June - Part 2

After a two-hour drive during an already crazy hot Ohio summer day, Kurt, Rachel, Jesse and Tina finally piled out of Kurt's car at Camp Art. Kurt had always found it funny that the creators of an arts summer camp couldn't come up with a more creative name.

Tina had been bummed when Mike told her he couldn't come with them because his father made him spend his summer at med camp, so Kurt was really glad his dad wasn't inferring with his artistic aspirations anymore.

The four of them would be sharing one of the larger cabins together with two other teens they had yet to meet and Kurt made sure to get a bed as far away from the window as possible, because he didn't want to be the first meal for all the bugs who always managed to find a way inside.

Tina took the bed between Rachel and Jesse because no one wanted them to fool around when they had to be in the same room. They all quickly unpacked, before heading over to headquarters – a fancy name for the biggest cabin on the campground, to pick up information about their classes and the kids they would have in them.

After having lunch with some of the other counselors they went back to their cabin to get changed into their swimsuits, so they could enjoy the lake before the children swarmed it.

A girl with long dark hair was unpacking her suitcase when they went back inside and introduced herself as Harmony, Rachel's co-teacher. Kurt thought she was nice enough but he could see Rachel sizing up the competition from the corner of his eyes.

The last of their cabin mates joined them just as they were preparing to leave for the lake and Kurt offered to stay behind to wait for the new boy because he wanted to keep his skin out of the sun for as long as possible.

"Hi I'm Kurt, the four that just left are Tina, Rachel, Jesse and Harmony. Tina and Rachel go to my school in Lima and Jesse is starting at Julliard this fall. He's Rachel's boyfriend. We don't know Harmony yet."

The boy looked at him slightly awestruck before giving Kurt a big smile and grabbing his hand to shake it enthusiastically.

"I'm Chandler. I'm from Lima as well. Can I just say you have amazing eyes. And that top – is that McQueen. Don't you just hate people who forgo style just because they are in swimsuits?"

Well, Kurt had most certainly not expected that. But it was nice to be appreciated for his style. Of course Blaine told him he was good looking, but that was sort of his obligation as his boyfriend.

"Well, I like you're hippo pin. I had one like that once but I lost it." "That's too bad, I'm sure you wore it well."

Kurt Hummel might have just found a new best friend.

They spent the rest of the day swimming in the lake and the girls, Jesse and even Chandler managed to convince Kurt to join them when they went off to play volleyball.

Chandler kept giving him cheesy compliments all afternoon, for which Rachel shot him what she probably thought were meaningful looks, but he just found it adorable.

Kurt had had crushes on boys in the past, but before Blaine, no one had ever crushed on him apart from Mercedes and maybe Brittany. It wasn't like he was flirting with Chandler, and he didn't think Chandler was actually hitting on him.

It wasn't forbidden to date another counselor, but it was only the first day and no one in his sane mind would risk causing an embarrassing situation this early by hitting on someone who might reject you.

Rachel managed to corner him on the way back to the cabin and she quickly pulled him away from the rest of the group.

"What are you doing? You have Blaine!" Rachel didn't just seriously imply he would ever dump Blaine for some guy he just met?

"Okay, first of all, I'm not doing anything to encourage him. And secondly, of course I have Blaine."

"Then tell him that!" "Come on Rachel, I don't even know if he's serious and what if I tell him and he tells others. You know not all parents would be happy about the fact that a gay guy is teaching their children. If he asks, of course I'll tell him, but until then it's really none of his business."

"Well, I hope you know what you are doing." Rachel finally released his arm then and they joined the rest of the group as they headed to one of the dinning halls.

Before going to bed Kurt managed to squeeze in a short skype conversation with Blaine before heading to one of the dreaded community washrooms to do his moisturizing routine, where he promptly bumped into Chandler again, who complemented him on his perfect skin.

"Flattery will get you everywhere," Kurt told him before starting to rub his skin cream into his face. He just hoped that Chandler didn't interpret what he had said as flirting.

On Monday they had their first day of work and where introduced to the kids and preteens in their group. Kurt had never been the biggest fan of kids, but most of them were just too cute.

The week passed quickly with lessons and hanging out at night with their group. Rachel still wasn't Harmony's biggest fan, especially after she learned that the girl had plans to move to New York the following summer as well, but Kurt just liked that he had another girl who was obsessed with show tunes and always offered to sing with him.

They had the weekend off, but Blaine had to cancel their plans because he had been asked to fill in for a co-worker. In the end he decided to stay at camp with the rest of their cabin, because if he went home he'd have to spend time with his family as well and that wouldn't leave much time for Blaine anyway. They could skype instead.

Jesse had managed to get them a few bottles of wine and some beer and they ended up throwing a small party down at the lake with the counselors from another cabin, away from the watchful eyes of the camp director.

Kurt usually wasn't one for drinking, especially after Blaine's experience at Scandals, but he had to admit that he had had fun at some of the Warbler parties where he hadn't been the designated driver.

He, Tina and Rachel decided to split a bottle of wine, and before they knew it, they were on their second. Everyone was relaxed though and had fun and even Rachel admitted, when Chandler briefly left them, that she found his cheesy pickup lines and attempts at flirting adorable.

Kurt didn't really mind when the younger boy sat down next to him and listened with wide eyes as Kurt and Rachel explained their college plans.

"It's too bad I'm only going to be a junior this fall. Wouldn't it have been amazing if all went to New York at the same time? We could go to the front of the Plaza and reenact the end of 'The way we were'."

Okay, maybe that was laying it on a little thick, but Kurt felt pleasantly buzzed and just smiled happily while looking out over the lake.

The next morning, unfortunately came with an awful headache, but luckily Rachel had enough aspirin to supply the entire cabin.

During his skype date later that night, he was telling Blaine about their party and was about to mention Chandler's cheesy compliments, when Blaine's mom came in and asked if he wanted to go see a movie with her.

Kurt couldn't be mad about this. After all, he had been the one to push Blaine to reconnect with his mom, and it was good that Tala made the effort to spend time with Blaine. He could tell Blaine about Chandler another time. It wasn't really that important.

Or so he thought.

The first day of the second week, Rachel and Harmony got into a fight over who would get to sing a solo from Wicked, while Kurt was trying to shake off Chandler who had become even more clingy after the party.

Wednesday night, Kurt was sitting at the dock watching the stars after he finished a phone call with Carole.

A branch snapped behind him and Kurt shot up. He had seen enough horror movies in his life thanks to Blaine's obsession with them.

"Hey, it's just me. Can I sit with you for a moment?" Of course it was Chandler. Kurt scooted over a bit to make space for the other boy, but Chandler sat down close to him.

They sat in silence for a while, but Kurt turned his head when he thought Chandler had said something and suddenly lips were being pressed against his own. It took him a few seconds before he pulled back, out of shock, but once he did, he jumped up and took a step back.

"Chandler, I have a boyfriend." The other boy looked sad and Kurt felt bad for leading him on, even if he had thought Chandler just had a bit of a crush.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I should have asked first. Of course you have a boyfriend. You are gorgeous. Ah, sorry, I'll stop now."

"Chandler, wait. I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Blaine sooner. I didn't mean to lead you on, but I didn't think you were really interested in me."

Chandler excused himself quickly afterward and Kurt let him leave because there wasn't anything he could do. For a moment he considered not telling Blaine about the kiss, but immediately discarded the idea. Not telling Blaine the truth about something had caused their last big fight after all.

He'd tell Blaine when he came up on Saturday and everything would be okay.

"I'm sorry Kurt, but I can't come up this weekend. Wes and David called and I made plans with them." He knew Kurt wouldn't be happy about that, but he hadn't seen the two older boys in over a year.

"But if you don't come then we won't see each other for another week, and we already didn't get to see each other last week. Can't you meet them another day?" Yep, Kurt wasn't happy.

"Kurt, I haven't seen them in a year and they are only in town for a few days. I miss you too, but I get to see you all the time." Apparently that was the wrong thing to say.

"I never see you anymore. But I don't want to fight with you again – not about this. I wanted you to visit because there was something I needed to tell you, but if you prefer me to tell you on the phone, so be it."

That didn't sound good. Kurt never had problems with telling him something on the phone unless it was really serious.

"What is it?" he asked dreading the answer.

"There is this guy at camp and he kissed me. I didn't kiss him back or anything and he apologized when I told him about you."

Oh good, Kurt wasn't planning on leaving him for another guy.

"Wait, so this guy just kissed you out of the blue? He didn't force you right?" He didn't think the people at camp would be like that, but who knew.

"No, he ah, he's been paying me compliments all last week and we all thought he has a crush on me, but that that was it." Why didn't Kurt tell him about this guy? Blaine took a deep, calming breath. He was not going to jump to conclusions again and let Kurt explain first.

"Why did the guy who was hitting on you not know about me?" Maybe that had been the wrong thing to say again, because Kurt sounded angry when he answered.

"Like you told people about me. I didn't think he was seriously hitting on me and it was none of his business. If he had asked me, I would have told him of course, but I didn't know him that well, and was afraid he might say something in front of the kids about me dating a boy. I never confirmed nor denied that I'm gay when I was talking to him."

Damn, he had used that same argument when he defended his decision not to come out at his work place.

"I didn't mean to accuse you of anything. I just don't like the fact that some guy was hitting on you, okay."

"Well, now you know how I feel when I have to watch other people hit on you. But I trust you not to cheat on me and I thought you trusted me as well, at least in that respect."

And they were back arguing about trust. He had forgiven Kurt about the situation with his mom, but Kurt just wouldn't let it go.

"I do trust you. Please let's not fight about this right now. Why don't you come down this weekend and join me, Wes and David. They are your friends too."

Blaine steeled himself for Kurt's rejection of the idea, because Kurt was nothing if not stubborn, but Kurt always zigged when Blaine thought he would zag, and agreed to go out with them.

Blaine hung up after promising to talk about the issue again when he saw Kurt in person, because he had promised Kurt to stop running away from problems and he intended to honor his promise, no matter how much he wanted to avoid dealing with certain issues.

Finn was out with Sarah and Kurt was still at camp, so Burt and Carole decided to invite some of their friends over for a BBQ.

The Lopez were busy with preparing their departure, but Hiram and LeRoy as well as Tala were sitting at a table in their backyard together with Carole as Burt flipped burgers on the grill.

It was nice to have an evening without any teenagers around and for a while they just enjoyed each other's company, catching up and enjoying Carole's mojitos.

The atmosphere changed though when Tala brought up Rick Nelson's campaign. LeRoy and Hiram were enraged, because the guy was directly attacking their family.

"I would run myself if I thought I could get elected," Hiram said furiously. "What we need is a normal guy that appeals to the people in our district regardless of party affiliation. You know the guy next door, who cares about what's wrong without distracting people with issues that shouldn't be issues."

Hiram of course was right. Nelson's campaign was based solely on fear and hatred. No word about the economy or health care. But if no one seriously challenged him, that would be the guy who be part of the Ohio State Senate for the next few years. The thought made him sick.

Carole distracted them all after a while by engaging Tala in a conversation about her fall plans, and LeRoy offered to take a look at Tala's prenup to figure out a way to get her out of her marriage without leaving her with nothing.

"Blaine and I are doing okay right now as it is, but I just want to be legally free from Jarred," Blaine's mom told them before turning back to Carole. Burt sat down next to his wife as the two women talked.

"Santana's parents have asked me if she could stay with me and Blaine until they come back from Africa." Burt was surprised to hear that. He had assumed Santana would stay with them again when her parents left Ohio.

"I'm not surprised," Carole told Tala though. "Santana had never been really happy about living with Finn. I know she told him to come back to Glee, but I don't think she ever really forgave him for outing her." Burt hadn't even thought about that, probably because it seemed like Kurt had been able to forgive Finn.

"Nothing is decided yet, though. I still have to talk it over with Kurt and Blaine, so please don't say anything to them, until we get a chance to talk. I really don't want to be the cause of another fight."

Burt knew how she felt, because from what Carole had told him, he had been the cause of a fight between the two boys once as well.

Later that night, when everyone was gone, Burt and Carole were sitting on the couch together watching the news. The anchor announced a new segment called Sue's corner and they both watched as McKinley's cheerleading coach went on and on about how schools spend too much money on the arts instead of on special education.

It was a low blow, because every decent person had to agree that special education was important, but most people weren't aware that McKinley didn't even have proper wheel chair access because most of the school's budget went to the cheerleading squad.

There wasn't much they could do though, unless one of them ran on the democratic ticket and that was just ridiculous. Why would anyone vote for a mechanic with no more education then two years of junior college?

Kurt called Carole after his mini-argument with Blaine because he needed to vent and he couldn't really do that at camp because Chandler was always around and Kurt didn't want him to overhear that he caused an argument between Kurt and his boyfriend.

Carole, as always, listened patiently without taking sides, which was why Kurt liked her so much.

"It's just. I hate that I never get to see him because of both of our jobs and when we have a weekend off together he wants to spend it with his friends instead. I don't expect him to spend the whole day with me, but we haven't been on a date in like forever."

And okay, maybe that was his fault as well, because he could have come down for a few hours the previous weekend but he had been pissed that Blaine had offered to fill in for a co-worker.

"The summer isn't going to last forever and before you know it school will start again and then you'll see him all the time," Carole tried to placate him.

"But it's our first summer together. We couldn't spend last summer together and next year will be preparing to move to New York, and it probably will just get worse."

Kurt knew he was whining but he couldn't help it. It had been different when he'd been in Texas and Blaine in Ohio because he had known there was no way they could see each other, but now it felt like they didn't make enough of an effort.

"Tell you what. Burt and I have discussed going on a family vacation at the end of July. Nothing fancy. We're just going to a small hotel in Grand Haven because I loved Lake Michigan when I was growing up. Why don't you invite Blaine to come with us? I'm sure you could both need a vacation."

After the year he had had, a vacation did sound nice, especially if it meant getting to spend a whole week with Blaine.

"Thank you Carole. I'm going to talk to Blaine about it. And thanks for letting me vent."

"Any time honey," Carole assured him before hanging up. Kurt walked further down the pathway leading to the lake and sat down on one of the docks, after making sure he was alone.

Blaine picked up after the second ring and Kurt was glad he had caught him during a break.

"Hey, can I talk to you about something?" "Sure. You're not canceling our plans with Wes and David?" Blaine asked as Kurt took of his shoes and dipped his toes into the lake.

"No, I told you I'd come with you. Carole invited you to our family vacation end of July. We'll be heading up to Lake Michigan." Kurt was glad his family would stay in a hotel because after four weeks of camp he didn't want to sleep in another cabin for at least a year.

"Oh, that's really nice of her, but I'm not sure I can." "Why not? I know you can choose your own hours and with how much you've been working you can take a couple of days off."

"It's just not fair to the other performers." "Oh please, you fill in for them all the time. What's this really about? Don't you want to go on a trip with me?"

This was getting ridiculous. Every time he had a day off, Blaine couldn't do something with him because he had to work.

"Of course I do. But I need the money for New York." "Blaine, you have a trust fund. I know you don't like to spend your father's money, but that's different."

"Yeah, but what if I don't get that money?" Kurt gasped. "Did something happen?"

"I don't know. I just have a bad feeling because the family lawyer wants to talk to me about the trust fund before school starts."

That was is? He didn't understand why Blaine was so worried.

"He probably needs to discuss a few things with you. You know your father can't touch that money. You've told me it's from your grandfather who died before you came out."

Blaine sighed. "You're probably right. But I don't want to find out that I can't go to college with you because I don't have the money."

"Blaine, please. Will you just come with me to the lake and we worry about these things after you've actually talked to the lawyer. It's not like my family has a ton of money either. We'll find a way to make it work if push comes to shove okay?"

All he wanted was one week with Blaine, without arguments or worrying about the future. They could do that once they actually started their senior year.

"Alright, let's go on a holiday together. I mean, I do miss living with your family, so that should be fun."

Kurt felt relieved when Blaine finally agreed. He couldn't wait for June to be over because even though it had been better than last year, it was still his least favorite month nowadays.

AN: Elections for the Ohio State Senate will be held on Nov 6, 2012 and candidates have to announce they are running like a year before that. Unfortunately that doesn't fit the timeline of my story, so I'm taking a creative license. Elections will be held in November 2011 and citizens can announce their candidacy till the end of August.

The real district 12 doesn't have a democratic candidate either, so it was actually not too far fetched that Mr. Nelson doesn't have a proper opponent.

And yes, that means I spent way too much time researching Ohio politics ;)

As I have mentioned before I'm going to Venice on Tuesday for a week. Unfortunately, I haven't finished July yet, but I will take my laptop with me so I can update once I've finished part of it.