After getting their timetables, Rachel skipped her way over to the Hufflepuffs and to Finn.

"Hey, Rach!" He said, getting up and walking with her out of the hall.

"We both have Herbology first, and we always end up in groups of threes!" She exclaimed grabbing onto Finn's hand.

"Awesome. Maybe me and you could-"

"Go with Sam and one of the girls from the Sunshine Triplets. Okay?"

"Uhh…" It took Finn a minute to understand her, but at last he nodded his head.

Rachel squealed and dropped his hand.

"I'll see you later! I need to find Mercedes!"

~X~

"-So get into groups of three's and-"

The groups were chosen so quickly that Kurt didn't realize he was last until he was standing alone. Rachel, Mercedes and Artie had gone together, leaving him alone. So he scanned to find the last unfinished group.

When he saw Blaine Anderson and Brittany Pierce sitting side by side with no else, he shot a glare over at Rachel, knowing this was her doing. He gulped nervously before slowly walking over to them. Blaine looked up to see who it was and smiled comfortingly.

"Hi! I'm Blaine, and this is Brittany." He said, Brittany smiling alongside him.

"K-Kurt." He stuttered out.

He realized that Blaine was very straightforward and this made Kurt even more nervous.

"How have we never spoken before?" Blaine asked curiously. "We've been here five years and I didn't even know your name before now?"

"Urm… I'm shy?" Kurt knew he sounded very unconvincing, but Blaine didn't seem to notice.

"I thought Gryffindor's were meant to be courageous?" Blaine asked, chuckling.

"What does that mean?" Brittany asked from besides him. Blaine explained it to her roughly before returning back to Kurt.

"Yeah so, courageous?" He asked, grinning. Kurt blushed when he saw the smile aimed at him. But he also felt the need to defend his house; Courage wasn't they only thing they stood for.

"That's not the only thing being in Gryffindor is about. It's about bravery, daring, nerve, and chivalry."

"And do you have that?" He asked, a humorous glint in his eye.

"Yes!" Kurt replied immediately, feeling the childish need to stick his tongue out. Blaine laughed and they started getting to work without another word. Brittany kept saying random things that Kurt really didn't understand. Blaine chuckled at Kurt's confused looks before finally explaining.

"She's always like this, you get used to it." Kurt's lips twitched at the corners.

"Are you insinuating that I'd be around enough to get used to it?"

Kurt watched as Blaine's cheeks grew red and struggled to find the right thing to say. Kurt's eyes widened in surprise. Blaine was… embarrassed.

Lucky for Blaine, class ended then, and he rushed away over to Finn, his cheeks still blazing. Kurt laughed and said goodbye to Brittany before leaving the greenhouse, and was soon followed by Rachel.

"What were you two talking about? Do you have a date with him? Why was he blushing? KURT! I need these details! Now!" Rachel asked these questions at lightning speed with wide and hopeful eyes.

Kurt sighed and shook his head at her antics, still not having forgiven her for forcing him with Blaine.

"You'll have to wait, Rachel. I have Ancient Runes next, where you have Divination. And I do not wish to be late to class."

And with that, Kurt was gone, leaving behind a grumpy looking Rachel Berry, a curious Mercedes beside her.

Once he got to Ancient Runes he sat on row behind the front. He took out his stuff while he waited for the rest of the class, his head snapping up to look behind him when he heard a familiar voice.

"Leave me alone, Sebastian!" It was Blaine who spoke as he stumbled into the room, followed by tall student in Slytherin.

"Aww, c'mon Blaine! I make it seem romantic if I have to!" Kurt frowned. Was Blaine dating this Sebastian guy?

Those thoughts faded away when Blaine saw him looking over at them. The boy smiled and made his way over, ignoring everything Sebastian said.

"Fine you go sit with stupid Gryffindor! Just make sure he knows you're gay before you do that!" And then the taller boy went and sulked at the back of the room, glaring at Kurt. Blaine froze beside Kurt when Sebastian had said that.

"Y-You don't have a problem with that… Do you?" he sounded nervous, scared almost, and shifted his bag on his shoulder.

Kurt bit his lip in attempt not to laugh, but failed. But composed himself the second he saw Blaine's offended look.

"Sit down, Blaine." Kurt said, grinning. Blaine still looked nervous as he sat down carefully beside Kurt. "I'm gay too."

Blaine seemed to sigh silently in relief and smiled at Kurt. He took out his stuff and was about to say something else, but the teacher walked in at that moment and they got straight to work. There was no time to talk through the class and there was a truckload of homework set at the end of it.

The only other communication the boys had was a quick, shy smile before they both left in opposite directions to find the friends during break. Rachel pounced onto Kurt the second he found them.

"DETAILS!" She screamed into his ear.

"Keep screaming and I'll tell you nothing." Kurt said, his eyes narrowing. Rachel pouted, but remained silent as Mercedes laughed at her. "Where's Artie?"

"Helping some first year." Mercedes replied, leaning against the wall near them.

"And why aren't you? You're both prefects?"

"I persuaded Artie to do it alone. I didn't want to miss the details." Kurt rolled his eyes and leaned against the wall next to her, watching as Rachel bounced up and down in front of him, trying to stop herself from screaming at him again. He enjoyed watching her suffer for a while until Artie returned. He hadn't wanted to repeat himself, just because there was nothing really to tell.

"Well we only really talked about the houses for a second and before class ended Brittany said something really stupid and he told me that I'd get used to it, so I asked him if he was insinuating something. And that's why he was blushing. As for Ancient Runes, we didn't really talk; we had like no time-"

"He's in your Ancient Runes class?" Kurt nodded slowly, regretting telling Rachel already.

"Don't make a big deal out of it, Rach. I'm pretty sure Blaine isn't interested in me. And some Slytherin has his eyes on him, and you know how stupid I think the house rivalry is. I'm not fighting with a Slytherin over a guy." Rachel scowled at him.

"I will make you-"

"Rachel!" They looked over to see Finn standing at the other end of the corridor, waving at her, Sam Evans by his side.

"I will finish this later!" She then threw on a smile and skipped over to her boyfriend.

"Finn Hudson is crazy." Kurt said in her absence, laughing when Artie and Mercedes made sounds of agreement. Their conversation begun to flow; only quieting when Blaine Anderson walked past with Brittany and Sugar, talking animatedly and completely oblivious to the three watching them. And then a few Slytherins walked past soon after, Sebastian among them with a girl Kurt thought was called Santana.

"What a Hufflepuffs for again? Cluelessness?"

"Hard work, patience, loyalty, and fair play." Kurt replied to Artie's question absently, not even having to think about it.

"Do you know everything?" He asked. "Are sure you're not meant to be in Ravenclaw?" Kurt scowled and pushed Artie jokingly. Mercedes laughed loudly, making a few of the first years walking down the corridor look at her oddly. She just shrugged them off and returned to Kurt and Artie, the conversation sparking once more.