For the first time in Blaine's life of being a student, he found himself at home on the first day of school with nothing to do. This was because while he had decided to transfer to McKinley in the end, he apparently hadn't decided fast enough. So now Blaine had to miss the first two days of school while his class time table got put together. That and the combination of there being far too many students and not enough staff also played a big part in the delay. When Blaine awoke in the morning, he simply sat up on the bed and wasn't sure what he should do to pass the time. Finally after he was starting to get a leg cramp, he got up and he figured that getting something to eat would be a start. Blaine let his mind wander as he poured himself a bowl of cereal and sat down at the kitchen table to eat. His parents had already left for work that day, so he had the whole house to himself. His wandering mind was brought back to earth when he heard his phone get a text message. Blaine grinned, already knowing who it was most likely from.

Heading off, here's to surviving a new school year.

Here's to a fast first day of school. Blaine sent in reply.

Blaine was proud that he didn't end up lying to Kurt in the text he had just sent, because he disliked the idea of misleading his boyfriend in any way. Blaine also knew it wouldn't be easy to keep his secret of him transferring from Kurt for long. So the next two days were going to be an interesting challenge for Blaine to face. With his breakfast eaten, Blaine decided to make the most of his day. Doing what he usually did when he had free time that didn't involve Kurt, work on music of some sort. After all, just because he wasn't in a Glee Club right now didn't mean he'd have to stop singing too.

A few hours later Blaine’s phone started ringing, which was Kurt again. Blaine took a deep breath, he was relieved that Dalton had plenty of quiet corners. So the lack of sounds coming from a student filled hallway when he answered shouldn't be something Kurt would notice.

“Well things have started off well. This is going to be another wonderful year at McKinley!” Kurt blurted through the phone, before Blaine could even say hello to him.

Blaine forced himself to not laugh, since Kurt didn't seem to be in the mood. “Did you get slushied?” he asked.

“How did you guess? Yes, I got slushied! The bullies couldn't even wait a day.” Kurt replied.

“Well, at least you weren't tossed into the dumpster too.” Blaine pointed out.

“I'm sure I'll find that comforting later, when I'm less mad.” Kurt told Blaine, he then sighed. “Sorry once again I'm making this all about me. How has your first day been?”

“My dad has been uneventful.” Blaine answered, which was true after all. “I can't wait to see you later.” he added.

“I know! I think being able to see you in your dreamy blazer is the only thing keeping me going today.”

Blaine froze at the word blazer and began to panic because he no longer owned any he could wear. “So we'll meet at the Lima Bean after class as planned?” Blaine asked him, trying to sound normal.

“Yes, I have to say goodbye now sadly. I spent most of my break trying to save my shirt from the red dye... which didn't go so well. Love you.”

“Love you too, Kurt, bye.” Blaine told him. Once he hung up Blaine just stood still for a moment. He needed to figure out what he was going to do now, after thinking for a while, he got an idea. So he brought out his phone again and dialled a different number.

“Hi Nick, I need a favour, I need to borrow one of your uniforms and quick!”

Kurt ended up taking a quick detour home to change before he went to meet up with Blaine for coffee. Even though he did have a spare shirt in his locker for emergencies like getting slushied, it was nothing special. Although he knew Blaine would look at him with his usual adoring eyes no matter what he wore, Kurt still liked to look his best. The whole slushie incident aside, school had been what Kurt had guessed it would be. The school still hated the New Directions and anything to do with glee club, but he and his fellow team mates no longer cared, except for the fact that they were now one member short to qualify for competitions. Kurt stepped inside the Lima Bean and saw that Blaine was already sitting at their table with their drinks. That instantly brought a warm smile to Kurt's face as he made his way over to join him.

“Hey there, cutie.” Kurt said as he came up to the table.

“Hi there yourself, handsome.” Blaine replied playfully. “All recovered from the slushie?” he asked.

Kurt nodded and took a seat, he instantly took hold of Blaine's hands in his and gave them a light squeeze. “Yes, eventually. It's also ironic that I got slushied when Ben Jacob was trying to interview me for his 'Glee's Big Gay Summer' video. Although it had ‘gay’ in the title, of course the fact that I was dating you now was never brought up.”

“I doubt the truth would have really interested him.” Blaine replied with a smirk.

“But all that aside, it was good to be back with everyone in Glee club. Except we're one member short now, since Matt transferred.” Kurt commented.

Blaine remained silent for a moment, because he knew that meant they were a member short now to compete. “No new members so far?” he asked, though he was pretty sure the answer would be no.

Kurt sighed, “No. if anything we're thought as even bigger losers at school this year. Honestly I just wish we didn't even need new members. We've all bonded and everything... but what would the school year at McKinley be without drama.” Kurt said mockingly.

“Things will turn out alright, Kurt, I know they will.” Blaine told him warmly.

“How can you be so sure?” Kurt asked, pouting slightly.

Blaine laughed lightly, fighting the urge to tell him the real reason why he was so sure. “I just do.” was all he said.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

After spending another wonderful evening with Kurt, he really wanted to make his big entrance to William McKinley and the New Directions. The perfect opportunity to do so arose when Kurt called him the following afternoon. Ironically, the call came when Blaine was on the road driving to McKinley, to pick up his newly finished schedule. As soon as he heard his phone ring Blaine quickly pulled over to the side of the road so he could answer it safely.

“Oh hi, Kurt, is everything okay?” he asked.

“Yes, it is! I'm sorry to call now; I hope I didn't interrupt you in class or something...” Kurt began.

“No I'm not in class yet, just heading to my next destination of the day. Once again your timing couldn't be any more perfect, Kurt.” Blaine answered on the fly as he tried to keep his trend of not having to directly lie at Kurt going. “So what's the big news I am sure you are just dying to tell me?”

“Not so much news but a plan... a plan to get some new recruits for Glee club. The New Directions are going to show the students at McKinley that we are New York bound!” Kurt answered in an excited voice.

“Oh, because Nationals are in New York this year! How are you going to do that?”

“By singing of course, we're going to ambush them with a killer New York rap number after school in the courtyard. Well, that's if we can finish getting our outfits done by the end of the school day...” Kurt began to explain.

“Kurt, get off that phone and get back to work!” Rachel yelled, so much that Blaine could fully hear it through the phone.

Blaine began to laugh, “I guess I shouldn't keep you any longer, Kurt. All I can say is that I wish you could see me there watching you!”

“Me too, I'll let you know how it goes after. Oh, but I'll have to meet you after Warblers practice. We're going to wait in the choir room after we do the song to see if it inspired anyone to join.” Kurt quickly told him.

“Well I wish you all the luck in finding some new talent.” Blaine answered with a grin. After they said their goodbyes Blaine got back on the road and continued to drive. He knew there was no way he was going to miss watching their performance after class. All he had to do was make sure none of them saw him. If that went well, then he hoped that the New Directions would be surprised to find him coming to choir room afterwards. Blaine couldn't help but feel like he was a secret agent out on a mission, except this mission was very personal and hopefully, would end up being rewarding.

Blaine was very glad that Kurt was busy working on their outfits with the New Directions. Because it lowered the chances of being spotted by anyone who knew him. Never the less as Blaine made his way through the halls, he made sure to be careful. After he finished filling out all of the necessary forms, Blaine was free to go look for a good viewing spot in the courtyard. After a few minutes of searching he found the ideal place, where he could see them clearly enough, but they wouldn't see him. Not with them not expecting him to be there among the crowds of teenagers anyway. Blaine was slightly sad he had to watch them at such a far distance, but any closer and he could be discovered. So he had nothing left to do now but take a seat and wait. Blaine began to examine his time table to pass the time and hoped he had at least one class with Kurt.

After what seemed to take eons, Blaine finally heard the bell ring and watched as students began to flood out. Many just continued to walk by, but a number of students stopped to sit around the courtyard. Blaine began to scan the crowds for any sign of Kurt and the others. Suddenly he noticed a group of familiar forms make their way over to the group of tables scattered around. Blaine's eyes instantly fell on Kurt, who even at this distance, Blaine could tell he looked extremely appealing. Their costumes for their impromptu number turned out to be some sort of black t-shirt and jean combo, which Blaine guessed had the words New York plastered over the shirts. Blaine stretched his neck out a bit from his hiding spot to see what they were up to. Finn then placed a large boom box on a table and Rachel quickly pressed play, as Kurt reclined on a nearby table, sitting with his legs crossed as he began to move to the beat.

Blaine continued to silently watch from his spot as the New Directions began to sing. The song was a rap number, which Blaine recognized as 'Empire State of Mind'. As Blaine watched them, he quickly noticed that no one was paying them any attention, which was ridiculous. If this were Dalton there would have already been a large crowd forming around them cheering. But this was not Dalton Academy, this was McKinley High, where the kids in Glee club were the farthest from rock-stars you could fall. No matter how much Kurt had told him about this, seeing it in person was still hard to accept. Anyone should have been able to see or at least hear how amazingly talented they all were. But no one seemed to care, so much so that barely anyone was even giving them a glance. Finally Blaine was determined to not let their cold reception ruin his watching them. So he quickly found himself jamming along as he slowly bobbed his head up and down to the beat. His eyes remained glued to Kurt during the entire number, following him as he moved around.

As the song came to an end, the New Directions all crowded together and ended up sitting on the stairs in a group, as the last note fell, only to be greeted with no acknowledgement from anyone noticing their presence at all. Blaine's heart began to ache as he saw even from where he was, the disappointment their body language gave off as they stood up. Once they made their way back to the school, Blaine sat in waiting. When enough time had passed Blaine stood up and stretched his now stiff muscles. It was now or never.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Honestly, why did we even get our hopes up that we'd have any sort of reaction?” Kurt complained with a groan as he walked into the choir room with everyone else. They were all so depressed they hadn't even bothered to change out of their New York outfits yet.

Mr Schuester came out of his office, a big optimistic smile on his face. “So how'd it go?” he asked.

“I hate to break it to you Mr.Schue, but I doubt we'll get any sort of turn out.” Artie replied with a sad sigh.

“It was like we weren't even there.” Tina added.

“And we totally killed it too!” Puck added in protest.

“Yeah, with boredom.” Mercedes said.

“Guys, we can't let this bring us down! We just have to keep trying!” Will replied, but his words of encouragement weren't helping at all.

Blaine, who had been listening from his hiding spot at the side of the choir door, could barely hold his excitement in. There wouldn't be a more perfect moment to make his big entrance. So he simply stuffed his hands into his pockets and walked in the room whistling away like it was an everyday event for him. He couldn't help but peak at everyone's faces as he strolled in, noticing their sad frowns quickly turn to looks of sheer surprise.

“Uh, hi there. I was hoping I could audition for Glee club, I'm new here.” Blaine commented.

Kurt could hardly believe he wasn't dreaming when he saw Blaine walk into the choir room. But when Kurt finally noticed he wasn't wearing his Dalton uniform, he simply lost it. “BLAINE!” Kurt suddenly yelled out in shock.

Kurt leapt out of his chair and bolted towards his boyfriend and almost tackled him, but instead he managed to stop just in front of him. Kurt let it kick in that Blaine wasn't wearing his school uniform, his mouth fell wide open as he put his hands on Blaine's shoulders and began to shake him lightly.

“What are you doing here?!” Kurt blurted out in shock.

Blaine couldn't help but laugh from Kurt's reaction; it was everything he had hoped it would be. But Blaine was starting to feel woozy from Kurt's shaking him, so he took hold of Kurt's hands and made him stop.

That seemed to make Kurt's mind start working again, and he was finally able to process what Blaine had just said.

“Wait... what do you mean you’re new here?” Kurt sputtered quickly.

Both of them could hear the laughter break out in front of them from the rest of the glee club from Kurt's reaction and Blaine fought to join in. But he knew soon Kurt's surprise would turn to annoyance if he didn't explain things soon.

“It's like I just said Kurt, I'm here because I want to audition for the New Directions. Because as of today I am now a student at William McKinley.” Blaine explained to Kurt and the others with a smile. “I'll fill you in later I promise.” Blaine quickly whispered to Kurt.

“You transferred?” Rachel called out in excitement.

Blaine and Kurt turned to face her and the others sitting and Blaine nodded with a smile. “Yes, I did... I decided I wanted to be with you...” Blaine began at he glanced a Kurt and he blushed lightly, “I mean, with all of you guys!” he added quickly.

Blaine then watched as the members of the New Directions who knew him the most began to clap in celebration. Rachel stood up and was almost bouncing up and down. “And now we have our 12th member!” she announced happily, almost singing as she spoke.

“I take it you all know him?” Will asked.

Kurt turned to face him and nodded, “Yes, this is Blaine Anderson. He used to go to Dalton Academy where he was in their Glee club called the Warblers.” Kurt explained to Mr. Schuester.

“And he just happens to be your boyfriend, Kurt.” Mercedes added with a smirk.

Kurt found himself blushing and laughing lightly, he still couldn't believe Blaine was here.

“Well, considering you all know him, it looks like we have our 12th member after all guys! If Rachel's this excited, I think it's safe to say you can also sing.” Will commented as he gave Blaine a quick pat on the shoulder in welcome.

Blaine suddenly heard Kurt begin to clap in celebration and number of the New Directions quickly followed, though some like Santana and Puck took a while till they finally joined in. Blaine found himself just standing there, a larger smile on his face.

“Thank you all so much, I'm so glad to be here now and I know we're going to all go to New York together!” Blaine said in excitement.

“Well then Blaine, take a seat and welcome to the club.” Mr Schuester told Blaine.

“If it's alright, I'd still like to audition, to make it official.” Blaine admitted.

“Well by all means then.” Mr Schuester said in reply.

Blaine glanced at Kurt who was still standing beside him, Kurt gave him an encouraging smile before he reluctantly went to sit back down in his seat. After that Blaine took a deep breath and got ready to start singing.

Kurt found himself somehow feeling a mix of shock, surprise and delight and all at the same time. All he wanted to do was hold onto Blaine and never let go, because at any moment he could wake up and find out it had all been a dream. It was too good to be true, Kurt found it hard to believe that Blaine had actually transferred. If he wasn't so happy about it, he might have been annoyed at his boyfriend for keeping it a secret from him. But considering Blaine was now standing in front of everyone in glee club, starting to sing. Kurt quickly found himself feeling quite forgiving as he rested his head in his hands and watched Blaine. As Blaine began to sing his audition song, Kurt began to laugh and shake his head and soon as he realized what song it was. Trust Blaine to pick a song that complimented his voice, but was not a great choice given the circumstances. Because while Blaine's voice suited Elvis perfectly. Blaine had failed to see the irony in him choosing to sing 'Devil in Disguise'. Despite the fact that Blaine had once been in a rival glee club and they had become friends behind everyone's back. Kurt was very glad that everyone in the New Directions knew Blaine at least somewhat. So as he glanced around at their reactions, he could tell none of them thought he was an actual 'devil'. Kurt smiled as he saw Rachel and Mercedes clap and cheer, while Tina, Mike, Brittany and Artie seemed to be enjoying Blaine's performance. Santana, Quinn and Puck weren't responding too much, but they also didn't seem annoyed, which for them was a good sign. Kurt was surprised to see Finn frowning slightly for a moment, like he didn't know how to react.

When Blaine finished he was relieved to see everyone clapped in response. Kurt caught his attention when he put his hands over his heart. Blaine laughed lightly and stood there bashfully as he quickly felt overwhelmed with emotion.

“Well, based on that response I think I speak for us all when I say, Blaine Anderson, welcome to the New Directions!” Will told Blaine.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Kurt could barely hold all his emotions in as he waited for him and Blaine to be alone. When the last person finally left the choir room, he turned on Blaine. He came at him with a large hug that almost ended up knocking them both to the floor.

“I can't believe you're really here Blaine!” Kurt blurted to him.

Blaine returned Kurt's hug, holding him as tightly has he could as he smiled warmly. They pulled back to look at each other. “Neither can I.” he replied. “I just have to take a moment to say how hot you look right now! I mean, your hair!” Blaine added.

“Why thank you.” Kurt replied as he smoothed his bangs back into place.

Kurt and Blaine just stared at each other, laughing lightly, both two excited and full of a emotion to fully take it all in yet. But then Blaine noticed Kurt's smile suddenly flash to concern.

“You didn't do this for me did you? Because if you did it would certainly be romantic... but it could also lead to resentment... which could lead to a horrible, horrible breakup...” Kurt began to blurt out in panic.

Blaine just put his hands on Kurt's shoulder to begin to calm him, “Kurt! Kurt, calm down, I came here for me. Because I couldn't bear to be apart from the person I love.” Blaine began. Kurt's look of panic had now changed to one of adoration, meaning he'd finally begun to relax. Blaine smiled and took hold of Kurt's hand. “But it's a lot more than that, sit down and I'll try to explain.” Blaine said as he led them to two of the chairs in the front and sat down. Blaine took a deep breath has he tried to think of the best way to begin.

Kurt could see Blaine was having a hard time, so he simply brought his hand up to cup Blaine's cheek. “Just tell me what you're feeling Blaine.” he told him softly.

Blaine took those words to heart and nodded, “I ran, Kurt. When I ended up in Dalton, at the time it felt like my only option, but it's still something I ended up regretting. It just became something I had to accept. Only since meeting you... I have found the courage I was missing. It's you, Kurt, you've made me want to be a stronger person. So I decided I don't want to run anymore. I want to face things, because this time...” Blaine paused as he brought Kurt's hands to his lips and kissed it softly. “I know I won't be alone.”

Kurt knew he had started to cry, but that they were happy tears, showing how touched he was. Kurt glanced around and looked out into the hallways. When he was sure no one noticed them in the choir room. He leaned in and let his lips gently brush Blaine's, it was barely a kiss, but it showed he wasn't running either.

“We'll face it together.” he said in agreement.

They just sat there smiling at each other, until Kurt stood up and pulled Blaine up with the hands still linked together. Walking hand in hand, the two of them left the choir room together.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

When Kurt and Blaine found themselves in Kurt's room later that night they both realized it was like any other day together, but that so much was different now.

“I still can't believe you managed to keep this all a secret from me.” Kurt commented as they came to sit together on his couch.

“It sure wasn't easy... but seeing the look on your face when I walked into the choir room was well worth it.” Blaine replied with a chuckle.

Kurt just rolled his eyes and threw a cushion at Blaine, who just ended up catching it as they continued to laugh together. Blaine them simply leaned over to take hold of Kurt's shoulders and pulled him to lie over him. Once they were all settled and comfortable, Blaine and Kurt got to work to celebrating in the best way.

They were so focused on each other and how amazing their kisses were, they didn't notice Rachel and Finn had just come down the stairs. They heard someone clear their throat loudly so Kurt whirled his head over to the stairs to see them standing there. Rachel was grinning widely, while Finn just looked like he had been shot. Kurt blushed and poked Blaine in the ribs, who hadn't noticed them yet since he was too busy kissing the side of Kurt's neck at that moment. “Blaine... we have company.” he silently hissed.

Blaine looked up to see Finn and Rachel still standing there, he quickly let go of Kurt so he could get off of him. Once Kurt had moved, Blaine sat up himself while he began to blush. “Oh. Hey guys!” Blaine said loudly.

“Hello boys.” Rachel said in an amused tone.

“Man, I have bad timing when it comes to this...” Finn muttered lightly, he had lost count of how many times he had come down to their room to find Kurt and Blaine like this over the summer.

“I'm sorry, Finn, we're not doing this on purpose I swear!” Kurt simply replied.

“I think you can forgive them this time at least Finn... I mean they certainly have something to celebrate.” Rachel said as took Finn's arm for a moment.

“Yeah, I guess that's true.” Finn said and smiled lightly.

“Which I still can hardly believe has happened!” Rachel replied in excitement.

“We were just saying that! Well before anyways.” Kurt replied.

Rachel then led Finn to Kurt's sofa chair and climbed onto his lap once he was seated. Kurt simply leaned up against Blaine, since it seemed they were in for a long chat.

“Only I find myself wondering why you waited till today to reveal yourself intentions to transfer Blaine.” Rachel pointed out.

“Now that you mention it, Rachel... I’m curious as to why you didn't make your big entrance yesterday...” Kurt began to say in reply. “Wait! Yesterday you were wearing your Dalton blazer!” Kurt blurted out as he turned to face Blaine who was sitting beside him.

Blaine gave Kurt a sheepish smile in response, “Uh, yeah, about that... I ended up missing the first two days of class. Some things with my timetable still had to be figured out and everything. So I kind of asked Nick yesterday to borrow his uniform. It's not that I liked misleading you, Kurt! I just wanted it to be a surprise!” Blaine blurted out in dense.

Kurt watched him and knew there was no way he could be mad at Blaine. “It's alright, Blaine. It was a wonderful surprise.” Kurt told him as he rubbed his shoulder with his hand. “Almost as wonderful as you are.”

“Thank you.” Was all Blaine said in reply.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The next day Blaine found himself almost singing as got out of bed that morning to get ready for his first day of school. He went to his closet and tried to decide what to wear that day. Kurt had seemed very excited about the idea of Blaine having to choose what to wear each day now. So much that Blaine was looking forward to telling Kurt after class he needed to go clothes shopping. Blaine finally decided on a white shirt with a dark red sweater vest and dark blue jeans. Once he was done he took a photo of himself and sent it to Kurt.

How's this?

Blaine finished getting all his books together, his reply from Kurt came as he made his way to have breakfast.

Like I had picked it out myself. Nicely done, sweetie.

What are you wearing?

Don't make this dirty, Blaine!

Blaine laughed at that as he made himself some toast, he was leaving early so he could pick Kurt up. They knew it wouldn't be practical to go to school together every day, but they hoped they could at least manage to twice a week. Kurt reply came with a photo of him in his outfit choice to the day, which caused Blaine to smile. It turned out to be a tight pair of white jeans, a slim fitting blue shirt and a tailored vest, topped off his a scarf.

You've outdone yourself this time, Kurt. I'll be heading over soon.

A short while later Kurt and Blaine found themselves walking hand in hand from the parking lot to the school. But unlike before, it was during class, Kurt was finding it hard to believe it was real. Until they passed a bunch of guys who yelled out homophobic slurs at them. Which quickly brought Kurt back to reality.

Blaine glared at then and turned back to Kurt, “Don't worry about it, Kurt... I certainly don't care.” Blaine told him softly.

“I know, I know. I don't either... I'm just worried. What if their protests turn to violence? I don't think I could forgive myself if you came here only to be faced with that again. Blaine.” Kurt admitted to Blaine.

“First off, it wouldn't be your fault even if it did happen. But secondly, I knew what I would be facing when I decided to come here, Kurt. We're just going to have to show the bullies of the world, that no matter how many lockers they slam us into, or how many hateful words they call us. That we're here and...” Blaine started, he then smirked. “And we're queer.” he joked, his attempt to break the tension.

It ended up working and Kurt began to laugh out loud. “And that we're not alone.” he added warmly.

The rest of the day went by without any incidents, which Kurt was relieved to discover. He and Blaine ended up having one class together, which was history. Glee club had been good too, because Kurt got to sit next to Blaine during it. He still struggled with trying to figure out how much PDA he could and should show in school with Blaine. He knew it shouldn't be an issue, especially when he glanced to see Rachel and Finn all cuddled up beside each other. Kurt decided to not let it bother him right now, he and Blaine could talk about it together later.

“Now guys it's great that we now have enough members to qualify for Sectionals again. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't stop trying to recruit some more students. If we want a serious chance at going to Nationals, we could use more voices.” Mr Schuester told them all.

“Don't sweat Mr Schue, I think I already found someone who’s interested.” Finn replied.

“That's great, Finn! I want the rest of you to go follow his lead!”
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Kurt and Blaine were standing in line at the Lima Bean just like it was any other day for them. Only now Blaine no longer needed to leave for Warblers practice. As they stood beside each other while they waited, Kurt decided to bring his thoughts from before back up.

“Blaine, do you ever think how much physical affection we should do when we're at school?” he asked softly.

Blaine remained silent for a moment, “Um... truthfully? Yes. It has popped into my mind a bit. More of how I keep finding so many moments I want to kiss you... but I know it wouldn't be safe to do so.” Blaine admitted.

“Which only shows how unfair the world can be.” Kurt replied with a moan.

“But it can also be wonderful, like when we're together.” Blaine added.

Kurt smiled at Blaine, “You saying such comforting words seem to be happening all of the time still.”

“Well, I am at McKinley now, so I might soon have some drama equal to yours. Which I know you will be there to get me through with equally wise words.”

“Okay, just stop it now.” Kurt said teasingly.

Once they had their drinks and were at their usual table, they continued their current discussion.

“Even if it was safe for us to be more... how should I say... forward with our feelings. I never want to be one of those couples who start making out for everyone to see. It also has nothing to do with it being safe for us or not. It's just I don't want others to see that because it's personal and not to mention private.” Kurt told Blaine.

“I agree with you completely, Kurt.”

“So we both agree at least for now we'll play it cautious. Just to see how things will go for us at school from now on. There is no way I am going to hide how much I love you, Blaine, not from anyone. But I more than anyone know that there's always a risk for us, by just being different.” Kurt commented. “And really we have plenty of time when we're alone to make up any missed kisses at school.”

Blaine smiled at Kurt, “Ready to take me shopping?” he simply asked.

“Oh you have no idea, Blaine.” Kurt replied with a grin.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“You know it really is true when they say shopping heals all wounds.” Kurt said to Blaine over the phone before school the next morning.

“I think the sayings actually time heals all wounds, Kurt.” Blaine pointed out with a chuckle.

“Well whoever came up with that has obviously never been shopping with me before.” Kurt replied playfully. Kurt picked up the sweater he had bought the other day, which was a light brown and had an outlined face of a girl wearing a scarf on it. Kurt was well aware it was an woman's sweater, but Kurt also knew he could pull it off. “So what are we wearing today?”

“Now look who's being dirty.” Blaine pointed out. “Anyway you'll see yourself soon enough.”

“I suppose you’re right.”

Later that day at school Kurt, Mercedes and Blaine found themselves just hanging out in the choir room together. Kurt and Mercedes where sitting at the piano while Blaine leaned beside them as they all talked away. Kurt playfully played a few keys on the piano, smiling cutely.

“So is that a men’s sweater?” Mercedes asked as she eyed Kurt's shirt.

“Fashion has no gender.” Kurt quickly replied in defence.

“And you look good in anything you wear, Kurt.” Blaine added with a dreamy look on his face.

“I'm not sure if that really helps my case here, Blaine...” Kurt replied with a smirk.

“Considering he'd probably still have that love-struck look on him if you were wearing a trash bag.” Mercedes pointed out.

Kurt was just going to reply in protest when Rachel hurried into the room and put the cover over the piano keys.

“Ladies, we have a problem. There's a new student at our school named Sunshine, who is a Filipino and shorted than me. Which I didn't think was possible and is very unnerving.” Rachel told the three of them as she crossed her arms.

Kurt, Mercedes exchanged annoyed looks, while Blaine just smiled awkwardly, not sure if he should join them.

“Okay... so... I'm gonna go now.” Mercedes said in reply and went to stand up and walk away.

“Wait!” Rachel shouted with her hands out to stop her from leaving. “And she has a remarkable voice.” she told them and took a deep sigh. “I'm just... I'm very worried. You know not for myself, but for my lesser glee clubbers who don't get many solos. So, I've paid a hundred dollars to Azimio and Karofsky to brutally slushie us in front of Sunshine's locker. Terrifying her and ensuring she doesn't sign up.”

Kurt, Mercedes and now even Blaine just stared at Rachel in shock and horror as she talked to them. Not believing how while many times she could be very caring, she could also be completely selfish to the bordering of insanity.

“Okay... this is the part that you're supposed to be hugging me and thanking me.” Rachel said.

“That's awful.” Mercedes said in disbelief. “You're awful!” she added.

“It's solos! I mean it's...” Rachel began to say reply.

Kurt had reached his limit, he stood up to interrupt her current selfish babble. “Look Rachel, Mercedes and I are about as self-absorbed as they come. But more than anything we wanna beat Vocal Adrenaline and if there's someone at this school that can help us do that, they’re in!” Kurt told her. “I mean, look at Blaine here! He left Dalton and a chance to sing nothing but solos with them this year. To be with us, because being a member the team is more important.” Kurt pointed out as he pointed to Blaine.

Blaine couldn't help himself from smiling warmly at Kurt's praise, “I agree with Kurt and Mercedes, Rachel. I mean, Mr Schue said it himself, we need more members to go the distance.”

Rachel simply smiled warmly in reply at first. “You know what, you're right. It's just... so like me to just be totally blinded by my concern for the three of you. I realized now with adding Blaine into the mix as well... solos will already be hard to come by. But seeing you all just toss that aside makes me see how I was wrong. So I'll go and talk to Sunshine, let her know how truly welcome she really is.” Rachel told them as she came to stand behind Kurt and Mercedes and place a hand on their shoulder. She smiled warmly and walked out of the choir room without another word.

Which left Kurt, Blaine and Mercedes standing there silently and Kurt just mouthed 'what' to them in response. He then walked slowly over to a chair and flopped down in it in frustration.

“I am truly sorry you had to live through that on your first week here, Blaine.” Kurt groaned.

“Man, I had almost forgotten how bad she is over the summer... I won't make that mistake again.” Mercedes muttered and she came to sit down beside Kurt.

“I have to admit she's a manipulative genius, how she twisted her words like she was doing this for our sake. A true master at work.” Blaine said as he sat down on a chair on the other side of Kurt.

“Except none of us are buying it.” Mercedes replied.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Blaine soon came to realize his life would certainly never be boring now with him being in the New Directions. He currently found himself sitting next to Kurt in the choir room, where everyone else was waiting for people to show up to join them. He glanced at Kurt who was sitting on his chair backwards and leaning on the back of it with his arms. Blaine was just as bummed as the rest of them of course, as he just sat there silently, watching the door.

After the silent wait went even longer, Rachel got up from here chair and was almost skipping forward to address them all. “Well, I hate to break it to you but it doesn't look like anyone's going to be joining us. So I think we should just call it a day.”

“We said three to five, it's only four fifty-eight.” Will pointed out in reply. But it didn't seem to help since a number of them started to get up to leave.

“Just wait my buddies Sam's gonna try out, he totally idolizes me.” Finn told them all.

Kurt got up and Blaine followed him close behind heading for the door. “Face it, Finn, you're no longer the quarter back. You’re not the pied piper anymore, no one’s going to follow you around thinking everything you do is cool.” he told him and left the room.

“I admit even I got disappointed that no one showed up.” Blaine admitted to Kurt as they walked over to his locker.

“Really it shouldn't surprise us that much.” Kurt replied with a sigh. “Just like it doesn't surprise me how Rachel seemed almost happy at the fact Sunshine didn't show.”

“Let's just forget it and go on our date like we planned.” Blaine responded.

Kurt nodded and smiled at Blaine, “I am just so glad you’re here Blaine.” he told him.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The next day after school Kurt and Blaine were sitting down to dinner at Breadsticks when Kurt's phone got a text alert. Blaine watched him bring out his phone to see what it was and saw his face turn to horror.
“Oh my god...” Kurt said in disbelief.

“What! Is everything okay?” Blaine asked in alarm.

“Oh, it's just once again Rachel has crossed the line... I swear it's like she's a tightrope walker with it!” Kurt muttered, clearly he was getting angry.

“Would you just tell me what it says, Kurt?”

“The text is from Tina, apparently Rachel sent Sunshine to a crack house! Not an active one, Rachel had to point out. But it doesn't make it any less evil, all to make sure she keeps her start position in Glee Club.” Kurt explained as he shook his head.

“Wow... even I have to admit that's pretty bad.” Blaine replied softly.

“She even used the fact that you've joined to for her defence, saying we don't need any members now since there are twelve of us.” Kurt added in disgust.

“Is Sunshine okay?” Blaine asked.

“Yes, thank god, Rachel even apologized... I'm sure that took a lot of convincing. Anyway, tomorrow we're all going to listen to her sing in the auditorium. Hopefully we can make her feel welcome enough to want to join despite Rachel.” Kurt answered.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

So when the time came the next day for them to all watch Sunshine perform, Kurt found himself sitting next to Blaine in the audience on the right hand side. As she began to sing it was instantly obvious how talented she was. They glanced at each other and smiled in surprise of that fact and Blaine decided to be brave enough to put his arm around Kurt's shoulder. Kurt snuggled into his side and they both sat together and listened to Sunshine sing her heart out. When she was done Blaine let go of Kurt so he could clap and cheer. He noticed Kurt silently clap beside him and smiled warmly because he was truly touched by the song.

“Wow, um...” Will began as he walked up to the front of the stage. “Welcome to the Glee Club!” he said.

The rest of the club, minus Rachel who just gave her best fake smile, began to clap and cheer excitedly in response.

When Kurt came to pick Blaine up the following day, Blaine found himself thunderstruck by his appearance. Kurt was in a shiny dark maroon jacket, which fit him to perfection and a black t-shirt underneath. While his pants were a matching maroon and had vertical stripes on them, he had topped it off with a pair of clunky ankle boots and managed to look stunning.

“Kurt, you look so amazing... so hot!” Blaine blurted out.

Kurt laughed in reply and did a spin for Blaine to get a good look at his outfit. Which only made Blaine come up and kiss him hard.
“Whoa calm down there, we have school to go to!” Kurt said chuckling when they pulled apart.

“I'm sorry... you just look so good.” Blaine replied.

“Flattery will get you everywhere, Blaine.” Kurt replied with a grin.
_______________________________________

When Blaine walked up to the door to the choir room, he was greeted by Mercedes and Kurt, who judging by their faces, did not look happy.

“What's up with you two?” Blaine asked as he walked up to them.

“Sunshine has joined Vocal Adrenaline!” Kurt shouted in annoyance.

“Finn's called us all in, I'm sure he's going to try to save Rachel's fate.” Mercedes added.

After they all talked, Finn somehow managed to stop them all from kicking Rachel out of the Glee Club. They were all mad at her and she would be walking on very thin ice with them for a while. But Blaine was happy to notice everyone had already started to forget it all. Blaine laughed as he watched Kurt spin in one place, showing him a dance move. Mike gave Kurt a high five and they all laughed together. Blaine laughed along and saw Mike gesture for him to go for a high five as well, So Blaine leaned in and did just that. As he found himself, sitting with all of them, Blaine in his heart knew that he had made the right decision to transfer.