Blaine's eyes fluttered open, the bright light of the sun streaming through his window causing him to squint and groan, rolling over to check the time. His widened at the red numbers on his digital clock, now fully awake and rushing out of bed to get dressed for school. After taming his curly hair with lots of gel and fixing his red and black striped Dalton tie, he ran downstairs to find a note from his brother.

Happy 17th birthday, squirt!

Sorry for not waking you up, had to get to work early.

Love Your Big Bro,

Blaine rolled his eyes at the note and tucked the note into the front pocket of his uniform before dashing out of the house with a cup of coffee, hoping to make it in time for his second class.

"Hey Blainers, Happy birthday!" Jeff greeted his friend, patting his back as Nick, Wes, and David followed with smiles. Blaine smiled back, thanking them and laughing at their antics as they talked about Warbler practice and whatever random topic David came up with. All of a sudden, Blaine felt a sharp pain in his head, making him wince at the intensity.

"You okay?" Nick asked while the others stopped their conversation as soon as they noticed the pained look on Blaine's face.

"Yeah, I-I'm fine," Blaine replied, nodding slowly before the pain in his head intensified until he fell unconscious, his head falling onto the table. The four rushed to his side and moved him onto the couch in the senior commons. They sat around him, not bothering to disturb him because they knew what was happening, having already experienced their first soulmate dream.

"Where am I?" Blaine said to himself, looking around at his surroundings. He could make out a few trees and patches of grass, but there was a blinding white light blocking his view of anything else. He turned around to see the outline of a person sitting on a bench in the distance. The mystery person began singing, his crystal clear voice filling the space with the lyrics of Blackbird. Blaine stood in surprise and awe, his brother had told him the whole 'Soulmate dreams' story while listening to his friends share their stories about their first dream.

The way these dreams worked, from what Cooper said, was that he'd see the outline of his soulmate, either extremely vague or clearly outlined depending on their distance from each other. From what Blaine was looking at, his soulmate seemed to be near yet quite a distance away from him, probably somewhere in Ohio. Another thing is that his soulmate would be doing something he loved, which could be a variety of things, and Blaine's soulmate loves to sing.

The song soon came to a close, his soulmate's voice fading along with the nice scenery around him. As soon as everything turned pitch black, Blaine shot up from the couch, his eyes wide open from what he witnessed. Despite it feeling like only a few minutes in Blaine's dream world, two hours had passed in the real world, Nick and Jeff falling asleep in each other's arms. Wes looked up from his phone and over to Blaine who sat still.

"How was it?" David asked, walking over to the couch and wanting to know every detail while Wes woke up the couple on the other side of the room.

"It was... amazing. He loves to sing and, David, he has the most beautiful voice I've ever heard," Blaine answered with a soft tone in his voice as he turned to David who was grinning at him. After Jeff and Nick woke up, all four of them sat next to Blaine, two on either side of him.

"So your soulmate's probably near Westerville. Aw, Blainers might meet his soulmate soon!" Jeff teased Blaine, Nick laughing with his boyfriend.

Just then, Cooper walked through the door, carrying a box and grinning. He made his way over to the five boys and gave his little brother a hug before greeting the others.

"Wes here," Cooper wrapped an arm around Wes' shoulder and squeezing slightly before backing off after getting a small warning glare from David, "texted me and said you had your first soulmate dream! Congrats, Kiddo! Here's your present," He handed Blaine the box that was sitting in his lap, wrapped nicely with silver wrapping paper and a gold bow to top it.

"Thanks Coop," Blaine smiled at his brother and took the gift, ripping off the wrapping paper and opening the wooden box. Inside were five ball chain necklaces. He knew what they were for, considering Cooper, Nick, and Jeff had gold ones while Wes and David had bronze ones. He thanked Cooper again and picked up the silver necklace, putting it around his neck as the others cheered.

"C'mon, I'll take you all out to dinner at Breadstix!" Cooper offered. They all got up from the couch, agreeing to meet up at the Anderson brothers' house after getting dressed out of their uniforms.

"Mom, do we really have to move to Paris?" Finn asked with a hint of whining in his tone. He didn't want to leave all his friends behind, especially Rachel. Carole Hudson-Hummel sighed and zipped up her suitcase.

"I know it'll be hard for you to be away from Rachel," She said, eyeing the gold ball chain necklace around Finn's neck, "but Burt and I both got great job offers that we couldn't refuse."

Finn sighed in the same manner as his mom before walking to his room to finish packing, passing his step-brother on the way.

"Hey man, don't forget that the Glee club's holding a little goodbye party at Breadstix in an hour."

"Okay! Knock on my door when you're ready to leave," Kurt said, walking into his own room and closing the door. He filled his suitcase to the brim with all his favorite clothes and accessories before moving to his vanity table. Kurt cursed under his breath about the fluid limitation on the flight that banned more than half of his hair and skin products. He packed the ones that were allowed along with a list so he could buy the same products in Paris.

Thirty minutes or so passed by before Finn was knocking on his door, telling Kurt that everyone was at Breadstix now. Kurt zipped up his suitcase and smoothed out his outfit as he opened the door, walking pass Finn to put on his boots. Finn followed behind, the two step-brothers saying bye to their parents, walking out of the house and into Finn's car.

"Finn! Kurt!" Rachel was the first to jump up from the group's table at Breadstix and hug the two who just walked through the door. Kurt laughed and hugged his best friend back, walking to the others after Rachel proceeded to plant a kiss on Finn. The rest of the group greeted Kurt with hugs, doing the same to Finn once he stopped his brief make out session with his girlfriend.

"I'd like to propose a toast," Rachel announced minutes later, holding up her glass of water as everyone followed, glasses of soda in the air, "to Kurt and Finn, who we'll miss dearly. Have fun in Paris and visit often!" With that said, the sound of glasses clinking together mixed with laughter filled the restaurant.

"Don't worry, my dad and Carole are letting Finn and I visit every summer," Kurt said, taking a sip of his drink before initiating a conversation with Mercedes, oblivious to the pair of eyes staring at him from across the room.

Blaine, Wes, David, Nick, Jeff, and Cooper ate and talked at their table for a good hour or two, no one wanting to go home yet. The six talked about Cooper's job, which Cooper himself was proud to brag about, with occasional teasing towards Blaine. They all turned their heads, however, at the commotion on the other side of the room.

"Isn't that the glee club from McKinley?" Nick asked, recognizing them from sectionals, the one that Kurt had to unfortunately miss.

"The New Directions," Wes said, nodding his head. "Looks like they're having a party."

They shrugged and turned their attention away from the competing group, except for Blaine. He kept his eyes on the smiling boy in the middle of the group, his blue eyes sparkling. He continued to stare until his hazel eyes met those beautiful blue ones. His face flushed with embarrassment at getting caught staring, he quickly looked away and joined in on the current conversation going on.

Another hour later, the New Directions said their goodbyes at the door and began parting ways. All of a sudden, Blaine's chest ached with a small shot of pain when Kurt, who lingered at the door a bit longer, glancing at Blaine before walking out. His table soon followed their group, everyone saying goodnight. As Blaine got into the passenger side of Cooper's car, all he could think about was the beautiful blue eyed boy, who he hoped to see again.