Rachel was making everyone nervous as she was directing the cab driver where the minivan was going, pointing and shouting directions, at which in one point they almost lost them because the Cab driver had to ask Rachel to lower her voice. “Rachel you know he's not blind!” Quinn shouted glaring angrilly at the brunette in the back of the car “Calm down guys,” Finn begged as Sam looked back at them worried, then suddenly he too pointed out the cab's front window to the minivan at a front of an Italian restaurant “THERE THEY ARE! Stop the car!”

“Quinn, can you pay the cab driver?” Finn asked as he hopped out, since Rachel was already ahead of them storming over to where Kurt had just gotten out with the help of another dude.

“Sure…zoom in on my empty wallet,” Quinn muttered apologising to the cab driver for her friend's behaviour, thankfully Sam hadn't abandoned her as he handed him $50. They both followed Rachel and Finn. “KURT HUMMEL! DON'T YOU DARE WALK INTO THAT RESTAURANT UNTIL YOU TALK TO US,” Rachel was screaming now practically down the footpath at where there were a cluster of boys about to walk inside.

The smiles and laughter on their faces faded when seeing her intense glare. Finn had to hold her back. All the boys who were wearing blazers turned in unison to stare at them in wonder. Blaine looked confused as he held onto Kurt's hand and whispered in his ear “Who are they?” Kurt tried to tug Blaine towards the entrance in the hopes they could still get away but Blaine was intrigued by the brunette and couldn't help but stand there and question their appearance. Blaine was staring at his old friends who looked awkward and unsure what to do next

Kurt sighed. He let go of Blaine's hand and stepped forward to greet his former glee club members. “Hi,” He whispered shyly. “Really Kurt really? That's all you can say after not speaking or seeing us for 5 months, all you can say is hi!?” Kurt looked guilty as Rachel demanded this stomping her foot but then  Sam was next to rush into the embrace as she held onto him for dear life  “Kurt...I was worried sick about you every day, I missed you, damn you've lost weight, what do you eat these days?” Kurt couldn't stand it any more.

He felt relieved, that Sam wasnt feeling like Rachel was obviously feeling – a sense of betrayal. “Sorry Sam, I should have called you, it didn't even occur to me to take my phone when I left,”

“That was pretty idiotic,” Quinn commented and gave him a pat on the shoulder.

Finn was waiting his turn to talk to Kurt, feeling like he can't just go up to him and hug him even though he wanted to when he was the one that caused all this. Now that he was here, he actually didn't know what to say to Kurt.

“You're really just going to stand there and not even talk to me? Wow you haven't changed one bit Finn, still too afraid of catching the gay,” Kurt sounded bitter as he rolled his eyes and then began making small chat with Mercedes ignoring Finn completely but suddenly Blaine appeared in front of him angrily glaring at Finn and gently moving Kurt by holding his wrist behind him, even though that stopped him from talking to his friend, it meant he didn't have a chance of getting hurt because there was no promises that he would be able to keep this in a confidential manner “So you're the step brother,” Blaine asked in a threatening sort of tone.

Finn actually looked calm and collected much to Blaine's annoyance.

“I…yeah,”

Blaine smiled “Good, just checking because I've always wanted to do this,” and then he punched him straight and hard in the nose, making it bleed. Finn stumbled back, his eyes opened wide and his mouth agape as he yelled "The hell dude!" 

Rachel screamed and went to Finn immediately but the other boy pushed her away. The Warblers stared in horror, Kurt actually yelled “Blaine! What is the matter with you? YOUR SCHOOL HAS A NO BULLYING POLICY,”

“Unless it's escaped your notice honey but we're not in school right now so I don't give a damn!” Now pointing, and heavily breathing with eyes full of disgust and anger he pointed to Finn “Your so called brother deserved what he got,”

Kurt refused to answer Blaine and went to examine Finn's face but Finn backed of at almost being touched “You know, I actually came here to apologise and to ask for forgiveness but I can see that's not going to happen,” He turned around and fled from them ignoring Rachel who was trying to catch up to him “Just leave me alone Rach, I want to be alone,”

Kurt glared at Blaine then after also trying to call out his name.

“Why are you angry at me?! He made your life a living hell! If it weren't for him, you might not have even had that fight with your father and him,” Blaine argued as Kurt demanded he explained himself. Jeff, Thad, Julian, Ethan and David, Sebastian were staring in absolute shock as to what they had just witnessed. Sebastian looked more impressed than shocked to be honest but it made Blaine feel uncomfortable having everyone's attention on him in that exact moment.

“If it weren't for him Blaine, I wouldn't have met you,” Kurt said simply and Blaine stared at him in surprise. Kurt stepped closer and took both of Blaine's hands, and particularly rubbed the now aching knuckles that had hit Finn “And the boy I fell in love with is not a violent person, violence is not the answer, it's not going to change his indifference towards me as a person, it's going to make things worse, and I'm not taking sides, but if Finn wanted to apologise…that would have actually been nice, I can't imagine him wanting too now,”

“So you're saying I was wrong to stand up for you and make him pay for ever making you feel afratid to the point you had to run to safety?” Blaine was looking grim as he looked at Kurt who was running his hand in a soothing matter up and down his arm to try and calm him. “I'm just saying hitting Finn isn't the answer, I appreciate your devotion to me, but it really isn't Blaine…I fought against violence for so long at my old school, and I know you have been the subject to it too, you know how it feels,”

“Kurt's right, and even though weve been mad at Finn for the entire time of Kurt's absence we never once punished him to that extreme, even Mercedes wouldnt hit him and she lookes like she wanted to throttle him every time he speaks” Sam pointed out. Quinn nodded, she had liked Blaine at first, he appeared handsome and a good catch for Kurt, but now she was worried about the sort of group Kurt was hanging out with these days as she frowned at him.

Wes stood next to Kurt, staring at Blaine with a look of anguish and concern as he spoke to Blaine “Whilst I understand your reasons and anger towards that boy, even though were not on school grounds, consequences need to be made Blaine, and whilst I hate doing this, I have no choice for being head of the Warbler council; I hereby ban you from singing at Nationals,”

There was an uproar with the Warblers. Evan grabbed Wes and shook him “Are you out of your mind Wes! We need Blaine! If anything suspend Kurt!”

“Now wait a minute-” Blaine fumed stepping away from Kurt to glare at Evan who was blabbing away, ready to defend his boyfriend “After all he's the one that started this mess!”

“I hate to say it, but he has a point,” Thad added giving Kurt an apologetic look who was pale as a ghost. “Isn't banning someone from glee a little harsh, I got hit in the face once standing up to Karfosky and I never got that kind of punishment,” Sam added looking sympathetic towards Blaine who was still trying to process what was happening.

Jeff than put an arm around Kurt who was trembling “Hey! Don't you think Kurt has had enough to deal with? Shouldn't we let him decide since it is his step-brother?”

“Yeah but it is Blaine's boyfriend, it'd be within unfair reason,” David said regretfully. He hated this as much as Jeff did.

Blaine couldn't believe one little punch was causing so much drama. “Guys, Wes and Kurt have a valid opinion. I don't really have the right to be called a Warbler after such abuse,”

“I never said tha-” Wes started but Blaine cut him off “And whilst I appreciate all the solos and confidence you all have expressed in deciding for me to take lead…I will accept Wes's wish for me to be banned, I trust that someone with as much determination and with a more composed manner can replace me for my absence in the competition,”

There was yelling and pleading making Blaine feel and look like he's given up his baby and in away he has. Performing was his whole life before Kurt. Even though it was just a competition he was not attending, this was a competition in a place where dreams were made of, and it killed him.

Wes tried to console Blaine them reconsidering his decision but Blaine had made It final. He looked at Kurt then and stepped forward pressing a kiss to Kurt's lips, Kurt barely returned it because he was worried about Blaine. Then Quinn spoke up “Blaine…I didn't mean for it to sound like you were a monster, you don't need to do this, just apologising to Finn would be enough you know, he'll come around,”

Blaine couldn't do that, and with Kurt's pleading eyes to listen to his friend, he felt like he would be betraying his boyfriend if he said those words aloud. He didn't completely regret his decision to hurt Finn. Finn had hurt Kurt, and that was good enough reason to hit him in Blaine's mind.

Blaine smiled sadly at her and then squeezed Kurt's hand, not daring to look the other Warblers in the eye fearing their disappointment in him “I'm just going to go back to the hotel, my decision is final," At that Blaine excused himself from Kurt and his friends to walk to the subway. Kurt attempted to go after him but Wes held him back "Let him go," but Kurt wrenched his wrist from Wess grasp "No, I cant," Wes sighed "Kurt hes only going to be angrier if we dont let him cool off. "Wes is right Kurt, let him cool off, I can talk to Finn for you," at this Rachel flipped her hair back and her eyes were full of rage as she spat 

"What makes you think hell listen? Hes been feeling downright guilty since the day you left Kurt, you have no IDEA how Finn is coping with all this because youre too concerned for youself and your own wellbeing, youre selfish Kurt, youre selfish for making HIM feel so bad about himself when all he said was one bad word ONCE which you should be used to by now, and your selfish for turning your back on your former glee club members betraying us by joining a group that subjects themselves to such harassment to the enemy," With that Rachel flipped her hair and walked away also heading to the subway.

Hoping to run into Blaine to give him a piece of her mind for hitting her boyfriend. The warblers had gone quiet which was unusual and eventually Sam spoke as he directed to Kurt "Well as you can see, things havent changed much at McKinley, im starving, whos hungry?"