“I know that we are young and I know that you may love me but I can’t be with you like this anymore. Alejandro.”

The opening lyrics to Lady Gaga’s ‘Alejandro’ blaring out signified it was time for me to wake up. I picked up my iPhone and switched off my alarm. I opened my Facebook app to see a few more people had liked my relationship status. I smiled when I thought of my new boyfriend. I jumped out of bed and headed into the bathroom, switching on my iPhone’s playlist: ‘Shower Songs’. ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ by Rick Astley was the first song that came on shuffle causing me to laugh as I let the water run for a little bit so it could heat up. I stripped off, folding my pyjamas up, and let the hot water soak my body. I didn’t stay in the shower too long; just enough to wash my body and hair plus a chance to sing a couple of songs. I switched off the water and stepped out of the shower, drying myself off before wrapping the towel around my waist. I reached for the hair dryer to blow-dry my hair. It was an important process of ensuring the Hummel hairdo was as fabulous as possible. The next forty five minutes were spent with drying my hair, styling my hair to perfection and moisturising my face. I left the bathroom holding onto my towel and left to put on my uniform.

There was a knock at my door to my surprise. I glanced at my uniform then looked back at the door, “Wait a minute!”

“Kurt!” I recognised it as Nick’s voice. “Just open your door. I can’t wait.”

I hesitated before walking over the door, and ensuring the towel was secured, I opened my door. I immediately it as the moment I did, Blaine happened to be walking by humming a familiar tune under his breath.

“Wow Kurt! You’re hot!” Nick shouted, his voice echoing around the hall. This drew Blaine’s attention as he turned his head my way. I saw his eyes rake over my chest and it sounded like he sucked in a breath. It looked like his eyes had darkened but they were back to normal a moment later. Blaine quickly averted his eyes and hurried on down the corridor. I sighed, knowing things would be more awkward between us. I turned my attention back to Nick who was still checking me out.

“Jeff and I bet you’d have a smoking body. I knew we were right!” Nick looked so happy with this revelation.

“Umm...that’s great Nick. What did you want?” I replied, desperately wanting to get back into my dorm room.

“Well I wondered if you’d wait for me to go down to breakfast. Go in about ten minutes?”

“Nick...I...you said you couldn’t wait...that’s when I planned on going anyway. Whoever is earliest knock for the other?” I started edging back into my room.

“Hang on!” I paused and waited to see what Nick wanted. Before I had time to move, he had pulled out his iPhone and had a taken a picture of me topless. He laughed and turned to run back to his dorm.

“NICHOLAS DUVAL!” I bellowed after him, unable to run after him in my towel without drawing further attention to myself. He was too far away for me to even be able to catch up with him if I did run after him so I quickly retreated into my room. I dressed as quickly as I could and checked my hair in the mirror. I left my room and saw Nick heading my way.

“Nick delete that picture! That’s so embarrassing!” I tried to grab his phone from his hand.

Nick just laughed at me, putting his phone in his pocket, and then swung his arm around my shoulders leading me to the Dalton dining room. We talked about our English project on the way which made me wonder why we were discussing school work instead of dissecting my love life. I pretty soon realised he was waiting for all the Warblers before the interrogation begun. We first went to get out breakfast as Nick had joked I wouldn’t be allowed to leave the table again. I got two pieces of toast with marmalade and a glass of orange juice. With a heavy sigh, I made my way with Nick towards the Warblers’ table. As we approached, I noticed they were all glancing at Blaine who seemed to have one headphone in his right ear. I sat down in my usual seat with Blaine on my right and Nick on my left. Blaine turned to me and smiled before facing his cereal again. All the Warblers were smiling at me and I even had Flint wink at me. I just simply smiled back at them before picking up a piece of toast.

“Hey guys! Check out the hotness that is Kurt Hummel!” Nick yelled before extracting his iPhone and passing it to Wes, David, Jeff and Thad, “Pass it around to everyone! You all need to see it!”

“No! Nick I seriously hate you! Give me the phone!” I tried to get up from my seat but Nick pushed me back down. I put my head in my hands as the phone was passed around. A few of them whistled at me. David winked at me and I swear I heard him say, “Damn!”
Trent looked at it and glanced at me, “Wow Kurt you’re ripped! No wonder that guy Martin wanted to be your boyfriend!”
That brought the attention back to the fact I, Kurt Hummel, had a boyfriend. I noticed the phone reach Blaine who glanced at it quickly before passing it to me. The photo wasn’t that bad; it showed off my muscles but it was still embarrassing. To my horror, I saw the photo was locked meaning it couldn’t be deleted, plus Nick had sent it to all the Warblers’ phones. I looked up to see Nick smiling and sticking his tongue out at me.

Jeff nudged Nick to make him stop, “So Mr Hummel...I’m guessing your date went well as you now have a boyfriend?”

I curtly nodded and simply replied, “Yes.”

Several of the Warblers cheered and offered me a high five or a fist bump. I chuckled and returned them all.

“Warbler Kurt,” I turned to face Wes as he addressed me, “As the head of the Warbler Council, I speak on behalf of all our fellow Warblers when I say we want an audience with Mr Granger to ensure he is treating our newest Warbler right.”

“Hell to the yeah!” Nick yelled as he high fived Jeff. I quickly nudged him hard with my elbow to shut him up.

“Wes...” I tried to talk but said man cut me off, “Come on Kurt, we’re all your friends here and we all love you. We want to meet the guy that is making you happy plus make sure he’s good for you.”

I felt touched by Wes’ words. I smiled at him then dramatically sighed, “Fine. One must obey the head of the Warbler Council’s wishes.”

I heard several yeses from all around the table. Thankfully everyone seemed to accept that as an end to the conversation and changed the topic. I picked up my orange juice and took a few sips. I glanced at Blaine who had been silent all throughout. I noticed he was mouthing the words to the song he was listening to. I soon realised he was singing softly under the his breath. I subtly leaned in and listened to the lyrics Blaine was singing.

“I wish nothing but the best for you too. Don’t forget me I beg. I remember you said; sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.”

He was actually listening to Adele. I remembered Nick’s comment on Facebook last night joking about the fact Blaine would be listening to a lot of Adele in the future. That meant he was implying that Blaine was heartbroken as Adele was the heartbreak superstar. It didn’t make sense to me. Why was Blaine heartbroken simply because I had a boyfriend? He had said he didn’t want to mess things up between us. I realised ‘Someone Like You’ had ended and Blaine was singing a new song. I leaned in again to hear the words Blaine was singing.

“I know that you haven’t made your mind up yet, but I would never do you wrong. I’ve known it from the moment that we met, no doubt in my mind where you belong.”

Blaine’s voice was so beautiful singing Adele. He had once told me how much he loved Adele and was thinking about writing a song for her; in hope that one day she would sing it. I sighed and pulled out my phone. I scrolled through Facebook and saw Santana and Puck were still commenting on my relationship status; mainly about the ‘wankiness’ of Martin and me getting it on. I chuckled to myself, causing Blaine to look at me. All I had to do was mouth ‘Santana’ at him and he immediately understood, smiling at me. I smiled back then turned back to my phone. I noticed I had a text from Brittany.

From Brittany 08:41
Dolphin Love!!!! Your Britt xxx

I chuckled again at Brittany’s message. I really loved that girl. She would always have a special place in my heart. I still remembered the awkwardness of when I had my Mellencamp stage and dated her to prove myself to my Dad. I was so grateful my Dad was so accepting and told me it was my job to be myself. I decided I would tell him about Martin at Friday Night Dinner; provided that Finn hadn’t already blabbed before I had the chance. I opened a new message on my phone and selected Martin’s number from my phonebook.

From Kurt 08:43
Morning ;) just had an interrogation from the Warblers about you. Kurt xxxx

Immediately my phone vibrated to signify a text

From Martin 08:44
Morning baby ;) ooo how did that go? Fun morning? Martin xxxx

From Kurt 08:45
Was good actually. They want to meet you naturally as they’re my friends. They’re calmer than New Directions so they’ll be easier to deal with. Fun!? Nick told a picture of me topless and showed all the guys! Embarrassing much! Kurt xxxx
I didn’t get a reply straight away like I had last time. I joined in Nick, Jeff and Thad’s conversation on which Harry Potter book was their favourite and why. I was surprised Blaine didn’t jump in as he loved Harry Potter and wished he had a chance to play Harry in anything; even a musical, but he just sat there listening to music. My answer was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as it was the finale and the whole book was totally awesome. Everything in that book from the wedding to the battle was amazing. My phone finally buzzed when everything started clearing up their plates as we didn’t have long until lessons.

From Martin 08:54
Why did he see you topless?

I just stared at the text. I could tell from the way that he hadn’t included his name and kisses that he was completely serious. He knew I attended a boys’ boarding school and that we would play jokes on each other and try to embarrass one another. I tried to phrase my answer as best as I possibly could.

From Kurt 08:56
I had a towel around my waist after coming out of the shower. Nick was knocking on my door yelling it was urgent. I opened the door and he took the photo. It was a joke to embarrass me. It was nothing. Kurt xxxx

I waited anxiously for his reply. I just hoped that I hadn’t already screwed up my first relationship. I slipped my phone into my pocket and picked up my plate and cup to clear away. I then grabbed my bag and made my way over to Blaine. We silently headed off to History lesson; Blaine still had his headphone in and I was waiting for a text. I felt a vibration in my pocket and yanked my phone out. Blaine raised his eyebrow and I just shook my head. I would text him in our lesson as usual.

From Martin 08:59
Sounds interesting meeting your friends. It’ll be something I look forward to; Warblers or New Directions. Martin xxxx
I just stared at the text. It was like he had switched from funny and caring to angry back to funny and caring. He hadn’t even acknowledged it but had replied to what I had said before about meeting my friends. I quickly tapped out a reply, deciding not to mention it.

From Kurt 09:00
Oh it will be interesting. Kurt xxxx

Blaine and I entered the History classroom and took our seats. Mr Gilbert entered and addressed us. He told us today we would just be making notes from our textbooks as he had a horrendous headache and didn’t want a lot of noise. He told us to turn to page 394. Blaine and I chuckled quietly at his accidental Harry Potter quote. I turned to said page and glanced at it, seeing that we were making notes on Hitler’s rise to power as Chancellor from 1933 in Germany. I looked up to see Mr Gilbert already settling down and marking some work. I pulled out my phone and placed it on the desk; noticing that Blaine was doing the same. I switched it onto silent so it wouldn’t make any noise or movement.

From Kurt 09:06
Oh my god! Harry Potter reference! Just had Snape’s voice in my head! Kurt xxx

I started scribbling down notes from the page, practically writing it word for word from what it said in the textbook.

From Blaine 09:07
Having Alan Rickman’s voice in your head is not a bad thing ;) Is it weird I have a slight crush on him? It’s mainly to do with him being in Harry Potter. Blaine xxx

From Kurt 09:08
I know what you mean Mr Anderson. There’s just something about Alan Rickman ;) Malfoy is the best however hands down. Kurt xxx

I smirked as I noticed Blaine’s mouth open as he read my text. I prepared myself mentally for the Draco Malfoy vs. Harry Potter battle.

From Blaine 09:11
Harry Freakin’ Potter is the best! He survived Voldemort when he was a baby and survives dangerous situations every book. Malfoy is a coward who needs Crabbe and Goyle to protect. Plus I swear he just seems to roll on the floor everywhere. What a weirdo! Plus he’s always running to his Daddy. Blaine xxx

From Kurt 09:13
Tom Felton who plays Malfoy is hot. Plus Slytherin is the best house. Who wants to be good all the time? Sometimes rolling on the floor is fun. Kurt xxx

From Blaine 09:14
Wow Mr Hummel I am in shock! I thought you were a goody goody ;) have to agree with you there. Blaine xxx

From Kurt 09:16
Nope not me. I’ve posted a video on YouTube of a teacher dancing from her computer, yelled at a teacher for being so friggin’ uptight, given Rachel an awful makeover and taken drugs at school. Badass or what ;) Kurt xxx

I started reading about Hitler’s policies knowing Blaine would be shocked at my text. When I said drugs, I meant Vitamin D.

From Blaine 09:19
Wow Kurt! You are totally badass! You might even be more badass than Puck! Blaine xxx

From Kurt 09:21
Thank you Blaine :) Don’t let him know you said that. Kurt xxx

From Blaine 09:22
Believe me I won’t. Kurt...what was up earlier? You seemed anxious. Blaine xxx

I debated whether to tell Blaine. He was my best friend after all. I was glancing at Blaine making notes when I noticed the background of his phone; it was me topless!

From Kurt 09:24
Blaine why am I your phone background?!? Kurt xxx

I saw Blaine shift his phone out of view and continue with his work. I noticed his face looked like he was blushing.

From Blaine 09:26
To make you blush ;) Blaine xxx

I actually blushed when I read that and I heard Blaine chuckle quietly. I glared at him and he just rose in hands in surrender. He mouthed, “What’s wrong?” to me.

From Kurt 09:28
I mentioned the whole photo incident to Martin and we had been joking around. He suddenly texted me all serious after not responding. I quickly responded telling him it was a joke and just to embarrass me. His next text was in answer back to another question I had asked, going back to being funny and kind. Just a bit confused :S Kurt xxx

I watched Blaine frown as he read my text. I decided to actually do some work this time for at least five minutes. I noticed Blaine just seemed to be staring into space as if he was deep in thought. If Mr Gilbert looked up he’d probably think Blaine was thinking about the work. At twenty five to ten I unlocked my phone. To my surprise I had two tweets.

From Blaine 09:31
Oh Kurt :/ I don’t know what to say of that. Maybe he was just a bit worried. I’m sure it’ll be ok. I’m here for you whatever though. Blaine xxx

I decided to reply before reading the other text.

From Kurt 09:37
Thank you Blaine :) That means a lot to me. I’m here for you whatever too. Kurt xxx

I clicked onto my inbox and saw I had a text from Martin.

From Martin 09:33
Kurt I’m sorry. I was just a bit worried about a photo of you topless being passed around in case you were snapped up by someone better. Martin xxxx

From Kurt 09:40
Martin it’s ok :) it was just a prank by my straight friend Nick. He sees himself as being hilarious. Kurt xxxx

From Kurt 09:41
Blaine Martin texted me apologising so bit better now :) I better do some work for the last 15 minutes. Kurt xxx

From Blaine 09:42
Ha me too! Blaine xxx

I slipped my phone back into my pocket and tried to concentrate on the textbook for the last fifteen minutes. When the bell rang signifying the end of History, I still hadn’t written that much. Mr Gilbert quickly left the classroom muttering something about lying down. I packed my stuff into my bed and made my way out of the classroom with Blaine just behind me. I stepped to the side of the hall and stopped for Blaine.

Blaine smiled at me, “You’re going home before lunch aren’t you?”

“Yeah,” I responded, “I have a free study period before lunch so I am going home.”

Blaine pulled me into a hug and I wrapped my arms around him. We stood there for a moment until I pulled away. It seemed possible that Blaine wasn’t going to pull away but when I moved so did he.

“I’ll text you later tonight Blaine. See you Monday.” I started walking to my next lesson waving to him as I did.

“Not if I text you first!” Blaine grinned at me and waved back, disappearing in the crowd of blazers.

(break)


I was so happy to be back for the weekend in the Hudmel household. I had left Dalton just before lunch, deciding to stay for my study period and catch up on some notes including finishing the History from that morning. I had driven home this time playing the Rent soundtrack in my car. I practically loved: ‘Seasons of Love’, ‘Tango: Maureen’, ‘I’ll Cover You’, ‘La Vie Boheme’, ‘Take Me or Leave Me’, ‘Goodbye Love’ and ‘Your Eyes’. Rent was one of my favourite musicals but it had to be said that Wicked was my all time favourite. That’s why I had been so desperate to have the chance to sing ‘Defying Gravity’ then of course due to my luck had to throw the high F. When I had got home I changed into some casual clothes, laid down on my bed and put in ‘Friends Season Eight’ to watch. I kept the volume down low and allowed myself to fall asleep. I had been woken up a couple of hours later by Finn who was wrapped in a blanket. He had been off that day due to his mono. He admitted to me in our early Lady chat that he and Quinn had kissed and it had felt like fireworks. The side effect was the two of them getting mono. I knew Rachel would be in for a whirl of pain if Finn and Quinn got together. The fact Finn could forgive Quinn who had been a bitch to him, slept with his best friend, got pregnant then lied to him about being the father rather than Rachel who had kissed Puck would break his best friend’s heart even more. The two of us were called down for dinner and I was greeted by my Dad and Carole by being pulled into individual hugs. Carole refused my offer of help and served up the pizza. Dad and I were sharing an organic and vegetarian pizza while poor Carole had to put up the meat feast because of Finn.

Dad turned to me, “So anything new in your life Kurt?”

I simply turned to Finn and just gave him a look.

Finn looked slightly nervous, “I didn’t tell him I swear! I nearly did. All I hinted was that there was something interesting on your Facebook last night. I thought you’d want to tell Burt.”

I actually smiled at Finn for that. I was grateful he hadn’t just blabbed to my Dad about my love life. I didn’t want Dad to have another heart attack or to get his shotgun, hunt Martin down and shoot him.

I turned to look at Dad in the eyes, “Dad there is something new in my life. I have a boyfriend called Martin Granger. He’s seventeen and he goes to Carmel High. I met him when I performed at Breadsticks the other night.”

The room went silent for a moment. Dad and Carole looked at each other for a moment before chuckling. Finn and I glanced at each other before shrugging.

Carole took my hand in hers, “Kurt we knew about this. Your father and I both have a Facebook account.”

Finn’s mouth actually dropped open in horror. I just sat there in shock. I looked between my father and his wife unable to get the words out of my mouth, “How...why...you can’t work Facebook.”

Dad chuckled and put his hand on my shoulder, “Hiram and Leroy Berry showed us how it works. They wanted to see Rachel’s Facebook and so helped us to understand it too.”

“Oh Gaga I am so setting my profile to private!”

Even Finn joined in the laughter with Dad and Carole even though he sounded awful. I made a mental note of taking him a glass of honey to help his throat before bed. Once the laughter had died out, Dad turned to me and sighed, “Kurt I want you to be happy in life. If this Martin fellow makes you happy I fully support you. I am so proud of you son, and so are Carole and Finn.”

I actually choked up at his words, “Wow..thank you so much Dad.”

“Hang on buddy,” Dad spoke with his serious face on, “Two things Kurt: one, I want to meet this Martin and two, expect the sex talk.”

I felt myself blushing, “Dad! Please no! That will be so awkward! A straight man trying to give his gay son the sex talk is just plain awkward. I appreciate the gesture so much Dad. You don’t understand how much it means to me how accepting you are...it’s just...it’ll be awkward!”

“We can do this Kurt,” I noticed Dad also looked uncomfortable, “It may be awkward but we’ll get through this together. I’ll pick up some pamphlets at the free clinic and we can sit down and chat. I want you to know you matter Kurt.”

I smiled at my father thinking how much we had come over the past year. I took his hand in mine and he squeezed it back.

“Kurt honey you look exhausted and so do you Finn. I’ll bring some medication for your...ahem...illness Finn. How about the two of us have an early night?” Carole asked, smiling at the sight of Dad and I holding hands.

I let go of Dad’s hand and stood up and stretched. I kissed Dad’s cheek then made my way over to Carole and kissed her cheek, “Goodnight Dad, Goodnight Carole.”

“Goodnight Kurt.” Dad responded, giving me a little wave.

“Goodnight sweetheart. I’m glad you’re home.” Carole replied, patting my cheek.

I waited for Finn to say his goodnights before walking upstairs with him. When we got to outside my bedroom door Finn pulled me into a bone-crushing hug.

“I love you bro. So glad you’re home. We can hang out tomorrow.” Finn looked like a child on Christmas Day.

“I love you too Finn. Of course we can.” I was actually looking forward to hanging out with Finn. It reminded me how fair we had come from my unhealthy infatuation with him, his use of the word ‘faggy’ to the two of us being brothers. I left Finn in the hallway and shut my bedroom door. I started my moisturising routine, hoping to get it over and done with so I could sleep. I changed in my pyjamas and got into bed. I picked up my phone to check my messages.

From Nick 18:34
I love you Kurt. Jeff is here as well and he says he loves you too. You have a hot body ;) just thought you’d appreciate this in text. Nick and Jeff xx

From Blaine 18:56
Hope you’re having a nice Friday Night Dinner with your family :) Blaine xxx

From Martin 20:01
Have a nice evening boyfriend o’mine ;) Martin xxxx

I quickly typed back replies in anxious to get to sleep.

From Kurt 21: 22
I love you Nick and Jeff too. Thank you and I do appreciate it in text. I’d appreciate it more if you deleted the photo and deleted it off everyone’s phones! People such as Blaine are trying to embarrass me! Kurt xx

From Kurt 21: 24
It was great thanks :) Hope you had a nice Friday night :) Kurt xxx

From Kurt 21:25
You too honey :) Kurt xxxx

With that, I put my phone on my bedside table and switched off my light, snuggling into my duvet letting the sleep take me.