Aug. 30, 2014, 7 p.m.
Where have you been all my life?: Chapter 26: Belgium
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Hey everyone! Im 1/3th through my exams. Two more weeks to go. I really didnt feel like studying today (I know bad!) so I wrote a new chapter. I hope you like it. It was interesting to write. I just want to add something about the link at the bottom. In the story I talk about a wall with Cartoon figures. I know its difficult to imagine so I looked up the picture so if you click the link, you can see it in front of you! I hope you liked the chapter. Please let me know! And thank you everyone for reading. A lot of people have read this already and I love it :). I really enjoy writing this story. Next up will be Amsterdam. Ive no idea when Ill upload thanks of my exams but Im nearing the end so keep looking and a new chapter might be up soon! Love you all.
Ps: I got a comment a while back that the chapters were barely readable. I decided to rechange the chapters today. The chapters stay the same, with small changes from typos I removed or things I typed a little different, but most stay the same, nothing that will change the importance about my story. Anyway, I changed this chapter too from form. I hope this more readable! Love you all.
http://www.splinternet.be/Publiek/1112/groep1/images/Illustraties/striproute4.jpg (the wall with cartons i was talking about.)
It was late afternoon when the van pulled up at their hotel. The sky looked grey like it could rain any moment. Jeff, Wes and David jumped as first out of the car.
When Blaine and Kurt jumped out of the car, it started to rain. Kurt groaned and started to run towards the entrance of the hotel. The others were laughing with his reaction. The band helped with the driver to get their stuff out of the trunk. David, Wes and Jeff walked with their own valise while Blaine had to carry Kurt's shopping bags, Kurt's valise, his valise and their hand luggage. He was sodden when he entered the reception. He thought he heard Jeff, David and Wes snicker but he wasn't sure. They walked to the reception to get their keys and took the elevator to their room on the first floor.
It was still raining when everything was unpacked so they decided to eat in the hotel. Everyone came together and talked about what they wanted to see in Belgium. They made a list of the most important stuff. They decided to sleep early and wake up early in the morning so they had enough time to see everything. They only had 2 days including the concert in Belgium and wanted to make most of it. Wes had called with their management to ask if they could see the venue the day of the concert for once. They agreed quickly. The boys said goodbye before they all went to their rooms to get some sleep.
The next morning found the boys at the atomium. All of them posed for silly pictures in front of it. After a lot of pictures, they bought their tickets.
The view was nice from the highest boll. You could see all over Brussels. Blaine stood after Kurt with his arms around him. They were looking around and just enjoying the moment.
“You know this is becoming are thing.” Blaine looked at Kurt with a confused expression. “In London we went on the London eye to look over the city, in Paris we went on the Eiffel tower to look over Paris and now we are in Brussels, standing in the atomium and enjoying the view over the city.”
Blaine chuckled. “We skipped Madrid. But I like how you think about it. We can definitely make this our thing.”
Blaine nuzzled his nose into Kurt's neck. He pressed a small kiss before looking again at the view.
Wes, David and Jeff stood a little further and were playing with one of the telescopes. They each took turns to look around and look at each other through the huge telescopes, which let to laughing the whole time.
After a few turns each, they grew tired and wanted to go into the city. They walked to the couple and convinced them to get with them to the city.
They walked out of the metro station. Kurt and Blaine walked in front, leading them to their first destination. Everyone stopped when they stood in front of the royal palace. A few pictures were taken in front before they walked further.
It was already afternoon so they decided to get something to eat. Wes, David and Jeff had wanted to eat in a frites stand or a frietkot like people call it here. But Kurt had gone crazy and after a long discussion, everyone agreed to go to a restaurant.
They came across a little street with little restaurants. After looking around and walking once through the street, they choose a little cute restaurant. A waiter brought them a card with Belgium dishes. Everyone choose the frites with steak. Kurt choose beside that for an extra salad. There plates arrived and everyone dogged in. Little talk was shared during their diner. When they were finished, they asked for the bill and paid for their food.
They walked until they came across a little statue of a boy peeing. Wes started laughing at it. “Man I thought the statue would be much bigger. He's so little.”
Jeff, David and Blaine started laughing at his words because they were so double. They asked a tourist to take a picture and posed all in front of the little statue.
They kept walking and came across walls from cartoon characters. They didnt recognise most of them but found it really nice.
Blaine posed in front of a large wall and looked up at the cartoon figure that was hanging out of a window a lot higher. Blaine really looked like a hobbit on the picture. The boys couldn't stop laughing at the picture.
David and Wes wanted also a picture. David sat on Wesley's shoulders and they tried to get as high as possible. Kurt just shook his head and laughed at the craziness.
When all pictures were taken, they walked towards the march. The march was little but cosy. They looked around and a saw a few kids playing some music. The kids were playing guitar and singing Belgium songs. Wes decided to film it and post it on twitter.
The kids seemed to recognise them and asked if they wanted to sing along with them. There was no way they could say no after their question and after all, it was a performance. They started to play words on their guitars.
Blaine started to sing along while David, Jeff and Wes beat boxed along with it and the kids played the guitar. A crowd was standing around them now. Some girls looked like fans as they started to scream and jump around. Kurt looked from the side to the boys. Blaine walked towards him and pulled him out of the crowd.
He looked at Kurt with pleading puppy eyes. When there was a short break Blaine whispered to him. “Please baby, sing along with me this once? You promised me the first time I heard you sing that we would do a duette.”
It was time for the last part of the song. Blaine started to sing and kept looking at Kurt with hopeful eyes. Kurt started to sing slowly with him and he saw how a few mouths fell open when they heard him sing. He looked back at Blaine to see the huge smile on his face.
The song ended pretty soon and everyone started to applaud. A little bow was made before they took a picture with the guitar kids. They asked if the band could sign their guitars. A marker was given to them as they signed all the guitars.
A few girls started to jump around them and asked for pictures and autographs. Blaine, Wes, Jeff and David took their time and chatted a little with the fans.
It was getting later and the boys wanted to get one last thing done. They said goodbye to the fans before they walked towards a little chocolate shop. Blaine was addicted to it and wanted to say that he at least ate chocolate in the chocolate country. They bought a few boxes and walked back to the hotel with their bags.
At the hotel, they choose to get together in Blaine and Kurt's room and watch a movie on a laptop. They all sat on the bed and ate all the boxes of chocolate. When the movie was done, there was no chocolate left.
Wes, David and Jeff said their goodbye before they went to their own room. It didn't take long before Kurt and Blaine felt in a peaceful sleep.
The day of the concert was there. Blaine woke up with head ache. He groaned and snuggled closer in the warmth. Kurt started to chuckle. “Blaine, sweetie, it's time to wake up. If we don't get up now, you won't have enough time to check the venue, do the sound check, meet the fans and play the concert you know.”
Blaine just snuggled further into Kurt's chest. “Headache, need more sleep.”
Kurt placed his finger under Blaine's chin and slowly lifted his head. “Awwh, let me get you a painkiller and then you can take a shower. It might help.”
With a last kiss on his lips, he stood up and went to the bathroom to get a painkiller and a glass of water. Blaine had laid down again with his eyes closed. He hated headaches.
Kurt came back from the bathroom as promised with the water and the painkiller. Blaine took them gratefully and laid down a few more seconds before leaving the warmth. They showered together and got ready for the day.
Wes, David and Jeff were already waiting downstairs for them as they would eat breakfast together. They looked for a table to sit at when Kurt and Blaine arrived. They took some foot from the buffet and ate in silence. Blaine still felt barely better and just drank some coffee. Kurt looked at him every once in a while with worried eyes and Blaine tried to smile at him and assure him that everything would be fine.
They were just in time to get into the waiting van and were brought to the avenue. The drive was silent as everyone tried to stay quiet for Blaine. Blaine tried to take a little nap on Kurt's shoulder but even that didn't seem to help. Everyone just got out of the car and walked into the building.
Kurt was sitting with Blaine in the backstage room. Kurt had talked with the management and they decided that David, Wes and Jeff could do the sound check on their own and check the venue. Blaine was fast asleep on Kurt's lap. Kurt was playing with one of his curls. He hoped that Blaine's headache would be better when he woke up again.
An hour passed until Wes, Jeff and David entered the backstage room. Kurt pressed his finger against his lips so they would stay silent. The boys just nodded and started playing on their phones.
Their management came inside a few minutes later with sandwiches and bottles of water. There was still an hour left before the meet and greet. Kurt had chosen to let Blaine sleep as long as possible. He could eat a sandwich quickly after all. Kurt ate one sandwich while the other boys started to eat in immediately. Kurt just signed to Jeff to keep a few sandwiches and a bottle of two aside for Blaine. Jeff understood and played them on the table next to them.
Fifteen minutes were left before the meet and greets. Kurt lent down and placed a kiss on Blaine's forehead. Blaine stirred a little but was far from awake.
“Blaine sweetie, it's time to wake up.” Kurt whispered the words into his ear.
Blaine felt a shiver go through his body as he opened his eyes. Two close blue eyes looked at him a little worried. Blaine placed a hand in Kurt's hair and pulled him closer until their lips met in the middle. A sweet slow kiss took place before Blaine pulled away.
“I take that as a sign you are feeling better?”
Blaine rubbed his eyes and started to talk in a voice still drenched in sleep. “Yeah, headache is almost completely gone. I'm hungry though.”
His stomach growled just in time. Blaine heard laughter and turned around to see Wes, Jeff and David laughing.
“Good thing we kept some sandwiches then didn't we?” Jeff pointed towards the table with the sandwiches.
Blaine took one gratefully and started to eat slowly. “You guys checked everything with the avenue and the instruments and the microphone?”
“Yeah Blaine, everything is ok.”
“Man, it looks really amazing out there! You will love it. There are balconies and stuff. We are latterly in the middle.”
Blaine started to get excited again.
Two sandwiches later, he was standing in a little room. Person after person came inside to meet them. Lots of fans had waffles with them and chocolate. They would probably share a bit of that with the crew as there was way too much for them to eat. The last few people where interviewers. Most of them wanted a picture with them and asked a few questions like what do you think of Belgium, will you come back, what did you do on your free day and so on. A few also asked for them to record a little video for the fans. It was nice to see that the media here was so interested in them and their music.
After the meet and greet and small interviews, there was barely time to get ready for the show. Kurt could sit on the balcony again. He gave Blaine one last kiss before following the management. Blaine walked into the venue to see a lot of people.
Wes was right, this was really close to the fans. Blaine jumped on stage with a huge smile. “Hello Belgium! This looks really nice. Let's get the party started now shall we?!”
The crowd started to scream really loud. Jeff sat down after his drums while David and Wesley tried their guitars. They played song after song and all fans sang along.
Like every night, they had one special thing for the night. Tonight they decided to do something with the country. All boys left the stage for a while and came back with red shirts. They had painted three strips on each side of their face that presented the flag. The crowd really went insane now. No one had expected that.
Kurt was laughing from the balcony, he wasn't surprised after all. He was glad though that he wasn't tagged along in this.
The boys ended the night with throwing a few chocolates at the fans standing close to the stage. Wes tried to throw a few pieces to the balcony but never could reach so high. They made a last bow and waved at the fans a last time before leaving the stage.
Kurt was waiting backstage for the boys to come back. In the corner of the backstage room lay a growing mountain of chocolate and waffles.
Wes, David and Jeff ran first into the room. They saw the goods and started smiling. “I bet we can eat all of that Wes!”
“Yeah man, we could probably eat all of that! Look all those chocolates and those waffles. We should get tomorrow a real Belgium waffle to end our stay here!”
“Let's do a chocolate waffle movie night? That would be insane.”
Jeff just sat down and shook his head.
“Common Jeff, you have to tag along with this, you know you want to!”
“No way, you'll get all hyper.”
“But man, look at all those candy and gosh we won't need diner tonight.”
Blaine walked into the room that moment. “No way that you are all eating that Wes and David. You'll get sick and we can miss that on our tour.”
Wes and David started to pout and looked hopefully at the mountain.
Blaine just sighed and threw his hands in the air. “Let's make a deal. You can both choose 10 things and take a few of them with you to Amsterdam if they stay good that long. The rest we'll give to the crew.”
David and Wes didn't wait a second longer before they started to dig into the goods. Wes and David ended each with 9 different chocolate boxes and one package of waffles. Blaine took a box and a package of waffles for him and Kurt. Jeff just took a package of waffles as he had eaten way to much chocolate last night.
Blaine asked a few of the crew members to come along. All of them took a box with them and thanked the boys. Their management arrived to get their own stuff and to tell them that the van arrived. They all stepped inside ready for the drive back.
They decided to stop at a small frites stand to get something for dinner as it was already pretty late. Wes, David and Jeff were jumping around while Kurt just ate a few frites from Blaine's package. They arrived at the hotel and went all to their own rooms to get some sleep.
The next morning they stood up a little later. They wanted to get some waffles before they left. They packed their bags slowly and took a long shower. When they were finished, they left the room with their shopping bags and their valises.
They went downstairs to see David, Wes and Jeff already waiting. They ate a quick late breakfast before filling the trunk. They walked one last time through the city while their van would wait.
It was nearly afternoon when they all bought a real Belgium waffle. Kurt took a picture of the boys with their sugar moustaches. The boys wanted to eat a waffle before we left Belgium. Maybe they should grow a real moustache? The picture was retweeted immediately a lot with a lot of fans asking if they could grow moustaches.
Kurt chuckled when he imaged Blaine with a moustache. Blaine noticed this and started to talk to Wes. “Wes what do you think? Maybe I should really grow a moustache.”
Wes started to play along. “I think that would look great on you. You know such a long one that you can curl around?”
Kurt was listening now and jumped into the conversation. “Don't you dare to grow a moustache! I'll promise you that I'll shave it when you are asleep.”
Blaine and Wes were laughing now. Blaine wrapped his arms around Kurt and looked through his eye lashes. “But baby, the fans would love it?”
“Now sweetie, remember it's me you are going to marry and its me with who youll have to live with your whole life. If I were you I would now change your mind.”
Blaine chuckled and placed a kiss on his lips. “I won't grow one ok?”
Kurt just nodded and deepened the kiss a little.
“Ok man, time to get going. Amsterdam is waiting for us!"
The boys walked back to the hotel. The van was waiting and ready to leave. They all jumped quickly into the van, ready to get to Amsterdam.