Blaine tried using his best sad puppy look, leaning across his desk. "Why not?"

"Blaine, this is crazy." Wes huffed, turning around in his seat. "You want me to spy on that Hummel kid so you can find some way to 'randomly' run into him again? Why don't you just find him on facebook or figure out where he lives?"

"I already tried facebook. He never accepted my friend request." Blaine sighed. "And there's no way I'm just going to show up at his house. You and David could do it. He wouldn't know what you two look like really, so it's perfect. Pleeeeease?"

"Noooo." Wes shook his head. "Why don't you try that coffee place again? I'm sure he goes there a lot with his friends."

Blaine sulked, trying to guilt his friend into agreeing with his original plan. In the end it just did not seem like Wes was going to help much. The coffee shop was a good idea though. "I guess you're right. I could always try there."

Their teacher came into the room to start class and Wes turned back around as Blaine leaned back in his seat. It was hard for Blaine to concentrate during the lesson because he was planning his trip back to Lima. Not to mention he could not stop thinking about that nagging question that's been bugging him for the past couple of weeks since Sectionals: Why was Kurt so determined to avoid him?

*~~**~*~*~*~*

Blaine's trip to Lima proved fruitless when he and Nick sat at the coffee shop for a good couple of hours and there was no sign of Kurt. Disappointed, the two returned to Dalton and figured they would try another day. They were not successful the next trip either. Blaine was determined not to give up though.

The rest of his sophomore year passed fairly quickly and then it was on to junior year. Blaine was glad when the summer was over because that meant he did not have to stay at home again for a while. It was fun when it was just him, Amelia, and his mom, but there were a lot of nights when he would have to deal with his father being around and those were never much fun. His father was convinced that Blaine's being gay was just a phase now. He would get angry if the topic was even brought up. Jeannette on the other hand was still completely supportive of her son. Sometimes she would even ask Blaine if he had found a boyfriend yet or not. It seemed like ever since Blaine transferred to Dalton he and his mother had bonded even more than ever. His mother still did her work, but she took less business trips, especially if they were going to be over a weekend Blaine might want to come home for a visit. Blaine loved it. He had always hated how much his parents were away when he was younger. Now, whenever he was home, he could get more of the mother and son bonding time he had wanted for so many years.

Junior year seemed to drag. His disappointment when he found out they would not be competing against McKinley High's New Directions during Sectionals was pretty obvious. Luckily he found out later that after the Warbler's first place win at Sectionals they would be competing against the New Directions group at Regionals. It fooled none of his friends when he said he was just excited to hopefully beat the other group this year – they all knew about Kurt by now and could figure out that Blaine was just more excited about the prospect of seeing him again.

Blaine did see Kurt again at Sectionals...sort of. It seemed like some of the boys in the New Directions group did not forget the past year's little scene in the hallway and were making sure this year there would not be a repeat. At one point while walking down a hallway Blaine spotted that tall boy with the mohawk – Puck? Yeah, Blaine was sure that was his nickname or whatever – and was pretty sure he received the evil eye from the scary looking guy in passing. Thank god his cell phone rang so he did not have to worry about exchanging words with the taller guy. Blaine thought it was a bit over the top for some of those guys to be watching out like that – it was not like Blaine was going to deliberately do something to cause a fight – and he could bet Kurt had no idea they were doing it, but Blaine figured it was at least pretty nice of them to care about Kurt so much.

Abby had been waiting for him in the lobby so see him before the performances. Thankfully she had stopped growing, because Blaine always felt shorter and shorter every time he saw her. She was about 6'1'' now and still as pretty as ever. They were still as close friends as ever as well. Around the start of the school year Blaine had been surprised to find out that Abby and Nick – who was once more Blaine's roommate for the year – were dating. Of course Blaine sat Nick down and gave him the 'Abby's my best friend and if you do anything to hurt her I will hunt you down and rip out your vocal chords' talk. Nick later admitted to some of their other Warbler buddies that he had been slightly scared of Blaine at the time. He was absolutely smitten with Abby though and had promised Blaine that he would never do anything to hurt her. Blaine was quite happy for them both, especially Abby, who had been wishing for a boyfriend for ages. Of course Nick thought he would be her first kiss then, but he was quite surprised when he found out he was not. Blaine wished he could have been around when Abby told Nick who her first kiss was, apparently Nick's face had been priceless.

After talking to Abby before the performances, Blaine had headed on back to join the rest of the Warblers as they went to sit in the auditorium. After the first group performed then the Warblers would go on and after them would be McKinley's New Directions.

Once they performed, Blaine was confident that the Warblers' performance had been amazing; one of their best. When they made it back to their seats in the auditorium Blaine could finally allow himself to completely focus on the one person he had been dying to see: Kurt. Talking to Kurt would be preferable, but Blaine was pretty sure that was not going to happen by this point. It was disappointing, but at least he would get to see Kurt.

The room darkened and the crowd hushed just before the first notes began to play. Two spotlights appeared, shining on opposite ends of the stage in front of the closed curtains, each shining on a lone figure that had their backs to the audience.

Blaine knew what show the music was from instantly – honestly he had lost count by now how many times he had listened to his Wicked album – but what he was not expecting was when the male figure on stage started singing Elphaba's part instead of the girl who was standing on the other end of the stage. Blaine knew instantly who was singing too. How could he not? Hearing Kurt's voice had his heart pounding in his chest. Oh how he wished he could just run up there on stage right now and hug Kurt, telling him how much he missed him.

Kiss me too fiercely, hold me too tight

I need help believing you're with me tonight.

My wildest dreamings could not forsee

Lying beside you with you wanting me.

Just for this moment

As long as you're mine,

I've lost all resistance and crossed some borderline.

And if it turns out it's over too fast,

I'll make every last moment last

As long as you're mine...

Kurt turned his head to face the other side of the stage when the girl started singing.

Maybe I'm brainless,

Maybe I'm wise.

But you've got me seeing through different eyes.

Somehow I've fallen under your spell,

And somehow I'm feeling

It's "up" that I fell...

The girl turned towards Kurt and they moved towards the center of the stage as they then sang together and the curtains rose, showing the rest of the New Directions group standing with their backs towards the audience. Blaine recognized the girl who was singing now. It was that Santana girl who had appeared last year the first time Blaine had spoke to Kurt at Sectionals.

Every moment

As long as you're mine,

I'll wake up my body

And make up for lost time.

Say there's no future for us as a pair... Santana sang a line by herself again as she took Kurt's hand. They finished the song together then.

And though I may know,

I don't care...

Just for this moment

As long as you're mine,

Come be how you want to

And see how bright we shine.

Borrow the moonlight,

Until it is through.

And know I'll be here holding you

As long as you're mine.

Blaine clapped along with the rest of the audience at the end. It was kind of an odd...unexpected performance, but in the end had sounded amazing. Blaine was just glad he really got to hear Kurt sing again.

After their duet Kurt and Santana moved to their spots with the group. Then the New Directions group performed an original song that was loud and upbeat. The audience loved it and some people were even standing and dancing a little. From what Blaine could tell from the lyrics the song was about surprises and expecting the unexpected, seeing things you might never have dreamed of and learning how to believe. It was a very well written song, quite impressive. Blaine had a sinking feeling the Warblers weren't going to come out on top against McKinley this year either.

In the end, Blaine never got to talk to Kurt at Regionals and McKinley placed first yet again. Blaine had been hoping that maybe he could congratulate Kurt on stage with the rest of the group after the winning announcement, but the New Directions kids were too busy cheering for each other and hugging one another. Plus he was pretty sure he caught that Finn dude looking his way. So Blaine just gave up and figured at least he could watch as Kurt celebrated with his friends and hug that rather tall attractive dark haired fellow way more than once. Why did that bother him so much? It should not bother him to see Kurt hugging some other guy. Blaine pushed the thought from his mind.

So there went another chance for Blaine to try and get Kurt to finally talk to him again. It was back to school then. Once the time for Nationals came and went, Blaine was happy to hear that McKinley High came in first. He knew Kurt was a grade ahead of him. Winning Nationals had to be a great way to end his high school years.

Of course...this meant Kurt would be going off to college now, and that meant Blaine had an even less chance of ever seeing him again. It would probably be years, if ever, before they ran into each other again.

Or so he thought.

*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~

Kurt had not thought about Blaine in over a month. Quite a record really considering as hard as he tried not to think of Blaine there was always something that would, on occasion, remind him of his old friend.

Things would be easier though once he made it through this last summer and finally moved to New York. He would not have this state and this town constantly bringing up all the memories he did not want to think about. Was it slightly like running away? Sure, maybe, but it did not matter. Not only would he be getting a great education in New York he would also be getting a brand new start.

Well, except for when it came to his love life. He and Mitch were going to continue dating. Mitch was moving to New York as well for college. Granted he and Kurt were both going to different schools, but they would close enough that they could still see each other fairly often. Kurt had already been set on living in a dorm for at least his first year of college. After that he would see about an apartment. Mitch decided he would do the same, and they agreed that if they were still together by the time they were both ready for an apartment then they would consider looking for one together.

For now they were just enjoying their last summer here in Ohio. Kurt had asked Mitch to go with him to a mall slightly further away this weekend, because there was very particular clothing store there that was not at their mall in Lima and Kurt was interested in checking it out. The drive there was enjoyable and they browsed a few other stores in the mall before they came across the one Kurt had heard about.

It was interesting. And Kurt had liked it at once when they walked in and he saw off to the right a small display of bow ties that came in different colors and such. He still had his favorite black one his mother had gotten for him so many years ago. It was too small for him to wear now, so maybe he could get a new one. He would still keep the old one though, definitely.

"Wow..." Mitch grinned, looking about. "This store is like...perfect for you, Kurt. Look over there!" He pointed to the jeans section. There was a special rack of different colored skinny jeans. They moved over to look through them and Kurt wrinkled his nose at the lime green colored ones.

"Ew..." Kurt laughed. "Those are kind of ugly. The orange are a bit questionable too, but I like the light pink ones."

They spent quite a bit of time in the store and got a few things. Kurt insisted upon getting Mitch a black bowtie that had a dark greenish design to it – the color went well with his eyes. He also got a new plain black one for himself. After they left the store Kurt wanted to go see if there was any place in the food court to get coffee. Mitch wanted to go check out a store they had passed earlier, so Kurt said he would wait for him in the food court then.

Luckily there was a place that had coffee so Kurt got something that was at least close to what he normally got at the Lima Bean and then went to go find a table to sit at and wait for Mitch. It was while he was walking over to a table near the small indoor fountain that he spotted a familiar head of wavy hair. His stomach twisted nervously as he tried to walk by undetected. Unfortunately he was spotted.

"Kurt?"

Kurt wondered if he just pretended he had not heard and kept walking that he could escape, but it looked like that was not going to happen.

"Hey," A smaller hand hesitantly tugged at his shirt sleeve, causing him to have to stop and acknowledge the fact that someone was speaking to him, "please don't leave."

He bit his lip, turning slightly to look up at the girl who had gotten quite a bit taller from the last time he had seen her. "Oh, hi...er, Abby, right?"

"Yeah." Abby nodded. "I'm surprised to see you here. This mall's a bit further out from Lima."

"There was a clothing store I wanted to check out." Kurt replied lightly. It looked like Abby was alone for the moment, but Kurt could not help wondering if she had come with anyone and if that 'anyone' might just happen to be Blaine.

Abby spotted the shopping bag he was carrying and grinned. "I know that store. It's Blaine's favorite."

Hearing the name spoken out loud made Kurt feel slightly uncomfortable. He really needed to make an escape now.

Sensing his sudden discomfort, Abby sighed and folded her arms across her chest. "Blaine's around here somewhere. I think you should talk to him, Kurt. He's been dying to see you again. I've known him for years, and while he may not say it out loud I know him well enough to know when he wants something desperately."

"I can't." Kurt shook his head, feeling somewhat ill. Blaine was here, in the mall somewhere. He could not see him. If he did...

"Please, Kurt?" Abby pleaded softly. "He's my best friend and I hate seeing him sad. Just...I don't know, clear things up; explain to him why you seem to not want to be friends with him. At least that way he won't have to keep wondering and stressing himself out over it all. Have some courage, Kurt, like what Blaine told you all those years ago."

"But I threw..." Kurt's voice trailed off. I threw his courage out. And suddenly Kurt felt entirely way too guilty about throwing that tiny piece of paper out. He regretted it.

Abby seemed to understand the words Kurt had left unspoken and she gave him a sad look. "Honestly I know it's not my place to tell you what to do, but-"

"You're right." Kurt interrupted, hoping that maybe if he was at least a tiny bit rude he could make her just go away. He hated being rude to people most of the time, but he needed to escape. "It's not your place, so why don't you just-"

"Kurt?"

Oh god. Kurt's heart started pounding in his chest as he saw Blaine appear next to Abby. He was so close and there was this hopeful, desperate look in his eyes that had Kurt's heart aching.

"This mall's a bit far out from Lima." Blaine commented quietly, "It's nice...nice seeing you again..."

"Well...I was just leaving." Kurt was starting to feel slightly dizzy. He needed to get away. Where was Mitch?

Blaine's look turned to slight panic and he took a step forward, causing Kurt to back away a step. "No! Please...don't go yet, Kurt. Can't we just talk?"

"I'm sorry..."Kurt shook his head, "I can't." He glanced at Abby for a second then looked back at Blaine, gazing into his gorgeous eyes. "We can't be friends, Blaine. That was in the past. Please just...just move on, alright? Stop thinking about me."

"I won't." Blaine replied fiercely, his eyes locked on Kurt's pretty blue ones. "I will never stop thinking about you. We could be friends again, Kurt."

"No-"

"God, Kurt, what are you so afraid of?" Blaine yelled, giving Kurt a questioning look. He immediately regretted raising his voice when he saw Kurt flinch. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell. I just...why are you so afraid to talk to me? We don't have to be friends again; I guess I could try and live with that, but at least talk to me. Tell me why you didn't want to acknowledge the fact that you recognized me at Sectionals last year. Please, Kurt..."

Kurt was close to tears after Blaine had yelled out at him. His voice shook as he replied somewhat angrily. "I don't know! God, I don't know, Blaine." He shook his head, a stray tear slipping down his cheek. "I was just...scared. You're not the same Blaine I knew back then and I'm not the same Kurt you knew either. It's been a long time since then. And I...I don't want to think about that time of my life anymore. I want to remember the first morning I had with my new family, the fun moments I had with my mother before she died-"

"Karen Hummel?" Abby interrupted quietly. Blaine looked at her questioningly and she explained. "Remember, B? That day all those years ago when you came to visit me at the hospital? I told you about the little boy I saw walk by and the room I saw him go into."

"So that was you..." Kurt remembered realizing that last year at Sectionals when he saw Abby with Blaine. Now she had actually confirmed it for him.

"Wait...I remember you telling me about that." Blaine replied. "And I left at one point and overheard some nurses talking about how she had passed away that morning. I didn't tell you because you were so happy about finally being allowed to leave the hospital." That meant...Kurt had not only lost his real mother when she dropped him off at the hospital he had lost the mother who had adopted him as well. Blaine could only imagine how that had to have felt. It helped him understand even more though why Kurt had been so upset about his father being in the hospital. It would have been terrible to have lost both of his parents. Blaine looked back towards Kurt. "Wow...Kurt, I'm so sorry..."

Kurt shook his head. "Just stop. Look, I should really get going. I can't do this-"

"Why not?" Blaine questioned. "Maybe things can never be the way they were again, Kurt, but we could at least try to...to be friends again or something. Even just talking on a rare occasion to see how each other is doing would be good enough. Please?" The sad look Blaine was giving Kurt was making his resolve slip, because despite his protests Kurt was starting to realize he...

"I miss you." Blaine added quietly.

"I..." Kurt hesitated. It would be so easy to just give in. They could be friends again, he knew, but for some reason he continued to hold back. It was what he wanted right? Keeping the past in the past.

But...there was no denying it anymore. He missed Blaine too.

"Kurrrrrt! There was this awesome Wizard of Oz display at the Hallmark store back there with stuffed flying monkeys that sing! Do you think Kevin would like- oh, er, am I interrupting something?" Mitch appeared right next to Kurt, looking somewhat confused.

Kurt felt a rush of relief at his boyfriend's sudden appearance. "Hey, Mitch. No, it's okay. I was just finishing up a conversation with some old...friends." He explained quietly, not entirely looking Blaine in the eye.

Blaine recognized Mitch as the dark haired boy Kurt had hugged after McKinley's win at Regionals. The boy Blaine had been oddly jealous of.

"Oh, okay." Mitch replied, looking over at Blaine and giving him an odd look.

There was an odd, uncomfortable silence for a brief moment before Blaine finally spoke up. "Kurt-"

"No." Kurt replied, deciding he needed to make up his mind once and for all. "I'm sorry, Blaine, but I can't. Not anymore." The crushed look Blaine was giving him made him feel terrible. "I think it's time for us to leave now."

Mitch was now giving Blaine an interested look. So this was the Blaine that Finn had mentioned at glee club ages ago that Kurt had not wanted to talk about. Mitch had never tried asking Kurt about him after that.

"Kurt, wait." Blaine felt like there was nothing much else he could do to change Kurt's mind, except...perhaps one last thing. "Before you go..." He slightly held out his right hand, giving Kurt a pleading look.

His hand. Kurt knew right away what Blaine wanted. It caused him to hesitate once more. As much as his brain was saying 'no', his heart, his hand, every other fiber of his being was saying 'yes'.

It was probably one of the toughest decisions Kurt had ever had to make.

If he reached out and took Blaine's hand that would be it. He was pretty sure there would be no way he could walk away after that and leave Blaine again. How, after all these years, he felt such a strong pull towards his old friend Kurt was not sure. He just knew that somehow the choice he made right now would determine a lot of things...and the thought scared him. If he wanted to stick to his decision to keep the past in the past though...then he could not allow himself to hold Blaine's hand, to feel that perfect, safe connection he got when their hands were with one another's, like puzzle pieces.

"I'm sorry." Kurt's bottom lip quivered as he finally replied quietly. His heart felt like it was breaking in two somehow and, unfortunately, a few more tears slid down his face. What hurt the most was watching Blaine's face fall as his hand dropped back down at his side.

"Kurt?" Mitch was really confused by this point and concerned because his boyfriend was crying. "What's going on?"

Kurt ignored Mitch for the moment and shook his head, backing away from Blaine and Abby. "We should leave now."

Abby looked like she wanted to protest against Kurt's leaving, but the look on Blaine's face stopped her in her tracks. She did not know what to do.

"I won't forget you, Kurt." Blaine whispered softly. What else was there for him to do? He could not change Kurt's mind it seemed. Maybe they would meet again in the future and things would go differently. He was not giving up.

"I don't think I can forget you." Kurt replied quietly, unable to look Blaine in the eyes. "Goodbye, Blaine." He reached next to him, grabbing Mitch's hand for comfort before turning to walk away.

Oh how Blaine wished it was his hand Kurt was holding.

"Wait!" Kurt paused at Abby's voice. They had only gotten a short bit away. He did not want to, but he turned around to look. Abby dug through her purse and pulled out a little mini notebook, tearing a page from it. "I keep this in here just in case...here," she set it on top of a table and handed Blaine a pen. "Remake your 'courage' note, B."

Kurt's eyes teared up again when he realized what Abby was doing.

Blaine gave Abby a confused look. "What? Why?"

"Just do it." Abby replied sternly. Blaine stared at her for another second then did it, leaning down to write the word 'courage' on the small piece of paper. Afterward he went to hand the pen and paper back to her but she only took the pen back. "Don't give it to me, give it to Kurt."

Blaine looked over at Kurt and their eyes locked. After a second's hesitation he walked over and held out the piece of paper.

Silently, Kurt reached out to take the note. Blaine continued holding onto it for a few more seconds as they gazed at one another. Finally he let go and Kurt held the note close to his chest. "Thank you." He whispered softly.

"You're welcome." Blaine replied sadly.

"Don't lose your courage this time, Kurt." Abby called over.

Kurt nodded, his gaze never leaving Blaine's. They stood silently for a brief moment then Kurt finally looked away, turning and going to leave once more. This time no one called to him, but he could feel Blaine's eyes on him the entire time he walked away.

*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~

Kurt refused to talk again until they were outside and in his car. He did not start it; they just sat there in silence until finally Mitch spoke. "What happened back there, Kurt?"

"I'm sorry you had to see all that." Kurt sighed. He still held the 'courage' note in his hand tightly. This one he would never throw away.

"It's okay...I was just really confused. That Blaine guy..." Mitch did not like him, "Finn mentioned him before but you didn't want to talk about him. Who is he?"

Kurt did not really want to talk about Blaine at the moment, but it would not really be fair to Mitch for him to say nothing at all. "Well, you know about my time at the orphanage. I just...left out the parts about Blaine. He was my best friend while I was there." Kurt told him about how he had met Blaine and how they had become best friends. He explained how, on the day Kurt was adopted, that he and Blaine had promised to be best friends forever.

"So...when you two met again at Sectionals last year, why did you not want to talk to him then?" Mitch asked curiously.

"I guess it was just because so many years had passed and we were different." Kurt sighed. "Other than that...I just don't know. He made me pretty mad when we first ran into each other at the Lima Bean and I didn't recognize him. I acted terribly so that was kind of embarrassing."

Kurt looked down at the piece of paper he was holding again and felt a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. He did not catch the annoyed look that crossed Mitch's face when he saw Kurt smiling at the piece of paper.

"Why did he hold his hand out to you before we left?" Mitch asked.

"Huh?" Kurt looked up from the paper and glanced at him. "Oh...well, he wanted to hold my hand. I told you about how we used to hold hands at the orphanage all the time. It made us both feel safer. Our hands fit well together. I used to say it was like they were puzzle pieces." He laughed, shaking his head.

Mitch reached over and took Kurt's hand in his, lacing their fingers together. "Well, now you've got me." He did not think Kurt needed that Blaine fellow anymore. If Kurt needed someone to hold his hand then Mitch would be there for him. He was glad Kurt had decided not to keep contact with Blaine. "I didn't...I didn't like how he was looking at you anyway."

"Huh?" Kurt gave him an odd look. "I don't really understand you. I mean, to me, mainly, he just looked really sad. I felt like I had killed his puppy or something."

"He definitely looked sad, but there was just something..." Mitch shrugged, "something else about the way he was staring. You don't think he...likes you or anything?"

"What?" Kurt gaped. "Please tell me you're kidding. There's no way that could even be true and if you're...jealous of him or something like that then please just stop, because that's crazy."

"I never said I was jealous." Mitch replied lightly. He had just gotten this odd feeling from watching Blaine watch Kurt. There had been this look on Blaine's face, his expression had seemed to be a mix of sadness and...longing. Mitch did not like it when other guys stared at Kurt a lot, no matter what the situation.

Kurt sighed, squeezing Mitch's hand gently. He liked holding Mitch's hand, even if it did not feel the same as when he had held Blaine's hand. "Can we talk about something else now? How about those stuffed flying monkey's you saw back there? I bet our mall would have them too. Kevin hasn't even seen the Wizard of Oz yet, something I am definitely going to have to change. Hopefully the flying monkeys won't scare him."

Mitch had no problem with them not talking about Blaine anymore. "Considering what's on television nowadays I'm sure flying monkeys would be one of the last things to scare him. Plus he loves monsters and half of those look even scarier than monkeys with wings. He'll probably laugh at them."

Kurt giggled and started the car, starting their drive back to Lima. "You're probably right. We'll just have to wait and see."

They talked the rest of the drive, but every so often Kurt would sound slightly distracted and Mitch could not help wondering if he was thinking about Blaine.

*~**~*~*~*~*~*~

"Do you think they're dating?"

"Blaine, you've asked that question like fifty times now and I keep telling you I don't know." Abby sighed, sounding quite exasperated. "They were holding hands; I'm sure it meant something."

Blaine sighed as well. Why did it bother him so much to keep thinking about whether Kurt and that really attractive Mitch fellow were dating or not? Out of all the things to be bothered about right now after what had happened at the mall.

He and Abby had left the mall after Kurt and Mitch had left. They were back at Abby's house, hanging out in her room. "Well...I don't know." Blaine groaned, rubbing his eyes. "I was so sure for a second there Kurt was going to take my hand, but then he didn't. I'm not giving up hope though. We'll see each other again one day. I just know it." He leaned back against a pillow and sighed. "That Mitch guy is really good looking, isn't he? I saw Kurt hugging him at Regionals."

Abby was giving him an odd look. "You just can't shut up about him can you? Either you're attracted to him or you're jealous of him for being with Kurt."

"Hey, we're not one hundred percent sure they're together anyway." Blaine pointed out. "And besides, I was not attracted to that Mitch fellow at all. Contrary wise I was actually somewhat annoyed by him."

"So you were just jealous of him then because he may just possibly be involved with Kurt." Abby remarked.

Blaine shook his head. "Nooo, I wasn't jealous of him either, I swear. I don't like Kurt in any other way besides friendship." At Abby's disbelieving look he flailed his hands at her. "Honest! Look, by this point I'd just be glad if I could at least call him my friend and I don't think I'll even be getting that far since I'll most likely never see him again."

"But you can't deny you might have been at least a tiny bit attracted to him and were jealous of his probable boyfriend..."

"Okay, fine." Blaine sighed. "Maybe a little...okay, a lot, but it doesn't matter so let's not talk about it."

They were silent for a while. Abby kept glancing over at Blaine who seemed rather lost in thought. He looked so sad and it made her sad as well. The main thing she could do right now was try and cheer him up as best as she could. Maybe a good distraction would help.

"Hey, call your mom and tell her you're spending the night." Abby told him.

"What?" Blaine asked. "Why?"

"Because," without warning she pounced at him and started tickling him as much as she could, causing him to yell in surprise and flail about so much that they both fell off the bed to land in a heap on the floor laughing, "we're going to have a movie night." She informed him, giggling.

"Oh." Blaine replied, still laughing. "I am so up for that. Can it be Harry Potter again?"

Abby laughed, nodding. "Of course!"