Saturday

Kurt was about an hour into his shift, starring out at the swimmers while humming to himself, when he heard car doors slamming behind him.

“No!” he heard Blaine shout. “Jeff, come back!”

Kurt was then sprayed with sand as he turned to towards Blaine’s voice. The blond haired boy – Jeff – who had faked a jelly fish sting, skidded to a halt beside Kurt as Blaine continued to admonish him.

“Hey Kurt!!” Jeff yelled, grinning madly and waving.

“What did I say about not bothering Kurt?” Blaine glared at Jeff for a moment before smiling at Kurt and walking closer. “Hi! How has your morning been thus far?”

“Fairly quiet and peaceful until about a minute ago” Kurt said nodding towards the group of boys standing behind Blaine and watching them intently.

“Huh. Funny that should happen when a bunch of teenage boys show up.”

“You know, it really is quite odd” Kurt replied, smiling slightly.

As they continued talking Wes pulled the others away to set their things up and give the two boys some semblance of privacy. Five minutes later a volleyball was lobbed at Blaine. Nicks aim was off however and it almost hit Kurt. As the ball whizzed by Blaine though, there was a shouted warning and Blaine managed to knock the ball out of the air before it collided with Kurt.

“Nick! Watch where you throw things!”

“Sorry! I was aiming for you! We need you to even out the teams! Come play!”

Blaine looked over at Kurt. “I should probably let you get back to work. Come find me during your break?”

“Of course” Kurt smiled. “Go play with your friends before they hate me for hogging you.”

Blaine ran off down the beach with a parting wave to Kurt. When he reached his friends he barely paused before serving the ball and jumping into the game.

An hour later the group of exhausted boys collapsed on their towels and caught the waters that David threw at them. After a minute of lying face first on his towel, Blaine looked up and resituated himself so he had a nice view of Kurt.

When Kurt looked over a moment later Blaine smiled and waved, and then, feeling bold, pulled his shirt off when Kurt began looking away. Kurt reacted by whipping his head back around and blatantly staring at Blaine’s chest. After a few seconds he blinked and glanced up at Blaine, flushing, only to see him staring back with a nervous smile. Blaine’s smile grew into a real one as they continued to stare at each other. The moment was broken however when Sebastian threw sand at Blaine to get his attention and handed Blaine some cards saying they were playing Presidents.

Blaine winked at Kurt and then turned his attention to the game.

The day continued much like this: the boys swam, Kurt ate lunch with them on the beach, and Blaine groaned next to him as his friends told embarrassing stories while Kurt laughed.

When they got back to the house, Blaine parked the car and then bolted up the stairs, ignoring the catcalls behind him. He put on some nicer clothes and realized that he’d have to take his car to the movies instead of his mom’s convertible.

Blaine: Hey! I just realized that if we want to pull this joke off I have to bring my car which isn’t a convertible.

Kurt: Hmmm I’m trying to weigh the options here.

Kurt: Let’s just take your car and we’ll lay on the hood or something. Like in the movies!

After finishing his conversation with Kurt, Blaine rejoined his friends downstairs who were finishing making burgers for all of them.

At seven Blaine left his house in his own car to pick Kurt up for the movie.

After ringing the doorbell at Kurt’s house, Blaine nervously adjusted his bowtie. At the last minute he had decided to throw on a suit jacket and his red and blue striped bow tie for the occasion, just because he could.

Blaine finished fiddling with his bow tie just as Kurt opened the door.

“Hi” Kurt breathed out, running his eyes up and down Blaine’s outfit. “Well don’t you look handsome and dapper.” Kurt froze the moment he said this, looking taken aback by his own boldness. Blaine, however, grinned and grabbed Kurt’s hand to walk him to the car.

Pulling lightly to get Kurt to follow, Blaine spoke “you’re one to talk, you look gorgeous tonight. Not that I’ve ever seen you look anything but gor-” Now it was Blaine’s turn to freeze as his cheeks flushed.

“I do try” Kurt replied loftly, preening slightly.

Blaine laughed, and then opened the car door for Kurt before going around to the driver’s side.

They’d been sitting on the hood of the car (picnic blanket spread out beneath them) for twenty minutes trying not to eat their popcorn as they waited for the movie to begin, when Blaine finally gave in.

“Can I kiss you? I mean, I know we kissed yesterday, but what is the protocol on second date kissing? Do I have to wait until I drop you off again? Because I don’t think I can do that. I mean, if you want me to I will but- mmph.”

After having interrupted Blaine’s ramblings by kissing him, Kurt pulled back and smirked down at Blaine, who had a dazed look on his face. “Hmmm… yes, you are definitely allowed to kiss me before you drop me off at the end of the date.”

Blaine’s smile lit up his face. “Good. I, umm, I’m glad I asked then.”  

After the movie finished they made no move to get up. They continued lying on the hood of the car as everyone else pulled out of the drive in. After a few minutes of watching the credits role by Kurt shifted to look at Blaine. He took a deep breath and slowly said “I leave for Lima on Monday.”

“I leave for Westerville on Monday too.” Blaine sighed turning to look at Kurt.

After staring at each other for a long moment they both began to speak.

“I want to-”

“Can we-”

They both stopped and gestured for the other to continue. Finally Kurt gave in. “Can we still see each other? We’ll only be about an hour away from each other. And we both have cars. And we can talk on the phone and skyp-”

“Yes, please. I would love that.”

Kurt glanced hopefully at Blaine. “Really? Ok. It’s a plan.”

Blaine grinned. “Should we kiss on it? Because I want to kiss you again and this seems like an excellent opportunity.”

“Well of course we should kiss on it.” Kurt put on a mock offended look. “What other way could we possibly seal this deal?”

Blaine smiled and shook his head. He leaned over and kissed Kurt softly on the lips, intending to pull away, when Kurt stopped him by wrapping an arm around his neck and pulling him closer.

After another half an hour of talking intermingled with bouts of kissing, Kurt and Blaine got in the car and headed out.

About a block away from Kurt’s house, Blaine pulled over. After a moment of panic and confusion upon seeing Blaine pick up a condom, Kurt realized what was going on.

“YES!” Kurt grinned. “Where’re actually going to fake this thing?”

“Well of course we are, I have to stick to my promises don’t I?” Blaine looked up at Kurt while opening the condom. “I also figure that the drive-in is a reasonable enough date location for Sebastian to believe something happened.”

They spent some time fiddling with the condom and maneuvering everything in the back seat, complete with some extra ingredients to make it appear as though they’d actually done the deed on a bit of tarp laid across the seat.

Declaring their joke complete, they headed towards Kurt’s door, Kurt reaching out to tangle his fingers with Blaine’s.

“I had a lovely time tonight, thank you for inviting me to the drive in Kurt.”

“It was my pleasure” Kurt replied turning to face Blaine when they reached the door. “I couldn’t exactly take you to a modern movie theater when you scream black and white film charm.”

Blaine chuckled and looked down bashfully for a moment before returning his gaze to Kurt. “You think I have old school charm?”

“Yes, of course I do. Blaine you scream old-fashioned charm. So much so that it comes across a little even when you’re running around with your friends like a sugar high eight year old.”

Blaine beamed and then hugged Kurt. After a moment Kurt shifted so he could kiss Blaine good night.

After they finished kissing goodnight Blaine pulled his head away, leaving his arms wrapped around Kurt’s waist. “So I’ll see you tomorrow then?”

Of course,” Kurt replied breathlessly.

“I think I have an idea for a date when you get out of work, but we’ll talk details tomorrow? If you’re free I mean.”

“Can I at least have a hint right now so I know if I need to bring a change of clothes?”

“Nope!” Kurt pouted. “Ok, fine, there is no restaurant involved. You can wear your normal lifeguard wear.”

Kurt raised an eyebrow “Are you asking me to remain shirtless for this date? Because I know we just had fake sex in the backseat of your car” both boys blushed “but that doesn’t actually-”

“I, umm” Blaine blinked hard and shook his head slightly as though to rid himself of a mental image. “There is the possibility that the date could involve swimming. So there’s no need to change.”

“Oh.” Kurt said, looking slightly embarrassed about his rambling. “Ok, I’ll try not to panic too much about picking a versatile outfit for the day then.”

“Good,” Blaine smiled. “I should probably go then.” At this, Blaine leaned in and captured Kurt’s lips. They kissed for a few more moments before Blaine pulled away. He whispered “goodnight,” kissed Kurt’s cheek, and then disappeared to his car.