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Blaine groaned and sat up in his bed looking around the room. The alarm was going off and it was really loud. Kurt was rolling around in his bed he was obviously annoyed by it. Blaine sighed and climbed out of his bed and took a few steps to Kurt's side of the room turning off the alarm when he reached the nightstand. Blaine had forgotten to set his own so he was thankful that Kurt had set his last night. Kurt sat up and looked at Blaine with sleepy eyes and a surprised look on his face. He watched as Kurt reached out to take his hand. He didn't stop him or pull away this time, he had spent the night dreaming about Kurt, wishing that Kurt was holding him as he slept, so he welcomed the touch, his hand tingled again just like it had the first time Kurt had touched him.

Kurt gently pulled on Blaine's arm; he wanted him to sit down with him. Blaine did, he perched himself on the edge of the bed, he looked so sleepy still. "I'm so sorry about..." Kurt was shushed when Blaine put his finger against Kurt's lips. Kurt felt his heart thud hard against his chest at the touch. Blaine had never touched his face before.

Blaine left his finger on Kurt's lips until he was sure that he wasn't going to start apologizing again. "I'm still a little upset about it, but I'm not mad or anything so please stop with the apologies." When Kurt nodded at him he lowered his hand. Kurt took the hand he had lowered into his other hand and Blaine felt the tingling again. "We better get ready or we will be late..." Blaine pointed out looking at the clock.

Kurt sighed and then let go of Blaine's hands. He started to uncover when he was suddenly aware of the throbbing in his pants and was really glad that Blaine hadn't noticed his current state of arousal. Blaine was watching him with his head titled to the side. "You can go get dressed first if you want too."

Blaine nodded and stood up. He glanced back at Kurt and noticed that he looked under the blanket with a sigh. Blaine blushed and Kurt must have noticed the blush because he smiled at him. So that's why he wanted me to go first, he didn't want to get out of bed in front of me...Blaine had the sudden urge to insist that Kurt went first, just to see if he would get embarrassed but he decided against it, because he knew he would probably be more embarrassed about it than Kurt would.

Kurt liked the blush that was covering Blaine's cheek bones. He knew Blaine knew what he had been trying to hide under the blanket, so he sighed and threw the blankets off. He stood up and walked over to his closet, Blaine was watching him so Kurt turned to look at him. His eyes were slightly wide, and his lips were parted and Kurt saw his Adam's apple bob as he swallowed. Kurt noticed Blaine's pants start to tent out and then Blaine put his clothes in front of his lap and he blushed ferociously. "Blaine you don't have to be embarrassed." Kurt started to cross the room towards him but he stopped, he wasn't sure if Blaine would let him near him.

Blaine had his eyes closed now, he thought Kurt was coming over to him but then he heard him stop causing his eyes to open and lock onto Kurt. He couldn't get his mouth to work it was like he lost his ability to talk so he just sighed. Kurt must have sensed the frustration and he came over so he was standing in front of Blaine.

"What's the matter?"

"I've never felt like this about anyone before..." Blaine didn't know if he was making sense. Kurt had one of his perfect eyebrows raised again. Blaine sighed. "You make me feel things I've never really felt before..." Blaine clarified. This time both Kurt's eyebrows shot up and Blaine placed his hand on Kurt's chest. "I don't think I can..."

Kurt sighed but nodded his head. He knew Blaine wasn't ready for a relationship but he couldn't help the butterflies that were banging at the inside of his stomach knowing that Blaine had feelings for him. "Okay..."  Kurt ran a hand down Blaine's arm. "You go get ready in the bathroom and I'll get ready out here..."

Blaine finished his coffee as he entered his first class; he tossed the cup into the wastebasket and then headed to the back corner of the room where he usually sat. He wasn't really looking forward to this class, he had French II first. Kurt had been helping him a lot and he was slowly getting better at it but he still found it frustrating at times. Blaine opened his notebook when he saw Mademoiselle Kaiser, come in and start writing on the blackboard. He started copying down everything she was writing. This is what the beginning of each class was, she would spend time writing out sentences and they would have to work out what the meanings were and handed them in the next class, it was part of their daily grade. Blaine absolutely hated this part because this was one of the parts he had the most trouble with.

Blaine sighed when the bell rang and packed up his things. He was one of the last ones out of the room and he quickened his pace so he could get to his next class in time and he would be able to see Kurt. He fell back against the door frame when he ran into someone; he hadn't really been watching where he was going. He looked up at the tall figure, it was Sebastian. He had that smug look on his face as he took in the sight of Blaine.

Sebastian noticed that Blaine seemed to shrink in on himself as he watched him. This made him frown and he was getting aggravated. "What is the deal Blaine?" Blaine shot a look at him that he didn't quite know what to make of it.

"What's the deal? I don't like that you seem to undress me with your eyes every fucking time you look at me, I don't like you coming near me and touching me all the time, I just don't like the fucking way you treat me okay...sorry for fucking freaking out about it..." Blaine knew his voice had risen, because some of the other students in the hall had stopped and were staring at him. Sebastian must have been caught off guard by Blaine's outburst because he reached forward to try to stop him from screaming at him. "Don't ...fucking... touch me..." Blaine managed to avoid Sebastian's hands and ran down the hall, he wasn't even sure he was going the right way.

Kurt heard footsteps running down the hall they seemed to be moving fast. He watched as a boy with gelled black hair came running towards him. He knew who it was without having to think much about it. He stepped in front of him and braced himself he didn't want to be knocked down but he wanted to stop him. When the boy came to a stop against Kurt's chest he wrapped his arms around him. "Blaine what happened?" Kurt looked around and saw a couple boys that had been following Blaine, he motioned for one of them to come over to him. "What happened?" He demanded from this tiny figure standing beside him and Blaine.

"He just flipped out at Sebastian...it was awesome..." The boy said with a huge smile on his face.

Kurt put his hands on Blaine's shoulders and put space between them so he could look at him properly. Kurt turned his attention back on the boy standing beside him when he realized he was still standing there. He raised his hand shooing him off. He shook his head and then turned his attention back to Blaine. "What happened?"

"He was just looking at me again with that damn smug look on his face and then had the nerve to ask me what my problem was...so I just started yelling at him..." Blaine exhale noisily.

Kurt couldn't help the smile that came onto his face, he was proud of Blaine, but he wished he had been there to see it happen. He would have loved to see the look on Sebastian's face. "Good maybe he will leave you alone now." Kurt hugged Blaine again. When the bell rang Kurt took Blaine's hand and led the way to their next class, they were only a couple minutes late so the teacher didn't say anything just gave them a stern look as they took their seats at the back of the room.

They sat quietly listening to the teacher in their Trigonometry class and holding hands under the table when they weren't busy writing. Kurt was so happy that Blaine was holding his hand again, it hadn't been that long without holding his hand but it felt like a lifetime to Kurt, but wished he wasn't upset because Sebastian had freaked him out once again. Kurt looked up when the teacher called his name.

"Mr. Hummel would you like to come up and finish the problem for us?" Mr. Meers asked staring at Kurt over the top of his oblong glasses.

Kurt sighed and he felt the slight blush creep onto his face as walked to the blackboard. Kurt thought that Mr. Meers must just have the ability to make people nervous because Kurt never got nervous getting up in front of the class. Kurt stared at the problem for a few minutes and then finished it. Mr. Meers gave him a smile and nodded at Kurt.

"Thank-you Mr. Hummel...I think you just restored my faith in public schools..." Mr. Meers let out a laugh.

Kurt frowned slightly and then headed back to where Blaine was sitting and took his hand back in his once he was sitting down. Blaine gave him a small smile.

The rest of the morning went by pretty fast and Kurt was happy it was lunch time. He and Blaine had gotten their lunch of chicken tenders, celery and carrot sticks with bleu cheese dressing and a fruit salad. Kurt wanted some time to practice his song before his audition today but he really didn't want Blaine to hear his song yet but he also didn't want to spend lunch away from him. So he figured he would ask Mademoiselle Kaiser, if he could get out of class so he could practice. She absolutely adored Kurt, telling him she hadn't ever had a student as fluent in French as he was. Kurt really hoped that she would let him.

He watched as Blaine picked up one of the chicken fingers and dipped it in his honey mustard sauce and then bit off a piece. Kurt couldn't help but watch him, he usually found it gross to watch people eat because most people had bad habits when eating that annoyed Kurt, but he had no problem watching Blaine at all. Kurt started munching on his celery, he didn't mind eating food like this, but something his dad had said made him chuckle.

"What?" Blaine asked as he took a bite of his celery stick.

"Oh just something my dad said..." Kurt smiled at him.

"What did he say?"

"Well after he had his heart attack, he had to eat healthier, so I tried to get him to eat things like this and he said ‘I don't want to live on just rabbit food.' I just thought it was funny..." Kurt crunched the last of the celery stick in his hand and then smiled at Blaine.

"Sounds like my dad..." Blaine didn't know why he said that he rarely talks about the man. He started swirling a carrot stick through the dressing. Blaine ate almost everything on his plate minus a few of the carrot sticks by the time the bell rang signaling the end of the lunch break. Blaine got up and slung his bag over his shoulder. He held Kurt's hand all the way to his English classroom where Kurt had given him a hug and then left to go to his class...  

Kurt took his bag up to his room after his last period and was surprised when he saw Blaine sitting on his bed. "Hey you..." Kurt tossed his bag down on his bed and then picked up his I-pod from his nightstand.

"Hi...are you ready to go to Warbler practice?" Blaine smiled at him.

Kurt nodded and Blaine led the way down to the common room that the Warbler's used for practicing. When he got to the doors they swung open and music started and Kurt felt his mouth fall open...

You think I'm pretty
Without any makeup on
You think I'm funny
When I tell the punchline wrong
I know you get me
So I let my walls come down, down

Before you met me
I was alright but things
Were kinda heavy
You brought me to life
Now every February
You'll be my Valentine, Valentine

Kurt couldn't believe what he was hearing, Blaine had the sexiest singing voice he had ever heard and he was singing the song too Kurt.

Let's go all the way tonight
No regrets, just love
We can dance, until we die
You and I, will be young forever

            The other Warbler's joined in singing when Blaine reached the chorus. Kurt stared in amazement.

You make me feel
Like I'm livin' a
Teenage dream
The way you turn me on
I can't sleep
Let's run away and
Don't ever look back,
Don't ever look back

My heart stops
When you look at me
Just one touch
Now baby I believe
This is real
So take a chance and
Don't ever look back,
Don't ever look back

Blaine gave Kurt a big smile before he eased into the next verse.

We drove to Cali
And got drunk on the beach
Got a motel and
Built a fort out of sheets
I finally found you
My missing puzzle piece
I'm complete

Let's go all the way tonight
No regrets, just love
We can dance, until we die
You and I, will be young forever

Kurt liked how Blaine would pause and smile brightly at him, and then he would start singing the smile still on his face.

You make me feel
Like I'm livin' a
Teenage dream
The way you turn me on
I can't sleep
Let's run away and
Don't ever look back,
Don't ever look back

My heart stops
When you look at me
Just one touch
Now baby I believe
This is real
So take a chance and
Don't ever look back,
Don't ever look back

I'm a get your heart racing
In my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
Let you put your hands on me
In my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight


Yoooouuu
You make me feel
Like I'm livin' a
Teenage dream
The way you turn me on
I can't sleep
Let's run away and
Don't ever look back,
Don't ever look back
No

My heart stops
When you look at me
Just one touch
Now baby I believe
This is real
So take a chance and
Don't ever look back,
Don't ever look back

I'm a get your heart racing
In my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
Let you put your hands on me
In my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
(Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight)

Once the song was over Kurt started clapping loudly. "That was unbelievable...wow..." Kurt suddenly lost the words that he had wanted to say about the performance.

"I think you got his heart racing..." Thad said with a wink at Blaine.

"Flawless as usual..." Sebastian said from the back of the group. Kurt growled about this, it wasn't that he disagreed with him it was he didn't want him talking about Blaine at all.

Blaine came over to Kurt looking up at him smiling. "Did you like it?" Blaine didn't really have to ask because he could tell Kurt did.

"Like it...I loved it...that was..." Kurt stepped up to Blaine so he could whisper in his ear. "That was super hot..." Kurt watched as Blaine blushed and he seemed to be trying to fight off the smile that was emerging onto his face. Kurt smiled too and stepped away slightly. "I tell you Rachel has something to really worry about with you..."

Blaine was just about to say something to Kurt when Wes cut him off.

"So Kurt do you have your song ready?" Wes asked smiling at him.

"Yeah but wow, I can't compete with that..." Kurt knew he was good, but that was a really good performance. Kurt took his I-pod out of his pocket and then walked over and put it into the speaker port. He suddenly felt very nervous, not nervous about the performance but the thought of Blaine being here watching him, when he had chosen the song because of the words in it.  

 He watched as Blaine sat down in the leather chair to his right side, but so he could keep him in his eye line. The other boys all slid into seats and watched Kurt with smiles on their faces, well all except for Sebastian who had a scowl on his.

"The spotlight is all yours whenever you are ready Kurt." Wes told him with a nod.

Blaine smiled at him slightly with a nod before he pulled his feet up onto the chair hugging his knees. Kurt took a deep breath and hit play in the I-pod...

Kurt felt his heart hammering in his chest, he had never been this nervous singing a song before. Concentrate on something... Kurt's eyes drifted around the room and fell on Blaine...on Blaine.

Blaine smiled at him softly, and he watched Kurt relax.

Just sing it to Blaine, ignore everyone else...

You're so quiet
But it doesn't faze me
You're on time
You move so fast, makes me feel lazy

Let's join forces
We've got our guns and horses
I know you've been burned
But every fire is a lesson learned

I left my house
Left my clothes
Door wide open
Heaven knows
You're so worth it, you are

But I wish I could feel it all for you
I wish I could be it all for you
If I could erase the pain
Maybe you'd feel the same
I'd do it all for you
I would, I would, I would, I would

Kurt knew something bad had happened to Blaine and he hoped that Blaine was really listening to the lyrics in the song.

Let's tie words
'Cause they amount to nothing
Play it down
Pretend you can't take what you've found
But you found me
On a screen you sit at permanently

Kurt yearned for Blaine to believe he was protected around him, that he had found Kurt, permanently.

I left my house
Left my clothes
Door wide open
Heaven knows
You're so worth it, you are

But I wish I could feel it all for you
I wish I could be it all for you
If I could erase the pain
Maybe you'd feel the same
I'd do it all for you
I would, I would, I would, I would

            He really meant this verse the most, he would gladly take away all Blaine's pain if he could.

It's time to come clean
And make sense of everything
It's time that we found out who we are
Cause when I'm standing here in the dark
I see your face in every star

This verse really made Kurt hope that Blaine would tell him about the horrible thing that happened to him.

But I wish I could feel it all for you
I wish I could be it all for you
If I could erase the pain
Maybe you'd feel the same
I'd do it all for you
I would, I would, I would
I'd do it all for you, I'd do it all for you,

When the song ended Kurt looked at Blaine. He had tears in the corner of his eyes but he didn't look upset with Kurt's song choice because he was clapping and had a small smile on his face. Kurt started towards him when the whole room filled with whistles and applause. And Wes called Kurt's name.

"Welcome to the Warbler's Kurt." He jumped up and patted Kurt on the back excitedly.

Kurt blushed as the room filled with a round of applause again at Wes' words it deepened when a few people wolf whistled at him. He noticed Nick and Jeff winking at him. There were more of the guys trying to get his attention but he didn't care he came over to Blaine and sat down on the edge of the chair, Blaine didn't take up much room in this oversized chair.

"That was beautiful..." Blaine said as soon as Kurt sat down. "I mean I've heard you sing, but that was just..."

Kurt smiled at him and put a finger to his full lips. "Thank-you, I sang it for you." He watched as one of the tears escaped and rolled down Blaine's cheek. He wiped it away with his thumb. "Don't cry...you'll make me cry..." Kurt lean in and hugged Blaine who returned the hug, hiding his face in Kurt's neck...