The day that Kurt never wanted to come was finally here.

First day of school.

At first, he hadn't really thought about it.

But as the weeks turned into days... hours... minutes... seconds until it was time to leave for school, all these horrible thoughts popped into his mind.

What if Blaine didn't understand anything?

What if he got confused?

What if it was extremely obvious that he had no clue what was going on and they sent him back to the first grade or something?

Okay, well maybe that wouldn't happen... plus you can't get sent back to the first grade if you never went to begin with.

But still. What would people say if they realized that Blaine didn't know as much as normal humans? Would they make fun of him? Throw slushies at him? Toss him into dumpsters?

Okay, so it was becoming more and more obvious what Kurt's real concern was.

He didn't want anything bad to happen to Blaine.

Because he loved him.

God, that sure was getting annoying. Why couldn't he just hate Blaine and have a simple easy life? No, he had to go and fall in love with a merman.

Stupid emotions.

Things could never be easy, could they?

"We're ready for school!"

Apparently not.

"What the hell are you wearing, Blaine?" he asked, crossing his arms over his chest.

"I loaned him my jacket. It's cold outside, and between being grounded part of the summer, designing his room, teaching him school stuff, and everyone from New Directions showing up here practically every day since that sleepover we never really had time to take him shopping for his own clothes."

"Shopping! I knew we forgot to do something! No wonder I can't find anything appropriate for the first day of school, I totally forgot to go shopping for new clothes!"

"Just wear whatever."

"Whatever? I can't just wear whatever, Finn." Kurt let out an aggravated sigh. "Blaine, go put that jacket back in Finn's closet. Finn, get over here."

Blaine left the room and Finn walked through the doorway and away from his spot in the hall.

"I knew this was a bad idea, I could feel it."

"What?"

"Blaine coming to school with us."

"What makes you think it's a bad idea?"

"Finn, I forgot to go shopping... me! Forgot to go shopping for clothes! If that's not a sign, I don't know what is."

"A sign from who? I thought you didn't believe in God."

"You're missing the point."

"You know, it's your first day as a senior, but it's Blaine's first day ever going to school... it's kind of selfish of you to be so worried about your wardrobe."

"Not just my wardrobe, his too! He doesn't even have a wardrobe! He's spent all his time as a human wearing my old clothes, he's never experienced the joy of trying on new clothes, of going shopping, of getting a great deal on a new outfit... how could I keep something so wonderful from him? I'm a horrible person."

"You are not... you gave him all the clothes that stopped fitting you once you hit that growth spurt. That was nice of you." Kurt huffed and crossed his arms over his chest. "Look, it's the first day of school, which means there won't be any homework today... if it means that much to you, take Blaine shopping right after school. It'll be like a... congrats on having a great first day shopping trip."

"Okay, I must admit, that's a really good idea."

"So..."

"So what?"

"So what's really bugging you? I know there's got to be more to this than shopping and clothes. Is this about you being in love with Blaine?"

"Oh God, not this again..."

"Why don't you just admit tha-" Kurt cut him off as Blaine entered the room.

"Hey! Um, here, borrow this... it'll match what you're wearing perfectly." Kurt said as he yanked a jacket out of his closet and tossed it towards Blaine. "I'll meet you downstairs, just as soon as I pick an outfit."

Blaine smiled before heading downstairs, Kurt shooting Finn a death glare.

"You are so lucky he didn't hear you!" Finn simply smirked, and before he could say anything, Kurt threw a pillow at him. "Don't even think about saying it again!"

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Kurt looked over Blaine's schedule, surprised when he saw that, for some reason, the school had given Blaine all junior classes.

How was Kurt suppose to keep an eye on Blaine if he wasn't a senior too?

He couldn't help but notice, however, that Blaine's schedule was almost identical to Tina's.

"Tina! I need a favor."

"Sure, Kurt. What can I do for you?"

"Can you keep an eye on Blaine for me? I'd do it myself but we're not in any classes together."

"Why would you be, isn't Blaine a junior?"

Kurt bit his lip. "Right, so... can you just, look out for him? He's new and doesn't really know how this whole school thing works and..."

"What?"

Kurt's eyes widened when he realized what he just said.

"Uh, Blaine's always been homeschooled... his entire life, so... he doesn't really know how public school works."

"Oh... well, sure. I can look out for him."

Kurt let out a small, relieved, sigh before smiling. "Thanks, I owe you one."

"No problem!"

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Kurt couldn't focus on anything. He just kept worrying about Blaine.

When the final bell rang he practically raced out of the room to Glee club rehearsal.

Most people were racing there because they were curious to see if anyone new would show up and audition.

Kurt was racing there because he really wanted to see Blaine and make sure that his first day was okay.

But when he spotted Tina talking to Mike in the corner of the choir room, Blaine no where to be found, he started to panic.

"Tina, where's Blaine?"

"Oh, he's with Finn... something about sports..."

Oh no. Finn didn't.

No, there was no way that Finn thought it was a good idea to take Blaine to some... football try out or something.

The boy who had only just learned to walk a few months ago... was going to play football?

Well no, that couldn't be the case... because Mike, Artie, Puck... all the other Glee boys on the football team were here... so obviously nothing football related was going on today...

So if Finn wasn't having Blaine try out for football, what sport was he having him try out for?

"Blaine, you're soaked! What happened to you?"

Kurt turned his head when he heard Rachel's voice, spotting Finn and Blaine in the doorway, Blaine's hair dripping wet and his dry clothes sticking to his wet skin and slowly becoming damp.

"Blaine, are you okay?" Kurt said as he rushed over, Blaine smiled and nodded, though he looked a bit confused.

"Finn, hallway... now." Kurt said through his teeth, pushing his step brother into the empty hallway with one hand and dragging Blaine along with the other.

"Start explaining."

"Well, I figured that Blaine needed to make some more friends, and have a hobby outside of glee club, especially since he won't be able to sing in glee club anyway, so I had him try out for the swim team."

"Excuse me?"

"I didn't plan on him trying out today, I just figured I'd bring him with me to ask the coach when try outs were, and then we'd head straight here."

"If you didn't plan on him trying out today, why is he soaked?"

"Because try outs are the same day as football, and I knew I wouldn't be able to go with him to the actual try outs, so I figured he could just... swim around a bit before glee club to show the coach why he should be on the team and-"

"Do you listen to yourself when you speak?"

"Uh..."

"You made Blaine swim?"

"It didn't turn out well."

"No kidding." He said sarcastically. "Are you insane?"

"He's a merman, I thought it was the perfect sport for him."

"Was, Finn. He was a merman, as in... not anymore. Now he's a human. A human who's never swam with legs. His only experience swimming is with a fin, do you see a fin on him? No!"

"I didn't think about that."

"Obviously."

"Well, how was I suppose to know he'd almost drown and that the coach would have to dive in after him?"

"Even Brittany could've seen that coming!"

"I'm sorry, I was just trying to help him feel more at home at this school."

Kurt sighed. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have snapped at you. I know you meant well, it's just that you scared me half to death."

"So... I guess you wouldn't be surprised to hear that he didn't make the team..."

"Not really, no."

Finn stood there awkwardly for a moment before shuffling into the choir room.

Kurt sighed again and looked at Blaine.

"Are you sure you're okay?"

Blaine nodded, though he still looked a bit confused.

Kurt figured he must've just been a bit shaken by the whole experience. The feeling of drowning was obviously something Blaine had never experienced before, along with not having any control in the water... it sure would've freaked him out if he were a merman who just turned into a human and swam for the first time.

"So... other than Finn almost killing you, how was your first day of school?"

Blaine smiled and gave Kurt a thumbs up.

"Great!" He said just as Blaine wrapped his arms around his stomach, shivering slightly. "God, you're probably freezing... I can't believe Finn made you swim, especially since he was the one who said how cold it was this morning..." Kurt rolled his eyes. "Come on, I'll fix it."

Kurt pulled Blaine into the choir room, walking up to Mr. Schuester.

"Mr. Schue? This is Blaine. It's his first day here and he wanted to join Glee Club. He doesn't really talk so he won't be able to sing or anything... but he'd love to help out anyway."

"That'd be great."

"Fantastic. So... would it be okay if we missed today? I want to get him dried off so he doesn't freeze to death."

"Sure, Kurt. Do what you gotta do... but... why's he all wet?"

Kurt glared at his brother. "Ask Finn." he said before leading Blaine out of the choir room.