Finishing the last bars of "Impossible" by James Arthur, Blaine held the mic stand and starred off into the empty auditorium.
"Dude are you okay?" Sam looked concerned as he walked towards Blaine from off stage.
Blaine wiped tears from his eyes and he quickly turned around shocked. "I'm sorry I didn't know anyone was here. I was just working on a piece for Glee Club"
"Come on man, I know that wasn't for Glee." Sam smiled and placed his hand on Blaine's shoulder. "You seem down, did something happen?"
Blaine rubbed his hands over his face. "No nothing has happened Sam." He looked up and met Sam's eyes, with a small sad chuckle he finish quietly; "That's the problem."
Sam dropped his hands realizing that this was more than he thought it would be. "Did Kurt say no when you asked him to prom?"
"No Kurt didn't say know." Blaine's eyes were clouded over and pools of water were gathering in the corners. Seeing his friend in pain was almost too much for Sam to take.
"I don't understand. Shouldn't you be happy if Kurt didn't say no?" He braced himself for the confession to come. He had been waiting for this for weeks. He had hoped it would come with that ridiculous idea of purposing, but it hadn't. Now he knew he just needed to listen and push Blaine in the right direction.
"He didn't say "no" Sam, because I didn't ask him." Blaine turned away and walked toward the front of the stage and starred off into the empty chairs.
"Why didn't you ask him?" Just a little more pushing, Sam thought.
"I broke Kurt's heart Sam! I just can't live with that fact I did that." He takes a deep breath he turned and faced Sam. "I've tried to make up for it by showing Kurt how I feel but nothing is working. Being with Kurt is all I want and I've ruined that. It will never be and I can't keep trying. Every time it doesn't work my heart gets broken. My heart can't take any more pain and I need to move on."
"What do you mean move on?" Sam knew that Blaine needed to finish this for himself.
Blaine raised his shoulders and put his hands in his pockets before he continued. "Kurt and I have broken up and I'm finally realizing that. It happened a long time ago but I've been grasping at anything possible to undo this impossible thing that happened. It's time to move on with my life and accept that Kurt and I will be nothing more than friends."
"You can't give up. You love him, man." Sam encouraged quietly. "Keep hoping. I've never known you to give up." Sam knew that Blaine was doing the right thing but he needed this last hurdle to finally let go and forgive himself.
"I'm not giving up Sam. I'm letting go" Blaine took a breath and stepped back "You can't give up on something that was never there to begin with. Kurt moved on and my heart can't take anymore rejection. I'm going to go to Prom alone and start focusing on me." Blaine looked up and smiled "its okay Sam. I needed this. It's time to just focus on me."
Blaine walked off stage rubbing the back of his head and feeling a weight being lifted from his shoulders.
Sam just looked after his friend with a mixture of happiness and sadness. Blaine needed to let go of Kurt for himself. But, at the same time he knew that Blaine and Kurt were meant to be. Determined to make this better he looked down at his phone in his hand and hit play on the video that was just taken. He skipped through it to make sure the whole song was recorded and Blaine's secret conversation could be heard. He knew that he was crossing a friend line, but he knew that Blaine would never talk to Kurt about this. He needed Kurt to know how Blaine really felt before it was too late. So he opened an email, typed in the address, and hit send. Slowly he sat down on the edge of the stage and waited for his phone to ring and for Kurt to ask him questions.