24: Suspicious

"Blaine?" Mr Anderson interrupted the conversation between Blaine, Wes and David on their Spanish lesson.

"Si?" Blaine asked, earning a smile from Wes and a pat on the back from David.

Blaine's father walked in and sat himself down in one of the armchairs seated across the 3 boys. Blaine's sudden frightened look did not go unnoticed by David, who sat closest to him on the right, and Wes on the other side. Mr Anderson showed nothing at all, as if everything he did was a business deal,
but he softened his tone, much to Wes and David's surprise.

"I called up a nice young lady who went to Harvard University and has earned many degrees, meaning she learned everything you would need to know about the subjects you're doing, and she would be more than willing to help you. I think you need to take this opportunity and use it well, if you want to catch up to
your friends," Mr. Anderson inquired. Blaine was silent as he looked at Wes and David and back to his father.

"I'm not that far behind Wes and David. They might not look like they are working hard, but they help me enough. Couldn't they continue to tutor me? I'm getting decent grades," Blaine added, surprising his father.

"You shouldn't speak back to me young man. Look, I'm only trying to help you. She's a lovely girl, and she doesn't bite. It couldn't do you any harm, I would like to give you the chance for a good education," Blaine's father eyed his son.

Blaine bit his tongue, not willing to fight back, not because he was weak, but because he'd promised Kurt that there would be nothing to worry about.

"In all respects sir, we are more than happy to help Blaine," Wes spoke up,David nodding in agreement as Blaine smiled at his new friends, making a mental note to thank them later.

"You two need to focus on your own work. Doesn't mean you can no longer be friends with Blaine, I think you're two find young lads. Just think about it Blaine, it'd be worthwhile," Mr. Anderson suggested as he got up gave them a last deep look and walked back to his office.

Wes and David dropped their pencils in what looked like anger and frustration.

"Does he know you have a boyfriend?" David asked.

"Or that you're gay?" Wes added.

"Guys, calm down."

"How can you be calm?" David demanded.

"Look, my father doesn't know me that well. It's a long story, and I'd rather we not speak about it. He gave me the opportunity to think about it, so I doubt I'll actually agree to letting two awesome smart guys not help me anymore, for someone I barely know, okay?"

David and Wes looked at each other, shocked.

"He's your father?" David asked, astonished. Blaine nodded.

Wes gave David a look as Blaine went back to working, and they both knew that this couldn't be good.

"Hello?" Burt Hummel asked when a familiar voice answered.

"Hi Mr. Hummel, we realize you'll be busy, but David and I were wondering if you could, um, come down while Blaine is in class. We have a free period in 2 hours, and we know it takes you a while to get here. We'd like to talk to you about Blaine," Wes sounded very professional like for a teenager and Burt
couldn't help but smile.

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is Wes Montgomery I'm talking to, right?" Burt asked just to be sure. Blaine had speaking highly of them.

"Yes sir."

"Call me Burt, Wes, you're a friend of Blaine and Kurt I presume. Listen, I got a few hours break today. My wife is working now so I can afford to listen to what you have to say, but can you give me a hint as to what it's about first?"

"Thank you Burt, we weren't sure who else to talk about this to, it's about his father."

"I'll be there as soon as I can," Burt added, thanking the boy again before hanging up.

Burt decided to call Kurt, knowing it was his recess at school and he would be worried sick if no one was home without knowing why in a few hours time.

"Kurt?"

"Dad? You never call me at school... Is everything okay? Are you okay? Are Carole or Blaine in tr…"

"Woah, easy Kurt, everything's fine. I'm going to leave now to talk to Blaine's father on how he's doing before I pick him up. When you get home help yourself to the fridge, no one will be home for a while, Carole's working, and tell Finn to do the same."

"Sure dad, wouldn't you like me to come? I can get Puck to drop me off, really it'd be okay I can catch up at home."

"No Kurt, stay home. Blaine will be fine, and you need to catch up on your school work without distractions."

"Dad, that's what school is for, and my career is singing, what does it matter that I drop a subject I won't need?"

"Kurt, do as your told, no buts, Blaine will be home before you know it anyway."

Kurt sighed on the other end.

"Okay, but be sure to say hi to Blaine for me, and to Wevid."

"Sure son-wait Wevid? See you when I get home, say hi to Finn. See you later, love you Kurt."

"Wes and David, get with the program. Love you too dad, drive carefully."

They hang up as Burt smiled. He loved his son, he was precious and he knew he wouldn't flunk any subjects even if he did miss out on a lot of work, but no point in Kurt coming to do what he couldn't do himself.

Burt arrived at Dalton 2 hours later walking in his working clothes, which thankfully weren't too dirty and were presentable enough for a brief meeting. Unlike Mr. Anderson, Burt was more concerned about the matter at hand, than appearing good towards the people he spoke to.

Wes and David came out quietly from a room they seemed secretly about, which he assumed was where Blaine was, as they walked up to Burt, greeting him with a smile.

"Thank you for coming on such short notice Burt, we really appreciate it,"

David acknowledged, shaking Burt's hand as Wes nodded.

"I'm sure you would like to know what it is were talking about as soon as possible. If you will, please take a seat, we could get you some coffee ifyou'd like. Thad, would you mind?" Wes added just as Thad was walking near the area.

"Hi Mr. Hummel. Sure Wes, I'll get you one as quick as I can if the line isn't big," Thad, with what appeared to be a Warbler's badge on his Blazer,mentioned.

"Don't worry too much about it if it's any problem kid. I'm here about Blaine anyway, not for free beverages, but thank you,"

Burt smiled at the three boys.

"Yes well, as we said on the phone it's about his father. We um, we don't like to meddle into people's personal lives, but we know Mr. Anderson well, and when he wants something, he gets it. We don't particularly like the idea of what he has in mind, which could be wrong, but we would like some adult
thoughts on the whole thing," David said in a polite way as he and Wes both sat side by side with Burt opposite them.

They sat in the Dalton common room, which had a nice dark brown table in the middle, which Thad placed a cup of coffee on seconds later. Burt mouthed a thank you.

"What is it exactly that's worrying you? Is he pushing Blaine too hard?" Burt asked immediately. Both boys shook their heads as Burt took a sip of his what tasted like good coffee.

"It's not that sir. We know Blaine has a boyfriend, he talks about him all the time, and we met him as well so…"

"What does Kurt have to do with this?" Burt asked, surprised at the sudden mention of his son.

"Well Mr. Anderson just came out of the blue today and asked Blaine if he would like this girl 'tutor', who he believes will give him a good education. Basically we think he's trying to set Blaine up with the girl. Normally when students come to Dalton, he just gives them to us to tutor, and we help them.

We've been doing that with Blaine, so we were wondering if you could maybe talk to both of them about it," Wes said as hurriedly yet calmly as he could.

Burt was fuming. He knew Blaine's father was up to know good, and he couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"We could be wrong too, but well Blaine also looked nervous about the whole thing. He obviously wanted to tell his father about Kurt, or to tell him to back off, but we think he was frightened too. He looked relieved when we tried to back him up."

"Sorry if we're overstepping," Wes added. Burt shook his head.

"Thank you for being honest boys, I'll definitely… have a word with Blaine's father. If you two see anything else that's suspicious I want you to let me know immediately alright? Call me if you need to, I'm sure I can trust you. Blaine's a good kid, and I won't say too much, but he does not have a good relationship with his father. I'm suspecting you could be right," the boys smiled in relief as they did not get in trouble from risky superstitions.

"Well, we wanted to call someone Blaine knew well, and he mentioned you a lot too."

"He did?" Burt asked, surprised and feeling touched.

"Yeah, he said you're the best father a kid could have, which is why we were surprised when we found out that .Anderson was Blaine's father. We always assumed you were his dad. You're a great man from what we hear Mr. Hummel."

Burt was stunned into a silent grin as he said thank you to what he remembered Kurt calling "Wevid".

"Well I think I know what to do about this, if you boys excuse me. I ship Wevid, by the way," Burt got up, shaking their hands with a smirk while giving Wes a wink in David's direction. The looks on their faces were priceless.

"We should just kill Blaine," David muttered under his breath.

"Kurt isn't the innocent one in all of this," Burt laughed as he saw the lookon their faces turn into shock. Burt left, knowing there was something else he had to do before he picked Blaine up to take him back to safety-to home.