AN: A little tag scene for "Purple Piano Project". Hope you enjoy. Inspired by lyrics from "Memories and Battle Scars" by New Found Glory.
"I'm transferring to McKinley," I announced to the roomful of Warblers.
The announcement was met with complete silence. My friends just stared at me, as if I had grown a second head or something. I hadn't expected anyone to be happy about the news but I also hadn't expected this reaction.
"What? You can't?" Nick finally said, the protest meeting with several nods of agreement.
"Look, I'll miss you guys but this is something I need to do," I replied, hoping that they would understand. I didn't want to lose friends over the transfer but I also knew that I would be miserable if I stayed. A quick coffee meeting after school and a few hours on the weekend just wasn't enough time with Kurt.
"Because of Kurt?"
I paused. Nick's question made it seem silly to be leaving a bunch of friends for just one friend but Kurt meant the world to me. He was like a breath of fresh air. He had ignited a passion for life in me that I hadn't felt since before the incident at the Sadie Hawkins dance. Letting him go when he had transferred back to McKinley had been the hardest thing I had ever done. Standing in that courtyard, I hadn't wanted to let him go nor had I cared who was watching us. Clinging to him had felt like grasping for a life preserver when you were drowning and I would have kissed him if I had thought he would go along with it.
Now I had a chance to be with him again. Facing public school again wasn't so bad when I knew I'd have Kurt there by my side. Life wasn't going to be easy, and I couldn't stay sheltered at Dalton forever, but the battle didn't seem so frightening when you had someone by your side.
"Yes, because of, Kurt. I want to be with him. I want to be able to perform with him instead of against him."
"We'll miss you," Jeff replied, telling me that he understood.
The sea of nodding heads told me that the others got it too.
"I'll miss you all too," I told them, before turning and leaving the room. It was the first time I had ever been the first one to leave a Warbler's practice.