Aug. 30, 2014, 7 p.m.
Where have you been all my life?: Chapter 22: A day full of promises
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Hey everyone, Im sorry for leaving you on that. It just felt a right time to end it and Im really tired as it is midnight right now. I hope you like this chapter. I had no idea how to start it so I started with Blaine feeling nervous. It felt right as it is their chance now. I worked through it. I didnt plan to let Blaine propose in London though. I was thinking first about Paris but it just didnt feel right. Paris is just one part of the cliché and it wasnt special. I wanted it to be about true love, about trust, about sharing it with the world but most of all about them. Because this just was right and it felt right for me to write it like this. The only thing I knew before I wrote the proposal was that I would use that song because I fell in love with it. I think its the most romantic song to ask someone to marry you.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Please let me know what you think. Ill post a new one tomorrow. Thank you all for reading! Lots of love
ps: the song is all of me - John Legend
Blaine just couldn't sleep. He woke up and it was six in the morning. He felt the nerves slowly coming up. He just lay down with Kurt's on his chest who was still sleeping. It calmed him a little but not enough. He wanted to take a walk or stretch his legs for a few minutes but he didn't want to wake Kurt up.
He didn't notice how Kurt cracked an eye open and was looking up at Blaine now. It wasn't until he heard his voice that he noticed. “Couldn't sleep?”
Blaine looked at Kurt and felt himself calm a little just by looking into his eyes. He wanted to deny it but he knew Kurt would look right through it. He just nodded his head. Kurt pressed a kiss on his cheek. “I can see how nervous you are in your eyes, you know? It's how I knew you really cared about me. They speak to me. They tell me when you're happy, when you feel like you should be alone, when you're tired or sad.”
Kurt started to press kisses on Blaine's neck. When he was at the crook of Blaine's neck, he nestled his nose into it. “You shouldn't be nervous. You're born to stand on the stage. These fans love you and at the end it doesn't matter if you sing wrong that one time or you forget your lyrics during a song. All that really matters is your energy, how you entertain the fans and how you give them all of your attention. That's the worst that can happen right? That you forget your lyrics or sing wrong?”
Blaine nodded his head slowly.
“They'll love you no matter what. When you forget your lyrics, you ask them to sing along. When you sing once off, they'll forget during the next song. You shouldn't worry sweetie. I know all those people who will be there love you. How couldn't they. You're perfect.”
Kurt finished his small courage talk by kissing Blaine with all he had in his power. Blaine moved his lips against Kurt and was lost into the feeling. All worries left his body. Kurt had given him what he needed, a talk to give him courage.
Blaine pulled away and gave Kurt one last kiss on his forehead. “Thank you for that baby. You just know what I need during these moments. I love you so much.”
“I love you too Blaine. Just remember when you feel nervous again on stage that you're biggest fan is standing on the balcony and he doesn't care if something goes wrong because it won't change his mind about how perfect you are.” Blaine smirked and let Kurt spoon him again. He fell himself slowly falling in sleep again.
The alarm clock was beeping. Blaine groaned and turned it off. He looked at Kurt who was sitting up and slowly rubbing his eyes. He felt bad for waking Kurt in the middle of the night.
He sat up and wrapped his arms around Kurt's waist. He pressed a small kiss on Kurt's neck before resting his head on Kurt's shoulder. “You should sleep a little longer while I take a shower. I feel bad for waking you up in the middle of the night because I was nervous. Just rest a little longer ok?”
Kurt just nodded when Blaine stood up to go to the bathroom. Blaine looked one time back again to see Kurt laying down again, fast asleep. Blaine took a hot shower, brushed his teeth and shaved himself. He pulled on a simple jeans and grey tight t-shirt. He went back in the room to see Kurt still asleep.
Kurt looked so peaceful that he felt bad for waking him up, but if he let him sleep a bit longer he would get killed for getting so less time to get ready.
Blaine knelt down next to the bed. He brushed the piece of hair, that would never stay in place, from his face. He placed a small kiss on his forehead before slowly waking Kurt up. “Baby, it's time to wake up.”
Kurt groaned and tried to grab Blaine who just laughed. It was adorable. “Common baby, or you won't have enough time to shower and pick the perfect outfit for our first concert day?”
Kurt mumbled something but cracked an eye open. Blaine just smiled and lent over to give him a kiss. He stood up again to take his phone and text Wesley. He saw Kurt standing up and walking into the bathroom while rubbing his eyes. It was Blaine's favourite thing to watch.
Blaine decided to look on twitter for a while. He clicked favourite on some of the fans their comments. He decided to send a little tweet before his first concert in Europe. He took a picture from himself with a huge smile and started to type a message with it. First show tonight in Europe. I'm so excited! Who's coming? Immediately he got lots of replies from fans who were coming or fans who would go to other shows. It was amazing.
He heard the door open and saw Kurt slowly walking out of the bathroom. He was dressed in skin-tight black jeans with a white button down. It was sober but looked good on him. Blaine pulled his phone into his pocket and grabbed his glasses, jacket, wallet and beanie. It was time to leave for breakfast and meet the boys. He held his hand out for Kurt once he had pulled on his boots. Kurt took it gratefully before they walked out of the room.
Wes, David and Jeff were already sitting at their breakfast table. They ate English breakfast again with some coffee. Small talk was made about the concert and about the meet and greets.
When breakfast was done, they waited outside for the van that would pick them up. They drove to the venue as they wanted to check everything again before the meet and greets. Their management came to talk to them.
Kurt decided to take a little walk around. He ended up at the stage. No one was working at it currently. There were a few people in the room to check audio and television screens and some of the special effects. Kurt sat down in the middle of the stage and just looked around. He wondered if he would feel this way once he was standing on the Broadway stage. He understood Blaine's nervousness. He felt just as nervous for his first Broadway show.
He didn't notice how Blaine sneaked up behind him until he felt a kiss on his cheek. Blaine grinned and sat down beside him. “What are you thinking about? You looked lost in thought.”
“I was thinking about what it will feel like to stand for the first time on the Broadway stage.”
“You'll be great and I'll make sure I'll sit on the first row.” Blaine looked around for a while. It was calm on the stage for now. “We have meet and greets in two hours. They will probably take a while. We'll have to sound check before. After the meet and greets we get something to eat as dinner and then we'll play the show.”
“Sounds good.”
Someone from the crew came to stand before them and asked if they could move so they could place the drums on the stage. Blaine held out his hand for Kurt and they walked slowly hand in hand towards the backstage room.
They went into the backstage room to find Wes, David and Jeff sitting there, eating candy. Blaine just groaned and pulled their candy away which leaded to a lot of groans from Wes and David. Kurt just snickered behind Blaine and sat down next to Jeff on the sofa.
Their manager came to inform them that it would take an hour before they would be able to sound check. They would get lunch after that. Kurt stood up and asked Blaine's phone. Blaine just looked confused but gave him his phone as he trusted him. Kurt pushed Blaine on the coach and grinned. “Let's make the fans go insane. SMILE.” They all smiled as Kurt took the picture. He showed it to them and Blaine posted it on twitter. We are ready! We are so excited to see you all tonight. We love you all! Thank you for all the support. They watched on their phones how the fans freaked out and smiled with it. It was always nice to see how much they cared.
Their manager came after an hour to get them to the stage for sound check. Blaine handed Kurt his phone who promised to take some pictures for on his twitter account. Blaine got a microphone and a stand. He placed the stand on the ground as he felt more himself without it.
Kurt took a lot of pictures of all of them. How Jeff played the drums, David and Wes standing back against back playing the guitar and of course Blaine bouncing around. The fans were going insane with every picture. It sounded amazing. Kurt was humming along with the lyrics. Blaine gave Kurt every once in a while a glance. He really seemed to enjoy himself and Blaine was glad. It was nice he was there. It was a good way to keep his nerves under control.
Lunch was eaten into a room with a few tables in the backstage. The whole crew came together to eat sandwiches with the band. They talked a little and some of them were really surprised that they talked to them as they were famous. Blaine never understood how some famous people could treat their crew so poorly. Without them, they wouldn't be here.
Blaine looked up to see Kurt lost in a conversation with a crew member from their age. He looked really lost into the conversation so Blaine decided to talk a little more to the other crew members.
It didn't take long before their manager came to tell them it was time for the meet and greets. He gave Kurt a last kiss on his cheek before he left for the meet and greet.
Blaine was nervous for this part of the evening. He hated how he sometimes didn't have enough time to talk to all of them. There were hundred fans waiting to meet them and he just didn't want to disappoint anyone. Every fan would get a picture and an exclusive VIP t-shirt from the band.
The boys were waiting before the screen. There were two bodyguards waiting in the room and a photographer. Behind the door were all the fans waiting in a row and more bodyguards. The door opened and the first fan was leaded in. Here we go was all Blaine could think.
Every fans was different. There were fans who would start to scream once they saw them, then you had the fans who started to cry which Blaine never understood. You had the fans who would give them presents which Blaine found pretty sweet. And you had the very sweet fans. They would come up and hug them all. He was happy with how the meet and greets were going.
There were two more people left. The first one was a little girl with her mom. She was adorable. She ran to Blaine and hugged her little arms around Blaine's legs. Blaine smiled and bent down to pick her up and hold her in his arm. “Hey you. What's your name daring?”
The girl blushed and buried her head in his neck. “I'm Lauren.” She was very shyly.
“Well hello Lauren, let's take a picture shall we?” The girl nodded and Blaine placed her back on the ground. All boys went to kneel down and hugged her tightly. It was probably the sweetest picture they had taken today. They all gave the girl a kiss on the cheek and a hug before she had to go. They waved when she walked out.
Through the door came the last person. It was a boy from around their age. He was shaking as he saw them standing there. He walked to Blaine and gave him a letter. “I won't be able to tell myself so I wrote it down in a letter for you to read. I hope you'll read it though.”
Blaine opened the letter and started to read. The boy his name was Liam. He had been bullied through his high school because he was gay. He saw Blaine as a role model. Blaine still couldn't understand how some people were so ignorant. Prejudice was just ignorance.
When he ended the letter, he gave it to the other boys to read. He gave the boy a hug before he spoke to him. “Don't let them get under your skin. I've been bullied in my high school years and look where I'm now. My boyfriend was bullied too and he is now going to perform on Broadway. You'll come far in your life. Just never give up.”
The boy nodded before he was wrapped in a hug from the other boys who had now read the letter. The boy laughed at it. They posed for a picture before the boy left the room. No one was left and it was almost time.
Kurt was waiting outside the backstage room. The door opened and the boys all walked out. Blaine saw Kurt standing and wrapped him into a hug. “Hey baby.”
“Well hello handsome, how did the meet and greet go?”
“It was really nice. There was this cute little girl who totally stole my heart. She was adorable and then there was this boy and he gave me a letter. He was just like us. Being bullied in high school and gay. I can't understand some people. He really looked like a good kid.”
Kurt wrapped his arms around Blaine. “You are an inspiration source sweetie, a real role model. I'm so proud with what you do.”
He pressed a kiss on Blaine's lips before he walked him to the room to change. Kurt had to go upstairs to his seat so he gave Blaine one last kiss before walking away.
Blaine entered the room to see the boys already dressed. “Boys, I have to ask you something. You saw the piano standing in the hallway?”
The boys nodded before Wes started to talk. “Yes man, I think that one is left from someone who came here before.”
“No it isn't. I asked our management if they could arrange it for tonight.”
“Why Blaine? We dont have any numbers that need a piano?”
“Because I've something planned and I hope you are ok with it. It's important for me.”
The boys nodded and Blaine shared his plan. When he was done explain, all boys wrapped their arms around him. “OMG Blaine, Of course we are ok with it. How could you think that we wouldn't be ok?”
Blaine unwrapped himself from their hugs as he needed to change. He pulled on the dark ripped jeans with white tight t-shirt and leather jacket. He pulled on the black vans that were standing ready. They all hugged each other one last time before going to the stage.
The night was going great. The fans had sang along with all their songs. Every once in a while, Blaine would look up to where Kurt was sitting. He was starting to feel nervous again. Their normal last song on the set list was done. Everyone was going wild already.
Blaine gave a sign to the other boys before jumping of the stage and running back to the backstage to change. The boys would take over from him for a few minutes with some of their drum and guitar skills.
Blaine changed his clothes. He had brought some black dress pants with a white button up. The piano was rolled under the stage. He checked one last time if he had everything with him before he walked back to the stage with his mic. He gave all the other boys a quick hug before they sat on the side of the stage. The stage wasn't rotating anymore.
Blaine sat down on the piano bench and placed his microphone into the holder. He played a few notes to test if the sound was ok before he started to talk. All eyes were on him right now but it had never felt so right. “I want to thank all of you again for coming tonight. It was really amazing. I want to close this amazing night though in a special way. May I ask my boyfriend Kurt with me on stage please?”
The crowd went wild. Blaine looked up at the balcony but didn't see much movement. Kurt was probably in shock.
When he thought about asking Jeff, David and Wes to get up there, he saw some movement. It didn't take long before Kurt was walking towards the stage. Blaine stood up to take his hand and gave him a small kiss on his cheek. He leaded Kurt towards the piano.
No one had ever heard this song but he hoped they would love it. “I wrote a song a few months ago when we were working on the album. I never showed the boys, so this will be the first time anyone hears it. I didn't want to put it on the album because I wanted to use it on the perfect moment and today I feel like it's the perfect time. I just want all of you to listen to the lyrics.”
Blaine looked at Kurt and just started to play, never looking away from him.
What would I do without your smart mouth
Drawing me in, and you kicking me out
Got my head spinning, no kidding, I cant pin you down
Whats going on in that beautiful mind
Im on your magical mystery ride
And Im so dizzy, dont know what hit me, but Ill be alright
My heads under water
But Im breathing fine
Youre crazy and Im out of my mind
Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
Ill give my all to you
Youre my end and my beginning
Even when I lose Im winning
Cause I give you all, all of me
And you give me all, all of you, oh
How many times do I have to tell you
Even when youre crying youre beautiful too
The world is beating you down, Im around through every mood
Youre my downfall, youre my muse
My worst distraction, my rhythm and blues
I cant stop singing, its ringing, in my head for you
My heads under water
But Im breathing fine
Youre crazy and Im out of my mind
Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
Ill give my all to you
Youre my end and my beginning
Even when I lose Im winning
Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all, all of you, oh
Give me all of you
Cards on the table, were both showing hearts
Risking it all, though its hard
Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
Ill give my all to you
Youre my end and my beginning
Even when I lose Im winning
Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you
I give you all, all of me
And you give me all, all of you, oh
Blaine stopped playing and saw that Kurt was a little teary eyed. Blaine looked away to take his microphone before he looked back into Kurt's eyes.
“Today it's almost one year ago I met you. I just remember it like it was yesterday though. I ran though the airport to get rid of the paparazzi when I bumped into you and looked into those two blue eyes. Those eyes became my home. That day I didn't only found my best friend but also my soulmate and the love of my life. I fell in love with you and I guess there's no way to get out of that. A few months ago I gave you a promise ring with the promise to change it into an engagement ring when the time was right.”
Kurt was looking shocked now but Blaine didn't mind. He stood up and went on one knee next to the piano bench. He looked into his pocket for the small box. When he found it, he held it in his hand and looked up again at Kurt.
“Today it feels like it's the right day. You keep me with both my feet on the ground. You're my rock. I never felt so happy until I met you. Like there was always a piece of me missing. I wondered so many times where you've been all my life but all of that doesn't matter because I have you now and I won't let you go. So, Kurt Hummel, would you do me the honour to marry you?”
Blaine opened the box. The ring laying in it with the promise of forever.