It had been an hour since Blaine had woken up and Kurt was infinitely relieved to see that the nap had almost restored him to normal. Almost because although Blaine looked fine on the outside, Kurt knew that— like him— Blaine would need more than a few hours of sleep to recover from the hatred they'd faced and even then they would still be left with a small scar. A scar to add to those scars that remained from their past and a scar which would be accompanied by scars resulting from gaurenteed discrimination in the future.

Kurt and Blaine had opted for some of their easy everyday conversations which they had been forced to limit during finals.

"Yeah, Dad's doing much better now. He still complains about his new lifestyle, especially the healthy diet, but I'm just grateful that Carole has enough will-power to perservere. Even Finn offered to help by jogging around the neighbourhood with Dad after practice everyday," Kurt explaines, feeling proud of his step-brother for stepping up.

"That's amazing Kurt," Blaine replies earnestly while reaching over to gently squeeze Kurt's pale hand in reassurance. Although Kurt sounded optimistic, Blaine knows that he's still worried about his father's health. He could see it in Kurt's eyes.

"You need a break too Kurt, from what I hear your Dad is in more than good hands," Blaine continued, feeling the need to remove the worry from Kurt's crystal eyes.

As if on cue, Wes raps his gavel against his daily planner to get the attention of all the Warblers.

"We're here guys!" he announces, "Welcome to Dawnview Lake Kurt."

"Whoops" and "Oh-yeahs!" once again fill the air as the relaxed atmosphere quickly dissipates, giving rise to the contagious excitement of all seventeen teenage boys.

Kurt turns to Blaine and manages a 'here goes nothing' before being left speechless by the wonderful sight of nature.

The only thoughts running throught Kurt's mind are green, green and even more GREEN. Everything is just so colourful and fresh; the total opposite of the stuffy, dull Ohio suburbs he had become accustomed to.

Kurt finds that he can't resist the urge to open up his window to stick his head out to breathe in the freedom and carefreeness of nature.

Kurt hears a few of the Warblers laugh at his childish display, but frankly he can't care less because he hasn't felt this alive in a very long time. For once Kurt isn't worried about what the wind does to his usually perfectly styled hair...well doesn't completely worry; nature didn't take away his fashion sense after all.

When Kurt opens his eyes he sees Jeff and David following his lead, only now he's laughing too because Jeff's eccentric blonde hair is flying around his head in the most peculiar way.

Kurt suddenly feels two hands settle lightly on his hips pulling him back into the mini-van and can't help the giggle that escapes his lips, or the little spasm that runs through his body when he realises whose gentle calloused fingers are on him.

"Blaaaine..." Kurt pouts after recovering from his slight high. "That was incredible, why did I have to stop?"

Blaine looks at Kurt adoringly before pointing out the window at the tree vines, now much closer to the mini-van, as they passed under a sort of arch. Kurt quickly gives Blaine a look brimming with gratitude, but not before he can hide his initial horror-struck expression at the thought of what the vines would have done to his hair. But Kurt doesn't have to imagine the effects the leaves would have on one's hair much longer because soon Jeff pushes himself back into the safety of the van, gasping with what can only be described as a bird's nest on his head. The Warblers burst into laughter, Nick quickly snapping photos as Jeff frantically tries to shake off his nest like a wet puppy trying to shake of the unwanted moisure after a bath.

Blaine, now close to tears after the non-stop laughter topples over on his side, half lying on Kurt who has a contemplative look on his face.

Curious, Blaine forces himself to breathe normally for a few seconds.

"What's got you so deep in thought?", he asks as he successfully snaps Kurt out of his internal dilemma.

"I...I think...the twigs actually made Jeff's hair look better." Kurt's earnest expression gets Blaine into yet another laugh attack, only this time he rolls to the floor! 

When Blaine looks up he is surprised to see that instead of laughing at him or shaking his head disapprovingly, Kurt's lips are slightly parted and his eyes are twinkling in awe of his new surroundings for the arch of vines that had just attacked Jeff's mop of hair had revealed what kept the boys coming back every year.

The camp grounds were massive and the entrance was perfectly positioned at the top of a hill where you could see green as far as you looked out onto the horizon. As you descend the hill of evergreen pines, the setting sun peeked between two of the largest hills to strike the picturesque lake at just the right angle to complete the scene.

These are all the things Kurt notices but all Blaine could focus on was how the very same retreating sun hit Kurt's excited blue eyes to out-sparkle the lake which didn't hold as much interest for Blaine anymore.

"Blaaaine...", Cameron called sweetly with a cheshire grin that almost always meant embarrassment for the receiver, "Would you please stop worshipping Kurt's feet. Any more drool from you and I'm sure he'll slip out through the window and I think I speak for all of us when I say that a week of you mourning over the loss of your beloved is definitely not what we had planned."

Chokes, incredulous looks, scoffs and barely contained snickers fill the mini-van as Blaine quickly gets off the floor in an attempt to tackle Cameron.

Kurt, distracted by the commotion, turns to Blaine who had returned to his seat next to Kurt after giving up on catching Cameron in the confined space (he did have a whole week to get back at him after all), "What didn't we plan?"

Another round of sounds fill the air as Blaine feigns composure and answers so smoothly that he actually thanks whoever is up there for preparing him for moments like these by making him acting prefect at the craziest dorm on campus by far.

"We hadn't planned on our timing being so perfect. The look on your face the moment you saw the sunset on the lake was priceless," he finishes with a smile that turns Kurt's insides into goo.

"How nice of you to notice, Blaine" Cameron adds.

This time Blaine had no hopes of Kurt not hearing. The slight flush slowly rising up Kurt's slender neck confirmed this. Luckily time was on his side because just then David pulled the mini-van into the parking space next to their camping spot and Nick mercifully opened the door to let everyone out. Blaine gives Nick a grateful smile before placing his hand over Kurt's and leading him out.

Just as Blaine and Kurt step out a gentle breeze rustles through the trees, welcoming them to their site. Kurt tilts his head and lifts his pixie nose up to breathe it all in. Blaine can't help but feel satisfaction in the fact that he is responsible for Kurt being this relaxed, the most relaxed Blaine has ever seen him. Kurt, feeling Blaine's gaze, meets his friend's hazel eyes and matches his grin.

Sensing the clear drop in IQ of their lead soloists, Wes clears his throat and gets into Warbler-Council mode.

"Okay guys, we better start getting a move on things if we want Kurt to experience a true first night of camping," opening up his planner he continues, "So first thing's first, sleeping arrangements. Since most of us board and quite a few of us are roommates already, it would be easiest for roommates to share tents and for everyone else to just pair off like usual."

Kurt can't stop the increase of his heartbeat and surprises himself by being more excited than scared of the thought of camping out with Blaine.

“But there's just one thing," Wes continued, "Since we now have seventeen Warblers there is going to have to be one tent with three people."

"No prob guys, I'll just crash with Kurt and Blaine", Cameron offers while making his way to the two.

Kurt's face drops a little and Nick can't stop the amused giggle that escapes after hearing Kurt's soft sigh of disappointment. Kurt sends him his signature glare which only encourages the giggles. Jeff notices Blaine sending Cameron glares of his own too. So before any more daggers are sent flying and with quick glances of understanding between one another, Jeff and Nick pull Cameron by his backpack towards them.

"Don't worry, we'll take him," Jeff  says coolly, smirking at Blaine as the group splits up to get their tents set up.

Now that it is confirmed that Kurt will actually be sharing a tent with Blaine, the panic sets in. How in God's name was he going to survive sleeping in such close proximity to such a beautiful boy, and not just any beautiful boy, Blaine??! It was hard enough sharing a room with Blaine with his new found hormone driven urges to attack his roommate’s plush pink lips after he gets out of the shower or after he gets back from gyming with David all sweaty and...

Ugh!

Thinking about that is definitely not going to help right now, and besides, Blaine obviously isn't that affected by the looks of things. Kurt internally reprimands himself.

Little does Kurt know that Blaine is now 'reading' the French instructions of the new tents Dustin's dad had got for all the boys, completely lost in thought about the boy he'd soon be sleeping less than a screwdriver length away from...or was it a spanner??