Kurt woke up the next morning smiling thinking to himself “Senior Year! Last year in this hell hole they call High School!” “ He got dressed and texted Blaine.
Morning Blaine! Are we still up for coffee this morning? ~Kurt

Good morning Babe! Yeah, I’m on my way now actually. See you soon. I love you ~Blaine

Okay, I love you too ~Kurt

He put the finishing touches on his outfit and hopped in his car driving to the Lima Bean. When he got there he took a deep breath before walking in hoping Blaine wasn’t in his navy and red blazer, even though he loves it. His heart broke a little as he saw Blaine at their usual table with their coffee, looking dapper in his Warbler blazer.

“Hey” he kissed him briefly before sitting across from him.

“You’re quiet, everything okay?”

He took a sip of his coffee “Well, I guess you’ve made your decision.” He sighed.

Blaine nodded “Yeah.” Blaine took his hand. “I know you want me at McKinley.” He nodded obviously he wanted Blaine with him. “but I can’t bail on the Warblers Kurt, they’re my friends or Jake, especially Jake.”

“I know that Blaine. It’s just—“ he sighed “it’s just, it’s our senior year Blaine. I want to see you more. I want our senior year to be amazing, I want to do it together.”

Blaine nodded he wanted to be with Kurt too. He reached across the table and took Blaine’s hand in his. “I understand and respect you’re decision Blaine, I always will.”

Blaine smiled at him, Kurt’s so understanding of everything. “I love you Kurt.” He squeezed his boyfriend’s hand “I love you too.”

They smiled at each other for a moment before Blaine asked “So, do you want to meet back here after Warbler practice?”

He smiled rolling his eyes “Obviously.”

Blaine looked at his watch, it was late. “I have to go.” Blaine sighed “I have to show the Freshmen around the school first period.”

He nodded “Okay.”

They got up and left the Lima Bean. Blaine walked Kurt to his car. Blaine smiled timidly “So, you’re not mad?”

Kurt was confused “Mad?” He nodded “About what?”

He took Kurt’s hands “about me not transferring to McKinley…”

Kurt sighed “No Blaine, I’m not mad.” He looked at him, as Kurt cupped his cheek “I understand, I do. Don’t worry about it.”

Kurt kissed him softly “Have a good day, and tell everyone I said hello.”

He nodded “I will, you too. I love you.”

“I love you too.” He kissed him one more time before Kurt pulled out of the parking lot.

It was safe to say that he was worried about going back to Dalton, knowing the decision he had made just last night. He put his car into drive and drove back to Dalton. As he drove back Teenage Dream came onto the radio, no matter how many times he heard it, the song never ceased to put a smile on his face. It was the song that changed everything for him, it was him and Kurt’s song.

He smiled as he parked in the driveway of the school. Jake was waiting for him at the stairs with his head in his hands. Jake was the only one who knew of his decision, he was his best friend he needed to know. He smiled sadly and walked over to him. “Hey.”

Jake looked up “Oh,” he wiped his eyes “hey Blaine.”

He sat next to him “You’re my best friend you know that?”

Jake nodded “Of course I do.” Jake chuckled “Besides Kurt, I’m the only one who’ll put up with you’re stupidity and shenanigans.”

He shook his head “You’re an asshole.”

Jake gasped in mock hurt “That hurts Blaine.” He smiled “But you love me.”

He chuckled “Depends on the day of the week.”

“Listen, I called an Emergency Meeting this morning considering the circumstances…”

He nodded “I figured you would. Did they ask why?”

Jake shook his head “Nope, the only person who would ask questions was Wes and he left last year.” He sighed “They’re gonna ask questions once you tell them though.”

He nodded “I figured that much.” He put an arm on his shoulder “Come on, the bell’s gonna ring.”

They got off the stairs and went into the Senior Commons. All of the Warblers were there, it was strange not to see Wes sitting in the middle though. He got accepted into Harvard Law, so everyone was happy for him. Thad sat where he did and David and Nick sat there.

Thad banged the gavel, he had his own because Wes refused to go to Harvard without it.

”Okay, this emergency was called by Jake Wilde, Jake, you have the floor.”

Jake stood up, “Well, I actually called this meeting for Blaine. So Blaine.”

He sighed knowing this was it. He stood up “Okay, Hey guys. Hope you had a great summer. I certainly did. I have an announcement to make.” He looked around the room making sure he had everyone’s attention. When he was sure he did he sighed “Um, well, Kurt and I we’re going strong and its our senior year and I realized over the summer that it was going to be very difficult to spend it without him.”

Nate spoke up “So, is Kurt coming back?” he asked

He sighed “No, he’s not. We spoke about the possibility of me transferring to McKinley an I told him I’d have to think about it.” He looked at Jake “So I thought about it for a while and I decided that” He took another deep breath “that I’m going to transfer to McKinley.”

“What!?” cried Thad.

“Blaine, you can’t be serious! ” said Nate.

“Guys, Believe me I thought about this carefully. I weighed the pro’s and con’s of transferring and not transferring. The pro’s outweighed the con’s and I’m transferring.” He sighed and said “Look, guys, this was not an easy decision for me to make. It was the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make.”

Thad looked at him “When are you leaving?”

“Uh that’s the other announcement.” He took a deep breath and said “This is my last Warbler practice, I start McKinley this afternoon.”

Everyone groaned “Blaine! No!” James just stayed silent and didn’t say anything.

He sniffled “But-uh. Before I go, I have something I want to sing to you guys. You’re all my best friends and I love you all.”

He plugged his iPod into the speakers and stood in the middle of the room and began to sing;

“We used to be frightened and scared to try
Of things we don’t understand why
We laugh for a moment and start to cry
We were crazy

Now that the end is already here
We reminisce ‘bout old yells and cheers
Even if our last hurrahs were never clear.”

He looked at all of his friends, they all were teary-eyed

“Farewell to you my friends
We’ll see each other again.”

He looked directly at Jake

“Don’t cry ‘cause it’s not the end of everything
I may be miles away but here is where my heart will stay
With you, my friends with you”

He looked back at all the warblers

“Yesterday’s a treasure, today is here
Tomorrow’s on it’s way, the sky is clear
Thank you for the mem’ries of all the laughters and tears.”

This honestly was harder than he imagined it’d be, this was really it he knew that and he was trying his best not to lose it in the song.

“And not to mention our doubts and our fears”

He looked at James as he sang the next line as it pretty much described his relationship between him and James and James and the Warblers, after he kissed Kurt and broke them up.

”The hypertension we gave our peers.”

He looked back to them

“It’s really funny to look back after all these years.”

Well, what James did wasn’t funny but the line before gave it it’s meaning.

“Farewell to you my friends
We’ll see each other again
Don’t worry ‘cause it’s not the end of everything
I may be miles away
But here is where my heart will stay
With you, my friends with you.

Farewell to you my friends
We’ll see each other again”

Jake was crying at this point and he went over to him and sang this directly to him.

“Don’t worry ‘cause it’s not the end of everything
I may be oceans away
But here is where my heart will stay
With you, my friends with you.”

He looked at all the Warblers and sang the final line

“With you my friends, with only you.”

Everyone clapped and Jake stood up wiping his eyes “Well now you guys know why I sent you the sheet music for that song.” He looked at Blaine and said “Blaine, you’re my best friend. I am going to miss you more than anything. We all will, so as a goodbye to you, we want to sing this to you. Have a seat.”

He sat down with a confused expression, Jake rarely likes to sing by himself, that’s why he loved the Warblers so much he never had to sing by himself if he didn’t want to. So he was surprised.

Jake stood in the center of the room in front of him and the warblers began to ooh in the background as he began to sing.

“When you look back on times we had
I hope you smile
And know that through the good and through the bad
I was on your side, when nobody could hold us down
We claimed the brightest star
And we, we came so far
And no they won’t forget”

He smiled at Jake, of course he would sing a Carrie Underwood song, of course he would. He has the biggest crush on her and was devastated when he learned she got married.

“Whenever you remember times gone by
Remember how we held our heads so high,”

Jake gestured to the rest of the Warblers behind him as he continued.

“When all this world was there for us
And we believed that we could touch the sky
Whenever you remember, I’ll be there
Remember how we reached that dream together
Whenever you remember.”

He was crying softly as his friend sang. He had an amazing voice and had no idea on why he insisted on hiding it all the time.

“When you think back on all we’ve done,
I hope you’re proud
When you look back and see how far we’ve come
It was our time to shine
And nobody could hold us down
They thought they’d see us fall
But we, we stood so tall
And no, we won’t forget”

He smiled at his friends as they all sang the chorus together. They were all so unique and all special to him in some way shape or form. Minus James of course who he didn’t trust at all.

“Whenever you remember times gone by
Remember how we held our heads so high,”

Jake gestured to the rest of the Warblers behind him again as he continued and tried to keep his voice from shaking.

“When all this world was there for us
And we believed that we could touch the sky
Whenever you remember, I’ll be there
Remember how we reached that dream together
Whenever you remember.”

“Yeah, Oh.”

Jake sang the next few lines softly, he could tell that it was taking everything Jake had not to cry and it broke his heart.

“We claimed the brightest star
And we, we came so far
You know that, we showed them all
And no they won’t forget

Yeah “

Jake began to belt it out and it blew Blaine away

“Whenever you remember times gone by,
Remember how we held our heads so high
When all this world was there for us
And we believed that we could touch the sky
Whenever you remember, I’ll be there
Remember how we reached that dream together
When ever you remember

Whenever you remember.”

Jake paused and looked at him, he was openly crying and he finished the song softly.

“Oh, whenever you remember”

It was only after Jake sang his last note did he allow himself to cry. He got off the couch and hugged his best friend as he cried. “Hey, it’s okay Jake.” He rubbed his back “Shh,”

After a few minutes both of them had calmed down a bit. He faced his friends, all of them teary-eyed, even James was crying. He wiped his eyes “Thank you guys for that, it was great.” He sighed “I uh, I gotta get going if I wanna make it to school.” Everyone hugged him in a big group hug. He chuckled tearfully “I love you guys,”

“We love you too!”

Jake smiled at him as he walked out Jeff quickly cried “Oh Yeah!”

He turned around chuckling “Oh yeah!” they’re warbler cries.

Thad smiled at him and said “Hey Blaine,”

He nodded “Yeah?”

“Once a Warbler, always a Warbler.”

He smiled tearfully, “Thanks guys.” He looked around at his friends once more “Bye guys.”

They all waved and he left. He was walking down the hallway when he heard his name being called, He turned around and saw Jake running towards him. “Blaine.”

He hugged Jake sighing “I’m sorry Jake.”

“For what?” he asked as he hugged him.

He sighed “For leaving you, we’re best friends, brothers.”

Jake looked at him surprised “Hey, don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine. You’re following you’re heart man. It took you long enough to get with Kurt, I’m not gonna stop you from doing that. That’d be fucked up.”

He smiled at Jake. “Well, I appreciate that.”

Jake shook his head smiling “You should.”

They were quiet and he knew what was on his best friends mind. He sighed “This isn’t going to change things between us, we’re still gonna be best friends. Nothing will change that! If you need me, I’ll be just a phone call away.”

“Same for you.”

He smiled tearfully and hugged him “Bye Jake.”

Jake hugged him tighter. “Bye Blaine.”

He smiled sadly and he left his sanctuary for the past two and a half years. Before he drove away he looked at the large brick building one last time and he drove away from his sanctuary out of the comfort of his Dalton blazer into a black polo with a red, white and navy bowtie and red highwaters. As he drove away, Jake’s face when he said goodbye came to his mind, they’d known each other since he’s came to Dalton. He remembered the first day he met Jake. He had literally gone from his hospital room to Dalton.

~~
“ So I can come home this weekend right?” He asked his mother.

Daphne nodded “Of course, I’ll be back to get you on Friday after I get home from work. It’ll just be you and me, your father will be in Philadelphia.”

He nodded “O-okay.”
Daphne hugged him tightly as she could being careful of his bruised ribs. “I’ll miss you” She cupped his bruised cheek “I love you Blaine”

He smiled tearfully “I love you too Mom.” She kissed his forehead and left him in his dorm room. He hummed Home by Daughtry as he unpacked his things. He looked around his new room, his roommate was really into music, he saw sheet music about the room. He put his clothes into a dresser on his side of the room as he sang

“I’m staring out into the night, trying to hide the pain.
I’m going to the place where love,
And feeling good don’t ever cost a thing.
And the pain you feel’s a different kind of pain.”

“You’re really good.”

He turned around. “Oh!” He blushed “S-sorry. I didn’t see you there.”

The other boy shrugged. “Don’t worry about it.” He held his hand out “Hi, I’m Jake Wilde, your roommate.”

He shook his hand “Hi, Blaine Anderson.”

Jake looked at him closer “I don’t mean to be nosey or pushy or whatever but what the hell happened to your face?”

He sighed “Well, I took a friend of mine to a Sadie Hawkin’s dance and we got the living shit beat out of us.”

Jake was confused “Why would the beat you up?”

“Because I’m gay.” He said simply, Jake just stared at him. “Hey, if it makes you uncomfortable sharing a room with me I can j-“

Jake cut him off “No it’s cool man. I’ve got no problems with the gays. I just didn’t think that sorta thing actually happens.”

He nodded “Yeah, it does unfortunately. I didn’t get hurt too badly, Josh uh.” He paused trying not to cry “he’s still in the ICU.”

Jake’s jaw dropped “Holy shit! Is he gonna be okay?”

He nodded “Yeah…granted they get the swelling in his brain down, he got beat with a bat. He has to be okay…he has to. He’s the only friend I have left.”

Jake put a hand on his shoulder “I’m sorry about what happened to you Blaine.” Jake smiled “But you’ve got a friend here and you’ll make more.”

He grinned at his new friend “Thanks Jake.”
~~
He wiped a tear from his eye as he passed the Welcome to Lima sign. It was a bittersweet moment, he was closer to the boy he loved, but farther from his friends and his safe place. He was following his heart, that’s something his mother always told him to do. Once he was parked in the McKinley parking lot fear came over him as memories of being pushed into lockers, being mocked, taunted and threatened came swimming back to him. He almost turned around but he remembered what Kurt had said at prom. “They can’t touch us, or what we have.” He smiled at the memory and got out of the car rang the bell to get into the building thinking to himself “Courage”

He walked into the building and told the secretary who he was and she told him to have a seat and Principal Figgins would be with him in a few minutes. As he sat in a chair random thoughts came to his mind “What Classes will I have? Will I be with Kurt? How will the New Directions take it?” He was pulled out of his thoughts when Principal Figgins came out “Blaine Anderson?”

He followed Figgins into his office, he had his folder open on his desk and he nervously sat down. “Well Mr. Anderson, you’re grades are excellent, you have a 4.0 G.P.A” He nodded, this really wasn’t anything new to him, he has always been a good student. “You’ll be a great addition to the class of 2012”

He smiled “Thank you sir!”

Figgins smiled “Here’s your schedule.” He took his schedule which included his locker assignment. He smiled at his classes, they were all honors and AP. He stood up with Figgins, who held his hand out “Welcome to McKinley Mr. Anderson, if you have any problems let me know.”

He smiled “Thank you sir. I will.” He looked at his watch It was 11:15, the bell would be ringing in five minutes and Kurt would be at his locker. He found his locker which was close to Kurt’s. He hid by the corner waiting for him to show up. Once the bell rang he spotted his boyfriend, Kurt looked so sad, and he saw him sigh as he opened his locker. He knew the time was now. He walked over to Kurt and said “Excuse me, can I ask you a question? I’m new here.”

Kurt’s back tensed as he turned around, his eyes widened in surprise as he saw him standing there. “Oh my god! Blaine!”

He smiled “Hey.” He said as Kurt hugged him.

“What are you doing here?” He chuckled “Weren’t you listening? I’m new here.”

Kurt let go of him looking at him “Oh my god, Blaine!” Kurt smiled “You’re here!”

He smiled “Yep transferred this morning. Kurt hugged him tightly “Oh my god Blaine!” He chuckled as he hugged his excited boyfriend.

“You’re not joking right now? You’re really here?” He nodded “Yep.” Kurt was wearing the biggest smile he’d ever seen him smile. Kurt kissed him quickly and softly. “I love you so much.” He smiled just as big. “I love you too.”

He held his hand out to him. “Come on, let’s go. We’re gonna be late for glee.”
Kurt took his hand “Let me see your schedule.” He handed it to him and Kurt squealed “We have basically all the same classes except you take AP Psychology when I have a study.”

He smiled “That’s great Babe.” Kurt brought him to Mr. Schue so he could talk to him in his office and he sat in a seat in the front smiling from ear to ear. Mercedes asked “What are you so happy about?”

He smiled “No reason.”

She didn’t have time to respond because Mr. Schue came in. “Okay everyone give it up for the newest member of the glee club, Blaine Anderson.”

Mercedes smiled at Kurt now she knew why he was in such a good mood.

“Mr. Schue, is he your son?” asked Brittany. Blaine was confused with her question

Rachel stood up “Uh, Mr. Schuester, he has to audition first like everyone else!”

Mr. Schue sighed “Rachel, we’ve all heard him sing before and-“ He cut him off “No, Mr. Schuester I should audition like everyone else.” He eyed Rachel “I don’t want any special treatment.”

Mr. Schue nodded “Okay well go ahead.”

He smiled at everyone “Hey guys. So um, thanks for giving me a chance.: He handed the sheet music to Brad who began the intro. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes and sang.

“If the heart is always searching,
Can you ever find a home?
I’ve been looking for that someone,
I’ll never make it on my own.
Dreams can’t take the place of loving you
There’s gotta be a million reasons why it’s true.”

He looked directly at his boyfriend as he sang to him.

“When you look me in the eyes,
And tell me that you love me
Everything’s alright
When you’re right here by my side.”

He knew that line was relevant to the way they both felt when they were apart.

When you look me in the eyes,
I catch a glimpse of heaven
I find my paradise,
When you look me in the eyes.”

He smiled at Kurt as he continued

“How long will I be waiting
To be with you again?
Gonna tell you that I love you
In the best way that I can.”

Kurt smiled at Blaine tearfully, he knew that this was the best way Blaine knows how to express his feelings. They are both in tears as he sang.

“I can’t take a day without you here,
You’re the light that makes my darkness disappear.”

Kurt and Blaine weren’t the only ones crying at this point, most of the glee girls were crying too.

“When you look me in the eyes,
and tell me that you love me
Everything’s alright,
When you’re right here by my side.
When you look me in the yes,
I catch a glimpse of heaven
I find my paradise,
When you look me in the eyes.”

Blaine took a shaky breath as he continued knowing this was the most relevant to him.

“More an More, I start to realize,
I can reach my tomorrow,
I can hold my head up high,
And it’s all because you’re by my side.”

Blaine walked over to Kurt and tearfully sang the next line.

“When you look me in the eyes,
and tell my that you love me.
Everything’s alright,
When you’re right here by my side.”

He looked at Kurt, he was crying openly. He sang the next line with as much love as he possibly could telling him that it was true.

“When I hold you in my arms
I know that it’s forever.
I just gotta let you know,
I never wanna let you go.”

He sang the last verse with as much love as he possibly could.

“When you look me in the eyes,
and tell me that you love me
Everything’s alright,
When you’re right here by my side.
When you look me in the yes,
I catch a glimpse of heaven
I find my paradise,
When you look me in the eyes.
Ohh, yeahhh.”

Everyone clapped as the music faded and Kurt threw himself into Blaine’s arms. “I love you Blaine.”

He kissed his cheek “I love you too Kurt.”

Mr. Schue cleared his throat “Well, welcome to the glee club!”

Everyone cheered and Kurt and Blaine went to go sit together in the front, he held his hand the whole time, he’d missed doing that. Just holding Kurt’s hand in school.

After glee club they drove to the lima bean. Blaine bought their coffees and Once Blaine came back with their coffees he smiled “So, did you like your surprise?”

Kurt chuckled “As much as you know I hate surprises, yes I did.” Kurt took his hand “I loved the song you auditioned with Blaine. It was perfect. I’m so happy you decided to transfer. But I have to know, why?” He took a sip of his non-fat mocha “Cause if you did this for us, it’d be very romantic for one, but it could lead to nasty break up too.”

He took his hand “Hey, listen to me. I did this for me. I can’t stand to be apart from the person I love.” He sighed “It was so hard for me to go through school without you last year, I didn’t want to go through not spending every single day with you during our senior year. I want to graduate with you Kurt.”

Kurt had tears in his eyes and he leaned over the table and kissed Blaine softly “Blaine Anderson, you are something else. I love you so much.”

He smiled “I love you too Kurt.”

They finished their coffee and they separated knowing that they would see each other in school.