A/N: Ownership: I don't own Glee copyrights. I have tonnes of dvd's, cd's, paraphernalia which includes my Intellectual Property of Imagination.
I'm Australian, this has all great inspiration from our lovely island. This chapter is inspired by the Maize Maze, part of the Enchanted Maze at Arthurs Seat. This is a story of fiction, at places that are not.
I Want this to be an independent story, for the moment I'm going to publish here under our great love of Glee. However, as my baby, please substitute the following, and change to the cast mentioned.
Kurt - Scott, played by a very young Richard Gere.
Tina - Claire, played by Scarlett Johansen. ~ Blaine - Paul, played by Andy Garcia.
Every story needs some original characters, *Harley - played by Ashton Kutcher. *Charlie - played by a very young Kevin Kline. ~ Rachel - Charlotte, played by Makyla Smith.
Sebastian - Jaxon, played by Fabrizio Filippo. ~ *Isabelle – played by Rachelle Lefevre.
~ Read, enjoy ~
~ Travelling the White Line ~
Chapter Ten.
That's it for the paper work.
Tina drags her tired body up the quaint vertical stairs. Each stair is about ten centimetres high, most of them are odd shaped, the majority though are twenty-five generous centimetres deep and wide enough for one and a half persons. Thankfully she's one person wide and therefore able to still fit.
The stairs lead up and bend around to the left after the first five of them, then they graduate up and around more and more, eventually bringing her to the next floor level.
Half way up though, she leans against the wall, her breath taken a little. Eventually she trudges up making it to that floor where her and Blaine's room is.
The carpet on the stair case is a beautiful pattern of mixed flowers. Pink petaled flowers mixed with yellow petaled flowers, dainty cornflour blue petals and blue tulips. Occasional daisy's of white petals, all set on a dark blue background.
The carpet in their hall way is a plush cream. She sits on the hall chair and removes her shoes, letting her feet stretch and cuddle in to its pile. The weight off her aching hips, her ankles also appreciative of the break, resting on the arm of the chair, even it its thin wood, her lower back says 'Thank you'.
She closes her eyes and soaks up the old buildings atmosphere, thinking of the age of the building and how previous occupants have managed that stair case. The quiet and warmth are lulling her to nod off.
A door can be heard being opened, no sound of foot steps, due to the plush carpet, Blaine's cologne Tina is aware of before his hand or voice touch her.
"Tina sweetie, …." He lifts her by the elbow and a hand to her back. "Tina, I'll take you to our room sweetie."
He guides her to their room, lies her down, removes her shoes and pulls the covers up around her shoulders. A few clicks of his camera and a kiss to her forehead.
He lies under the covers with her and they both grab necessary sleep from their eventful day. His nose just millimetres from hers, his eyes blink warmly and his smile is so sweet. Remembering some one else he loved lying with, rubbing gently on her forehead, her temples massaging gentle circles in to.
He leans up and kisses her forehead again, hoping she doesn't stir. This is a favourite sleep pattern of theirs, falling to sleep cuddling, displaying gentle touches of tenderness...
Tina raised her flag, she gives up, she's totally lost. As for Blaine, sod him, she hasn't seen him for too many minutes ago. Swinging the flag above the maze edges, hoping the supervisor is watching and then she's had enough and sits down. Down on to the well worn, walked over path.
Thankfully the sun is still warming the air, and the cool of the ground compliments her decision to stop. Getting down was a challenge, getting up was going to be interesting.
Together they had walked in to this maize maze, made of tall plants with ears of corn. They each had an adventure sheet to find different items and follow the directions once items were found. But she didn't hear Blaine say he was turning different to her.
When a hiccup of panic sets in, her phone starts ringing. It's Blaine calling, he realizes they're not together.
His map said to turn left, her map said to walk straight. "We'll eventually cross paths again, just remember to wave your flag if you get too lost and can't find anyone."
Sighing and tired, "I've done that already, I'm just sitting for a little bit." She begins trying to stand, it's not delicate but she gets up to see where she's at. "Okay Blaine, I'll continue after a little rest, and follow where the map tells me to go. I can see the other side of the grounds, so it's all good." She wasn't annoyed at him, it was the uncomfortable babe that was annoying. This baby was growing bigger as the days went by, and she was beginning to wish for a breather from the pregnancy. Activities like this, might have to wait or come with a wheel chair, well one that can manoeuvre hillsides too.
"How far up the hill do you think you are?"
"Ummm? I think I might be half way." She hears him whisper that little "Okay!" that he manages to attach to everything, meaning that all is well.
"I'm pretty sure I'm just above you in the next path, I think I heard you out of the phone. I'm nearly done, call me if you want to stop and I'll come get you."
"Okay, Blaine. I love you." {BlaTina mooshiness,} "I love you too!" {Drippy love hearts as they swap kisses over the phone.}
She walks to the end of the path, and finds a chair in some sunshine, much better option than the ground. Then a couple of kidz come around the corner, chatting and having such fun. "Are you alright?" The taller child asks.
Tina assesses herself, "Yes I'm alright thank you. I'm just …." She starts to cry as the child puts a hand on her worried shoulder. "I'm just totally lost and my partner isn't here." Head in her hands, real sobbing becomes too much for her.
"Here, my friend and I will help you."
"I really need to rest a moment though."
"Alright, we'll wait with you and then help you get out." His friend whispers in his ear. "Do you know the phone number of your partner, we could call him for you?"
Tina wipes her tears, holds her breath to hold the sobs back. "I just spoke with him, he'll be here soon enough…." And no sooner has she finished talking than Blaine comes around the corner with the park supervisor.
Flushed from tears and slight embarrassment, she reaches for him. "Oh sweet, sweet Tina."
Eventually they make it out of the maze, over to the tea rooms and she lies down in the sick bay. After some strong suggestions they accept entrance tokens to use the next time they visit.
Blaine calls for his personal driver, skipping the tourist bus and adventure of the chair lift is ticked off their list.
The car drives by the HUGE Arthur's Seat. "Wait, wait!" Blaine says to his driver, "We have one more thing to try. Please pull over?"
The driver turns around the roundabout and makes his way back to the Seat. Pulling over, unclipping his belt, he prepares for the assortment of fans that might suddenly appear.
On exiting he tidies up his waist coat, walks around and opens the door for them. "Can you drive the car to the bay over there please?" Which is where Blaine thought he was going to park anyway.
He guides Tina up to the seat, and takes a few photos of her. "Excuse me?" He says to a tourist nearby. "Could you take a photo of us together, please?"
"Sure, I can do that for you."
The tourist watches them sit and position and kiss and cuddle, and she takes photos the whole time of their getting ready. They make a final position, and Blaine says, "We're ready."
"Great, okay on the count of three." They smile wide, and after three the shutter is clicked.
Capturing a very happy Blaine, very happy Tina, sitting side by side in a HUGE giant's chair.
Extra kute author notes: Does any body have a particular part of our world that you'd like me to write any of our sweeties in?
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