Holy sweet hell- Dalton is huge! Blaine cant stop staring. Hes casually walking down a giant and beautiful staircase in disguise (white blouse, black cardigan, favourite red tie, grey khaki pants) and he sees boys everywhere.

They all seem to go to this room downstairs.

Shit, he needs to know whats going on. He needs to blend in. A few boys pass him and Blaine decides to stop one of them.

"Excuse me!" he taps this boys shoulder, "Can I ask you a question? Im new here."

The guy looks actually stunning. He has brown hair, beautiful green/blue eyes, pale skin and broad shoulders.

And hes, of course, wearing a Dalton blazer. Hes also holding something. Blaine quickly eyes the object and hes surprised when he sees its a pocket watch.

The guy extends his hand.

"My name is Kurt."

Blaine is a little bit speechless, but still shakes the guys – Kurts – hand.

"Blaine," he finally manages to say, "What exactly is going on?"

"The Warblers!" Kurt says excitedly, "Sometimes they throw an impromptu performance in the senior commons and even though they still wear these horrible and not-fashionable uniforms, the other students forgive them for that and always take a look."

"Wait, so the glee club is cool here?"

"The Warblers are like… rockstars," Kurt says. Blaine nods and- ho ho wow what is happening? Kurt just grabbed his hand, "Come on, I know a shortcut."

Kurt gently leads him to the senior commons. Blaine wonders if its an actual shortcut, but one part of him doesnt care. Dalton is wonderful and beautiful.

Finally, they enter a yet another majestic room.

"Oh my, I feel like a sore thumb," Blaine says, looking around.

"Well, next time dont forget your jacket, new kid," Kurt adjusts Blaines tie, "Youll fit right in." The Warblers start singing. "You have to excuse me."

He hands his bag to another student and joins the group.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.

Blaine looks around and was surprised to see that everyone was dead silence. Not in a bad way, oh god no. They all seem to enjoy it. Some even have their eyes closed.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free.

Blaine feels… he doesnt know how to feel. It has been ages that a song has moved him like this. Its so peaceful, but also feels so sad.

Blackbird fly Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird fly Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Yes, Blaine is happy. But there is happy and theres happy. Its the first time in weeks that Blaine has smiled like this and felt this happy.

You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Everyone instantly starts applauding and Blaine happily joins. The Warblers all give each other pats on the backs and make some small talks. Kurt quickly winks to Blaine, who is still clapping.

Yup, its official.

Blaine Anderson just fell in love.

"This is Wes and David," Kurt introduces the two other boys.

"Thank you for giving me coffee before you guys beat me up for spying." The three Dalton boys chuckle.

"Were not going to beat you up," Wes assures him.

"You were such a terrible spy we thought it was sort of… endearing," David laughs.

"Which made me think that spying on us isnt the only reason youre here," Kurt adds, "Because seriously, have you even checked the dress code here?"

Blaine looks down to his coffee, bites his lip and nods. Yes, hes really going to do this. "Can I ask you a question?" he asks silently. The three boys nod. "Are you guys all gay?"

To his surprise, they laugh.

"No, I mean, I am, but these two have girlfriends," Kurt laughs and holy shit hes gay. Yup, he just said hes gay.

"This is not a gay school," David clarifies, but Blaines head is still racing. Hes gay. Thats good. "We just have a zero tolerance harassment policy." Kurts gay.

"Everybody gets treated the same, no matter what they are. Its pretty simple," Wes adds. He really is gay he is- wait. What? Blaines eyes goes wide and quickly looks away.

Places like that… they really exist?

He looks up and is shocked to see that Kurt is staring at him. "Could you guys please excuse us for a minute?" he asks Wes and David, who agree. They grab their coffees and leave. "Take it easy, Blaine," Wes gives him a reassuring smile.

Kurts still looking at him.

"I guess youre having problems at school, right?" he asks.

Blaine looks down at his hands. "I- uh…" He looks up and he sees that Kurt is waiting. "I- yes. I am the only openly gay kid at my school," he starts, "And Im out and proud, but there is this meat head whos made his mission to make my life a living hell. He hasnt done anything that bad yet, but thats the thing that creeps me out the most, because it means that he hasnt done it yet. And I have this group of amazing friends, but no one seems to notice."

Well… that went smoothly.

"I know how you feel," Kurt says quietly, "I got taunted at my old school and it… it wasnt good. Youre seeing me in uniform now, but believe me, my "normal" clothes arent "normal" at all. Some jocks thought it was the perfect opportunity to bully me."

Blaine nods. He knows how Kurt feels.

"Ive complained to the faculty, but they dont do a thing. Of course. It felt like nobody really cared. Its like: Oh, youre gay? Well, your lifes gonna suck. Sorry, nothing we can do about it," his face falters, "So I fled. I came here, as simple as that."

He looks around.

"So, you have two options here. Id love to tell you to enrol here, but the tuition isnt that easy so I know its not an option for everyone. And believe me, I know very well, since Im one of those. My parents sacrificed the money they had been saving to go to this dream vacation to pay my stay. After that, my whole family started collecting money. I have enough for one more year, this one. What happens after this one? I dont know and I dont want to know."

Blaine, on the other hand, does have that option, since his father is loaded. The only problem is his father himself.

"Or you can refuse to be the victim," Kurt continues, "Those idiots- they dont know what theyre doing. They are too dumb to understand so they lash out without a reason. Or a made up reason they believe in, I dont know."

"Prejudice is just ignorance?" Blaine says knowingly.

"Exactly. But you have a chance to stop that right now," Kurt says firmly.

Blaines head is spinning again. "How?" he asks, eager to know.

"Confront him, call them out!" Kurt suggests, "I fled my old school, Blaine. I let those idiots win and its something I really, really hate. Dont loathe yourself like I do."

And with that, a door to a whole new world opened for Blaine.