"Kurt?"

Kurt blinked at the sound of Blaine's voice before turning his head in the other's direction. "Sorry?" he said softly, feeling his cheeks heat slightly when the other teens laughed.

"I was asking how your first day went?" Blaine said with a bright smile, his free hand itching to take the junior's.

"Oh…It was good." Kurt said quietly, reaching up to push his bangs back in place.

"Besides Keller, of course." Jeff spoke up from the back seat, causing Kurt's shoulders to slump slightly. The blond frowned and looked at Nick when the shorter male took his hand with a soft sigh.

"He didn't do anything too horrible did he?" Blaine asked, sending Kurt a worried glace as they waited at a red light.

"He…wasn't so bad. I guess I didn't do what he wanted." Kurt admitted softly, glancing down at his knees as a confused look graced his face.

"Kurt, I told you he was an ass!" Jeff said, feeling the warm hand around his squeeze tightly.

"Kurt, you really didn't do anything wrong." Nick stated, shaking his head when all Kurt gave was a nod in return.

"What did he do?" Blaine asked, wanting to know. Anything that made Nick sound that angry had to have been pretty awful.

"I didn-" Kurt began, only to be cut off by Nick.

"He just wanted to pick on the new kid and got sore because Kurt actually knew the answer to the question." Nick explained, crossing his legs as Jeff lifted his hand to place a kiss across his knuckles.

"Yeah the jerk erased the board like twice just to humiliate him." Jeff continued for his boyfriend, glancing out the window once the car started to move once more.

Blaine sighed, keeping his eyes on the road. "I'm sorry Kurt, some teachers are just difficult." he said, frowning as he thought about the junior being terrorized in front of a room full of other students.

Kurt smiled before he lifted his head to look out the windshield. "Its okay, I've had worse." he began, missing the confused glance Jeff gave the back of his head. "It really was perfect besides Mr. Keller." he said softly, taking a chance to glance at Blaine, his stomach fluttering at the smile tugging at the warbler's mouth.

Nick watched the way Kurt looked at Blaine from the backseat. He couldn't really place it, but the small smile the other junior was giving made his own lips turn up. Slowly he rested his head against Jeff's shoulder, closing his eyes as he breathed in the blonds cologne.

"That's great, Kurt!" Blaine said excitedly, glad Keller hadn't spoiled the whole day for Kurt. "What did Mr. Alexander say about your art?"

Kurt looked away quickly, clenching his hands into tight fists where they rested against his knees. "He seemed to really like my sketches."

"Wait, You can draw?" Jeff asked excitedly, bouncing in his seat which caused Nick to scowl and move his head from the blonds shoulder.

"A little." Kurt admitted quietly, looking at Blaine when he laughed.

"More than a little." Blaine said before turning on his blinker and slowing down to pull into the parking lot of the little coffee shop.

"That's awesome!" Jeff said pumping his fist in the air. "I've been trying to find someone to draw me the Pow-"

"If you say Power Rangers, consider yourself single." Nick said with a raised brow, grinning when Jeff whined.

"Come on! The Power Rangers are freaking epic!" Jeff huffed, sending his boyfriend an irritated look.

"They are extremely lame, and the pink one always got on my nerves." Nick said, rolling his eyes after watching Jeff drop his jaw in horror.

"How can my boyfriend hate the most glorious show ever to grace the earth?" Jeff cried out loudly.

"Yet again let me point out how lame the stupid show was…" Nick stated calmly, relieved when Blaine finally parked the car.

"But that was the point." Jeff mumbled as he climbed out of the car after Blaine had stepped out and lowered the seat.

Kurt quickly lowered his seat as well so Nick could climb out too, glancing at the dark green jeep that pulled in beside them. David and Wes climbed out, the shorter Asian complaining about something one of the other warbler members had done. He heard another whine come from Jeff and smiled as he noticed he and Nick were still arguing about Power Rangers. Soon enough David and Wes joined their playful banter as they walked towards the entrance of the coffee shop, David stating that his favorite would always be red and Wes arguing that blue could kick red's ass if they ever went at it. So this was what if felt like to be with a group of friends? Sure he never imagined that the main point of the conversation would be about the 'special' effects the show used, but it was nice to know that you were actually part of the group, and not an outsider looking in.

"I swear they have this conversation once a week." Blaine stated as he held the door open for Kurt to walk through, the others had already walked in ahead of them, too wrapped up in the debate of the yellow ranger versus the pink one. "I'm surprised Nick hasn't trashed those dvd's yet with the amount of times Jeff makes him watch them with him."

"So Nick doesn't actually hate it?" Kurt asked as they stopped behind Wes and David to wait in line. He smiled when Blaine laughed, shaking his curly head afterwards.

"I'm pretty sure he does hate it, but I think he puts up with it because Jeff likes it." Blaine said, turning towards Kurt. "They would do anything for each other, they've been through a lot."

"A lot?" Kurt whispered, looking at Blaine with a curious expression. He quickly looked away afterwards. "I mean, it's not of my business, sorry." he said through a rushed breath, a little disappointed in himself for asking about something that clearly wasn't his right to know in the first place.

Blaine watched Kurt closely before smiling and reaching out to tug on the sleeve of his jacket. One he got the Junior's attention he nodded towards Nick and Jeff who were heading for a little table in the back to wait on their orders to be called. "Kurt, I'm sure they would tell you if you just asked." he began, stepping forward when Wes and David stepped up to counter. "Don't be afraid to ask, you three seem so close already anyways."

Kurt smiled as he looked at Blaine again. "You think so?" he asked softly, not noticing the look David was giving him and the other warbler.

"Yeah." Blaine said, smiling at the girl behind the counter when they walked up to it. "Hi, I'll have a Medium Drip and my friend here will have…" he trailed off glancing at Kurt.

"Oh! Ummm, a Grande Non-Fat Mocha." Kurt said, quickly reaching down to pull his wallet from his bag when the girl called out the price. A hand quickly placed itself on his forearm, stopping him from his search.

"Don't even think about it dummy, it's on me." Blaine said with a grin, handing over a ten. "Keep the change."

Kurt stood frozen in spot for a moment as Blaine walked off towards the table with the others. Blaine had just paid for his coffee like it was nothing, but why..? He felt his mouth stretch into another smile like the one earlier, causing him to hum softly. He couldn't quite place the feeling he had at the moment, but he liked the warm flutter his stomach yet again experienced.

"Kurt!" Jeff called out, waving in the junior's direction. "Come on!"

Kurt took a deep breath before walking over to the table and taking the open seat next to Blaine. He listened to the others as they continued to talk, smiling slightly at the funny things thrown around. He also noticed how Nick purposely edged Jeff on just so he could continue the light argument.

One by one their coffee's were called out and soon all of them were sipping from their cups as Nick leaned against Jeff in the comfortable silence. Kurt felt like he could watch the couple cuddle and speak for hours on end. They just seemed so comfortable with each other, like they were each an extension of one another. He smiled when Nick giggled softly as Jeff began to nibble on his ear. The blond wrapped his arm around the shorter junior's waist to pull him closer to have better access to the pale neck below the ear.

"Jeff, you are going to scare Kurt away." Nick mumbled, glancing over to Kurt when the other junior laughed softly.

"I think it's sweet." Kurt said, quickly regretting his choice of words. "You know, in a non-creepy way…" he said, looking down at his coffee nervously.

"You're right Kurt, it is sweet." Wes said with a smile.

"Sickeningly so." David added with a nod of his head.

"Well I think it's adorable." Blaine added, reaching over to place his hand over the one Kurt had on his lap. He watched the junior's cheeks flush a dark red and smiled, squeezing the smaller hand below his. The small smile Kurt gave in return caused him to grin even wider. Wes rolled his eyes at the two before shaking his head and taking another sip from his cup.

David sighed as he watched Kurt and Blaine react. Was Kurt going to let someone in even though he had been through hell and back? He felt his own lips tug into a smile when Kurt sent a bashful glace towards the curly headed prefect. Would Blaine be able to handle the junior's baggage when he found out, or would he back off? Secretly he hoped Blaine would be able to push through it since it seemed the two kind of fit together like Nick and Jeff did. If Blaine could accept Kurt and his past like Jeff had done with Nick, it would be like they had found each others missing puzzle pieces. He mentally rolled his eyes at the comparison he had just made since it was a very familiar line from the song they had performed earlier. Speaking of performing… "How did you like the performance, Kurt?"

Kurt looked at David and smiled again. It seemed like he wouldn't be able to stop today. "It was amazing." he said, turning his cup around in his hand. "New Directions doesn't stand a chance." he admitted.

David grinned before answering. "Mercedes told me they were going to beat us this year though, so we have to be on our guard." he said with a little wink in Kurt's direction.

"Oh yeah, I forgot about New Directions." Blaine said, looking at Kurt. "Were you apart of it?"

Kurt looked down at the table with a blank face. "No, I wasn't." he said softly, gripping his cup tightly.

Kurt sighed as his eyes continued to burn from his latest slushy facial. Karofsky had caught him off guard this time. It was like the football player was actually learning how to use tact with the way he had hid behind the corner just to catch him. Luckily he had packed an extra shirt that day because that had been the second attack within two hours. He wasn't sure why the other was so determined that day, he had also been giving him odd looks the whole day and honestly it was making him extremely nervous.

His head started throb even harder so he stopped and leaned against the bulletin board to steady himself when a flash of white caught his attention.

"Hey, you could always try out for the Warblers." Blaine said as he noticed how tight the junior squeezed the plastic cup in his hand. He wouldn't of been surprised if the top popped off if Kurt placed just a bit more pressure on it.

Kurt snapped his head in Blaine's direction, being pulled from his thoughts. The bright smile the warbler gave calmed him slightly. The conversation from a few days ago filtered through his mind, making him remember that Blaine had been through bullying too. The thought caused another wave of calm to roll across his shoulders, letting him smile back and shake his head. "I don't think I can sing well enough to be in the Warblers, you were amazing and I wouldn't want to throw anyone off."

"Well you could always try out, then we would be able to tell you if you threw anyone off." Wes stated, glancing towards a table a bit further away from their's. An older couple was eyeing Jeff and Nick closely.

"Do you like to sing, Kurt?" Blaine asked excitedly. It would be amazing to have the junior in the Warblers as well since it gave him an excuse to be able to be with him and talk to him even more.

"Well I-" Kurt began only to be cut off by the older woman that now stood next to their table with what seemed to be her husband. He blinked up at them, noticing the nasty sneer she sent Nick and Jeff.

Jeff glared right back at the woman while Nick hid his face in his shoulder. "Can we help you?" he asked in a quiet voice.

"Yes, I was wondering if you could continue your disgusting…" she trailed off as if she were searching for a word.

"Display of whatever you are doing to that other boy." the man finished for his wife, placing an arm around her waist.

"Well that's funny because I was just about to ask you to escort you butt-ugly wife out so we didn't have to barf at the sight of her face." Jeff replied, ignoring the soft plea Nick gave asking him to stop.

"Excuse me?" the man asked, puffing up his chest as he glared at the younger blond. "How dare you in-"

"No sir, I believe my friend is right." Wes spoke up from his seat, a dark glare settling over his features. "I believe they have every right you have to display their affection."

"We're diff-" the woman began.

"Really?" David asked, making a show of looking them over. "All I can see that is different is your husbands bad taste in a partner."

The woman gasped, sending a shocked look in the teens direction. The man huffed angrily. "Look here young man, you have no right to talk to my wi-"

"If I recall, you had no right to talk to me and my boyfriend the way you did earlier either, sir." Jeff said, squeezing his arm around Nick tightly as he planted a kiss on top of the dark head of hair that still rested on his shoulder.

"You can't just go around doing disgusting things like that in public!" the woman shrieked, causing a few other customers to look up and pay attention.

"I didn't see a sign on the door or anything that said they couldn't." Blaine spoke up, eyeing the two carefully as he squeezed Kurt's hand.

Kurt felt Blaine's warm hand squeeze around his but for once he didn't pay attention, instead he was watching how Nick practically shut down as he rested against Jeff's side. He bit his bottom lip when he saw a small tremble roll across Nick's shoulders.

Nick's words from the day before suddenly rang in his ears, causing his face to flush in anger as he looked at the older couple who kept bickering with Wes, David, and Blaine. He slowly turned his head back to Nick to watch him reach up and wipe his face, his hands shaking slightly. Jeff rubbed at his back, now not even paying attention to the other two who were still making rude comments about them. Kurt suddenly felt like he was slammed back into reality as he watched Jeff and Nick slowly being torn apart from two people who had different opinions on how to love someone.

When he heard a soft sniff come from Nick, he couldn't just sit there anymore. Quickly he turned in his seat to give a dark look towards the other two. No one made his friends cry. "Could you just stop?" he finally snapped, causing the others to stop arguing and look at him in surprise.

"Kur-" Blaine began but was quickly cut off.

"Just because you can't stand it doesn't mean you can just waltz up to other people and make them feel horrible!" Kurt said, continuing when the woman opened her mouth to speak. "They didn't walk up to you and tell you how disgusting you looked while you were cuddled together in the corner because you were different genders." he said, the top of his cup popping off and falling to the table. He felt Blaine's hand on his tighten even more but he ignored it. The man was next to open his mouth but Kurt cut him off. "Shut. Up. And leave my friends alone before I tell your wife how fat she looks in those jeans and how she can avoid the muffin top she has by not stuffing the cookies you bought her down her throat." he paused for a moment, taking a calming breath. "Oops, I guess I let my own opinion's out weigh the part of my brain that knew it would hurt your feelings if I said that out loud."

"Well I never!" the woman cried out, not missing the laugh Wes and David shared. Her face turned red before she stomped her foot on the ground. "You will burn in hell, all of you for allowing yourselves to do these things!" she hollered before stomping out of the store, quickly followed by her sputtering husband.

"Whoa, Kurt." David said with a grin, giving the junior an appreciative look. "You do have a voice, don't you?"

"I never thought he could be that forward." Wes said in a shocked voice before smirking. "Well I know who to turn to when the warblers need a good vocal smack down."

"Kurt…you were amazing." Blaine said in awe. He watched as Kurt's cheeks flared red with the compliments before looking at Jeff and Nick who were whispering to each other. Nick seemed to be trying to calm Jeff down who was seething and digging into the table top with his fingernails.

"Jeff, its okay, they were just stupid and-" Nick tried.

"No, it was completely uncalled for and they made you…they made you.." Jeff trailed off, his shoulders tense and his eyes narrowed as he stared at the entrance to the coffee shop.

Kurt bit his bottom lip before he reached down to his bag to pull out a piece of paper and his pencil bag. "Jeff, please don't be angry." he whispered softly, unzipping his bag to pull out a pen.

Jeff heard Kurt's soft voice and began to calm down, leaning against Nick as he watched Kurt quickly sketch out six cartoon-ish figures on the paper he had pulled out. He wanted to thank Kurt for the words he had said on his and Nick's behalf but he didn't think he could say anything nicely at the moment.

Nick noticed Kurt's hand was shaking slightly as he drew but decided to do what the others were and just watch. He was amazed the junior had stood up for them so quickly and how it had made his heart swell.

Blaine finally broke the silence out of curiosity. "What are you drawing, Kurt?"

"Rangers." Kurt said simply, pulling out colored pencils to color in the forms.

"Since when do Power Rangers carry coffee cups as their main weapons?" David asked in an amused tone.

"Well they obviously aren't normal Power Rangers." Wes scoffed as he watched Kurt continue to color. "Hey! They look like us!"

Jeff now leaned forward along with the others. "Dude, that's awesome!" he said, his shoulders relaxing as he continued to watch Kurt color in the lines.

Kurt finally finished, pushing the picture towards Jeff. "Please don't be angry anymore, look I drew you rangers!" he said, giving the blond a hopeful look.

Jeff's face softened as he looked at Kurt's worried expression. He placed his arm around Nick once more and pulled him to his side again as he lifted the drawing to look at it closer. "Look Nick, Coffee Rangers!" he exclaimed happily, laughing when he noticed Kurt had placed Nick in the pink outfit. "Now I see why you hate the pink ranger so much, you were jealous of her costume all this time."

The other three chuckled as Nick sighed. "Jeff, did you not notice you're the yellow one?"

"Yeah, of course!" Jeff said with a grin. "My costume has to match my glorious blond hair."

"Yes! I'm red!" David called out in joy, Wes doing the same as the Asian saw his cartoon self clad in blue. "Hey, look Blaine, you're green!"

Blaine took the paper when Jeff offered it to him and smiled at the little details they all had. His own curly hair standing out slightly from the others. He noticed Kurt was the black ranger and it made him wonder. "Hey Kurt, why are you the black one?"

Kurt smiled slightly and shrugged. "I don't deserve to be any other color really." he said sadly, fitting his lid back on his cup, not meeting the prefects gaze. He couldn't of drawn himself in white because it was the opposite of what he knew he was. White meant pure and he knew he defiantly wasn't that, anyone with eyes could see it.

Blaine watched Kurt with a confused expression before looking back to the paper. What did that mean? He smiled before taking Kurt's pen to scrawl out the name of the drawing. Once he finished and dated it he gave it back to Jeff who kept staring at it with wide excited eyes.

David and Nick had caught the small exchange. David sighed and looked at Wes, trying to figure out how to get the Asian in the know. Nick only frowned in return before pressing a kiss to Jeff's cheek, smiling when the arm around him tightened again.

"Well I think you would have been amazing in white too." Blaine said, squeezing Kurt's hand once again.

Kurt looked into Blaine's hazel eyes for a moment, lost on what to say. 'If you only you knew why…would you even want to talk to me and be my friend if you did?' "Thanks."

"Kurt." Nick said quietly, waiting until Kurt's eyes met his own. "Thank you." he whispered.

Kurt smiled again, making him wonder if his mouth was going to hurt tomorrow. "That's what friends are for, Nick." he whispered back.

Blaine felt his breath still as another beautiful smile lit up Kurt's face. He knew now that he had to find a way to get the junior to do it more often, even it did give him heart failure each time.

Preview:"You've been dating the girl for like a year and still don't know what to get her for your anniversary?"

"Two years, and no, I'm completely lost Wes."

"You're a really bad boyfriend."

"Shut up, Jeff."