I clutched at Blaine’s hands as tightly as he was gripping onto mine. This was it. I could scarcely breathe.

Perez Hilton opened the golden envelope, “And the National show choir champions of 2012 are... the Dalton Academy Warblers!”

I let out a scream and turned to look at Blaine. I suddenly felt myself being lifted up in the air and spun around. I quickly wrapped my arms around Blaine’s shoulders, laughing as my boyfriend continued to spin me around. Blaine put me down and pulled me in for a kiss, not caring where we were or that we were standing on a stage in front of an audience. It made me think of Finn and Rachel kissing on stage at their Nationals the previous year after their duet. At least Blaine and I had waited until we had won to kiss. I felt Blaine’s hand grasp the back of my neck and deepen the kiss. I ran my tongue along Blaine’s bottom lip before slipping my tongue inside his mouth. I heard Blaine let out a moan before sliding his hand into my perfectly coiffed hair. I playfully bit his bottom lip before pulling away, giggling when I heard his whimper.

I leaned in and placed a kiss on his lips, “Later baby. We’re in public.”

Blaine grinned at me before placing another kiss on my lips. The Warblers were still jumping around for joy and hugging one another. As soon as Blaine and I separated, I was pulled into a hug by Nick and Jeff. I jumped up and down with them before moving away to hug Wes and David, then Thad and Trent. Cameron picked me up and spun me around a couple of times causing me to shriek and scream. James was going around and high fiving everyone while screaming that we won. Perez Hilton and Lindsay Lohan came over to us and handed Blaine and Wes the first place trophy, causing more screams and applauding. I glanced over my shoulder to see Jesse St James looking defeated and the rest of Vocal Adrenaline looked upset. I made a mental note to myself to tell the New Directions that Jesse St James was Vocal Adrenaline’s new coach and the Warblers beat them! I did still feel bad that the Warblers had beaten the New Directions at Regionals but they had beaten us the year before so it was only fair we both had a chance at Nationals. I couldn’t believe that we had won. I was so proud of my Glee club. Blaine and I both had had a solo and then Blaine had led a group number, with the occasional Warbler singing a line. It wasn’t completely Blaine and the Pips so I was happy. I had sung ‘Being Alive’ from Company as the Warblers had demanded I sing that song during Nationals as I had reduced them all to tears when I had sung it the second day of senior year for my audition. I suddenly felt myself being hugged tightly by someone but I didn’t know who. I guessed Blaine at first but I spotted him over the person’s shoulder. He was looking at me in surprise before shrugging and helping Jeff who I thought was slightly drunk due to how he was acting. As the person pulled away from me I was surprised to see it had been Sebastian hugging me.

“You were brilliant up there Kurt,” Sebastian smiled, sounding completely sincere.

I grinned back at him, “Thanks Sebastian.”

It had been an extremely interesting year. Sebastian had left Blaine and I alone to a certain degree. Occasionally he had made comments about me or had flirted with Blaine. Both of these had angered Blaine and I once had to restrain him from punching Sebastian when he said that I would always be a Lima loser and would stuck working in the Lima Bean for the rest of my life. Sebastian had nearly been kicked out of the Warblers for that comment as everyone said he had taken it too far. After that Sebastian started acting civil towards me but could still be an arrogant jerk. The weirdest moment had to be when Sebastian had flirted with me. I still remember all of the Warblers’ faces as they watched Sebastian hit on me. I didn’t know how to feel as I wasn’t completely sure what was happening. Blaine had been furious and had made it clear that Sebastian wasn’t allowed anywhere near me as I was Blaine’s. There were times like that that I loved jealous Blaine as he was so hot. He had dragged me to my dorm room and we hadn’t emerged until the following afternoon. I had to wear a scarf for weeks after that or use cover up during the school day. I had been lucky that it was winter so scarves were acceptable.

A certain event had made Sebastian change his behaviour and made him act like a decent human being. David Karofsky had tried to commit suicide. During the week leading up to Valentine’s Day I kept receiving cards or chocolates at Dalton from a secret admirer. The look on Blaine’s face when a card would turn up for me during breakfast was quite a picture.

When I had received the first card and it said, “I think I love you, love your secret admirer,” I had turned to Blaine in surprise and asked, “You think you love me?”

Blaine had been shocked and had demanded to know what I was talking about. I showed him the card and he just stared at it. He explained that the card wasn’t from him. As the week went on and I got more cards, Blaine had angrily questioned several Warblers but they all denied it. I kept thinking Sebastian was playing a joke on me. He had denied it and had promised that he wasn’t trying to meddle in our relationship anymore but Blaine and I were still sceptical. When I got a card asking me to meet my secret admirer at Breadsticks before the Valentine’s Day party I knew I had to find out who it was. I told Blaine I would be fine on my own and drove to Breadsticks feeling nervous. When I found out my secret admirer was David Karofsky I was shocked. He told me he had moved schools for a fresh start as he didn’t want to be reminded of how he had treated me. I had to let him down and tell him I was in love with Blaine. As he was leaving he was stopped by some guy at his new school who had obviously overheard us. Karofsky had run off before I could stop him. When I told Blaine who my secret admirer was, he was shocked and angry. I explained to Blaine what had happened but as the party started it went out of my head, especially since Blaine and I snuck away early to have some alone time.

I remembered the moment I found out David Karofsky had tried to commit suicide.

(Start of Flashback)

I was sitting in Warbler practice listening to Thad talk about Regionals while staring at my boyfriend looking all authoritative on the Warbler Council. Suddenly ‘Teenage Dream’ started to play and everyone looked at me.

“Warbler Kurt, I thought I said phones off or on silent?” David reprimanded, smiling slightly, “You need to set an example to the younger Warblers who see you as their role model.”

“I’m sorry,” I went to reject the call, thinking it would be Karofsky for the millionth time trying to talk about what happened at Breadsticks but it was actually my Dad, “Sorry I need to take this.”

I quickly left the room, despite hearing complaints from David and Thad. I pressed accept and held the phone to my ear.

“Kurt I have something to tell you. Are you sitting down?” Dad said, sounding serious.

When I told him I was sitting even though I wasn’t, Dad spoke again, “Kurt... I thought I should tell you before you heard on the rumour mill that David Karofsky tried to kill himself. I don’t know if you know this but he is actually gay. Apparently he was outed at his new school and received so much abuse for it. His mother told him he had a disease that needed to be cured so he... tried to hang himself.”

I froze in shock, feeling my knees buckle and causing me to fall to the ground. Karofsky had tried to kill himself? I suddenly realised he had been phoning me constantly and I had rejected his calls. He was probably phoning for help or guidance but I had turned him away. I had thought he was calling about Valentine’s Day but instead he had probably been calling for help.

“Bud?” Dad was still speaking, “Are you okay?”

“No,” I blurted out, “No I’m not. Dad I’ve got to go. I need to find Blaine.”

“Okay buddy. Go find Blaine. I love you and I’m always here for you,” Dad said, sounding far away.

“I love you too Dad. I’m so happy you’re my Dad,” I replied before hanging up and putting my phone back into my blazer pocket.

After several minutes I somehow managed to stand up and headed back towards the senior common room. I opened the door and found everyone staring at me.

“Hey Kurt, did you fall over or something because we heard a bang... Kurt? Are you okay?” I heard Thad say but his voice sounded so distant, just like my Dad’s did.

“Kurt?” That was the voice of my loving boyfriend. Would he still want me when he found out it was my fault David Karofsky had tried to kill himself, “What’s wrong?”

“Oh God Blaine!” I managed to gasp out before my knees buckled again and I collapsed to the floor.

There was suddenly a swarm of noise and I felt myself being pulled into Blaine’s arms. I realised he had obviously jumped on the furniture to get to me so quickly. I looked up to see all of my friends looking at me with concern.

“Kurt what’s wrong baby?” Blaine was asking again looking terrified.

“David Karofsky tried to kill himself! It’s all my fault!” I cried out, burying my face in Blaine’s chest.

“What!? Oh my God! Hang on, how is your fault?” Blaine demanded, forcing me to look at him.

I couldn’t stop my tears, “He kept calling me this week and I thought it was about Valentine’s Day so I ignored him. He was probably calling for help after being outed at school and I just ignored him. I could have helped him. I could have stopped this.”

Blaine drew me back to him and held me as I cried, “This is not your fault Kurt Hummel. You are not to blame at all. Don’t blame yourself sweetie.”

I just cried as Blaine comforted me. Occasionally one of the Warblers would say something of comfort but I was pretty much lost to everyone.

(End of Flashback)

I went to visit David in hospital and talked to him about everything. We made a promise to be friends and that he could always come to me if he was in trouble or needed anything. I had asked the Warblers if we could raise money for Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ Foundation at Regionals and of course they had accepted. I had had a long talk with Sebastian about everything that had gone on and he said he had met Karofsky about the gay bar Scandals and had been rude to him. He felt guilty as well and he wanted to help David. It had been an emotional time and had led to several talks between me and Dad about committing suicide and promising not to do so. Blaine and I had also had an extremely long and emotional talk about suicide. We made a promise to one another that we would always talk to one another no matter what was bothering us and made a promise that we would never leave one another if we could help it.

There had been plenty of drama during the rest of the year as well. I was shocked to find out Mercedes, Santana and Brittany had left the New Directions and formed their own group called the Troubletones with their coach being Shelby, Rachel’s birth mother. Blaine and I went to Sectionals to support the New Directions after we had already won our Sectionals and were completely unsure about who was going to win. Of course the New Directions had won and I later found out the three of them and a girl called Sugar were back in the New Directions. Quinn had also had a phase of being a skank and dying her hair pink. I didn’t believe Rachel when she told me and went on a bit of a Facebook stalk to discover it was true. She later went back to blonde but became obsessed with getting her baby Beth back from Shelby. It was times like this that I was glad I wasn’t at McKinley High, getting sucked into all this drama. I liked hearing about it from afar. One bit of drama that had really angered me was when I heard from my Dad that Finn had outed Santana by yelling about her and Brittany down the hallway. I had yelled at him for hours after that and told him that it was the lowest thing a person could do. Even though Santana was being mean, the things she was saying weren’t true but Finn’s was and it led to Santana’s relationship with her grandmother being ruined. I knew Blaine had talked to Finn as well and he told us he made up to her by having a ‘Lady Week’. I was not impressed at all.

It was been an eventful year in the fact Rachel and Finn had decided to get married after Mr Schue had proposed to Miss Pillsbury. I had been against them getting married so young as I knew Rachel had only accepted as she hadn’t received a letter about college, plus she was set on New York and thought Finn should just follow her there, not caring about what he wanted. There had been an almost wedding but then Quinn had been in a car crash due to texting and had been temporarily paralysed. When I had heard the news that she had been in a car crash I had been terrified she wouldn’t survive. By the time we had gone to Nationals, she was up and walking again. I was so happy for her.

I had auditioned for the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts as well as applying to other schools in New York or close by. The audition had been at McKinley so I would be auditioning with Rachel. Blaine and the rest of the Warblers all came to watch me audition as well as the New Directions and Mr Schue. I was happy to see my Dad and Carole in the audience as well. I had originally planned to sing ‘Music of the Night’ to Carmen Tibideaux, the woman who decided my future, but decided it was too safe. Rachel had tried to convince me to stick with it but I had suspected she wanted me to go for a safe song to hinder my own chance and give her a better chance. I worn a different costume underneath my Phantom customer but at the last minute changed my song and decided to take a risk. I could see Rachel to my right dressed as Christine shaking her head at me. I had asked Mercedes, Tina and Brittany to be my ‘swans’ and they wore their Regionals dresses from our sophomore year. As I had started to sing ‘Not the Boy Next Door’, I ripped off my tux to reveal a tight fitted black shirt and my extremely tight gold pants. I danced and high kicked my way through the song. At the end, I heard everyone screaming and applauding before Carmen Tibideaux told me Hugh Jackman would be as impressed as she was and applauded me for taking a risk. I was over the moon and practically jumped into Blaine’s arms. Everyone praised me; even though Dad was a bit concerned how tight those gold pants were. Blaine had told me that the gold pants were so hot and he couldn’t wait to rip them off me. We watched Rachel’s performance of ‘Don’t Rain on My Parade’ and were all shocked when she choked twice! Carmen Tibideaux told her that you don’t get a second chance on Broadway and left Rachel distraught. The Warblers and I had decided to head back so we could celebrate, although I felt bad about Rachel. I just hoped my audition was enough for me to get in.

I was jerked back to the present as Perez Hilton came over to me and Blaine, who was now by my side, “You two are such an adorable couple. If you were famous I would so be blogging about you now.”

I smiled at Blaine and turned back to Perez, “Thank you I guess. Well we both hope to be famous one day so never say never.”

Perez suddenly took a photo of us, “Well you are winners of Nationals. What are your names?”

“Blaine Anderson and Kurt Hummel. We both obviously are in the Warblers. We’ve been dating for one year and three months and are completely in love. Our friends have nicknamed us Klaine,” Blaine told Perez with a glint in his eye.

“Oh how adorable,” Perez beamed, smiling at our joined hands, “This will definitely be better than the story I just blogged about Lindsay Lohan firing her manager as this isn’t televised. I bet you will become a beloved couple everywhere. People will love Klaine.”

“That’s the dream,” I grinned at Blaine before excusing us from Perez Hilton and making our way off stage, “God that was weird.”

“Well it looks like we’re going to be on Perez’s blog so I’m not complaining,” Blaine laughed, “Come on you, time for a celebration with the Warblers before I drag you back to your room and have my wicked way with you!”

I smiled at Blaine lovingly, “You’re a dork.”

Blaine grinned back, “A dork you love.”

I couldn’t contain my grin, “Well that is true.”

Suddenly I heard my name being called. I turned to see Carmen Tibideaux standing there.

She smiled gently at me, “That was another brilliant performance Mr Hummel. You really captured the emotion in Sondheim’s song. It was something you didn’t completely show in ‘Not the Boy Next Door’ but I suppose that wasn’t meant to be an emotional song like you demonstrated with ‘Being Alive’’.”

I was lost for words for the moment, “Thank you Ms Tibideaux. Can I ask what you are doing here in Chicago?”

“A certain Miss Berry invited me to Nationals here after she choked on her audition. She already has been sending me gifts, calling me, emailing me about another chance. She somehow hoped she would find a way for her Glee club to get to Nationals and I would watch her perform a solo. Since she sent me a ticket I decided I’d come and watch your group the Warblers perform. I was pleasantly surprised,” Carmen Tibideaux explained, smiling softly at me.

I couldn’t believe Rachel! She had had her chance and she had choked. You don’t just bribe people for what you want. She could always apply for the spring semester or next year. I was angry to hear that she had wanted to get the Warblers disqualified from going to Nationals so the New Directions could go in their place. I would never have done that to her. I would be having words with a certain Miss Berry when I got back to Lima.

“Thank you,” I said, still in shock about everything, “I apologise for Rachel Berry. She’s so driven she thinks she can always get what she wants no matter what. She once sent a girl she saw as competition to crack house!”

While Blaine gaped at me, Carmen Tibideaux just sighed, “There’s always one like that. Well I bid you good day Mr Hummel and congratulations once again. Expect your NYADA letter very soon.”

She smiled at me once again before departing. I just let out a breath I didn’t even know I was holding while talking to her.

“Babe can you explain the crack house thing?” Blaine said, still looking perplexed.

I just laughed, “A girl called Sunshine wanted to audition for the New Directions at the beginning of my junior year and Rachel heard her singing. She gave her directions to a crack house and told her that’s where auditions were. We eventually found out and were so angry. She kept saying she did it because she loved us. It was a load of bullshit.”

Blaine gasped, “Kurt Hummel, I cannot believe you just swore. And I thought you were a gentleman!”

I rolled my eyes, “Oh come on Blaine you always hear me swear.”

Blaine grinned at me, “When?”

I rolled my eyes again before leaning in closer, “Well I always swear when I’m fucking you or you’re fucking me.”

And with that, I walked away, leaving Blaine standing there with his mouth open. Suddenly I heard, “Kurt wait up! You can’t walk away after saying that!”

I just laughed to myself as I heard Blaine run after me. I loved my life at that moment, feeling so happy.

(break)

I was sitting in my Maths class, listening to Mr Rickman talk about our recent final exams and what we would be focusing on for the last week before graduation. It was weird to think I would be graduating in a week. I still had to receive my letter from NYADA. I had been accepted into my other schools but I really wanted NYADA. I had applied to other schools as I couldn’t just pin all my hope on NYADA. Blaine had received his acceptance letter from NYU to study music theory and he was over the moon. That had been his first choice. I had taken Blaine out that night for a romantic meal before dragging him into my room that night to celebrate him. It had been an amazing night. Speaking of my boyfriend, I kept having to nudge Blaine next to me to ensure he hadn’t fallen asleep. At one point Blaine had placed his hand on my knee before moving it slowly up my leg. I had actually slapped it away and glared at him, motioning to the teacher at the front of the classroom. Blaine had just given me a cheeky grin before giving me the puppy eyes. I just shook my head and tried to focus on what Mr Rickman was saying. Eventually I gave up and let the memories of winning Nationals wash over me. I was so happy to finish my high school career with a National championship. It was what I had been working towards since I joined the Glee club at McKinley in my sophomore year. Even though I was with a different Glee club, it still meant the same to me. We were National champions. I had gone back to Lima with a proud family waiting for me. My Dad had thrown a party in the Warblers’ honour and the New Directions had been invited. I had had a long conversation with one Rachel Berry about her plans with Carmen Tibideaux and trying to get the New Directions to Nationals. The other members of the New Directions had been horrified about her plans to get the Warblers disqualified when I told them and of course had had a go at her. I found it was actually Finn that managed to stop her trying by reminding Rachel that she would be hurting her friends and would be lying to get what she wanted. Rachel tried to say she was doing it because she loved me and that I would want the New Directions to go to Nationals. I just told her she was being selfish and thinking of herself. I told her I was sorry that she choked at her audition but she needed to stop acting in a silly manner that could get herself a bad reputation. I told her she could apply to NYADA for the spring semester. Rachel did apologise but I was still angry with her due to her inability to apologise on her own and stop being selfish.

The door to the classroom suddenly opened and Miss Morrison stuck her head in, “I’m sorry to interrupt but I have Kurt Hummel’s father in reception so Kurt needs to come with me.”

Mr Rickman nodded, “Obviously. Mr Hummel I’m sure Mr Anderson can catch you up on what you’ve missed as he may be able to focus without you next to me.”

I glanced at Blaine to see him staring at the table, avoiding the teacher’s eye. I quickly shoved my books into my bag and grabbed my blazer. I followed Miss Morrison out of the room and down the corridor towards reception. I was instantly reminded of when I was called to reception as my Dad had to tell me about a meeting at McKinley. I knew it couldn’t be that this time as there was only a week left of school. The moment I saw my Dad, I smiled at him, thinking that the last time I had seen him was the party celebrating the Nationals win nearly two weeks ago. My smile fell when I noticed how seriously Dad looked. Miss Morrison smiled gently at me before heading back to her desk.

Dad stood up and held out an envelope, “This came for you this morning.”

“NYADA…” I whispered, taking the letter from my father’s hand.

I just stared at the letter until my Dad broke the silence, “Well son are you going to open it?”

“I need to go to the common room,” I whispered again, unable to raise my voice.

Dad nodded before gently pushing my back to enable me to walk in the right direction. We slowly walked to the senior common room, knowing that in a few moments I would know my future. Once inside, I walked to the middle of the room and spun around to face my Dad. I saw him chuckle slightly, causing me to frown at him.

“Sorry son I’m not laughing at you. I’ve just noticed over the years you do a thing I’ve now called emotional twirls. When you’re nervous or upset you do these little turn things. Carole helped me come up with the name,” Dad told me with a laugh.

I just rolled my eyes at his words, knowing fully well he was right. Blaine had commented on my little emotional twirls over the year we had been together.

“Anyway are you going to open the letter kiddo?” Dad asked, looking concerned.

I ran my free hand through my hair, “This is one of those crossroad moments in life. Whatever is in this envelope is going to determine whether I go right or left.”

Dad nodded at my words, “I’m here no matter what it says… okay?”

I turned around, with my back to my father and opened the envelope, pulling the letter out, “Dear Mr Hummel…”

I scanned over the content of the letter which determined my future.

“Kurt?” Dad sounded nervous, “What does it say?”

I turned around with tears in my eyes, unable to get out the words.

Dad looked at me frantically, “What?”

“I got in,” I said, letting out a shuddery breath.

Dad burst out laughter and bounded towards me, picking me up off the ground and squeezing me as hard as he could. I held onto him as he turned me around a few times, the two of us laughing together. I felt so happy in that moment. I had got into NYADA. I was one of the twenty freshmen across the country going to NYADA in September. This was the path to being on Broadway.

Dad eventually put me down, still laughing happily and grinning at me. I was just about able to gasp out, “Dad your heart!”

Dad just laughed, “Screw my heart! You did it kid!”

Dad pulled me in for another hug, gripping me tightly. I hugged my father back, letting the emotions hit me.

Dad pulled away and gripped my arms, “Who’s going to tell Blaine? You’ve got to let me do it!”

I grinned at my Dad before my face fell at the sight of tears in my father’s eyes, “Dad are you crying?”

“You beat them all. They threw everything at you, they tried to beat you down but you know what? You’re unstoppable Kurt, I am so proud to be your Dad. They can never take this away from you. Right now, in this moment, on this day, you won,” Dad said, a grin on his face and his eyes glistening with tears.

I just let out a laugh and pulled my father into an embrace. He hugged me back tightly, the two of us still laughing.

The doors to the senior common room suddenly opened and Dad and I both pulled away, still holding onto one another, to see who was disturbing our bubble. I must have lost track of time as all the Warblers were standing there watching us in confusion. I could see Blaine looking extremely confused, given that both my Dad and I had tears in our eyes and were laughing.

“Remember I said I was telling Blaine!” Dad quickly reminded me, grinning at me.

I just laughed as Blaine looked even more confused.

“Blaine, Kurt got into NYADA!” Dad exclaimed, even more laughter coming out of him.

Blaine’s face changed from a look of confusion to a look of love and happiness, “Oh my God Kurt I’m so proud of you! I knew you’d do it!”

All of the Warblers let out a cheer and a stream of congratulations came my way. I glanced at every Warbler’s face and felt emotional at how happy they all looked for me.

Dad pulled me in for a hug and pressed a kiss to the top of my head, “I love you kiddo. I’ll let you celebrate with your friends. We’ll go out for dinner tonight to celebrate and of course Blaine can come.”

As we pulled apart I just grinned at my father, “You truly are the world’s greatest dad.”

“I know. It says that on a mug I have that you got me for Father’s Day,” Dad said seriously before winking at me.

We shared one last hug before we exchanged our goodbyes and promises to see one another that evening. I wanted to spend time with my father and family before I did go to New York. After my Dad left the common room, the Warblers crowded around me and pulled me in for a group, singing ‘Congratulations’. Eventually I was in Blaine’s arms and he was kissing me with such a passion that it made me feel weak at the knees.

“It’s actually happening baby,” Blaine said, caressing my cheek, “All of our dreams coming true!”

I smiled at him, my eyes glistening with tears, and decided to be even cheesier than usual, “My dreams came true when you told me you loved me.”

Suddenly Blaine was kissing me again, holding me to him otherwise I would be on the floor. All the Warblers cheered and whistled at the sight of us kissing. Eventually we broke apart at Jeff’s cry of the word, “Party!”

(break)

“Do you think wearing these robes is the closest you’ll feel like that you go to Hogwarts?” I asked Blaine as we stood at the back of the Dalton Academy auditorium, waiting for our names to be called.

Blaine glanced down at his robes and sighed, “I think it is. Unless we go to England and go to the Warner Bros Studio Tour, then we can actually pay the robes as well as exploring the set.”

I smiled at my boyfriend, “Keep dreaming honey.”

We were wearing our red graduation gown and hats, getting ready for our last moments as a high school student. I couldn’t wait to walk out in front of everyone and accept my diploma. As they read out your name, they announced what college you would be going to as well. I was secretly happy it would be announced to everyone that I had got into a college that only accepted the best twenty students.

Rachel hadn’t got into NYADA. She had thought there was a chance she would have got in as she finally tracked down Carmen Tibideaux with the help of Tina. Ms Tibideaux had demanded to know why Rachel should be given another chance when hundreds weren’t and Rachel had said that she had never choked before, as well as Tina telling Ms Tibideaux that Rachel was an amazing singer. She had been heartbroken when she didn’t get in, even though I really don’t know how she didn’t expect it. Finn had comforted her as much as he could but he was planning on going into the Army as he hadn’t got into acting school, something that I didn’t really know he wanted.

My family and friends were sitting in the auditorium waiting to see me at that very moment. I had gone to the McKinley graduation and watched as my friends received their diplomas. Now it was their turn to watch me. I heard Blaine’s name called and gave my boyfriend a quick kiss before he walked into the auditorium to cheers and applause. I cheered as I watched my boyfriend cross the stage and receive his diploma from the Headmaster of Dalton. I felt so proud of him. He was amazing. We were leaving Lima behind together and would go on to conquer New York together. Blaine caught my eye as he moved the tassel to the other side of his graduation hat and he winked at me, smiling with happiness. I watched as he moved to the back of the stage next to the other graduates. I watched several more of my friends receive their diplomas before my name was called.

“Kurt Hummel, New York Academy of Dramatic Arts.”

There was a massive cheer that arose from the audience and I glanced towards the sound, seeing all of my family and the New Directions. I waved at all of them as I walked towards the stage. I climbed up the few steps leading to the stage before walking across it. The cheering got louder and I suddenly heard my Dad yell out, “That’s my boy!”

It immediately reminded me of the football game at McKinley when I led the team to victory with the Single Ladies dance.

I waved to my loved ones before shaking the Headmaster’s hand. He handed me my diploma and smiled at me. I smiled at him before turning to the audience. I did a high kick as I moved the tassel to the other side, causing more cheers. I turned back to stand next to my friends and somehow found myself next to Blaine. We grinned at one another before I reached for Blaine’s hand, squeezing it. We had done it. We had survived high school. Next stop: college then the rest of our life… together.