"I bet right now, Blaine and Jeremiah are kissing," Kurt said dramatically.

"Kurt! No guy talk." Mercedes scolded him.

Kurt was spending Valentine's at Breadstix with Rachel and Mercedes. They had agreed that the three single divas would go out and enjoy a nice evening together without any mention of guys.

"Hey Guys!" Tina appeared by their table holding hands with Mike.

"Oh no! A couple!" Rachel yelled in mock anger.

"How are you all doing?" Tina asked cheerily.

"We're spending Valentine's day with each other instead of with hot guys, what do you think?" Mercedes said.

"Hey!" Kurt complained.

"Obviously you're hot Kurt. You know what I mean!"

"We're fine," Rachel added. "You guys don't have to hang around the lonely hearts table, go and enjoy your date. Shoo!"

Tina smiled and waved as she pulled Mike away to go and find their own table.

"Do you think I should text him?" Kurt asked.

"No!" Rachel and Mercedes both answered together.

"I'm going to text him." Kurt said.

"What part of no guy talk are you not getting! I've not mentioned Finn all night." Rachel said proudly.

"Except for just then," Mercedes pointed out.

Kurt finished typing his message and pressed send. "There I just asked him how his date was."

"But if I was going to talk about Finn. I would talk about how suspicious it is that him and Quinn Fabray both have mono," Rachel said quickly before anyone could cut her off.

"It's a good job you're not talking about him then isn't it," Mercedes said sarcastically.

Kurt's phone beeped and they stopped their arguing to watch Kurt read his message.

"Well?" Rachel demanded. "What did he say?"

"He said he doesn't want to discuss it over text message and he'll tell me later." Kurt said looking confused. "Why would he say that?"

Mercedes and Rachel looked at each other.

"I don't know," Rachel shrugged. "But he said he'll tell you later, so you'll find out then."

"Yeah..." Kurt replied, still staring at his phone.

"Do you want to go home and find out now?" Mercedes sighed.

"No... no, I can't ditch you guys," Kurt said unenthusiastically.

"Get out of here," Mercedes ordered.

"Are you sure?" Kurt asked guiltily.

"As long as you fill us in on all the gossip later," Rachel winked.

"I will, I promise," Kurt replied, grabbing his coat and almost sprinting out of the door.

Blaine: You're back early

Kurt: I am?

Blaine: I thought you were out tonight with your friends

Kurt: Oh I was, but I got bored so I decided to just come home

Blaine: I see

Kurt: So how was your date?

Blaine: It's a really long story

Kurt: I got heaps of time

Blaine: Ok, but it really is a long story and might take a few minutes for me to type it all out so please don't say anything until I've finished

Kurt: All comments will be noted and reserved for the end of the story ;)

Blaine: Good. I think

Blaine: Anyway, so me and Jeremiah arranged to meet, grab something to eat, maybe see a movie

Blaine: We said we'd meet up at the mall and by a particular fountain, as It's a recognisable landmark and people use it as a meeting place

Blaine: And he agreed he'd be carrying a balloon so I could recognise him. I mean... we'd already seen each other's pictures but I thought it was really sweet anyway

Blaine: So I get to the mall and I'm a bit early and I don't see him. So I think... ok well I'm early - he's just not here yet

Blaine: I mean... there was a guy near the fountain with a balloon but he looked nothing like Jeremiah so I think it's a coincidence. It's Valentine's day right? There's loads of people around with balloons

Blaine: But the guy approaches me, and he's like 'Are you Blaine?'

Blaine: And I think 'who the hell is this guy?', so I ask him and he tells me he is Jeremiah

Blaine: And I... Well I didn't believe him. And the guy, starts telling me he knows he doesn't look much like his picture but he thought I wouldn't want to get to know him otherwise and now we've made such an amazing 'connection', maybe I could see past it

Blaine: I asked him how old he was, because he obviously wasn't 18 like he'd told me and he 'admitted' to being 30. But I know he still was lying because he looked well over 40

Blaine: And I was like... Why did you lie to me?... and he said he was sorry but maybe we could work things out or start over and be friends

Blaine: I told him he was out of his mind and as soon as he realised there was no way I was going to have anything to do with him he says 'how about 200 bucks for one night?'

Blaine: I felt sick. I told him if he tried to follow me I'd get the mall security onto him, and then I left

Blaine: That's the end...

Kurt: Oh my god Blaine... I don't even know what to say

Kurt: What a bastard

Blaine: Wow I've never seen you swear

Kurt: I think it's appropriate

Kurt: Are you ok?

Blaine: I don't know

Blaine: No, not really

Kurt: You must be furious, I know I am

Blaine: Not really, just humiliated

Kurt: What? You have nothing to be embarrassed about

Blaine: Don't I? I've been talking to this guy for months thinking we were friends... and I actually hoped that maybe we could be more

Kurt: How were you supposed to know?

Blaine: We'd talk for hours about school, he'd tell me about his classes and his teachers. But he was just making it all up and probably laughing at me

Kurt: Stop it! He's a creepy loser and it doesn't matter what he thinks

Blaine: But I let him get so close to me, a part of me actually misses Jeremiah... but he was never even real

Kurt: There was no way you could have known. He told you about himself, why would you think he was lying?

Blaine: I don't know... I just... trusted him. I never would have thought Jeremiah was anything other than what he said he was

Kurt took a deep breath to calm himself down. He'd told Blaine he was furious and he wasn't lying. He cursed his stupid computer, as if that was what was separating him from Blaine, preventing Kurt from holding him and telling him it'd all be ok. He imagined how he would feel if he suddenly found out Blaine wasn't real but was just a hook, put out there by some sicko trying to bait naive, unsuspecting, lonely teenagers. Just the thought of it made him feel sick. But he knew Blaine... did he know him as well as Blaine thought that he knew Jeremiah? That was impossible to know.

He tried to think of what he could say to comfort Blaine but it occurred to him that everything he could say would be coming from another person Blaine only knew over the internet. Another person who could be lying to him. While Kurt had been thinking about the possibility of Blaine not being real, Blaine could have been thinking the same thing about him. Now, he would have good reason to.

Kurt looked at the screen but Blaine hadn't said anything else. He was probably waiting for Kurt to say something. Kurt's hands hovered over the keyboard trying to think of what to type, then an idea occurred to him.

He grabbed his phone and scrolled to Blaine's name where he was given two options. 'Dial' and 'Compose Message'. For the first time he hit 'Dial'.