Blaine tiredly puts away sheet music at the store.  He did not get much sleep the night before dreading seeing Kurt again and trying to figure out if he should seek him out.  To top it all off Joshua had the night off and they have a date tonight.  He wondered how he would bring up Kurt being in town. 

Blaine walks through the aisles organizing the sheet music when he sees him.  God he looked good.  He forgot how much he missed seeing Kurts soft flawless smooth skin.  He was truly a beautiful man.  He was wearing a navy button down shirt that was open down a bit on top to show his porcelain skin.  He wore an open grey scarf around this neck and tight dark jeans that only Kurt could wear to perfection.  His hair was a bit different, softer looking and with less product than his usual quaff, more natural.  It was a younger look, but one that was almost sinfully sexy.  He always liked Kurts hair better that way, he wondered briefly if Kurt styled it that way on purpose, but he brushed that thought out of his head as he approached him.

 "Hey Kurt," Blaine says a little awkwardly.  God he hated how strange he felt.

"Hi Blaine, I was wondering if Id see you.  Santana mentioned you worked here" Kurt smiles as he placed a record he had in his hand back on the shelf.

"Yeah, I work here part time, what are you doing here?"

"Well, I was looking for some music, Brittany was going to help me work on some moves with me on a routine I been working on at home and I thought that maybe Id see you so we could talk."

"Yeah, um... I am off in a half hour, how about I meet you at the Lima Bean."

"Sure, Ill see you there" Kurt smiles warmly as he plays with the strap of his bag nervously and then leaves.

Blaine felt like he was in the twilight zone.  For months he daydreamed seeing Kurt and what he would say and now he was there and they both could hardly get more than a few sentences out at a time. He wondered how coffee would be.

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Kurt sat nervously sipping his coffee.  He made it through meeting up with Blaine again, but he was really flying blind.  He did not have a clear plan of how he would get Blaines attention beyond just walking into the place he worked.  He picked his outfit carefully.  He knew what Blaine liked. Blaine always liked when he showed a bit more skin, which was not Kurts favorite thing to do, but it served a purpose in Blaines case.  He also styled his hair the way Blaine liked.  It made him look like a teenager, but Blaine always liked to play with his hair when it was like this because he would allow him since there was less product.  He did notice Blaine looking at him a bit, so he would mark that down as a win.  Now he had to figure out if he had any chance of winning Blaine back.

A few minutes later Blaine walked in.  Kurt thought he looked dreamy as always, but Blaines style seemed to have changed a bit, he wore a dark gray v-neck t-shirt and dark blue jean similar to what he wore the night he saw him at Scandals.  His dress was more relaxed and dark in color, but Blaine was still handsome as ever.

"Hey Blaine, I got you some coffee, medium drip," Kurt says as Blaine pulls a seat. 

"Uh, thanks, but I drink mostly tea now" Blaine thought it was best to omit the fact that he had to stop drinking coffee because of all the trouble he had sleeping since they broke up.  Joshua actually had introduced him to some calming teas after they met.  He had to admit he did miss coffee.

"Oh, ok," Kurt was taken back a bit.  It should have been obvious to him that he would find Blaine different in some ways, it had been five months.  He couldnt help that it stung a little that he did not know this Blaine well.  "I can get you a tea."

"No, Im fine thanks,"  Blaine says looking down at the table, avoiding eye contact with Kurt.

"So, how have you been" They both say simultaneously and then laugh.

"This is so strange, weve known each other for years, we were best friends, it should not be so hard to talk" Blaine says.

"I know, we should relax.  So how have you been," Kurt says softly, he been waiting to ask Blaine that question for months.

"Its been hard, moving back home, but believe it or not my parents are actually not so bad.  They been supportive, well, as much as they can be. They try to give me my space and not pry into my personal life."

"Good, Im glad it wasnt too horrible," Kurt says looking down a little as he swallows down a bit of guilt. He wondered how hard it would be for Blaine to be back home, since his relationship with his parents was not the best.

"So how about you," Blaine says looking up at Kurt, he wondered for months what hed been doing.

"Well, things have slowed down a bit for me.  After you left, I kind of just focused on work and school and nothing much otherwise until I started to focus on myself a bit. Im even seeing a therapist.

"Youre seeing a therapist?" Blaine says in surprise.

"Yes, Dr. Rothstein, she has a bit of a dry personality, but shes been a big help. I needed to work some things out.  Im still a work in progress, but shes helped me to figure out some things."

"Im glad you are finding therapy good for you.  Ive been seeing someone as well since Ive been back."

"You have?" Kurt say a little surprise.

"Come on Kurt, you know it had to be hard on me.  After we first broke up in high school I was a mess, this time was no better," he says in an annoyed voice.

"Im really sorry Blaine, I know this was all my fault," Kurt says in a pained voice.

"I really dont want to talk about it Kurt, Im sorry I brought it up," Blaine said a little embarrassed that he let his emotions get the best of him.

"Its ok.  I deserve any and all your anger.  I wanted to apologize for just showing up at Scandals the way I did.  Im sorry I just showed up in your life after so many months without notice.  I should have realized you would have moved on."

"Yeah, that was a bit surprising," Blaine wanted to say so much more, asking him why he had not try to contact him for so many months, but at the moment there seemed to be no point.

"I know you dont owe me anything Blaine, but I decided to stay in Ohio for the summer and I hope we could somehow regain some of our friendship.  I know I ruined what we had, but I couldnt stand if we could not be at least friends again," Kurt says sincerely.

"Im not sure Kurt, its been hard getting over the things that happened," Blaine says honestly.

"Well, I hope you can try to give me a chance Blaine.  I know I messed up and I know the way I treated you was wrong.  Im sorry it took me so long to be able to speak to you, but I hope you can be a better man than I was and give me a chance."

"Well, I never had a problem being a better man," Blaine says jokingly.  Though Blaine knew that maybe he should have used this meeting to just bring closure to the relationship and cut ties, but soon as Kurt talked about friendship and then not being in each others lives anymore, a panic started to set in.  He knew he was not quite ready to end things for good, at least not quite yet.

  "I guess we can try," he say more seriously.

"Good, thank you Blaine," Kurt says relieved.  It was great seeing you again the night before.  Im glad you are still performing."

"Its really more of an outlet for me, music has always been a way for me to relax and let out my emotions.  With no classes and working just part time, my evenings are pretty free.  Joshua works most nights.

"Oh, what does he do?"

"Hes a bakery chef for the Grand hotel."

"Oh, thats nice, howd you two meet?" Kurt says as he tries not to show his distaste in the direction the conversation has taken, though he was curious.

"Right here actually, we kind of bumped into each other, literally.  Hes a really nice guy.  Weve been dating for a few months now."

"Good, Im glad you found someone good, Blaine.  You deserve to be happy," Kurt says sincerely, even though he has to stop himself from saying he deserves to be happy with HIM.

"Thanks.  So, have you been seeing anyone?" Blaine says.  He really did not want to ask, but curiosity was getting the best of him.

"Kind of.  Ive been seeing someone for the last few months" Kurt did not want to mention it was Elliot quite yet.  He wondered if he could see if Blaine would get jealous, but he also knew that Elliot was not Blaines favorite person, given his past jealous moments when they were just friends and he did not want to rock the boat.

 "He actually was the other person, beside Rachel, that encouraged me to finally see you.  He thought it was best that I see if there was something still between us.  I guess I now know".

Blaine nervously clears his throat.  "Well he seems like a thoughtful person."

"He is.  He kind of helped me when things were kind of dark after you left."

Blaine looks up at Kurt and wonders if he had hurt has much as he did from the break up.  He wondered if Kurt really did regret all he said and did.  He looks back down and shake those thoughts out of his head.  He did not want to analyze Kurts feeling anymore.  He just wanted to find a way to move on.

"Well, Rachel and I were going to host a dinner at her house this Friday.  Just Brit and Santana and us.  Why dont you and Joshua come? Maybe it could be the first step towards us trying to be friends again." 

Blaine wanted to say no, but Kurt sounded hopeful and he did not have the heart to say no. "Sure, I think Joshua has off.  Ill give you call"

"Great," Kurt says with a content smile.  Now he would get to see his competition, Kurt thought to himself.  He would bring his A game and get to size this guy up.  It was time for the games to begin.