Thursday Morning

“See you later Kurt!” Rachel called as she and Finn headed to class. Kurt waved his goodbye and stared at the two of them as they walked down the hallway hand in hand.

Kurt rested his head against the locker he was leaning on and closed his eyes.

“Hey you.” A familiar voice broke his thoughts. Kurt opened his eyes and straightened up, smiling at the handsome man who was walking toward him.

Blaine slipped his arm around Kurt’s waist and kissed his temple gently, breathing in the scent of Kurt’s shampoo and hair product.

“Hi.” Kurt smiled at the contact and leaned into Blaine’s lips.

“Are you okay? You look kinda…stressed.” Blaine asked after he had taken a good look at Kurt’s face.

“Rachel called PACE and NYADA…they both told her our letters had been mailed earlier this week.” Kurt said as he felt Blaine hold onto his waist a little tighter before gently rubbing his thumb back and fourth on Kurt’s hip.

“We should be getting them anytime now.” Kurt leaned into Blaine a little more as he finished.

“Are you nervous?” Blaine asked as he rubbed Kurt’s lower back, “You blew your audition out of the water, you were amazing and Carmen Tibideaux basically told you then she wanted to work with you.”

“I know, but I need the paper in my hand…I need to see it to make everything real.” Kurt said as Blaine pulled him into a hug causing Kurt to let go of the breath he didn’t realize he had been holding.

“You were phenomenal Kurt.” Blaine said squeezing his boyfriend a little tighter to make sure his point was made. “And NYADA is going to be just as impressed with you, as I am everyday…Okay?”

Kurt nodded, but didn’t say anything as Blaine kissed his temple again and they started walking down the hall together.

“Oh hey, before I forget…Dad and Carole wanted to take you and me, and Finn and Rachel out to dinner tonight.” Kurt said as they walked into their classroom. “They figured we would all be too busy on Friday night and wanted to do something together.”

“You can change the subject if you want,” Blaine said with a grin as they both sat down and pulled out their books. “But yes, I would love to have family dinner with you guys.”

Kurt looked down at his notebook but his hand found Blaine’s under the table.

“We made a pact to open all the letters together.” He said apprehensively, almost asking Blaine if that was okay. He was relieved when Blaine nodded his head.

“Yeah, I can understand…find me right after?” he asked as the teacher called the class to order.

“Absolutely.”

Kurt squeezed Blaine’s hand and smiled as they both looked forward.

xxxxx

“But of all these friends and lovers…” the underclassmen sang and Blaine’s eyes locked on Kurt’s.

Kurt blushed slightly, but smiled as he stared right back at his boyfriend in that ridiculously cute baby blue jacket. He chuckled softly to keep himself from crying again.

Artie may have said this song was dedicated to Finn but, except for the occasional glance at Mike and Rachel, Blaine sang only to Kurt. He sang to the man who owned his heart, his best friend, and the love of his life.

The underclassmen finished their song, many had tears running down their faces, and most all of the seniors stood and rushed to them, thanking them and telling them all how beautiful that was. Rachel made it to Blaine first, and as Blaine gave her a warm embrace, he looked over her shoulder at his boyfriend who was still sitting in his seat at the back of the room.

Kurt smiled and whispered “I love you.” Blaine nodded and mouthed “I love you” as he squeezed Rachel a little tighter, she was crying after all.

After the bell rang, nobody really wanted to leave. Tomorrow was graduation, and even though no one said it out loud, everyone knew this would most likely be the last Glee Club practice with everybody there.

Finally Quinn pulled Puck aside and the two of them left, prompting everyone else to pack up and begin filtering out as well. Blaine whispered something in Rachel’s ear. She nodded and smiled at him before walking over to Kurt.

Kurt frowned, then nodded and laughed at something she said before giving her a hug and waving as she walked off with Tina.

“Hey, I thought you were doing wedding stuff with Rachel today?” Blaine asked as Kurt walked up to him.

“Yeah, I guess her and Tina are gonna grab coffee and hang out for a while before we go out to dinner tonight.” Kurt said shrugging. “She invited us if you wanna go.”

“Damn it Rachel” Blaine thought but said,

“Well actually, I was wondering if you would…do something with me.” Blaine stammered slightly but smiled.

Kurt raised his eyebrow and crossed his arms.

“Why do I feel like Rachel had help deciding her afternoon plans?” he asked and Blaine looked down shuffling his feet. When he looked up Kurt was smiling.

“What did you have in mind?” he asked. Blaine, relieved, took Kurt’s hand and said,

“Come on, I’ll show you.”

Blaine smiled when he looked behind him and Kurt was laughing.

“This feels vaguely familiar.” Kurt said as Blaine pulled him down the hall and toward the auditorium, instead of the parking lot. “Do you know a shortcut?”

Blaine laughed then, remembering their first encounter on the stairs at Dalton. He flashed Kurt a smile, but didn’t say anything as they continued down the hall. When they walked through the auditorium doors, Blaine led Kurt up to the stage and motioned for him to sit on the top step next to him. Blaine took Kurt’s hand, tangling their fingers together and covering them with his other hand. He took a deep breath and looked into Kurt’s eyes.

“So first, I wanted to apologize for falling apart yesterday.” Blaine started, but Kurt stopped him.

“Hey, you don’t need to apologize for telling me how you feel.” He said kissing Blaine’s shoulder “It’s kinda what I am here for you know.”

“I know, but I don’t want to waste one more second of the time I have with you being sad.”

Kurt nodded and smiled as he let Blaine continue.

“I have spent so much time this year, being angry. I was angry at those guys who beat the crap out of me, causing me to have to repeat my freshman year. I was so mad at Sebastian and myself, for ever making you believe that he meant anything to me. I was angry at myself again, for pushing you away…in an effort to try and learn how to be apart from you.”

Blaine stopped, swallowing the lump that had formed in his throat again as he turned slightly to look Kurt in the face before he continued.

“But then I realized, if I hadn’t had to repeat my freshman year, I wouldn’t have been at Dalton that day…and I never would have met you.” Kurt bit his lip as Blaine kept going. “And the whole Sebastian fiasco, taught us how to trust each other and forgive each other when one of us screws up.” Blaine paused and grinned. “It also taught us how to make up…”

“Blaine.” Kurt laughed and nudged him a little. Blaine nudged Kurt back causing another chortle of laughter before he started talking again.

“Even pushing you away, taught us how to communicate and talk to each other when something is wrong and one of us is upset. It also made us realize, that things will come up. Our relationship will get harder, and the world will try to break us apart, but we can be strong together, so we will always find a way back to each other.”

“Blaine.”

They were both crying now, but this was a different kind of crying. There were no desperate sobs, or the need to hold onto one another for dear life. This was just pure, unadulterated emotion.

The boys sat quietly for a few moments, holding hands as their foreheads rested against each other.

“I’m still scared about next year.” Blaine began in an almost whisper, “I’m scared of being lonely, of some big beautiful man whisking you off your feet and doing for you what I can’t…scared of the unknown. I think that fear will always be there in some capacity.” He took a breath and smiled as Kurt threaded his fingers up Blaine’s neck and into his hair. “But now, there is a kind of calm that comes along with that fear…if that makes any sense.”

Kurt nodded and pulled Blaine’s head to meet their lips together. They sat together for a few minutes, letting their lips do some of the talking for them.

“Was there a ‘Second’?” Kurt asked after they paused to cool off…they were at school after all.

“What?” Blaine asked.

“You said ‘First’, was there as ‘Second’?”

Blaine sat back and started at Kurt before it dawned on him what he meant.

“Oh!” he said laughing. “Yes!” Blaine stood up, wiped his face and stretched out his hand for Kurt to take. “Yes, there is a ‘Second’.”

Blaine led Kurt over to the piano and sat down, patting the space next to him so Kurt would sit as well. He put his fingers on the keys and plunked out a few notes before he looked over at Kurt.

“So, when Artie and Sam decided they wanted to dedicate the underclassman song to Finn…I decided that I wanted to sing something to just you.” Blaine said as Kurt smiled and rested his head on Blaine’s shoulder. “Don’t get me wrong, Finn's a good guy and all, and I meant every word we sang today…I just wanted something a little more emotional, a little more us.”

“Blaine, you are going to cause me to dehydrate!” Kurt yelled as a fresh batch of tears welled up in his eyes.

Blaine laughed as he laid his hands on the piano keys again and gently kissed Kurt’s forehead. 

“So I had something else picked out, then last night…well I found this and I think it pretty much says everything.”

Kurt smiled as Blaine began to play a song he didn’t really recognize, but still sounded vaguely familiar. 

“In the morning it comes, Heaven sent a hurricane

Not a trace of the sun, but I don’t even run from rain

Beating out of my chest, my heart is holding on to you

From the moment I knew, from the moment I knew

You’re the air in my breath, filling up my love soaked lungs

Such a beautiful mess intertwined and overrun.

Nothing better than this, knowing that the storm can come.

You feel just like the sun, just like the sun.

Hearing Blaine’s voice was like coming home every time Kurt heard it. For a while, Kurt just got lost in the sound of it. He kept his head on Blaine’s shoulder with his eyes closed…feeling more than hearing what Blaine was trying to say. He didn’t really pay attention to the words Blaine was singing until he reached the chorus.

And if you say, we’ll be alright,

 I’m gonna trust you babe,

I’m gonna look in your eyes.

And if you say, we’ll be alright

I’ll follow you into, the light. 

Never mind what I knew, nothing seems to matter now

Oh who I was without you, I can do without.

No one knows where it ends, how it may come tumbling down,

But I’m here with you now, I’m with you now.

The tears were back, slipping gently over Kurt’s face as he took in the words Blaine was singing to him.

And if you say, we’ll be alright

I’m gonna trust you babe,

 I’m gonna look in your eyes.

And if you say, we’ll be alright,

I’ll follow you, into the light.

Let the world come rushing, come down hard come crushing

All I need is right here beside me.

I’m not enough I swear it,

Take my love and wear it

Over, you shoulders.

And if you say, we’ll be alright,

I’m gonna trust you babe,

I’m gonna look in your eyes.

And if you say, we’ll be alright,

I’ll follow you into, the light.

The light.

The light.”

Neither boy spoke for a few moments. As the last hum of the piano softly faded away, Kurt lifted his head slightly from Blaine’s shoulder and reached his hand across to cup Blaine’s face. Blaine closed his eyes as Kurt fanned his fingers onto his cheek and neck

Kurt used his thumb to gently wipe a tear from Blaine’s cheek before outlining Blaine’s lips. When pressed his own mouth against Blaine’s, he could taste the saltiness of his tear.

“Thank you.” Kurt whispered.

Blaine nodded but didn’t say anything…choosing instead to pull him into a bone crushing hug that Kurt felt to the tips of his toes.