During Blaine’s senior year, Sectionals is held at Blaine’s old school. The school he went to before Dalton. At this point, there aren’t any students left there that would know or remember Blaine. The problem is that there are so many bad memories attached to the building that just thinking about going there makes Blaine’s breath quicken and his heart stop.

He can’t back out of singing for the competition. He’s a leader now.

He’s so scared though.

He hasn’t told Kurt because he knows Kurt will be in the middle of exams and he doesn’t want him to try to fly home just for Sectionals. Instead he turns to Tina. He knows he can trust her with this. And he hopes that she’ll at least listen and lend him just enough support that he’ll make it through.

She listens patiently as he lists his concerns and his fears and his confusion. He tells her that he’s never been back there since that night and how it haunts him. When he’s done she asks the one question he doesn’t know the answer to yet.

“Do you want to confront or avoid the scene? Either way Blaine, I’ll be right there.”

And when competition rolls around, she really is right there the whole time. As they walk off the stage, Blaine is filled with adrenaline. He turns to Tina, and with resolve etched into his face he says “I want to confront it.”

So they do.