Blaine led Kurt to the table that currently contained the very energetic Jeff and his other best friend, Nick. Nick was his first friend here at Dalton. He was also the one who helped him come out of his shell and get over how much his father hated who he was.  Blaine’s father, Arthur Anderson was to say in the least very opinioned man. What is to be expected of a lawyer? He only seemed to see things in black and white.  If you stole bread to feed your children, you were as guilty as a murderer. If you were to help a kitty from a tree, you were as holy as a priest.  There was no middle ground with Arthur Anderson. If a boy liked other boys instead of girls, well you can guess how that person came across to his father.  Nick understood all of this.  He was kicked out of his house when he came out to his parents at the age of 13.  Luckily, his mom’s sister loved him and took him in, eventually sending him to Dalton. Nick was Blaine’s best friend. Jeff, Blaine met later when he joined the Warblers.  Jeff was the guy who would randomly break into sporadic dance moves in the hallway just for fun. He was a ball of energy.  Nick and Jeff were roommates back in their sophomore year and the sexual tension between them was enough for anyone to thank the great wizard god for it being over when they finally got together over back in 3rd quarter of last year. Now they were rarely ever seen without each other, sometimes it made Blaine sick, but they are in love and are cute together. 

Blaine sat down with Kurt next to him and smiled at his friends. Kurt awkwardly sat down and looked at his food.  He didn’t want to draw much attention to himself or feel like a nuisance to anyone at the table. 

“Nick…., Jeff…., Nick...,  Jeff...” Blaine rolled his eyes at his best friends who were apparently too much into each other to even notice Blaine and Kurt sitting across from them. “Hey, Lovebirds” Blaine threw one of his napkins at them, “This is Kurt, he just transferred here. He is my new roommate. Kurt this is Nick and that is his crazy boyfriend, Blondie.”

“Hey, watch it Hobbit!!” Jeff responded teasing Blaine back. Nick chuckled at his two friends.

“Hi, Kurt will you be my new best friend?” Jeff exclaimed. Kurt stared at the energetic boy and just shrugged.  The boy who seemed to have ants in his pants jumped up off the bench and ran around to sit next to Kurt and giving him a hug. “Yay!”

Kurt went rigid and all the color seemed to drain from his face when Jeff touched him. He stared to literally shake. Kurt stood up quickly breaking out of Jeff’s arm and running out, his breathing gone rigid and rapid. 

Jeff just stared as the boy ran out of the dining room and had the saddest look on his face because he caused it. Nick seeing his boyfriend’s crying face appear quickly went over to comfort him.  “Jeff, sweetie, its okay, you didn’t know.” Jeff just sobbed into Nicks shoulder.  Meanwhile, Blaine, worried about his new roommate had gotten up and followed Kurt out of the dining room. “He will never be my friend now!” Jeff whispered to Nick and Blaine before Blaine left.

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’Wow they are so out and open. They are cute, how nice it must be to not have to be afraid to show who you really are in school.  Stop it Kurt! You can too now’ his inner voice shouted.  This all seemed too good to be true. He was rooming with an amazing, hot, caring, hot, and compassionate guy, no one has called him the word that is etched into his wrist, and no one seemed to judge Kurt for being here. Though his inner voice seemed to dampen the mood anyhow, ’it is only the first day’ he though. It’s the weekend and half the boys are probably home anyways. Jeff and Nick were really sweet. Jeff seemed like he had taken 50 shots of express, Kurt reminded himself to never give that boy anything with energy.  All was going great until Jeff decided he wanted to give Kurt a hug.  ’You brought this on yourself you fag, dressing in those tight-as jeans, well  this is what you get for turning me gay, for leading me on you faggot.’ HIS words echoed through his mind. Suddenly, the room seemed to be closing in on him and he had to get out of there. Forgetting his bag and dinner Kurt bolted from the dining room, needed to get out of there, to get away from the terrors that were invading his mind. Luckily, Kurt managed to make it to his dorm only to have forgotten his key in the dining hall.  He collapsed in the hallway outside his door, his whole body shaking from the torturous memories that plagues his vision and mind at that moment.  He heard someone come up to him and kneel down, but he couldn’t make out what he was saying.  Kurt was too far into his mind to know what was going on around him.

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Blaine had followed Kurt and had brought Kurt’s stuff with him until they came to their room.  He watched Kurt collapse to the floor and lucky for him Trent, a fellow Warbler, was leaving his room right as it happened. “Trent, go get the nurse, tell her it’s an emergency.” Blaine slowly approached Kurt after Trent ran off.  “Kurt…. Kurt, you need to breath, none of what is happened right now in your head is real. Kurt…” Blaine slowly reached Kurt and knelt down and started to reach out for Kurt’s hands when the boy lurched back and stared ahead, his eyes screaming out in terror but nothing coming out his throat. Kurt had tears streaming down his face. “Kurt, you’re okay now, you’re safe.  No one can hurt you.” Blaine tried to calm down his panicked roommate. ’Where the hell is Trent with the Nurse?’ Blaine stared at the terrified boy in front of him and wondered what happened to make this beautiful boy in front of him look that terrified and broken.