Chapter 4: an eventful day

Kurt was positively thrilled. He felt warm and fuzzy inside and was bubbling over with happiness ever since Blaine had asked him out. He still wasn't sure it had happened. He thought he'd fallen asleep during class and had a pleasant dream, but found that was not the case when Tina had pinched him. When Kurt had said "pinch me, I'm dreaming," he really hadn't meant it literally. It didn't matter, though, because Blaine asked him out. Blaine, the boy of his dreams, was gay and liked him and asked him out on a date. It seemed too good to be true, yet it was. The butterflies in Kurt's stomach fluttered all day in anticipation of glee this afternoon. 

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Blaine smiled for the rest of his day. He was pretty sure some people thought he was insane, but he didn't care because he had asked the most beautiful boy in existence on a date and he had actually accepted. Blaine was going to go on a date with Kurt, the most beautiful boy in the universe. He phrased it about a hundred ways in his head before the final bell rang and he hurried to glee, feeling light and giddy as he made his way to the choir room.

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Kurt had been nervous that Blaine had decided against joining glee club, but he smiled when he saw Blaine stumble in a bit late with a sheepish smile. His stomach did a flip when Blaine came to sit next to him, and Mercedes nudged Kurt and shot him a grin. Kurt didn't listen to anything Mr. Schue was saying, too focused on being so close to Blaine and wondering what he was going to sing and what he was going to sound like when he did. His attention returned, though, at the sound of Blaine's name.

"Blaine! It's a shame you're dropping Spanish, but I'm happy to see you're interested in glee! Did you prepare anything to sing for us?"

"Uh," Blaine gulped and Kurt felt him fidget nervously beside him. Instinctively, Kurt put his hand on Blaine's to comfort him. When he realized what he'd done, he was about to retract it, but then saw Blaine look shocked for a moment before his face lit up and he gave Kurt a huge, bright smile that made the corners of his eyes crinkle up. 

"Yeah, I do. I don't have the music for it, but I can play it on the guitar."

"Great! O-kay! Whenever you're ready."

Blaine hesitated, then got up, walked to the band area, and picked up an acoustic guitar, then made his way front and center to introduce himself.

"Hi, I'm Blaine Anderson. I'm not sure if you'll know this song, and I don't really know what kind of song I was supposed to sing, but I hope it's alright. Also, it happens to kind of go with the assignment you just gave, you know, singing a song relating to something that happened in your life recently. So, I'm going sing 'Stranger' by Chris August."

Blaine glanced at Mr. Schue, who nodded his head encouragingly, and then began to sing. [song: http://a.tumblr.com/tumblr_leqtbdqqxe1qbnot0o1.mp3 ]

Stranger, till I hear your laughter

Crazy, cause you're all I'm after

It's a pleasure, It was nice to have met you

And I'll remember

To never forget you

Kurt couldn't take it. For so long, nothing had gone his way, so now that his luck had changed, he almost couldn't process it. Blaine had a beautiful voice. Words really couldn't do it justice. It was so expressive and had a unique quality and tone to it. It was somehow rough and smooth at the same time and it was wonderful. It was also incredibly sexy, like the rest of him. Kurt almost couldn't believe that he was going on a date with this magnificent, otherworldly being.

Cause when I'm excited,

I don't hide it, just to let you know

I'm feeling you baby from bottom to the top,

How could I not stop to say hello

So hello there,

How are you amazing

It's nice to finally meet you,

Cause I found my stranger  

Blaine looked up then, staring directly at Kurt. Suddenly, it dawned on Kurt that oh my god, he is singing to me.  

Stranger, till they call your name

It's amazing, it's such a simple thing

I see you walking, don't you walk too far

I may be nervous but I wanna be where you are

Cause when I'm excited,

I don't hide it, just to let you know

I'm feeling you baby from bottom to the top,

How could I not stop to say hello  

Other members of the glee club seemed to be catching on now that Blaine was singing to Kurt and were exchanging looks with and nudging each other.

So hello there,

How are you amazing,

It's nice to finally meet you,

Been patiently waiting,

Been waiting just to see you,

To tell you I dreamed you,

Now I found you so call off the search

Cause I found the

I found my stranger

The final strum rang out and the room burst into applause. 

"Welcome to glee club, Blaine! We're glad to have you!"

Blaine seemed happy, but still a bit nervous. He looked at Kurt, as if for approval, and as Kurt smiled, Blaine brightened up and they began the rehearsal.

"That was a great example for the assignment! So, as I was saying, this week..."

Mr. Schuester went on about the assignment again, but Kurt still didn't care. His focus was solely on Blaine. 

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Glee had been fun. The best part of it for Blaine, though, was Kurt's reaction to his song. Well, that and being able to sit next to Kurt for almost an hour.

When the bell rang and he noticed Kurt getting ready to leave, he quickly grabbed Kurt's hand as he had reached for his bag.

"So, before you go, could we exchange phone numbers or something? Also, we haven't really talked about our date."

Our date.  Yes, that sounded very nice. 

"Sure! Switch phones?"

"Huh? Oh, right, of course!"

They switched phones and entered their numbers before trading back. 

"So...Kurt, would you do me the honor of joining me for dinner at the Milano Café this Friday evening?"

"The Milano Café?"

"It's a place I found when I moved here. It's really good. We could go somewhere else if you wanted to, though, I—"

"Blaine, it's fine. I'd be happy to."

"Great! What time would be best for you?"

Kurt thought for a moment. He would have to get ready, but other than that...

"Seven."

"Seven it is, then! I'll pick you up at seven."

They both started to leave, and Blaine was giddy. He was skipping to his locker when he realized something that sent him racing to the parking lot.

"KURT!"

Kurt turned from where he was opening the door to his black Navigator to face Blaine.

"I don't know where to pick you up!"

"Blaine, you do realize you could have called me, texted me, or just asked me tomorrow, right?"

No, he didn't. Stupid, stupid, stupid  

"Well...it's just better talking to you in person, I guess."

Kurt chuckled and ducked his head before getting in the car, rolling down the windows, and saying "Goodbye, Blaine!"

"Goodbye, Kurt."

Now all he had to do was plan the perfect date. The only problem was that Blaine hadn't really been on a date before and had absolutely no clue as to what to do. He had only one option now: ask Cooper for help. 

This was certainly turning out to be an eventful day.