Life continued. It was just another year at Hogwarts. The only new thing were the trips to Hogsmeade. Kurt loves them. He also took extra classes, like Music, Muggle Music and Muggle Art.

But then one late November day, everything changed.

"I swear, she was totally staring at me," Noah –Puck- Puckerman, pureblood, Gryffindor, exclaimed that day, "And she saw me and rrrrr, man. I am the freakin saw." Santana rolled her deep brown eyes in an overdramatic way. "Sure."

"Did someone watch the new How I Met Your Mother episode?" Tina asked, "I swear to God, this show is gold." "I hope it stays gold," Kurt added, "Bless the TV here!"

He looked over to a group of MaF members, watching the telly.

"Bloody hell! They did not!" "Oh, they did!" they heard.

"I feel like this is the American part of the MaF," Rachel stated, "All Americans I know are here, even the half- and pureblood ones." "Youre figuring that out now?" Santana sneered, "Wow, I applaud you."

"A few days ago, I heard Morgan bought chips so I basically jumped on her," Kurt said, "I begged her for paprika flavored chips and she looked like me like I was a crazy idiot. Truth to be told, she did call me bonkers and went all like What kind of rubbish is that, you bloody moron? Paprika flavoured chips? Turns out she meant fries, not crisps."

"True, I mean, are there any more Americans left?" Lauren Zises, Muggleborn, Slytherin, wondered. "Nah," Sugar Motta, pureblood, Slytherin, said, "I am still happy that Rory is here though. I thank you guys for hearing him out before telling him no. Although I know most of you didnt really understand him."

"Hold up," Mercedes said, "I know one more! Hes from the Hufflepuff house." "Me?" Sam Evans, Muggleborn, Hufflepuff, asked and Mercedes rolled her eyes. "Are you kidding me, Sam, youre here with us, right?"

"Oh, yeah. Right."

"No, I meant-" Mercedes couldnt finish because a boy entered the Room of Requirement. He was short, had gelled back black hair, olive skin and beautiful eyes. Weirdly enough, he wore a Hufflepuff bow tie instead of a normal tie.

"This is the American part of the MaF, right?" he asked Tina. She nodded. "-him," Mercedes finished quietly and smiled.

"Oh, well, Id like to join you guys if you dont mind," the boy shrugged, "I mean, professor Flitwick told me you all like singing too."

"The more, the merrier!" Santana raised the glass of Butterbeer Brittany handed her a few minutes earlier.

"Well," the boy smirked, "Accio Butterbeer!" Another glass of Butterbeer flew over to him. "My name is Blaine Anderson. Im a Hufflepuff as you can see," he pointed to his bow tie, "This is my second year at Hogwarts. I am pureblood American who loves to sing and is interested in Muggle stuff."

"Welcome, Blaine Anderson," Kurt raised his glass too, "I am Kurt Hummel, the biggest Muggleborn in school."

"I know," Blaine smiled and his smile was warm. It was kind of comforting.

When their glasses clinked, Kurt swore he felt something. It felt like an electric shock, the same one he had three years ago when he bought his wand.

He ignored it, though.

"I like this Hobbit kid here," Santana smirked, "Can we keep him?"

They did.

They all flew home for Christmas and guess what, Blaine was from Ohio too. They spent most of their time together and soon, they were attached to the hip. Blaine was basically with Kurt all the time. At the end of February, everyone knew theyre – as American Muggles said – besties for life.

Quinn often found Blaine wandering around the Ravenclaw common room and Mercedes saw Kurt in the Hufflepuff common room on regular basis.

Quinn wasnt jealous of Blaine. She knew she lost Kurt to Blaine, but she still spendt a hella lot of time with Kurt. They were still best friends, but they werent besties like Kurt and Blaine.

Most of the time, they were with three.

Or with four when Mercedes joined them.

But then, Quinn had something else. Every time she felt down, she just went to her room, opened a box and looked at one special thing.

It was mid Spring time when Kurt started noticing different things about his new friend.

He had always known that Blaine was handsome, but now he was handsome. Kurt loved everything about him. He loved how his skin tone was so beautiful, he loved the way he gelled his hair, he loved the laugh wrinkles, he loved his dimples, he loved the way his lips looked so soft, he loved his triangle shaped eyebrows.

But most importantly: he loved Blaines beautiful eyes.

He loved the way they widened and lit up every time Blaine laughed. He loved how beautifully big they were. He loved that his pupils were a mix of amber, honey, gold and hazel. He loved the long beautiful eyelashes the most.

"Kurt, you know its really obvious, right?"

"Hm? Whatcha mean?"

"Kurtsie, please," Quinn shoot him her bitch face, "I dont know if you noticed, but youre dragging me to a Quidditch game and I know for sure that its Hufflepuff vs. Gryffindor. You never gave a damn about sports and now that you know Blainers is a Chaser, you go to every single game."

"I-" "Especially the ones with the Hufflepuffs in it."

"What are you saying?" Kurt asked and they finally arrived at the field. They quickly climbed into the Ravenclaw tower.

"That you have it bad for your favorite Puff," Quinn smirked. Kurt turned red. "I- I have not!" Quinn shoot him another bitch glare. "Come one, Kurtie Kat, I know youve been crushing on him for quite some time now. I also know youve been checking Felix Francus out."

Kurt opened his mouth to say something, but Quinn hadnt finished yet.

"And just so you know, Im completely cool with it," she said, "I met Rachels dads last summer and theyre just normal people. Its 2006 and I know the Muggle world is changing around us right now. I swear, by the time you fly back to the States, a new kind of computer exists. I bet that by the time we graduate, youre allowed to get married in the states. Look at the Netherlands. Belgium? Spain? Canada?"

She had a point. Massachusetts had already passed the bill. He looked up to Quinn and hey wait a second…

"S-So, you wont defriend me?" Kurt asked to be sure.

"I will never defriend you," Quinn placed her hand on Kurts shoulder, "I love you in a very platonic way."

The game started and they focussed on that.

Well, Quinn focussed on the game. Kurt focussed on Blaine.

"God, I want to go to Honeydukes!" Blaine screeched, "I love Honeydukes!" "Then well go to Honeydukes," Quinn said slowly, "But I thought you wanted to go to Dominic Maestros Music Shop first?"

"Yada, yada, less talking, more Honeydukes!" Blaine rushed to the cand- uh, sweets shop.

"Hes so cute," Kurt said dreamily. Quinn shook her head. "Yada, yada, less talking, more Honeydukes!" she mimicked Blaine and ran after him.

Kurt sighed. He had no other option so he followed them inside. Blaine was holding a cart full of Chocolate Frogs, Toffees, Droobles Best Blowing Gum, Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans and Peppermint Toads.

Kurt whistled and weirdly enough, Blaine blushed. "Someones hungry," Kurt quickly commented and Quinn appeared next to him, holding some Fizzing Whizzbees. She whistled too.

This time, Blaine didnt blush.

"Thats a lot of candy," she said. "Sweets," Blaine corrected her, "Yes, I know I have a lot of sweets, but Sam and I are planning on sharing it with the other Puff guys."

"The two of you done?" Kurt asked, "We still have to go to Dominics and I want to go to Dogweed and Deathcap too."

"Oh, and I want to go to the hairdressing salon," Quinn added, "Its just across the street, so lets do that first."

No one objected.

At the end of noon, the three of them were in the Three Broomsticks. Quinn cut her hair short. It was a shock for the boys, but it looks really good.

"Wait, wheres Mercedes. I havent seen her," Quinn noted and took a sip of her drink. Blaine chuckled softly to himself.

"What?" Quinn asked.

"Oh, I bet shes at Madam Puddifoots Tea Shop… with Sam."

Quinn almost spat out her drink. "S-Sam?" she stuttered and Blaine nodded smiling. He was completely oblivious to Quinns feelings. "Oh yes," he said, "Sam cant stop talking about her. Its getting exhausting."

Quinn looked shocked, but quickly recovered. She smiled way too innocently. "So, what about you, Blainers?" she started, "Who are you taking to Madam Puddifoots? Who is the lucky girl?"

Blaine laughed humorlessly. "Nah, no lucky girl for me, Quinny," he said.

"Really?" Quinn looked genuinely surprised, "Not even Rachel. The two of you are like long-lost siblings. Youre perfect together." Kurt wanted to hit her, but he took a sip of his tea instead. Tea always calmed his down.

"No, not Rachel."

"Why not?"

Blaine looked up, puzzled. But then he raised his triangles (thats Kurts name for his eyebrows) and then laughed.

"Because Im gay, I thought that was obvious?"

Now, Kurt did spit out his tea. It dripped everywhere. Quinn gaped at him and quickly waved her wand. "Scourgrify."

"So, all cleaned up?" Madam Rosemerta, who rushed towards their table, asked, "Yet? Damn you smart Hogwarts students." She skipped off.

"Wait," Blaine furrowed his brow in confusion, "You really didnt know?" Quinn shook her head. "Well, this is outstanding," she said, "Oh look at the time! I have to go!" Kurt scanned the room, but he couldnt find a clock.

"I have to go now. I still want to go to Tomes and Scrolls. Byeeeee!" he left some Sickles on the table and made her way out of the caf- uh, pub.

"What did just happen?" Blaine asked. "Dont know," Kurt lied, but he knows damn well why she just left and he wanted to hit her for it.

Blaine pouted. "Didnt know she was one of those witches," he shrugged, "But I guess I can live with that." "One of those?" Kurt asked, fearing the worst.

"Oh, yknow, homophobes," Blaine sighed and Kurt leapt out of his seat.

"God, no!" he shrieked and Blaine looked confused to him. He continued: "I swear, Quinn loves you and has nothing against it. She loves Rachels dads and a few days ago she was talking about progress in the Muggle world."

"Yeah, I heard the Muggle world is even worse," Blaine said and lay back in his chair, obviously relieved, "At least I can get married later, hallelujah." Kurt gulped and quickly changed the subject.

They finished their drinks and went to Spintwitches. Blaine wanted to buy a new training Quaffle. They met up with Quinn (who smugly grinned to Kurt) and returned to the castle.