Chapter Eleven

Kurt left the window open that night though it was quite cold. But somehow he doubted that Blaine would come back this night. Maybe he wouldn’t come back at all.

It took Kurt hours to finally fall asleep and when he did he only dreamed of Blaine. His eyes and his hands on Kurt’s cheeks while they were kissing. He woke up crying a few times. He was angry with himself, hated himself for arguing with Blaine and the tears wouldn’t stop coming.

It was about 3am when he finally fell asleep again and that was when Blaine came back; flying through the open window as a crow and landing in the middle of the room while shifting back. Kurt was sleeping in Blaine’s bed and Blaine could see that he had been crying.

Oh god, what have I done? First I attack him and then I yell at him and just leave him here. He must hate me.

Blaine had been in town. And, yes, he had killed someone. But not because he was thirsty, He was just angry and some poor old man had to die for it. He didn’t really care but it shouldn’t have happened.

He sat down on Kurt’s bed and waited for the sun to rise.

When Kurt woke up he didn’t notice Blaine sitting on the other side of the room. He just lay there staring at the ceiling and thinking about his situation.

“Kurt?” Blaine asked.

Kurt jumped and sat upright on the bed, his eyes searching the room until they found Blaine.

“Oh my god, you came back! Blaine, I’m so sorry. About everything that I said. I didn’t think about it. I was just so naïve.” He started crying again.

“Kurt, it’s alright. I was the one who suddenly disappeared through the window. I should have talked to you instead of running away. And I shouldn’t have yelled at you.” He sighed. “It’s just… that I was angry that you… wanted to become a vampire. You know… I never had the choice that you have and you are willing to throw your life away for becoming a monster. I never wanted this.” He made a gesture at himself. “I would have chosen differently, if I had the choice. And I know, that’s not a reason to yell at you but I just didn’t want you to think about becoming a vampire.”

“But there’s no other way that we can be together, right?” Kurt asked and Blaine rolled his eyes but then shook his head. “And if this is what I want then you can’t do anything about it.”

“I’m just trying to help you to make the right decision.”

“But maybe it is the right decision to be with you.” Kurt looked into Blaine’s eyes.

Blaine looked away. “Think it through and then talk to me about it again. You will change your mind.”

“No, I won’t.” Kurt whispered.

Blaine stood up. “You would if I told you that somebody died tonight for no reason.” He said and disappeared in the bathroom locking the door behind him.

Kurt stared at the closed door.  What was that supposed to mean?

 He walked over to the bathroom and knocked on the door. “Blaine, what do you mean? Why did someone die for no reason?”

“I’ll tell you later, okay?”

“No, I want to hear that now!” Kurt demanded.

The door opened and Blaine looked at Kurt, his arms crossed in front of his chest.

“Okay, Kurt. He died because I was angry.”

Kurt frowned. “So?”

“You don’t get it Kurt. I wasn’t even hungry! I just killed him because I wanted to kill someone and I didn’t care about it. And I told myself once that I would only kill, if I needed to feed. But this time I did without any reason. Do you want that, Kurt? Do you want to kill people?”

Kurt was shocked. He couldn’t imagine how Blaine killed people. He knew that he was dangerous but he just couldn’t picture him killing someone without a reason.

He took a step back. “You’re lying. You’re just trying to scare me.”

“No, I’m telling the truth. I regret it but it’s true.”

“That’s just… that’s not right. You are not that kind of a person. That’s not possible. Maybe you’re dangerous but you’re not vicious, you’re not evil.” Kurt stuttered and was trying to process what Blaine just told him.

“Right, I'm not evil, Kurt. I'm just not human and there's a difference.”

“Okay, maybe you’re telling the truth about the man that you killed tonight but you’re just telling me because you want me to change your mind. That’s kind of obvious, Blaine, and you know it.”

Blaine sighed. Kurt was right. Of course, he was right. Blaine would have done anything to make Kurt change his mind, even if that meant that Blaine would have to leave Kurt. But he wanted to be selfish. He wanted to be with Kurt forever and he wouldn’t have hesitated to turn Kurt into a vampire, if it wouldn’t take Kurt’s human life away from him.

“Come here.” He whispered and Kurt did. He buried his head in Blaine’s chest and he didn’t think about the fact that Blaine was dangerous and that he used to be afraid. He just wanted to be with his boyfriend and so did Blaine.

“I’m never saying goodbye to you.” Kurt whispered and Blaine only hugged him tighter.

It was the next day, Friday, when Kurt brought the subject up again but Blaine refused to listen to him and kept telling him that wouldn’t want a life like that. They weren’t really arguing, they were just having different opinions.

“Okay, Kurt, I don’t know how many times I have to tell you this. You won’t become a vampire. Ever. And I don’t want to talk about this right now. Think of something else and we talk in a few months again, okay?”

Kurt did what he was told and didn’t talk about it anymore but he kept thinking about it. Why would Blaine even want to be his boyfriend, if he wanted to abandon him after this school year?

He wants to be with me. That’s for sure. He just won’t admit it. He won’t turn me because he thinks it’ll ruin my life. Okay, maybe it will ruin my life but it won’t be for nothing, if I can spend eternity with him.

The Christmas holidays would start on the next Monday, so this was their last day of school. Blaine was in a bad mood because he wanted his phone back. He still hadn’t gone back to Cooper to get it and he wanted to talk to Damien.

Damien was the man who taught Blaine how to survive as a vampire since his maker had abandoned him. Damien had been the one who had helped Blaine to control the monster inside of him and showed him how to blend in.

And Blaine was desperate to talk to him… about Kurt. He had never been so unsure about what to do. He wanted to be with Kurt so badly but he wouldn’t consider turning him. Or would he?

It drove him insane and Kurt could tell that Blaine was in a bad mood but he thought it was because of Kurt and his thoughts of becoming a vampire.

“Blaine, would you… What are you doing?!” Kurt had walked into their room and saw Blaine lying on the floor.

“Thinking.” Blaine kept staring at the ceiling.

“What?” Kurt closed the door and locked it.

“I’m thinking. I needed to concentrate and this was the best place I could find.”

“What about your bed? Would’ve been a lot more comfortable.” Kurt said sarcastically.

“Doesn’t matter.” Blaine groaned. Then he lifted up his head to look at Kurt. “What would you say if I invited you to my house for Christmas?”

“Erm, I don’t know. I thought I would spend Christmas with my family.” Kurt put his bad away and sat next to Blaine on the floor.

“Right, I forgot.” He continued staring at the ceiling.

“But you could come and spend Christmas with me and my family.” Kurt said.

“You think that’s a good idea?”

“Yes, why not. They don’t expect presents and I’m sure Carol is dying to get to know you.” Kurt seemed really enthusiastic.

“Do they even know about me? Being your boyfriend, I mean.” Blaine rolled over, now lying on his tummy.

“No, I guess not. Well, Finn knows about you. But he doesn’t know that you’re my boyfriend.” Kurt frowned. “But he probably won’t be there. I texted with Mercedes and Rachel the other day and I think Finn will celebrate Christmas with Rachel.”

“Well, at least we don’t risk him noticing something then. I mean, he actually knows already that I’m a vampire, right?”

“Right, I think— wait, does that mean you will come?” Kurt asked.

“Yes, I will. But only if you’ll come with me one day to get my phone back from Cooper.” He grinned at Kurt. “And after all, he’s going to be alone on Christmas Eve, so the least I can do is visiting him to wish him a Merry Christmas.”

“Deal.” Kurt kissed Blaine on the cheek. “Did you know that you’re the best boyfriend ever?”

“I do what I can.” Blaine smiled and pulled Kurt down into a kiss.

The next day they took Blaine’s car to drive to Kurt’s house. Kurt had called his father and asked him if Blaine could spend the holidays with them and Burt was fine with it. Kurt hadn’t mentioned that Blaine was his boyfriend, though. He was planning on telling his dad later.

Kurt was directing Blaine from Westerville to Lima and it took them a bit over two hours because of the traffic. They reached Kurt’s house and Blaine could tell that Kurt was happy to be back here. His eyes were shining. This was where he would really be happy the rest of his life and not with Blaine. Blaine swallowed and opened the door of the car.

It was cold outside but it wasn’t snowing yet. However, Blaine knew it would snow this night or tomorrow. He could smell it in the air.

“Okay, come on.” Kurt said. “Time to meet my parents.”

“Can’t wait.” Blaine mumbled and Kurt laughed.

“You are actually nervous, right? You are afraid that they won’t like you.”

“Maybe… just a little bit. And I’m afraid that I do something wrong. I haven’t celebrated Christmas in ages and I don’t know how your family does it, so yeah, I kinda have a reason to be scared.”

“Don’t worry. It’ll be fine.” He searched for his keys in his bag but apparently they were somewhere on the bottom. “We are just gonna knock then.” He said and knocked on the door.

They could both hear footsteps coming and then the door was opened.

“Hey, kiddo! I’ve missed you.” Burt pulled his son into a hug. “How have you been?”

“I’m good, dad. I’ve missed you, too.” They let go of each other and Burt looked at Blaine.

“And you’re… Blaine? Nice to meet you.” He held out his hand and Blaine shook it.

“Yes, sir. It’s nice to meet you, too.”

“Don’t even start calling me ‘sir’. I’m Burt and you call me that.” He grinned. “Carole’s already waiting with dinner, so you two hurry up and bring your stuff upstairs and then come to the living room, okay?”

“Okay, dad. We’ll be there in a minute.” Kurt said and followed his father inside. But Blaine stayed where he was.

“Kurt!” He whispered. Kurt turned around.

“What’s wrong?” He watched his father entering the living room and then came back to the door.

“Kurt, I can’t come in.” Blaine said.

“Why not?” Kurt frowned.

“Seriously, Kurt? I have to be invited in. Nobody invited me.” Kurt’s eyes widened.

“Oh my god, Blaine, I’m so sorry.” He cleared his throat. “Come in, Blaine.”

Blaine felt the invisible barrier in front of him disappearing and walked through the door. “Thanks.”

“So, that’s it? All I have to do is say ‘come in’ and suddenly you can. That’s creepy.”

Blaine chuckled. “No, it’s not. Come on, let’s go. We don’t want to keep your parents waiting, do we?” They went upstairs and just put their bags into Kurt’s room, although Blaine was going to sleep in the guest room. Blaine could hear Carole and Burt talking downstairs in the kitchen.

“He seems nice. He has manners.”

“Is he handsome?”

“How would I know? I’m not gay.”

“I bet he is. Otherwise Kurt wouldn’t be with him.

“Yeah, you can’t deny that he has a good taste. But he’s still my boy and if this boy is going to harm Kurt in anyway, it will be the last thing he did.”

“Calm down, Burt. They’re just kids. Maybe they’re just friends. You don’t know that.”

“Yeah, I bet you would bring your best male friend over for Christmas when you’re gay. It’s not like he’s bringing Mercedes, y’know.”

“Blaine? Do you hear me?” Kurt laid one hand on Blaine’s shoulder.

“Yes, Kurt. I hear you. Sorry, I was… distracted.” He looked at Kurt suddenly scared again. Burt wouldn’t even allow Blaine to be Kurt’s boyfriend; that was for sure.

The dinner was quite amusing. Burt tried to tell Blaine all those embarrassing moments that Kurt had when he was a child and Kurt would try to stop him.

After dinner they were sitting in the living room talking about Dalton and Burt talked about his tire shop. Carole laughed at every single one of his comments and Blaine chuckled at Kurt’s. Suddenly Carole stood up.

“You know, since it’s Christmas Eve, I think Kurt should enchant us with his beautiful voice. Come on, Kurt. Sing us a song.”

Kurt hesitated but then his face lit up. “Okay but only if this handsome boy over there helps me out.” He pointed at Blaine and laughed at his shocked expression. He grabbed Blaine’s hand and pulled him up from the couch.

Burt and Carole started cheering when the two boys- Blaine reluctantly- bowed in front of their audience. Then Kurt began and Blaine easily joined in.

I really can't stay - But baby it's cold outside
I've got to go away - But baby it's cold outside
This evening has been - Been hoping that you'd drop in
So very nice - I'll hold your hands, they're just like ice
My mother will start to worry - Beautiful, what's your hurry?
My father will be pacing the floor - Listen to the fireplace roar
So really I'd better scurry - Beautiful, please don't hurry
Well maybe just a half a drink more - Put some records on while I pour

The neighbors might think - Baby, it's bad out there
Say, what's in this drink? - No cabs to be had out there
I wish I knew how - Your eyes are like starlight
To break the spell - I'll take your hat, your hair looks swell
I ought to say no, no, no, sir - Mind if I move in closer?
At least I'm gonna say that I tried - What's the sense in hurting my pride?
I really can't stay - Baby don't hold out
Oh, but it's cold outside
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/g/glee/baby_its_cold_outside.html ]
I simply must go - But, baby, it's cold outside. 
The answer is no - But, baby, it's cold outside.
This welcome has been - How lucky that you dropped in.
So nice and warm - Look out the window at that storm.
My sister will be suspicious - Gosh, your lips look delicious.
My brother will be there at the door - Waves upon a tropical storm.
My maiden aunt's mind is vicious - Oh, your lips are delicious.
Maybe just a cigarette more - Never such a blizzard before.

I've got to go home - But, baby, you'll freeze out there
Say, lend me your coat - It's up to your knees out there
You've really been grand - I'm thrilled when you touch my hand
But don't you see - How can you do this thing to me?
There's bound to be talk tomorrow - Think of my life long sorrow
At least there will be plenty implied - If you caught pneumonia and died
I really can't stay - Get over that hold out
Ohhh, baby it's cold outside

They ended the song and had totally forgotten that they weren’t alone in the room. Their faces were only inches away from each other. Both, Burt and Carole cheered loudly.

Then Kurt kissed Blaine. The cheering slowly stopped and was replaced by an “Awww!” from Carole. Burt leaned over to her and Blaine could hear him whisper.

“Told ya’! There was no way, they’re just friends.”

Blaine smiled but didn’t stop kissing Kurt. It felt so good and he wouldn’t stop until Kurt would pull away. Kurt’s scent filled his nose and he breathed it in.

Then suddenly he felt his fangs growing.