The next week was one of the slowest in Kurt Hummel’s life and that is saying a lot seeing as he had been going to school for 14 years. He was deprived of his very sexy boyfriend since they both had to work; Kurt in the shop with his father and Finn and Blaine at the Mall as an elf (which Kurt gave him hell for on a daily basis). Their schedules rarely worked to their advantages so they had to survive without seeing each other for a few days at a time. Unfortunately this week was the worst so far. With the Christmas rush coming to an end, parents were desperate to get their children’s pictures with Santa so Blaine had to work double shifts.

Kurt was sitting at the reception and billing desk at the shop when he heard the bell over the door ring. He looked up about to greet the customer when he saw the tall blonde boy he had begun to hate. He glared at him and saw Jared pause for a moment before taking a deep breath and continuing over to Kurt’s desk.

“Why haven’t you been answering my texts or calls Kurt?” Jared looked confused and worried as he leaned on his hand with his arm resting on top of the papers that Kurt had yet to go through. The older by wanted nothing more than to knock Jared’s arm out from underneath him but somehow resisted the temptation.

“You know very well why I am not talking to you” Kurt hissed still glaring at Jared’s muscular arm and imaging the thunk that would happen if Jared’s pretty little blonde head hit the desk. He looked up driving that image out of his head and saw Jared looking even more confused than before.

“What you said to Blaine a few months ago. One of my,” Kurt paused not wanting to rat out Blaine “friends overheard and told me all about it.” Jared’s eye’s narrowed at Kurt before quickly assuming the most innocent face he could muster up.

“Kurt I have no idea what you are talking about. I have barely talked to Blaine” Jared sighed thinking that he was going to hurt whoever told Kurt about that day in the hallway. Jared’s mind insisted that it had to be Blaine. He was careful and saw that there were no other people in the hallway when that conversation took place. His hands closed into fists as he thought of what he would do next time he saw the hobbit. He tried to think of a way to have Kurt believe him.

“Are you sure that it isn’t just that Blaine is jealous? I mean maybe he told this ‘friend’ of yours to tell you this so that you would stay away from me?” There that was good way to put it, Jared thought. He had seen the way Blaine got when he and Kurt were alone. That could easily pass for jealously. He saw Kurt shaking his head no but the seed had been planted. A moment of doubt had occurred and even though Kurt though he believed Blaine, there was a little part of him that was agreeing with Jared. Blaine did act jealous at the thought of the two of them together alone. He could have easily made up the story just so Kurt would drive Jared away. But Blaine wouldn’t lie would he? He had no real reason to. He knew Kurt was not interested in Jared and Blaine had looked so distraught when they were talking about this.

“Jared. I think that it would be best if you leave” Kurt said quietly. He was looking down at the table and didn’t see Jared smirking. Jared knew that this wouldn’t be enough to drive Kurt away from Blaine but he hoped that it would encourage him to start thinking about their relationship differently.

“Sure thing Kurt. I will see you later” Jared walked out of the door acting depressed as he turned around and quickly waved at Kurt before heading out the door. Kurt’s eyes followed Jared as he walked towards his car but he wasn’t focused on the green-eyed boy in the least. His thoughts were completely on Blaine.

Blaine loved him and wouldn’t lie to him, Kurt kept thinking but there was something bugging him. He couldn’t imagine Blaine lying but he had seemed very jealous the last time they were together. It could have been possible that he just didn’t want Kurt to be around another openly gay boy, especially one as flirty as Jared. But Kurt loved Blaine. He didn’t want to be with anyone else and the fact that Blaine even thought that Kurt might be interested in another guy kind of hurt. He thought that Blaine trusted him. Why would he even think that Kurt would cheat on him, did he act like he wasn’t interested? He thought back to last week when they were having fun at the curly haired boy’s house. That was pure interest and Blaine knew that.

Kurt banged his head on the desk causing his father to look over and ask what was wrong. Kurt quickly stuttered out that he was fine and tried to push the past thirty minutes out of his head and attempted to focus back on his job filling papers and answering the phone. During the summer when he worked at Hummel Tire and Lube, his father tried to get him to do actual work on the cars that would come into the shop. Kurt remembered that he simply held his perfectly manicured hands out and asked if his father wanted to give him an extra forty bucks a week so he could keep his hands in the perfect condition they were in. Kurt knew he had a knack for fixing cars. He knew more about cars than many of his heterosexual friends. That was what happened when you grew up in a garage.

Kurt smiled at the memory before turning back to the calendar and organizing his father’s appointments.

Meanwhile Jared climbed into his brand new Porsche. His family could have easily afforded a private school; in fact he transferred to McKinley from one of the top private schools in the nation. When his father learned that he wanted to move to Ohio, he insisted that Jared attend Dalton like… Well anyway Jared said no. He considered it until he found out Blaine had transferred. He needed to go to school wherever Blaine went for his plan to work. The fact that the older boy had a boyfriend, and a delicious one at that, was just the icing on the cake.

After what had happened to him, Jared swore that he would get revenge on his behalf since he wasn’t capable of seeking revenge himself. And to do that Jared had to be as close to Blaine as possible. He was surprised that Blaine hadn’t recognized him seeing as they had met before. He supposed that cutting and dying his hair as well as losing about twenty five pounds had really changed the way he looked. But the way he talked, walked and even acted, was so similar to him.

Jared sighed as he drove to his family’s vacation home that he was staying in for as long as necessary. His father questioned why the hell he would want to go to a random school in the middle of Ohio. Jared had just claimed that it would be a way that he could feel closer to him without being too close to make it uncomfortable. Surprisingly his father bought that and agreed to let him stay in the vacation home that they had bought specifically for the holidays with him.

He sighed. He couldn’t even bring himself to think of his name. He thought it would be easier after a year in a half. Exactly 551 days since it has happened. The thing that drove him to move from an amazing school in Massachusetts to the middle of fucking nowhere Ohio. He felt his eyes prickling as tears began to form. He had to pull off to the side of the road as he broke down. That day just kept playing over and over in his head.

It was a surprisingly chilly night back home in New Hampshire especially for being the beginning of June. Jared was back with his family for summer break. He hadn’t come back after going to use the bathroom for a half an hour so Jared went looking for him. He opened the door to his bedroom…

No he had to stop thinking about that night. He had to focus on his plan. That was what he was here for and that is what he needed to spend all his time doing. He pulled back on the highway and drove quickly back to his house. He slammed the door behind him and ran up to his bedroom.

He decided that he needed to do more research on what would make Blaine or Kurt tick so he fired up the computer. He felt terrible for dragging Kurt into this whole mess. He was really a sweet guy and if it was under different circumstances than Jared thought he may actually have fallen for Kurt. Who was he kidding? He was falling for Kurt even though he knew he shouldn’t. He thought of the pale boy and how exquisite he looked at work today. His mind began to wander to places they really shouldn’t, especially considering Kurt had a boyfriend.

Jared laughed to himself “But not for long. Kurt won’t want to be near Blaine after I tell him what happened two years ago.” He smirked before connecting to his ‘very reliable source’. He was told to write down a list of what information he wanted about Kurt and Blaine and e-mail to his source. He quickly composed the list.

It would happen on New Year’s eve. He knew Kurt and Blaine were going to a party together but he would make sure they wouldn’t leave together.