Dalton

Blaine hadn't been in his dorm from for more than fifteen minutes before David came knocking on his door. Blaine invited him in and went back to sitting at his desk which had his text books open on it.

"So how was it?" David asked.

"With Kurt?"

"No, the other ex boyfriend you went for coffee with."

"We made out a couple times." Blaine couldn't help the smile that spread across his face.

"Really?" David encouraged. "So you two are back together?"

"No. We're seeing other people." Blaine paused and thought about his last statement and decided to amend it. "Well, actually, he's seeing other people, I'm waiting for him to figure things out and being told to see other people in the mean time."

"But you're making out?"

"I don't know. I think that was a one time thing until he finds out if he has feelings for this other guy."

"That blonde?" David snapped his fingers. "What's his name again?"

"Zach. Is it that obvious?"

"From what I remember, he was always sitting with him and sitting fairly close. I'm just guessing though."

"You guessed right." Blaine sighed. "They're going out on a date this Friday. I need to doing something before then to squash any feelings he thinks he might have for Zach."

"Want my advice?"

"Are you going to tell me not do anything and let the chips fall where they may?"

"Yes."

"Then no, I don't want your advice. Sometimes fate needs a hand. I want Kurt back. He loves me, he wants me, what's the point in delaying it?"

"Look, here me out. If you do something to keep Kurt from doing anything, but thinking of you on this date, then you know he'll feel like he didn't give this guy a fair chance and will keep going out with him until he's satisfied."

"But what if I do nothing and Kurt falls for him?"

"Then it sucks to be you, but if you interfere, he'll resent you and want nothing to do with you. At least if you keep things friendly, you still have a shot at getting him back, even if he falls for Zach because he'll go with whomever he loves the most. And you know that's you."

"Do you think he could fall for someone else?"

"It's possible. It's also possible that he could start seeing both of you until he makes a choice."

Blaine thought about David's last comment. I can't see Kurt doing that. He wouldn't play two people he cares for. "So you think I should do nothing?"

"I would be supportive. That's not doing 'nothing.' Being supportive keeps the two of your talking and keeping you in a positive light."

"Wouldn't that put me back to where we were when we met? Just friends?"

"When he came to Dalton, how long did it take for you to realize that 'just friends' was something that you two never were. He loved you all along and waited patiently for you to come around. He sat through your Jeremiah phase and even through your Rachel phase."

"He never supported me and Rachel."

"Because it was stupid and that was a slap in the face that you'd rather be with not only one of his friends, but a girl as well, than be with him. When he didn't support you, what happened?"

"I verbally attacked him and shut him out."

"Exactly."

"So you're saying that I should be supportive of him and Zach?"

"Supportive, not encouraging. Tell him you want him to be happy, no matter what he decides."

"Even if I don't?"

"Don't you?"

"No. I want him to be happy with me. I don't want him happy with someone else."

David rolled his eyes. "Then you don't really love him as much as you say you do."

"Fuck you!"

"Isn't that what unconditional love is all about? Being selfless enough to want the world for the one you love, even if it means that you're not in it?"

"I do want the world for Kurt. I want him to have the whole galaxy, but I want to experience it with him." Blaine looked down at his feet. "What if I acted supportive while being coy and flirtatious at the same time?"

"Let me ask you something. Why did you agree to this arrangement? If you're so worried, then why did you agree to Kurt dating Zach?"

"Because it's what he wanted. Also, part of me thought that they might maybe make out two, maybe three times at most, and then he'd come running back after realizing that his feelings were misplaced."

"Misplaced?"

"Yeah. They bonded over Kurt's pain. Kurt felt alone and there Zach was, filling the gaps for him. But this is what Kurt wanted. I didn't have him back, so it's not like I really had a say in it. I couldn't say "no, you can't date him and expect me to wait for you." He said that he just had to get this out of his system and then it will be just us."

"And you believe him?"

"He promised."

"That's not an answer."

"Fine. Yes, I believe him, but I have my doubts because I can't predict what will happen. That's why I wanted to do something before their date on Friday to sweep him off his feet or at the very least, keep me in his thoughts so that he'd have some sort of epiphany that he couldn't have feelings for anyone else."

"What did you have in mind?"

"I was hoping to enlist the Warblers again for an impromptu performance at McKinley."

"Serenade him?"

"It's worked every other time before."

"You'd better have a killer song."

"So does that mean I have the support of my fellow Warblers?"

"I still remain that you act supportive and not do anything to distract him, but if this is what you want to do, then I'll put the word out for an extended rehearsal tonight."

"You're the best." Blaine put his homework away and pulled out his sheet music. He handed it to David.

"Wow," he said, looking over the lyrics. "I think you've managed to be supportive, hopeful, and flirtatious all at the same time."

Blaine put on a cocky expression. "Thank you." He pretended to wipe something off his shoulders. "Now all Kurt has to do is believe it."

"Don't think that will be a problem."

Hummel house

Kurt was sitting at the kitchen table after dinner with Zach and Finn. Zach was tutoring Finn and Kurt was switching his attention between History questions and texting Mercedes. She was the only one that knew everything about the whole Zach and Blaine situation. He'd been filling her in on everything.

M- Is Zach there?

K-Yes. He's tutoring Finn.

M- How was coffee with Blaine?

K- Zach's not sitting next to me, so you can ask what you really want to ask.

M- Are you two back together?

K- No. We're friendly, but seeing other people for now.

M- How friendly?

K- *sigh*

M- Tell me you didn't hook up with him and then tell him you wanted to see other people?

K- I didn't hook up with him… I made out with him

M- Kurt… : /

K- Was that bad?

M- You played him.

K- No I explained that I needed to see if that spark was still there.

M- And is it?

K- Definitely.

M- Then why are you 'seeing other people?'

K- I'm having trouble figuring out my feelings for Zach.

M- What went through your head when you kissed Blaine?

K- The first time, James… I wanted to throw up. The second time, I wanted Blaine's clothes off.

M- Shouldn't that over ride everything else? If Blaine drives you crazy and you know you love him, then how could you even have room to think of Zach?

K- I don't know! That's why we're seeing other people. He's got a date anyway too.

M- Too? I thought you and Zach going to Spring Carnival as a 'just friends' thing? Who's Blaine going on a date with?

K- It is a just friends thing. Blaine if going on a date with James… Although James is sort of making him.

M- Are you jealous?

K- No. Grossed out and want to throw up… yes. If it were someone I knew he could potentially have feelings for, I'd probably be jealous.

M- Isn't that how he maybe feels?

K- He probably does feel that way, but it's nothing I can help.

M- Can I be honest?

K- Sure

M- I think you like having the power in the situation. I think you don't really want to be with Blaine, but you want him to still love you.

K- That's not true!

M- If you wanted to be with him, you would be. Instead you're asking him to wait idly by while you become closer with someone else.

K- You're wrong.

M- I'm not. What you're doing is bad. I love you, but whether you think he's cool with your 'arrangement' or not, trust me, he's not. You're going to screw this up, Kurt.

Kurt took in what his best friend was saying. Was it true? Was he using Blaine? He hadn't thought about if Blaine became interested in someone else while Kurt was trying to keep him in one place. How would he feel then, when Blaine's attention was diverted? She's right, Kurt thought. I can't expect Blaine to wait. I do want to be with him. I love Blaine. I wasn't lying when I told him all that in the coffee shop. What am I doing? Bothering to see if there's a spark with Zach too? I'm an idiot. Who am I kidding? I want Blaine. If it turns out Zach likes me and I choose Blaine… I can't hurt Zach. Kurt started packing his books in his shoulder bag and decided to end whatever plan he had to finding out his feelings for Zach, thinking them now pointless if he were to end up with Blaine anyway. He'd just have to distance himself slightly from Zach. He stood up from the table, swinging the bag over his shoulder.

"Where you going?" Zach asked.

Kurt snapped his head up, looking like a deer caught in the headlights. "Up to my room."

"Why?"

"Because I feel like it."

Zach heard the bite in Kurt's voice. "Is everything okay?"

"Fine," Kurt said with a friendly tone. He didn't wait for Zach to say anything else and he left the room.

Once in his room, he laid himself down on his bed with his Ipod on shuffle, listening to his music and thinking. He had decided that he'd tell Blaine in person the next time he saw him that he'd changed his mind and wanted to try again at a relationship. He clasped his hands behind his head and began to think up ways to nicely back away from the affectionateness of Zach and just be his friend. As he put it, we'd move into playing video games and talking about the weather. He did still want to be his friend. Especially after yesterday and Zach's confession about his brother. He couldn't just drop him. He had to find away to make it okay for them to be close, but not touching close, like they have been.

A half hour later, he was no closer to finding a way to back away from Zach than he was when the thought first hit him. A knock on his door snapped him out of his thoughts. He got up and opened the door.

Zach was standing in his doorway looking nervous and confused.

"What?" Kurt asked a little harshly. Before he had a chance to process anything, Zach's lips were on his.

Zach's hands where holding Kurt's face. Their heads careened this way and that, practically in sync with one another. Zach's tongue was expertly swirling around Kurt's mouth.

What surprised Kurt the most was that he was kissing Zach back. His hands were grabbing at Zach's back, pulling Zach closer to him. He massaged Zach's tongue with his own, tasting the fruit Zach been eating at the table as a snack, and worst of all, he couldn't help the moan that left his lungs.

Zach suddenly and without warning, peeled himself off Kurt and backed up, staring at him for a few seconds. He looked scared. Without a word, Zach rushed himself out of Kurt's room and downstairs. Kurt heard the front door shut a few minutes later.

Kurt was frozen in place. He couldn't will his feet to move. His heart was racing and Kurt wasn't trying very hard to catch his breath. He touched his lips with his right hand, knowing that they were probably swollen and reddened. In his mind, his face held all the proof of someone who looked shocked and scared shitless. Kurt closed his eyes and covered his lips completely with his fingertips.

His mind started racing with only one thought of what just happened.

Fuck…