Aug. 3, 2013, 1:40 p.m.
Candles: Chapter 5: Getting to Know You
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Chapter 5: Getting to Know You
Kurt's alarm clock went off at 5 the next day. Blaine was a heavy sleeper and it didn't faze him, it woke Kurt up instantly though, he rolled over and shut it off. He noticed that Blaine hadn't even stirred. He smiled Blaine didn't wake up or stir at all and he really didn't want to wake him up. He gently shook him. "Blaine, it's time to wake up."
He grumbled "No I don't want to!" Blaine wasn't a morning person…at all.
Kurt sighed. "Fine, you can sleep until I get out of the shower, then you'll be getting up and showering while I make us some breakfast ok?"
He nodded rolled over and went back to sleep, Kurt was the only thing on his mind though. They'd only been together for two weeks and they had already been through so much together
Kurt went into the bathroom and turned on the shower, as he showered all that was on his mind was Blaine and what he had learned about him last night. He knew Blaine needed him now more than ever and he wasn't going to let him go through all of this alone. He got out of the shower and did his moisturizing and hair wondering "What can I do to help him?"��
He thought about it, and thought "Maybe just by loving him would help him."
He paused, loving him? Kurt looked at Blaine, who was still sleeping peacefully on his bed. He was in love with him; he realized and wanted to do anything to make him feel happy and safe. He walked over to Blaine and kissed him
"Blaine, come on babe, it's time to wake up."
Blaine whined in his pillow "No…"
He smiled at him and said "Yes! Come on hop in the shower."
Blaine shook his head. "You've given me no choice Blaine." He ripped the comforter off him. It honestly was the only way to get him out of bed…unless you had Redvines…but he had eaten them all so he had to go with the second option.
Blaine shivered, he knew he was defeated and groaned. "Ugh! Fine! You win! I'm up!"
He smiled. "Good! Now what do you want for breakfast?"
Blaine smiled, he loves when Kurt cooks "How about like Pancakes or something?"
He nodded "Just regular pancakes or do you want chocolate chip ones?"
Blaine smiled "Surprise me."
He rolled his eyes knowing he hated surprises. "Okay, get in the shower."
Blaine gave him a quick kiss "I'll miss you Kurt!"
He laughed and rolled his eyes. "I'll miss you too Blaine, Now quit stalling and get your ass in the shower!"
Blaine nodded and went into the bathroom.
He saw that all his stuff was already in there. He smiled "Oh, Kurt…" He turned on the shower and was thinking about ways to tell Kurt he loved him. "Should I write him a song?"
He thought back to the last time he serenaded someone, it was a disaster. Then again, it was done at his workplace and the guy didn't feel the same way.
"Should I do it during a nice dinner?"
He had no clue what he was going to do, all he knew was that he was in love with Kurt, and wanted the time to tell him to be special…and romantic. As he straightened his red and blue tie he couldn't help but wonder if Kurt was in love with him too. He combed the last side of his gelled hair and went downstairs to the kitchen. Kurt was putting the pancakes on a plate.
"Smells great babe." He said as he wrapped his arms around his waist making Kurt jump.
"Holy shit! What the hell Blaine?! You scared me!"
He chuckled, Kurt was so adorable when he got scared. He kissed his cheek "Sorry I couldn't resist. Ooh chocolate chip pancakes, you know me so well."
He nodded of Course he knew Blaine, he was his boyfriend after all. Burt, Carole and Finn walked in the Kitchen. "I smell Pancakes!"
Kurt smiled "Indeed, sit down and help yourself."��They all sat down and ate together.
"So Kurt, are you going to come home for the weekend?" asked Burt.
He shrugged "It depends, on whether or not Blaine has a place to go, if not I'm gonna stay with him."
Blaine sighed, he knew how much Kurt missed his family "Kurt, don't worry about it."
Carole smiled at Blaine. "You're welcome to stay with us if you need to."
Blaine sighed "I don't want to impose."
Carole smiled "It's not a problem. Plus it'll give us the chance to get to know you a little better."
Blaine smiled "Thank you Mrs. Hummel, I appreciate it." He was truly grateful for their hospitality.
She nodded and looked at her watch. "Well, its 6:45 I need to get going."
Blaine sighed "We should get going too. Bye everyone thanks for everything."
Carole hugged him. "Call us if you need anything okay Blaine?"
Blaine nodded "I will thank you. Kurt I'll meet you in the car."
He nodded; he hated saying goodbye to his dad. Sure it wasn't forever but it felt like it to Kurt and Burt. Burt hugged him. "Bye Kurt, I love you, call me tonight ok kiddo?"
He nodded. "Bye dad, I love you too and I will."
He hugged Finn and Carole
Carole kissed his cheek "Bye sweetie call us later love you."
He smiled "I will Love you too Bye."
He went to Blaine's car and sighed as he buckled up. "You ok Kurt?"
He shrugged. "You'd think that saying goodbye to my family would get easier over time but it's getting harder and harder every time."
Blaine took his hand. "I know it sucks." Blaine gave him a reassuring smile "But it'll be Friday before you know it so, hang in there okay?"
He nodded. "Okay thanks Blaine."
Blaine glanced at Kurt as he waited to get out of the driveway. "For what?"
He smiled. "For just being there."
Blaine smiled "I'll always be here Kurt, always."
He smiled at Blaine "Same here, no matter what." He kissed Kurt quickly as they got to a red light.
They got to Dalton a little while later. They dropped off Blaine's stuff at his dorm and went to Kurt's dorm. There were boxes and Bags on the empty bed in the room. "What the hell?"
Blaine shrugged he had no idea.
A tall boy with blonde hair and green eyes walked out of the bathroom. "Oh, hello I'm James Holbrook, your new roommate." He put his hand out to shake Kurt's.
He shook his hand a bit confused still. "Oh. Hi I'm Kurt Hummel and this is my boyfriend Blaine Anderson."
Blaine smiled and shook his hand. "It's nice to meet you, welcome to Dalton."
James smiled "Thanks, same here. Oh, before I forget, Kurt this came for us, earlier." He handed a letter to Kurt.
He opened the letter. "Awesome! No classes due to faculty meetings!"
Blaine smiled "That's great!"
Then his smile faded and whined "Aw man that means I could've slept longer! Damn it!"
He rolled his eyes and got an idea. "Hey James, do you want to grab a coffee with Blaine and I? My treat?"
James nodded. "Sure sounds great, if you don't mind."
Blaine smiled "Not at all. I'll see if Jake wants to go."
He sighed "We don't want to scare the guy Blaine!"
Blaine smiled "Better now than later, that way I can give him 'the glare' if need be."��
He sighed "Fine! But he can buy his own damn coffee!"
Blaine nodded and texted him James looked at Kurt. "Should I be worried?"
Blaine laughed "No, he can just be…obnoxious sometimes. But he's harmless. He's been one of my best friends for years."
James nodded still a bit unsure about this Jake kid "Okay."
He smiled "Let's go, oh babe, whose car are we taking yours or mine?"
Blaine looked at him." Yours, mine's running low on gas."
He nodded "You ready James?"
He nodded and followed Kurt and Blaine to Kurt's black SUV. "Babe, is Jake meeting us there?"
Blaine nodded. "Yep, he was talking to Wes about whether or not we had practice."
Kurt put his car in reverse. "If we don't have classes, then we probably won't have practice. If we were going to Nationals then yeah we would but, since we aren't, probably not."
Blaine shrugged. "We'll see when he gets there."
They went to the coffee shop and Kurt ordered their coffee's and sat down. Jake joined them a few minutes later. "Hey guys!"
Kurt smiled "Hey Jake. This is James Holbrook, James this is Jake Wilde."
James held out his hand. "Nice to meet you." Jake shook his hand "Same here." James sighed.
"Can I ask you guys a question?" They nodded "Are you all gay?"
They laughed. "I asked the same question before I transferred. But no, well Blaine and I are but Jake's not, he's…well Jake." Jake stared at him.
Kurt ignored him and continued "Well, as you know we've got a strict zero tolerance no bullying policy, it's enforced. Everyone's treated the same, no matter what your race or sexuality is."
James smiled "Sorry I was just curious…"
Blaine smiled "Its okay a lot of people ask us that."
Jake smiled "So tell us about yourself, where are you from?"
He sighed. "Well, I'm originally from Kentucky, but my hometown sort of banished me. So my parents sent me to live with my grandparents in Columbus and sent me here. My dad and grandfather apparently went to school here back in the day." He sighed.
"Why did your hometown banish you?" asked Jake.
Blaine hit him off the side of the head. "What the hell man!"
Blaine sighed and gave him 'the stare' " Maybe he doesn't want to talk about it you dumbass! That's probably why he didn't tell us!"
Blaine looked back at James and said��"Ignore Jake, he's an idiot. You don't have to tell us if you don't want to James."
James sighed "I'm just a little confused about my sexuality that's all."
Kurt sighed "Oh, I see. You were disowned basically because you may be gay. If you're saying you're not because of what people will say or think-"
Blaine tapped him. "Kurt!"
Kurt sighed. "I'm sorry, It wasn't my place I-I was out of line."
He smiled tapping his hand. "It's okay, you were only trying to help, I mean I do have a girlfriend back in Kentucky, Molly."
Blaine sighed "Well does she know you're questioning your sexuality?"
He nodded. "She does, she said and I quote 'That's okay James, if you're not straight it'll be okay, I'll still love you.' She's uh, she's my best friend."
Kurt smiled "That's good to hear. She sounds like my friend Mercedes."
He nodded, "Yeah she's awesome. But I think one of the reasons why I'm still in the closet is actually her. I-I don't want to hurt her."
Jake put a hand on his shoulder "James, listen man. If she loves you like you said she does, she'll understand and will want you to be happy. It probably won't change anything either."
Kurt gasped. "Jake, that was actually kind of deep, and not insulting! I'm very impressed!"
Jake stared at him. "I can be deep! I'm not always insensitive and sarcastic!" He stuck his tongue out at Kurt, which made Kurt roll his eyes.
"Yeah okay, whatever you say! Oh, do we have Warbler practice?"
Jake shook his head. "Nope, Wes and Thad are on a date and David is with Marie, she had to have her appendix out yesterday so he's at the hospital. So there's no senior there, if David was there we probably would be."
James looked at Kurt "Warblers? What is that your mascot or something."
They chuckled. Kurt sighed "No, the Warblers are like a glee club or chorus. Do you sing?"
James nodded, "Yeah a little bit. It's on my schedule so, is it fun?"
Jake nodded "Yeah! It's a shame you weren't here for competition though, you could've seen these two sing Candles by Hey Monday together, they had legit just got together it was really beautiful!" he wiped away a fake tear.
Kurt and Blaine rolled their eyes "Whatever Jake." They said simultaneously.
"No really! It was beautiful."
They smiled "Thanks." Kurt smiled at Blaine and kissed him softly.
"Ugh! Get a room! It took you guys forever to get together, which reminds me Greg Dan and David still owe me twenty bucks. But seriously take it slow! Jesus!"
They broke from their kiss. Kurt looked at him. "Jealous?"
He shook his head. "Nope I'm good."
Blaine sighed. "So did you start classes yesterday?"
He shook his head. "No, I got here last night so no; I got a tour this morning though by this tan Asian Kid I can't remember his name."
They laughed "Wes." they said simultaneously.
He nodded "That's it."
Kurt rolled his eyes "Thank god I got you as a tour guide Blaine and not Wes. Did he tell you all these random historical facts about the school?"
He nodded. "You poor thing." said Jake. "I don't know what it is with him and the history of this school!"
Blaine shrugged "There's nothing wrong with knowing a little history…"
Kurt and Jake looked at him "A Little?"
They couldn't help but laugh. James just sat there looking confused. "You'll see what we mean tomorrow." said Jake.
"Well, I'm sure you're going to��love it here. The classes are kind of hard but I came from a public school, because I needed to get away from a bully who threatened to kill me. But I'm really happy here."
He smiled at Blaine "I honestly think it was the best decision I've ever��made."
Blaine smiled "What about coming to 'spy' on us?"
Kurt laughed "That too."
James stared at them. "I'm lost!"
Kurt laughed "Well, before I transferred to Dalton I went to William McKinley in Lima and in Glee club we found out that we were facing Dalton Academy and we were doing this girls vs. guys thing and the guys were being assholes...as usual. But anyway they sent me to go spy on Dalton. And yeah I stuck out like a sore thumb and that's when I met Blaine."
Blaine laughed nodding "He was a really��bad spy. It was adorable!"
Jake laughed remembering that day. "Oh god! I remember that! That's all everyone��talked about for the next few days! Especially Blaine he was talking about what a cute��spy he was."
Kurt looked at Blaine curiously. "Oh really?"
Blaine looked at Jake. "You're an ass."
Jake nodded "Yes he did. It was funny, especially after��when you came and he denied liking you. Well he liked you but he didn't like you."
Kurt snickered and Blaine stared at him. "What? It's cute!"
Blaine looked at Jake "Learn to sleep with your eyes open!"
James just sat there confused. "Okay…I'm lost!"
They looked at him. "Oh sorry allow me to explain." Blaine looked at Jake and shook his head
"Ignoring Blaine, Ok you heard the story about when he came to the school to spy on them. Now when they got here, they were flirting and all that but it took them three freaking months to get together, Wes didn't think it'd happen until Summer I thought it'd happen before finals, we bet on it, twenty bucks a-"
Kurt and Blaine looked at him "You bet on it!?"
He nodded "That's not the point! The point is, they're like well you can see it." James still was lost but he nodded.
"So, what do you guys do for fun on the weekends?"
Kurt looked at him "Well, most of us go home on the weekends. Or we go to someone's house. I almost always got home on the weekend, unless we have a random Warbler Meeting. I'm pretty close with my dad and my step-mom and step-brother. So, it's hard to be away from them and I go back to see them. Do you think you'll be going home on the weekends?"
James shrugged "Maybe it depends on my grandparent's mood. I'd like to though. Blaine and Jake do you guys go home?"
Blaine looked at Kurt, "Um well. Normally I do but um some stuff went down at my house this weekend so I don't know how much I'll be at home. I'll most likely be at Kurt's."
Jake sighed "I only go home on Holidays, my family lives in Pennsylvania. I Skype with my mom all the time. I go home with Blaine sometimes but I haven't recently."
James nodded. "I see."
Blaine nodded "We have a lot��of people from Ohio but a few from out of state you being one of them."
James nodded. "James are you okay?" asked Kurt.
He shrugged. Blaine and Kurt looked at each other. "Jake, could you excuse us for a minute?"
Jake nodded getting the idea for once. "Sure, see you around James."
He nodded and Jake walked off.
Blaine looked at him and asked "What's wrong James?"
He sighed "I don't know. I'm just feeling weird I don't know. I'm not sick or anything just weird."
Kurt smiled sadly "Are you homesick? I was homesick for a while, do you remember that Blaine?"
Blaine sighed "How could I forget."
James shrugged "Maybe, I don't know. I guess I'm just confused. It's just seeing you two together, and so happy. It just makes me want to know what that's like."
Kurt sighed "If it helps I know what you're going through. I've been there."
Blaine nodded "We both do, I get that you're confused, and that's normal. Just know you're not alone, and won't go through it alone. Both Kurt and I are here for you if you need anything or just someone to talk to."
James smiled "Thanks. I'm probably going to have to do some serious thinking while I'm here. About who I am. I don't know how I'm going to make the decision."
Kurt smiled sadly. "James if you are gay, there's nothing to be ashamed of. When I was in the closet I was miserable and lonely. I came out and of course I got tortured at school but I was happy. ��I met Blaine and he helped me through it."
Blaine smiled "Honestly, I wish I was at Dalton when I came out. It's so safe and everyone is accepting of everyone. I think it's the best place to come out personally."
James nodded "Thanks guys, for all this. I've um. I've got some stuff to do. So I'll see you later."
Kurt looked at him, "We need to drive you home you know?"
He shook his head "Nah, Jake's out there."
Blaine smiled "Just tell him I told you to drive you back, Kurt and I have some things to talk about."
He nodded "Thanks see you back at the room Kurt?" Kurt nodded.
They watched James walk away and Kurt sighed "Poor kid, he's so confused!"
Blaine nodded "I know, but we can't make the decision to come out for him."
Kurt sighed "Do you think he is gay?"
Blaine nodded "I think so, he reminded myself of me when I was in the closet."
Kurt sighed sadly, he felt for the boy. "I wish there was something more we could do for him."
Blaine took his hand. "I know, I do too but the only thing we can do right now is be there for him."
Kurt nodded "Yeah, he's a nice kid. I think we can be good friends."
Blaine smiled. "Aww."
Kurt looked at him confused "What?"
He laughed "You just remind me of myself from a few months ago when I met you."
Kurt rolled his eyes. "Okay, well. We should get going. We have a chemistry test tomorrow."
Blaine groaned "Do we have to?"
He nodded "Come on, I'll drive!" They walked out of the coffee shop hand in hand.