Cooper

Blaine got off the bus and rolled the few blocks to get back to his house. He rolled onto the makeshift ramp his dad had put in, deeming it too expensive to get a permanent one. He unlocked the door and went inside. He took off his jacket and reached to put it on the hook. The jacket was soon out of his grasp.

"Squirt! We told you! As much as you'd like to be taller you can't keep stretching to reach things. Tell us to help you."

Frustrated, Blaine sighed, "I can't ask for help everytime I need something Coop. I gotta learn to be independent or I'll never make it in New York!"

"Aw Blainey," Cooper said and turned Blaine to face him, "You'll make it in New York no matter what. Anyway how was school?"

Blaine smiled at the thought of school. Not because of his classes, or the slushies, or the way he gets treated in the facility, but of Kurt. The boy that had caught his attention since yesterday. But to Blaine it had not been a day since he had known Kurt, but a lifetime. He felt like he knew this boy but at the same time, he wanted know everything about Kurt until there was nothing left to discover. Yeah, Blaine will be the first to admit that he's falling way too fast for the blue eyed boy, but why should that be a problem? Love is beautiful to him and he would jump to indulge in that every chance he got.

'Squirt? Squirt you there?" he distantly heard Cooper ask. That got him back to reality.

"Yeah? Um, sorry. I sort of blanked out a little there," he tried to rid his head of the thoughts of Kurt, he really did, but the boy was permanently branded into his brain.

"What's on your mind Blaine?" Cooper asked, concerned. Blaine had been having a rough time at school even before he got his chair. The chair seemed to have Blaine up to even more ridicule. No one wanted to be the gay kid in a wheel chair.

"Nothing. I just met someone that interested me," Blaine said nonchalantly. Interested could have meant anything to Blaine. Interested candidate for glee club, interesting person, interesting love interest...

"Met someone eh? Tell me!" Cooper said, sounding more like a teenage girl than a man in his twenties.

"His name is Kurt. He's new and just joined glee club," Blaine replied blandly. The blush on his face however showed all of his unspoken thoughts.

"Do you like him?" Cooper asked with a knowing look. Blaine didn't get that blush for just anybody.

"N-no! I d-don't l-like him!" Blaine stuttered immediately.

"Sure you don't Squirt. But your blush don't lie," Cooper said in a sing-song voice. He loved teasing his baby brother.

"Will you call me by my real name? My name isn't Squirt!" Blaine yelled with a smile. Sometimes he hated Cooper for his teasing ways but he was just in too much of a happy mood to be bothered by it.

"Okay Blaine. Tell me about your interesting person," Cooper played along.

"His name is Kurt and he's..." Blaine was cut short. Sure, Kurt made Blaine feel all mushy inside but he couldn't really voice his thoughts on him just yet. It made more sense in his head anyway. "He's nice," Blaine went for.

"Ooh! Blainey's got a boy! How nice is he?" Cooper asked with a teasing twinkle in his eyes.

"I don't have a boy! And he's just nice okay? I don't really wanna talk about it," Blaine aid as he rolled away from Cooper and into the kitchen to get a snack.

"Okay okay. It's just... I've haven't seen you this happy since you know," Cooper gestured to his chair, "And I just want to see you this happy, like all the time."

"I am happy Cooper. I was happy. But thank you for your concern," Blaine said. The talk about his chair pulled him out of his reverie.

"Hey, don't look so glum. I'm here for you alright?" Cooper pointed at him slowly backing away.

"Thanks Coop", Blaine said repeating Cooper's motion with a slight smile and went to the table to eat his snack.

As soon as Cooper left the room, Kurt reappeared in his mind. Bringing an automatic smile to Blaine's face once more.