When Kurt and Blaine entered the choir room the next day, the whole room was in a fuss. Regionals were coming up that weekend, and all of the New Directions were freaking out. They had their set list decided, but they still had to figure out choreography and keep the set list safe, as it was going to be their ticket to Nationals this year, which was once again being held in New York.

"Blaine, Kurt! Sit down, we have things to discuss before going back to rehearsing," Mr. Schue said, and their headed to their regular seats, sitting down before Mr. Schue continued.

"Well, although we haven't even gotten to Nationals yet, I think that we should nominate next year's lead singers, as most of you are graduating this year, and I think that it would be better to do this now, with this group, rather than next year with the new group," he said, and everyone in the room nodded in agreement, and Mr. Schue picked up a sheet of paper, and read off of it.

"Well, as all the senior know already, and the rest of you are about to find out, we had them do a small vote on who will be the male and female leads for the next year, and they are," there was a slight pause, as all of the underclassmen other than Blaine lent forward in their seats a little bit, hoping to be picked, "Tina Cohen-Chang and Blaine Anderson," Mr. Schue read, and everyone clapped, and Tina wore a rather vibrant grin, and Mike kissed her cheek, but Blaine frowned a bit.

"Um, could I say something?" Blaine asked, and everyone nodded, looking at him before noticing his slightly troubled expression and frowning a little themselves.

"Well as much as I'd like to thank you for voting for me to be the male lead, I can't accept the position," Blaine said, and a few 'Why's' and 'Why not's' were heard throughout the room before he continued.

"I'm not going to be going to McKinley next year," he said, and at the expressions on some of their faces, betrayal, shock and confusion among them, he quickly tacked on, "I'm not going back to Dalton though, my older brother Cooper, who lives in New York offered for me to go live with him next year in the city," he said, and took a deep breath before continuing, "and I accepted his offer," Blaine said, and the members of New Directions just looked at him for a second, before Finn spoke.

"Well, I can't say that any of us were expecting you to say that dude, but who'll be the lead then?" he asked, and Mr. Schue spoke.

"Then we would like to ask Artie to take the position," he said, and Artie grinned.

"I'd love to Mr. Schue," he said, before turning to Blaine, "That's really cool though Blaine, good for you,' he said, and the others of the club nodded in agreement.

"Well how about we get practicing!" Rachel exclaimed, and then all nodded in agreement, getting up and heading to the stage.

~O~O~O~

Later that day, Blaine, Kurt, Rachel, and Finn were all at the Lima Bean getting a post-school coffee, when up walked several blazer-clad teens.

"Jeff, Nick, Trent, David, what a surprise to see you here, normally Sebastian's the Warbler who graces our presence, he really doesn't seem to leave this shop at times," Kurt said when the four Warblers approached their set of chairs. Although Blaine had forgiven the four of them as well as some of the other older Warblers that he was friends with, Kurt was still slightly annoyed with them after the whole slushie-ing incident.

"Hello Blaine, Kurt, Finn, Rachel," Trent responded, ignoring the slight jab towards them and gesturing to the other chairs, "mind if we join you?" he asked, and the New Directions members shugged, and the Warblers sat down.

"We weren't discussing glee so it doesn't really matter, " Rachel said, and Blaine rolled his eyes, having a feeling about what was bound to come next, "We were just discussing Blaine and his plans to move to New York this summer," she said, and four pairs of eyes turned to him.

"What?" Nick and Jeff asked simultaneously, while both Trent and David's jaws dropped a slight bit.

"I thought that you might be coming back to Dalton next year," Jeff said frowning, and Blaine looked at him with an eyebrow cocked.

"I never said that, if I was staying in Ohio I'd still be attending McKinley most likely, plus to be quite honest, all of you guys kinda blew your chance with the slushie," he said, and they at least had the sense to look a bit guilty, "I mean, I'm still friends with you guys, but I'm not going back to school there. But Cooper offered for me to move into his apartment in the city with him and his girlfriend Alice when she moves in over the summer, and I'll go to school there in the fall, and figure out my own living plan for when I go to college there in two years. Plus, I'll be in the same city as Kurt, opposed to in a completely different state, and not only will college cost be less, but I'll also know my way around the city," Blaine said, and Kurt grabbed his hand, squeezing it.

"Oh, okay," Jeff said, looking a bit like a wounded puppy, but David cut in.

"Well we should get headed back to Dalton," he said, and with that the four left, bidding the others goodbye quickly and leaving with their coffees, leaving their four rivals in their wake.