt came to find his Dad since the New Directions were going to be going on soon. Needless to say, he was surprised when he saw me."
"Again, I'm sorry Bas. We should've just stayed home and watched movies. It definitely would've been more enjoyable and we wouldn't have had to deal with Kurt."
"Let me ask you something B." Sebastian said as he veered off onto a ramp. "Were you happy to see everyone?"
"Yes."
"Then it was worth having to deal with him regardless of my initial feelings about coming. Plus even I could tell it meant a lot to Artie and Tina that you and Brittany were there. Since I was out with Jocelyn, how were the New Directions?"
"I'd say comparable to last year, if just slightly better. Though, now I can't wait to hear the Warblers tomorrow."
"Me either. Are your parents bringing Jocelyn and Braeden with them?"
"Yes, this was basically the last time they would be our sole responsibility. But I was thinking, we should probably put the speaker for the monitor in my room tonight."
"Not that I mind, but why?"
"That would be because there is a reason my parents took a care service tonight."
"Are you saying they're going to be partaking in some adult beverages?"
"Yes, so the last thing they'll need is to be woken up by Jocelyn or Braeden should they wake-up."
"That's a very thoughtful reason that I'm sure your parents will appreciate." They were just approaching Blaine's development when Blaine's phone went off. Sebastian accepted the call through the SUV's speakers. "Speak quietly we've got sleeping children in the car."
"I figured as much from what Jeff told me." Nick told them. "Are you two alright?"
"We're fine." Blaine told him. "It was almost an uneventful night, but he decided to try and talk to us when we were leaving."
"Why can't he leave well enough alone?"
"If you find the answer please let us know because we're curious as well." Sebastian replied. "In happier news, have you spoken to Santana?"
"Quite a few times actually, why?" Blaine and Sebastian couldn't help but quietly laugh. "Yea, funny guys."
"Come on, you two are cute." Blaine told him. "How'd the premiere go?"
"She said it went really well, but she couldn't believe how crazy it gets behind the scenes. The amount of people having to coordinate with each other is insane. That if one person takes too long at a given spot it can throw the whole thing off. There is definitely a reason behind people move actors along."
"Sounds like it was just the thing Cassie wanted her to see." Sebastian said.
"It was. Also, she said the movie is really good though it was weird seeing Cooper so serious on screen. This role is clearly different from his last."
"Are you saying she said my brother showed range on screen?"
"I am and it was believable according to Santana. Everything she heard once it was over was positive so you should be proud."
"That's good to hear and I am most definitely proud." Blaine replied as Sebastian pulled into the driveway. "Well, we are home so we need to go. But we can definitely pick up this conversation tomorrow."
"Sounds good. Night guys!"
"Night Nick!" As they said their goodbyes, they pulled into the garage this time around. "I think you and Jeff deserve awards for tonight." Blaine said just prior to them getting out.
"What for?"
"Controlling yourselves. While what he did is what upset you, it was pretty obvious after one look at Jeff he had a few choice words he wanted to say to Kurt."
"I'm sure he let loose with his thoughts once he and Brittany were in the car, especially since he called Nick. That's a clear indicator he needed to blow off some steam. I was able to vent a bit of my frustration once the girls took Jocelyn and Braeden."
"Are you seriously going to tell Coop?" Blaine asked as they made their way into the house with the kids.
"No, but I couldn't help screwing with him. His reaction was priceless, wasn't it?" As he spoke Blaine had glanced up at him and saw Sebastian's patented smirk. "He knew damn well how Cooper would react and I'm pretty sure he doesn't like seeing the overly protective side of him."
"Heck, I'm still not used to seeing the overprotective side of Coop. I honestly didn't know he had it in him." Blaine replied as they climbed the stairs. "Plus, can I say how happy I am that these two slept through everything."
"You can because I feel the same way."
While Blaine and Sebastian got Jocelyn and Braeden ready for bed, there was completely different atmosphere back in Lima. Rachel and Brittany were sitting at a table at the Lima Bean, waiting for Quinn to arrive while Jeff and Brody were outside talking. "Do you think Blaine and Sebby are alright Rach?" Brittany asked before taking a sip of her hot chocolate.
"I do. You could already see they were feeling better once we were out in the parking lot. I wish it never happened."
"Me too."
"How did you know something was going on because you grabbed Jeff pretty quickly?"
"I just happened to look and saw them stop which seemed odd since they were going home and all of us were together. And then a saw a change in Sebby's expression that wasn't good. The only time I've seen that look on his face is when Kurt has bothered him and Blaine."
"It's a good thing you did."
The two of them were still talking when Quinn came walking in. "Sorry I'm late, but Mercedes called me and wanted full details which I wouldn't give. I've got to give her credit though; she didn't want to give up. But once she realized I wasn't going to talk, she finally relented."
"It's alright." Brittany told her before sliding over a cup of coffee to her.
"Why are the guys talking outside?"
"They won't tell us." Rachel replied. "It's obviously something they don't want me and Britt to know, but it doesn't take a genius to know the topic. Brody was pretty vocal about how he was feeling on the ride over."
"Jeff was too."
"Has anyone spoken to Blaine or Seb since they left?" Quinn asked.
"No and I think it's probably best if we don't." Rachel said. "I think the two of them just need to be able to enjoy the rest of their night. Anything we want to talk about can be done tomorrow. You're coming to Dalton, right?"
"That is correct. And it will be a pleasant change of pace after what we sat through this evening. I don't quite get how Mr. Schue could rave about how much they've improved since last year. I mean, yes they're better but that doesn't take much. Personally I think he believes they made regionals last year based on talent and not weak competition. No offense Britt."
"None taken. I was pretty surprised myself. He was shocked we didn't make the top three at Regionals."
"You're kidding." Rachel said.
"Nope. He felt our performance last year was comparable to the Warblers."
"He's delusional. You guys weren't even close."
"I know. But what did he expect when we only started rehearsing about two weeks prior. Did you know the Warblers already had their Regionals set list put together before sectionals?" Rachel and Quinn both shook their heads. "They hadn't even competed at Sectionals when they started to work on their Regionals performance. The boys worked really hard for what they achieved last year."
"That I do know." Rachel said. "And it showed."
"It was pure luck we won the way we did considering the way we prepared." Quinn added. "The Warblers proved hard work pays off. What we did was pure luck and Mr. Schue should know that. If they want to get back to the top, they're going to need to work harder especially after what we just heard." The girls all then looked out the window when they heard the guys' voices getting louder. "If you ladies want to go check on them I'm fine."
"It's probably best if we don't." Rachel said. "They need to get this out of their systems. Not that we mind, but why didn't you go out with everyone else Quinn?"
"Kurt was joining them and I really didn't want to be around him. I'd much rather be here with you guys. Don't get me wrong, I miss everyone, but our worlds are clearly different from those that stayed around here. Plus knowing Tina, she would want to know exactly what's going on after what I said to Kurt. And regardless of us all being together, she'd still ask, unlike Mercedes who called me so it was a bit more private."
"What did you say?" Brittany asked.
"I basically told him he was an idiot for even trying to talk to Blaine and Seb. And that he was lucky, Jeff loves you the way he does otherwise he would've snapped. Also, that if Nick and Santana were here they wouldn't have held back what they feel. But, I might've also let slip that Kurt did something to you Britt and for that I'm sorry."
"It's okay."
"No, it's not, but thank you for understanding. I was just so upset after what he pulled I started to ramble."
"Well, we all know he'll never admit to the others what has happened so it's pretty safe they're going to be left guessing." Rachel said as Brody and Jeff came walking back inside. Before joining the girls at their table they each got something to drink.
"Sorry that took so long." Jeff said as he sat down beside Brittany. "We just had a few things to take care of."
"Should we even bother asking?" Quinn said.
"Probably not." Brody replied. "But we can tell you Blaine and Seb are home safe and sound."
"How do you know that?" Rachel asked.
"Nick was talking to them when they arrived home." Jeff told them. "After I told him what happened he wanted to make sure they were okay since he's close enough to head over if they needed anything."
"Do the rest of the guys know?" Brittany asked.
"They do. I also called Jacob to make sure that Kurt was still persona non grata at Dalton. He seems pretty adamant about wanting to apologize to the guys and we don't want him ruining tomorrow for them as well. They shouldn't have had to deal with him on their first day back."
"Considering Seb's reaction when we asked them if they were coming it's pretty obvious he only came because it was important to Blaine." Brody said. "I'm certain he wanted to avoid something like what occurred."