Chapter 5

The rest of the week went by smoothly. Kurt and Blaine agreed to meet every day at lunch and discuss their project. Since they were going to be performing The Hunger Games, there weren't many scenes available with two male characters that they could act out, considering the main character is a girl. But they did find one scene. They agreed to perform the interview scene between the two characters named Caesar and Peeta. Now came the next question. Who would play Caesar and who would play Peeta?

Every day after school Finn would ask Kurt how horrible his time had been with Blaine. Kurt would try his best to not reveal too much. Honestly, he liked talking with Blaine. He liked their conversations. They were fun to have. But Kurt never dared to tell Finn that part. Who knows how Finn would react to Kurt saying that he liked talking to his rival?

Friday had arrived and just like they'd been meeting every day at noon, Kurt sat at the same patio table and waited for Blaine. It was a really beautiful day. It was sunny and lots of students were outside during their lunch hour. Kurt opened The Hunger Games book and started reading again the scene he and Blaine would act out. Suddenly Kurt heard footsteps behind him as if someone was running. He turned around and saw Blaine in his lacrosse uniform and had his helmet in his hand.

“Hey, Blaine,” Kurt greeted.

“Hey, Kurt,” Blaine said as he rushed over to him. “I'm so sorry but I can't meet today. I forgot to tell you but usually on Fridays the lacrosse team meets for practice at this hour. No one on the team has class for the next two hours. So we use this time wisely.”

“Oh okay,” Kurt said, closing the book.

“I'm so sorry,” Blaine apologized

“It's okay, I completely understand.”

Both Ethan and Scott walked by and patted Blaine on his shoulder.

“Come on Blaine! We better be ready for our first game coming up,” Ethan said as he and the rest of the team headed for the field across the school.

Blaine looked at Kurt. “Can we reschedule? Maybe meet up after school today?”

Kurt nodded. “Yeah, today after school sounds great.”

“Thanks. See you after school.”

Blaine put on his helmet and headed for the field across the school. Kurt stood up from his seat and walked back to the school building. He sighed. He was a little sad to be honest. He was kind of looking forward to talking with Blaine more. But oh well. They'll just do their work after school.

… … …

The school bell rang and Kurt went straight to his locker to grab his stuff for the weekend. The first week of school was finally over.

“Hey love.”

Kurt turned around and saw Rachel. “Hey Rachel,” he smiled.

“So Santana, Quinn and I are going to the diner down the street. We're pretty hungry. Want to tag along?” she asked.

Kurt shook his head. “Sorry, I can't. Blaine and I are meeting to work on our Drama class assignment.”

“Yikes,” Rachel said. “Looks like your afternoon is really going to suck now. Just ditch Blaine and come with us.”

Kurt giggled. “No, it's fine. You and the girls have fun.”

“Okay.” Rachel looked down the hall and looked back at Kurt. “Well I'm leaving now. Text you later.”

Rachel walked away immediately and Kurt wondered why she was in such a hurry to leave. He turned around and saw exactly why. Blaine was walking over here with his books in his hands.

“Hey, all ready to work on this project?” Blaine asked.

“I sure am.” Kurt smiled, gathered his books and closed his locker.

“So where do you want to go?” Blaine asked.

Kurt thought about it. “I'm honestly okay with anywhere. Just not my house,” Kurt replied.

“Can we go to my house?” Blaine asked.

Kurt nodded. “Yeah, your house sounds great.”

“Good. So you take your car and I'll go in mine. I'll meet you there.”

Blaine started to walk away and Kurt had to stop him. “Wait Blaine. I don't know where you live.”

Blaine stopped and turned around. “Sure you do. You've been to my parties before. It's the same place.”

“Umm, sorry but I've never been to any of your parties.”

Blaine looked at Kurt confused. “You haven't?”

Kurt shook his head. “Nope. Not to complain or anything but I've never been invited to your parties.”

“You don't need to be invited to come to my parties. Anyone can go. Just as long as you go to this school.”

Blaine tore out a sheet of paper from the notebook he had in his hand. “Here's my address. I'll meet you there.” Blaine wrote down his address and smiled.

“What if I get lost?” Kurt asked.

“You won't. It's the big brown house. And don't worry, I'll be there by the time you get there.”

Blaine handed Kurt the piece of paper and waved goodbye. Kurt stared at the address and realized he had never been to Blaine's house before. Kurt put the address on his phone's GPS and headed to his car.

… … …

Kurt arrived to Blaine's house without a problem. He followed the directions on his GPS and got there quicker than expected. He would've gotten lost if it wasn't for his phone telling him where to go. He realized this was the first time he had been in this part of town. Every home in this area was big. House after house, all beautiful and large.

Kurt looked at Blaine's house as he parked in front of it. No wonder Blaine was always the one who had the parties from school. His house was big. It was more like a mansion than a house. Kurt knew Blaine's family had money, but not like this.

The home was large and built with a beautiful brown brick. It had two floors and a basement. The home was surrounded by a small brick wall, small enough for people to see and admire the beauty of the home. The only way to get inside the property was to enter through the tall, black gates, which were locked and required a password to open.

Kurt sat back on his seat and noticed that Blaine had just arrived and parked his car right in front of the black, metal gates. Kurt got out of his car.

“Did you have trouble finding the place?” Blaine asked, stepping out of his car.

Kurt shook his head. “No problem at all. But if I didn't have GPS on my phone, I would have gotten lost. And then I would've had to call you and it be a disaster.”

Blaine chuckled at Kurt's humor. “Come on, let's go inside.”

Kurt followed Blaine as he walked up to the gate and put the password for the gates to unlock and let them in. The boys entered the yard and Kurt spotted a beautiful fountain in the middle of the yard. It was very beautiful. Blaine opened the front door of his home and let Kurt inside.

“Welcome to the Anderson Manor. That's what some of my friends call it.”

Kurt looked at the place. It was beautiful and elegant. He looked at the crystal chandelier that hanged from the top and saw the lovely, shiny floor. Directly to his left was the living room and to the right was a kitchen. Kurt noticed an elderly woman leaving the kitchen.

“Blaine, I'm glad you're home. Come and help me please, darling,” the woman said.

“Of course, Grandma,” Blaine said.

Blaine went into the kitchen and Kurt followed. There were bags of groceries all over the counters and tables. Kurt noticed there was another room to the back of the kitchen. Obviously the dining room.

“Grandma,” Blaine spoke. “This is Kurt. He's a friend from school. We're working on that book project I told you about. Kurt, this is my grandmother.”

The woman reached out and shook Kurt's hand. “Nice to meet you Kurt. I'm Elizabeth.”

Kurt smiled back. “Nice to meet you, Elizabeth.”

Blaine's grandmother walked over to the bags of groceries on the table. “Can you boys help me put all the food from the bags into the cabinets and fridge?”

“Of course,” Kurt said.

“No problem.” Blaine walked over to the bags on the counter and started placing things into the fridge.

Kurt opened the bags that were on the counter. Inside he saw cookies and chips. “Where do you guys put the cookies and chips?” he asked.

Elizabeth pointed to the cabinets behind him. “Sweetie, don't worry about what goes where. Just know that all the food in those bags on the counter go into any of the cabinets behind you.”

That was simple. Kurt started putting the food into the cabinets into places he felt were appropriate. It helped a lot when there was something in the cabinet that helped him know what was supposed to go where.

“So Kurt, how are you? Tell me about yourself,” Elizabeth said.

Kurt looked back and spoke. “I'm good. At the moment, I'm just focusing on my grades and I plan on going to a good college after graduation.”

“That sounds wonderful,” Elizabeth nodded. “Do you know what college you want to go to?”

Kurt shook his head. “I don't. But I do know I want to study business.”

Elizabeth nodded. “It's great to know what you want to study and what you want to do with your life. Some people on the other hand don't know what they want to do yet.”

Elizabeth pointed at Blaine with her thumb.

“I can see that Grandma,” Blaine said.

“You were supposed to,” she responded.

Kurt couldn't help but giggle. He smiled at just how wonderful and cute Blaine's grandmother was.

“Would you say that's your dream?” she asked Kurt.

“Yeah,” Kurt nodded. “I would say that's part of my dream. Go to school, graduate and get a degree in Business.”

The boys finished putting the food in the appropriate places. Blaine's grandmother walked to the counter and grabbed her purse and house keys.

“Are you going somewhere, Grandma?” Blaine asked.

“I am. Your cousin is coming over to pick me up. He's taking me to the store so I can pick out some flowers for the house. And I might just go with him so I can visit your aunt and uncle for the afternoon.”

The trio suddenly heard a car honk outside.

“That must be him right now,” she said. “Kurt, it was nice to meet you.”

Elizabeth gave Kurt a hug and he hugged her back.

“It was nice to meet you too, Elizabeth.”

Elizabeth hugged Blaine next. “I'll see you later, darling.”

“Bye Grandma.”

Elizabeth grabbed her stuff and left the house. Kurt looked at Blaine.

“She's so sweet,” Kurt said.

“I love her,” Blaine said. “Ready to go work on the project?”

Kurt nodded. “Yeah.”

“Follow me to my room.”

The boys left the kitchen and walked to a separate door that was at the end of the hall. He opened the door and Kurt saw a staircase leading downstairs to the basement. Blaine turned on the lights as he went down the stairs and Kurt followed behind. He saw an entire living room in the basement with a TV, mini fridge and foosball table. There were also some couches, tables and a sound system to the corner of the room. Blaine continued walking down another hallway that led to two bedrooms.

Blaine spoke. “The entire downstairs used to belong to me and my brother. It was just ours. But ever since he moved out and went to college, the basement is just mine.” He entered his bedroom and turned on the light. “And this is my room.”

Kurt looked at Blaine's bedroom. It was really cool if you were to ask him. It was nicely organized. A computer desk was to the corner, obviously where Blaine did homework. His bed was large and was to the opposite corner of the desk. A nightstand was right next to his bed and a TV was placed in perfect view from the bed. Kurt saw a Wii and an Xbox 360 connected to the TV.

Blaine lied down on his bed and used his arms as pillows.

“Do you like my room?” Blaine asked.

“I do,” Kurt replied.

Kurt walked over to the desk and saw two pictures frames. One picture frame had the word ‘family' written at the top. It was of Blaine and his entire family. He saw Blaine, Cooper, their two parents and Elizabeth. The family was posing at the top of a mountain with an entire mountain range in the background. Kurt looked at the second picture frame, which was just of Blaine and his grandma. They were smiling brightly at the camera while their arms were around each other.

“You have a lovely family,” Kurt said, picking up the first frame with the entire Anderson family.

“Thank you.” Blaine stood up and walked over to stand next to Kurt.

“So I'm guessing this was taken the day you hiked the mountain and saw the sunset together?”

Blaine nodded. “Yeah. We were all together. Even my grandma made it to the top. She was a real trooper. I ended up hiking the mountain all by myself earlier that day so I could find a trail that was best for her. I found one and we took that one.”

Kurt looked at the photo and smiled, looking at the big smile Blaine had as he had his arms around his parents.

“Can I ask you something?” Kurt asked as he looked at Blaine.

“Sure. You can ask me anything,” Blaine said.

“When you told your parents… that you were gay… how did they take it?” Kurt asked.

Blaine looked at the picture frame in Kurt's hands and Kurt realized he might have just asked a really personal question.

“You know Blaine, I'm sorry I asked that. You don't have to answer it. It was dumb of me.”

Blaine shook his head. “No it's okay. It's okay you asked. It's not dumb.”

Blaine walked back to his bed and sat down on the mattress. Kurt followed and sat next to him.

“When I came out to my parents last year that was the scariest time of my life. I didn't know what was going to happen. I had heard stories of kids who had been kicked out of their homes or neglected by their parents because they were gay. I heard stories of some people who had never even spoken to their parents ever since they came out, because their parents refused to see them as their children anymore. But I had to tell my parents. I couldn't lie to them anymore. I had to tell them.”

Kurt noticed that Blaine was looking straight at the picture frame in his hand with a smile.

“Ethan and Scott offered me their homes if I got kicked out. They told me I could stay with them as long as I had to if I got kicked out. But as you can see, that's not what happened. When I told my parents I was gay, they were really supportive. They hugged me, told me they loved me and we talked for the whole night. Then we had dinner afterwards. And we've gotten closer ever since. We trust each other more and talk more openly.”

Kurt listen carefully to him. It was really nice that Blaine's parents were supportive, just like his own two parents. “That's really great to hear about your parents.”

It was Blaine's turn to ask. “What about your dad? How did he take the news?”

“Well… when I told my dad I was gay, he was also supportive. It was pretty similar to your parents. He still loved me and it didn't change how he felt. He had so many questions. And who could blame him? It was all new to him. But he loved me, accepted and supported me. And as the days went by we got closer and he accepted me 100 percent.”

“I'm glad to hear that,” Blaine said.

Blaine lied back and rested his head on his pillow.

“Lie down,” Blaine insisted. “We've had a long day at school.”

Kurt lied down next to Blaine and rested his head on his pillow, thinking back on the events of the day. They both lied down, looking up at the ceiling. Kurt's mind kept going back when he met Blaine's grandmother. She had asked him what his dream was. And that made Kurt curious. What was Blaine's dream?

“Hey Blaine?” Kurt asked looking next to him at Blaine's face.

“Yeah,” Blaine responded.

“I had another question.”

“Ask away. What were you thinking?” Blaine asked smiling and looking straight at Kurt's eyes.

“Your grandmother asked me what my dream was and you heard it, I was wondering, what's your dream? It doesn't have to be based on school. It can be anything.”

Blaine looked at the ceiling of the room and chuckled. “You're gonna laugh if I tell you.”

Kurt shook his head. “I promise I won't.”

Blaine buried his face into his hands, smiling into them. “Yeah, you will.”

“How do you know I will?” Kurt asked.

“I just do.” Blaine looked away from Kurt. Kurt could tell he was turning red. Was he really embarrassed to say his dream?

“I won't laugh. Blaine, I promise. I pinky promise,” Kurt said, holding his pinky in the air.

Blaine looked back at Kurt. “Okay. Promise?”

“I promise,” Kurt assured him.

The boys locked pinkies and made a promise.

“Okay…” Blaine spoke. “So my dream is to travel. I want to travel one day and see the world. I want to go to every possible place and see what the world has to offer. London, Paris, Tokyo, Rome, everywhere imaginable. But here's the thing. I don't want to do it alone. I want to travel this world with my future husband. And I want to take a picture with him at every new place we go to.”

Kurt smiled, hearing Blaine's dream. “That's a really great dream. Why would I laugh at that? I like it.”

“I don't know, I've never told anyone this and I was worried you would think my dream was silly and I should focus on more realistic dreams.”

“That is a realistic dream.”

“You really think so?” Blaine asked.

Kurt nodded. “I do. You can accomplish that no problem. You can accomplish any goal as long as you work hard for it.”

“Thank you,” Blaine said with a smile.

The boys lied there and stared at each other's eyes. Kurt had never looked at Blaine's eyes this close before. And he had to admit it. Blaine's eyes were beautiful. They had a color in them that just mesmerized him. They were a stunning, hazel color and his eyelashes were long and beautiful. Kurt was certain his eyes could light up any dark cave.

“Well… enough procrastinating,” Blaine said. “We need to get this project done.”

Blaine got up from the bed and went over to get his book from his nightstand. Kurt looked at Blaine as he got up. Suddenly, without a warning, Kurt smiled. He looked down confused. A smile? But why?

Blaine's voice interrupted his thoughts.

“So what chapter are we working on again?” Blaine asked as he opened The Hunger Games book.

“Umm, I think its chapter 7 or 8, but I could be wrong.”

Kurt smiled to himself again. Maybe working with Blaine wasn't going to be so bad.