Dec. 18, 2011, 3:05 p.m.
The Epic Love Affair
Ambassadors Abroad: Chapter 37 - Performance
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Showtime:
The auditorium at the school was crowded with so many people. Dean Royce, Mr. Shue and Miss Pillsbury met with the Principal and the glee club director. There were employees of the company, family and friends out in droves. Not to mention, the glee club at this school was pretty large.
The Warblers opened up with I got a feelin', then straight into Raise Your Glass. New Directions came in as they were ending and began with Born This Way which led right into a solo by Blaine. He sang Bruno Mars, Just the Way you are. Kurt had never heard him sing that song and was so taken by it that he tearing up. This was followed up by Lucky with Same and Quinn singing. When they finished it was time for the Warblers again with their show stopper, Teenage Dream. The New Directions held their own with Loser Like me and Tik Tok. Which led to Candles with Kurt and Blaine and then the newly added La vie en Rose with Blaine and Rachel. This is where a pause in the show came and all New Directions and Warblers came on the stage.
Blaine was the spokesperson. "Thank you for inviting us to you school to share our music with you. We hope you enjoyed the songs we picked tonight. We are actually 2 separate groups form Ohio that have come together with the desire to bring some of our home to you. We are looking forward to hearing your songs and meeting all of you after the concert. Please enjoy our last 3 songs."
The 2 groups went to their positions on the stage for Don't Stop Believin, Dynamite and closed the show with Sing. They put on a great show considering how bad practice went.
The group traded places in the auditorium with the school's glee club and watched as they sang a lot of local music and some old French classic songs. To their surprise, the glee club had a few songs that they knew and the New Directions and Warblers couldn't help but stand up and dance with the music. At the end, the glee club invited them to the stage to help them sing a song together. They hoped that it would be okay since it was a song that everyone should know. They sang Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles. The New Directions and Warblers did their best with harmonizing and in the end everyone was holding hands with someone from the other glee club. This ended with a standing ovation.
The glee club director, Mr. Shue and Dean Royce all came on stage to talk to the clubs. There was so much noise with everyone trying to introduce themselves. Blaine and Rachel came to join the directors at the front with Gabrielle and Daniel joined them from the French glee club. The Director gathered each group up to discuss dinner and where it would be. As it turns out, it was a catered dinner that would take place in the courtyard at the school. When they got outside, there were rows of tables under strings of lanterns. All the tables had crisp black and white table cloths on them.
The directors asked that they mingle and sit with different people. Most of the table were banquet tables, so 8 people could sit at each table. Hors dourves were being carried around to all the people standing and some sitting a talking at tables. It was like a big party and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. Kurt was not sure where he would sit tonight since Blaine seemed to be preoccupied with the French glee clubs captains. Kurt felt a little less than complete while meeting new people, but it did give him the opportunity to try out his French.
Kurt and Mercedes ended up together talking to two boys. One was Paul and the other Benjamin. Kurt smiled brightly as they asked him questions about school and classes and glee club. Mercedes chimed in that they had lots of competitions in glee club and that the director did this to teach life lessons to them. They showed such admiration for Mr. Shue. The boys said they wished they could do that in class and vowed to suggest it next class.
It was loud and they were trying not to yell, Kurt leaned in to tell them about the two clubs and how he had sang for both of the singing groups. Paul leaned in closely to say that he really enjoyed his singing of Lady Gaga and touched him gently on the arm. Kurt did not even notice the sparkle in his eye as he let his hand lazily trail along his arm. Blaine glanced over to find his other half, only to look over when Paul caressed Kurt's arm. He was stuck in conversation at the moment, but he could feel the anger starting to build in his stomach. Blaine was getting jealous until Paul repeated the caress a second time and Kurt took notice. "Could you please not do that?" Kurt's face was definitely annoyed.
Paul was a bit smug with his response. "Are you saying you don't like that?"
"As a matter of fact, yes. I don't like it." Kurt was not happy about this stranger touching him and trying to caress him as only his boyfriend could.
"But you do like me, right?"
Kurt looked at him incredulously. "Are you seriously that full of yourself?" Kurt asked him quite loudly that Mecedes noticed.
Blaine noticed Kurt tense at the second touch and could see the annoyance in Kurt's face. "I'm sorry Gabrielle and Daniel. I need to take care of something." He glanced to Rachel and Finn who were also there talking to them. He gave Finn a nod and he knew to keep an eye out for them. Finn looked over to where Blaine was headed and noticed Kurt's discomfort with the situation.
Blaine smiled widely as he walked up to the group. "Kurt, are you going to come sit with me baby?" He placed a kiss firmly on Kurt's lips.
Paul stepped back away from Kurt. " I am sorry, I didn't know you were with someone." Blaine further staked his claim on Kurt by entwining their fingers together.
Blaine cooly introduced himself. "And so, now you do. Hello, I am Blaine Anderson, Lead Vocals for The Warblers. And you are?" Blaine extended a hand out to shake.
"Very nice to meet you, Blaine Anderson. I am Paul Laurent." He smirked. "You Kurt, are full of surprises. I find you to be breathtaking." Paul was more high and mighty now. "You with your beautiful ass managed to claim the lead singer. I would not have guessed that you would be so experienced."
Kurt was taken aback by Paul's forwardness. He held Blaine's hand tighter. "Paul, listen, It was nice to meet you, but you are making me very uncomfortable. Let's just forget this happened and get on with the dinner." Blaine led Kurt away and back to their own table. Blaine had expected Kurt to sit with him. Dinner was brought out and was served buffet style so everyone started to get plates and line up for the meal.
Kurt was safe with Blaine and Finn flanked on either side of him. He put everything that had occurred behind him and was enjoying his current company. Daniel and Gabrielle were so nice and were excellent conversationalists. He was impressed with their overall knowledge of news around the globe. Kurt was entranced with his current company and did not notice that Paul was seething at his table just waiting for a moment. Paul thought to himself. Well Kurt. You come out wearing clothes like that, you are asking for attention and you got it.
With dinner almost over, the waiters were serving coffee and dessert to everyone at the tables. After the unfortunate experience with Paul, everyone else Kurt met seemed to be very nice. Kurt leaned in to Blaine. "I need to go to the bathroom."
"Will you be okay? Or do you want me to go with you?" Blaine's face showed concern.
"No you stay. You are really enjoying this conversation. I will be fine. I think Paul got the picture and he is sitting over there with some other people. Besides, there are tons of people around." Kurt really believed that Paul was in a deep conversation so he made his way inside to the men's bathroom. Wes and David had started to sing a song to thank everyone for a fine evening and it required the Warblers to join in. This included their lead singer.
Paul used this as an opportunity to follow his muse to the bathroom. "So you thought your boyfriend would be enough to make me go away? Too bad he is busy right now. It comes from being the front man of the group."
Kurt's heart started beating loudly because Paul was looking at him amorously. He started telling himself 'Kurt be cool. Just play along with it and he will let you walk by.' "Hey Paul, I think you are looking at it the wrong way. I'm sure you are quite attractive to many people, but I am spoken for at the moment and would appreciate it if you would respect my wishes and leave me alone."
"Ohh, and playing hard to get just gets me going more." Kurt thought.. This is all wrong. This is supposed to be a nice school event. He'd dealt with bullying by homophobes, but he was not prepared to deal with sexual advances from another gay boy.
The fear must have been showing in Kurt's eyes now. "Paul, I am not playing hard to get. I am truly spoken for. I am in love with Blaine."
Paul took a few steps toward Kurt, effectively boxing him into a corner of the bathroom. There was no way around him. Kurt was going to have to push him out of the way to get out. Paul was too big, he was as tall as Finn, but he was bigger. "Why don't you live a little Kurt. I would love to see the fire in those beautiful blue eyes of yours. Surely, you can appreciate that I like you."
"I would appreciate it if you would let me by." Kurt started to walk forward and push by, but Paul grabbed him by the wrist and pushed him back against the wall pinning both hands above his head. Kurt could still hear the Warblers singing and a tear managed to trail down his cheek. He wished he had not told Blaine he would be okay.
"Paul, please don't do this. I promise not to tell anyone if you just let me go." Kurt was now crying. He tried to knee Paul in the groin without luck.
"Why would I do that? I am so close to conquering that which was previously unattainable. I guess loverboy is still stuck singing with your friends." Kurt tried to pull his hands loose, but they were pinned high above his head and he pressed his body against Kurt's spreading his legs apart so that he couldn't get an angle on him. Kurt was defenseless. 'Please Blaine. Look for me baby.' Kurt willed him to hear.
What was he going to do? Paul changed his grip on Kurt's wrists to grasp with one hand and brought his other hand down to rub Kurt's cock over the fabric of his pants. "Stop! Please.. no!" Kurt was sobbing. Paul was not hearing. He was kissing Kurt's neck and rubbing trying to get an arousal out of Kurt, while Kurt tried to scream for Blaine. Sadly, they came out as muffled whimpers drowned out by the sobbing. This was not right. Blaine was the only one that was allowed to touch him like this. This dirty boy was touching him.
In the Courtyard:
The Warblers were singing as a thank you to the glee club for inviting them and for the fabulous dinner. Blaine led the group in the impromptu performance of Tonight, Tonight. When they finished, Blaine realized that Kurt had not returned from the bathroom. Panic set in as he looked to where Paul was seated and he saw only an empty chair. "Finn, grab Puck. Kurt's not back from the bathroom yet and I am worried. That guy he was talking too was really hitting on him and he was totally sleazy."
Finn jumped up and motioned or Puck to come with them. They ran toward the school.
By some miracle, Blaine and Finn were running right toward him. Blaine pushed Paul away from Kurt and punched him bloodying his nose. Paul was crumpled on the floor and Finn started kicking him. Kurt had crumbled to the ground crying. Finn was screaming for help. "Blaine, get Kurt out of here."
Paul yelled while they were walking out. "You are such a cocktease." Finn responded by punching him silent.
The glee club directors saw the quick exit of the 3 boys and Mr. Shue thought something must be up. By the time they got there, Blaine was sitting on the floor cradling Kurt in his arms. "Shhh baby. It will be alright. I'm sorry I wasn't there with you." Blaine had tears streaming down his face as he looked up to meet Mr. Shue's questioning eyes. He nodded toward the bathroom where they could hear Finn and Puck screaming. The other director and Dean Royce joined Mr. Shue and entered the bathroom to find Puck holding Paul against the wall. Finn was furious. His face was red and he looked like he was out of control.
What happened here. Finn spat the words out. "This asshole was attacking Kurt in the bathroom when we came in. Mr. Shue, Kurt is a good person and didn't deserve what this.. this.. this piece of shit did to him." Finn came back to reality and turned to look for Blaine and Kurt. The other director pulled out his phone and was making a call to the police and to the school principal.
Mr. Shue couldn't believe what he was hearing, but everything he was seeing told the story for him. "Finn, he didn't…" Mr Shue trailed off. He couldn't even finish what he started to say.
"No Mr. Shue, but when Blaine and I got here, he had his hands on Kurt over his clothes and he had Kurt pinned against the wall with his arms above his head. Kurt didn't have a chance to even move." Finn was getting angry so he turned to leave the scene of the crime.
Finn came out and started crying at the sight in front of him. Kurt had finally stopped crying, but he looked numb. Blaine still cradled him in his arms and was running his fingers through his hair and stroking his face while he continued to whisper. "I love you Kurt. I'm so, so sorry. Talk to me baby. I need to know that you are okay. I'll make it all go away. I promise. I will do anything to help make it go away."
Finally Kurt said something. "Blaine, take me away from here."
Blaine pulled out his phone and called for the car. "Hi Michel, this is Blaine Anderson. We have had a change in plans. Can you please pick me and Mr. Hummel up now? Thank you." Blaine gave him the location. Blaine dialed a second number. "This is Blaine Anderson. Yes, can you please have the place ready immediately? Yes. I will be there in about 30 minutes. Don't worry about food, please have water available and clean sheets. Thank you very much." Then he turned to Finn. "Finn. Tell Mr. Shue, we will not be at the hotel tonight. We will catch up with the group tomorrow. I am taking Kurt to my summer home here in Paris. We need this."
"Kurt, I'm so sorry." Finn looked so broken. He hugged his brother tightly. Rachel appeared in the hall and realized something bad happened and put her arms around Finn and Kurt. She didn't need to say anything.
A black Mercedes Benz pulled up to the closest door and a man dressed in black got out of the car and swiftly opened it for Kurt and Blaine. Blaine moved Kurt into the car and turned to Mr. Shue and Dean Royce. "Finn will tell you what we are doing. Please don't penalize us for curfew. Kurt and I need this. We will be back in the morning."
"Mr. Anderson. I hope everything is going to be alright. Mr. Hummel seems a bit under the weather."
"Yes Michel, we will be fine. Please take us home. I will contact Jacque in the morning as we may need your services for the duration of our stay in Paris."
"Would you need service in other cities, Mr. Anderson?"
"Perhaps. I will discuss it with Jacque as well."